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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-20
THE NEW AUGUSTA SHOW ROOM.

\ liberal portion of the largo north
store in the Hin Macomhor Wight
building has been given over to the dds.
play and sale Of the Overland, and the
rOomy airy quarters will set the cars
off 10 best advantage. The Country
club model Is one which will come ia
for especial attention. as 1t has had
much favor wherever shown. and the
public is cordially invited to Inspect,
this new season car as well as the
touring car and the light four and the
Overland delivery car prospectus and
specifications. The local dealer, NJ T.
Wight. viii he pleastd 10 show me
cars, supply all calls for Literature. Gt
Mr.. Wight is also dealer for the Car
fora worm drive motor truck iu on
ONE ANA one-half and two ton stz..
- is sturdy truck. made In Lima. NW.
mis- the want in many lines OF tl4e.
Adv.
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15

John Field.-My desk is piled high
with weeks accumulation of dope.
No other word fits it. Professional
organizers have grasped the opportun-
ity which war conditions afford to get
for themselves jobs to their peculiar
and useless abilities. They are spe-
cializing now on farming and handing
out words of what they think is wis
dom by the bale. In the anxiety to
be of service many publishers of daily
newspapers, unable to distinguish the
useful from the useless and mislead
ing, are spreading this bunk broadcast
And is is accepted by the converse
tionalists in the cities and towns. The
talk it over and find in it confirma
ton to their suspicious that farmers
are a lot of loafing ignoramuses. Soon
since everybody is talking about it.
some farmers will be misled and spend
their time and money on things that
fail. The irresponsible agricultural!
blatherskite is a real menace at this
critical time. He should be muzzled
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15

wheat for export. The conclusion is
irresistible that the country is being
bled numerically by combine of
of the present period of excitement to
rob their fellow Americans. 1t would
be a good thing to stand a few of
them against wall at surise, their
face to firing squad. for in our land
men who accumulate money by max
ing little children hungry are not fit
to live.
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15
Method In III. Madness.

Mrs. Hubb-Oh. John. you sny TINT
n you lost me you would take TO
drinking. neglect your personal aP-
pearance. and go to the bnd In every
way.
Hubb (Hrmly)-Yes. my denr; you
cau bet I'd fix II so I'd never be an In
ducement TO q woman again.
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15

Sam Jordan.-Out of chaos may
come order. out of wrong may come
right. Some new views of civ;,.sz zti IN
may appear. A new code of human
rights may be established. 1t may be
that new meaning will be given to
humanity and human liberty. 1t may
be the war will cause us to place
property of less value than we put
upon human life. Would it not be
wonderful if when the war is over we
could understand that every human
being has and that each one should
have an equal chance it the race of
life? When the war is over we may
actually believe that society owes to
every citizen the right to earn an
honest living and also owes that citi-
zen the preparation to efficiently
earn it.
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15
WITH THE THINKERS.
. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Henry R. Seager.-America has been
SO long called the worlds granary that
many still believe it to be an mex
haustable reservoir of food. 1t is not.
America ceased to feed the world
some years ago and we can now bare
ly feed ourselves.
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15

Judge Goodwin.-What a shame it
Is that now, ony two months before
harvest will begin, wheat is quoted
In Chicago at more than SO bushel
We are not exporting half as much
wheat as we would be were there no
war. I believe that there is no appre-
ciable scarcity now and even If the
forecast for less than normal yield
this year is correct it does not imply
that there will be a scarcity at home
1t simply means that we will have less
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15
In a Position to Sino.

"a man DAT keeps sinsin' never mind
de weather. said Uncle Eben. has
generally well pervided his own self
wifi an overcoat an an umbrella"
The Delta independent., 1917-06-15

]. E. Payne.-While some of our
people are plowing up their lawns for
planting of food it may look sinful to
leave land uncropped but we must
show our patriotism by using our rea-
son as well as our muscle. With all
land in crops that there is labor to
care for it should be wrong to plant
more even If some of the land upon
which wheat has failed must be idle.
II possible such idle land should be
prepared early for merit years crop
This is not the only year we shall need
to produce food. We should not let
the hysterical efforts of recent con-
verts to the dignity of the food pro-
ducing job cause us to cease using the
knowledge, skill and reason we pos
sess.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

and the Alliance and the ra,ss nc
was swooped down uuon by ,ae tlotil-
In under Captain Pearson which wus
conveying merchant fleet. Jores
prepared to meet the enemy as best
he could. The British guns had long
range and Paul Jones determined TO
eight close. He brought his ships up
Va the enemy until the muzsleS Of his
stinS came in contact with the enemy
ships. Then ensucd one of the most
frenzied conflicts In the history Of
naval battles, continuing from seven
to ten in the evening, paul Jones'
nosihon was dcsneate IA the extreme.
lis SIao was so shattered that ouly
,hrte gtins remained effective, and he
hen asSuiled the enemy with hand
grcnadcS which falling into the
Scr0pls soon set her on fire. AZ
length her magazine blow up killing
all near II. Pearson commanded his
officers who wanted to surrender IA
board the Richard which was also
now ahlnse In several places. Bu,
Jones and his men received them 81
warmly that they retreated. Pearson,
crow was killed. his guns umountc,
! and his ship on fire and there was meth
ing else to do hut surrender.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

the poor condemned soldier. 1t was Il
brolllng hot day and the ride TO camp
was long one of ten miles, but the
great.hcarted Lincoln was bent on saw
ing the poor soldier and he went for
ward. Perhaps the president later for
got the incident alHld welghtier cares
of state but not so the soldier, When
the Third Vermont charged upon the
rifle pits before Yorktown the follow
Ing year the enemy poured vOllcy
upon them. The first man TO fall was
William Scott of Company X, with six
bullets through his body. Eis COM
rades caught him as he fell apd M
his life blood ebbed away, he raised
10 heaven umld the din of battle the
cries Of the dying and the shouts of
the enemy, prayer for the president,
and as he died he remarked to his com.
rades that Lincoln had showed he was
no coward and was not afraid to die,
At the burial later the chaplain mar.
rated the circumstances to the boys
who stood about with uncovered
heads lie had prayed for the presi
dent and paid him n most fervid and
glowing tribute with his dying breath
y Y y y
One country, one constitution, one
neStinS.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
Informal Reception.

Mrs. r. A. Baldwin entertained
informally Saturday afternoon
May II, in honor of Mrs. Addison
Lee, of Louisville. Refresh
ments were served and an en-.
jJyable hour was spent. Mrs.
Lee returned home Tuesday.
The following ladies' We're
present: Mesdames Ii. V. Nick
ell, Il. M. Cox, D. r. Keeton,
{. w. Craft, w, NJ. Gardner,
c. W. Womack, j. R. Kendall,
c. N, Summers, Luther Blair
A. Lacy and Miss Aa,uerju,
thompson.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
iya M. Nickel Enlists.

We excerpt the following from
the Hazard HeraId:'
"Of the number selected from
Perry county, Ira M. Nickel
heads the list, he having gone to
Louisville last week and made
application to Major Battle. Mr..
Nickel passed a splendid exami-
nation and later in the week re-
ceived notice Of his acceptance
and orders to report at the train.
ing camp. He is, therefore, the
first of the young men of Hazard
and Perry county to offer his ser.
vices in this way"
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
In Loving Remembrance.
Mrs. Myrtle Ferguson Henry

Mrs. Myrtle Ferguson Henry
was born September IS, 1891,
united with the Regular Baptist
church in 1919, was married to
Ezra M. Henry May "A, 1913,
died May 2, 1917.
To the union were born four
children: Virgil F., Elizabeth
Frances, John D. and Isaac c.,
the last two being twins which
were born only a few hours be-
fore her death. One of the twins,
Isaac c., followed the mother to
the great beyond May 7. Who
will gainsay that somewhere
some place, the latitude and ION
gitude Of which we know not,
may not to-day be reunited moth
n and babe, who knew no, each
other here. The ways Of CD
are inscrutable, past finding out.
Myrtle was the only child of
, Isaac G. and - Ferguson,
land was naturally the center OF
affection and the idol of the tam
lily. But that was not all. She
possessed a lovely character and
her sweet Christian spirit bound
her insepara5Iy to all who were
fortunate enough to know her.
In her daily life she eXemplihed,
strikingly but unobtrusively, all
the virtues that adorn, ennoble
and beautify womanhood. Her
epitaph might be epitomized
briefly thus: IAN obedient
daughter, a faithful companion,
a loving, sacrificing mother. -
To the bereaved ones words
of coincidence do not, can not,
convey fully the feeling they
are intended to express. Look
for solace to that source from
which all solace comes, mys'
Jerious though it may be, it will,
in His good time, heal the crue
wounds ana bring peace to tht
troubled soul
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
=. B Cassity Withdraws
81 From Race for JaiIer,

| desire to announce to the vot,
ers of Morgan county that | have
withdrawn from the race TO,
JaiIer. | sincerely thank the
great number Of voters who en-.
couraged my candidacy and prom
ised me their saprort,n ID I-m.
ocratic primary. l shall sappor,
Mr.. Henry Thomas Dyer Tor the
nomination Tor thls Office, ana
those of my friends who expect
ed to support me viii confer
equal pleasure and impose equal
obligation on me by supporting
Mr.. Dyer in the August primary.
Il. b. CAsslTY.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
Jas. M. McClain Announces His
Position In the Sheriff's Race.

As great many people have
inquired of me lately whether |
am interested in the candidacy
of B. S. ~Stamper, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Seeriff, and if | am to be a depu-
ty under Mr., Stamper, | take
this method to inform the voters
that | am so interested and will
be one of Mr.. Stamper's deputies
if he is nominated and elected.
JAMES M. MCCLAIN.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
Buy New machine.

Jas, 4. and John Cottle, l. c..
ferguson and j. w. Cox have
bought new threshing machine
of the International Harvester
90.
Wheat raisers throughout thi,
section need have no feW bu,
hat they will be able 10 get
their wheat and other small grain
threshed this season.
Heretofore the principal draw.
back to wheat raising has beer
the uncertainty about getting il
threshed.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
Nothing Doing.

The Morgan Fiscal Court met
Tuesday for the purpose of
receiving bids for the construc-
ton of the new road from West
Liberty'to Index, but there was
nothing doing. The proposition
is dead, We have not the time
nor space for a more extended
acconnt in this issue. More
anon.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

10 ne Silut Tor
sleeping at his
post of duty. In
some way word OF
the approaching
execution came TO
the attention OF
President Lincoln,
and after writing
out Il reprleve he
called his car
rlage and started
out to see that
the rcprieye did
nnt fnii to ron III
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

o folds Of white and scarlet O blue
field with your silver starsl May tond
eyes welcome you, willing feet follow
you, strong hands defend yop. vfsgn
hearts cherish you, and fdnhg lips
give you their blesslnag Ours by in
heTitanee, ours by allegiance, ours by
atieotion--ions may you float on the
free winds Of heaven, the emblem OF
liberty, the hope Of the world!-Anon.
stl5tt1kl1& pSIiS ~ ~ ~ ~ + l,slttSt
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
BERrY MORGAN COUNTY KEN1UFa9 FHURsDAY
Preparedness Meeting.

] PCtA SbANOO Nk-NtAh6s
F. 0. Clark. Dean of the voca-
tional school at Berea, and Prof.
I w. j. Baird, also of Berea
College, addressed two meetings
at the court house here Thu s1ay
of last week in the interesC of
agricultural preparedness. These
gentlemen are working u1der
the auspices of the United
States Department of Agriculture
and under the direction of the
Department Of Agriculture of
Kentucky.
Prof. Clark dealt more especi-
ally upon the need Of agricultural
Preparedness. He emphasized
the fact chat if che war shopd
end tomorrow the United States
IS still facing a serious crisis,
lie sid that the reserve supply
of foodstuffs, especially Of
wheat, is away below the aver
age, and that the crop reports
not only for Kentucky but for
the country at LARGE, show that
conditions are for below normal
Prof. Clark urged the people
toraise more corn and vegetables;
to produce more meat, milk and
eggs, and to preserve and can
more fruits and vegetables thao
they had ever done before.
Prof. Clark said that his mes
sage was not intended to scare
the people but to awaken them
to a sense of the true conditions
as they exist throughout the coun.
try.
Prof. Bairo in his addresses
dealt more specifically upon what
TO raise ard how to raise it. H.
plead, not so much for an in
creased acreage as for divesi-
fication and better methods OF
tiiling the soil. He made re-
4 ference to a Boston street which
had its.begining in a calf path
made more than $50 years ago,
He compared the sinuosity OF
that street to the methods EN-
fploSed5 5s a ereat 4nany farmers
of today and said that there
were more than one kind Of calf
path which the people had got
ten into the habit of following
and which they must needs
straighten or abandon before
they could hope to realize the
best results from thoir farms
and their labors. Prof. Baird
urged the use of more modern
farm machinery, of thorough
preparation of the soil, and es,
pecially the necessity of testing
seed corn before planting. he
dwelt at length on the advantage
OF feeding the crops upon the
farm, saying that the only kline
of sack fit to put corn in was 4;
calf hide of pig skin.
The meetings were we'll at
tended and the addresses wei
l received.
/ After the last meeting wa.
i adjourned a comittee was ap
/ pointed and a movement put OF
\ foot to secure the services of
/ farm agent or demonstrator fo
\ Morgan county. About 500
u was raised by popular subscrip
e tion, The county must rails
d $500 and the Federal Govern
u nent will furnish 500.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

j. L. Hart, produce dealer Of
this city, shipped to New York
Tuesday a carload. OF eggs, $40
cases. That means 17,l0O doz-
en-, or 205, 200 eggs. 1t is the
seventh carload MIR. Hart has
shipped this spring. If distrib.
uted in Harrison county the last
lot shipped would give one doz.
en- eggs to each man, woman
and child in the county. Gym
thiana Democrat.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
Get Diplomas.

The following were examined
for County diplomas Friday and
Saturday Of last week and made
the grades opposite their names:
Miss Fern Elan S5, Miss Dora
Fannin So, Miss Nora Roseberry
TT
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
Why Road Taxes are Wasted.


omists have been talking to
American people about their
wasteful habits as compared
with those of the people of other
countries. The scolding has
done very little good, we all
know. In spite of the soaring /.
cost Of living, which has mount
ed as fast as wages have risen,
we still spend our money like
drunken sailors, according to
these economists. IF we do
these things in our homes, we
naturally do them in our COM
munity work, for the habit Of
wastefulness persists. We do
not keep household accounts,
and SO we do not really know
now we can effect economies in
our personal affairs, and it is
only occasionally that we expect
our fellow citizens, saddIed with
the responsibility of directing
our public works, to be any bet
ter managers than we are our
selves. it is for this reason that
out Of the $500, 600, 600 spent on
road work last year probably a
third was wasted and another
third did not produce as large
real returns as it should. This
condition is the fault Of the tax
payers primarily. They have
not called for business-like ad-
lninistration and they have not
received it. They have been
contented with the same lax
methods which they practiced in
their own affairs, methods they
have been DysCught in vain to
Improve. 1t IS this popular con-
tentment with slipshod methods
that is the greatest obstacle in
the way oil rational road i'm
DrOVemont today. and not lack
of money for the work. 1t is
absolutely necessary to improve
our methods of administering
our road affairs by local authori-
lies. 10 many cases, before it is
wise 10 undertake large expen-
ditures. 1t is particularly
necessary to introduce proper
accouung systems on all road
work, not because any large
suns are being grated but be-
cause Wrhout such accounting
no work can he carried on econ
Cmically. We should have more
results iIJm the money we are
spending through local officials,
and we can not obtain them un-
Ill the accounting methods which
. are shown to be necessary to
+ check waste in every successful
business are adopted by these
local authorities. Everybody in.
terested in road work knows
that the waste exists, but the
! lack Of proper records makes it
D imposSib. in most cases to point
y with certainty to specific causes
oft, The pressing road prob
= lem of the country today is not
J. so much to provide money for
our highways and byways as il
e is to awaken the average tax
: payer to a knowledge of the
], business side of the work fer
, which he is contributing so liber-
t. laiiy, so that he will enlist the
3, .elp of the aoIest business men
@ sdd the services of competent
engineers and supervisors in
carrying it on. The cost of roaC
construction has been increasing
T.. rapidly during the last tive
e years, and it is more important
e than ever before to develop al
r enlightened public opinion il
favor Of a business-like admin
suation Of road affairs, such a
IS already exists in some localitie
Il where the people have given tn
~ suhippt the attantinn il dnsnrvnS
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

the triumph wo
aga,us. great O. 's
b. tta. tull
Jones, in who's
veins, although
not an Al. ricau
bur a Srntcllugn
there flowed blood
staunch and true
20 the Amer ricGD
cause of iuer,y,
while of the
co0st Of Scotland
with the Bon
hOrnma Richard
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
THE PRICE OF PEACE.

HAVE never advocated war
except as u means of peace.
Grant.
Peace won by compromise Is
usually a shortliyed achieve
ment.-Winteld Scott.
Peace, above all things Is TO
be desired; but blood must 'he,
spilled to obtain It ON equutlc
and lasting terms. - Andrew
Jackson.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
= Z Z z
A WORTHY CITIZENSHIP
Il Is the Hope Of The Natlon-Her
Welfare Is Our Flret Conecrn.

NJ A great nation Is made only by
~ worthy citlzens.--C. ID. Warner,
Z 4 &
National enthusiasm is the great
nursery Of genlus.--Tuckcrman.
4 y &
Our country's welfare Is our first
concern, and who promotes that best,
best proves his duty,-Ilaryaru.
= 4 Il
Whon'er our country calls, friends,
sons and sires should yield their treas
ures up, nor own sense beyond the
public safety.-Brooks.
X X x +
xxxLAAAxxAAkIN Acknowledgement
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

II is related tlOt Il private In the
army OF the Potomac was sentenced
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

Blank deeds for sale at the
Courier office, 5 cents each,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17

History pages do not relate any more
b r'lc or thrilling story Than ;hat ol
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
HEEE'S TO OLD GLORY, GoD
BLESS HEh!

" anyone s.tamFSa to haul down
the American 'l7c saeot him ON che
o,...---.lohn a. piK.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-05-17
FOLLOW THE FLAG.

I n is the right of the American
people to enjoy II monopoly
for their own nag within their
own jurlsdictioN lt is The right,
and should be the duty, Of those
who follow other flags to follow
thcm elsewhcre.-The Century
magazine.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24
HOW TO DOUBLE THE RETURNS
FROM EACH ACRE IN CORN

least in the South, is nitrogen. Of
course the best way to get this nj
trogen is from the air through le-
gume crops, but right now we have
many millions of acres that are sore
ly in need of nitrogen, and there is no
time to wait for the legumes. The
corn crop needs it and needs it i'm
mediately. To supply this immedi-
ate need, nitrate of soda or sulphate
of ammonia at the rate Of 60, 80 or
100 pounds per acre when the corn is
about waist-high should be used. This
is step No. 2 and should, on millions
of acres of our thin lands, raise the
corn yield another five bushels per
acre.
8. Plant peas, beans or peanuts
with all corn. Just as nowadays the
farmer who fails to get second crop
after his small grain is doing poor
work, SO the farmer who fails to
grow a legume crop with his corn
is fallin gshort Of his opportunities
for increasing the feed and food plan,
supply. Using any one of the three
crops named will certainly result in
an increased return from the land
that will be worth at least 5 bushels
of corn and probably 10 or fifteen
This is step No. 8.
Are you going to do these things
that will double the return from YOU
land, or are you going to be con-
tent with the usual Is bushels?
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24
Progressive Farmer.

During the past ten years the av-
erage acre of corn in the South has
yielded, on an average, Is bushels.
We propose here to show that it Is
POSSIBLE this year to exactly double
tie returns from each acre in corn.
To DO this, three things must be done.
l. Cultivate shallow and often.
Drouth at a critical period often is
responsible for heavy decreases in
corn yields. Drouths of course are
beyond our power to prevent, but
cultivation of the right kind may
largely offset their evil effects.
When we destroy grass and weeds
by cultivation the moisture and plant
food they would have taken of
course go to the corn crop. Let US,
then, see to it that these robbers are
never allowed to grow in our corn
flelds. Good cultivation also saves
moisture for the corn crop bv pre-
venting loss through evaporation.
Every farmer should aim to have a
aust blanket or dust mulch maintain
e eqT IN every corn field. This IS step
NO. l, and should, if generally prac.
Iuced, raise the average yield not
less than five bushels per acre.
e Iop-dress with nitrate of soda
or sulphate of ammonia. We think
there IS no possible doubt that the
greatest plant food need of corn, al
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24
Farm Folk Resent Advice

wilmington Star.
Ihe Maxton Scottish Chief says.
INC f2rm folk resent SO much advice
and sd"h everlasting urging about
ue production of food crops and the
: conservation of foodstuffs. Some of
f tnela ought not to take time to resent
roielgh Interference. The advice is
mot intended for those who are al
fs@yS on the job and not only grow
aoou crops but save them after they
are az made. Of course, it is a waste
VI ylme for them to be resentful.
.a rood production and conservatism
r roSe Is banded about so it will
t aa"J a class who perhaps do not re-
S sGIo " as actually necessary but
S Sn9 may become convinced that they
TAU peter raise something to eat.
me TACT IS, there is large proper
will ur2I Oh that class and some of them
hnt be from Missouri till Mount
a me'ha has an eruption of ice. They
Az s,e not expected TO take advice, SO
wy can laugh and stay fat on $40
l"eI9Jefn flour and 80 cents Chicago
p paghNand and feed wealth into ole
CO.. :;'aia at the time of $500 corn and
r., ABOUT 10 per cent of the farm folk
"''' Iahe advice and look it over. The