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Vol.6 NO. 22 PAGELAND, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 16, ?916 $1.00 per yea:
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uuuu juggers or rorage i"oison- ?
ins
Several horses died in this section
a few weeks ago from so- j
called meningitis, blind staggers 1
or some other derangement of c
the nervous system. Mr. G. A. I
Roberts of the N. C. Agricultur- t
al college writing to Mr. J. W. ^
Cameron, of Anson county, has c
the following interesting things
to say: *
Forage poisoning or "blind r
staggers" in horses and occasion- 1
ally mules is again very preva- c
lent in some sections. The c
symptoms are generally first t
shown by some derangement of
the nervous system. This part c
is generally noticed to be the t
most seriously affected of any other
part of the body, and the s
symptoms vary occording to the |s
part of the brain involved. In i c
many very acute cases marked 2
excitement or delirium is often 1
present. In less acute cases, c
when the animal is standing still, 1
he is usually found pushing his *
head into the corner of his stall 2
or fence. If the animal is mov- I
ing, he will be found to be walk- f
ing towards one side or in a cir- *
cle, always in the same direction (
to either the right or left. If an 1
attempt Is made to turn him to I
the opposite side, he will often *
fall. \n examination of the 1
eyes will show tothl or partial
blindness on the side to which 2
Vto ?e *??/ T?? ?? * 1 J ?? ?' *
u? la iuiuiu^. hi limu ur ciiron- 4
ic cases the animal usually has 1
difficulty in swallowing: his feed *
and water, and often after lying ^
down will be unable to rise with- s
out assistance. f
In taking steps to remedy the 1
disease it will he found that in *
_ - sftmi*: rfcw i/i *hfk*THlfh^t ?
animal will recover, even if nothing
is done. Curative measures
are of little value, for practically
every drug and all mechanical
means have been tried. A brisk
hypodermic purge is thought by '
many to be useful in the first
stages. Drenches should not be
given as the throat is often para- 1
lvzed and fhp Hrpnrh (taqc
v UUVVIi
into the lungs. 1
Prevention should he sought '
as far as possible. Always select
the best of the feeds for the '
horses and mules. Upon find *
ing a case, after a period of free- I
dom from the disease, extra care should
be given to this selection 1
of good feed. A variety should 1
be given, so as to be sure that <
the animals are not getting too
much of the contaminated food.
In many cases it is easv to see
that the feed is bad; in oiher 1
cases, the leed would not be sus- pected
at all if there were any i
other place to fasten the blame. ;
If a case occurs among the i
animah a complete change of (
feed should be made, if possible, i
until the trouble has abated in i
the community. Later the same t
feed can often be given with i
safety. Corn and fodder are the ^
feeds appearing to be contamin- 1
ated most frequently. Shelling j
off the ends and washing in ?
water is often recommended. \
The lodder may be spread out ^
in the sun and aired for a time t
to free it of its danger. a
We are inclined to believe i
that there are very few cases, if 1
any, in which the symptoms de- c
velop after the contaminated s
feed has been removed. t
In 99 per cent of all the cases \
we have investigated, naturally, r
since nearly all animulls get f
corn, some part of the corn plant c
either grain or fodder, has teen t
l 1 * *
neia in suspicion. Therefore,
we invariably recommend that f
all corn and fodder he tempc- (
rarily cut out upon appearance s
of the first case on the farm; and a
on the first appearance of it in t
jmon county Will tlave Warm t
Campaign
Monroe, Feb. 13.?This year c
iromises to witness one of the
iveliest political campaigns ever 11
;xperienced in this county. ^
dominations will be made in c
he primary for all county offices L
vith the exception of the clerk
>f court, whose time does not a
ixpire until 1918. While the ofice-seekers,
it is thought, will c
lot be many, intimations of vaious
rings being formed through- t
>ut the county for the defeat of s
certain men now in office?are t
>eing freely made. p
So bitterly was the good roads i
juestion, which was defeated at
he polls on Saturday, February a
>, opposed by the outlying town i
hips; and, on the other hand,
o favored by Monroe, that seri- r
HIS mmnlirnfinne <-irn " -
r?.w wtmapilVUilVUO (I1C 11UU1C IU j>
irise that will disrupt the smooth- j
oess that has characterized re- a
:ent elections. The road ques v
ion was strenuously fought, v
>oth by the opposition and the p
iffirmative. Plenty of news)aper
space was bought in all <j
our of the county papers and E
ntimaiions of dubious motives t
>n the part of those who favored
he adoption of the proposed (
)lan were made in articles over y
he signatures of various promi- ^
tent Union County citizens. 8
The idea has been growing <j
ill along that the thing for Moil- t
oe to do was to "slip" a man in "]
he Legislature, and in turn, let g
lim "slip over" an appropriation, t
3ut nobody ever favored this \
icheme openly until The Ob- i,
.erver came out with an editor a
al Wednesday, statin? thnt th** -
nmg for Union County to do L
itfr-Rmfi na *tJUldi TSSU^tr,
like the Davidson County i
gentleman did in the last Legis- j
lature." That ignited the flame and
it is now said that it will be ,
impossible for a Monroe lawyer, ,
or any other Monroe citizen for
that matter, to get elected to the i
next Legislature just on account <
of the suspicion that is lurking <
in the minds of the country peo- <
pie that the town is 4 trying to t
slip one over 'em."
Whoever runs for the Legisla- j
lure this year will have to come <
out in the open if he wants to '
set elected, for most of the cili- i
tens of the other tnwnchine oo*.
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that they've got to know how \
tie stands on everything, espe- [
2ially good roads. t
i
patrimonial bonds are always ^
1 source of revenue to the minis- c
ter. 1
h" neighborhood, to use as large s
* variety ot mixed feeds and hav s
is is possible, so as to limit the i
ianger in getting the contamin- a
ition concentrated in any one i
eed. Medicinal tieatment for s
his trouble is of very limited a
/alue, although we believe that t
vith the early administration of 1
lvpodermic purges, and in the e
riving of stimulative agents that li
;ome cases terminate favorably s
vhen otherwise they would not. v
We can see no possibility of v
his trouble being contagious, a
ind so far as we know there is 11
10 investigator holds to the he
ief that it is contagious. On the n
>ther hand, while regretting to b
itate that no one has yet found p
he real cause, nearly every in ii
restifatnr : *
n^.w. w<awva nun ii icar- n
ied into the system through the n
eed, or water that has become Ii
ontaminated from feed or pas si
ure grasses. a
In many cases the feed will be a
omul to appear badly damaged, e
)n the other hand, we have v*
een several outbreaks in which c
is far as the naked eye could see ^
he feed was perfect. tl
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ive 'Men Required Three Hours
to Pour Liquor Into Sewer.
Charlotte Observer.
"Ilellup," gurgled the promilent
citizen, as lie leaned weaky
against the soda fount and
nopped his brow with the lapel
>f his coat, "they're gaining on
is."
"Who?" queried the attendant,
is, recognizing the svmptoms,
le reached for the sweet spirits
if ammonia.
"Them animals," answered
he P. C. and again lapeled him
tlf vigorously. "Now before 1
ell you this, whistle for the mor>hine
needle. You gonter think
am needing it bad, and I don't
ixpect to be in any position to
n?uc auuui n mysen. it was
ike this:
"I was out for a little spin and
ight on that bridge between
dvers Park and Dilworth; bingo;
got a blowout. Cussing naturilly
and fluently, I alighted and
vent to it. I most had it fixed
vhen I reached up on the para?et
of that bridge for a wrench.
Vhat you reckon I saw coming
lown Little Sugar Creek? Gimne
some more ammonia and I'll
ell you.
"Coming down. Little Sugar
>eek, I sa^v a catfish. It was
;indof floating; now on its back,
white of its belly
uowms* J a si as it got most unler
thebridk^its whiskers begun
o move, agitated like,
[lien it looked up and sawifie
ind those whiskers bristled lij?>>
he pictures of Charles riS
lughes. Then, when ii^lK |
ooked me over with entirt^g^j
pproval for a .ni n ute,. it WmnJ
. slimy tail right around w^t.?e]
. catfish's nose would.>l>i>]E^}
caffish had a nose. AtWUv,
the inference was plain. Reel
ing from one bank to the othei
and swimming on its back, thai
catfish went on down the creek,
still wiggling its tail at me.
UI turned around again to get
,hat wrench, when way up the
:reek I saw a muskrat coming.
Dne time it would be in the midHe
of the creek; and the next
ime I would see it, it would be
ill tied up with the underbrush
llongthe bank, kind of drifting
dong wiih the city's tide, effect.
Then when it was most to the
>ridge, it stopped; treading water
tnd scratching its head like it
lad forgot something. Finally
t turned around about a dozen
mies ana neaded lor a hole
inder a willow tree. When it
rot to the front door, it crawled
nil on land. Before it had gone
8 inches, its foot slipped and it
kidded back in the creek. This
eemed to confuse the animal
omehow and other, and it took
t, I know, five minutes to dock
igain. Very carefully this time,
t crawled to that hole, but intead
of going in head first like
iny self respecting musk rat. it
ried to get in sideways. For
0 minutes it pushed and squirmd
in a vain effort to get in that
lole; always sideways. The reult
was inevitable, so directly,
with a sigh of resignation, it
wrapped its tail about a limb
nd went to sleep on the door
lat.
"But it was that frog that got
le. That frog came out of a
unch of grass. He wasn't hop
>ing. No, sirree. lie was walk
ig; reared up on those hind legs
ill he looked a foot tall. I'll ad
lit his gait wasn't very graceful,
t was mostlv like a man with
nowshoeson coming home from
stag party, sorter flat and with
heap ol lost motion. It teeterel
over to an old tin can that
/as lying stuck in the mud and
rawled up on top. 1 threw my
/reuch at it and came home on
le rim when it began to dance
i
Secretary Garrison's Resignation
Brings Harmony
Washington, Feb, 11.?A new
note of harmony and co-operation
on national refense problems
was struck in the house
military committee today as a
direct result of the resignation of
Secretary Garrison. It found expression
in the adoption of a resolution
declaring the committee's
appreciation of the confidence
President Wilson reposed
in it and in the senate commit
tee as disclosed in his correspondence
with Mr. Garrison.
The nonpartisan character of
the feeling was emphasized bv
the fact that the resolution was
offered by Representative Kahn
of California, ranking Republican
member of the committee.
Members of both the congressional
committees declared that
the war secretary's withdrawal
had brought out sharply the
president's desire that congress
should work out its army prob
lems in its own best judgment,
despite his personal preference
for the continental army scheme
advocated by Mr. Garrison and
the army war college. The net
result, they agreed, was a clarification
of the congressional atmosphere
and the assurance of
support for the bills from elements
of both the Democratic
Republican sides which had
heretofore been counted against
defense measures.
L In substance, it is believed,
Bye bills will represent an effort
^sijec'.ive virtually all!
the exceiAton that federaTT
Hgggton Of the National Guard I
hiriU be a substitute for the_ con-j_
TObental or^
Both house and senate com
mitlees will take up the work of
[ drafting the measures Monday
and it is planned to hold all day
sessions whenever possible,
r The house committee brought
to a close today public hearings
on army plans and ordered an
elaborate index of the volumes
so there would be as little delay
. as possible in committee consideration
or the struggle on the
floor. Similar steps were taken
by the senate committee.
Present indications are that
the house bill will lav sirpss nn.
?^ ~
on provisions designed to federalize
the National Guard, while
the senate committee's main effort
will go into the regular
armv angles of preparedness
plans. The final measures sent
to the president for his signature
will be a compromise, it is
thought.
something that looked like a
cross between the Highland
iling and the Scottische. That
got on my nerves.
"You got the needle ready?"
"That's not what you need,"
answered the fount custodian
with o crrin "Vai. '?
h i ?u utcu niiurmation
and I got it. Hark ye.
This afternoon at 4 o'clock,
Chief Horace Iloore poured out
250 gallons of whiskey; 10 cases
of beer, and eke one barrel of
the same. It was the accumulation
of months of diligent atten
tion to the caressing of sightless
felines. It took five men three
hours to do the work and the
aroma has already put three extra
kicks in the tail of the drag
on the city hall clock. I ask you,
where did it go? It went into
the sewer. I ask you, where
does the sewer go? Why, to
Little Sugar Creek. Ask me
something hard."
"Ah-ha, I see," quoth the nar
rator. "Throw out that ammonia
and gimme a chocolate i
milk. Poor old muskrat. 11
womler if his wife caught hira."!
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A Letter From Representati\ e 1
Rivers.
Columbia, S. C Feb. 12?The ;
Pageland Journal: The Legis- i
lature, according to the signs is ,
nearing a close for this session.
There are a great many important
and state-wide measures proposed
and on the calendar, viz.,
The rural credits bill, which pro
poses for the State to loan to
worthy citizens, money at a low
rate of interest with which to
purchase land; another is the bill
infC1 r ? '
iuuv/uu^cu uy OCllllIUJ LilllCy in
the senate and Mr. Odom in the
House, to abolish the Southeastern
Underwriters Association
or any compact of fire insurance
companies. This meas
ure is intended to lower the
premium iate on fire risks in
this state. The Employers Lia
bility Act passed this week and
does awav with the old common
law defenses bv railroads and
others of the assumption of risk,
contributary negligence, and
the fellow servant idea, or at
least that is the intention of the
measure.
This has been a strenuous session
of the General Assembly.
There has been more legislation
proposed and bills introduced
than has ever been known, and
this body has gone on record for
killing off and disposing of wild
measures, ine ways and
Means committee has been severely
criticized for its policy of
economy, and especially by
some who think that we did not
opproprlate enough for\he colleges
and too.iuiichfor the (Common
"schools. Th is^iiasbepn
my ^flight. I told the peopT?s*5
my campaign that I thought bufi
cdupijiojvai system
TOvv. The appropWfion^MI
rural graded schools Xas gone
up from $45,000 to $110,000 and
I am proud that I have had some
hand in this fight. I also advo
cated the Torrens system of land
registration, an I have had the
satisfaction of seeing that meas1ITP
r?Q<CC tVir/Minrli ?Vi? u ?1
r-uu >U1V/U^u II1C 1 IUUSC, VII"
though it is now held up in the
senate.
I have passed by a hard fight
Mv bill which I discussed before
the people in regard to requir
ing the Manufacturers of Fertil
izers to give the source of ammonia
contained in their pro
duct. I think it will be of great
benefit to the farmers of our
country.
The dele^ntion hoc r??ce^.i ?
n^..w.< ?MU pUOJV/U 41
bill changing the manner of exI
pending the commutation money
on out roads. Have also passed
a bill allowing any school dis
trict in Chesterfield county, by
election to finance the building
of school houses. So you see
we have not been idle, and I
don't think we have been recreant
to our duty. The state
levy has been reduced 12 mill
and our county levy has been
reduced, in the last two years, 1
mill. But our taxes will still be
v.:~u :r ?
inKii ii we Keep up our scnool
work and give our children the
facilities to obtain at least a <
common school education,
which is the subject nearest to
my heart. I can't for my life
see how any reasonable mar. <
could object to paying a local i
tax to support his home school. :
With best wishes to you and i
vour readers ?J. C. Rivers. <
i
The editor ot the "heart to- i
heart talk" column of a daily I
newspaper received the following
letter from a young man: I
"riease tell me why it is that!J
a girl closes her eyes when a! <
fellow kisses her?"
To which the editor, in a fien-1
man luuuieai, replied: i (
"Send me your photograph j f
and perhaps \ can tell you." 11
2 Quarts a Monti], Says Sen; *e.
Inhibition measures w i re
further entrenched in So-, th
Caroline Wednesday when the
senate by a vote of 26 to 18 induced
the amount of liquors tuat
may be imported each moi th
from one gallon to two qua:ts.
Earlier in the morning an
amendment to limit montl ly
shipments to one quart was rejected
by a vote of 21 to 2.V
Several other amendments wi re
offered, among these being two
to allow the alternative to bt or
shipments. One by Sena'or
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nu^iics ui union wouia prov; le
for 60 bottles or one-half barrel
of beer monthly. Senator Sinkk r
of Charleston offered in sub:'.i
tute an amendment to provi le
for 30 bottles of beer. Vote w is
not taken on the alternative
amendments during the mornii g
session.
In the evening the bill wvs
further modified by the adoptii n
of the Hughes amendmei t,
which provided for month, y
shipments of 60 pint bottles of
beer in lieu of the two quarts of
whiskey. The amendment w: s
adopted by a vote of 22 to 10.
The Hughes amendment w: s
further modified to precluc'j
shipments of beer with a co:.tent
of alcohol greater than 5
per cent. Provision was als > 1
made to have beer shipped i:i
open cases, that rigid inspectic i
might be enforced. The bill i n
its entirety was passed by a volj
of 28 to 12.
Stevenson For Better Roads
first, because it uses our roads to
carry the mails; second, because
it benefits practically everybody ;
thiid, because our states anu
counties in 191 t spent $249,075,
007.00 on public roads and thi
United States Government usee
1,220,579 miles of them in carrying
the mails, and spent nothing.
Our states, counties and townships
will be loaded down with
debt soon to build and maintain
roads for the nntiotv.il i?nv?m.
ment to use. Congress spent
?50,000 on an experimental road
or two in 1014; and lourth, because
the United States Government
lias spent ?175, 000.00 on
river work to make water transportation.
Now help the inland
farmer bv fixing his road a little.
Will give more facts next
time.
(Advertise nient)
Who Said it?
Monroe Journal.
There used to be a pioneer
Methodist preacher in this Conference
named Scarboro. He
was on the circuit here before
the war and he was an ardent
prohibitionist in the days when
that was unpopular. I le lived
in Monroe and preached over a
county or two. After the war
there wre four years when the
people made little, owing to the
bad seasons and lack ?>! farming
equipment. The four years*
rij?lil nIter the svar were known
as faminme years. Then Mr.
Scarboro was sent back to this
circuit. An old fellow down in
L'hcstertield who didn't like his
prohibition ideas, wailed. "We
had four vears of war, then four
years of famine, and now it's
four more years of Scarboro."
Ionian was a rocky road in them
lays.
It is fun to watch the actions
a widow and a widower who
iv .wiMuu.s h? riMir.irry wnen
bey tet io?clhcr.