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Old Kentucky Home
_ I Began IHUJJLLU
king Beruna
J Weigh 120
founds for the
first Time in
Cy Life. My
former weight
L s 102 lbs. My
pother who is
wk Years Old __
Ld Grown so . •
L a k She could scarcely walk.
Le also took Peruna and is flesh-
K e r a nd looking well.
. >•> wo man is Mrs. Hattie Hamilton, of 918 Glen Ave., Latonli, Ky.
jo #bov' ppit.n*‘I housewives. Address Tho Peruna Co., of Columbus,
tm -Ills of Lite."
TheBai n l»ri<lf? e Farm Company offers for sale fifty unimproved farms
. a0 rrs each. Fronting on fine public roads, in good neighborhoods,
. to schools, churches, railroad depots, telephones and rural mail routes.
These lands are very level about two hundred feet higher above the sea
lei than the citv of Hainbridge. Highly productive of all farm produce
I lv of good water and healthful and will make Ideal homes for small farm-
Ihese lands are guaranteed to be of the very best in this county. The
bberon them now is estimated worth five dollars per acre and the titles art;
Irfech
ffh}' not buy your farm irfstead of renting? We allow you ten years to
| y for it. The dilference between buying and renting is this: To illustrate
t you buy a farm unimproved for one thousand dollars, you improve the
in the first year with your own means sufficiently to occupy and operate
You pay fur the farm as follows: You give ten notes of One Hundred Dol-
nSteh with interest at 8 percent, from the date of the purchase. You pay
e note each year with the interest only on the note you pay. Your pay-
lents will be as follows: At end of first year $108.00; Second year $110.00;
Hd year $124.00; Fourth year $132.00; Fifth year $140.00; Sixth year $148.00;
fventh year $106.00; Eighth year $164.00; Ninth year $172.00; Tenth year
p),00; Total $1440.00.
if you should rent a like farm instead of buying you would pay an an-
|tal rent ni $130.00.
And in ten years the principal sum of $11100.00
(interest on your lirst rental payment would be $10.40 per annum
tor nine years amounting to . .$93.00
lorsecond rental payment interest for eight years $83.20
pthird rental payment interest for seven years $72.80
irfourth year rental payment interest for six years.. $62 40
ler fifth year rental payment interest for five years ..$52.00
for sixth year rental payment interest for four years $41.60
it seventh year rental payment interest for three years $31.20
lot eighth year rental payment interest for two years $20.80
lot ninth year rental payment interest for one $10.40
The total amount paid by you in ten years principal and interest being$176.800
fhree hundred ami twenty-eight more for rent than you would pay for the
tehaseof tlie farm. And the result at the end of ten years would be that if
a bought the farm it would be paid for in full with $1440.00 and you would
■vnit with all (lie improvement you put on it. Hut if you rented it instead of
luying it you at the end of ten vears would have paid out $1768.00 in rent and
pit would own nothing. The above figures seem to be indisputable.
"e will also sell large tracts of land, from 1,000 to 10,000 acres, improved
It unimproved on Liberal Terms, for colonizing purposes. Hut will not par-
licpate in any colonizing organization or plan. Also will sell fifty unimprov-
I: City Lots in the city of Hainbridge on six years time. One sixtli cash, and
I * fiance in live etjual annual installments with interest from date of sale.
B. B. BOWER, Sr., President.
Bain bridge, Georgia.
MISSISSIPPI SUFFERER WARNS
GEORGIA FARMERS
COMING OF THE BOLL WEEVIL
Secretary of the Yazoo County, Mississippi, Com
mercial Club Answers Letter from Dawson, Ga.,
Farmer. Weevil will not pay a visit to Georgia
but will hang up his hat and try to become home-
folks.
A Card to Owners
of Rural Telephone Lines
We arc anxious to see that all lines owned by
r parties and connected with us are kept in such
other
condition as to furnish efficient service. Where the
owners of rural lines are responsible for their upkeep,
e Want to co-operate with them.
f fiaes require a thorough overeauling occa-
onally i- the best service is to be obtained. We
ecoami en( j| that every line connected with us be
whauled at least once a year, and that at least one
cof5-ed telephone man assist in this work. The
•°-?* work when divided among all the patrons
*m fi 6 ^ ne ’ ma ^ es the amount paid by each man
a . anu this cost will be more than offset by the
^proved service.
tion^ ti e OWners °T rural telephone lines in this sec-
Vili 3re ex ? crie ncing trouble with their service, we
a P? re ciate their talking the matter over with our
what §er ° r writing us f u »y We will gladly do
' ecan toward helping you improve the con-
dm °u Of your line.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
ASb TELEGRAPH company
HARRIS, /tansiger, Badnbridge, G&.
To those people who think
that the boll weevil isn’t coming
to this section and the weevil
isn’t going to play havoc with
business men here, a letter from
Yazoo county, Mississippi, which
is published herewith, may prove
interesting.
According to this letter, which
is from Mr. R. H Douthat, sec
retary of the Yazoo Commercial
Club, in answer to a letter from
Mr. R. L. Saville, of Dawson,
some people in Yazoo county
thought that the boll weevil
would not visit them, but have
awakened and are becoming
prosperious by raising hogs and
cattle and practicing diversified
farming.
The whole system of doing
business in that section has been
changed, a cash basis prevailing
where the old credit system was
in force. Some ot the farmers
in Yazoo county didn’t make
enough the first year the weevil
hit them to pay interest on their
fertilizer bills.
The letter is so full ot good
pointers to the farmers of this
section that it is published in full
herewith. It follows:
“Mr. R. L. Saville,
Dawson, Ga.
Dear Sir— “I have your letter
of the fifteenth inst., regarding
the boll weevil proposition in
this territory, and feel that I
would like very much to speak
some work of encouragement,
but the measure of success to be
met by your people so much de
pends upon the people them
selves that I would like very
much to speak some word of en
couragement, but the measure
of success to be met by your
people so much depends upon
the people that I do not feel that
I could offer advice upon the
subject. I will therefore con
fine myself entirely to our ex
perience.
The boll weevil invaded our
county in the fall of 1910 and for
at least three years our people
were in desperate straits. All
business, except the banking
business suffered very much in
the way of earnings. (I don’t
remember any bank here which
passed the usual dividend.) And
the other lines of bsiness were
conducted at a loss for that
time.
“The farmers lost heart and
many were in the instances
where the farmer last his land
by foreclosure. Many of them
were unable to pay the interest
on money borrowed to make the
crop. I cannot say that I could
point you to a single instance
where a whole community has
entirely recovered normal busi
ness conditions.
“The entire plan of doing busi
ness in this territory has chang
ed from a credit basis to prati-
cally a cash basis.
“The one crop system (cotton)
was responsible for our failure
to meet the condition presented,
and profiting by the experience
of other counties infested by the
weevil, we set about to correct
the defect. This was done by
encouraging the farmers to di
versify their crops. We have
met with a large measure of
success in this plan and I can
say frankly that our people are in
better condition today than they
have been since the invasion of
the weevil. Grain and live stock
have taken the place of cotton j
and we are just now beginning!
to reap the harvest from our ef-j
forts in this line. Cattle and;
hogs are being shipped to the,
markets of the world at a hand
some profits to our farmers, and
of course other lines of busi
ness are now freling the effect.
“I don’t know whether or not
you are so wedded to the one
crop system as we were, but
presume you are. If so, then
the question of diversification
would present so many proposi
tions that it will require years of
patient effort to educate your
farmers to it. Every detail will
have to be worked out, based
upon local conditions and the
result will be measured by the
disposition of your people to take
hold of the new methods. Our
people were slow to take hold
and I dare say that you are
going to have the same trouble.
Bear in mind that every man
has an independent mind and
must be convinced not by evid
ence, but by being ground down
by hard living conditions.
“It seems that every commun
ity must go though this rub for
i have never heard of a single
instance where a people would
believe even one-half of what
they hear about the weevil.
They all believe that the Lord
is going to pick them out as the
favored few and allow them to
make just one more crop of
cotton, but I am here to tell you
that he is not going to do it. He
makes the rain to fall upon the
unjust alike, and the same rule
applies in the case of the boll
weevil.
“Wherever a cotton stalk will
grow in the United States is suit-
or a Full Tablespoon
WHICH?
A scant tablespoon of Luzianne goes ex
actly es far as a big heaping table
spoon of a cheaper coffee, for you use
only half as much of Luzianne. That's
so positively guaranteed that if, after
using an entire can of Luzianne as
directed, you are not entirely satisfied
with its economy and goodness, your
grocer, on your say-so, will gladly
return your money. Write for our pre
mium catalogue.
Tlie Reily-‘Taylor Co. New Orleans
able territory for him to invade
and there is no deadline. He
will be more destructive the first
three years than any time there
after, but he will always be with
you after he arrives.
‘The method employed to
fight him in this county was first
the employment by our county
authorities of a thoroughly com
petent government farm demon
strator whose efforts have com
pletely transformed farm condi
tions and at last our farmers are
going to his methods in earnest.
We also employed an expert in
tick eradication-and at last are
permitted to ship our cattle to
any market with the assurance
of the top market prices. You
cannot ship ticky cattle to
any market, and if you go into
the live stock business you must
first get rid of your ticks.
‘ ‘Cattle and hogs are now be
ing shipped from Yazoo county
by carload lots and the money is
in. Our bank deposits are now
h : gher than they have been in
the history of our country and I
believe that if you will adopt the
same plans as old Yazoo, your
good people will eventually enjoy
their old time prosperity.
“In the meantime, I extend
you and your people my sym
pathy, and hope that they will
not be so hardheaded as we were
and which brought such wretch
ed conditions upon us. You can
avoid .it and I hope that you
will.
“Any other information I can
give you will be gladly furnish
ed.”
Yours very truly,
R. H. Douthat,
Secretary.
For all kinds of feeds
for cows horses and all
stock. Call on Ralph R.
Belcher Wholesale Grocer,
Belcher Block.
Reduced Prices
For Ice
Effective at once we will reduce the price
of sacked ice f. o. b. our plant to the follow
ing rates:
100 lbs. . . . 40c
200 lbs 75c
300 lbs. . . $1.05
Over 300 lbs. in one shipment 35c per cwt.
We are prepared to serve you on short
notice. Send us your orders by telephone
or mail. Enclose money order or check
with order.
-♦HF
Cambridge See Company
BAIN BRIDGE.
Telephone 152
GEORGIA.