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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09
HOG CHOLERA AND
HOW TO CONTROL 1T

There are two principal meth
ods of preventing hog cholera I;
one by the use of serum, and the
other by taking care to avoid the
methods of spreading the disease,
which are here outlined briefly.
Hog cholera is spread by fail
ure properly to dispose of the car
cases of dead hogs. Buzzards,
dogs and other animals feeding
upon these carcasses can carry in
fection to other premises. All car
casses should be burned or buried
Immediately, and buzzards should
be destroyed in communities
where they are not protected by
law. In communities where these
scavengers are thus protected, the
law should be repealed and the
birds destroyed.
Another very common method
of spreading hog cholera is walk
ing through yards or fields where
sick hogs are kept and carrying
the infection on shoes and cloth
ing to other premises where
healthy hogs are confined. 1t
should be remembered that dis
charges from hogs infected with
cholera are very infectious, and
the owners should not 90 or allow
any of their help to 90 on prem
lses where there are sick hogs.
Neither should they allow their
neighbors to go among their hogs
when cholera exists in the com
munity: Healthy hogs should be
cared for by persons who have
not been where the disease exists,
and no one else should be allowed
near the healthy drove.
Cholera may be spread by
streams receiving drainage from
infected premises, by buying hogs
from premises where the disease
exists, or from public stock yards,
or by failure to isolate newly pur-
chased hogs until their freedom
from disease has been asccrtained.
These three matters deserve care
full attention.
When cholera exists in neigh
borhood every hog owner should
establish a strict quarantine on
his individual premises. When
the disease exists on adjoining
farms hogs should be protected by
injection with anti-hog cholera
serum.
The sudden death of one or two
hogs should lead the owner to sus-
pect cholera. If upon examina-
tion of the carcasses cholera
LESSONS are found, all healthy hogs
lshould be moved at once to new
lots or pens until they can be in
|jected with serum.
A farmer finding cholera
among his hogs should at once ap-
|ply to the Veterinary Division,
Clemson College, for serum,
which is to be had at actual cost
lof manufacture, and should Sc
cure the services of his county
farm demonstration agent, who
has been instructed in the use of
serum.
1t is the duty of all citizens to
see that the State law relative to
prompt disposal of carcasscs is
strictly enforced.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09
CLEMSON'S HANDSOME
Y. Nj. c.. A. BUILDING
Association Structure Now Being
Built at Agricultural College
Will Cost $4,000, and Will
Rank Among Finest in
Entire South,

tntlre SOutn.
Just north of the textile school
at Clemson College there is being
reared magnificent structure
that, when completed, will become
an important factor in the social
and religious life Of the student
body at the States agricultural
and mechanical college. 1t is the
building of the Young Mems
Christian Association, one of the
first association structures in the
South, and one of the finest col
lege association buildings in the
country. 1t is costing $4,000 and
was made possible by the gcneros-
ity of Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller,
who donated $4,000 on condition
that $4,000 more should be forth
coming. The College trustees APP
propriated $4,000, which left
$4,000 still to be raised. This
sum was made up by the loyalty
and contributions from cadets,
faculty, alumni and former stu
dents.
Work on the building is pro
crossing well and the contract
calls for completion before Jan
uary |, 1916. The work is not be-
ing done by the college, but by
contract. The successful bidder is
Mr. Thomas w. Cothran Of
Greenwood. The architect is Prof.
r. e. Lee, head of the division of
drawing and architectural engi-
ncering at Clemson. 1t is coin
cidence that Prof. Lee and Mr.
Cothran are both graduates Of the
class of 1896, the first class to fin
ish at Clemson College.
The building is to be in the
Italian Renaissance style of archi-
lecture, of vari-colorcd texture
brick, with colorcd tile inserts,
terra Gotta and limestone trim
mings and red tile roof. The in
terror finish will be Of yellow pine.
1t is to be two stories in height,
with a basement and mezzanine
floor. 1t will have a frontage of
100 feet and will contain about
10000 square feet of floor space.
1t will be heated by steam and
lighted by electricity.
The basement will contain a
large room, 35 by 64 feet, suitable
for basketball games, wrestling,
exercising. banquets and social
gatherings. Adjoining the hall
will be a kitchen of ample size
with modern equipment, quick
lunch room and private dining
room. This will be fitted up in
rathskellar style and will appeal
to both students and members of
the faculty. A store for the sale
of cold drinks, candies, etc, To-
Gated in the center of the base
ment, completes this feature.
Space is provided for three
bowling alleys and for spectators.
Two of the alleys will be installed
at present.
Bathing facilities will be To-
Gated in the basement and will
consist Of a locker room Of ample
size, shower baths and swimming
pool. The pool is to be 81 by 60
feet, standard size which will
permit of official records in swim
ming and other aquatic sports.
1t will be finished throughout
with ceramic tile.
The main toilet for the building
will be located in the basement,
adjoining the locker room.
The meZZanine floor will con-
tain spectators galleries, storage
space for the store, a large room
for college publications, a com
mittee room. a locker room for
visiting teams, a ladies retiring
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09

1t is never too late to use the
split log drag. This is one of the
best implements ever invented for
improving roads and, accordingly,
making life on the farm pleas
anter.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09

Farmers in the coastal plain of
South Carolina should remember
at this season the value of the SOW
bean, which is one of their best
friends and which appears to be
specially adapted in all ways to
that region.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09

TO produce good crops of cot
ton and corn, frequent and shall
low cultivation is necessary. Fail
ure to cultivate properly is one
way of farming at a loss.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09

Hogs fattened on peanuts and
finished off on corn make hams
that rank in quality and flavor
with the finest meat that can be
obtained.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1915-06-09
A Vast Plant.

The college tract contains over
1900 acres. On the property
there are % principal public
buildings, 70 dwellings, and Cd
minor buildings. The college has
in its employ 4Ol teachers, officers
and laborers. It's invcntoried
property is 81 ,327,728.57. The Of
ficers of the college send out year
ly over $4,000 letters and over
5000 other pieces of mail mat
ter, most of which give agricul-
tural information.
In addition to the parent sta
ton, the college maintains two
branch experiment stations one
near Summerville and the other at
Florence. One more to be stu
ated in the sand hill section of the
State, just as soon as funds will
permit, will complete a system
representing the principal soil
types Of the State.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

of the United States on January /,
1915, than there were year before,
the increase being 233,OOO head, or
IL per cent. So far from France
alone having taken 100000 horses
from US, the total exports since the
war began have certainly been much
less than 100000, and very likely not
over $4,000. Since there are APP
proximately 25,000,O00 horses alto
gether in the United States, the
drain on account of the war is
scarcely alarming.
1t is in fact pointed out by gov
eminent statisticians that the mar
ket value of farm horses has actual
ly declined to such an extent that
the average is now about So head
less than year ago. This decline is
most noticeable in the cotton states
and in those states which make
business of breeding horses for sale
in other sections. Mules have de-
clined even more than horses, their
value being now $11.50 per head less
than a year ago. The explanation is
to be found in the depression ON ac-
count of the cotton situation in the
south, which is the great market for
mules. An improvement in this re-
spect will do much to restore the de-
mand for horses, so that government
specialists while ridiculing the no.
ton of horse famine are convinced
that farmers will find it profitable
to use good work mares for breeding
more stock.
As for hides, the situation is not
quite so clear, but even here there
has been much gross exaggeration.
From two-ffths to less than one
half of the leather used in this coun-
try is imported, about 20 per cent
of the foreign hides coming from Ar
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

gentina, Is per cent from Canada,
IL per cent from Mexico, 8h per
cent from European Russia, and TIA
per cent from France. Since the
outbreak of the war, importations
have shown a certain falling off,
those for September, 1914, for exam
pie, being only 34,000,000 pounds, in
stead of 100000 pounds the year
previous. There is, however, little
reason to suppose that this decrease
will be permanent or of sufficient i'm
portance to create any real scarcity.
Since the great bulk of the import
ed hides come from countries that
are not at war, shipments are not
interfered with in any way, and the
only new factor to be considered is
the possibility of an increased de-
mand by the warning countries.
1t is believed, however, that the
United States is now in better con-
dition to face such a situation than
for years past. The tide, it seems,
has turned. Instead of live stock
steadily decreasing year after year
this year for the first time, as has
been said, all classes show an appre-
ciable increase. Including horses,
mules, mich cows, beef cattle, sheep
and swine, there We're on January
/, 1915, 7,712 900 more farm animals
in the United States than on Janu-
airy !, 1914 The increase in the to-
tai value was $7S,O24,000, or 1.3 per
cent. 1t is quite true that this in
crease is not yet proportional to the
increase in population, which is APP
proximately 2 per cent, but the fact
that there is an increase, that the
tide seems definitely to have turned,
is regarded as a sufficient answer TO
alarming exaggerations and mislead-
ing figures.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
SHORT STAT E
STO RE s

Grand Rapids-The sleet and
snow storms in the last week in Jan
uary has cost telephone, telegraph
and railroads of the state thousands
Of dollars to repair the damage.
Muskegon-The attorney general
has ruled that Mrs. Nellie B. CHS
holm, county school commissioner, is
Untitled TO $4,000 per year instead of
$1,000, which she has been getting.
Shelby-Mr. and Mrs. Edward M.
Moody on February 3, celebrated
their sixtieth wedding anniversary.
They have resided here over thirty
years.
Lowell--Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Muir
ply celebrated their golden wedding
on February A. They were married
in Ireland so years ago. Twenty
five years have been spent in Lowell.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
Possibilities To Lower Cost
OF rIeat and Leather
GOVERNMENT CONTRADICT REPORTS THAT PRICES
REACH UNPRECEDENTED FIGURES-WAR HAS
DRAINED u. S. HORSE MARKET.

next two years. Such a prediction
the real government statisticians
say, is quite unwarranted.
On January l, for example, the
number of beef cattle showed an in
crease of 3.4 per cent over the num-
Der year ago, and an actual in
crease of 1,212,000 head. Hitherto
the number of beef cattle in the
United States has declined steadily
since 1910. There are also more
mich cows in the country than last
year, the increase being % per cent,
or in numbers $4,000 Swine, how
ever, showed the greatest increase
of all classes-9.6 per cent. On
January 1, 1914, there were only
1898, 900 swine in the country, on
January /, 1915, 64,618,000. This
is accounted for by the fact that the
production of swine can be increased
more rapidly than that of other
classes of live stock and consequent
ly an enlarged demand can be met
more readily.
The prediction of 50-cent meat and
S10-shOes was accompanied by the
declaration that France alone has
taken from America nearly 100000
horses within the last five months
and that the other countries at war
have drawn upon our resources in
the same proportion. The facts are
that more horses were on the farms
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
WHY WOMAN SUFFER?
Many Women Are Learning the
Cause.

MANY 'OhNh hiN ANhi hihS thS
Cause.
Women often suffer, not knowing
the cause.
Backache, headache, dizziness, ner-
vousness.
Irregular urinary passages, weak
ness, languor-
Each a torture of itself.
Together hint at weakened kidneys.
Strike at the root-get to the cause
Quickly help the kidneys if they
need it.
No other remedy more highly en-
dorsed than Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's convincing testimony from
a grateful user.
Mrs. McRae, CORTLAND ST., Hart,
Mich, says: when l had LaGrippe
it left me with weak kidneys. | had
pains in my back and limbs. | finally
used Doan's Kidney Pills and they re-
ieved the pains in my back and other
symptoms of kidney trouble"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. McRae had. Foster ilburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

The 1915 session of the Michigan
State Grange is to be held in Mus
kegon and already the Oranges in
Muskegon county and the adjoining
counties of Ottawa, Kent, Newaygo
and Oceana are making plans to in
crease their membership, and profit
to the fullest extent from the COM
ing Of this great body of Changers
into their midst. II is the aim of the
State Grange officers to make the
fifth and sixth degree classes at
Muskegon the largest of any State
Grange session in recent years and
the above named counties are to lead
in this particular line of Grange
work.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Washington, ID. C.-For the first
Mime in many years, information col
lected by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture shows that all
classes of live stock in the United
States are increasing in numbers.
Thus the real facts contradict abb
solutely, sensational reports that
prices for meat and shoes would rise
to ySsfecedented figures in the i'm
medsNe future. 1t has even been
said that government statistician
predicted meat at so cents a pound
and shoes at $1,000 q pair within the
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Grange material
as will be calucu-
lated to give infor-
nation to the gen.
eral reading public
con C e rn ing the
aims and purposes
of the Grange, and
to bring new inter-
est and enthusi-
asm TO Grange
workers. Masters
and secretaries of
local Oranges are
invited to send
news items to the
writer for use in
this column. By
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
naIt=COffee
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Save from Zoe 10 soc Pound
Try Malt Coffee. instead Of nerve-wreck-
ing coffee. Shipped in neat, clean sealed
packages to any part of the country. in 10.
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f. o. b., Milwaukee. Send your order to-
day money back IL not satisfied. Address.
Milwaukee Importing Co., Dept. 1913, 900
37th Street, Milwaukee, Wis.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

One million horses are used in the
European war. 1t is estimated that
the life of a cavalry horse is seven
days and that of an artillery horse
80 days. Experts figure that the
war will require 100000 horses In
a year. The allies have 49,000,000 to
draw from and Germany only g.
100000.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

, AVOID
.NHAA (No Oil IF p.,n you on A have
in Stomach, Back, Side Shoulders Liver
Trouble Stomach Misery, Dyspepsia, Collie,
Gas, Biliousness, Headaches, Constipation.
Piles. Catarrh, Nervousness Blues, Jaundice.
Appendicitis, you have the danger signals Of
a Bad Liver and Gallstones and should send
today for Home Treatment Medi Ed EE
cal Book Liver, Stomach and Gall NIL
Troubles. Gladstone Remedy Co., Dept A-A5,
219 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Grand Rapids-Remaining walls
of the ruined, burned Brown e. Sch
Ter building falling cost the lives of
seven workmen and injured seven
more, making thirty orphans and
great suffering in many homes by
the great catastrophe.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
RATS AND MICE
QUICKLY DIFFERENTIATED

No cats. poisons or traps needed. Learn
yet perfectly harmless except TO rodents.
Secret originally cost 500. but we will send
it post paid for only 20 cents
The above advertisement has appeared in
many magazines. Send me Is cents for 20
high class assorted post cards. and / will
send you tire Rat and Mice exterminator re-
ceipt FREE. Your money returned il you
not entirely satisfied. Address
MILTON BOSS,
432l 18th Ave, Rock Island, Ill.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
FOREWORD.

Under the above caption, "The
Grange at Work" there viii appear
in this space from week to week
news items from the Grange field of
western Michigan, and such oth"r
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

A guard of French dirigible bal
looms will soon be established about
Paris. They will be painted yellow
so as to enable the people to distin-
guish them from German airships
which are gray in color.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

More than four billion dollars is
invested in street railways in the
United States, which give employ
ment to 100000 men, operate 10000
600 passenger ears which in 1914
carried more than twelve billion pas
sengers.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Eaton and Berrien Pomona Gran
ges are planning an active part in
the local option campaigns to be
waged in their respective counties
this spring.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

animals were killed in the United
States to stay the progress of the
foot and mouth disease. The none
tary loss was 1884, 1928.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Members of the Grange will be
greatly interested in the Market
Commission Bill introduced in the
legislature by Representative Fred
Wells of Cass county. The bill is
drawn upon the general lines of the
New York law and provides for es-
tahlishing grades of produce, mar
kcts with licensed auctioneers at CEN
trail points, supervision by the Dairy
and Food Department, rates for COM
missions to be charged, and in fact
covers with the necessary details all
the needed features of such law.
No more important legislation af-
fecting the farmers Of Michigan will
be introduced at this session and the
bill is to have the hearty support of
the executive committee Of the State
Grange. Representative Wells is one
of the leading Grange workers Of his
home county, being at present Mas
ter of the Pomona Grange. He is
very enthusiastic over the merits of
this market commission bill and will
do his best to secure its enactment
into law.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

The comptroller of the currency
has issued an order forbidding ma
tional banks to honor checks unless
the full amount called for stands to
the credit of depositors.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

1t is estimated that every cent
added to the price of loaf of bread
will cost the consumers of New York
$16,5OO,OO0 a year.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

The Pere Marquette has begun the
substitution of motor cars for pas
senger trains on branches that have
shown inability to meet expenses of
passenger traffic under the old plan.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

TREES AT HALF AGENTS PRICE
10 Peach First Class for eot
to feet
3 Elbertas. . Champion, Late Crawford.
2 Crosby, l Greensboro.
Send for our Certified Growers Free Gaia.
log Of the complete line of stock, and telling
all about The Catalog- Middeman in the Muir
sery Business. The VIM. J. Reilly Nurseries.
Sc Ossian St., Evansville, N. Y.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

The watch fobs being offered as
premiums for new and reinstated
Grange members are going very rap
idly. Secretary John c. Jensen, of
Brimley Grange, writes for six fobs,
saying that this makes him 33 new
members secured since October /.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

hearty cooperation in this matter we
can make up some exceedingly in
teresting items of Grangs news for
every reader of this column.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20
THE GRANGE AT WORK
BY JOHN c. KETCHAM, MASTER HASTINGS, MICH.

en- by the Grange in the way of COM
munity service.
Wildwood Grange in Cheboygan
county has been reorganized with II
reinstated and two new members.
Deputy Elliott Maxwell, of Conway,
did the work.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

A large delegation attended the
recent Pomona Grange, which met
with Johnstown Grange and jolly
sleigh load Of seventeen made a fra
ternal visit to Irving Grange at their
last meeting. Both these Oranges
are in thriving condition and will
finish up the year with fine growth
in membership and interest. Irving
Grange boasts of the youngest group
of officers in Michigan and they han
die things in fine shape.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

The price of pork is said to have
risen 100 per cent in Berlin and an
increase in the price of beer is
looked for.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Up to the end of 1914, 1O1, JIG
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Emma Grange in Eaton county,
has a new hall under process of con-
struction and is to dedicate it May 8.
Pomona Grange is to meet with
them on that day and join in prop
erly celebrating the occasion.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

John d. Rockefeller, Jr., estimates
that his father has given away for
charitable and educational purposes,
$25O,OOO,OOO.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

1t is said that it cost 100000 to
print the speeches made against the
ship purchase bill.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Advices from Sofia state that $751;
100000 in gold has been shipped into
Turkey by Germany.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Star Grange No. SOC, of Barry
county, the home Grange of State
Master Ketcham, starts out the new
year with a rush. At the last meet
ing eleven new applications were re-
ceived and more are in sight.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

Howard City Grange has arranged
for a great Grange rally at Howard
City on Friday, March 5. The day
is to be filed with a program of in
terest to Changers and all the adj
joining Oranges have been invited to
participate. On the same day the
Teachers and Pstrons rally at
Coopersville, which is a very sue
cessful annual event participated in
by teachers, pupils, patrons and
Changers of Ottawa Co. will be in
full swing. Both these meetings are
illustrations of the work undertake
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

A paint is made from beans which
grow in Manchuria that is said to be
fire and waterproof.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

The four new Oranges in Berrien
county organized last year are en-
joying a fine growth. Bend-of-the-
River Grange is to build fine new
hall this summer. They have select
ed a site and have started raising
the money. A recent box social
planned by the young people of the
Grange netted the neat sum of
$9023 for the building fund. Potta-
wattomia Grange at Riverside, in
Berrien county, is also busy on a
new hall project, like wise Manlius
Grange in Allegan county.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

A training school for 1000 marines
will be established at the Philadel-
phia navy yard.
Charlevoix county herald., 1915-02-20

The Japanese peanut market has
fiattened out by the withdrawal of
American buyers.