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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28
Thursday, June %, 1917.

HAVE YOU READ THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF
1916?
Have you had a copy of Mr.. Watson's Pc
htical and Economic Handbook? Have YOU
ever read, carefully, just what this Admins
tratlon pledged itself to, when it went out
after the second nomination? Here's one in
terestlng extract:
I'VE found our country hampered by special
privilege, a vicious tariff, obsolete banking
laws and an lnelastic currency. Our foreign
affairs were dominated by commercial in
terests for their selfish ends. The Republican
party, despite repeated pledges, was impotent
to correct abuses which it had fostered I'm
der our administration, under a leadership
which has never faltered, these abuses have
been corrected and our people have been freed
~therefrom"
And then we snapped the devil for the
witch, and our country is hampered by debt
that the -great-grandchildr of those of
us who are now living, will not see the final
payment of.
AND HERE'S SOME ABOUT PREPAREDNESS.
Read this extract, and see if it saws any,
thing about sending troops to Europe, via
CONSUMPTION:
l.
"Along with the proof Of our character as
nation must 60 the proof of our power to
play the part that legitimately belongs to us.
The people Of the United States love peace
They respect the rights and covet the friend
ship of all other nations. They desire neither
any additional territory nor any advantage
which cannot be peacefully gained by their
skill their industry or their enterprise; but
they insist upon having absolute freedom Of
national life and policy, and feel that they
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28

Bethany, by Thos. E. Watson. A Romance
of the Civil War, with vivid pen pictures Of
plantation life, before the war Bound in
cloth. Price, $1.00, postpaid. The Jetfer5o-
MAN Publishing Company, Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28

Life and Speeches of Thos Z. Watson will
encourage every ambitious young man who
has to struggle for success. Price $500. The
Jeffersonian Publishing Co., Thomson, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28
IN THE JULY MAGAZINE.

In the July Magazine we will have the
speech Mr.. Watson delivered here in Thorn
son on Saturday, June %. He explains fully
what is meant by common law" and con
stitutionality" and covers the questions asked
by so many, in regard to the recently passed
conscript bill
There will doubtless be great demand for
this issue and we suggest dealers and others
placing their orders early.
ALICE LOUISE LYTF.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-06-28
ANOTHER PLEA FOR PEACE.

This was the title of booklet sent out
in answer to one of the recently orr
gained Association of Catholic lay
men, in Georgia, and it is a lively one;
IN it you learn that In the Roman church,
you must pay to be married; you can buy
divorce: you must pay to be buried, and if
your widow disputes the bill, the priest can
and does-sue her for it, and get Judgment
against her in court: if you go to purgatory,
and your relatives want to buy you out, the
priest will sell the prayers which remit your
sins, and give you entrance to the sweet fields
of Eden"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.

WINCHESTER. Va. April 21.-Good
progress is being made in the work OF
recruiting the I'd Virginia Infantry to-
its maximum war strength. as ordered
recently by the War Department Re
cruiting officers working in the vir-
!ginia valley towns today reported a
large number Of en nas during the
Luray has moved his headquarters to
Roanoke. The regiment is guarding
railroad and government property in
the Shenandoah valley and southwest
recruiting officers is Chaplain Ben
jamin Dennis. an Episcopal clergyman.
who has been holding meetings in
burg and making patriotic speeches.
Confederate veterans have also been
addressing the meetings. urging young
men to enlist In their state regiments
before the selective conscription bill
becomes law. in which event. 1t Is
stated. young men Of military age will
be sent anywhere the government sees
At to place them.
Frank Mason, who was recently held
in bail for court on a charge OF vfo-
lating the liquor laws. failed to appear
for the trial Of his case yesterday. and
charges of check forgery have also
been lodged against the man. whose
whereabouts are not known. He is
alleged to have forged the name OF H.
III.
Joseph Helm. The Endorsement of
Helm, it is stated, was also forged in
order to get the money. James M.
Lockhart, surety for Mason. who was
employed by Lockhart. is searching for
the fugitive.
Greenspring and Romney, on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad. was burned
down several nights ago. Gripping
traffic until a new structure could be
erected The bridge was one of the
most important on the Romney branch.
and 1t is said an investigation Is being
made into the cause of the fire. The
bridge, 1t is reported. was not guarded.
as most bridges and tunnels are at this
time.
leaving large estate, bequeathed most
Of his property to cemetery associa-
ton and entirely cut off all relatives.
saving in his will: IT have not left
ANYTHING to any Of my relatives. as they
have not paid any attention to me in
nv lifetime" He was not married.
. Confederate veterans and citizens
generally of Winchester are much exer-
ctsed over a reported act Of vandalism
In St0newall cemetery, in which up
ward of 5000 Confederate soldiers
from every southern state are buried. 1t
was discovered day or two ago that
the COAX of arms of Virginia, sculptur-
ed on the Virginia monument. has been
badly di sfgured. The head, foot, sword
and spear carried by the figure "Vir-
sinia'' as she stands over the PROSTATE
"tyrant' have been Clipped away, and
it will be impossible to repair the dam
age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
! rsls had torn a gaping wound in one

side.
Red HUI. va-Mr. Shepherd Wood
son, q F1uvanna veteran. died recently
at his home. He was in his eighty
seventh year. and kept up very well I'M
til year ago.
Petersburg. va-The homo of A. B.
Click, in Chesterfield county. one and q
half miles north Of this city. was de-
explosion was of unknown origin: It
was very heavy, practically demoltsh-
ing the two-stOry, eleven-room building
and was heard by many in this city.
family was asleep at the time. but was
unhurt. save for minor injuries.
Lur.y. va-sheuandoah. Page coun;,
issue for the erection Of a hydro-elec-
trio plant to furnitIh water. lights and
power. II the bond issue is authorized
the town will abandon its present plant.
which Is operated by steam.
winchester. va-The regular spring
session Of the Winchester Presbytery
TO ss hsla IN sray counts ban
ginning tomorrow. Thes opening sermon
will be preached by the retiring nnodera-
tor.
winchester, va-Horace r. Jobe.
sixty three years old. member Of an old
Frederick county family and for many
ears an officer at the Virginia pentten-
tiary. died recently at Brucstown.
Fairfax. va-Luther L. Mcintosh.
a resident of Fairfax county, died re-
Gently at his home at Chesterbrook. in
the fiftieth year of his age. The news
of his death came as surprise, a. ne
had been present at the recent sessions
Of the circuit court, attending to his
official duties as deputy sheriff.
Martinsburg, w. va-Former Senator
C. J. Faulkner has completed deal
whereby he becomes the owner of Col
Boyd'e handsome farm along the Tus-
caroraa turnpike. two miles west Of the
CITY, and regarded as one of the best
tracts of farming land in that section
of the county.
The farm contains 21s acres of land
and has a substantial brick residence
house and other good buildings on It.
The price was about $4,000. This is
the second big farm purchased recently
by Senator Faulkner, he having ac-
quired the fine Hedges farm. along the
paying therefor about $4,000.
strasburx, va.-Daniel H. Bowers of
wheatfield, Ahis county. died at the
home of his son. William Bowers. re-
Gently. aged Mighty years. He served
in the Confederate army for the whole
term of the war in Stonewall Jack
sons brigade.
Woodstock, va.-Rev Giles B. Palmer,
for the past four years rector of the
Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Wood
stock. has been notified by Bishop Glib
son Of his removal from Woodstock to
White Post, Clarke county, Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

and burned for an hour recently. There
were twenty machines in the garage
and fifteen were ruined. The loss is
estimated at 100000. with about $4,000
Annapolis, Indianapolis will be
one of the naval bases for hospital
service for the care Of the sick. con-
tingency incident to the war situation
arises. according to an announcement
made by Medical Director James G..
Field. who is in command Of the Naval
Hospital here.
Fairfax. va.-Marr Camp, No. -.
Confederate Veterans, of Fairfax coun-
ty. Va. have elected L. 7. Ball and
Clarke and Capt. Franklin alternates
to the Grand Camp of Confederate Vet
Grams at the meeting in June at this
city. Mari Camp Is planning to attend
the reunion in a body and will bring
sons of veterans with them.
Petersburg, va-The homo of Will
liam Harrison. farmer Of Prince
George county, a few miles from the
county courthouse, was destroyed by
fire recently and grandchild persisted
in the flames
wythevflie. Vain tho wythe cir
cult court several days ago Okey Car
ter. negress, was convicted Of in
fanticide and was given five years in
the state penitentfary. William Keith
was convicted of stealing a steer and
was given one year in the penitentiary.
Harrisonburg, va.-The home Of g.
M. Obaugh. near Mount Scion, was de-
stroyed by fire recently. The building
and half Of the household contents
were total loss. with no insurance.
Mr.. Obaugh, who Is an aged man and
a semi-invalid. was carried from the
house.
fredericksburg. va-The electric
light plant at Urbanna, Va. owned by
j. E. Richwine, mayor of that town,
was destroyed by fire Sunday. The fur
niture. engine, fixtures and stock were
destroyed. There was no insurance to
cover the loss. placed at $4,000.
Richmond. V,-diss Dora Morgan of
Barton Heights diad suddenly recently
while seated in the Academy of Music
witnessing a play. Spectators thought
the young woman had tainted and there
was no unusual interruption of the per-
Torrance.
Bristol, va-The body of George
student in King College. Presbyterian
in the college dormitory several days
ago. An empty shotgun lay beside the
body and the load from one Of the bar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
POULTRY YARD NOTES.

$40 to $50 eggs; 1874 per cent Of the
birds showing pale vents, produced 140
eggs or less; 70 per cent of the hens
having yellow vents laid from to lao
eggs. The average production OF the
Rocks having yellow ventA was 1913
eggs. whereas the average for those
having pale vents was 1853.
or the ninety-eight WyandoNtes fifty
three had pale vents and over 10 per
cent of these produced from 20 to $50
eggs. The average production for the
pale and yellow vents was 1912 for the
former and 140.s for the latter.
The average production of the Rhode
Island Reds having pale vents was
171.3. while for the birds Of the same
breed with yellow vents the average
yield dropped to 128 eggs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
The First Feeding.

Chicks should be allowed to remain
in the incubator for twenty-four hours
after the hatch is completed. This
will permit them to become thoroughly
dry and warm, and If the glass door
is covered SO that the interior of tho
machine is dark they will remain quiet
during this period.
After they are placed in the brooder
which must contain bed of fine, dry
litter about two inches deep-they
should be permitted to remain without
food for another twenty-four hours.
They may have water, warmed to tho
temperature of warm milk and colored
to the tint of claret with permanganate
of potash, but do not feed them. A
quantity of clean, sharp sand at which
they may peck will be beneficial.
AT the end of forty-eight hours
after they are Matched the chicks
should be given their first feed. This
may be hard-boiled eggs run. shell
and all. through a fine food chopper
and mixed with stale bread crumbs.
If buttermilk is available the feed
may be merely moistened with this
not made wet or sloppy, but slightly
mofstened, so that it is crumbly. Small
quantities of this may be placed on a
clean piece of board or a shingle and
put into the brooder When it has
been before the chicks for five minutes
take 1t out. Repeat this two hours
later, ana again after the same inter-
val By the time of the third feeding
the chicks will have learned to eat
quite lot in five minutes.
The second day feed at three hour
intervals and the third day give the y
chicks a little pinhead oatmeal, fed
dry. Aim to feed only what the chicks
will clean up in five or six minutes. rs
increasing this to ten minutes the d,
second week. AT this time they may
be given sour milk or buttermilk to D.,
drink, allowing them all they want
of it. Always keep plenty of clean.
sharp sand or the finest gravel or a.
chick grit where they can get ii when
ever they want it. 10.
At the beginning of the second week
the chicks may be allowed out on the
ground for a few minutes on warm,
sunny mornings and afternoons. Do
not allow them to stay out long enough
to become chilled. as chilling at any
stage of young chicks growth re-
suits In colds and intestinal troubles
that very often result in heavy losses
or chronic ailments from which the
entire flock viii suffer.
AT the beginning OF the third week
the chicks may be put on any good
small quantity-say an ounce to each
twenty-fi chfcks-of good, sweet.
finely sifted beef scrap
Chicks cared for in this manner will
grow and develop rapidly provided the
eggs were properly incubated. Ham
died in any other way the result Will
be disappointment if not total failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

colds and fail to recover or TO grow for
several days?
When the chicks are removed from the
incubator they should be handled as
quickly as possible and exposed as lit
tie as may be to the cold air. Having
the brooder at the proper temperature
about 100 degrees. take the chicks out
of the incubator few at a time, plac-
ing them carefully in basket or box
containing deep bed of fine-cut straw
or other suitable litter. or lined with
several thicknesses of soft cloth. Pro-
vide a cover for the receptacle. Take
them at once to the brooder and place
them therein with as little delay as
possible. Close the door and do not
open IL again except to feed and water
the chicks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Howard Elliott, president and chairman
of the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Company, has resigned
those positions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
Exposing Chicks to Cold.

Too many poultry raisers have a
habit of opening the brooder to show
chicks to friends and visitors, or of
taking a few chicks out of the brooder
and handling them in chilly weather.
It is natural to wish to show the
chicks off, especially if they are fine,
handsome ones. but every time the
inclination is INDUCED the chicks re-
ceive setback. If it is desired that
visitors inspect them let it be done
through the glass doors of the brooder.
In no case should the very young
chicks be taken out of the warmth
of the brooder and handled in a low
temperature.
Care must be taken in transferring
the chicks from the incubator to the
brooder This is often done in a care
less manner. the chicks being placed in
some sort of open splint basket al
lowed to remain there for an appreci-
able time and then carried, uncovered,
outdoors to the brooder. Is it any
wonder that chicks so handled develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
Nursery Compartments Bad.

Many incubators are provided with
what are known as nursery compart-
ments. located beneath the egg tray.
Openings at the front of the machine
permit the newly Matched chicks to
drop into these compartments, where
they are supposed to dry without in
terfering with the Matching of chicks
in the tray above. Investigations by
many experts have demonstrated that
such compartments are not desirable.
The Matching temperature in the egg
chamber of an incubator is about 103
degrees. sometimes as high as 104. The
chicks are Matched in that temperature
and before they are dried they drop
into the compartment below, where
the temperature is SO degrees or even
lower. The result is that they become
slightly chilled. and no newly Matched
chick ever fully RECEIVERS from even a
slight chill. Suppose the temperature
in the egg chamber Is 104 during the
hatch. and in the deep compartment
beneath 1t is only SO. That is a diff
ference of six degrees, which means
more to the moist chicks than a drop
of forty degrees would mean to a
grown fowl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22
CARE Of THE CHICKS
BIG SUCCESS FACTOR
Failure Il Sure to Follow Careless
or Improper Brooding and Feed
ing of Youngsters.
Slow Development, Weakness and
Heavy Mortality Penalties of
Lack Of Attention.

"a poor beginning makes a good
ending" may be applicable to a great
many things, but 1t certainly is not
true in the poultry business Perhaps
no other factors are of such Importance
in the raising OF poultry as proper care
and feeding of the young chicks. A
perature for even few hours. or fail
ure for even a day to feed proper guam
titles at proper intervals. brings results
that no amount of care afterward will
overcome.
Neither is the opposite of this adage,
so often quoted. to be applied to poultry
raising. Given good, hatchable eggs,
from properly bred and cared for stock,
and chicks that pop out of the shells
chock-full of vim and pep proper
care and attention to feeding and
vigorous. quick-maturing fowls. To be
sure, II the eggs were not from the
right kind of stock. or If the incuba-
tor temperature varied several degrees.
making the hatch slow and tedious. no
amount Of care will ever make the
chicks what they should be.
Care From the Start.
The care of the baby chicks should
Indeed. it ought to begin even sooner
than that. Many a promising brood
has been ruined by lack of proper care
a day or so before Matching. Opening
the incubator after the eighteenth day
Is wrong. yet a great many poultry
raisers-experienced, as well as anna
teurs-do not seem able to resist the
temptation to open the machine during
the nineteenth day. just to see how
things are going. 1t isn't necessary to
see how things are going" The Their
mometer tells what the temperature is,
ing the machine allows the temperature
to fall. thus chilling the chicks that
are ready to break out of the shells
It also permits the escape of necessary
moisture and in this way makes it
harder for the chicks to emerge.
1t is better in every case to close the
machine on the eighteenth day and
keep it closed until the twenty-frst
day. 1t is also advisable to tack a
door Of the machine. SO as to make the
interior dark. By doing this the chicks.
as they break out of the shell, do not
crowd and Chamber toward the light
but remain quietly close to the spot
where they hatch. Thus the later
Matched chicks are not trampled by
those that hatch first, such trampling
often Gripping the slower ones in a
way from which they never recover.
Often, too, the chicks scrambling
toward the front and the light turn
halves of empty shells over in such a
manner as to cover the ends of I'M
Matched. but pipped, eggs. In this case
the chicks in these eggs are smothered
before they are Matched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Richmond, va-While nothing au-
thoritative could be learned. 1T is stat
ed that the Tredegar iron works has
received 100000 order for 8, IL and
IA inch shells for the United States
navy 1t is known definitely that the
company Is taking on men after being
closed down for several weeks on the
expiration of allied munition orders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Fredericksburg. Va.-The Culpeper
chamber of commerce has adopted res
olutions urging the farmers to conserve
all crops raised and to make special
efforts to grow larger crops. The reso-
lutions also recommended ito the mayor
and town council of Culpeper and the
board of supervisors of Culpeper to
take such action as may be necessary
to see that every able bodied man in
the county has permanent employment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Harrfs0nburH. va-1nquiry from
various sections in Rockingham falls
to discover any serious damages to the
fruit from the recent severe weather.
Fruit men say that the wind that blew
continuously for forty-efght hours kept
the frost from gaining a foothold in
the tender buds. The temperature was
below freezing point and snow from
three to ten inches deep fell in the
country. The snowfall was heavy in
both the Blue Ridge and Allegheny
sections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Norfolk. va-Federal agents recent
ly arrested man charged with espion-
age. The arrest. they said. was the
most important yet made. The prison
er, it was said, carried drawings of
Notifications and navy yards OF the
United States. He is known as Oscar
&C. Hart and is said to be German.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Cumberland, Md.-Capt. Alexander
NJ Poundstone, one of the best known
residents of Buckhannon. W. Va. died
recently. He Is survived by his wife.
one son, Commander Homer Pound
stone U. S. N, who is in Los Angeles.
where he spent the winter. and two
daughters, Mrs. Frank w. Wright,
Connellsville, Pa. and Mrs. c. L. Barlow
of Buckhannon, who is in Baltimore
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

DanvilIe. Va.-The Iceland garage,
Immediately behind the Majestic The
ter. and the Iceland Hotel caught fire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Charleston. w. VIA state council
of defense. auxiliary to the council of
national defense, has been appointed
by Gov. John J. Cornwell. The selec-
lions were made following a communi-
cation from Newton D. Baker, Secretary
of War, chairman of the national or
ganization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

Richmond. Va.-ASher w. Hartman,
for many years treasurer of Virginia,
died several days ago at the home of
his son-in-law, w. R. Berry. in Barton
Heights. The term for which he was
last elected expires next February. Gov.
Stuart will appoint successor to fill
the uneXpired term.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-22

The Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent,
DAUGHTERS of Veterans, met Monday
evening. with the president, Mrs. Mary
Van Ness Fauth. in the chair. Mrs.
gate to represent the tent at the
Congress of Patriotic Women now in ses-
sion on the Conduit road Col o. II.
Oldroyd extended an invitation to the
daughters to attend the sociable which
was given by Lincoln Post Wednesday
evening and also to be present at the
exercises to be held by the Depart
ment of the Potomac, G. A. r., in honor
~ Gen. Grant. Friday evening at the
Metropolitan NJ. f. Church. The tent
voted an appropriation of IS toward the
natriots' fund of the Red Cross and to
raise a flag over Trinity School in
Georgetown, exercises to be conducted
otto instructor. Dr. Calver recited
poem entitled 1.-THE Countersign," and
Gunion r. Scott announced that the
Sons Of Veterans are preparing to raise
the Stars and Stripes at Fairfax Court
House Others present Were: Miss Lilly
Keim. Miss NJ. Hayward Fortier, Miss
M. Genevieve Spencer, Miss Emma F.
Guschewsky. Miss Grace Taylor, Mrs.
Ella S. Washburn. Mrs. Hester B.
Tritipre, Mrs. George A. Howe. Mrs.
Hermione A. Sutton. Miss Etiole NJ. AL
bright, Mrs. Almira Crosse Clements and
Miss Moree Elizabeth Buckles.
The Capitol Hill Literary Society will
meet tomorrow evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Davis. 1926 B street
northeast
Twenty-four Club.-The oil painting
donated by Miss Rose Hyer, secretary,
to the "Twenty-four" Club was award
ed to Miss Constantia Anderson, 1928
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