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The Detroit times., 1913-07-04
There's a Great Difference
in ROmDerS

we DeneVe rompers should
IN color and graceful in degnand
The coors bright and attractive, we'll
high
has low neck short
$3.50.
Store
The Detroit times., 1913-07-04
ATLANTA CANNON
HAVE HISTORY
Guns Now Resting in Park We're
Manned by School Boys
Against Sherman

ATLANTA. q. Cochran, presi.
dent of the city park board, hopes TO
restore to Fort Walker. in Grant park,
the two brass cannon loaned by the
state twenty-five years ago and re-
called by Governor Brown, at the in
stance eDf w. G.. Obear, then adjutant
general of the state, several months
ago.
The cannon h ave remarkable his
tory. Before the war they were used
by state military academy at Mar
ietta, and when Sherman came march.
ing through Georgia the cadets OF the
academy went out to fight and took
the cannon with them.
General John b. Gordon, while gov
ernor of Georgia, loaned the cannon
TO the park department Of the city
OF Atlanta, to be stationed at Fort
Walker, in Grant park.
\ year or so ago General Obear de-
cided that the cannon would be seen
by more people If placer on the
grounds OF the state capitol and ask
ed the park department TO return
them. The park board objected. Mr..
Cochran took the matter up with Gov
ernor Brown. and they remained in
Grant park Finally General Obear
prevailed. however, and Governor
Brown ordered the cannon returned
TO the custody OF the state, and the
state sent for them.
Last Saturday Mr.. Cochran called
on Governor Slaton. at the governor S
mansion to pay his respects. and in
the course OF conversation mentioned
the cannon and expressed a wish thai
they would be loaned 10 the city
again.
Governor Slaton encouraged me TO
believe that the park department can
get the cannon back again. Mr..
Cochran says.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-04
second Fioor-Main store.
How Many New Ribbons
You'll See

HATS Will glory in their col
shoes. all have their places for I
. and 5Iz-inch aII.silk MORE rib
bons in finishes expressly for hair
bows and hats, 19c.
MORE antique ribbons, all silk.
6 inches wide, an excellent quality
and finish In summers best colors,
21c.
5L2-inch alI-silk taffeta and satin
taffeta ribbons, lustrous and light
weight, in new shades, 19c.
White, pink or blue ribbons in
big varieties of patterns and quail
ties. plain satins or silks, brocades,
stripes. MORE and flower effects in
self-colors, at June sale prices, 1ec,
Csc, soc, SOC, 75c to SIPS.
Slipper bows, made up to sew
on, silk or satin, in black, white or
tan; sizes for women and children,
Toe, 12I2c and 15c.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-04
|DJuly Clearing Sales AreO n!(D|
Imported Wash Goods, One
Third Of

All remainders of white and col
ored fabrics from abroad. such as
embroidered voiles. Swisses, en-
broidered batistes. bordered novel
~ cloths, crepes and others as sea
sonable, earlier 25c TO $500 a yard,
are less for the first Saturday in
July by one-third off.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-04
A Leave-T aking of
Linens

All odd and soiled pattern cloths
and napkins are a fourth less.
on two large tables in the linen
aisles, nc have gathered all OF our
pattern cloths from broken sets and
those slightly counter-soiled
The odd ones will soon find places
of honor in every home they enter;
the soiled ones are easily tubbed 10
their original spotlesspess
These Will not last long at these
cred price-better see them tomor.
row.
Pattern cloths. 2x2, 2x2is and 2x3.
were S225 10 S5.69--now one.foyrth
off
Napkins 10 match, going at the
same reduction.
second FIocr-Main store.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-04
Prosecuted Boy Paroled.

ATLANTA. Ga, July 4.--Ollie Tay'
lor, l3 years old, who has served two
years in the Fulton county reforma
tory for the theft of a scent, bottle OF
a soda fountain beverage, has been pa
rolled for four months.
The Detroit times., 1913-07-04

tuary. under which four million people
in ~ crept with outstretched hands
and streaming eyes asking for liberty.
solace and peace.
That flag is the real heart drama
OF the greatest nation on this earth,
every crimson bar across it's white is
scene and every star upon its field
OF blue is an actp
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11
PRAISE OF THE BIRCH.
The Rod That Kept Oid-fashionec
Children UnspoiIed.

Is the birch rod maker a real foe OF
boys inquired Charles Grant Miller in
the New York sun. There was a
time, when | ruefullg thought so. bur
maturity has mellowed my thoughtful
ness. Who can ever forget the OLD
school birch? It's slender and supple
stem securely bridges youth and age,
it straightens your morals and con
duet all through life and it's memory
is one of the few things immortal thar
win go with YOU to the grave as =
preparation perhaps for what awaits
beyond Yes. the old school birch made
an impression on tender mnds-and
other parts-which passes not soon
away.
1t furnished your first lesson that
the way of the transgressor is hard, il
found out Beneath the uplifted birch
you first learned the benefcent charm
of diplomacy which makes statesmen
and controls the deStinies of nations.
The birch caused you To walk in the
strait and narrow way, very, very
carefully, or at least strenuously pre-
tend to, and to sit down more CAREFUL
Ily still, without any false pretcnce
whatever.
How often and with what tremen-
dous seriousness you swore-under
your breath of course-that when YOU
had got big enough you would thrash
the teacher, Wen. you have long been
as big as you ever will get, but the
old teacher is still safe Maybe he
is weighted with age and feeble now
and easily thrashed You meet him
on the street, salute him, take his
hand, help him over a rough place,
unconsciously lift your hat to him and
make the nearest approach of which
YOU are capable to saying God bless
you"
You long have known in your heart
that not lick in the old days was
amiss. You know you deserved every
one YOU got, or if You got any YOU
didn't deserve, anyway you deserved
n LOT Won didn't get, so the average
was fair.
1t trimmed down and trained the
exuberant zest of youth. 1t curbed
your cussedness. 1t gave you fore
taste of and prepare ton for the hard
, knocks Of life.
Soueamish hearted theorists have
about succeeded in having the birch
abolished from the schools. New
! tangled fads and fancies leave no
room for teaching discipline except in
! So called moral suasion, which oper-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11
On Corn Raising.

With Maine farmers more than ever
Interested in corn raising and with
handsome prizes hung up for best
acres raised in the coming season,
perhaps the. suggestions in the follow
ing from the u. S, Department of Ag-
riculure may prove valuable to some
of our readers:
Take time by the forelock and get
the seed corn and the corn planter
ready for operation now before the
rush Of the other spring work The
soil and the seed are two prime re-
quisites of profitable corn crop. AT
this time OF the year there are many
days when weather or soil conditions
prevent blowing or other field work.
that can profitably be used in improv-
ing the quality of the seed corn. The
seed supply can be improved in quail
lily and productiyeness by discarding
the poor ears and the poor kernels.
The best time TO grade seed corn is
before Smelling. The Office of Corn
Investigations of the L. S. Department
of Agriculture proved BY careful field
experiments that an ear having kerr
nels of undesirable shapes produces
ears most of which have kernels OF
undesirable shapes All ears that are
undesirable for one reason or another
should be discarded before making
termination tests.
At this season for several years past
a number of satisfactory means have
been described for testing the GERM.
nation of few kernels from each
seed ear. Those who have neglected
to take good careiof their seed corr
may now lind 'idead" ears among
their supply. In such cases it will b.
profitable TO test the termination o
each ear separately. Where wei
adapted varieties are grown tina
properly mature before frost. poo
termination has never been founi
among ears selected as soon as ma
ture and cared for properly. Thos
who have given their seed proper car
should pick out 100 Representative
ears and make a termination test o
ten grains from each ear If thes
cars terminate well II is not necessa
ry 20 test the balance of the seed sup
ply.
Before Smelling the small kernels
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

And he carried a memento OF the
last war with England. said Mr..
Southland, "in the form of bullet in
his right leg"
In the passing of the years. many
events of the long ago have slipped
from the centenarian's memory.
But I remember" he said. when /
was but three years old, how all Of us
II youngsters would line up on one side
of the table. while father and mother.
in our old Dresden home, sat across
from us and saw that we didn't cut up.
But we did justice to the victuals.'
Ana in those days, Mr.. Southland
said, there was little fear that chill
dren would not show a robust appetite.
For they not only played. but worked
in the fields, gaining perfect physical
health.
1t was sparsely settled district in
those days down Dresden way" he
said. "and we often had Indians gath
cred about the fireplace as they
marched across country. We young
sters used To- draw near to mother
then when a red man would stalk in
to the cabin. But they never harmed
rs.
Il guess our fear of them was due
To the wound father received in Skin
mish with some Indians. He was one
Of the party sent out to look foI the
warriors. In the following engagement
he VAS hit in the leg. Hence. We were
always scared when the warriors pass
ed or entered our door
In the passing away of the Revolu-
tionary hero, the Southland lighting
stock did nota cease to exist. Two
sens, Theodore and Cyrus, brothers Of
the present centenarian, stormed the
heights of Monterey in the Mexican
war and were with the men of Uncle
sem at Buena Vista. Unlike their
father, they returned from the var un-
seathed. one of Mr.. SoutharGs sons
fought i'm the Civil War
Mrs. Southland passed away 90 years
ago. Eleven children We're born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Southland.
Il haven't done much work. Mr.
Southland said. for more than % years,
but the other day 4 friend asked me to
do some earpontering for him. l was
willing. all right. but the boys said
must not even think Of it.
So I guess tho hardest Work / will
do the rest of my life Will lac commut=
ing to and from old Gloucester. "-I3os-
tom Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11
Maine Gossip
Spring.

The light of Spring is i'm the sky
Each pleasant afternoon
The robins We are watching for
win be here pretty soon
The trees walked from their Winter:
sleep,
VIII soon begin to bud.
And people in the suburbs now
Are wading through the mud.
The snowdrops sly are peepng out,
- All pure and indebted.
The days are growing longer and
The air is soft and mild.
There's something IN the thought oil
Spring
That always Stirs the blood.
And meanwhile the suburbanite
Goes blowing through the mud
The naples glow with reddish hue,
The lilac buds are green.
The glossy cabbage yeiept skunk
Within the woods is seen.
Soon we shall hear the annual tale
of Mississippis flood.
While here at home we daily lose
our rubbcrs in the mud
-Somerville Journal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

should be discarded from an inch or
more off the tips OF the ears. Accu-
rate field tests have proved these
small kernels to be less productive
than the fully developed kernels of
the same ears. The thick, irregularly
shaped kernels should also be dis
carded from the butts of the ears.
These kernels produce satisfactorily
but their size or shape prevents the
corn planter from dropping them sat
isfactorily. 1t is convenient to nub
the entire supply of ears before the
Smelling process is begun. Many far
mers who plant 20 or 40 acres of corn.
carefully shell their seed by hand and
are proGted by SO doing \ few re-
markably successful extensive corn
growers Shell hundreds of bushels by
hand Where much seed is required
there is a strong temptation TO run
it through the corn shelter. Hand
Smelling is profitable for the small
farmer and therefore more profitable
for the extensive farmer. The shelter
breaks or cracks some of the kernels
and there is not the opportunity of
examining kernels from different por-
tons of each ear as in Smelling 10y
manu-. AlAtT lltlHS NubDtu lllt proper
way to shell the seed ears is to shell
by hand, one ear at a time. into a
sieve that will Jet the chaff fan
through and leave all the kernels
from the ear in plain view for inSpec-
ton. If unsatisfactory, all the kerr
nels can he easily discarded and an
other ear shelled The ears should
net be shelled directly into the gen
eral seed supply for it would then be
difficult to separate and discard the
undesirable kernels
If the corn planter gave trouble last
spring better order a new one now. \
poor corn planter is an expensive i'm
plement to use. Even though the
planter dropped satisfactorily last
year. it should be tested with this
years seed supply before planting
time arrives. The kernels of a varie-
ty of corn frequently vary in size
from season to season and different
plates may be needed this year from
those used satisfactorily last year
Under favorable field conditions 10
or 20 per cent. of the kernels or young
stalks are destroyed Where extern
sive paintings are made with first
class seed and thinning is impractical
BILE about five kernels should be plant
ed for every four stalks desired
Where help is nEtainable that will at
tend properly 10 the thinning, il is
more profitable To plant twice as
many kernels as stalks desired and
thin out the weak plants as soon as
they become too large and hard to he
destroyed by cutworms
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

Bath Times: A few days ago an
employee of the gas company visited
a Bath home to take the meter and
was told to go right down stairs as
usual. The little daughter in the
house followed the gas man and re-
NAMED in the basement until he re-
turned. When she came up stairs,
her mother inquired why she had gone
down to the basement with the gas
man and the child replied, Teacher
told us that gas men and other people
who came into the house to look at
meters are thieves and that they must
be watched all the time they are in "A
house"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11
Tuesday. March II, 1918.
Lessons OF MONDAYS Vote.

Augustus first engagement in the
municipal conflict of 1913. resulted in
a drawn battle With three forces in
the field. under the majority require
ment of the city charter there was M
election of mayor, and only, a part of
the city government. The total vote
cast for the mayoralty candidates was
249S OF this Hon. L. Z. Newbert re-
ceived 1890 votes, Hon. Willis f. Swift
1905. and f. NJ. Thompson sos.
In the light of the vote one year ago,
these figures are significant. The to-
tai vote this year is 249S. last year
25S7, falling off of 50 votes The
Democratic vote in 1912 was 1928. this
year 1880, a falling off of 1873 votes.
The Republican vote last year was
1883; this year 1905. a falling off of
254 votes lOut of the loss of So votes
TO the old parties, the Progressives
received only BOB.
The Progressive loss from the Pres
idential vate Of last November is sd
votes. .as5 e
The Republican gain over The No
vemher vote is Cos
The DEMOCRATIC gain over the No
yember vote is POS
Thus, figured from either side. the
Progressive vote is largely drawn from
the Republican column. as cunningIy
calculated by Candidate Newbert and
his followers when they, through
courtesy" promoted the third ticket
The Republican gain to the Demo-
cratic gain over the November vote is
as To l.
Seventy per cent. of the Pro-
gressive vote added To Mr. Swifts
vote of 1905 would have given 1882.
Twenty five per cent. of the Progress
sive vote added to Mr.. Newbert's vote
of 1880 would have raised it to 1866,
a lead of "a votes.
In 1912 the Democratic ticket had a
majority OF 90 votes.
Judged by expressions, Monday
evening. from the leaders of all par
ties, in subsequent elections the vote
is likely to stand relatively the same
Neither party is likely to go, in a
body. to another. If all stand pat
in the end Mr. ,NewbeHt will be select.
ed, if we disregard the non-voters
biased on last years election) mum
bering 50 more votes than all three
parties polled. Monday.
We are thus confronted with these in
teresting questions: "Will the vote
on March 10 be larger or smaller than
today? If the vote is larger, which
party Will gain most by it? If small
er. which party will lose most heavily
thereby"
Undoubtedly the leaders of all par
ties will work strenuously from now
until next election day knowing
that they can have no hope of elect
ing a mayor or even ward officer.
will the Progressives force third
election or will they cast largely of
their strength for one OF the other
parties which they deem the most
progressive and businesslike?
II viii be interesting to watch and
to compare. M
f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

This is claimed, says the Aroostook
Pioneer, to be a great year for the
Maine gum pickers. This is due to
the fact that much of the woods that
could not be explored other years on
account of deep snow is being visited.
Many men are in the woods for the
gum picking and they claim that they
can average from So to 81 a day this
year picking gum. 1t is estimated
that $4,000 pounds of spruce gum are
annually harvested in Maine. The
gum picker wears steel climbing
spurs on his boots and in his belt he
carries a light Ratchet, while strap
ped to his waist is a bag with a wide
mouth for the reception of the gum.
Climbing a tree. the picker proceeds
from limb to limb, chopping off the
Jumps of gum as he finds them.
Most of the gum is caught in the
wide open bag as ii falls from the
tree, while all that goes To the
ground stands out in such relief upon
the snow that ii is easily picked
up. Having picked all the gum on
the tree the picker hacks and scars
the bark so that the tree may pro-
duce another crop. The best tasting
and clearest gum comes into the
deep and narrow cut made on the
south side of a tree
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

John f. Tolman, who on Monday
March 3, was elected town clerk
of Glenburn for the 24th time,
has held the office - years con
secutively. He was also elected
town treasurer for the 18th time
having had charge of the towns
funds for Is years in succession. What
makes Mr. Tolman's record even more
remarkable, is the fac that he had
been elected unanimously each time,
save the first. Mr.. Tolman, who is
73 years old, served for four years in
the Civil War and was severely
wounded. He is a member of the G.
A. r., the Grange and is a Mason. Mr.
Tolmans health is remarkably good
for one who has held public Office for
so long, he SAYS.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11
ANCIENT GLASS.
Enamels of Many Hues On
French Archeoloa1tf.l q n

The remains of an ancient kY&
of the Roman period which thezs 3
Archaeological. NJ. Bauget, disco
near St Menehould, showed many
mems of glass and colored enamels
from these NJ. Franchet was all
draw interesting conclusions. Hel
cusses the two general classes of
parent glass and enamels. Many
mems of glass cut into tubes for
mosaics were found here. AsAT
the glass, this had about 10 al
tints, and the colors We're obtained
~ with iron oxide for the green's
oxide for the blu6s and oxide Of
ganese for the violet shades.
layer of hematinon, which is a
red glass, Is also applied upon clef
as at the present day such gid
used mainly for vessels and bott
some very fiat glass plates We
found. Most remarkable are the
used for mosaics. and in spite of
of means which modern industr
the Romans were able To produl
OF color shades for the enamel
are most varied. NJ. Franchet n
Is main colors. giving an ensen
tones. and the number certainly
end here. Such enamels he con
very fine specimens of industry
mentions the series of hematb
al, Nv
means of iron protoXide. Thet
yellow enamels, the turquoises
the most striking of all and All
by copper oxide dissolved in 4
silicate, the series OF greens 4
mixing the turquoise blue witt
yellow, We're also remarked.
alton of tones in the same
gives a perfect regularity
great skill in this art. He c3
the technique of these enamaS
of Egyptian origin, and that
closely resemble those which gin
Egypt belonging to Che 81 n.
! But these processes appear t4il
known in Persia much farthehe
Gallo-Roman products are IN
the strict sense of the word sde
experiments in order to coafon
pottery of the same period, bss-
full in doing this. 1t is, thenat-
ter of surprise that the Eho
showed such great skill in pana-
mels never used those foin-
pottery-Seientiic American
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

The first mail bag used at Five
Islands long before the postoffiee was
established was found in the store
chamber Wednesday and may be seen
now at the postoffice. 1t is quite a
curio. 1t was used when Frank Nc
Fadden lived at Colts Cove and car
ried the mail from the Center to Bath
and took the Five Island mail in this
bag in the morning from the home of
Joseph Stevens where it was placed
the night before having been sent
from the store of II. G.. Rowe & Co.
where the mail WAS collected. The
postage at that time was three cents
on a letter and an extra cent was paid
Mr.. McFadden for all letters carried
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

Polly" the pet parrot owned by
Mrs. John Humphreys of Bath passed
away last week. He is greatly
mourned by his mistress, who has had
the bird pearly thirty years. Poll
was given a suitable burial, his cof-
fin being a tin box and his shroud
paratfin paper. His grave is in the
Humphreys yard, where he lies undcc
the old apple tree. Mrs. Humphreys
has resided alone for years and this
parrot has been an interesting COM
panion, for he was almost human in
grip.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

tions at a distance are so numerous
and so certain as regards man that it
is impossible TO deny them. Can the
dog he compared to man from this
point of view He can be compared in
so many other respects that here also
we should not deny anything through
prejudice-Paris Edition New York
Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

Here is the origin of the expression
20. k" according to Ado Hunnius. of
Leavenworth Kas, veteran of the
civil War: Among the supplies that
the war department used to buy"
Mr.. Hunnius says, were crackers
made by the old Orrins- Kendall
Cracker Company. in Chicago. The
boxes in which these crackers came
were marked O. X. We were always
eager TO get hold of these %. X
crackers, because they were always
sure TO be good, while many other
brands were likely TO be spoiled or
wormy. And gradually O. X. came
to be a synonym among the soldiers
for something that was above par"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11
AUGUSTA LODGE DIRECTORY
TRINITY coMMANoEaY. NO.

n L special conclave ut Masonic Tenn
pie Friday evening. March Il. Annual
Inspection by Right Eminent Jas. +.
Hutchinson. Grand Commander of the
Grand CommanderY OF Maine Work in
the order of the Temple. Banquet Al
soiouruing fraters are cordially invited
MELVIN Z. SAWTELLE. T. G..
THOS Il. hodge,. Recon der.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-11

1t is seldom that an appointment is
made by the governor of which there
is not some criticism and fault-t find
ing. The name of Frank j. Ham Of
Augusta as warden of the state prison
appears To be one of these appoint
ments. Somewhere there may be Il
person not pleased or satisfied with
the appointment, but he has not ven
tured within the confines of the State
House, or if he has. he has kept his
sentiments well concealed Frank
Ham will make good man for the
place" everybody says. Political OPP
ponents as we'll as political friends,
Join in this assertion.-Lewiston Jour
nal.