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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
LACK OF CLOTH
BREEDS EPIDEMIC

New York Especially "A great lack
of cotton goods in Poland is causing
a terrible epidemic of skin diseases
there, according to the reports OF
American Jewish relief workers In
that country. The shortage of this
material for shirts and. underwear is
largely responsible for the filth that
IL to be seen on every street of the
Polish cities, and is also a contribut.
ing cause to the plaques of typhus
and consumption that are devastating
Poland.
1.-THE absolute lack Of material fol-
underclothing has brought about ex.
tremely bad health conditions" says
a report just received by the Amert
can Jewish Relief Committee in thie
city. "and an alarming number OF
contagious skin and eye diseases are
running through the population. The
crowded housing conditions make II
impossible to check these diseases I'm.
less clean clothing and soap can be
procured.
I'm the hospitals the only bandages
used for dressings are strips of shirts
and clothing that the inmates could nc
longer wear. In one large institution
at LODI, caring for the insane, the pa
tients are obliged to remain In bed a
day or two at time while their one
change of clothing is being washed"
The funds of the American Jewish
Relief Committee are providing food
soap and clothing in all these strfck
en- regions, but the present needs have
outgrown the immediate resources oil
the organization. To carry the worn
through another year the committee
"a asking ss5,0o0000 Of America IN
1870.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
Tracy City.
Spfciai TO tie Ne7oS.

| Special TO tie Ne7Os.
There is nothing new up here.
We have some cases of smallpox
or exema itch in a light form,
and we like each other pretty well
as few weddings have come off.
A. E. Disheroon and Mrs. Lila
Manley jumped the broom Sun
day. Both are nice, genteel folks.
Work was never better and wa
ges good, so we have nothing to
complain of. High wages and
plenty of money makes the mare
go. Never had better times
than now. More money to spend
foolishly than ever before. 1t is
sight. Railroads loaded with
travellers. no hoboing, all can ride
in coach. We are getting by s.
easy, not giving very much sweat
for the money we get. y. {"
and | both know what hard times
are. Yes, we have both been
there and felt the sting of hun
ger and guess we have both
had the itch and felt the bite of
body lice, also. Folks, shut up
up whining. you don't know the
first letter of hard times. Hun
CRY and half naked is no joke yet
we went ahead singing and wills
tleing THE Girl | Left Behind
Me-" | am actually ashamed OF
our people. If you want more,
work more and you'll get it. Do
you want the farmers to raise hog
and hominy and give it to you?
He is entitled to good pay as we'll
as the best.
Politics are no good, nothing
doing, folks don't care and have
no time to fool with politics and
politicians.
If there is anything else we
lack we've not found it out. u.
g." hard times are a myth.
Uncle Tom.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
HOGS SHOULD HAVE
SHELTER IN TENNESSEE,
SAYS swine EXPERT

The contention that hogs need little
shelter in Tennessee is wrong, says
DR.. Robert Jay, veterinarian in charge
of hog cholera control work in the
state. Hogs suffer as much from cold,
wet winters in the south as they do
north. In fact, have never seen hogs
standing around shivering that develop
such length of bristles in the north as
l have seen in hogs in the south, says
DIR. Jay. A shivering hog is never
thriving or doing any good. The losses
from insufficient shelter can be sum
med up as: the chilling of newborn
pigs, stunting the growth in pigs,
unthriftiness in shOats and unprotit
able feeding in fattening hogs. Also,
his contention is that hogs on high pro-
tein feed which are chilled during the
first chilly nights of fall and the cold
days and nights of winter will induce
swine plague Again hogs just previ-
ously vaccinated and put on full feed
when they become chilled may develop
swine plague, which is blood poison
and prevents the formation of anti
bodies to hog cholera when the virus
which is injected in the double treat
ment may inoculate the hogs. DR.. Jay
says his attention has been called to
pigs with lice on the outside, worms
on the inside, bristles two inches long,
drinking ice water and standing around
shivering without shelter with the
owner insisting that he could not feed
hogs proftably. This was quite evil
dent. Good shelter AMI dry bedding
will pay big dividends to the hog
raiser. At the present time with the
high price Of feeds, land values and
labor, one cannot neglect any phase
of hog management without suffering
losses About hogs drinking ice wa
ter; is it profitable to feed $500 corn
to hogs to burn in the hog to bring the
of this water which has
been drunk by the hogs from freezing
to 102 degrees? When there are few
hogs, ii warm slop twice day before
lCVuliS tliC Nolh 10 a pay ms
In large herds, shallow trough with
a few sticks of wood or cobs burning
beneath it, will warm the water SO
much cheaper. However, that does not
tell all the advantage of heating drink
ing water for hogs in the winter time.
Prominent and successful hog feeders
state that hogs with access to warm
water will drink from two % three
times as much water as they will ice
cold water. Allow the hogs to fill up
On warm slop or warm water just be-
fore feeding corn so as not to carry
The corn into the intestines before
digestion is well on the way. Water is
necessary for digestion and
and all body functions. A
'attening hog especially, needs lots of
water to thrive. OF course, If a feeder
s fortunate enough to have spring |
originate in his hog lot, the water need
lot be warmed.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
MANY COUNCILS OF
AGRICULTURE FORMED

The county council of agriculture
movement seems to have taken firm
roofing in Tennessee. Eighteen coun-
ties have already perfected permanent
organizations and a dozen other coun-
. ties have temporary organizations
which will be made permanent in
short time. Many other counties now
have plans on foot to organize. This
is indeed significant of the progressive
spirit of the farmers of the state, who'
apparently very keenly appreciate the
fact that much can be accomplished
thru organized effort. The county
councils of agriculture are advocated
by the Division of Extension of the
University Of Tennessee and the work
ers of the organization are aiding in
their formation, the various county
agents being especially active in the
work. The organizations are starting
On splendid foundation with the Idea
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24

Lielt Schein said that in Bobrujsk
there were $50 women whose hus.
bands are in America, who followed
him from one end of the town to the
other crying for help.
when | came into Rovno | had to
hide my car" he declared, $50 that the
poor children and women, especially
those whose husbands and fathers are
in America, should not recognize me.
for 1t would have been impossible to
have passed through them.
"In Korec Eastern Volynia, found
only nine houses from from typhus.
The rest of the home have from one
to four cases. 1t is mostly hunger ty-
phus,' as the doctors call 1t. The day
was there there were fourteen deaths.
The victims are mostly young people,
and the average daily death rate is
seven. Korec had an original Jewish
population of 5000, but it has been in
creased by 1900 refugees"
In Luch, the first city Lieut. Schein
visited in Volynia, he found the great
est need to be shoes for the children,
"5 pnr cent of whom could not leave
f'e'- Nomes and attend school for lack
81 t:.sm.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24

This is the dlscoYerer Of the typhu
bacillus and Of the proof that tn,
dread disease is carried by the bod!
louse-Dr. Harry Plotz of Mt Sina
Hospital, New York, who has beer
sent to Poland through American Jew
ish relief funds to fight the typhu:
epidemic which is sweeping over al
Poland. When DR.. Plotz, who made
his world-famous typhus discoveries
five years ago, as a 24.year-old in
terne. arrived in Southampton he was
given the freedom of the port by the
British government which gave hin
q special vessel to rush him across
the channel, while France and POLAND
placed special trains at his disposal &c
speed him to the center Of the terrible
epidemic which is ravaging Poland
DR.. Plotz, as a colonel in the U. S
Medical Corps, installed and ha0
charge OF the vast delousing machin
cry used in all the ports both here and
in France. Before this country en-
tered the war, he was called to Serbs
by the Serbian government to fight 8
typhus plague there. An initial ap
preparation of 100000 was made from
American Jewish relief funds, for fuel
with which to maintain delousing ma
chimes with which DR.. Plotz will carry
on his fight in Poland.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24

The total value Of dairy products
produced in Tennessee in 1919 amount
ed to $5.025, 657.
The total value of dairy cattle pro
duced and sold amounted to $2,000,OOO.
This makes the total production of
the dairy industry. in products and
breeding stock for the year 1919,
$7,023, 657, not including dairy cattle
used to replace old cows in the herds.
To these figures should be added at
least $3,0O00O0 for the value Of milk
and butter produced on the average
farms OF the state, which was con-
sumed in the home, bringing the total
10 S1O,O25.657. The above figures have
Just been announced by c. A. Hutton,
dairy specialist of the Division of EX-
tension, University of Tennessee. Mr..
Hutton states that the number of dairy
cattle in the state increased during the
year in spite Of the fact that over
10000 head we're shipped cut to other
states. The value of the dairy cattle
exported during the year by Tennessee
breeders was approximately $1,750.00
10 say nothing of a greater number
sold to local breeders who were start
ing herds.
At the beginning of 1916 there were
only five creameries in operation in
the state. The first of 1920 found four
teen and four others being built. In
1915 there were no cream-buying sta
lions, while on January 1, 1920, there
were over 100 in operation, and many
others being established. There were
on January 1, 1920, about 20 city milk
and ice cream plants in operation,
many Of which also make some butter
Early in 1916 there was not cheese
factory in the state. At the beginning
of 1920 there were eleven factories in
operation and another one being built
During the year 1919 these factories
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
CRY FOR HELP IS
ALMOST UNBEATABLE
American Jewish Relief Commission
Makes Tour Of Stricken LandS

Washington. D. C. (SpeciaD-Beinl
showed under at times in the heavy
drifts, Lieut. Samuel Schein, American
Jewish Relief Commissioner in Pc
land, covered in a recent Inspection
trip OF % days the worst parts oil
Lithunia, Volynia and Poland's NO
Mans Land" east OF the River Bug, in
an army truck. administering Nemerg
ency relief.
His report to the Joint Distribution
Committee, relief disbursing organiza
ton for the American Jewish Relief
Committee and its allied bodies. de.
clares that conditions are not improY.
ing; that, on the contrary, they are
growing worse in many places, owing
to the lack of work and to the severe
( winter, and that large percentage OF
the children are not able to go to
school, owing to their lack OF shoes.
THE terrible conditions in Volynia
are three times as bad as In Lithua-
MIA" he wrote. THE cry for help is
almost unbearable l really can't see
how these people will pull through"
Typhus, resulting from starvation,
which the doctors call hunger ty-
phus," is sweeping through Volynia,
and exacting a heavy death toll from
the suffering population, according to
Lieut. Schein. In his trip through Vo
lynia, where he reached places never
before visited by relief workers, Lieut..
Schein told how men, women and
children. seeing the American flag on
his truck, followed him through the
streets begging and crying that he get
word to their relatives in America to
help them.
"Novograd, once called The Beauty
Of volynia.' has suffered more than
any other town l have seen in all my
trips through Poland, and presents the
saddest sight l have ever witnessed"
he declared. "Only 20 houses In the
entire city are not affected by typhus, |
which is raging everywhere. The poor |
people have absolutely no clothing and |
the children are totally naked. When
| was there the temperature was zero,
and of course it is much colder now.
81 visited several homes and found
The suffering people packed in rooms
as if they were sardines. There are
now 5000 homeless families with alb
,olutely no means Of support and 1000
homeless orphans There is not even
one drug store in the entire town,
while most of the houses have been
either wholly or partly destroyed.
Food cannot be gotten. In some Of
he houses l found the people eating
boiled potato Feelings and thick hay
weeds for soup, and they said they
lad been eating such stuff for over
month"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
SECRETARY MEREDITH
ENDORSES Boys and
GIRLS CLUB WORK

e. T. Meredith, secretary of the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture
recently had the following to say re.
garding Boys and Girls club work:
wherever Club Work has been
pushed by our agents, larger yields
have been obtained, better pigs have
been raised and finer cattle, both dairy
and beef have been grown. The motto
of the clubs is ITO Make the Best Bet
ter" Registered animals are now COM
mon where only few years ago they
were unknown, and there is a system.
attic effort to Gull out scrub livestock
and poultry. Large yields of crops
have been made by club members on
lands which were considered worth
less, and little girls are vying with the
best packers in canning and preserving
fruits and vegetables, and are becom-
ing a potent factor in helping to make
the farm home more attractive and
enjoyable.
1iC oNCidSC Sitlu pCA aNlC maui
by club members in the growing of
field crops is two to three times as
large as the average yields made in
the States in which the members are
located. Many people, seeing boy or
girl here and there engaged in club
work, do not realize the value of the
products produced by these young
folks in the aggregate. In 1913, while
under the stress of war and respond
ing to an appeal made to club members
in the burrows "oyer here" TO help
feed the boys in the trenches lover
there the records in the office show
that these young people produced food
and feed to the value of more than
$20,000,00O.
'The money value of the products
of club members is only small part
Of the value of club work. Many boys
and girls had their vision of life en-
larged by club membership. Many
have taken and are taking college
training. The Agricultural Colleges of
the country especially have profited in
enrolment from the clubs. Many boys
and girls have made their own money
TO defray their college expenses in club
activities. Many after graduation
have returned to the farms or have en-
gagged in Extension Work as county
agents. Rural life has been greatly
enriched in recent years by the train
ed leadership obtained from agricul-
tural clubs The results obtained in
this work justify many times the ex-
penditures made in securing them and
appeal strongly for larger develop
ment Of this very useful work"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
THE CRIPPLE BOY.

published by reluest.)
The time you see has not been long
since | received my fate,
\ worked up in the pinery, alas.
fear too late.
Oh friends was then nimble and
spry and active. too,
But now, dear friends, my fate is
changed
Since | received my blow.
l will tell you how 1t happened, we
were saving for McNutt,
| raised to look around me, for then
my time was up.
l saw a tree was falling fast, l start
ed but too late,
The tree came down with a crash at
last, and there it sealed my fate.
| tried to run. the tree came on, 1t
crushed me to the ground.
| mad a broken leg and arm, was
the shape that l was found,
o friends, the worse | have not told,
cannot use my right arm,
My left legs five inches short, so it's
hard for me too farm,
Please give me work that l can do,
have sympathy with me,
And all those who are crippled and
are in misery.
My name is Marion Hancock, l
thought you'd like to know.
My home is in Wisconsin, in the
county of Monroe.
My age you see it is quite young, l
was born in '73,
So that leaves me a cripple long,
long life you see.
The date this song is given is eight
cen and ninety-two,
So I'll try to live a christian until
my life is thru.
And when l reach that happy shore
cripple no more I'll be,
For there III dwell with Christ our
Lord thru all eternity,
And then home in heaven will be
my great reward,
For there III dwell with Saints of
God to praise with one accord.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
TENNESSEE SHOWS BIG IN
CREASE IN DAIRY PRODUCTS

made T9,2O2 pounds of cheese, which
sold for $23,65T.00.
Tennessee leads all Southern States
in the number of COW testing assoeia-
lions and cooperative creameries; in
the number of registered dairy cattle
and in the number of breeders con-
Quoting Register OF Merit testing. The
state also leads the South in the num-
Der of dairy herds under state and
federal supervision for tuberculosis
Free Accredited Herd List. This state
was the first in the South to have a
creamery testers license law and a
dairy commissioner devoting his time
to enforcement of dairy laws.
Before the extension work was es-
tabgshed by the University of Tonnes
see In 1914, there had been a large
number of creameries and a few
cheese factories in the state which
failed; due largely to the work OF
the creamery promoter in selling
plants where they were not needed
the lack of Information on the part of
the people In operating such plants
and the lack of confidence ON the part
of the producer with regard to the
tests received for milk and cream from
creameries and milk plants. Since the
establishment Of the Dairy Extension
work the dairy industry has had a
steady growth and this growth has ma
terially increased since the Office of
the state dairy commissioner was ere
ated by an act of the legislature In
1917.
The dairy COW is the most efficient
animal in the world in the production
of human food. Her product is the
most perfect human food known and
she is the greatest soil builder known
to man. If given an opportunity she
will make two blades of grass grow
where but one grew before. More
cows and better cows are needed on
the farms of Tennessee
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24

of expressing no one but for the good
of every citizen.
Membership campaigns that are be-
ing conducted in a number of counties
OF the state show that the farmers
have faith in the county council of
agriculture because it gets at the farm
ers' problems from the viewpoint Of
the farmer 1t is doing for the farm
ers what live Chamber Of Commerce
acting thru committees does for the
business men of city.
stated briefly a county council Of
agriculture is an organization for the
mutual benefit of all who live from
the land. A farm bureau promotes
better agriculture, better homes, and
better community life.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1920-06-24
WANTED.

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gin hardwood forests, State distance
from and availability to railroad or 9TH
er means of transportation, kind of tim
Der, cut Of each per acre, topography,
Also walnut and cherry stu N page want
ed. WALTER KERR, Aurora, Indian
a. Jun-24 At
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Rain Too Plentiful.

Rains for the past week have in
terfcrred greatly with the cutting of
hay. Wheat is also reported to be
damaging
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02
TOTAL WAR
COST OVER
IS BILLION

WASHINGTON, November 29.-
The postwar reorganization of the
army marks a new era in the military
history of the country, Secretary
Baker declares in his annual report,
as it provides an effective model on
which great armies could be swiftly
built in times of emergency.
The total cost of the war through
the War Department is placed by the
Secretary at about $13, 730,3OO,5 500
and it is stated that in the liquidation
of claims and contracts the depart
ment saved the government 81 per
cent of the outstanding obligations at
the end of the war.
Reviewing the military activities of
'N"Hstion since 1776, Secretary Baker
says that although the United States
was the most peace-loving of all ma
tons it had been engaged in major
domestic or foreign wars about one
out Of every four years during that
period and that the military power of
the country had been in active use in
war or military operations of some
kind about three out Of every four
years.