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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
FARMERS FERTILIZERS
subject OF MEETING
Meeting VIII be Held at Court House
Saturday, When all Farmers Should
be Present to discuss rertllIzer Sit
nation.

The time is here now for making ar
rangements to get fertilizer for this
wear s crops. There is perhaps just
about enough fertilizer in the county
tn supply the needs of every farmer,
but it should be ordered at once 70
insure it being here on time Tor use at
the time desired. There is a shortage
of freight cars, and this condition VIII
likely prevail for sometime to come.
With the opening up OF spring, condl-
+ions NAV get worse instead OF better.
TROOPS and war supplies, OF course,
will he moved in preference to any
thing else. To be on the safe side the
farmers should order their fertilizer
o+ the earliest moment. Or if you in
fond tn buv from a local dealer, you
should give him your order at once so
that he can place it and have 1t mere
when needed, The probability is that
YOU can buy cheaper now thai later
and may not be able to buy at any
price next spring. The farmers OF the
cotton belt are placing their orders
now. Let US place ours and get
share.
The government is selling nitrate OF
soda to the farmers at cost. The price
is SIS. 80 per ton plus state tag fee and
freight charges from the coast here.
All applications for nitrate u pe I'm
my hands by Monday, Feb. 4th.
Potash and nitrogen are not as nee
essary to our soils as phospnorlc
acid. We have potash in the soils al
ready. and where clovers, coWpeas,
and soybeans have been grown we
have nitrogen. But phosphoric ACID
is one plant food that is essential to
our crops that We a get only by
buying it. This is n year that the
armers can not afford to neglect the
use of fertilizers in a judicious way.
On Saturday, February End, the
Board of Agriculture will meet in the
commissioners room to discuss the fer
fertilizer question. We hope as many
farmers will attend as can. Every
farmer is invited to be here whether
he is a member of the board of agr1-
culture or not. The farmer is starting
out with very bright prospects for
1918. Let US make an effort to do our
best; for, at last the farmer is coming
into his own,
FRANK FLEMING,
<@ County Agent.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
On Trial for Treason

Paris. Jan. 28.-Louis J. Malvy, for
mer minister of the interior. apnear-
ed today befare the senate organized
as a high court of justice, to answer
charges of high treason for acts com
mitted during the war in theexercisa
of his official functions.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
Plan Proved Popular.

The plan proving popular, more per-
manent arrangements for carrying it
out were made. Five hours after the
county agent had asked for contribu-
tons of $3.50, with which to employ an
assistant and buy other equipment, the
money had been contributed and a
competent helper engaged. Since that
the Carroll County Prosperity club, or
gained with the aid of the county
agent, has guaranteed the financial OBJ
legations incurred in Shipments, and
has also stood back of other county
wide undertakings. A fund collected
~ deducting 1 per cent Of the receipts
from all shipments nov pays expenses
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
Winter on War Fronts.

Winter has settled down in earnest
over all the important war fronts,
and beyond artillery actions. which
so how" car~'nd ont over very limited
ed sections. there has been little fight
ing either in the west or in the east.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

A clear, fixed, unalterable purpose to
attain the ends we had in mind In ac-
cepting Germany's challenge, based on
a thorough appreciation of the mean
ing of this struggle and a willingness
to make all necessary sacrifices, 1 re-
gard as the first and last most essen
tial steps to an early victory.-Secre-
tary Houston.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
TOWN AND COUNTRY TEAM
WORK DID 1T,

Word comes from Carroll
county that cooperative shipping
of farm produce, introduced by
the county agent, has been ex-
tended to strip, timber and other
commodities, and that as a result
Of the work-together plan the
community is wearing a pros
perity smile OF the broadest pat
tern.
1T would be worth your while
to take a trip down there just to
see that SMILE" said a man who
had seen it, the other day, to an
official Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture.
Is your community pulling to-
gether on its war work.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

The utilization of potatoes for dry
ing and for the manufacture of starch
mas been made a subject of special
study by the bureau of chemistry.
United States department of agricul-
ture.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

A gasoline engine has a place on
practically every well-managed farm.
especially where f~orethought has been
used in selecting equipments,
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

Potato growers in n Minnesota
county recently saved so cents per
bushel by selling their potatoes coon
eratively in car lots.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

All caives should be fed rao,,1or,y.
very young calves should be fed three
times a day.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
w S. S.
Buy War Savings Stamps.

When you have a few cents to snare.
buy War Savings Stamps.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31
Our Part in Feeding the Nation
HOW A COUNTY SELLS ITS POULTRY

special Information Service, United states Department Of Agric
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
SOME INTERNATIONAL EGOs

TT@ HE RETIREMENT of General Maurice is punishment
enough considering that he is today perhaps the most
9idcued England His offense of the heart
but of ego Aesop expressed the psychology OF Maurice IN
the story of the frog that attempted to be and drank SO
much water that it burst.
The operation of the Maurice mind simple. MY ad
been ignored have been separated from job,
the Allies What would be the of giving to such
man the punishment would be administered to deliber
ately malicious disturber?
1t may turn out that America has Maurice of its own
Guzon Borgum whose relations to air craft production
yet the balance Gutzon is of those frankly egocal
chaps dispose of large exernas by dctum and
the command fails If it proved that the Siam
ford sculptor actually seeking outlet air plane
of Maurice.
The greatest egos American public life is Colonel Roose-
welt Borgum pupil of the colones, but not apt one
colonel captain Of his ego but Borgums is rebel
lous private.
The colonel hardly makes the mistake of direct &C
promptly shifts the subject when recently he accused the
postmaster general of suppressng pro newspapers I'M
friendly to the government while gently petng
newspapers unendy to the government the colonel ig
the demand for the of the but named
three journals that had been chided by Mr. Creel.
they do things better The colonel is always
invited produce goods Mr.. Borgum is invited to exhi
bit They done They in the boat
with Maurice The facts exhibit them.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
FIGHTING STRENGTH
ECRETARY BAKER did not say that the fighting stree

ECTARY BAKER did not say that the fighting strength
- in France about" 100000 He said that is more"
than 100000 The department does not that it expects
to about million France by July l. but that it
expects to have more" than million About half mil
lion the numbers of the Americans serving in France
More than 100000 tells nothing. It may be Million
Million or than million. Mr. Bakers more is to be in
terpreted broadly 1t is much larger word than about
When the department discusses the number of men to
by 919 it does not more but about There
will be about 100000 men there fighting for liberty.
Getting much like industrial preparation 1t
took comparatively long period to get ready Once arrange
ments perfected, the number would increase with ire
apdy The passage from the period when ships
are built to the period when hundreds built is not arithme
tcal but geometrica so to speak.
The American people will be amazed with their Prov
adventures when the and the facts
of their enterprise fully revealed to them.
Germany knows the Americans there knows they will
increasing numbers with increasing speed
makes greatest drive the Western 'front.' hoping
cpate the forces that will make victory forever impossible to
the Kaiser
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
DISCOVER PLOT
FOR ESCAPE OF
Gar NICHOLAS

London, May 13-The soviet gov
eminent, according to a Times dis
patch from Petrograd, dated Friday,
confirms the report that Nichols Ro-
manoff, the former emperor, to-
gether with the former empress and
one of their daughters, was removed
to Ekaterinburg from Tobolsk as a
result of the discovery of a peasant
conspiracy to assist in his escape
from captivity. Alexis Romanoff, the
former heir apparent. remains in To-
bolsky owing to i'll health.
The former emperor is now confin-
ed in a small house with only one
or two attendants and no stranger is
allowed to approach him. He COM
plans that the guards recently have
been rude and meddlesome. NJ
Sverdloff of the Bolsheviki cabinet
says that Nicholas must reconcile
himself to the fact that he is a pris-
oner of the soviet.
The question of the ultimate fate
of the former emperor. the dispatch
adds, will soon be brought to a deci-
sion.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
THE WAR BUREAU

tn HE WAR BUREAU is a Connecticut Institution. 1t is
undeniably doing excellent work, along lines that
necessary has charge of propaganda. This may
not to everybody important duty But Germany dis
banded the Russian armies by propaganda all but shattered the
Italian armies and worked havoc upon enemies
widely separated portions of the globe.
The education of the people that must accompany modern
is almost indispensable the physical implements
It boots little to provide soldiers with cannon if they do
not believe that should be fired
The work Of the War Bureau has been than
might have been the because it has had the benefit
direct supervision by Justice George W. Wheeler
nectcu Supreme Court whose organizing ability and whose
keen mind and reess industry have been unsparngly
ployed.
The history of the be written completely
less it takes notice Of the distinguished who have aDoreo
untrngly to bring victory America in places which bring
much work, but little glory
Justice Wheeler is of many such in the United
States, type which democratic institutions freely produce
whose Abilities spontaneously exercised gave America
few months organization equal that which took despoc
government forty years to build
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
PARIS TRYING
MUNICIPAL HOG
RAISING PLAN

Paris, May 14.-Municipal hog rails
ing in Paris ON a large scale may re-
suit from the war. Lack of labor and
deficient transportation facilities have
not only held up provisions needed by
the housewife and made them dearer
but have delayed the garbage before
front doors until it has compelled uni
versal attention to its immense vol
ume as well as to the Inconvenience
from its overstay in the street.
Hog raising has been proposed as a
remedy for the lack of food and the
of rotting waste.
Vegetable garbage and greasy sub
stances in the boxes over which Par
isians have been stumbling nightly
since the war began would, it is as
serted, fatten 100000 hogs each year,
and pork is now worth 50 cents a
pound
Thousands of Grant dogs nourish
themselves on the contents of garbage
boxes, and a great many of the dogs
have been spreading hydrophobia.
The proposal embraces municipal
markets for the sale of the fresh
pork, eliminating middlemen's profits
dealers who. in spite of all efforts to
control retail prices, have found means
Of steadily pushing up profits. 1t is
estimated that the gross revenue from
the enterprise would be 100, 900 900
francs a year, all Of it nearly clean
gain for the city.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
COAL INDUSTRY
TRYING TO Get
BETTER SERVICE

Arrangements to get greater ser
vice out Of cars and railroad facilitle
In the handling of coal were made
today, at a conference of Lehigh Val
ley Railroad and Lehigh Valley Goa
Sales Company officers in Hazelto1
Shipments in solid trains are to d
made up SO as to avoid shifting.
The daily output of domestic size
of coal from the PROJECT colliery
to be sent to the Lehigh docks a
Jersey City for transhipment to NeY
England. If the output of this col
liery is not sufficient for the purpose
the. of the Dorrance colliery. or pal
of it. will be added to the Prospec
shipment.
The Razleton region is to furnls1
coal for the west to be taken fron
Drifton and Hazleton No. 1 collierie
and the Hazleton shaft. Shipment
are to be made four days each week
Egg, stove, chestnut and other size
of anthracite going west are to b
sent to Jersey City Newark and othe
points for distribution. This vii
greatly aid New York
The action was decided upon fol
lowing the notice sent out by Direc
tor General of Railroads that soil
trains should go from collieries t
tidewater points in order to avoid tn
unnecessary shifting for cars by tn
railroads.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
TWENTY-F|FTH
CONVENTION OF
KNIGHTS OPENS

Norwich, May 14-Patriotic activi-
ties were described in reports and
recommendations at the 25th conven-
ton of the Knights of Columbus here
lantic ocean the supreme chaplain of
the order, the Rev. P. J. Mckinney, Of
Bridgeport, and former State Deputy
William Mulligan, of Willimantic,
have arrived to take active manage
ment of foreign war work, the money
for which has been raised by the
councils in this country.
The convention was opened by State
Deputy William ]. Cronin of New
Haven, with the annual report. He
said that the war fund now totalled
1000, 900 and that Connecticut start
ing out to raise $4,000. obtained
1885,, TT. The state body has now
5,703 associate and 7,140 insurance
members.
The report of the committee on
good or the order, dealt with war
work. A call has been issued for 500
Catholic men of the age of 40 to SO.
to volunteer for service. Recon-
mendation was made that members
be active in recruiting for this ser
vice.
In referring to relations of the Or
der with other war workers the COM
nittee said:
Everywhere non-Catholics have
Joined with Catholics in helping to
finance our war activities. x x The
establishment of more sympathetic
relations between Catholics and non
Catholics is eliminating the prejudices
of the past, and we are warranted in
recommending that every agency at
command of councils in this jurisdic-
ton be utilized in continuing this
praiseworthy work"
The committee finds that SIS, o00,-
600 will be required by the order for
its war needs for the year beginning
July 1. A plan Of periodic payments
was suggested in addition to the sub
scriptions from non-members. The
committee believed that the order
should be represented on local wal
chest committees and on equitable
apportionment of such fund for the
orders war activities.
The report was signed by W. F
Maher, Waterbury; ]. L. Sullivan
Moosup; R. Meaney, Danbury; s. A
Lynch, New Britain; P. r. Phalen
Torrington, and ]. J. Ormond, SIAM
ford.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
IN THE FIGHTING

Connecticut troops already
are doing their share OF the
fighting. The casualty list OF
today is heavy with the news
that must come repeatedly to
Connecticut and to every other
state. Lieut.. Byrd of Hartford
is missing in action" Private
Ruckelhausen, New Haven, is
dead of wounds. Eighteen
Connecticut men, officers, nom
CONS and privates are missing
in action; Bristol, New Haven
and Middletown men for the
most part.
Thus comes to Connecticut
the objective realization of the
sacrifice Americans are max
ing. This news sad, but noble,
will stimulate the sacrifices OF
civil life. The man at his work
will labor with renewed en-
ergy. The Red Cross, greatest
mother ever known, will re
ceive bountiful gifts to aid and
support the boys over there.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
INTERNATIONAL
:. Eco" CONTEST

The hens in the laying contest at
Storrs have made a most suspicious
beginning of the second half year; the
total yield from all pens for the 9th
week amounted to 1856 or more than
thousand eggs better than for the
corresponding week last year; this is
the highest production of any week
since the competition started more
than six years ago; the best previous
record was made two years ago in the
28th week when the yield amounted
to 4724 eggs. The management of
the competition has never entertain
tanned any real hopes of obtaining
5000 eggs in one week from the 1000
hens in the contest; it now looks how
ever, as if this mark is entirely FEAST
BILE; last weeks yield was at the rate
of little over 69 Y per cent; an in
crease of less than per cent. in the
rate of laying would raise the total
to 5000 eggs, of course it is realized
that the last 2 per cent. would come
hard; it is more or less analogous to
the proverbial last straw"
The best previous weekly record for
! any single pen in the current contest
has now been raised two eggs. Ingle-
side Farms pen of Barred Rocks
from Palenville, N. ". and Albert T
Lenzen's White Rocks from North
Attleboro, Mass, tied for first place
with 81 eggs each. Greenda1e Farms
White Leghorns from Greendale
N. Y, won second place for the week
with a production of 81. Henry E
| Heine's pen of the same breed from
Lakewood, N. j.. was third with sc
eggs. The Agricultural College per
of "Oregons''L from Corvallis, Ore.
and three pens of Leghorns entered
| by B. S. Ellis, Vineland, N. j., Clifford
I. Stoddard, Woodbridge, Conn, ant
George Phillips, Ceymour. Conn, al
tied for fourth place with So eggs
| each.
The three best pens in each of the
principal varieties are as follows:
Barred Plymouth Rocks.
Jules F. Francois, West Hamp-
ton Beach, L. I. 1902:
Tom J. Adamson, Laurel P. O.,
Quebec, Canada ............ 81:
Richard Allen, Pittsfield, Mass. 93t
White Wyandottes.
Obed G. Knight, Bridgeton, R. I. 109i
J. Frank Dubois, East Lynn, Mass. 92-
Brayman Farm, Westville, N H. 81
Rhode Island Reds.
Richard Allen, Pittsfield, Mass. 104;
Chas. H. Lane, Southboro, Mass. 90;
Pinecrest Orchards, Groton, Mass. SO.
White Leghorns.
J. o. LeFevre, New Paltz, n. Y. 96i
A. P. Robinson, Calverton, n. Y. 95:
Braeside Poultry Farm, Strouds-
burg, Pa. go
Miscellaneous.
Oregon Agricultural College
(Oregons), Corvallis, Ore. .101
Cook & Porter Duff Wyan-
dottes), Easthampton, Mass. 95
H. P Cloyes duff Wyandottes),
East Hartford, Conn. ....... So
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
COME AND BE KILLED

The Kaiser issues a procla-
nation to the people of Lithu-
ania, informing them that in
return for a German independ-
ence they will be expected to
fight for the empire. The all
highest speaks less plainly
than the above statement in
fers, but the meaning is ex-
ceedingly plain. This is a new
version of "Daffy, Daffy Come
and be Killed" 1t will not be
pleasing to the Lithuanians,
who have long desired indie
pendence, but never have de-
sired to share the fortunes of
the slowly dissolving German
Empire.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
DEPENDENTS OF SOLDIERS

IT HE WIFE of soldier will receive SIS month al
lowance from the Federal government If in need of
further assistance she receive S. month from the State
OF Connecticut There further Federal allowances to wives
with children which reaches the $50 month for
dependent wife with than five children There are
allowances for meheres children and various aids for de-
pendens OF soldiers other than wife child No nation
has made sweeping provision for those who fight its bat
ties and their dependents this nation has DONE Any local
board will furnish the necessary information soldiers
pendents, who desire the information.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
JUDGE Webb TO
PRESIDE over
CRIMINAL COUR'

Judge James II. Webb opened TIL
May term of the Criminal Superb
Court here today for the trial Of cases
the Rev. John R Brown of the Ffrs
Baptist church offering the openinI
prayer. The jury has been summoned
to be present at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
Practically all of the business thi
afternoon was the putting of prison
ers to plea. Many pleaded not guilty
but may change their pleas later. At
torney Robert G. DeForest is actin
as public defender, and has a--larg
number of prisoners who were unabl
to procure bond, including severs
murder cases. i
One of the cases which it is intend
ed to dispose of during the early day
of the term is that Of ]. Harry Cross
ley, former real estate and 1nsuri
ance agent here, who is accused q
forgery.
Among the murder cases are severa
continued from previous terms q
court, and those of Baby Doll
Thomas and Jacob Hawkins arisinf
out of the riot at the keystone clu
last winter Whether they will 10
tried at this term of court has no
been definitely decided as yet.
Altogether there are about 100 case
on the docket for disposition at TN
term of court.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-17
AMERICAN NAVAL
AID GREAT HELP
TO The BRITISH
Indebted to United States
Navy For Its Co-opera-
tion in Sub Attacks.
BOTH FLEETS ARE
WORKING TOGETHER
Germans Can Have a Battle
Any Time They Want It,
Says Naval Official.

London, May 14.-American naval
AID has been the greatest help to the
British fleet, says Archibold Hurd, the
naval expert, writing in the Daily Tel
egraph on the new situation in the
North sea resulting from the Zee
orugge and Ostend raids, the extern
sion Of British mine fields and the
generally increasing naval pressure
against Germany.
When the war is over" he says,
the nation will form some concep-
ton of the extent of the debt which
we owe the American navy for the
manner in which it has co-operated
not only in the convoy system, but in
rlghtlng the submarines.
IF the naval position is improving
today, as it is, it is due to the fact
! that the British and American fleets
are working in closest accord, sup
ported by an immense body of skilled
workers on both sides of the Atlantic
who are turning out destroyers and
other craft for dealing with the sub
marines as well as mines and bombs.
THE Germans can have a battle
whenever they want it. The strength
Of the grand fleet has been well main
tanned. Some of the finest battleships
Of the United States navy are now as
ISOLATED with it. They not only are
splendid fighting ships, but they are
we'll differed and manned.
If Admiral Beatty were asked his
opinion there is no doubt OF what he
| would say of the value OF the aic
which the United States has given il
this respect. The conditions undel
which the Germans would engage US
therefore, are less favorable than tive
AYears. aenn