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Treat Seed Oats For Smut. Oat smut wan generally prevalont In South Carolina last spring, and every precaution should be taken to avoid ita recurrence next year. The time to effect thiB prevention is before - the weed are planted. Oat ?mut m#y reduce the yield of grain as much as 25 per cent, and also greatly reduce the quality of the grain. % A simple treatment using formaldehyde is very effective and economical. The (treatment in brief is as follows: Thorougmly fan and screen the seed to remove the light grainR and all foreign material. Mix one pint of formalin (40 per -cent formaldehyde) with 10 gallons of water for each 80 bushels to be treated. Keep this solution- covered to: prevent the escape of the gns fumes. ] Sprinkle the solution over the "oats with a sprinkling can, using one pint to each bushel of grain, and mix rapidly and thoroughly. Pile the oats up and cover with blankets, canvas or sacks. After two hours remove the covering. If the oats have been thoroughly mixed thuy will have absorbed the moisture enough to permit immediate sowing in a broadcast seeder or drill. If tho oats are not to he planted at once, they should be spread out in a thin layer and stirred occasionally to allow the escape of the formaldehyde gas. 40 per cent formalin can be pur-.i chased at any drug store. For further) information see the County Agent. Charles P. Dow, former head of the bankrupt brokerage house of C. P. Dow & Co., which failed for $000,000, and who faced trial in the federal court of Boston this week, on a charge of using the mails to defraud, was let off with a fine of $2,500, after he had entored a plea of guilty. Fertilizing Oats. Clemson College, Sept. 27.?Tests conducted by the South Carolina Experiment Station indicate that a low response to phosphorus and potash is made by oats where oats follows cotton that received a liberal application of these two elements, and that the yield of oats is almost directly proportional to the amount of ammonia applied. Where a constant amount of nitrogen was applied, the variation in phosphorufc_?rom 0 to 12 per cent., and potash from Ofo 6 per cent, produced no significantyutTerenees in yield. Apparently, therefore, says J. I). Warner, assistant agronomist, heavy j applications of phosphorus and potash to cotton are sufficient to satisfy the' cotton crop as well as the following I crop of oats. Ifowever, if only light j applications of phosphorus have been made to soils low in fertility, for best | results it will be necessary to apply 100 to 200 pounds of phosphoric acid per acre.i On very sandy soils, a light application of kainit may be made at the same time. The oat plant, being very succulont, responds readily to*hitrogen, and enough nitrogen in a readily available form should be applied at planting to enable the plants to go into winter in a vigorous healthy condition. Large applications at planting are subjected to leaching loss during the winter before it is needed by the plants in the spring, and therefore] should be avoided. Liberal applications of reddjily available nitrogen should be applied just as spring growth begins. The most common practice is to apply about 100 pounds of nitrate-of soda or the equivalent of sulphate of ammonia per acre as a top-dresser. The first municipal public conveyance was used in Nantes, France, in 182.r>. A few years later the omnibus was introduced into London. ' YAIIT '"** aSI. LOUIS CKfKBRATKH I ! Western City Goen Wild When Ball Team Wins Panoant. St. Louis, Sept. 24.-?With one great roar of whl#tje?, bombs, horns and other noise makers, including the human voice, St. Louie late today burst into its most joyoua-and whole-hearted celebration aince. Armistice day eight years ago. Ihe Cardinals' pennant clinching victory at New York had barely been annouced by the radio than it was broadcast by the ensuing uproar. h aster than telephone or telegraph could transmit, the L news apread through the downtown diatrict and most disinterested passersby?if there were any?knew what it was all about. They realised the Cardinals had brought to St. Louis its first major league pennant in 88 years and u world series would be played here October 5, 6 and 7, probably against the New York Yankees. Passing motorists pounded their horns and heads bobbed from the high windows of office buildings. Sirens began to blow, ten bombs were aet off at the city hall and hundreds of pigeons nesting there swooped out over the streets. From the doora of downtown build- j ings crowd* poured forth. , From offices came shirt-sleeved workers who had not time to think of hats' or coats or bother about the thunderstorm that' began Just prior to the celebration. ~~ From the windows floated masses of torn paper, confetti and ticker tape. From everywhere appeared noise makers?instruments which fans had been slyly buying for the hour when the victory would be known . The downpour made no difference. Bareheaded men and women, young and old, behaved as if the sun were shining brightly. . An hour later, when the rain abated, hundreds of other celebruters appeared and the showers of paper were redoubled. traffic at the principal corners was in a hopeless Jam.-Policemen) trying vainly .for semblance of order, ' were unable to kep the automobiles and street cars moving. As the excitement grew, clerks abandoned store counter^ and ran into the street, to work no more this day of days for starved fans. Automobiles moving through the business district were plastered like crazy quilts with wet paper which floated down through the rain. Some audacious motor fans, disregarding the law, opened their cut-outs and back-fired their engines to add to the I din. . | In the outlying district the nqsvs was picked up in a few minutes. At 1 the Greater-St. Ivouis exposition, in Forest Park, where thousands of school children were guests, there was ;-a roar of ehikiish voices when the nqws came in. Three hours after-the gaipt? the celebration appeared to be just beginning and it was predicted the fans would continue to hold carnival until the small hours of the morning, rain or no rain. In the midst of the excitement a robber held up the downtown office of the Pressmen's association and escaped with $2,000. Nothing could posibly have made me happier than the winning oT XRo pennant," said Sam Bradon, Cardinal "president, as he attempted to acknowledge congratulations . "When I took charge of the club seven years ago, I did it with the sole hope of winning a championship for St. Louis. It has been a long, hard fight, but that ambition has finally been realized." Breadon announced world series tickets would be mailed to' purchasers Monday. Tl#ro were 28,000 reservations for each of the three days. It was necessary to reject applications for 50,0000 more tickets. Twelve thousand unreserved bleacher and pavilion seat tickets will be placed on sale each day. Eire Near Kershaw. The. residence of B. I). Gardner, in the vicinity of Sand Hill church, \v$s destrbyed by fire Tuesday near the noon hour, and while the midday meal was being prepared. The fire was supposed to have originated from a j defective flue. It was reported to u* that very little of the contents of the i (building were saved and the loss was! covered with only partial insurance. Kershaw Era. Empire Killed New York, Sept. 26. ? Patrick McTa\ij, umpire of a baseball game in Long Island t ity, was struck by a fan today ami died on the way to a hospital. McTavey had just made a close dec is ion in the game. The police arc looking for Thomas Carroll, brother of the catoher on one of the teams. A New ^ ork theatre manager last hriday put up $1,500 m niekles, dimes and quarters as bonds for nine persons who had been arrested at his theatre for putting on an immoral show. ... - """II 1 "l| V" i instill II> ONE HUNDRED PER CE7NT. Enrollment of Bethune Teacher* in National Association. Washington, D. C., 8ept? 24.?One hundred per cent of the teachers ef the schools of Bethune, South Carolina, are enrolled in the National Educational Association, according to a report received today by J. W. Crabtree, secretary of the Association, from J. C, Foster, the superintendent of schools. ' In a letter to Mr. Foster, acknowledging the report, Mr. Crabtr#e says: "We are proud of your on^ hundred per cent, membership In the National Education Association. It means that your teachers realize the necessity of solidifying the profession. You and your associates are to be Congratulated on this record. You will soon receive the certificates granted by tht Executive -Committee." The National Education Association was organized in 1857.. Through its efforts the United States Bureau of Education was established. It has more than 100,000 members. It is the largest professional teachers association in the world and - the greatest publisher of literature on education. Among the planks in its platform of service are: A competent teacher in every public school position in the United States; such inducements :.to enter the profession as will attract the most talented men and women; the establishment of a Department of Education with a Secretary in the President's Cabinet; and ratification of the Constitutional Amendment authorizing Congress to regulate child labor. ' Killed in Te Great Storm Walter S. Cauthen of Dry Creek was in Lancaster Tuesday atid stated that he had received a telegram that morning from John W. Ingram at Hollywood, Fin., conveying the news that his son-in-law, H. G. Luther, was killed in the great storm a day or tfvo before, but that other members of the family were safe and well. Mr. Luther married Miss Mary Ingram, sister to Mrs. Cauthen, and1 was an extensive real estate operator.?Lancaster News Willie Green, negro, one of the deacons in the "House of Prayer," was drowned in a Charlotte, N. C., swimming pool Sunday^ after "Bishop" C. M. Grace, Portugese "faith heale?V had baptized more than 500 negroes. Farmers of Onslow county, N. C., last week captured ten bears- in a hunt. The bears had been feasting on the corn and pigs of the farmers. Jones Gets Phomoted. A Punta Gorda paper of recent date carries the following news note about J. E. Jones, formerly a clerk in the Carmden postoffice: "A changp in the clorical force of the local postoffice that will go into effect Monday involves the transfer of J. E. Jones to the Sarasota post office and the substitution in his place of C. S. Brown of Tampa, who, with Lee Rhode, will be in charge of the stamp and delivery windows. The transfer of Mr. Jones is in the nature of a promotion, whereby he gets an increase of salary; othferwise> the patrons of this office would make a vigorous complaint, for -his very courteous and efficient service has made him enviably popular. Mr. Brown brings high testimonials, and will, no doubt, .* soon win his way to public favor. The present force of clerics,* however, will be totally inadequate to the de-^ mands of the tourist season." The total number of deaths so far accounted -for due to a hurricane that swept El Carnacion, Paraguay, ' last week,'is 198. , 1 DON'T STARVE / THEM TO DEATH? tg||HE only reason a dairy cow does not HUl starve to death on pasture is because the summer is not long enough! Hie practice of turning the herd out on pasture to shift for themselves is neither profitable nor economical. To furnish the necessary protein for the greatest flow of milk during the grass period, the entire herd should be fed a regular amount of Alfocorn Milk Maker. One pound of Alfocorn Milk Maker to every 5 pounds of milk a cow gives a day should be fed to cows on pasture. It is the best way to double your income. cfuaAxMtUed ALFOCORN MILK MAKER THK PCRFCCT 04ffVV FffO Sold By STOKES-EVANS CO. Camden, S. C.. 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