UVER DIDHT ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Sayt 65 year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Wu Relieved
After • Few Dotea of Black-Draught.
Meadorsvills, Ky.—Mr*. Cynthia
Himnbotham, of this town, says: "At
my age, which la 65, the liver does
not act so well aa when young. A few
years ago, my atomach was all out of
fix. I waa constipated, my liver
dldnt act My digestion was bad, and
It took so little to upset me. My ap
petite was gone. I waa very weak...
I decided I would give Black-
Draught a thorough trial as I knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking it I felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
Improved and I became atronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the leant
trouble waa soon righted with a fe v
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This States That Are ef Intsrest te
All the People.
A Red Cross society has keen or
ganised a't Wilson.
The Kinston fair association is mori
than $13,000 to the good alter paying
Its way the past three years, accord
ing to the secretary's annual report,
made public.
The Warsaw tobacco market, after a
vary successful season, has closed:
Sales were unusually heavy at both
warehouses and prices continued good
UP to the last.
Tho North Carolina lodge of Masons
will take part In the funeral of the late
Major Lee 0. Ilnartt. who died at his
home In Kaletgh. Major Heartt had
for the past 10 years served as grand
treasurer of the grand lodge.
Moores Chapel, a negro Methodist
church near Livingstone College anl
one of the largest church bulldipgs In
Salisbury, was entirely destroyed by
Are, The origin of the tire l« un
known. The church was comparative
ly new and with the furnishings was
valued at fifteen thousand.
Secretary Houston told Senator
Overman nnd Representatives Hood,
Doughton and Robinson, and a party
of farmers' union delegates, headed b.v
W. B. Gibson, of Iredell county, that
final arrangements had been mado
with Oreat Britain, France and Italy
for $105,000 tons of nitrate of soda for
the farmers of this county.
Dr. B. W. Gllgore, director of Stats
Extension Service, la calling atten
tion to the necessity of saving seed
for planting next spring. He has writ
ten the county agents urging upon
them the advisability of making lists
of the different kinds of seed In such
a way that thla Information can be
■•cored later.
The badly decomposed body of t
nan was found ashoro on Masoahora
aound, near Wilmington. It Is believ
ed that it fas one of the four Usher
men who went out In a boat several
weeks ago and have not been seen
•live alnce. Thla la the second body of
a man to be found in that section re
cently, both believed to have been
members of the unfortunate fishing
CTfW.
Aahevllle's municipal woodyard hat
proved a blessing to the city during
the present cold snap, as coal has been
decidedly scaroe, and many of the
poorer people have had to depend en
tirely on the woodyard for fuel. For
the pa at week according to a state
nent made by a coal man. the coal
y»rda have been leading a hand-to
mouth, or rtber, a car-to-wagon exist
ence.
News has been received here of (be
horrible death of Miss Nettle Lancet
tar, a well-known youag lady of Kdge
combe county, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Lancaster of Leggett from
burns received whan her clothing
caught afire from an oil stove. It
■earns that the young lady was work
ing around the stove and her apron
was Ignited In some manner.
Adjutant General Laurence W.
Young haa received a telegram from
the provost marshal general that his
department cannot order the mobilisa
tion of the negro contingent of the
North Carolina national army men at
training camp until the war depart
ment la ready for this to be done. The
delay la necessitated, the provost mar
shal general says, by delay In equip
ment of the camps tor the reception
of the negro troops
■ One of the principal features of the
meeting of Uio North Carolina Lira
Stock Association at Wilson on Jnnu
try 1-4 will be the right »*le» of pure
fored animals which will be held dur
In* the week, arrorldng to the pro
gram* which are now being mulled
from the Animal Industry Division of
the Extension Service. These eight
Bale a will con*l*t of consignment* ot
pore bred beef cattle, swine and poul-
SK R
An original article from the pen of
Orantland Rice, famous sport writer
and known the world over as the con
ductor of the ayndleated column "Tha
Sportlight." will toon adorn the page*
of the Camp Sevier "Trench anlt
Camp"
Henry Dean, a young white man of
Jted Springs, went hunting and upon
hla not retnrnlng at night hi* friend*
hocanie alarmed and went In search.
They found him dead on the railroad
track where he had fallen on the snow
and accldentlly shot himself.
wi«« Tince Ingold, age 17, ia In tha
hospital suffering from a pistol wound
inflicted by Miss Lillle Talley, a young
woman of nearly her own age, who la
in jail awaiting the outcome of Mlaa
Jngold's injuries. The two girls had
doaes of Black-Drangbt"
Seventy years of successful use has
made Thedford'a Black-Draught a
standard, household remedy. Every
member, of every family, at times,
need the help that Black-Draught can
give In cleansing the system and re
lieving the troubles that como from
constipation, indigestion, lazy liver,
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowols are In good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Black-Draught. It acts promptly,
gently and In a natural way. If you
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
25c. a package—One cent a dose
Ail druggists. J. 6}
been friends for several years, and
worked side by side In the White Oak
cotton mills. The yhad a quarrel, in
which It is said Miss Ingold charged
Miss Talley with receiving letter*
from a married rtian. After the argu
ment grew heated, Miss Talley drew
her piste! and shot one time at Miss
Ingold.
(10ETHALS MAY RETURN
TO DUTY WITH ARMY.
Has Been Offered Post of Quartermas
ter General.
Washington.—ln explanation of the
new war council he has created, Sec
retary Haker said It was not In any
way a result of congressional Inquiry
Into operations of the war department,
nor was it related in any way to the
Interallied war conference at Paris.
Tho secretary wn« not inclined to
discuss In detail the purposes of tho
new council, but he Raid It wan to
deal with larger problems of war
preparation and did not Infringe on
the function* of the general staff.
Questions of aupply and equipment
rather than military oporatloni prob
ably will be within the Jurisdiction of
the new body.
The council Is composed of the sec
retary, tho assistant secretary, the
chief of staff, the provost marshal gen
eral, the quartermaster general and
the chiefs of and ordnance.
Mnjor General Ooethals has been of
fered the post of quartermaster gen
eral to succeed Major Oeneral Sharpo.
and It I* understood that Brigadier
General John D. Barrett has been se
lected to succeed Major Oeneral Weav
er ns chief of artillery. So far aa
Is known, no successor has been
chosen for Major General Crosier,
chief of ordnance, who was recently
nominated for another term;
HERBERT HOOVER WON'T
CAN THE COMING YEAR
Washington.—Offclals of the Vir
ginia Canners' i xchange, summoned
to explain certain papers fouad in
tholr files by Investigators for the
federal trade commission In the cou ,e
of the Inquiry Into charges of f->od
speculation made by the food .admin
istration. agreed to withdraw all et
ters and papers which might be con
strued aa suggestions for prlce-figing,
and to refrain In the future from all
activities tending to such an effect.
Macadam I* Regaining Favor With
Modern Bulldere, Who Are Now
Looking at Annual Coat.
A few years ago road builders
Joined In a universal requiem for the
old-fashioned water-bound macadam
road In New York state. It served ltfl
purposo when vehicles were all horse
drawn. It was acknowledged, but with
the advent of motor vehicles It was
laid aside with tho muxxlo loaders,
crinolines nnd other prides of deport
ed days. But recently the macudam
road has come back again Into
favor. Thla Is because road of
ficials are now Judging the cost
of a road by Its total annual expense,
Including maintenance and sinking
fund. On thla basis It bus been dis
covered that a macadum road la an
p
t !
'•* i
I
economical one fats certain clusm# of
travel. Thl» was the opinion cxprtiwcd
at the recent meeting of the New York
State association ot County Highway
Superintendent* by many of those
present.
I'ractlcnlly all the recent road* built
by these men have two course* of
broken atone, and frequently It 1* pos
sible to build the DMtd* with a lower
course of cheap local atone, u*lng the
more expensive stone from a distance
for the upper course only. This re
duce* the tlrst coat without causing
any reduction in the life and strength
of the rood. When they are finished
they are sometime* treated at once
with tnr or asphalt, but usually this
treatment 1* deferred long enough for
travel over the road to reveal any
weak spots, so they can be repaired be
fore the oiling la done. It la thl* de
velopment of efficient and economical
•meVkbds of maintenance with the help
of road oils whlah ha* led to the
renalasance of water-bound macadam
In New York. It l*t>ne of many recent
Indication* that where the work of
maintenance la thoroughly done and
cost record* of It are properly kept
Important light Is thrown on the beat
type* of construction to carry travel
of different clause* nnd Intensities.
Break your Cold or LaGrippe with
few doses of 666.
BUBBCBIBB FOR THB QLBANBB
|iM
HOME IBi IFXMEIIffI
TOWN II iBKmU t - J
I iLrLrr^Wb^- SUITABLE HOUSE FOR FOWLS
REMODELED HOUSE LIKE NEW
Dwelling That l« Made Over May
Come Nearer Meeting Need* Than
One Conetructed to Order.
The remodeled house Is often more
comfortable, charming and satisfying
than one built new. Buying a house
already built is much like purchasing
clothes ready-maile; It Is never quite
a perfect fit; there is never perfect
harmony with Individual needs and re
quirements, says Noble Foster
Hoggson in the Phlaldelphla Public
Ledger. Remodeling makes It virtu
ally a new house, with the added ad
vantage that, the general plan being
satisfactory, it is easier to see just
what modifications and Improvements
are needed than to see them In imag
ination from a study of the archi
tect's plans for a complete new
building.
An old house, endeared through
years of occupancy and association,
grows Into a famliinr adJUHtment to
the needs of the family. But usually
there comes a growing realization of
the many ways In"which It might be
uttered and Improved. The growing
family requires more rooms or
changed nrrangements; or the taste of
the owner, becoming finer with the
years, or bettered fortune making It
easier to make his dreams a reality,
brings him face to face with tho
problem of remodeling, should he not
care to move to a new dwelling which
might prove, when tes'ed by occu
pancy, IrHs satisfying.
The two principal reasons for re
modeling are the utilitarian and the
esthetic; the need of more spnee or
more convenience and comfort and
the natural desire to make the home
more beautiful to the eye. Both re
quirements can be met perfectly by
proper remodeling, which may really
prove an actual transformation. Re
modeling gives a stamp of ladlvldu
allty to a dwelling as nothing else
can, for It means the revising of the
building within and without to har
monize with individual tastes and
needs.
COST SHOULD BE IN HARMONY
Amount Put in Houae Should Not Be
Out of Proportion to the Value
of the Site.
One of the most grievous mlstnkes
the owner enn rnuke Is to build a house
which Is out of proportion to the value
of the lnnd on which It Is erected. The
higher the cost of the lund the better,
as a rule, the character of future build
ing operations In the neighborhood.
For Instnnce, It la generally unwise
to build a house costing $5,000 or
SO,OOO on a site coating less than $25
to S4O a front foot. Nor should the
reverse mistake bo made of building a
cheap house on an expensive site—
though that Is governed by the re
strict lons which most developers of
high-grade subdivisions Impose. Cost
of house and cost of site should be in
fairly strict proportion.
Buy as much ground us you can rea
sonably afford. Twenty-flve-foot lota
In a suburban Bectlon are an abomina
tion. Fifty-foot frontage should be the
minimum for any modern residence
built for a home, and 100 feet with the
added possibilities of attractive lawn
and garden Is better.
Aa a bit of advice here Is an excerpt
from a booklet recently Issued by a
realty broker:
"Forced growth In anything Is haz
ardous; natural growth la u guaranty
of stublllty and permanent values. De
mand governs aupply, not supply de
mand. A piece of real estate has no
fixed value until aomeone takes It to
keep and Improve."
Nativ* Trees Are Desirable.
Many people have the decidedly mis
taken Idea that the only trees worth
buying und setting out are the more or
less expensive shrubs or evergreens
which are not native to most aectlona
of the country. The idea of paying out
good money for u pine or a birch or u
maple seeuis to go against the grain.
As a matter hf fact there are many
places where such trees are to be had
for the trouble of digging them up and
transplanting them, but even this Is
considered too high n price. Aud yet
for many purposes pines and maples
are as good trees as can be had, und
there Is nothing listed In the catalogue
more beautiful and graceful than a
well cared-for group of white birches.
Fall Beat Tim* to Paint House.
The fall of the year la by far tho
best time to paint the exterior of a
house, for paint dries more slowly In
cool weather and consequently lasts
longer. The heat of the summer aun
on a house painted In the spring does
much more hurm than any winter
weather ami a fall painting la well sea
soned before the next summer arrivea.
Sumll (lies and Inserts are also a peat
In spring painting.
Where Ho Was Bound For.
"Do you think your Iwiy Josh Is going
to remember the ndvtce you gave him
when he left home for the army?"
"Not this trip." replied Farmer Corn
toaaei. "fly aheer force of hublt his
mother told hlui to be sure and keep
out of trouble."
Call nnd Get Your Vest Pccket
Goldmine Book.
Wo are pleased to advise our adult
readers lhat they con call at this
office nnd secure free, of charge, a
useful Veal Pocket Memorandum
Hook, full of valuable information.
Call quick before they run out.
15novtf
At Camp Meade, Mil. Private
Claude W. Knlow oi Philadelphia
wa* sentenced to three years' im
prisonment and dishonorable dis
charge from the service for refus
ing to obe.v the commands of h's
su|>erior officer, when ordered to
do kitchen police duty. He also
forfeits all pay and allowances.
"Kitchen police duty"' means help
ing the cook was dishes,, peel po
tatoes, etc.
A bill to provide for national pro
hibition for the period of the war
haa been introduced in Conarreaa.
Moet Esaentlal That Hene Be Protect
ed From Inclement Weather,
and Their Enemlea.
One of the most essential things In
poultry keeping. Is to have a suitable
house which will protect the fowls
from Inclement weather and from
their natural enemies. It Is well un
derstood that no two farms will pre
sent exactly the same conditions; for
instance, one farmer will desire to
keep one hundred hens while nnother
may want many more or less. Then
again, gome farms will present one
kind of soil, whereas on other farms
the character of the soil and drainage
are entirely different. Some farmers
will desire a house whiefy preseats an
attractive appearance, whereas on
other farms poultry houses will be so
located that they are not conspicuous,
and hence the matter of appearance Is
of little concern.
It must be remembered that from
the standpoint of the hen, appearance
makes very little difference, but the
house must be so built and so ar
ranged that It will be a comfortable
place for the hens to live; otherwise
tliey will not thrive and production
will not be satisfactory. On many
farms the hens are not provided with
a house constructed especially for
them but are housed In an old building
originally made for some other pur
pose.
DISPOSE OF DEAD CHICKENS
Cremation It Only Bafe Method of Get
ting Rid of Carcasses— Old Car
bide Can la Handy.
There la only one safe method of
disposal of the dead, and that Is by
burning. An ordinary wood Ore does
well, but an old carbide can or other
such things made over slightly, makes
the Job easier, more complete and less
repulsive, write* Dale K. Van Horn In
farm and Home. Having procured the
eurbon can, make a hole In the
bottom a little smaller than the
hole In the top, and then on one side
near the top make a door as shown.
Before starting operations, dig a
small hole and set the can Inverted
over It. Fill with cobs or wood and
soak with cold oil. Then drop the
dead fowl In the top and Ignite. When
all has burned, nothing will be left
but the ashes, which have fallen Into
Carbide Can Cremator.
the hole and may be then covered up.
In this way only, can one safely han
dle contagious diseases In the chicken
yard.
FATTEN POULTRY IN CRATES
Sending Chickens to Market Not Prop
erly Fattened. Is Wasteful Prao
tlce of Farmers.
Sending chickens to market which
have not been properly fattened Is a
wasteful practice. The weight of
healthy, well grown chickens can be
Increased from 25 to CO per cent In
two weeks by proper feeding. Three
hundred and fifty to four hundred
pounds of maah moistened with skim
milk or butter milk and properly fed
to good fowls will produce 100 pounds
of poultry meat in from 12 to 14 days,
l'roper feeding of the chickens bo
fore marketing Improves the quality
of the flesh. "Crate fed" and "milk
fed" are synonomoua with "high qual
ity."
Chickens which have been milk fed
In crates should sell for from 2 to 3
cents above the market price for un
futtened chickens. At this price, they
ore cheaper to the consumer on ac
count of the reduced waste In dress
ing.
MICE - LACKING IN VITALITY
No Matter How Well Marked He I
He Will Be Failure as Breeder-
Beat Time for Culling.
No matter bow well marked he la,
a cockerel lacking in vitality will be
a failure as a breeder. While the
yeang stuff la growing up, and the age
Is unmistakable, la the tlma to cull.
Later an early-hatched, stunted spe
cimen may be thought to be a late
batched prodigy.
PARASITES CAUSE OF WORR
Hena and Chleka Worn Out With Con
etant Irritation Are Apt to Suo
cumb to Dleeaae.
Both hens and chicks worn out with
the constant irritation of the skin
caused by the parasites, nnd the loss
of blood by actual sucking from the
tlsMuofl lose vitality and arc more apt
to succumb to diseases which would
otherwise be resisted.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In UM For Over 30 Year*
The Inter-State Commerce Com
mission has deferred until April 4,
1918, the effective date of propos
als of the principal trunk fine
line railroads east of the Mississip
pi to raise Joint rail and lake rates
to the level of all rail rates. In
vestigation of the entire water
competition situation on the Great
Lakes will be made meanwhile.
In the German air raid on Eng
land last week seven persons were
killed and twenty-one Injured. Two
of the machines were brought down
and their crews made prisoners.
Residents in Venice must be kept
| awake at night 'or the Bridge of
•igha.
mam
QHANINQS
PRUNING NEWLY SET .TREES
Work Should Be Done Juet ae Soon
After- Planting ae Poealble—
Roote Are Not Strong.
(By J. Q. MOORE, Wisconsin Agricultural
Experiment Station.)
Probably more trees die the first
season after planting from lack of
proper top-pruning than from any oth
er one cause. Scarcely, if ever, does
the grower prune his trees too severe
ly at setting; In almost all cases not
enough Is removed.
Top-pruning should be done Just as
soon after planting as possible, as
every day it Is neglected lessens the
chances for the tree to withstand the
adverse conditions. When a tree Is
dug, not only is the root system mutil
ated, but by far the greater portion is
removed. Often four-fifths of the root
area lu left In the nursery. It Is evi
dent that If the top of the tree Is
1 ffrcUyvL i 1 M
mtrn MUX ' ■;
Low-Pruned Tree.
not reduced, this mutilated and great
ly lessened root area will be called
upon to supply as much top with
moisture and food materials as the
entire root system did previously.
Since the roots cannot do this, the
fruit trees should be heavily top
pruned Immediately after planting.
BEST RETURNS FROM MANURE
In Orchard Planted on Blope Fall Ap
plication Must Be Wasteful-
Much Waahed Away.
Will manure give the best returns
when applied In the fall? Evidently
no single answer can be given that
will fit all conditions, says Country
Gentleman. In an orchard planted on
a steep slope,, the fall application of
manure must necessarily be wasteful,
for a large portion of It will be washed
down to lower levels by the winter
rains. In an orchard located on a
sandy, open soil the fall application
of manure will also be wasteful; In
this case the soluble nitrogen and pot
ash compounds are easily washed Into
the deeper soli layers and are apt to
be carried off In the drainage waters.
Such soils should receive applications
of readily available plant-food at the
beginning of the growing season. On
the other hand, level or slightly roll
ing cloy soils, or clay loam soils should
allow an economical utilization of
manure when the latter is applied in
the fall. To be sure, the Indirect ef
fect of the manure will be lost to some
extent, because the fermentation will
occur at the surface instead of with
in the soil; nevertheless, the Improve
ment In the tilth and water-holding
power of the land under the manure
mulch should offset this advantage.
PROTECT YOUR FRUIT TREES
There Are Bome Kinds of Mixtures
That Keep Rabblta Away—Any
Covering la Good.
There are a number of ways to pro
tect trees from rabbits. Some of these
also protect against mice, and some do
not. There are some kinds of paints
and washes that will repel rabbits,
but they are soon washed off by rain,
and It Is doubtful If they repel mice.
Any sort of covering that extends
high enough nnd low enough to the
trunk will do the work. It remains
for the owner to decide for himself
whether he will use cornstalks, paper,
rags, wire screen o» some other manu
factured covering as a protector. It
Is doubtful whether a man saves any
thing by using some such make-shift
as cornstalks or hay. The extra time
required to pufc it on as it must be
done to be effective, probably more
than makes up the cost of a manu
factured protector, which can be ad
justed ao much more quickly.
PASTURE SWINE IN ORCHARD
Pennaylvanla Expert Saya It Will Be
Safe if Few Important Points
Are Watched.
The Pennsylvania state zoologist,
Prof. H. H. Surface, say* that It will
be safe to pasture hogs In the young
orchard If you will watch two or three
Important point*. One li to be sure
that the hogs do not rub against the
trees too hard In the process of
scratching themselves. Another point
Is »1 watch thut hoc* do not root out
the roots of young tree*.
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH
REMEDY.
This is not, only one of the best
and most efficient medicine for
coughs, colds and croup, but is also
pleasant and safe to take, which
is important when medicine must
be given to children. Many moth
ers have given it their unqualifieo
endorsement.
Rear Admiral Charles Custis Rog
ers, U. 8. NV retired, who was con
structor of the naval station at
Guantanimo, Cuba. 1904-1906, ana
commandant of the Norfolk Nav.v
yard in 1910-11, died in a hospital
in Washington Tuesday night. He
was 61 years old, a native of Vir
ginia.
Representative Randall of Cali
fornia has introduced in Congress
a bill to make the national capital
"bone dry." The recent prohibi
tion law did not prohibit the im
portation of li juor for personal
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number Thrum
How War Methods Have Changed
Everybody Muet Help.
"Hello, Undo Dan, Jimmle and I
have been waiting for yon.''
"Sorry If I have kept you long," said
Uncle Dan. "Your mother has been
telling me how bashful I used to be.
She said If a girl spoke to me I would
bluah to my hair roots. Well, I re
minded her of the time your father
first came to see her and the Joke we
.played on them, so I guess that will
hold her for a while."
Continuing, Uncle Dan said: "You
want to talk more about the war, do
you? Well, war methods have under
gone many changes and they are still
changing. No two wars are fought
alike. In early times, the weapons were
stones, cluba, spears, bows and arrows,
swords, etc. In this kind of warfare,
victory was with the strong right arm.
Men of enormous size and strength
were the great warriors. The inven
tion of gunpowder, however, has
changed all this. It has enabled men
to kill one another at a considerable
distance, and do it wholesale. The
war, as we know it now, is a combina
tion of chemicals, machinery, mathe
matical calculations and highly trained
men. Just think of It! Airplanes,
submarines, armored tanks, or cater
pillars, poison gases, and curtains of
Are are all used for the first time in
this war; and they are destructive be
yond anything heretofore known.
"The methods followed by the kai
ser and his allies are simply devilish,
lie must answer in history to the kill
ing of thousands of Innocent women
and children. He has broken every
international law and every rule of
warfare; he has bombarded hospitals
and undefended cities, sunk Ked Cross
ships on errands of mercy; he has de
stroyed cathedrals and priceless treas
ures of art that can never be replaced;
he has made alaves of his prisoners;
he has tried to get us Into war with
Japan; his emmlssariea have blown up
our ships, burned our factories and
fired our forests. He knows no mercy
or honor. The most charitable view
to take of this blood-thirsty tyrant
la that he Is crazy.
"One thing Is certain," continued Un
cle Dan, with great emphasis, "Our
liberty, the safety of our homes and
our country, and the security of the
world demand the speedy and abso
lute overthrow of the kaiser and
crushing out once and forever the
reign of Prussian brutality."
"How about the Oerman people,"
said Blllle.
Uncle Dan replied: "The splendid
German people were happy, thrifty,
prosperous and contented. They have
been tricked into war and made to
suffer the tortures of the damned;
they have been cruelly and systematic
ally deceived. God grant that the real
facts may get to them, and If they do,
Lord help the kaiser I"
"Of course the allies will win," said
Mrs. Graham.
"Probably so," said Uncle Dan. "But
If we are to win, we must go the limit
We must check the awful destruction to
shipping by the German submarines,
or we may not be able to get food and
supplies to our own men and to our al
lies; we must also put hundreds of
thousands, and perhaps millions, of
first-class soldiers in the battle line.
"Food Is the first consideration," Un
cle Dan continued. "No army can hold
out agnlnst hunger. It has been said
that food will win the war, and this Is
largely true. Hence the Importance
of the farm In the war plans of our
country."
Mrs. Graham Interrupted by saying:
"In view of the Importance of farming,
don't you think, Daniel, that the farm
ers ought to be exempted from war
service?" ,
"No, a thousand times no," agld Un
cle Dan, striking the table io bard to
emphasize his protest that he tipped
over a vase of flowers. "We must
have no class legislation. The duty to
serve Is the common duty of all, and
no class must be relieved of this ob
ligation. The question of exemption
must be a personal one and decided by
the facts surrounding each case. In
no other way can we have a square
deal, and to Insure this, it is the duty
of congress to pass Immediately the
Chamberlain bill, or some such meas
ure, which is fair to all classes. It
would settle afl these questions and
do It fairly. Safety now and safety
hereafter demands such legislation,
nnd let me suggest that you and your
friends get busy with your congress
man and senators and urge them to
prompt action.
"It Is time for us to realize that we
are not living In a fools' paradise;
that this great country of ours cost
oceans of blood and treasure and it 1*
only due to'the loyalty, sacrifice and
service of our forefathers that we have
a country, and It Is our highest duty
to preserve it unimpaired and peas It
on to posterity, no matter what the
cost may be. Our citizenship and their
ancestors came from all parts of the
world to make this country a home
and enjoy Its blessings and opportu
nities; hence, in the crisis before us.
It is the duty of everyone to stand
squarely back of our country and be
prepared to defend the flag. Every
one in this crisis Is either pro-Ameri
can OT pi-o-German. Great as the coun
try Is, there Is not room enough for
two flags."
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way {or prompt response to President
Wilson's call for a declaration of war
with Austria-Hungary.
The Joint resolution approved by the
President and the state department
declaring existence of a state of war
between the United States and the
Imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian
government from Wednesday at noon
was Introduced In the house and unan
imously approved by the house for
eign affairs committee.
As perfected by the house commit
tee and ordered reported without a
dissenting vote, the resolution reads
as follows:
"Whereas, the Imperial and royal
Austro-Hungarian government has
severed diplomatic relations with the
government of the United States of
America and has committed acts of
war against the government and the
people of the United States of Amer
ica, among which are its adherence
to the policy of ruthless submarine
warfare adopted by its ally, the Im
perial German government with which
the United States of America is at
war, and by giving its ally active sup
port and aid on both land and sea In
I the prosecution of war against the
government and people of the United
States of America; therefore, be it
"Resolved by the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
of America in' Congress assembled,
that a state of war be and is hereby
declared to exist between the United
States of America and the imperial
and royal Austro-Hungarlan govern
ment; and that the President be, and
he is hereby, authorized and directed
to employ the entire naval and mili
tary forces of the United States and
carry on war against the Imperial and
royal Austro-Hungarlan government,
and to bring the conflict to a success
ful termination all the resources of
the country are hereby pledged by the
Congress of the United States."
Approval Is Certain.
Chairmen Stone and Flood and which
probably will be made public in de
bate, were regarded as convincing.
Although sentiment remains strong
In both branches to have the war
declaration extended to Turkey and
Bulgaria, approval ofVthe resolution
as It stands is regarded,as very cer
tain. Reasons given confidentially to
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anad IT years into the army are con
tained in an appeal appearing in the
Bssen General Anselger that they im
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"This great struggle between the na
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ing called up at no very remote date
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