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The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-07
NOTICE

There will be a meeting at the court house Monday at s o'clock for the purpose of organizing a camp of Sons of Veterans. All sons and grand sons of Confederate veterans are re quested to be present.
 Oliver s. Jones, Commander.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-07

Mesdames G. A. Buchanan and Carl Vickers and children went down to Sam Pittman's, on route i, this morning on a visit with relatives.
 Miss Ward, dairy specialist from Fayetteville, will give a demonstra- tion in cottage cheese making at the Teachers Institute here next Monday afternoon.
 Miss Bonnie Ehell, who has been spending her summer vacation with her parents in Carolina neighborhood, left yesterday afternoon for Hugo, Okla, where she will teach school this winter
 Of the many war activities now on or coming, the fund which is asked for the Girls Industrial School is one of the most necessary. The institu- tion will be here at home and we can see the need and will soon see the wide benefits received if it is built and it must be built.
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-07
WOOD FOR SALE

17-inch stove wood and cutoff hlocks. Phone 120, Philadelphia Mill 5-r Company. If
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-07

Dr. Etta Champlin, osteopath phy- sician of Hope, Arkansas, visits Pres colt professionally on Mondays, We'd nesdays and Fridays. If
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-07
NOTICE TO TEACHERS

will hold the regular 1usFlefs examination of teachers at Presces 18th and 20th.
 C. NJ. Hirst, Co. Examiner
The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-07

The of all materials and labor b
 necessary the price of ice 10 per 100 Inc May all classes of trade This take m T te increased cost of manufacture and delivery and still
 expenses the minimum by cutting e and saving power wherever possible Patrons M WA regular get their wagons and m g special deliveries Orders received after D. m will not @ TOT cred until the following morning. "N"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
aDoN'Ts" FOR PUBLIC ROADS
Alabama State Highway Department
Issues Booklet Containing Excel
lent Suggestions.

Most of the states now have "goodl
roads days" each year. Alabama
which has law establishing two SUCH
days, has gone step farther by rel
curing that the state highway departI
ment must publish annually good
roads day program or booklet, contain
ing the governors proclamation and
other pertinent matter. In this pub,
LEGATION for the current year is a LIST
of "Don'ts," and while the sugges-l
lions were written for good roads
days, most of them have an everyday
value that makes them worth reading
The list follows:
Don't wait for your neighbor to-
start something, start 1t yourself.
Don't wait for the county commits.
sioiners to have that hole in the road,
about the size of water bucket
In front of your gate, filed. Eli it
yourself.
Don't kick about the bad roads when
you are turning water from natural
channels into the public Highways
Would you permit the county at will
to turn water on your farm?
Don't try to carry water and traffic
In the same place. One or the
other must seek a new location-Ala>
bama is dry.
Don't crown a gravel or sand-clay
road high and have little, narrow
deep bitches on the sides.
Don't forget that the good road is q
road with tight roof and dry cellar.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
INJURY BY RODENTS
Well Fed Rats Breed Often and
Have Very Large
LitterS.
INwRE PRODUCE IN STORES
Not Only Foodstuffs and Forage, but
Textiles, Clothing and Leather
Goods Are Often Ruined-Cut
Off Food Supply.

(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
The effect of an abundance of food
on the breeding of rodents should be
kept in mind. Well-fed rats mature
quickly, breed often, and have large
litters. Poorly fed rats, on the con-
trary, reproduce less frequently and
have smaller filters. In addition,
scarcity of food makes measures for
destroying the animals far more effec-
tive.
Merchandise In Stores.-In all parts
of the country there Is serious eco
nomic drain In the destruction by rats
and mice of merchandise held for sale
by dealers. Not only foodstuffs and
forage, but textiles, clothing, and
leather goods are often ruined. This
loss is due mainly to the faulty build
ings In which the stores are kept.
Often 1t would be q measure of econ
omy to tear down the old structures
and replace them by new ones. How
ever, even the old buildings may often
be repaired so as to make them prac-
tically rat-proof; and foodstuffs, as
flour, seeds, and meats, may always
be protected In wire cages at slight
expense. The public should be pro-
teeted from insanitary stores by Q
system of rigid inspection.
Household Supplies.-Similar care
should be exercised In the home to
protect household supplies from mice
and rats. Little progress in Kidding
the premises of these animals can bt
made so long as they have access t(
supplies of food Cellars, kitchens
and pantries often furnish subsistence
not only to rats that inhabit th'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01

In cities and towns an efficient sys-
fem of garbage collection and disposal
should be established by ordinances.
Waste from markets, hotels, cafes and
households should be collected in COW
cred metal receptacles and frequently
emptied. Garbage should never be
dumped in or near towns, but should
be utilized or promptly destroyed by
fire.
Rats find abundant food in country
slaughterhouses reform in the man
agement of these is badly needed.
Such places are centers of rat propa-
CATION. 1t is a common practice TO
leave offal of slaughtered animals to
be eaten by rats and swine and this
Is the chief means of perpetuating
trichinae in pork. The law should re-
uuire that offal be promptly cremated
or otherwise disposed of. Country
slaughter-houses should be as cleanly
and as constantly inspected as abba
toirs.
Another important source OF rat
food Is found in remnants OF Elncnes
left by employees in factories, stores
and public buildings. This food, which
alone is sufficient to attract and sus-
tain a small army of rats, is commonly
left In waste baskets or other open
receptacles. Strictly enforced rules
requiring all remnants of food to De
deposited in covered metal vessels
would make trapping far more effec-
tive.
Military training camps, unless sub
jected to rigid discipline in the. mat
Ter Of disposal of garbage and waste,
soon become centers of rat infestation.
Waste from camps, deposited in COW
cred metal cans and collected daily,
should be removed far from the camp
Itself and either burned or utilized In
approved modern ways.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
PATRIOTISM OF THE STOMACH
Neither Fried Chicken Nor Biscuits
Found by Hungry Hunters on
Farmers Table.

There are all kinds and varieties OF
patriotism-almost as many as there
are pickles of a certain variety. There
is the patriotism Of speech, the patri-
otism of arms, or money, Of service
and so on. But of them all the hard
est for the average individual is the
patriotism of the stomach. So thought
a bunch of indianapolis men who in
vaded Brown county for day Of hunt
ing, says the Indianapolis News.
After a day Of hiking and tramping
over the hills, in which a nice string
of rabbits was the prize, these tired
business men" adjourned to the farm
er's house where they had planned on
a big "feed." You can imagine their
surprise and disgruntled feelings when
on seating themselves at the table they
found neither meat nor bread. The
expected fried chicken and hot biscuits
were missing. OF course. no one said
anything, but good many thoughts
made the air quiet.
That evening as they were leaving
for the train the old farmer friend
pointed to a small placard in the win
dow, and said: swell. boys, the nex1
time you come down We'll have that
fried chicken and biscuits. Mary SAID
we was member Of the United States
food administration now, and whal
was the use of havin' pledge caro-
If you didn't keep the pledge"
They had chosen the wrong day. Be
sides bringing home lesson to some
of the party it served to call their at
tcntion to the fact that almost ever!
home down there, no matter how hum
BILE and how far back In the hill, hat
a food administration pledge card II
the window.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
VOICES MUST BE PLEASANT
Hospital Nurses | ndergo Course of
Training In Som, Institutions to
Cultivate Refined Speech.

'f the success or failure of q physi-
clan Is, In some cases as least, deter
mined by his tongue, how much more
important Is this matter of speech to
the nurse, who must be constantly with
the patient, and whose every look and
gesture are watched-targets for criti-
cism, silent or open," writes DIR. Irving
w. Voorhees, In the Nurse. ut is said
that in some hospitals this question
of refined. pleasing speech has become
a part Of the nurses course Of train
Ing. and that she Is demerited for dis
regard Of the prin ,iples as set forth
by her teachers. Although l have no
personal knowledge of these hospitals.
1t Is certainly q consummation devout-
~ 10 be wished that every one who
comes into the sick room should know
how to speak softly and agreeably."
Doctor Voorhees, says European ma
tons realize the Importance of the
nurses voice and insist upon 1t far
more than we do. And any woman
who plans to become a hospital nurse
and has not pleasing voice already
should start at once to cultivate one.
The sick are very sensitive to voices
the blind are especially affected by
harsh voices, so much so that some
wealthy blind men will not permit a
person whose voice is not pleasant to
come near them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
BANANA FLOUR AND BREAD
Green Fruit, Full Grown, Is Peeled,
Sliced and Dried, Then Ground
In Ordinary Corn Mill.

At a meeting Of the Horticultural
club Of Trinidad, samples of banana
flour and bread were exhibited and the
method Of preparation described. 1t
was explained that the bananas from
which the -four and bread were made
had been taken from trees only five
days previously, the silk fig small va
riety of bananas producing the best
results, reports Henry D. Baker, Amer
lean consul at Trinidad.
The process was described as fol-
lows: "Full-grown green bananas
should be selected. Peel, slice and dry
quickly, preferably on q galvanized
sheet, then grind in ordinary corn
mill. From So pounds Of green ba-
nanas 1914 pounds Of -four had been
obtained in the specimens shown. The
bread, which was very palatable, had
been made from two parts of banana
flour and one part Of wheat flour. The
banana -four could also be used as a
substitute for oatmeal porridge and al
so for making buildings.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
Kitchen Soldiers.

Kitchen soldiers are the latest ex-
pertinent in practical patriotism. Good
Housekeeping. IN cooperation with the
United States food administration, Is
conducting the enlistment. In the
magazine appears this pledge, which
women are urged to sign,
II, the member Of the household in
trusted with the handling Of food. do
hereby enlist as a kitchen soldier for
home service and pledge myself 70
waste no food and to use wisely all
food purchased for this household,
knowing that by so doing I can help
conserve the foods that must be
shipped to our soldiers and our al
hes"
This is q movement for the woman
who is actually dealing in the food Of
American homes. Employers and en-
ployees are urged to Join the forces.
A soldier may be one who fights just
with her brain or one who fights by
doing with her hands the work of
women In this crisis. She may be
one whose ancestors have lived here
for generations or she may be one
whose parents have seen wars hor-
rors pass their very door abroad,
whose brothers bear the arms Of Eng.
land. or France, or Italy. or Russia, OF
any other allied country. Once you
have enlisted as q kitchen soldier. your
kitchen is your battlefield.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
NEwslE KNEW HIS BUSINESS
Magazine Vender In Passenger Coaen
commercIaIlxed Lord Northcliffe's
Boosting of His Book.

The following is story related py
Lord Northcliffe In a London paper,
concerning his book "At the War;
"In the United States and Canada
the newsboys walk through the trains
selling the latest publications, and re-
Gently one of them offered his lord
ship, who was on his way from New
York to Chicago, copy OF his own
book, AT the War;
ave read it." quietly replied the au-
thor, shaking his head.
"Oh, you havel" exclaimed the boy (;
adding. with true Yankee inquisitive-
ness, "And how did you like itf''
s.Pretty WELL" said Lord Northcliffe.
Then, thinking of the tedious hours
spent In revisions and proofreading, he
added impressively. Il read Vt five
times"
aGeel five timesl" exclaimed the
boy. and two passengers who had over
heard the conversation promptly
bought copies. while the enterprisine
.newsyendor moved on down the car
saying:
sat the War'-new book just out
one man read it FIVE times. Only 6
few copies STRAY Stories.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
Army Medical Department.

There are now More than 1900 off,
GERS engaged in the work of the med
ical department of the army, including
regular army officers and the four Of.
Ifcers' reserve corps-medical, dental.
veterinary and sanitary connected
with the work under Surgeon General
Gorgas, says the Medical Journal. II
is estimated that at least $4,000 ply
,sicians will be included In the person
mel Of the department when full
strength is reached. Every step in car.
ing for the physical welfare of the sol.
diers from the time they are sworn
into service until they are discharged
comes under the medical department
In this work is included inspection OF
foods to be served soldiers. sanitation
care of the sick and wounded, the oper.
alton of field base and convalescent
hospitals, "re-education" Of the perma'
nently crippled, handling the supplies
for all this work. etc. The total mum
Der of hospital beds Wilt be on basis
of rs per cent Of the strength of tbs
army.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01

guidance. The days went on. the years,
and their methods and habits did not
change. The younger stepson had be-
come involved In one difficulty after
another and had become an expensive
burden. The older stepson had been
started twice in business by his indrli-
gent stepfather to wind up insolvent.
That very morning this indolent and
insolvent young man had Joined his
father in the library with mock Sc
rious face and affected contriteness. to
detail a story Of money complication
that must be attended to or he was
liable to prosecution.
1t was then that Arthur Wayne had
counted up the cost Of his subservient
adherence to this unworthy trio. to
find that what had once been COM
Portable fortune had shrunk to COM
paratiyely diminished proportions. he
mnde settled resolve. He proceeded
to his lawyer. He had just returned.
He had sent servant to summon his
stepdaughter.
She entered the apartment at last.
after delaying the interview for a full
half hour. She was in careless negli-
gee and her dropping eyes and faded
cheeks told of late hour devotion to q
social function.
"You wished to see mcY' she spoke
In tones suggesting challenge of Inn
patience and Indifference, and the face
of her stepfather hardened.
eyes," he replied tersely. II have
sent for you to tell you that the ex-
tortions of your brothers. your own
reckless extravaganza have compelled
me to look to 1t so that do not end
my days depending upon the charity
<af nfhnra -
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01

dwelling, but to many that come from
outside. Food supplies may always
be kept from rats and mice if placed
in inexpensive rat-proof containers
covered with wire netting. Sometimes
all that is needed to prevent serious
waste is the application of defective
part of the building.
Produce In Transit.-Much loss OF
fruits, vegetables, and other produce
occurs In transit by rail and on ships.
Most of the damage is done at wharves
and IN railway stations, but there is
also considerable In ships holds, espe-
cially to perishable produce brought
from warm ATTITUDES. Much of this
may be prevented by the use of rat
proof cages at the docks, by the care
full fumigation of seagoing vessels at
the end of each voyage, and by the fire.
quent fumigation Of vessels In coast
wise trade; but still more by replacing
old and decrepit wharves and station
platforms with modern ones built of
concrete
Where cargoes are being loaded or
unloaded at wharves or depots, food
liable to attack by rats may be tenn
porarily safeguarded by being placed
in rat-proof cages, or pounds, con-
structed of wire netting. Wooden
boxes containing reserve food held In
depots for considerable time or In
tended for shipment by sea may be
made rat-proof by light coverings of
metal along the angles. This plan has
long been in use to protect naval stores
on ships and In warehouses. 1t is
based on the fact that rats do not
gnaw the plane surface of hard mate
rails, but attack doors, furniture anc
boxes at the angles only.
Packing Houses.-Packing houses
and abattoirs are often sources from
which rats secure subsistence, espe-
cially where meats are prepared for
market in old buildings. In old-style
cooling rooms with double walls of
wood and sawdust insulation, always
a source of annoyance because of rat
infestation, the utmost vigilance is
required to prevent serious loss of
meat products. On the other hand,
packing houses with modern construc-
ton and sanitary devices have no
trouble from rats or mice.
Garbage and Waste.-Since much OF
the food of rats consists of garbage
and other waste materials, 1t Is not
enough to bar the animals from mar
kets, granaries, warehouses and pri-
vate food stores. Garbage and Offal
of all kinds must be so disposed of
that rats cannot obtain them.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
GIVING BEEF CATTLE SILAGE
Value of Material in Fattening EN-
phasized by Experiment Conduct
ed at Indiana Station.

The value Of the silo in fattenins
cattle was strongly emphasized by the
Indiana station. In this experiment
substantial gains were made on the
following ration:
rs pounds cottonseed meal
; "A pounds clover hay.
14.4 shelled corn.
PIT pounds corn silage.
When silage was fed the cost OF
gain was one-half cent pound less
than with dry feed and the increase
in profits amounted to from So to 50
per steer. The cottonseed meal gave
much better results than oil meal and
tended to produce firmer flesh with
silage.
Where there is not an abundance OF
grazing when cattle are fed the silo
will be almost indispensable to econ
iomy in feeding. The amount saved In
feeding silage will soon pay for the
silo. It helps utilize the coarse feeds
and it takes the place of green pas
Eture when this is not available.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
WINTER TASKS FOR FARMER
Among Other Things to Do During
Cold Weather Season Is to Form
Cooperative Clubs.

Plant, prune and spray home or
chards..
Form cooperative clubs for pur-
chasing and selling all farm supplies
and products.
Clear your pasture of all rubbish,
etc, repair the fences and make prep
artion for sodding them to Ber-
muda or other grasses next spring.
Purchase commercial fertilizers CO.
operatively, and pay for them in cash
If possible.
Remove all stumps, terrace your
land and clean out all bitches.
Winter pillow your land when In
condition.
Make compost and top dress grain
with stable manure.
Repair and paint implements and
machinery.
Clean and spray poultry and hog
houses.
Mate poultry and set eggs for pro-
duction of pullets for fall laying.
= Use Me split-Iog drag on your roads,
Get your neighbor to do the same.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01

sArriyals' and departures" have a
AefInitev place In French trench philol-
IOgy. When the American troops first
entered the trenches their French COM
rades were very anxious to have them
distinguish accurately between the
noise of ''arrives" and departs" Il
thought they were talking harbor
lclearances at first" said one Yankee
lad. sThen / heard low, whining
sound and shell exploded behind us.
:sUn arrive said my companion. He
Esignifled that 1t was present from
the Germans. Soon there was louder.
sharper sound. 1t was responsive
roar from our own batteries. I'm de-
part, he said with great satisfaction.
i'yollar we had It. The exchange of
.artfllery fire il. after all, matter of
isarrivals' and departures Needless
10 say, the departs enjoy the wider
popularity"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
AN OFFICIAL STORY TELLER
klbrasies In Canada Find Special Fea-
ture for the Entertainment OF
Children 10 Worth While.

1 In several of the public libraries Of
Canada story telling to children has
Tor some years been special feature,
says an exchange. Each Saturday morn
ing from fifty to one hundred children
assemble at the library In q room set
apart for the purpose and called the
'@Chfldren's Room" The ages Of the
lckildren vary from six to fourteen
years.
At st. John, New Brunswick. story
telling has been continued now for
three years. This year u has been
found advisable 70 divide the children
aceorting to age and to bold two
Glasses Of half an hour each. The
work has steadily grown In interest
and the demand for books Of G. less
trivial type justifies the work Of the
Eeommittee In charge. During the sum-
inner, when opportunity offers and a
Istory-taller Of note is guest of the
city, notice Is given to the library. and
1t IL often possible to have a special
session.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
Woman Horse Nuree.

In London Messrs. MacNamara, who
lemploy about forty woman drivers,
have put their horse hospital entirely
Ia charge OF women. Mrs. Parry, the
superintendent, says they have thirty
10 forty patients day. She and three
assistants do all cleaning, grooming,
feeding and administering Of medi-
Icines prescribed By the veterinary sur
Igson. The animals, she says. are
grateful and companionable, and she
has no doubt that women will want
Ito keep on with this work after the
war. 1--WE do not baby the horses"
ishe says. Somehow we reform the
worst cases of temper, and the women
lean do anything they like with even
fractions, nervous and suffering
horses. The effect on the nerves OF
The horses, and consequently on their
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-01-01
MUSIC FOR THE WAR TANK
craphaphone Records Are Gift OF
Woman; French Officer Requests
Bowling Equipment for His Men.

For the amusement of soldiers prob
ably no more unique donation has been
made than that of $50 from a woman
for graphaphone records to equip
tank. There is something grotesqque
about music emanating from this weird
iron caterpillar, states trench CORE
spondent.
Other donations have not lacked an
element Of the picturesque, as, for In
stance, the supplying Of hospital in
Paris which was filed with African
troopers, with TOO fans. They were so
appreciated during the summer that
the hospital appealed for more. An
accordion was sent to I'LL specifc
demand.
One French officer requested games
for his men. What sort7 In one regi-
ment In which most Of the soldiers
were fathers Of families the prefer
ence, for some reason or other, was
for bowling. The trench, 1t must seem,
does not make bad alley If few
balls and pins will liven a dull period
Possibly a change of noise Is agree
ablel