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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
Education,
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Croiu Is Farmers' Friend,
Say Government Experts
This department wilt cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens, Oa. ,
FINISHING BEEF CATTLE IN STALL
A considerable number of Georgia
farmers are now turning their attention
to the winter finishing of beef cattle.
By this is meant taking them off the
grass and feeding them on grain, forage
>r silage until ready for slaughter.
There is a great diversity of opinion
at present relative to the proper length
of the feeding period, and it is this
phase of the subject in particular that
will be emphasized in this article.
The length of the feeding period will
depend on a number of conditions. First,
if the animals are extremely thin and
poor when brought in off the grass, it
will take a longer time to finish them.
Two classes of cattle are ordinarily
placed on the market. The first of these
would be regarded in the light of
“warmed up” beef; that is, they are in
better condition for slaughter than ani
mals brought directly off the grass, but
would not class as high grade animals.
In fact, a great many feeders in the
condition mentioned are sold and re-
bought by other farmers to be more
completely finished before sent to the
abattoir. It is to the interest of the
feeder to buy his animals in as thin a
conditon as possible. The reason for
this is self-evident, as animals of this
class take on weight more rapidly than
those in good condition. This is due to
the large amount of “fill up” which
takes place. In this connection it is
important to make.a clear distinction
between fill up and increase in body
weight through the fattening process.
Before animals can be brought into good
condition to fatten, they must be filled
up, as it were,.and the body surfeited
with the materials out of which flesh'
and fat are formed. On local markets or
where there Is not any great discrimina
tion exercised as to the finishing of
animals, the “warming up” of cattle
by feeding them for about ninety days
ca*n be carried on with some advantage.
The cheapest gains are made in this
part of any feeding period, but animals
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so finished do not command the top of
the market. In fact, they will sell for
from 1 1-2 to 2 cents below it, and if
sold on the larger markets, the chances
are they will be discriminated against
even more severely with the result that
the owner is more likely to suffer loss
than if he fed for a longer period and
offered them to the market in a highly
finished condition.
In feeding beef cattle the farmer
must determine whether he will un
dertake to finish his animals or warm
them up. It will require at least 120,
and in most instances 150 days or fiv<
months to finish animals satisfactorily.
When attempting to warm animals up,
they may be pushed vigorously from
the start and fed all they will eat up
clean. The amount of the grain ration
will be more liberal as there is much
less danger of surfeiting and throwing
them off feed in ninety days than in 150
days. The average farmer who at
tempts to warm up cattle will probably
desire to use cotton seed meal and hulls.
In this event he should begin the feed
ing period with say two to three pounds
of cotton seed meal per head per day
and as much hulls as will be cleaned
up readily. This will probably amount
to twenty or twenty-five pounds with
animals weighing, say 800 to 1,000
pounds to begin with. The meal ration
may be increased one pound a week
until from eight to ten pounds ar x e be
ing fed for the last twenty to thirty
days of the feeding period. If hulls are
not fed and stover or other forms of
roughness substituted therefor, very
good results will be obtained from this
ration, but the chances are that tho
most economic gains will be made If
silage can be fed along with some of
the forms of dry roughness mentioned
above. The chances are if the animals
seem thin to begin with it will take
from thirty to forty days to*fill them
up, hence gains in flesh and fat will
only be in progress for forty to fifty
days, and a heavier ration than would
otherwise be justified or, as a matter
of fact, fed with safety may be in
dulged irf on account of the shortness
of the actual feeding period. If ani
mals at the end of this time are to bo
shipped considerable distances it -will
be found good practice to feed corn for
the last two weeks of the feeding pe
riod. It may be made to take the place
of one-third to one-half of the meal
which would otherwise be fed. In fact,
a little more corn should be fed in
proportion than this.
Where animals are to be fed for 120
to 150 days, the work must be under
taken in a much more systematic man
ner than has been outlined above. The
profit* to be made from beef animals de
pends primarily on a uniform gain from
the beginning to the end of the feeding
period. Should the animals be thrown
off feed and fail to gain for ten days or
so once or twice during the progress of
the feeding period, the profits will be
cut nearly in two. Therefore, keeping
the animals on feed uniformly ffom the
beginning to the end is a matter of the
utmost importance.' Even though the
animals be thin to begin with, the filling
up process should be a gradual one. Do
not commence by feeding more than two
pounds of cotton seed meal per head per
day, with silage, hulls and such other
roughness as may be available. The
meal ration should be increased about a
half pound a week for about twelve
weeks until the animals reach a maxi
mum of from eight to ten pounds per
head per day, depending upon their age
and weight. All discussions of rations
for beef animals are based upon 1,000
pounds of live weight. If they fall be
low this figure cut the ration down in
proportion to weight, and if they rise
above it increase it accordingly.
In the writer’s experience, which cov
ers some years, ten pounds of cotton
seed meal has been found about the
maximum ration which can be fed with
advantage to beef cattle where it is de
sired to give them a high finish through
stall feeding. Increasing the amount of
concentrates in the ratio suggested gives
about thirty days in which to finish the
animals where they are to be fed for
four months only. If they are to be fed
for 150 days, it will hardly pay to in
crease the amount of concentrates more
rapidly than a half-pound every ten
days. In other words; the idea is to
hold them on the maximum ration for
from thirty to fifty days. It is difficult
to keep them gaining uniformly and
utilizing the maximum ration for longer
periods than this.
Where animals have been fed on ra r
tions such as have been indicated for
150 days and are to be shipped long dis
tances, it will be a good idea to feed
some corn for the last thirty days of
the feeding period. About one-third
corn and two-thirds cotton seed meal
will be found very satisfactory. If corn
is aboundant or relatively cheap, the
amount may be increased to one-half
the ration. It should be understood in
this connection that more corn should
be used weight for weight than cotton
seed meal, since the meal is much rich
er in protein than the corn. Of course,
the corn is used to harden off and finish
the animals “and to insure the laying on
of a little more fat in proportion to
lean meat. Cotton seed meal is essen
tially a protein food, and therefore, the
ratio of fat to lean will be improved
somewhat if a little corn is fed at the
end of the feeding period. Animals fin
ished on corn also hold their weights
and ship long distances to good advan
tage, and especially is this true where
the roughness has consisted of silage
or other succulent foods.
* * *
HASTENING THE FINISHING OF
HOGS.
M. A. S., Brownsville, Ga., writes’ I
i ike to know the quickest way to
fatten hogs to make meat. I have mine
,n a ten-acre woods lot. Should thev be
put in pens? How do you feed wheat bran
to hogs? What is the best to feed to
brood sows ?
Consumes Enough Grasshop
pers,. Cut i Worms, White
Grubs and Other Insects to
Make Him Valuable
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, u. C., Oct. 23.—Con
demned, despised and slaughtered for
decades as a bird destructive in agricul
tural fields, the crow is about to come
into its own and be given everlasting
recognition as the farmers’ friend. The
case of the crow was recently reopened
by the department of agriculture, and
as a result of an investigation by the
biological survey it has been decided that
the bird is of great value to the farmers.
Instead of being persecuted and fright
ened by divers means, the farmery
should encourage the crow, according to
the experts of the biological survey. The
scare-crows that adorn the farms ana
gardens should be stripped and the idea
of thus frightening the crow abandoned
for all time.
After a careful study of the habits and
examination of a large number of stom
achs, the department experts have
reached the conclusion that the crow
consumes enough grasshoppers, cut
worms, white grubs and other injurious
insects to make him highly valuable to
the farmers.
ONE BAD HABIT.
There is, however, one bad habit which
the crow has, and that is the destruction
of young birds and birds’ eggs; but this
trait, in the opinion of experts, is out
weighed by the good the bird is doing
the farmer in the destruction of worms
and insects.
“The one danger from the crow,” says
the department of agriculture in a re
port, “lies in large numbers. If the
crow population can be kept down so
that its normal food is sufficient, there
is every reason why the farmer should
encourage the bird to remain about thein
farms.
“Not long ago an agent of the de
partment was watching a crow feeding
in a corn field. It seemed that the
bird was pulling the young corn and
carrying it to a nearby nest to feed its
young. After the crow had left the nest,
the agent climbed the tree and secured
the young birds. An examination
showed that instead of young com, the
older bird had been feeding the young
ones with cut worms gathered from
around the corn plants.
NOTORIOUSLY CLANNISH.
“Crows are notoriously clannish birds,
and except during a few weeks at nest
ing time are usually seen in flocks.
Moreover, even while nesting, they are
more or less gregarious, for, although
two nests are seldom built in the same
tree, yet half a dozen pairs often build
within easy hearing distance of each
other, and if one is disturbed all are
likely to unite for common protection or
protest.
“When the young are able to fly, the
parents accompany them, forming little
family parties of six or eight, and these
soon associate with similar parties. They
commonly travel in flocks and often
congregate in large numbers, but only
during winter do they unite to roost in
immense communities. Many roosts are
kown where not less than 10,000 crows
spend the night during this season of
the year, and most of these roosting
chaffy for animals with a limited ca
pacity as to the size and content of the
stomach, as is true in the case of hogs.
For brood sows skim milk is essential
whenever it can be had. It should be
fed sweet when possible, and may be
mixed with middlings and corn. A good
ration Would be two-thirds middlings
an one-third corn. Feed as a rathfer
thin slop. Give the sow good, clean,
comfortable quarters. Supply her lib
erally with water, and if you can give
her a pasture or wood lot in which to
roam and take exercise and gather a
part of her food, it will be an advantage
to do so.
• . *
FOUL IN THE FOOT.
F. D. B., Andrews, N. C., writes: I have
a fine cow with what we call the sore foot
and it has a bad smell. Would be glad for
any help.
The trouble about which you write is
known as foul in - the foot. The best
treatment will be to poultice the affected
part thoroughly for about twelve hours.
The cleft may be cleaned by drawing a
rope through it, then applying a liquid
antiseptic, such as white lotion, a 5 per
cent solution of carbolic acid, or copper
sulphate one ounce to one pint of water.
Pure turpentine is also good. After the
antiseptic has been applied, powdered
air-slaked lime or calomel may be dusted
into the cleft to dry up the discharge.
In very severe and bad cases it is some
times necessary to burn out the sore
with lunar caustic. It is very important
to keep the, affected part thoroughly
clean. Of course, the injury may be
due to something besides the invasion
of bacteria. You should examine the
foot thoroughly dnd see if you can dis
cover the cause. Trouble of this char
acter sometimes comes from animals
standing in manure or filth- or running
in muddy yards.
...
RATIONS SUITED TO, DAIRY COWS
I, 11 w., Barnesville, Ga., writes: I
would like to have an economical and ef
ficient ration for my dairy cows. I have
good corn silage for the winter months.
Would you advise the use of cotton seed
hulls 1 _____
A great variety of rations may be
used successfully in Georgia with dairy
cows. You do not state just what you
have on hand, and therefore, the sug
gestions may not be as definite as they
otherwise would. While grass remains
good feed some cotton seed meal; two
to four pounds per day will be about
right. We would feed an equal amount
night and morning. A little dry rough
ness for the cows to pick over will be
an advantage. Some peavine hay is ex
cellent for this purpose. Shredded corn
stalks, oat straw or any other rough
ness which can be fed in open racks
in the yard's will be all right. A roof
should be built over these racks to
keep out the rain. Let the cattle re
main on the pasture as long as prac
ticable, and if you have any cereals
sown and they make sufficient top
grazing on them from time to time will
be an advantage. As soon as the pas
tures get short and you house your cows
for the night, silage will naturally con
stitute the principal roughness. You
should feed along with this from four
to six pounds of cotton seed meal. If
you have some corn why not grind it
and make til eration abou tone-third
corn meal and two-third^ cotton seed
meal. If you happen to have any oats,
you might make the ration one-fourth
oats, one-fourth corn and cob meal and
one-half cotton seed meal. We suggest
the use of the larger proportion of cot
ton seed meal because it furnishes pro
tein more cheaply than any other con
centrate. We would feed of the mixed
grain from six to ten pounds per day,
depending on the flow of milk and the
11-GENT “CflSCflRETS”
STRAIGHTEN YOU UP
Where one desires jto fatten hogs with
the utmost rapidity, penning them is
probably desirable, though a better qual
ity of meat will be made where the an
imals are allowed a considerable degree
of liberality, but the gain per bushel
of feed will probably not be as great as
where the exercise is cut down by pen
ning. Where hogs' are penned they
should be kept in clean quarters and
given an abundance of pure, fresh water.
The grain may be fed whole, though
preferably ground- and fed as a rather
thin slop. Some meat meal may bh
added to the ration* of com meal to ad
vantage, say five to ten pounds per 100
pounds of corn. Middlings can also be
added to corn to advantage, making the
mixture one-third middlings and two-
thirds corn. Wheat bran is not one of
the best foods for hogs. Of course, it
is a muscle builder and contains some
phosphorus and is rather laxative in its
effect, and thus can sometimes be used
to advantage, but it is rather light and
When headachy, bilious, con
stipated, stomach sour,
breath bad.
G^t a 10-cent box now.
Turn the rascals out—the headache,
biliousness, indigestion, the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases—turn them out
tonight and keep them out with das-
carets.
Millions of men and women fake a
Cascaret now and then and never know
the misery caused by a lazy liver, clog
ged bowels or an upset stomacri.
Don’t put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach; re
move the sour, fermenting food; take
the excess bile from your liver and
carry out all the constipated waste
matter and poison in the bowels. Then
you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while you
sleep. A 10-cent box from any drug
store means a clear head, sweet stom
ach and clean, healthy liver and bowel
action for months. Children love Cas
carets because they never gripe or
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size and age of the cow. Some hulls
to pick over in the middle of the day
will be an advantage. A few poupds
of dry' roughness fed along with the
silage and the ration of grain suggest
ed will increase and help to maintain
the flow of milk.
* * *
PLANTING OATS ON BOTTOM LAND.
C. E. G.. Andalusia, Ala., writes: Please
tell me the best time to plant oats on our
low, flat sandy lands, and bow to prepare
the land. When and what kind of ferti
lizer should be used?
Winter oats should be planted * as
soon as practicable in order that they
may have sufficient time to make a
good top and also a good root develop
ment before cold weather. On low, flat
sandy land we would certainly select
some of the best known of the rust
proof varieties. It is important that
you get a well selected strain, because
much of the seed now planted is not
really rust-proof. The oats may be
drilled in rows 8 to 16 inches apart,
depending much on the condition of the
land. Where land is in fine tilth and
the oats are sown, say .after cowpeas,
disking the land and planting the oats
with an ordinary grain drill has given
us excellent satisfaction. Where the
land is in only fairly good physical con
dition and low in fertilizing constitu
ents, we have had the best results from
breaking it, firming it thoroughly and
then planting in open furrows. Too
loose a seed bed for the fall planting
of any of the cereals is not desirable.
We would suggest on sandy land that
you use about 3 per cent of nitrogen, 8
per cent of phosphoric acid and 4 per
cent of potash. We think 300 pounds
per acre at the time of planting the
crop a good application to use. We
would suggest that you use a formula
in which the nitrogen is derived from
organic sources. The fertilizer should
be incorporated with the seed at the
time of planting, though care should be
taken to see th'at they do not come
in contact with each other where cot
ton seed meal is used as the basis of
the nitrogen supply as there is some
danger of its injuring the germinating
qualities of the seed.
* * *
PLANTING CRIMSON CLOVER.
E. H. J., Gainesville, Ga., writes: How
much crimson clover seed to plant per acre,
and how should it be planted and fertil
ized?
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Here is what Marion Harland said in 1906 about
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Cottolene
' Many years ago, I discontinued the use of lard in my kitchen
'' substituted for it, as an experiment, Cottolene, then com
paratively a new product. Since my first trial of it I can Truly
say mat it has given complete satisfaction. I honestly believe it to
be the very best thing of its kind ever offered to the American
housekeeper.”
MARION HARLAND.
are tender when they are cold—that is a sure test of a
Try it yourself. Make the biscuits like this:
BAKING POWDER B1SCUIT8
Cottolene makes biscuits that
good shortening.
Won’t you followtheexample
of famous cooks and make
Cottolene THE fat for all
your cooking ? *
Order a pail from your grocer; also
send to us for the valuable FREE
Cook Book, HOME HELPS.
2 cups flour, 3 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 4 table
spoons Cottolene, 3-4 cup milk. Sift flour, salt and bakW powder
together rub in Cottolene; mix lightly and quickly; mixture should
not be dry; roll out on board, cut into small biscuits, bake ten
to fifteen minutes in hot oven. To make biscuits richer, mix
with cream. Whole wheat, graham or rve biscuit may be
made in the same way.—Edith L. Clift.
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CHICAGO
advance his material interests to tjie
fullest extent. There are hund.reds of
little streams in Georgia which might
be made to light the home and pro
vide power for grinding just as you
have done, and certainly it adds much
to the comfort and attractiveness of
the home as well.
Leaves may be composted or handled
in one of several other ways to con
siderable advantage. If they are suf
ficiently wet to compact fairly well, it
is good practice to haul them out im
mediately and scatter them over the
ground and plow them under. Their
decomposition in the earth will be quite
complete and there will be little loss of
the mineral constituents they contain,
especially if you keep a winter cover
crop on the land. Moreover, the vege
table matter which they afford will be
more effective in mellowing the soil if
incorporated with it than if left on top.
If you are especially interested in pre
paring composts, we shall be glad to
give you a formula to that end, but we
think that when coarse material of this
kind can be used as indicated, it is
cheaper to so handle it and more ef
fective as well.
There is no reason why you should
not incorporate vetch with the oats
which you expect to sow on your bot
tom land. We would suggest that you
plant the crop as soon as possible in
your latitude. The land may be disked
for the oats if there is a good season
in the soil and we judge this to be
We advise the planting of 12 to 15
pounds of crimson clover seed. There
is also a white blooming variety of
crimson clover which comes on a lit
tle-later than the red and lengthens the
season for pasture and hay. The com
bination of the two is often followed
with considerable Success, especially
by dairymen who desire to have green
feed for the longest season practicable.
Crimson clover, as you know, is an ex
cellent cover crop and does well in
Georgia when planted under rational
conditions. Our experience is that the
soil should be in good tilth and that
it can often be mixed with cereal crops
to good advantage. We have sown
crimson clover and rye and crimson
clover and oats together for grazing
purposes and have found the clover to
make a good bottom. It may, of
course, be sown by itself. This is pre
ferable where it is intended to be used
for hay. Relatively early seeding is
desirable for this crop. While we have
planted it as la£e as October 15, we
think it desirable to put it in early. We
have not had great success in putting
it in corn and cotton early in the sea
son, as advocated by some. Of course,
if you can get a favorable season in
the soil and secure a good stand sat
isfactory results will follow. Distribute
the seed with a Calhoun or any one of
the broadcast seed sowers, and cover
to a depth of one-half inch. Fertilize
liberally. Bone meal may be used for
this purpose in combination with tank
age, blood or cotton seed meal. Organic
nitrogen is the best to use. We would
use 500 pounds of a formula relatively
high in phosphorus ana potash. Lime
will be of great benefit to clover. Use
say one ton per acre of the crushed
rock and put it on a few days before
seeding or applying fertilizer.
• * •
COMMENTS OF A LAWYER
FARMER.
M. A. H., Clayton, Ga., writes: I find
the adviec given in the Semi-Weekly Jour
nal of much interest and help. I am a law
yer-farmer and want to be as up-to-date in
lny methods as possible. As proof of this
will say that though I am five miles in the
country I am writing by an electric light
as good as any made by power from a
small water wheel run by a stream that
only runs ten gallons a minute, but I get
200 feet fall. I have an abundance of
leaves and woods dirt and want to know
the best way to use this on the land for
next season’s crops. I have about three
acres in com and I want to sow in oats for
forage and then sow in cowpeas. What
about mixing vetch with it? I am sending
some twigs taken from my apple trees.
Would like to know what is the matter
with them. What grasses would you rec
ommend for permanent pasture?
The Semi-Weekly Journal is endeavor
ing in every possible way to make its
page lor Georgia farmers unusually
helpful, and it is. of course, a pleasure
to know' that you have found the ad
vice contained in these columns so
helpful.
You are to be congratulated on pur
chasing a Yarm and endeavoring to build
it up even though you have other inter
ests which occupy part of your time.
The fact that you desire to be up-to-
date is also worthy of special comnien-
dation for one of the reasons which
makes farming more uncertain and diffi
cult than it otherwise might be is the
prejudice sometimes exhibited toward
adding those comforts to the home and
taking full advantage of the opportuni
ty which science affords the farmer to
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the case at the present time. We would
advise the use say of a bushel and a
half of oats with thirty pounds of hairy
vetch. The Oregon vetch will not prove
hardy in our judgment in your section
of the state. The combination of vetch
and oats makes a hay of very superior
quality. The vetch will be of some
benefit to the soil as it is a legume and
ordinarily should gather nitrogen 'from
the air. We are inclined to advise its
inoculation if you have not grown it
on your land previously. You can secure
the necessary cultures on application to
the bureau of plant Industry, United
States department of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C. We have used oats and
vetch hay extensively" on the college
farm and can recommend It to your fa
vorable consideration.
The twigs you sent show evictence of
bacterial blight. About all you can do
for this trouble is to cut them off'about
six inches below where there is any
evidence of injury. Use a good sharp
pruning shear for this purpose, and
every time a cut is made immerse, the
shears completely in a solution of
cyanide of mercury made in the propor
tion of 1 to 1,000. If you cannot secure
the cyanide of mercury, bichloride of
mercury will answer, though it wl\l rust
the tools more than the cyanide. All the
twigs cut off should be carefully col
lected and burned.
In your section of the state we think
you will find red top, meadow fescue,
orchard grass and tall oat grass of
value for pasturage in just about the
order named. The red tob and fqfccue
will combine well together. There is. no
objection to incorporating orchard graffs
in the mixture, but as it grows in tus
socks, the sod is not so uniform and
s,mooth with it as where it is left out.
It is an excellent grass, however, to use
for semi-shaded pastures. No doubt you
can grow timothy with considerable
success in your section of the state,
but we would not regard it as so valu
able for pasture purposes as some of
the other varieties mentioned.
WALKER COUNTY FARMER-
NOT ARRESTED BY U. S.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROME, Ga., Got. 23.—William Walker,
the Walker county farmer who Is accus
ed nt violating: the Mann act, has not
yet been taken into custody by the fed
eral authorities. He Is being sought by
Deputy United States Marshal Ward-
law under a warrant sworn out by the
girl’s father. Walker is under a
charge of kidnaping In the state courts,
but is out under bond of 1760.
EAST COAST RATES
HELD UNREASONABLE
WASHINGTON, Oct. * 23.—Freight
rates on vegetables In mixed carloads,
and potatoes in hampers, exacted by
the Florida East Coast railway from
Florida points to Chicago, Ill., today
were held by the Interstate commerce
commission to be unreasonable and ex
cessive. The rates must be readjusted.
BRITAIN’S NAVY TO TAKE
PART IN NAVAL MEETING
FEATHER BED BARGAINS
Send us $10.00 and we will ship you one first-
class new 40-ponnd Feather Bed, one pair 6-
pound new Feather Pillows ($2.50); one pair
full size Blankets ($3.50); one dandy Comfort,
full size $3.50,) all for $10.00. * All new poods
and no trash. Biggest bargain ever offered.
Satisfaction guaranteed. This offer is for a
short time only to introduce our goods. Mail
Money Order now, or write for circular and or
der blank. Southern Feather & Pillow Co.,
Dent. 1012, Greensboro, N. C.
BIG BARGAIN!
$10 Money Order brings
you one 36-lb. Feather Bed;
1 pair 6-lb, Head P llows; 1
pair Shcim Pillows or Bols
ter, (8 lb.) 1 pair Ladies
fancy or black Hose, 1 25c
Needle Book, 2 paper Pins;
1 pack Post Cards, 1 bu
reau Rug. 1 Handkerchief,
1 Testament and one pair
Turkish Towels, and all for
cnly $10 to introduce our Feather Beds. No one
oan give a better quality of goods for the money
than we do. Agents wanted. Address
Grover Bed Works, Grover, N. C.
Return this ad. with Money Order and get
EXTRA, one set of Lace Curtains or one Japan
ese Rug. 30x60. %
LONDON, Oct. 23.—Great Britain to
day accepted the invitation from the
United States’ government to send rep
resentative vessels of the British navy
to the gathering of the international
fleet in Hampton Roads early in 1915.
The fleet will celebrate the completion
of the Panama canal by making a
voyage to the Pacific through the new
waterway.
The foreign office has turned ovei
the arrangements as to the war vessels
to be sent to Hampton Roads to the
admiralty, with a recommendation that
the British navy be “liberally represen
ted.”
The United States ambasasdor, Wal
ter H. Page, is to be the guest of honor
tonight at the banquet of the league
in celebration of Trafalgar bay battle
THREE NEGROES SHOT
IN A REVOLVER BATTLE
JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 23.—In a re
volver battle between negro timber la
borers and United States officers in Pike
county near the Louisiana line this
morning Deputy Marshals J. P. Feale
and Carlan Duncan were slightly Wound
ed and three negroes shot. One of the
negroes may die. Fearing that a lynch
ing may result, United States Marshal
Ligon here prepared to send more of
ficers to the scene.
From reports reaching here, it seems
che officers were trying to enforce a
federal injunction relative to timber
lands which the negroes did not want to
need. It is reported the negroes opened
fire when the officers remonstrated with
Lhem for ignoring the injunction orders.
The fight lasted half ©an hour before
.he negroes were subdued.
ROOFING
^ m m me More than $325,000
0*111 IN worth of every
wHI la* ■*■ make and kind of
brand new, dependable roofing now be-,
ing offered at such remarkably low* *
prices, that we ask all in need or who
contemplate buying to hesilate placing
orders until they get these remarkable
Bankrupt
Prices. This lot consists of every known
make of roofing—Galvanized, 2Vc per sq. ft.;
Corrugated Steel, Die per sq. ft.; Rubber
Surfaced Ajax Roofing 82oper square, etc.
We now own the Ohloago House wrecking
Company and Incorporated for 310,000,000:
this tremendous purchase is the first result
—nothing like It ever before attempted by
anyone. Every dollar’s worth of the roofing
tuaranteed brand new. Every quality. Write ,
or free samples and remarkable prices.
BROS. CO|W , ** lv
Dept. BM-184
Chicago, Ill.
Try One in Your Home
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\riPTAB ot Victrola for a ________
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$2.00 a month will pay for a Victrola. If you decide that
you don't want to keep it, just notify me and send it back
at my expens*. The risk is all mine. I trust you.
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BORAH WON’T COMPROMISE
WITH MILITANT METHODS
.BUILT FORI
WINTER AND >
SUMMER USE.
One side a succession of soft,
, springy feather sections, snug and warm I
for cold weather comfort. The other side for summer |
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Senator
Sorah, of Idaho, has written the Wom-
•n’s Political union bf Newark, N. J.,
ie will not take part in any suffrage
athering where Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
iurst appears without taking the op-
jortiyiity to denounce militant methods,
lis letter was in response to an invl-
ation to speak in Newark Saturday
fight.
“While I am most anxious to assist
in the cause,” wrote Senator Borah, “1
k vill not by silence or by the most in-
lirect way seem to indorse the vicious
•rinciples which have been invoked in
he fight for woman suffrage in other
ountries.”
Senator Borah has not decided wheth-
r he will attend the meeting.
ASK REAPPOINTMENT
OF GEORGIAN CLEMENTS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Chairman
Clark, of the interstate commerce fcom-
nission, today asked President Wilson
o reappoint Commisioner Clements. Mr.
Elements has served several successive
-erms on the commission.
He is a Georgia Democrat.
Hundreds of our agents *re making 910
a day in their spare time. Many are beat-
,ng that and are getting their own clothe*
Free. We are dead sure you can do it. Such
a thing aa failure ia Utterly impossible with
our new and complete outfit which we send
by express- all chargee prepaid. Our fine
line of styli c h,\vell made, carefully finished
clothes, guaranteed fit—beats everything
ever offered. Lowest prices. Our Outfit
is magnificent—our styles and fashions ,
simply wonderful. Strong selling plan*
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you evory week, in hard cash.
Pants i3i°p Suits $98^^
Can you boat It? Be a PROGRESS agent. Earn #tf
it the Outfit, order blai
V in vournpe-re time while doin* other «...
no money. Eveiythingia FUSE. No expatier
Get the Outfit, order blanks, aUtlonei
id everythin* necessary to start you (
Monty Making Hue menu of your own. Writ*
gross Tailoring Co., 0«*19040 Chicago
TRY THIS FINE RAZOR
SEND NO MONEY
Guaranteed
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Too will enjoy the *tnooih-
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MIDDLEBROOKS CO., Dapt. 87, Chloaga
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