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Knter Grazing V Decreases Costs Clem8on, Sept. 25.?"Records kept E the l>a'ry Herd Improvement AsElitlons show that teed coats have En reduced one-third to one-half In Edg where winter grazing was availEjg as compared with herds where Evas not available," says Vance Kgory, assistant extension dairyman. Et only was the feed cost lower but E production per cow was more Eq 30 per cent greater in the herds Eth grazing. The time for seeding winter crops b practically at hand and seedings Eould be made as soon as the land fc prepared and when moisture condiKods are right. "Grain and legume mixtures have Een the best results for winter paiing," says Mr. Henry, "and the Et seeded mixture should depend En the section of the state." For the Piedmont a mixture of two Ehels of barley, two bushels of Kg. and :'0 pounds of crimson clover Br acv> 4 es good results. For sandhills and the sandy soils of the coastal plains the best mixture is probably two bushels of rye, two bushels of oats, and tWenty pounds of vetch per acre. For heavy coastal plains soils the mixture should be th?? same except that barley replaces the rye. "Grass is the natural feed for dairy cattle and because of the succulent character of green grazing, Its high natural content, and its high protein content it stimulates cows to greater production. Not only that," concludes Mr. Henry, "breeding and calving troubles are kept at a minimum and the general health of the herd is better when abundant grazing is furnished. "Providing grazing as nearly all the fear as practicable can do as much loward producing milk economically u any one thing." Soviet Russia's entry into Poland b hailed in many Bulgarian quarters *s heralding the beginning of active 6?viet help In changing Europe's i>ost orld war boundaries. If thp earth rotates on Its axis 18 tones faster than it does, we would be thrown off into space if we went too Jcar the equator. Cotton Picker Was Sticker In The Field (By Harry Hampiou In Sunday's Columbia Stale) Over in Camden, iho sports center, u new sport, or least a new sporting proposition, seems to be developing. Among the residents In or near the resort community i* ? young scion of a wealthy fuinlly who Is described by the gals of his acquaintance ^ts excruciatingly good-looking. As a matter of fact, It Is reported that he was offered the role of the Tarleton In the inovle verg)on of "Gone With the Wind." He declined because the part necessitated his staying in Hollywood six weeks and he considered that too much bother. Well, the other day It seems that some of his friends got up a pool and put it up on the strength of their belief that the handsome young scion could not pick 75 pounds of cottou In a day. The deal was made. Next morning the young man, knowing It might be difficult for him to awaken at the hour customary with cotton pickers, set not one, but three alarm clocks for 4:45. Came the dark before the dawn and the first clock went' off on schedule? Jmpotently. The young man slept on. The second clpck sounded its clanging reveille, but the sleeper stirred only Just enough to shut it off in semi-daze and return to his slumbers. The.third clock added Its pealing call and this time the boy caifte out of the fog sufficiently to arise and dreBB. But now further difficulties arose, He did not know how to tie the sack for picking the cotton. Bo he ^wakened one of his opponents In the stakes and asked him how to do It. "Ye gods and little fishes!" exclaimed the awakened one. "Why in blazes do you wake me up? I didn't make any bet to pick* cotton!" But be had to arise Just the same and get his friend started. Nobody thought the young man would keep at his unaccustomed task more than a few minutes, and were already planning how they would spend the winnings. But 8, 9 and 10 o'clock came and still the picker picked on. The boy who had been awakened began to grow worried, so he went out into the field with three bottles of beer. The laborer drank the three bottles of beer and kept on picking. Came dinner time and the young Adonis came In, ate a hearty meal, and to the astonishment of all returned to his task. In the middle of the afternoon, the friend once more became apprehensive of the young man's safety so went out and gave him a pint, The picker made way with the pint and stuck to hie bolls and bag. At four o'clock It was found he had the 75 pounds of cotton and he collected. But the defeated wagerers were not yet through. They got- up another pool and wagered the young man could not make It 125 pounds for the day. He was on for that one, too. The afternoon wore on and the picker continued to pull bolls. The sun set and still he labored away. Came the dusk and finally the dark. Not until the visibility was so Iqw that he could l(ot see a lock of cotton^ did the yoiW man call It a day and homewards-plodded his weary way. But when his gleanings were weighed up fate had struck with the wellknown irony. He had only 110 pounds of cotton for the day. He bad only broken even, so he had worked all day for . nothing. But, anyway, he will .have the satisfaction of knowing be had stuck to his Job to the bitter end. And that's something! Children Invited To Attend State Fair Columbia, Sept. 25.?The State superintendent of education, James H. Hope, has urged all county superintendents of education to encourage teachers to have their school children attend the State Fair in Columbia on Children's Day, October 20. Mr. Hope in a letter to the supertendents ha$, emphasized the' educational value of the trip. Lest year thousands attended, many making the trip In school buses. Paul V. Moore, secretary, has announced that admission will be free to children and to teachers accompanying them. There wllj be no red tape. No tickets are needed. ' 7" . ; The children of -every county in the state are expected to participate la this gala day. The State Fair opens October 18 gnd runs through October U, with a program of education and amusement. Mr. Moore, who has spent his life. In fair work, believes the State Fair this year will aet a new high mark In excellence. Replacement of mail boxes costs the government about $96,000 a year. mm By L. L. STEVENSON Again a police emergency squad has demonstrated that it can solve Just about any problem. The latest Was a 700-pourtd woman so 111 with lobar pneumonia that she had to bt taken from the second floor of her home in Brooklyn to Israel Zion hospital to be placed under an oxygen tent. Her physician being unable to move her, he called the police department. Emergency squad No. 13, under Sergt. Edward Dooley, together with three radio cars responded. The officers wrapped the woman in blankets and a heavy canvas life net. After much effort, she was removed from the bed to the floor. They couldn't get any farther, so while an emergency oxygen treatment was being given, they held a conference after which a detail was sent to a nearby construction Job to borrow four 15-foot planks. ' The planks were placed under the woman and she was moved as far as the door. The casing was removed and she was slid slowly and gently down the stairway. To get; her out into the street, it was necessary to take off two seta of doors. The task, including stops for more oxygen administrations, took two hours and a half. Then at its conclusion, it was found that the ambulancfe sent by the hospital was too small. That necessitated borrow- | ing a larger one from Kings County i hospital. When the hospital was ] finally reached the woman's* condition was found to be serious indeed? As a matter of fact she died not long after she had been admitted. That, however, was nqt the fault of the emergency squad. * Stopped, along with many others, to look in that hole in the ground at Broadway and Forty-third street where for many years had stood the old Fitzgerald building. As I was watching men load bricks and other debris into a motor truck, who should stroll along but ruddy-faced George M. Cohan, smiling and nodding to friends and full of life and vigor. Then I recalled that the vanished Fitzgerald building had housed the George M. Cohan theater. Thus, a man who has actually outlived a playhouse named for him. * * * Wandering on over to Sixth avenue, I took a peek down into the depths, through a convenient opening, at workers engaged in bringing to completion the new Sixth avenue subway. For a long time ndw, these toilers have been laboring far down , beneath the street in a region of semidarkhess, which seems to be filled with scaffolding, ladders, pipes and wires. Thus another free show for New Yorkers who are supposed to be eternally in a hurry?and most of them act as if they were?but who always seem to have time to linger and watch men at work. * * Blasting down under Sixth avenue seems to have?come to an end, for which many persons are thankful. But the blasts caused .little trouble. Because New York is built on rock, most of the digging is done with dynamite. Experts are in charge of the Job of course and they can so limit the explosions that they are just about under complete^ control."On rare occasions, however, one does get away and causes damage, generally slight. That is not the fault of those in charge, however, but is due to some fault in the rock formation. * Construction work on the Eighth avenue subway gave the dynamite 'experts plenty of chances to exercise all their skill. A part of the line runs through the financial section, some stretches passing within a few feet of the walk? of vaults in which were stored gold and other treasures amounting to a king's ransom. A mishap would have been costly indeed. But while a lot of high (explosives were touched off, nothing happened * except finishing the Job. And now the Independent subway uystem carries 1,067,000 passengers every .week day and 520,000 each Sunday.(Bell Syndicate?WNXJ Service.) Giant Oak 1,200 Years Old SAN MARINO, CALIF.?The gigantic oak tree here, known as "The Sentinel of the Ages," is believed by scientists to be the oldest and largest oak in the world. Its age has been established at 1,200 years. The tree'? circumference is 20 feet and its spread more than 60. 'Large Cotton Yields Reported This Year | . . * Some unusually flue yields of cot[ton have been gathered In Kershaw , county this fall. The yield per acre la perhaps the greatest in the history tof cotton planting lu the county. Arthur Mosoley has gathered from an eighteen acre field 25 bales and still has more to gather. H. (J. Garrison, Jr., from 96 acres has already gathered 98 bales.. Many farmers are averaging a bale or better to the acre. Even tenant farmers are making a fine showing. Horaco Clyburn, a tenant on K. 11. Elliott's farm has ginued 40 bales from 40 acres, and another tenant by the name of Walker has ginned 20 bales from 18 acres. Unfortunatoly, under the government program, the acreage In the county has been restricted considerably. There were about 13,000 bales raised in the county a year ago, and many are predicting 20,000 or more bales from the same acreage this year. Just over the Hue In Sumter county, farmers are claiming the beBt yields per acre ever gathered around Hagood and Horatio. Julian K. Sanders hA8 some fields that are makiug considerably more than a bale to the acre. The crop In the Plsgah section is also unusually good. The sandhills of Kershaw county, which usually do not majte large yields are giving splendid results this year. REPAIRING AND REPAINTING FQRE8T TOWERS COMPLETED The work of repairing and repainting the forest fire lookout towers and tower housed have almost been completed by the county ranger and his organization. We are* expecting to have all outbuildings repainted by the end qf the week. These towers are located at Blaney, Westville, Cassatt, Camden and Liberty Hill and all persons are welcome to visit these towers at anytime. Anyone seeing a forest fire we would Appreciate you calling the following places: bounty ranger's office 166, residence 512; warden D. O. McLeod 2014; Blaney tower 2002; Camden tower 2004; Cassatt tower 2003; warden C. L. McKlnnon, Ber thune, 2013; Westville tower 2012; Liberty Hill tower 2005; warden^Cunningham 2006; Is the request of W. C. Perry, Kershaw county ranger. Football Coach K|(led. Florence, Sept. 21. ?Kenneth L. Perrin, high school instructor and tennis coach, was instantly killed here this afternoon about 6:30' when he lost control of his automobile on a sharp curve on the old Marion highway about one mile from Florence. Mr. Perrin was lining up his students for their first fall trip and had made a visit to an out-of-town pupil when on his return the accident occurred. He was formerly of Union but had been teaching in Florence a number of years. He w*s the son of Gedrge E. Perrin of Union. , Charles A. ldndburgh on Thursday completed his volunteer army servico of about five months. Secretary of War Woodrlng announced that the flier was "being relloved from Inactive duty In the war department." No further light was shed on his plans.. The Archbishop of Canterbury "with yie approval of tho king" announced that Sunday, October 2, "has been appointed to be observed as a day of national prayer," In England. Pan-American AirwayB has announced it was cancelling all flights to Marseilles and Southhampton because of the war. Officials of the company announced that flights to Foynes, Ireland, and Llbson, Portugal, would be continued on schedule. Stk theatre I KERSHAW, ? C. { Friday, sept. 20 I -some uke it hot^ U'llh I'"'' "?l>" HUlrley Hohh I JaTUKDAY, SEPT. 30 I IN OLD CALIENTE" ^](!i !'"> Hogen? Mary 1 lit 11 ate show?10j30 p. m. i HTHE JONES FAMILY I |N HOLLYWOOD" Willi Jed ProutySpring Dying ton JoNDAY and TUESDAY I OCTOBER 31 3 " MAISIE " Ann Sot hern?Robert Young I WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4. I | "STRONGER THAN DESIRE" with Virginia Braco-r Walter Pidgeon THURSDAY, OCT. S. I "YOU CAN'T GET I WAY WITH MURDER" I H With Humphrey Bogart m admi88ioni '? i Matinee, 20? J Night, 2io. Children IQo any Um4. ^ I ITALIAN RYE GRASS Carpet Grass Bermuda Grass Crimson Clover Austrian Winter Peas Hairy Vetch Sheep Manure Bone Meal Cotton Seed Meal 8-4-4 Fertilizers 7-5-5 Fertilizers WHITAKER&CO. Horse Beats Cyclistv Over 16-Mile Course HEREFORD, TEXAS. ? The horse is still tops in this part of the country. One of them proved it when it beat a rider pedaling a bicycle over a 15-mile race. The horse, with John Douglas Pitman astride him, won by ap> proximately 150 yards in a race gainst Tommy Wilson who was pedaling the bicycle. The horse oovered the 16 miles ill 1 hour, 6 minutes and 12> seconds. > s " . 1 1 i i .v-.Usv - A 1 TO CONTINUE This is to announce that the Eureka Barber Shop, operated for over fifty years by the late Isaac English, will continue to serve its patrons under the management of Albertus (Bert) Stover, who has been with this shop for many years. We respectfully request a continuance of your good will and patronage. ISAAC B. ENGLISH, Executor. > ' , > . | WANTED AT ONCE 500 TONS SCRAP IRON and METAL Highest Prices Paid For Same CAMDEN IRON & METAL CO. Telephone 154 ::? ? Camden, S. C. (I * . , ) I1 1 ' ^ Xj . . I Follow the crowds again to the II Kershaw County Fair J[ OCTOBER 9-14 I New Rides New Displays I New Concessions 5 ENTIRELY NEW FREE ACTM II School Day, Friday, October 13 | All children and teachers admitted free I; Season Tickets on Sale 75c | c Limited space available for display booths _ , 11 .