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ALL-PURPOSE CHICKEN HOUSE Structure Possesses Four Basic Prin ciples, Light. Ventilation, Warmth and No Drafts. Here is a sketch of ^\hat I consider my best all-purpose house. This state ment brings forth the question, why? Before answering this I want to say that there are many good houses in use upon successful poultry farms or plants. The house as shown contains the four basic principles necessary to a practically constructed poultry house, writes M. G. Scudder of Merrick coun ty, Neb., in Independent Farmer. These principles are as follows: Light, ventilation, warmth and no drafts. The tize of this house is 12 by 16 feet. It will house sixty head of most any Ail-Purpose Henhouse. variety of laying hens. Roosts and dropping boards are placed in each corner at the back of the building and made so they can be inclosed in ex treme cold weather by simply drop ping a curtain in front of the roosts. Two tiers of nests are placed against the wall betwen these roosts at the back of the building. This roosting method gives your flock a chance to divide during their roosting hours without crowding, thus avoiding dan gers from colds, etc. A window is .?laced toward the front in each end of the house, which helps to furnish light at the bottom of the building where needed when fowls are scratching for their food in the litter. One door, placed as indicated, with the open front two feet from the ground, assures against any draft when you enter the house. There is no need of using muslin upon this front except in stormy or exceedingly cold weather. The open front also fur nishes light close to the floor, which also helps the fowls in their scratch ing for food. It also affords the very best possibie system of circulation and ventilation when the front is open by using the adjustable windows at the top as an outlet for impure air. These windows at the front near the top fur nl_ii the light which keeps the roosts and roost boards dry. You will note that they come in just the proper place for the sun to shine into the extreme corners at the back of the building. .My experience has taught me that we must have light in the house. The more wc have up to a cer tain point, the better. A house of this size, built of drop siding and tar paper with rubber roof ing, will keep 50 or Gu fowls warm and comfortable the coldest weather. Not only is this house splendid for laying hens, but it serves well for surplus cockerels; cr. if divided, makes the very best of breeding pens, or may be put to many other uses. USEFUL COOP FOR HATCHING Cheep, Dura'-iie, Neat. Handy, Licc Froof, Ciose-tc-Nature Device for Setting Hens. "In trying to simplify the problem of having to set hens in boxes all over the farm I came across this plan: This setting coop is 12 feet long, 4 feet wide. ;md 1 foot high. It is divided into Vi runs each 1 by 4 feet in size, which ia plenty of ronni for a hen. The frame is of 1 by 4 inch boards," writes D. O. Krehbiel of Enterprise, Kan., in Farmers' Mail and I ireeze. "Sides, ends Outdoor Hatching Coop. and partitions are made of poultry wire. Each run is covered with three slats, the outer two being nailed down while the middle one is used as a slide when feeding and watering the hens. This enables one to get at each hen with out disturbing the others. The nest is put in a frame one foot square placed Ia one end." DUCKLINGS NEED FRESH AIR Sometimes Well to Open Door of In cubator a Trifle to Permit Them to Breathe. Ducklings, when hatched in an incu bator sometimes need more fresh air In the machine than chicks do and when the hatch is complete and the little ducklings are still in the ma chine getting strong before being tak en nut, ? is v ell to open the door a little, say one- :"hth of an inch, to let ia moro fr sh them to breathe. This, cf cour ies to a good hatch, not wh( are only a few ducklings in I .nine. (Copyright. IM?, by the McClure News paper Syndicate.) The convention during the afternoon had been a busy one, and the men were glad to gather for a comfortahle smoke and chat in one of the smok ing rooms of the hotel. They were mining engineers and had come from different parts of the West. Naturally, ! while the cigars were going, stories be gan to appear of experiences that ranged from the tragic to the ludicrous. Finally, they swung, under J the guidance of the spokesman of the group, Granger by name, to a consider-1 aticm of what might be called the meanest act they had ever witnessed. J After various experiences had been j related, a man who was known to be a friend of Granger spoke: "Suppose you picture yourself driv ing up a winding road in New Eng land, up among the hills, and coming to a lane that leads to a house set some distance back. It is almost twi j light, and as you approach you see a figure at the entrance. Driving near er, you find the figure is that of a I girl. And, then, suppose you recog nize her as the girl who had been wait ing there at dusk for ten years for a chap who had never returned. -"That is what I experienced one early evening last year. I was going there to see a man of the name of Upson, who owned a small right in a i stream that we were planning to dam. There I heard the whole story. "I found Upson to be a grim sort of fellow, in a way. and yet friendly | enough after he thawed out, and that night, after the rest had retired, he and I smoked a pipe together. In the midst of our conversation, I happened i to think of the young woman at the entrance, and I asked him about her. "Upson smoked in silence for some time. Then he said slowly: " 'Ten years ago, I had quite a little money, and I was looking around to invest it, and wrote in to a Boston firm. Well, it was not long after I had written that a young fellow came from the city and explained a propo sition to me. He seemed to be a fine sort of chap in every way. The boys took him off for a fishing trip, hunted with him a little and all the time he was talking to me about the proposi tion. "'Well, I fell for it. But I wasn't the only one who fell. That girl seemed to find in him Just the man to love. They were together a good deal, and many times alone, and the upshot of it was-she came to me one night in this very room, with him following close behind her, and told me they were engaged. " 'She was so happy that her happi ness went all through the house. ' " 'They made preparations for the wedding and the wedding day. He talked about it as much as, if not more than, she did. " 'One day he departed, taking my money and her love. " 'Everything moved on smoothly un til I could see her beginning to be troubled. Finally, I got the truth. He had not written. My suspicions were aroused, and I wrote to thc company. " "Tlie information I got was like a bomb in our quiet home. It seems he had left the employ of the company to go West, had vanished so far as they were concerned, and had never report ed thc money I ha J given him. ' "S'?O recovered from the shock, for she comes of stern stuff: but the girl still believes that he will return. " "She goes down to the road about the time you saw her, for if he came ?>uck he would arrive about that time. It used to make my old heart ache to see her standing there in thc dusk, waiting for a scamp and a scoundrel; but. some way, 1 have come to see a meaning in it. It has helped my faith in humanity after the jar he gave it. She is serene and sensible through it all. lt's a case of a splendid woman having an undying trust in man, with out her soul hoing wasted." "That, gentlemen, is the story as Up son told me,'' said Granger's friend, "and 1 have always thought of it as a story of the meanest man and the meanest act within my knowledge." Suddenly a tall figure arose, and in a voice that was strained with emo tion said: "Gentlemen, that was the meanest act-it is more than that-but I tell you that the chap who did it has suf fered for those years. He stands right here-I'm the man. I thought I had forgotten, but I can't forget. I give you my word that I shall take the next train for New England and, God giving me the chance, I shall reappear there. I did not think she could be so faithful. I did love her, and I have always in my way. I hope I may yet be worthy of her. I'm sorry." Without another word, tho tall, thin figure passed from the room. The silence that followed his with drawal was broken by Granger: "You did a good job iu telling that story, Mason. You gained your end." "What do you mean?" someone asked. "Why, the facts are these," said Granger's friend: "I recognized him just before I came in. I had sort of looked him up. I told Granger to steer the conversation so that I could tell the story. I thought if the man had any conscience it might be touched. "I should like to be about when ho drives up in the evening and she wed, she"-said one of the mon. and not one waited tor him to finish the I sentence. i Many Particular Reasons Why Women Cannot Afford Not to Bs Christians. The Bible has much to say about woman in every position in life. It speaks of her in the home and in public life; as a wife and as a mother. In all literature there is no such tes timony to the influence of a good woman, cud to the power of a had woman for evil, as we have in the Bible, and it is certain that in the Bible the emphasis is placed upon the work of the woman in the home. But times have changed, you say. So they have, yet God has not changed the order of human society. The greatest achievement in the world today as of old is the making of a godly home. A man can build a house and furnish it in a way, but only woman can make a home. In these latter days many spheres of activity have opened to women: yet it remains true that in the home is her glory, in the home is her happiness, in the home is the fulfilling of her destiny. In Joppa there was a certain dis ciple named Dorcas. She was a Christian. Every woman ought to be a Christian. There is something in congruous about a woman who is not a Christian. When Jesus Christ carno he hallowed motherhood for all time by being born of a human mother. When he began to preach, then wom an's hour of emancipation struck. Be fore that she had been a slave or a chattel. The commanding position o' woman under the Old Testament is often referred to, and yet one of the rabbinical rules was, "A man should not salute a woman in public places, not even his own wife." One of the thanksgivings in the daily service of the synagogue was, "Blessed art thou, O Lord, who hast not made me a woman." No wonder the disciples marveled when they saw their Master speaking to a woman, and when he admitted women to the circle of his followers. He accepted their kindly ministrations. They gave to him of their slender substance, housed him and clothed him; and in return he blessed them with the noblest spir itual blessings and gave them perfect equality in his kingdom. Soul ls Beyond Price. If a woman came to me and asked me why she should be a Christian, I might put aside the great reasons that the human soul was made for God, and that there is nothing so precious in the world that for it you can af ford to give up Jesus Christ. Men and women sell their souls. Do you think they make a good bargain? You have seen a woman sell her soul for personal adornment, for clothes; and when in later years you see her ragj| hanging on a distorted skeleton, do you think she made a good bargain? You have seen a woman sell her soul for pleasure, and when all that has turned to ashes, and the world has discarded a worn-out hulk, do you think she made a good bargain? Are 1 there any jewels so precious that they will buy a woman's soul out of hell? "What shall it profit," said Christ, "if you gain the whole world and lose your own soul?" A woman should be a Christian he? cause of her home. She is a wife, or a mother, or a sister, or a daugh ter, and her home is or should be a place of happiness and peace. Some Christian women keep their Lord in the church. When the doors are locked, they seem to think that he is shut in. Ha should bo taken homo with you, for it makes all the differ ence in a home whether Jesus is thero or not. The presence of Christ makes a different home because it makes a diff?rent woman, and woman makes the home. The presence of Christ makes clean homes and sweet homes, and makes them tho nursery of the : Christian church, where children are ! brought up in the nurture and admo-! nition of the Lord. A mother who i has learned wisdom in the school of Christ shall have sons and daughters ? who in later years shall rise up and j call her blessed. Woman's Need of Christ. A woman should be a Christian for her own sake. She is called upon to bear many of life'3 heaviest burdens. She is acquainted with tears, and pain and sickness, and bitter trouble. Did Christ ever turn away from a woman in need? I do not wonder that women become soured and bitter, and break down under their burdens, when they have not Jesus Christ. I do not seo how a woman can afford not to be a Christian. The story of Dorcas shows that if the love of Jesus is in your heart it begins to expand, and you are certain to find something you can do for Je sus' sake. A Christianity that is not active is a misnomer. "Faith without works is dead." You are busy all the week working for yourself; what do you do for Jesus Christ? I know that many good women are busy all day, and into the night, and that their work is never done, but no woman is too busy to be an active Christian, and perhaps she cannot serve God in any better or greater way than by making her family a Christian household. Exchange. Await His Coming With Patience. In our uttermost need, when per haps we have almost ceased to look for any deliverance, he will come; and when he comes bc will speak, if not the word of pow.ar with which he called forth Lazarus, yet the word of peace-Rev. T. V. Fosbcrg. PORTABLE HOUSE FOR NESTS Fowls Not Permitted to Lay in Poul try House Proper-Cleaning ls Very Small Task. "I have always had my hens' nests in the poultry house and when the mites began to trouble them it was a hard task to have to scald, disinfect or whitewash the entire building, so I planned to have portable nesthouses, not allowing hens to lay in the poul try house at all. Cleaning these houses is such a small task it need not be dreaded," writes Mrs. L. E. Armour of Pleasant Hill, La., in Progressive Farmer. "Every portion of them can be easily reached. Then they can be Portable Nesthouse. placed under a sheltering shed during winter and under cool, shady trees in summer. "They are built on posts 4 feet high and are 12 feet in length and 3 feet wide. There are two rows of 12 nests, one on each side of the door. A single 12-inch plank forms the floor of the [ hall between the nests. Eight-inch planks form the wall behind the nests. The roof is made of four 12-inch planks, two on each side. The ones just above the rows of nests are hinged and are opened upward. "Besides lightening the work of mite fighting, these houses have dark nests, which all hens like, and are good pro tection against nest-robbing dogs. A short ladder at each door is necessary for the hens to get to the nests." To Prevent Blood Poisoning .pplp at once the wonderful old reliable Dh. PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HFALIXG OIL. a sur pical dressing that relieves pain and hgals a the same time. Not <> Hr.iraent. 35c. 6t'^t.f/ Notice of Enrollment Committees. Opening Books For Voters In The Democratic Primary Election, Etc. Notice is hereby given, that the following committees for enrollment [bave been appointed to enroll the Voters of Edgefield county in the Democratic Primary for the year 191G, and said books of enrollment will be opened at the places desig nated for each club Tuesday, June 16th, 1916. Bacon: J M Wright Secretary; G M Smith, J II Bouknight; at Bouk night's store. Cleveland: C C Jones, Secretary, J W Quarles, T L Talbert; at C C Jones' store. Colliers: Dr J M Crafton, Secre* ary; D T Mathis E 13 Mathis; at Mathis' store. Edgefield Democratic Club No 1: Walton Fuller, Secretary; A K Pad gett, W E Lott; at Jones' store. Edgefield Democratic Club No 2: J W Kemp, Secretary; T A High lower, J D Kern^; at the Edgefield Mercantile Company. Lee: W L Coleman, Secretary: W M Sawyer, John Wright; at G P Cobb's store. Calhoun: A M Clark, Secretary: .1 A Lott, J W ll an iv; at store of Lott-Wal ker Com p?ny. Long Brand;: E L Scott, Secreta ry; Luther Yonce, L C Clark; at Li wis Clark's store. Meriwether: II F Cooper, Secre tary; A A DeLaughter, J O Soott at A A DeLaugluer's store. Meeting Street: J K Allen, Sec retary; J R Blocker, George Logue, at J K Allen's residence. Moss: P W Cheatharn, Secretary: T A Williams, WA Reel; at Reel's store. Pleasant Lane: J T McDowell, Secretary; S T Williams, F L Tim merman, at F L Timmerman's store. Red Hill: H E Quarles, Secreta-' ry; II W Quarles, R M Johnson, at H E Quarles' store. Roners: J E Dobey Secretary; B T Lanham, R A Timmerman; at Timmerman's store. Shaw: W W Wise, Secretary; G F Long, J R Moss; at J R Moss' store. Talbert: J D Hughey, Secretary; A Gilchrist, E P Winn; at E P Winn's Store. The qualifications for member ship in any club of the party and for voting at a primary are a<< fol lows: The applicant for member ship, or voter, shall be 21 years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election and be a while Democrat. Ile shall be a citizen of the United States and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary un Less ho has resided in the State two FT Mi F* ri ra IK ? i G 1 l??Jbj Gosrricbt 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co -No. 44 F all the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, vice-President E. J. Mims. Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. J. H. Allen. 1785 1916 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON South Carolina's Oldest College One Hundred and Thirty-second Year Begins September 29 \ Entrance examinations at all the county seats Friday, July 14, at9:00 A. M. Four-year courses lead to the B. A. and B. S. degrees. A two-year pre-medical course is given. A free tuition scholarship is assigned to each county of the State. Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well equipped laboratories, unexcelled library facilities. Expense moderate. For terms and catalogue, address HARRISON RANDOLPH, President. yjars and in the county six months prior to the snececdinir general elec tion and in the club district GO days prior to the first primary following his offer to enroll; provided that public school teachers and ministers of the gospel in charge of a regular organized church shall be exempt from the provisions of this section as to residence, or otherwise quali fied. Cnder the rules of a new en rollment ia required. B. E. NICHOLSON, County Chirman. May 29, 191 G. lr should be "nipped in the bud", for if allowed to run unchecked, serious results may follow. Numerous cases of consumption, pneu monia, and ether fatal dis eases, can be traced back to a cold. At the first sign of a [ cold, protect yourself byjij|$ji thoroughly cleansing your jpg! system with a few doses of f 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 THEDFORD'S the old reliable, vegetable liver powder. Mr. Chas. A. Ragland, O' Madrfon Heights, Va., says: "I have been using Thed ford's Black-Draught for stomach troubles, indiges tion, and colds, and find it to be the very best medicine 1 ever used, lt makes an old man feel like a young one." Insist on Thedford's, the original and genuine. E-67 FIRE-LIFE INSURANCE See me before insuring else where. I represent the Epuita ble Fire Insurance Company of Charleston and the Southern Stock Fire Insurance Company of Greensboro, N. C. I also rep resent the Life Insurance Com pany of Virginia. J. T. Harling At the Farmers Bank, Edgefield Is thc ideal plant for your place. It will furnish current for lights, churning, pumping. Hewing: machino and many other things. Complete plants ready to Install ns low as $175.00, including: the engine. One of our plants on your farm will save you time, labor, worry, money. It will make your family contented and happy. Yon can't af ford to do without lt. Call and Bee us or send for our valuable book on Electric Lights for the Farm. It ls tree and will be In teresting to you. Thc Dayton Electrical ???g. Company w Dayton, Oblo, V. S. A. ? R. H. Middleton Clark's Hill, S. C., Dealer in Light ing Plants and Water Works. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST] Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C.