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The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
HOW TO FEED
HENS PROPERLY
importance of This Question
n4ShOuId Not Be Overlooked
y With Prices as They Are
FAT POULTRY SELLS FOR MORE
Wheat, Oats, Corn and cottonseee
Meal, If Properly Proportioned
Form a Good Feed When Mixed
With Buttermik and Skimmilk.

(By r. n. Crane College of Agricul-
ture, University of Tennessee)
When the farmer raises fowl and
places it on the market without fat
tening it he loses an opportunity to
market much grain and waste milk at
two or three times The market value.
In order to feed hens properly the
farmer should make a feeding crate,
the compartments of which should be
IS inches high and 20 inches square,
The bottom should be made OF lathes
set on edge to allow the droppings to
fall through and to keep the coop
clean. The coop should be enclosed
with lathes running from bottom to
top. The laths should be placed apart
sufficiently to allow the fowls to reach
their heads through without rubbing
when attempting to get food and
water. The food and water should be
placed in troughs fastened to the
front OF the coop.
A food mixture Of excellent value is:
IS pounds of ground wheat.
100 pounds of ground corn.
% pounds of cottonseed meal
75 pounds of ground oats.
This mixture to be used with butter,
milk or shimmilk. mixed into thick
paste, allowing the fowls all they will
eat night and morning.
The coop should be placed where
the fowls will be quiet, not subject to
fright or annoyance.
Best results are obtained when poul'
try is dressed at home, unless there
is produce dealer in your nelghbor'
hood who dresses and ships,
A bulletin especially prepared for
those interested in the production OF
poultry is known as Farmers Bul,
letin No. PSF" and is entitled Poultry
Management" This can be secured
from the Division of Extension, Unit
versity OF Tennessee, Knoxville. with
out any expense to the poultryman.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
STATE LEGISLATURE

During the past weeks esssion ot
The State legislature at Nashville
Senator }. Parks Worley, of Bluff
City introduced three bills designed
80 reduce the cost of criminal cx
penses.
One OF the acts provides that peti
larceny be constructed as a misde
meanCr. Another provides tnat Jus
ticeS OF the Peace shall be invested
with the jurisdiction to try all mis-
demcanOrs, and impose the penalt
when the defendant valves the right
o trial by jury But the defendant
shall have the riht to appeal to the
,ircuit court.
The third act introduced by Sena
or Morley was that three men be ap,
pointed in each county to serve viii
)ut compensation in acting as tn
Joard of Parole. The act provide
hat they shall have the right to pa
ole prisoners that are confined il
he county Jail.
This method would in a great mea
sure relieve, the congested condition
hat have existed in many of tn
county jails during the past yeal
md would tend 10 reform those witt
criminal instincts.
It is believed by many attorney
chat the introductio2 of these law
would greatly reduce the criminl
prosecution as well as inforce til
aws.-Bristol Herald Courier.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
BIG BRISTOL PLANT TO,
MOVE no LOUISVILLE

Louisville, KY. Jan. 1.-the Roy
nolds corporation, a 100000 enter
prise foT the manufacture of cleans
ins article, will be moved here at
once from Bristol, Tenn. 1t will
oring a pay roll of between $l50,00J
and 100000 a Year, business with
a nationwide distribution, and r. 5.
Reynolds will make his home in this
ci y. Mr.. Reynolds is president of the
corporation.
The plant of the Reynolds corpor-
alton 1t Bris,ul was recently destroy
ed by fire.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
OF cnursn They Worried.

whats the charge against this
MANI" asked the Judge. I'VE desire,
your honor" replied the lawyer in the
cause. "to have him tried for insanity.
His family is greatly worried about
him" what has he done?" He has
sold his automobile for the purpose of
salsing money with which to pay an
anest debt."--Chlcago Record-Herald.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
NEW PAPER MONEY
Will SOON BE OF /

Washington, Jan IA n"'y issde
of ono and two dll!ar green backs Ct
civil war days. discontinued moro
than thirty years ago will be put IN
to circulation probably about Fobru-
airy /, displacing similar United
STATES notes of larger denomination
to provide relief from tae lnprece-
dented dema& 'or small paper
money. The treasry department an
nounced last night that the issue had
bee decided o. because silver certif-
icates of one and two dollar dcnomi-
nation could not he issuel undcr the
law sufficient quantity to meet the
demand. TA3raI4ks
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
u BOD LEtK" iISOE nUN
REPORTED ADVERSEHI

Washingtno, Jan. 11.--The Demo-
Gr4ie majority house rules commit
tee Y1ted toda. to rtp'it adversely
the Wood "lea,' rc"r u'mn. tn Ec-
puDiiern mcnlne9 pr3tea.rd dt this
action, The '-e,Thlicans insisted that
The na1oritys action ~, q Thona.
W. lawson of aout' npi charges and
Ghai man Henry insisted that a spe-
cial ,ub-con.llsrtec TO ! with Law
sol3 refusal Exists AMI may ttIc
some action yet.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
si2, 100000 is ASKED
FOR THE NAVY YARD

Washington, Jan. II. Secretary
Daniels yesterday appealed to Con-
gress for $12.ooO,o00 to add to navy
yard constitution facilities, because
of the failure of private builders TO
submit bids for ihe battle cruisers
and scout cruisers.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
KEEPASIMPLk FARM RECORD
(By C. e. Alfred, University Of Ten
nessee, Knoxville.)

(By C. e. Alfred, University Of Ten
nessee, Knoxville)
1t is very essential in the farming
business to keep a record of what is
being done Each farmer should have
a simple farm account book in which
to enter all farm inventories, receipts
and expenses. Every farmer should
keep a record of his farm business,
and check it up each year.
If you are not making as large
profits as you would like, this should
stimulate you to keep such a record.
You can then study your own bust
ness and learn just what enterprises
and combination Of enterprises pay
you the best under your local condl'
tions.
The winter is the best time to begin
an account The time spent on such
an account will pay larger profits than
If spent in any other way.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
Why Ammonia Cleans Clothes.

Ammonia, the great spot remover
of the American people, is really a gas
dissolved in water. 1t belongs TO the
alkali family, and on account of its
mineral origin is the foe of all oils
and grease, which explains the easy
way it dispOsrs of spots that soap and
water cannot affect. Bath ammonia
is a fine cleanser.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
PRINCIPAL OF GLENDALE
HIGH SCHOOL RESIGNED

Prof. J. NJ. Price, principal Of Glen
dale high school, has resigned his po-
sition. a young man gave trouble
and for the offense was suspended.
When the young man was permitted
to return tothe school by the board
of Education, Prof. Price vacated his
place as teacher. School had been
doing well up to this time.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
Old Builders Used Concrete

OTN ONNN ~VfFN
strange discovery lately made in
the walls of the cid palace of the
Louvre shows that reinforced con-
crete was by mo means unknown in
Paris as far back as the sixteenth
century, when the rebuilding of the
Lcavre was undertaken by that indus
tstrns builder. Francis |.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11

Cheatham county is proud Of her
record made at the Agricultural Edu-
cational Day Of her fair. Four thou.
sand persons are said to have been
there. The schools Of the county
closed for the day and sent the chill
dren in wagons and automobiles.
From one school there were 10S who
came. 49, .s.,-.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15
SHOES

Shoes are going higher and they are hard
to get, but we bought ours before the last
big advance, and we are prepared to sell
you as follows:
Ladies or CASH Snp ppee on Torth $40 $l.35
Ladies' Shoes and Slippers, worth O. or
$3.50, our cash price only 80. PI.SO
Ladies Shoes and Slippers, worth c. 3S
$500, our cash price only =. :. pA.OO
Lsaes So of e asS eree $35
M s25o and our s ess p seeeo ONLY worth $05
M $500 and B essh pnee %orh $235
M sso and our s essh p saass %orh 275
M eash G price' worth s4oo' our $3.l5
M eash S priee' worth $500 our $3.45
Mems eash Shoes arice worth $500 our S3.o5
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15
CLOTHING FOR MEN AND BOYS

We have made a special purchase of
over two thousand dollars worth of Cloth
mo and are prepared to show you the best
suit or pair of pants you ever bought for
the Elise. Come and see.
MsnS good o ds s1 blue c cs5s nree
Mems blue s serge, wesst e, and md 5000
Mems good Pants, worth $50, 90
our cash price only
Mems GOOD Points w worth $780, $l.48
Mems coed Pants, worth $500, % 7E
our cash price only Il. %3'so
M ems aiae Pen, @ntq NV, worth $500, $375
Boys good Pants worth SOC, our 2E
e. :, price 49,. ...,........... 80
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15
LADIES, LOOK!

Our Dry Goods Department is filled to
overlooking with more than $4,000 yards
of New Spring Ginghams, Percales, Lawns,
White Goods, Silks, etc. These we offer
you at a saving of from 5 per cent. to 35
per cent.
5000 yards new Spring Dress Cling
hams and Percales, worth 129c per lOc
yard, our price only .....n... AON
$500 yards new Spring Dress Cling
hems and Percales, worth 15c yd., 1OIc
our cash price only i@2S
$500 yards 1Sc and zoe fine Dress 1Ec
Ginghams, our cash price just ;. iOS
5000 yds. pretty new patterns in
Lawns, Voiles, Batistes in flow
cred designs, Stripes and Polka 10r
Dots, worth 15c, our cash price, Ao~
$500 yards fine Lawns, Batistes,
Voiles, etc, in Stripes, Flowers
and Fancy Designs, worth Csc and DE-
Csc per yd our cash prices, 18c & AON
12!c Outing and Bleaching, our tOc
cash price just. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IOS
See our Silks, Crepe de Chine and other
fine Dress Goods at low prices.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15

Boys good overalls worth Soc cash price only 35c
Boys Best Blue Overals worth 75c price only 49c
Mems Good Blue Overas worth S1O0 cash price 75c
Mems Heavy Blue OveraIs worth IS cash price, 99c
Mems very besheavy Blue overal ST So for Us
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15
Hosiery
for
.tE
Men, Women
and Children
Wholesale Prices

Wholesale Prices
Mems, Women $
an d Children's
l5c h ose, our
cash price 10c
Mems, Women's
an d Chi dren 3
25c hose, cash
price only. 15c.
Mems and Wo-
mems silk llsle
hose, worth SOC,
our cash price
only .25c
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15
MEMS AND BOYS SHIRTS

Boys good shirts, worth 35c, our or.
Boys best Blue shirts, worth soc, 20.
our Cash Price only -. - %
Mems heavy blue work shirts, O.
worth 75c, our cash price only :. u
Mems regular 75c dress shirts, our n o.
cash price only ~ 80. ~
Mems best lbs dress shirts, our q O..
cash price ,...................0 ~
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15

b oys b tier
pants, worth Use,
our cash price
just soc
Boys fine al l.
wool pants, worth
81 rs to $3.50,
our cash prices
CSC to S1.75
Boys . good suits
as low az 1.4S
Boys fine Suits
at very ow
prices.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15
Groceries at Money Saving

G Saqs M 81 onr CASH pqee SIPS
Best eslh bq pgae YSTh SOO
Good Laundry Soap, worth SC ~,
our cash price, 8 bars for 80. ~D|
Good clean Rice, worth 1Oc ID, 1Ec
our cash price, lbs. for 49,. ACC
Good loose Roasted c flee, worth lEc
18c, our cash price, per ID. -. AoI
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15
MILLINERY OPENING

The ladies are cordially invited to call
and inspect the very latest in New Spring
Hats. You will see on display the most
beautiful designs we have ever shown,
and at most reasonable prices.
Miss Riordan, of Kentucky, an expert
trimmer, will take pleasure in showing
you through this department.
Music this Department dy during opening week
ATTENTION, LADIES
We are showing beautiful line of La
dies and Misses White Skirts, MILDLY
Blouses, Silk Waists, Dresses, Aprons,
ETC., at very low prices.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1917-03-15


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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
WOMEN AND GOLF.
Some Advice TO Those Just Starting to
Learn the Came.

Some Advice TO Those Just Starting to
Learn the Game.
The grown woman who wishes TO
start playing golf should Immediately
put herself into the hands of good
professional teacher. II is far better
TO go TO some one whose business it is
to teach and who has had experience
along that line than to heed the in
structions of well meaning friends"
according to Golf For Women, by n
Woman Golfer" quoted in the Chris
tian Science Monitor
There are two sides to teaching golf
--one, the ability to demonstrate clear
~ what should be done and the other
the ability to see the pupils faults and
to correct them. once having
chosen an instructor the pupil should
put herself entirely under his tutelagc
and obey his behests as well as in her
lies.
"She should not dispute with him nj
every point and. above all, should new
or say or think Il can't but on the
other hand, she should not hesitate to
ask any question that comes TO her.
She should know the reason
why for every move she makes and nc
false shame at displaying ignorance
should prevent her from asking even
what may seem foolish question.
when woman engages the sery-
ices of a professional teacher her whole
attention should be given TO
finding out everything she can in the
time at her disposal. If she will do this
assiduously and will practice between
lessons what she has learned she will
soon become well grounded in the
rudiments Of the game Golf
is game that requires great deal of
practice at all stages, even when one
ranks rs a really good player.
IF one learns to stand. to hold her
club. to make her swing and 10 time
her stroke correctly she win find that
she has achieved good form without
being aware CT it. but no one can OBJ
tain good form by trying to cultivate
1t for its own sake" 80
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
MODERN WAR DISEASE.
Shell Shock and the Way II Hits and
Afflicts It's Victims.


TO the medical profession modern war
has brought new disease, known as
shell shock or "shock she'll" as the
British war Office officially calls it,
TO understand its cause and action
we must take our place in the trenches
with a company on the first line. An
attack is siIumering and the constant
preliminary bombardment of heavy and
light artillery is on.
Shells, shrapnel. high explosives are
rained on them and on the trench with
its narrow communication TO the sup
ports in the rear until there is n con-
slant din of tremendous explosions and
the air is filed with noXious gas. Time
has come to seek cover and the soldier
ducks his steel helmeted head into his
underground dugout, crowds down with
his mates and waits for the storm to
blow over. Hours pass, days pass. some
preliminary commandments lasting four
or five days, and food, water. patience
and nerves are exhausted by the awful
din. the noisome air and the crowded
quarters with the sickening sights of
nearby men disemboweled or otherwise
wounded unto death.
Then it is that minds 20 awry. Shell
shock attacks the veterans as well as
tine recruits. The poor lads with neu-
rasthenic tendencies, with poor nervous
reserve or with histories of sapping
excuses and habits, begin to expert
cnce an ever growing fear. Their limbs
start to tremble, their hearing becomes
affected, they cannot talk or see, and
when they can be rescued in a lull they
have become jibbering or silent. trem-
bling human animals, almost literally
scared to death.
scientifically, the disease may be di-
yided into two classes. One is the
pseudo shell shock following the course
outlined in men OF unstable nervous
equilibrium, deprived OF food and made
to fear for their lives; and the second
class is true shell shock occurring in
men who really sustain blows OF falling
sand bags and planks or are buried in
the upheaval Of earth following shell
explosion. Unfortunately the false di-
vision comprises over % per cent Of
the total number reported, and they
offer the poorest hope of recovery oe
the proper martial spirit which the sol
der should have. The true cases gen
orally recover within q fortnight. They
may, however, slip on then into the
pseudo class and become unfit for ac-
tive military duty.-Dr. Kellogg Speed
in Leslies
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
LIFE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Our Firm Democracy Has Killed Its
Early court" Flavor.

The White House is far and away
the most desirable residence to get at
the national capital. 1t is the most
personal, most picturesque of the gov
ernments possessions. Its history is
the history of many of our American
ideals.
In the early days of the Virginian
dynasty of presidents there were
"levees" and drawing rooms" at the
White House, and it sheltered some
thing very like court. The court
ideal dies hard. Even now the red vel
vet rope, which in more effete civiliza-
tion separates the social sheep from the
goats, is occasionally almost put into
use when new administrations try to
have receptions where the privileged
few are allowed brief encounter with
the royal presence in the blue room.
serving temporarily as holy of holes.
The White House, as is natural, is
the constant theater of the conflict to
be observed everywhere in American
life between our wish to have an arts
tocrGey and our wish not to. But on
the whole, the disinterested observer
must adjudge victory to orr deep seat
ed democracy, which makes it really un-
suitable that the White House should
ever be exactly fashionable
We forget not only that the presi-
Denial residence Is our house, but that
the president in it is our man. The
almost utopian democracy of public re-
ceptious at the White House is both
engaging and picturesque. In the early
days congressman used to come to them
with bowie knives in their high, COW
hide boots. and in Jackson's time
guards with stout sticks beat back the
guests while the food was being fetched
from the kitchens. Then an evening
party had all the charm of Il riot. a
diplomat complained not so long ago
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
Early Diplomats to Turkey.

Some Of the early diplomats accred-
tied TO Constantiuople had unpleasant
experiences even in times of peace. In
1873 the grand vizier, having inter-
cepted some French dispatches, tried
to borrow the cipher Of the embassy.
Delahaye, the first secretary, who re-
fused to accede to this request, was
thrown into prison, where he was bas-
tinadoed and all his teeth were broken
Louis XIV. was then at the height Of
his power yet no reprisals We're made
for this treatment of his representa-
tive. Until the middle of the eight
zenith century the foreign ENJOYS in
Constantinople were under close super
vision. They We're forbidden to visit
one another's houses or to meet else
where
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21

that even at the exclusive reception Tor
the corps the American young ladies'
surreptitiously cut all the buttons off
his clothes for souvenirs.
Another diplomat, new to these demo
cratic shores, arriving late for New
Years day reception. was astonished to
find that the negro hackman who had
driven him TO the White House had
slipped IN ahead of him and was the
first to grasp the presidents hand !!
He could not understand that the ex-
ecutive hand is as much the peoples
property as the mansion. Mr. Wash
ington did not shake hands, but since
then every presidential paw has been
squeezed by the populace almost be-
yond the power of flaxseed poultices or
massage to bring it back to anything
like original shape. The shake is ex-
pected TO be wholesome and hearty
even a Boston gentleman complained.
under Tyler's administration, that he
had caught cold from shaking the pres
ident's hand.-Harrison Rhodes in Har-
per's Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
TROOPS IN CAMP.
Lines by Which They Are Protected
From the Enemy.

Security" has the same meaning in
the military world as elsewhere. We
properly think of the security of our
persons, our property. our families, in
connection with the term. In the mill
tary world the family, or community,
being so much larger. the word "secu-
rity" acquires additional dignity.
A body of troops in camp is protected
(made secure) by the use of groups
placed between the enemy and the
camp. We were told by bee expert
In Arizona that limited number Of
bees remained in the vicinity of the
hive They were quicl, to observe and
resist (thc two great duties OF an out
posD any intruder.
We should know the narles of these
groups. Farthest away is the line that
sees and reports what it secs, but can
offer only limited resistance. This is
called the line of observation or the
line OF outguards. In rear Of the
line oe outSuards we have larger groups
placed at greater distances. These are
called Supports This is the line that
fights. This is the line that makes al
preparations for fighting Tor resisting.
1t is called the Zine OF supports or the
line of resistance We have one far
Their and last line OF groups which is
still larger aud occupies still greater
distances than the two we have just
discussed. This is tie safety valve and
is called the reserve or the Zine o.
reserves. From THE Plattsburg Man
nal -
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
Consideration.

You have seen boys who are very
much devoted to their mother and who
cannes bear to have any one else dc
things for them, not even the indul.
gent father Willie was boy Of that
sort, and one night he called his father
to his bedside.
Papa he said, will you please
bring me u glass of watcr?'
His father went for the water, glow
ing with pride with the unusual sum
mons, and when Willie had taken his
drink the parents curiosity got the
better of him
Why" he asked, did You call me
tonight instead OF your mother?'
"Oh, there's been n dreSsmaker here
today, and | was afraid there might
be some pins and needles on the floor
to get into mammals feetw replied vii
lie innocently.-E change.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-21
TIE CORK OAK TREE.
There is Nothing aust as Good" as Its
Bark Product.

There is Nothing Just as Good" as Its
Bark Product.
When q man goes into a hardware
store for a supply of cork for some
specific purpose he generally gets what
he asks for. The reason why the dealer
does not endeavor to persuade him to
try something else Just as good is
because there is nothing else he could
offer.
Cork is cheap, and for ages it has
stood alone in its field of usefulness
1t is tough and elastic. and it's specific
gravity is only 0.24. This. added to the
fact that it is impervious to water, ac-
counts for its use in life preservers.
The cork oak, which grows principal
ly in Spain, Portugal, Algeria and
southern France, furnishes the supply.
Only the outer bark of the tree is used
for the commercial product. When the
tree has attained a diameter of APP
proXimately five inches, which usually
it does by the time it is twenty years
old, the cork, as the first stripping of
bark is called, is removed. This cork
is so rough, coarse and dense that il
has little commercial value. But its
removal does not kill the tree. On the
contrary, it seems to promote develop
ment
The stripping is done in July and An
gust, and great skill is necessary in
order not to injure the tree. If it is
injured at any place the growth there
ceases, and the spot remains ever after
ward scared and uncovered. Popular
Science Monthly.