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Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-12-14

Prescription also
the Golden Medical
Discovery and find
them to be as repre-
sented. When suf-
fering with nerv-
Gus prostration
F.vorite Prescrip-
tion' cured ME
when other medi-
cine's failed. i
think 1t is. q grand
medicine and never
fail to recommend
1t to suffering
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-12-14
AMERICANS ADEPT At. POLICE WORK

police have to contend with Is the lack
of constables, who are mostly at the
front. But this Is no difficulty to the
American captain who promptly de-
tails as many men to help as may be
needed.
The captain is treated with great
respect and has an Office for his lleu-
tenants in the local police buildings.
What strikes one as strange is that
the local police officials seem to think
that the Americans, after coming over
to France to take part In this war, pay
ing their way, supplied with every sort
Of food for man and horses, clothing
and mupltions Of war, ought to speak
French also. The boot is decidedly
on the other leg, think the American
boys. The French authorities ought to
have officials who speak English, or, If
this is not convenient, then they ought
to have men who can act as interpre-
tiers for the boys. This is crying
evil and ought to be remedied at once.
Volunteers are wanted to teach the
Americans the elements of French as
spoken.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-12-14
WHILE AT war
Women Suffer at Home.

WooDFoRD, TENN..-NThis is TO certify
that l have used DIR. Pierce's Favorita
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-12-14
The Language Question.

One Frenchman said to me:
Il cannot understand how 1t is that
your men who come--that is, so many
Of them-from schools and colleges
where they are taught French cannot
speak the language q little, anyhow"
Now this nettled me somewhat, and ]
replied How is It that with all your
schools and colleges in France so few
of your people can speak a word OF
English? And how is 1t that the most
Of them do not even want to learn Eng
fish? Why is this7"
One of the many duties of the Ameri.
can military police is to arrest supi-
cious characters. It would surprise
many to know that this sort of person
is particularly busy at the present time
and meets with severe experiences
when found out. American civilians
as well as the soldiers cannot be too
careful what they say and where they
shy 1t at present.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-12-14

women. MRS. Rosa LEE HOGAN,
Route /.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
7TD777777DlnII1II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

to use the yard manure, in our opinion,
would be to compost it so as to break it
down as much as possible and mix 1t
with the subsoil under the drill row at
the rate of two to five tons per acre
This is the method followed by the
sweet potato growers in Tidewater, Va,
with great success. We also advise that
you use 300 to 400 pounds of acid phos-
phate per acre and we think 1t would
pay to mix sack of cotton seed meal
with the acid phosphate. This should
be applied under the drill row before the
potatoes are planted. The manure and
the fertilizer should be well mixed with
the subsoil to produce the best yield OF
potatoes. On sandy land use reason
able amount of vegetable matter in as
ISOLATION with the kind and amount OF
fertilizer suggested. Under ordinary cir
cumstances potash should be used under
sweet potatoes. but the present price
makes it's application prohibitive under
existing circumstances. About the only
available source for the farmer would
be such as he might obtain through
wood ashes. If you have some of these
on hand which have not been exposed
to the weather, scatter them over the
surface of the ground at the rate OF 300
pounds and upward per acre and har-
row in a few days before planting the
potatoes.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
Boil WeeviJ Preparedness Clubs

Have you joined the boil weevil pre-
paredness club? If not, you should do
so at once. BY so doing you will per
form an important public service and
you will aid materially in the fight
which must be waged against this mis-
cradle pest which threatens the welfare
of the primary industry. of the south.
Nothing is accomplished without organ
iation. The European war has given
us one illustration after another OF the
effectiveness of people combining to ac-
complishing a given end. The day Of
isolated effort is past. We must cease
TO be a nation so thoroughly individ-
ualistic as we have been in the past if
we would meet the eXigencies of situa-
tions such as the boil weevil invasion
has thrust upon US. 1t is true, of
course that many farmers are still in
doubt as to the nature and extent of the
damage which the weevil will do. In
fact, there are still lot of doubling
Thomases" who think the weevil will
not injure then i'm the least. While a
dream may be a pleasant thing, a night
mare is something to abhor.- and the
farmers who think that the weevlI will
not reach their community or damage
them may just at present be enjoying
a pleasant dream, but will presently
nightmare which will unfortunately be
a stern reality in the worst sense of the
word, and something which they will
not be able to escape from except by
following the very definite advice which
the college of agriculture is ready to
place at their disposal through the aid
of the county agents.
In order to arouse the farmers of
Georgia to a sense of their peril and TO
inform them as to the best means of
fighting the weevil and to join them to-
gether in a vast cooperative effort, the
policy of organizing boil weeVil pre-
paredness clubs was decided on some
months ago. This idea originated with
one of the county agents, and its value
was so instantly self-evident that a
large number of certificates were imme-
CiateIy prepared and are now being
distributed widely throughout the state
for the purpose of securing a represent
alive membership in Georgia. For the
information of our readers copy OF the
certificate In question is presented
If you are not at present a member OF
the boil weevil preparedness club or nave
not secured one of the buttons worn
by the members, you should get in touch
with your agent at once and join that
great progressive educational force
which is destined to aid Georgia i'm re-
deeming herself from the losses which
the boil weevil will inflict by conduct
ing an aggressive fight against it and
by learning how to diversity and pro-
duce food crops sufficient for the needs
of our people at home Your active aid
and sympathy is needed in this fight.
DO not hold back, therefore. or look
upon this movement with disdain or in
difference. 1t is intended to help you
and your neighbors and the amount OF
benefit derived from the undertaking
will depend upon the unified cooperative
activity of all the farmers and land
owners of the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
MORE ABOUT GROUND PHOSPHATE
ROCK


ROCK.
]. T. C., Barlow, Ca. writes; have
purchased some phosphate to contain 81
per cent of phosphoric aci'l and 3 per cent
of moisture. What should | my inns ma
terial with to get the best results?
Presumably you have purchased what
is known as rock phosphate. This is
simply the phosphate rock ground up
fine. 1t is also sometimes called foats
When 1000 pounds of this material IS
mixed with 1000 pounds of sulphurlc
acid the acid phosphate of Commerce
with which you are familiar, is OBJ
tanned. Acid phosphate, as you prob
ably know. contains about 16 per cent
of available phosphoric acid, which
means that the crops have chance TO
take up from one-half to tWo-thlrdi OF
this material during the growing sea-
son. The phosphoric acid in acid phos-
phate is quickly available, in other
words. Hence it's use under condltlohS
where one desires to hasten the ma
turity of cotton is an important mat
ter. While it is probably true that the
material you have purchased contains d
total amount of SO per cent phosphorlc
acid, practically none of this is In an
available form to plants and very little
of il will become available to grow
ing crop the first year after Its APP
plication. This is material Whlch
should only be used on soils very rich
- organic or vegetable matter. We
have tried this ground rock phosphate
on a number of test plats widely scat
tered throughout Georgia and AS yet 1t
has not proved to be as desirable as
carrier of phosphoric acid as acid phos-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20

Velvet beans ground without the hulls
contain eighty pounds nitrogen, twenty
pounds phosphoric acid and thirty-four
pounds potash per ton. Cottonseed
meal, as you know, varies in compost
ton. That containing els per cent nj
trogen would carry 124 pounds of this
element per ton, along with fifty-four
pounds of phosphoric acid and thirty
six pounds of potash. AS nitrogen is
the expensive element in fertilizer and
as the cotton seed meal carries consider
ably more phosphoric acid than the
beans, we are disposed to think that
you will find the meal just as cheap for
fertilizing purposes at $50 a ton as the
beans at $50. In other words, we be-
lieve you would obtain just as good a
formula by mixing equal parts OF phos-
phoric acid and cotton seed meal as by
using the formula you suggest. The
mixture you have in mind would con-
tain approximately firty-eight pounds
nitrogen, 159 pounds phosphoric acid,
nineteen pounds potash per ton. This
would give composition of PA per cent
of available nitrogen, per cent OF avail
able phosphoric acid, g per cent of pot
ash.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20

operate on kerosene; that does operate
successfully on kerosene; that the Company
guarantees to work on kerosene; making that
guarantee in the printed warranty that you
keep when you order.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
Bomb Explodes in Yard
OF Residence Near u. S.
Bldg. in Winchester, Va.
CBy Associated Press.)

WINCHESTER. Va. Feb. IA bomb
exploded in the yard of Frank Bakers
residence in the downtown section early
today. SCATTERING windows and doing
other minor damage. The Baker resi-
dence is almost directly opposite the
United States government building No
arrests have been made.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20

poultry
better
dollars this year from
would the western
states a
wonderful
established
All of this work will have telling ect G
wonders short
wake
right
something giving We WONDERFUL
blame
to take up
until forced
Of
quickly posse
subjects
The Journal an
troubles
obstacles
thirty They will be
the problems that
new ines of VOL southern agriculture
Conditions conditions worked
nothing
their
to looked
needs
that would help
will be
the farmers means
discussion hope its
win Agriculture and Live Stock
The Atlanta Journal
a leading factor in diversified farm CI4eo|
successful live stock breed =
south.
Yours veryt
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
Ocilla Liquor Ordered
Turned Over to State

SAVANNAH. Ga. Feb. 1.-THE jury in
the United States court yesterday brought
in verdict directing that the Ocilla IL
quo be turned over to the state.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
TT is with much pleasure l

II 4 Is viii pACdShAC
nounce the reOpening OF the
= Live Stock and Poultry depart
ment of The Atlanta Journal, the
south's greatest daily and semi
weekly paper. the one which always
has the peoples interest at heart.
The work done through this paper
in this department is just now begin
ming to be appreciated, and during
the past two years we have seen the
necessity of this work more than ev-
er. The fruit that has been born
from the efforts of this work several
years ago can be seen on every hand
in Georgia, and many farmers are
now reaping the reward OF their ef-
forts and the information received
through the columns OF this paper.
Many of them followed the advice
given and prepared themselves for the
coming Of the boil weevil, and
through diversified agriculture as ad-
vocated by this paper, many are now
independent that would never have
been had they not needed the warn
ing and been prepared. However, the
beginning is just in sight. A wonder
full change has been wrought and
necessity has forced every southern
farmer to change his methods and
provide home necessities first. Those
who stocked their farms with good
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
THE ATLANTA sEMWEEKLY JOURNAL
The Journals Poultry and
Lice Stock Department Is
Reopened By Lor5ng Brown

Popular Authority on Live Stock and Poultry viii Write Inter
esting Articles Twice Each Week for The Semi-Weeky
Journal
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20

bushels per acre when planted with
corn in the manner indicated.
1t would be somewhat risky, of course
to plant velvet beans after oats in your
section of the state. We would prefer
to use cowpeas after this crop, espe-
cially if you desire to make hay. An
excellent combination is cowpeas and
German millet.
FERTILIZING WITH VELVET BEANS
j. G.. B., StatesbOro, Ca, writes | am
planning to use as a fertilizer velvet bean
meal ground with the hulls, cotton seed
meal and 16 per cent acid phosphate. The
velvet bean meal will cost SIS, the cot
ton seed meal $50, and the acid about
SIS a ton. | am thinking of using $50
pounds of bean meal 4JC pounds Of cotton
seed meaI and 900 pounds of acid. What
do you think of this mixture end what
would IL analyzc?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20

IT would not be advisable to mix
green saw dust from pine trees with
ward manure for the purpose you have in
mind. Saw dust of the character you
mention contains very little plant food
and what 1t does contain is not in a
readily available form. The best way
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20

ABOUT SOY BEANS
AND VELVET BEANS.
II. +. A., Cartersyille, Ca, writes: |
want all the information | can get on
soy and velvet beans. DO they need in
oculation? / have a farm and wish to build
il up.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20

phate.
If situated as you are we would, OF
course use this material as an absorb
ent in the stables at the rate OF ABOUT
40 TO 100 pounds per ton. We wouId
then purchase some acid phosphate and
cotton seed meal and mix together in
equal proportions and use under corn
and cotton at the rate of 300 pounds per
acre The crushed phosphate rock
mixed with the manure can be used
under the drill rows at the rate of say
two tons. per acre.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-20
HOW TO USE STABLE MANURE.

l.. A. V, HeTih2ibah, Ca. writes:
have good deal of stable manure on hand,
and also an opportunity of getting lot
of green saw dust from the saw MILL
ealch as pine Would ii he advisable to mix
il with stable manure and how should this
he ,,lone? ] want to use it with sweet
Iotatoes. Our land is most ali send and
we grow good deal of truck for the
market. Would appreciate your advice in
this matter.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26

has been the basis OF all French mill
tary legislation and, TO a certain ex-
tent, of that of all other countries.
1t was through the terrible power of
conscription that Napoleon was enabled
to carry on the gigantic wars which
characterized his reign and by means
of it, after losing in the SHOWS of Rus
STA the largest army that up till that
time had ever been put into the field,
20 reappear ii few months later with
another army almost as large.
Out of necessity the other nations
We're forced TO follow Frances exam
pie, and conscription became general
Under the French regime every citi-
zen between the ages of twenty and
twenty-five was liable to service for
five years. Prussia, however still fur
ther developed the powers Of conscrip-
ton by reducing the period of service
I'm the ranks and passing her soldiers
as soon as they We're sufficiently train
ed into reserve force. thus by de-
grees training her Whole population
This latter system. which was con
sidered as oHe 81 the most farcathiu2
and importad events of he ldst cen
tury, owed its origin to the conditions
imposed ON russia by Ndpolca az the
treaty Of Tilst Whccbg l.u sia was
restricted t9a .ug ann. q fi.e09
men. SHE 81 10 one lpUor IL lae aS
by maint9 i aimy al Ire lfc-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26

vertising and visiting labor organfza
tions and conventions and gatherings
of working people. We have created a
market for union stamp shoes which Is
Of some consequence, but not nearly so
valuable as 1t can be made with full
or cooperation of our own membership
and the labor movement in general.
which we hope to receive in larger
measure in the years 10 come.
In this connection permit us to say
that we will receive a degree of 60
operation from the labor movement in
proportion 10 that which we deserve
II we are thorough unionists and make
ourselves SO recognized by mU sister
unions in the American Federation OF
Labor and all branches and subdivisions
thereof we will receive a greater meas
ure of cooperative support In order
to be entitled TO receive we must give
We must give our active service and
supnprt not ONLY to our own organiza-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26

cess1ty at the present time for placing
them in those industries There are
thousands of men and women idle at
the present moment whorould perform
service, and there should be no change
In the attitude Of organized labor from
It's former standards.
If | could speak and act for the en-
tire labor movement ! would say that
the conditions which organized labor
now enjoys should not be lowered un-
der any circumstances whatever: that
If we are fighting FOR liberty and de-
mocracy the liberty and democracy en-
joyed today by the men and women In
the labor movement must be retained
by them
There is no occasion III times OF war
for reduction of wages There are
more reasons why they should be rails
ed, and if | were a shoe worker
should stand like adamant against any
reduction in my wages o. the conditions
which obtain in the industry now, and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26
scribed number, but her
reserve force was limited o.

population OF the country.
The military history of the United
States Is as remarkable as the rise and
rapid growth Of the nation itself. In
1870, as fixed by an act of congress,
the rank and file of our army amount
ed to 1,215 men, and in 1914 an English
expedition With only 3500 men was
able to seize ana burn Washington
Conscription FIRST made It's appear
ance here at the time Of the war be-
tween the states at the beginning Of
the war in 1861 our whole regular force
was but 14,0G0 men At first the north
ern army was increased by volunteer
enlistment, but the unexpected pro
longation of the war proved this meth
cd too slow to replenish the waste of
the armies, and in 1868 the govern
ment resorted to draft.
The first attempt to carry 1t out met
with forcible resistance and led to a
serious riot in the city Of New York,
which lasted for several days. All op-
position, however, was put down and
the draft executed with all possible
forbearance and justice. Exemptions
and substitute purchases were so free
ly given in the north that the draft had
little effect except as a stimulus to
the states In bringing to full strength
their quotas of volunteers by voting
bounties.
In the south, however. conscription
was sweeping from the first, and to-
ward the end of the war it became
omnivorous. Every man between the
ages Of seventeen and fiftv-6ve was le-
galy liable to service, the only excuse
being physical mcapacity.
The total number Of men called un-
der arms by the government Of the
United States between April, 1861, and
April, 1860 amounted to more than
2,750o00 nearly half Of this number
being raised by consaription If to this
we add the 100000 men from the
southern states the total armed force
OF the country at that time amounted
to almost 100000, drawn from a pop
u2ation of only 100000 Philadelphia
Ledger
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26
DRAF TING AN ARMY
Conscription Had Its Origin In
France In 1898.
THEN SPREAD OVER EUROPE.

The Terrible Power 1t Placed In Napo-
Icons Hands Forced the Other Ma
tlons to Adopt the system--its Intro
duotion Into This Country.
Conscription originated In France in
1903. At that time the country had
just passed through the long an6
bloody war of the French revolution,
which the monarchs OF Europe had
banded together TO crush France, un-
der Napoleon, had come forth victori-
Gus, but her army was exhausted, and
1t was evident that some new system
Of recruiting would he necessary, as
volunteer enlistment no longer sudiced.
1t was then that General Jourdan
brought forth and passed the law es-
tablishing conscription Since then it
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26
Lessons Learned by Divers.

Experiments made by the British ad-
miralty and the United States navy
prove that deep sea diving is feasible
1t has been found that the shorter the
time diver takes in getting to the bot
tom the better because his body abb
serbs less nitrogen. Also, the diver
must have at least one and one-half
cubic feet of air per minute at all
depths Lacing the legs Of the divers
suit increases his stability and permits
him to come to an erect position with
ease. 1t also lessons the danger of his
falling or being suddenly blown to the
surface Popular Science Monthly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26

ton, but to the affiliated unions of other
labor movement. always working ear
nestly and persiStenty for the common
cause Of organized labor in general thus
qualifying ourselves for our own bene-
fit in particular
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26
LABOR SHOULD BE FIRM.
Conditions Which Organized Toll Nov
Enjoys Must Not Be Lowered.

never become disheartened- am
not a pessimist-but feel that the en-
tire labor movement Of this country
must wake up There is no group in
society that is more loyal, that will
perform better service, than the organ
lied labor movement
There is one fact in particular want
to point out, and that is that women
are being placed in industries that are
unSujted to them. and there Is no ne
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1917-10-26

Ii favorable opportunity presented it.
self 1 should attempt to better my con-
dltion, even though there be war In the
land.-Grant Hamilton.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-11
An Opportunity to
.SerUe the Flag
[By Albert 3. CummIns, United
States Senator From Iowa..

In these troublous times many peo-
pie think that he only effective way
to render service to their country
lis through the army and navy. In this
conclusion they are vitality mistaken.
There are only few, comparatively,
who can fight for the nation, but
there is an opportunity for every man.
no matter what his age may be. and
indeed every woman too, to help in
the grave crisis through which we
are passing. Our army and navy
must be equipped and maintained.
Not only so, but our allies must be
strengthened by our continuous con-
tributions. All of us can do a little
in this mighty undertaking. The gov
eminent must have money, and
great deal of it. 1t must have more
than 1t can raise through current
taxation. 1t is the duty of every pa
triot to subscribe to the full extent
Of his ability to the Liberty loan
bonds. To take one of these bonds Is
to strike an effective blow for Ameri-
can success. The bond is not only q
good investment, but 1t will be
throughout the whole war high evil
dence of the right kind Of patriotism.