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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
To Please the Baby,

Quite the most practical trife for
the baby thought Of lately is a small
best-quality bath sponge, which is at
the same time tub toy. The top is the
head of an indestructible celluloid doll
joined to the sponge with few tiny
blue bows and fulling of the blue
satin. 1t is SO light that it floats in
the water and so is always in reach
and, of course, it affords unlimited
amusement to the child. Any one who
has struggled to amuse a child in its
tub and end the bath expeditiously
will rejoice in this delightfully."- at.
tractive dolly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
PROPER FEEDS AND
CARE FOR THE CALF
YOUNG Animal Must Have Exer"
else and Freedom of Yard
and Farm.
Rv ]. c.. FRYO

Feeding and raising the calf on
skim-milk is not always an easy prop
osition, but l have had very good
success. The calf stays with the
mother until the milk is good to use;
then it is given whole milk for three
weeks; then it is gradually changed
to skim-milk. The calf will soon learn
to eat alfalfa hay. By putting little
corn chop in the bucket when the
calf is through drinking it will soon
learn to eat it. Corn will supply the
fat that is taken out of the milk. The
calf must have exercise and is al
lowed the freedom of yard and farm.
We have the best success with the fall
and Winter calves. Hay is better for
the calf than grass.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Subtle FIattery.
"Blobsley is a crafty fellow"
"Why do you think so?"

"Blobsley is a crafty fellow"
why do you think so?"
He was telling me yesterday about
his winter sleeping arrangements. Dur
ing cold weather he and Mrs. Blobsley
turn off the steam in their bed-cham-
Der and open window before retir.
ing"
'Just So"
"The next morning when they wake
Blobsley tells his wife she Is the dear
est woman In the world. After that
he pretends to doze. Then she slips
out of bed, pulls down the window and
turns on the steam.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
"cIeanIiness Is Next to GodIiness."

The author of the phrase, "cleanli-
ness is next to Godliness," quoted 6y
John Wesley in his sermon On
Dress" and again i. in his Journal
(February IL, 1772), is not knowE.
Long before Wesley, Bacon had put
the same idea into the words, Clean
Illness of body was ever deemed to
proceed from a due reverence to
Cod" and Aristotle, still further back,
into Cleanliness is half virtue"
But even long before Aristotle this
well-known English phrase had beer
taught by the Rabbins of the Talmud.
both as a religious principle and 6
sanitary law in the form: "The doc
trines of religion are resolved into
carefulness; carefulness into vigor-
oasness; nervousness into guiltless'
ness; guiltlessness into cleanliness;
cleanliness into goodness"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Handling Lambs.

There is a vast difference In han
ding lambs intended for breeding and
for the market. The first should be
matured slowly in order to produce
good bone and stability, but the lat
ter should be forced to put on fat as
Quickly as possible, as weight is the
only thing that counts.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Novels and Plays.

An English writer describing the
difficulties that lie in the way of a
successful novelist becoming effective
as a playwright notes that a novelist
is free while the playwright is limited
by the stage, and adds: In a play
it all has to take place in somebody's
chambers and all the women of the
play have to be got there somehow.
The method mostly adopted is to take
away their characters because then
you can put them where you like"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Laird of Sklbo's Pun.

In response to compliment paid
to him on the Baltic upon the high
literary quality OF the contents Of the
various Carnegie libraries, Andrew
Carnegie condescended to make pun.
why, yes," he said, these libraries
are literary through and through. One
of them burnt down the other day, and
even the smoke issued in volumes"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Eosterinn Canal Traffic

In order to take care of the traffic
on the New York state barge canal,
which will be completed in 1915, an ex-
penditure of $1S,SOO,O00 has been au-
thorized for canal terminals in New
York city and other cities along the
canal In New York city there will
be IA canal terminals, costing alto
gether $9,74O,OOO. The remainder Of
the money will be spent in building
terminals at 81 different cities and
towns.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Profitable Hens.

AS a rule it is not profitable to
keep hens after they are two years
old unless they are of very valuable
stock. Now is a good time to mark
those for disposal whose age be-
gins to affect them as egg pro-
ducers,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Tire Meanness Of Him.

THE Meanness OF Him.
"Old Crusty is the limit"
whats he done now?"
"At the party last night Miss An
shunt, who is always fishing for a
compliment, rushed up to him, with:
oh. Mr.. Crusty, Mr.. Smith has just
told me that / have beautiful
voice!'
Ibid no one ever tell you that you
have a beautiful face?' asked Crusty,
smiling down at her.
"'Oh-o MOI replied she. trying TO
Isnuggie beneath his arm
~ thought not replied Crusty.
bresAipx away"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Should Be Spelled With a "R..

ShouIu Be oPeIIeu WIFI "B."
The Serbs have grievance against
the English language for spelling the
name of their country Servit with a
"" as though it came from "servus, y
a slave, observes the Springfield Re.
publican. There is really no such con-
nection and in other languages it is
spelled properly with 3D."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
To Teach Automobile Science.

The University Of Southern Califor-
mia has instituted chair of automo-
bile science, being the first university
in the country to recognize the i'm
portance of the motor car as a sub
ject of technical study and investiga-
ton from the engineering standpoint.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Balm for the Heart

She-I'm going to give you back
our engagement ring. love an
other.
He-Give me his name and address.
She-Horrors! Do you mean to go
and kill him?
He-No, l want to sell him the ring.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
ervy.

First Flatter-My alarm clock never
wakes me now.
Second Flatter-Well, the noise isn't
wasted; it wakes me every morning.
First Flatter-Is that So? Say,
would you mind running down and
pounding on my door when you hear
it?
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12

When disposing of some of the old
stock pick out the poor layers. They
are "tust as good" for roasting pur-
poses, and you cannot afford to part
with the money makers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Cleanliness and Ventilation.

Clean pens, stalls, bedding, ETC., and
plenty of ventilation are important
and without these things hogs are in
such weak condition they are likely
to take anything
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Mlschiexous Disposition.

Does your boy play football?"
Not much" replied Mr.. Growcher.
Il think that what he enjoys is put
ting on the uniform and frightening
his mother"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Horses for Cuba.

Cuban police officers recently
bought a large number of fine horses
In Missouri for the use of the nounted
police Of Cuba. ss
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
Retaining Peat Boys.

The scheme of retaining and Gull
tivating the peat boys of upper New
Jersey has been eminently success
fHI
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
The Limitations.

Hitch your wagon to a star"
IF she's like the usual run of stars.
it will have to be a buzz wagon.
then"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-12-12
A Physical ImpossibilIty.

Don't ask that man to take an abb
stract view OF things"
why not?"
BECAUSE he's a worker in concrete"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
BEWARE OF MALAEslR. <

Malaria-Chills and Fevers-common
Complaints among people living in the
Southeastern States. can be effectively rSc
Neved in the shortest possible time Z
r. T. T.-Richardson's Laxative ToE1
This prescription has been used thirty
five years by DR.. Richardson, of Anderson,
S. c., in his daily practice as family
physician, and has behind it thousands Of
testimonials from many prominent South
Carolinians and citizens OF other neighbor-
ing states. r. L. T. is a wonderful cor
rector of liver troubles and the greatest
tonic on the market today. You can abso-
lutely rely on it in any case of chills and
fever or malarial poison, constipation OF
Liliousncss.
If any member of your family need a
tonic that strengthens and builds, go to
your druggist today and get n fifty-cent or
q dollar bottle Of r. L. T., and watch the
quick steady improvement. If your drug
gist can't supply you write r. l. I. Co.,
Anderson, S. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
DR.. Wiley Says Select Diet for
Beauty's Sake.

DR.. Wiley gives the following
advice to the women about eating:
Women should be especially
careful to choose the right diet.
For the sake of her beauty, if moth
ing else, woman should choose
the right amount of nutritive foods,
and avoid temptations of overeat-
ing. Coarse. bread, more fruit,
less meat, and especially modera.
ton, or total abstinence, in the use
of tea and coffee will secure relief
from the all too retarded action of
the digestive organs which is the
curse Of so many women who lead
sedentary lives. No woman who
eats properly and gets plenty of
fresh air and exercise will have a
poor complexion nor get too fat;
neither will she suffer from nerves
and Mysteries.
The woman who lives right,
thinks right, and works right may
be more beautiful at forty or sixty
than at tweHty, and the preservation
of the divine gift Of beauty is duty
that no woman should neglect for
her own sake and for the sake of the
world about her,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
THE ONE GREAT EVENT.
The State Fair Which Everyone At
tends-The Dates, october 2S
to November I, Inclusive

There is one gala occasion on
which all the people Of South Caro-
lima unite One time when they all
join in having a good time. 1t is at
the State fair. Thousands and thous-
ands Of South Carolinians agree
from year to year to meet in Colum-
bia during the State fair. This year
they will be in Columbia between
October 2S and November 1, inciu-
sive. Besides meeting their relatives,
friends, acquaintances and sweet.
hearts, if they have any, they will
find a better and greater State fair.
South Carolina is progressing by
leaps and bounds, her farmers want
the best, and it is t be shown at
the fair.
Never before have there been SO
many entries at this time nor such
demand for exhibit space.
President ]. Arthur Banks, Sec
retary ]. NJ. Cantey and Superin-
tendent Watts are already in con-
slant touch with the situation ar
ranging for the details.
The dates Of the fair-October2S
to November 1, inclusive-are not In
conflict with any other events in the
State.
Cheap railroad rates have already
been secured and special trains will
be operated for the convenience Of
the thounsands attending e5a State
fair.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
Broom Corn For Profit.
In urging the growing of broor

In urging the growing of broom
corn as Il crop Of great profit, DR..
G. w. Bynham, a physician who
has retired to l,0O0-acre farm
about 90 miles north of Little Rock,
Ark, said to the Board of Trade of
that city that he had proved that
Arkansas can beat Illinois and In
diana in broom corn growing. He
added:
This year 1 have grown eight
acres of perfect new dwarf broom
corn and sold it at the highest pric ;.
This winter | shall erect a broom
factory on my farm unless l change
the plan and erect it in Little Rock,
shipping the raw product here. j
am anxious to demonstrate that we
can do better with broom corn ou
land that is right for it than we can
with cotton. l figure it that cotton
sells for $50 per acre, with So. 80
added for seed, a total of 5000.
The cost of raising the cotton is
Sl7.25 per acre with S6.15 added
for ginning, total of S23.4O. This
shows a profit of only $40 per
acre, while the profit on broom corn
is $67.9O per acre." Manufacture
ers Record,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
KNOW PAINT.

There's a paint education in this
advertisement.
But by the job, not gallons. Buy
by the paint put-on; that's the job.
The price of paint is so much a
gallon; that can't be helped, but
amounts to nothing.
Put them together. How can you
do it? You've got to or lose per-
haps half of your money.
Devoe 10 gallons enough for the
average job; an average paint, 10.
Now reckon your costs. Count la
Dor day for a gallon. Devoe 10
days; the other Is.
Devoe about $50; the average
paint about SO or $50; the dearel
the labor the bigger the difference,
always that way.
But that's for the job. How long
is it going to last? One twice as
the other.
The Edgefeld Mercantile Com,
pany sells it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
Should Excel in Something.

He is poor sort ola farmer, as
we have said before, who does not
aim to have something just little
better than Sany of his neighbors-
a horse, COW, a hog, a flock of
chickens, an acre of corn, an apple
orchard, or what not. 1t does not
SC much matter what the thing is.
The important thing is the striving
for the mastery. And having striv-
en-, you want to pit yourself against
your neighbors to make sure that
YOU really have excelled. For this
reason, we hope every farmer who
can yet do so will make an exhibit
of some kind at his county or State
Fair this fall. Look over your farm
and decide what you will send. =
Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
w. E. CRAIGMILES,
Thomasville, Ga.
Notice to Contractors.

The county board of commission
ers of Edgefeld county, South Car,
olina, will receive bids for the erec-
ton of steel span o:er Turkey
creek, at Reynolds ford in Edge.
field county, South Carolina, on
Tuesday, October Is, 1912, at twelve
(l2) o'clock noon at their office at
Edgefeld, S. G. The said span to
be one hundred and twenty (l2o)
feet long, and to have roadway
twelve (l2) feet wide, in the clear
and supported by steel cylinder
piers filled with concrete on one
end, and the other emu to rest on
concrete abutment nine feet thick
according to the plans and snecih
cations on file IN the office of the
Clerk of Court of Edgetield county,
South Carolina.
The approaches to said bridge
are to be built by the county. All
of the steel, material and cement
and material for said span anc
abutment are to be furnished by the
contractor. All steel and material
to be of first class quality.
The county commissioners re
serve the right to reject any and al
bids.
w. G. Wells,
J. o. Herin,
N. L. Broadwaters;
Co. Bd. Com, E. g., S. G.
October 9, 1912.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
Throw Gut The Life Line.
Give the Kidneys Help and
Many People Will be Hap
pier.
"Th,ow out the life line"

Throw out the life line
Weak kidneys Iced help.
: They're often overworked-don't
get the poison filtered out of the
blood.
Will you helpthem?
Doan's kidney pills have brought
benefit to thousands of kidney
sufferers.
Read this case:
FF Mosley. farmer, Jeter street,
Edgetield, S. c., says: / was troub-
led for some time with swelling
in my feet and ankles, which the
doctor said was caused from my
kidneys. I began taking Doan's
kidney pills and soon the swelling
disappeared. | have received great
relief through the use of this RENE
dy and would not know what value
TO PUT on it if l had to name it in
dollars"
For sale by all dealers. Price
so cents. Foster-Mi!buru Co..
Buffalo, New York, sole agents for
the United States.
Remember the name--Doan's-
and take no other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
Why She Suspected.

A young wife was in tears, a few
mornings ago, when her mother
called. When asked what was the
matter she replied that her husband
was out late the night before, and
had been to a drinking party,
What makes you think he had
been t. drinking party?" asked
the mother. He came home," sob,
bed the young wife, wearing a
phonograph horn for hat"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09

it Is bright and dry, then you can
handle it so easy and can readily
sell it. / have done away with the
old way of doing things as my faith
Ell did, and your father did, and a
great many farmers still do.-J. Il.
Harwell in the Southern Ruralist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
More Oats Needed.

What farmers want are crops that
make the greatest profit and those
that help build up land. This / find
in the oat crop. l can make more
clear money from any of the stand
ard crops such as corn, cotton, wheat,
etc., and must say that it is the best
and healthiest feed you can give a
horse.
When I was a boy l went to a
circus aud mad a curiosity to know
what they led those fat, sleek horses
on. l went to the tent where the
man was feeding aud he was giving
but shelled oats.
Now, for my way of making this
crop: If a farmer sows five acres in
oats and gets 100 bushels he thinks
that is doing very we'll, and it is,
the old, rough way.
This is my plan: Take one acre,
prepare and fertilize as you would
if you expected to get two bales of
cotton or 100 bushels of corn, and
get as much oats or more than from
the i've acres. III SOW in the fall,
I prepare the land well to get good
seed bed. Get the Texas rust-proof
or Hastings lOO-Bushel oats. If |
SOW in open furrow, l use small
shovel plow and open rows about
IA inches wide, take Carmical' 5
combined seed and fertilizer dis
tributor and put in one and hall
bushels and 800 to 400 pounds OF
1924 fertilizer 70 the acre. In the
spring, about March, l SOW, broad
cast, about 100 pounds of nitrate
of soda, then use small plow to run
~out middles which rolls the soil
and what soda that is on the middle
around the oats and is good work
ing.
The open furrow system is all
right to prevent being killed out by
severe cold but | have had fine sue
cess sowing broadcast by plowing
in little deeper and sowing earlier,
so the; will get well rooted before
cold weather.
After preparing land well plow
in with cutaway harrow, then run a
drag over to level and pack the
land; this way l put about 600
pounds of fertilizer and the sods i'll
the spring. Now. let me also say
that l have had fine success sowing
the Burt oat in the spring from the
-middle to the last of February, two
to two and a half bushels per acre.
] get seed from Hastings, Allan
ilts, Ga.
Iprepare land, fertilize and plow
in as | do the fall broadcast sown.
By sowing in the spring you have
time to get your CORE or cotton crop
gathered and your land turned and
.subsoiled.
l try, if possible to keep oats dry
when harvested, and as soon as thor,
oughly dry have them threshed and
put in bins to keep them clean and
free from rats and mice. Have a
hay press and bale the straw while
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09

The Republicans talk about tariff
revision, and yet when a Democratic
house in fulfilling Democratic promises
to the people reduced the tariff, a Re-
publican president vetoed the measure.
by their works shall ye know them"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
FOR SALE
Buy a Good Farm or Timber
Tract in South Georgia.

Write to-day for my booklet of
"one hundred Farms and Timber
Tracts for sale" in the banner coun-
ties of Thomas, Brooks, Grady,
Decatur and Mitchell. Large tracts,
small tracts, improved or unimprov-
ed, fine level sandy loan and red
pebbly land with red clay subsoil,
labor abundant, best roads in Geor-
gia, best cotton lands in the South,
good neighborhoods, schools and
churches, pure free stone and ar:e-
rian water, plenty hog and hominy,
saw mill timber, turpentine loca-
tions, cut over lands, colonization
lands, fine stock raising section,
city property paying 10 per cent.
and over.
Write me what you want and |
will answer by early mail describ-
ing the property which you want.
Yours to serve,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09

Mr.. Roosevelt stood as q guarantos
for Mr. Taft Mr.. Bryan eays. Now.,
when Roosevelt has failed 80 utterly
in his judgement Of men. ! ask CEN be
pass correct Judgment on himBslS7s j
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
No. 666.

This is a prescription prepared espe'
cialv for Chills and Fever. Five or
six doses will break any case of Chills
land Fever, and if taken then as a tonic
the Fever will not return. 1t acts on
the liver better than Calomel and does
not gripe or sickm. 25c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09

Is there any reason why the Demo
cratic party should go out Of existence
simply because Mr.. Roosevelt has TAX
en- up the Progressive measures adopt
ed by the Democrats eighteen years
ago?-W. J. Bryan
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09

Democrats In every state Of the
! Union should organize and prepare
for polling g recqsd breaking vote Nov.
s. Be it remembered that no matter
how certain victory seems, overconfl-
dencc is always dangerous.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-10-09
TIE FARMERS BANK of Edgefield, S. C.
STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY
Capital and Surplus Earnings $11O,O00.OO
Total Resources over 35O,OOO.OO

When you sell the first thing you reed is safe de-
posory for your moneybe the large small That
depository is the Farmers Bank and don't stop until you
get there.
The is not in position to invest lit
tie surplus money this when it might
he needed You bearing certificates
for II months and be just when
you need it, and money is safe. We admins
traitors guardians and All business handled with
prompness and beraly Loans made approved security
DIRECTORS-Tho Rainsfor., Devo W. Penn E Folk
Mays A. Wells Thumond Haling, E. Padgett
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-12-27
History Of the Pipe.

The history of the development Of
pipes is fascinating and forms an i'm
portant part in the history of censers.
1t is believed that the pipe ante-datss
the use of narcotic herbs, such as to-
bacco, although the Importance Of
smoke appears to have been chiefly. II
not wholly. due to its supposed medi-
cal properties. The offering of In
cense made by the Aztecs to the
Spanish ccnquerors resembles 10
many respects the familiar peace pipe
customs of the American indians,
and the pipes themselves are similar
to those found everywhere between
southern Mexico and Canada. The
custom of smoking probably did not
originate through the enjoyment Of
the taste of the smoke, but arose IN
connection with the development Of
the fire cult in which It had a sacred
significance