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County Correspondence MORRILL The event of last week was the Merriam family reunion at the home of Elisha Mer riam There were some 73 in attendance The diuiier was served in Mr Merriams new barn which was liuely decorated with evergreens for the purposeI It White and family are spending the week at Wash ington CampgroundJames G Harding and wife were at Temple Heights last week _Mr and Mrs Edward Talk of New Hampshire arrived last week to visit her parents Mr and Mrs J K Dickey Mr and Mrs S S Adams and Mr and Mrs Carl A Mears from New Haven Conn were in town one day last week Mrs Altha Berry and Miss Jennie Meservey spent last week at the Morrill cottage Northport Campground Mrs Lottie March and Bertha Hatch are also at the Morrill cottageEddie Rich of Glen Cove Rock port was in town last Friday visiting relativesThe Cross family re union will be held at the home of Mr and Mrs Delbert Raul Thursday August 31 EAST SEARSMOST Leroy Marriner has thiee acres of corn that will compare favorably with that in the great corn growing states of Illiuois Iowa Missouri and Nebraska and which
u 1 Wealth By The Billions Tears Farm Products Worth 7 778000000 Washington December 14th After twelve years of service as head of the Department the Secretary of Agricul ture in his twelfth annual report to the President issued today renders a com prehensive account of his stewardship and presents a review of the progress of agriculture in the United States during this period Concerning the farm pro duction of 1908 he says that the farmer has created wealth by the billions Pro duction has been above the average of recent years with few exceptions and while some prices have fallen others have risen The farm value of all farm products ot 1908 reaches the most extraordinary total in the nations history7778000000 This is about four times the value of the products of the mines including mineral oils and precious metals The gain in value of farm products in 1908 over 1907 is 290000000 and would have been much larger had not the prices of cotton and hay been low Greatest of all crops is Indian corn whose production this year is 2543090000 bushels The value of this crop is 1015000000 It seems likely that the cotton crop is one
VearforFarmProduCtS 0 KdT3926000000 lUlUe f omniscience can gras ilnffho farm products of thii lf statement of the U S is pe agriculture in his annua gttf otiqVo At no time in th for a country produces b lS within one year with i lit cOiOOO which is the f nciiltural products ol iiii The total value for i lie last 12 years ii MiiPnjj f 121381000 busheli rpcord year 1906 anc itfs he average crop of the yars by 14 per cent of this corn crop ii any and also of 1908 il ckoned as less thar I crop of this year maybe It j seed a round 900000 ir r more than the corr s r on year prior to 1901 if r ce nt above the five value i i it o the hay crop is aboul unt which has beer i ce and that in 1907 it if i v the average of the per heat crop is dividec atumn and spring sc ft subject to differ ts as was the case notion of spring anc 1767000 bushels oi rage of the preced f ioas the value is i 76 per cent above in point of value
County Correspondence NORTH ISLESBORO Mrs I M Burgess is the guest of Mr and Mrs Charles Rose in Rockland Mr Jesse Bates is attending the M C I in Pittsfield Mrs William Farrow left last week for a visit with her husband in BostonMiss Caro Heal arrived from Brockton Mass last Satur day to spend a week with her parents Mr and Mrs B F Heal Miss Elizabeth Bates who is teaching in Unity was at home over Sunday Miss Eunice Keller a student of the Cas tine Normal school spent the weekend at home MrsHelen Ryder and daughter Gay lie were in Belfast over Sunday Mrs H M Coombs visited in Camden and Rockland last week_Mrs Jason Greenlaw who spent the summer at her home in Deer Isle arrived last week for the winterMrs Isabel Sprague is the guest of Mrs Velocia E Coombs LIBERTY Mr and Mrs Earle P Maloney have return ed from a two weeks visit with Mr Maloneys relatives in Thomaston MeSherman Cram and Earl Reynold are digging potatoes in Freedom_The corn factory has closed hav ing done a very successful falls workDr S W Johnson of Belfast was in town last week on business
Miss Farmers Continued from Page One liood enough stand to justify culti vation This represents a larger acreage than the 2035000 acres harvested in the State last year but is below the 1951 goal for de fense needs Over t0 percent of the corn crop j is up to a pood stand with 88 per cent of the State poal planted apencies estimated Both soybean and rice acreapes will preatly ex I ceed early estimates Do not plaw up land in the Delta i where cotton is planted and seed i are still pood leaders recommend ed If the seed perminate by June BEST PRICES FOR YOUR WEEKEND SHOPPING Groceries and Meats Priced Right FREE DELIVERY STEAK A Grade Lb59c PORK CHOPS Center Cut Lb 59c BACON Sliced Lb42c SALT MEAT StreakOLean Pound30c ROAST Best Beef Lb59c PORK LIVER Lb37c BEEF LIVER Lb69c CHICKEN Fryers Lb49c SUGAR 5 Lbs46c POTATOES 5 Lbs15c RICE Short Grain Lb10c NEW JACKSON MARKET AND GROCERY STORE 225 N Parish St Phone 26589 1015 twothirds of the a crop can normally he expected under good management based on experi mental results at the Stoneville Station Leave fields with 50 per 1 cent of a stand
THE PRESS US II FREE BOOSTER change a publication issued by the Corn Exchange bank of Philadelphia Were Philadelphia to pay at com mercial rates for all the advertising which the newspapers now contribute gratis the annual outlay for that item would exceed the whole cost of the llolice department Mull well When Your Friends Ask That Can You Always Say Yes PeptoMangan Builds Red Blood The Happy Family Is the One Where Everybody Has RedBlooded Health Children should not be pale and wan Women should not be tired weak and blue Young girls should not be sallow listless and anemic Men should not feel rundown and poorly Poor health and lack of vitality are often merely the result of im poverished blood Gudes PeptoMangan is for peo ple whose bodies suffer from lack of proper blood nourishment Pepto Mangan enriches the blood and in creases the number of healthy red blood cells which are so necessary to carry the proper nourishment vigorousness and strength to every part of the body It contains the very properties that are so sorely needed to build up thin watery blood Physicians call It the Red Blood Builder For your convenience PeptoMan gan is
Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpents of improved lenl heautilully situated with a f ont of 7 qrpent on BRavon Tigre by a depth of 40 arpents located oartly in Ver milion and Iheriaparishes within twociles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigabic stream which affords water transportation to gulf ports This land is suited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoe a portion of it is adapted to cattle grazing and rice culture without the process of irri gation and the whole can be made so by irrigation from Bayou Tigie Fruit trees grow well and yield abundantly The land is all en closed and has 9 or 10 small build 1irs For further particulars regardinii Pnme and terms of sale apply to Miessrs Broussard Kitchell Attys Abbeville La or to AURORE DEFRANCE Widow Louis Laporte Nov 2395 C DEBAILLON Attorney at Law Lafayette La Will practice his profession in the District Courts of Lafayette and Ver milion parishes Southern Pacific Company The shortest and most direct route to all points in Texas New Mexico Arizona Colorado Califor nia and on the Pacific Coast The Standard
Geo W Jdn kins editor of the inta Mat ia Timncs Cal in speak ing of the various ailments of chil dren said When my children have croup there is only one patent medicine thit I over use and that is Chamberluins Cough Remedy It lugsegses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers im mediately It is in my opinion the best cough medicine in the market If this remedy is freely given as soon asthe croupy conch appears it will prevent the attack It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough There is no danger in giving it to children as it contains nothing inju jionq For sale by R Hl Mills Drug Co Limited Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpeuts of improved land beautifully situated with a front of 7 arpents on Bayou Tigre by a depth of 40 arpents located partly in Ver milion and Iberiaparishes within two miles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigable stream Iwhich affords water transportation o gulf ports This land is suited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoes a portion of it is adapted to
Geo W Jk as editor of the Santa Maria Ti me8 Cal in speak ing of the various ailments of chil dren said When my children have croup there is only one patcnt medicine that I over use and that is Chamberlains Cough Remedy It possesses some medical properties that relieve the little sufferers im mediately It is in my opinion the best cough medicine in the market If this remedy is freely given as soon asthe croupy cough appears it will prevent the attack It is also an ideal remedy for whooping cough There is no danger in giving it to children as it contains nothing iriju For salc by R H Mills Drug Co Limited Valuable Plantation for Sale In one of the most fertile regions of the Parish 280 arpeuts of improved land beautifully situated with a front of 7 arpents on Bayou Tigre by a depth of 40 arpenis located partly in Ver milion and Iberisparishes within two miles from a railroad depot and bordering on a navigable stream which affords water transportation to gulf ports This land is muited for cotton sugar cane corn and sweet potatoes a portion of it is adapted to cattle
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