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PLANTING orange trees. Yfc* §*»*«*n t* ?iow 0»—Otreful Hn»- 4IIiik of Root*. By P. H. pOLFft The time fur out orange trees from the nursery will depend on tlie location and the conditions. In the West Indies and south Florida tn*es jnay be set out at any time #f the year when tlie land Is ready and there Is sufficient moisture to faror their growth. In central Florida the spring (February and March) is preferable. The same Is true of north Florida. Louisiana and Mississippi.. In the ex treme northern jiortions of the citrus growing section It Is usually better to wait until the danger of freezing weather is past. This will bring the date up to about the latter part of Fel»- ruary. In setting out trees from the nursery care should -lie taken to Injure the roots as little as possible. Where trees can l>e taken up with a consld- eiable boll of earth and transplated in this way they may be set out without any apparent check In growth. This, however, is not usually practicable in •andy soils. At the Time of S*ttla« Oat. When the trees are taken up, the roots should Ik? carefully protected by means of wet cloths or moist moss and the trees set in holes already prepared for them. If the ground is not already very moist, the addition of one or two palls of water will usually puddle tlie roots and cause the trees to grow promptly. At the time of setting out the tops should Ik? cut Ixick to cor respond closely to the condition of the roots. The favorite six** of tree to set out Is one thnt'has grown about four feet tall In the nursery and has several branches. Such trees are usually about an Inch or an Inch and a half In diame ter at the crown. Teaflaa Saed Cora. ▲ test of seed corn can very easily be made by numlieiing the ears and then taking five (or ten) kernels from each ear and placing them to num bered rows in shallow boxes of moist sand, arranging them so that the ker nels from ear No. 1 are In row No. 1. etc. The cut shows a portion of such - oomr test. a box five days after the kernels had been placed In It—ten kernels from each ear to n row. If the boxes used are two or two and a half Inches deep and damp cloth Is spread over the top after the kernels are placed In the sand, no further atten tion will Ik? necessary for five or six days, when the results of the test can be recorded. The box should be kept In a warm place where the tempera ture does not fall lower than 00 de-' F. ■T.r ■—.. Fertiliser Bedded os Early. Taking togetlier the cotton experi ments of three years, It Is believed at the Georgia experiment station that— first it is quite safe to conclude that a fertilizer of which the nitrogenous in gredient consists of cottonseed meal Is more effective in increasing the to tal yield when applied In advance of planting and bedded on; second, that such a fertilizer when bedded on four teen to sixteen days in advance of planting will Induce earlier fruiting and larger early v»e|d of cotton^ ^.r- ■** f f t * , — * Save Feed and Lose Live Welsh!. Bee the calves shrink up at this sea son for the lack of fet'd In your com munity, says Texas Farm and Ranch. It does not stop with calves. Look at the yearling steers, “scared out of six months* growth” by the threat of star vation which dally stares them In the face. They won’t grow an inch In height or length, will actually shrink In weight, for the next 1)0 or 120 days. Save the feed and lose the live weight made during the past fall season. FARM BREVITIES When clover fields are Infected with the root borer, allowing them to stand but two years will help to subjugate the pest In any locality. Seed coni shotsd be so well cared for that it will contain no ears that will not germinate, and seed testing should hfi employed as a demonstra tion of the fact that the seed has re ceived proper attention rather than as a screen to separate the worthless from tbs poorly preserved seed. Every farmer should lave his seed corn testing patch, on which competing selections from his own fields and va rieties secured elsewhere may be sub jected to a careful field teat tinder bis owneye. - < ... “ A. Advice to the Aged. Age briags Infirmities, such as slng- Kish bowels, week kidneys and bid der sod TORPID LIN ER. Tutfs Pills have a specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowels, causing them to perform tbeir natural functions as in youth and IMPARTING VIGOR —- to the kidneys, bladder and LIVER. They are adapted to old and young. Potato *cau cun in? largely prevoutevt by Ktibrnerring the seed for two hours or more In a formalin solution made by dissolving one pint of formaldehyde in thirty gallons of water. Great Inspiration Is obtained from keeping a record, and nothing gives a dairyman more satisfaction than watching the Improved returns from hts herd. The byproducts of cbeesemaklng and buttermaking are valuable factors In adding to the wealth of dairymen through hogs and the rearing of cattle. SpolleU HU Scheme. Among the creditors of an Insolvent firm was a New Yorker who had a bal ance of $285 coming to him. This man wanted hla money. He waa a good talker and persuaded the firm to pay him off In case he conld get tbet other creditors to grant an extension of time. So he called a meeting of the creditors and talked to them eloquently nt>out the prospects of the firm getting on its feet again if It only had time. He. seemed to have won out when u little old man 1^ the Iwck of the room rose and In a squeaky voice declared that he, for one, wanted his money and did not want to wait for It. “Don’t j*ou think it is rather selfish of you to inter fere with this plan, in which ail of the other creditors have agreed?’’ asked the first man. “We are willing to wait for the amount of our claims. Every one of us. Including myself, believes that this firm should have plenty of time. How much is your claim, any way?” In the same piping voice the little old man answered: "They owe me $185,000. How much Is your claim?" The Tomb Spider. The people of Italy believe in the ex istence of a wonderful creature which for the want of a better name la called the tomb spider. The entomologists know nothing of this queer beast and declare that It only exists In the fancy of the superstitious persona and those whose curiosity or business makes It necessary for them to explore old ru ins, tombs, catacombs, etc. According to the popular account, the tomb spi der Is of a pure white color, has wings like those of a bat, a dozen horrid crooked legs and a body three or four times the size of that of the largest tropical American tarantula. The ac counts of this queer insect and his out of the way places of abode are by no means common, and on that account the Information concerning him which we will be able to give la very meager. Any Italian will tell yon that such a creature exists, however, and that be Is occasionally met with In old mines and caverns as well as In tombs and sub terranean ruins. It U possible to obt. u relief from chronic indiecstion and dyspepsia by the use of KODOL FOR DYSPEPSIA Some of the hopeless rases of long standing have yielded to it It enables you to digest the food you eat and ex ercises a corrective influence, building the efficiency of the digestive organs he stomach is the boiler wherein the steam i* made that keeps up your {vitality, heal'h god strength. Kodol digests what you cat. Make, the iLmach sweet—puts toe boiler in c mdltioa to do the work nature demand 1 of it—gives you relief from digestive disorders, aad f mts you in shape to do your best, and eet your best. Sold by John M Klein. CONCERNING COTTON. Th« Boll Wesvil—Mill Stock Good. Forclnn the Crop. The boil weevil la now rapidly de stroying aquarea ami puncturing grown bolls in the Infested valley lands of Texas and portions of Louisiana. From the Brazos valley plantations we learn that the early work of tko weevil for the season was almost inappreciable. Now tlie pest is strong in numbers aad able to knock off the new forms which under favorable fall conditions would make cotton. Profit In Cotton Mill Stock. It is generally conceded that southern cotton inilis have worked out a margin of 20 per cent profits during the p ust year. If they could do this with cotton averaging 0 Cents a pound and fluctu ating between (1 and 1C cents, we won der what margin canid be made with Ftnble i*rices around 1) cents. Southern cotton mill stock owned in part by cot ton growers is considered the safest In vestment in the eastern southern states. Cotton Forred to Early Maturity. On one of the Sanger brothers' plan tations situated in tlie weevil infested portion of the Brazos valley a novel method of forcing cotton to early ma turity was adopted the post spring. For some yean past quantities of sta ble manure had been piled up about the place.. .JThls was freely drilled In the top of the rows just ahead of the cot-> ton planters last spring, and the young cotton practically started its growth on n bed of manure. Ordinarily these val ley lands nr** so rich in all that goes to make weed growth (vegetable matter, moisture and nitrogen) that to put ma nure under cotton appears a foolish practice. However. .Mr. Barry, the manager of tlie Sanger plantations, converted old one horse cotton planters Into manure distributers by cutting 4 by 0 ipch holes in the bottom of each planter and with this strewed a plenti ful lot of well rotted manure In tlie top of the bed. Tlie good results were no ticed In a few weeks. This cotton grew off more rapidly than nonmannr- ed cotton, and the yield of cotton pick ed and ready to pick is far ahead of the ordinary valley crops. — Farm and Ranch. LEVELING DEVICE. A Simple HomemnAe Level Csefal la Laylas Oat Ditches. Take three pieces of thin l>oard, say two or three inches wide, two of them about seven feet long, one for crossbar A CHEAP LEV Elk of triangle near five feet long, nailed across two and a half feet from base parallel to the points of the triangle. Hung a plummet and line from the top to Just below the crossbar. Get the center ou the crossbar by reversing the triangle and make a groove or fine cut in the crossbar for the center, so tliefe will be no mistake. Raise one end of the triangle one-half an inch, make a flue mark where the plumb line then hangs. That will show a grade of one inch to the rod where the points of the triangle are eight feet three inches apart. For a grade of two Inches to rod raise one end an inch. A spirit level glass imbedded in the top edge of the crossbar at the center will be handy to have when the wind blows too much for the plumb line, says Ohio Farmer In describing this level. To ascertain k the fall or average grade of a drain place the triangle on the surface of the ground at outlet of proposed drain, sight lengthwise on the crossbar to an object two and a half feet from tlie ground at the upper end of the drain. Where the plumb line hangs on the crossbar will show the grade regardless of distance. Timothy Hay and Stover. Large amounts of timothy hay are often fed to dairy cows tieeause It is thought to be a very rich and nourish ing foodstuff, but in experiments made with twenty-four cows at the Virginia experiment station last winter It would seem that shredded stover, when well made and preserved, can often Ik? used to replace the timothy hay to advan tage. As timothy hay brings from $10 to $15 a ton on the market and shredded stover is practically a waste product on the farm, the economy of utilizing the latter Is apparent to all. HERE AND THERE Select seed corn and have it thor oughly dried by artificial heat befort frccrii’s wo"lher. It is cia!»...J *or the milk cows of Holland that they average 4,227 quarts of milk per head per year ou a con servative estimate. Those Interested !:i cement for build ing purposes will be pleased to know that the great permanent exhibition building on the Texas state fair grounds at Dallas D built of hollow cement blocks, cast where used, the sand and cement material Inung se cured near by. ^ Where conditions are not favorable for fall sowing of alfalfa Director Redding of Georgia advises ns the next best time the early spring, after the danger of severe frost has passed. Most of the surplus wheat of the United States la produced in the coun try lying west of the Mississippi river north of Oklahoma and east of the Rocky mountains. Sciatica Cured After Twenty Years of of Torture. For more than twenty years Mr J B Massey, of 8302 Clinton St., Minnea polis, Minn., whs tortured by sciatica. The pain and soffering which he en dured during this time is beyond com prehension. Nothing gave him any per manent rellefguntil housed Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. One app icatlon of that liniment relieved the pain and made sleep and rest possible, and less than one bottle has effected a permanent cure. If troubled with aciatica or rheumatism why net try a 25-cent bottle of Pain Balm and see for yourself how qnickiy it re lieves the tain. For tale by Jno M Klein. , . See that your druggist gives you* imita tion when yon nsk fer Kennedy’s Laxa tive cough syrup. Bold by John M Klein. -r TTON fields need never “wear out.” A complete fertilizer, with the right amount of Potash, feeds to the soil the' nourishment that cotton must' have, and which the cotton removes from year to year. “Cotton Culture,” our interesting 90-page book, contains valuable pointers on cotton- raising, and shows, fiom comparative photo graphs, what enormous cotton yields Potash has produced in different states. This book will be sent you free of any cost or obligation if you will just write us for it. s J Add re*#, GERMAN KALI WORKS; v A *>ir—o t NctFM* nr AtIbiiti Ga.—22JI So. Brood Street. N ew Sping Goods —at— J. R. READ & 60. Our first shipment of New Spring Wash goods are arriving daily; such as Ginghams and Chambraysat 10c and 12£c,White Madras and Mercerized Wait ings at lowest prices, 12$c. 15c, 18c, 20c, 25c. White Lawns at 8c. 10c, 12^c up to 25c. NJ£W Colored Lawn and Or gandies. A handsome lot of new patterns at 12^c. nbw b: ack dress silks. FRICES range from 50c to $1.25. We call special attention to our 30 inch guaranteed “Chif fon Ta^feta. ,, Special prices $1.00 and $1.19. BEW BLACK DRESS GOODS MEDIUM weights for full suits and separate skirts. NEW COLD DRESS GOODS ARRIVING by every steamer, marked dow” lowest cash prices. COLD BILKS FOR Shirt Waist and Shirt Waist Suits. We call special attention onr white and cold china silks for suits and shirt waists. 27 inches wide at* 50c. Full lino white wash silks at 25c, 30c, up to 75c. FULL line of Gloves, Hosiery Embroideries, Laces, Collars and Stock Collars, full line Novelty Neckwear. New Shirt Waists and Ready Made Suits, arriving by every steamer. Mr. R. L. White, Mr. A. H. Petcckand Mr. Charles Webb will be glad to serve their many friends at the popular old Dry Goods House. J. R. READ A CO. 240 King Street,^ - CHARLESTON, 5. C. THE FLOUR OF Q J VIFY. Z a l D- Dodd Round, S. C. Notice. Spanish jack owned by M. H. Hiott and B. G. Hiott. Eight years old, 16 hands high, weight, one thousand pounds. Now located at Mr Ben Chas- sereau’s, near Doctor's Creek. Will stay there for this season. All who patronize will pay $i.oo in advance. B; G. HIOTT. HOW iPLEASANT IT IS TO lilVOW While zt a dance or Receptloa that yoar foot wear is in keeping- with the style, or while on the’ street that yoar Shoe* have that'air of fineneae—or while banting that yonr Boots are water-tight, ver at home that your slippers are neat and ccmfortabl;— THAT’S WHAT WE TERM SATIS FACTION. We claim all of our Shoes are satis factory, as we secure the sort that proves our claim. MAIL ORDERS FILLED UPON RE CEIPT, Thus Avoid Disappointmentt—Send us YOUR.ORDERS. DANCE SLIPPERS for Ladies $1.50 to $4.00 DANCE SLIPPERS for Men $1.50 to $2.00 STREET SHOES for Ladies - $2.00 o $8.50 STREET SHOES for;Men $2.00 to $8.00 HOUSE SLIPPEUS.for Ladies 50c to $2.00 HOUSE SLIPPERS for. men - $1 00 to $2.00 OUR.CHILDRENS .SCHOOL ;8HOES ARE THE BEST —They like Kough Play— BOYS SHOES GIRLS SHOES $1.50 to $2A0. $1.50 to $2.50 LITTLE SHOES $1.00 to 00. regular, even stands, and of the very best grade, for which the highest prices can be gotten at your warehouse, or from tobacco buyers if ^ou will, a few weeks before planting, Virjiflia-Caro&a Fertilizers. Use them again as a top dressing, or second application. These fertilizers are mixed by capable men, who have been making fertilizers all their lives, and contain phosphoric acid, potash and nitrogen, or ammonia, in their proper proportions to return to your soil the elements of plant-life that have been taken from It by continual cultivation. Aeoept no substitute. Vlrglnlo-Carolku Chemical Co., Richmond, Vs. Atlanta. Go. Norfolk. Va. Savannah. Go. , Durham. N.O. Montgomery, Ala. Charleston, 0.0, Memphis, Tenn. Baltimore. Md. Shreveport. La. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles Itching, Blind, Bleeding, or Frotrud ne Piles. Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any cate, no matter of how long standirg, m <1 to 14 days. First application give* ease and rest. 60c. If joxr druggist hasn’t it send 50c in •tamps and It will be forward ed postpaid l y Faria Me Hein: Co, Si. Louis, Mo. /