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THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS
Published Every Wednesday
- BY THE
Adair County News Company
(Incorporated.)
CHAS. S. HARRIS. Editor.
Democratic newspaper devoted to the Interest
of the City of Colombia and the people of Adair
and adjoining counties.
Entered at the Colombia Post-offico as second
clus mall matter.
SUBSCRIPTION PBICE $1.00 PER YEAR
WED. SEPT. 12,1917
Democratic-Ticket.
For County Judge,
W. G. ELLIS
For County Attorney,
GORDON MONTGOMERY.
For Sheriff,
CLYDE CRENSHAW.
For County Clerk,
ALBERT A. MILLER.
For Jailer,
C. G. JEFFRIES.
For Assessor,
P.P. DUNBAR.
For School Superintendent,
NOAH LOY.
FOR MAGISTRATE.
J. F. Mills, District No. 1.
F. H. Bryant, District No. 3.
L. M. Smith, District No. 6.
Melvin Conover, District No. 7.
How the Money is Spent.
Subscribers to the recent $2,
000,000,000 issue of liberty bonds
and intending subscribers to the
second liberty loan are interest
ed in knowing juat how ths mon
ey obtained is used. A large
amount of money is necessary to
maintain the Navy, which has
been called upon to defend our
coast and our commerce from at
tack. To put the Navy on a war ba
siB, every ship in reserve had to
be fully manned and commission
ed. Many auxiliary vessels had
to be added.
On April 6 there were 64,680
enlisted men; now there are
more than 136,000. In addition
we have enlisted more than 35,
000 reserves and there are 10,
000 National Naval Volunteers
in service.
Contracts have been placed for
every destroyer and submarine
chaser that the shipyarns of the
country can build, and new rec
ords are expected in construction.
All this in addition to the 32,-.000-ton
battleships; the five bat
tle cruisers of 35,000 tons each,
the largest and swiftest war ves
sels ever built; the six scout
cruisers and many auxiliary
craft for which we have made
contracts. These will be built
as early as possible, but the
right of way in construction is
being given to destroyers and
small craft.
Since the day war was de
clared the Navy has patrolled
our own coasts. For coast de
fenses scores of vessels have
been secured yachts, fishing
vessels, fast motor boats, and
other minor craft, and others
are being added to this force as
rapidly as possible.
The Navy has sent to France a
corps of aviators, who arrived
on June 8, the first contingent of
the regular armed forces of the
United States to land on French
soil. The Aeronautic Corps has
been greatly enlarged, aviation
bases established along the
coast, and officers and men train
ed in the operation of seaplanes,
dirigible balloons, and other
types of aircraft. An additional
appropriation of $45,000,000 has
been asked for aviation.
About $80,000,000 is involved
in the entire building program
in our navy yards, training sta
tions, submarine and aviation
bases, the big storage ware
1 houses we are building for mu
nitions and supplies, the new
shops, foundries, shipways, the
huge drydocks, and the various
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strddtures unde'r way 01? provid
ed for.
The Marine Corps has more
than doubled in enlisted strength
since the war began. On April
6 there were in the corps 426
commissioned officers and 13,266
enlisted men. It now has more
than 28,000 enlisted men, only
1,479 recruits being required to
bring it up to its full enlisted
strength of 30,000. A force of
marines has been landed in
France for service under Gen.
Pershing, and the entire corps is
eager for action.
Saw Prophecy Realized.
The late Gov. Proctor Knott,
after his election to Congress
from the Fourth District, had
the unusual experience cf seeing
a prophecy he had made in child
ish fancy realized and coming in
contact with the chance play
mate of his youth who had also
won high political honor.
It was during the building of
a public highway around Mul
draugh Hill, in Marion county,
that Proctor Knott, then a mere
lad, came upon a construction
camD and observed a boy about
his own age eating out of a din
ner pail with his father, whose
decided accent showed that he
had not been long from Ireland.
After the two boys had romped
and played together, young
Knott, who had learned some
thing of the circumstances of
the other boy being in such
strange surroundings, begged
the latter's father to let his boy
go home and live with him and
go to school. The parent re
plied that the boy was all he had
left in the world and he could
not part with him.
As a further incentive, young
Knott, who at that early age
showed political genius, remind
ed the father that if his boy was
given a good schooling he might
go to Congress some day. After
the road work was completed the
two boys became separated and
never saw each other again un
til Proctor Knott was elected to
Congress and recognized as one
of his colleagues the playmate of
his childhood days, whom he had
predicted might go to Congress
if given the proper educational
advantages.
The two Congressmen became
inseparable, and Mr. Knott
learned that after their chance
meeting in boyhood days, the
father had reluctantly assented
to the offer of a wealthy South
ern woman to take and educate
the boy who showed such early
promise. In after years Mr.
Knott, by a strange fate, met
the father then an aged man,
while taking a steamboat trip,
and recognized him. After
learning that the two boys who
had played together about the
construction camp were together
in the councils of the nation, the
old man told the story of the
days that intervened and of how
he had never forgotten the
prophecy made by young Knott
and the impression it made upon
him.
m Let us learn to be content with
what we have, Let us get rid
of uur false intimates, set up all
the highest ideals a quiet home
vines of our planting; a few
books full of the inspiration of a
genius; a few friends worthy of
being loved and able to love us
in return; a hundred innocent
pleasures that bring no pain or
remorse; a devotion to the right
that will never swerve; a simple
religion empty of all bigotry, full
of trust, hope and love and to
such a philosophy this world
will give us all the empty joy it
has. David Swing.
I keep on hands a full stock oi
coffins, caskets, and r,obes. I also keep
Metallic Caskets, and Steel Boxes and
two hearses. We keep extra large
caskets. Prompt Bervice night or day.
Residence Phone 29, office phone 198.
45-1 yr J. F. Triptett,
Columbia, Ky.
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Sow Mdre Wheal.
A million acres of wheat must
be seeded in Kentucky this sea
son if the State is going to do its
"grain" bit for the nation.
The Extension Division of the
College of Agriculture starts
with a campaign in forty-nine
counties of the State urging the
seeding of the greatest acreage
in the history of the State.
County agents in every county
will be put at the head of the
work in their communities and
held for accounting if the county
fails to bring in the sheaves at
the next harvest.
The movement of working up
the required spirit to get the
million acres seeded in wheat
will be urged as the principal ac
tivity of the County Councils oi
National Defense during "the
next two weeks, while the cam
paign to get the necessary
amount obtained is in full blast.
Extraordinary efforts will be
prosecuted by the extension di
vision, under head of Dr. Fred
Mutchler, follow the series of
sectional conferences held by the
Secretary of Agriculture, At
the recent conference ,at Indian
apolis, attended by Dr. Mutchler,
it was decided that Kentucky
must raise a million acres to give
the nation and its allies her share
of their daily bread.
Production of a million acres of
wheat will call for increasing the
present normal wheat acreage by
more than 150,000 acres. The
present wheat crop has fallen
shore of normal, but the quality,
the experts report, is good, and
the output outstrips the May es
timate by a substantial margin.
All other work being done for
gereater production in the State
by the extension division will be
dropped during the two weeks in
which the why and wherefore of
wheat increase will be propound
ed over the State. The exten
sion division has at present a
general plan in mind for increas
ing different food crops by work
through the State, but each
special subject will be taken up
separately in order that no con
fusion may come in the cam
paigns. This years corn crop is the
most gratifying to the govern
ment of the State's agricultural
answers to the duty call. The
corn outlook at present, the ex
tension representatives report,
gives promise that the 1917 corn
output will be the greatest in the
history of the State. The in
creased acreage and the good
quality of the crop are both taken
into consideration in making this
prediction.
The increase in the corn crop
follows the dissemination of ap
peals by word of mouth through
the counties of the State that
corn is king, when food is scarce.
The State's production of a large
corn crop will count much in the
nation's efforts for food crop pro
ductions this year.
The tobacco crop of the State
has been little diminished by the
war situation. Neither appeals
to raise more tobacco for the
soldiers, nor appeals to cut down
tobacco in favor of food products,
has served to narrow the patches
of Burley and of Black in West
ern Kentucky it is reported that
the acreage is not quite so large
as normal, but nevertheless a
bumper crop is in prospect. In
the central Kentucky territory
the crop is not expected to be
quite as large as normal, but
this is caused by other than war
conditions. The late rains will
probably have some effect on the
crops.
To Keep Pigs Growing.
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Keep the young pigs growing
from the start. It is the pigs
business during this time to de
velop a good frame, or grdwbonei
muscle and vital organs,' and to
lay on fat. Plenty of pasture,
some grain, exercise and gopd
1 sanitary quarters are all very
Linclsey-Wilson Training School
A Safe Place to Put Boys and Girls
TBRMIOPENS SEPT. 3, 1917.
Boys and Girls are under
care at all times.
. The teachers are well qualified and have
previously been successful.
New Brick Dormitories, Electric Lights,
Water Works, Bath and Steam Heat.
Healthful and Beautiful Location.
3.
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COURSES: High School; Normal; Intermediate; Primary; Book-keeping;
Expression; Music, Vocal and Instrumental,
Address,
P. Gr. CHANDLER,
Columbia, jgrsr.
necessary if the pig is to be both
thrifty and profitable.
Give the pigs an abundance of
good pasturage. They should be
kept on pasture as long as possi
ble and gain the benefit of its
cheap nutrients, especially min
erol and protein, and its tonic
and digestive qualities. But pigs
on pasturage alone,, even alfalfa,
need some grain supplement.
The amount of grain or other
concentrated feed used would
depend on how much pasturage
is available, or the cost factor of
grain or other feeds, on the age
and condition of the pigs, and
the time at which the farmer ex
pects to market them.
Less protein supplement is
needed when piggs are run on
leguminous pastures. Under
most farm conditions the pigs
will gain well on a one to two
per cent., grain ration. The
self-feeding method makes for
cheap and rapid gains. If the
grain ration is limited, the hand
feeding method is better. By
feeding once a day in the early
evening, pigs take greater advan
tage of the pasture and graze
hungrily during the cool of the
morning or afternoon. Plenty
of fresh, clean drinking water
should always be available.
Pigs on pasture usually get
enough exercise. They should
have a clean, dry, well-ventilated
shelter to guard against exposure
to storms and to supply shade.
A concrete wallow will add to
the pigs' comfort, and a layr of
oil on the water will keep down
lice. Clean bedding also helps
to keep away lice, as will an oiled
sack on a rubbing post, or sprin
kle the pigs with crude oil every
two weeks.
Democracy vs. Efficiency.
President Wilson laid down
America's platform in the war
with the words "to make the
world safe for democracy" the
most high, noble and idealistic
aim ever a nation had in entering
the lists of battle. The United
States has taken up arms to fight
for democracy against autocracy.
As the conflict becomes more
closely joined and the realization
takes a firmer hold in our minds
that the burden of, the war must
eventually fall upon this country
we see that there is another
meaning to this struggle. Amer
ica a democracy, committed by
its very existence and ideals to
the arts of peace is v engaged in
deadly combat with the molt
TWmti&M.W gfrfr,
our personal
highly organized, national ma
chine in the history of the world.
Germany efficiency was well rec
ognized by all peoples before the
breaking of the storm of 1914,
and appointed to as an example
to be emulated. Now, this effi
ciencythis singleness of pur
pose and Dower of concentration
which placed German science
and industry on a high pinnacle
has been diverted to the arts
of war. Germany is just as
efficient at war as at peace. It
is this power that menaces the
world to-day. It is this power
,that America must overcome if it
is to make democracy safe.
It would seem that the crises
to-day is the test of efficiency.
The battle is against autocracy,
but it is also against efficiency.
And until America is in a posi
tion to meet the task efficiently
the result will be uncertain.
Our country and our people
are to a certain extent awaken
ing to these facts. The Govern
ment is making progress halt
ingly, some of us will say but
we must remember in our crit
icism that we have an entire na
tional frame of mind to make
over; and the people, through
such agencies as the National
Security League and the Feder
al Committee of Public informa
tion, are cording to a knowledge
of the seriousness of the sit
uation and its exigencies. May
the awakening proceed, with
naste! America efficient' is
the only pass-word whicji will
open the doors of victory I
To Blast Big Stumps.
About the first work I did with
dynamite was to tackle a big
field of stumps. For this I used
a 40 per cent, grade which is
about the proper thing to use
for stump.-blasting on ordinary
soils. Ifind.thatonlow, boggy
ground, where the stumps are
very large and tough, it is more
economical to use a higher grade
of dynamite, such as 50 or 60 per
cent, placing it under the stump
and firing electrically by a blast
ing machine. All very large
tough stumps over three feet in
diameter, such as oaks, hickory,
and elm, should be blasted only
by this method.
The distributed charges will
then all ko off together, and the
combined effect of the several
charges so distributed will give
a much better blast than putting
the entire charge in one hole
bored directly under the stump.
A few months ago a neighbor
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nis courts, basket ball floor, track, etc.
6. Thorough courses. Our Students get
credit in any school in the State.
7. Good moral and religious influences but
not secterian.
of mine excavated a ditch
through a low bottom field of his
which was very much subject to
overflow. In the digging of this
ditch he encountered several
large willow stump3 which were
at least one hundred years old
but still in a pretty sound state
f preservation. Knowing that
I was accqstomed to using dyna
mite, he culled upon me to blast
oul tnese stumps standing in
water, for it was too wet and
boggy to get them otherwise.
I find that blasting for tree
planting either for fruit or shade
trees, is one of the most profit
able ways of using dynamite.
Stock on Sweet Clover.
With the exception of alfala on
fertile soils, no other leguminous
crop will furnish as much nutri
tious pasturage from early spring
until late fall as sweet clover,
when it is properly handled.
Live stock thrive on it. Ani
mals which have never been fed
sweet clover may refuse to eat it
at first, but this distaste can be
overcome by turning them on
the pasture as soon as the piants
start growth. There is practi
cally no danger from bloat from
sweet clover.
When sweet clover has been
seeded two years in succession
on separate fields sown the first
year may be pastured until the
middle of June, when the . stock
should be turned on the spring
seeding. When handled in this
manner excellent pasturage is
provided throughout the summer
and a hay or seed crop may be
harvested from the field seeded
the previous season.
Some of the best pasturages
in Iowa consist of a, mixture of
Kentucky bluegrass, timothy,
and sweet clover. On one large
farm stock is pastured on mead
.ows containing this mixture,
from the first part of April to
the middle of June. From this
time until the first part of SepS
tember the stock is kept on one
half to two thirds the total pas
turage, while the remainder of
the pasture land is permitted to
mature a seed crop. Usually
from two to four bushels an
acreof recleaned seed are ob
tained from this portion of the
pasture. After the seed crop is
harvested, the stock again is
turned on to this acreage, where
they feed on the grasses and
first year sweet clover plants un
til coldweather. The seed which
shatters when the crop is cut is
usually sufficient to reseed the
pasture.
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