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a number of diseases
Injury to tomatoes. The
it and the most deatruc
wkloli occur in this
the wlhn. There are two
Wilt diseases which we fre
y iswiiiisj JSeet la gardens and in fields
L watsro tome tote ore grown. Probab
t? the meat widespread and d es true
Jm*i one is a bacterial wilt
ptal wilt Is readily recognised
the way that ths disease affocts
slant. The disease begins with
leaves at the top of the plant or
as ends of the branches. These
leaves wilt first and ths disease
grsdnalry works 1U way back until
taw entire plant wilts and dies. The
last^atta which cause this disease will
ktre In the water ducts and vessels
of tJ* stem and root and plug these
?easels up to such a n extent that the
eweukUma Is cat off. The disease to
sprees daring the growing season by
tost eating insects and by bacteria
being carried by the wind and water
from the old diseased plants to
healthy plants. When ths disease
first appears, ths diseased plants
should bo pulled up and burned. As
a preventive measure the tomatoes
should be sprayed with arsenate of
lead at the rate or |?| pound paste
or 1-4 pound powdered arsenate of
load added to If gallons of Bordeaux
mixture.
The fungus wilt also causes disease
by plugging sp che vessels and water
ducts of the stems and roots, but in
this esse the dtoease practically al?
ways starts in through the roots
from the soil and he lower leaves
and branches show nlgns of ths die
ease first. Ths lowei leaves will turn
yellow and usually w It more gradual
ly than where the plant is affected
with the bacterial wilt The fungus
which causes this wilt will remain
alive In the soil for a number ot
years so that it will be necessary to
leave tomatoes off the land for five or
six years. Spraying does not seen?
to help In controlling the fungus wilt
Ths diseased plants should be pulled
up and burned end the succeeding
crop should be planted on land whero
tomatoes have not been grown before.
There are several other destructive
disease* of tomato which occur on the
leaves snd young stems. These are
known as leaf spots or leaf blights
snd can be controlled by the appli?
cation of Bordeaux mixture. Where
these occur, It Is well to spray the
teas toes ons time while they are still
in the seed bed. After transplanting
they should be sprayed every two or
three weans until ths majority of
the tomatoes are ripe. This sams
spray will proven: the fruit rots and
If areenate of lead Is added. It will
tend to prevent the spread of bacter?
ial wth. For this purpose we would
uoe Bordeaux mixture?1 pound cop?
per sulphate or blus stone and 1
pound of quick lime to 12 gallons of
water.
Another very serious trouble with
tomatoes Is root knot. This is recog?
nised by the knots or galls which ap?
pear on the roots of the plant. These
knots are caused by a species of eel
worm or nematode which Is quite
common and widespread. The samo
species of nematode causes root knot
on a great variety of plants. Where
this disease occurs, it will be neces?
sary to practice a rotation which will
leave all of the common garden vege?
tables snd all other crope, with the
exception of corn, small grain, and
the two resistant varieties of cow peas
?the Iron and the Brabham?off the
land for two years. Where this is
done, tomatoes can be planted back
on the land again. See Bureau of
Plant Industry Bulletin 117 and cir?
cular tl.
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TAKE CARE OF THE HOUS.
Not One Fnrmcr in Three Keeps H1s
Hogs Free of Lice and Mange.
At this time a great deal of care
should bo taken with the hogs in
Sumter county. Not one farmer in
three keeps his hogs free from lice
and mange. With corn selling at
$2.00 per bushel and other feeds in I
proportion no man can afford to feed
parasites. It Is my opinion that
thirty to forty per cent, gain could be
added to the amount of pork pro?
duced in Sumter county with the
same amount of feed if the hogs were
kept In good health and free from
skin diseases. Yesterday I visited Mr.
J. J. Whilden's farm and his hogs
were fat enough for killing and he
told me that he was feeding them
very little and he gave instructions to
cut their feed nearly out except what
grass they could graze in the lot
where they were running, and some
turnips that were being thrown to
them. The secret of keeping these
hoir* of Mr. Whilden's fat on such a
small amount of feed lies in the fact
that he was occasionally treatingt heir
skins with some kind of coal tar dis?
infectant. When premises aro en?
tirely made free of lice hogs do not
need treatment more than three or
four times a year, but it takes sever?
al treatments to rid a farm of lice and
mange where it hfts beer, for sometime
and all of the dust and litter are filled
with the germe and Uce.
A very cheap method of disinfect?
ing hogs Is to dissolve a bar of soap
like Octagon by shaving and boiling
in a gallon of water, and while wate,
Is boiling hot remove from stove and
add a gallon of kerosene, which will
make a white solution. Then add to
this two gallons eight gallons of wa?
ter and dip the pigs In this solution
tnd pour over the hogs. Crude pe?
troleum poured around in the wal?
lowing places of hogs will free the
hogs, and rubbing posts made out of
?acks endued around posts and kept
ta tut sled with any kind of oil or
rreaeeAs* a good remedy. There are
plenty of remedies that every farm
Br knows so I am wrltt ig this to call
/our attention to this enormous loss
and urge you to apply some remedy.
Then you know the hogs must be kept
free from worms and hat digestion
ntlmulated. The old remedy, a bushel
of hardwod ashes, a bushel of char?
coal, eight pounds of salt, eight
pounds of alrslacked lime, four
pounds of sulphur and two pounds >t
pulverized copperas is th* best that
I know about. If this Is too much for
your hsrd of hogs divide, each part
by four. The lime, eulphur and aalt
should be thoroughly mixed with the
charcoal aud ashes and the copperas
dissolved in about a quirt of hot wa
tsr and sprinkled ovsr ond mixed with
the whole mass. This should be stor?
ed in a barrel in a dry place and some
of It kept in a shallow tox before the
hogs all of the time.
You cannot afford to lcae any hogs
with cholera this summer. As soon
as any of your hogs get sick send for
me or some one who has had experi?
ence with cholera. If you have chol?
era near your place and > our hogs get
sick wire Clemson College the num?
ber of your hogs and estimated weight
and write me a card. Serum will
save your hogs If you Inject them be?
fore they take the cholera fever. It
Is a proventatlve but pot a cure. It
Is not practical to Inoculate your
hogs unless one of them takes cholera
or unless cholera Is very closi to
your premises.
If you haven't planted your velvet
besns do so as It Is t mo they ought
to be planted. There 1* still a stock
of beans and early amber cane eecd
on hand in Sumter, that was purch?
ased by the safety committee. Mr.
Keardon. Secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce will gladly direct you to
wher j these may be obtained. Corn
is a good feed for hogs but It is too
costly to grow hogs on corn alone.
J. Frank Williams,
Ccunty Agent.
WHO WANTS CANS?
Chamber of Commerce Trying to Pro?
vide) Supply for Those Who Need
Cans.
The Sumter Chamber of Commerce
Is denlrlous of ordering c carload of
cans to help supply the demand for
the girls' canning and women's home
demonstration clubs of this city an
county, and for all others who con?
template canning fruits and vegeta?
bles.
Efforts have been made to find out
about how many cans will be needed
so that the order could be sent for
the car of cans, but so far very little
Interest has been manifested Judging
from the few roplles sent in to the
commercial organization.
Doubtlees hundreds of people wi\\
wait until the last minute, that is un?
til the time arrives to can the food
and then they will have to pay much
higher prices, purchasing in small
quantities and will perhaps be subject?
ed to delays In securing the cans, if
Indeed they can be secured at all.
TO IE PATRIOTIC PARADE.
An Inspiring Demonstration of Sum
tor's Enlistment in the Cause of
Democracy.
The Patriotic Parade held yesterday
afternoon was an inspiring spectacle,
and the success of the patriotic under?
taking was due to the efforts of the
local Red Cross and the co-opera?
tion of the Ciiy Schools and St; Jo?
seph's Academy. The Trained Nurses'
Association, the Red Cross members
and the Shriners* Patrol, were out in
force, but otherwise the paraders
were few in number and the parade
would have been a sorry spectacle
but for the hundreds of school chil?
dren of all grades from the little tots
to the High School battalion in uni?
form. There were altogether about
seventy-five or eighty men In the line
of march and less women, If those
who are members of the Red Cross
organization are excepted. It was, as
was said at the outset, an inspiring
spectacle, and the writer might let it
go at that and the people of Sumter
could congratultae" themselves that
once again the report had gone forth
that Sumter had risen nobly to the
occasion and had done Itself proud.
But once in a long while it is whole?
some to tell the plain unvarnished
facts. And it is a fact that save for
the presence of tho school children In
the line of march the parade would
have been neither Imposing nor inspir?
ing. The writer knows what he is
talking about, for he was one of those
who stood on the sidelines and watch?
ed the others do the parading. And
the writer has, probably as good ar.
excuse for being a spectator and no*
a parnder as the thousand or two
others who stood on the streets or sat
in automobiles and watched the other
folks do the marching?he thought
evorybody else In town would be in
the parade and he would not be
missed. But be the excuse what It
may, Sumter did not make the parade
as big a thing and as Inspiring n
demonstration of the patriotic spirit
of the Oamecock City as it could hav
been made with very little Individual
effort.
The parade formed on the graded
school square aad proceeded up Lib?
erty to Main street to the Court
House square, forming on the green
at the rear of the building. After fl
few remarks and announcements by
Rev. J. P. Marlon the crowd Was
dismissed, Mr. R. H. King, of Char?
leston, who was on the programme
for an address, having been unable
to keep his engagement.
The Sewing Machine.
(The following humorous editorial
appears in the Black River Watch?
man, Sumtervllle, 8. C, of January
26, 1851):
"Of all the improvements of the
day (and they are neither few nor
unimportant) there is no one perhaps
which our lady readers will hail with
greater pleasure than a late Inven?
tion, the design of which Is to save
the fair hands a portion of the toil
which they have assumed.
"Think of a neat little machine
which may be neatly -packed away
In a gentleman's beaver, or coat pock?
et, which will perform in a few hours
an amount of needle work which
would busy one of our fair readers
for as many days. The idea must
really be delightful to one who has
tried the Slslphlan task of keeping o
regiment of little bird-nestors in
drawing-room order.
"We have not yet had an oppor?
tunity of witnessing a sewing ma?
chine in operation, but we have sent
for one, and If it comes up to our an?
ticipations, "Woman's Rights" Con?
ventions will be a source of appre?
hension to us no longer. We will
feel that we have been advanced one
degree higher In the scale of Inde?
pendent beings.."
Tho editors of the paper at thnt
time were T. B. Fr?ser and John W.
Ervin.
London, May 24.?Four or five Ger?
man airships raided the eastern
counties of England last night. One
man was killed In a Norfolk village.
The material loss Is believed to hav^
been slight. The airships escaped
In tho fog. _
NOTICE?Tor the benoflt of our pa?
trons, our corn mill will run dally
from now on. Any one wanting u
pure, high grade meal will do wel!
to bring us their corn to grind. Mill
at the foot of Sumter Street, near
Southern Railway. Sumter Roller
Mills.
r
Geo. H. Hurst,
UidtrtiHf ni bjtsjW.
Prompt Atttrtl.il to On in?
Might C.IH.
At 0.1. CRAW Olo Hurt. N. Main.
Phones : SftUSt '
NO MAN EXEMPT.
All Within Prescribed Ages Must Reg?
ister. \
Washington, May 24.?Provost
Marshal General Crowder laid em?
phasis on the fact that no man with?
in the prescribed age limit, except
those in the regular army, navy, Nat?
ional Guarc1 reserve organizations or
federal service, is excused from reg?
istration. He said that "even con?
victs and alien enemies ure required
to register.
OREGON SENATOR DEAD.
Senator Harry Lane Dies in San Fron
cisco Hospital.
San Francisco, May 24.?United
States Senator Harry Lane, of Oregon,
Democrat, died in a hospital here last
night as the result of a blood clot on
the brain. .
Guard Your Children
Against Bowel Trouble
Many children at an early age
become constipated, and frequently
serious consequences result. Not
being able to realize his own con?
dition, a child's bowels should be
constantly watched, and a gentle
laxative given when necessary.
Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are
especially well adapted to women
and children. The Sisters of
Christian Charity, 531 Charles St.,
Luzerne, Pa., who attend many
cases of sickness say of them:
"Some time ago we began using Dr.
Miles' Laxative Tablets and f.nd that
we like them very much. Th<?lr action
la excellent and we are grateful for
having been made acquainted with
them. We have had good results In
every case and the Slaters are very
much plenaed."
The form and flavor of any medi?
cine is very important, no matter
who is to take it. The taste and
appearance are especially important
when children are concerned. All
parents know how hard it is to give
the average child "medicine," even
though the taste is partially dis?
guised. In using Dr. Miles Lax
stive Tablets, however, this diffi?
culty is overcome. The shape of
the tablets, their appearance and
candy-like taste at once appeal to
any child, with the result that they
are taken without objection.
The rich chocolate flavor and
absence of other taste, m*vkc Vjt.
Miles' Laxative Tablets the Weal
remedy for children, %
If the first box fails to 'benefit,
the price is returned. Ask your
druggist. A box of 25 doses cons
only 25 cents. Never sold in bulk.
MILKS MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
JONE 5 IS REGISTRATION DAY.
Jane 5 is also BONE SALE DAY.
Not every Citizen will
be called upon to serve in
the army, but nearly
everyone can help the
cause by taking a WAR
BOND.
BUY A WAR BOND, $50 OR MORE.
We will handle transaction for you.
The National Bank
of Sumter.
Eveiything in the Building Line
All Kinds ol Feed
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We are showing a large, beau?
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Cool Cloth Suits, $6.00 to $15.00
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Mohairs, $12.50 to $15.00
These Suits are the Newest
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are sure that they will please you.
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