The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, February 25, 1904, Image 1
VOL. r. NO. 4,
01.5O PER TEAK.
FEBRUARY 25,1004.
THE- WAR
C IN THE EAST.
?? Continued Activivity in War Area
. and Increasing Enthusiasm
Shown, Especially by
m Japs.
SUMMARY OF NEWS FROM
DAY TO DAY.
Dispatch from
. Paris, Feb. 17. ? On? of the
most important movements of
the Japanese troops yet made is
recorded to-day. One of the
main branches of the army, in
cluding a division of guards, is
now going on board transport**.
This branch consists of three
full divisions and aggregate? ap
proximately an army of 80,000
to 50,000 men. It is believed
that the destination of this enor
- mous force is either at a point
near the month of the Yalu river
or a spot on the Laiotung penin
sula, .flanking Port Arthur.
Slcty . ThoBtaad Km.
. Port Arthur, Feb. 17. ? The
report that' the Japanese have
concentrated about 60,000 troops
at Wonson (on the east coast of
Corea) with the object of enter
ing Manchuria, is confirmed.
f ? ? ? ?
Mora Ship*
London, Feb. 17. ? A dispatch
- to the St. James Gazette from
5|obe, Japan, in reporting the
apanese naval attack on Port
Arthur, Feb. 14, says the Rus
sian guard ship in the harbor and
another Russian warship, lying
outside the harbor, were torpe
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tired without sustaining injury.
?
SwwUm la Com.
Nagasaki, Feb. 18. ? The
French armored cruiser Ad
miral de Gueydon has sailed for
'Saigon, the capital of French
Cochin China. The French sec
ond class cruiser Pascal left
Chemulpo Feb. 16 for Saigon by
way of Shanghai.
Heavy snowstorms are report
ed through Corea.
Cr? I TmHiwH ml ItfafMt.
London, Feb. 18. ? The Jap
anese legation to-day gave out
an official cable dispatch receiv
ed from Tokio, as follows:
- " A number of Japanese refu
gees from Port Arthur whc/
arrived recently at Chefoo on
board the British steamer Wen
chow give in the form of a diary
an account of their treatment
while at Port Arthur, as follows:
*Feb. 8. ? The Japanese were
forbidden to embaric on the
British steamer Has Bera. All
the Japanese were prohibited
from leaving the harbor.
Feb. 9. ? Eight Russian soldi
ers were placed on guard over
the Japanese on board the Wen
chow. None of the Japanese
were allowed to land. The Jap
anese on board are about to
starve.
Feb. 10. ? After appeals to
Viceroy AlexiefT ten bags of rice
and some biscuits only were sent
to the ship in the evening.
Feb. 11. ? No heed was takeu
by the Russians of our repeated
signals; no drinking water.
Feb.1 18. ? Renewed appeals
ande to the Russians to give
aome food at' lea?t to the infants
tod sick women.
Oaa hundred and three Japan
ese boarded the Wenchow from
Hartthi. While on their way
they were robbed of all their
baggage and rendered penniless.
There are now 800 Japanese on
board the Wenchow and their
distressed condition is beyond
^ascription,
Feb. 14. ? At ftp. m. the Wen
chow was allowed to sail.
Feb. 15. ? Arrived at Chefoo
in the morning. *
It is also reported that there
is general disorder at Port Ar
thur, mounted Manchurian bun;
ditti and Russian soldiers pil
laging everywhere. The shop
keepers are armed to protect
themselves from plunder by Rus
sian soldiers. " 1
FeeUeg TMe CewBtry.
Vienna, Feb. 21. ? Following
a service of intercession in the
Russian church at Prague to
day for the success of Russian
arms, several hundred Slav stu
dents gathered in front of the
church and created a disturb
ance. They then proceeded to
wards the United States consu
late, where they intended Uf
make a hostile demonstration,
but the police closed all streets
leading to the consulate and af
ter some opposition dispersed
the demonstrators and arrested
many of them .
Bryan** Opiniou of Hearst.
There has been much specula
tion throughout the country con
cerning the purpose of Mr. Bry
an's tour, or tours, throughout
the conntry discussing political
issues.
It has been charged that he
was forming an organization and
promoting a sentiment favorable
to Wm. R. Hearst, of New York,
an aspirant for the Presidential
nomination. The Nashville Ame
rican a very bitter enemy of Mr.
Bryan, recently said: "The staff
correspondent ot the, Brooklyn
Eagle, who has been touring the
sot^h, writes his paper that
engineered by Mr. 1 Bryan, to
?wing the solid south for Hearst
and his barrel. Bryan's present
tour of the soutlf has no other
purpose." \
Desiring to get a definite state
ment from Mr. Bryan himself, a
representative of the State sub
mitted the following questions to
Mr. Bryan while in the city yes
terday:
Believing in your sincerity and
your Democracy, the State de
sires to have you answer through
its columns several intimations
current in tlpe papers unfriendly
to you. . s rx_
1. Are yota supporting any one
candidate tor the Presidential
nomjnation^ tor instance, Mr.
Hearst?^ ' *
v 2. -Is the, promotion of Mr.
Hearst's candidacy, or that of
any 6tber aspirant, the purpose
of yuui* present tour?
8. Do you think Mr. Hearst
would make a suitable nominee
and a suitable President?
4. If the St. Louis convention
adopts a platform or nominates
a candidate not favored by you,
either or both, would you refuse
to support the platform or the
ticket?
5. If the free silver plank of
the 1000 platform is notreafflrmed
by the St. Louis convention, will
you refuse to support the plat
form and the nominee?
To these questions Mr. Bryan
wrote tho following answers:
1, 2, and 3. I am not advocat
ing any particular man, and my
trip through the sbuth is not in
the Interest of any candidate.
Assuming that the platform will
be sound, I regard Mr. Hearst
as one among many men worthy
to be considered, but do noi care
to express an opinion as to the
relative availability of various
candidates.
4 and 5. These questions can
not properly be considered or in
telligently decided until the plat
form is adopted and the candi
dates selected. 1 think, however,
that the question of support will
have to do met by those who
bolted in 1896 and 1900, rather
than by those who have been
faithful to the party.
W. J. Bryan.
Chicken Column.
Seasonable Hints.
Thirteen eggs are too many
for a ben of the right size to
make a good sitter and mother.
Eleven eggs are enough, and, if
the weather is cold, reduce the
number to nine.
One of the most certain signs
of Hisease or sickness among
poultry, is the changing color
of the comb. If your fowl is in
perfect health, the comb will be
bright red; but, itthecomb looks
dull and pale, your fowl is sick
and needs your immediate at
tention. The lives of many val
uable fowls might be saved if
more attention were paid to the
appearance of their combs.
Keep the Birds Healthy.
Doctoring poultry is a regular,
conundrum. It is not always*
best to try to cure sick chickens.
I make it a rule to use every
method to prevent sickness, and
if some ailments come, I chec?
them at* on oa. IX I am unsusoess
mi ia 'win. ?iwn?<w wr(w?
form presents- itself, the only
conclusion I come to is to kill
and bury th?* fowl. I prevent a
great deal of sickness by keep
ing the house clean and well
aired during the day time, with
a little ventilation at night. I
avoid crowding. I feed none but
the best of grains. I keep the
birds exercising. I keep down
the lice., 1 use plenty of kero
sene and lime about the place.
Air slaked lime is sprinkled over
the roosts, platforms and nests.
The walls are whitewashed, and
to each pail of wasn I use an
ounce of carbolic acid. I also
pour keresene over the roosts,
in the crevices_of the building
and in the nests.
If I notice a slight cold among
my fowls, such as a sneeze, I put
a little kerosene in the drinking
water, and generally the trouble
is righted. If I notice a dump
ish fowl, with apparently no
symptoms o ( sickness, and yet
not in the best of health, I give
a teaspoonful of castor oil, and
^he ailment is, as a rule, con
quered. I should never use a
bird for breeding that ever had
the roup or cholera, no matter
liow "completely cured" she
may be I do not believe there
can be a complete cure of conta
gion. I experimented conside
rably on this, and always found
that the young inherit the weak
ness of the parent stock. From
a hen that apparently was cured
of the roup, I raised a flock of
weak constitutioned birds. All
breeding stock must be perfectly
well, and must not have any con
stitutional weakness. Inbreed
ing is also one prime <5ause of so
much sickness anfong poultry;
and if inbreeding would be made
apunishable crime, three-fourths
ef the fanciers would be indicted.
A girl just returned to Hanni
bal, Mo., from a Boston high
school, said upon seeing a fire
engine at wont: "Who would
evah have dweamed such a vewy
diminutive apawatus would hold
so much watah?"
lulu's VUILI STHE1E1T.
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Onr-tlgMW Qlvw hi OmpwUm
New Orleans, Feb. 19. ? Secre
tary Hester's weekly cotton ex
change statement, issued to day,
shows for the 10 days of Febru
ary a decrease under last year
of 06,000, and an increase over
the same period year before last
of 06,000.
BJor the 172 days of the season
tha^ has elapsed is behind the
save days of last year 94,000,
ana behind the same days year
before last 19,000.
The amount brought into sight
during tne past week has been
154,076 bales against 207,788 for
the same seven days last year,
and 211,883 year before last
The movement since Sept 1
shows receipts at all United
States ports to be 6,338,057
against 6, 845, 140 last year. Over
land across the Mississippi, Ohio
atuf Potomac rivers to northern
mills and Canada 687,031 against
822,762 last year, interior stocks
in excess of those held at the
close of the commercial year
824,010 against 295,578 last year;
southern mills takings 1,155,000
against 1.132,927 last year.
The total movement since Sep
tember 1st, 8,502,098, against
8,500,407 last year, and 8,521,064
ydfcr before last
Foreign exports for the week
have bees' 105,614, against 175,
199?last yqar, ma King the total
for the season 4,845,481, against
f, 86ft, 0$1 last year.
The total takings of American
my^s, north, south and Canada
IImm far for the season have
fjPbft,78M22 agaiast 2,706,610
last year.
Stocks at the seaboard and the
29 leading southern interior ci
ties have decreased during the
week 77,109 bales, against a de
crease during the corresponding
week last season of 68,824.
Including stocks lefc over at
ports and interior towns from
the last crop and the number of
bales brought into sight thus far
from the new crop, the supply to
date is 8,669,897, against 8,811,
481 for the same period last year.
The Cotton Mnrket.
New Orleans, Feb. 19. ? The
cotton market opened active and
remained active until near the
close. Bullish sentiment was
predominant and bulls conl rolled
the market throughout the day.
At the opening selling orders
were heavy, evidently coming
from the shorts, but their offer
ings were, readily absorbed. The
hull leaders took on immense
loads and continually reachtd
out for more. Their buying^
however was not aggressive. At
the opening the Liverpool mar
ket was considered disappoint
ing and this encouraged bears.
They sent prices down about
20 points, but the bull leaders
kept the situation well in hand
and forced prices gradually up
until they were about 60 points
higher than the lowest levels,
and about 40 points higher than
the close of yesterday. Toward
the close the market became
quiet and with the disposition
to take profits. The closing was
steady and from 23 to 28 points
higher than the close of yester
day, May closing 28 points high
or than yesterday, at 14 cents.
They have a nice old lady in
South Hosting of the genuine
Partingtonian variety. She re
rently alluded to the illness of a
friend with "you see he had di
gestion of the lungs, and then it
settled."
rARM CLIPPINGS.
The Outlook.
The outlook is decidedly blue
for the farmer who lets his Farm'
Journal stop. Few rays of sun
shine are likely to be encounter
ed for the next five years.
The wheat market goes up and
down, but there has been a gain
in price, with prospect of a fur
ther rise.
There hss been, and still is, a
a firm potato market. Those who
have sound stock, for table or
seed, can sa^l at good prices. j
Our export cattle trade is in
creasing. Last year upward of
420, 0C0 head went abroad. ThQ
total exports of provisions for
the same period amounted to
nearly $200,000,000.
Corn is active and firm, and
some advance probable. Buyers
complain that farmers are in no
haste to sell. If they have sound
corn, they may safely sell at their
leisure.
There has been a weak demand
for all kinds of horses, with the
exception of druft animals, for
some time past, but prices are
stiffening, and will advance with
the opening of spring. It will
still pay to breed high-class
horses.
American apples have won
many friends in Europe during
the last few months. They have
been a feature in the market
there, and a large trade is as
sured in future years for our
fruit. Growers of choice apples
have a bright outlook.
Just what is being done in the
United States to increase our
foreign trade in poultry pro
ducts we are not now able to
ftnr jPamdWa neigh
bors are nursing this business
through their Department of
Agriculturo. There are possi
bilities in this trade worth look
ing after by our own officials.
Thing* to Drop.
Things that hurt the pocket,
the feelings of others, the con
science.
Drop a hot iron; it burns.
Anything else? Yes, lo's of
things that farmers are trying
to nandle. but which do more
ffhrm than good ? some of them.
Drop trying to get over more
ground than you can till well.
Drop the old cows, sheep and
hens. They will make the rich
est man poor.
Drop the cows that hare Jteen
favorites, and yet never have
paid their board a single year
since you got thero.
'Drop the crops that you have
been raising to a disadvantage.
Profit comes from growing
things that can be produced in
your locality at low cost for la
bor and marketing.
Drop loose methods of culture.
They will bring nothing but
trouble
Drop promising more than you
can perform.
Drop unkindness to members
of your family, in the house and
in the barn.
Drop loitering about town when
jou have no business there.
Drop saying: "It's nobody's
business what I do." It is some
body's business. No one can
draw a line about his feet and say,
??I live in here. Everybody must
keep out."
, Drop oaths, love of gossip and
telling foul stories.
In short, drop everything that
helps to make a man less worthy
to be trusted, and more to be
dreaded, by all good citizens.
Hot iron burns, but there are
many things that hurt worse.
Tha White Knight; no amoke to
compare with it. For mile at th* Cam
den Drug Company. Trjr tlitm, ami
t? convinced.
A Wile* P*w?r.
Ths power of t wife for wood
or evil U irresistible. Boat
must oe the <eeet of
or happiness most be forever ?
known. A good wife Is torn aas
wisdom, courage, and str? gth,
and endurance. A bad wMs m
confusion, weakness, diseoeS
ture and despair. No -conditio*
is hopeless where the wife pos
sesses firmness, decision and
economy. There is no outward
prosperity which can counteract
indolence, extravagance and fol
ly at home. No #pirtt can long
endure bad domestic influence.
Man is strong, but his heart ia
not adamant. He delights in en*
terprise and action, but to ana
tain him he needs a quiet mind
and a whole heart. He ? needs
his moral force in the conflicts
of the world. To reoover his
evenness of mind and composure,
home must be to him a place of
repose, of peaces, ot cheerful
ness, of comfort, aid big soul
renews its strength a0afiat,*Mb
goes forth with freak vicjarl|
encounter the labor and trowMNP
of life. But if st home he flnds
no rest, and is there met with
bad temper, sullenness or gloom,
or is assailed by disoontent or
complaint, hope vanishes, and
he sinks into despair. ?
What tt Teach the Bays.
If you do this you will not bare
lived in vain:
Teach them to plow thorough*
ly and well.
To chop with both the righi
and the left hand.
To sow grain broadcast as wall
as with the drill.
To run the reaper, the mower
and the binder.
To milk 'a eow elesn. (Yw
cannot do this unless you know
how yourself )
To feed the oows, horses and
other stock right. (You may be
absent sometimes and need to
have the help of the boys*)
To drive the horses on the
road and on the farm utMjr.
To harness the horses and to
care for ihem in the
To bring in the wood tor nrght
without being reminded of H ev
ery time.
To hoe corn and potatoes, and
to dig them in their season.
To hang up their hats when
they come into the housa.
To be polite at the table.
To speak respectfully to every
one, young and old.
To read, not simply story
books, but the papers of the day
and best current literature.
To be ceat and clean in their
habits of dress.
To keep things "sleeked up"
in their rooms.
To love the truth always.
To deal honestly with all men.
To be good citizens* loving
their country and respecting its
institutions.
To seek the fellowship of good
men, good books and good things
in nature.
GARLAND'S
STABLES.
New Stables,
Fresh Stock.
Up-to-Date
Vehicles. ?*??
C.all on me on
Rutledge Arenuef
fust below the Old
Postojflce.
W. A. OAKLAND,
I Prop'r,