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The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-14

on chicks. These parasites sap the
verv Lille blood out oi them. Dus,
the hen a, night With Il. A. Thomas
l4ouse Killer aud YOUR Troubles art
ended, Il also kills buss GA encum.
bsr. tomato, and squash vines. wa
sell II 10 you and II II does no,
make good. We will. Get l. al the
Anderson Hardware Go Dickson,
Tenn. T. y. Crow n Sons. D,ckson,
Route /; ]. r. MeClslland. Tenn
sssee City. Gray 4 Stark. Cumb~r,
land Furnaces; sensing 4 Bowk~s
Dull. Brown 4 Henry. White BlutI;
Neal Morrow. i.yles. W, D, Buiifey
4 Son, Burns, adv.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs r. W, Luther spsn!
the weekend with relatives on Tel
low Greek
Joe Whi.ed. oi White Bud. spens
Tuesday with MI. and Mn. John
Wyatt.
Mrs. 8. b. holland visited kn.
W. X. Landlord Saturday.
0. o.. and daughter, Eose. re-
,uyued 10 their bone ii Sylvia. a.
ter . lev days visit with Lee Robert.
con.
Mr.. aud Mrs. N=k Lsnn and
children spens the weekend With
Mr. and Mrs. ". B, Luther.
Mr.. and Mrs W. r iAnkfosd.
Mr.. and Mn. W. T. Noland. Mr..
and Mrs.. q. B. Noiand speu. Sun.
ciay with Mr.. ard Mrs., John Ays;t
and family.
Misc Stella Lsmbesis Of Nall
Creek, IL VISITING Nr. and Mira. Nc.
Kiuiey Lambert
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-14

drenehed horses Tor collie, Thai
was the did way which was uncer.
tain and unsafe. Fsris Collie
Remedy does away with dren ahius
lis applied on tho horses .onsu.
with dropper which cohles packed
IN each bottle Get il today We
guarantee il.
Get il At the Anderson Hardware
Co.. Dickson, Tenn, T. d. Crow 4
Sons. Dickson. Route /. J. X. Nc
Clellsnd. tennessee City Gray i
Stark, Cumberland Furnace, Set
'sins h isowk~r, +l,,lss bvoxn- i
Henry. White RluH, Ssal >MaInw
l.yles, ". d. Bu,trey a. son, Barns
adv.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-14

family Of white Bluff, Mesdsme-
John Glenn and Fall Bowden oi
Nashville were tho guests oi Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. Gill Sunday.
Miases Wilma and Ethel Cald-
veil spent Sunday with Mrs, Robt
Martin.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-14

For a lame back apply Chamber
lain's iiniment twice . day massass
the muscles II the back over the
,,~a, Of pain thoroughly st each ~.
plicstiou. adv.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-14

Make . regular habit 81 eating
slowly, -,lca,e your food thor.
oosbiy. ani you may have no iatb.
co trouble II you should, take one
u! Chamberlain Tablets imme.ii.
a,esy after supper adv.
The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-06-14

ak pc. hundred at bed: by parcel
post. lse per thousand extra. y. ].
Bush. Phone Cumberland i26.X.
Dickson kxchangs. b~il
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

The nnM triumph Of the rifle came
in the eighteenth century when the
hunter found one type which was eSpe-
cIaly accurate in It's range. During
the Revolutionary War it was used
with such success that Napoleon
armed some Of his troops with 1t, but
after a time he gave IL up as he con
sidered it's firing too slow and declared
that IL was only fit for sport. After
the war Of 1912 with The United States
The British authorities formed rifle
brigade and armed if with kind of
rife carrying spherical bullet. which
had to be driven in with a wooden
mallet. In this day of rapid fire guns
one can scarcely imagine a soldier
stopping after every shot TO hammer
in the bullet and carrying a mallet for
this purpose. yet certain troops of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

INST os essential for children as Tor
adults. to protect them under 'he u
turbed conditions that are lheVi'eo'e
everywhere. The great heeu io'
wholesome, Interesting children PiaE
is shown by the increase OF JuNeil'
delinquency in European couh'r'e'
since the war began.
Resides the playground activities
the childrens minds are being hea''"'
fpllv occupied by Red Cross work. "ar
gardening, war canning ana ioou 'o"
seryation, poultry raising cIuDS anu
other worthwhile pursuits FOLK uanr-
ing community songs ana whlsti'ns
cSnbs have likewise been promoted 10
Get the children together and stifhu'
late their spirit OF team work.
During September, Patriotic Play
Wool, was celebrated in various paTls
of the country. to show what eseh
community had been doing tor the
children during the summer, the WORK
in some places being summarized py
patriotic pageant, dedicating 1t all 10
the service of the country,
Children's Year is just getting into
its second half. 1t has accomplished
far more than its promoters dared
hope for, but not more than they felt
it should accomplish. For to achieVe
a lasting good. the activities must De
consistently maintained, and all the
work conscientiously and enthusiastic
ally followed up. If the public SHOWS
the same appreciative and helpiul
spirit that greeted the launching OF
the campaign. then the dream OF saw
ing the lives of hundred thousand
babies. who otherwise would have
died. may well become a reality.
And America does need those hun
dred thousand youngsters,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

glance fails to understand the vast
amount of measuring. Some of the
gauges wear better than others, put
all sooner or later wear out and
machine shop to keep these in order
is maintained at every plant. GenefaI
March, the Chief of Staff of the Amer
lean Army, has declared that America
is going through" so the manufactur-
ers understand that there must De no
let up on the making of the weapons
required to carry on"
one in every dozen employees Is
government inspector and each one Is
skilled in his work as gauger anu
tester While much of the WORK Is
done by machinery, it is necessary ior
the man behind the machine 10 kho"
his business as the wrong pulling OIL
lever or turn of a screw may ruin the
work.
After rifle has been assembled II Is
sent TO the shooting house where 1t Is
sighted over a 100-yard range. FIVE
shots are then fired and four OF theih
must go in 4 small square. After thes
are inspected again they are sent To
the various places Of distribution.
Immense Plants
AS gun making was not regarded as
big industry before the war there
were few men found TO be skilled In
this trade and there was great diff
Guilty in finding mechanics TO ado this
work. 1t was found necessary to teach
men the art and 1t was discovered
that about only one in twenty-five had
the required patience for the task
Men who have worked on fine jewe'ry
were the most apt pupils.
The manufacturing plants are little
short of small towns. one alone COW
ering a &c acre reservation and en-
ploying about 1900 persons.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

ner in which they are rushed TO the
front and the colossal cost. that the
average person gives no thought to the
extraordinary work required IN max
ing each weapon. From beginning TO
end rife making seems to be one long
series of measuring, testing and gaug-
ing.
What is known as the rifle BODY
is made of steel and comes to the rae
tory in bars and rods. The principal
part of the rifle IS the body-the bar
rel and the receiver-the mechanism
which receives the cartridge ana
thrusts it into the barrel for hring.
Uncle Sans official description OF the
manufacture of this arm Is perhaps
the most lucid to a layman. The
body" component begins with rough
forging of the steel which comes to
the machinists to be worked into
shane. Something like 225 to 2S0 dif-
ference operations are necessary TO
perfect it and about 715 gauges to
keep It's dimensions within the stand
ard limits as the work goes on.
barrel at the beginning IS piece OF
steel about nine inches long and one
and three-quarter inches in diameter.
This is heated to a high temperature
and run through a circular forge
which suueezes it out 10 a length OF
thirty inches. The heated metal Is
then Strengthened and cooled before II
goes to the tools that machine out the
bore. The receiver is a similar piece
of metal. square instead of round. and
goes through n number of operations
and measurements. as in the case Of
the barrel. one machine after another
is used. the first one makes long cut
through the top of the steel while
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

many Of those men were found unbt
because Of defects which might have
been prevented II they had been de-
tected and treated in childhood, so
the examiners are finding those same
defects in the coming generation, and
taking steps to see that they are cor
rccted
II is not generally realized that
nearly II fourth OF the deaths that
occur at all ages are those of babies
underliive; and that the infant death
rate is nearly as high as that of men
and women who have passed the al
lotted three score and ,en." Yet a
leading authority has declared that If
children were well born and well
cared for. the infant death rate would
be practically negligible.
Why Babies Die
Dr. G. T. a. Wtnslow, Of Yale Uni
vorsity, has given emphatic expression
regarding the infant mortality in this
country:
IF the lives Of 100000 babies
can be saved by something that
we can do or leave undone this
year. 1t must be that what some
of us have done or left undone
has caused the death of 100000
babies each year in the past. Those
babies did not die of their own
accord They were killed-killed
by feeding them with dirty un-
cooked cows milk or some other
improper food, killed by weaken
ing them with heavy clothing and
then exposing them to a sudden
draft. Ailled by letting some one
who was coming down with "a
cold" fondle them and pass on to
them the deadly germs of some
disease They were most Of them,
these 100000 killed by their moth
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

another smooths off each side. Vari-
Gus gaugings follow for the parts must
be accurate to the one thousandth part
of an inch.
Must Be Perfect
After this part has been found TO be
perfect, other cuts are taken, holes are
bored, grooves made and screw
threads turned out by machinery.
Each one is so perfect that there must
not be a hair breadth difference from
the pattern OF the rife. They must
also be a minute given distance from
the other threads and holes One of
the difficulties of rifle making lies in
the fact that If one man makes a
mistake all the work that has gone
before is useless and the rifle body
ruined. IN manufacturing a barrel
and receiver alone even the most tiny
hole Is measured again and again, its
diameter, its circumference and its re
lations to the other cuts and holes.
The limits of accuracy seem to the
laymen as ininitesimal.
The tools used are cleyerly contrived
instruments made so that the part to
be measured can be slipped into them
and lever pulled or u screw turned
and the proper dimension shown on
the machine.
Millions or Measurements
II has been estimated that in max
ing 1000 rifles alone, nearly three
million measurements must be made
In the making OF the barrels and re-
L e, IL ~f
the men who are skilled in assembling
the weapons. No machine has yet
been invented TO straigbten barrels.
this being done by hand power alone.
The central gauge room with Its
curious looking machinery Is most in
teresiing to the visitor who at first
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

with pan is preferably used, fresh
paper towel being laid in the pan and
renewed after each weighing.
Children old enough TO stand alone
are measured in the customary way
For babies and very young children,
homemade apparatus is contriHed by
mailing headboard across one end OF
the examination table. one end or a
linen tape measure is attached to this.
and the other end fastened across the
sheet covering the table. The baby is
lain on the table along the tape,
head against the board, body relaxed,
and legs straight. An enameled book
end is placed against the feet and the
height thus read at once.
For each child a record card Is
filed out, showing whether the sub
Iect is above or below the average
weight and height for its age. Trihins
variations are not regarded as import
ant. but any marked divergence from
the normal is. warning that the
child's health requires medical atteh-
ton. and the mother is advised 10
have tire child examined by the family
physician, or to take 1t to an infant
welfare station or children's clinic
one part of the record card Is given
to the parent to be retained, the other
returned to the ChHdren's Bureau for
statistical purposes.
Keeping The Children Busy
The Childrens Year program en-
braces also a recreation drive, which
has been under way throughout the
country during the summer. Abun'
dant and constructive recreation, pro
tected from any form of exploitation
has been provided for the children.
Wartime recreation is regarded as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

|--I - ~ -, ,I-IT
u''' -, '' ~, tn,rand
''' ~" -, - ,hn ,,or
io' ,,'' '''' ,,,..,- A..
"'s '"' ~" 80 ,',,',-' ,,,,.,,, -, ,d,.
'e''''" - ~ ,.,itiar. for
'",,|" ''', 80 gin,,,,,r.s or
'""u' v' "9 ,r.',,,',,a IL.
oo'i - '','" ,',,,i,,s, ,,,,,,, the
"is '"' ''' ,,n,,a,tioo of
i,,,,a -, ,,sor,iaI IN winning
tho war
"I am very glad that the Same
processes are being set afoot in
lts countrv and heartily ap-
nrove the plan Of the Children's
Rureau and the Woman's Com
,nIttee of the Council Of National
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

ers or their grandmothers or their
sisters. who loved them very much
but did not know how babies
ought TO be cared for,
THE proportion Of young
babies that will die depends al
most wholly on the amount their
mothers know about infant care.
In Russia baby in every dies
before completing the first year of
life. The Russian mothers love
their babies, but the mother in
stinct" does not teach them to
feed them only on mothers milk
or clean. pasteuriZed cows milk,
and 50 they give those babies
other foods ana the babies are
killed by summer diarrhoea. In
the United states about l baby in
s dies before reaching its first
birthday. That is better than the
Russian record; but in New Xea-
land only / baby out of 20 dies in
the first year of life. The New
Zealand mothers are no more de-
voted than ours. They are no
more highly educated nor any
wiser in most matters, but they
have learned more about infant
care.
THE great object of this whole
campaign OF Children's Year is to
teach American mothers how
they. too. may keep their babies
well" "
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

British Army used this type for many
years. In 1896. the Brunswick rihe'
a percussion rifle with bore over
twice as large as the present weapon
was put into use, and for time this
served. but from time 10 time EFFORTS
were made TO overcome the difficult!
in loading. Finally the MIME bail
such a favOrlte during our civil wal,
came into existence. being introduced
into the British Army in 1851 But
this was not satisfactory and the IN
ventors kept up their work until the
I.nheld rifle Of England and the
Springfield and Winchester rifles OF
the United States came into use.
United States Model 1917
From all of these was evolved the
famous United States rifle model
1871" which is now being used by
our poys over there and which Is be
ing turned out by the thousands IN
this country today. 1t Is modifes
Enfield, a British weapon altered to
fit American made 80 calibre car
tridges.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

During the early part of the war
when England was in as much of a
state of unpreparedness as we were on
April 9th, 1917, several British agents
were sent 70 this country to purchase
munitions. They brought with them
a single Enfield rifle-a weapon known
at that time as an emergency rifle.
About 200 OF these had been hurried
~ made in England and the agents
were anxious to have large number
Of them made in this country. Eng
land was hard pressed at that time
and the agents were willing to pay big
prices to anybody who would take con
tracts Many manufacturers who
were engaged in making shot guns
and sporting rifles ENLARGED their fac
tories and took the contracts at once.
Then the military men Of our country
began TO quieuy look into the qualities
or the rifle and It was finally decided
upon for our army. At present more
than 1000 rifles. the best ever carried
by a soldier are being turned out each
day by one plant alone 10 say nothing
OF several others who are vying with
this factory in the work.
Making The Rifle
Rifles are made of he highest grade
of nickel, steel and walnut, and Ike
the hogs that go into the big meat
packing places IN Chicago at one end
of the plant and come out as sausages
at the other end, so this steel. nickel
and walnut go through the big build
ings and are turned out at the other
end as rifles. The present war has
been so overpowering in the slaughter
of men, the destruction of property
the number of weapons used, the man
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
weighing And Measuring

When child under five is brought
to a weighing station to be examined,
It is undressed and weighed without
clothing. or wrapped in a thin sheet
or towel. the weight of which is de-
Quoted. Children over five are weighed
in ordinary clothing. For a young
baby. unable to stand, scale equipped
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03

III n. a'., s as.o.s. as.... e: .....i *. p55 % S.5
%~ ing up Of the greatest mlIl-
tarv orguuizulrou in tine history OF TINS
nation. IL was something more imam
simply u step toward creating Nds'
national army. For The first ume' 'he
United States learned for Itself the
physical condition of its men between
the ages of - and 81 II was an IN
ventory &f the young man power oi
the nation.
Less spectacular, but hardly less III
economic Importance, is the inventory
which is being taken of the baby pop
ulation by the Chndren's Bureau Of
the Department Of Labor and the
Child Welfare Department Of the
Woman's Committee OF The Council OF
National Defense.
The future OF the nation depends
upon those who will be voters and
citizens, and fathers and mothers.
twenty years or so hence. More than
ever now, with an Unprecedented drain
upon the man power of the world, is it
Important that not q babys life be los.
which might be saved TO the good of
the nation.
Every year. I'm the United states,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-03
Delicate Workmanship of
the Rifle Being Used By
Our Boys - The Most Per
feet Weapon of Its Kind
Ever Carried BY a Soldier
Copyright 1918. by The International
Syndicate.

~ lsshtH SSH.-i9t "'''''He" 'i''''
invention dates ba,k nearly one hun
dred years previous, when tney we've
used for sporting purposes. The ad-
yantages OF the wearsn in point Of
accuracy and range were well known.
but for some reason they were not re
garded as Of much value boy military
men until 1850. when the French
cavalry were equipped with them
Early In the seventeenth century they
were used by certain regiments OF the
Danish and BavRr.an troops. The diiil-
Guilty of forcing the tight fitting bullet
down into the barrel against the
grooves so retarded the loading opera
lion that rapid fire was out Of the
question. and the old smooth bore
musket, whose bullet dropped into
place easily was the favorlte for the
service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18
GOOD LUCK, MAY YOU
ALL EVADE TIN FISHES"
Way Seamen's Union Secretary
Ends ReRoIt-No Strikers Among
Sailors, He Says.

LONDON. September Correspond
ence Of the Associated Press).-"Good
luck to you all and may you all evade
the tin fishes" is the characteristic
way in which Secretary G. ". Mckee
of the Hull Seamen's Union concludes
his annual report. Since my last
report" he says, "over fifteen thou
sand seamen have paid the price, be-
sides many hundreds of PASSENGERS
and service men.
THE enemy Is not content with
sinking ships and crews, but they
cruise about afterward, ramming the
wreckage in tho hope Of killing the
survivors and leaving no trace of
their dendish work. No punishment
could be too bad or too hard for a
patty. pity. kindness or affection,
but who excel In ruthlessness, rapine,
murder. robbery and every kind of
brutality which baseness and saw
agery can suggest. The creatures
who ask for them not to be punished
and should be packed off to their
friends in their spiritual home.
The seamen have won distinction
during the war and we don't want
them linked with the won't works
and down toolers' and the strikers
In urging special benefits from the
unions for sailors that have to risk
submarine perils, the report says:
Does any one really believe that
ten pounds from the government will
compensate a man for being tor
pedoed? If he does, let him pack up
his comfortable job ashore and go
20 sea and face the torpedoes. war
rant he will soon change the tune Of
his story"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18

wife there. had bought . plot In .
cemetery and had selected . monu-
mert to be placed ever their graves
Mr.. MCGEE stated that Chaplin also
said he had, gone to Maine last June
to commit. suicide, but had decided
It was unfair to leave behind him his
wife. : -
Mr.. McGee said Chaplin confessed
shooting his wife 1t Z o'clock Monday
morning. According to Chaplin, she
lived for half an hour. but never re-
gained. consciousness. "A few minutes
after her death, he received newspa-
pers from the bellboy, and later left
the hotel.
After describing Chapin's move
ments Monday, Mr.. MCGEE said the
editor, ON reading yesterdays account
Of the murder, decided that, instead of
committing. suicide. "the only honor
able thing ito do; was. to surrender
himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18
WILL TUTOR SOL lERs
IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH
Dr. r. W. Hunter In Charge Of
Work at Twenty-Five Camps In
Washington District.

Educational training Of United
States soldiers In . better understand
ing Of English and in the French Ian
guage is carried on in tho camps in
the Washington military district by
the T. NJ. c. A.
Under tho direction Of DR.. T. W.
Hunter. formerly professor Of English at
the Do witt Clinton High School Of New
York city. educational work specialize
ing in the teaching of French. and the
Of the United States
soldiers of foreign birth. is proceed
ing. Each 7. NJ c. A. secretary at the
twenty-five separate military organI-
cations in the Washington district has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-18

under him an instructor. All report
to Mr.. Hunter, who was sent here by
the War Work Council in New York.
Copies Of q pocket-dtting booklet,
entitled. France. Our Ally will be
distributed to tho soldiers to heir
them in learning the language OF the
country where they expect to 60. A
million copies of this little booklet
have already been printed and the
edition is now On the press. False
ideas of French life are corrected Nv
the booklet and by the etaAa. instruc-
tors, and Fraaco and her heroic people
are presented in their true light.
Hand-in-hand with instruction In
French goes instruction In the Eng
lish language to those foreign born
soldiers who form q part Of the Army
These men are taught first the proper
use of the language Of their adopted
country. having already picked un
many American customs. and will
later be taught the rennennents of the
language.