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PLAN FOR DERRICK STACKER One" Feature of Implement Shown In Illustration ls That lt Always Drops Load in Center. This drawing shows a derrick stacker which is diiTerent from any I have yet seen, writes Alfred Peterson in the Farmers' Mail and Breeze. It will build a stack twice a:: lor.g as the length of the arm, as h?gb as the mast, and as wide as the ar.n is long. The skids C are made of 3 by 14 inch plank and the base is 7 feet wide. The braces are 2 by 'i's and should be Still further braced by crors braces not given in the drawing The hole in the j platform H is 3 inches larger th anthe diameter of the mast which alic 's tho j mast to lean over towards the p:."ickso the lead will carry itself to any placo ! on the stack. The mast is a telephone pole 35 feet long and rests on a pivot on the skids. The arm B is a smaller pole 25 feet long at the inner end of which a crotch shaped iron holds it in ?place against the mast. From this | Derrick Stacker. crotch a rod passes up and around the mast over the iron catches marked I. The arm is raised or lowered by means of the rope F. At the upper end of the mast ic a large ring to which guy ropes 22 are fastened. The derrick must be solidly guyed when in use. The rope D la for bringing the load in place on the stack. G is the rope to which the horse ls hitched. The feature of this stacker is that it will always drop the load in the center of the stack wheth er at the ends or in the middle. A stationary arm stacker will not do tills. This stacker may be successful . _ ly used on a windy day and will han <!le as much hay in a day as any boughten one. IMPROVED SEEDS ARE BEST Ott? Quart of New Variety of Corn Would Grow Enough to Plant Big Acreage at Small Cost. (By M. W. KELLEY.) I believe that every farmer would ?nd it profitable to devote a certain portion of his farm to growing seed lor the coming year. In this way he could buy seed each year and plant it cn his test grounds and grow all that would be required for his next year's crops. One quart of some new variety of ?eld corn would grow enough seed to plant quite an acreage and thc cost would be comparatively small. A peck Carefully Selected and Prepared. of some new kind of potatoes would furnish seed for quite a patch next year. One bushel of seed oats would furnish enough seed for a number of acres the next year. This would give the seed an oppor tunity to 'become better acclimated and he could select the best 3eeds for home use, which is an opportunity that seldom comes to a farmer who buys seed from the seedrnen who sell it from the general crop which is raised by farmers especially for them. Then there is always an opportun ity for a farmer to sell choice seed oats, corn or potatoes to his nearby friends for a better price than his gen eral crcr.3 will bring. The time is coming when good seed will be better appreciated by farmers. Cultivating Potatoes Late. The Virginia truck experiment sta tion has found that the best results in growing potatoes are obtained where the soil is kept level during the earlier cultivations, but as the season advances earth may be worked toward the vines by means of winged cultivators in order to keep the tubers thoroughly covered and free from sun scald. It has also been found best to con tinue cultivation as late in thc season as possible. Many eastern Virginia growers do not stop cultivators un'il .two or three weeks before digging is .?tarted. iC? BOX EASILY MADE KITCHEN RECEPTACLE MAY BE PUT TOGETHER AT HOME. inexpensive and Really Cleaner and More Sanitary Than Those Packed With Sawdust and Other Materials. The construction of a good ice box consists essentially of two boxes made of tongued and grooved lumber three fourths of an inch thick. The two boxes were made of such dimensions that the smaller one will fit into the larger one with an inch to spare all around and on the bottom, the boxes being held firmly together by having inch strips nailed to the inside of the larger one at intervals of a foot apart. Before these strips are put in place, building paper should be tacked to the inside of the outer box, and to the I outside cf the Inner one, then after j the paper is on, the space between the ! bc:;es is carefully measured and the i inch strips planea down so that it will j be a snug fit when the box is placed J within the other. The construction of the cover is the same as the sides and bottom, except that there is a flange at the front and sides of the cover. The corners of the outside box are strengthened and made tighter by haling a strip of building paper tacked over them, and corner boards Home-Made ice Box. an inch thick nailed over it, like the corner-boards of a building. Cleats nailed on the bottom at each end will strengthen the box and make it more easy to move about. The inside of the box is lined with zinc or galvanized iron, the latter be ing much cheaper, and just as good for Beveral years. After the box is put together a strip of thin lumber covers the upper Bpace between the boxes, thus making a dead-air space. A short piece of half-inch pipe is Inserted in the bottom of the box to prc/yide^raiilage, and the lower end' of this outlet should be kept immersed In a vessel of water to prevent air get ing into the box. This ice. box 16 much cleaner and more sanitary than those packed with sawdust and similar materials. Apple Sago. To make apple sago put 1 cup sago in a quart of tepid water, with a pinch of salt, and soak 1 hour. Take 6 or S apples pare and core or quartered and Steamed tender, and put In the pudding dish. Boil* and stir the sago until clear, adding water to make it thin, and pour it over the apples. Bake I hour. This is good hot with butter and sugar. As apples are hard to get now. make it this way: One quart milk, 4 tablespoons sago boiled in the milk till soft. Set dish In kettle of hot wa ter and let the sago swell gradually. Beat up 3 eggs and stir into cooke i milk and sago; salt and sugar to taste. Then put in oven and bake very lightly. Serve with creamy sauce. Vermont Blueberry Cake. Cream together half a cupful of but ter and a scam cupful of granulated sugar. a:;dinK cue well-beaten egg, a tiny pinch of grated nutmeg, half a teaspoonful of lemon juice, half a cup ful of sweet milk, and two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder sifted with sufficient pastry flour to form a cake batter. Heat the mixture until very light and fold in a large cupful of blueberries. Bake In a shallow ob long pan in a rather quick oven for 25 minutes. When baked, dust the top thickly with powdered sugar and serve hot. Cut into squares or the squares may be torn lightly apart and spread with butter. Corn Slitters. A new way of eating corn on the cob is to slit the corn hulls while on the cob with a small nickel "slitter," /says the New York Times. This cuts five rows of the corn hulls at one time, so that one eats the grain and leaves the hulls on the cob, or it is used to extract, for cooking, the milky grains from the hulls and leaves all the hard part on the cob as waste. The "slit? 1 ters" cost 35 cents each. When used at table, of course there must be in dividual provision in the number placed. Pineapple Sauce for Fritters. To the syrup drained from the pine apple slices and heated to boiliup point, add a cup of sugar, sifted with a level tablespoonful of cornstarch: let boil six or eight minutes; tint with grceu color paste or liquid if de sired. Add the juice of half a lemon and kirsch to taste. Sausages. Separate, roll in a little butter, salt and pepper. Put in a small paper bag, seal up and pince on broiler. Allow 20 minutes in a very hot oven. HIS MOTHER'S HEART WAS NOT MARBLE Young Jack, who as usual had risen at a disreputably early hour, rusned into the dining room as the rest of the family was breakfasting A rap turous expression was on his face, and in his arms was a tiny, nonde script puppy, blind, and with a rest less, inquiring nose. "Mother! Just look! Isn't he a beauty? A horrid old man was going te drown him!" A chorus of ejaculations arose. "Aw, ain't he cute?" came from Billy, two years younger than Jack. "He's a fino little fellow," agreed Jack's father. "See the way he's nos ing at the button of your coat." "Another dawg!" exclaimed Hulda, as she brought in the bacon. Dut she stopped long enough to tickle the temptingly soft brown head that bobbed helplessly over Jack's arm. "Ain't he nico, mother!" inquired Jack, anxiously, sensing something ominous in his mother's silence. "Charming!" said Jack's mother, with unaccustomed satire. "What do you propose to do with him?" "Why-why, keep him, of course," said Jack. "Poor little fellow, he ain't got no home." ";'hat's very sad," said Jack's mother, unsympathetically. "But I am not going to have another dog around the place. Dogs are dirty and noisy and full of fleas, and I loathe" them; so you may as well make up your mind to get rid of this little beast." Jack looked at his father appealing ly. "Don't you think, Helen-" began Jack's father. "No. I don't think that I'll give in again," interrupted Jack's mother. "I do think, however, that you have had enough experience in adopting dogs to last you for one summer. There was that long-legged young St. Ber nard the Caxtons gave you. It killed twelve o? the Franklin chickens, if you remember, and you had to pay for them at market prices. I thought when the St. Bernard was poisoned you would have learned discretion, but you had to bring home that pedi greed fox terrier you said you got at such a bargain." "That was a good dog, though," de clared Jack's father, "and I'd like to get hold of the policeman who shot him just because his license tag was issued for a dog described as a St Bernard." "I had hoped that incident would make you more careful about evading the law," Raid Jack's mother, "but, nevertheltoH. you kept putting o.T get ting a license for the collie you brought home to be a comrade to the children until it bit the Collins child. and the dog was shot, and you were haled into court and tined for mt having licensed or muzzled beast." "Anyway, Helen," said Jack's fath er, "every boy ought to have a dog. Let the kid keep it. I'll see that lt is licensed and cared for." "I will not have another dog around the place," insisted Jack's mother. At this Jack deposited his new pet upon the floor, and ran from the room howling. Left to himself, the puppy sprawled unhappily on the carpet, feeling around with that pathetically searching nose of his. Then, as if conscious that it was alone in a cold, unfeeling world, it set up a plaintive whining. The family ate breakfast in silence for a few minutes, and then Jack's father stirred uneasily. "My goodness, I can't stand that," he said at last. "I believe the little beggar's hungry." He made overtures to the pup with a piece of bacon. The pup sniffed tentatively at the morsel, and then resumed its wailing with renewed vigor. Jack's father regarded it thoughtfully. "Perhaps," he said, finally, "it isn't old enough for bacon." Something very like a giggle came from Ja? I: .? mother's en* of the table, but when Jack's father looked up, his wife was coldly putting bread into Billy's egg. Then Jack's father poured some cream into a saucer and de posited it under the pup's nose. The whining continued. Very gently. Jack's father thrust the wabbly little black nose fairly into the saucer, but the obstinate owner wouldn't drink, and the whine developed to a fright ened yelp. Jack's mother loft the room precipitately. , "I'm afraid you'll really have to go. pup," said Jack's father, stroking the fat little brown back. At that moment the postman's whistle sounded at the front door, and Jack's father went to get hi? mail, lt was fully ten minutes before he returned. As he entered the roon he gasped ir? astonishment. Jack's mother was sitting cross-!?gged on the floor feeding the little brown puppy with milk out of one of Billy's discarded bottles. Jack stood over her, beaming. When he caught sight of his father he cried, jubilantly: "Dad! She soys we can keep it!" Jack's mother looked up and had the grace to blush under her hus band's amused glance. "It cried just like a baby," she said, apologetically. Then, suddenly she changed her tactics from the de fensive to the offensive. "It's jur.l like a man," she said with infinii. scorn, "to try to feed bacon to n three-day-old puppy!"-Chicago Dally News. Isn't lt. "Strange how few college men are able to support tnemse-lves." "All the candidates who ask cur support this year are college men." Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October, 1912, to the 15th day of March, 1913. All taxes shall be due and payable be tween the 15th day of October, 1912, and December 31st, 1912. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1912, the County Auditor shall proceed to add a penalty of one per cent for January, and if taxes are not paid on or before February 1st, 1913, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent from 1st of March to the 15th of March. After which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff. Thc tax levies for the year 1912 are as follows: For State purposes 5 3-1 mills. " Ordinary County 41-2 " " Cons. Sr hool tax 3 " " Special County tax 2 3-4 " " Bacon S. D, Special 2 " ,. Edgefield S. D. 2 " " Long Cane S. D. 3 " " Liberty Hill S. D. 3 . " " Johnston S. D. 5 " ?' Collier S. D. 3 " Flat Rock S. D 4 " " Prescott S. D. 3 " "Plum Branch S. D. No 1 5 " " White Town S D 3 " " Trenton SD 2 " .' Ward SD. 2 " 4 Moss S D 3 " Parksville SD . 2 " " Washington SD 2 " " Oak Grove SD 3 " " Red Hill SD 2 1-2 " " Shaw 2 " " RR Bonds WiseTVp 1 J-<? " " R li Bonds Bickens 3 " " R R Bonds Johnston 3 " " RR Bonds Pine Grove 12 " " R R Bonds Blocker 12 " " Bonds Town Edgefield 1-2 ?. " School Bonds 1 " " Town of Edgefield Corporation Purposes 10 " All male citizens between the ages of 21 years and 60 years except those ex empt by law are liable to a poll tax of One Dollar each. A capitation tax of 50 cents each is to be paid on all dogs. The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2.00 commutation tax or work six days on the public roads. As this is optional with the individual, no commutation tax is included in the property tax. So ask for road tax re ceipt when you desire to pay road tax. James T. Mims, Co. Treas. E. C. PROEESSIONA L DR. J. S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE. Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. A.'. CORLE Y, Surgeon . Dentist. Appointments at Trenton on Wednesdays, fcrown and Bridge werk a specialty. James A. Bobey, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. FFICE OVER JOHNSTON DRUG CO. Make the Old Suit Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press ing o? all kinds. Make your (dd pants or suit new by let ihg us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Edgefield Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS PROP. M Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En anos, Saw Teeth. Files, Bells and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA, <iA. Men's Inhumanity to Man. Some roen, when they are arrested on a serious charge, are sent to jail Others, like one in New York, fare mud. A-orse. The magistrate told his wife to take him home nnd tell him u-hat she thought of him. - Rochester Democrat and Chrcnicie. 'Sauters Blood and Fish Guano Thc dry ??2I1 gives body to thc fertiliser and insures lasting*benefit to lae soil. It contains highest priced yolublc and available Phos phoric Acid. Ammonia, Potash mixed in such exact proportions, that increased yields are assured. Different 3oil requires diff?rent formulas-buy thc fertiliser best suited fer your b^J-make your land more valuable. Ask our ajent about these standard brands. Planters "Cotton and T^uck Fertilizer" . 7-5-5 Planters "Soluble Guano".8-3-2 Planters "Standard Fertilizer".9-2-2 Write us for information and prices. Trade-mark on everv bair is guarantee that you are getting the Best I LOOK r?-T . 3 ? ? 'ON THC BAA Fertilizer made. Planters Fertilizer & Phosphate Co. Manufacturers Charleston, South Carolina Wo use only tho beat B. C. Phosphate, Fish Scrjp, Blood, Tankage, Gorman Potash, etc. General Insurance Agency 1 beg to tinnouuee to my friends and the public generally that 1 have re-entered the fire insurance business, and nm in a position to place any business intrusted to me with a due and proper regard for the confidence placed in me by my patrons. I also represent one o:'the leading Life and Acci dent Health companies. Respectfully soliciting a share of your business and with apprecialion ot past kindnesses shown me, I am, truly yours, C. A. Griffin, Rear of N. G. Evans, Esq. And find the market unfavorable for your produce? The farmer who has a telephone in his home can telephone first. The useless trips thus saved are worth the cost of service. Under the plan of the Bell System the service costs but a trifle; the farmer owns the instrument and the equipment. Write to nearest Bell Telephone Manager for pamphlet, or address Farmers' Linc Department SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH CO SOUTH PRYOR STREET, ATLANTA, GA. ii mil i mi ii i ii mn iiii IPI iii II II inn iinmiiiimiiii HI i mi We desire to notify the public that we've added furniture to our stock, having just re cei ed a solid car of tables, bureaus, bed steads, washstands, safes, rockers and stright chairs. . Come to, see our assortment of furniture, shipped direct from factory to us.