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The Washington times., 1918-11-08
Crepe de Chine
Handkerchief, at Csc

Women's Silk Crepe de Chine
Handkerchiefs, plain colors, fig
ured and bordered effects. Large
assortment of new and dainty
patterns. Good quality Silks.
GoIdeRebrE's-FIrSt Floor.
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
Shop Early for Christmas

The public is urged by Council of National
Defense to do Christmas shopping earlier than
usual this year in order to do away with extra
help and extra hours during the holiday season.
Begin now to lay away Xmas gifts and carry small
parcels with you
The Washington times., 1918-11-08
Boys Military Suits, $500

Boys Cotton Khaki Military
Suits. including leEg!1S. army
shape. trousers with bottom lac
Ing and arnlv model coat. Sizes
to II years.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
TIMELY WORK WITH POULTRY
Houses Should Be Thoroughly Cleaned
and Sprayed in Endeavor to
Get Rid Of Parasites.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Chicken houses should be thoroughly
cleaned and sprayed. and an effort
made to get rid Of all mites and lice.
as these pests affect the fertility of
the flock. cause hens to leave their
nest. and kill young chicks. Breeding
stock should be carefully selected and
well housed and fed, In order to insure
large Matching and strong chicks.
Ample nests should be provided for
both the setting hens and the layers.
Care should be taken to protect chicks
from rats and from becoming chilled
as a result Of getting wet.
Eggs should be gathered regularly,
whether they are to be used for hatch
ing or are to be sold. The dirty eggs
Hnd the eggs that have been set upon
for one or more days which are sold
to local dealers. result in lower price
to the farmers and are costing them
thousands of dollars month. Sell only
clean fresh eggs and insist that your
neighbOrs do the same.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
CHAPTER xlII-continued.

We lined up in front of the baths,
soaked with perspiration. and piled
our rifles into stacks. A sergeant of
the r. A. NJ. G. with q yellow band
around his left arm on which was
rs. P" (sanitary police) in black let
tiers, took charge. ordering us to take
off our equipment, unrOll our puttees
and unlace boots. Then, starting from
the right of the line, he divided US
into squads of fifteen. 1 happened to
be in the first squad.
We entered q small room, where we
were given five minutes to undress,
then filed into the bathroom. In here
there were fifteen tubs (barrels sawed
in two) half full of water. Each tub
contained a piece of laundry soap The
sergeant informed us that we had just
twelve minutes in which to take our
baths. Soaping ourselves all over, we
took turns in rubbing each other 5
backs, then by means of garden hose,
washed the soap off. The water was
Ice cold. but felt fine.
Pretty soon a bell rang and the wa
ter was turned off. Some of the slower
ones were covered with soap, but this
made no difference to the sergeant,
who chased US into another room,
where we lined up in front of little
window, resembling the box office in
theater, and received clean underwear
and towels. From here we went into
the room where we had first undressed.
Ten minutes were allowed in which to
get into our "clabber."
My pair of drawers came up to my
chin and the shirt barely reached my
diaphragm. but they were clean-no
strangers on them, so 1 was satisfied.
At the expiration of the time allor-
ted we were turned out and finished
our dressing on the grass.
When all of the company had bathed
it was case of march back to billets.
That march was the most uncOngenial
one imagined. just cussing and blind
ing all the way. We were covered with
white dust and felt greasy from sweat.
The wooden underwear issued was
itching like the mischief.
After eating our dinner of stew,
which had been kept for us-it was
now four o'clOck-we went into the
creek and had another bath.
If "Holy Joe" could have heard our
remarks about the divisional baths
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

learned that 81 of our men had been
killed and 81 wounded. Five men wera
missing; lost in the darkness. they
must have wandered over into the Ger
man lines. where they were either
killed or captured.
Speaking of stretcher bearers and
wounded. il is very hard for the aver
age civilian to comprehend the enor'
nous cost of taking care of wounded
and the war in general. He or she gets
so accustomed to seeing billions of dol
lars in print that the significance OF
the amount is passed over without
thought.
From an official statement published
in one of the London papers. lt IL
stated that it costs between six and
seven thousand pounds 100000 to $780,
OOO) to kill or wound soldier. This
result was attained by taking the cost
of the war TO date and dividing it BY
the killed and wounded.
1t may sound heartless and inhuman.
but it is fact, nevertheless. that fret
q military standpoint II Is better for
man to be killed than wounded.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
What cow-Testino Showed.

The average production 0f all dairy
cows I'm the United States is 100
pounds Of buttcrfat "A year. according
TO estimates. The average production
OF all cows in 10 cow-tcstlng associn-
lions studied by investigations Of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture was Dat pounds year. Careful
tabulatlons Of the records Of the 10 ns-
sociations show that production Of
100 pounds Of bntterfat year gave an
income Of 500 over cost Of feed while
the average income over cost OF feed
for all the cows la these associations
was SAT, or little more than twice
as much.
Undoubtedly the dalrymen who Join
cow-testlng associations are more pro-
gresslve than the average, and own
cows and farms that are much above
the average, but the fine showing mnde
by association cows should be credit
cd, In large measure, 10 association
work. Certainly the cow-testlng assoc
ciatIons return many dollars more than
they cost. II is encouraging also 90
know that the cOw-testing association
records Indicate that the large-produc-
ing dairy cows are the least affected
by the Increased cost of feeds. There
fore, every dalrymnn should aim 10
keep them where they VIII continue
the economical production Of human
food. Economical production can Doe
obtained not only through careful se-
lection OF dairy cattle but through I'M
telligent breeding and slillful feeding
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
Literary Treasures Destroyed BY the
Huns at Louvain Can Never
BE Replaced.

No reparation can restore to the
world the galleries where Charles ".
ruler of almost all Europe. pored over
old learning. asserts the Toronto Mall
and Empire. There is no way 20 re-
place the 10000 manuscripts which
went up in smoke and ashes on Aug.
27. 1914. Mankind is permanently
poorer by the destruction OF complete
sets of all sixteenth-century editions
of Virgil. nineteen sixteenth-century
editions of Terrence. ten of Sailust.
complete sixteenth-century editions OF
Tacitus, Seneca. Martial. Ovid. Horace.
Juvenal. Livy. Lucretius, Lucian, Cic-
ero and Caesar. Rare copies of Arts
totie and the imperishabIe Greeks are
lost forever; priceless early Bibles.
whole libraries of ecclesiastical history
and civil laws, texts Illuminated ana
initiated and bordered by the patient
labor of Spanish. German and LowIand
monks. "Here was the truth regard
ing the Spanish Conquest and the grip
of the Inquisition." There were mnfh-
ematical treasures also.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

Al intervals q sta shell wound 80 ~
from the German lines and we would
remain motionless until the glare Of its
white light died out
When the trench had reached .
depth of two feet we felt safer. be-
cnuse IL would afford us cover In case
we were discovered and fired on.
The digging had been In progress
about two hours. when suddenly dell
seemed to break loose in the form OF
machine-gun and rife fire.
We dropped down on our bellies In
the shallow trench. bullets knocking
up the ground and swapping in the air.
Then shrapnel butted in. Tie music
was hot and Tommy danced.
The covering party was having 2
rough time of it; they had no cover;
just had to take their medicine.
Word was passed down the line TO
beatit fer our trenches. We needed no
urging; grabbing our tools and stoop-
ing low, we legged Ii across No Mans
Land. The covering party got away
TO poor start but beat us in. They
must have had wings because we low
cred the record.
Painting and out of breath. we tum'
bfed into our front-line trench. l tore
my hands getting through our wire
but at the time. didn't notice it; my
journey was too urgent.
When the roll was called we found
that we had gotten il In the nose for
GO casualties.
Our artillery put barrage on Fritz
frOnt-line and communication trenches
and their machine-gun and rifle fire
suddenly ceased.
Upon the cessation OF this fire.
stretcher bearers went out to look for
killed and wounded. Next day we
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

harm on the enemy-in other words,
he is able to get his own back.
But the chaplain Is empty-handed.
and Is at the mercy of the enemy II
he encounters them, SO 1T is dOubly
brave for him TO go over the top, under
fire. and bring in wounded. Also Il
chaplain is not required by the kings
regulations to go over in a charge, but
this one did. made three trips under
the hottest kind of fire, each time re-
turning with a wounded man on his
back. On the third trip he receiveo
bullet through his left arm, but never
reported the matter TO the doctor until
late that night-just spent his time adj
ministering to the wants of the wound
ed lying on stretchers.
The chaplains of the British army
are a fine, manly set of men, and are
greatly respected by Tommy.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

top growth of perennials. The most
commonly used smother crops are al
falfa, buckwheat, soy beans. millet,
sorghum and bur clover. Some weeds
are more susceptible to this treatment
than others Bermuda grass may be
eradlcated by a continuous succession
of smother crops. Alfalfa, where 1t
succeeds well, is the most effective
smother crop, largely because it COM
bines frequent clipping with the
smothering effect. 1t may be relied
upon to reduce greatly or even to Grad
icate entirely most perennials except
some of the grassy weeds. In the case
of smother crops, as with pasturing,
the principal value Is to weaken the
root systems of perennials, which ia
ciIitates the work of cultivation which
is to- follow
Moving or cutting.-Cutting off re-
peatedly the tops of perennial weeds
with mower, scythe or other tool
may sometimes be used to advantage.
This is of most Csc on pastuses. road
sides and other uncultivated places. 1t
has been found that moving twice a
year for two years will eradicate the
fern brake. one of the bad weeds Of
pastures in New England and New
York
Srrothering With Building Paper and
Other MateraIs.-Where perennial
weeds occupy very limited areas it Is
often practicable to prevent further
spread by covering the infested area
with building paper, taking care to lap
over and weight down the ends so as
to exclude all sunlight. Building pa
per suitable for this use normally may
be obtained at from 1925 to 81 per
thousand square feet. or $97 to SIP
per acre, depending on its thickness.
Manure, straw and other materials
are also employed for this purpose.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
WOOL DEMAND IS INCREASING
Production in Peace Times Is onl,
About 50 Per Gent Of Amount
Used by Mills.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
War has given the sheep and wool
industry a stupendOus task. The wool
produced in this country furnishes only
about 90 per cent Of the amount used
here by wooden mills In peace times !;
the war has increased the demand for
wool, and Of course accentuates our de-
pendence upon supplies from foreign
countries. The war has further In
creased the perplexity Of the domestic
situation By making unavailable eer~
tain supplies which exist In other parts
Of the world TO equip 100000 SOL
dlefs and cl0the them for one year
would require The entire quantity az
wool grown annually In this country
even Il Il were III suitable tor military
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

and army red tape he would have
tainted at our wickedness. But Tom
my Ii only human after ALL
just mentioned Holy Joe" or the
chaplain In an irreverent sort Of way,
but no offense was meant, as there
were some very brave men among
them.
There are 90 many instances Of he
roac deeds performed under IRE In res
cuing the wounded that 1t would take
several books to chronicle them. but
have to mention one instance per-
formed by q chaplain. Captain Hall By
name, In the brigade on our left. be-
cauee It part1eulariy appealed to me.
a chnp1aln = not . 6Ghting man he
- reccgnise0 - Z nonc0mbatnnt and
carries no ara n = charge q tench
MD IT, eoldlw 60 = 1eellng 8 Co
fldence from cootact With hls ri1le. -
vo1vor. = Donb - = carrying. He has
nuuDooncno - Dooeqnt h1mDo4 NTH.
oonotn1ne W10n W11en ~ en- 1n1let
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

prepared by the United States
Department of Agricultural
Produce what you eat and eat
what you produce. Whether you
have a 40-foot lot or a 4OO-acre
fertile farm make 1T produce
food. With garden well filled
with vegetables, you can great
ly reduce the cost of living, en-
JOY some of the best forms of
food. relieve transportation and
conserve other foods, such as
wheat and meat, which are need
ed for our soldiers. Having a
garden is one way folks who
stay at home can help win the
war.
Farmers Bulletin 937. recent
ly published by the United
States department of agricul-
ture, gives complete directions on
making a farm garden and tells
in detail how to grow each of
the common garden crops. This
bulletin is free-write to the
department at Washington. d.
c.. for copy.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

ready 10 ship. and Il should be pro-
tected from heat during hauling with
blankets or felt jackets.
Every vessel that milk touches in
any wny-coolcr. cans. pals ana bot
tlcs-should be sterillzed ana kept
clean.
Constantly clean and constantly
cold. That Is the formula for getting
the full benefit of the milk supply
Even brief lapses from cleanliness and
cold cause the bacterial count to null
tiply and the milk 10 dctcriorutc.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
PORK PRODUCTION HINTS.

A large, raw-boncd sow, hoy-
ing plenty OF capacity nnd Size,
but lucking I'm feminInity and
quality. is one of the poorest iu
ycstmpnts u breeder oan mako.
for hor pigs viii bc slow to dr-
vclop. hard % fattcn uud lnci.
ing both In number and iu uH-
formiiy.
The modern hog ig highly
specialized ana efficient machine
for the conversion of grain ANA
roughngc into edible meat. but
to obtain the greatest efficiency,
TO make the most pork from "A
given amount of feed, 60 make
the best pork, and 80 make That
pork most economically. the ma
chine must be kept running TO
. capacity from birth 10 the time
OF marketing. Nothing is more
important than this factor.
Slightly more rapid and cco-
nomical gains In fattcnlng hogs
are made by using self.fecder
than can be obtained by the best
Of hand feeding.
Cleanliness ana rational meth.
DDS Of management are relied
upon by thousands OF hog ruis-
ers 10 keep their herds Ia health
and vigor They are the marks
OF the good farmer and success
full hog breeder.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
Iced Water for Milk.
1--WE STOCK7
e@RQEeS-AG

After the SOW has narrowed. IL is
best for her to be In the open air.
There has been much advocacy Of
self-feederB for use for growing pigs.
A badly stunted pig or calf or colt
seldom. n ever; = brought to full size
It maturity
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
Sheep on Every Farm.

That peaceful flock II sheep
Which ought 10 be on every farm
j. II powerful war machine.
Wool for the soldiers.
Meat 10 feed us.
Are your weeds just "A nuisance,
Or are you and some sheep turning
them into uniforms?
A flock on every faTIn.-Unlted States
Department OF Agriculture.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

The value OF a good clover pasture
for young pigs should not be over
looked by hog raisers.
e~.~~s~~-~-o~S~S~~~~~~ ~-~-~-~-~-~~~~~S~~~-~-~~
Green pasture rs very important
where one has sows 10 farrow.
Farm animals must be comfortable
In order that they do as well as pos
sible.
Pigs infested with lice and worms
make slow gains and are not mt all
hardy.
Hogs are grown mt loss when fed
corn alone. Give them one-fourth OF
. feed Of corn each day.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
A,.ska-cape Horn wireless System

A new wireless-telegraph system 10
now being planned By the Marcoai
company which will extend from
Alaska to Cape Horn. This will bring
various sections Of the syo continents
into close communication with eacA
other and with vessels plying In nd
1oaning or intervening waters. II II
houed that enough stations may be e.
tablished to permit communicates bo
tween the United States and the Ar
eentine Republic before the middle n
the current year.-PopuIar 4echaAky
1lagnxine.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31
Empey tells Of many ways the
soldiers have Of amusing them
selves, in the next instalIment.
;RREPARABLE LOSS TO WORLD

CTO BE CONTINUED
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1918-05-31

loss of
American Arthur Empey American Jersey CITY,
a London,
trench digger
n No Ma Lane
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-07
Neutrality"

from the Philadelphia Record.
1t was thoroughly Characteristic
hat the German-American Alliance
announced that "all friends of true
eutrality would be guilty of folly
{ they returned Wilson to power"
Neutrality is defined by law, domes,
&c and International; il is not a mat,
er of individual opinion or national
interest. Even at a time when the
Kaiser would not speak to the Ameri-
an Ambassador because munitions
geer being shipped from this country
The allies, The Berlin government
i'd not venture to charge our govern
uent with unneutral conduct. The
most that Vienna did was to suggest
shat the shipping Of large amounts
t munitions might be Il violation Of
eutrality, though the shipment Of
mall amounts was not. But while
3erln and Vienna did not dare to con
radict international law, the German
9ress, Individuals in Germany from
he Kaiser dawn, and Germans in this
ountry, Denounced everything that
yas ont in the German interest as un-
aeutral Any act in the German inter
st would be true neutrality; nothing
Use would be.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-07

six seconds being the standard time
when the knapsack containing the
mask is hanging at his chest in the
alert" position After intense train
ing gas attack is arranged. The
class is put in trenches, and without
warning, clouds of smoke and cholo-
rine are liberated by the instructors,
masks are hurriedIy put on, alarms
sounded and sleeping men in dugouts
trenches are cleared of gas, the air
is tested, and permission is given to
remove masks.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-07
HardwIck's "star."
Says the Albany Herald:

Says the Albany Herald:
The man who votes for Senator
Hardwick will know what he is DO
ing. Hardwick is against the adj
minis ration in practically all tho
war activities that have become leces-
sary as our burdens have been taken
up. lie has opposed legislation that
was necessary to enable the country
to perform its huge tasks, and has
gloried in his independence of
thought and action"
But when q man carries his indie
pendencc to the point where heregards
it as more sacred than his country's
claims to his loyalty, his case be-
comes well nigh hopeless. He is
guilty of the worst kind of selfshness.
Patriotism places country above self,
and when man reverses that order
by placing self above country, he gets
a long way from patriotic condition.
Many a man has believed his country
took the wrong course in making
some momentous decision, but has
loyalty supported her. my country,
light or wrong has been the bright,
guiding star by which many a man
has steered straight course through
troubled times like these.
But Senator IIardwick does not
follow any star he has taIlow dip
CT his own, and its name is a."
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-07
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY.
THEY'RE SMOKED OUT

News dispatches announcing thai
the Bolshevik government has set tC
work destroying the railroads and
mining other important industrial
structures along the Chinese border
would indicate that the real trouble
makers are now smoked out and are
having to show their hands If any.
body on earth is afraid of another, the
Russians are afraid of the Japanese.
At the very mention of the word, the
trouble makers in Russia so up in the
air and get frightened.
We enver will understand how il
had to be norated all around the world
that Japan was thinking of going in
to Russia to save the supplies that
came from the United States and Nip
pom. Even before the little Japs had
thought of the matter, the Bolshevik,
who by the way are the most tratorous
gang in the war up to the present
time, found II out and began tearing
UP everything and burning bridges to
keep the Japanese from coming over
And here at home our own govern
ment is still trying to decide whether
it would be willing to permit Japan
TO go over while the Bolshevik and the
Teuton leaders are sitting on the great
heaps of American aud Japanese sup
plies at Valdivostok and laughing at
the ridiculous situation. The men who
are directing American interests must
have been somewhat surprised last
night when they came out of their
slow deliberations to find that the
Hun, the Bolshevik valet. and his as,
sociates had already done their worst
Japan is doughty little nation
Its war leaders have not forgotten
Mukedn and the Manchurian cam,
paign, and they can make both the
Teuton and the Muscovite walk as
well as run but when are we ever
to get a decision as to whether we
are going to permit Japan to stake
out a task?
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-07
GAS FIGHTING

AT each cantonment in the United
States school has been establish
ed where each officer and man re-
ceives instruction in gas defense. The
American gas mask, similar to the
British, is as mechanically perfect
as the best experts have been able
to produce, The face piece, with glass
or celluloid eye pieces. is connected
by "a flexible tube with canister
carried in knapsack The incoming
breath comes through the canister.
which is filled with several layer>
of chemicals which neutralize or rem
der harmless the gas-laden air. Out
going breath passes outside the face
piece through small valve.
The student in gas defense soon
learns to get his mask on in a hurry,
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-07
PROFESSIONAL CARDS

DR.. g. DANIEL, Internal Medicine and
Physical Measures, such as Electro.
uierapy, Hydrotherapy, Vibration,
Light Treatments, X-Ray, Etc. Cor
dele, Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-03-07
GUN MAKING

Rifle and cartridge production in
the United States has developed in
volume and in quality on a scale as
surfing the satisfactory equipment Of
the Army, according to a statement
authorized by the Secretary of War.
To achieve the rife and ammunition
production program the government
has expended or obligated itself to
2Xpend, during ten months of war,
9400,000O00 and 200 officers, 5000 men,
10000 women have been engaged ex-
clusiyely in the manufacture of rifles
and cartridges Two Government
plants and THREE }priIately owned
Giants are engaged in making rifles
and one government plant and nine
privately owned plants are engaged in
cartridge manufacture. Ordnance eX-
perts in this country and in Europe
are in agreement that the United
states Army is being equipped with
'wo Of the three best rifles in the
ountry