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THE CARROLL FREE PRESS, CARROLLTON, GA.
Kaylor & Smith’s Big: Sale Is Now On.
Great Bargains Offered Every Day.
1n addition to things already mentioned we are going to sell for the next few days the best odorless cooking oil at
72c per gallon. N
New Spring Goods will arrive this week and be placed on the bargain counter at an unusually low price. Sale
continues all next week.
< There are many special bargains here for you. Come and be convinced; we will save you money on every purchase
made. If you don’t come you will bo the loser. Come quick, come often and save money.
27 Alabama St.
KAYLOR & SMITH.
27 Alabama St.
NOT AN EASY VICTORY.
THE BURTON GHOST.
Th* Cat. Wat Almoit Hop.I.st, but
Henry Clay Won It.
A man who in his youth had
lived in Henry Clay’s district when
the great Kentucky statesman was
at his prime as a lawyer once told
this story of a case in court of
which he had been a spectator:
“A man was being tried for mur
der and his case looked hopeless in
deed. He had without any seeming
provocation murdered one of his
neighbors in cold blood. Not a law
yer in the county would touch the
case. It looked bad enough to ruin
the reputation of any barrister.
“The man as a last extremity ap
pealed to Mr. Clay to take the case
for him. Every one thought that
Clay would certainly refuse, but
when the celebrated lawyer looked
into the matter his fighting blood
was roused, and, to the great sur
prise of all, he accepted.
“Then came a trial the like of
which I have never seen. Clay slow
ly carried on the case, and it looked
■mor'' and more hopeless. The only
.^ground of defense the prisoner had
was that the murdered man had
looked at him with such a fierce^
murderous look that out of self de
fense he had struck first. A ripple
passed through the jury at this evi
dence.
“The time came for Clay to make
his defense. It was settled in the
minds of the spectators that the
man was guilty of murder in the
first degree. Clay calmly proceed
ed, laid all the proof before them
kin his masterly way, then, just as
’lie was about to conclude, he played
his Inst and master card.
“ ‘Gentlemen of the jury,’ he
said, assuming the fiercest, blackest
look and carrying the most undying
hatred in it that I have ever seen,
‘gentlemen, if a man should look at
you like this what would you do?’
I “That was all he said, but that was
enough. The jurymen were startled,
and some cveh quailed in their
seats. The judge moved uneasily-
on his bench. After fifteen minutes
[the jury filed slowly back with a
[‘Not guilty, your honor.’ The vic-
|torv was complete.
“When Clay was congratulated on
lis easy victory he said:
“ tit was not so easy as you think,
spent days and days in my room
before the mirror practicing that
[look. It took more hard work to
?ive ,thnt look than to investigate
the itjost obtuse case.’ ”
It Scared the Intrepid Explorer and
Killed Hie Dog.
Where was there a braver man, I
wonder, than Sir Richurd Burton?
Once, though, his face paled and his
breath cainc in gusts. A ghost did
it, of course, and this was the man
ner of it: Burton was told of a
house in London—-quite a poor sort
of house, by the way—which was
said to be haunted. “I do not be
lieve it,” replied Burton. Then he
was told that it was a specially ter
rible, kind of ghost, and he said he
didn’t believe that either. lie
would go and see. To the empty
house (the three lgst tenants had
been found dead in bed, and such
things get talked about) went Bur
ton with a friend and a dog. “Come
up with me,” said he to his friend,
and at his own request the compan
ion locked Burton in the room and
took the key down with him. “I
shall be all right here; I’ve got my
dog, too,” the great traveler whis
pered confidently. “However, if I
ring get ready to come up, and
should I ring twice—well, come
quickly.”
The friend waited ns be was bid.
Minutes passed like hours. Hi3 eyes
were glued on the bell banging mo
tionless. A long wait. Full of fore
boding, he was on the point of
breaking the conditions and going
ua to prospect, when the bell did
ring. And before he had tackled
the first flight of stairs it pealed out
again and— Up those stairs he
rushed, two and three steps at a
time, you may be sure. To open
the door was the work of an instant,
and then into his arms reeled Bur
ton, almost dead with terror. “The
place is accursed,” .he gasped.
“What have you seen?” begged the
friend. Burton’s head shook. “No.
no,” he cried. “My poor dog’s dead.
I’m almost palsied with fright.
More than that, no, no, I cannot
tell you!” Now, this is quite true,
and the house was immediately aft
erward torn down. What did Bur
ton see? No one knows. He is dead
now, poor fellow, and no one ever
, will. The three tenants could tell
us, but terror and death came to
gether to them.—London Tatlor.
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BALANCED RATION FOR <r
pigs. '<1
In a general way a balanced
ration for growing and fattening 4
pigs uiay be made of corn and X
tankage by using six parts of <«
corn to one of tankage. If the
corn is ground Into a tine meal 4
nnd mixed with tankage enough X
water should lie added to this so <*>
that It makes a thin slop for X
pigs two months of age. The <•>
slop should have about the edn- X
sisteuey of buttermilk and at <y
any rate be thin enough so that ^
it will run the entire length of a <;•
sixteen foot trough. As the pigs X
gel older and fatter the nrnouut ••
of water should be reduced so X
that the slop is just thlu enough
to pour irom a bucket when the X
pigs are fat and eight months of <•>
nge. . I
If mill feed can lie used In ad- <•>
dltlon to corn and tankage it 4"
will make a better ration be-
enuse of variety, and In such X
case a trifle less tankage would 4
be sufficient. In case milk is X
used very little tankage Is neees- •'
sary.—William Dietrich. Illinois X
Experiment Station. 4
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RAISING DRAFT HORSES.
Little Henry’s Questions.
Little Henry was rending anciert
history stories. “Pa,” said be sud-
ienly, “can I ask you a question ?”
“I guess you can, Henry. You
|cem to have a fair command of
pnglish.”
“Well, may I, then?” little Henry
pntinued.
“Yes,” said pa. “Fire ahead.”
! “That’s funny,” said little Henry.
was just thinking of such thing’s,
low, did the old Romans light their
puses with Roman candles?”
“I shouldn’t wonder,” said pa,
[melding. “Nero, at least, indulged
l a good deal of fireworks. Any-
(ling else?”
“Yes,” replied little Henry. “Did
lie people v of Athens do a f l their
poking, with Greek fire?*
Then pa got mad and said he
Duldn’t bo bothered with any more
Illy questions.
Careful Handling and Proper Mating
Insure Success.
I would not advise the average farm
er to go into the business of breeding,
growing and developing draft horses
for tlie market unless he Is a good
feeder and naturally takes pride in
handling the horses, writes a corre
spondent of the N'atioual Stockman.
It requires liberal feeding to grow nnd
properly develop the high grade draft
horse, and the actual difference’ in
cost between growing the right kind
and mongrels is so small that it Is
folly to go into the business with a
; lot of old scrub mare's and depend
upon the good qualities of ibe stallion
to correct the natural weaknesses and
deformities of the mares. The man
who knows how ta feed and keep his
work team in good flesh and good con
dition can afford to invest a few hun
dred dollars in a pair of good brood
mares and gr6w horses for the mar
ket.
The mares should be fed at all times
with a liberal amount of clean and
nourishing foods and should have
plenty of pure water. Oats and brun.
with perhaps an ear of corn, especigl-
Ancient Church Customs.
In the nge of witchcraft and su
perstition it was believed that the
fairies built the old kirks in Glas
gow and that they had a right .to
them. So said Mr. W. B. Paterson,
lecturing before the Old Glasgow
club. The accommodation afforded
the parishioners was very different
from the present luxurious age.
There were no pews in Scottish
kirks before the reign of Charles I
The people had to bring their
6tools with them, and those that did
not do this simply sat down on the
floor. For the evening service par
ishioners likewise brought candles
and candlesticks. On the question
of the separation of the sexes Mr.
Paterson mentioned the interesting
fact that there still existed a church
in the city where this rule was ob
served.—London'Globe.
No Profit In Scrubs.
Js not enough to raise crops and
stock. They must be marketed,
.vou tome to doing this how
I 1 ‘' :| siei- i; i H to sell if these crops
nl ‘<* of high quality and how
prices are realized. It
<•(• =—hi-t little more to raise
! "f! than it dq'es to raise poor
stuff sells Itself.
Takon at Hit Word.
When dealing with black servants
in India it is necessary to be very
j careful in the wording of one’s in-
■ struciions, for they are sometimes
I taken literally. A missionary voy-
I aging on a river boat with primitive
' accommodations was compelled to
' use a bucket as a washbowl. One
morning his boy servant was bring
ing the bucket to his master when
he spilled some of it over the lat
ter’s foot. “Why don’t you throw it
all over mo?” said the missionary
irritably. “Aha!” exclaimed the boy
and promptly did so. »
producing foods for a few days be
fore she is due to foal. After she Inis
foaled, especially if she gives the
promise of being a heavy milker, she
should he fed very sparely until her
milk flow is regulated to meet the de
mands of the colt. And otherwise if
tlie mare is a scanty milker she should
be fed a more liberal ration of milk
producing foods.
Colts should be taught to eat grain
with their dam before they are wean
ed. Teach them to stand tied with a
halter. About six months of age 19
the proper time to wean a strong colt.
Many good horsemen prefer to wean
them at once, while others weuu them
more gradually, allowing thenl to suck
once or twice a day before they are
taken away entirely. When the colt
is taken nwu.v the mare should lie
watched, and her udder should be
bathed at least once every day with
cold water and spirits of camphor.
This dries up the milk glands and pre
vents the udder from becoming caked
and feverls.i. I believe that the colt
should bo trninod to do light work
duriug tlie third year.
The Moving Causa.
“I see you are moving again.
Didn’t you like your flat?”,
“Yes, I liked it immensely. Best
one T^vcr lived in.”
“Was tlie location unhandy on
account of your business?”
“No, it was just right.”
“Were the other renters objec
tionable?”
“Not in the least.”
“Anything wrong with the neigh
borhood ?”
“No.”
“Yet you moved. What was the
trouble ?”
“The trouble was with me, I
think. The agent of the building
said it was too bard work collecting
the rent for our apartments.”—
Chicago Record-Herald.
Cape Cod and Cranberriea.
To see to the best advantage the
preliminaries of cranberry sauce,
says a Christian Herald writer, we
•mist visit Capo Cod, that elongated
bit of land ivlicreby the state of
Massachusetts extends a crooked
and beckoning finger into the At
lantic. Here within a radius of an
hour’s ride of historic old Plymouth,
where the pilgrims landed, is the
greatest of all cranberry districts.
The whoie countryside would not be
considered to make more than a
single good sized county in some of
our western states, und yet in a
season when it is blessed with a
good crop Ibis cranberry zone will
ship more than a third of a million
barrels of the fruit.
Antenuptial Wisdom.
A brilliant Baltimore girl the oth
er day announced her engagement
to a man of no attainments what
ever. “Why?” queried her friends,
perplexed. “Why?”
“Because I am of a very jealous
nature,” responded the wise one.
“If I married a handsome man I
know I should be wildly jealous of
him. If be were attractive to other
women I should be miserable. I am
going to marry a man whom no one
else will look at and be happy.”—
Washington Herald.
Part of Him Safa.
Parson—Donald, it’s been touch
nnd go with you this time. Ten sto
ries is a long way to fall. I suppose
thoughts of your past life passed
through vour mind.
Donald (the local window cleaner)
—Well, sir, 1 was a bit worried till
I got the length o’ the fifth story,
and then I minded that I’d left my
pipe on the window sill. It was a
weight otf my mind, sir.—London
M. A. P.
A Neat .Explanation.
An Irish editor being unable to
obtain a sufficiency of news for his
daily paper, made the following ex
traordinary announcement: “Owing
to an unusial pressure of matter we
are today obliged to leave several
columns bl
Dancing Birds.
The giant cranes of India, some
of which uttain to a height of sit
feet, are in a wav queer birds. They
mate for life nnd as mates are sin
gularly devoted to each other.
Among their practices that of danc
ing together is the most remarka
ble. To and fro nnd up and.down
beneath n scraggy tree near a creek
or water bole a pair of these curious
birds may be seen at the hour of
dawn footing it gravely in a sort of
grotesque minuet.
An Apology Duo and Forthcoming.
An illiterate young man once got
a friend to write a letter for him
to his sweetheart. The letter was
rather prosaic for a love letter, and
the lover felt that an apology waa
due to his sweetheart for its lack of
tender nothings. It was added at.
his suggestion as follows:
“Please excuse the mildness of
this here letter, as the chap wot’a
ritin it is a married man, and ha
says be carn’t ’bide any soft soap-
ings. It alius gives him the spaa*
sums.”—London Telegraph.
What “Ho’a a Brick” Meant.
The common phrase “He’s a
brick!” is first found in Plutarch.
The expression implies any form of
admiration. The Spartans, quick
witted and noted for their repartee,
were early trained in both schools.
They were men of fii-v words and
fewer Laws and embodied in short
phrases their admiration, dislike or
appreciation. Lyeurgus was .not
only a man of few words, but quick
action. On being asked. “Should
Sparta be inclosed?” an invasion of
the enemy being expected during
the time of war, be replied. “A city
is well fortified which has a wall of
men instead of brick.”
LOT SALE
Washington’s Birthday The founding of Burwell, Ga., and
fab. 22,1732. sale of Lots feb. 22,1911.
IMPORTANT EVENTS.
On February 22nd, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Va., just 179 years ago, occurred a
very important event to all the American People. The Birth Of George Washington.
Another Important Event is to occur on February 22nd, 1911, in -Carroll County, Ga.
viz; the Founding of a Town, and a public sale of lots in the beautsful village of Burwell Ga!
The first event directs your attention to patriotism, the love of your country. The other
calls your attention to the boon of good citizenship, the building of your own home.
The production of good heavy
drafters Is a reliable source of In
come for the farmer. Good draft
ers are In demand and find a ready
sale. In fact, the market Is never
oversupplled. With good high grade
or pure bred mares, couple^, with a
pedigreed draft stallion, the farmer
Is reasonably certain of producing
stock that will command extra
prices. 'Prince, whose portrait Is
herewith shown, was first prize
heavy druft gelding at the Interna
tional llw stock show, Chicago.
The town of Burwell is on the new Railroad between Mandeville and Bowdon, in
-thriving community of industrious farmers, and embracing the beautiful site of the famous
Shiloh CampJGrouud, has already a very fine school of more than 200 pupils, one l^etho
dist Church, with lots to be given for other churches, one Bank (private) three stores, f bn
blacksmith and repair iliop, one hotel, one cotton-ginnerv outfit, soon to be enlarged, with
other industries to follow; also during the past few months, several beautiful mondrn homes
have been erected. As a healtbf al location, this cite is unsurpassed. In short, if you
would'like to live in a nice quiet healthful town, among good moral people, then buy a lo
and build a heme in Burwell, Ga. *
ly If they are being kept at work,
form an ideal grain ration. The
amount maV be regulated according
to the amount of work they are com
pelled to do. Mtioh of the risk at foal
ing is eliminated by careful' feeding.
Her supply of milk may be regulated
60 that it will not form u hard and
caked udder. I believe, as a rule, that
It is safer to withhold all rich milk
Be sure and be preseut on the above date, at 11 o’clock, at which time the sale will be
gin. In the meantime, visit Burwell, select your lot, and come to see us and talk it over.
Look well to Burwell, and watch her take her place among the nice and prosperous
towns of the South. Don’t forget the time, on the 179th Anniversary of the Father of our
Country, George Washington. February 22nd, 1911.