Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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B -DSOF FAIRFIELD COUN TY List of Leonard Weir, Winner of the First Prize In The News and Her ald's Bird Prize Contest. ilLckihg Bird.-DoVe-colored, with a spotted breast and dark wings with a few white feathers in it. It mocks every bird on earth I think, while its mate is on its nest, which is built of thorns and sticks and rabbit to baeco, being lined with dirt and small root;, with about four or fve blue-spotted eggs in it. The young ones hollow, "Eat, eat!" The old ones hollow, "Skip, skip!" Jennie Wren.-Brown-colored bird, very small. Builds its nest in banks and old houses out of roots and hair. Lays from five to seven eggs, all white, with brown spots and very small. Bee M1artin.-A black bird with a white breast. Eats all the bees it can find. Builds its nest of cotton and thorns, lays about four eggs. Hollow, "Teel, teel!" when they see a hawk. Can whip most every kind of bird and hawk. Leaves in the winter. Black Jlartin.-T he rooster is jet black, while the hen is a black bird with a spotted breast. Builds its nest in gourds and hollow trees. Builds it ,out of small rootA and sticks, pine bark, dirt, and trash of most any kind. They sure can whip a hawk, They are said t6\go to the fu gouth and eat the coffee while the winter is htere. Blu; Jay.-Large blue. bird with a long tail with a few white feathers in it. Has a white breast, sharp 'claws, long bill, its head having a few longer feathers on. it. Builds its nest out of thorns and'rabbit tobacco (sorse call it life-everlasting) in pines and oaks mostly. 'Lays. about four or five eggs. Ruins a patch of corn. 1at,Bird.-Nearly dark. Stays in hollows and swamps and on the branches. Builds its nest out of the fuzzy bark of .a cedar and grass, generally in briar patchek and vines. Lays about four to six eggs. Sings very sweetly. Raises about three to four young ones. Snow Birds.-Very small. Two kinds, the dark and brown. The dark has a white breast_ with a * dark neck; the brown has a spot 'ted breast. Raises about four young ones. Nest built of grass. Lava bout five to six eggs. 2 Jr small brown ~Ids its nest of hair, and grass. Lays about four to' six eggs. Wants grass seed and worms to eat. Builds generally in pines, cedars, and thorns. Raises three to four young ones. Yellowc Ilammer.-Very large and yellow-spotted. Has a long bill with a spottea breast and a dark ring around its neck. Lays in stumps and dead trees; pecks a hole in it about a foot deep. Lays about four to seven eggs. Has a few white feathers on its side and "in its tail. Raises about five' young ones. L Wood Peker.-Very large with a long bill. Right spotted with gee bays four to five eggs in a h'ol ini. a dead tree. Good to eat. Raises three to five young ones.1 Sap Sucker.-Pretty small spot ted bird -with a longhill and long to::gue. Liays in deadlyrees..Lays about fire~.to seveni egs, white and black-spotted, Fee - on bugs and wormis. fanmmer' Knocker.- -Pretty large bird with a long bill ai long tongue. Has a red and white striped head.' Lays iin dead trees four to five white eggs. RUaises three to four young ones. Thrush.-Large with long tali, Sings very sweetly. Buihds its nest of most all kin~ds of trash. Lays about four eggs. .BrowL colored bird; egg~s are broovn and white-spotted. Fiheld Lak.-Very jarge with a spotte I breast and a yellow head. its back is browni with a bro wL and white tail. Sings verc sweet. ly. Lays arb ,ut four or five spot Led eggs. - .Bak BIrd.-T hare nr ' t w kinds of bLack birdOs, one of them is larger th in tuo ot her kind. They generally g' in urums, stay on the creeks and in h'olow's, eat insects and lay aborut four eggs. The larger ones are good to ear. .Eg~q~l gS&eor.-3rmall brown ~'Wd i-ith a white breast. The *rooster has a ring around its neck. The hen is brown-colore~d withi white breast. Lavs about four to seven eggs in trees sometimnes; *but generally in towns build thieir nests in the sides of stores and hop about over the streets and eat. Can stand an kind of weather. .Eggs are spotted. Red B'1ad.-Large red bird with long tail. The rooster is right rooster. Builds its nest'in briar patches and , on the brancbes, builds of leaves and the fuzzy bark of iars. Lays four spotted eggs.\;llows very sweetly. Eats bugs and worms und goes in traps and gets corn. Hilow Bird.,-A small bird that ranges in the hollows and builds its nest of leaves and lines it with uirad and then lines that with small roots Lays four blue eggs. Eats insects. Partridge.-A large bird with a short bill, brown-colored. The rooster has a white-striped head, whiler the hen has a yellow-striped head. Lays about ten to tweNty eggs, raises most every one. The rooster hollows, "Bob White!" Feeds on insects, grass seed, wheat, peas, corn, or anything thF.t they can find. Meat very sweet. People shoot and net them. Can run and fly very fast. Builds its nest in the grass with the mouth turned towards the sunrise. They scratch a hole in the ground and line it with straw. Turtle Dove. -- Large bluish; colored bird with a white breast and long tail. They hollow when it is time to plant corn. They say, ."It's time to plant corn!" Builds its nest of pine straw in pines and cedars, right flat. Lays two eggs; sometimes raises both. They stay around the hog pas tures. Has short legs and long toes. (Yrow.-A large black bird with a long bill. Builds its nest in pines, maple and -oaks. Lays four blue and white-spotted eggs in a nest made of stidks and thorns. Yery largn nest walled with mud, and tb& that lined with soft cedar bark. Raises nearly all of them. They are awful to pull up corn and pat the young.ears of corn. Cideken lawk. - Large blue hawk with a long tail and a spot ted breas't. Lays two eggs. Nest is made just like the crow's. Lays big white.. eggs about the same size of 8/guinea egg. [Here fol lows drg'wing of a chicken hawk's foot.-ED.] Rabbit Hfawk. - Very large brown hawk with a spotted breast and long tail. Has a large nest made of stieks and thorns. Lays two large white eggs. Can carry rabbits anywhere. They fly low to the ground and see the rabbits. Sparrow Hjawk.-Smnall, with a very loog~ tail, spotted breast, big head, short bill, sharp claws, broii bpr-L o tersmuali -birds. 'Lays about two eggs in a small nest. Trkey Buzzard.-Very large bird with a large bill and a naked head, dark-colored large wings, and short legs. Feeds on dead prey and animals. Lays two eggs about the size of a turkey unuer rocks and banks, in stumps and logs. Can stand severe weather. The young ones are white. They stay on the nest about thre e weeks. Georgia Baizzad.-Not as large as the turkey buzzard, but black er. Sails right fast anet flops its wings right quick. These two kind can smell very far. Lays two eggs in places like the turkey buzzard. Rice Bir'd.-A common-sized bird with a large head. yellow breast and pretty long -tail. Lays four to five eggs. Sometimes stayr around here. They eat iice. 'Nigltt Owl.-Very large, stays in the woods in the daytime and rambles about hunting prey at Thousands Have Kidlney 'Tronble and Don't Know it. -How To 731nd Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hcurs; a sediment or set tling Indicates an unhealthy condi tioni of the kid ny;if it stains 71 yu linen it is *evidence of kid ney trouble; too -frequent desire to pass it or pain in - """""the back Is also conving proof that the kidneys and biad der are ou of order. - What to Do. There is comfort in the knowledge so often exprbied, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root, the gr t kidney remedy fulfills every wish in curin rheumatism, pain in the back, kidneys, 11 er, bladder-and every part of the urinary ge. It corrects inability to hold water and Iding pain in passing it, or bad - effects f lowing use of liquor, wine or beer, and ove omes that unpleasant necessity of being .c pelled to go often during the day, and to et up many times during the night. The id and th ,xtra ordinrff t of Sw p-Root i. soon realized. It stands the hi est lor its won lerful cures of the rS ost essing cases. [f you need a medicine you ould have the est. Sold by druggists In50~c. and $1. sizes. You may have a sample ttle of this, wonderful discovpry Lnd a oook that tells' - nore about it, both sent bsolutely free by mail, ddress Dr. Kilmer & Home of Rot o., Binghamton. N. Y. When writin en ion reading this generous offer In this Don't nai:ke any muistaike, but rem ; mer the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. nr s Swamp-Root, and the addr No Time to Lose You cannot afford to aisregard the warnings -of a weak and diseased heart aba put off tak ing the preseiption of the world's greatesteaathority on heart and netrvous doriers Dr. Mie s' He*At Cure. If your heart palpitatesf utters, or you are short of breath, have smothering spells, paia in left side, shoulder or am you have heart trouble and arelable to drop dead any moment. Major . W. Woodcock, one of. the best kown oil or eators io tfconn try dropped d fron heart rectlya his horne In-otx ad.. whie mnowing his lawn.-ThePrus. Mrs. M. A. Birdsall, Watk'ns N. Y. whose portrait heads this e - - Iment, says: "I write this th ri itude for benefits I received m Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. I had pitation of the heart, severe pains Outer the, left shouldem and my -eaerat health-,, was miserable. A few =e~e ef Dr... Miles'Heart Cure cured mi endrely. Sold. by all Druggiita. Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elbart, Ind. night. Lays two eggs. FeedsQn chicken,; and other birds. &-reecA Owl. - A somewhat smaller bird than the night o'ut Lays two eggs. Has ahend like a cat, and little ears. The roos tei is brown, while the hen is gray. Shirt [7hil.-A large bird with a red head, black back and white tail. Lays four eggs in a dead tree. '.Ranges in new grounds. Eats bugs and worms and-ather insects. Will ruin a patch of roasting ears. Green Jleron.-Large bird like the crabe. Has a long neck and bill, long legs, short tail, bluish colored.- Lays.in a nest in a tree. Right flat eggs, blue, four to seven in numbtr. Stays on.creeks. Feeds on little fish. Crane.-Very large bird; differ ent colors. Ranges on eeks. ats fish. Has a long neck, liong ill lon le . so it can., rA H~anging Brds.-There are twe r three kinds of hanging birds;. one very small, one common ized. The small on~e builds its est of the old fur off of old oak oards, hatngs it on a forked limib. ery small bird, laiys four eggs. he larger one builds its nest the ame way, ' but of grass; builds round the houses. Phombe Bird.-A very small bird. ollowss, 'Jhoebe, phebe!" soon very morning and late every vening. Sits on dead limb. ostly. Has a small nest. Lays our eggs. Eafs every' fly they cn get. You can see 'them sit ing arounri pni or pasture catch ng the flies off the cows soon very morning and late every venng. P. 5.-I am a boy of the -Cros >yville Institete.- 1 love to go. to chool. Miss Ida Patrick. of White Oak, is my teacher. -I like o go to her fine. I have written ll this myself. My brothers sed to laugh at me for countir2 very bird's nest that I found, thle nmber of eggs in it, and finding ut the name of the birds.. Editorial Note. -In transmit ting the compositiovs in the bird otest to the commiittee who ex mined the paes heir attention was called to thie fact -that the principal. tbing 'was the writer's persnal knowledge of the asub jet. Of the above paper the ommittee in its report says that in their opinion "it displai s the greatest ~amount of originality, personal knowledge, and observa tion." They also add: "We feel grateful at the large :number of papers handed in, some of which are excellent in quality and beau tifully executed." 4 Was Wasting Away. The following letter fromt Robert Itl Watts, of Salem, Mo., is instructivef "I have been troubled with kidney disease for the last fira years. .. I lost te'h and never felt well and d6etored with leading physicians atnd tried all. reedies suggested without relief. Fially I tried Foley's Kidney Cure and less thant two biottles completely~ red me and I am now sound and' well" Sold by MeMaster Co. When the farmers of Southr Carolina get to turning out aM many beef cattle as they do batles f cotton this p-ort of thercountry tril o rih sreenoughI. -An-1 derso Intlligncer The Kind You Have Always Bougl in use for over 30 years, has 1 and has be sonal supej Allow no oi All Counterfeits, Imitations and ' Experiments that trifle with and Infants and Children-Experiene What is CA' Castoria is a harmless substitut goric, Drops and Soothing Syra contains neither Opium, Morphi substance. Its age is its guarani and allays Feverishness. It cur Colic. It relieves Teething Trod and Flatulency. It assinlates 1 Stomach and Bowels, giving hei The Children's Panacea-The IM CENUINE CASTC Bears the Sig The lKid You lHa In Use For Over BIG . OF PAPER Wrapping AT TE News and H< - .AVOID INDKC .AND BE COI *~~ paie Degetabte - cAN BE USED OVER AMD - SOLD EVERYN WessoVnNLJWY Pes DR.M NFE' Tatees IIChiHtoC . wiAvu ebe a bnutal Siagan es over Lfeit sueI nteeoygtou n Niefothsbe kinthrop College Szholarships and Entrance Examinations. The examinations for the award >f vacant scholatr-hips in Win irop College and for the ad:nis ;ion of Lew tadeuts will be held it the county court house on Friday, July 10th. at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be less ian fifteen years of age. When scholaribips are vacated ifter July 10th, they will be iwarded to those making the ighest average' at this exami uiation. The next, session will open tbout September 16, 1903. For further information and b :atalogue addresA Pres. D. B Johnson, Rock Hill' S. C. td HisLast Hope Realized. [From the Sentinel, Gebo, Mont.] In the first opening of Oklahoma to 4ttlers in 1889,-the editor of thi paper was among the many - seekers.after for Line who made the big race one fint lay in April During his traveling about and afterwards his camping u >n his claim, he encountered much bd water, which, together with the severe heat, gave him a very seyere diarrhoa which It seemed almost inpossible to cheek, and along in June the case be eame so bad he expected to die. One day one of his neighbors brought him one small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic,.VCholra and Diarrhgea Remedy as a last hope. A big dose was givei him while he was roiling about on the groumnd in great agony, and in a few mindtes - the dose was repeated. The good' ffect of the medicine was soon noticed and within an hour the patient was tahing his first sound sleep for a fortnight. That littke bottle Worked'a complete cure, and he cannot help but feel grateful. The season for bowel kisorders being at hand suggests this item. For sale by Mc~aster Co., drug gists. WOOD'S "TRADE MARK" Farm Seeds are the best that can be obtained -free from weed seeds and impur ities and of strong germinating qualities. I is very important if you desire to secure good stands and good crops to purchase the highest grade seeds obtainable. This you can always do by pur chasing "Wood's Trade Mark Brand " of Farm Seeds. Woofs New Seed Book for 1903 mailed on request, tells all about Vegetable a Flower Seeds, Grass and Clover Seeds,. - Seed Potatoes, SeedfOats, Tobacco, Seed Corn. Cow Pess, Soja, Velvet and Navy Beans, Sorghums, Broom Cor nte for Seed Book and prices of any Farm Seeds required. Ta.W. WOOD (& SONS, seedsmen, Rcmond, Va. THE SIGN OF GOOD TAILORING Here'is the great Oak Easel now on display at our store. It contains the line of beautiful new spring tailoring samples sent usby STR AUSS BRB S,, Chicgo Good Tailors for 26 Tears. The Oak-Easel is the connecting link between the tailor and the faultlesslyftin * ished garments which give you so much pleasure to wear. It's really a lesson in good clothes buying to *see, this great collection -of tailoring novelties. Prices low and sestisfao thon absolutely guar. anteed. Ca.11 soonr. FOR SA LE BY W. M. PATRICK, WOOD WARD S. C. UNDE RTA KING IN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS with -a full stock of Caskets, Burial Ca es and Comris constantly oni hand, and use of hearse when requested Thnkful for past patronage and solicit ous for a share in the future, in the old stnTd. Calls attended to at all hours. TH ELLIOTT' GIN SHOP * 1. 11. ELLIOTT & EO. asstood the test 25 years doules.Does this record c -Enclosed with every bol lt, and whica iorne the,:ga~ en made'uwier hbs"., rislon swnce 15it.i~y ie to deceive yogil*~,~ 'Just-as-good" r b* endangerthe alit e ag-ains Rpr1A ~ ' 5TORIlA-" *l a for Castor i, - ps.. 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