The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, March 24, 1904, Image 1
r Mk * , MABCB. 24, 19Q4. - 01.5O PER YEAR.
London, March 17.? The Ren
ter igMQj reports that the Bus
lUa torpedo boat
n at Port Arthur ?u blown up
four of
daring which Chin* |
or man
U|
learf r ?> iii i fcJiiiini
St Petersbunr* Mar. 17. Vlfo
*??*
touring loot hope of getting Mp
Jtootf Annicti is now trying to
Mk auwi^
eoanting on the Chinese hatred
of fonifoori. It beleivef the
Cnineee will soon violate the
Queen Victoria, died at 10. 19 this
> tSWi 8? suffer
< ing for aone weeks paat with a
; eerloee attack of stomach tron*
Ue. fie seemed to be improving
s <B*#Mly.#eater*iy, wMt he had
? ,rscurrepee of hemorrhages
froih 4he4ioma4lt. Toward even-,
? Ing he began toatnk rapidly, and
never rallied. His death will
pot the eonrt in mourning and
' postpone all ceremonies for tome
rwte* ,i\
Oen. William Frederick Charles,
- M4 marshal and Dnke of Cam
bridge, grandson of King George |
III, and first eousln of Queen
Victoria, was born at Hanover,
March 26, 1619. The greater
part of bis life has been spent in
Considerable scandal was caused
, at the time of the Duke's mar
' ^hfe to Miss Ifalrbrother, who
- was bot an otoeoure actress. AI
though the marriage was legally
morganatic, the Queen always
I J ^a(svred to the Duchess as her
eoosin, and thstr twelve children
r Wfre alwas welcomed at the pal
i v aee. The Duke's private life
We* one of devotion and scrupu
KWI D9?Or.
pistmst of Menoply. (
.? . AU i possible Alleviations and
defenses being taken intff a
count. It most be confessed that
' > the prospect of eeeonntering a
t eamhlnstion of t perfect labor
anion and a perfect employers*
association, both engaged In pro*
vidinjre neoesssry of life, and
.irtrtfcNfM* t.
a formidable one for society at
large, < 'DeifcocrtUc- society has
by id legtelrtion aad
lie opinion msrt* wflhi?o?Wi
alloT possible, an*dcnK>eratic
I-^j!?n^ag?fa*dan
lis oi
A h&jfifianaered^
y trndnoM of la*
bor oBtonvtod enptojWi' asso
ciations ngg?tt ^
Wedieocj of establishing ovef
t?S|i governmental inspection
t4A control, and this lor two
MMpni First, that both kinds of
associations soon become monop
olistic; and, secondly, that they
are secret societies. Democratic
government, like despotic go*
ernraejxt, dislikes eecsefc socle
ties,, particularly If they are apt
to resort, to violence for the en- 1
forcemeat of their demands, la
all w^i*i and industrial strife It |
Is tatmeaserably best to use the I
locoes of publicity, discussion
and fellow feeling before physi
cal conflict* take place, rather
than after they have occurred.
Whoever gets a monopoly? I
be it one man or 100,000 men ?
Invariably tries to keep other
people from sharing his exclu
sive privilege. Any swoopoHe
tic classification must canoe great
abridgment* of personal liberty
among all sorts and cotillons oil
men. Moreover, sine# the fun-j
dm mental object of the labor
anion or the employers' associa
tion is always the pecuniary ben- 1
eflt of its class, these organise
tlons are providing democratic
society with ejhibttfrms of class
selfishness, which, In other coun
tries, society and government I
have been manifested by classes
quite differ*** from those that
uow manifest It, as, fpr example, |
nobilities, prteethoode, and sol
diers. The world hashed bitter 1
experience of.the evils resulting 1
from the^el^sa selMn^s -of
of these aristocratic, eccleeiaSti- |
eaf Sqd military obmbinailon*',]
and democracy does well to dis
trust the" neb ^ssriopinents of
olassae)fishfiess.differeat though!
the nliittT be that now manifest
this dangeroue quality.
4 r ^
A Hew Military Olllce Created.
At the reeent session of the
legislature tne new miliUry of
fice of Inspector of rifle practice
and small arms was created, and
Mr. Henry T. Thompson has
been appointed to this position,
with the rank of Colonel.
OnifltAii obdsr No. U
, Par. L Ow|ng to the impor
tance of rlfie practice, the otffice
of Inspector of Rlfie and Small
Arms Practice for the organised
militia of the Bute of South Car
olina Is hereby created.
Per. t. Henry T. Thompson Is
hereby appointed Inspector of
Rifle end Small Arms Practice
tor the State of South Carolina
with the rank of Colonel, to take
effect from March 8d, 1004, end
will be obeyed and respected ac
cordingly.
Par. 8. Col. Thompson will)
make an Inspection of ell small
arms in the hands of the organ
ised militia, reporting by num.
bor the condition of each.
' Par. 4. He will instruct the
oompanlee in the care of the
piece; also, in position, aiming
and sighting drills, ss prescribed
In the firing regulations of smsll
f - ' >?
arms.
Par. 5. Col. Thompson will
communicate with the several
oommands, arranging dates and
details necesssry to carry out!
tills order, and will make a de
tailed report of each inspection
as soon as completed.
By order of the Governor and
Commander-ln Chief.
John I>. Froet, A. A I. G*
Tt* Whits Kstfht ; j no asuoke to
Mspirt W1A Ik. forKH ?t th* Cssi
4?n Prng Company. Try tb*?, sa?!
b? son? Inwd, ^ . ,
f r \ BnOWM l^BOHORNS. - *
f.* i .g., ...... f I
Chicken Column,
Pvtre Breeds Are Beat
Alto breeds, most any ben
will lay if properly eared for,
bat pare breeds oertalnly nasi
be the best to keep, as yon have
a- standard to go by. If year
fowls are not np to the standard, |
yon know they are not at their
beet; besides, you have the
pleasure of baring something
special to show your friends.
Ustllag Hens.
As spring draws near we are
reminded that the time is at
hand for arranging the nests and
getting Everything la readinees
far hatehiag oat the broods of
little chicks. First df all the
nest saast be afAt in a room or
9 bed apart from the hovlse de
voted to lading hens. . Any oat
of the way room, closed shed or
loft will answer for the pfcrpoee,
and thetw the east ehould be
made. A large, roomy box
eighteen inches deep, with an
opening in the side large enough
to allow the hen to pass in and
out at will, should be nsed. First
pnt a few shovelsfnl of dry dirt
orMfted MA wtoa 4* the taW
too <4 tha bQ*.M0 Hollow Mt M
tbe shape of a nest; then cover |
with Mtvaw wf hey
so that the eggs will not roll!
ever on each other. After thai
ben Mb shown a dffire to setl
lor ? ww days gbhtty carty her
to the new nest, in which yon I
have already plaoed a few chins I
nest eggs.
Cover the top of the box end I
oloee the opening in. front and 1
I let her remain ooaflaed for a fall
[ dayr The next night yon may I
remove the oovering, place food l
and water in front of the box I
I and trently lift her off and let!
her est and drink. When satis- 1
fled, she will return to the nest
and will then be ready for the!
eggs which you intend to put
under her.
Should she refuse to return to |
the nest, as a hen will some
times, it It useless to try fur
ther* end it is better to let her 1
I return to the yard and wait un- 1
til another one gets broody. Set
I ting hens should be fed on whole
corn exclusively. This, tqgeth* I
I er with grit, water and a dust
(box, should be placed near thel
nest, and she will need no fur
I ther care. After the first week 1
she should be dusted woll with
insect powder and then again
about the eighteenth day. If an I
egg gets broken and the others I
I become fouled, wash them in I
lukewarm water and replace 1
I them in nest.
It is better to set two on the
I same day, and when they hatch I
give ell the chioke to one henl
and reset the other. The second
I batch is usually the more suc
cessful, ss the hens beoome more
faithful sfter the first weeks.
When the eggs begin to pip do
not disturb the hen by lifting
her up. Let her retnalh quiet
antil the shells begin to crowd
the chicks; then reeoh under her
and remove them. Do not take I
her, with the ohioks, off the nest
until twenty-four hours sftor
they hatch. Nature has suppli
l] . ? ?? ?? <j *
?Mima with food, ao that what
wMwut h warmth. Mora
cklolfie die front Mwf
chQled than from any other
^ of tboM thai
do, not die ut stunted and never
?* they shoo Id. ? Home and
Firm.
. - a
Poet No?m.
J* yon wish to gel go* win
ter laying bene? Then hatch
poll?!? In Febroarjr and
?od at latest April. Barly
batch chicks mature early and
io December at
.farthest, and lay all winter.
8ome years ago the question
hf profit In fowl raising deterred
???y porsona from ennginr in
the pursuit, as there were good
groonds fbt doubting the profit
able side owing to the low prices
<* Ogge end poultry flesh. There
J**? longer any doubt about
!***? *? oggs command almost
double their former price And
chicken flesh is a third higher.
Tlie obstacles and disappoint
ments which were sure to follow
Fbnltry raising on a large scale
hgfllu to essnme a fsvorable turn,
?od Poultry farming in a few
decades will not be put down
??ong the impossibilities, but
I
The Jew as a Patriot.
Tht temporary persecution, massacre
? fwijllarjfrl| element amoof
Wiisplass will sot iodooe the AneriMR
M to tahe aleee one way or the other
" ? that it luUrnatloaal and
?eemn about to bceoow eves trader. *
Mrbo worst festnre of aoti.Demitism
1s t** elkrpi wmlm thst the Jew is s
?trsofterlntlM oountry lo which Se
resides, that ho Is est so integral port
?t^tho people and can't be s tros
. "fist9***** N* been refuted,
?Jwf^^agnynjS ss ssswer, beonoss
mm wiflnMasssiaM nwrtm wm
Wl? est InsVn tbe troth ns4 wbo
countries, reiterate
taoohsipi with vehemtut emphasis.
bis mipop. The Jew Is so eoestituted
tfcat ho heroines the beat patriot of all
natiopa, sod there Is aoflcient evidence
n history to boar out tbls statement."
*?*?! Standard In Politics.
No political campaign can be
earned on without an appeal to
the moral sense of the commun
ity that cannot be ignored. It is
the doty of demoorscy to see
that the higheet standard of mo
rality is maintained in political
matters. Great political parties
are of influence and value Just so
long as they maintain a high
moral standard* The question
is. how to keep that sense alive.
Consideration for 'another's
views is Just what we went. The
most radical of men has a lesson
for civilization, and it must be
considered.
? We tfeed disinterested men in
political affairs, men who sre
willing to forget self in the de
sire to be of benefit to the whole
people. We hare lived too long
on the spoils system, and too
many men look upon politics ss
a remunerative profession rather
than as a patriotic duty. The
kind of men needed in office are
those with altruistic ideals, and
of the highest morsl standard.
"What to Do."
Here is a verse the Mail Order
Monthly would like for every
boy to read and revolve in his
his mind:
ft you would take s job tbst's risky, by
all means keep swsy from whtakey.
If you from danger point* would ateer,
^ *ur* to keep awsy from beer,
whenever yoo take a drink of gin, you
?wallow down a doee of sin.
When tempted to a glass of rum, re
membse that It rhymes with bom.
Wherever there's a glass of brsndy, be
sore you'll And the devil handy.
hands you out his eard when
ever your eider waxes hard.
Wbite Knight elgnr, a splendid
saaoeo, sail lot them at tbs Camden
Prcp Companjr, and take no other.
' ? A J
FARM CUPPINGS.
GmmIs mt ike CottM Pfaurt.
Visitors at (heXJottoa Exposi
tion in Atlanta, six years sgo,
nihy remember htviog seen
growing near the Psir grounds
several specimens of the Asiatic
cotton plant. There were many
varieties, but all belonged to one
general rpecies, quite distinct
from any tnen generally known
In the United States. The plant
was very peculiar in ita general
appearance, being small and
scrubby, with smsll notched
leaves, and a remarbably bright
yellow flower. The seeds were
thickly covered with a fussy look
ing greenish down. And the sta
ple produced was* very short,
though very fine.
Tnis wss the gosypium nerba
ceum of the botanist,' and its va
rieties the Surat, the Madras,
and the short Egyptian ftaple of
commerce. Another variety of the
same species is the celebrated
nankeen, so called from the cir
cumstance that is supposed to
have originated in the great val
ley of the Yangtse, near the an
cient capital of the Chinese Em
pire. All these varieties have
subsequently been introduced in
the United States, but it is
apprehended they will soon de
generate into a coarse stsple of
comparatively little commercial
value.
Botanists tell us there are but
four distinct primary specie* of
the cotton plant, although there
are constantly increasing vane
ties of the same species, brought
about by climatic and -other
causes. Three of these species
seem to be indigenous to the
American continent; and, strange
to say, neither of them have ever
been successfully introduced In
southern Asia, and more than
the distinctive Asiatic species
has ever been successfully repro
duced in the United States.
At the bead of the list, as hav
ing greater commercial value
than any of the others, is the
gosypium barbadense, or the Sea
Island cotton of commerce. It
has never been successfully cul
tivated outside the three States
of Georgia, South Carolina and
Florida; nor even in these states
very far from the coast. Its
home is upon the islsnds and
sumll portions of the msin land
of the three States named. Ef
forts have failed to naturalise it
in Asia. And when transplanted
to the uplands ot Georgia it soon
degenerates and loses its distinc
tive qualities. The saline ingre
dients of soil and atmosphere,
peculiar to certain districts on
our southern coast, are indis
pensable elements of its growth.
The species of the next high
est importance had its origin on
the Pacific slopes of South Ame
rica, and is known to botanists
as Gosypium Peruvianum. Not
withstanding its name, it seems
to be of ? Chilian origin, though
it will be remembered that the
present territory of Chili was
first known to Europeans as Pe
ru. The green seed cotton row
so common in all our cotton pro
ducing States is a variety of this
species, juat as the black seed is
a variety of the barbadense.
The third species is that of
Asia, already noticed, and known
as Gosypium Nerbaoeum. There
are several vanetier of it now
grown in the United States; but
even a superficial comparison of
the staple produced from it here,
with that produoed from it in;
the land of ita nativity, will show
a very marked degeneration.!
especlslly after the first crop.
Just why this should be so, I
pretend not to know; I merely
state a fact falling under ; my
own observation. The fourth
and last specie* is the Gosypium
Arbareum. It is, as the name
leqpAlaa, a large tree Hke plant
and produces a line yellowish
white wool, bat of so very short
a staple as to be practically
worthless inoommeroe. It is a
perennial, and is found all the
way from the Isthmus of Panna
ma to the deep rallies of the
remote interior of Columbia,
some six hundred miles from
the ooaat. Its usual height la
from eight to twelve feet, though
I have frequently seen it aa high
as twenty. It lias something
been confounded with what is
vulgarly known ss the "wool
tree" of Mew Granada, which is
however a very different thing.
I have always had the impres
sion that the arboreum might,
by proper cultivation and care,
in latitudes south of the frost
line, be developed into a long
staple, and thus made valuable
in commerce. But this, so far as
I am aware, has never been at
tempted in the land of its
nativity, and there are no places
in the United States, unless it
be in Florida and southern Cali
fornia, where the experiment
could be made with any reason
able prospect of snccess.
William L Scruggs,
Atlanta, Ga.
De N?U
The Mail Order Monthly thinka
that the following "Do Note"
ought to be printed in blrf, great
big, letters and pasted in stables
all over the country:
Up hill ? whip m not. ?
Down bill ? hirrj re not.
On level rosd ipwr sae aot.
Loose in stable ? forget me not.
Of bay and eora ? rob mo out.
With sponge brass ngfectmenot
Of soft, drjr bed' deprive me not.
Tired or bot? -leave ne not.
Sick or cold? ?bill me not..
With bit and reins? oh, Jerk ??? not.
When yon are angry? etrlke me not.
Doubt leas Definitions.
Nobody ? A prominent wo
man's husband.
Paregoric ? The crying need
of the midnight hour.
Divorce ? An epitaph carved
on love's tombstone.
Undertaker ? A man who tol
lows the medical profession.
Hammock ? An article used as
a spoonholder at a love feast.
Marriage ? The fatal termina
tion of the disease called love.
Thunder ? The only, reliable
weather report yet discovered.
Secret ? Something a woman
is in a hurry to tell her frionds.
Truth ? The things women say
to each other when they quarrel.
Matrimony ? A sort of trust
for the protection of the infant
industry.
Because? Eve's legacy to her
daughters as an excuse for any
old thing.
Hope ? The untiring efforts of
an old maid to discover a man
under the bed.
How Soon Forgotten.
In a lonesome country grave
yard, five miles from Louisville,
Ky., there is an old vault upon
whose rusty door may be seen
the words: "Zachery Taylor,
1860." Here in this lonely spot,
overgrown with vines and weeds,
and visited by less than a doseu
people a year, is the tomb of a
President of the United States,
neglected, almost forgotten, yet
there are men living who remem
ber the time when hia name was
heard as frequently as Roose
velt's is hesrd now. ffrewas the
hero of the Mexican war, com
mending the American army
from its entry into Mexico, and
in all the fights between the
Texas border and Monterey, in
cluding the bloodiest battles of
the war-? Buena Vista and Resa*
ca de LaPalma. He camo home
? tho idol of the country.