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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
GIVE SALT TO CATTLE OFTEN
Practice Of Dealing Out Two Weeks
Supply at One Time Is Bad
Keep IL In Handy Place.

It Is customary TO, salt the cattle
once every week, or every two or
three weeks, while they are on pas
ture. In the way 1t is done probably
the salt does the cattle as much harm
as good; but there Is one advantage
in the practice. 1t means that the
cattle get q little attention at this
time and any sick or injured animals
are attended to. But cattle should
not take all the salt they need for two
weeks at one time. The owner does
not eat his greens" today and his
salt next week. Salt should be kept
under a shelter where the cattle can
eat what they want and when they
want 1.-THE Progressive Farmss.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
MANY Books Worthless.

The flood of light fiction caused the
question to be raised in London, Are
novels worth writing?' One con-
tributor to a symposium on the subject
says of the novel Of commerce and Of
the circulating libraries: thousands
Of such books are written every year,
are published and go out. The writ
ing of them, so far as the interests Of
literature are concerned, is worthless.
They benefit nobody, neither those
who write nor those who read them.
All they do is to give FLIP to jaded
spirits depressed through idleness or
lack of interest in life or want of inn
agination or a thousand similar
things" This writer says the none
tary returns from such books are small.
He then adds: "Generally speaking,
are novels worth writing? Decidedly.
There Is no greater Joy In life than
the writing of novel really worth
something by somebody really worth
while; and the Joy Of reading such a
book, when now and then it comes, Is
commensurate"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14

For The. farmers Of the lower South
:ytlD. because Of the bOll Weeyil, are
ssseEin;S a substitute for cotton. velvet
sles4uS AMI hogs offer one of the best
t.r1mI1szazzI.ms we know of. We have
1erez- snivocated the entire elimination
sEc c1nrzJ9E1, but as supplement to 1t,
c.1rzI. Deans and hogs are probably
raeySss promising than anything yet
sss,1,mE- In fact, we believe If the Iowa
e-Yr71 :gnZ hog farmer could add velvet
gfcrsYyyy CD his combination his lands
xrns,hi be worth $500 to S4O0 an acre,
tr,sreud of $3.50 to $500, as they now
zFug
East year at the South Mississippi
asxussrffnent station velvet beans, de-
sszIgfts n severe July storm and excess
Are rsI1,s, produced from 300 to 5000
axysiElsts per acre Of beans in the hull.
IE Es1 certainly safe to say that an acre
OF Fnnsi that will grow 10 bushels OF
,rrrrs GRILL, at the same time, make 2
EYml pounds per acre of beans. These
.ysssyss IN the hull have feeding value
e,rIT TfS per cent less than corn, so the
axx6 az Deans is equal to 1,SoO POUNDS
urr exl,za, or 30 bushels. This added TO
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
KIDDING FARM OF ALL WEEDS
Ten Good Rules to Observe to Pre-
vent Noxious Plants From Re-
seeding Themselves.

By preventing this years crop OF
weeds from reseeding themselves a
long step will have been taken toward
Kidding the pastures and fields OF
weeds. This is the suggestion recent
ly offered to Mississippi farmers by j.
NJ. Beal Of the Mississippi A. and NJ.
college, who states that by observing
the following rules many noxious
weeds, such as bitter weed, giant rag
weed, cookie burr and cypress weed
may be practically eradicated in one
or two seasons:
/. Allow no weed to ripen.
2. Kill weeds in the tender seeding
stage.
3. Induce fall sprouting by giving
a late cultivation.
4. Burn weeds bearing mature seeds.
Never pillow them under.
5. Thoroughly compost stable ma
nure If contaminated with seeds of
noxious weeds.
6. Sow only pure seed.
Z. Watch for weeds new to your To-
cality.
8. Practice rotation Of crops.
9. Turn weeds into pork, beef and
mutton by grazing them.
10. Plant smothering crops, winter
and summer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14

the - bushels Of corn made on the
acre, gives us a total feed yield equal
to A. bushels of corn.
OF course q per acre production Oh
feed like this means a low cost, anu
especially Is this the case where the
hogs harvest the crop, which they
should by all means do. Another con
siderution that should not be lost sight
of Is the fact that the bean vines ada
a very considerable amount OF nitro
gen and humus TO the soil.
With eight or ten brood sows, 4O or
80 acres in corn and beans, a perma'
nent pasture Of Bermuda grass, bur
and white clover, and q succession OF
grazing crops for the spring and sum
mer, the farmer in the lower South
has an excellent supplement to his cot
ton crop. In fact, he may make II q
substitute instead Of supplement
thus whipping the boil weevil by starv'
ing him.
Hogs and beans are putting many
boil weeviI-ridden sections on thell
feet again. and we commend the com
bInatiOn to our readers.-The Pro-
greSSive Farmer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
POULTRY BRING READY CASH
When Properly Managed Chickens
Are Most DependabIe-Cieaa
Surroundings Dependable.
Clemson College Bulletin


One of the problems that confronts
the farmer, even though he be moder
ately prosperous is that Of securing
ready cash. The salaried man usu-
ally has more or less cash, though he
may not have much else. AS a meals
Of providing ready cash at all seasons
of the year, the poultry yard, when
properly managed, Is perhaps the
most dependable. 1t involves little eX-
pense where the feed is produced on
the farm, and the return from poultry
a1d eggs Is certain. There is today
an almost unlimited market for such
products, and there Is no evidence that
the future demands will be less.
The essentials in raising poultry
are clean and sanitary surroundings.
abundance Of green feed, which can
be supplied the year round In South
Carolina. and using only good produc.
tive stock.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
Contagious Diseases Big Factor in High
Death Rate in Early Years
By E B. MUMFORD. M. D.

The contagious diseases of infancy and childhood bi IN
the high death during the early years life Measles Eups
kenpox dphha whOopng cough scarlet and smallpox are
the contagious diseases while infante PARALYSIS and
cerebro-spinal meningitis occur less frequently
All these diseases transmitted directly one patient
another through the xcrens of the throat with the eynn
Of smallpox and chckenpox which be in the scab
The scales Of scarlet fever contagious Few if anv Of the
diseases are carried through the they often transmitted
third party such physician Direct contact with the sick
is almost always necessary.
The control of these diseases would be easily ACCOMPLISHED bv a
ton OF the patient were not that of em measles
whoopng cough contagious several DAVIS h ~
nos be made However, diagnosis is made the natt
should be in from all other members of the family and
all attendants should special gown while in the room and wash
their hands well with soap and water aerward
Sunlight and fresh air the best dnfectants as all the diseases
with the exception OF tuberculosis quickly BY these elements
Science has not found preventive for aosos o-t
fever nfante paralysis ccknpox whoopinp cough can
be helped by the use OF the specific vaccine smallpox and typhoid ven
can prevented oy vaccination and cbropna meningitis
aided by the of The Of infan]o ne - u
unsatisfactory
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14

Shortly after this Mrs. Clay in the
course Of ii morning call asked: well.
have you had any bad luckE"
$40. nothing except some dishes
getting broke. Rita'S some careless
about breaking things. did feel real
bad about that china sugur-bowl that
was Mothers
Il told you SOL" was the comforting
answer. Didn't l say she WAS a fur
riner?"
Il suppose some real dyed-in-the-
wool, native-born Americans have broke
Mrs. Briscoe.
Eyes, bat you'll see there's more TO
follow. You'd better get rid of that
girl while you've got a house over
your head
"She wants to learn 10 play the fid-
die and must say that would be more
than l could stand"
Mercy to me, :" cried. Mrs. Clay
You just put stop to that
The next time Mrs. Clay called, she
looked ut the mirror on the dressing
bureau, and gave a Shrek "Carline
BriscOe, Your bureau glass IS cracked
clean across. Well, your bad luck has
come sure enough, and it'll last seven
years, OF course that girl done It.
Now are you going to let her go?"
II don't know what TO DO" said Mrs.
Briscoe in an utterly helpless tone. Il
amt ever superStiriouS except about
one thing, and that's breaking q look
ing glass; but l never knew that to
fail. But l must say l don't want to
send Rita away"
The girl. starting to come in from
the kitchen had heard what Mrs. Bris-
coe had said, After the visitor left.
she came in.
Mrs. BIiscOe," she said timidly, "if
you'll just let me take that glass down
to Bentley's, I'll get new one put in
sos you won't have to be seeing 1t all
the time. Please do. I've got money
enough to pay for It,"
MY, Rita! You've got to have
that money for shoes. Thattglass can
wait"
NO, please" begged the girl, 81
| don't mind about the shoes. ! want
! to do It, I'll go away afterwards-if-
! if YOU say So-but l want to stay"
AS Mrs. Briscoe said nothing, Rita
took the mirror from It's fastening
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
LOCATION OF ORCHARD
oil Must Be Well Drained to OBJ
tain Superior Fruit.
Gle Top Makes Best Site, Because
Cold Air Settles In valIeys-soil OF
Medium Fertility Is Said to
Be Best Suited.
@.lernson College BulletinD

sC-Iernson College Bulletinl
Unless the orchard is well located
m xEIy not give satisfactory results.
The v1ost important things to De
cs,..sHf,~xed are soil drainage, soil
rprfflfyy and atmospheric drainage.
There Is no fruit that will grow well
frs Il wet poorly drained soil. Inc
susfssoEI OF poorly drained land IS
rxzzf ard cold, which condition does
rsaf. suit the roots, so they feed In
HsS. surface soil, where there Is
wuxrnfh and air. When a drouth
,xrcnrs the surface soil dries out
consequently causing the tree to suf-
Nx- fir during prolonged droutn
1rsss depend upon their roots In the
Sxrsasn1 for moisture. II the drouth
gsx nf any length the trees die. There
G<e select a well-drained site for
Mlss orchard as no other will be salts
fkefHy-
BS atmospheric drainage Is meant
conditions that will give cfrcula'
effrss OF air through the orchard that
resfa1ces the danger from frost. We
safr settles. Applying these princt-
Eyles to orchard work we plant our
syrrnayyY ON the hill top because the
r-gzfY afr settles In the valleys and
tfsrs warm air rises to the hill tops,
therefore, frost forms first In the
-sxsyIeyz- Trees planted on the hill
a1as ere exposed to cold winds and
1srrxrFR is held in check until later
sTrsug when frost injury is not so
szresfr- The opposite is true of trees
.x-vy@ssFS I'm the bottoms. They are
s5rsyfss-fed from cold winds and begin
IrzryEffs early in the spring. Very
nfrnn their fruit Is killed before
sress on the hin tops begin TO bloom
Tn obtain atmospheric drainage on
! Eeys.B Kand, select a site that Is ex-
,xsrsssI to the wind. That is. plant the
<sxxfiaryd ON open ground instead OF
sHareinE It surrounded by trees. This
,zrurs a circulation Of air that pre-
1vsyss the formation Of frost.
A. soil of medium fertility is best
fsunRsf to orcharding. Trees vii
,zxsrf give good results on poor land
TS1ss fertility Of the soil can be cor
rz.s-sssi, but a poor soil Is great
'rsnrpfTcap. On very rich land the
ss-ees put on too much wood growth
ssrysa not enough fruit buds. They
zzss Also too thick for the fruit Il
ssasnr UP properly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
mI WEAK CHICKS AT ONCE
'Tszzuu Fowls Not Having Enough
Vaxaiity to Get Out OF Shell
Should BE Destroyed.

Ths not under any circumstances
'aexu chicks out Of the she'll. Chicks
-~eszrh do not have enough vitality to
- Ont of the shell. either because OF
an n.rk Of vitality In the egg or be-
uxSss. of faulty incubation. are not
uurm having. XIII and burn all weak
CIR e.tpnIed chicks as soon as the
s1nuzsN q. aver. Weak chicks are al
,Murs n menace to the flock.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14

and brought it out, tears shining IN her
eyes.
II guess it would be best to take the
broken glass out" she said, and she
turned it over and began to extract
the tacks that held the board in the
back. AS she lifted 1t off Mrs: BriS-
coe made d sudden dash for some fold
ed papers at one side. She opened
them and nearly fell into the nearest
chair.
Rita :" she cried. Here's the
bonds! Fifteen thousand dollars"
She caught the girl In her arms,
kking her, and crying: "We're rich.
Rita, We're rich. You amt ever GO
ing away! You're going to have the
best vilin money can buy. We're go
ing to the city to buy it."
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
Elevation.

"What makes you keep staring at
the mercury In the thermometer
II like to realize that at least the
temperature can go up without costing
me anything extra"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
Contradictory Conditions.

ST saw Jones yesterday. I'm afraid
he is going down hill"
"Why so?'
"He said he had such uphill work.
keeping his job"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14

months. HE broad question Of the aaTage5 anu
consolidated schools" be considered here Do' ceI'" "
aspects, they affect health worth looking INTO. -
These larger schoohou-es Of draw pupils from olei
larger than did little red scoohouse Of the past. Inc
distance travel and for this reason perhaps ~ Ion
other provided TO transport the cIdren
Any old acceptable and It's carrying capacity ~
children and girls simply piled In No caretak are
charge and of the and weak the SICK anu "e "
vulgar and gentle of both sexes they packed adlne5 are IN
boxes.
The air in many the becomes foul II one enid
beginning Of the initial symptoms OF measles every
child in the conveyance who has not had likely to go down
with While not generally considered by the public
diseases often leaves the system IN very suepos
condition. tuberculosis other affections may foo" ID
its wake
The present system Of carrying children to and from the la CEN
of education is hard health, morals and life
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14
Better Methods of Transporting
Pupils to Rural Schools Needed
By DR. SAMUEL C. DIXON Commissioned Of Health OF reOnyNaA

As We stand on the threshold Of the Worlu wa
,ro ,,+ ot forra that our children who are soon 70
aa o~~ scos and carry on our responsibilities, mus
still be cared for just as they have Deen' y,
One Of the principal problems 'on''''.
boo,+h of children j. brought up by their ASSOCIATION
in school life. During vacation li'e 'i!ii'-
congregate together indoors as they 90 VIM, ~
term is on and it is in the vacation season ',i'
the loves, death rate from communicating o's'"s
is different story, and sad one during o"l
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26
end to her sister by the nurse.

tend to her sister by the nurse
1.-The last time / saw my sister was
the afternoon of Friday, the sixth of
August" she stated.
Mrs. Hewitt was crying when she
said this. Her voice was broken with
emotion and tears were flowing.
Il had called there many times and
was not allowed to come, by the nurse, =
she said brokenly.
In answer as to whether she and her
sister had had any trouble she relat-
ed an incident of slight quarrel, over
the care of their mother when Mrs.
Kimball had been i'll.
The Day of the Tragedy
On the day of the tragedy. the hired
girl answered the phone and told her
that her sister was bad and she was
to go at once She did not wait to tie
her shoes. Dr. landmark met her on
the front porch.
HE said, Your sister IS gone"
said "What?" He said Your sister is
dead | said My Godr He took me
by the arm and let me into the ROOM
There was no one there but the doc
tor The nurse was not present.
I'VE will pass over the next few
minutes said Gen. Sturdevant.
You mean after / got in the room?'
asked Mrs. Hewitt.
Yes, you may tell us what hap
pened d few minutes later"
''Dr Landmark said, Mrs. Hewitt
there is something wrong here; all in
dications point to strychnine poison
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ing The nurse came in. He asked
her if Mrs. Mccormick had been alone.
She answered that she had gone alone
to the toilet. The doctor passed her
I.rigth by and went outside"
Mccormick walked in from the kit
chen.
1t was six o'clock and the court adj
journed until Monday morning at 3
o'clock.
Continued ON Page 81
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Continued from Page, II

lease. he having been in jail for ~
DAYS. Shaw went to Detroit and then
hearing Mccormick was on the coast
went to Seattle with Mrs. Mccormick.
He hunted up detective named Cody.
Mrs. Mccormick was suffering great
ly from grief on. the entire trip. They
finally located him at the home of
Emma Conover Mccormick, in an old
tumble-down rOoming house.
Wife Meets Wife
A woman answered the knock.
rs this Mrs. Mccormick" asked
the witness.
YES" was the reply. She also
stated that he was up stairs. They
called a policeman, then went up stairs.
They searched the closet and all about
but failed to find their man. In the
closet was clothing taken from the
home at Grand Rapids; a quilt, the suit
he had been married in, some jewelry
of which Mrs. Ida Mccormick took
possession. and trunk which they
searched, keeping some OF the papers.
There was little girl in the room
and the woman stated it was McCor-
mick's child.
Mrs. Conoyer, as she will be called,
learned for the first time here that
AstOr had been married. She said he
had gone to Centralia. She would not
give up the trunk except on an order
from Mr.. Wright, meaning, 5. A.
Wright. McCOrmick's attorney who is
here at the trial. A letter came from
Mccormick saying he was on his way
home and would meet them at Grand
Rapids but not at Seattle. 1t was dated
at Portland Mr.. Shaw said he called
on Mrs. Susan Clark, mother OF the
woman from whom Mccormick had
been divorced He searched the rec
Ords for property but found defendant
had none. He said Mccormick was a
man who in Seattle had no money.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26
Feared Mccormick Would Kill Her

Summed UP all the letters were of the
same tenor Mr.. Shaw stated in them
that he had just heard of the death OF
Ida J. Mccormick who had been his
client. She had stated to him and
asked him that in case he heard of her
death she wanted him to begin an in
vestigatiOn as she was sure McCOr-
mick was attempting to kill her. They
stated she had been the wife of a sa-
loon keeper, in White Cloud and he had
left her with considerable means and
she was worth about $4,000 when she
moved to Ladysmith. Mccormick had
once left the state taking with him
about $4,000. Mrs. Mccormick had
told him of two attempts to kill her.
They had found he had no money
when he married her and had been liv-
ing with his cOmmOn-law wife. An
other letter said that the action for
divorce had been brought by Mccormick
for purpose of protecting him from ar
rest for abandonment. This also stat
ed the dead woman had said he had
attempted to poison her twice, once
with poison in her coffee, again with
a poison needle. Shaw asked an inyes-
tigation as she was believed her hus-
band would attempt to kill her. He
stated that the first wifes name was
Dora Clark and had been divorced "a
years before.
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The Note Under the Carpet

Roy Gown, formerly of Ladysmith,
now of Huntington, Ind, told of
working for the defendant and his
wife i'll their grocery store. He was
asked about frequent spells of sick
ness, vomiting and complaints by the
deceased. some of them following
meals prepared at the store for the
defendant and his wife. He said she
was sick several times
He said he moved the furniture
from the Mccormick house, where Mrs.
Mccormick had died, in the following
December or January. At the head of
the bed, under the carpet, he found a
note. He had given this to McCor-
mick and remarked 'YOn may find
use for this some day
Mccormick was not there at the
time but had come in later. There
were about five lacks up from the
carpet where. he had found the note.
1t was in the bedroom occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Mccormick. The note was
identified by him and marked as an
exhibit.
1t is small piece of paper and in
pencil contains these words:
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26
TRIAL OF JOHN H. MCCORMICK FOR MURDER

that Mccormick was not to draw
money but that in order to keep peace
in the family she was obliged to
withdraw it.
He had known Mrs Mccormick to
be large, strong and healthy woman.
Mr.. Stebbins cross examined the
witness. He took him up from the
Mccormick case. He made him adj
NIT that he had not seen Mrs. McCor-
mick very often and when the bank
episode happened he was. not in her
employ.
What were you doing when you saw
Mccormick draw money from the
bank?" asked Mr.. Stebbins.
Swallowing him.
Mccormick sitting back of his attor-
neys shook his head and compressed
his lips.
How did he do it,"
"Signed check and went to the
teller and drew the money"
What were you doing?'
Writing check"
Taking it?"
Yes
Did you see how much money he
got?'
No"
''And you tried like the devil TOP
asked Mr.. Stebbins.
Mrs. Mccormick paid him $147.00
for his work, Nichols stated Mr..
Stebbins spoke pretty sharply and in
a loud voice. Judge Quinlan asked
him to use a lower tone.
He spoke of a conversation he over
heard between Glenn Williams and
Mr.. Lindsey, attorney at Grand Rap
ids, but the court ordered it stricken
ont
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26
His Several Names

In Seattle Mccormick had been vari-
Ously known as Arthur III. McCOr-
mick" John H." and his real name
was John Henry Astor Jacob McCOr-
mick" He had told the ConOver
woman that he was going east to have
hit eyes treated. He had told Mrs. Nc
COrmick that he was wealthy and
owned property. The divorce case at
Grand Rapids was never tried. 1t was
automatically dismissed when the
couple went to living together again.
In the afternoon Mr.. Shaw was
called to identify some letters and tele-
grams written and sent by the de-
ceased.
Witness said that Mrs. Mccormick
paid his firm a fee of 1915 and $500
expenses for the trip to Seattle.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26

he had locked box Talked with him
there Witness told him his wife was
suffering from grief. He took defend
ant to Smedley & Lindsey's office. She
was there He understood they ar
ranged their difficulties. He met Nc
Cormick once after her death. That
was in his, the witnesses office. Nc
COrmick wanted him to transact some
business. AS a reason why witness
could not do SO he read him some let
tiers he had written to then District
Attorney Kirwan at Ladysmith.
Those letters were afterward offered
n evidence by the state. When McCOr-
nick heard them in witnesses office he
said. That's all settled"
Mr.. Shaw was on the stand three
Zines Saturday morning he was re-
called. He was asked about the letters
20 Mr.. Kirwan. There was a sharp
and insistent objection to the admis-
sion of the letters but the court over
ruled and they were read. The state
was elated over this.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-10-26
Mre. Mccormick Wanted Him

They went back to Michigan. Mrs.
Mccormick was still suffering from
great sorrow Her only wish or hope
was to get him back. She admitted
she loved him desperately. Witness
located accused at the pOstOffice where