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TOMATO CULTIWK and .1 -?... ?? tomato r<ss|H?n(lH quickly to prop* atfontion or to neglect. If the soil Is preiH'rly prepared and Che plants properly cultivated and fertilized, and kept fi<M- from IiiNoet and fungus dls eas<*. good results, are almost certain in the assurance given planters by the Assistant Horticulturist of Clerason i allege. On the other hand, If tonui tow do not receive eloae attention and t is practically useless to plant The tomato grows well on most any ivjh. of soil. For home use. It 1h only nm*sary' to select a good garden N|H>t ihat would give good result* with other vegetables, This soil, when thorough ly prepared. Is satisfactory, hut, for early crops, a light sandy loam Is beat. The soil should be broken deep, at least twelve Inches, and thoroughly pulverl&ed. Clods are very objection able In the garden, not only for tomato culture, but for other vegetables as well. Therefore, as soon as the Soil is broken, these clods, If there are any, Klumld h?' pulverized at once. If they arc allowed t<? dry before they are broken. it Is difficult to put the soil in projicr condition. If the soil Is ?parted, a good plan Is to thoroughly pulverize the soil as each spadeful Is turned. When the plow Is used, follow with the harrow immediately. The tomato is a gross feeder, there fore. It is necessary for the soil to be rerv fertile. A good application of well -rot ted stable manure, scattered broadcast and thoroughly worked Into the soil, is most essential. This ma nure assists in retaining moisture for i he plants' loosens stiff soils, as well as furnishing plant food. Our potash supply this year is very limited, and for that reason stable manure Is par ticularly needed. When the soil is proj>erly prepared for setting the plants, scatter In tilie drills commercial fertilizer at the rate <?f about 000 pounds ]>er acre. This should analyze about 8 ]>er cent add phosphate, .1 per cent nitrogen, and from (5 to S per cent potash. As It Is almost impossible to obtain potash this year, ulKHil thv best f*?rt illy.?>r that tan l??* used, not only for tumulus hut for other vegetables, is a mixture of equal parts by weight of acid phosphate and cottonseed meal. Apply hi the drill at l he rate of (HHl pounds p?>r acre. or 10 pounds for the UH> plants for the home garden tomato plot. Ahont the time the plants begin to bloom ulve a >-hle dressing of the same amount <>t' the fertilizer. (Jive the plants frequent and shallow cultivation to keep the weeds and grass down, and to retain moisture. ( 'ultlvate after eaeh rain as soon as the ground Is dry enough. The soil rthould he stirred at least onee a week whether it rains or not. This prac tice should he observe) with all veg etable^ in the garden. For home use It Is better to train the tomato plants to a single stem. Set the plants In rows It fin't apart and IS Inches in the drill. Remove all la terals as soon as they api>ear and keep the plants tied to a stalk, In order to keep them from fulling over. This practice of training will result In the production of better fruit and elimi nate most of the rotting. For an early crop of smooth, attrac tive tomatoes, Spark's. Farlianna is about the best variety to plant.' Set Out. the plants as soon as all dan ger of frost Is over. For home use, the llrst planting should consist of one-half ICarllanna and one-half Stone plants. In order to gather fresh tomatoes all summer, make successive plantings of the Stone variety every four \yeeks un til about August 15th. There will he! green tomatoes on the plants that were set out last, when the frost appears. If these vines are pulled up and hung un der shelter before they are damaged by frost, most of this green fruit will rliH'H. When the plants are handled hi this manner, we have had fresh toma toes from the garden until nearly Christmas. The tomato Is subject to several dis eases that are exceedingly Injurious. The tomato wilt is one of the most de structive, About the time the plants begin to fruit heavily, the plants wilt and die in the course of a day or two.. The leaves appear as if hot water had been poured on them. If the bark Is l>eeled, the inner portion of the stem will be dark. Wilt attacks the plant mainly through the roots ; it comes from the soil. Since it works inside the plant It cannot be controlled by spraying. The secret of success lies In prevention. Never plant tomatoes In soil infested with wilt. If reappearto matoes wilted in the garden last year, and they are grown there this year. wilt is almost certain to r?Mip|H?ar; in *ttoh chk<^, rtio only safe plan Is to buy clean pbifits ii ml place thorn in fresh s?>ll, Ho sure and mh'P' plants free fruui wilt, KltUuf grow t lorn at home. J or buy limn a reliable dealer I il? U j place in still five from wtlt. Wight attacks the loa\es and tender I shoot*. This oa u lit' controlled large* . ly by spray I in.' with l.tonUftux Mixture. I'm on tln? tlr^it application about tin* time the plants a iv <i or s inches high and repeat at intervals of two weeks. Tills spraying will also reduce tomato rot. Arsenate of load, ono pound to !Mi gallons of water mixed with tbo llo.r deanx will Kill about all tho worms i that food on tbo plants. n ? ??.???? ?? ?? i i ltooze in tlail. Fishing for tlsb Is a very iHipulitr pastime in oortaln damp quarters, but tbo negroid who woi-o awaiting trial in tbo Kdgctiohl Jail before the last tonn of court Introduced a remarkable variation of tbo sport.. They iisliod for liquor; successfully, too. Sheriff Swearlngon bad stored about 1(H) pints and a lonosoino quart of contraband liquor in ono of tbo colls on tiio third Door of the jail. Tbo bottles woro arranged in orderly ranks along tbo wall of the coll just beneath tho window looking out on tho Corridor. Locating this supply of splritns fru mont, ono of tlio negro prisoners sped back t ?? tho second floor of tbo Jail whore the prisoners are kept ami spread the news. Tho prisoners gath ered around the door of the tightly locked cell on the, third lloor and pool ed thirstily at the loo odd pints and the lonesome quart, Thirst was the mother of invention. The prisoners procured a string, made a loop in the end of it, and the plot thickened materially. One negro stood at the barred door of the cell while another negro stood at the corridor window and lowered the string through the bars. As soon as the negro at the window succeeded In inducing the string to encircle the neck of a bottle, the negro at the door I signalled him to haul away. Tills hauling away process resulted in lift ing from tile orderly row several pints | and the lonesome quart of whiskey. I The absence of the lonesome quart ?from, its abiding place led to tlio de tection of the culprits. It was found that the whiskey fishermen had got ten rid of the bottles by burning tlieni in the stove. ? Kdgetield Advertiser. May hard (Joflf, llolt Harris and A. \V. Shealy were injured in an auto I mobile accident on the Kdisto river bridge Thursday night. CAHT'RKD, AGAIN KSCAPtiS. Nej;ro Who Killed Superintendent Wat kius Lust November. Wadoshoro, N. C\, March 25. ? The tuwn of rageland was thoroughly stir red Friday over the capture and exeai>e <?f at negro wlio Is identified lis the slnyer of Mr. Wat kins, late sui>erin tciident of a cotton oil mill at Lan caster. S. (\ The ne*rro had come to this coinnundty and was running a farm near here. Thursday he was ar rested by .J. A. Anint. \V. Arant. II. N. Askins and Rural Policeman Lee Melton. Fearing a lynching they determine*' to hold hill! until Friday niomli^r and take him to Chesterfield jail. .Nfr Melton handcuffed him and took hlir to an oil thou, so to look htm UP for tho night. As he was In the art of opening the door of tho house, tho chain to tin* handcuffs slipped out of his hand and the negro made a break for liberty. Pursuit was difficult hi the .dark. A law posse from Pago land, Chesterfield Court House and (Juest are on the man hunt, but up to late Friday no trace of tho fugitive had been found. Bloodhounds were put on the trail, but the negro hurnUd his tracks and they soon lost tin1 scent. Mr. Watkins, one of t Iio most prom inent moil In this section, and sui>cr lntendent of it cotton oil milt in Lan caster, wbh shot to death by thin negro In November last year. Clarence M. Habb, for the past nine years mayor of IiHiiiviih, was defeated for re-election Tuesday by J. Calvin Owens, a well known business man of that city. ( ? reen wood is to have a cigar fae totry about tbe tlrst. of April, to be run by the Joe (J. (Jroen company. It Is expected that the factory will em ploy fifty persons. 1916 Will Be A Fisk Non-Skid Year Like 1915 ? Will You Be A Fisk User? Compare These Fisk Prices Grey Non-Skid Casings and Tubes Sim Cutkl Tub* 3 x 30 . . 10.40 . . 2.60 3J x 30 . . 13.40 . . 2.9S 4 x 33 . . 22.00 . . 4.25 4Jx35 . . 31.20 . . S.5S 4>x36 . . 31.55 . . 5.70 5 x 37 . . 37.30 . . 6.90 /?ViJfc Tires For Salt By W. O. Hay Camden The unprecedented demand for this quality tire at low prices continues. It still costs less than the smooth tread tires of many other standard makes. With FUk Free Service in more than 100 Fiak Branches it is the greate?t tire buy pf the year. W Uul Schlosburg's Annual White Sale! Dry Goods Specials FOR THIS SALE J- & P. COATS' SPOOL COTTON, ALSO SILK THREAD, IN ALL COLORS AND NUMBERS, FOR THIS SALE PER SPOOL ** ONE CASE OF 36 INCH GOOD QUALITY BLEACHING, AT PER YARD ' .^-7* ONE CASE OF FANCY LAWNS, WORTH DOUBLE THE PRICE. FOR THIS SALE ATPER YARD ONLY 5c ? 2 CASES OF AMOSKEG AND LANCASTER GINGHAMS FOR DRESSES. 100 PATTERNS TO SELECT FROM, TO GO IN THIS SALE AT PER YARD 7%c TEN PIECES OF PLAM BEACH CLOTH, AT PEj? WORTH DOUBLE WHAT WE ASK FOB SAMfc, ^ YARD <* Horse Show Visitors Welcome Dry Goods Specials FOR THIS SALE | 2 CASES OF EXTRA WIDE AND HEAVY WHITE COUN TERPANES, FOR THIS, TO GO AT EACH, (ONLY TWO TO A CUSTOMER $1.18 1 CASE OF GINGHAMS IN CHECKS AND STRIPES FOR HOUSE DRESSES AND APRONS AT PER YARD 7c / A BEAUTIFUL LOT OF FANCY VOILES, ALL WORTH 75c PER YARD, SPECIAL FOR 'THIS SALE AT per yard. ,23c ONE CASE OF GOOD QUALITY LONG CLOTH, FOR THIS SALE AT PER YARD 9c 10 PIECES OF WHITE GARBADINE, 36 INCHES WIDE, AT PER YARD 19c 1 CASE OF EXTRA GOOD QUALITY LONG CLOTH, 40 INCHES WIDE, TO GO IN THIS SALE AT per yard.. 12c Horse Show Visitors Welcome H. L. SCHLOSBURG The Man Who Undersells Them All ? ? ? ? i.-.jv A__ cprinc merchandise which has been daily arriving for OUR ENTIRE STOCK INCLUDING A COMPLETE AND FULL LINE OF ATM N COM PARABLE LOW PRICES; SUCH LOW PRICES HAVE OFFERED TO THE LAST TWO MONTHS, IS THROWN OUT UPON ^COUNTERS _ msJOR^ of CAMDEN. COME AND LET YOUR OWN EYES CONVINCE YOU. THE PUBLIC OF THIS TOWN AND VICINITY BY ANY MERCHA "f*- - The Underselling: Merchant 944 Main Street Camden, South Carolina The Underselling Merchant 944 Main Street Camden, South Caroline