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EVERY FLOCK OF CHICKENS SHOULD HAVE A SANITARY HOUSE TO LIVE JN s Poultry Husbandman of Clem$on College Tells How Farmer Can Construct Poultry House That Answers ' Needs, Yet Be Inexpensive. RART/r jtloor^ PROPgAiKb 0 ROUND PLAAf~ dRo& ^zcnoN ? Every flock of chickens should have j h house to live in. It. need not be un expensive building but It should be bright and sanitary. The best place to locate It in near some shade or fruit trees, to protect tho hens from summer boat. The ground must be dry und preferably of sandy loam* The front or open side of the house should face the south, ho as to have as much sunlight as possible on tho floor. Cut 4by-4-lnch lumber for the ellls, two pieces 10 feet long and two pie-res 7 feet 4 Indies long, for the ?house shown In the accompanying il lustration. This will accommodate 40' laying hens. Then erect five front istuds 7 f?>ot long and four back studs r, feet long. Put tip the two center istwls, the places and roof rafters. Cover the framg with wide unplaned 1>oards (not rerommrndod unless 'cheapness Is a primary consideration iand even then It is better to cover Jth^se boards with roofing paper, ton (rued-andgroovod flooring or \v?>ather [boarding.) If you use tongued-and fgrooved flooring, lay It up and down. In the front side leave an opening 7 feet long by 4 feet deep and a door (space 2 feet 6 Inches wide for the open jfront and door. Both openings extend to the roof and the remaining 3 feot '(at the bottom) Is closed to prevent ?heavy wind or rain from blowing on 'the chickens. The openings are cov ered with 1-tnch-meshed wire netting |to keep out sparrows. Ventilating Door. Tho door 12 Inches wide near the roof at the north aide (see Illustration) extends across the house. This door Is opened In warm weather to venti late the house and create a draft to i cool tne Interior. It Is closed In win ter. This 1b a valuable Improvement i for Southern poultry houses and should always be provide#. The Interior has at the north side two roosts and a dropboard to catch the droppings. The dimensions are given In the drawing. The dropboard ' Is 3 feet wide. Nests and Hoppers. i The six nests can be made of old ; egg crates, orange crates or packing | boxes. They can be placed on a rals i ed platform together with the water ' vessel. This keeps both nests and water clean. Dry mash Is fed In a .hopper or self-feeding box which will be described in a later article. The floor of the hotise should be well-packed dirt filled in till level with ;thn top of the sill. A concrete floor is i best of all and you should try to make an earthen floor as near a concrete sur face as possible. Chickens are injured i by having to live 1> a house full of I dust? Hoard floors soon rot and har i bor rats and mice unless raised high j ^ff the ground, as in a squab plant. I Cover the earth floor to a depth 'of C inches with straw or cloan litter. Seaf j ter the grain in this litter and make i your hens sratch fo> every kernel. PRANK C. HARK, Extension Poultry Husbandman, Clemson Agricultural College. ORCHARD WORK FOR EARLY FALL Have you a supply of fruit on your farm? If not, why not begin now to make arrangements for It? On almost every farm of tho state there are a Jew trees, producing a small quantity of fruit. In most cases all the fruit ripens at once and is soon gone, giving a supply for only a short time and leay- j ing none to put away for winter use. j No southern ?tate is better adapted than South Carolina to producing fruit for home uso, yet millions of dollars leave the slate every year for canned fruit. Preparing Soil. At this season of the year (Septem ber 1 to October 15) orchards are usu ally neglected. Farmers seem to think that t hero is nothing to be done then that will be of any material help. Nev- , *rthe!ess, now is the time to begin to prepn noil for the trees that are set out C is fall and winter. Select the orchard s!v. break the soil as deeply as possible ;uul harrow thoroughly. ! This work will irreutly reduce tho la ter labor or setting the orchard. Choosing Varieties. Whnt varieties are you Kolng to , plant? This is a point of great im portance. lle suro to make selections that will provide fruit throughout an entire season. If you are not familiar with the varieties that are adapted to your particular section, write to the Extension Division, Clemson i'ollege. for Bulletin No. 15. In this w ill be found lists of varletios suitable for tho ?nrious sections of tho state. Buying T rees. Where are you going to get your trees and what are you goinu to pay for them? If you are not m tom-h >*ith a reliable nursery and if you are not familiar with the prices of treos, the Extension Division of Clemson Col Jegv win be glad to help you in this matter. Beware of the tree agent. The Farmers can obtain a circular on the growing of wheat ?nd oats by writ ing to Sidney S. Ilittenberg, Clemson College. nurseries they represent may be all right, but you are not always sura of what you are setting and In most c?jes you aro paying the agent's salary and the expense of delivering the trees. If you are thinking of setting out an or? chard this fall, let us help you. Improving the Orchard. If you already have an orchard, why not hegln to Improve It now? A cover crop sown now and turned next spring will help wonderfully. Twenty pounds of crimson clover seed por acre, sown and disced, will make a good cover, provided the seed are inoculated. Three pecks of rye and 20 pounds of halrv vetch to the acre will also make a ??K)d cover for the orchard. If these are turned next spring at the first cul tivation they will add a lot of fertility to the soil will also holp to hold mois ture. There are a good many mummy fruits hanging to the treos. These are full of spores and if left In the or chard will cause more rotten fruit another year. Now is a good time to get these out of the way. Pull and burn them. Borers may have been giving you trouble. You wero advised to paint and mound the trees early in summer. The mounds should he pulled 'down on October 15 and the trees examined for borers. The young borers are Just entering the trees the middle of Octo ber and will be found going in Just above the level of the hill of dirt you pull down. If you find any of them, s< raj>e the bark off with a knife and the little borers will be destroyed. The work at this season consists largely in cleaning tip and preparing for winter and spring. If done pfop rely. the trees receive much benefit. C. F. NIVKN. Assistant In Horticulture. Clcmson Agricultural College. If you don't know what you give' .your cow j and you don't know what your cows give you. why do you keep I cows? Keep records. BY-LAWS OF CAMDEN '> PUBLIC LIBRARY. Section I Tills Association hull lie known as Camden Public Library. Seetlo 'J. The AHM'K'irttlon shii II cou of hU?h white resident cltlzelli ef the City of Camden, H. C, al?ovc the itKc of dxteeii ,\ ea is who in 11 s enroll themselves In l hi* Association ami pay an aiuiiiiil fee of one dollar In advance. Sim ?( |on The A smm 'la I lojl Khali be controlled hy a Hoard of Directors of Utile |m r (ills, to h<> elected hy the A UK'tttttOfj II I ? I n I j 1 1 1 > . Section I. The powers, pur|s>< and duties of the Association shall In*: I list, to establish anil nialntalii a I'm* lihray for the white people of the town of Camden, S. to he n -cd without churge hy them. Second, to collect und preserve records of hlstor le character, which are of Interest to th?' people of the County of KorshaW. Smith Carolina. Third, to encourage ;i iul develop in our iieople, es|?echilly the young, a fondues^ for choice lit e rat lire, and a love for the true, and beautiful him! good. Section f>. The otllcers of the Cam den l'uhllo Library shall be a Pivsl dent, two N ice Presidents, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secret, iry, Treasurer and Auditor, who shall be elected annually from flip Association The President shall perform the du ties generally pertaining to that otlice. The 'Vice President shall in the ab sence or disability of the President jHjrforui the dutes of President. The Itecordlng Secretary shall re cord all the ottlclal actions of the Hoard and have custody of all Its ofll eial records except those In current use by another otllcer. The Corresponding Secretary shall carry on all correspondence and noti fy members of meeting of governing board of said Association. Treasurer - All funds collected shall Ik.? turned over to the Treasurer, who shall de|s>slt In bank or banks chosen by the Hoard of Directors. The Treas urer shall pay and receipt all hills and report at monthly meetings. The Auditor shall audit the books of Treasurer annually ami report on same at annual meeting. Section <1. Meeting* ? Thje regular meeting of the Association shall bo the third Monday of each month at ?5 p. in., summer months, anil I p. m. winter months, at Library. The annual meeting shall be 011 the third Monday in June. Sjieclul meetings shall be called by the President or by request of any two Directors for the transaction only of business stated in lea II. Four members of ?he Board of Directors and thiye members of any standing Committee shall constitute a quorum. Section 7. Committees ? Annually the President shall appoint four stand ing committee*, viz, : a ? commit t?*e of live 011 Library, a committee of three on Finance, and a committee of three oh rooms, and an entertainment com j niltt.ee. The committee on Library shall su j pervlse the selection, buying, exchange ahd binding of books and periodicals ' and have general supervision of the administration of the Library and Heading room. The finance committee shall have Charge of all library finances, exam ine and report upon ail bills uuainst the Association and make an annual report upon the financial condition of the Association." This Committee shall also consider and make recommenda tions to the Hoard of Directors as to the amount to be spent. 1>y each de partment at the beginning of the fis cal year. It shall submit a budget based 011 the yearly income of the Li brary. A miemtier of the City Park Committee shall he appointed annual ly to servo on this -committee ; the Treasurer of the Library to l>e chair man of this, committee. The Committee on Iiooms shall have general charge of heating, lighting and arrangement and care of rooms. Section 8. Claims. ? All! claims against the Association must Ik? pre sented at a meeting of the Hoard of Directors, and referred to committee on Finance for Investigation and re port. ' The City Treasurer will turn over $500 ]>er annum guaranteed to the Treasurer of the Library. Section J). Librarian. ? The Libra rian shall have charge of the Llbraiy ami l?e resinuislble for care of books and other library property, classify and arrange all books and publications and keep the same Catalogued accord ing to plans approved by Hoard ; promptly report any delinquencies to the committee on Library; keep exact accounts of all moneys received from tines and other sources and report amount to Hdard of Directors at regu lar monthly meetings, and pay all bal ances to Treasurer at meetings and discharge such other duties as may he prescribed by the Hoard of Directors, provided that In performance of her duties she shall not Incur debt or 11a-. billty of any kind without express au thority from the Hoard of Dim-tors. Section 10. A Juvenile Department shall be formed and Volunteer Library assistants asked to assist. Section 11. White strangers and vis Hoi's shall be allowed the privileges of the Library u|>on the payment of one dollar per month. Section 12. White persons living in the vicinity of. Camden, outside. the City limits, shall be entitled to the privileges of the Library, upon the purchase of an annual membership card, the price which shall be one dolhl r. Section ? 1.1. These by-laws may lie amended at any regular meeting, by a two-thirds vote of t,hose present, pro vided notice <if one month shall be given of said intended action. Willlstor., N. D. ? When Kenneth" Jor-' dan. 1111 H year old prisoner in the county Jail, secured the keys from the sheriff and opened the dooi-v, tell 1:i? the prisoners they could escape, only one of the twelve took advan tage of the offer. The one who ftft caped was rearrested. Chester, Pa. ? XVhen William 1 >owns was entraj?i>ed by blue dye In a vat which he was mendlm;, ho wiiv over come hy fumes and taken out for (]ea<l. After the undertakers had i>r< imird the body for burial and removed It to Downs' home, the eorpso arose on Ids l>ed and screamed : "I'm not dead, and don't you think I am." ROADS IN CHINA. They Remind One Very Much of the Snakes In Ireland. BECAUSE THERE ARE NONE. What Applo[ji*? There Are For Them Are ? Crest Deal Like the Bed of o Stone Quarry? The Torture That Goes With a Trip In a Pekino Cart. DptWMblDtf rouds, or. rather. the lack of roadx, hi China ami the tor ture that i* undergone hy the tourist who. i)kc<! to the luxurious modes of travtd we may employ, trusts hliuself to the uncertain Joys of a trip In a Peking chair, a writer In I he Wide World Magazine says: "Now, a I 'eking cart Is a very vemr able mode of progression. When our ancestors were lightly dressed in woad and had no conception of any wheeled vehicle the Chinese lady was pacing her calls In the back of a Peking cart, the sent of honor under the tilt, well out of sight of tho passers by. while her servant sat In front, the plftCf of comfort, If such a word can be applied to anything pertaining to a I'eklug cart. "hi spite of Its long and aristocratic recur*! jf there Is any mode of progres sion more wearying and um-omforta ble I have not met it. It is 6 imply a KprluglcsH board set on a couple of wheels with a wagon tilt, of blue cotton over it and a place for heavy luggage behind. The Cbinnman sits on the floor and does not seem to mind, but the ordinary westerner, like myself, packs his bedding and all the cushions he can beg or borrow around him and I then resigns himself to his fate. "Tho Peking cart has one advantage, people will tell you? It has nothing to break in it. But there are moments when It would be a mighty relief if something did break, for if the wood work holds together as it tosses you from side to side you yourself are one sore, bruised .mass. No; I cannot rec ommend a PeklAg cart, even on the smoothest road. "And the roads in China are not smooth. We' all know the description of tho snakes in Ireland. 'There are none,' and much the same might be said about the roads in China. There are so called roads, certainly, upon which the people move ubout, but 1 have seldom met one that was any better than the surrounding country, and very, very often on this journey I met roads where it was ease and lux ury to move off them on to. the neigh I boring plowed' field. "The recipe for a road there in the north seems to be: Take a piece of the I country that is really too bad to plow or to use for any agricultural purpose whatever, that a mountain torrent, in fuct. has given up as too much for tho water, upset a stone wall over it? a stono wall with good, large stones in It? take enre they never for a mo ment lie evenly, and you have your road. "Leaving I'eklug for the eastern I tombs, you go for the first two or three hours along a paved way of mag nificent porportions planned and laid out as a highway should be. The great stones with which it is paved were probably put there by slave labor, how many hundred j&ears ago I do not know, but the blocks are uneven now, some of them are gone altogether, though how a huge block of stone I could possibly disappear passes my un I derstandlng. and whenever the carter could he took the cart down beside I the road, where at least the dust made a cushion for the nail studded wheels, and the Jarring and the Jolting were I not quite so terrible. "It takes as long to get beyond the I environs of Peking In a cart as it does to get out of London' in a motorcar. First we passed through the Babylon I ish gate, and the great walls were be hind us; then, outside the city, all look ing dusty, dirty and khaki colored in the brilliant sunshine, were numerous small houses, and *the wayside was lined with ? booths on which were I things for sale. ' "Along the roadway came an endless array of people, clad for the most part in blue cotton? men walking, men with loads slung from a bamboo across their shoulders, donkeys laden with baskets or sacks of grain, with fat Chi nese on their backs. There were Peking I carts, there were mules, there were ponies, nnd this busy throng Is almost the same as It was o couple of thou I sand years ago. "But It was a long, long while be fore I could feel I was really iu the country. There was the khaki colored land, there were the khaki colored houses, built of mud apparently, with graceful tiled roofs, and blue clad peo ple everywhere and everywhere at work. "Always the fields were most l>eau tlfully tilled. There were no fences. The Chinese are too civilized to need fences, nml when you see stone walls it is only because, since they can't be dropped off the planet Into space, the stones must be disposed of somehow." Paris For Politeness. Translated rather crudely and liter nil v, this Is the notice In n Pprls trolley cnr> "Messieurs the passengers de Bcendlnc from the carriage are urgt>d (literally "prayed"), before renouncing the shelter which the carriage they are alwut tn quit offers them, to assure themselves, ns a prellmlnury. that no carriapo coming in the opposite direc tion is in proximity." nope for the bwt, hut' work hard for the result. ? . Aiken county has found It y?H-<*Hary to borrow $0,if00 with which to tide over until tux money begin* to <>01110 tit to rcitflfvo atringent ContMttOW Itl thai counts ? ? ' ESTATE NOTICE. KotU^ fii hereby given iliar <>m month from Ihls date, < ?n Saturday, QctA^r the Kith, ll?ir?, I will make to tbo Probata Court of Kerahaw County my final return aa Administrator of thu ICatato of^Mrn. Henrietta Wage?, ?1^ ceaaeU. 'awl apply to the Haiti Opurt for a llual discharge aa said Admlnia t nit <>r. NEWTON lvKWA. Ailnilnlst ralur. Camden, H. C., Sept. HI, 10)5. , ESTATE NOTICE. State of South Carolina, - < utility of Kershaw. Notice its hereby wiven that ope n 101 it ti front tht* <iatc. on Saturday, October 9th, Iblfi, I will make to the Probate Court of Kershaw County my tlnal return as AdminlHtrator dv bonis non, cum ti'HtaiiHMito annexo of the estate of Mrs. Hunan Watklns, deceas ed, and apply to the said Court for a linal discharge aa said Administrator. W. It. W ATKINS, Administrator. Camden, S. Sept. bth, 1015. MONKV TO LOAN, On improved farma. EaBy ternm Apply to U. B, Clarke, Camden, 8 c. bo. Estate of E. D. ^ Not U-f in hereby ?lv?r> month from tin ,M, , October 2?r<l. Ihift u,- win , Una ! UWOUlit of ..tit arh?Ks Iukh ?H Kxn'Utprn of the E*uu K. I>. Hoy kin. dnttasod, tn ( of the, .indue of l'robate % ? Couiity, ai ii.., i,? i :i ru nanfc day ask for u n,i;i| ,? trust a >1.1 i , All jwrnoiiK having said Instate will preheat tlifm incut on or iKifore that <1*^, ij authenticated. or la* Unestf I-. a. no U I). HO. , I T. HAV, Kxwnjt Ou union, H. (},, Sopti 28, 1015. EXCURSIONS Via Atlantic Coast Line, SuJ ard Railroad of the Souijl $15.00 to State Camp, y\k a N?(ir .Jacksonville >nnt ivturu, ? count of National lt.HU* Totirnml Tickets on - a!.- ( >i i :ird, 4th, 5tl?H 7th, 12th, llhh and 1 Ith. KxtonriJ tlnal limit to Novemlier 2t?tb majfl obtained hy deposit of ticket J| agent Union Station, Jacksonville* Vnter than <><??? Kith ami imyi&etfl feo of BOc. 1 Im.i- rates, reservations or any J? matlon, phone or write It. L YU^A agent Coast Line, ('unulca, S. c. \ SHE NEEDS NO COAXINr. Wherever the sign of "Ice Cream" 4s, there is M aver&ge girl's interest ceil tered. And who can blatd her? What is so coolfl . and delicious this hot weatfl er as a heaping plate of our] matchless Ice Cream? Olfl and young alike find it plead ant and palatable. Ours is pure, fresh made and deli-! pious, and we have it in ai( the popular flavors. Stands ard prices. Best quality. \ CAMDEN CANDY KITCHEN Spero Beleoa, Proprietor. i | Phone 78. Cairn^ S.& *?? '? '"^"3 Buggies, Wagons and Harness I am offering to sell you Buggies, Wagons, Harness Mules and Horses at lowest prices. You can get any thing in my line at most reasonable figures. Highest market prices paid for cotton in exchange for payment on accounts. mi Camden, S. C. . F (> K IS A L E dA^ho T?AM PLANTATION In West Wateree, seven miles from< den, 2 ml lea from Lugoff, S. C. ? JSEh r0ntains 1,878 acres ' 800 acres open land, ft good portfoj j! \ ' ' ,s under cultivation and producing well; some good 0 1 a e; one 0 room dwelling, 20tenant houses, several barns aw* nouse. This property is situated in one ? the best farming sect* or Kershaw county; good neighborhood and healthy locality. riej , Ln on plftce ^ about 800 bales of cotton produced on pM?J ually ; some good pasturing land for stock raising. We b*** P'ftce for sale at a bargain and the terms are very easy. Also the following: 75 acres 8 miles Southeast of Camden, *? ,an(j8 <?f A. J. Boykin, West and Burrows. About 40jflCIJ?fn-, cultivation ; the balance in wood and timber. Two ? room dnrelh?? oko0- P1"01?1^8* Price $1,660., cash or terms." h, 252 acrea. balQnglag.to lL A r?nni.iPr fl m?<* from Camden b Antioch section, ijhls a good tract of land with some gM ?n J^ands adjoining this property have been in demi we have this for. gale at a reasonable price. DuBose & Boykin Real Estate ? ad Fire In?orM?ce Telephone No. 43 Cnd-- *3