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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-19
Made Russians Stand

General Hoffman, remained standing
and addressed them. Il speak to you,
he said in a stern voice, mot as the
representative of the German army, nor
of General Hindenburg. 1 speak to you
as the representative of the four CEN
trail powers. L request you, therefore,
to stand while you hear what l have to
say"
The members of the Russian delega-
tions looked at one another; there was
a little hesitation, and they stood up.
General Won Hoffman continued: Be
fore proceeding to any negotiations re-
speeding an armistice, l think 1t neces-
sary to make the following statement
Within the area of Russia, in clrcum-
stances threatening her personal safety
is living a most august relative of my
sovereign MASTER the Emperor william
namely Princess Alix, your Empress AL
exandra, with all her family.
II demand that most decided measures
be instantly taken for the safeguarding
of her person and for her transfer to
Germany under a reliable guard re-
nuest your Immediate reply"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-19

The best ration to use in fattening
cattle in the winter in Georgia is one
consisting of an abundance of silage
made from sorghum and kaffr corn and
cottonseed meal, or a combination of
cottonSeed meal, peanut meal and velvet
bean meal with or without corn. Silage
provides a desirable substitute for grass
and can be MADE easily and cheaply ir
Georgia and preserved in a relatively
small structure which can be erected
without excessive cost. We think that
a 20O-ton Monolithic silo can even nov
be built at around $500 or $500. Such
structure will last indefinitely. If the
two crops mentioned are grown in prop
er combination a yield of to 20 tons OF
silage per acre will be obtained. Hence
il will not take a large area of land to
fill such a structure. This will be suf-
fcient to provide green feed for severa
months for a good-sized herd of cattle
as it is only necessary to feed 40 pounds
per head per day. Along with this you
should feed a mixture of any of the
above concentrates suggested at tn
rate of one-fourth to one-half pound
per week for a feeding period of 10 to 20
weeks, depending on the degree of flesh
you wish to put on the cattle. Towards
the end of the feeding period 1t is de-.
sirable that a little corn be used with
any of the above named concentrates,
say two-thirds cottonseed meal peanut
meal or velvet bean meal and one-thir6
corn should be fed for the last 80 to so
days All of the various kinds of
legumes you mention can be grown
and used to advantage for the fnishin'
off of beef cattle Some, of course,
like to grow corn. and velvet beans In
combination, and this will enable the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-19

COMBINING CORN AND VELVET
BEANS

S. E. B., Owings, $. c., writes: / would
like your advice in regard to growing corn
and velvet beans on the same land where
they grew last year. Last fall | had a
field with heavy crop of pea vines, but
frost killed the vines before the peas were
gathered, and | decided 10 let them stay
on the land. The land now has a lot of
crab grass and pea vines on it. Could |
culAvate this in cotton this year? How
should the land be prepared? Is there a
better variety of velvet beans than the
early speckled
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-19
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THE PLANT FOOD VALUE OF VEL
VET BEAMS

J. j. B., Hawkinsvile, Ca, writes: What
IS the commercial value of velvet bean meal
fertilizer? Kindly give me the analysis
of the same for this purpose?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-19
A SUITABLE FERTIL1zER FOR
COTTON

&. l.. L., Mullins, ). g, writes: ! am ny
ing to plant ten acres of cotton, about halt
Of which Is stiff land and the other half
black sandy land. | am thinking OF using
60 pounds Of fertilizer per acre consisting
of 100 pounds Of acid and 200 pounds Of
cottonseed meal Will this make good
fertilizer? What about 200 pounds of meal
per acre for corn?
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25
English Classes Render
Program.

Under the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Pugh. teacher of English, most inter
esting Shakespeare program was rem
dered at the High School Auditorium
Tuesday afternoon. April 23d, the an
niversary of Shakespeare birth.
The program was rendered by the
High School pupils who are study
ing Shakespeare and consisted of sketch
es, the reading of ballads, concert quo
tations. an:interesting debate. and sew
eral Shakespeare songs, among them,
"Hark. Hark. the Lark by Schubert,
All the members of the classes par
ticipated in the program, rejecting
much credit on themselves and their
teacher and speaking very we'll indeed
for the work which is being done in
that department of the school
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25
Mrs.VR. II. Johnson Dead.

Frank. Johnson left Tuesday night for
Frederick, Okla. where he was called
on account of the death of his mother,
Mrs. K. H. Johnson. His brother :
wife, Mrs. Fred Johnson. also died
there the same day. Tuesday, both hav-
ing been i'll only few days with pneu
monia His.brother, Fred, Is reported
as very il!with the same disease.
Mrs Fred Johnson will be buried in
Oklahoma. and the body of Mrs. K. II.
johnson will be brought to Dewitt for
burial. Her daughter, Mrs, {. Bulloch,
accompanied byiMr. Bulloch and Mrs,
Frank Johnson, will meet the funeral
party at Dewitt tomorrow. They will
be joined by three sisters from Little
Rock. brother from Camp Beauregard
and one from Mobile. Ala
Mrs Johnson formerly made her home
here with her son, and had many
friends who will be shocked and Eriev-
ed to hear of her death.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25
Methodist Church Notes

The out Of season weather Sunday
morning made some of the accustomed
church goers hang around the cook
stove trying to keep warm, therefore
our congregation was little short in
numbers at the morning service; the
Sunday School however was about nor
NAL.
The pastor preached to a fine crowd
Sunday night the |. o. O. F. members
came in body and occupied the front
seats to hear a special sermon prepared
especially for them at their request
We urge every member of the church
and Sunday School to invite some other
person to church and Sunday School
next Sunday morning.
Usually when anything delightful
good, pleasing or any measure OF sue
cess in business. or any line of activity
hits us we are always glad to tell our
friends about it. Even when We go to
an entertainment, We talk about 1t for
week afterwards. Why can tive talk
about the church, the church services,
the Sunday School. the teachers inter
xss.ing talks or some good point made
~ the pastor in his sermon?
Let US apply the same rules of activ-
ity in church life as we do in business.
Let US be faithful, loyal and true to
our church, to the demands and the in
terests Of the Lords Kingdom, then
things will pick up relgiously and 9th
ers will flock into the kingdom.
Pastor
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25
Junior Missionary Society.

The Junior Missionary Society, of the
Methodist Church, met at the home of
Mrs. H. Parnell Friday afternoon.
America was sung with vim. after
which Mrs Holland lead in prayer.
Readings were given by Cecil Hoffman
10y Evans and Noreen Delaney.
Mrs. Holland. the leader. read the
first chapter of African adventures, the
Mission study for the children and the
attention and appreciation of the earn
est listeners We're remarkable.
There We're tWenty-four present.
The hostess, Mrs. Parnel. served de
licious strawberry ice cream cones
something that always hits the right
spot with children.
The little folk had great time and
] expressed their gratitude to Mrs
Holland and Mrs. Parnell as they de-
eparted for home. II.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25
Epworth League

Program for next Sunday:
Subject: The Power of the Cross in
the city.
Leader, Beryl Evans.
Hymn
Prayer
Poem Helen Blanks,
The Present Trend Toward Social
Service. - Bessie Mercer.
The Church Must Stand for Social
Justice, Leonard Evans,
Special Music. Christine Kennedy,
Awakening of the Church to Her
Responsibility. - Bro. Holland.
Song.
Reading of Program
League Benediction Xxx
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25

be urged to buy War Savings Stamps.
With regard to partial payment sub
scripuons to Liberty Loan Bonds,
these should be encouraged. but where
employers of labor or others haze
formed efficient War Savings Socie-
ties which are actually obtaining sy,.
tematic and adequate subscriptions to
War Savings Stamps this work should
not be interfered with by an endeavor
to supersede the War Savings Socie-
ties by the introduction of the partial
payment plan for subscriptions to Lib
erty Loan Bonds. Such War Savings
Societies should make every possible
endeayor 70 promote the sale not only
OF War Savings Stamps but Liberty
Loan Bonds during the coming drive.
The loyal army OF workers in both
these organizations must realize that
they are working for a common cause.
though by different methods; that
each IS part of the Treasury Depart
ment force and that each is under
Treasury Department control
Complete harmony and unity of pur-
pose helps both organizations in the
attainment of the purpose of each
the successful financing of the war
on a sound basis. We must have com
plete and cordial cooperation between
the two organizations, and | am sure
that may count upon every member
of each organization for that kind OF
patriotic work.
ask that these suggestions be car
ried into effect both In letter and In
spirit
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25
NATIONS PRESENT
CRISIS REQUIRES
FULL DUTY Of ALL
SECRETARY MciDOO POINTS OuT
TIE OBJECT OF WAR SAVINGS
AND THIRD LIBERTY LOAN.
LOAN CAMPAIGN INTENSIVE
The Work of Neither War Savings
Nor Loan Organizations Should
Be Permitted to Overlap.
BY WILLIAM G.. McADOO,
$ acretary OF the Treasury.

Secretary OF the Treasury.
To the Executives and Workers OF
the Liberty Loan and War Savings
Campaigns:
As the time for the opening of the
campaign for the Third Liberty Loan
approaches, il seems advisable TO set
.orth in definite way plan by
which the activities OF these Two IT.
eanizations shall be brought into uni
son for the period OF this campaign.
The War Savings Organization
should have for Its primary object
the education Of cur one hundred mil
lion OF people TO the idea that at this
tinle OF war and national crisis the
practice of thrift is not alone a mat
ter OF personal wisdom or advantage.
lat Is vitality necessary to the welfare
OF the nation. The United States gov
eminent. in its prosecution of the war,
requires the use of the products Of
labor to the extent OF billions of dol.
lars per annum. while at the same
time II has been necessary TO remove
iroG. Productive employment over one
million five hundred thousand men.
This demand for material cannot be
met If the normal needs of our popu-
lation are continued. To reduction
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The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-04-25
Early Farming For Soil
Efficiency.

Has il occurred TO you that there are
farmers in Chicot and adjoining coun-
ties VINO expect to make corn and other
crops on lands from which the sprouts
and rubbish have not been removed pre-
paratory to breaking for the l9ls crop?
Only in isolated cases. of course. is this
true now. but what about ten days ago
How many of your neighhors had their
land ready for grain and other crops
thirty days ago? Did you or your
neighbor take cattle. horses and hogs
off your lands late in the fall of 1917.
giving the soil good Hat breaking. turn
ing deep the corn slower, cotton stalks,
grass and weeds To which the soil is en-
titled and thus leave your lands to re
cuperate for the 1918 crop? II you did
not, you are sacrificing from 20s to %.
Of your annual revenues from your
farm and greatly depreciating the quail
~ of the land
1t is surely conservative to say that
= majority of farmers of this part of
Arkansas do after harvesting their
crops. turn stock loose on their farms.
permitting them to remain there through
the entire winter As though the land
had been turned out with no intention
of ever farming it again. As "A result
of thus overworking your soil, you re-
cover the land in the spring in run
down. exhausted. state, unit and dis
abled to produce for you the crops you
expect. Lands. like human beings and
animals. need food and rest. Do not
impose upon your farm land by trying
10 make it serve you for agricultural
purposes and pasture in the same year.
and expect it to be l00s efficient in
yielding to grains and other crops.
Do more cross fencing and provide n
pasture for stock in order to rest the
EARN land during fall d winter In
this part of Arkansas will be found few
acres of farm land that would not be
loose, lively and very productive if not
abused Bad stands of cotton. corn
and other crops are due principally to
tight. unnatural state of the soil caused
by its abuse Ii is safe to say the eX-
pense of replanting crops and the loss
of soil efficiency by using the farm "a
winter pasture instead of early break
ing and resting the land is costing the
farmers of this locality at least pa of
revenue they would otherwise receive,
Do not forget our reference of last
week to the rusty farm and watch the
fence rows. ditch banks turn rows and
see that they are shrubbed off and put
in order Let's make our farms what
they should be. both as to revenues and
beauty
The landlord who has never spoken
to tenants about these duties will find
by doing so that he has suffered much
loss from this neglect. because tenants.
Il find as rule, readily respond to di-
rections of tendency to help their
cause, and they will be found possessed
of surprising amount of pride in
many instances.
Let's look closer after our farms and
make them more beautiful and at the
same time profit thereby.
A FARMER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
'lheLate Ebenezer J.Hill.
American

MFR. SLOAN. Under the soft radiance Of
AvA sinking sun we repaired to the hill
side resting place of Norwalk's dead We
passed under the trees which we're already
paying tribute to earth for their seasons
glory and annual life.
There was the fading leaf Every color
or the rainbow was depicted in the foliage
OF Connccticuts fields and forests. There
was the maturing of corn. There were the
r'penlng pome and grape ready for gather
ing before the winter came. Nature w,s
giving evidence that times penalties were
pelng eXacted as we'll as mans rewards
were beng granted. There on that after
noon We laid away all that remained ~
that stalwart charactcr-a character 40
rugged as the rocks and hills round bic
connecticut home. I saw the rich fruitace
ready for the gathering, but the richos+
l'pened product of all New England that
day returned to earth was this ominan+
citizen, mighty legislator and true Amori-
can.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
It's Wonderfully Cosey on
Gretna Green
In the House the Battling
Question as to How All
the New Government
Employees Are To Be
Housed Is Under Debate.
M R. HICKS.
While in England

Il. HICKS. While in England
Ava last fall had occasion to observe the
method employed there of housing unmar
rled women employees of the governments II
was at 1retna Green, where there are some
@o'ooo people employed in the great ex-
p1oslVes works. Ten thousand of them are
women, majority of whom are unmarried
ana without families. They have erected
dormltories, which they call "cubicles." one
story buildings accommodating SO women
each' The front part of the building. which
was suppose, 80 feet or 100 feet in LENGTH.
hao an assembly room where the girls could
meet socially. Then there was a room for
the matron and one for the assistant matron
VINO look after the girls There was q
Kitchen where the girls could be supp,ied
with their simplest wants, like tea and pos
slbly breakfast. They go out for their main
meals to community dining rooms. Behind
that large assembly hall, built at RIGHT
angles to 1t, three one-story wings projected.
ana each one of these wings accommodates
81 girls They are built in the dormitorv
s'y'e' the partitions separating the little
rooms or cublcles extending only part wav
10 the ceiling, which allows free ventilation
ana ilght throughout the dormitory. These
little cublcles are about ty feet. and are
1urhlshed with bed, little bureau and -
chalr' and each is decorated according tn
inc taste OF the occupant The matron told
us that at first the girls, who. bv tho wav
take care of their own rooms. did not deco.
rate their walls. This was ALWAYS true If
inc newcomer but as they met other girls
pictures, pillows and knickknacks won,d
appear. The roof was of tarrcd paper. and.
as l remember, the siding consisted OF
ordinary siding boards nailed upright to
the frames with cleats to keep the weather
OUT and the building was heated by coal
stoves, as l recall. These cubicles werc
extremely comfortable and homelikc ar1
they made great impression upon nil of
us TO see how expedi.iously the housinc
problem was handled and how quickly +ha
buildings could be erected and how morv
people were housed there in perfect com.
Tort and contcntment. | do not 500 ,,hv
our government can not do the same thing
Tor our employees here. IApplause.l
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

one of the cosmopolitan whisperino s,
leries of Europe, full of retired pr.s sas
admirals, beautiful and sinister we ss'sa
who knew a great deal mere thar =
to smile, and quiet men who seer. y wv
have no definite business except to j.
cafes and listen to what other nas -, !
had to say. Suddenly in early sn.s ~
every reservist in Geneva dronned as
Of sight, leaving scarcely ripple bsA ~
him. The world that had been exuec.a .a
the European irruption for wears ls
how to interpret the signs. Lettar. y:
this one might have been written in ~ ,s'
vious years. 1t happened this Tina Az A.,
its prophecy was right. wat
But there is another story which J..
to DO with France, the France that t,.s
bled on the brink Of war in 1911 nh
a German gunboat appeared off Ao.s;4
and the kaiser's claim to place II ~
sun first took the air. France. 81 a.
story runs, knew that the battle NAL ,'
Germany was only delayed and th.s
sooner or later the two would hava !.
come to grips. When France had n,,,s,
through. the discussion attendant IN ~
adoption of the three year-rule u.
moment seemed to have come. Tho n.
had been developed. France knew h.,
cavalry was better than Germany's NJ.
foreseeing trench warfare. Franco M.
at the height of her strength, ripe q,
fight that could not be forfcnded fo,ev.,
and might best be taken when Franz.
was best fitted to fight. Then the stor
goes that France asked England q,
neutrality and could not get it. Thm
did the opportunity pass and France ~.
turned to peace again. But there is on
addition to the story which, declares
that not only did England promise mid
but Lloyd George then in the Ministry
gave definite figures of what that aid
would be. The explanation of why war
did not follow is lacking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
First Utilize the Ships
We Have

M . nnnplNq T.. We ear: are crying in this
SHIPS: to meet the shipping situation d.
you not think, Senators, that while we are
struggling for a great accomplishments IN
mat direction it would be worth whlo ~
centralize somebody's attention on cett;ne
cfhclency out of the ships we have? thint
1t Will do no harm to say SO, because Cav
many knows it a good deal better than tho
people OF the United States, that we havo
been so unable to adjust ourselves to Off
clent activities that our ships TO-DAY ora
employing seventy days in round trim
between the American ports and the nort,
we use on the other side of the Atlantic
wnlle an efficiently loaded and unloadeI
snip ought to make the round trim j.,
thirty-five days. What is the result vs.
are losing just half of American effic;enc,.
ana effectiveness, because we have NOT VII
learned how to do things, or we have been
lacking in dcvoting the administrative ~.
tentlon to problem that ought to "a
solved If America is to win the war All
1t must be won! 1t is just as Important
TO handle the ships you have effectively 80
IL IS TO make heroic struggle to secure
more ships.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31
Patriotism and the Presi-
dent

CENATOR LODGE. There is tendency,
perhaps more than tendency, to make
the test of patriotism blind, unques-
tioning support not only of the President
himself, but of every one whom he sees fit TO
appoint to position Of responsibility. 1t is
our duty to support the President as the
representative in the highest office of the
American people to the utmost of our power,
but never beyond what our conscientious
convictions of duty to the country and the
cause demand. Many years ago in a very
familiar poem Lowell wrote:
The side of our country must oilers
be took,
An President Polk, you know, he is
our country,
An the angel tibet writes all our sins
in a book
Puts the debit to him, an to us the
per contry.
AM John P. Robinson, he
SEE this is his view O. the
thing to T.
The first four verses involve a syllogism
of which the conclusion, although obvious,
Is lacking, but the John P. Robinsons are
as plentiful now as they were then. The
highest allegiance, as said the other day,
is to TIE country and the cause and then
to The President and 20 the men who repre-
sent that country and that cause in the field
Criticism may be false malevoent, and
harmful, just as the falsehood which drips
from the lips of interested fattery may be
pernicious, but honest criticism may we'll
be helpful. The man who tells the truth
as he believes it in proper way to those
charged with responsibility must not be re-
garded as an enemy by the men to whom
ne offers the truth or the facts as he under
stands them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-31

that has been appropriated has been spent.
Mr. THOMAS. Of course, we always
spend the money that is appropriately as
far as that is concerned That is truism.
But if it be fact that the Mexican gov
eminent which we have recognized has ap-
pointed the commission there is great need
of its doing something at the present time.
The Rio Grandc River is like the South
Platte, of which Artemus Ward once said
it was river of wide circulation and small
influence.
Mr.. OVERMAN. Mexico, think, is now
making a claim against this government
for million dollars.
Mr.. THOMAS. If Mexico has a claim for
only million dollars we ought to pay it
before it gets bigger, because million
amounts to nothing nowadays. The people
Of my state and the State of New Mexico
have much graver claims against both Mex
leo and the United States.
Mr.. OVERMAN. What is the claim in
your state?
Mr. THOMAS. For interference by this
treaty of the right to appropriate the waters
Of the Rio Grande. The Senator is refer
ring, think, to Elephant Butte Dam, which
is not in my state. We have dams, but
the adjective which precedes them is not
always Elephant" Laughter