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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24
FESTIVAL YIELDS
RED CROSS $3.50
Social and Financial Success
at Former kipling
Home
HOLBROOK ESTATE
VISITED BY $40
Ideal Weather Favored Festival of -Four
Nations and Attractions Were Arts
tically Arranged ~ Russia Conspicu-
ously Represented.


Ideal autumn weather Saturday favored
the Red Gross festival Of four nations held
at beautiful Nulahka, the former home
az Rudyard kipling hut now the summer
residence at MIR and Mrs Frederick GIol-
brook Of Boston. and IL was huge social
and financial success. 10 be exact, $40
people, mostly women, passed the gates,
and all of the attractions, which were ar
tistically arranged at scattered points on
the large estate. received patronage
which far exceeded the fondcst anticipa-
tions Of the promoters of the affair.
Aiter il Was all over came big surprise
for those directly interesad,. for it was
announced that the utaseeds amounted
70 $3.50 From the sale Of candies alone
81 wassrcaIHcd. These were all donated
for the occasion lay women who live in
this village. BESIDES admission fees other
receipts were from the sale of vegetables
from IN. SCOTT farm, those canned at the
Rice farm aud refreshments.
This occasion afforded people Of Brat
tlcbor0 and surrounding towns an oppor
tuuty not only TO aid the Red Cross fund
but 10 visit Naulahsa inspect the house
where kiplng wrote some OF his best
books oven -lt ia the same room auo
identical chair which NE used when at
work and absorb the inspiring scenic ont
look u will not hc forgotten soon
All Ut the visitors were transported t.
the scene of festivities IN AUTOMOBILES
loaned ior the occasion and one contnu
Gus linc OF them was kept busy all tn,
afternoon II was not believed by thos'
m charge that one half as many would at
tend. but the people were patient and wei
taken care of. Probably hundreds mou
would have been glad 10 60 could the,
have reached there.
Rev 4. Frcdrk Virgin, Scout commis
sioucr, was ON hand with y Boy Scouts
to receive al cpmcrs at the entrance, am
he was. indeed. busy man. The boy
also helped materially during the torenoo
IN arranging the different tables an
booths and remained al night TO help n
move thau4----lL4.~A-ll-I44l -la1l-
Ernest Gibson, Franklin Bahh, Alle
Rice. Nelson Till. john Mann, Phil
Wheeler. Howard Rice, Lyman Adam'
james lush. Robert Sanders and AIbcI
Atcu When the time for departur
came Mr. Virgin demonstrated his ahilit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
Woman County Agent Resigns.

Miss Cathleen Calkins, woman coun-
ty agent for Cheshire county, who went
to her home in Wisconsin while ago
for her vacation and whose father died
suddenly while at home, has sent her
resignation to the woman s auxiliary of
the Cheshire County Farmers associa-
ton. She has been urged to reconsider
but it is understood that she will not re-
turn. Miss Calkins assumed the posi-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

The receipts of the state motor We
hicle department for the year just end
ed were 1922 ,62l.20, an increase of $780,
900 over the preceding year. Automo-
biles in New Hampshire were first IL
Icensed in 1906 and the revenue from this
source for the first year of the law IS
operation was 1907. The number of
ears licensed this year was 21,130
against 1865 in 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

Readsboro visited at W. F. Mixer 5
yesterday. Mr.. and Mrs Henry Blan-.
chard went to Townshend to visit their
son, Principal Blanchard, Of Leland 4
Gray seminary. returning to the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mixer Sunday evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

The mother s aid law, first enacted
by the legislature of 1915 with an APP
preparation of but $4,000, proved so sue
Icessful in its operation that the Leg
islature of 1917 increased the appropria-
ton to $4,000, making it possible to
double this fall the number of families
kept together. H. c. Morrison, state
superintendent of public instruction, by
whom the fund is expended, has the
records to prove that for reasons of both
economy and humanity the arrangement
| provided under the law is much pref
cradle to breaking up homes and send
ing the children to orphanages. With
| the money available the two preceding
| years approximately 200 children have
been cared for in their own homes at
less than a third of the cost which
would have been entailed had they been
lplaced III institutions.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Tho Philathea class of the First Bap-
fist church Will meet in the Red Cross
rooms. federal building, tomorrow aft
ernoon from 2.30 to : O'Clock 70 sew
for the Red Cross
Every director Of the local branch of
the Red Cross is urged to attend the
directors meeting Tuesday afternoon
Iat , clock at the Red Cross rooms as
matters Of Importance are to come be
fore the meeting.
| The funeral Of Mrs Rpna NJ. Rhodes
was held this afternoon at , o'clock in
| the undertaking parlors of Bond & Son,
/ Rev. Douglas g. Guest Of the Method
ist church officiating. Members of the
family w,re bearers and the burial took
lPlasc in Prospect Hill cemetery.
\ program Of unusual interest will be
presented in the Methodist church Mon
day evening, Oct -, when Miss Gladys
Beulah Powers of New York, concert
lcontralto and impersonator, will appear
Iunder the auspices of the Epworth
llcaguc. Miss Powers viii give an i'm.
personation of Mary Cary otherwise
Martha-the orphan asylum child, to be
followed by novel costumed program
in which she will give the songs of diff
ferent nations.
! Water has been bubbling to the sur
face in the middle Of Main street sew
eral days between the Brooks House
and the Vermont Savings bank, and
this morning it had taken the form OF
a spouting geyser No one will admit
owning the pipe from which the watel
comes Unless the leak is repaired {
Islippery, dangerous place will be founl
in the street with the coming of col,
weather. The town fathers would b,
well within their rights if they re
paired the break and taxed the bill
: against whoever is the owner of TIL
leaky pipe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

ton as Cheshire county's first woman
agent a year ago and her work has been
excellent, the auxiliary taking an ac-
tive part in food conservation, etc., and
Miss Calkins s demonstrations and 9th
er work proving profitable. Miss Cal
kins has the offer of a similar position
near her home and she Will probably
accept If.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

Misfortune is the bosom friend Of the
man who didn't think
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

Private sale, mahogany cabinet bed;
pool table. Inquire of Robert W. Taber
ADV. 174-176F
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

Harvey's great aster sale, (l5c large
lozen) on until soil freezes. Adv l66- If
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-24

Ernest Gibson, Franklin Babh, Allen
Rice, Nelson Till. Iohu Mann, Philip
Wheeler, Howard Rice, Lyman Adams
James lush. Robert Sanders and Albert
A,lcu When the time for departure
came Mr. Virgin demonstrated his ability
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
would easily double or treble the frac-
ton in any family budget.
Notice of New Advertisements

Notice to creditors of Townsend
Bros.-Woodberry Lennon, referee in
bankruptcy.
Report of condition of Bank of
Fairmont.
Farm and sawmill hands wanted
70. E. Zedaker, Lumber Bridge, N.
c..
Hands wanted-Riverside Farm, R.
3, Dunn, N. C.
Prepared to give the best drug
store service-Pittman Drug Co..
Fairmont.
Select line of plain and fancy suit
Ings and fancy trouserings-Jno. T.
Biggs.
Don't experiment, buy a good car
first" -Lumberton Motor Car CO.
"The knowledge of all motordom
has been included in Chevrolet con-
struction"-People's Garage.
G. G. Locklear has qualified as adj
ministrator of estate of Preston Lock-
lear, deceased.
Under muslins, the delightfully."- cool
garments; prepare now for Easter
R. D. Caldwell & Son.
Program at Lyric.
Rhode Island Red eggs for sale
w. G. Nance.
Millinery and dry goods stock and
fixtures at Pages Mill for sale.
Jersey mich cows for sale or ex-
change-Geo. K. McNeill, Rowland,
N. C.
Tailorgram-L. C. Townsend.
Bethune's annual tour of the ma
TONS capital.
New dresses, new collars, chiIdren's
dresses-L. H. Caldwell.
Special curtain goods, scrims and
embroideries on sale Tuesday; ladies
Special showing of silk dresses fol
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
"Worse Things Than War"

More than 4,OOO people In Richmond
Wednesday night heard former Pres
ident William H. Taft declare that
"there are worse things than war, and
one Of those is the dishonorable yield
ing to invasion Of your rights be-
cause you are afraid to fight for your
rights and maintain them"
Mr.. Taft was speaking in the in
terests Of the League to Enforce
Peace. He continues: "The first du-
ty of the United States, when war
is inevitable, is to prepare. We have
proceeded on the theory in the past
that the Lord looks after children
drunken men and the United States
But it is time to awaken to the re-
alization that we are forced into
war with the most militaristic nation
in the world. Even now, we say
that. with the British navy and the
armies of the allies We are not in
danger. We ought not to Law thai
flattering JUNCTION to our SOULS"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PRE-
PAIRING FOR MILITARY SERVICE
Nearly 500 Men Reported at First
Meeting for Organization for Vol
rnfarv drill


Entary Drill
Special to The Robesonian.
Chapel Hill, March 23-The uni
versity of North Carolina has at last
awakened to the need of military
training among it's students. The
government had previously promised
to furnish an officer, and rifles, if
100 men would enlist for voluntary
drill two nights per week. When the
first meeting for organization was
held, nearly 500 men reported at
once. At present the work is under
the direction of several faculty mem
bers, who are well versed in military
training.
Besides this the university is
ready to offer all the resources of its
plants, and especially of its scientif-
ic departments to the government in
case Of such need. The university has
long felt the need of military pre-
paredness among the students, but
until now very little has been &C.
complished. But it has been defin-
itely decided to institute a course in
military training here next year. A
large American flag has been hoisted
in the middle of the campus, and the
students are enthusiastically taking
on to the new project. 1t is expected
that the number of enlisted ones will
greatly increase at an early date.
JOHN G. PROCTOR
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
GARDENING AND GUMPTION

University News Letter.
The man who does not get busy in
the home garden this year lacks
what the Cracker calls "plain gump-
ton. No doubt in the world about
this! %1Es MM
We certainly cannot go on much
longer with grocery-shelf gardening
and escape the bankruptcy court.
Town jewellers, wage-earners and
salaried people have certainly to
climb out of tin cans this spring in
to old clothes in backyard garden
spaces a little while in the mornings
and evenings and cultivate hoe-handle
sense in sheer self-defense.
It's Hobson's choice, considering
the wartime price of every blessed
thing that goes on the table-now-a-
days.
There is grim tragedy N the jest
of the New Yorker who said to his
green grocer the other day, "Here's
a dollar bill. Send a potato round
to my house, and if nobody's home,
Just shove the blame thing through
the key-hole".
The plain truth is that the pay
envelope does not even begin to COW
er the cost of living in towns and
cities any where in this country, and
it is less likely to do so the next
twelve months than ever before in
a hundred years.
Cut Down the Grocery Bill
In ordinary times, just about two
fifth of thousand dollar income
goes to pay for the bread and meat
consumed in the average home. This
year the family pantry calls for full
three-fourths of it.
We've got to get busy and get busy
in a hurry.
The advice we are giving to our
selves is, Get busy in a little fam
lily garden at home.
The home garden can cut the groc-
cry bill half in two, as the common
phrase has it. We've a brisk Yam
kee neighbor who has done this very
thing for years.
Even with the customary careless
attention given to gardening. IS av.
erage farm families in a Caroline
county in 1913 got fourth of theil
table supplies out of their little gar
dens and orchards; or so the Wash
ington authorities found.
A little more attention and skill
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
Better Farming in the South
HOW CROP YIELDS ARE LIMITED
The Weakest Element Crop
Strength Of the chan-ony
+ Weakness

shortest plant food element represent
ed here by stave, limit the possible
production Of a crop?
If, for instance, there IS only enough
nitrogen in the soil to produce 70
bushels of corn or ITS pounds OF cot
ton per acre, while there is enough
plant food elements of other kinds to
produce enormously more, how then
can greater yields be obtained than the
nitrogen will permit?
The problem of plant feeding IS,
therefore, no simple one. 1t has en-
gagged long and most careful investi-
cations of scientists, who have delved
deep into the mysteries of how plants
feed and what they feed upon. On the
basis of the most exact knowledge thus
obtained, modern fertilizers have been
manufactured. Soil deficiencies, or
limiting factors" modern fertilizers
are designed to remove, and to call
into fullest action the natural re-
sources Of the soil.
Since there is a limiting factor in
all soils, it is worth while for each
farmer to undertake to remove that
Limitation. Intelligent use of fertiliz-
efs will accomplish it, if food elements
U0 ILLS 1lllltluS ldCtOf. LII uO ot1c1
way can it be done than by the help
Of man. He must bring to the plant
the food it needs and cannot find when
this is the factor limiting production.
The plant, Of course, must be given
the best of surroundings. It must not
| only have plenty OF plant food, but
the soil must be properly drained OF
excess water. It must be well supplied
with lime, and organic matter; its
| moisture must be conserved, and
weeds killed through proper cultural
methods. These things man can pro
| vide. Therefore, If man is not the
limiting factor" and he looks after
the plant food requirements, the great
| est possible yields will occur.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
Elrod Echoes-Personal Mention

Correspondence of The Robesonlan.
Elrod, March 24-Mr. Leroy Miller,
DR.. W. L. McRae, Mr.. Bishop Pate
and Mr.. James Poole attended the
commencement at Mt. Moriah school
Friday night.
Mr.. John Bridgers has purchased
a new Overland car. Mr.. Vester Nc
Phail has also bought new Over
land.
We have had ight much rain in
our neighborhood. thereby putting
the farmers behind in their work.
Mrs. John Adams and two sons,
Mr.. Robert and Master Carl, former
ly of Elrod but now of near Buie, are
visiting relatives here.
Mr.. R. D. Jones was in Durham on
business one day last week.
Mrs. H. C. Mclean Of Mcdonald
left Friday for Richmond, Va, where
she will be under treatment at St
Luke's hospital.
All the children who have been suf-
fering with measles are about we'll
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
Wont Need to Bush It

Monroe journal.
In case of active war with Gel
many who will have to go? Our
opinion is that nobody need get ex-
cited about this like a good many
Union county people did when the
war with Spain broke out. During
the Civil War the local expression in
Western North Carolina to describe
the action of those who took to the
woods to escape the recruiting Of
ficers was "bushing it". If we have
active warfare with Germany it is not
likely that any land forces will be
furnished by the United States. Few
people contemplate, even in case of
severe warfare, the sending of Am
erican troops to Europe, and of
course they could not be engaged any
where else. Some folks would like to
see President Wilson call for two or
three million volunteers for land
forces. but this is not likely to oc-
cur. The Allies now apparently have
as many men as they can use on
their fronts and supplies and NUM-
tons are what they need. So, even
at the worst, it is not likely that any
body will have to go who does not
want to go. There will be no need
for flushing it,.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
A REMINDER TO VETERANS
Confederate Veterans Who Wish to
Attend the Reunion in Washington
in May Should Begin to Get Ready

confederate Veterans Who Wish to
Attend the Reunion in Washington
in May Should Begin to Get Ready
Commander J. A. McAllister of
Camp Willis H. Pope reminds Confed-
crate veterans who want to attend the
reunion at Washington not to put off
making preparations in the following:
Headquarters Camp Willis H. Pope
Lumberton. N. c., Mar. 24,1917.
"To the Members of Camp Pope:
Comrades:
"You are hereby reminded that the
time for the annual reunion of the
U. c. V. at Washington, D. c., is
drawing near ard those Confederate
veterans who wish to attend should
begin to get ready.
"a special rate of one cent a mile
on the railroads will be given. A law
has been passed authorizing the coun-
ty commissioners to pay the railroad
fare of those who are unable to pay
their way and provision has been
made to feed and shelter them after
they reach Washington.
"The commander-in-chief urges all
who attend to go in uniform and ar
engagements have been made by which
neat uniforms (coat and pants) can
be secured for $40.
"Your commander wishes all the
camp who can do so to avail them.
selves of this opportunity to visit
the capital city and twill gladly rem.
der any assistance in his power il
the way of information, etc., to those
who desire to attend the reunion.
Memorial day MAY 1Oth) will be
observed as usual, but this notice is
issued for fear that the time from
May 10th to June 4th will be too
short to make all necessary prepare
tions.
~. A. McALLISTER,
Commander Camp Willis H. Pope
u. c.. ""
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
PASTURE VELVET BEANS.

Inquiry-"What is the most profit
able use of the Velvet BEAM"
Plant the velvet bean in the corn
and get a double crop. They do well
together. Plant an early variety and
fertilize for a good growth.
The most economical use of velvet
beans is to let cattle feed on them
in the field and then to turn under
the vegetable matter remaining. If
there are not sufficient cattle on the
place, get them and feed them. Why
go to the expense Of gathering beans,
grinding and shipping the meal off to
some one else to feed and get the
benefits q. N. HARPER.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
RAISE SOMETHING TO EAT
Food Crop Sure to be in Demand
Raising FOodstuffs is the Way to-
ho Indonandenf=EiSh Law

Food Crop Sure to be in Demand
Raising Foodstuffs is the Way to
be ndependent-Fish Law
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
It seems that the moon must be
about to the notion of our farmers
for corn planting, as every body is
trying to plan and plant now. Well
this will do for moon farmers, but
we can't see why a sunny day isn't
Just as good-and better, other condi-I
tons being favorable. Some prefer
to plant near certain changes of the
moon, but the fact is we can't plant
without planting on the change as
the moon really changes to some ex-
tent every day.
The present fair weather is giving
the farmers a push and at the rate
the soil is being turned it looks as
| if there is a chance to catch up de
spite the late start most Of US made.
It looks now from present indica-
lions that large crops of tobacco and
cotton are going to be planted, war
or no war, despite the fact that the
probability of high prices for these
crops hangs on an insure thread.
For instance, in case of war, what
profit would large tobacco crop be
to us? Could We eat it? No, ana
if we chewed and smoked it We would
not be any better soldiers by it. On
the other hand, food crop is sure
to be in demand. Whether war OF
not, We must eat-and the higher the
prices goes the better it seems to
get, as we recently heard some one
| 41o h oh
that corn bread was almost as good
as flour.
Brother Farmer, better raise some
pendent, if you don't get rich, is our
advice; and as to just how near we
are practicing our preaching, will say
age will be planted to cotton and no
tobacco at all. We don't think "pa-
triotic'' is the right name for the
man who in the face of war will plant
nearly all of his crop in cotton and
tobacco and then complain of high
prices on all that he buys to eat for
nearly thirteen months in the year.
Well, as The Robesonian is not a
farm paper we had better close up
on this subject in order to keep our
first letter out Of the waste basket,
and conclude it at a later time
i probably when We have a Farmers
page" all our own-which day We be-
lieve will soon come.
We would like to ask the readers
what they think Of our new fish law?
Can't even set hooks for a mess of
( cats. Well we can only say that for
our part the Jig is up, for we shore
can't fish. We don't know, but it
looks to us like that if the man who
framed that law hasn't got a mill
pond his friend certainly must have.
Read it, it is in The Robesonian,
and see what you think.
"R. F. d.
Fairmont, N. C.
March "a, 1917.
Nothing is more acceptable to this
fireside companion than articles about
i farming. Don't be afraid Of writing
I, too much on that line and "come
again" EDITOR
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS ITEMS
Debate Friday Night-John Blount
Mcleod Wins in Defamation Con-
test-Chapel Exercises - Spelling


Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The Statewide triangular debate
will be held at different points in
the State Friday, March both. For
est McGill and Robert Proctor will
uphold the affirmative here VS.. Will
mington. Miss Evelyn Sentelle and
Robert Proctor will defend the neg
alive at Goldsboro.
Mr.. John Blount Mcleod won in a
defamation contest, therefore he will
represent the high school in joint
defamation contest at the county
commencent.
Chapel exercises are conducted
Tuesday and Friday Of each ~vc2,:
The 4th grade gave an interesting
exercise Friday which gave credit to
both teacher and pupils. Visitors are
always welcome at these exercises.
A spelling contest will be held
Monday to decide who will represent
the school at the county commence
ment.
r. DRINA HEDGPETT,
- Chairman
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26

ash. Every soil may be said to have a
limiting factor of production. This
may be shortage Of some plant food
element. If so, this should be sup
ghed through fertilization if the larg-
est possible yields are to be obtained.
No matter how much of other plant
food soil may contain, if there is a
shortage Of nitrogen, for example, then
nitrogen will fix the limits of produc-
eion. Likewise with phosphoric acid or
other elements.
Plants differ from animals in taking
Good, in that plants will take foods
only when the elements composing
them are in soluble form. that is, when
Nhey are dissolved in water. When
one element is deficient, the plant
Leases growing.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-26
NOTICE

DIR. JAS. A. Martin, who has been
associated with DIR. T. c. johnson
in the practice of medicine, wishes to
announce that on and after April 1St
he will occupy the office vacated BY
DR.. R. G. Rozier down stairs in the
rear of McMillan's drug store. Office
Phone rs.