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Poultry D FIRS'l': Sleot your Strain ef Bir Improve then oetry t-mt vo Good Cook at the Hend of yot N.BARNITZ PA' FOR THAT TIRED PEE.ING. This Is the time of year when some poultrymen get that tired feeling. They treat their hens as sme farm *rs do their farm machinery. You may find the mowers down In the meadow where the last swath was cut, the' scythe In the sour apple tree and the self binder in a snowdrift. That man may belong to the grange. but he to no farmer, and his mtain crops are mof'tgages. Canada thistles and trou De. He needs spruce beer tonk-. His chickens roost on the old pear tree and the wagon wheel. and his taxes are larger than his wheat crop. When a man professes religion, there are times when his liabilities are his assets, and no one knows that his bank vaults are full of hot air till they blow up. Sometimes he succeeds In fooling all the people all the time. But when a man pretends to be a farmer he has to show the goods. The condi tion of his farm gives the game away. He may gab all day on scientific prin ciples in agriculture, but his neighbors round the stove at the crossroads store wink the other eye. Such are some professed poultry men. They like to visit other fello.ws' plants to suggest improvements, to judge their stoc and to brag up their own goods. If ekle gets any one to the good place, they will surely get a seat up front with the angels. , After endtiihg a continual harangue from one of these smart Alecks for sev eral months we concluded to visit his plant. Happily he was absent, and we had a quiet view. We got enough. His pens were old shacks illed in with coal ashes. There were young scrubs roosting on the lousy nests. Little crooked backed roosters and wry tail ed, twisted toed hens ran to greet us. We felt like telephoning for a barrel of corn. They were starving. We did take the liberty to fill up the (try pans that were lying around half filled with filth. dnd you would have thought those chickens would drown them selves. It was the worst combination of lice. droppings and diseased stock we have witnessed. The proprietor. unaware of our visit, met us on the street the next (lay and, after learnedly discuss ing the merits of the dry feeding method, lie informed us that hie was about to try an original formula for forcing hens to lay, and if he succeed ed in increasing the daily output of his own penM lie would shortly manufge lure "egg tonic" on a large scale. We "stopped. looked and listened." and as we tore ourselves away we mused whether that man needed a tonic or a club. As we are "on eggs," we will sImply *say he needed eggnog. *Now. "there are others." it i*4n't just some poultrymen and some termers that ought to be arrested for strifety to animals." but -tbere are enough back yard fanciers in our towns and villages of the same careless character who ought to be locked up or made to clean up. And now, while we are talking about eggnog. it is appropriate to say that these people who are continually giv ing tonics to their chickens are putting the medicine into the wrong trough, There 'Is no likelihood of their laying eggs, and, so far as cackle is con cerned, they cackle too much now, but It certainty is plain enough that they need something to make them do some thing so that their chickens may prove womettiing of what these "cocks on the high perch" of poultrydonm are cac. jing. . Give them a good dose of gin. ~er, red pepper. fenugreek, and add a large amount of charcoal for disin fectant, for they need it badly. They have a bad attack of "wind puff," and, as you do with chickens af. -dicted with that disease, just run a few hatpins Into them and lot out the "hot air." If the' right man is behind the hens there is no need of egg stimulant what ever. The best of the egg tonics i mfide up of one ounce of fenugreek, itwo ounces of red pepper, one ounce of manatlan red -a .twv noune 01 epartment 1%; Seond: Stick to the'm; T''?+.: i em; Fourth: Always ke.;> a Ir Flock. One pound at 25 cents shows the vast profit that is made frot people who are too lazy. too careless or too stingy to take proper care of their fowls. "You are ketting no eggs this win ter?" Mfy friend. you need eggnog. Mix your brains with pains, and then you'll get the gtens. OIL. BY THE 'BARREL. If y6u cannot run that tnevtiltor by gas or electricity, buy the best water -white kerosene ry the barrel. You will not get the settlings of the storekeep en tank. the oil win be pure. and you will save money. Iast summer we bought a fifty-three gallon barrel 'for $0.10 and received $1.50 from the com pany for the empty barrel; cost. $4.GO: groverymann' price for lfty-4hree gal Jons. $0.80: money saved, $2.20. Not PQ bad. OVERHEARD. "Vm getting up. Maria." "George. why. It's only 4 o'clock!" "Well. I must feed and water the hens before ithey 'start to lay and get that wagoa load of eggs to the early train to. get them to the city by 12 o'clock. Good by!"' . "Get .up. -Will! It's most 0 o'clock. BreAk fast's cold and the hens are starv Ing." "Blame the old hens! Let 'em starve. They haven't laid for a mouth anyhow!". Moral.-Tiie early lien gets the early worm; the early worm makes the early egg: the early -egg makes the 'almighty dollar. Ove your hens a good big dose of early risers for breakfast and buy a seat in Wall street. THE CHAMPION LAYER. When a poultryman keeps White Leghorns. he sees a big difference when he changes breeds. We believe them to be the wittiest and the prettiest ex tant. .,They .can read you like a book. They knotv your mood:as soon as you step into the pen. They are flighty or calm. just as you are. Cranky people. cranky Leghorns. They are the chan pion foragers. fliers and- layers. They take up less room, are sick less, sit less and eat less, while they lay more and larger eggs than the larger breeds. A Plymouth Rock sits on a nest egg; a White Leghorn uses THE CHAMPION. it for an inspiration. Put in a larger nest egg, and her eggs increase in size. You can't beat her. She never loafs. Her egg pops out so quIckly the mites can't catch her. If you aren't sharp. you can't catch her. She understan~s English and hates swearing. She will love you if you are lovely; but, being high bred, she appreciates quality. "But the Leghorn is small for mar ket." Yes, but fine flesh Is . for epi cures, not for gluttons, just as leghorn hats are for beautiful maidens, not for' coarse swineherds. The Leghorn is "quality, not quantity"-"best goods done up In small packages that cost less andl taste better. "Blut- they' are, great fliers." They miount ihigh: but.-like the climbing vine, their activity bears fruit, and when they -rise' on Enow white wings to meet us you must exclain). "Beautiful as doveer' "Go to the ant, thou sluggard!" Go to the Leghorn. thou lazy poultryman! FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS. Shove those culls to the high priced market. Don't stand under when the dr0o) comes. Fresh eggs, like government -bonds. are at ai premium. The egg Is the na tional asset. Invest. Eggnog Is not now the fad. It is cheaper to take it straight. Spruce beer is needed to keep some lazy poul1 trymen straight. Why do so many poultry medicine firms ofrer' "swelled head" remedies for prizes? Did you win? When a man has lots of greed his hens get little feed. The liberal man has a full egg pan. What is neded by the man who sells dirtyv eggs?. A drubbing and scrubbing. Hands up! Are you getting lots of big fresh eggs? CongratulatIons. You are not a genius, but you can pay your bills. IWhen your hens. have gravel they are not sicl, but you have sense. 'Feel your hens' crops at night to see If they get enough to eat. They are more reliable than government station lleu fruit hapgs hih ?ho apide on the top of the tree are always thq best. There, knocker! Don't cut the puntpkin pie with th4 excuse that eggs are high. That's n( way.. Cut it with a knife. 'lMverybody works but father" 01 some egg farms. Time for a tneral This is no joke. Grind corn on the cob In your bcmn cutter. Corncob has 8 per cent pro tein. It will save money and clean thq cutter, which you are too lazy to do. They are rushing the mint In Denye to get through $80.000 in quarters ant halveas Rush some this way. awful hiAb. Don't make bachelors of your roost ere.. You will rul their future use fulness, .and the hens will commi ra. .4d1d. All spoony couies are warned no to court in the henhouse. 'That Is th< havana. All bilvag and cooIng Is don< in the-pigeon pArlor. When the ducks are quacking there'i something lacking. When the turkeyi gobble what's the trouble? Take thet lead; -It' time' to feed. A proficient poultry judge these dayi Is a prise bird 'and scarce as hen'1 teeth. There.ae too many goose bon< prophets In the chicken house Judict ary. Time to cull. When you get that Heense to judg; chickens, no' baek door business oi rushing the growler: no zigzag stunti or shell gaine behind the blinds. The new Standard plates are to be ir colors. If a color blind engineer can' draw a train,. can a color blind Judg draw a color line? "4Specks not." Seized Har Opportimaity. He was not a very rapid wooer, and Bhe was getting a bit anxious. Again he called, and they sat togeth. er In the parlor. "Just those two." A loud rap came at the front door. "Oh, bother!" she said. "Who can be 2alling'' "Bay you're out." said the deceiver. "Oh. no; that would be untrue." mur mured the ingenuous one. "Then say you're engaged," he urged. "Oh. may 1. Charlie?" she cried as she threw herself in his arms. And the man kept on knocking at the front door.-Illustrated Bits. A Rejection Slip. "Sir," said the shivering beggar stopping the prosperous magazine ed Itor on the street. "I have a long. sai story" "Sorry." briskly replied the magn rine editor. passing on. "but we ar only open for short. funny stories now full of the other kind."-Success Maga zine. No Thanks. "I broke a record today. Had th last word writh a woman." "Didn't think it possible. How'dVl happen?" "Why. I said to a woman in the cat 'Madam. have my sent.''-I"hiladel phia Ledger. Good Trade. "Oh, my b .sinet.s is good." said thI trombone player. "In tact, I am al ways blowing about it." "Well. I'm sooted with mine, too.' saidl the chimney sweep. "And mine is out of sight," said tha diver. Do one thing at a time and the bi things first-Lincoln. Dadiy Joined. Mr. Russell in his "Collections and Recoliectiona" tells this story of an in appropriate quotation: The leading cit izen of a seaside town erected somni iron benches on the sea front and, wltt a view to combine the commemoratiot: af his own benefleencee with the givinj a profitable turn to the thoughts of hi public. inscribed on the baqks. "ThMs4 seats were presented to the town o1 Shingleton b~y Joseph Buggins. 1psq. J. r. for this borough-'The sea Is his and he made it.'" The Secret of Centent. If rumin today actually possessed the acres on which they toil, they would be in no hurry to leave them; they would be effectively chained to the roll by the sense of Independence and proprietorship, as is the case among the rural population of France, who d< not rent but own the land.-W. J Dawson. The Hard Part. "Hlow is your son getting on In hli new position?"' "First rate!" answered Farmem Dobbs. "He knows more about thE business now than his employer does All he has to do now Is to convince his employer!"-London Express. Revenge. "It took you an awfully long time t< pull that fellow's tooth," said the as sistant. "Yes," answered the dentist grimly "He married the girl I lovedi" The worst whipping a bully evol gets is from some man who doesn' want to fight.--Chicngo Newst. NUN. 8. D. ALM Noted Oregon Statesr on Recent E ton, Shiller I, Werman, distin. gushed statesman and legislator of Portland, Oregon, who was recently on an eastern trip, is among those strong ly in favor of L. T. Cooper, in the di. eusuion over Cooper and his medicines, which has raged for -the past year On cities visited by the young man on 1 a educative campaigns, as he calls them. Cooper was explaining his now the orles and medicines to Boston people during the Oregonian's visit to that city, and In a recent Interview- Mr. Herman said: "My trip east accom plished more for me than I ever be lieved possible.' It has actually been the means of restoring my health. While In Boston I heard a great -deal about this man Cooper and his medi tines. and one morning I talked with a Boston banker who told me that be had been relieved by Cooper's medI cines after ten years' chronic dyspep sia. For the past twenty years I have been a fearful sufferer with nervous dyspepela. It has been so bad that it all but forced me to resign from the legislature. Algerian Olive Trees. In Algiera olive trees spring up wild and are grafted where they stand. In some regions they are so close as to touch overhead. 'rho average annual yield for a tree is 80 to 100 pounds. Some of the trees are believed to b over 400 years old. It Is estimated that there are over 5,000,000 wild olive trees in Algiers. The grafting of these Is being carried out systematically un der the auspices of the government. J. D. Moore's Here Yet A lot of Deople have ups and downs. But mine have alway been down, THAT'd A FACT. Sometimes I'm glad, sometimes I'm sad, but long to tell my story when we battlewhanged through this vain world. ANOTHER FACT. I am in the market for Beef, rheep, Pork and Mutton. Sell a heap of meat, and always like to sell to those who L want to buy of me, but don't want t I sell to those who don't want to buy of me. because there are enough that trade - with me to take all that I can get. TH E THIRD FACT. I still buy hidts green or dried. I buy anything you got, always want some. thing but can't tell what. So come and see how it will be when you buy your meat from me. And remember the old meat market Moore as in days of yore. t 'he ol< meat market, J. D. MOORE. FOR SALE Will receive bids for sale of 5.room house and lot containing nine-tenths of an acre more or less in the town of Lih. erty, S. C. until December. 15th. Pur. chaser to pay for papers. Terms to be stated in bid. J. 0. O'Dell. Insbridge, Oa. A. BRANDON TAYLOR, Civil Engineer, PICKE rS, SOUTH CAROLINA. Surveying, Mapping, and Tropographi cal work a Specialty. M. C. LONGi, Attorney-at-Law. OFFICE-~ Over Postoffice, Anderson, S, 0, Price -n all Courts la Sonuth Carolina~ I - Nursing baby? -. It's aheavy stra Her system is cal * ~ nourishment for tw~ Some form of nc : .. be easily taken up is needed. Scott's Emu greatest possible a ment in easily digest Mother and bal helped -by its use. ( Al.I.DRUOIS 1S WELL AQM an Restored to I1 ir astern Trip. "I was feeling wrtohEdi t . w ing,and made up any mi i the medicine. .I had son lead - sfcians without number both E' n West. They: hadeben .unabl:' me- In the least, and I no u lieved this Cooper ndisLe ot me than It could - ing - i' des bact life. I-ralily don't knt I bousht It. It waslIke a d man clutching at a staw. "To make a long story ahort, I been astonishingly sutoessful case.- Today I am enoying stomach and perfect health ' first time In twenty yrs. I heartily without the -lihtest- 1 1' nience afterward: 2! hav, e a Ia tite, and r mti. #- .m b4 'O moody ai deifressed. and'til I.rl"'c neas has entirely'dI1appear ) "Any man who has ehrno 6. la owes it to his family t medicine." In all our experience as dtt':' t",' we have never seen anythipg pass the famous Cooper. prepar -Pickens Drug Co. TIME TABLE NO 7 Supersedes Time Table No 0 Effective March 10 1907 Read Down No 9 No 11 STATIONS No 10 Mixed Mixed Mixed 8:50 am 11:80 am 17 Pickens ar 8:80am 6:64 am 11:85 min Ferguson 8:26am 7:05 am 11:45 am *Parson's 8.15iam 7:10 am 11:50 am *A riall'm 8:10am 7:15 am 11:55 am *Mauldin 8:05am 7:20 am 12:00 m ar Easley Iv 8:00am *Flag Stations All trains daily except Sunday No 9 connects with Southern Rnilwa) No 10 connects with Southern Rlailwa N o. I I connects with Southern Raliwa. No 12 connects with Southern Railwa ofFor any information apply to J T TAYLOR Gen M. CHARLESTON & WESTERN CAR( HAILWAY. Artival and Departure of Trains, 4 yille. S. C. Effective April 14, 19 DEPAnTURZs; 0:30 a m, No. 48 daily except Sunday, ft - rena and intermediate statioDR, ar. Lauren 9:00 a m 12:15 p m, No. 58 daily for Lauren, Newberry, Columbia, Sumter and ( ton connecting at Sumpter with A. Train No. 2 for Richmond, Wasl and eastern cities, and at Laurens wi W. C. Traitin No. 1 for Spartanbui train No 2 for Greenwood, Auguta, a Arrive Laurens 1:35 p in, 2:22 p m, Newberry 8.10 p. m. Columb Sumter 6:20 p mn, Charleston 9:40, h burg 3:30 p. m, Greenwood 2:46 p n Augusta 5-25 p. in. 4:40 p in, No. 88 Daily except Sunday. fo rens arid intermediate statloib. Ar. Laureis68:40. A1Rn1VALS 10:20 a m, No. 87, daily except Sunday Laurens and intermediate stat Jins. .00 pm, No. 85. daily except Sunday, Laurenasand intermediate stations. 3:25 > m, No. 52I da'ly from Charleston S'. olu'nbia, Newberry, Cinton, Sparta A ugusta, G reenwvood Lauren.. etC. Trainas No. 52 anxl 58 run through be Chaerleston without ehanage. J. W. Ligon, Agt. Geo. T. liryan Gen. GREENVILLE, S. C. Ernest Williams, 0. P. R. M. Brand. Traf. Man. Augusta 0.. HAIR BALSA Clearnsea iad beautinesl -Nevero $s1.00 fatorg Notice of Final Settlement and Dlsj I will -apply to J. B3. Newbery bate Judge for Pickens counlty, 18th day of February, 108 forn settlement with moy ward, rr S& and ask to be dismissed as gurdi jan16w4' Guar i on mother. lied upon to supply . '0. urishment that will' by mother's system Ildon contains the mount of nourish. ed form. .y are wonderfully Tas Sate ANt) atLMS