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\ "-v - r " ? ' v ' ' Hamburg l^ratfi 1 1 * ,** Established 1891 BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1909 One Dollar a Year | 1 ' ^^?? ?^ ^ ? COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS. News Items Gathered All Around the County and Elsewhere. Ehrhardt Etchings. Ehrhardt, March 15.?Saturday and Sunday can be classed among the rainy days. Roads are getting very muddy and full of slop holes. Judge J. C. Hiers is getting some practice on the bench now. Nearly every day some one goes to him with their troubles. Some he tells that he thinks it advisable for them to work on the public roads for thirty days or to pay $20.00 to their -v. J 1 iVi.l.. neignDur auu ue iuiu&b wai m** make them think more of each other. This time of the year, when the blue birds mate and the seemingly dead trees and plants put on their spring costumes, it seems as if neighbors : and tenants fall out with each other and the magistrate has to impose a fine or put them on the gang for a short while to get the neighborhood ' in good working order again. Can . you imagine why this is the case, Mr. Editor? Some farmers have finished planting corn one time; others have not commenced, so you see we have farmers that think differently as i well as our professional men, and there are good farmers that plant early and good ones that plant late; both kinds make a good success, so must say both think and act aright 1 ?if not alike. i Some of our town folk intend going on a fishing trip for a few days i down on Ashepoo river if the weather is suitable. They want to leave i here on Tuesday. Wish them good 1 luck and lots of sport. ' ( Mrs. Dursse, of Charleston, S. C., : is on a visit to her relatives, Mrs. Dr. 1 Copeland and family. 1 1 Conrad Ehrhardt Co. unloaded on last Friday 25 K. of P. fertilizer dis- h tributors. These are the best on the < market, so say the farmers that nave < used them. , i One of the convicts broke loose from the gang here last night about 12 o'clock in the night. His name is Albert Johnson. The guard soon discovered that the party had gone, gave the alarm and search was commenced at once. The dogs were not long in getting his trail started ofL', tracing him to Col. Jno. F. Folk's place, where he tried to get a mule. Did get mule out of stable, but the mjile would not leave its companion. Hearing the dog, he left the mule and was not long before the chain gang crew had Albert again. If the mule had not have been stubborn, he would have given them a lively chase. Miss Viola Rodgers, of Richmond, Va., will be in town tomorrow. She has taken the position with Mrs. Maye Copeland as trimmer in her millinery establishment. She has a large line of hats and ribbons, and, with the aid of Miss Rodgers, intends to give the public up-to-date service through the season. ?? ?? News from Olar. Olar, March 15.?The regular meeting of the Simms Literary So- '< ciety was held Friday afternoon at < the usual hour. The program was very short, on account of the election of new officers, which was as follows: President?Mr. Corbett Hiers. Vice President?Mr. Charlie Chitty. Secretary?Mr. Atnen Morris. Treasurer?Mr. Wyatte Cooke. Censor?Mr. Corinthen Morris. Reporting Censor?Mr. Lee Morris. Critic?Miss Nellie Bighan. Doorkeeper?Miss Annie L. Kirkland. Reporters?Misses Orrie Morris and Emma Bessinger. We are having very disagreeable weather. Miss Ella Barton spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents at Denmark. Miss Ella Bessinger returned home Friday, after spending a week ( with her sister at Windsor. 1 1 Quite a crowd of the Olar people ' attended the Colston picnic, and re port a very pleasant time. < Mrs. Starr and Hooton went 1 to Denmark Friday afternoon, on i account of the death of their aunt, < Mrs. Kittrell. Rev. D. L. Roton filled his regular ' appointment at the Baptist church Sunday morning. Colored Flagman Hurt. Wiggins, S. C., March 13.?While , on an east bound special from Green Pond to Wiggins on the Westmoreland Lumber Corporation railroad, Edward Frazier, a colored flagman, was run over and lost both feet in j some way. He was on engine No. 4, and opened a switch to direct the , , special to Wiggins. He made a false attempt to \ run under the moving train and fell with both feet under the train and the heavy weight of the mogul crushed both feet off. He was brought here for medical aid. Dr. Daniels, assisted by Dr. Ackerman, of Walterboro, made the necessary amputation. There is no danger of his losing his life, however. i SCARED KINGS. Some Remarkable Instances of Royalty Showing the White Feather. One of the main rules in the life of a king is that his face must never betray his emotions; he must never show surprise or disappointment or anger; above all he must never show lear. But sometimes it happens that the iron self-control of the royal will breaks down. One can readily understand the effect that the terrible events of her wedding day must have had on the nerves of the young Queen of Spain, and, though at the time her calm courage was tne amazement of all, it is Quite certain that the fright has had a lasting effect. After a recent visit to England she was about to embark on her journey back to Spain,^ana naa taken leave of the friends and relatives who had come to see her off. Suddenly she turned back and hurried towards her mother, flinging her arms round her and embracing her passionately again and again. "I fear I shall never see you again," she said with tears in her eyes. The only time the German emperor has been seen to look frightened was when he had just arrived in England on his way to the death bed of Queen Victoria. He landed at Cowes, where he was received by the Prince of Wales (the present king), and they had both taken their seats in a closed carriage prepatory to driving to Osborne. As the carriage began to move off through the respectful?crowd something darkened the window, and there was a sharp "click!" like that of a heavy revolver. ' The emperor turned deadly pale and shrank back into his corner. But the click was nothing more serious that the sound of a snapshot camera that an over-eager photographer had thrust almost into the open window of the carriage. His imperial majesty dearly loves to be photographed, but on this occasion tie was furious at having been betrayed into showing "funk." ' A curious episode showing the state of the present czar's nerves occurred when he and the czarina paid a. visit to Queen Victoria at Balmoral in 18S6. It had been arranged that when the imperial train arrived at Ballater station some rockets would be sent up to announce to the queen their safe arrival, and also as a sort of welcome to the czar himself. Unfortunately, no one had prepared the czar, and as he took his seat in the carriage he was startled by the sudien roar and crash as the fireworks raced aloft and burst with a flash. The czar sank back in the car"iage, half-insensible with fear and quivering like an aspen leaf, and it was some minutes before he recovered sufficiently to bow to the crowds :nat nnea me route mrouga me village. Soon after his father's accession :o the Russian throne Nicholas, already half-crazed wih fear at his grandfather's assassination, received mother fright. A deputation of peasants from jome outlandish part of Russia had some to do homage to the new sovereign and the little Czarevitch Nicholas. When they entered the presence chamber the peasants flung up ;heir arms in their barbarous way md shouted a wild greeting. The unhappy little prince shrieked iloud with fear, and had to be taken out and pacified by his parents, while the deputation was told to return on the following day. When they came :hey were received by the czar alone, tor the czarina was almost as frightened as the child. Those who have seen photographs of the late King Humbert of Italy oan not fail to have noticed the curiously startled expression of his eyes. People who knew the king say that :his expression never left his eyes from the day that Passanante at:empted to assassinate him at Naples in November, 1878. oooto/1 in q forriacp was nuuiucii) o^at^u iu w vu.4?*v*r0^. .. receiving a deputation when one of them struck at him with what appeared to be a small banner, but it was one that had a dagger concealed in its folds. The king bravely hit back with the scabbard of his sword, and escaped unhuri A dramatic little episode once occurred on the magnificent staircase pf the royal palace at Madrid. On the night of October 7, 1841, a crowd of mutinous officers swarmed up with the intention of kidnapping the child-queen Isabella. Shots rang put, and there was a murderous band-to-hand combat on the staircase. Poor little Isabella; all her regal dignity forgotten, wrung her hands in an agony of fear, screaming: "Oh, don't let them kill me!" As day broke over the city the mutineers fled, and most of them were afterwards shot. - - . - . LyeiLs Trial Begins. Jessup, Ga., March 15.?Two hundred talesmen were summoned today and an effort will be made tomorrow to select a jury to try For mer Sheriff W. M. Lyens and his son, Former Deputy F. Lyens, for the killing of M. Fleming Smith, a druggist, here on the night of December 14, 1908. It is not thought a change of venue will be asked, though the feeling here at the time of the killing was such that the father and son, the county's officers, were removed vto Chatham county jail for safekeeping. They are now in jail here. Women here are collecting funds to erect a monument to the alleged victim of the former officer, claiming he "died to protect the name of a woman." IN THE PALMETTO STATE SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. State News Boiled Down for Quick Reading?Paragraphs About Men and Happenings. Will Campbell, a negro train hand employed in the Seaboard yards at Greenwood, had his legs cut off while at work in the yards early Wednesday morning, and died several hours later from the effects of his injuries. Young Wade Cothran Pinson, who was convicted of manslaughter it Laurens for the killing of his friend Boyce, was sentenced to serve two years in the penitentiary. His at torneys nave appealed to tne state Supreme Court. A hearing was had before Judge D. E. Hydrick, in Columbia, last week in the matter of application for a receiver for the Southern States Trust Co., and the judge refused the application. This means that the concern can keep on doing business. There is a movement on foot in Charleston to erect an eight-story office building, to be known as the Peoples National Bank building, this institution occupying the first floor. Mayor Rhett, president of the bank, is pushing the matter. This will no doubt be the tallest building in Charleston. W. P. Meetze, a young white man of Lexington county, was arrested last week on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, the charge being brought by a Lexington bank. He was released upon paying the amount of the transaction, and in this it seems that the bank was compounding a felony. At the recent session of the legislature $7,500 was appropriated for a monument to the women of the Confederacy, this amount to be available when a like amount had been contributed by the citizens of the State, thus making the monument cost $15,000. The State newspaper has begun the raising of this $7,500, itself heading the list with $100. HrvfK/VM K*r UTavi CATI lUUHICt kJUVt IXVft kTVUt Aiken, S. C., March 16.?News comes to this city of the accidental shooting of Mrs. Ben Richardson, a former resident of Aiken, by her little son, Ralph, on Saturday night, March 13. The child, who is about five years old, was testing the gun to see if it was loaded, when it went off, the whole load striking his mother in the right side. She died in a short while and before medical aid could reach her. Her maiden name was Murrah. The remains wil be interred at the cemetery of the Harmony Methodist church, near Johnston, S. C., in the neighborhood of her childhood home. She leaves a husband and three children to mourn her loss. The Civic Association. A woman can: Abolish unnecessary noise. Establish traveling libraries, and so bring reading matter within the reach of all. Clean up her own back yard and make it such a thing of beauty that it will be an inspiration to her neigh bors. i See that the health of her fellowcitizens is cared for by securing the appointment of a public nurse whose duty is the care and instruction of the poor. Insist upon paved sidewalks. Demand clean streets, and get them. Get rid of tramps by having an ever-ready town woodpile. No work, no pay. Beautify her street with window boxes. Prevent telephone and telegraph companies from hacking off and mutilating the branches of trees. Arouse public interest in the public welfare. Keep her garbage box clean and covered, and insist upon her fellowcitizens doing the same. Regulate the public care of .the aged, sick, insane and paupers, so that only sane, wholesome and humane treatment of these dependents is possible. Establish night schools. , Visit the prisoners and brighten their lives. Teach the poor to save by establishing a savings collection with a door-to-door bank collector. Teach the poor to live by means of the visiting housekeeper. Tnoief nnrm plpnn Rlnuchter XUOlOt U^/\/M VAVMM houses. Enforce the laws which forbid expectoration in public. Beautify her city as did the women of Portland, Ore., by planting roses along the thoroughfares. Place drinking fountains within the reach of man and beast. Insist that her children be taught by competent teachers. Rid the town of the smoke nuisance. Open rest rooms in public buildings for public comfort. Open kindergartens, schools, missions, recreation centres. Apply her knowledge upon every household matter to the larger field of municipal and State housekeeping with magnificent results. She can, because she has done every one of these things. And when she does them, all towns and cities will be clean, happy, wholesome places in which to live. The best automobile oil on earth, Veroline, only 75c. the gallon, at G. Frank Bamberg's. CANNON STILL ON TOP. Republicans, Aided by So-called Democrats, Retain Old Rules. Washington, March 15.?Uncle Joe Cannon is still on top in the ! house. At one time the Democrats and insurgents defeated his autocratic rules, but when Champ Clark proposed to adopt the resolution agreed on in the Democratic caucus for a general revision of the rules, 23 Democrats, including five Georgia members, bolted and voted with the machine Republicans for a mild revision proposed by Fitzgerald, of New York, who led the bolt, and the bolters and the Cannon Republicans voted to give Cannon the power of appointing committees, including the rules committee, with practically the same powers as before. The five Georgia bolters were Livingston, Griggs, Howard, Edwards and Lee. The insurgents stood manfully to their guns and the fight against Cannon would have been won except for the bolt of the Democrats. The bolt of Fitzgerald was generally expected. He has been slated by Cannon as a member of the important committee on rules. If the Democrats had won their fight today the appointment of committees would have been taken out of the speaker's hands and Fitzgerald would have missed the appointment. It is expected that all the bolters will be given good committee assignments. Only nine of them are from the South, the five Georgians, Broussard and Estopinal from Louisiana, who, by the way, are nearly always counted on to vote with the Republicans, Sparkman, of Florida, and Moon of Tennessee. Six of them were New Yorkers, the Tammany crowd, the other eight are from different Northern and Western States. ; The regular Democrats are very much wrought up over the action of the bolters, who may be ruled out of the party caucus, because the Denver platform is so explicit upon the question of revising the rules of the house so as to take the autocratic power away from the speaker. The rules adopted, it is true, take away a small modicum of this power, but 1 leave him with the most important and most dangerous power. The Cannonites are jubilant tonight, for although they did not get all they wanted, they got the compromise which it is believed had the sanction beforehand of Mr. Cannon, o?/i oa t-aati o o it tiro a nrnnnaoH hv auu ug cvviA uu iv nuu v|/vwvu mj Mr. Fitzgerald word was passed around among the Cannon Republicans to vote for it, as it was all right. Another reason why it is generally believed that the Fitzgerald substitute was prearranged with Mr. Cannon is that the speaker was quick to recognize Fitzgerald after the previous question on the jjemocratic resolution was voted down. Several wanted to be recognized, but the speaker somehow saw only Mr. Fitzgerald. TILLMAN ALL RIGHT. The Senior Senator is Apparently as Well as He Ever Was. Senator and Mrs. Tillman spent a couple of hours in Columbia to-day. Senator Tillman was on his way home from the meeting of the trustees of Clemson college. Mrs. Till man had been on a visit to relatives at Greenwood. Senator Tillman looks remarkably well. He said that he had never felt better. His face is well filled, his complexion ruddy and healthy, and altogether he looks well. He is devoting himself to indoor exercise and says it is fine. Senator Tillman says that the Clemson board transacted considerable business. The board has asked that Major Marcus B. Stokes, originally of Hampton county, be detailed to Clemson College as commandant to take the place of Capt. Minus, resigned. Senator Tillman expects to spend a month in Trenton, as he does noc think the Democrats can do very much in the tariff situation, and he is satisfied that the Republicans will carry out their policies. Senator Tillman talks with much interest about his fight against the confirmation of the appointment of Dr. Crum, and said that one of the remarkable things about his fight was that for hours he held up sixty senators while he was relating his . reminiscences of reconstruction and his_ fight with McLaurin. The senator says ne ieeis quite well enough to go out on another of his lecture tours, and incidentally he thinks that the "wild talk" in which he indulged while on his lecturing tour had done much to clear up the atmosphere with regard to the race question. Mrs. Tillman says that Senator Tilman is not to go on any more lecture tours, but she is quite willing for him to go to Europe again.?Columbia special to News and Courier. Father and Son Charged With Murder. Jessup, Ga., March 14.?W. B. and F. A. Lyens, father and son, and at the time of the killing, sheriff and deputy sheriff of Wayne county, Georgia, will be brought here from Savannah to begin their trial for the murder of Fleming Smith, a druggist. The prosecution, it is said, will try to prove that Smith was murdered because he offered to help raise a fund to prosecute Sheriff Lyens, "because of a remark he made about a woman." More than 20 pistol shots were fired in Smith's store here at the time of the killing and it is said the only witness, besides the father and son, was hidden under a counter in the store. BATTLE WITH FISHERMEN. FOUR PERSONS INJURED IN FIGHT NEAR LANGLEY. Wardens' Party Arrested on Charge of Assault But Released Soon After?None Seriously Hurt. i i Augusta, Ga., March 14.?Satur- , day night about 9 o'clock PinK vvil- \ liams and Charlie Weathersbee, game wardens, ojf the Langley game preserves, butler Weathersbee, the .Langley constable, and a party of fishermen, who were fishing on the preserves without the knowledge and consent of the wardens, got into a ficht whieh enrieH with several of the fishing party and one of the , wardens' party being shot. It is said that Pink Williams and Charlie Weathersbee went out to the preserves to see that no fishing was being done. Upon arriving at the pond they found the party fishing with nets. Weathersbee wished to have a witness for the illegal fishing and sent Williams back to Langley to bring another man as witness, while Williams was gone the party of fishermen, it is said, gave Weathersbee only a short time to leave, and he left within the given time. In the meantime Williams, who had been sent back for a witness, returned with Butler Weathersbee, the Langley constable, who is a brother of Charlie Weathersbee, and Will Buck and Colie Watson. Williams, Weathersbee, - Buck and Watson went over to the party of fishermen and asked what had become of the other Weathersbee. The party seemed ignorant of the fact that they were constables that had come for their arrest, and told the officers what they had done to Warden Weathersbee. Upon the officers' trying to arrest the party, the fishermen opened fire. The fight ended when Charlie Weathersbee was wounded in his left arm. Jesse uusn, one or tne nsnermen, received wounds in both legs below the knee, and a hole through his hand. He made his escape, and it was thought he was dead. Later his hat was found, in which there were 16 holes. He returned to Langley yesterday morning. Proctor, another fisherman, received a shot in the head. Ripley, also a fisherman, was phot in the head. The fishermen are said to have gone to Langley from Warrenviile. None were seriously hurt. Later in the day a warrant was sworn out by the fishing party against Williams, Weathersbee and Buck, who were charged with assault. They were arrested and carried to the Aiken court house. Dr. W. B. Wright, of Langley, and Su perintendent A. T. Smith, of the r.A?viA wIaaA VTTAflf +A A ilfAH O Cdiiic pidrttU f TVUllb tv AlA^U UUU OV" | cured their release. Entombed in Well. 1 Laurens, March 15.?Entombed in 1 a caved-in well for five hours and a half, John Fields, a negro well dig- 1 ger, was finally rescued without 1 further hurt than a few bruises on the face. This accident occurred late Saturday afternoon when Fields was descending the walls of the well in the backyard at Mrs. Eloise Shell's residence on Main street; a rock was dislodged by the man's foot, precipitating a geieral cave-in. But the rocks did not fall the entire depth of , the well; instead, they formed an arch under which Fields was imprisoned from 5 o'clock until 10:30 that night. Great skill was evidenced j in removing the rocks without letting some fall and kill the unfortunate man, after the arch was reached, and broken. When taken out, Fields was able to walk to the street and get in a carriage, his most serious hurts beiner slieht bruises about the face. His Wounds Self-inflicted. Monticello, N. Y., March 15.?Bernard Solomon, who was found dying of a dozen knife wounds in his burning house to-day and who told the police that he had been attacked by a neighbor named Berkowitz, tonight confessed to the district attorney that his wounds were self-inflicted. He had become tired of life, he said, and after trying to kill himself with a knife, had set fire to his home. His motive for blaming his condition on his neighbor was not disclosed. Physicians sayx that Solomon can not live. He has been unconscious for the greater part of the time since he was dragged from the burning house by the police. Berkowitz and two others, who were arrested by the police on the strength of Solomon's first story, weer released to-night. T>r. Abbott's Ideal Woman. | New York, March 15.?Dr. Lyman Abbott says that the ideal woman must not change her styles at the dictation of Paris, nor should she allow herself to become the servant of the milliner and dressmaker. In an address in Brooklyn, he said: "A woman's idea of modern industry is playing bridge whist morning and night. Her idea of modern life is to be supported by some one else. "The ideal woman does not consider work unwomanly. She believes that whatever concerns her husband concerns her. If the ideal woman's family finds fault with her cooking, she does not blame the cooking; she blames the food and changes it. "Woman was meant to be man's companion, and if the idea were properly carried out, there would be no affinities." NEWS FROM KEARSE. "Old Timer" Writes of Springtime^ Music, Birds and Flowers. Kearse, March 15.?Rain, rain in abundance and land too wet to plow for several days is the condition here, ':4 but it is all right. Only delay planting " > for a few days, and the oats look fine and the flowers are beginning to ' show the effects of the warm sail* shine and showers. The gardens ere on a boom, the pastures are looking green, and old Rose and Brindle with the calves are feasting on the tender grass, so it is an evil wind that blows no one good. But these east-winds, how bed they make us feel. Even my pets, the mocking birds, have not sung % note for the past three days, pussy laorte nn a riic hofnpp flrfl AT washes her face with her paws, looks up in a half-hearted way and makes an effort to mew but feels too bj^ly to do more than make an effort, then vj Bleeps again. What is in the east wind is a mystery, for it affeds j plants and animals, especially the /, aged, their rheumatism is worse, silt ^ and aches come in an amazing degree, but when the warm south winds blow and the sunshine comes ^ all will cahnge and all nature win smile. So shadows come at night, but the ^ sun will shine in the morning and ' Zan old man can take his favorite stand and look in admiration at> the H little violets smile, the heartsease and phlox to enhance the scene, with the wistaria just beginning to bloom*- % with song of birds by day and the . i chirp of the cricket by night makes $ life worth living, even if the storms do come. Then the young people with their fun and music and songs brightefc-i, the world. Not long since an old man was covering a piazza, a young |jj lady in the parlor below playing S- ^ lively air on the piano, a mocking' ' bird singing his sweet strains in % ^ tree overhead made his hammer trying to keep time. , Had some one passed at the time they would have taken him for one working by the job, but alas, soon a caller dropped;^ in, the music stopped and the bird-. ~ song too; men tne oia mss nvv,| working by the day. A few even.- f ings after the young folks came and gave more music and singing and the last thing the old man remembered they were playing and singing "Sweet Marie" and "Dreaming;*! . f(> Soon the old man, too, was dreaming V; in the land of Sleeptown and /ie*r: morning the music and sweet voi^?p| of the singers lingered in his ear. Come again, young folks, and aim ^ your sweet songs, for music hntk:fvj charms to soothe the savage breasts 5 Mr. H. J. Hitter is having many improvements made in his home. - | The carpenters are at work, and > the painter and decorator is too, and in a few days more will have of the most handsome country homes ^ In the county. Let the goon wori^^ 50 on. We want pretty and attrae>, -; tive homes on the farms to indue*' " our young people to stay on the , farm, for God made the farmer first and the country needs our best material to make this our beloved land to blossom as the rose. OLD TIMER. : ,/|| Destruction of Orchard Rubbish. Just at this season of the year, those orchardists who have not already done so, should make a careful inspection of the premises, removing and burning all dead and dying . wood. It is in just such places thai many of our most injurious orchsfd^l pests pass the winter. And besides, such rubbish serves as an ideal breeding ground for many of theft .v^gj insects. It will only be a few days : now before most of these insects have left their places of protection to ^ begin their work of destruction upon >4? the budding orchards, then it will be too late for action. It is extreme!)^ tff important that some action in the , matter be taken immediately. There are many orchards in the state in* tested with San Jose scale that have been pruned and the badly infested material left lying in the orchard; J-M This mistake should be corrected, hecause such infested material is a menace to the rest of the orchard and to the whole community In % which it is found, being a constanjfcM^g source of infection. Then, there are ;f|| those trees that are heavily infested v with the Shot-Hole Borer, recognised by the small round holes in the bark, resembling those made bjr Ja number 8 shot and usually a general M unhealthy condition of the tree. '^8 This insect passes the winter as * :M small white grub in its burrow in the dead tree, emerging in spring dfl.&?| a small brownish beetle. Trees are; ! ; often completely girdled by this insect, causing them to die in the 'U course of a few weeks. Besides tta two just mentioned, there are numerous other insects that inhabit ' > dead Wood and rubbish lying around the orchard. No one will attempt, to deny the fact that Dy destroying, ^ all prunings, dead branches and trees, and other rubbish about the orchard the coming generation of ; > insect pests will be considerably de^ creased, rendering control more - ? practical and certain. It is therefore to the advantage of every indvidual owning an orchard, : | whether it be one of commercial importance or merely one for home consumption, to put forth every ef- ^ fort to get the orchard as free as 2 possible from any dead or dying wood before the pests emerge from their winter quarters. Don't put this matter off till tomorrow or some time next week, nor pile the prunings just outside i the orchard, but destroy them completely by burning and do this immediately. W. A. THOMAS, State Entomologist.