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?v - \ r~ * !^ - ' ;"** . ~ : ' / ' - , ? * v ^ * A ^BtUy Nev>*p*p*w : For Ox Prometiam tftSsa PoliH^ai, Sj*\kJ. A^iemS'jrmS Cbmmerrial Jk3rms&. J T&HSt:. & &2 i t-.. Epxtob iin> Mtiuau. | } 5? n sVEKKLY L A" N i! A 6 I E iv 8. 0 . A 1' (i I' S 'I JO, 1 9 0 2 ! /TbT/sMED 1862 experience Meeting of Carolina Farmers. Auothcr Duy l'n titahly Spent at Clemsou College. Topics of Great Interest. Special to The State. Clomson College, Aug. 15.? The experience meeting was hehl this morning instead of tonight. The great majority of farmers have gone, but the most faithful arc still here. There was a general discussion of preparation of soil and cultivation of cotton and other crops. Col. Newman holds that the sweet potato is the best root crop. The small varieties are best for hogs, where the hogs are turned on the land. They will root up the large ones and leave part oi them to freeze. Every man present was interested and the meetiug was exceed-, iugly profitable. gardening. Prof. C. C. Newman was the first speaker at the regular morn ing session. He discussed earl} vegetables, explaining hot beds and care of vAirtSiUn; __ j , .... V. W-7. When cabbages are frozen the} will not be injured if the sun is kept from them and they are sprayed with water. Many other plants may be saved in the same way. Tomato plants may bo put out as soon as the seed may be planted, bul better not tfc put them oul till the weather is warm. Very long plants should be planted S or 10 inches in the ground. The salsi foi is the most delicious vegetable grown. Plant closely. The Mammoth Sandwich Island is the best variety. IRISH POTATO. Drought usually cuts off the crop. Experiments show that planting ix inches deep produces twice as much as three inches, nine inches doep twice as much a* six inches, and 12 inches the same as six inches. To nine inches is the best depth. Cover them three inches at the planting, and cover graduully till the depth of nine inches is reached. Never use stable manure for Irish potatoos Where potatoes are mulched the yield is increased one-third. Plant for the second crop soon after the digging of the first. Better to sprout the potatoes before planting for the second crop and plant the whole potato. Cut the potato for first crop. The potato can be sprouted by putting them on solid smrfnnn _ ? ^ VVTUiiU^ them with mulch and keeping them moist. TO TRBAT FOR SCABS. Use two dozen corrosive sublimate to 15 gallpns water, or four to five dozen of formaldehyde tc 19 gallons of water. Apply before cutting the pofato. The "negro" potato is a fine variety. Yon can have vegetables from January-to January. Plant your fall cabbages now. Can trans, plant till November. We can have nearly everything in the fall that we have in the spring. Beans can be planted in July and August /?ll iui mil iiih*. CELT RT. Plant send hint week in March in richest a >il ? drain and shade well?transplant in August ? 'Vi'iMf i - * w | gradually vyork dirt t?> plant. FEUTII.I/.KIM ?FARM MANURES. Prof. F. S. Sbiver lecturet next. Before buying, ace wba manorial resources we have ??i ti 10 farm, and then supplement, The great waste in southern ucnO O culture is in the neglect of th manures on the farm. Humus h nccesSHry to productive soil. Na ture'a method is to keep lan< covered. We reverse this, in cot ton culture especially. Commer cial fertilizers alone will neve build up land. Humus must be | supplied. It holds the water? most necessary element of plan food ?and improves the textur ?f the soil. The soil' must hav< air in it iu order to facilitate feed ing the plant. FA KM MANURES. Cotton seed meal is one of th most important. The oil has n< feitilizing valur. The cottoi r seed is more slow in action tha the meal. JJse twice as mucl jeed as meal to get the same of feet. Stable manure depends in chai acter on the animal and th food. The value of stable manure i valuable, not so much on th fertilizing qualities as on tlv vegetable matter supplied, am bacteria furnished. The manure should bo kep moist and packed. , I.KUUMINOUS CHOI'S are all good manures, and fur nisi t humus and ammonia to the soil This is the easiest and simpler wuy 01 improving land. Urov us big crop as possible of co\ peas. More profitable to cut ol vine than to turn thorn under. Wood ashes are also valuable So marl is valuable and" is easil obtained in some sections of th Stale, but should he used spar The chief value of liino is ii 1 the improved mechanical condi tion of the soil. It must be use< 1 with care. "Lime emiches tin 1 father and impoverishes the son' 1 is true to a large extent. Col. Newman spoke of the dun gers of using limo on our ordma 1 ry lands. Prof. C. O. Upton is speakinj on "Butter and Cheese." The institute will close with ai ' "Experience Meeting" tonight after the most successful meeting i in its history. D. W. D. Killed On A Straw Ride. > 1 Special to The Observer. Ashev'lle, Aug. 10.?A dis trossing accident, which .subse ' quently proved fatal, occurrei Wednesday night, near Blue! M Vf ?* * 1 J.U.UUUbuiu. luioa nuiuo oinun, I young lady from Mooresvillc > joined a party of young people on a straw ride. While going uj ? a steep hill the wagon in whicl the party rode was overturned i The wheels of the wagon, whicl was a very heavy one, passer over the body of Miss Smith witl i the result thut she sustained inter nal injuries and died at an earl) hour this morning at the Hlacl i Mountain Hotel. You Know What Yon are Taklni When you take Grove's Taste less Chill Tonic because the form ula is plainly printed on every hot tie showing that it is simply Iroi and Quinine in a tastoless form No Cure. No Pay. 50e. I : W E 1 ; Ha ve Bargains a : All tlie Time ; In E very Line n ;;Here Are a Few : THAI ARE "HUMMERS." 1 t 1000 yards striped and check1 ed Dimities, worth- 12 1-2 cts it - * - * " ' now S cts. (T II ^ 1000 yards Ginghams, wortli v (> cts, now 4 cts. e 7 8 or 10 pieces Grenadette, i newest thing for i a dies unliiied ? skirts, former price 25 cts, now 15 cts. 10 pieces Point de Bruxelles, , former price 30 (4s, now 23. 5 30 pieces Scotch Lawns, fa si colors, cheap at 5 cts, now 3 1-2 cents. . \ SHOES! , fe# SHOES! 3 0 > We also have a lot of shoes I ; that we have thrown on our bar* i gain counter and are selling at a sacrifice. l -Uwslff Irani Ik' ' , ' * -f - i " . - ?i.. ' *? *. j Two Houses Struck By Light* ning lvoek Hill, Aug. 14.?This section was visited l?y a terrific storm this morning between and ?? o'clock, the wind, rain and > thunder continuing almost uninterruptedly for several hours. The crops m some sections aio I I Governor Increases Reward for, JeiTcoat. The State 17th inst. Gov. McSwecney yesterday added $100 to the rewards heretofore j offered for the capture of Charley ! JeiTcoat, the desperado and out-j law. The price on JeffcoatV liberty is$1,300. When JeiTcoat left this State for Georgia, Gov. Ellerbe offered a reward of $10o. When bo killed J. C. Inlanders in Georgia, the dead man's widow offered $200 for Jeffcoat's capture. This was iucieased by Sheriff .1. T. Flandors to $400; and friends of tho KUUllj UUUOU 111010. 1110 governor of Georgia increased these rewards to $900. Gov. McSweeney offered a reward of$100 for an unknown horso theif in Aiken county?now supposed to have been Jetfcoat; , and after the outlaw killed Deputy Sheriff All the Aiken county authorities offered $100 for his arrest.. For tho murder of All, Gov. McSweeney yesterday offered $100 additional, making $400 in South Carolina and $900 in Georgia awaiting the captor or captors. A Distinct Loss To San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. 15.?The sudden death of Charles Fair and his wife by a collapse of their au. toinobilo in Franco jesterday means a great loss to Sail Fran^ cisco. Just before liis departure ' for Europe Charles Fair had practically completed plans for ftn.nnn onn ? ,-j W Vj v V MVl Vll Wi v;mcnls to the Fun* property here ^ and it was his intention on his return from Europe to sign eon tracts foi the work. The matter of the disposition of the estate of the dead million, aire and his wife has given rise to some little speculation as to what will become of Charles Fair's portion of bis deceased father's immense holdings. It is known that a short time ago both Mr. and Mrs. Fair made wills disposing of their scperatc holdings and the common property, but just what the documents pro * vide for, the attorneys of Charles Fair do not fell at liberty to make public at this time. Mrs. Fair was possessed of [ property to the vuluo of $350,000, and it is thought her will bequeaths I her holdings to relatives in Xow 4 Jersey, but in the event of evidence being adduced that Charles Fair succumbed to his injuries first, Mrs. Chailes Fair's interest in the common property will naturally revert to her heirs, and it is this point on which the disposition of the millionaire's es~ taten largely depends. I ~ 1 A Desperate Fight. The State. \ Laurens, Aug. 15.?A serious shooting affair occurred at Hugh * D . Anderson's, six miles east of the city this afternoon in which George Anderson, white, wis so^ riously if not fatally wounded by three negroes who used pistols anil who in turn wcro each shot by Anderson. Their wounds are slight, however. Anderson was overseeing road work when the Innv onsuc ! \Y. h i'., Colum 1 bin Stnlc. | Grip makes one sick, weary and restless. Or. Miles' Restorative Nervine brings rest. loauiy damaged. A hail slot in down towards Catawba .1 auction did lunch harm. In the city ! there wore two accidents from the lightning. The homes of Mrs. IM. L 1 InU and \V. ,1. Cherry, Esq., both of them in Oakland, were struck. The bolt which struck the Hall residence came down the chimney, lore off the mantel and scattered things over the room. The roof of the Cherry residence was torn up considerably.? The Stale. Dangerous lloit In Fairiield. Huckhcud, Aug 15 ?A terrible storm passed over this neighborhood last night about 0 o'clock. The electrical display was constant and awe-inspiring. The house of Mr. .1. C. Kcaster wus struck by lightning, one chimney and room being shattered, and in another room nearly every pane of glass was broken, the window curtains set on lire and lamp chimney broken without injuring tllfl hi Mill Thn I wilt ninut lin'? divided us lis traek is in opposite directions. In the parlor, u violin r.nd case wore split into kindling without injury to anything else in the room. The escape of the family wis indeed providen. tial.?The Stale. Depot Destroyed by Fire. St Matthews, Aug. 10.?Between 12 and 2 o'clock last night tins place was visited by a terrific electrical storm, accompanied by the heaviest downpour of rain within a year or more. About 2 o'clock the Southern depot was discovered to be on fire, evidently set by the subtle electric fluid. Agent Coney rushed in and secured the books and as many valuable papers as possible, returning for express matter, but was repulsed by the tlames. Several barrels of kerosinc oil and a drum of gasoliue were in the warehouse and lent fury to the flames. An empty box car on a side track was burned.?The State. Barn Struck By Lightning. Lightning last night set fire to flip hnm tit' Mi? l?nU?n !>.?...1.. v-? ?- v/A ^IA.1 ? A A tVU 1 VU ? Iflj near Lykesland, burning it down. The same stroke also killed three cows, which wore in the lot.? Columbia Record. 16tli. Negro Suicides. Spartanburg, Aug, 15.?Perry Miller, colored, aged about 30 years, committed suicide some time between 2 a. m. and noon today, by hanging himself to a pi no tree about 300 yards from his house near Arkwright. His domestic life was not pleasant and ho Ihniirrht liiu wifn nnfoiU,#.il. - ? Iittv UlllUltlllUI ) anil tins caused despondency, which led to the suicide. Ho was a quiet, industrious negro, and ran a hack from this city to Arkwright.?Tho State. ! Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold In bulk Beware of the dealer who tries to sell < "something just as good."