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DR. J. H. CARLISLE DEAD. oI
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President Emeritus of Wofford Col- ^
' lege Passes Away at Age of 84 ?(
Years. A
Spartanburg. Special.?l)r. James Dl
H. Carlisle, aged 84 years, president 01
emeritus of Wnfforit Colliur,. mill rain at
of the most prominent educators in
the South, died at his home here
Thursday morning at 7:30 o'clock.
I The funeral was held Friday at 4 p. P'
m., in the College chapel and was attended
by hundreds of prominent eitixens
f.iim all sections of the State.
All schools and colleges in the city ri
were closed and during hours of fu- 811
neral all places of business were a
closed. Pc
The last time that Dr. Carlisle appeared
in public was during the sum- J!1
mer school for teachers at Wofford '
College, when it was the pleasure of ju
the teachers to hear an interesting .
address on school life of long ago, 1
and on Washington's visit to South 111
Carolina after lie had been elected
President of the United States. Prior "
to this time he had not made an address
in public for many months.
The commencement at Wofford last ; 1
June was tlie first commencement j}(
missed by I)r. Carlisle for moi^e than
two score of venrs Wlien 1i? ????? d*
a member of the faculty he always P
occupied a seat on tlie rostrum <luring
the commencement season, and ?"
after he retired from the active pros- 111
idency of the college, he never miss?d
an exercise. Last June, however,
lie was indisposed and it was impos- ?,!
sible for him to attend any of the '
exercises at the college.
Dr. Carlisle was president of Wof- u'
ford College from 1875 to 1!)02. when n"
lie resigned and became president. J
emeritus. Following liis resignation *'
Dr. H. N. Snyder was elected.
He was born Slay 4. 1825.
Corn Prizes Awarded.
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Bishopville, Special?Tlie Lee eoun- ^
ty Boys' Corn Contest association. sa
organized under tlie bureau of plant 0;
industry of the United State depart- di
inent of agriculture, held a meeting ^
here October 10. to award the different
prizes offered, which wen as ful- 1,1
lows: 1,1
Best 10 ears of corn, prize of $10, P
?uii uy ii. v\ . iNortlicutt; second best j 1,1
10 ears of corn, prize of $5. won by '?
E. Fulton Peebles; third best 10 ears
6f corn, prize of ijv2.n0, won by Eldridge
II. Mixon. Best live ears of
corn, prize of $7.50. won by Ehlridge
McCoy: seeoiul best live ears of corn,
prize of $5, won by Tlios. A. DuBose; Ui
third best live ears of corn, prize of Ji
$2.50, won by Ethan Baker. Best ear be
of corn, first prize of $5. won by te
Marant Truluek; second best ear of Ot
corn, prize of $3, won by Lawton bi
Beasley: third best ear of corn, prize or
of $2. won by Walter Richlmrg. C<
There was also a prize of $3 offer- lit
cd to any boy of the county regard- CI
less of being: a member of the contest
association for the best ear of corn, C<
which was won by llarvey Ford. W
Two other prizes were also offered wl
for the best and second best ear of th
the prolific variety with stalk, first lit
prize, $3 and second $2. won bv Ti
Henry CJreen and Ralph Green. In
The association is composed of 27 te
boys, of which number 14 entered the re
contest. of
Thirty-four boys entered the indc- er
pendent one ear contest. in
The judges were: Ira W. Williams, nr
Columbia; W. S. Wheeler. St. Charles fo
and L. L. Baker, Bishopville. fa
Much interest was taken in the ex- in
hibition as was shown by the attend- vc
ranee of about 300 people. After the an
awarding of prizes, Mr. Williams lee- Tl
tured on the selection of seed. wi
Jury Gives Verdict Against Lancaster
Lancaster, Special.?The jury in er
Athe ease of. Mrs. Roma Stogner p11
against the town of Lancaster, suit jj,
for damages for personal injury sus- lit
tained by being thrown from a buggy an
on the streets, returned a verdict
" Tuesday night for the plaintiff for Pr
$212.50. The amount sued for was
$4,000. ed
York Farmers Prosperous. Pj
Yorkville, Special.?It is generally
conceded that fewer farmers in this fj
section are holding cotton this fall ^
than at any time since the war. Those
who owe accounts ar selling their cot- 1
ton an<l paying up, and those who m
have no accounts are selling and at
.in iii ii-_ J- it- - t?i-- lr.
cuuerfpiaiin^ im* money in ine name*
or kcojjjf^r it nt home, but compara- Tj
tively speaking the large majority arc 8(1
depositing it, most of them on eerti- **
flcate. It is estimated that the depos- of
its in the eight banks of York county >n
at this time amounts to close around 8*
3?2,000,000, the largest in the history hi
of the county, : th
To Establish Creamery at Marion.
Marion, Special.?The question of er
establishing a creamery here is being
pi
^.agitated by Messrs. Gibs and Simmons
of the Elgin Creamery Company
of Elgin, 111. They propose to Sl
put in a plant here to cost $6,000. ei
Several local business men have already
become interested in the pro- ec
jeet and subscribed stock. It is I ei
thought that the reqaired amount of W
money will be raised.
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ORKTOWN CELEBRATION
Cornwallis Is Taken," Rings Out
Again?Memories Rekindled By
5,000 People Finding Their Way to
the Secluded Spot.
Yorktown, Ya., Special.?Quaint
id Yorktown, for tlie second time
ithin the period of its national fame
uesday commemorated with titling
iremonies that glorious event in
meriean history with which its
line is identified. Here was laid
le hundred and twenty-eight years
jo to a day the cornerstone of liher'
upon whitfli a great nation lias been
lilt. x
"Cornwallis is taken!" Those sime
words sent broadcast from here
lis date three years tuore than a
intury and a quarter ago meant
lat the burdensome yoke of ltritish
lie had been cast olT by the long
iffering American colonists and that
new republic, destined to become
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/?viiiii, iiuti iii-en norn.
Yorktown today is a village of loss *
an one hundred people. It is as
louijh the sta<;e settinjr for that
lal drama of the Hevolutionary war
ul been reserved as the aetors left
, a relic of antiquity as well as a I
onunient to American patriotism. '
The descendants of the signers of
e Declaration of Independence and
i offspring of that organization, the
orktown Historical Society of the
uited States recently deiided to
>ld an annual celebration here this
tober 19 and henceforth on this
ite. and probably five thousand peoe
responded to their appeal. When
e fact that Yorktown is still with- j
it railroad communication is taken s
to consideration, the attendance J
is remarkable.
To most people present the exer?es
were the least part of the eeleation,
although there was a parade
mounted horsemen and horsetmien,
led by the Fort Monroe band
id the soldiers and sailors, than a
irade of the school children and afPNvards
public sneakinsr from a
andstand erected in front of tlie
storic old Nelson mansion.
The parade began at 1 o'clock and
is full of inspiration. The school
ildren of York county, who were
ouped before the grandstand, then
ng "America," after which Col.
twnld Tilgham of Kaston. Md., a
root descendant of Lieut. Col. Tench
lgham. aide-de-camp to General
ashington, who carried the famous
assage "Cornwallis is taken" to
e Continental Congress in Philadellia,
made an address. He also read
e correspondence between Washingn
and Lord Cornwallis and the
rms of capitulation.
reparing to Sell Whitney Power
Property.
Ashevillc, N. C., Special.?Tn the
uited States circuit court Tuesday
tdge Pritchard considered a numr
of phases of the receivership matr
of the Whitney Company, the $10,
10.000 power company near Salisiry,
which on February .1, 190S, upt
the complaint of A. O. Brown &
of New York, was placed in the
inds of John S. Henderson and
iarles W. Smith as receivers.
In the suit of the Bankers Trust
>mpanv of New York against the
hitney and its subsidiary companies
hieh was filed Monday to foreclose
e $.">.000,000 bond issue, which it
dds as trustee, Judge Pritchard
lesday named A. II. Price of Salisiry
as special master to take the
cf itll/tnt' irr? /wov t lw> hooaiiaC ?
ceivers, and inventory the property t
the company, preparatory to a de- 0
eo of sale. He set the first Monday 1
December as the date for the Whit- [
iy Company to answer the suit he- j
re him. The bill alleges that dealt
has been made in payment of .
terest on bonds due May 1, and No- '
imber 1, 1008, and May 1, 1000.
nouutiug to approximately $450,000. 1
le property will probably be sold
ithin three months.
Rebel Movement Serious.
Bluefield, Nicaragua, Special?Gen- c
al Estrada, the rebel leader, who ?
is proclaimed himself Provisional q
resident of Nicaragua, returned to a
is city Tuesday after having estab- p
died outposts to the north of Rama
id sent a detachment of 500 of his *
'st men to meet the expected ap- t
oach of the government forces. a
President Zclay's army is report- p
I to be impeded by heavy rain. d
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resident Like a Boy Out of School.
Gregory, Tex., Special.?President [
lft began his three days of doing as
j pleased on his brother's ranch I
lesday by playing 18 holes of golf
tlin llinnninfr tw l\r* o mm1/1ir
l??" lll?? Wf * i u IUIIUU Y Wilis; I
ill by ".just loafing" through tlio ?
ng afternoon and evening. Mr. j;
ift'ivwi as happv as a hoy out of v
hool. ''ilie idea of eating a dinner y
it bout having to speak for it. and J
' going the livelong day without hav- v
g to make a speech appealed ir> him c
rongly anjl he declared he wished 4
s vacation could last a week and ^
ree dnvs. c
Seven Killed in Boiler Explosion. 1
El Dorado, Ark., Special?Seven
nploye8 were killed and three other
irsons were severely injured when t
boiler of the plant of the Griffin
iw Mill Company near El Dorado ^
iploded late Monday. 1
The steam register, it is said, failI
to indicate the overpressure, the 1
[plosion, which could be heard for 1
iveral miles, following, wrecking a *
rge section of the plant. j
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THE HUNTING SE
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<v\VA I | / /KrrrrMro*T
, Tlie Fanner's An
?Cartoon by
WHO OWNS
\ Pressing Problem That Must Be Si
Aviator Has the Right oi Way 0'
Ownership oi Which in Every i
Old Roman Law, Extends U
Ncvr Yorl: City.?How high most at tt
in aviator !ty to be safe from the eon- fined
equences of illegal trespass? and Tt
l great many other questions, not tate
mining now hut considered as soon law 1
o be hot ones, were treated by Lyt- terns
leton Fox, a lawyer, in an address to raise
nembers of the Aero Club of Amer- ship?
ca. The answer was that *he aviator In c<
vould have to be out of sight. He fleet
nnct HnH oo t ho imlion riniin
The old Roman law which Rives to the
he owner of land absolute ownership I' th
ilso of the air above it is responsible to cs
or this. The law must 1>~ changed, an ei
le added, or the courts wiii be ruin- perm
uisly congested. As raav^ers stand. Th
here having been no chances in tho with
aw for several hundred years, a man travt
n a flying machine has no rights that essar
i man with a plow is bound to re- in it
ipect. The question is how best to visio
ring the attention of the judicial its r<
ystem to this unfair discrimination In
igainst the living portion of the race, test
<>? man can fly as things now stand that
vithout technically breaking the law. an a
inless he gets special privileges from clear
he landowners. modi
It is a problem that bristles with noun
lovclty, says Mr. Fox. In the event tion
>f pedestrians being hit by ginger unfoi
>op bottles dropped by the passing ately
iviator or by other objects, includ- once
ng 'he aviator himself, the man be- and ]
ow would have redress at. law. Mr. atlan
'ox believes the Aero Club should those
lrge the Wright brothers, for in- suffe
itanco, to consent to be sued by the otliei
nvner of land .over which they have level
lown (and thereby trespassed), so howe
is to bring the whole subject before or ar
he courts for settlement. The juit hottc
thould bo a friendly one, he saiu. the ashei
(bject being to modify, if possible, wit'nc
he law of aerial trespass. Another thin?
vay might be to condemn the air by there
egal procedure, and thus knock over dang
he historical fossil. by tl
A discussion that followed tho ad- of th
Iress of the evening resulted in the tion
nembers arriving at the firm belief Et
hat the air should be considered a says:
Hghway, and there was preliminary "X
all: concerning an attemnt at lecris- nerm
ativo enactment. trcsp
To avert suits for aerial trespass "V
>Ir. Fox suggests that the S.ate con- fuJ h
lemn and buy a stratum of air as a waylighwa.v
for flying machines. The in tin
acf that Count T.ambert in his flight he nr
icross Paris violated a police regula- air li
ion forbidding aeroplaning over the sion
:ity shows that the French have al- shou
eady applied the law t&) cover one this
iliaso of the question. By leaving Sv.it:
be aerodrome for his Paris flight utes
.amberi incurred a penalty of $1; road.
DOFFINS TOO CHEAP, IV
The Burial Casket Men Say Cost of
With Increased Cos
Cincinnati. Ohio.?The burial cas- faucet
manufacturers and jobbers, in too n
onvention here, are dissatisfied be- ting
ause the cost of dying has not kept ness.
lace with the increased cost, of living thev
"hey deprecate cut-rate funerals, and thing
ire proposi' g to establish uniform than
irices for the retail trade in coffins. 'em s
"We coffin makers want the under- "II
akers to help us out more than they ough
lo," said one delegate. "We want price
he undertakers to make stiffer bills, a ste
ind then we can get more for our Coffii
roods. Why should we have to pay and
louble what we used to pay to I've ough
.nd let people die cheaply? It isn't hand
-OREGOES CLOISTER TO
Miss Swanson Discovers Him in Jai
Seek to Procure I*
St. Louis.?Miss Elsie Swanson. of room
It. Louis, renounced her aspiration to each
lecome a nun because she believed to ot
ler duty was to search for her father, was
chom she had not seen for eleven missi
ears. She found him in the County for c
rall at Joplin. a few minutes after he Mi
ras convicted of burglary and lar- vea.-<
eny and sentenced to two years in C. St
he penitentiary. custc
Swanson did not recognize his ten :
laughter, but she picked him from a decle
:rowd of prisoners in the main cell was
Kentucky Stnte Troops Guarding Berg
the Tiurley Tobacco Region.
Lexington, ICy.?Night riders have Hi
igain become active in the Burley to- has
lacro region. fees
Governor Wtllson has ordered out the
Jtate troops and they nre scattered in of I
he counties where night rider warn- conti
ngs have been given. work
In Mason County warnings were eled
eft at the homes of Fred Adams and T1
*arry Allen, both of whom were giv- cent
in five days fn which to pool their syati
irons or suffer the consequences of and
ihelr refusal. trtct
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ASON OPENS.
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To-pJI
mini Job.
Godwin, in the Pittsburg Dispatch. l
THE AIR?
sttled at Once is Whether an
irer Private Property, the
Case, According to the
pv/ard Indefinitely.
ip Rlieims moot an aviator was
for reckless driving,
le military airship will necessinew
provisions in international
to meet the new problems of initional
relations which it will
France has now seven airi,
Germany eleven and Italy five
surse of construction. Given a
of Zeppelins arriving unaniced
above a British port, will
act constitute a cause of war?
le aeroplane develops the power
irrv explosives for dropping on
oemy's licet, will the practice be
litted under the rules of war?
le interesting fact in connection
the suggested regulation of air
?1 is that it is already made necy
by an invention only yesterday
s infancy which threatens a re
n of the statute books aloi>g with
evolution of traffic,
advocating arrangements for a
suit, Mr. Fox seems to believe
af/er the existing legal status of
.erial trespasser has once been
ly outlined the law may be so
fieri that the air will be proced
a public highway. Legislaof
that kind, however, would he
rtunate if it were not very aceurlimited.
There is a wide differbetween
navigation of the sea
navigation of the air. If a transitic
steamship is badly handled
) who are on hoard her may
r, and she may injure an*
craft which is on the same
. There is practically no chance,
ver. that she will harm anybody
tything directly under her, at the
?m of the ocean. She can discard
3, ballast or any other material
int fearof doing mischief. If such
rs are dropped from an airship,
s will always be h possibility of
er?a danger which is enhanced
m temperamental characteristics
ose who engage in aerial navigator
sport.
iitorially the New York Times
fill the invasion of the air hy
">!?.nes he repelled hy suits for
a<=s?
fe think not. The first sumessuman
flight made the air a high?
a possibility not contemplated 1
s Roman law. Besides, there can
? oiToctivo possession of the upper i
y a land owner. Where possosneithor
is nor has been, there
Id he no ownership. At any rate.
is assumed in Germany and
terland, which have passed stntestablishing
rules of the aerial
TAKERS COMPLAIN i
' Dying: Has Not Kent Pace
t of Living.
and it isn't logical. There are !
uany undertakers. They are cuteach
other's throats to get busi- 1
and, what is more to the point,
are cutting prices. Another
the supply of coffins is greater
the demand: that's what makes
10 cheap. i
f a man wants a decent burial he
t to he made to pay a decent
for It. It isn't as though it was
>ady drain on the family purse,
ns are bought only occasionally,
when the occasion arises they
t to be willing to do the thing
somely."
FIND LOST FATHER
11 as Burglar and Will Now
lis Parole.
i. Father and daughter wept In
others' arms. She will now try
itain a parole for him. and as he
convicted solely on his own adion
of guilt it is possible her plea
leniency will he granted,
ss Swanson, who is twenty-one
; old, is the ward of the Rev. C.
ahlmann, who took her from the
>dy of her father when she was
rears old. Swanson having been
ired unfit tn earn for liar oi.?
educated in a convent here.
en County, N. .J., hrgins Work
on $000,000 Improvement,
ickcnsaok. N. J.?Bergen County
received $37,920 from the auto
paid Into the State fund, and to
Brewster Construction Company,
ikcltensack, was awarded four
racts amounting to that sum for
c to he done on roads much travby
New York autoists.
le Board of Freeholders at a remeetlng
voted to establish a road
tm that will cost about $600,000 i
insure eicellent roads in tl"? dla- I
close to ^ew York. , '
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Southern Agri
Modern Method*
Farmer, Fruit Gr<
flonewal of Old Strawberry Beds.
Many of the leading growers of tin
strawberry recommend taking but t
single crop from a plantation. This
means getting only one crop front th<
land during two years. Thus, aftei
the picking season is over the plant:
are plowed under and the land is pre
pared and planted to some late toragt
or other crop. This method also requires
setting a new plantation oacli
spring and keeping a double area ol
land in strawberries for at least a
part of the time.
In this State, however, two, three
and sometimes more crops are taken
front a plantation in successive years.
Some growers state that the seeond
year's crop is often greater than that
of the first year after setting the
plants, while the third is apt to be in
ferior to the first two. The number
of crops that can bo harvested with
profit appears to depend to a considerable
extent upon the method of renewal,
the care and freedom from
weeds, and the use of fertilizing materials.
In some eases six and seven
crops of berries have been taken from
the same plantation before putting
the land into other crops, but this is
not regarded as profitable.
Two methods of renewal, with
some variations, were noted. In on?
method the old rows are narrowed
down to about one foot by light plow,
ing or deep cultivating between tht
rows. During the remainder of tht
season cultivation and irrrigation art
given the same as in new plantations
the runners being allowed to rool
along the sides of the rows until the
spaces are only about one foot wide.
Additional thinning of the plant!
In the rows is frequently secured bj
"blocking" the old rows. This h
done by hand with a hoe or by mean:
of a cultivator run crosswise of tin
rows.
In the second method of renewa
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V..V I wno UK U 4llt?IIK <f||<* Mdl
about one-third only of the width o
each row being left. The corresjiond
ing side of each row its plowed undo
and the next year the reverse side i
tints treated. In this way all of tin
oldest and weakest plants are re
moved, and the next year the rows d<
not stand on the same land as tin
year before.
This method possesses two dis
tinct advantages over the former
First, it allows of the breaking u]
and cultivation of the soil in the cen
tre of the old row. which has beeonu
packed and hard. Second, the plant
left to send out runners are vounge
and possess more vitality than thosi
in the centre of the old row. and are
therefore, capable of producing bettci
plants. This method seems bettei
adapted to longer duration of 11k
plantation than the former, and is tin
one practiced hv many of the mosi
successful growers.
Cause of Gapes in Cliicks.
Gapes in little chickens are caused
by the eating of earth-worms. There
are parasites in the earth-worms
which find their way into the windpipe
of the chickens and lodge there
where tlicy take the form of little r< <1
worms. The best preventive is to
keep the chickens from flic surfacr
nf the ground; or use salt or strong
salt waier 011 the soil, so as to kill the
earth-worms: or strew strong lime
nr something of th-> kind on the
crroillKl sri thf>t Inn fliir-L-sj will nr.t
got hold of tho worms to eat them.
After the chicks have been attacked
with gapes, however, yon can dislodge
the worms by making a very
small loop in a twisted horsehair,
draw out the tongue of the chick
slightly, insert the horsehair loop in
the windpipe opening, which will be
seen between the forks at the base ol
the tongue, and, twisting the hail
around, withdraw it. The worms are
likely to he found within the loop, or
some of them will have been thus removed,
and the operation can be repeated.
Another remedy is to dip the tip oi
a soft feather into kerosene and insert
it in the windpipe opening to dislodge
and kill the worms. Such
treatment, although severe, is better
than letting the worms remain undisturbed,
to severely annoy the fowls
and even kill them.
Mixing turpentine or other substances
in the food of the young poultry
has not proven satisfactory as a
remedy for gapes.?H. A. S.
Itest Slimmer Pasture.
Tn reply to a Mississippi subscriber
who asked about a pasture grass for
rather poor upland, making about
half a bale of cotton to the acre, 1 refiliorl
n? fnilnwc*
"Bermuda is certainly the best
summer pasture grass you can have
on such soil an* in your climate, and
1 t'.iink that there is very little dangei
of its spreading unless cut and fed
for hay. Close!* pastured it will seldom
seed.
"But if you do not want Bermudr
Little Room For Improvement.
"Well," asked I lie agent, "how d<
you like lliis flat T * * "1 must say,'
replied the lady who was examininj
it, "that there's little room for ini
provement.''? Chicago Kecord-Her
aid.
"Seeing "things at Night."
Mrs. Upper Tenne: "Yes, doctoi
black and red spots appear before m
eyes every night. What would yoi
advise me to do for it?" Doctor
"Stop playing bridge, madam."
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cultural Topics.
That Are Helpful to
3wer and Stockman.
I would use a mixture of ten pounds
j of orchard grass, five pounds of redl
top and ten pounds of tall meadow
.j oat grass per acre. You must uso
} liberal seeding to get a good turf.
Then on that land apply 300 pounds
; of cottonseed meal and 100 pounds
. of add phosphate per acre harrowed
> in before sowing the grass. Sow in
late October or early November. Here
, 1 would add to the fertilizer about
[ fifty pounds of muriate of potash
L per acre, but they say that potash is
not needed in your State. After get.
ting a stand of grass, keep it good by
an annual top-dressing of some fertilizer
and keep the weeds mown off
and the droppings scattered with a
harrow, and the pasture will improve
. annually. Then to prevent brooms.
edge from getting started, spread
some lime on it and harrow it line
i with a slant-tooth smoothing harrow
about once in four or five years, and
. if the Bermuda creeps in do not worry
about it, for you can have nothing
. better in * summer.?Progressiva
, Farmer.
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; Pellagra,
i Very much has been written 011 this
subject during the last few months.
1 since the fact that a number of cases
! have been reported in the Southern
I States.
Pellagra is an old disease, and oe
curs extensively in the northern parts
' of Italy, where it has been called Al>
pine scurvy, or Italian leprosy. The
, trouble begins with indefinite digest
tive disturbances with insomnia, but
: as it progresses there appears an
eruption of the skin, followed by su?
peration and the formation of dark
' crusts. The mental depression is
3 profound. It is claimed to bo caused
s from ratine: bread made of moldy or
? smutty mm Reports are made that
this disease has been known in the
1 South for the past thirty years, but
a the physicians have diagnosed tho
f disease under various names. With
- the numerous reports sent out by tho
r press of tho gravity of this dreaded
s disease, a complaint followed from
e the operators of grist mills of tho
- falling off of their trade for corn
> meal. While it is a much dreaded
a disease, there are no reasons for becoming
unduly alarmed, for if users
- of corn meal exercise care in purclias.
ing meal from reliable mills there is
[> no danger whatever of contracting
- this disease.?Southern Fruit Grower.
s Hay For S:1 a Ton.
r With beef cattle or. the farm tho
B millions of tons of corn stalks that
rot in our fields, and that represent
r from thirty-five to forty per cent, of
'* the feeding value of the corn crop,
J would be converted into beef and
* manure. The thousands of tons of
oats and wheat straw, the large quantities
of slightly damaged hay, tho
many tons of sorghum, peavine and
soy bean hay too coarse for the mar|
ket. would all be entoti by i ho cattlo
> and help to enrich the farm and the
j farmer.
The question of producing feed to
grow beef cattle is not a serious one
I in the South, as I will endeavor to
, prove. Last fall we planted one field
. in oats: ihe oats were cut for hay in
; tho dough stat<-: the land was then
. planted in sorghum: the sorghum
. yielded two cuttings: the total yield
> of hay per acre from this field was
six and a fourth tons. Including $3
per acre rent for the land, the hay
eost S2.C0 per ton in the rick. An
. adjoining field was planted in wheat
to l>e cut for liay: the wheat was followed
with eowpeas, the total yield
of hay per acre was ".ST. tons; includi
ing So i?er acre rent, the hay cost $3
. per ton in the rick.?Professor E. It.
- Lloyd.
! Cut the Grass Early and Often.
I have heard men who should have
known better, say that it is hest to
let newly sown lawns grow without
, cutting, and let the grass 1 an to seed,
the notion being that the seed will
help thicken the sward. But try this
and you will find that you have a
brown hay stubble when the ripe
grass is cut, and the formation of
" seed has weakened the grass so that
more harm than good is done by the
seeding. Start the mower on the
newly sown lawn at. soon as the grass
is tall enough for it to catch, and
then, while rain is abundant, run the
mower every week.
Tn making a new lawn where the
soil is sandy on the surface, get the
plow down to clay if practicable, for
clay is essential to grass in the South,
t and if deep sand, then haul clay on
. it, and grow peas for a time to get
organic decay in the soil before seed
j ing to grass.
I A fine green sward is well worth
I j working for. and when you have got
I ten a fine sod around your house use
I I trees and shrubbery for the framing.
- j and do not frame it with a fence and
' then make a pasture of it.?W. F.
t ! Massey.
I There's a Difference.
j Cureh: "Dors your wife spent
' much of her time shopping" (iolh?
am: "She says not. She says she
- spends most of Iter time waiting for
- her change."?Yonkers Statesman.
Seasoned Well, of Oonrre.
, Ostend: " Pa, this magazine states
y that there are so many seasoned duelit
ists over in Germany. What is a
: J!seasoned duelist 1" Pa: "One that
[ has been well peppered, my son."
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