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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-02
ST. LOUIS GETS HOSPITAL
United States Institution Is Estab-
lishcd There for Wounded
Soldiers.

ST. LOUIS. May l.-Unitcd states
General Hospital No. 90 has been open
Ell here and several hundred wounded
heroes from France arc now being
treated.
The hospital will accommodate 97i
patients. \ STAFF of forty doctors Of
the medical service OF the army. 100
nurses and about 200 enlisted men
from the medical branch of the service
are on hand at the hospital 20 care for
the wounded
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-02

has been seriously Ill with hiccoughs
for three days. cvaded his nurse and
going TO his office worked for three
hours 10 Sct his affairs in shape be
ncNinS death imminent. When me had
things satisfactorily Strengthened out
Tor his executor he started to return
TO his bed. but discovered the hic-
coughs had vanished
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-02
Oh! MyFace

People who have i'm
pure or impoverished blood
should be careful to take
only o temperance remedy
made of wild roots and
barks such as DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery
is and has been for nearly
50years. Ingredients print
ed on wrapper.
The first day you start
to take this reliable mcdi-
cine, impure germs and ac-
emulation begin to sepa-
rate in the blood and are
then expelled through the
climinative organs.
In place of the impur-
tiles, the arteries and veins
gradually get fresh vital
lied blood and the action
Of this good blood on the
skin means that pimples,
boils, carbuncles, eczema,
rash, acne and all skin
blcmishes will disappear.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-02

Then you must remember that when The blood right the liver
stomach bowels and kidneys become healthy active and
and will have trouble with indigestion backach
ache.
Get Dr. Percc Golden Medical Discovery to-day any
cine dealers tablet liquid FORM send Oc for package
DR.. Pcrccs Invads Hotel, Buffalo, n Y.
Occasionally should "ccan house. with tiny pills
made the Mayapp of aloe and of aap first put
by DR. Pierce and sold by almost all druggists this country
Doctor Perces Pleasant Pellets Always take
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-02
AHA, SHERLOCK, LISTEN
Needed to Find Where uic-
coughs Went So lie Starts
ON Hunt.

UPLANDS. CAL. May IN II.
Eo-dwell, capitalist Of This city, who
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25
TT is DISAPPOINTING?

One of the disappointments Of the
month is that the Republicans did
not trail President Wilson on his
trip as they had originally intended,
for in dignity alone the spectacle
would have been worth all IL mlgnt
have cost.
Instead of this sublime exhibition
they have chosen a shreWder plan,
which is to remain in Washington,
read the Presidents speeches and
Whenever he puts his foot in It,,
arise majestically and say "Aha!'
or seventeen columns OF the Con-
gressional Record to that effect.
This is as fine a scheme as could be
imagined-if it works. 1t means a
nervous strain, of course. 1t is not
easy to wait day after day for some
thing to turn up to which you can
point with alarm or scOrn. A lew
senators may be driven in desper-
alton to work upon some OF the
pressing problems Of the hour.
Others may ask speakers bureaus
for invitations to county fairs or
Red Cross bazaars. All will envy
Senator Johnson, who however, is
not going to California just because
the president is going there, but
merely in pursuance of his practice
of not letting his state get out of
hand If the worst happens, and
the president does not make a series
of breaks" the republicans will
have no trouble in supplying the de-
ficiency.-St. Joe Observer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

in the relation of employer and en-
ploye than in that Of buyer and
seller of a commodity.
X At least the responsible leaders OF
labor seem to be convinced that
periodical increases OF wages that
provoke further advances in the cost
of living are Intellectual as means
Of preserving parity between m an in.
remedies but deadly weapons which
do quite as much damage. to the
worker as to the employer at whom
he aims them.
With this common realization OF
the economic, heresies which both
capital and labor have held IN in, the
fng them to seek comon basis of
agreement and action would seem
not a difficult task. They both
know there is a defect in the in
dustrial mechanism. They both un-.
derstand that the old attempts at
correction have failed. They ought to
combine their intelligent efforts to
find cure.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25
THE CONFERENCE OF LABOR
AND CAPITAL.

Labor and capital have had re-
Gently. such compelling proofs of
their interdependence and of the rec
iprocal evils of conflict, that Presi-
dent Wilson's proposal that. both be
represented in a discussion and adj
lationships is almost certain to event.
uate in deeper understanding and
a better order in American industry.
AS the chief sponsor of the pro-
visions incorporated for the benefit
of labor in covenant of the League of
Nations and as the constant friend
of American workingmen, President
Wilson is sure to have the com
his effort to bring about new and
more advsr7t "a @eous conditions in
their partnership with capital. On
the other hand capital itself has
come to realize that there is more
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25
CHELEON REPORTER
o, E. HULL, Editor.
tseon Iowa
Subscription Rates.
Advertising Rates.

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Reading notices, first Insertion ~
Subsequent insertions per line: O5c
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We are glad to publish any and
all church or society notices, but
please don't confound news notices
dents are cautioned not to include
said notices with their items unless
they are authorized and paid for. and
IL possible remittance for same
should accompany the notice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

President Wilson goes to talk
directly to the people and give them
an account of his stewardship as
their delegate at the Peace Con-
ference. They can be trusted to I'M
derstand him better than some
Senators can because the latter are
to measure his action
and their own by a partisan tape
line and not by the wishes and needs
of the country.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

Senator Lodge was once an ad-
vocate of a League of Nations, but
has since accommodated his convict
ions to his partisanship. He was
once the most fiery of the foes of
Germany. Will he now join Mr.;
Knox in the charge that the United
States has inflicted "a cruel peace
on the Prussian plunderers?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

Mr.. Knox ought to reprimand the
American army and navy for having
inflicted a painful defeat on Ger
many. 1t was their victory that
made possible what he calls the
"cruel peace" we would have i'm
posed on the Prussians but for
months of obstruction by him and
certain other Republicans.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

Mr.. Knox's recipe for being kind
to Germany is to be unjust to every
nation which she has conquered or
attacked in the last 200 years.
1t is hardly unfair to wonder
whether this kindly concern for Ger
mans has for it's object those in
States
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

General Pershing has lost no
friends and suffered nothing in
prestige for his refusal to appear be-
fore Republican committee on Gin
vestigation" and apologize for win
ming the war under a Democratic
administration
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

Already the Governments income
from taxes is sufficient to meet cur
rent expenses and leave balance
with which to retire loans. One Of
the many bright spots in the pres
ent administration is the fiscal de-
partment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

BY the way, what obseryant reader
can name an important bill THAT the
present Republican Congress has
passed in the three and half months
of the extra session?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

Senator Lodge must vince with
chagrin when he compares mental
pictures of his little gallery full OF
clacquers with the multitudes who
are applauding President Wilson's
utterances on the League Of Nations
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

One bit of information that mem
bers of Representative Frears COM
mittee will obtain in it's peregrin-
ations through Oregon and Wash
learn good deal about tall timber
in time for the next election.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

twill be noted that although Re-
publican Senators on the Foreign
Relations Committee pretend to dis
courage the effects of President
Wilson's tour, they made haste to
send the peace treaty. to the Senate
much sooner than they originally
intended.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

The conference of capital and
labor called by President Wilson is
certain to bring them closer in view
point as well as in a physical sense.
Contact is the beginning Of good
understanding.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

When Republican Senators begin
their acrimonious debates among
themselves it is pretty difficult for
an amateur to differentiate mild
reservationists from wild" reser-
vationists.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

That Republican Investigating
committee in France is doubtless
indignant because General Pershing
refused to make its members famous
by appearing before them as wit
ness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-09-25

Let the. Republican majority
remem ber-as the people will---that
passing a bill through the House OF
REPRESENTATIVES, - 3euNeea o90Aos
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20
Early Irish Potatoes.
Progressive Farmer.

II wish to plant early Irish po-
tatoes for market. Tell me what
variety is best; when to plant,
what fertilizer and how much an
acre. My land is sandy loan in a
high state ofcultivation. How ma
ny bushels are needed to plant
an acre?"
The variety now most general
ly planted for the early market
is the Irish Cobber. The best
fertilizer is an equal mixture Of
cottonseed meal and acid phos-
phate used at the rate of 1,5OO
per acre, well mixed in the fur
rows. From ten to twelve bushels
are needed per acre, depending
somewhat on the size of potatoes
used. They should be cut to two
eyes and the burrows three feet
apart and the pieces dropped Is
inches apart. Lap burrows from
each side, and before the pota-
toes come up, harrow the ridges
level. Plant as early in February
as you can get the soil in order.
Spray with Bordeaux mixture as
soon as well up to ward off early
blight. When the bugs appear
mix IL pounds of lead arsenatein
so .gallons of the Bordeau mix.
ture and spray with this. Guilt.
vate rapidly and lay by with fur
rows to each side of the rows.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20
Old Bools.

Old Booze is dead, so toll the
knell for this old maudlin knave;
the mourners raise a joyful yell
as they stand by the grave. Old
Booze hung on with teeth and
nails, he tried to dodge the tomb;
he hoped to sell his gins and ales
until the crack of doom. He
hoped to do his ancient task till
Father time is gone; but we've
outgrown the jug and flask, out
grown the demijohn. Old Booze
is dead, at rest he lies, cashed in
beyond recall; he never helped a
man to rise, but made q million
fall. Old Booze will sleep beneath
the loan until the bright sun
pales; he never built a toilers
home, but he filed many jails.
Old Booze has crossed the great
divide to see what's doing there;
and well have less Of suicide, and
less of black despair And well
see less of womeh's tears, of chill.
dren needing bread, of wages
gone for foaming beers, since Old
Man Booze is dead. He'll dish ne
more the poison drink to knock
the good man down; his funera
would make you think circus;i il
in town. The sections chortle a.
they work and dig tae. clammy
clay, and in the shadow of thu
kirk the pastor yells "Hooray!'
The undertaken is on hand, will
festive lilts and runes, and by th'
fence the village band is playing
ragtime tunes. Walt Mason il
News and Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20

ticularly important to allay ex'
cessive fear of destruction totim-
ber as well as to have people on
guard, se'that the few preventive
measures possible may be appli'
ed. The belief that the 1919brood
will be exceptionally large is bas.
ed on the fact that the 17-year
brood coming out this year is
brood 10, perhaps the largest Of
the" 17-year broods, and t h t
brood 18 of the 13-year old family
comes out at the same. time. The
year 1868 was the greatest locust
year in history. In that year
brood 10, the largest of the 13-
year broods, appearedin conjunc-
ton with brood 10, the two com.
bining to make an unprecedented
infestation. The coincidence OF
the largest 17-year brood with q
smaller 13 year brood this yeal
will not bring about conditions
reproaching those of 1868.
Brood 18, the 13-year brood
that comes out this year, is com
paratiyely a small brood and is
made up Of scattered colonies
rather than ofthe dense andcom
| pact swarms that mark the larg
er broods. Five statesare affect
ed by it,"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20
Ray Dog Bill Adopted BY Senate.

The State Senate on Feb. 13
safely piloted to final adoption
the Frank Ray bill to regulate
and restrict dogs throughout the
state, not however without some
amendments most of which add
teeth" to the measure. The
vote on the bill was SO to5.
One of the amendments, offer
ed by Harding, of Pitt, provided
that taxes collected by the law
should be placed in the school
fund and used for building and
maintenance purposes. 1t ispos-
sible that dogs will, in this way,
furnish revenue for painting
practically all North Carolina
schoOlhouses.
An amendment by Gray, of
Forsyth, which was adopted, pro-
vides dogs must be properly H.
censed and taggad except when
on owners premises. Failure to
wear this tag while visiting will
result in their detention, while
owners would be punished.
Dogs under six months old will
be exempted from tax. The bill
provides for license tax of 81 on
males, 50 on females and contains
other plans for preventing their
destruction of life and property.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20

There was an old geezer and he had a
lot of sense;
He started up business on a dollar
eighty cedts.
The dollar for stock and the eighty
for an ad
Brought him three lovely dollars in a
day, by dad;
Well, he bought more goods and a
little more space
And he played that system with a
smile on his face.
The customers flOcked to his twO-by-
four
And soon he had to hustle for regu.
lar store
Up on the square where the people
pass,
He gobbled up a corner that was all
plate glass.
He fixed up the windows with the best
that he had
And he told 'em ell about 1t in o half
page ad.
He soon had 'em coming, and he new
er, never quit, g..
And he wouldn't cut down on his ad,
one bit.
Well, he's kept things humming IL
the town ever since
And every body calls him the Merchan
Prince.
Some say it's luck, but that's a.
| bunk
Why, he was doing business when tn
times were punk
People have to purchase and the gee
:, zer wis wise
For he knew the way to get 'em wa
10 advertise.
| i; Exchanoe.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20
Card Of Ih,aks.

We wish to extend our most
sincere thanks toour friends and
relatives for their untiring help
and sympathy, during the long
illness, death and burial of our
dear husband and father, May
God bless each one who helped.
MRS. JIG. HENSON & CHILDREN
Amantha, N. G.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20
JOSEPH aoluNesneAD.

to Miss Matte Isaacs, of Watau-
ga on the 7th of Sept, last and
died at his homeat Etawah Tenn,
on Jan. Is, and the paper of that
town prints the following to his
memory:
Joe Hollingshead died at the
home of his grandfather, j. B.
Kirkland, Jan. Is, 1919, after a
short illness of influenza and
pneumonia. Age 81 years. He
and his wife had come here on a
visit when he took the flu follow
ed by pneumonia and was confin-
ed to his bed a weekor more when
on last Wednesday evening Jan.
18th, God said 1T is enough Joe,
come up higher" and his soul
took it's flight back to the God
who gave it. His wife, mother,
and other friends were around
his bed a short time before he
died. His mother and wife were
weeping when he told them not
to worry that he was going home
and as he drew his last breath
said: Sweet home, "and dropped
asleep in the arms of Jesus. The
burial took place at Cog Hill
Thursday and on Friday Jan. II,
1919 the death summons came
for his elder brother, Jas. Hol-
lingshead who had been sick a
few weeks with pneumonia at the
home of his sister in Etowah. He
did not know that his brother Joe
was dead, but told them he saw
Joe and his little darling baby
which he had given up only two
weeks before, and that they were
waiting for him to come home.
He told his mother he had come
to the river Of death and took her
by the hand and asked her to 60
before him when she told him she
could not 60 then, but she would
follow. He then crossed his
hands on his breast and giving
his wife his right hand and his
mother his left, and called to the
last for them to 60 with him, that
he was going home. We cannot
understand why these twobroth.
ers were taken from their loved
ones in such short time, but we
know that it is all for the best as
God doeth all things well. They
were all laid to rest in the Cog
Hill grave yard to await the res
direction morn. They leave to
mourn their death two young
companions and a father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Hol
lingshead. one little brother and
two sisters who have the sympa
thy of all in their bereavement.
pd adv.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20

So Germany is trying. to forget
that shewaslicked to a frazzel by
the allies, eh? y Well does Germs-
ny remember what happened to
the man who yelled 'nuff and
then changed his mind. History
can repeat. High Point Enter
prise.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20

UaeIs Sam Holds Insurance Record.

s ss~'~S '"SSsS~vv VSVSsSs
The United States has written
$12, 600, 100000 more ofinsurance
than the combined insuranceout-
standing of all commercial life in.
|'surance companies in the United
States, says Mr.. Horace r. Dow.
ell, Insurance Expert of the Blu.
reau Of War Risk Insurance.
Insurance written by the
Government has reached the as
founding total of $50, 32,257, 500
about $12, 100000, ,OOOmore than
the combined dinsuranceoutstand-
ing of all commercial life insur-
ance companies in the United
States. The average insurance
carried by men in the service is
$S,75O.
THE bureau, however, is still
writing insurance. Applications
are coming in by the hundreds
daily. Yesterdays receipts of
applications were more than ST.
400.
Plans are being worked out and
system perfected for the con-
version of the war risk insurance
into other form of insurance. Al
though this insurance may, with
in five years, be converted into
other forms of insurance, it will
still be government insurance.
More detailed information re-
garding the plans of the govern
ment will be given later.
The policies into which the
present wartime insurance may
be converted number six. Ordi.
nary life, twenty-payment life,
thirty -paymentlife, twenty-year
endowment, thirty-year endow-
ment and endowment, age sixty.
two" Mr.. Dowell explained.
I'm each Of the six policies,
clauses are included which pro.
vide for the continuous payment
of allowance in event of total dis
ability of the insured during the
life of the policy.
THE policy-holde will draw
the regular allowance although
payment Of premiums may have
stopped, it is explained.
"Such provisions have been at.
tempted by a few commercial
companies. And where they have
included them in their policies
the premium rates have beenpro
hibitive, officials here say:
"The new Federal politics slst
are planned to include participa
ting dividend features, official.
said. Reserves of the Govern
ment bureau-if a proposed am
endment to the Insurance &C
passes Congress will be invest
ed in government securities, in
suring a fund upon which todrav
! as profit" 1t was indicated th'
reserves would be invested il
bonds of the farm loan bank
which, at present, are yielding
. bout Az per cent. Dispatch.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20

The Huns relied on mass for
nation, and now they rely. on
mess formation. The Whining.
ton Dispatch.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-02-20
VOL, xxx.
Seventeen Year Locust This Ysar.

SvsvWsSVo sves OVVOvs swsV sOSss
According to anannouncement
by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture, North Car.
olina is to have a visitation of the
"Seventeenyear", ",locustthis syear.
The formal announcement fol.
lows:
The year 1919 is likely to be
one Of the worst locust years on
record. But entomologists of the
United States department of ag.
ricuture see nothing alarming in
the prospect.
The periodical cicada, the real
name of theinsect commonly call.
ed locust, will appear this year
in the following states. Alabama,
District of Columbia, Delaware,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan,
Massachusetts,, New Jersey; New
York, North and South Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia, West Virgin
ia and Wisconsin.
"The injury done by the peri.
odical cicada consists almostwhol.
ly in chiseling grooves in the
branches of trees for depositing
eggs. This injury alwayt appears
to be greater than it actually is.
Popular alarm is usually out of
proportion to general damage.
Young fruit trees are some
times killed by cicada. The pre-
cautionary measures are: Defer
putting out young fruit trees till
next year; postpone budding op'
erations, do not prune this win.
ter or spring.
When the insects begin com
ing out, hand-pick them from
young from your fruit trees OF
spray them withpyrethrumpow.
der, kerosene emulsions or a so,
luton of carbolic acid or acetiC
acid.
Later, when the insects arc
ready to begin laying, spray
your fruit trees with whitewash
1t was added:
Every locust year is, in some
sort, a year of fear and dread. Il
appears to have been 80 with thu
savages and has remained so witt
their civilized successors, not
withstanding the fact that the ci
cada has been under investiga
tion for well over 200 years, ant
the appearance of the swarms ar
foretold by entomologists as &C
curately as eclipses Of the mool
are foretold by astronomers. Pee
pie have fancied that they coult
detect in the cry of the cicada
resemblance to the name of tn
monarch. Pharoah, that persecu
ted the Isrealites, and that occul
belief or fear added to the some
what dolorious sound has serve
to make the cry of the cicadager
orally an unwelcome one. Yer
long ago some superstition al
tached to the dark bars of tn
filmy wings. These bars are a
ways in the shape of the lette
W, but few people remember ths
through a period of 13 or II year
and great significance is attache
to it at each recurrence. Som
prophet has arisen always to al
nounce that the w on the locust
wings means war Since tn
outbreak will come just at tt
conclusion of the greatest wa
and when even the imagination
the rural prophet could hard
conjure up the likelihood Of al
other one, some new explanatit
will apparently have to be four
this time. But no doubt the {
cada will, as usual, be greeted
a harbinger of disaster, and
usual, there will be reports
deaths caused by stings Of the
cada, a belief that has persistt
in spite of positive proof that q
.cicada has no sting, that only