Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MICE PRODUCE PLAGUES. How io Stop Their Ravages of Crops and Orchards. The annual damage caused by fa-id mice to crops, nurseries and orchards in tbe United States has been estimat ed by the agricultural department at over $3,000,000. There are fifty spe Clos of mice. With few exceptions the short tailed field mice are readily distinguishable from other mice by their stout, chill ' . bodies, short legs, short, p.und tails-, blunt mlizzies, short ears and rather small eyes. The spe.'los shown in Un cut are dark brownish or grayish brown in color and c ushlerably larger and heavier than t!.<- common house mouse. They live almost everywhere in damp meadows, where their presence may be detected amouu tbe grass and weeds by small. Well dclincd, crooked trails, along which m Intervals are little heaps of fresh grass or other herbage, in alfalfa or clover fields their numerous burrows are usually in colonies. As n rule, they appear llrst along ditches ur about damp areas, where dead phials arc almost Certain evidence of their work. In the past many methods <.f de stroying field mice have been tried, yet tbe records describe no instance in Which wCIl established plagues have been successfully suppressed. Failing to recognize the early stage of the plague, the people In stricken dis tricts did not usually adopt vigor I; Mfcg 1 m V.-V, . mam I CCliSli o;-- Tin: MllAUOW. , bus measures until nfter the :ic!'I Were swarming with mice. The fail ure, then, has been dlle partly to Ink of co-operation and partly t<> lack of knowledge of rjulck, cheap ami effec tive measures. Without witnessing sucli a plague one can hardly form a conception of the a latest incredible numbers of mice and of the magni tude "f Mm- task of destroying them. Among met hods of little value Which have been tried in oilier countries to r'al the laud <-t these scotirges are roll ing tiie laud with heavy cylinders, irnmplina b by cavalry er by droves of she. ;., liberating large' numbers of cats and injecting water, stcam or suf focating giiscs into the mouse bur rows. Many im-:: -tiros pr;ictieaiilc on a i . ? stages a;-.- entirely lnu,<|eV|M:iti.? for, ?? suppress:* it ,,f well established (dagues. ; ? ' as in the United States. Amnng sucli methods are digging Iroiichos or ; it falls wider at lite botiotn than at i'.ie top. i!,:.> whicli tlie tiitco fail: killing by me itig off (he herbage in Infested nnn Ihe Is. 'I lion ot ll.es,. h-aves as met!) .Is geilOr ally itpplienbl i for suppressing plagues only iwo, 'in' employment ol disease ami p. isotiing. Wrapping Fruit In PapOi*. Any Iii? tliiid of handling npp.es that hastens the ripening nftel' tin- fruit is packed shortens the period of eoinhior i la! v alue. Any (realmeiil Ibat ehe, h . the ripening prolongs the marketing ? in paper has been tested in but Ii seh sons by the expertiiieii! station of the b-wa t'oiibge of Agriculture and Me l made v. it h duplicate 11liltul(I ICS of fruit 'h;:i were wti ami handled In (l|b same v. ay. One lot was not wrapped. ' find V. : i I: t he ol !,.-r . :|. || apple u as wrapped i:, imprinted in u spa per. Witli s. hie varleth ; like tin. Cam-. ' Hornau Stem, Salome. Wiliesap ami iiher hard. Into ripening sorts the advantage of wrapping in piper wits lad Very njipnroill. Iblt with tender varieties like the demons, .burnt hn u and Wealthy a wrapper was a dis titlet advantage in extending the life Of the fruit, preserving its natural brightness ami lessening the amount of decay, a wrapper serves to reduce the bruising that may result fro ill. I.V packing 6r from rough handling In transportation. It retards shriveling ami adds to the value of tllO fruit by prCsorvlllg its attractive appearance. The wrappers cost about 20 CCIItS per ' thousand for newspaper '.? by 12 I Inches. Luxurious Beehives. A schoolmaster lb a small Ucftnou town, being v ery fond of bees, resolved to build for them something novel In the way of a home. As beehives are generally of the same size, color ami shape, it is sometimes dlthcult for n bee to find Ills own particular home, so it Crime about that this kind hearted schoolmaster deckled lo glvo each of his hives some distinguishing mark, so the bull(lillg8 represent an inn, castle, house, collage, windmill, etc. There are also a number Of ani mals-, including tin elephant, carved from wood, closely resembling (heir living brotboi'S, The owner is I in ill rally very proud of his creation ami 'S constantly enlarging It. Headache "vw is not an ailment, it is a sympton, an indication of soi constitutional derangement elsewhere and it should treated not with .1 headache cure but with Dike's Little Liver Pills ?j? Constipation, Biliousness, Torpid I.ivci all cans siel JQ ?J- he;i lache but all are quickly relieve*! with "* ^ Dike's Little Liver Pills f*?<.i .i 'don now and sic it" vour headache: J Agent for Huyler's J * Dodson-Edwards Drug Co. + Laurens, South Carolina fit \' >^ < vy* w?? ?j? ? * . ??? .,');, i^o 4 J? -?j? ??j? k?v m|k mJ*. a^v Electricity Laurens, S. C, South Harper Street. Near Gray's Lumber Yard i^V^ArV^^^A^tAAA i^A^A ^*^*i Tri I /en AwavJ Aiws and Lonne S iS Hollows : Maxwell Touring Car ... Hoick Touring Car. Maxwell Runabout. Six $::">?) ICIngsbury Piano six sue) furniture Outfil Six >>*?"> Ladies' nnd Genii Six ?50 ilaiik Accounts;.. Six $.1!) O?ltt VY.-.V OS ... I 81 i : I NOM! NATION LLOT DAILY BALLOT i 11 '>/ I ft 1 Gor (riff M Metal Shingles are f rm r.f wood shingles, bul have none of tluir faults r?r weaknesses? they will not split, etirl, burn or ro?, but ihey will outlast any building they cover. No tinkering 6t repairs. It \ n want the (>esl roof m?ney can buy- -the most economical root ever made - the only roof without a fault lei u how you samples < f the four styles of Cortright Metal Shingles, und houses covered with tlicm. FOR SALE BY Brooks & Jones. Laurens. S. C, ? -mm mm iE** if! Kaa fc?O t.'?ii KA a The Largest and Best Line of Art Squares and Rugs Than you will find at any other place B Consisting of a beautiful line in the latest designs, pretty patterns and different colors. This is the best line you will find anv where from which noli can select hist what v Oil JjSA 4 1f want. , And on account of buying them in large quantities ^ we can sell you at prices that you cannot duplicate at any other place. to \ x mm. ft ; ( V LAURENS, S. C. Remember the Boys! Don't Fonret hat BS Wahaffev <S: ?abb ? j Pi B ? ? ? ? ! ?? en ? ? - ei.n/ i>auea Henris i ;.; shipment of (he Nest Mackerel oil the markc I \ isli Per r .-" g I Maliaffov .'. I >abb rv:.,.,. .. -;^r^rr-:'; A11 Fife [nsm tnee Companies are Good should have 1 liefe ate no better com? i panics in the count 1\ lluiii the ' National Hire ihsui'au. Co., of Hartford and Hire Association of . fMiiladelphia, represi nted l>) J. j. Ada- i at Bank of 1. .irens ri. M. ?v II. II & CO Florlro No. 6 iiiiMMUMniTirrrm-" ? ??'?t y/: '.- \ 'i%it$ V?' ^ Prices 25 and SOct.s. i Laurens. S. C For Sale What your propi i?v fire, vV Jos. BeU Augusta, (ia Cv press Shingles * ? *^ as l he best in all heart hand drawn, insurance car load lots. Write for prices. surance A#en<