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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07
CARNIVAL BAND LEADER
APPEARS BEFORE BOARD
Called In Brooklyn, He Sc
cures Blank For Claim
OF Exemption

Dr. Lester l.. Williams has been rec
ommended by the local draft exemp.
ton board as the additional examining
physician for young men of the county
who will he gene over physically to
ascertain their fitness for military SER
vice.
telegram was received late Thurs.
day afternoon from Governor Cox ask
ing that a recommendation for an as
si3tant physician be made and stating
that he. the governor, would confirm
the appointment Dr. +. C. Larimore,
physician of the local board, was ask
ed to select an assistant and he named
Dr.. Williams.
DR.. Williams work will compel a re-
examination on his part Of all young
men who have been rejected as ply
sically unfit. Should his examination
concur with the original finding, the
young man is then discharged from
service as long as the psysical condi-
ton which rendered him unsuitable
still exists.
The leader Of the band at the North
western carnival, now showing In this
city, appeared before the local board
riday morning with a telegram he
| had received from his brother-in-law
| in Brooklyn, informing him that he
had been among the first chosen in the
| draft drawing. The band leader, who
| is but % years of age, desired to file
a claim for exemption on the grounds
that he is the support of aged and in
| firm parents. His father, a musician,
was forced to retire from the profes-
sion on account of age.
| Clerk Devin of the local board fur
nished the young man with the proper
| blank and even went so far as to fill
it out for him. This blank will be for
warded to the young mans brotherin-
law in Brooklyn, who will file it with
the exemption board there. The band
leader will undergo a physical eXami-
nation in Fremont next week, where
the Northwestern company will show.
The board is supplying exemption
blanks to number of the young men
whose names appear among the first
| IS drawn, but is not prepared to have
these filed until the conclusion of the
medical examination next week. The
majority of those seeking blanks will
claim exemption because of depend
ents.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS

Only 1G men out of the first 100
examined by the draft board in Woos-
ter were rejected because of physical
defects. The examinations were start
ed Thursday.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07
VISITORS DESCEND
ON BIG FIVE CAMP
AT ROCKY HOLLOW

The Kilkenney Ilger-Taylor Sapp-
Mayer camp at Rocky Hollow had Wis
itors Thursday. Two automobile
loads went to the camping site of
the men and spent the day. They
were Jack Nash, James Wilson, Fred
Taylor, C.. N. Lorey. II. NJ Zulandt,
Fred Cotton, James and Jesse Lam
son, James A. Kelley, John Doelfs and
Carl Brent. They say that the men
who are camping there never seem
to be in want of anything to eat and
therefore are getting along very we'll,
Friday, George Peiffer and Melcor
Debrucque spent the day at the camp.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
STREAM q RIMER

REAL ESTATE AND LOANS
Farms and city property bought. SOLE
anG exchanged. Properties rented ana
rents collected. Fire insurance a spe-
cialty. Representing IA old reliable
stock companies. Accident Insurance.
i've stock insurance. Plate glass In.
Ee can Insure any property you may
nave Surety bonds OF all kinds. Call
and see us. Room l Sipe bldg.. South
Luther A Stream VIM. =. Rimss
Main st. Cit. phone No. 447 Black:
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07

there alone and brings papers for Mrs.
Bascombe to sign, turning the farm
over to him for small home and $500.
There is "a peach orchard Of large ex-
tent on the farm and Mrs. Bascombe
has tried to make living during Joe's
absence by selling preserves
The deacon brings a receipted bill
for the 1926 which is part of his agree
ment, seif-made, with Mrs. Bascombe.
Joe detains him and pays the deacon
$l25 of the latter's own money for the
bill. Muggs 'roughhouses" the dea-
con when the latter does not leave the
house fast enough and slips the $125
away from him.
Gilly takes the money and places II
again in Tillinger's safe later and all
go to prayer meeting.
Sammie Martin, an underling who is
employed by the deacon, asks Mrs.
Bascombe to allow him to sell all of
her peach preserves out of the town so
that he may become Independent of the
deacon, whom he asserts he hates.
However, Mrs. Bascombe sells the
peach orchard to Gilly and Muggs, with
simply the promise of the money.
Later the deacon accuses the young
men Of stealing his money while he
was at the Bascombe home. They in
sist that he lost it OIL his way home.
Callahan, detective, drops in on the
three young men and recognizes
Mugs and Giliy to their dismay. He
declares he will search the house,
when Mrs. Bascombe enters and in
her sweet way asks: Joey, is this an
other one of your business acquaint-
ances?," Callahan declares the search
ing 'is all Off" and takes his leave
shortly afterward
Sammie Martin brings a paper for
Mugs and Gilly to sign whereby he
becomes general sales agent for the
preserves to be made by the syndicate.
He gives the men $3.50 for his share in
the company. Deacon Tillinger comes
and Joe pays him the $125 which Gilly
hands him. Mugs, not knowing that
Gilly had given the money to Joe, slips
1925 into the coat pocket of the dea-
con and he finds it to his consterna-
ton. He gives $125 back to Joe when
his daughter, Elsie, rushes in with
the amazing statement that she found
the 1926 behind the sofa at home.
While Callahan has not left the room,
he is quiet until Morgan, the young
man to whom the deacon asserts he
sold the Bascombe farm, enters and
Callahan takes the young man into Gus
tody for the theft of $4,000 from his
father for which Bascombe has served
his term. Joe Is clear and he tells
them of the year he spent at Sing
Sing.
The company succeeds and all are
made rich. AS finale, Joe marries
Elsie Tillinger: Giily, now Dudley Gil
bert, announces his engagement to Jes-
sic Strong, and at the same time the
engagement of Muggs, now Lucius
Mccarthy, a business man of strong
repute, to Betty Bascombe. The cur
tain falls.
Mr.. Whitney, at the close of his
monologue, was applauded several
times as he left the stage, having
proved a great hit with his third Mt.
Vernon audience. He was here two
years ago and, the first time, Is years
ago
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY Missionary Glass, No. 25, of M.
p. Sunday School, Following Reg
uar Meeting Wednesday

Missionary Glass No. 25 of the M.
P. Sunday school met with Mrs. Geo.
Sweet Wednesday afternoon. The fol
lowing officers were elected, after the
business session:
President-Mrs. Sutton.
Vice-Pres.LMrs. Severns.
cretary-Bertha Owen.
Asst.-Mrs. Hattie Sweet.
S. s. Treas.-Mrs Botkin
Anniversary Treas.-Mrs. George
Sweet.
Teacher-Mrs. Reeder
Assistant-Mrs. Lemley.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07

Virgil d. Wright of the national
guard at Camp Shreye is visiting his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Bird
of Bangs, few days before going
south TO Montgomery, Ala.
Miss Dorothy Wagner of Frederick
town is spending few days with Miss
Wilda Rinehart OF this city.
The Range Eternal, all the name i'm
plies. Max Meyers Mammoth Stove
store, West Gambler street. S-3Os
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07
WOOLSON NOW MEMBER
OF ENGINEERS CORPS

Harold e. Woolson, formerly of this
city, is now member of Co. d, First
Ohio Engineers, and is busily engaged
In Chillicothe preparing the canton
ment site for the reception of Ohio's
drafted men.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07

"Men are wanted to work on the
army cantonment at Chilliccthe" So
liloouized Mansfield officials recently
and a few minutes later two of them
made a raid on the benches of Central
park which resulted in a haul of ten
unemployed" The ten professed a
fervent desire to get work and were
taken at their word-also to Chilli
cothe.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07

Butler is "all worked up" and with
coed reason, for three BARRIERS from
the village have been drafted and may
have to convert their ra2ors into
swords and their monologues into war
whoops-hence the gloom in Butler.
Even hair-cuts at 80 cents per cut are
more to be desired than no hair-cuts
and the time is past when comely
youth desires to hide his physiognomy
behind bunch of "spmach"-even in
Butler Heres a grand opportunity for
a safety razor salesman.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1917-08-07

l.. M. Guyette, who has been here
on business for several days. went to
Cleveland Friday.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
MORE ATTENTION TO APPLES
High Prices Received for Fruit Would
Indicate That 1t Is Being Neglect
ed by Farmers.

(By c. w. RAPP, Department of Horti.
culture. Oklahoma A. and NJ College,
Stillwater.)
The high price of apples In many
parts of the state during recent years
seems to indicate that this fruit Is not
receiving its share of attention in the
home orchards. This is probably due,
in part, to the fact that the apple Is q
slow grower.
Under normal conditions, peaches,
cherries and plums come into bearing
much sooner than apples. For this
reason the apple orchard is frequently
neglected. 1t grows slowly, and fire.
quently 1t does not fruit for five or
ten years after it is set. While the
tree is maturing the owner becomes
discouraged, leaves this part of the Or
chard neglected, and, as q result, the
proportion of apple trees which come
into bearing Is very small.
Another reason for the neglect is
the fact that the wrong varieties are
frequently planted. This is, of course,
not discovered until the trees come
into bearing. When the owner dis
covers how poorly they are yielding,
he virtually abandons the orchard.
Anybody who plants an orchard Of
apples of the Winesap group, and who
tends it thoroughly during the years in
which it does not produce, should re-
ceive good returns on his investment
when the trees come into bearing.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
UNs0UND TEETH IN ANIMALS
In Selecting Of Dam or Sire Careful
inspection Should BE Made for
Defects in Mouth.

(By w. p. SHULER, Department of Vet
Urinary Medicine, Oklahoma A. and M.
College. Stillwater)
When we speak of an unsOundness,
1t is common to think Of the limbs, re-
spiratory and generative organs, but
one of the common seats of congenital
faults Is the mouth. The tendency in
animals to inherit "soft" teeth and
uniformed jaws is very great, and in
selecting suitable sire or dam, inspec-
ton for these defects should in no wise
be neglected. The condition of the
mouth and the form of the teeth re-
feet directly on the nutrition of the
animal, the chief factor in health,
physical development and usefulness.
The congenitaI defects of the mouth
are the so-called parrot mouth, the I'M
dershOt, and the scissor mouth. The
first two conditions may affect only
the incisOr teeth, the upper incisor
overhanging the lower In a parrot
mouth and vice versa In the under
shot. A scissor mouth Is one in which
the molar teeth are extremely beyeled.
The edges Of the upper and lower
teeth meet at long, acute angle like
the blades of scissors. They may af-
feet one side or both. A horse affect
ed with any of the above conditions
can only be kept in shape physically
by oft repeated dressing and sharpen
ing Of the teeth by skilled veterinar-
ian. This is an unnecessary expense
and could be easily obviated If q lit
tie examination and forethought were
shown in the selection of breeding
stock.
Any young horse whose mouth shows
badly worn molars should be rejected,
as this probably points to "soft" teeth,
and the discovery Of such conditions
should be sufficient ground to adjudge
1t unfit for good breeding purposes.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
SANITATION HINTS FOR DAIRY
Remove All Animals Suspected Of Be.
ing In Bad Heaith-Never Excite
Cow by Abuse.

1. Have the herd examined at least
once a year by competent yeterina-
rian. Promptly remove animals sus-
pected of being in bad health. Never
add an animal to the herd until GER
tain 1t is free from disease, particu-
larly1 tuberculosis.
2, Never allow a COW to be excited
by fast driving, abuse or unnecessary
disturbance.
3. Clean the entire body of the cow
daily. Hair in the region of the udder
should be kept short by clipping.
4. Do not allow strong-flavored food,
like cabbages or turnips, to be eaten
except Immediately after milking.
Changes In feed should be made grad
ually.
3. Provide fresh, pure drinking wa
ter in abundance.-Clemso College
Bulletin.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
ONLY MOBILES AND PEASANTS
Russia Country Where There Is No
Middle Class, AZ in the Rest
OF Europe.

Contrary to the laws existing in Eng
land and Sweden, in Russia when q
lady belonging to titled family mar
ries a Russian gentleman without q
title she takes her husbands name en-
tirely, and the only right left to her of
her former title is to write on her
visiting cards and official papers, "Mrs.
So-and-So, born Princess, Countess or
Baroness So-and-So." Her children are
called by their fathers name. There
are only few exceptions to this rule,
according to London Tt-Bits.
In Russia no middle class or gentry
are known. There are only mobiles and
peasants. The car, however, grants
sometimes for special merit the right
to be styled a nobleman, and also for
the same reason the titles Of count and
baron, and occasionally that Of prince.
All those merchants who have kept
firms fiourishing for a hundred years
have the right to receive the title OF
baron. This law was made by Peter
the Great over 200 years ago, but the
merchants very seldom accept this Ger
man title and generally decline the
privilege.
In former days when the peasants
were still slaves they had no family
names, but were called by their faith
er's Christian name. Peters son was
called son Of Peter-in Russian Petrov.
So also Smirnov-Simon's son; Ivanov
-Ivan's (John) son; and so on. When
slavery was abolished and the enlan-
cipation proclaimed by the Emperor
Alexander II, they all kept these
names. Since then many Of them
have received the right to belong to
the class Of mobiles.
The Russian clergy, belonging to the
class of peasants, for 1t very seldom
happens that mobiles become priests,
have special family names. Their
names mean always a feast day, or a
precious stone, or something connected
with the church. In former days the
clergy was class apart, and a SON OF
q clergyman was bound to be clergy
man, and when they first entered the
church they chose name for them
selves.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
BEST FEED FOR sow AT NARROWING TIME

feed for milk production, while on the
other hand if the pigs are fat, the feed
should be increased slowly. In case OF
scOurs in the pigs, do away with all
sloppy feed and put a tablespoonful
Of blood flour in the sow's drinking
water.
The feed for the SOW should gradu-
ally be increased until she is receiving
about all that she wants. The object
being to get quick growth In the pigs.
AS soon as the pigs learn to eat, they
should have a trough by themselves.
A pig should be kept growing rapid
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
R0slN IN POULTRY PICKING
Poultrymen Of South Claim That by
It's Use They can Dreos Quicker
and More Thoroughly.

Some poultrymen In the South use
rosin in dressing poultry, claiming
that by Its use they can do the work
quicker and more thoroughly. The
fowl is first dipped In cold water, then
with perforated can powdered rosin
is sprinkled all over the feathers. The
fowl is then scalded in the usual man.
ner, and the whole coat-pin feathers
and all-it is said, comes off very cas-
lily In the mass, and the job is COM
plete. 1t does not in the least affect
the appearance of the skin.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
TICKS ARE GREAT SURVIVORS
Many Of Insects Live Through Temper.
ature OF 20 Degrees Below Freez-
ing-Dippine Is Best.

Cattle ticks are great survivors.
Many of them survive temperatures as
low as 20 degrees below freezing, while
eggs If protected by grass or similar
material may survive zero weather.
Seed ticks can live in the grass for
three or four months in warm weather,
and for eight months IL winters are in
cluded, without food.
The longer they starve, however, the
hungrier they get for cattle blood.
Starving ticks out Ia the slow way.
Dipping cattle In arseRical baths(kills
the ticks Of once.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

fBy w. L. BLIZZARD. Department of
Animal Husbandry. Oklahoma A. and
NJ College, Stillwater)
Causes of losses in pigs:
1. Sows too fat, too much corn.
2. Lack of attention at narrowing
time.
3. Poor shelter and poor feeding at
narrowing.
The first day after narrowing give
water only. The second day after far
rowing give little Of the same kind
of feed that the sow received before
narrowing. Also add bran to the ra-
ton as this gives more bulk to the ra-
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

lecd night shortly
wheels looks
off
AS
bags
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
MIRACLE WHEAT is FAILURE
Falls TO Live Up to Reputation of Be
ing Greatest of Drought-Re-
sistant Plants.

Miracle wheat, described as @the
greatest drought-resisting variety of
wheat that has ever been produced"
has failed to live up to the claim.
After three-years' trial by the gov
eminent in Oklahoma 1t has been
found not to be any more drought
resistant than turkey wheat, and not
to outyield It.
Moreover, It does not produce near
ly as good flour.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17


e n wedding and wedding
IF minister the
every
add ut ..s
visit the
q add when q
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

ton and helps to keep down the crav-
ing appetite. Keep close watch on
the pigs. Do not feed the sow without
looking at the pigs. Increase the feed
slowly, depending on the appearance
of the pigs. Generally the food can
be increased on a SOW with large lit
ter faster than on a SOW with a small
litter. If the pigs are poor, it is evil
dent that the SOW should have more
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

ly until it is 80 or 60 pounds in weight
From so pounds on, the gain can be
made largely from grass with some
concentrated feed in addition.
The amount fed in winter will de
pend on the age of the SOW. Old sows
should be kept from getting fat.
Corn should be fed In connection
with some heterogeneous feed, such as
tankage, meat meal or oil meal.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

there would not be nickel IN the
city available to pay carfare or buy a
loaf of bread. This remark was made
by an official of the marlborough Ele-
waited company.
Every visitor knows of the hun
dreds of thousands of people who rush
hither and thither every day on ele-
waited and subway trains. But few
know what the stream of small change
flowing into the ticket offices in
never-ceasing stream amounts to in
"a hours nor how this money is col
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

II
Dayton working wonders in and economy
lines
lives
babies Indifferent
of
the cit a dealt o u thousand
Wites efficiency took hold of the problem in 1914 and the rate
ID this This
Dayton than
be America baby to be
district physicians
Dayton have the free care and advice of the cys
feeding
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

iuuitituuc VI WOIh 10 TcuulEcu VI buo
modern minister, especially If the con-
gregation has provided him with an
automobile.
Interviews with number of Mil
waukee pastors disclosed that they
are often called upon to rush a par
ishioner to train or tote some fur
niture from one part of the city to
another.
A short time ago a Milwaukee
minister. who was to have solemnized
a marriage that day. was called tn
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

ANEW 4Ohh.-lu view 1OIh City. LIN
~ try to dispose of their wares upor
look for bargains. Their speciality on
diamonds, gold watches and platinum
chains.
These prow.ers usually parade
the busy sections where a little pros
perity reigns, and there they work
their game upon. the innocent.
"Say, Teller, do yer want to buy
something good?" usually is their in
PRODUCTION.
Bargains everybody looks for.
Lets see the article"
The faker then takes from knot
ted handkerchief a highly polished
gold watch and chain, and after lookil
asks the purchaser to inspect the goo
Of course the bargain seeker sees
the faker shows?
These takers have studied sleight.
everything they sell.
The argument and examination
faker tells the purchaser that his "ml
the article is q "copped" one the pur
display when somebody passes by.
Finally they come to terms, and W
the money the faker says. "Just mil
(who is one of the band) passes. ID
meantime they walk few yards, VIII
back into his pocket. When the dea
over an exact imitation, which Is mu
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
Different View.

ibid you see where they arrested
a motorist because he wasn't lit up?"
"And they arrested me because ]
was"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
COPYRIGHT By ]. w. Muller
by j. W. MULLER

gray whirlwind as they staggered help
lessly to lee. Can you see the chaser
yelled Amyas, and then: "Hurrah ~
There was the Santa Catherine, fly
ing with splitter canvas.
Range alongside, though it blow
live imps and witches!' beloved
Amyas.
Salvation Yeo ,aped to the helm.
"Porti For the love of God, port your
helmr'
Amyas and Yeo leaned to the helm
like yoked steers. The Vengeance ca
reened, but she swung around. Within
two hundred yards was the Spaniard,
and in front of him doomed a huge,
dark mass that was not rain or cloud.
"Lundy!" screamed Yeo. "The Isle
of Lundy! Hard aport, and may the
Lord have mercy on us! Look at the
Spaniard ~
Between them and the wall of gran
lite the galleon doomed dimly, struggled
to obey her helm, fell away, and
rushed to her doom.
"Lost! LOST" cried Amyas Leigh,
madly. He hurled his sword far into
the sea. Shame! To lose my right,
my right! When it was in my very
grasp! Unmerciful I"
A crack rent the sky. There was a
world of bright flame against which
stood out every mast and sail, the
sinking galleon and Salvation Yeo,
bright and fearful, the tiller In his
hand. Then Salvation Yeo dropped
dead on deck and utter darkness fell
black, black night that never lifted
again for Amyas Leigh of Devon. The
great flash of lightning had struck him
blind.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17
Milwaukee Ministers Must Be Jacks Of All Trades

duties regarded by the general public trivial
occupations
chauffeur and public
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-17

doctors and nurses out to see
about it?"
Certainly" says Waite.
Waite telephones his division of
health, and within few minutes the
city government has taken charge of
the case.
An average of 1000 persons a
month in Dayton either telephone or
call at the office of their city manager
to tell their troubles.