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The Delta independent., 1915-10-08
What Club Work Did.

Not so very many years since, the
county superintendent of schools of
Wright county, Iowa. was live wire
into the souls of the country children
with queer sort of examination
paper covered with odd questions.
Slipped in among the rest was an un-
obstrusive What do you expect to do
as life work-farming or something
else?"
Caught mapping. these boys and
girls answered the query honestly.
Eighty-five per cent of the boys and
almost all of the girls declared that.
as life work. they certainly would
not do any farming. Two years after
ward-But presently | shall tell what
took place two years afterward
And now let us return to MIR. Ben
son. the county superintendent of
schools of Wright county, Iowa, and
his second examination of his country
children as to whether or not they
meant to make farming their business
when they grew up. Remember that,
two years previously. eighty-five per
cent of the boys and practically all
the girls declared their intention of
washing their hands of farming as
soon as possible. Now, of these same
children, eighty-five per cent of the
girls and nearly all of the boys stated
that they meant to live and die on
the farm.
What did Il? Boys and Girls
Clubs Sewing and baking for the
girls and agriculture for both the
girls and boys. II the work can do
so much for the Iowa boys and girls,
It will make agriculture and home
life more attractive for our children.
Are you doing your little part to-
ward making farm life worth while?
Are you making farm life as pleasant
as that OF the city? The rural school
as efficient as the city school? What
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08

bodied insects, plant lice and scale
insects being their preferred prey
The larvae of our golden-eyed or
lace-wing fly also feed voraciously on
many plant lice and other insects.
The larvae of some of our flies are
very beneficial. Some act as scaS-
engers and render valuable service to
the community in general, while 9th
ers are very important in aphid con-
troll. The larvae of the latter may be
found on all plants infested by aphids,
which they in time will largely de
very striking in appearance. Through
natural selection they have acquired
the bright colors and markings OF our
bees and wasps, and are often mis-
taken for them.
Our ground beetles play an import
ant part in the role of insect control.
preying upon the larvae of our larger
destructive caterpillars, such as cut
worms, and corn and tomato worms,
while numerous minute bymenopteT-
Gus parasites are continuously de
stroying injurious insects by living in
them in their egg, larvae. pupa and
adult stages.
Outside of insect control, we have
other beneficial insects; some furnish
commercial products, and other are
pollenizers of various crops.-C. r
Jones. Colorado Agricultural College,
Fort Collins, Colorado.
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08
Beneficial Insects.

While it is well always to be on the
lookout for injurious insects and to
determine the best methods of con-
troll, we must not overlook our friends
in insect life. Without the aid of
beneficial insects, all our remedial
measures such as sprays, repellants,
preventatives, etc, would be of little
avail in handling the numerous insect
pests which injure our crops.
Beneficial insects are chiefly pre-
daceous, parasitic, or scavengers.
There is everywhere evidence of a
strife for existence, struggle be-
tween foes. between fellows, and the
struggle with nature in general.
There are beneficial as we'll as in
furious insects found in every order.
The Lady-birds among the beetles
Cfamiliar to all of us) may be placed
at the head of the list of predaceous
kinds. They feed in the larval and
adult stage upon almost all soft
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08
A Preparedness Policy.

AS one reason for adopting policy
of preparedness, which they have
hitherto opposed, the Democrats point
out that it would help restore pros
perity. II is certainly up TO them to
restore prosperity IL ii can be done,
for theirs is the responsibility for
prosperity destroyed. But il doesn't
times by restoring the tariff laws
which they repealed. Accustomed to
superficial study of governmental
problems and habituated TO make
shifts in legislation, they figure that
since war orders" from Europe have
brought a measure of prosperity 10
certain localities in the United States,
more prosperity can be created by
making place for n half million of the
unemployed in the regular army and
by placing orders for war vessels and
for equipment for both the army and
navy.
Most certainly a movement of that
kind would have n large effect in re-
lieving present distressing conditions,
but the means by which 1t had been
accomplished would fool no one. The
record would be plainly written on the
books of the Treasury Department.
where accounts of public disburse-
ments are kept. The American voter
is intelligent enough to know the ef-
feet of expenditures of that sort and
has reasoning power enough to know
that prosperity based upon such bust
ness cannot be sound economically
nor of permanent efficacy. What the
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08
Stockham Bros. 8 Co.

American people want is to get back
to economic principles that are sound,
and to build an industrial system
that will flourish in either peace or
war. BY a protective tariff policy,
Germany build up her domestic indus
tries until the nation became CONNER
cially independent. Today, when
shut off from most of the other great
producing nations of the earth, she is
demonstrating the wisdom of her
tariff policy. The lesson will not be
lost upon American people and we
shall not depend upon war orders
from abroad or at home for permanent
prosperity
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08
WITH THE THINKERS
, ,~>~>~>~>~>~>>>

l.. G. Johnson.-We often hear II
said that the farmer produces what
the population of the world eats and
wears" or the farmer feeds and
clothes the world" Is this true7 In
the course OF the present season
expect to turn off wheat. oats and
corn enough to keeps 1882 Beigians
for ninety-six hours. but could ].
typical farmer. alone and unassisted,
make one sack of patent flour. sin
gle sanitary box of corn flakes. or one
package OF eatabie oats? have more
respect. or ! should say admiration.
for the man who can take raw ma
terial and through his inventive gen
ius convert II into a useful and fin
isded product. than l have for the
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08

Judge Morton +. Alexander.-We
are hearing a lot about the bumper
crops now-and there is no doubt that
the crops are all right. but what Of
that, Crops have been all right for
a good many years. We have not had
any famines in the United States. II
is seldom we have had crop fail
ure of any extent. Bumper crops are
a common thing with American farm
ers. But whereabouts is the prosper
ity that bumper crops are supposed
TO bring to those who produce them
and who has profited by them? They
have gone to fatten the Financial par
asites and to feed the Grafters. big
and little. who live upon the products
OF those who toll. They have gone to
enrich the Money-lords of America
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08

Financier-Whats all the hubbub
in the directors room? Steno-Some
wise minority stockholder just found
that the office cat is on the payroll
for $4,000 a year under the name of
7. Feline.
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08

Charles Wetzler.-There should be
a better understanding between the
farmers and the business men of the
cities. There is no need in farmers
and business men in town pulling at
odds with each other. We ought TO
understand one another better. The
town depends on the country round
about and the farmer needs the town.
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08

about games, Fairgrounds, entertain
ments, contests, etc? Now is the
time to plan for clubs for next year.
Are you Interested? Write to the
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort
Collins, Colorado about it.
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08
The Mountain State. Telephone & Telegraph Co.

and who give you the gracious priv
ilege of toiling early and late in the
heat and the cold until the grave
swallows you in order that American
aristocracy may become the richest.
the most corrupt. the most brutal
aristocracy the world has ever beheld.
The Delta independent., 1915-10-08

men. of whom. by the way I am one.
who merely assist nature at her great
work and then. in some instances.
claim the credit due to the Almighty.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
SOUTHERN ELIMINATING
MANY GRADE CROSSINGS

Danville, Vain connection with
the double track work which it has
had under way in Virginia and North
Carolina during the past fiscal year on
1924 miles of it's Atlanta-Washin
line, Southern Railway has eliminated
54 out of 73 grade crossings. By the
building of underpasses 20 were elm
mated, by overhead bridges 10, and
by changing the direction of public
highways Is. The 10 which remain
are so located as to make their elimi-
nation physically impossible or they
involve prohibitive damages to abut-
ting property.
In all construction work involving
the relocation or double tracking of
it's lines the fixed policy of Southern
Railway Company is to separate all
important highway crossings of the
revised lines wherever practicable.
Though this policy means large addi-
tional expense, such expense is under
taken as a permanent investment for
safety.
Southern Railway has also co-operat-
ed with municipal and county author
tiles in the elimination of many dan
gerous crossings on others of its lines
throughout the South. 1t has devoted
to work of this character as much as
it's resources and other obligations
make possible and President Fairfax
Harrison has announced that this pol.
icy will be continued.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25

Washington, D. C.-The following
letter has been addressed to the pub
lie by Mr.. Fairfax Harrison, president
Of Southern Railway Company:
THE automobile has greatly in
creased the comfort and convenience
of life, and 1t has been an important
factor in the improvement of country
highways and so has contributed to
the progress of civilization of our
time, but, just as the railroad did
when it revolutionized commerce, the
automobile has introduced new social
complications and new risks, moral as
we'll as physical.
The American people are said to
be Enthusiastically reckless of hui
man life, and perhaps in nothing is
this statement more justified at the
moment than in relation to the use of
automobiles-not even the railroads.
My particular interest in the ques-
ton is, where my public responsibility
lies, in the combination of the two
in the accidents which occur to auto
mobiles and their occupants where
highways cross railways at grade: and
this is a question of sufficient import
ance to warrant the attention of every
thinking man in the South.
Record For One Year
1.-The following table shows the ap-
palling record of such accidents on
lines operated by Southern Railway
Company in the South during the year
ended June 80, 1915.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25

the "Air Queens" machine, creeps out
on the crossed wires under the plane,
cuts loose his chute from the body of
the car and, with the airship going
sixty or seventy miles an hour, drops
500 feet before he dares let his frail
support umbrella open and carry him
to the earth 1900 feet.
Rushing at rate too terrific for
even an express train to rival, the eff
feet of this sudden tightening of the
madly careening airship, outlined like
shooting star against the far sky,
is absolutely awesome, and spectators
momentarily lose breath and speech
until the little flier and the big car
right themselves and triumphantly con-
tinue their jOurney-for that time at
least.
Going over Niagara falls in a barrel
or smoking in a 'gunpowder factory is
inconseQuent co npared with this feat,
which sends shivers up the spine at
the mere description and which is in
reality one OF the most spectacular,
sensational, electrifying. and tremen-
dously thrilling ever witnessed and
which no other filer is duplicating or
attempting.
Every day Ruth Law and her nerve
tingling turn will be the supreme at
traction at the Kentucky State Fair,
and on two afternoons OF the week
George Maryland will make his death
defying dive.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
SPLENDID RECORD is MADE
IN HANDLING OF PASSENGERS

Atlanta, Ga.-More than sixteen and
a half million passengers number
greater than the combined population
of Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
DINA, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee
and Kentucky-were transported by
Southern Railway during the year end
ed June 80 with only one fatal injury
to passenger while on train and
that one was standing on a car plat
form in direct violation of the COM
pany's rules.
This excellent record was shown in
the official figures given out indicat-
ing the high degree of safety that
has been attained in the handling of
Southern Railway passenger trains.
In marked contrast are figures re-
Gently given out by President Fairfax
Harrison of Southern Railway, show
ing that during the same period
twelve persons riding in automobiles
were killed in accidents at public
highway crossings, every one of which
accidents could have been prevented
had the driver of the car observed
the familiar warning, stop, Look and
Listen"
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
Copyright. The Frank A. Munsey {

Copyright, The Frank A Munsey Coz
"My friends" said Jean Renault,
81 ask you to wish me untold success.
This day 1 have signed my most won
derful contract! l stand before you,
Jean Renault, the greatest of all ten
ors-I who have just been engaged for
three years by the leading impresario
of modern times-M. Gatti- Carranza
1t is he, the most divine of men in ap-
probation, who has the rare good
judgment to acclaim me the utmost in
vocal attainment"
"Ah bah!" exclaimed NJ. Dupre with
some heat 81, who have heard the
most wonderful operate voices of the
age, doubt you. 1 cannot believe what
you say"
Renault, the handsome, the egotist,
the accomplished, shrugged his Shout
ders.
Monsieur" he said quite calmly for
a Frenchman provoked, mot without
affront, l challenge thee, even thee,
to scan the agreement have this day
made with NJ. -Carranza 1t
means that next season I shall be the
h1SASSl-pdlQ lSuOI OptIdIlC y
You will doubt me, for heretofore no
singer has ever commanded such a
salary. This next six months-which
is the New York season with the Met
ropolitan opera shall earn $4,000
a night, and 1 shall have guaranty
of $250,000 year for three years, with
additional compensation for extra per
Torrance. beg of you, my friend, to
read my agreement"
"Hein!" almost gasped Dupre. ct
is impossible. 1t is written-I read
it-yet it cannot bel"
$50 one might think" answered
Renault quickly. yet in America
such things are true
Beautiful Alys Dupre advanced
slowly across the gravel path. She
put her arms about the shoulders of
Renault and smiled down at him.
you are g. dreamer, mon cher" she
said softly. els this thing true thou
sayest to mon perez"
Quite true" answered Renault
with smiling eyes. will you come
with me over the seas as my wife and
share with me the honors and the gold
that will be mine in New York this
winter?"
Alys gazed into his eyes, her hand
stole into his, and she let him kiss her
softly upon the lips.
Renault gazed over her shoulder at
the pleasant village lying beyond the
garden.
He thought of the peace and quiet
of the place and of the hustle and
hurry of New York, but he longed to
be there with Alys and the beginning
Of his triumph.
Now M. Dupre, aged and dignified,
put down his pipe. rose from his seat,
and took tottering step forward.
ooh, mon fils." he said with sob
In his voice, Il have read this wonder
full paper of agreement signed by the
great judge of merit across the seas,
and am happy and proud to give I'M
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
State Fair SEASON rieke.,.


Season tickets in book form are be-
ing prepared by the Kentucky State
Fair management and viii go on sale
from Aug. Is to Sept IL. The books
are decidedly economical to Fair Wis
itors. comprising as they do a half
dozen day tickets which sell singly at
30 cents at the Fair gate, but the half
dozen go for 81. The night tickets,
which are good after 8 o'clock and may
be used both at the admission gates
and the HippOdrome show in the Pa
vilion, sell for 81 for six. Books viii
be forwarded to out of town pur-
chasers upon the receipt of postofice
money orders for the number OF books
desired. Address all applications and
inquiries to ]. L. Dent, secretary of the
Kentucky State Fair. Louisville. KY.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25

ed by Southern Railway and affiliated
lines in Virginia. North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
They will be shown in Pennsylvania,
New York, Indiana, Michigan and Il
linois and each exhibit will be attend
ed by agents, well equipped to tell
callers about the various sections of
the South.
The first two exhibits will be shown
at fairs in Indiana. For all fairs in
the Middle West a special exhibit
tent has been provided, arranged so
that large number of people can
see the exhibit at the same time.
Throughout many of the. states the
Southern Railway exhibit has become
well known and is looked for.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
Summing Up the Evidence
Many Richmond People Have
Been Called AS Witnesses.

Week after week has been published
the testimony of Rich ond people-kid-
ney sutferers-backache victims-people
who have endured many forms OF kid
ney. bladder or urinary disorders. These
witnesses have used Doan's Kidney
Pills. All have given their enthusiastic
approval. It's tile same everywhere.
30, coo American men and women are
publicly recommending Doan' s-always
in the home papers. Isn't it wonderful,
convincing mass of proof? If you are
sufferer your verdict must be Try
Doan's first
Here's one more Richmond case.
Mrs. Nelson Ross, 4l9 Laurel St.,
Richmond, says: my kidneys were ir
regular in action and | had pains through
my back. AT times | was nervous and
dizzy. Doan's Kidney Pills procured at
Middelton's Drug Store soon made me
feel better in every way"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
kidney Pills-the some that Mrs. Ross
had Foster Milburn Co. Props, Buffalo,
n. Y.-adv. aug
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
Handsome Programs For State Fair.
type ................ 500 800.

Handsome Programs For State Fair.
Handsome programs for all the daily
and nightly events OF the thirteenth
annual Kentucky State Fair, to be held
in Louisville Sept. 1918. are being pre-
pared by Pat Clark and Harry Leslie,
two of the livest advertising experts In
Louisville.
The books list every special feature,
and each OF the daily track and horse
show events, giving entries, riders and
time and place OF showing and cover
the Midway amusements, the Hippo
drome show, band concerts and the
great free outdoor affairs, which in
clude the worlds wonder, Ruth Law,
in her flying exhibition, during which
George Maryland dives from the airship
with only a parachute between him
and instant death.
Advertising space in these programs
is choice and may be spoken for by ad-
dressing the above named representa-
tives or the Kentucky State Fair of.
fees in Louisville
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
SOUTH AS GRAIN SECTION
EXPLOITED BY SOUTHERN

Atlanta, Ga.-The superlative adj
vantages of the South as a grain pro-
ducing section will be given great
prominence in exhibits which South
ern Railway, Mobile and Ohio Rail-
road, Georgia Southern and Florida
Railway, Virginia and Southwestern
Railway, and affiliated lines will make
at thirty state, district and county
fairs in the North and Middle West
during the coming fall.
An especially fine collection of
grains will be shown while the grass
es and forage crops exhibited will be
of very high character. From the
wheat growing section Of the South,
grain sheaves will be shown from
fields yielding as high as 40 bushels
to the acre, and the character of 9TH
er exhibits win be in keeping. The
fruits and vegetables to be shown in
jars include a wide variety.
These exhibits come from various
districts OF the entire territory serv-
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25

sit up in their mono and BIZ
planes and take notice when she sails
into the far reaches of the empyrean
and does stunts that even a bird would
not dream of doing. And yet she has
been flying only two years, is one Of
only two women fiers in the country
and is still in her teens. She is just
an ambitious, daring, feminine little
slip who has become enamored of
aerial work, does not know the mean
ing of fear and who, while modestly
decrying what is known as insane"
or sensational flying and who breaches
the beauty and commemorative of sci
entific flying, yet skins and darts and
spirals and dives and drives through
the air in such dizzy fashion that her
every appearance is the supreme SEN
sation of the day.
Daredeviltry evidently runs in the
Law family, for Ruth is a sister to
the famous Rodman Law, champion
air man, high diver and motion picture
sensationalist, whose doings have fur
nished the press with special stories
galore. Not satisfied with the achieve
ments she accomplishes alone, Ruth
has secured another intrepid soul in
George Maryland, a parachute jumper,
who goes up for 1000 feet or over in
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
Your Cough Can Be Stopped.

Using care to avoid draughts,s expo
sure, sudden changes, and taking a
treatment of DIR. Kings New Discovery
will positively relieve, and in time will
surely rid you. OF your Cough. The
first dose soothes the irritation, checks
your Cough, which stops in short time.
Or. Kings New Discovery has been used
successfully for As years and guaranteed
to cure you. Money back if it fails
Get bottle from your Druggist; it COSTS
only little and will help you so much.
adv
~ u. that $.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
BANNER TOBACCO YEAR
Early Crops Insure Great Show For Thirteenth Annual
Kentucky State Fair
The first time in the past sew

.NOh the nrSl IlIne IN the past sew
eral years conditions are en-
III trely favorable for tobacco
growers, and the crop for 1915
will be an unusually early one. In
view of this fact it is more than prob
able that the tobacco exhibit at the
Kentucky State Fair this year will be
an interesting and extensive one, with
growers of every county competing for
the interesting premiums offered. E.
S. Rees, superintendent Of the depart
ment. IS making an appeal to growers
throughout the state to do their sec
tons proud this season by entering the
banner LEAKAGE OF their crops, and the
rivalry will be keen.
Entries for the tobacco department
will close Sept. 8, and in the interim
application blanks and further informa-
ton may be had from Evan S. Rees.
superintendent, Springfield, Ky, or j.
L. Dent, secretary, Kentucky State
Fair, Louisville, Ky.
The various crops and LEAKAGE eligi-
BILE for entry are as follows:
ooo NV
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25
Constipa ton Causes Most his.

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You belch gas, feel stuffy. irritable, al
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day for 25c. adv.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-08-25

Best prices in town on hay. corn. oats.
field seeds, etc., at Elmer Tates, Irvine
street. Phone 1893. 4-tf