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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-03
FIG. xxy1-rnAp NEST IN OPERATION.

FIG. XxyI-TRAP NEST IN OPERATION.
agreeable odor. The head swells, the
eyes often being swollen entirely shut.
An affected bird may live for long
time and sometimes even get well, but
it is seldom worth anything. The
treatment consists in killing the af-
fected birds and removing the cause.
Exposure to cold and dampness is
among the chief causes. A dry, warm
house, especially one with curtain
front to provide for plenty Of ventila-
ton without drafts, is one Of the best
preventive measures. The curtained
roosting apartment also helps to keep
the fowls from catching cold in severe
weather.
Lice and Mites.
The most troublesome parasites of
poultry are lice and mites. These
pests are very different In their habits.
The lice remain on the bird all the
time, eating the feathers and skin.
They are not usually present in large
enough numbers to do any consider
able damage. except to sitting hens
and small chicks. One Of the most
effective means Of combating lice is
the dust bath. This is simply con-
venient sized box filled with fine dust
in which the hens can roll. Lice and
other insects breathe through tiny
holes along the sides Of their bodies.
The dust fills these holes, and they die
Of suffocation. A little turpentine add
ed to the dust bath makes it more eff
fective.
The dust treatment is usually all that
is required to keep the lice in check.
Where they get unusually bad pyre-
thrum or tobacco dust blown in among
the feathers is effective. This plan
takes too long to be used extensively,
however. Lice frequently make their
way from the hen to the chicks at
Matching time and often cause the
death Of many Of them. The best way
to prevent this, of course, is to see
that the hens are free from lice be-
fore the chickens hatch. One Of the
best remedies is to dust the chicks
with insect powder or paint them
around the neck and under the wings
with sulphur and lard mixture.
Mites are much worse pests than
lice. They live in the crevices in the
walls and roosts, attacking the fowls
| at night. They do not eat the skin,
but bore through it and suck the blood.
Mites are SO small that they can
hardly be seen with the naked eye. but
the damage they do Is not measured
by their size. Half the so called dis
l eases to which poultry are subject are
caused by mites. When fowls sicken
and die without any apparent cause IT
is time to lock for mites. Painting the
roosts and adjacent walls thoroughly
with crude petroleum or kerosene will
destroy many Of them. The same
treatment should also be applied to
coops and nest boxes. The litter un'
der the roosts is often a breeding place
for mites. 1t should be cleaned out
frequently and hauled away. After
cleaning out. the floor should be thor
oughly soaked with strong solution
Of some coal tar dip. If the poultry
house is fairly tight burning sulphur
}. in it will effectively destroy all mites
within reach Of the fumes. Keeping
;, vermin and disease in check require:
% considerable work and constant vigi
:, lance. but it Is work that will be wei
= repaid in the improved health Of thu
!, flock
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-03

FIG. XXv-BREAKFAST IN POULTRY YARD.
the other was only medium in this re-
spect. The progeny Of each of these
pens was given the same kind Of
feed and care, and in the fall the re-
suits were tabulated. 1t was found
that the chickens from the strong VI
tality pens matured from three to
four weeks earlier and We're worth %
cents apiece more at maturity. 1t Is
this lack of selection for vitality that
causes so many of the fancy varieties
to run out. Vitality is the most i'm
portant single point to be looked to
in poultry raising. especially in select
ing fowls for the breeding pen. IT
such selection is made, the health npd
vigor Of the flock will be greatly I'm
proved and the losses CORRESPONDENCE
decreased.
Contagious Diseases.
Poultry is subject to few con
taeious diseases. which often wipe out
almost the entire flock. These dis
eases, like contagious diseases of man,
are caused by bacteria or germs.
These are tiny cells which gain en-
trance to the body and grow there.
Death is not caused by the germs
themselves, but by certain poisons
which they give off. After germs gain
entrance to the body they are difficult
to combat, since anything that will kill
the germ will usually kill the fowl
also. Germs cannot gain foothold
IN perfectly healthy bird; hence one
of the best means Of combating con
tagious diseases is by keeping the
flock so healthy that they cannot get
. start, Another important measure
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-03
Thirsty, Hot; Gets Ice by Mall.

Reno, Nev.-Uncle. Sans ability to
handle almost anything as mail mat
ter was demonstrated recently when
Is pounds of ice, carefully wrapped in
a rubber covering, was delivered to
DIR. A. NJ Miller of Hawthorne, New.
the package being consigned to him
by the Reno Ice Company.
1t was sultry in Hawthorne and DR..
Miller, who is millionaire, longed
for cooling drink. He telegraphed
the local ice company for Is pounds of
ice by mail 1t was forwarded as re-
quested, bearing many stamps. Eleven
pounds were lost in transit
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-03
STRIKE OF 5000 DECLARED.
Durham Miners Will Meet Masters In
Decisive Conference Today.

Tynemouth. England, July 29.-Dy
a vote of 67,776 to 13,644 the miners Of
Durham county have declared for a
strike. A big mass meeting of the
miners and masters, or operators, will
be held this afternoon, and if the latter
do not yield the strike will follow.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-03
Scared With A Hot Iron,

or scalded by overturned kettle-cut
with knife bruised by slammed door
: injured by gun or any other waythe
thing needed at once is Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve to subdue inflammation and
kill the pain. It's earth's supreme
healer, infallible for Boils, Ulcers, Fee
yer Sores, Eczema and Piles. Csc. at
P. A. Clemmer's. 7
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-03
Go be continued,

"Doan's Ointment cured me of &C.
zema that had annoyed me a long time.
The cure was permanent. Hon. 5.
w. Matthews, Commissioner Labor
Statistics, Augusta, Me.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-08-03
Chiidren Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q q 8 T Q RI a

Impure blood runs you down makes
you an easy victim for organic diseases.
Burdock Blood Bitters purifies the
blood-cures the cause-builds you up.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28

n i =
lit will not be long, at the rate con
tfihttions are coming in from thes peo-
p'e al Anna, for the fund to ere ( q
naonnment for the late Miss Ann Pei
III, til the Anna fund equals hetCairu
contrbutions-un unless Cairoitea get
hnsy Yesterday another batch OF
money, s2475. came from, the neigh
hering town which brings the total
from that community up to $3.50 anf
tile grand total of the fund to s121. ,
Thus far however. Cairo contributions
have come almost wholly from people
Of small means and incomes, who
have responded splenhdly to The
Bulletins request Tor small sums. the
purpose being to make the amount
represent popular feeling as fully as
practicable. Large concentrations arc
likely to come from well-to,ao people
Of the city before the fund closes
which will be in the coupses OF a week
OF ten days, and the fund will then be
swelled to the proportions it should
attain,
The following lettPt from Barley
kJ... addressed to We postmaster at
Anna. was forwarded by him to The
Bulletin yesterday anil explains Itself;
Barlow, Ky Nov u. 1891
Postmaster. Anna. IEl..
Dear sir,-t. lease advise me by- ra,
turn mail who is the treasurer for
fund TO erect monument to Miss An,
mic Pelly. We have made up a sum
and would like to send same to proper
place. Yours.
BEN MENTION
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Trained Eauies for Aviation

One of the most fanatic ballooning
projects of the past was that of an
Austrian who suggested, nearly cen
tury ago, that balloons might be
guided In any desired direction with
the aid of trained eagles.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
MORE MONEY FROM ANNA
FOR PELLY MONUMENT FUND

III the people Of Cairo wish TO give
some testimonial of their appreciation
Of my sisters noble character and life
rather than to commemorate the man
nar OF her death and what followed
II, | would much prefer that they do
so by erecting a monument at the
cemetery where she lies buried" -
JOHN PELLY Cbro;ner Of the late
Miss Anna Pelly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Conserving Child Life.

1t Is much more important that we
care for the children who are born
than that we should indulge in the
notion that vast increase in popu-
lation is of value,-Philadelphia In.
quirer,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Properly Expressive.

In one of the capitals of Europe
there has been put up a big and costly
hotel and the manager has chosen for
its telegraphic address the expressive
word, Luxury.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
From Anna. Ill.

Offerings to the public monument
fund of the late Miss Anna Pelly from
the employees Of the Phoenix Flour
Mills. Anna III.
VIM. f. RruchhauSer ...,,.... 200
Al f. RruchhauSer .......s.... 200
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28

Trees bearing sour oranges have
grown wild along Florida swamps for
hundreds of years.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Receipts Nov. %. 1909.
Contributions Sunday, Nov. q.
Mrs. Browns Boarding House.

Cairo Ill.,. Nov. 10, 1909.
Editor of The Bulletin: Enclosed
YOU will find so cents from Mrs,
Browns boarding house. 211 Eff.
teenth street for the monument fund
. IL
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Another Martyr to Science.

Lightning which struck his kite re-
Gently killed a Norwegian scientist
who was emulating Franklin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28

From SINGER Co. EMPLOYEES.

The following in addition 70 s234a
received several days ago were sent
in yesterday by the employees of the
singer Mfg, Co.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Increase of Crime In London,

The figures of the London police
courts show very decided increase
during recent years in serious crime.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Singer Co. Employees.

Offerings 10 the public monument
fund Of the late Miss Anna Pelly.
from the employees of the Singer
Manufacturing company:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28

The above are Anna contributors
except where otherwise designated.
Yours truly
A. J., PlCKRELL.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Uncle Ezra Saws:

Laugh and grow fat Is mighty good
advice. but a Teller kin laugh a hull
lot better when the pantry's fun"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
paupers Well Treated.

In some English warehouses; pau
uers have golf outfits given them and
use of grounds for playing the game.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Millions of Lung Cells.

The lungs Of an adult human being
have l75, 100000 cells.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Cairo. Thursday. Nov Is.
Collections Nov. "a. 1909.
More From Anna.

The following persons Of Anna sen
in their contributions through Post
master Pickeren of that city:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
From Cairo NOV. ~, 1909
chas. Wicklitte Wiekliffes ky$
Viola Walker Observation-Disclosures.
From Anna. Nov 27. 1900

Anna, III. Nov. T. 1903
Cairo Bulletin.
Cairo. Illinois.
Gentlemen enclose YOU draft ITO coy
es contributions. Anna PeHv Fund
S2i III. as follows:
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-28
Total
General List.

Mrs NJ Powell Upper Alton ., -
IJ F. Messenger. Jr. ....,.... so
MIR. and Mrs. ]. B. Messenger 81 90
j. s. Thomason .......... 80
Fred Walbaum .....,,....,..., 90
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
IN COURT HOUSE
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor to Speak
on Prohibition.

Mrs. Armor will come from Geor-
gia to Orangeburg next Thursday
August 5th, and speak in the court
house. She is president of the
Georgia w. C. T. U. and has a
national reputation as a lecturer.
While in Newberry last year she
simply captured the town. Minis
ters, editors, lawyers, bankers, mill
president, all flocking to hear her
She spoke in different churches and
none who heard her once failed to
hear her again.
Business houses were closed one
day to give all chance to go out
many came from the country. one
gentleman on leaving the church was
heard to say, THAT was the finest
speech | ever heard" A minister
remarked IF you miss hearing her
you will miss the time of your life.
While some call her the Georgia
Cyclone" and she is very vigor-
Gus speaker, yet there is not a trace
of coarseness or vulgar wit in any
thing she says. Let the court house
be filled with an appreciative au-
dience.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
SETS HIMSELF RIGHT.
Letter From MIR. Henry Van Ohsen,
of Savannah.

The following letter to The Times
and Democrat from Mr.. Henry Won
Ohsen, who now lives in Savannah,
will be read with interest by his
friends in this city:
l am sorry that my Christian
friends in Orangeburg think that l
would go pleasure riding in Savan-
nah on Sunday. l have been in our
little city, also others, for fifteen
or twenty years doing Christian
work on Sunday, and nothing else.
But, perhaps, it was not their fault
They might have been wrongly in
structed.
We have one Of our best Lutheran
ministers, Rev. ]. H. Wilson, who
knows all about my mission work
and the accident. My two friends,
Messrs. j. w. Judson and Rabbey,
who were in front of the automo bile,
are like myself trying to do our Mas
ter's will. We had just closed a
meeting about six miles from the
city at the convicts' camp, and was
trying to get home to carry on a
meeting Sunday night. l am sure
the automobile was not going thirty
five miles an hour. We all make
mistakes, but am sure this was
no mistake.
The Sunday before I Was hurt we
had three automobiles, with all
Christian workers in them going to
two county farms to hold meetings.
While 1, myself, may not do all l
ought to do, and perhaps leave un-
done many things that I ought to
do, few things I try to do. try to
keep the Sabbath holy by not going
pleasure riding on that day. l do
not believe in going to the theatre.
Don't believe in churches having
worldly amusements, such as ba-
zarrs, Sunday excursions, social sup
pers, tackey parties and all kind OF
things like that to make money for
churches.
The biggest thing of all is to get
tie cursed Liquor out Of the coun.
try.
I am still in the land of the liv-
ing, but If it Is Gods will to take
me home, His will be done. ] have
nothing against any man. l only
wish every man would live a sober
and Christian life. This is a tru.,
statement Of my Savannah career.
H. Won OLSEN.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
Wagener Loses to North.

In a very stubbornly contested
game of ball Wagner was defeated
Friday on its own ground by the
strong North team by score OF 4
to 8. The features OF the game were
the heavy batting and swift slants
Of Reed for North, Edwards, oil
Ridge Springs. for Wagener was
knocked off the rubber in the fourth
inning. Fallaw, local for Wagner,
took up the delivery from the fifth
and pitched nice game to the end.
North has many games in the won
column for the season, but not as
much as one in the lost. Batteries:
North, Reed and Bales; Wagner,
Edwards, Fallaw and Rich.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
Work for the English Sparrow.

The Greenville News says 1.-The
English sparrow, originally imported
to destroy the white moth, progeni-
tor of the measuring worm, has now
an opportunity to prove its useful
ness, it is said. The return Of the
white moth heralds the reappear-
ance of the worm, whose presence
was universally pronounced dis
gusting nuisance. The purpose in
life of the sparrow thus is again
presented and the talk Of extermi-
mating the sparrow has suddenly
ceased. The bird may now show
that it can do something more than
chatter at dawn and sQuabble during
the day. The temperance Of the
moth is a parallel of the proverb
that when the cats away the mouse
will play"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
THE-TTMES AND DI
DIspENsARY OR BLIND TIGER.
Some Taxpayers Think That is the
True Issue.

Editor Times and Democrat:
Will you kindly tell us why we
should vote for prohibition, when
every thinking man must have seen
by now that prohibition cannot be
established? AS long as the Fed
eral Government issues liquor Ii
censes and blind tigers are capable
of Offering detectives, as hush money,
double the amount of their salares,
there can be no such thing as pro-
hibition.
The United States Commissioner
of Internal Revnue, in recent news
paper interview, stated that there
had been no decrease in the number
of Federal liquor licenses taken out,
since the prohibition movement was
started. In estern State that
was under absolute prohibition for
ten years, there was during that
time actual increase in the number
of licenses. Why then deprive town
and county of all the profits from
the sale of liquor, and, thereby, en-
tail heavy increase in taxation to
supply the deficiency? Such certain
ly would be the result If a majority
Of the votes Is for prohibition. Vot-
ing out the dispensaries would not
give us prohibition. 1t would only
transfer the money now supporting
the schools, etc., to the pockets of
the illicit liquor dealers, and that
is why the blind tigers, to a man,
are going to vote for prohibition"
1t is the opportunity of their lives.
Here is the situation in nut
shell"
"The issue is: The taxpayer or
the blind tiger. If majority Of the
votes polled at the approaching cleo
tion shall be for the sale of liquor,
it's sale will be conducted under
the present dispensary system, under
which the county and city of Orange
burg obtain revenue OF something
like $50, a year. If the voters
shall vote against the sale Of liquor
they will vote practically for fre9
whiskey, and the taxpayers will be
required to make up by additional
taxation $69,011.00 of lost revenue.
Don't forget that the issue is no: the
is.ue of temperance or PROHIBITION,
but the issue Of liquor sold under
wise regulations aid restrictions, or
liquor sold by blind tigers to: their
own individual pr ,flt'
SOME TAXPAYERS.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
FARMERS SHOULD SUPPORT
Those Newspapers That Fight Their
Battles.

In an audience composed monstly
of the members Of the Farmers
Union one of the speakers recently
expressed the mutual friendship be-
tween the farm and newspaper in
the following:
GAS rule the farmer has no
frmer friend than the country press.
The home paper Is distinctly the
farmers OWE paper, supported d.
rectly and indirectly by farmers, who
compose the backbone Of the SUBJ
scription list Of the printer and
largely for what the enterprising
merchant advertises. Now, broth
er, let us not forget our friends. Let
US see that our subscription is paid
year in advance We can do it.
"The man or the paper that fights
my battle shall have my support.
Another thing, the merchant adver-
tising are the ones that make it
possible for us to get a good local
paper. The man or local Arm that
is too penurious to advertise and
help support the local press has no
right to the farmers patronage.
81 promise hereafter to go to the
live advertiser and the man who
does his share in supporting the To-
cal press, thus contributing to my
support, rather than buy of man
who proposes to take all and give
nothing back. II farmers as class
would support their friends, the
other fellow would soon go out Of
business"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
Go md See 1t.

The ladies Of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Society of the Elloree Meth
odist church have arranged play,
Our Folks" to be given at the FL
lorce High School Auditorium on
rcxt Friday evening. 9th instant,
at S O'Clock Those who will take
part in the play are Of the hest home
talent, and it promises to be one
Of tho best amateur plays ever seen
in Ellorrc. Go and see the play ana
help along good cause.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
NOTES FROM VANCES.
Happening in and About That Lit
tie City.

tie City.
Vances, August 3.-Special: Mrs.
Kate Avinger is at Hendersonville
recreating for few days.
Mr.. Gus Avinger is planning for
a trip to Mount Pleasant in the near
future.
Mr.. D. C. Dantzler, of Parler, will
open a general merchandise business
at this place soon.
Miss Dot Hamel, most popular
young lady, of Kershaw, and re-
cent graduate RI Columbia College,
is spending some time with her
friend, Miss Nina Dantz!er.
Mrs. G. w. Avinger, of Cardes-
vile, and Miss Dazzle Avinger, of
this place, recently spent quite an
enjoyable time with their kinsman,
Mr.. George Avinger, at Larenburg,
N. C. Misses Essie and MalIle
Avinger are away from home for a
few weeks with relatives.
Mr.. l. H. Dantzler Is having quite
a tasl: stripping his big four-stalk-
in-the-hill corn, as the same was
completely leveled to the ground by
the recent high wind that visited
this section.
The crops generally are practical
ly all laid by and fodder pulling is
the order Of the day. Owing to a
very severe rain anu wind storm
which swept this community last
Wednesday evening MAKES the same
a very tedious and difficult job.
Up to this time the season in this
section for all crops has been very
fine, and the crops wherever hay-
ing had proper cultivation, are e1-
ceedingly promising, and point to the
largest yield for years. With the
present outlook for big cotton
crop and the prospects or high prlc-
es for same, naturally make the
farmers jubilant. A.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
Temperance Tour.

Miss Emma Cav will speak in
Norway on next Sunday, August
Sth, and also at one Of Rev. L. E..
Virgins country churches the same
day. On Monday night, August 9th,
she will speak at Neeses. On Tues
day night, August 10th. at Living
ston. On Wednesday and Thursday,
August II and II, she will be at
North. On Friday, August 18th, in
the evening at Woodford. On Sat-
urday, picnic and prohibition rally.
On Sunday at Trinity church in the
country.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
COTTON MARKET
GOVERNMENT REPORT SENDS
PRICES UP IN A HURRY.
1t Indicates Crop Not Much Over
Eleven Million Bales for This


AS stated in our last issue the
Government issued its report of crop
conditions on Monday afternoon. 1t
gives the condition of the cotton
crop up to July 25 last at 71.9 per
cent normal, against 74.6 a month
ago, SO year ago, and sos as an
aNearge> for the past ten years on
July S25.
1t will be noticed that the aver
age for this year is quite low, which
indicates a crop, according to COM
parative figures, Of not much over
eleven million bales this season.
The average condition of cotton on
July rs, 1907, was rs and S2.s on
July 5, 1908. The average condition
by States on July rs, 1903, and 10
year average pn July 25, respec-
lively, follow:
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-05
An ENJOYABLE Occasion.

Miss Willie Copes entertained a
number of her friends on Tuesday
evening at her home on East Rus
sell street. Many jolly games were
played, including 'pinning the
QueQue on the Chinaman's head. y
Miss Isabelle Wannamaker won frst
prize and Mr.. Kenneth Lowman won
the BOBBY. After this delightful re-
freshments were served.