The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, July 14, 1915, Image 2
Vol. 5 NO. 43 :\GI'LARD, S. C., WHdJIwBy MORNING, JULY 11, 1915 $1.00 per year
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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 destro>' the larva?
which are hatched from the j
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 hellebore,
however, will not kill
. i? *
tiuuu nica, uiudl ut swill
ted or trapped.
It has long been known that
flies breed in manure, but previous
methods of destroying the
larva; there by the use ot 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
larva; it is intended to destroy.
Chickens picking in manure
treated with it suffer nn ill
effects.
One-half pound of powdered
hellebore mixed with 10 gallons
of water is sufficient to kill the
larvae in 8 bushels, or 10 cubic
feet, of manure. The mixture
should be sprinkled carefully
over the pile, especial attention
??_ being paid to outer edges. In
~T most places helRf&ore is obtainable
in 100 tound lots at a cost^
of 11 cents a pound. This
makes the cost of the treatment
a 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
such as outhouses, refuse piles,
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 ot 0.62 pounds per 8
bushels of manure, borax is as
effective as powdered hellebore
in killing the larvie but costs less
than half a cent for each bushel
of manure treated. In larger
quantities, however, or when
theinanure 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 for the treatment
of manure. Borax is recommended
for all other refuse in
which flies may lay eggs.
Scientists who have been working
for j'ears to eliminate the
tt t <
ny are convinced mai tne use 01
one or the othf-r 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 or breeding places
for flies. In breeding places
which can not be thus disposed
I
German Answer Not Satisfactory.
Berlin, July ').?Via London,July
10.?Germany's offer, em
bodied in the reply to the)
American note regarding tltej
sinking of the Lusitnnia and |
submarine warfare, which wasi
delivered to American Ambassa
dor Gerard last night, is:
First, reiterated assurance that
American ships engaged in!
legitimate trade will not be in !
terfered with nor the lives of
Americans on neutral be en-j
f\ o n nrnrn/l
UUII^Vl vu?
Second, tli.it German submarines
will be instructed t >;
allow American passenger ships
to pass freely and safely, Gerniany
entertaining in return j
the confident hope that tlie {
American Government will see j
that these ships do not carry j
contraband; such ships to be
provided with distinguishing
marks and their arrival, an !
nounced a reasonable time in i
advance. The same privilege is'
extended to a reasonable ntim-i
her of neutral passenger ships!
I under the American Hag, and
should the number of ships thus
available for passenger service
prove inadequate, Geimany is
willing to permit America to
place four ? hostile passenger
steamers under the American
flag to ply between North
America and fcuropc under the
same conditions.
British Terror Reached Baltic.
t London, July S.?The British'
I admiralty tonight stated that it;
was officially announced at
Petrograd today that the submarine
which made a successful
attack on a German warship
on luly 2inthe ;^|ti(| was. a ,
British
-The l'inr.'sli admiralty statement
contained the Ii?st public
announcement intimating that
British submari les were operating
in the Baltic. It is presumed
the undersea boat passed
through the Gattegat from the
North sea to the Baltic and then
traveled eastward for 200 miles
as the Bay of Danzig, where the
warship was attacked, lies in the
southeastern part of that body of
water. The distance from an
English port to Danzig is about
1900 miles.
The Russian official communication
announced that a
German warship had been sunk
by a submarine said the b.itiie
ship, which was of the Deulschland
type, was steaming at the
head of a German squadron at
the entrance of'Danzig bay July
2 when she was blown up bv
1 - I 1
nvu 1UI pt'UUt's Iircil L>\ 11 Stll)
marine.
"The blamed shirts won't lit
me, they are three si/.es too
small."
"But, Henry, thev are regular
shirts 1 got for SI."?Philadel
phia Bulletin.
of, such as manure or stable,
the daily use of powdered belle
bore will keep the Hies from
breeding in these favorite breed
ing grounds. The best results
are obtainable in a community
where everyone cleans up his
premises, traps or kills the flies,
and systematically treats the
manure and other breeding
places with powdered hellebore.
The fly is not only a nuisance
I fA lllimon Komere /???.!
IIUIM|>|| ?^v.in^o <11111 1JVU MUl K,
it spreads disease and filth and is
a menace to public health which
can not be tolerated in the face
of a demonstrated remedy. l)e
tails of the experiments with
other information on the subject;
are contained in a professional
paper, lhilletin 2lr* of the denart
: ment.
Chesterfield County Faif^^H
(.'ouMderable improvemq^H
have been made during the jtiBn
several weeks on the
g rounds of The ChestertiMH
County Fair Association. Tfl
acreage ol tlie Fair grounds ?M|
been d<uibled and the fejJHl
around the grounds has
to take in tin- additicflH
ai tour acres of land acquire?
1 lie exhibit building has
doubled in sue, a new roCUM
.yBK
built for the ladies departmeflB
and tlie shelving for exhibits iSH
been re arranged so as to
vide more space. There wilTbe ]
twice the space hereafter "fori
exhibits than heretofore, bothittlf
buildings and out of doors spa?e.
in place of the old stock and
cattle sheds which were blown
down last winter there is erected"
two new buildings, one for
stock and the other for cattle.
These buildings are arranged !,
with a passenger thru the cen -j
tor for Fair visitors to pass thru;
and inspect the pri/.e animals./
Several box stalls have beent
built and numerous hitch stalls.]
These buildings are provided'
with feed rooms that will be in
charge of a competent janitor.'
The various exhibitors will fur- j
nisli their own fed room in care
of janitor.
The arena track has been
lengthened and will be put in
first class shape for fancy driv-'
ing. The space for Carnival'.
Companies will be on back siderf
of grounds. The Carnival street']
will be known as the "ZONE/f|
A first class carnival company!
will be on hand this fall to fur-1
uish amusement for the Fair.
9,m x ' ? '* ^
interest jtp all will be the freei
aeroplane flights.
On the west side of the en-,
larked Fair grounds, over next
to the new McBee public road
which is now being built by the
County Chaingang, will be the
base ball park. Nice comfortable
bleacher seats are being
erected for visitors to rest upon
and view the ball games and the
fancv driving at the Fair as well
as the aeroplane flights and
other free attractions. On this
side of the grounds a wagon
gate as well as a gate for pedestrians
will be piaced.
Another feature of the enlar?
ed grounds on the west side,
same beiifg piped in; this will be
a gieat convenience.
Pile l air management has
been spending a good deal of
ready cash getting the grounds
in readiness for the Fair this fall.
Expenses have been high but in
making these improvements the
Fair Association is carrying out
the pledge to put back into the
Fair every dollar that's taken in
over and above expenses. The
Fair Association does not pay
any dividends to its stockholders.
All moneys taken in at the gate
and otherwise goes towards
making next years Fair a bigger
and better one' Those who fail
to see the Fair this fall will make
a mistake. Those who come to
the Fair for the first time will
see a revelation of Chesterfield
County's resource and those
who came last year will be
astonished at the wonderful improvements
that have been made.
All together for the best County
hair in South Carolina during
the second week m November,
9th to 12th.
"You've goi to be pretty
smooth to get to the top nowadays."
"Yes, and you usually get
smooth on the top before you
get there."?Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Iians Continue To Smash
Austrian Advance.
ndon, July 10. ?The Gerreply
to the American note,
nmary of which appears in j
,ondon afternoon papers, is
ubject of general discussion
nghout Knglnnd, and again
question is asked, "What
America do?"
ic views held here arc inled
in the newspaper hcadwhich
describe the reply
An Amazing Offer," "hunt
Claims," "Hypocritical
ic text of the German reply
is published in the Sunday
[morning papers, most of which
[treat it as the most important
news of the clay.
Outside of this the public continues
to interest* itself in
England's huge war loan, subscriptions
to which are still
being received by mail and with
which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer has expressed his
satisfaction. 1'he general expectation
today was that the
total subscription would reach
between $3,000,000,000 and $3,500,000,000,
although some expressed
confidence that the full
$5,000,000,000 would be received
rind that it would not be neccesijary
to continue to sell to small
subscribers through the postOffice.
There is little news from
Southern Poland where the
Russians, according to their
account, are delivering smashling
blows at the army of Archduke
Joseph Ferdinand, the advance
of which toward the
iLublin railway received its first
a^mck last Sunday. Appirently
^^^HUU^lWOetlClibeil \S HO IS
H^ffTng'Tn^ViisiVians' advance
on the right, between the
Krasnik region and the Bug
River, has been unable to render
any assistance or has withdrawn
[some of his troops for an attack
? elsewhere.
Here's a Business Man
. Sedan, Kan., is just an ordinary
country town of some 1,50b people.
j But it has at least one real
business man.
1 lis name is J. II. Kdwards,
i And now listen: Kd wards
Spends $2,000 with his local pa
jpers in advertising every year!
lias it paid him? Well, he
went to Sedan a few years ago
with but little capital. He now
owns a magnificent store, a nice
home, and a big farm.
"We value our advertising
enough to make it a part of our
assets," he says. "It is the live
wire of any business, and a person
can judge pretty well the
amount of energy behind a business
by the kind anil amount of
advertising that business is
doing.
When facts like the above
spring lip every now then all
over the United States, publishers
cannot help wondering what
it is that blinds the eye of the
average man to his possibilities
with printer's ink.?York News.
One Way to Tell
A gentleman from the North
was eager to see one of the farfamed
hook-wormed Georgia
crackers, so he asked an old
n<inrr/\ t / . /ki ? t /a n
"CRi" ?w I'wini win wnu.
"Yo' see thnt black spot ovah
yondah in the field?" asked
Mose, as he pointed toward an
object in the field a half mile
distant.
"Yes" replied the Northerner,
"but I can't tell whether that's a
man or a stump."
"Well, boss," was the reply,
"ef yo' watches it an houah an' it
moves it ain't a stump "
i
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Swat Him! I
Consider now the little fly,
whose name is rhymed with
Baby-bye. 1
lie has his birth in the Manure,
crawls forth and loiters in the
sewer;
And smeared with deadly typhoid
germs, he leaves his
brother maggot-worms,
Unfurls his dainty wings of silk
and dumps his microbes in the
milk
Where their huge numbers
mount and mount, increasing
me oactenai count,
I'ntil they reach the food supply
1 some woman feeds her babybye.
The fly comes gaily unto us, his
; feet all gaumed with poisonpus,
And singing clear his song so
sweet, alights and cleans them
on the meat.
He gathers scarlet-fever spores
and leaves them on the walls
and floors;
He is not proud, and oft will
stoop to carry heavy loads of
j croup.
Oh, do not call him indolent,
lie calls that summer day
misspent
In which he fails to load the
breeze with the live germs of
some disease;
And if he finds them not, tho
hurt, he'll be content with
just plain dirt
Consider well the little fly, who
buzzes so 'round Baby-bye.
?Anon.
He Wanted Money
'I nioirnoto ?
m IIC1IV ?V/V/I\CV1 U|J I 11A ~
1 patiently from his work, relates
"Well, mygc?S?i?^^Fh<r
snapped at the diffident and rural
looking visitor who stood twirling
his rusty hat, "what can I do
for you? Talk fast, please?my
I time is valuable."
"I guess you don't remember
me, I lank," faltered the caller.
The money king trowned as
he heard the old name, by which
none had dared to address him
for years.
"You an' me useter go swimmin'
together in the old town,"
went on the rustic. "We was
boys together, an' in purty much
the same circumstances. Your
' dad an' my dad?"
"Yes, yes," interrupted the
Croesus, impatiently.
"Well, you got a job in the
bank, an' I got a job in th'
! grocery store. That made all the
; diffrunce."
"This is all very?er?interest
ing, birt get to the point. I seem
roinntYiK^ir i-rvnr fnnn knt "
I IV 1 I 1 IV I I 1 tJKs 1 JVJl.II 1 UW L/lll
j "Yes, Hank. You got a better
start, an' left the old village, ut I
kep' a plugein' along in th' grocery
store. It was purty hard to
make both ends meet, an'?"
"Well?well? I see?same old
story. You want irfoney, I suppose,
and?"
"You always was a smart one,
I lank. When vou left the village,
you owed me$78.(>2 on a grocery
bill. Here's where you come
acrost, you durned old skinflint."
LAYING-BY TIME
|
Is the time to have that tfarm
, surveyed. You will not inter!
it'ttlt tltik n 1/ i r* nr At* Art4U/\t?
iiriv WIIII nnj iiiiiiMii^ wi
ing of your crops by taking
j advantage of this season. Call
on or 'phone J. V. Funderburk,
i in the Bank of Pageland Building,
Pageland, S. C.
Visitor?"What's that new
structure on the hill there?"
Farmer?"Well, if I find a tenant
for it it's a bungalow; if I don't
it's a barn."?Ex.
President Wilson Shaken Up In
An Automobile Accident
Cornish, N. J. July 10. President
Wilson was in an automobile
accident near Newport, N.
II. tonight with members of his
family, but no one was hurt.
When his machine stopped to
avoid frightening a horse, a
small automobile bumped into
the White House car from behind,
breaking the front lights
on the small machine.
President Wilson, Mrs. Francis
B. Say re. Miss Helen Wood
row Bones and Mrs. Norman
Gait of Washington were
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, wlio 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 torward hold far
away from the ammunition.
Line officials here believe that
less vvarning sent to all ships and
had caused a search to be made
to ascertain if there were any
bombs aboard.
Carranza Army Occupied Mexican
Capital
Washington, Julr 10.?General
Pablo Gonzales has cccopied
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 outsidwlistricts of the city
itself. Whether any fighting occurred
in _ the streets or the
Zapata forces had evacuated
was not stated.
Important Events.
14(>5?The Bible was first
nrintod at Monlz.
1471?Caxton set up his printing
press.
1535?The first English Bible
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's Fair at Chicago.