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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08

injured. The following winter (after
constructing the trellis) remove the
weakest of the three canes and cut
back those remaining. one at the first
wire and the other at the top wire.
Securely tied to the wires. they form
the permanent trunks Of the vine.
In the third year, select two strong
canes coming out near the extremity
OF each trunk and train them along
the wires In opposite directions to
form arms. Then shorten them back
to length Of two, three, or four feet,
this depending on the vigor of the
vine. All other canes are cut OF close
to the trunk.
Pruning in the fourth and subse-
quent years consists in cutting back
new canes to two buds or entirely re-
newing the arms by cutting them out
and training new canes to take their
places. 1t is not always possible to
renew an arm. because OF the prob
able lack Of strong cane to take it's
place. On the other hand, the prac-
tice Of cutting back canes to two
buds, continued a long time, will
cause thick, Objectionable mass of
spurs to accumulate along the arms.
The most desirable way is to combine
the renewal plan with the spur meth
cd and thereby suit the pruning to
the vigor and general form Of the vine
In cases where it SENS best to prune
an arm to spurs. thin them to dis
tance Of six to eight inches apart to
prevent the setting of more fruit than
the vine can properly develop
The best time to prune the bunch
grape is in spring, just before the buds
come out. Do not delay until the
season is too far advanced That
pruning produces results is shown in
the accompanying illustration. the
only difference between these two
punches being that the vine of one
was pruned. while that of the other
was not.
F. j. CRIDER,
Associate Professor OF Horticulture,
Clemson Agriculture College.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
BLACK ROT OF GRAPES.

To control black rot of grapes the
Botany Division Of Clemson College
recommends spraying with Bordeaux
mixture. Apply Bordeaux just as the
buds begin to swell in early spring.
Make second application as soon as
the leaves unfold and a third as soon
as the fruit is set. After this, weather
conditions and the severity OF tie
disease will determine the number OF
applications. Ordinarily IT is advis.
able to spray every two weeks until
the fruit begins to ripen. Black rot
is the most common and destructive
disease of grapes in South Carolina.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
Process Of Making Blood.

Natures process OF making blood is
interesting. Briefly. it is on this wise:
When the stomach and other alimen-
tary organs have completed their di-
gestive work the blood-forming mate
rial is absorbed by innumeratle little
mouths, and conducted through maze
OF assimilating glands to storage
pocket in the regions of the kidneys.
From this receptacle the refined blood
material passes upward through a
long goose-quill-sized tube emptying
into a great vein between the neck
and the heart. The heart receives
this crude, rich blood and pumps ii
into the lungs, where it is oxygenized
and purified. Then the life-sustain-
Ing stream returns TO the heart to be
forced out to the remotest tissues Of
the body.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
MORE MEAT MAKERS
FEWER RAZOR BACKS
"Piney-Woods Rooter' is Civ.
ing Way to Better Bred
Members of Hog Tribe

The ungainly, Improbable hog
known as the razor-back is fast Civ
ing way In South Carolina to a bet
ter type-a safety type that insures
reasonable profits from reasonable
care. The we'll bred hog far exceeds
the razor-back in both meat and pig
production and modern farming con.
ditions require that these two factors
be carefully considered when hogs
are being selected. Good farming
has no place for the razor-back, be.
cause good farming is first Of all
economical.
Market hogs are storehouses In
which grain, forage, and other feeds
are stored up in the form of meat.
The small granary is of comparative.
iy little value; the profits are in
those having at least reasonable ca.
pacity. The razor-back is "store.
house" with very little capacity and
can not make rapid gains. On the
other hand. a pig Of any Of the pop
ular breeds is capable of attaining a
weight of from $50 to $50 pounds at
nine to twelve months old; indeed
such weights are not unusual in the
Corn Belt.
The we'll bred hog far outclasses
the razor-back in regularity of breed
Ing and ability to produce large lit
ters of pigs. This is one of the most
important points to be considered in
hog-raising.
Finally. look at this picture of a
typical razor-back and then call to
mind the appearance of any well-bred
hog. The differences are so striking
that a comparison seems absurd.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
II. S. Woolon Mills Co.
Friday and Saturday, Feb II and IL, 1916
2 DAYS 2
Ferguson & Elliott, General Merchandise Store
Lancaster South Carolina
Beauty and Brains.

A pretty girl need not necessarily be
orainless, but somehow the combina.
tion persists.
Did you young fellows ever stop to
analyze any Of your conversation.
with that wide-eyed little blonde who
always wears pink silk blouses? No,
OF course you didn't-you hardly knew
what you were saying yourself.
Trouble with you is that you haven't
imagination enough to conceive OF a
pretty girl who could bring up a more
interesting talk topic than her own
sweet self
You sort Of concede that a peach OF
girl is three-quarters mush, with a
heart Of stone
or course there is such a thing az
the pretty girl with brains, but she's
either married or else In love with
some cuss that doesn't appreciate her.
Judge.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
sCIA1wA's PIERCING PAIN

To kill the nerve pains of Sciatica
you can always depend on Sloan's
Liniment. 1t penetrates to the seat OF
pain and brings ease as soon as 1t
is applied. A great comfort too with
Sloan's is taat no rubbing is required.
Sloan's Liniment Is Invaluable for
stopping muscular or nerve pain OF
any kind. Try IL at once IL you
suffer with Rheumatism, Lumbago,
Sore Throat, Pain in Chest, Sprains,
Bruises, etc. 1t is excellent for Neu-
ralgia asd Headache. 25c at all
druggista.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
Ships Are All "adIes."

The word ship" is masculine in
French, Italian, Spanish and Portu-
guese. and possesses no sex In Teu-
tonic and Scandinavian. Perhaps it
would be error. suggests the Marine
Journal, to trace the custom of fem
tnizing ships back to the Greeks, who
called them by feminine names, prob
ably out of Difference to Athene, god
dess OF the sea. But the English
speaking sailor assigns no such rea-
sons. The ship to him is always q
lady. even though she be a man-o'-war.
She possesses a waist. collars. stays,
laces, bonnets, ties, ribbons, chains,
watches and dozens of other distinctly
feminine attributes
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08

A typical "piney-woods rooter" one
year old. The kind Of hog not to
have. II Is less common In South
Carolina than II once was.
However, one need not begin with
an entire herd Of pure bred animals
IN order to succeed with hogs. The
logical method is to use pure bred
sires-whether breeding hogs or
horses or cattle-and to grade UP the
herd at minimum cost. Decide on the
breed Of hogs you desire to raise, Sc.
lecting from the popular breeds; use
only pure bred boars Of this breed,
sticking to. the breed chosen, and at
the same time avoiding inbreeding;
give reasonable care In feeding and
general management. II these things
are done. you may expect the hogs to
respond by bringing in steady profits.
R. L. SHIELDS.
Chief Animal Husbandry and Dairying
Clemson Agricultural College.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
NEWSPAPER IRONY.

Writing OF the perils of irony, a
of letters from the scandalized read
ers of a great Paris newspaper whose
employment Of that figure of rhetoric
has misled many worthy persons Of
the type that may be accurately de-
scribed as more respectable than quick
witted. Some of the examples are
very amusing.
Relating the circumstances Of rail-
way accident, a reporter Of the Paris
newspaper had sarcastically referred
to 1.-The extraordinary solicitude of
the company for the lives of the trav-
elers," and by return mail an indig-
nant subscriber wrote:
''Sir, you must have been well paid
by the company to say that"
reviewer, dealing with a preten-
tious book of travels, had seized the
opportunity offered and mockingly
announced: IN. Dubois is a remark
able man. He has just discovered
America" Without delay a serious
minded literalist sent in a labored
correction, giving due credit to the
immortal Columbus and mentioning
the historic date of 1892. Other ex-
amples equally surprising and mirth
provoking were cited.
Commenting on the French au-
thor's entertaining articles. an intel
ligently appreciative American writer
remarked: ut is an old theme which
Rene Doumic illustrates afresh with
his wit. Playful writing has it's uh-
deniable inconveniences in solemn
generation. To be often ironical is
to be often misunderstood. 1t is un-
doubtedly dangerous figure Of
speech for any man to use. Yet 1t
seems absolutely necessary at times.
One cannot be always ponderously
matter OF fact. Certain subjects sim
ply demand sarcastic treatment, un-
less the writer would make himself
seem stupid, and expose himself to
the old penalty: "a double rope on
thy neck dost pull. FOR writing trea-
son and writing dull" Moreover, as
M. Doumic argues. the use of irony
is often polite way OF letting impos-
ters and humbugs know that we are
not their dupes. To fly out al them
directly would be merely to increase
their sense OF Importance. But to
praise them Ironically and exagger-
ate sarcastically tb : claims, makes
them doubt--and to awaken doubt In
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
In


The habits of growth and fruit
bearing Of the bunch grape make 1t
easy to prune and the work can be
done much more Systematically than
with most other fruits. Furthermore,
1t will stand very severe pruning with
out injury. The fruit ia borne on new
shoots from the preceding years
growth and unless the vine is con-
tinually cut back, the fruiting area
will become farther removed from the
main stem each year and will produce
long, naked canes, which serve no
purpose other than to convey plant
food to the more remote fruit-bearing
parts. Moreover. il the vine is left to
itself, more fruit will form than the
plant can properly develop. The i'm
portant objects in pruning, then, are
to get the most bearing wood in the
smallest space and to limit the bear
Ing wood according to the ability Of
the vine to produce we'll developed
fruit. Not infrequently vines are al
lowed to retain too much bearing wood
and there is consequent waste of
energy in the production of many
small, inferior punches. For best re.
suits, our common varieties more than
four years old should be pruned so as
to bear not more than from seventy
to one hundred clusters
The method of pruning Is determin-
ed in part by the kind OF training
practiced There are several good
systems. One OF the simplest, which
is also one of the best for the South.
is that known as the double Kniffin
system of training, in which are de-
veloped two trunks, each OF which
carries two arms trained to a two
wire trellis.
Use a one or two-year-old vine for
transplanting and cut back the top to
three or four strong buds. That Wig.
orous canes may be produced, rub off
all shoots that appear during summer
except the strongest three. Only two
shoots are necessary. but It is we'll
to leave three, in case one should be
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
Kid Glove MAKING In France,

The superiority OF French kid gloves
over all others is due above all to the
perfection of the skins, the kids being
reared in villages by peasants who
own only few goats and, therefore,
take great care of them. Another
reason is that in France one workman
takes the prepared skin and manipu-
iates 1t himself right up to the finished
glove-Newark News.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
Grand Spring & Summer Opening 1916
$4,000 DOLLARS
GIVEN AWAY IN Sill VERWARE
lhe Opportunity of a LifetimeM

o
''N -l''0A0l1hi
CHOICE OF SET OF TWENTY
NSAI >1-
o any O""
be
RAIDS to mention
under one roof we
.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties of fQUININE
and IRON: 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW

A sluggish liver can cause a per-
son an awful lot or misery. Spells of
dizziness, headaches, constipa ton
and biliousness are sure signs that
your liver needs help. Take DR..
Kings New Life Pills and see how
hey tone up the whole system. Fine
for the stomach too. Aids digestion.
Purifies the blood and clears the COM
plexion, Only 25c at your druggist.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
500 Reward, S1OO

The readers OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able TO cure in sli its
stages. and that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure now known to thc med.
iGal fraternity. Catarrh being constitutional
disease. requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces or
the system. thereby destroying the foundati, N
or the disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assisting ma
ture In doing Its work. The proprletoSs have
SO much faith In its curative powers that they
oner one Hundred Dollars for any case that II
rails to cure. Send for list OF testimonials.
Address F. j. CHENEY & Co. Toledo o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Hali's Family Fills for constipation.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
DOCTOR SAVES \ BLACKSMITH.

Some time ago l was taken with
kidney trouble which caused me to
give up my work as blacksmith.
lost my appetite and could not sleep,
from the dreadful pains that would
come over me. from my kidneys. l
was treated by a physician for about
three months. He could not help me
so finally he prescribed DR.. Kilmer's
'wampRoot. l started taking same
and before / had finished taking the
first bottle i began to eat and sleep
better than / had in long time.
continued to take same until l was
entirely cured and took on consider
able weight.
/ am now back working at my trade
gain and never felt better in my life
l appreciate what Swamp-Root has
done for me and will recommend it to
any one who suffers with their kid
neys. When physicians fail to give
relief and then prescribe Swamp
Root, they sure know of its merits.
II, Very truly yours,
S. A. HALE.
State of New York;
County of Monroe) )......
S. A Hale, OF Henrietta, n. Y,
icing duly sworn deposes and says
that he is the person who wrote the
foregoing testimonial letter to DIR.
Kilmer & Co.. and knows the facts
stated therein to be true.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this Goth day of July, 1909.
Morris T. Griffin,
Notary Public.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08

During the fall of 1914 Chicago
wholesalers quoted the following
prices per pound on named varieties
OF pecans: Schley As cents; Van
Deman and Delmas, 40 cents; Stuart,
35 cents; Alley 80 cents.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
COLDS & LaGRIPPE

s or 6 doses 666 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
{; LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
eripe or sicken. Price 25c.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08

The wise gardener looks to his tools
In the first days of spring so as to he
ready when the rush comes.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08
HouD TO Treat
Group Externally

Rub Vick's "vap- Rub" salye we'll
over the throat and chest for few min.
qtes-then cover with warm flannel cloth
Leave the covering loose around the nenI
so that the soothing medicated vapors aris.
ing may loosen the choking phieem and
ease the difficult breathing. One applioa-
tion at bedtime insures against a i,isht
a.Iack: y 25c, 6Oc, or S1.0O. At druggists.
.WkSW0agBS
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-02-08

Letter to
DIR. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root viii Do For
You.
Send ten cents to DIR. Kilmer & Co..
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. 1t will convince anyone.
You will also receive a booklet of
"Hluable information, telling about
The kidneys and bladder. When writ
ing. be sure and mention the Ian
caster News. Regular fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-03-07
The Value. Of Legumes,

Bulletin 179 OF the Illinois Station con.
tains some very interesting facts regard
ing the nitrogen in certain legumes.
They found that, eff sodium nitrate, an
important commercial source of nitro
gen, was used for growing the following
nine important crops in the United
States, corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye,
potatoes, hay, cotton and tobacco, based
on the yield for 1910, the total known
supply would only last about six years.
On the other hand, the nitrogen above
only one square mile, weighing 20 mil
lion tons, If put into commercial form
would be sufficient to supply all the in
dustries of the entire world, at the pres
ent rate of consumption, for the next
fifty years"
In order that the legumes may avail
themselves OF this great store of atmos-
pberic nitrogen they have to grow in
soil inoculated with certain bacteria, the
kind depending somewhat upon the va.
riety of the legume. AZ the tip of the
root hair of the legume pushes out into
the soil 1t comes In contact with some Of
these bacteria which cling to the tip Of
the root. In some way, possibly by
means of an engine, they dissolve the
cellulose of the walls and thus enter the
root hair. Because of this the root
bends at this point, forming a crook.
By rapid growth the bacteria advance
into the root and form little buuches or
nodules on the roots.
The bacteria are spread by the seeds
of legumes themselves, by inooulated
wind blown soil particles, by water
washing inoculsted fields, and by har-
rowing of such fields. In dry soil they
have been known to live for at least two
years, but when exposed directly to
bright sunlight they are apt to die in
few hours.
The authors of this bulletin found that
inoculated soy beans may take as high
las 5.5 lbs. of nitrogen per acre per day
from the air. Through their expert
ments they discovered that the greatest
accumulation Of atmospheric nitrogen
takes place between the fortieth and
sixtieth days, or just previous to seed
formation.
1t 10 easy to see that the information
In this bulletin is of practical value to
the farmer. Nitrogen purchased as
commercial fertilizer on the market
costs between fifteen and twenty cents
pound. II, on the other hand, he can
raise valuable forage crop, that will at
times take seventy five cents to one dol
lars worth per acre OF nitrogen from the
air in a single day, he is surely saving
money. To-day the successful farmer is
the one who gets a good profit from
every dollar invested, without seriously
depicting his soil. He is the ono who
raises some kind of legumes to furnish a
part Of his forage.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-03-07

and some more herbs that was b
mix with 1t and told me what TO do
was to make tea Of It and give Il
to him and keep him from rum for 9
certain time. And for two weeks
did II. You know, ! liked Wainwright
Both Of Us was broke, but Timotea
sent us goat meat and plantains and
tortillas every day, and at last I got
the curse Of drink lifted from Clifford
Wainwright. He lost his taste for it
And In the cool Of the evening him
and me would sit on the roof Of Ttmo-
teas mothers hut eating harmless
truck Hike coffee and rice and stewed
crabs and playing the accordion.
About that time President Comes
found out that the advice Of O. VAIN
wright was the stuff he had been look
ing for. The country was pulling out
Of debt, and the treasury had enough
Doodle in It for him to amuse himself
occasionally with the night latch.
80 down from the regular capital he
sends for Clifford Wainwright and
makes him his private secretary at TO-
900 Peru dollars year. Yes, sir-so
much. Wainwright was on the water
wagon-thanks to me and Tfmotea-
and he was soon In clover with the
government gang.
"As l said, a man can do lot more
for another party than he can for him
self. Wainwright with his brains got
q whole country out Of trouble and
on its feet, but what could he do for
himself? And without any special
brains, but with some nerve and COM
mon sense, put him on his feet be-
cause / never had the weakness that
he did-nothing but cigar for mine.
Yes, he offered me some pretty good
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-03-07

aboard. Reluctantly I was leaving thu
Land Of Always Afternoon. William
was remaining, and he favored me
with a condensed oral autobiography
as we sat on the sands In the shade
cast by the Bodega Nacional.
AS usual, l became aware that the
Man from Bombay had already writ
ten the story, but as he had compressed
1t to an eight word sentence I have be
come an expansionist and have quoted
bis phrase above with apologies to him
and best regards to Terence.
Don't you ever have a desire to 90
back to the land Of derby hats and
starched collarsT' asked him. "You
seem to be handy man and man Of
action" continued, "and / am sure
could find you comfortable Job some.
where In the States"
Ragged, shiftless, barefooted, con.
frmed eater Of the lotos, William Trot.
tar had pleased me much, and I hated
to see him gobbled up by the tropics.
"Tve no doubt you could" he said,
idly splitting the bark from a section
Of sugar cane. "T've no doubt you
could do much for me. II every man
could do as much for himself as he
can for others every country in the
world would be holding millenniums
instead Of centennials." 49,
There seemed to be pabulum in W.
T.'s words. And then another idea
came to me.
I had brother in Chicopee Falls
who owned manufactures cotton OF
sugar or AA sheetings or something
In the commercial line. He was vul.
carly rich, and therefore reverenced
art. The artistic temperament Of the
family was monopolized at my birth.
I knew that Brother James would hon.
or my slightest wish. I would demand
from him position in cotton or sugar
or sheetings for William Trotter- some
thing, say, at $500 a month or there
abouts. I confided my beliefs and
made my propositions to William. he
had pleased me much, and he was
ragged. re-
While we were talking there was
sound Of firing guns-four or five, rat
tlingly, as II by a squad. The cheer.
full noise came from the direction OF
the cuartel, which is a kind Of make
shift barracks for the soldiers Of the
republic.
"Hear thatY' said William Trotter.
LET me tell you about 1t.
"a year ago I landed on this coast
with one solitary dollar. I have the
same sum in my pocket today. was
second cook on q tramp fruiter, and