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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
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! ducing territory. They were especially
esteemed ut the time for their quality
| or crossing, and thereby improving
not only the common but other breeds
| Of swine. .
The Berkshire was no less than q
faithful companion to man in the sub
Jugation Of the great West. 1t fol-
lowed him in all his Journeys into
the new and undiscovered countries
awaiting to yield up the bountles Of
their soils. From year to year infu-
sions of new Berkshire blood has fol-
lowed the first, until to-day the great
pork-packing regions Of our nation
are world wide famous, not only for
the amount but in the quality Of the
product
So in early days, as at the present
time, the Berkshire held first rank
throughout the Mississippi Valley. It's
success has come largely through the
fact that its promoters nave been Of
sound Judgment coupled with that
skill and disccrnment that has enabled
them to develop those essential quail
ties OF perfect animal that Is now
almost machine in its regularity,
while eliminating those points that are
detrimental to the highest success.
The flesh Of the Berkshire consists
Of we'll marbled streaks of lean and
fat. and this fact alone will readily
distinguish it to any one familiar with
one slaughtered product. Not only
does this great essential recommend
the breed to the one who raises pork
FOR home consumption. but it is taken
Into consideration by best butchers on
the market and is no small factor in
determining the animals that bring
the top prices.
With these points of superiority al
ready acquired. and with the best in
terests of the breed in the hands Of
such eminent and successful men rs
now compose the Berkshire AsSocia-
tion, the continued and future leader
chip Of this breed is Observation-Disclosures
Farmer
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Berkshire Hogs.

Will you please give q young be-
glnner In swine growing something
about the Berkshire breed, history and
Introduction IN this country.
GEO. Il. STAHL.
We cannot do better in reply to our
correspondent than t. give what Prof.
w. D. May says Of this breed. Prof
May is in the Missouri Experiment
Station, and IS gentleman who has
made study Of live stock. He says
Of the Berkshires:
From 1920 to 1928 the Berkshire was
very much improved by Lord Barring
ton, who devoted much time and q
great deal of care and judgment in
developing what was even then the
most popular breed in England. That
the efforts Of Lord harrington were
so Signally successful is attested by
the fact that most English Berkshires
trace their ancestry to his herd.
A. b. Allen, who is authority on the
subject. states that the first importa-
ton Of Berkshires into the United
States was made In the year 1923, by
John Brentnall, Of New Jersey. In
1882 a Mr.. Hawcs, an Englfshman,
made the second, and afterwards other
impOrtations at Albany, N. Y. In
1880, Bagg and Wait, OF Orangs
County, N. Y, began importing largely
and engaged extensively in raising
and disseminating the breed through
out the great corn West. The Berk-
shire Immediately became very popu.
lar. and fancy prices were paid for the
animals throughout the new rork-pro.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Record In Collection of Taxes.

Mayor Rhett's administration in
Charleston has scored q record held
the respect of the collection Of taxes.
During the past year 99.1 Of the as
sesscd taxes was paid into the city
treasury, which beat the record Of last
year, 9S.S per cent. The best record
made by a previous administration,
that Of Mayor Smyth, when 9S4 per
cent Of taxes was collected. Many cit.
les are entirely satisfied with the COL
lection o. all but fifteen per cent Of
the taxes assessed, but the Charles
ton administrations Of recent years
have been scoring records in this re-
spect.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Actors Society Aids Prosecution.

A New York dispatch says: The re.
tainer Of special attorney and other
necessary expenses incident to the
prosecution Of George Hasty Of Gaff-
ney, S. c., accused of the murder Of
Milan Bennett, and Abbott Davidsoi:,
actors, will be betrayed by the Ac.
tors Society Of America. The Ac-
tors Society. alleges that Hasty, who
is hotel proprietor, on December
15, killed Bennett and Davidson be.
cause they resented an insult to two
women members of q dramatic COM
pany stopping at Hasty's hotel. In
deciding upon this action, the soci-
ety adopted resolution giving as a
reason therefor that peculiar circum-
stances attended the tragedy, and that
Hasty is a resident and property own
er in the town in which the shooting
occurred.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
As to Close Pasturing.

There is general complaint that our
common grasses run out, are not at
oil lit FOR permanent pastures because
very early they give way TO wild
grasses and to weeds. 1t is true some
and make q fairly permanent pasture,
but rs rule they will not furnish so
much succulent pasture as does some
or the other grasses that do not form
so complete sod for tramping or for
close picking. Indeed, many timothy
pastures are completely destroyed be-
cause the animals are allowed to run
over the field long after they are un-
able to get even living from it, Late
pasturing In the fall results in close
picking and much tramping on the
surface. Usually the fall is so dry
that many grass roots get 'tramped up
with the fine dust. Need we wonder
that good meadow pastured closely
in the fall as a hard-pickcd timothy
pasture, should turn to white-top, to
wild grasses or even to cheat when it
is so abused in the fall? If forage is
given, II plant-food is added in suffi-
cient quantities to act as q top dressing
OF manure, then tramping the per-
manent pasture in the fall will do
much less injury. The available plant
food Will tend to revive the old grasses
and to nourish the young grass that
may spring from volunteer seed
Feeding pumpkins, fodder or sorghum
while the stock is still on pasture not
only gives additional food for the stock
ftpfxn
much to the pasture If it is allowed to:
remain as a sod. If the fall grass is
allowed to fall over occasionally and
given chance to grow more rank, all
the common grasses will hold from
year to year much better than they
usually do. The most persistent grass
that furnishes forage in profitable
quantities will be greatly benefited by
a partial fall growth to cover the sod
in winter, or by feeding on pasture
sufficiently rs to produce top dress
ing Of manure over the entire area.
Scattering the rottcd manure from the
barnyard or from the rotted straw
stacks upon the permanent pasture
is sure to lcngthcn the life Of the
pasture and to increase its yield Of
forage. {,
When the small pigs are allowed to
run with larger hogs they often be.
come completely covered with lice.
When they become thin the hair gets
long and looks coarse, it usually in
dicates the presence Of lice. Coal oil
and lard is a good remedy for killing
lice on young pigs.-W. B. Anderson
in the indianapolis News.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.

Assemblies In Columbia With Dispen.
sary Matters the PrincipaI'1uslness.
The South Carolina general ASSEM-
bly, convened in Columbia Tuesday.
Governor Heywood's message treated.
among other things, of the efforts he
has made to suppress lawlossness. The
principal business TO be transacted
at this $esion will be the consdera-
ton Of tho dispensary law, WHICH mas
been repudiated by nearII' half Of tho
counties in the state.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Pa|mettoStateNeVS|
AIlcqcd Loss Is a Mystery.

Nothing can be learned in Column
bia regarding the alleged loss OF $18,-
900 from an express package en- route
between Augusta, Ga. ,and New York.
J. +. FAINT, route agent Of the Co.
lumbia division, believes the loss oc-
CURED outside Of his territory. The
package was in Columbia two hours
between $50 and O'Clock In the
morning but has been traced to New
York in apparent good order.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17

Leghorn family. They are slightly
larger than the brown Leghorns, and
their eggs are about rs large as those
of the larger breeds. They are spright-
ly and always on the hustle, though
they stand confinement remarkably
well, and dozen hens may be kept in
very small pen.
Many people OIL the farm object to
them on account Of their color, claim
ing that they are shining marks for
hawks and small animals which prey
on the poultry yard but this view
seems hardly we'll taken, since it has
been shown that the broods are con-
stantly being robbed even among those
that are totally black. Color makes
no difference, and unless a better OBJ
lection for discarding them can be
advanced. we see no reason why they
should not regain their former pres
tige.
There is certainly no prettier fowl,
If we fancy solid color, and they GER
talnly have merit.-Home and Farm.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Up to Father.

"Here, Willie! cried the bows
father, you mustn't behave that way.
Everybody will be calling you little
glutton. Do you know what that is?"
II suppose" replied Willie, "it's a
Dig glutton's little boy."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
SUCCESSOR TO MORALES.
Vice President Caceres Takes CHARGE
Of Affairs in San Dominuo.

General Morales resignation as
president of Santo Domingo has been
rendered and accepted. He will leave
San Domingo on board the United
States gunboat Dubuque bound for
Porto Rico. Vice President Cacores,
who has been acting as president
since the time General Morales fed
from tho capital, is now, according
to the constitution, president OF Santo
Domingo.
The change in tho government docs
not impair the negotiations for
treaty between San Domingo and the
United States.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Fire Destroys Much Cotton.

Fire in the cotton warehouse Of the
Eureka mill at Chester destroyed L.
500 bales Of cotton, resulting In loss
Of between $4,000 and 100000. The
Eureka mill is located about quarter
Of the city, and little aid could be
rendered by the city fire department.
The company has its own fire appa.
ratus and fought the flames with all
its force.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
VENEZUELAN CASE SERIOUS,

Crisis Soon to Como, Says Official Of
French Foreign Office.
The Venezuelan question, although
overshadowed by the Moroccan con
ference, Is occupying the serious at
tention Of the foreign Office in Paris.
but the strictest discretion Is observed
In this direction.
A high diplomat, however, declared
that 1t might be considered certain
the momeRt was rapidly approach
ing when crisis would occur In Ven.
eHuela.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Regularly.

"Has young Plunger any holdings
IN the Skadmore stocks?"
"Holdings? Well, 1 guess! He goes
three or four times every week to see
old Skadmore's daughter."--C Chicago
Tribune.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
After q Bargain

"The cashier has skipped with $18,-
900 and they've offered a reward Oa
$500 for the fugitive"
"You say he has $4,000 and $500 is
!offered2 Oh, fudge, I'll raise that bid
myself These bankers are no SPORTY
at all."--Kansas City Times.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
StNrk In Ernncn SerInla.

AS examples of the French fcuilc.
tonists attitude towards style, let us
take two gems from the work OF Pom.
son du Terrail. One OF them is: ''rhe
mans hands were cold and clammy
like those of serpent" The other:
"Thc count paced up and down tho
garden, reading tho newspaper, with
his hands behind his back" - The
Academy.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Why tho Major Was Angry.

what's the Major bowling about?"
"Well, this being a holiday, he's got
to carve the turkey"
And did that upset him?"
yes; somebody stole the turkey."-.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Correct.

"Now, gentlemen" said the lecturer
on commerce and manufactures, "men-
ton one Of the most important collat-
eral branches Of the oil business"
writing for the magazines" prompt
ly responded the student who keeps
abreast Of the times.-Pittsburg Post.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17

Cotton Growers REFLECT Old Officers.
The South Carolina division of the
Southern Cotton Association met in
Columbia the past week in annual
convention, the following officers be-
ing elected: e. d. Smith, president:
II. B. Tfndall, vice president; f. H.
Weston, secretary, and f. Fl. Hyatt,
treasurer, the Old officers, were unan-
imously reelected.
An executive committee, composed
of r. NJ. Cleveland. Richard Singleton,
f.. NJ. Farr, Il. NJ. Pcgucs, Wade
Staclihousc and J. T.. WannamalScr,
was elected. Resolutions providing
for financial agent, the reduction of
25 per cent in acreage, except where
there was only one plOw to ten acres,
and 10 cent tax on each bale is ask
ed,' were adopted.
Eight delegates at large were elect.
ed to the New Orleans convention.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
BIZ.

eyes," remarked the race horse, "alt
my achievements have been due simply
to putting my best foot forward"
eyes" replied the mule; "now find
that accomplish most by putting my
best foot backward. d."-Philadelphia
Press.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Jen1ousy.
these

"Whats Barnstorm doing these
days?" inquired Yorlck Hamm.
Hes numbering Julius Caesar every
night" replied Hamlet Fatt.
Playing Brutus?"
'"No; playing Caesar" r."-Louisville
CourIer-J Journal. .t
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Jol1ier.

High-"So you have given up your
high ambitions and are going to follow
a routine life?" ........ .....s 81
Jinks-"Yes; I decided it would be
lonesome up there on the top rung Of
the ladder Of fame. INF going to stay
down with the push. ."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Silver Service for Cruiser.

The new cruiser Charleston, Can
tain WinSlow, was received with fnu
hohors by citizens OF Charleston We'd.
nesday and was presented the silver
service by Mayor Rhett in the nor,o
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17

Tcacher-"And If your father earned
five dollars and your mother took away
four dollars from it, what would that
make?"
New York Even.
ing Telegram:
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Another Duncan Property in Court.

Another Duncan Property in Court.
The Union and Glenn Springs rail-
road, another property in which Thos.
&. Duncan, former president of the
Union and Buffalo cotton mills, was
heavily interested, has been placed
in the hands Of a receiver in tho
United States circuit court at Charles
ton, in answer to complaint and pcti-
ton filed by the Mercantile Trust G.
Deposit company Of Baltimore, Edwin
w. Robertson being appointed the re-
ceiver. The Union and Glenn Springs
railroad traverses a number Of town.
ships in Union county, beginning at
a point near Carlisle, crossing the
Broad river and extending to the Buf
falo cotton mills. 1t has number
OF extensions and the road is the pos.
SCISSOR OF considerable real estate.
franchises and other property.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
SHED AT MOROCCAN QUESTION.
Upper House Has Enough of Irritat.
Ing Resolution for the Presen&.

Ing Resolution for the Present.
The senate made it plain at Wed
nesdays session that it had all that
IT wanted to hear for the present on
the Moroccan question. There were
two opportunities to resume consider.
alton of the subject, but both were
avoided and apparently with the as
sent Of all the members,
Having had It's day in court, the res.
o1ution dealing with the subject was
placed on the. calendar.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Tho Only WnY.

Smythe-"Bjohnson says his wife
never Gisobeys him."
Brown-"No. He never gives her
any orders" Journal.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Not There.

"Judge," said Mrs. Stavem to the
Magistrate, who had recently come to
board with her, "Pm particularly anx-
ious to have you try. this chicken soup"
II have tried it," replied the Magis-
trate, "and my decision is that the
chicken has proved an alibi."-Phila.
delphia Press.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Wiz, ne ssassysa
The Ill Wind.

When azcyclone, struck the place
Gentle, Jane was .whirled through space.
But it was an awful blow!"
Sunday Magazine.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Good HeaVens!

"They say she married him for his
money" -.
eyes. And now they are so poor that
she has to press his trousers"
"Alas! A real case Of the irony of
fate."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
Different.

He-"I feel like a 'two-year-old.'"
She-"Horse or popular song?'-
Town Topics.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17

SnreVU.
The. Lady-"I want to get box OF
cigars for a'present$to--"
The Clerk--"Yes, miss. Does your
friend like a mild Or" .....
The Lady-"Oh,, any kind, so they're
cheap"
The Clerk--"Yes, madam. Shall !
SEND them home, to your husband or
wnl you take them?'-NVashlnsS@
Star.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
At the IIotcI.

Guest-"Didn't I telegraph you for
the best room in the house?"
Clerk-"Ycs, Sir"
Grest-"Why didn't you save it for
meT"
Olerk-"I've already given the best
room in the house to fifty people to-
night, and / thought you wouldn't like
to be crowded" "-Cleveland Leader.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17

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The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1906-01-17
i'I:1IA's CITY LOVE
BY HELENA DIXON.
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s3IG GORGE is a perfect bore,
~ Il mother, compared with
" Q Mr.. Hart; 1 wonder
- H ever liked him at all.
AE Pm sure I cDn neynr fol.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27
When Living Was Cheap,

Two cents or its equivalent would
buy pair of chickens-in the four
teenth century. For the value of a
nickel one could acquire goose fit
for Christmas dinner-in the four
teenth century.
A penny would purchase a dozen
strictly fresh eggs-in the fourteenth
century; while for two cents the brewer
was compelled by law to sell three
gallons of beer, the equivalent of for
ty-eight glasses.
Wheat sometimes fell as low as 40
cents quarter, though after great
storm or in time of grievous famine
it would rise as high as 81 or S. a
quarter. Still at these prices a good
many pounds of bread could be BOUGHT
for a penny.
Pasture and arabic lands we're
ridiculOusly cheap-two cents an acre
for the former and twelve cents an
acre for the latter being considered a
fair annual rental. Draught horses
were drug on the market at p cents
each and oxen at S1.25. In the DAYS
Of the second Henry $50 would have
equipped a farm with three draught
horses, half a dozen oxen, twenty
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27
Such Acts Are Appreciated.

Some of our exchanges have made
mention of the fact that the farmers
living along the lines of rural routes
have contributed bushel or so of
corn or oats to the carrier. This is a
suggestion that might we'll be acted
upon by the patrons of every rural
route. The carriers have a govern
ment job, but it is by no means a
'private snap.' 1t takes good
deal of management to make both
ends meet when they are obliged to
keep two horses, live in town and
buy all the necessary provisions at
the market price. The carriers of our
county have gone over their routes
during the muddy weather at great
inconvenience, and are always faith
full in the performance of their duties.
A bushel Of corn or oats given to the
carriers would hardly be missed by
the farmer, but it would be a great saw
ing in the expense of horse feed and
the generous act would certainly be
appreciated by the faithful mail man.
-Chisago County Press.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27

COWS and 200 sheep, leaving a balance
of 81 toward the payment of the rent,
which would be perhaps SIS year.
The other side Of the story so far as
the laboring man is concerned, comes
in the following figures: Three cents
a day.was considered good wages for
an ordinary laborer. Even at harvest
time four cents was the highest amount
expected.
House rent was so low that the lord
mayor of London paid only $3.50 a
year to his landlord. The chancellor
had an annual salary of 1892. When
father sent his son to a university
four cents a day was looked upon as
a comfortable allowance. with a mar
gin for such luxuries as wine at s to
II cents a gallon.
A salary of s24 a year was con-
sidered munifcent. King Edward VI
gave his daughter an allowance of
50. so week, with an additional S247.6 go
a year for the maintenance of her
eight servants. Mechanic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27
Invalid Ma turaliZation Papers.

The discovery has been made that
thousands of naturalization papers is
Ned during the past three years are
invas1d. The naturalization law of
1908 provided that all courts and tri-
bunals7 and all officers and Judges
thereof must, before issuing final nat
uralization papers, swear the appli-
cant as to whether he believes in an
archy or any doctrine teaching the
duty or propriety of killing the officers
of this or any other government, or as
to whether he disbelieves in organ
lied government.
This oath has been administered
only in the federal courts and in some
of the large state courts. In many of
the smaller courts this provision was
not known. Every certificate of citi-
zenship, or final papers, not showing
that this requirement has been CON-
piled with is void.
A bill has now been introduced and
favorably reported to the house max
ing these certificates valid. The pro-
posed law does not take away from a
court the power to revoke certificate
obtained by fraud even though this
defect in it is cured.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-27


This is good advice. We always
have believed that, if one S daily work
could furnish him exercise, it was the
best physical culture that he could
possibly take. The doing of house.
work, saving wood, shoveling snow
from the yard-some work that has a
purpose in it's far better than just
mechanically going through some set
form of exercise, such as practicing in
the ordinary gymnasium with dumb
bells, Indian clubs, etc.
The best benefit comes when the mind
as we'll as the body is engaged in the
exercise: and any exercise, whether
indoors or outdoors, that engages
both muscle and mind, is sure to be
more beneficial than that exercise that
is simply taken because one feels con-
strained to 60 through some mechani-
cal mode of exercise. The mind and
body must work together to secure the
best result. Medical Talk.