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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
PUBLICATION NOTICE!
Minnie Machel
VSs
Herman Machel.
TO HERMAN MACHEL:

In this cause it appearing from the
allegations of compliments bill,
which is sworn to. that the defendant
Herman Machel is nonresident OF
the State of Tennessee, and canot be
served with process, it is, therefore
ordered that publication issue for
said nonresident defendant, requir-
ing him to appear before the Judge
of our Law Court at the Court House
at Johnson City, Tennessee, on OF
before the third Monday in June
next, and moke defense to said bin
or the allegations tehreof will be
taken as confessed, and the cause
set for hearing ex parte as to him.
It is further ordered that this pub
LEGATION be made in the Johnson City
Comet, newspaper published in
Johnson City, Tennessee, and be in.
serted for four consecutive weeks.
This March 26, 1915.
]. L. HILBERT, Clerk,
By j. Stanley Barlow,
Deputy Clerk
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
SUDAN GRASS
(By ]. C. McAmis, Division OF Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)

(By ]. C. McAmis, Division OF Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
Sudan grass is dwarf sorghum. IN
appearance 1t resembles Johnson grass,
but the advantage Tor disadvantage as
the case may be) of the Sudan grass
lies in the fact that it is an annual
plant and does not reproduce from
the roots.
In the common system OF cropping
In Tennessee it can be more appro-
priately compared to millet, though
the two plants are not similar in ap'
pearance. The chief advantage that
Il has over millet, is that 1t produces
second cutting and often third
After cutting 1t may be used for pas
ture.
Cowpeas, or an early variety OF soy
beans, may be ,sown with It,
The chief objections to Sudan grass
are:
l. The high price of seed.
2. The danger of the seed being
mixed with Johnson grass.
8. That 1t is not iegume.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
MONEY TO LOAN.

Applications received for loans from
$4,000 to 100000, on improved and
unimproved town property and farm
lands. Interest per cent straight.
Interest payable annually or semi
annually. Time: one to ten years.
Applicants for loans will please give
description, location, and valuation OF
property offered as security for loan'
state improvements and valuation OF
same.
We want country representatives to
receive APPLICATIONS for loans. appraise
property, and serve as our exclusive
representative. Attorney or real es-
tate man preferred. Applicants Tor
lonas, and applicants for agencies
positively required to furnish at least
two character references and forwar
postage, five &c stamps. for application
blanks, full particulars, and prompt
reply. Write Southern Office. South
eastern Mortgage Loan Assn, Fourth
Natl Bank Bldg, Atlanta, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
G ROWING OF ALFALFA
ON THE HILL SIDES

RBy ]. c. McAmis, Division OF Fxten-
{ sion. University of Tennessee,
1 A few days ago visited Mr.. MCGEE,
in Bradley county, Tennessee, who has
fine demonstration of a good mix
ture of sense, science, and alfalfa. He
was growing alfalfa successfully on
what was one time about the poorest
hilly land on his farm. say sue
cessfully, because he has cut twenty
tons of alfalfa hay per acre in five
years, and there remains a good stand,
well established by now.
Every farmer ought to see and learn
the lesson. At the time the alfalfa
was seeded a fence was built to sep
arate it from the rest of the hillside
which was being used for pasture. On
one side of the wire fence is success
full alfalfa, on the other is a worn, red
clay knoll very thinly covered with
sedge and cedar bushes, a sight all
too common in Tennessee. The differ
ence has been brought about by plenty
Of lime and phosphate, and a little
manure.
Most farmers select their bottom
lands for alfalfa. This one did not.
He knew that the bottom lands We're
better supplied with nitrogen than the
uplands. He remembered that alfalfa
was legume. and when lined and
inoculated, should take it's nitrogen
from the air, and that corn could not.
Therefore, he knew that alfalfa would
have a relatively better chance on hill
lands than corn. He acted on his be-
lief and four tons of alfalfa hay per
acre annually, for five years, has con-
yinced him absolutely that he was
right 1t has convinced his neighbors,
Hoo.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
SMOKE!

Smoke. Smoke! Smoke!
Smoke from morning till night,
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
Smoke before daylight;
Smoke to settle a meal,
And smoke till the time fOrb ed,
Smoke till the wife is dead.
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
Smoke to help them think,
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
When they cannot sleep wink;
Smoke they say for company
Whatever the brand or stripe,
Some day they'll smoke forever
But it will not be a pipe.
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
Till the lungs arc full of smoke
The breath is strong as polecat
And surely that's no joke;
Lay abed all day
Get no and smoke all night,
And cram the Internal stink
Down everybody all right.
Smoke!- Smoke! Smoke!
Smoke and chew and spit
On moustache and whiskers
| VIII make a beautiful hit,
Smoke and chew and squirt
On sidewalk or the floor,
And paint a beautiful frescO
So pretty ne'er seen before.
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!
What's the need of smoke
When God has made pure air enough
Why should people choke
With the stinkink stuff the doctor.
| say
Produces eighty diseases
| Makes men sick learning to use
Makes cancers, coughs and wheezes
If the planets are inhabited
And people have good eyes,
They may look down upon us
Sometimes in great surprise.
Seeing the clouds of tobacco smOk
Think tn eearth on fire,
And OF a day of judgment
The Bible is no liar.
Why not cut out the liquor
Profanity and slang,
Vulgarity and tobacco smoke
And vice of the gambling gang;
Spit out the old tobacco quid
With Gods temple undefiled
Go to his judgment seat,
| Be a gentleman hard to beat
H. S. FISH.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01

Last year one man in Williamson
county slipped around and watched
the methods used in growing corn by
one of our demonstrators and made
fun of his methods, and poked fun at
the idea Of an old farmer taking ad-
vice from a boy. But this year ne
bought tool like the demonstrators
and worked his corn up to within a
few rods OF the fence under our meth
DDS, and then used the old method.
The demonstration methods must
have some good points.-Neely Bowen,
Williamson comfy, November IA, 1914.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
sHERIFFs SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Henderson GrOcery Company
VS..
w. r.. Johnson and Wife.

By virtue of a venditioni eXponas,
issued to me on teh 18th day of
March, 1915, from the Law Court at
Johnson City, Tennessee. in the
above styled cause, I will on Friday,
April 16, 1915, in front of the court
house door in Johnson City, Tonnes
see, during legal hours, sell to the
highest and best bidder, for cash in
hand, the following described real
estate, located in Johnson City, Ten
nessee, being lot No. in the Little
& Davis Addition to johnson City,
Tennessee, fronting 45 feet on Tenth
Avenue, and running back between
parallel lines to alley i'll the rear,
and fully described in deed of Jno.
L. Davis and wife, dated June goth,
1904, of record in the Registers Of
flee at Jonesboro, Tennessee, in
Deed Book IS, page Ell, to which
deed reference is here had, said deed
being to Queenie Insco, an levied on
in this case as the property Of de-
PENDANT Queenie Johnson. Also on
lots Nos. 1, and 8, Block is, of
the West Park Addition to Johnson
City, Tenn, lots Nos. and fronting
Dominion Street and lot No. 3 benig
on Tenth Ave-, and heretofore levied
upon as the property of said defend
ants. Queenie. Johnson and w. r.
Johnson. Lot No. in the Little &
Davis Addition, above described, is
also described as lot 1862, in Block
Il Is Of the West Park Addition to
Johnson City, ON Ivy street.
Lots Nos. /, 2 and 8 in Block 16
above described. viii" be sold SUBJ
ject to any right of homestead there
in to which the defendant w. r.
Johnson may be entitled.
Said sale will be made for the pur-
pose of satisfying a judgment in the
sum of $3S759, and all costs, said
judgment having been rendered on
the goth day of January, 1915, before
P. @. Miller, j. p, from fhom evecu-
ton was issued, and was levied on
the foregoing real estate. as will fully
appear from the records in the above
styled case. This the 10Th day of
March, 1916.
d. M. WALTERS,
Deputy Sheriff.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
JOHNSON CITY MAN DIES
IN BALTIMORE HOSPITAL

]. W. Barnes, of this city, died in
Johns-TTopkins hospital Monday from
bladder trouble. and complication
of diseases. Mr.. Barnes had been in
the hospital for several days for
treatment and an operation, but
neither was successful. Mr.. Barnes
was well known here, having been
connected with the c. c. & o. rail-
way as car Inspector for some time,
He came TO this city from Appala-
CHA, Va. He was a member Of the
l. o. o. r. and Masonic lodges He
is survived by wife AMI three small
children, who have gone 70 Aura
lachia, where they will Join the re-
mains, which will be taken to Pen
nington Gap, Va, for intermenr.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
TENDER, FlNE-FLAvoRED cAPoNs
Production of Soft-FIeshed Heavy
Weight capons an Opportunity for
Tennessee Farmers.

(By Leo ]. Brosemer, Division of Ex-
Extension, University of Tennessee)
Capons are castrated cockerels. In
the eastern markets, capons in season,
sell at 25c to 40c per pound. The
market opens before Thanksgiving
and continues after Easter. Demand
calls for nine to fifteen pound capons
dressed Caponizing produces great
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
Swift & Company
d. r. DOlau
D. T. DOIan.
Before J. W. CrumSey, J. p for
Washington County, Tennessee.

lie IL DOldHs
Before J, W. CrumI icy, J. p for
Washington County. Tennessee.
In this case. it appearing by affi-
davt that the defendant, d. F. Do
Ian, is justly Indebted to the plain
tiff, and is a nonresident of the
state, so that the original process OF
law cannot be served on him, and an
original attachment having been lev
led on his property, it therefore or
dered that publication be made in
the Comet, a newspaper published in
the City of Johnson City, for four
consecutive weeks, commanding the
said D. F. Dolan to appear before
me, or some other Justice of the
Peace, at my office in Johnson City,
Tennessee, on the list day of May,
1915, and make defense to said suit
against him, or it will be proceeded
with ex parte.
This the 10Th day of March. 1915.
]. w. CRUMLEY,
1903 Justice of the Peace,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
THE WHITE WYAND0TTE

(By Leo ]. Brosemer, Division of Ex-
tension, University of Tennessee.)
White 'Wyandottes were introduced
about thirty years ago. The white
variety is the most popular of the
Wyandotte family. The chicks make
extra fine broilers and roasters, having
medium sized bone and full breast
development. The hens are good lay
srs of brown-shelled eggs. They are
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
TAKING CARE OF
The YOUNG PIGS
Care and Attention at Far
rowing Time Will Produce
Larger Litters
PROVIDE SOW PROPER SHELTER
Individual Hog House of the Small "A"
Shaped Type Built Commonly About
sx9 On Runners SO That 1t Can BE
Moved is Desirable.

(By r. NJ. Murphy, Division OF Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
A little care and attention at far
rowing time will be amply rewarded
by larger filters of pigs. The time of
narrowing should be known and a
week before time, the SOW should be
separated from all other stock and
provision made for a shelter and a
good bed. Don't force her to make
her bed in fence corner out of leaves
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.
John SusOng
VS..
Ellen SusOng.
Notice to Ellen SusOng:

In this case, it appearing from the
allegations of Plaintiffs petition,
which is sworn to, that the defend
ant Ellen Susong is nonresident
of the State of. Tennessee, she is
therefore hereby required to appear.
on or before the first Monday in
May next, befoe the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Washington County, at
his office in Jonesboro, Washington
County, Tennessee, and make defense
to the bill filed against her by John
Susong, otherwise said bill will be
taken for confessed, and the case set
for hearing ex parte.
]. L. HILBERT,
Clerk of Circuit Court,
Washington County, Tenn.
Sam s Kirkpatrick. 1907
Vines G Price, Attys. for Petitioner.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
March 18th. 1915.

NdI CH IOIlI IVIU'
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceiyed at office of Treasurer, Noun
tain Branch, N. HI. d. V. s., National
Soldiers s. Home, Tenn, and there OPP
ened at the time fixed, for furnish
ing and delivering supplies in ac-
cordance with instructions and spe-
cifications, copies of which, with
blank proposals, can be had upon ap-
plication to the Treasurer, as follows
For 10000 Tons Bituminous Coal,
until 2 O'Clock P. NJ April 10Th, 1915.
Oliver X. Marshall, Treasurer. 1903
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
TO GEORGE BRANNER
MARTHA CARSON PENDLETON

VS..
LOU HARRIS, ct al.
In the Chancery Court ut Johnson
City, Tennessee.
In this cause, it appearing from the
bill. which is sworn to. that George
Banner, one of the defendants, is a
nonresident of the State, he is, there
fore. hereby required to appear, on
or before the First Monday of April
next, before the Clerk and Master OF
said Court, at his Office in Johnson
City, and make defense to the bill
fileed against him in said Court, by
Martha Carson Pendleton, or other
wise the bill will be taken for con-
fessed as to him.
1t is further ordered that this no.
tice be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Comet, newspaper pub
lished in Johnson City.
February oath, 1915.
]. w. CASS, Clerk and Master
J. R. GARDNER, &
J. STANLEY BARLOW,
Solicitors.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01

excellent sitters and mothers. A full
grown hen weighs from five and one
half to seven and one-half pounds.
Pdllets mature at from twenty-one to
twenty-six weeks.
A flock of pure-bred white Wyan'
dottes is, as the country gentle-lady
says, "a sight to behold" The snowy
white plumage, bright yellow eggs and
brilliant red combs, make pleasing
picture on any farm. Why keep
scrubs? Do you think it costs more
to feed thoroughbred fowls? Try q
good strain of fowls this spring, pur'
chased from a reliable breeder. Help
Danish scrubs.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
R.eord O, . Maine stage Horse.

In the harness for 2,1s0 consecutive
days and travelling 39676 miles 10 the
record of Lee, the stage horse OF
Moose riy Or. Lee Is owned by Jonas
Holden, who transports mail between
Moose River plantation and the rail-
road station, and in the past SIX
years there has not been day when
he has not been in harm ess. Port
land Press.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01

er quantity and better quality of edible
meat on the carcass. A capon will
add twenty to thirty per cent more
weight in period of six to nine
months after the operation, than will
an unaltered male, other conditions
being equal. Flesh can be produced
at lower cost for the same weight
on capons. Capon flesh is tender and
juicy. Notice the quantity of flesh on
the capon in the above photo.
Cockerels are best caponized when
they weigh from two to two and one.
half pounds. The operation is not dan.
gerous or painful to the chick. Space
forbids a detailed description of the
operation State and government bull.
letins tell the method Of procedure.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01
HOW is YOUR SUPPLY:

We have coal for all pur-
poses, but good coal is the
only kind we have to offer.
IT'S CLEAN
Free from slate, burns
slowly, and gives intense
heat. Hard and soft wood
also in any quantity.
Let us fill your order t!&S
time.
Home Ice & Coal Company
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-04-01

Scientists tell us that at a depth of
IS feet under the earth's surface the
tempera ture does not vary perceptibly
at any time of the year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
IMPROVING THE EDITORS.
The Fame Of Miss RettOp's Society
S~traddles CD the Continent.

one Mary Rettop. secretary OF the
Editorial Improvement Society. writes
to THE 4 rebuking II for using the
word gosh in an editorial. In her
communication she says:
We propose to try and improve the
literature OF newspapers In general Tina;
Is we hope to give editors something real
pleasant to write about instead OF allow
ing them to collect all the blood curdling
topics OF the day for the minds OF the
young to peruse.
II you viii believe me. | felt poslti, ely
~ after reading THu SUS that morning
and then to come across that slang word
gosh" was the last straw, as It were.
Let us hope little Mayor is she
big and fat"-will never again have her
good taste offended by seeing gosh
In THE sun.
That journal. Il model OF good Eng
l.sh to all editors, should not lower It's
standard even for n second.
Whenever again II feels the gosh
fever coming over II. let II omit the
offence by substituting therefor the
more ornate 'jiminy-crickets' or "jeru-
acknowledgements"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
Burr Mcintosh and the Propaganda.

To ~ EDITOR ~ TIN SUN-Sir. In
the recent exposition OF those who were
or might he directly or indirectly in
tercsted In advancing the GERMAN prop
aGanda' my name was mentioned be
cause of 'pro-military views W iCh had
been expressed"
While admitting that at various times
during the seven years past | ave en-
deavuted Ia arouse my lcthargiC couU-
tryinen to the coming ~ present day
conditions. my humble efforts were ali
directed toward Saving my own coun-
try" only.
| have had ~ desire To attempt Ia
rush iutn print and Was inclined to view
the matter as q joke. but since receive
Ing several diversified clippings As well
as letters from friends | would deeply
appreciate the opportunity Of stating
that Al no time nor in any manner have
! ever been approached by ANYBODY
regarding the possibility uf my inter
est'uc myself in advancing the German
~propaganda" nor could any possible in
ducement lac offered which could tempt
me to do 81.
| have no personal quarrel with Ger
many nor German Americans, but
hope to remain, for my allotted time,
one who cares for the United States.
BURR M~ClNToSH,
NEW YORK, August ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
Twill It be b~elieved?) az to Justify

Twill It be b%elieved?) AZ to justify
the sale of arms by American manu-.
facturers to the allied belligerents,
not upon the broad and incontestable
grounds afforded by international
law and invariabie practice in the
past, but upon the astonishing plea
that our private citizens engaged in
the sale of munitions Of war were
helping to perform In part the neg
lected duty owed to Belgium and to
the good faith Of treaty Obligations
by the Federal Government "under
the Hague conventions!
What singular delusion possesses
this very active intellect? Instead Of
wasting voice in undignified denuncia-
lions OF his successors Adminlstra.
ton, why does not Colonel ROOSEVELT
at one stroke win the confidence of
the people in the Justice Of his accu-
sations and imnea surably strengthen
the force Of his arrangement Of the
President and his Cabinet by showing
that the alleged treaty engagements
respecting Belgium do in fact exist?
It Is a simple and easy process, II he
has the facts. 1t is the method OF
procedure which in n~inety.nlne cases
out Of a hundred would suggest itself
instantly to a sane and candid mind.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
What Is the Underlying Motive OF the
Demand for the Vote?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
most noticeable feature of the curre-
%spondence published In THE SUN re-
garding Votes for Women is the
prominence given to matters which.
when not merely irrelevant recrimina-
lions. are at best but of minor impor-
lance. Hardly any OF the correspond
euce touches fundamental matters.
one of the woes from which the body
polite is now suffering is that the suf-
frage. through the influence OF politl-
cal demagogucs w5ose instincts are
anything but altruistic Notwithstanding
their professions, is already too greatly
extended and IL In very difficult to see
how the virtual doubling of the voting
population would improve matters. Do
those who advocate Votes for Women
realize that the ratio Of ignorant and
unfit women TO the total number OF
women Is probably approximately iden-
teal with the ratio obtaining among
men? While this question is not sus-
cep,ible of direct proof. II appears logi-
cal to accept past experience In other
matters and assume that the ratio is
about the same,
The advocates ~ Votes for Women
assert that the entrance OF women into
The direct activities OF politics Is going
Ia purify politics, Past experience
shows rather that the toucl-ug of pitch
brings deflement' II instead OF politics
beng pur'heu ny Women II If more
likely thit women VIII ne contaminated
WIN very rev exceptions. su'h men as
nave entered h'li'lc" WIN the ldea OF
publication have either become so
smirc. ed themselves that they are as
pad as or worse IMAM 'l"se tUeN started
to REFORM OF else 'heE nave quit IN ols-
gust
1t shows a large degree OF compliment
s~'It-t"n''', "H Inv P',' OF Women Stleh-
u"''S.E surviving Tor 'he vote tuat theF
imagine themselves '~alt"'' WITHOUT eN-
pei!eht' OF accomplishing 'ha' winch
men ai''r years OF experience nave not
Net a''"'hIh'Shed Is ere any notlre-
ibIe Improvement III tne purity "f pom
tics IN su'h states as nave granted the
'uitraEc 10 women NoI'ral'' Tor m
s'"i''"' H's h"' '"' ,'""'h'E "''t'
rdtNer !" raise HI y 'llu' 'I Icilldlc
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-27
The Astounding Mr.. KocIbIc.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: You.
violent friend Mr.. koclble made In the
interview printed in THE SuN one state.
mcnt whiyh every German American
should cut out and paste IN his hat
II a German submarine attacKrd Ia,
Arabic without warning that was a de
lhtratc challenge to this country af,,,
the INsitanlI note.
He then recommends a seI ring oI
diplomatic relations but leprecates war
So. after all, while he appears To II,
unnecessarily violent and excited abopt
a lot Of matters which he stltcs \,
Enthusiastically that not much attention
reed hr paid 20 his views concerning
them, II seems that. uncunsciously. on
the main issue involved he reasons cor
rectly the tu%rpeoding of the Arabi if
wItholr warning was "a deliberate chaI.
lenge to- this country"
Al" believe that, after be hod
ventilated his III humor. Mr.. Koelh,c
Wnuld, in the event of war. ne fuund
marching around with q gun, necau,,
lie Is an American after an c. q. n
NEW YORK, August 20.