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THE STATE CAMPAIGN. HMI MJBWriNG to HE in HTM? TER ItriM'rnn smrh on June 22?Break Made In \tigilst on \cn)HlU of Ko union of Krd Shirt?* at Spurtunburg. Columbia. May II.?The State rum palgn will afSN at Sumter on Wed? nesday. June 22. It will close on Sat? urday. August 27, at Newherry, and the t.rat primary will he held on the following Tuesday. August 30. This Was decided upon yesterday at ft meeting of a sub-committee. Pledges of candidates for State of? fices and for congress must be filed wir.i the State Chairman. Gen. Wille J?rns, before neon, Tuesday. June 21. Th- sub-committee consists of Sta'.e Chairman. Wille Jones and A. W. Jones and D. J. Griffith. The Itinerary consists of the fol? lowing Sumter. Wednesday. June 22nd; BUhopvllle. Thursday. June 23rd; Darlington. Friday. June 24th; l:. n nettsvllle. Saturday, June 25th; Ches? terfield, Monday, June 27th; Cam den, Tuesday. June 28th; Lancaster, Wednesday. June 29th; Chester, Thursday, Ji ne 30th; Yorkvllle. Fri? day. July 1st; Wlnnsboro, Saturday, July 2nd; Lexington, Wednesday. July ?th; Saluda. Thursday, July 7th; Edgefleld. Friday, Ju.y 8th; Alken, Saturday. July 9th; Bamberg, Mon? day. July 11th; Barnwell, Tuesday. July 12th; Hampton. Wednesday, July 13th, Beaufort. Thursday. July 14th; Wa'vtrboro. Friday, July 15th; Char? leston. Saturday . July 16th; St. leorge, Tuesday, July 19th; Orange urg, Wednesday, July 20th; St. Mat haws. Thursday, July 21st; Manning, "riday. July 22nd; Monks Corner. Tuesday, July 26th; Georgetown. Wednesday. July 27th; Klngstree. Fri? day, July 29th; Florence, Saturday, July 30th; Dillon. Tuesday, August 2nd; Marion. Wednesday, August 3rd; Conway. Thursday. August 4th; Co? lumbia. Saturday, August 6th; Union. Monday. August 8th; Spartanburg. Tuesday. August 9th; Oaffney, Wed? nesday. August 10th, Greenville, Thursday, August 11th; Plckens. Fri? day. August 12th; Walhalla, Saturday, August 13th. Week off to attend .eunloh of Con? federates and lb d Shirts at Spartan b\.?-? If desired on August 17 and 18. Anderson. Monday. August 22nd; Abbeville, Wednesday, August 24th; Oleen wood, Thursday. August 25th; Lauren*. Friday. August 26th; New berry*. Saturday. August 27th. It will be observed from the above Itinerary that the subcommittee has made a break from August 13 to Au? gust 12. at the request of Mr. J. C. Strlbllng. commander-ln-chlef of the Red Shirt men of '76; in order that the candidates may attend the re? union of the Red Shirt Men and oCn federate soldiers at Spartanburg on the 17th and 18th of August. After the meeting at Manning on the 2 2nd. the candidates may attend a gathering of the surrounding coun? ties) at oianta. Florence county, on July Mf4 Thl.i break In the schedlue was made at the request of a mem? ber of the State executive committee. Oianta may he rea? had eg train most conveniently from Manning. The last day for filing pledges and paying assesment will be June 21, lfm. The assessments for candidates for governor Is $75, for other State offices $50, for congress $12" The happy never say. and never hear said, farewell.?Landor. It is said that I'*" p. rs .ns drop d-ad every day In the United States. This record wll be greatly swelled on the ?ay that Billy IsMfgMf resigns fn m the Senate.?Houston Peel No Guess Work When yon patrnm/e tins up-to date jewelry store. Full value ab? jured. If you h ive i present*to purchase, come direct to tins store and you will fx- ,d>lc to make gsatisfactory ^election at a^iti^ factory price. Wf. are confident wc can meet your idea o( what value and quality should he. W. A. Thompson. .lev* i-1.t and Optician. now 333. - - No. 6 S. Main St. I II KCl: RIJZZARR IN NORTH? wisr. Cold Northerly winds, with Heavy Snow, Carry Whiter Hack Into Lap Of spring. Detroit, Mich., May 30.?A ?pedal to the Detroit News from Calumet says that Lake Superior and the sur? rounding country are In the grip of a noree bllanard, with northerly winds and a heavy snow. All boatl arc -.?. kmg ports of refuge from the gal A heavy sea is running all along the southern coast. No boats are report? ed within reach of the wireless. Wire and train service are practically de? moralized. COTTON TARK CASIO HEARD. Decision BipfJOtOd From Judge I>c Vore This Week. Columbia, May 30.?Judge DeVore has not rendered a decision yet in the cotton tare case, which was argu? ed before him this afternoon. It is expected that the decision will be an? nounced in the next few days. Under habeas corpus proceedings the Cottoi: Tare Act of 1910 is being attacked. 7t is '.onstitutlonal rights and that it should not be enforced. The Act requires that 6 per cent, tare be deducted from cotton bales instead of 20 pounds, as was the case in this State before the Act of 1910 was pasa ed. Cotton men are contending that the Act violates trade customs, for In oth? er States the 20-pound deduction is maintained. It is also stated by them that if the Act Is declared constitu? tional it would affect the price or ???t ton in this State. It Is probable that the case may go to the Supreme Court later. Thurmond & Nicholson, of Edgefleld, and Solicitor Cobb, of this city, appeared In behalf of the Farm? ers' Union, and Messrs. Lyles & Lyles appeared for the defendant, W. G. Mulllns, who has been technically un? der arrest In this cade. Mr. A. J. A. Perrlt, president of the Farmers' Union, came here to confer about the matter today, as the Union is very much interested. Secretary Reld, of the Farmers' Union, says In connection with the case: "The Union does not want pay for anything ex? cept what the buyer gets, but under the present plan It frequently occurs that the buyer causes an arbitrary for? feit to himself of 50 cents a bale on cotton, because more than six yards of bagging is put on. The prevalent opinion that the Union wishes to take advantage of the buyer Is erroneous, simply fairness is sought." < Hl lt< Hi s AHE GROWING. Hate of (irow'th Exceeds Hate of Pop iilatlon Increase. shington. May 30.?Church growth in the United States has been greater than the Increase in the pop? ulation between the years 1900 an.i 1906, according to the special census report on the census of religious bod? ies for 1900, now In press. In the principal cities of the country the growth both in number of religious organizations and communicants was greater in the years mentioned than the Increase in population, while in the area outside the principal cities the rate of increase in the number of new churches established was approx? imately the same as the rate of popu? lation increase, although in the num? ber of communicants the Increase in area outside the cities, was In excess of that in population. Out of every one thousand people in the 160 principal cities of the coun? try?that is, those which had a popu? lation of more than 25,000?there were 469 church members, while for the area outside these cities there rt 391. As compared with 1890 the roport shows a gain of 90 com? municants in each 1,000 and a gain of 11 outside of them. Female mem ben in ltOf outnum? bered the male members by 32 per cent In continental United states. while in the principal cities, the cx ceai of female niemb. rs was propor? tionately less, beim ????Sil or l*:'.." per cent. Widows should remarry, said the Charities Conference edelffates, which is Just what the widows have always maintained.?St. Loula Poet-Dispatch. Fortune h ?s rarely condescended ? i im the companion of genius.?Diera? ?IL USCHS Golden Seal Stock & Poultry Medicine ? ii Men I n in< ds lot I lorm s, \ oath Mules, lio^s, Khei |, ami Poultry, Sevef f:tlls to gh e relief. xcbtdlrceb Is on I he ? I n ? r. I \ ? ry s-tot k mimI Poultry reiner should have a ran handy for net win ii ne. a, d? Sold ?>;, dnieetsts anddoalera Prlci Vie, roe and $1.00a ran. Visa Hunch's hlslnfectanl Mud hip, guaranteed to destroy MIT KM d i m honehlrkena Sample on request, Golden Chain Remedy Co., Inc. i N ANSVlM.r, |M>. SI HERT S Dltl t* STORE. Pheasants for the Farm. According to Prof. W. H. Olln, In? dustrial commissioner of the Denver, Laramle and Korthweatorn railway, pheasants, especially the Chinese ringneck and the English varieties, are the most valuable insectivorous lords, as well as the most attractive and eagerly sought game birds of all the spec des that can be reared in cap? tivity or in a semidomestie way and kept In the district in which they are propagated. The great majority of the Insectivorous birds are migratory, while the pheasant, espeieally the va? rieties named, becomes attached to a locality and will breed and remain there as long as It is protected and can secure food. The pheasant is naturally an insec? tivorous bird, and where insect food is obtainable it will eat comparatively little else. The variety of the insect food of the pheasant Is larger than that of any other bird, so far as is known. Investigation shows that over i 130 species of insects and earthworms are eaten by the pheasant, and doubt? less many** more will be found on its menu. In addition to this It is fond of small rodents, such as field mice, young gophers and small snakes. In England pheasantu have been found choked to death in the attempt to swallow worms larger or longer than they coui l manage, and several pheas? ants have been found dead, chocked by small rodents. Fred Barnett, su? perintendent of the pheasantries at City Park, Denver, says that a pheas? ant hen will catch and destroy a mouse as quickly as a cock pheasant or a cat. Among the insects destroyed by the pheasant are included smelling bugs that most insectivorous birds will not touch. Prominent among the pests destroyed by the pheasant are the Colorado potato beetle, the squash bug. the cucumber beetle, the bean leaf beetle, tomato worms, cut worms and the millers which deposit the eggs of the wire worms. The pheasant also digs for and eats the wire worms, as it does all ground worms and hugs, and practically all kinds of ground beetles. Most birds avoid the potato bugs on account of their obnoxious odor. Southern people are importing the pheasant to eat the cotton boll weevil ar> 1 its larvae, and it is reported that one pheasant will eat as many of these pests as several quails. Many of the insects that are injurious to the corn crop are destroyed by the pheasant, and the pheasant will iiot attack the grain or ear of the corn until late in the season after insect food is scarce. It is said that the chinch bug, which destroys $100,000,000 worth of wheat a year, is hunted by the pheasant both summer and winter. One difference between the pheas? ant and the ord'nary fowl in eating insects is that the pheasant is contin? ually hunting for the eggs and larvae of insects. In the grain fields and meadows the insect eggs are usually laid on the under side of the leaves of the plants. The pheasant as it passes through the growing grain keeps its head near the ground and turns one eye up and th; other down so it sees the larva and eggs on the under side of the leaf. It takes hold of the leaf with its bill throws its head up and clears the plant of the eggs and larvae without injuring the leif. Thus at one stroke It destroys four or five or possibly 100 embryo Insects and In a single Rteal often destroys many thousands of insects in the egg and larval form. The pheasant destroys the pests be? fore they do any damage to the farm? er's crops, the turkey and common poultry afterward. Pheasants are fond of grasshopper eggs and especially fond of those of the locust, which deposits eggs In the earth in dry places. Pheasants in cap? tivity have been known to dig up light ground where there are many larvae t'> b depth of four Inches. The" pheasant chooses the dande? lion and the bulbs of buttercups as two of its greatest vegetable dellca rles. it cats comparatively few buds from bushes and trees, excepting in severe winters. In this way it is dif? ferent from the grouse, of the grass? es it has a liking for white and red plover, alfalfa and red and yellow sorrel, but when there are plenty of dandelions and buttercups it win make the latter its principal vegetable ?Met. in winter pheasants ran be seen turning over forest leaves, examining them and picking off the larvae of diff. rx in tree Insects deposited on the under side of tie- leaves, alsi i?i< King over the top soil around bushes and trees for the bugs and larvao. Alone; streams and in wet grounds the pheasant finds many snails and crustaceans for food, The a'icasant being n terrestrial, it cuts mostly from the ground or within 12 In be - of the ground when food is abundant, ind seldom oats grain, such as wheat, oats and barley, until late in ihn season after it has been harvested and threshed, when Insert lite 's s urce. it Means up the grain stubble Melds, br? ing especially fond of bu< kwheat, mil when hungry will eat almost any kind o. grain. regetmeler la cited by Prot Ol In as let and common ordinary wheat and saying: "The value of pheasant a to the agriculturist is scarcely su indent |y appreciated; the birds destroy enormous numbers of injurious in? serts?upward of 1,200 wir?- worms have been taken out of the er op of a pheasant: If this number was con? sumed In a singb- meal the total de? stroyed must be almost incredible. "There is no doubt that Insects are preferred to grain. One pheasant shot at the (dose of the shooting season had in his crop 726 wire worms, one acorn, one snail, nine berries and three grains of wheat. From the crop of another pheasant were taken 4 40 grubs of the crane fly and the daddy longlegs?these larvae are exceeding? ly destructive to luscious vegetables. From the crop ot another pheasant 48 snail shells were taken. Eight young vipers, weighing about one quarter of an ounce each, were taken from the crop of a hen pheasant. "An instance is reported in the Eon don Field of a pheasant which when found had swallowed about six inches of a viper, while about eight inches of the tail part of the reptile was pro? truding from the mouth of the bird; both the bird and the viper were dead. "Another instance is recorded of a pheasant which on being killed had not less than 1,225 leather jackets, a most destructive larvae in Its crop.' The pheasant is also fond of many of the wild weed seeds, such as le? gumes, thistles, especially the burr thistle; wild carrotts, sunflowers, wild lettuce, mayweed, marsh elder and mustard seeds. The home of the Chinese ringneck is largely in the mountains, as well as in the valleys of China. It is accus? tomed to very severe weather, as it inhabits the high altitudes and yet adapts itself to the lower altitudes as low as sea level. It is a thoroughbred bird and has been Imported into Eng? land in considerable numbers to breed up the Enllgsh pheasant. Chinese ringneck pheasants liberated in the mountains of Colorado are doing well up to 9,000 feet altitude. The Feathered World, London, Says: "The Chinese pheasant, like his human felow countrymen, is very hardy and will thrive anywhere, bear? ing the cold of a United States win? ter and the heat of a Bengal summer quite well. It is also a good breeder and bears confinement well." At the last annual meeting of the New York Zoological Society $60,000 was appropriated for the study of pheasants and the best methods for the introduction and distribution of these birds in the United States. In a number of States the next legislatures will be asked to pass appropriations for propagating the pheasant and oth? er insectivorous and game birds. Prof. Olin thinks that if every far? mer, land owner and bird lever In the country would secure a setting of pheasant eggs and hatch them under a common hen and rear them like young chickens, or buy a pair of the birds, the problem of how to destroy insects would soon be solved. These Southeastern ocean storms are the things that keep the Weather Bureau guessing. ALL TIRED OUT. Hundreds More in Sumter in the Same Plight. I Tired all the time: Weary and worn out night and day; 1 ack aches; side aches, All on account of the kidneys. Hust help them at their work. A citizen shows you how: Mrs. W. A. Clyde, 219 E. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C, says: "I can highly rec? ommend Doan's Kidney Pills as they proved of great value to me. I suf? fered dull, nagging backaches and distressing pains through my loins and the kidney secretions contained sediment ami were scanty in passage, i did not rest well and in the morning I felt tired and languid) having but ?ttic strength >r energy, l Anally procured Doan's Kidney Pills at China's Drug Store and since using tili m I have been free from backaches and my kidneys are normal. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 Cents. Foster-M ilburn Co., Buffalo New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other._No. 18. Are You Lookinq for a Position? We can offer you good Paying Em pIoyment that you w ill enjoy and at home. Write to-day The Buttcrlok Publishing Co, Buttertek Building* New York, N. Y. j i iaimi?Mnr?'Wi?iaHMnMiiiMnBMmr N 10 IN ALASKAN LOBBY. Accusers Review Records of Five Al? leged Guggenheim Cliicfs. Washington, May 29.?In the start? ling brief Bled before tin- subcommit? tee of the Senate Judiciary Commit? tee, which/ is Investigating charges against the Alaska Syndicate, involv? ing bribery, corruption and even murder, a vivid pen picture of the "Guggenheim lobby" at Washington Is drawn by the protestants, who are trying to prevent the confirmation of John Rustgard as United states Dis? trict Attorney and H. L. Faulkner is United States Marshal, upon the ground that they are "Guggenheim tools" and will he subservient to the interests of the syndicate. The hearing of this case, the de? velopments in which have aroused in? tense interest will be renewed Tues? day. Tending the hearing the lead? ers on both sides are straining every effort to strenghten their case and en? list the influences that count. It is said here 'that the biggest expert lob? byists in the country have been em? ployed by the Guggenheims to look after their interests. One well-post? ed man is authority for the statement that there are in Washington today not less than 40 persons directly or indirectly in the employ of the Alas? ka Syndicate, and that this pending investigation represents only a small portion of the field they cover. The brief and exhibits filed with the committee single out a few men, whom it charges as being among the "gentlemanly lobby" from Alaska em? ployed and allied with the Morgan Guggenheim interests. He-e are some heretofore unpub 11 b . extracts of the brief which is n< before the subcommittee and whi. is being jealously guarded by it to prevent publication. Five of the men named in the brief and pictured as Guggenheim lobbyists are L. P. Shackleford, Thomas R. Lyon, ex Gov. W. B. Hoggatt, Capt. D. H. Jar vis and Walter E. Clark, the present Governor of Alaska.?Baltimore Sun. Probably this wasn't a good year for an economy investigation, any? how. It would have a tendency to disturb politics?Indianapolis News. A sufficient number of Ohio Repub? licans stood pat at the primaries to renominate nearly all the old guard cogressmen. Now we shall see what November will bring forth.?Chicago Daily News. ACREAGE AND CONDITION, Cotton Estimates Compiled by New York Journal of Comcmreo. 1 New York, May :;i.?In its tomor? row'i issue the Journal of Commerce gives its Anal estimates of cotton acre? age, compiled from 1,845 replies of special correspondents of an average date May 22. These show an increase of per cent over last year, repre-^ senting an area planted of 33,448,090 ' acres, Yirginia excluded. This is the largest acreage on record, exceeding slightly the year 1908. At the average date of these re? ports percentage condition as 80.2 as compared with 82.1 last year, 79 in 1909, 69 in 1907, and 83.5, our nine year average. ^ The acreage compared with last year and the percentage condition by States compared with previous yesrs follows: Acreage Conditio? Per Cent. 1910 1909 North Carolina. . .105.6 84.7 86.4 \ South Carolina .. .102.3 77.3 83.4 Georgia. 101.7 79.3 83.0 Florida.107.3 76.7 92.5 Alabama.101.0 81.2 82.0 Mississippi_' .. . 99.0 75.7 75.4 Louisiana. 98.4 71.5 70.0 Texas.105.3 82.7 83.1 1 j Arkansas.102.0 78.6 83.5 i Tennessee.102.0 79.6 86.7 Missouri.116.4 81.6 88.T Oklahoma.116.8 85.1 87.7 Average.103.6 80.2 82.1 The only States showing decrease . acreage are Mississippi and Louisiana, ' which decrease is attributed to the fear of the boll weevil, and a larger acreage going to corn and smalt grains, owing to the higher costs of foodstuffs. In nearly all States high prices of foodstuffs caused farmers to diversify ( crops to some extent, but the attrac? tive price of cotton has shown its counter effect in the above results. Arkansas has partially recovered from the boll weevil scare, and starts the season with an Increase of 2.8 peri cent. Important gains are shown in ' Texas and Oklahoma, respectively, ! 5.3 per cent and 16.8 per cent. Much J new land was thrown into cotton in j Oklahoma and to some extent in Tex i as. - < Church White says that over In i Halnesvllle, Mo., where he lived as a boy, people lived until a great age: if a man died as young as 90 it was generally said he died of cholera in? fantum.?Atchison Globe. | THE SOUTH'S BEST FARM PAPER 77?i Progressive Farmer and Gazette RALEIGH, N. C. and STARKV1LLE, MISSISSIPPI TRY IT 10 Weeks- 10 Cents We've got the kind of articles in our paper that you have been hankerin' for?not guess-work talk, but the kind that steers you right. We want you to read the following series How to Double Your Corn Yields. How to Grow Live Stock in the South. $ 1,000 in Prizes for Our Corn Club Boys. Short Talks About Fertilizers. "CROPS DOUBLED WITH HALF THE LABOR." I. T. CROWDER. 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