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Fair Exchange No Robbery You are dead right in demanding that every one of your dollars bring you one hundred cents worth of value when yon spend it. That's what we GUARANTEE yon-a FAIR gEXctlAGE. We keep on hand at all times a stock of tie purest and best to he had ini :lrugs and Drug Sundries Toilet Articles and Ice Cold Drinks. We guarantee that every article you buy from our store will return you the full value. If you w itt to be sure to avoid accident, buy your drugs from us-they're so pure and fresh you are sure to get best results from every pur chase. IDEAL DRUG STORE .. J. MAOgE, Prop. PRANKLINTON, LA. Local Items Sdfeatlion of Local and PersonalI Lappenings of The Week.e r The Era.Leader. prnkllnton, La., Nov. 18, 1920. Dr. J.L. Brock was a Ores. at(City visitor Friday. a, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Wood $ d0ogalusa, spent the week end Wlth Franklinton relatives. tl Mr. J. V. Rabb was called to C dville this week by the seri illoess of his father. T Rev. C. N. Kimberlin spent ft jsweek.end with his family at o home of Mrs. J. E. Bateman. :Mrs. Wm. Carp entertained h and Mrs. D. Bienn and s dren of Bogalusa, at Sunday t, 'Ms. Irwin Wetzel is enjoying uit from her daughter, Mrs e 1L Shackelford enroute to her C boome in Los Angeles, Cal. a o:gr Thanksgiving offering to cbildren.-Beautiful Tams ents. e Beard & Thompson. +. J. L. Brock and Joe N. left Monday to attend .the et Convention at Baton SM. W. Ott is home again a fortnight spent at the bed of her mother at Grand She reports Mrs. Shaw much improved. .,.C. Denman is rapidly uig after the amputation, ay of his finger which him so much suffer U the past six weeks from Poisoning. of $40.00 in cash-1st $15.00, 2nd prize $10.00, 3rd .00, 4th prize $5.00, 5th Pe00-will be given away satore. Thursday, Decem to our customers. Burris Bros., Ltd. t "Uncle Sam" Your Delivery Man. "Uncle Sam" l'as made a great success of delivering pack. HiS. He is helping us distribute goods where we could not 1 obefore. THE PARCEL POST I alo convenience for you. When drug store goods are ~te, it gives you the advantage of buying from our large ent and at reasonable prices without coming to our in person. Just phone 48 or mail your order, and the will be delivered by first mail after receipt of order. habit of buying byParcel Post. on's Drug Store Additional locals on last page. " Judge P. B. Carter is on the it sick list this week. Hon. M. W. Ott spenl Tues- it day in New Orleans attending to w business interests. D. L. Bateman, R. Fornea and li John Corkern were Crescei.t City visitors Sunday. c1 Burris Bros., Ltd. will give t away five cash prizes, totaling h $40.00, on December 23. N Rev. H E Pettus is spending ik this week at the Biptist State C Convention in Lake Charles. h J. V. Ferguson representing T The Daily 8tates made us a fraternal call while on a visit to our City this week. Mrs. P. B. Carter returned E home Monday after a visit of P several weeks with her daugh. el ter, Mrs. T. J. Magee at Mans- ti field. o Wilton Magee, thru the high est grade made on a competitive r civil service examination, was appointed on rural mail route No. 3 out of Franklin:on. Gold cloth in yellow, blue, lav- p endar, white and black.--1'or n fancy vests for tailored coats F and coatee sweaters, also used in handsome camisoles. e eard & Thompson. I News has just reached us of J the sudden death in Bogalusa on e Tuesday night of P. D. Letch e worth from an accidental dose of d strychinine. Mr. Letchworth W has been doing a succeseful mar ket business in Bogalusa and , moved his family over there several months ago. r Stock Taken Up. M Strayed to my place about the middle of August, one pale brown st Jersey cow about eight years rd old, no mark or brand, flap in th nose. Owner can reclaim same Y by proving properly and paying '° for this ad. D. \W. Ad:i, Isabel, La. UHN RHEUMATISHM IITS YOU HARDI . Sloan's Liniment should be kept P handy for aches and pains W BY wait for a severe pain, an Re ache, a rheumatic twinge fol lowing exposure, a sore muscle, sciatica, or lumbago to make you quit work, when you should have Sloan's Liniment handy to help curb it and keep you active,and fit,and onthe job? er Without rubbing, for it penetrates, a" apply a bit today to the afflicted part. th Notethe gratifying, clean,prompt relief et that follows. Sloan's Liniment couldn't to keep its mahy thousands of friends the n, world over if it didn't make good. That's worth remembering. All drug- C' gists-three sizes-the' largest is the Y most economical. 35c, 70c, 41.40. ~t fu in to Red Cross i)Drive ()utlined. bi At a meeting of the executive wc of the local Red Cross, the ward a* was divided up into five Districts Ito under chairmen who will see to' S. it that every home in this terri. A tory has an opportunity to turn f< in their membership to this n worthy organization. A Red Cross Station is estab- b lished in the court house in Mr. Mizell's office where the patriotic t elerk of court or one of his ac- g corn',modating asistants wi'l re- a ceive membership dues and issue A butt,)is and receipts for same. NM ncl work can b:' saved the sol icitors by paying dues at the Cl rk' otfliceor at, either of the batnks. Coinstilntional Convention I Delegates Named. Chas. Holcombe of Edst Baton Rouge and Albin Provosty of. Pointe Coo pee, were elected del-! egates at ltarge to the Constitu tional Convention at the sessionI of the Sixth District Democratic caucus at Itaton Rouge Tuesday. A. .1. Alford was nominated' from T.tng :l.';l and on the roll call of tOf, pri.shos Provi.)sty r,. ceived 73 v',' and) Alford 23 Charies lli.', ib was unop posed and tir,: .aiuce's made the nominations ,,f bothl Provotsy and Holcombe unanimous. I J. Y. Sanders was elected per. manent chairman of the Sixth I District Democratic caucus and J. J. Grace was elected perman eat secretary. Wireless News, SFranklinton Radio Statioi 5 SK again in operation since the new light plant furnished the power e and made it possible. Some day this station will be of much benefit to our town as comrn-I munication is again beitng estab lished with various coities, So far e Peoria, 111., Little Rock, Ark.,, Topeka, Kan., Dallas, Tex., and s New Orleans are being success fully worked. In a little while Smany more will be added to this Slist and at t~hi tim" the o' nIe.r of statinll t'Xpcct t. to throw it open to tbhe publt, thlit is mesasgn1s will be seunt and received fruet of charge. This station has met with the' approval of the Government and has been gr'9totl a Sp I)ia i e,.nse. * Mr. Grt ,ilaw has ju-t receivwd -an appointment as "Traffic Man ager" for the American Radio Re. Slay League covering the states of SLouisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas Sand Tennessee and has charge o( Sthe routing of all messages thru those states. The American Radio Relay SLeague is a League having wire less trunk lines all over United States and their business is to forward and deliver messages free of charge. They are looked upon with favor by the government and Sare receiving their assistance. Saturday night a concert given I for the benefit of the navy by: Swireless telephone was heard at this place. It is promised that we will have in these columns more Radio news items. For Sale-Two milk cows with young calves. T, A, Fisher, Horticultural o Facts 4 PRUNING FARM APPLE TREES Regulated More in Accordance With Owner's Conditions Than In Gen. 4 eral Orcharding. Pruning of apple trees on the ge n cral farm is regulated more in accord- 4 ance with the owner's farml conditions than where orcharding is the main oe cupatlon. The trees must he shaped to enable the farmer and his team to 4 make satisfactory progress with plow, Cultivator andl harrow. When quite young, the trees are trained to grow straight and tall for several yearns, until the lower hramnches can be spared and the tree useumes a penranent form. This can generally be ancomu pllished within a few years after plant ing. No perm.aent limbs are allowed to form elo<er to thile ground thlan 4 feet, and many at tlhat height will have 4 to be sacrificed. Three to five main 4 branches are generally msucllent. ft is wise to cut these back to within a foot of the tree, leaving a terminal byd where the branch is removed, so that an elbow forms, pointing upward, giv ing great strength to the branch and spread to the tree. The laterals re ceive like treatment in a year or two. A tree thus started will have little use 4 for a central stem which excludes the sunlight so necessary for the fruit. We find that too severe topping of the tree is apt to induce sun scald on the 4 branch or body of the tree. -Having given the tree its founda tion shape, the next care is to keeping that shape. Each year attention is given to removal of water shoots or suckers, branches that cross each oth er or shut out the sunlight and inter. Apple Tree Properly Pruned. fere with spraying. Perhaps 20 feet is the limit to the height of an apple e tree with' these general form condi Stions in view, March is a good month tn which to prune, SBEST SOIL FOR STRAWBERRY Pleid Which Hae Produoed Good Crop S of Corn Ie Favored-Manure Ie Beneflicial. 8trawberrles will thrive an a great variety of soils, but a very fertile soil brings the best results. For an average Sfeld which has produced a good crop Sof corn about ten loads of manure per acre, evenly spread this fall, with the manure spreader, would be beneficial to the growth of strawberries. Then the field can be plowed early next spring and dlsced and harrowed until a Sthe manure is thoroughly worked into the soil. Manure should be placed on the Sstrawberry gound as soon as possible after leaving the stables as this helps to keep down the development of the white ngrbs which eat off the roots of ! strawberry plants . : SPROPER SELECTION OF FARM U Of Vast Importance In Choosing Site 'S for Home to Consider Various ,Features Carefully. T he wise selection of a farm is vital te to the slcc.cs anl satisfaction of farm ld life. Choosing a ufarmn often means . choosing a place in which to live and work for a lifetime. It is Important, of course, to decide wisely In buying fo for investtmentt, but in making a selec e. tion for a home It is of double Impor tnnce that one consider the various of features that may have a decisive 8s bearing on the farm business or that Smay affect the home life.-Unilted States department of agriculture. TRUE ARMY WORM DESCRIBED - Genuine Article I Nearly Naked, ed Smooth, Striped Cterplllar&, to 1Wa Inches Long. 8el The true army worm should net be 1ot ceontused with the "overflow word," od the "fall army worm," or the "grass worm," say the federal entomolt Sgists. The genuine article is a nearly n naked, smooth, striped caterpillar by about 1% inches long. ~ls greenish body is marked with three dark stripes t which run, one down each side and one down the back, for the length of r' the body, The head is greenish brown, speckled with black. Alfalfa lasily Cured. SAlfalifa is just as easily cured as clover, and, In fact, some people think that the second and third crops ar SYou Are a Louisianian Therefore You Should Be A Good Judge of Coffee. A O * We are making a special price on the Best Coffee * made Alameda Pound cans 50C unet--_ -------- Coffee and Chicory 35c mixed, per lb-_ _- - * Sold with an absolute guarantee to give satis- " faction or money back. See our other goods. We cannot * sell you goods below cost but we CAN S and WILL guarantee your money's * worth on every purchase at our store. f D. F. Foil & Son.: That Essential Quality While this Bank adopts evesy available method of modern banking, it never loses eight of that essential quality: ABSOLUTE SAFETY All our deposits are guaranteed by the Depositors' Guaranty Fund of the State of Mississippi. TYLERTOWN BANK TYLERTOWN, MISS. Capital Stock $50,000.00 Surplus $40,000.00 . Resources over $800,000.00 a|llIl n|i E II iNlE tli •a i iu NI n i in lNl I cSpecial This Wee . b - Green Coffeec Per Lb Victoria .. . . . . P Sugar, Foreign 14c Per Lb. e SGranulate ... ý Sugar, American 15 P Lb Sugtdar,. Granulated erb -_Rice ' 5 Per Lb.: Broken Grain ... L. * _ :B. E. Bickham OUR MOTTO: "Quality, Weight, Price and Senrice." i