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Imperial Valley press., 1915-03-11

Another new business and hand
some block for Calipatria is here
shown in the First National Bank,
which is located at the corner of Main
street and Holabird avenue.
The building is of brick construc-
tion and is two stories and, while the
bank will occupy the greater portion
of the ground, provision has been
made for large storeroom and no.
tel lobby, as the second floor is to be
given over to first class hostelry
with all modern conveniences.
Prominent Los Angeles and valley
men have been interested in the or
ganization of this bank and the Off
GERS and directors are as follows: Ma
ior w. T. Dunn, president; Harry
B%lm, vice president and ". J. West,
cashier. These men, with II. S. Full
ton. w. P. Mansfield and T. A john
ssrl, comprise the directorate.
Among the more prominent of the
stockholders are Harry Chandler and
General M. II. Sherman. both of Los
Angeles ari both of whom are inter
ested financially in the valley in many
other ways.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-03-11
A Strange Fatality.

Paris, March 9.-The Official war
dispatches furnish many instances
that prove that truth indeed is stran-
ger than fiction. Two "mertions'
read together form a humaa docu-
ment at once of pathos and herolsm:
% Nogues, soldier of the second
class of the 153rd infantry regiment,
aged 56, gave noble example of de-
votion to his country by voiunteei
ing in the same ranks as his son, a
young soldier of the 1914 ela59. Was
killed in the trenches by a fragment
of she'll, while his son was severely
wounded at his side.
(2) Nogues. soldier of the second
class. of 153rd infantry regiment, was
seriously wounded by a ftaGrlen5 Of
shell, while his father, aged sc, wilc
had volunteered for the duration of
the war, was killed at his side
1t was by the same smell, at the
same moment, and side by side. that
father and son were strueh GcwE.
Quite a good spy story this time.
and with quite refreshing touch of
is told by the Matin ON
Imperial Valley press., 1915-03-11

historic chateau. Paris would nave
remembered, too, with the sort OF ap-
probation that she cannot but feel
for criminals ON a big scale, the
amount of Deperdnssin's alleged de-
falcations-n1ore than S5e00,000. Not
less would have been her somewhat
cynical admiration of the extraordi-
nary simplicity of the methods en-
ployed by the accused-how first of
all he got great bank to advance
him tolerable sum for the Purchase
of raw silk and, purchasing nothing,
repaid out of the losp fantastic
percentages; then borrowed a sum
slightly larger, ont Of which he again
paid a fat dividend; and SO went on,
always increasing his borrowing, till
in ten years they amounted to $4,000
coo. Then Paris. would have chuckled,
too, and again rather cynically, at the
effrontsry which ventured to show in
the last year of the cumulative swim
die, orders for silk which exceeded
the total value of silk imports into
France, and at the simplicity of
great bank, which, blinded by what
appeared like noble returns for its
money, did not notice the crying dis
crepancy. AS it is, the Deperdussin
case will fall very flat. The bleeding
of a great bank of a million pounds
is a very little thing when all Europe
is outpouring blood and treasure.
Cairo, Egypt, March 9.-An extra
ordinary instance of pluck, which de-
serves a place among the most hero
ic deeds of the war, occurred during
the Battle of the Canal.
The second 6-inch high explosive
shell which struck H. M. S. Hardinge
exploded within few feet of Canal
Pilot Carew, who was directing the
navigation of the boat from the
bridge. 1t took off his left leg
above the knee and seriously injured
his left arm.
Bring me a chair and I'll get on
with the job. You don't suppose a
thing like that would stop me, do
you?' said Carew, with a grim smile,
as they lifted him from the deck.
While the ships surgeon dressed
the stump of Carew's leg and ban
daged the lacerated arm, the pilot
continued calmly to direct the boats
course, even insisting at one point en-
turning the wheel with the still use
full arm.
Then he tainted and was carried
below.
Carew is 40 years of age, and the
fact that he has suffered for some
time from weak heart makes the
case all the more remarkable. He
is now doing we'll in the hospital at
Ismailia.
Here is another incident which IL
lustrates the sangfroid of everyone
concerned in the engagement. The
7 a. m train from Cairo to Port Said
on February ran quite close to the
thick of the battle.
Approaching British battery in
operation, the officer in charge of the
train sent a polite request to the bat
terry commander to cease firing for a
few minutes, SO as not to draw the
enemys fire on the train while it
went past.
This was done, and the 7 a. M went
on safely to Port Said.
Copenhagen, March S.-Sir Archi-
bald Buchan-Hepburn has asked the
Danish savant, DR.. F. C. Hansen, to
Imperial Valley press., 1915-03-11
TRAINS ON FOX TROT TO SMASH RECORDS IN HIGH
lump AND 10O-YARD DASH.


That the quick
movement OF the
fox trot and Ne
natural swing of
the Castle walk
are the proper
training stunts
for any athlete
who wants to
clear the bar at
6 feet In the high
Jump and do the
hundred. in fQ
seconds fiat, Is
the belief OF Joe
Loomis, star OF
the Chicago Ath-
letic association,
who has compet-
ed in all parts of
til e Country.
Loomis h a s
taken up profess
si6nal dancing g.
more because he
likes it, he says,
than because 1t
Is prOntaDle. KID
sister, Josephine,
Is his partner.
Twenty miles or
SO daily OF step
ping to music Is
a better condi-
tioner than any
gy m n a s l um,
LoomisA believes
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Imperial Valley press., 1915-03-11

WE'LL Queen Mary Stua third hu vee although that the tradition
which Faaveje likely that the
Denmark there Boutwell, at Drags
tabish hom Denmark
information England 1t asked for his body buried
absolutely settled that Faavee the
Bothwel's emans still a places Denmark
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
THE COTTON RED SPIDER.

During dry weather one will
notice reddish areas on leaves OF
certain plants. 1t is especially
noticeable on violets. The leaves
soon turn brown and become drv
and brittle Many people call it
rust, but if one stops to examine
INTO the matter closely he will
find little reddish colorcd mites
on the under surfaces of the
leaves. The characteristic web
can also be easily noticed. This is
the red spider. 1t is dry weather
insect, and if not stopped, it often
does serious damage.
The cotton red spider is one of
our most important cotton pests
during June, July and August.
This, SO far, appears to be fav-
orablc year, and farmers should
watch their cotton for the first ap
pcarancc of this pest. The dam
age occurs in spots in the field.
Poke weed and violet plants
should not be allowed in and
about plantations, while under
brush should be kept down as far
as practicable.
AS soon as the first in tested
plants are discovered they should
be carefully removed and burned.
Blood red spots will show on the
upper surface Of leaves attacked.
If this is not done then the insects
Will spread from plant to plant
and IN a short time cause the ruin
alton Of large area Of cotton.
This migration has to take place
on foot, as the insects have no
wings. This makes it at once ap-
parent that to a great extent at
least it is evcrybody's own prob
lem, regardless Of his ncighbors.
Whenever the in Hesitation
spreads and the infested spots
become larger, one Of several
sprays may be given.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
TICK ERADICATION.

Great progress was made last
year in tick eradication. A larger
area approximately 1000 square
mllesl was released from State
and Federal quarantine than in
any one year since the work was
organized along systematic lines.
Still greater progress is antici-
pated as a result of this years
work: This is made possible by
the close cooperation Of the State,
through Clemson Agricultural
College, and the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, in their
systematic manner in conducting
the work, on the one hand, and
the hearty cooperation of the live
stock owners and progressive citi-
zens OF the State on the other.
Ihls work is supervised by DR..
W. *. Lewis, inspector in charge,
Columbia, S. @. He and his able
corps of assistants are pushing the
work with all enegry and speed
commensurate with the appropri-
ations made by the State and Fed
eral governments, that the entire
State may be released from quar-
antlne as soon as possible. Twen-
ty-one counties have been re-
leased; the work is in progress,
along systematic lines, in ten other
counties and will be conducted
along preliminary lines in the re-
naming thirteen counties this
year.
In the free areas great interest
is being taken in live stock i'm
provcmcnt; pure bred sircs are be-
ing imported to improve the pres
ent strains; more cattle are being
fed during the winter months, and
with the very satisfactory method
OF marketing that is being con
Quoted by the South Carolina cx-
tension department in cooperation
with the department of agricul-
turc in Washington, the live stock
industry in these sections is well
on to the road of success. In other
words, the eradication Of the cat
tie tick is making profitable live
stock industry possible.
The benefits to be derived from
this work are Of such far-r reach
ing nature that it bchoovcs ever,
public spirited citizen to lend hi.
moral and active support to thos,
engaged in conducting it, that oul
grand old State may forge to th,
front in live stock raising, a DO
sltlon that she is especially adapt
ed for and one that she Justly de-
serves.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
ClemsOn's Graduates.

The one thousand men who
have been graduated from Glenn
son College are holding lucrative
and responsible positions in thir-
ty-thrcc States and the District Of
Columbia. in Cuba, Canal Zone.
the Hawaiias, Philippine Islands.
Germany, and British East AZ
rlca. Strong evidence Of the quail
llications Of its agricultural grad
yates is found in the fact that
numbers of them have been given
employment by the United States
Department of Agriculture, while
Clemson engineering men are tc
be found in the largest electrical
corporations in America.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
BUTTERMILK THAT is
BETTER AND CHEAPER

All bacteria do not make trouble
and doctors bills. Some of them
make buttermilz and buttcrmillz
is friend to health. It is a cheap
beverage and a good one, and is
an excellent food besides. It's nu-
trltive value is high, two quarts
of buttcrmilk being equal to about
one pound of beef steak. 1t has
also a good medicinal effect.
Good buttermilli can be made
artificially as follows: Add to
every gallon of skim milk about
half pint of whole milk and
enough STARTER" or clabber to cur
die the mixture in six or seven
hours at ordinary living-room
temperatures. When the mixture
is thoroughly curdlcd put it in a
churn and chllrn it for half an
hour. After churning, cool the
mixture down to well water tenn
perature to prevent its getting too
sour. After cooling, strain through
cheese cloth to remove any Jumps
or curd.
This simple process will give
a good, refreshing, tasteful bcv-
erage that is both enjoyable and
hcalthful.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10

The enrolment has grown from
446 students in 1893 to 1884. Orig
inally there were but two courses
of study-now there are 49,, In
addition to these regular degree
courses, there is four weeks
course for farmers and one-ses-
sion practical agricultural course
extending from October to June
l for men over 18.
Public Service.
But the trustees of Clemson
College have not only organized
an efficient system of fertilizer in
spection and analysis, by which
the farmer gets value received
from the tax he pays, and built
and maintained great agricul-
tural and mechanical college, but
they have gone step farther than
is required by their compact with
the people and have sought to re-
turn to those who pay the tax in
the shape of direct service, all that
could be spared over and above
the cost of operation and build
ing. The public service has grown
as the fertilizer tax has grown,
now reaching an annual total of
over 100000.
Clemson College, with its plant
well developed, its patronage as
sured and overflowing, it's lines of
public service popular and eff
cient, has behind it creditable
record of achievement, and before
it a future bright with the prom
isc of usefulness to South Caro-
lima.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
RESULTS OF TOP-DREssING
Best Times to Apply Nitrate OF
Soda to Corn and Cotton.

Results obtained at the South
Carolina Experiment Station
show that a top-dressing with nj
trate OF soda gives good results on
cotton, corn and small grains. The
increase is most marked during a
wet year, because this nitrogen is
already in an Immediately avail
able form, while the rotting of
the organic sources does not bro.
cccd as rapidly as usual on ac-
count OF the excess of moisture in
the soil. The amount to apply per
acre varies with the fertility of
the soil and the previous fertiliza-
ton, but we would suggest from
30 pounds per acre on poor land
up, according to the fertility Of
the soil.
Early applications arc coming
INTO favor. We recommend thai
the soda be applied to corn when
1t IS between knee and waist high.
to cotton inst as the shapes begin
to form, and to small grain in
March. Care should be taken not
to sow nitrate Of soda on wet
plants, because it is likely to scald
them. 1t is best to apply it lust
after a rain, when the moisture
has dried off the leaves of the
plants, then cultivate with q
mulch forming implement as soon
as the ground is dry enough to
plow.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
Reinforcing" Manure.

Manure is the best of all crop
producers, but manure needs ere
inforcements" to bring out it's
greatest value and to supply mat
ter in which it is deficient. Be
sides, the farms are few and far
between that produce enough
manure to fertilize all the land,
even by the most careful live stock
farming and by adding brought
feeds to the crops grown and re-
turning all manure to the soil.
Manure is especially deficient in
phosphoric acid and where a crop
is fertilized entirely with manure
the addition Of acid phosphate
will increase the yield. On sandy
lands, manure will not contain
enough potash to produce the best
crops.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
SUMMER SHORT COURSES
A Pleasant and Profitable Vaca-
ton.

Clemson College is this summer
offering a four weeks course in
agriculture and cotton grading.
The course begins August 9th and
ends September 4th.
The school will be arranged so
that one can get just what he most
needs. During the first week the
subject of dairying will be taught,
the second week animal husban-
dry, and the third horticulture.
For the last week of the course
agronomy, which includes field
crops, soils, fertilizers, etc., will be
the chief subject.
Any one interested in agricul-
ture will find it to his advantage
to attend this school when the sub
ject he is specially interested in is
being taught.
A special course for teachers
of agriculture has been arranged
and four weeks spent at Clemson
will result in greatly increased
efficiency. -Four weeks instruction
will also be given the winners in
the Boys Corn Club work of the
State.
Clemson College inaugurates
the first summer school in the
South for ministers interested in
rural affairs. A ten-day course
August 9th to August Goth, in
clusive-has been specially de-
signed for them.
The entire equipment of the ag-
ricultural department will be at
the disposal of those taking the
four weeks courses. The farm,
dairy, dairy barn and all the lab.
oratories will be open for use in
instruction.
Popular lectures will be given
each evening by some member of
the faculty or other lecturer prom
inent in State or national affairs.
The college library will be open
during the whole four weeks with
its 10000 books and many popu-
lar magazines.
Persons wishing to spend va
cation under the direction of a
competent faculty, with the adj
vantages Of well equipped labora-
tories, will find Clemson College
an ideal place for summer.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
THE ONE-YEAR COURSE
IN AGRICULTURE

Realizing that many young
farmers throughout the State
could spare neither the time nor
the money to take four-year col
lege course, Clemson College in
augurated three years ago the one
year course in agriculture. Many
a young farmer after finishing his
home school finds it impossible to
take a four-year college course.
The one-year course is intended to
give the simple scientific princi-
pies upon which good farming
rests. 1t begins October 1st and
ends June 1st.
Its purpose is to take young
man already farmer and make
of him a better farmer.
The requirements for admission
are that the applicant must be 18
years OF age, must have worked
on the farm for at least three
years and have had common
school education through about
the seventh grade.
During the three sessions in
which the course has been given,
~ young men have been enrolled.
These men were between 18 and
30 years old.
In order to assist worthy Young
men who have accomplished
something along agricultural
lines, there are 81 scholarships
provided for out of the yearly in
come of the college. These scholar
ships are worth $4,000 per ses-
sion and free tuition and are
awarded on competitive examina-
ton
One feature of the course is that
it seeks to make community lead
ers. In addition to agricul-
tural subjects each student is
given instruction in parliamentary
practice and gets experience in or
ganlzlng and presiding over meet
lngs, Institutes, etc.
1t is hoped that in a few years
these men will become leaders in
all things looking to the good of
their communities and of the com
monwealth.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
Clen1s0n's Agricultural Jervice.

room, and mems retiring room,
each with toilet.
The first floor will have as an
entrance a loggia IL feet wide,
floored with quarry tile. From
this loggia one will enter a large
lobby fanled with rooms for
games, reading and correspon-
dence, lounging and smoking. A
ladies' room for club and church
meetings is provided on this floor.
The main offices of the building
will be located directly in front Of
the main entrance on the rear side
of the lobby.
An auditorium with seating
capacity of 400 is to the rear Of
the lobby.
The lobby and adjoining rooms
are to be fitted out with large,
comfortable chairs and lounges
and are to be made attractive and
homelike. The game room will
have French windows opening
upon the terrace over the swim
ming pool.
On the second floor will be q
large hall, specially planned and
suitably equipped for the use of
literary societies and other stu
dent organizations.
On the south side of the build
ing nine well equipped bed rooms
will be provided, one Of which
will be reserved for the secretary
and one as his guest room. The
others will be reserved for the use
of the alumni when they visit
their alma mater. The north side
of this floor will be devoted to
Bible study rooms and hall for
the use of the local lodge of Ma
sons.
The entire building is to be
made as attractive as possible for
the cadets, giving them home
like place where they can spend
their unemployed time pleasantly
and profitably. While providing
primarily for the cadets, ample
provision has also been made for
the alumni, faculty and people of
the college community.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
HOG CHOLERA AND
HOW TO CONTROL IT

There are two principal meth
ods OF preventing hog cholera !;
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 go or allow
any of their help to go on prem
ises where there are sick hogs.
Neither should they allow their
neighbors to go among their hogs
when cholera exists in the com
munlty. 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 ascertained.
These three matters deserve care
full attention.
When cholera exists in a neigh
borhood every hog owner should
establish strict quarantine or
his individual premises. Whcr
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 cholers
LESSONS are found, all healthy hogs
] should be moved at once to new
lots or pens until they can be in
Ijected 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
Of 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 carcasses is
strictly enforced
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-06-10
RAGGING GRAPES.

Grapes can be grown in almost
any section Of South Carolina
\ itcr the grapes have set. thew
should be sprayed with Bordeaux
mixture (sce circular No. 25 is
sued by Clemson Collcgc), and
then be baggcd to protect them
from disease, birds and bees. BAG
gIng also prolongs the ripcning
season and after ripcning the
grapes will hang on the vines for
q longer time without spelling
Strong Manila paper bags (sizes
No. 2 and No. 81 should be used
SO as to resist the weather and the
sharp bcaks of birds.
The bag should be slipped over
the bunch and pinned or wired
closely about the stem. A pin hole
in the bottom of the bag will
drain off the rain water.
An inexperienced hand can put
on 800 bags a, day, and an expe-
rlcnccd worker 1000. 1t will pay
you to bag your grapes.