Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"BREEDING FOR MILK SUPPLY Creeds Improve the Thing for Which They Are Selected-Germany Makes Increase in Yield. Cattle used to be bred chiefly for -vork. Therefore the c&vrs did not give much milk. Breeds improve the things for which they are selected. Il cows were used for stepladders we should by this time have them seven feet high. In 1730 the work cows of Germany gave an average of a pint and a half a <lay. Interest in milk increased, and by 1800 the average yield was a quart and a half. Breeding went on milk ward, and in 1810 the German cows averaged two quarts of milk each per day. In 1820 three, in 1830 four-and t?tere the gain stopped for 30 years. Devon Cows. But in 1860 the production had in creased to six quarts, and by 1870 to jeight The breeders of the trotting horse found it tremendously hard to make their steeds go any faster after the 2:10 mark was reached, and it took years and years to get below two min utes-and at about the two-minute mark in all probability the record will always stand. So with the milch cows, aa the yield increased it, grew more -??ffiettHeto~tiTi6t^?e<n?^ or to ?otter the average; but now the aver age daily yield of all German cows is said to be ten quarts. A thousand per cent gain in a cen tury and a quarter; that is what long period breeding will do. It is such -work as this which alone will keep the world big enough for its increas ing numbers of people. HANDLE THE BULL CAREFULLY Quiet Anima! That Has Never Harmed Anyone Usually One to Attack Unsuspecting Attendants. The bull should always be handled kindly and firmly, and should under stand that his attendant is his master. It ls always advisable to train the bull calf to lead, and a ring should be placed in his nose at an early date. -Jiever permit the bull to have his own way about anything where you may differ with him and insist upon prompt obedience. It is very easy to spoil the dispo sition of a bull by permitting children, old as well as young, to play with him or tease him. The man who is al lays prepared for trouble never has any. It is the quiet bull that has never .horned anything that usually does the damage, suddenly developing a vi cious spirit and attacking his unsus pecting attendants. Working In Salt. If you use a barrel churn, sprinkle the salt in on the butter after you have drawn off the buttermilk and washed the butter. Then turn the churn as yon do to gather the butter. You will Und that you have worked in the salt more evenly than you can by the old method, and this way is easier and quicker. Pasture Extravagance. But one of the most absurd pasture extravagances is the feeding and tramping thereon of an unprofitable cow, for even the oleanest and best, most luxuriant pasture cannot feed profit into a cow that has missed her calling. Water for the Cows. Cows should be given all the pure water they can drink, not less than twice a day. It has a decided effect opon the milk production. Know How to Raise Cows. Better than, knowing how to pick good cows out of the sale ring ls know ing how to raise them. Good Investment, A fclgft price for a good bull is a bet ter investment than a low prise for a poor buri. Songs of Gratitude Should Rise Spontaneously From the Lips of All Christians, The songs of the lips are few, but those of the heart are many. The soul has its musk: when the tongue is mute and the lips refuse to sing. The mind runs hack to other days and we think of father and mother, gone to glory this many a year. We recall their goodness, how long-suffering they were of our delinquencies. There is a song in the soul at the sweetness, of the memory. It was never set to mu sic. The composer cannot find notes to express it; yet again and again, when the dear faces come back and we see the look of tender motherhood or of considerate fatherhood we are conscious of a melody which the world hears not, but which inarticulate Hps are singing. There rises before me an old rec tangular church, and beside the church a little brick house where the session met, and around the fire in the grate sit the godly elders, venerable men. Before them a young man has come with fear and trembling to announce his acceptance of Jesus Christ as his Savior. Memory's song is a tender one. Those faces rise before me, and the face of the pastor, reverent and thoughtful, with solemn questionings upon his lips. But the old church isl gone, and the little one-room structure | by its side; and in their places there j is nothing now but graves. The elders, too, are gone. Not one remains alive. | The reverent pastor likewise is at? rest from all his labors. And as the j memory comeB back to me) the strings of an invisible harp are melodious. The hour shines like a star in the firmament of recollection. God's Kindness Abides. We think of other times when the soul keeps up its songs of gratitude. Are there not in every life recurring memories of days when God was kind? There have been vales of tears, we know, when lt seemed as if the , rain would never cease. But it did cease, and there was a sweeter breath upon the hills, and a livelier song in ? the boughs of the orchard tree, and i God made us lift our eyes to the hills and with the Hebrew poet sing, "They, loving kindness Is better than life." j God does not forget, and for this the j soul has its song. He knows the wan- j derings of wayward feet. The afflic tions that beset us are not new to him. He "rememhereth that we are dust," and it awakens a song. The lips may be mute, but the heart is running the hidden octaves. "Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice." It is" a good place to be-untU>r those out spread pinmna---^a?re we can rest -aat?r-fhVBtorn?-?s past and the sky^s emptied of its rain. Oh, the songs that no ear hears but God's! How much they mean to our pilgrimage. How they cheer us en route, how they gladden the road home. Blessed songs of the heart! sweet songs in the night! Praise God for melodies of the valley; for the star that shines where the cloud once rested; for the flower that blooms where the thorn once spilled its crimson.-Tho United Presbyterian. Cashing Our Checks. If mistakes were riches, most of us would be wealthy. But perhaps we have not realized how rich we can1 really become through our mistakes. ! Every one of them can be capitalized. 11 It has been said with keenness that "A failure ls a man who has blun dered, but ls not able to cash in on his experiences." The successful man is not the one who never makes mis takes, but the one who cashes his mis take-checks promptly and at about 100 per cent. Every mistake of our life points the way. If we will but see it, to exactly the opposite of that mis take. It is when a man is so con vinced of the hopeless futility of his own sinning life that he feels he must find a way out, that Jesus Christ has an opportunity to be heard as he says, "I am the way." And so of every lesser mistake; there was a reason for it that need never be repeated. When we sternly demand of our every failure all that it owes us, failures will, begin to keep out of our way.-Sun- j day School Times. Praise God Unceasingly. Let praise-I say not merely thanks giving, but praise-always form an ingredient of thy prayers. We thank God for what he is to us; for the benefits which he confers and the blessings with which he visits us. But we praise him for what he is in himself-for his glorious excellences and perfections, independently of their bearing on the welfare of the crea ture. And it shall often happen that when thy heart is numb and torpid, and yields not to the action cf prayer, it shall begin to thaw, and at last burst, like streams under the breath of spring from their icy prison, with the warm and genial exercise of praise.-Edward M. Goulburn. Union With God. To be out of harmony with the things, acts and events, which God in his providence has seen fit to array around us-that is to say, not to meet them in a humble, believing and thankful spirit-is to turn from God. And, on the other hand, to see in them the development of God's pres ence, and of the divine will, and to accept tLat will, is to turn In the op posite direction, and to be in union with him.-Thomas C. Upham. Southern Railway Premier Carrier of the South Schedule effective April 18, 1915. Trains arrive from No. Time 208 Augusta, Trenton 8:20 am 230 Columbia, Trenton 10:55 a m 232 Charleston, Aiken 5:05 p rn' 206 Columbia, Tienton 8:35 p m Trains depart to No. , Time 209 Trenton, Columbia 7:20 a ra 231 Trenton. Augusta 10:10 a m 229 Aiken, Charleston 11:20 pm 290 Trenton, Augusta 7:40 pm Schedules published only as in formation and are not guaranteed. For further information apply to J. A. TOWNSEND, Ticket Agent. Edgefield, S. C. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin-' gie Milla, 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. LADIES f Ask your ?rnR(r!it for CHI-CHHS-TER'S DIAMOND BRAND PILLS la RED and. GOLD metallic boxes, sealed with Biue\ Ribbon. TA ES NO OTHER. Buy at your DiugftUt and Mk for CHI.CHKS-T?R'S D IAMOND BRAMO PILLS, for twentv-fite years regarded as Best, Safest, Always Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS ?SSS EVERYWHERE JgKS. :->vr-**.v M.".?. Ford Au We have accepted Ford Automobiles fe and will have constar of Touring Cars and be pleased to show contemplate buying cars defy Edgefield's They are an All-tl We will also carry all parts of the Ford ders at our Garage \ to wait to get exti Make your auto war we will satisfy them at reasonable prices. Edge Auto and h Edgefield, So 1785 College of South Carolina's 131st Year B Entrance examinations at all 2, at 9:00 A. M. Full four-year courses lead 1 A two-year pre-medical course is A free tuition scholarship is State. Spacious buildings and atl laboratories. Unexcelled library Expenses moderate. For tei HARRISOI Make the Old Suits Look New We are beti-er prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press ing of all kinds. Make your old pants or suit new by let . ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Special attention givm to La dies' Silk Waists and Skirts. Edgefield Pressing Club WALLACE HARRIS, PROP. NORRIS STREET Miss Myrtle Cothrum, of Russe?ville, Ala., says: "For nearly a year, I suf fered with terrible back ache, pains in my limbs, ' and my head ached nearly all the time. Our family doctor treated me, but only gave me temporary relief. I was certainly in bad health. My school teacher advised me to TAIQ5 The Woman's Tonic 1 took two bottles, in all, and-was cured. I shall always praise Cardui to sick and suffering wo men." If you suffer from pains peculiar to weak women, such as head ache, backache, or other symptoms of womanly trouble, or if you merely need a tonic for that tired, nervous, worn-out feel ing, try Cardui. E-6S WHI Surely Sfoo That Couah. the agency for the >r Edgefield County, itly on hand a stock Run-Abouts. Shall ? them to those who g a car. The Ford winter roads. [ie-Year-Round Car a full assortment of cars, and can fill or vithout your having a parts by express, its known to us, and on short notice and field Xepair Shop nth Carolina 1915 Charleston 3 Oldest College egins October the county seats on Friday, July to the B. A. and B. S. degrees, given. assigned to each county of the iletic grounds. . Well equipped facilities. .ms and catalogue address RANDOLPH, President. I Summer excursion fares, season 1915, on sate daily unti Septem ? ber 29th, 1915, imited to reach m origina starting point returning m on or before October 31, 1915. jj| Round trip fare to Asheville, N. C..$ 8.70 Black Mountain, N.JC. - - Brevard, N. C. - - - - Connelly"Springs, N. C. - Hendersonville, N. C. - - Hot Springs, N. C. - - - Lake Toxaway, N. C. - - Saluda, N. C.. Tryon, N. C.. Waynesville, N. C. - - - Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va. 9.35 8.65 9.85 7.80 10.20 9.45 7.35 7.30 9.85 13.20 An exceent ' cpciti r jlj to visit the "Land of the Sky " and "Beautifu Sapphire Country." For additional information communicate with J. A. TOWNSEND, Edgefield, S. C. Ticket Agent. U aner We desire to notify the public that we have installed modern machinery, and "are flow r?idy to d^ess your lumber-any kind and any dimensions. Our planer is located near the bridge on the street leading south from the Courthouse. Your patronage solicted. All work GUAKAXTEED. Strom Ready for Ginning Season 1915. We wish to announce that we are now ready to begin ginning cotton. Have over-hauled our ginnery, and now have it in No. 1 shape, and can serve the public to good advantage. Let us gin your cotton, buy your seed at the market price, and sell you meal and hulls as cheap as any one. Come and let us serve you. Hampton Cotton Mills Compy Beaver Dam Plant, L. L. Clippard, Manager FARM LOANS! Long-Term Loans to Farmers a Specialty. Your farm land accepted aa security WITHOUT ENDORSER or other COLLATERAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in de nominations of Three Hundred and up. Established 1892. JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ga.