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AID FARMERS TO POOUHIPPING Town People Co-operate to Cre ate Service That Is Worth While. WHOLE COUNTY IS BENEFITED People of Mississippi Township Work ed as a Unit to Solve the Trans portation Problem ? Details of the Scheme. Town people and farmers down in Carroll county, Mississippi, are pull ing together. They learned how last ?eason In clubbing to ship cars of produce ? bogs, cattle, poultry, eggs, and potatoes. Business men In the town financed the shipments at cost and town people as well as farmers contributed their bits of produce. One season of co-operation has seen the breaking of the imaginary line sepa rating tbe town and country, wit the result that this county has taken some significant strides forward. It began when the county agent of -fercd to help formers pool their cattle and hogs into car shipments to h\rf;e markets \vh<'re better prices were ob tainable. These shipments were so successful that the service was ex tended to poultry and eggs and pota toes. A Club the Medium. The Carroll County Prosperity club Is the medium through which the town dwellers and the farmers work to gether for the best Interests of both. The club was organized one day last June when the county agent called the people of the county together at the courthouse. The club has no dues, jio constitution, or by-laws. It Is a pimple medium through which under takings for the good of the entire county ore carried on, and It has proved beneficial In many ways. In addition to the business gains, which have been mutual, it has resulted In developing a feeling of friendship and ^confidence on both sides. During the first six months of Inst vear Carroll county shipped co-opera ? Ively $27,1?8.8S WQrth of produce, dl hs follows: JTogs, |I!>,K42; cnttie, $1,567.50; poultry nnd eggs, $4,404.74, end potatoes, $."?,1G2, As Carroll coun ty makes no claim to a large llvestoek industry, these amounts are the more creditable. For example, the bogs shipped were all "picked-up" hogs ? the county had made no effort hereto fore to grow hogs except for home use. Encouraged by the co-operative chipping plon and realizing the war needs for more pork, Carroll county Is now making a great effort to increase Its production of these animals. One Per Cent For Expenses. Shipments are mnde co-operatively, the total expenses being deducted from the total receipts and the bal ance divided among the shippers ac cording to the number of pounds of produce contributed. Money contrib uted by the business men of .Carroll ton for expenses was sufficient for a time, but a later arrangement provid ed that 1 per cent of the receipts on all shipments should be deducted for expenses. Under their arrangement the Carroll County Prosperity club was able to report a Imlnnce to Its credit at the middle of last season and 50 chicken coods and 400 egg cases paid for. Poultry and egg shipments have been widely popular, as nearly every one in the county produces more or less poultry. The details of how the people of Crrroll county made up co opemtlve carlots of poultry and eggs and how they are enabled thereby to receive higher prices forms another ttory which will be told later In these columns. That Improved roads would benefit our country school system there would neem to he no dotibt. Oood roads makp it possible to consolidate or cen tralize the schools and to establish gTfded r h <>is In the rural districts Rpeh nchools e<>ntr:illy located will ?CCriainodV" all of the ch'ldn-n with u a radius of four or five miles. In nany communities having the advan uge of Improved roads commodious >ulldings have been provided, more competent teachers employed, and nodern facilities for teaching supplied it a minimum cost. Winter Care of Bush Fruit. Hush fruits In the city gardens and >n the farm should he pruned during he fall or winter In order to Increase he yield of berries next summer. The >eriod between the falling of the eaves in autumn and the starting of ?rowth in spring is the season In vhich currants and gooseberries iliould be pruned. The ideal currant )Ush, at which the pruner should aim las six to eight main branches, while he gooseberry lias eight to twelve. Vone of these branches should be over hree years old. Two or three of the main branches of the currant and hree to four main branches of the jooseberry should be removed each leason, the older branches being cut nit and a like number of the most vlg >rous canes of the current season's growth left to take their place. All )ther young canes and all canes bent o or near the ground should also be ?emoved. If this system Is followed ?ach year after the bushes reach the rge of three years, pruning will be, datively simple and the limitation ;ept in good condition. Usually no pruning Is given either aspberry or blackberry bushes, but n the North where low temperatures ind drying winds prevail, the canes, >r branches, should be~bent over, care )elng taken not to break them, and ?overed with soil to a depth of two or hree Inches. This should be done as ate as possible, yet before the ground becomes frozen. Uncover the canes n the spring before the buds start. All he weafceP as well as stronger ?nes not needed for tiiO Cfoji the fol owing season, should be removed {>e ore the others are covered. In the prlng If the canes of the raspberry are ong and are not to be supported by takes or a trellis, the ends should be ut back. If cut back to a height of hree feet, the canes should be able to ifT?pprt their crop, keeping the berries ut of the dirt. Sometimes when the anes are slender It will be necessary r? cut them back to two and one-half eet In length. The side branches of he blackberries are usually pruned ack In early spring. The farmer must use his labor to tie best possible advantage. It is nec ssary that we get more done In a day han when labor was cheap. That can e done only by a farmer studying his usiness more closely ami applying mil management principles. Save manure. The necessity for ills Is sometimes forgotten by the mall farmer who Is Just starting in tie business of livestock production, 'ertllizer Is scarce, high in price, and ard to get for many reasons. There ore, the more manure saved to apply 0 the land the less need for fertilizer. Those who are planning to use com lerclal fertilizer or lime next season hould place their orders in ample line to Insure deHvery by the time hey are needed. If this Is delayed oo long, shipments may be received oo late to be used when they do the uost good. A safe place should be irovided on the farm for the storage if fertilizer and lime In case they are ecelved previous to the time for us ng them. ^ Round up the farm implements and" nachlnery and get them under cover, lo over them carefully to determine vhat Is needed In the way of repairs, lew parts, or additional tools, and nke steps at once to secure these In >rder to be prepared for next year's ?rop production campaign. A sewer pipe or waste drain nenr a veil Is dangerous because such a pipe ?r drain is seldom water-tight. If a ;ewer pipe must run near a well, "cast ron pipe should be used. ' The farmers of on{? Massachusetts ?o'jnty, through an arrangement by he farm bureau, have been furnishing ; rge quantities of fresh vegetables di rect to nearby military camps. Through fhe efforts of the same or ganization, the farmers were able to ? cure manure from the camps. EDITH CAVELL'S , COUSIN IN ARMY * Seeks Vengeance for Brutal Mur der of His Boyhood Companion. NOW IN THE SIGNAL COkrt Rejected Many Times by Recruitin0 Officers in United States and Can ada on Account of Small Size ?Wants Blood for Blood. Camp Gordon, Ga. ? There Is one lad wearing khaki In this camp who en tered the army with a fired determin ation to avenge u deeply seated pri vate wrong. He is Lawrnnce R. Cavell of Chi- 1 (?ago, first cousin and boyhood compan ion of Edith Cavell, the English Ited Cross nurse whose execution at the hands of a German tiring squad in ? Brussels sent a thrill of horror through the world. It was no easy matter for young Ca vell to break into the army. Not un til after several vain attempts, both in the United States and In Canada, did he succeed in getting himself straight ened out on the first quarter of the course which he expects to lead to the satisfaction of his desire for revenge. At the time of the murder of his cousin he was only eighteen and small for his years. His father had been en gaged in business In Chicago since he had transplanted the family from the native heath In the county of Kent, England, some years before. Kent was also the ill fated nurse's home, and as ? a very small boy young -Cavell had de- , veloped an admiration and affection for his cousin, some ten or fifteen years his senior, that bordered almost on auorauon. Rejected by Canada. Inexpressibly shocked by the news of his cousin's ntroclous death, the boy Immediately presented himself to the agents of the Canadian recruiting forces in Chicago for enlistment In the overseas service, but he was re jected on account of his age and size ? he was many pounds underweight. He even went to Canada and brought all the political Influence he could coin pass to bear In order to carry out his purpose, but again was turned down. No one could have hailed the en trance of America into the war with more real joy than he. It would give him his long awuited opportunity to gain some recompense for the murder of his cousin, he thought. He was again doomed to disappointment. A re cruiting ofllcer told him that he was too small. Nothing daunted, he tar ried his case to Washington in person and the matter was placed before the war department through an influential army ofllcer in Chicago. Permission was given him to volun teer In the signal corps, nnd this he did In Chleago last June. He lias just been transferred to Camp Gordon as a member of the outpost company of the 317th signal battalion under Major Hemphill. Eagerly Unvoting himself to his duties and apt to Jearn, he al ready has been scheduled for the rank of top sergeant in his company. He also has developed his physique until now he is as hardy as the best soldier in the army. He hopes for a transfer to the aviation section, as it is the goal of his ambition to hurl bombs on the Bodies from the air. A visitor to Camp Gordon this week to see his son, Cavell's father called on Captain Allen of the outpost com pany and rccited the story of Law rence's long baffled determination of revenge, a thing the boy himself had been too modest to do. Like Older Sister to Him. The father said the lad had been brought up in the same house in Kent with Miss Cavell, and that her rela tionship to him was rather that of a devoted elder sister than of a cousin. "It matters not what branch of serv ice I am in." the boy told his father. "I shall die satisfied only when I have drawn blood for blood, and 1 pray God to live to see that day. I expect to. lie will answer my prayer. "Edith was murdered without a hearing in cold blood by the kaiser. She was an English girl, and they sang the-hate song over her dead body. I expect to sing the song of hate over the dead bodies of Germans. No sac rifice is too great, no punishment too severe, no hardship too trying; death Itself a coveted reward, Just so I am permitted to put bullets into German henrts as that firing squad under or ders put them into my cousin's heart. I am in the war for a purpose and I shall accomplish It." Deeply grained as his hatred of the Teuton race had grown. Mr. Cavell said that his .son had no quarrel with individual Germans. Scores of them in Chicago, he added, had expressed to his family their horrified resentment of the execution of Miss Cavell. Chance to Marry Free. Lorain, O. ? Mayor L. M. "Moore of Lorain has been mayoring two years, nnd has not yet performed a marriage ceremony. Now he wants to marry some couple before he becomes an *ex" and before his powers as a matri monial splicer expire. "I have read up on the require nn nts and believe I can do a good J< t>," said the mayor. "/II th.it I need is a couple. To the fir.-: implying I will marry them free, i ' 've the bride a present." Famous Medicine Ik Placed In Position All By Itself. No statements in recent years have caused so much comment by the pub lic as those which recently appeared in the newspapers frvm several pro minent physicians regarding Tanlac, the new preparation which is proving the sensation of the medical world. It is a well-known fact that mem bers of the medical profession hesi tate tate to publicly endorse a pro prietary medicine, and the few times this has been done it has only been after a most searching Investigation. This makes the statements regard ing Tanlac all the more remarkable. When medical men unhestiatingly and volunt-.rily come forward and add their en'Jc rsemenfs to the thousands from the public at large, it places Tan lat in a position by itself and con firms the belief generally held tl at it is the greatest medicine ever given to the public. Om cf these prominent physicians is Ur. J. T. Edwards, of Fayetteville, Cla., and the statement he made pro duced a profound impression thr< ugh out the South. '"In my thirty years of active prac tice as a licensed physician in thes State of Gerogia," says Dr. Edwards, "I have never seen anything to equal Tanlac as a medicine to produce re sults. I hear people on all sides tell ing me of the benefits they have de rived from its use. "Tanlac is simply the talk of my town. I have no hesitancy in recom mending the medicine; and, as a mat ter cf fact, I am prescribing it for my patients almost every day. Only a few days ago a well-known woman of Fayetteville came to me and told tie about the remarkable re 'ief her daughter had gained from the use of this medicine. She snid her j daughter had been confined to her bed for three years with what has ! been pronounced peMagra, and that pfter using Tanlac for a short time ?he was able to be about, and was on the road to recovery. "But this is only one instance. Peo ple in all walks of life in and around our little city are giving similar en dorsements to the medicine. Seldom a day passes that someone does not come to me and say something about the good results secured from the use of Tanlac." Another to add his praise is Dr. G. W. De La Perriere, a prominent phy sician, druggist and capitalist, of Winder, Ga. "Our people are much enthused," wrote Dr. De La Perriere, "ever the beneficial effects of Tanlac, and I de sire to say it is the most wonderful seller I ever had in this store." The public endorsement given by Dr. J. L. E. Brantley, of Atlanta, is all the more remarkable because it tells of the wonderful good Tanlac ac complished for his wife. "I'm obliged to think well of a medicine that acccmplisled what Tanlac lias in my wife's case. She has gained all of fifteen pounds on three bottles, and is norv t. well wo man in every respect," said Dr. Brant ley. "She has sufT "red from indigestion and nervousness s'nee 1909. She could not retain anything scarcely on her stomach, nnd was troubled a srreat deal by the formation of gas. She suffered constantly with hesd aehes and backaches, and was nau seated more or less all the time. She couldn't sleep or rest at all well on account of her nervous condition, and she became very weak and thin. "I decided to buy Tanlac for her, because it was as highly recommended for troubles like hers, and Pm glad to say the results have been most gr ti fying. She eats anything she wants now, and her stomacn is all right. Clas h"s stooped forming, and she retains and digests her food properly and his built up wonderfully. The headaches and pains in her back are broken up, and she sleeps well every niebt. I consider her improvement most lemarkable, and I can now -pTmmend Tinlac for wh.it it has done for her." Tanlac is sold by one dealer in each town, nnd may be secured in Smith field. N. C., at Hood Bros., Benson, N. C. at Peacock Drug Co.
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