davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

Kindness kindles the fires of friend
ship and love.
There are many good farmers who
are poor statesmen.
Our mistakes often serve a GOOD
purpose by enlightening others.
Be benevolent; bury all chickering's
in the bosom Of forgetfulness.
No man can ever be entirely happy
until he is entirely out of debt.
Sometimes those who endure &C.
Neighborhood scandal travels as fast
as lightning-over the telephone wire.
An unbalanced temper will spoil the
results of an ordinarily we'll balanced
ration.
In preparing for winter don't forget
that stock-and humans, too-require
ample supplies Of fresh air.
If the country boy could only. know
Of the heartless Indifference Of the big
city he would be slow to face 1t.
Judging by the effect "unfriendly
legislation" has had on railroads, it's
a wonder they don't pray for o
Of 1t.
Less highfolutin' and more business
like curvature of the spine has a de-
pressing effect on the motgage busi-
ness.
The well-bred farmer Is not content
with poorly bred stock, but circum-
stances may force him to tolerate it
for a time.
Talking about our "shiftless" neigh
bors does not help them. Perhaps a
bit of encouragement delivered straight
at their hearts would.
Rural free delivery and the farm
telephone are the torches that are
lighting the way of the farmer and his
family toward a better life.
The farmer who deposits his profits
In his soil. his animals and his build
ings will DO better than the man who
leaves his money with the bank.
Most of US get all the happiness we
deserve and no less. Our failures are.
for the most part. our W fault and
we have only ourselves to blame II
misfortune comes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
ENGLISH LACKING IN UNION
Weak Spot In British Agriculture Is
Failure of Farmers to Perfect
an Organization.

In an article on "The Newest Phase
of the Oldest Industry" Sir Horace
Plunkett gives some novel news on
the transfer of the land to the people.
He says:
1.-THE cry of back to the land has been
heard loud enough and long enough>o
be taken as evidence of a real public
opinion. The state Is now giving to
the country side of our national con
omy a degree of attention which can
not be explained by the mere party
pursuit Of the agricultural vote. though.
of course, this inevitable factor in all
public questions will make its normal
contribution to the confusion of issues.
1t is the agreed policy of all parties
to settle a larger number Of the popu-
lation upon the land. and this not In
order to placate or benefit the land
less so much as to strengthen the po-
sition of the nation. The back to the
land movement Is not the result Of an
agrarian agitation; 1t Is a redirectiou
of national Ideal and aim.
England not only prospered might
" In industry at home, but was en-
abled to seize the cream of the worlds
unoccupied agricultural lands. In
these newly settled countries there
was. of course, no urban predominance.
But this day rural life in the United
States and the British dominions Is af-
fected by the economic thought which
had dominated the ear of England's
industrial and commercial supremacy.
agriculture came to he treated
much more as an Investment than as
a career. This tendency has reached
its extreme manifestation in the waste
full. almost profligate. farming in many
of the richest portions Of the western
hemisphere. Mr.. Roosevelt has not
only used his powerful influence to
correct this extravaganza Of natural
resources, but In his Countrywide pol
Icy he has declared for preventive
measures against the neglect Of the
rural population in the supposed in
terests of urban development which
he foresees.
"On the continent Of Europe agri-
cultural depression and rural back
%wardness are not unknown. but they
are generally due. not, as with us. to
the downward drift, but to the oppo-
site cause, rural congestion. More
over. where the danger Of invasion
did not pass after the NaDoleonic wars
military considerations forced gov
ernments to realize the Importance Of
maintaining the physical. as we'll as
the moral, w%ell-being of the rural pop
ulation. Their welfare was recognized
as essential to the safety of the nation
as was the growth Of town populations
and the development Of their manufac-
lures.
"To my mind. any comprehensive
treatment of rural conditions In these
islands will have to proceed. as we
are doing In Ireland, upon similar
lines. UnQuestionably the weak spot
In English agricultural economy is the
failure of farmers to combine for bust.
ness, social and political (using the
term in the nonparty sense) purposes.
The first lesson to be learned from the
continent is that you cannot help farm
ers who do not help themselves"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Accent Your Trials.

Accept Gods will entirely and never
suppose that you could serve him
better in any other way. You can
never serve him we'll, save in the way
he chooses. Surprising that you were
never to be set free from trial, what
would you do? You would say to God,
81 am thine-if my trials are accept
lie to thee, give me more and
more" l have full confidence that
this is what you would say, and then
you would not think more Of it-at
any rate, you would not be anxious.
Well, do the same now. Make friends
with your trials, a. though you were
always to live together; and C will
see that when you cease to take
thought for your OWE deliverance, God
will take thought for you; and when
you cease to help yourself eagerly, he
will help you.-Francis de Sales.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
The Call to Service.

Every individual has certain endow-
ments-some Of them fixed in amount,
some capable of almost unlimited ex-
tensisn-which r his to use for him.
self or for his master. Time, intel
lectual power, social gifts-some have
one, some another, not many possess
all. But upon every Christian comes
the obligation to service, not by i'm
perious command, but as the natural
re Spouse of the heart to him through
whom alone we have knowledge of
the true meaning Of life. The man
who can truly speak of Christ as my
saviour" cannot call anything else
selfshly mine" AS In feudal times,
the man %surrenders himself and all to
his master and receives it again at
his hands on conditions Of steward
ship and service. I'VE are not our
own We are bought with a price"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

owner not only knew his business, but
was interested in his birds. He gave
me all the information | wanted, and
was so much encouraged that l went
back and invested In twenty pairs OF
homers and an equal number Of runts.
Following the advice had received
I bought only mated birds, and as Q
consequence l began to make money
from the start. At the end Of that yea1
my profits were sufficient to lead my
husband to advise me to sell all the
chickens excepting just enough tc
keep the family supplied In eggs and
devote my money ard time to pigeons.
According to my experience it takes
four times as much time and money to
raise chickens as to raise squads. In
cubators and breeders are not needed
for one thing. Pigeons hatch their own
eggs. They are careful to keep the
young squads covered for the first few
days or until the young ones grow
feathers. They also attend to feeding
their young, which relieves you Of mix.
ing and sometimes even cooking food
as you have to do for young chickens.
AL you have 10 do Is to give the old
birds the proper food.
when the squad is from twenty to
twenty-five days old 1t is ready for the
market, and if properly fattened should
weigh something under one pound
Squads are sold wholesale by the
dozen, and the standard weight is eight
pounds to the dozen, but where there
Is a cross Of runts and homers the
weight Is almost four pounds heavier.
I often have squads that weigh 8
pound each.
The pigeon house must be kept
clean or the death rate among the
SQUADS will eat UP all the profit Inc
rooms Of all my pigeon houses are as
impervious to rain and snow as the
roof Of the best dwelling, but at all
times there should be an abundance
of ventilation.
Concrete floors are the best, be-
cause they keep out rats, which are
about the worst enemy of the squad
raiser. I keep my floor covered al
feast an inch deep in sand and all
Stacked lime. This is raked over one.
a week and a fresh sprinkling Of lime
added.
The nests are built along the back
of the house in six tiers, allowing two
nests for each pair of birds. In each
nest there is a shallow eartheu dish, in
which the nest Is built.
Tobacco stems, the refuse from to-
bacco factories, make the best materi'
ais for the birds to build their nests. A
good supply should be kept in each
pen for this purpose. Where hay or
straw Is used it is next to impossible
to keep the nests and birds free from
vermir. My runs or flying yards are
all covered with wire netting and built
in such a way as to have a tree or the
shade of one rel at least part of 1t.
Though pigeons are fond of the sun
and take delight in sui baths, there
are days in the summer when they
seek tho shade"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
WANTS NO MODERNIZED BIBLE
King James Version tho Best Of All,
Says Writer In Success
Magazine.

We are just old-fashioned enough to
take no stock in the m~odernized Bible
which is shortly to appear, "couched
in everyday language, with obsolete
words and phrases eliminated" The
King James Bible has done more to
preserve the good old Saxon words and
style, which are the best English lit
erature has produced, than anything
else. Instead Of a movement to get
us further away from that vigorous,
simple, classic style, and in the inter
est OF establishing the finest literary
ideals possible to a people destined to
use the curious hybrid which the Eng
1ish language has become, 1t would be
more sensible to frown upon all efforts
to improve on the King James Bible.
It Is the greatest treasure house, In
SEPARATION and teacher Of good English
that we possess.-Success Magazine.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
P()U[L r
|SDSTVV
PROFIT IN RAISING PIGEONS
Pennsylvania Farmers Wife Clears
$500 In Year-Girl Does
the HouseWork.

Ca two hundred pairs Of pigeons ]
have cleared $500 a year for the last
four years." declared the wife of a
Pennsylvania. farmer living near Har'
risburg, when asked about the chances
women on the farm had of making
money. II had been a school teacher
when / married, and having seen a lot
Of farmers and their wives while
teaching in rural communities l deter
mined that l would be different. J
would keep a hired girl, paying her
wages by money earned by keeping
bees and chickens for profit.
&" stuck to hat idea for nearly ten
years, and during that time never
cleared more than $50 a year on my
chickens. 1t was always the bees that
paid my girl. Finally l heard OF a man
in Montgomery county, this state, who
was making a fortune raising squads.
1.-The children had always had a few
pairs Of pigeons flying around the place
eating up the garden and doing every.
thing else we didn't want them to, but
l had never thought of making money
by raising the birds. Being discour'
aged by my experience as a chicken
raiser l determined to pay the man IN
Montgomery county a visit. Again, II
was the bees that paid expenses.
There we're several thousand pairs
of pigeons on this Montgomery county
farm, and it was quite evident that the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
THAT WAS FAMILIAR
Grocer Man Used Formula That Made
Little Harry Long. to Be
Far Away. G

Mrs. Jones' ~favorite warning to her
young progeny when they were in mis-
chief was that she would tend to them
In q minute. Tending" was accom-
plished by applying the open hand
where it would do most good. When
Harry was four years old he was sent
for the first time round the corner to
the grocery. In a few minutes he came
trotting soberly back with the nickel
still in his hand, but no bag Of onions.
whats the matter?" asked his
mother.
I'm 'fraid Of the man." he said, sol
EMMY.
"Oh, he won't hurt you" treasured
Mrs. Jones. Run along and bring the
onions. I'm in a hurry for them"
A second time Harry disappeared
round the corner, and a second time
returned without his purchase.
I'm 'fraid of the grocer man," he
explained, as before.
"Well what makes you afraid OF
him?" demanded his mother, impa-
tiently.
why answered the little fellow,
"bofe times when I COED in, he looked
at me, an, said, I'll tend to you In q
minute youths Companion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
No HockHorm in Greenwood.

At "a meeting of the Greenwood
Merchants association it was decid-
ed that the secretary of the associa-
ton be sent as a representative of
the city to the Ohio Valley exposition
at Cincinnati, Ohio, and to the APP
p~alachian exposition at Knoxville,
Tenn. He will spend one week at
the municipal building of the Ohio
Valley exposition. He will then 60
to Knoxville, Tenn, where the Appa-
laohian exposition is being held for
a week there. Then to the Pittts5urg
land Show on October II. Green
woods business men have faith in
the future Of their city and stand to-
gether on every measure that is for
the common good.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Spraying Cucumbers.

Spraying muskmelons and cucum-
bers with Bordeaux mixture Is not an
absolute preventive of the dreaded
blight, but it helps to hold the disease
in check. 1t must be remembered that
spraying is a preventive measure and
not a cure, so the first application
should be made about the time the
plants begin to throw out runners.
Several applications should be made
before it is impossible to drive through
the fields. Four pounds of copper sui
phate. six pounds of unslacked lime
and so gallons of water is a desirable
formula for this purpose.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Saucy Soldier Shut Her Up.

Col. Robert C. Carter at a Nashville
banquet was talking about campaign
comrades. .
Then there was Dash Of Company
A." he. said. Dash had the reputa-
ton of being the nastiest tongued man
In the regiment.
ut was Private Dash, you know,
who, out foragirg n evening on a
rich estate, came accidentally upon
the owners wife, a grande dame in
evening dress.
Dash asked her for food. She re-
fused him. lie asked again. But, still
refusing, she walked away.
"iNo,' she said, I'll give you moth
ing, t~respassing like this; I'll give
you nothing. My mind Is made up
"'MaGe up, is it?' said Dash. Like
the rest Of you, eh|"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Shortage Of Food.

There Is no danger of a shortage Of
food supplies In this country If the
farmers can get r~emunerative prices
for their crops. Under the regime OF
90 years ago the railroads were deVel-
oping farm lands and transportation
more rapidly than the demand for
farm products would warrant. hence
corn and wheat and oats and beef fire.
ouently sold In the west below cost.
Now that the population has so far
Increased as TO ~equalize the supply
and demand and reduce our exportable
surplus, creating better home markets
and better prices. We may be sure Of
more farms and better cultivation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
COLUMBIA AND CAROLINA
Affairs of the State and Important
News of the Day Secured and Con-
Gensed For Profit and Convenience.
Interesting story of Corn Crop.

- SOS
Orange5urg county is showing up
we'll this year as a great corn pro-
Queer, and good crops of corr have
been raised this season. Besides tilt
boys contest there are many o~ler
instances of fine yields in that coun-
ty. An here measured from the
county farm tract, yielded 135 bush
els. Luther Wertz, whose corn nearly
adjoins that Of tine county and who
is a contestant in the boys contest,
has appointed his committee to meas
ure his acre, gather and measure it.
This acre measured a little over III
bushels.
j. E. Fairey, a progressive and up
to-date farmer residing at Rowes-
Vile, in that county, reports a yield
of al bushels and eight pounds by
weight or 136 bushels and 16 quarts
by measure. MIR. Fairey has given
the following data concerning his acre
Of corn:
"The class of the land is light
sandy loan. The soil was prepared
as follows: About the first of March
five loads of stable manure and one
load of wood trash, together with
600 pounds Of fertilizer, we're broad
casted. The land was broken un
with three mules, 10 or II inches deep,
The same furrow was SUBSIDIZED four
to SIX inches deep. The rows were
ploughed out to three and a half
feet wide. Then 600 pounds Of fer
"tilizer ~as sowed in each furrow and
stirred up.
"Cftivation--On March 6 the
corn was sowed in water furrow. The
last of April the orn was thinned
out from one inch to six inches IN
drill and 600 pounds of fertilizer was
put around the corn and covered with
two burrows. May Is, 500 pounds of
fertilizer and 200 pounds of soda,
mixed, was put around corn and COW
cred with two burrows. In June,
200 pounds of soda was broadcasted.
On july l another 200 pounds Of
soda was broadcastsd. After pre-
pairing the land it only took four fur
rows to make the corn.
This land was surveyed by an ex-
pert surveyor and found to be $50 of
an acre. The fodder was not gath
cred. Corn gathered from this land
was 1O4 barrels. One barrel was
shelled and measured five pecks and
two quarts. The same corn weighed
7G pounds.
"Following is fertilizer formula:
600 pounds of cotton seed meal.
900 pounds kainit salt.
800 pounds Of IA per cent acid.
CSC pounds nitrate soda.
"This is the cheapest con Mr..
Farley made on his place this sea-
son, and the land was very ordinary.
Sandy land without fertilizer would
not have made over 10 bushels to the
acre. Such yields as the above DEM
bnstrate that the farmers have
learned how to make orn and have
only one other lesson to learn, and
that is, how to decrease the cost of
fertilizer, which can be accomplished
by the increased number of cows
kept.'
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Remembering Each Other.

He sat on the sand at Atlantic City
In q bathing suit. About ten feet
away she was drawing pictures in the
sand with a small brown forefnger.
He noticed her complexion, her curves
and the CLINT Of gold in her hair. He
wanted to speak, and yet. Finally
he summoned courage and walked
over to her.
Didn't / talk with you for about
five minutes two summers ago?" he
asked.
1.-TWO years ago." she said dreamily.
1.-TWO years ago-let me see-did l
wear blue silk stockings?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Don't Ruin the Colt.

Many a good horse Is spoiled in the
training. Very many people still
think they must break" colts and
thus they are ruined. Colts should be
trained. not broken. and m of the
important, the very important, lessons
in this course of training should be
that of teaching them to work with
open brides. In driving strange
horses the writer eve feels so safe
as when he is behind a team with
open brides. This means that the
animals have been trained, not "bro-
KEN" and that their intelligence is at
your service in doing their work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Just the EaMyouN Want

Itmay be one Of the 1000 farms
of every size and description and
adapted to every sort Of agricul-
ture for sale along the Centralof
Georgia's two thousand miles OF
modern railroad in Georgia and
Alabama, the two best states OF
the South. Secretary Wilson Of
the U. s. Department Of Agricul-
ture, says the most alluring agri+
cultural opportunity In America
Is in the South.
Grasp this opportunity. Write todayfor
q full description Of what comes nearest
being tho farm. It costs nothing but post
age, and the time to write an outline OF
your wants, and you incur no ~obiigationfn
giving Us a chance to serve ou. Address
IF. jackson. Immigration Agent. c. OF Ca
243 West Broad ST.. Savannah. Ga. Z
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Cures Chronic Cases.

Cures every time: your Hughes
Tonic for chills and fever has never
failed yet, and I have sold It to a
number Of chronic cases. It cures
them every time" Sold by Drug
gists-50c. and S1.00 bottles. Pre-
pared by Robinson-Pettet Co. Qnc.),
Louisville.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Could Wait.

Why uidn't you stay to ascertain
how badly the man was injured?" de-
manded the judge.
Why" explained the chauffeur, 81
knew l could find out from the daily
papers,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Rioht Doctrine important.

It is exceedingly important that we
have the right kind of doctrine. If a
man is as he thinks in his heart, then
assuredly he must think right to be
right.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

The years write their records on
mems hearts as they do on trees
inner circles of growth which no eye
can see.-SaXe Holm.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Mems Need.

Today, more than ever, men reed
the influence of those things that
make for spiritual life-the Bible, the
church, the Sabbath.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Beware of Dirt.

Death to babies sometimes turks in
the dirty milk can and death to young
calves is often concealed In filthy
troughs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Shippinq to Market.

1t often pays better to make fire.
quent small c~onsignments to produce
merchants rather than carlots sent
less frequently.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Harmless.

A little girl Of three years, whose
father had bought her some frec-acF-
ers and sky rockets for the Fourth ct
July, wanted to NOW what they were
for. On being told their purpose, she
a~nxiously inquired If they would hurt
anybody. When told they would not
she seemed relieved, and that night,
when saying her prayers. she added:
AN, bod, don't co be f'raid Of xem
poppin' fngs when zey make a noise
tomorrow, 'tause zey won't hurt co."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
TO DRIVE OUT

AID BUILD Up THE SYSTEM
Take the old standard GRQVEs
The formula is plainly printed on every bottle.
,howins 1t is SIMPLY 9utndns and Iron II I'm In Q sas,s,
and tine Iron builds up tho system. Sold BY all
dealers for 30 years Price 90 cents.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

For HEADACHE-Hicks' CAPUDINE
N rvous Troubles. Capudine will relieve you.
It's liquid-pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately. Try 1t. loc., Csc, and 50 cents at drug
stores.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

Bermuda Onion Seed.
A girl who sits and waits for a man
to propose must feel a good deal like
a cat that is watching a rathole.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

By making use of the knowledge
you have you will gain more.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
pn. allays pain, cures wind collie. &c q bottle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28

We are builders Of u OWE charac-
Irs.7J. F. w. Ware.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
Distinction.

Milly-Is this picture like your ia
Their?
Tily-Of course not, silly! 1t Is
like father when he has his picture
taken.-Puck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-09-28
The Christians
Rewards Here


ERHAPS the sweetest OF
earthly feelings is that OF
peace. No rebellion, no
fierce longing for the un-
attainable, no clashing Of
opa,e ANN will ooainSt