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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-13
G. w. SAWYER WOULD
BE PROBATE JUDGE
Popular Young Attorney Gets Into
Running for That

running Tor nat
Office.
The announcement of G. W. Saw
yer for the Office of Probate Judge
caused no little surprise. Sawyer
has steadfastly declined to become a
candidate for any office, but has final
~ yielded to the demand that he get
into the race.
Since coming to Liberal Mr.. Saw
yer has built up lucrative law prac-
tice and it means a sacrifice for him
to make the race, but he says that
now that he has taken the step he
would like to go through with it and
win If the people have confidence
that he can handle the work to their
liking.
Sawyer has every qualification to
enable him to give efficient service.
He is interested in the matter of the
young people and would be a good
man in charge of the juvenile court.
Sawyer will make a good race for
the nomination and if he wins in the
primary will be formidable candid
ate in the November election.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-13
DR.. PELLETTE WILL
RUN FOR CORONER
Popular Osteopath Makes Announce
ment this Week.

DIR. Eugene F. Pellette is out this
week asking the Republican nomina-
ton as Coroner of Seward county,
There are few men in this county
better known than DR.. Pellette. He
came here when the town first start
ed on the up grade and through all
the lean years he has stayed and has
prospered.
DR.. Pellette is capable and reliable
and has made lot of friends among
old-timers as well as new people here.
He will have large following who
will do all in their power to secure
his election.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-13

saw a notable jump in the production
of small ships, numbers being award
ed to 1873, the tonnage being 147,
las. The record in April was 1875
ships of 163,050 tons, and in May
1876 ships Of 194,464 tons.
In a single month this year the
American merchant fleet has seen a
growth almost as great as during the
entire first year of the European
war.-Topeka Capital.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-13

CRACKED EGGS at the Creamery
at 15c per doz. 2tfc
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-06-13

Why in the world don't you try a
Democrat Want Ad?
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

cut-over timber lands of the North.
Northwest and South; second. the
more general and systematic raising
Of sheep on farms, where sheep rails
ing has been hitherto neglected large
Iy because of frontier competition /;
and third, continued use Of the great
ranges of the West to their full capac-
ity. It can be done. 1t Is question
Of education.
In 1900 we had in the United States
80 sheep per capita. In 1917, the fig-
ure dropped to .46 per capita. In 1890
we produced 4.29 pounds Of wool per
capita. In 1917 only 2.72 pounds per
capita.
We import now so per cent of our
wool consumption. We ought to pro-
duce that at home; and we can IL we
will.
Sheep increase rapidly-from so to
100 per cent annually as compared
with the number of ewes.
There is every reason, In the opin-
ion Of the committees, why, for the
sake of our economic welfare and in
dependence, we should act on the fact
that we can raise enough sheep II we
will, and reap advantage and prohf
in SO doing.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

gar Allan Poe" and the Robert Louis
Stevenson" ideas.
The marines found the buried treas.
ure In the exact spot the negroes said
1t would BET
Feverish hands raised the chest to
the top of the trench and when the lid
was pried off, the chest was found to
contain
Not the "go to hell or Hadleyburg"
message of Mark Twain.
Not the soiled linen Jean Lafitte had
forgotten to send to the laundry.
But sure enough gold and silver re-
posed in the resurrected chest.
Not a fortune in precious metal but
several thousand dollars worth. And
papers and documents of all kinds,
yellowed by age and illegible.
And so endeth our tale Of the near
Spanish Main.
Oh, yes! The metal was sold and
the proceeds turned over to the de-
pendent families Of marines. We al
most forgot that.
And we almost forgot the moral OF
the story. 1t is-join the United
States marines!
Theirs Is a great life.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
SPEND MILLIONS
TO LIES

being whispered over the country
and we are the victims Of what Is
known as the whispering propaganda
is that this Is war Of the wealthy
classes, and that the president plunged
the country into the struggle to save
the milliOnaires' as we'll as to safe
guard Americas huge loans and cred
its to the allied countries.
1--WE have even established the fact
that the propaganda has penetrated
into the mountain Businesses of the
Carolinas and Georgia, where the
mountaineers have been led to believe
that another Civil war is imminent
Lies About Rainbow Division.
1.-THE disaster story has also been
worked to a finish in oil parts of the
country. The Rainbow division has
been picked out as the victim Of this
phase of the propaganda, because it
represents all sections Of the country,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
DIG TRENCHES,
find TREASURE:
Marines in Training Camp Uncov-
er Chest Buried by Jean
Lafitte.
DIFFERS FROM FICTION
Precious Metal Worth Thousands of
Dollars Sold and Proceeds Turned
Over to Dependent Fam
lilies of Marines.

Paris Island, S. C-"Ten it to the
marines"
That's all the comfort superstltious
negroes got when they whispered, to
white scoffers, of buried pirate treas
ure on little island near here.
But that was years and years ago,
long before United States marines es-
tablished their recruit depot at Paris
Island for the training Of navy soldiers
for duties on land. at sea and In the
air.
The negroes had it that Jean Laf1tte,
the swashbuckllng pirate Of the Next
can gulf, had buried treasure chest
near Paris Island. And so they told
their children and their children told
the United States marines when they
established a recruit depot at Paris
Island In 1914.
Why Not, indeed
In these days Of intensive training
for troops, trenches must be dug in or
der to truly simulate west front con-
ditions.
Well, then, why not dig the trenches
somewhere near the spot negro tradi'
ton said the pirate treasure lay?
Not that the marines had any idea
there was treasure there. Oh. no!
You can tell marines q whole lot of
things but to get them to believe them
is another matter. World travellers
that they are, they are sophisticated.
If not blase.
Still, digging away over the site of
the buried treasure would add a new
Zest to the task-would get the
trenches completed In Jig time. and
would prove to the darkies that the
whole thing was myth.
Now then, here's the spot our story
begins to differentiate from the "Ed.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

A half-acre garden, If cared for prop
erly, will produce far more vegetables
than the average family can consume
during the maturing period of the
crops. Only a small portion of gar
den Of this size should be devoted to
those vegetables that must be used as
soon as they reach maturity. 1t Is
advisable to devote the major portion
Of the space to those crops which If
not needed at once may be kept for
winter use. In fact. If the space is
available the garden should be planned
with the definite purpose of growing
crops for storage for winter use.
Late beets, late cabbage carrots. cell
cry, onions, parsnipS, late potatoes,
sweet potatoes, satisfy, and late tur-
nips may be stored in their natural
condition and II possible should be
grown to the extent Of the family
needs for storage for winter use.
Work Garden All Season.
It is possible in nearly all sections
Of the country to grow late beets, late
cabbage, late potatoes and turnips on
ground that has already produced a
crop of lettuce, radishes. beans, early
peas, early potatoes, or some crop re-
quiring relatively short period for
its maturity. Gardeners are inclined
to neglect the opportunities for crop
production in the garden after the first
Of the season has passed and frequent
~ space is allowed to lie idle that
should be producing a crop of late po-
tatoes, cabbage or turnips. In sections
where the season is short it Is posi-
BILE TO plant the late crops between the
rows of early crops before the early
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

crops are removed thus gaining two
or three weeks time.
Late potatoes may be planted on
ground from which early peas or string
beans have been removed.
Late cabbage may be planted be-
tween the rows of early potatoes be-
fore this crop Is mature. Turnips may
be sown between the rows of late corn
and late bush beans. Late beets may
be planted between the rows of late
beans and will grow long after frost
has killed the beans.
Storage in the Home.
BY utilizing every square foot OF
space In the garden q considerable
quantity of vegetables may be grown
for storage for winter use. II no stOr~
age facilities exist In the home oil the
crops suitable for keeping may be
ever, it Is not at all difficult to provide
storage facilities in most homes, 1t be-
ing only necessary to make use OF the
cellar. the attic, large closet, or 9th
er parts of the dwelling, depending up
on the character of the product to be
stored.
Beans, including the Limas, may be
stored dry, and 1t is advisable TO grow
them to as great an extent as possible
for winter use. LimaS and other pole
beans may be planted around the fence,
it being possible in this way to produce
considerable quantities of dried beans
for winter use. The pods should be al
lowed to remain on the vines until dry
enough to rattle, should then be gath
cred spread on the attic floor or in
some other dry. place, and when dry,
Shelled and stored in bags.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

and disaster which overwhelmed that
command would have its effect in all
parts of the nation, ana not in some
particular section.
This is the source Of all those mys-
ferrous rum1rs to the effect that TINS
or that regiment in the Rainbow d.
vision has been annihilated.
South America at this moment Is
swamped with a pamphlet entitled III
Vampire del Continente,' which is per
haps the most vicious attack on na-
ton ever published, and the nation ID
this instance is the United States.
"Some months ago there was sent TO
South America for circulation httle
officially prepared document entltled
Why America Went to War. instead
Of making friends for US the book lost
them, and an investigation was or
dered. This investigation led TO the
discovery that the Germans had got
hold Of the genuine documents, alter
which they proceeded to substitute an
edition of their own. The spurious
edition was the same as the Amer1-
can, with the exception that the Ger
mans inserted a preface.
1.-The preface was cleverly written.
and to the ordinary person read as IL
it had been prepared by our govern
ment. But the statements in the pref
ace did not bear out the facts In the
rest Of the book and SO instead OF be-
lieying what we said thousands OF peo-
pie who read the book came to the
conclusion that we were lying. Proper
steps are now being taken to counter
act this work of the enemy propa-
ganda.
I'm the South American countries
the Germans have bought up numer-
Gus newspapers, which they employ to
spread their propaganda"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Germans Circulate "Whisperinu
Propaganda" Including At
tasks on President.
Is Directed FROM SPAIN
Mexico and South America Flooded
With Book Which Likens United
States to Vamp;re-Lies About
Rainbow Division.

Washington-The German propa-
ganda was never buster in the United
States than at the present time. This
fact has been established by agents of
the government, and energetic meth
DDS to combat this sinister peril are
now being carried out. Not only is
the propaganda, which is operated
from headquarters In Spain, working
day and night to cause trouble in this
country, but it Is also working just as
hard to discredit the government of
the United States in Mexico and Cen
trail and South America, where there
has recently appeared for free distri-
button a book entitled lei Vampire del
Continente," the vampire of the CONT
nent referred to being this country.
An official of the federal govern
ment, one Of whose duties brings him
into contact with German prOpagan-
4da in all parts Of the world. said the
Germans were spending hundreds of
millions of dollars to spread discon-
tent, particularly among the unedu-
Gated people In all the countries OF the
allies, their activities including among
other schemes q concerted and vicious
attack, wherever possible, on Presi-
dent Wilson, Premier Lloyd George
and other high officials of the allied
governments.
Worked for Years on Scheme.
eve know that for years before the
outbreak Of war in 1914 the German
government worked to perfect Its
propaganda arm. In Germany they
called into the service Of the state for
this purpose the great psychologists or
tie country, the big newspaper men,
the university professors, trade ex-
merits. and even novelists and drama
atsts. Agents were sent into every
Country In the world to study the
people, until the government MES III
Perrin contained complete data re-
oarding the peculiarities and ssuscepti-
mites Of oil people with whom Ger
many had reason to anticipate d
clash.
"ITn to a few months ago the propa'
.e,enda concentrated against England In
on effort TO isolate that nation. Every
neutral country in the world was HOOD
al with false information regarding
England and her purposes in the war
snow the attack is switching from
england to the United States. every
nossible effort to poison the minds OF
+ha neonle In certain parts OF the coun-
= ho,ro resorted to, the effort be-
ing especially vicious in those parts OF Of
the country where the percentage OF
iIliteracy is greatest, and among inc
rsgroes. The special story when Is
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
GOOD SUCCESSION OF CROPS
Garden Should Be Kept Busy All sea
son-PIan Given for Grouping
Various Vegetables.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agrlculture1
All the ground in the garden should
be kept fully occupied all the season.
AS soon as one crop Is removed. some
thing else should take its place. The
following grouping of vegetables Will
serve to Indicate which ones may pre-
cede or follow others.
Crops Occupying the Ground All the
Season.
Beans pole Pumpkins
Beans, pole Lima Peppers
C11cumbers Potatoes, Irish.
Eggplant main crop
Melons tomatoes
Okra Squash
Onions. from seed Potatoes, sweet
Parsnips
Early Crops Which May Be Followed
by Others.
Beans, bush Peas
Beets Potatoes early
Cabbage, early Radlsh
Carrots Spinach
Corn early Turnips
Lettuce
Late Crops Which May Follow Others.
Reats Corn. sweet
Brussels sprouts hale
Cabbage, late feds
Caulifower Spinach
Celery Turnips
In planning the garden all early-ma-
turing crops should be grouped to-
pather. so that after removal the
ground will be available as unit for
planting something else. 1t is not al
WAYS necessary to wait until the crop
IS removed. Late cabbage or sweet
corn may be planted between the rows
Of early potatoes some two or three
weeks before the potatoes are har-
vested. Some dissimilar crop should
follow the first crop occupying the
ground. In order to help in the control
of insects and diseases.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
War Expenses Increase Each
Month and Prices of
Food Soar.
PROFITEERS GO UNCHECKED
Menace to Morale Of Nation Seen II
Spectators Are Not curbed Soon
Revelations Of Press Cause
Sensation.

Rome.-The war is costing Italy
numbers, about S5,OOO,OO0 a day. In
estimating the cost Of the war the ex-
penditure incurred during the ten
months of Italy's neutrality for war
preparations as well as the money
spent during the 33 months Of war up
to the end of last February are taken
into account. The estimate is only ap-
proximate, because besides the money
actually spent for war expenditure
payments made by the war office and
the admiralty for extraordinary ex-
penditure due to the war are included
In the calculation.
On the other hand the increased ex-
penditure and the payments made by
other government departments during
the period from August 1, 1914, to Feb
ruary %, 1918, are not taken into ac-
count. Only the expenditure Of the
three ministries Of war. Of the navy
and of munitions Is added together In
order to afford an indication Of how
much the war is costing Italy.
Cost Of Warfare Grows.
The total extending over period of
two years and nine months when d.
vided into shorter periods reveals that
war expenditure Is increasing. Thus,
while during the first quarter of 1taly's
Intervention, from June to August,
1915, S97, 100000 were spent every
month, during the last quarter, from
December, 1917, to February, 1913, the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
MEMORIAL TO CARRIE NATION
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
viii Erect Drinking Fountain
at Wichita.

Wichita, Kan.-The Kansas Wom-
ans Christian Temperance union will
erect a drinking fountain here nea-
the Union station as memorial to the
late Carrie Nation. The State asso-
citation has voted $1,000 to be devoted
to that purpose.
The city commissioners have agreed
to accept the fountain in the name Of
the city, and to maintain the water
supply. It was in this city that Mrs.
Nation began her nationwide CAM
paign of saloon smashing, many years
ago.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
RAISE MORE SHEEP
necessary for Sake of Economic
Welfare and independence.
steady Decline 10 Shown IN inc '"'
dussry In United States In Re
cent Years.

Washington.-The sheep INDUSTRY ~
ere United States must either ADJUST
s.se,s 70 the changed economic con-
Titions of this day or continue 1ne
Decline which has been its portion 10
>,ears mast, Such is the conclusion
cached in a report issued by the sneep
and wool industry by the committee
IN statistics and standards OF the
chan,ner Of Commerce of the United
states.
The principal remedies suggested IN
the report to arrest the present STEADY
decline in our production OF sheep
are first. the use for sheep grazing Oh
tha agriculturally worthless and cheap
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
SOLDIER PULLS POOR JOKE
Cautioned That 1t Would Be Wise to
Change the Name Of His
Pup.

Camp Gordon, Ga.-The avowal that
he loved civilian IT, better than he
did any officer in his company resulted
In the incarceration of William l..
Schneider, a Pennsylvania soldier. His
explanation that civilian H. was his
dog brought his immediate release, but
he was cautioned not to joke about his
pup again. and it was suggested that
the naIua be changed.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
FATHER OF VICTIM ON
THE CYCLOPS ENLlSTS

Birmingham, Ala.-"My name
is J. P. Baggs. l am the father
Of II. T. Baggs, who was one or
the boys lost on the Cyciops.
want to do something for my
country" The speaker, heavy
set man wearing spectacleA
stood before one Of the draft
boards as he spoke. An investi-
CATION revealed that he was
skilled mechanic. He. was SEM
to one Of the United States ship
yards.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
German Books Destroyed.

Shell Lake, Wis. = Although the
school board refused to abolish the
teaching Of German in the High school,
classes in that study may have to be
abandoned temporarily at least, as I'M
known persons entered the school and
destroyed all the German text books in
the building.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
GROWING Specialties.

It will pay the home gardener to
grow certain specialties of which he
may be fond, and which may be
troublesome or expensive to purchase.
Okra is an example of this class, and
little beds of parsley, chives or other
herbs take I'D very little room and
provide the housewife with additions
for her table which are most welcome
if they can be picked conveniently and
at the right moment
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Ready Market for Crops.

Early cabbage, caulifiower. celery
tomato and other garden plants should
find ready market this year. Flor.
lists in some of the towns and cities are
using part of their houses for grow.
ing this kind of stock.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Depth for PLANTING Beans

Beans of any kind should not be
planted any deeper than Is necessary
to secure good termination. This
should never be more than 2 inches and
on heavy soil it should not be more
than IL to ~ inches.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

Plants which grow high and cause
heavy shade should not be located
where they will interfere with sun-lov-
Ing small plants 1t Is well, also, to
separate perennials, such as rhubarh
and asparagus which are not cuiu-
waited, from plants which must be
TILED
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Planting Castor Beans.

A bushel Of castor beans of the India
variety will plant from Is to 20 acres.
The seed should be soaked in warm
water for Il to 81 hours before plant
ing. Such treatment makes germina-
ton more rapid and certain.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
COMING UP TO SCRATCH

Surely a uniform. Overalls.
A few yards Of wire netting
may mean peace with your
chicken-loving neighbor.
If that doesn't work, try a
gentle message to his wireless
run.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

Gardening before breakfast
starts any day right.
Those tomato stakes? Where
are they? Expensive kindling.
Are you saving some finely
sifted coal ashes to loosen that
clayey spot?
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Many Gardens Neglected.

Many gardens which start very IA
vorably in the spring gradually decline
in productivity as the season advances
and become weed patches long before
fall arrives.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06

The same kind Of vegetables should
not be grown twice, If this can be
avoided, in the same part of the gar
den. If Il radically different kind Is
grown, disease spores and insects,
though present in the soil, probably
will not attack the second crop.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
MininQ Soil Profitable,

Mining the soil can only be made
profitable by the miner turning man
ufacturer and selling his product on
the market nearest the consumer ana
returning the waste to the SOIL
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Great Nitrogen User.

Corn is great user Of nitrogen,
while potatons and root crops need
plenty of potassium. Has your soil
enough of these?
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Nine Pounds of Liberty.

Chicago.-Dr. and Mrs. w. Moore
Thompson Of this city claim the first
Liberty child. She was born April 26.
Liberty day, and they named her Lib.
erty. She weighed nine pounds, too.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-06
Don't Experiment.

Do not experiment with crops about
which YOU know nothing. There is M
easy way Of beating the crop produc,
ton game.