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v ' """ ' . V W".I Tv VOL. XVI H. KINGSTREE, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902. NO. 12 -I, | -mmm\\t\ ?n ! i mnmm i mini r an Tiurrni | * Positively No New Di ? isi c r? @ gj FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAK ? @ -A.t actual 1 V ^VWWWWWWWV*^* I ? All $ ? ' ' @ J These { ? *. At Cost. ? (oj *>VW\WWV%WVWWV^ fa ONE CALL WiLL BE PROOF FARMERS, GET YOUR FARM jgj LADIES, GET YOUR DRESS G gj EVERYBODY COME AND SE g THIS IS THE TIME TO GET \ ??!?.'?!@.'@.'@.'?!@.'? !?.' THE bAG: cF POSSUM FORK Discourses Intelligently upon Diseases Ir.c dent io ?>wine. Good 4P<>i ni nir. Jin.I 1 hear that! youroid so.v is dead; what was the niaii'M?'' '4Y- s, she's dead, and all the r>i?;s too. The pius took theehol* 1 ?? - j: ? u..? .1 l.i tru ac I grauuativ uicu uul me um sow died suddenly like she was poisoned; she was sick a few months ago and got well and I thought she would not take cholera ( again. 1 was Ceding her and the pigs on the kitchen steps and had them in tine order." ' But, Jim, you don't think any |i one would poison her?" ' Well, I don't know what tod think." j. "But, Jim, I believe she was < poisoned! Blood poisoned! i When a hog gets sick, every body says hog cholera. I thought cholera was a violent purging of i the bowels, out that does not seetn ' to be the case in my observations. Yon remember we butchered two ' i or three sictt hogs a few years ago, j o?.( ti.ti u'lwita frnnh!#* (.ftHnied to i anu i iiv n nviv ? vmw , - - be in ilie kidneys. The liver was < good, and the lungs all right, the < contents of the bowels seemed nor- i ma!, but the kidneys seemed dis- I eased. The leaf lard around the I kidneys was turning yellow, and I degenerating; there were red ! blotches on the skin more and more as the sickness progressed; I in short, the blood seemed to clog < in the capillaries of the skin and I refuse to perform its functions, j The kidneys poisoned the blood, I or the blood poisoned the kidneys, i 1 am no doctor; bat (hat is the i way it looks to me, and I call it i 'Hemorrhagic lever" in this part I of the country, congestion of the capillaries. ! "See here, Jim, I sometimes I compare the circulation of the < blood, to the circulation to the sap 1 in a tree. You have noticed Many times when some pine trees go to I die, it thev have a turpentine box cut lti them, that the first symtorn of sickness in the tree is a sour water dripping in the box. < infested with a swarm ot little flies, we call drunkards, sucking at the sour water. The water is the degenerate tree sap, the poisoned or j disintegrated tree b!o >d, which refuses longer to obey tii3 usual capiliaiy attraction, refuses to climb farther Dame Nature's adder of tree cells; and drips back, per- i haps, a barrel from one tree as it i diei. Some little chemical change in the sap or some little unknown derangement of cells or capillaries; or is it bacteria or what? 1%I wish some of the doctors had enough -get upvin them to inresti- ' gate this hog sickness. It is getting i to be fearful. Some years ago the agricultu isplay Advertisements1 ?>~? SLAL LL1NQ 0U1 ING SOME NEEDED REPAIRS 0 EXCEPT GROCERIES AND US C ost for Ca.sir Drv goods Hats Notions Trunks Dress Goods Buggy Harnee Trimmings Shovels Gents' Furnishings Pitch Forks Clothing Hoes, Axes Shoes Wagon Harnes TO YOU THAT THIS IS TRUE. ING IMPLEMENTS AT COST \VH IOODS 'BERORE THEY ARE GO! E THAT I MEAN WHAT I SAY. VIIAT YOU WANT AT A BARG; ?]?.'?]?.'?.'?.'?!?.' ?'.?'A ral department at Washington A"* * -? '? ?-v * ?\ t Ra r\A?d K t r\ A r\ Stflll (Mil (I UJUI1 Hi tilt; Ill/iVH \\J WW so, bnt he reported back to headquarters that lie had trouble to get a sick hog to work on, that every one that had sick hogs would deny it and secre'llv ship them to the butcher, who would bur them, but at a smaller price. And let me tell you, Jim, yon have eaten many a piece of sick hog when you get this yankee No 2 meat, and I recoil some of the No 1, too. I hare seen some red tapt drawing* of a piece of hog liver, or hog lungs, in the government doctor's reports about hog cholera; but that hs not the trouble here in our "hemorrhagic" hog disease, and I want you to tell the doctors to quit sending negroes .to bury the sick hogs when the/ die, but get * - 1 f? i n /\.>n ?* ?/) rl l' ^ Up (JUt VI lll^li j.i/.iihtjo am* UI.1sect them?find out why the blood so clog* the capillaries and refuses to do its office. , ' Why, Jitn, let me tell vou: some people seem lo be as mnch afraid of a sick dead hog as of a graveyard ghost. 1 was tolJ the other day ol a man who had several fat hogs m a pen lor bacon and o-ie took sick and died, and he would not kill the others tor fear they were innoculated, until the hat one died and he had to Dury them all. ' I reckon tome of the doctors hare a horror of handling a sick J j i I>..j i: ...... h.. d 3U H02X. Dili, unit, t> uu r. i*u n that is all tomfoolery, for we both ate some of a sick hog and it did not hurt us. Mr. Nesmwh told ine of a case where some negroes ate some that had been hauled off and thrown in the woods lor the buzzards. "Hogs have other diseases besides cholera. There is the mangy hog, the measley hog and, worst of all,tbetriehina Wog, full of little fine hair-like worms, perhaps a thirij-second of an inch Jong, that bed up all through the flesh and breevl with every tide. Salt can?l kill them; they live right on in .1-- I i :r 1116 OtlCUIJ^ <4 11(1 11 UWl Aliir? j u iiiv cooking, or it' yon eat the meat raw, I her will bore right through into your flesh and bed up and hatch brood alter brood in geometrical proportion until you are honeycombed throughout ? and the only cure is the grave yard. 'Germany, a few years ago, issued an edict that no American pork should enter iier ports tor iear of this trichina until our government hired meat inspectors to prevent the sale ol trichina meat. IJut I see in the papers that the money is exhausted and the inspectors dismissed and that Germany is threatening another interdiction. ' Our hog disease is bad enough, too bad; and I want you to go and 57ill be Received, or Old s:?:?:?:?:?:?:??:@:@: t w iv jun i EK * AT COST N THE STORE HOUSE I NOW 01 :dertakers' wares, from n( or its !Eq miT7"Q,l Single Trees Dixi Hames Hon a Heel Bolts Plow Dixie Castings Stov Steel Points Heal Adjustable Stocks Bed ;s Carbon Boy Plows Spri; iji Yours for 1 TIE THEY LAST :|j ^ I b. vix. N XTV , tell our two M. D.'s down below here to equip themselves with I microscopes and go to work and find out what.is the matter before we lose all the hogs in ' I-'ossum Fork." Among the Churches. Kev. William Ruff, pastor in charge of Cades circuit, was in town a few hours Friday. The hour of prayer meeting and Sunday evening service has been changed from 7.30 to 8 p. m. The local branch of the Y. W. C. T. U. held its weekly meeting Friday evening at Capt. W. H. Kennedy's residence. Rev. Robert Wils on, of Charleston, will preach in the Episcopal chapel next Sunday morning and evening at the usual hours. Rev. F. H. Wardlaw, the popu? . e T _ J: . _i U iar pusior 01 muiaiuuwn undich, went to Clemson College last week to assist in a meeting. Rev. H. J. Cauthen preached Sunday morning and evening in the Methodist church, and Rev. J. E. Dunlcp filled the Presbyterian pulpit Sunday at 11 a. m. A hot supper for the benefit of the Presbyterian church was giveu Tuesday night at Mr. Louis Jacobs' residence. The affair was quite a pleasant one, and we learn that the proceeds amounted to aboat $35. We were pleased to receive a 'call from Her. J. E. Dunlop on Saturday last. Col. Dunlop is a genial and cultured gentleman and as zealous a veteran of the church militant as he was a gallant soldier in the Confederate service. We are requested to announce that the dedication services of the (Georgetown Presbyterian church will begin Friday next at 11 a. m. and continue through Sunday. On Sunday, at 11 a.m., 'lie dedication sermon will be preached by Kev. J. Lowery Wilson, of Abbeville. one of the abiest ministers in the j State. Silver Wedding Celebration. | With appreciative thanks the I editor-acknow,'edges 'the following ; invitation: 1877 Mr. and Mr?. Thomas M.Gilland request your presence at. the celebratioil of their Silver Wedding, Tuesday Evening, April the First nineteen hundred and two, at half past eight o'clock, Kingstree, S. C. 1902 The cards ef invitation are printed in silver luk and are very Deat and tasty. Ones Changed, Later Thai ?:@:??:?:?:?:?:?:?:?:?: SALE ? FOR REPAIR UCUPY, I WILL SELL OUT MY ENj )W UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, ,ent in Country ? T)?.. Di ~ e uvy x iuwb jxaiiLcggca se Collars Bedsteads 7 Bridles Bureaus es Sash Stands ters Tables Boom Suits Kitchen Safes ugs Etc, Etc. Etcmsiness, M. ASKI> Lake City, S ?>:@:?:?:?:?:@:@:?:@:?:@i S.l.flflfl V0RT1 V j| W V W B v raw u a At 25 Per Uen We have decided to retire from the we may devote the entire time to the I Business, and in order to close out ours our entire stock of Clothing and Gents' We would also impress the fact upo our stock of Staple Dry Goodi Shoe* Was never moi We will give personal ffttenti W. Ei JENH Mai I JOB PRir ^ sOe>m I ? HAVING RECENTLY RECI ? TYPE FACES AND A LARGE , rr LINE OK STATIONERY, WE DO YOUR JOB WORK IN A PLEASE. OUR PAPER AND ? THE BEST QUALITY; OUR PI WITH CHARLESTON AND Si ? SEND IN YOUR ORDER AN 1 Ths (Efltwttt r w* KINGSTREE GRAND OPENINi SPRING CLOTHIN HA TS AND FURNISHINGS. You will find here the very newest up-to-date Suits, Furnishing Goods Hats. We make a specialty of extra-sis" ? S l and Slim Suits. On receipt of your letter we will s I you matches of Suits if you are interein any. In our tailor department we h over dOOsamples for you to select you.*: or extra Pants from. Suits made to your measure from $1.> to Pants from $3 to 12. All Mail Orders promptly attended ti a special salesman. -A. T 1XJT Tffi-flO/nNTtArfKl ' 7JC iiiio lUJ'il Ml/ W L.1L GRANITE CLOTHING HOUSE Opposite Academy of Music. 224 Kiug Street, Charleston, &. C, i Tuesday Morning. ?:?:?:@:@:@:?:@:@:? ? ?. ? S ?. CIRE STOCK OF GOODS, jg 1 tVWVWVWiWWWI ? I An | | 1 j :: ? J Honest \\ ^ | Offer. @ ^VWVWWVWWWWW (g) JS, Agt. 1 ;i - c. | ?:?:@:@:?:?:?:@:@:? 9CL0THIN6 t Discount. I I' Clothing business in order that )ry Goods, Shoe and illinery v itock of clothing quickly we offer Hats at 25 percent discount. n our Williamsburg friends tha 3, Millinery, 3 and Notions "o Complete. | on to all orders sent us. UNSONi nning. S, C. kTTIMfi | X i mvj. 2 ex? ? 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