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The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-29
MEETING THE
EMERGENCY
By VIVIAN NJ. MOSES
OF Ths Visiianfes

When IL. G. Wells called the present
war the war OF machines he had In
mind the vast quantities Of engines Of
war used at the front-the ordnance.
both large and small. the bomb-mor-
tars and mine-throwers gas-prOjectors,
airplanes and turks employed In the
actual fighting. But there Is another
sense In which this Is the war Of ma
chimes even more truly than that In
which the great British novelist used
the term: for on the machines In the
shops and factories Of the allied ma
ti0ns depends an allied vict0ry-0n
the machines and the men who drive
them.
As has been the case with each OF
her allies. the United States since II
entered the war has had to increase
stupendously the output Of Its machine
shops. This result is being accom-
plished by the erection of new plants,
by the enlargement and increase In ia.
cilities Of the shops already engaged
In the production of war products, and
by the conversion to this purpose of
plants previously engaged In other
work. The problem of multiplying the
shops to work In Is u comparatively
simple one more difficult Is the prob
lem of supplying the skilled workmen
to ill these shops.
obviously we cannot quadruple our
4 ed workmen by the old methods Of
SIR. niceshlp and training fast
-sdsh to meet the nations needs.
The old method has been found want
ing. 1t consisted In taking the raw.
unskilled laborer into the shop. start
Ing him at the simplest work that
could be found, and letting him fight
his way slowly and painfully to the
status of a trained mechanic. 1t was
q method which wasted the three pre-
cous elements. time. material and
man-power.
New Way Was Found.
The training accomplished by pri-
vate and public vocational and tech
nical schools brings far better results,
but produces too small q quantity of
skilled mechanics to meet the emer-
gency.
France found new way. Great
Britain has adopted 1t. And now
America must get In llne--is already
getting In line, In fact. with gratifying
results. For the new method Is swift,
Is sure. Is comparatively cheap. It
turns the grocer boy or the school
teacher into skilled mechanic with
equal facility. It Is the method Of
the shop training school.
shop training schools are now main
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anything except the wages and POO
siAy 4 place to put up few tsnta
The farmers wife has no bother q
extra work In the matter ut all. Well
every one Of these units In Westches
ter county made good. and there wert
exactly AZ many surprised farmers 10
westchester county ~ there wert
units. At the end Of the season each
employer was asked. "Will you EN-
ploys woman farm hands again mex,
yearr Each farmer made exactly the
same reply. Yes. II Gun get the SAINT
women"
Each thought that he had happened
to have the luck to get the only gooc
bunch Of girlsl Sly, shrewd fellows
those farmers! For II seemed to then
quite obvious that women as a class
could not be good farm iaborers. A
perfectly natural prejudice. Men as
class have always had the same Ger
tainty that women could never be gooc
at anything outside Of the home" un'
I'll they went out and made good al
everything from voting and doctorins
to driving ambulances, and even al
lighting In the trenches when the ne.
cessity arose over In poor betrayed
Russia.
Kept Island From Starving.
American farmers, however, are the
most enlightened In the world. Per.
haps II will not take them so long to
get the Idea into their heads as 1t re-
quired to beat 1t into the British brain.
In England. even after the scarcity OF
farm labor had become more acute
than 1t Is here now, the 'woman's land
army" movement was almost blighted
by masculine prejudice until the gov.
ernment became alarmed and turned a
clever trick. Prizes were offered at the
county fairs for public competitions
for woman workers In various depart
ments of farm work. This aroused
considerable curiosity and created n
great deal of discussion. The question,
however, was not whether girls could
do farm work. but which girl could do
1t best! Big crowds gathered. Bets
were made. Rivalry ran high. And
when It was demonstrated before the
nstonished eyes Of the British farmers
that these farm lassies." rs they now
affectlonately term their 'farmerettes'
over there, not only knew their job
but were experts at 1t, the prejudice
broke down and the country was saved.
The woman's land army Of England.
now 100000 strong. has kept the island
from starving. This patriotic fact has
been publicly acknowledged In parlia-
ment.
There are already II states Of the
Union organized under the Woman's
Land Army Of America. and In New
York alone 5000 farmerettes are regis
tered for this season. II is fine pa
triotic service. good thing for the
farmer who can thus get good sober,
industrious laborers at cheap rate,
good thing for the girls. who can
thus get wholesome outing as well
as fair wages, and the best thing OF all
for the nation, which needs food and
needs men. and needs them at once.
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tained by most OF the larger metal.
working plants engaged In manufac.
ture Of war products. They are spaces
set aside for this purpose alone. and
equipped with machines Of every
type used in the shops proper. An ex.
pert mechanic especially selected for
his aptitude for this work Is in charge
In each of these shops, and under him
other skilled mechanics act as teach.
ers. Here are received the raw or un.
dertrained applicants for work. They
are assigned to the types Of work to
which they best seem fitted, and quick.
ly and practically instructed In this
work at the very machines which they
will have to operate In the main shops.
They work with the materials and on
the actual orders upon which the shop
Is engaged and the product Of their
labors becomes part Of the output Of
the shop. They are paid a fair hour.
ly wage as learners, and this wage In.
creases as the skill OF the learner en-.
ables him to Increase his output.
The results obtained In these shop
training schools are almost beyond be-
lief. The Ideal conditions under which
raw man Is taught to handle his ma
chine enable him to become a skilled
mechanic In a small fraction of the
time formerly consumed In the old
method under which he picked up
knowledge bit by bit In the shop from
such other workmen as had time to
help him.
Mechanics Are Needed.
For example. here, in a New Eng.
land shop. Is grocer's man, after a
weeks training, operating his milling
machine effectively, and reading the
blueprint related to his work. Here,
In an Ohio shop, are three girls for
merly employed In department store !;
they are now operating heavy hand
turret lathes on work requiring great
precision; and the length of their
training required variously from
three to ten days.
"Here is particularly capable won.
an" says an expert from one Of the
greatest American war factories, visit.
ing another shop (speaking of one
who was probably teacher). "H0w
long have you been herey" he asks this
product Of the shop training school. II
came yesterday" replies the woman,
who Is working a great turret-lathe.
America needs skilled mechanics
and needs them greatly. The shop
training schools will supply this need,
quickly and efficiently. To the EN-
ployer they offer the surest method Of
supplying the trained operators with.
out which his machines cannot turn.
To the individual seeking employment
or willing to take place In the swell.
ing ranks of those providing :he
sinews Of war for the American gov.
ernment. the shop training schools
provide the opportunity for becoming.
without undergoing long period OF
training or probation, skilled mechan.
les. worthy of and receiving the won.
drously high rates Of payment which
trained labor Is commanding.
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Genius and Iaste.

To say nothing Of Its holiness or
authority the Bible contains more
specimens of genius and taste than
any other volume In existenee.-Lan-
dor.
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-08-29
mraovrD unRsas INTERNATIONAL
SUNDMS0lOOL.
LESSON

(By Rev. p. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher OF English Bible Id the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago.)
Copyright. 1918. By Western Nswspapsr Union.l
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16
WHAT THE VICTORY OR
 DEFEAT OF GERMANY
 MEANS TO AMERICANS

Contributed by Garrett P. Serviss to the National Security Leagues cam paign of Patriotism Through Educa- tion.)
 The most fatal blindness that can come upon any man is not to know his enemy when he sees him; to mis- take smiling william, with a dagger concealed in his hand, for friend. Such moral cecity has often been the disastrous product of simple, kindly, good-nature; of an indisposition to either do evil or suspect it in others. The same thing is true of a nation, and particularly of a republic like ours, founded upon democratic ideas. Out of this kind of blindness the United States has suddenly found it. self aroused, and forced to tare the scales from its eyes. The German Kaiser's empire has been our secret, smiling foe almost from the time that the king-loving Bismarck prepared it's foundations. Its covert enmity has grown more bitter every year since William II, with rattle of his sword, and call upon the "Old Ger man God", the god of war and battle, ascended his throne as divinely chosen representative of supreme power over men, transmitted sy f77 editary succession from d robber baron of the Middle Ages. The anti pathy was as natural as that of se-
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16

cret law-defier to an upright judge, for the autocrat in Berlin and his supporters knew that their principles of government were in dealy opposi- tion to the new law of liberty en-
 Tightening the world. The aversion, the concealed purpose, could not always be kept from peeping out. It peeped out in Manila Bay, in
 1898, only to shrink before the steady eye of Admiral Dewey. It peeped out in Venezuela, when there
 was Roosevelt on guard It peeped
 out in Mexico, in the Pacific, and, as we now know, at many times and places which escaped notice at the moment. Like a crawling serpent it
 crept into our very house, and hid itself there, in the form of spies, un- recognized in their disguise of false friendship.
 But "der tag" came, black with violation of treaties, horrible with outrage and murder, making of sea
 and land a charnel-house into which were mercilessly thu own old men and helpless women, young girls and fn-
 nocent babes, while the world was hurled packard toward the chaos of barbarism in order to put "Deutsch- land ueber Alles;" to enthrone the
 German Kaiser over all human pow CTS, and to extinguish the torch of freedom for mankind. These extrav- agant-seeming words tell nothing but
 the sober truth. The last three years have so opened the eyes of men that
 no language can exaggerate what
 they behold.
 Can any intelligent-liberty- loving American ask what we are fighting for? Is it possible for him not to
 comprehend that we must fight, and | fight with all the strength of our
 arms, and all the determination that steeled Washington at the beginning,
 and Lincoln in the middle period, in
 order to preserve the cause of dem
 ocracy and human rights? In Gods name, let none of our countrymen be so blind as to doubt that an unde-
 feated Germany now would mean, in the near future, an America "bled white" to fill the depleted arteries of the gorgon of military conouest and
 autocratic rule that is sucking the
 blood of half-prostrated Europe.
 Let us all fight, in whatever way we can; let there be no word but
 fight" until the foul spirit that
 brought on this abominable war, and
 abased us all, has been laid dead
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16
POLITICAL ANNOUNCE
 MENTS.

The Independent is authoriz- cd to announce the following persons as candidates for public office, subject to the action o1 the Democratic party: For County Superintendent J. M. Balch.
 Garland E. Land. A. J. Garner.
 z. D. Barber H. L. Thomas For Congress
 Wm. A. Hodges, w. D. Davenport. For County Treasurer w. D. McLain.
 Charles K. Coe. For County Judge:
 John A. Melville. ~A R. F. Tyer.
 w. M. Tims.
 w. A. Mink. For Sheriff and Collector Terry Guin.
 J M. Ivy. For Representative:
 R. T. Simmons
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16
.16, ,OO0,OO0 JOINED
 RED GROSS IN BIC
 CHRISTMAS DRIVE
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION LED OTHER f2 IN UNITED STATES
 IN NUMBER OBTAINED.
GRAND TOTAL NOW 22, 900, ,O00
Fifth of Entire Population of This
 Country Belongs to the Great i "Army Behind the Army"

One-fifth of the entire population of the United States belongs to the American Red Cross.
 Twenty-two million persons consti- tute the Army Behind the Army
 Sixteen million new members were added as result of the Christmas membership campaign. Six million were members.
 Ten million new members was the goal set for the Christmas campaign. Six million more than the required number were obtained, 3,250,000 of these coming from the Southwestern division, which was made up by the states of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
 The Southwestern division led the other 12 divisions of the Red Cross tained and from percentage basis.
 Wonderful Achievement.
 The wonderful achievement of en- rolling one-fifth of the entire popula- ton of the United States as members of the Red Cross Is less a triumph than it is a call to greater service, ac- cording to Henry F. Davison, chair man of the War Council of the Red Cross, who pointed out that greater service and sacrifice must be the watch word of the 22,000,0 mem- bers of this, the greatest organization of its kind the world has ever known. Davisen recently said in a telegram to George w. Simmons, manager of the Southwestern division of ths Red Cross:
 ''The latest reports available inGi- cate that the Christmas drive for 16,- 100000 new members for the AIneri- dition of fully 16,00o, ,00o names to it's rolls. This number, added to the more than 5000 ,0e0 members before Christ- mas campaign, makes the total prss- ent enrolment fully 22,go0, ,000.
 ''This is magnificent fact-an ex- precision not alone of the patriotism but of the fine sympathy and idealism of the whole American people. The Red Cross War Council con- | graduates and welcomes every now 1 member of the American Red Cfoss Likewise it congratulates the officers and old members of the organization who have given unstintsdly of their time and effort to make this member ship campaign a success; but the wonderful achievement of enrolling one-fifth of the entire population of the United States as members of the American Red Cross is less a triumph than it is call to greater service
 ''The Red Cross as not merely a hu- manitarian organization, separate and
 istinct from others, but it is the mo- bilized heart and spirit of the whole American people. The American Red Crcss is carrying message of love and sympathy to American soldiers and sailors and to the troops and ci- william population of our allies in all parts of the world. It is seeking to lay foundation for a more enduring peace. As we stand on the threshold of new year in this hour of worlds tragedy, there can be but one thought n the minds of the 22,000,000 mem- oers of the American Red Cross. and hat is to serve and sacrifice as never oeforo"
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16
Members of the Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights or republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16
ON APPEAL
 FILED IN SUPREME COURT
Special to Independent.

Special to Independent.
 Little Rock, Jan. 16.-Walker V. Powell, who was convicted June 21, on charge of conspiracy in connec- ti5n with influencing legislation dur ing the last legislature, has filed his transcript on appeal in supreme court. He was fined $100 and sen tenced to one day in jail.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16
STATE PENITENTIARY
 ACCOUNTS ARE BEING
 THOROUGHLY AUDITED

Special to Independent.
 Little Rock, Jan. 16.-State Comp troller Reynolds is making thor ough audit of the accounts of the State Penitentiary, back to 1913. He has been engaged on the work for the last three months, and says 1t will take two months more.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16
APPOINTED COUNTY EX-
 AMINER OF SEWER COUNTY
Special to Independent.

Special to Independent.
 Little Rock, Jan. 16.--J. G. Moore, principal of the DeQueen public schools, was yesterday appointed county examiner of Sevier county, to succeed George w. Lewis, who re- signed to enter the Y. M. c. A. war work. MT. Moore is graduate of the University of Arkansas.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16

Our neighbor city of Jonesboro is ,aving ,its troubles also, as we'll as s~1o of us. The fuel administra- tor and the mayor have ordered all stores and places of business to close every afternoon at o'clock and the public schools will be closed for a week in order to save fuel.
Newport daily independent., 1918-01-16

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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-20
No Candy Shortage Now.

It is consoling, especially to the boys
and girls, to learn that there will
be sufficient supply of candy for
Christmas. This information comes
from the local wholesale candy dealers
and jobbers who report that the curtail
ment of sugar restrictions has given
the manufacturers a chance to catch
up with their work and that the big
factories all over the country are turn
ing out vast quantities of sweets.
The only shortage will be in several
kinds of candy generally nsed by Sun
day Schools for their annual treats, but
it may be possible that there will be
enough of this kind to go around.
There is plenty of all other kinds of
candy. The only trouble jobbers are
experiencing is in getting enough cardy
to meet the heavy demands tor the
Christmas trade. Now the manufacture
ers are allowed 100 per cent sugar, While
under the sugar restrictions they were
reduced to 40 per cent.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-20

Iishop Visits Trinity Church.
Right Rev. Alfred Harding,

Right Rev. Alfred Harding
: of Washington, visited Trinity
4rch last Sun lay morning, and adj
mustered the holy rite of Confirma
Ion to class of eleven persons.
Instead of a sermon the Bishop made
an appeal for the Board of Missions.
He spoke of the great work it accom-
plished and that the needed funds to
carry on the organization had not been
Forthcoming this year. so that it wa 8
imperative that the sums allotted to the
different parishes in Maryland should
be raised by January 1st.
After the administration of the Holy
Communion, the Bishop blessed the
m emorials which have been placed in
the Church since his last visitation.
The Ii tany desk in memory of Miss
Holly Hill: the windows in memory of
MIR. and Mrs Joseph S. Wilson aai
little Amber McManus: also the new
Communion linen presented by Mrs.
P. H. Tuck, of Baltimore, in memory
OF her h1sb and.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-20
Price Of Wheat.

Prince Georges county farmers will
be interested in the announcement by
the United States Food Administration,
calling attention to the fact that the
ending of the war and the declaring OF
peace will not affect the price fixed for
the1919 crop of wheat. The President,
under the provisions of the Lever act,
guaranteed prices for the 1919 crop of
American wheat, ased on price OF
81 26 bushel at Chicago. While the
language of t he Lever act provides that
the provisions of the act itself shall
cease to be in effect when the Presi-
dent shall have proclaimed the termi-
nation of the war it adds: "But the
termination Of this act shall net affect
any act done, or any right or obliga-
ton accrued or accruing." 1t further
provides that call rights or liabilities
under this act arising before its eermi-
nation shall continue and may be en-
forced in the same manner as if the
act had not terminated. The guaran-
tee for the 1919 wheat crop will not ex-
pire until June l, 1920.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-20
ORDER OF RATIFICATION
S. MARVIN PEACH, Assignee,
Complainant.
VS..
John r. SMITH and SARAH ID.
SMITH, his wife, Defendants,
In the Circuit Court for Prince
Georges County, Maryland.

Equity No. 5147.
nRDERED this 18th day Of Decem-
" Der, 1918, by the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges County, Maryland, IN
described in the mortgage in this pro-
ceeding, made and reported by 8. Mar
vim Peach, Assignee, be ratified and
confirmed unless cause to the contrary
be shown on or before the 18th day OF
January, 1919, provided copy OF this
order be published in some newspaper
printed in Prince Georges County,
Maryland, once in each Of three sue:
cessive weeks before the 18th day OF
January, 1919, next.
The report states the amount OF sale
to be $1500.00
S. D. HALL, Clerk
Circuit Court for Prince Georges
County, Nd
True Copy-Test:
s. D. HALL. Clerk. Dec. zOsh.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-20

The automobile owned by Mr.. Ad-
am Weschler of Oxon Hill, stolen Octo-
Der %, has been recovered. Two broth
ers, Harold August Wayne and Eugene
Maurice Wayne, of Ohio. who had been
working at the proving ground at In
dian Head, Nd, are alleged to have
stolen the machine and also one from
Ohm Z. Hall. Lothian, Nd. They were
arrested at Union Station on Wednes-
day of last week by Detectives Bailey,
Spfingmann and Herefurth. The young
men were asleep in the cars when
arrested, and d loaded revolver was
found in the folds OF Eugene's oyercoat'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-20
FOR SALE.

100 ACRES in Spaldings district
about half way between Forestville and
Suitland, on Marlboro-W ashington
State road. Apply to,
MAMIE r. PURDY,
Sta. H. R. F. D.
Washington, D. c.