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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Farmers Educational
mi and Cooperative
III Union Of America
Matters sf Especial Momentto
tie Progressive Agricuituriss

Performance is a mans best pedi-
gree.
Work never hurt any one who didn't
want to be hurt.
There is nothing that gives a man
such safe anchorage in life as a good
wife.
Temptation is only an invitation;
1t does not become wrong until you
accept it.
Always keep your promises, no mat
ter if doing SO causes you whole
lot of Inconvenience.
Steps saved are wages saved, and
well-arranged premises save steps.
Make these plans before 1t Is too late
to change them.
The test Of neighborliness is in
helping the man you dislike most OF
ali. When a certain man fell among
thieves it was his bitterest enemy that
saved his life.
When you seem to see ttouble eV-
erywhere, when others faults annoy
you, and when the whole world seems
blue, consult an oculist-your glasses
may be out of date.
The man who does right because 1t
is right hits the bull's-eye; but the
fellow who does right merely to ap-
pear we'll in the opinion of his friends
Is a mighty poor shot.
Has somebody hurt your feelings?
Don't let your feelings control you.
Let your common sense assert its au-
thority. Feelings" might be defined
IS what enjoys sitting on elbows
purposely to be hurt"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
DIVERSITY in FARMING
One-Crop System Fails to Bring
Permanent Prosperity.
Not Enough Attention Given to sys-
tenn of Rotation by Average FARM
er-Raise More Live Stock
to Increase Profit.

That one-crop system has failed
to bring permanent prosperity to any
considerable area is verified many
times in the history of agriculture.
However, much has been gained by de-
voting certain limited areas to one
crop production. We believe the
above fact to be true and that enough
attention is not given by the average
farmer to system Of rotation which
Is adapted to the soil and climatic
conditions with which he must deal,
says the Gem State Rural Journal.
The fact that one locality will produce
fruit successfully has led men to
squander their means in attempting to
grow commercial orchards where only
failure can possibly be the reward.
A crop rotation should contain only
such plants and products as are adapt
ed to the soil and climatic conditions,
and have commercial value either
directly or indirectly. However, it Is
not enough to know that a crop will
grow we'll and produce abundantly.
This is the chief difficulty now where
there is superabundance Of alfalfa
produced with not enough foresight
given to the disposition Of the crop
after it is grown and made into hay.
Too many trust to an uncertain mar
ket for the raw product, and give too
little attention to the conversion of the
raw material into the finished article.
Every rational system of diversified
farming must embrace the growing OF
animals and the manufacture of ami
NAL products either on the farm or in
the large central plants. To grow
mere animals successfully wider
range Of farm crops is necessary.
More grain and cultivated crops should
be grown to combine with the staple
hay and pasture crops to get the best
results. and reap the largest returns
for labor and capital invested. Many
of the old alfalfa meadows should be
plowed up and put to growing other
crops for q term Of years: and the
newer and tie old worn-out lands
would be much benefited by seeding
To alfalfa. Oats and barley produce
abundantly an. wheat as well, after
the alfalfa. All kinds of hoed crops
do we'll including the potato and root
crops. In growing young orchard
It does not hurt to plant SONG hoed
crop between the trees, such as corn,
potatoes or beans. This Is putting
into practice the theory of rotation.
AS the trees grow into bearing the
space between the trees can be seed
ed to clover for a time to advantage,
thus carrying still further the idea
OF growing variety Of crops on the
land. But above all things see to it
that more live stock Is produced to
consume the surplus and the waste
material which Is found on every
farm. and which should contribute to
the net income Of that farm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Exterior View OF Milk House.
CRy J. e. BRIDGMAN.

u.
While it sounds strange, it is true
that many farmers who are making
the larger portion of their yearly In
come from milk have no milk house.
They have calf shed, implement
house, barn, corn crib, granary, ETC.,
all built for the purpose of caring for
and protecting the various products
or tool. used on the farm, but they
have never thought it necessary to
build a milk house. Many model
housekeepers are compelled to keep
milk in unsanitary rooms, such as
some outbuilding, the cellar, Kitchen
or other general purpose room for the
reason that there is no milk house.
Milk should be kept in room used
for no other purpose, and in some
states an attempt has been made to
pass laws governing the keeping OF
milk on the farm, that is, milk that Is
sold or used for any purpose except
on the farm. The SMALL milk house
here shown will certainly cost several
dollars, but is it not worth It? The
structure should, Of course, be built Of
cement, but build it Of brick, stone,
or even wood If you cannot build it
Of cement The idea is simply sug-
gestion. The screened-in porch for q
workroom would come in mighty han
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
SET PLANTS IN MIDSUMMER
Henry Jero!aman, Strawberry King,
Tells of Methods Employed to Get
5000 Quarts to Acre.

In the famous strawberry section
about Hilton, N. j., many growers set
out new beds the last of July or early
August, says the Agriculturist Beds
thus set are fruited the following
year.
Immediately after the crop is har-
vested, which usually ends about the
first week in July, the strawberry
mulch Is raked off and the soil worked
with a hoe or rake. Runners for new
plants are put out and layered in the
usual way. AS soon as they are
large enough they are set out in the
new beds.
The strawberry king, Henry Jerola-
man, says: "The strawberry is viz,
oFous feeder, and Should nave pleIity
of plant food when it needs it most.
I use well-rotted horse and COW ma
nure mixed. Spade or plow it under
and work the soil until 1t Is we'll dis
tributed.
After the plants are started put
some fine, well.rotted manure or CON-
post around each plant This may
seem troublesome, but it pays 1t not
only fertilizes the plant, but protects
1t during the winter. My rows are
two feet ten inches apart, and the
plants are every Is inches in the row.
With this method I have no trouble
in getting six to eight thousand quarts
an acre."
If the plants are set during hot,
dry spell, they should be watered.
Mr.. Jerolaman always puts q pint of
rain water to each plant. After drop
ping the roots in the hole made with
the hand, the water is poured in, and
the dirt drawn around the plant. Each
plant should be shaded in hot weather
during the middle of the day after it
is set, at least two days. Strawberry
baskets are turned upside down over
each plant If plants are very large,
old peach baskets or anything of that
sort can be used.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01

which does not cost much, attach one
end of wire to spark plug, then run
wire up to ceiling where 1t is out of
the way. Fasten with some staples
and then run end Of wire down to
top of tank. When tank is full the
water will touch end Of wire and short
circuit the current which stops the
engine. BY this plan the engine may
be started and left for an indefinite
length of time, for when the tank Ia
full the engine will stop.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Worth of a Hen.

France classes the worth Of hen
mora eor the production of meat and
eggs than she does for the fine feath-
ers or standard looks. Some years ago
the poultrymen aimed for show rec
crds. and while they no doubt gained
their point, they at the same time
ruined the stamina and thrift Of the
hen for commercial purposes. Today
It is different. Utility has taken a
front seat and all breeds are bred up
TO confo, m with the ideas Of the mar
ket poultryman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01

dy along about fly time and the drive
way c :.tainIy would be used. The side
porches are for keeping out the sun,
but they would be utilized for stor'
ing many things as well as for sun
ming milk cans, etc. The size of the
room will, of course. depend on the
number of COWS kept, but room OF
the size given on the floor plan will
be found ample for quite number OF
COWS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Nov-l-1912-1l-G-3 -3t.
Scholarship For Sale.

The Advertiser has a scholarship
in.Draughn's Business College that
it3will sell for much less than
the regular price. Any young man
or lady desiring to take course in
Bookkeeping, Stenography, or
Typewriter should not miss this OPP
portunity. Apply at once at this
Office.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Treasurer's Notice.

The County Treasurer's office will be
open for the purpose of receiving taxes
from the 18th day of October, 1912, to
the 18th day of March, 1913.
All taxes shall be due and payable be-
tween the 18th day of October, 1912,
and December 3lst, 1912.
That when taxes charged shall not
be paid by December 3lst, 1912, the
County Auditor shall proceed to add a
penalty of one per cent for January,
and if taxes are not paid on or before
February 1st, 1913, the County Auditor
will proceed to add two per cent, and
five per cent from 1st of March to the
18th of March. After which time all
unpaid taxes will be collected by the
Sheriff.
The tax levies for the year 1912 are
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Executors Notice.

All persons indebted to the late
George w. johnson will please
make payment at once to the un-
dersigned, and all persons holding
claims against his estate will pres
ent them at once to the underslgn--
ed for payment.
gs. R. NJ. johnson,
Executor.
Nov-l-l9l2-1l-G-3
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
OPERATION OF A GAS ENGINE
Plan and Illustration for Stopping
Pump When Tank Is Full
Simple and inexpensive.

]. W. Moeller sends the Iowa Home
stead an illustration and plan for
stopping Jump spark gas engine
pumping water when the tank is full.
Take some insulated copper wire,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01

Corporation IurpOseS IV
All male citizens between the ages OF
81 years and 60 years except those ex-
empt by law are liable to poll tax of
One Dollar each. A capitation tax of
so cents each is to be paid on all dogs.
The law prescribes that all male citi-
zens between the ages of Is and So
years must pay $500 communication tax
or work six days on the public roads.
AS this is optional with the individual,
no communication tax is included III the
property tax. So ask for road tax re-
ceipt when you desire to pay road tax.
James T. Minis,
Co. Treas. E. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-01-01
Feed for Lambs.

Tobacco stems chopped fine or to-
bacco sweepings mixed with salt are
good to feed young lambs, particu-
larly II they are affected with woru,s,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
BEADS OF ALL SORTS WORN
More Popular Than Strings of
These Trimmings.

Since the early days, when the an.
clients first wore strings Of beads,
they have become a permanent arti-
Gle of personal adornment.
Bean chains, ranging from the sup
erb rope of pearls to the amber, jet
and crystal necklaces, are festooned
around the throat, and add their beau
" to the toilette. The short string of
pearls Is as fashionable as ever, and
bead trimmings are enjoying very
prominent place.
Many OF thessmartest evening goWrs
are trimmed With bead plaques, The
beads are SO closely set together that
there is no space between them. They
are wrought upon canvas in the old
fashioned mat and screen designs.
These show baskets Of flowers and
birds unreal looking In their strange
coloring.
The peasant fashions are much in
vogue, and the suspenders are deco
rated with beads and embroidery.
The most beautiful bead trimmings
are those that represent the ara
besque designs or black chiffon, crepe
de chine, net or taffeta.
Among the smartest evenings gowns
are those showing heavily beaded
TUNES over foundation of chiffon.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
GAIN BY FARMERS ELEVATOR
Premium Of Three Cents Per Rushel
Earned by Every Man Selling
Grain In Western States.

If cooperative effort has made good
in any one field in America, 1t is in
grain marketing. The pioneering is
all done. The trail was blazed ten
years ago, and the road is now easy.
safe and sure. The dangerous curves
and difficult grades are all located
and charted by faring danger signs.
More than $500 farmers, elevators
in successful operation in the great
grain states of the west are earning
directly or indirectly a premium OF
over three cents per bushel for every
man selling grain within the sphere of
cooperative influence. No other line
of business records SO small a percent
age of failures. Extend the move
ment to every community where
grain is grown for market. Winter
time is the season to organize. Is
yoar community under the domination
OF the grain dealers combine? Why
nc lead in the formation of farmers
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
MAN FolLs BURGLARS AT IS
Aged Pennsylvania Undertaken Drives
Yeggman from Postoffice at
an Early Hour.

MyerstoWn, Pa.-Leaving his bed at
$50 o'clock In the morning, when he
was aroused by suspicious noises in
the street, Adam Behney, retired
undertaken, aged IS years. thwarted
the attempts Of a trio Of safeb1oWers
to rob the postofT1ce, just across the
street from his home. When he real
lied such an attempt was being made
Behney walked into the street and
hailed the lookout stationed there by
the yeggmen.
A shot was fired by the lockout to-
give the alarm to his pals at work on
the safe in the postofHce, and they
rushed from the building just as the
charge of nitroglycerin they had pour
ed into the safe went off The three
men jumped into a waiting wagon and
drove away.
The explosion tore off the outer door
of the safe and wrecked the interior
Of the postofiee, shattering practical
" every bit of glass in the place The
inner door Of the safe remained intact
and the contents were found to be un-
disturbed by Postmaster James Kol.s
Ter, who discovered that the thieves
had worked in the glare of a strong
gas light which is kept burning at
night IN the postofhce.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
TAKE CARE OF YOUR LOOKS
Much Wisdom Conveyed In This Ad-
vice That a Woman Gives to
Her Sisters.

One reason why SO many women
begin to Ego Off" in their looks after
thirty or even earlier, Is a growing
habit Of carelessness about their ap-
pearance. In particular. the woman
that marries and has children is very
likely to fall into the notion that st
doesn't matter how mother looks In
deed, have known women who seem
cd to consider it a part of their duty
to their families to get old and ugly
as soon as possible.
Mo woman can make more fatal
mistake. a woman wants to be proud
of her children, and her children have
an equal right to be proud of her. "A
woman who has become Wrinkled,
faded, humped-up, dowdy. back num-
ber' at forty may get certain toler-
ant affection and perfunctory graft
tude from her family, but she can
never inspire the admiration and re-
spect and willing obedience that
every child should be able to render
to his mother.
Depend upon it, excellent wife and
devoted mother, il you find yourself
too busy to take daily bath, too busy
to keep your scalp clean and your hair
brushed, too busy to go to dentist
at the first sign of decaying teeth, too
busy to massage the blackheads out
of your skin and manicure your nails
and provide yourself with suitable, be-
coming clothes, then you are absolute
ay too busy. You are either being i'm
posed upon by some shirker, or else
you are voluntarily sacrificing more
to less important consid-
Grafton.
Il it comes right down to choice,
madam, think your husband would
take more pleasure in your clean com
plexion than in clean pair of attic
stairs, and am quite sure that it is
better to provide your children with
a neat, trim, well-groomed mother to
look at at table than to harass their
little stomachs with some elaborate
and indigestible made dish. "-Wom-
ans World.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
FEAST FOR JAPANESE DOLLS
Observe Month of February-An-
sWers TO st. Valentines Day.

In that land of feasts and Festivals
I-Japan-the most popular oae with
the children is the feast of dolls,
which takes place in the month of
February. It perhaps answers to our
St Valentine festivities.
The fun lasts for three days, and if
little Miss Japan's father and mother
and grandfather and grandmother
have laid up in store for this occa-
sion, dolls by the hundred are
brought forth to celebrate the feast,
and many of the dolls are years and
years old-hundreds of years, even,
for every doll that enters a japanese
home is treasured and kept for this
great day.
The best room in the house is
chosen, here shelves covered with
rich silken hangings, gay in color, are
arranged, perhaps five or six shelves,
extending the length of one side of
the room
The principal dolls are the emperor
and empress of Japan, or two dolls
dressed to represent these august per-
sonages in their court attire Every.
thing centers about them; dolls to
represent maids of honor, courtiers,
and statesmen, each in appropriate
dress, are ranged next in order.
Everything which their imperial
majesties can possibly need in the
way of household furniture is repre-
sented in miniature; silver cups,
bowls, and rice buckets, on lacquered
trays, are placed before the emperor
and empress, md each day the little
child for whom this festival is pre-
pared fills the dishes with the differ
ent kinds OF food used in a Japanese
household-1iee, fruits, nuts and
cake, or sweet wine
At the end of the feast the dolls
are packed away for another year,
except two or three, which are left
out for daily use.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
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HOW re MAKE ELECTROsc0PE
lmprovised implement Will Enable
One to Determine If Body Is
Electrified or Not.

Bend a piece of straight wire into
the form of an S at right angles, as
shown in our illustration. Place the
upper horizontal branch on the border
or brim Of a glass, and over this place
q little tin cover or metal plate The
vertical branch must not touch the
glass, aid the lower horizontal branch
should have little band Of tin, folded
in two, straddled on it.
# you now rub glass stick or a
stick of sealing wax with a wooden
cloth, and bring either of these close
to the metal covering, you will imme-
diately see the two branches of the
tin start violently away from each
other, just as it takes place in the
Well-known apparatus of the physi-
clans laboratory, the electrometer or
electroscope.
The excellent electroscope which
you have just improvised will not
only enable you to discover If body
is electrified or not, but it will tell
you with what kind of electricity,
whether positive or negative, the body
is charged.
Bring close to the metal plate, for
example, a sheet Of very dry paper
which has been electrified by rubbing
it vigorously with a brush; and while
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
GAME FOR NEW YEARS TIME
Russian Custom Might Be Put to Use
to Amuse Children During Win
ter Evenings.

The Russians have custom which
might be put to use by the children
during the long winter evenings when,
perhaps, they may have grown tired
OF other amusements 1t is called
Dropping the Lead and is played in
this manner:
Get some lead and melt it in a pot
over the fire. While it is in the liquid
state scoop some of it out the pot
with an iron spoon and drop it into a
basin of cold water. OF course, the
metal hardens almost Immediately, but
never twice in the same shape. In
fact, some of the oldest forms result,
which with little stretch of the i'm
agination may be ikened to the form
of an animal, bird, fish, ship or some
thing of the kind.
Now, pin a large white sheet against
the wall and hold the chilled lead be-
tween it and the light. Whatever
form the metal has assumed will be
magnifed and the peculiarities much
easier recognized.
This game is usually played about
the New Years time in Russia, and
each shadow which may be made out
to resemble something or another is
supposed to have some significance.
II the shadow looks like a wagon,
horse, a boat or bicycle, it means
that somebody in the company will
shortly go on journey. Should 1t be
the branch of q blossomed tree. some
one who is Ill will shortly be conva-
lescent; if it looks like a dove there
will be a reconciliation between enc
mics. Other forms may be interpreted
as the company chooses and this
homemade fortune teller will serve
very well for an evenings amuse-
ment,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11
Novelty Buttons in Neckwear.

One of the most striking features
OF the sInartest neckwear is the large
use made of small button garnitures
says the Dry Goods Economist. Rhine
stone, jet. crystal, cloth-covered and
pearl buttons score, in the order men
toned. The fact that many of the
button-trimmed novelties come rather
high can easily be accounted for when
one considers the cost of the novelty
buttons used. AT the same, the smart
ness of the styles depends to a large
extent upon the d5eyer arrangement
OF these buttons
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11

the bent band or leaves of our electro
scope start apart under the influence
OF this paper, touch the metal plate or
covering with your finger. The leaves
fall back; but if you take away your
finger, and then the sheet of paper,
they diverge again. Now the appa-
.ratus is charged with electricity Of
q different nature from that Of the pa
per IN order to discover what kind
of electricity this is, bring slowly up
to the plate the stick Of glass rubbed
with wooden cloth; now we shall see
the divergence Of the leaves increase,
which indicates that the electricity of
our electroscope is the same 81 that
of the glass-that is, positive; 80 that
our sheet of paper was charged with
different electricity-that Is. negative
Experiments.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-01-11

like a young lad, without being bois'
ferrous or obstreperous.
The pert little single feather has
a black curled tip and a soft white
base. 1t is sort Of challenge to good
fellowship.
A soft hat for younger girl is
made of velveteen or Of plush, al
though others equally good are made
of plaid or checkered fabrics, such as
are used in coats The turned back
brim is adorned with three quaint lit
tie bows in front.
Amy one who is clever at sewing
can make this hat, for patterns of
it are to be found in almost any
standard fashion book.
These are sensible and smart clothes
for young people, and those two adj
jectives express the idea of feath-
ers Of real style when one must
choose for the growing girl apparel o.
any kind.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.