Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, January 29, 1908, Image 3
Why not got your "Money's Worth" when you buy Fertilizers? HHBBSPI
People kick about the price of Corm-struggle for reduction in the price of Flour and grow ex
cited over the way they think that i Hoy are being .robbed for these necessities. Yet some of them go right
ahead paying two or three dollars per ton more fe . their Fertilizers than the actual analysis of the
goods will warrant.
Too many of us struggle for reductions that are hard to secure, and often ignore the economies
and better values that aro open to every Farmer wno will use good common sense and discretion in buying
Fertilisers. Yeu can surely save a considerable percentage of your money, and you can secure much
more satisfaction in your farm work if you will only buy your Fertilizers right.
Take our celebrated G. W. G. SOL?BLE GUANO for example. It measures right up on ac
tual analysis with Guano seid by our competitors at much higher prioee-so it is with all our brands,
. extra values are obtained in each without extra cost to the Farmer*
Come and talk over FERTILIZERS with US. If you have any trade in you wc can more
than give you your MONEY'S WORTH.
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G. ff. BBUJUT,
General Manager.
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WALHALLA, 8. O.:
WEDNESDAY^ JANUARY 20, 1008.
TI?E TEXAS FEVER TICK.
How and When It Appears, and How
to Eradicate lt .
Wbj|le South Carolina ls not a cat
tle raising State, the census of the
,Untt4id State? Department of Agri
culture shows that there were 356,
413 head of cattle, valued at $6,
4 5 3,3*8 in thin State- on January 1,
1907. This ls over 2 1-3 per cent
of the total number of cattle in all
the States South of tho Federal
Quarantine Line and as competent
authorities have estimated that the
cattle tick causeB an annual loss ot
at least $41,000,000 in this area, the
people of this State must boar their
share, which amounts to over $966,
600 each year-ra sum sufficient to
eradicate this. troublesome and ' dan
gerous pest from almost, the entire
State.
The cattle tick, or fever tick, as
lt is often called, ls a parasite which
obtains its nourishment from the
blood of cattle, and by so doing
CRUMPS an immense drain on the vi
tality ot its host. The only manner
in which one can. gain any Idea as
to the amount of vitality !OHL by
cattle must be obtatneu by a study
of the development of the tick.
The tick hatches from a very small
egg, which is deposited on the
ground by the mature female. The
size of the egg can be imagined when
one considers that each fully devel
oped female tick deposits between
1,000 and 3,000 eggs in the few days
that olapse from the time she drops
from the cow until her death. The
newly hatched seed tick is not capa
ble of further development unless it
reaches the body of the cow, (al
though it occasionally develops on
horses and mules), and obtains the
bloori which is essential for its life.
The tick, however, may exist for sev
eral months before it reaches a host,
but upon reaching the animal, it de
velops rapidly, increasing in bulk
and weight fully ten thousand times
within three weeks.
This rapid growth of the tick
makes it very evident that the re
sulting drain on the bodies of the
cattle must be enormous, in fact this
is often enough to dwarf and stunt
calves and yearlings, and if cattle
ave heavily infested with ticks this
drain may be sufficient to cause the
death of immune Southern cattle.
Aside from this enormous IOBS of
blood, Infested cattle suffer continu
ously from Irritation and injury of
?he skin, the tick causing a minute
tincture, surrounded by an area of
intense inflammation, and certain
portions of the animal's body become
covered with scars and scabs as ?<
This loss of blood and irritation
of the skin causes severe losses
through checked or retarded growth
and diminished milk secretion of utfr
cattle, but these IOSBOS appear al
most Insignificant when compared to
the losses which follow the spread
ing of the infectious material of Tex
as or tick fever by the fever tick.
This is a very fatal disease among
cattle that havo never been exposed
tp the fever tick, and ls known to
the inhabitants of this State by seve
ral names, such as distemper, red
water, bloody murrain, big gall, etc.
For many years the cause of this
disease remained a mystery, but lt
has now been cocluslvely proven that
the tick is tho carrier of a micro
parasite, which causes the disease.
Tho announcement of this discovery
brought forth much ridicule from
the public, and a few still refuse to
believe that the spread of this dis
ease ls due to the tick. This disbe
lief ls not surprising, however, when
one remembers the rtorm of ridicule
that, a few years ago, greeted the
announcement of the discovery of
tho mo?qulto as a carrier of the
germ of yellow fever.
L^Whllo both of these parasites
<%pfwnlt. disease, they, do so in n
slightly different manner. The mos
quito carries the germ of yellow fe
ver dlreotly from sick persons to oth
ers In good health, but the fever
tick does not carry the infectious
material of Texas or tick fever in
this direct manner The fever tick
I sucks blood, containing the micro
parasite which causes this disease,
from an animal that has the same
in its system and then, after matur
ing on its ho-.r., drops to the ground
and deposits eggs. Into each egg
the adult tick infuses the Infectious
material of tick fever, and the seed
ticks which hatch from these eggs
contain the same within their bodies
and are capable of causing Texas or
tick fever by injecting this Infectious
material into the blood of cattle that
have never been exposed to ticks.
Most of the people lp this State
who do not believe this fact, will tell
you that before the stock law went
Into effect all cattle had ticks, and
did not show any symptoms of dis
ease. This at first seems strange,
but is very easily explained when one
understands that all cattle were then
Immune to ' ti.!* disease becauso the
ticks reached the bodies of all calves
and injected the micro-parasite Into
their , blood at an age when they
were little affected hy the Sminv, and
as a result these calves wore pro
tected throughout tlnir lives from
this disease. Since tue stock law
went Into effect most premisos have
become free from ticks, aud the cat
tle now raised on these premises
have no protection agathe tick fever,
because tba micro-parasite ls. not In
their blood, and vhen ticks reach
these animals and inject this Infec
tious material, death from tick fever
usually results.
This annual loss of cattle from
tick fever equals the combined loss
from all the other diseases among
cattle in this State. The ticks also
cause additional loss by making the
improvement of our native stock al
most impossible, o i IR to the great
danger of bringing cattle into this
State from tick free localities. Nor
thern cattle are very susceptible to
this disease, because they are raised
in a portion of tho country where
ticks cannot exist, owing to the se
verity of the winters, and to protect
these cr.ttle it became necessary, for
the Department Of Agriculture to es
tablish and maintain a quarantine
line between the free and tick-Infest
ed portions of the United States.
This quarantine line reaches across
the continent, and extends along the
northern boundary of this State, thus
preventing the shipment of our cat
tle to points above this line, for pur
poses ot.,er than immediate slaugh
ter, during nine months of each year.
Cattle shipped.for this purpose must
be loaded in quarantined and disin
fected cars, and unloaded in quar
antined pens, and after complying
with all these requirements, the ship
pers are compelled to accept one
fourth to three-fourths of a cent less
per pound than is offered for cattle
raised north of the quarantine line.
This quarantine also prevents our
stockmen from exhibiting at Na
tional and State fairs, and, as there
are several herds of registered cat
tle in this State, this means a severe
loss to the owners.
Th? eradication of the cattle tick
Is the only solution of this problem,
as it will not only prevent this heavy
annual loss from disease and death
of our cattle, but will alsb make lt
possible to lower the Federal quar
antine line, and allow free move
ment of our cattle at. all times of
the year. During the past year
rapid progress has been made by
State and Federal authorities in. tick
work in Oconee, Pickens, Oreenvlile,
Anderson and the northern portion
of Spartanburg counties, and if tho
people of these counties continue
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their good,work throughout the com
ing spring and summer every tick
Will ho killed, and those counties can
then be released from quarantine.
Ticks can be eradicated very easily
by several different methods, a few
of which are here described, and it
further information ls desired con
cerning this work, it can be obtained
by addressing State Veterinarian,
Clemson College, S. C.
Methods of Eradicating Ticks.
I. Small herds can be cleaned by
brushing pr ploklng off the ticks,
and destroying same. If this is done
regularly three of four times each
week all the adult ticks will be de
stroyed before any eggs are deposit
ed, and the premises will conse
quently become free. The great ob
jection to this method ls the danger
of some ticks failing off and deposit
ing eggs if the. work Is neglected for
a short time.
II. Another method much beter
than this consltss in starving the
ticks. This is accomplished by free
ing all cattle, horses and mules from
ticks and remo '.ng them from the
infested pastures, and then allowing
the pastures to remain idle until all
the ticks have starved. Seven to
eight mouths ls usually sufficient to
accomplish this, and if the pasture
is abandoned on September 10th !t
can again be used after May 1st,
thus throwing the pasture out of use
during a season of the year when
grazing ls of little value.
III. The best method so far em
ployed in this State consists in oil
ing cattle with crude oil, which ls
sold by dealers for about 17 cents
per gallon, under trade name of
West Virginia black oil. This oil
not only kills the ticks, but also
keeps them off the cattle for some
time, and if applied in the spring,
as soon as the first crop of ticks ap
pears, and before any fall off, three
applications of oil will usually be
sufficient to free the premises.
After the first application of oil
the cattle must be carefully exam
ined at least once each week, and
the oil reapplied as soon as ticks
again appear.
This method is very successful if
the oil is applied thoroughly, and at
the proper time, but great care must
be taken to see that the oiling ls
done properly, because ticks will de
velop on any portion of the body
which is not oiled. The Inside of
the ears, the under surface of the
body, and the tail are the regions
most often neglected.
This last method has given the
best results, and it does not necessi
tate the abandoning of the pasture.
To obtain the best ??sults the cattle
should be examine at short inter
vals throughout the winter, and lue
oil applied as soon as the ticks ap
pear. The first crop of ticks sel
dom appears, however, before March
and if the oil is then applied thor
oughly the second application is sel
dom necessary within three' or four
weeks, and the third application
about three weeks after the second.
A fourth application may prove nec
essary in raro cases.
These periods are only approxi
mate, and a weekly examination of
the cattle will determine the exact
time for oiling.
The object of this treatment is to
destroy all ticks on the cattle before
any mature and drop to the ground
to deposit their eggs.
Special Announcement Regarding
the National Pure Food and Drug
Law.
We are pleased, to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affect
ed by the National Pure Food and
Drug Law as lt contatnp no opiates
or other harmful drugs, and we rec
ommend lt as a safe remedy for chil
dren and adults. Sold by all drug
gists.
.toa*ilk*cotttPtx ?n<? X&.alslantf?
Tho lila peculiar to won*
Soma ladies suffer,
footing. Others suffer agonie
Whatovor tho symptoms
act on the cause of their troU
Mia. M. a Austin, ol M
of female disease, hut after t?
WRITE IIS A LETTI
J/OW CROP ACREAGE.
The Fertilizer Sales Indicate bat Lit?
tie Planting.
(Atlanta Georgian.)
The cottoo acreage of Georgia will ?
be 13 to 20 per cent less In 1908
than in 1907, aocording to the esti
mates of the fertiliser manufactu
rers. It ls also utated that there will
be a proportionate reduction in the
amount of cotton 'planted In all other
sections of the South.
A reduced acreage would mean a
correspondingly smaller crop, other
things being even, and this would
mean ac Increased price, provided
the demand was the same. Reduced
Rcreage has been the cry of the far
mers' organisations for some time,
and from what the fertiliser manu
facturers now say, lt will be realized
as a result of conditions.
For the period embraced in the
first twenty days of January a tre
mendous slump 1B indicated In the
sale of fertilizers for this year over
last. From January 1 to 20, 1907,
the sale of fertiliser tags indicated
the sale of 114,580 tons of fertilizer;
for the same period in 1 908 the sales
were only 64,060.
RINGS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS
Relievo Indigestion ?nd Stomach Trouble?.
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CONTAINS HONKY A
An Improvement o
system of s cold by
satisfaction or mons
Sold by DR. J. W. BELL,
WOMAN GIVEN FREEDOM.
She Was Trice: for the Killing of
William Jones.
Eufaula, Ala., Jan. 22.-Callie
McLaughlin, charged with the kill
ing of William Jones, who forcibly
entered her house by breaking down
the front door Monday night, was
discharged.
Her statement w:<s 'substantially
the same as given when she surren
dered to the chief of police. She
said she admonished the man that
she would shoot him if he broke
open the door, and bis response was
that he could shoot as quickly ns
she could. Her evidence was cor
roborated by eye-witnesses.
It was further developed that mob
violenco had been threatened her,
and that she was not desired in the
neighborhood. The judge said that
sin- had a right to protect her per
son and property, and that mob vio
lence and personal threats was not
the proper course to pursue. Con
sevatlve citizens agree that the ver
dict was the only correct one und sr
the circumstances. Jones's remains
were Interred here this morning.
His wife is prostrate.
How to Avoid Pneumonia.
You can avoid pneumonia and oth
er serious results from a cold by
taking Foley's Honey and Tar. It
stops the cough and expels the cold
from the system, as it ls mildly lax
ative. Refuse any but the genuine
In the yellow package. Sold by all
druggists.
Cures Coughs. Colds,
and Lung Troubles. Px
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KW tato difiero nt forma,
r mooth, from dark ringa round their ey?
s of pata, mat words can hard!/ express.
. remember there ts one medicine that ^
bles, the ireokoned womanly organs,
ie of O
emphla. Tena, write* "Fbr rn* (5) y*
stag tho well-know.-: Qardul Home Tves
Bared Many Lives; Took His Own.
New Raven, Conn., Jan, 24.-N.
Nielsen, light tender at the light
house on the New Haven break
water, committed suicide yesterday
by cutting his throat. He had tried
to kill himself twice before, but was
prevented by his assistant. He had
a reputation as a hero, having saved
a number of lives by daring rescues
during tsorras In Long Island sound.
Two years ago he received a medal
from Congress for heroism. It ls
thought that tho lonely life in the
lighthouse unbalanced his mind.
An Insidious Danger.
One of the worst features of kid
ney trouble is that lt ls an insidious
disease, and before the victim real
izes his danger he moy have a fatal
malady. Take Foley's Kidney Cure
at the first sign of trouble as lt cor
rects irregularities and prevents
Bright's disease and diabetes. Sold
by all druggists.
Druggist Killed Self.
Cedartown, Oa., Jan. 23.-O. E.
Marshall, a prominent druggist here,
committed suicide yesterday. Mr.
Marshall used a revolver, shooting
himself in the mouth. No cause is
assigned tor his deed.
iXATIVE COI
ND TAR. CONFORMS TO NATIOS
trer many Cough, Lung end Bronc!
acting as a cathartic on th? bowel
y refunded. Prepared by PINEULB
Walhalla. W. J
AMOUNT OF COTTON GINNED.
Census Bureau Issues Report-South
Carolina Fifth in Rales.
Washington, Jan. 23.-The Cen
sus But eau to-day issued a report
showing that the total amount of
cotton in the United States ginned
from tho growth of 1907 to Janu
ary 16 wan 10,387,607 bales, as
fcmparfd with 12,176,199 bales for
the same period last year and 9,
98n,6:t4 bales for the same purled
lu 1906. The total number of active
ginneries was 27,370.
The five States showing the larg
est number of bales ginned were as
follows:
Alabama .1,070,193
Georgia .1,771,913
Mississippi .1,287,927
South Carolina.1,093,707
Texas ..,2,146,548
Tho dlbtr?bti*ion of toa island cot
:on for 1908, by States, is:
Florida .27 421
Georgia .40,436
South Carolina.12,330
"I trust th.j may be read by many
sufforers from kidnoy and bladder
trouble," writes Mrs. Joe King, of
Woodland, Texas. ' i suffered four
years and >.'. aid And nothing to give
oven tempor: ry relief. Our dmr 1st
at last lnduoad mo to try your 80
days' treatment of Plneules for $1.
This one bottle has cured me and
money could not buy the value is has
been to me." Guaranteed. 8old by J.
W. Bell, Walhalla, and W. J. Lunney,
Seneca.
DE?M
Croup, La Grippe, Asthma,
events Pneumonia and Const
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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?S? go beyond mere ?syrnp toms, and
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tzneirL I 'ama enttrely well,r
SEVEN POLICEMEN SUSPENDED.
Pending Investigation of Charges of
Failure to Suppress Gambling.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. ?3.-Chief
of Police George L. Haver, Chtof ot
Detectives Edward Kohoo and five
patrolmen were to-day ? suspended
for 20 days by Mayor James T. Ma
lone, pending the hearing of charges
of failure to suppress gambling. Tho
charges were an outcome ef_ raids
conducted personally hy Mr. Ctmmp
on Saturday n.ght, which resulted
In the unearthing of three gambling"
resorts and the arrest ot 71 per
sons on charges of gaming or con
ducting gaming houses.
When the stomach, heart or kid
ney nerves get weak, then these or
gans always fail. Don't drug the sto
mach, nor stimulate the heart or kid
neys. That ls simply a makeshift.
Get a prescription known to drug
gists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Re
storative. The Restorative ls pre
pared expressly tor these weak tn
alde nor VP i, build them up with Dr.
Shoop's Restorative-tablets or li
quid-and see how quickly help will
come. Free sample test sent on re
quest by Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis.
Your health ls surely worth this sim
ple test. J. W. Bell.
UGH SYRUP
. At. PUPS FOOD ANO DRUGS UAW.
dal Remedie?, because ii ride trie
ls. No opiate?. Guaranteed to sive
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NORTH AUGUSTA DISPENSARY.
House Reconsidered B1U, Killed it
and Cleared lt from Record.
Columbia, Jan. 23-The Lane res
olution condemning the Aiken dis
pensary board, in re the North Au
gusta dispensary, which slid through
the House with not even a member
of the Aiken delegation trying to
scotch a wheel, was reconsidered to
day on motion of Mr. Croft of Aiken,
who was absent yesterday, and kill
ed by a vote of 76 to 28. Then Mr.
Croft had all reference to it in yesr
terday's records expunged.
The House killed Mr. Devora's bill
to amend the lien law so as to place
liens in the co:Urol of the landlord.
The House killed Mr. Merrill's
[marriage license bill by a vote of 59
Ito 47.
The Nash bill forbidding the em
ployment of minors, without the con
sent of parents, except where parents
do not provide a home, in which
case the minor ls protected from hav
ing his pay collected by his parents,
passed without objection.
Mr. Devoe's bill, providing that fe
male convicts serve sontenco on the
poor farms, got through after a brief
fight against lt.
Trial catarrh treatments are being
mailed out free, on request, by Dr.
Shoop, Racine. Wis. These testa are
proving to the people-without a
penny's cost-the great value of thia
.dentine prescription, known to drug
gists everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Ca
tarrh Remedy. Sold by J. W. Bell.
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