The Adair County news. [volume], March 19, 1913, Page 3, Image 3

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Profits From Abandoned Lands.
After many millions had been
obtained from their forests prod
ucts the lands of Northern Mich-
igan and Minnesota were aban
doned by the lumber companies.
Within the past few years how
ever, it has been realized that
these waste areas, although
partly covered with water and
scrub timber may be made to
yield additional profit. Large
holdings have been purchased,
principally by Eastern interest,
and capital has been secured for
clearing and placing immense
tracts under cultivation. As a
part of the financial plans of
these operations, funds are
also available for bringing fam
ilies to the land and for main
taining them until they have be
come self-supporting. Hand
some profits have already been
realized by the promoters and
even larger returns are expected
in the future from advances in
the land values and from the
sale of the products of the areas
which have been converted into
farms and orchards.
Similar undertakings in the
South would requite a much
smaller outlay of capital and
would yield proportionately much
larger profits than have been
obtained in the northwest.
South of Richmond and within
easy distance of its markets,
there are thousands of acres of
waste lands from which the first
growth of timber has -been
taken. Large areas may be
bought at very low prices per
acre. The second growth of
timber when converted into
shingles or staves would prob
ably return in profits the original
amount of the purchase, or at
least, would afford sufficient
funds to bring the land under
cultivation and to place settlers
upon it. The whole or the large
part of the amount obtained
from the sale of the lands to
truck and other farmers would
be clear profit. A great oppor
tunity exists for business men
with broad visions to add to the
wealth and trade of Richmond
and to develop the agricultural
resources of Virginia, and at the
same time, to secure handsome
returns for their own services
and for the capital invested.
Exchange.
Why People go 10 Church.
Some go to church, to tell the
truth,
Because of habit formed in
youth.
Some go because they like to
hear
The preacher rake their neigh
bors near.
Some goes because they think
it squares
Week day sins and other affa rs
Some go because they are afraid
That not to go might injure trade
Some go to take a restful snooze,
In the peaceful, quiet pews
'Some go to simply gaze ajid stare
And see what other people wear
Some go just to' settle strife
Get rid of baby and scolding wife
And yet among the chaff we find
Much golden grain of human
kind. '
Good men and women, who
To holy things are ever trute
Bright flowers grow from sinful
sod
Who really go to worship God.
Glasgow Republican.
Pointed Paragraphs.
The best of men are some
times worsted and that's no
yarn.
Silly people are usually happy,
but not all happy people are sil
ly. No inventor has been able to
produce a noiseless flat wheel as
yet.
Many a slow man develops in
to sprinter when he has a chance
too run into debt.
While the season's always
open for fortune hunting, few of
the hunters are good shots.
Love and whiskey makes some
men do a lot of queer things.
A spinster has given up hope
when she quits reading the mar
riage notices.
It may be that woman dislikes
cigars because they are always
arrayed in common every-day
wrappers.
A widow's idea of letting a
man win her is to first catch
him in a webb of her own spin
ning. Somehow the average woman's
heart aches a good deal more for
the poor heathen abroad than it
does for the dirty children in the
next block.
The Forty Year Test
An article must have exceptional
merit to survive for a period of forty
years. Chamberlain's Cougli Remedy
was first offered to the public in 1872.
From a small beginning it has grown
in favor and popularity until it has
attained a world wide reputation.
You will find nothing better for a
cough or cold. Try it and you will
understand why it is a favorite after
a period of more than forty years. It
not only gives relief-Mt cures. For
sale by Taull Drug Co.
Longest Straight Line Railroad.
One would think that the dis
tinction of having the longest!
section of straight line would be
long to some of the railroad
systems traversing the vast
prairie section of this country
but this is not so, The longest
straight line of railroad in the
world is in New Zealand. It is
136 miles long, and throughout
its whole length there is not a
single cure or minors deviatio
from a straight line. But what
makes this fact of New Zealand's
possession the more remarkable
is that the country is mountain
ous throughout the greatest part
of its 2,300 square miles of ter
ritory. Somebody's Daughter.
I do not know her name; per
haps you do. I have never seen
her face; maybe her picture
hangs on her bed room wall.
By some strange chance her
head may have rested some day
on your shoulders. She's some
body's daughter; pray God not
yours.
Tonight the claws of the city
are ripping at her soul. Lone
liness and hunger have sapped
her will and false pride has
blinded her.
She is not a bad girl, just tired,
numb. The dice were loaded.
The game was crooked The
odds were too great for her wis
dom and strength. The road
was strange and the guide-posts,
lied.
Back-home life was a drab
thing and sober-faced. The pet
ty tyrannies of the little town
the eternal sameness of the
years, starving her imagination.
Romance was hungry within
her and cried for beautyptre
mystery and adventure. And
out of deprivation sprang reck
less yearning.
You did not understand, moth-er-of-hers,
wherever you are.
You could not see with her eyes.
Your own were filled with
pictures of family wash and cook
ing and mending and brooms and
dust cloths.
Fate has paid you in stingy
and bitter pence.
But that is just what she saw,
that and the thankless yoke un
der which the wives of poor men
struggle and strain and surrend
er. The wings of her fancy kept
beating across the miles and car
ried her into a dreamland cf joy
and gayety where work would
be as children's play, with real
money all her own, to spend as
she chose to buy what she wish
ed. But the wage shrank when it
reached her its purchasing
power shrivled.
Five dollars a week(six, seven
if you insist) just enough to
give shelter and sustennance.
At first she was straight it
was in her blood in her tradi
tions. The women of your fami
ly never contemplated the easier
way.
But young girls who live alone
can seldom protect themselves.
Few have the intuition to com
prehend until it is too late some
are too weak to fight it out and
some are to weary.
And now she has paid the
price she has crossed the dead
line. The city has dropped its mask
and she is sitting staring into its
brutal, renlentless, inexorable
face At last she realizes all
that she has lost all that might
have been the happiness that
patience could have won.
She sees the man back home
who one day would have brought
his love and the children that
love would have brought.
The robins are singing in the
orchard. Spring has kissed the
trees into blossom. The honest
fragrance of fresh plowed loam
rises from the lower meadow.
Soon the wild roses will bear
their hearts, field violets will
purple the slopes and the sun
light will robe the hills with
gowns of gold. But never again
for her.
"When we know not the price
to be paid, we dare."
Herbert Kaufman.
Best for Skin Diseases
Nearly every, skin disease yields
quickly and permanently to Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, and nothing is better
for burns or bruises. Soothes and
heals. John Deye. of Gladwin, Mich.,
says, after suffering twelve years with
skin ailment and spending $400 in doc
tors' bills, Buchlen's Arnica Salve
cured him. It will help you Only
25c. Recommended by Paull Drug
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MaGaha.
Farmers are all busy breaking
corn gronnd
Mrs. Maude Davidson, who has
been confined to her bed for
some time, is no better.
Miss Ida Pyles, of Ella, is vis
iting her sister, Mrs. Lula Rooks.
Mrs. Nancy J McGaha, who
has been confined to her bed for
some time, don't improve very
much.
"Biggie" and "Littly" Rice,
of (color,) moved their saw mill
to Frank Burton's yard. There
are 1,110 logs on the yard, and
they are not done cutting and
hauling yet.
Mr. John Tunis, of Esto, was
visiting at Mr. John Hadley's
one day this week.
Misses Ollie and Patra Hadley
were visiting at Mr. Chrisley
Burton's one day last week.
Mr. Pompy Burton and Miss
Mary Curry, of Purdy, eloped to
Tennessee last Wednesday night.
Born to the wife of Frank
Burton, Feb., the 16th, a fine son.
Newspaper Errors.
The editor of an exchange
doesn't want anyone to send him
any more copies of his paper in
which they have found mistakes.
If they find a perfect copy, how
ever, he offers a big price for it.
Same with us, says the editor of
the Crystal Falls, Mich., Drill.
If the fool critic who huntrs for
mistakes in the papers would find
them all he would be kept busy.
We will be pleased to buy copies
of any papr which can be proven
entirely free from errors, either
typographical or in statement of
fact. We will be pleased to find
a merchant who never made a
mistake in putting up an order;
a lawyer who never lost a case
through his own error, a doctor
who never made a mistake, a
postoffice official who never put
mail into the wrong box, a wo
man who never forgot to put in
salt while cooking or to put tea
in the teapot before putting in
the water.
Bring on some of your mis
takeless paragons who find it so
easy to criticise the papers and
we'll give them the chance of
their lives to find out whether
they are human. Ex.
The Cause of Rheumatism
Stomach trouble, lazy liver and de
ranged kidneys are the cause of rheu
matism. Get your stomach, liver kid
neys and bowels in a healthy condi
tion by taking Electric Bitters, and
you will not be troubled with the
pains of rheumatism. Charles B. Al
len, a school principal, of Sylvania,
Ga., who suffered indiscribable torture
from rheumatism, liver and stomach
trouele and diseased kidneys, writes:
"All remedies failed until I used Elec
tric Bitters, but four bottles of this
wonderful remedy cured me complete
ly." May be your rheumatic pains
come from stomach, liver or kidney
troubles. Electric Bitters will give
you prompt relief. 50c and $1. Rec
ommended by Paull Drugr Co.
Slaughtering Calves.
Someone has conservatively es
timated that around 6,000,000
calves are annually slaughtered
in this country, including those
slaughtered on the farm. Thous
ands of calves are annually
slaughtered that are of good
beer type, their owners slaugh
tering and marketing them at a
tender age to rid the cow of her
charge and put her into the
dairy service again. The dairy
cow is a short road to profit, but
her steer calf, if kept on the
farm until he has attained the
yearling age and then sold to a
beef-cattle feeder, should in the
long run net more profit. It
might not all be represented in
dollars and cents, but that calf,
having the run of the farm for
a year, would help enrich the
soil fertility enough to well pay
its keep. It should be stopped
by law. That is the cause of a
shortage on cattle, which causes
this "high cost of living." Ex.
Miss Mollie Caldwell represents E.
Walker & Co , Florists, Louisville, Ky.
When in need of flowers, call her at
the Exchange.
"Real Fisherman's
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for Duke's Mixture Smokers"
Good tobacco and a good reel ! That's surely a lucky
combination for the angler and here's the way yon can
nave tnem Dotn.
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All smokers should know Duke's Mixture made by
Liggett y Myers at Durham, N. C.
Pay what you will, you cannot get better granulated
tobacco for 5c than the big ounce and a half sack of
Duke's Mixture. And with each of these big sacks you
get a book of cigarette papers FREE.
Get a Good Fishing Reel Free
by saving the Coupons now packed in Liggett $ Myers Duke's
Mixture. Or, if you don't want a reel get any one of the hundreds
of other articles. In the list you will find something for every
member of the family. Pipes, cigarette cases, catcher's gloves,
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Knifley.
Mrs Rettie Hancock who has
been sick for some time is no
better.
Mr, Joe L. Feese bought a
farm from J. B. Watson for
$800; Mr. Watson then brought
a farm form Mat Oversteet for
$750.
Owen Arnold sold one span of
aged mules to Gum Ellis fer $300
and bought a span of three year
old horse mules from G. Webb
for $275.
Mr. Owen Gains, a stock trad
er, was in this section last week
buying stock.
The sale at Garlin Weather
fords was well attended and
property sold for a good price.
Mr. Wcatherford will leave for
Illinois in a short time.
We look anxiously forward to
the rebuilding of the bridge at
Watson, it being down is incon
venient to a great .many people
in this section.
Mr. J. M. Wolford while log
ging a few days ago let a log
roll onto his team breaking one
of his horses legs. It was valued
at $125.
Mr. Jake Chelf, a candidate
for Assessor is mixing with the
voters of this section.
Mr. John Overstreet has mov
ed to Rheber Casy county.
Aunt Bettie Knifley, 85 years
of age is as sprightly as a person
of half her tyears.
Green river has been past
fording almost since the bridge
washed out.
Hogs, eattle and horse stock
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cameras, watcnes, toilet articles, etc.
These handsome presents cost you
nothing not one cent. They simply
express our appreciation of your
patronage.
Remember you still get the same
big one and a half ounce sack for oc
enough to roll many cigarettes.
Daring February and March
only, we will send oar new
illustrated catalogue or presents
FREE. Simply send us your
name and address.
Coupons from Duke's Mixture may be
assorted with tazs tram HORSE
SHOE, J.T..TIN5LEY,S NATURAL
LEAF. GRANGER TWIST, coupons
from FOUR ROSES OOc-tnt double
couton), PICK PLUG CUT. PIED
MONT CIGARETTES, CUX CI
GARETTES, end other tazs or
coupons issued oy us.
Premium DepL
iMCxttseKtiMXl isoGaeeo Got
in this section are both scarce
and high.
The wheat crops in these parts
look better than last year, also
young grass.
The article in the news Feb.
26, in regard to the bond issue
selected an easy place to fall.
Mr. H. B. Ingram, of Co
lumbia, visited Dr. J. C. Gose
and C. G. Jeffries a few days
last week.
It is reported that the county
will build a new school house
near Plumpoint church for the
coming school year.
Mr. C. E. Walker was in the
Louisville market last week.
Mr. J. A. Williams was in Co
lumbia on business last Saturday.
The culverts on the road from
this place to Green river are
dangerous, the Engineer shonld
look after them.
Born, to the wife of L. R.
Chelf March the 9th, a son.
Mother and baby doing well.
Died at her residence in
Knifley March the 8tb, Mrs.
Flossie Dunbar, wife of J. V.
Dunbar. Lung trouble was the
cause of her death. We extend
our profound sympathy to nus
band, two little boys and two lit
tle brothers.
The Mothers Favorite.
A cough medicine for children
should be harmless. It should be
pleasant to take. It should be ef
fectual. Chamberla i n' s Cough
Remedy is all of this and is the moth
ers' favorite everywhere. For sale by
Paull Drug Co.
50 acres good bottom and limestone
land in i mile of Columbia.
G. W. Dillon.
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