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WAR IS HELL (So Said Sherman)
BY C. R. VANCE
I started to write a foolish ‘ ‘ Musket
Ridge” article this morning, and Jny
mind was all filled up with war dope,
and I simply could, not drop down to
the level of ' ■ damphoolishness. ”
I have been thinking of the bleeding
and dying men in Europe—of- the mil
lions of women and children whose
hearts are broken and crushed and over
whose heads hangs a cloud of grief and
sorrow.
Just across the sea our brothers are
in trouble, and, for the last two weeks,
events of appalling magnitude have
been piling one upon the other. Never in
the lifetime of any man now living
has there been such important news as
the cable and telegraph wires are car-
rying in voluminous proportions.
Austria first, then Russia, then Ger
many, then France, then England, then
Japan, and now there is a possibility
of Turkey -with her one-hundred and
seventy-five millions of religious fanat
ics, becoming involved. All in the con
flict ready to make the rivers of Europe
run with human blood. A mighty war!
A world struggle, the most earaelysmie
within the range of human imagination.
There are terrible possibilities in the
situation. And what caused this war?
It was not the enmity of one nation
toward another—no, not that. The real
cause of this awful war declaration
one nation upon another lies in the im
perial ambitions of a family of Hat-
toids in Russia called the Romanhoff
family, the head of which is NICHO
LAS. Also a tribe called the house of
HAPSBURG, who have for several hun
dred years (according to history) ruled
Austria, and there is another bunch of
men named HOHENZOLLERN, who
run things to suit themselves in Ger
many.
These have called the hosts into the
field to shed their blood which will tint
the seas a deep crimson. It is the hyp-,
notism that makes the slave fight for
his master.
As early as the fifth of July, I heard
the rumbling of this great European
conflict. A friend of mine who was
touring Europe wrote me on this date
from Paris, France, that everywhere
he traveled he saw soldiers marching
in the streets, and that there was some
talk of a war with Germany then.
When my friend wrote me from London
on July 5, he said he was en route to
Liverpool and home—said he was afraid
there was going to be trouble over there,
and it was best to get back.
And, while I am not a pessimist, I
firmly believe that sooner or later these
United States will become involved—
one crooked or wrong move that will
incur the enmity of one of the warring
nations and it’s all off. Already the
vulture-beaked speculators have taken
advantage of the excitement occasioned
by the war, and have raised the prices
on foodstuffs and have sent a thrill
of horror through the heart of the
poor wage-earner that has already been
merely breathing instead of living.
I do hope to the great God that
everyone of these money-craving
maniacs will be hunted down and seat
to the penitentiary as soon as they are
found guilty of this low-lived piece of
work.
I have every confidence in Mr. Wil
son sifting the thing to the bottom and
giving the guilty dogs their just deserts.
I also have reason to believe that
Woodrow, the Wizzard, will handle the
cotton situation in a satisfactory man
ner and that the South will not suffer
from this possible inability to market
her cotton. Why should we have an
advance in the price of foodstuffs at
this time? The United States is pros
perous, and since we cannot export
anything it seems that instead of ad
vancing it would get cheaper. It may
be true that we get our coffee from
Brazil, but as soon as marine trans
portation is re-established we will con
tinue to get coffee, and there is no need
for alarm yet.
It strikes me that jobbers and manu
facturers have taken advantage of a
lot of war excitement, and, in order to
get rich quick, have turned the screws
and raised the prices, regardless of the
poor or anything else—nice spirit.
When the price of sugar advanced from
$4.80 to $8.10 in the last seven days,
it, of course, carried with it everything
that is made from sugar, such as syrup
candy, jellies, etc., beans, meat, flour,
drugs and many more things have
jumped out of sight.
God knows the prices that prevailed
•before the war wdre high enough, and
the poor wage-earner had to stay close
to bread and side meat. It is simply
not right, good people, and I believe
that soon prices will come down again.
Look at flour; why, on the top side of
earth, should flour advance? Largest
crop of wheat for years in this country
and Canada as well. Simply want to
raise the price, that’s all. One mill
man told me'flour had been too cheap!
I believe that it will be a little tight
for awhile, and I am going to offer a
prescription to the poor working man:
Have a little conference with your
wife (she has more brains than you)
and just sit down and talk the thing
over in a nice, quiet, business-like way;
don’t fuss and cuss and get mad; just
search out every little thing that you
feel that you can do without and cut
that expense off right now. Try to pay
cash as far as possible, and trade with
the stores that sell for cash. Cut out all
luxuries and work a little harder and
a little more. Keep your head
clear and don’t forget to bathe (that’s
important), and don’t waste a scrap
of bread even, for surely “waste makes
want. ’ ’
If you are in debt, brother, for good
ness sake try your derndest to get out,
and, when you get out, stay out for the
love of Mike. That is the one big
thing that is the matter with our great
country today. They buy on credit and
then feel that they can take things
easy. This makes loaf0^, and this cuts
off production. Credit a man and you
license him to loaf.
When you are free from debt, you
will find that you can buy at least
twenty-five per cent cheaper, and by
and by you will accumulate a little
bank roll, and do you know, I had
rather have the confidence of a bank
than most anything I know?
Again, when you pay cash you are
absolutely independent, and if one mer
chant’s price seems high, go across the
street and try the other fellow; that’s
exactly the way I do from one year’s
end to the other, and I wouldn’t live
any other way. I like that independent
feeling, I tell you.
Just at this time over in Mississippi,
'Texas, and down in Luzianne, the
wholesale grocers have called their trav-,
eling men (poor heel-flies) in off the
road and do not want to sell their trade
any more goods on credit. Now, the
merchant cannot sell the customer on
credit, that’s a dead moral certainty,
so you see at a glance where this credit
business works a hardship, always hurts
the consumer worse because he is worse
off to start with—all on account of that
awful, slave-maker, CREDIT. Well, you
say, some of them have to buy that way.
May be it does look that way on the
surface; but, by the eternal goods, I’d
go half-naked and half-starved for one
season to get free from the clutches of
a thing that took away my liberty.
When you accumulate a little money,
your merchant will make you an induce
ment to buy, and he will treat you cour
teously and politely.
As I see it now, the sooner the poor
white man and the illiterate negro get
wise to paying the cash, the sooner we
will have a better and a more prosper
ous South. As it now is, there are a
few pot-gutted land-owners and supply
merchants that fatten off the hundreds
of poor devils that seem fastened in the
clutches of DEBT.
Next week, we will have a little
“Musket Ridge” on the side, and
trust the war will soon be over and we
can feel easy and go on preparing for
the winter.
P. S.—I have had Elbert Hubbard
bind a few of my new books, and they
are beautiful—full limp leather binding
and gold edges—these are for the 1 elect
that naturally love pretty books. Price
$2.00, post paid. The lavender cloth
binding at $1.00, post paid.
PROGRESS
IN ORCHARD
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SPRAY-
$40.
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with six eyes, warming closet
and Enamel Reservoir,
Big Sale Price $24.75.
Sold on 30 days trial.
In Economy Basement.
Big Sale Ad on Page 8.
DAVIS SALES CO.
for
MdWILLIAMS,
HEATING AND VENTILATION FOR
COUNTRY HOMES.
Heating and ventilation of" farm
houses has not received the attention
the importance of the subject demands,
In general, the main consideration pre
dominating in such cases is to heat the
house, little or no attention being paid
to 'adequate ventilation. The prevail
ing idea that a close house is necessary
for successful heating is an erroneous
one. Comfort and health are the two
things sought in considering the heat
ing question. These two things go
hand in hand. A perfectly comfort
able house is one having an ample- sup
ply of pure, fresh air at the desired
temperature.
In building a house, provision should
be made to have a certain number of
changes of air each hour in the several
rooms. The number of changes depends
upon the number of persons occupying
the rooms.
Doors and windows are not sufficient
means of ventilation in the winter
time. Special air ducts' leading from
the rooms to the outside atmosphere
should be provided to carry out the im
pure air. If the heating plant be a hot
air furnace, the rooms are being con
stantly supplied with fresh, warm air,
the foul air escaping through the ven
tilating ducts.
If the heating plant be a hot water
or steam plant, the fresh air should be
introduced into the rooms through spe
cial ducts installed for that purpose.
The main idea is always to have a
sufficient amount of fresh air coming
into the house so the percentage of
foul air may be kept low enough to
prevent serious effects on the occu
pants. Most people guard very care
fully . against draught, yet the lack of
ventilation is more injurious to the
health of the occupants of a building
than draught. L. D. CRAIN.
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria.enriches the blood.and builds up the sys
tem. A true tonic. For adults and children. 50c
$7.00
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Tuesday, August 25, 1914
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During Tecent years, orchardists have
made wonderful progress in the con
trol of diseases and insect pests. Never
before has there been so much atten
tion given to spraying and other con
trol methods. Never before has there
been produced fruit of any higher
quality. Apples, peaches and other
fruits with scale and fungus spots or
worm infestations are becoming a rari
ty on the general market. This fact
is due to the orchardist’s progress in
putting better fruits on the market,
thereby educating the market people
and the consumer, more especially the
consumer, to demand the best.
It is said that the world moves on.
As soon as one difficulty is overcome
or one obstacle surmounted, another is
pressing urgently for solution. Those
who do not have the understanding of
this philosophy, nor the enthusiasm for
endless effort, soon give up the inces
sant toil to those who have.
The San Jose scale, which at one
time seemed destined to destroy the
fruit industry is no longer to be feared;
the codling moth and its repulsive
presence; likewise the curculio, the
brown rot which took its periodic toll,
the scab and rots of the apple, all have
succumbed to the experiments of the
scientists and the labor and intelligence
of the orchardists.
History has taught us this: When
we meet with a new task, the first thing
to do is to accomplish it. Then if the
task is to- be repeated, the next step
is to reduce the cost of control, so as
to increase profits.
Progress along the line of controlling
the disease and insects mentioned above
has been rapid, but at the present
time the most urgent demand along the
line of spraying is more efficient work.
To do the work with the least effort
and the smallest cost without lower
ing the quality' of fruit,- is now the
problem of the orchardfst when it
comes to spraying.
Fruit growing is no longer- in the
experimental stage as to spraying.
New discoveries may come, but tbey
are not absolutely needed and new
spray materials should not be experi
mented with by the orchardists.
It is often possible to so time the
spraying of fruit trees as to combine
two important sprayings. An exam
ple of this is the use of lime sulphur
solution as a dormant spray for scale
and if used properly it prevents leaf
curl of peach.
The greatest loss of effort comes
from poor equipment and lack of skill
handling spray apparatus. In a
community where there are a number
of orchards, large enough to justify
gasoline outfits, it is not uncommon
to find as many different “makes” as
there are orchards. When something
brdaks, the outfit must stand idle un
til the orchardist can send to the fac
tory for the part which is out of re
pair. If most of the growers owned
and operated the same kind of outfit
all the breakable parts could very eas
ily be carried in stock by the local
dealer. This would not only save time
but in many instances lessen the
money tied up in equipment, for under
such conditions it is often necessary
for the grower to own more spray ap
paratus than he really needs.
Cover Crops.
More attention has been given to
the improvement of spray methods
than any of the other essentials to
successful fruit growing. One of the
most neglected phases is that of win
ter cover-crops. It is well known that
cover crops will benefit orchards in
preventing washes; by taking up the
plant food as it becomes available,
saves it from leaking; and adds humus
to the soil. In the case of legumes,
they do more than this; they also add
nitrogen.
Crimson Clover.
In any orchard of fair fertility,
cover crop of crimson clover can be
gotten, if two conditions are to be
had or supplied. The land must be
sweet and inoculated. If the land is
not sweet, a thousand pounds of lump
lime or a ton of ground limestone will
usually make it so. If the land has
never been inoculated or has not grown
crop of crimson clover in recent
years, it should be inoculated either
by getting soil from a crimson clover
field or by the use of artificial inocu
lation.
When sown alone 25 to 30 lbs. of
seed should be sown to the acre and
the sowing made about the first of
September in the mountain belt and
several weeks later farther south. The
writer obtained an excellent cover
crop of crimson clover, in a pecan or
chard which is located on the southern
edge of the Piedmont belt, last year.
The seed was sown the last week of
September.
Hairy Vetch.
The same conditions needed to grow
a crop of crimson clover are essential
for hairy vetch, namely, sweet soil
and inoculation. However, vetch will
do better without the liming than
crimson clover. It is not good prac
tice to take a chance with vetch with
out liming.
The writer has been very success
ful, for the last two years, with this
legume by the use of lime and arti
ficial inoculation. The vetch was sown
alone and with rye. When sown
alone 35 lbs. were used to. the acre,
with rye, 20 lbs. The land had been
in cowpeas during the summer. The
peas were gathered and then the vetch
sown broadcast in front of a disc har
row.
The effect of Sun Upon Inoculation.
Seed for one acre was inoculated,
sown broadcast and permitted to re
main exposed to the sun for two hours
before discing. A very poor growth
obtained on this acre. In fact
left uninoculated. Sunlight is very
injurious to bacterial life, conse
quently, the bacteria were undoubt
edly killed before the seeds were
worked into the soil.
Self-Seeding of Vetch.
During the spring of 1913 several
strips of vetch were left standing in a
pecan orchard. These strips were as
wide as one-third of the distance be
tween the rows. After the vetch
ripened, the strips were disced and
planted to cowpeas. About the first
of September the land was again
disced and left to see whether the
vetch would come up. The stand was
heavier in the center of the rows than
the year before and the vetch made
a very good cover crop in this way.
The saving in cost j of seed was quite
an item. ,
Watermelons.
At this writing South Georgia grow
ers have about discontinued shipping
melons, although the fields are still
full of merchantable .fruit. Very few
have done better than break even on
the season’s effort. The markets all
over the north and east seem to have
enough. The old question again comes
up, “Could watermelon growers by co
operation get better prices?” How
much are the melons bringing at the
other end of the line? They are sell
ing on the tracks in the South Georgia
section from 2 to 5 cents apiece, and
few buying.
Cantaloupes.
Cantaloupes have also been off in
price, but a good many of the grow
ers have made a niee profit. Several
growers in Georgia report a net profit
of $30 to $35 per acre.
Saving Seed.
In saving watermelon seed, it is|
not the individual melon which counts
but the whole plant. Select the seed
from the plant which produces the mel
ons desired. One good melon may grow
a plant which produced a number of
sorry ones. Uniformity, size, number
of melons and healthiness of the plant
are things to take into consideration.
Within every variety there
is of moderate cost, and which will
entirely change the conditions in the
room. Old buildings may have this
new system put in witl/ scarcely any
alteration. The outfit may be pur
chased ready to install.
. The proper way to heat and venti
late a school room is to have fresh air
from the outside brought to the build
ing, then heated and let into the room
above the breathing line, say eight feet
above the floor; this fresh, warm air
is to flow gently down upon the pupils,
and after it has been used for breath
ing and warming purposes, to be
.j passed along the floor and drawn out
of the roonf at the floor line, and not
somewhere up on the side walls. It is
necessary to have a strong draft to
make this system work, as some of the
air, after having been breathed, be
comes heavier than the atmosphere,
and sinks instead of rising, and in its
sluggish condition needs considerable
urging to cause it to move. This has
been accomplished in large city build
ings for a long time past where forced
and induced drafts are easily obtained.
And now comes the before-mentioned
portable system adapted to small
buildings, and it is giving the best of
satisfaction when properly installed.
This system gives each child an'abun
dance of pure, fresh air, and thoroughly
warms and distributes this air to all
parts of the room without drafts. It
removes from the room an equal
amount of the nsed and most unde
sirable air, the cold and foul air near
the floor. It does away with cold floors,
and, in short, is one of the greatest
blessings that has come to the little
school house in a long time.
J. W. LAWRENCE.
DYEING.
Home dyeing in silk or cotton is a
simple process. Linen and wool are dif
ficult to get a good fast color in, and
need expert knowledge to handle well.
The best dye to use is aneline dium
fast Dialine, red, yellow and bine. From
nd leave ten minutes, remove *
press with a hot iron. If the.!,' 11113
not right add more dye and w " *
or take out some of the dye Z *
add clear water to <*et a er,ai d
%hter i
111 all at
these primary colors any shade may be
strains which differ greatly. This is J “» tched , P cr ;
especially true of watermelon varieties
grown for home use. Those which are , , ,
of better quality than the shipping “5 C ° 8t ab ° Ut
melons, but of poor carrying quality. I 0 ar or e t ree -
Keep the strains pure and select seed
is good advice.
Receipt for Cotton Dyeing.
Quarter teaspoonful of dye.
One large dishpan water.
Two teaspoons salt.
Put the water with the salt on the
tove to heat. Dissolve the dye in half cup
ave a small piece of the same to test the
dye for color. Put the test piece in
Roy Vance’s “A Book
of Letters,” is now ready.,
1.1,_ L ao |. iL- | of water and add to the pan of wat-
Includes Uie best of the I r . Let come t0 a boiI Have the material
VTltingS Of tlllS mOSt pop-1 to he dyed clean and soaking wet, also
ular contributor to The
Citizen. Send in orders
now, either to C. R.
Vance, 910 S. 17th St.,
Fort Smith, Ark., or to
The A. J. Showalter Co.,
Dalton, Ga. Supply is
limited. Price, postpaid,
$1.00.
Then put the material
pick it up quickly and dip ” Mee -
two or three times, then stir ^
stick till all parts have access TV
dye. Let boil fifteen or twentv ^
utes, stirring occassionally p/ m °'
tepid water three or four tim« *
it step, u«an g . «
dry. Five or six yards of material
be dyed in this quantity 0 f dv e S ' ?
Made-over material should be'i n ^
instead of a whole garment pVT®
onee. “
The same recipe is used for sin
cept that acid is used as a
instead of salt. Use two teaspt
acetic acid or half cup vinegar onT
teaspoons dilute sulphuric acid
Color Combinations.
Red plus blue equals purple.
Blue plus yellow equals green.
Red plus yellow equals orange
Pale yellow, blue and pink are’j
by using less of the solid color and test-
ing for shade. Dark red, blue and v*
low may be made by using more offte
solid color and adding a few grain, a
the blue with the red and yellow.
P- barlow.
HONEY FOR RHEUMATISM.
Dr. Bonnev, of Iowa, claims that pare
honey will cure rheumatism. F or some
time we have read of bee stings bear
a cure for rheumatism, but nothin!, de
finite was ever the result of any experi
ment. Dr. Bonney says that he has
learned that it is not the bee stings
which make bee keepers free of
matism, but due to honey being one of
their staple foods. Dr. Bonney
gests it a good rule to take two' tank
spoonsful of either comb,or strained
honey five times daily, at 8 a. m.. 10 a.
m., 2 and 4 p. m., and at bed time, and
that no fluid of any kind be taken for
at least an hour after taking the honey.
Roy Vance’s “A Book
of Letters,” is now ready.
Includes the best of the
writings of this most pop
ular contributor to The
Citizen. Send in orders
now, either to C. R.
Vance, 910 S. 17th St,
Fort Smith, Ark., or to
The A. J. Showalter Co.,
Dalton, Ga. Supply is
limited. Price, postpaid,
$1.00.
SHARPENING LAWN-MOWERS.
I little difference could be observed be-
| tween the acre so treated and an acre
It is quite a general practice when
a lawn-mower becomes dull, to take it
to a shop to have it sharpened. At
the shop there are two methods em
ployed in sharpening the mower. One
method is to use a file on the reel and
blade. This is a very poor way,
only experts with the file can produce
a good job. More often the blades are
uneven, being too high in places and
too low in others. The result is, the
blades on the reel do not touch the
lower plate or blade the same through
out their length, causing the mower to
run hard and cutting the lawn uneven
ly-
The second method is to grind the
blades of the reel in a special machine
designed for that purpose. This is a
much better way than the first method
as it leaves the blades quite true. But
this method does not give the result
required, as the lower plate or blade is
not touched in the process of grinding.
To put the mower in the best condi
tion both the blades of the reel and the
lower or fixed blade require sharpen
ing.
A lawn mower may be sharpened at
home, at a very small expense, and
in such a manner that the objections
alluded to above are entirely eliminat
ed. Reverse the driving wheels on the
mower, thereby driving the reel back
ward. Set up the lower blade until
the reel .touches it. Feed in between
the reel blades and the lower, fixed
blade, emery or carborundum mixed
with oil to the consistency of thick
paste. Run the mower over the lawn.
This will grind the reel blades and the
fixed blades at the same time. Both
blades are made true with each other,
and the mower will run as nicely and
do as good work as when new. There
is no danger of spoiling the machine
by sharpening it in this manner.
Tubes of paste consisting of car
borundum and grease, are on the mar
ket for this purpose. A twenty-five
cent tube of this paste will sharpen
a lawn-mower for a whole summer; and
only a few minutes every two or three
weeks, will serve to keep the machine
in first-class condition.
L. D. CRAIN.
Quality First
Then Price
That s the policy of this store—and it applies to
prescriptions with double force. When health is at
stake, price should not be the foremost question.
With us, quality is first always and when we can
save you money on anything whatsoever, without
sacrificing quality, we do so gladly. You will find
this 3tore the be£tt place at which to trade for this
reason, if for no other. But there are other reasons,
such as prompt and courteous service extended at the
hands of experienced and well trained men, tele
phone and free delivery service, etc.
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HEATING A SMALL SCHOOL-
HOUSE.
Did you ever go into a small school
room where, in cold weather, the air
was heavy and part of the room was
warm, perhaps too warm, and p^rt
of the room uncomfortably cool; where
the attention of the teacher and the
pupils was distracted in trying to con
form to the unsatisfactory conditions
due to bad heating and ventilation?
A new heating system has recently
been devised whereby proper heating
and ventilation may be secured for
schools by installing a heater which
SA TURD A Y SPECIAL
555 yards Wide Shadow Lace, regular
25c yard lace, at 11c yard. Sale begins
st 9 a. m. and lasts all day.
24 large Galvanized Pails, 2 red bands,
Saturday at 2 p. m. f each - . 15 c
$1-2S» and $1.00 Suit Cases and
Hand Bags - . $1.00
$1.00 Children’s Shees, pair - 75c
75c Children’s Shoes .... 5o c
25c Matting Rngs - . ]g c
All Crez Rags reduced
New line Ladies’ Waists for jemner
and fall wear at - '
Ladies 25c Sbert Kimanas
Men’s and Children’s Straw Hati
25c Hats - - - \Z
50c Hat. - - ; ' £
Scarfs and Shams, 50c pr. value, pr-
Men’s Sommer Underwear,
values -
10-qt. Galvanized Pails -
Foot Tubs, Galvanized
Special 10c sale of Pocket Kniyas.
Must see the knives to appreciate
them.
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