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The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1911-08-24
Bonding Our County.

OdTyNtAlcs aug ASlil.
Dear Editor.
Will you please give me space for a
few lines in your columns concerning
Bonding our County," Iwish to ask
you and your readers question or two
about the nature, or some information
on the bond question.
Is Washington county able, or in, a
position to bond for $500. 900? Would
1t not take the entire sinking funds of
Washington county or more to pay the
interest on $225, OOO2 If so would it re-
duce our taxes7 We are paying mills
of road and bridge tax now are, or, are
we not1 1t cannot be much heavier
without an amendment can it?
thought 1t was the nature of man
to look forward into the future and pro-
vide freedom and Independence and
liberty for his offspring. Please tell
us how our offspring will fare about
the time those bonds mature? Will
they call us loving, merctful fathers if
we provide for them to be slaves and
servants under Gland lords and task
masters" for the sake of circulating
two or three hundred thousand dollars
in our county and surrounding coun-
|try7 am sorry to say but believe it
will be true TO say that if this county,
or any other county, bonds itself to the
extent Of insolvent they will sell their
offspring, or at least they will sell
their freedom and liberty. hate the
thoughts of our offsprings in fifty years
from today having to say we was a
hail of set; for the sake of a little
money they sold our rights. fear
they would say, our fathers and grand
fathers sold our county and bound us
under landlords and taskmasters.
Now of course II would be nice and
good for probably 100 of this age Of
people or at least a small number Of
them to have two or three hundred thou
sand dollars turned loose among us,
but II isn't the opinion Of the poorer
CLASS VI PcOPAC III thio community that
II would profit the common people at
all; II might cause some poor men to
lose their farms and home to get job
on the road, but would that profit
them; we think not.
Now we In favor Of good roads but we
don't like the idea Of selling the liber-
ty Of our children. We are ip favor II
II suits the public Of working roads by
taxation and also working our county
convicts on public roads. We want to
zee road building contracted to the low
est bidder that can make a reliable
bond OF turn as back to the old method
Of two o. three years ago, and let the
'boys ,unaep,tan that the trees must be
at eat II the road and the worst holes
filled up.
I write this letter and ask for space
lor its pnbllcntion for information and
satisfaction for myself and many 9TH
ers. Yours respectfully
A. W. ALLEN.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1911-08-24
Fee Bill Adopted by the
Washington County Doctors

The Washington County Medical Society recently held very
important meeting and other business transacted adopt
ed the following Fee Bill:
Washington County following
effect and after september Ist 1911 to witt
country 81 mile from respective
Note this regulation abOu City Limits
Half mile from city limits e O %s $500 % $3.50 miles
for any number of miles above five miles
Prescriptions. 90 each for simple for all complicated specific
cases. country
delivery $40 according severity
"' GSSasoiesa EsSsisssisss-Dgta
S,geyTreang abscesses
Toe Hand Foot partial I 8; d Hand s
Foot total S S As% SO so i Ls d a so SIS CO., Am
shoulder joint SIS Oo Leg hip joint and Wounds that re-
according what required d trs Is required " visit in first CALL
WOS1ds$s charge treatment
severity may special
Tess, Sss s"S Rectal snrpey @ be charged
for by special demand special work
DsLOOns-Smpe uncOmpcaed charged $40
EACH Complicated fractures and dislocatons $500 and
Consultations mileage mile travelled
calls for be charged regular visits from our
patient family
tti~s TESTS 81 90 for chemical 500 $1,000 for micOp
LIE Insurance E.a1snahOus-ss.OO
ne ns sO also mutually that each hereof shan m to
be annually.
Deluqents satisfactory service
J. S. McCEAcHY, M. d., President
W. H. GRACE M. D., Secretary
J. r. FARRIoR, M. ID.
f. c. WILSON, M d.
w. II. COLEMAN M. ID.
N. ]. DAwKns, M. ID.
G. c. MILLER M ID.
]. WILLIE BERTRUM, M. d.
II. B. BRUNsoN, M ID.
JNo G.. HENDERSON, M. d.
Members Washington County Medical Society
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1911-08-24

WHUSHU.

The literary school at this place
continues good.
The health of our town and
community is good.
The recent heavy rains has.
been injurious to corn and cotton
Uncle Ben and Curtice L. Jones
attended church at Moss Hill
Sunday.
Postmaster l.. d. McFatter
and Marven McKeithen were vis-
itors here Sunday.
Rev. M. E. Grant returned
from Orange Hill Friday where
he had been holding a protracted
meeting.
Rev. w. d. Owens and wife of
Sodom, were here Thursday aft
ternoon shopping and mingling
with friends.
Misses Fannie Mckeithen and
Kate Mcmillan of the Valley, at
tended the ice cream supper here
Thursday night. q
Mrs. Sarah G. Watts and little
granddaughter, Lucille. of Chip
ley, were here visiting relatives
a few days last week.
Uncle Ed Tiller and daughter,
Miss Jane, went down to PinelOg
Saturday to see Uncle Crayton
Tiller who is very sick.
Rev. J. N. Carter and Mrs.
Clara Spence were married here
Saturday night, ]. j. Cox, N. p.
officiating. May peace, PrOsper-'
ity and happiness attend them
thru the remainder of hfe's jour
neY.
The many friends of Mrs. c.
A. Grubbs will be glad to learn
that she has returned from New
Orleans, where she went for med
ical treatment; she is much inn
proved, and we hope on the road
to perfect health again.
We have been hearing some
more r. r. numbering here re-
Gently, and saw the first regular
passenger coach and L. & N. r.
h. lantern here Thursday night.
Well, maybe there will be some
thing doing after a while.
One of the enjoyable events of
the past week was an ice cream
supper given at the new Metho-
dist church building Thursday
night. A large number of young
people came down from Chipley
on the excursion over the b. G.
All seemed to have a nice time.
The receipts was $3S.75, which
will be used in completing the
building.
Robert Simmons returned
home Wednesday night from En-
terprise, Ala, with the remains
OF his little daughter, Bette. who
was operated on there for appen-
dicitis; she died four or five days
after the operation, Her remains
we're inferred in the Moss Hill
cemetery Thursday. Bette was
dutiful child and all who knew
her loved her. Her devoted IA
Their and mother have the sympa-
thy Of many friends in their sad
hour Of bereavement.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1911-08-24
College of Agriculture
University of Florida.

Offers in Agriculture: A 4-year
course; 2-year course; a 1-year
course; 4-months course; 4-week
Farmers course; IA correspondence
courses. A course for every need. You
have education enough to enter one of
these courses. Find out which one by
writing to
y. y. VERNON,
College of Agriculture, Gainesville,
Florida. Tuition Free.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1911-08-24
USE


TO exterminate Bedbugs, Roch-
es, Moths, Ants, Mosquitoes,
Flies, Fleas, Spiders, and all
class of yermin. To kill and pre-
vent Fleas, Lice and Mites on
fowls. To kill and prevent Ticks,
Fleas, Lice and Flies on animals.
To .prevent the spread of Conta-
gious Diseases. To disinfect
Stables and Fowl Houses. To
insure yourself perfect health.
Fenole will not lnjure or stain
the finest or most delicate fab
RIGS. Insects destroyed with
Fenole will not poison house pets
or chickens,
Fenole is used with sprayer.
Quarts, 7sc. q Gallon, $1.35.
Gallon, $3.50. Sprayers, SOC.
Not the Cheapest but the Best.
Manufactured by
The FenOIe Chemical Co.
Tampa, Fla.
For sale by chipIey Hdw. Co.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27
D|SF|GURED WITH
SCALES AND CRUSTS
Eczema from Top of Head to Waist.
Suffered Untold Agony and Pain.
Doctors Said It Could Not Be Cured.
Set Of Cuticura Remedies Success.
fuI When All Else Had Failed.

'Some time ago was taken with ecseysa
from the top Of my head to my waist. II
began with scales or my body. ] suffered
untold itching and burning, and could not
sleep. WAS greatly disfgured with scales
and crusts Ny ears looked as II they had
been most cut of With s razor, and my neck
was perfectly raw. / suffered untold agony
and pain. / tried two doctors who snid I
had eczema In Its fullest stage. and that II
could not be cured. then tried other rem
edies 10 no avail. At last, tried set OF
the genuine Cuticura Remedies, which cured
me. cuticura Remedies cured me Of eczema
praise them too highly.
~ suffered with eczema about ten months,
but am now entirely cured, and ! believe
Cuticura Remedies are the best skin cure
there Is" (Signedl Miss Matte J. Shaffer,
g. +. D. !. Box 8. Dancy. Miss. Oct. u. 1910.
II had suffered from eczema about fou.
years when soils began TO break OIL. on
different paris OF my body. It started with
hie red rash. Ny back was affected first.
when II also spread over my face. The itching
was almost unbearable at times. tried
different soaps and salves. but nothing seemed
20 help me until began TO use the Cu,icurs
Soap and Ointment. One box OF them cured
me entirely. ! recommended them TO my
sister for her baby who was troubled with
tooth eczema. and they completely cured
her baby" tSigned) Mrs. p. l.. Marberger.
Drehersyille. Pa. Sept 6, 1910
Although Cuticura Soap and Cuticurs
Ointment are sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere, a liberal sample OF each, with
32-page booklet on the skin and hair. Will
be sent. post-frce, OF application to PettAs
Drug & Chem. Corp, Dept <B. Boston.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27

ana are setting out. in California, hun
dreds of plants which it is thought
Will make varnsh. We have also a
pedigreed barley which is especially
desired by the brewers. and altogether
so many other fruits. grains and trees
mat TO mention them would be like
quoting a botany.
Persimmons us Big rs BnsebaIIs.
Among the fruits IN which the de-
partmcnt is especially interested lust
now is the persimmon. Not the Ill
tie persimmon as big as walnut
which grows in our South, but the
Japanese. Chinese and Korean per
simmons which are a s big as hasebals
or larger / have eaten them In all
of these countries and verify be-
iieVe they are the most delicious fruit
upon earth Some kinds look like
mammoth tomatoes, and when ripe are
SO soft they can be scooped up With
spoon Others are eaten while still
hard like apples. and others are frozen
ana served like a sherbet or Roman
punch
These Asiatlc pcrsimmons are beau
tiful. They are sometimes OF an
orange red color. measuring from
three TO FIVE inches in diameter. and
often Weighing more than a pound
Mr.. Frank y. Meyer, one of the most
expert OF our agricultural explorers.
has discovered one which is as seed
less as a navel orange. which has no
pucker and can be eaten when green
and hard. 1t is known as the Tamo-
pan pers!mmon and was found. be-
lieve. somewhere near the Ming Tombs.
north OF Pekin. in a climate colder
than any OF our States of the South
He has sent cuttings which will be
grated on our persimmon trees and
II may be that this fruit will some
RI a h,- IL
The trees are said 10 be hardy They
bear so heavily that the limbs break.
and they last for forty or nifty yeara
before the fruit fails.
There are many other pesinmons
in Asia which have seeds. but they all
grow large and they are one OF the
mos; common fruits In the markets.
The natives have a method Of taking
out the astringency or pucker by leav-
Ing the fruit several days In cask
or tub which has once contained a
spirituous liquor. The effect of the
liquor which is soaked into the wood
seems to take out the pucker We
are now raising some Japanese pers!rn-
mons In Florida. where the crop Is
said to be commercially profitable
There Is no doubt that the fruit can
ne grown wherever our native per
simmon now ,hrives. and IT Is prob
North.
Frank Meyers Work
Indeed. II Is impossible to estima te
the value OF our agricultural explora-
tions They cost us comparatively lit
tie. but they yield bigger dividends
than any other money appropriated by
Congress.
Take. for instance. the work Of
Frank N Meyer the man who has
sent us the persimmons have ius,
mentioned. He is now in Chinese
Turkestan. west Of Tibet. travelling on
foot and on camels. looking up new
plants and seeds for arid lands He
| receives. all told. something like s5.
600 year. and out OF this pays hls
travelling expenses doing the work
more as an enthusiast and for the
good OF the country than as means
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27

OF making living. He Is one of the
most famous of our botanists and
plant experts. and like Powell who
recently belonged TO the same bureau.
he could easily command salary OF
$4,000 4 year II he chose 10 leave
the department
Mr.. Meyer has Travelled all over
China, Alanchuria and Siberia, sending
us new fruits, nuts and grains In adj
dition to the persimmon, he has given
us u score or more new peaches. which
are now being tested. Some or these
are as large as navel oranges; others
huve flesh which is blood red. looH -
arTthins else He has sent in the so
called money peach, which grows In
Shentung. and the beef peach G
Shansi, which looks like Jaw neai.
some or the peaches now being testc1
arc flat. and they are IF oil shades
red '
Mr.. Meyer has sent IN many apricots
from China. and Wild apricots from
Manchuria and Northern Korea. which
anything we now have. Some of these
apricotS have been successfully tested
at Boston. and some even as far nor,1
as Wisconsin.
FOR new Chinese varieties OF plums,
cherrles. ounces and apples, as We'll
as for other fruits which the depart
ment expects VIII be grown in differ
ent parts of the country. One OF the
most important of the latter IS the
5ujube. the fruit OF which is not nm
IKE dates, and can be eaten fresh
oried and preserved. and also steIyed
or smoked The jujube VIII grow in
an 4lkai SOIL. and Il is we'll ada pied
Copyright. 1871 by Frank @ car
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27
Asheville Social News
Especial TO The Times-Disna

lSPecid4 10 me Times Dis patch
Asheviile. y. G. August 26-In honor
OF her guests. Miss Doris Maslin, Of
winston Sa EN-. and Miss HiIda Wa.
or Wytherille, Miss Lillian Adams Of
u1iltrnore. entertained in a charming
manner at the Country Clut FridaS
afternoon Progressive hearts was tho
game. and during the games delightfI,i
truit punch was served AT the cor
olusion OF the playing a collation. was
Mrs Elwin Spear gave an exceeding
~ ENJOYABLE bridge whist party Wed
hesday afternoon at the home OF her
mother, Mrs. a l. Scott. in honor OF
Mesdames Ste!nheimer. of Savannah
and Hand. OF Bermuda The first nrIan
was awarded 10 MN. Locke Craig. The
mouse was decorated yellow having
neen the color scheme. Golden glow
M Me, ssHI I,I were used In profusion.
VINO is the guest of Miss Lola enklns
and Miss ulia Wood, OF Elizabeth ctty
who is visiting Miss Myrtle Rollins.
nae been the guests OF honor at
proved more enjoyable than the live
hundred party given in their honor
IhuTSday afternoon by Miss Katherine
t Seaaies "a. a. her home. in Charlotte
the porch was was dclightfu!y cool
Al the conclusion OF the games a
dehcious salad course was served to
formally last Thursday evening a; her
nome on South Main Street comnii
mentary TO Miss Rebecca Durhine. Of
lhirIanGelpnia and Miss Eleanor Swift.
OF Wilmington who are visiting Miss
Eleanor West and Miss Bessie Keenan,.
ASheNllle's dancing set has been on
tertained royalty during the past week
sne MIDSUMMER germans of the Manor
hno tne Battery Park Hotels having
carried out
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27

grown in the irrigated hot regions OF
Southern California and Arizona
There is also a large-fruited. dry-Iand
Chinese date. which we are grating
and which seems to promise a new
dried fruit industry.
The Marriage of the Rice.
Uncle Sam is giving a new crop to
the wet lands as well as to the dry
He is bringing rice from all parts of
the world and marrying the different
varieties. This is a job. There are no
less than 400 different kinds of that
grain in Japan. India and China. and
some of these are found to grow bet
ter than our famous South Carolina
rice, which was long considered the
best of the world. Not long ago we
sent the late DR. S. A. Knapp. to Japan,
and he brought back rice from the
Island of kiushu which has revolu-
tionized this industry. and added mil
lions OF dollars to the value OF our
crop. We have now rice for the up
lands as we'll as for the swamps, and.
on the praires of Arkansas We are
raising twice as much to the acre as
they are getting in South Carolina
and Georgia. We now produce hun
dreds OF millions of pounds of rice
every year, and that at less cost than
Asia can raise 1t with cheap coolie
labor. The secret is in the use OF
machinery. and the profits are large.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27
By FRANK c. CARPENTER.
Washington. D. C

Washington, D. c.
Uncle Sam is running u great MatrT-
nonial Bureau. lie makes marriages
by the hundreds month. and adds to
his children by the tens OF thousands
year. He not only marries those
within his own boundaries. but he has
has agents travelling at government
expense far and wide over the world
Searching out new brides and grooms
to mate with them.
These marriages, however, are not OF
men and women, but of plants. 1t is
strange to think of plants marrying
but the vegetable world is male and
female II is made up OF such matches,
and from them are coming forth new
and valuable plant children each day.
Every one has heard of Luther Bur
bank, who married the plum to the
apricot and made the plumcot, who
made the white blackberry out of the
brunette and a cross. and who took the
ox-eled daisy and by uniting 1t with
other varieties created the great
Shasta flower, which is many times
larger. The Agricultural Department
has a half q dozen men who have done
as much original work a Luther Bur
bank. and there are scores of othc
scattered over the country. at our
State and national experiment stations
who are yearly producing grains and
fruits which will add enormously to
our national wealth.
Our New Baby whcnts.
Take the matter of wheat The
agricultural matchmakers OF Mime
sofa have done wonders in their mar
riages of those servants OF man. They
have crossed the various wheats. and
they have now 1000 hybrid babies
which they are testing. They have
produced one offspring which has been
already scattered over 100000 acres
and another which is being planted
upon 100000. Some of the new wheats
are showing gains of from two to fve
bushels per acre. and some have aver
aged as high as forty seven bushels
The old whcats beside them have been
giving only fifteen or twenty. II the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27

wheat crop of the United States could
be increased only three bushels per
acre it would add at least 100000
600 per year to our receipts from that
source.
The grains used in Producing these
hyhrids have pedlgrees dating far back
into history. They have been collected
from all parts of the world. Among
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-23
PaItsrins With IN. Eternal vsri,;.,.

raiterins With the Eternal Neritiss.
ne uncle from the west took his
little Boston nephew on his knee.
Wordsworth" he said, "once there
was q aaou"-
hen he still exists, Uncle Peter"
Interrupted the little Boston bow.
No senuent reasoning being within
Whom the vital spark has found n
i"d-Eent on this mortal plane ever
ceases TO be, albeit his activities NAV
seek expression in another form. An
initiation is abhorrent TO the aesthetic
sense. Matter may vanish from the
sight but the elements OF which IL is
composed are imperishable In Ike
manner the intangible essence that
constitutes the real man, she ego, sur
wives all changes and mutations. 1t is
the indeSuuctible, sempiternal self,
that persists through the ages. A lit
tie reflection, Uncle Peter. would con
vince you that the time worn phrase.
once there was man. is a solecism."
Uncle Peter after a little reflection
put the boy down from his knee and
began TO talk of something else.-Chi-
cago Tribune
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-23
Stammerind.

Stammering is due to a peculiarly
nervous temperament, and only very
sympathetic treatment can effect "A
cure. Stammering in a child should
receive immediate attention, and the
first thing to be done is to improve
the little ones health by means of
plenty of sleep, fresh air and good
food. Every day he should take deep
breathing exercises in the open air.
These deep, steady inspirations
strengthen the muscles of the throat
and counteract n spasmodic habit of
breathing. Notice should be taken of
the sounds which the little stammerer
has most trouble with, and sentences
containing these sounds should be
composed for him to repeat each day
very slowly and clearly. He should
also be asked to read aloud every day.
This exercise should be omitted when
ever he seems overexcited or run
down in health, and it goes without
saying that he should never be scold-
ed or laughed at.-New York Tribune.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-23
Ancient inkStapds

An inkstand that was probably in
use 3,400 years ago is exhibited In a
Berlin museum. 1t is of Egyptian
make and is supposed to belong to the
eighteenth or nineteenth dynasty, OF
somewhere about 1900 b. c., although
its real age can be judged only ap.
proximately. 1t is made of wood and
has two compartments, an upper one
provided with two holes, one for black
and one for red ink, and lower one
for holding reed pens. The black and
red ink are certainties, for some still
remains, in dry condition, within the
receptacles. Another ancient inkstand
is supposed to have been intended for
the use of a schoolboy. 1t would GER
tainly hold ink enough for school
boys needs. for it has no fewer than
four ink holes. Both inkstands were
found at Thebes.-London Globe.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-23
The PopuIar Ten Spot.

Perhaps the average reader would
find it difficult if not impossible to
state offhand the denomination of the
notes which represent a larger proper
ton Of our currency circulation than
any other. The outstanding circula-
ton amounts TO something more than
50, 100000 and consists OF notes of
eleven denominations, ranging from 81
to $4,000 There are outstanding 154,-
411,S35 one dollar notes. But neither
the one dollar notes nor those of S10,-
600 represent the larger item in
the currency circulation. There are
%, 16O notes of $4,000 each outstand-
ing-a total of 1921, 100000 But the
most important is the ten dollar note,
Of which 6,699,4 are in circulation,
representing a total of S669,944, $40. SO
the ten spot is your Uncle Samuel's IA
vorite issue.-New York Mail.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-23
Love and a Rind.

The story OF one woman's pride and
devotion comes out Of a jewellers
shop. A young man bought an engage
ment ring Apparently he was an
impecunious young man At any rate.
he ordered an imperfect diamond. In
less than n week his fiancee called at
the shop alone.
rs this a fawless diamondY" she
asked. Il want an honest answer"
She got It,
II thought So" said she. "Poor fel
lowl don't blame him. He did the
best he could. l don't care for myself,
but have friends who are good judges
OF diamonds, and it would nearly kill
me for them 10 find out that he gave
me a cheap ring. VIII you take this
stone out and replace 1t with first
class diamond? He will never know
the difference. / will pay the bill"
The substitution was effected. and
that young woman Is now proudly
showing an engagement ring that for
splendor cannot be Outdone on the
whole west side.-New York Times.