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Vol. 5 NO. 43 PAGELAND, s"cTwm^^^B^ORNING, JULY 14, 1915 $1.00 per year New and Effective Method of Destroying Flies. A safe and effective weapon against the typhoid or house fly has been found in powdered hellebore by scientists of the department. Flies lay their eggs chiefly in stable manure. Powdered hellebore mixed with water and sprinkled over the manure will destroj' the lame which are hatched from "the eggs. Since powdered hellebore is readily obtainable, this puts in the hands of everyone a remedy for one of the pests that has been found dangerous as well as troublesome. Powdered helle bore, however, will not kill adult flies, which must be swat ted or trapped. It has long been known that flies breed in manure, but previous methods of destroying the larvae there by the use of strong chemicals have been open to the objection that the treatment under some conditions lessened the fertilizing value of the manure or actually injured vegetation. This is not true of powdered hellebore. Governments have shown that the hellebore is entirely decomposed in the course of the fermentation of the manure, and that even in excessive quantities it does no harm except to the larvae it is intended to destroy. Chickens picking in manure treated with it suffer no ill effects. One-half pound of powdered hellebore mixed with 10 gallons UfAtAf ?A f? 1-211 vi waici id suiiiLicui iu kiii lilt; larvae in 8 bushels, or 10 cubic feet, of manure. The mixture should be sprinkled carefully over the pile, especial attention ?l- -temg aaid - toouter edgej.. In rM>st places helRpore is obtain^ \ able in 100 pound lots at a cosdof 11 cents a pound. - This makes the cost of the treatment a 44?ile less than seven tenths of a cent per bushel of manure. A liberal estimate of the output of manure is 2 bushels a day per horse. The money involved is therefore trifling in comparison with the benefits to the individual and the community from the practical elimination of the disease-spreading fly. Although fresh manure is the favorite breeding spot, flies lay their eggs in other places as well t.. *1 auv.li us uuuiuusca, tciuac pncs? etc. In these places, from which no manure is taken to spread on the fields, considerable saving may be effected through the substitution of borax for powdered hellebore. Applied at the rate of 0.62 pounds per 8 bushels of manure, borax is as effective as powdered hellebore in killing' the larvae but costs less than half a cent for each bushel of manure treated. In larger quantities, however, or when themanure itself is spread at a greater rate than 15 tons to the acre, some damage to crops may result. Large * quantities of manure are often used by market gardeners and others, and there is always danger of carelessness in applying the borax. The use of the more expensive but safer hellebore is therefore recommended tor the treatment of manure. Borax is recom mended for all other refuse in which flies may lay eggs. Scientists who have been working for years to eliminate the fly are convinced that the use of one or the other of these simple measures is a publec duty wherever manure and refuse exist. Sanitarians, however, strongly advise the removal of refuse heaps or other unnecessary rubbish dr breeding places for flies. In breeding places which can not be thus disposed German Answer Not Satis factory. Berlin, July 9.?Via London July 10.?Germany's offer, em bodied in the reply to ~ tin American note regarding tlx sinking of the Lusitania am submarine warfare, which \va: delivered to American Ambassa dor Gerard last night, is: First, reiterated assurance tha American ships engaged illegitimate trade will not be in terfered with nor the lives o Americans on neatral be en dangered. Second, that German sub marines will be instructed It allow American passenger ship: to pass freely and safely, Ger many entertaining in retail the confident hope that tin American Government will set that these ships do not earn contraband; such ships to In provided with distinguishing marks and their arrival, an nounced a reasonable time ir advance. The same privilege i? extended to a reasonable num ber of neutral passenger ship: under the American flag, ant should the number of ships thu< available for passenger servict prove inadequate, Germany i: willing to' permit America tc place four / hostile passengei steamers under the Americai flag to ply between Nortl ! America and iuirope under tin same conditions. British Terror Reached Baltic London, July 8.?The Britisl admiralty tonight stated that i was officially announced a Petrograd today that the sub marine which made a success ful attack on a German warshij ment contained the fiist publi< announcement intimating tlia British submari les were operat ing in the Baltic. It is presumes the undersea boat pnsse< through the Cattegat from tin North sea to the Baltic and thei traveled eastward for 200 mile: as me tsay or Danzig, where tlx warship was attacked, lies in t'x southeastern part of that body o i water. The distance from ai English port to Danzig is abou 900 miles. The Russian official com munication announced that ; German warship hail been sunl by a submarine said the battle ship, which was of the Deutsch land type, was steaming at tlx head of a German squadron a the entrance of 'Danzig bay fub 2 when she was blown up Ix two torpedoes fired by a sub marine. "The blamed shirts won't fi me, they are three sizes toe small." "But, Henry, thev are regula $3 shirts I got for$l."?Philadel phia Bulletin. of, such as manure or stable the daily use of powdered helle bore will keep the flies fron breeding in these favorite breed ing grounds. The best result are obtainable in a communit; where everyone cleans up hi premises, traps or kills the flies and systematically treats tin manure and other breedin; places with powdered hellebore The fly is not only a nuisanc to human beings and live stocl* it spreads disease and filth and i a menace to public health whicl can not be tolerated in the fac of a demonstrated remedy. I>e tails of th O ovnorimonfc ntit other information on the subjec are contained in a profession? paper, bulletin 2-lfS of the depan ' ment. Chesterfield County Considerable improvetjfla ? have been made during: thc'M several weeks . on the.v|Hfl grounds of The Chestft^H j County Fair Association.-?"S| s acreage ol the Fair grounc&|jM been doubled and the PfP around the grounds h8S-&3Nl 1 extended to take in the 1 al four acres of land acffll&M I flie exhibit building liaf^Wp . doubled in size, a new^M^ built for the ladies depaitmol - and the shelving for exhibifi^p 1 been re arranged so as yide more space. There vviBB twice the space hereafter;f|| exhibits than heretofore, bothji buildings and out of doors spac! * In place of the old stock an cattle sheds which were blow] ' down last winter there is erecte ' two new buildings, one fd stock and the other for catth These buildings are arranges > with a passenger thru the cer ter for Fair visitors to pass thr J and inspect the- prize animal: Several box stalls have bee built and numerous hitch stalli " These buildings are provide with feed rooms that will be i y charge of a competent janito; r The various exhibitors will fui 1 nish their own fe??d room in car 1 of janitor. The arena track has bee lengthened and will be put i first class shape for fancy drn * ing. The space for Carnivt i Companies will be on back sid t of grounds. The Carnivatstre* t will be known as the "ZONE. - A first class carnival compan - will be on hand this fall to iifl J nish amusement for the E|ir. . 1 *i i n'fti ni* - r i'-y y-'-rH interest Jp all will be the fre - aeroplane flights. c On the west side of the en t larged Fair grounds, over net - to the new McBee public roa i which is now being built by th l County Chaingang, will be th ? base ball park. Nice comfor i able bleacher seats are bein > erected for visitors to rest upo a and view the ball games and th Li fnncv driving at the Fair as we f as the aeroplane flights an i outer nee auracnons. uq in t side of the grounds -a wago gate as well as a gate for pedei - trians will he placed. i Another feature of the enlarj < ed grounds on the west sidi - same beiifg piped in; this will b - a gieat convenience. e The Fair management ha t been spending a good deal c V ready cash getting the grounc ' in readiness for the Fair this fal Expenses have been high but i making these improvements th Fair Association is carrying 01 t the pledge to put back into th > Fair every dollar that's taken i over and above expenses. Th r Fair Association does not pa any dividends to its stockholder All moneys taken in at the gal - and otherwise goes towarc . making next years Fair a bigg< , and better one' Those who fa ^ to see the Fair this fall will niak [. a mistake. Those who come 1 s the Fair for the first time wi .. see a revelation of Chesterfiel s County's resource and thos > who came last year will t q astonished at the wonderful in g provements that have been mad > All together for the best Count e Fair in South Carolina durir r the second week in Novembc s 9th to 12th. h e "You've goi to be prett smooth to get to the top now h days." l "Yes, and you usually g il smooth on the top before yc I- get there."?Philadelphia Pu I lie Ledger. s Iians Continue To Smai Austrian Advance. ndon, July 10.?The Gt reply to the American noi nmary of which appears xmdon afternoon papers, ubject of general discussi< ughout England, and aga question is asked, "Wh America do?" ic views held here are i led in the newspaper hen which describe the rep <\n Amazing Offer," "Ii :nt Claims," "Hypocritic le text of the German rep >ublished in the Sund: ling papers, most of whii it as the most importa 3. of the da}-. itside of this the public co a;iinues to interesr itself !* {.'England's huge war loan, su Ascriptions to which are st being received by mail and \vi 3;. which the Chancellor of tl ^ ! Exchequer has expressed 1 I " satisfaction. The general e u I pectation today was that t total subscription would rea< ni between $3,000,000,000 and $ 1600,000,000, although some c pressed confidence that the fi 111$5,000,000,000 would be receiv r* j and that it would not be necc< r"j^ary to continue to sell to sm ej subscribers through the po I bffice. II i There is little news frc | Southern Poland where t r' ^Russians, according to th< "Recount, are delivering smas ^jging blows at the army of Arc T*Juke Joseph Ferdinand, the r ilyance of which toward t -jBLublin railway received its fi rj|chccklast Sunday. Appireni Mfe^ii^Mackengen who tflfe Aust ria US' adtfan the right, between t jKrasnik region and the B xviver, uas ueen unauie 10 renu J any assistance or has withdrav " some of his troops for an atta e elsewhere. ie Here's a Business Man n . Sedan, Kan., is just an ordina e country town of some 1,500 pi n p,e^ | But it has at least one ri js business man. n His name is J. H. Edwards. 5. i And now listen: Edwai Spends $2,000 with his local i ym pers in advertising every year! g Has it paid him? Well, went to Sedan a few years a with but little capital. He nc IS owns a magnificent store, a ni home, and a big farm. [s "We value our advertisi 1 enough to make it a part of o n Assets," he says. "It is the li [e wire of any businesk, and a p< Jt son can judge pretty well t nmAlint rvf nnnr/vtf K.? uiiivuiu ui uuiiiuu a uu n ness by the kind and amount ie advertising that business y doing." s When facts like the abo te spring up every now then js over the United Spates, publii ers cannot help wondering vvl jj it is that blinds the eye of t ;e average man to his possibilit 0 with printer's ink.?York Ne\ 11 j One Way to Tell ie A gentleman from the Noi >e was eager to see one of the f a- famed hook-wormed Georj e. crackers, so he asked an < :y negro to point out one. ig "Yo' see that black spot ov sr, yondah in the field?" asl< Mose, as he pointed toward object in the field a half m v Hixtont -J a- "Yes" replied the Northern "but I can't tell whether that' et man or a stump." >u "Well, boss," was the rep h- "ef vo' watches it an houah an moves it ain't a stump." ( i sh Swat Him! 1 Consider now the little fly, ^r- whose name is rhymed with te, Baby-bye. ( in He has his birth in the Manure, j is crawls forth and loiters in the j >n sewer; 1 in And smeared with deadly ty- s at phoid Kerms, he leaves his * brother maggot-worms, Unfurls his dainty wings of silk jy and dumps his microbes in the 1V milk Where their huge numbers mount and mount, increasing ( I the bacterial count, s ' Until they reach the food supply v, Ljj some woman feeds her baby- j nt b>'c- I The fly comes gaily unto us, his j n- feet all gaumed with poison- j in pus, , ] b- And singing clear his song so | ill sweet, alights and cleans them \ th on the meat, lie; He gathers scarlet-fever spores lis I and leaves them on the walls ix- j and floors; he | He is not proud, and oft will ' ch stoop to carry heavy loads of ' 3,- croup, :x" Oh, do not call him indolent, j He calls that summer day j LH* misspent , 2S~ In which he fails to load the , breeze with the live germs of j st" some disease; And if he finds them not, tho \ ,m hurt, he'll be content with , h.e just plain dirt *ir Consider well the little fly, who , i'1" buzzes so 'round Baby-bve. j ?Anon. , id '1L> | He Wanted Money , rSt ! . T?1 , , llie magnate looked up 1m- ' I not ion tl*r (rrvtv* KIo .? puuvuiij hum ins icniicnij * i he "Well, m>^^ooc^inaiv' he snapped at the diffident and rural I ' looking visitor who stood twirln ing his rusty hat, "what can I do ck for you? Talk fast, please?my time is valuable." ( "I guess you don't remember me, Ilank," faltered the caller. The money king frowned as , rv he heard the old name, by which ;?" none had dared to address him for years. ( ml "You an' me useter go swim- ( min' together in the old town," went on the rustic. "We was ('s boys together, an' in purty much >a' the same circumstances. Your dad an' my dad?" "Yes, yes," interrupted the ' ?? Croesus, impatiently. >w "Well, you got a job in the ce bank, an' I got a job in th' ( grocery store. That made all the na j : cc ?? --*? uiiuuuce. ur "This is all very?er?interest vc ing, but get to the point. I seem L'r" to remember your face but?" he "Yes, Hank. You got a better S1* start, an' left the old village, ut I kep' a pluggin' along in th' grols eery store. It was purty hard to make both ends meet, an'?" ve "Well?well? I see?same old story. You want rrloney, I sup5"" pose, and?" lat "You always was a smart one, Jle Hank, When vou left the village, ies you oweti me $78.62 on a grocery vs* bill. Here's where you come acrost, you durned old skinflint." r,h LAYING-BY TIME ar?ia Is the time to have that ifarm 3ld surveyed. You will not interfere with the making or gatherah ing of your crops by taking ;ed advantage of this season. Call an on or 'phone J. V. Funderburk, lile in the Bank of Pageland Building, Pageland, S. C. icr, s a Visitor?"What's that new structure on the hill there?" >lv, Farmer?"Well, if I find a tenant i' it for it it's a bungalow; if 1 don't it's a barn."?Ex. President Wilson Shaken Up In An Automobile Accident Cornish, N. J. July 10. Presilent Wilson was in an automobile accident near Newport, N. HL tonight with members of his iamily, but no one was hurt. When his machine stopped to lvoid frightening a horse, a ;mall automobile bumped into he White House car from behind, breaking the front lights bn the small machine. President Wilson, Mrs. Franks B. Sayre, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones and Mrs. Norman ^alt nf \A/oeVi!r?nft/\r* ^>u.. v/1 Maouiu^iuu VYClt shaken up by the collision. Secret service men, a short distance behind, soon learned that the President's party had suffered no injury and that the five men in the other car were unhurt. General opinion was that the Presiden't chauffeur was blameless. Holt's Bomb Fires Ship New York, July 8.?While the steamship Minnehaha, afire at sea with 15,000 tons of war munitions aboard, was speeding to Halifax, N. S., tonight, Atlantic Transport line officials and authorities here were bending every effort to learn if the blaze could have been the work of Frank Holt, assailant of J. P. Morgan, who had given warning that a steamship would sink in midocean July 7. The Minnehaha is due to reach Halifax tomorrow morning. Capt. Claret's last'message said the fire was under control. It started yesterday from an explosion in a forward hold far away from the ammunition. Line officials here believe that [ess^J^rnin^^^iMcrafr^ins and had caused a search to be made to ascertain if there were any bombs aboard. Carranza Army Occupied Mexican Capital Washington, July 10.?General Pablo Gonzales has occopied Mexico City, according to information given by Carranza officials to American consular officers at Vera Cruz tonight. No details were given in the messages, which reached here late tonight, but the advices were regarded as probably correct, as the Carranza forces had been reported earlier in the day in the outsidepdistricts of the city itself. Whether any fighting occurred in ^the streets or the Zapata forces had evacuated was not stated. Important Events. 1465?The Bible was first printed at Mentz. 1471?Caxton set up his printing press. 4 _ f?^ r> 1*1 ? i i:m3?1 ne nrsi E,ngusn ruDie printed. 1690?First newspaper in America; at Boston. 1773?Steam engine perfected by Watt. 1793?Cotton-gin invented by Whitney. 1807?Fulton's first steamboat voyage. 1814?The printing machine invented. 1819?First steamship crossed the Atlantic. 1828?First passenger railroad in United States. 1835?Morse invented the telegraph. 1846?Sewing machine completed by Howe. 1857?First Atlantic cable. 1876?Prof. Bell perfected the telephone. 1876?Centennial Exposition Philadelphia. 1893?World'8 Fair at Chicago.