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y. APPLES OF SECOND QUALITY Picking Out Inferior and Wormy Specimens anci Feeding to Live Stock ls Good Plan. j (By R. G. WEATHERSTONE.) The question is often asked. How can we dispose of second quality ap ples at a profit? The best answer to this question seems to be to use the spray pump "early and often," to the ?nd that scabby, wormy, and inferior fruit may be practically eliminated. In years when there is an abundant .rop" and at any time when we find thai the trees are overloaded, pick ling oat the inferior and wormy speci mens and feeding them to the sheep ?ur hogs will often improve the qual ity of the fruit and save the necessity of propping up the limbs to keep them from breaking down. When we^nave a large crop and (Prices are loV, it is folly to place any but first-class'^fruit upon the m?rket Every community should have an evaporator, wher?, the cull fruit may be profitable utilized. If a man has large quantities re will no doubt pay .him to own his own evaporator, but when a number of farmers living in close proximity to a good location ?have orchards, it us usually quite easy to interest someone to establish a plant to utilize this waste fruit. HANDY LADDER FOR ORCHARD Central Shaft Attached to Trunk of Tree and Arms Are Fitted at the Top and Bottom. Ordinary ladders when used for picking fruit from a tree often damage the tree, and to overcome this a new form of ladder has been adopted by some orange growers of California, says Popular Mechanics. A central shaft is lashed to the trunk of the tree, while horizontal arms are fitted at the top and bottom so that they Revolving Ladder Support for Fruit Picking. may be swung about in all directions. ; Notches cut in the tops of the arms provide support for the rungs of the badder at varying distances from the tree. With this device, every part of the tree may be picked without dis turbing a branch. PROPER PRUNING OF GRAPES Principles Are Same Whether Vines Have Been Trained to Four-Arm, Fan or Other Systems. If allowed to go unpruned, grapes are likely to be ill-shaped and unde sirable. It makes no difference, says the horticultural department of the Nebraska university farm, whether the grapes have been trained to the four-arm system, the fan system, or to any other; the principles of prun ing are the same. In doing this work, it is important to remember that the buds which produce the crop should be chosen from the canes a year old, growing on two-year-old arms. Gen erally from thirty to forty buds or "eyes," distributed over four or five canes, may be saved, but this depends upon the vigor of the vine. Never save water sprouts or canes growing directly from wood more than two years old, as these do not produce fruit. Buds for renewal may be se cured by choosing a cane located at the base of one left for bearing fruit" and cutting it back to a spur of three or four buds or "eyes." COVERING FOR CUT SURFACE Any Substance Not Detrimental to Growth Will Prove Satisfactory Shield for Wound. No artificial medium can be applied to the surface of a wound made in pruning a tree which will induce it to heal more quickly. The activity of the healing process depends upon the character and position, and the time of the year when the wound is made rather than upon protective coverings. A large number of waxes, paints and washes have been tried, and the conclusion of the whole matter may be summarized in the statement that any substance which is not corrosive or detrimental to growth, which will protect the heart wood from the at tacks of rot spores, will prove a satis factory covering for a cut surface. Among such substances may be men tioned white lead, yellow ocher, coa': tar and grafting wax. i HO ABE SO QUEER : o . ? - . o o %' By R. S. JONES. . o o "Tom was terribly annoyed," said tbe young wom^a with the Huffy hair and the hint of a baby stare, "lt is perfectly funny the way a r:an act;; just because he is your husband-did you ever notice it?" "It is, indeed!" said the others in chorus. "How was I to know that sensible business men would take me so seri ously?" pursued the fluffy young woman. "I thought they were sup posed to have discernment and sense At least, Tom ls always preaching about their superiority ia that respect. Tom explained to me very carefully before we went to the automobile show last month that we couldn't buy a car. He said we couldn't afford it, considering my hat bills and his cigars and the notes coming due on the house we bought last year. I am sure I had it all perfectly clear in my mind, so I am positive I was not to blame. "But did you ever notice what per fectly fascinating young men they put in charge of the exhibition cars at an automobile show?" "I should say I have noticed them!" said the brunette girl. "And, anyhow, Tom had no busi ness to run across two college friends the minute we got inside the show and pay so much attention to them that he couldn't pay any attention to me! Those three would cluster to gether over a chassis with a lot of crazy machinery stuck on it and talk like mad. So I simply had to do something to kill time." "Of course you did!" agreed tha others. "So when at tho first booth a good looking man who saw me studying a touring car asked me if I was inter ; ested I said I was. Then he was just I as nice as could be. He told me I everything about the car and made me get in it and explained just how I could run it myself and wanted my address to send me a catalogue. He said he'd be pleased to come out some ? day with the car and show me how it I ran and give me a lesson. He was so set on coming that I hated to hurt his feelings, so I did not refuse. "It was just the same way at the next place and ever after. Tom and his friends were so busy over horrid old machinery that I was considerably left out However, I made lots ol ! friends among the agents, i "All of them wanted to bring out their cars to demonstrate to me how superior they were and, as I had told one man he could come, it didn't seem a bit fair to the others to refuse any of them, so I said I'd be delighted. It - had" occurred to me that I owed a ter rible lot of calls and that it would be such a nice way to get around and pay them, j "I didn't think lt necessary to men ! tion the matter to Tom. He did re-1 ?nark that a huge lot of catalogues I j was coming to our house and it was ! ! a wonder where those fellows got ! people's names and, anyhow, thank; ' goodness, he didn't have a machine ; i eating its head off and making him, poor! Men are so selfish. "The Zero automobile man came out, the very day after the show closed j and we had a beautiful ride. I made six calls. However, I quite changed my opinion of him, because when I came out of the last place he seemed actually cross and said things about waiting in cold weather. I don't sce how he expects to sell cars without showing a little consideration for cus tomers. I told him I didn't think I liked his car at all. j "Then there was the Largo car man and the Allegro man and the Fortis simo man and the Solendiferous man and about six different electric com panies and a lot more whose names I forget. When they came one at a time it was lovely. "I did two teas one afternoon in the Largo car, but the man lost his tem per, and when I came from the sec ond tea the wretched creature had driven off and I had to go home on the street car! "The queer thing was that every one seemed so indignant when I re fused to give an order for a car and said things about my leading them on. The worst of it was that Tom came home 111 with the grip one afternoon just as seven different cars arrived all at once to take me out! He said he thought I was giving a funeral or a tea, "When he understood-my dears, have you ever seen a man suffering from bad temper and grip simulta neously? "I explained to him most carefuly that it wasn't my fault at all, but he roared that he was ashamed to look a man ia the face from that time on for fear he was one of the automobile agents I had shamefully deceived yes, that's what he called it-and that he'd like to know what women had in place of consciences anyhow. What do you think of that? Aren't men ut- ! terly queer?" "They surely are!" the other young married women agreed. "When you hadn't done ore single thing, either!" Unusual. "Anything new?" asked the reporter. "Yes," replied the desk sergeant. "A man and a woman were badly smashed up in an automobile accident a little while ago." "That happens every day." "But this is ;m extraordinary case. She was his wifa." FOR ANY EMERGE POR heating out-houses, contractor x temporary buildings of all kinds, tl Smokeless Oil Heater is invaluable. SM ORELE lt is wonderfully useful, too, in drying out unfinished buil< In the home it is the greatest convenience of all. You cz you please. It makes bedroom, bathroom or parlor warn minutes. It is fine, too, for the cold corners where thc not reach. . Burns kerosene - easy to handle and inexpen The Perfection is solid, good-looking, yet inexpensive, clean. Smokeless and odorless. Hardware and furniture Look for the Triangle Trade-Mark. STANDARD OIL COI (NEW JERSEV) BALTIMORE s W!J I*.' 1 .'-:.'!> r-v^n^Svt.'r.'i We have accepted the agency for the Ford Automobiles for Edgefield County, and will have constantly on hand a stock of Touring Cars and Run-Abouts. Shall be pleased to show them to those who contemplate buying a car. The Ford cars defy Edgefield's winter roads. They are an All-the-Year-Round Car We will also carry a full assortment of all parts of the Ford cars, and can fill or ders at our Gara.g;. without your having to wait to get extra par s by express. Make your auto wants known to us, and we will satisfy them on short notice and at reasonable prices. J. C. LEE, President F. E. Gibson, Sec. and Treas. FARMERS, MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, If you are going to build, remodel or repair, we invite your inquiries. COMPLETE HOUSE BILLS A SPECIALTY. We manufacture and deal in doors, sash, blinds stairs, interior trim, store fronts and fixtures, pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dressed lumber, lath, pine and cypress shingles, flooring, ceiling and siding. Distributing agents for Flintkote roofing Estimates cheerfully and carefully mane. Woodard Lumber Co. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Corner Roberts and Dugas Streets, Our Motto: SK NGY s' shacks and ie Perfection TERS lings. m carry it wherever i and cozy in a few ordinary heat does sive. No trouble to fill of stores everywhere. MP?N Y Charlotte, N. C. Charleston. W. Va, Charleston, S. C Treasurer's Notice. The County Treasurer's office will be open for the purpose of receiving taxes from the 15th day of October 1914 to the 15th day of March 1915. ???jyf-c.--: All taxes shall be due and payable between the 15th day of October, 1914, and December 31st, 1914. That when taxes charged shall not be paid by December 31st, 1914, 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, 1915, the County Auditor will proceed to add two per cent, and five per cent from the 1st of March to I the 15th of March, after which time all unpaid taxes will be collected by the Sheriff/ The tax levies for the year 1914 are ' as follows: i For State purposes 6 mills " Ordinary county 5 " 44 Special county 1 " 44 Cons. school tax 3 44 SPECIAL TAX. 44 Antioch S. D. 2 " " Pickens Bacon S. D. 4 " " Pickens Bacon R. R. 3 " 44 Shaw Bacon school 4 " " Part Blocker R. R. 12 4 4 " Part Collier Sp. school 3 " 44 Flat Rock S. D. 4 44 44 Oak Grove S. D. 3 " " Prescott S. D. 3 " Red Hill S. D. 4 " 44 Edgefield Pickens school 5 44 " Edgefield Pickens R. R. 3 " 14 Edgefield Pickens Corp'n 10 44 44 Edgefield school building 2 44 44 Edgefiald Wjse school bld'g 2 44 44 Edgefield Wise Corp'n 10 44 44 Edgefield R. R. 11-4 44 44 Edgefield Wise school 5 44 14 portion Elmwood school 2 44 44 portion Elmwood R. R. 12 44 44 Elmwood S. D. No 38 school 2 44 44 Elmwood S.D. No. 3 R. R. 12 44 44 Elmwood Long Cane R. R. 12 44 44 Elmwood Long Cane school 3 44 44 P. Pickens Long Cane R. R. 3 44 44 Hibler S. D. 3 44 44 Liberty Hill S. D. . 3 44 44 Johnston S. D. 8 44 44 Johnston R. R. 3 44 44 Moss S. D. 3 44 44 Parksville S. D. 4 44 44 Pickens R. R. 3 44 44 Plum Branch S. D. No. 15 5 44 44 Shaw school 4 44 44 Talbert school 2 44 44 Pickens^Trenton school 5 44 44 PickensvTrenton R. R. 3 44 44 Shaw Trenton school 5 44 44 Wise Trenton school 5 44 44 Wise Trenton R. R. 1 1-4 44 44 Ward's school 2 44 44 Modoc S. D. 2 44 44 White Town S. D. 4 44 44 Wise R. R. 11-4 44 The law prescribes that all male citi zens between the ages of 18 and 55 years must pay $2 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. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable Dk. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a sur gical dressing that relieves pam and heals nt inc same time. Not a liniment. 25c. tV*^^00 Cures Old Sores, ethe, torne?les Won't Cm The worst cases, no matter of how lone standin?: are cured hy the wonderful, old reliable Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve? 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Real Estate -FOR SALE 125 acres land near Hibernia in Saluda county. 120 acres near Monetta, Sa luda county. 330 acres in Aiken county, near Eureka. 100 acresj;near? Ropers. 300 acres near Celestia or Davis' mills in Greenwood and Saluda counties. 50 acres near Edgefield [C. H. 250 aeres near ^,re.nton,S.C. Several tract1? near meeting Street, and other tracts near Monetta and Batesburg. -Apply to A. k TOMPKINS, Edgefield, S. C Light Saw, Lathe and" Shin gle Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta ble, Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUSTA. GA. Auditor's Notice. All persons owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in any capacity, as husband, guardian, executor, ad ministrator or trustees are required to make returns of the same to the Audi tor under oath within the time men tioned below and the Auditor is requir by law to add a penalty of 50 per cent to ail property that is not return ed on or before the 20th day of Febru ary in any year. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years except those ex empt by law are deemed taxable polls. The 50 per cent penalty will be added for failure to make returns. . For the convenience of tax payers. I or my repres- ntative will be at the following appointed places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns: Roper, VV ednesday Jan. 13. Meriwether, Thursday J;an. 14. Collier, Friday J an. 15. Red Hill, Saturday Jan. 16. Clark's Monday Jan. 18. Modoc, Tuesday Jan. 19. Parksville, Wednesday Jan. 20. Plum Branch, Thursday Jan. 21. Morgan's Store Friday Jan. 22. Liberty Hill, Saturday Jan: 23 Cleora, Monday Jan. 25. Pleasant Lane, Tuesday Jan. 26. Meeting Street, Wednesday Jan. 27. Johnston, Thursday Jan. 28. Kerrin's Store, Friday Jan. 29. Trenton, Saturday Jan. 30. The office will be open to receive re turns from the first day of January till the 20th day of February as prescibed by law. J. R. TI MM ERM AN, Auditor, E. C. S. a To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stops th? Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S t?gnaturc on each box. 2Sc, Tor Weakness and Loss of Appetite Thc Old Standard general strengthening tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drrrcs out Un?a ria and builds up the system. A xn:c tonia apt' .wre Appetizer. For adults &nd children. 00w