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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-09-27
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srai Yriutins &c., 9erausseber,
Sermauu, '1ao.

p,,sred as Second Class Matter Week.
" at Post Office, Hermann, Mo-,
Under Act of Congress, March 8,
1879.
The commonwealth., 1918-10-01
Robt. Warwick in THE Argyle Case"
THIS is SELECT PICTURE AND IN SEVEN PARTS


Upon special arrangement due
entirely to the management Of the
Dixie Theatre, he has secured one
OF those war gripping pictures of
which man is either 1000 patriot
ic Or he is 20O% Stacker.
We all can picture a traitor or
a deserter Of his country's army
but we can't picture 2O0%o slack
er In comparison with a 1000 pa
trlot. A Stacker in this picture
gets mixed up with a bunch OF
German spies and is working
hand is glove with them when his
sister is captured and then
we'll the price is 25 and 35 cents
and the date is Thursday at 8 IL
The commonwealth., 1918-10-01
RESTRICT AUTOS FOR HIRE
ON SUNDAYS

1t was reported to me that a
number Of ears were being operat
ed Sunday for hire taking peo-
pie to and from church. The ow.
ners of the cars reported. to me
have been notified not to use their
cars hereafter on Sunday for any
purpose whatever until further
orders.
In quite a numbers Of towns
there are no ears used on Sunday
even for the purpose Of going to
Church and think the people Of
Halifax County should be equally
as patriotic as they are anywhere
in the State.
[ appeal to the pIople Of Halifax
County to cooperate with me in
trying to conserve gasoline and
cut out Sunday riding. A very
large majority Of the people thru
out the County are complying with
! the request of the Fuel Adminis-
tration and those Of them who are
not complying with it freely and
voluntarily shall be. forced to do
so and from now on it will be my
intention to see that the request
shall be complied with as strictly
as it is possible to do so. | know
that it is going to inconvenience
some few to make arrangements
to 90 to church without the use
| Of their ears but during these cru
cial time we must make sacrifi-
ces and be Inconvenience that the
needs Of our own soldiers and the
allies may be supplied and for
these and other reasons Of which
you are we'll aware | respectfully
ask that al 1.-The people except
physicians do without the use OF
their cars on Sunday.
! Since the above notice the 70
lowing persons have been repri>
ed Of the use Of their ears for g
day and every Sunday until fu!
!, .1her notice for not complying
with the request Of the Fuel Ad
ministration to conserve gasoline
Lenne Lee Tom Sherrod Alone
Powell and Ben Station.
;, S A. DUNN
i Fuel Administrators for Halifax
County
The commonwealth., 1918-10-01
DAWsON's NOTES

Mrs. J. A. Barnhill and little
Miss Helen gre visiting Mrs Barn
hill s sister Mrs Lawrence Ander-
son at La Grange.
Misses Sadie Pope and Ernes-
tine Hyman Of Spring Hill visited
Miss Sallie Pope during the week
end.
I Mr. and Mrs ] w Butts and Mr.
and Mrs H S Butts motored to
Tarboro Sunday to attend the Prl
mitive Baptist Union
Mr. J r Holiday and Miss Leila
Holiday visited friends in Scot
land Neck Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G Barnhill are
visiting in La Grange this week.
Mrs Herbert Butts spent last
week in Tillery visiting relatives.
Mr. j A Barnhill has opened a
general merchandise store in Daw
sons and his friends wish him pro
sperity
N[essrs Claude Whitehead and
Eugene White returned Wednes-
day from W. ashington where they
had been visiting.
Mr. and Mrs E L Twisdale and
little son Econ Wallace & Mr. Kes-
Ter Askew motored to Emporia Va
to spend the week end.
Mr. Lloyd Partine made short
call in the Spring Hill section Sun
day evening.
Mrs George Thorne Of Enfield
is visiting her daughter Mrs Paul
Lawrence
Mrs Claude Etheridge Of Whita
kers is spending the week end
with Mr. and Mrs w t Askew.
| Mr. A J Green made successful
trip to Mr. w J Partine in the in
tercst Of the Dixie Furniture Co.
Rev G H johnson has resigned
as pastor and his resignation was
F.! accepted.
The commonwealth., 1918-10-01
HAD GOOD TOBACCO CROP

Henry Cotton is eulogistic over
his tobacco results having just fin
lshed grading. He has sold over
$1,000 worth and has the balance
still to sell.
His graders did fine work and
were Fannie Lawrence Sarah Pol
lock Sallie James Nap Green and
Henry Cotton while the curing was
done by Alb Pollock.
His cotton has averaged him so
tar forty one cents. That's pret
ty good for the new markets.
The commonwealth., 1918-10-01
Diarrhoea in Children

For diarrhoea in children one
year old or older you will find
nothing better than Chamberlain 5
Collc and Diarrhoea Remedy, fol
lowed by dose Of castor oil. It
should be kept at hand and given
as soon as the first unnatural loose
ness Of the bowels appears.
The commonwealth., 1918-10-01
D E! !e@?sr! * !! F.
PERSONALS

lIr. W. J. Davis left this morn
inc for P ymouth on business.
O-O-O
Mr. John Kirkland is reported
70 be quite i'll at his home.
o-O-O
Mr. I w Fenner left on the noon
train for Raleigh.
Mrs R ] Shields Of Hobgood was
in town yesterday shopping.
O-O-O
Misses Irene and Hiida Station
Of Mullins were in town this morn
ing shopping.
Extra Large Heavy Bags fo1
Cotton Pickers for sale.
n. B. JOSEY- co.
O-0-O
lIr Rufus Strickland and Mrs
sam Whitehead were III town yes
terday shopping.
O-0-O
Miss Mary Bryant left last night
for Whitakers where she has ac
cepted a position with the bank.
We are largely interested IN
rhe Cotton Oil and Ginning Co We
will thank our friends to have
their cotton ginned with them.
n. B. JOSEY co.
O-0-O
DR.. D. F. Keel writes that he
has been transferred to Dental
Company No l Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia and would like to hear
from his friends.
To get medium priced range
without fault buy Cole S Down
Draft Range. They are made by
experts.
Mr. L 0 Anderson Of Roanoke
Rapids will stop enroute to Rol
ersonville with his uncle Mr. & {
Weeks for the night.
O-O-O
Mr. G C Weeks will drive a nun
Der Of local men over to Rock,
Mount today to attend as delegate
at the Educational meeting Of tn
Wake Forest college.
Mr. and Mrs G w Andrews r
turned last night from Tarbor'
where they have been attending
the Union.
Messrs c J Shields c. T Lawre1
ce and T D Temple accompanied
by Mrs Shields baby and. nurs
motored to Washington to atten'
the tractor demonstration takin
place there today.
Mr. \ A Riddick left last nigh
for Charlotte to get 'Chafmer
demonstration car as his compan
has taken the distributing agenc
for this car.
900
Mrs Ernest Leggett and Misse
Maude and Lizzie Leggett lef
this morning for Norfolk to a
tend the performance Of Maud
Adams.
Mrs. Mamie Hoffman and Mis-
Virginia Tillery went to Norfol
this morning to attend the Maud
Adams performance.
O-O"O
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.. Pittman VIII
have been here for few days VI
lting Mrs. Pittman's mother lei
on the morning train for Rock
Mount.
The commonwealth., 1918-10-01
LOST--BETWEEN THE SCHOOL

building and E. T. Whitehead
Drug Store a play book EMIT
ted ''Somewhere in France if
found please return to Aubrey
Shackell at the Commonwealth
Office.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
CLAIM AGENTS WORK
IS CHECKED BY U. S.
Efforts Redoubled to Eliminate At
triton of Insurance.

Efforts to protect benehciaries of
soldiers and sailors from agents offer
ing to collect Government insurance
policies for a fee are being redoubled
by the Treasury department, with
the aid Of the American Bar Asso-
citation. Secretary MdAdoo yesterday
announced he had accepted the offer
of cooperation tendrred By John
Lowell, chairman OF the Bar Associa-
tons special war service committee.
At the same time Secretary McAdoo
wrote to the chairmen of legal ad-
visory boards in draft districts. Mr..
Lowell wrote to them placing the
services Of Bar Association members
at their disposal. Both declared
there was no reason why claim
agents should be permitted to inter-
vene between the government and the
beneiciaries Of fighters policies.
Mr.. Lowell suggested that members
Of his Association would be glad to
advise beneficfaries on any legal
problem, gratuitously, whereas claim
agents have been asking as much as
ten per cent Of the insurance. He
asked the draft legal boards for the
names OF all claim agents infringing
on the war Insurance law.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
TRADEBODIES
WILL SOLICIT
FARM LABOR
Labor Dept. Appeals to U.
S. Chamber Of Commerce
for Help.

The Department Of Labor last night
appealed to the chambers Of COM
merce and boards OF trade through
out the country to estabiish war
emergency farm labor agencies as
branches of the United States Em.
pioyment Service. Commercial or
sanizations were particularly urged
to cooperate with the department in
sections where there are no regular
branches Of the Federal employment
service.
In a letter to Elliot H. Goodwin,
general secretary of the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States, John
B. Densmore, director OF the employ
ment service. asked specifically for
the aid Of the chambers loo member
bodies in supplying farms with labor
for the planting and harvesting of
the record food crops NEEDED this year.
The national chamber was asked to
select a committee to deal with the
subject of farm labor supplying on a
national scale. Each commercial body.
under the plan, would organize q
farm service employment office, as q
branch Of the nearest United States
employment office, reporting to It
weekly. When such agency is or
ganized. the Secretary Of Labor viii
appoint a person named by the COM
mercial organization as special agent
Of the employment service at 81 a
year to take charge of the agency's
work as a government Official
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
D. c. CLERKS
TO HAVE OWN
LABOR UNION
Employees Withdraw from
Organization Of Depart /,
mental Workers.

Seeding from the District branch
OF the Federal Employees Union, CLERKS
in the District building yesterday OBJ
tanned a charter for a new local union,
to be known as Municipal Federal
Employees Union. No. 79, Of the Fed
Grafton Of Federal Employees.
The cause for the secession, accord
ing to Secretary William F. Franklin,
of the new union. was the large NUM-
ber of members of the District branch,
who were laborers and machinists. II
this class Of employees want to or
ganize under the scope OF the new
union. they will be requested to form
separate locals.
A constitution Is being drafted for
the new union by the following MEM
bers: DR.. F. T. Johnson, r. B. Buck
ley and W. r. Chapel T. f. Duling
has been elected acting president.
William F. Franklin is acting as sec
retary.
President Joseph H. Hurley. Of the
District branch of the Federal En-
ployes Union, declared that formation
of the new union would not mean any
change in his organization
Five applicants only were necessary
to secure the>new charter. The names
Of the following appear on the char
ter: T. r. Duling. W. r. Chappell, r.
B. Buckley, F. T. Johnson and Will
lam +. Franklin.
According to Secretary Franklin. the
rev union already has sixty members.
The board room Of the District Build
ing has been promised for their meet
ing on either next Thursday or Thurs
day week.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
SOLDIERS RELEASED
ON ROBBERY Charge
Viii Be Prosecuted on Charge of
Assault for Shooting Policeman.

The robbery charge filed sginst
George Smith and Finis A. Daniels,
the two soldiers who are said to have
held up J. W. Pitcher, a taxi driver.
on q lonely Virginia road on March
Is and robbed him of $50 at the point
Of q pistol, has been nolIe pressed.
Mr.. Given. Assistant United States
District Attorney. did so yesterday be-
cause his ONCE lacked jurisdiction In
the case.
However the assault with q deadly
weapon charge lodged against the two
men. one Of whom shot Bicycle Po-
lleeman J. j. Bourke. Of Georgetown,
after they had forced Picher to drive
them back in town. was pressed and
bond was fixed in the sum Of 5000
each for the action Of the grand
jury.
Policeman Burke was shot in the
hip when he attempted to pursue the
alleged robbers after Pitcher had
called to him from his auto at Wis
.consin avenue and N streets north
west The two soldiers jumped out
OF the car when they heard Pitcher
call Burke and ran. Burke pursued
them and in the chase he received
his wound. He was able to appear
against his assailants-
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
Huge PENSION FUND
ASKED FOR Ministers
DR.. J. B. Hingeley Speaks for $67,-
100000 Campaign.

Baltimore. Nd, April 2.-"Chris-
tianity and civilization are at stake
in the war" declared DR.. Joseph B.
Hingeley. Chicago corresponding
secretary Of the Board Of Confer
ence Claimants OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church, who is here at
tending the Baltimore annual con-
ference of. the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is president of the In
terdenominational Council of Secre-
taries. who are seeking $4,000, 900
for preachers pensions and of which
$33.000,0O0 is in the church treas
uries. DR.. Hingeley's son. Myron
W.. is major in the 136th Infantry
at Camp Cody, Deming. n. NJ.
DR.. Hingeley gave out today the
following statement of policy adopt
ed by the INSTRUMENTATION Sec
retaries:
We record our admiration and
hearty approval of the action of our
government in providing by war in
surance and a pension system for
the soldiers and their families.
I'VE insist that the church can
not and must not be less just than
the government nor than the great
commercial and Industrial agencies
OF the business world. which are
now making generous pension pro-
vision for the old age of their en-
ployes.
The church cannot successfully
teach social and economic justice
unless she practices these virtues.
'.In this time of war. when the
claims of the government are so
imperative and the care OF the SOL
diers. large numbers OF whom are
from the families of our churches.
so important and appealing. and to
(which we must joyfully respond
with unwonted generosity and af-
fection. still we must remember and
justly care for the old soldier of
the cross. = We must maintain the
ministry. Increase the supply and
strengthen the force now in the
field of service"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
.G. W.U. MAN Wins
YALE APPOINTMENT
E. L. Kayser Prepares to Devote
Year to Historical Research.

Elmer L. Kayser. a member of the
faculty Of the Department of Arts
and Sciences at George Washington
University, has been appointed uni
versity scholar" in the Graduate
School Of Yale University. SMr. Kay
ser will devote his entire time during
the next academic year to histoacal
research.
Mr.. Ksyser. one Of the youngest
members of the faculty. is graduate
of Western High School and of
Teachers College at George Washing
ton University. He will receive the
degree Of master of arts from the
university at the spring commence
ment. .--.
at present Mr.. Kayser e instructor
IN history at the university. chsef as
sistant in the Arts and Sciences De-
partment Library, and graduate man
ager of student activities
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
OF NOISE
NEARHOSPITAL.
IS CRITICIZED
Carriage Callers Yells After
Reception the Cause Of
Patients Complaint.

Vigorous protests against the riot
OF noise said TO have been quite un-
necessarily made by carriage callers
at the close OF the reception Monday
night to the Archbishop Of York in
the Corcoran Gallery have been regis
tered with The Washington Herald
by score or more OF patients in the
Emergency Hospital. adjoining.
Frank II. Ransom. director Of lum-
Der supply for the government was
the most pronounced in his denuncia-
tions of the methods used In calling
the carriages. Mr.. Ransom came East
from Portland. Ore. to aid the gov
ernment in Its connection with the
lumber situation.
Late Sunday night he was removed
to the hospital from a local hotel suf-
fering from an attack Of ptomaine
poisoning, and for more than two
hours on the night following, he says
the yells Of two carriage callers,
each armed with megaphones.
without any consideration what
soever for the large number OF pa
tients In the hospital many Of whem
are dangerously ILL.," said Mr.. Ran
som, these two leather-lunged men
took up positions directly beneath
the hospital windows and shouted
their heads OF.
"All the while there were delicate
women in the hospital suffering i'm
tense pain. and II was essential that
quietude should prevail in the neigh
borhood. Perhaps I don't play the
Eastern society game according to
Hoyle, but just the same a first-class
lynching bee would not have gone
amiss under the circumstances.
"A few months ago q local club was
obliged to close its establishment in
an exclusive district OF this city on
account Of the racket created by the
process described. and 1t strikes me
that it's a poor rule that don't work
both ways"
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
MAY TIE PARCELS
together TO SAVE
New P. o. Rule Permits Shipper to
Reduce Postage.

The Postoffice Department yes
terday provided for further econ
omy in the mailing OF parcel post
packages by ruling that two or more
pieces Of fourth-class matter. If ap-
proximately the same size or shape,
or constituting parts OF one article.
and securely fastened together. may
be mailed as a single parcel Form
erly each package had to be mailed
separately.
Large shippers will effect ma
terial saving under the change.
Parcel post rates are based on each
ounce or fraction thereof, or each
pound or fraction thereof, accord
ing to the nature of the article. By
combining packages each Of which
might exceed even weight. the
shipper will save money.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
BUSY POSTMEN ALSO
GOOD W.S.S. Statesmen

Despite the fact that Postmaster
Chance reported yesterday that the
mails passing through the local
postoffice during the month of
March were the heaviest in the his
tory of the once. the letter carriers,
who sell the majority of the stamps
credited to the postoffice, brought
the total sales for March up to $227-
134S3. From March o to q, So. co.
A worth of War Savings Stamps
were sold, and Thrift Stamps
amounting to S7.633.75, a total for
the week of $S0,063,19.
Sales to employees of the Treasury
Department for the week ending
March 80. amounted to $4.324.14.
The Department of Justice sales up
to and including March 81 were
S1S,416.63.-
Sales Of stamps in the Navy De-
partment total s26T40.12. This is
a gain during the last week of
$2,17s.4S.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
BUILDING
PROBE NEARLY ENDED

The inquiry by the Senate Military
Affairs Committee into the progress of
aircraft construction by the War De-
partment Twas practically completed
yesterday.
Col z. A. Deeds, of the Aircraft
Board, and William c. Potter, chief
Of the supply division Of the Signal
Corps, were witnesses at an executive
session OF the committee Members
Of the committee declined to make
public any Of the testimony.
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
Sister Susie Sins
Susie Stole something,

sister susie stole something.
Her last name is McLane. and the
other day she sent a little boy around
to see Katie Barnes.
This boy told Katie that her hus-
band, Sam, sent him after 81 to keep
from starving to death.
Unsuspectingly Katie gave him the
money-and he took 1t to Susie.
And Susie went downtown with the
dough and bought herself a pair OF
silk stockings.
When Sam came home that even
ing Katie asked him about the money
and they nearly had a fight when
Sam denied sending for It.
Susie was nabbed. So were the
stockings. She had 'em on.
1t was all a trick. 1t turned out. to
get even with Sam for some little
prank he had played on Susie before
he got married.
And the trick proved to be a boom
erapg. Susie got the worst OF it.
She pleaded for mercy-but got none
She got the cop instead.
Fifteen days was what the court
gave her for an Easter present
Charge, Men, Charge!
The American troops have won
another victory.
They charged the enemy in
Huntoons Court Monday afternoon
and carried their objective without
single casualty.
A whole line of soldiers, wit
nesses say. crowded up against the
fence that runs alongside Of Ella
Browns house and demanded ad-
mittance.
Ella runs what is known in police
parlance as a "ranch-good time
house-a joint" and what the law
calls a disorderly house.
The woman was peeved and re-
fused to admit the troopers. Then
they charged the front door and
busted 1t in.
The neighbors hollered for help
and the police department came to
the rescue and locked Ella up.
They told the court that the
language used in Elias house got
so bad that they, were compelled
buy gas masks.
Any day, they said they expected
to see two or three hundred dead
ones brought out on stretchers.
This is a deplorable state of
affairs" the court informed Ella.
There must be a stop put to it."
And accordingly the court fined
her $25-which she didn't have.
Pat Was Right.
"Jedge." squeaked Ben Clay, dat
man Pat Mertens said he wanted to
speak wild me. We went into a nice
quiet place to talk.
when we cum outen de near-beer
saloon, he started to fuss. All tole
him dat All was not in for argifying
and he hit me wild a brick
Did not" spoke up Pat Che is not
Irish). "Ah tapped him wild an empty
bottle cause All thought he was
gwine draw his razzer."
The law says a man need not wait
until he Is actually assaulted. II he
believes he is to be struck-he can i'm
mediately begin and do some strik-
ing himself.
Ben has not a very good reputation.
He has been in court several times
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
MERCHANTS TO HOLD
SPECIAL Meetings
Consider Opening Stores Later to
Relieve Street Car Congestion.

To consider recommendations re-
garding the later opening Of District
department stores, made In the stag
gered hour report of John A. Beeler.
consulting engineer of the Public
Utilities Commission. President M. A.
Leese. Of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' Association, yesterday.
announced that a special meeting of
the association would be called for
Monday evening. April s, in the as
semoIy rooms of the Organization on
the third floor of the Star Building.
MT. Beeler suggested that depart
ment stores do not open their doors
until 10 O'Clock in the morning and
remain open until In the evening.
A meeting of the Credit Mems Sec
aoa Of the Association has been call
ed Tor Friday night at o'clock, in
the organizations assembly room.
1t was intended to hold the special
meeting Of the entire association on
Thursday night, but the date was de-
ferred In. order to give busienss men
an opportunity to thoroughly consider
the report Of Mr.. Beeler. -,
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03

Peas should be sown about two
inches deep. They mature. in from
40 to so days. II you have the
room. SOW a row OF peas every two
weeks beginning with the day you
do your first spading. Don't sow
them twice in the same row-fol-
low with another vegetable, maxi
ing the next sowing OF peas In q
new row. possibly where radishes.
onions. lettuce. or spinach is about
ready to eat.
Late peas can be sown In August
In space made clear by the harvest
ing OF other crops.
There IL little to choose between
the dwarf and the climbing varie-
ties. both taste the same. and while
the climbers produce heavier they
take up more room. are trifie lat
er as rule. and make It necessary
to get supports.
But every, war garden should
have peas as long during the sea-
son as possible, Few garden yege-
tables furnish the body with more
food value than peas.
s IAsethsr iessoa temerrow.)
The Washington herald., 1918-04-03
GARDEN LESSON NO. a4.


The early gardener wants to put
in at least one row Of peas. and
several il he has the space. Peas
are easily grown upon almost any
soil They, thrive best in cool
weather and q light frost doesn't
harm them.
The dwarf varieties, are best for
the early gardener. Later on he
may want some of the ,tall-growing
sort. These require 2 support
branches or sticks will do.
A good plan is to sow the climb
ing variety in double rows, about
10 inches apart or even sless. plac-
ing the sticks in between the two
rows. Allow two or three feet and
start another double row.
There are both smooth and wrin-
killed. seeds of dwarf and climbing
varieties. The wrinkled seed is
better. but IL sown early Is more
apt to decay. For that reason the
smooth seed Is chosen for extra
early sowing and the wrinkled seed
for late spring and summer.