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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
GET RID OF RATS

Last night" writes Tennessee
poultry keeper, 81 lost 81 White
Wyandotte chickens. Rats did it.
Take small chuck steak, and broii
rather rare. While the steak is
steaming hot, squeeze about one-half
of the contents of vial of phosphor-
us rat paste over it. Spread this on
the steak with a knife, holding the
steak with a fork, so as to keep off
the human scent. The steak is then
cut into very small pieces and put in
a cigar box, which is inclosed in an
old soap box that has had two-inch
holes cut in both ends at opposite
corners. This placed under barn
floor has been successful in entirely
discriminating rats for one season.
II is well to advise that dogs and cats
that have any value be confined for
a couple of days after the poison has
been put out.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
ONE SMITH COUNTY ORCHARD

"a certain orchard in this county
containing about $50 trees appears TO
have absolutely no San Jose Scale,
but was very badly affected with all
kinds of rots, scabs, blotch, and codl-
ing moth" writes Smith County
man. Would it be advisable to use
bordeaux mixture straight thru as a
fungicide? OF course arsenate OF
lead should be added at proper time
for eodling moth. Many limbs show
canker spots. Would it be well to
use a copper-sulphate solution with,
out lime as a dormant spray to XIII
out as many of the fungus spores as
possible?" :. -,
Bordeaux mixture, if desired,
could be used straight thru as a
fungicide for the control OF practl-
cally all fungus diseases. CONNER
cial lime-sulphur, diluted at the rate
of / part of concentrated solution to
AS to SO gallons of water, also mas
germicidal properties and VIII controi
practically every fungus disease e 0f
cent bitter blotch and bitter rot VI
course. when it is diluted to TINS eX-
tent it does not control the San Jose
scale. The control of the San Jose
scale requires a more concentrated
spray: in other words, one part Oh u
concentrated solution to 81 to III
gallons of water which should be ap,-
5lied in the spring before growth
starts The best remedy for canker
spots is to cut out the infected por,-
ton Then disinfect the tool WIN
copper sulphate solution to prevent
the s,?read of this disease to soona
branches
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
THREE FARM ,-,oNc

Employment for rainy days ana
parts of days should be provided Tor
the hired men on the farm; II TINS
is done, by keeping the work well up
to schedule, some Saturday after
Moons and circus days may be allow
ed off. No farm hand considers a
rainy day spent by him in loa1ing as
a vacation even tho his pay goes on
There has been some inquiry con con,
corning the best type Of organi7ataao3in
for cooperative threshing, and sllo MI MI
mo Some sections of the State are
showing progressive ideas along along TINS inns
line. while in others but little pas
been done. This is an unusually
GOOD method of securing addltionai
labor during rush seasons. ,;.n
Any member of the Boys y, W orklng
Reserve who served faithfully on
farm last season should be gwen an
opportunity to duplicate the perlo nd
nance again this year. When placed
with the right farmer even lnexperr-
enced town boys will give surprising
ly good service.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
America Leader
of the Worlds
Merchant Marine

The United States Shipping Board
issues the following statement:
cat the opening of the European
war, the very little seagoing tonnage
operating under the American flag
carried only 81 per cent of the ex-
ports and imports of this country.
Today the American merchant marine
comprises 46 per cent of all shipping
plying between our own and foreign
ports. Moreover, this new and
rapidly increasing feet now repre-
sents nearly one-ffth of the entire
seagoing tonnage of the world.
Although very large number OF
our ships are still absorbed by Army
and Navy needs, there being on
January 81 a total of 302 vessels
diverted to Army requirements and
81 to the Navy, yet we had enough
of shipping left to mack an omport-
ant showing in overseas commerce.
Tables prepared by the Shipping
Boards Division of Planning and
Statistics show that on January 81
there were employed in overseas
service under the American flag a
total of 752 vessels, aggregating
1861 39 gross tons.
"This fleet includes 351 freighters,
"a freight and passenger vessels, 3
freight and refrigerator vessels, Z
freight, passenger, and refrigerator
ships, GOLFERS, II steam tankers,
and 230 sailing vessels.
"When the Army and the Navy re-
turn to the Shipping Board the 353
ships which they are now operating,
the ,.mf1ereial feet under the
Amerie m fiaewill be augmented by
1,873,521 gross tons, equivalent to
2,434,017 lightweight tons"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
CLOTH MADE FROM PINEAPPLE
FIBER VERY POPULAR IN CHINA

Aside from its edible qualities the
pineapple is little known in tins
country, says the April Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. In China, how
ever, it is especially cultivated for
the use of the leaves in making
cloth. The fiber is extracted from
the leaves by simple process, and
made into thread. 1t is then run
onto bobbins and spools, and is ready
for weaving, the old native looms be-
ing employed.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
pIuvERIZING ATTACHMENT
FOR FLOWS is BIG HELP

An attachment for a pillow, shown
in the April Popular Mechanics
Magazine. breaks up the soil as 1t is
t,rne1 hack in making furrow
The. extra power required to pull the
plow so equipped is said to be sur.
prisingly small, and the necessity OF
going over the ground with a pulver-
;zer is entirely done away with. me
new feature consists of three curved
knives projecting through slots IN
the moldboard of the pillow at sucn an
angle that they slice the soil as 1t Is
t,rned backk. The knives are pivot
ed to suitable supports on the PACK
side of the moldboard, and are held
in the proper position by means Oh
coil springs.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02

is cool.
Potatoes do best on rich, sandy
loan, which contains plenty of
humus. An ideal condition is to
have potatoes follow clover. Cover
the clover sod with heavy dressing
of manure and turn under in the fall.
Where the clover sod is not available,
apply manure to soil in fall and pillow
deeply. Leave in the rough until
spring and either pillow again or disk.
Fresh manure should not be applied
in the spring, as it causes the soil to
dry out too rapidly and also causes
potatoes to develop scab.
A good commercial fertilizer
should be used. Three hundred
pounds of acid phosphate, SO pounds
muriate of potash, and 400 pounds
cottonseed meal to the acre makes a
good fertilizer for potatoes. This
should be broadcasted and narrowed
in
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
Farm News in
East Tennessee
WHAT PIG CLUB BOYS DO

In explaining the pig club member
ship possibilities for the boys of
Henderson County the county agent
says something that will interest
farmers in other parts of the State
where pig clubs are being organized.
He says:
"Last year only breeding hogs
were produced by the club boys.
This year we plan to add porkers to
the list. Each boy may produce one
or more meat hogs.
eve expect one, and perhaps more
carloads of meat hogs to be shipped
to the market about the last week in
September. There are two reasons
for this-(1) the market is generally
higher at this time than at any other
time during the season; (2) hogs can
be finished very cheaply for that
market.
"When ready for the market we
expect porkers to weigh from 200 to
$500 pounds. They should be fed
from August on corn and soy beans
largely. This feed may be utilized
in two ways; the best method is to
have it fenced separately and turn
them on it; the next best plan is to
cut it from nearby field and throw
it to them.
"The pig club enrolment is grow
ing rapidly. Each boy will be expect
ed to make a record and report as
was done last year. Prizes will be
given as usual"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
CYPSIES USE ELECTRIC
WASHING MACHINE

Up-to-date gypsies no longer travel
in the old-fashioned covered wagons
but now tour the country in auto
mobiles, but the last word in their
modern equipment is shown in the
April Popular Mechanics Magazine
where a band of them are using an
electric washing machine, driven by
power generated by one OF their
automobiles.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
coILAPsIBLE PERISCOPE
FOR USE IN CROWDS

Now that the wartime use OF tne
periscope has passed, it is hndlng
adaptation in a variety of ways
Among the latest is a coilapslole
periscope, shown in the April Popular
Mechanics Magazine, designed to
give short person in a crowd we"
of passing parade. 1t consists OF
case, having a mirror set at the
proper angle at either end, which can
ha extended to a length of 2 it., OF
more, by reason of a bellows connect
ing the two neds. With the device
heightened, the mirrors are exposed
co that the user can see over the
ehads of a crowd without difficulty
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
FOWLS QUICKLY PLUCKED
WITH VACUUM MACHINE

A machine of the vacuum type for
plucking fowls is described and illus
trated in the April Popular Mechanics
Magazine. With it, it is said, per-
son can remove all the feathers, dry,
from an average-sized bird in about
five minutes. A motor-driven fan
creates suction in a large flexible tube
at the free end of which is special
plr1tking apparatus. Once loosed,
the feathers pass through the tube
into large receptacle overhead.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
AERIAL HUNTER GOES
CUNNING FOR WHALES

With his airplane equipped with
machine gun, an army lieutenant re-
Gently went out on a whale-hunting
expedition, says the April Popular
Mechanics Magazine. Flying at an
altitude of about a thousand feet
above the Pacific Ocean, the airman
saw his quarry about four miles out
at sea, and swooped down before the
great animal could submerge. A
short round from themachine gun
was sufficient, and motorboat was
soon on it's way to pick up the car
cass, which yielded the hunter con-
siderable profit.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
FRENCH Filler MAKES LANDING
ON ROOF OF STORE IN PARIS

Landing his plane on the roof of
Paris department store won for Jules
Vedrines, French airman, $4,000
prize. A photograph in the April
Popular Mechanics Magazine shows
the plane on the roof, six stories
above ground, after the successful
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
GROWING IRISH POTATOES

The Irish potatoe is by far the
n,,st important If all vegetable crops
grown. 1t is grown in every state IN
the Union and is found every day on
the tables of al classes. Further
more. it is in season every day IN the
The Irish potato is cool season
crop. 1t is grown in Tennessee dur
ing the cool weather Of the spring
r ,,e and is usually successful as
. fall crop, particularly if the season
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02

Germany" SO a jeweler in an Indiana
town decided that it was time that
the bird in his clock should be
"naturalized," says the April Popular
Mechanics Magazine. When he had
finished alterations, the bird came
forth and whistled Bob White" like
a native American.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02

landing. The space inside the para
pet had been cushioned with sand
bags during the afraid period, and
the landing was made with only slight
damage to the machine and none
whatever to the airman.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
LEATHER sUPERSEDES PAINT
AS FINISH FOR AUTO-BODY

A new fashion in automobiles has
anpeared in the West, leather being
used as a finish for the bodies, ac-
cording to the April Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. Both Spanish and
natent leather are used, even the
shock absorbers and tenders being
covered in some instances. Wiping
off with a sponge is all the attention
needed to kekep it in good condition
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02

More than score of daily news
papers in the United States are own
ed and actively managed by women.
Nitrostarch, more compact than
the allied nitrocellulose or gun cotton
seems to promise great efficiency as
blasting explosive.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02

Alaska Indians of Hydaburg,
native village near Juneau, are lssu7
ing a paper, the New Native.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02

Dumdun1 bullets were invented at
Dumdum, near Calcutta.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-04-02
JEWELER "NATURALIZES"
BIRD IN CUCKOO CLOCK

Cuckoo clocks, once so popular
were for the most part made IN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
3 OF CREW OF 29
OF BELGIAN SHIP
BROUGHT TO LAND

st Johns, n. F.. December 30-Three
exhausted and half frozen men. sole sur
vivors of the crew of 20 of the Belgian
steamer Anton Van Driel were brought
fhere today on the steamer Ingraham For
two days and two nights the three men
had chung to the wreck of their steamer
as it lay on the Jagged rocks that barred
the entrance to ST Marys bay. They had
watched the death of their comrades and
felt the ship beneath them give way piece
by piece under the merciless pounding of
a terrific sea which swept necessarily over
them
The rescue % the three survivors was
accomplished by the Ingraham against
tremendous Odds The spot where the
Anton Van Driel was wrecked is mass
Of rocks and Lodges extending far to sen
on the foot Of precipitous cliffs. It was
regarded by sailors as inaccessible to any
craft except in the calmest weather AMI
the great storm which brought doom to
the Belgian ship was still raging when
the 1ngraham arrived. Attempt after at
tempt was made by the rescuers to reach
the wreck ana each time they were
beaten back By the furious sea. 1t was
only after hours Of effort and at the i'm
minent peril of their lives that the men
of the Ingrahar- reached the three sur
vivors and brought them to safety.
Shortly after the Anton Van Driel was
hurled on the rocks on Sounday evening
the lifeboats were launched in an at
tempt to make he brief journey through
the giant breakers to the shore. Almost
instantly the boats We're swept away
and dashed to pieces against the cliffs.
Four men had preferred to stick to the
wreck and fifth by freak of the waves,
was swept back 20 the deck of the steam
er after the lifenoat in which he had en-
barlled was smashed. The remaining p
were drowned.
Throughout Sunday night and Monday
the FIRE chung desperately to the bridge
of Che wreck Overhead the fisher folk
on the mainland watched their battls for
life from the toys of the cliffs powerless
to aid On Monday afternoon two of the
survivors lost consciousness and were in
stantly swept to their deaths. The re-
naming three held out for nearly "a hours
longer and were saved.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
: I Is 81 BARRELs POISON SEIZED

A conversation between bartender and
fraVman overheard by two internal rev
en,1e agents in an East Side saloon, led
tonight to the seizure of Is barrels of
denatured alcohol and the arrest of two
men in Brooklyn. Col. Daniel l., Porter,
supervising internal revenue agent, said
Ii the poisoned liquor had been consumed
as whisky it would easily have killed
$4,000 men,
The names of the men arrested are be-
ing withheld Colonel Porter said, until
his men have rounded up several others
who are believed to be connected with a
mot to sell the deadly liquor over New
York bars.
The drayman and his assistant, accord
ing to Colonel Porter told him that they
had delivered four barrels to an East
Side saloonkeeper, who when he discov-
cred that he had paid $4,000 for poison,
declared the deal off,
The revenue chief said he believed that
the men arrested had minor part in the
deal, but that they had given informa-
ton which he hoped would enable him
20 arrest four Italians who owned the
deadly liquor, and who had hired the
Ira ynan last Sunday night.
We'll catch the leaders in this deal -
continued Colonel Porter but this afro
oious plot should convince any man in
his right senses that it isn't safe to drink
The kind of stuff that is put over the
bars nowadays.
''Unscrupulous men, tempted by the I'M
believable high prices bootleggers will
pay for alcohol. are selling drinks that
will kill man as quickly as SO much
carbolic acid
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
TWO TRUCKMEN HELD

Chicopee, Mass, December 3o-sam
Darling and Max Saunders Hartford
truckmen. were arrested by Marshal
Caron Of the Crcopee police tonight on
charges of manslaughter, growing out or
the large. number of deaths in the Con-
necticut Valley as result of drinKlhs
whisky containing wood a1cohoi. IheS
we're held under $4,000 bond each.
According to Marshal Caron, Daring
and Saunders came to Chicopee to set
lie lp some business affairs and We're
met with warrants The two men are also
facing charges in Connecticut IN eormec-
tion with the poieon liquor cases.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
SIX DEAD: FIVE lie

Passaic, N. j., December 3o-Wood al
cohofs toll in Passaic today is six men
dead, one totally blind and probably will
die and four others dangerously ILL.,
John Preechnewchiz. tailor, told his
wife Just before he died that he had taken
two drinks in saloon and when the
police Investigated they found the pro-
prietor, Joseph Sudol, and his brother in
St. NJ ary's hospital, both poisoned and the
saloonkeeper blind. If he RECEIVERS, which
is unlikely, the police say he will be
charged with manslaughter. According TO
the police, Sudol has been selling home
made whisky
Micaael Molnar and Joseph Bliss died
tonight, victims of the poison. Molnar $
wife died in the general hospital today
from wood alcohol poisoning and the po-
lice oelieve that the husband, not knowing
what had caused the woman's ailmcnt,
took a drink of the liquor in his home
this morning He later went blind
The police tonight conducted city,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31

a crime hardened thug or an absolute
crime amateur.
The killing occurred in the moning,
during the heavy fog of Christmas Eve.
1t is presumed the deed was not pre-
med.tated. Possibly the murderer entered
the store with 10 evil intent, but seeiEs
his opportunity. with the neighborhood
envel1 ped in The mist. struck. Whatever
was TIE case the perpetrator of the crime
seems to have been irrevocably swal-
lowed by the fes that shrouded his deed.
To,lay the case viii be presented be-
fore the coroner, and will be followed by
others OF persons who met violent death
during the Christmas season. Other cases
due for analysis in the immediate future
are as follows:
70. IT, Moore. passenger and J. Z. Dea-
ton. motorman. victims of the street car
crash at East Lake in the fog on Deem
Der e. Arthur Earle, colored, run over
and killed by a rotor truck; William Nc
Chez. seolored. struck by a thrown stone.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
ASKED FOR AIMS BUT
TOOK HIS BANK ROLE
Man Held Up and Robbed By Negro
Man With Woman Accomplish,
Is Report

4. Henry Thomas OF 12O South Forty-ninih
street as held Up and robbed Of $40 last
night about 1870 o'clock at Fourteenth
street and Thisd alley by two unknown
negroes.
According to onicers Wyatt and Bur
kett, who investigated the hold-up'
Thomas stated to the police that he was
proceeding down Fourteenth street and
as he reached Third alley an old negro
woman stepped out and asked him for a
nickel to buy cup of coffee
Thomas stopped and while reaching for
the money, another negro pointed a gun
at the back of his head and commanded
him 10 hands up He needed the com
mand and the negro woman ransackea
his pockets, The negroes escaped.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
SIX MORE ARRESTED

New Haven. Conn, December So.-S,N
more arrests in connection with the sale
or MANUFACTURES of liquor constituted the
tangible developments in Connections 70,
dav IN the investigation of wood aicoho,
poison cases NJ. additional deaths haa
been reported. the list remaining at Az
in the state. 10 of them in HARTFORD.
GENTS of the department of justice and
notice raided a saloon in Hartford aha
arrested four men. Ten gallons OF WOOD
alcohol. a still end quantity OF raisins
and ca ramel were seized,
The men are charged with making II
Iicit whisky.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
ELECTION PLANNED
FOR NEW SCHOOL TAX

Anticipating the passage of the tax
amendment in Alabama. Commissioner J.
r. Hornady states an election viii he
called some time within the next so days
at which Bfrminsham voters will he asked
to vote on-the proposal to increase the tax
rate for school purposes. The new amend
men.s. apparently adopted by the citizens
of the state Monday, give each munich
pality the right to increase it's tax rate
from I to mills.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
Belated Taxpayers
Thr0ng Courthouse

Belated taxpayers thronged the court
house Tuesday. Today a greater number
are expected. for today is the last day
on which taxes may be assessed and
paid without penalty;
Some 1906 receipts We're made out yes
terday, some covering taxes sent by rail
1t was the biggest day in the history
Of the offices Of tax assessor and tax
collector. one result will be to keep
James Hawkins, tax collector, up ali
night in order TO handle the big bust
ness due today.
1t was found necessary. as the crowds
gathered and formed lines, to take on
extra clerks.
The rush on the collectors office was
edualed by the amount of business done
by d. e. McClendon, tax assessor. Both
offices are preparing for a trying time
tCday.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
FOUR FOUND DEAD

Philadelphia, December so.--Three wom-
en- and a man were found dead IN one
room of a rooming house here tonisn..
from alcoholic poisoning, but whether :,
was due to wood alcohol mas hot Se.
bean 6otermined by the authorities. one
Of the women Is supposed to have been
. Miss Wilson Ct New York IS years ola.
The others and the man lived in the room
ing house. ,,r
dead since Saturday, when they were last
seen .a
Andrew Wuczewski was found deao
early in the day from drinking coneo.-
ton believed to have contained wool
cohol. and Dominick McDonhei, uie az
6,hesser after drinking wood alcohol.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-12-31
FOURTEENTH DEATH

Chicago. December 30.-The four
teenth death here since Christmas from
the effects of drinking wood alcohol
was reported to the police today The
victim had been unconscious since
participating in a iChristmas eve party
City officials who today began an
investigation of the wave of blind
deaths, declared that federal legisla :
ton would be necessary to stamp out
the evil