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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-15
ASKS REMOVAL. !
Of TERRA GOTTA
TRUST OFFICERS
Five Are Acting Unlawfully,
Stakeholder Says in Petition
to Attorney-General.

| state Attorney-General Edward r,
O'Malley to-day received petition ask
Ing for the removal OF the president
and certain directors OF the Atlantic
Terra Gotta Company-known as the
Terra Gotta Trust which is now be-
ing investigated by the United States
Government. Tie Attorney General is
asked to begin immediate action
against the following men; William H.
Powell, John y. Partridge, former Po-
lice Commissioner. Edward J, Hall,
samuel 5. Whitehurst and Patrick H.
Hart. They are represented as persons
holding office unlswfully." a copy OF
the petition has been served on each
OF the above named men.
The petition is made by Alfred H.
Bond. one of the stockholders OF the
old Atlantic Company, which formed
the nucleus OF the trust 1t Is con-
Cured in by majority OF the old
company's stockholders.
The petition is based on action taken
BY the directors of the Trust at 4
meeting held on Jan. a. last where, In
spite OF an opinion furnished by Mr..
Thatcher, of the firm OF Simpson.
Thatcher & Barnum, to the effect that
the company was conducting Its busi-
ness unlawfully, according TO recent
decisions, the directors would not ad-
journ their meeting. and then and there
elected new directors.
The minority stockholders protest
against the conduct Of the meeting Is
set forth in the petition to the Attor-
y-General.
The Atlantic Company Is the CONSOLE
dalton OF the cd Atlantic Terra Gotta
Company, the Perth Amboy Terra
Gotta Company, the Excelsior Terra
Gotta Company, the Standard Terra
Gotta Company and the Atlantic Terra
Gotta Company,
In December. 1906, these companies
entered into an agreement TO deposit
their stock and take its equivalent in
the new company. ~ was LuI '1Iel epeC-
flied that the management OF the busI-
ness should be under the control of GER
tain officers named in the agreement,
De Forest Grant was TO be president
and general manager. A three-year
contract was made with Mr.. Grant.
The company at the January meeting
deposed Mr. Grant and elected Mr..
Powell IN his stead.
The petition alleges violation OF this
agreement. a violation OF the contract
with Grant, and alleges that the voting
trust agreement was not fulfilled in sew
eral particulars
Is capitalized at 500, 900 and has han.
died n per cent. Of the terra Gotta bust
ness in the East since the consolita-
ton This amounts 10 about four MIL
lions OF dollars year
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ERIE LEADS STOCKS
IN STRONG MARKET
Peoples Gas, Union Pacific,
Reading and Atlantic Coast
Also Prominent in Trading.

Stocks were strong and active, run
ming from / TO points higher in the
early market to-day. The buying was
prompted in part BY the granting OF
the Erie Railroads application to Issue
s5Q,oyDVvJ OF bonds by the Public Ser
vice Commission. Erie common started
Ia up, the first preferred was and
the second l. points higher. Atlantic
Coast rose -, Peoples Gas 3-S,
Union Pacific l-2 and Reading l. La
ter In the session there was slight
rt-gtion due ~ pfOilt taking, but prices
were well Up. Business continued brisk.
The market closed firm. Cleveland, C.,
G. & st. Louis rising ., Twin City Rapid
Transit 5-S, Southern Pacific rs, and
Canadian Pacific. American Ice, Mer-
camille Marine preferred and American
Woullen preferred !.
Vt. total sales OF stocks were 5s9GQD
shares, and OF bonds ts,6g9 600.
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THE CLOSING QUOTATIONS

Todays Shost l0wes, and last prices ~
s:0rks ant ~ net changes Is compared N.tI
I. .rslay's final figures are as follows:
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Swift a Ccmpsny's Gales 81 Frssh Beet /.
Ntw York City Tor the week snllng Sal
uriay, FEB. -, averaged ,.ij esG,, PEI
reanA. 80
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ALLEGED ELOPERS CAUGHT
BY W0MAN'S BROTHER.
Spreen and Mrs, Soullen Arrested
at Fer'y-Each Had Left
Family.

Charles Spreen, a bartender OF No
N' Forty-second street, Brooklyn, and
Mrs. sarah Soullcn Of No. s.l Forty
second street, the same borough. werc
arrested last night AZ the West Shor,
Terry at the foot Of Yves, Forty.second
street, Manhattan, on complaint OF the
woman brother who said she had
eoped from her nome with Spreen sry.
etah weeks ago. leaving her husband
and -four children Spreen himself has
a wife and family.
The couple have been living in Pater-
son. n. j., but last night yenturcd owe,
TO theatre In New York. They were
recognized by Mrs SOu,lens brother
and arrest followed. In the NIGH
Court tho woman was discharged. and
to-day her father came tn New York 1.
take her back to Brooklyn Sprc,r
was held on a shost affidavit and MI
be sent TO Brooklyn for examination
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WORKERS WoMAN's SUICIDE.

Mrs. Amelia Mobis killed herself with
gas at the home OF her daughter, Mrs.
Henry Melt2er, 81 Ashburton avenue.
Yonkers, last evening. Mrs, Mobis was
fifty years old and had suffered for al.
most year with an ncurable disease
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BRYAN'S TALK. $4,000.

CHICAGO, Feb. b.-W. J. Bryan Is
going to smash all public speaking and
Chautauqua lecturing records during
1893 II his voice holds cut he expects
to make $l2j0C0
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PERSONALS. 9
oOo0O0OoOO~00O0o00ooeOaeS

Mrs. A. Samuels, Miss Rebecca Car
penter and Miss Lucy Williamson
have returned from Nashville
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Turner and sons
Harry and Edwin, Miss Margaret Tur
ner and Webster Turner have returned
from Athens, Ala, where they were
called by the death of Capt John A
Turner.
James Ridley has returned to his
home in Birmingham.
Mrs. Julia Shields is the guest of
Mrs LeSeur in Nashville.
Mrs Allie Kittrell. of Mt Pleasant,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jennie
Brown.
Walter Capers, Jr., spent Thursday
In Mt. Pleasant, with his little friend,
Herman Ruhm.
Mrs. S. F. Hooper and daughter,
Miss Nina, of Springfield, are with
Mrs. Chas G. Sims in West End.
Mrs. Bette Dunbar left Sat
urday for Chicago, where she will
spend the summer in some advanced
music study.
Miss Sadie Scott is with friends in
Nashville.
Miss linda Cooper spent the week
end in Nashville.
Several went over to Lewisburg
from here Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mrs Edmund Baxter, nee
Miss Ida Hardison.
Mrs J. l.. Fitzpatrick, Of Moores-
willie, spent Sunday and Monday as the
guest of her sister, Mrs. w. T. Erwin. !
Mrs. J. l. Newson and Miss Lucie i
Newson Davis, of Nashville, are the
guests of Mrs. w c. Grant.
Miss Rebecca Erwin and little Ger
trude\ Erwin have returned from a
pleasant visit to Mrs. Felix Elicit in
Mt. Pleasant.
Miss Leah CARRIER is in Nashville.
Miss Alice McEwen is with friends
in Nashville.
Miss Halle Fry is spending the
week at Lynnville.
Robert Dodson is here from Texas
to visit his parents.
Miss Lettie Wesson has returned
from visit to Miss Ella Craig at
Culleoka
James T. Miller, a prominent Nash
VILE attorney, was in Columbia Fri
day on business.
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Gordon Jones' of Nashville, spen
Sunday in Columbia with friends
Mrs. H. p Figuers has returned
from a weeks visit to Nashville.
Mrs. Charles Everett. of Union City
is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. L. Ash,
ton
B. R. Whitthorne, of Shelbyville, is
with his brother, Major W. j. Whit
thorne, who continues critically i'll.
DR.. Robert Pillow, of Vanderbilt, is
in the city.
Mrs. Matte Corpier, who has been
very ill for months at her home in
Mooresville, has improved sufficiently
to visit her brother, W. c.. Grant.
DR. George W Williamson, who has
been visiting relatives in Columbia and
Culleoka has returned to Montgom.
cry, Ala.
Mrs Chas. Jackson has returned to
Mt Pleasant after visit to Mrs. H.
G. Evans.
Miss Julia Warfield has returned
from a visit to Mrs. John Frierson at
Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs F. C. Sowell returned from
Nashville Sunday afternoon, leaving
her daughter, Miss lone, improving
nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruner Smith, of Flor
ence, Ala, are visiting Mrs. Smiths
mother, Mrs. B. F. Godfrey on North |
Garden street
DR.. George Williamson, OF Mont
gomery, is visiting relatives here.
Mrs Ellie McLemore, who has been
visiting relatives in the city has re-
turned to Spring Hill.
Mrs. F. c. Sowell, who was called
10 Nashville by the illness OF her
laughter, Miss lone, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. H. L. Harrington. Miss
Sowell, who is at the Woman's Hospi-
al is improving rapidly,
Miss Mamie VOORHEES, is visiting
Miss Minnie Caldwell on Bear Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs Robt. Griggs will leave
his week for San Antonio Tex,
where they will visit Mrs. Grigg's
,rother, Mr.. Irwin VOORHEES,.
Mr. and Mrs James Polk, of Nash
lille, spent Sunday at Ashwoiod with
Jol H. C. Yeatman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Wolf are visiting
riends in New York City.
Mrs. H. D. Ruhm, of Mt. Pleasant,
) visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary Wat !
ms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Paul Larrabee and
title daughter, Louis. of st. Louis,
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tfer parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Wheel
err has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wheeler, at Mt. Pleasant, has
returned to her home in Worcester
Mass During her stay Mrs. Hutch
ms, who is charming an attractive
woman, was the recipient of much So
cial attention She was the .honoree
OF d very delightful card party given
BY her hostess. Mrs. Wheeler and
was also entertained at cards by Mrs.
Bates Mr.. and Mrs, George w. Kille-
brew gave a pretTily planned luncheon
IN her honor, and Mrs. John Ruhm
compGimented her with a charming
bridge party.
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OVER THE COUNTY.

Cabinet Photos s1.00 dozen at
| YOUNG'S. 5-tf
Mrs. NJ. E. Wheeler, who has been
visiting Mrs. Frank Wheeler at Mt.
Pleasant, has returned to her home in
Rutland, Vermont.
Call HANSON BROS. for Mammoth
Soy Beans. Bell phone 34S-5. Rural
Route 6. 3Oapr4t
Mrs Walter Frierson and children
of Nashville, are visiting Mrs. W. v.
Thompson at Zion.
International Sisal Binder Irvine, 8
cents per pound at MT. PLEASANT
HARDWARE & FURNITURE CO.
mon-wed&sat&wkly
The yagrant dog got in his work at
Glendale Tuesday night and killed
twelve sheep from the flock of j. M.
Tyler. The owner and others got
busy and succeeded in bagging Ave,
dogs within a brief time.
We have few more of those Bug
gies, Surveys & Runabouts left that
we are making special low price on
Martin & Vaughn Co.
d&w1t
Miss Francis Gillespie, OF Marshall
county is visiting friends at Glendale.
Mrs. John F. Wade, of Spring Hill,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. John
Thompson, Jr., in Nashville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. r. Hodge. who
have been making their home at Mar
shall, Texas, have moved to Tex
arkana to live
Plymouth Binder Irvine is stronger,
smoother does not twist and tangle
as the cheaper twines do. We are ex-
elusive agents in Maury county
Street, Martin G. Vaughn CO. d&w1t
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Wednesday Bridge Club.

Mrs. George 7 Hughes, Jr., was
the charming and gracious hostess
Tuesday afternoon of the meeting OF
the Wednesday Bridge Club. Dainty
glasses Of Strawberries and parfait
were served preceding the game,
which was played at four tables in the
spacious parlors and delicious lunch
con was served at the conclusion of
the afternoon. This is the last of the
series of meetings of the club, which
will disband for the summer season.
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SOME GOOD DEALS
MADE IN LIVE STOCK

Houston Thomas bought 200 head OF
corn fed hogs from E. E. McLemore
for which he paid 6h cents per pound.
These hogs are extra fancy stuff and
will average $50 pounds to the head.
Mr.. Thomas shipped them TO Louis.
vile. Mr.. Thomas also bought a car
load of fancy beef cattle in Birming-
ham and sold them to Nashville par.
ties at a fancy figure.
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Informal Recital.

An informal recital of Mrs. Dun.
bars music pupils Thursday, TO which
the parents of the pupils were in
vited, showed marked progress on the
part OF the young people in this course
of study and reflected credit on the
teacher The rooms were prertiIy
decorated and quite a number of the
pupils had a part on the program.
Under Mrs. Dunbar's teaching a great
deal of musical talent is, being deveI-
oped that will make its impress on
the social and musical life of Colum
bia in the years to come.
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lssisted Mrs. Farrell in receiving her

assisted Mrs. Farrell in receiving her
guests The hon8ree was costumed
in rich pompadoar silk, made direc-
Toire with lace trimmings and touches
of black velvet Six-handed euchre
was played at seven tables and rock
at three. Miss Carrie Knox, In
pretty wistaria shaded costume with
large dropping hat df same tints. kept
score. And at the conclusion of the
game tempting ices cakes and bon
bDns were served.
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Me- nmoth Cave Excursion.

The excursion to Mammoth Cave,
which will be personally conducted by
Professor Edgerton. of C. NJ. A. and
DR.. Capers, of the Institute. will leave
the grounds of the Columbia Military
Academy Monday morning at o'clock
prompt 1t will leave the railway sta
ton a few moments earlier. 23-2t
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Entertainment az. Hampshire.

The ladies of the Hampshire. Metho-
DIST church, South, will give an en-
tertainment at the school-hause at
Hampshire Tuesday evening 73O
O'Clock for the benefit of the church.
Al program of music and reuitations
VIII be rendered and light refresh
ments served No entrance fee. All
are invited. Come and see.
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D are the guests OF Judge and Mrs San
Holding.
Richard Caldwell is visiting friends
in Nashville.
Miss Mary Ridley is visiting friends
in Nashville.
S. o. Thomas has returned from q
business trip TO Nashville
Miss Mary Brooks. OF Cross Bridges,
is visiting friends near GAINESVILLE.
Miss Harriet Rogers OF Florence,
Ala, is the attractive guest of Mrs. j.
W. Love.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Robinson have
returned from a visit to ShelbyyiIle
relatives.
Mrs. Knox Fleming has returned
from a visit to her daughter Mrs.
Proctor Polk. in Nashville.
Rev. W. ]. Collier, of Fayetteville,
was the guest of his son, W. /. Col
/ lier, Monday and Tuesday
J. T. Mcknight attended the COM
mencement exercises at Glendale
Training school Monday evening.
Miss Gladys Dedman has returned
to Belmont, after spending a few days
with her father and mother at the
Bethel.
John Fraser is in Lebanon on bus
mess. IS
Mora B. Fariss is spending the day
in Nashville.
Miss Charlotte Smiser, of Culle6ka
will go to Nashville Thursday to visit I
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wilkes.
Mrs Mumford Short, of Birming- ,
ham, has returned home, after visit !
to Mrs. Minnie Lou Butler
Miss Dudley Marable, of GAINESVILLE, e
will arrive soon to be the guest OF t
Miss Kate Sowell at Cross Bridges. S
Mrs. ]. W. Love is visiting in Nash v
lille.
Mrs. B. E. Regen is visiting at Il
huntsville, Ala.
Miss Mabel Watson is visiting Mrs. b
Boyd Andrews at Andrews. 81
Houston Thomas has returned from "
business trip to Birmingham. p
Mr.. E. G. Perry has returned from Oh
tay of several months in San Anto- te
10, Texas. d.
S. N. Warren, of Spring Hill, will pl
ave Saturday for New York to attend q
he annual meeting of the American dc
arsey Cattle Club. or
Mrs. ". P. Morgan and son, w p tn
organ Jr., who have been in San An bi
mia, Texas, for the past four months
i'll reach home the first part of next 81
eek.
Mrs. Nellie Frazier and little daugh- of
r; Martha Washington, of Jackson, III;
enn., arrived Wednesday and are E.
sitting their grandfather and uncle, Of
Ledger White and Major White. We
David Cook of Nashville is spending ev
few days with the families of his st
Miles and Frank Cook, and
so visiting his parents in Mt. Pleas W.
t.. spe
Mrs. NJ Rees, mother of J. B. Rees, stu
I few days ago for Los Angeles, wiz
to visit her son and daugh-. col
:. Mrs. Rees is eighty odd years que
l., but is quite active. of
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-04-30

Don't fail to see us before you buy
Mower or Hay Rake. We sell Wal
ter A. Wood's Haying Machinery
Street, Martin G. Vaughn Co. 1t
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RELIGIOUS.


Rev w. T. Ussery will preach at
Bethany near Carter's Creek next
Sunday morning at II o'clock.
Rev. Mr.. Spiers will preach at
Frierson Memorial church next Sun
day morning at IL a. m and 7:3O D. m.
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Gave Party Back.

- 1NSN'
The Mammoth Cave party special
train pulled in to Columbia Tuesday
evening at six o'clock, making the run
from Nashville to Columbia I'm So min
ELes with a stop at Franklin. The
trip is classed as one of the most
enjoyable by all thst has been made
from Columbia in quite wffIe Mon
day night after the long route in the
cave had been completed and supper
eaten in the cave the Cadets and the
young ladies' of the. Institute, gave
dance on the large veranda of the
hotel, which lasted until late hour
The young Cadets were highly COM
plimented on their gentlemanly and
gallant behavior. Col. Edgerton, Col
Hardy and Mrs. McI4eIland were voted
as the most capital entertainers. Mrs.
MeLelland, who planned the trip and
had all the program arranged, was
given a surprise by the management
of the cave in that of magnificent
fire works display
District Passenger Agent Wallis, |
Travelling Passenger Agent Wood and |
Train Master Kelsey, of the L. & ~.
gave the party their personal super
vision, and it is to their untiring eff
forts that much of the success of the
rip was due. Messrs. Wood and Wal.
is made the trip from Columbia, while
ne other official was picked UP at
GLASGOW Junction. The special was
given the right of way and made the
'un from GLASGOW here in a little over
hree hours. The chair car was
urned over to the Institute girls and
he larger Cadets, who enjoyed every
minute of the run.
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w. c. I. U.

Mrs. Florence E. Atkins. one Of the
most eloquent lady orators Of Ten
nessee. will give a temperance lecture
to the people OF Columbia, Tuesday.
April 9th at the Methodist church.
No one can AFFORD to miss so rare
treat as hearing this most gifted wo-
man.
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SOCIETY
Picnic Postponed.

On account II the cold weather
Mrs. ". II. Jones has postponed the
picnic which she was TO have given
her Sunday-school class tomorrow.
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sairc-SeeIen.

An out-oftown marriage which is
tof unusual interest in Nashville is
that Of Miss Anna Seelen and Mr.. W.
E. Baird, formerly of Columbia, now
OF St Louis, which will be solemnized
very quietly at O'Clock Thursday
evening at the home of the bride in
St Louis.
Mr Baird is a brother of Mrs. j..
w. WeatherIy of this city, and he
spent four years in Nashville while a
student at Vanderbilt, where he was
widely popular and very prominent in
college life. He has since visited fire.
quenFly in the city, and has numbers
of friends here as well as in 81 Louis,
where he is now successful attorney
The bride-eIect is a very charming
young woman The young people will
not take wedding trip, bur go to
housekeeping Immediately in ST.
Louis. They will probably come to
Nashville for a visit this summer
Nashville Banner.
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HoIt-McReynoIds.

HoIt-McHeynolds.
Miss Edith McReynolds most at.
tractive young woman, and Mr.. Arthur
Holt a travelling man, were married
Tuesday afternoon in the County
Court room, Esq George w Hayes
officiating. The wedding was wit
messed by a number of the county
officials. The young people claimed
st. Louis as their home and stated
that the bride had been on a visit
south and was returning home and so
met her intended by appointment.
They left on the evening train for st.
Louis.
-W
Mrs. HutehIns Entertained.
Mrs. Charles Hutchins, who with
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Complimentary To Mrs. Haynes.

Complimentary To Mrs. Haynes.
A beautifully planned entertainment
was the combined rock and euchre
party given Friday afternoon by Mrs.
Ernest R. Farrell, at her home on
Sixth street, complimentary to Mrs.
Richard Edgar Haynes. The hall,
dining and drawing rooms were
thrown together and lavisffTy decora-
ted with narcissus, lilies of the valley
and many potted plants. In the hail
Mrs. jesse Ellington. in a becoming
lavender toilette, dispensed tea from
a prettfly appointed table. She was
assisted by Mrs. L. P. Padgett, in
handsome gown of pale blue, and Mrs.
F. F. Everett also beeomingly cos
TUNED in blue and Mrs. Ira Shelley in
a stylish gown Of pale yellow crepe.
The hostess was attired in a tasty
toilette of blue with touches of black
Mrs. John Towns Wooten in a pretty,
attractive costume of pearl gray,
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Mrs. HutehIns Entertained.
Mrs. Charles Hutchins, who v
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-11-06

keep the cabbages fresh and crisp.
No drying out is possible, and rotting
will not occur if the covering is prop
erly done, with good drainage. The
odor from decomposing cabbage is
very offensive, and in the pit the odor
is absorbed by the surrounding soil.
When storing potatoes, apples, and
other green things in the earthen pit,
select high and dry spot in the gar
den, spread down a layer of straw five
or six inches deep, place the fruits or
vegetables upon the straw in round
ing, regular heap, cover with three or
four inches of straw, and cover over
all with soil two or tire inches deep,
just enough to hold the straw in place
and for frost protection. To prevent
rains from soaking through the top
soil, cover the ridge with straw or
similar MARTIAL and stand old boards
colder weather comes on. cover deeper
with soil, removing and replacing the
apex or ridge covering when the extra
soil is put on. Dig a surface drain
around the pit about six inches deep
to lead away any surface water. Sew
eral small earthen pits are better than
one very large one from the fact that
when the pit is opened, germ and mold
laden air enters and causes the veg
etables to decay. When the small pit
is opened for USE the fruits and veg
etables should be removed and partial
ly dried to prevent early decay.
Sweet potatoes cannot be safely
stored in the ordinary garden soil pit,
since the atmosphere is too moist for
them: neither will they keep in the or
binary cellar. Store sweet potatoes in
a box in dry earth so that the roots do
not touch, and kept in a dry and
perfectly frost-prOof room. Wrapping
each sweet potato separately in paper
will help to keep them crisp and from
decaying.
Onions must be kept in a dry. clean
place, although protection from cold
is not SO necessary. In fact, freezing,
with moderate thawing out, makes
The flavor milder. The best way to keep
them over winter, where the tempera-
ture is low enough, is to store them in
some room or building where it is cold
all the time SO that they will remain
frozen hard all winter. A covering of
hay or other material should be given
so that they will thaw out slowly at
the coming of :Tarmer weather.
Packed in bins or boxes or boxes in
a moderately dry, cold room where
they will remain in a solid frozen con-
dition all winter, they will keep per-
fectly.