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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-26

Negro melodies and folk songs
marked the recital given BY r.
Willis Bradley. tenor. and Miss
Malcolm MASSEY. pianist. THURSDAY
night tn the Y. NJ. c. A. auditor.
ium.
. I. McCants gave short talk
on the history and Distinctive fea.
lures OF negro music.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-26
TWO MORE DAYS
TO CHIP IN TO THE
YULETIDE FUND

rhlnt OF the boys over there"
In France.
A whole day Of fighting A
whole day OF heay booming OF can
non and bombs.
The next day the same.
And the next. and the next.
no You believe that man can
stand ali that without having hts
nerves frayed'
10 You think he does not then
need something 20 soothe his weary
mind and body
That's whore a pipeful % tobacco
comes IN handy-or a cigaret
SAMMY needs a smoke In health
and he needs q when he II wound
ed. II is often the first thiug he
asks the nurse for In many cases
he'd exchange Il for fool
But the government makes no pro-
vision for Sammy's smokes No
government does. Therefore q IA
up 10 us 10 supply them 10 him.
Our BOYS In France Tobacco
Fund was created for that purpose.
Arrangements have been made with
leading tobacco companies whereby,
for every % cents spent. a package
containing as cents worth OF iohac'
co Is prepared for the sammies. Ev.
try penny YOU contribute 20 this
fund gees 10 the purchase Of tohae-
CO. The fund has no expenses to
paw ont o, contributions Postage.
clerk hire rcnf-ntl these Ar. taken
care ~ by prominent citizens
This week Is the last In which you
can contribute toward the Christmas
smokes for the boys In France. The
tobacco must be sen, ont OF New
York some time In November TO
reach them In plenty OF time
II Is M to You TO send your money
In 10 The Star fund by Saturday
night Don't delay
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-10-26

II would be well merlted punish.
ment to pick out the coldeat cells
In the farthest north penitentiary
for convicted coal hogs.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31

w ashine ton, D. c., Aug. 27.-
Consumption of cotton in
,uthsrn mills during the twelve
1nti,s ended July 81 exceeded
It 10 all other states by more
an a million bales" said Pres
9nt Harrison OF the Southern
.allway System. today.
5''The report of the United
aates Census Bureau for the
ston statistical year shows that
mills in cotton producing
ties consumed 1901. 413 bales,
compared with a consumption
3, e99, US bales IN the mills of
. other states. The increase
8 the year in Southern mills
805 bales, or near Y II per
Int, as comp ared with an in
Sc of 20. $50 bales or barely
e percent 10 other states.
The growth of the cotton
.nufacturlng industry in the
nth may be SAID to date from
o. in which year Southern
IS consumed but 188. 748 bales,
.e the consumpt ion 10 all 9th
tes was 1, 381. .596 bales. A
parisop of these figures with
OF the year Just ended
US an increase of ], 966 sper
1t i'm the Southern mills and
81 155 per cent in the mills OF
ar states. +"
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31
Wanted.

The National Life Insurance
Co. of the u. S. "A. wants a live
awake Salesman to sell their
weekly policies IN the Starkville
territory. Good opportunity for
he righ t man. Require one dol
lar per weelH cash bond. Must
furnish reference. Experience
unnecessary. Large commission.
Contract to build up business.
Address.
District Superintendent,
Box 527, Columbus. Miss.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31
Take Care of Corn Stalks.

= The South wastes enough feed
in the corn STALKS every year to
saake up for any shortage IN this
! ears hay crop. A medium acre
- corn Will make enough forage
after the ears without the husks
ARE +, moved TO winter steer.
- ouly few of the acres are
.lle this well. To save the
@orp has to be cut and shocked
I'd let stand until cured wren
ears are removed and the re-
.,pder Is shredded and put IN
Sbe barn. is stacked or ted to the
Atock from the shocks. As this
"a new practice for most of as
- will have to be begun on a
nall scale until the art is learn
II Corn that is cut early while
weather is hot must be pref
s.pe. In the hot climate Of
he South probably not more
han a third TO fourth of the
>lades should STILL be green. 1t
IS an advantage to start the
nock and cut on one side until
.te whole field has been gone
yer in this way Then the corn
a the ott.er side of the shock is
.at and 1t is finished. This al
sws the blakes to dry out inside
ne shock. Just before frost the
.In can be cut somewhat green
ser as the weather is cooler. 1T
3 the warm moist weather that
equently occurs in September
nd early October that spoils
ee corn so badiy.-Sonthern
s griculturls.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31
Agricultural College. Miss.
August %. 1917.
Editor Starkvllle News.
Starkvllle, Miss.
My Dear Sir:

Will you please inform the
public through your columns
that the College Library has on
It's shelves a copy of the Nation.
al Service Handbook and has
also deposited a copy at the
Red Cross Headquarters in
Starkville. This handbook will
give almost any information that
is likely to be wanted by any
Individual who IS inter ested in
the national welfare at this
period. The following general
headings are given in the table
of contents. and under these
headings are discussed many
other smaller divisions OF the
subjects. First, Domestic Wei.
fare. including the following sub
1ects: industry, Social Welfare,
Education, Social Work and
Phllanthrophy. Y. M. e. A,
Y. w. Z. A.. Publicity. Second,
European War Relief; third.
Religious Organization; fourth,
Professional Men and Women;
fifth, Financing the War; sixth.
Industry. Commerce and Labor:
seventh, Agriculture and Food
Supply; eighth. Civil Service;
ninth, Medical and Nursing Ser
vice: tenth. Army: eleventh.
Navy; twelfth. Aviation; thlr.
teenth. Aviation. The public is
cordially invited to make use OF
these handbooks and to ask for
information by mail If 1t is not
convenient to use the books IN
person.
Thanking you for bringing this
matter to the attention of the
public, | am
Yours very truly.
Whitman Davis,
Librarian.
The above letter received by
the News is self explanatory.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31
q
Operative Calf Shipment.

Aeventy fat. sleek calves,
King up cooperative ship
at by the farmers of the coun-
Awere sent off Tuesday morn
TO St. Louis market. The
ge weight of the calves was
III two hundred pounds. They
se IN splendid condition, show
they were well pastured.
So calves ought TO bring the
otch price.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31

SbdIlu nave uttSi lutuCu upOA
what should be the average value
to be placed upon lands as their
assessment IN the various couh-
ties as fairly as could have been
expected within the time they
have had to work out this vast
problem. They. no doubt, have
made a close study of the geo.
logical conditions of the State
and know fairly we'll the relative
value OF lands of the various dis.
tricts (geologicallv) and even to
Counties. In fur ther aetermln-
log the relative value z. lands of
the various Counties they made
a search OF the records Of all
transfers of land during the
period of time for the year 1915
and from them largely determ,n-
ed the relative value of lands of
the various Counties. [ do not
believe that they could have
adopted falrer method IN de-
termining that this county
should bring up an assessment of
an average of so much per acre
and other counties an assessment
of an average of so much per
acre.
At first thought 1t seems that
the Commissioners should have
ordered the Boards Of Supervisors
to assess the lands at their true
value or that the law should
not have created a commission
and should have left the power.
to order and enforce the various
boards to bring up a 100 percent
assessment, with the Governor
or some individual; but this. [ do
not believe, would not have
worked; for the reason that the
Boards of the Delta Counties
would not have assessed their
lands at about 5 or 6 times their
previously assessed valuation
an an attempt to enforce them
would have been a long drawn
out lawsuit which would have
impeded the progress of putting
this law into operation; and thus
it seems that if an equalization is
ever hoped to be obtained it
would be only through giving
unhampered and unlimited power
TO a commission.
The shoe may pinch the foot
of some individual at first and ii
it does it will not be wiltul or
malicious on the. part of the offi-
cials; for to make q revision of
such vast importance to the
State and it's people it is bound
to work some injustices; but ad-
Justments will be made from
time TO time until all will work
out to a better satisfaction of the
people than our present method.
Respectfully Submitted,
JOSEPH S. RICE.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31
Wllite-Green.
< :,

pretty wedding was solemn
! last Sunday at the residence
Carpenter. a few miles
sStnrgis. the parties being
s Beula Green and Mr.. Robert
'ite. Judge Etheridge per-
Eling the ceremony.
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31
Clean Healthy Wheat Seed
Essential.

Sound. lclean, healthy seed. is
the first requisite for the largely
wheat crop which the
United States Department Of
Agriculture hopes to see harvest
ed next year. Whatever the
source of supply farmers will
find it to their advantage, says
tie department. to see that ONLY
good seed is planted. What has
been said is equally true OF seed
for the rye crop winch the de-
partment hopes to see much
larger than usual next year.
If a farmer has seed from his
own crop which is satisfactory
so far as variety and general
are concerned. he
should lose no time in getting it
into shape for storage until
planting time. The tanning mill
is the farmers best friend in this
task. The farmer, by all means
should have such mill and If he
has not and is unable to obtain
one. should borrow or rent his
nelghbor's mill, or several farm
ers can join IN buying one. A
tanning mill removes weed seeds.
smut and shriveled gram and
leaves only plump kernels, prac-
tically every one of which may
be depended upon to produce a
thrifty plant. After 1t is Clean
ed, however, the seed should be
treated IN order that the smut
may be prevented. Scab Is less
likely to be prevented by seed
treatment. but the use Of the fam
ming null will assist materially
IN improving the crop grown
from seed known to have con-
tened scabby kernels.
Ii the tarmer is dependent on
outside sources for his seed he
should buy from his nelghbor if
possible so that he may be more
likely to get seed we'll adapted to
his conditions. 1t is advisable
to buy as soon after harvest as
possible as at this time prices
are likely to be lowest. If the
farmer delays, his neighbors'nnay
dispose of all their surplus gram
and may be forced to plant seed
grown under conditions radically
different from his own. Ii the
farmer patronizes scotsman he
should insist on getting seed
grown as near ms section as pos
sible.
II seed is affected by diseases.
careful inspection will usually
disclose the fact. The presence
of sinking smut IN wheat Is indi-
Gated by the odor aud the pres
ence of scab by the appearance
of the kernels. Purchased seed
should, of course. be cleaned and
treated for the destruction OF the
disease producing fungi. If the
examination shows this to be
necessary.
In choosing varieties OF wheat
the farmer should be guided by
the experience of h,s neighbors
and the advice of his State Ex-
pertinent Station. TINS is true
also of rye, but their are avail
able fewer varieties of rye than
of wheat. The stations can fur
nlsh comparative statistics on
the yields aud behavior of num-
Der of varieties OF the two cere-
ais.
After the grain farmer has
procured a supply OF satisfactory
seed he should store it carefully
so thatlt will kaep in good con.
ditlon and will be xsafe from the Z
depredations or rats, mice and
The Starkville news. (Starkville, Miss.) 1902-1960, 1917-08-31
Explanation of the Tax
Equalization Law.


to make as clear an explanation.
of the Tax Equahzauon Law as
| am capable uf doing; and IN so
dong. | wish TO refnte the follv
of and The unreasonable objective
arguments | have heard concern
ing same
The purpose of the law is to
require 100 per cent valuation
placed on lands as their assess
ment for taxes i'm the various
counties In the State so that they
wall pay THEN proper Prop rtlon
OF their taxes; and thus bear
their proportionate bnrIan IN he
cost of the operation of the
States government.
/ am safe IN saying that at least
7 of the States of the Union have
the assessment of their lands
based on the true value thereof.
This matter of an assessment at
true value is as broad as 1t is
long. The cost of the opel alton
of the States Government is SO
many DOLLARS and CENTS.
The total assessment of the
property 10 the State will be so
many DOLLARS and CENTS.
Hence al deriving at what shall
be the States levy IN so many
mills will be simple problem IN
division.
The Legislature is expected to
! convene soon and fix the rate or
levy at just SO many mills AS will
be sufficient TO bringln the same
amount of revenue plus the de-
ficiency OF only $40. 10000 and
no more. ANY other conjecture
as TO the Legislative Body's pur
pose OF placing a burdensome tax
on the tax payers, such as doub.
ling our tax or fixing the levy al
a ratably large number of mills
in proportion to the increased
assessment is absolutely false.
No one is prophet enough to
know what the rate in so manv
I mills will have to be to bring IN
sufficient revenue to the State:
but as / have said, as soon as the
total assessment of the property
10 the State is known 1t will be
simple to determine that.
The Legislators Of the various
Counties expect to act their part
towards the tax payers of their
respective Counties and are as
anxious to keep the faith of their
constituents as are the Boacds of
Supervisors, in reducing the
number of mills to derive just SO
much revenue as is necessary to
meet operating expenses. There
is no distinction as to the rela-
tive relation that a Legislator
owes to his County and State
and that which Supervisor owes
to his Beat. District Or County.
The whole thing IN a nut shell
rs that the Delta is not bearing
Its proportionate burden of the
States taxes; and the effect OF
this law will adjust this injns-
tice to the Hill counties and
work relief to them. / do not
believe that this county will pay
more revenue to the State in the
way of Ad VaIorem tax than 1t
has previously and If anything 1t
may. and | believe will. have to
pay less; because the Delta lands
are assessed at from about 5 to
times their previously assessed
valuaflon whereas ours are only
about tripled. Thus the deficl-
ency ln the States revenue
should be made up if not exceed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-09
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. IA,
p. q. &. OF A.

Z % % UT IA
Meets every first and third Monday
nights in P. o. S. of A. Hall, No. 215
Lamar St. All members in good stand
ing invited to attend. Beneficiary certi.
fcates from $4,000 to 100000 issued
to members of this camp.
S. A. JENNINGS, PreG't.
O. D. REESE, Recd'g. Sec'y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-09
GETS TWO CHICKS FROM EGG
WITH A DOUBLE YOLK


ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. Did you
know that chickens could be twins,
brother and sister, out of the same egg?
An Atlanta chicken fancier whose
Plymouth Rocks are famous in all the
shows has a hen which fell into the
curious habit of laying eggs with
double yolks. On discovering this pc
culiarity the fancier figured that if he
could get one chick from an egg with
one yolk, he ought to get two chicks
from an egg with one yolk, he ought to
get two chicks from an egg with a
double yolk.
So he carefully saved dozen eggs
from the prolific Plymouth Rock and
set them in an incubator, and was re-
warded for his pains when twenty first
class chicks Matched out.
One pair was linked together with a
thin strip of skin which he cut away
without a trace of injury to either
chick, and all the others are not only
alive but fiourishing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-09
WAR TAXES.

The war tax bill, revised to meet the
latest estimates of wars probable cost,
was reported to the Senate yesterday
by the finance committee. Debate on
the bill is expected to begin the latter
part of the week, and administration
leaders are hopeful that it will be
lpassed early in September. 1t is es-
timated by Chairman simmons, of the
finance committee, that it will yield
50 ,O06, $4,000. In actual operation, the
bill will produce many millions more,
according to experts who have care
fully studied the revised schedules.
Under the provisions of the measure
as it has been redrafted for submission
IL the Senate, most of the new taxes
will come from incomes, war excess
profits, liquor and tobacco.
This is as it should be. There is lit
tie to be said against taxing incomes
according to a graduated scale. There
is nothing to be argued against taxing
the prodigious profits for firms and
corporations that have made hundreds
Of millions out of war contracts. Meth
e. is there anything to be said in the
way of sound argument against taxing
whiskey and tobacco. Both are luxur-
lies and one of them is a curse. Neither
lis necessary in any form.
The war is going to cost the United
States many billions of dollars, and it
will be necessary to raise vast sums
through channels not hitherto deeply
drawn upon for governmental revenue
The first years cost of war will be
great, and there is reason to believe
that it will not be less in the second
year We can hardly expect our ex-
perience to be different from that of
he other warning countries, all Of
which have found the cost of war
mounting steadily to higher levels.
! The burden of wars cost should fall
heaviest on the classes best able to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-09

just suppose there is.
Change each of these "cartwheels'
into an automobile wheel, and there
would be S75 times as many as there
are on all the cars that the largest pro-
Queer ever made The total amount
would buy a runabout for every fifth
person in the United States.
The weight OF 7,OOO,OOO,OOO silver dol
lars would be in the neighborhood Of
100000 tons, or twice as much as that
! O. the worlds greatest building. the
Woolworth Tower. To carry this mass
Of silver would require train of 3.940
freight cars, each having capacity Of
! fifty tons. Not counting the necessary
locomotives to pull it, this train would
b. eighty-four miles long.
To pursue these silver dollar com
parsons just little further the above
mentioned hoard is enough to build a
solid column fifty feet square and 500
feet high, almost the same size as the
Washington Monument. In a single
stack there would be 1000 miles of
coins.
Enough. Even now you are far from
realizing how much $1,000, 100000 is
However, there is but little doubt that
all agree that it surely is "a lotta
money"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-09

The task of examining 500 men for
physical defects is something to think
about, especially, when the examina-
ton must be completed within three
days and only three physicians tackle
the job. The fact that the examinations
are being completed on schedule time
in Sumter county speaks well for the
physicians in charge of the work
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-09

1t is reported from Washington D.
C., that certain political interests are
bringing great pressure to bear on the
War Department to securt the appoint
ment of majors, lieutenant colonies
and colonies from civil life, without
regard to instruction in officers train
ing camps, etc. The department pledg-
ed at the outset that no such appoint
ments would be made and that polit-
ical seekers after fat army jobs and
high sounding titles, would be com
pletely ignored. It would be truly re-
gretable if the department were tc
yield to the plants Of the politicians.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-08-09
bear it. The poor had burdens enough
before the war began.-Albany Herald.
SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS.
cssyriisA,

The man on the street is talking
glibly of the United States's great
war loan of $7,OOO,OOO,OOO. He speaks
of it as "lotta money" or "a tidy
sum- and observes that money fights
as we'll as talks" With the average
person the mention of any amount
from $1,OO0,O0O upward commands re-
spect, and so a sum involving ten
numerals is matter of veneration.
But how many people realize what
the figures 7,OOO,OOOOO0 signify.
The watch in your pocket ticks four
times a second. If it were always kept
wound and never stopped it would take
ffty-five years and six months at this
rate to tick off 7,OOO,OOO,O00. No human
being could count it one at time, I'M
less he lived to be the age of Methus-
elah.
How much, then, is $7OOO,OOO,OO0?
In the first place, it is more than the
actual amount of cash in the United
States, so it is chiefly a matter of
credit. 1t is a sum of money twenty
three times as great as the estimated
Rockefeller fortune To earn it a man
getting SO a day would have to work
6,353,636 years, including Sundays and
holidays If there were no 'unearned
Increment" an income of 81, 100000 a
year would take 1000 years to pile up
the amount of the war loan.
A dollar bill is IL inches long. If
i entire $1,000 OOO,O 600 could be chang
el into bills of this denomination and
joined end to end they would make a
strip Of paper just about 828, 800 miles
long, much more than long enough to
orm a belt running around the earth at
ione end and to and from the moon at
the other. 1t would take an aviator
flying continuously at the rate of 100
niles an hour more than eleven months
to travel from one end of this strip to
tie other, for the distance would be
three and one-half times as great as
that between the earth and the moon;
this tidy sum- in dollar bills would
make a green paper carpet around the
circumference of the globe having a
width of eight feet, in two-dollar bills
it would cover every square inch OF
Manhattan Island in New York city
Several years ago when the Panama
canal was receiving the lions share OF
newspaper space one of the amazing
items to the contemplative mind was
the cost of the gigantic work We
learned that it amounted to the tota'
: OF $375,000,O0O, a sum beyond the com.
prehension of most people What does
! it mean now to say that $7,OO0,OOO, 900
is more than enough to pay for eigh-
teen Panama canals? Dividing two
ontinents is an inexpesive matter com
pared to financing a war.
Having tried to get a concrete idea
of the amount in paper money let us
translate $IoOQ,OQO,OOO into terms o.
silver dollars, 1t is extremely doubt
full if there is such an enormous supply
Of silver in the world, but at any rate