Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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GOOD SECTIONAL WIRE FENCE Easily Erected, and Will Add Much to the Appearance of Any Property. A recently invented sectional lenee designed for quick and easy erection is composed of U-shaped units, each of which is made from a single piece of wire, the ends of the wire being driven into the ground in such a way that the units overlap and are secure Fence Made Up of U-Sh a ped Wire Sections, Designed for Quick and Easy Erection. ly bound together. One leg of each of the units is bent to farm two loops, one located near the top of the fence and the other at the ground line. In erecting the fence the sec tions are driven into the ground suc cessively, the straight leg of teach section being first passed through the loops of the adjacent section.--Popu lar Mechanics. MAKE BACK YARD ATTRACTIVE Cost Need Not Be Great If a Little Care ls Given to Proper . Expenditure. Why not make the back yard Just RS attractive, or even more attrac tive, than is the front lawn? lt can easily be done and at very small ex pense. Instead of piles of rubbish, an unsightly ash barrel or two, a more unsightly garbage receiver, unsightly clothes-line poles, etc., take a little time and spend a little money and make the back yard lawn or gardrm a place upon which you will like to pass a-portion of every day. First, by an underground garbage re ceiver, which is sanitary, does not take up space in the yard, keeps away rodents, and is a permanent invest ment. The cover operates by a sim ple foot trip, a blessing for the wom enfolks. Keep the ash barrels in the cellar or under the piazza, where they may be screened from sight. Then, instead of the clothesline poles, bare and dirty, build a pergola around them and cover it with climb ing vines which will keep green all summer; this will cost only a few dol lars, and will add hundreds of dol lars worth to the beauty of the back yard. Then, if you have two or three shade trees there-and if you have not, you had better have some trans planted at once-build around each one a rustic seat; this you can do yourself at the expense of only a pound or two of nails and a few hours o? work cutting the sticks which you will need from some nearby grove. DECORATOR MUST BE ARTIST ls Compelled to Have Wide Knowl edge to Practice Profession These Days. Formerly the decorator or painter merely had to deal with colors and paints, and use them to the best ad vantage. Nowadays a decorator is compelled to have knowledge of the several branches in rugs, furnishings and draperies, their adaptation, selec tion and utility, and even the plaster ing branch of building construction, advising for rough or emooth plaster, relief or stucco work, carpenter or cabinet work, says the Real Estate Magazine. Ho must make himself familiar with all thes^e things in or der io carry out his scheme and pro duce the effects which he may desire to produce in the respective rooms of the modern house. The decorating, and, to some ex tent, the furnishing, has become al most as much a part of his calcula tion and work as the mere painting. He must make his interiors handsome and inviting. The tenant when nego tiating for a first-class house is no longer content with bare, white walls and plain floors. The demand in such cases is for a house that is finished according to the modern Jdea. Like everything else in building construc tion, these perplexities are turned over to the architect to solve, but the mod ern o^Topolitan owner cr manager must take them into his business along with brick, cement and steel. LAST OF BULGARIAN EXARCHS Third and the Final Man to Hold Office Has Recently Passed Away in Sofia. Joseph I, by birth Lazar Yovtcheff, whose death is announced from Sofia, was the third and in reality the last of the Bulgarian exarchs. The exarchate is older than the Bul -garian state, and played a great part in calling it into being and extending its boundaries. The firman establish ing the exarchate is dated March ll, 1870. The first exarch was not chosen till two years l_ier, and held office for only five days. His successor ruled for five years, and was compelled to re sign when Russia declared war. Twelve days later Joseph was elected. His promotion was extraordinarily rapid. Born in 1840, he was a journal ist. The second exarch made him sec retary general to the exarchate in 1872. He took orders that year on the very day when the patriarch excommuni cated the Bulgarian church. A month later he was an archiman drite. In 1874-75 he was sent tc the bishopric of Widdin, and he thereafter returned to Constantinople as the right hand of the exarch. In 1876 he became metropolitan of Loftcha and a year later exarch. He was a man of great courage, cool Judgment, skilled diplomacy, untiring patience and high organizing talent. .?He carried the exarchate through the critical time of the war. He resisted all efforts of Turks, Greeks, and even shortsighted Bulga rians to confine his authority to the territories of the new Bulgarian s tate, and he slowly and steadily extended the sway of the Bulgarian church in Thrace and Macedonia and laid the foundation of the Greater Bulgaria. The story ?f his establishing new bishoprics and emancipating the Bul garian schools from Greek control is such a chapter in diplomacy as only Balkan chronicles can show. The second Balkan war virtually confined the authority of the exarchate to the limits of the Bulgarian state, and its importance as a political insti tution for the makins of the big Bul garia apparently disappeared.-Man chester Guardian. SMOKING AND WAR ALLIED Interesting te Note The Innovations Which Have Been Brought About by Bloodshed. It ls interesting to note in refer ence to Sir Ian Hamilton's appeal for cigarettes "fer my brave fellows in Gallipoli," that the last war in which Britain was engaged in that part cf Europe resulted in a new fashion in smoking. Before the Crimean war smok ing was regarded as a rather surrepti tious habit tc be indulged in in out-of-the-wa^ places, and it is record ed that both Gladstone and Palmerston were strongly against the tobacco hab it, and did net like to have people near them who had been smoking. There was much smoking of cigars in the trenches at Sebastopol. Soldiers returned from the war set the example not only of wearing long whiskers, but of smoking with much more freedom than in the past, and cigars appeared in the streets. In those days some of the old school smoked cigars in china holders elaborately painted, an exer cise calculated from its peculiar incon veniences to keep smoking within bounds.-Dundee Advertiser. The Unccllared Neck. The sport shirt-thus they denom inate the decollete affair which ad vanced dressers are displaying this summer-is a distinct step toward the emancipation of the masculine neck. As in ether kinds cf war it is the youth of the land which is bearing the first shock of the battle. The more conservative-or, as you might say, cowardly-elders of the species are watching, noncommittally but hopefully. It is not, however, a time to remain neutral. Already insidious Influences are at work to nip the campaign for freedom in the bud. Jeers, japes and jests a^e beginning to make them selves heard, and the sex must be warned against them. They are in spired by the laundrymen and the owners of scraggy necks. Don't lis ten tc them! Let every man who calls himself a man take a firm stand in favor of the 'ree, uucollared neck. -Waterbury American. Tiny Motor. At the national Inventors' show re cently held in New York ene of the principal attractions was a motor, net larger than rr. ordinary watch, which produced o^e horse newer at a speed cf about ",000 revolutions per minute. The tiny motor employs two gyro scopes that a.*e operated by com pressed air, steam cr netrol and give che piston two imnuises per revolu tion. During the show hundreds cf persons had the decidedly novo! sen sation of holding between their thumb and forefinger a motor that was dc /eloping one horse power! Too True. Bill-Targets upon which riflemen shoot at motin pictures have been ap proved for training military marks men. Jill-'Well, I've seen a whole lot of moving pictures that ought to be shot, ab right. Just His Worth. j "Old Miserly ^ave the lifeguard a j dollar when he saved him from drowning, and what do you think the ; I guaH dli?" 'What did he do?" "Gave him 70 cenca change." i NEiGLECT VALUE OF RECORDS Cow Bought at Low Price Not Always Best Investment-Best to Keep Track of Feed and Milk. Is the cheaper-priced dairy cow necessarily the better investment? The question is well answered in the following instance: A man wishing a cow for dairy purposes called upon a dairyman who kept milk records as well as cost accounts. The buyer con fined his attention to two cows. Gk of these would cost him $75, the ?Wer $175. The former was in good condi tion, but the dairy characteristics were not as fully developed as they might have been; the latter was the direct opposite. The records of the two cows were shown the buyer, but he was not as much interested in records as he should have been. He did not consider it worth while to sit down and figure out which would be the bet ter investment. Butter sold for 35 cents per pound the year around. The $75 cow had a record of 226 pounds of butter. 22G pounds at 35c-179.10. Cost of fe?l-$72. $79.10-$72.0O-$?.10 profit per year. The $175 cow had a record of 415 pounds. 415 pounds at 35c-$145.25. Cost of feed-$84.00. $145.25-$S4.00-$61.25 profit per year. From these figures we see that it would take the $75 cow about ten years to pay for herself in butter; if she was a middle-aged cow she would never do it. On the other hand, the $175 cow would have paid for herself in butter in less than three years. The buyer bought the $75 cow. Would he have done this if he had appreciated the value of records, and figured out the value of each cow? TREATING ULCERS OF CORNEA Touch All Parts of Sore With Stick of Nitrate of Silver-Bathe With Solution of Salt Water. Ulcers of the cornea in calves may be caused by several things, such as bruises, abscesses, or beards from fox- j tail; or it may be the result of a se- j vere attack of pink eye. You can tell ulcers of the cornea from pink eye by means of the discharge. Instead of pus, you will find an acid, watery fluid. If it should be ulcer of the cornea, or ulcers formed by very violent cases of the pink eye, the treatment is about the same. Take a stick of nitrate of silver, sharpen as you would a penclJLj get an attendant to hold the head of the calf, keeping the eyelids back, and touch all parts of the ulcer lightly with the stick of silver nitrate. Wait a few minutes and bathe eyes with a solu tion of salt water. Repeat this operation in about three days. Unless you have a distinct pro jection on the cornea of the eye, do not use the caustic treatment. Bathe several times a day with sulphate of zinc, 15 grains to a .half pint of soft water. Protect the eye3 from flies, sunlight, etc. j USEFUL IN CARRYING SILAGE Contrivance Adapted to Average-Sized and Small Feeding Yards-Arrange ment Saves Labor. The Nebraska experiment station in its Bulletin No. 145 describes in de tail the silage carrier shown here. It is adapted to average-sized and small Siirge Carrier. feeding yards and is a highly useful and labor-saving arrangement. The boom or arra to which the carrier ia attached must be strongly attached ai;d guyed. The feeding racks arc arranged* in a semicircle that brings them just under the tip ol* the arm. GIVE COWS SALT REGULARLY Best Plan Is to Have Box Handy Where Animus Can Help Them selves Whenever They Wish. Don't forget to salt the cows. In experiments it has been found that a cow should have three-fourths of an ounce of salt a day live weight, with an additional six-tenths of an ounce for each twenty pounds of milk pro- j duced, to keep her in the best of con dition. Animals deprived of salt become emaciated ard of low vitality, filially suffering a complete breakdown. S-.lt should be provided regularly The best plan is to have a box con taining salt where the animals cnn got to it whenever they so dosire. Either j fine salt or rock salt can be used, al though we prefer the latter. CARING FOR YEARLING COLT There Should Be Gradual Change tn Spring From Grain to Grass Furnish Some Shelter. In the spring, when all the work horses must be put to work, it is often a problem just what to do with the yearling colt. It goes without say ing" that they are, in most cases, sadly neglected. If there are a few green spots showing in the pasture they are turned in there to make their living, ? and all the attention they receive is an occasional handful of salt. This change from their ration of grain and hay to one of grass is pretty likely to cause a considerable setback to the young horse. There should al ways be a gradual change from grain to grass, leaving the grain off entirely by the time the grass has reached its best The young stock always become un easy when the grass begins to look green and the spring days begin to warm up mother earth. They should be turned out only for an hour or two at first, and as they become more ac customed to the grass they can be kept out longer. During this time their grain and hay ration should be cut down some, if they get enough grass to keep them interested while they are out In this way their digestive organs will gradu ally become accustomed to the grass, and there will be no disorders of the I intestines when they are turned on the grass to stay. If the colts are handled in this manner for a week or two it will be safe to turn them out The colts should have some kind of shelter for the first few nights they are In the pasture. They have been used to the barn all winter, and it will be just a little trying on them to re main out in the open on cool, dewy nights. If there is no shelter in the pasture they should be driven to the barn at nights for the first two or three weeks after being turned out BROKEN WIND IS INCURABLE Any Treatment Given Can Only Be Palliative-Every Dealer Has His Specific for Trouble. (By W. R. GILBERT.) Broken wind is the old-fashioned name given to the chronic lung com plaint, associated with difficult breath ing in which, in marked cases, the act of expiration ia performed by a double effort, inspiration being little, if at all, removed from normal. We have only to look at a horse's %??hk to see this double effort and ab [dominai breathing, and press his throat with the fingers and thumb in other words to cough him in order to see if he is broken winded or not. I The cougb is characteristic, spas modic at first, but as the disease ad vanees becomes single, short and sup Broken-Winded Horse. ; pressed. The trouble is incurable, and | the treatment, therefore, can ouly bo | palliative. The difficulty in breathing increases j when the stomach and bowels are con- ; gested with food and water. Eoth aro j to be given only in small quantities at ; a time. Green food and cut grass j should be fed at intervals. The food should always be damp ened with water. Dusty or burned | hay is to be avoided, as are also | chopped straw and overripe rye grass, j It is a good plan to mix a quarter j of a pint of linseed oil with each feed. | As regards medicinal agents, their ; action on broken wind can only bo i temporary. Every dealer bas his specific for this disease. Some give thc animal a pound of lard, or any sort of food fat ; made into balls, while others give a ; quantity of leaden shot. ?subcutaneoua ! injection of morphia many resort to. These things clo no permanent good, < but as the palliative treatment, if care- j fully carried ont. is o: great benefit to the poor animal, it may be looked upon as the only treatment for a broken-winded horne. Sayings tor ths Sheepowner. Good iambs are money makers. Speculation and uncertainty ot tar iff tinkering have been the bane of the sheep industry. Keen dogs and strangers out of sight of the flock. Lamb3 will make a great growth on clover and alfalfa hay and corn. The ability of the ewe to properly nourish her lamb is one of the most important considerations in selecting breeding stock. Hops Quickly Degenerate. Pureb^-'d bogs receiving scant care quickly degenerate and are about as worthless as the genuine scrub. iTMMESflOME, OffiSoflAPPY To Have A BANK ACCO Oosixiiht 1909. by C. ?. Zimmerman Co-No. 44 F all the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard. President; B. E. Nicholson, vice-President E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. J. H. Allen. IlHBgBMBMBBMBMBHBMMMMMMMWgl J. C. LEE, President F. E. Gibson, Sec. and Treas. FARMERS. MERCHANTS, BUILDERS, If you are going to build, remodel or repair, we inviie your inquiries. COMPLETE HOUSE BILLS A SPECIALTY. We manufacture and deal in doors, sash, blinds stairs, interior trim, store fronts and fixtures, \ pews, pulpits, etc., rough and dressed lumber,, lath, pine and cypress shingles, flooring, ceiling and siding. Distributing agents for Flintkote roofing Estimates cheerfully and carefully mane. Woodard Lumber Co. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Corner Roberts and Dugas Streets. Our Motto: KS I VOTAN TEA The Tea of Marked Distinctiveness A reason for it being handled by us exclusively Penn & Holstein j THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. j Capital and Surplus Profits.$120,000.00 Total Assets Over.$400,000 00 j STATE, COUNTY AND TOWN DEPOSITORY j Does a Genera! Banking Business. Offers its Services to You as a Safe Guardian and Depository for Your Money. Invest in One of Our Certificates of Deposit? Fieariug intere-t. It. is a better investment for you than a mortgage ot" r&al estate. You do not have to consult an attorney about titir-s. It does not shrink in value like ?ands and bouses. You do not have to insure against lire. Finally you do not h ive to employ an attorney to foreclose to get your money. You can get your int?rest and principal the d?iy it falls due. Safety ?3 the First Consideration in Placing Your Earnings. FARM LOANS! Long-Term Loans to Farmers a Specialty. Your farm land accepted as security WITHOUT ENDORSER or other COLLATERAL. Unlimited funds immediately available in de nominations of Three Hundred and un. Established 1892. JAS. FRANK & SON, Augusta, Ca.