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When Run-Down
Columbus, Ga. — "For about two
years I suffered and became run
down. I was nervous and would
be so weak I could not get up in
the morning; my back ached all
the time and so badly that I could
not stoop at all. I also suffered
with pains in my side. I tried
many medicines but did not get
better. I had gotten to be a
physical wreck when I began taking
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and by the time I had taken two
bottles I was cured of my ailment
and felt like a new woman. I have
never suffered since with this
trouble.”— Mrs. Anna Middleton,
No. 2944 First Avenue.
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You never see a good-looking
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PISO'S
HOUSE OFMODEST
POM LINES
Ideal Dwelling for a Family With
Children.
LOW COST IS A FEATURE
• Design Is Attractive and Has All the
Essentials of a Real Home—Has
Three Bedrooms and Sleep
ing Porch.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, for the readers of this
j paper. On account of his wide experience
1 as Editor. Author and Manufacturer he
| is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1827 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. 111., and only enclose
two-cent stamp for reply.
To many people the most important
considerations in the building of a
home are substantial construction and
comfort within. They are not keen
about a pretentious exterior or some
freakish design which will attract at
tention. Rather, they prefer a house
of modest and popular lines, plain in
design, hut radiating a feature of good
old-fashioned comfort. Too often in
the construction of a house these fun
damental features are overshadowed
by the demands of a faddish age and
as a result the finished structure is
far from attractive and iu many cases
not at all comfortable or conveniently
arranged.
These faults certainly cannot he
found in the substantial, modest yet
pleasing home shown here. While it
is attractive, none of the more essen
tial features of a real home have been
sacrificed to gain this effect. It is one
of the thousands of houses of the same
type that are to be found in aU sec
tions of the country. Built of frame
with a rough-faced concrete block
foundation, a little variety has been
gained in the outward appearance by
the use of shingles as siding above
the first story.
The front porch is wide, ppen and
spacious, adding to the frankness of
the whole design. A single door with
fgdf
long, narrow panels and small panes
above leads the way into the home.
The stern lines have been broken
by roof dormers on each side. The
house is practically square, !>eing 28
feet wide and 30 feet long, not includ
ing the front porch. The advantage
of square dimensions have been often
emphasized in these columns. This
type of house is very economical in
cost of construction.
On the first floor are the three liv
ing rooms, or more specifically, living
room, dining room and kitchen. The
front entrance leads into a small hall
which in turn leads into the living
room on one side and to the staircase
to the floor above. The living room is
14 feet 6 inches by 16 feet, and is fit
ted with wall bookcases. Windows on
two sides provide plenty of light and
ventilation. A small closet in one cor
ner provides storage place for clothes.
The dining room is in the re>ar of the
living room and has double exposure,
a < large bay window of semi-circular
shape in the rear and a window on the
! side. It is 14 by 12 feet. Access to
the kitchen is afforded by a passage
way through the pantry, which Is be
•ween the dining room and the kitch-
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eh Hall | j JiiLl
First Floor Plan.
en. This passageway is made possi
ble by two doors opposite each other
in the pantry. The kitchen is 12 by
11 feet. A stairway leads from the
kitchen to the basement.
Upstairs are the sleeping rooms and
bathroom. Three bedrooms and a
sleeping porch have been provided for.
The bedrooms are all about the same
Size, each having windows on two
sides. It is very important in build
ing a home of this kind or of any oth
er kind, that the bedrooms have plen
ty of window space through which ven
tilation can be obtained. The old idea
THE MONTGOMERY MONITOR, MT. VERNON, GEORGIA.
of no nlr In the sleeping rooms Is now
a dead letter. It has been found that
plenty of fresh air is very beneficial
in sleeping quarters.
For those desiring more ventilation,
the sleeping porcli can be used very
advantageously. Each bedroom is
provided with a clothe? closet, while
one has a large wardrobe.
Today the insistent problem is hous
ing. Solutions have been found for in
ternational disputes, national contro
versies and many other far-reaching
problems, but as yet none is forthcom
ing for the most vital problem of all.
And as the time passes the situation
becomes more acute. There is one
Si beD Rm. 'rj DEDRM
Second Floor Plan.
remedy—more homes —and only when
tlie great mass of people realize that
it is infinitely better than paying rent
to pay on a home will tills difficulty,
or danger, be overcome. More people
should own homes. With the gradual
adjustment of the nation to pre-war
conditions, indications point to a
healthy reaction in the matter of home
ownership. More modest, comfortable
homes of the type shown here will go
a long way in bringing the nation hack
to healthy, sane conditions.
STRAW BALLOT OLD CUSTOM
History Proves It to Have Been Used
at Gladiatorial Contests in
Ancient Rome.
America’s quadrennial visitation
again ravaged the country from Key
West to Puget sound, from Maine to
California. It is the straw ballot, the
New York Evening Post states.
The straw ballot, as such, is a dis
ease that rages rampant only in the
United States. Yet it has existed in
other countries. In old Rome straw
ballots were once used at gladiatorial
contests. Later, because of a short
age of straw, the Romans had to use
thumbs, an art at which legend lias
it they became quite ambidextrous.
And in Mexico, for another instance,
straw ballots are not unknown, ex
cept that in the southern republic they
are usually designated as “presidential
elections.”
One of the first references to straw
is in Exodus, when Pharaoh pro
nounced his famous “Ye shall no more
give the people straw; let them go
and gather straw for themselves.”
I’haraoh was evidently the political
boss of his day, and a shrewd one, for
it Is reported that “the people were
scattered abroad to gathersstubble in
stead of straw.”
Notwithstanding the usefulness of
ballots of straw —to which Webster
pays its compliments as “a thing of
smallest worth”—they are as fashion
able now as appendicitis ewer was.
Women Not "Immortals."
Women have applied for admit!ance
to the French Academy, but the “im
mortals” already there are not in
favor of admitting them. M. Poincare
is alone in courageously favoring the
admission of women. If Mine. Garnler
j succeeds In forcing open the door, he
says, he will not he the last of the
Forty to congratulate her. M. Bourget
holds that the traditions of the acad
emy are against women being admit
ted. M. Emile Boutioux sees no ob
jection—if it Is the wish of the pub
lic. On the other hand, M. Alfred
Capus cries, “Hands off the Acad
emy!” He believes that on the day
when a woman, or a foreigner. Is ad
; mitted to the Institution it will be de
; stroyed. M. Henri itegnier holds that
the rules could not be altered to ad
mit women. If they are to be admit
ted it can only be done by a presiden
tial decree.
Bibles by Weight in Russia.
In Itussia Bibles are bought and
sold by we 1 gilt, In accordance with the
decree of L#line. This man who Is
“anti-Christ" to the Greek Orthodox
church, has himself written books by
the score, and not esteeming these
i products of his brain as ‘flight read
ing” has ordained that all books be
| sold by weight. To some extent the
Scriptures are being allowed sent In,
and the Bible society must give ac
count of the pounds and ounces. On
the average, 2,369 Bibles make a ton.
WHEN TO SELL HIS POTATO CROP
IS FARMER’S GREATEST PROBLEM
FARM PRICE OF POTATOES
AVCffAOC PRICK AT PI MAT Or KACM MONTH TOM UNITCO STATt®
INCLUOINO KSTIMATKO MOOUCTIONI AND STOCKS ON JANUAHV I 33
■HfWtttjWtiti 11 S : ■ I “'ll ||
SO." < ?« OO - < 3 < QO L < 3 < 0° L < I < O.R! < 3 < 0 0- <
i»ii viii mi 3 1 isTs iei« inn ibis 1919 1920
PRODUCTIONS IN MILLIONS OF BUSHELS
893 421 338 410 3SO 807 448 419 3»Bl 413
STOCKS >N HANOI OF OROWCR* AND DEALERS ON JANUARV I OF FOLLOWING TEAR
91 150 124 I*7 152 83 205 ITS 128
Diagram Showing Range of Farm Prices of Potatoes by Months for Ten Years.
Whether to dispose of his potato
.•rop direct from the fields or to hold
it for possible later increase In prices
is a problem which confronts the
farmer every fall. On the one hand Is
the buyer offering figures based on the
quantity and other conditions of the
market, the tightness of money, and a
number of related conditions which
may depress the price. On the other
he Is confronted With the expense of
storing, the shrinkage In volume, pos
sibility of rot and the uncertainty of
the number of bushels of potatoes
vhicli will be carried over by farmers
throughout the United States to he
'.brown into the market during (lie win
ter.
It is a problem that has to he decid
ed, because the crop is there. It is a
problem that the farmer must decide
for himself.
Lowest in October.
Prices naturally are lowest in Octo
ber, when the crop is just out of the
ground. A study recently made by the
bureau of markets of the United States
Department of Agriculture, covering
the last ten years, shows that the av
erage price rises very slightly until the
Ist of January, and then more rapidly
until the Ist of March, another sharp
advance taking place between April
planting season and June.
These are only averages, however,
and may be varied by many conditions
which the farmer has to study largely
for himself. Reasoning about future
prices is unusually difficult at the pres
ent time.
A study of the general tendencies of
the market, whether up or down, must
lie based on facts pertaining to the
country as a whole. The supply may
be less than usual in a certain county,
tint if the total Crop is large the size
of this total crop will have a tendency
to lower prices even In this country of
short production. Prices in that county
may be high, but they will not he so
high as they would have been if the
total production of the country had not
been so large. That is, the conclusions
drawn from tlia broad and general in
formation may he modified by local
conditions In each section, but it re
mains true that each of these sections
will he influenced by the up and down
tendencies which move over the coun
try as a whole. A grower should know
the general situation In order to make
proper allowances for local conditions,
and he should not only study the po
tato market hut should consider the
size of the sweet potato and other
food crops which may Influence the de
mand and consumption of white pota
toes. He must watch, too, the trend of
general prices, especially food prices.
If general prices should full decidedly
then the price of potatoes might be
carried' lower than ihe year’s produc
tion would warrant.
The accompanying chart shows the
farm prices of potatoes, averaged for
all sections of the country on the first
of each month from October, 1910, to
September, 1920. In this table a com
parison of the December and the fol
lowing March prices show that In 1917
and 1018 the March prices were lower
lhan the December prices, and in 1912
and 1914 they were slightly higher, al
though, allowing for shrinkage and
other losses of storage, they really
vlelded a smaller return. That Is, In
till years having a production of more
than 400,0Q0,000 bushels, the March
price was either lower than the De
cember price, or the increase was neg
, ligible. When the production has been
less than 375,000,000 bushels, the price
(ins tended to Increase as the season
advances. The farmer may Judge for
himself whether the same factors will
apply to the present year’s crop, which
iS estimated at 413,000,000 bushels by
the bureau of crop estimates, and he
may apply his own conclusions In de
ciding when to sell his potutoes.
In comparing the prices of one year
with those of another, allowance must
he made for the rapid decrease during
the last few years In the purchasing
power of the dollar. For Instance,
sl.Bl per bushel in 1919 and 80 cents
per bushel In 1911 does not mean that
potatoes were twice as valuable at the
later date. The Increase In price may
have had nothing to do with the pota
to business. It may have come from
the general rise which Increased Hie
price of wheat, clothing and machinery
as well as potatoes. The effects of
the general increase In prices must lie
eliminated from the calculation.
Potato Exports Small.
Ref ore at templing to analyze the re
lations between the figures of pro
duction and stocks on the one hand ,
and prices ori the other. It should he j
mentioned that potatoes are not ex- i
ported to any great extent, seldom j
more than 1 per cent of the crop be- J
ing carried out of the country. Neither
are potatoes carried over from one sen
son to another, as is the case with
some crops. That Is, the potato crop
is practically nil consumed in this
country and each season's crop Is a
separate problem In Itself.
This is one of the large potnto crop
years, and the way in which the ques
tion of time of marketing is settled by
the individual farmer means an im
mense sum of money In the gross re
turns from one of the nation’s lending
crops. The wise grower will study ev
ery phase of conditions, and will util
ize the aids which are furnished by
the crop and market reports of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture.
MARKET INSPECTION
PROTECTS SHIPPERS
Now Available in 25 Important
Shipping Centers.
Well-Trained and Neutral Inspector
Provided to Certify Quality and
Condition of Various Per
ishable Products.
Market inspection of fruits and veg
etables by representatives of the bu
reau of markets of the United States
Department of Agriculture Is now
available in 25 Important market cen
ters, and In addition about 150 smaller
markets tributary to these have been
designated as Inspection points.
The purpose of this service Is to pro
vide a well-trained and neutral Inspect
or who will certify the quality and
condition of various perishables upon
their arrival in |the market. Such cer
tificates are received In the federal
courts as prinm facie evidence of qual
ity and condition at the time of ar
rival in the market.
The value of the service has been
to bring about a- settlement of claims
against railroads and as a basis of ar
bitration where dissatisfaction arises
between shipper and receiver. It pro
tects the .shipper who is trading at
long-distance from unscrupulous deal
ers, and it also furnishes a protection
to honest dealers against the possibil
ity of being considered unscrupulous.
These Inspections are made on re
quest and there la a nominal charge of
$4 a car for the service.
1- ■’■ - ♦
TRACTOR ESSENTIALS
If a farm tractor Is to be
profitable, the farmer who owns
and operates it must provide
the following conditions for suc
cess :
1. Work of a nature adupted
to the use of a tractor.
2. A sufficient number of days
of work In a year to reduce the
cost of overhead charges per
day.
3. Proper lubrication at all
times.
4. Skill on the part of the
operator to detect trouble at all ;
times.
5. Knowledge of how to In
spect the tractor.
0. Ability to make the neces
sary adjustments.
7. Provision of the proper
farm Implements to go with the
tractor.
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DECREASE NUMBER OF PESTS
By Destroying Hibernating Places of
Insects In Winter Fight in Spring
Is Easier.
The winter hibernating stage of
most Insects Is a critical one, espe
cially where their winter shelter has
been removed. Ry destroying such hi
bernating places one simply Increases
the mortality of the pest and hence
has a smaller number of Insects to
fight in the spring.
IMPLEMENT SHED IS NEEDED
Depreciation on Machinery Exposed
to Wea.ther Would Pay for Shel
ter in Short Time.
There Is enough machinery on every ]
farm to Justify a good Implement shed, j
If the depreciation on machinery i
i caused by exposure to weather could j
j be saved It would pay for an Irrinle-
I merit, shed in one or two year*,
MOTHER!
"California Syrup of Figs*
Child’s Best Laxative
Accept “California” Syrup of Figs
Only—look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child Is having the best and most harm
less physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love its fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottler
You must sny “California.” —Adv.
Breath-Holding Test.
In some of the countries the breath
holding test is required of all candi
dates for aviation honors. The mini
mum time for a good aviator is 45
seconds, and the highest record is said
to he G 9 seconds.
THE BEST YET.
If you have never used Vacher-Balra,
you don't know liow quickly and pleas
antly a cold in the head, or soreness
anywhere can he relieved by this harm
less remedy.
Ask your druggist, or send for a free
sample, to 15. W. Vaclier, Inc.. New Or
leans, La.
Avoid Imitations. Nothing is “Just
os good.” l —Adv.
A Base Deception.
“That pretty waitress Is about to
run her feet off for you. How did
you arouse her interest?”
“Why,” replied the unprincipled pa
tron, “I told her I was a motion-picture
scout before I ordered my hum and
eggs.”—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Freshen a Heavy Skin
With the antiseptic, fascinating Cutl
cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely
scented convenient, economical face,
skin, baby and dusting powder and
perfume. Renders other perfumes su
perfluous. One of the Cuticura Toilet
Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum). —Adv.
Getting Wise.
“Mamma, will heaven bo as benutl
ful as they say in the Sunday school
hooks?”
“Certainly, my dear. Why do you
ask?”
“Places we go to In the summer are
never as nice as the circulars.” —Bos-
ton Transcript.
Why Suffer With Rheumatism
When there is permanent relief with
in your reach? It matters not what
form you have, what, you have tried
or how long standing. It's guaran
teed. If not benefited within ten days,
MONEY RACK without question or
quibble. Address M, Box 147, Littlo
Itoek, Ark. —Adv.
The Obstacle.
“Let’s put a roof garden on the new
house.” “Can’t, my dear; tiiere is a
mortgage there now.”
Sore Eyen. -!loofl-8hot Eyen, Watery Eyes,
Sticky Eyen, all healed promptly with nlxht.
ly applications of Homan Eye Balaam.—Adv.
Much Mdre.
“Old Mr. Orahlt holds his own, does
he?” “Yes, and as much of anybody
else's as he can get.”
Mrs. Hicks Relieved
By Four Eatonics
“I have taken four Katonlc tablets
and they relieved me of sour stomach.
I recommend It to everybody,” says
Mrs. O. P. Hicks.
If stomach Is not digesting your
food; if you have sourness, hloutlng,
food repeating, indigestion or acid
stomach, Eutonle will remove the
cause by taking up and carrying out
the acidity and gases, bringing quick
relief and healthy digestion. Why suf
fer stomach trouble? Why not keep
your digestion normal and enjoy good
health? An Eatonlc taken after each
meal will prevent discomfort and pain.
Make the test today and see how
quickly this wonderful remedy acts.
It comed In handy tablet form. Carry
It with you. A big box costs only a
trifle with your druggist’s guarantee.
No Soap Better
For Your Skin
Than Cuticura
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and 50c, Tnlcom 25c.
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lUtmoTwDanaruff-Stop* Hair Fail la*
Restores Color end
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; HINDERCORNS Remove Corns, Cal
louses. etc., stops alt psio, ensures comfort to the
; feet, makes walking easy. l.V,\ by mall or at L)mg>
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Il’J rf!T\ 'JO delivered. Instantly on and ofl
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I W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 90--1920.
