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Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-24

Nature mas over blessed this coun-
try with its advantages. SO let
each and every one do something
for the beautiful. Take an interest in
this Farm Demonstration work.
Mr.. kizer stands willing and ready
to advise and assist you along
the right lines. Work a small
plot if only an acre and follow the
instructions from the government
and see if it don't pay you.
Give your land good treatment by
proper cultivation. You owe it
to your children to leave them good
fertile acres, instead of washed off
bald spots and gullies.
Respectfully yours,
w. A. OWEN.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-24
1911 with this resolution:

1911 with this resolution:
"What we do, let's do it well, 8
acres well and carefully titled, will
be better and give more results
than 10 acres butchered /"
Take pride In your fields, clean
them up from corner to corner,
make them look tidy and neat.
Clean up all litter, boards, and trash
from around the buildings and haul
out all the manure from the barns,
chicken houses and pens. Make
the fertilize work for you. Give it
to the fields, they are starving for it
and If you will give it TO them they
will pay you back 10 fold.
This is one of the grandest coun-
tries God ever let the sun shine on.
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-24
CONSTIPATION.
Its Cause and How to Cure it,

Eat too much,
Stomach feels bloated,
All out of sorts,
Don't feel like work to-day. Guess
I've another case of biliousness.
"Take anything?"
eyes; some pills, but no results; sup
pose I'm getting ironclad. Sometimes
double the dose, then they physic me so
hard I'm too weak to work. Think III
have to try something new"
Ever try Prickly Ash Bitters1"
"No; I've heard good deal about it,
but never tried it."
"Well, you'll be pleased with the re-
suits"
The purgativc action of Prickly Ash
Bitters not only removes hard impac-
tions, gas and impurities, but it strength
ems the muscular action of the bowels
which causes them to move regularly.
Prickly Ash Bitters is a bowel tonic
and regulator in the truest sense. 1t
promotes daily excavations, establishes
healthy movements and is the best
known remedy for disordered digestion,
datulence and a constipated habit.
d. NJ Blackwelder, Of Lichfeld, H., says in
the LRchftif Nc7vS' II am perfectly willing, in
fact glad to testify 10 the value OF Prickly Ash
Etters as a medicine for the kidneys, stomach
aud bowels, have used it whenever I needed
DNything Of the kind for the last fifteen years
and it has always given satisfaction
Get the genuine with the figure
"3" in red on front label.
Sold by druggists. Price Sl.0G
w. H. SKINNER, Agent
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-24

| altered an average of 40 bushels
NJ acre, by measurement. This
tsstG had never made over 95 bushel,
per acre.
The silver lining is still getting
brighter, isn't it?
This piece now contains 1919 acres
and it was all plowed this winter.
and in fact all my corn ground is
winter plowed 9 and 10 inches
deep.
When | commenced, it was a
wilderness of underground. Now
| will run a 6-shovel cultivator on
it. Before, it could hardly he cul-
tiyated with double shovel plow.
am going to be able to report
this land producing IS to 100 bush
els per acre, and it will do it.
could give you pages of corn
talk, but it would crowd out other
things which want to connect with
this article. There is a base to
everything, even farming, first corn,
then hay. These two are bases.
1t was said if you sow clover or
timothy you will lose your seed,
as you will not get a stand, Well
let us take a chance and see who is
it?
The fall of 1909. | fixed up an
acre of corn ground and sowed it in
June or red clover. The next sum.
mer, which was last summer, when
the machine cut through, you could
see the clover fall, it was so heavy.
l took in wagon loads from
that acre, first cutting. | let it get
a start then ! put a milk COW on it
and it kept her all fall and up in
the winter before | took her off, and
at this writing the clover Is to G
inches high. That same fall | SOW
ed l5 acres OF timothy, cut about !
ton per acre last summer, and now
it is as fine and clean a stand as you
wish to look at.
Last fall | sowed 3 acres more in
clover and a finer stand, nobody
would wish.
The | 5th of February last, so wed
4 acres of clover and it is all up and
a fine stand. This is now, you
might say, only one years time of
demonstration and one man did it
all, with not days hired help.
Don't you think if this pace could
be kept up for or years that
the sold hill farm" will pay back
that big bill for Improvements
against it?
| could write pages on the things
mentioned here and pages on all
the different crops and ANIMALS on
the farm which perhaps would be a
benefit to somebody, but space is
too valuable to take up much more
at this time, and / will change the
subject by just saying, "brother
farmer, lets all start the season of
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-24

Total ......... S257.l5.
My shop consists of set OF black
smith tools and a set of carpenter
tools, iron drill, grind stone, and
Hartman tool grinder at a total
cost of Sl66.9O
Land cost, Sa74.OO.
Now we have an expenditure for
Improvements, tools and land of
S4,73S.I5; say nothing of horses.
wagons etc. valued at $500. 90.
Now we must look to the land
to pay us for this outlay let us see
If the prospect is very fattering.
rented the land in 1905 and re-
ceived for my part about - bushels
of very poor grade nubbins-some
called it corn, but when | spelled it
out it did not spell corn. | also
received about $500 for rent cot
ten. That was my haul in full for
1905. That was burdensome wasn't
it-especially the money?
| again rented in 1906 to another
party. He consented to take a
little of my advice and l let him
use the disc harrow. He made
about l5 to 20 bushels of corn to
the acre. Oats were hardly worth
cutting; mIllet no good; and about
200 to 250 pounds of cotton per
acre.
Then | concluded to not rent if
out any more and concluded to let
itlay out until ] could take personal
supervision of it myself.
April 1909 come home to stav
and "0mm0oca' forming Operations
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-24
MAKING MONEY ON
"OLD HILL FARM"
Interesting Letter from W. A
Owen Telling How 1t May
be Done

"Why did you put such a fine
house and buildings on poor hill
farm?
(Which is worth the most, the
farm or the house?
| would rather have the wire fen
ees he has put up than the farm. "
These and many more were the
questions and comments | was asked
and heard when | commenced to
outline, build and improve this
farm, by people who | think rather
misjudged me and thought | did
not know what | was doing.
| was also told that northern
methods would not work IN the
south; that if plowed deep would
raise no crop; if | sowed tame
grasses would get no stand; if |
hauled manure | would only get the
name of being good worker, as it
would do the ground no good, and
everything to discourage was said,
but nothing to encourage, and a
man with less ambition and conf
dent of success as l was, would have
walked out of the country, but |
kept my own counsel and started In
with this spirit:
can't convince you by argument
but / can and will SHOW you.
Now let's get down and have a
heart to heart talk and perhaps some
may profit by tt hope so, any
way.
want to lay this Poor Old Hill
Farm proposition before the good
readers of this paper, and then they
decide, as far as it has gone, whether
it is proving a success or failure,
and | also would like the readers
after digesting the following, de-
eide if the hill land has not been
under estimated, and also if it is
mot the fault of the farmer that the
land does not produce better, as
what is being truly demonstrated on
this place can be done on every foot
of tillable lard in Arkansas.
This farm has been in cultivation
for the last 35 or 40 years, as near
as l can get record Of it, by the
same loose, careless, soil.rohbing
method o f shallow plowing and
cottoned to death. | bought the
farm of l4O acres in 1901, and a
neglected looking farm it was;
very good log and frame house aud
worthless out buildings; rotten rail
fences hid by a growth of brush,
briers and grapeylues, which made
them look like hedge fences at
distance, running in any direction,
making fields in all kind of shapes.
Sassafras, persimmons and briars
occupying any part of a field they
saw fit. Sage grass had a good
holding and gullies had their share
of the land, made by the careless
blowing, and from an acre to five
acres in cultivation just where it
could be plowed without injury to
the above mentioned calamity. That
IS an encouraging picture to COM
mence with, isn't it?
The first thing | did, was to lay
my plans for buildings, locate them
Pocahontas star herald., 1911-03-24
properly to be handy, convenient,
and show up properly.
| first built a building l6x75:

properly to be handy, convenient,
and show up properly.
first built a building l6x75;
cut off work shop 16xl6; buggy
and harness room l2xl6; and the
balance of the building is used for
storing the farm indictments while
not in use. All farms should have
just such building and keep all
tools and implements in the dry
instead of housing them in a fence
corner or under tree from season
to season. By so doing those ex-
pensive farm machines would last a
life time, but under the shade of
the blue canopy above, they last
about two seasons. The next i'm
provement was rat proof corn
crib, l6xl6, 10 foot high with a y
xl6 driveway; chicken house, l6xl6;
wood house, l2x32.
The total cost of the buildings
mentioned is, S44l.22.
Horse barn, l6x45, SlS4.OO
Modern 5-room house, bath room,
pantry, cistern, stone foundation,
concrete cellar, $2.l40.9S.
Then built hog houses and fur
rowing pens at cost of $75; well
complete, walled up with stone
and pump at a cost of $40. have
now 900 rods of Elwood wire fence,
at a cost of $3.50. After / selected
out the rails that would do to lay
in a fence again, out of the fence
that represented the protection of
the farm, they made about l25 rods
of fence. My farming tools con
sist of the following list and price
of same:
l Mccormick SIT. hay
rahe' '..'.'..' ......... S22 90.
l Crown moving ma
chine, !..............$ $47.50.
American SIT. disc, $50. 90.
l Sft. roller, d. S25. 90.
American 8! 6shovel
cultiyator, ......... =. $500.
American loft. drag
To teeth. ...............$l0.5O.
klngman corn plant
W - ''.'..' NlS.UU.
| klngman cnltivator, $4.O0.
No. 81 Chattanooga
No. 42 Chattanooga
Plow, ........ $3.50
No, 2! steel pillow, .Sl1.OO.
double shovel, ....... $3.50.
l l-horse harrow, ...... $500.
l. Rock Island stalk
cutter, '.'.... ......,. S2S.00.
l pair Portable scales
600 pound draft, .Sl2 65.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
DUKES MILLIONS
BEHIND PROJECT
Will Sell American Cotton in
China Direct to Con-
sumner.

!, Pekin. May BACKED by the mil
lions of James s. Duke Of the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company. a systematic
campaign to promote the export of
American cottons to China has been
begun.
Mr.. Duke, who Is largely Interested
in Southern cotton mills. has developed
II comprehensive plan to carry the
goods direct from the mill TO the con =
sumner In Manchuria and other parts
OF the Chinese Empire. eliminating the
middlcmen, whose charges are regard :
ed as largely responsible for American
goods being unable successfully to
compete with their Lancashire and Jap
anese rivals.
Plans were SO quietly made that
nothing was known at this end until
very recently. whom Shanghai Import
ers found that Nfessrs Mustard & Co.
were placing large orders for cottons
IN Manchuria, and elsewhere at prices
which they could not meet. This firm
is the distributing agency OF the Brit
lSh and American Tobacco Company for
CHINA and has a complete organiza ton
In parts Of the empire. furnishing OK
actly those facilities which the Amerl-
can cottons must have IL they are
not to be driven entirely from the mar
Mr.. Dukes entry into the field has
caused consternation among the i'm :
porters at Shanghai and other ports.
but seems to give promise of revival
OF the American cotton trade In China,
which OF recent years has so seriously
declined IlllI ADA mn :.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08

to be the greatest social organization
ever held in England.
On May IS the Queen Victoria Me-
mortal, vast structure, which over
tops the Mall. and has been years in
building, will be unveiled. Among the
guests VII be the German Emperor.
The following day gala performance
will be given al Drury Lane In his
honor. and he Will then DC escorted to
the royal palace, where further enter
tainments will follow.
On May 81 tho Imperial conference
opens. This meeting viii discuss every
point OF British interest. from coast
defenses to the design of postage
stamps. May "a Will be given over to
the celebration OF Empire Day. and
on May. 81 the Kings birthday Will
be celebrated. On June Il a great
reception will be rendered the foreign
delegates who are TO represent their
governments at the coronation.
The actual coronation Festivities. so
far as the royal court Is concerned.
Will begin with a great reception and
ball In Buckingham Palace, ending on
the last day OF the month";, when the
court will go to Windsor. On June 20
Their Aajcsties will again entertain
the foreign representatives at Buck
ingham PALACE. and in the evening a
STATE 'panQuqt viii DC ncld. .,a On June
q Their Majcsties will receive the
colonial premiers and other reprcscn.
tatives. and this event Will he followed
by a dinner given by the Duke OF Con-
naught
The Actual Coronation.
June % will be taken up with the
actual coronation ceremony at West
minister Abbey. after which the royal
family will dine alone. On the day
following there will be. a public pro-
cession. headed by Their Majestles.
through South London. On the cath
the royal pair will proceed to Spithead.
where they will hold a naval review.
probably spending The week end on
the royal yacht. On the o6th and goth.
respectively. King George and Queen
Mary. will attend a gala performa nee
at the theatre, and special services
at st. Paul's Cathedral, afterwards
lunching at the Guildhall
July s TO 10 the royal couple Will
journey TO Ireland. and on the 13tl,
Will attend the ceremonies attendant
upon the investiture of their son. the
Prince OF Wales. at Carnarvon Castle.
terminating the long list OF royal nc
tivitfes with tho dedication OF UnIver-
sity College July IL and the laying
of the cornerstone of the welsh Ma.
tional Library at Aberstwyh on July
Is, fi.H
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
ALL ENGLAND IS BUSY. DOMINIC GALA DRESS
FOR EVENTS ATTENDING KINGS CORONATION
Preparing to Greet the Hundreds
Of Thousands Of ~
Fl Visitors.
INFLUX OF AMERICANS
Millions Of Dollars Will Be Spent
i'll Making 1t Country's Great
est Spectacle.

Especial cabie to The Times Dlupa,ch.I
London. May with but live days
Intervening between an. cxpectant
British public and the first OF long
limo OF royal entertainments and ccle-
brations. beginning with the Festival
az Empire on May IL. including the
coronation on June 22iand closing with
King Georges presence at the laying
OF the cornerstone of tho Welsh Ma
tionai Library at Abcrstwyh, July 49,
all England Is busy donning Tho gaiu
attire with which II Will greet the nun
dreds of thousands of spectators.
among whom will be numbered the
crowned heads of Europe. their retinues,
aud dclcga tons from every nation IN
the world. besides throngs Of wealthy
slshtsecrs. who arc even now flockins
into London by every boat and train.
Judging by the elaborate .prcpara-
tions and the earnest assurances OF
those IN charge df the festivities. the
coming paGeunts will eclipse anything
attempted in modern times and Vie
with the festivals Of the ancients In
splcndor. cost and attendance. For
months and months thousands OF Brit
iish subjects have been at work prepar-
Ing for the great events at an cxpcn-
diturc Of many. millions Of dollars. Lon
don Is To Dc decorated as II never
was before. Tiiorei are TO be paradcs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08

receptions at the royal court, horse
shows. friendly contests between tho
military OF visiting nations, entertain
mcnts by the ~clilc of England, and
decora tons that Will astound the visit
tors By their lavish inagnincencr.
Few VIII Witness II.
Despite the fact that the coronation
is 10 be tile piece de resistance in this
list OF events. there arc very, very few
who VIII witness the, actual ceremony.
This no doubt will prove Keen dis
appointment TO many who have been
led 10 understand that the actual cerc-
inony Of GROWING the King and queen
Will be open 10 all who have the
price. Such is not the case The coro.
nation proper will take place within
the sacred precincts Of Westminster
Abbey. with only members OF the royal
family Of England and Invited cues Is
from among the crowned heads or
Europe as spectators. a seat within
the great cathedral cannot be bought
Tor love or money ~
The pebieian visitor need not be dis
many. opportunities to crafty his curl
osity relative to this country's new
sorereigns. Five times during May
and June Their .dajestics Will drive
through the streets Of London that
all Woo have money for the eXtortion-
ate charges demanded for seats of
vantage may see, and praise or criti-
e!ze, as their fancy dictates. Tha
these same high priced window seats
will be filled largely by itinerant
Americans Is q foregone conclusion, for
already one can scarcely, walk block
without seeing dozens of faces ana
figures we'll known on the other side
Of the pond. In fact. so great has
been the Influx of curious America ms
that one prominent British newspaper
confidently asserts that thare' will be
more sightscers from the United
States than native English visitors
from the towns within. say, days
Journey Of the metropolis II
4 Great ".tt-Home.I
The festival OF empire. with which
EnEland's King and Queen Will greet
visitors III a great "at- home" will be
held at the Crystal Palace. a vast
structure which has been deliberately
decorated at cost of over 100000,
This celebration will he what the name
implies-an exposition showing the
progress of the British empire from
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
"A WIDOWS LUCK
Quit the Thing That Was Slowly In
juring Her.

a woman tells how coffee kept her
from insuring her life:
I suffered for many years chiefly from
trouble with my heart, with severe ner-
vous headaches and neuralgia; but al
though incapacitated at times for nv
Homework, ] did not realize the gravity
Of my condition till was rejected for life
insurance, because the examining Dhy-
sician said my heart was so bad he could
not pass me.
This distressed me very much, as |
was widow and had child dependent
upon me. 1t was to protect her future
that | wanted to insure my life.
Fortunately for NE, I happened TO
read an advertisement containing tes,i-
monial from man who had been affected
in the same way that was with heart
trouble, and who was benefited by lcav-
ing off coffee and using Postum. grasped
at the hope this held out, aud made the
change at once.
"Nly health began to improve imme-
diately. The headaches and neuralgia
disappeared, i gained in flesh, and my
appetite came back 10 ME. Greatest OF
all, my heart was strengthened from the
beginning, and soon all the distressing
symptoms passed away. No more wax
ing up in the night with my heart trying
to fly out OF my mouth!
!" Then ] again made application for
life insurance, and had no trouble in pass
ing the medical examination. FIJI
II was seven years ago that began
to use Postum, and | am using it still,
and shall continue to do so, as / find it
a guarantee OF good health" Name given
by Postum Company. Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the big little book ,."Thc Road to
MELVILLE, !" in pkgs. There's reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true and full of human
interest. u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
SAYS LIFE RODE TO
EARTH AS STAR DUST
No Men Rut for Light Rays. swedish
Saynnt Declares In
Atl35t Chfcuun IEt

Chicago. Ill, May 7.-Professor
Svante August Arrhenius, director OF
tho physico- chemical department OF the
Nobel Institute, near Stockholm, Swe-
den, and president of the Nobel Foua-
dalton. said hero:
Life originated on the earth through
the medium of other planets, particu-
larry what we call the yellow stars.
Were II not for the stars there would
be no life here. The germs OF the low
lest form Of being Travelled TO this
planet through the interstcllar space
as star dust and on the light rays.
Thus 1t Is that man is remotely the
product of the stars, for. as the lowlier
life was developed throughout the ages
humanity resulted.
The yellow stars are the best lie
producers. Arcturus. the largest yell
low star, is the best. 1t Is $4,000 times
as large as the sun. 1t takes It's light
160 years to reach the earth.
The star dust is forced Into space
by the light rays emanating from the
planet, and, striking rays earth bound.
may be literally forced here"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
REVOLT SPREADING IN CHINA.
Revolutionarics Threaten sheklung,
50 Miles North Of Hong Kong.

tevoiuffonnricS threaten ShcklunE,
So Miles North OF Hong Kong.
Canton, China. May THE revolu-f
tsonarles are threatening Shekiung. ong
the East River. hfty-seven miles north
Of Hong Kong and forty 1--WE miles
east OF this city. The authorities have
dispat ched troops to intercept them III
The above Is the first news dispatch
received direct from Canton since the
revolutionary outbreak on the night
OF April %. It tends to confirm last
nights advices from Hong Kong
which represented the rebels In great
err strength In the district to the east
of Canton and north OF Hong Kong
than has appeared from earlier reports
The dispatch also said that $50 reyo-l
lutionists had arrived al Canton from
Saigon, which would indicate a bold:
ness on their part inconsistent with the
official advices to the effect that the
authorities at the capital Of the pro-
vince had the situation we'll In hand.
This is improbable. an erroneous re-.
port having arisen, possibly from con-
ficting and confusing Chinese rumors.
1t Is much more likely the revolutions
aries arrived at Hong Kong which his =
direct communication with Saigon iby.
line OF French steamers. S.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-08
SHE WAS
ALMOST CRAZY
Pitiful Tale Of Rachel E. Mercer,
With Happy Ending Due
to Cardui, the Woman's
Tonic.

Herford. w va.-"For about four
years" writes Rachel E. Mercer. OF
this place, ST had suffered from female
troubles.
st would have the headache for a
week at a time, until would be nearly
crazy. i had fainting spells and palms
in my side. In fact, was not able to
work at all
"a neighbor recommended Cardui so
! tried It, and the hrst bottle helped
me. continued Its use. and now I
never suffer with the headache any
more.
Il know that cardui Will help every
suffering woman. IT has done more
for me than any medicine ever took"
While of especial benefit to women
suffering from female ailments. Cardui
may also be taken by all women, for
general weakness, lassitude and de-
bility.
more. especially adaptable to women,
and its building, Strengthening action
is so positive that good results are often
noticed. as in the case of Miss Rachel
Mercer after taking tho first bottle.
Your druggist will recommend Car
idui If you ask him.
N, B:-Writc to Ladies' Advisory
Dept, Cha ttanooga Medicine Co.. Chat
tanooga. Tenn. for Special Instructions
and 647page book. Home Treatment
for Women" sent in plain wrapper on
request