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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
DIRTY Windows and Poor Eyes.

The factors largely responsible for
poor illumination are small, narrow
hHindows, low power artificial lights
piaced too far from the point of opera
Zion, and neglect Of facilities at hand
For obtaining light, according to the
pennsylvania Department Of Labor
hid Industry. BY this neglect Is meant
lack Of cleanliness. This applies Arst
p1 all to the windows. There is
Bcareely a single industrial locality
(which does not contain at least one
building. and all too frequently sew.
eraa buildings Of the same type. They
kre built with q supply Of window
pace sufficient to illuminate amply
he Interior. The dust and dirt accu-
enuaated upon them, however, destroy
IN large proportion their usefulness.
ME same condition Is found in arti-
acial lighting. The electric light bulb,
dusty or streaked with dirt, the result
lH hurried and incomplete attempts at
0ashing, often shaded with a fixture
meant to be reflector, but which in
teality is anything but that, family
Eliminates the work and impairs the
health and the efficiency Of the work
American.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSES
Same Teachers Retained Another Year,
Prof. n. H. Vincent as Principal.

The closing exercises OF the city
school held Friday was attended by
many of the patrons and the efforts OF
the little folks we're not only very in
terestlng, but showed that much ad-
vancement was being made and the
work cone for the year was very etfec-
tive
Prof. H. H. Vincent has been retain
ed tor another year as are his four as
sistants, Mrs. e. +. Keyes, Misses
Catherine and Camilla Manner and
Elizabeth Snow.
During the exercises it became very
evident that the school building now in
use is far too small to properly accom-
odate the more than 800 students. Re-
marks we're made by some present urg
ing that larger and better facilities be
provided. Just What Will be done, If
anything. is as yet undecided. There
is some talk of bond issue by the city
for securing modern school building.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
FROST PROOF CORN.
Recent Experiments Indicate the Posi-
biIity Of Breeding Such Variety.

In this age of wonderful achieve
ments, a trost-proof corn Is among the
possibilities OF attainment. When
corn Is bred that will withstand spring
and fall frosts and grow at low tenn
peratures, like rye. the reign and ter
ritory of king corn will be extended
and his powers increased.
Recent work OF the Office of Corn
Investigations. Bureau of Plant Indus
try. United States Department of Ag-
riculture, indicates the possibility or
producing varieties of frost-proof corn
and varieties that will continue growth
at low temperature. Some kinds of corn
have been found to withstand freeZ-
ing both ir the spring and In the fall
and afterw: rds continue to grow. Still
more encou aging IS the fact that some
individual Ylants of these hardy vxrie-
ties are ore enduring than other
plants Of tha same variety.
At the a st signs of spring, with
patches Of now still on the ground
seed of theee varieties has been planted
and has shown ability to withstand
frozen ground and spring frosts and
ultimately to yield we'll. Planted in
February, DIT. plants which were
several inch high withstood freeze
on March hich froze the ground to
a depth of inches.
Of still more importance than the
possibility of producing frost-proof
corn is the possibility of producing
varieties OF corn that will continue to
thrive and produce grain at lower tenn
peratures than existing varieties.
There Is much territory with long
frosttree periods, where, during
nights or for several weeks during the
growing season, temperatures remain
too low for ordinary varieties of corn
to grow.-Goverpment News Letter.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
Evolution Of paper.

The earliest substitute for our mod.
ern paper was clay tablets: the next
stage came with the use by the Egypt
dams Of the layers forming the stem Of
the papyrus leaves. Later skins Of
animals were used. Linen and cotton
rags were not used for the manufac.
ure Of paper until the eighth century.
In the last Of the thirteenth century
paper was manufactured in Italy from
rags and fax. The first machine for
manufacturing paper in bulk was set
IUp early in the nineteenth century In
England. During the latter part Of the
century raw material other than woven
Ietuffs began to be used. OF late years
wood palp has been used in large
(Amounts for pepper making
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
POMONA

MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Stedman anC
Two sons, and Mr.. Hunt and Mrs. F.
A. Bacher. of Chattanooga, and Miss
Grace LaInhart, of Crossvllle. were
guests Friday at the home of Mrs. A.
u. Washburn.
Joe DibrelI, of Bon AIR, is visiting
(lls mother and sister here.
Misses Dora and Nota Handy, of
Erasmus, were the week end guests of
friends here. Miss Dora taught the
east two terms of the Pomona school,
eud with so much satisfaction that her
GuAny friends here hope for her return
Ehls year.
"Grandma" Hughes, as she is affec-
Gonately known by large number of
CHatlves and friends here. has been Ill
for the last week, but Is now improv-
eng.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Hlnch,
April 18th. son.
Mr: ana Mrs. Cook, of Pleasant Hill.
Were guests Sunday of their daughter,
0rs e. q. Hembree, and family.
The weather Is proving true the old
edage that one extreme follows an.
Ccber. After the extremely wet WIN
Ter we are now suffering from drouth.
.By large majority the people here
a6outs are seeking Abundance to the
etArmy of the turroW. For the mi.
sIority who are holding back, we beg to
advise immediate consumption.
Corn ard potato planting is now the
OF er of the day; and by present indl-
cations Pomona will do her part toward
overct mag the food shortage.
Envlx ,S~i
Gfte of the dry weather. There are
prospects of good strawberry crop,
ey1n bumper apple crop.
April 30. y. b.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
JAS. 0. DAVIS DEAD
Died at His Home Here Thursday Night
at 9 O'clock of Heart Failure,

He had worked all day, did the usua
chores at night and ate hearty sup
per. Shortly after retiring, his son.
Ernest. who was sleeping with him,
noticed that his breathing was unnat-
ural and quickly arose and made a
light. He found his father had breath
ed his last.
The romans were inferred Friday in
the Frost graveyard, two miles west
of town. HIS wife died few years
ago after an illness of many weeks.
The deceased was quiet citizen and
good neighbor. He leaves five sons
and two daughters.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
The men who lead are the men who read.


Wanted, good country butter, at the
Farmers Meat Market.
Wanted, good country butter. at the
Farmers Meat Market.
Let US help you make better pictures.
/ Send for our card, Good Snap Shots
and prices for amateur finishing. The
Harding Studio, CoOkevIlle, Tenn. It.
Ii you want score cards and pencils,
paper napkins, nice writing paper cut
| to special size come to the Chronicle
office for them.
Splendid assortment of Place cards
and Tally Cards; also Five Hundred
score pads, at the Chronicle office.
Fight potato bugs with sprayer, 1t
pays.
If your watch or piece of jewelry
needs repairing bring it to the Chron-
icle office and we viii send it away ano
have it set right. You can pay for 1t
when returned.
Spray your potatoes with arsenate OF
lead to kill the bugs. 1t Is better than
paris green.
N. J. Ferguson and Mr.. Beckman
came up from Pikeville Thursday and
returned Saturday. Mr.. Beckman Is
with the Chattar ooga Automobile COM
pany and is selling the Oakland car.
While they did not close the sale of
any cars while here they made very
favorable impression on several per-
sons who are considering such pur-
chase. Mr.. Ferguson has many friends
in this county who are always ready to
1--WE him the glad hand" when he
tavors us with visit.
Plenty of small single entry ledgers
at the Chronicle office; $50 pagesonly
35 cents.
Mrs. Casio Smith arrived from
KnoxsIlle last week to see her mother,
Mrs. Wallace, who has been very sick
with pneumonia for some days. Mrs.
Wallace Is much improved within the
past few days.
Any parties wanting crushed lime
stone in any quantity from wagon
load to car load lots can get same by
calling on F. A. Loshbough. 3-4-tf.
MIR. and Mrs. w. l.. Terry, OF AL
good, arrived Saturday 10 see their
daughter, Miss Dlmple, who has been
attending school here this year and
staying with her sister, Mrs. s. j.
Horn. DR.. j. I. Moore also accom-
panied Mr.. and Mrs. Terry as he is
their family physician. The little
girl has been suffering with pneumonia
for some days and is IN critical con-
dition.
Prof. Frank March. and family have
moved to their new residence on their |
farm a mile north of town.
Monday about 4 p. m. Oliver Rector, |
while under the influence OF whlskey,
ran his Ford car IN wild and reckless
manner and finally crashed into fence
near the residence of Wm. Bandy, on
Main street, just as he killed the en-
ylne. Fortunately he was not hurt.
Marshal Sampson DeRossett was soon
m the scene and placed him under ar
est. Rector was placed IN the county
all until Tuesday morning when he
vas taken before recorder U. s Rose
md fined $1,000 and costs. K
lndellble pencils at the Chronicle
flee.
The Ladies Aid Society OF the Chris
Ian church will meet with Mrs. +. A. 4
,oshbough this week and Mrs. +. N. y
iscus next week.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
HEALTH IS WEALTH."
Uncle Sam Tells You Free Of Charge
How to Keen Well.

: Mr. Citizen, have you taken into
consideration. IN making plans = YOUR
material welfare during the coming
summer and fall, that the health of
yourself and your family may deter
mine whether or not this is to he a
successful year tor you?
II you are merchant, have you
stopped to reflect that case of ty-
phoid fever in your family will affect
your assets in exactly the same way az
the loss of a valuable shipment Of mer-
chandlse?
| II you are farmer, has it occurred
to you that such an illness may offset
the value of bountlful crop on many
acres of your land?
1t you are wage Garner, nave you
considered that illness of yourself or q
member of your family will materially
affect the plans you have made for the
investment OF your savings?
You have thought. of course. Of how
unfortunate 1t would be for such illness
to happen in your family.
You have insured your merchandise
againts loss. You have insured your
house ana barn against fire. You have
perhaps even taken out en- insurance
policy to provide for the necessities of
life for your family in case you become
i'll But have you given to the ques-
ton OF PREVENTING such illness the
thought ard study that 30 important q
matter deserves? Many of our most
seriaus and costly diseases are entirely
The United States Public Health
Service devotes much of its time and
effort to the study of these prevsntable
diseases. anu has issued mum erous pub.
icatlons containing the fundamental
principles Of disease prevention.
The titles Of few of these publica-
ions are here gwen. Any or all of
hem will be sent to you free of charge
IN request.
GOOD Water for Farm Homes
Public Health bulletin No. 70.
Typhoid Tever-lt's CausatiOn and
Public Health bulletin
70. 81.
"Preven-''n of Malaria" Reprint
70. ITO.
1.-The Pl-v ention of Pellagra," Re-
'rint No. 307.
''Fuberculosls - Its Predisposing
;auses." Supplement No. 3.
Hay Fever and It's Prevention"
reprint No. $40.
"lnfantI'e Paralysis, Reprint No.
so.
Malaria essons on It's Cause and
PREVENTION. Supplement No. 18. For
sc in schools.
"FightiEg Trim-The Importance of
light LIVING Supplement No. S.
What the Farmer Can Do to Pre-.
ent Malaria, Supplement No. II.
THE Care OF the Baby Supple
ent No. 10.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURC

Sunday school at 10 a. H.. b. W.
Burnett, superintendent.
EpwoIth League, each Wednesday
evening ut as, Miss Alice Jernigan,
President.
Preaching on the First, Third. Fourth
and Fifth Sundays Of each month, at
II a. M. and Z AS p. m.
Clarkrange Second Sunday.
W. &. Martin. Pastor.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Sunday school at 1890 q. u. Chas.
Comstock, superintendent.
Public worship at IL :0O q. m.
Gardner s. Butler, Pastor.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-05-02
GASOLINE ENGINE FOR SALE.

One two-horse power gasoline engine
IN good working order. It's second
nand and will sell very cheap. Inquire
at the Chronicle Office.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
PASS THE BIG WAR MEASURE
Senate Accepts House Compromise On
Biggest Appropriation Bill Ever
Acted Upon by Congress.

Washington, June 14.-Accepting
the House compromise for acquisition
of the jamestown Exposition site as
a naval base, the Senate today finally
enacted the 8. Observation-Disclosures War
Budget Bill and sent it to the Presi-
dent.
The bill, which carries the greatest
sum ever appropriated at one time by
any legislative body, went through
with final row over the shipping
board provisions
Objection to the conference report
because it failed 10 make it impossi-
BILE for the shipping board to remove
Major General Goethals from office
should they so desire, was made by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, and
Senator Smith of Michigan.
Congress and the country have con-
fidence in General Cocktails and mean
to keep him where he is, but that is
not the plan of the shipping board -
said Senator Lodge. The bill as orig
inally passed by the Senate provided
for General Goethals by name, but
that was cut out in the House.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
MORE WRILITY is NEEDED
Spread of Vocational Training Would
Add Desired Masculine Vigor to
the School System.

The nation is beginning to feel a
lack in the vfrility of American educa-
ton. heard very indignant man Of
intelligence affirm the other day that
pacifism was a part of the whole
feminist regime in the schools, Fred
erick III. Davenport writes in the Out
look. We are caught in the tolls this
moment, said he, of woman teachers
and our chautauquas." I would not
go so far. Some of the most eager and
militant patriots 1 know just now are
woman teachers. But there is no ques-
ton that American education is suffer-
ing enormously from the decline Of
masculinity in the school system.
Under genuine sort of vocational
training in country and city for the
very force of circumstances again fill
very great number of desirable
places of educational leadership. The
head of practically every township
school and experimental farm would
be a man. And the unusual duties that
he would perform would necessitate
adequate payment in order to get the
man.
So in the schools of trade and in
dustry in the cities the masculine ele-
ment would predominant in the con-
troll. A great number of the practical
teachers at bench and machine would
be men. And thus in country and city
the training of youth would be per-
meated with masculine vigor of great
value to the United States as whole.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
Constantine Forced to Abdicate
in Favor of Second Son,
Alexander.
CHANCE IN RULERS PEACEFUL
Allied Troops Landed, But Only After
Change Was Made-kinq to
Leave Country

Athens, June 13-The fall of Con-
stantine l., king of, the Hellenes, has
come. In response to the demand of
the protecting powers-France, Great
Britain and Russia-he abdicated to-
day in favor of his second son, Prince
Alexander.
This climax in the affairs of Greece
was brought about through the agency
of the French senator, M. Jonnart
who has held posts in several French
cabinets, and who arrived at Athens
only day or two ago on a special
mission as the representative of
France, Great Britain and Russia. M.
Jonnart had previously visited Salon
Xxi and other points, and he lost no
time in getting into conference with
the Greek premier, Alexander Zaimis
The demands of the powers respecting
the abdication of King Constantine
also specifically eliminated Crown
Prince George as his successor, the
crown prince being included among
those Greeks in official life who were
considered strongly pro-German.
Constantine to Leave Greece.
Both the former king and Prince
George, it was announced today by
Premier Zaimis, intended to leave the
country Immediately. 1t is reported
that they will embark on a British
warship and proceed to Switzerland
by way of Italy. 1t is presumed that
Prince Alexander will take up his
kingly duties with full acceptation of
the ideas which the protecting powers
desire to be put into effect in the gov
eminent of Greece during the present
war. He is "a years of age and has
been free from anti-entente proclivi-
ties.
Entente Had to Act
Affairs in Greece, which several
times since the outbreak of the war
had seemed on the verge of settle
ment, recently have taken on such an
aspect of uncertainty that it became
necessary for the powers to act with
decision. M. Jonnart was selected to
proceed to Athens for the purpose of
laying before the premier the aims.
which France, Great Britain and Rus
STA had with respect to establishing
greater security for the entente forces
engaged in operations in the East.
While he informed the premier that
troops had been placed at his disposal
he appealed to that official to use his
influence toward a peaceful settle
ment- The troops, according to NJ.
Jonnart's instructions, were not to
land until the king had given his an
swer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
STOLE RECORDS FROM NAVY
Secretary Daniels Says There Is Either
Spy or Traitor in His
Department.

Washington, June 12.-Either a spy
or traitor has been divulging con-
fidential information of the bureau of
ordnance, Secretary Daniels today
told the Senate naval affairs commit
tee.
When the committee today resumed
investigation of the Mongolia shell &C
cident Senator Frelinghuysen pro-
duced some letters, some postmarked
Detroit, which Secretary Daniels said
contained information which could
have been obtained only from conf
dental files of the ordnance bureau
He asked to have them turned over
to the secret service. Senator Freling-
huysen said he had no desire to shield
anyone and that he had vainly at
tempt to find out something about the
authors.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
ANOTHER RAID ON LONDON
East Side District Bombarded by Fiji
teen German AirpIanes-97
Killed and 437 Injured.

London, June 14.-The death of
81 persons and the injury of 437 in a
raid on London by fifteen German air
planes was announced in the House of
Lords late today by the Earl of Derby,
secretary of state for war.
The secretary said he feared these
fiures would be exceeded when fuller
reports had been received. At least
one airplane was shot down.
One bomb struck a schoolhouse,
killing ten children and injuring fifty.
1t was also said that a non-military
train, carrying number of passengers,
had been struck by bombs dropped by
one of the German flyers.
London was intensely excited by the
raid. Roofs in the city were damned
with spectators of the pursuit in the
clouds above by the British airmen.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
HUNTING KANSAS sLAcKERs
Grand Roundup Of Thess Who Failed
to Register on June Has
Begun.

The grand roundup of slackers start
ed in Kansas. Instructions went out
to the sheriffs and other law-enforce-
ment officers recently. The substance
of the order was:
Investigate every suspected case.
Demand that suspects show their reg
istration certificates. In case of doubt
as to age, compel them to produce au-
thentic records to prove age. If proof
of age or other reasons are unsatis-
factory, gather up all the facts and
send them to the United States dis
trict attorney and await further or
ders."
That mighty few slackers will be
found in the state is the belief of all
officials, state and federal. who have
had anything to do with the registra-
ton work. That a few have slipped
by, there can be no doubt. But they
will soon be brought into camp.
The greatest difficulty experienced
by the officers was in registering the
Mexicans. Very few of that national
ity were registered, notwithstanding
the fact that there are many of them
in the state. Nearly all the railroads
are using Mexican labor on their
MSAlCdu COLONIES are uum0T-
GUS along the main lines of the big
roads. But when it came to signing
up, most of them said they were either
too young or too old to register 1t
is remarkable how few Mexicans
there are between the ages of 81 and
80. None of them is a citizen of this
country and could not go to war. But
they do not understand the matter. 1t
is now up to the authorities, through
the use of interpreters, to explain the
matter to them. 1t is believed they
will come through and register when
they find that they don't have to go
to the trenches.
The war department has been very
lenient with slackers up to date. It
preferred to give them the benefit of
the doubt and take it for granted that
they found it impossible to register.
But beginning now the department will
assume different attitude and handle
slackers without gloves.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-06-21
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

The final payment of eighteen hun
dred pesos to complete a total of three
thousand for the ransom of Donald
Best and Alex Stroud, manager and
well driller at the Erupicion mines,
eighty miles south of Juarez, has been
made and the two men are reported
set at liberty by Villas men.
The War Department is contract
ing daily in St Louis for / Is million
dollars worth of equipment and sup
plies for the present army and to
equip one-half of the soldiers of the
draft army to be called September l.
-Fifty-five persons, mostly mem
bers of the Farmers and Laborers'
Protective Association, were charged
with seditious conspiracy against the
United States government in indict-
ments returned at Dallas, Tex, by fed
era1 grand jury in federal court for
the Northern district of Texas
Government agents received 8 re-
port at Ell Paso, Tex, recently that a
battle between Villa followers and
Mexican government troops had oc'
Cured at Medqui. fifty miles south OF
Chihuahua City.