The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, December 16, 1908, Page 3, Image 3
y TIE TEXAS CATTLE TICI
Its Prevalence in South Car
lina?Enormous Loss
State by Reason of Failu
to Eradicate Pest.
The Co'umbia State: T1South
Carolina lose* each ye
at loasL $900,000 by reason
the Texas ferer tick among t
cattle and that the great obsi
cles to be overcome in the era<
cation of the ticR is the indifh
once and ignorance of the catl
owners, are the two most, stri
ing statements in the report
Dr. M. Ray Powers, State vete
narian, prepared for the depai
meut of agriculture oi this Sta
Last year the four counti
bordering on the national qua
antine line, Oconee, Pickei
<r, Greenville and Anderson, we
placed under quarantine and t
inspectors proceeded to get i
of the ticks. The people call t
inspectors "tick-pickers," thou
Dr. Powers does not say po
his report.
Ths work is being carried
through the cooperation ot t
State and federal authority
the State veterinarian, being
charge of the work. In 19
there were four inspectors a
twojgveterinarians Jirom the f<
eral bureau of auitnal indust
at work in these four counti
"These inspectors," says 1
Powers, "were instructed
make farm to-farm inspectio
examine all cattle and quart
tine those premises found infe
ed with fever ticks. They w?
also instructed to explain to t
owners of all infested cattle t
object of the work, the law i
der which the work was bei
conducted, the method of ti
eradication most applicable
their individual premises and
give the owners all possible
sistance in the work."
Daily reports were receiv
trom these inspectors, givi
names of owners of premises
spectod, the number of cattle
each farm and their conditii
infested or free. The inspect
^ reinspect the farms every thi
weeks, and all reports are k<
on file, so there is a compli
record preserved. If from t
reports the attitude of a cat
owner is seen to be neglectful
letter is sent him and if nec
sary a veterinarian is Bent to <
plain the work more fully. \V1
these methods tail the cat
owner is prosecuted if he mo
tho quarantined cattle.
thr catti.k infipkctkd.
In Oconee during 1907 th
were 7,500 cattle inspected a
509 quarantined; in Pickens
988 inspected and 791 quar;
tined; in Greenville 12,236
spected and 1,173 quarantin
in Anderson 12,845 inspeci
and 1,581 quarantined. On my
oi these premises me ticks w
eradicated during the tail
1907, but they were not rele
ed from quarantine until sprii
Then the four counties were
leased from quarantine pro-,
ionally, the owners being tl
enabled to ship cattle anywh
in the United Stntoe after
epection by a federal inspect
"Many have taken advantage
this," says Dr. Powers, "and
now shipping their cattle to i
Northern markets without
' strictions and thus receiving
better price for their stock tl
heretofore."
In June of this year eight
ditional counties were placed
quarantine: Abbeville, Gre
wood, Laurens, Union, Chf
. kee, Spartanburg, Chester ?
^ York. Fourteen inspectors
the employ of the federal bur<
h and five in the employ of Cle
ak
H&l't
? son were at work during the
Bummer iti this territory, follow
inn the sime methods used last
o- jear in the first four counties
to "Many premises now in quarre
amine," says Dr. Powers, klare
tree from tieks, but must be held
until the advent of warm wea
a'
ther to ascertain this positively ''
ar In Abbeville 9,873 cattle were
^ inspected and 2,647 quarantined;
in Greenwood 6,993 inspected
and 1,491 quarantined; in Lau
I reus 8,408 inspected and 708
3|" quarantined ; iu Union 4,187 inspected
and 223 quarantined; in
Spartanburg (>,035 inspected and
1,454 quarantined; in Cherokee |
n" 3,173 iuspected and 517 quaranr'~
tined; iu Vork ,0,276 inspected
fce* and 2,255)quarantined; in Chester
68 5,370 inspected and 1,163 quarir~
antined. In addition cousiderab'e
19
' work has also been done this year
re in the territory covered last year.
Il6
Twelve inspectors and one iederal
veterinarian, as well us the
il ^
State veterinarian and his assist
Mr Jl
aat, will be employed in the
111 counties named throughout the
winter.
|>n From July 1, 1907, to July 1,
1908, there was expended in this
93
. ' work the sum of $3,882 appro*!!
prialed by the Clemson college
^ trustees and $12,000 by the bureau
o! animal industry; troni
July 1, 1908, to July 1, 1909,
there has been appropriated $6,
09' 900 by the Clemson trustees and
^r* $24,000 by the bureau.
to "The great obstacle to be over
Q ^
' come," concludes Dr. Powers,
in "is the indifference aud ignorance
8t of the cattle owners."
sre
Medicine That is Medicine.
die jjHTe Buffered a good deal with ma1?
via atl.l Ji aanniluint j Km 1 T haUA
jq iai in auu nnuimvai vv/ui piaiuio, a uutu
now l'ouud a remedy thut keeps me well,
ng and that remedy is Electric Hitters: a
. . medicine that is medicine for stomach and
ICK liver troubles, and for rundown conditions,''
says W. Kiestler, of Halliday,
.Vrk. Electric Hitters purify and enrich
to the blood, tone up the nerves, and impart
vigor and energy to the weak. Your uion.18
ev wjU refunded if it fails to help von
50c at J. T. Mackey * Co. and Funderkurk
Pharmacy. w
red . ?
11 g Sold Her Starving Baby.
New York American: "It
0,1 was not because I did not love
him that I Rave him up, it was
C>,S because I loved him too much."
In this way Mrs. Mary Levin
gave her reason for selling her
ete
six-months-old baby to Abraham
^le Kevin, ot 1719 South Sixth street,
Philadelphia, for $10, Protes*
' a against Iter action was made to
the police today ; but they deBX
clared they could do nothing.
"I did not want to sell him lor
t le
money ; 1 did not want to sell
V0K him at all, hut my husband deserted
me before he was born,
and I have been unable to pro
ere vide lor him as my mother's
md heart prompts. He was hungry
7.- and cold with me, and he has
an- shared a lite of hardship siuce the
in- day he was born So I sold him
ed; that he might ho happy",
ted ? ?
iny Crushed by Her Hat.
ere
Munich, Dec. 11-?A fashionably
dressed woman wearing a
Merry Widow hat three feet in
diameter fainted on the street
re*
.. here and was carried into a shop,
where she recovered when the
1U8 ,
hat was reraoyea.
ere
A doctor who had been summoned
said the swoon was entireor.
, ly attributable to the enormous
> of J
weight ot the hat.
are
the m """ m
rv_ Minister In a Fight.
; a Richmond, Doc. 13. ? Rev
lan Wythe Kiuidoytug, rector of the
Epiphany Episcopal church, read
signed today following a fist
in fik:ht with his father in-law, Rev.
en- H. Pitt, l'he fight occurred in
iro- the Pitt's home resulting from
ind cliargesthat Kinsloviug suffered
in from a nervous disorder. Kmslov
^au ingcarried away a soar oyer his
un- eye.
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THE LANCASTER NEWS. DECEMBE
I Backache 11IJ f
Pot Such agonies as some women ?$3 1 K W
H suffer, every mouth, hum back- U$j 0 ^ S i||
2s3 Is it necessarv? No. It can Hi H
I be prevented and relieved, when raj !
caused by female trouble, by tak- kSj
ing a medicine with specific, cura* H
tive action, on the female organs Em
and functions, which acts by re- fejj
licving the congestion, "topping
the pain and building the organs Stl ? ,
and functions up to a proper state ill tlClCS
of health, lrv. Q
? CARDUI
WOMAN'S RELIEF ?
SB "I suffered for 15 years," writes BR
BH Mrs. Malinda \. \kcrs. of Baaham, I
SH Va., "with various female troubles. B[
QH I had such a backache that it Hi
drew me ovei, I could not stand jiu i ;
a straight. The doctors could not 1 <l''( )
11 help me, so I took Cardui, and ^E ! 1 >?-,? t?r
H now 1 feel like a uew woman." H? 1 icily
H At All Druggists I j Germai
H WRITE FOR FREB ADVICE, I 1 Hand ]
jflSB stating age and describing symp- Cnf.. I)
H toins, to Ladie Advisory Dept., H Oclltt I
mm The Chattanooga Medicine Co. 1 -v i /^^Cjhattano^^rren^^^^^B^3!^Jl?
IdaCk V.
' 1 Bead a
Black Brute Lynched in Silk H
Uteorgia. ^mc.
c, . i. i\ 10 chief
StateiviHe, *a., I>^o. '.2.?
Breaking into ihehonu* ot Fisher Blue M
Belote, a negro desperado, cry- j Allietlv
iug out that he wanted old Be-I Gold T
lofce, fired two shots from his pis- j TJ i
. , . . * . * , i . I nroocn
tol into the head of the bed where i
the daughter of Belote wa* lying ' Chlldre
ill, seized her by the foot and, Holly 1
diagged her irom the bed, lired [ Tray C
three other shots and then fled. j Center
Harper Belote, a little boy , I
fired at lnui as he ran, but miss- j uncy
ed. Tracaing hounds followed 1 Neckti(
the negro with a posse into a Cuff B
swamp several miles away. The Barrett
posse disappeared lor two hours
and then reappeared with J ^
the significant statement. ' The Bill B(
negro will raafe no more mid- Scarf 1
night ra.ds on wh te people." Fancv
Their statement at, once stopped
all lurther pursuit.
Children Burned in House.
Aiken special in the Columbia
State : Yesterday afternoon at j
1 o'clock the house in which resoled
Sam I)unb?r, arespecta
ble negro man, was burn-d to J30Il' F
the ground in the Rock/ Spring
township, about 1$ miles Irom j ^
Aiken, and in the house at the
time were two of Dunbar'schil
aren, ootu ol whom were burned I
to death. \ f ^
Dunbar and his wife had lelt fl w *
th? hou?e in the afternoon, going
to their work some distance from i
the house. They left the two
children, 2 and 3 years old respectively,
in the house.
More about Waxhaw's Fire. >'
Monroe Enquirer: Fire des-jB
troyed two store rooms in Wax-jB I A B I
haw just before day last Saturday. I '$ ? Iml
The buildings belonged to Mr. 1 L 0 I
W. H. Krauss. of Monroe, and I BbiA? 1
were occupied by Mr. D. S. Davis. R
a slock ol dry goods being ill one I
room and a slock of groceries in
the other. Nothing was saved, i
Thfl I > II i irl i 1IITH wmpA iitanro/i lr?i M-<- a? 1~\?1
?=" -?? nuuuc IU jl^CI
$t>00 and the goods for $3,500 \
[Tne origin ot the fire is not 1
I All person-* ha
| known. the estate of If
i will present the i
the undersigned
Ate Sausage and Died. iS^.'/iiir-k
WestC'ieater, Pa, December 13 . paymftt i.
?Two members ol the family oi
GeorK? V,in llorn,of Mendenliall, -,,J'
Chester County, are dead, ar.d
three others are til, as the result Roac
Ot ptomaine poisoning, caused by i itids will bo re
, t ii the < (Mint v Una
sausage procured from a local until Saturday, 1
grocery at?\e. l?- m- ,or the w,,r
\ of the Monroe roi
^ ' *" 1 ! <'harlotted'auide
la yonr sumJeription. to The News ,ine* ,l'1.ans
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r the "othey^rellow."
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