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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
What "Per Cent" Means and
HoWao Use it in Buying
Fertilizers.

There is nothing that seems to
bother the average farmer more
than the percentage of plant food
in various combinations Of materl-
ais. Per cent is simply an abbrevl-
alton for per centum or per hun
dred. .Acid phosphate of l6 per
cent. means simply that the article
has sixteen pounds of phosphoric
acid in each 100 pounds, the rest
being made up of plaster and vari-
GUS earthly matters found in the
rock from which the phosphate is
made. Now, knowing the amount
of each elementary material in 100
pounds, it should be easy to come
at the percentage that each would
bear to ton, orr, 900 pounds. For
instance, ifryou want per cent of
phosphoric acid in ton of mixed
goods and have the l6 per cent ar
,icle to make it with, 8 per, cent
means, as have said, eight pounds
in each 100 pounds. Then s per
cent of twenty hundred pounds, or
a ton, would be l6o pounds. Now,
how much of the l6 per cent acid
phospate must we use to get this
l6o pounds F? Evidently 1000
pounds, since there's sixteen pounds
in each 100 pounds. Then, know
ing the percentage of the various
plant foods in the materials you use
for making fertilizer, it should
be easy to come at the percentages
in the ton.
Cottonseed meal will have about
seven pounds of ammonia in the
100 and about /. % pounds ofspotash,
and about three pounds of phospho-
ric acid in each 100 pounds.
Kainit has an average of twelve
pounds of potash in each 100 pounds
while muriate and sulphate of pot
ash Will have fifty pounds of potash
in each 100 pounds.
DRIED blood will average l0t
pounr :of nitrogen i12.75 pounds
cf:Asuonia) and l.9l pounds of
phosp6oric acid.
Fish-scrap has SIS pounds of am
monia in each 100 pounds, and S.25
pounds of phosphoric acid. Nitrate
of soda has Isl pounds of actual
nitrogen in a readily available
form, for all the ammonia in the or
ganic materials must be changed by
the soil bacteria to nitrates before
it is used, for plants seem to take
nitrogen only as a nitrate, the COM
bination Of the nitric acid with the
lime or potash in the soil. In using
the materials in a mixture when cot
tonserd meal or fslI-scrap is used,
You must take into account the
phosphorlc acid and potash as well
rs lllC utlllnOulI III IluCl w w S-N
act, tho these are used mainly as a
source for ammonia. Ammonia is
q hydride Of nitrogen, and is only
somewhat less than 50 per cent
nitrogen. That is in each 100
pounds of ammonia there will be
about eighty-five pounds of actual
nitrogen. The fertilizer men put
it rs ammonia on the sacks because
the figures look larger. Now with
these various materials used in max
ing a fertilizer, it should be easy for
any one to find out how much of
each will be needed for certain
per centage, or pounds per hundred,
in ton.-Progressive Farmer.
TolIaoo Girle and Rows
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
PARISH NEWS.
Pointe-a-la-Hache

The Teachers Examinations are to
be held on Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday of next week.
Misses Irma Movers and Irene
Laskey visited friends and relatives
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Movers were
visitors to New Orleans Saturday.
Mrs. W. A. Movers and son Bernard.
of New Orleans, visited relatives here
Sunday.
Miss Rose Rebeaud is visiting in
New Orleans this week.
Mr.. Pierre Hingle spent several days
in New Orleans the first of the week.
Mr.. G. Favret was in New Orleans
several days this week.
The Police Jury held a meeting on
Wednesday.
Mr.. r. C. Fayret was a New Or
leans visitor Saturday.
The launch "Cusbmo'' was raf1ed at
Quarantine Station Nov. 2lst by Man
uel Allegro. No. 272 was the winner.
Capt. w. A. Movers of the launch
Ell Rito reports that a white man en-
ployed at the wireless station at Burr
wood was drowned last Friday night.
The body has not been recovered.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
eag9zssMy x2zg MsNNed MMK nMgIW MAEW
mr. 6o0Ss71ss11 eeAsM ma DaMlN ~ EZAMMJ

"N-n" ss1e qeraet7 nv inee re Maac
acney col;J RAYS rated y - il soiu
Iog The Mo1aaa's ua.le."
"Aad yogr !inarty."
wry-ry-whai:.'
"lou- Jee,ty, Asss Kelly repeated
&tarl-, egis tic ataIt!aA girI with
tony onconcern.
"HHpu ,ai-!.ts has1,ce j.gri,ers live SO
,oa;s on tie ra.sar ecse CT i'll" sac
xcotied with & h.aYaa.o that so.acbow
Eou.5 Not ing tue. "ii,at 700 ought
10 be experts Ga al the stunts people
ca ta Ioc'lca III far. Bat LIS ti!as
lie blug's to- sh.l."
..obert5on IA not answer at once,
vadeeG, na ID not eaea, 10 hear. lie
was .a:l.ia,g the pa. $ OF the law BOOK
oes.ore hin. Presently lie found what
lie ssanted.
Hiss Kelly" he said, "as a teie,
Thnne operator, you must haze haa
.oGr attention called to Section GAL
Of the Penal Code. Have Ton not?'
yes SO returned dsi!aatiy, u
lave"
Then" rcsgned Lt;r'z IL the man
'eer 6 & magf&tfa,h:c Of the cid sctocl,
you unuat realize that by refusing. as
al operator, to transmit our message
over the telephone, you broks the
lny.n
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
Miss Birdie Giordano
Miss Daisy Rigaud
Miss Leora Simms
Miss Corinne Jeanfreau
Miss Annie T. Ellis.
Committee on Resolutions.

Praise from a husbands lips is al
ways pleasant to the wife; but the
praise may be too discriminating to
suit her.
II thought it was nice of you to tell
that carpenter, who seemed to think
women know nothing, that ! could
hammer nails like lightning, but | am
afraid, dear, you are not an unpred-
JUDGED Judge. l really don't think Pm
such a very good hammerer," sale
Mrs. Morse to her husband.
"Oh, he knew what | meant, you
know lightning eve strikes in the
same place twice"
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
CHAPTER XIX.
Rsnrenaatxa hY couasc;.

E~4DFeG.ft.a w SHu:fbSt.
The outer door opened With Jack-in-
sle-box suddaaness and Tom Blake
gag in the cleared space where Wanaa
stood 1t tfT.
whats tie matter?" he demanded
CT Ter eagerly. TAG clerk just .aiG
re t,.sey.d sent for you tc come UP
ljeye. i was afraid 1t was about that
wretchcd r.lGascr. SO / came
You're q mind reaGer," s::,s saea:ed,
nev4stheless locking np at hin VIII, y
6rstisuda very Ike alteration. They've
!i,st the chance to harm enc, woman.
they're taking cut the gTuago OIL ga.
ather.n
CSC it wa. abo1t the nun,ber?"
rs vas. But it isn't. It's about ny
going TO jail"
eWhat!s
"lFor breaking. The connection a
wl.ilo ago wien they We're sending or
ders owes the wiss about the Standish
story They've dashed Section sXt On
M. Jail or fine. l'1a 10 got bolh!"
You'll! get neither reared Tom
You're = fine line Of men, eli Of you.
TO beilg md hrowbeaS enc poor kid Of
q girl. We'll, you've done all Of it you're
going to. I'm here now. And pli--'
"Oh, Tom" grunted Jim Blake in
tired disgust, "you'se worse than q
collie pup with Geas. Keep out Of
this"
Miss Kelly" formally asked Tom.
"may | act IS your c~oansel?"
"You bet you can!" was ths girls
fervid response.
Since you insist on interfering,
! Tom," said Robertson, Il consent tc
recognize .you as counsel for Miss
Kelly. You are a lawyer and you inow
! We an do what your father has said
re can. We can legally send Miss
Kelly to prison as an operator Wlc
has violated the law. She has admit,
ted her guilt in tho presence Of wit
nesses-"
Lord! Why didn't I get here soon:
err"
81 have, technically, a perfect case
Now, as her counsel, do you want this
matter settled privately, here ant
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29

nows Or do you prefer Q formal
charge aud a public trial?"
"You can't force the situation ike
this cried Torn. ITS censpiracy!!n
as it? rsterted Mark coolly. Very
rood. Since you choose to take that
.eae, we will simply cais your bluff By
s~rrestIng her. Neiiga1, go and get &
r~lain-clothes man. Tell the captain
ias for J:nl Flake. Ering the n1an bacl;
with yot, and have him within CALI
We're kjad OF Up against it. aren't
we, Tom whispered Wanda as Nell.
an departed on Iii. Esission.
Miss Kelly said Robertson, eyinf
the girl SHARPLY, Il have conducted
insny cases but | confess this puzzles
me-. Ihere is something in it | canno;
understood. We cfer you the alteraa-
tse cf oa.-M... r,ssse a1s offered
$50 a-I 90 s sr,4aa ,ic
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
ITO &c continued. J

He had been a bachelor for many
years, but finally married. After sew
eral years, his wife said one evening:
"You do not speak as afffectionately
tc me $ you used to, dear. ! fear you
have ceased to love me.
Ceased to love YOU, growled the
husband. There you go again. Ceased
= lore you. Why, love you more
nss.n ,ife sell. Now, will you shat up
ak. IL me read the paper
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
/. For Sale.

Gasoline Launch, W. A. Rodriguez,
excellently adapted to the oyster busi-
ness. Can be seen at Dymond Island
in Bay Adam. For further particulars
apply to John Dymond Jr., Empire.
La.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
Notice.

l hereby give notice that | will apply
to the Police Jury Of the Parish Of
Plaquemines for q license to operate
and conduct q colored barroom at
English Turn in this Parish.
JAMES a. DICKSON.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29

CLARK, ring for the officer
There he is at the door," answered
Robertson as the buzzer sounded. Let
him in, Neiigan.
"Won tell"
flgiigan opened The door. Stand;s.,
stoo; Gu the tareshold. Tom, who had
Lower coast gazette., 1913-11-29
Parish Teachers Meeting.

Parish Teachers Meeting.
A very successful meeting OF the
P%laquemines Parish teachers was helt
at the Court house last Friday although
several of the teachers were only con-
%spicuous by their absence and MISS
Graham who was to have addressed the
teachers on the subject Of Primary
Reading failed to put in an appearance.
Organization OF the teachers was
perfected with Miss Lucretia Gravolet
as President. Miss Carmen Perroux as
Vice President, and Miss Annie I.
Ellis as Secretary. The Parish Super
intendent is to prepare the programs.
future meetings will be held on Febru-
airy 20, March 20. April II, and May
Is, 1914.
The following resolutions in memory
of Miss Elsie Fox lately deceased were
adopted by the teachers.
Whereas, it has pleased Divine Prov
idence to remove at the age Of 10 years,
from a life of diligence and usefulness,
and of devoted professional labor as g
teacher the now lamented Elsie Fox
once our associate and friend; and,
Whereas, it is in compliance with a
most laudable custom that we assem-
BILE this afternoon, when the SUI like
some lives is past the meridian, to pay
a last sad tribute to the memory, the
service, the friendship of our associate
and co-worker who though 80 young
has already gone to bask in the sun
shine Of Gods eternal smile: and,
Whereas, a never ending lesson is to
be learned from this life and the pass
ing from it, when mortals go hence to
answer the mysterious summons to en-
ter the abode of the spirits of immor-
tally; and,
Whereas, as a student, teacher and
fellow worker Elsie was the embed
iment of all that is good, noble and
true; greatly loved by all who knew
her, to be especially remembered, adj
mired and emulated by her fellow
teachers, her demise has created a void
not only in her we'll beloved home. but
within u ranks which a not be
filled; Hereford,
Be it resolved by the Plaquemines
Parish Teachers Association in meeting
assembled,
That we feel deeply the loss to the
parish, to her relatives, and to us her
friends the passing of the spirit of Ell
sic, and we tail to realize, with orl
limited philosophy that one so good
could possibly be anywhere but in the
kingdom where everlasting joy reigns
and where trials can not reach, and nj
earthly corruption enter.
Be it further resolved, that we Sc
regulate our own lives from this day
forward that leading the life thai
Elsie led, it may be possible for US also
to enter the realm of peace and i'm.
mortality when we pass the bourne
from which no mortal returns,
Be it further resolved, that we ex
tend our most profound sympathy t.
the parents of Elsie to whom she wa
so good and dutiful a daughter in thi'
the hour of their bereavement, ant
that a copy Of these resolutions b
spread on the minutes, a COPY be sen
to the press and a copy to the sorrow
ing parents Of Elsie Fox who know a
we do that in the presence Of thu
Eternal, among the hosts Of suns ant
stars of the universe there can be n
star as bright or as radiant as the SOU
Of our late lamented and well belove'
Elsie.
Mics p;vJ,o C;ordono
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
New Treatment for Lockjaw

From the New York Globe.
One of the most remarkable cures ever
recorded by lockiaw is announced by DIR.
Adolph II. Urbar of Brooklyn, who used
a new method never tried in this country.
II is a combination of the recognized an-
titetanus serum with subsequent subcu-
taneous injections of earbolic acid.
The case reported by DR.. urian is that
of a 5-year-old boy. Oliver Pinkey. He
was apparently infected while playing in
the earth of his yard. In a short time he
developed convusions and finally the
rigidity that is usually a precursor OF
death. DR.. Urban decided to resort to
heroic measures
The child apparently did not respond
for several hours; rigidity and intense de-
preston continued. Suddenly. however,
he began to show the effects OF the treat-
ment, and the improvement was remarks
ably rapid.
The child was attacked in Septembers
Now he is apparently as we'll as ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
Street Tragedy
e Chicago Inter ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
motorman stopped a Fulton street
car in West Monroe street, near South
Desplaines street yesterday morning, and
peered through the glass at a moving,
struggling. wiggling mass that blocked
the track ahead. Six crutches We're
strewn about the track.
The motorman discovered that the rum
pus was caused by three one-legged men
trying to help a no-legged man get up
on the leather stumps that he used for
lower limbs.
For Is minutes the car crew attempt
ed to straighten out the tumbling Grip
pies. but the police finally were sum
moned and put all four in the patrol
wagon. The crutches were collected and
taken along. All four were charged win
intoxication
1t was explained that all four were
crossing the street after having left
saloon, when one fell down in the middle
of the track. The other three went to
his assistance. Then all four began to
tumble about the street like acrobats un-
til the police arrived on the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
,THEHANDWR|7|NGAS
AN|NDEX TO CRIME
Bold Writing Denotes Great
Personal Courage
EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN
/ When Letter is Slovenly and the Char
acters Poorly Formed, the Crime
Committed Was Probably OF
Stealthy Nature
EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN
From the Kansas city star.

IOln Inc hdhoaS Siey RtNi-
Never a day passes that the pardon
clerk in the office of the governor at
Topeka does not receive letters from
convicts in the state penitentiary at
Lansing, Kan, pleading for pardons and
paroles. In a year hundreds of letters
are received from all classes of Offend
ers, ranging from murderers to horse
thieves. The state permits them to
plead for clemency in this way An
astonishing characteristic of these let
ters Is that so many of them are writ
ten in almost faultless English, and
that the handwriting of such "a large
number is of the highest excellence. The
educational qualifications of convicts as
a class are a source of constant sur
prise to the officials who deal with
them. It is constantly apparent that
crime claims no class for It's own, and
particularly the class with below the
average education
s. 7. Seaton, executive clerk in the
office of Governor Hodges, who also Is
pardon and parole clerk, and through
whose hands hundreds of these letters
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01

pass, is making a study of the hand
writing of criminals. He has found
that the handwriting of a criminal is
an index to the type of crime he has
committed.
Bold Writing-Bad Man
For example, scores of murderers and
burglars are regularly being asked to
be let out of the penitentiary. Their
handwriting almost invariably is of the
bold, clear, confident type, and to the
pardon clerk this indicates that the
crime computed was burglary or MUIR
der or other crimes requiring as a rule
strong will power
on the other hand. when a letter is
received penned in a weak or wavering
hand, and the letter is slovenly in char
acter, the pardon clerk does not have
TO resort to the files to learn that the
writer has committed some stealthy
crime, such as a lower form of larceny,
the theft of horses. requiring little risk,
or the stealing of articles from rooming
houses where they may be living at the
time of the commission of the crime,
making Its commission simple. A let
ter of that sort usually means that the
criminal has committed an offense
against weaker person. where the
characteristics of daring and nerve were
not factors
There is a man in the penitentiary
at Lansing who swindled an old man
and an old woman out of a great deal
of property through an intricate, bogus
bookk eeping transaction. glance at
his handwriting. and it does not require
any involved process of deduction on
the part of the pardon clerk to figure
out that the author of the letter must
have been engaged in some vocation
where handwriting was an important
factor. and that the crime committed
probably has some connection with the
pen. And the deduction of the pardon
clerk is correct The handwriting Is
almost like copper plate. and each let
teI is formed with astonishing exact
ness.
A Teachers Force of Habit
This convict was for years teacher in
business college, teacher of book
keeping and penmanship was his stock
In trade. AS a teacher he dealt much in
fictitious propositions of bookkeeping,
creating suppositious transactions for
students to puzzle over. In this way he
learned how to cover up real transactions
with pretended ones. When the time
came 1t was easy for him, by the mere
juggling of figures and entries, to cheat an
old man and an old woman out of their
property. The expert penman and book
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
How It Happened

From Harper's Bazar.
IT have a wife and four children in
Chicago and / have never seen ono OF
them," remarked Chicago man one
evening.
Mrs. Dodge who was noted for her In
quisitiveness, looked toward him in great
surprise. After q moments pause She
asked:
Were you ever blind, Mr.. Evansf"
mo, madam" was the reply,
did you marry widow?'' the woman
inquired.
mo, indeed" he said.
There was silence again while the In
Quistive woman tried to solve the prob
lem to her satisfaction Failing to do So
she asked:
Didn't I understand you to say. Mr.
Evans, that you had wife and four chit.
dren In Chicago and had never seen one
of them?''
Yes, that was what said,''
How can 1t be that you never saw one
of them, Mr.. Evans?" asked the woman
why. madam" replied the man. "one
Of them was TORN after left"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01

handed the conductor a full-fare ticket
and a half-fare ticket
who Is this half ticket for?" asked
the conductor.
For my boy answered the woman,
pointing TO a man sitting next to her.
But he's not a boy under u; he's q
man." persisted the conductor.
Il know it, said the woman with a
gracious smile. He's a man now. But
when we started he was a boy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
II Was Good at the Start

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
There is certain railroad. the subur.
ban trains of which have a wide reputa-
tion for being the opposite of speedy. Not
long ago a woman on one of these tranis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01

rope and only 55S.6 left for abroad. OF
the total number. 17s,545 were first cabin
passengers. Less than 1000 more first
cabin passengers came here from Europe
than returned.
Counting passengers carried In both d.
rections, there were 42,127 fewer than in
1911.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01
Decrease in Ocean Travel

From the New York Herald.
Statistics compiled at Ellis Island show
that nearly twice as many persons came
to this city from Europe in the last year
as returned. According to the statement,
s9s, ,sSs passengers came here from Eu-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01

Rejoicei Pellagra HAS been curedi!
YOU CAN BE WELL AND STRONG
AGAINi!! NY Remedy NEVER
FAILS to relieve the most distressing
symptoms within a few days, and
CURES within few weeks or months.
Hundreds of grateful patients testi1y
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01

Keeper said that he has been so in the
nabit of dealing in fictitious transactions.
IN covering up things by a process OF
bookkeeping, that when he had committed
the crime it did not appeal TO him as be-
ing wrong. But the law called it swim
ole, and he has been in the penitentiary
Tor three years. The story he told that
ne had not intended to steal and that his
offense was due to force of habit so i'm
pressed the pardoning power under all the
circumstances that surrounded the trans
action that he was recommended for pa
role, but the parole was not issued be-
cause of the protest of the persons he de-
frauded.<
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-01

pass. is making a study of the hand
writing of criminals. He has found
that the handwriting of a criminal is
an index to the type of crime he has
enr ta1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-01
Buttermilk As A
Skin Beautiiier

There isn't anything quite as good
as buttermilk for the complexion" says
Mildred st. Adams. beauty editor OF the
Household Guest. "Buttermilk is a ma
tural skin softner and whitener, ana
no harmful effects follow its use even
when applied day in and day out. There
is nothing equal it as cleanser not
only Of surface but OF the pores-thus
it's a foe to blackheads. Because OF
its bleaching properties. it also drives
freckles away.
~ good paste will be found more
convenient and less expensive in the
end than the liquid. 1t will keep inde-
finitely and may be used as a lace
cream always use the presolated
huttermilk paste. giving the face gen
erous coating. Gently massaging the
face while applying, gives most re
freshing sensation. When dry the
paste washes off easily. taking the DIRT
with it much better than any soap
could. In fact, soap s never neces-
sary when using this. The presolated
buttermilk paste which. may be founo
in most drugstores. is of course free
from alkaH as well as grease. ADV
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-01
Nav, historical Room Ready.

The room recently fitted up IN inc
court house basement for the use o.
the Historical Society OF Marsha'i
Connty is now ready for occupancy
and the first board meeting OF the So
ciety in the new room Will De nelo
wednesday afternoon at 1:5o.
stephen Gregg. Of Gilman, mas
loaned to the society an interesting
collection of relics. Included are a
newter coffee pot, two samplers, maze
nv Mr.. Gregg's ancestors, and one oS
an aunt of A. Janney, Of this city. NJ r
Gregg's collection also includes t"o
ancient lamps, and pair OF spectaeles
over 100 years old
The late Mrs. Emma Arson HaVl.
land left to the society sugar DO"
that belonged to the first set OF emma
ehrousht to Marshalltown by the Ansot
family. :.
Miss Minnie Russell has donated u
.4ha society some rare old daguerreo
l+vnes and Mr.. Clemens has added
some tax receipts bearing the dates O
i1s55-s and 1862.
The society will be glad to receive
ana care for relics of any kind ina
!nersons would either loan or donate.