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MAY 25. 1921.
the milleogeville news
IF FARMER HAD
TO PAY HIS WIFE
He Would Go Broke, Declares
Nebraska University Expert,
Summarizing Survey.
WOULD COSTJMjOOO A YEAR
Farm Wife Is Cook, Washerwoman
Seamsticss, Charwoman and, on Oc.
casion, a Nurse—Also She Is
Ascic'.ant Farm Director.
Omaha.—If Nebraska farmers had
to |*:*>- tIn- i wives ‘‘living ’ wages for
their xvorl; must of them would Imve
to go out of business, uecutditig to
figures mode public by the home eco-
uomh department of the Nebraska
Still • university. According to these
figures every farm wife earns .$1,000 a
year. And inasmuch as most of the
farmers are not tanking Unit over and
above i .peases, the farmers would ‘'go
brab If they had to pay their wives
vital they would have to pay others
for the same service.
The farm wife Is a cook, a washer
woman, a seamstress, a charwoman,
a nurse, an assistant farm director,
mid a whole lot of other things. And
she is an expert 111 each of these. The
home economics department, in mak
ing up its survey, look all these occu
pations Into consideraiion, in estimat
ing the value of their wives' service.
If Outside Help Weic Hired.
“if it litriii woman’s lime was con
sidered and she was paid on the hasir
of the hired help she saves her hus
band from employing, she would re
ceive a salary of J?4.ih»o a year,” says
Miss Margaret l-'edde, elm I naan of the
department which made the survey.
First, all the cooking falls upon the
housewife. She prepares three meals
m day. She has no afternoon "out."
Service of that kind Is worth at
least $10 a week," says Miss l-'edde
Next, the farm wife does the wash
ing ami Ironing. Very few farmers
■have washing machines, it takes the
farm wife all day long to do the wash
ing. Another full day is required to
do the ironing.
"The regular wages of a laundress
in the country arc $2.f>0 per day," says
Miss Fedde. "For the washing nnd
Ironing, therefore, she should he cred
ited with $. r > per week."
A recent health survey of farms and
farmers shows there is an average of
19 days of sickness each year on each
farm. And when there Is sickness the
wife turns to nursing. So. for 19 days
each year the farm wife Is u nurse.
"The wages of a trained nurse on
the farm are $25 per week," says Miss
Fedde. “On this score the farm wife
gets in nearly $75 per year in wages
as a nurse."
When Mrs. Farmer does the family
sewing—and she does nil the sewing
that Is done on the farm—she should
lie credited with the wages of a seam
stress. Credit Mrs.' Farmer $0 per
week as. a sewing lady.
More of Her Duties.
The wages of a woman to do clean
ing, scrubbing, etc., are $2.50 per day.
For two days each week the farmer's
wife does this kind of work. Iler pay
check, according to the home econom
ics department's survey should be
increased hy $5 per week for that.
Taking cure of the butter,and the
creum and the eggs requires some
hours every day. And during the berry
season and the fruit season the wlf*
works long hours over the preserving
kettle. This kltul of work is worth
$:t per day and the credit should go
to Mrs. Farmer. And In the fall, dur
ing. "hog killing time," the fanner's
wife nets as expert meat packer and
should he credited with $5 per day
for that labor.
As a "farm assistant" the farmer's
wife is called upon every hour of the
day to g'»e advice. The rule of pay
of farm slants In Nebraska is $20
per wot o the farmer's wife should
he er-vc vith $20 per week on that
score.
Then there tire the thousands and
one tilings which do not come under
any of these heads, hut which would
command Idg pay If the farmer laid to
go out and employ some one lo do
them. All these should he credited to
the wife of the farmer.
"Total all these charges and It will
he found that the Nebraska farm iflfe
earns at least $4,000 every year, with
her hoard and room thrown In," snys
the bulletin.
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THE
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nd
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[ADVERTISE IN THE NF.WS
Sixteen Years Oklahoma Negro
Has Been Kept in Suspense.
Sentenced for Murder in 1905 and
Authorities Have Not Yet Set
the Date for Execution.
Oklahoma City. For sixteen years
Kid Kelly. Oklahoma negro, murderer
of Jim Dillingham, lias been Impris
oned In Oklahoma, dally awaiting
word from the legally constituted
authorities that will set the date for
Ids execution at tile hands of the fed
eral or state governments. And his
suspense is not yet ended.
Since October, 1905, the negro has
been Imprisoned and for the last ten
years has been in the custody of the
prison authorities nt McAlester, who
have not even ordinary commitment
papers as their authority for his in
carceration. The only document pos
sessed hy the prison, according to the
records is an ordej- Instructing the
sheriff of that county to convey the
negro to the state p Miltentinry at Mc
Alester and deliver him to the warden
for confinement awaiting the final
action of the court.
There the authority ends.
While Kelly putters around the
prison enclosure awaiting the day
when the courts shall decide the date
of his execution, legal lights arc bow
ing their heads before law hooks in
an endeavor to discover the real status
of the prisoner; why the sentence lias
never been carried out; why lie lias
never released, nnd reviewing the
case, which In the opinion of some
of the most talented of the legal pro
fession, is not only without precedent,
hut also n most vivid example of the
fallibility of courts.
It appears that unless some person
takes active Interest In the procedure
Kelly will he permitted to live and die
a natural death In the slate prison,
although it Is genet-ally agreed among
those who have been Interested from
time to time that Ids trial, conviction
anil sentence was a travesty upon
court procedure.
According to those who participated
In the original trial, although most of
those who were directly Interested are
dead or scattered to the four corners
of the Union, Kelly’s attorney was a
man whose legnl knowledge wns
meager, having Just prior to the trial
been ndniitted to the practice of law.
his previous training having been de
voted to the clergy.
It Is stated hy those whose recollec
tion of the cuse Is the best that the
United States district attorney offered
to permit Kelly to enter a plea of
guilty to n charge of manslaughter
nnd accept a sentence of five years In
the federal penitentiary. This offer.
It is said, was Indignantly refused by
the attorney for the defense.
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VAOKAM4, 'ATE A.UA
Wedding Bells Hushed
When Bonnet Is Ruined.
New York.—The destruction
of her new fall bonnet was the
straw which broke tbe back of
Mrs. Mugurdick J. Tasbjlan's
married life. After her bus-
bnnd bad smashed the new hat,
she says, she and her mother
departed from the TasliJIan
apartment at 250 ltiversldc
drive, and she has since lived
apart from her husband, lie is
a rug and antique dealer at
2*105 Broadway. In his answer
In the supreme court he has de
nied his wife's charges of
cruelty.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
NOT LAGGING IN WORK
CUT OFF LEG TO RESCUE MAN
GENUINE
- M
DURHAM
tobacco makes 50
flood ciflareites for
Sh 'Oc
Mr) sx n
» S J y *a
Surgeons Perform Operation by Lan
tern Light at Scene of Street
Car Wreck.
New York. — Physicians working
with the aid of one dickering lantern,
amputated the right leg of Henry
Helms, a niotorman, In order to ros
ette him from the tnngled wreckage
of two street ears telescoped in a col-
ilsinii that caused injuries to twenty
other persons.
Helms, who wns pinioned under the
ear when physicians arrived, persuad
ed them to perform the operation
without an anaesthetic In order to
save time, hater, his other leg, badly
mangled, was also removed at a hos
pital.
Helms and the conductor, William
Wherax, who snflfored a fractured
skull, are said to have slight chance
of recovery.
WILD BEAST PUZZLES EXPERT
Strange Animal Found in New Jersey
Has the Head of a Raccoon
and Cat’s Tail.
Colinnsey. N. J.—A strange animal
that has made even the oldest river-
men nnd natives pinch themselves In
this dry ora is puzzling trappers nnd
hunters as to its species since its cap
ture in the Cohatisey river. The ani
mal lias the head of a raccoon, the
tall of a cat and its body of a little
more than a foot long is covered with
gray nnd reddish brown fur. Its feet
are black. It was captured In a scoop
net at the edge of the river by Clar
ence Cheesrann, who lives in a boat
house colony near the shore.
i Some interesting figures were giv-
I en out today at the convention of
[.county commissioners concerning the
activities f the State Highway De.
partment in Georgia. These ligures
show fnat a great deal of work is
under way, much completed, and a
large amount of federal aid funds
have been used in the stale. The
figures are corrected in Mayentfww
figures are corrected to May 1, 1921,
and are below:
Federal and State Aid Projects
Completed 52 projects in 86 coun
ties, $3,398,509.76.
Under construction, 161 projects in
ill counties, $13,451,926.66.
Pending, 78 projects in 53 counties,
$2,336,342.83.
Total—291 project.; in 142 cp ntie
$19,186,815.25.
Federal Aid Vouchers for $3,836,-
778.12 to date submitted to govern
ment.
Federal Aid Vouchers for $351 052.
21 a.; of January 2, 1920
Paveu i-oa.l •, 266.6S miles, cf which
94.85 mile: have been completed.
Sand clay roads, 901.03 miles of
which 310.4 miles have been eoaij le'
ed.
Graded roads. 53.52 miles of which
8.24 mil , have been completed.
Total - 1.221.23 miles cf which
413.19 miles have been completed
Bridge* , 48 miles, of which 11 miles
have been completed.
Maintenance and Betterment.
Under Maintenance 66 projects in
59 < oi iities a total of 655.8 miles.
Pending. 61 projects in 58 counties,
a total of 513.2 miles.
Total—127 projects in 117 counties,
a total of i 169.0 miles.
Farmer Shoots Bear.
Williamsport, i’a.—Henry Carson of
Slate Bun, shot n bear several days
ago, but no notion will be brought
against him. He killed the bear for
stealing his pigs. After the nntnml had
carried off two small porkers from Car-
son’s pen the farmer waited for It to
return. The hear entile hack late the
next night. The moonlight gave Car-
son a good view of the animal as it
ambled tip to the pig pen nnd one slmt
from his rille killed It. Joseph Smith of
Muncy, state game warden, decided
the'-e was no onii'-e to prosecute Car-
son.
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SALESMAN WANTED —Direct,.to-
weater salesman, musy be experienc
ed, to sell Men's made-to-measure
clothing, popular prices, exceptional
values, commission large. If you are
a. real salesman write us. Best
Tailoring; Co., Butler Bldg., Cincin
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Don't ,et the army worm destroy
your garden. DIXIE BRAND UAL-
( H M ARSENATE will control them.
For Sale by Culver & Kidd Drug Co.
and Ennis Pharmacy.
WANTED—Men or women to take
'I'ders among friends and neighbors
for Hie genuine guaranteed hosiery, full
line for men, women and children. El
iminates darning. We pay 75c an hour
spare time, or $36.00 a week for lull
■me. Experience unnecessary. Writ-
Mernational Stocking Mills Norristown
f ' a - 1-7-1 otp
MARINE CORPS OPEN
Washington, D. C.—Youngsters be
tween t e ages of 18 and 19 years, with
ambitions to become midshipmen at
the United States Naval academy, nov.-
will be accepted for enlistments at all
marine corps l-ecuiting stations. One
hundred enlisted men are appointed
to the Naval academy each year, alter
a competitive examination given en
listed men of the navy and marine
corps. They must not be more titan
20 years of age on April 1 of the year
it is desired to enter, and must have
been in the service at least cue year
by August 15 of t'iiat year.
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SO WEAK
SO NERVOUS
How Miserable This Woman Was
Until She Took Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound
Toomsboro, Ga.—"I suffered terribly
with backache and headache all the tune,
1 1 was so weak and ner
vous I didn't know
what to do, and could
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trouble was deficient
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papers what Lydia
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decided to give it a
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I recommend your Vegetable Compound
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to mine and you may use these facts
as a testimonial. ’’—Mrs. C. F. Phillips,
Toomsboro, Ga.
Weak, nervous women make unhappy
homes, their condition irritates i«.th
husband and children. It has been
said that nine-tenths of the nervous
prostration, nervous despondency, “the
blues, ’ irritability and backache arise
from some displacement or derange
ment of a woman’s system. Mrs. Phil
lips’ letter clearly shows that no other
remedy is so successful in overcoming
this condition as Lydia E. Pink ham s
Vegetable Compound.
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Tire Mileage at the Lowest Cost in History
SIZE anti TYPE
30 x 3 Clincher
30 x 3A Clincher
32 x 33 S. S.
32 x 4 S. S.
31 x 41 S. S.
35 x 5 S. S.
NON-
Old Prices
SKID
Mew Prices
RED-TOP
Old Prices New Prices
RIBBED CORD
Old Prices New Prices
NON-SKID CORD.
Old Prices Nov Prices
$17.55
20.80
26.30
34.95
49.85
61.15
$12.85
15.00
- 21.00
26.90
38.35
47.05
$21.05
27.75
31.60
42.00
$17.00
22.00
26.00
34.40
$32.60
39.20
49.80
59.10
73.65
$25.00
32.90
41.85
49.65
61.90
$34.25
41.15
52.30
62.05
77.35
$27.50
36.40
46.30
54.90
68.45
Plus war lax. Other sixes reduced i
GRAY TUBES
Old Prices New Prices
$2.75
$2.15
3.25
2.55
3.60
2.90
4.55
3.55
6.00
4.75
7.25
5.85
proportion
Those Prices Apply to Our Regular and Complete Line
Price unsupported by value never is tin adv>intf,rtr» _ , ,
to make a quick “clean-up" and quit. ’ ^ the man who seI19
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