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Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Can't Lose EN-.

After 25 years a wandering suitor
has returned to claim his affianced OF
a quarter of century ago. The day
before the couple were to have been
married the young man was ordered
west for his health. He went to Cali
fornia and for time continued his
correspondence, but through changes
in address the correspondence ceased.
Seven years ago the young lady went
to live with the family of wealthy
real estate man in Jamaica. Recent
ly she has been morose and told her
unhappiness was due to her continued
single blessedness. She then decided
to tell her story to a newspaper and
the account of her long wait for the
wandering suitor along with the in
formation that she had saved consid-
cradle money. brought forth many APP
plications for her favor. One who
CHANGED to read 1t was her old
flame" He sought out his former
sweetheart, few minutes sufficed to
revive the youthful pangs and ar
rangements were quickly made for
the wedding. Now, this all sounds ro-
mantle enough for us, but what we
want to know is whether 1t was the
news Of his sweetheart's whereabouts
or her wherewithal that made the
wandering lover come back Can
anybody tell?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
WOULD BE MORE PALATABLE
Money Lender Had an Eye Out for
Possible Contingencies In the
Future.

Thomas w. Lawson, at a dinner in
Boston, said Of far-famed financier:
He is all right at heart, but his
outside is prickly. and you must han
die him with great caution-as they
handled the Tin Can gambler.
"A gambler of Tin Can borrowed a
sum from a money lender, and, when
the note fell due, he said he could not
settle.
"You must settle!' shouted the
money lender. If you don't settle
I'll H~
But the gambler, taking a revolver
from his boot, pointed it at the money
lender and said:
Eat that note, or I'll let daylight
through you'll
And the money lender, after a mo-
ments silent thought, crumpled the
note into ball. put it in his mouth,
chewed vigorously, and then, with a
gulp, swallowed the pulpy morsel.
"'That dose saved your life,' said
the gambler. in modified tone, and the
next day he had streak of luck and
paid the money lender in full
THE money lender was much pleas.
ed with this honesty, and when the
gambler, a few weeks later, called and
asked for new loan, he was readily
accommodated.
The gambler, having pocketed the
new loan. sat down, dipped a pen in
the ink, and selected sheet of paper
wherein to write the usual acknowl.
edgment But the money lender hast.
lily interposed,
Hold on, my friend he said, and
he ran to a cupboard.
Wait minute. my friend. Would
you mind writing 1t on this soda
cracker?'"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
A Natural Inquiry.

A number of men gathered in the
smoking-car of a train from Little
Rock to another roint in Arkansas
were talking of the food best calcu-
lated to sustain health.
One Arkansan, stout, florid man
with short gray hair and selfsatis-
fed air, was holding forth in great
style.
Look at mel" he exclaimed.
Never a days sickness in my life
And all due to simple food Why,
gents. from the time | was 20 to
when reached 40 years | lived a
regular life. None of these effemi-
nate delicacies for me- No late
hours! Every day, summer and win.
ter. | went to bed at 8; got up at 5.
lived principally on corned beef and
corn bread. Worked hard, gents
worked hard from to /, then dinner
plain dinner, then an hours exercise
and then"
Excuse me- interrupted strang
er who had remained silent, "bu'
what we're you in for?"-Housekeep
Err
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Almost an Angel.

George AIDE was talking at June
wedding in Chicago about matrimony.
"Matrimony is perhaps little too
much idealized," he said. These
June brides, radiant under their white
wells in a glitter of June sunshine,
seem capable of changing earth to
heaven, but, as matter of fact, they
are not capable of anything of the
sort
81 am in hearty sympathy with old
Brown, to whom young Black said at
a wedding:
IA good wife can make veritable
angel of man.
Ives, that's so. old Brown agreed,
My wife came near making one of
me with her first batch of dough
nuts"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29

proposed about three times a year
since. but this is the first time that
my love and your fads have Travelled
the same road"
IF you had spoken so that l could
understand what you were talking
about l should have said yes long
ago." declared Laura with dignity.
You understand me now" suggest
ed Harry, not arguing the question.
And it's yes" she whispered soft
ly-"and you'll see Bellman in the
morning, won't your" a3
Harry nodded an assent. He was
willing to buy the entire block-for
Laura-and he knew that In her heart
she loved him. 1t was only In her
busy little brain that the fads were
uppermost and he did not mind those
He was rather grateful to the fads.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29

about the shoe tops and you are up-to-
the-minute In the 1911 styles.
The origin of the rolf is mystery.
1t just grew. Since the adoption of
athletic summer apparel there has
been need for method of securing
the hose. This necessity is directly
responsible for the innovation. A trip
around Chicago disclosed several va.
rieties. Those observed to date are:
The telescope roll" which has
found favor among the high school
boys. 1t Is about three-quarters of an
inch wide and about an eighth of an
inch thick, and is surmounted by a
clasp pin that secures the fold. 1t
is nobby and neat, but it is a difficult
fold to make.
University students in their enthusi
asm have gone the hint. A quarter
hose" reaching half an inch above the
shoes or oxfords and displaying school
colors by means of narrow band
around the top is their bid for fame.
There is also the mechanics
drape," displayed about the loop dis
trict wherever building laborers are
employed. Less keen for the more
hobby effect they merely drape the
neck the sock down over the shoe
and don't care who knows 1t.
How haberdashers are going to
meet the demand for loud" effects
the new rolf promises to create Is
subject that is said to be worrying
some OF its advocates.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
ORCHESTRA GAVE HIM AWAY
Man Telephones Wife He Is Busy at
Office, but She Couldn't stand
for Music.

Don't wait for me at dinner this
evening, dear" said Mr.. Flippson when
his wife answered his telephone call;
II shall be detained on business"
Very we'll" she replied. I'm sorry
you can't be with us, but business is
business, l suppose. Where are you
now?"
Where am I? In my office, OF
course. l have had very busy day"
ut is too bad that you have to work
SO hard But, tell me something,
George"
Yes, dear; what is it?'
How can you keep your mind on
business with the orchestra playing
Every Little Movement"
Then he decided to go home and
let business suffer
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
You never asked me-" reminded

You never asked me-" reminded
.BaiIeE.s 49,
Your Laura looked at him with
laughter in her eyes. Whatever
would you do with a house like
that?"
Live in it." suggested Harry with
the air of a person who has solved a
problem. Il have been thinking 1t
over since | came here this after
noon, and think that is just what l
shall do. 1t will be very handy for
you; you'll just have to run across
the street when you want to see your
mother"
Mother won't be living there" ex-
claimed Laura innocently. What are
you talking about, Harry"
About the house across the street."
was the prompt reply. Your mother
will not be living there, but want to
induce you to live there yourself"
81 couldn't live in that big house
alone" cried Laura.
Il didn't ask you to live there
Alone" reminded Harry. Il thought
that II We were to be married we
could live there very comfortably.
The house will be sold at a sacrifice,
1t says. Now If you'll add to the In
ducement by promising to marry me
and live there | think I'll drop in an
Bellman in the morning and have him
send a man to take the sign down."
Laura tapped her well-shod foot on
the piazza floor.
Harry Haley" she said indig
nantly, Pm not going to be the pre-
MUM that is thrown in with that hor-
rid old house. If you want to marry
me, why don't you ask me first and
go and buy the house afterward?"
TITS what I've been doing for the
last seven years." he suggested. Il
made my first proposal when you were
seventeen and the Working Girls
Guild seemed more important. have
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Marketing VEGETABLES.

Cut out the middleman when you
market your garden stuff. You can
always get full retail prices and If
selling vegetables is regarded as an
honorable business for the grocer why
not for you? Some farmers seem to
think it beneath their dignity to drive
around town with load of vegeta-
bles for sale and for the sake of
their pride are willing to sacrifice
their profits to the groceryman.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29

war by President Davis and his fam.
lily.
Here his daughter, Winnie" the
Angel of the Confederacy," was born,
and here his little son, Joe. was killed
by fall from the rear porch. Ii
was visited by Abraham Lincoln few
days after the evacuation.
1t is now a Confederate museum,
each of the Is Confederate states hay.
ing in 1t a memorial room. In front
of the mansion is the propeiler-shaft
of the "Merrimac." whose famous and
long remembered engagement with
the Monitor" revosutionized naval
warfare the world over.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
A FREAK STYLE FOR MEN
Just Roll Your Hose to the Shoe Tops
and You're Right up-to-the
Minute.

Chicago.-A new fashion for men
that has gained immediate recognition
in this city is the athletic rolf
on half hose. 1t is a distinctly west
ern mode and originally was used as
the means of securing or supporting
the half hose Of athletes.
Despite the fate that, heretofore, all
fashions for men were accepted only
afted the King of England had placed
his stamp of approval upon them, the
west, ignoring kings and princess, per.
sists in asserting itself for the cause
of comfort. The new style is the re.
suit. Simply roll your hose down
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
DAIRY NOTES.

To be sweet and clean 1t is desir
able that the COW stable be white
washed at least twice a. year.
The separator means the greatest
profit with the least cost in handling
and marketing milk
Cream that is not delivered prompt
ly should be thoroughly stirred every
time new lot is added
The cream from the milkings mus
not be kept so long that it will de
velop sharp acid, for that would i'm
part an unpleasant flavor to the but
ter.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Not Wanted.

Nov this arrangement of springs"
said the demonstration, lis such that
whatever the inequalities of the road.
you never feel the slightest jar in rid
ing. There Is no jolt to this car"
Then l don't want it" replied the
fat man. Il want car that will jolt,
jar, jounce. bounce and jostle me I'M
til my waist line reappears. l want
to escape that corporation tax the Su.
preme court has just decided to be
constitutional" -Harper's Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
WOOD ASHES HELP ORCHARD
Marked Improvement Is Seen In Both
Apple Trees and FruitFWhere
Literally Treated.
CBy A. J. LEGG.)

If we could calculate the value of
wood ashes as commercial fertilizers
are valued we would have near the
following value per ton for the plant
food given a value in commercial fer
tilizers.
100 pounds of potash sos at 5000
40 pounds of phosphoric acid
sos at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 200
$500
The same amount Of potash is
found in 200 pounds of sulphate of
potash and practically the same
amount Of phosphoric acid Is found in
$50 pounds of 16 per cent. acid phos,
phate, so ton of wood ashes Is
worth about the same as a fertilizer
$50 pounds of good grade acid phos-
phate and 200 pounds of sulphate of
potash.
True the plant food Is In a more
available form In the commercial fer
tilizers but the tons of wood ashes
also contains about 700 pounds of
lime which is especially valuable to
the clover and other leguminous
crops.
Last winter we put wood ashes
about some apple trees, 20 to 40
pounds was scattered around each
tree, as far around as the branches
reached. A marked improvement in
both the trees and the fruit was no
ticed last summer in spite of the I'M
favorable early season.
The wood ashes can be profitably
applied to the garden, the meadow
or in fact almost any crop except
potatoes.
If wood ashes are applied to the
potato crop it produces conditions
favorable to potato scab.
There Is not much loss of plant
food when wood ashes are applied to
the soil at any season of the year
since potash and phosphoric acid are
not easily washed out of the soil
The ashes should not be mixed with
the manure or any other heterogeneous
manure as the lime in the ashes may
cause loss Of nitrogen.
II mixed with acid phosphate the
lime in the ashes will combine with
the phosphoric acid and render it I'M
available.
On many farms there is few hun
dred pounds of ashes produced that
are worth saving and applying to the
soil, then where numbering is carried
on extensively there are tons of wood
ashes produced each year that are
worth hauling for several miles and
applying to the soil
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
TRACTION FLOWING IN WEST
Among Advantages Is Fact That
Work Can Be Rushed When Con-
dtons Are Favorable.

On the large farms of the great
plains and the ranches of California
traction engines-both steam and
gasoline-are used to an increasing
extent In farming operations, espe-
cially in blowing land The make
shift outfits formerly used for this
purpose have been largely replaced by
heavier and stronger engines and
gang plows especially designed for
this use.
The advantages Of traction blowing
are % that the work can be rushed
when conditions are favorable (2)
that the work can be done with a
smaller force of hands, and fewer
horses have to be kept; 90 in hot
dry weather engines can be used
when horses could not stand the
work. (4) with an engine it is posi-
BILE to plow very difficult soils, and
also to pillow deeper than with horses;
and CD under favorable conditions,
the cost of traction blowing has been
brought lower than that of blowing
with horses.
The steam, engines weigh from 7
to 20 tons, range from 20 to so horse
power, cost from $1,500 to $4,000, and
will pillow from Is to so acres a day.
traction blowing outfit consists
of % an engine; CD the plows or
disks arranged in gangs; and 90
miscellaneous conveniences for car
rying supplies, making repairs, etc.
The size and cost of the outfit and
the amount of work it will do depend
largely on the number of plows oper-
ated.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
An Appalling Excuse.

This is the fifth time you have
been brought before me this term"
said the Judge, frowning severely upon
the prisoner at the bar.
Yes, your honor" said the prison
er. you know man is judged by the
company he keeps and like to be seen
talkin' to your honor for the sake Of
me credit"
All tight" said the judge. Officer.
take this man over to the island and
tell them to give him a credit for 80
days. Harper Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
The Peacemaker.

II hope said the guest, that you
and Mrs. Scrappeigh will treat me as
one of the family and behave Just ex-
actly as you would If l were not
here"
mot on your life replied Scrap
peigh. THE fact is, my dear fellow,
as long as you are here you can depend
on our behaving in fairly peaceable
way"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
The Annual Question,

We'll, Hawkins, old man." said
Witherbee, has your wife decided
where she will lspend the summer?"
Yep said Hawkins. She's go
ing abroad?"
so? And how about your"
We'll. l don't know yet" sighed
Hawkins. 81 haven't decided wheth-
er to stay in town or go into bank.
uptcy.'-Harper's Weekly.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Town Has No Cemetery.

Oroville, Cal.-Portoia, a division
point on the Western Pacific east OF
Oroville, claims theAreeord as the
only "cemeteryless" city in the United
States. The population of Portola is
1000 persons. Nevertheless, 1t has
no cemetery. In the last eight months
there has been but one death in Por
tola-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Confident Assertion.

We'll, Charley. dear" said young
Mrs. Torkins, Il don't know much
about baseball"
You truly don't" replied her hus-
band.
But I'd be willing to leave 1t to
the boys on the bleachers if | don't
know more about the game than that
umpire who gave three straight decis,
ions against us"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Breaking the News,

HIM don't know how to tell you
how l love you.
Her-Dont worry about that-Pll
take it as 1t comes. What you want
to get nervous about is how to tell
papa about it.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
CONFEDERACY'S WHITE HOUSE
Now a Museum, Each of the Thirteen
Confederate States Having
Memorial Room.

Richmond, Va.-Located In Richs'
mond, this building was at one time
private residence. but was purchased
in 1862 by the city of Richmond for
the use OF the Confederate govern
ment, and was occupied during the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Wanted Ii Badly.

Gould you give me raise, sir? You
know am married
But gave you raise SO that you
could be married" #
Yes, know; but find need g.
raise more now than did them Is
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
Just So.

Reading maketh full nan. you
know"
That's true, but it all depends on
what he reads, as to whether he will
be, f1guratively speaking, full of prunes
or full of pearls"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
An Old Pear Tree.

There are pear trees now in the vi.
cinity Of Philadelphia, Pa, supposed
to have been growing at the time of
the Revolution, and which are in good
healthy condition; and numerous ones
which, evidently, have passed rs
years.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1911-08-29
The Cause.

THAT man is chronic kicker"
Force of habit He used to be.
long to champion football team"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
The Good Roads Train.

The Southern railroad should be COM
mended for the interest that it is TAX
ing in the development of the section
through which it passes. For num-
ber of years it has left no stone un-
turned in its efforts to develop the
resources of the south, giving especial
attention to aiding the agricultural in
terests. To this end the officials of
the Southern have arranged to make a
tour of South Carolina with good
roads train, the date fixed for Edge
field being September 26th.
Free steropitcon lectures and practi-
cal instruction in road building will be
given by specialists. Improved road
working machinery that is operated by
electricity will also be exhibited on the
train.
If the Southern railroad is interested
in promoting the welfare of our people
to the extent that it is willing to incur
the expense of operating this special
train and employing experts, surely
our people will meet the officials half
way by attending the meeting that will
be held.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
Punishment Suited to Crime.

The Beattie trial which has been
given such wide publicity has come to
an end, and the verdict, as will be con-
ceded by the vast majority of those
who have read the testimony, is just
and proper one. The jury was compos-
ed of twelve sturdy Virginia farmers
who before entering upon their delib-
erations in the jury room knelt and
fervently prayed that they might pass
judgment Alright. Unless a higher
tribunal interferes young Beattie must
give up his life in the electric chair for
taking the life of his pure, innocent
wife. Though almost entirely circum-
stantial, the evidence is SO convincing
as to leave practically no doubt of
guilt.
The fate of young Beattie is but the
fate of many petted and indulged sons
of wealthy parents who follow unre-
strained their own depraved inclina-
tions.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

State of South Carolina-County
of Edgefeld.
Whereas there has been filed with
the County Board of Education of
Edgefeld county, State of South
Carolina, a petition of more than
one third of the resident electors,
and like proportion of the resi-
dent free-holders of the age of 81
years of North Meriwether School
District No. IL, in said county and
state asking an election in said dis
trict for the purpose of voting upon
the question of levying and collect
ing special tax of 2 mills on the
dollar of all taxable property of
said district to supplement the
school fund for said district,
Now, therefore, under provisions
of Sec. 1908, Gen. School Law of
South Carolina. it is ordered that d.
E. Lanham, J. F. Atkins and j. d.
Boswell, constituting the regular
board of trustees, do hold an cleo
at Ropers school house, in county
and state aforesaid, on Saturday,
Nov. so, 1911, after giving notice
of time and place of said election in
some newspaper published in Edge.
field county, and by posting notices
thereof in at. least three public
places in said district two weeks
before election.
At this election only such electors
as return real or personal property
for taxation, and who exhibit their
tax receipts and registration certif-
Gates as required in general elections
shall be allowed to vote.
At said election each elector fav-
oring the proposed levy shall cast a
ballot containing the word Yes"
printed or written thereon, and each
elector opposed to such levy shall
cast ballot containing the word
"No" written or printed thereon.
Within ten days after such election
if majority of those voting shall
vote for such levy the Board of
Trustees shall furnish the county
Auditor with a statement of the
amount 80 levied. The polls shall
open at 500 O'Clock a. m. and close
at4 o'clock p. M, and in all respects
comply with section 1908 Code of
Laws of South Carolina.
w. w. Fuller,
Edwin H. Folk,
County Bd. Ed.
Edgefeld, S. G. Sept. l2, 1911.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
Memorial Resolutions.

The following Memorial Resolu-
tions in honor of the late DR.. W..
Luther Jones were passed by Char
ter Oak Camp No. 1O5 Woodmen
of the World. Thursday night Sep
tember 7th 1911:
Whereas, in the dispsnsation of
His providence, Our Heavenly
Father has taken from us our friend
and brother, w. L. Jones; and,
whereas we desire to express our
friendship for him, and our sorrow
at his death,
Resolved, That in the death of
our comrade we have sustained the
loss of genial friend and brother,
and our Camp has lost a faithful
sovereign. That while we shall
miss his manly form and merry
laugh, we shall ever cherish his
memory and think of him as one
who contributed much of life and
enjoyment to ouf meetings. That
we extend to his baeaved loved
ones our sincere sympathy, and as
sure them that the ties which unite
us to our departed brother will ever
bind us to the members Of his
family. 1t is further
Resolved, That these Resolutions
be spread upon page in the min
utes of our Camp, that they be pub
lished in our Town papers, and that
a copy of same be sent to the
widow of our deceased sovereign.
S. E. Morgan,
A. A. Edmunds,
E. J. Norris,
Committee.