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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

and there are many American politi-
cians-pro and anti--who would render
their country @ service by climbing
on the water wagon or signing a pledge
of political temperance. Too often
our legislative halls are turned into
political bar-rooms and many of the
members become intoxicated on liquor
discussions. We have too many polit-
ical drunkards--pro and anti-in our
public affairs. No one who is slave
to the political liquor habit is quite
SO capable of dealing with the busl-
ness affairs Of government as the
sober and Industrious. We have few
public men in this day who are strong
enough to resist the temptation OF
strong drink politically and when the
demon Rum once becomes firmly en-
trenched in the mind of a politician,
he is less capable of meeting the de-
mands for constructive craftsmanship
now confronting this nation.
We have in this country too many
red-nosed politicians-both pro and
anu. "A CuuuludIo WIN poiisiN'' No.
rum trenrens, q preacher with poiltl'
cal snakes in his boots and an agitatoT
drunk on the liquor question are the
saddest sights in civilization and they
should all be forced to take the polit
icai Kelley Cure.
1t is far more important in govern
ment to make it easier for those who
toll to eat than to make it more diff
ficult for few topers to drink There
is not one person in one hundred CT
our rural population that ever touches
LIQUOR but we all eat three times
| day.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18
TIE BEST TIME TO PRUNE
(By C. A. Keffer, Division Of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee.)

(By C. A. Keffer, Division Of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee.)
Before trees come into bearing they
are best pruned as the buds swell I'M
the spring.
Peaches my be pruned at any time
while dormant and in large orchards
the work had best be begun in Deem
Der, in order to be sure Of finishing it.
Never neglect peach pruning.
Apples in bearing are best pruned
in late April or early May, about the
time the first leaves are full grown
This will permit the formation during
the season of fruit buds for the fol-
lowing year.
The plum is pruned very much like
the peach but less severely, and the
cherry requires the least pruning Of
all fruits. Plum and cherry are best
pruned as the buds swell in early
spring.
Grapes should be pruned as soon as
possible after the leaves fall, and late,
pruning is undesirable. because the
vines bleed badly after the sap starts
Contrary to general opinion, vines
very seldom if ever bleed to death.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18
BANKERS URGED TO
COOPERATE WITH
FARMERS
SOUL MATERIAL HAS ENTERED
THE BANK VAULTS OF
THE NATION.
The Bank a Financial Power House
to the Community.
By Peter Radford.

One of the greatest opportunities IN
the business life of the nation lies
in practical cooperation Of the coun-
try banks with the farmer in building
agriculture and the adventure is laden
with greater possibilities than any
forward movement now before the
American public.
A few bankers have loaned money
to farmers at low rate of interest,
and ofttimes without compensation, to
buy blooded livestock, build silos,
fertilize the land, secure better seed,
hold their products for a better mar
ket price, etc. The banker in con-
tributing toward improving the grade
of livestock; the quality of the SEED
and the fertility of the soil, plants IN
the agricultural life of the community
a fountain of profit, that, like Tenny-
sons brook, runs on and on forever.
Community Progress a Bank Asset.
The time was when money loaned
on such basis would severely test
the sanity of the banker; such trans
actions would pain the directors like
a blow in the face. A cashier who
would dare to cast bread upon waters
that did not return buttered side up
in time for annual dividends would
have to give way to more capaple
man. This does not necessarily mean
that the bankers are getting any better
or that the milk of human Kindness is
being imbibed more freely by our f1nan-
ciers. It indicates that the bankers are
getting wiser, becoming more able I'M
anciers and the banking industry more
competent. The vision Of the builder IS
crowding out the spirit OF the pawn
broker. A light has been turned on
a new world of investment and no
usurer ever received as large returns
on the investment as these progress
sive bankers, who made loans TO
unfit industry. The bankers have
always been liberal city builders, but
they are now building agriculture.
A Dollar With a Soul.
It is refreshing in this strenuous
commercial life to find SO many DOL
lars with souls. When a dollar Is ap
preached to perform task that does
not directly yield the highest rate Of
interest, we usually hear the rustic
of the eagles wings as it scars up
ward; when dollar is requested te
return at the option Of the borrower
it usually appeals to the Goddess O.
Liberty for it's contractural rights
when dollar is asked to expand II
volume to suit the requirements O
industry, 1t usually talks solemniy O
its redeemer, but soul material MAJ
entered into the vaults of our banks
and rate. time and volume have
new basis of reckoning in so far a
the ability Of some of the banker
permit them to cooperate in promo'
ing the business Of farming.
God AImighty's Noblemen.
These bankers are God Almighty
''Ableroen Heaven lent cart" r."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

capitalized strife, pillaged progress.
and murdered opportunity. An indus
trial corpse is not a desirable thing,
a crippled business an achievement or
neglect an accomplishment about
which any representative OF the gov
eminent has right to boast.
Issues that Breed Agtators Should be
Eliminated.
The political agitator must be elm
mated from public life before thought
full consideration can be given to
constructive program in government
The liquor question Is the most pro-
life breeding ground for agitators and
whether pro or anti, the hatch Is
equally as undesirable. This article
is in no sense a discussion OF the IL
quor question but deals solely and by
way of illustration with the political
products of that issue. Other sub
jects will be dealt with in the order
of their Importance.
In the history of our government
the liquor issue has never produced
a constructive statesman worth men
tioning and it never will. 1t has sent
more freaks to Congress, Lilliputians
to the Senate and Incompetence to
office than any other political issue
under the sun.
The recent experience of the Eng
lish Parliament which dashed itself
into fury over the liquor question
has a lesson that it is we'll for the
farmers of this nation to observe; FOL
the subject in some form or other is
constantly before the public for solu
ton and ofttimes to the exclusion Of
more important problems to the Amer
lean plowmen.
Too Many Political Drunkards.
Lloyd-George, the Prohibition leader
of Europe who led the prohibition hgh
in England, has declared that he vii
never again take a drink politically
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18
MARY ADVANTAGES Uf
THE SUMMER SILO
(By c.. A. Hutton, Division Of Extern
sion, University of Tennessee;

sion, University of Tennessee;
A small silo for summer feeding Is
one Of the best means Of keeping up
the milk flow of the dairy herd Few
dalrymen have sufficient pasture for
their herds during the hot, dry months
OF midsummer, and as a result, the
milk flow usually decreases.
More COWS can be fed from the same
acreage by the use of the silo than by
pasturing, There IS no waste from
tramping down Of the food and the
COWS are not exposed to the hot sun
and flies. An excellent plan is to have
a silo small in diameter SO that some
silage can be fed every day during the
summer, If it should be needed. Many
darymen now have two silos--a large
one for winter and small one for
summer
The dairy with plenty of good silage
is very largely Independent of weather
conditions. There is seldom season
when he can not grow fair crop OF
silage corn, and there are few sum-
mers when he could not make more
money from his herd if the dry, short
pastures were supplemented with a
ration of corn silage.
From twenty to thirty pounds of
silage would be fair daily ration for
COW if she has some pasture. About
two and one-half to three inches
should be fed off OF the surface of the
! silo daily during the hot weather, In
order to keep the silage sweet and
free from mold. Allowing an average
ration of twenty-five pounds per day
for the six summer months, herd or
twenty cows would require forty-ive'
tons of silage, and silo 1Ox30 feet
will be required. From four to six
feet should be added to the silo to-
allow for settling Of the sflage. For
herd of thirty COWS, 67 tons would
be needed, and silo 12x30 would be
required
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18
HURRY The RAYING
FOR SAN JOSE SCALE
(By C. A. Keffer, Division of Extern
sion, University Of Tennessee.)

(By u. A. heueT, blFlSlOH VI GAISh
sion, University Of Tennessee)
The month of March is the most far
vorable time for killing San Jose scale,
but the work of spraying must be done
before the fruit blossoms open, as the
concentrated lime-sulphur solutiony
which is the best scale remedy, is so
strong that it will kill the bloom It
can be used with perfect safety even
when the peach buds are pink, pro-
vided the flowers are not open.
Spray thoroughly. To reach every
part of the tree, it is best to prune
well before spraying, being especially
careful to head back the small limbs
that project beyond the general aver
age of the crown.
If the trees are badly infested with
scale, they should be "dehorned," or
cut back very severely. Peach trees
may be headed back by cutting off
branches three inches or more in d.
ameter.
Keep the nozzle moving, reach
every part OF the tree. The only scale
Insects that are killed are the ones
that are touched by the spray-their
food can not be poisoned. Spray until
the solution begins to drip from the
limbs.
Before beginning the work put on
old clothes, cover the face and neck
with vaseline, wear goggles to protect
the eyes, and gloves soaked in oil to
protect the hands. Cover the horses
with hnrlan
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18
POLITICAL PRAYER MEETINGS

1t is a sad day for Christianity when
the church bells call the communicates
together for a political prayer meet
ing. Such gatherings mark the high
tide of religious political fanaticism'
put bitterness into the lives OF men;
fan the flames of class hatred and de-
stroy Christian influence in the COM
munity. The spirit actuating such
meetings is anarchistic, un-Christlike
and dangerous to both church and
state.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

Ten demonstrations listed this week,
and one took out forty-five acres in a
corn demonstration and another took
az much as six acres.-F. S. Harkle-
ruad, Greene County, March 6. 1915.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

EEOW much better would Ourtown
4 L look, how much would living
conditions be improved, if every one
..suyyw would rally around
>ASNNNyysasllggss$kA live committee
&SNS XSA and put over a
ESS$ lS1asI 81 tAAssA definite "Clean Up
ksaEa ,gss SY9 and Paint Up" pro-
ESsA wv %sSH gram?
VysT1RyMSfSNNV Here Is Sug-
HsstQIsISsI gested progra N
which mas been followed for two years
in Denver. 1t was devised by l.. T.
Minehart of Denver, member of the
executive committee, National "Clean
Up and Paint Up" Campaign Bureau,
st. Louis, and has been followed in
hundreds of cities:
Sunday-Civic Uplift Sermons in the
churches.
M onday-F'IRE PREVENTION DAY.
Clean your easements and attics
of rubbish, greasy rags and waste
paper, wherever possible.
Tuesday-FRONT YARD DAY.
Cut lawns, plant flower beds, clean
walks and cutters. Salt cracks in
sidewalks; eXterminate ants.
day-DANDELION DAY.
This day can be very probably
used in Kidding your lawn of dande
lions, trimming bushes and gardens
There is no more important work
which the campaign could accom-
plish than to rid this city Of the
dandelion and weed pest.
Thursday-PAINT DAY.
Paint up inside and out, porches
fences, woodwork and porch chairs
Business houses clean windows ant
replace old awnings.
Friday-BACK YARD DAY.
Clean alleys, repair fences ant
sheds, screen garbage cans. Put fly
traps on garbage cans. Put OF
screen doors.
saturday-VACANT LOT DAY.
Boy Scouts and school children
clean vacant lots, removing tin cans
paper and brush. Plow and plan
garden plots wherever possible.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18
TRY THIS ON YOUR OWN

Little pots of flowers,
Little pots of paint,
Make attractive neighborhoods
Out of them that amt"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

The wheat acreage in Wilson coun-
ty has increased 1914 per cent.-W. p.
Stanford Wilson county. December II.
katA
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

Tenant farming is just one thing
after another without a pay day.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

The success of the nation is in the
hands of the farmer.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

Work for the best and the best will
rise up and reward you.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18
Suggested Program
Of Identification
Tor Civic Workers
"OPENING WEEK" FOR PER
MANENT EFFORT.
Schedule Perfected by Denver Man
Has Become Model for Hun
dreds of Other Cities.

WOW much better would Ourtown
4 L look, how much would living
conditions be improved, if every one
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1915-06-18

would rally around
a live committee
and put over a
definite "Clean Up
and Paint Up" pro-
gram?
Here is a sug-
gested IA N
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
MAY BE INNOCENT

Leo M. Frank, young Jew, Of Atlanta,
Georgia, under sentence of death for an
alleged peculiarly atrocious crime, is be-
heved by many persons who have followed
the case, notably public men, governors of
various states, lawyers, senator's, ETC., to be
the victim Of police methods, an intimi-
dated judge, and infamed public feeling
aroused in Atlanta over the crime, and, it
is alleged, prejudice against the accused
because Of his nationality. Governor
Slaton is being deluged with petitions and
resolutions asking that Frank s sentence
be committed
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
ON THE FIELD

Italy's campaign in the Trentino is de-
veloping on all sides of the Austrian Sal
lent. The Italians have the advantage of
a friendly population which is welcoming
Victor Emmanuel's troops as the saviors
of this portion of Italia Irredenta
The main advance is from the south
through the Adigu or Etsch river valley,
and through Lake Garda, which extends
over the frontier into the Tyrol Reports
from Rome last received announced that
the italian guns were hammering at the
forts Of Roveredo, which is about fifteen
miles south of Trent (Trient).
On the east of the Tyrol the Italians
have broken through to Cortina, which
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
FAMINE SWEEPS MEXICO

Famine is sweeping Mexico, says the
American Red Cross reports. Deplorable
conditions, existing for two years. are
growing rapidly worse, until famine and
disease are spreading from city to city and
thousands are said to be in danger of
perishing
In Mexico City, the situation is described
as very grave, 100000 persons, it is stated,
being in danger of perishing from hunger
and epidemics Of smallpox and typhus
fever. Serious food riots have taken place
The governor Of Texas states that un-
less assured that supplies sent into Mexico
would reach the famine-t threatened dis
tricts, he would not feel justified in issuing
an appeal for help. Provisions sent to
that war-wrecked country, he states, will
most likely fall into the hands Of buc-
cancers and robbers.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
POLAND WANTS HELP

Paderewski, the Polish pianist, is now
in this country to raise funds for relief
work in Poland. He states that two hun
dred and twenty cities and towns and II, ;
500 villages in Poland have been de-
vastated.
"When war was first declared" he says,
"The German and Austrian armies seized
all Of the live stock and foodstuffs Then
the Russians crossed the country, and it
was necessary for them to be fed also.
Since the opening Of the war, these armies
have passed back and forth across Poland
seven times, until it has become necessary
for the inhabitants to live on the bark of
trees and such food as can be found in the
woods. In every case this is unfit for even
animals to eat. Fourteen million persons
are absolutely without other means of
sustenance"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
JEWS LEFT DESTITUTE

Jews by the thousands have been left
destitute in Turkey, reports the American
ambassador at Constantinople. He says
There are approximately 1,500 Jews from
Gallipoli and Dardanelles who have been
obliged to leave their homes. They are
scattered at Pauderma, Rodosto, and Con-
stantinople, and they are in absolute want.
Grand rabbi and committee beg for
prompt assistance for them and for in
digent Jews in Constantinople, who
number about 5000"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
DENOUNCEs LABOR LEADERS

Leaders Of the American Federation of
Labor were denounced by ex-President
Taft in a recent speech.
Mr. Taft said he approved of the prin-
ciple Of Labor unions, but the power
their leaders have acquired by the prin-
ciple Of combination in their organization
has intoxicated them, and they have exer-
cised a tyranny over society and over their
own members that is certainly leading
to a reaction and to restraint of their
great powers within proper 'and lawful
limits
''They have raised large funds in the
defense Of men who have proved to be, by
their own confessions, violators of the
criminal law
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cision. There are $4,000 men and 10000
women in England subject to this ruling.
SAYS CHURCH SEEKS u. S. AID

Minister Cabrera has issued statement
throwing light on the political attitude of
the Roman Church in Mexico He pre-
sents mass Of documentary evidence to
the effect that the Roman clergy is at
tempting to obtain aid from the United
States in reestablishing the powers Of the
church in Mexico. He urges all true
patriots to combine their strength against
the reestablishment Of the church hier-
archy in that republic, saying that such
reestablishment would hold back the prog
ress OF the country and check the efforts
to bring order out of chaos
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
FIGHTS MUNITION MANUFACTURE

Samuel Pearson, former Boer leader, but
now an American citizen, is fighting the
manufacture and shipment Of shrapnel
shells for the use Of the allies, and to this
end has instituted suit against General
Otto Falk of the Allis- s-Chalmers company,
charging him with murder in the second
degree.
The manufacture Of the shells by the
Allis-C Chalmers company is designated an
immoral act and a criminal conspiracy.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
WILSON WARNS MEXICO

President Wilson has sent warning to
the war leaders in Mexico which indicates
that his policy Of watchful waiting"
may be nearing an end
After reviewing the conditions obtain
ing in Mexico for the past two years, he
recites present conditions in these words:
Mexico is apparently no nearer solu-
tion Of her tragical troubles than she was
when the revolution was first kindled.
And she has been swept by civil war as if
by fire. Her crops are destroyed, her fields
lie unseeded, her work cattle are confscat-
ed for the use Of the armed factions, her
people flee to the mountains to escape be-
ing drawn into unavailing bloodshed and
no man seems to see or lead the way to
peace and settled order. There is no pro-
per protection either for her own citizens
or for the citizens of other nations resi-
dent and at work within her territory
Mexico is starving, and without a govern
ment.
He concludes the note thus
Il, therefore, publicly and very solemn
ly call upon the leaders Of the factions in
Mexico to act, to act together, and to act
promptly for the relief and redemption Of
their PROSTATE country feel it to be my
duty to tell them that, if they cannot ac-
commodate their differences and unite for
this great purpose within a very short
time, this government will be constrained
to decide what means should be employed
by the United States in order to help Mex
leo save herself and serve her people"
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
AT SPRINGFIELD

The 'ELakes to the Gulf" measure is now
awaiting the governors signature. With
that, the measure will take it's place in the
statute books and become law July 1st
Members of the Illinois water way com
mission, authorized under the bill, will be
appointed by Governor Dunno Immediate
ly after July 1st. Under the terms Of the
bill, the commission will be composed Of
five members, including three from the
majority party and two from the minority
party The chairman is to receive salary
of $4,000 year, while the other four mem
bers are to get $4,000. One Of the mem
bers Of the commission is to be a civil en-
gineer. An attorney, chief engineer, Sec
retary, and other employees will be named
by the commission, creating a large
amount of patronage under the control of
the governor
Applications for appointments already
are pouring in upon the governor. One
man who is considered practically certain
of appointment, either as a member Of the
commission or chief engineer, is Edward
J. Kelly, of Chicago, now assistant chief
engineer of the sanitary district and Of
the engineers responsible for the water
way plan.
The bill provides for the construction
Of an eight-foot water way from Joliet
to Utica, stretch of sixty-fve miles,
which for many years has been the only
part of the river route from Lake Michi-
gan to the Gulf of Mexico which has not
been navigable. The cost is to be $5,000,-
900, and money is to be obtained by sale
Of bonds bearing four per cent. interest.
The bill has not been without opposi-
tion. Congressman Rainey thus expressed
himself: "This bill has a gold brick in
every clause. It has not one redeeming
feature. It is the worst piece of legisla-
tion ever conceived by any state
Eighteen Democrats and fourteen Re-
publicans voted for the bill Four Demo-
Gratis and five Republicans voted against it.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-06-05
"COMMERCIALIZED FRATERNITY

The following letter has been sent to the
various bodies of the Masonic order, by the
chairman of the Fraternal Education as
sociation, j. B. Burt The law referred
to is the sale of liquor on Sundays It tells
it's own story:
''Dear Friends and Brothers: Doubt
less you have noticed in the daily press
that the Chicago loop hotels Except the
Blackstone and Great Northern) have
formed combination to violate the law of
Illinois, The managers of some of these
hotels are thirty-second degree Masons,
and belong to Oriental Consistory. Since
the violation of state laws by member Of
the Masonic fraternity is Masonic crime,
[ am calling your attention to this open
brazen and notorious offense Of some of
our ignorant and less informed brethren
with the hope that they will overcome
their own selfish blindness and correct an
error Of their ways. [ am also informed
that some of the Masonic lodges in Chicago
are deriving profit from the lawlessness
that prevails in our city No doubt you
will agree with me that the time is ri pc, in
Chicago, at any rate, when the canning
process should be applied to CONNER
cialized fraternity