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THURSDAY, JANUARY 7.
MUCH ACTIVITY
'■ AT SIT POL
Columns of Troops Proceed
Gaily to Front. German Pris
oner," Work Cheerily By Side
of French Armed Guardians.
Saint Pol, France, (via Paris, 11:55
a. m.)—German prisoners of war work
•heerily by their armed French guar
dians in repairing national highways
in this region just to the rear of the
colossal battle front. The prisoners
are on the best terms with their cap
tors. They remain only a short time
in this neighborhood. As soon as a
sufficient number is taken to fill a
train they are dispatched to some
town on the coast or in the interior,
or embarked for Algeria. In this re
gion there is much activity because
of the passage of great supply con
voys, interspersed with columns of
troops proceeding gaily to the front to
take their turns in the trenches.
Like French Work.
Without exception they express a
preference foe work in the trenches
rather than remaining idly at their
billets. While the men are held in
reserve a short distance to the rear
they have nothing to occupy their
time. The postal service is uncertain
and they rarely receive news from the
remainder of the world. While they
are in the trenches sometimes only 15
yards from the Germans, they are al
ways kept 0.. the alert.
Weather Changes.
Almost every day there is a change
in the weather. Today is marked by
a hard frost, turning the roads into
long skating rinks qn which the heavy
motor trucks are almost useless.
Thousands of men are throwing earth
over the glassy surfaces. Before the
frost set in the roads were like quag
mires.
Under the extremely trying condi
tions that prevail the men and their
commanders are remarkably cheerful
and confident.
Along the battle front, about Arras
and St. Eley, the troops’ position has
scarcely varied a foot from the zig
zag lines which have been occupied
for three months.
Important.
Possession of Arras is of greatest
importance to the allies, who are hold
ing it with remarkable tenacity, al
though opposed by great forces of
Germans under General Count von
Arnin, commander of the fourth army
corps, and the crown Prince of Ba
varia.
Every moment is a perilous one
when Arras is approached, since the
Germans have marked accurately the
ranges along the highway's. Any
movement along the road brings a
salvo of artillery fire.
PICKINGS FROM “PIC”
By A. DAVISSON
Mr. R. B. Dorn, living and farming
near Grovetown, had last year a con
tract for grading two miles of levee
foundation under A. J. Twiggs &
i Son. Mr. Dorn handled mostly out
lof-town help. He reports an excess
of such labor now to be had against
>a . scarcity last year. A change of
farming policies doubtlessly accounts
.in this instance for it. Mr. Dorn can,
'if he desires, give some interesting
facts about the varying willingness of
men to take work when proffered.
One of the good things to come of
this canvassing of the "unemployed”
cases will be a getting down to fund
amentals; the reaching bases whose
principles are operative at all times.
The clergy, the teachers, lecturers, af
ter-dinner speakers, writers and oth
ers will have prime opportunities for
moralizing, and for moralizing profit
ably if they will. It is no reflection
upon a man unfortunately out of
work for one to remark that one's
keeping at work is often a rtiatter with
himself. It is but trite to say that
many employes render themselves es
sential to their concerns. And, others,
when thrown out of work, are willing
to do anything for awhile rather than
remain idle. There are among us now
many such fellows. They would dupli
cate a case in my mind, that of a
college-bred man, forty years old and
of experience, who was thrown down
in a contract. He had unhappily lit
tle physical adeptness; but he tackled
the hardest sort of work in a cotton
mill—he had never been in a cotton
mill before —at SO cents a day. In a
month's time he was getting *1.25 per
day, and soon his pluck promoted him
to fifteen dollars a week, and so on
up he went. It meant for a long time
a totai reversal of methods and hab
its, and he stuck to it through chance
and change.
The Georgia Railroad has ah honor
roll of service There are about fif
teen regular passenger conductors and
eight extras. Of these, I learn that
Oaptains Oslin, McCord, Hatcher,
.Vftfody, Drane, Railey, Laird, Mont
gomerv. Jones, Hubbard, Watson, and
Cosby (and there may be others) have
seen over twenty years’ service with
the road—Captain Oslin having been
an in-charge man on freight or pas
senger trains for about 28 years. No
doubt the freight corps would show
as interesting records.
Mr. C. C. MoMillen has been in
clerical work with the road 22 years.
This has given Mr. McMillen wide ob
servation of ''times," and he says he
has seen as severe pressure as we are
now passing through.
Mr. J. R- Prlntup is in the city
todav, caring for Mrs. Prlntup at the
hospital. He gives a pleasant report
of Mrs. Prlntup's condition —a gradual
recovery of her usual health.
Of course the Pic territory is rejoic
ing in returning sunshine. Did you
ever hear the old saw about the first
twelve days of January giving the
cue to the corresponding months as to
weather 7 For example, this being th»
seventh day indicates that July, sev
enth month, will be bright end warm.
Very likely. That’s an easy-going
part nobody will run against. If It
holds good as to yesterday and day
before, which were rather wet if I
remember rightly, Heaven help us
through May and June.
TO ASK SUPREME COURT
£ARi Y HEARING FRANK
» CASE
Atlanta, —Attorney General Orica
will soon make the formal motion in
behalf of the state before the United
States supreme court for an early
hearing of the Leo Frank appeal, this
being decided at a conference between
CAM FOR
YOUR BOWELS IF
HEADACHY. SICK
To-night! Clean your bowels
and end Headaches, Colds,
Sour Stomach
Get a 10-cent box.
Put aside—just once—the Salts,
Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters
which merely force a passageway
through the bowels, but do not thor
oughly cleanse, freshen and purify
these drainage organs, and have no ef
fect whatever upon the liver and
stomach.
Keep your "insides” pure and fresh
with Cascarets, which thoroughly
cleanse the stomach, remove the un
digested, spur food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver and
carry out of the system all the con
stipated waste matter and poisons in
the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight wni make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep—never gripe, sicken,
and cost only 10 cents a box from your
druggist. Millions of men and women
take a Cascaret now and then and
never have Headache, Biliousness, Se
vere Colds, Indigestion, Sour Stomach
or Constipated Bowels. Cascarets be
long in every household. Children Just
love to take them.
Mr. Grice and Solicitor Hugh Dorsey.
The case will be presented to the high
tribunal on January 18, a week from
Monday.
It had been expected that Solicitor
Dorsey would go to Washington In
person to make this appeal,* but as
the attorney general had other busi
ness in Washington at the time it was
decided to let him take up the case.
Counsel for Frank say they have no
intention of opposing the motion to
have the case advanced on the calen
dar.
Considerable discussion has been
caused by the presence in Atlanta of
Nathan Strauss, the great Jewish
phinanthropist of New York, here on
a visit to boyhood scenes. It is ru
mored that Strauss wrs one of the
wealthy men who have aided Frank
in bearing the enormous legal expenses
of his case, but if this is true Mr.
Strauss has not verified it. He has
not discussed the case in any way
since coming to Atlanta.
HE RANG UP “BEAVERB”
Atlanta.—Chief of Police Beavers
was sitting at his desk when his loca'
phone rang.
"Is that Beavers?” asked the voice.
The chief admitted it.
"Well, send over half a pint of rye,”
sail the voice. “This is Smith."
“What do you mean?” asked the
chief.
“Oh. you know me. I can’t come
over right now and I want a drink.
•Rush it.” insisted the voice.
••Who do you think you’re talking
to?” asked the chief, indignantly. “A
blind tiger?”
•Isn’t that the Beavers’ Club?” aslccd
the man at the other end.
“No. it’s the chief of police," ex
plained the chief.
“Good Night!” said the voice, and
the phone hung up with a click.
The chiefs phone is listed in the
book under the name of Beavers, Just
above that of the Reavdrs’ Club.
GRAND CHALLENGE CUP BE
IN U. S. ANOTHER YEAR
New York, —The abandonment of
the famous English Henley Regatta for
1915 will leave the principal trophy,
the Grand Challenge Cup, in America
for another year at least. The class
ic prize for eight oarder crews wfis won
by the Harvard university second crew
last summer and under ordinary con
ditions would have been returned for
competition again this spring in ac
cordance with the deed of gift which
made the Grand Challenge Cup a
perpetual prize.
This trophy, the oldest and most
famous of the six Henley awards was
donated in 1839, the initial year of
the regatta. It anti-dates all other
trophies and has been raced for each
year since the first contest more than
seventy-five years ago. Although
won by Belgium and Australian crews
in past years it is a strange coin
cidence that the first break in the an
nual ragatta should come the season
following the triumph of an American
eight.
The Meat
of Wheat
The average yearly con
sumption of wheat in the
United States is nearly six
bushels for every man,
woman and child.
But—
Much of the nutriment
of the wheat is lost be
cause the vital mineral
salts stored by Nature
under the bran-coat are
thrown out to make flour
white.
In making
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
of choice wheat and malt
ed barley, all the nutri
ment of the grains, in
cluding the mineral values
necessary for building
sturdy brain, nerve and
muscle, is retained.
Everywhere Grape-Nuts
food has proven a won
derful energizer of brain
and brawn, and you may
be sure
“There’s a Reason”
FARMERS, ATTENTION I
THE POULTRY YARD.
The hen has a good grinding
apparatus, but you must furnish
the grit.
Feeding new corn is risky, and
most other grains are safer to
feed when well cured and sea
soned.
Cleata your dropping boards at
least thnee times a week and
keep down lice and mites. Use
a good disinfectant and put lice
powder in the dust bath.
Watch out for roup and colds.
Keep the flock dry and Isolate
any cases that may develop.
Plenty of fresh air and no drafts
nre the preventives.
Keep your eye on the water
Jars, as they are likely to freeze
these cold days and nights. Wa
ter Is important and should be
kept fresh before the fowls at
all times.
INCUBATOR'S VALUE
IN POULTRY RAISING
The incubator has made a place for
itself in the country world and has tak
en upon itself the duties that used to
belong to the hen, as far as Hatching is
concerned, says the Kansas Farmer.
Instead of wasting her valuable time in
hatching the hen can go on her way
laying eggs. That part of her duty
nothing can take from her. The large
poultry plants discarded the hen ns a
hatcher long ago, and the fancy poul
tryman has followed their example.
He can hatch his chickens at nny time
he pleases. If be wants his birds early
he must hatch them in January or
February, and there are very few hens
that want to sit during these cold
months. The modern incubator, wheth
er large or small, fills the bill and
does the work of hatching In a much
more satisfactory way than the hen.
The hen works In nature’s way, and
when given a chance to make good In
her own sweet way she will come out
all right, but you sometimes want
things outside of nature’s way. For
Instance, it is nature's way for a hen
to commence to sit In the spring and
summer, nnd if you wait on the sitting
hen your young fries and broilers will
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There are two varletiea of Rhode
Island Reds—single comb and rose
comb. Both varieties have the same
standard requirements and ara not
unlike the Plymouth Rocks in con
formation, though they are differ
ent in shape of baok and shape and
carriage of tall. Their rich red
color makes them an attractive
bird, and they are excellent both ae
market fowls and egg producers.
In size they are smaller than
Plymouth Rocks. The picture shows
a Rhode Island Red oock.
be very late In coming. Ton cannot
get them In late winter or very early
aprlng as you can with an Incubator
The ben sometimes thinks she wants
to sit, and then, again, she takes an
other think. She may stay on the nest
for a week and then strike for more
wages or another place to work In.
After she la given a lot of fine eggs
she will make all sorts of fuss and
give up the notion of sitting entirely.
The Incubator, on the other hand. Is
trustworthy. Tou can start It as soon
as you have the eggs, and If you at
tend to your business there is no rea
son why you abould not have a suc
cessful hatch. Don’t get the ldoa Into
your head that some time everybody
will be bock again batching with the
hen. The Incubator has come to stay
and Is already an Indispensable part of
every modern poultry plant
Grain For Poultry.
As the cold strengthens the question
of grain food for the Indoor flock is
pushed to the front/ Wheat Is almost a
balanced ration. But It costa more In
the south and east than some other
kinds of grain. It can’t be beaten aa a
grain food for poultry. Better, how
ever, to have a variety than to feed too
much wheat Overfeeding with wheat
sometimes results In a clogging of the
digestive organs. Cars should be exer
cised, too, or grain will be wasted by
throwing out more than the flock re
quires. Examine the Utter frequently
to discover whether there Is a leakage
there.
Remedy For Scaly Leo.
Here is a simple and aura remedy for
aoaly lega In fowls. Aa a rule out ap
plication Is sufficient: Take a smafl
deep can aryl fill it wKb keroaene. Dtp
the feet and legs In It up to the Heath
ers, but do not wet the feathers, and
bold them In the oil for a second or
two, no longer.—Farm Journal.
THE AUGUSTS HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
FARMERS, ATTENTION 1
DAIRY POINTERS.
If the cream Is allowed to
freeze it is impossible to make
really good butter.
THie temperature of the cream
should be about 65 degrees in
winter. The chum room should
be kept at about the same tem
perature.
A reliable thermometer should
always be kept hand}* and i«sed.
Guesswork doesn’t pay when
making butter.
Never allow milk to dry on the
churn or on anything usod in
the handling of milk or butter.
The strong cow is one that
will raise a calf every year and
produce a large quantity of milk.
Filthy cows and in many cases
unclean milkers also have their
effect upon the milk produced.
CLEANLINESS IN
MILK PRODUCTION
[By H. A. Harding, professor of
bacteriology, University of Illinois.}
In producing clean milk the object
of first importance is the cow herself
If she is covered with filth so that this
filth falls mechanically into the pail
during the milking process the milk
will be filthy, if, on the other hand,
the cow is clean and is milked by a
clean individual into clean utensils the
the milk will contain very Uttl* objec
tionable material—that Is, the milk
wiTbbe clean In the ordinary sense of
the word.
This word ‘‘clean” must be used In
regard to milk with some understand
lng of what the situation really Is
The cleanest class of milk on tbe mar
ket Is “certified milk,” which is pre
pared under unusual conditions with
regard to the cleanliness of the cow
and her surroundings. The results
from the scoring of this certified milk
at competitions in various parts of the
country are available and Indicate that
only about one bottle of this milk In
a hundred Is so clean that foreign mul
ter cannot be readily detected, eithei
with the nuked eye or with a low pow
er reading glasa. When the highest
grade es certified milk is In this un
cleanly condition it is not fair to Insist
that the ordinary milk which sells at
not much more than half the price shall
be absolutely clean.
The amount of foreign matter which
will fall from the cow into the pall
The use of pure bred sires In
dairy herds has come to be such a
universal practice that large grade
herds of almost any of the dairy
breeds are to be fouhd. Such herds
quickly take on the characteristics
of the breed of the sirs. This Is
especially true of Guarnaeya, the
prepotency of the blood shewing
very plainly In the characteristics
of all the stock, so that even In
the first generation we have a herd
which very closely approaches In
characteristics the pure bred typo
A very fortunate coincidence Is that
tbs characteristics of ths color and
quality of the milk are found also.
This Is especially true where the
Guernsey sirs Is used with native
stock. The cow here shown Is Tay
lor's Cream Cup, a pure bred
Guernsey.
during the milking process can be very
much reduced by uetng a milk pall
which has the top partially covered. A
milk pall with a cover having an oval
opening B by 7 Inches will cnt out
more than half and usually as much as
three-fourths of this foreign matter.
The cleanliness of the cow la also help
ed by having the stall of proper size
and construction, so that aba may be
kept out of her own filth. 1 “roper use
of bedding Is also Important, also use
of currycomb and brush. The cleaning
of cows In this way Is unfortunately
not as common a practice as It should
be. It takes a small amount of time
and causes a correspondingly smsll
added expense, but bocause the clean
liness of the cow Is nil Important In
this matter of dean milk production
the slight expense at this point gives
very large returns.
faraln Ration For Dairy Cows.
A desirable grain mixture to feed In
combination with silage and mixed hay
Is made up of comment, 278 pounds:
cottonseed meal, 180 pounds; dried
brewers' or distillers' grain*. 200
pounds, and gluten, 100 pound*. TkiU.
grain mixture ihould be fed dolly at
the rat* of on* pound for eseh three
pounds of 3 to 4 per cent milk pro
doced. In the case of a cow producing
twenty-flv* pounds of milk you should
feed about eight pouods of grain dally.
The row should also be supplied with
all the sljage and hay she will eat-
Country Gentleman.
Coring a Leahy Teat.
A l*e< In the side of s test Is on
uncommon thing. It may he etosed
rach dsy by applying collodion, but
mnoot be cured until aba dries Then
cauterisation er a scratch across the
hole to two direction* will cans* a sore,
which In heeling will etese up tbs or!
flee.—Farm Journal.
Lower rvpTIIIC My
Pric es & PL BSI O Entire
Than Trrnicirc Stock Cut
Were ILL to Below
Ever a F Cost to
Known in Apply for
Augusta , Cash.
Tomorrow I Offer
25c 10-quart Galvanized Buckets at 15c
$1.25 Food Choppers 69c
10c Fire Shovels at 3c
A $16.00 Gas Stove (used a little) $lO
$14.00 Open Franklin at $7.75
$12.00 Open Franklin at $6.75
SIO.OO Laundry Stove at $6.75
$25.00 Cook Stove at $17.75
SIO.OO Cook Stove at $6.75
$25.00 Pansy Cook Stove at $14.75
$45.00 Miller Range (used a little) $25.00
Second Hand Oil Cook Stoves as low as... .$3.00
$6.00 Toledo Steam Cookers at $4.75
$3.00 Toledo Steam Cookers at $1.75
•
ROLLERSKATES
SI.OO Rollfast Skates at 65c
$2.50 Ball Bearing Skates at $1.25
25c Coal Tongs at 15c
SIO.OO Florence Oil Heaters, will be
sold tomorrow, as long as the lot
lasts, for $6.25
Other sizes at proportionate
reductions.
$65.00 Jewel Self Feeder at. .$35.75
SIB.OO Jewel Hot Blast at. .$10.75
FIVE
