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Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-08-10
APPALLING NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS
Out Of Total Of 369 Registered Men Examined up to Wed
nesday Night Only 90 Claim no Exemption. De-
pendents Largest Claim for Exemption.
NAMES OF THOSE Who Are ACCEPTED.

Until the County Exemption
Board completes the physical
examination, which will be not
earlier than Saturday, and
have opportunity to check up
the total number of men who
will be exempt for physical,
family and occupational rea-
sons, it will be impossible to
determine whether a further
call will be needed, but at this
time, Judging from the large
number Of exemptions, a sec
ond call for Weakley county
will be required to make up
the 275, which is Weakley
county's quota.
Up to last Tuesday at noon
a total of 316 had been exam
ined, of that number 20 per
cent were exempted on physi-
cal claims, only 81 being pass
ed physically. Very few have
been exempted on occupation
al claims, most Of the eXemp-
tions being claimed on grounds
Of dependencies.
Claims of exemption contin-
ue to pile up mountain high
with each succeeding day, and
the percentage of men apply
ing for discharge for physical
and dependency reasons is ap-
palling, when is considered the
grave crisis which the nation
faces. Patriotism seems to be
at low ebb in Weakley county.
There has been no case OF
record up to this time where
a registered person has failed
to respond to the call to appear
here for examination.
The local board is in receipt
of instructions to furnish the
Enterprise a list of names Of
all persons claiming exemp-
ton and the grounds on which
exemption is claimed. So far
the work of the board has been
free from errors, due to the
care exercised in making out
the lists, etc.
Seventy-seven will be ex-
amined today (Friday( and
this concludes the list Of $50
in the first draw. The 81 who |
passed the physical examina-
ton up to Tuesday noon, and
whose names are given below,
did not claim exemption:
Hoyatt Kennedy, Martin.
Kyle Howard, Gardner.
Wren House, Dresden.
William A. Prince, Sharon.
Geo. Tansil, Sharon.
Sim Garner, Dresden.
Ernest Reekes, Martin.
Duke Stowe, Dresden.
Paul higgins, Palmersville.
Oliver Jones, Greenfield.
Everett Shanklin, Dresden. |
Rollin Adams, Martin.
Sam Barton, Dresden.
Clyde Everett, Sharon.
Pennie Felts, Mcconnell.
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1917-08-10

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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06

The Office Extension Work in the
north and west, United States Depart
matters discussed below have imme-
date attention.
This might appear to many to be
a good time to sell the family COW
or the family dairy herd, because
prices for cows are high and it is
easy to sell; but suppose o do sell =?
What is gained? Prices Of milk and
butter are high-seem higher when
you buy than when you sell. Per
haps we are crossing the stream" re
ferred to by Abraham Lincoln when
he advised against swapping horses
while crossing a stream. In any case.
will it not be better If the family COW
and the family dairy are kept by
those who know how to make them
most productive?
Begin to prepare your home garden
this fall by supplying the soil with
humus (decaying vegetable materially
and fertilizers. Stable manure may
be spread upon the surface and either
plowed or spaded under.
In many parts of the country rye
may be sowed yet this fall to be
plowed or spaded under in the spring.
Use about half "A pound to one pound
of seed to the square rod. The ground
should first be cleared of weeds and
crop refuse; but do not wait until all
the crops are off. AS 0 o as any part
of the garden is cleared, however
small the space, sow rye upon it at
once. This may be continued until
the whole garden Is sowed, even
though the last vegetable crops come
off quite late in the fall, as rye will
terminate at temperature only slight
ly above the freezing point. If the
soil is loose, the rye may be scat
tered over the surface and covered
Will a Sdlhtl Idhf. IL tIt SOll 10 hdlu
It should first be hoed or cultivated
9 or 3 inches deep, as the ideal seed
bed for rye is compact beneath and
loose at the surface.
The advantages of sowing rye are:
C) 1t protects the soil from wash
ing; (2) it retains heterogeneous plant
food material which might otherwise
escape into the air during the fall
and winter; CD when turned under in
the spring, it furnishes humus to the
soil.
Save the leaves this fall. They are
valuable as sources of humus and
plant food. If burned, even though
the ashes are saved. all of the humus
Is lost and much of the fertilizing
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06
PRAISE OUR RED CROSS

The following two letters have been
received by the local chapter of the
Red Cross from Camp Dodge, where
one of their boxes of comforts was
sent. The letters speak for them
selves and will stop any idle rumor
that the work done by our ladies Is
not being sent where it Is needed.
The stories about the things being
lost or sold is merely German prop
uganda.
Camp Dodge, Nov. 30-Mrs. Minnie
Palmer, Brookings, s.. Dear Mrs.
Palmer: AS you are about the only
one whose address we have, | will
thank you and the ladies on behalf OF
the men Of co. b, 313th Field Signal
Battalion. for socks. mufflers, sweat
ers and wristlets. For we men real
lie the painstaking care and work
that is woven into every garment.
can not begin to tell you of the com
forts these articles afford. The first
days wear were amply repayment in
appreciation by the men, as it was
snowy and sleet and slush.
Most Of the men in our company are
from the south and find it hard to get
used to a cold climate. They came in
dried their feet, placed on wooden
socks and then you should have heard
the praise sung in favor of the ladies
of the Red Cross.
1t is largely this way, the men are
chiefly from farms and have always
been home bodies and to have them
comfortable is to have them content
ed and willing to go forward to give
battle to the scourge Of the world
Of the present day, as Attila was be-
fore him.
You ladies OF the Red Cross are do.
ing the greatest good possible and the
Y. M. C. A. next. Thanking you again
| am sincerely yours,
b. X. Smallwood,
Co. b, 313th Field Sig. Bn.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06

value They may be mixed with SOIL
and 4 little lime and left in a pile TO
decay. or some may be spread upon
the surface of the soil and spaded un-
der At once. They are especially val
uabl, for %loosening heavy clay soils,
coal ashes are useful for the same
purrosr, though they have very little
fertIIzing value.
Formers md farm boys can use the
corn altering and corn-husklng sea
son 70 good advantage by making it
the time for selecting and storing a
double portion of choice seed ears
MANY Counties of North Dakota, Min
p..o,a. Wisconsin, Iowa, and a
few ether corn-growing states VIII
ha.r q limited supply of good seed
com 5ccause of sever frosts. This
lack aust be supplied by more fortu-
nate ~uelghboring states, and the lack
can d. supplied with good corn at a
RftfI. ."DIIi II Ndlt - lhhtH III SoN''i
ing and husking in the states and sec
ton where the untimely freeze did
b. r3 better time than now for select
iua b -h-grade seed corn for next
y4r crop. The situation will justify
.stfiHr Iced corn as a patriotic duty,
ana will more than Justify saving
ii III. the high price good seed may
BE- > ected to bring next spring.
Save oed corn, Save more seed
corn
w Goldman. spare that tree" was
the burden Of a popular poem of years
for tue old: "Woodman, use that
tree" % that the coal supply may be
tree for your WI fuel; use It for cord
wood 20 supply your ~neighbors' fires
r. at a profit TO yourself-at the same
time Ieleasing for other use the
freight car that would otherwise have
e. be used in hauling coal for your
ncishnors. OF course no sensible per
son advises the unthinking cutting of
trees that should be saved for their
beauty or to grow until they are ripe
for harvest. The wise woodchopper
viii chop the trees that ought to b.
chopped down and up in order to
make fuel for himself and others-all
the while keeping in mind conserv-
ing the wood lot for growth and great
or usefulness next year and other
years.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06

tributing bills In the interest of the
evangelistic meeting now in progress
in Bookings.
w. H. Brightwell returned TODAY
from Omaha where he went with n
shipment of sheep. Mr.. Brightwell
topped the Omaha market at 17%
cents.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Shelp and daughter
are visiting at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. E. w Hickman this
week. Mr.. Shelp has rented his farm
and intends going west for the winter
in a short time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06
NOTICE

On and after January 1st,
1918, the price of the Registe-
will be $500, strictly in advance.
The continued high cost Of
everything that enters into
newspaper production makes it
imperative. Publishers in South
Dakota and throughout the la
ton have come to realize thar,
at present prices, even the
smaller papers cannot meet
their costs on $3.50 to say moth
ing of profit. The Register Is
running more columns Of read
ing matter than any weekly in
the State for $3.50 but we are
going to give everybody an OPP
%portunity to take advantage Of
the present price until January
list. We feel that the large and
growing list Of Register sub
scribers are entitled to due and
timely notice Of our action in
this respect so that II they care
to renew at the old price they
can do SO.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06

explosives and not holding a license
therefore being subject to a hne OF
$4,000 and Imprisonment for one year
only citizens of the United State
and friendly countries may obtain IL
ccnses. The purchaser of dynamite
must state definitely what the explo-
c;va &c RI be used for when obtaining
his license, and will be held count
able for its use as stated and the re-
turn of any that may be left.
With the strict enforcement OF TINS
law the federal authorities hope to
nrevent explosives falling into the
hands OF eyilly disposed persons, and
to put a stop to all further dynamite
plots.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06

Camp Dodge, Nov. 28.-Mrs. Minnie
Palmer-My dear Madam: Kindly ac-
cept the thanks of a soldier. who was
lucky enough to receive a pair Of
your hand-knitted socks. | was trans
ferred to this camp from a warm
country, preparatory to sending us to
France, where we are expecting to go
any time now. So you can see all
warm clothes are appreciated and
more than that, the spirit In which
they were given. Thanking you again,
| am yours, most respectfully,
Sergeant Geo. l.. Bolts.
Camp Dodge, la. Co. b. 313th F.SB.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06
PROMPT OBEDIENCE

Grace-"I told him he mustn't see
me any more"
Her Brother-"Well, what did he
do?"
Grace-"Turned out the lights,"-
Jack-o,Lantern.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06
USERS OF EXPLOSIVES LICENSED

4 federal license is now required in
the United States for the legal posses
sion of explosives, any person having
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-06
AURORA

From the Review:
Several auto loads of Bookings
people were in Aurora Saturday dis
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-08
WAR CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY

President Hugh Waddell Of the
First National Bank has been ap-
pointed as county chairman in
charge Of the sale Of war savings
and thrift stamps, of which two
billions of dollars must be sold be-
fore the close of 1918.
Geo. w. Peddycord, president
of the Bank of Colville. has just
been named as county chairman
Of the Red Cross membership cam
paign which will be held Dec. r.
"a. He is also chairman Of the
county council Of defense.
II. r. Williams, manager Of the
Stevens County Power & Light
Company, is chairman of the work
of fuel administration.
j. G. Harrigan, editor Of the
Colvillc Examiner, has been re.
named as county chairman Of the
work Of food conservation, and
the campaign will be intensified
under stronger county and state
organization.
Attorney John B. Slater has
been selected as chairman of the
county war history committee.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-08

Secretary Of the Treasury Me-
Adoo has announced that the rates
of insurance Of the Bureau of
War-Risk Insurance of the Treas
ury Department on all American
steamers and cargoes traversiug
the war zone are reduced from )
per cent to t per cent.
This is the second reduction Of
these insurance rates, the first be-
ing on October 6. 1917 when the
rate was reduced from six and
half per cent to per cent.
The new reduction was made
for the same reason as the first -
that is, because of corresponding
decrease in the risk involved in
traversing the war zone
This is official recognition of the
fact that since the American de-
strOyers and other war vessels
have gone on duty in the war
zone the danger from enemy SUBJ
marines has greatly decreased.
The decrease from six and half
per cent is approximately 40 per
cent and speaks convincingly of
the efficiency Of the American
navy
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-08

the country which we form. If
every person who hears "A -Four
Mlnutd talk will do his part in
disseminating the information
disseminating the information
given. ia person will be unaware
Of the necessities III the conduct
Of the war. Every citizen can be-
come an unofficial minute man in
passing along the words which
come from the national capital
More beef. mutton and pork
and more wheat must be saved to
relieve critical situation in the
national food supply. The situl-
ton in the state Of Washington
is more acute than the people of
the state have been led to believe.
according to Charles lIcbberd,
federal food administrator for
Washington.
In addition to the one wheat
less and two meatless meals each
day | request that each family OBJ
serve wheatless Wednesday" p"
says Mr.. IIebberd "At no time
was it contemplated that the ho-
tel and restaurant program Of
whcatless and meatess days
should cancel the one wheatlrss
and two meatless meals each day
requested Of every family, every
one Of which should observe u
strictly wheatless Wednesday in
addition to one wheatless and two
meatless meals each day" "
Herbert Hoover Of the national
food administration has advised
Mr.. llebDard that all combination
sales Of food commodities are for
hidden, excepting that Il dealer
may sell sugar in combination
with cornmeal at the rate Of one
pound Of sugar to two pounds Of
cOrnmeal.
"Thc sale of one or more food
commodities upon condition that
the purchaser shall buy one or
more other food commodities from
the seller is regarded as a combin-
alton sale within the meaning Of
the ruling" says Mr.. Hoover.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-08

The work of the Four Minute
Men throughout the United States
has marked notable stage in the
world s history so far as democ-
racy's handling Of public affairs
is concerned There was no prec-
edent for the plan which is now
working successfully. Federal
dissemination of news has never
before been left to men Of all
ranks in life scattered throughout
the country. Yet the emergency
of an unparalleled war has called
into action many agencies not
heretofore used, and the Four
Minute Men are doing a work
which is not only necessary but
which must be well done, accord
ing to definite plans, and fully ac-
cording to instructions.
The national committee on pub
lie information takes the position
that the people must know what
is being done, what is necessary
to be done, and what they must
do, in order to get definite re-
suits. This nation is not built on
bureaucracy basis, and the
American citizens are entitled to
full information on all points of
strictly news value. Further than
this, the people need to know CON
ditiOns in order that they may
give full aid to the men in charge
of affairs.
The province Of the -Four Min
ute Men is to give continued state
ments Of facts to the people, tell.
ing of conditions and Of needs,
and helping to mould among the
people a single purpose and de-
sire to successfully wage the ma
tons battle. Letters Of informa-
tion and direction are sent to the
men from which they prepare
their talks, and their utteranccs
are backed by the government.
The Four Minute Man is the
direct line of communication be-
tween the seat Of war and those
supporting them at home. His
talk is one representing our gov
ernment, and his sole aim is to aid
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-08

pound for bread, or 10 cents
when the purchase is charged and
delivered. These prices will be
tried for the next 60 days, under
arrangements made with Federal
Food Administrator Charles Heb
berd. In Colville the price for sew
eral months has been 8 1-3 cents a
pound, on a cash basis.
Two classes of German prison
ers are now detained in this cOun-
try. One is comprised of sailors
taken into custody when the
United States entered the war
the other consists of "alien enem-
les" civilians who have been ar
rested and are now being held.
Altogether there are 1854 actual
prisoners of war in the custody Of
the war department and about
400 interned aliens held at the re-
quest of the department of JUS
tice.
1t is estimated that Germany is
now holding $50 sailors taken
from American ships by COM
merce raiders and other German
vessels.
Concentration of 30 state de-
partments at Olympia is provided
for inx plans just completed by
Architect Julius Zittel for the
new administration building the
capitol commission recently an
nounced would be erected upon
the old capitol foundation. Bids
will be called as soon after JAN
uary | as the necessary prelimin-
aries can be arranged. The pro-
posed administration building
will be 26S feet long by 156 feet
wide, three stories high above the
basement, and it will contain 160
rooms. It's cost, to be paid out of
the half mill levy appropriated
last winter will be in the neigh
borhood of $500,000.. o. =.
Drastic curtailment of passen-
ger automobile production, which
has been talked of since the manu-
facturers were called into confer
ence recently with the advisory
commission of the Council of Ma
tiOnal Defense, has been found I'M
necessary. according to expert ad-
vsOrs of the commission.
Facilities of the plants are said
to be sufficient for handling gov
ernment work now in sight and
steel manufacturers have given
assurance that they can supply all
the metal needed. In this connec-
ton it is pointed out that the
United States is the only country
in the world now producing auto
mobiles for private use.
Automobile plants now are
making various kinds of ammuni-
ton, including depth bombs, used
effectively by destroyers in hunt
ing submarine. Some plants are
at work on cylinder casing for
airplane engines.
The act which provides for gov
ernment life insurance for sol
diers and sailors has now been in
operation a little more than
month. The secretary of the treas
ury announced on November 18th
that up to that date GA, 1853 appli-
cations under the new law had
been received, representing insur-
ance in the sum of $552, 2,093, 900.
From four to six thousand appli-
cations are received each day at
the treasury department, the
amount of insurance applied for
sometimes reaching a total Of fifty
million dollars in a single day.
The law provides that soldiers,
sailors, marines and nurses in act
i've service may obtain from the
government life insurance in
amounts not exceeding $4,000 at
premium rates ranging from 20
cents month at the age of 2l
years to $1.20 a month at the age
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1917-12-08

Spokane bakers and grocers
have agreed on a price of 9 cents
ii pound for bread, or 10 cents
when the purchase is charged and
delivered. These prices will be
tried for the next 60 days, under
arrangements made with Federal
Food Administrator Charles Heb
berd. In Colville the price for sew
eral months has been 8 1-3 cents a
pound, on a cash basis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-05
Free Cooking School and Home Economies Course April 2 to 7, Inclusive.
 Shriners Temple,
 Direction
 Mrs. Helen Harrington --..-----,>- Downing.
 Under Auspices of THE PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC | Starts at D. III. Each Day
Under Auspices of THE PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC
Starts at 2 p. m. Each Day
Program for Thursday. Emergency Menu.

L"ClSVhCy 4uSiAus
 Tomato soup. Tuna salad. Duchess Potatoes. Peaches with cream
 TOMATO SOUP (Canned-Method Open can and turn soup into an open sauce pan and allow it to take up oxygen from the air When the meal is almost ready to serve, heat the soup to the boiling point and serve VERY hot.
 DUCHESS PoTAToEs-2c mashed potatoes. 2 T butter. 1-2 T sale. Yolks of two eggs slightly beaten. Shape in form of croquettes. Brush over with beaten eggs diluted with 1 t. water. Brown in oven. TUNA SALAD-1 large can tuna fish. cups chopped celery. bunch l parsley. 1 bunch lettuce. 3 T chop p FRENCH DRESSINGS T. Olive oil. 2 T. vinegar. Salt. Onion juice. Paprika.
 Method: Cut the tuna into half inch cubes, and the celery into pieces )f similar size, then add the chopped olives. Mix, marinate with French dressing. Arrange on salad plate l lined with lettuce. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
 PEACHES (canned) WITH CREAM l-Recipe: 1 can canned peaches (halves). cup whipped cream. l dozen Marischino cherries. 3 T. sugar. 1 teaspoon vanilla.
 Method: Arrange the half peaches cavity up, upon a desert dish with a little of the juice. Sweeten and tlav' or the whipped cream and place a tablespoonful on each half peach anc sprinkle with chopped cherries. Serve D. as desert.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-05
MILLS STARKE "PAPA" NOW.

Mills Starke, formerly employed as a linotype operator on The Graphic now located at Marshall, Texas. is the father of a boy. The event is noted by the Marshall Messenger in tnls way: ..
 "Mills Hammett Starke IT,, son ol MT and Mrs. Mills H. Starke. arrived Thursday afternoon, March 15, 19il and as soon as the weather permits will be at the Messenger office to re lieye his father at the linotype ma chine. The mother and baby are rest ing we'll and the father is carrying that Sunny Jim smile that won co''iS off :"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-04-05
NEGROES LOYAL.

Charlotte, N. C., April 4.-ln case or call by President Wilson for volun- teers for the army, c. l.. s. Taylor, negro of this place who organlzee anu commanded negro regiment of vol unteers of North Carolina dur.ns ,ne Spanish-American war, Will olier nis services and organize regiment ol his race. He stated today that lne : negroes are loyal and will be prompt to answer the country's call.