Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

KEOWEE COURIER ( ESTABLISH ED 1849.) Published Every Wednesday Morning Subscription ?1 Per Annum. Advertising Ratee Reasonable. -Dy .TECK, 8IIELOH * SCHRODER Communications of a personal char acter charged for aa advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge All over that number must bo paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1013, EXTRA SESSION MARCH 15. Wilson and ( lurk Discuss Cabinet. Early Work on Tariff. Trenton, N. J.. Dec. lift.-Congress probably will be called into extraor dinary session by President-elect Wil son shortly after bis Inauguration, perhaps on March 15, and the partic ular legislation that will come before lt will be tariff revision. After a two-hours' conference with Speaker Champ Clark, tho President elect declared be would endeavor to meet tho wishes of Democratic lead ers in Congress, who, he was inform ed, were anxious that the interval be tween the two sessions of Congress be as brief as possible. Mr. Wilson announced before he left for Bermuda that he would call the extra session to convene "not later than April 15." As to tho ex act date, he said he would consult the wishes of the Democratic lead ers in Congress. Mr. Clark ls under stood to favor March 15 as the day to begin work. "The sooner wo get ?tarted the bet ter," he told the President-elect. The President-elect did not disclose what nam?8 he and Mr. Clark dis cussed for tho cabinet. He sah* t the outset, however, that the Speaker "had not come primed with sugges tions," but rather hesitated to ex press himself on the subject of the cabinet until asked, "becauso he con sidered that a sort of family rela tionship existed between the Presi dent and his cabinet." "I asked tho Speaketr for his opin ion as to several names," said Mr. Wilson, "and the names we did men tion he went over in a very judicial spirit. He has had so much experi ence, and I know he could tell me some thlniT8 about the public men that I otherwise would not be able to get, chiefly as to their exi>erience." Both the Speaker and Governor Wilson said Mr. Bryan's name had not been mentioned in the confer ence. Endorsed for tho Bench. ( Florence Times. ) When a judge is to bo e I oe ted by the legislature from any circuit oilier than our own, most of us aro In clined to take no interest whatever in the matter. Wo are apt to for get, for instance, that the judge of tho First Circuit sits as or;on in our circuit as he does in Iiis own. There fore, the election of a circuit judge from any circuit in the State is a matter of equal importance to the people of his own circuit and those of every other circuit in South Caro lina. That tho best men obtainable should be elected lo the bench goes without saying. Wc all admit that. Tho trouble ls that we too frequently allow personal feeling to sway us In the expression of our preferences. It .seldom happens that a lawyer can afford, or is willing, to give up a practico which pays him approxi mately twice as much as tho net In come of a circuit judge in order to respond to the representations of his fellow-attorneys that it is his duty to do so, and to permit his name to be used as a candidate for the circuit judgeship. This, however, is what we are in formed has happened In the First Circuit, consisting ot* tho counties ol' Berkeley, Calhoun, Dorchester and Ornngoburg. whnv Octavus Cohen, Esq., of Moncks Corner, has reluct antly agreed to give up an excep tionally lucrative practice to take the judgeship, In the event thal the Leg islature shall elect him to fill out tho unexpired term of Hon. Robert. E. Copes, recently resigned. The en dorsements of Mr. Collen, in quality as well as in numbers, are really illu minating. Wo have tho pleasure of Mr. Co hen's personal acquaintance-an ac quaintance extending over a great many years; and we do not hesitate to assert that the State of South Car olina will bo largely the gainer If tho members of Its legislature, at tho coming session, should, in their wisdom, elect Mr. Cohen to the Judgeship of the First Circuit. Buck!en's Arnica Salvo Tte Batt Salve In Tte World. . if OF KXFEKIMENT STATION ? .r Prepared Weekly for *r T THE KEOWEE COURIER T J Ry I. Linn Ladd ?J. Forage Poison ?>f Farm Animals. Bulletin No. 167, of the Kentucky Station, by Robert Graham, treats of the above subject; the winter months of 1911-12 having brought to tho station many letters from differ ent portions of tho State complain ing of outbreaks of what was often referred to as "a mysterious disenso" among horses, cattle and mules. The heavies) losses occurred In the river bottom counties, though cases occur red in all portions of the State. More horses were attacked than cattle, and more cattle than mules. However, in only one outbreak did horses and cat tle on the same farm suffer. The au thor made personal observations and investigations in four counties, which convinced him that the disease was forage poisoning; though lt is vari ously called epizootic, cerebro-spinal meningitis and blind staggers. In most cases it is traceable to feeding unsound corn, moldy fodder or ensi lage. What puzzler' th.) farmers most was that while al . their animals were fed alike, only one-ten th to three fourths of them would be attacked. Evidently those that escaped either happened not to get enough of the poison to produco the symptoms of tho disease, or their coi.Jtitutlons were able to resist its effects. Both veterinarians and stockmen have observed that outbreaks of this trouble usually occur during rainy fall months, following a dry summer. Such weather favors the formation and growth of molds on uoth the grain and fodder of corn, and even on grasses. It has also been found that drainage water from fields of corn carries these mold germs into tho brooks and ponds and thus scat ter tho poison among herds that drink therefrom. It has been demonstrated In Ken tucky that this disease can be con trolled by withholding the moldy feed and infected water and feeding only sound grain and forage and pure water. This does not cure those ani mals already attacked (a largo per centage of which die), but it does prevent new attacks. Tals disease was first described by Prof. Large, of New York, In 1850, sinco which time lt has been investi gated by many veterinarians, some of whom deny that it is of bacterial origin or is duo to moldy feed; but the preponderance of evidence and opinion is overwhelmingly against them. However, the authorities are not agreed as to what specific germ causes the poisoning. Some investi gators fail to eliminate any bacteria that will produce the disease in ani mals inoculated with it. Dr. Haslam, of the Kansas station, found ono which proved fatal to horses and rabbits when Injected into their veins, and ho found this germ abund ant in all samples of the excrement of the corn worm examined by him. Ile also found that it was just as ver ile and active after boiling for half an hour as before. Some authorities contend that forage poisoning of live stock is due to the same germ that causes pellagra in the human species. As yet this is an unsupported theory. At a few stations moldy feed and wormy corn have been fed without any injurious results; but in all such cases the tests were made at a season unfavorable to the development of tho poisonous bacteria. This disease occurs In three types: The acute, or rapidly fatal; the sub acute, which is slower but generally ends in death, and the chronic, or milder form, in which tho animal may recover under proper treatment. A list of fourteen questions was sent to all tho graduate veterina rians of Kentucky, touching cases of this disease that may have come to their knowledge, and the feed, wa ter, syinptoms, treatment, results, etc., and the replies show that in every case moldy feed had been given and in moro than nine-tenths of the cases moldy corn had been fed. Thus far no medicine used lias proven to he of any benefit except that purgatives, when given early In the attack, have saved a few animals. Trials of various empiric remedies have proved them to bo absolutely worthless. Tho common purgatives, such as aloes, calomel, oils and mag nesium sulfate seldom act quick enough in this disease, but the in jection under the skin of 1 to 2 grains arecolino or ersarlno, and same quantity of Pilocarpine will pro duce an immediate, brisk action of tho bowels. But prevention is much more relia ble than cure. Remove affected ani mals to quiet quarters and keep watch on them while handling thom, as they aro apt to become vicious and attack their keeper as well as other animals. Then frequently disinfect tho premises. To separat? moldy corn from sound corn, put all In wa ter. The sound corn will sink aiid the moldy grain can bo skimmed off and burned. This ls only practicable with shelled corn, since both sound and moldy corn usually occur on the same ear. Commercial Fertilizers. flood, fat bulletins have just come to hand from the agricultural experi ment stations of Michigan, California and Vermont giving many tables of analyses of commercial fertilizers, some discussion of the various points revealed by these examinations, gene ral advice to the users of such fertili zers and the laws governing the in spection and sale of fertilizers In those States. The Michigan bulletin (No. 269) gives analyses of 298 samples, repre senting 267 brands of fertilizers. Of these 10 were found below their guaranty In nitrogen, 7 were below their guaranty in phosphoric acid, and three were below their guaranty in potash. Only one of these defici encies, however, amounted to more than 76 cents per ton. In the raw materials at the fertili zer factories, plant foods have cost during the past season tho following prices: Nitrogen 18 cents a pound; potash, 4 v. cents; phosphoric, acid, .1 cents. Of course the manufacturer charges for mixing, sacking and handling the raw materials, and the transportation of tho mixed goods and the profit of the retailers add to their cost by the time they reach the farmer. The California bulletin (No. 232) gives tabular analyses of 636 sam ples, 40 of which wero sent in by farmers, 208 were taken by station Inspectors from goods that had been purchased by farmers, and tho others were taken by station Inspectors from goods in the hands of the manufac turers and dealers. Of these 636 samples unlawful deficiencies In one or more of tho three fundamental Ingredients wero found In IIB. Owing to the long haul of such raw material as must be brought from the Eastern States to California, the cost of nitrogen varies widely, ac cording to the material from which lt is derived. In dried blood it costs 2 2Vfe cents a pound; In tankage and bone, 21% cents; In ammonia sul phate, 18 Mi cents; In nitrate of soda 15 y?? cents. Phosphoric acid and pot ash cost about as much In California as In the Eastern States. The Vermont bulletin (No. 166) gives tabulated analyses of 182 li censed brands made by 19 fadiOfles. Whiie 14 per cen*- of these were found deficient In on - or more of the three fundamen'r.l ingredients, all ol them, except three, made up for ita" shortage in one Ingredient by an overplus of other Ingredients of equal value. That tho statute providing f?r In spection of the fertilizers sold In the State has had a salutary effect ls evi denced by the fact that during the first year two out of every three man ufacturers made, inferentially, a ialse claim that they were using sul phate of potash instead of muriate; this year only one out of every four aro guilty of this deception. All three of these bulletins agree in advising farmers, as a rule, to buy finely ground, high-grade fertilizers rather than the low-priced goods. The fundamental reason is that it costs just as much io mix, sack and trans port a ton of cheap goods as of high priced goods, and hence he pays a larger part of every dollar for these services and a smaller part for actual plant food. For instance, tho Vermont station found that in that State the average farmer got for every dollar spent for fertilizers 55 cents worth of plant food when he bought low-grade goods, 59 cents worth when ho bought medium-priced goods, and 69 cents worth when he bought high grade goods. While on this subject of commer cial fertilizers, I would impress upon the mind of the reader a few obser vations of transcendant importance. 1. It has been ascertained that the atmosphere above every acre of land contains sixty to seventy million tons of nitrogen and that the legumes (pod-bearing plants) have facilities for extracting rich stores of this at mospheric nitrogen and storing lt up In their roots and tops. 2. The average soil having a clay foundation contains in its top five feet as much as thirty thousand pounds per acre of potash. A legume like tho cow pea or soy bean having a heavy system of large goofs, which, striking deep Into the earth, gathers much of this potash from the subsoil and stores it in tho plant. In this way the stubble and such roots as aro In the upper portion of tho soil trans fer from tho subsoil to the soil, where lt will be available for future crops, large quantities of this subsoil, pot ash. 3. Therefore, by tho use of theso legumes most farmers may procure from the air above and the clay be neath their farms an abundance of nitrogen and potash, the two most expensive ingredients of commercial fertilizers. 4. This leaves only phosphoric acid to be bought and applied to the cropa. There are in South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee, and In some of tho Rocky Mountain States, vast deposits of phosphate rock, which, when treated with sulphuric acid, have thus far been cheap sources of phosphoric acid. Rut statistics of the phosphate In dustry utter a warning of possible dearth and consequent high prices of phosphates in tho near future. At present one-half of all tho phosphate mined in this country is exported to Ku rope; and it ls estimated that at tho present rate of mining the sup plies of high-grade phosphate rock now known to exist will be exhausted within twenty-five years. As we ap proach that period prices will soar beyond the reach of many farmers. The safeguarding of the agricul ture of the United States requires that the government acquire all the phosphate deposits and stop further exports, or place an export tax upon the traffic so high as to be prohibit ive. Germany protects her agricul ture by absolutely prohibiting the ex port of phosphate of any kind. On most American farms it has been found that so largo a propor tion of the nitrogen and potash gath ered by cow peas and soy beans ls stored in the roots and stubble, that it is more profitable to make hay of tho tops than to plow them under. Most of the fertilizing virtue of the hay will be recovered in the manure, and the careful husbandman will save this and apply it to his land. How to Improve Wheat. In Bulletion No. 268 the Michigan station tells how it has gone about improving wheat and the highly sat isfactory results obtained. Wheat is one of the leading crops in Michigan; and yet in the average Michigan wheat field heads of many different types of wheat can bo found, and the average farmer sows seed of these mixed varieties from year to year; the good, bad and Indifferent being given equal chance. The con sequence ls, the wheat yields low grades and sells low. In order to test the benefits of an Intelligent breeding-up process at the experiment station a careful selec tion of a sack full of tho best heads of one uniform type was made by going through such a field just ahead of the reapers. This sack was hung In a dry place to cure. The seed was then beaten out and run through a fanning mill, which purged lt o' all chaff and small or shrunken grains, so that on'y iarge, heavy, plump grains were planted for the next crop. The best heads of the same type wore selected from that crop, and tho same process was repeated as with the first selection. And this word type involves moro than the large head filled with large, plump grai:.s. A good variety of wheat must have a strong, stiff straw to withstand heavy winds. It should be hard enough to withstand the se verest freezes; and it should have good milling pro|>ertios and yield a flour that will make good bread. For these reasons tho seed se lected Included several types, and these, after being tested as to their milling and baking qualities, are crossed so as to obtain a variety com bining the good qualities of all. As soon as these superior types are fixed, the station will grow seed for distri bution among the farmers of the State. Several hardy varieties, hav ing strong straw and making heavy yields of grain, have already been ob tained. Ono of these produced 43 bushels per acre and another 39 1-3 bushels, while the average for the State ls only 18 bushels per acre. This demonstrates that any intelli gent farmer may, by the exercise of care in selecting and breeding up his seed wheat, fully double his yield per acre, and Insure grain of uni formly high grade that will com mand the top prlco In his market. As a rule, the red wheats are found to give greatest satisfaction to the miller and baker, and several of these aro also hardy and heavy yielders. Tho longest canal in tho world ls the Imperial Canal of China; it is 2,100 miles In length. A HAPPY" HOME Is one where health abounds. With impure blood there cannot be good health. With a disordered LIVER there cannot be good blood. revivify the torpid LIVER and restore its natural action? A healthy i.?VRR means pur? blood.-ssl Pure blood meant, health. Health means happiness. Take no Substitute? All Druggists. I NEGRO 18 SHOT TO DEATH. Killing in Kings trew by Unknown Person-B'-.rard of $100. (News and Courier Special.) Kingstree, Dec. 26.-Janies Flem ing, a colored man from the Work man section of Clarendon county, was shot and mortally wounded here Christmas Eve night, dying yesterday morning. Fleming was standing In W. E. Jenkinson's store, and was be ing waited on by one of the dorks, when suddenly he uttered a groan and sat down. A special police hap pened to be near and went to tho man, to find that he had been shot and was bleeding fearfuPy from a wound In the thigh. MeeT al r.ld was secured at once, and everything was done to save Fleming's ll fe, but the large artery In the thigh had been severed and tho loss of blood was too great before aid could bo obtain ed. Ile lived until yesterday morn ing, but did not rally from the ef fects of the wound. As to where the shot came from or who fired the pistol, the town au thorities are without any clue. There were so ninny fire crackers and tor pedoes being fired by the boys all over the town that one could not dis tinguish these from that of a pistol, and especially so la this section of town. The only thing that throws any light on the act ls that a few minutes before this a pistol carrying a 38 hall was fired from across the street into an adjoining store win dow to that in which the negro was shot, and the ball which came out of the wound was tho same in size as that. The authorities of tho town have offered a reward of $100 for proof to convict the person who did the shooting. Four Killed by Train. Champaign, 111., Dec. 26.-Four members of the family of Edward H. Miller were killed to-day when their carriage was struck hy an Illinois Central train near here. Opal Scott, tho 11-year-old child of a neighbor, was fatally hurt. They were return ing from a Christmas celebartion. Wireless Operator Nilled. Berlin, Dec. 26.-What is believed to be the first case on record of a wireless operator being killed at his post occurred last night at Norddeich, the great German wireless station near the North Sea. Tue operator, a man named Muller, must have care lessly como into contact with thc wires employed for the creation of electric waves, which are charged with a powerful voltage. Christmas Killing nt McBee. Hurtsville, Dec. 2 4.-Dr. Clyde Mc Manus shot and killed J. P. Wallace at McBee to-night as a result of a difficulty following some friendly sport with Roman candles. From the meagre reports it seems that one of the two became angered in the sham battle; that Wallace drew his pistol and that he was killed in the struggle for the weapon that ensued. Norway Lynchers Unknown. Columbia, Dec. 24.-Tho coroner's Inquest into the death of John Fel der, a negro, who was taken from tho Norway guard house and put to death in the woods, failed io develop any facts which might shed ilght on the identity of tho lynchers. The verdict of the jury was that Felder came to his death at the hands of un known parties. Electrocuted on Steel Door Slit. Alexandria, La., Dec. 26.-Despite a warning not to enter a saloon, A. H. Gray, of Pawnee, La., to-night stepped upon tho steel door sill and was electrocuted. Death was instan taneous. A heavily charged electric wire had fallen upon the building In which the saloon was located, charging tho metal coping and the steel front, which connected with the door plate. Repairmen had admon ished the stranger not to enter. Mississippi Convict Cotton. .Jackson, Miss., Dec. 26.-A check for $71,7 10.58, proceeds of the sale of cotton and cotton seed from tho big convict camp in Sunflower coun ty, was received to-day by tho State Treasurer. The sum of $60,865.73 represented tho sale of 956 bales of cotton by a Memphis firm at 14.57 and 14.25 cents per pound. The re mainder ($1,853.85) is the proceeds from about three carloads of cotton seed, part of an order for twenty cars received several weeks ago. Will Increase Tariff. Washington, Dec. 26.-Charge d'Affaires Schuyler, at the Amorlcan embassy, Mexico City, has notified the State Department that tho Mexi can Chamber of Deputies has ap proved a general increase of 5 per cent III customs duties on importa tions Into Mexico. .|. ,?. 4- 4- 4? 4* 4? 4* 4- 4? 4* ?fr 4? *f* PROFESSIONAL CARDS. 4? %_* 4? MARCUS C. LONG, 4? .J? Attoraey-at-Law, 4* 4? Phono No. 00, 4* 4? Walhalla, South Carolina. 4* 4. - 4? 4? Office O fer Oconeo Newt'. 4^ 4? --* 4? E. V?. II ERNDON, 4? 4* Attorney-at-Law, 4* ?|? Walhalla, South Carolina. 4? 4? PHONE NO. 61. 4? 4*-4? 4. R. T. JAYNES, 4. .J? Attorney-at-Lavr, 4* 4? Walhalla, Soudi Carolina. 4" 4* Reil Phone No. 20. 4* 4* - 4? .J? Practice in State and Federal 4* 4? Courts. 4* 4--4? 4* DR. W. F. AUSTIN, 4. ??? Drill isl, 4" -J. Seneca, South Carolina. 4* * - 4? .j? Phono 17. ?j? 4. SURVEYING. LEVELING. 4* 4? DRAINING, &c. 4a 4? W. M. FENNEL Li, 4a 4? (Floyd Place.) 4* 4> Walhalla, South Carolina. 4* 4--4? 4? J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, 4? 4? Pickena, S. C. W. C. Hughs. 4? 4? CAREY, SHELOR & HUGHS, 4? 4? Attorneys and Counsellors, 4* 4? Walhalla, South Carolina. 4? 4? Practice in State and Federal 4* 4* Courts. 4* 4*4*4*4,4*4*4,4*4,4,4*4* LAND BARGAINS. Deep, rich soil, producing in abund ance every year the crops that top the market and never glut it. Pure artesian water and salt air make the lowest death rate on record. Winters delightful and summers cooler than In Illinois. Lands yield 25 per cent yearly profit on present prices and double in value every three to five years. Rainfall 42 inches, well dis tributed; but irrigating water abund ant If desired. Unirrigated corn yields 40 to 60 bushels per acre; Irrigated 7 5 to 100. Ideal cattle, hog, mule and dalry and poultry country. Great for fruit, melons and winter truck. Fish and game plen tiful, big and little. Write for book let giving experiences of big farmers, little farmers, old settlers, new set tlers; in ?rood years and bad years; from ono year to twenty-five years, as told by the farmers themselves. MAGILL LAND CO., Bay City, Texas. adv. NOTICE OF F UVAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHARGE. Notice ls hereby given that the undersigned will make application to D. A. Smith, Judge of Probate for Oconee County, in the State of South Carolina, at his office at Walhalla Court House, on Saturday, January 4th, 1912, at ll o'clock a. m., or as soon thereafter as said application can be heard, for leave to make final settlement of the Estate of Mahala C. Parker, deceased, and obtain final discharge as Administrator (with will annexed) of said estate. C. R. D. BURNS, Administrator With Will Annexed. December ll, 1912. 50-1 Georgia Man a Suicide. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 24.-R. B. Gasklns, of Nashville, Ga., one of South Georgia's wealthies families, committed suicide to-day by shooting himself twice through tho head. Gas kins' death is tho climax of a series of sensations in which ho has figured recently. Yesterday tho State Court of Appeals confirmed a sentence of six years imposed by Judge W. E. Thomas upon GaskliiB for firing seve ral shots from his automobile at Judge Bule, of the City Court of Nashville. When Gaskins was told of the decision this morning he de clared he would never serve the sen tence. He was under $2 0,000 bond. Sunshine is delicious, rain is re freshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thin? aa bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.-Ruskin. RALEIGH, N, G. CHILD Made Strong and Well tty VinoL When we tell you that Viuol Is the best remedy ifj our whole stock for making weak/' puny, ailing children Btrong, robust and rosy, we are only telling you what has beon proved by hundreds of mothers. Mrs. W. O. Strothor, Raleigh, N. C.. says: "My little girl, Hazel, has been, taking Vlnol to build her up after a severe spell of sickness. It has done so much good by restoring her appe tite and building up her strength that I think Vinel is the finest tonic ever prepared, and I am telling everyone about it." What Vinol did for this little girl lt will do for very weak and ailing child, because sickly children need the strengthening cod liver elements and the tonic iron that Vinol contains-that ls why Vlnol builds them up quickly and gives them a fine, healthy color. It ifl pleasant to take, and wo guar an tee that tire result* TV Ul e^tlsfy yeu - money back if they do not. J. W. Bell, Druggist, Walhalla, S. C.