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[HE CAMDEN CHRONICLE PuUUM E ??rjr VA 4mj i'tr Ann u us \ . . . f I.OO W. Ii. McDowell, . . . . Proprietor. it 1>. Nik* > Ia A, McDuHell, , . > I'ubMvliwf. 0. If, McDowell, , . ) f m (L*| mtl k| | L? ^MUttcs At 1100 If. Bru*d St. 'Phone 90 COTTON liKI> H I'll) Kit. Frwtu Bulletin fto. LXXXf Item | < 1<nii?oii Colli'gv. ? liven now In some fields the rod spider Is beginning to do its dam1 age, aud this will become more ev-l ldeut as our warmer and drier sum mer weather cornea on. This dam age caii be recognised by the red dish discoloration of the leaf of I the' plant infested, beginning at th?| base of the leaf where the stem la attached and spreading out over J the entire leaf. Different from the damage done by whut in known asj "cotton rust," the leaven affected by the red spider shrivel and drop, off. The so-called fed spider 1b not a spider at all, but a little red mite, wliich cuts into the leaf and sucks] the ?Ap out of the plant. Infestation will be observed tol begin usually near the edge of the| field. This is due to the fact that] the spiders pass through the win ter o?i green vegetation, such as wel commonly find about the edges of I fields and along ditch banks. When the cotton has become well started, . they wahder on to this and begin to| spread. They lay numbers of red dish colored eggs on the under sur face dT the leaf, and spin over theso a fine web to hold themselves to the leal while at work and to pro , tect their young. Various agencies, such tut the plow going through the field, a stray dog, or the wind, dis tribute the pests for a distance of ten of many yards. From these facts it can be clear- 1 ly seen that a good remedy for the rod spider is a preventive one ? -to keep down by fall turning of the laud the green weeds common about j the edges of the field. The next precaution to observe is not to let the post get the sart. Spray the infeoted- area With a one per cent, lime sulphur solution. Make up the] same kind of solution you used for a winter Hpray for the scale on your peach and apple trees and di lute UiIh about twelve times. If you do not recall bow to make this so lution, full information will be fur nished upon request by the Division of Entomology, Clemson College, S. C. if you huve the commercial lime - sulphur solution, dilute 99 parts of water to 1 of the solution. Apply this with a spray pump with Verinorel or Misty nozzle, produc ing a fine mist and get this to cover the under side of the leaves thoroughly. Should a spray pump not bo available, use an old brbom or something of this type and at tempt the 6ame thing. If these step* are taken as t-oon as the form begins to. spread", it is a coinpara f- lively eswsy matter to controll the pest; but if delayed it is almost an impractical matter for u farmer in his early season to treat a whole acre eveen with a good barrel spray pump. The red spider will be not ed as of much more damage during dry weather than when we have plenty of rain; and oftten, though not always, a good, heavy shower is better than any remedial meas ure man can apply. Wilson P. Geo. Degrees of Patience. Patience in cowards is tame and. hopeless fear; but in brave minds a scorn o. what they bear. ? Sir R. How ard (liiioru To lie Moved. Greenville ,S. C., July 3. ? That Chicora College will be removed from Greenville to the town of Lau rens is practically certain since the| board of trustees in annual session | last night adopted a report from iho ways and means committee to the effect that should Laurens pro vide the college with an acceptable] site aud the sum of $7 5,000 toward a suitable plant the removal of the . college would be recommended to the controlling presbyteries of the State. That Laurens will meet the condi tions laid down by the trustees, is more than probable. In fact, it was reliably stated last night that the reliably stated alst night that the conditions will be met in full wlth dayg. That the controlling would adopt the j% datlon of the board of trus _ very Ilk .. UVK1> OJl|MIIUWH?Uia*, ^ i &* u ?sMi ^.KjawLiaJSssJ HIm Hog Crop Yr*rt Ahwid. | A feed that ban ofteu been re commended Cor bog*, but that has been uned to only a limited extent la the edlbel mulberry. Tb# mul berry'# lack of popularity In prob ably due to the fact tbat for oue to ponsenn tbla crop be muat plau for it about five or ten yearn in advance. It haw been my privilege recently \o inspect one farm on which the owner 1m malting uee of mulberrien during their neanon aa the exclusive feed of a lot of hog* now in good condition.. The owner of this farm, Mr. Jim M. Brown, of llibb county, Ala., ev dently did Home thinking along thin line about* 17 yearn ago. for that la about the age of the nuperb iuul* berry treen which are now proving no profitable. * He haw 36 of thene treen, the bent of which are at leaat 15 inchen in diameter of trunk and have a npread of llmty, or nhade dia meter of 40 to more than 60 feet? Thene treen were net at dintimce* of 30 feet each way, which their owner regardn uSTtoo^cTone planting. Thene 36 treen occupy tho greater part of -the apace in a permanent hog lot having an eetimated area of only about one and a quarter acren. * There are a number of va cant upacen where yearn ago the young treen died, probably on ac count of injurien made by llventock. The hogs, now getting their liv ing exclusively frorjo 35 treen, nhftd ing an actual area (excluding va cant npacen) of lenn than an acre, number 16. The entlmated average weight ' of thene hogn, mont of which are eight or nine inonthn old. In about 160 poundn, or a total en tlmated grona weight of about 2, 600 poundn of hogn nubnlntlng on the product of 36 treen. Their win ter feed had been chiefly rye and rape panturage. But not all han yet been told. For the ground In no covered with mulberries not yet eaten that uiifler Home treen it was difficult to etep without crunhing Home berries. This surplus seemed Sufficient, at the time I s&w thla grove, to Hupport at leant a fourth au many more hogB, Huggentlng a capacity of about 3,200 poundn of live hogB /for the 35 trees. The mulberries began to ripei^ alioux May 1, and Mr. Brown counts on their furnishing the sole feed for these hogn from May 1 until Ju ly 15. Certainly the amount of green fruit then On the treen indi cated that for at least a number of weeks there would be an abundance of ripe and falling mulberries. These treeH were bought from a nurseryman as the Hicks variety of ever hearing mulberries. However, there are apparently four different kinds represented In the collection. The grove consists chiefly of one kind, a large black mulberry of the usual sweetly insipid taste, and this i? thought to be the Hicks variety. There are a few trees of a smaller blackberry, and these trees have a somewhat smaller leafi The most interesting trees in the collection are those which may be designated as white mulberries, though when fully ripe a slight trace of a dark er color is present. The flavor of these berries is distinctive, suggest ing the taste of a ripe fig. The hogs know a good thing when they see it, rather when they taste it, and so one need rot look for un eaten berries under the trees bear ing the white fruit. Those of us who ate the white mulberries sub scribed to the verdict already re turned by the hogs and pronounced these the best. There are a few trees bearing a decidedly acid berry of a dark col or. Mr. Brown is naturally enthusi astic over the mulberry. He cail? it the lazy man's crop, and this ought to popularize it. This grove of mulberries justi fies Mr. Brown'ss claims that it is a labor savor, not only by acting as a self feeder and exclusive diet, but also by furnishing the exclusive drink, saving the muscle of draw ing water. Mr .Brown states that, tho these hogs have been eating mulberries for weeks during the hot weather, they are not supplied with water and that when turned into a lot with water they show no special thirst. v v According to Mr. Brown's recol lection these trees afforded a fair yield In their third year, with a constant increase since until It can now be truthfully said that each tree Is yielding many bushels of fruit. In the case of a mulberry orchard there are two points on which the owner of these trees Insists if suc cess is to bo attained. These are first, the exclusion of all stock ex ??pt hogs, for other animals are very fond of the leave*; and sec ond the avoidance of cultivation, In order to avoid breaking the roots, which he has found to grow very shallow. If iTDuld be interesting to OLD TIMJW UrtTTKlU* ^ Writtn Daring lit* War llatumed to Owner After Haoy Y?ur?. The following letter hi? been' re ceived by the postmaster at C*ni den, (luted Charlotte, June 16: "Hear Bir: Will you kindly eu <iuir$ f *v your city if any of Capt. K. Parker's children or grand chil dren are atlll living there? If ho, 1 would be glad you would turn this letter pver to them and would Ilk# ^to hear from them. My reason for wanting this Information la this: 1 have about a hundred or ao letter* written by two aona of Capt. JS. far* ker, who livted at that time in Cam den. They were both Confederate soldiers and Jhe., letters I, have were written home during the Confeder ate war, by the two aona Ell NV. Parker who belonged to Kirkwood 8. C. Cavalry, the other aon, Win. B. Parker, Co. D., 15th Regiment, 8. C., Volunteera. I thought ponul bly the family would like. to buvo the lettera, aa they are interesting reading and cover neearly the.wlioi<* period of the war. There \*aa u young man Parker, one pf the fam ily, who worked in thla city sever al yearq ago and moved away and left the letters In possession of my nephew, and he gave them to mo to keep. They are closed up In a round tin case with a hinged lid. If the family are interested I will send them the letters and case. Very respectfully, H. H. Hood/' The above letters are now In poa sesslon of Alderman J. E. Parker, of Rock Hill, he having noted in a Charlotte paper several days ago the fact that Mr. Hood had the let ters and would turn them over to any member of the Parker family upon Identification. He at once wrote Mr. Hood, citing an instance in one of the letters he had heard his father tell about: the time when he assisted in carrying Oen. Joseph E. Johnston off the field after he was wounded. This was proof, for Mr. Hood and he at once expressed the letters. Ir * The Itock Hill Herald says; "Capt. Ell Parker, who- wrote a majority of the letters, .Is still a hale citizen of Sumter and ha^ 14 living children, nine boys and four girls. Mr. J. E. Parker will short ly visit his father and carry him the package of letters. The letters, besides being valued highly by the Parker family for sen timental reasons, are valuable, as historical documents. They are. un usually well written and show, a keen insight into the inner pqllti cal phases of the Civil war as well as Into the military affalra of that time." ? ANNOUNCEMENTS For Clerk of Court. The friends of Mr. D. K. Hough, of Kershaw, with to announce him a* a candidate for the office of Clerk of Court of Kershaw County, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. Mr. Hough is a man of well known ability and if elected he will discharge the duties the office faithfully and efficiently. MANY FRIENDS. = hoar from other of The Progressive Farmer readers as to their exper ience on the latter point. Mr. Brown believes in growing everything possible at home. In proof that he practices what he preaches, he pointed to his good crop of ripening oats, to his wheat, and most convincing of all he sits his gnests at a table where the menu contains mulberry - fed ham, honey from his own hives, kid, and an assortment of home grown veg etables and pickles. I drew the same moral ? the su periority of what one grows at his1 home ? when I inspected two of his adjacent fields of oats. In one the seed had been grown for five years on the home farm. Seed for the other had been bought, and in this field there was an abundance of oats smut and enough cheat to stock the land almost permanently with the seed of thfb weed. In the oats from the home grown seed one look ed in vain for the blackened heads of smut and for the flaunting pani cles of cheat. tpa^t of the day spent on this was occupied in making || a test of cotton - chopping machines by representatives of the Experi ment Station at Auburn. Reports on a series of these tests which have not yet been concluded, will be available in time for use in the chopping cotton next season. It is obvious that a report on tests of machinery cannot be made now, ei ther through the press or otherwise, on letU which have only been be gun, and wbieh must be conducted u n d e'f var i e ty of conditions. ? j. F?. Duggar, in Progressive Farmer. Htaod *uT*r>*>n'frtktty_ On Friday, July 6tb, the follow ing young ladle* *tood the auholar wfclp rwato*4lo? tor Wiuthrop vol* leg<?: MImmni Nettle Clement*, Jeu nlle Halle, Marlon BJchard*, Sal He J one*, Viol a Clement*, France* lUchyda, of liberty Hill; Mlaaew Jee?le Belle ; ltadcUffe, Lucknow; Charlotte Watte, Rethune; Ethel Humphries, Boy kin; and Ml??ea Grace Virginia Taylor, l/ella and Li l a Smith, rfd 4; and Mlsa Meta l>elx>achen Camden. There wag one applicant for the *cholar*hlp to the College of Char leston ? Randolph Wither* Klrkland. * The B?st Gift.. The best gift I* the one that *how? thought? an appreciation of what will t>e pleasing and ueeful to the reclpl. #nt? that I* what counts for value, not the price In money. TAX KXkX LTlONti. tJnder *nd by virtue of ?uadi> tux . executions to me directed, 1 ?will proctt-d to sell before the Court House door lit tBe ettjr of Caiudeu on the first Monday in Au gust, 1912, during the legal hours of sale, (he following described property, to- wit: 50 acres in school, district No. 3, bounded north by C. B. Bgradley and estate of J. W. Myers, on the east hy C. B. Spradley, south by C. U. Myers, west by G. B. McCoy and estate lands of W. D. Marshall. Levied ' upon and to be sold as the property of J. L. Myers for taxes 1911. 2 acres in District No. 1, bound ed north by ifimily Brewton, east end South by Sylvia Boykin, and west by Caradev and JLaucaster pub lic road.; Levied upon and to be sold as the property of Epbriam Miller. Terms of sale?Cash. J. 8. Tranlbam, Sheriff Kershaw County. tfeiuiwlKii Date. Haruwell, Friday, July \% Baiuberg, Saturday, ju?y w Tiuuday, July i Orangeburg, Wedneaday/jj St. Matthew#, Thuraday, juu Columbia, Friday, July If. ? I Cbeeter, Saturday, 1 WlimtJboro, Monday, Juiy l2 , Islington, Tueaday, July 2, ? Saluda, "Wedueaday, July* *4 i Edgefield, Thuraday, July Atk?u, ttrlday, July 2g. | fc?e Week Off. * Camden, Monday, August*, | Uincaater, Tueaday, August | Yorkvllle, Wedneaday, Aukum. i Gaff ttey .Thuraday, August |, ; Spartanburg, F^day, Augusta* Union, Saturday, August ^ NeWberry, Tuesday, August i| 1 ,uiir?'.n?, Wednesday, AAuKu?t u Greenwood, Tburaday, Au^tl Abbeville, Friday, August \% " Auderaon, Saturday, Auust 17 Walballa, Tueaday, Auggua 20 i plckene, Wednekday, August 1l| Greenville. Tburadav a? Having recently purchased the entire stock of Shoes, Hats and Gents' Furnish 1 ings of Mr. F. E. Mathis, we will for the NEXT 30 DAYS offer the entire .to* consisting of several thousand dollars, at a big reduction of prices. We do not intend to make this one of the usual fake sales, but a genuine r duction of prices. To sh6w you ipft mean what we say, we quote you a few of the prices we are going to sell shoes at. > All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $5.00 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.50 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $4.00 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.50 will be sold at All Men's Shoes and Oxfords, formerly $3.00 will be sold at All Men's Slioes and Oxfords, formerly $2.50 will be sold at We wiU sen the entire stock of ladle's and children's Shoes and Oxford* in accordance witii the above reduced prices, also the entire stock of Hats, Neckwear and Gents Goods will go in with the above. ' We do not want the public to think that we are not going to do what we say, for an inspection of the goods will reveal the fact that the men's shoes offered are of standard makes, such as, the Famous Florpheim Shoe, the Eclipse, the Bostonian and that well-known Walk-Over Shoe. A11 goods sold at these prices will be for CASH ONLY; These goods are not going to stay at these prices, and the first come will be the first to get in on the ground floor. We are going to sell shoes, is our MOTtO. Come to see us, we'll treat you right/ ' v Respectfully, McCASKILL CAMDEN, SOUTH JEFFERSON, S. C. L. C. SHAW, Agen (<)o farmer can have already ^>ee" 8^8Qna shaw county, incW'ng one now in use by the county. Price very r Will be glad to demonstrate this wonderful machine to any one ' i&eyof Bull chase. Guaranteed for three years to work every day. Mr. GilliamJRaley, ^ bought one last fall and he says he would not be without it for $500.00. yoji one and rid your farm of all stumps. H C.SHAW, Sole Agent fo