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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
COTTON MAKES NEW RECORD
Crop Of 1914 Largest Ever Produced,
Says Census Report-TotaI for
Texas 4,592,112 Bales.

The American cotton crop OF 1914
was the largest ever produced. having
reached 16,l34.930 equivalent 800
pound bales, which, If placed end to
end, would reach more than half
around the world at the equator. That
figure. announced by the census bu-
reau, is the governments final report.
1t removes any doubt whether last
years crop exceeded the former rec
ord crop of 1911 and shows that 49,
229 equivalent 500-pound bales more
were grown last year than in 1911.
These statistics are 32.7S7 bales
more than the census bureaus pre-
liminary estimate of last March. and
16S,930 bales more than estimated ny
the department of agriculture's crop
reporting board last December. Lin
tiers cotton, now being used extern
sively in manufacturing shells for
big guns. amounted to 791.464 bales,
making a total production OF 1926
1874 equivalent 5O0-pound bales OF cot
ton. including linters.
Texas alone produced more than
one-fourth of the crop, 4,592.112 bales;
Georgia one-sixth of the crop. 2.71S.-
OPT bales. Those states. with Ala
bama, South Carolina. Oklahoma and
Mississippi, produced more than four
ffths of the entire crop. Alabama
total was 1,751,375 bales: South Caro-
lima 1.533.S10; Oklahoma. 1.26S.l76'
and Mississippi. 1,245.535. The re-
mainder of the IS cotton-growlng
states each grew less than one million
bales.
Ellis county. Texas. was the banner
cotton county of the United States
having grown 143.714 bales. or approx
imately rs per cent more than the
entire crop of Missouri or Florida
about three times that Of California
and nearly six times that OF virginia
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Cool Request.

Would you be kind enough to re-
turn my photograph" she wrote. Il
gave it to you in a moment of girlish
folly, and l have since had occasions
to regret that l was SO thoughtless in
such matters"
OF course she pictured that photo
graph framed and hung up in his
room, and was inclined to think that
he would part from it with deep re-
greet. Just why she wanted it returned
is immaterial. or course, he had Of
Tended her in some way, and she
wished to test his love. but it is un-
necessary to inquire how.
The answer to her note came the
following day.
Il regret" it read. that ! am un.
able at this late date to pick out your
photograph. However, send you my
entire collection, numbering a little
over 500, and would request that you
return all except your own by passen
ger train at my expense"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Good Address.

Joseph E. Widener. the millionaire
sportsman. was talking in Newport
about homes.
philadelphia is the city of homes"
he said, but IL your home is north
of Market street you are considered.
socially speaking. out of it. Your
home must be south of Market street
you must live down town-if you
would be social personality in Phila-
delphia."
And yet, after ALL" said an English
man, what difference does 1t make
where a man lives?"
1T makes all the difference in the
world" said Mr.. Widener. "A fact
that is we'll remembered about d.
ogenes today is that he lived in q
tub"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
CREDITED TO THE B0ST0NESE
Proverbs With Which Most Are Fa-
miIiar Set Forth Clothed In
New Language.

II upon the initiative attempt sue
cess eludes your efforts, repeat the
operation ad infinitum.
1t is an exceedingly lengthy byway
that fails to produce some tangible
evidence to prove that its natural ten
denotes point to an apparent longing
to execute a right angle.
When the household feline has tenn
porarily vacated the premises. the
small rodents will undoubtedly take
advantage of her absence to partici-
pate in unseemly gambols common
surate with the joyous occasion.
The operation of conveying a beast
of burden in the general direction Of
the trough containing aqua distilla
may prove to be one of comparative
ease, but the process of inducing the
quadruped to partake of the contents
thereof is often a matter Of conjec-
ture, to be determined only by the
avowed inclination of the animal In
Question.-Judge.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
|CALOMEL IS MERCURY, IT S|CKENS!
STOP USING SAL|vAT|NG DRUG
Don't Lose Days Work! Your Liver Is Sluggish or Bowels
Constipated Take "Dodsons Liver Tone."-Fs Fine!

sluggish liver better than q dose of
nasty calomel and that it won't make
you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone IL real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing because you will wake up feeling
fine, your liver will be working. your
headache and dizziness gone. your
stomach will be sweet and your bowels
regular. You will feel like working;
you'll be cheerful; full Of vigor and
ambition.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable. therefore harmless and can.
not salivate. Give it to your children!
Millions Of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone instead Of dangerous cal
omel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale of calomel is almost
stopped entirely here.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
INVESTIGATION IS NEEDED
II Southern Agriculture 10 to Progress
a. Il Should King Cotton Must
Be Dethroned.

Authentic reports show that the cot
ton acreage planted this year is about
Is per cent less than last. or approx
mately one-sixth the normal amount.
The condition of the crop is about the
same as a year ago.
Diversified crops and live stock.
which are so greatly needed in the
southern states. are on the gain. but
fail to show the increase they should.
This is another illustration Of lost OPP
portunities.
II southern agriculture is going to
progress as It should. King Cotton
must be dethroned and other crops
substituted. with live stock as the
balance wheel in rounding out the un-
surpassed possibilities of this natural
~ favored farming section.-Farmers'
Review.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
MORE COOPERATION NEEDED
Graphic Story Of ineffieiency Of Dis
tribution System in Florida
General Union Essential.

Our Inefficient system of distribu-
tion is one of the drags on the agri-
culture of the country today. In al
most every case when there is a rea-
sonably big crop to move is absolute
ly breaks down. Here is what is 60
ing on right now in Florida. as told
by a writer for the Cleaner. who is
travelling in that state:
Talk about grapefruit and or
anges! Here you find them by the
wagon load. Trees hanging full
truly. nature has dealt all too boun-
tifully with her subjects. Grapefruit,
nice large grapefruit: only Is cents
a Dozen was the cry Of a vender on
the streets OF Bardentown this morn
ing. Oranges. oranges. nice upriver
oranges. cent apiece. 80 cents a
hundred was the cry ] heard at
Jacksonville. The orange and grape
fruit growers of Florida are simply
passing through the same experience
as our Michigan apple growers passed
through last fall. Thousands Of crates
~ grapefruit went to waste in
Florida during April Thousands OF
crates Of oranges fell from the
trees and rotted on the ground during
the same time. Grapefruit and or
anges-these delicious fruits from the
tropics rotting on the ground-can it
be possible? Yes. and why not? The
apple is the most delicious fruit on
earth. and hundreds of bushels rotted
On the ground right in Michigan last
year. Then why not oranges and
grapefruit in Florida? But you say:
I haven't had enough grapefruit or or
anges; they are still expensive in the
North It's the old. old cry: Water,
water everywhere. and not a drop to
drink Some day a solution for this
problem Of distribution will be found,
and then overproduction will no
longer appear as the skeleton at the
feast"
And yet some persons wonder at the
growth of cooperation. and the intro
duction Of more logical system of dis
tribution The queer thing is that CO
operation is not increasing more rap
idly. A general union among the
producers must be obtained before
the most profitable agriculture will
be stablished.-Farmers Mail and
Breeze.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Farmers Educational
m and Operative
I'LL Union of America
Matters # Especial Monentte
the Progressive Agrieulturist

A pony OF brandy is fiery steed.
IL you would get even with man
pay him what you owe him.
No man likes to take his own medi-
cine. There is nothing so bitter.
An old bachelor says a woman's
tongue is an organ without stops.
II you can't help along the van OF
progress. at least keep out OF its way.
Politics, like any other disease.
hurts worse the more one thinks about
1t.
When a man displays his temper
he is merely making show OF him.
self.
There is not enough Of the COM
munity spirit among our rural dis
tricts.
The man who has never failed has
never tried anything that wasn't done
before.
The more glasses a man looks
through the more strange things he
will see.
BY doing your thinking in advance
you save yourself the trouble OF
apologizing afterwards.
"Old men for counsel. young men
for war;" may be true. but lawsuits
are popular with all ages.
It's surprising how much more will
ing a man is to give up his turn In a
dental parlor than in a barber shop.
II we married wives with as much
care as we trade horses. Solomon in
all his glory would be eclipsed by our
wisdom.
When the world gets down to the
basis of paying cash for everything we
will hear no more about the high cost
of living.
There's some hope for the fool who
is willing to learn; but there's posi-
lively none for the fool who insists
on being the teacher.
The Quality Egg club. cooperative
selling organization OF Lyon county
farm women in Kansas. is doing $1,000
worth of business a week.
When a man comes into the house
and slips his wife $40 bill that
she didn't know he had she always
wonders what 1t is that he's beer
doing that he's trying to cover up.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
HAD THE LAUGH ON HIMSELF
Miser Got Away With the Oatmeal
and Also Succeeded in Saving
Precious Whisky.

]. F. Hartz of Detroit, the doyen Of
the American Surgical Trade associa-
ton, said at the fiftieth annual con-
vention in New York:
The war has kited the price OF car
bolic acid up to Sligo pound-ft sold
before the war at nine cents pound.
The hospitals that use caybolic acid
now have to be as economical and
sparing as old Josh Lee.
"Old Josh Lee was a miser. and he
breakfasted every morning on oat-
meal. To save fuel he cooked his
weeks supply of oatmeal on Sundays.
This supply, by the time Saturday
came around, was pretty stih and
tough and hard to down.
One Saturday morning old Josh
found his oatmeal particularly unap-
petizing. 1t had a crust on it like
iron. He took a mouthful of the cold,
stir mixture-then he half rose, think
ing he'd have to cook himself some
eggs.
But he hated to give in. He hated
to waste that oatmeal. So he took
out the whisky bottle, poured a gen.
erous glass and setting it before his
plate, he said:
Nov, Josh, il you eat that oatmeal
you'll get this whisky; and il you
don't you won't
The oatmeal was hard to consume
but Josh, with his eye on the whisky
managed 1t. Then. when the last
spoonful was gone. he grinned broad
ly, poured the whisky back into the
bottle again. and said:
Josh, my son. fooled you that
time. you old IDIOT. Washington
Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

You're bilious! Your liver is slug
gish! You feel lazy, dizzy and all
Knocked out. Your head is dull. your
tongue is coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated. But don't
take salivating calomel. 1t makes you
sick, you may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramp'
ing.
II you want to enjoy the incest. gen
TEST liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced just take a spoonful
of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone. Your
druggist or dealer sells you 5O-cen'
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone under
my personal money-back guarantee
that each spoonful will clean your
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
WhlteWashino.

Before beginning to whitewash
walls. brush of loose particles and
dust the walls with a bagged broom
or wall brush Clean spots and re-
move stains and grease Have several
brushes Of the right length of handle
and a bucket Of water to stand them
In. Keep your whitewash hot. and II
intended as a disinfectant, add a little
carbolic acid. Have a stock supply
where it will keep hot and a conven-
tent-sized bucket for immediate use.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
A Forlorn Hope.

"Mr. Corncobbe, dare say your son
has learned a great many things at
college,"
"Yes. He's larnt how ter yell. how
ter dance, how ter play football an
baseball. how ter set in a stiff game
Of poker. an has other accomplish
ments l haven't been able ter classify
yet, but l hope ter find among EN-
what I'm looking for"
And what is that?"
Something that will help him ter
get more out of an acre of land than
I've ever been able ter get"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
COTTON DISCOUNTS THE WAR
Prices Fall on While Demand for Raw
Product Increases a. More wen
Are Impressed Into Army.

With a realization of the serious
ness of the latest German note. the
exchanges of the country acted with
what looked to be marked inconsist-
ency. Stocks rose generally in price,
and cotton sold OF sharply. Why!
No cotton is going to Germany any
way, and 1t would appear that the
threat of war would have the effect
of depressing anything in the way OF
a security. Whereas. the same threat
of war in a larger theater would tend
to promise an increased consumption
Of cotton.
The point Of view Of the markets
probably was that. with the United
States threatened with war. there
would ensue a feverish II unnatural
activity in industries generally;
whereas the consumption of cotton
in quantities large enough to take
care of the predicted crop and the
surplus is a thing that must hinge
on peace.
As to stocks, the view is probably
sound. especially since war would
automatically end the liquidation OF
any German-held securities. AS to
cotton. the case is not 80 plain. since
every man impressed into an army or
set to work in q foundry adds just
so much to the demand which the
mills must meet. and to the raw prod
uct that the mills must take from the
farmer.-Columbi IS. c. State.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
CURED OF PELLA6RA;
WOMAN IS so HAPPY

Ratliff, Miss.-Ida Creel, Of this place.
writes: 81 am enjoying fine health, bet
ter than I have in years Ny weight 10
llo; when l began taking your treatment
it was 96. sure can praise your treat
ment; can eat anything I want and it
don't seem to hurt me-"
There is no longer any doubt that pei
lagra can be cured. Don't delay until it
is too late. 1t is your duty to consult the
resourceful Baughn.
The symptoms-hands red like sunburn.
skin peeling of, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue q flaming red, with
much mucus and choking; indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pellagra and learn about the
remedy for Pellagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compromising
Co., box POST, Jasper. Ala. remembering
money is refunded in any case where the
remedy fails to cure.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Preparing.


In one of the southern states the
negroes are great patrons of matri-
monial agency. One darby. anxious
to find a wife for his son. went to this
agent, who handed him his list OF
lady clients. Running through this
the man came upon his own wife's
name, entered as DESTROYS of obtain
ing q husband between the ages OF
twenty-eight and thirty.
Forgetting about his son, the darky
hurried home to announce his discov-
cry to his wife. She was not at all
disturbed.
YES" she said. Il done give him my
name. / puts it down when you was
so sick in de winter and de doctor
says he must prepare for de worst
Chicago Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Lodgings.

A well-known essayist and connois-
seur of New York attended recently
an artistic tea in Washington square.
Near-artists of all sorts-near-poets.
near-sculptors. near-painters and near
novelists-attendedt the tea. The ladies
wore djibbahs of green burlap. The
gentlemen wore sandals. The collation.
was vegetarian, of course.
Looking calmly at that mass of
freaks, he said, with smile:
Artistic longings consist invariably,
It seems. Of long hair, long teeth and
long faces-everything but long
purses, in fact"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
DISTRESSING PIMPLES
Removed by cutieura Soap and olnt-
ment. Trial Free.

Smear them with the Ointment.
Wash OF in i've minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. Repeat on
rising and retiring. These fragrant
supercreamy emollients do much for
the skin, and do it quickly.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Ky.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Worth Listening To.

Those two men over there are hav-
ing a warm argument. 1t must be
about the war"
Il think not. They are probably dis
cussing a subject they know some
thing about"
why so?"
Half a dozen pedestrians and the
policeman on this beat seem inter
ested in what they are saying"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Fine Scorn.

Fine Scorn.
Lady" said Flooding Pete, could
you spare a hungry man q meal O.
victuals?"
You go away from here or I'll
call my husband"
"Is that there stoop-shouldered
man plowin' corn in the next field
your husband?"
Yes, 1t is.''
Il take back what / said. I've got
a heart in me. have. II you've got
a meal o. victuals for a poor starvin'
man, give 1t to your husband"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
A Good Hog Pasture.

Soy beans make excellent pasture
for hogs, and especially growing pigs.
making a cheap ration and doing away
with the buying of tankage. mill feeds.
etc. Ohio circular rs says. regarding
soy bean hay: This hay makes
very nutritious feed. being equal to
alfalfa and superior to clover hay"
The farmer is assured excellent hog
pasture and a more desirable hay In
the soy bean crop.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
No Claim.

THAT jitney gave you mighty
hard bump"
Il should say 30. I have been laid
up for two weeks"
Good thing you carry accident in
surance."
Yes. but it doesn't get me anything
in this case"
Il should like to know why mott"
Il could see In the chauffeur's eye
that his hitting me was not going to
be an accident"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

Contrasting associations are rapidly
taking their places in the economic de-
velopment of dairy communities. and
they are proving their worth. The
weeding-out process. a. applied to the
dairy, is most important The benent
of the most modern methods and ap-
pliances may be had by consulting
your state agricultural authorities.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Two Claases.

The late Charles Frohman used to
divide Americans into two classes
those who dine in evening dress and
those who dine in their shirt-sleeves.
'Or. to put it better" Mr.. Froh-
man would say. the two great Ameri-
can classes are, first, those who dress
for dinner, and. second, those who
undress for dinner"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Free information.

Free Information.
81 amt had no work ter do in
more'n two years, num-"
Poor man. Ho whave you man.
aged to live?"
People have helped me, num-"
And 30. Will. Walk down this
road half a mile and you will come
to our county seat, where there is q
model Jail that serves better meals
than any country hotel in this part
of the state. City Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Sell the Boarders.

Sell every COW that IL likely to pull
down your profits this year. Weed
them out. You may have to sell them
for beef. All right. Do it, rather than
to keep them over and have all the
rest of the cows work to maintain
their standing in the herd. They have
all they can do themselves.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
The Reason.

Simpson, wonder how it is that
nearly all the misers we read Of are
old bachelors?
Mrs. Simpson (insinuatingly)-Oh.
married misers are so common that
they are not worth mentioning.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Homesick.

Ever since you've been in town"
said the city relative. you've been
having two or three lemon squashes
every day"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel.
"A habits q habit"
But you don't drink them!"
Il don't want to. / am willing to
pay the money so az to get straw to
chew"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
KEEP ALWAYS ON HAND
BONDS LIVER PILLS.

One small pill at bed time VIII cure
Headache, Biliousness. Constipation.
Torpid Liver. etc. Do you doubt It?
Try them once. They never act I'M
pleasantly. Small. Mild. Safe, mex
pensive. All Druggists 25c.-Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

We hear of new uses Of Hanford's
Balsam of Myrrh. In dehorning cat
tie. light applications help to stop
bleeding, making the use Of hot iron
unnecessary. Adv.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

Il hope you won't be angry, dear
est" said WHEY as she displayed her
purchases. but simply could not re-
sist buying this lovely wrap to wear
over my bathing suit at the beach"
Its q beauty" admitted her hus-
band. why don't you buy another
one to wear over your street cos
tuner I
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Quite 4 Hint.

The Guest-Your wife il such a
handsome woman. / should think
you'd be jealous of her.
The Host-I am. And for that rea-
son ]. never invite any man here that
any sane woman would take a fancy
to.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

Wasn't on the Map.
Little Lemuel-Say. paw, what state
is Efiigy in?
Paw-Efigy! Why. don't believe
i ever heard OF such town. son.
Littlg Lemuel-well. was just
reading about a man who was hanged
in e1gy, and l can't find it on the
map
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
An Honest Confession.

An Honest Confession.
Il suppose you will be out again
tonight" remarked Pokerton's wife
somewhat sarcastically.
81 am sure" he admitted, unless
hold better hands than l did last
night"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Gospel Of Better Dairvjho

Now is the time to come forward
and accept the gospel of better dairy.
ing" and turn the scrub bull into a
free lunch grab"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
MIX for Poultry

In feeding milk to poultry IL should
be fed always sweet or always sour.
Changing from one to the other will
cause bowel trouble.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

The National library in Paris con-
tains the Oldest map Of the heavens.
made in China 600 B. C. and showing
1,460 stars.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

When a millionaire dies it generally
develops that he was worth about
500, 900 and that he had been paying
taxes on a valuation of $4,000.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10

1t is calculated that 100000 tons
of carbon, most Of 1t In the form OF
coal, is the average yearly amount
burned in large cities.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-09-10
Milkjno Machine.

The milking machine means to the
dairy farmer what the self-binder
meant to the grain farmer Of the eight
les.