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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08
SAVE EWES, OLD AND YOUNG
Campaign Is Being Launched Looking
to More Sheep and Wool,

AS result of the sheep meeting held
in Nashville, April SO. an effort is be-
ing made to induce farmers to keep
every eve, old and young. to the end
that more wool and meat may be pro-
duced.
The County Food Administrator,
q. P. Burnett will appoint Chairman
of the sheep rasers of the county and
through him it is hoped to form sheep
organizations in all parts of the county
that Will arouse such interest among
our farmers as to induce them to raise
more sheep, induce many who are not
now raising sheep to begin this year to
develop at least a small flock.
When it is remembered that it takes
about IS pounds of wovl a year for
each soldier, it will readily appear what
vast amount OF wool will be required
to properly furnish our soldiers boys.
1t now seems probable that the price
of wool will be around 70 cents pound.
ANOShi'S tidb oDy Gail RTO"
will beat wool, at 70 cents a bound.
Then, too, it is so easy to raise sheep
IN this section for they get their entire
living in the woods for fully nine
months in the year and many sheep are
never fed any thing more than a small
amount of grain few times during the
most severe winter weather.
As a patriotic duty it is clear that
sheep raising is one of the surest and
quickest routes to helping the govern
ment while giving the Germans a set
o7ck. When it becomes SO clear that
and profit fit together so
nicely and completely, 1t should lead to
IN immediate response IN way that
will show the world that Cumberland
county is not only willing to do its full
,art but that we are wide awake to the
'rsiness opportunity that the raising
# sheep now presents.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08
CRESTON

Corporal Lafayette Welch is homo
from Camp Johnson. Jacksonville. Fla. /.
on a ten days furlough. Mr.. Welch
had been employed with the Elkoro
Gold Mining Go. of New YORK, in
Nevada, until five months ago. when
he enlisted at Twin Falls, Idaho.
We are glad to have Mr.. Wslch with
rs again as he has been gone for some
time.
On May 18th there will be a Com
muaion meeting at Bakers Crossroads.
Every body come and bring . we'll
filled basket.
Miss Alice Orme, Of Burke. is visit
here this week.
May 5. Xxx.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08
ANOTHER RED CROSS DRIVE
May 20 the People Will Be Asked to
Give a Second $I00,OOOOOO

May 20 has been designated by the
President as the day tor making the
second Red Cross drive for raising an
other One Hundred Million Dollars to
assist the Red Cross.
There never has been a more worthy
cause conceived by man than the Red
Cross nor is there any organization
that is dong more for the cause OF
justice. mercy and love. No person
is 80 poor that they cannot help some.
You may not be able to buy Liberty
Bond. but you can give SOMETHING
to the Red Cross. 1t is 80 broad, gen
srous and Christian that 1t knows no
enemy but extends aid to friend and
foe allke-nothing could he more IN
keeping with the spirl Of the Master.
You may have ranking in you some
where telling that you do not want
to lend aid to the suffering enemy,
even the wounded soldiers that fall to
US as prisoners of war. If that be the
case. try hard to get rid of 1t and you
will HAVE to get rid of it before you
can look the world IN the face and call
yourself Christian.
Bat. be that as it may, you certainly
wish to help relieve the suffering Of
our boys. In no way can you do so
much and so effectively as by helping
the Red Cross. Make up your mind to
do generous part and prepare to give
to the Red Cross when the drive starts
May 20.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08
ERASMUS

MIR. and Mrs. y. C. Stewart visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lewis. Su nday.
Sunday School was organized at Flat
Rock. Mr.. Wilt Scarborough was
elected Superintendent. We ,fshope
every one will attend.
Lee Lewis Is sick with pneumonia.
Farmers are very busy in this
section.
Mrs. S. A. Tucker visited her
daughter Mrs. Porter Bell, Saturday.
Preaching at Flat Rock 3rd Sunday.
Dinner on the ground. Every one is
invited.
May. s. Grsenie.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08

The people of Cumberland county
Subscribed $4O. 900 to the Third Liberty
Loan. the allotment as first gIver
ives $l4, 800 for CrossviIle and $40. OOO
for the county outside of Crossville,
making total of $24,800. Later it
was found that there lad been a mis-
take made IN the calculations which,
when corrected, made the allotment
for this county $l9, $50. 1t will be
seen tnat this county more than
doubled its allotment. All of the "A
counties in this district over subscribed
their allotment. Later list will be
given showing the amounts subscribed
by the Postotfices and the names of
those who subscribed.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08
EARLIER CORN.
F. n. Washburn Tells How He Secured
unsatisfactory Early Variety.

In the last issue of the Southern
ARrIculturist appears an article by F.
Il. Washburn. Pomona, on the subjsc
Of earlier corn for this section. AS is
we'll understood. it frequently happens
that corn Is more or less damaged at
both ends of the season. Last year
will long be remembered as the worst
year for corn to mature that has ever
been known here. On this subject Mr..
WashDurn says:
Two years ago | read somewhere
that our summers here on the Plateau
are similar " those of South dakota
ana nortAeln Iowa. l thought of the
vast acreages CT corn in thoss states,
where the D miners are much cooler
and shorter Cnan ours. The conviction
came to me mat the fault is not IN our
season, but Is que to the taet that we
are growing southern corn IN what IS
similar ~ northern climate.
Why not Try out some OF the sturdy
corn grown III our Northwestern states
here on the Plateau? AS an expert
ment | orueiea a Dushel OF Reid'S
Yellow Dent from South Dakota. and
tried 1t out On my farm last year.
planted 1t about May 10 IN rows
three feet apart, hills two feet apart
and left one stalk IN nil.
The result was all that l could have
desired. found it even more prolific
than the corn usually grown here, and
it was thoroughly matured when the
early freeze came last fall that practl-
calIy destroyed half the crop here.
When | harvested my crop fastened
box to the back of my wagon, and
when came to an unusually good ear
tossed it into this box for seed. When
I came to test out my seed corn this
spring found it 100 per cent perfect
Another thing IN favor OF this corn
for the plateau is the fact that it is
sturder and will Withstand the wind
storms that often play havoc with our
call. slender corn grown from south
ern seed.
In spite of the thousands of acres of
land here in Cumberland county which
when properly managed, will produce
"a abundantly as the average valley
aoll, very tew of our farmers raise
aufficient corn for their own needs. f
Many carloads o. corn are shipped q
here every year, when we should raise Il
lot only enough for home use but I
Iurplus to be shipped to other points O
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08
WORK, WORKHOUSE OR WAR. y
That is the Slogan That Has Gone
Forth Against !dIers and Migrants.

Forth Against IdIers and Migrants.
The cry for help is going up from all
parts of the county and the state as
we'll as the country as whole. e. E.
A llred, Farm and Help Specialist re-
Gently received letter from Attorney
General F. M. Thompson in which
General Thompson sets out very clear
ly that there are ample laws on the
statute books to force every person
who is able to go to work or be subject
to arrest and forced to work out a
heavy fine.
We copy the following from the let
ter by General Thompson.
I'VE haYs T.. asnns see complete
law covering vasrancy. The law not
only defines what vagrancy Is, but
prescrlbes the method of punishment,
the officer who shall try The case, as
we'll as the officer who shall prefer the
charges; and also makes it the duty of
any citizen to prefer the charges.
Furthermore, 1t is made a misde-
meanor and tine of $4,000 is I'm
posed for any peace officer OF the !
state, including sheritfs. consables.
and all policemen who fail to prefer
the charges when they know that a
nan is guilty of any of the things
y hich render him vagrant.
Any person falling within any one
# the following Is classes set out and
Identified in the first section of this
Act, is vagrant.
l. Tramp.
2. Able bodied persons leading idle,
IMMORAL or protiIgate lives.
3. Persons without visible and law
ul means of support.
d. Habltual loafers and idlers in
owns, cities. or neighborhoods, or
bout railroad stations, or other pub
C places.
S. Persons trading in stolen prop I
rty or in any alcoholic liquors,
6. Every common gambler.
7. Operators and employees OF
devices.
6. Persons engaged in obtaining
loney fraudelently, by trick, device !
!: occupation.
6. Persons lettering about the .
remises of others after sunset. T.
10. Able bodied peron subsisting
pom the charity of others. d
II. Prostitutes. G
II. Keepers of houses OF prostitu. d
Oh. o
13. Keepers of gambling houses.
IA. Persons living on the wages of II y
inor children. Il
Is. Persons from 16 to 70 years Of s' S
70, not at work nor in school, and IL
hose parents are not able to support q
en.
This Act is Chapter 256 of the Acts
1907, and consists of ten sections. 81
,ese various sections will also be l.
und in Tompson. Shannon's Code of -
II at Section S028-A to 3028-A-8. m
e second section OF the Act makes W
the duty of all officers as we'll as ia
ivate citizens to have such vagrants =,
rested and tried. Other sections ne
,e in detail the procedure tor the dc
al as we'll as the tribunal before co
lom the trial is to be had for the ~; "a
ence OF vagrancy. The 9th Section by
the Act provides that il any officer tn
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08
BIG STORE OPENING
At REED & SMITHS
Big Airship Balloon to Be Sent Up, Ma
ny Useful Articles Given to Holders
Of tho Lucky Numbers,
Other Attractions.

Inc Dig opening sale that Will star
Saturday and continue for fifteen day.
IS something unique and unusual in thi!
county. While the first aim Of thi.
popular firm is to sell goods while get
ting the general public acquainted with
their new stsre, they furnish severa
attractions of interest to both grown
nps and the kids.
GET A BALLOON.
There will be numerous free articles
given away through the means of
tickets Saturday morning at 500 they
will let loose from the reof of their
new store building fifty rubber balloon
with tags attached several of the tags
are good for some useful article alb
solutely free. This will furnish much
amusement to the children and older
people too.
GET A TICKET.
At 800 o'clock the doors will open
and the first fifty people that enter the
store will eeeive numbered ticket:
ten Of thest tickets are lucky numbers
and will dr;'1 some useful article tree.
No cash will be required to secure the
free articles all you have to do is to
make sure YOU are among the first fifty
to get into the store and then you have
a good chance to get a Tree prize.
AIR SHIP TO GO UP.
At :0O O'Clock Saturday promptly
on the stroke of the hour, or as near
it as the weather will permit large
1irigiDle type Of balloon will be sent
1p in front of the store. When high
N the air a parachute will drop with
dummy attached. This will give
people knowledge of how balloonists
Ia ve descended when many thousand
eet in the air and land unhurt.
PROFITABLE TIME TO BUY.
AS every one ls aware the war has
increased the prices of everything
'eople must use. No one thinks that
he top of prices has been reached yet.
he merchants KNOW that the top ,
f high prices has not been reached for
oods are very hard to get and on
lmost everything they buy quotations
re for immediate acceptance which
leans that higher prices are expected
nd are regarded as inevitable.
Since prices are almost sure to goI
igher now Is an excellent time to buy
oything you need or must have in the
ca future. No one expects prices to
'op before the war Is over but every
re must eat and wear just the same
those who take advantage of the
'eat price reductions promised by
eed d smith IN their big opening
lie are sure to find they have bought
lsely. .
The high standard this firm carries
lth 1t the assurance that their prom
es are based On facts and that the
ods they offer will be standard.
lis sale means more to the people of =
g county than many may suppose ano .
should at least visit the store due. "
g the big fifteen day sale and see
'at is offered you are almost sure to
d seme money-saving articles fer 81
Ie at a price that will make your
tit profitable one.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-05-08

will be remembered by many of our
people with much kindness and re-
spect.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19
Nerves Need Phosphorus
Like Muscles Need Food
Says Doctor Who Pescries Malt Steady the
Brain Build Gp Weak,
Rundown People

his sports or holidays. He could
neither sleep nor concentrate his
mind on his work. ] advised him to
take two five-grain tablets of phos-
phorated malt after each meal. In
less than ten days he walked into my
office full of vim and vigor. his eyes
bright, his step firm and his m4nner
that of man of twenty-five, though
he was well past fifty"
The value of malt is well known to
all physicians. 1t is a remarkable
tonic and tissue builder Combined
with phosphorus as in phosphorated
malt it increases mental activity, bal
ances the blood and aids the system
to convert food into living tissues. The
old liquid forms of malt are not
pleasant to take and besides most of
them contain alcohol. Phosphorated
malt has the tissue building proper
ties of malt without the evils OF aIco-
holic stimulation. After a few dayn
of it you will wake in the morning
vigorous and refreshed, ready to rise
and begin the days work with double
confidence, optimism and endurance,
Note: The feeling of exhilara tion
use of phosphorated malt is No, due
to stimulationt 1t is the cheerfulncss
that comes of perfect health, when
the live stream flows freely. sunplv
ing the nourishment the BODY needs
and enabling the organs of elimina.
tlon to throw out the pofsons OF which
the body needs to be rid. The chr er.
fulness OF a perfect health and fault
less nourishment is so rare to most
people as to be remarkable ana
strange. Phosphorated malt is sold
by all druggists and especially in
Harrisburg by j. Nelson Clark and II
= Gen2edy.-Advertise
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19
Advice to the Lovelorn
LET YOUR MOTHER INVITE HIM

LET YOUR MOTHEH INVITE Rim H
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I have been about with gentle
man for over year. We are very
fond of each other and have agreed
to marry, but are holding off the en-
gagement on account of the war
situation. He does not live in my
town. Would it be all right for me
to ask him to stay over the week
end when he calls?
l.. T. ID.
There is no reason why, on the in
vitatipn of your mother or father or
even a brother this friend should not
be entertained in your home over the
weekend. 1t Is bad thing to lay
too much stress on the fact that one
friend is masculine and one feminine.
This causes an almost morbid sex con-
sciousness. IT, as far as propriety al
low. girls We're to treat their men
friends somewhat as they treat their
girl friends, it would really be far
better for every one concerned OF
course if you were girl living alone
you could invite a girl friend ta spend
the weekend with you and the most
primitive commonsense recognizes
the fact that the same rule does not
apply to a man. But either a girl or
a man can with perfect propriety
visit the family of the other on the
invitation of or with the consent of
some dignified older member of that
family.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19

Boston. Mass.-"Your nerves need
phosphorus like your muscles need
food" says DIR. Reid. "and the trouble
with most men and women past thirty
is they have exhausted their natural
supply of phosphorus and find them
selves run down, weak and nervous.
often they look strong as if they
they have certain kind of strength
they lack endurance. They also lack
decision and find it difficult to con-
centrate on one thing and finish it.,
and they are nervous, irritable and
easily startled at any sudden noise or
unusual occurrence.
"But generally lack of phosphorus
shows itself in lack of general in
terest and people are often thought
to be lazy whereas they are only
nerve-starved. For months or years
they go on using little more phos-
phorus than the system produces till
nervous breakdown is close at hand.
Both mind and body are affected.
They see Jess and feel less, either of
pleasure or pain, and nothing i'm
presses them or interests them as it
once did 1t is dangerous and need
less to run into such a condition, for
IL taken in time the supply of phos-
grain tablets Of phosphorated malt
usually be all that is necessary.
II have seen phosphorated malt
produce astonishing results in a very
short time. Recently a patient came
to me physically run down and on the
verge of mental collapse. His daily
work had become drudgery and he
got aeithT rest 9ez recreation from
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19
Will You Join the
Wheat Savers League !?

Will you not put your name
down as u member of the Ma
tional Wheat Savers League?
There is no card to sign, and
there are no dues to pay. But
: membership in the league will be
an honor to-day and pride IN
years to come.
Every member has an agree
ment with himself, or it may be
with some member of his fam
lily, that he will save q bushel of
wheat between now and next
summer. He will do this by the
faithful observance of the food
administrators wheatless days
and wheatless meals, and by such
other saving of wheat as his own
ingenuity will invent.
Members in the league will be
graded according to the ingenu-
ity the member uses in finding
new ways of saving wheat. For
this reason women are desired as
members on account of their abil-
ity to make appetiZing menus.
The league is an auxiliary of
the Army of the United States
and of the armies of the allies.
The victory of these armies is
partly dependent on the service
and devotion of the members OF
the Wheat Savers League.
The purpose of the league lies
in the fact that the United States
must send to the European allies
90,000,000 bushels of wheat
above our normal export during
the present season. There is
only one place for the wheat to
come from and that is the con-
sumers in the United States.
In order that this amount may
be shipped every citizen of the
country must save from one
quarter to one-third of his nor
NAL consumption of wheat.
There will be no meetings of
the Wheat Savers League. No
officers will be elected. You will
not even have to report the re-
suits of your savings. All the
duties are in your hands to order
and to execute. You will not
wear a button, or hang out a flag
or display placard. You may
talk about Your membership or
you may make it a secret society
If you wish. But you will be glad
you have Joined, for membership
will make you carry yourself bet
ter, and will make you happier.
Join the Wheat Savers League
to-day. Save a bushel of wheat
and help win the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19

The materials to which these two
models are suitable to development
are many, for the tailleur is as smart
in linen as in serge. Ths skirt has
a panel at the front, though its lines
are partly concealed by the pointed
peplum of the fitted jacket, fastened
in single-breasted effect. The belt and
pockets are of self-material, though
the widest diversity may be expressed
in the buttons and turnover for the
high collar. Medium size requires 6 "a
yards 36-inch linen or Al yards 54-
inch serge.
Made entirely of linen the skirt
and blouse to the right would be
stunning, though a combination of
serge and crepe de chine is suggested
if one be not joining the southern ex-
odus. A band of self-material fin
ishes the skirt at the back. A shoul-
der yoke and high collar give an un-
usually smart note to the waist. For
the skirt 3A yards 36-inch linen or
2h yards 54-inch serge are needed;
for the waist 215 yards S6-inch ma
terial.
First Model; Pictorial Review
Jacket No. 1905. Sizes, 81 to ~
inches bust. Price, 25c. Skirt No.
1906. Sizes, "a to 81 inches waist.
Price, zoe.
Second Model; Waist No. 1917.
Sizes, 81 TO ~ inches bust. Price,
zoe. Skirt No. 1928. Sizes, "a to
80 inches waist, Price, zoe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19

an anomaly. Youth would have
none of you, and middle. age would
find you a bore.
You would not have had that
knowledge of slife's struggles, its
sorrows, it's joys, its disappoint-
ments, which should have enriched
your mind and broadened your
sympathies, and mellowed your
can't be a worthwhile, competent,
judgments. The laws holds; you
sympathetic understanding woman
if you seek to evade all of the uni-
versal experiences.
Never be afraid of life. 1t is
better to be too impetuous than too
cautious. 1t is better to make a
thousand mistakes than to spend
your time in trying to avoid MAX
ing any. Those persons who stand
shivering on the brink of a deci-
sion, wondering whether they had
better go in or stay out, and debat-
the water, usually continue to re-
main shivering on the brink. OF
course, one may argue that if they
had dived in they might have
drowned; but l would rather drown,
wouldn't you, than, be an inert,
futile, ineffective nonetity, who had
been to cowardly to take a chance.
Believe me, it is wiser to take any
kind of a plunge than none at all.
You have great desire for a
wider field but you are timid about
seeking one. You are trained wo-
man and have commanded a good
salary; then don't be afraid to go
where you want to go and where
you feel that there are larger op-
portunities. And, above all, don't be
afraid to start among strangers.
This is a big, kind, generous
world, in which every one is very
much occupied with his own af-
fairs; but every one is also usually
willing and glad to extend a help
ing hand, especially to those whom
they see are determined to help
themselves and are sincerely anx-
ious to get on.
1t is always mistake to distrust
people. OF course, you are suffic-
iently intelligent not to make every
passing stranger your confidant and
bosom friend; but you are not a
child, you know a good deal about
life, and your own self-respect and
innate dignity of character should
be sufficient safeguard. You will
need no other in your intercourse
with the world.
Go where you will, and If you
show a disposition to work and sue
ceed, to believe the best of persons,
and sedulously and under all cir
cumstances to keep up your courage
and your cheer, the wilderness will
blossom like a rose for you and doors
of opportunity of which you never
dreamed will open.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-19
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

If you want to keep your hair in
good condition. be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
is very harmful. Just plain mulsi-
fed cocoanut oil (Which is pure and
entirely greaselessl, is much better
than the most expensive soap or
anything else you can use for sham
pooling. as this can't possibly inture
the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub it in. One or two tea
spoonfuls will make an abundance
of rich, creamy lather. and cleanses
the hair and scalp thoroughly. The
lather rinses out easily, ard removes
every particle of dust. dirt, dandruff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly. and it leaves It
fine and silky. bright, fluffy and easy
| to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at most any drug store. 1t is very
cheap, and a few ounces is enough
to last everyone in the family for
months.-Adv.