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The Washington herald., 1917-08-01
RUSH OF APPLICANTS
FOR OFFICERS CAMPS

Applicants to six times the number
needed have presented themselves for
the second series OF officers train
ing camps. TO begin next month. A
total OF 72,9H applications has been
received, the War Department an
nounced yesterday. and 51.S3S have al
ready passed the physical examina-
tion. The camps are designed to take
about 5000 men. The largest propor-
tion OF applicants come from the
Middle and Far Western States.
No announcement was made as to
what will be done with the excess off,
GERS.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-01
URGES PEOPLE TO EAT.

Eat enough and feed your children
enough" is the slogan sent out yes
terday by DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
chairman of the woman's committee
of the Council of National Defense.
The most important thing for Amer
leans to do" said DR.. Shaw, lis to
keep normal, physically, morally and
intellectually. In urging the Conserv-
alton of food. We want it understood
that we are urging those to do so
who are able to follow the advice"
She urged that American standards
of strength. moral ideals and intel.
lect be kept up.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-01
Would Show Loyalty
By Changing Name

Because his name sounds like a Ger
man name. Paul Silberstrom asked
the District Supreme Court yesterday
afternoon to change his name to Sill
vester. He says he has no German
blood in his veins, being Russian. He
has a daughter living in Brest-Lit-
ovsk Russia.
The Washington herald., 1917-08-01
Special Sale of Derryvale and Other
Splendid Quality Table Linen

58-inch Heavy BIeached Mcrcerizcd Tabl,
Damask, 10 good patterns, SOC yard
7o-inch Imported Irish Bleschcd Mcrcerizet
Table Damask, fine finish, which will remain alter
washing, 7Se yard.
7o-inch Irish Bleachcd Hali-linen Table Da
mask. Rich designs, SI.aS yard.
72-inch All-linen Table Damask Unusual
quality for the price-$I.So yard.
7o-inch Extra Fine All Pure Linen BieacheG
Irish Double Damask, fine range Of patterns
sIss yard.
PaIats RoyaI-Second Floor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25
BLUE LAWS LIVE AGAIN.

Various cities are adopting Sum
day blue laws" Augusta being the
lhost recent in this respect
Atlanta had the same proposition
put to it in ouncil this week, but The
proposition was voted down,
The "blue laws" prohibit the sell
ing of anything on Sunday, even to
cigars, soft drinks, shoe shine.
However, the inconsistency is shown
in that there is no attempt to stop
the sale of newspapers, or of the
street car rides, or the use of taxi
cabs or the sale of ice and milk If
some why not all? If part of the
way why not the whole distance?
Along about 659 the stern Puritaus
of newly setteled American cololy
were guided in their daily conduo,
by the most rigorous set Of rules evtr
devised and sanctioned by civiliz sd
and freedom-loving people, A mother
was forbidden to kiss her child On
Sunday a man could not walk with a
maid on that day; women, as they
went to church, primly dressed could
look neither to the right nor the left;
absolutely all work was prohibited;
shades Of the windows were require ]
to be down when the family were a,
home; a man could not even walk in
the garden, and if anyone thrust a
head out Of doors for the purpose q
inhaling breath Of pure fresh air,
or even to hear a bird sing. severe
and condign punishment was mete1
out by the fathers Of the village.
! The world is getting away from that
viewpoint, and it brings no credit to
a city to suppress for one day The
J, Ordinary convenienoes and comforts
of life. 1t is degree of narrow.
: mondedness that is into.prable IN this
day and time.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25
A COLUMN OF CLIPPINGS
Grocery Prices.

Say, lady. when you go to buy your
groceries, refuse to pay these exor-
bitant prices and find out just what
the conditions are before you stand
for it. There is no sense in paying
more for groceries here than you
have to where the war has really
ravaged the people The people must
protect themselves in this. The re-
taller has been hitting them hard or
else advertised quotations in some of
the cities are fradenlent. Notice the
big daily papers and see what some
of the grocers in the cities are adver-
Using stuff for and you will open
your eyes. Your grocer is entitled to
a FAIR PROFIT and not one cent
more. He he's no more right to fatten
his progt than the Wall Street food
SPECTATOR, which he abuses, has.
cambridge Post-Searchlight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25
HELPING HARDWICK.

1t is already quite evident that Geo7-
gia's next senatorial campaign is 60
ing to be quite complicated, with AL
the oddsin Hardwick's favor
w. J. Harris is certain candidate
and it looks like now Murphy Gambler
undoubtedly will run.
Cooper, Upshaw, and Shaw are also
in the field, and while the three o.
them together will hardly carry a
single county they will take GER
tain number OF votes from other cani-
dates.
Under the county unit system, it is
possible for the weakest man some
times to win. Harris and Gambler
combined would probably poll twice
as many votes as Hardwick, but the
application of the county unit plan
would make it feasible for Hardwick
to carry enough counties to secure the
nomination.
This is what The Times-Recorder
is afraid will happen.
Hardwick has some ineherent
strength, fact not to be denied nor
deprecated Besides, he is a snowy
campaigner, live stump speaker, .
plausible demagogue who can reach
the people with the spoken word. II
addition, he is personally a good
mixer, and mos. astute politician.
The only man in Georgia at this
time who can muster sufficient
strength to defeat Hardwick is W. ).
Harris Mr., Harris can make it viz
tually Wilson versus Hardwick cam
paign, since he will be openly pro-
claimed as the administration choice,
Mr.. Gambler cannot get the Harris
strength, not even if Harris got out Of
the race-the which he won't Gambler
cannot array those combined forces
Eecessary to overcome Hardwick.
Mr.. Gambler is apparently on the
verge of a positive announcement,
and if he does announce it will result
to his defeat and discontinue and
most likely for the misfortune of Geor-
gia. For a split field is Hardwicks
hope, and win be his salvation.
1t is to be regretted by all loyal
Georgians who want this arrant little
politician removed from the Senate
that the situation should become so
confused and unpromising. It is to
be hoped, too, that a way out of the
tangle viii be found.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25
The Hunting Season.

The hunting season is opening ut
and the same old bunch that you can
never hnd at their place of business
are hunting again today The gobble
Of the turkey and the whistle of the
quail Is music to their ears. The high
price Of meat gives them an excuse %
follow a hungry pointer dog for about
ten hours per day through the woods
Bainbridge Post-Searchlight.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

Land is going up in price as well 81
all other things When we consider
what is possible to be produced on
one acre in the South the former
prices of land appear ridiculous II
comparison with prices in the North
and West. Laurens Citizen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

Can a man love two women at the
zame timer asks the Syracuse Her.
ala. Well, not without being talked
-ACut.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

That self-starving suffragette who
refused even to eat fried chicken,
cooked Southern style, just natural
Ay does not want anything to eat.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

We read that "a kiss has been de-
lined" However, we sincerely be-
Esva that one is muvA more trpre-
slated when it is refined
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25
TEACHING MEN TO TALK.

1t is an adage that poets are born
and orators are made, and the truth
Of it has been often indicated Some
Of the finest orators of antiquity were
developed by long, careful training,
and some of the most notable of mol
orn times only acquired the gift as the
!csult of study and effort In some
conspicuous cases, however, oratory
has come naturally
Daniel Webster, magnificent speak
;r and debater, said that true eLc
quence is never extemporaneous, but
only the product of unremitUmg toll
and thought; and eloquence and ora
tory 90 hand in hand.
The orator nowadays is out Of place.
The world does not pay very much
attention to him. 1t is the man whu
talks simply yet earnestly, slnc~.~,y
aud clearly, that makes his way With
almost any audience. Juries prefer
such men especially; in fact, if the
truth be told, a jury of American bust
ness men is more apt to be influenced
by a straightforward, dispassionate
discussion than by oratorscal flights,
perfervid outbursts and vocal rant
ing.
The annual triangular debating con,
test between Harvard, Yale aud
Princeton was held the other day, but
il attracted little attention-not as
much as an unin1portant athletic af-
fair between teams from the three
colleges. And yet it is infinitely more
important that colleges develop speak
ers rather than ball players and grid
iron heroes.
Agility of wit, alertness of percep-
ton, readiness of speech and ability
to make ones knowledge available
for instant use are developed by de-
bates.
There used to be a time in the
schools when every Friday meant de-
carnations. Then the boys and even
the girls would mount the rostrums
and in a monotone recite the speeches
of Patrick Henry, Burke, Cicero and
Webster That was all right, as Far
as it went; it trained the pupils to
appear before audiences without
blushing or stammering; but it did
not train their minds for contact with
other intellects in the broad field of
debate.
The capacity to talk in public
not crate and elocute, but talk
should be the aspiration, if not IL
ready the possession, of every man.
One doesn't have to be an orator. IT,
is far better that he shouldn't try
to be. 1t Is not requisite that he
should study the art Of oratory as liG
Demosthenes, Aeschines, Cicero, Cae-
sar and Pliny, so as to reduce it to
a scientific perfection, but he should
be able to rise in the midst of his
fellow men at dinners, in stockhold-
ors' meetings, in political assemblies
and in public generally, intelligently
and unhesitatingly.
If the debating societies do that,
they do well. indeed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

1t is said that Americans are grail
aally growing taller. Probably try
ing to keep up with the cost of hv-
ing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

A court has held that a man is no
compelled TO support his mother-iH-
Esw. Is this another attempt to re-
wye the muther-in-law joke?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

A recent analysis shows that bot
sles of maple syrup sent south were
1nale from sugar beets out in Utah!
Eioral Eat Georgia cane syrup.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

Somebody has observed that as the
result OF the recent mayoralty elc7-
ton in New York, the Hylan fling is
again in style
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

The. Savannah Press has If that pea
mus are worth one-fourth % a cent
each. We pay $3.50 a ton for 'en here
IN Americus, but blessed if we're
ever going to count to see how man,
1nere are in ton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

We believe in simplified spelling, tor
the reason that the other fellow can't
ssn whether you're right Or wrong.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

Between keeping her knitting up and
her nose powdered, a woman has a
susy time these days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

We wonder if the ladies wear their
skirts any shorter at home than they
do on the streets?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

The Moultrie Observer is for Hard
wick. but what We want to know is
way?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

The man who wrote book on how
10 prolong rife has just died at the
age of 81
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

Now If you could use pennies FOR
lips, what a grand old world this
wcuid be-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25
PARaG?APHICALLY SPEAKING

Bet the Germans thought 1t was a
ease of Haig and HI
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

Sometimes the dressing is the best
mart about the chicken.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

This strikes US as being tirst-rate
hng-killing weather
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

IL looks ike Georgia's political ponC
l. going to be full of minnows.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-25

The BSigE1aiesS Picture os World
Conflict That the Brain of Man
Has Vet Conceived and Realized
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
LITTLE SHEEP POINTS
Many Settlers Use Animals for
Clearing Up Land.
Flock Can Be Sheltered in Common
Shed, Open to South-Give Ewes
Careful Attention at Landing
Time-keep Them Dry.

(By FRANK KLEINHERIG, Wisconsin
Experiment Station)
Sheep make excellent land clearers
Many settlers use sheep to clear land
and put it In shape for dairying. A
diet of brush alone will not make the
sheep thrive-they need grass or lit
tie grain besides.
Sheep can be sheltered in a common
shed, open to the South and having q
hay or straw roof 1t should be free
from drafts. The roof must not leak
and the floor must be dry. If the ewes
lamb early, a warmer place is needed
for them during lambing.
1t pays to use a good ram, for he is
half the flock. If ewes from the west.
ern ranges are purchased and crossed
with purebred ram of mutton breed
offspring improve rapidly. This is an
inexpensive but profitable way to start
in sheep.
Start with q small flock, until O
knowledge Of sheep is secured. Large
flocks are harder to handle, more sus.
ceptible TO disease and are expensive
TO experiment with. A small flock
handled right is profitable and rapidly
develops into larger flock.
Ewes need watching at lambing time
more than at any other. Feed them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT.
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make II Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur-
liant and Remove Dandruff-ReaI
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wavy. fiuf-
fly, abundant and appears as soft. lus-
trous and beautiful as a young girls
after Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust. dirt and excessive oil
and in just few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig.
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch.
ing and falling hair.
jBut what will please you most will
be after few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at first-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
Of it, surely get % cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try it. Adv.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
BEST SOIL FOR H0RSERADISH
Plant Is Propagated by Cuttings
Which Are Made From Trimmings
From Its Roots.

Horseradish does best on deep, cool,
rich soil and for best results late sea-
son growth is necessary.
1t Is propagated by root cuttings
which are made from trimmings from
roots prepared for the market. The
best cuttings are about the size of
ones little finger, and from to Z
inches long They should be planted
in rows far enough apart to allow
horse tillage, and from u TO Is inches
apart in the row.
The horseradish plant is very hardy
and will stand much abuse, but in
planting one must use care in setting
the cutting so that the upper end is
on top, otherwise the hOrseradishes
will grow irregular in shape. Very
often it is planted with other crops,
such as cabbage, spinach, early beets
etc.
In preparing for the market all of
the roOtlets are cut off and the roots
tied in punches of u.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
FIND VALUE OF DAYS LABOR
to Produce BusheI of Corn in
1855-less Time Now.

The United States department of
agriculture in 1865 made an investiga-
ton as to the time required TO produce
a bushel of corn. They found that it
required 4 hours and "a minutes of
human labor. From 1909 to 1912 a
similar investigation was made. T. P.
Cooper, director of the North Dakota
experiment station, In summing up the
results, finds that 10 minutes is the
time required TO produce buShel of
corn now, or only one-sixth as long as
in 1855. In other words, day of hui
man labor now is worth more than six
times as much as in 1855, due to the
use of more and better machinery, bet
ter varieties of corn and better soil
management.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
DIFFICULT TO FATTEN CALF
Many Farmers Believe That 1t Is Not
Possible to Get Good Veal by
Pail Feeding.

It is quite a difficult matter to fat
ten a veal calf in any reasonable time
without new milk. Indeed, many think
the only way is to let the calf suckle
the COW, that you cannot get firSt-class
veal by pail feeding. But sucking the
COW is so detrimental TO the cow that
good dairymen feed the calves and
with very good success. However,
when you come TO do away with milk
entirely, or even try to make veal with
skim milk and grain, you are up
against a difficult proposition.
There is prepared calf meal on the
market that is probably the best sub
stitute for milk. 1t is good TO grow
calves on, but TO fatten veal is quite
different. A good food can be OBJ
tanned by mixing many of our differ
ent grains together, as oats, corn, bar
ley, wheat or bran and middlings, and
then cooking TO a thin Cruel. Calves
will grow on this. but will not fatten
when quite young.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23

the right ration, keep them dry and
warm. Castrate and dock the lambs
while they are very young.
Early lambs are more profitable than
late lambs. The best prices are for a
lamb weighing 60 or 20 pounds in May
or June. The lambs need more feed
gains are to be made.
Dip the flock about q week after
shearing them. A warm day should be
selected and the dipping done early
in the morning. Then the sheep are
dry by night. Shear the sheep as soon
as the weather is warm enough so
that they will not take cold if fleece
is removed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
Real Experience.

yes" said a travelling man, II was
once out of sight of land on the At
lantic ocean twenty-one days"
Another man spoke up: ION the
Pacific ocean one time ! didn't see
land for Twenty-Five days"
A bald man knocked the ashes from
his cigar and contributed his bit:
Il started TO cross the Kaw river
at Topeka in a skiff once" he said,
"and was out of sight of land before
l reached the other side"
What" demanded the man who
had spun the first yarn. The Kaw is
not more than three hundred feet wide
at Topeka"
"Quite true" said the bald man qui-
city. 1.-The skiff turned over and l
sank twice"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
Uric Acid!

Ever since the discovery of Scheele il
1775 that uric acid was found within the
body-most eminent physicians agree
that rheumatism is caused by it; also
many distressing symptoms as head
ache, pain in back, stomach distress,
swollen feet and ankles, govt, etc.
1t was DR.. Pierce of the Invaids' Hotel,
Buffalo, NY, who discovered new agent
called Anuric, a harmless remedy
that if taken before meals will carry of
the uric acid from the system and In
this way the pains and aches, the creaky
joints and all the distressing symptoms
of rheumatism and other maladies dis
appear. You can easily prove this your
self, by obtaining Anuric at almost any
drug store, or send DR.. Pierce 10c. for
trial package. Try it and be convinced
that Anuric is many times more active
than ithia and eliminates uric acid as hot
water melts sugar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23

hens, the big and persistent layers
which are in good plumage and which
have pale shanks, pale beaks and
lObes, and red combs.
The present show type Of Single
Comb White Leghorns, with low tails,
small and evenly-serrated comb, etc.
is about as valuable, in a utility sense,
as a poodle dog. Pay no attention to
these points" unless you wish to fol-
low the shows, when they become high
~ important. Large, thrifty, clean
birds that are good layers are to be
desired by the poultry man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
PILLS FOR CHILLY WEATHER
Treat Sluggish Fowls With Pellets
Made of Mixture of Ginger, Pep
per and Mustard.

Sometimes. these cold days, q chick
en- will be found which is apparently
a little out of condition. and yet not
sick. On these occasions. sprinkling
the mash with pepper. about as one
would pepper a dish for the table,
seems TO act as a good tonic Red pep
per in moderation is even better than
black. If individual treatment is Civ
en-, pick up the sluggish birds and give
pills made of equal parts Of ginger,
pepper and mustard, mixed we'll in lard
and made into dough with flour or
cornmeal. Make into pellets the size
Of a cherry. and give twice a day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
Australia Destroying Her Trees.

In view of the present and prospec-
tive value of Australians national tree.
it is little surprising TO find that cut
ting and burning is proceeding with
scant scientific supervision. California
and South America are planting eu-
calyptus; Australia is cutting them
down.
Australian hardwoods rival ma
hogany in beauty and susceptibility
of polish, and are unsurpassed among
the worlds timbers in strength, dura-
bility and resistance to fungus and In
sect attacks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
SELECTION OF BEST LAYERS
Good Egg Producers Are Most
Desired by Farmer

w. Theodore Whitman, poultry ex-
pert of the Pennsylvania department of
Good layers have long bodies, back
sloping to the tail; medium-length legs
set well apart; full prominent egg bas-
ket; pelvic bones thin and pliable {;
comb large, always red. and the num-
Der of serrations makes no difference.
At this time of the year if you wish
to improve your flock, the only hens
you must breed from Ore your best
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
Dose of His Own Medicine.

You are not compromising that pre-
scription as l would" remarked the
stranger who had dropped in. Dump
in little of this and pinch of that"
what do you mean? Are you q
druggist?'
"Nope."
Then what do you mean by telling
me how TO run my business?"
"Oh, I'm the manager of the ball
team. l notice you in the bleachers
occasionally handing me unsolicited
advice"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-02-23
ALFALFA TO FOLLOW WHEAT
Thorough Dsking and Frequent Har-
rowing Wiz often Be All That
Is Needed in East

When alfalfa is 10 follow winter
wheat or other small grain crops in
the East. a thorough disking. followed
by frequent borrowings. will often be
all that may be required, provided the
land is worked shortly after the grain
is removed.
When blowing in this case is neces-
sary. the preparation of the seedbed
will often be facilitated by disking
ahead of the pillow and by following
the pillow at once with a pulverizer and
harrow.