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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
| va CHAPTER VII A,
welcome.
A Turn in the Trail

For Brouillard 1t had seemed the
most natural thing in the world to fall
under the spell Of enchantment. He
knew next to nothing Of the young
woman's life story; he had not cared
to know. It had not occurred to him
to wonder how the daughter Of a man
who drilled and shot the holes in his
own mine should have the gifts and
belongings-when she chose to display
them-of woman Of much wider
world. It was enough for him that she
was piquantly attractive in any char
acter and that he found her marvel
ously stimulating and uplifting. On
the days when the devil of moroseness
and irritability possessed and mad
dened him he could climb to the cabin
on high Chigringo and find sanity. 1t
was keen joy to be with her, and up
to the present this had sufficed.
"Egoism is merely another name for
the expression of a vital need" he
said after the divagating pause, de-
fining the word more for his own sa..
isfaction than in self-defense.
"You may put 1t In that way IL you
please" she returned gravely. What
is your need?"
He stated 1t concisely. Money!
lot of It,"
"How singular" she laughed. She
rot out Of the hammock and came to
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
. Orchard
Inflammation
THINNING THE APPLE TREES
Much Of Alternate Bearing Of Or
chards 10 Due to Overbearing-
Plan for Improvement.

One always feels sorry for the over
loaded apple tree. With it's branches
breaking or bending to the ground
under the weight of the surplus fruit
1t reminds you Of man trying to
carry a load that Is too heavy for
his strength and stature. There is a
strain upon the forces Of the tree that
doubtedly much Of the alternate bear
ing of orchards is due to overbearing
one year, requiring the next year for
the trees to recuperate.
BY pulling of portion Of the fruit
early in the season that remaining
has a better opportunity Of attaining
good size, color and quality, the three
characteristics demanded by the
market. Obviously it is better to pro-
duce a few bushels of high-class APP
pies that bring the highest price than
to produce double or three times that
amount of fruit that is small and in
ferior and that cannot be sold except
for cider making.
The time to thin apples is after what
Is known as the June drop" when
the fruit injured by disease and in
sects has fallen of. Then one can
determine about how many apples
should be left on the tree to mature.
1t is not an easy task to thin fruit;
one may have to go over the tree
several times before the work is done
properly It looks like waste to pull
of lot of thrifty-looking young APP
pies and many people haven't the
courage to do it. Thin to one apple
every six or eight inches as nearly as
possible. OF course the wormy and
inferior specimens should be chosen
first and only the best left. Those
who are making apple growing a spe-
cialty consider this an important part
Of the seasons work.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
CHAPTER V-Continued.

IT can't believe It, Murray. It's q
leaf out of the book of Bedlam!
Take a fair shot at It and see where
the bullet lands: this entire crazy fake
is built upon one solitary, lonesome
fact-the fact that we're here, with a
job on our hands big enough to create
an active, present-moment market for
labor and material There is absolute
ly nothing else behind the bubble
blowing; If we were not here the Nj
quota Improvement company would
never have been heard of"
Grislow laughed. "Your arguing that
twice two makes four doesn't change
the iridescent hue Of the bubble" he
volunteered. 'If big money has seen
a chance to skin somebody, the mere
fact that the end of the world is due
to come along down the pike some
day isn't going to cut any obstructing
figure. Well all be buying and sell
ing corner lots in Hosford's new city
before we're q month older Don't you
believe it?"
"I'll believe 1t when I see It," was
DiOuiiidiu icpiy, anu Will thio ZIG
matter rested for the moment.
It was later In the day, an hour or
so after the serving of the hearty
supper in the engineers mess tent,
that Brouillard was given to see an
other and still less tolerable side of
his temporary guest. Hosford had
come into the office to plant himself
'solidly in the makeshift easy chair for
the smoking Of big, black after-sup-
per cigar.
1--WE been looking over your rules
and regulations, Brouillard," he be-
gan, after an interval of silence which
Brouillard had been careful not to
break. you're making capital mis-
take in trying to transplant the old
Connecticut blue laws out here. Your
workingmen ought to have the right to
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
SYNOPSIS.

Brouillard. crief engineer Of the Niquoia
irrigation dam. goes out from camp to
automobile party camped at the canyon
portal. He meets j. Wesley Cartwright
and his daughter. Genevieve. of the auto
party and explains the reclamation work
to them. Cartwright sees In the project
q big chance to- make money. Brouillard
Is impervious to hints from the financier.
who tells Genevieve that the engineer
''Will come down and hook himself IL the
bait Ia well covered" Cartwright organ
lies company and obtains government
contracts to furnish power and material
springs up about the SITE Steve Massin-
gale threatens to start a gold rush IL
Brouillard does not influence President
place. thus opening an easy market for
the ore from the Little Susan" mine.
Brouillard and the company's promoter
old
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
~ Can't Believe II, Murray. It's a
Leaf Out Of the Book Of BedIaml"

spend their money in any way that
suits EN-"
Brouillard was pointedly occup ding
himself at his desk, but he looked up
long enough to say: whisky, you
mean"
THAT and other things. They tell
me you don't allow any open gam
bling or any women here outside Of
the families of the workmen."
I'VE don't" was the short rejoinder.
"That won't hold water after we get
things fairly in motion"
'Tt will have to hold water as far
as we are concerned, IL have to build
q stockade around the camp" snapped
Brouillard.
Hosford's heavy face wrinkled itself
in a mirthless smile. You're nutty,"
he remarked. when / find a man
bearing down hard on all the little
vices, 1t always makes me wonder
what's thu narSe Of the corking big one
he is trying to cover up"
since there was obviously no peace
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02

ter writing. In
some cases q let
ter Is better even
than words, for 1t
can be read and
reread, and pom
dersd at ones
leisure. II e mr. y
Clay ru m b u l !
says that he was
led to Christ by a
personal appeal
from a friend In
a letter. What
preaching and the
ordinary forms Of
church work had
not accomplished
for him was done
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
PLANTING TREES IN THE SOD
Work Can Be Done by Digging Holes
Three Feet Across and Then
Mulchlng Each Season.

One can plant an apple tree in sod
by digging holes three feet across and
then mulching the trees each season.
so as to keep the grass down around
the trees and to hold the moisture.
Such crops as corn and potatoes may
be grown in young orchard, but corn
should not be allowed to stand nearer
than five feet from the trees.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
IDEAL COVER FOR CHICKENS
Hawks and Crows VIII Not Attack
Them While Under Branches
Fowls Are Fond Of Worms.

The gooseberry bushes make an
ideal cover for young chickens. No
hawks or crows can modest them un-
der the branches.
Poultry is very fond Of the green
gooseberry worms. 30 that we have
never had to spray our gooseberries.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02
Everybody's
Mission
BY REV. HOWARD W. POPE
Of the Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago

TEXT-Ye see how large a letter ! have
written unto you with mine own band
Gal. GIL.
Few people realize how much Chris
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02

II you were In love with a
girl and a beast Of a man, who
had the power to get you fired
from your Job, made a smirkin0
remark about her to you, would
you smash him In the Jaw and
kick him out Of your office
even II the act caused an In
definite postponement Of your
wedding?
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-06-02

Do you think that Amy will
conduct a little filtration with
the despised Hosford, In order
to aid her father, II she finds
out that Hosford can bring the
railroad to Niquola or keep II
away7
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-17

sharpness with red, ALLEVIATE a prob
able employer, though the latter may
not know why she made distasteful
impression upon him.
Likewise an ALKALI man may fair
of his goal by permitting his sOmber
attire to create an impression of
sloth, melancholy, pessism or i'll
health. There is nothing buoyant in
sallow complexion emphasized by
a green tie.
Composite types naturally need
not be so careful In selecting colors
to please themselves and impress
others.
Excitable, nervous people should
not live in rooms tinted red. Red
walls have been responsible for more
than one suicide; blue have often in
creased melancholia.
Surround yourself with agreeable,
harmonious colors as well as people
Colors reach the brain in vibra-
tons. Some persons will be stimu-
lated by tfnts and tones which ham
mer stunningly upon others with a
different nervous organization.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-17
HALLOWEEN INVITATIONS

BY Biddy Bye
Halloween fun begins with the in
VitatiOns. They should be difficult to
read as well as freakish in appear
ance.
If plain correspondence card is
used, it can be cut into pieces, form
ing a puzzle which must be put to-
gether before the card can be read.
The shops have many odd invita-
lions in jingle, but the hostess who
likes to be original can get just as
quaint effects by decorating vege-
table shaped cards with gummed sill
houettes of witches and other Hal
lowe'en symbols. The mystery is in
creased if the cards are written back
wards, or if invisible ink is used.
Black cards written in yellow, gold
or white ink can be made really ar
tistic.
A novel Ibid" is rolled into a ball,
packed in an ear of corn or a small
pumpkin and mailed in a box.
Real vegetables, properly packed,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-17

can carry the invitation by parcel
post.
The invitation should be typical Of
the kind of party which is being
planned, as skeleton decorations for
a ghost dance, jack o1anterns for a
pumpkin-head party, candles for a
candle light cafeteria.
A sample bid reads:
To Meet the Queen of Ghostland.
Spells Woven at P. M.
At the Haunted House (Address)
Ghost Walk at Midnight
All Hallow's Eve, Tuesday, Oct. 81
A new idea is to write half of a
fortune" at the top of a card and
announce, You can learn the Rest
of Your Fortune at the Witches
Cavern, (address). Pull the Latch
String of the Cellar Door at 9 P. M.
Sharp"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-17

Mrs. Bishop, Rocky River, Ohio,
society woman, has sued County
Marshal Martin for $4,000 damages,
alleged to have been inflicted when
Martin caused her arrest for alleged
violation of traffic laws. When Mar
tin ordered Mrs. Bishop to move her
automobile, it is alleged, she slapped
his face. She was fined $25.
Laziness is sometimes mistaken
for patience.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28
An Old Sweetheart of Mine.

As one who cons at evening DER an al
bum all alone,
And muses. on the faces Of the friends
that he has known,
so turn to the leaves of fancy till,
in shadowy design,
l find the smiling features Of an old
sweetheart of mine.
can see the pink sunbonnet and the
little checkered dress
She wore when 1 first kissed her and
she answered the caress,
With the written declaration that
"as surely as the vine
Grew round the stump" she loved
me-that old sweetheart Of mine.
And again l feel the pressure of her
slender little hand,
As we used to talk together of future
we hand planned
When l should be a poet, and with
nothing else to do
But writeythe tender verses that she
sets music to.
When we should live together in little
cozy cot
Hid in a nest of roses, with a fairy
garden spot,
Where the vines were ever fruited, and
the weather ever fine,
And the birds were ever singing for
that old sweetheart of mine.
When | should be her lover forever and
a day,
And she my faithful sweetheart till the
golden hair was gray;
And we should be so happy that when
either's lips were dumb
They would not smile in Heaven till
the others kiss had come.
But, ah! my dream is broken by a
step upon the stair,
And the door is softly opened, and-my
wife is standing there;
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my
vision resign
To greet the living presence o. that old
sweetheart of mine.
James WhHcOmb Riley.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28
THE ONLY GOOD WAY
TO KEEP milk SWEET
Follow Two Simple Rules and
Milk Will Bring the Best
Price on the Market

When milk or cream is sold from
the farm, doubtless the farmer has
often had losses due to the products
becoming sour. Whether the milk or
cream is intended for the table, the
creamery or the milk market, 1t must
be sweet II 1t is to bring the best
price.
To keep milk sweet, just two simple
things must be carefully looked after:
D It must be cooled as completely
and as quickly after milking as posi-
BILE, and (2) absolute cleanliness OF
pals, cans, and cows must be Sc
cured. If this is done, thunder storms
will no longer sour the milk - The
warm, damp weather which we have
lust before thunder storms really does
tend to cause milk to sour because 1t
has not been properly cared for.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28
Orphanage Day.

Attention is once more called to
the Orphanage Work day that has
been announced for September 80
inst. Appeals have gone out from
the various institutions to Sunday
school superintendents and all others
who are likely to be interested in the
project. Emphasis might be given
to the fact that Sunday-school and
church people are not the only ones
who could take part in such de-
serving work. The destitute and
helpless orphan should appeal to ev-
cry individual within our State.
Contributions may be sent to any
institution that one may prefer. 1t
certainly looks as ifany person might
afford to give one day out of the
wear as Labor day for the orphan
children and contribute the results
of the day, or the income of the day.
TO their care and training. 1t is TO-
be hoped that thousands and thou
sands of our people will cooperate
in the Work Day effort.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28

At this season of the year cotton wilt
Is very active; and, reports from va
rious sections of the State indicate
that this troublesome disease is more
widespread this season than ever be-
fore. Until recently, wilt has been
confined to the coastal plain but now
It is also being reported from the
Piedmont section; so, every farmer in
the State should keep close lookout
for the disease and as soon as 1t Is
found take steps to prevent its spread.
Plants affected with this disease
shed their leaves, wilt and die. Upon
examination. the wilted plants will be
found to be black on the inside. If the
stem is split open black streaks are
found beneath the bark and in the tis-
sues of the stem. This black colora-
ton is very characteristic of wilt.
Cotton wilt is caused by fungus
which grows into the roots and stems
of the plants from the soil. 1t gets
in the water ducts ard vessels Of the
plants and finally plugs them up; and,
in this way, cuts of the circulation Of
water and plant food, causing the
plants to wilt and die. This fungus
will live in the soil indefinitely 80 that
soil once infected with it will remain
diseased for long time. The disease
Is spread from one place to another
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28
KINGSTREE EVIDENCE FOR
KINGSTREE PEOPLE.
The Statements Of KlDgStfee Residents
Are Surely More Reliable Than
Those Of Utter Strangers.

Home testimony is real proof.
Public statements of Kingstree
people carry real weight.
What friend or neighbor says
compels respect.
The word of one whose home is
far away invites your doubts.
Here's a Kingstree mans state
ment.
And it's for Kingstree peoples
benefit.
Such evidence is convincing.
That's the kind Of proof that backs
Doan's Kidney Pills.
SA Nettles, ex-hotel prop, Mill
St, Kingstree, says: Several years
ago l hurt my back, lifting heavy
piece of iron pipe. After that my
kidneys acted irregularly and my
back panied me severely. l was so
sore and lame l could hardly stoop.
The kidney secretions passed too
freely at times, and then again they
were too scanty. The least cold
got would settle on my kidneys and
make me worse. When a friend
recommended Doan's Kidney Pills,
used them as directed and they
relieved all symptoms of kindey
trouble"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Nettles had. Foster-Milburr
Co, Props, Buffalo. N Y.
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Stop the First Cold.

A cold does not get well of itself.
The process of wearing out a cold
wears you out, and your cough be-
comes serious if neglected. Hacking
coughs drain the energy and sap the
vitality For At years the happy
combination of soothing antiseptic
balsams in DR. Kings New Discovery
has healed coughs and relieved con-
gestion. Young and old can testify
to the effectiveness Of DR. Kings
New Discovery for coughs and colds.
Buy bottle today of your druggist,
50c..
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28

The extension division of Clemson
College Is we'll equipped to assist
farmers in any part of South Carolina
with any problms in livestock that
may arise. The college has two men
giving all their time to beef cattle
and swine extension work, three dairy
extension experts and one extension
poultryman. This is one Of the larg-
est and best equipped animal husband
ry extension forces in the United
States. South Carolina farmers
should take advantage Of their oppor-
tunities along this line to get expert
help free of cost
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28

through plows or implements Of any
kind that carry soil from the diseased
areas to other parts OF the farm. II
might also be carried in drainage
water.
Where the disease is found in the
fields at this season Of the year, pre-
cautions should be taken to prevent
it's spread. Cut out the diseased patches
and do not plow through them, and pre-
vent drainage water from these
patches from getting on to other parts
of the farm. 1t is also good plan
to pull up and destroy the diseased
plants where wilt occurs in small
patches.
When wilt is already prevalent, 1t
can be controlled by the use Of dis
ease resistant varieties. The Dixie
and the Dillon are two varieties which
are almost immune to the trouble.
These varieties are being grown sue
cessfully on lands which are so badly
diseased that no other varieties will
grow on them at all. The United
States Department of Agriculture and
Clemson College are cooperating with
a number Of farmers throughout the
State in the production Of high grade
wilt resistant seed and will be glad
to put those who are suffering from
wilt in touch with the people who have
such seed for sale.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28
COLUMBIA MAN GAINS
"a POUNDS ON TAkLAC,
Atlantic Coast Line Yard Foreman Given
Remarkable Results.
HEALTH WAS RESTORED
Had Been In Very Bad Health
Over Two Years and Almost
Past Going for Four Months.

Though he had been almost con-
stantly under treatment for four
months, and intermittently during
the previous two years, and though
he had wasted away until he was
hardly more than skin and bones,
and could hardly walk because of
his weakness, G G Anderson, of 900
Whaley St, yard foreman at Colum-
bia for the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
way, gained "a pounds on seven
bottles of Tanlac and was restored
to good health by the master med
icine." His statement follows:
Il suffered from a greatly run
down and weakened coddition.
had been in very bad health for sew
eral years, and just before | began
to take Tanlac l had been contin J.
ously under medical treatment for
four months. | was told | had
nervous indigestion.
For almost two years | had been
so weak l could hardly work. |
was just skin and bones, l was in
such bad health, and l scarcely ever
ate more than few bites at meal.
l was in bad shape. One time,
shortly before | began taking Tan
lac, l was under treatment contlnu,,
ously for twenty-one weeks and
steadily got worse. just could not
eat, and what little l did force down
hurt me and caused me to feel puff
ed up and gave me severe pain in
my chest. My nerves were very
bad, too. Really, was just about
past going at all.
Il had read about Tanlac, and
finally I lost heart in the treatment
Twas under and began taking Tanlac.
THE relief Tanlac gave me was
as follows: I took seven bottles and
gained "a pounds. I picked up right
away and added lot of strength.
When the seventh bottle was gone l
was really a new mar. in health and
strength. did not begin to feel
much better until l had taken the
second bottle of Tanlac, but then |
went up right along in strength and
weight. Soon | was eating three
big meals day, so great an i'm
provement did Tanlac make in the
condition of my stomach.
Il quit taking Tanlac in May and
I feel fine now, and l have been a
different man ever since Tanlac
built me up.
Il am glad to recommend Tanlac
and to give you this endorsement,
for it may help others to find a way
to regain their health. sure can
recommend Tanlac highly, for |
do not know OF a better remedy,
and I have spent many dollars for
many kinds of stomach remedies
| that did me no good. :"
Tanlac. the master medicine, Is
sold by Kingstree Drug Co., Kings
tree; Mallard Lumber Co, Greedy
vile; r P Hinnant, Suttons.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28

A Milk Pail That Makes It Easier
The Top Is Two-Thlrds Covered
and There Are No Seams to Har
Dor Germs.
The souring takes place because lit
tie invisible plants called bacteria get
into the milk in dirt or by lurking IN the
corners and seams Of poorly cleaned
pals and cans. The remedy Is plain
Keep the bacteria out by using seam
less pals and cans and seeing that alb
solutely no dirt or dust gets into the
milk in the stable or anywhere else.
Profits from milk will be greatly in
creased by good supply and proper
use of clean hot water and an ice
house or good cold spring.
Clemson College, 8. G.
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The insect fight must begin in the
fall and go right on through the win
ter, spring and summer. Burn the grass
off the terraces as soon as frost falls
on it, and by so doing kill thousands
Of insects.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28

No matter which political party is
in power, the other side consistently
and vociferously yells pork" until
it gets its own hand in the barrel.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28

The biggest value we have ever
offered our subscribers is The Rec
ord and four standard magazines. all
one year, for only S1.50.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-09-28

England has arranged for another
big loan in Wall street-this time
but paltry s250,000,000. Some
day we'll get reckless and drop over
Wall street way ourself.