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THE ADVANTAGES WHICH ACCRUE TO THE FARMER. Some of the Profit He Realizes by the Establishment of Cotton Seed Oil Mills. No manufacturing Industry stands so close to the farmer as the cotton seed oil mills. The Interest of the two are mutual und inseparable. A very large part of the products of the oil mills is now returned to the farm and practically all of It In some form can be utilized. The mill provides a profitable market for the surplus seed, and returns the product to the farmer, with greatly enhanced value In a finished condition. While the larger part of the business between the mill and the farmer Is conducted on a basis of barter and exchange. it does not actually differ null. II 111 i rauila ii um in? iuii S/BIUIII ui the corn mill. The oil mill purchases the seed In the open market, and sells its products in the same way, but ultimately, all of the hulls and meal should get back to the farms from which the seed were shipped. While this is now the result in many cases. It Is not as common or general as the practice should be. Every pound of these two products produced In the South should be returned to the land, either as fertilizer applied direct, or stock feed, the latter much to be preferred, as their value In that way is Immensely Increased. About 1S30 a cotton seed oil mill was established at Columbia, S. C. The historian of the time only considered it of sufllcient Importance to congratulate the "public-spirited" citizen who had enterprise enough to establish the business, but did make the further comment that the owner "expressed from cotton seed a very fair grade of edible oil." No further reference is made to this beginning of the business, and It can only be inferred that the Improper handling of the product, or the prejudices of the people against this "edible oil," prevented it from being successful. In 1860 Aldigee found thousands of tons of seed dumped on the commons, and placed under guard to prevent the cows from eating them, as they were regarded as poisonous to cattle. Front such conditions has grown a magnificent industry that has added millions to the value of Southern farms, increased the traffic of the railroads, established an Immense foreign trado with this country, earned fair returns for Its promoters, while giving employment to thousands of men at remunerative wages, many of whom otherwise would bo idle at the season when their work Is required at the mills. In all of this development the greatest benefits have been derived by the farmers. The mills have taken the seed which prior to their establishment, were either lost entirely or wastefully used, and converted them Into valuable products, easily and economically handled, resulting In the cheaper production of crops, and increased yields per acre. liaising and fattening cattle has been one of the Interesting features of this development. The fattening nf enmo In the South for market, outside, perhaps, of the Texas ranges, was unknown before the extensive use of rotton seed hulls and meal. At present, almost every neighborhood is raising a few head of cattle for the butcher on this feed, and Jn many sections, numbers of cattle are being fattened in this way. As this business increases it will be followed by the erection of packing houses in the South with nil the advantages of such industries. Any land-owner can make fattening cattle profitable. It has been chemically demonstrated, sustained by practical tests that the droppings from cattle fed on cotton seed meal is equal in feeding value to the meal Itself applied directly to the land. No other feed has any such comparative value. When this is considered, the immense advantages derived by the farmers from the establishment of cotton seed oil mills is realized even If no other benefits accrue, but when the abundance and cheapness of hulls is considered, and their value to the farmer and feeder recognized, some idea is given of the splendid work and advantages the other mills have accomplished toward# the development of Southern agriculture. In almost any season, regardless of the price of seed and products, the mills of the Southern Cotton Oil Mill Company of the Carolinas and Georgia will give back to the farmers all of the meal and hulls produced from the seed In exchange for the seed, reserving only the oil, and small amount of short lint to cover transportation charges, cost of working. Interest on Investment and profits. No more liberal division of the profits between manufacturers and consumer has ever been accomplished. It makes the business cooperative, returning to the farmer all that Is of any value to him, in a greatly Improved condition, and consequently greatly increased in value, and leaving with the mill only that part of the seed universally regarded as detrimental in Its natural condition, either as a feed or fertilizer, front which the mill must realize all of Its expenses, Including cost of working. The oil Is converted at fhe refineries In Savannah Into pure and wholesome substitutes for lard, known bh "Palmatlna" and "Snowdrift," and is given back to the consumers' table as a delicacy at a low price, or as a pure cooking oil, as Wesson Cooking Oil. The refuse or waste from the refined oil is made Into a soap, and sold back at a cost that places It in the reach of the poorest. The lint is made into guilts, pillows and mattresses and sold at a price that makes it possible for the bed-rooms of the humblest cottage to he comfortably furnished. In buying or raising cattle to be fattened on hulls and meal, every * ffort should be made to secure good beefproduolng breeds. A prominent and successful packer Is anthorltv for ?ho statement that the Improved breeds frill sell on foot for three times as much as the common stock. The consumption of beef In the South far exceeds any previous period. It can bt met by home production if Southern farmers will use all the hulls and meal made by the oil mills, without drawing on the West. At present only about one-fourth of the cotton seed meal Is consumed where it Is produced for feeding and fertilizing crops, the balance finding a market either in Europe or In the Eastern or Western States. The cotton oil industry has been developed when it was most needed by the people of the South, especially by the Southern Cotton Oil Company, which has mills throughout the South and general headquarters at Columbia. S. C., Goldsboro, N. C., Charlotte. C., Atlanta, Ga., and Savannah and Augusta, Ga Its only danger Is In being over-done. It should get to auch proportions as to have the crushing capacity run ahead of the production of seed, or the production of oil Increase faster than the consumption the results woul<l be disastrous both to the mill owners, and to the farmers. It Is a business requiring a high order of commercial Intelligence for its successful continuance, and it Is manifestly to the Interests of the manufacturer and to the farmer to keep It well within reasonable bounds. Hon A??. Tour Kwinryi f fit. nobbo'dpsrast,* /"lllsciirenll kidney Ills. Hane t?t fro* Add. HtsrUo* IteniedyCo .Chicago or N.T How to Save Sweet Potatoes Mr A. W. Hribham LIN Hov lie Puts A ?\ Potatoes fort be Winter mi that tliey do not U<>t or Lose One Pound Per Husliel in Weight To he Ivlitor of The News nut Courtei: The time is near at hum whenth'swiet potato crop wil lie harve-tt d ?.nd, as usual, pu awu\ to sp? il Perhaps there i: no crop that spoils upon th< tut nit rs' hands eipial to the poiu to crop It is safe to say thai half of all the potatoes put aw?] for winter and spring use spoil either by rotting in winter ?i sprouting and drying out tot much in spi ing. Such heavy hisses 011 this valu able crop put mo to thinking ant to experimenting. Of course success did it <t come I lie firs year, hut it did come, and now do not lose 1 per cent of my po tatoes, and I believe 1 can keej thetn in an absolutely perfect con dition till August. It was thus that 1 came t< make iiiv discovery: 1 notice< that when 1 put away my potatoe: ihat those nearest the bottom o the pit, lying on the damp earth in contact with no straw or othoi foreign matter, kept better thai those ttiat were protectcd(?) b^ straw or other covering, and reached a conclusion that shouh I put my tubers deep enough iut< the earth, keep out all ruin ant cold, that the problem was solved This 1 have proved beyond an) doubt. As soon as the first frost it October nips or bites my potatt vines 1 put in ploughs and bant rakes and harvest my crop, dig pits three feet wide, six fee long and five feet deep, till it with potatoes within two feet o the top. Any kind of clean dr} stuff, such as hav, fodder, rice oat or wheat straw may he usei to fill in the remaining space ii| to the surface, then a roof o hoards is made to shed off th rain, and upon this roof is throwi two or three inches of earth t( keep out the cold. Potatoes thus nut uwav wil I ' not rot, or lose one pound po bushel in weight, or sprout til mid-summer. And they sweetei and get softer as they ago ani mellow in their sepulchraKlik roccptacle. ) list here 1 am led to think tha this method would be an ideal on lor keeping apples, late peaches pears, grapes; in fact,?all kind o fruits and vegetables, perfectly fiesh from one season to another Fruits And conserves were ex homed only a few years ago a Fompeii and other tinned citie of the East just as fresh as the; were when put away in cans an? jars nearly two thousand year ago. And from this discover; the great canning industry of to day sprung. In putting away potatoes ii pits there are simple rules tha iiiu-t he followed: Dig or harvest potatoes befori har?? frost. Frost-bitten potatoe will not keep and, oven coul< they he kept, they are not edible M . I- - ?. ? lju inn ?ug your pit uoej enough for the water to sipe (seep into the pit. On a high olevutioi you may dig the pit as deep p you wish, but on very low land do not go so deep. Do not put any straw or an^ foreign snstance on tho bottom o your pit. Put the potatoes 01 tho cool, dump earth. I'se no, ' sidings" of anything against the walls of your pit. Le tho tubers be in contact with th< cool, dump earth. Do not make your p:ts to< large. Three teet wide, six fee long and five feet deep will givi good result on high land. Oi low lands three fedt will be deep enough; till half *ull of potatoes when the pit is tbreo feet deep. If the top tilling of ttraw is not sound and dry, fine from all mould or rot, use no straw at all Bo sure that the roof of the pit does not leak. Use boards free from holes or sun cracks. A leaky roof means totten potatoes. 1 Keep all cold wind out of the 1 pit by putting earth upon the roof l and around thegubles. Allow no - water to get into the pit. 3 By following these simple rules . \ oil can have delicious potatoes I on your table the year round. The i longer the potatoes stay in the , pit the better they get. r Prof .1. S. Newman's plan of * drying potatoes will not compare at all with my plan. To use a - street slang, Prof. Newman is not 1 <'111 it." Why use dried potatoes i when you can have fresh ones all I ilie time?,. I There are great economic agri cultural problems to solvo nod, ^ like any other problems, they can - be solved; at least all finite questions have an answer; those infii nito have none and we have neith 1 er time nor business in questional ing them. But all the mysteries f making doubtful the way of pro gressive man will lie cleared up aa ' the sunlight banishes the morning r mists and the crooked ways made i straight and the pathway made , plain. And the great philoso [ pher, Shakespeare, when ho said: , \ There aro more things in Heaven , and earth, Horatio, j Than are dreampt of in your phi losophy, was divining a truth broader than ' its surface showed. A. VV. Brabham, i Olar, Bamberg Co. Sept. 21. \ HOW'S THIS J . We offer One Hundred Dollars Ben I ward for any case of Catarrh that cant not be cured by Hall's Catai rh (Jure. F J CHENEY & O., Props To5 len ?, O ? We the underslgnen I ave ku ?wd F J Slioney f ?r tne last 15 years, and y believe bun perfectly honorable in ail business transactions and financially i able to carry out any obligations raadt j by their firm. 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I.iuimra. or * /.ivln. the Pace ihal Kill**' It wui da nfl In ii e a iiiity, t oiihhinption and Death it I clear* 'In* Blond and Hiain, Koiklt* 111 the Shattered .Nerves, Kcstorea he i 3 Ktre of Youth, and Bring* the Pink i I ()iow to Pale Cheeks, and Makea y??u i Youiik and Strong ajtalti fJOo , 122 o Hoxom Jftft. By Mail to Any Add'tH-. i Crawford lima Druggist, ngenta. Can 1 canter Mexican Mustang Liniment m A toad un< a harrow suffers no mor that is tortured with Spa Sores, Sprains, etc. Most and apply tho kind of syn far and wide as Mexican Musta Li Nover fails?not even in th Cures caked udder in cows remedy. Hardly a disease or joints that cannot bo cur Mexican * $ Mustang Liniment it* Lancaster and Chester RAIL \V A \ schedule in effect JuneS. 1902. ( Daily except Hunda ) WESTBOUND : EAHTBv UNO. So's. 14 and 16 I No'b. 5 aud 1*. A M. P VI. A P M SmK) 6 45 Ar Cheslei Lv 10.0U 6 15 7.30 0.15 Richburx 10 7 8 45 7.23 0.05 Rasoombville 10 47 S 2 7.10 5.45 Kort( Lawt? 1J 03 0 05 P M 0.-15 6.15 l.y Lancaster Aril 30 9 30 | No. 14, leaving Lancaster 6-45 um.. iiakes close connection at i heater with Southern Railway No 30 for Charlotte and points north; and Sea ! ooard Air Lino ' Atlanta Special" j jt Atlanta and points Meet. A so j villi (Carolina aud Northwestern Rail I vay No 10 for enolr N O and in- i termedtute points, and .-M-tithem K nI way No 33 for "? umiii aid i -mie ?ouih No 15, leaving fh-st-T HUM a in. ! jouuocts with rtout .let n l-.at'wsy No.' 46 fiotu Columbia and otitis south; Seaboard sir Line " \f seta Snecia:" ; from northern and ejtate'ii potto < .t.,d Southern Ra iw.'ij No 55 f- m No>th eru and eas'ern po.o*-. . i.-r. jaalcr witti t i K f , is h< ig No. 10, leavi -g 1 ja .-a** < r 5 5 i in aouuecla at Lanoa-t- i *\ . ? A. f> K from t.'aiuileo an ? dart i. a I on:. sru Railwhv N 31 i* . i-'e? . 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Irs.' i~ * f 1 I \tm m tm \ iWlIr overcome Low of Hair, | eased Hoofs and Scratches in hor moles and cattle. Farmers try iU i ier '? than the fhithfhl hor bo ivins, Swinney, Ilarneaa horso owners know thig apathy that heals, known I ing imi merit. o most aggravated cases, quicker than any known peculiar to muscle, skin e<l by it. e beet remedy on the market for d Oalla, Sprains and Skin Lumps. :ecps horses oad mules in condition. North Carolina's Foremost Newspaper, the charlotte observer, EVERY DAY THE YEAR. CALDWELL & TOMPKINS. PUBLISHERS. J. 1\ CALmVELL, Editor, $8.00 PER YEAR. OBSERVER Receives the largest Telegraphic News Service deliver ed to any paper between 1 Washington and Atlanta, and its special service is the great-1 est ever handled by a North Carolina ^ taper. i THE SUNDAY OBSERVER Consists of 16 or more pages, und is to a large extent made up of original matter. SHK SEMI-WEEKLY OBSERVER. , Printed Tuesday and Friday, *1.00 per year. The largest paper in North Carolina. Sample copies sent on application. Address THE OBSERVER, Charlotte, N. C. UENTLEMK.Y, (Jet the A'ev Novel Disco v? 1 y. fiflkffil IEI 1 rv.i <:< ri< >i\? 1 uiHh Gouorrhoe 1 ami Gleet inl to 4 <1 tys Jtsaction is magical. Pifvents stricture A/I complete. To be car ried in ves? yooket. Hure preventative. s? tit bv mail in plain package, prepaid, on receipt of pjbe. $1.00 per box; 3 f r $2 fio G raw fold Bros. Druggists, Agei- s, Lancaster. N (J. thTsMTweekly journal OF ATLAN1 A, 6A., isu twice a w-ek NKWH paper, pub linked on Monday and Ttlcsda> ot eajh no k, witt' aii the iatest news 01' the v*or'?l, which comes over their leased wireeitiiect to their office, la an ? tuiil-page s. vei.-coumn paper By airsngeno r t* w?- have setHirrtl a .'I?rrini mic Willi ill' ill III C'lUlfCIK'n " "our paprr anil for $'2 we Will send Tbe Lancaster Ledger The Semi-Weekly Journal The Home and Farm all three one year. Tina Is the best efTer we have ever made to our friends unit -ulsoribers You hud better take advent ay e of this effer st nee. for The Journal may u it bdrHW I heir eptcial rate to u* at any lime Tlie Hemi-weekly has many prominent men hi d women oniitri'bufors to tin lr (olutnnr umoi k them being Hev Hum Jones, llev. Walker I.ewlt, Hon Mm vie Joi dan, Hon John Temple Oiavei* a d M rh W H Felron besides their ?oips of thcient editors who take chc i?' ;ie news mutter Their dt part-i eots ?>?e w-.?|| covered 'Its columns <<f leim i e a> is worth tbepr.ce of ibe papers i {-end dircc to ibis offirc $2 and se cure tlie tnree abotje mentioned paper oneve.tr, Add THF LANCASTER IFObfcft, LANCASTER B O. R/NMiT" tobacco sun L/L-JIN I and SMOKE * 1 Your Lifeawayt You can 1>e cured of any form of tobacco units easily, bo ntade well, strong, magnetic, full o' tew life and vigor by taking MO-TO-BAO, that makes weak men strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten davs. Over BOO, OOO cured. All druggist*. Cure .guaranteed. Rooklet and advice. VRKK. Address STKBLINQ RKMKOY CO.. Cbicaaro or N? v?v At . 1 ?m?m 'fax Notice. i i .!..?.i. t he .) . i lie ? m it ? ! i '.}' * ' *? \iie Hm. i h i'iiH'1 y Jai.ui.i v .-1,1902, .. i ; I ' - ' I htt I t |,i 'I lilt I r lUiftl t liH'lir ClUl.ty will l.f t'l t , , , , . i.f . uX ? 11' IU llif r (| I lr u' VI 9<l . II ill I t lit) s 1 ? 1! . t liei e ?>er Mij.a. 'II tt \ Ih H Jt-I Oil ri M. rmX 5 milts. ? t k. ?y 1 v 4 " ni.i-ii tu. t si s. I rn' tax, 3 " 1 hte?? -t t.it 1. ,i . t! Honda ? ?Ss. U I. , 3 It li I' K itn" till linld*, . it H H . 1 " T??t j I 1J 44 I?.tfr at on Township Bonds, C. C. & <: It. It.]' ei-uiit HHI, 3 mills. G'l * I icck, o " one x in'k, 41 " Local M-liool Tax: I .Mi easier. 4 " t.aiicsHiti iiit mi bonds, 11 44 n. a'li Hill ings, 3 " OakJiurnt, 4 44 Kersbsw. 4 " Jones X Roads, 2 44 Total Levy by Townships and District*: Indian Land, 16 mills. Waxhaw, 16 " t;*ne ? r.?ek, i.Oj *" " " Graded 8c 16* 41 * JXR, 22* ' Hcila ' reek. -1 " ' (Jraded echini, 26j " JXR, 23 " Hu'onl, IB ? KihI ? itek. 16 " Kerthaw, 20 Pl? anknt Hill, 19 * " Kershaw 23 ' ' " Heatti iSpr 22 " * Oak hurst 23 * J X R, 21 Cedar Creek, 10 " JXR, 18 " Corresponds' ce relative to taxes , promptly attended to. W t.. OAUTHEN, < ouuty Trsasurer. BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE TOWN PROPERTY. 1 1-2 acres, 8 room dwelling, good out-buildings, etc. Corner lot. 1 acre, new G room dwelling, very desirable. Corner lot. 1-2 acre, new 7 roOm dwelling, splendid location. Corner lot, new 5 room cottage. Four lots, 3-rooin cottages on each. 1 lot, 5-room cottage. 2 lots, 3 room cottages, in East End. 5 vacant lots, about 1 2 acre each. 1 lot, 5-room cottage, etc. Cunningham brick hotel building on Main street?4 store rooms, 18 sleeping rooms, kitchen, etc Also furniture, etc. Only hotel in town. Good reason for selling. A big bargain. Also several lots in the town of Kershaw. ' | OTHER PROPERTY. 434 acres, 14 miles North of town. ao l i VOTf illicit, MHJWIl an "1(1111 Barnes place," Cedar Creek townabip. 15*2 acres, known as "J. L. Barton place," Cedar Creek. 90 acres, 4 miles North-east of town, known as "Sims place." 115 acres, "Kirkland place," near Heath Springs. 240 acres, "Porter place," 7 miles East of town. 50 acres, "Ellis place," adjoining. 100 acres, "Grubaui place," Cedar Creek. 61 acres, "Snipes places," near O. K. 44 acres, 35 acres, 150 acres, 292 acres in Kershaw county. |-^~For full information, tonus of sale, etc., of above property, apply to T.S.CARTER Kkai. Estate Agent. Aug 26, 1902. mammmmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmu* candy catmartic^ Genuine stamped C. C. C. Never sold In but)' Beware of the dealer who tries to sell "something just as good." PABTOHIA. B?an the s9 Kind You llavs Always Bought * . .. til