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Silverware and Cut Glass OF RARE BEAUTY Can be found at our Store, as we have selected a classy line of patterns for the June bride. There is a distinctiveness and quality about our patterns that is uncommon. Here are a few medium priced susgestions: Individual Berry Forks Cut Glass Sherberts Individual Ice Cream Forks Cut Glass Vases Individual Ice Tea Spoons Cut Glass Tumblers Individual Salt Spoons Cut Glass Ind. Salts Individual Orange Spoons Cut Glass Ice Bowls Individual Salad Forks Cut Glass Water Jugs By all means come and see our beautiful line of Silverware and Cut Glass. Numberless designs can be shown you if you will give us the chance. We will be especially pleased to show you the newest patterns in TABLE AND HOLLOW WARE. Geo. E. Lederer, Jeweler Watch and Jewelry Repairing a Specialty. 6 Washington Street —next to Sirger Sewing Machine Co. S>, Crack,Rot,Curl or Burn- A ike Wood Shingles id right ovt One Thom and they n ive. Forpt. K n if e has been use A. H. O’SHIEL; _ple Merchandise. OUR BUSINESS Our effort is to attend to that business. | Our aim is to please. Our wish, to succeed. Your patronage will be appreciated. Your interest will be cared for. * Tfji Us and You’ll lit Pleased STATE BANKING CO., T. E. ATKINS, W. R. WINBURN President. Cashier. R. J. SANDERS, Vice-Pres. GAINESVILLE RAILWAY AND POWER CO OWNEDILOCALLY Furnish Street Car Service, Electric Lights and Power Reduced Rates on Cars by Purchase of Street Car Tickets. Schedule and Prices Furnished at Office Simmons’ Seed Com For Sale Samples of Seed Corn and Irish Junipers can be seen a the Piedmont Drug Store. Also FRUIT and ORNAMENTAL TREES' GRAPEVINES, ETC. For prices phone or write — P. B. Simmons, PHONE 2J704 GAINESVILLE, GA. Hmaumis; i Need a ionic Ej e times in every woman’s life when she RS tic to help her over the hard places. LJ me comes to you, you'know what tonic dui, the woman’s tonic. Cardui is com- Fj irely vegetable ingredients, which act hCfl □rely, on the weakened womanly organs, lild them back to strength and health. ted thousands and thousands of weak, B&H i in its past half century of wonderful it will do the same for you. Ififl t make a mistake in taking ARDUI i j Woman’s Tonic 181 lelia Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark., aQfl c Cardui is the greatest medicine on earth, Before I began to take Cardui, I was 1 nervous, and had such awful dizzy MH Door appetite. Now I feel as well and I ever did, and can eat most anything.” Ifil Cardui today. Sold by all dealers. Has Helped Thousands. H hajg) tBSBIUwHgI Gainesville Midland Railway Schedule limeiTable No. 13, April 19, 1914. LEAVE GAINESVILLE No. I—daily 9.25 a. m No. 3—daily—. 4.20 p. m No. 11 —Daily except Sunday 2.20 p. m ARRIVE GAINESVILLE No. 2 —Daily 9.20 a. in No. 4 —Daily 4 15 p. in No. 12 —daily except Sunday 1.20 p. m t ■■■■■■. ■■ ~■■■■■■■■, „ . Chronic Diseases Cured. AFTER THIRTY-FIVE YEARS of successful practice and study of Chronic Diseases, for the last seven years I have cured every case where patients have, followed my in structions, in the following diseases- Cancer, Tumor, Ulcer, and Dropsy. If interested, send me description of your ailment, with SIO.OO, and I will send you one month’s treatment by return mail. Address— J. A. LATHEM, M. D., Oakwood, Ga. Some Cures: G. G. Bowman, ulcer sub-maxillary gland, Buford, Ga. W. F. Dover, cancer temple, Cumming, Ga. J. F. Jones, cancer cheek, Lula, Ga. R. M. Loggins, cancer forehead, Leaf, Ga. W. A. Jennings, ulcer of lip, Oakwood, Ga. Walter Reed, tumor of neck, Oakwood, Ga. O. W. Gilstrap, cancer of hand, Gainesville, Ga., R. 6. Mrs. John Gilstrap, cancer eye, Gainesville, Ga., R. 6. Worthy Martin, cancer tongue; and mother cancer face, Dougherty, Ga., Route 1. Sallie Graham, cancer head, Dougherty, Ga., Route 1. Mrs. Mary McKinney, Dropsy. Fly Time is Screen Time. Screen your doors with adjusta ble screens. If you make a change you can carry your screens with you. All sizes in Screen doors. Telephone 100. PRUITT-BARRETT HDW. CO. I Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad to, Arrive Gainesville. No. 1 . 9.15 a. m No. 3 4.45 p. ni Leave Gainesville. No. 2 9.45 a. m I No. 4 —4.55 p. m WIDE USE OF ALFALFA SHOWS REMARKABLE ADAPTA BILITY TO VARIOUS CLIMATES. Now One of Staple Forage Crops of Old World and Ranks Among Most Important Legumes of West ern Hemisphere. The original home of alfalfa appears to have been southwest of central Asia, but from there it has been car ried to practically every part of the world where agricultural pursuits are important. It is now one of the sta ple forage crops of every continent of the old world and easily takes front rank as the most important le guminous forage crop of the western hemisphere. The name “alfalfa” is of Arabic origin and means “the best fodder. ’ The southern European name of “lucerne” was formerly ap plied to the plant in the eastern part of the United States and in Utah, but this name has practically given way to the name “alfalfa,” under which it was introduced by the Spaniards. The Persians were apparently the first nation which grew this plant. They took it with them when they in vaded Greece about 490 B. C. The in troduction of alfalfa into Spain was probably during the Moorish invasion in the eighth century A. D. The Spaniards introduced it into Mexico and South America during the six teenth century. It is reported to have /■ * t, *l, > Stacking Alfalfa—The Upright Piece Is Made to Turn Freely, and the Pulley at the Base Is ?o Placed That as the Load Is Drawn Up the Rope Pulls the Arm Around so That the Hay Is Deposited in the Center of the Stack. been carried northward from Old Mex ico into what is now the southern por tion of the United States, but it was not until 1854, when it was taken to San Francisco from Chile, that its rapid extension over the irrigated sec tions of the western states com menced. Its culture has since been extended to many of the nonirrigated sections of the West. The history of alfalfa in the east ern states runs back for at least two centuries, as the colonists made re peated attempts to establish it. The attempts on the part of the Ameri can colonists to establish it were un successful. The limestone region of central New York probably consti tutes the area of its longest continued culture in any section of the East. In South Carolina there is a field reported to be 75 years old. Alfalfa has also been grown locally in most of the eastern states for many years. The black prairie soils of Alabama and Mississippi are proving especially adapted to alfalfa. The successful districts have usually been the some what limited area of limestone soils where the conditions are especially suited to the plant. The recent efforts looking to its fur ther extension throughout the East and South indicate that the chances of success increase greatly as the spe cial requirements for its production are understood and provided for. So far as climate is concerned al falfa can be grown in every state in the Union. It is, however, very ex acting in the humid sections as to soil and treatment. The hardy strains are able to withstand the severe winters of the North Central states. It is raised without irrigation in semi-arid sections where the rainfall is only 14 inches a year, and also in she Gulf states where the annual rainfall may amount to 65 inches. A rainfall of 36 inches a year is ample for this crop, and an amount in excess of this is usually a detriment. In moist cli mates the soil is frequently sour, and the clay soils especially are apt to be too poorly drained. In such a climate weeds and fungus diseases prove much more injurious than under less humid conditions. Although the adaptability of alfalfa is great, yet in the areas not perfectly suited to its successful production care is neces sary to provide the very favorable con ditions required by the young plants in order to overcome the natural drawbacks. Millions Rust Out. Barnyards and dooryards filled with farm machinery, corn cultivators and harrows stacked up against the wire fence where last used are familiar sights around many farms at the present time. Here’s one of the greatest leaks on the American farm. Decaying Apple Trees. The old decaying apple trees in the orchard are veritable breeding places for all sorts of fruit pests. Keep them well chopped out, using them for fire wood and replacing them with new, healthy trees. j I. 4 - / y 7 / GARDEN FOR THE HOUSEWIFE' Quick Growing Is Secret of Tender Criupnesc of Salad Plants—Keep the Soil Moist. (By L. E. CHAPIN.) Among less common sorts aspara gus-beets are very desirable, as the entire plant may be cooked for greens when young, or the large ribs and veins from the older leaves may bo cooked and served as asparagus. Brussels sprouts belong to the cab bage family and the tiny heads that form on the stalks are more delicate in flavor than most cabbage. Kohlrabi seems like a cross between a cabbage and a turnip, but if cooked when young and tender has a flavor like cauliflower. Fetticus (corn salad) may be sown and treated the same as spinach and furnishes one of the very early spring salads. Endive is another very fine salad plant, and the seeds may be sown as late as August for plants to use dur ing the fall. Dandelions, of the improved, large leaved sorts are among the finest sal ad plants, and if cut freely for use there is no danger of their becoming a nuisance. Celeriac (turnip rooted celery) is finer for flavoring soups than the stalk-celery, and may be served in va rious ways. Leeks are as easily grown as onions and being less in flavor are more de sirable for some purposes. Winter onions are very desirable because of the fact that when once planted they ’come up year after year as soon as the frost is out of the ground, and are ready for use in two or three weeks. The Egyptian winter onion, or the perpetual tree onion are among the best of type because they are more hardy than some. Okra is less well known than It should be. It is fine for use in soups, stews and salads. Most gardens have rhubarb plants, but it is worth while to start a few roots of the “ever-ready” sort that fur nishes fine stalks during the entire summer and fall, if given water during very dry periods. With all these (and other salad plants), quick growing is the secret of tender crispness and to secure it, the soil must be rich, and have plenty of moisture. Catalogues and seed packets fur nish cultural directions and are ex plicit and easily followed. TAKING THE HORSE’S PULSE Valuable Means of Assistance in As certaining the Nature and Prog ress of Disease. The pulse is due to an automatic ex pansion and relaxation in the wall of an elastic tube —the artery —caused by the jets of blood pumped into these vessels by means of a force pump— the heart. Each stroke of the heart is equal to one pulsation, viz: a rising and falling of the arterial wall. In health the average number of pulse beats per minute is about 36 to 40. The larger the horse, the slower or fewer the number of beats per min ute. A very good situation to take the pulse is at the underside of the jaw. By rolling the tips of the fingers about a little they can be brought on to the blood vessel. Don’t press too firmly, nor yet too lightly. The animal must be kept still and quiet. In point of Importance, the “character” of the pulse must be the best guide. That is to say, the blood vessel may impress us as feeling hard, soft, full, quick, small, wiry, regular or irregular. In pulmonary apoplexy It may be beating 120 times per minute. When properly taken it forms a valuable means of assistance in ascer taining the nature and progress of disease. WAGON SHED IS CONVENIENT Constructed So That Teams May Be Driven Through and Vehicles Left In Proper Places. All farm buildings should be con structed with a view to economy in expense and convenience in use. A most excellent wagon shed is so con structed that the teams may be driven /IHUHH IIIWWWn In 111! Ii 11 1 111 li 11 ■! jjr A Convenient Wagon Shed. through the shed and the wagons left standing in their proper places. No time and labor are consumed in pull ing or pushing the wagons into place. Extra Early Vegetables. Beans, beets, cucumbers, lettuce, radishes: Start in window garden and transplant outdoors. Peas and corn: “Sprouts” in moist sand in the cellar and sprinkle in the rows, being careful not to break the shoots. Tomatoes: Start in the house in February and keep potted till the end of May. Hold the Moisture. Get busy now with the surface cul tivation. Do not plow deep this late. Keep the surface stirred and hold that moisture for the crops.