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2 Agricultural ^ Department Some Simple Directions for Curing Bacon. The Progressive Farmer. It is best not to have a cast iron tu'e abou* doing any tiling; but one should modify his method to suit circumstances. Espec tally is ihis true in ihe matter of curing meat, in our latitude. The two main objects to be obtained are to get the animal heat out before it is packed down and to put plenty ot salt on the meat. A pood frosty morning with a slight "skim ot ice" is the best weather tor hog killing. ISo tar a9 the meat is concerned, it is best to let the hog hang up until it is cold ; hut for the sake of those who are waiting for the lard and sausage meat we usually cut the hog up after he has been allowed to drip for two or three hours. In fact, where a good many are killed at one time we begin to cut up the first killed as soon as we are through hanging up the last. Some cotton sheets are spread down on dirt the lloor of the smoke house and each piece i9 sprinkled with a little salt and placed on this sheet, not ill touch with any other, and left over night to cool. Early next morning salt down in as compact a pile as possible, bams first, shoulders second, middlings on top. rut the sheet you have been salting on over the pile, tuck it under pood and the job is done. We use the sheet on which the salting was done because the spaces between the threads pet packed with salt and blow llies are not apt to try to penetrate it. Rub over with dry salt ten days after lirst salting. We never salt the bones, heads or jowls with the meat, but always put 111 a separate place, usually in a box. If the weather is freezing and the meat is liable to become frozen, salt it down as soon as put up. In warm weather the treatment is different. We remember once the weather was so warm that the meat had to be salted down with a little animal heat in it. After supper every night for a week the pile was torn down and each piece was placed by it so' I on the dirt floor of the smoke-house ; before sue up each morning the pile was re-packed and the sail covering was replaced. It was warm enough each day for the bio w flies to swarm thick in the smoke house, but we did not lose a piece. A soldier who served in the war with Mexico induced the writer's lai her i?> adopt this mothod. lie claimed there was great virtue in salting on the ground, and said that in a batl'e one day me of our generals was desperately woun led by a grape-shot in !he chest. A captured Mexican surgeon rendered 'first aid'* and advised the wounded officer 'o have a ten' placed over him uid to remain on the ground ?iiiiar..i S ields (I believe it was lie) tO"k the Mexican's advice in sj>it'j of the prot'Sts ot his own -tirgeon-; and hi< wound healed >y "first intention,"?at least s< runs the story. 1'aul ('rain. Marlboro Co. S. (J. What It Means to Waste Manure. Whatever else goes up or l v W?llu/.u?a I,'..- ,. I" W 111 ci > -? M o < miUCl f * * t lie value of manure is likely advance from year Jo year, because farmers are learning better and better every yeir :hat nothing else is so effective in restoring actual fertility to tlie soil and improving Ms phyrd cal condition. 1 he farms that art manure factories, and where the product is handled with reason, tble care, are growing rich and THE LANl richer from year to year; and the farms from which [all] the crops are sold on the market, or t r\ o ro ulnwl v lAcitto i bV/ l VVU^ I O V OI? " IJ ?V^1 ' I1V?| available fertility," That is just as (rue in thcCarolinas ?>r ?lie Gulf States as in the Northwest; bu' we seem olten to forget it. NVhv, ilo you know that if you could save c all. every ton of corn silage you feed makes you, at a very low esli mate, 43 conts worth of manure; every ton ol corn stover, $1.03; every ton <>f clover hav, $ 1.90 worth ; everv ton ot ground corn, $2.24 wor'li ; every ton of wheat bran, $4.74 worth ; evory ton ol cottonseed meal, $^.30 worth? It is actually worth this much to you, right on your own farm, and lor jour own crops. There will necessarily be some loss of the liquid manure when FtocU are kept in yards or stables; but with good tloors, plenty of bedding and a shelter for that which cannot be hauled to the fields at once, this Ions may he made very small. And lor the sake of your liehls it should be made just as small as possible. Progressive Farmer. Tickling, tight Coughs, can he surely and (piickly loosened with a prescription. Druggists are dispensing everywhere as Dr. Snoop's Cough Remedy. And it is so very, very different than common cough medicines. No Opiuui, no Chloroform, absolutely nothing harsh or unsafe. '1 ho tender leaves of a harmless, lung healing mountainous shrub, gives the curative properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Leiuedy. 't hose leaves have the power to calm tho most distressing Cough and to soothe and heal the most sensitive bronchial mornbrane. Mothers should, tor safety's sake alone, always demand Dr. Shoop's. It can with perfect freedom be given to even the youngest babes. Test it yourself! and see. Sold by Funderburk Fbarmacy. w Appeal May be Made in Case of Rev. Wm. Duncan. Charlotte Observer: Att appeal from the action of (he First Preshy tery of the A?soeiate Reformed Presbyterian Church ot the South, which, meeting here Tuesday afternoon in adjourned session, went on record as exonerating Rev. William Duncan in charges preferred by a majority of file session of the congregation is favored by several members of the bodv. This action will not be taken, if|at all, by t (lit / R'nfi/la/1 ^ C t U ^ w??v ><UC??UCU IIIOUI'JOIO U1 II'U church,but by ministers who feel that a mistake has been made. One ot the most prominent, attorney in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, who is also a member of the First Pres. bytery, advises this course and it is known to bo a tact that other leading members of the body, both ministers and laymen, are willing and rather anxious for a re consideration of the matter. It is evident that the disturbance in the congregation is bv no me nis at an end. North Carolinian Drowned in Louisiana. New Orleans special in Charlotte Observer: A. Skipper, bookkeeper for the Calcasieu ! Naval Stores Company, formerly ?.l W In'evdle, N. ()., where his n la*ives now reside, mot a tragic death last liitiht in the Calcasieu river, 11 ar (loose Ferr>, eijcht miles north ? f Lake Charles, La. His horse was also {drowned. He was on hts wa\ i to Lif e Charles at the tiin*-. The try keeper nearu hi.me one call during the night, t> 111. going out coulrj iliMiavr n out*. It is pr? sume 1 that Skipper missed ?li<? road and drove over the high hunk in t he darknos*. His body was recovered this alternoon. \ clergetnun writes ProventicH, thos< little Candy Cold Cure Tablet** are work' itig wonders in my parish." Preventie* surely wil1 check a cold, or the Grippe, in a very few hours. And Preventics are kg safe and liiirmlcHs. No Quinine, nothing harsh nor sickening. Pine for feverish, restless children. Box of 18 at '20c. Solp by Funderhurk Phainmcy w PASTER NEWS, NOVEME The Prohibition Convention To Be Held in ColumbiaAppeal to Ministers. Editor The Lancaster News : Instead ot writing each minister ot the different denominati"tiH 111 Sontli Carolina a personal letter, please allow me through your paper to give (hem notice concerning our Prohibition Contention soon to be held in Columbia. First of all, we want the ministers ol every Christian church in the State to be present, and help us make this the greatest met ting of the kind ever held in South Carolina. Brethren, tret, a few irnml men in your community together, and arrange, not only to come yourself, but to bring others with you lo represent the count> in which you live. Several noted speakers will be on hand, and a public mass meeting will be held Thursday evening beginning at 7.30 o'clock in the hall ol the House of Representatives December the 3rd. We hope lor a full attendance at this meeting. We will meet again in tho same hall Friday morning December tho 4ih, at nine o'clock, to attend to ilie important, business coming before the body. Ret every man interested in the cause of Slatewide Prohibition think about it, talk about it, pray about it, and see to it, that seveial good men are sent to this convention as delegates from the county in which he resides. J. L. llarley, Stale Sup!., Anti-Saloon League of S C. Spartanburg, S. (J.. Nov. 21, 1908. How Is Your Digestion. Mrs. Mary Dowling of No. 228 8th Ave. San Francisco, recommends a remedy foi stomach trouble. She says: "Gratitude for the wonderful eflcet of Electric Hitters in a case of acute indigestion, prompt* this testimonial. I am fully convinced that tor stcmat h and liver troubles Electric Hitters is the best remedy on tin market today.'* This great touic and alterative mediciue invigorates the system, purities the hlood and is especially helpful in all forms ot female weakness "lie al 1. T. Mackoy ?V Co and Funderburk I'har macy, w The Cotton Report. Washington, Nov. 21.?The census bureau bullotin is&ued litis morning shows 9,630,503 bales, counting round bales ae half b ales, ginned from lite growih ol 1808 to Nov. 14, com pared with 7,300,665 lor 1907 and 8,562,242 for 1906, and 7,501,180 for 1905. The pro; ?rlion of Ibe last lltree c\ pp ginne l to November 14 is 66 per cent for 1907, 65 9 for 1906 and 71.5 for 1905. Mind Your Business. If you ilon't nobody will. It in your buKinexri to keep out of nil the trouble yor, emi and yon can and will keep out of liver and bow.d trouble if * on take Dr. KingV Ni f Life l'llls. They keep biliousness, malaria and jaundice out of your system 2">o at .1 T Alackey * Co. and Fonderburk Fhitrtuaey. w Georgia Widow Shoots a Man. Dublin. (la., Nov. 22.? W. L. Tillery, h prominent Laurens county farmer, lies at his home moriaily wounded, according to pin sicians' statements, as the result of well directed an" ol Mr- K sic 15. Duvh, a widow, who tied a revolver to protect hersell and her home from invasi :?n. Tillory, according to Mrs, 1 Davis and corroborative evidence, went to the widow's home and attempted to gain entrance, When refused l illery tore opet a screen door and as lie attempted to step in the hallway, was shot down by Mrs. Davis, whr warned him not to break the door. Mrs. Davis is a handsome woman and possesses property ol considerable value Dr Shoop s Health Coll'ee ia created fron i pure parched grains, malt, nnts, etc n< ; real cotl'ee in it Fine in tlav -r is "inad< in a minute.'- No '20 or 30 minntea tedi i ona boiling Sample Free. Bennett <?roc ' erv Co. v 3ER 25, I9Q8 Ko For Dyspepsia If you Suffer from Indij the Stomach, Belching, S etc., a little Kodol will Re KrVf 1 nl Qlinnllnc t lin ea mo rl iirnct S vn -?vv?v? V v? |y p ?VI ' * I IV V? 1^*./.'! T V# Juices that are found in a healthy stomach. Being a liquid, it starts digestion at once. Kodol not only digests your food, but helps you enjoy every'mout hful you eat. You need a sutlicient amount of good, wholesome food to maintain strength and health. But, this food must lie digested thoroughly, otherwise the pains of indigestion ami dyspepsia are the result. When your stomach cannot do its work properly, take something to help your stomach. Kodol Is the only thing that will give the stomach complete rest. Why? Because Kodol does the same work as a strong stomach, and does it In a natural way. YOU ARE INVITEI OUR UI ST mm ^ IMV. You can : bargains Shoes, Ha Furnishir ever had call youi that we h an d s o Goods, Si going at ? : ACTUJ ... OUR MO' satisfied funded. WILLIAMS= ' ; '''4 ' . ... ; - > > - ? i i r i W firm the leader of all t > m superior Chocolates. , M Manufactured by Littlefieh i I x Exclusive A * j . ' Pleasant, sure, easy, sate little liver I'il > are DnWitt'a I .it tie Early Itinera Th are easy to take, and act gently We ai * and recommend tlieui. .J P. Mac key < ' w, dol and Indigestion gestion, Dyspepsia, Gas on our Stomach, Heart-burn, lieve you almost Instantly So. don't, neglect your stomach. Don t become a chronic dyspeptic. Keep your stomach healthy and strong by taking a little Kodol. You don't have to take Kodol all the time. You only take it when you need it. Kodol is perfectly harmless. Our Guarantee Go to your drugRlst today and got a dollar bottle. Then after you have used the entire contents of the bottle If you can honestly say that It has not done you any Kood, return the Itottle to the druggist anu he will refund your money without question or delay. We will t hen pay theorugRist. Don't hesitate, all druggists know that our guarantee Is Rood. This offer applies to ih? large bottleonly and tohutone In a family. Tho lar.-e bottle contains times as much as the fifty cent bottle. Kodol is prepared at the laboratories of K. C. DeWitt it Co., Chicago^ . it.. v # CORDIALLY ||J ) TO VISIT mm P-TO-DATE |j '?RE m \\Ai lit find the best in Clothing, tsand Gents lgs we have We also Ik r attention have some me Dress Iks, Etc., left ]g md below ? l COST | TTO: If not 0, money re- || SpS&'v HUGHES CO.? 1 1 i ^ 'j. > t*A |D?NTY AND DELICIOUS j The one final, crucial test of a Confectioner's standjnjr is had in the quality of his Chocolates. Now then, remember th:?t it is the exquisite flavor and superir>ur Chocolates that first made the his firm, and it was the maintainrity of quality that has made this he world today in the matter of ffolilhyall ihraO'iii'tn and Cov/rrtiontrt. d <C- Sterre Co., Knoxville. Term. gcncies Granted ??? Ih Send your orders for Job Printing 'a to The News?good work uid low "o. prices. v* Subscribe for The Lancaster News.