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m \'\ * I I " The Horry Herald,I CONWAY, S. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY, 21 1900 STOCK FOODS AND CONDITION POWDICKS AND "WHAT THEY COST. Hundreds of Dollars Are Paid Per Ton for Some That Does Not Cost Twenty, The large amount of hard cash paid out by the farmers and other stock owners of this State for patent stock foods and condition powders renders the fullest information concerning +>,?<. ?*.*? ?- - vuou uuiupunitiun ana merits aesirable. If these compounds possess any value It must be as either food or medlolne. At one time the manufao turers of many of them made strong claims as to their food value, as indicated by the names they bear, but the work of the chemist easily showed their rather low food values, and it accordingly became neoossary for the manufacturers to modify their original claims. t present most of the stook food manufacturers base their claims for patronage on the alleged value of the compouuds as condiments and medicines. It was too easy for the chemist and feeders. to determine their true food value. Apparently became ne oessary, Id order to maintain their sale, to transfer them to the uncertain and intangible Held of medicine. The mystery and popular Ignorance concerning medical practice make It a much more secure field In whioh to exploit fictitious olalms. As medloinal or condlmental agents, It is claimed that these patent compounds prevent certain diseases, cure a large variety of others, and enable the animals to digest more food and make better use of it. Let us briefiy consider these claims. Tue first ste,; In this will be to ascertain just what these powders contain. Fortunately, the Experiment Stations have furnished this Information In such a way as to preclude any probability of error. Massachusetts, Connecticut and North Carolina published bulletins on this subject so nearly at the same time as to make it certain that the work was done Independently and without any knowledge of one another's results, and the c ose agreement of their findings gives additional assurance of their accuracy. During the past year or two, International Stock Food has been extensively advertised and considerable of it sold in this State. For this reason, let us select this compound as an example and give its composition as published In the bulletins just referred to. According to the Connecticut Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 132. International Stock Food contains wheat feed, cayenne, salt, charcoal and some bitter drug; Massachusetts, Bulletin, No. 71, says it contains wheat offal, pepper, salt, charcoal and some material rich In protein, and the December Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture says it consists of wheat bran, red DBDDP.r. oharnnal and lir?HPod mo?l Tt-. will be noticed that all agree that a wheat product of some sort 1h the principal ingredient. Pepper and charcoal are also found by all three; while Halt and a material rloh in protein?linseed meal by North Carolina ?are found by two, and a bitter drug by one. This is, indeed, a remarkable unanimity of results. We are now in a position to judge of the accuracy of the olalms made for these compounds. There are two ways of doing that. First, after the chemist and the mioroscoplst have told us the ingredients they contain, tho medical man may judge of their value or ell- ct, when used iu medioal practloe; from his knowledge of medical science. Judged on this basis, we give it as our professional opinion that wheat bran, salt, pepper, charcoal, eto., possess no marked medlol nal virtue for either prevention or cure of diseases; but if any one does not care to aocept our opinion, we ask him to go to bis family physlolan, in whom he has confidence, and ask him If these substances are of muob value aa medicines, and we are willing to abide by nib reply. The stoond method of judging of the value of these condimental stock foods or condition powders is by actual trials or feeding tests, bub it may be stated that no trial Is either practical or worthy the name of a test unless the food and the animals are both weighed, and unless another lot of anlmais of the same quality, age, size and condition, and kept and other wise fed in the same manner, are oompared with those received the condimental foods. Fortunately, several tests of this sort have been made, and while made by those whom the manufacturers sneerlngly term theoretical feeders, are the only real practical tests made of the feeding value of these patent foods. Two tests have been made at the Kansas Experiment Station with dairy cows with the fol lowing results: For the first test, thirteen cows were divided into two lots as nearly (Mjual as possible, based on the yield of milk and butter fat for the preceding month. Tne two lots received exactly the same kind and amount of lui i, except that one lot was given "a i.ne Stock Food" according to the manufacturer's directions. The re sun of a one month Uibt was that the buiur fat produced by the lot receiving the "Stock Food" c;st 14.?c, per pound; while the butter fit produced by the lot receiving no oondlmental food eoefc 12 3o. per pound. The second test waa with twenty oows divided Into two lots, m In the the first bait, sad the result of a twomonth's tost wm that the lot Helving "Globe Stock Food" produced butter fat at a cost of 7e. per pound more than the lot whleh resolved no suoh food. The Iowa Experiment Station also made a test of the value of these eon dlmeatal feoda and several well known eonoentrated feeding stuff* when added to a oorn ration for the fattening of steers. There wore ten lota of twenty-two steers each, selected so as to make them all as near equal m possible. Of the ten lots, three were fed patent stock foods. The lot showing the lowest net profits as the result of ninety-four days' feeding had received "Standard Stock Food." The lot showing the second lowest net profit had received "International Stock F.>od." In other words, of the seven lots reoelvlng no oondlmental food, all of them gave a greater net profit than the one receiving Internatienal Stook Food. Now, no one will deny that wheat bran, pepper, salt and charcoal may be good for live stook; hut the question is, can we afford to buy these materials under a patent name and pay from $200 to $500 per ton for them, when they may be bought un der their good, old fashioned names at from $20 to $25 per ton? The question often arises, however, 1 Why is it, if these "foods" art all frauds, that so many honsst and intelligent men think tbsy have c btair- ( ed profitable results from their use? ' The answer is not difficult. S'ck i animals get well without treatment? i in many oases in spite of wrong treat- j ment. GDod food and care are the , best tonics, and it should be remerr- i bered that when a man vets to the < point of buying condition powders for I an animal; that is, becomes willing to < pay from $200 to $500 a ton for wheat t bran to feed them, he is ready to give i him the better oare and food which < alone would and does bring about the < desired improvement in condition. 1 TIRED OF LIFE. 1 1 I People Who Committed Huioldo For j One Oauao and Another. Dr. R. H. Hutcherson, a well known physician of Toccoa, Ga., committed j suicide with a pistol on Wednesday. Bad health is the alleged cause. Rav T n Nnrtnn e Dn r>? itif min x?v v? v* v* A.1 v/i vv/U| unj^moi) iiiiu* later of Valdosta, Ga., committed 1 suicide on Tuesday by jumping Into his well. He was 00 years old and t was well to do and popular. I Miss Bertha Marsden committed -t sulolde at Selma, Ala., on Tuesday by t taking chloroform beoause she was In | love with a young man who did not | reciprocate. 1 Miss Charlotte Ferrell, aged 20, of < Roan county, W. Va , committed ] sulolde on Tuesday by hanging herself beoause her parents would not let her marry the young man she was In love with. Mrs. Lllburn McNair, aged 34, prominent in St. Louis society and champion golf player of the city, committed suicide at her home on Monday with a pistol. She was in bad health. Eugene Moore, aged 26, manager for a large cotton tlrm at Amerious, Ga., oommitted sulolde on Wednesday by shooting himself the head with a revolver. No cause Is assigned. Rev. Justin G. Wade, pastor of the blrst Congregational ohurch of Waukegan, 111, was arrested by the postoftlce authorities on Wednesday for sending obscene matter through the malls. Next day he committed suicide by throwing himself under a train. Killed Herself and Children. At Boston on Wednesday morning a woman and four ohlldren were found dead in bed at their home. An Investigation by the police Indicate that the woman, Mrs. Annie L. Dixon, had killed the ohlldren and herself by opening Ibree gas jets. The children ] wers Annie, aged 6 years; George, tbree and a half; Mildred two years and Marlon, ons ysar. The tragedy was discovered by the woman's hus- I band, Arthur B. Dixon, when he re> i turned home from work this evening. Dixon found the house locked and was obliged to break in the front i door. He found the bodies of his i wife and ohildren in a bedroom, j Medical Examiner A. A. MacDonald | decided that Mrs. Dixon had killed the ohildren and herself. Dixon told j tne ponce tnat ne lert home at 61 >, o'clock this morning to go to his work. At that time his wife was up, the children were all awake and he did not notice anything unusual. Dixon Is 31 years old and his wife was 27. They had been married for about six years. Of late Mrs. Dixon had i not been In good health. A Mine Disaster. At least twenty-eight men are supposed to have met death in a terrible mine explosion in the Parallel Mine i of the Stewart Colliers company near < Oak Hill, W. Va. Thirty-nine men were employed In the mine and eleven have escaped alive. At midnight Thursday six bones had been i recovered near the mouth of the 1 m'ne and it is certain that all the others In the mine are dead. If the vagrant law was enforced In all of our citirs and towns thousands i of idle, loafing negroes aid soirr Idle, ' loafing w' .ite men would be forced t j go to woik rn the hums or leave the j S?ate Orangeburg has her fuM share i t ?fe?- at d t> ls is a gcodplaoeto i t-y the experiment. i Japan's Bad Faith, Prof. Hamer B. Hulbert, special agent of the Emperor of Korea, artdressed the Presby terian ministers at *belr recent conference In New York. Prof. Hulbert, who haa been a tea cher at Seoul for twenty years, Bays he "would not fflte thirty five cents on the dollar for American Interest lu Korea if the Japanese secure juris dlotlon over American ottixens there." At present the United States has In Korea extra territorial rights. Amer can oltlaena are tried by the American counsel, not In Korean courts but the Japanese having assumed a pro teotorate over Korea, are seeking tbe abolishment of the extra territorial rights of this oountry, and wish to assume jurisdiction over Americans Mr. Hulbert says before the war with Russia the Japanese started In Korea a campaign of education. Th y suo needed in hypnotizing the American public. Tbey made Americans be lleve that the Japs were about everything that was right and proper, and succeeded at the same time In get ting a pretty low Idea of Korea and Koreons fixed In the Amerloan mind. As a matter of fact there Isn't a hand's breadth < f dlllerence between Koreans and Japs. Dress them In the same clothes and you couldn't tell them apart. Most Koreans look upon the Japanese as barbarians. Since tho Japs have overrun Korea they have brought Into the oountry a low class of Immigrants. They have bepn brutal and tyrannlcxl, seizing proper ty right and left and have gotten pos session of all the resources and assets of the Korean Government. I speak -4 * T ? - - nuiAi oApvrieuof, ot'causo 1 nave in my possession now no leys than 50,000 deeds for as many paroels of land. The owners of these plots, many of bhem widows, oame to me and asked mo to boy their land at one cent a plot rather than It should go to the J apanese. My name Is on doorplates of many Korean houses. If 1 hadn't iono that?of c( utse I will never hold the land?the Japy would have *1 >nflseated the lands and driven off the Korean owners. The United States had no right to take the word it the Japanese that the Koreans were willing to accept Japan'H protectorate. The emperor of Korea cabled me that the treaty by which the protectorate waf established was obtained from him "knife at, throat." The Japs said at first that K >rean Inlependenco should be preserved. They violated their word, given to the whole world. What Mr. Uulbert says does not surprise us In the least. Sooner or later Japan will dominate the entire East and no forelgner will be allowed to remain there sxcept by her permission. The new Oough Syrup?the one that acts as a mild carthartlo on the Dowels ?is Kennedy's Laxitlve Floney ind Tar. It expels all cold from the jystem, outs the phlegm out of the throat, strengthens the mucous memoranes of the bronohlal tubes, and re leves croup, whooping cough, etc Children love it. Sold hv (lonwav Drug Co. SooNKitor later the land owners of the South will have to take hold of the farm labor question and regulate It. All that is needed to remedy the diflloulty Is unity of action on the part 3f the farmers. The South Is the only place that we know cf where the land owners are at the mercy of the labor they employ. Tbey never gripe or sicken, but Qleanse and strengthen the stomach, liver and bowels. This Is the univer tal verdict of many thousands who use DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These famous little pills relieve head ache, constipation, biliousness, jaun dice, torpid liver, tallow complexion sto. Try Little Early Risers. (Jonway Drug Co. "Asia for Asiatics." This says a Shanghta merchant, who had just ar rived at San Franclsoo, Is the cry that has been taken up In Oblna and spread Ike wildfire from province to province kindling everywhere the slumbering hatred of the Mongolian sgalnst all foreigners. The spirit of revolt U rife, young OhlDa Is rising and In his ypinlon trouble Is bound to come. Dont deoeive yourself. If you have Indigestion take Kokol Dyspepsia Cure. It will relieve you. Rev. W. E. Hscutt, South Mills N. 0., says; "I was troubled with obronlo indiges tlon for several years; whatever I ate seemed to cause heartburn, sour stomach fluttering of my heart, and general depression of mind and body IU u fi luf ^ J iu/ U1U||||I|IV Ibutiujiuouucu iklHJlll) A11U It hu relieved me. I can now eat anything and sleep soundly at night. Kodol Digests what you eat. Conway Drug Go. Hanicod Hlmnolt. A speolal from Montlcello. Ill.. savs that the dead body of William DeGrof, an aged director of the First, National Bank of Mansfield, was found hanging in his home at Mansfield, today, he having commit ted suicide. The reason assigned for the deed is that the grand jury Is on the eve of an examination of the condition of the bank on report that 700,000 has b?en embezzled. W. O Fairbanks, president, and L. M. Fair* banks, anotner director of the bank, are brothers of Vice President Fair banks of the Unit' <1 Staffs A man who once hart rough horny hands trade them soft and smooth with Witch ll^zel Salve but he uncc! the genuine?that bearing the name l*B, O I) Witt, & "o (Jt ego." Fr tores, bolls, outs, burns, bruises, eic., It hrs no equal, and affords a'most Immediate relief from bl'nd. bleeding, itching and pro rudlng Piles. Sola by : Jonway Drug Co. mamma ram kvumlaoh. Vaa* Atmm hi Plarids Bacamlng Available a* Qarden L?t4 The depertme*4 W ?crlevlt?r? a ?ot> mr iatarestei ta Um yrojtot bow <m f** o< draining Use Brer?la4e?> Theaa half-taagad swamps ta the soath Vb# Iui#a yowl 1ms an aa I. aba Ofcesmb? bib a be eenrertad lata dry u4 fiabaaU>a lam kf aooaftawoMag dikes sad pasip+ng awt the water?an awhftaaaaaaat wMoK when oarrlad lata CM, will brftag abent tkt shipment. a *mm years frost saw, of Immense suppfhw af tomatoes, aaw petatoes, ea.bbages*, BtHng baaaa and other fraah prtai prodace to northern markets all IbiiBQlb the wlatar. It baa area bean suggested that Lake Okasochobee might be drained by conneatlng It wtth tha Atlantic oaean by a canal 60 miles long, thus redeeming 00,000 additional acres of first class farming territory.?Outing Magazine*. Men Are in Majority In tha U. 9. Taking It "by and large," the mala sax la In the majority In oht country by soma 1,638,321, according to a recent census bulletin. In some of the states, however, tha women exceed the men In number, notably in the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Usually men are In excess In sparsely settled communities and worn- , an In thickly populated regions; cities, for example, as a nils have more females to an males. In the later years of life the women exceed the men, which seems to Indlaate that they are li?r^A T? 4V. 1 - J ^ 4 * - lusgw iitwu. iu ih puriou iruai 10 to 26 j?sn of ag?, also, the reports show , them to be in excees.?Buccess Maga tea. King Alfonee's Boity QmwJ. King Alfonso Is perhaps mora securely and carefully guarded during the hours of darknees than is any other European monarch, except, perhaps, ihe sultan of Turkey, h or four centuries the slumbers of sncessstre sover igas of Bpein hare been watched all night by the '"Mooteraa de Bsphaosa"? i a body of men to whom is relegated the ecsclusivs privilege of guarding ' their monarch from sunset to sunrise. They must hare an honorable military career, and be natiree of the town of Bapiaosa. Ceremoniously, they lock the palaco gates at midnight, opening < them at T the next morning.?London Tatter. Hospital Cars In Prusela. , The Prussian ministry for railways | has placed at every Important railway ( center throughout the kingdom a mag- , nilicently built and appointed car for , the transport of sick persons. Thsue , cars have been speoially fitted up from , plana supplied by sanitary authorities. ] Spring beds and every medical device ( for the alleviation of sufferings during | transit have been utilized. There are j ice safes, gas stoves for cooking, rooms , for attendants and Ingenious devices for muilling the sound caused by the motion of the train. It is not intended 1 to maks these carriages pay; tney have 1 been Instituted chietly on the ground < of humanity. l England's Best Known Church. t Tho name of St. George's, Hanover ] square, seems to be well known to ( very American who comes to England, 1 says tho London Chronicle, not so < much because it is the fashionable ' "marriage church" in this country, as because President Roosevelt was mar- . ried in It. A few yoars back an Amer- < lean dropped into the vestry and looked , up the marriage register, in which, un- i der the date of Dec. 2, 1888, he found . tho signature of "Theodore Roosevelt, ( 28, widower, ranchman," and that of ~ "Kdith Kermit Carow." Till tn?n even j the clerk, J. Moicey, did not know that the American President's signature was in the book. Jape the Yankees of the East. fi The Japanese traders, officials, sol- j dlers and workers are pushing irreslstl- c bly into Manchuria, and now that the , war is ended the Yankees of the east t will guide and instruct the Chinese and ' dominate them and their market*. It seems likely that, wunout any Chinese boycott whatever, American industry uHll KA mif *A fK* ^ ? ' ? ... >v yu? IV VUV l U? V IU (A/111 IK310 UU fair terms with the Japanese before many years hare elapaod.?Philadelphia Ledger. Number of Feet a Second. Few men eould tell If they were asked how many feet per second they walk. A press photographer, whose work requires him to know all manner of speeds, said the other day: "The average man walks four feet per second. A dog on Its ordinary jog goes eight feet a second. A horse trots 12 feet a second. A reindeer over the ice makes 26 feet. A racehorse makes 43 feet. A sailing ship makes 14 feet." ?Chicago Chronicle. Large English Families. A report of the awards made by the Lincolnshire Agricultural Society to farm laborers who bring up the largest families without having received parochial relief show* that eight men are fathers of 124 children. One of the men had 20 children born, brought up 17,. and placed 12 out In the world.? Ixmdon Tit-Bits. London's Consumption of Ice. London uses In one way or another quite 200,000 tons of Ice a year. Although a great deal of ice is made artificially, most of that consumed here Is natural and Norwegian. The Norwegian ice crop In an average winter varies from 500,000 to 600,000 tons. At least half of this comes to the United Kingdom, the rest going to the pontinent.?Tit-Bits. If you tell a woman that a 50-cent article is worth $1.50 she will cheerfully give up 98 cents for 1L | BANK OF i OONWA CAPITAL STOCK, (20,000.00 TOTAL ASSETS, OFFICE B. G. COLLINS, President. C. P. QUATTLEDAUM, V-Pbes. Our Bank, being a local institutic building of Horry County and for the suing this policy wo take pleasure in i accommodation when con hi stent with t With gratitude for the liberal p cordially solicit your future business. Respectful P. A. SPIVE Robt. B. Scarborough, H. L President. Vice-P: BANK OF Conway Capital Stock DlRECr Robt. B. Scarborough, Hal L. Buck, George J. I lolliday, We will pay you 5 per cent, inter ish savings banks to those wishing Try our plan for saving your nickles a these little banks and the interest we help yon. THE "HU UfllAlfAC \ shoe FOR ikTbis brand on a slioe means e Hie best for yuor money call j. id. n: Fatally Burned. At an early hour Wednesday morning the Infant ohlld of Mr. John B. Cleary, of the Trinity section of New- j berry county, was fatally burned, the jhlld succumbing to the li juries at noon. The child was playing before a. fire In the house, the mother being ibsent from the room at the time. In ?ome way the clothes of the little boy caught fire and before the flames xjuld be extinguished tbe body had been terribly burned. Death relieved the little fellow from his suffering at ibout 11 o'clt ck of the same day. All old-time Cough Syrups bind the Dowels. This is wrong. A new idea was advanced two years ago in Kenne- 1 iy's Laxttlve Honey and Tar. This) remedy aote on the mucous membranes j" Df the throat and lungs and loosens' l the bowels at the same time. It ex- ' pels all cold from tbe system. It slears tbe throat, strengthens tbe mucous membranes, relieves coughs, olds, croup, whooplDg cough, eto. " Sold by Conwav Drug O. Senatok Tillman has Introduced a resolution in the Senate calling upon the postmaster general for information as to the number of postal clerks w dlled In railroad accidents during the past Ave years, also asking how manv iteel cars are now used in the posUl lervice and whether the fatalities lave been so great in those as in other ?rs. Just a little Kodol after meals will ] elleve that fulness, belching, gas cn itomach, and all other symptoms of ndlgestlon. Kodol digests what you ?t, and enables the stomach and dlrestive organs to perform their funoions naturally. Conway Drug Co. 1 (V Jp jJw I Wine of C&rduil aB m* at At- t*. i? m. ? Ittim ooau mer DtrMt, atulktjl, ga.., march 21,1900. 1 I ruff trad lor four months with 1 uliwi nervousness and lassitude. J I had a sinking foaling in my stomach which no modiolus seemed | to reliore, and losing my appetite ^ I hooama weak and lost my rital- t ity. In three weeks I lost fourteen pounds of flesh and felt that I must End speedy relief to regain my health. Haying heard Wine of | Cardui praised by several of my j friends, I sent for a bottle and was certainly very pleased with the results. Within three days my tnnat.ifA ~? -* - _rr....- .vuum oiiu Mi J IIUU1KU M) troubled me no more. 1 could fl digest my food without difficulty fl and the nerrousnese gradually fl fl diminished. Nature performed fl i her function! without difficulty fl " fl and I am once more a happy and fl fl well woman. . fl OLIVE JOSEPH, Li ? Treat. At)ant* Friday Night Club, fl Secure a Dollar Bottle of [1 1 ft^Winc of Cardui Today, * " DONWAY. Y, S. C. SUURPLUS FUND, <20,000. , <180,000.00. ;RS: D. A. SWVEY, CASHIM.** M. W. COLLINS, ABST. Cashue >n, has always striven for lhe*upbetterment of her citizens. / In perextending to our customers every lound banking. atronage received Ln the past, w# ly your* " ^ 1M? . Buck, Will A. Freeman, resident. Cashier. HORllY, s, c. <25,000 rORS: W. R Lewis, W. A. Johnson, ^ Will A. FrtSoman \ est on yearly deposits. Will furnto open small accounts with ua. md dimes, and you will find thai will pay you on your savings will anaaMnanHi*. - " "5 B" SHOE. :S:ek^ I MEN ^5lomething! If you want for 4'The Hub. For sale b r icliols. Professional Cards. McCord & McCord, SURGEON DENTISTS, ' Conway, s. c. KcjfOver Bank of Horry. RTiTsCAREROiUGiL CONWAY, S. C., ATTORNEY . AT LAW. t-i- Burroughs, Physician and Surgeon, Conway, S- COTioiroT Attorney and Counselor atLLaw, ICOKWAY, S. C. B. Wofford Wait, * ATTORNEY AT LAW Conway, S. C. Office in Spivey Building. Dr. C. S. Deitz, DENTIST. Conway, S. C. Room No. 4, Spivey Building. 3onway, Coast and Western R. R. DAII Y SCHEDULE. EAST BOUND. > Conway 9:00 a. m jV Pino Island 9:30 a. m. ^.r Myrtle Beach 9:46 a. m WEST BOUND. jv Myrtle Beach It Pine Island jv Conway Conway Market Fresh Meats amf Sausage alwaVS On hand Orders are taken and promptly delivered every day. ^ Geo. L. M arsh, Propretor. Livery ar d Drayage. 'Phone 38. Horry Tobacco VY areliouse, J. E. Coles.