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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
CHEAPER COAL IMPOSSIBLE,

Des Moines, Iowa.-Coal prices
will not be lower in Iowa and they
may go higher, Charles Webster,
formerly state fuel administrator,
declared in a statement issued
here. Congestion of traffic during
the winter months when the rail-
roads were unable to operate Mt
full capacity is largely to blame for
high coal prices, he said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
40 Dresses at $9.75

These are of satin, serge and
velveteen trimmed with braid or
buttons. Mostly but one or two
of kind. Some were originally
marked twice as much.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
Sturdy White Goods

27-inch mercerized white pop
lin, 40c and SOC yard.
34-inch uniform linene, 35c a
yard.
A finer uniform cloth, SO inches
wide, is SOC and 60c a yard.
Fine twill gabardine, SO inches
wide, Csc, 75c and 81 yard.
Fine cord pique, SO inches wide,
58c, CSC and 81 yard.
Fancy white lawns, q inches
wide, 18c and 22c a yard.
(CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
A Jaunty Tie :
Mems Suits in the Right Weight
for Right Now

Al-around good business suits you'll pronounce this
special collection of 290 suits Some from our own
Stocks and bought at essened prices On all
the suits savings vary from SIS to $3.50.
They are suits in every particular
with pure wool fabrics careful cutting and conscientious
making first essentials The styles rather conserva-
tive though there plenty of waisne coats for the
younger Fancy mixed chevots the materials used
and you will find splendid field for choice in the brown
green and gray mixtures. Fittings in all regular sizes
S5 suits S22
100 suits $23.5O
1O5 suits S26.50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
OBSERVE GOLDEN WEDDING
Orkney Street Couple showered With
\ Gifts on Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mccain, N.,
2748 North OrkneN street. today were
showered with gifts and congratulations
by friends and relatives. the occasion
Fifty years ago. Mr.. Mccain mar
led Miss Alice Seery, in Preston, Eng
land. They came to Philadelphia ten
wears later. Mr. Mccain is seventy
three years old and Mrs -sicCann is
sixty-eieht. They have nine children
and twenty y-tlree grandchildren. all liv-
ipR. Mr. Mccann IL still active as a
bridge builder.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
Two Dainty
NightgOwns
Special at $1.50

They are simply made, but their
daintiness lies in their soft ma
I terials. Both are slip-over
"nighties" of white nainsook; one
style with a plain casing and shir-
ring; the other hemstitched and
shirred in color.
= tCentrAD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
FIFTH OF REGISTRANTS ALIENS
e2,b46 Foreigners Among l,Ol3
Signers i'm Draft Here

More than one-fifth of the 441.013
men between the ages of eighteen and
forty-hve years registered In the city of
philadelphia under the draft law. were
aliens. The whole number of aliens reg
istered in the city was 92.646. being 2S
per cent. of tn. .otal
This information was made public in
Harrisburg last night by Major Muir
idoch, head of the draft in Pennsylvania
The totals by local draft boards are as
follows:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
A New School Term
Is Beginning and
Supplies Are
Needed

The Commercial Stationery
section in the Down Stairs Store
makes speciality of school sup
plies, with the result that gram
mar school pupils, girls or boys in
high school and even students in
college may secure their supplies
here.
Anything from paper clips to
mechanical drawing outfits may
be secured all in the one section.
(Central)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
White Crepe
BlOOmers at 75c,
Special

Of sturdy white crepe with
elastic at the waist and knees.
(CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
Silk-TOp
Combination Suits
for Women

They are of finely ribbed white
cotton with a top of pink or white
glove silk. Low neck, sleeveless
style with band tops and tight
knees. $1.50 suit.
(CentraD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
Special Groups of Frocks
at Little Prices
80 Dresses at S12

| 80 Dresses at $12
Twill serge frocks with Russian
blouses or double tier skirts.
Others are quite plainly tailored.
Navy and black, principally.
95 Dresses at SIS
These are all-serge dresses;
some are trimmed with braid,
some have embroidered panels on
the skirts, some, show roll collars
of satin.
100 Crepe Meteor Dresses
IN at $23.75
Very Close to Wholesale
Beautiful new frocks of soft,
lovely silk made in eight different
styles. They are in soft wood
browns, navy and Copenhagen
blues, >taupe, green and black and
are especially suited to women
who like good materials and con-
servative styles. They are
trimmed with self-covered but
tons, with braid or with beads.
Bodices are lined with silk and
there, are sizes 16 to "A.
Pretty Frocks of Taffeta
start at $16.75 for a fresh and
rustling frock with deep, pointed
overskirt and go, with pleasant
stops, at $24.75, $29.75 and $3.50
to $42.50.
Irket)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01
Children's Blankets

are soft and warm. They are
made of thick cotton blanketing
in blue or pink with figures Of
bow knots, teddy bears or bun
nies, and the blankets are reversi-
BILE.
Size 80 40 inches is 81.
Size SO X 80 inches is $1.75.
Warm Sleeping Garments
Gray or white feece-lined cot
ton sleeping garments with feet
are REINFORCED where they would
be likely to stretch.
For girls or boys of / year to 3
years, they are $1.25; up to 3
years, $3.50.
(CeptraD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09

Alabama, long laureled as prollhc producer of cotton and cane, has re- versed gears and. like Georgia, is devei- oping into 8 producer of pork products Favored with mild climate, cheap lands, keen home markets. and long growing season which permits of making pork in- expensively on forage crops, the state is right on the heels of some of the corn belt regions in emphasizing the importance of MT. Hog as premier mortgage litter. Furthermore, in CO., operative hog marketing, Alabama is rly- aling Denmark.
 From July 1, 1918, to June 30, 1919, AZ counties in Alabama marketed 32l9 car loads of hogs, of which 119o12 carloaas consisted of 2 cooperative shipments These figures do not include all the hogs sold in or exported from Alabama dur ing this period as a large number were marketed by auto truck or wagon at the stcckyards in Montgomery and Birmlng- ham, as well as at two packing piahts in the state. It was impossible to oo- tain accurate figures on hogs not shipped by railroad
 representative of the tinted states department of agriculture reports that as accurately as he can estimate the 4l Alabama counties mentioned disposed or 5000 and 6OO0 sars of hogs in the year. He lays special stress on the fact that the Alabama county agents were lnstruneh- tai. either directly or indirectly, m mar keting the majority of these fat swine Franklin county farmers shipped 47s cars of hogs comparatively while Henry county hog rasers disposed of IA car, loads. Barbour county producers sold l9o carloads. and Butler county countrymeh marketed IF loads. Montgomery county ma arketed only F cars of hogs cooper ativelv. while altogether it sold approx
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
The Cotton Plant

The cotton plant has made possible ragless and strawless paper, cocoonless silk, creamless ice cream, cowless but ter and hogless lard The south already clothes the world she is also able to ! feed 1t. We do not propose it; we do not want 1t, but if necessary, we are entirely able, with plenty for ourselves and much to spare, to make a confess, a wheat? less and hogless south, and I want to go on record with this prediction, that m1ddle-aged men and women now liv- ing will see the time when cotton seed flour will take higher place on the tables of all the world u an the less nutritive and less palatable corn and wheaton pro- ducts.
 What royal plant it is. The world waits in attendance on it's growth. The showers that fall whispering on it's leaves are heard around the earth. The sun that shines upon it is tempered by the prayers of all the people. The frosts that chill it and the dews that descend from the stars are noted.. and the tres pass of little worm upoH it's green leaf means more to England and to English homes than the advance of a Russian army upon her Osian frontier It is gold from the time it puts forth it's tiniest shoot. It's foliage recks the sombre earth in emerald sheen. Its blossoms reflect the brilliant hues of sunset skies in southern climes and put to shame the loveliest rose; and when loosing it's snowy fleeces to the sun, it floats banner that glorifies the field of the humble farmer, that man is marshalled under flag that will compel the allegiance of the world and dring tribute from every nation on the earth. It's fibre is current in every bank in the world. It's oil adds luxury to lordly banquets in noble halls and brings comfort to lowly homes in every cline. Its flour gives to man food richer in health-producing value than any the earth has ever known and a curative agent long sought and found in nothing else Its meal is food for every beast that bows to do mans labor from Norway's frozen peaks to Africa's parched plains.
 It is heritage that God gave to this people. when He arched the skies. es- tablished our mountains girded us about with oceans, loosed the breeze, tempered the sunshine and measured the rain Ours and our childrens forever and forever and no princelier talent ever came from His omnpotent hand to mor@ steward ship.-Col. Jo w. Allison. in his book. "The Value of Cotton Seed Products in Feeding Farm Animals"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
CRUSADE FOR BETTER SIRES

The campaign which the United States department of agriculture, in CO., opera ton with the state agricultural colleges and other agencies, began on October againnst the scrub sire. has created so much interest and has resulted in so many inquiries being received by the depart- ment that the following list of typical questions and answers has been prepared to inform more fully concerning the drive for Better Sires-- Better Stock.
 Question. Need person keep all the classes of live stock in order to take part in the crusade?
 Answer By no means. He may keep only one class or several classes.
 Question. If a person has no live stock but wishes to join the campaign, may he 1e eilIo,led?
 Answer. No: not until he becomes the owner of sive stock. The person with even one breeding animal, however. is eligible. If d male it must be good pure bred If a female, it may ee of any quality, but must be bred to a good pure-bred sire.
 Question. If person enrolls and then finds it too difficult to comply with the requirements may be withdraw?
 Answer Yes, he may withdraw by re- turning the official emblem, with an eX- planation of the circumstances. But per sons contemplating such course are advised to defer enrollment until they caa comply with the conditions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09

1 insurance policy that he can continue raising a variety of corn that has proved it's merits. If he neglects this oppor- tunity of providing himself with good { supply of the right kind of seed, he may have to start over with variety that he knows nothing about, that may not be adapted to his locality or his land, that may bring with it some disease or insect pest, and that in any event, he will have
 to experiment with for several seasons
 before he knows what it will do for him
 and what he must do with it.
 The saving of seed corn from crop of
 the right kind is a matter of importance
 everywhere, but more particularly so in the northern portion of the country. That
 is where the vicissitudes of the seasons are most likely to bring about a soft crop. There. also, low vitality means the heaviest handicap. The south, with its long growing season, might sometimes af- ford corn crop that gets away to slew start but in the north every day counts, from the time the corn is put in the ground until the crop is safely har- vested. Anywhere, however. the saving of the right kind of seed has a direct and important bearing on production.
 The department of agriculture believes that every farmer can better afford to take the time, however much his labor may seem to be needed elsewhere, to se- lect at least two years supply ot seed corn from this years crop, than to run the risk of ,being caught, spring after next with no suitable corn to plant, with the resultant delay, annoyance and actual reduction of yield. The day or so that the farmer puts in selecting his seed corn will probably be the most profitable days work he does in the whole year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
ALABAMA RIVALS DENMARK

imately 300 loads, this county being one of the leading pork producing sections of the state Furthermore, Autauga county shows only 12 cars shipped cooperative ly, while it has sold over 200 carloads of fat hogs all told. One farmer in this county marketed $550O worth of hogs at Montgomery, using motor trucks to move the porkers from his farm to the stock yards.
 State and federal experts believe there will be a material increase in the amount of pork produced as well as in the carlot shipments of hogs from Alabama this year, despite the increased interest and acreage in cotton brought about by high prices. Apparently the squealing shote has detained ae Alabama for long and prosperous stay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09

The 1919 corn crop is a wonderful crop
 most of the country it is well developed,
 fully matured, hard and sound-just the
 sort of corn that fellow can bank on
 for a good stand and big yield.
 But it takes time to select seed corn. You are busy Some other job is calling you before you finish the one you are at You guess you will not take the time to select any seed corn to speak of
 All right-it's your business. But think ahead a little. Imagine that it is the spring of 1921. The year 1920, say, was a poor corn year. Frost came early and nearly all Of the corn was soft. You haven't any that is fit to plant The busy spring season is at it's busiest. scores of things are calling to be done at once You have to hitch up the horse or crank the car and start SCOUT ing the county for some man who has a crib of old corn. Probably you fail to find him and have to wait while the agent or somebody "sends down south" and gets you some hard corn to plant Some waste of time connected with that process, isn't there? After you get it, perhaps it is unadapted to your locality and yields poor crop of lm- mature corn.
 That is one of the reasons why the corn experts of the United States depart ment of agriculture urge farmers to se- feet out of this years crop enough seed corn to meet their needs for two or three years. No farmer, particularly in the northern portion of the United States. has time not to do it.
 Still, the mere saving of time is not the only reason. By getting two or three years supply of seed corn out of crop like this, the farmer takes out an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
Ely MRS. JOHN c. MOSES Mississippi City, Miss.

When foreign live stock is imported
 into the United States, the animals-irre-
 spective Of variety worth or health guar
 anty-invariably are held in quarantine
 at the port of debarkation until the gov ernment authorities are convinced that these animals are free from disease what applies to the entry of foreign live { stock is also applicable to the movement | Of the farm fowl from tfie range to win
 ter quarters. At this time is is essential 1 10 assure the health of the hens during
 the winter. as only robust and vigorous | fowls will produce a profitable and con- unuous flow of eggs No matter how well bird is bred or how excellently she is fed, she can not help but decline Tn egg production if she is constantly annoyed by pestiferous lice and mites or is debilitated by disease.
 More than 40 distinct species of lice infest domestic poultry. of which seven species have selected the hen as an ideal host on which to prey. Body lice head lice, and feather lice, which interrningle
 to great extent and which have com mon habits, are the most destructive to hen happiness These species never leave the bodies or feathers of the fowl AL though differing somewhat in size and appearance, they all are equipped with peculiarly arranged legs, which facilitate 1eaInerS. They are armed with sharp, strong biting
 mouth, but, unlike the red and gray mites, are not equipped for sucking blood: instead, they feed on portions of the feathers, and on scales from the skin Inasmuch as poultry lice remain on the fowls nearly all the time, the most ef- facious treatments are those which are applied directly to the birds Sodium flouride a powder which can be pur- chased from most drug stores, is an effic- tive remedy. being exceedingly roison- ous to all kinds of poultry lice. It should be applied by placing a small amount of powder-as much can be held between the thumb and fnger-among the feathers next to the skin, on the head. neck, back under the wings, on the breast. below the vent, and at the case of the tail The operator should exercise care not to inhale any of the powder, as it irritates the nose and throat.
 Blue ointment is another effective rem edy. In using it apply a small portion a piece about the size of a pea-with the fingers around only the vent of the fowl and not on the body or under the
 wings. Special care should be exercised
 in handling this ointment as it is ex- tremely poisonous.
 If mercural ointment. similar prepa- ration, is used, it should be dilute dwith
 one-half the quantity of vaseline or lard.
 Lice powders Of various sorts are also on
 the market and may oftentimes be used
 with good results. They should be well
 dusted into the feathers. working the
 material in with the fingers, especially
 under the wings and around the vent to
 make sure it reaches the skin. If all the
 lice are not killed by the first treatment
 the fowl should be dusted again in
 week or 10 days and as often afterwards
 as necessary.
 One of the best and most effective
 ways that I have found of ridding the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
Bullock Boys Busy

The State Fair to be held in Birming- ham in October is serving a practical end in connection with the work of the boys pig clubs organized over the state by the Alabama extension service. For the first time in the history of the state fairs in Alabama. work of the organ ized pig clubs has been officially recog- nized and attractive prizes provided for the successful contestants.
 It is, of course, matter of satisfac- tion to raise princely porker at an att tractive profit. It is. however. much more satisfactory to have the stamp ,of merit placed upon the product in the shape of generous premium at fair exhibit. This seems to be the opinion of the pig club boys down in Bullock county, who have completed their plans for sending a solid carload of meat hogs all to grade No. 1, to compete for the s100 prize offered by the fair assoc citation at Birmingham. It is an enter prising step and is bound to attract the attention of other pig clubs over the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
Squabs for the Market

Squabs are ready for market usually from 31A to 4a weeks of age, and up to this time they are fed by their parents. They must be sent to market promptly, as the period during which they are in best condition rarely exceeds one week. According to poultry specialists, squabs are in good market condition when fully feathered under the wings which is usu- ally about the time they begin to leave the nest. If they are rot killed at this time they soon lose their baby fat and their flesh begins to harden.
 Catch the squabs to be marketed in the morning before they are fed by their parents so that their crops will be empty Sduabs are usually killed in the same manner as poultry, by cutting the arteries in the back part of the roof of the mouth and piercing the brain, but if sent to market without pluckng they are usually killed by wringing or, break ing the neck. After they are stuck tho feathers are immediately pucked clean, with the exception of the head, and the birds are cooled either by placing them in cold water or by hanging them in a cool place. The crop should be cut open and thoroughly cleaned if it contains any feed.
 Squabs should be graded according to size and quality, as dark -colored and small squabs tend to lower the price paid for an entire shipment of mixed squabs. They are usually packed for shipment in good supply of cracked ice, breasts up with paraffin paper between each layer of ice and squabs.
 As the period at which squab Is right Tor market is not over one week, it is l necessary to have good-sized flock to ! have over one dozen squabs ready for market at one time A local market which will take any number of squabs is great aid to the small producer. Where one has a small flock it usually pays best to build it up until it is large enough to make good shipments of squabs. This however, requires a constant out lay without any return for some time.
 The production of squabs from each pair of breeders varies from 1 or ? to as high as 10 or Il pairs q year, but average of from to pairs is a fair esti- mate, although some squab breeders do better than this. Squabs usuGly sell at the highest prices during cold weath- CT, as pigeons do not breed as freely dur ing the winter as during the spring.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
Movable Schools

F. J. Burlescn. in charge of movable schools of the Alabama extension ser vice, has just returned from Lauderdale county, where, through the medium of representatives of the extension service, a school session has been held in CO., operation with a large community fair. The fair was held at Grassy, about 15 miles back from the railroad, on Sep tember 26-27, and included as well the communities of Powell Lexington. An deyson and Union Prof T w. Bulling- ton, principal of the community school at Grassy, was president of the fair and it was through his cooperation with C. l.. Hollingsworth. farm demonstration agent, and Mrs. Mamie Spratins, home demonstration agent, both of Florence, that the four or five hundred people in attendance at the fair received the bene-s fit of the school.
 Among the speakers, in addition to those already mentioned, were c. NJ Mauldin, district farm demonstration agent for north Alabama, and E. L.. Deal, farm demonstration agent of Col bert county, Among the subjects es- pecially, discussed were the importance of seed selection, particularly in crops of corn and cotton; the value of cover crops; cooperative marketing and the judging of live stock.
 Special interest was added to the pro- grarme D: using as illustrations in the lectures the exhibits which had been as- sembled by the farmers and which were used to illustrate the points to be driven home. There were farm products, garden products, orchard products, canned pro- ducts. Hi.ll live stock and poultry in abundance. Special prizes were awarded to the club boys in their hog and corn exhibits and to the club girls in their canning work. On Friday night the ex- tension servidf provided~a picture show. the reels displayed being those on the house fly ane the dairy cow.
 The fair ard the school proved happy combination, the one furnishing crowd for the special information and scientific data supplied by the other. At no time could the schoolroom accommodate those who desired to participate in the proceed ings
 The next movable school held by the extension service will be held at Ryals, in Morgan county, October 16-l7.