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r 2 Agricultural \ Department Saving Peavine Hay Out-ofDoors. Progressive Farmer. There has been a number ol excellent methods of saving pea viue hay giveu by your correspondents, but iu most cases they, to use a congressional term, have had ''riders" that rendered them impractical foi immediate use by the average farmer. Now, using a tedder and storing in barns is fine, 1 imagine, but I never saw a tedder save in the Fair grounds, and but few farmers in my section have barnroom enough to stow more thar half a ton ot hay at the time Now what the average farmei wants at the present hour is the best method by which the mosi hay in excellent condition cai bo saved out of doors in shortesi time, at least expense and labor, So 1 will give the manner ir which L have saved from 15 tc 20 acres ot peavine hay yearly for ten years, and without th< loss of a single stack when properly put up. Cut in the morning and rakt and stack in the evening of the next day (it it rains wait till il dries?peavines ar^ as good na.v after a week's raiu on them at much of the in-shipped article) If the crop is heavy, rake directly to the stack ; it light, windrow and then rake to stack; nevei use a cart or wagon for this, it's too much labor). Pile hay "round pole two feet, deep?after being gently packed down wit! fork (never get ou stack at any time), then nail on two crossarms, then pile on to six or seven feet ami put on two more cross-arms. Then build up till you can just stand on ratte wheel and top off nicely with lork. Have a forklul ct grass tc top off with. Make stack to contain six 01 seven hundred pounds of curei hay. This size stack is more uvswjjuiuivscu HI liuopiu;; aiiu naiiu ling than either the liirger 01 smaller style as suggested by some, for they cure out better than the larger, and the weatherwaste is less than the smallei ones. Then they contain just f nice wagon load, and. as a general thing in the busy season, a farmer has just only time at one* to letch in that much. Wade 11. Jaldwell. Wayne Co., N. C. Weight of Peas in the Pod Progressive Farmer The question of how manj cowpeas 100 pounds of peas in the pod will hull has come up 11 recent issues of The Progressive Farmer. While with the Arkansas Experiment Station. 1 made in 1902 very nearly a hundred test* covering this point and found that 100 pounds of dry podhulled irom 55,3 to 77.5 pouodof peas. Ninety-six tests of about forty varieties gave an average of about 66.0 pounds trom peat testing about 58 pounds to the bushel. The lightest bushel weight was Clay Crowder, test ing 53 pounds, and the heaviest was 62 pounds to the bushel given by lied Whippoorwill and one strain of Black Ey . The weights ol peas in 10 i pounds of pods varied on different classes of soil, the weight was higher from peas planted in rows and cultivated, those of a given variety ripening earis shelled more than those ripemnp late, and peas planted eirly shelled more than those ripening late, and peas planted before J urn 15th usually gave a higher proportion of peas than those planted after the middle or June. The use of phosphoric acii THE LANC under peas increased the propor tiou of peas iu a given weight c pods. Saving seed from onl ! well-filled pods from well deyel oped plants gave 68 pounds c peas to the 100 pounds pods r compared with 57 pouuds froi seed not selected. C. L. Newman, [ N. C. A. & M. College. De Witt's Carbolized Witch llaz< ! Salve in recommended as the be [ thing to use for piles. It is, of conrs good for anything where a salve i needed. Kewareof imitations Sol by J. F. Mackey *Co. w How Good Roads^Help Farr Life. Bad roads Constitute the grea est drawback to rural life, an for the lack of good roads tli farmers sutler more than an other class. Those localities where goo roads have been built are bi coming richer, more prosperoui and more thickly settled; thof which do #uot possess these at vantages in transportation ai either at a standstill or are b coming poorer and more sparst ly settled. Lite oil a farm often become as a result of "bottomless roads, . 1 i J Ji r _*i isoiatea ana Darren 01 social ei i joyments and pleasures, an 3 country people in some commi ' nities suffer such great disadvai tage that ambition is checkei 3 energy weakened, and iudustr paralyzed. " , (iood roads economize tin and force in transportation < products, reduce wear and te* ? on horses, harness, and vehicle and enhance the market value < real estate. 1 Good roads raise the value < farm lands and farm produc ' and tend to beautify the countr through which they pass; the 3 1 aci lit ate rural mail delivery an ' are a potent aid to educatioi 3 religion, and sociability. Good roads have a money va 3 ue to farmers as well as a polit i cai and social value, and leat '' ing out convenience, comfor 1 ! social and refined inlluenci ' which good roads always en ' hance, and looking at them <>nl from the almighty dollar aid* they are found to pay handsom dividends each year. The best road lor the larine all things being considered, is '| solid, well-built stone road, s narrow as to be only a sing [track, but having a lirm eart *! road on one or both sides. ? L'r gressive Farmer. I'ink Tain Tablets ? Dr. Shoop's?atr 1 Headache, womanly pains, any paii anywhere, in "JO minutes sure Ko , inula on the Joe. box. Ask your drill ifist or doctor about the formula?it line. Kiinderburk Pharmacy. 1 Fatal Fire in Mississippi. Summer, Miss , Sept.?Pract callv the entire business sectio ol this | lace was destroyed an one man. A. M. Phipps, an en ploye ol The Summer News, lo* : liis life in a tire ol an unknow origin which was discovered 1 j t ho store building occupied b I II. II. Polk A Co., early toda; Phipps was smothered to deat while lie slept. The propert lo>- is estimated at $100,00( partly covered by insurance, th buildings destroyed inrdudin the recently er < ted court housi a hot**l. -even s!oio-> and oflic hui dings and several residence' _ * A Paying Investment Mr. John While, of Js ti ttr111n11 Ave., Houiton, Maine, says: "Hav Tin II iioiiuieil Willi It COIIgll I'Vel i j winter ami spring. I.ast winter ( tried many advert i-? ??! remedies. In the cough continued until I bought "?0c bottle of l?r King's Mew l>ii covery : before that was half gone, th cough was all gone. I'his winter tl same hippy result has followed; ; few doses once more banished tli ^ annual cough I miii now convince that l>r King's New I?iscovery " the best of all cough and lung rem< . dies " Sold under guarantee at .1. .\iacKey ?v ;o , and KunderMirk I'lm many. ."mic. and #I.ini Trial hott 1 free. ASTER NEWS. SEPTEMBER ' How to Keep Apples. | A correspondent signing himself 41B. B." wants me to tell ,1 him how to keep apples. In the |8 first place, have well kept trees, n properly sprayed and varieties that are Rood keepers. Gather 4 1 A .. I 1 _ 1- ~1 ? L .. tuern uareiuiiy, appie l?v hand, and never shake them down on the ground. Cull them carefully and put ou!y scuud and perfect apples in the barrel, e, Pack in barrels no matter whetlier to Jbe shipped or kept, aud place them in an out-house that is never warm. Keep the house close in daytime, and open ami ventilate at night whenever the temperature is above 20 to 25 t degrees above zero and shut up j as soon as the sun shines to keep ,e the cold night air in. Fear v warmth more than cold, for apples packed in closed barrels j will not be hurl by a tempera0_ ture of 25 degrees, but will be 3 damaged far more if it gets much above 35 degrees. 1 know a j_ man in a colder climate who re keeps apples all winter on his ? back porch with only gunny 3 sacking thrown over the barrels. Mr. W. F. Grabs (whose address is Tobaccaville, N C.) is the v most successful apple keeper in ' North Carolina. He has sent j me Magnum Bonum apples in L1_ May, and lie practices the night Q ventilation.?Progressive Fari mer. . J i y ? KoJol will, in a very short time, enable the stomach to do the work it t? should do, and the work it should do A is to digest all the food you eat. When the stomach can't do it Kodol does it for it and in the meantime the stom3, ach is getting stronger and able to take up its regular natural work again. Kodol digests all you eat. It makes the stomach sweet and it is if pleasant to take. It is sold here by ls J. F. Mackey & Co. w-s ,y 1 v Suicide of Florida Man. ^ Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 6.? A. S. Waters, a visitor from Tam rJ pa, Fla., today made aspectacu- " lar leap lo his death Irotn a l" third story window of the new a " Preston hotel to the pavement I below, a distance of fifty ttfet. I nr.. i i . i 1 waters arrive 1 nere yesieruuy ' before jumping out of the win N dow lie fore up a handful of cur* rency and threw it in tlie wash ie basin of his room. r 11"""" a They Take the Kinks Out. "I have used Dr. KiiiK's New Life ,0 Pills for many years, with increasing: le satisfaction. They take the kinks out ]j of stomach, liver and bowels, without fuss or friction," says N. H. Hrown, j of Pittslleld, Vt. Guaranteed satisfactory at .1. T. Mackey Co., and Punderburk Pharmacy 'Joe. w p " ~ 11 Father and Son Shot in the rk River. 's W Mtmnliiu Tfltin " iiiv III j-inn, 1 * J'V, tJ . Knmity between two fishermen having its origin several years ugo, when, it is aliened, the wife ' of one deserve 1 hira for the ofh- ' (*j er, reached a spectacular culmination in midstream of the Miasissippi river lasf night near this city, when S. L. Smith and his n son were fired upon, the young- i v er man being killed and the eld' er wounded by I* J. Nichols, e I the man who, it is alleged, was \ aggrieved, according to the state- }J ( men! of Smith, who reported ihe e occurrence to the police today. if i M ' Keware of Ointments for Catarrh e that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the . sense of >niell and completely derange the whole system when entering it I through tfie mucous surfaces. Such ] d articles should never he used except e Jon prescriptions from reputable phy* s y | sici.uis, as the damage they will do is e I ten fold to the good you can possibly it derive from them Mall's ('atarrh 1 a < hire, manufacl ured by F.J t'heney t a _ .*' i 'n Titluilo t 1 mint o ina n<i nmrioi s i ?v w,, ,.w, .o J , ie an:! is taken internally, acting dile rectly upon the hlood and mucous a surfaces of the system. In huyi .g le Hall's < 'atarrh Cure be sure you net <1 the genuine. It is taken interna'ly is and made in Toledo, Ohio, hy F.J, Cneney ?V < o. Testimonials free. 11 1'. Sold t?> Hruggists I'rice. 7oc, per r r- bottle. _ le Take Hall's Family Fills for consti I 9, I9Q8 Williams w carry a full stoct of trunks and suil cases. .* Let us quote [some prices to you. .*. .*. .* ' ! TZ&tL Williams! //|K| VULCANITE I la firo-rot:irHincr /(nkimf fhr> cnnm Fatal Mock Duel. Mobile, Ala , Sept. f>? In a nuke-believe duel Willimn Sons, nan, aged 16, was shot and kill id by Henry beach, the nann ge, this morning. the most powerful acids will not i of freezing weather will not crack It is cheap enough for the mo! and durable enough for the finest | lOvery roll* is guaranteed undo years as the best Roofing in the wc Don't begin any building or re| read carefully our booklet, "The lit W. M. MOORE, A New Vehicle. ' In Mr. Hromley in?" askec lie caller. "He is not. sorr,'' l'al answer d politely. "Sliure bo won' ?e in till lour o'eloek or mebb< fter." "Where's lie gone?'' "lie went lo ride in his in'e im. sorr "His wha'Vf "His interim. 'Tis a I0113 lame ler buggy. I'm thinking ialf an hour ago Misliier Brom ey say* 10 me, 1 1sa\ s he ' I n xpictin' Mi-lit r I) >bbs her< ome tun" llus afternoon, bu' I :ness he won't bo after giltin .ere yet awhile. si? I'll go dowi own in the inierini. An' witl hat be druv off in bis buggy." 1 if Inghes Co. I ^ Hughes Co. : ROOFING insurance rate as metal or slate) attack it, and the fiercest ravages it or make it brittle. <t ordinary, temporary structures, termanent buildings, r the reputation it has made for 00 <rld. ? pair work until you write for and ght Iioitjitu) and tlu tieasoiis Why!" i Lancaster, S. C. i aiMa A Merry Widow. 1 A man whore wife was etf tremelv jealou^ planned a ph'as. ant surprise for ncr in the torm i ot a trip in New York to see ? "The Merry Widow," and wrote a friend in the city to det him know the earliest date for which he could secure seats. The next day when he was away from homo the following telegram was , delivered there, addressed to him, hut opened hy his wife: "Nothing doing with the wid, ow until the 10th. Will that ? suit von?" | Explanations were demanded. ?I" IVU * *ill>?;rI lilnkealee. ' A plea-dog, good, high grade, truly i flHvor* d, amber colored cup of coffee chu I e fool-?ami without the real < olfee danger, or damage folic 1th-? hy hiin|>Iy u-ing Dr. Slump's new substitute, called ' Health 'olfee." I'ure, wholesome, toasted cereals, mult, nuts, ete., make Dr. Slump's Health Coffee hotli healthaul ami satisfying. No 20 ' to do minutes tedious hoiling. "Made in a minute", says I>r Shoop. If j served as coffee, it's taste will even trick an expert Test it and see. Bennett Grocery Co. w