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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-01-13

For that distressed feeling after
tlting, belching and nausea between
meals, take Bloodine. 1t cures dys-
pepsia by strengthening the digest
i've organs so that they are capable
of filling their functions. Gunter 6
IDrus Store, Special Agents.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-01-13

A so cent bottle of Bloodine
Rheumatic Liniment will last longer
than the most aggravated case of
sore throat. A most effective rem
edy for cold on chest, Group, etc.
Gunter's Drug Store, Batesburg and
Ridge Spring, Special Agents.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-01-13
DIR. VIM. E. BARKER'S EX-
PERIENCElN LONDON.

4
| (From the Rochester Times.)
Half century ago there was no
city in the world where an eminent
specialist had the opportunities that
were presented to one in London;
realizing this fact DR.. Barker, after
graduating from Heidelburg, located
in London. His practice grew so
rapidly that at the end of five years
he established the largest practice
of any physician in that city. His
practice was confined to chronic ca
ses only in the treatment of rheuma
tism, catarrh. kidney and bladder
diseases. Hsused one never-failing
prescriptions this same prescription
he had written thousands of times;
and he had seen patients come into
his office on crutches, who said they
had been troubled with rheumatism
tor Is and 20 years, and after they
used this special prescription for
two or three days, they would come
walking to his office, as ninble as
school boy, and thank him for the
good he had done them The Doc
tor said in an interview that one man
about As years old came to him one
day and said he had been injured
while working at the carpenter trade
about twenty years before, and had
suffered constantly since with kid
ney trouble.-He had tried everything
to get relief, but nothing seemed to
do him any good. He asked the
Doctor if he really knew anything
that would cure him, and he told
him Of a never failing remedy fer all
chronic cases like his. He wrote him
a prescription and told him to take
it for week and then come and let
him know how he was getting along
This lncn came back to his office in
just four days and said he had not
felt as we'll in bis life. He also stated
that his daughter, whom he had TAX
en- out of school because her eyes
were toe weak to study, and she
could hardly see from one of them
at all; she had been treated by four
eye specialists without relief, and af
ter he had taken this prescription
for two days he says he saw il was
helping him so much he let her take
some of it. and to their great sur
prise, she improved wonderfully
from the first dose. He told him
that it was only weeks time after
she commenced to take the medi-
cine until she could see as we'll as ev
er and was able to return to school.
1t was not until after hundreds of
such remarkable cases had been
treated by DR.. Barker with this same
prescription that he was prevailed
upon in the interest of humanity to
allow the wonderful prescription to
be put up so that every sufferer
could have it at very small cost,
the plllic can now secure this pre-
scr pt al al5er the name eft blood
inc. drug stores, cg The Bloo6ine
La,gl oyie Boston Mass, vii
suppl sax weeks treatment Siz
Bottle for $3.50. SO cents q botle,
-a. I tie ana boz Aler, 10 cents.
Iunre g Drug store, DatesouIg anl
Ridge Spring, Special Agents.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-01-13

(From the Paterson, N. j., Guar
dian.)
Ninety-four per cent OF all the
diseases with which the human SyS-
tern is afflicted, ori sinate or turn in
to catarrh; assuring himself of this
fact, DR.. Barker gave the after of
catarrh his entire time and study,
and after several ears of the most
thorough research for a remedy
which would positively cure catarrh
in any form, he prepared a prescrip-
tiCn which he used in his private
pra ct. :e without single failure Of
any case of catarrh he treated. AT
fer considerable amount OF persu-
ion le consented 10 put the pre-
scrip:ion up in convenient form, so
that sufferers from this terrible dis
ease could purchase the treatment at
a nominal cost. The prescription
will be found in most any drug store
in the United States under the labe,
bloodine. In a recent Introductory
sale in the city Of New York. more
than 10000 bottles were sold in q
single week.
am so confident that bloodin:
will cure anyone afflicted with ca
tarrh that l will gladly supply it t,
any patient on positive guarante
to cure, or money will be as cheer
fully refunded as it is taken. !
your druggist does not keep blood
inc you can be supplied by Th
Bloodine Laboratories, Boston, Mas
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l.. M. MITCHELL

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
.Batesburg, S. c.
Office Hours:
8 to 9 a. m.
2 to p. m.
7:30 to 9 p. m.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1911-01-13

a W ONDERFUL DISCON-
Err WHICH PRACTl( =
ALLY ELIMINATES TIL L
DANGERS OF DEATH BY
CArARRH OR DISEASES
w II &c III O h | q y AT l.
WITH CATARRH.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
ALASKA RICH IN OIL
Wells Clicked With Debris to Pre-
vent Natural Flow.
Conflicting interests Have Long
Sought to Control the Output OF
Petroleum In the Rich Kat
ALA District.

Seattle, Wash.-A strange story
comes from the Katalla region, in
Alaska. Oil wells that were bored
half a dozen years ago, and prom
ised great returns in high grade Pc
troleum, were never allowed to be-
come producers because of conflicting
interests that were seeking to drive
each other out. Recently new own
erships have prevailed, and the four
principal wells near the town Of Kat
ALA were found to be choked with
scrap iron, junk, and all sorts Of
debris. When the load was taken
out the wells flowed 2.10O barrels of
oil a day.
For two years or more the country
has been discussing the Alaska coal
problem. pro and con. yet scarcely a
word is ever said about the oil
fields which border the great north
ern coal areas. The country at large
hardly realizes that the Alaska oil
fields are the newest to be developed
on the American continent.
The Katalla belt Is a strip of land
along the coast of Alaska adjoining
the Copper River delta. and extending
off eastward toward Mt. st. Elias. To
the north Is the Boring Lake, coal
country, and through this territory oil
seepages are to be found.
The Indians of that district thad no
ticed these seepages, and had spoken
Of them TO the traders along the
coast, but 1t remained for Thomas
White, a pioneer of Alaska even at
that time. to make the actual discov-
cry Of petroleum. He was hunting,
and on the trail Of a bear, when he
stumbled across one of these black
pools. To assure himself that he had
found oil he drew out a match,
scratched it, and touched the surface
of the pond. Instantly he vas re-
warded with proof. White made the
first oil location in Alaska, and soon
there was a quiet stampede to the
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
INDIGNANT AT THE INJUSTICE
Scholars Would Not Stand to See
Much-Loved Teacher Not Get
ting Her Rights.

The following incident told Of a pub
lie school teacher Of CHEEKY manner
and marked ability, noted for her sue
cess in leading backward or unwilling
pupils along the rocky road to knowl-
edge.
In laboring with an especially try
ing class she was wont to encourage
the members by such confident re-
marks. as "Of course we can do It'll"
"Of course we can learn this lesson as
weIFs 8s sother people, if we try!" AS
examination time drew nea and the
little ones became more nervous, she
changed her tune to "Of course we're
going to pass!" The children did pass,
duly, but, natural pleasure in the un-
expected success having e~vaporated,
were sulky and disagreeable almost be-
yond belief. 1t took their new teacher
a long time to get at the root OF the
misunderstanding, over which they
whispered in corners and because of
which they treated her like a bitter
enemy. At last, however, she drew
from the most pliable %youngster this
indignant, fearful admission:
1--WE amt a-goin' ter study no
in this darned ole school. Here, we
came up from Miss Blanks room, an
she stays down there all alone, when
she knows so much more than we do.
It's a plumb shame that they didn't
let her pass, tool"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA
CAME FROM TEETHING

when my little girl was about
eight months old, she was taken with
a very irritating breaking out, which
came on her face, neck and back.
When she first came down with 1t, it
came In little watery-like testers under
her eyes, and on her chin, then after
a few days 1t would dry down in scaly,
white scabs. In the daytime she was
quite worrysome and would dig and
scratch her face nearly all the time.
"I consulted our physician and found
she was suffering from eczema, which
he said came from her teething. I
used the ointment he gave me and
without any relief at all. Then I
wrote for a book on Cuticura and pur-
chased some Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment at the drug store. l did as I
found directions in the Cuticura Book
let, and when she was n year old,
she was entirely cured. Now she is
three years and four months, and she
has never been troubled with eczema
since she was cured by the Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment" (Signed
Mrs. Freeman Craver, 81 Lewis st.,
Syracuse, N. Y, May 6. 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will BIO
mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. 2 K, Boston.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
Oil Well Near KataIIa.

northern territory That was Is
years ago.
White went to Alaska in 1889. He
sell geological expedition that made
the first ascent of Mt. st. Elias. Again
he climbed the mountain with the
Duke d'Abruzzi, when the Italian mo-
bleman wanted to ascend the highest
mountain on the continent. That was
before the discovery of Mt. McKin-
ley, in the interior Of Alaska.
A number of the early claimants
organized an oil company which in
turn leased to a second company
Canadian concern-and this again
leased to a third company. which
finally did the well drilling. But
the last company was to pay a big
sum of money as soon as oil was dis
covered in commercial quantities.
The four wells drilled produced
oil. How much the outside world did
not know, because the three com
panies began their long struggle to
freeze" out each other. 1t was not
long ago that a fourth company came
in and got possession of the "old Eng
lish' property. as it was called. and
opened up the choked wells. Two
toni of stuff was taken from one bore,
and the oil in its exuberance at being
released, carried away the top of the
derrick. Then it settled down to a
steady flow of 100 barrels a day. Oil
stood in two of the other wells, but
it was found that when the flow was
started with a pump, it continued at
the same rate of its own accord.
Being SO light and volatile, wood
containers are useless in handling the
Katalla oil. Therefore iron and steel
receptacles and c%onyeyors were or
dered, and now are being placed in po-
sition. One tank of 10000 barrels is
being erected at tidewater on Con-
troller bay, and two others, one of
1000 barrels and the other of 5000
barrels, will stand at the wells, about
eight miles from the big loading tank.
The distance Is covered by an iron
pipe that will deliver 1900 barrels a
day.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
MAKE CONCRETE WATER TANK
Directions for Making Large Recepta'
Gle That Is Not Apt to Crack
During Winter.

In reply to a request for directions
for making a concrete water tanks
about twelve feet long. three feet
wide and two and one-half feet deep,
the Breeders Gazette publishes the
following:
Excavate until solid bottom Is
reached, or Jay twelve inches. and
fill in six inches with gravel or Gin
ders packed solidly. Then fll with
wei concrete to a depth OF four
inches and on this place the forms,
The outside form should be perpen-
dicular, and the inside form ten inches
smaller on each side at the bottom
and FIVE inches smaller on each side
at the top for a tank two fees deep.
SO that the wall will be five inches
thick at the top and en- inches at the
bottom. BY making 1t l.: this way II
is not only stronger. but freezing in
winter will not be apt to crack 1t. as
the ice can expand upward.
The mixture may be made Of n
part cement. two of sand and four
of crushed stone, or If of gravel with
about one-third sand, n barrel OF
cement to one yard of gravel. Mix
wet or sloppy" and fill in at once
nd all should be DIRE before the
bottom is thoroughly set. OF course
the forms should be made tight and
well braced and arounc the top it
might be well to place two strands Of
large wire, say No. 8 OF No. 6. Place
these about two inches from the top
and outside. After one day take out
the inside form and wash the inside
with a mixture of one part cement
and two of sand. spreading it on
thickly with a whitewash brush.
Keep 1t covered from the hot sun until
filled with water which may be done
in two or three days.
The inlet and outlet pipes should
be put in place before placing the
bottom. A good way for the overflow
Is to make 1t in two pieces of pipe, a
short piece with its connection run
ming down into a tile drain and its
top, just level with the floor. then the
overflow pipe will screw into this and
be made as long as the depth OF water
needed. 1t can be unscrewed to
drain out the tank. The outside form
had best be left on for a week or ten
days.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
a Matter Of Greed.

1.-TWO men were disputing over their
respective churches" said the Slater
News in reviving an old story Wnlen
is still good. "One was a Baptist ana
the other a Presbyterian. Finally
one Of them called a neighbor VINO
was passing and asked his opinion as
to which was the better church IN
which to be saved. Well, neighbor''
he said, son and l have been hauling
wheat for nearly 40 years. There
are two reads that lead to the mill.
One is the valley road and the other
leads over the hill, and never yet a
the miller asked me which road l
came, but he always asks, is the
wheat good?"'"-Kansas City TimeA-
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22

to feel better when I had taken only
one bottle of Compound, but kept on
as 1 was afraid to stop too soon."-Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 2728 N. B. ST., Ell
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances with
an operation or drag out a sickly,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the Joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years 1t has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
has cured thousands Of women who
have been troubled with such all
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, fbroid tumors, irregulari-
ties, periodic pains, backache, indiges-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound will help you,
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass, for advice. Your letter
will be absolutely confidential
and the advice free.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
Care of the Lawn.

If the season happens to be a dry
one don't NOW the lawn oftener than
once a week. Frequent clipping causes
rapid corporations Of moisture from
the soil.
Allow the clippings to remain In a
dry season. They help to shade the
soil and act as a mulch.
To do good work with your lawn
mower keep it well oiled and sharpen
1t frequently. If it is not well oiled
it will run so hard that you dread to
operate it, consequently the proper
attention demanded by the lawn now
er will not be given, quite likely. II
mo- 'elt sharp the blades will tear off
tie grass, leaving a haggled looking
sward. To secure the velvety smooth
ness which characterizes the ideal
lawn, the grass must be cut evenly
and clearly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
IN REPAIRING A DIRT ROAD
Few Little Hints That VIII Tend to
Make Work of Fixing Up
Highway Easier.
In repairing a dirt road:

In repairing a dirt road:
Don't fill UP the holes and ruts in
the dirt road with brush, with rocks
on top, and a little dirt to the
rocks; but fill up the hole with dirt
of the same character as the balance
of the road.
Don't throw all the refuse from the
bitches into the middle of the road.
thus softening the surface and de-
stroying the solid, firm bed that you
have obtained by previous work; hut
throw this material out on the OPP
posite side of the ditch.
Don't leave the center of the road
the lowest point: but make 1t the
highest and give the surface of the
road a slope of about 1 in 20 to the
side ditch.
Don't carry the water across the
surface of the road from one side to
the other; but carry it by means of
c~ulverts underneath the road.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22

Watch for cabbage bugs and cab
bage worms.
The dry loft of a barn is an ideal
granary for onions.
Plow and harrow the ground before
sowing fall turnips.
An authority says that potatoes
should not be planted in hills.
That a good silo is a money maker
Is no longer a question for argu-
ment.
Early blowing kills nimble-will.
which is often mistaken for quack
grass.
There are several different ways for
distributing and packing the corn In
the silo.
Pie plant is a good commercial veg
etable. The demand for 1t on the city
markets is good.
Could we get such appropriations
for good roads as go to build battle
ships we would soon be out Of the
mud.
Strawberries should be cultivated.
he weeds eradicated and the mois-
ture conserved for late summer
drought.
Too much water Is as bad as too
little, becar 9 the surplus fills up the
interstices in the soil, excludes the
air and smothers the plant.
The man who has alfalfa this year
may not be cutting as heavy crops as
usual, but he is still away ahead OF
the farmer who hasn't any.
The onion is akin to the turnip and
cabbage. You must see that the roote
are we'll in the ground. but need not
be so particular about the bulb.
Lettuce may be had for table use
till late in winter by starting the
plants now and protecting them with
a cold frame when cold weather
comes.
Bookkeeping is well adapted to gar
dening and fruit growing. The bees
will appreciate your skill rs garden
err and show their appreciation by
paying tribute in honey.
Are we making the largest $ pos
sible of cement on the farm in build
ing and repairing? High priced lum-
Der that rapidly decays should be dis
placed everywhere possible By ce
ment
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
GREAT TRUTH IN EPIGRAM
Few Words of the Late Edwin A. Abb
hey Contain a Whole Sermon
to Mlsers.

1.-THE late Edwin A. Abbey, the
American painter who lived in Lon
don, was only comfortably off. where
as he might have been rich"
The speaker, a Chicago art dealer,
had just returned from Europe. He
continued:
IT dined one evening with Abbey in
his house in Chelsea, and after dinner
we walked in the blue twilight on the
Chelsea embankment
GAS we passed Old Swan House and
Clock House, and the other superb
residences that front the river, l re-
preached Abbey for his extravaganza.
Why l said, pointing toward Clock
House, if you had saved your money,
you might be living in a palace like
that today
but Abbey. with a laugh. rather
got the better of me. He ratified off
this epigram-and it's an epigram I'll
always remember when I'm tempted
to be parsimonious:
".Some folks he said. are so busy
putting something by for a rainy day
that they get little or no good out Of
pleasant weather."
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
Diary of a EIy-Kuler.

Monday-My attention was called
last night to a statement that house
flies are bearers of disease and should
be destroyed as Don as possible. l
began my crusade against them this
morning. 1t was a little discourag-
ing, because there was only n fly
in the house and it was quite agile.
1t escaped me. I broke two vases
and a photograph frame.
Tuesday, nearly killed three
flies this afternoon, but the lamp got
in the way. It was a 81 lamp.
Wednesday, saw a fly on the out
side Of the fly screen and raised the
screen SO l could hit it. Seventeen
flies flew in. I missed it.
Thursday-There was a sluggish
looking fly on the window with closed
wings. l stole toward 1t cautiously,
but it flew up just as l let the blow
fall. Then l knew it wasn't a fly.
It was a wasp. My nose began to
swell at once.
Friday-My nose is a sight. Drat
the fies.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
SECOND slBLE A NECESSITY
Experienced Minister Knew What He
Mas Taking About When He
Advised Junior.

NOW tlat you are married" said the
experielced minister to the young
curate, you will have to stop using
the church Bible for home study.
Oh, YES, / know how it is. You get
ATTACHED to a certain Bible, and can
study better with that right under
your nose, and would willingly pack
1t hack and forth for the inspiration
it effords. rye been through it. Used
to do that very thing myself, but aft
er half a dozen wells and a pair of
goves and some little lacey things that
7 shall not attempt to specify 1oated
down from the pulpit on Sunday morn
ings In view Of the ~astonished and
amused congregation, l accustomed
myself to two Bibles. The women
iolk will put things into the Bible to
press. 1t is a habit you can't break
them of, and the first thing you know
these feminine knick-knacks go sail
ng away to humiliate you"
That night the curate turned the
,ages Of his Bible carefully. A veil
and a scrap of lace fell out. He sighed.
The next day he began to cultivate an
affection for a second Bible.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
A HIT
What She Gained by Trying Again.

A failure at first makes us esteem
final success.
A family in Minnesota that now en-
Joys Postum would never have known
how good it Is II the mother had been
discouraged by the failure Of her
first attempt to prepare it. Her son
tells the story:
I'VE had never used Postum till last
spring when father brought home a
package one evening just to try 1t. We
had heard from our neighbors, and in
fact every n who used it, how well
they liked it.
well, the next morning Mother
brewed 1t about five minutes, just as
she had been in the habit of doing
with coffee without paying special at
tention to the directions printed on
the package. 1t looked weak and
didn't have a very promising color, but
nevertheless father raised his cup
with an air of exceptancy. 1t certain
ly did give him a great surprise, but
I'm afraid it wasn't a very pleasant
one, for he put down his cur with a
look Of disgust.
Mother wasn't discouraged though,
and next morning gave it another trial,
letting It stand on the stove till boil
ing began and then letting it boil for
fifteen or twenty minutes, and this
time we were all SO pleased with it
that we have used it aver since.
Father was a confirmed dyspeptic
and a cup of coffee was to him like poi
son. So he never drinks it any more,
but drinks Postum regularly. He isn't
troubled with dyspepsia now and Is
actually growing fst, and I'm sure
Postum is the cause of it. All the chill
dren are allowed to drink it and they
are perfect pictures of health" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road to
Wellville3s' in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above Ietters A new
one %appears from time to time. They
are genhines true, and full of human
tnterests
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-09-22
cIod crusher.

screw bolts. The bolts go through
a link into the front edge of the post
so it will not turn under as would
be the case if fastened back Of the
center. A board is fastened on top
by a couple of lag screws that have
considerable play In a slot in the
board. A large washer keeps the bolt
head from going through. Ride the
drag.
This drag will not push clods into
the ground as a planker will for they
get between the posts and roll until
crushed. This drag is as good for
field as for garden work.