Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Cfcti&?rjjnum anb ? outjjton. if and Salorday. PTTBUBHl^O COMP AXT. ??mt?r. a tXfd per annum?In adi tsseeeees*: Insirtiosi.H.04? raeortlea. for threo monUu\ 01 at rodooad rata?, which nb will he fouad ?? la UN aad the Tree Southron in aavd Southron alrenlation and at the old papers. Pulling Fodder. Clemaon College. Aug. ?.?When tho lower laeveo of the corn begins to turn e little yellow, and tho ears begin to look as If they aro fairly good slsed. the farmers' r 1s begin to itch to get Into the Me nd pull the fodder. Instead of stanutng right still and scratching his hands, as the quickest and beet way to get rid of the Itching sensation, and as the long headed man will do, hundreds of farmers over the State put all h ids at work stripping the eorn stalks. There Is no question but that fod? der Is a good feed. It would have to be, far a whole lot of the *ood that wwald later be In the grain is in the but this taking off of the leaves the grain to shrink, and the eorn will be much lighter in weight, end will not be of eo good quality for breeding purposes. Not only this, hut the corn will not keep as well as It would If it is allowed to mature without pulling the fodder, and It will net make the best seed Corn. Experi? mente conducted by Mr. D. R. Coker off Hartsville. 8. C, showed thai fod? der pulling results In a reduction of ylvld of from 10 per cent, to 14 per eent, depending upon the ripeness of the fodder, and the lose from rot Is from I per cent, to 10 per cent, more in the grain from fodder-pulled corn thest it la in the grain from corn that lien not been fodder-pulled. n the light of these facta which . < farmer coa provs for himself If wants to, there Is little doubt ? haAls Would be much better to et*w plenty of forage other than core fodder, and to leave the leaves on the corn stalks until the ears are fe?ty maturesd. After the ears have been taken off the stalk, the whole plant, leaves and all. might be cut end used for feed, *n l the value of this kind of feed Is not to be disregarded as a filler which h> et least equal to cotton-seed hulls. Cattle will readily eat such roughage If It la cut fine, wet and well mixed with cotton-seed meal or other con? centrated fooda to Grow Forego Crops. There hi yet time to grow Sudan find Amber sorghum and get cutting before froat. Amber cane is about two weeks 'Her than the Orange variety. If sown thinly, or bunched with hoes it will make a large enough stalk to shock for winter food. If broadcast? ed, not lean than two bushels of seed per acre should be sown, and on every fertile land three bushels per acre will not give too thick a stand for good results. Thirty pounds per acre of Sudan grase seed broadcasted will give an eseellont growth for one cutting. The second growth may be turned un? der In the fall, and the land planted to Abrussl Rye or oats and vetch mixed. Clover nhould not be planted unless a very firm need bed can be se? cured after breaking the held. Sudan grass should be ready for cut? ting within sixty days; and, if favored with a very late fall It muy afford a second cutting. After the second cut? ting the field should be harrowed to e depth of one or two Inches with a dlac or cut-away harrow. This will prepare the land for clover seed, which should then be wiwn. Seed may bo gathered from the clover next spring and the stubble turned for com; or, the balk method muy be need .* cotton. The latter In especial? ly recommended for sandy soils. An application of 40C to 800 pounds per aero of cottonseed meal end add phosphate, half and half should be worked Into the soil with the harrow. Nitrate of soda might alee be applied when the plants are up to e good stand. SCMTFR COTTON MARKET. Dally by Ernest Field, Cot? ton Beyer. Good Middling 14 1-1. Strict Middling 13 7-1. Middling U 3-4. Strict Low Middling 13 1-1. Low Middling U 3-4. Mr. Cooper's Statement. The Journal today gladly gives apace to tho .statement by Hon. Robert A. Cooper, of l.aurens, as to why he entered the racy for gover? nor. The statement in couched in excellent language and is a high tone campaign document, typical of Mr. Cooper who is making his cam? paign on a very high plane. If all candidates were like Bob Cooper there would he no bitterness in South Carolina politics. But after a careful reading of the statement we arc unable to And in it any reason why Gov rnor Manning should be defeated, and Mr. Cooper elected in his place. Mr. Cooper docs not show or attempt to show wherein Governor Manning has uo failed in the discharge of tho duties of his office that he should be re? buked by being defeated. The Journal has very great ad? miration and respect for Mr. Cooper I but feels that the people of tho State owe it to themselves to re-elect Gov? ernor Manning and there is nothing In the statement issued by Mr. Coop? er to change one's views. Tho de? feat of Governor Manning, it mat? ters not who may defeat him, would be taken by the blind tigers of Charleston and elsewhere as a per? sonal victory. Mr. , Cooper might he as hard on them as Mr. Manning has >een but the tigers wouldn't care lor that They want to punish the man who first punished them?in other words they want to get the man who started the trouble for them. And getting Manning they will be satisfied, It matters not what the future may hold in store for them.? partanburg Journal. Celery Planting Time Is Here. Celery may be had by every gar? dener who will give It proper care i and cultivation. Select a very rich piece of land preferably of sandy loam, and pre? pare In the same way as" for plant? ing corn In the water furrow, the rows feeing six feet apart. Apply well retted stable manure liberally (elgtkt to ten tons per acre) In this trench together with an 8-4-2 com? mercial fertiliser at the rate of 800 pounds per acre. Mix thoroughly with the plow, and then list with two fur? rows. This will form within the wa? ter furrow a slight ridge which is rak? ed off before placing the plants. Suoceas In celery growing depends la geiy upon Ibe setting out of well grnvn stocky plrnts, which if possible, should be removed from the bed with a mnall block of soil attached to the ro>ts. Before transplanting, the plants should be assorted according to site, and about one-third of the leaf surface should be removed. Plants, all of about the same size, should be set eight Inches apart in ths row. In setting out celery it is extremely Im-1 portent that the/ plants be set no! deeper in the field than they stood in i the plant bed. When they are sot in a i slight furrow made by the marker, j and the soil drawn about them, the ? bud should be on a level with the sur- 1 face of the soil; otherwise, many of them will die from the buds being covered with soil washed from the sides by heavy rains. Celery should be clean cultivated throughout the season. Cultivation should always be shallow, especially neir tho plants. Celery may follow cny crop maturing in July. HKITBMCANS BLOCK DEMO? CRATS. Sons tors I (eject Program for Ad? journment of Congress September 1. Washington, Aug. 10.-^The Republi? can senate caucus decided to Insist on passing the Immigration bill at this session nnd rejected program of the Democrats by which congress would adjourn September 1. DKFINITF. DECISION SOON. Railroad Strike Mediation Making Progress. New York, Aug. 10.?After a con? ference with mediation commission? ers by labor leaders It was reported that a definite decision In some direc? tion concerning the strike will be made In 2 4 hours. Last Monday night Able lthame, j colored. stole a cow from Mr. II. W. Kann, near Alcolu, and early Tuesday morning Mr. Faun phoned to Itural Policeman Penvy, and asked that he try and capture the thief. Mr. Peavy set out at once und traced the man ami cow to Sumter, just In time, as Khamo had sold the cow and was waiting on the check. Mr. Peavy ar? rested the negro with difficulty, in fact, had to t all In a Sumter officer to assist him. Returning to the Manning Jail they stopped at the home of Mr. Faun and as the car came to a stand? still lthame juurped out and told the "ihrer he would have to kill him as ho was not going to jail, and then reached Into the car where a Jack and knife were on the back seat, us if to do Mr. Peavy harm, when he did, In order to protect himself, Peavy shot his mnn through the chest, and brought him on and lodged him In juil.?Manning Times. IN i \\ XTILH PA11AL VS1S. l>r. Curl 11. Kpug Write* Open 1.oi lor Giving Information of General In? terest. Editor Dally Item. Having returned a few days ago Ifroni New York, where I had the op? portunity of observing many eases of ; infantile paralysis, a few notes on the I present epidemic may be of interest. j Probably practically every physi? cian In South Carolina is receiving] calls to children whose anxious moth? ers fear that they have the disease. :And it is well that the mothers are I taking such an active interest in the j matter, for they are usually the lirst to observe anything abnormal in tho children. This is not the first epidemic of in? fantile paralysis thut New York has suffered. In iy07-0S there were about 2,000 cases, with 0 to 7 per cent, of deaths. I'p to now, during the present epidemic, there have been 5,052 cases, with 1,05)9 deaths, a mortality of over 21 per cent., as compared with that of typhoid fever which is about 8 per cent. In one hospital, however, a phy? sician told me that their mortality had been only about 7 per cent. The present is by far the largest and most fatal epidemic recorded in medical history. The epidemic in Norway in 1905-G, w\tfi 1,053 cases, and 145 deaths, was small in compari? son. So far, the tight against the dis? ease In New York is anything but en? couraging, and, considering the fact that the autumn is the season when infantile paralysis is usualy most prevalent, it is probable that the height of this epidemic has not yet been reached. The last report gave 192 new cases that day, this being an increase of 24 over the record of the previous day. Of course the authori? ties try to make the situation appear , a^s favorable as possible, but the dally record tells the tale. B I In one hospital which I visited, the Presbyterian, there were only 10 cases, drhlle in the Metropolitan, on Black well's Island, there were about 80 Cases, and at the Willard Park Hos? pital they had about 400 cases. The latter institution had two buildings de? voted solely to this disease, one of them being used for suspected cases, those that had not yet been positive? ly diagnosed. The early symptoms, according to the physicians at these hospitals, are exceedingly variable, and often quite vague. There is usually fever, a temperature of from 101 to to4 degrees. This may last for only a short time. The children may De restless and fretful, though they are often drowsy. The first alarming symptoms usually observed by the mother is that the child has lost the use, to a greater or less extent, of a leg or an arm. It is apt to complain of pain in the affected limb before the paralysis appears. This pain may be present only when the child .tries to stand. The patient may appear to be perfectly well except for a slight local paralysis. The appetite is usually good, and there are no special stomach or intestinal symptoms. Pressure along the spinal column may cause pain. The disease sometimes appears quite suddenly, the child being apparently well at night, but showing a paralysis the next morning. In many cases there is a decided stiffness of the neck muscles, and the head may be drawn backward, as in strychnine poisoning, but this is rather rare. The physician may be aided in diagnosis by the fact that the Dataller reflex is usually ab? sent, while Kernig's sign is generally present. While the spinal lluld usual? ly shows an Increase of albumin and a leucocytosls. the picture Is not ty? pical of the disease, though It may aid in differentiation from other diseases, such as tubercular meningitis. The exceedingly mild symptoms ex? hibited by a great many of the chil? dren in these hospltuls were quite striking. The disease seems to at? tack almost any muscle, or group of muscles. Perhaps the only abnormal? ity observable would be an eye-ball rolled outward, or upward; or the mouth drawn to one side by a facial paralysis. One little fellow had no ap? parent trouble except a paralysis ol the deltoid muscle of his right arm. While he had pretty free use of his arm, he could not raise his hand above his head. In some cases there Is pnly ii paralysis of certain fingers, or toes. Many of these children were laughing and playing with dolls, and other toys. On the other hand, some of them were in a desperate condition, with both arms and both legs paralyz? ed. One little child was kept alive with oxygen, apparently his entire body being paralysed, According to the physicians In t harge, the cause of death In every ease observed wan a failure of res? piration, due to intercostal paralysis. They aim to support respiration until a change for the better occurs. This improvement takes place after the acute symptoms subside, but, in a large majority of cases, a permanent (deformity remains. Although there have been various itlll RKNT?idy furnished home, for summer, in the mountains, I^enoir, N. <\ Tool, shady; no dust. 8.' A. Grier, Hickory, N. C, ?talma of cures, tiie treatment of in? fantile paralysis iw as yet very unuatls Cactory. The exact cause, and a cure are yet to be discovered. hTe two drugs being mostly used In New York are hexamethylenainin and adrenalin. It is considered best to give the first dose, at least, of adrenalin by spinal injection. Caffeine bemsoate is largely used to support weak patients. In some of the hospitals piaster of Paris casts are used to prevent deformity and to relieve pain. Electricity and massage are used with some success in combatting paralysis. The serums be? ing used are still in an experimental stage. [' Carl B. Epps, M. D. Buniter, Aug. 9. How Hog Cholera is Spread. Clemson College, Aug. 8.?Hog cholera, is to hogs just about what typhod fee\r is to man; and the ways In which the cholera germ is carried are probably as well known, if not better known, than the ways in which most of the human diseases are spread If the carcass of a hog'which died with cholera is thrown out in the woods, or left unburied or unburned, buzzards, dogs and other animals are attracted. The buzzards, after gorg? ing themselves with the infected meat, and getting the germs on their feet and bills, lly away to alight on unin fected premises, most probably in the hog pen or pasture. They drop the germs' there and the hogs take it up. The dogs, after having eaten their full take a bone home with them, probab? ly passing right through the hog pas? ture on their way hack to the house, and in this way also, the germ is brought to uninfected premises. Oth? er animals might spread it in similar ways. Veterinarians learned about this by careful study and watching, and went to work to get laws passed requiring the carcasses to be buried or burned. South Carolina's law re? quires the carcass to be buried sL\ feet deep, or to be burned, and fixes a penalty of $5 for each violation. In the classification of "other ani? mals" we should include man; be? cause, a man walking around the farm of a neighbor whose hogs have cholera and then coming back to his own premises, can carry the germ just as easily as the buzzard or the dog. You see, germs are not at all particular about what they ride. This particular germ seems to be a mighty good rider too; he Will go down Stream for quite x distance in branches and creeks that drain infected premises; he will take the train with hogs that are being shipped, and stays right on the train after the hogs get off, making the car langerous to other hogs' health until after It has been disinfected; and, he will come with hogs from infected premises to uninfected premises. This last is a very common way of spread? ing the disease, but a way which need mt be feared if the new hogs are '<cpt to themselves until their free? dom from disease has been establish? ed. There are other ways in which he disease is spread, but the above ire the most common. If care is tak? en by all the people in a community there need not be much loss from thi3 disease. Rev. Wood son to Preach. St. Charles, Aug. 9.?Rev. A. R. Woodson, of Wadesboro, N. C, will ?onduct services at Harmony graded ;chool house, beginning next Tuesday night, August 15th. The public is cor llally invited to attend. It is fortunate for the city that the cave In of the sewer line on Salem avenue occurred before the asphalt pavement was laid. This line of sew r has caused more trouble and been uore costly to the city than any eth? er section of the sewerage system. It H on the main outfall line and if it becomes blocked the whole systOBI on he western part of the city will be put out of commission. It will cost a good deal to relay the entire line on ->alem avenue, but it may ibc moie economical to do so, in the long run, than to patch it up with temporary repairs. just issued, tells all about Crimson Clover, Alfalfa and all Grass and Clover Seeds for fail Planting. Wood's Fall Seed Catalog also gives full and complete infor? mation about Vegetable Seeds | that can be planted to advantage and profit in the late Summer and Fall. It is altogether the most use? ful and valuable Fall Seed Catalog issued. Mailed free to Gardeners, Market Growers and Farmers on request. Write for it. T. W. WOOD G SONS. SEEDSMEN, ? Richmond, Va. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. BLUOWINE, lu 0>e Hobble Skirt but lie, is made from Fruits and Cereals. SATAN ET the new and celebrated Fruit Juice drink. HIRES, 1 tne genuine Root boor. Is made from Roots, Berries, Barks, etc, gathered from all parts of the globe. ALL ARE PURE AND HEALTHFUL. Sumter Bottling Works. Phone 84. BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE The young business man measures the importance of his enterprise by the vision which he has of its ultimate growth. The Officers of this Institution, in like manner, measure the im? portance of his bank account, net by the size of its initial deposit but by its possibilisies for develop? ment. We cordially invite the accounts of young men embarking in the business world. The National Bank of Sumter, ON THE BUSIEST CORNER IN SUMTER THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN It's the man behind the gun who makes it formidable; and it's the men behind a Rank who make it conservative. In all our business transactions this Bank seeks not popular? ity for itself, but safety for its depositors. We seek to be accommodating?we are always courteous?but the main? tenance of o.ur standards of conservatism are ever and al? ways with us the lirst consideration. ?If you admire standards of conser? vatism, may we be favored with your business and honored by a personal at at f THE PEOPLES BANK. ttiinnniiinu?uunini:?i?iniu?ini;innNnniiinninnniTnTniinniniMiiiiiiiHM? Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALE KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, SucceMon to BoothTShuUr Lumber A Supply Co. Gee, Epperson's Old Stund Opp. Court Houee EVERYTHING AT ONE PIiACK.