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PROGRESSIVE
LIGHTING SYSTEMS FOR FARM HOMES.
ACETYLENE LIGHTS FOR THE
FARM HOME.
system is that the lights'are availa
ble at any and all times, ,day or
the -lawn, flowers, garden, and ge
a fire a hard tussle If it should tackle
us. We have 200 feet of sewerage
pipe which empties Into a pit
Below I give, about the cost of my
FARMER AX! (;U:
tti:.
... nieht. with considerably less trouble niflnf of course, there can becheap-
Editors: Concerning me uv,ht, nil hmn and with naiVA i00 iT,fn
Messrs
question of lighting rural homes, my
experience Is confined to one type of
the acetylene generator. However,
i.i iff mm mm mm
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worth ..f ..." u.a
In.l . ' ' Til
no smoke, smell or grease. . e(j. My futures are goQd porcelain
Granting that one has a water sys- iIne(j fixtures:
tern with its labor-saving and other
in view of my success with the 6ut- satlsfactory featUres, I have no hes- Fuller & Johnson. -f arm pump
-nt-and tne genuine sausiacuou, cum- itancy ln saying that the next most
fort and economy that we derive desirable thing is a -light system; Double-actinS force Pump ....
from it, I do not hesitate to recom- and j. tnat every one wno can Piping for 6-room house,. ... .
mend It to the readers of The Pro- nnBQlhlv ftffftrd lt will eaulD his home Tower and tank
gressive'-Farmer and Gazette. witn a lignt- piant, and save all the Range boiler, 3 0-gallon
Before going into details, I want disagreeable work of attending to ..Kitchen sink .v.... ...
to briefly mention me iauus anu ou- oil lamps and have the satisfaction lavatory
jections to other equipments, as they that ,g tQ be derived Jrom this soft, ,Bath tub
presented themselvea when we naa
the matter under-consideration.
First, electricity. Any but the
best and highest type of electrical
machinery is ,a source' of unending
dissatisfaction and expense and the
best equipment for lighting a pri
vate home would entail a prohibi
tive first cost.
Second, gasoline. This is proba
bly the cheapest , and easiest to in-
steady and clean illumination.
BRADNER' J. MOORE.
"Inverness, Miss.
Water closet . . . . ; . .
200 feet 4-lnch sewer pipe
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30, W V
25 fM
18 fl HlVv5
your life. nir-
-piling our r'M,,
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Thlt U Your Chance To Mav u
We sell ,alt, from t3 t0 .me,Monei'
other houses, nve better Ui tau
v better fittin, cleT r, !1- '''ake
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woric to take orfler. .:'
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line iMho only, inV;V
eu five tat ' ,H,e
Send fr.
sain-
We start you Free,
pie now. We will bar
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money we will in.tr,,. J. .V"n,"eed
ativtj
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1 "lne money at , ,
Juuf name and n.1,1
.u Qium largerthaa all oth,
ion
be sent roa FrL' ncCcssary
newest samnle, 'V 'ers''th
tap, niea,urn'H .T".tmo Wte.
A COMBINATION LIGHT AND WA
TER PLANT.
Messrs. Editors: I have an acety-
Total $236
The engine above mentioned is
I food
I KEG
SL'ns de Price to ?
writ- todft. h" "u,ver.11 '.
If not interested show it tnVTil Zi-
rood s thing to mist. The Wert chaacTto alV. 100
EBAL TAIL0R1W0 CO.. 191 MarketSt. Dept. am cS
really a gasoline engine; one
of gasoline will run lt ten hours
This would cost less than 2 cents per
lene gas lighting system in my resl- hour to work tne engine. Besides
dence, a 25-light capacity Epworth pumping the water, it will run the
wood saw, pea huller, corn sheller,
feed cutter, cream separator, churn,
grind stone, or, ln fact, anything
leu is r- i 1 w i I i -
s-.IUsHimaC
generator which is automatic and
" stall; however, I have been unaDie feeds the carbide into water and
to find lamps of low enough candle venerates the gas as it is used. The
power for use In the small rooms oi generator requires cleaning and re- that Is to be done by hand power.
a iaiiu uuuic. 10 uuiis " miing wim water 'uiiue every ou
easily clogged and require constant days; also re-charging with cartide.
attention of a skilled nature. Most This requires about 15 to 20 minutes
I think I am partial to the water
works, if I have any preference, but
since getting .used to both, don't see!
Yon can easily earn $5 to $10 a day taking
oraera lor oar Mylun, Uade-to-Hoasare
Clotnes many agents earn more. No mon
ey or experience necessary we teach yon
the business & back you with our capital.
SUITS $925 PANTS $2::
EXPRESS PREPAID
Every garment made to measure in latest pit.
style- fit and workmanship guaranteed. One
ii luuing Agent wanted In every town. Excl.
in tflrritnrv.'WritA tnr rnnt' outfit pdetb
J THE PROORESS TAILORING CO.
i T v i.vii mh - jnicaffa
If
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1 Iff'
where the gas fixtures and jets are
attached. . The only thing we have
to do is to turn the gas jet and touch
a match and we have a light. Each
C. W. KEETER.
Rutherfordton, N. C
TO
LIGHT THE HOME WITH
STORAGE BATTERIES.
I I 2
NOT
HAVE
GOOD
LIGHT?
important of 11. hey require a torch time, a common -inch black pipe how we could get along without
saturated with alcohol and from conducts the gas from the generator either lights or water..
10 o miiiuLtsa in "6"""6 to tne nouse wnere -incn pipe is
churches and stores and other public connected and leads to each room
buildings,- these objections are, or
course, of no consequence.
Now for. the acetylene lights.
There are two types of these gen
erators, known respectively as "car- lignt is entirely to itself and must Messrs. Editors: I have given the
bide-fed" and "water-fed," In the be lit separately. This is much subject of lighting my home consid-
"carbWe-fed," the calcium carbide is more convenient than the kero- erable thought and I have reached
dropped piece by piece into a tank sene lamp, and saves much labor tne conclusion that I shall gradually
of water. The only complicated for tn6 women, cleaning and re-fill- install a sufficient number of storage
thing about these machines is Che inor the lamps every day. Besides batteries to light every room, when
valve that automatically feeds the it is a much more satisfactory light. needed- For there te no method JAaal v tX, n
carbide and this is kept in perfect . Drignt and wnite, less dangerous and more convenient than electric light; Ji
order by cleaning thoroughly once does not cost any more than the and yet lt need not be expensive if pwmiBe8 wherever nefded. -No 8fter repair8
every three months. kerosene light, perhaps not quite as tnere is some way near at band by ndjess attention than one keros-ne lamp, a
In the water-fed generators, tne much , the cost being about two-fifths whlcn cneap power can oe securea. l convenience, ou need. Write us to-day
water is sprayed in small amounts 0f a cent per hour for each light Propose to cnarge - my storage Dat
at a time on to a heap of the car- burning teries while operating machinery at
, . , . x , . a shoal on a creek, and in this way,
I give about the cost of my plant electricity will cost me little or
which- is a 25-light capacity: nothing me little or
No. 25 Ideal Epworth gener- In the meantime, I am using the
ator $108 storage battery, which I bought to
Piping for 6-room house..... 15 investigate the question thoroughly,
Gas fixtures 6-room house.... 25 for an electric night lamp. I have
ical in the consumption of carbide. : r: placed the storage battery out of the
My outfit cost about $110, deliv- Total . . $148 way in a closet, connected the bat-
bide, and while I have had no ac
tual experience with generators of
this type, they appear to me to be
considerably more complicated and
more liable to get out of order, as
the automatic feature is more intri
cate. Theylmay be more econom-
IDEAL EPWORTH ACETYLENE CO.
JOHNSTOWN PA
Last Grand Excursion via Southern Ry.
TO
Richmond, Virginia
On Spt 2"lth the Southern Ry-will jnprate its
last Annual fcxeursion to Richmond. Va., from
G.ild-hirn. Rlf ch. nurKinm n-vfnrH TTfTlflpiS' Il
. . . n . r i ... ' i f A. li.l. A i . - V -- ' v .
ered incluaing pipe ana nxtures. l In addition to the above I have iery. wun a two-poim swucn at tne and intermediate stations, mciuoing Jtffieis. va
have eight single burners and two water works. - Have a Fuller & John- bead of my bed, where there is a
double chandeliers. They are rather son farm pump engine attached to 6-candle-power miniature Tungsten
handsomely finished, and plainer the pipe line between the generator lamp. Any moment during the
ones can be had tor somewhat less, and the house "and the same gas that niSbt I need but turn the switch in
I have also a reading lamp with makes the lights runs the engine order to have a very good light. And
about 10 feet of extension hose, all which pumps the water. This saves when no longer "needed, the light Is
of which is included, with shades the trouble of suDDlvine the easo- turned off Just as quickly as turned
and globes, in first cost. I installed line and I do not know whether the on- Such an electric night lamp , is
the system myself. However, I be- engine will be more expensive run by invaluable for the sick room, owing
lieve that it could have been done this gas or with gasoline.. However, to tfae ease and quickness of having ! RiC'. momo 4 10 P. n Betumiit leaVe Rnhm nd
f nltmit Vio1 T Vioi o nlnmha x i. ' . . ' o UtrVit nrVit-n noAilorl ' Unnltit. nnA On RnV KffliW train nn AnH in eluding 10
ui auuui, f iU uau. x uau. t piuiuu&i i Olliy fUu UUV engine 11 U OUl A U- Or " ucoucut earwig uuto - " . ,
do the work. ' 30 minutes a day. I have a double- used, such an electric night lamp
The gener atoTis located in a 6x6- acting force pump in my well which during a night of sickness, you
foot room partitioned off in the will deliver about 350 gallons of would not be without one. Cost of
pump nouse, wnich, by the way, water per hour. Then directly, over . storage battery was ?5; lamp, wire,
should be double walled and packed my well, on a tower 32 feet high, I etc about 75 cents.
with straw or sawdust to prevent have a galvanized 'steel tank which P.--C. HENRY,
freezing. holds 350 gallons of water. My f am- Conover, N. C.
Small gas stoves can be had that iiy is small, and I keep one cow and :
ill 1.1. f J 1 1L . . ... . '
win ube una gas ana aiso Dam-room two pigs ana to rorce myself to A drummer for a patent medl
Don't mist thia opportunity to viit the his-
tvrte Capita 01 Dixie
wl'h Its many points of interest while the weath
er is delighticl. Veiy cheap rates will apply as
follows:
From Go'dsboro. $3.W From Du-ham,
Selma. 3.50 Oxford, 2 50
Ralegh, . 00 Keysvl e. 2 50
Bates irom other stat'ons in same proportion.
T is tram will leave GoldsNir at 6.45 a. m
Stlma, 7 40. Raleigh, 8 85, D. rham, 9 30. He"dcr-
musrt u i n on (WfnvH in 9 a m . orri l 1
a. m . sept 2li d.
b p jrate cars for colored people.
For schedule, ratCi etc.. fro other points can
on auy Southern Ry. ngent or write
W. H. PARNEL1, T.?. A.. .
Raligh.N.C!.
heaters. I am going to rig up an in- pump fresh water every day was my cine house told me, only the other
cuDator witn onQ oi tne burners in reason for installing a small tank, day, that the Sale for his prepara
it and am satisfied that it will result Of course, with a large family and tions was falling off to an alarming
in very much less work and worry, very many stock one would naturally extent among the " better classes of
as the light burns very steadily and need a larger tank. I have U-lnch people,: and this will be true in re
only requires re-charging once a pipe from tank toground and to first gard to all classes when they are
week in winter and once every two outlet, the balance is 2-inclwgalvan- better informed about medicines and
weeks in summer. ' ized pipe. We have . a 3 0-gallon nostrums of tnis character. J W
For the past year my lights cost boiler attaahed to our range P. Smithwlck.
me $17, or less than $1.50 per with water coil in the fire box; this ,
month, and I make a- practice of keeps hot water all day. Then we Your naner hna
reading into the night a great deal have kitchen sink, one lavatory, bath In the way of giving general instruc-
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Highest grade, finely gourd Tennessee Phos
phae Rock, guaranty d 28 to 30 per cent
phosphoric acid, sold direct, to consumers ai
lowest prices.
Prompt ihipments. ,
Southern Lime & Phophat Co,
Blrmlngtam. - - - - Alabama.
(.uau a uai U-WOrKlTlET ISrmpr tllh o n rt nrotAH nlnAt nil ,,nll.j M a .
ov,nii i r 7 "ow wuocw.au ouypueu nuns lur larmmg man any other se-
f. nii .U 15 .m nUt6S a we'ek witn not and cold water except the ries of agricultural literature I have
au tne tlme that Is reauired to closet which onlv has cold. Wa h
WaTheaildrprflrarg,e th? generator- one hydrant ln fron and back yard Supt. Sterling Demonstration Farm',
The greatest advantage of this and one at the barn, and can water Sterling, Va.
THE FARM
Is the Uasls of All Industry.
-n nno iff
is the basis of all'good farming. Wrlf
for bulletin by tne best authority
the United StaUs on I ime on the t arnj,
and get price of the purest lime
buy earth, water, sand, etc. a V
will give you reasons. - ctrasbure, Va
POWHATAN LIME CO., Straspu.,