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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
Making Compost.

Il notice that the Red Devil I've
is recommended for mixing in
water and sprinkling over manure or
compost to cut it down and fine it.
What is your opinion of this?''
The Red Devil lye is made of caus-
tic soda. 1t will add nothing of
value to the manure, and in the cut
ting down you will lose value instead
of gaining anything. The place for
manure is not in pile but out on the
field and spread as fast as made.
II loses less there than in any way
you can handle it. Adding the Red
Devil will simply be a waste of the
cost OF the lye and the labor. and
you will be losing ammonia from
the manure in the pile. Get the
manure out as fast as possible after
it is made and spread it where some
plant roots will find it. L cover
my garden all over thickly with ma
nure in the late fall and let it lie all
winter, and it does Far better than
manure applied in the spring. Out
on the land is the best place for ma
nure. and do not imagine that you
are getting potash in the lye. for
there is not particle of potash in it.
II you will read the label on the
cans you will find that it is soda, and
soda will not take the place OF pot
ash. We can afford to pile and turn
manure for the garden and frames,
but 1T does not pay to spend time and
labor over compost heap for tn 4,
farm CROP Let the manure go out
as far as it will and farm so that
you will make more feed and feed
more stock till you can have manure
enough to go over the whole corn
field. When a farmer does that he
is on the high road to success.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
Nitrate OF Soda for Lettuce.

1--WE have a good lot of lettuce
from seed grown in August and
transplanted to rows about foot
apart. 1t has grown we'll. and want
to know if nitrate OF soda will help
it, and / do not want to over-do II
and hurt the plants. Please ad-
wise"
Nitrate of soda is excellent for
pushing the plants to heading. II
should be applied at the rate OF $50
pounds an acre between the rows
when the leaves are dry. avoiding
getting any on the plants. In your
section you should be able to head
this lettuce in November. But when
the nights get Quite cold it will lie
well to cover it in some way, either
with cloth or merely with pine
straw.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
Lancaster. s. c., Nov. 21, 1915.

Lancaster. s. c., Nov. 21, 1916.
Notice of Meeting OF Stockholders:
Please take notice that a meeting
OF the stockholders is called to con-
slider the question of liquidating.
winding up and dissolving The Lam
caster Publishing Company, on the
22nd day of December, 1916, at
Lancaster. South Carolina, at the Of
flee of the Company, at IL o'clock a.
m, and to take such other action, IL
the meeting so desires, as may be
necessary for the stockholders to
take. or which may come before the
meeting.
If the Company should determine
by a majority vote of all the shares
OF the capital stock OF said Company
that said winding up. liquidation
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
Oats and Wheat.

Il have just read the front page
on winter covers, and want to make
some exceptions. Oats will do well
here put in with a grain drill during
any open weather before the first of
March, and l believe that wheat
would do well. too. We do not have
frost before November to make it
safe to SOW wheat on account of the
Hessian fly"
You overlook entirely the purpose
of winter cover. OF course you can
sow oats in your section in late win,
ter, but in the meantime the bare
soil will be losing fertility. You
could SOW wheat likewise. but make
no wheat. In fact, your section is
not wheat section. Oats sowed in
September will make a good winter
cover and will make far more oats
than the same oats sowed in late
February or March. The idea OF a
winter cover is to have green grow
ing crop on the land all fall ano
winter to prevent loss of nitrates
from the soil.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
WEEKS CONFERENCES
ENDS IN ROCK Hill,

Rock Hill, Nov. 25.-Nembers of
the staff of the Southern Sociological
congress last night closed their
weeks conference in Rock Hill and
today they left for Greenville. where
conference will be in progress next
week.
The final meeting last night was
largely attended and the enthusiasm
was nigh. 1t was decided to petition
the city council to make provision
ior employing public or Commun
lty nurse and there is little doubt but
that the city will adopt the plan
suggested with the beginning of the
new year. This action was recon-
mended by the mass meeting after
the workers had recommended thai
a visiting nurse be secured The re-
ports or the members of the staff
while pointing out many matters that
need prompt and grave attention.
were not as adverse as some NAV
nave supposed. The workers pre-
sehted cold facts as to existing con-
ditions and made suggestions for the
relief needed.
Many of the suggestions have been
made by local people interested, but
they were presented in more con.
Vincing way last night. The need
OF an extension of the water mains
to all parts of the city was stressed.
Just SO much as was the use of shall
low wells condemned. The necessity
OF the extension of the sewer lines to
all parts was pointed out, it being
declard that until this is done the
CITY can not be as healthy as il
should. The present water plant and
sewer system, so far as they extend,
We're praised by the surveyors. In
making the recommendations il was
pointed out that all the improve
ments could not be made at once. but
would have to come about gradually.
The speakers urged that the citizens
keep working at the subject until
every house. white and negro. was
provided with sewer connections.
Following the reports local chan.
ter of the Southern Sociological con.
gress was formed. Mayor w. G..
Stevens was elected as president.
Mrs. Alex Long, vice president, and
r. b. Condor, secretary-treasurer
Mayor Stevens, who presided at the
meeting. expressed the intention Of
the city council to carry out the rec
concentrations made. in so far as was
practical to do with the present in.
come of the city. He was in hearty
sympathy with the movement to keep
people well. He promised to give the
best of his attention to his work,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28

and dissolution shall be made. the
same will be done under the statutes
made and provided.
This notice will be mailed to you
and also will appear, by publication.
in The Lancaster News, the same be-
ing thirty-one days prior to the
meeting hereby called.
r. f. WYLIE,
President and owner OF 10 shares
of stock.
w. T. GREGORY,
Vice President and owner OF 10
shares Of stock
A. ]. GREGORY,
Secretary and owner of 7 shares
OF stock.
LUTHER ELLISON,
Director and owner of 20 shares
OF stock.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28

both as mayor and as the head of
the local chapter.
Talks were made by w. J. Rod
dey, T, j. Johnson, Supt. Il. c.
Burts, Mrs. Alexander Long and
others and all expressed themselves
as heartily supporting any movement
that has for its purpose the making
of Rock Hill a healthier city. A
healthy people means a happy and
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
SerradelIa.

Mr.. E. c. Sanford. who gives no
postoffice address, writes that he has
a package Of seed from a Western
scotsman marked "Tested and Re-
liable Clover-Serradella. He
wants to know about the Glover. !"
Serradella is Ornithopus sativus,
and is not a clover at all. though it is
legume. 1t will grow on poor land
but is more a weed than anything
else and not to be compared with the
true clovers, which all belong to the
genus Trifolium. People have gotten
to calling many legumes clover, such
as bur clover and Japan clover, neith-
er of which are true clovers. The
serradella has some value. but very
little as compared with crimson clo>
yer, red clover and alsike clover.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
Umbrella China Trees.

"Will China tree trimmed to one
stem make the umbrella China tree,
or is the latter distinct species?"
No sort of pruning Of the ordin.
ary China tree will make the um-
brella China. While not perhaps a
distinct species, it is permanent va
rietal form which comes true from
seed. Both belong to the species
Melia Azaderack, and the umbrel-
la form originated in sport or
natural mutation which has been
maintained
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
WHAT FARMERS WANT TO KNOW
grow rotten cotton and it rotted this
BY w. f. MASSEY

grow rotten cotton and it rotted this
year?
L assume that you refer to the boll
rot or anthacnose. This is carried
only by th eseed. 1t may be possible
that treating the seed with formal
dehyde as we do for oats smut. NAV
have some effect, but / know of no
experiment demonstrating this. Bet
ter get clean seed from healthy cot
ton. 1t is not carried in the soil. but
a good farmer will not plant cotton
after cotton, but will farm in good
improving rotation of crops and le-
gumes.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
Cotton AnthracnOse.

Il wish some information in re-
gard to rotten cotton. Can / give
the seed any treatment that will not
destroy its termination and will pre-
vent the rot? The idea that it comes
from the soil and not the seed must
be wrong, for some of the same seed
were put on land never known to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
Sugar Cane.

Il have seen it stated that sugar
cane, or ribbon cane as we call it,
makes seed in the southern part of
the United States. Is this true or
not? In my section the stalks have
to be bedded and again planted in
the spring."
l have never heard Of the sugar
cane blooming or seeding in any part
OF this country. believe that it does
seed in Cuba, but no farther north.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
LEGAL NOTICES
CLERKS SALE.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County Of Lancaster.
In Common Pleas.
.. joyce Clark Williams, Plaintiff,
VS..
X. l.. Lyles ct al, Defendants.

II. l.. Lyles ct al, Defendants.
pursuant to decree made in the
above stated case by Judge T. ].
Mauldin, dated November 2, 1916,
VIII sell at public auction to the
h1ghest bidder, at Lancaster Court
House. on the first Monday in De
cember next, within the legal hours
OF sale, the following described real
estate, to wit:
First. All that piece, parcel or
tract of land, containing ffty-five
and one-half (55 1-2) acres, more or
less, lying and situate in said county
and State, and being bounded as fol-
lows: North by lands Of Ola A.
watson; east by lands of j. ]. Sims {;
south by lands Of j. A. Weaver and
the tract hereinafter described, and
west by Milas c. Lyles. See Deed
Book M, page 263.
Second. All that parcel or tract
of land, lying and situate in said
county and State, containing twenty
t2GG acres, more or less, and being
bounded as follows: North by lands
OF Milas c. Lyles; east by tract above
described; south and west by lands
Pf Milas c. Lyles. See Deed Book @.
page SGT.
Terms of sale, Cash. Purchaser
or purchasers to pay for papers.
PAUL MOORE,
G.. G. c. l.. G.
II. HINES. Plaintiffs Attorney.
Nov. 10, 1916 Nov. 14-21-2S-3t.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28

contented people, hence all should
strive to have Rock Hill the most
healthy place in the State and nation.
was the general expression.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
In.Fos, A Mild. Effective Laxative 8 Liver Tonic
Does Not GriYe nor Disturb the StoHsach.

In addition to other properties, Lax Fos
contains Csscara in acceptable form, a
stimulating Laxative and Tonic. Lax-Fos
acts effectively and does not gripe nor
disturb stomach. At the same time, il aids
digestion, aronses the liver and secretions
and restores the healthy furctions. Soc.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28

Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives ont
Malaria ,epriches the blood and builds o the sys
tenn. A true tonic. For adults and children. SOC.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
Grapes Under Glass.

where can l buy a book on the
culture of grapes under glass. a book
OF real practical value?"
Sharitoh Grape Growers
Guide" deals altogether with the cul-
tiVation of grapes under glass, and is
practical book by skilled Crane
torcer. 1t is published by the Or
ange Judd Co., New YORK.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-11-28
No. 666

This 10 prescription prepared especially
Tor MALARIA or CHilLS L. FEVER.
Five or ak doses will break any case, and
II taken then a. . tonic the Fever will not
return. II acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 2So
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28

1t was wei known That Slmo.
would have opposed his granldau@h-
ter marriage to amy man. lie wills
selfish enough to wish to Keep her
at his side to wait upon him. for
she vas the only relative he had.
LET us come and live with voH.
grandfather," Cornelia had PLEADED
with her arms around his neck.
y on will like Henry better when
YOU know him. But the ob1uratv
old man had angrilv flung her a<.dl.
and the next day the Girl had been
married to Henry Stone ana di>ar
pearcd from Melville.
After that Simon Elmslury clos
cd the main part Of the house ana
lived in the east wing for ten wears.
and then he died without one re-
lcnting word to Cornclia. The
Stones had never been heard from
since their departure from Melville.
Old Simon Elmsbury went to the
grave unattended by any relative.
Since Simon's death gossip had it
that the house was haunted. On
stormy nights, the credulous said.
the old piano tinklcd softly behind
he closed shutters. and a womans
min, sweet voice was heard singing
Il low tones. S:natchcs OF this
weird music could be heard some
INES in the hull of shrieNinr wind
II dashing rain. Some claimed that
'ornclia was dead and that her
Wcct spirit came back to sing in
he rooms Of the old home, where
he had spent a happy girIhood.
In spite Of @hostly rumorS. Ebcn-
ger Pollock had suddenly made up
is mind to give up boarding in tile
.llagc hotel and occupy a home Of
is own. The E.lmsburv place suit
ID him. 1t was near his harness
shop, and the east wing was Just
large enough to serve his simple
purposes. As for the main portion
Of the house, he gave it over to rats
and mice and mold.
He had lived in the E~ln1sburv
place for three weeks before he
heard the singing ghost. It was
the 2lst Of September, and the equ;-
noctlal gale was shaking the old
house to its very foundations. Elcn-
ezer had gone to bed. but he could
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28
Have We Gained?

Let a man examine himself.-1
Cor. zi, %. Arc we today further
III all goodness and strength than
We Wore. say, ten years ago? Are
rs impatient. as f@ettul, as re-
'cntsul, rs sensitive to al! slight,
neglect and injury as w. used to be
Or are we %loIticr in mind, larger in
Thought, fuller in charity, more
hopeful regarding the worst? 1t is
Tor each man to answcr these qucs-
tons for himself and to himself.
We may lose great advantage if we
MAXI public confession about these
things. Sometimes it is we'll to sit
down at our own judgment seat, re-
cc've sentence and quietly ponder it
IN a silence so deep as TO be almost
rcIIgious.-Joscph Parker.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28

eycitelly.
my husband was poor. lie died
ana left a little insurance money
just enough to buy my food and not
enough to pay rent. My eyesight is
50 poor | cannot work, and so |
thought l would come back here. j
heard the place was shut up, and it
was my own by rights. | knew I'd
be driven out ii any one knew | was
hcre!'
"Iou poor little thing!" blurted
I-benezer pityingly. "Stay here Just
as long as you like!" There was a
long silence after that, while the
little widow cried happily before the
llTe' Ebenezer was thinking rapidly.
IT you ever go away, ma'am." he
SAID, with a great blush, I'll 60
after you and bring you back here
and'- He paused.
1t happened that n dav the
ghost deserted the Elmsbury house,
and Ebcnezer kept his word and
went after her-and brought her
back a bride to her old home.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28
The Elmsbury
Ghost
It Appeared In Person to
MIR. Ebenezer Pollock.
BY CLARlSSA MACklE

"Going once. Going twice. Go
ing three times and sold to Mr.. Eb-
enezer Pollock for $1,000"
The auctioneer's hammer fell with
a resounding thud and nearly graz
ed the lose of the purchaser.
didn't meal to damage a good
customer" chuckled the man Of the
hammer as he pulled down the red
flag above the gate and climbed into
his buggy. "Come down to Lawyer
Fitch's office bimeby, Meier, and
we'll close the deal right and
proper"
Every we'll" said Ebenczcr.
He watched the crowd of women
tiptoeing out Of the house and wait
ed until the last one had passed
through the gate, each with a fur
tive glance at the new owner. H
was aware that they marvcled be
aus he had bought a ghost ridden
house.
When he was alone in the shad-
ows Of the tall oaks he looked up al
the house, dark and forbidding in
the midst Of rank grass and weeds
Whatever had been its original col
or, it was now faded to a din@y mus
tard hue, blottcd with the dark
green of heavy wooden shutters
tightly closed.
There wcrc years and years when
the shutters had never been closed.
Those were the DAYS before old 81
mon E~lmsJury's granddaughter had
u away with the schooItcacher
and had IN consequence been disin-
herited by the old man. Simon had
left the house and land and furni-
turc to the Foreign Missionary So
clcty, and now, five years after his
death, they had put it up at auction.
and Ebcnezcr had bought it at
MUCH below its real value.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28
Montana Mixed.
(By Smithers. J

(By SmltherS.
Montana whiskev is a joke and a trick,
Thou maketh me bilious, drunk and sick,
A mixed-up dope of dregs and drugs,
Ten drops of corn juice to the quart of bugs:
Put under labels to catch the eye
Shake it together and call it rye.
It halls from Kentuck, 50 they say.
But comes by water all the way;
Just a few drops of original brew
When it comes rebottled and branded to you;
Songs in the second drink, cusses in the third
Take on the fourth gulp-then you're a bird.
It raises your spirits. then hurls them low,
The DEVILS venom and a merciless foe;
You fill up full and shamble to bed
With walling eyes and a splitting head,
Roll and groan and tumble and toss
Spew up squea]ing worms and a DEVILS boss.
1t matters not if your head is sore,
Creep up next day and drink some more;
Just keep on drinking this Montana mix,
Soon you'll get in a HI Of a fix
And see little imps with devil rakes,
Centipedes and all kinds Of snakes.
Prelude
Now | am dying-I have drank enough,
| will swear off drinking and quit the stuff.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28
Animals and Ciinbinu.

Bears can climb well if little, but
the grlzzlv and other large species
stay mainly on the ground. A bear
always climbs down a tree back
ward, as does the domestic cat until
she has nearly reached the ground.
when she turns and jumps, but most
wildcats run down a trunk head
first, even the heavy leopard being
a more skillful climber than the
light house cat. The tiger and lion.
however, do not climb, for no dis
.covcfablc reason unless it be that
they fear falling on account of their
weight.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28
Brass.

Brass is an alloy of tin and cop
per, and analysis Of the earliest *
Isting specimens demonstrates that
it was formerly manufactured in the
proportions Of one part of tin to
nine OF copper. A notice in Genesis
likes the discovery and use Of both
these metals, according to the Bible,
at between 1901 and 1886 years
before the Christian era.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28
Nature as a Painter.

Investigations recently made have
brought to light the fact that for
al fruits and flowers only three col
orlng substances are furnished by
nature. One Of these is the famii-
lar chlorophyll, which paints the
beans and peas, the watermelon and
the leaves OF the trees so vivid a
green. Another is xanthophyll,
which exhibits its intense yellow in
the carrot, for example. The third
IS erythropl'yll, which shows its rich
red III the beet. The last two are
only modified chlorophvll, however.
nut 1t is marvellous to realize that
all the varied hucs Of flowers and
fruits T due to these three sub
stances, mixed in different proper
tions.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-01-28
Ma Corrected.


Little Sister-Ma, Willie kept the
largest half Of the apple for him
self.
Wil1ic-No, I didn't, ma.
Nothcr-But l see the largest
half in your-hand.
Willic-Excuse me, ma. There
being bat two halves to an apple
there can't be any "largest."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Exact Thomas.
Thomas Hoar, the devoted scrv-
ant upon whom Gilbert White, the
English naturalist, depended to car
ry out his garden plans and to look
after his comfort in many ways, was
noted for his exactness. Mr.. II. G..
Shelley, in colbert White and Sci
borne," gives an amusing illustra-
ton.
There was one occasion when
thomas came to report, "Plcase, sir,
I've been and broke a glass"
.Broke a glass, Thomas. How
did YOU do that::'
"l1l show YOU, sir" he rejoincd
as ne disappeared for a moment. Re-
turning with a glass il his hand he
let It fall on the floor, rcmarking:
"Ihat's how | broke it, sir"
"lherc, go along, T'homas; YOU
are a great fool,' said his master.
adding to himself. 'and | was as
great a II for asking such a fool
ish question:"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-29
Notice OF TInaI setfIcment-

Estate Of Gustav B.eclscIu.lt. de-
ceased.
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned. Charles e. Sample,
executor Of the estate Of Gustav Blech-
schmidt deceased. has THIS day 6led
h.s final report and settlement as such
In the prOzate court OF Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-29
Notice Of FINAL Settlement.

-f"t+IN ~ 4 MAJ 1EtIleuleHAz
Estate Of Johann Otto Helfrich. de-
ceased
Public notice is hereby givea that
the undersigned, Karl Helfrich. admin
isTrator, with the will annexed Of the
estate Of Johann Otto Helfrich de-
ceased. has this day filed his final re-