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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
GUARDSMAN, BACK FROM
FRANCE, SAW FIGHTING
Philadelphia Sergeant Says Ger
mans Are Glad to Be Captured.
Brings Back Souvenirs

German soldiers for the most part are
glad to fall into the hands of the Allies,
according to Sergeant George NJ Adams OF
7l62 Ridge avenue who accompanied Major
General Charles NJ Clement to France on
his recent observation trip.
81 met Il great many German prisoners"
he said. and with very few exceptions
they we're glad they had been captured |
asked several of them why, and they ALWAYS
reulied, Nov we are through with this
war.
"During the attack on Fort Malmaison
and it's capture by English and French
troops. three Germans were captured and
brought in unconscious one of the men
was 50 bitter, however, that on regaining
consciousness he committed suicide by cut
ting his throat with a jacklinife The other
two seemed to be glad they had been cap
tured."
MANY observations were made in the
yirinity of the AiSne, and Adams obt "A incd
several trophies, including helmets, belts,
and notChed hayonetS
Adams is attached to the Quarterinas-
tors Department at Camp Hancock. He is
one of the first guardsmen to have wit =
rcssed a battle in France. lie is visiting
his parents in this city on a weeks fur
Tough and will return TO duty next Monday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
SEVEN WORKMEN INJURED
BY EXPLOSION ON BOAT
Carelessness in Carrying Lighted Can
die Into Gasoline Vapor
Causes Accident

men were injured several seriously in an
explosion on IA small boat at the wharNes
of the American Car and Foundry Com
pany today. The boat WAS nearing COM
pletion and the explosion resulted from a
workman taking Il lighted candle into the
hold and igniting gasoline vapor While
the boat was badly wrecked, it was not
sunk and will be hauled out on the marine
railway for repairs
The injured, all of whom are expected TO
recover, are in the Delaware Hospital
All are residents of Wilmington. They are
Franklin Wright, Herbert Hordman. Earl
Nuttall. Edward simmons. William A.
Morse, James Fitzharris, Joseph Higgins.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
WILL SUBJECT MEANS
TO SEVERE GRILLING
Prosecution Will Force Accused,
on Cross-Examination, to
Explain Documents

COURTHOUSE, Concord y. c.. Nov. So
CASTOR d. Means will undergo the scath-
ing cross-examination of Assistant District
Attorney John T. Douling, of New YORK.
before his trial for the murder OF Mrs'
Maude A. King ends This was decided TO-
day when 1t was learned that the defense
has reached decision to have Means take
the stand in his own defense. The state
is anxious to get Means upon che stand, Tor
they have numerous documents which they
want him TO explain Most of these docu-
ments contain information which gives evil
dence that Means desired to have Mrs. King
out of the way.
Expert testimony was scheduled to take
up most of the day. pr. William @. bur
meister Cook County Ull) Coroner's physi-
elan and pathologist. was on the stand
for cross-exam,nation. Doctor Burmeister
had testified shat he examined Mrs. kins
and did not believe that she could have
killed herself under any condition j.. T
Cansler, for the defense. put Doctor Bur
meister through a series of intricate ques
tons last night, but failed to shake his
testimony,
After Dr. Burmeister the state offered
the hardest witness for the defensc-pr
otto Schultze. expert witness of New York
Dr Schultze gave It as his expert opinion
in answer to hypothetical question. tina
Mrs. King could ~ have killed herself.
There is every indication now that TN
state will not finish the evidence which ]
has until tomorrow. There are seNera
more Chicago witnesses to be heard.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
SAVING FRENCH PEOPLE
Big PROBLEM OF AGE
Hoover Says 81, 500, 100000 Will
Be Required Just to Give
Refugees Start
WASHINGToN. Nov. 80.


II would bankrupt 500 American million
aires just to put the people Of devasted
northern France back in mental and physi-
cal shape to take care of themselves
This was learned today in statements to
the United Press from Herbert Hoover and
the American Red Cross. The Red Cross
announced that 1t has appropriated $500.
600 to start rehabilitation Of northern
Frances 100000 ruined citizens. and
Hoover declared the preliminary work will
cost not less than Sl,50u. 600 OOO.
This amount would provide only the most
meagcr of rough shelter, limited amounts
Of the planest food and clothing and IL
few agricultural implements. Retrieving
their lost homes, fortunes, noCks. herds
roads, pastures wells, orchards. towns, VIII
lagos and communication facilities will he
left to the people themselves and will take
years and years aud many millions of
dollars.
Tho Red Cross work. cables said has
been begun among the people in the wheat
districts, with the idea of relieving the food
situation as quickly as possible. -Four viii
lagos, with Il total of 1900 souls, were sc-
lcCted for the first 100000.
This is probably the greatest problem
of all the war" said Hoover. VIRTUALLY
every village was utterly destroyed The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
GEN. PENNINGTON FALLS DEAD
Stricken With Heart Disease While or
Way to Relatives Funeral

NEWARK ~ j., Nov. 3O.--Major Gen
eral Alexander G. NJ. Pennington, eighty.
t. s a, retired today fell dead in the
PENNSYLVANIA station here.
' General Pennington was born In Newark,
but had not been here before for fifty
years He was returning to attend the
funeral of a daughter of former Governor
Pennington, of New Jersey, when stricken
with heart disease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
SEVENTEEN THOUGHT TO
BE DEAD IN MINE BLAST
Rescue Parties Unable to Reach Vic
tins Entombed 500 Feet
Underground

CHRISTOPHER, ILL.,, Nov. 3O.-Seven-
teen men entCmbed by an explosion last
night in mine No. II. of the Old Ben Min
ing Company are all believed dead today.
A careful check revealed that there We're
but seventeen instead of eighteen men in
the shaft at the time.
At II A. NJ. rescue parties had failed
10 penetrate the wreckage, 500 feet under
ground. to reach the victims. Two of the
men, 1t Is said, are Frank Beamer. chief
electrician, and T. Keller, night foreman.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
Krusen Commends Red Cross Seal

Approval of the Red Cross Christmas seal
campaign of the Pennsylvania Society for
the Prevention of tuberculosis was given
by Director Krusen. of the Department of
Public Health and Charities. who pointed
to the great strides already made in check
ing the white plague.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
German Guards Discharged

Two Germans employed on guard duty
on a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tugboat
lying eff the 3. and o. North Pier No. %
on the Delaware River near Vine street,
were discharged. according TO officials there,
on the ground they were alien enemies. The
order for the discharge came from Govern
ment agents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30

Germans erected battering rams and leveled
everything TO the ground They gathered
all agricultural implements In open squares
and burned them. They razed orchards,
took all focks and herds and all men and
women between the ages OF eighteen and
sixty-fve.
Altogether the north of France Is prob
ably faced with total expenditure of ST.
50O,000,000 for rehabilitation
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
WANTS GIRL CAR CONDUCTORS
Pittsburgh Railways Company Adver-
tses for Substitutes for Men

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3O.--Thc Pittsburgh
Railways Company today advertised for
girls to be conductors on the street rail-
ways.
The company's move to- employ young
women in that capacity followed IA contro-
versy between officials Of the company and
the Carmen'S union.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-30
Do You Know

why snow IS white? Then ask the
Groier Society, sos Denckla Building,
Phila., to send you their handsomely
illustrated 7S-page booklet containing
many of the questions answered by the
Book of knowledge. No obligation.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
KEEP CLOSE TRACK OF HOGS
fIicted With Lice-Oiiers Are
Quite Common.

It is we'll to keep close track Of the
hogs and make sure that they are not
afflicted with lice. Lice are blood
sucking parasites. They lower the vi
tality of hogs, not only by sucking the
blood but by continual irritation which
gives the hog no rest. When hogs
have many lice they will not do well
and will lose flesh, becoming much
weakened in condition and thus more
susceptible to disease.
There are various methods Of get
ting rid of lice. Hog oilers are quite
common, though the crude oil which
Is used in them may be applied to the
hog directly with a brush. The hogs
may be dipped two Or three times at
intervals of about ten days, using some
reliable coal-tar dip or disinfectant.
This gives good results.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
FARM
ROBBERY
x
LAYERS BEST FOR BREEDING
EVerythfng to BE Gained and NOTHING
Lost by Selecting Desirable
Hens in Winter.

Mark the laying hen. Any hen can
lay In the spring, but the one which
lays through the winter deserves rec
Osnlt1on by promotion to the breeding
flock.
Everything is to be gained and moth
ing lost by selecting breeding hens dur
ing winter. 1t is easy to select the lay
ing hen. Her comb is bright and red
and her pin bones will be spread apart.
dens meeting these qualifications
should be set apart with a good, Wig
orous male bird. 1t is folly to breed
from the entire flock. By selecting
Few of the best birds. progress will be
made. Where no selection is practiced.
the poor producers will be used for
breeding, for even ~lOafers will lay in
the spring. 1t is also a mistake to
breed from the immature and under
sized stock. Overfat, coarse-boned
hens or those which drop behind
should never be put in the breeding
pen. The best place for them is on
the table. Pick out the good birds and
note the improvement. Use fewer
males so that you can afford better
stock.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
GRAIN RATION FOR LAMBS
Young Animal Just Beginning to Eat
Should Be Given Corn, Oats, Oil
Meal and Bran.

A good grain ration for lambs just
beginning to eat is ground corn, l
part; crushed oats, 1 part; linseed
Oil meal, 1 part; and whNNt bran, z
parts. Wheat bran Is very essential
IN this ration, and the shepherd should
always see that it is present. A grain
ration consisting Of 2 pounds Of wheat
bran, pound of oats (crushed oats be-
ing preferred), 1 pound of finely
ground cornmeal, and one-half pound
OF oil meal has proved to be an excel
lent grain ration for young lambs. 1t
mas also been found that a grain mix
lure Of Oil meal and cornmeaI has CIV
en- better results than a mixture OF
cottOnseed meal and cOrnmeal.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13

three kinds-wagon horses, chunks
and drafters. All of these horses are
derived from draft breeds.
Wagon horses weigh from 1,25O to
1900 pounds, and show style, action,
finish and substance to a marked de-
gree. Chunks weigh from 1850 to
1000 pounds and are compactly built,
about two inches less in height than
wagon horses of equal weight. They
must show quality, action and espe-
cially substance, to sell well. Draft
ers weigh from 1000 pounds up. The
bigger the better if they show the
other qualities and are Snappy
movers.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
RoUGHAGE FOR IDLE HORSES
expert Of North Dakota Station
Makes Suggestions on Feeding
During Winter Season.

Mr.. Peters of the North Dakota ex-
pertinent station makes the following
suggestions on wintering the horse.
Inc work horse that has been proper
~ cared for and fed in the summer
can be wintered, when not at work, ON
such roughage as oats straw, good hay
and corn fodder. In addition to the
above it may be necessary to give four
70 live pounds of grain daily per ami
mal In order to maintain them in geOo
Nesh. Idle horses should be turned
out for exercise every day in winter
except on the few stormy winter days
0lat Occur during this season.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13

AS a result of this, farm tiOcks some
times produce too small a per cent
of fertile eggs. This means consider
able loss for the infertilc egg unused
in incubation is almost If not COM
plete loss.
1t is not easy to tell the kind Of
birds young cockerels will make, at
least while they are quite young. 1t
is necessary generally to keep the birds
till their type, plumage and general
individuality can be ascertained. The
best is none too good and no one can
afford to keep poor cockerels. Should
none of your flock be suitable, then dis.
pose of all and get good cockerels to
breed up your flock. This will be eco
nOmical in the enc.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
HIGH-cLAss HORSES WANTED
Animal That Performs Work Most Eff
GENTLY and Sells at Profit 10
Most Desirable.

The most desirable horse Is the one
that performs the work required most
efficiently and economically, and sells
at the greatest profit. Under aver
age conditions this horse will COM
hine size, substance, style, step and
cuality. Nothing adds more to the
value of a big horse than style, action
and quality.
A big horse without these three
things is a very undesirable, unsatis-
factory and expensive form of mo-
five power, either on the farm or in
the city. Each year sees less demand
for inferior horses, both large and
small, and a corresponding increase
in the value Of high-class horses Of
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13

| the methods worked out by the bureau
of plant industry as the. result of Is
years experience will be described.
Briefly, the plant-to-row method Of
breeding is as follows: Select the
| most resistant plants to be found, pick
and gin them separately, plant row
from each on wilt-infected land, dis
card the nonresistant and inferior
rows, and continue to select and breed
from the best rows and plants only.
The breeder must formulate a type
of plant toward which to select and
keep this always in nind.
Selection Of WiIt-Infected Land.
All breeding work for resistance to
wilt must be done on wilt-infected
land, so that nonresfstant plants will
be eliminated as rapidly as they APP
pear and only resistant ones propagat-
ed. Land uniformly infected with wilt
should be selected, as free as possible
from root-knot, separated from, other
cotton to avoid cross-pollination. aud
near enough to the house to be con-
venient for selection work at odd
times. The plat may be located in a
cornf1eld or in a field of the same va
riety of cotton. It should be rectangu-
lar in shape, with all the rows the
same length, and prepared and ferti-
lized as for other cotton. The rows
should be laid off to AZ feet apart
and the hills to PA feet, to allow
room for the normal development of
plants.
Planting Selections in Progeny Rows.
four or five seeds to the hill. and save
the remainder for replanting. Check
row to get the hills evenly spaced. or
stretch beside the row cord with the
distances indicated. Make shallow
trench with a small bull-tongue pillow
or make depression with the heel.
Drop the seed in this and cover it
lightly with the foot. Drive stout
stake at the end of each row and
write the selection number on it with
hard lead pencil. Make diagram
location of each row, as stakes are
sometimes broken in cultivation.
Selection Of the Best Rows and Plants.
Discard rows showing much wilt.
Carefully compare the most resistant
rows with regard to earliness. pro-
ductiveness, uniformity, type, "ize Of
bolls, and length and quantity of lint.
and save four to eight of the best
rows In the selection of rows as we'll
as plants, wilt resistance is the first
and most important consider alton.
Continuous selection toward a certain
ideal type is also essential: Pick
fol- - tor to
from each selected row, giving eath its
proper row number with the plant
number added, thus, 1871, 1872, 1873,
and SO on. Use tags for labelling plants
and sacks. Selected plants should be
free from anthracnose and other dis
eases.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13

Several years. experience with wilt
resistant varieties has demonstrated
the fact that resistance to wilt can be
maintained only by careful attention
to breeding. Special care Is needed
to prevent the deterioration Of res1st-
ant varieties through crossing with
nonresistant cotton in nearby fields,
through the lack of selection, and
through the mixing Of seed at the pub
lie bins. A careful man can maintain
the resistance of his cotton indefinite
ly, but when neglected 1t loses this
quality in three or four years ana
must be replaced by fresh seed. Con-
se1uently. there Is likely to be per-
thousand bushels of carefully bred
wilt-resfstant seed in nearly every In
fected country. It is important that
this should be grown in the home coun-
ty, as locally grown seed gives better
results than seed brought from dis
lance Because of these facts an ex-
cellent opportunity exists for progress
sive men in every wilt-infected county
to engage with profit in the growing of
seed of wilt-resistant varieties of cot
ton. The method found most success
full requires care, accuracy, and in
StructiOn at the start.
Principles of Breeding.
The careful farmer has heretofore
attempted to maintain the quality Of
his cotton by planting his seed patch
at a distance from other cotton to
avoid crossing, by pulling out unde-
Sirable plants, by mass selection of the
best plants in the field, and by care
to avoid the mixing of the seed with
that of other cotton at the gin. These
are all important, but one additional
step is necessary for the best results
in breeding for wilt resistance, viz, the
adoption of the plant-to-rOw method
of selecting and testing plants. The
Increased value Of the plant-to-row
method Of breeding, which is neces-
sary to maintain wilt resistance, is
based on the principle that individual
plants differ not only in their visible
characters but, what is more Import
ant, in their inherent power to trans
nit these characters to their progeny.
Two plants growing side by side may
be identical so far as the eye can see,
both n external characters and appear
emf resistance to wilt. The resistance
of one plant may be due to an inner
ent quality, which will be passed on
through the seed to the offspring, while
the apparent resistance of the other
may be caused by lack of wilt infec-
ton. BY planting the seed Of these
two plants in progeny rows on within
fected land it is possible to pick out
and save the resistant row and discard
the other.
Breeding Methods.
For the assistance and guidance
of farmers who desire to take up the
growing of wilt-resistant cotton seed.
either for their own use or for sale,
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
RIGHT CARE OF CoCKERELS
Young Fowls Need Plenty Of Proper
Kind Of Food and Shelter to De-
Velop into Good Birds.

Those who have good cockerels
needed for breeding birds in their own
hocks will see to it that they are prop
erly cared for. The young cockerels
will need plenty of the right kind of
feed and the proper shelter and pro-
lection so they may develop into good
birds.
The mistake is sometimes made of
not keeping enough cockerels for the
number of hens needed on the farm
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
GOOD PROTECTION FOR cows
Cold Winds and Rains This Winter
Will Chill Animals Causing
Burning Of More Fuel.

Now is the time the farmer should
begin to use special care in the treat
ment he gives his cows, says the dairy
division of Clemson college. The cold
winds and rains this winter will be
costly. They chill the cow just as
would warm stove, thus causing the
burning of more fuel. To avoid this
the farmer should provide early pro-
lection.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
FEED DURING COLD WEATHER
Grain Should Be Given In Litter IN
Morning So Fowls Will Exercise
and Get Warm.

When cold weather comes, grain
food should be fed in a litter In the
morning so that the fowls will exercise
and get warm. The mash (if damp
mash is fed) should be between zen
o,oIoclx and noon and more grain CIV
en- at night so that the fowls VIII go
to he'd with full crops.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
PERMIT sow TO WEAN PIGS
Young Porkers Are Always More
Thrifty Than Those Taken Away
Early-Hard on Sow.

Pigs that are allowed to run with
the SOW until she weans them herself
are always more thrifty than those
that are weaned early. OF course this
is pretty hard on the sow, but If she
is full fed on milk-producing feed she
will not suffer greatly.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
Requisites for Apples.

The four requisites for coIored ap-
pies are plenty Of alkah, wood ashes,
the best properly cultivated, trimmed
trees, properly sprayed and thinned
fruit.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13

The man who sits down every day
to rest and think and plan will come
out ahead of the one who thinks he
never has time for such things.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
UNPLEASANT TO CARRY FEED
Task Can Be Avoided in Measure by
Building Bin in Each Poultry
House.

, Carrying feed through the snow in
the winter is unpleasant and this can
In q measure be avoided by building
a feed bin in each poultry house. This
bin can be filled about once each week
with mixed grains and it will reduce
the time necessary to properly feed
the birds at their regular feeding hour.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
OBTAINING EGGS IN WINTER
First Essential Is to Have PuItets We'll
Matured Before Cold Weather
Finally Sets In.

In securing fall and winter eggs the
first essential is to have pullets we'll
matured before cold weather. "nlcn
means Matching birds of the general
1urDose breeds in February and March.
The average farmer matches his chick
ens foo late to secure eggs in the fall.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
A Good Ration,

Cornmeal and skim milk will make
greater gain in feeding hogs than any
thing else, is the report that comes
from the Ohio station, ana 1t has been
nroven by thousands of farmers be-
side.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
Straw Mats,

Are your straw mats ready for use?
If not too old it is possible to mend
them to some extent.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
Appeals to City Person.

Eggs or poultry direct from the
farm appeals to the average person
In the city in more ways than one.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-12-13
Breeding Methods.

For the assistance and guidance
of farmers who desire to take up the
growing of wilt-resistant cotton seed.
either for their own use or for sale,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-06-02
Music Glass Recital.

The annual spring recital given
by the music class of Mrs. Genie
Watson was given this year at the
home of Mrs. Sam Hilburn, south of
Waxahachie. Glass members and
patrons went to the Hilburn home
in cars, and there received cordial
welcome Mr.. Hilburn has built a
handsome home where the old home
stead was burned. and it was at
traetively adorned for the after
noon's entertainment. Musical NUM-
bers were given on the piano. and
several numbers were given by the
pupils who are studying the stringed
instruments. After the recital the
merry party went TO the Falls for
supper. Returning home the picture
shows were patronlzed, and at 10
o'clock the musicians went serenad-
ing. Quite number of cars took
| the guests to the Hilburn farm. AT
ter a season OF hard study il was
refreshing for the music students tc
have such delightful outing in the
woods. and it was thoroughly en-
joyed by all