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Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01
Things Come When Needed.

>ery time when any particular ma
4orial substance becomes scarce and
the demand for it remains the same,
some fellow will appear with a suD-
stitute just as good and often better
than the original.
This is not a medical advertise
ment, but the plain unvarnished
truth. and if you will lay aside all
prejudice and divest yourselves
of every particle of orthodox
creeds, you will be prepared tol
take in something that will do you
GOOD so long as life lasts and you
need assistance less than Divine.
In the early Colonial days of our
ovncountry, business couldbe car
ried on without railroads, tele-
graph, telephone or electric lights,
buta day>came when the old meth
DDS we're too slow to keep up with
the business and so Ben Franklin
harnessed Up the lightning and
Morse came in with a wire for it
to operate upon, and in this way
revolutionized business to such an
extent that other things had to be
invented to keep business eyened
up. Stephenson came along with
his locomotive and made things
hum in the freight and passenger
departments, but finally so many
people and so much business made
it necessary to work at night, but
it was too dark for that and so a.
long came Tom Edison with his
electric lights and this made it rec
essary for other things to follow
and follow they did, and will un-
till everything becomes so ballan.
ced and in such perfect working
order that nothing can be done to
improve the conditions existing
when that day shall dawn. A
crooked stick was all that the In
dams needed to pillow with, but
when the white men came over
here and failed to find gold enough
to make them Independents, they
made plows of iron and greatly
improved the farming business.
A Boy Dixie or Ward pillow was
good enough for our fathers to use
IN cultiyating their crops, but now
1t takes a gasoline tractor to do the
thing properly. Folks used to be
satisfied to ride in buggies, carts,
and wagons. but now they must
ride IN Fords and automobiles.
The old-time sailing vessels
were good enough to bring our
1orefathers to this country, but
now the people ride on the sea.
over the sea and under the sea.
lou will find some scripture, by
reference to the Bible, that viii
remind won IF +bocn +L;n~ T.r;4
Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01

We are at present engaged in
the tagging business, tagging
down those who are running over
each other in a mad effort to learn
what is happening to this old
worll. Wew were fortunate enough
to find out and are anxious to tell
those who will lend a listening
ear.
Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-01

This paper has no cut-and-dried
creed" to go by, and it hasn't
the least particls of prejudice in
its makeup, but it does know q
few things that are of vital
interest to- the world right now.
/ serter think it would pay you to
keep in touch with this shebang.
any how.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Africa Is Interested in War;
Receives the News Every Day

The war has from the first been
brought right home to Africa. The
four German colonies, over which the
war extended. have an area more than
four times as great as Germany; and
there has been long and hard fighting
in all of them except Togo. Outside
and within these areas of actual war
fare live thousands Of whites who are
intensely interested in the European
struggle Many of these whites, even
in the depths of Africa, are receiving
the essence Of the news every day.
Even the Sahara desert is now partly
belted by a telegraphic line, Il French
enterprise, with wireless extension In
Timbuktu. Thus this once mysterious
city of the Sudan Is now In touch with
the great events of the day. The Belgian
Congo is efficiently served by the
French cable to Libreville, and the
land line to Stanley Pool, where nnvi-
cation of the upper Congo begins. The
news Is then wired up the Congo to the
mouth of the Congo. and then by wire
less to Stanley Falls, $50 miles above
the kaSai.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Vast Amount of CordWood
Is Burned in Cook Stoves
and Friendly FirepIaces

Whenever a man builds suburban
home these days-and, happily
enough. the number is relatively vast
IA fairly large proportion of the
plans contain provision for an open
hearth in which wood may be burned
These represent, observes writer IN
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the pleasant
memories of many of the builders of
their boyhood days when cracking
aromatic wood fire lighted and warmed
the living rooms of their homes.
More often, though, it stands for the
fascination of such a fire. Children
of the city dearly delight in making
and watching bontires, and when they
are afforded the joys of camping fairly
revel In the blazing tWigs and branch
es beneath the kettle. When they
leave the city'S heart for its frin9eS
the thought OF an open hearth as Il
concomitant to the freer life they eX-
pect to lead always presents itself.
Hence the surprisingly large de-
mand for c0rdwood. II IS of interest
TO state that in the United States last
year despite the increased production
of coal, there were consumed $3.50
600 cords of wood the value of which
exceeded 500 100000. 1t was the sew
enth crop in monetary value in 1917.
Ahead of 1t were corn, wheat, oats,
potatoes, hay and cotton. Much of
this, indeed the greatest part of it,
was burned on farms, the average
consumption on each Ohio rural hold
ing being Is cords, valued at So a
cord. Texas leads in wood consump-
ton; Michigan is next, then Ohio, and
fourth is New York. In each Of these
four leaders the value of the wood is
over $1O,0O0,0OO.
Experts in these matters say that
there is no better way of yentilating
an apartment than through the
means of a hearth or CRATE, so that
there is double blessing conferred
as one sits in his easy chair and
watches the ever-changing pictures
that attend a reverie before a blaz.
ing log fire.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Red Star Is Doing Great Work
at Front.
Oroanization Aims to Do for the Horse
What Red Gross Does
for Man.

Albany. ". Y.-Everybody knows
about the work being done by the Red
Cross, but not so many are familiar
with the Red Star, another relief or
ganizatiOn that has been brought into
existence by the war. The Red Star
aims to do for horses what the Red
Cross is doing foF men, women and
children-fghters and civilians who
are feeling the effects of war.
The American Red Star Animal Re
lief which is the official title of the
Red Star, was organized some time ago
at the request of the secretary OF war
nv American Humane association. Or.
William O. Stillman, for II years pres
ident of the latter organization, is d.
rector general Of the Red Star The
national headquarters Is at Albany.
The American Red Star proposes to
follow the lead of the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to AMI
mails of England, which has hospitals
behind the battle lines, equipped to
care for 1850 horses and has sue
ceeded in curing 81 per cent of the
animals which were turned over to its
care by the British veterinary corps.
BEFORE this relief work was started,
horses injured in battle were shot at
once. now they are given surgical ala
and returned to the front when cured.
It is estimated that the work of this
British society has saved the British
government $3OOOO,OOO in horse flesh
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Girls Needed on the French
Farms, Asserts War Worker

One of the objects of Miss Anne Nor
CANS recent return to America from
France, where she has been aiding in
restoring communities devastated by
German invaders, is to obtain for
France large number of girls to work
on farms.
II would like 1t to be known to
American girls on farms that we need
them in France more than all other
girls" Miss Morgan said.
I'VE don't want theorists but would
like to get women from the West
women who have worked on the farm
and don't mind doing field work"
Miss Morgan, sister of ]. p. Morgan
and treasurer of the American Fund
for French Wounded, said she and her
associates in France, American women,
had placed $500 acres under cultiva-
ton and had established a dairy with
soldiers to milk the cows.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
The Opium Habit.

There are three different forms of
taking opium. Some people, for eX-
ample. the Turks. eat it; others, like
the Chinese, smoke it, while the inhab-
itantS of more civilized countries usual
ly drink it as laudanum. The drug IS
obtained from the unripc fruit of the
common white poppy. Incisions are
made in the heads Of this plant. from
which creamy juice exudes, harden
ing on its exposure to the air This
is scrapeG off and made up into small
cakes. in which form it is sold The
confirmed opium eater or smoker re-
duces himself to an indeScribably
Wretchcd state of mind and body. and
very seldom lives t. be forty if the
practice has been acquired at an early
period in life.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
AMERICAN AID IS
SEMITIC TIE FRONT

with several American soldiers stand
ing guard. Only Liberty was such d
tail goddess that her (or rather hts)
mead was lost in the clouds ana She
the) had to Skip off her (his) pedestal
to be seen.
The general had invited all the chill
dren Of the village to be present and
they We're Installed on either side Of
the orchestra. The project and his
family had provided a toy ana the
American Fund for French Wounded a
small American flag for each child.
These We're distributed during one Of
the entr'actes and it was a ioy to
watch the sea Of happy little faces on
all sides
After the performance the Americans
returned to headquarters where de-
liciouS tea awaited them. Then came
goodbyS and they left feeling they had
had very wonderful day and were
indeed fortunate to be numbered
among the friends Of this band Of
heroes.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Helps Save the Horses

1t is estimated that of the 100000
horses on the battlefield of Europe,
more than million and half are
from this country. These were OBJ
tanned largely before the United States
entered the war, when buyers for for
eign governments cOmbed this country
for animals. The horse still plays an
important part in modern warfare, in
spite Of the growing use of motor
trucks, as there are many places
where trucks cannot be used.
In this connection, Ernest I. White,
acting president of the New York State
Breeders association. has issued an ap-
peal to farmers and horsemen all over
the country to devote part of their at
tention to the breeding of horses suit
able to army use, as their share in
aiding the government in the war.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
STACKER STUNNED IN PRISoN
E.,,ou inmates Are Rude to Man
Sent Up for Failure 10
Register.

Cnicago-Willlam Lawrence oauei'
noo,maker to Chicagos society oei or
bo became mere shoemaker a. Wy
Rr;apwell. because he failed to explain 1,.
70 1nare Lands why he did not regis ,4,
tor for the draft, is not satlsleu Mi.n
HE lot He has petitioned the SUP
intendcnt Of the Bridewell to take NH, IL
ont Of the shoe shop and give nm wo ,a
whore his fellow prisoners VIII NO -
GO rude. ~. follow.
.souer complains that his 1elloM :,
workers In the shoe shop pass relhat ,',s
and won't have anything 10 20 W."
him because he is a Stacker, Superin-
tandent smith declared HE doesh
Seem 10 like the atmosphere ol the
shoe shop. III. GOD
II believe he VIII never set soou
treatment from the other inmates oe-
rsuse while they will chat win Il gun
ran or strike up friendship WIN u
thief they have no use for Stacker.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Internal Revenue Collected.

During the fiscal year ending June
80, 1917, the total amount of internal
revenue collected was S449.712,4'2.
The smallest amount collected In any
state was $50. 662 in Nevada, and the
largest was $G1 .SS1 1886 in New York.
Of the states that paid over S10,000,09G
each were: California, $13,75S.375 ;
Delaware. s117G1,33S: Illinois, SG2,-
1871; Indiana, $33,10S,319; Ken
lucky, $45,471.967; Louisiana, Sill
S4T.it3; MaTyland &10125,S3S; Mis-
souri,, $15.2o0577; New jersey, $13,-
Gln.It9; New York. SCI. SS1 1876; North
Carolina. S-9.114,2S3; Ohio, $50 io2.-
-; Pennsylvania, S41.3344,2244S; Wis
conSin. $12,34J,001
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
WAR ORANGE Is THE LATEST
To Be Grown Twice Normal Size as
Bit Of Super-Aooverizing in
California.

Santa Ana. Cal.-The war orange Is
the latest bit Of super Hooverizing in
California. The plan Is to make the
orange grow about twice its normal
size, thus producing double the guam.
tity of luscious fruit.
Miss Grace Hudson Of this city is
the first to succeed. She picked an
orange from tree at her home that
measured six inches in height, Is
inches in circumference, and weighed
more than two pounds. 1t was a NAM
moth example of citrus fruit, even for
California, and Miss HudsonS explain
alton was: II have only small num-
Der of trees; just had to make the or
anges grow larger, so l just wished
hard"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER

Egg production is largely question
Amos, superintendent of the Kansas
State Agricultural college poultry
farm. Eggs from winter layers should
be selected for Matching purposes.
Under natural conditions no eggs
We're laid in the winter months. Arti-
fetal methods have been resorted to
until by proper selection and manage
ment a large number Of eggs can be
had during the coolest months Of the
year.
Feeding and care have a great deal
to do with winter egg production. OF
greater Importance, however, Is selec-
ton and breeding. 1t has been deter
mined by careful observation that, gen.
orally speaking, the hens that make
the best records during the fall and
winter months are the best all year
layers.
All hens will lay fairly we'll In
March, April and May. The poor lay
ers seldom if ever, lay In those months
when prices are the highest. They are
not economical producers and should
not be kept as breeding stock.
Where possible breeding pens should
be maintained during the Matching
season. All poor layers, undeyeloped
pullets, and otherwise imperfect birds
should be discarded prior to the breed
ing season if satisfactory results are
to be expected.
Early Matched chicks are the most
profitable both for meat and for egg
production. They are the most easily
raised because while they are young
they are not subjected to the cloudy,
rainy weather which comes later in
the spring. They are usually more
vigorous Later chicks have a higher
rate Of mortality due to the extremeb
hot weather and the presence of {
greater number of parasites.
General purpose breeds should De
Matched not later than the last of A
if the pullets are to be developed
egg production the followinCcn'
winter. The young cockeL,
disposed of as broilers at -
prices than those of late'
With strictly egg h
advisable to hatch
Ma :, as they WI
early and go int
of January
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Declares United States
Can Independently Produce
Own Chemicals After War

That the United States can indie
pendently produce its own chemical
necessities after the war is predicted
by Prof. y. D. Jackson of the Column
bia university department of chemical
engineering. He says that at present
the country Is manufacturing dyes
equal in amount to normal consump-
ton, and that the number of colors
produced is constantly increasing.
"With proper legislation" states
Professor Jackson, 1--WE can manufac-
ture on competitive basis practical
" every chemical product which we
now import Cheap labor is not fac
tor of importance. The tremendous
advantage which Germany had at the
beginning of the war has taken more
than three years to counterfeit, and the
result has been an awakening in other
countries to the necessity of further
ing the chemical and metallurgical in
tluStries in every possible way. The
Germans have for many years realized
the grave necessity Of furthering the
work of the chemist and the chemi-
cal engineer for warfare as well as
for the necessities of industry in
times of peace. They knew that by
developing their enormous color estab-
liShments they were producing fac
tories which could readily be changed
over to explosive works in times of
war. They realized that the indus
tries for the fixatiOn of nitrogen used
in fertilizers in time of peace also
could be used for production of enor-
nous quantities of picric acid and tr1-
nitrotoluol In wartime"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
DISCHARGED BIRDMAN
HIT GROUND TOO HARD

Great Lakes, Ill.-Albert John
Lindauer Of Chicago applied at
the Great Lakes Naval Train
ING station for enlistment as a
naval aviator.
What experience have you
had?" he was asked.
Five months In the army avi-
alton section" he said.
"Nhy did you quit?'
Il was discharged. ! made
five ascents and broke five ma
chimes in lighting. | hit the
ground too hard each time"
Albert was accepted, but he
was rated a second-class seaman,
where he may break all the
"swabs" he wants to maSsaging
decks.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
MEETS DEMAND FOR MEAT
Now Restaurateur Faces Charges OF
Stealing Mule and Serving
Mule as Beef

Memphis, Tenn.-A negro has a res
taurant on South Florida street. His
patrons demanded meat on meatless
days The restaurateur met the de-
mand. Another negro, a drayman, lost
his mule. He appealed to the police,
The police traced the mule to the res.
taurant. They found rump steak
chops and roasts being eagerly de
voured. In the rear was found the
hide of a mule. The negro faces two
charges The police have him for pur.
Joining the mule and the federal pure
food people have him for selling mule
meat for beef.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
The Presin

President Wiz
Of Robert L.anst
rotary Of state;
New York, seer
Newton d. Bake
war; Thomas '
attorney general;
Texas, postmaster
Daniels Of North Coz
the navy; Frank
fornia. secretardN
F. Houston Of "a
agriculture VIM D
New York, secret,ap
William r. Wilson :
secretary of labor.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Statistical Notes.

There are 1888 saloons in
Illinois.
The United States has 100000
Indians.
There are $50 war charities
registered in London.
The United States government
will expend S1.0O0,0O0,00O during
the coming year in military
buildings.
The Rockefeller Foundation
has contributed 100000 to the
fund for welfare work among
Jewish soldiers.
An ordinary airplane, exclu-
sive of the engine, has over 200
separate pieces, besides over
1000 nails, 5000 screws, 1000
steel stampings and 800 forg-
ingS.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
HATS OFF
By PAULINE WORTH HAMLIN
Of The Vigiiantes.

a foreigner who witnessed
parade of soldiers On Fifth ave-
uuc Was shocked that our men
stood with their heads covered
when The flag went ~. A Wom-
HI standing near him tried 70
explain that 10 the present gen
GRAFTON war is new thing and
our men do not realize it IS the
proper thing to do,
The foreigner answered: 'But
how can they help but uncover
their heads? They are not sa-
luting bunch Of red, white and
blue bunting. They are salut-
ing their own wonderful COun-
try. They are Saluting the blood
Of heroes. They are saluting
Liberty, Justice, Truth and
Right :" A
When the next fig came by.
off came all hats whose owners
were within hearing of the for
rigncr's voice.
Why not, nlWaysf
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Decorated for Bravery.

North Lake, WiS.-Heroic conduct
displayed IN the face Of danger has
won for Seymour Weller. son Of Mr..
and Mrs Nelson Hopkins, Of this
city. the Croix de Gugrrp. and also
mention in L'Ordre du Jour By the
French government.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20

Mrs. Pearl Leach Of PenohScot. Me-,
has given birth to her sixteenth child,
and all are living. There are etgh;
girls and eight boys.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-04-20
Girl Is Deputy

Colorado, the b
which has honor
and daughters f
sition< of trust
addition TO GiEiL
claims the dist
first woman d"p9
shall, She is Mss
ty- five years old,
office and entrre !
her position u Wet.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Cold Spell Causes
Trade to Slacken

The general undertone of business.
despite the many existing hindrances
and elements of uncertainty, seem
more confident at the beginning of the
new year. according to the weekly trade
summary of r. G. Dun g. Co.
The cold spell has interrupted bust.
ness more or less generally, aggravat-
ing the already serious transportation
problem and accentuatng the Difficult
ties of production and ditribution.
Bradstreet's says: "Post holiday in
nuences, inventorying, intensely cold
weather East and South and heavy
SHOWS at the West have made for a
quiet week in ordinary distributive
trade. and weather plus coal and car
shortages have curtailed manufacture
and industry. This latter condition a.o-
pears most acute in the North Atlantic
States, the coldest weather ever re-
corded having special effect in and near
New York, where the coal shortage
caused the closing of many office build
ings on several days, the suspension OF
many industries, the crippling Of edu-
cational and charitable institutions
and the shutting down even of war in
dustrics, notably shipyards. Similut
conditions are reported east Of the
metropolis, some munition centres ii
New England being badly crippled"