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I AIKEN, S. C M MARCH 11, 1892. BANKING UP CELERY. A Plan That Gives Satisfaction at the Ohio Experiment Station. Here at the station for the past three years we have been raising our celery in beds about four feet wide, and the plants six inches by one foot apart, tells E. C. Greene, of the Ohio station, in Ohio Farmer. This method, by the way, pos sesses some advantages that are not gained by the usual way of planting in rows. The way of handling, as thus de scribed by a well known writer on rural subjects—“the gardener now gets on his knees, straddling the row and gath ering up all the stalks of one plant after another in his left hand, packs the soil firmly around with his right to retain them in a compact and erect position”— seemed to be out of place in our beds, so we tried string, by winding one around each plant and then going on to the next, keeping the string taut enough to hold the stalks in place. This was a decided improvement over the way of holding the stalks in place by earth until the rest of the soil was put in, but when it came to taking the string off the soil would be tramped around the plants and the leaves and upper parts of the stalks would be torn off, and the time it took in removing it made us al most want to go back to the way of holding it up with our hands. All sorts of suggestions were made to get rid of the trouble of taking off the string, un til some one thought that paper string would do, and it would rot off and not hurt the plant. We put it on several thousand plants and then waited to see if any injury was done. When the plants were taken out for winter it was found that very little injury was done and this happened by the careless putting on of the otring. The plants were held in position by the string until a rain came and settled the dirt around the plant and wet the string enough it would give way to the grow ing plant. Some of the plants we gave a second banking before the string gave way and let the plant spread. I have helped try a good many inven tions but I never had any that worked so well from the start as this one did. We invented a little device for putting the string on. First we held the ball in our hands, but this was inconvenient. So one day 1 went into the shop and took a tomato can and punched a hole through the bottom of it, nailed it to a stick, and then with a piece of pantaloons’ suspend er, with the buckles, fastened it to the right arm above the elbow and at the wrist, letting the string run out at the bottom of the can and between the thumb and forefinger. With this one can wind celery all day. This plan works just as well with the plants in rows as it does in beds and does not take quite so much string. The Bush Lima Bean. One objection to the old Lima bean has been, with many persons, that it can be gro't^^^MMa poles, which are both unsigt^^^^^^Bktensive. The bush Li: The March number of Good House keeping is filled with matter of so un iform excellence that it would be un just to mention a few of the many good articles which are contained in its handsome pages, while omitting others of equal merit. It is a journal for the home and the home interest; sensible, modest, and entirely free from the sensational, vaporing meth ods which are adopted by many of the present day. To quote an old saying, Good Housekeeping is a good magazine “to tie to,” and one which can be uniformly read with profit and heeded with confidence. Clark W. Bryan &Co., {Springfield, Mass. $2.40 per year. The State Sunday-school Conven tion will meet at Marion on Tuesday evening, April 5 prox, and remain in session three days. Each Sunday- school is requested to appoint one or more delegates at once to attend the expenses will be light. Any in-_ formation regarding this subject will be cheerfully furnished by Mr. Frank F. Whilden, the secretary of Charles ton county, and all delegates are re quested to report to him not later than the 20th inst. McELREE’S WINE OF CARDUI lor Weak Nerves. When Mr. Springer remarked in Congress the other day, “I would rath er be right than President,” Mr. Tom Reed wickedly observed, “Mr. Speak er, the gentleman from Illinois will never be either. Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, 111., writes: “From personal experience I can recommend De Witt’s Sarsapa rilla, a cure for impure blood and gen eral debility” W. J. Platt. *tf~BLACK-DRAJGHT tea cures Constipation. Captaij military did dj Mih BUSCH HOUSE AIKEN, S. C. ' HENRY BUSOH, Proprietor. Rates $2 per day. Special Rates by the week. Busch House Transfer carries pas sengers for Busch House Free. OFOrders for Passengers and Bag gage left at the House or at H. Busch & Co.’s Store will receive prompt at tention. Tie Meville Hotel. O N the main line of the R. & D. Railway, opposite the station at Graniteville, S. C., within five miles of Aiken. Comfortable rooms, and Table sup- pliedw ith the best. Meals ready on arrival of trains. Refreshments served at any time of the day to visitors from Aiken. Five mails daily. House has been newly renovated. Reasonable rates of board and every attention given to guests. MRS. N. E. SENN. The Trinity Church corporation of New York has agreed to subscribe $100,000 toward the purchase of the site for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The laying of the corner- s:one of the cathedral has been defi nitely fixed for All Saints Day No vember 1 next. WEST VIEW. Near Highland Park Hotel. The Grand Duke of Hesse has had a stroke of paralysis that has affected the entire right side of his body. His condition in critical. He was was the husband of the late Princess Alice of England. We truly believe De Witt’s Little Early Risers to be the most natural, most effective, most prompt aud econ omical pill for biliousness, indiges tion and inactive liver W. J. Platt. MISS SEDGWICK’S. ST. TIJADDEUS SQUARE. The Scotch verdict, “guilty, but not proved,” has been revised aud improved by the Presbyterian church court at Morristown, N. J., in the case against the Rev. A. C. Dill. The presbytery’s finding is, “not guilty, but don’t do it again.” It is a fixed and immutable law that to have good, sound health one must have pure, rich aud abundant blood. There is no shorter nor surer route than by a course of De Witt’s Sarsaparilla W. J. Platt. Try BLACK-DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia. THIS OLD REL1 IN AIKEN—IS Hhsubp*! IT HAS ALSO BE) Ti WANDO FI STEVENSON HOUSE, Aiken, S. C. Corner of Park Avenue aud Newberry Street. Mrs. E. C. GREEN, Proprietress. For Sale by^ FRAI President and G< ROBERT POWELL. PARK AVMll HOTEL Opposite tie Passenger Station. A. M. TAFT, Proprietor. POW Hardwa Store No. 1—Hard" House Furnishing Goods, N* and Oils, Agricultural Implei Ammunition. 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