Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 # mm Plain Talks on Fertilizers How to Get the Greatest Possible Yield per Acre fW*Y§£**/' It is a well-known scientific fait that in order to produce the very greatest possible yield from any scil it must contain an actual excess over and above all demands that can possibly be made on it by the plants. Many farmers will feed their stock as much nourishing food ns they can possibly assimi- fate, yet will starve their crops on the mistaken notion that they arc “economizing” on fer tilizer. The experiences of farmers, government experts, and agricultur alists every where confirm the fact that plants, like ani mals, need the fullest possible amount of nour ishment that they can obtain if they are to be developed to the utmost. The economy in fertilizers is not in the amount used but in the ratio of quality to cost Virginia-Carolina iVrti r ze are the best in the world for the least money. More than one million tons were \ • v iJ tlh/ar» Miylnla-Oirolina sold to Southern farm ers last year; and every year the demand be comes greater. The best results in producing corn, the good old stand-by crop of the South, follow the application of 2nu to ”00 pounds (f the right f c rt i I izer. Yirginin-Ca r< /ana Fertilizers will greatly “in crease your yields per acre’* of corn or any ot’ cr crop, even on po< r land—and the most wonderful result, are produced through its use on good land; Write today t > the nearest ofTiceof the Yir- ginia-C aro 1 iua Chemical Com pany f or a copy of their latest Year Book or Almanac,alarge 130-page book of the most valu able and unpre judiced informa tion for planters and farmers. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. I.'ichmond, Va. Durham, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Colun hiu, S. C. Baltimorti MU., Atlanta Oa Columbus, Ga. Savannah Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, 'l enn. Shreveport, La. V THE MULE IN THE JUQ. FARM AND TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE In Old Virginia. Do you waul a grass, grain, stock, cotton, tobacco or combination farm? If so, we have it. We have the chocolate, red and gray soil with red clay subsoil. No land in the South is naturally better or more easily improved than the land around Chase City in Mecklenburg and adjoining counties. It can be bought at from <17.00 to $15.00 per acre. Why continue to work poor, small, high-priced farms when • e are offering for sale such land at such prices? Come to see us at once or write for land and timber circular. Oct. ag-ataw-jmo. JEFFREYS, HESTER & CO., Inc. Real Estate Agents. Chase City, - Mecklenburg co., - Virginia. An Arab Proverb and the Legend That Gave It Birth. Who can aitirin that the mule en tered the jug7 This proverb Is frequently quoted to show that, though one may con sc ie 11 tiously believe in a llting which may seem extravagant in itself, it is bettet not to repeat it from fear of being dis believed. It arises from the following Arabic legend: An Aral* who denied the existence of genii once bought a mule and took it home. When per forming his evening ablutions, he saw the mule enter a jug, and this so scared him that lie ran shouting to tht' neighbors and told them what he had seen. They, thinking him mad, endeav ored to appease him. but all In vain, lie vociferated more and more, so that the authorities sent him to the mad house. When the doctor came to see him, he repeated the account of what he had seen, w hereupon the doctor or dered him t<* be detained. He contiu ued upon each visit of the doctor t< repeat ids statement until his friends succeeded in persuading him that if I.. 1 wished to regain ids freedom he nui'-t recant. This lie did, and the doctor ret him at liberty, to the great joy of lib family and friends. On making ids ah lutions as before he again saw the mule, thb time peeping out of the jug. but on this occasion he contented him self with remarking to the mule: “Oil, yes. I see you well enough, but vvlic would believe me? And 1 have had enough of the madhouse.” Needless ta say that the genii to avenge them selves for ids disbelief in them had transformed one of themselves into a mule and as such entered the jug.- Cairo (Egypt) Sphinx. A ROCKING STONE. Gee! How Quicklu and Neatly We Gan Do Job Work New York’s Souvenir of the Remote Glacial Period. Though tens of thousands ot persons yearly see the great rocking stone of Bronx park in New York city, few realize that it is the city's most con spieitous souvenir of the glacial period, when all of this section was covered with an ocean of ice some l,r»0(> feet thick that was moving slowly toward the south. Vi.at pf.iai. h bit of granite, weighing thirty tons, standing seven and one- half feet above its rocky base, being ten feet broad and eight feet thick, on me from * lio far north, carried in the resistless ley arms of the glacier that swept over the continent down to fids latitude, marking its path by <V positing great bowlders as it moved and leaving scratches on the linn rod;, beneath, from the sli dug, grinUiim bits and masses of granite that sci tied to its base and were pushed along as it. moved. This same bowlder left its mark on the bare face of the rocky hill to iln- north of it, in which lies the eroco ' <* pool. There the scratches are vLN-" today, poi’r. li “ to where the bowMci stands and telling the story of part u.* Us travels. When the melting ice departed from the great block of granite, It left it standing through ihe ages n rocking stone s«* delicately poised that a pres sure of tifty pounds exerted on its most nori , '.*i c angle causes its apex *0 sway north and fouth about two iuch es.*- New York Herald. A Considcrr.to Roporter. When the Maine was blown up the wife of Lieutenant Commander Wain- wright was at her home in Washing ton. She had heard nothing of the news wtien she was awakened about 4 o’clock In the morning by a violent knocking at tin* door of her house. Ei- nally Mrs. Wainwright rose and looked out of the w iudow, asking what was the matter. A voice called out, “Are you the wife of Lieutenant Command er Wainwright?” “Yes. What do you want?” “The Maine has been totally destroyed. We are reporters and wish for some Information about Mr. Wain wright.” Only this and nothing more. The shock caused the poor lady to fa!! in a dead faint, from which she did not rally for several hours, and, fortu nately for her, it was then known her husband wrs not among the lost. H ippophagy, Hippophagy being in low water in these later days, somebody lias sot himself to show what an exceedingly respectable history attaches to 'tie practice. Among the ancients, especial ly in China, eating horseflesh was general, and it was only killed in Eu rope by a papal decree of Gregory III., though why horseflesh should have been interdicted does not appear, it was only the famine caused by Napo leon’s invasion that revived the prac tice in Germany, where it has survived ever since.—Loudon Globe. Special Announcement Regarding the National Pure Food anj Drug Law. We are pleased to annonuce that Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung troubles is not affect ed by the National Pure Food and Drug law as It contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recom mend it as a safe remedy for children and adults. Cherokee Drug Co. S.S.S niDFC SKIN DISEASES 1 licte is an evaporation from the body going on continually, day and night, through the pores and glands of the skin. This is nature’s way of maintaining the proper temperature of our systems and preserving the soft ness and flexibility of the skin, and so long as the hlood is free from impur ities no trouble will result. \\ hen, however, the hlood from any cause becomes infected with humors and acids, these too must be expelled, and coming in contact with the delicate fibres and tissues with which the skin is so abundantly supplied they produce irritation and inflammation, and the effect is shown by Eczema, Acne, 1 etter, and skin affections of various kinds. These impurities and humors get into the blood through a deranged or inactive condition of the system ; the members whose duty it is to carry off the waste and refuse matter of the body fail to properly perform their work, and this impure, fermenting matter is left in the system to be absorbed by the blood. The skin is not only affected by poisons generated within the system, but poisons from without, such as Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, Nettle Rash, etc., enter through the open por;s and glands, and so thor oughly do they become rooted in the blood that they are ever present, or return at certain seasons of each year to torment the sufferer. Salves, washes, lotions, etc., cannot cure skin diseases. True, such treatment re lieves some of the itching and dis comfort, and aids in keeping the skin clean, but it does not reach the real cause, and at best can be only palli ating and soothing, A thorough cleansing of the blood is the only certain cure for skin diseases. S. S. S. a gentle acting, safe blood purifier, made entirely of vegetable ingredients of the forest and field, is the proper treatment. S. S. S. goes down into the circulation, and neutralizes the acids and humors, thoroughly cleansing and purifying the blood, and curing skin affections of every kind. It supplies to the blood the fresh, nutritive qualities necessary to sustain the skin and all other parts of the body, and rids the blood of any and all poisons. S. S. S. cures Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Salt Rheum, Poison Oak and Ivy, Nettle Rash and all other skin troubles, and cures them permanently by removing every trace of the cause from the blood. Special book on Skin Diseases and any medical advice desired furnished free to all who write, THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA; I have used your S. S. S., spring and faU, for the past two years, with the result that it entirely relieved me of a form of Eczema which my doctor was unable to cure. My arms, lower limbs, and, in fact, the biggest portion of my whole body w>as affected, and when I first began S. S. S. the itching, etc-, was worse, but 1 continued the remedy with the result that the dry, itching eruption en tirely disappeared. I think a great d<(l of your medicine, and have recommended it to others with good results. It is the best blood medicine made, and I can conscientiously recommend it for the cure of all blood and skin affections. CHAS. HORSTMAH. Wheeling, W. Va. —Solid gold Eye Glasses from $5 up. Gaffney Drug Co. FTl. tf. For all the news, subscribe f 0r The Ledger, $1.50 per year. Real Estate For Sale .Six-room cottage, Depot St., east fnnt, $3,500. seven-room dwelling, east front, $2,000. Six room cottagi between Limestone College and Graded School, with lot 160x244; fliis is a beadty, $2,350. Six-room cottage, Petty St., near business center of town, lot 85x185, very de sirable, $2,500. The Kabe Wood house in West End at a bargain $r,ooo. Farms The Rill Anthony place, 95 acres, 2*4 miles south-east of Gaffeey, $40 per acre. 13 acres near the Irene Hills. This is a nicy city farm and “ ‘ a good one to “sit on.” SAH L. FORT, Real Hstateand Fire Insurance, Phone 258. Office second floo* National Bank Building. Cures Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver and Chronic Constipation. Pleasant to taKe For sale by Cherokee Drug Co. ORINO Laxative Fruit Syrup For sale by Cherokee Druq Co. Cleanses the system thoroughly and clears sallow complexions ci pimples and blotchea. It is guaranteed for sale by Cherokee Drug Co. Ladies MUSLIN and Children’s Sale UNDERWEAN We have just received a large line of the celebrated Queen Undermuslins. Better made, better values than any >ther line we know of. We inaugurated this sale Wednesday, January 22d, at 9 o’clock, and will continue the sale until Saturday evening at 6 o’clock. Below we give you a list of some of the values that we will offer : Lot No. 1. Children’s Drawers 10c Corset Covers 10c Children’s Drawers 15c Corset Covers 15c Drawers 19c Corset Covers 19c • Lot No. 2. 3 No. 7. Drawers ..25c 8. Corset Covers . . 25c 9. Corset Covers . .25c 10. Short Skirts 25c 11. Skirts .. .. 39c 12. Gowns ..39c 13. Drawers ..39c 14. Corset Covers ..39c Lot No. 3. No. 16. Drawers 60c 16. Short Skirts 60c 17. Long Skirts 60c 18. Gowns 60c 19. Drawers 60c 20. Drawers 60c 21. Corset Covers 60c 22. Corset Covers 23. Long Skirts 69c 24. Gowns 69c **• -A i. 'i epM & A - Wo havo on sale Laooa and Embroideries at roduoed prioes during this sale, and many other things that are at roduoed prioes, suoh as, shoos, Ladies 1 and ohlldron’s. Bo sure to attend this sale. You will find that It will pay you well for your trouble. Lot No 4. No. 26. Corset Coverfi 26. Ccrset Coverfj, 27. Skirt j 28. Skirt 29. Gown 30. Gown 31. Drawers 32. Drawers i oc Lot No 5. No. 33. Corset Covers . $ 1.00 84. Corset Covers . .... 1.00 35. Drawers .... 1.00 36. Drawers ... 1.00 37. (lowns . . 1.00 38. Gowns j .... 1.00 39. Skirts .... 1.00 40. Skirts .. .. 1.00 Lot NoA. No. 41. Gowns Gowns . $1.50 42. .... 1.50 43. Skirts .... 1.50 44. Skirts .... 1.60 45. Gowns .. . . 1.76 46. Skirts .... 1.75 47. Gowns .. . 2.00 48. Skirts .... 2.50 49. Skirts .... 2.60 WILKINS COMPANY if*