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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-20
NeUs That Americans Were DroWned On Torpedoed
 Ships Adds 10 GrdDe VieW
(continned from Page one)

Through the early graduation of two classes at Annapolis and the mobilization of is proposed to make it sble to man quickly all ships of the navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-03-20

Thomas Garrett Burridge. the 21a-year- old son of MT. and Mrs. Joe Burridge died this mornng at ' o'clock at the home Of his parants on Fourth avenue and Fourth street, following an illness of pneumonia and measles. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at 9:3o o'clock from the residence, the Rev. G. M. Davenport pastor of the Jonesboro Baptist church, conducting the services lnterment will follow at Cedar Hill cem- etery with Jacobs in charge.
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RAISING CALVES FOR
FUTURE DAIRY HERD
Only Those Young Animals Pos
sessing Rangy Frames Should
Be Kept for Cows.

In selecting calves for future COWS,
do not imagine that any and all, re-
gardless of size. build and type, will
make good paying COWS. 1t costs no
more, at least not much more to raise
good COW than to raise a scrub,
writes G. A. Randall in Farm and
Home. The care and feeding be-
slowed upon the calf determine to a
great extent what the future COW will
be. Beefy or short-legged calves. or
those with short bodies, should not be
saved for cows; only those possessing
rangy frames. should be kept.
The care and feed of the calf are
all important, for here hinges, to a
great extent, success or failure. The
first feed should be whole milk, fresh
and warm from the COW, fed morning
and at night. For the first week, de-
pending upon size, feed from two to
three quarts at ration. Underfeed,
by all means, rather than Overfeed
during the first critical week. Over
feeding produces scours, after which
no calf can again 'make good" When
one week old the amount should grad
ually be increased, ever watchful to
leave the calf hungry; at two weeks
feed warm separated milk, to which is
stirred in one handful of cornmeal,
boiled to thin cruel in water.
Increase the amount gradually until
ut six or eight weeks of age the calf
can readily take from four to six
quarts at feed. To the milk add one
pint or more of cruel. Never feed cold
1 milk, nor on the other hand, over
warm rations. Lukewarm is about the
right temperature. At this time a
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
More than so species and races of
ground squirrels inhabit the United
States and Canada, and some of them
are so numerous in agricultural re-
giOns as to be q constant menace to
crops. They comprise a group of long,
slender animals, of grayish or grayish-
brown cOlOr-sometimes mOttled or
striped-and with medium or long
tail, usually less bushy than that of the
larger of the tree squirrels. These
ground squirrels are often, but wrong
ly, called "gophers" and are locally
named digger" squirrels and "picket
pins" They inhabit mainly open
plains, mountain valleys and borders
of wet meadows, but are found also
in open places in the forests and sone-
times high up the slopes of mountains.
They dig numerous deep burrows and
are very destructive to nearly all
crops, eating both the growing plants
and the ripe or ripening grain. In irri-
gated districts the animals burrow in
embankments and levees and are al
most as troublesome as pocket gophers
Among the largest and most destruc-
tive of these animals is the California
or digger" ground squirrel. 1t is
gray in color and has long, rather
bushy tail. 1t occurs in the Southwest
and West from western Texas to Cali
fornia and Oregon. In parts of Califor-
MIA the race known as the Beechey
ground squirrel is especially abundant
and menaces not only crops and irriga-
ton bitches, but also human life, in
that it is known carrier of bubonic
plague. About dozen cases of this
disease among human beings hare
been traced directly to this squirrel and
a large number of the animals collect
ed by the United States public health
service have been found infected. The
health service, in cooperation with
state authorities, has succeeded in es-
tablishing south and east of San Fran
cisco, in the counties that were the
center of infection, wide zone now
comparatively free from squirrels. The
United States department of agricul-
ture, through the biological survey,
has exterminated most of the squirrels
in the national forests that lie near the
plague-infected counties. 1t is probable
that all immediate danger of an out
break Of human plague by infection
from ground squirrels has passed.
Another large and destructive spe-
cies is the Columbian ground squirrel.
1t occurs within the United States in
parts of Montana, Idaho, eastern
Washington and eastern Oregon.
While it inhabits chiefly the river val
leys it has been taken in Montana on
mountains near timber line. Where
grain is grown in the narrow valleys
and in the important wheat districts
of eastern Washington this species is
extremely injurious. Early attempts
to destroy it by poison proved unsuc-
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Ancient Chinese Used Compass.

AS early as 1854 before Christ the
compass was known in Il crude way
to the Chinese and it was used by them
for purposes of navigation as early as
the third century of the Christian era.
But the policy of the rulers and the
habits and character of the people con-
spired to render the Chinese Indifferent
sailors, and the compass did not be-
come of the great importance to them
that it did to the seafaring nations OF
Europe.
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PREVENTION OF SOIL
BLOWING BY FENCES
Evergreen Hedges Should Be Set
Out by Farmers Where DAM
age Is Being Done.

That hedge fences are effective in
the prevention of soil blowing and
should be set out by the farmers in
sections where damage is done through
this cause, is the opinion of c. A. Scott,
Kansas state forester.
Evergreen hedges are best" points
out Professor Scott. 'They present q
good appearance throughout the entire
year, and cut off the wind from the
surface of the field where the most
damage is done through soil blowing,
Good varieties to set out are red ce-
dar, Austrian pine, western yellow pine
and Chinese arbor vitae.
'1f ordinary Usage orange hedge is
already out, do not cut it down. The
soil nearest the hedge will not yield Il
profitable crop Of grain, but strip of
alfalfa two rods wide may be planted
along the side of the hedge. The al
falfa will yield q good crop. as it is
not harmed by partial shade. The
hedge will act as Il wind break and all
the ground will be profitably utilized" )"
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19

cessful, because the animal is able to
resist much larger doses of strychnine
than are needed to kill other ground
squirrels.
A destructive and widely distribut-
ed species is the Richardson ground
squirrel. In its larger form it is found
in much of Montana, the Dakotas and
nOrthward far into Canada. A SOmc-
what smaller race (elegans) is found
in Wyoming, northern Colorado and
eastern Idaho. This ground squirrel is
very destructive to crops, especially to
grain, and within it's range warfare
| against it is absolutely necessary to
successful farming.
The striped ground squirrel, the
Franklin ground squirrel, and some
other species, which are less gregari-
Gus and seldom occur in great numbers
| in any locality, are less destructive
than any of the three groups named.
Other species are nearly as injurious
as those described. The animals have
| been dealt with in three groups, be-
cause slightly different formulas for
poisoning each of them have been
worked out by field Investigators of
the biological survey. The formula for
the Richardson ground squirrel is
adapted for all the species except the
Columbian and the California forms.
Poison for Columbian Ground Squir-
reIs-Mix one ounce of powdered
strychnine (alkalOid), one ounce of
spoonful of saccharine and one-half
pound of dry powdered laundry starch,
and stir with enough cold water to
make a smooth. creamy paste. Apply
to II quarts of good, clean oats in
metal tub or other vessel and stir
thoroughly to distribute the poison
evenly. When the poisoned grain is
dry, scatter it along squirrel trails or
on hard soil on the surface near the
squirrel burrows.
Poison for Richardson Ground squir-
reI.-Mix one tablespoonful of laundry
starch in one-half teacupful of cold
water, and stir it into One-half pint of
boiling water to make it thin, clear
mucilage. Mix one ounce of powdered
strychninc with one ounce of powdered
bicarbOnate of soda and stir the mix
ture into the hot starch. making
smooth, creamy paste free from Jumps.
Stir in one-quarter pint of heavy corn
sirup and one tablespoonful of glycerin,
and. finally, one scant tcaspOOnful of
saccharine. Apply to 20 quarts of oats
and mix thoroughly to coat every ker-
mel. Each quart of the poisoned grain
should make 40 to 60 baits. Distribute
in same manner as stated for poisoning
Columbian ground squirrels.
These pOisons may be used at any
time of the year when the squirrels are
active. The biological survey has had
excellent results with them, even in
midsummer. Trapping is too slow a
process to use effectively against
large colonies of ground squirrels.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19
Lawyers Got 1t After All.

The inseparable Simpkinson broth
ers of Los Angeles decided that they
would save the expenses of lawyers
fees in case of the death of one of
them by making out checks to each
other. One of them died recently and
the other took the check for the
amount of his estate to the hank. The
bank refused payment because the au-
thor of the check had died, and the
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19
Natural EIation.

Why the ecstatic frame of mind?'
asked the man he met as he stepped
off the car. You seem supremely
happy. Has the beauty Of spring got
into your blood; has a rich uncle
died and left you million; have you
a new baby in the family, or has the
boss raised your salary?'
"None of those things" answered
the man who had the grin, "but some
thing almost as nice. The conductor
didn't take up my fare"
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LeGhornS.

The Leghorns today are much bet
ter breed than they were years ago.
The tendency has been to breed larS-
er birds and still retain all their char
acteristics as producers of large num-
Der of eggs. With larger bodies also
has come the production of larger eggs,
which is an added merit to the breed.
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pinch of salt may be added twice a

pinch of salt may be added twice a
week.
In one corner of the pen nail a
small box at convenient height for
the calf, in which place pint Of dry,
whole oats. Calves are very inquisi-
tive at this age, and soon learn to eat
this king of feeds. The oats ration
should not be increased until the calf
is two or three months old, but in the
meantime small dabs of bright mixed
hay, corn fodder, ETC.. may be placed
in a rack easily reached. Above all,
feed regularly.
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ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC

AND UFlVeB MaIHrIH Out OF tH6 SySttfm.
"Your 'Babek' acts like magic; have given
It to numerous people in my parish who were
suffering with chills, malaria and fever. rec
ommend it to those who are sufferers and In
need Of n good tonic."-Rev. S. Szymanowski,
st. Stephens Church, Perth Amboy, N. ].
Elixir Babek, so cents, all druggists or by
Parcel Post, prepaid, from Kloczewski q Co.,
Washington, d. G.
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CauQht.

Last night looked through the key
hole into the parlor where sister was
with her beau"
''What did you find out?'
"The gas"
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The Reason Why.

"The man you see passing is queer
one. He makes only bald pretense
at earning a living"
"How is that?"
"He is hair-raising specialist
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19
Mean Consolation.

"Dubbs has been stealing all my
best ideas. Now what would you call
that?" "Petty larceny"
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The laxative properties Of WR1GHTS
INDIAN VEGETABLE PILLS are the nat
ural result of their tonic action. That is
yhy they are an ideal Spring Medicine. Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19

Speaking of economy. the only thing you
will lose by using Dead Shot - Dr.
Peery's vermifuge, will be Worms or
Tapeworm. One single dose sufficient.
without castor oil in addition. Adv.
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To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take the Old Standard GROVE 5
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Ouinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Ouinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. 50 cents.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19
PROMISING Lequme.

Alsike clover is a promising legume
on land that is not we'll emo igh drained
for red clover or alfalfa and ON land
that is somewhat acid.
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He Knew,

She-I wonder what those two WOm-
en- on the corner are talking about?
He-About another woman, guess.
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A new building for the department
Of the interior at Washington will cost
S2.OOO,OOO.
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Too East.

Young Lawyer-I've won that case
Wife-How careless Of you! We
needed the appeal money Town Top
les.
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AN OPERATION
AVERTED
Philadelphia, Pa.-"One year ago I
was very sick and suffered with pains

I'm my side and BACK
until l nearly went
lcrazy. / went to
Idiferentdoctorsa and
they all said I had
female trouble and
would not get any
lrelief until / would
Ibe operated on. I
lhad suffered forfour
3y e ars before this
time, but I kept get
] lting worse the more
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19

Sometimes a woman will admit that
the most trouble she has had with her
husband was in getting him.
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If your eyes smart or feel scalded. Ro-
man Eye Balsam applied upon going to bed
Is just the thing to relieve them. Adv.
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[IIlIT1|IIIl1IlIg]71T1|
was very 81

medicine took. Every month since I
was a young girl had suffered with
cramps in my sides at periods and was
never regular. I saw your advertise
ment in the newspaper and the picture
of a woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was i'm
pressed on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so I sent my husband to the
drug store at once for bottle OF Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me, l soon noticed change and
when l had finished the third bottle l
was cured and never felt better. Igrant
you the privilege to publish my letter
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure. Mrs. THOs. MCGoN-
IGAL, 1882 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19
Her WeaDOn.

'eThat girl is fishing for admirers"
"Then l suppose, she uses a beau
line"
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CIovers Like Lime.

Sweet clover, as well as all the
elovers, likes lines and limestone
soils.
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Lequmes Pay for Their Board.

Legumes not only work for nothing
and board themselves, but they pay
for the privilege.
Middletown transcript., 1917-05-19

Woman taxi drivers are the latest
in England
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FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid OF Ihese
UTrIx Gvnf

Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed of your freckles. as the
prescription othine - double strength = is
Guaranteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get ounce of othine-dounle
strength-from your druggist. and apply
little Of il night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst frec<les
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely II IS seloonn
that more than one ounce Is needed to com.
pleteIy clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
BE sure to ask for the double strength
othine as this is sold under guarantee OF
money back If it fails to remove freckles.-
Adv.
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When Your Eyes Need Care
Trv Murine Eye Remedy

No smarting Just Eye ComfSrs es &c cents hsos F.
I1TRINE EYE REMEDY CO.. Cd1CAGO
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNlNSCIl0OL
LESSON

(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute)
lCopYright 1917. Western Newspaper Union.) }
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-25
DUKES-McMILLAN
Marriage of Miss Georgia Mcmillan
and Mr.. O. o. Dukes-PrettyCh Church
WaddinU at philo deInhus

Marriage Of Miss Georgia Mcmillan
and Mr.. O. o. Dukes-PrettyCh Church
Wedding at Philadelphus
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Buie, June pa beautiful wedding
was ~solemnized Thursday evening in
the Presbyterian church at Philadel-
plus. The contracting parties were
MIRO. 0. Dukes and Miss Georgia
Mcmillan. Rev. H.. M. Dixon Of Red
Springs spoke the words that made
them husband and wife. Mr.. Dukes
is principal Of the Philadelphus farm
life school, and is a young man of
sterling qualities. He has made many
warm friends since coming to Robe
son. The bride is the eldest daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Palsy Mcmillan
and is a lady Of many fine traits OF
character. Her fine disposition has
won. her friends wherever she would
be.
The bride and groom left immed-
lately after the marriage for points
in South Caolina, where they will Wis
it at the home Of the Mr.. Dukes rel
atives. After spending few days
there they will return to Philadelphus
,, where they will make their home
We understand Mr.. Dukes is again
elected for this year as principal OF
the farm life school.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-25
P E r S O N AL

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank Stephens of
K. l from Orrum were LumbertOn
visitors Friday.
Mr.. S. G. Odum of Buie was among
the callers at The Robesonian office
this morning.
Mrs. Q. G, Norment spent satur-
day at Marion, S.. G., visiting her
sister Mrs. Jas. A. MCQUEEN.
Mrs. Paul E. Davis and small son,
Paul E. Jr., who had been guests for
some time at the home of Mrs. Irwin
jenkins, left this morning for their
home at Wilson's Mills.
Mrs. ]. w. Morris and two children
! of Cheraw, S. c., passed through town
this morning en- route to Marion, S
c., to visit relatives.
DR.. w. c. Riddick, president Of the
A. & E. college, Raleigh, and Mrs
Riddick spent yesterday here visiting
their Son Lieut.. Wallace Riddick o:
Co. A, N. c.. engineers.
= Mrs. I..V. Britt Of r. i from, Lum
berton has been a guest since Sat
i urday at the home of her son ant
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. F
| Grover Britt, Seneca street. She will
! return home tomorrow.
i Mr.. John M. Dick and dauhter, Mis-
), Mary, left Friday for Mt. Airy afte
/ spending several days here visiting
at the home Of Mr.. Dicks sister
}, Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor, Sixth street
From Mt. Airy Mr.. Dick and hi
daughter will go to their home a
! San Antonio, Texas.
| Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Britt returne
last week from. Kershaw, S. G., wher
they spent some time visiting rels
tives. They were accompanied HON
{, by Miss Ruth Clyburn, sister {
: Mrs. Britt, who will spend some tim
: here at the home of Mr.. and Mr.
E Britt, Elm street.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-25
GENERAL NEW STEMS

Three persons were killed and four
wounded when a negro ran amuck
with a gun on his farm near Natchi-
toches, La, one day last week, the ne
gro finally being killed by the sheriff;
Miss Grace Lusk, high school
teacher, at Waukesha, Wis, Friday
shot and killed Mrs. David Roberts,
wife of a former State veterinarian
and then after defying the police for
an hour shot herself twice. 1t is
thought she will recover. She said
she shot Mrs. Roberts because she
loved her husband and Mrs. Roberts
would not agree to let her have him.
81 X persons were killed near
White Hall, Md, Friday night when
the auto in which they were riding
was driven upon railroad track IN
front of train.
Washington, June 24-The govern
ment wants sviatc1s and needs tnen
badly, the committee on public infor'
nation announced in summary, @
what alread yhas been accomplished
in preparation for the great air ser
vice program now being mapped out
800 men are now enrolled in rrelimln
ary examination schools. After A-u
gust Is the government expects t.
graduate 200 students weekly into tn
advanced flying fields: It is expect
ed that / ,408 men will be actually fly
ing by Semtember 8. t
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-25
ANNOUNCEMENT

The Ice Business Of Mr.. Howard
Morrison has been purchased by the
undersigned. I will in future con-
tinue the sale Of Ice in Lumberton
and surrounding territory from my
Ice Plant, now in course OF erection
in northeast part Of town on V. q
C. S. r. r.
Plant will be equipped with most
modern machinery. using arteslan
water, most sanitary methods
throughout, and operated by my own
Your continued patronage. will be
appreciated and given very best and
most prompet attention.
Respectfully,
M. A. GEDD1E
Phone No. 1873.
Down Town Station, temporarily
Morrison Ice House.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-25

R. S. Taylor of Warsaw, deaf edi-
tor of the Duplin Record, charged
with enticing a 17-year-old girl into
a house of i'll fame in Wilmington
on June 5, was found guilty in the
Wilmington recorders court Thurs
day, fined $500 and sentenced to 6
months on the roads. Appeal was
taken and bond Of $500 given. Tay-
lor is Al years old, married, and has
borne a good reputation. He claims
that he did not know the nature of
the house to which he took the girl
and that the charge is the result of
conspiracy.
The 21st annual convention of the
North Carolina Bankers association
came to q close at Wrightsville Beach
Thursday. W. B. Drake, cashier Of
the Merchants National Bank Of Raj
eigh, was elected president for the
ensuing year.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-25
CONCERT BY ORPHANAGE CLASS
Class From Odd Fellows Orphanage
-S88.O5 From Sale of Tickets and
HolJeot:nr,

Class From Odd Fellows OrphanageI
-$88.O5 From Sale of Tickets and
Collection
A crowd that filled the opera house
enjoyed a concert Saturday evening
given by a class from the Odd Fellows
orphanage at Goldsboro. "Princess
Chrysanthemum,"a play in three acts,
was presented by class of IA girls
and boys in fetching japanese cos
tunes, and the children gave an en-
tertainment that was credit to the
great institution they represent. Door
receips and collection amounted to
SSs.05, and $3.50 was secured in sub
scriptions to the North Carolina Odd
Fellow.
Miss Perry and Mr.. Funderburke
were IN charge of the class. In talk
after the f.rst act the latter stated
that the orphanage was founded rs
years ago and that special effort
is being made this year for funds.
Whey they gave their opening con-
cert on this tour at Goldsboro the Or
phanage was given 500 for each
year 500. The orphanage, he
said, is now caring for about 100 or
phans and for several old women and
men, anu mas room lOf ABOUT ~ more
orphans and destitute old people but
, not sufficient funds to care for them
It is hoped that the necessary funds
for this purpose will be secured or
this tour.
Members of the class were enter
tanned at the homes of local Odd Eel.
lows from Saturday till this morning
when they went to Bladenboro, where
they will give a concert this even
ing. The local committee in charg.
Of the concert was composed 0:
Messrs. L. R. Varser, Frank Cough
j. H. Floyd and A. Schwartzberg
/ They. were given valuable assistanc,
in selling tickets by Miss Reba Black
err of Rockingham, niece of Messrs
NJ. and j. Blacker of Lumberton
Misses Ada Blacker, Lena DUNN
and Miriam Weinstein. Between tn
acts Mr.. Schubert, member Of &C
i. A. N. e. engineers, rendered wolf
selections, accompanied at piano b
Miss Louise Burton of Nashville. VIII
IS guest Of Mr.. and Mrs E I. Poole