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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
REPAIRING FARM MACHINERY
Don't Wait Until Spring Rush Begins
But See to II Beforehand That I'M
piements are In Good Condition.:

Have you forgotten about that brok.
en- piece, lost bolt, or loose nut on one
Of the implements that you intended
attending to during winter? There is
still plenty of time for such things,
but It will be unwise to let them wait
until the spring rush Of work begins
and hurry calls for the machinery
come with 1t. Remember the stitch
in time" and use the cold, rainy days
for overhauling broken implements
and sharpening dull blades.
Why wait until your oats are ready
to cut before pulling out your binder
and finding that there is new piece
to be ordered? This may cost you a
week or two Of valuable time and az
ter you have waited impatiently
through several days of fine weather,
1t is as likely as not that rain will be.
gin to fall. When you order repairs
at such time, you will find that 9th
ers are doing likewise. The manufac.
turers are rushed with orders and the
delay Is often such that you are driven
to purchase a new machine. Now
is the time to inspect your equipment
and put in your orders for necessary
parts.
Keeping machine we'll repaired
and we'll oiled not only increases It's
efficiency and length Of life, but also
lessons the power necessary to oper.
ate It.
After inspecting an implement,
tightening nuts renewing broken
parts, and sharpening dull blades, a
coat of paint should be applied. 1t
will prevent the iron from rusting and
the wood from decaying and will pro.
long the life Of an implement several
years. For painting. there Is nothing
better than red lead and linssed OIL
A. II. WARD,
Agronomy Division,
Clemson Agricultural College.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
Found Simple Remedy
that Relieved Child
MILD LAXATl:E COMPOUND COR
RECrS STUBBORN CASE or
CONSTIPATION.

An important duty that devolves
OH parents is the regulation OF their
children's bowels. Health In later
life depends in large measure on
early training and child should be
taught from infancy to regular habits.
When from any cause the bowel
becomes congested with stomach
waste a mild laxative should be en-
ployed to open up the passage gently
and carry off the congested mass A
most effective remedy for this pur-
pose is the combination Of simple
laxative herbs known as Dr.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. Mrs. w. ID.
Bulls, Of Reed, Okla, used DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin for her baby boy,
Harley Buren, Bulls, and says at did
him more good than anything we
have given him. His bowels are very
stubborn about acting, but they act
easily every time | give him DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin."
Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin con-
tains no opiate or narcotic drug and
is splendid remedy for children and
older people as we'll 1t has been on
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
1t Was Cold Mt Erzelum.

Petrograd, Feb. 18.-The fall of
Erzerum, the most important Turk
ish stronghold in Asia MINOR, and
for long time considered impreg-
nable, offers the unprecedented spec
tacle Of first-class fortress built on
steep mountain side, nearly mile
above sea level, yielding to bayonet
attack after only SO hours bonn
bardment
The operations were conducted un-
tiOns, the snow being deep and the
thermometer registering, at times,
more than 80 degrees below zero.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
BLACK ROT OF GRAPES.
Agronomy Division,
Clemson Agricultural College.

To control black rot Of grapes tho
Botany Division Of Clemson College
recommends spraying with Bordeaux
mixture. Apply bordeaux Just as the
buds begin to swell in early spring
Make q second application as soon az
the leaves unfold and q third AZ soon
as the fruit Is set. After this, weather
conditions and the severity of the
disease will determine the number OF
applications. Ordinarily, It 10 advis
able to spray every two weeks until
the fruit begins to ripen. Black rot
is the most common and destructive
disease of grapes in South Carolina.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

to mo at times. Lydia r. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pillsre-
stored me to health and ] want to thank
you for the good they have done me. +
have had quite a bit Of trouble and
worry but it does not affect my youth
full looks. My friends say why do you
look 80 young and well7' I owe It all
to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies"
MIRA. RoDT. STOpIEr, Moore Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
We wish every woman who suffers
from female troubles nervousness,
backacho or the blues could see tho LETT
sers written by women made we'll by Ly.-
dia p. Fnkham's Vegetable Compound.
If you have any symptom about which
you would like to know write to the
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn
Mass., for helpful advice given free of
charge. M
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
MAY. LEAD TO ANARCHIST RAID.
Search for Supposed Poisoner Con-
tinlies Without Result.

Chicago, Feb. 17.-Search for
Jean Croncs, supposed poisoner OF
the banqueters who partook Of soup
served at the recent dinner at tho
University Club in honor Of Arch
bishop Mundelein, continued to-day.
The letter signed with the missing
mans name received yesterday by a
New York newspaper found confirm
alton in two particulars. The police
admitted that asbestos and not gum
cotton was found in two cans In
Crones room, as the letter stated,
and city chemists reported that their
tests had revealed second mineral
poison in the soup samples, as the
letter indicated. The second poison,
health department analysts said
was an antidote for the stronger
poison
Government officials who have
scrutiniZed the mass of letters SeiZ-
ed by the police in the poison plot
took the view that indications of q
widespread anti-government conspir-
acy had been brought to life and ad-
vocated immediate steps to defeat it,
A plan to utilize force Of SO secret
service men in raids on anarchistic
centers WAS discussed.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
II Injured in Wreck.

Richmond, Va, Feb. 17-The Sea-
board Air Lines Florida limited,
No. 10, north-bound at high speed,
was wrecked at Kingsland bridge,
while running through BellwOod
plantation at 1920 o'clock this
morning.
The engine tender jumped the
track, ripping a gap in the rails and
ties which threw four coaches down
steep bank.
Reports from the scene state that
by a miracle no one was killed, but
that IA persons were badly injured,
others less seriously. The injured
were sent to Richmond hospitals.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
MUTINY OF HINDU TROOPS.
1t is Claimed that Twelve British
Officers We're Killed in Egypt.

Berlin, Feb. 18.-A mutiny Of
Hindu troops in Egypt is reported
by the Cologne Volks Zeitung as
quoted by the Overseas News Agency
to-day. 1t is said an entire regi-
ment mutinied, killing twelve off,
GERS, including a major, and that
other Hindu troops went over to the
mutineers. After a battle Of two
hours, 1T is said, the m1rtinous troops
were routed.
The statement follows:
"The Cologne Gazette publishes
report received from reliable sources
in Cairo that strong opposition has
developed among the Hindu troops
to the British. A captain Of the
Australian troops, named Brown, on
January 10 shot two Mohammedan
servants who had made a mistake.
Two Hindus who witnessed the in
cident killed the captain with bay
onet.
"The whole regiment then mutt
MED. A majority Of the officers
saved themselves by fight, but
twelve Of them, including the COM
mander of the regiment and major,
were killed.
"Other Hindu troops were sent to
suppress the uprising, but refused to
fire on the mutineers, to whom part
Of them went over. After two hours
the fighting with Australian regi-
ments part Of the mutineers fled into
the desert The others were killed
or wounded.
"There have been other cases Of
mutiny, but the British have pre-
vented publication OF the details"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

The habits of growth and fruit.
bearing Of the bunch grape make It
easy to prune and the work can be
done much more systematically than
with most other fruits. Furthermore,
1t will stand very severe pruning with
out injury. The fruit Is borne on new
shoots from the preceding years
growth and unless the vine Is con.
tinually cut back, the fruitins area
will become farther removed from the
main stem each year and will produce
long, naked canes, which serve no
purpose other than to convey plant
food to the more remote fruit-bearing
parts. Moreover, II the vine is left to
itself, more fruit will form than the
plant can properly develop. The i'm
portant objects in pruning, then, are
to get the most bearing wood In the
smallest space and to limit the bear
ing wood according to the ability of
the vine to produce well developed
fruit. Not infrequently vines are al
lowed to retain too much bearing wood
and there is q consequent waste Of
energy in the production Of many
small, inferior lunches. For best re.
suits, our common varieties more than
four years old should be pruned so as
to bear not more than from seventy
to one hundred clusters.
The method of. pruning is determin-
cd In part by the kind OF training
practiced. There are several good
systems. One Of the simplest. which
is also one of the best for the South.
fs that known as the double Kniffln
system Of training, in which are de-
veloped two trunks. zach Of which
carries two arms trained to two
wire trellis.
Use a one or two-year.old vine for
transplanting and cut back the top to
three or four strong buds. That Wig
orous canes may be produced, rub off
all shoots that appear during summer,
except the strongest three. Only two
shoots are necessary, but It is we'll
to leave three, in case one should be
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
Confessed Crime Before ElectrOcution
(I1asley Progress.

Representative J. l.. Bolt, of this
city, witnessed the electrocution on
the 4th instant of Peter Hamilton,
the Easley negro who was convicted
of attempting criminal assault at the
special term Of court held at Pick
ems the last week in December. DR..
Bolt says that the negro acknowl-
edged his guilt and ascribed his con-
duct to the fact that he was under
the influence Of liquor at the time
and did not know, or rather was in
different to the consequences, He
professed penitepce for his sims and
remarked that his punishment was
just and that he alone was to
blame.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
NEAREST ANIMAL KIN.
Anthropoid Apes of Africa Very
Much Like Man,


Motion pictures of the anthropoid
apes in their native wilds, which r.
l.. Garner proposes to seek in Africa
may soon give more intimate ac-
quaintance with the animal that most
resembles man physically, and in
habits, moral traits and other char
acteristics. In his paper to the Rio
logical Society Of Washington, Mr..
Garner, who has already studied the
apes in Africa for many years, states
that the animals usually have four
teeth at birth, mature at to .
years In the females and year or
two later III the males, and usually
live 20 or 81 years. Their diet is
mostly vegetable, though some flesh
is essential. They travel about as
nomadic families, having no perma-
nent homes; and in sleep they re-
cline on side or back like man, often
making their beds 18 to 25 feet from
the ground. Their senses are un-
evenly developed. Sight and hearing
especially the latter-are very
acute, smell is little superior to that
in man, and touch is much inferior
They show much respect to the right
OF ownership.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
SPRING ONION POINTERS
Some Practical Suggestions About
How and When to Plant Seeds
and Sets for Best Onions.

Onions may be grown IN spring from
seed or from sets. However. spring
planting of seed is not generally so
satisfactory and sets are recommend
cd for the nan who neglected to plant
in fall and who wants early onions.
For best results with seed, plant
them in October, in order that the
plants may become established before
severe winter weather begins and that
the onions may grow off rapidly in
spring and mature early in June.
Still, If seed are planted very carly
in spring and conditions are favor
able, they will make good Onions, al
though they will be smaller and later
than those from fall-sown seed.
Onions should be planted on very
sandy loan. After the land has been
thoroughly prepared by deep plowing
and repeated narrowing, apply ferti.
lizer and manure broadcast and har-
row into the first three or four inches
Of soil very thoroughly. Lay off rows
fifteen inches apart, plant the seed in
the drill, and cover the seed to depth
Of one-half to three-fourths Of an
inch. When the young seedlings ap.
pear, cultivate frequently in order to
destroy weeds and maintain moisture
Thin out the onions SO as to leave
them standing three or four inches
apart in the row.
To grow onions from sets, prepare
and fertilize the land as when plant
ing tho seed and plant the sets just as
soon in spring as soil conditions will
permit. Plant them three to four
inches apart in rows fifteen inches
apart.
White Pearl and Prizetaker are the
two most reliable varieties for this
region.
Sets are more convenient for the
home.gardener, but for commercial
onion planter, seed-planting is to be
preferred, because onions grown from
seed keep better than those grown
from sets and because seed cost less
than sets.
G. G. NEWMAN,
Professor OF Horticulture,
Clemson Agricultural College.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

injured. The following winter (after
constructing the trellis) remove the
weakest Of the three canes and cut
back those remaining, one at the first
wire and the other at the top wire.
Securely tied to the wires, they form
the permanent trunks Of the vine.
In the third year, select two strong
canes coming out near the extremity
Of each trunk and train them along
the wires in opposite directions to
form arms. Then shorten them back
to o length Of two, three, or four feet,
this depending on the yigor OF the
vine. All other canes are cut off close
to the trunk.
Pruning In the fourth and subse.
quent years consists in cutting back
new canes to two buds or entirely re-.
newing the arms by cutting them out
and training new canes to take their
places. 1t is not always possible to
renew an arm, because of the prob.
able lack Of a strong cane to take its
place. On the other hand, the prac-
tice OF cutting back canes to two
buds, continued a long time, will
cause q thick Objectionable mass Of
spurs to accumulate along the arms.
The most desirable way Is to combine
the renewal plan with the spur meth
cd and thereby suit the pruning to
the visor and general form Of the vine.
In cases where 1t SENS best to prune
an arm to spurs, thin them to q dis.
tance Of six to eight inches apart to
prevent the setting of more fruit than
the vine can properly develop.
The best time to prune the bunch
grape is in spring, Just before the buds
come out. Do not delay until the
season ia too far advanced. That
pruning produces results 10 shown in
the accompanying illustration, the
only difference betwoen these two
bunches being that the vine Of one
was pruned, while that of the other
was not. ~, ~. ..... o..
F. J. CRIDER,
Associate Professor of Horticulture,
Clemson Agriculture College.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
11S KILLED IN THREE YEARS.
20 Americans Killed by Mcxicans on
American Soil.

Washington, Feb. 17.-All the
State Department data on the Mexi-
can situation asked for by Senator
Fall was transmitted to the Senate
to-day by President Wilson and on
motion Of Chairman Stone, Of the
foreign relations committee, was or
dered printed as q public document.
1t had been expected some OF 1t would
be held confidential.
In letter from Secretary Lansing
the report it was stat
ed that 76 American citizens we're
killed in Mexico in 1913, 1914 and
1915 as against AZ in the three years
preceding.
Killed OH United States Soil.
The letter also stated &c civilian
Americans and 16 soldiers were kill
three years as a result Of Mexican
troubles.
In describing the Carranna govern
ment, Secretary Lansing wrote in the
report:
at cannot be said that the de
facto government of Mexico is con-
stitutional >venment. The de
facto government, like the majority
of revolutionary governments, Is Of n
military character, but that govern
ment has committed itself to the
holding Of elections and 1t Is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the present gov
ernment will, within a reasonable
time, be merged in or succeeded by a
government organized under the con-
stitution and laws Of Mexico"
Referring to the effort Of the re-
cent Pan-American conference to get
Mexican factions together, Secretary
Lansing wrote:
"The attempt to bring the factions
together for q conference failed. On
the one hand there seemed to be no
central organization among the VII
lista forces, while on the other hand,
submission to central authority was
evidenced in the replies of the Car
ranZistas. The unity and loyalty OF
tho Carmnzistas appeared to indi-
cate the ultimate triumph Of that
faction"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

During the year ending February
S, tho Winchester Repeating Arms
Company's net earnings were $4,-
625,094, equivalent to 465 por cent
on it's capitalization Of $1,000, 900.
The total business of tho concern the
past year was $11,500,000. The COM
pary's stock, par value 500 a share,
recently sold as high as $4,000 a
share.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

To Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound.
Washington Park, Ill.-"I am the
mother of four children and have suf.

Tered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous speile and
the blues. My chill
dren's loud talking
and romping would
make mo so nervous
j could just tear
everything to pieces
and ] would ache all
over and feel so sick
that ! would not
want anUOne tn talk
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
Sweet Weeping Rose.

ST. Paul, Mimi, Feb. 17.-Because
she weers every time she thinks Of
a trolley car, Miss Rose Mather is
to-day suing the ST. Paul City Rail
way for $22,500 damages. She
claims her condition resulted from
her being in a street car accident.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

Farmers wishing to know how to
spray in spring and summer, and
what to use, should write to the South
Carolina Experiment Station, at
Clemson College, and ask for Circular
26.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

II you don't know what you give
your cows and you don't know what
your cows give you, why do you keep
COWS? Keep records.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

nlanufacturers would become mem-
bers of the association as individ-
uals instead Of through their news
association.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

The most picturesque river is the
Rhine. 1t has 725 ven cradle castles
on its banks.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

the market for more than twenty-five
years and Is the family standby in
thousands Of homes. Druggists, every
where sell it for nifty cents a bottle.
A trial bottle, free Of charge, can DO
obtained by writing to Dir. w. b.
Caldwell, 454 Washington street,
Monticello, III.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23
G. G. NEWMAN,

Professor OF horticulture,
Clemson Agricultural College.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-02-23

Associate Professor Of Horticulture,
Clemson Agriculture College.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-03
SINS OF THE FATHER
 DESCEND TO THE HEN

Farm and Preside reports an in teresting discovery to poultrymen. It says:
 Just why one hen is loafcr and another as like her as two peas in a pod is good layer has always been a poser to poultrymen.
 Raymond Pearl has spent nine years delving into this mystery. Look the world over and no one can be found who has investigated this mat ter quite so carefully in a scientific way as he has done at the Maine Ex- pertinent Station. He now is fully convinced that it is possible for a poultry keeper to control the egg pro duction quality in his hens by breed ing, and thus insure heavy egg pro
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-03
PRICES SOARING ON
 THE COTTON MARKET
Sharp Advance Sends Prices Up S1.60 a Bale-ClOse 30-33 Up Demand Became Aggressive After Publication of Report.

New York, Aug. 2.-Early irregu- larity was followed by a sharp ad- vance of approximately $1.60 per bale in the cotton market this afternoon, with December contracts selling up to 13.S3c, and with all active positions making new high records. Closing prices were strong, within point or two of the best, showing net gains of from 30 to 3S points.
 After opening steady at an advance of to ' points, in response to rela- lively firm cables, the market eased off during the early trading, under a renewal of the scattering liquidation and local pressure. The failure of the Liverpool markets advance to in- spire any general demands, reports that there was little selling against spot purchases in the Southwest and expectations that the weekly report of the weather bureau would make q favorable showing seemed to encour- age reactionary sentiment.
 However, the demand became az gressive> right after the publication of the weekly report, and with cover ing active and the market sensation ally strong in the late trading, De- tober sold up to 13.64c, January to 13.9Oc, March to 1402c, or about 50 to 34 points above last nights closing figures. Bullish Southern spot ad- vices probably contributed to the af- ternoon advance, but traders attrlb- uted the excitement chiefly to the un- favorable view of the weekly report.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-03
PERSUASIVE POWER.

arthur Williams, president of the american Museum of Safety. said to " @ New York reporter:
 ,,n neS' We kill in our industries an- r%liy roa 55'OOO people, and we injure la 'Do0'Voo' If we were compelled by nn .1| to adopt safeguards, practically
 an oiS destructios would be avoided. n, put to get us a safeguard law! t "s man who gets us this law will Cr5 r'e to be as persuasive as the Nola Ohuky housewife. w h An agent, you know. called on this o~.It "NewIte to sell her cucumber foro 4 n Tor sunburn, and, by love, be- sold 'he fellow got away the woman bo" nm jar of cucumber cream of
 0wn make."-Exchange.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-03
WHAT ABOUT FAIRS?

An agricultural fair Is worth much to a county but a fair with few races and lot of fakirs to take money out of the community is nuisance. A county fair or a community fair should bring out the best products of the best farms and these will bring out the best people. Farmers who take their exhibits to help make a good fair should be protected from fakirs who have schemes for taking money from the county. The fair should show the finest corn and cotton and the finest vegetables and the fin est chickens, pigs, colts and cows and the finest samples of canned goods, bread and jellies. The Extension Di- vision of the University of Arkansas and U. S. Department of Agriculture is interested in fairs and wants to help.