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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
8
Letters discuss civic leagues to enforce auto travel laws and road safety across Indiana. A farmer warns about dusty hog feeding practices, urging raised, sealed floors and sweep cleaning to reduce dust, wheezing, and disease among breeding hogs.
Discussion notes farmers should feed corn or oats to cows to boost butter output. Cites dairy prospect of 250 to 200 pounds of butter per year per cow when properly fed. Argues feeding vs selling grain, claiming high butter value and urging better cow breeding for higher returns.
A farmer advises on housing sows to prevent danger from crowding and recommends straw bedding and separate pen setups in different seasons. The note covers managing litters, avoiding pig loss, and the benefits of separating sows from piglets for optimal care and efficiency. It also includes poultry disease notes, fumigation practices, and a plug for placing ads in the Farmers' Home Journal to boost hog and poultry orders.
A historical passage notes hogs respond to care yet suffer from foul, decayed food and muddy housing. The observer cites ten years’ experience in profitable hog farming and urges attention to sanitation as essential for healthier stock and better yields.
A farm writer argues against sticking to scrub cattle and urges investing in pure breds. He cites a dairy farmer who built a profitable herd from $700 in calves, selling calves and stock, with future cream and calf profits. He warns against short sighted outlays and praises prudent breeding with neighbor or community options to lower costs.
The article argues the retail system wastes resources through excessive advertising, multiple shops, and delivery costs. It cites wholesale and retail price gaps from 1890 to 1908, noting consumers pay for dainty packaging and travel costs along with shop profits. It advocates cooperative societies to cut costs by distributing directly from producer to consumer.
Four customers called that morning as a thief misled a clerk with puns and misheard names. The robber posed as Watt and prompted replies from Knott and Wart, causing a comic mix up. In the end the order was processed for noon express and the goods were delivered.
A fragmentary meditation argues covetousness requires a miasma of circumstance and must be turned toward good uses such as sharing war spoils by teaching horseman and sailor skills. It warns against misusing power, warns pride and folly corrupt desire, and contrasts humane aims with an inhuman avarice. It closes with a grim note on suicide as a common symptom of such social strain and a child’s morbid question from a New York press anecdote.
A bustling debate confronts old fashioned regional apples versus glossy New York varieties. The speaker contrasts flavors, textures, and keeping quality across apples, pears, plums, and vegetables, noting industrial cultivation and market shifts while referencing era icons like July apples and bruising modern produce.
Col. E J Watson South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner spoke to the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crushers Association at Wrightsville Beach. He disclosed he has been offered a high level national post with a salary above most state governors and potential global duties promoting American trade and industry. The role would involve travel through the Orient Africa and beyond while advancing textile and commerce interests for the state and nation.
A proposed colored fair aims to open in Aiken County after securing county fair directors consent. Proponents include F A Peters of Graniteville W T Kenner of Ridge Spring and G Hay of Aiken backed by sturdy colored citizens and white supporters. They seek to form a Colored Fair Association with 1000 dollars capital.
An application to the secretary of state seeks a charter for a Laurens cotton mill company capitalized at 400000. The plan calls for breaking ground and beginning erection of the plant as soon as formal organization steps are completed.
Comptroller General Jones will within two weeks request county auditors to report on income tax returns. State income tax take for last year totaled 816,236.57, doubling 1908 receipts. Earlier years show smaller figures such as 6590.55 in 1898 and 4,429.6 in 1907 with various figures appearing in compilation texts.
Attorney General Lyon is to render an opinion this week on the proposed Fertilizer Act as requested by Clemson College fertilizer department. The measure would require every commercial fertilizer package in the state to show either 100 or 200 pounds clearly on the label, with penalties of a $10 fine per package and up to 30 days imprisonment for violations.
Insurance Commissioner McMaster has charges of rebates against several agents filed with the state insurance department. He will conduct a thorough investigation and has issued a circular clarifying the law and penalties. A Columbia agency case on over insuring property is set for July 23 before McMaster.
The Civil Service Commission announced examinations at several South Carolina locations to fill vacancies in the Government service. Cities listed include Anderson Charleston Columbia and Greenville with dates in September and October.
The official list of congressional candidates has been forwarded to the county chairman of the Democratic party by Gee Wylie Jonen, the state chairman. He notes that primary election candidate names must appear on county primary tickets, and the printing arrangement is left to the county chairman.
Miss Muriel Weston sixteen daughter of Thomas P Weston died in Alexandria Virginia after a mosquito bite in her car chin bite led to a boil and severe pain. Physicians concluded an operation was needed as the chin area swelled and bleeding began.
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