MHU Sllol I hi lls OF HOUSES
VM? MILKS.
< Ii mi-.mi ( i?IU*ic?< Ktteiedon Work
\rtlcle XWVIll.
The cause of sore shoulders can
almost Invariably be traced to 111
Atting >r tilths collars. owners, as
a rule, pay littlo attention to the fit?
ting of collars and their cam and
consequently most farm rs have one
or more horses or mules with sore
shoulders during their busy sagggsji
The chafing of 111 fitting collars
cause Inflammation and abrasion of
the skin and, in many Instances, in
Jury of the deeper tissues. Quite
frequently deep seated abscess* I
form above the shoulder joint at th
lower part of the collar scat. These
abscesses and thw growth of tlhrou*
tissue which form in this region re?
quire surgical treatment but simple
abrasions and inflammations of the
skin yield readily to treatment if
treated promptly.
in this, as in all diseased condi?
tions, It Is necessary to remove the
cause. This can bs done by keeping
collars clean and by seeing that they
fit aa the shoulders will not be chaf?
ed and bruised. The practice of re?
moving collars and bathing shoulders
at mid-day Is one of the bejt preven?
tive measures that can be adopted.
As soon aa the skin of the should?
ers appears sensitive, It should be
bathed several times daily with a
solution of alum or other astringent
solutn n. Removal of pressure from
the Inflamed skin is absolutely nec?
essary and If this cannot be accom?
plish d by changing the style of col?
lar or other method, the animal
should be rested until the shoulders
heal.
Abceases Which eaCUf at the point
of shoulder should be opened as soon
as they form, syringed dally with suit?
able antlbeptie solutions, and be kept
open until the discharge ceases. Fail?
ure to do this will result in the for?
mation of hard fibrous tumors which
can only be removed by operation.
M. Ii. \'< >\vi:us.
State V 'erlnarian.
I an* of llrood S?>w*.
The following article by Prof. A.
Smith of Clemson college, contains
some Interesting suggestions:
Plenty of exercise is necessary dur?
ing th* whntr period of pregnancy,
which c*??i best be pr>. idcd by fur
naShlng sultaM > pssin?<s f r grazing.
In this State greer, forage can bo pro
sided every m .nth In the \e.ir. For
a permanent pasture Bermuda grass
with bur snd white clover Is uncx
cell d. T'ils supplemented with rye.
wheat, oats, and vetch, cow peas, soy
bean*, chut \a, peanuts, rape, red and
crimson clover, and sorghum?us for?
age crops?with skim milk and slops
he ft use mixed with wheat
middlings, bran. ground oats and
com, provides Ideal feed and con?
ditions for brood sows and for pro?
ducing pork at a minimum cost. Nu?
merous feeding trials prove that sows
feed extensively on corn and other
carbonae.?ou- rations give bir:h to
small lltt.-rs tnat lack vigor and often
results In rendering the spsj unless
aa a br?*der. while rations containing
the required amount of nitrogenous
feed, obtained from clovers, peas,
beans, vetch, oats brans, etc., result In
large, vigorous Utters and keep the
sow In lent eondl bm.
In this ellmate it Is advisable to
have sows farrow In March or April.
The pigs then get a good start be?
fore the h? t weather come on and tire
w-aned In time to have the sows
bred to farrow again In September or I
Oet d?er. This gives the little pig
?uftic'.ent age and sUo to stand the
winter conditions. The period of
geatiitlon with sows is about 11'.' days.
The date of breeding should always
be noted and about a week Of ten
days before furrowing the sow should
be put In a clean pen not less than
six feet by eight fad with a f .der
around the sides about eight inches
from the boor and eight or ten Inch?
es from the side to prevent the *.w
crushing the MM! pi** hy lying ag
them. It Is perfernbre to have a
small ?ot adjoining the pen. For a
woek bei ore farrowing the sow should
lw? fed lu.atlve food and her bowels
k?pt apgsj, Qrra nothing but water
and feed lightly f..r I f- w di\< until
the now regalng her normal condition
whe*< *he win faquirs plenty of nu?
tritious feed to stimuli. | maxi?
mum M .w of milk. AI birth the lit?
tle wt'l weigh from two to |a?
end r*n*< half pounds auch and for
the hr-u month mtest depend sole!)
upon the mother f,,p nourishment.
Th.? only nay af fsesllng the pigs is
through th.- mW, th. r t o. It puyi
to feed in,- raiiv. if the litter Is large
and the gm l?* poorly f.-I or Is g
poor milker, the pigs become stunted
and nr.. usually unpr.'Ht ible to i its .
Wien Iii?' pfsji era ihr?, w .1 old.
the now should again i - turned on
goo,i pasture and fed grain ,?? slops III
?d iition. At th. end of rwci months
the pies should b? wanned and about
ihre.? auyi nft.r wennlni the sow \*
ready t ? be I,red again.
Prof \. Smith.
THE <;<M>i>\vi\ BOND.
Homo Facts im to ll lt< .In. lioM
From ihm i>aiiy Ittin, April It.
festerds>y'i article In the Dally
How relativ? to the operation! of
Prof? Qoodwla, and the tfforti of
1 ? 11? ? Mrs. Margaret Ka>mond to turn
him over t?? the Punster County ?? tn
? i lls for trial has aroused consul
?i ti I- Intsreet in in*.' community, ca
poolally t>?-? reference ?>f Mrs. Ray?
mond as t?> th? Ava hundred u<?iiars
hand?-d to .-??in "lie here by Frank
s. Ryan, Qoodwln'i pal. in order to
?eenrt a reduction in the amount of
bond for the foxy fortune teller.
Magistrat? Harby was fle?n t??day
and questioned in reference to this
matter, and he State? that it was his
Intention to allow the amount of bond
to remain as first fixed by him, the
sanm being in the sum of $3,000,
and that every effort was mad-? to
get him to reduce it before applica?
tion for a reduction wm made before
\ssociate Justice Gary, and that
Ive positively and p^rslstantly re?
fused to consider any proposal with
that object In view. As set out in hi?
return to the Associate Justice, Mag?
istrate Harby considered Goodwin a
desperate criminal, and that h?? should
be held for trial on a bond sufficient
to Insure his appearance at court
when the case was called.
After the bond had been reduced ;
by order of court to $2,000, the at?
torneys representing the prosecution
and the defense submitted to magis?
trate Harby a proposition mutually
agreed to by the parties directly in
interests, that if fell restitution to
the prosecutor of his entire loss in?
cluding all losts incident to the ap
prehesnslon and arrest of the ac?
cused, and the payment to the Coun?
ty of all moneys advanced by it in
order to arrest and bring back Good- j
win to South Carolina, that Goodwin l
should be admitted to bond of the I
sum of $750. Magistrate Harby then ,
submitted the proposition to Super- !
visor Pitts and some of the members
ol the County Board, and upon th lr
approval of the sani", Goodwin was
admitted to bond In the sum of $750
j
In cash, after the payment of the ;
amounts above indh-ated, totaling in
aU the sum of $18GO. This bond was
. streat??d at the next term of the
court of General Session.
NVI VT I IHf>I? COLLFGF.
Scholarship and F.ntrnnce Ftamlna- |
tlon.
The examination fOf the award of
vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col?
lege and for the admission of n< a
studoati win be held *t the County
Court Houm ?>n Friday July t, at
a. m. Applicants must not lem
ihm fifteen years < ' age. When i
--holarships are vacant after July |
they win be awarded to thorn mak?
ing the highest averag* at thle ex-1
amlnation, provided they meet tin
conditions governing th-' award. 1
i
Applicants for scholarships should
write to President Johnson before the
examination for scholarship examlna- j
tion blanks. i
Scholarships are worth $100 and
free tuition. The next session will
op.-n September 20, 1911. For fur-'
ther information and catalogue, ad- '
dr? ss Proa I>. B. Johnson. Rock Hill, ;
s. c.
4-27-ltaw to 7-7-W.
Ice ( ream le-tival.
The ladle* of BStfeesdS M. K.
church, Beat Hagood, .S. C, will
have an lee o ream end it raw berry
faotlval at the church on the after?
noon of May r>th. The public !s
cordially Invibd. 4-S7-lt-W.
i
Considerable complaint has been
created because or the fact that there
are so many of the mail boxes about
the city which have rusted and fal- ,
ten down and th.- person who wishes to
mail a letter in one often has to take
the box up off the ground and lean
It tip against the fence.
AnnapoJInsociety mud.' i great f?w
because a New Jersey midshipman
escorted a pretty girl bellev l to be
a nurSS to a navy hop. Now it is up
in the pretty nurse to ye| b cl- ,it
somebody by shaking a f> w tamily
trees down nround Annapoltii in or
der to s e e/hat drops.?Philadelphia
Tt lograph.
i \< \ K^li >\ R ITEH VI V *< ?< I H
i:11n k miav 11
Account f ifth Annual Horse -bov
Vmoctatlon, the Southern Railway
??No ennouneee very low round tr ,
I i i to QroenvtllOt R. C, and return,
te hole to |m sold May Mb. Ith, 1 ?"!?
:>ad Itth, 'in.. ? t* good to reai h
original starting i ?Int returning sol
Intel 'ban midnight of May 2 ih,
111],
Por Information as to rates etc.,
hppjy to tick? I agei ts\ or addi?
.1 U MEEK,
Asst. Gen, Paspenger Agent,
Atlanta, ?;?.
w. R, McOBK,
I >?\ iv'on I';i?-?'? nif r Ag< th.
Charleston, 0. c.
PAYING A PAINTER.
Verrio's Reward For Decorating Two
English Royal Palaces.
Rubani rucatred for his painting of
the grand celling at the banqueting
house. Whitehall, the sum of ?4.000.
The space covered bj this painting is
about 400 yards, so that he was paid
nearly ?10 a yard. In addition to this
reiumeratlon, he was knighted, and ?
chain of gold was also presented to
htm by Charles I.
Sir .lames Tbornhdl. the first Eng?
lishman who received knighthood for
his ability In art. was paid only ?3 I
yard for the laborious work on the
QgUIng of Greenwich hospital and only
?1 a yard for painting the ornaments
on the walls. "Tho Duke of Mon?
tague." says Sir Jarnes Thomhill in his
memorial to the commissioners for
building the hospital, "paid M. Itosso
for his saloon ?2.000 and kept on ex?
traordinary table for him, his friends
and servants for two years while the
work was being done at an expense
estimated at ?X>00 per anunm."
Signor Verrlo was paid for the whole
palaces of Windsor and Hampton
court?ceilings, front and back stairs?
at 8 shillings a square foot, which is
?3 12s. a yard, exclusive of gilding;
had wine daily allowed to him. lodg?
ings in the palaces and when his eye?
sight failed him a pension of ?200 per
annum and an allowance of wine for
life.?Pearson's Weekly.
The Goose Tower.
In the early years of the fourteenth
century the "free cities"?Hamburg,
L?beck and Bremen?sent a delegation
of seventy-seven members to King
Valdemar to demand increased rights
and privileges in their trade with Den?
mark. The delegates were not very
respectful in their language and de?
meanor, and the king, who was at
Vordingborg, told them they acted like
a drove of geese and clapped them
into prison in the tower, telling them
they would stay there until they learn?
ed better manners. Over the heavy
tower door the king put up a stone
with the inscription:
Rieben und siebentes Hause:
Sehen und siebente? Ganse;
Ware nicht so viele Mause
Hat Ich auch nicht so viele Ganse.
Translated this reads: "Seventy
ear to houses and seventy-seven geese.
If there wore not so many houses I
would not have so mar.y geese."
On top of the tower, which still
stands solid and strong, was placed f.
big gilt goose, with neck outstretched
as if it were hissing.
The Jerboa and the Melons.
An odd fact relative to a little Afri?
can melon is thus related by an otD
dg] of Khartum:
The Jerboa or kangaroo rat is found
inconsiderable numbers in places miles
and miles away from any water or
even dew, nnd 1 was at a loss .to un
rstand how these little animals could
e. 1st through the ten mouths of
draught. It appears, however, that I
uf tor tho scanty rains a small wild
melon of bitter taste, but full of juice,
flourishes in the desert. The Jerboa,
as soon as the melon is rip*, bites off
the stem and proceeds to dig away
the sand under tho melon, so that it
gradually sinks below the level of the
ground. The constant wind soon cor- I
ers it with six to eight inches of sand,
which protects it from the scorching
sun and from drying up. When all
other moisture has evaporated the jer?
boa goes to his larder and drinks tho
Juice of tho melon till tho rains come
go again. One jerboa will bury as I
m'iiiy as forty of these little melons
to last him through the dry season.
_m j
The Automobile.
In some respects the automobile is
the most marvelous machine the world
hai yet seen. It can go anywhere at !
any time, floundering through two feet
of snow, ford any stream that isn't |
deep enough to drown out tho mag
neto, triumph over mud axle deep,
Jump fences and cavort over plowed
ground at fifteen miles an hour. It
has been used with brilliant success in
various kinds of hunting, including
coyote coursing on the prairies of Col?
orado, w here it can run all ground the
broncho, formerly in favor, since it nev?
er runs any risk of breaking a leg in
a prairie dog bole. Educated automo?
biles have been trained to shell corn,
saw wood, pump water, churn, plow,
and, in short, do anything required of
them, except figure out where the con?
sumer gets off under the tariff law.?
Outing.
All tho Difference.
"I understand that the smart sot is
snubbing the Do Bucks because they
have R skeleton in their closet."
"Not at all. The snub Is because they
didn't keep it there."?Cleveland Iscad?
or.
Tho defects of the mind, like those of
tho face, grow worse as wo grow old.
?Rochefoucauld.
A Pretty Busy Man.
When a man's business prohibits his
caring for the chickens, when his af?
fairs become so Important thai he can
no lomjor shuke down tin- furnace,
help dress one of I he children or
tinker nUait the place with a hammer
and law, tben that man's business bail
bolter be mil into the bands of a re?
ceiver temporarily; his books do not
balance, says Dallas Lore Sharp in the
Atlantic, I know of a college presi?
dent who need to bind ?ho may still)
n cold corn pesos about his head at
times and, lying prone upon the floor,
hare two readers, one for eacb ear,
read simultaneously to him different
the os. No great WSS the WOfl be hud
to do, so fierce his fight for lima? time
t<> lecture to women's clubs and to
write ids spot h making hooka.
Oh, the multitude of epoch making
books'
Mr. Willi-- Burroughs, of Prorl
; den. e, was In town Saturday.
NEGROES DISMISSED.
Dave Sanders, Albertus Elliot! and
Jim K<*s?, not Connected with Steal?
ing.
Dave Sanders Albertus Blllott and
Jim Roes, the three negroes supposed
t" have been Implicated in the steal?
ing that ha.-; been going (in In the city
n'ere dismissed by Magistrate Wells
Saturday as there was no evi?
dence upon which to hold them.
The two negroes, Jim Ross and
Albertus Blllott were In fact never
arrested as the only testimony against
them was a statement made hy Jake
Black, who had the goods on him
wlun h?o was canght. Elliott and
Ross were merely questioned hy the
magistrate as to whether or not they
knew anything about the stealing and
as they both testified BS to their hav?
ing been at work at the time that the
stealing was going on they could not
be held and no warrants were sworn
out for them. Sanders was arrested
as he had been in chargo of the hack
that was stolen from Eli King at the
time that it was stolen and as he had
been seen with Black previous to the
stealing.
Since the close of last season Mr.
M. H. B?>ck has made many Improve?
ments at Pocalla Springs and the pic?
nic grounds and lake, with the con?
venient arrangements for boating and
bathing should render the resort most
popular than ever. It is really a
ve y delightful place for a day's or
afternoon's outing.
It is said that the men who do the
.most kicking over bills for Easter
hats spend the most money for cigars.
Petersburg index-Appeal.
A friend of E. H. Harriman says it
was thinking in bed that killed him.
Most people avoid that danger.?
Boston Transcript.
If the comic supplcm. nts were done
away with in the Sunday newspapers,
It would not be children who suffer?
ed, but father.?Charleston Post.
Qreen be the turf above thee, friend
Of my better days!
None knew thee but to love thee,
none named the* but to praise.
?Halleck.
"Shipwreck de luxe," the rescued
passengers of the Princess Irene call?
ed their experience. We shall yet
bear of railroad collisions a la carte.
?New York Tribune.
A new member Of Congress who
Wiehes to perfect himself In parlia?
mentary procedure and diJ not at?
tend the Daughters of the American
Revolution Congress missed his op?
portunity.?Washington Herald.
A woman in Chicago wears a brace?
let on one of hear ankles. Books like
a direct reflection on the police force.
?Now York Herald.
EXCURSION RATES VIA. SOUTH?
ERN RAILWAY.
Account Annual Reunion, United
Con federatc Veterans.
The Southern Railway announces
greatly reduced and attractive round
tip rates fom all points to Little
Rock, Ark., and return, tickets to be
sold May 13th, 14th and 15th, with
final limit good to reach original
spirting point returning not later
than midnight of May 23rd, unless
extended at Little Rock until June
14th, l'Jll, by depositing tickets and
upon payment of fee of fifty cents
per ticket.
For sh-< ping < ar reservations ; p
ply to S. H. McLean, P. T. A., Colum?
bia, s. c.
Passengers desiring reservations In
special sleeping cars should apply for
pace promptly.
For further information as to
tickets, etc., apply to ticket agents or
address:
J. L. MEEK,
Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent,
Atlanta, da.
D. E. McGEE,
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston, S. C.
A. H. ACKER,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
Augusta, Qa,
HKF.KEEPERS' SUPPLIES.
j i have decided to keep on hand a
stock of Hives, Frames, Sections,
Comb Foundations, Smokers, Veils,
Gloves, Etc., for Reekeepers, and will
j order any goods not in stock.
J These goods are made |>y the A.
'. Root Co., the largest and most re
j
liable manufacturers of Apiarian Sup?
plies in this country. Catalogue will
i >o furnished i n applh atlon.
Also on hand Hoots A r. t! and X
v 7. of Ueekeeplng Price $1.50, by
mail 25 cents additional, it you are
keeping bees In the old way. get
this boob, and learn to do it In the
improved way.
N. G. OSTEEN,
Dally Item Office,
Sumter, S. C.
Memorial Day Committee.
The following committee! have been
appointed by the r. i>. C. to tak.
charge of Memorial Day exerciaee:
Committee <?n arrangements, Mrs.
B. C. Baker, Mrs. n. n. r.?vington,
Mrs. J. M. Knight, Mrs. McCormack,
and Mrs. VanDeventer.
Committee on Flower Girls. Mrs.
H. (J. Hill, Miss Jessie Molee, Miss
Armlda Moiei, Miss Mario DeLorme,
and Miss Jennie Walsh.
Committee on Decoratng the Con?
federate Monument. Mss Elisabeth
McLean, Miss {Catherine Moses, Miss
Agnei Richardson and Miss Annie
Graham.
Annual Reunion United Confederate
Votfrane, Little Rock. Ark.. May
ir.-iHth, i9ii.
A Card.
Mr. J. H. Hinson, who was burned
out BOme time this week, writes that
hia total loss was about $700 instead
POT this occasion the Atlantic Coa8t
Line railroad has authorized special
low rates, May 13th. 14th and lith,
limited until May 23rd. Ticket can
bo deposited at Little Kock, and upon
payment of a fee of fifty cents, at time
Of deposit, Jimit of ticket can be ex?
tended to. and including June 14th,
1911.
For rates and Information, apply
to nearest agent, or T. C. White,
General Passenger Agent. Wilming?
ton, N. C.
4-5-to5-15.
FOR BALE?At once, 22 head of
fine mules. Sold cheap for cash.
Apply to E. P. Pitts, or phone 384.
>f $1,000 as previously stated in the MEED CORN?A few bushels of
Item and that the house belonged to
Mr. Skinner Instead of Mr. W. R.
Wells, as heretofore stated. He also
wants to thank all of his friends and
neighbors for sympathy and aid at
the time of his loss.
Prize seed corn from Roys' Corn
club (Gherrlck Prolific), will he
sold in small or large quantities.
Apply Sumter Seed Store, M. E.
Brown, Prop., 113 North Main
Street. 4-25-3L
The referendum and umpire de?
cisions and the recall of umpires
would probably be thought about the
right thing on the bleachers.?Knox
ville Sentinel.
"Americans will pay $5,000,000 for
coronation seats.'* And just to see
England reaching out for that hand
across the sea.?Philadelphia Inquir?
er.
MONEY MAKER COTTON SEED?
Will pay you, If you are raising
cotton. If you are not posted, it
will pay you to investigate. We can
furnish a limited quantity of pure
I seed, raised on our farm where
i
there has never been any blight.
$1.00 per bushel. Let us book your
order at once if you intend to plant
Money Maker. C. P. Osteen Co.,
Sumter, S. C. 2-1-tf
How Will You Begin?
To begin the week or month with the knowledge that your
wages or salary arc spent and that you owe all that will come
to you next pay day docs not put you in a cheerful frame of mind
for the work before you.
On the other band, the man who saved part of bis money on
pay day and lias it safe in the bank finds more joy in Ids work.
He knows there is money to draw on If iv?ed be anl there is no
need to worry as to bow ends may meet next pay day.
THAT YOU MAY WORK WELL HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT
HERE.
THE PEOPLES' BANK,
12 W. LIBERTY ST. SUMTER, S. C.
The Irishman's Bank
The Irishman figured this way: "They won't be liable to
move the railroad, so begorra there'll be a good place to
hide me money." He hid it there?put it in a knot hole in
a tie. It ought to have been a very safe depository, but ?
that happened to be the tie that the section gang replaced
with a new one. The old one was burned. Pat's money ?
Oh, he should have had it in the bank. It costs nothing.
The bank is the ONLY safe place for money. There are
lots of places where money is safe temporally, but w hen
circumstances change and conditions are modified the safety
ceases. This bank does not change. It is ALWAYS
SAFK.
THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO.
Opportunity is said to
knock but once?
But you have a chance to open an account w ith this bank
six days out of every week. Once you have started to sav?
ing a part of your earnings, you will be prepared whenever
a good business opportunity presents itself.
Having a bank account helps create business ability.
The Bank of Sumter
Established 1889
LIME, CEMENT,
ACME PLASTER. SHINGLES
LATHS. KIBE BRICK. DRAIN
PIPE, ETC.
TIott f Vnln Rice Floor, ship stuff. Bran.
IU1>, Vildlil, Mixed Cow and Chicken Ft
Horses, Mules, gJ&i?.e?' I?*4?*
No Order Too Large Or Too >...all.
Booth-Harby Live Slock Co.
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLIN V
m
DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR.,
DEN riST.
18 W. Liberty St. -:- Phono No. 30.
-OFFICE HODRg
8 TO 1 ?: 2 TO 6.