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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24

DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman of Jamaica,
N. Y, evangelist, was elected mod
orator Of the 10th general assembly
of the Presbyterian church in the
United States when it convened in
Dallas, Tex. on the 10th. This selec-
ton is regarded as a long step toward
furthering prospects for union of the
two branches of the church, North
and South.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24
The Roll of Honor

The following young men have en-
listed in the U. S. army at the local
recruiting station during the last few
days: James Stewart of Rocking
ham; Troy L. Smith of Pembroke,
Walter C. Bethea of Holly Ridge and
Clarence Williamson of R.. 1 from
Lumberton. They will leave this af-
ternoon for Fort Thomas, Ky.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24

Misses Ganelle and Myrtle Barnes,
of Mr.. K. M. Barnes, re-
turned home last night from Green's
boro college for women, where they
were students during the session just
closed.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24
"Chamberlain's Tablets Have Done
Wonders for Me-,

II have been a sufferer from stom-
ach trouble for a number of years,
and although I hav We used a great
number of remedies recommended for
this complaint, Chamberlain's Tablets
is the first medicine that has given
me positive and lasting relief" writes
Mrs; Anna Kadin, Spencerport, N.
Y. ""Chamberlain's Tablets have done
wonders for me and value them very
Mighty" Obtainable everywhere.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
E)OJI>IN'
IT, ~
HATCH GEESE IN INCUBATOR
Doubtful Whether They Would Do
Well In Breeders, Therefore 1t Is
Not Often Tried.

Goose eggs can be successfully
Matched in incubators, but it is not
common practice, because 1t is doubt
full whether they would do we'll raised
in brooders.
Either geese or hens are commonly
used for Matching and rearing pur-
poses. If the eggs are Matched by
hens or incubators, it would be adj
visable to add moisture to the eggs
during the first week by sprinkling
the eggs or nests with warm water.
From four to six eggs are usually
placed under a hen, and from ten to
thirteen eggs under goose.
If Matched by hens, the hen should
be kept confined, and goslings not al
lowed to go into the water, especially
If the water Is cold. To be assured
Of success In raising goslings, they
should not be Matched until the grass
pasture is fairly good, as grass Is
their chief diet.
In addition to that they should be
fed any of the mashes recommended
for chickens or goslings. Special care
should be taken In seeing that all Of
the feed is cleaned up at each meal,
as leftover food is very often source
Of disease.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
BREAKING UP BRo0DY FOWLS
Hens Have No Right to Sit and Do
Nothing Else While Country
Faces Food Shortage.

Eliminate the expense of brOOdy
hens. Even the fowls have no right to
sit and do nothing at time when the
country is facing so great food short
age, according to Ross M. Sherwood,
acting head Of the poultry department
in the Kansas Agricultural college.
"The average hen lays four to five
eggs q week, worth II to Is cents at
the present price of eggs" said Mr..
Sherwood. Aliens should be broken
up as soon as they become broOdy. If
possible do not let them set over night,
for day saved ~ shutting them up
may save two days of their laying
period.
"Broody hens should be placed In
airy coops with Stat bottoms and kept
up off the ground. Too frequently an
ordinary box or tub Is turned over
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
SUMMER PASTURE FOR SWINE
Green Food Is Required for Best De-
veIopment Of Pigs-AIfaIfa Is
Relished by Animals.

North Dakota Agricultural College Bull
lettn.)
Pasture should by all means be pro-
vided for the pigs. This is the cheap
est food that can be provided, and
good development In the pigs re-
quires green food. Alfalfa is one Of
the best pastures. 1t is relished by
the pigs, is nutritious and provides
feed during the whole pasture season.
Many report splendid success with
sweet clover where neither bronze
grass nor winter rye is available.
Oats, barley and rape can be sown
in the spring and will produce green
feed till the hogs can be turned into
the corn. If no alfalfa is available
on the farm for pig pasture, this
spring will be the time to SOW it.
When the pigs are on pasture they
should be fed some grain, and the
pigs will get along with less grain
when On alfalfa than On most any 9TH
er pasture.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
BEANS TO FIGHT BULLETS

In the campaign CT every Scout to
Feed a Soldier" 1t has been found that
the Boy Scouts of America and the
ton fitted and worked together like q
wheel and its axle-a well-cared-for
wheel, that is, and one working with
out squeak or groan.
It was early learned that the eff1-
cheney Of our fighters now In. France
will depend upon constant and suf11-
cient supply Of American food. One
Of the first things our men discovered
was that the continental breakfast"
would not last them until the next
meal. Habits of eating cannot be
changed quickly. Accustomed foods
are best. And this necessity and this
logic have brought the American bean
to the front as an aid to the American
soldier.
Mr.. Herbert G. Hoover, chairman Of
the American food committee of the
council of national defense, advises
that there is great shortage of beans
in Europe and that there is no more
Scouts can concentrate their efforts.
A delegation Of the scouts were
among the first to greet Mr.. Hoover,
upon his arrival In this country from
his relief work in the battle-racked
countries Of Europe, to report the
progress of the members In their work
as his aides.
The scouts were able to report that
In response to Mr.. Hoover's cablegram
urging the increased production Of
beans, activities had been inaugurated
In all parts Of the country.
The report showed that thousands
of gardens have been started, and in
many cases as many as 200 to 800
acres are under cultivation by groups
Of Boy Scouts.
Mr.. James e. West, chief scout exec
utive, has received telegram from
Mr.. B. T. Galloway. assistant to the
secretary Of agriculture, strongly ap-
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
WARS CALL TO THE FARMER
Live Stock Breeders Opportunity as
Well as Duty Presented by Big
Food Shortage.


The present food shortage, which
threatens to become much more seri-
pus, Is the live stock farmers oppor-
tunity as well as the call to the pa
triotic duty.
In view Of the grave situation, the
division Of animal forestry, University
Farm, st. Paul, offers the following
suggestions to the live stock farmers
Keep all live stock off pastures till
the grass has good start, and the sod
will withstand tramping and retain the
moisture In the soil. Much more feed
will be yielded and hay saved in the
long run by this method. "a week too
early to grass in the spring means
three weeks less pasture in the fall"
Do not turn out steers about ready
for market; they will shrink more than
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
ODD THOUGHTS OF CHILDREN
There Is Mental Region Into Which
the "Grownups" Have No Right
to Enter.

This is region into which the
"grownup" has no right of entry and
no key to turn the lock, says London
Spectator. Only now and then flash
may disclose the inner recesses and
throw sudden light on an entirely
surprising line of thought. A child
frequently cherishes d theory of its
for the enchanted precincts within,
where the supernatural obtains as
ready an acceptance as the common
place. A little thoughtful boy of my
acquaintance was asked the usual
question, what he was going to be.
He answered with great decision:
"Oh! a land agent of course. like dad
dy." And I think daddy" and the
land agency profession scored COM
pliment.
Time does not exist for children,
who worry over no human limitations.
A little girl saying her hymn, "There
is green hill far away" was thrilled
to hear that her mother knew the lady
who wrote 1t. Then she repeated her
psalm, and added gravely: "And did
you know David, too?" The train of
thought is rather charming which led
little boy, when told not to mention
guests amputated foot, to say: mo,
and when l get to heaven won't say
anything to John the Baptist about his
head" Surely politeness could go no
further. Often an entirely different
mental image is conjured up in the
child's mind from that suggested by
the grownup story teller. One mother,
recounting at great length the details
Of the illness Of a little dog to her
small girl, several .......s mentioned
'the dog doctor" She was surprised,
at the very end, by the question:
'What sort Of dog was the dog doc
tori"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09

early for fail Filters wherever toncen-
trates are available for feed.
Substitute and supplement oats In
the rations of farm and city work
horses by brewers grains, oilmeal, mo-
lasses and alfalfa hay, thus releasing
the oats for the horses in army serv-
ice.
Breed all suitable mares to the best
stallion available.
Keep chickens on city lots. They
utilize kitchen waste, require only
light labor such as children, old folks
and convalescents can supply, and
make quick and economic returns in
meat and eggs.
Observe all rules of stable hygiene
and sanitation to control animal dis
eases.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
men IN the United States, great strides
have been made in the campaign to
increase the 1917 crop.

men In the United States, great strides
have been made in the campaign to
increase the 1917 crop.
In various parts of the country Boy
Scouts, in addition to taking part in
planting, participated in activities to
arouse public interest and thought as
to the seriousness of the situation. In
many places monster parades and dem
onstrations have taken place, the
scouts carrying hoes, rakes and other
garden implements and displaying ap-
propriately worded placards.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, when asked
for an expression of opinion regarding
the drive which the Boy Scouts Of
America are making to increase bean
production, wrote: "My dear Mr..
West: I cordially indorse what Mr..
Hoover has said about the scouts. We
should eliminate all waste and stimu-
late food production at every point. I
think Mr.. Hoover's suggestion that the
scouts should take as their own prov.
ince the stimulation of bean produc-
ton is particularly good. Let each
scout start garden and thereby help
feed the soldiers"
AS an instance of the readiness Of
scouts to respond to such call it Is
reported that within forty minutes aft.
er orders for their mobilization were
issued, 200 Boy Scouts from Albany,
N. Y, and vicinity, many Of whom
were called from their dinner tables,
assembled at the city hall and were
formally offered to the city.
1t is expected that many Of the va
cant lots throughout the city which
have been offered by patriotic citizens
will be worked by the scouts. The
scouts have already formed summer
agricultural camps to aid In the har.
vests,
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
SUPERIOR MASH FOR LAYERS
ton by Feeding Mixtures-Three
Of Them Outlined,

The Maine station fed the following
mash to laying hens with good re-
suits:
Wheat bran two parts by weight,
eornmeal one, middlings one, gluten
meal or dried brewers grain one, lin
seed meal one, beef scrap one. The
ration might be reduced to wheat bran,
shorts, cottonseed meal and beef scrap.
Or fairly good mash can be made Of
two parts wheat bran, one part corn
meal, one part beef scrap
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09

tor in two ways. One method Is to
air some every day at the night turn
Ing, or in the morning, should the
temperature be found q trifle high,
and the other way is to turn the eggs
slowly to inhale fresh air and to con-
fine the real cooling to one or two
periods when eggs have been incu-
bated Is and II days and to cool them
down until the shells are actually cold.
The hest matches are often the result
of such cooling, especially in warm
weather.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
DOMESTIC HORSE IN DEMAND
Instead of Looking to Europe for Ami
mails We Are Now Sending Our
Surplus There.

For good many years the imported
horse has been the standard, and it
has seemed that most breeders would
not buy high-priced animal unless
bred in Europe. Now the day has
come when we are not only satisfied
ourselves with the home-bred horse,
but the best breeders are looking to
foreign fields as an outlet for the sur
plus, as soon as they are able to supply
the home demand.-Twentieth Century
Farmer.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09

proving the big campaign to assist in
insuring a sufficient food supply for
the United States and her allies.
Mr.. Galloway says: LET every
Boy Scout do his best. In the language
of the president, let him consider him
self a soldier of the commissary."
With the aid of Mr.. II. c.. Benson,
detailed by the department of agricul-
ture; Mr.. Hal B. Fullerton of the
Long Island railroad, known as the
chief grub scout, and the help and en-
couragement Of thousands Of other
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
How Could He Know?

o. C.-Did you deliver that mes
sage?
Billjim-Yessir.
o. C.-Did you give 1t to an off,
Ger?
Billjim-Dunno, sir.
o. C.-You don't know the differ
ence between an officer and private
Billjim-Well, sir, e was in is bath,
sir.-LOndOn Tit-Bits.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
All the Difference.

When a mother whips the children
for their good nothing is thought of it.
She is doing what she ought. But
when a stepmother does the same
thing for their good something Is
thought and said as well. Then it's
abuse.-Exchange.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09

they will gain, and other stock needs
the pasture.
Raise all calves for which there Is
ample feed.
Save high-priced feed by providing
hog pastures, and labor by self-feeders
and crops to be hogged-off.
! Refereed sows that have narrowed
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
Make Study of Fowls.

Select your variety and learn the
type that belongs to it, including the
correct size and markings. There is
the same difference in individual dispo-
sition of hens that theresis in all other
animate things.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09

Invest little money in News
Want Ad It will return a profit.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09

Train No. 40 arrives from Milwau-
kee at 2:55 p. m. Saturday and Sunday
only.
Train No. "A leaves Watertown for
the east at 4:50 p. m. Saturday and
Sunday only.
Train No. 33 arrives from Milwau-
kee and departs for Madison at 1924
a. N. except Sunday.
Train No. 40 arrives from Madison
at GA a. a.. except Sunday.
Train No. arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at 3:11 p. m.
daily except Sunday.
Train No. % arrives from Chicago
and departs for Madison at GAS D. M
except Sunday.
Train No. 81 arrives from the east
at 5:55 p. m. daily except Sunday.
Train No. 80 arrives from the east
at 1850 p. m. daily.
Sunday excursion train arrives from
Milwaukee at 1902 a. M and goes
through to Madison, returning at 5:45
p. N.
Train leaves for the east at 7:50 p.
M, Sundays only.
+These trains stop at Watertown
Junction only.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
Coop for Broody liens.

them, and as result they are almost
as content to sit on the ground as they
were on the nest.
ut is mistake to starve brOOdy
hen. She should be we'll fed at this
time, so that she will be ready to lay
when turned out. Avoid fattening the
hen while breaking her up. Give
limited amount of grains and a liberal
supply of milk and table scraps. Care
should be taken to turn the hens out
as soon as they are broken up"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09

Water and Grit.
Clear water and grit ought always to
be within the reach of poultry.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-09
WAYS FOR AIRING INCUBATOR
Best Hatches Are Often the Result Of
Cooling, Especially During Warm
Summer Weather.

One may air the eggs in an incuba:-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
WINNING BY WORKING
How a Former Wauseon Girl Ham
mers Her Way To Success in Her
Chosen PrOfession-Chicago's "COb-
bler-Soprano" Was Once A Wau-
seon School Girl.

Some years ago a small girl who
because of her bright and cheerful
disposition was well known and liked
by every one who was fortunate
enough to know her, was in the
schools of Wauseon; we called her
trleda and she never seemed to re
sent such familiarity, for she was
just little girl in those days. Her
rather and mother were Mr.. and Mrs.
j. S. Rychener and were for many
years esteemed residents Of this city.
Then Mr.. Rychener organized a
bank at Ridgeville Corners, became
the cashier of that bank and moved
his family to that place.
The years passed on and we had al
most forgotten that little girls are in
the habit of growing up into big girls
and then to young women; when there
came to our desk a clipping from
Chicago paper bearing an excellent
picture of Miss Frieda Rychener un-
der the caption "Girl Makes Shoes,
the only Cobbler Soprano"
Underneath the picture was the fol-
lowing interesting story:
"ln the evening at the Bush Con-
servatory of Music: Ira, la, la!
''In the day at the Quality Shoe Re-
pair Company: Bing, bang, bing!"
This is the destiny of Miss Frieda
Margaret Rychener, the only cobbler-
soprano in existence. The Barber of
Seville has nothing on Frieda, who can
carol the scale, chromatic like a
thrush, and who knows shoes from
first to last (sicD
Two years ago, Miss Rychener
left her comfortable home and doting
parents in a suburb of Toledo and
came to Chicago determined to make
Garden look like a back yard. She
secured residence at the home of a
friend at IA East Division street. She
wrote her parents that she would
complete her musical education with
out their help, and make business
success at the same time.
She went into partnership with her
friend, Miss Emma Wood Smith. The
I firm prospered, bought the machinery
and hired workmen. They leased of
fee and shop at the Temple Court
building.
Normally Miss Rychener is secre-
tary of the firm. When there is lull
in the secretarying, she sits at the
bench, and the cobbler's hammer IN
her unshoemakerlike little hands plays
a busy accompaniment: Bang, bing,
bang! To her Ira, la, la!"
Of course we are glad, if Frieda had
to grow up, that she has grown up to
be self reliant young woman poss-
essed with the spirit that wins and
we are glad that she is winning. The
day will come when the cobbler's ham
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

The whole country is astir with
activity in the direction of prepar-
alton for defense. Federal and State
governments are busy; National
Guardsmen are being called to the
colors and mustered into the Federal
Service or assigned to guard duty in
their home States. Wednesdays dali
les report twelve companies of Ohio
infantry guarding strategic points
within the boundaries of the State.
Eleven other companies were called
out Tuesday, by Governor Cox; the
strength of these companies and the
places to which they we're assigned is
not made public and for obvious rea-
sons should not be.
The United States secret service
have found many German agents and
spies scattered over the country and
uncovered many suspicious transac-
tions, which bear strong resemblance
to plots against the government of
this country. Recruits are rushing to
join the navy at the rate of about 100
per day. Government munitions plants
are all busy and many other factories
are ready at short notice to begin the
manufacture of munitions of war.
There is an air of serious expect
ancy pervading the entire country. 1t
is hardly necessary to go into the de-
tails of the reason for all this; every
one knows the history of the activi-
ties of the Prussian autocracy that
controls the German Government dur
ing the weeks since February first.
Congress will meet in Washington
next Monday and they are quite like
ly to do one of three things: Pass
a resolution endorsing steps already
taken by the President to place the
United States in a state of armed neu-
trality and authorizing further pre-
paredness moves; Adopt a resolution
declaring that state of war exists
between the United States and Ger
many or the adoption of a deelara-
tion of war against Germany.
The probabilities seem to us to
point to the adoption of the second
resolution named. This is certain
we have come to a crisis in national
affairs and we know that, as a nation
we shall have to face, very soon, some
very serious emergencies. There is
= reason enough for preparation, in fact
1t has already been too long delayed.
But the gathering of men, the
guarding of strategic points, the ap-
prehension of the enemies agents and
the manufacture and collection of war
munitions are not the only lines in
which We need to prepare: One of
the essential lines in which the peo-
pie of this nation need to prepare is
along the line of loyalty to the gov
ernment. This is a government of the
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

Call me for plumbing. C. R. Mohr.
SERVICE. 51-2
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

people, by the people and for the peo-
pie; we believe it to be the best form
of government yet devised, we believe
it to be superior to any other form of
government in that it comes more
nearly to a perfect guarantee of the
absolute rights of all people regard
less of race, class or color, as such it
is entitled to the defense against other
forms of government when such other
governments intrude upon it and en-
deavor to wreck it, of its citizens; the
first element of such defense is loyal
ty: To stand ready to serve when
and where we can to discountenance
disrespectful or threatening state
ments against it and to stand by and
help the duly elected officers of this
government, who are in fact the SER
wants of the people, in the discharge
of the duties which they are elected
to perform.
Let us be guarded in our speech
that we give no unnecessary offense
and firm and unyielding in our de-
mand that this government and its
officers be given the respect that is
due them. Remember always that it
is not the German people but the
Prussian autocracy that is our enemy.
Secretary Houston of the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture has issued an
appeal to the farmers of the United
States asking them to unite for the
elimination of waste, the conserva-
tion of surplus and the attainment of
maximum crop returns, as prepared
ness measure. Governor Cox calls
upon the people of Ohio to allow no
land to lie idle this season; raise food
supplies on all available ground.
Here in Wauseon we can help along
this line, not a single vacant
lot or garden plot should lie
idle this season. This is preparation
by conservation and all the people of
the country should practice it.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
COUNTY ALL STARS WIN

The two championship basket ball
games of last week between the Sc
lected "All Star" teams of Williams
and Fulton counties resulted in Full
tons winning the championship by the
narrow margin of three points. At
Archbold on Friday night Fulton
county stars captured the game by
five points, the score being 28 to 33,
on Saturday evening the Williams
county boys took the game by score
of to %, a margin of only two
points which with Fulton's five points
to their credit from the Archbold
game gave Fulton the championship
by three points.
The teams were very evenly match
ed and the games were close enough
to be intensely interesting.