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p. . 4 ' i people dt thePiedmont sec-I tion put your. ads in ,THE GRIT. H f. 'w ISAAC S." LONDON,' Proprietor.. A TAMIL Y ' NEWSPAPER FOR THE TTPLIFT OF CHATHAM COUNTY $100 A TEAR. VOL. VI. SILER CITY, N.:C, JULY45, 1914. NO. 10 if? -i. MONHEGAN ISLAND TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY -.. " n j mi, ... , ; -. , . . 11 ' ! tt : : : : . I KEEP ONLY THE MONEY MAKERS IN DAIRY I W. I 1 , . w...;.:.,v - f aTqvw HELPS j - 'mmlm0m 3 - it Sk GIVS CREDIT TO GORGAS "America will get all the credlti perhaps for completing the -Panajsa.; canal, but In giving- praise where1 It, ie 8ae, the work of the French engi neers and those engaged in the early digging of the canal ought not to be, , overlooked, remarked Henri Borgia of Paris, an engineer, recently. "The French overlooked the most impor tant requisite in the Panama, canal one-that ot proper sanitation.; Had par engineer beronppiaWeHthfeir :work by a Colonel Gorgas," the Amer ican nation might not have had the' opportunity to buy the canal. - "I. think It only Justice that some tribute be paid the French for their share In this great project. It is true they failed, but not through lack of funds, as is proved by the beautiful palace, the magnificent gardens, and the record of sumptuous living of the officials. Neither was failure due to the unwillingness of the French peas antry to contribute of their brawn. evidence of which is seen in the overfilled graves. "The success of the American was not wholly 'due to his greater knowl- edge of engineering nor to his Improved machinery; neither was it due to hi ability '-to get"into his hands large amounts of money, but to the victory over the humble mosquito. The strength of this tiny enemy the French neg lected to appreciate. This, then, was the cause of their ignominious defeat in the work. "The Panama canal is one of the greatest engineering undertakings in tin history of the world. There can be no question of that I fully appre ciate the difficulties, "but far more do I realize that it was a big construction Jab." ' vtl ,. t, ... 3- ' Sll'-'lft' ii "'hi flffc' 'Hi' i4li ii i inf... TO WORKS INJURY TREES Seems Little Doubt That Tar Dust Has the Effect of Withering the Leaves. This is one of the village, streets on Monhegan island, a rocky stretch ten miles off the coast of Maine,, where next August will be celebrated the three hundredth anniversary of the landing of Capt. John Smith, the first white man to set foot on the island. Monhegan has a population of about one hundred, 'whose living is de rived from lobster fishing and the entertainment of summer visitors ind artists. BRIGADIER GENERAL SHARPE'S BIG JOB RIVER OF WONDERS Ship Captains Jell of Strange Experiences on Amazon. IrTf S Pests Assail Travelers on 2,150-Mile Journey to Iqultos Ravages of Vulture Bat and Fish That Are Dangerous. More anqies .have been destroyed by starvation than by battles. The dute of Wellington once said that he did not consider himself much of a general, but that he prided himself on being a first-class commissary officer. "Many can lead troops," he remarked; T can feed them." The big Job of feeding Uncle Sam's fighting men is in . the hands of Brig. Gen. Henry O. Sharpe, com missary general of the United States army. In war there Is unavoidable waste of food supplies, and for this reason it is necessary to furnish much more than is actually eaten. American sol diers in the field waste quite as much ashey eat. The waste of our troops In the Philippines fed half of Agul naldo'B insurrecto in a way that suif passed their wildest dreams of luxury. The "quantity of stores required for one day's subsistence of half a million men In the field ie: Hard bread, 500,000 pounds; bacon, 262,500 pounds; sugar, 100,000 pounds; desic cated vegetables (potatoes and gnians), 37,500 pounds; coffee (roasted and ground), 40)00' pounds; beans, 75,000 pounds; tomatoes, 50,000; Jam, 33,750 pounds; vinegar, 5,000 gallons; salt, 20,000 pounds; pepper, l,250"pounds. These supplies have a total net weight of about 1,300,000 pounds, and to transport them requires 50 freight cars of 40,000 pounds capacity, or 214 army wagons. . ' Of course, this dietary may be varied by the substitution of equivalents, such as canned meat or fresh, beef when procurable, for bacon. It goes with out saying that fresh vegetables and fresh beef cannot be supplied to an army In the field unless procurable from the local resources of the country in which the troops are operating. Leaving such local resources for a moment out of the question, the busi ness of obtaining supplies Is simple enough. Officers of the subsistence corps either purchase them in open market or invite bids for supplies, which on ac ceptance are forwarded by the government to' the main supply depots. ALFONSO'S PRIVATE BARBER An undersecretary of the Spanish legation told at a dinner party a little story about the king of Spain, accord ing to the Rehoboth Sunday Herald. "King Alfonso," he began, "is fond of taking motor trips incog. He mo tored recently through a wild region of Castile. He put up with his modest entourage at a more than modest inn. " 'I am sure,' he said, laughing, 'that they won't know me here!' "Well, they did not know him there. They treated him like an ordi nary traveler. So much so, in fact, that when he went to shave the next morning he found there was no mir ror in his room. So he went down into the inn yard in his ehirt sleeves and there a chambermaid brought him a broken piece of mirror, which he set up beside the well and proceeded to lather cheeks and chin. "The girl stood chatting with him, Finally she said in an odd voice: " 'You are not just an ordinary traveler, are your '"Why do you aek me that?' laughed the king. ' 1 don't know,' said the maid. 'But there's something about you pe haps you belong to the royal court at Madrid?' ;. " . " 'Yes, I do,' he answered. " 'Perhaps you worfc for his majesty himself?' "'Yes, I do.' . , " 'And what do you do for him?' asked the pretty chambermaid. ( " 'Oh lots of things,' the king replied. 'I'm shaving him Just now.' " -. Chicago. The emergence of Colonel Roosevelt from the interior, of Brazil directed public attention more than ever to a Journey probably the most weird and picturesque in the world, says the New York World. It is 2,150 miles from the mouth of the Amazon to Iquitos, where the gov ernment of Peru maintains a large dockyard, barracks, iron works, ma chine shops, etc., and ah 'inland navy consisting of two gunboats. If one wishes to travel from the Pa? cifie side of Peru to Iquitos, only five hundred miles apart, he ascends the west coast in a steamer, crosses the Isthmus of Panama, embarks at Colon for New York and transship here for Iquitos up the Amazon. Few have any idea of the tremen dous volume and coloring of the Ana zon current, its influence upon the At lantic, the immense distance it carries nearly fresh water into the brine of the -ocean, its serpentine windings, its overhanging vegetation, its rapids, its wild life, its pests, perils, pleasures and all sorts of strange sights. Some of the tributaries of the Amazon are mightier than the Mississippi. Two Booth line ekippers, Capt O. L. Beck and Capt. J. W. Couch (the Booths relieve their master. -mariners by sending them on leave to England after a certain number of trips into the South American interior), gave a sort of duet in the narration of the wonders of the Amazon on board of their ship9, their peculiar cargoes, their eligibility to fly the American flag if they chose, and their adven tures on the river of rivers. They characterized Alexander P. Rogers' de scription of the country as faithful and sincere. , While they were talking in the cabin of the Denis longshoremen were shov eling out of the holds 1,600 tons of Brazil nuts at the old Robert pier in Brooklyn. Only 2,600 tons of the nuts were imported during the year 1913. Captain Beck, who was up to catch the Cunarder for Liver pool, denied that the mosquito was a pest or peril on the Amazon. . He said that for about three days in the navi gation of the river it was necessary to shut up the passengers and use the mosquito ports, but this was the only stretch in the long Journey out and back for nine weeks in which there was any mosquito fighting. "There is something worse than the mosquito," said Capt Couch. "I ref,er to the vulture bat, which always at tacks either your bald head or the soles of your feet It always bites you in the tenderest spots and draws blood." Capt. Couch did not say how the vul ture bat was circumvented. i "Yes." said Capt. Beck, continuing the dialogue, "there's another pleasant little habitue of the Amazon, the 'smell bug.' If you smell him once you never forget him. He's brown, less than an Inch long and half dead when he comes aboard' on feeble wing. I've seen them cover the deck seven inches deep, and we had to shovel them, over board." Everybody took a fresh swallow of claret after this story and Capt Couch turned to fcgain. "It's against the rules of the com pany for any man to go overboard for a swim in the Amazon. One of our men disobeyed tnls rule once, ana was never seen after he dropped over the side. We lay at anchor at the time." "It was probably a small fish that got him," remarked Capt Beck. "A small fish in the Amazon, about bIx or seven inches long, attends school in thousands. They dart at a man um der the surface and bite him In hun dreds of places and he never rises." "A 'bacu' got him, I think," rejoined. Capt Couch. "A bacu is a black fish about six or seven feet long, with no; teeth, but with rows of suckers in each long jaw. The bacu scoffs men alive."; The talk turned to natural phenom ena, and Capt. Beck said the differ ence between high and low water at Manaos whs about 42 feet There is an old story about a crew that -was dying of thirst when Its ship anchored In the mouth of the Amazon and the skipper didn't know it, and another captain, anchored near by, bel lowed through his trumpet "Let downi your buckets; you re in the mouth oi the Amazon." "Is that story true?" Capt. Couch was asked. "It is," he replied. "I learned at school that the Amazon carried frjesh water seaward, and I put it to the test once. -I was 167 miles from the mouth of the Amazon. I noticed that the wa ter was discolored around the ship. I dipped some up and tested it in the hydrometer. That water dipped from the ocean was three-fourths fresh." Mr. ,W. A. Murrill, assistant director nf-w-Magr Yorir botalnal gardens; has sailed for Europe to find out if talr dust really Injures shade trees. A com4 mittee appointed to investigate the, problem in Paris has reported that it does; If Doctor MuTrtirslnvestigation confirm - this . It wiU b neeeesaryv?4d chans -the paarkreHcyef NeWYerk : Snburbaa tcwna along the main High ways also will be affected because off sthe tar placed in the roadways to make them smoother for automobile! traffic. , . " Before sailing Doctor Murrill said that he was going to Paris with a per fectly unbiased mind. He had never; heard or seen anything that would make him believe that' tar dust hurt New York'B trees, but he admitted ta had a great many poisonous proper ties. "The Paris committee," he went on to say, "reported that the tar dust in; the Bois de Boulogne had withere the leaves on the trees there and madf them fall prematurely. That report is worthy of attentiqn, because the trees in Paris are better than in any othe large city in-the world. They are apt; however, to turn brown rather earfv and Americans going there in Jul alid August are disposed for that rea son to think the trees are inferior tq those in New York. There are more, trees in Paris and they are more in-' telligently planted and better cared for than ours." A Model Cow Bam for the Money Makers. HAVE ,A "CLEAN-UP" WEEK When Every Citizen Makes Up Hla Mind to Help, the Task Will Be Found an Easy One. Corpse and Mourners Fall Funeral Party Crashes Through Floor Into Cellar of House Body Trampled Upon. Philadelphia Tragedy by fire was capped with gruesome horror wnen the body of Mrs. Yetta Siegal, of 131Z South Seventh street, who was burned to death last week, was precipitated with 50 of her mourners into the cel lar of her home by the collapse of the floor. While only minor injuries were suffered among the funeral. j?arty, the body of the dead woman was thrown from the coffin and trampled upon by the panic-stricken men and women. With the assistance of the police and th undertaker, the cornse was- re placed in the coffin and taken to the just packing Several houses have collapsed 1b Bids $500,000 for Painting Henry C. Frlck Is Reported to Have Made Offer for Velasquez's "Pope Innocent X." Rome. Henry C. Frick Is reported to have made an offer of $500,000, which he is said to be prepared to in crease te $600,000, for Velasquez's LOVE WINS KAISER'S -SON ' German nobility, society! and offi cialdom are astonished at the an nouncement that Prince Oscar of ftus s& .fifth son of Kaiser Welhelm, Is to marry Countess Ina Marie, daughter of X3ount Bassewitz of Mecklenburg. "It is the flret Instance on record where a man of the reigning branch of the Hohenzollerns has- been - mor ganatlcally engaged to wed. While the 'young countess Is a woman of rank, she Is not of royal blood. It Is assumed that the emperor, who consented, to the engagement, will confer a higher rank in the nobil ity on the young countess. The. em peror's consent 4s said to have been granted owing to the lack, of an avail able German princess and to his aver sion to foreign marriage f or his son. The countess met the prince while she was a lady in waiting to Empress Augusta Victoria. By flatly announcing hie intention to marry the girl of his choice, regard- e 1 less of Hohenzollern precedent and family tradition, Priaoe Oscar won th instant admiration of the German public. The revelation of the romance was a sweet morsel under the tongues' of all Berlinern the neighborhood recently, and the fu neral party became panic-stricken in the belief that they were about to be buried under tons of brick and plaster. Their terror was increased by a flow of gas which was liberated by the fall ing floor. The policeman and the bar ber called to the struggling men and women that the danger was over, and helped them to climb out. When nearly all the mourners had been Jif ted from the cellar, Katie Sieg al was found stretched upon the body of her mother in a faint. The girl was carried to the yard and revived, while the undertaker lifted the body back into the coffin. City officials can do much In seeing that street cleaners do really clean that garbage collectors do their task; thoroughly, and that public buildings, squares and parks shall be an example of neatness. But what the officials can do will be but a drop in the By W. MILTON KBLLET.) The man who has made two blades of grass grow where but one grew be fore has been looked upon as a public benefactor. But the man who has suc ceeded in producing one blade at lees cost worked out a more complex prob lem. ' Increased production does not al ways bring Increased profit. Increased profits from the dairy business must In a measure come from more eco nomical production. To reduce the cost of production we must have cows that by their breeding and individuality are adapted to our needs. For the butter and cream pro ducing dairy the Jersey and Guernsey cows have a certain advantage be cause of the character of their milk, which contains a higher percentage of butter fat. The Holstein and Ayrshire1 cows are compelled to elaborate more solids to produce the same amount of fat This is a breed characteristic. On the other hand the Holetein and Ayrshire cows can produce milk solids more economically and are better fit ted for the production ofVcheese and market milk. , Within the dairy breeds we find greater difference between individual cows than between the breeds. We are keeping too many cows. We do not know how much they produce nor how much they eat. Some pay a profit and some are eating up the profits made by the. others. It taxes profits from the good cows to balance the loss from the poor cowe. The first step toward reaching the t- - " i 41 in ...... tvrtr . a nr. testing the milk from each cow in, the t, K ? 4 1 YotA ftfton onniich tn fcpprt BACftod UnA i - t VAA -W W D ' W -. - yi . on what she Is producing. Weighing the milk for one day eaca week and testings it once each month , will give practically the same result a as weighing aad testing each milking. T By taking these weekly and month ly records and making a yearly aver- . age It is easy to determine now muca milk and butter each cow has pro- r duced for the year. . . This Is but one-half the question. Some cows are fairly large producers. Others may produce less milk or Imtf' ter, and yet be far more economical . producers. - n A light feeder may digest her food perfectly and be an economical pro ducer. We should keep a record of -each cow's feed one day each week and its market value in, connection with the weighing and testing of the milk. This will show what a pound of milk or butter costs from each cow ltt the herd. r , ' Sell the cows that produce buttef .for 25 cents per pound and keep all that produce a pound for 15 cents. r The t scales, the Babcock test and pencil and paper will assist in weeding out the unprofitable cows from the herd. . bucket, compared with what should be done. It is the corners that are out of sight that need most attention, the courtu, cellars and back yards, and over -these the- municipality has no the householder to do the major share PRACTICAL POINTS ABOUT ANGORA GOATS in ine eiimiuaiiou 01 ruuuisu, iub overhauling of the things that collect dust and filth, and the whole process that goes to make up the real city beautiful. For in the last analysis the "city beautiful" is made up only secondarily of parkways and fine buildings; the essential beauty of a city is found in its cleanliness and upon its cleanli ness depends its healthfulness. Dirt of any sort means multiplication of disease, and disease means economic waste. Therefore "clean-up week" means business prudence and enter prise. Health means wealth and prog ress and all the things toward which a wide-awake community aspires. It Is the patriotic duty of every citizen to do his part, and the wiser ones will not wait for the week, but will begin to prepare for the clean-up without a moment's delay. OLD PLATE FOR MRS. WILSON Part of Buchanan's Service Presented to President's. Wife at White House. Washington. Another addition has been made to the White House collec tion of presidential ware in the form of a handsome Sevres dinner plate from a set which belonged to Presi dent Buchanan. The gift has Just been received by Mrs. Wilson from; James Buchanan Henry of. Annapolis. Md., a nephew and ward of President Buchanan, who served as his private secretary during Mr. Buchanan's oc cupancy of the White House. The plate has an. ' interesting his tory. It belonged to- an exquisite set of pink banded Sevres, each piece of which was elaborately decorated, which Mr. Buchanan purchased at the sale of household belongings of the French minister at Washington during the time Mr. Buchanan was serving as secretary of state under President Polk In 1845-49. Mr. Buchanan prized the china high ly and it was "used by him in the White House and subsequently in his home at Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pa. TJpOn his death the china came in to Mr. Henry's possession. YOUNGEST MEXICAN AT MEET' Master Manuel del Campo Most Youth- ful Attendant at Niagara Falls ; Peace Conference. j Niagara Falls, Opt., Canada. The youngest member of the Mexican group of envoys and their secretaries sent here by Huerta as representatives Henry C, -Frick. "Pope Innocent X," the most famous picture in Rome. The owner, Prince Alfonso Doria'Pamphili, has refused to consider the offer. SUBDUE AN OUTLAW STALLION Animal Goes Mad and Attacks Its Owner, Injuring Him Severely by .' Stamping Upon Him. .' i7C:i - Payette, Ida S, D. Thacker of Pay ette, who recently purchased an im-. ported Percheron stallion, was at tacked aad seriously injured by the vi cious r.nimal.'' Thacker, accompanied by S. C. Tracey, was driving another nor to a single buggy and leading the dtalllon behind the rig. ; :. 253 Marriage Licenses in One Day. 'Chicago. Two hundred and fifty three marriage licenses were issued here on June 1. fourteen less than a year ago. At a point about a mile south of town Thacker got out of the buggy to adjust the harness of the horse they were driving, and while doing so the stallion reared and struckliim vicious ly with. his. front feet, and continued the attack by stamping. Aipoh the vic tim, -Further attack was prevented .by Tracey" driving oh with- the rig, which in the end was badly demolished. The Injured man was brought to town by a passing buggy. A force of eight men finally succeeded in captur ing the animal and brought it to town. Master Manuel del Campo. of Mexico at the "A, B. C" conference being held at the Clifton house, is happy little Manuel ' del Campo, the six-month-old young' son of Martinea del Campo, an . attache of the delega tion. That he is a defiant little Mex ican Is seen by the lovable pose of the little fellow when his photo was made. The stallion had recently made a frenzied attack on the trainer who had undertaken to subdue him, as for -two years it had been Impossible to ride or drive the herse, which had practically become an outlaw. HOW OUR ANCESTORS LIVED The ,Sc-Called Good Old Days Had No Advantages Over Present Time. For centuries the common people of England made their home in wooden huts of one room. When a family in creased in numbers or wealth, an other hut was built beside it, or, rath eer, a lean-to was added, and then an other and another, as need required. Sometimes they followed a straight line; at other times they were built out from the central hut at various angles. The roofs of these huts were thatched. An opening was left in the center for the smoke to escape. The fire was afwaye built In a hollow In the center of the room. Beds were made of straw,, often they were mere ly shakedowps in the corner. Occa sionally the straw was held in a little frame resembling the ribs of a ship. Houses built by Saxon knights were much more pretentious. They were big halls, like the Roman atrium, with a lofty roof thatched with slate or wood shingles. The floor was of hard clay. In the middle was a great fire of dry wood. The thin, acrid smoke from the fire escaped through an open ing in the roof directly above the hearth. Round the fire were long benches on which hearthsmen and visitors sat, when not fighting or at work, and talked and drank the khours through. The tables were long boards on trestles. At night the floor was strewn with straw, and, like the less 'prosper ous folk, host and visitors slept to gether. Youth's Companion. Barbado Sheep Imported by the Bureau of Animal Industry. .Some Husband Spanks Wife. Jamaica, N. Y. "I disobeyed him gmi he did risrht to soank me," said Mrs. Louis Laparcone, twenty-one, who appeared in court to withdraw her charge of assault against her spouse. . . . Waste Paper Scatters. The man who wilfully or carelessly allowB waste paper to litter the public streets ought to be made to pick it Up, ana, in aaailiuii meieiu, paj a fine into the city treasury. . Steadfastness. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in soli tude to' live after our own; but the great man is he, who in the midst of the crowd, keeps, with perfect sweet ness, the independence of solitude. Emerson'. people think that Angora goats will thrive on brush and weeds, but they will not. They, browse on brush and weeds, but need the same feed as sheep. They are not very easily controlled, but are not vicious. ' They , weigh on the average about as much as Shropshire sheep. The best grades will produce from three to six pounds of mohair per year, bur the average is about two thirds as. much. Mohair is worth from 30 to 45 cents 0XRA CULTURE IN THE SOUTH Becoming Popular Vegetable of Early Growth in Northern States Re quires Little Attention. (By FRANCIS L. RILSET.) TFJs tropical annual has succeeded In tte Southern states and is a fash ionable vegetable of early growth in the North, where it has only recently become popular. It is in high esteem for soUps and stews. Seeds should be sown in May after the ground is warm. Sow in drills three feet apart and thin to ten Inches apart in the rows. One ounce of seed i reauired for every 100 feet of row. There are several varieties that are a DTPnt imbrovement on the old green- podded sorts growing to a height of four to five feet with round, Bmooth nods Dale green, tender and of fine Quality- Keep the pods picked off so tw the nlants will not become stunt ed by the maturity of seeds, and there -will be good pods until late in uie lau, Okra requires no more attention than a corn crop. For table use it should be cooked in agate or earthenware always. Furnish, Plenty of' Water. " mirine the busy season give the horses plenty of pure water, several time during ,the day if possible. Let thm have an hour and a half rest at noon if possible and remove the har ness put the collars out to dry. per pound, and the demand is good. Angoras should be clipped twice a year. Common hand shears are best Each doe drops one kid every year . and sometimes two. In the North, kids are dropped in April and May, but in the South they come about a month earlier. Goats sell at $3 to $4 in the big mar kets, but pure bred ewes bring from $5 to $7 for breeding purposes, rams from flO to $100. Goat flesh is often sold for mutton and the tallow is used for cooking. How Ad'age Would Work With Him. The , Clubman "Circumstances at ter cases, you know." The Lawyer "Yes, and a : few good cases t would materially alter , my circumstances? Boston Transcript irritating Insects on Horses. Horses have not only horse lice to contend with, but chicken lice get ovl them and prove terribly irritating. They Infest stables, which should be wMiiifint.lv cleaned, disinfected and j whifera'aBb.ed. (By N. J. SHEPARD.) The earlier in life that a weed is killed the better, as they rob the soil 1 : of moisture and plant food. All breeding animals should have a laxative ration before the young are born, especially when on dry feed- Farm life may be made a burden or a pleasure, according 10 we manage ment of the home, the farm and the farm work. 1 The most serious objection to sell ing bay from the farm is that it car ries away too much of the fertility of the farm. Lime is a most active agent in ren dering the soil mellow and setting the plant food free to be assimilated by vegetation, while it is itself a direct plant food. The meadows and pastures as well as the growing wheat are often bene, flted by rolling well In the spring after the frost IS thoroughly out of . the- ground. While thorough cultivation is eesen-1 tlal to the growing of good crops, , thorough preparation of the ground before planting. is just as essential.' With, all classes of stock usually . kept on a farm, care should be taken, to feed according to age, condition and time of ; marketing. Shelter and comfortable quarters, should be provided for stock if for nothing else than simply a question of -economy in the consumption of food: ' By cleaning up the farm you- wtff' increase Its value, and whent-Sis cleaned It will cultivate mord -easilv' j and cheaply and give larger return.. - - ft A ( - ' i . J, , - r . f i hi, A? 4 iff i2 ' h. i d t''' "... 1 - 4 "X' 1- A-v ""5 2 P 4 f
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