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Ten.Acre Yield Contest.

Ten.Acre Yield Contest.
This contest is for the purpose of
Increasing the yield of corn in the
State. when the cost Of product on
and quality of corn are taken into
consideration.
Rules for Ten-Acre Contest.
1. The ten acres must be in one
field, and IL the q Id should measure
less than nine and three-quarters
! acres the contestant will be disQuala-
fed.
2. Any variety of corn may be
grown.
8. A certified record of the cost
OF production and yield must be sent
to the Secretary of the State Fa r
before October "a, 1914.
4. The land must be measured by
Mr.. Mason Snowden. State Agent,
United States Department of Agri-
culture, Baton Rouge, La, or party
appointed by him, and two citizens
selected by Mr.. Snowden or the ap-
pointed party.
s. A bushel Of the corn 600.
ears) must be exhibited at the State
Fair. This .bushel of corn cannot be
Z. Demonstrat on agents cannot
compete for this premium.
Premiums.
Ten-acre yield contest for corn
first. $500; second, $4,000; third.
$500.
Awards will be made on the fol-
lowing basis:
l. One half point will be given
for each bushel of corn, using the
average yield per acre as the basis.
2. IL the cost of production be
thirty cents per bushel, the contest
ant will be allowed to enter, but one
po,nt will be given for every cent
that the cost Of production Is less
than thirty cents. If the cost of pro-
duction Is over thirty cents the con-
tesant will be disqualified.
3. The quality of the corn VIII
be judged from the bushel 600 ears)
of corn submitted, and one point will
be given for each five ears that are
selected by the Judge to be nearest
perfect.
All those des 'ring to compete in
the ten-acre contest should not fy the
Secretary Of the State Fair Associa-
ton as soon as possible, so forms for
keeping the cost of production and
the amount Of work put in ON crop
may be sent out.
Corn Growers Futurity Contest.
In order to encourage the growing
Of more and better corn in the State,
the Louisiana State Fair Association
has decided to open Corn Growers
Futurity on ten-ear exhibits and one
bushel 600 ears) exhibits.
Rules for Entry.
I. Any corn grower in the State
q allowed to compete for the prizes
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Subscribe for the
ST. TA,iNIANY FARMER
One Dollar y year.
Warren Thomas VS.. Bab.ngton Bros
Limited, Robt. Darlington.
Receiver.
No. 2103.
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court,
Parish of st. Tammany,
Louisiana.

! By virtue of writ of seizure ant
sale from the honorable the afore
said Court, and to me directed, bear
ing date the 18th day OF December
1913, VIII proceed to sell at auctio1
at the front door of the courthouse
| the town of Coysngton, La. be.
Tween legal sale hours, to the highest
bidder, on
! SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1914,
/ the following described property, to-
wit:
/. Hop acres, being the south
west fractional quarter of section >
township 6 south, range IL east, st.
Helena Meridian.
2. 16o.20 acres, being the north
west quarter of section 20, townsil p
south, range l east.
3. 1854 acres, being the north
half Of the southeast quarter Of sec
ton %, township south, range i /
east, st. Helena Meridian.
4. 1922 acres, being south half
of northeast quarter section IL, town
ship south. range II east, st. Hell
ena Meridian.
5. 1871 acres. being an undivid-
ed one-fourth interest in the north
west quarter of northwest quarter,
sect on l; the northeast quarter Of
section 6, and the fractional north
east quarter of section 20, all Ii
township 6 south, range 1 east, St.
Helena Meridian.
6. 100 acres, n section 50, town
ship south, range IA east, and 160
acres known as the lower half of the
S. r. Wilson tract. and piece OF
land described as being a part OF
section So, N township 6 south
range IA east, commencing =. the
southeast corner Of said sect on 38.
feet, thence north 58 degrees west
$50 feet, thence south 70 degrees and
thence north 16 degrees west 1910
80 minutes west 269 feet, thence
south 81 degrees 80 minutes west
S160 feet, thence south % degrees
80 minutes 1852 feet, thence north
81 degrees 80 minutes east 81 feet
to the ,nblic road, thence along sa ID
nubiic rn;.d 985 feet 20 the sp,,tE
b'l. .:ary line of said section IS.
thence north 81 degrees 80 minutes
east 20G5 feet to the point Of begin
ming, contain ing 240.31 acres, more
or less, according to a map and sur
vey made by Preston Herndon, sur
ycyor.
And also a parcel of land. being a
part of section 80, township south,
range = east, beginning at the south
west corner Of said section 38, In
township 6 south, range IA east, be-
ginning at the southwest corner OF
sa d section 38, thence rum ng north
81 degrees 80 minutes east 613 feet
along the south boundary line of said
section 3S, thence running north rs
degrees SO minutes west 792 feet,
thence south 81 deg. 80 min. west
613 feet to the west boundary line OF
section 50. thence south 2s degrees
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stimulate the kidneys, liver and bow
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strength and amb-t on. Electric Bit
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l SPRING BLOOD AND SYSTEM
CLEANER.

During the winter months impri-
ties accumulate, your blood becomes
impure and thick, your k dneys, liver
and bowels fai Ito work, caus ng So
called spring fever" You feel
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Will be sold at public auction on
MONDAY, MARCH IS, 1914.


at 10 O'Clock m, at front door Of
the courthouse at Coyington, st.
Tam1nany Parish, La, by virtue Of
an order of the Honorable Vi1lial1
A. Bell, Referee in Bankruptcy, dat
ed February 4, 1914, for account OF
the above named bankruptcy, the
follow ng described real estate, VIZ:
First-All that certain lot or par
eel of land tuated In the parish Of
st. Tammany, in section "a, town
ship 3 south, range IA east of St
Helena Meridian in Louisiana, being
the south half of the northwest quar-
ter of the northeast quarter and the
north half OF the southwest quarter
Of the northeast quarter Of section
"a, township south, range IA east
OF st. Helena Mer dian, contain ng
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Teachers Examination.

The next State examination Of ap-
plicants for teachers certificate in
this parish will be held IN my Office
April 6, Z, s, (white); and 8, 10, Il,
(negro). The subjects for exam ma
ton and conditions governing the is
suance. of cert.acates.seo applicants
will be the same as those of last
State examination.
The questions OF the examination
in Theory and Art of Teaching will
not be based upon any particular
textbook on that subject, but W II
be general and comprehensive In
character.
ELMER E. LYON,
Superintendent.
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l1ICKApOO WORM KILLER Ex-
PELS WORMS.


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my name Is Valiant. John Va

my name is Valiant. John Va
liant"
Uncle Jefferson's eyes turned up-
ward and rolled out of orbit. Nah
Lawd" he calculated soundlessly.
And with his wide lips still framed
about the last word, he backed out
Of the doorway and disappeared
Alone in the ebbing twilight, John
Valiant found his hamper, spread a
napkin on the broad stone steps and
took out glass, spoon and part of
a loaf OF bread. The thermos flask
was filled with milk. 1t was not a
splendid banquet, yet he ate it with
a great content as the bulldog at his
feet gnawed his share OF the crust.
He broke his bread into the milk as
he had not done since he was a child,
and ate the luscious pulp with a keen
relish bred of the long outdoor day.
1t was almost dark when the meal
was done and, depleted hamper in
hand, he reentered the empty echoing
house. He went into the library.
lighted the great brass lamp from the
motor and began to rummage. The
drawers of the dining-room sideboard
yielded nothing; on shelf of the but.
lers pantry, however. was tin box
which proved to be half full of wax
candles, perfectly preserved.
The very thing!' he said triumph.
antly. Carrying them back, he fixed
several in the glass-candlesticks and
set them, lighted, all about the somber
room till the soft glow flooded it's
every corner. There" he said.
that is as it should be. No big bla-
tant search-light here! And no glare
OF modern electricity would suit that
old wainscoting, either"
He dragged the leather settee to the
porch and by the light of the motor
lamp busted it thoroughly, and wheel
ing 1T back. set 1t under the portrait
which had so attracted him. He
washed the glass from which he had
dined and filed it at the cup of the
garden fountain, put into it the rose
from his hat and set it on the read
lng-stand. The small china dog
caught his eye and he picked it up
casually. The head came of in his
hands. 1t had been bon-bon box and
was empty save for narrow strip of
yellowed paper, on which were writ
ten some meaningless figures: 1928
$40. He pondered this a moment,
then thrust it into one of the empty
plgeOnhOleS of the desk On the lat
ter stood an old-fashioned leaf-calen-
dar; the date it exposed was May
14th. Curiously enough the same date
would recur tomorrow. The page bore
quotation: Every man carries his
fate on q riband about his neck"
The line had been quoted in his
fathers letter. May 14th-how much
that date and that motto may have
meant for him!
He rose to push the shutter wider
and in the movement his elbow sent q
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shirley" said her mother. "the ma
Jor's brutal. and he sban't have his
mint-julep."
What has he been doing?" asked
the other. her brows wrinkling In q
delightful way she had.
He has reminded me that I'm grow
ing old"
Shirley looked at the major skep-
ticaliy. for his chivalry was un-
doubted. During long career In law
and legislature II had been said OF
him that he could neither speak on
the tariff question nor defend a man
for murder. without first paying
tribute to "the women Of the South.
sab"
Nothing Of the Sort" he rumbled.
Mrs. Dandridge's face softened to
wistfulness. shirley. am ~" she
asked. with quizzica. almost a droll
uneasiness. Why. I've got every emo
uon I've ever had read all the new
French novels. and I'm even thinking
OF going in for the militant sufrragette
movement"
The girl had tossed her hat and
crop on the table and seated herself
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CHAPTER TX.
Damory Court.


Oars Dam'ry Co'ot smack-dab
ahaid, suh.'
John Valiant looked up. Facing
them at an elbow of the broad road,
was an old gateway of timenicked
stone, clasping an iron gate that was
quaint and heavy and red with rust
He put out his hand.
Wait moment" he said in a low
voice, and as the creaking conveyance
stopped, he turned and looked about
him.
Facing the entrance the land fell
away sharply to a miniature valley
through which rambled a willow-bor-
dered brook, In whose shadows short
horned cows stood lazily. Beyond,
whittier wound the Red Road, he
could see drowsy village, with q
spire and cupolaed courthouse; and
farther yet yellow gorge with a
wisp Of white smoke curling above
1t marked the course of a crawling
far-away railway.
"Ets er moughty fine OF place, sub,
mid dat big revenue oh trees" said
Uncle Jefferson. "But An reck'n ct
ain got none oh de modern conniv-
ances'
AS Valiant jumped down he was
possessed by an odd sensation of old
acquaintance-as If he had seen those
tall white columns before-an illu-
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ORDERED TO SET OUT.
seventeenth Infantry Directed to
Leave Soon.

A'iahta, Ga, March 14.-Orders
were received at Fort Mcpherson here
touay Tor the Seventeenth infantry.
ordered to eagle Pass. Texas, for bor-
der patrol duty in connection with the
MeNlcan situation, to prepare to leave
not later than next Thursday. Iieut.
Col. Thomas Griffith of the Nineteenth
infantry at Jefferson barracks Ct
Louis, is expected to arrive here to-
morrow TO take command Of the
Seventeenth. He succeeds Col John
Il. Van Orsdale, who recently reach
ed the age limit of army service.
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Conviction Born of Experience.

The man who has used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and watched
and felt and realized it's remarkable
curative properties will toll You that
1t has no superior coughs and
colds. The rernarkab' success of this
preparation aided v the personal
recommendations O. people who have
been cured by it, has made it one OF
the most popular medicines in use.
Try it when you have a cough or cold
ard realize for yourself what a first
class cough medicine will accomplish.
For sale by all dealers.-Advt.
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by her mothers chair. What was H.
he said. dearest?"
He thinks | ought TO wear a wor.
sted shawl and arctics." Her mother
thrust out one little thin-slippered foot
with Its slender ankle cleaning
through It's open-work stocking like
mother-of-pearl. Imagine! In Mey.
And he knows I'm vain OF my feet!
Major. II you had ever had q wife,
you would have learned wisdom. But
you mean well. and I'll take back what
l said about the julep. You mix II,
Shirley. Yours Is even better than
Ranston's."
she makes mo one every day, Mon.
ty." she continued. rs Shirley went
into the house. And when she isn't
looking. pour II into the bush there"
Major Bristow laughed as he bit
the end of a cigar. "All the same"
he said In his big rumbling voice.
you need 'em, reckon. You need
more than mint-juleps. too You leave
the whiskey to me'and the doctor. and
you take Shirley and pun out TOR
Italy. Why not, a year there would
do you a heap OF good"
She shook her head. mo, Monty.
IL isn't what you think. Its-here."
She lifted her hand and touched her
heart. It's been SO for a long time
But IL may-it can't 20 on forever
you see. Nothing can"
The major had leaned forward In
his chair. Judith" he said. and his
hand twitched. 'it isn't trle!" And
than. How do you know?"
She smiled at him. You remember
when that big surgeon from Vienna
came to see the doctor last year?
Well. the doctor brought him TO me.
Id known II before In a way. but II
had gone farther than thought No
one can tell just how long IL may be.
IL may be years. OF course. but I'm not
taking any sea trips. Monty"
HO cleared his throat and his voice
was husky when he spoke. SHIRLEY
doesn't know"
Certainly not. She mustn't" And
then. In sudden sharpness: you
shan't tell her. Monty. You wouldn't
darel"
mo. indeed" he assured her quick
ly. "Of course not"
It's Just among us three. Doctor
Southali and you and me. We three
have had our secrets before, eh. Mon
ty?"
Yes. Judith. we have"
She bent toward him. her hands
tightening on the cane. after all.
it's true. Today I am getting old. /
may look only flity. but feel sixty
and I'll admit to seventy.hve. It's
JOY that keeps VS. young. and | didn't
get my fair share OF that. Monty.
For Just ono little week my heart had
10 an-all-and then-well, IN IN II
was finished II was finished long be-
fore l married Tom cambridge. II
isn't that I'm empty headed IT'S that
I've been an empty hearted woman.
Monty-as empty ard dusty and desc.
late as tho old house over yondor on
tho ridge"
II know. Judith. I know"
you've been empty in a way. too"
she said. 'But It's been different
way You wero never In love-reallv
ia love. I mean. Certainly not with
me. Monty. though you tried to make
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The convict cage suffered some
minor damages Thursday morning as
1t was being taken out Of the yard at
Sklnners shop and had to be taken
pack to be repaired before it could
be taken out to the convict camp.
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Avoid Stury Wheezy Breathinu

*Take Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for an infiamed and congest-
ed condition of the air passages ana
bronchial tubes. A cold develops
quickly if not checked and bronchitis,
lagrippe and pneumonia are danger
GUS possibilities. Harsh rackins
coughs weaken the system, but Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar is safe, pure and
certain in results. Contains no OPT
ates. sSibert's Drug Store.-Advt.
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sorry halfvfsion into some shadowy,
fourth-dimensional landscape that be-
longed to his subconscious self. or
that, glimpsed in some immaterial
dream-pfcture, had left a saint-etched
memory. Then, on a sudden, the vista
vibrated and widened, the white col
umns expanded and shot up into the
clouds. and from every bush seemed
to peer friendly black savage with
woolly white hair!
Wishing Housed" he whispered.
The hidden country which his fathers
thoughts. sadly recurring, had painted
to the little child that once he was,
In the guise of an endless wonder
tale! His eyes misted over, and Il
seemed to him that moment that his
father was very near
Leaving the negro to unload his be-
longings, he traversed an overgrown
path Of mossed gravel, between box
rows frowsled like the names of lions
gone mad and smothered in an ao-
cumulation Of matted roots and debris
OF rotting foliage, and presently, tho
bulldog at his heels. found himself
In the rear Of the house.
"Mine!" he said aloud with a rueful
pride. And for general rundown
ness, it's up to the advertisement"
He looked musingly at the piteous
wreck and ruin, his gaze sweeping
down across the barred fields and un-
kempt forest. "Mine!" he repeated.
All that, suppose, for it has tho
same earmarks Of neglect. Between
those cultivated stretches it looks like
a wedge Of Sahara gone astray" His
gaze returned to the house. "Yet what
a place 1t must have been in it's time!"
He went slowly back to where his con.
ductor sat on the lichened horse
block.
Yves heah," called Uncle Jefferson
cheerfully. "Whut we gwinter do
mex, sub? Reck'n All better 60 ovah
ter Miss Dandridge's place fer er
crowbah. Lawd!" he added, "ef he
ain got de key! Whut yo' think oh
dat now?"
John Valiant was looking closely at
the big key; for there were words,
which he had not noted before en-,
graved In the massive flange Friends
all hours" He smiled. The sentiment
sent warm current Of pleasure to
his finger-tips. Here was the very
text OF hospitality!
A Lilliputian spider-web was
stretched over the preempted keyhole,
and he fetched a grass-stem and poked
out its tiny gray-striped denizen be-
fore he inserted the key I'm the rusted
lock. He turned 1t with curious
sense OF timidity. All the strength Of
his fingers was necessary before the
massive door swung open and the lev
cling sun sent it's late red rays into
the gloomy interior
He stood in spacious hall, his nos
trils filled with curious but not un-
pleasant aromatic Odor with which tho
place was strongly impregnated. The
hall ran the full length OF the build
ing, and I'm its center wide, balus-
traded double staircase led to upper
darkness. The floor, where his foot
prints had disturbed the even gray
ilm OF dust, was OF fine close par
quetry and had been generously
strewn everywhere with a mica-like
powder. He stopped and took UP q
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march is a trying month for the
very young and for elderly people.
Group. bronchial colds. lagrippe and
pneumonia are to be feared and
avoided. Foley's Honey and Tar il
a great family medicine that will
quickly stop cough, check the pro-
sress of cold and relieve inflamed
and congested air passages. 1t is safe,
and always reliable. Sibert's Drug
Store-Advt
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Stubborn, Annoying Coughs Cured.

My husband had cough for
fifteen years and my son for eight
years. DR.. Kings New Discovery
completely cured them, for which
am most thankful" writes Mrs. Da-
wa Moor, of Saginaw, Ala What DR..
Kings New Discovery did for these
men. it will do for YOU. DR.. Kings
New Discovery should be in every
nome. Stops hacking coughs, relieves
lagrippe and all throat and lung all
ments. Money back if it fails. All
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Bucklen e Co. Philadelphia or st.
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Chamberlain'S 'lbIets.

These tablets are intended especial
~ for disorders of the stomach, liver
and bowels If YOU are troubled with
heartburn, Indigestion or constipa-
tlon they will do you good. Try them.
For sale by all dealers.-Advt.
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New York Cotton Market.
New York, March 16.
Just right for Backachs and Rheuma-

'Foley Kidney Pills are So thor
oughly effective for backache, rheu-
matisln, swollen, aching joints, kidney
and bladder ailments that they are
recommended everywhere. A. A.
Jeffords. McGrew, Nebr., says: my
druggist recommended Foley Kidney
Pills for pains i'm my back, and before
finished one bottle. my cid trouble
entirely disappeared" Sibert's Drug
Store.--Advt.
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*Foley Cathartic Tablets are entire
ly effective, thoroughly cleansing and
always pleasant in action. They con-
tam blue flag, are a remedy for con-
stpation and sluggish liver. and a
tonic to the bowels, which are i'm
proved by their use. Try them. They
do not fail to give relief and salts
faction. Sibert's Drug Store.-Advt.
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NO CONCESSIONS TO ULSTER,
British Government Will CARR Out
Home Rule Pregram,ne. -

London, March 16.-That the Brit
lsh government will make no further
concessions 10 the Unionists Of Ulster
province, who object to home rule
was the announcement made today in
the house Of commons by Premier
Asquith. The programme is to give
Ulster a referendum vote as to wheth-
er they shall be excluded from the OPP
Grafton of the home rule law.
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Plain Truth that's Worth Money.
using Foley's Honey and Tar for

a cough or cold may save you both
sickness and money. F. F. Monahan,
Menomonie. Wis, says: II am ex-
posed to all kinds of weather and I
find Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound always fixes me up in good
shape when 1 catch cold or have O
bad cough. 1 recommend II gladly"
Refuse substitutes. Sibert's Drug
Store.-Advt
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Tobacco planters should apply to
the Department of Agriculture.
washington, d. c.. for Farmers Bull
letin No. 571, Tobacco Culture" by
w. w. Garner, issued February q,
1914
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"A Word OF Caution

One should be exceptionally care
ful just now about taking cold, and
when a cold is contracted get rid of
1t as quickly as possible. To accom-
plish this you will find Chamberlain
Cough Remedy excellent 1t is not
only prompt and effectual but is
pleasant and safe to take, and has a
reputation of forty years back of it.
For sale by all dealers.-Advt.
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MEMPHIS STEAMER BURNED.

Boat "a Total Loss But No Lives Lost.
Memphis, March 1.-THE steam
boat Harry Lee was burned at the
wharf this morning. No lives were
lost.