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Humor aid Philosophy
By DUNCAN M. SMITH
A Model Farmer’s Work.
FERT PARAGRAPHS.
It If "!asy to reform some men,
they won't stay reformed.
but
Many heiresses would much rather
marry a title tiiau have a real hus
band.
When n woman's temper pets ruffled
» man might try edging it with lace.
As long as a
man is on good
terms with his
dinner he Is still
In the wlnulng
class.
We have not ru n out of examples
of model farmers in Georgia, hut this
time we wish to shift the scene to
South Carolina, to tell you of a farm
and home that made a profound im
pression on us, and we trust that its
nfluence may extend to thousands of
our readers. Out five miles from Gray
Court and six miles from Woodruff,
just in the county of Laurens and
close to the line of Spartanburg, lives
Mr. W. P. Harris. Some twenty-five
years ago Mr. Harris sold a sninll
larm down near Waterloo that he had
brought up to a high state of cultiva
tion, and moved up into the section
where he now resides, and bought a
nine-hundred-aere farm at $8.50 an
acre.
The lnr.d was peer and the section
thinly settled. He was in debt for
natch of the land, but he went to work
with a will, and while we cannot lol-
" hen a young j ow him step by step as he climbed
man gets to mak- (he strenuous ladder of successful
big himself hulls- farming, yet we will give you an ac _ „ _
pensable a girl count of our visit, and you can fill in Jblpsslnga may we ever return unto
would better dls- the picture of the Inervening years. Thee—the proper thanks, and bide the
pensa with him We reached Mr. Harris' home about ** m0 when the country and country
and for our home. That Thou didst
put it Into our minds and hearts to
love our calling and has strengthened
us In our purpose to Improve our soil
—to have a aigh conception of a farm
and home and t-.at Thou has remained
with us as we yearly and daily tolled
to bring forth this embodiment of a
home and home surroundings, that we
now enjoy. We ulso specially thank
Thee for our children—and that they
are healthy and strong in purpose and
in character. And while we now' en
joy the full fruits of our labors may
our example prove a blessing to our
community and to our dear Southland
—when so many of our rural popula
tion are deserting the place of their
nativity and going away after false
gods in the form of lower Ideals. We
most assuredly thank Thee for that
steadiness of purpose and loyalty to
our calling that lias tided us over all
the vicissitudes of life and has crown
ed our efforts with u sufficient degree
of success. For these and all Thy
10 o'clock at night and we went im
mediately to our room and retired.
About four o'clock next morning we
were awakened by the ringing of the
farm bell—that important ami well
known factor on every well-directed
A. man never tells his wife to keep farm. Soon w e heard the sounds of
the change. He knows she has enough those moving below as they began to
nt once unless
she has ms do up
her mind never
to do so.
homes Bhall receive the appreciation
they so richly deserve."—Southern
Cultivator.
human intelligence to do It without
orders.
discharge their routine of daily duties.
About five o’clock we arose and dress
ed. Then, accompanying our host, we
went fortu to view the premises. First
we found the homestead to be a very
large and elegant concrete house, with
massive concrete pillars for the por
tico, and situated cn a beautiful .ora
tion, a retaining wall being built so
as to level the front yard, inside the
— house was elegant and substantial—
Lots of warnings are given Just to with everything needed to make a
be warnings and not to be heeded. home comfortable and attractive. We
— wont to the lot—hire Mr. Harris be
Before you slap some people on the ,0 °P cn atal1 doors and to let out
wrist be sure a competent surgeon is hls mures antl coU8 These we a dm ir
on e way a young man might try be
ing Irresistible is to be a millionaire.
When a man really recognizes that
he has the habit bo is mistaken; it
has him.
handy.
To Get the Price.
What It It make* tie up and dig
Anil ett up nights and scratch our wig
And to the music dance a Jig?
Oh. a dollar!
What makes us fabricate a bit
And praise the man of little wit
And with hot air Ms halo fit?
Just a dollar.
Why do we figure day and night
To get a euckor landed right
And when wo have litm squeeze him
tight?
For hie dollar.
When we’d nttatn to kingdom come
And tiitnk we've landed square and
plumb
What mnytie wilt obstruct us some?
Oh, that dollar!
ed very much. He has two barns, one
for horses and one for mules. They
are both built with a keen eye to con
venience. His mares have roomy
stalls and all front a central hall and
teedway. One can go along this feed
way and attend to every animal. Con
venient shutes are arranged to bring
down the hay from the loft above.
The niule barn is still more conveni
ent. It has a center feed trough some
four feet wide. In tills the corn Is
fed In the shuck. He says he never
shucks his corn to feed. Hls stock
eats all shucks and cobs. He puls the
corn and hay In this center trough,
and along on tnen side at six feet in
tervals and alternating so one mule
from one side cannot get the corn giv
en to another; on the opposite are cut
openings into the wall, about IS inch
es wide so the mules can each put
their head In to get their food. He
sot this Idea from the barns of Col.
James M. Smith. From the horse
barns we went on the other side of
the road to the cattle barn. Here
found a sn-al! barn for milkers,
Niwsct Diversion.
•‘lie la a Munch udwlrer of Iho na
tional game."
, “What game?"
“Baseball. Is there another?”
"Well, it is getting to lie mighty itop- and stalls for some twenty cows. Then
ulnr In some quarters to decline to nc- a large catlle shed for dry entile that
cept a nomination for vice president.” would accommodate 100 head. Here
too he had racks and a central feeding
: rough and every convenience to sim
plify and lessen the work In caring
jfor the cattle. We Btood and saw
over 50 heifers front 18 months to 3
yearB old let out and file their way to
the pasture. The registered Jersey
-The Coming Man.
Do not snub the ottlc-o boy.
He la little; you Rre great!
He's an atom on ttie force;
You are sucli a lieavywalghtf
•»)' " kind wtjc& to the lad.
Though you ms? !>■ feeilng crass.
In tan years rr tneybo t-ss
Ho may have become Ike boss.
Do not lord It over him
In fin everbearing way.
In a run of several years
Petty unties may not pay.
Later things may come hls way—
Fortune is a fickle lass—
And he nay Ire signing checks
While you're In the same old class.
Now he doesn't oount for shacks;
Every one about the place
Hands htm orders right and left.
Keeps him always on the chase.
If some party makes a Jest
bull waswiolng his chores on a tread
mill, pumping up the supply of wa'er
for the ensuing day. Dow n at the
horse b; rn a wind mill performed this
; part cf the work. Back of this barn
: was tons and tons of peavlne hay on
a 50-acre field in large cocks and ready
!to be hauled In. Across the road was
'50 acres cf fine corn in the shocks
ready for the shredder, above the
'house was cotton that would make a
, halo per aero in spite of the untoward
.seasons Then we went oat to see the
I pigs—t hen the tool shed, where very
...... . . modem specimen ef farm tool was
^ found, from a binder down to three or
When ho rum the zhoottng much, four kinds of fertilizer distributors and
cotton planters. A large drove of tur-
jkeys and many chickens enlivened the
j scene;. Then we went to see hls fall
l Irish potato patch of some four acres,
|that were as fine as we ever saw.
jThen to his guano mixing house, and
;finally to the gin that was steaming
(away putting the fleecy staple into a
merchantable form.
When a new and awkward boy
Come* In timidly and ahy
No one seeing him can tell
When he'll catch tha boaa' eya.
Wise and knowing onea will not
Give the hoy Ike double cross.
For it's mighty hard to pick
From the lot the future boss.
Love, Honor, Etc.
■ . ... | Mr. Harris grows some 300 bale3 of
Has obey been stricken out of the C0tt0n but as you see he does not de-
marriage service?'
“Yes; I believe It has."
“Anything taken Its place?"
“I think so."
“What?" • . ..
, “Divorce."
Nothing Doing.
“Let’s go out and paint the town."
“Can’t.”
“Why not?"
“It is a prohibition town, nnd the
best we could do Would be to white- conr eptlon of home-building—the sc
pend on cotton alone for his supply
jof money. He annually sells from
two to three thousand dollars’ worth
of other products. It is useless to
[say that all of these evidences of good
farming filled our cup of Joy to the
I full, but it was the home scene that
[made this cup to run over. Mr. Har
iris hag a wife that is a help-mate in
■ evr-ry sense of the word. She is one
I of the few women whose husbands are
able to farm, that does not desire to
run off to town. She has the trap
wash ih"
Not Organized.
li Seemed Like Proof.
“You know old Grandfather Money-
Lags?’
“Yes, slightly."
“He wants roe to’marry him
,ond highest function of mankind. The
ihighest function of mankind Is to build
’character, the next highest a true
home. These parents have reared
nine children, four girls and five boys,
“I am a self au d have given all a collegiate educa-
made roam" tion. Mr. Harris told us he had paid
"One nice out ovpr $18,000 in the last ten years
thing about for college expenses. As we returned
(hat" to the house we were all called into
• What?’ tb<* sitting room for morning prayer
••You don’t before going to breakfast. We never
have to carry a fe,t that we were more near ,he ,rUe
, W sanctuary, and knowing tne two forms
union cam.
of prayer, that Of petition and that of
thanksgiving, we though' Brother Har
ris ro'cht dally offer a prayer in words,
gs follows;
"Thou cur Almighty Father—the
maker of the heavens and the earth—
we thank Thee for Thy past favors to
We thank Thee for the grand
KEEPING PURE MILK,
Farmers should awake to tho Impor
tance of these matters, not alone for their
wavs than most people are aware of.
While they are not as great absorbents
of odors as milk, yet they take In a good
many things that cause them to taste
and smell In a very disagreeable manner.
Not long ago my wife broke a perfectly
fresh egg. bought from a farmer, which
when cooked could not be eaten because
of ltd rank taste. The egg had a rough
porous shell and stood up firm and nice
when broken, Indicating Its freshness,
hut It had evidently lain some little time
In a dirty nest. This Is hut one Instance
of many which lead the writer to say
that egga. nnd especially tho thin, open
or porous shelled ones, will absorb many
a had odor. Then, too, the feed consumed
by the hen when the egg Is In course of
growth causes the egg to partake to u
certain extent of the rank food or drink
It is very essential, therefore, that hens
he not allowed to consume all kinds of
dirty, filthy offal, and forced to drink nt
some strong cesspool of water. These are
the things which cause freHh eggs to ap
pear stale, and worse than all, cause sick*
ness and trouble.
For example, there is n great difference
In the size between the eggs of tho small
est bantam and those laid by the domes,
tic goose.
A bantam egg weighs about three-
fourths of an ounce, while a goose egg
weighs about six ounces, or more than
eight bantam eggs. The average hen
egg weighs two ounces, or eight to the
pound. Guinea eggs weigh about an
ounce and a uuarter. Turkey eggs ore
not quite as heavy us goose eggs on an
average. The eggs of all younfp fowls
are, as a rule, somewhat smaller than
those laid by fowls of the same family
that are two years or more old. For that
reason they visually hatch smaller chicks
than do the eggs from the older ones.
There has been a good many efforts
mude to have eggs sold by weight, but
"xccpt In a few sections It has been of no
avnfl.
Consumers would be g’.nd to have them
thus handled, that they might know Whon
they were getting their money’s worth.
V mereirp n*p nnd commit Ion men. how-
v,averse to the proposition he.
• i«'»o ft would ci«m them more work
and nrcessarlly more expense. While we
would like to see the method adopted,
yet ve are a good deal more concerned
about the quality of the eggs.
We believe eggs are n good deal mon-
fowls vary In size ns well ns appearance,
and there Is a good deal of difference la
the p\zo of eggs of the different breeds
of chickens.
Humor and Philosophy
Bj DUNCAN M. SMITH
an
“He wants roe to marry mm. upon which Thou has planned
“First I had heard he was in hls do- ^ par ; h Qf our8 _, or Us mountain?
tage."
Sweet.
I love to sing; I love to play:
I love a breezy summer's day:
Of all the things I love to do
(l7e tried It Just a time or two)
I love to have my ewa sweet way.
this -
and its valleys, its rich resources of
mineral, and the varied productions of
the soil—we thank Thee for the skill
with which mankind has wrought—
building cities—railroads and all the .
Intricacies of moder a commerce. But citron, dates, cranberries etc. at L. L.
Oh.! Heavenly Father we desire spe. Greene’s, j
daily to thank Thee for the couutry
Or. Hinkle a Georgia
Ptiysician Well Known
Dr. A. B. Hinkle, of Macon, is a well
known Georgia man and has established
a repotation for himself that is above
reproach. He has splendid offices equip
ped with all modem appliances and can
handle up-to-date style any cases in
which he is employed.
THE WAY OF THE CLERK.
A man of weight and dignity,
Of pomp nnd circumstance.
May wither those who work for him
With hls all piercing glanco.
But when he ventures for his wife
To buy some fancy stuff
A slender lady of sixteen
Will often cull hls bluff.
lie goes Into a dry goods store
To buy a piece of lace
Ami carries dignity enough
To almost sink tho place.
The busy salesgirl overlooks
Ills condescending smile
And says, with chilling unconcern,
“Down in the center aisle.*’
The lady In tho center ulslo
A cureless look bestows
Upon the sample ho must match;
Than, turning on her toes
And going leisurely to where
Such things us luco they keep.
■ ho shakes her head and says, "We
don’t
Have anything so cheap."
Bho sells him some for twice the price
Beforo he goes away
Ami then holds out her hand us though
Ho might bo doubtful pay.
Then ho most unobtrusively
(Joes sliding towurd the door
And feeling Just about u tenth
The size he felt before.
Japanese waiters, hardkerchief and
glove boxes at R. II. Wootten’s.
Kggs of different kinds of domestic
susceptible to contamination In various
farm flocks.—Southern Cultivator.
A Special display of
hand embroidered
handkerchiefs and
ties, Monday, Dec. 13,
a t Mrs. Stan ley's
store.
Miss Annie McComb.
Baldwin apples, Indian river oranges,
cranberries, Malaga grapes, bananas
and grape fruit at W. L. Hargrove’s A
Co.
Everything in dolls, toys, and new
books this year at Finney Racket store.
Genuine old fashion buckwheat,
Georgia ground graham flour at W. L.
Hargroves & Co.
New fireworks at Finney’s Racket
Store.
Beil’s best roast coffee, the kind that
satisfies, at W. L. Hargroves & Co's.
Seeded raisins, cleaned currants,
Dotting Even.
“Oh, no; slu< wouldn't have him. nc
was a very fine muu. und till that, but
then she never could learn to love him,
hut ns a friend—well, she hoped she
could nlwuys count him as such, nnd
she wns so sorry If site hnd over done
anything that hnd caused him to have
hoped. There was considerably more
In that sntno line, too. hut that wns ull
he could remember."
“I)ld he tnke It linrd?"
"lie pretended to. hut there was
method In Ills actions. She hnd been
flirting with him outrageously, but he
didn't complain. lie looked pensive
nnd waited for leap year."
“And then she proposed?”
“Yes, nnd then ho threw her down.”
Tak. Notice.
Bliout and the worfd ehouta with you;
Whine and you get turned down;
Fut up a kick, that U tearless and quick
And you gut tho pick of the town.
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Try a Smoothing; Iron run with
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AND-™
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