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COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.
Ehrhardt, March 15.?Saturday
and Sunday can be classed among
the rainy days. Roads are getting
very muddy and full of slop holes.
Judge J. C. Hiers is getting some
practice on the bench now. Nearly
every day some one goes to him
with their troubles. Some he tells
that he thinks it advisable for them
to work on the public roads for
thirty days or to pay $20.00 to their
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make them think more of each other.
This time of the year, when the blue
birds mate and the seemingly dead
trees and plants put on their spring
costumes, it seems as if neighbors :
and tenants fall out with each other
and the magistrate has to impose a
fine or put them on the gang for a short
while to get the neighborhood '
in good working order again. Can
. you imagine why this is the case,
Mr. Editor?
Some farmers have finished planting
corn one time; others have not
commenced, so you see we have
farmers that think differently as i
well as our professional men, and
there are good farmers that plant
early and good ones that plant late;
both kinds make a good success, so
must say both think and act aright 1
?if not alike.
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Some of our town folk intend going
on a fishing trip for a few days i
down on Ashepoo river if the weather
is suitable. They want to leave i
here on Tuesday. Wish them good 1
luck and lots of sport. '
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Mrs. Dursse, of Charleston, S. C., :
is on a visit to her relatives, Mrs. Dr. 1
Copeland and family. 1
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Conrad Ehrhardt Co. unloaded on
last Friday 25 K. of P. fertilizer dis- h
tributors. These are the best on the <
market, so say the farmers that nave <
used them. , i
One of the convicts broke loose
from the gang here last night about
12 o'clock in the night. His name
is Albert Johnson. The guard soon
discovered that the party had gone,
gave the alarm and search was commenced
at once. The dogs were not
long in getting his trail started ofL',
tracing him to Col. Jno. F. Folk's
place, where he tried to get a mule.
Did get mule out of stable, but the
mjile would not leave its companion.
Hearing the dog, he left the mule
and was not long before the chain
gang crew had Albert again. If the
mule had not have been stubborn,
he would have given them a lively
chase.
Miss Viola Rodgers, of Richmond,
Va., will be in town tomorrow. She
has taken the position with Mrs.
Maye Copeland as trimmer in her
millinery establishment. She has a
large line of hats and ribbons, and,
with the aid of Miss Rodgers, intends
to give the public up-to-date
service through the season.
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News from Olar.
Olar, March 15.?The regular
meeting of the Simms Literary So- '<
ciety was held Friday afternoon at <
the usual hour. The program was
very short, on account of the election
of new officers, which was as
follows:
President?Mr. Corbett Hiers.
Vice President?Mr. Charlie Chitty.
Secretary?Mr. Atnen Morris.
Treasurer?Mr. Wyatte Cooke.
Censor?Mr. Corinthen Morris.
Reporting Censor?Mr. Lee Morris.
Critic?Miss Nellie Bighan.
Doorkeeper?Miss Annie L. Kirkland.
Reporters?Misses Orrie Morris
and Emma Bessinger.
We are having very disagreeable
weather.
Miss Ella Barton spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents at Denmark.
Miss Ella Bessinger returned
home Friday, after spending a week (
with her sister at Windsor. 1
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Quite a crowd of the Olar people '
attended the Colston picnic, and re
port a very pleasant time. <
Mrs. Starr and Hooton went 1
to Denmark Friday afternoon, on i
account of the death of their aunt, <
Mrs. Kittrell.
Rev. D. L. Roton filled his regular '
appointment at the Baptist church
Sunday morning.
Colored Flagman Hurt.
Wiggins, S. C., March 13.?While ,
on an east bound special from Green
Pond to Wiggins on the Westmoreland
Lumber Corporation railroad,
Edward Frazier, a colored flagman,
was run over and lost both feet in j
some way. He was on engine No. 4,
and opened a switch to direct the ,
, special to Wiggins. He made a false
attempt to \ run under the moving
train and fell with both feet under
the train and the heavy weight of the
mogul crushed both feet off.
He was brought here for medical
aid. Dr. Daniels, assisted by Dr.
Ackerman, of Walterboro, made the
necessary amputation. There is no
danger of his losing his life, however.
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SCARED KINGS.
Some Remarkable Instances of Royalty
Showing the White Feather.
One of the main rules in the life
of a king is that his face must never
betray his emotions; he must never
show surprise or disappointment or
anger; above all he must never show
lear. But sometimes it happens that
the iron self-control of the royal will
breaks down.
One can readily understand the effect
that the terrible events of her
wedding day must have had on the
nerves of the young Queen of Spain,
and, though at the time her calm
courage was tne amazement of all, it
is Quite certain that the fright has
had a lasting effect.
After a recent visit to England
she was about to embark on her
journey back to Spain,^ana naa taken
leave of the friends and relatives
who had come to see her off. Suddenly
she turned back and hurried
towards her mother, flinging her
arms round her and embracing her
passionately again and again.
"I fear I shall never see you
again," she said with tears in her
eyes.
The only time the German emperor
has been seen to look frightened
was when he had just arrived
in England on his way to the death
bed of Queen Victoria.
He landed at Cowes, where he was
received by the Prince of Wales (the
present king), and they had both
taken their seats in a closed carriage
prepatory to driving to Osborne. As
the carriage began to move off
through the respectful?crowd something
darkened the window, and
there was a sharp "click!" like that
of a heavy revolver. '
The emperor turned deadly pale
and shrank back into his corner.
But the click was nothing more
serious that the sound of a snapshot
camera that an over-eager photographer
had thrust almost into the
open window of the carriage. His
imperial majesty dearly loves to be
photographed, but on this occasion
tie was furious at having been betrayed
into showing "funk." '
A curious episode showing the
state of the present czar's nerves occurred
when he and the czarina paid
a. visit to Queen Victoria at Balmoral
in 18S6.
It had been arranged that when
the imperial train arrived at Ballater
station some rockets would be sent
up to announce to the queen their
safe arrival, and also as a sort of
welcome to the czar himself. Unfortunately,
no one had prepared the
czar, and as he took his seat in the
carriage he was startled by the sudien
roar and crash as the fireworks
raced aloft and burst with a flash.
The czar sank back in the car"iage,
half-insensible with fear and
quivering like an aspen leaf, and it
was some minutes before he recovered
sufficiently to bow to the crowds
:nat nnea me route mrouga me village.
Soon after his father's accession
:o the Russian throne Nicholas, already
half-crazed wih fear at his
grandfather's assassination, received
mother fright.
A deputation of peasants from
jome outlandish part of Russia had
some to do homage to the new sovereign
and the little Czarevitch Nicholas.
When they entered the presence
chamber the peasants flung up
;heir arms in their barbarous way
md shouted a wild greeting.
The unhappy little prince shrieked
iloud with fear, and had to be taken
out and pacified by his parents, while
the deputation was told to return on
the following day. When they came
:hey were received by the czar alone,
tor the czarina was almost as frightened
as the child.
Those who have seen photographs
of the late King Humbert of Italy
oan not fail to have noticed the curiously
startled expression of his eyes.
People who knew the king say that
:his expression never left his eyes
from the day that Passanante at:empted
to assassinate him at Naples
in November, 1878.
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receiving a deputation when one of
them struck at him with what appeared
to be a small banner, but it
was one that had a dagger concealed
in its folds. The king bravely hit
back with the scabbard of his sword,
and escaped unhuri
A dramatic little episode once occurred
on the magnificent staircase
pf the royal palace at Madrid.
On the night of October 7, 1841, a
crowd of mutinous officers swarmed
up with the intention of kidnapping
the child-queen Isabella. Shots rang
put, and there was a murderous
band-to-hand combat on the staircase.
Poor little Isabella; all her regal
dignity forgotten, wrung her hands
in an agony of fear, screaming: "Oh,
don't let them kill me!"
As day broke over the city the
mutineers fled, and most of them
were afterwards shot.
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LyeiLs Trial Begins.
Jessup, Ga., March 15.?Two hundred
talesmen were summoned today
and an effort will be made tomorrow
to select a jury to try For
mer Sheriff W. M. Lyens and his son,
Former Deputy F. Lyens, for the
killing of M. Fleming Smith, a druggist,
here on the night of December
14, 1908. It is not thought a
change of venue will be asked,
though the feeling here at the time
of the killing was such that the
father and son, the county's officers,
were removed vto Chatham county
jail for safekeeping. They are now
in jail here. Women here are collecting
funds to erect a monument
to the alleged victim of the former
officer, claiming he "died to protect
the name of a woman."
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
Reading?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
Will Campbell, a negro train hand
employed in the Seaboard yards at
Greenwood, had his legs cut off
while at work in the yards early
Wednesday morning, and died several
hours later from the effects of
his injuries.
Young Wade Cothran Pinson, who
was convicted of manslaughter it
Laurens for the killing of his friend
Boyce, was sentenced to serve two
years in the penitentiary. His at
torneys nave appealed to tne state
Supreme Court.
A hearing was had before Judge
D. E. Hydrick, in Columbia, last
week in the matter of application
for a receiver for the Southern
States Trust Co., and the judge refused
the application. This means
that the concern can keep on doing
business.
There is a movement on foot in
Charleston to erect an eight-story
office building, to be known as the
Peoples National Bank building, this
institution occupying the first floor.
Mayor Rhett, president of the bank,
is pushing the matter. This will no
doubt be the tallest building in
Charleston.
W. P. Meetze, a young white man
of Lexington county, was arrested
last week on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses, the
charge being brought by a Lexington
bank. He was released upon paying
the amount of the transaction, and in
this it seems that the bank was compounding
a felony.
At the recent session of the legislature
$7,500 was appropriated for
a monument to the women of the
Confederacy, this amount to be available
when a like amount had been
contributed by the citizens of the
State, thus making the monument
cost $15,000. The State newspaper
has begun the raising of this $7,500,
itself heading the list with $100.
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Aiken, S. C., March 16.?News
comes to this city of the accidental
shooting of Mrs. Ben Richardson, a
former resident of Aiken, by her little
son, Ralph, on Saturday night,
March 13. The child, who is about
five years old, was testing the gun
to see if it was loaded, when it went
off, the whole load striking his
mother in the right side. She died
in a short while and before medical
aid could reach her.
Her maiden name was Murrah.
The remains wil be interred at the
cemetery of the Harmony Methodist
church, near Johnston, S. C., in the
neighborhood of her childhood
home.
She leaves a husband and three
children to mourn her loss.
The Civic Association.
A woman can:
Abolish unnecessary noise.
Establish traveling libraries, and
so bring reading matter within the
reach of all.
Clean up her own back yard and
make it such a thing of beauty that
it will be an inspiration to her neigh
bors. i
See that the health of her fellowcitizens
is cared for by securing the
appointment of a public nurse whose
duty is the care and instruction of
the poor.
Insist upon paved sidewalks.
Demand clean streets, and get
them.
Get rid of tramps by having an
ever-ready town woodpile. No work,
no pay.
Beautify her street with window
boxes.
Prevent telephone and telegraph
companies from hacking off and mutilating
the branches of trees.
Arouse public interest in the public
welfare.
Keep her garbage box clean and
covered, and insist upon her fellowcitizens
doing the same.
Regulate the public care of .the
aged, sick, insane and paupers, so
that only sane, wholesome and humane
treatment of these dependents
is possible.
Establish night schools. ,
Visit the prisoners and brighten
their lives.
Teach the poor to save by establishing
a savings collection with a
door-to-door bank collector.
Teach the poor to live by means
of the visiting housekeeper.
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houses.
Enforce the laws which forbid
expectoration in public.
Beautify her city as did the women
of Portland, Ore., by planting
roses along the thoroughfares.
Place drinking fountains within
the reach of man and beast.
Insist that her children be taught
by competent teachers.
Rid the town of the smoke nuisance.
Open rest rooms in public buildings
for public comfort.
Open kindergartens, schools, missions,
recreation centres.
Apply her knowledge upon every
household matter to the larger field
of municipal and State housekeeping
with magnificent results.
She can, because she has done
every one of these things. And
when she does them, all towns and
cities will be clean, happy, wholesome
places in which to live.
The best automobile oil on earth,
Veroline, only 75c. the gallon, at G.
Frank Bamberg's.
CANNON STILL ON TOP.
Republicans, Aided by So-called
Democrats, Retain Old Rules.
Washington, March 15.?Uncle
Joe Cannon is still on top in the
! house. At one time the Democrats
and insurgents defeated his autocratic
rules, but when Champ Clark
proposed to adopt the resolution
agreed on in the Democratic caucus
for a general revision of the rules,
23 Democrats, including five Georgia
members, bolted and voted with the
machine Republicans for a mild revision
proposed by Fitzgerald, of
New York, who led the bolt, and the
bolters and the Cannon Republicans
voted to give Cannon the power of
appointing committees, including
the rules committee, with practically
the same powers as before. The
five Georgia bolters were Livingston,
Griggs, Howard, Edwards and Lee.
The insurgents stood manfully to
their guns and the fight against Cannon
would have been won except for
the bolt of the Democrats.
The bolt of Fitzgerald was generally
expected. He has been slated
by Cannon as a member of the important
committee on rules. If the
Democrats had won their fight today
the appointment of committees
would have been taken out of the
speaker's hands and Fitzgerald
would have missed the appointment.
It is expected that all the bolters
will be given good committee assignments.
Only nine of them are
from the South, the five Georgians,
Broussard and Estopinal from Louisiana,
who, by the way, are nearly always
counted on to vote with the Republicans,
Sparkman, of Florida,
and Moon of Tennessee.
Six of them were New Yorkers,
the Tammany crowd, the other eight
are from different Northern and
Western States. ;
The regular Democrats are very
much wrought up over the action of
the bolters, who may be ruled out
of the party caucus, because the Denver
platform is so explicit upon the
question of revising the rules of the
house so as to take the autocratic
power away from the speaker. The
rules adopted, it is true, take away
a small modicum of this power, but 1
leave him with the most important
and most dangerous power.
The Cannonites are jubilant tonight,
for although they did not get
all they wanted, they got the compromise
which it is believed had the
sanction beforehand of Mr. Cannon,
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Mr. Fitzgerald word was passed
around among the Cannon Republicans
to vote for it, as it was all
right. Another reason why it is
generally believed that the Fitzgerald
substitute was prearranged
with Mr. Cannon is that the speaker
was quick to recognize Fitzgerald
after the previous question on the
jjemocratic resolution was voted
down. Several wanted to be recognized,
but the speaker somehow saw
only Mr. Fitzgerald.
TILLMAN ALL RIGHT.
The Senior Senator is Apparently as
Well as He Ever Was.
Senator and Mrs. Tillman spent a
couple of hours in Columbia to-day.
Senator Tillman was on his way
home from the meeting of the trustees
of Clemson college. Mrs. Till
man had been on a visit to relatives
at Greenwood.
Senator Tillman looks remarkably
well. He said that he had never felt
better. His face is well filled, his
complexion ruddy and healthy, and
altogether he looks well. He is devoting
himself to indoor exercise and
says it is fine.
Senator Tillman says that the
Clemson board transacted considerable
business. The board has asked
that Major Marcus B. Stokes, originally
of Hampton county, be detailed
to Clemson College as commandant
to take the place of Capt.
Minus, resigned.
Senator Tillman expects to spend
a month in Trenton, as he does noc
think the Democrats can do very
much in the tariff situation, and he
is satisfied that the Republicans will
carry out their policies.
Senator Tillman talks with much
interest about his fight against the
confirmation of the appointment of
Dr. Crum, and said that one of the
remarkable things about his fight
was that for hours he held up sixty
senators while he was relating his
. reminiscences of reconstruction and
his_ fight with McLaurin.
The senator says ne ieeis quite
well enough to go out on another of
his lecture tours, and incidentally
he thinks that the "wild talk" in
which he indulged while on his lecturing
tour had done much to clear
up the atmosphere with regard to
the race question.
Mrs. Tillman says that Senator
Tilman is not to go on any more lecture
tours, but she is quite willing
for him to go to Europe again.?Columbia
special to News and Courier.
Father and Son Charged With Murder.
Jessup, Ga., March 14.?W. B.
and F. A. Lyens, father and son,
and at the time of the killing, sheriff
and deputy sheriff of Wayne
county, Georgia, will be brought
here from Savannah to begin their
trial for the murder of Fleming
Smith, a druggist. The prosecution,
it is said, will try to prove that Smith
was murdered because he offered to
help raise a fund to prosecute Sheriff
Lyens, "because of a remark he
made about a woman." More than
20 pistol shots were fired in Smith's
store here at the time of the killing
and it is said the only witness,
besides the father and son, was hidden
under a counter in the store.
BATTLE WITH FISHERMEN.
FOUR PERSONS INJURED IN
FIGHT NEAR LANGLEY.
Wardens' Party Arrested on Charge
of Assault But Released Soon
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Augusta, Ga., March 14.?Satur- ,
day night about 9 o'clock PinK vvil- \
liams and Charlie Weathersbee,
game wardens, ojf the Langley game
preserves, butler Weathersbee, the
.Langley constable, and a party of
fishermen, who were fishing on the
preserves without the knowledge
and consent of the wardens, got into
a ficht whieh enrieH with several
of the fishing party and one of the ,
wardens' party being shot.
It is said that Pink Williams and
Charlie Weathersbee went out to the
preserves to see that no fishing was
being done. Upon arriving at the
pond they found the party fishing
with nets. Weathersbee wished to
have a witness for the illegal fishing
and sent Williams back to Langley
to bring another man as witness,
while Williams was gone the party
of fishermen, it is said, gave Weathersbee
only a short time to leave,
and he left within the given time.
In the meantime Williams, who
had been sent back for a witness, returned
with Butler Weathersbee, the
Langley constable, who is a brother
of Charlie Weathersbee, and Will
Buck and Colie Watson. Williams,
Weathersbee, - Buck and Watson
went over to the party of fishermen
and asked what had become of the
other Weathersbee. The party seemed
ignorant of the fact that they
were constables that had come for
their arrest, and told the officers
what they had done to Warden
Weathersbee. Upon the officers' trying
to arrest the party, the fishermen
opened fire.
The fight ended when Charlie
Weathersbee was wounded in his left
arm. Jesse uusn, one or tne nsnermen,
received wounds in both
legs below the knee, and a hole
through his hand. He made his escape,
and it was thought he was
dead. Later his hat was found, in
which there were 16 holes. He returned
to Langley yesterday morning.
Proctor, another fisherman, received
a shot in the head. Ripley,
also a fisherman, was phot in the
head. The fishermen are said to
have gone to Langley from Warrenviile.
None were seriously hurt.
Later in the day a warrant was
sworn out by the fishing party
against Williams, Weathersbee and
Buck, who were charged with assault.
They were arrested and carried
to the Aiken court house. Dr.
W. B. Wright, of Langley, and Su
perintendent A. T. Smith, of the
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cured their release.
Entombed in Well. 1
Laurens, March 15.?Entombed in 1
a caved-in well for five hours and a
half, John Fields, a negro well dig- 1
ger, was finally rescued without 1
further hurt than a few bruises on
the face. This accident occurred late
Saturday afternoon when Fields was
descending the walls of the well in
the backyard at Mrs. Eloise Shell's
residence on Main street; a rock was
dislodged by the man's foot, precipitating
a geieral cave-in. But the
rocks did not fall the entire depth of ,
the well; instead, they formed an
arch under which Fields was imprisoned
from 5 o'clock until 10:30
that night. Great skill was evidenced j
in removing the rocks without letting
some fall and kill the unfortunate
man, after the arch was reached,
and broken.
When taken out, Fields was able
to walk to the street and get in a
carriage, his most serious hurts beiner
slieht bruises about the face.
His Wounds Self-inflicted.
Monticello, N. Y., March 15.?Bernard
Solomon, who was found dying
of a dozen knife wounds in his burning
house to-day and who told the
police that he had been attacked by
a neighbor named Berkowitz, tonight
confessed to the district attorney
that his wounds were self-inflicted.
He had become tired of life, he
said, and after trying to kill himself
with a knife, had set fire to his
home.
His motive for blaming his condition
on his neighbor was not disclosed.
Physicians sayx that Solomon
can not live. He has been unconscious
for the greater part of the
time since he was dragged from the
burning house by the police.
Berkowitz and two others, who
were arrested by the police on the
strength of Solomon's first story,
weer released to-night.
T>r. Abbott's Ideal Woman. |
New York, March 15.?Dr. Lyman
Abbott says that the ideal woman
must not change her styles at the
dictation of Paris, nor should she
allow herself to become the servant
of the milliner and dressmaker.
In an address in Brooklyn, he
said:
"A woman's idea of modern industry
is playing bridge whist morning
and night. Her idea of modern
life is to be supported by some one
else.
"The ideal woman does not consider
work unwomanly. She believes
that whatever concerns her husband
concerns her. If the ideal woman's
family finds fault with her cooking,
she does not blame the cooking; she
blames the food and changes it.
"Woman was meant to be man's
companion, and if the idea were
properly carried out, there would
be no affinities."
NEWS FROM KEARSE.
"Old Timer" Writes of Springtime^
Music, Birds and Flowers.
Kearse, March 15.?Rain, rain in
abundance and land too wet to plow
for several days is the condition here, ':4
but it is all right. Only delay planting " >
for a few days, and the oats look
fine and the flowers are beginning to '
show the effects of the warm sail*
shine and showers. The gardens ere
on a boom, the pastures are looking
green, and old Rose and Brindle
with the calves are feasting on the
tender grass, so it is an evil wind
that blows no one good.
But these east-winds, how bed
they make us feel. Even my pets,
the mocking birds, have not sung %
note for the past three days, pussy
laorte nn a riic hofnpp flrfl AT
washes her face with her paws, looks
up in a half-hearted way and makes
an effort to mew but feels too bj^ly
to do more than make an effort, then vj
Bleeps again. What is in the east
wind is a mystery, for it affeds j
plants and animals, especially the /,
aged, their rheumatism is worse, silt ^
and aches come in an amazing degree,
but when the warm south
winds blow and the sunshine comes ^
all will cahnge and all nature win
smile.
So shadows come at night, but the ^
sun will shine in the morning and ' Zan
old man can take his favorite
stand and look in admiration at> the H
little violets smile, the heartsease and
phlox to enhance the scene, with
the wistaria just beginning to bloom*- %
with song of birds by day and the . i
chirp of the cricket by night makes $
life worth living, even if the storms
do come.
Then the young people with their
fun and music and songs brightefc-i,
the world. Not long since an old
man was covering a piazza, a young |jj
lady in the parlor below playing S- ^
lively air on the piano, a mocking' '
bird singing his sweet strains in % ^
tree overhead made his hammer
trying to keep time. , Had some one
passed at the time they would have
taken him for one working by the
job, but alas, soon a caller dropped;^
in, the music stopped and the bird-. ~
song too; men tne oia mss nvv,|
working by the day. A few even.- f
ings after the young folks came and
gave more music and singing and the
last thing the old man remembered
they were playing and singing "Sweet
Marie" and "Dreaming;*! . f(>
Soon the old man, too, was dreaming V;
in the land of Sleeptown and /ie*r:
morning the music and sweet voi^?p|
of the singers lingered in his ear.
Come again, young folks, and aim ^
your sweet songs, for music hntk:fvj
charms to soothe the savage breasts 5
Mr. H. J. Hitter is having many
improvements made in his home. - |
The carpenters are at work, and >
the painter and decorator is too, and
in a few days more will have
of the most handsome country homes ^
In the county. Let the goon wori^^
50 on. We want pretty and attrae>, -;
tive homes on the farms to indue*' "
our young people to stay on the ,
farm, for God made the farmer first
and the country needs our best material
to make this our beloved land
to blossom as the rose.
OLD TIMER. : ,/||
Destruction of Orchard Rubbish.
Just at this season of the year,
those orchardists who have not already
done so, should make a careful
inspection of the premises, removing and
burning all dead and dying .
wood. It is in just such places thai
many of our most injurious orchsfd^l
pests pass the winter. And besides,
such rubbish serves as an ideal
breeding ground for many of theft .v^gj
insects. It will only be a few days :
now before most of these insects
have left their places of protection to ^
begin their work of destruction upon >4?
the budding orchards, then it will be
too late for action. It is extreme!)^ tff
important that some action in the ,
matter be taken immediately. There
are many orchards in the state in*
tested with San Jose scale that have
been pruned and the badly infested
material left lying in the orchard; J-M
This mistake should be corrected, hecause
such infested material is a
menace to the rest of the orchard
and to the whole community In %
which it is found, being a constanjfcM^g
source of infection. Then, there are ;f||
those trees that are heavily infested v
with the Shot-Hole Borer, recognised
by the small round holes in the
bark, resembling those made bjr Ja
number 8 shot and usually a general M
unhealthy condition of the tree. '^8
This insect passes the winter as * :M
small white grub in its burrow in
the dead tree, emerging in spring dfl.&?|
a small brownish beetle. Trees are; ! ;
often completely girdled by this insect,
causing them to die in the 'U
course of a few weeks. Besides tta
two just mentioned, there are
numerous other insects that inhabit ' >
dead Wood and rubbish lying around
the orchard. No one will attempt,
to deny the fact that Dy destroying, ^
all prunings, dead branches and
trees, and other rubbish about the
orchard the coming generation of ; >
insect pests will be considerably de^
creased, rendering control more - ?
practical and certain.
It is therefore to the advantage of
every indvidual owning an orchard, : |
whether it be one of commercial importance
or merely one for home
consumption, to put forth every ef- ^
fort to get the orchard as free as 2
possible from any dead or dying
wood before the pests emerge from
their winter quarters.
Don't put this matter off till tomorrow
or some time next week,
nor pile the prunings just outside i
the orchard, but destroy them completely
by burning and do this immediately.
W. A. THOMAS,
State Entomologist.