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umm ?ftiip W ILife-Savers f The Church of God, Saints of Christ, ^ which has an edifice on Barclay street, Newark, holds as one of its tenets the Wm necessity of immersion. Yesterday 100 of the congiegatiou, headed by W, Elder Anderson, says the New York W Globe, journeyed over to Greenville i to witness the baptism of Mrs. Charles Jackson of Boston, who had come on from that city for the ceremony. The saints choose Newark Bay as a suit* I able place. * 4 On Saturday night the lifesavers v _ stationed there, who are all volunteers. yand the sons of rich families, held a ball at the station. The dance went on ' considerably after midnight, and when the guests had gone the members continued enthusiastically to celebrate. On their clouded vision the next morning fell the sight of a body of white robed persons singing hymns, who were apparently about to enter the water. Capt. Stephen Herig summoned his crew to quarters. "We must save them," he said. "Certainly," responded the crew. "Come nearer to the saving flood." sung the company, as Elder Anderson and the novitiate walked into the water. ^ Every one knows that Newark bay at this point is not more than five feet deep anywhere, but the life savers, anxious to do their whole duty, rushed out of the station, plunged into the water and drew the elder and woman ashore. Then they buckled life preservers about their bodies. Elder Anderson protested. Caught Grizz "In the winter of 1893," said Tim Kinney, a ranchman of Rock Springs, Wyoming, "the bears in Bitter Creek were surely a nuisance to the stockmen. I lost so many calves that I got fighting mad, and declared war on the four-footed despoilers. "One day my foreman and I were out rounding up a herd of beeves r when in a low, marshy spot we came across one of the biggest bears I ever saw. Unluckily, we didn't have either rifle or revolver, but as I looked at the * beast and thought of my dead calves my dander got up, and it oc curred to me that we might throw our lariats over him and hold him until some way of executing the death penalty could be found. "We thought it was a picnic, and so It was, as far as throwing a rope over Mr. Bear was concerned. My man got his rope over the enemy's neck and I got him around one leg. It looked as though we had him. Dismounting, I made the end of my lariat fast to the Would Spend Before the afternoon ended every man, woman and child in the place had dropped in at Emma Eliza Pratt's, for the story had spread rapidly through the little village that the death of a cousin in the city had made the lonely, elderly spinster rich beyond imagination. Through it all Emma Eliza herself had been surprisingly mute and outwardly unmoved?a study and an enigma to the lawyer who had arrived on the noon train, bringing the great news. This gentleman promptly accepted Emma Eliza's invitation to tea, being not at all unwilling to observe further this curious little woman of rural birth and limited experience as her mind began to grasp the fact of her new fortune. "What will she do with it?" he speculated. "Will it be a cat-and-dog hospital or an orphan asylum? Will she embellish her native village with dubious works of art? Will she build herself an absurdly big and pretenFooled the G The following story illustrates the ready wit of an old New Englander: The report that Eli Green, a farmer residing iir Shelburne, N. H., had killed deer out of season, reached the ears of the game warden of that section. About the same time a sporting party, who called themselves tne Appalachian Club, passed through Shelburne en route to the White mountains, on snowshoes. The game wardens thought to take the wary Ell by surprise, so, arming themselves with a quart of the best whisky to be had, and disguised as a sporting party, they crossed the fields on snowshoes, and reaching the house, introduced themselves as the Appalachian Club, told Green what a pleasant trip they had, and, producing the bottle, offered him a drink. The delighted farmer partook freely, The P s a 1 r The poet lay on his sleepless bed, gray were his locks, and sere; "God! Let me sing one song," he said, "that the world shall pause to hear." The Father smiled on his wayward child, "Thy prayer is granted thee." In softest breath tb the angel of death. "Give thou the song." quoth he. Then there rang aloud through the anguished air the cry of a breaking heart. The wail of a spirit's last despair, that rent the echoes apart. 'Twas a sons of asony. tierce ana weira, that ne'er found voice before. And the worldling shuddered, the earthworn feared, as its tones waxed more and more. Hundreds of Indians Want Work. Joh% R. Brennan. Indian agent at Pine Ridge agency, has sent a circular broadcast over the Western country. stating that he has at his disposal 800 able-bodied Ogallala Sioux Indians who warn employment for tht season. He calls file attention oj contractors to the fatt that these arc goo.1 workers. Tltey will v. cuj^H railrcid grading, ditch a:gginc^^flH berding or ranching--"' A and Uaintj^j "It's our duty,' 'observed Capt. Herig, solemnly. "We cannot permit you to risk your lives here." The rest of the company submitted ! to having the cumbersome preservers ; buckled about them and the elder and j the wonjan walked into the cold j water. This time, however, the elder be- . gan to float high, after having walked j a little way into the water. By great j exertion he managed to regain his ! footing. The woman had by this time floated i out beyond his reach and was drift- ! ing rapidly out into the bay. The gallant life savers manned their ' boats and went out after, her, capturing her by means of a boathook and towing her back to the anxious elder, i When he tried to immerse her the ; life preserver being about the center ! of her body, he had considerable difficulty and the life savers rushed in and hid their eyes. The eider was perspiring in spite of the cold as he tried to j stop the rotary motion of the woman from Boston. Finally he managed to i seize one of her feet. The life savers again came to the rescue with sympathetic words. "Young man," said the elder severely, "your feet take hold upon d^th and you are doomed." Then he dragged the woman j and the company cast off their pr* servers and went away saying hard things about the life savers. "Well." said Johnny Gibson, regret- ! fully, "our intentions were all right." ! ly With Lariat stump of a tree, but the foreman stayed on his pony. Grabbing a huge ' rock. I got quite close to the brute and dealt him a terrible blow in the fore- | head. With a howl of rage he gave a mighty lunge that broke the rope ! from the tree and started after me. "But for the tremendous efforts of my companion, who still maintained | his hold, I would have been caught j and killed before I could have been ; able to reach my pony. As it was, tlje shave was extremely close, and the bear was right at my heels as I got i in the saddle. All this time the fore- j man was tugging and hauling man- I fully, and if he hadn't been both ; strong and skilful I'd have never lived ; to tell this yarn. In a few minutes I managed to get another piece of rope, I and this time old Silver Top was un- j able to break his fastening. Both of us then assaulted him with stones and beat him into insensibility before administering the coup de grace with a hunting knife."?Washington Post. 1 Her Wealth tious 'residence,' or will she move to the city, go abroad, and become at last?an art collector?" The lawyer enjoyed an inward laugh as he watched the queer little figure at that moment engaged in placing a plate of hot biscuits on the table, the inexpressive eyes and pursed-up lips as sphinxlike as ever. At tea he set himself to the task of stimulating his hostess' imagination to the point of grasping some of the possibilities unfolding before the possessor of such great wealth. And his exertions brought their reward, for he was privileged finally to look into the heart of Emma Eliza. "All my life," she said, at last, cutting ofT each word in turn with her customary precision, "I've wanted some sldecombs with yellow glass beads onto 'em, and now"?a reckless gleam relieved the dull of her eyes? : "I'm goin' to have a pair, if I have to go as high as fifty cents!"?New York Press. iamc Wardens and soon was in a very confidential mood. The visitors then added that i they lacked but one thing to make a success of the trip. "We haven't had any deer meat," they said. "Of course, it's out of season, but couldn't you get us some? No one will know it up here." At first he said he couldn't, but money persuaded him, and taking a shovel, he started in the direction of the barn, and soon returned, dragging a large piece of meat. But just then his wife called from the house: "Why, Eli, wffat ver doin'? What yer diggin* up thet pork for?" "Yer jest mind ver bizness, will yer; rloor moot I toll vor Wh V lUt k O UVVI * VV?? / V?. '* ? now, ef 'taint I never see no deer meat. I give $4.50 for thet air pig, and give him ten bags of grain, at $1 a bag. Now, ef that ain't dear meat, where you'll find It I dunno." n of Death All that of woe, mankind may know, th? death knell of the soul. Was wildly hunted at a startled world, that shuddered from pole to pole. Hungry and weary, and worn and old, the poet swept his lyre. With naught to battle the wintry cold save the flame of the seraph fire. It ceased at last, as the autumn blast sinks when the sun hath set. To the silent shore had the singer pas'd o'er, but the song, it lingers yet! 'Tis heard o'er the mountain, 'tis heard o'er the sea, the chill wind wafts it along. Wherever our earth has misery, that drear, dread death born song! j ?H. Tudor, in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Stone Soles for Shoes. An inventor has hit upon a method of putting what are practically stone solos on boots and shoes. He mixes I of glue with a suitable f clean quartz sand, and over the leather sole used on. These quartz soles are rery flexible and practically sle, and to give the foot a even on the most slippery Tift S. C.' J^^HTTION J The Editor* Had a ^H^Time, and Much Business WJ^Transacted. White Stone Springs, Special.?The thirty-first annual meeting of the South Carolina Press assiciation is perhaps the largest in attendance in the history of the association. And in point of Interest it is second to no other. The pa- , pers presented have been remarkable for their force, breadth of thought and patriotism. Mr Bingham's paper on "The Press and Morality" and Mr. Jordan's plain, practical talk on the business side of a country newspaper were the features Wednesday. Thursday Mrs. | Virginia D. Young and Col. Jas. T. Ba- j con painted bright sketches which were amusing and at times touched a chord of patriotism and sympathy by their references to matters close to the heart j of all South Carolinians. Rev. Dr. Ja- 1 cobs made an address of great power i and Rev. Mr. Witsell read Mr. Brice's : paper on ethics. At the night session Senator J. E. Purifoy read Senator j Christensen's papers. The association was very much amused at the embarrassment of Col. James T. Bacon when Mrs. Young made some bright sallies of wit at his expense, and when she told the association that she wanted to show them I a new picture of the colonel the members were convulsed with laughter. But Mrs. Young hastened to explain that the photograph was not given to her by Col. Bacon. Mrs. Young's paper brought out the fact that while many South Carolina men have been distinguished ' poets, authors and journalists yet they received their inspiration from their uiuuiei s, nueuecuiai women, one aiso | gave the names of intellectual women of South Carolina who had written. By the time she had concluded the association was ready to agree with her that man is but secondary. Mrs. Young's beautiful references to the dead editor of The State made a profound impression, which provoked applause. Her tribute to Carlyle McKinley also gave great satisfaction to his many friends and admirefs. Mrs. Young was given a vote of thanks and was asked for a copy of her paper to publish in the minutes. A very interesting paper was read by Mr. St. Elmo Massengale of Atlanta on the subject of the relation of the advertising agent to the newspaper publisher. Mr. Massengale's paper will be published in the minutes. There were three places put in nomination for next year's session and the vote stood, White Stone 16, Isle of Palms 14, Harris Springs 1. The vote was close. Mr. Kohn, of Bigham and Mr. Freeman spoke in behalf of the Ise of Palms. Mr. . Knight of Bamberg thought the change evary years would be pleasing. Mr. DeCamp nominated White Stone. Mr. Banks, Mr. Galloway and others spoke in favor of White Stone. I THE OFFICERS. 1 The following officers were elected: E. H. Aull, Newberry Herald and News, president; William Banks, The State, first vice president; Dr. J. C. Mace, Marion Star, second vice president; C. C. Langston, Anderson Intelligencer, secretary; August Kohn, The News and Courier, treasurer; Rev. W. P. Jacobs, Our Monthly, chaplain; Ed H. DeCamp of Gaffney Ledger. C. M. Galloway of The State and W. W. Ball or me iNews ana courier, inemoers or the executive committee. Mr. P. H. Fike, chairman of the committee on reports of officers, reported with recommendations to the effect that the executive committee be empowered to select a permanent badge and that the minutes from the year 1888 to 1894 inclusive be collected and printed. This was adopted. At morning session, the first papei read was by Mr. P. H. Fike on the subject "Getting the News." This was followed by the paper by Mr. William Banks on the "Lights and Shadows of a Reporter's Life." These papers were ordered printed in the minutes. Mr. Fike is city editor of the Spartanburg Herald and his paper was full of interest. The committee on the memorial on the life of Mr. Carlyle McKinley reported the following through Mr. Banks and on motion of Gen. R. R. Hemphill the report was spread on the min utes: "Resolved, by the Press Association of South Carolma, That it is due to the memory of Carlyle McKinley that we inscribe upon our minutes a tribute to his memory, a memorial all too inadequate, for words cannot frame expressiQn for the measure of usefulness of this man of giant soul. "Fearless reporter in the days of political fury, student, teacher and scholar of wonderful masterly mind, stored with only the choicest thoughts of the world's best literature; editor of power, spirit, loyalty to country and love for all mankind; poet whose fugitive verses, all too few, will rank him in sentiment if not in fecundity with Hayne, Lanier and Timrod?it is to his memory that the Press association of South Carolina will pause at this moment from its sessions and will put upon record a declaration of faith in the works and a declaration of reverence for the spirit so tender and yet so true, so strong and so brave. This we do, knowing that though not a j member of the association, he had ten- j der sympathy for and keen human in- i terest in the labors and in the welfare i of his fellow workers of the press." At the afternoon session the selec- i tion of a place of meeting was held and Mr. Hardwick's address was heard with great pleasure, the association being assembled in the routunda.?Wil- i liam Boulrs in Columbia State. New Enterprises. i The Secretary of State has chartered j the Yorkville Hardware Company wit" a capital of $S.000. The officers are W. I. Withers, president; W. B. Moore vice-president, and George W. Brown secretary and treasurer. A commission wrs issued to the An<ic. son Farmers' Union Warehouse Company, which will have a capital of S20.000 and the corporators are J. B. Douthitt and B. Harris. Co-operative cotton warehouses are being built all over the State and nearly every daiAhe Secretary of State receives no^Fe of the formation of a company M this kind. Last week applfcationAvere made for a commission for the Cackle Warehouse Company of Union county. The capital is $1,000 and P. G. Hill and W. E. Ratcliford are the petitioners. A. commission was also issued to the Dillon ice and Storage Company, hav- I ing $2,500 capital. C. T. O'Ferrall. Jr., T. L .Bass aD'l W. T. Bethea are the Detitioners. CAROLINA AFFAIRS Occurrences of Interest in Various Parte of the State. Died on Engine. Aiken, Special.?Mr. W. E. McCarter was found dead on his engine at ! Bath Wednesday night about 7 o'clock, j The engine was moving in the direc- : tion of the chalk beds, to which it ran, when Mr. McCarter was found. Some negroes saw the engine moving, and thinking that there was no one on it, jumped on and found Mr. McCarter lying on the floor dead with a slight bruise on his head. It is thought that his death was caused by heart disease. The bruise on his head is supposed j to have been caused by falling. Mr. McCarter was about 70 years of age. He was an engineer on the old Augusta, Columbia and Georgia railroad for a number of years, and only lert it a iew years ago 10 law j charge of an engine running from | Bath to the kaolin beds, situated near | there. He has been living at Bath j for a number of years. He was a Confederate veteran and a member of the Barnard E. Bee camp at Aiken. He was also a prominent member of the Masonic lodge. The Dargan Case. Columbia Special.?Th? coroner's ry in the case of R. Keith Dargan, the former president of the Independent Cotton Oil Cimpany, of Darlington, who committed suicide Monday, returned a verdict that the deceased came to his death by taking carbolic acid. It was developed at the inquest1 that Mr. Pegram Dargan, the brother of the dead man, was in the room with the suicide when he took the poison, and stayed with him until ho died. This brother was placed on the stand, but declined to make a statement, saying that the note left by Dargan would explain all. This note was read, and in it the dead man said that although he had mismanaged he was not a coward. The physician who was called to the dead man's aid testified that Pegram Dargan said that he bought the acid and saw his brother drink it. Pegram Dargan made no reference to this, however in his testimony. The parents of the suicide are ill, suffering from shock. Charged With Assault. Spartanburg, Special?B. A. Lowe, a i white Baptist minister living at Lolo, ' has taken out warrants for Robert j Gossett, superintendent, and Dan Moore, Ed. Tanner and Jack Gaines, operatives of the Valley Falls mill, i charging them with assault and bat. tery on his person. The warrants were | issued by Magistrate Kirby, of this city. Lowe alleges that on July 6 Gossett struck him on the head several times and subsequently on the same day the others encountered him on the highway. The trouble appears to have arisen from Lowe writing an official of the cotton mill in Columbia that Gossett was not a fit person for the management of the mill. The case will be investigated in Magistrate Kirby's court. New Enterprises. The Secretary of State issued several charters and commissions Thursday. The Colleton Cotton Warehouse Company received a commission. This concern will have a capital of $3,000 and will be located at Walterboro. The corporators are: W. B. Gruber, J. W. Hill and G. W. Wray. The Southern Realty and Invest, ment Company is a Columbia concern, with T. C. Williams, F. H. Weston and J. P. Matthews as corporators. The capital will be $50,000. The Sumter Colored Dry Goods Company received a commission, the capital being $5,000 and the corporators being R. H. Richardson, E. G. Jones, 7 1? Wallrnr M T rroHoHpV flnH W ' T. Andrews. The Lynchburg Mercantile Company received a charter, the capital being $5,000 and the officers being J. W. Tarrant, president; E. D. Smith, vice president, and J. F. Mcintosh, Jr., secretary and treasurer. Died While Plowing. Union, Special.?A special from Cross Keys in this county says: A tragic death occurred near here when Andrew Lamb, a farmer,, about 15 years old, dropped dead while plowing alone in a field. His fall frightened the horse, which immediately ran home. The family, thinking something must be wrong, sent at once to investigate, and found the old man, who had apparently been feeling well when leaving home, lying dead in his tracks. isouia i/ail i nem in. The State of South Carolina is receiving good ofTers for its bonds each (\iy. Few people are aware that the "Browns" may be called in In twenty years if the State so desires. The issue of January 1, 1888, are known as South Carolina "Blues," and are for 40 years, due to mature in 1928. The browns, under act of December 22, 1892 (see page 24, vol. 1, statutes at j large), are issued for 40 years also, ! but the State reserves the right to call them in in 20 years if it wishes. This would make them due In 1913 instead of 1933 A Fish Story. In the days of the previous genera tion many were the singular names be stowed by their parents on the children of Cape Cod and the nearby section. At Nantucket dwelt a family named Fish, seafaring people. One of the sons had been dubbed "Pre served," in his early childhood, and now commands a fishing vessel. On one of his voyages his bark was spok en at sea. "What is the name of your bark?" j "Flying Fish." "What is your captain's name?" "Preserved Fish." "What did you say?" "Preserved Fish." ' "D n it, I didn't ask the name ol your cargo." Explanations ensued. vl Weather Conditions Given Out by the ! Department Observer. The week ending 8 a. m. of the 10th, had a mean temperature slightly in excess of the normal, although there was some complaint of too cool nights near the close of the week, from the western portions of the State. The extremes for the week were a maximum of 100 de- j grees at Columbia on the 3rd, and a | minimum of 62 degrees at Greenville on the Sth. There were destructive high winds in the western and central counties accompanying thunderstorms but the damage was confined to small areas. There was more than the usual amount of cloudiness, especially during the afternoons, with mornings and nights generally clear. The average precipitation was somewhat in excess of the normal, with, however, many places in the east central and northern counties that had little or no rain and where the drought was intensified and is now very detrimental to all growing crops. In Oconee, Anderson, and parts of Pickens and the central Savannah valley counties there were very heavy rains that washed lands, flooded bottom lands and retarded cultivation; over the greater portion of the State the rainfall was wholly beneficial, though scarcely sufficient for the needs of crops. There was a general improvement in the condition of cotton, confined largely to clayed soils, while on sandy lands there was improvement In spots only. The plants have grown too fast in the western counties, and generally undersized elsewhere, though healthy. Rust has appeared in Anderson county, and "black root" in Clarendon. Sharpshooters have done considerable damage in Anderson and Pickens counties. In sections where the rainfall has been deficient, and the plants are in consequence small, they are blooming to the tops. In most places the plants are fruiting normally. The rains came too late to benefit old corn which is noor in every Dart of the State, while young corn has become very promising, except on bottom lands, In a few counties, where what is left after the floods has become very grassy. Tobacco curing has made fair progress, but the crop is a light one. Rice is doing fairly well. A large a cage of cow-peas has been planted on wheat and oats stubble lands, and they have come up to good stands. Gardens are poor, in places ruined by the drought. Pastures have improved recently. Melons are plentiful. Peaches scarce except where raised on a commercial scale.?J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Ben Bennet at Liberty. Hampton, Special.?News came here early Monday morning announcing the fact that Ben Bennett, a white man convicted of wife murder and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary or on the chaingang, and Sam Jenkins, a negro serving on the chaingang for killing another negro, whose sentence was four years in the penitentiary or on the public works of the county, have escaped. The escape was made by filing a large ring. They left with their shackles on them. There were nine convicts at work near Hickory Hill. Webb Thomas was the only guard in charge on this gang at the time. Romy Bowers, the other guard having gone to his home on Saturday. Nothing was known of the escape until daylight this morning. Supervisor Snider will do his best to have the convicts captured. It Is thought that Bennett has gone to Savannah or Charleston. The 8tate House Case. Columbia, Special?Col. Robert Aidrich of Barnwell and Mr. H. A. M. Smith of Charleston are here to represent the State of South Carolina in the prosecution of the case against the State house contractor and architect who are responsible for the dome on the capltol. The complaint charges conspiracy to defraud the State and the suit Is for $150,000 damages. It Is probable that the trial of the case will be very interesting. There is some feeling on both sides, as was evidenced on the floor of the general assembly on more than one occasion, and the attorneys on bith sides are very determined men. Mr. T. Yancey Williams of Lancaster was also delegated to assist Col. Aidrich In prosecuting the case. Serious Shooting Affair. Union, Special.?Word has just reached here of a very serious shooting affair in this county, near Jonesville, at a negro church, In which one Jim Glenn is fatally wounded and three other ne groes are seriously, but not necessarily fatally shot. The name of the negro who did the shooting could not be learned. He is still at large. A Large Deal. Conway, Special.?Few larger deal3 have been made in Horry county than the transfer of the stock of the Conway Coast and Western railroad. As announced' previously, the road has changed hands, Messrs. James H. Chadbourn, Eugene P. Schulken and C. P. Bolles of Wilmington, N. C., being the purchasers of a majority of the stock. The directors is composed of Messrs. Chadbourn, F. A. Burroughs, C. P. Bolles, B. G. Collins and E. P. Schulken, with H. H. Chadbourne as president and E. P. Schdlken secretary and ; treasurer. Ship Lies in Harbor Bottom. Kustenji, Roumania, By Cable.?The announcement that the battleship ^ Kniaz Potemkine sailed with Rear Ad- : miral Kruger's squadron Monday even- ! ing turns out to be incorrect. Before leaving the Kniak Potemkine the mutineers opened the seacocks and flood- ! ed her hold. She is now lying at the ; bottom, but, it is expected, will be re- i floated in time to leave for Sevastopol July 12. Insurance Co.'s Complain. Odessa, By Cable.?The authorities here have been informed that the Potemkine has sailed from Kustenji, Roumania, for Sevastopol. The question of insurance on property lost by fire in the harbor during the recent disturbances is occasioning serious disputes between the Russian and the foreign insurance companies. The foreign corporations declare they will make claims against the Russian government. The claimnants number al^kt 400 and the total losses are now estimated at $20,000,000- . A SOUTHERN *7 <J?: -[>( TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLAN) \ ' 1 Cowpeat and Corn For Slllaffe. J. J. E., Berwyn, writes: I have been reading a bulletin on the use of cowpeas with'corn and sorghum for silage purposes, but do not find any statement as to whether or not the yield is Increased by growing the peas with the other crops. I would like some information along this line. Answer: After several attempts to prow cowpeas with corn and sorghum for silage purposes, it is my opinion that the practice is not likely to prove very satisfactory. Corn or sorghum must be planted in rows about four | feet apart with the stalks about eighteen inches in the drill row to insure I a very large growth of peas. In a i favorable season a large growth of ! cowpeas may be obtained, but as a ! rule this will not be the case. Thus, the greater distance apart of planting necessitated to insure a good growth of peas cuts down the yield of corn or sorghum, which for silage purposes should be planted in rows three to three and a half feet apart in the drill row. Then, the cowpeas do not often climb on the stalks as well as is desirable. We have tried a good many varieties, and of all of them the Whipporwil! and Lady were the best, but : unless the plants get started properly, j many of them spread over the ground and can be gathered by the corn harvester. Of course, hogs could be turned on?the field so they would not be lost. We have tried sowing th? peas with I the corn and sorghum after the crop ; had made considerable growth. It is I much better to seed the oeas and core i or sorghum together than to attempt to plant later. The work can thus be done at one operation and saving ir time and labor effected. It is a mis take to let the corn or sorghum get the start of the peas, for unless thej ; grow up vigorously in the beginning I the ranker erowine crons shade then j so that they do not grow well. Ir j several years' experience the largesl | percentage of peas obtained in the corr j or sorghum crop intended for silage was ten per cent. This was noi j enough to have any appreciable ef 1 feet on the feeding value of the croi i and it little more than paid foi the | seed and the extra labor involved ir planting. It would be much better, ir | ray judgment, to sow the cowpeas ir drills twenty-four inches apart and cui ! and cure as hay and feed with the corr I or sorghum silage rather than attempl I to balance up the food by growing j them in the drill row unless some : means can be devised by which a mucl larger yield is obtained than followi i in the average year. Many personf will be inclined to doubt this state ment, but they have never taken tfu ! trouble to separate the peas and esti mate the relative percentage of pea; i in the crop. The peas climb vigorouslj i and spread over the corn and sorghurr plants very often until they almos cover them irp, and one Is ready t( believe that there is a very large per centage of peas present, but actua test has failed to demonstrate this t< be a fact.?Knoxville Journal ant Tribune. IwNt Potatoes at Ten Cents a Bnshe As the time for sweet potatoes is a hand, I will give the plan I have adopt ed, which has succeeded very well ir i our section. With ground flat, broke and mad* fine, I run rows three feet apart, put ting a fertilizer of three per cent, am monia, six or seven per cent, potast and eight per cent, phosphoric acid. ] x +?*? * | uieu xnrow iwu luuuns mm iuh plow, making a flat list; drag or leve off top of this list and we are readj for setting. If the weather is dry, make a rlet i mud paste and put roots of potatc ; plants in it for a short time; thei ' stick them out with a thin stick thai leaves a very small hole. Press th< foot firmly on one side of the sproui i on top of the ridge, and with the stick ; knock the dirt solid against the sprout j They will live almost any time with I out watering if thus firmly pressed in i to the soil. i After a few days I run the cultivatoi in the middles, and about ten or twelvs days after setting I side them up, verj much as I would corn or cotton, beint sure not to let them get grassy. I car i easily weed an acre in a day whei properly plowed; and if neglected. 1 have seeu some of my neighbors tak< j four hands a day to clean an acre. , I Plow as often as they need it till i vines have met in middles; then throw j into light furrows with turn plow ; up to the potatoes and the work is j done?unless seme heavy rain falls soon after they are laid by. Then il | pays to go over with a pitchfork and i lift the vines lightly from the dirt t( prevent their rooting in the middle. J This plan generally insures a good j crop with a very small outlay of time and money. A few bushels of cotton seed to the acre, if kitted, will take the place of ammonia. I have raised a number of crops ol Pointed Paragraphs. Where there is a man's will there is a woman's way to break it A man seldom goes to a friend for a loan if he really needs the money. A well-balanced man doesn't have tc part his hair in the middle. Some gins proceed 10 caxcn ou ouu marry?then Implore the divorce judge to help them let loose again. A man seldom has to work overtime to make a fool of himself. Walking is said to be the best exercise a man can indulge In. Perhaps that is why so many men walk home from the races. After singing the boy to sleep a woman proceeds to talk her husband to sleep. About the only fault the average woman has to find with her past is that it's too long. The illness of the Commonwealth's Attorney and a principal witness delayed the trial of Mrs. Smith on the charge of ill-treating her son. It is estimated that the country will spend $15,000,000 celebrating the Fourth of July, with fireworks. . M potatoes ten to We count good crop, rcu pea we have seen gressire in a my however, seldom from the late^^^H^^^H as vines keep much better ter to eat.?D. Lane, X. C., in the Progressive Growing Celerr, A Northern man who has to lire makes this report My method of growi^^^^H^^H^H have been in Vlrginj^^^^^^^^^^ Sow seed in early sprl^^^^H^^^^^H plenty moisture in takes the seed from three^^^^^^^^H to come These have sown since I have ginia: February 6, 1902; 1903; April 1, 1904. sow in good, rich, mello^^^^^^^f is a good plan to burn o fo-nr ^Tt hofnro unwind | for a tobacco When ; plants come up, I work very kill all weed and grass and^^^^^H the young plants growing until^^^^^H | set in the field. For the young^^^^^J I select a piece of low, molst^^^^H | plow well and deep, about six toi^^^H . inches, and thoroughly wtTrk it ov^^H | six to twelve times, and then open nc^H t rows from four to six feet apart, verj^H shallow, and set the plants from cigh^H ' to sixteen inches in the row. These are the dates I have set ot{jH| , in the last three years: June 26 to Joigr^^ | 4, 1902; June 20 to July 6. 1908; July ' ( 1, 1904. If one chooses, a row of snap t beans may be planted between the ( celery rows. I I work just as I would any other crop t by running the fine-tooth cultivates J through the rows once a week to retain I t moisture, but do not expect?amdl "W , growth until the cool nights set is. I j Just as soon as the celery commences 1 ) to grow rapidly, I brine the dirt to It, ( about August 23. I take the celery oat A t of the field about November 10, a^Ujfl t use one of my old frames. I thro|^H t the dirt ail out and then pack my cel^H ? err as close as I can get It by pnttinf^l a little dirt on the root. When this ' done, I get pine straw or some fine , hay and cover it entirely up, and^tben U nut the erlass over it and stretch S m sheet over the glass to keep the sua fl and light from it. I leave It this way about two weejg^H until it is thoroughly bleached. Th^^H it is ready to sell. If the weather sbu^^H get too cold and threaten frost, ' a good plan to put fresh mannre^^^H the glass. I have grown white ever since I came here that mea^^^^J j over two feet.?Rice Journal. ' Sow PMI. 1 Let farmers who have?set asld?^| twelve to fifteen acres to the horse for ' cotton, just figure a little. In this see* ' i tion It will cost five cents a pound to . t make the cotton. Let these cottoa - men take about four or five acres ot j| i their cotton land, although prepared * and ready to plant, and sow a bushel i ? of clay or Unknown peas to the jfl If the land would make 700 poun<p(?jl seed cotton to the acre, It would maftaTj i ton and a half of pea vinehay. At eight ' I cents a pound the cotton and seed would i bring $20.90. Pea vine hay sells from ' i 1 the wagon at ninety cents a hundred. 7 The ton and a half of hay would brftw^^ $27 and the cost would not be half i much as making the cotton crop. Hi? > land would be ready for early seeding ? to wheat or oats. That is the only, t way to reduce the cottpn acreage, so a? to make a more profitable crop and Improve the land at the same time. Then when forage, corn, wheat and oats were abundant the fowls, and cattle would soon be added andB farmers would be able "to live at g home and board at the same place.*? ' Chas. Petty, Spartanburg County, - S. C. r * r Better Grui For Paitnrou i That "all flesh is grass" may not be td i literally true, but it is true that all W [ flesh profitable to its producer is made 1 i of grass, and that grass in its most 1 profitable sense is the best food ^ I known. Not enough imporfa^Firt?T| r tached to grass on the -farm, for too 1 r many farmers grow the wrong kind j 5 of grass and in the wrong place. Tbeyi J 5 seem to be contented to grow wild T> t grass in the corn field rather than^ I that kind of grass that contains well, balanced proportions of protein, cat* bohydrates, fat, salts and water, f. [ which has been ordained as the best > food for domestic animals. The "hog . lot" is fast giving way to the hog pas? ture, while pastures and meadows are playing an important part in modern agriculture.?Progressive Farmer. / News of the Day. t Miss Alberta J. Cropsey, of Elizabeth ' City, N. C., whose sister, Nell Cropsey, was murdered by James Wilcox, waa married in Norfolk to William C. ^ Brooks. Allpfrari irrofmlnHHoc In fhA RlAi i I mond primaries will be investigated,. ,! It is now thought that more than 1,-i 000 persons perished in Guanajuato j Mexico, as a result of the cloudburst A which completely wiped out the town^B of Marfil. JH The First National Bank of Topeka^M Kan., has gone into the hands of .a ceiver, having become embarrassed consequence of large loans made to J. Devlin, whose affairs were placed charge of a corporation last week. The National Educational Asso^^^H tion is holding its anapal sessio^^^^J Asbury Park, New Jersey. At South Boston the Inters^^^^^^| bacco Association met in th^^^^HH House Tuesday. After seveo^BH^^^H es was decided to open^^^^^^^^H subscriptions to $50,000 to build tobaco^^^^^^^^H ing plant at