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MOUNT OF LABOR
 REQUIRED BY CROPS
.,o,,Nr VARIES FOR DIFFERENT Fcpops AND FARMER SHOULD or INFORMED, SAYS A. D. Me- NAlR.
(Bv A. D. McNairl

Ton days of labor are required TOT
 ah acre of average cotton. though
 uov run less than this on sandy bils and with small crops, or 1t may
 considerably more on stiff, sllty ,,ls and with large crops.
 Three to four and half days of
 hor are ordinarily required for an I'd of corn. which is increased to
 . and a half or six if corn is cut bd shocked or put into silo.
 crops of wheat, oats, rye and bar
 require two to three and half
 i've, work per acre and rice four
 four and a half days, if we in- nde the pumping, irrigating and fuel bndling.
 Sweet and Irish potatoes require
 n to 12 days work per acre; sor- hmm molasses 15 to 20 days, includ- the grinding, fuel handling and soking. and strawberries require 30
 35 days per acre.
 If farmer has 15 acres of cotton,
 acres of corn and three acres of
 ts it is easy to calculate that he ill require about 200 days of labor
 raise and harvest these. crops, but
 the farmer has children, part of kis work will be performed by them. i The amount of horse labor on crops Aries considerably, but not as great
 as the man labor. The work on btton is equivalent to that on one brse or mule for four and half Or ye and a half days, and on wheat nd other small grains to about three hys, on corn four to five days. l Every farmer ought to know how kuch labor is required for each crop, hd when that labor is needed for 1t only by such knowledge that good bmbination of crops can be properly Banned
 Farm horses and mules work only bout 100 days per year at produc- I've work but must eat 365 days. thich shows the need of better plan. |ing and this can be done if farm IS will keep record of the time bent on crops and other farm enter rises.
 Probably the greatest loss on the hrm is that which arises from he waste or the inefficient use of De time of men and mules. Time is De stuff of which life is made, and waste of time is waste of life |self with all its wonderous possi- hlities.
 There is a wonderful opportunity to |tilize the time of men and teams hd "where there is will there Is a |ay'
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FROM woop,e L. MURDOCH

Mrs. Jas. B. Hood of Brickeys is in receipt of the following letter from her brother. Woodie Murdock, who is with the A. F.. F. in France:
 Langres. France. Dec. 24. Dearest Sister:
 December 24, one day from Xmas and at present I am strict middling. Here's hoping all are the same. Sun day received my first over sea mail namely, one card from Jimmy, Ed ward, yourself and a letter from Mrs. H. J. O. All written while at the Peabody and dated November 26 or 29. Was certainly glad to hear from all. and to know that Spanish influenza has not visited. Also, you are saving Xmas gift in francs" The above mentioned mail was forwarded to me from G. Fl. c. Cat ChaumonD for the G. H. Q. is now in Coblenz. Germany.
 The P. 0. order mentioned in mothers letter has never showed up. Here's hoping 1t finds it way back to avoid losing s25. Anyway, l do not need any money now, because what I could buy in the States for $1 costs s5 here. These frogs are getting rich off the American boys. and absolutely refuse to donate, except for dire necessities. That means merely tooth paste and tooth paste ONLY.
 Expect to be back in March or April, but can't tell. Here's hoping, anyway Win be as full of news ss a doughboy is cooties when l get home. Seems year or so since l left, but I have the thing l been try ing for, so I cannot be bothered, so let her bump" I can stay as long as anyone. Only thing is. if l stay here I will go to Germany. and if l
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STUDENTS LEARN WHAT
 U. s. DID IN CHEMISTRY

Fayetteville, Feb. 5.-To show what chemistry has done for America and what America has done for chemis try is the purpose of new course in American chemistry which is being offered at the University of Arkansas this term. The course points out the growing importance of chemistry in modern life. It emphasizes the i'm portant contributions which America has made to the science--contribu tions which have enabled the Ameri- can chemist to beat the Germans at their own game.
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LADIES OF MAcCABEES HONOR
 WASHINCTONS BIRTHDAY

The members of the White Glover Review No. 6, Ladies of the Macca- bees of the World extend a most cor dial invitation to the ladies and gen tlemen of Marianna to attend an open house meeting in honor of George Washington's birthday at the Elks Home on Thursday evening, Febru- ary 20, 1919, where we will be glad to receive all of our friends from 8 to 12 p. m
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D. A. R. NOTES

The L'Anguille Chapter, D. A. R.. will have part in the restoration of Tilloloy, the little French village of sixty families in Picardy, near the birthplace of our own Lafayette This was so voted at the meeting with Mrs. Sam Harrington December 4, 1918.
 The national society, D. A. R. gave $150,000 to the Belgian Relief Fund with no mark here nor there to show posterity that the Daughters so gladly gave aid to martyred Bel gium, so it was decided to abandon general giving and find a specific work for the organization. Baroness LaGrange, wife of a French aviator, sent to America as an instructor, Is an American woman and head of a French restoration society. It was she who suggested thrice-devastated Tilloloy to the D. A. R. committee sent to consult her
 s&sess
 Six hundred dollars will be spent upon each house. They will be built of brick and tile and upon each house will be placed tablet bearing the insignia of the Daughters of the Revolution as the doners. Each home will be furnished and live stock and farm implements will be given with each house.
 Inka n0Gf $51 ,0O0 and the 100000 daughters have already nearly raised the sum
 The Daughters of the Revolution feel true sympathy for the French women of today in their distress They feel deep gratitude toward the French women of long ago who encouraged their men under LaFay ette to aid our ancestors of '76. As an evidence of this sympathy and gratitude they will completely re store the village of Tilloloy. &s*s*A
 Did you know that in the report of the National Woman's Liberty Loan Committee the D. A. R. is list ed as selling S6.794.S3S worth oi  bands, that amount making the so ciety rank fourth in the 66 women's organizations listed?
 Did you know that the N. s. D. A R. gave $150,0OO to the Belgian Re lief Fund?
 Did you know that the N. s. D. A R. raised S1o0,0OO toward the Third Liberty loan?
 Did you know that the plan ol adopting the French orphans by name originated with the D. A. R.
 Who can say again that the or ganization is purely social and giver up to ancestor worship2 ssssss
 The chapter will meet February , with Mrs. Houston Potts.
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Gen. Foch has deserved well of the world. If he has fancy for the Rhine or any other river, he ought to have 1t.
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The former kaiser appears to be nsing up to the old adage. "say noth- Ing and saw wood"
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When the Germans lose the nick name of Boches and Huns it will be 6 sign of a regeneratec Germany.
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1ermany has formed the habit of s'riie If she cannot have war she will have riots.
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The chapter will meet February 5 with Mrs. Houston Potts.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
ODE TO THE 10TH

(Tune. Home Sweet Home")
How many glad hearts are rejoicing
to-day,
To meet dearly loved ones from
lands far away.
Where battles dread carnage and
cannon's loud roar,
Proclaim to the earth all horrors
of war.
CHORUS
Welcome soldiers true,
The world honors you,
And our Red, White and Blue.
We welcome YOU back to your own
native land,
You proved you were heroes by
deeds truly grand.
Now honor we give you, where honor
is due.
Who fought meath the Flag, our
Red, White and Blue.
You proved that the Star Spangled
Banner does wave,
Ger land that is free and home
of the brave.
And tits not the nation by tyrants
oppressed.
Who prove themselves heroes or
soldiers the best.
And when that vile tyrant his might
would display,
You showed him his dictates we
would not obey.
But showed to the world that a
blessing 'twould be,
If all earth's nations in truth should
be free.
A tribute of love now to those would
we pay,
Who sleep meath the sod now in
graves far away.
And honor to those, who the en-
blems now wear,
And modestly tell US of wounds that
they bear.
AS blessed the nation whose God is
Be thy blessed name by us truly
May we as that nation by nations be
known,
And own us, oh Father, as truly
thine own.
Chorus for verses and Z.
Hear, hear, Father hear.
For thou art our God and thy name
we revere.
oh, hasten the time Lord we pray
now to Thee,
When all of earth's nations in truth
shall be free.
And rule thou on earth as in Heaven
supreme.
And glory to Thee be the world S
choice theme.
By HARRY SMITH.
New Cumberland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Prizes Are Offered
For Quiet Airplane

Atlantic City, May 10.--On top of
the announcement in the Pan-Amer-
lean Aeronautical Congress here
yesterday that the silent airplane"
is next to the "fool-proof" flying ma
chine, the thing most needed to pop
ularize aviation, came the announce
ment that tests shortly will be made
at the Atlantic City airport of a
"mutfled" engine that will fit
through the air silently as bird.
Experts. at the conference decid-
ed that the silent plane should be
one of the first things taken up to
popularize aviation. The present
roaring, tearing, thrum of the en-
gines has attracted aeronautical en-
gineers, who believe the airplane will
arrive with both wings" as an
everyday vehicle with this refine
ment. 1t has been decided to offer
a special prize for the best type of
muffied plane demonstrated during
the exposition.
One interesting point in the dis
cussion was the statement that the
airplane would "catch on" with the
thousands who are becoming inter-
ested in sky travel much sooner
with a muffied engine because the
roar is so startling on the first hear
ing that it often arouses timidity
among people who, on the other
hand, would take the air without
second thought if the engine simply
"purred."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
Inspectors Must
Be Experienced

Men with ambition and not those
who have failed in other occupa-
tions and not men who have worked
with yardsticks or running trolley
cars are wanted as inspectors on
State highways according to a notice
issued to the district engineers by
Colonel w. D. Uhler, the chief en-
gineer. The colonel seems to have
become nettled at some of the rec
concentrations of men for inspectors
and has expressed his opinions of
qualifications in rather forceful
words.
The colonel declined to say what
had been his experience with in
spectors in the last few years or
what men had been recommended,
but said that he would send out an
information sheet on which men rec
commended for the important work
of inspection could set down expert
ence and training so that we can
decide whether recommendations
made are worthy of consideration"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
BOLSHEVISM IS
BLAMED FOR THE
STRIKE IN SPAIN
German Propaganda, Too,
Was Active Last Month
In Barcelona

Barcelona. Spain, May 1O.-Ger-
man propaganda and the spread of
Bolshevik ideas among the work
ing men are, in part, blamed for
the general strike which took place
here last week. 1t is generally be-
lieved that the Germans have all
along been working to create trou-
bic among the Spanish laboring
men. Their Vaccinations during
the war were exposed by the Madrid
daily Ell Sol which showed how the
German Embassy was implicated in
provoking labor troubles both in
Barcelona and Madrid. 1t was re-
ported two weeks ago that Il Wire
less message had been intercepted
asking that further funds be sent
here for propaganda work.
The wealth which the war
brought to this manufacturing dis
trict of Spain was not shared by the
working people. While the cost of
living steadily increased, wages re-
mained unaltered or insufficiently
increased.
BoIshcvism Spreads
Bolshevik ideas began TO spread
and were judiciously fostered by un-
identified persons who provided
funds and organization. All work.
ers including clerks in offices were
forced by threats to join the labor
syndicates. Thes who refused were
warned by anonymous letters and
if they disregarded these warnings
We're murdered by masked men.
The police failed to discover the
authors of these crimes.
The strike began among the en-
ployes of the light and power COM
pany and the city was left without
street cars and electric light. The
government modified the strikers
but the tramway conductors refused
to take the cars out under military
orders and were arrested and taken
to the fortress of Montjuich.
Finally the Madrid government
obliged the light and power COM
pany to concede the demands of the
men but the army authorities re-
fused the demand of the union that
the imprisoned conductors be liber-
ated.
The general strike ensued and the
city was left without light, power or
transport. There is good authority
for stating that the strike leaders
had planned a general pillage of the
city as serious as that which took
place in 1909.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
MAY 10, 1919.
TECH AT MOUNT UNION

Weather permitting. the Technical
High school baseball team was
scheduled to leave this morning
shortly after IL o'clock to go to
Mount Union where they will oppose
the high school baseball nine of that
place. The Mount Union lads have
prepared to show the locals "a good
time" and judging from some of
their scores, they will give Tech u
hard battle.
During the past week Coach AL
bright has been giving the candi-
dates SOME real inside tips on how
the national game should be played.
Bunting, base running and fielding
are some of the sciences that the
Maroon players are endeavoring to
perfect. -Four out of six games to
date is not a bad record and is in
keeping with the excellent records
that the Tech athletic teams have
been making.
Those making the trip include
Coach Albright, Manager Hinkle,
third base; Captain Hoerner, left
field; Wevodau, center field; Lingle
and Germer, right field; L, Bell,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10

The Scottish Rite Bodies of Free
Masonry at the annual meeting in
the Cathedral in North street last
evening elected officers and trans
acted business of importance per-
tanning to the coming spring re-
union, the latter part of this month
William S. Snyder, the retiring
commander-in-ch chief, has had a most
successful administration. the climax
of which is the largest class in the
history of the Consistory for the
coming reunion, there being over five
hundred petitioners.
Henry w. Cough is the new COM
mander-in- chief. He is we'll known
in Masonic circles, and is a past
master of Robert Burns Lodge.
Officers Elected
The officers for the four bodies are
as follows:
officers of Harrisburg Consistory,
Thirty-second Degree-Henry W.
Cough, commander-in-ch chief: Andrew
S. Patterson, first lieutenant COM
mander; Warwick NJ. Ogelsby, sec
cond lieutenant commander; John
f. Sweeney, orator: Clark Z. Diehl,
chancellor; Howard A. Rutherford,
treasurer; Charles c. Schriver, secre-
tary; G. Ernest Keys, assistant sec
retary; William NJ. Donaldhon,
George a. Gorgas, George Z. Whit
ney, trustees; Eugene +. Moyer,
master of ceremonies: William V.
Davies, hospitaler: William Maustel-
Ter. engineer and seneschal: William
B. Sloan, standard bearer; Frederick
NJ. Tritle, guard; William f. Mach
lin, sentinel; William II. II. Baker,
assistant sentinel.
Rose CroiX, Eighteenth Degree
William Corl, most wise master: w.
Stuart Barker, senior warden: Rob
ert d. Frazer, junior warden; Ar
thur ii. Hull, orator; Howard A.
Rutherford. treasurer; Charles c.
Schriver, secretary; William V. Da-
vies. hospitaler; Samuel S. Ruther-
ford, master of ceremonies; John IL.
Nixon, guard; William +. Machlin,
sentinel: William II. T. Baker, as
sistant sentinel.
Officers of Harrisburg Council of
Princes of Jerusalem, Sixteenth De-
gree-Charles W. Blosser, sovereign
prince; William A. Brinkman, high
priest; Albert NJ. Hamer, senior
warden; John II. Nixon, junior war
den; Howard A. Rutherford, treas
urer: Charles G. Schriver. secretary
William V. Davies, hospitaler; n.
Frank Matter, master of ceremonies;
Samuel S. Rutherford, master of en-
frances: William f. Machlin, senti-
mel; William II. H. Baker, assistant
sentinel.
Officers of Harrisburg Lodge oil
Perfection, Fourteenth Degree
George L. Reed, trice potent master;
Clyde p. Love. deputy master; r.
Monroe Leonard, senior warden; w
Harry Musser junior warden; Gus
tavus c. Ralston, orator; Howard A.
Rutherford, treasurer: Charles G.
Schriver, secretary; Job J. Conklin
master of ceremonies: William v
Davies, hospitaler; Charles A. Hoke
guard; William +. Machlin, sentinel:
William II. II. Baker, assistant SEN
.inel
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10

and Augustus G. Shantz are to sing
the beautiful Come Unto Me. a
Gospel hymn, as duet. The singing
of these two musicians always is a
helpful feature of the services at
Zion Lutheran Church, and their Sc
lection tomorrow evening is certain
to &C to the impressiveness of the
program.
1t has been quite some time since
the familiar Face to Face" a song
that has thrilled and given hope to
thousands. has appeared upon a local
church program. 1t is to be sung by
Edgar Meloy at Epworth Methodist
Episcopal Church tomorrow.
Charles Villiers Sanford in his
Pages From an Unwritten Diary,
tells of a wealthy man by the name
of Latham who had a great dislike
to music, but considered that grand
piano was an absolutely necessary
home. He dropped in at Broadway $
to purchase one, and said, II should
prefer one without works"
"The organist played too loudly" is
criticism which may be heard over
and over again in any church-at re-
, citals as well as at religious services.
1t is a common fault from which few
organists are free. Where the con-
sole is detached, there is no excuse
for this fault; but even where the
organist sits where he cannot get the
effect of his playing, he had better
play too softly than too loudly, thus
giving the singers a chance, and the
ears and nerves of the congregation
rest. Soft playing might become
monotonous. but it will never hurt
anyone. which is more than can be
said of the loud variety.
John p. Gibson, tenor. will sing
Gluck's 80, Saviour, Hear Me-" at
Bethlehem Lutheran Church to-mor-
row evening. Gluck's music is of
high standard and this particular
number, used generally by soprano
soloists, is quite certain to have
faithful rendition by the former st.
Stephens Episcopal soloist.
A writer in Musical Herald observes
that extra rehearsals are like surgi-
cal operations, They should only be
resorted to in extreme cases. Try
first such ordinary measures as saw
ing time at the usual practice, or
Ilengthening the time of the rehearsal.
Barnby's king. All Glorious.' with
solos for soprano and contralto, is to
be sung by the choir of Second Re-
formed Church tomorrow at to-
morrow evenings service. Mrs. Ada
Culp Bowman will sing the soprano
numbers and Miss Shartzer those for
the lower voice.
Let the choir go home a few min
utes before closing time occasionally.
1t has a more bracing effect upon the
singers than any amount of throat
firing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
With Choir and Orgdnist

When Emma l. Ashford wrote the
beautiful music to the poem. my
Task" she probably did not foresee
how popular the combination of text
and melody would become. 1t is true
song has the grip on human hearts
as has this one. Wherever it is sung
1t brings tears and awakes the best
impulses. The composer wrote an
other striking composition. a, setting
OF the immortal poem, abide With
lively rendered. Miss Jennie Shartzer
who. this afternoon sang Allitsens
The Lcrd Is My Light" at the organ
recital in Zion Lutheran Church, will
Church tomorrow.
Three choir singers are to have part
in the Mothers Day program at
'at $3.50 o'clock to-morrow afternoon
They are Miss Belle p. Middaugh. con-
tralto, and Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris, So
prano, both of Market Square Presby-
tcrian Church, and Clarence II. Sigler
soloist of st. stephens EpiscopGl
Church. Miss Middaugh will sing
Mother Machree." Mrs. Harris That
Wonderful Mother of Mine; and Mr.
could not have been more happily
chosen.
1t is generally conceded that organ
lists as 81 class are poorly paid. 1t is
no common thing to find the janitor
Of a church receiving $50 or $50 a
month, and the organist a dollar OF
two Sunday. While it must be ac
mitted that conditions are gradually
improving, many churches in the
larger cities paying from $50 to SlOC
a month, and some few very much
more, there yet remains hosts OF
musicians who give expert service
(often representing considerable eN-
penditure of money. time and energy)
for very little financial return.
Arthur Foote's setting of Harriet
Beecher stoves poem, "Still. Still
With Thee" is to be the morning
anthem at Pine Street Presbyterian
Church tomorrow morning. In the
evening an anthem composed by the
lamented blind organist, David D.
Wood, 1.-THE Twilight Shadows Fall,
is to be the special choir number.
The chairman of a music commit
tee in a country church suggested to
his fellow-members, he having a great
idea of saving pennies, that the con-
tract for the new organ should he
given on the following conditions;
"a that the new organ should be
erected in the same position as the
old (ol that as far as possible the
materials of the old organ should be
new, and that CD the old organ
should not be removed until the erec-
tion of the new one was completed
At Zion Lutheran Church. to-mor-
row evening. Mrs. Edwin ]. Decevee
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards, a practicing physician
for IL years and calomel's old.time
enemy, discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients for
chronic constipation and torpid livers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
confirm calomel, but ahealing, soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the keynote" of these
little sugar-coated, olive-colored tab
lets. They cause the bowels and liver to
act normally. They never force them
to unnatural action.
If you have dark brown mouth"-a
bad breath-a dull, tired feeling-sick
headache-torpid liver and are consti-
pated, you'll find quick, sure and only
pleasant results from one or two little
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every
night just to keep right. Try them
10c and 25c per box. ALI druggists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-10
FIRE AT LEWISTOWN

LcwistOwn, Pa, May 10.-Firt
was discovered in the cellar of Pres
tie Headings drugstore at 4 o'clock
yesterday morning. People occupy
ing the second floor of the store
were aroused by the smoke and
gave the alarm. In q heavy down.
pour of rain the fire department re-
sponded and extinguished the fire
before the building was much dam
aged. but the drug stock was partly
destroyed and water flooded the cell
lar and destroyed many valuable
chemicals