The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-06-06

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Her. and nhxkef6ed 1Ailk Ind butter,
and what I don't nssd.I can SELL and
I esn give the poor people some. Any
work that'F can do viii help. The
time has come when anybody should
lbs ashxmed to be caught loafing..
If every man, woman and child
would 70 to work this country would
be better Of. Benjamin Franklin
mas said: IA penny saved il . penny
earned"
"How I Can Best Servo My Country
in Time Of War;"
(By Mary Hemphill Greene Of the
eighth grade.--1st prize.)
Our country il facing a great
crisis, and this is the time for every
man, woman and child to show their
patriotism by helping this country to
win the war. -" o:.
There are two things that r es-
sential to carry on q war. They are
soldiers and food. I cannot help my
country by fighting in the trenches,
but I ian help by raising food: Al!
of the school children in the United
States will be united into a great
army with hoes and rakes as weap-
ons. They will serve humanity by
stopping the food shortage in this
country. The food products that we
ara asked to raise are peas and TO-
matoes. There are many OF US who
do not know the proper way to plant
q garden, but we can join the Tomato
Club and learn how.
But, this is not the only way in
which I can help stop the food short
age. l can useless at horne. Every day
some dish that we could easily dc
without is put on the table. We car
all ask that the use of so much fancy
food be stopped. If each person in
Abbeville spends 5 cents q day on
some kind Of fancy food, it seems Q
very trivial matter at the time, but
have you ever stopped to think how
much could be saved if you did with.
out this? If you would save that s
cents each day, then in 365 days YOU
will have saved $18.25. Abbeville
has q population of 5000 people, SC
the Abbeville people could save $751;
ESQ each year.
But, even if I plant food in the
summer, it will all be gone in the
winter; therefore, I must learn 70
can my products. The women OF
Atlanta have pledged thsnselves te
uut I'D one can Of vegetables each
day. This would take only u few
minutes and . little trouble and at
the end. of the summer they will have
enough provisions to- last q Large part
of the winter. If we will do this we
can help our country as much a. the
soldiers in the trenches do.
Many Of the people Of the United
States have not been awakened to
the fact that we r facing a great
food shortage, and they only laugh
when others speak of this danger. !
can help my country by trying to
convince these people Of the fact
that they must plant and save food.
There are many other ways that
girls can help their country, but |
consider these the best, ways that l
can help. Each person has a differ
ent duty to perform and a different
way to perform it; but each person
serves his country equally well,
whether it be in the field of war or
lin the field of agriculture. We all
stand under the same banner for q
common cause and with a common
motto: To Make America First.