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PUTNAM COUNTY HERALD.
ISSUED EVRY THURSDAY
SubsrrptKin Price 25 Cents a Year
E. Is WIRT & SON, Publishers
Cntarad u Second Class Mail Matter at the
Poet Office at Cookeville. Tenn.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
DMOCRATIC COUNTY TICKET
Election Thursday, August 2, 1914
Sheriff .
R. L. RASH
C'rcuit Court Clerk
P. Y. JARED
County Court Clerk
W. O. WATSON
Trustee
D. E. SLAGLE ,
Register
S. S. STANTON .
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF.
Dear Friends : After so long a time
I am now making good my promise to
write you. We are well and enjoying
life in having much to do. Our trip
was very interesting as well as some
what tiresome. We had snow all the
way from Kentucky to St. Louis and
until we were most across the state of
Kansas. But from there on across
Oklahoma, a part of Texas, Arizona
and New Mexico it was much more
pleasant, as we crossed the sand des
erts and through the mountains. We
arrived here on Sunday morning in
time for breakfast, and in conjunction
with that meal we had one commodity
of the many, many good things the
lad'es of Cookeville prepared for us,
which was eaten in the spirit of grat
itude and a never to be forgotten es
teem and appreciation of their many
kindnesses. Long live such a faithful
band.
We find many of the people here to
be of a grateful and kind-hearted dis
position. Yet you find many more who
are world-bound than you do in the
South. But "hings are beginning to
take on a change, if what the people
say be true. The lines are being more
t'ghtly drawn for righteousness than
ever before.
Our church seems to try to do every
thing to make it pleasant and satisfy
the longing we might have for Sunny
Tennessee.
Perhaps there is no field with great
er possibilities for a young man than
here; provided he has the nerve and
grit to go up against things, for a fel
low does'nt last long here if he hasn't
' a mind to work. But a man in any
profession can do well here if he will.
The town has two main lines of rail
road, the S. P. ancTS. P.; has some
25,900 population, twelve or fifteen
churches, a number of public schools
and two high schools. By the way, I
was glad to see 'hat you are to have a
county high school. Here goes three
cheers for the school. Good! I had
thought that about all that kept Ba
kersneld from being the greatest place
on the map was that it did not take
Cookev'lle into its corporate limits.
Glad to note that Charles Gracey has
been appointed to a good position.
Sorry to note the deaths of so many.
Some of them will be much missed.
But after all, a man should live so that
h ,'U be missed when he is gone. 1
see from the religious press and your
- paper, as well as br letter, that the
church is doing things. Tnat is good
news and as it should be.
Mr. Charles McClain of Cookeville,
who has been here for some time, nas
been calling around to see us. He ap
pears to be doing well.
You should se the gardens here.
They are great for this time of year.
Hafe had vegetables all winter, while
we can look out on the mountains 25
miles away and see snow most any
time. How It that for a change.
Went out yesterday to see the bird
man take his flight, hut he failed to get
"over the mountain, as you no doubt
have already read.
We ha7e here a strong corps of
Dreachers. with one exception. All
or vniin or man exp.Artt. twn or three
S have the honor of being the secretary
of our Ministerial union. We are now
launching a campaign for church go-
lng, as well as one for California dry
in 1914.
Remembering . all with kindest re
gards, I ftm as ever, Your friend,
W. M. McClearen.
WILL ERADICATE
CATTLE TICK
Southern Cattlemen Organize to
. Conduct Active Campaign for
More and Better Live Stock
in the South.
VILL IMPROVE THE BREEDS
Cattle Tick the Greatest Hindrance to
Stock Growing in South Post
Costs Ovar $100,000,000 Annually
Prominent Men at Conven
tion Discuss Boot Plans
Tick Must Go.
The Southern Cattlemen's associa
tion was organized at Montgomery,
Ala., July 9, 1513. A hundred or more
cattle growers and shippers, national
and state live stock officials and rep
resentatives of the stock yards and
railroad interests were present and
took an active interest in the organ
ization of the association.
The avowed object of the associa
tion are as follows:
1. The eradication of the cattle
tick.
2. The development of a profitable
cattle industry in the south.
3. The promotion of effective and
uniform national and state live stock
sanitary legislation.
The means which have been Bug
Seated for the accomplishment of
these objects are in part as follows:
1. The holding of meetings for the
discussion of live stock problems and
the dissemination of live stock Infor
mation. 2. The organisation of local
or county associations which will pro
mote the work of tick eradication and
the improvement of the cattle of the
locality by the introduction of pure
bred bulls. 3. By assisting the small
live stock producer In marketing his
products.
It has been suggested that an activo
field agent may be employed by. the
association to assist local cattlemen
In the attainment of these purposes.
At Memphis, Tenn., on December
10th and 11th, 1913, the srst regular
meeting was held and a constitution
and by-laws adopted axing the an
nual membership dues at $2.90 per an
nam. At that meeting a large lum
ber of cattlemen were In atteadaaoe
from all the southern states, from
Kentucky to Florida and from Vir
ginia to New Mexico, and enthusiasm
ran high. Every southern cattleman
owes it aa his duty to join this as
sociation, and bankers, professional
men and merchants can well afford
to give it encouragement and assist
ance. The initial work of the associa
tion will be directed toward the erad
ication of the cattle tick.
The work will be carried on In co
operation with the government, the
Cattle Growers associations of the
WOMANS' MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Womans' Missionary Society of
the Me'hodlst church met at the ch
urch Monday afternoon. A very good
attendance of the members were pros
ent. This being the first meeting in
the month, dues were In order to be
paid, and this being the last month
'of the quarter it was urged that all
dues be paid so that reports could be
made without delay. It is very grati
fying to say that most of the members
are enlisted in both the Foreign and
Home departments. The society vot-
' ed to have an Easter Bazaar on the
Friday before Easter, and of course
that means for all to "get busy."
After the- business session the meet
ing was concluded by a prayer ser
vice. Reporter.
Sidestep Calomel
It's Poison to the Human System -and
Works Great Harm
. . You perhaps know cases in your
own experience when., people have
been salivated injured for life by tne
use of calomel. Such cases are mat-
; ters of daily occurrence. Modern med
ical science has discovered a vegeta
ble remedy which eliminates liver poi
sons more effectively than dangerous
calomel and at onec saves you all the
disagreeable effects. It is gentle In
chance of salivation. It cleanses the
' system thoroughly.
It is known as QRIGSBY'8 LIV-VER-
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, III IT-- natM-n,, lP"l.iXi.., i.
Georgia; W. R. Moorman, Kentucky;
R. K. Roney, Louisiana; J. M. Max
well, Mississippi ; A. L. French, North
Carolina; Z. T. Miller, Oklahoma; Dr.
O. R. White, Tennessee; E. F. Till
man, Texas; S. D. Cross, South Caro
lina; H. C. Stewart. Virginia.
A commltte was appointed to work
with the railroads for the purpose of
securing better transportation rates
on pure bred cattle for breeding pur
poses.
An active campaign for members Is
contemplated, and sufficient funds will
be raised to employ a field agent to
assist' in organising county associa
tions and in otherwise promoting the
work. Dr. Talt Butler, progressive
farmer, Memphis, Tenn., was appoint
ed treasurer, and will receive con
tribuuons to assist In developing a
greater cattle industry in the south.
Every man In the south Is expected
to encourage and assist this organiza-
tlon in Its great work, especially every
cattleman and business man.
Representatives of the St Louis
packers offered to assist the organiza
tion in a substantial manner.
WILL DISTRIBUTE
EDUCATIONAL BOOKLETS
Interesting Literature to Bo Sent Out
By the I. H. C. Extension Depart
meet Books Dealing With Many
Phases of Agriculture and Other
Subjects.
O. 8. Combs, Hickory Valley, Tenn.,
President Southern Cattlemen's As
' sociation, Prominent Factor In
Cattle Tick Fight.
GROW MORE CATTLE.
Point Comfort 14th 837488 Grand
Champion international Live 8took
Exposition, 1913, Owned by W. J.
- Davis, Jackson, 'Miss.
i . ...
southern states, and many other or
ganisations, together with prominent
stock men and farmers of the south.
Some of the things advocated at
the convention are:
1. That the railroads put cheaper
rates on breeding cattle.
2. That the government stop all
interstate shipment of tick-Infested
cattle. This includes cattle on the
way to market for immediate slaugh
ter as well aa animals being used for
stocking purpose.
Resolutions were passed soliciting
the eo-operatlon of the - oil mills of
the south In building up the cattle
Industry and suggesting to the bank
ers of the south the Importance of
making cattle a basis of credit. "
Professor Holden, director of Ag
ricultural Bxtension Department of
the International Harvester Company
of New Jersey, addressed the conven
tion. He considered the organisation
of the southern cattlemen the begin
ning of successful live stock growing
on a large scale and the opening gun
for the Intelligent diversification of
crops in the cotton belt He was very
enthusiastic In his remarks relative
to the future of the south, and offered
to ' assist the people in every way
possible to carry, out the objects o
the association.
Officers elected are:
. D. S. Combs, Hickory Valley, Tenn.,
president : -
Dr. Tait Butler, Memphis, Tenn.,
secretary.
.The vicn-presidents are:
Dr. C. A. Cary, Alabama; McQueen
Chatres, Florida;" T)r. P. F. Bohnson.
Prominent Cattle Grower Urges
8euthern Farmers to Raise Cattle
Conserve Soil Fertility, by Grow
ing Qrass and Feeding Cattle.
By A. I FRENCH, Prominent Cattle
Grower, Cascade, Va.
As our country grows older other
problems besides securing the pres
ent dollar thrust themselves upon the
man who handles the soil, and to the
thinking men of the south, soil con
servation stands in a class by Itself
our most pressing problem and
practical means looking to this end
demands fwm year to year an ever
Increasing proportion of our thought
The crop that 1m indigenous to a.
country is not always the crop that
continues to be held in the highest es
teem by the leading thinking men of
that section. For instance. In the
finest blue grass section of Indiana I
know a leading live stock raiser and
feeder who is discarding blue grass
very largely for timothy, herds grass
and sapling clover as pasture crops,
because of the greater amount of
feed the new pasture crops are pro
ducing. So while the grass has not
been much in evidence upon the farms
over much of the south up to this
time the change of sentiment that Is
everywhere present among our peo
ple regarding the care of the soil leads
ns to believe that the matter will be
tried out In a large way during the
next ten years.
"Grow Mors Grass.
And where the trial Is intelligently
made grass will surely foUow, for
abundant rainfall, much sunshine, a
fair quality of soil and lime makes
grass growing. We have the rainfall
and sunshine ever with ns, the skele
ton of a good coll is ours yet and a
million or two tons of lime are within
our borders awaiting our awakening.
CATTLE TICK MUST GO.
Special Agent In Charge of Tick
Eradication Work In Mississippi,
Alabama and Tennessee Discusses
Plans Urges Co-operation of Alt
Organisations.
' By DR. 4. A. KIERNAN, ,
Bureau of Animal Industry, Mast
vllle, Tenn.
The further sooth we more the
greater percentage of infested herds
ire find. The best method of tick
eradication now Is the arsenical solu
tion In the dipping vat
'Today, In any territory in Tennes
see, Alabama, or Mississippi, tn which
tick eradication is being prosecuted,
the owners of cattle bring them to the
nearest dipping vat oa the appointed
day, regularly every two weeks, and
plunge them into the arsenical solu
tion. After a few times he doesn't
van need to prod them, to get them
to go through, merely opens the gate,
as they have experienced the benefits
of the refreshing bath, and take to it,
with eagerness and apparent delight
The only thing to do Is for the people
of the sooth to get together and work
In harmony, if they are to accomplieb
the best results.
Agriculture means more to the peo
ple at large than all other things, it
Is the most vital subject now holding
the nubile mind. The work of agri
cultural and industrial education Is
a very large and a very Important
work. The Agricultural Extension De
partment of the International Harvest
er company of New Jersey was or
ganized to develop the agricultural
efficiency of the people, who are till
ing the soil and producing the crops
upon which we live.
The work of the department la car
ried oa in many ways. First, by go
ing direct to the homes of the peo
ple, and assisting them In their homes
with their problems.
Another method is the dlssemina
tlon of educational literature. The
department has at 'present fcr die
tribution a number of interesting
booklets covering many phases of ag
riculture and other subjects, all of
which are of special Interest on ac
count of their educational value. They
are not for sale, but will be sent any
where at the cost of postage or ex
press and may be obtained by writing
the Extension Department Harvester
building, Chicago.
No. 1 The Story of Bread An in
teresting story of the world-old strug
gle for cheap bread. Single copy, 8
cents; In quantities, 2 cents per copy.
No. 2 Creeds of Great Business
Men A series of sketches of men
who have helped to make business
what it Is today. Single copy, 5 cents;
In quantities, 8 cents.
No. 3 The Golden 8tream A plain,
everyday textbook on the many
phases of dairying. Single copy, 5
cents; In quantities, 2 cents.
No. A For Better Crops A collec
tion of valuable articles on farm sub
jects. Single copy, 6 cents; in quan
tities, 3 cents.
No. 5 The Story of Twine This
traces briefly 'the manufacture of
twine. Single copy, 3 cents; in quan
tities, 2 cents.
No. 6 Engine Operator's Guide
Tells all about how to operate, re
pair and keep In good condition a
gasoline engine. Single copy, 3 cents;
in quantities, 2 cents.
No. 7 The Cattle Tick The best
way for getting rid of it Single copy,
2 cents; in quantities. 1 cent.
No. S For Better Crops in , the
South Deals with' crops and condi
tions in the south. Single eopy, 4
cents; in quantities, 2 cents.
No. 9 The Disk Harrow Show
the part disking plays in crop pro
duction. , Single copy, 4 cents; in
quantities, 2 cents.
No. 10 The Binder Twine Industry
A story of the process nsed in mak
ing binder twine Single copy, 20
cents; In quantities, 15 cents.
No. 11 Harveet Scenes of the
World A 150-page book, handsomely
bound, and printed, in two colors.
showing- harvesting tn many eenrnirsat .
Single copy, 50 cents; In quantities.
35 cents.
No. 12 Alfalfa In the Cotton Belt-
How to get a standvof Alfalfa, in the
south. Single copy 2 cents; In quan
tities 1 cent.
No. 13 Diversified Farming' In thev
Cotton Belt A fifty page booklet
Single copy 4 cents; In quantities
cents.
No. 14 For Better Corn In the Cot
ton Belt Single copy 2 cents; In
quantities 1 cent.
No. 15 The Boll Weevil A thirty.
six page booklet. Single copy 4 cents;
in quantities 2 cents.
No. IS 8weet' Clover Its agricul
tural raise. Thirty-two page book.
Single copy 4 cents; la quantities
cents.
No. 17 The I. H. C Derwonetratron
Farms Giving the results of experi
ments with farm crops in the south.
Twenty pages. Single copy 2 oeats;
m quantities 1 cent
Besides the booklets named above.
from time to time there will be Issued
other interesting agricultural booklets
pertinent to crops in all parts of the
United States. Future Issues will treat
such subjects as cowpeas, soy beans.
peanuts, velvet beans, rice, sugar cane,
silos, feeds and feeding, weeds and
Insects, eta
Stamp Out the Tick.
The U. 8. Department of Agr-ouW
tore, Washington, D. C, have a num
ber of Instructive bulletins giving the
best methods of cattle tick eradica
tion. Write for It. now.
SEVERE BRONCHIAL COUSH
Doctors Feared Lung Trouble
Restored to Health by VinoL
The medical profession does not be
lleve that lung troubles are inherited,
but a person may Inherit a weakness
or tendency to them.
Mrs. Kate Heckman, Springfield,
Ohio, says: "A few years ago I was
In a very bad run-down condition, and
the physician told me I had consump
tion. I tried another physician, and
he told me I bad ulcers on my right
lung.- I quit the physicians and
started on 'VinoL' Today 1 am
perfectly healthy, and that la why I
recommend 'Vlnol'."
Vinoi soothes and heals the Inflam
ed surfaces and allays the cough,
Vinol creates an appetite, strengthens
the digestive organs and gives the
patient strength to throw off In
cipient pulmonary diseases.
Try a bottle of Vinol with the un
derstanding that your money will ba
returned If it does not help you.
Z. T. Hinds Drug Co, Cookoville,Tenn.
It only costs a quarter a year.
Special , Price Sale
NOTICE ONE AND ALL THE OPENING SALES THAT
TAKE PLACE IN BAXTER ON MARCH 1 AND CONTEST--A
I'S, ALL THROUGH MARCH and APRIL.
I will begin on March 1 selling from my entire stock of
merchandise including Dry Goods, Notions and Groceries
' i r that have never before been offered. I have a
good large stock of Misses and Boys Shoes and some Worn
ens Shoes that will be sold almost at your own price. Some
Womens Button Shoes that have been selling for $3.00
now $2.48. $2.00 Shoes for $1.76. Mens .Shoes that have
been selling for $3.75 no w$3.22; $3.00 shoes now $2.52,.
and lots of other shoes of all kinds at price ranging same.
In Dress Goods I have a good lot on hand:
r 50c now 40c Other 45c Cords now 40c
12ic Ginghams now 10c 10c Ginghams now Sy2c
7y2c Ginghams now 6ifcc 10c Outings now 8c
10c Domestic now 9c 8c Domestic now. 7c
$1.50 Men's Hats now $1.25; $1.00 Hats now 87c. All
other dry goods in proportion.
RANGES AND COOK STOYES ,
I have a good line of both Cook and Heating Stoves on
hand at the following prices: -Range
Stoves with Reservoir sold for $37.50 now $27.00
Range Stoves that sold for $25.00 now only $23.00.
No. 7, 6-hole Step Stoves now $11.50; 4-hole now $7.75
GROCERIES Best Shield Lard by the 50 lb stand 13y2c
3 lb Best Whole Grain Rice 25c; 25c Coffee now 19c.
The above prices are for cash and barter. Will pay tip
top prices for barter at all times.
FARM IMPLEMENTS, WAGONS and BUGGIES
Now farmers, take notice of this in regarn to farming
implements. Don't think that you have to go to some oth
e town to buy your farm tools. I have a good supply of
International Harvester Tools, Mowing Machines, Disc
Harrows, Corn Drills, Chattanooga Plows, both hillside
and level land also the repairs.
I have the best up-to-date WAGON in the state. This is
the COLUMBUS. This wagon is second to none. It is
the best ironed wagon on the market, no lighter runner,
no wagon carries more to the same size and no wagon has
a better guarantee behind it than the Columbus.' The price
is right and terms easy. I also have some new BUGGIES,
both steel and rubber tire, and you bet the prices on bug
gies are right Come to Baxter to buy these lines. -
SPECIAL IN WIRE FENCING
I have on hand about 3,000 rods of the ROYAL FIELD
FENCING which will be sold at the following prices:
47 inch, 12 inch mesh, 27c a pod 47 inch, 6 Inch mesh, 3if
J. W. BROWN
Baxter, Tenn.
Shoe and Harness
t REPAIRING
Done by first-class workmen with modern machinery
Shoes half soled with 1st class oak tan leather)
Machine sewed.- Price, SO cents
Rubber Heels 50 cents
We also put up the genuine McBride saddle Guaranteed.
Smith & Davis Hardware Co.
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