davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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scarlet oaks, the two fast-growing
members of this family, will reduce
their importance as shade trees In
this area.
The japanese beetles are espe-
cially fond of the elm, horse chest
nut, lombardy poplar, Norway maple
and willow They occasionally at
tack the pin oak, chestnut oak,
sycamore (plane) and white birch
trees. They do not feed on the
foliage of the ash, beech, Carolina
poplar, dogWood, locust, hard maple,
red bud, sweet gum, tupelo or white
poplar. OF these immune trees, the
white ash and the sweet gum are
probably the fastest growing. The
hard maple and the immune oaks
are long-lived trees and we'll worth
having in spite of their slow rate
of growth. Of these trees immune
to attack by the Japanese beetle,
the sweet gum and the ash are prob
ably the more desirable for the
smaller yard. The mimosa is also
worth considering even though it's
shade is very light. These three.
plus the white, black, red, shingle
and willow oaks, natives to this
area, make goodly list from which
to select and they are dependable
trees, well worth having.
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Yellowhorn' Tall,
Ornamental Shrub

Yellowhorn is the interesting
translation of Xanthoceras sorbifo-
lium, tall shrub or tall tree that
has handsome flowers, ornamental
green fruits and lustrous, fernlike
foliage to recommend it to garden
ers seeking something decidedly dis
tinctive for shrub borders or speci-
men paintings. The plant is usually
known by the generic name, Kan
thoceras.
AS shrub Xanthoceras may at
tain height of 10 to IL feet; as a
tree it may grow 25 to 80 feet. With
proper pruning, however, it can be
kept at 8 to 10 feet. The racemes
of flowers are S to Z inches long.
Each flower is an inch in diameter,
white, with touch of yellow deep
ening to red at the base of every
petal. The green fruits which follow
the flowers are also about an inch
in diameter. The leaves, suggested
in the specific name, sorbifolia, are
compound, and they are retained
well into winter.
Although Xanthoceras is rather
scarce, some nurseries have it, and
1t is well worth searching out. 1t
is not easy to propagate nor handle,
for the large, fieshy roots break cas-
ily. For this reason it is better to
work with the plant when it is COM
paratively small.
Xanthoceras usually evokes COM
ment and interest among apprecia-
tive gardeners, particularly if it is
planted in company with some of
the more common shrubs that al
most every one knows. 1t is a fairly
close relative of the dwarf horse
chestnuts, and works in we'll with
them. 1t has also been used with
interesting results in foundation
paintings.
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Business Briefs

A Further Rise In Business Ac.
tivity in the last week was reflected
by Business Weeks index. which
edged forward to ALA, compared
with 2112 in the preceding week,
205.2 month ago, 194.3 six months
ago and 1853 year ago.
Wholesale Trade Gains were re-
ported by Dun g. Bradstreet, Inc.
after several weeks of comparatively
dull trading. Buyer attendance In
showrooms was up and orders re-
ceived by mail increased, especially
on allotment buying schedules" the
agency added. Deliveries have not
improved.
Civilian Cotton Textile Trade con-
tinued at low levels and consisted
mostly of print cloths, sheetings ana
Osnaburgs. Interest centered In ef-
forts OF Government agencies to OBJ
tain material through direct negoti-
alton. Included was an inquiry for
lightweight sheetings for the Air
Services, with an indication that
Government requirements would take
most Of the output of this material.
Municipal Financing scheduled for
next week totals $16,388, ,802, COM
pared with $2,793, 800 In the current
week and an average for the year to
date OF $18,l28, ,786, the Daily Bond
Buyer revealed. A new issue of $14.-
281 900 Port of New York Authority
refunding bonds to be offered Tues
day will account for most of the
weeks total.
Further Declines in the Stock
Market brought slight drop In the
A. P. average of so leading shares.
At yesterdays close, the average was
490, compared with 491 on Friday,
49.2 a week ago, 52.5 month ago
and 36.2 a year ago. For 30 indus
trials, the average was $50, down L
of a point from Friday. The rail
index was unchanged at 23.8, while
the utility average at 34.6 was down
2 of point from Fridays close.
Columbia Gas & Electric Corp.
and eight subsidiaries comprising its
Pittsburgh group will be given a hear
ing by the SEC September 8 on their
amended application for consolida-
tion of four subsidiaries and dissolu-
ton of fifth, the Fayette County
Gas Co, Manufacturers Light &
Heat Co., Manufacturers Gas Co.,
Pennsylvania Fuel Supply Co. and
Greensboro Gas Co. would be merged
under the plan.
Transamerica Corp. request for
oral argument on proceedings insti-
tuted under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1884 was denied by the SEC.
The commission set August 80 for a
reconvened hearing in its San Fran
cisco regional Office to determine
whether Transamerica's 50 par value
capital stock should be suspended or
withdrawn from listing and regis
tration on the New York, Chicago
and Los Angeles exchanges.
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U. S. Forest Service Photo.

pare the soil during that season,
grass seed has better chance to
get started and the plants we'll
rooted in the fall while the weather
is cool and moist and competition
from weeds is negligible. Gardeners
should heed this advice and make
every effort to SOW lawn grass seed
this fall.
The chief Jobs in your garden
during mid-August are ntainte-
nance and getting ready for the
jail. You should haze already
SCUM your early spring blooming
perennial seeds, removed the seed
stalks from oil plants that haze
finished blooming and giuen your
garden general cleanup.
In dividing and transplanting
these plants, you are destroying
some Of the root system so the tops
must be reduced accordingly, but
they will soon recover if there is
sufficient moisture in the soil.
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probably not see the last Jap beetle
before the middle of September.
X X "
Because OF the drought mann
needs are being allo,Ued to 90 to
seed. This is unfortunate since
1t means that 1Oeed control nert
season iOill be more difficult
Epen though the heather is hot
and unpleasant Ue should pull
all weeds before they 90 to seed
and put them into the compost
pile Uhere they 1UiH contribute to
the enrichment OF the soil and
not its depletion. Weeds allo1Ued
to groiO and remain in the garden
ouer Dtnter may serue as q Din-
ter home for insects and diseases.
Let's keep them out OF the gar
den.
Each year many agencies 60 tc
the trouble to point out that late
August and early September is the
best period for starting a new lawn
While 1t is not always easy to pre-
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and those produced by the amateur
is that the home gardener is often
reluctant to remove surplus growth,
especially buds. Carnations. roses.
chrysanthemums, dahlias and asters
grown commercially are disbudded
down to one bud per stem. and
the stems are reduced to four or
five per plant. This thinning process
is one of the methods used to obtain
the high quality bloom the market
demands. But the process is one
any gardener may adopt if he is
endeavoring to raise exceptionally
handsome flowers at home.
The procedure followed with dah-
has is slightly different from that
recommended for chrysanthemums.
Pinch out the top of each dahlia
plant when it is about or 8 inches
high. AS new stems form in the
axis of the leaves, only about four
should be allowed to grow If the
plants are growing thriftily. dis
branching should not be started un-
til buds are formed at the top of
the shoot Then remove side
growths from all except the lowest
pair OF leaves and take off any base
shoots that may come from below
the ground.
Usually three buds form at the top
of the dahlia plant, and only the CEN
ter, or largest one, should be allowed
to remain. 1t takes a strong bud
about three weeks to develop fully,
although this development depends
to a large extent upon growing con-
ditions and weather. Often garden
ers who want to obtain the finest
possible bloom permit only a single
stem to grow. All side growth is re-
moved and the buds are reduced at
the tip to throw all of the plants
strength into one huge flower.
Generally all buds on a chrysan-
themum are formed at the same
time, and if the plants have been
well grown and pinched back to three
or four leading shoots, the gardener
simply removes all but one bud to a
stem. AS a rule, it is advisable to
start at the top of the stem and work
down; then if a shoot is accident
ally broken, the next bud down the
stem can be taken. For good out
door flowers of the smaller varieties
leave a spray consisting of three or
four blooms on each of five or six
stems, depending upon the size of
bloom desired Remove all other
buds, watching particularly for those
that have developed on side shoots.
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MARYLAND Tobacco Prices

The bulk Of tobacco sold at SOL a hun
dred on the Southern Maryland auction
demand for all grades. A sharp decrease
was shown in, the volume marketed and
this is attributed mainly to the unfavor-
able weather conditions.
=. The War Food Administration reports
that net sales this week have amounted
S60.12 hundred. This is an increase of
43 per cent over last weeks average. For
the season to date, 1901. .492 pounds have
dred.
Fair and low qualities again showed q
slight increase in price and all better
grades remained firm. The offerings con-
sisted chiefly of fair and low qualities.
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Well to Follow Suggestions
For Watering the Garden

The eye of the gardener should
tell him much about when to wa
ter his garden, but a few simple
rules are useful, says the United
States Department of Agriculture.
Three rules emphasized by F. E.
Staebner, irrigation engineer of the
Departments Agricultural Research
Administration are:
% If there has been one inch of
rain within the last seven day
period, do not water the garden.
90 II there has been no watering
or rain within 10 days, then it is
probably desirable to water almost
any vegetable on any kind of soil.
90 Do not sprinkle the garden
lightly. Most of the water is wasted
by evaporation.
Staebner says If there have been
only one or two light rains In a
week or 10 days, say of about one
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have shrubbery thrive anywhere
within reach of the roots. We might
say the same for the willow and
the Norway maple. although they
ar not quite so shallow-rooted
The soft maple has another char
acteristic that is especially objec-
tionable. The falling leaves and
twigs keep the yard more or less
Uttered. The sycamore or plane
tree, too. drops leaves throughput
the summer. but that may be due to
blight that kills the leaves during
the early summer.
Some trees drop their fruit. The
mulberry is Objectionable for this
reason, especially If it is located
where people must walk through the
fruit OF reach the doorway. The
fruit stains on floors and rugs are
difficult to remove. The female
ginkgo tree produces fruit that has
a very disagreeable odor, but most
nurserymen offer. only the male
trees for planting. The female per-
simmon tree is sometimes planted
by mistake and the soft fruit makes
a disagreeable litter on the lawn
In the late fall
We have frequently stressed the
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Disbud Dahlias, Chrysanthemums
To Produce Better Blooms
BY A. &. Mclean.

Most gardening operations that
are not absolutely essential will
probably have to be curtailed these
busy war days, but any gardener
who can spare the time will find
it we'll worth his while to disbud
dahlias and chrysanthemums. This
simple operation of removing the
surplus buds results in bloom of un-
usual quality, for all the growth
goes into the remaining one or two
buds on each plant
One reason for the difference be-
tween the size and quality of flow
ers raised by commercial growers
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Avoid Planting FWeedy' Trees

A weed is a plant out of place
Trees can be out Of place just as
any other plant that is out of place
because of habit of growth or of
other undesirable characteristics, or
by being unsuited to the location.
A weedy tree may be one that
suckers badly such as the native sas-
safras and the sumac. Some trees
forever pulling out the seedlings.
The wild cherry, the ailanthus and
the ash are in this group. Other
characteristics that may be consid-
cred unfavorable are shallow root
systems, such as those of the Ameri-
can elm, beech and soft maple; dirty
trees that keep the yard Uttered with
fallen leaves and twigS (the soft
maple is noted for this habit, but
there are others; trees whose fruit
litter the lawn, sometimes bringing
disagreeable odors as the ginkgo.
persimmon and mulberry, and trees
that are subject to serious diseases,
such as the lombardy poplar. These
are to be avoided Under most con-
ditions we should avoid those trees
that are subject to more or less con-
tinuous attack by insects.
1t takes many years to grow
strong, well-shaped tree and for this
reason it is especially desirable to
make a careful selection. Choose
one that can be enjoyed for many
years, which will increase the COM
fort and value of the property. Of
the many, many kinds of trees that
grow and thrive in this area there
Is an all-too- common tendency to
select those that are rapid growers.
This is natural for shade is very
much to be desired However, some
Of these rapid growers are not the
most desirable trees and it is our
purpose to point out their faults. A
few of the more desirable ones will
be mentioned.
Few gardeners ever consider plant
ing a sassafras tree, although some
leave those that are already growing
in their yards. However, the sassa-
fras suckers badly, quickly produc-
ing a thicket Of sprouts unless the
hoe is freely used to control them.
The Japanese beetles are very fond
of its foliage. Another tree that
suckers freely is the sumac-usually
a large shrub. 1t is satisfactory as
a tall growing shrub on a large, steep
slope where it will hold the soil.
Seeding trees may be nuisance
around the garden, and the native
wild cherry is one of the worst. They
grow rapidly and reach size to tax
the effort of the average gardener in
a surprisingly short time. The ash
Is another tree that seeds rather
freely, while the Chinese elm and
the ailanthus are others that may
be somewhat of nuisance. Under
favorable conditions the mimosa and
the dogwood seed rather freely too.
The trees listed above are weedy
In the sense that they seem to be
always growing just where they are
not wanted-real weeds. However,
there are other trees that have un-
desirable characteristics and should
be avoided just as we would certain
flowers that spread or choke desir-
able plants.
The soft maple, the American elm
and the beech trees have long been
admired because of their inherent
beauty If for no other reason. How
ever, they have very shallow root
systems and it is next to impossible
to grow grass beneath them or to
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Leaves From the Garden Notebook

Fall gardening is getting of to a
bad start. The high temperatures
and dry weather are against seed
ing and most planting schedules are
badly behind time. The ground in
those gardens where water is not
available is much too dry for plant
growth and so planting is being de-
layed although this is about as late
as seedlings of beets, carrots, corn,
cucumbers, rutabaga and late cab
bage plants can be safely put in
these crops mature in IS to rs days.
Other crops that should go into the
ground now are endive, Chinese
cabbage, caulif1ower, broccoli, COL
lards and kale, but they may wait
a bit longer since they are not in
jured by light frosts Turnips, let
tuce, spinach and winter radishes
should not go in as yet since they
need cool moist weather for proper
growth.
August is not a month to en-
courage gardening effort. but
there are some plants that trans
plant best only Dhile dormant.
Madonna lilies should be planted
in August. The oriental poppies
may be safely handled While
dormant without shock. In Sep
tember they start into gro,Dth, so
7,otO is the time to order neU ones
and to transplant it that is de-
sired. In September garden work
starts in earnest 1Oith the plant
ing OF peonieS, dafodils, crocus
and many other small bulbs
fhe early spring foUering ones.
Orders should be placed in Au-
gust for September delivery.
Even though another week should
see the Japanese beetles largely dis
appear for the season there will
still be enough around to justify
keeping choice plants protected. Hy-
draIed lime busted on the foliage is
a very effective repellent. We will
Evening star., 1943-08-08
Anaconda Wire Profit
Cut to Sill q Shore
BY the Associated Press.

BY LHe Assoclated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-Anaconda
Wire and Cable Co. in a preliminary
report for the six months ended
June 80 showed a net income of
$468,431. equal to Sill a capital
share, but commented that 1T is
impossible to estimate with any ac-
curacy" the amounts which may be
refunded under renegotiation of
war contracts.
Evening star., 1943-08-08
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Aug. T LPl.-With the coun-
try offering corn on a much more liberia
months, rye and oats were under pressure
To-Day as traders believed some of the
1eed demand for these grains might de-
crease II more corn were available Wheat
loiIoWed other grains into lower territory.
Iradlng was small and most of the de-
cine was attributed to lack of buying
demand: rather than anv pressure Of
LIQUIDATION. At the close wheat was down
@s-14 September s14434-7a: December,
- ;463s: oats were down 14-5s September
a9 and rye was 9s-a4 lower, September,
from the country totaied 43n 900 husheis
bringing the amount for this week to
around 1500, 600 bushels Wet corn
professors and dry corn millers have pri-
orlty for this grain. but trade circles felt
some OF It may have gone to commercial
IeeoeTS VINO have not been able to obtain
corn for many weeks.
l. Grain RANGE at principal markets to-
Evening star., 1943-08-08
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Aug. lP.-Cotton futures
were unchanged to 30 cents a bale higher
today after fuctuating within a narrow
range.
Trade buying for Government contracts
tended to support prices against the pres
sure Of hedge selling. Speculative inter
ests we're withdrawn in anticipation of
the Government cotton crop report ex-
pected Monday. Private estimates as Of
August l indicate a yield Of l2,123000
IRON of Sod 0OO
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Rule of Thumb

Most vegetables will droop in the
hot sun, even soon after a rain, and
If they are upright and crisp the
next morning. they do not need
water But when they are witty in
the morning, soak the soil.
Evening star., 1943-08-08

7 New Orleans Spot COIIoH cIUseu SS5aus
tx ~. middling, 2032; good middline.
| 2OO.77 Receipts. ISL Stocks. 139,345.
Average price of middling l5-lSth inch
cotton today at 10 designated southern
SPOT markets was 20.6l.
bid n nominal.
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Capital Securities
lover the Counter.J

The following nominal bid and asked
ouotat tions on Washington securities traded
over the counter. as of Friday. have been
assembled for. The Star by Washingto
members Of the National Association of
Security Dealers Inc:
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New Orleans Prices

NEW
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7 tP.-Week-end
long liquidaton pared early gains in cot
ton futures here today. Closing prices
were steady, unchanged to % cents bale
Evening star., 1943-08-08
Washington Stock Exchonqe

| tRepored By W B. Hibbs & Co. Washington. D.
TRANSACTIONS ON WASHINGTON EXCHANGE YEAR
AND INCLUDING FRIDAY. AUGUST
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Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. Aug. 7 P.-Dividends de-
clared:
Pc Stock of Pay
Rate. riod. record. able
Accumulated.
Chicago Corp So pf 75c S-l4 9-1
Evening star., 1943-08-08

Wheat was stronger today; basis was
stronger for all choice grades Shipping
sales, 10000 bushels no bookings; re
ceiptS, 10Y cars.
Corn was UNCHANGED at ceilings; basis
az celDngS; no shipping sales; bookings
43OOOO bushels: receipts lbs cars
Evening star., 1943-08-08
PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Sales. PUBLIC UTILITIES.
$4,000 Ana & Pot Riv r r 1st 5s
$4,000 Capital Traction 1st SIS, 1874
1000 Georgetown Gas Light lst S.
1000 Pot Elec Pow 1st 31.s, 1866
$500 Wash Gas Jisht 1st IS 1860
5000 Wash Ry & Elec cons As 10
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29

The 18th session Of the Ark
ansas Annual Conference of the
AME Church opened Wednesday
at Bethel AME Church, 9TH and
Broadway, with l3snop George E.
Curry, presiding bishop of the
18th Episcopal district in charge.
Bishop Curry, chairman of the
board of trustees of Shorter-Flip-
PERJURY College, having paid
all bonded indebtedness OF the
church school and brought about
a better working spirit among
ministers of his district than any
other leader the district has
known.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29
Mt.Cana
Vernice M. Taylor

Vernice NJ. Taylor
Members Of the Mt. Cana Bap
list Church attended the South
west District Association 4.
Miss l.. Myrtle Box, Mrs. Bessie
Lee Bos and sons left for Cali
fornia Mrs. Easter Johnson
of Prescott Is in the community
spending q few days with her
mother, Mrs. Tomacy Taylor .
Several school mates joined lit
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29
CAMDEN
Josie Hall

S-Frank Timothy Pace has ar
rived after 3 months naval train
ing at Great Lakes, III. Sgt.
Johnny Grave is guest of his wife,
Mrs. Maggie Williams Gray . Z,
Pvt. George Junior Williams is
guest Of his mother and grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Williams
70. From Great Lakes Is ]. M.
Sterling ... Happy to see his
parents Is Pvt. r. =. Arnold
Friday means army examination
at Camp Robinson for Ray Moore
and Julius Scale Tiger line
UP for the football season includes
Robert Cook, Mckinley Nails, Lee
Alien Terrence, James Lee Pat
%terson, Harry Elliott, Gerald
Torch, Jerry Jenkins, Rudolph
Caviness and Sherman Richards
80. Teachers in the upper classes
this year are Mrs. G. N. Anderson.
Mrs. X. j. Blanchard, Mrs. A. B
Nelson, Miss Lois M. Hawkins and
Rev. A. j, Pearson, pastor ol
Shiloh Baptist Church Mrs
Ruth Edwards left for California
to join her husband, Otis Edward,
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29

Attorney w. A. Singfield has
served during the administration
Of Bishop Curry as legal adviser
for Shorter College and the 18th
Episcopal District. He Ia trustee
OF the college and Bethel AMB
Church.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29
DIR. &. Wayman Blakely

DIR. G. Wayman Blakely
Pastor of the entertaining
church, Bethel AME Church, and
entertaining host Of the confer
ence session is DR.. G. Wayman
Blakely.
DR.. Blakely led his people in
paying off a mortgage debt of
$21 10000 this year and has been
endorsed for the Bishopric.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29

-. Prof. G. A. Miner and daugh-
ter we're home from Prescott
where he serves as faculty mem
Der . John Henry Hanson was
killed by officers Of Stephens, Sat
urday.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29

Pastor of historical st. James
AME Church, New Orleans, La,
DR.. Wilson Is a delegate to the
forthcoming General Conference
and a candidate for the Bishopric.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29
Garland City
Nelson Boykins Jr.

The Ozan District Association
convened with the Wynne Baptist
Church, closing out last Sunday,
with a large number of delegates
on hand. Special guests we're Rev.
j. f. Russ, moderator Of the Col
umbia District Association and
Rev. Johnson, moderator Of the
Lafayette and Miller Association.
Financial report totaled $984.6l'
Music was furnished by the Park
Avenue Singers and the %associa-
ton chorus Mrs. Mary Bryant
mother Of Mrs. Louise Wright is
seriously i'll; others reported i'll
include Mrs. Beulah Green, Moses
Robinson and Pearl Foster .
Mrs. Florida Henderson is much
improved 49,. Mrs. Sophia Collins
Of Garfield was called to the bed
side Of her mother.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29

Prominent in the Little Rock
district Is Mrs. Maggie r. Ash
ford, who serves as secretary.
treasurer Of the Eliza Turner
Memorial Fund and is District
Missionary President Of the Lit
tie Rock District.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29

The Rev. and Mrs. II. u. Brookins
Rev. Brookins is pastor Of AL
len Temple AME Church and
serves as president Of the AME
Ministerial Alliance OF Arkansas
Mrs. Brookins Is a faithful work
err in the Missionary Society.
Arkansas State press., 1943-10-29

tie Phonoe Taylor at a surprise
birthday party given by her moth
er, Mrs. Octavia Taylor.