Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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E. J. NORRIS, Agent Edgefield, South Carolina Representing the HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, of New York, and the old HARTFORD, of Hartford, Connecticut. The HOME has a greater Capital and Surplus combined than any other company. The HARTFORD is the leading com pany of the World, doing a greater Fire business than any other Co. See Insurance Reports PRUDENTIAL LIFE "HAS THE STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR." E. J. Norris, FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. w >ke Pleasure and other Pleasures f or the Man Who Smokes There 's smoke pleasure in this pure old Virginia and North Carolina bright leaf. Thousands prefer it to any other pipp tobacco. Thoroughly aged and stemmed and then granulated. A perfect pipe tobacco-nothing better rolled a.* J? cigarette. One and a half ounces of this choice tobacco cost only fte, and with each sack you get a honk of cigarette papers FREE. Tbe other pleasures are tbe presents that are secured with 'be coupon? in each sack of Liggett Sc Myer.* Duke's Mixtur*? These presents delight old and young. Think of thc pleasure that von and vont friends can get from a ta!kme machine, free, or such articles ss-fountain Dens. balls, skates, cut glass, china, silverware, tennis racquets, fishing rods, furniture, etc. As a special offer, daring February and March only we will send you our new illustrated cata log of presents, FREE. Just send us your name and address on a postal. Coupons from Duke's Mixture may bt assorted with ta-s from HORSESHOE, J.T.,TrNSLEY'S NATURAL LEAF. GRANGER TWIST, coupons frau FOUR ROSES (lOc-tin double eonfion). PICK PLUG CUT. PIEDMONT CIGARETTES, CLIX CIGARETTES. and otl.er tags and coupons issued by us. Premium Dept. ST. LOUIS. MO. I ll P I 9 li mm smsas, Used in ever increasing quantities, because the roofs put on 26 years ago are as good as new to-day, and have never needed repairs. Don't put on that roof until you see them. 6 ty I 15 WA Stewart & Kernaghan EDGEFIELD, S. C. MOBS" Dd Thousands and thou sands of women, who have everything that heart could desire to make them happy, are miserable on account o? womanly trou ble, if you are of this number, stop worrying, and give Cardui a trial. lt has brought health and happiness to thousands. TAKE The Woman's Tonic Mrs. Delphinia Chance writes from Collins, Miss.: "I suffered terribly from womanly troubles. We had five doctors, but it Seemed I could not get any better. I decided to try Cardui. After I began to take it, I got {better every day. Now I feel as well as I ever did." Try Cardui, today. E-66 lal lol lal BEWARE OF MALARIA, ?? Matar?a-Chills and Fevers-common Complaints among people living in tho Southeastern States, can be effectively VT lieved in the shortest possible time B. L. T.-Richardson's Laxative Toc4 This prescription has been used thirty five years by Dr. Richardson, of Anderson, B. C., In his daily practice as a family physician, and has behind it thousands of testimonials from many prominent South Carolinians and citizens of other neigbbcr ing states. R. L. T. is a wonderful cor rector of liver troubles and the greatest tonic on the market today. You can abso lutely rely on it in any case of chilla ami fever or malarial poison, constipation o: biliousness. If any member of your family need a tonic that strengthens and builds, go to your druggist today and get a fifty-cent or a dollar bottle of R. L. T., and watch thc quick, steady improvement If your drug gist can't supply 700 write R. L. T. Co., Anderson, S. C. R. L.T. Tke Best Liver Medicine m MOST PERFECT TONIC * Hc6SLM per Bettie. AH Drag Stares, "JUOT PUBLISHED* Vcbsler's NEW INTERNATIONAL Dictionary, Vu. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Matt.) surpasses tbc old International as mach ts thtt book exceeded its predecessor. OD the cid foundation a new superstructure has been built. The reconstruction has been carried on through mzny years by a large force of trained workers, ?i?cz the supervision of Dr. W. T. Karris, former United States Commissioner cf Evoca tion, end reenforced by many eminent ?pecial ; ;ts. TH* ccbitious have been rearranged and nr:Lficd. The cumber of terms defined has ?cen nerc ?zn doubled. Tho etymology, ynoayas, pronunciation, have received ca larie scholar!;' labor. The language of Cn-?sh ?tcraiuro forever r-vencenturies, the tcnninolojry of the arts aad sciences, and the every-?ay speech cf stree'., shop, and house hold, are presented wilh fullnest and dearness. In size of vocabulary, in richness of general information, and convergence of consulta Lion, the book sets a new mark a lexicography 400,000 wore13 ?sd phrases. 6000 illustrations, 2700 pages. V.'r.ic to Ibe pcb'Jihers for Specimen Pages. Very Serious It is a very serious matter to ask for one medicine and have the wrong one given you. For this reason wc urge you in buying to be careful to get thc genuine THEDFORDS ia*.*- u^mm Liver ??e??cizie The reputation cf this old, relia ble medicine, for ccr.:;tba?on, in digestion or.d liver trouble, is firm ly established, li decs not imitate other medicines. It is better than others, cr it would not be the fa vorite iivcr powder, with a larger sale than all others combined. SOLD Bl TOWN F2 MISSOURI CURE FOR G?PES Disease Most Prevalent in Damp Weather, Caused by Worm in Chick's Windpipe. (By MRS. JOHN J. MOORE, Missouri.) A most common disease amens chickens and one which causes great loss in the summer is gapes. This disease, which ls most prevalent in cool, damp weather, ?3 caused by worms, which get in the young chick s windpipe, causing it to gasp for breath and if not dislodged, shutting oif*lt3 supply of air. Sometimes the worm can be twisted out with horsehair, but this is a severe remedy and other worms may take its plaie. The following is a preventative and will check the trouble at once: Obtain the leaves of the common woodworm, sometimes called Jerusa lem oak, a plant which grows wild in most places, having an erect shrub bery stem and small, yellowish flow ers. Its leaves when crushed have an unpleasant odor and are used in the manufacture of vermifuge and to protect clothing and furniture from moths and other insects. Mash the leaves and mix in a small quantity with the chicken's feed or put in the drinking fountains. Or, after the seeds have ripened, they may be used instead of the leaves and a quantity gathered for future use. SIMPLE FEEDER FOR POULTRY Automatic Device, Shown in Illustra tion, as Practical as More Ex pensive Contrivances. An automatic feeder for poultry, sim ple in design, yet apparently as prac tical as similar devices of more com plicated and expensive design, is shown in the Illustration. The feeder, which is hung from any convenient support, comprises a grain container provided with a discharge opening at Automatic Feeder. th* bottom; a scoop pivoted under neath the opening, and a pendulum like arrangement with a ball at its end. The chickens peck at this ball, thus causing the pendulum to swing, which tilts the scoop and allows a certain amount of grain to fall to the ground. Scratching Beds, If lt ls possible, do not keep laying hens or raise young chicks without this very necessary article, even cn the farra. Place your coops for the little ones near some shady place and there scatter coarse strawy manure about three inches deep, then keep it moist at the bottom, if lhere is no rain, and watch the little fellows go down after the angleworms that flourish at the bottom, and you will see your chicks flourish also. The currant brush ls a good place. One of the best ways to start is to get six hens, and grow. To successfully preserve eggs, per fectly fresh onos must be selected. Remember that it is the profit per hen that counls, not the profit per flock. Milk is an excellent food ^r grow ing chicks and, in fact, for any class of fowls. It does not require much hard work to keep a flock in good condition in the summer. The simpleot form of Intestinal dis order to which chickens are subject Is ordinary diarrhea. Better that the chicks roost In the trees than that they be confined In a vermin-ridden building. There can be no question that a lot of fowls ?le yearly from no other cause than a lack of food. The reputation of giving a square deal to every customer is na necessary as that o? breeding birds of good qc >ty. Skim-milk ls hot a dear commodity In the pru!;ry yard when its beM? f:c!;il offed n upon the sloclr arc cc:i .s-lcic red. Body Hoe will worry a n"oc:k ta death, or ?o nearly uo as to destroy itse usefulness. These can bc kiliad, I out not easily. I HANDY CHICKEN FEED TROUGH Where One Thinks Hopper Best to Keep Before Fowls Ml Timo Good Plan ls Given. One of the greatest needs in a hen house is a dry, 'clean trough for feed ing sheil, grit, Ifran or the dry ration. The man who has a ceiled house can try my method and I'll guarantee he will like it, writes Mrs. M. L. Dean In tho Northwest Farmstead. Cut Trough for Chickens. through the celling board between the studding and take out the board. Put two small hinges on it, replace, and fix a button to hold it in place. Next cut a slit about two inches wide afid nearly to the studding on both sides, about a foot above the floor. Insert a trough running back, and slanting to the outside clapboards. Allow the front edge of the trough to come a lit tle above the opening In the wall so the feed will not overrun. With a coal scuttle the trough may be easily filled, and the hens cannot waste, or get on top of the trough and foul it I have three in my house for grit, shell and bran, during the winter. Where one feeds grains and thinks it best to keep a hopper before the fowls all the time, this plan will be liked, as it takes up no room what ever. If one's house is not ceiled the boxes may be put on the outside of the troughs running through. The tops of the boxes should slant so the rain will run off. These, of course, will have to be filled from the outside. With this plant the feed drops down as fast as the hens remove it from the troughs. INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS EXCEL Sometimes Called Egg Machines and Also Afford Additional Value by Their Feathers. Although the Indian Runners are sometimes called egg machines, we '.nd they are of additional value for feathers, by picking them at moulting time, thus saving the feathers; and also preventing them from being scat tered over their lots or run, says a writer In an exchange. While they are great foragers In search of food, they never fail to re turn home at night Taking everything into considera tion, there is certainly no other fowl Indian Runner Ducks. that affords greater profit for the time and expense required than the Indian Runner duck; and they are cot alone an all-round practical fowl, but ornamental as well. Their alert, lively nature, their graceful form; beautiful colors and interesting habits appeal to the artistic sense of every one. The work alone In raising them is ve?y interesting, because it is easy, clean and honorable, and, above all, there is big profits in it, which is tho greatest incentive to all business. SOME SYSTEM IS NECESSARY Poultrymcn Should Keep Books, S:me as In Any Other Line of Business -lt Stops Leaks. -A Poultry keeping is a business and should be conducted nions business lines. Some system of accounting is necessary. The poui tryman should keep records of all the income and expenses of his busi ness in order to know whether It is a paying proposition or not. If it docs not pay he should know it Slid either stop the Irak or go out of bununka. Au elaborate system of bookkeeping i is not ncci-sary. If the poultrymnn wishes to avoid keeping full accounts he can at least keep a cash account. This docs not expross the exact finan cial condition of tin; business, but. is an excellent help ::o far as it goos. Raising Chickens, .^y all moan". rni:;c chickens. Tv a ! hundred or '?00 with plr>:iry of ran"C r:an bc raie-ce ?:? advantage at v. ../ ' small expense bscmae anything nc d- ! ed for feed c.:;:i bo raised on tho farm, j ['orr. cud wheat make a tine chick, a ? reed and for wir.tor cabbage will add to the value of the ration. VALUE OF POULTRY PRODUCTS POOP Methods of Preparing and Mar keting Deprive Poultryman of Much of His Profits. (By F. H. STONBBURN.) Poultry products cf various kinds fcrm one of the greatest crops pro duced upon American farms. The ever increasing number of farms and plants devoted exclusively to poultry keeping prcduce large amounts of high grade goods, although these are* inconsiderable when compared with, the vast supply coming from the small flocks scattered upon the farms and' in the villages throughout the coun try. Unquestionably the great bulb of poultry products has come in the past from the latter sources, and this condition ls likely to continue. Many farmers concede that their* flocks of poultry yield them a fair profit, although any intelligent ob server has but to spend a short tlmei in investigating the great markets to learn that poor methods of preparing! and marketing alone prevent the pro ducer from receiving much greater re turns. The majority of poultry raiser? fail to realize that their profits couldj be largely increased, first, by then production of better and more uniform! goods; and second, by improved meth-i ods of disposing of them. Not infrequently it is stated that) high-grade goods sell themselves,, and in a sense this is true, but it la) not enough to turn out superior goods; much ia lost if they are nob marketed in the most careful manner.) The poultry man who receive? the highest quotations for his prod-i "Ii Different Stylee of Egg Cases. ucts throughout the year is the one> who studies "how, when and where" to market. He learns that during cer tain months in each year there is a shortage in different kinds of poul try products, and he plans to produc?' as large a quantity as possible of these products during the season of scant supply. He then ascertains m which markets he can dispose of these goods to best advantage, and prepares and packs them according to the requirements of those markets. Poultry products are concentrated! and valuable, although not extremely perishable. Therefore, Improved means of transportation make it possible for the poultryraan to place his goods in, the best markets without greatly in creased expense. Feed During Molting. The molting of fowls is a natural process and not a disease and no medical treatment is necessary or de sirable. Feed molting fowls just as you would feed them at any other time, only remember that molting isr done during hot weather, and less car bonaceous food should be given than, when the weather is cool. Oats, wheat, cut clover or alfalfa or any leguminous seeds may be used more because the weather is warm than that fowls are molting. Any sort of green food is good; so are beets, turnips, bulbs or tubers of any sort that they will eat.. They should have little corn or other heat-producing food. Sow turnips for poultry food. This Is the month to wage war oni lice. Almost all varieties of geese make? gocd mothers. Dry bran makes a good chicken feed the year round. There should be shade provided Iri! every poultry yard. Feed sweet milk occasionally during the summer months. Overfeeding is a common cauco of loss among turkeys. A turkey cannot grind its food with out having sharp grit. Oats are the bed. feed for growing: bone and large frame. Summer eggs that go to market must be above suspicion. Geese live long, but it is cot wiso to keep ganders over four ycurs old Geese have been bred for tah?? us? at least since tho days of ancient Egypt. A turke> when a few weeks old! prows very fast and has a voracious* appetite. . If yen want large, healthy chicks, don't crowd more than twenty-five in one coop. Va rd the young stock during tho day and house at night to slop sum mer losses. Do not get the idea that there is no money in poultry unless ycu raise poultry on a large eenie. Feed fer growing pullets and cock erels should consist largely of crack ed oats with the hull removed. Select, a warm place away from th? windows for roosts, and have an in clined platform under them io catchi the droppings. t