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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
DAIRY AS FOUNDATION
One Never Failing Money-Making
Resource on Dry Farm.
New Settler Who Takes Herd Of Milk.
Ing Cows With Him Can Start
Steady Cash Income With First
Day In His New Home.

Dairy is the one never-failing money
making resource In dry land farming
for the family with little capital, The
native wild grass is a dependable dairy
feed. Kahr and sorghum, when given
good treatment, never fail to produce
feed crops. These sure feed crops
make good silage and for ten dollars
outlay and his labor the dry land farm
er can built a pit silo. Buyers OF
cream pay cash at the time Of each
purchase. The dry land farmer with
a herd Of good dairy ows receives a
cash income every week through the
year. whether the season is wet or dry.
The new settler In a dry land coun.
try who takes a herd Of milking cows
with him a go out the first morning
he is in his new home and milk the
cows while his wife Is gettigg break.
fast. He can separate the cream and
begin a steady cash income with the
first day In his new home. The regu
lar weekly return from the sale OF
cream enables the new settler to pay
cash for his household supplies and he
need not have store bills. The skin
milk fed to hens and pigs adds to the
profits.
The countless losses and failures II
dry land farming in the Southwes
have come from attempts to make {
living from exclusive grain farming
and no stock. A careful dry Lane
farmer In eastern Colorado raised si'
profitable crops Of grain in is years
The 1871! grain crop is heavy through
out the Panhandle. The last general,
good grain crop in that district wa.
In 1905, The man who depends entire
ly upon raising grain finds the wal
between crops too long. II is p%articu
larry hard when the new settler come
at the beginning Of a period OF dr.
years. Where the main income is fun
nished by the dairy cows, the dry Ian
farmer lives comfortably every veal
lie sows grain only IN those season
when there Is ample moisture and tn
money that the grain brings is a SUI
plus that can be used for inyestmen
When the dry land farmer has su
ticient capital and is not Obliged I
have a weekly or monthly income, bee
cattle, horses and mules are none.
makers. Beef cattle can be nnishe
to top the market on silage made frol
kanr or sorghum fed with kalr {
milo grain and c%ottonseed meal. Tt
gains are more rapid than the usuI
, gains made in the corn belt.
! When you think Of dry land farI
ing think Of d%airying. When you mo'
! 10 a dry land farm take ten to twenI
good dairy cows with you. Make yol
main crops feed crops for the dali
cows. Store the surplus in cheap .
silos. Take good care of the cows an
Of the cream You will prosper
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
STRENGTH.
Without Overlooking The Stomach

The business nan especially needs
food in the morning that will not over
load the stomach, but give mental Wig
or for the day.
Much depends on the start n man
gets each day as to how he may ex-
pect to accomplish the work on hand.
lie can't be alert with a heavy, fried
neutrality-suspicious. breakfast, requiring
a lot OF vital energy in digesting it.
A Calf. business man found a food
combination for producing energy. Ho
writes:
For years l was unable to find o
breakfast food that had nutrition
enough to sustain a business max
without overlooking his stomach, caua
ing indigestion and kindred ailments
Being a very busy and also a very
nervous man, l had about decided &c
give up breakfast altogether. But luck.
ily / was induced to try Grape'Nuts'
Since that morning ! have been a
new man; can work without firing
my head Is clear and my nerves strong
and quiet.
Il find that Grape.Nuts, with a little
sugar and a small quantity OF colo
milk, makes a delicious morning meal
which ~invigorates me for the day.
business"
Name given by Postum Co, Battl'
Creek, Mich. Read. The Road TO We'll
Vile" IN pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever rend the above ietterf A nc'
one appears from time 10 time. The
are genuine, true, aud fun OF humh
Interest,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVERISH, SICK
Look, MOtherl If tongue Is
coated, give california
Syrup Of Figs"

Children love this fruit laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels 80 nicely.
A child simply viii not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result Is
they become tightly clogged with
waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad,
system full OF cold. has ore throat
stomach.ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Motherl See II tongue is coated, then
give n teaspoonful of california
Syrup OF Figs" and in n few hours all
the constlpated waste, sou bile and
~undigested food passes out Of the sys'
TEN, and you have a well child again.
Millions OF mothers give California
Syrup OF Figs" because It Is perfectly
harmless; children love Il. and II new.
err fails to act on the stomach, liver
and bowels.
ASK at the store for a 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
Of all ages and for grown.ups plainly
printed on the bottle. ADV.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH THE KIDNEYS
Eat Less Meat and Take Salts for
8~aekaehe or Bladder Trouble
Neutrallze Acids.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache, and feel like Jumps OF
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the kid
neys clog you must help them flush
of the body's urinous waste or you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At first
you feel n dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
twinges when the weather Is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots Of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces OF Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in q glass Of water before
breakfast for "A few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon Juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them 20 normal activity,
also to neutralize the acids IN urine,
so II no longer is a source OF irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is Inexpensive. cannot in
jure; makes a delightful e%ffervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean ard active, Druggists
here say they seu lots Of Jad Salts to
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while It is only trouble
AHv
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12


ND is It green you're after think
n ing we are? Then turn your In
"A telligent eyes upon us. for It's
probably due to us that you have an
intelligent eye to turn upon anything
at ALL A NJ OF the blues and a streak
Of yellow may make one kind OF green
the green young thing that hops out
OF life at a halter's end, mayhap; or
the pale green Of envy in q foolish eye,
But the sweet, restful green that ma
ture painted the isle was never that
kind Of n color. 'Tis the bright, cool
and happy shade Of the leaves and
growing things like the bit Of a sham
rock that best tell the story OF It
And the story OF the shamrock and
the story OF ireland are the story OF
Saint Patrick himself. Are you telling
me you never heard It? More shame
TO you that don't know the praises OF
the greatest OF saints.
Maybe you're n OF them that
thinks the blessed man was born IN
France-Franee, ochone! Heaven save
the mark, twas In Dumbarton, called
the Rocks OF Clyde, in what is now
Scotland His father and mother were
Christians. after a fashion that is, ana
they we're Subject to h Roman in
Huence. Scotland having been licked
by the Caesar, which ireland was not
A lad OF sixteen he was when they
nabbed him and turning the prov OF
the coracle down the Clyde. headed
for a spot near the Giants Causeway'
Once landed It was not long before he
was sold to Milchu. son Of Hau Balm
who was king OF Dalaradia His duty
thereafter was none other than the
tending OF cattle In the valley OF the
Braid. not far from Broughshane In
that valley there is stin n town called
Ballyligpatrick or Patrick's Hollow
Six Years Of Slavery.
Six years he slaveu and planned
and then at the age OF twenty-five NJ
ran away Away from Milchu and tho
cattle ana down to the sea at KillalI
IN the County Mayo, he went. A boa
was ready to sail when he reached
there-it was about two hundred mile
from the valley of the Braid-but HI
mad no money and the sailors refused
20 give MIN passage Festful OF dls
covery he went INTO the wood OF Fo
clut. there TO hide TN he could &c
away safely. but the sailors hearts be
came softened and they sent after min
and gave MIN free passage back to ut
nome
Home again after six years OF Dor
Gage, you'd think he would settle dow
and be content, now wouldn't you Bd
no. Contrary to the wishes OF hi
family he determined to go back
ireland and be a missionary; and h
began to prepare himself for It NO.
the time when most boys OF his az
we're IN school he had been away ten
ing the cattle Of his master so II wa
mall book.iearning he had, and IN
task OF preparing himself was a mar
one but he spent years IN monastl
schools n more than twenty OF thel
had PASSED before he set san to al
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
Some eolnn.

Mrs. Styles. from the tonneau Of
her automobile wish you wouldn't
go so fast over the rough places, Jen-
kins; you nearly pitched me out a min
ute ago.
Jenklns-Why don't YOU hold on to
your husband, ma'am?
MY husband? Goodness! He went
out ten minutes ago. Jenkins!'
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
sourlna Cream.

DO you have trouble with cream
souring easily? Remember this, light
cream sours sooner than thick cream
And thick cream makes lrmer butter
than thin cream, every time.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
IRELAND'S SAINT,
AND HIS WORKS

Colleen Tells the story Of h Life
and Labors Of the Beloved Preacher
Who Brought Christianity to the
Beautiful Shores Of the Green Isle.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
Tn. Heated Kind.

You say he's a famous German afr
mani"
Yes"
An %aeroplane expert, eh?'
NO. He has charge Of a publicity
bureau"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12

Many a man claims TO have the
dearest little wife In the world, when
he really means the cheapest.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers. Adv.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
BY A COLLEEN.

Erin's a spot famous for greenery,
But VIC do not match with our scenery,
We're not so green we can make hay with
you
says the colleen. "Ah, get away with
youi"
Modern Song.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12

A good camel will travel 100 miles a
day for ten days.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12
Explanatory.

81 wonder why Mrs. Jiggs looks
such a leaden color"
she says she has plumbago.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-03-12

The beauty OF the kalsomlned coun.
tenanoe Ii not even skin deep.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12

1t is decreed by the powers that be, that
white shall again be queen for midsummer
wear We have a great pride in knowing
that we are one of the aids to lovely woman
kind in our city in her very commendable
endeavor to ever be a thing of beauty and
JOY forever to the jaded eye of mankind
We will furnish from now until July lst,
dresses made up complete for $500. The
fabric will be lovely, alluring white Organ
dy, Voile or similar summary materials,
trimmed in a most bewitching mode with
lace, and designed to fascinate all behold
ers, for the daintier the fabric flies, the
dainter it is.
These are the same as the graduation
dresses we made this year for number
of the 'sweet girls" 1t has been said that
one of these lovely graduates will be June
bride and wear her graduating dress TO the
altar. Mrs. Steffan-McCormick can get you
up something lovely-a complete garment
for $1,000
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Mems Straw Hats.
Boys Knee Pants Suits.

We are going to give our boy friends a
chance at our nice Knee Pants Suits,
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Silks! Silks!

ASsale of Silks just at time when they
hare needed. Materials suitable for
stf$eet, travelling or evening wear, at
prices that will save you quite sum-
CSC StripeN,. .Messaline Silk, SO inches
wide. whi4e with black black Wlt'
white, navy gsfICf& green; ,Tfy Atesir aNol
for street or evening dresses. Forkaos-
price 81. 90 per yard.
CSC White Habit or Jap Silk, washable,
yard wide. Former price $l.O0 yard
CSC Pin-Stripe Taffeta Silk, very neat
effect, navy, also black. Former price
$3.50 per yard.
CSC Few odd shades in solid color Taffe.
ia Silks, soft finish. Former price
$3.50
39c Black and white effects in % inch
Crepe de Chine. Nice quality material
in distinctively new designs. Former
price SOC the yard.
$7.OO Special! Ivory white Crepe de
Chine, all silk, heavy quality, 40 inches
wide, worth $l.39 per yard. Special
for sale days only at $1.00 per yard.
42c Special Cream White Habite or
Jap Silk, yard wide; very popular for
waists, dresses or underwear. Spec
al price 42c per yard sale days only.
Csc Silk Poplins, yard wide, colors Bel
gian Blue, Terracotta; very desirable
for Suits or Dresses Former price
89c yard.
39c Silk Popln, 26 inches wide, in all
seasonable shades and Belgian Blue,
Lavender, Brown, Green and Black
Great value Former price SOC yard.
39c Pongee Suiting, "a inches wide in
natural shade only; very popular for
coats, skirts or dresses for travelling;
extra value at SOC. For 39c yard.
Csc Brocaded Messaline, beautiful quail
ity; maize, cell and pink; 20 inches
wide; 81 90 value.
Remnants and short lengths in Silks, Chif-
fons, Crepe de Chine, ETC. Very de-
sirable lengths at about one-half price.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Table Damask.


35C BIeached Mercerized
Damask, GA inches wide, new
floral designs, excellent value, reg
ular price SOC For sale days 35c.
CSC All Linen Bleached DAM
ask, 70 inch wide, new patterns
and border, worth $100 For sale
days 69c.
COrSets.
A lot of Memo and W. B.
Corsets. few odd numbers. at one
half original price
Ladies' GauZe Vest.
79c Mercerized Gauze Vests,
silk tape neck and sleeves. sheer
weight. Our special 25c value for
19c
Turkish Towels.
75c New colored stripe bor-
der. hemmed bleached Turkish
Towels. l6x32 size Great, special
value.
75C CoIored border Bath Tow
els full bleached, hemmed ends,
size 20x40 Great value.
Stencil MOnoGram---Set
of Four Sizes.
Csc Monogram Stencil. any
two letters of your name, perma-
nent stencil for stamping embroid-
cry work, or for permanent mark
on personal effects. Set OF four
different size monograms, worth
60c, for sale days 25c per set
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Ladies' Hosiery.
Fancy Silk Parasols.

During this sale we will offer at reduc-
tion our high-grade Fancy Silk Para
soils, all new styles, this seasons pur-
chase. $3.50 and $4.90 Parasols for
$395; so and $4.00 Parasols for $2 95;
$3.50 Parasols for 2.45.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12

1t will contain an assortment
of GobIets. Tumblers. Plates, Dish
es. Nappies, Bowls, Milk Pans. Ice
Cream Saucers. Salt Cellars. Etc.
All Of which will be dirt cheap at
prices offered.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Counter No. 2---IO Cts
Each.

Assortment, Molasses Pitch.
ers. Plates, Bowls, Dishes, Colonial
Style Goblets, gallon Tin Buckets
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
For the Home

$4.45 Cotton made Mattresses, good art
tick, rolled edge, worth $780, June
Sale $4.45
$2.45 The Ideal Bed Spring, guaranteed
to last life time, sells everywhere for
$375 June Sale So As.
$1.35 One hundred and twenty coil Fold
ing Spring, worth $1.85. June Sale
y $1.35.
90. .95 We have four French Grey Enam-
eNed Iron Beds, high head with two
lncAh continuous posts and five-eighths
tillerss They always sell for $3.50.
We oHers-so the first comers for $3.50
$5.75 Solid colors4Grex Rugs, size 9x12,
worth SO. so everywhere. To close out
weoffer on June Saleh>for $5.75.
.y95c Feather Pillows, worthy $3.50, June
Sale price, per pair, 95c.
$7.45 Figured Crex Rugs, Nsize 9x12,
worth $1050, June Sale price<$7.4 .45.
Be White Enameled and Oak Cn4rtain
Poles, complete with knobs and hoolk5s,
worth 15c. June Sale &c.
85c Cobbler Seat Oak Dining Chairs
worth $1.25. Our June Sale price CSC.
$7.65 Solid Oak Seat Diner, worth
$500, for $1.65.
49c The old reliable cane bottom Chairs,
double cane seat and three-slat back
Did you ever hear the like for 49c9
rs per cent off Regular Price All our
Rocking Chairs, Dressers, Wash
Stands and Kitchen Safes will be sold
at reduction of Is per cent. This
sale only.
SIC Congoleum worth &c per square yd.
We will sell for SIC.
$7.45 Large Mission Porch Chairs worth
1925. June Sale price 81. As.
$72.95 One beautiful mission Cadalac
Desk Table for hall or library, worth
$3.50. June Sale price $l2.95.
$72.95 Think of this! A 9x12 Axmin-
ster Rug, worth 500 90 everywhere. We
have limited number. Come early
and get one for $12.95.
S77.95 One Ladies' Costume Mirror,
French bevel plate, size 2Ox48, in hand
some quartered oak standing frame.
The,price is $500. We offer for June
sale at $11.95.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
White Materials.

w AAAIS AdSSA AeA0s
7OC Sheer White Materials in plaid and
stripe effects, values worth up to zoe
yard
~ 1-2C White Crepe effects in new ef-
fects and checks; former price up to
25c Sale days II 12c yard.
&c Pajama Checks, 36 inches wide. The
popular underwear material.
csc Sheer Wolfe and Rice Cloth Waist
ings, 40 inches wide, extra value for
this sale..
~ 7-2c White 'Ratne Suiting, % inch
es wide, special value
Dresses.
79c Black Wool Wolfe, 81 inches wide,
wiry finish Black only; $1.00 value.
For this sale 79c yard.
79c Porch Dresses, neat styles, we'll
made of Madras, cut full, made cor
rectly; S1.OO value. For this sale 79c.
csc A CLEANUP of our $3.50 Dresses
made of Lawn and Madras, excellent
values at $1.5O. On sale days for 95c.
Shirting.
79c Madras Shirting in new patterns,
yard wide, color fast, woven stripe,
two color effect. Special 25c value for
19c yard.
Ladies Hosiery.
sc A clean up',.-small lot of Infants
Socks and Hose, 15c and 25c values for
sc. Blacks and colors.
39c Ladies' Boot Silk Hose, full fashion
ed seam up the back, in several eve
-1-- - ming shades. Regular SOC value for &c.
59c Great value Radmoor Ladies' Silk
Hose, black and white only; full fash
ioned Lisle garter top, double soles,
value well worth $l.0O, for SOC.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12

79C Madras Shirting in new patterns,
yard wide, color fast, woven stripe,
two color effect. Special 25c value for
19c yard.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Counter No. 8.

will contain bargains at various
prices. ranging from 15c to $l.00.
1t will contain some rare bargains
in necessary kitchen utensils and
dining room fixings.
Fifteen ct Knives snd
F9sEs. wood handles. splendid val
ues, at 75c and SLIGO
Double strength Wash Ba-
sins, very heavy. Will last till the
war is over. The same kind that
the German Emperor uses in the
army. At l9c
Granite Coffee Pots. old
price 40c; now 25c
A large assortment of Gran
iteware at reducej figures
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Shoes! Shoes!

We haven't much to offer in
Shoes, because we have done SC
much business in this department.
We hate to acknowledge il but its
fact, however, we have few
things and here they are. While
they last, for these days only.
$4.95 Any pair of Hanan Low
Cuts in tan, Vici, patents and gun
metal Selling now at Sc 90.
3.45 Any pair of Ladies Low
Cuts, selling now at $4 90, $3.50.
$500 and Sc 20.
Special in Ladies' white
Low Cuts.
2.33 Ladies' White Arabian
Cloth in Pumps and ColoniaIs,
worth $3.50.
200 Ladies' White Sea Is
land Duck CoIoniaIs. worth $500.
Special in Children's Low
Cuts.
1865 Children's patent and
gun metal. Baby Doll. worth
So co.
1855 Ghildren's patent. gun
metal and white canvass. selling
at 81 rs and $1.85.
7.15 Specials in Children's
Low Cuts, selling now at ST so.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-06-12
Very, Very Special!

$F3.95 A guaranteed Automatic Lift
Head easy running Sewing Machine,
made by the New Home Company.
Think of it! Delivered to you for
$685.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1915-09-02
Our Corn crop-SOme Reasons
for Failures.

Editor ReveilIe:
While the past season has In
many localities been ideal for full
average crop of corn. in other
places it has been just the reverse,
and all reports we hear as to the
crop being a full average one are
greatly exaggerated. Much of
these poor crops are not entirely
due to the want of seasonabIe
rains. but for lack of good seed
and proper cslture While we
have been growing and cuItivatlng
corn all of oar llyes We are not all
up to date. or In other words, SCI
enti6c, practical farmers yet. for
we don't know how to plant and
cultivate a crop Of corn so as to
get the highest and best results
Since the advent of the cotton boil
weevIl have given the breeding
and cultivation of corn an especial
study; and / am going to give you
aere some practical reasons ob-
The Port Gibson reveille., 1915-09-02
Insmore, Aug. zS, 1915

Insmore, Aug. %, 1915.
Editor Reveille:
DR.. E. w. Hilgard of California
at one time state geologist of Mis-
sippi, mentions in a paper giving
a Historical, Geological and Ag.
ricuItural survey of Mississippi,
that DR.. George Little, formerly
professor of natural science al
Oakland College, near Rodney,
Miss, wrote and published in
1867 soil survey of the loess re.
gion of Claiborne county. If any
one has this paper l would aPpre-
ciate the information, and would
purchase the same. DIR. Little
evidently bad field notes of bis
survey. and if they could be locat
ed would be an invaluable find to
determine the agricultural posi-
bilities of Claiborne county. May
be Chamberlain Hunt Academy
may possess these manuscripts.
JAMES F. McCALEB, M. D.
Claiborne possesses some of the
most valuable soil to be found any
where. It's possibilities are limit
less. Being accustomed to it, our
farmers do not realize its value as
compared with other soils. The
western half of the county, COM
posing the loess formation, is mag
ni6cent, and its varying depth is
very great. There is no danger of
ever cropping out its mineral
properties if little deeper break.
ing is done each year. Howev-
er, what we need most of all is a
soil survey. We believe this could
be secured if sufficient pressure
is brought4o bear on our Unit-
ed States senators aud congress-
man from this district.