Pege Twa
THE ASHEBOBO COURIER
Thursday, Dec. 13, 1917
HOW BEAR CREEK LED THEM
The Story of a Country Town Club’s
Action That Went Far
The adventure of a simple old coun
try woman who wandered into a meet-
injf of a fashionable woman’s club in
the city is the theme of Helen Richard-
■on Brown’s story “Not Qualified”
TIMELY RECIPES
Baked Meat Hash
Use medium "white sauce, hot mash
ed potato, left-overs of meat. - Put
meat through a food chopper, first
removing all gristle and bone. Season
highly with salt and pepper. Butter
•on Brown's Etory “Not yn.lified" earthenware baking dish Add
rhe People's Horn. JournS. Mrs. *“ ‘*1'
Uams, member ol the Bear Creek w ‘’“1, *
provement Club back home, listened ■
inined surprise while the richly gown- seasoned, mashed potato. Bake in »
id women decided they could not af-
<ord to contribute to a fund to buy Creamed Onioni
milk for destitute babies. The plainly Cook rather email white onions in
4re6S€d little figur struggled to its boiling salt water until tender. While
(eet: ibot pour over them for each cupful of
“I was interested in that letter about' onions cupful of medium white
poor babies that the secretary read a i sauce. The sauce may be prettily
while ago, and I noticed that you ore-! garnished with finely chopped fresh or
aided because fou didn’t have money!finely sifted dried) parsley, 1 level ta-
•nough in the treasury you coudn't do blespoonful to each cupful of sauce.
anything. That reminded me of some
thing that happened in our club, and
I’ll tell you because, I think, perhaps,
it mifirht be some use to you here.
Persimmon and Honey Brownies
One-third cupful shortening, Vz
cupful extracted honey, 1-3 teaspoon
ful soda, one egg, 1 2-3 cupfuls floour,
‘There was a young baby in our ’ % teaspoonful salt, 1 square melted
town and it wasn’t doing very well; ikS! chocolate, 2-3 cupful raisins or per-
mother coudn’t nurse it and cow’s milk I Simmons, 2-3 cupful chopped nuts,
didn’t seem to agree with it no matter I V/arm honey slightly but do not let
what they put in i';. The baby just | it get hot. Add the soda and then
kept getting bluer ?.nd peakoder all the the shortening. Beat well. Add the
time, and Dr. Upton said there wasn’t well-beaten egg, and melted chocolate,
anything he knew of would save its life j then the flour and salt sifted together,
unless it was goat’s milk. He said^if and lastly the persimmons, and nuts
they could get goat’s milk for it he
thought it would pick up. Well, there
wasn’t anybody in town had goat's
milk to sell, so it seemed as if the only
thing to do would be to buy a goat; but
Tusiins didn’t have tl-..e money. Len
Tustin fell off a scaffolding where he
was painting the new jail, just before
the baby came, and they didn’t h?sve
food enough for the family, let alon^
buying a goat. We all cooked thing:
for them to eat, of course, and took
turns taking care of Matey when she
was in bed, but we didn’t know what to
•do about the goat.
“We called a meeting of the . Im
provemont Club. There was a few
didn’t think it came under the head of
Improvement Club business, but most
of us thought it didn’t matter_what v.’o
improved so long as we improved
something, and every motner tnerc
felt that that little baby was about as
much worth improving as anything.
“We thought at first we’d try to get
up something, but the Rebeccas had
just given a dance and the Dramatic
Club had played East Lynne only a
month before, and the.Baptist church
just had a chicken pie supper and en
tertainment, and we were all pretty
well tired' out with being out so much
nights. Then we’d have to take a few
days to advertise anything we under
took and the baby was getting dread
fully weak. We decided that the only
thing for us to do was for each of us
to go down into her own pocket and
give something. But this seemed kind
of hard to do. The coyotes had caught
A lot of our turkeys that spring, and
our hens wasn’t laying much, but w;e
decided to take till night to think it
over, and then come together at my
house and see what we could do.
“It took me some time to think of
'’Imything that I could do. I didn’t have
Any money—^we’d just paid the interest
on the mortgage—but after a wnfle I
remembered that one of my neighbors
had wanted to buy a couple of my pul
lets. I had refused at the time because
it didn’t seem as if I had any more
eggs than I needed to use; but when
I came to think of it, I knew that I
was making sponge cake pretty often
And, of course, that takes lots of eggs.
I decided that we could do without
•ponge cake and get along on cookies
And doughnuts until my little chicks
grew up. , ^ ,
“When we got together that night
there was lots of others had thought of
cut and cored'. Stir stiff, adding more
flour if necessary. Drop by spoonfuls
on well-greased tins and bake in a
moderate oven.
Golden Pumpkins
What can you do with a pumpkin V
Before turning it into the good dishes
you know so well, take a long look
at this glorious bit of color, double-
dyed with sunshine. Its very beauty
evokes thanksgiving. If you are go
ing to make a pic, cut off the top,
scoop out the meat, then fill the shell
with sprays of red-brown autumn
leaves and place this golden bowl in
the center of the Thanksgiving board.
Baked Pumpkin
Cut pumpkin into quarters. Allow
two quarters of the large pumpkin for
a family of six. Place in a baking
pan and bake until tender enough to
pierce easily with a fork. Serve from
the rind at the table, with gravy.
Pot Roast.—Three pounds of beef
round, two slices of suet or two spoons
butter, one carrot, diced, one ^ion,
half cup celery and turnips orJ|tma-
toes.
Fry out suet. Wipe meat dry.
Dredge with flour and brown the en
tire purface in the fat or butter.
Place meat in pot, surround with veg
etables. Add two cups of boiling wa
ter. Season, cover and let simmer for
several hours. When done, remove
meat andthicken gravy if .necessary.
Hickory Nut Bread.—One egg, one
cup sugar, one cup sweet milk, one
teaspoonful salt, one cup nuts, four
and one-half cups flour, four level
teaspoonfuls Royal baking powder.
Mix well and let stand twenty min
utes. Put into pans well greased, then
brush top of loaves with melted butter.
Bake in moderate oven until well done.
When mixing ingredients leave half
cup of flour until last; this should be:
used for kneading into dough. !
Macaroni Custard.—One-half of
5-cent package macaroni; put On in;
boiling salt water; boil until tender;
then pour off hot water and blanch in
cold water. ‘ Beat three eggs well,
with a teaspoonful of butter, pinch of
salt, paprika and cayenne pepper, add
one pint of milk, then a cup of gratr
ed cheese; last, add macaroni and bake
until firm.
Stuffed Cabbage.—Remove coarse
outer leaves and core. Parboil for
three minutes. Fill core and inside of
each leaf with finely chopped left-over
meat (raw meat is best), or sausage.
Report of Road Board of Randolph
County
It was ordered by thef board that
J. C. Bescher and W. M. Bescher be
empowered to change the public road
leading from Mt. Tabor church to
graded road near W. F. Wood’s; that
said road be changed from east to
west side of house and that this road
be made 20 feet wide and made up to
standard specifications; and that the
old road be discontinued.
Upon motion it was ordered that
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Fma rkree Yeerc’ St^ariu. Scji
C«r4ri mie Htf W A
Tent Citr, Tex.—la u ietemtinf
statnatat, Ms. Q. H. Selilll, al Ibif tswa,
■1171: r«n I Hdhrad ualali
s(ear ^ aiy koU. I aaaihie.te
da aair tt aijr vark.
1 lust wasted sleep lU &e Hjac, fof
the road leading from Frank Cheek's xu-t L.. i
place to Bennett, via Jim Murries be ‘*'*‘*“ *'
opened and kept open to the public ^ asleep. 1 Accame a h^toui wreck
and in no way blocked from said just Ifora the awful suHefiaf wift mj
Cheek jlace to the county line. head.
The following bills were paid by the 1 j gQ nervous that the Itut noise
T°^^'xT • 1 V K nn would make me jump out ol ray bed. I
J. K. Hams, labor 5.00 . . * f ^
Reid Hdwe. Co., expense for re- had BO energy, and wax unable to do
pair man 16.94 anything. MyaSon, a young boy, had to
J. B. Humble, postage, mes- . do all my household duties.
sages, etc. (refund) 5.871 j not able to do anything until I
p. G. Davis, labor took Cardui. 1 took three bottles In all,
and it surely cured me of those awful
Standard Oil Co., oil 35.30
J. C. Skeen, lumber 51.26
J. C. Skeen, labor, (pay roll) 135.27
J. M. Allred, labor, payroll .. 76.40
H. L. Skeen, labor 57.10
Wm. Burrow, corn 78.22
W. F. Talley, freight paid .... 2.40
W. D. Loflin, labor ,pay roll .. 99.80
R. W. Jordan, labor and lumber 3.00
J. B. Trogdon, labor and teams 43.95
Randolph Motor Co., repairs
and supplies 5.29
J. W. Richardson, labor 44.95
L. E. Mendenhall, labor 28.12
W. S. Wall, labor 5.00
T. J. Bean, labor 24.00
Asheboro Motor Co., supplies
and repairs .... 61.46
T. M. Crowson, labor, pay roll 158.13
headuches. That has been three years
ago, and I know the cure is permanent,
for I have never had any headache since
taking Cardui. ..
Nothing relieved me until I took Cardui.
It did wonders for me.’^
Try Cardui for your troubles—made
from medicinal ingredients recommended
in medical books as being of benefit in
female troubles, and 40 years of use has
proven that the books are right. Begin
taking Cardui today, NC-I34
A NEW POEM BY MARKHAM
Tom Milling Co., feed
John H. Brown, feed
J. B. Humble, day on board
C. C. Cheek, day on board
A. B. Coltrane, day on board
C. H. Hill, day on board
L. E. Bird, day on board
C. N. Cox, clerk to board and
posting
Reid Hdwe Co., supplies
Seagrove Hwde. Co., supplies
D. M. Sharpe, corn 93.11 Author of “The fllan With the
J. A. Holder, corn 79.18 Writes of Peace
0. P. Ward,, labor ^^99 Edwin Markham, best known for his
R. L. Albright, labor 46.60 famous “The Man With the Hoe,” has
J. C. Frazier, labor 110.25 written a Christmas poem for The Peo-
Gillam Patterson Co., supplies 7.07 Home Journal. The 'days when
J. C. Farlow, labor 74.90 wars shall be no more is the theme of
I. F. Farlow, hay 15.35 “Peace Over Earth Agaia;^’ It follows:
Randleman Bargain House, sup- ]viy peace I leave with you—Jesus.
plies 27.37 pejoice, 0 world of troubled men;
W. D. Stedman & Son, feed 182.04 27or PeacO is coming back again—
W. M. Austin^ shoeing teams 1^.20 pg^ce to the trenches running red,
Peace to the hosts of the fleeing dead.
P^^ce to the fields where hatred raves,
^ 2Q Peace to the trodden battle graves.
3.60 ‘Twill be the Peace the Master loft
^•^9 To hush the world of peace bereft—
4.50 The peace proclaimed! in lyric cries
That night the angels broke the skies.
Again the shell-tom hills will be
36.82 green with barley to the knee,
. ,^^-99 And little children sport and run
J. E. Brady, express and labor 134.78 ^^nce more with earth and sun.
John Vuncannon, labor , 70.90 Again in rent and ruined trees
J. A. Brady and Co., supplies 187.51 young leaves will sound like silver
Lee A. Briles, labor 13.50 seas;
B. F. Miller, corn and labor.. 313.60 And birds now stunned by the red up-
J. C. Parrish, labor 25.00 j-oar
Will build in happy boughs once more;
Randolph County Should Produce More And to the bleak uncounted graves
Hogs, Sheep and Poultry The grass will run in silken waves;
The best possible means of relieving And a great hush will softly fall
the meat situation would be to in- On tortured plain and mountain wall,
crease the number of hogs 01^ ever y Now wild with cries of battling hosts
farm. For the average small jfermer And curses. of,.the fleeing ghosts,
the Iiog and poultry offer the most ef
fective means of increasing the meat And men will wonder over it=—
output at any time in the near fu- This red upflaming of the Pit;
ture. A special ca.mpaign for in- And they will gather as friends and
creasing the hog production in the say,
next twelve months is being planned “Gomej let us try the Master’s way,
and will be pushed vigorously by all Ages we tried the way of swords,
of the extension forces in the South- And earth is weary of hostile hordes,
em States. It should not be forgot- Comrades, read out His words again:
ten, however, that to increase the num- They are the only hope for men!
bes of hogs profitably there must be Love and not hate must come to birth,
ample food suppjy to keep them in CJhrist and not Cain must rule the
earth!”
-r*', -y V cHo onions. Cover with stock, and let sim-
winter hat, but she gu - s _ e slowly two hours, or until tender.
Hashed-Brown Potatoes.—Chop six
golden brown. Fold over like an ome
let and serve.
things the same way. Mrs. Woolly, the j-v cheesecloth. Place In
postmaster’s wife, she said shed been carrots and
intending to buy a new stick-up lor - - . . - ....
her winter hat, but she guessed she
could make the one she had last win
ter do. Mrs. Butcher . boiled potatoes and season with but-
•aved up money to buy a . ’Iter, salt and onion and parsley chopped
•he was going to ge: the kind you tum . Moisten with milk and mash
with a crank; bnt she d used the pum,,- j j; pj^ce in a hot, greased pan,
up-and-down kind for gp^cad po-
nml she guessed she could do w ith that
a while longer; she’d give the differ-• ,
ence in the price of the two churns.
Then Elaine Cobb, the school teacher,
ehe said she was going to send to the
city for a white silk shirt waist, but
ehe’d get some nun’s veiling^ at Sig.
Hockheimer’s and make a waist her
self <?n Sainirdays.
" “And so that’s the way it was. No
body gave very much, but most every
body gave a little, and when we came
to reckon up we had almost twenty-
geven dollars. We had enough to buy
the goat, and Elaine got Gus Tidball,
the stage driver, to bring it down from
Poison Oak Gulch in the stage.
“Then we had money enough left
#ver to buy some groceries and some
■lore clothes for the baby and a few
things for the older children so s they
iould go to school. We thought we was
J oin* to miss tha thing* wa had oi-
ered t' go without; but when we saw
the biby growing fnt ind round Md
getting pink im ths cheeks, »nd
growing strong sm her feet, and the
♦Ider children going ky to sckool in
their littls wnins swenters, wn didnt
Bind wknt ws'd girsn n]f n kit.
“And ss I keliere that’s ths ws.y it d
ke with yon if you’d try ts miss ssme
money for this infant fendi^.^ ^“0-1
•in’t a member of this club, but I d. like
to give a little something anyway.
Bhe loosened the clasp of her worn
tandbag. “I was going to buy a paar
of white kid gloves, but these gloves
“ got will wear a little while longer,
good condition. It has been found by
frequent demonstrations that the easi
est and cheapest way to produce pork
in the South is by furnishing a rota
tion of good pasture crops, such as al
falfa, crimson clover, vetch, oats,
wheat, rye, barley, rape, etc., followed
by such grain crops as soy beans,
peanuts, sweet potatoes, cowpeas, etc.
With an abundance of these crops in |
rotation, very little corn *»! The following is an extraot from a
produce large quantises of poik at a
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CASTO R I A
LETTER FROM N. C. SOLDIER
IN FRONT LINE TRENCH
who is in the front line
Price of Hogs
Mr. Hoover, the food administrator,
announces that the minimum price of
hogs has been fixed at $15.50. He has
reached "this figure by taking the av
erage price of corn for a number of
years and the average price of hogs.
He takes now the price of com as it
stands in the markets today and he
believes that the price of $15.50 will
give a reasonable and assured profit
to the breeders of hogs, assured be
cause there is to be no sudden de
cline in prices in the markets.
A great many people raise hogs
without the use of much corn; espe-^
cially is this true in the South. But;
com is the standard food stuff and if
a man can raise hogs at a profit feed
ing com and getting for the hog $15.50
the profit in the South for hog feed
ing ought te exceed that am almost
any other part ef th# country.
H you havo mot hegum hog raising,
hegim now. Thoro if money in it, ms ev
ery iMue of evory agricultural journ
al in the South clearly demonstrates.
Wo do not urgo you for patriotic pur
poses to do this, though patriotism
should not ho without influence on
your conduct. V/e urge you to do it
that you may make your own labor
more profitable and your farm more
I got will wear a iiuie wnue valuable.
I’d lots Planting Irish Potatoes in. December
help those poor little starving
I don’t really think I could take much
comfort wearing fancy gloves and
thinking of these poor little things
crying and suffering all night and
keeping their parents awake, too. 1
probably won’t be here next time, so
I’ll just give it to .the treasurer now.
Stepping forward she laid two dol
lars on the treasurer’s desK.
She was surprised to see a tear fall
into the treasurer’s skunk-fur stole.
She was still more surprised to hear
behind her a great burst of applause.
Needless to say, the club changed its
mind about not contributing to the
milk fund for destitute babies.
President Wilson’s daughter is to
sing before a Charlotte audience DC’
cember 14.
I am thinking of planting some
second crop Irish Cobblers in Decem
ber, making furrows five inches deep
and covering with rough manure and
then a furrow from each side. What
do you think of this?”
I have the December planting and
found more disadvantage than advan
tage in it. It may do very well where
the winter weather is steadily cold,
but I found that the, trouble in N9rth
Carolina was that they were inclined
to get up in warm spells and if not
at once covered with a plow would get
frozen off. Even farther south ir
north Florida I have seen them frost
ed down twice and made perfectly
worthless. I had rather plant in Feb
ruary or March, or as soon as the
soil can be worked in good order.
very moderate cost. The meat supply
also could be increased materially by
every farmer adding to his supply of * ® t Vou in a verv difficult
poultry^oirihe farm_. position. My office at present is in a
economically It again is necessary, in ^he front line trench which
addition to the giv.in, to furnish abun- hundred and fifty yards
dant green food crops foi them such Gei-mans.
as clover, bailey, etc. Many farms bursting on both sides of
could carry a small flock of sheep and
add^to income as well as increase the . ,, i have had to
and wool supply of the countiy.
Whnt England^ Navy Has Done For |ave^bee„sic to my ears.^^^
me Ai les ^ immensity of it until he actually
What have her men of the sea done . -fitnesses what is going on here. Am-
for Great Britain and her Allies dur-; gj-ica has yet to fully realize there is a
ing the present war ? ! war. Everybody here is connected with
First of all, they have protected the in some way. I shall write again
sea-borne trade of the Allies and of, -^hen my position is changed to a more
neutral nations (a- against direct at- ■ qujgt place.”
tack by battle-units or groups of the j Lieutenant Shamburger is a son of
German fleet; (b) against mines; (c) ^ Shamburger, of Biscoe. He
against submarines. , , . (was in the graduating class at Chapel
Second, they have blockaded the ene-, jjill last year and was among the num-
my'i coasts. i tier who received diplomas before com-
Third, they hav« fought five pote-1 j^encement and went to Fort Ogle-
ble actions, four of them successfully, where he was commissioned
and ar« ready and waiting to meet the lieutenant
enemy whenever he elects to fight |
again. War S^retary at Richmond
Fourth, they have effectively co- gecreUry of War Newton D. Baker
operated with the British and Allied Qp^j^ng address at Richmond
armies through the transpor^tio^n or Wednesday night of a series
troops and supplies, and in bombard
ments and lecsl blockades.
New, any one of theee tasks, under
modem war conditions, is herculean-
To carry on all of tliem, simultaneous
ly, and, in the areas of special danger,
intensively, is a program to stagger
the imagination. Yet, it is being
done, steadily and surely, without fuss
or exploitation.
Such has been and such is today the
worth and the service of the British
Navy. In man-power it has increased,
since the outbreak of the war, from
146,000 to well over 350,000. In tra
dition with quality it has quickly iden
tified itself with the spirit of its past.
—George Herbert Clarke, in Southern
Woman’s.
Federal Farm Loan Meeting Decem
ber 15th
The first annual Federal _ Farm
Looan meeting will be held in the
court house in Asheboro on Saturday,
December fifteenth at eleven o’clock.
Officers for the ensuing year will be
elected and other matters of business
of the association will be transacted.
H. D. SMITH, President.
I. H. FOUST, Secretary.
of war conferences U be held in every
State in the Union within the next few
months.
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VI'* have arranged for a
eerie* of six Interesting articles,
“War Talk*, by Unci* Dan,"
written by Mr. Howard H.
Gross, president of the Unlver-
eal Military Training League, ef
which this I* the flrsL They tell
In a graphic way why military
training la of valu*, both to tho
nation and to tho indlvidaal, aad
our r*ad«ro will find ibem of
unusual lnter*«t.
^or Sprains, Lameness,
Sores, Cuts, Rheumatism
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Nuwtiter Oas
America Must Fight Hard or Germany
May Win—Necessity f*r Mill*
tary Training.
“Now, Billie,” aald his mother, “your
Uncle Dan Is coming tomorrow to
spend a week with us on the farm, and
if you want to know about the war,
here’s your opportunity. Uncle Dan Is
probably one of the best-informed men
in the country.” Billie clapped his'
hands and gave such a whoop that he
wakened the baby, but what could you
expect of a fifteen-year-old boy who is
a living interrogation point and wants
to know about war?
Uncle Dan. arrived In due time and
Billie watched for an opportunity. It
came that evening after dinner when
Uncle Dan had lighted a cigar end
taken a seat on the porch.
“I’m mighty glad you came, Uncle
Dan. I w'ant to talk to you about the
war. We have just put military train
ing in our township high school, but
we had a hard time to do It. The
Joneses and the Greggs objected. They
said the war wouldn’t come over here.
Grandma Jones said: ‘They ain’t no j
use to worrit, it will soon blow over.’
Well, we put the training In just the
same. You orter heard Judge Brow
nell, the president of the school board,
do the slackers up. He said unless we
take off our coats and go to it, Ger
many may yet win, and if she does, she
will take over the great British fleet as
a war trophy and compel us to do what
ever she wants to; that she could make
us pay all the cost of the war; the
kaiser could tax us as he pleased and!
that we couldn’t help ourselves. He
could make every one pay over a part
of what he earns; that he could make
the farmers pay rent for their own
farms, etc. Now, U.ncle, what do you
think of that?”
“Well, my boy," said Uncle Dan,
“all that Judge Brownell says might
easily come true and may unless we go
quickly to the aid of the allies with
large numbers of men and help them
break the German line. Unless we can
beat the submarines, they may pre
vent us from getting enough food to
tho allies to keep them going. In that
case Germany would win. As matters
stand today, nur greatest need is
trained men. If we had had several
millions of men with military training
in our industries and on our farms
when the war came, who could j
have been called at once for service, I'
do not believe tire kaiser would have
forced the war upon us. As it was, he
bad no respect for us, and now we are
in it and must go through with It, But
never again. must we be caught so
wholly unprepared.
“There is only one safe way,” said
Uncle Dan, “and that Is to adopt per
manently universal military training,
apply it to every young mao who is
physically fit, say in his nineteenth or
twentieth year. The training can be'
carried forward In the United States
training camps that are now being es
tablished for training men called by
the selective draft. As soon as these
men vacate these stations, they should
be filled by younger men, and this
should be made the permanent policy
of the country.”
Billie’s mother, Mrs. Graham, had
overheard the conversation. She came
out and said: “Really, Brother Dan,
are you serious as to the dangers of
OUT country? If it is as bad as that, It
Is high time for us to wake up and do
some^hg about It”
“Exactly,” replied Uncle Dan. "It
Is better to wak* up now than te be
rudely awakened later. We may as
well understand, slater, that tbt« is'oar
war and we must win It or God help
America. Kverythlng that w* have
OP hope te have—©ur liberties, our
blejsslngs, our oppertunlties are all In
volved in the great Issue before us.
Nothing must stand betw*eu ns and
'Winning this war. It ts a question
whether the peoples’ right or the kai
ser’s might shall dominate the world.
If there ever was a holy war, this Is
it We are fighting for world liberty.
We are fighting for the freedom of
humanity. We are fighting for the
right of men to govern themselves in
stead of being governed against their
will by a war-mad overlord. Perilous
times are ahead of us. We must be
prepared to make any sacrifice, to per
form any service that may be required
of us.”
“Oh, Uncle Dan," exclaimed Billie,
“may I briag my chum, Jimmie Col
lins, when we have our next talk? He
Is a bug on this war business and just
crazy to see you."
“Certainly,” said Uncle Dan, with
hearty laugh. “If we are to have more
talks, I shall be glad to have Jimmie
join us.”
Billie clapped his hands and ran to
Uie ’phone and told Jimmie to be over
at seven o’clock the next evening.
Penetrates and Heals*
Stops Pain At Once
For Maui and Beast
25c. 50c. $1. At All Dealers,
LINIMENT
Keep the Rats and Mice Under Control
It is very significant that one of th*
first steps taken in the matter of con
serving food by Mrs. M. M. Davis, th*
new city home demonstration agent
for Raleigh, should be in the form of
a declaration of war upon rats and
mice. The Boy Scouts have enlisted in
this campaign, their interest stimulat
ed by offers of liberal prises, and rat
tails have begun to come in as a result
of this campaign. The significance of
such a move may be eeen when it is
known that the National Government
has also seen the importance of keep
ing these rodents under control and has
issued warning to food producers and
storage men over the entire nation to
aid in saving food by destroying rat*
and mice.
Director B. W. Kilgore has recently
written a letter to all CJiambers of
Commerce in the state asking their aid
in this matter so that ail food brought
into the cities after having been pro
duced will be safe for use later on. He
has asked these bodies to begin syste
matic campaigns for destroying the
rats in their towns and has sent to
them copies of a recent poster on the
subject.
Some of the things that may be tak
en into consideration'when repressive
measures are put into effect are:
1. The requirement that all new
buildings erected shall be made rat-
proof under competent inspection.
2. That all existing rat-proof build
ings shall be closed against rats and
mice by having all openings accessible
to the animals, from foundation to roof
closed or screened by door, window,
grating, or meshed wire netting.
3. That all buildings not of rat-
proof construction shall be made so by
remodeling, by the use of materials
that may not be pierced by rats, or by.
elevation.
4. The protection of all of our
native hawks, owls, and smaller preda
tory mammals—the natural enemies
of rats.
5. Greater cleanliness around mar
kets, grocery stores, warehouses,
courts, alleys, stables, and vacant lots
in cities and villages, and like care on
farms and suburban premises. Thi*
includes the storage of waste and gar
bage in tightly covered vessels and tho
prompt dispiosal of it each day.
6. Care in the construction of drain*
and sewers, so as not to providte en
trance and retreat for rats. Old brick
sewers in cities should be replaced by
concrete or tile.
7. The early threshing and market
ing of grains on farms, so that stack*
and mows shall not furnish harborage
and food for rats.
8. Removal of outlaying straw
stacks and piles of trash or lumber
that harbor rats in field* or vacant
lots.
f. The keeping of provisions, seed,
grain, and foodstuffs in rat-proof con
tainers.
10. Keeping good rat dogs, espec
ially on farms and in large warehouse*
in cities,
11. The systematic destruction of
rats, whenever and wherever possible
by trapping, poisoning and organized
hunts.
12. The organization of clubs and
other societies for systematic warfare
ag'ainst rats.
Some Facts About War Insurance
Any man or woman of any age in
the active military or naval service
of the United States can obtain Gov
ernment insurance. It has been ruled
that members of officers’ training
camps are under the act and can ob
tain insurance, 'The cost for eacli
thousand dollars of insurance is from
sixty-five cents a month to persons at
the age of twenty-one to one dollar and
twenty cents a month to those of the
age of fifty-one.
The beneficiaries are limited to wife,
husband, child, grandchild, brother or
sister, stepbrother or stepsister, adopt
ed brother or adopted sister of the in
sured, as well as parent, grandparent
or stepparent either of the insured or
his or her consort.
The insurance is not compulsory, but
the cost is low and the protection
great, and not only are all persons eli
gible afforded every opportunity to ob
tain thi* insurance without trouble pr
extra expense but they ar* especially
urged to do so.
General Pershing and thousands of
other officers and tens of thousands of
soldiers have already taken out insur
ance. Up to date policies of insurance
have been issued aggregating |1,Q32,-
938,000.
British Orat*ra nt Limesin’s T*mb
Standing nt the tomb ef Abraham,
lincoln last Friday T. F. O’Connor,
member of the British Parliament, de
clared in an address that “there nev
er was a moment in the history of this
country since the death of the illus-
trous man by whose ashes we stand
today when the inspiration and les
sons of his life were more needed by
his people and his country.”
“As a man Lincoln stands as much
alive as though he were still among
us. He is a flaming torch which leads
on the inner soul of every American,
whether he is standing by the honor of
his country in his work at home or
marching over barbed wire trenches
against shell and cannon, to wounds or
death.”'
No. 666
This ia a prescription prepared esDeclally
t r MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER.
ive or six doses will break any case, and
k taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
taturn. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicke' "S?