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f f" WHAT FARMERS Making Oow|?eaK Fruit Well "What kind of fertiliser und how much should 1 us*? to make peas fruit better?" As a rule cowpeas are not heavy producers of seed, though some verieties are better than others. The best thing for peas is 300 pounds an acre of acid phosphate. Th?>v w ill do their best with this application. o <??mw1 l*lace for Sudan tirass "I have a lot that was well manured and broken in January and I wish to put it in some-thing for hay. Which v/ili be best, Icatlr corn or sorghum, and at what stage* to cut it " With the preparation you have made, 1 think that it will be best to sow Sudan grass. This is allied to the sorghums and makes a heavy crop and can be cut two or three times. Sow after the soil Is warm. o Will Iluck wheat Improve the hnnil. "Will buckwheat grow on stiff soil where peas were cut for feed last fall? Will the buckwheat improve the soil?" No plant, even peas, will improve the soil unless used for the purpose, either by turning under or feeding and returning the manure to the land that grew the crop. Ruckwheat will grow on any good soil, stiff or light, and if turned liYider it wll. like any other organic matter, add sonic humus-making material to the soil. o Windmills fncwtiiin in the Interio "Would you advise one who is growing -infill fruits and vegetables and wishes to use irrigation to erect a windmill for pumping the water?" In the level coast country in reach of the winds from the ocean the windmill is a satisfactory machim for pumping, but it is not always so In the upper section where you live. I would not advise a windmill in you* section, but would use the gasoline engine for pumping the water into an elevated tank. About Kmlive "Can you tell me what endive s. and how to prepare it? Is it eaten raw or rooked?" Endive. Cichorium en diva, is u leafy plant belonging to the eliieory family. and in fart the true chieory is also grown and sold as French endive. The true endive is grown as a summer substitute for letture and is eaten raw. My plants are now. the middle of may. just fairly up. As soon as large enough they will !>? transplanted eight hv ten inches apart, and when the heads are well formed I set over them some conical paper plant protectors to shade and blanched they make a very good substitute for lettuce, which we cannot grow in hot weather. o Peaches in An Apple Orchard "Is there any valid reason why one should not use fillers in an apple orchard? Will the peach trees reed different treatment, and will the spray be the same?" If room enough is given I know of no reason why it will not be profitable to use peach trees as fillers in an apple orchard. The peaches will need 20 feet space, and that means that the apples should be planted 40 feet apart, and when well grown this is none too far apart. The cultivation will be the same, and the spraying should differ somewhat, for the Bordeaux mixture must be used on the peach after the leaves are out, while on the apples you want it to carry the poison for the coddling moth just as the bloom falls. o lAving Off Straight Rows "How is the best way to run straight rows on level land? In planting with a two-row corn or cotton planter, how do you get the third row the same distance from the second that the second is from the first?" RANGE FOR YOUNG CHICKS Problem Deserves More At (ention From Farmers Than It fiot* Clemson College. 3. C.f May 26? The problem of supplying a range or green feed for chicks does not receive sufficient attention. This Is an important side of the proper rearing of poultry and the farmer who has sour skim milk to spare and a good green range has tnoro than half his chick problem solved. For temporary feeding, one can soak oats overnight in water, wash them thoroughlv next morning and spread them In half-inch layers In boxes or trays. Place these trays In the shade outdoors and sprinkle with water twice dally. In from three to six days the oats will be I WANT TO KNOW ?\ MASSEY I to run out rows with a plow I have usej three light poles set In an exact > line across the field. Start at the pole set at the end and keep the other two in line. Ilrst setting the pole where you start over the width of the next row. and when you reach the second pole set that over too. This method will keep you fairly in line. In planting with the two-row p'anter you should have an attachment reaching the width of the rows to which a chain can be attached to (IrniT vu m>- Kiuunii anil mai'K titnext row, and in coming back shift it to the other side. o? (iiotvlnu Tomatoes for <'aiming Can I make a crop of tomatoes after wheat is cut from tlie land? Will the Stone be the best variety? I want them for canning." If you have good plants ready to set after wheat harvest there will be no difficulty in making the late crop of tomatoes. Our large growers here | seldom set their plants earlier, as the j canning factories do not open till Au- | gust, you could sow the seed now and get the plants in time perhaps, but you can buy them very cheap'y from advertisers in The Progressive Farmer. My late tomatoes to follow my early ones are now. May 12, just fairly above the soil, and I have just sowed more seed to give mo plenty of well grown green tomatoes when frost comes, so that I can wrap them in paper and bring in a few at a time to ripen and keep up a supply for slicing till Chrlrtmas. Some Itad Farming "I have a piece of land which ha been p'tilted to corn for -verc i years. I decided this year t?? let : grow up in weeds, but have recently concluded to sow.it In crimson clov and plow it under in the fall to i 11 I prove the land. How much seed w ill lit take per acre and how to prepare the land?" It cannot bo don* . Crimson Ho\er is a winter nn<l not a summer crop, sowed now it would soon perish in the hot weather, even if it grew at nil. Running land in torn year aftc year is very poor farming. The best thing you can do for the land will h to plow it and prepare well and then sow one bushel eowpeas an acre and harrow them in. Or, better still, if you have a wheat drill, set it to sow two bushels of wheat an acre and put the peas In with it. Then in August turn the peas under and sow crimson clover in September, and you will have a fine crop the next spring. Then Icoep the land in a good rotation of crops and build it up for greater production of the hoed crops. o Ridging the I'lliversnl Method i I "It is the custom here in planting swept potatoes to make a ridge. Is this better than to plant on the level or in furrows?" Front time immemorial sweet potatoes have been planted on ridges or hills. In my boyhood the practice was to make very high ridges and to keep the dirt pulled up with a hoe Some planted on hills and pulled up the soil into a high round hill. With the great development of the commercial growing of the crop it was found that these high hills made too long potatoes and involved too much hand labor. In the preparation of land for sweet potatoes the practice lis to plow the land shallow so as t > have hard bottom to cause the nota j toes to grow chunky and not long. I The ridges are made less lofty. Furrows are run out and the fertilizer , put in them and then a furrow thrown over each side. This ridge is flattened a little and the plants set and cultivated with an ordinary cultivotar and laid by with a slight furrow to each side or with a broad sweep. The potatoes do better in this warm ridge than on the level, though in very sandy land they might do very well on the level. ready for feeding. For bahv chicks feed when the sprouts are one-half , inch long, giving once dally what ,the chicks will eat in about ten minutes. Rape may be sown and, when grown, cut up and feed to chicks. , Cabbage, lettuce. mangels, beets, turnips can also be used for* green I feed. 1 The only really satisfactory way. however, to supply green feed ard a ] good range Is to sod a piece of land to Bermuda grass by plowing the ground and dropping a piece of Bermuda sod every 18 inches, and . to put some hurr clover Into this Bermuda grass in the fall. Drives Out MaUrli, Builds Up SystMi i The Old Standard g^niral strengthening tonic, GKOVR'8 TASTKLH&chill TONIC, drives out Mstarts,enriches the H odd, and btxlds op the system. A true tonic. Pgr addtt* and children. 50c. THB LANCASTER NEWS PROF. CHALMERS E REELECTED SCH( Who was recently re-elected superintendent of the Lancast'-r graded schools for the fourth year. Professor Wessinger is one of the most energetic and progressive educators to be found in the state, and the Lancaster school is indeed fortunate to have such a man at its head. A recent issue of the Southern School News has the following to say' with reference to this thorough go-J ing school man who does things: "Superintendent Chalmers K. Wes-' singer, of the Lancaster Graded schools, was born in Lexington county, S. <\, about eight miles from j county court house. His early edu-1 cation was received from a rural school near his home. Later he entered the Palmetto Collegiate Institute, Lexington. S. for the completion of his high school course. Two sessions were spent in this institution, and, although during onehalf of one session he had to travel a distanct of 16 miles a day, Mr. Wessinger graduated at the bead of his class. Yet this boy was not satisfied. ' Higher ideals, attainments, and tri-l HI < 'halitiors H, nmphs seemed railing, lit lisiem-d .in.l answered. Me won a scholarship to the University of Soulh Carolina, graduated from the institution with the (i. I. degree in two years. Later returned, was elected to various eoi legiate ottlces, active in l:1eiar\ socle ty work, enthusiastic in athleti< . I and yet. received his 15. V degr-* in one year. Chalmers Wessinger i one of the few men who have graduated from the University of Soutn ' Carolina in three years with the Ft A. degree. In 1909 .Mr. Wessinger assumed | the management of the seventh grade , hoys in the Greenwood public school**. 1 Upon the death of the eighth gradi teacher, he was promoted to theeighth grade, and In the spring of 1910 was promoted to the principal ship of the graded schools. In the fall of 1910 the board of trustees elected Mr. Wessinger as principal of the graded schools at Inman. During his stay of three years at Inman the school was materially improved, the entire teaching force, with one exception, remain- ' en; medical inspection was introdue-: ed. and the high school enrollment ' was Increased to about 41. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Premier Carrier of the South. PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULE! j T?\ Ins urrive Lar.c ? er from: No. 118?York, Rock Hill and In termedlate stations 8:45 a. m No. 113?Charleston, Columbia aa< : intermediate stations 10:11 a. m. Jo. 114?Marion, dlacksburg, Ub r lotte and intermediate stations 1:35 p. m. No. 117?Columbia, Kingsville and intermediate stations, 7:25 p. m Trains leave Lancaster for: No 118?Kingsville, Co: irabla and intermediate stations 8:4 5 a. m No. 113?Rock H1U, Hlacksburg, Marlon, Charlotte and Intermediate stations, 10:11 a. m. NTO. 114?Kingsville, Columbia Charleston arn intermedial* stations 1:30 " No, 117?Rock Hill, York, ano Intermedin te stations. 7:41 ' p. tm. Schedule figures are published as I Information only, not guaranteed For Information as to passen<;e> ; ft.rea etc., call on Lancaster Chester Ry. Co Schedule In Effect August 10, l!*lt> Eastern Time. WKSTROITND Lr. Lancaster . ; ,6:00am??:30pn Lv. Fort Lawn . .6:30nm?4'ft8t?tr ' Lv. Kascomvllle ..6:45am ? 4 28pn 1 Lv. Rlchhurg ....6:55am?4:43ptr Ar. Chester 7:30am?5:25prr 3 AIAV 2<>, . WESSINGER )0L SUPERINTENDENT Mr. Wessinger, in the fall of 1913, entered upon the duties of superintendent of the Lancaster graded schools, in which capacity h? is serving at present. Since here, he has succeeded in creating a new athleti< spirit and has persistently demanded the maintenance of consistent and efficient work in the high school literary society. Material improvtn?ents on the grounds, lighting tin school building with electricity, and the installation of sewerage are evidences of the constructive activities. The buildings are being fitted with iii'sks as iasi as possum- ami the physical laboratory has been made to conform to unit requirements. Last year, through the cooperation of the dentists in town Mr. Wessinger effected the examination of the teeth of every child in school. The low rating of the school upon his acceptance of the superintendence has furnished a splendid example of his progressive and organi national abilities. From the rank.of a ('lass 1) school the Lancastei a 1 " 1 w. ...... _zi: i high ehool lias emerged to the ru'.iK .1 a Class A school. Apart from regular school dittoMi. Wosinger has worked untiring Iv for the uploilMine of the comma nity and the county. For almost tin attire fall he has taught twice a \vy !< n a night school for the betternn nt of the illiterate classes. He encou.ip d and fostered the organization >f the Parent-Teacher's Association tnd was one of the leading imitator? In the organization of the Catawba \thhtic and Oratorical Association As president of the Lancaster Connt\ Teachers' Association, he has. perhaps, rendered his greatest servici to the county. Through his executive ability programs, interesting pleasing, and instructive, have been arranged for and brought into realization. Superintendent Wessinger has bee-i characterized and characterized well as one of the leading young superintendents in the state. He is not only active in promoting educational progress in liis own county, hut >? deeply interested in the State Teachers' Association. EASTBOUND. Lv. Chester .... 9:00am?6:45pn Lv. Rlchburg ... 9:45am?7:27pn Lv. Bascomvllle .10:00am?7:38pn Lv. Fort Lawn ..10:30am?7:55pir Ar. Lancaster ...11:00am?8:26ptr Connectlons?Chester with South em. Seaboard and Carolina A- Norrt western "allways. Fort Lawn. > Ith Seaboard A1 Lino Railways. Lancaster wth Southern NOTICE OF ELECTION Whereas, one-third of the free holders and one-third of the electorof the age of 21 years, residing li Belle Town Consolidated school dls trict. No. 21 have petitioned th* county board of education to ordei an election to determine whether ?m iiwi a iaa tn n iiiiiih Mian ut; levitfj on .nil real and personal property for school purposes. We hereby order said election tc be held by the trustees in salt Belle Town Consolidated school district., No. 21, 06 Tuesday, May 30 at the school ho dee. At which election only such eler tor:i as return rea^ or personal pf*>p orty tor taxation und exhibit theli tax receipts and regintration certi fleates shall bo allowed to vote. The opening and closing hour hall bo the same as in all genera elections. V. A. Lir.gle, W. B Twittv. Jos. K. Connors, County Board of Education. , LOCAL IX)T> ? + + + + + + + *+'i' < There will be preach r:se* vjce:a: Bethel church oy Kev. B. t ast> n on thn fourth Sunday. May J81v at 4 o'clock. In connection with y WVek v\ licii will be held in this city Jun1 and 2. <ja? h mother i? required t supply ; bahy blanket and t <wfl < used n the examination " ' lid. Tin Q iavU!l;. Ooiifi r< . : tl. >! t?ii"!is* ch'ir 1 !' i . inc gat?.- t ihf I)i-trirt " f-i t ii. . whit :i meets :* !,am t* J ily 12: W. P. Bennett, J. M. Hood. ' a: il H. H. Ho; toil. ?o? Or. .). J. Pollard, vtUouary - i goon, o! Eminenrv.. Ky., ^ j 11 lm. o ! in Lancaster shortly. Hi -i.l opa veterinary hospital for udmittan < and treatment of tick, lame and disabled horse.*, mules au'i cattle. Mo , will also be located at t1 V. Hood Lf\estoek stables. Rev. It. J. Blnrkmon o* Quitman, Texas. brother o* our townsman. 1 Mr. Oliver C. Blaikmon. is visiting relatives and friends in Lancaster . and vicinity. He will et.irn to his T xas home Thursday, and his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Blackm-m, 1 will leave for Texas with him hire ihev will make -t i?*:* f;jtur? hTi< In connection with "llahy Week" ii will he hi hi i:i this city June 1 and <a<di moth? r is required to t ; i hahy blanket, and tow< ' to i j.n-'l :i 'be * xamlnatlo.'i c. id. <*. rjt in-.' ! on pagi b ? wolir -I'KINt. fOl.ns j ilidesi hanges. high winds. ?hi:t i .. seasons arise colds and gripp . 1 :' -. wring rol't aro tnnoj ii t h r< c\utnmerAiougl. in i a V> ntm/nt < I r. K r .\. ! >i f': j^pleas.' n t ixa? '? | j> rvfl. no MjJjflnv luring. Ji:?i . - r r v*?i t for a bi>ttlo <.f I)1 2 ' ' Ah! That's wh, V ; | v~ i Everybody that tries Li of all coffees. You try you have used the entir cording to directions, yi it in every way, throw your grocer to refund ; willingly. Write for pr 1 ipzi || The Reily-Taylor CO-OPE In Order To C Corn CI * Wo have decided to furn!sf Y.lvot Beans (o each hoy for on are now in stock, and also as a i a* follows on First Monday in Three Ce 1 > . . ? A TT.-2 Iim at ivrDims, r u?i rriie Second Best Results Second Pris Third Best Results, Third Priz**. . Now boys, see Demonstrnt r go to work. We also wish to thank th( < i< kly responded to our Clean I I the C>no?l Paint* yet for you. We are naking decided e'.; -lilartro our busin<.in ordei \ iCM.I, ON THi; "I THE BENNE1 "The Pure . "Corns All Gone I Let's ALL Kick!" Every Corn Vanishes by Using Wonderful, Simple "Gets-It." Never Fails. Applied in 2 Seconds. Jfcn't it wonderful wirfit a differenco tni>( .. 1<(Ha r*m w.? ./MOV L? *?VUt7 - J V Ill.in t'D, UII corns and calluses? It's always night mono. > Id the world, with, many "Wheel I liont Care! 1 G?t Kid of My Cora* \Vitk "Grt?-lfl'? folks humped up, with cork-scrcwed faces, gouging, ^picki^/h drilling out their corns, making packages of their i toes with plastors\bahdages, tape and J contraptions,?antPVtho "holler" in their corns goes Ai forever! Don't you do it. Use "^lefte-lt," it's marvelous. simple, noyrr f.\lls. Apply it In 2 seconds. Nothing tto stick to tho stocking, hurt or inritate the toe. Pain stops. Corn ccm\s ''clean off." ?iuick. It'a/one of the\ gems of the j world. Try it?you'll kick?from joy- For corns, calluses, warts, bunions. "Gets-it" is sold everywhere. 25c a bottle, or sent direct by R LawrunM ' A Co, Chicago. 111. | .->? ?.i in .. master and recommended as the world's best corn I remedy bv lysinesster Pharmacy and !J. F. Mackey Co. PRINTING HELPS p" Tfvrcc C- i-J L ' 1-4 kJ kmS [*vcr> in. , v. '.it> ,nade a Si v.' ? s'* 1 L*SIM:SS wt I AVI !! W ITH i Ptr. ' ? i i nn<r at I Call Coffee ? .. uzianne votes it the best it?at our risk. If, after e contents of one can acdu are not satisfied with your can away and ask /our money. He'll do it emium catalog. COFFEE fev Go. Now Or1<?i?nc RATION 'o-operate With ub Boys s r.c g.ilion of improved 90 Day ly 2 5 t111s in caSh. These Beans reward foi diligence?We will give Dect-mbe* next ish Prizes . ./. $2.50 y i.5o V l.oo WfManus and get your card and \ 1 > Ladies and PuMons who have so Up Week Ad, in last issue. We have inc s in o-r store, and are going 'o accommodate our customers. H'HE 1 OOf> STORE** | [T-T?RRY CO. IJ Food Store"