The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 20, 1903, Image 5
The Problem of a
Tired Mother.
The funny papers have told,
and again, how it makes a
m n feel to be shut up alone
with the children even for a
few hours.
It’s no wonder that nerve
troubles attack the mother for
she has the children all the
time. How can she help being
nervous, especially while the
little ones are making such con*
slant drafts on her energy?
No woman can endure the
strain of her housework and
two or three little ones unless
her digestive powers are of an
unusual order. She can’t man
ufacture force enough to stand
the strain.
We can suggest one thing
that will surely help her and it
Isn’t a drug poison either. It
is Vinol, made by a remarkable
new process from that wonder
ful remedy, cod liver oil, a
true tonic.
Money back if you don't find
this true.
CHEROKEE DRUG CO
imuuuisTS
Dr. C. T. LIPSCOMB,
UJESiP* T 1 S T
Office in Star Theatre Building.
Phone No. 20.
J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist.
Office Over The Battery.
Dr. D. P. THOMSON,
Dentist.
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*arOfflce or^r National Hank.
J. C. OTTS,*
Attorney and Counselor.
Ottlct upstairs, between R. A. Jones and
Daren port.
Oftlce and Residence .Phone.
J. EMILE HARLEY,
Attorney-at- Law,
Gaffney, - - S. C.
Notary public. All business receives prompt
and careful attention.
MONEY TO LOAN ONUtKAL ESTATE.
TO PLEAD
inability to grant a
request for “your
picture” because
you haven’t one
that does you jus
tice is no excuse.
We will furnish
one or more in a
short interval after
you favor us with
a sitting.
PH0T06RAPHS
made in our studio
are perfect in pose,
detail and finish.
They enhance all
{he good features
of the subject with-
heing coldly
irate.
B. Carr.
STONE ST.
William S. Hall, Jh. .iambs A. Willis.
HALL & WILLIS,
ATPORNKYB AT LAW.
STAK THBATKB BLDG.
O A. H* N « V . !-*.
Notary Public in office. Prompt attention
(riven to all business.
TOBACCO CULTURE
AND PROPER SOILS
Kinds to be Grown and Meth
od of Curing Product
DOMESTIC AND EXPORT.
p are due to eye
at the Chero-
he defect in
:d.
A Series of Farmers’ Bulletins Planned by
the Uovernment Covering the Production
and Sale of Tobacco—Kinds Grown and
Climatic Conditions for Same.
The White Burley tobacco is con
fined to the well marked type of soil
of the Lower Silurian limestone in
central and north central Kentucky
and the adjacent counties of Ohio.
This embraces the blue-grass region
of Kentucky, and it is upon these
fine fertile, blue-grass soils that the
White Burley is grown.
The country has the general ap
pearance of an old limestone region,
generally rolling and with frequent
depressions, sinks and caves. The
hills, 400 to 500 feet high, bordering
the Ohio river and extending from six
to ten miles back, are generally steep,
and fields are often cultivated in to
bacco with slopes as great as 45 de
grees. The valleys are narrow, wind
ing and V-shaped, and no bottom
lands are found excepting along the
large rivers and streams. The country
back from the bills on the Ohio side
is generally rolling. The drainage is
excellent.
The tobacco lands on the Ohio side
are all within the hills on the Ohio
river and confined to two kindsof soil,
popularly known as the “sugar tree
land” and “beech land.” The beech
lands lie low in the valley and are in
clined to be wet, and do not produce
the finest quality of leaf. The sugar-
tree lands lie well up in the valleys
and are considered the typical White
Burley soil. Back from the bills in
Ohio the soil becomes white, wet
and “crawfisby.” and does not pro
duce a fine quality of Burley. These
flat lands are of drift origin, timbered
with white oak, and usually need to
be underdrained in order to produce
well.
In Kentucky the tobacco area is
confined to the Trenton and Hudson
river limestones. Phospbatic lime
stone is frequently met with, while
chert occurs only sparingly through
the area.
The soils are all heavy clay of a
uniform deep red color. The depth
of the soil varies considerably, the
rocks outcropping in many places,
especially on the hillsides. Around
Lexington ihe rock is on the average
about six feet below the surface,
while in the northern counties it is at
a greater depth than this. The top
soil is of light, loamy character, not
inclined to form into clods when pro
perly cultivated. The soil is adapted
to grass, wheat and corn, and has
made famous, the world over, the
blue-grass region of Kentucky. The
subsoil contains on an average about
thirty per cent, of clay and maintains
about twenty to twenty-two per cent,
of water.
EXPORT TOBACCO LANDS OK KENTUCKY
AND TENNESSEE.
The dark, heavy varieties of tobac
co adapted to the export trade are ex
tensively grown in western Kentucky
and Tennessee on silty soils which
are quite fenile in character. The
whole area is divided into a number
of districts, such as Clarksville, Hop
kinsville, Jackson’s Purchase and
the Green River district, but the
character of ‘he soil is quite uniform
in all of these; the class of tobacco
grown is generally the same. In
each district the types of tobacco
adapted to the foreign markets are
grovn, the types appearing to de
pend less upon the character of the
soil than upon the character of the
season, the cultivation, and curing of
the crop.
The general character of the
country is level or gently rolling,
with broken and hiliy countiy along
the large water courses. Much of
this land was formerly devoid of for
est growth and called barrens. It
was a prairie region, with trees only
along the water courses, and prairie
fires are supposed to have annually
swept over the country. Since the
country has become settled and the
large fires prevented a luxuriant for
est growth of hickory and oak has
covered the land
The counties of Kentucky border
ing the Tennessee line are generally
level, with occasional stretches of
rugged country along the water
courses, out with a soil of quite uni
form texture. The southern boun
dary of the tobacco area is :be Cum
berland river, while ttn> northern
boundary is the Carboniferous hills
of Kentucky. The tobacco district
stretches around these bilN, following
tne Subcarboniferous strata as far as
the Ohio river on either'side.
The soils are mainly derived from
the St. Louis group of the Subcar-
boniferous, which are mainly lime
stone. The disintegrated material is
so thick, that the rock is seldom ex
posed except where the material has
been recently eroded. The drainage
is excellent, and numerous links and
caves are found through the country.
The soil, whether upland or b ittom
level or hilly, is usually of a decided
silty character, closely approaching
loess Id texture. The subsoil has a
typical bright red color, which ex
tends to a oousiderable depth. Where
this red color changes to a pale yel
low or white the land becomes “craw-
fishy.” and can be profitably culti
vated only after under drainage. The
lack of odor indicates a deficient
drainage within recent times, and is
due to the deoxidation of the organic
matter.
These Soils contain on an average
about fifty per cent of silt. The
range is from about forty to sixty per
cent., some samples exceeding even
this latter figure. With all such
silty soils great care has to be taken
in their cultivation. They are na
turally qui-.e fertile, but deteriorate
very rapidly and excessively unless
the fertility is maintained by judi
cious methods of cultivation and of
cropping. Manv of these tobacco
soils have been run down with con
stant cropping in tobacco, but some
of the worst cases have recently been
brought up by rotation with wheat,
com and clover, together with a judi
cious application of fertilizers, espe
cially phoshatic manures. The value
of careful tillage is becoming more
apparent in the whole area, and it is
generally recognized now that the
quality of the tobacco and the price
it brings on the market can be very
materially influenced by the kind and
condition of the cultivation.
The soils of the Lower Green river
district lie within the Carboniferous
strata along the Green river, and, al
though these are underlaid with
sandstone, the soil proper presents
the uniform silty character of the ex
port-tobacco districts.
The Jackson’s Purchase region,
lying between the Tennessee an i
Miseissippijrivers, is made up mainly
of loess and loam, and has the same
silty character as the other districts
and produces essentially the same
type of tobacco.
THE WATER CONTENT OF TOBACCO SOILS.
The amount of water a soil con
tains depends largely upon the tex
ture and structure, and is influenced,
of coarse, by the character of the
season. It varies from day to day,
and these varation* are exceedingly
important in their effects upon the
crop.
" M * J-
Oood Advice to Boys.
Be kind to your mother, and, boys,
give her first care and attention.
How often we see boys polite and at
tentive to other girls and their moth
ers while they are treating their
own mothers and sisters with indif
ference. When you see a boy of this
kind you can say that be will make
some girl a poor husband. Bo, boys,
for your own good and contentment
of mind in future life, be kind and
patient with your mother. Who is it
that lays awake at night when you
are out waiting and listening for your
return and perhaps goes to vour bed
and lays her hand on your pillow and
fiiids it unoccupied? While your
father is sleeping soundly your moth
er will wait to hear your loved,
familiar step before she retires for
the night.
Boys, make a resolution that you
will treat mother better for she is the
best friend you will ever have on
earth. Honor your mother ar.d re
spect her. t. j. s.
Escaped au Awful Fate.
Mr. H. Haggins, of Melbourne, Fla.,
writes, “My doctor told me I had Con
sumption and nothing could be done
for me. 1 was given up to die. Tne
offer of a free trial bottle of Ur. King’s
New Discovery for Consumption, in
duced me to try It. Results were
startling I am now on the road to
recovery and owe all to Dr. Ring’s
New Ditoovery It surely saved my
life.” This great cure is guaranteed
for all throat and lung diseases by
Cherokee Drug Co., druggists. Price
50c & $1.00. Trial bottles free.
No wonder men get discouraged
when it takes years to establish a
reputation for honesty and sobriety,
while one can gain notoriety as a
thief and a drunkard in a few hours.
__Money Loaned.
L OANS on improved farms for a term of
years at seven per cent. Interest. No
commissions. For information apply to J. O.
. efferles. Attorney at Law.
tt-23-lvr
Money to Loan.
We have money to loan in any amounts on
city and county property and stocks and
bonds. Interest 6 to s per cent, according to
amounts. Terms to suit borrower.
Ham. a Willis, Attys.,
Gaffney, S. O..
LOANS NEGOTIATED
FOR BORROWERS ON
REAL ESTATE
BUTLER & OSBORNE
A tornkys
BANNER SALVE
the most healing salve in the world.
GREAT
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITl
WALDENS
Opens Wednesday, Jannary 28
It occupies convenient and desirable
quarters over the old Dispensary stand,
Carroll & Carpenter block, Gaffney, S. C.
Day class opens at 9:00 a. in., night
class at 7:30 p. m.
It offers to the public a full business or
shorthand course in the most thorougk
manner, in the shortest time possible and
at the least expense. Our courses are
equal to the best and superior to many.
Gaffney Savings Bank,
Capital $30,000.
NOW OPEN
BUSINESS
The organization of this institution is
another important step in the progress of
Gaffney, and we cordially invite every
body in Cherokee county to open a sav
ings account with this bank.
INTEREST PAID
ON DEPOSITS
/ MONEY TO LEND
This bank is prepared to act as Execu
tor, Administrator, Assignee, Receiver,
Trustee, Guardian, Agent and other
capacities.
F. G. Stacy, Prest.
J. G. Wardlaw, V-Prest.
D. C. Ross, Cashier.
DIRECTORS
F. G. STAGY,
W.G. CARPENTER,
K. M. WILKINS.
D. C. ROBB.
WILLIAM JEFFERIES.
J. N. LIPSCOMB.
J.G. WARDLAW
J.Q. LITTLE,
J. A. CAKKOLL,
O. E. WILKINS.
Cures Rheumatism and Catarrh Mecic-lne
sent Free.
Bead no money—simply write and
try Botanic Bloid Balm at our ex
pense. Botanic Blood Balm (B B.
B.) kills or destroys the poison in the
b!ood*wbich causes the awful aches
in hack and shoulder blades, shifting
pains, difficulty in moving fingers,
toes or legs, bone pains, swollen mus
cles and joints of rheumatism, or the
foul breath, hawking, spitting, drop
pings in throat, bad hearing, specks
flying before the eyes, all played out
feeling of catarrh. Botanic Blood
Balm has cured hundreds of cases of
30 or 40 vears standing after doctors,
hot springs and patent medicines had
all failed. Most of these cured pa-
tiects had taken Blood Balm as a last
resort. It is especially advised for
chronic, deepseated cases. Impos
sible for any one to suffer the agonies
or symptoms of rheumatism or ca
tarrh while or after taking Blood
Balm. It makes the blood pure and
rich, thereby giving a healthy blood
supply. Cures are permaneut and
not a patching up Sold at drug
stores, $1 per bottle. Sample of
Blood Balm seat free and prepaid,
also special medical advice by de
scribing your trouble and writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. A per
sonal trial of Blood Balm is better
than a thousand printed testimonials,
so write at once.
PAINTS - OILS
John W. Masury’s Guar
anteed R. R. White, and
Colors, in pure linseed
oil, at $1.25 per gal.
F. O. Pierce’s Cottage
Colors in linseed oil guar
anteed at $1.00 per gal
I use these paints mvscif and kuow their
worth. Gome and let me convince you.
L. BAKER.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Some people regard life as a trag
edy, a few find it to be a comedy, and
most of us go through it longing for
a better show.
DeWitt a Witch Hazel Salve.
The only positive cure for blind,
bleeding, itching and protruding pile',
cuts, burns, braises, eczema and all
abrasions of the skin. DeWitt’s istbe
only Witch Hazel Stive that is made
from the pure, unadulterated witch
hazel—all o*beie are counterfeits.
DeWitt’s Witcb Hazsl Salve la made
to cure—counterfeits are made to sell.
Cherokee Drug Co.
On the market
Again to buy
The best load of
Big Mules can
Be bought.
We keep all
Kinds and sizes.
Come and see
Us before you
Buy.
GAFFNEY
LIVE STOCK
COMPANY,
H. M. Johnson,
Manager.
OUR DISCOUNT SALE
ABSOLUTELY
CLOSES ON
MARCH 1ST.
Now is Your Time to Purchase
ANYTHING IN
Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ Ming.
This sale enables you to buy some of the most desir
able patterns in all of our good lines at a very low price.
Remember that your money is only on deposit with us un
til the goods prove more than satisfactory to you. Our
goods are all marked in plain figures. One price to all.
You can’t make a mistake. Here is what it means:
Men’s $20.00 Suits $ 16.00
Men’s 15 00 Suits 12.00
Men’s 12.50 Suits 10.00
Men’s 10 00 Suits 8.00
Men’s 7.50 Suits 6.00
Men’s 5.00 Suits 4.00
Boys’ 2.00 Suits 1.60
Boys’ 2.50 Suits 2.00
Boys’ 3.00 Suits 2 40
Boys’ 3.50 Suits 2.80
Boys’ 4.00 Suits 3.20
Boys’ 25c Knee Pants 20c
Boys’ 50c Knee Pants 40c
Boys’ 60c Knee Pants 48c
These boys’ goods we call special attention to. They
are mostly Jane Hopkins’ make—all new and very pretty
pattern two-piece suits. You can’t beat them in the State.
“There is none better.”
Wilkins-Bristow Clothing Co.
MEN’S AND BOYS’ OUTFITTERS. ’
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Defense
Against
If you let a cold get hold of you, it means ten days $
or two weeks of discomfort—it may mean peril.
Most any cold can now be stopped if treated in time.
The remedy is harmless and it renders colds harm
less.
It leaves you wondering where the cold has gone,
and feeling better than before it began.
Laxative Cold Tablets is the remedy. Keep it in
the house for use as the symptoms of a cold appear.
Costs nothing if it ever fails.
Price 25c
Cherokee Drug Co.
LIMESTONE AND FREDERICK STREETS.
LOOK TO YODR INTEREST.
If it’s the best you are looking for in fertilizers this is the place
to buy. I handle only the best grades and guarantee prices
against ail honest competition.
I still have a*few wagons and buggies which I will selll cheap
to close out. Wagon and buggy harness.
I am proud of the record I have made in the shoe business.
Nearly every sale makes a permanent customer. Honest goods
at fair prices have done the work. We often hear expressions
like this, “I get better value in those at J. I Sarratt’s than any
place in the city.”
I continue to keep my stock of farming tools and farmers’ sup
plies up to the standard and will save you money on anything
in either line.
NOW IN STOCK
Seed oats for spring sowing.
I’can save you money on Clothing, Dry Goods, Hats, Trunks,
Valises, Satchels and Bags. See me before buying,
I have several good farm mules which I will sell cheap for
cash or on time for good papers.
Respectfully,
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