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 (ESTABLISHED 1840.) i?ubli8hed Every Wednesday Morning Subscription $1 Per Annum. Advertising Bates Reasonable. -Ry .TECK, 8HELOB & SCHRODER. Communications of a personal char acter charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices and tributes of re spect, of not over one hundred ?words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany man uscript. WALHALLA, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Ul?, 1013. THE SOURCES OE NITROGEN. Farmers Aro Advised to Uso Sources Known to (?ive Results. When mixing fertilizers it is well to use two sources of nitrogen, be cause of the difference in rapidity of coming into availability of the sources. We prefer lo get about one third of the nitrogen from an inor ganic source and two-thirds from an organic source. If all of the nitro gen for cotton or corn is to be de rived from one source, we would ad vise the use of an organic source. Nitrate of soda ls immediately available to the plant and sulphate of ammonia and dried blood are very rapidly available, dried blood being probably the most rapidly available organic source. We would advise the use of about one hundred pounds per ton of one of the above named sources, and the balance of the nitro gen to come from cotton seed meal, 'high grade fish, or high grade tank age. We advise the use of the high grade fish and tankage because the ?low grade Uah and tankage usually has much flus or bone present, as the case may be, and the nitrogen con tent is lowered, and, as these mate rials do not decay as rapidly as the flesh, the nitrogen present is less available, the less it is derived from flesh. Bone, especially raw bone, on account of its lasting qualities is much prized as an orchard fertilizer. Cotton seed meal is a good drier and therefore a good source of organic nitrogen. In homo-mixing we advise .he far mers to use only the sources of ni trogen that are known to give good results, such as have been already mentioned. Any or all of the above can be mixed with acid phosphate and potash salts, thero being no in compatibilities. T. E. Keitt, Chemist, S. C. Experiment Station. Clemson Co'.iege. When the bowels feel uncomforta ble and you miss the exhilarating feeling that always follows a copious morning operation a dose of Dr. M. A. Simmons' Liver Medicine will set matters right. You get the results promptly and feel flue, vigorous and cheerful. Price 25c. per package. Sold at Bell's drug store. adv. Auto Bandits Make Rich Haul. New York, Jan. 2il.-1 he police arc aroused again by so-called taxi cab robberies. A particularly bold one was carried out last night, when six highwaymen leaped from a taxi cab that had drawn up in front of a wholesale provision house on Thirty sixth street and, with revolvers in hand, held up four mon employed in .the place. While some of the men covered the .employees with their pistols one of the bandits climbed a wiro fence and got to the cashier's cage. He emp tied tho drawer of $N00 In cash. Then he and his fellows escaped in the cab. They overlooked $5,OOO which was 1n an open safe. it requires a mighty small tack to puncture a fellow's good intentions.' Wood's Seeds lui JL XIV? Farm arid Garden. Our New Descriptive Catalog is fully up-to-date, giving descrip- j tions and full information about the best and most profitable seeds to grow, lt tells all about Grasses and Clovers, Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats, Cow Peas, Soja Beans, The Best Seed Corns and all other Farm and Garden Seeds. Wood's Seed Catalog has long been recognized as a stan dard authority on Seeds. Muiled on request; write for it T. W. WOOD Sr SONS, SEXDSMF.N, RICHMOND, VA. .j. OF EXPERIMENT STATION .T. BULLETINS. "* Prepared Weekly for JJ THE KEOWEE COURIER ?jj. By J. Linn Ladd. A Test of Milking Mnchiiies. The growing scarcity of farm labor and the Increasing rate of wages nec essary to command such labor is causing farmers everywhere to turn to labor-saving machinery for all work possible to be done more rap idly and economically by machines than by hand. Moved by these considerations, the Ithaca, N. Y., station lins been con ducting comparative tests of machine milking and hand milking during the last four years. The records of these tests and the conclusions arrived at are set forth in Bulletin No. :5.">:5. The first machine tried proved to be utterly worthless and was soon discarded. The second o.ie tried proved so satisfactory that no change in make of machine has been made since its adoption. All milking machines are of one of two types: ( 1 ) Those which imitate the squeezing action of tho human hand, and (2) those which Imitate the vacuum or suction action of the calf. The machine used in these tests is of tho latter type. Tho first successful milking ma chine originated in Australia in 1902. Canadian tests made in 1895 and in 1898 led to the rejection of the ma chines tested, but the first satisfac tory machine tried on this continent was used in that country in 1906. As in the making of automobiles, the improvement in milking machines has been so rapid that the milking machine of 1912 bears little resem blance to that of five years ago, but j In order that there might be no vari- ! ation of conditions of these tests j from year to year, no change of ma chines has been made. On the whole, these tests have re sulted quite favorably to the ma chine. When provided with properly fitted teat cups, the machine milks a cow somewhat cleaner than hand milking, and the difference in yield of milk is less than 1 per cent. In fact, two cows that could not be milked by hand, were satisfactorily milked by machine. Each machine milked two cows at once, and one man operating two machines can milk fifty cows. By using gasoline engine power, several machines may be attended by one man. The most serious problem en countered in the uso of milking ma chines ls the matter of cleaning them and keeping them clean. It has been found that If all rubber parts are rinsed out thoroughly after use and are then kept immersed in wa ler containing 10 per cent salt till used again, the germ content is re duced eight-ninths. Tho air filters found on some ma chines also reduce the germ content of milk to a marked degree. The milking machine is both a la bor saver and a time saver, and it undoubtedly has come to stay. Economic Reef Production. In Bulletin Xo. 132 H. R. Smith, of the Nebraska station devotes 25 pages to tabular exhibits of tho rec ords made and an analysis of them in comparative tests of six combina tions of feeding stuffs for steer calves nine months old at the begin ning of the tests for the first period which covered tho time from March 25 to August 15, 143 days. There were 48 calves, half of them grade Shorthorns and the rest grade Herefords, Angus, Red Polls, Jer seys, (?uernseys and Holsteins. These were so distributed among six lots of eight calves each as to make all lots of equal merit. In order to make study of different breeds and types possible, the feed of each individual was weighed and the wanto feed weighed back and records were made of ail. During the first six months ol' i ?-."ir lives all had been fed on skim milk. grain and hay. The ration of Lot 1 was corn, al falfa and shredded corn fodder; of Lot 2 corn, alfalfa and corn silage; of Lot :5 corn, wheat bran and silage; of Lot 1 corn, linseed meal and si lage: of Lot 5 corn, cold-pressed cot ton seed cake and silage; of lot 6 same as Lot 5 excepting they were given all the grain they would eat, willie Ivot 5 had only two-thirds as much grain as these. These feed stuffs were all of fair quality and worth the following mar ket values: Corn, 56 cents por bu shel; bran, $2 2 per ton; linseed meal, $3 6 i>er ton; cold prebaud cot ton seed cake, $25 nor ton; alfalfa, $10 per ton; corn fodder, $3 per ton; silage. $3 per ton. This first period of 143 days had for Its chief purpose a test of the value of corn silage as a substituto for green pasturage In summer; be cause summer drouths often destroy of greatly deteriorate the pasturage. On this point the use of the silage prdvod entirely satisfactory, and th? conclusion reached ls j that In Ne braska summer pasturage may be supplemented economically by corn silage. At the end of the first period, Au gust 15th, the supply of silage was exhausted, and prairie hay, worth $10 per ton, was substituted for lt, thus furnishing opportunity to com pare this hay with corn fodder fed Lot I. The second period of the test extended from August 15th to De cember 5th, a period of 112 days, wheu the steers were marketed. The general conclusions as pub lished in the summary of this built tin are as follows: 1. In comparing bran, linseed meal, and cold pressed cotton seed meal, each as a source of protein sup plementing corn meal and silage, the cold pressed cake proved to be worth 50 per cent moro per ton than wheat bran, and linseed meal 18 per cent more per ton than cold-pressed cot ton seed cake. In the use of each of f.hese supple mentary protein feeds with corn meal and prairie hay, the cold pressed cot ton seed cake showed a value per ton 22 per cent greater than wheat bran, and tho linseed meal 28 per cent more than the cotton seed cake. (Note: Cold-pressed cotton seed cake has all the hull left on the seed, and this accounts for its lower value than the same weight of linseed meal. The ordinary cotton seed meal is made from seed decorticated and cooked before having the oil pressed out of it, und hence tho meal is free of hulls and is a cheaper source of protein than linseed meal.) 2. Where alfalfa was used in con nection with corn meal and silage, or corn meal and prairie hay, large gains were made without the use of a concentrated protein food. The gains in both experiments where al falfa was fed were larger, less costly and much more profitable. These exi>erlment8, supplementing what had previously been found, show that beef can be produced in Nebras ka at a lower cost and with greater profit on a combination of tho corn plant and alfalfa hay than on any other combination of foods available in the State. 3. These experiments show that corn silage gives larger gains than shredded corn stover when each ls fed with corn meal and alfalfa, and for beef production is worth 60 per cent more per ton. 4. Corn stover has a value 80 per cent as great as prairie hay, and the portion consumed is fully as valua ble. Prairie hay at its usual market price is not profitable for fattening cattle. ? 5. In comparing a ration consist ing of a heavy feed of corn meal, al falfa and a light feed of silage, with a ration consisting of a medium quantity of each feed and a ration consisting of a light feed of corn, al falfa and a heavy feed of silage, I yearling steers being fattened for | market made cheaper and more prof- ! kable gains on tho larger feed of corn and smaller feed of corn silage. 6. In growing calves to be fatten ed later for market, the cheapest gains were made o:. a liberal ration of corn silage and alfalfa without grain, the cost of gain increasing in proposion to tho amount of corn meal fed. 7. These experiments show that there is a great variation in the ca pacity of individual steers to make gains under like conditions. The j data do not show that the individuals of one breed make larger gains than those of another breed. The varia tion in gain seems to be fully as great within a breed as between rep resentatives of different breeds. 8. Type or conformation seems to be a controlling factor, the low-set, more compact types having something of an advantage in gains and much in early maturity over the rangy types. 9. Cains seem to be correlate to a considerable degree with body ca pacity as Indicated by the size of the middle girtb, the largest gainers hav ing relatively larger middle girths at the same weight In most instances. 10. While the average gains made by all dairy breed steers are nearly tho same as those made by the beef breed steers up to the age of 23 months, the latter showed In most Intsances a higher condition of flesh, a larger proportion of high-priced meat, and sold for a higher price per hundred, returning larger profits to the feeder on the basis of the same Initial cost per hundred. New Mexico Will Sue Texas. Santa Fe, N. M., Jan. 20.-Texas ls to be made the defendant in a suit to be flied in the Supreme Court of tho United States at an early date by tho Attorney General of New Mexico on behalf of this State for the recov ery of 14,300 acres of land, valued at approximately $2,000,000, according to information just given out. The suit grew out of the Texas-New Mexi co boundary dispute, which ha? been the subject of contention since 1850. Motor vohlcles worth $916,210 were brought into South Africa, at Port Elizabeth, last year. I I ...ll . I , ., -T-.1 THE UNSUCCESSFUL FARMER. Tho Accumulation of Money Does Not Spell Success. (Anderson Intelligencer.) Col. J. C. Stribllng, of Pendleton, told us about a money-making far mer he knew. This farmer had accu mulated more than $1 00,000, and he had made it all faming and saving what ho made from the farm. The man had not dono better far ming than other farmers about him, but he had saved everything he had nwrde. "A good friend to me and others," Col. Strlbling described him, "but an enemy to himself and family"-not that he was a bad man, but merely what we sometimes call a "closo" man. His children re ceived but little education and saw but little of tho world. Other farm ers in the neighborhood contributed to Hie building of churches and Behool houses; this man loaned them tlie money to contribute. Others spent money for new seeds, Improved implements and better stock; this man did not-he saved his money, and when misfortune came to others he still gathered in the interest on Iiis loans and kept that, too. A money-making farmer ho was, but lie was not a successful farmer, for the simple reason that lie neg lected the essentials of life in Iiis eagerness to gather more money. Such farmers would never build up a community or promote tho pros perity and welfare of a State. Col. Strlbling in his letter well de scribed the kind of men who must be depended on to do these things men who Improve their land and premises, breed and use good stock, look out for Improved seeds, Imple ments and methods; who send their sons and daughters to collego or training schools; who farm with their own money, and who believe in plain living and high thinking. A man can be successful and can make a great deal of money without being successful. So at this bc-gin nlng of a new year we beg to remind every reader that, desirable as it ls that he make money out of his farm ing the coming year, it is even more desirable that he devote the money he makes to such use as will benefit his family and his community, and that he keep always In mind the fact that money is a good thing only so far as it is used for good purposes. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure In all Its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls the only positive cuie now known to thc medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, re quires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature In doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that lt falls to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address: F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. adv. Woodman Suit to U. S. Court. Anderson, Jan. 20.-Circuit Judge Shipp to-day signed an order trans ferring from the State to the United States Court the suit of S. P. Taylor against the Sovereign Camp, Wood men of the World, for $20,000 dam ages. The case grew out of the kill ing of M. Taylor, son of S. P. Taylor, by Furman Bagwell, during an ini tiation ceremony during which Bag well was a candidate. An auctioneer never attmepts to sell things that are not worth talking about. Light Your Ki R&yo Bra* Sometimes in the kitchen or eist high, where it will light the w reach of children. The Rayo Bracket Lamp is made ona of the famous Rayo Family A clear, white light, steady, diffused, i affixed to the well. The lamp is inexpei removing chimney or ?bade. Rayo La far all purposes. At Dealers S STANDARD Ol (Incorporated ta NewarV. N. J. __ How The Body Germs that get into the body are killi of the Mood, and by a girm-bilUng substai substance is, we do not know. The bio jjerm-kiljinj'. substance in it to ward off th of life is the stomach. A man who has does not properly digest his food will so and impoverisned, and that his whole bo ished. To put the body in healthy oonditi and throw out the poisons from the bc excelled Dr. Pierc glycerio extraot ( seal and Oregon queen's root with I " My husband v Impuro blood," wr fort, Ky. " Ho ha? scab which would ti another would inn for a long timo. H suggest hut found (Solden Medical Dis has stayed cured ur valuable medicino I Dr. Pierce's 1 J. H. MARTIN, ESQ. stomach, liver and .j? ?j.? .|??J??T? *!**!* "I**!**!**!* "I* 'v 'I**!**!' .!* 4. RESOLUTIONS. * 4? A ?j? ?j? ?|? ?j* *I* *?* *I* *I* ^I**!* *t* *I* v *I* C. A. Rowland. Whereas, it hath pleased tho Great Architect of the Universo, In Ills in finite wisdom, goodness, love and mercy to remove from our midst and his labors here below, by death, our esteemed brother, C. A. Rowland; therefore, be it resolved 1. That in the death of Bro. C. A. Rowland Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 9 2, A. P. M., has lost the service of a good and true member. 2. That we bow In humble sub mission with sorrowing hearts to thia sad dispensation of our Heavenly Father, well knowing that He doeth all things well, and while some of His dealings with us here seem dark and mysterious, 'that some time we will understand." 3. That to his bereaved widow and children we extend our heartfelt sympathies in their hour of sorrow and affliction, and tender to them our kindly offices of advice and com fort, in this Hmo of their sore neces sities. 4. That a page in our minute book be dedicated to his memory and that a copy of these resolutions be furnished to his family, and to local paper for publication. Respectfully submitted, W. O. White, J. B. S. Dendy, D. A. Smith, Committee. .i?*|**$**{*?{a*|**|a*$a?Ja*|a*|a?|? ? TRIBUTE OP RESPECT, 4. ?J? .Jr .J. ?J? ?J. ?J? ?J. .J. .J? ?J. ?J. ?J. Jolin B. Pickett. Whereas, on the 30th of November, 1912, the death angel visited our ranks and took from his beloved fam i'r and Oconee Union one of our eld est and most highly esteemed breth ren, John B. Pickett; therefore be lt Resolved, That In the death of Bro. Pickett our County Union has lost one of its most worthy members, one whose record was almost without blemish. He was always ready and willing to perform any duty when called on. He had, at all times since the Farmers' Union was organized in this county, held an office-first as county president; when his timo ex pired as president, he held the office of lecturer and organizer, which po sition ho held until his death. His death will be keenly felt, not only by the union, but in the community and church of which he had been so long a member. He was a kind and de voted husband and father. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn their irreparable loss. We as a County Union tender our heartfelt sympathies to the family in their sore bereavement. Resolved further, That a blank page In our minutes be dedicated to his memory and a copy of these reso lutions bo sent to our papers for pub lication; also that a copy bo sent to the bereaved family. Oconee County Farmers' Union. Per A. II. Ellison. tchen with a cket Lamp swhere you need a lamp held hole room, and be out of the ( for exactly thia purpose. It is the best kerosene lamps made. ^ strong, substantial bracket, easily ?slve. Economical. Lighted without mps are made in various styles and vtryu>htrm L COMPANY Maw Jo***?) Haiti MM*, M 4. Kills Germs. td in two wart-br the white corpuscle* nee that it in the blood. Just what thia od of a healthy person always ha? tome ie attaek of disease. The fountain head a weak and impaired stomach and who 'on find that his blood has become weak dy is improperly and insufficiently nour ion, to feed the system on rich, red blood ?dy, nothing ia the past forty years has ?e's Golden Medical Discovery, a pure without alcohol), of bloodroot, golden grape root, stone root, mandrake and slack cherrybark. vas a sufferer from stomach trouble and itcs Mus. JAMES H. M ANTIN, of Frank 1 a sore on his faco that would form a Iry and drop off in about a month, then ncdiatoly form. It continued this way 0 tried every remedy that any ono would no relief. Ho then tried Dr. Pierce's covery which completely cured him. Ho >w for two years, and I rncommend this or impurities of tho blood." Pleasant Pellets regulate and invigorate bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules. FAVOlt COMPULSORY EDUCATION The High School Teachers of State Put Selves on Record. Columbia, Jan. 20.-It ls easily within the bounds of the believable to say that no more Intelligent, earn est, alert, candid and open-minded body of teachers ever came together In this State than tho 166 high school superintendents, principals and teach ers making up thc conference in ses sion in Columbia from Friday morn ing until Saturday afterncon. Every man and woman in attendance seem ed to throw into evory topic discussed tho energy, tho directness, the dis cernment which make up any really profitable discussion. "It is hard to see how it would be possible for any teacher to sit through the four ses sions of discussions without carrying back to his work a new vision, a wider horizon, a new inspiration and a greater confidence In his mission," said W. H. Hand, State High School Inspector. Of the four sessions, tho last was easily the most enthusiastic, and per haps the most significant, and the last hour was by far the most intense as to importance and inspiration. Just at the close of the session the following resolution was unanimously adopted by a standing vote: "Resolved, That the conference of high school teachers cordially in dorses the principle of compulsory school attendance, and that the mem bers pledge their hearty support to any measure wh'ch may be passed by the Legislature ti South Carolina having for Its-ena a fair chance for all the children of South Carolina." meei So Tired It may be from overwork, but the chances are its from an In active LIVER_-a. With a well conducted LIVER one can do mountains of labor without fatigue. It adds a hundred per cent to ones earning capacity. lt can be kept In healthful action by? and only by TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. TO PROBE THE BELL SYSTEM. < 'om merci' < 'o i n mission to Look After $?00,000,000 Combine. Washington, Jan. 20.-Regulation by the State Inter-commerce Commis sion of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and not by the compulsory competitive provisions of tho Sherman anti-trust law, will be the means of solving, according to Attorney General Wlckersham, who to-day announced he had referred the whole question to the commission for investigation and action. This move terminates the investi gation by tba department of justice of the alleged $000,000,000 tele phono trust, against which independ ent telephone companies have made charges of unfair treatment and of the employment of methods destruct ive of competition. The commission's investigation will be far-reaching In effect, and out of it is expected to L OW the outline of a governmental policy with re spect to the telephone and telegraph. It must be determined, according to officials, whether in the interest and convenience of the public, the tele phone or telegraph monopoly, under rigid regulation, should be tolerated by the Federal government, or whe ther the government should takeover utilities; or finally competition should be enforced under the Sher man anti-trust law and monopoly prohibited. Lashed by White Cappers. Dalton, Ga., Jan. 18.-The epi demic of whltecapplng which has been prevailing in this section re cently broke out afresh this week at Til ton, Whitfield county, according to news brought hero to-day. A band of masked men went to the home of John channon, a farmer, took him to the woods a short distance from his home and administered about a hundred lashes. Shannon was chnrged with shiftlessness and un becoming conduct In his home. v The band, lt is said, then went to Other homes, warning rho Inmates of simi lar treatment unless they mended their ways. isiAm f*