The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, December 22, 1909, Image 6
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THt POWER OF ONE THEIR CHRISTMAS
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EGGNOG.
about tin* TrLH* of a wo
S man vvbosw* husband la late
jS for dinner or doesn’t come
wlien he l« expcrtcd," say a
tbe womau wlto luit tuol ei|HTlen<-es;
“tt u .tnrioyinn enoueh at any time,
but It in iiottiiiiK in a civilized country
to wfi.vf It when you are off In the
wilds somewhere nnd dinner and din-
•er ^ettiiif sre two of the most Impor
tant (tiinas In life.
-When Mr. Blank took me and the
i«by some years ago to try life 3D a
Texas sheep ranch we found there
were a good many things in the world
that we had no conception of Itefore.
and life took on a different aspect. It
was a happy life, hut it was not an
#asy one. I had lo ijp^ 1 all kinds of
bounesrork. the hardest kind of hous<>
work, and cooking in j house situatetl
ki a Texas chaparral is not cooking as
it Is thuie even in a New York flat.
We lived chiefly on game which Mr.
Blank stiot as we needed It. Our veg
•taMist were • I 1 canned -|>ens. corn
and a certain ihmuImt of thiags we
always on hand.
“I »ti|ipo»e I made myself a great
deal tn^re work than ww« uecessary
and did twice as much e<M)klng. hut I
waa use«t to every!hinc In eastern
•tyic. and It did not occur to me that
I mold have things In snr other wav
We always had dessert etery day fnt
dinner I made rake, and practically
we lived In the wilds of Texas exactly
SB we could here.
“Weii. the day wtien Mr Blank did
not couu* home to dinner was .Yew
Tear's There was not so much dlfftM -
eaoe tod ween the days--they were all
wortlng days-but I had tirepared a
special dinner Mr ninuk was grdng
off Iw the dipping vats, bur be wns to
bo buck at » o'chick for tllniter. anti I
profMreil a gtiod one It was rnbhir. I
think, (list day Our nearest neighleirs
were s family of Alsatian* whom we
khew very well ami who had been
▼dry kbWl (o us. That iitonilug liefore
been It fa at Mr. Kiattk bad ridden over
there xm hualnesa of a«»ine kind. They
had Mode eggnog to celebrate the day.
add of ronrae he muat accept their
hoapHwHty and taka a glass.
“Now. a good atroog eggnog la not
ex«ctl.v a before breakfast drink for a
man who la not iu*ruetonied to taking
It ftt that hour In the morning, and the
•gguug wan a atrong on a. It was New
Tsar's day. and eggnog Ingredients can
be foetid la Texas when potatoes can
not When Mr Blauk came home he
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SURPRISE.
IIIS yenr.*’ suit] Canwri_ i:
firmly, "tbere are going to ts-
no Cbriatmaa surprises in tu\
loppy home—none «»f
plcas.iut little attempts at pluv :ig
| Santa (Jlaus which ts-giu wbti i*.i-
pense and effort and end in moriil}* .«
Uou and disap|iointnient. I hiu going
to take my wife downtown and let i« i
pick out anything she wants wiitnn
the limit of tny spending cajMi ity. aiul
then I’m going to let her take me
around and fix me up with a pan
embroidered suspenders of gold ciiT
links or any old thing she likes, aim
that will make her happy. Neither
ua ban quite got over the effects ot the
last lirtliday season yet.
“You see. we had been married Ju-u
long enough Inst Christmas to wo.-tr
out our first installment of furniture
nod most of our wedding glft»
Things were looking a little shabbv
around the house, so we both agrei-o
that In selecting our little remc.n
brances for one another we ought t >.
confine ourselves to something w hi h
would be mutually useful and auric-
five. Both of us had lieeti se< rvil\
longing for a morris chair, one of tb«>se
mission things with big leather rush
Ions that swallow you up In a delirium
of comfort. Mrs. C. wanted It for
the beauty o? the library and bet aft
erooofl siestas, nnd I wanted It for
evening recreation
“Months before the Christmas sea
•on I began putting by a little aiim
weekly, with the monia chair in mind
Two weeka before the 21th I went
down to a dealer's to look at chairs. I
had been looking casually for weeka
before, but It was not until I came
upon this particular shop that I dis
covered what I wanted. It waa a
beauty In the darkest and finest of
weathered oak. with alt attachments
and a pair of fat. greeny brown leath
er cushions that fairly foil like pipe
dreams, laced with leather strappings
and tied to the woodwork with thong*
The minute I aaw the chair 1 knew It
was for me. hut the price waa rather
staggering. The dealer wanted Stt> for
It at last, and when I had pet him
down to 980 be acted aa though be
were glrtng the thing away. I thought
It beet to hold out a little, so I merely
requested that be give me a day’s <»p
tlon on the chair nnd paid a small d<>
peelt for the privilege.
“Meanwhile my wife bad been sav
ing every peony, cutting down on the
grocery bill and keeping me on chenp
moats with Cbriatmaa In view It
seems that she. too, bad a monia chsir
on the brain. On the afternoon of the
Mine day on which 1 discovered m>
prise she strolled Into the Mine simp.
The Drat sight of the chair was enough
for her. and the offered to bay It on
the spot. The dealer waa Inconsolable.
He had aold the chair, he believed, ut
least be bad given a gentleman an op^
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Corn on Farm of VV. M, Godley, Jr., Islandton, S. C.
How to produce 125 bushels of corn on one acre of land that will pro
duce one bale of cotton.
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Preparing the land:
Cut the cotton stalks with stalk cutter; cut down the old cotton beds
with disk harrow, which will level the land. Oh January 30th the land
was broken seven inches deep with ten in<*h two-horse turn-plow. On
March 1st it was broadcasted with fifty bushels of cotton seed, being cut
under with disk harrow. On March the 2nd the cotton was up. when
the disk harrow was run crosswise, cutting six inches deep. On March
28th lay off rows five feet apart, and l»ed out with one-horse turn plow,
then take a Dixie plow with wing off and subsoil in the water furrow
eleven inches deep, turning two furrows together with the same plow, still
running deep.
Planting with Hastings prolific: '
On March 31st run s hsrrow on list ahead of com planter, this will give
you a good seed bed. Use plate in planter that will drop com ten inchas
in drill.
Cultivating: 9 •
On April 15th run round with harrow; on May 1st run round with ten-
inch sweep; on May 20th run round with sixteen-inch sweep; On May
25th apply 1000 pounds 9-3-3 high grade fertilizer and run out middles
very t’eep with tumwlow; on June 12th apply 800 pounds kainit in middle
of row and plow shallow, not over two inches deep, with twenty-inch
sweep; on June 22nd apply 300 pounds top dresser in middle of row, s6w
peas and plow shallow with twenty-four-inch sweep.
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«* auuosv to ok aw i, nr -
fonM sot eat hi* hrmikf’siit nnd only
teok a feW twntlswn of coffee and
■novated hi* home and rad* nway.
*T went to work aud cooked dim-
to toy beat Style | lind n 111 I •• “d
atom, for It wa* jlwjy* u nrn 1 «l.v.-o
we were, except when • " in'n r t a me
up Mverythim; *••<« to |»erfe<*-
tton sod ready t . t i tUe table at
2 o'clock, hut ' r ic nk did not come.
I lookial mu. i.;r i»* waa nowhere In
-eight. lu*. c..,ck passed. 2:30. 3
othM-i.. nnd «itf| tie did not come.
* W ..tie would have supposed that
>1 w.Mild have been frightened and
exnethlng bed happened to him.
t'or pe ta one of the must considerate
>ef men and tbit waa a moat unurual
bee Strew ce But I waa not frightened.
If anything had happened probably
the Mien would have brought me word.
I bad a gieal dinner preftared. and he
did *«M c«Mue. aud «hi New Year** day.
1 grew more and nnwe angry a* the
time |MMw*d. until by night I was hurd-
ty In a condition to <«peak Ity and by
be rode up He Aectued to feel my
mood Anyway, hi* first words were:
“ ’t nuppoae ymt are provoked.’
“ ’Yeu,’ I said. ‘I am.*
“He was angry then, and he went
off to stake out Ida hon*e without an
other word It didn’t last long, how
ever, and we mine to an understand
ing w
“tt xiocnis that that eggnog, taken
the first thing In the morning, had
been too much for him He had hard
ly left the hou** before | u . wa» over
come tvlth an irresistible desire to
sleep. He aaya he never knew how he
reached the dipping vals. for he slept
newt of the way on his horse’s back.
When he got there be found working
was simply an (mpoaslhillty. The men
had a little Khanty, aud he managed
to crawl up there, throw himself on
the ioor, and there be slept all day
long without stirring until night, when
he had slept off the effects of the egg-
“I do not look upon eggnog now aa
nocuous drink as I did atone
I know there waa nerar a
_ such a lang
•* Mr. Mint te
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Expenses per acre
50 bushels cotton seed at 25c
$12.50
2100 lbs. fertilizer
21.40
Tillage and cultivation
7.15
Seed
1.60
InnH rent
3.00
Total
$45.15
124 bushels and 9 quarts at $1.00
$124.25
Fa ponses
45.15
Net profit.
0 0
A . $79.10.
■*' ax larvao ms arniiowa.
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tion on It, and the gentleman had paid
a deposit, but If madam would leave
her name something might be done
“When my wife spelled out her cogno
men for him be lifted hia eyebrows in
astonishment. v That waa exactly the
name and thoee were the Initials of
the gentleman who had already spoken
for the chair. My wife thought for a
moment Then she controlled her emo
tions and merely remarked that such
coincidences were quite commoiT
walked out without leaving hex. ad
dress.
“Next day l hied roe to tWr dealer,*,
quickly, prepared to leave my onfcr
for the chair. But the dealer did tmt
seem half so Inclined to aell. A lady
had been there, it seems, a lady of my
owu name, with the same Initials—odd. .
was it not?—who was willing to give
the full price for the article Then It !
*was my turn to think. Ou the wholes
1 decided 1 did not want the cbnlr
after all. If Kllen wanted to buy It
I’d let her have that plensuffe.
“Christmas morning we both fussed
about the house expectantly. 1 won- ’
dered where on earth Ellen was kec]*-
ing my morris chair. After breakfast '
I unloaded a pair of green portieres
1 had tmught for her. Aa the wrap
pings came off I sawr he.- race fall.
Than she went over to a corner and
produced an exactly similar bundle •
and unrolled another pair of green '
portieres for me.
“ ‘But’ I stammered. 'I thought yon
bought a morris ehalrf
”*1! Oku John, didn't yon buy M '
aftnr allf ^
thga, ta tho tight of our andor-
COME AND SEE US,
IT MEANS MONEY
TO BOTH OF' US.
We can save you money
and we have the goods to
do it with.
We have just received a ,
large stock of
Dry Goods, Notions
and Shoes.
We have what you want
and will make the Prices
RIGHT. It will cost >ou
’ nothing to look and it w ill
give us pleasure to show
you whether you buy «<r
not. We handle the
Celebrated Drown
Shoe Bros.
line of Slices. We can tit
• • c»
your whole family ami
will give you a gu^ranr* e
with each pair. Our
price ,will surprise you
when you figure with us.
JMWITSELL SUPPLY’CO.
CHHMr*n Cry
rat FLETCIU'S '
GASTORIA
DOTS FROM OSBORN.
Onborn, L>ec. 6. Special;—There
has been a petition signed by the
people of this neighborhood and
placed in the hands of County Com
missioner Platt, for a public road to
be laid out and built from Osborn
Post Office to Parker’s Ferry, the
Boundary line of Colleton and Dor
chester Counties. This will be
great improvement to our county.
We are happy to state at this
time that W. T. Condrey, the well-
known constable of Adams Run, who
was so critically hurt while on duty
some time ago. is able to be out
again.
Miss Janie Crosby of Lodge came
down on Saturday the 4th inst. to
teach school near Osborn. We wish
her great success.
C. P. Platt of Parker’s Ferry, J. B.
Cordrey of Dorchester, Miss Lila
Conlrey of Adams Run and Mrs An
nie Cord rev of Hickory Hill visited
the home ^Agistrate W’eeks last
Sunday. •
W. S. W.
NOBODY CURSES.
Nobody curses at our house.
Not Pa. nor even the boys;
And the man whocurses at this house
Should be considered among the toys.
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The children hear it and follow suit.
They think Pa does nothing wrong,
And after a while they learn it,
The same as you should a song. *
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They think Papa it a big strong man.
Six feet and a few indue tall.
And all he says and doea is right.
But in the eyes of the Lord, ha is
■nail.
If there is a gray-hairad grandpa.
HERE IS THE PROOF
That the best body-building
and strengthening tonic for
Delicate Children
IS
yrroi
'My 9 rear old daughter was
>ak, pale, and had no appetite. I
^ “My two children, who were pamy
ix oak pale, and had no appetite. I and ailing, rapidly gained fleahopd
gave her Vioel, and she began to •trength when I began to give them
thrive at once. She gained rapidly Vinol. 1 proved that Vinol is a splao*
in weight, color and strength.’* - did took fardaMinla clgdvan, -
Mr».W.R GILMORE, Durand, Mich, i Mrs. C ALLEN, Naw Bedford, Masa.
Vinol builds up healthy flesh and makes thin little limbs round
and plump. Children love to take it.
We re tun nennle’a monev without Question If
docs mol act
looey without question
ell we claim for It. Try It,
JOHN M. KLEIN, Druggist, Walterboro.
M. KOHN’S
Gigantic Furniture Sale Now
Going on-—For 60 Days Only
$6.00 Safe, at ... .
56.50 Safe, at... .
- - 54.50
54.75 Bedstead, at . .
• • *2-75
57.75 Bedstead, at . .
. • $4?5
58.50 Bedstead, at . .
■ • 14-75
$6.00, Washstand3, now
. . $4-00
52.00 Rockers, at . .
• • *1-59
$3.00 Rockers, at . .
. . 5 I '^9
51.50 Dining Chairs, at .
. . 98c
52.50 Dinings Chairs, at
• $ * *49
WE ARE NOW SELLING
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Clothing, Shoes, Hats, etc., at Very Small Margin
Men’s Suits from . . . $3.50 up
Youth’s Suits from . . . $2.75 up
Ladies’Skirts from . . . $1.00 up
Ladie's Cloaks and Hats a Specialty.
~ We can sell you a pair of Shoes for 98c
Come and Get Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere.
M. k© H N
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Remarkable Story|
I The story of Mrs. Matilda Warwick, of Kokomo,
Ind.. as told below, proves the curative properties of
that well-known female remedy, Wine of Cardui.
I Mrs. Warwick says:
“CARDUI
It Win Help You
“I suffered from pains in my head* shoulders,
limbs, side, stomach Jow down, dizziness, chills, ner
vousness, fainting spells and other female troubles.
I was almost dead. Three doctors did not help me.
At last, I took Cardui, and with the first bottle ob
tained relief. Now I am cured. But for C&rdui,
II would have been dead.” Try Cardui
AT ALL D&ua STORES
M. JAFFA
OF THE
NEW STORE
SELLS AT THE LOWES r PRICES
GENTS’ FURNISHING, SHOES, NOTIONS. ETC.
WALTER ST. ' WALTERBORO, S. C.
just take him down little children
By telling him about his age.
And now my dear little boys and
girls
1 mutt drop Old Santa a line
Advising him that all such houses
Ha mu*t be sure and never find.
OU Santa'* Friend.
The best pill is DeWitt's Little Early
Rtaara the safe, easy, pleasant aud
sure little Hvar pills. DeWitt's Garbo-
lixod Witch Haael Salve la the original.
Good for cuts, buna or braisee. aad ee-
pecially for piles Sold hv J M Kl eia
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