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J BLOODY EVE!
Escaped Negro Kill:
v. Four Pursuers f
Burning
Soperton, Ga., Special.?Two negroes
lynched and a posse in pursuit
of the wife of one of the victims; the
killing of a prominent plnnter, a
- ** a*
uicuiucr ui tne posse; the probable
fatal injury of the slierilT of Montgomery
county and the wounding of
four other members of the ]>osse
summarizes the result of one of the
most exciting man-hunts this section
lias ever known.
Ben Clark, an escaped convict from
the Bibb county chningang, was shot
to death after a fierce battle early |
Friday morning and his body burned.
The negro threatened to kill Nicholas
Adams, a merchant of Kibbo,
"and a hundred others."
John Sweeny, who horbored the
ex-convict, was taken from a passenger
train a mile from Tarrytown
Friday night and lynched.
The posse then set out in search
of Sweeney's wife, who, it is said,
was in the neighborhood. Intense ex
cuement prevails thrughout this sec-|
tion. '
PEONAGE CHARGES AGAIN
Pittsburg, Special.?The lirst testimony
offered in the federal government
investigation into the charges
of peonage against ollieials of the
Pressed Steel Car company in Schoenville,
whose d.."><)(( employes are on
strike, in wliieh. it was alleged, force
was used to compel imported workingmen
to work, developed late
Thursday. Tl q Pressed Steel Car
company's attorney attempted to
hold the man who testified that lie
was made to work against his will,
hut this was prevented bv the AustroHugarian
consul attorney and the assistant
federal district attorney.
All testin t uv was taken Thursday
in the form of affidavits. From the
first dozen witnesses called, little information
upon which to base peonage
charges was elicited, the witnesses
for t!i- greater part declaring
that their 1? od had been had and
their treatment rough, hut citing no |
J./l..:, -
ucmme p<i>< a< ! 01117 responsible.
Alexnmh r Eriedman, a llanjrar-!
ian of Nov: V.-He. was the witness!
who made ?'< -"nsalional eharges of)
the day. lie ^tii-1 lie was brought \
here l."? da's a with 100 other men i
from New Y< He a id alleges they wore
brought undiv !al-e impressions. lie
said the workmen wore given to understand
there was no strike at tlit* |
works of the Pressed Steel Car company.
IIo said he was in the plant i
before he learned of the strike. FroidENGLISH
AVIATOR BREAKS
Rheims, By Cable?Ilenrv Farman.
the English aviator, a hitherto unknown
quantity in the aviation contests.
in a biplane of his own design,
broke the world's record fur duration
of flight and distance in a heavierthan-air
machine Friday and won the
grand prix do la Champagne?the endurance
tost?by a remarkable flight
officially recorded as 180 kilometres
(111.78 miles), in 3 hours, 4 minutes,
5(5 2-5 seconds.
He actually covered an extra ten
kilometres and remained in the air
ten minutes after 7:30 o'clock in the
afternoon, the hour that the time
keepers, under the rules, ceased to
keep a reord of the flight.
Although Farman's brilliant record
as aeroplanist should have warned
GULFSTORM DOES DAMAGE
Brownsville. Tex., Special.?After
spending the night at the quarantine
station at Tarpon beach, refugees
brought to the mainland Friday by
the life-saving crew from Brazos de
Santiago, tell of damage to the Pedro
and Brazos islands as a result of the
gulf storm, which swept inland
Thursday night. At Tarpon beach
COLORED KNIGHTS AVERT 1
Kansas City, Mo., Special.?Swinging
their swords above the heads of
the belligerents, and declaring that
unless the trouble ceased they would
use them, a company of negro
Knights of Pythias Friday prevented
what promised to be a race riot
^nrinf* a O 1
v. M. C* I'UKIUC Ui IUC UUpit'IlK'
Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
The trouble began when W. S. Jarboe,
a laundryman, accompanied hv
bis wife, wrove through the parade
of 5,000 negro Knights, at Twelfth
and Central streets. Several negroes
steaMerohio sinks with
Seattle, Wash., Special.?Five lives
were lost in the sinking of the Alaska
Steamship Company's steamer
Ohio off Steep Point, Alaska, early
Friday. There were 128 passangers
aboard, but all these escaped, the
victims being employes. The loss of]
the steamer and the cargo is total.
The drowned are Purser F. J. Stephen,
of Seattle; Wireless Operator,
George E. Eccles, of Winnipeg; two
aeamsn and the quartermaster, whose.
M GEORGIA
? One and Wounds I
?Lynching and '
Follows.
4
.lames Durden, a prominent planter 1
and member of the possee which
captured Clark, was shot and in- f
stnntly killed. Tlie other members of
the posse who were shot by Clark e
were: SharitT .Tames l.ester, Walter c
Simmons and three others unknown, r
The officer received an ugly wound in a
the breast. j
i lie posse round Clark by poinp |
into Sweeny's house. Sweeny's wife
was at home, lint Sweeny was absent.
The sheriff called on Clark to snr- t
render. For answer he received a \
I !-!-calibre bullet fired from a rapid- ,
[ tire pun.
| Harden was shot and other members
of the posse fell before the T
torrent of lead dealt by the ncpro. c
lie continued to lire until his atnmu- t
nition was exhausted. He was then r
overpowered and his body riddled
with bullets. Tie wore a steel breastplate
that turned Winchester bullets. - 1
A pile of lops was covered with crude *
turpentine and tlie body cremated. ?
Sweeny was eararht near here Fri- t
day afternoon. lie was carried {
aboard a northbound train to a so- j
eluded *?ood near Tarry town, where {
his body was riddled with bullets f
after hcinp swunp to a snplinp. ,
ST STEEL CAR COMPANY. J
man allesred that the ear company (
pi< ked out the strongest lookinp im- t
[juried worKinjrmen and itiaile guards
of them. He testified these guards y
handled the men in a rough manner. <
Friedman stated that lie had been I
at work in the plant a few days when i
he was asked if he did not want to
n ake some overtime money, and f
when he replied affirmatively, he wn\ i
taken to the kitehen and told to work c
there. Friedman said he refused. 4
| After so doinjr, he stated, he was <
roughly handled by the workingmen (
guards. i
Friedman said the workmen guards
then took him before company nfliI
eials and asserted the officials said
I they should compel him to work in
the kitchen. This they succeeded in
doing, according to the witness, who
was also told that his pay for the
lours' enforced work would be his
supper.
Freidman did not claim he had
' been forced to stav inside of the car
j plant, hut stated he could point out
men who had been compelled to remain
at work against their wills.
Foiled States District Attorney
Jordan refused to comment on tlie
dis< Insures, but it is now said by
those in a position to know that suit
ir, peonage charges will more than
| likelv be filed against minor officials
I of the car plant within the next ten
' days.
THE RECORD AT FHECKS
tr.e sharps that he was a dangerous
competitor, bis victory was a complete
surprise. He bad been preparing
bis machine secretly and had not
appeared upon the field until Fridav
except for a few practice flights, and
had been almost forgotten.
Indeed, after he started about 4:J0
p. m., keeping close to the ground,
while Lenliam and others were soar|
ing in spectacular fashion high in
trie air. Farman attracted no attention
until he had flown 80 kilometres.
| Then suddenly the watchers woke up
and began to make inquiries, only to
discover that he had gone out enrryI
ing petrol enough for a 5-hour flight,
j and equipped with a self-cooling re?
i?i--- "
I . wt.mp, luuiui uuiu uy ine unome ,
' Company after his own desism. i
; PEOPLE BARELY ESCAPE i
every building except the light bourse
and quarantine station were either <
damaged cr destroyed but, so far as 1
ascertainable, no lives were lost. The J
greater damage, it is stated, was the '
result of the high waves, the wind *
not attaining a violent velocity. Fur- '
niture and wreckage of buildings 8
washed ashore at Point Isabel, Fri- '
day, three miles across the bay. j
MOT WITH DRAWN SWORDS
[ not in the line of march, seized the
bridle of the horse. "Yon can't j
pass here," they shouted. Mrs. Jnrboe
seized n whip and struck at the ]
men. Instantly a hundred excited i
negroes crowded about the wagon. 1
One wrested the whip from the wo- *
man, striking her a number of times j J
and inflicting painful bruises. Many J s
wnite men rushed to the aid of the t
laundryman. A riot eall was sent to (
the police headquarters, but before 1
the police arrived, the armed Knights 1
had restored order.
I FIVE MEMBERS OF CREW
names are not given. The wireless
dispatch says the Ohio sank in three 1
minutes. '
The Dolphin, another Alaskan 1
Steamship Company boat, due at <
Ketchikan Friday night, was ordered <
by wireless to stand by in Swanson 1
hay and give assistance. The Ohto 1
was insured for $20,000. Capt. John <
Johnson, her navigator, was regarded 1
as one of the moat skillful on the '
Pacific coast. ?
NEW WORLD'S RECORI
Time and Speed Records in Ae.
Navigation Lowered.
Rheims, France, By Cable?A ir
rclous prolonged high flight of
cilouietres (18 1-2 miles) in a
mot breeze by Paulham and
istablislunent of a new world *s
ord for 10 kilometres at the rate
iG miles an hour by Bleriot, were
eatures of the aerial race meet
fues< I ay.
Owing to the high winds th
irobablv would have been no flig
xeept for the visit in the aftorm
if President Fallieres and hLs Ci
let. The President was accompan
Iso by distinguished otlieers of
french and British armies. His pi
ince stimulated the sky pilots, am
lo/.en machines were brought out
he field, but a majority of tl
vere unable to battle against
rinds.
Young Bunau-Yarilla, howc
ritli his machine plunirinsr like a s
m a stormy sea, managed to navii>
he turbulent air currents for
ound.
I'aulham, who already had woi
eputation for courage and en
aneo, bcjran !iis thrilling flight,
nade his first two rounds at an a
ude of LViO feet, but ascending
root of the tribunes as he elite
he third circuit he reached a hei
if between 400 and 500 feet. 1
spectators grazed aloft in admirat
ninpled with horror, for as t
ratehed, the biplane struck w
seemed a den^crons oniric. The
hine swayed in the wind but e
ime righted itself.
Paulhum completed his exp
with a wonderful exhibition of n
suvering. His achievement has in
um tue unrivaled hero of the 111
ng.
Hleriot's record-making lap
iccomplishcd with his 80 hc-rse-po
nnehine at a low level. He made
circuit of 0 1*5 miles in 8 minu
1 2-5 seconds. The best previous
)rd was made Monday by Glenn
2urtiss, the American aviator, 8 r
ites, .'15 2-G seconds.
Truce in Strike District.Pittsburg,
Special.?Gloom coi
>d the little manufacturing villagi
tlcKee's Kocks like a pall. 1.
'uneral processions, pitiful in tl
ittempt at proper decorum, wen
heir way at queer hours from
jreek Catholic church to St. Mai
Cemetery, a small burying plot ;
>utside Schoenville. Strikers
heir families crowded in the
>f these fueral trains, dressed
heir finery and hearing an air
leep grief. One band of eight mi
ians furnished the tunes to wt
lie strikers tramped in dust
trime to pay their respects to
lien they look upon as martyrs t
low lost cause.
The finding, late Teusday of tl
nore bodies of terribly beaten sti
sympathizers was also horrifying
ts ghanstliness, for troopers deta
o the work of searching for dead ;
vounriert, made little elTort to sji
lie feelings of the men who gat lie
il)out tliem when the bodies, two
ler a pile of railroad ties, and
tnder a culvert on the tracks of
Pittsburg & l.ake Erie Railr
vere pulled into sight. The eorp
lardlv recognizable as those of
nan beings, were hastily piled int
norgne wagon and turned over to
rount v ollieials.
With the burial of the dead st
trs and the finding of the additie
jodies, came a truce in hostilit
from dawn to nightfall net a pi
ihot was heard; neither was an
est made.
3ultan Treats Prisoners Barbarou
Tangier, By fable.?By the f
;an's speeial order, according to
/ices from Fez, the prisoners c
ured at the defeat of F.l Roghi h
leen barbarously treated. The t
an first personally questioned tl
ind then had tliern taken in pro
>ion to the gate of the Bahelhai
vliere every prisoner had his ri
land severed and the stump plun
nto boiling pitch.
Excursion Steamer binks.
Montevideo, Uruguay, Spoeial.t
driving rainstorm about fi o'el
Tuesday morning the Argentine
rursion steamer Colombia and
North German Lloyd steamer Sell
en collided at the entrance of Moi
rideo harbor. Tlie Colombia was
erin^ port, and the Schlesien
?utward bound for Bremen.
Colombia's bow was crushed in
Mic miii k iiwin'Mi iininnuuii'iy.
ween 150 and 200 persons were 1
>d or drowned. The Colombia <
ried about 200 passengers and
:rew of 48 men. Most of tbc i
lengers were asleep and pun'.c
owed the crash.
Shoots at Everybody He Meet
Monroe, I,n., Special.?Ang?
Jeeause two of his friends had t
ihot by police officers, William
Wade, a negro Tuesday ran am
>n the streets of Monroe with
louble-barreled shotgun, shooi
8rst at every white man he saw
then firing indiscrimately at e>
>hject before him, finally fell d
wiih a bullet througn his heart.;
men, three of them members of
>vn race was seriously injured.
B ll PALMETTO HAPPENINGS j (
rial !> !| 1
11 News Notes of General Interest
tar- '' From All Parts of the State. ![
30 a
V
Dispensary Accounts Must Be Ap- ,
the proved.
re- According to a notice Dispensary
of Auditor West sent to county dispellthe
sary boards those hoards in counties
ing making payments for whiskey or di- 1
viding profits or paying out anything
ero except for strictly current expenses ^
hts are liable to get in trouble. These
oon accounts must first be approved by j
ibi- Mr. West. ^
ied The notice reads:
the "Gentlemen: This is to give you
res- notice that under section 2 of an act
j a of the general assembly, 1 DO!), pro- ^
on viding for the closing of the several
dispensaries in those counties votim?
torn 1
against salt*, that no claims are to bo
the paid by you until same haw boon >
audited, approved and ordered paid .\
k.cr by the State dispensary auditor. This
, . of course, does not include nor pre- >
^ vent the payment of the current ex- I
ate peases incident to closing up the o<
one business, but does include such items ,,
as may he due the whiskey houses |
? n with which vou <l<> business, anv tin(la
f
, paid profits and amounts that vou |
1 " may owe hanks on notes for borrow- '!
ed money. It is expected that all '
liti- county dispensary boards will adhere 1
in strictly to the provisions of this net,
red an<^ an-v of same will be re- 1
"lit Ported promptly for the reason that
fhe would in all prohabuilitv give rise |'
ion *? t'on,pl'<'al'ous furnish vound "
l,,.y l?r suits and litigations."
bat prn|nP, ,1. c 1
nia. 111 uctiguiown.
aeb Georgetown. Special.?Protest was '
entered Wednesday against the dis- '
loit pensary election for this county by 1
inn- N\ alter lla/ard, Ksq., acting as at- "
ade torney for the lsiw and Order leaeet
puc. while the opposite side was rep- ^
resented by Messrs. Wilt-ox & Wilwas
cox of Florence.
wer The point upon which the protest
the was entered was that in certain prates,
cincts of the county people were alrcc
lowed to vote on tax executions, eonII
trnrv to the State eonstitution, which ,'1
aim provides that in order for a person 1
to be a qualified elector, his poll tax v
receipt must he dated six months
previous to any election or satisfae,-er
,or.v evidence {riven that the poll tax '
i ha?l been paid six months previous
to any election. It is alleged by the "
on" Law and Order leairue that persons V
lieir were allowed to vote on their tax "
ded executions, which were paid only a :l
the days previous to the election.
which, under the eonstitution, dis- j
^ s qualified tliein as electors. However,
just iho hearinsr was held in the court "
and house, anTT it was decided that the
van contestants atrainst the election did
jn not establish sufficient evidence in
o'g maintain their contention. It is said ,s
,; that the contest will be annealed.
iTch t
.1M(j House With a Past in Ashes in Bamthe
bcr?o
a Rainbcr;,', Special.?Fire enrlv
Monday morning destroyed n small ]'
iree wooden structure which has loinr
ike been an eye sore to the people of this '
in community. The building was a
iled survivor of the days when the town ''
and 1 was first built. Mr. J. B. Brickie was
mre I n heavy loser in the fire, lie having !"
red | had the place rented as a general reun*
i pair shop for {runs, automobiles and
one bicycles. llis insurance was only
the $-00. while his loss is between $800
oad aiul $1,000. The little shop which ses,
was destroyed has had a long and
liu- checkered career. Within its walls '
o a have been conducted all kinds of "
the trades; and during the time which a
it stood there it is said that at least ''
rik* 10 men and boys have met death i?*
mal it accidentally and otherwise. Some V
ies. even place the number as >iitrh as r<
stol , 13. In addition to these deaths it c<
ar- has been the scene of numerous a:
fights and quarrels. h'
Robs Store in Daylight.
Pinewood, Special.? A bold roba<^~
berv was committed here Wcdnesj
...U i. ' a - -ar n \r
uuy wucu t* negru wcni mio Airs. r,.
5nl? Harwich's 6tore while she was at <lin- n
lem nor and took $11 out of her cash o!
ce.s" drawer. The store was wide open w
11 Is.' and Mrs. Hurwick's clerk was standjfht
. .
ge(j insr on sidewalke in front of store
when the deed was committed. "
tl
j Tragic Death cf Wm. M. Chandler.
As told in the press dispatches,
ex- Mr. William M. Chandler, of South r.
the Carolina, editor of the Panama Press t?
'^3* met with a traffic death in Panama hi
~ Wednesday. He was killed by Oen. st
en~ 11. O. Jeffries, who figured prom- T
inentlv in the Panamanian revolu- C
Tl? tiun. ' I.
I j The dispatclies say that he was C
.jj killed on account of a publication w
v which is alleged to have reflected up- 01
on a sister-in-law of Jeffries. He hi
was knocked down and stunned bv l?i
tlit* use of the butt of a revolver, and hi
? was then kicked violently. al
New Cotton at Leosville. ''
8' Lecsville, Special.?The Hrst hale
red of this season's cotton was ginned '
?een here Wednesday by the Leesville oil
S. mill ginnery lor Mr. T. E. Ri sin per,
uck a planter on the Fredonia farms. o1
a which is owned by that progressive 01
ting and persevering agriculturist, Dr. D.
and 1 M. Crosson. It was bought by ''
rtry | Matthews & Houknight company, of
lead this place, uud the price paid was n
291 121-2 cents per pound. The hale S1
his weighed 583 pounds and classed good $
m id u ling. ?
jONVICT shoots convict
toland Steele Shot by hjart Williams
While Trying to Escape.
Rook Hill. Special.? Roland Steele,
negro with several other aliases,
rlio was set it to the chain-gam; from
his place for larceny, was shot at
he stockade, two miles south of this
ity Saturday morning l?y Mart Willains,
another eouviet. and his ohanos
are pretty slim for getting well, so
lie attending physician slates. Steele
ad been on the sick list and was
It under the care ot Williams, who
? lho cook tor t ho jranir. Steele irot
ioso juul iiuiilo a ?lasli for liberty.
Viliiams y rah hod a shotgun loaded
itli buckshot and called on Steele to
top, which ho refused to do, and
Viliiams fired.
Eight Ears on Corn Stock.
Chester. Special.? Mr. John T,.
liller. one <>t the leading farmers of
lie Wellridyo nciyhhorhnod, had a
'.ilk oi corn in the oil\ Saturday
roni a patch that he is ymwiny aci?r?linir
to Knapp's co-operative deioiisI
rat ion mothods. ami with which
o hopes to win the pri/.c ot'forod liv
'onuiiissioiior K. J. Watson lor the
est acre of corn srrown hv a South
atolina tart. if. The stalk eontaind
ciylit oars and was one that was
lown down by the heavy wind and
aiu of a tow days aim. There are
iiuinhcr of ^t:i11<- in the |nilcli that
ave ciyht ears, and one at lejist that
< laden down with ten ears. The
talks rnnuc all the way from two
ars to eiuht ami ten oars, all of the
ars heini! wi'll developed. wit 11 prom*e
of inakinir tint* corn. Sonic of
I lose who have seen this act corn
liink that Mr. Miller will easilv
"take lOtt liushels. ami some think
hat he will make much more. The
iehl of foihler from the psitch. which
as been cultivated strictly according
n the Williamson tnclltod. was AI'J
undies.
The Thirsty Make Merry.
<Ylumhia. S|iecial.?After the lontr
ml uu'cravnlin<r thirst of a month
lie Morally Stunted made hitrh earniiil
with dispensary liquor Saturday
fternoon and niuht. The result was
full docket of drunks before the
'olumhia recorder for Monduv. some
hirly-live in number, win drunk mi
cyrocs dead at the bands of police
lliccrs. a liverynuin named I.ucas serausly
cut by his brother-in-law
cross the Contraree in I trunk himl
own. and a eitrar box full of srreenacks
in the hands of the chief sis
ail money incident to Saturday
ijrht "s opera! ions.
Paying for Protection.
t 'hsirleston. Special, t'hief C on
table luit email ami his torce added
'hnrsdav SI gallons of whiskey In
lie seizures of this week, aj^revrate.r
alimit .hill <rall<?ii> ui four days,
li nn! oil gallons were taken at I lie
eot of (trove street, when* tie* liipior
a<l iiroha ly net lonjr before been
iiulcd from a I oat nn the Aslilev
iver. mill the res* of the haul was
iken in cis- mmds I'rnin the office
I the Sunt hern F.xnress company.
itii the seizures whieh the polii-e
opart incut has made. as stateil I lie
liml timrs !ia\ h en !iit a hard hlow
his week.
Jealout Man Kills Bride.
>"jiartjpihiirj-. Sp-eial. M <. ! lnei?r
oiler. aired Is years, wile oi' ,1. II.
oiler, a lamer of Fairmont, this
unit v. at noon Sat unlay was s|e>t
n<l killed hv .Tne 1 kites, employed hv
it* city as eliaineatnr irnnnl. The
loutimr neeurred at I he residence of
I*. I'. Cox. 011 Thompson street, a
lati*'e of the litis'and < !' the deeeas1.
rates had emnlnved tlie woman
s a hn;tse-l;e? je r and was evuel to
"r l ut it is h, lievcil t' at her leaving
i 111 angered him.
Dispensaries Reopen.
fYlnnihia, Special.?The dispensars
opened throughout the State Satrdav
afternoon following the action
f the State hoard of canvassers
hich passed on the returns of the
leetion in the 21 dispensary counties,
iken. Florence and Beaufort comics
remain closed until protests from
lese counties can he determined.
Seizing "Fine Whiskey."
Charleston. Special. The police
tilling was active late Thursday af rnoon,
confiscating more contrami!
stuff ami vying with the conahles
in amount of liquor seized,
he total seizures as given out by
hit f Boyle amounted IVr the day
> (it) quarts of fine grade whiskey
liief Boyle said that the strict
nteh that he has In en maintaining
i the wharves and railroad yards
us resulted in the contraband peole
using the express company and
[? will from this time on give special
Itention to the liquors which may
iino into Charleston in this way.
NTcne7 Paid Cut to Weak Schools.
Columbia, Special.?Since the first
f the month State Superintednent
f Education Swcaringen lius paid
nt over $0,000 to the weak schools
f t lie State making application for j
ic fund appropriated by the lejrisiture
for that purpose. Approxilatelv
$7,000 was paid during the
pring. The legislature appropriated
20,000 for aid to the weak schools
f the State and there is onlv about
5,000 of this left for distribution.
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POULTRY
Cj^ME. J
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Choosing liest Layers.
There are a great many methods
advertised in various pamphlets and
papers stating that, if you will practice
this or that method of selecting
as laid down in the paper, you will
be able to determine the drones from
the workers. The writer has tried a
few of these so-called certainties, and
has come to the conclusion the trap
nest is the only accurate test. It la
by selection and keeping records that
! advancement is made along this line.
Each hen has her own individuality;
certain hens lay eggs that are in
uiiiu i a.-- a <jih. UL 11*11 IlilK'iliiDie.
Some hens lay well, but although
their eggs are usually fertile, they
will not hatch, whether set under a
hen or placed in the best incubator.
The chicks devt lop to a certain size,
in many cases being fully formed, but
die in the shell. Again, many hens
lay eggs that are seldom fertile.
In selecting birds one has several
objects. The saying "that the hen
that lays is the hen that pays" is
often heard. The majority engaged
in the poultry business consider egg
production the best end of the business.
It is often tile surest. There is
not the same amount of risk attached
to it. At the same time, if people
are fooltsii enough to believe that Mr.
So-and-So can supply eggs from hens,
tested l?y the so-called new system,
which have produced 300 eggs per
annum, they have more faith in tho
advertiser and the hen than tho
writer has.
There is no doubt that certain char11
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good laying hen. She should be low
set. and stand on a pair of shanks
set fairly wide apart. The head
should be nice and clean cut. with a
full bright eye. In other words, hens
should show feminine character, and
not wrinkled features. Hens of the
latter type should be discarded; in
short, masculinity in the hen is a bad
sign. A hen with a large capacity for
food has a large crop, is usually a
payable bird to feed. The smaller the
sack of food she takes to roost at
night the fewer eggs will she produce.
Dairymen know that a cow must have
plenty of room for food in order to
produce a large milk yield.
The advertised systems serve one
purpose. By examining the lay hones
the amateur knows which bird is
about to lay, or is laying. Should
the lay bones be relaxed to the extent
of about three fingers (closed)
the bird is laying; if they are almost
in contact, thnt is the lien to market,
but so much depends on the time of
year one wishes to sell table fowls.?
H. V. llawkins.
White Plymouth Ilocks.
White fowls, because of their striking
appearance and the ease with
which they are bred to a high state of
perfection, have become very popular
during the past few years.
The White Rocks and White \Vyandottes
especially are the favorit<
s of those who fancy a solid colored
fowl. White ltocks. except in
color, are counterparts of the Ilarred
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branch of the family, and liko th,m.
they are ideal fowls for family or
market. Tliey are large and are good
layers, and always find a ready sale.
Their eggs are large and have dark J
shells, and always attract attention.
Altogether White Plymouth Rocks *
have enough merit to keep them la
the front ranks of America's best
breed of poultry.
Rye and Alfalfa.
Doors for fowls to go into yards t
should be so placed that a good yard, a
sown to rye or ulfalfa, is available
for each pen. Where ground for
yards and raising grain is limited, the
same yards may be planted in late
corn, then sown in rye; it should be
sown very thick, t% allow the fowls
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IU uaie Hie run or U Wtlile it is Still
small, and yet not destroy it. Corn
can be planted early in July, after
hatching season Is over and all fowls
> thrown into one yard, if not out on ?
j free range.
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To ihe Discouraged.
Thoso who become discouraged by
mistakes are not very progressive. '
Instead of being stumbling blocks,
mistakes are object lessons tbat
arouse one to a sense of closer observation
and point out facta. However, '
the man who makes the same mistake
twice la not a very observing person.
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Feeding ta lot portent, bnt the he*
house needs constant care, too.