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The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02
KNOXVILLE TENN.
Dear Editor Of The News:


Knoxville.
The health is very good and
every one is eager and willing to
do their bit to win the war. We
are hooverizing to the limit. We
are allowed to give only two bis
cuirs to each person and two tea
spoon-fuls of sugar for their cof-
fee, while some take it and GO on
in a manly way, others will snurl
up their nose and say bad things
about it. but who are they? They
are like some of the people that
Snookum spoke of on Pumpkin
Ridge.
Snooknm you're around here,
yes | know you and wish | could
spend this Sunday afternoon on
your front porch chattieg with
you and your family. You were
speaking of the lofty peaks and
beautiful scenery of Hancock Co.
1t makes me oh! so homesick. |
wish | could goback to Hancock
and spend two or three months.
We are true students of nature
and would like to roam over the
dear old hills and valleys and
gaze on things that are real true
and beautiful. l cften think OF
the old farm house nestled among
the hills and mountains of dear
old East Tenn. where we spent
our childhood days and oh! how
we wish we could recall those
happy days and stand once more
in the old home door with our
youthful hearts throbbing with
Joy. watching the Tightening
flashes as they played along the
hill tops casting their illuminat-
ing rays over the little valley be-
low, or wander where we USED q
wander over the old hills r
watch the bees sip honey fftm
the poplar and the poppy blossom
but my dear friend, those days
past and forever gone therefore,
all we can do is to make the best
of things that time in its fleet
ness brings us nearer Eternity,
and too, Snookum, you were
speaking Of the. old mill. We can
see the mill with its moulding
wheel in our imagination, where
we used 10 ride Alec and Lie
and while we waited for our grist
to be ground we would wade in
the creek or side down the red
banks that we can't very well
forget. But Sncokum since those
DAYS time has put lines in our
faces and silver in our hair.
We spent the glorious Fourth
with MIR. and Mrs. T. j. Trent at
Morristown ard feasted on green
beans. ham, cake and fried chik-
en-. At $50 we started back 10
the noisy city and - We pulled
into the station. a troop train
had just arrived from some West
ern point. flost all the soldiers
seemed to he enjoying them
selves while others seemed sad.
Will say to Lon Odom Of Camp
Meade, Md. Why don't you tell
Us through the News how you
likeyour new camp? We wish
for you TO be with Us ana nope
you will, as soon as you all lick
the Kairer good and nght.
We had the pleasure 10 hear a
British soldier, just from the
trenches make 4 speech on the
war. He carried one arm in a
sling and walked with n cane.
The Germans did him a dirty Job
He said he was willing to fight
till he died for his country.
Hello Mrs. Martha Brewer
and Homer Odom we are glad
you got home al right.
Carter Core. we hope YOU
haven't heard that whistle blow
yet giving you the sigma! to ge.
ready for a free boa, ride.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02
THE 'SNEEBViLLE NEWS
HENRY GREENE
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.

A weekly newspaper devoted to the
industrial, intellectual and moral de-
velopment and growth of Hancock
County in particular and East Tennessee
ingeneral. Republican IN politics, fear
less in defer Sc Of truth, and ever zeal
Gus in advocacy of whatever tends to
the tetterment of our section or con tri-
butes to thefhappiness of its homes.
The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1918-08-02

Entered as second class matter
October 13, 1916, at the postofice at
Sneedville, Tennessee, under Act OF
March 8. 1871
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

way in which they served that purpose as late as 1648.
 For a great many years the seal mas not been used as a source Of ldentlIl- cation. When the custom orlglnated very. few people could read and write. In those days of ignorance, to be apie to read and write would save feion neck. Then the signature was noth- ing, the seal everything.
 Now, thanks to the advancing m telligence of the age, the signature IS everything, and the seal nothing. The only reason ever urged at this day why a seal should give greater edl- dence and dignity to writing is that it evidences greater deliberation, and therefore should impart greater sol emnitY to instruments.
 The letters, L. S., mystic to the un- initiated, imprisoned in the serpentine folds of scroll, have become equipo- tent with elaborate coats of arms copied with devices engraven on the shields of knights and noblemen princes and potentates. They have become worthless. It is strange that all distinctions and technicalities grow ing out of the use of seals are no' summarily abolished.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

papers or tar paper and the placing of about 100 moth balls or an equiva- lent amount of Napthaline in each case In addition to this, newspapers should be placed between the rows of packed articles"
 There are 13 divisions of the Red Cross in the United States. There is a complete organization at each divi- sion, with a great warehouse for the collection and shipment of all kinds of Red Cross supplies.
 The prayer of the Red Cross worker:
 Now I get me up to work,
 pray the Lord I may not shirk, If l should die before tonight, pray the Lord my works all right"
 The opportunity to train Home Service workers is offered to Red Cross chapters in southern California and Arizona at the Institute to be held in Los Angeles, beginning May 13, under the directorship of Dr. D. C. Moore, president of the State Normal school to whom applications should be sent. The difficult prob
 
 of the chapters in dealing with fami- lies and the inadequate treatment of them have demonstrated the need of getting as much technical training for this work as possible, declares Char les J. O'Connor director of civilian relief of the San Francisco division. Mr.. O'Connor suggests that the chap ters look about for their most prom ising candidates and persuade them to take the training.
 In far away France a Christmas box was delivered to an Arizona boy from the Phoenix chapter. An appre- ciative letter of thanks has been 1 received by the local chapter a few days ago from Herbert George whose place of residence before the war was Bisbee.
 Six boxes of freight were shipped | from the headquarters of the Pacific division yesterday. Among other items forwarded were 800 hospital garments, 1,5OO surgical dressings Four boxes contained knitted articles including so mufflers, 5S helmets, 50 | sweaters and 175 pair of socks.
 
 Workers who register for eight hours a week service at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters of the Red Cross are awarded white satin badges with the significant cross and worker in scarlet lettering. A few days ago Mrs. w. K James chairman of supplies introduced the badge custom and already a score or more women have won the bit of ribbon by which she is identified as an earnest service worker.
 Endorsement of the Children of America Army of Relief by the Red Cross Junior membership resulted in transfer of funds and the an nouncement that funds will no longer be solicited by the former organiza- tion whose members are eligible for membership in the Junior Red Cross chapter, school committees are author ized to incorporate Army of Relief members in schools that are not al- ready enrolled as Junior units pend- l ing a more complete organization or school committee may choose tC incorporate all Army of Relief mem bers in their territory as a single
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

In order to protect from moths and damage in other forms during the summer months Red Cross sweaters and other knitted articles furnished to the soldiers, a recommendation has come from Washington as to the care for the proper packing and preserv- ing of articles in storage.
 The recommendation is as follows:
 We recommend the packing of such articles in cases lined with news
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14
 BIG CHANGE IN USE OF OFFICIAL SEALS

The original purpose of a seal, writes Elmer w. Sawyer was to establish identity. The signature was nothing the seal everything. In this connection it is interesting to consider the Illus tration furnished by the death warrant of Charles the First. On this warrant there are forty signatures Each signature is sealed, and no two seals
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

If you only knew how much good a Turkish Bath and Massage would do you, you would have to be paid to keep away from the Original Physical Culture System, 137 N. CentraI-Just what you need at this time. Phone 4215 for ppointment.-Adv.
Arizona republican., 1918-04-14

Junior Auxiliary until the end of the school year, when this privilege will automatically cease.
 
 She was just tiny bit of French child, not more than three or four years old. She was wandering about the Casino at Evian quite independ- ently and found herself in the line of repatriated children waiting to be ex-
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
Grinding Wheels Must Do
The Very Finest of Work

Grinding wheels have fine work to
do, writes EllwOod Hendrick in the
Scientific American. Limits of irregu-
larity as low as 00005 inches and o.
00024 inches are often given. And it
should be remembered that when o.
OO025 of an inch is being ground, the
heavy slide that carries the wheel and
wheel spindles moves forward only
half that distance.
If piece of tissue paper were split
twelve times consecutively, it would
have the thickness under which these
machines have constantly to work.
And yet,s when we consider the
forces present in a wheel weighing 200
pounds rotating at speed Of 1900
revolutions per minute, we are not re-
minded of a watchmaker's lathe, de-
spite the exquisite precision of the OPP
Grafton.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
INVEST in HUMANITY

By JOHN OLIVER LA GORGE
Associate Editor, National Geographic Magazine

"CUFFER Little Children to come unto me-" de-
~ clared the compassionate Christ.
But never since He dwet in flesh upon the earth
have there been many Little Children in need of
compassion now.
There the Little Children who have gone to
France for you and and for Christendom and by
going have given their all. Can you do less? Shall
you keep from your boy your neighbours boy that
which is symbolic of the Compassionate One by neg
lecting the call of the Red Cross Mother?
Then there the uncounted Little Children"
of allies who have fallen wounded and i'll in de-
Tense of their home fires. Who but the Red Cross
Mother can know the suffering, the anguish of the
shelltorn, thrststricken soldier who lies upon the
ghostly bed of No Mans Land? Will you deny him
the life-gving cup?
Think also of the Little Children" of devastated
lands. Some are Little Children" in size and tender
years. Others, alas, mature in stature and age
but the less Little Children" in their helpless
ness-their abject need. Can we in our plenty with
hold from them the bare bread of existence? Can
still inner voice with the thought that others
will bear our burden, when in our heart we must
know that there are no others?
The Red Cross helps who does not need
help hundred times more than need the money
Therefore let give, give until feel it, give until
it pinches. Then and only then we shall know that
have indeed offered the Little Children" of the
war the tender compassion of a nation.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
Prevent oodLosses
Perishables Can Be Saved by
Careful Handing

by the United States Department of Ag-
riculture.)
Important amounts of perishable
foods are made dangerous or inedible
in households because they are ex-
posed unnecessarily to heat, moisture,
germs, dust, dirt, or to flies and other
insects.
Much milk spoils quickly because it
is Kept uncovered in warm kitchens.
Close observance of the doctrine,
keep perishable food, especially
milk, cool, clean and covered contin-
uOusly," may make a striking differ
ence in the food bills of many FAM
lilies.
Fresh vegetables not needed imme-
diately for other purposes should not
be thrown out or allowed to spoil, but
should be used in making soups, sal
ads, or combination dishes. Fruits are
sometimes allowed to go to waste
which might be stewed and kept day
or two until needed.
Vegetables and fruits should not be
stored in quantities in hot, damp, and
poorly ventilated bins. Such condi-
tons hasten whiting, fermentation and
decay.
Surplus fruits, beans, tomatoes and
other vegetables produced, in home
gardens should not be allowed to spoil
on the vines or rot on the ground. A
mornings work would can and pre-
serve such surplusage for use when
fruits and vegetables are scarce and
high in price.
Much food, ruined by being stored
where flies or other insects, or rats
and mice can get at it, can be saved
if it is given proper care. Much &C.
real food Is ruined because it is not
kept in cans or other suitable con-
tainers and protected against weevils
or other insects. Prevent such losses
by careful handling.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
Go TO Church Times,

The pastors of Columbia and gieiE'
ity extend cordial welcome e. al.
Presbyterian church, Rev. B. T
Watson Pastor.
Sunday-School 9:45 a. NJ,
Congregational Woaship II .. n.
Evening Service at p. N. on every
second and fourth Sundays.
Prayer service Wednesday evening
at $50. Sunday-school topic fisCnos-
ed.
Preaching at Union lst ara Ss0
Sabbaths.
METHODIST CHURCH.
L F. Piercey, Pastor.
Preaching 1st and 3rd Sunday 10
each month.
Sunday School at $50 am
Epworth Leage 6:15 p. H.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at $780,
Everybody cordially invited to thsss<
services
BAPTIST CHURCH
Preaching on each Grst and third
Sunday.
Morning service II O'Clock.
EveningIservice 7o'clock
Sunday School $50
B. Y.P. U. evening &C
Prayer meeting, Wednesday even
ing 6:Se
Business meeting Wednesday even
ing before the 3rd Sunday in each
month";
Missionary Society. the last Thurs
day in each month, 800 O'Clock,
F. H. Durham, Supt. S. s,
o. P. Bush, Pastor,
CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
Bible School every Sunday at 9,3O a.
m.
Judge Hancock, Superintendent
Preaching service at IL q. u. and
500 p. m. on Second and Fourth SGn-
days.
Prayer meeting each WedDS ssay
eveningIat 500.
Official meeting Friday night BE-
fore the fourth Sunday in each mOnih-
Woman's Missionary Society, tbs
first Sunday in each month at 2:46 ?
NJ,
Mission Band the first Sunday
each month at p. N.
Ladies' Aid Society Thursday afssv
second Sunday at 800 p 10.
Y. T. Williams, Pastor.
G.. R. Reed, Sect.
Ray Conover. Tres.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
BACK YARD
POULTRY KEEPING

If the best results are to be expect
ed from the flock, the hens must not
be allowed to become overrun with
lice or the house with mites. Usually
there will be d place in the yard
where the hens can dust themselves in
the dry dirt. If such a place is not
available, box large enough (about
two feet square) for the hens to get
into 1T should be provided In the house
and q quantity of dust such as ordi-
nary road dust or fine dirt placed In
ii to allow the hens a place to dust
themselves. A dust bath aids the
hens In keeping lice In check and
therefore adds to their comfort. Usu-
ally the lice are not present on the
birds in sufficient number to prove par
tcularly harmful. However, it is bet
ter to ksep the hens as free as posi-
Bile from this pest, and If they are
not able to keep them in check by
busting themselves. other measures
can be undertaken.
To rid the. hens of lice, each one can
be treated by placing small pinches Of
Hfdium f1uorid, material which can
" obtained at most large drug stores,
among the feathers next to the skin
one pinch on the head, one on the
neck, two on the back, one on the
breast, one below the vent, one at the
base Of the tail, one on either thigh.
and one scattered on the underside Of
each wing when spread. Another
method is to use a small quantity Of
blue ointment, a piece about as large
as a pea on the skin one inch below
the vent. If mercurial ointment Is
used instead of blue ointment, IL
should be diluted with an equal guam
tity Of vaseline. Any Of these meth
DDS will be found very effective in rid
ding the hens of lice and should be
employed whenever the lice become
troublesome. Two or three applica.
tons year usually prove sufficient.
Mites are more troublesome and
more harmful than lice. They do not
live upon the birds like the lice, but
during the day hide in the cracks and
crevices Of the roosts and walls Of the
house, and at night they come out and
get upon the fowls. They suck the
hens blood, and if allowed to become
plentiful-as they certainly will If not
destroyed-will seriously affect her
health, and consequently her ability
to lay eggs. They may be eradicated
by few thorough applications Of ker.
osene or some of the coal-tar products
which are sold for this purpose, or
crude petroleum, to the interior Of the
poultry house. The commercial coal
tar products are more expensive but
retain their killing power longer, and
they may be cheapened by reducing
with an equal part Of kerosene. Crude
petroleum Will spray better If thinned
with one part of kerosene to four
parts Of the crude oil. Both the crude
petroleum and the coal-tar products
often contain foreign particles, so
should be strained before attempting
to spray. One must be sure that the
spray reaches all of the cracks and
crevices, giving especial attention to
the roosts, dropping boards and nests,
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
TO A SOLDIER IN FRANCE

oh, If today you dream of home,
Think of the road We know
Untangling a blue skein of hills;
- And how the birches grow
Against the light, and of that day
Only year ago.
For here alone those hills again
Your little son and /
Are wishing the enchanted trail
Would lead US round the sky
And drop US in a Flanders field
To see you marching by.
And now the child is eager for
wonder-tale of Greece;
tell him how you sailed away
Like Jason for the Fleece.
To find a glory more than gold
Beside the winding Lys.
But while his deep eyes glow and easw,
It seems another tells
The tale and beauty to my heart
No world Of meaning spells.
And the river on the valley-hoor
Flows over Flemish bells.
Grace Hazard Conkling. in the Century.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says IS year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was RsssS
After Few Doses Of Black Draugh.

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town, says: AT
my age, which is IS, the liver does
not act so we'll as when young. A'few
years ago, my stomach was all out of
fix. I was constipated, my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad, and
it took so little to upset me. My ap-
petite was gone. 1 was very weak.
l decided I would give Black
Draught thorough trial as knew it
vas highly recommended for this
,rouble. I began taking it. I felt
-etter after few doses. My appetite
improved and l became stronger. Ny
sowels acted naturally and the least
.-ouble was soon righted with a few
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
doses Of Black-Draught."

doses of Black-Draught-"
Seventy years of successful use hzs
made Thedford's Black-Draughe @
standard, household remedy. EysFB
member, Of every family, at tiznssk
need the help that Black Draaght eaD
give in cleansing the system and TO-
lieving the troubles that cone frrxp
constipation, indigestion, lazy HysFz
etc. You cannot keep well unless yeEg
stomach, liver and bowels are ia goo6
working order. Keep them that vEye
Try BIack-Draught. 1t acts PROMPTLY
gently and in a natural way. II ycE
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Prizes
25c. a package-One cent 6oes
All druggists. y. 60
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
With the Inventors.

A French system Of rapid te-
legraphy by which 10000 words
an hour can be transmitted has
= worked successfully for distances
up to 900 miles in that country.
Cantilever supports under a
new motorcycle saddle elimi-
nate all movements other than
those in a perpendicular direc-
ton and thus absorb the more
serious shocks.
Experiments are under way In
England with q new fuel for au-
tomobiles that is made from
sugar refinery refuse and is said
to have greater power than gaso-
line.
Automobile oil is now convent
emily put up in cone-shaped con-
tanners, and to empty one the
point is cut off with a pocket
knife and the end thrust into the
engine port, into which it drains.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
What the Italian Premier Thinks of
the American Red Cross

When the Austrians last October
routed the Italian Army by trickery
and drove before them half q million
refugees, the part which the American
Red Cross played in this stupendous
tragedy will 60 down In the history Of
Italy and the world as one Of the most
magnificent dashes of relief work that
has ever come to light
Listen to what the Italian Premier
said of this work in his address at the
opening of Parliament early last De-
cember
"OuI soul IL stirred again with ap.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
Lou D. Sweet.

Farmer in the Crystal river irrigated
district on the western slope of the
Rocky mountains near Glenwood
Springs, Colo, who is now potato ex-
pert of the United States food admin
istration. Mr.. Sweet is president of
the Potato Association of America and
the Colorado State Potato Growers as.
ISOLATION.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
Where Prices Are Really Hiqh.

Berne reports that Constantinople Is
reduced to economic ruin. The Ger
mans. with the consent Of prominent
young Turks, have requisitioned the
food, while uncontrolled speculation
makes the city the most expensive In
the world to live in. A two-pound loaf
Of bread costs So; meat "a a pound,
flour S., potatoes 50, butter $40, and
sugar $40. Eggs are rare at 80 cents
apiece; chickens are SO each, and
shoes from $40 to 5000 a pair. A
mans suit costs from 500 to $4,000.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12

The American Red Cross in France
does not admit to its staff any Amer
lean of draft age unless they present
the proper credentials from the
United States military or naval au-
thorities, giving the reasons why they
are not qualified for military or naval
servica
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
War Surgeons Work Wonders.

Ma. ]. e. Goldthwaite, surgeon Of
the United States army, has been tour
Ing the war hospitals In Europe. In
London hospital, out Of batch Of L.
$50 wounded soldiers who had been
crushed and fearfully MANNED by
shells, he said 1000 were so skilfully
patched up they were able to return to
duty.-Capper's Weekly.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12

The American Red. Cross has pro-
vided $4,000 worth of supplies for
the relief of sufferers in Guatemala.
A party of experienced Red Cross re-
lief workers has also been sent to
Guatemala.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
Economical Dishes.

Griddle cakes for breakfast may be
prepared by using cupful of bits OF
bread soaked over night in sour milk.
Add enough white flour to thicken to
a griddle cake batter, soda and salt in
the amount of half teaspoonful to a
cupful of sour milk. A little cOrnmeal
may be added to give variety and
when nicely Drowned on a hot griddle
the cakes are most appetizing.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12

probation and with admiration for ths
magnificent dash with which the Amer.
lean Red Cross has brought N power.
fui aid In our recent misfortune. We
attribute great value to the cooper,
ton which will be given us against the
common enemy by the prodigious
activity and by the exuberant and con-
sistent force which are peculiar to the
American people,"
And this, mind you, was only q utfls
over a month after the American Rsa
Cross made its triumphant dash int
Italyi
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
Wise and Otherwise.

Love is one kind of praise and
envy is another.
Your life is not worth living
unless you think it is.
Self-inspection is a sure cure
for self-esteem, 1t is said.
One way to attract attention
is not to seek 1t.
A woman's idea of a remark
able feat is one performed by
her son.
When a Ratchet is buried it Is
in some convenient spot.
The Adair County news., 1918-06-12
CornmeaI Fish Balls.

Mix cupful of shredded fish with
two cupfuls of cOrnmeal mush, add a
beaten egg and teaspoonful of bak-
Ing powder, mix well and fry in deep
fat. When using salt fish it will need
to be freshened.