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The Relative Action of Each in
Improving the Chemical and
Mechanical Conditions of Soils.
Assists in Decomposition Of Or
ganic Matter for HumuS Sup
ply.
Makes Heavy Soils More Crumbly and
Friable for Better Root
Penetration.

The actions of lime on soils are
many fold. 1t is the common impress
sion among many that 1t is Of value
only on low wet land which is common
ly assumed to be sour. Many persons
realize that soils become sour under
cultivation and that lime corrects
acidity, but there are few who really
realize the importance of Its use or
the relative value of the different
forms and the action of each. On the
other hand, many farmers buy what
ever may be had without full consid-
Grafton of the relative value of the diff
ferent materials that may be applied.
Lime is a plant food, and in many
cases its application may serve that
function. Generally soils contain
enough calcium TO supply the require
ments of crops, but alfalfa and other
closely related crops require not only
a sweet soil, but enough lime TO sup
ply their large needs of that element
The indirect actions of lime are even
greater than its effects as a food
These effects are numerous and are
not the same on all soils. In heavy
soils lime improves the mechanical
condition and the capacity TO take up
and hold moisture. 1t acts upon the
supply of plant food stored in the soil
and assists the decomposition of or
ganic matter and mineral substances.
Most important of all is the influence
which lime eXerts upon the micro
scopic life of the soil, so essential in
changing dormant to active forms Of
plant food.
The mechanical effects of lime are
intricate in nature and less well un.
derstood than the chemical and bac.
THEOLOGICAL effects, and yet they are
very important, though they are not
so easily measured.
Burned lines are more effective in
this change than carbonate Cline.
stone) forms. Every farmer who has
used burned, hydrated or prepared
slaked lime has undoubtedly noticed
that heavy soils become less sticky,
more crumbly, more friable, more east
ly cultivated, and water passes through
them more rapidly as result of in
creased pOrosity. They dry out more
readily after a rain, and in spring,
blowing or planting Is advanced. This
condition is brought about by the tioc-
culation or aggregation Of the fine clay
particles.
Upon light soils the reverse is true
Through the improved condition of the
humus in the soil an application OF
lime increases the cohesive power OF
the soil, resulting In greater water
holding capacity, as well as an increas.
ed power to absorb moisture from be-
low by capillarity. While the reasons
are not clear, it is common experience
that limestone is not as effective in
producing these physical effects on the
soil as is lime Relatively small APP
pllcations of lime may produce very
marked change in the character of the
soil. These physical effects are merely
supplemental to the chemical and bio
logical effects produced by lime, and
when all these are taken together they
account for the very general Beneficial
results derived from the use of lime.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-09-11


least insufficiently prepared for the
clovers and grasses which follow
For wheat, oats, stubble, or corn,
ground is usually narrowed a couple
of times with or without blowing, and
then the seed is sown with no special
thought or preparation for the small
timothy seed which is planted at the
same time. Sometimes a couple of
hundred pounds, more or less, of COM
mercial fertilizer and a little lime is
used, but the practice is by no means
uniform.
Because clover follows Immediately
after the wheat crop some attention
should be given to this crop. 1t is
the soil builder of the rotation and
deserves good treatment and all pos
sible encouragement. 1t is very i'm
portant that the soil be sweetened by
the liberal use of lime Glover thrives
best in an alkaline soil. 1t is not alb
solutely necessary, however, that the
lime be applied prior to planting OF
the raw soil because the clover makes
little growth until May and June of the
following year. 1t is undoubtedly best,
though, because it permits working it
into the soil If this is done precaution
should be taken to make sure that
the lime is thoroughly incorporated
with the surface soil and allowed to
remain for four or five days before
planting When it is impossible or
inconvenient to put the lime on be-
fore planting, it should be applied any
time before the wheat is up three or
four inches the following Spring 1t
may be profitably applied in mid
winter
1t must also be remembered in plant
ing wheat that timothy responds to
lime and that the seed is small. 1t
must, therefore, have a fine seed bed
In order that small seeds may grow
the earth must pack around them SO
they may obtain sufficient moisture to
start and carry on the process of
termination and enable the young
plant to work its way through the
SOIL Neither timothy nor clover start
well in lumpy soil. 1t should be
thoroughly prepared and all the Jumps
crushed. Where it is possible to APP
ply lime, 1t will do much to assist in
breaking the Jumps 1t makes the soil
loose and assists in crumbling the hard
pieces Of soil which so often prevent
a perfect stand.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-09-11
BITTINGER.
SeaseaNae00aes a0a000s

What if your neighbor BILL"
Does think differently from you,
That is not the slightest reason
Why he and you should Chew.
Great minds, perforce, must differ,
In matters great and small,
But the small and narrow fellow
Always thinks he knows it all.
So let your mind go soaring
When and where you will,
But give the same full freedom
To your neighbor, honest "Bill".
Mr.. Adam Hetrick and family spent
Sunday afternoon with Melchor Het-
rick at his home here
Mr.. William Sechler, of St. Paul,
Pa, made business trip to this vii
lage last Saturday evening.
Mr.. Alfred Garlitz, with his. wife
and family, of Cumberland, Md, are
visiting relatives in this neighborhood
Mr.. Albert Brenneman and family,
of Summit Mills, Pa, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Melchor Hetrick on Sum-
day.
Mrs. j. L. Marvin, wife of Rev.
Marvin, made a brief visit to Pitts
burgh, Pa, during the past week.
Mr.. John B. Hartman spent part Of
last week with his son, j. Mckinley
Hartman, at Piedmont, W. Va.
A party of road viewers, with their
surveyor, spent three days last week
in this vicinity locating a proposed
new road from this village to Jen-
nings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-09-11

from severe colds and an attack of
la grippe.
Miss Mary Pendergast and cousin,
of Grafton, W. Va, were visiting
Miss Pendergast's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. ]. F. Pendergast.
Mr.. John Scott,of Morgantown, W.
Va, arrived home Sunday, where he
will spend his vacation with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Scott, of near
Hutton.
Mr.. Bartholomew Feeney, of Cum
berland, is visiting his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Feeney.
ST. ELMO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-09-11
wheat GROUND
PREP ARATION
Lime the Soil for Wheat lust Be-
fore or After Seeding for the
Clover Crop Which Follows.
The Soil Should Be Well Puverized.

1t is the general practice throughout
the East to sow timothy with wheat
at the time of planting in the Fall,
and to seed the same ground to clover
the following Spring just as the frost
is coming out of the ground. Probably
seyenty-five per cent of the land sowed
to wheat each Fall is poorly, or at
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GRANrsvILLEs COMMUNITY SHOW PREMIUM LIST

Aggregating Three Hundred Dollars Will
To Be Held and
At Gransv
25h the
which will
exhibitors. the exhibits
and horticultural products domestic
The Granle
the of the undertaking invite residing
mediate and adjoining
hibors the
The community show has executive committee
the leading bushes
differed
Dorsey Miss Christina Wnterburg secretary Mr. VIM E. Stanton
The fair held in the Woodmen Hail. adjoining the
exhibitors. exhibits
The Republican takes pleasure herewith the complete
which this
A in
the undertaking who preparing
The sun., 1919-09-14
Well these Harry Barnart and Percy Mackay authors of Te
Will Song Don't they look like well vaudeville
team of Shout & Sing Words & Musca

must be at last ON the road to China.
eve guess it's China from the title
though our ignorance Of the who and why
of it all is still profoundly
Con had grown up wild lad. He was
redeemed from a life of crime for the
purpose Of the book when he was about to
become the central figure of a riot call
in st. Louis. But when Con stops break
ing the laws of the United States, Mr..
Lane begins to break the laws Of science.
art, history, aesthetics, probability and
credibility. Incidentally he brings three
Chinese persons into the United States
in the age of motors, which comedies very
closely with the Chinese Exclusion Act,
and nothing said about passports. Mr..
Lane had better stay away from Cali
fornia until this blows over.
But when all is said on the side of art
and law we will admit that we enjoyed
the city OF the Cobb Desert. We liked
Chez Ming, who is proper slant eyed
devil, and we revealed in the horrible
mines. We even like "koresch," Mr..
Lanes new and versatile drug, though we
are not likely to become addicts, prefer
ring for steady use Cons youthful pota-
ton Of "strong drink, labor and dreams"
YELLOW MEN SLEEP. BY JEREMY
LANE Century Company.
The sun., 1919-09-14
"Vive La France"

1--WE Ia FRANCE, by Emile Ben
y son Knipe and Alden Arthur
Knipe, is the story of a young French
girl of Reims who was kissed by Papa
Joffre on both cheeks and decorated with
the War Cross. If you don't believe it,
look at the picture. You may not recog-
nize the girl, but it is Papa Joffre to the
life.
The story is said to be based ON the
diary Of jeanette de Marigny. An Incl
dent is related that may explain how
miracles happen. When the French SOL
diers in Reims were about to retreat be-
fore the Germans young girl mounted
the base of the statue of Joan Of Arc and
exhorted them in the name of the saint,
to save France. By the time the story had
been repeated few times the girl had
been left out and it was the living saint
herself who with voice like trumpet
cried: "For shame, for shamei Will you
abandon France to her enemiesT As
one Of the soldiers who repeats the story
says:
81, who sit with you here, heard the
words Some said there was girl stand
ing on the pedestal of the statue through
whom the saint spoke. did not see her.
I saw nothing, being blinded by great
brightness that shone like all the suns in
The sun., 1919-09-14
A Colyumed Country

HE Recording Angel handling the A
- to ID file, in which he comes, had
occasion to lean far over the Handrail of
Heaven the other day to peer down into
the depths of Hades' Halfway House,
before recording under his name:
"Place, Subway train No. S8 under Met
ropolitan Life; Time, III P. M; Spe-
cific act, oaths and groans, poorly sup
pressed; cause and extenuating circum-
stances, realization of the fact that an
other column of newspaper humor had
appeared overnight No one lettering on
his toes at time. Cross index 43 with
Newspaper Humorists, 2-37-149."
The facts are just these: That he had
The sun., 1919-09-14
yellow Men Sleep"

IF any serious minded reader has ever
L been inclined TO look lightly on the
labors of Sir H. Rider Haggard Git is
hard to believe that there are such des-
siecated souls in existence) let him read
Jeremy Lanes YELLOW Men Sleep. We
venture the opinion that thereafter ARGn
QaGrtermdin will seem a sober transcript
of commonplace existence. Of course, Al
shilling shocker," while Mr.. Lanes book
Is frankly intended as thriller" though
no American house would publish rs
cent thriller, nor even dollar dreadful.
The cost of living is too high.
We are not immune to tales of mystery
and thrills. Prehistoric, historic and
merely fantastical worlds are pleasant
temporary abiding places providing we
are sufficiently coddled in our sense Of
veracity and artistically assisted over the
rough roads of reality into the authors
realm Of Imagination. Mr.. Lane does not
make our road easy to the strange city in
the middle of the Cobb Desert. First e
marries our hero's parents and kills them,
then raises the hero, Con Lexington, SO
badly that all we get is series of broken
pictures Of his boyhood a slat-
tenly foster mother Mount
Shasta, Dory street, San Francrisco .
a totally inexpleable attack by Con on
the Chiense butler of friend with whom
he is dining. A scent of cinnamon and
Whiskey is also prevalent through the
early pages. Suddenly Con jumps out of
the dining room window, is picked up by
motor in waiting, and we know that we
The sun., 1919-09-14

heaven. The weakness Of my body was
gone. l had the strength of thousand
men. l had the courage of one who had
never known fear. With a shout Of
'Vive la FranceP I turned and ran to
face the Boches. Believe me or not, 1, who
saw this thing, tell you that it is true"
After experiences in both Reims and
Paris the girl returns to the cathedral city
and conducts the underground school in.
Reims, which was one of the most pic
turesque and moving episodes of the
whole war. Young readers will find in
the book some history and even more ro-
nance and sentiment, which are doubtless
just as important.
WYE LA FRANCE. BY Z. B. KNPE and
A A. KNPE- Century Company.
The sun., 1919-09-14
"The Tree Book"
and Tree Books

..LTHOUGH Inez N, McFee's The
n Tree Book does not seem to be es-
pecially well adapted for young readers.
tbe authors style at times suggests that
tbe "listen to the little birdie" method of
tbe photographer when dealing with young
subjects has been followed:
"How interesting it all is! The little
boss-chestnut babies wear woollen nit
tens"
allow lovely they arel The little maple
leaves &c.
"Did you ever watch the leaves go t.
sleepq Baby leaves cuddle down." &c.
allow fast the little leaves grow!
Long before our interest in them begins
10 wane, they cease to be babies"
Yet the poetical quotations and the
rhapsodies Of the author are in the best
and most approved vein of adult nature
books. 1t is apparently impossible for
ANYBODY to write the simplest handbook
on trees or flowers or even vegetables
without becoming lyrical. Our nature
WrltptS are Jul biuO pOClos IL ouOulu UC
an interesting experiment for some one
10 make-to write nature book with all
the authors own ecstacies left out.
In and among the poetical quotations
and beneath the authors explanatory
style, however, will be found the usual
information about trees, and some infor-
nation not so usual; such as that light
ming strikes the elm, the chestnut, the
oak, the pine, and sometimes the ash, brt
II always evades the beach, the birch,
and the maple" And speaking Of the
maple, there is the story of the discovery
of maple syrup, by the faithful squaw of
Woksis, mighty Indian hunter, not un-
like the epochal and equally accidental
discovery of roast pig as described by
Charles Lamb, when the pig was burned
in Hopi's hut-leading to an epidemic Of
incendiarism then and taste for burning
pork forever after. In some such way
was the nectar Of the maple tree-now,
alas! largely a memory = likewise dis
covered
The book is illustrated, but the illus
trations merely illustrate and are not such
as will assist the reader in knowing and
identifying trees. AS matter of fact, the
book is more for "nature-lovers" than ns-
ture-students, young or old. 1t is called
The Tree Book, but more accurately
should have been A Tree Book, or An
other Tree Book, or Still Another Tree
Book, or Tree Book, Number Ten Mi
lion, Ten Hundred and Tumpty-tunth.
You may estimate the number of years of
the Oldest tree in the world, but hardly the
number of tree books.
THE TREE BOOK. BY INEz N. McFEE.
Era1arink A CtaEaS ropnnopy
The sun., 1919-09-14
MerriCk

knows well that who will hardly read another novel
in chuce in delight Merrick story because he
gets to where really lives.
He knows women-caches their kenesses the fleeing
expression" says W. D. Howes-and who think they
understand
The who has not read Mercks Conrad in Quest of
His Youth would buy copy his home tonight if he
appreciated how unusual pleasure lies in its enrang
Other Merck novels be had The Actor Manager,
Cynthia, and The Position of Peggy Harper.
They all have the Merck flavor. Each $1.75.
Oilers 10 FOLbu Send for Descriptive ChnIu.
81 s stu Order E. p BUTTON & CO. e Sew 9Th A"
The sun., 1919-09-14

THE TREE BOOK. BY INEz N. McFEE
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-10
Every Woman
Wants a Clear,
Smooth Complexion
A Skin With the Tint OF
Y0uth-Free From PIN
pies, Freckles or Other
BlemiShes.

Happy is the woman with beauu :
full skin. There is no JOY like that
which comes from knowing that you
look your best. When you meet peo-
pie. the first thing they do is TO look
at your face. First Impressions are
lasting If YOU have smooth. velvety
skin, free from blemishes and pimples.
you need never fear the impression you
make on all YOU meet. for woman
with a pretty complexion always APP
pears charming.
Some women are endowed by nature
with clear. smooth skin; others. not
so fortunate, can acquire II by the
use OF the popular Black and White
Beauty Treatment, which consists OF
Ointment and Soap.
Those who suffer the embarrassment
OF :, dark sallow or muddy complexion,
pimples. tan. sunburn. freckles or other
skin blcmisheS. just cleanse the sk in
with warm water and Black and White
soap: at bedtime apply Black and
White Ointment according to directions
given in each package. The next
morning, wash the skin with Black
and White Soap, and repeat the treat
mcnt for a few nights or until the de-
sired results have been secured. It's
safe. simple and as delightful TO use a
other cosmetics.
Both Black and White Ointment and
Soap can be bought from any good
drug store at csc 4 package or the
manufacturers will send il TO YOU
postpaid upon receipt of the price. Free
sample and literature can be had by
writing Black and White. Box 9l3.
Memphis, Tenn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-10
CHARGES PACKERS INDUCE
WITNESSES TO TESTIFY
Representative OF Groccrs' Associa-
ton Asks That Swift & Co.
Man BE Sworn.
WANTS HIM EsTIoN ED
Suggests He Might Tell How Much
Money Five Big Packers Have
Spent in Railroad Fares, Hotel
Bills and the Like.

WASHINGTON. Sept. o.-Chargcs that
the packers were inducing witnesses
10 attend the hearings OF the Senate
agriculture Committee in opposition to
the kendrick and Kenyon bills pro-
posing Federal license regulation OF
the industry. were made today by
Lewis II. Haney. representing the
Southern Wholesale Groccrs' Associa-
tion.
MIR. Hancy gave out after today's
tor Gronna. OF North Dakota. chair
man OF the committee. in which ne
suggested uhat the committee call
MIR. Brooks. Of Swift & Co, and
put him under oath"
ASK him" The letter continued,
how much money the i've packers
N,ve spent or have become obligated
TO pay TO date in railroad fares. hotel
bills. etc, for any Of the Witnesses
a group Of stockmen from the Middle
West, principally Iowa. and several
wholesale meat and produce dealers
srom various cities joined in defense
o.! the big I'VE packers today before
tire committee.
RS a pity this sort OF bin had
TO come from a prosperous state Ike
Iowa" said J. :. Black OF Musca-
tine: referring TO the fact that senator
Kenyon. OF Iowa is sponsor TOT inc
chief regulative measure. Iowa cat
tie feeders are prosperous and lana
,-alues have gone up in the past fe*
Years from $50 TO $500 an acre. due
10 the fact that the packers have MADE
4 market for its produce.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-10

About $50 farmers attended the
Know Your Neighbor" meeting at Dis.
putanta last night. and heard addresses
~ Pr Mekeen and Mr.. Kirkpatrick,
visiting experts. on the development OF
this agricultural section.
General kehan. commander OF the
famous Washington Artillery during
the war Between the States, is visit
ING the city, the first Time in many
years: handsome memorial window
has been erected in Old Blandford
Church in memory OF the dead OF the
Washington Artillery.
revival meeting was begun a; the
Main street Baptist Church, Blandfo-d
sunday night. by the Rev. a. y. Money
missionary worker and evangelist
OF Charleston. w. Va. For many years
Mr.. Money WAS an actor on the Aineri-
can stage.
The special board of directors OF the
Central State Hospital met Yesterday
and ordered some improvements on
the two farm colonies.
small fire occurred yesterday on
the roof OF the bakery at the Central
tinEuishcd with very slight damage
Miss Ruby May Glass. youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ii. G.. Glass,
OF FRINGE George City. died this morn
ing IN the Petersburg Hospital after
~, 6riet illness. The funeral will be
George, At o'clock Thursday after
terry.
An effort was made by burglars 10
hreak into the residence of S. A. Rid
out. In Wynne Street. last night. hut
thsy were frightened away.
me Petersburg Rotary Club will
take supper at'Waverly Thursday night
and attend the Know Your Neichbor"
meeting to be held there
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-10
DANV|LLLE MARKET OPENS
WITH T0P-N0TCH FIGURES
Sales Small on Account of Urgent
Advice to Farmers to Hold
Back Curings.
CIGARETTE BRANDS IN DE,1A ND
Veteran Dealer Declares He Has
Not Seen Such Appetite for This
Variety OF Tobacco in Forty
Years.
Especial to The Tlmes.Disnatch. !

ISpcClal 10 j ne IifncS-DlgDat ch.1
DANVII.I.t.. Sept with an exccp-
tionally keen demand for ali cigar
cite tohaccos. tho 'Danvillc tobacco
season opened this morning with sales
In AL or the eight city warehouses
About $1,000 pounds were DISPOSED
of at an average Of 800
some good leafy priminEs brought
rs high as 500. the top notch" price.
IL vas noted that common and incdi-
urn grades did not bring as much as
during the closing days Of the last
season.
One long established dealer stated
that he had not in forty years seen
Such an appetite for cigarette brands
While the independent buyers were
on hand In force when the tobacco
oeiis began to ring. only one large
hrm was represented
The sales wore small for the opcnin.
or the season, th!, being due 10 the
urgent advice TO farmers 10y ware
honsemcn to withhold their curings
until the full array OF buyers is on
hand. Many OF these buyers are still
on the South Carolina market which
was disturbed when the freight en-
barge was laid
Tobacco auctionccrs were agreed
that prices OF good tobacco were con
sidcrablE higher than they were at
the opening Of last years. season
Little OF the weed is expected here
for the next ten days. but after that
the offerings arc expected 10 matcr!-
ally increase in bulk.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-10
DEATHS IN VIRGINIA
Frederick Nuckols BowIes.

Frederick Nuckols Bowles, after n
long and painful illness. died or Aua
gust 90. at his home at Vontay, Han
over County. and was buried at the
family hurying grounds on Saturday.
August 30. He was norn on July II.
1883. He died surrounded by his
widow. Mrs. Mollie Elizabeth Bowles.
and six daughters. Mrs. Ben Levy. Mrs.
j. L. Weber. Mrs. j. O. James Mrs
J. I. Whitlock. Mrs. H. A. Bailey, Mrs.
j. NJ. Kawele; two sons J. w Bowles
and F.. H. Bowles. all OF Richmond; also
twenty-five grandchildren and two
great grandchildren, of Pocatello.
Idaho. and two sisters. Mrs. Ella Cock
rane and IAallie I'D. Nuckols. and one
brother. ]. W 5owles. ali OF Vontay,
Hanover County, Va