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The Humble Peanut.
Everybody bus paid tribute to
the peanut, but despite its pala
table food qualities it has been re
garded in the main as an agricul
tural toy. something like pop-corn.
The average farmer is accustomed
to planting just enough to provide
winter entertainment for the
children. The goverment estimates,
however, that the crop of last year
was worth $12,000,000, and its ex
perts opine that few farm products
contain as many possibilities. It
is not only of full food for man,
but is among the best fatteners for
hogs. Besides, the vine supplies lus
cious forage in plenty, and the
roots have away of attracting free
nitrogen to the soil, thereby add
ing to rather than taking from the
productive qualities of the soil.
We read:
The common peanut originally
came probably fro.ll tropical Ame
rica. Peanuts were introduced into
the United States in the days of
the Colonies. Botanically the pea
nut belongs to the same group of
plants as beans and peaß, but the
peanut matures its fruit or nut
under the surface of the soil, not
above ground as do most other le
guminous plants.
Properly speaking the peanut is
a pea rather than nut, the term
“nut” having been added on ac
count of its flavor, which is simi
lar to that of the true nuts. The
peanut is known under the local
names of goober, gooberpea, pin
der, groundpoa and groundnut.
The cultivation of the peanut
for commercial purposes has until
comparatively recently been con
fined chiefly to area* in Verginia,
Tennessee, the Carolinas and Geor
gia, but in recent years the indus
try has become established
throughout the South Atlantic
States and westward to and includ
ing California. The climatic re
quirements of the peanut are a
long season with out frost, a com
parative light rainfall during the
growing period, abundant sun
shins and a high temperature.
Food experts have declared that
no single grain or vegetable con
tains all the properties necessary
for the retention of health and
vigor of man as the peanut,
sroundpea or pindar. A handful
twice a day, it is said, will nourish
a healthy adult.
When patient Dagoes can live
and save money by operating
“peanut stands” on street corners
it may be presumed that the mod
est vine under which they grow
contains more possibilities than
the average man has ever thought
of. Some day it will be grown
more generally than the hard
speckle pea, and the production of
the latter could be doubled several
fold without loss —Agusta Chron
icle.
Local Weekly Papers.
The local paper is paid for, and
whatever costs something to ob
tain is utilized.
It is read because it was bought
for that particular purpose.
It has influence in its field, be
cause it virtually owns that par
ticular field. It has, in its own
way, a monopoly, and an ad in it
of a dozen square inches is worth
more than a wagon load of circu
lars. There never has been seen,
and in all human probability
there never will be invented, a
satisfactory local advetising sub
stitute for the local news paper;al 1
other mediums are supplementary
and effective only when used in
connection with the legitimate ads
in the necessary advertising me
dium.
The local weekly is read by
everybody who has any purchas
ing power.. The rich may some
times laugh at its defects, and
criticise its style and general ap
pearance,but they read it all the
same and the more they find fault
with it, the more do they prove
that their reading of it is thorough
Their “kicking” is of no import
ance to the merchant who adver
tises in the weekly.
If the local merchant is well
known he must keep up his exten
sive acquaintance through the me
dium of the press. It he is not
known he requires introduction
through the same medium. There
is something seriously wrong with
any merchant who cannot utilize
the advertising columns of his lo
cal weekly. Os course, the local
paper must be used intelligently
to produce results,but this remark
is applicable to all kinds of busi
ness. Care must be taken in writ
ing the uds ; sufficient space must
be iir-. fl, but it is unprofitable to
waste epace. A very large ad will
probabiv be read whereever it is
placed: t)0 small an ad may es
cape notice even when at the head
of the column and next to reading
matter. —Ex.
Here Is a Remedy that will Cnre Eczema.
“We Prove It.”
Why waste time and money ex
-1 perimenting with greasy salves
and lotions, trying to drive the ec
zema germ from underneath the
skin, when the Brown-Odom Drug
Store guarantees Zemo, a clean
liquid preparrt’on for external use
to rid tbj skin of the germ life
that causes the trouble ? One ap
plication will relieve the itching
and often times one bottle is suffi
cient to cure a minor case of ecze
ma. In over 2,OCX) towns and cities
in America, the leading druggist
has the agency for Zemo, and he
will tell you of the marvelous cures
made by this clean, simple treat
ment. Zemo is recognized as the
cleanest and most popular treat
ment for eczema, pimples or dand
ruff, and all other forms of skin or
scalp affections whether on infant
or grown person. Will you try a
bottle on our recommendation?
Brown-Odom Drug Co.
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After the announcement that
the Aid-rich rubber interests have
purchased great rubber planta
tions in Mexico, it requires no
great strength of imagination to
account in part at least for our
demonstrations on the Mexican
frontier .
Is the Stomach Indispensfble?
An operation for the removal of
the stomach, in a Chicago hospital
recently, promoted the discussion
among the surgeons whether the
stomach could be removed and the
patient be none the worse for it.
Before the discussion had well died
out, the patient had died. It de
monstrated he could not live with
out his stomach.To keep the stom
ach in good condition, and to cure
constipation, indigestion, etc. use
the great herb laxative compound,
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It is
absolutely guaranteed to do what
is claimed, dnd if you want to try
it before buying,send your address
for a free sample bottle to Pepsin
Syrup Co., 119 Caldwell Bldg.,
Monticello, 111. It is sold by Ly
ons Pharmacy at s<3c and $1 bottle
Baseball teams that are practic
ing in Texas are chagrined to dis
cover that the girls cannot soe
them because of the large number
of soldiers on the ground.
Beauty of Body.
A healthy body is a beautiful
body, and beauty of body is to he
preferred to beauty of face. It is
easy enough for a woman to have
a good complexion if her body is
in good health. To insure good
health it is necessary to keep the
stomach active ana the bowels
open. This can best be done by use
cf Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin,
the great stomach, liver and bowel
regulator. It is absolutely guar
anteed to do what we claim, and if
you want to try it before buying,
send your address for free sample
bcttle to the Pepsin Syrup Co., 119
Caldwell Bldg., Monticello, 111. It
is sold by Lyons Pharmacy at SOC
and $1 a bottle.
WE ARE IN THE
Real Estate
BUSINESS.
Ist. For the Benefit of Lyons.
2nd. For the benefit of Toombs
I County.
3rd. For the benefit of ourselves
If you wish to buy a nice Lot in
Lyons, either to improve or for
investment, call on us.
If you wish to sell your house
or your Lyons property, then come
to see us anyhow', because Mr.
wants to buy it.
If you wish to buy a farm in
Toombs County, let us show you
what we have.
We have newcomers in our office
every day, wishing to purchase
land in Toombs County. So if
you wish to sell your farm or
lands, then list it with us.
Williams llealiy Co.
Toombs County Bank Bldg.,
Lyons, Ga.
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INVITATION.
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Money to Loan
Loans negotiated on first mortgage
on improved farms, payable in
annual installments. No commis
sion charged on loans. Seven per
cent. only. Thos J. Parrish,
Attorney,
McNutt Building, Lyons, Ga,
Eh CPTOir THE BEST FOR
Lbb I Klv BILIOUSNESS
BITTERS and kidneys.
SEABOARD AIR LINE
SCHEDULE.
Leave Lyons —o.2B a. m. (
5.40 p. m. '(For Savannah, Ga., and Points Beyond.
10.00 a. m. I For Helena, Cordele, Americus, Mont
-7.50 p. m. ( goniery, and points beyond.
For information and reservations, call on nearest Ticket Agent,*'
Seaboard Air Line, or write R. H. Stansell, A. G. P. A.,
C B. Ryan, G. P. A., Portsmouth, Va. Savannah, Ga