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Agricultural E m Keepnig Irish Potatoes. ]'rn[ ' as f( Mr. Lane Describes the Plan ? post Successful in All His Thir- ,f fe ty Years' Experience. j Tt jhing Progressive Farmer. | m,a* ?-T . ? - L advj \verarelv pit Irish potatoes .. - . ... cut in cellars in this section, but bank . . I prot out in open ground, very much , , vale as we do sweet potatoe3. j . . .. erea Our plan?and it hardly ever j v fails?is to put in a long bank about five or six feet wide at ba?e. piling as high as they can Anc be made to stay, the sharper the | ti better, as the mound sheds wa- v ter better when sharp. I g Put six or eight inches thick J of pine straw under them, and i when piled up. covef with straw j jr a foot thick, press down and cov- ] pjje er about six inches thick w,th L^ dirt, covering up completely.!^ t Press the dirt to keep it from I i * j toda being porous, and if kept dry, jjj. there is no danger from rot. A few put a cover of boards over to j keep off water, some nail two ten | sl,,? or twelve-inch boards together j ciet; at right angles, and put hollow j erai down on top of the stra w which i guls effectually make? a watershed, toll Then cover a? before, plank and j a"* his i We keep from ten to a hundred j bushels in this way in one pile,J |r making it long according to the | quantity to be pu* ;n. Dirt should not be as thick a? for sweet po ?r~ tatoes, for the Iri^h potatoes will ',nc stand much nmre cold than thecom sweet potatoes will. I roer We usually take down our pf>'i bank? the last of February, but i poii if not taken down as waraalweath (The e?r ?tir>rn?.'hp? thpv will hf*triri fril .. .. " ~o* "" U it sprout, and if moisture has got- ta^j ten into them, will sprout serious COU( lv. It is best to pull the dirt off . ban the straw as soon as it nets warm. , ^ I have kept potatoes in banks t as above described for more than thirty years and never lost any c,et except a few cases where hogs l^e rooted into bank and caused heat IHIC or freeze. 3fdd As pine straw is plentiful with cm us, it is generally used, but hay will or wheat straw will keep them, ceif though we hive not found hav fHCe quite as good as pine straw and e(j v the dryer the better. Where a shelter is convenient it is perhaps eafer. Th< I have a neighbor who keeps his generally in barrels in a w arm house where he can keep the temperature from falling below C 32 degrees, and the Irish potat< dim is sate in a barrel in a room whert i <h the temperature does not get be- min low 32 or above 00 degrees. ,,1 ( 1 omitted to state that nnles*- mjn the ground is high, it i- not best a , ana to put potttoe- -elow ground levii. ... i mln el in banking. I). Line. Craven Co., N. C. |?n ( 500 Frosted Peavines. I re> t I peel Progressive Farmer. j to s The writer has had numerous wan communication* asking for in- of r formation regarding the feeding My value of cow pea vine* injured by tjcu frost. Little definite can be stat I tjie ed on this subject. If the pea* ciai! are nearly ripe, or nearly ripe ] f enough tocut for hay, the frost will probably do them but little, if any, harm. 'I here is probably some breaking down and loss of ?'^ the food elements, but the farther advanced towards maturity the that less will this be the,case. Pea-laud The Bettei Way The tissues of the throat ai inflamed and irritated; yo cough, and there is more irriti tion?more coughing. You tak a cough mixture and it eases th irritation?for a while. You tak SCOTT'S EMULSIOf and it cures the cold. That what is necessary. 11 soothes th throat because it reduces th irritation ; cures the cold becaus it drives out the inflammation builds up the weakened tissue because it nourishes them bac to their natural strength. That how Scott's Emulsion deals w it a sore throat, a cough, a cole or bronchitis. department. s that are real green when ?n will be almost worthless red. It is almost, if not lmible. to cuie them, and|deeomng green vines are dangerous d in that condition, le whole question seems to :e on the one of the degree of arity. If this is sufficiently in^ed so that the peas may be and cured into hay there will jably be little loss in feeding le except as there will be a .ter tendency to a loss of es. Tait Butler. Dther Farmers' Organizaon--The National Conention of the American ociety of Equity. ast .St. Loi-. Ill , Uct.?25 tir-t national convention of American Society of Equity, posed of t irmers. began here y with 50'"> delegates from mis. Kentuckv. New York, th Carol'na. Utah, WisconOhio an l Indiana. The so v seek- t?> regula'e va'ues ni n and farm products by retting the supply in ^elation le demand. resident C. (J. Drayton, in annual address said : I his organ zition is not a t, n<?r a combine to force exionate price:-, but rather an '.nizition to get profitable es tor farm products. It is iposed of local unions of fir s established at shipping its. The unions from these i's f'?tm the S'a'e association, se combined form the nation?sociation. Our ilea is to esisli grainaries in the grain ntrv. cold storage plants, hay n and p'aces to store all sorts arm produce. If the market is ;low the ?cy will hold the product until demand forces up profitable when the goods may be 1. The poor tanner who not ?tf<?rd to hold his train he tiven a warehouse re )t. tool for two-thirds the value of the train repre ent i Fortunes of a Miner ? An Interesting Story. haslot'e Observer : In re : out hi- room yesterday Mr. n Kaditan, a well known er, came across an old map Jripple Creek, the Colorado ing retion. Opening tlie map pointingjtohhe Indepen lence e. he said: In 1802 I had >ption on two claim*, 300x1, , ritht there. 1 could have girt them tor 00 000. but a ire snow storm kep? my pro tive partner from goinft out ee the property and I did not it to t ike the responsibility ecommending it on raysell. friend, who was from Connet, told me tliat he would get money if I said the mine were all right. I cared to take the responsibility. W . J. S'ratton, an old miner, : the claims lie and a num ood fellows went out there prospected. He told the hoys lie would furnish tlie grub the lodging if they would V.ETJ. SE-SD YOO A SAMPLE FREE. SCOTT & BOWNE, : help him pro-pect. and if 1) struck gold he woul i rnv theJ h day for their time It wh sometime in February, 1S9J when StraMon struck ore. It wa bitter cold out there then. O mar. Stratton we >mart He kne' jhis business well. Instead c loading his gold on the train, a was the usual cu*t?>m, he put j in wagons and hatfled it throng i to Denver, a distance of 10 i miles, and sold it without creat ing any ex -itement. The firj haul ot ore brought $SO,OOC , Having sold Strat ton went quiet I !y back to Cripple Creek an bought up (ther claims at It !dependence. To make the s'or sliort. several vears ago. I thin r> I it was in 1900. he sold the It pendence to an English compr nv for $10,000,000. Later h i died leaving an estate worth $1000.0< 0 hi, property going t jthe poor i f Colorado. After : became rich a doz*-n or moie ar vvnturesses sut-d him for breac of promise. Heine fond of la lie he was always i n trouble. * euess he paid out several hut dred thousand d< liars in if courts. "1 came near to that lortui but mi-sed it That i* what ktei la man at the business. He always looking for somethin j great Kershaw Trying to Enforc Prohibition. Kershaw Era: Mayor K I : Blakeney arretted Mr Jeis Robertson Saturday evening o the charge ot selling whiske and required him to deposit for his appearance yesterda morning. lie faded to . appet on time and lorleited the bond. On Sunday Chief liouuh a res'ed Ed Arm-tronir. rob. fr O' ? " selling liquor and lie was give $50 or 30 Jays. He has not y< raised tlie funds and will likel have to take the days. suauen Death at Ugden. Kock Hill Herald: News ws recieved here Tuesday mornin of the sudden death of Mr. A. i Nunnery, one of the oldest, bef known and most highly esceeme citizens of Ogden nemhborhooc He was up all day Monday, walk : i Peoples Supply Co.) I . c ? |? As the name implies J ^ 5 Can furnish your supplies. J s ? * ^ We are going to keep almost everything, ?'?d what we ^ ie haven't got will order for you. We want your trade, your ^ ;e M good will, your friendship, and if reasonable prices, conr- # ? ^ teous treotment and appreciation ol your favors will win W ^ ^ them we will sure have them. Misses Lula Lindsay and 0 , M Magaie Hood are in charge of the Ladies' Dre?s Goods C ^ and No'ion Departments. Messrs. Albert Blakeney and 1 J f Bon Welsh of the Clothing, Shoes, an 1 Gents* Furnishing A J Goods department ; and Messrs. Sistare, Hilton and Fun- ^ ^ # derbnrk in the grocery and hardware. Our corps of clerks, # m as vou readilv see. insures kind and c >urteous treatment. b ^Bargains! Bargains!^ is ; J For the next ten days we throw on our middle counters ? d j ^ the stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Men's W * ^ Shirts, etc., bought of Carnes Bros., to be sold at a big ^ )l\? sacrifice in order to make room for our nice fall goods J L*|^ which are dailv arriving. c * j{ Peoples Supply Co. | JXO. A. COOlv, Manager. 51 always" 0 'eI Buy al the Cheapest Place. i DOLLAR LIVED IS i DOLLAR MIDI We have just received a car of the wonderful MAGNOLIA ^ 1 Flour, which we offer for only .$2.20 per !>:s lbs. standard weight. ie A comnlete line of (In 1 v .^uvuiiiik iresn and new. We j will at any time take pleasure in waiting on you. Always your ie i money's worth. Remember we have a nice line of Notions and Dress Hats, Shoes and better Shoes. 15 Did You Hear What g , I Mr. Williams said to Mr. Steele about Mr. Small? Said that Mr. Usher told Mr. Porter heard Mr. Jackson went to Mr. Sow! ell and Mr. Gardner told Mr. Caskey that he saw Mr. Perry pure chase that tine pair of stylish dress parade shoes, sold by E. A. Thompson 1 Two Doors Below Old P. O. ,50 Yt = "The Old Reliable." M THE BANK OF LANCASTER. Lancaster. S.C. k n CAPITAL $50,000.00. ? SURPLUS $50,000.00. f. n 5J Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. S3 5t II Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^ _ I % Interest allowed on time deposits.. {l ^ Your busino<a? 11 -- nit- omest, the largest and tfl kl the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. yk ed to the postoflice hi Ogden t! at and he expired before anything is m -minz and appeared t<> be en icould be done for him. g joying his usual good health. He; , ? , Special Mot ice. j. had a chill, however, on Sunday , , , , .. * I hose subscribers to The News who it and when he retired Monday have not yet paid their subscriptions d night complained of not feeling are earnestly requested todoio NOW. .. ?... r i m 11 Please give this matter your prompt 1. very well. Shortly afterwards he attention, and oblige. yu. j was found in a dying condition Lancaster Publishing Co.