Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fME LivK stock iMnsniv. ft* Arfatren? Delivered by Mr. B. l?arrt* of Pendleu i at the Meeting of Ihr Farmers In Humler. Iff. Chairman, Ladle* and Gentle? men. It affords me the greatest of pleas ire to meet with the representative ira of South Carolina, and espe*fl of Sumter county. I have been to talk to you about the live Industry In our State and its I find that the average farmer South Carolina needa education BM the line of breeding, developing I handling live stock more than in f other branch of agriculture. I wish to say right hers that a cannot prosper if it does not live stock one of the leading of agriculture, first question that arises in the of our South Carolina farmers or not ths South Is adapt ess to the breeding and raising of live I hope that we will be able to to you that the fault is not the conditions existing in South but that the fault lies with farmers themselves. If you were ae what county was the best to stock raising In this State, t would saswsr you?Sumter county. fSfaaa If you were to ask what kind mt tree evick would be ths most pro fftasli to raise In South Carolina. I <wo?ld answer you?dairy cattle. sheep, hogs and poultry. If me why I say Sumter county foster stock raising with such great profit, I would reply because is no section that offers more d advantages for breeding and raising 'of live stock. I say this Msse you can raise auch a di? scs si ty of forage crops. Ten months esst of IS. you can have some kind of crop to feed your cattle, horses, >? and hogs. I will not attempt fie same the kind of soiling' crops for fibs* within Itself would require too * wewck time. However, I wlU say that SJse Bermuda grass will do for the* IJoath west the blus grass hss dons ffer Kentucky. I know of one plat a fiSt particular, where one-quarter of an earns of Bermuda grass furnishes sll fibe freeing that a 1.200-pound bull mwm oat for seven month^out of ths I and It takes an average of ons of Kentucky blue grass for a Right here la Sumter county, i acre of Bermuda grass wir fur I treeing for three head. There Is country where feeds can be raised than In South Carolina and ohne re stock Is freer from disease, ^?smithy stock should be expected, for here out-door exercise every of the year, which hi very essen? to the health of animals. Kew se to the necessity for raising stock In out Southland. How sre( ess to reclaim our worn out soy? Csn use do it with commercial fertilisers? Ae answer is?No. We will have to mm ft with lire stock. I wish to make ? comparison of conditions along this Saw ae they exist In Iowa and In th Carolina. In the State of Iowa will And that this ratio exists: To Inhabitant thsre are one and ease-half milch cows, and in South Carolina to every 11 Inhabitants thsre fig only one milch cow. In Iowa there ts one sheep to every Inhabitant; In ffowth Carolina there Is one sheep to 17 Inhabitants. Continuing this perlson. statistics show. Iowa has and one-half hogs to esch In habitant; South Carolina has one hog fie each Inhabitant; Iowa has one cow to every six snd one-half acres; South Carolina has one cow to every 54 1-2 acres, Iowa folded horses and mules fie ltet. 191.887; South Carolina fold? ed horses end mules In 1900, 2,829; Iowa value of farm products per ag? ricultural worker. 9985; South Caroli? na earns of farm products per sgrl ourtural worker. 9174; Iowa horses mules to every two sgrlcultural term, seven; South Carolina horses Imules to every two agricultural rkers. one; Iowa value of dairy product* per each agricultural work? er, 974; South Caroline value of dairy products per sech agricultural work or. II. Even the hens lay ten times as many eggs In Iowa as they do In Boath Carolina, notwithstanding the eUniate in South Carolina far sur M that of Iowa for egg j-roduc Now why did I say we must have dairy cattle In South Carolina? Bc oxase the qulckrst road to a dollar is through a dairy cow. She pays her ?expense account every 24 hours and gives you s profit *>f 10 per cent on her cost for 8S5 days in the year, and beeide? ahe furnlahea you the most wholesome food obtainable for your table. She does not "un on a r edit basis. It Is all cash w th her and no future In It. South Carolina buys an? nually 912.000.000 In dairy producta And there Is no State In the Union that can produce these product* cheaper than we can In South CfifO" Now let us see where ou money la South Carolina ssadl away from home 918.000.rum annually for bacon. Any good farmer in Owl State can raise bacon for three cent* per pound I can raise enough of It for is consumption st two cents per pound. We send out of the State for horses and mules annually $11,350,000 and there Is no country where you can raise a horse or mule any cheaper than you can In South Carolina. I can raise a better one for $100 than our farmers are paying $250 for out of the State. 1 can raise all of the feed on one acre that a colt will require until he is thro years old. and at the end of that time will have $50 in cash to the credit of the land. Apply the manure the colt has made in three years to the same acre and you will increase the production, of that acre 20 per cent. Now why should we impoverish our country by sending West for horses and mules and bacon? South Carolina spends annually $10,000,000 for flour and $9,000,000 for corn. How are we to reclagm our worn out lands? The answer Is, di? versification of crops and live stock raising. I have seen from the car window, since I left my home, coming 200 miles, enough waste land, If it was used for sheep raising, to grow more mutton than is now consumed In South Carolina. As this land stands today, the taxes are a burden to the owner, but If properly husbanded With sheep raising, it would be In 10 years the most fertile land on the farm. I can see some cause for a machine or man to wear out, but more rust out than'wear out. ? There Is no cause for an acre of land to wear out; it would be 20 times more productive after being la cultivation 100 years, than it was the first five years. How Is this to be done Raise more live stock and better live stock. It requires intelligent effort to breed and handle live stock. Now It is not that we lack the brains and It is a slander to say that we have not the energy and application necessary. Tou can grow cotton and do the other things you want to do. and right suc? cessfully, too; but you have never Wanted to grow live stock. What has been the result of efforts to grow live stock in this and all other Southern States In the past? Ninety-nine out of every 100 men who have engag? ed In It have made failures. Why? Because they were men with mon? ey, and without knowledge or expe? rience In the business, and they turn? ed the work over to men who knew but little more s^nd usually eared less. Any negro can raise cotton, but whsn It comes to diversified farming, he Is not in It. How are ws to keep our boys on the farm? We will have to educate them above the cotton Held and a mule. How can we do this By teaching them that by diversified ag? riculture and stock raising they can make money on the farm, and can kons with men In any other pro? fession. Now, brethren, I think we have rather discouraged our boys and have sent them away from the farm. I have heard mothers and fathers say to their boys, 'There is nothing on the farm; you will have to get Into something else." I feel sad whenever I hear this, for as soon as we show them that they can make money, they will stick to the farm. It takes a boy with stamina and grit to go to the city today and develop Into a man that will be an honor ,to his country. How are we to do this? Again I say. by diversification and live stock raising The man who diversifies, feeds and clothes his family better; the man who diversifies, educates his family b' teru the man who diversi? fies, makes a better cltlsen and when he crosses over the river, the people will mourn at his departure. RAILROAD AGENT SUICIDES. Sensational Developments Announced In Connection With Alleged Suicide of J. T. Glover. Augusta. Ga., May 14.?J. T. Glov? er. Jr., agent for the Augusta South? ern Railroad company at Spread, Ga., wgs found dead in b'" bed this morn? ing and announcement was made later of sensational developments as a result of investigation of the fire yesterday morning whicn destrojed the freight depot and cotton ware? house of the road. It is stated that young Glover, who was about 27 years old, was short in his accounts and expected the road's \ auditor today to check his accounts, j He wan seen wandering about the burning buildings apparently in a , daxed or Intoxicated condition. Yesterday afternoon he is said to have purchased a bottle of laudanum hud when found dead this morning it I was believed that he had committed suicide. The officers of the road who j are here tonight dispute this theory, believing that he died from natural causes. His wife discovered that he was dead after *he had risen and prepared his breakfast, making the discovery when she attempted to awuken him. 30 days1 trial $1 Is the offer on Plneules. Relieves backache, weak back, lame back, rheumatic pains, liest on sale for kidneys, bladder and blood. Good for young and old. Sat? isfaction guaranteed or money re? funded. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. A Movement on New Lines. Washington Herald. The present movement for tariff re? vision differs from former movements toward the same end, in that it pro? ceeds pot from reformatory idealism, but from the practical conviction of captain of Industry that the time has come when it will be to our material advantage to recast Dlngley sched- j ules. Secretary Taft recognized this fact when, in his Columbus speech, j he planted himself on the platform | of the American Association of Manu- j facturers, a body which advocates tariff revision for purely business reasons. A similar view is taken of tariff revision by President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia Univer? sity, who thuB presents the tariff situ? ation: j "The time has come when the Dlngley tariff has got to be revised, in the Interest of business itself, and not In any sense as an attack on busi? ness or as a disturbance to business. It seems to me clear that the vast majority of the people of the coun? try of all parties virtually accept the protectionist principle, but financial and commercial developments of the last decade make It necessary to face without delay a revision not to be up ?as some people are Insane enough to suppose?but down." President Butler adds, to these rea? sons for revision the further one that the collection of a surplus revenue at a time when every dollar Is needed in the channels of trade is unstatesman Uace and uneconomic. As this surplus I revenue comes largely from tariff , taxes, the logical remedy for the sur? plus Is a reduction of those taxes. Henry W. Whitney, who Is making a campaign for the Democratic Guber? natorial nomination In Massachusetts on a tariff revision platform stands for a moderate measure of tariff re? duction. He attributes the failure of the Democratic party to achieve tariff reform to the apprehension aroused that it was going further than was advisable, and In spite of adverse criticism, Mr. Whitney holds to the belief that it is better to attempt a practical revision, that will commend Itself to business men generally, than to engage in doctrinaire assaults on It. WOMEN'S WOES Sumter Women Are Finding Relief At Last. It does seem that women have more than a fair share of the aches end pains that afflict humanity, they must "keep up," must attend to du? ties In spite of constantly aching backs, or pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. They must walk and bend and work with racking pains and many aches from kidney Ills. Kidneys cause more suffering than any other organ of the body. Keep the kidneys well and health is easily maintained. Read of remedy for kidneys and is en? dorsed by people you know. Mrs. W. A. Clyde,' living at 219 E. Liberty St., Sumter, 8. C, Bays "I can highly recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as they have proved of great value to me. I suffered from dull nagging backaches, had distressing pains through my loins and also suf? fered some annoyance from the kid? ney secretions. They were highly colored, contained dark sediment, and were very scanty in flow. I did not rest well at night and In the morning felt tired and languid, having very little strength or energy. I finally procured Doan's Kidney Pills at China's drug store, and since using them I have been free from back? aches, the kidneys act regularly, and I have no annoyance from the secre? tions, j I am glade to recommend such a splendid remedy as Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. 65 JIM MALLOY TO HANG MAY 22. One Thousand Persons Have Already Applied for Cards of Admission to the Hanging. Bennett8vllle, May 13.?The negro murderer, Jim Malloy, In Jail here un? der sentence of death for killing his wife, will be hanged on the 22d In? stant. The sheriff is being besieged with applcatlons for admission cards. Only a very few will be permitted to see the execution arfd mo: > than 1, 000 have applied. The r"?!!ow? I* now being erected. Jim i ? ipen ililj hi! remaining days runty and w'tb seeming apathy is swatting the end, He has written a history "1* hl? ?f1' and has left instructions to have it published. Hutiuin Filters. ?The function of the kidneys is to ? strain out the impurities of the blood I which is constantly passing through , them. Foley's Kidney Remedy makes j the kidney's healthy so they will strain out all was- matter from the blood. I Take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once j and it will make you well. Slbert's Drug Store. It has also b?-en noted thut the why-don't-you-try type of questioner mighty seldom does himself.?Puck. Serious Results Feared. ?You may well fear serious results from a cough or Void, as pneumonia and consumption start with a cold. I Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most obstinate coughs or colds and pre vents serious results. Refuse substi? tutes. Slbert's Drug Store. POSTAL LAWS AHE EVADED. Merchants Resort to Tricks to Huve Tltcir Packages Delivered?Warn? ings to the Postmaster** Washington, May 14.?Information having reached the poslolfiee depart? ment of certain methods by which the postal laws in regard to the mail able and unmailable merchandise on rural routes have been evaded, Fourth Assistant Postmaster Degraw has taken steps to prevent future evas? ions. Rural carriers are permitted to de? liver as express matter for hire, for patrons of their routes, unmailable merchandise and packages of mail able merchandise weighing in excess of four pounds. An example of the abuse of this privilege is that of a merchant who sent out by rural car? rier as extra matter a pair of shoes to which he added a bag of salt to make the package overweight and to avoid paying postage so that the carrier might carry the package for hire. In view of such abuses, Mr. Degraw has issued the following statement: "All packages of merchandise to be sent out by rural carriers by mer? chants of the town should be present? ed at postOffices for inspection and in case it is found that extraneous mat? ter not ordered by the patrons has been added to any mailable matter or package for the purpose of making such matter unmailable, postmasters should refuse to permit the carrier to carry any such matter or package for hire outside of the malls, and rural carriers should not receive any mail matter from patrons as unmailable matter for hire which they suspect has been made unmailable by such devices as adopted by the merchant referred to." THIRTY VICTIMS OF TORNADO. In Addition to Fatalities Already Re? ported Some of the Two Hundred Injured Will Die. Shreveport, La., May 14.?Thirty dead and 200 injured is a conserva? tive estimate of the fatalities caused by the tornado which swept through northwest Louisiana yesterday even? ing, destroying three small towns and leaving wrecked homes and ruined crops in a path a mile wide and 50 miles long. The- dead at Gilliam, which had about 200 inhabitants, number 13, while at Bollinger the known death list is six. These towns are about 15 miles apart and nothing has been learned of the work of the storm in the country between. At Elmore, a small town near Gilliam, several houses were destroyed and it is not known how many people perish? ed. Several of the dead were brought to Shreveport on the relief train from Gilliam this rriorning and the hospit? als and sanitariums are crowded with injured, several of whom will die. The Injured at Bollinger number about 40 persons, some of whom have been brought here. Of these, it is beieve that not more than three or four will die. Only two houses were left at Gil? liam, where the force of the storm was greatest. Of the seven members of the Gardner family, none escaped without injury. Mrs. Gardner was killed by the falling timbers of her home and the other members of the family were bruised under the debris, but were extricated. A flood of rain following the tornado made the work of rescue very difficult in the dark? ness. A relief train was sent to Gilliam from Shreveport last night and re? turned this morning at daylight, bringing several of the dead and many wounded. Another train was fitted out today and reached the stricken town this afternoon, but has not yet returned. Prompt steps have been taken to succor all who are In need. FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGONY. Will You Continue to Suffer From Ca? tarrh In the Face of This Testi? mony? "I suffered for fifteen years with catarrhal troubles so bad that I had to leave the sea. I could not lie down at night to sleep, on account of the constant catarrhal dropping. I went to two different hospitals for treat? ment, but without any lasting benefit. I was constantly raising yellow and green phelgm, and the trouble was so unbearable and nauseating that I was ashamed to go out in company. I have used only two bottles of Hyo mel, and have been cured b\ the rem? edy. It has made full and complete recovery.?Capt. Willnef." Hyomel Is a dry, healing, antiseptic air, extracted from the Eucalyptus groves of Australia. It is a pleasure to use Hyomel, because you do not take it into the stomach; you simply breathe in this germ-killing air. and relief is immediate, and complete re? covery comes in a few days. Hyomei outfit, including an Inhaler that Will last a lifetime, costs $1. If it does not cure your catarrh, asthma, bronchitis, coughs or colds, J. F. W. DeLorme will give you your money back. 5-5&7&W5-20 The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has foren in use for over 30 years, has borne the Signatars of and has been made under his per J*- sonal supervision since its infancy. i-?tf6*\CM Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORI? Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare? goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium? Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee* It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The KM Yon Hare Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years, TMS CSNTAUn COMPANY, TT MURRAY STRKSX NSW YORK CITY. fieri. Stoessel in Prison. An American newspaper corres? pondent recently visited General Stoessel in the prison of St. Peter and St. Paul, in St. Petersburg, am! has written an account of this visit and what he saw to his paper. From this It appears that beyond being de? prived of his liberty the unfortunate officer's condition' is not such ft hard one. The correspondent readily ?jbtaine \ jermission to visit the genera', sn 1 was by him received in the prison reception room. The general hi a his own rilvate room In the prison, but dines together with three other pris? oners, one of whom is Admiral Ne bogatoff and the other two are o:Fi cers also serving out sentence* fst conduct unbecoming officers. General Stoessel, asked to tell of his prison life, told the reporter that the day begins very early. 'At 9 o'clock they bring the samovar and I take tea. The authorities do not pro? vide bread and we have to buy that for ourselves. After a light break? fast I dress and go out for a walk In the little garden. At 1 o'clock I and the other officers Imprisoned In the fortress dine together and after the meal I always find my wife wait? ing to see me. We have only the right to receive friends once a week, but the czar has accorded me the spencial privilege to see my dear wife every day. She it mains until 3 o'clock, and is not permitted to stay longer. When she is gone I stroll in the garden for a little and then I set? tle down to work. I am writing my memoirs, and at present am engaged in describing my recollections of childhood." From this recital it appears that the distinguished prisoner does not fare as bad as might have been be? lieved, with our notions of Russian prisons and Russian barbarity. General Stoessel, it will be remem? bered, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for having surrendered Port Arthur. The evidence was clear that the fortress could have been held for a time longer, at least, and having been instructed to hold It to the last extremity as a soldier it was his duty to have obeyed these in? structions. So clearly was it proven at the trial that he failed in his duty that at first he was condemned to death, but this extreme penalty was communated by the czar. After the close of the war, when Japan released her prisoners, Gen? eral Stoessel arranged to live perma nently in the Far Eeast, but when charges were preferred against him at home he returned to Russia to stand trial. General Stoessel is not ! a Russian, as is the general Impres? sion, but a German. He moved to j Russia when very young, and the czar's domain became his country by adoption. Litle was known of him until 1900, up to which time he was I the commander Of a Siberian rifle regiment. He distinguished himself In the Boxer uprising by being* the ! first to enter Tientsin and then hv i I his dashing attack on Pekin. For I this he was promoted to be a major general. j That he failed in his duty ^as a soldier in surrendering an important fortress before actually compelled to do so seems to be certain. That he I was a coward, as some of his /er , sonal enemies claim, nobody will ever believe, from his previous record and from the brave defense that was made at Port Arthur. His chief fault seems to be that he was too humani? tarian to be a good soldier. He did not sufficiently realize what General Sherman said of war to be a com? mander of such a post. It is probable that he will be re? leased from prison before the expira? tion of his sentence, and will then exile himself from Russia and live the remainder of his life in France, as so many Russians do. In the meantime his lot is far from being as hard as it might be, and if he is a good wriur he may employ his prison time in winning greater fame with his pen than he was able to win with his sword. FOLEY'S HfunTAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, throat snd lung troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic* Good for everybody. Sold everywhere. The genuine sTOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is la s Yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Prepared only by Foley A Company, Chicago. SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. KILLths couch and CURE ths LUNGS with Dr. King's New Discovery and all throat and lung troubles. GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY! OR MONEY REFUNDED. Diarrhoea When you want a quick cure without any loss of time, and one that is followed by no bad results, use Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy It never fails and is pleasant to take. It is equally valuable for children. It is famo-s for its cores over a large part of the civilized world. PATENTS f HOCUSED AND DEFENDED. Send modal, drawing orphoCo.for.zpwi seven and free rsport. Fr *? aartos, bow to obtain patents, trade marks, ccprrlghta,etc., ,N ALL COUNTRIES. Business direct with Washington saves time, money and often the patent. Pttwit and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or com. to us at SSS Blatt Btrsst, opp thusss ttstss ratsst Offlc?, WASHINGTON, O. C._ GASNOW Time to get a a.uart or two of moth balls.