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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
HOME DEMONSTRATION
Work For Farm Women Ia Extended
Five New Counties Provided
For Agents.

Columbia. a.-The organization Of the
home demonstration work OF South
Carolina has been completed for the
year 1917 as follows: The 81 coun
ties engaged in the work during 1916
have been retained, seven of these 81
counties employing assistants Five
new counties have been added to the
list, making total Of 36 counties
engaged in the work under the super.
vision Of 43 county agents.
Following is a list Of the counties
with agents: Abbeville. Miss Mary B.
Martin; Aiken. Miss Bessie Harper;
Anderson, Miss Elizabeth Forney;
Bamberg, Mrs b. w. Faust; Barn
well. Miss Clifford Barratt; Beaufort.
Miss Sallie Hamilton; Charleston
Miss Pearl Nacier; Cherokee. Miss
Mary Barratt; Chester. Miss Joe Var.
borough Chesterfield. Miss Stella
Minis: Clarendon. Miss Katherine NJ.
Richardson; Colleton. Miss Tweedie
Fickling; Colleton, Miss Emma Jane
Warm assistant agent; Darlington. Mrs.
f. w. Ham; Darlington. Miss Carrie
Mc1ver. assistant agent; Dillon. Miss
Lucille Lennon; Dorchester. Miss
jamie E. Coleman; Fairfield. Miss Mag
gle b. Turner; Florence. Miss Annie
Mae McLendon; Florence. assistant
to be appointed later: Greenville. Mrs.
w. 81, Willimcn; Greenville. Mrs r.
+ Nj. Groce. assistant agent; Hampton.
Miss Ruth f. Dorrill; Horny. Miss
Annie NJ. Derham. Jasper. Miss Ida
May Brownlce; Lancaster. Miss Mar.
iuI, Mo, to
Williams; Lexington. Miss Leila A.
| F'ulmrr; Marion, Miss Mabel Harper;
! Marlboro. Miss Ida Moore: Newberry.
; Miss Willie Mae Wise; Oconee. Miss
Ruth Berry; Orangebu. :. Miss Grace
/ M. Patrick; Orangeburg. Miss Oil, d
n. Dukes, assistant; Plckens. Miss NJ,
Elizabeth Mauldin; Rchland Miss
Dorothy Napier; Spartanburg. Miss
Lois &. Erwin; Spartanburg. Miss
!.ci;a TRIMMER. assistant agent: Sum
! ter. Miss Mary Lennon; Sumter Miss
/ Katie NJ. Pitts. assistant agent: Union.
! Miss Aisle O. Smith; Williamsburg.
Miss Edwards; York. Miss Minnie Lee
Garrison.
| Miss Edith l.. Parrott. state agent
issued the following statements:
The months course of study given
for the month Of January has just
been completed and each agent has
gone to the county assigned to her
ready to begin work. Every count,
agent is employed for IL months all,
the assistants for 10 months OF til,
year During the course Of study the
have special instructions in butte
making and poultry, which has com
at a very opportunA time, since thes
two industries are to be especial
stressed this year. Each agent ha
gone to her county with an cquipmen
for making butter which has been ~
proved by II. II. McLaln OF the dairy
ing division in Washington.
"The agents have. during the pas
month, put into practical demonstra
ton the advanced course Of study TO-
the women's clubs. therefore the sec
ond years work for the women's or
ganizations will be readily promoted
under the supervision OF the county
agents
THE profit and pleasure gained
from this months course OF study
have been very satisfactory and W,
feel that the agents are better pre-
pared for work than ever before
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
SHlPBUlLDERS TO RUSH
WORK ON u. S. WARSHIPS
Big Firms Double Their Forces and
Put Contracts for Navy Ahead
Of All Others.

Washington. Construction Of navy
craft by the Newport News Shiphnild
ing and Drydock company. the Fore
River Shpbuilding company and the
Electric Boat company will be speed
cd up to the limit Of the plants Work
on two hattlcShips ut the plant Of the
Newport News company. at Secretary
Daniels suggestion. already IS proceed
Ing under doubled crews. and the of.
fcrS Of the oher two companies to
take similar steps met with the sccre-
tnry's hearty approval.
AT the Newport News plant it is
estimated that the battIeship M<Sis-
sippi. recently launched can he com
ple;rd hy midsummer instead Of Jan.
uary |. IBIS. rs called for in the con
tract The keel OF one Of the four
new hnttlrShipS recently contracted
FOR will hr laid on the slip vacated by
the mississippi instead Of 81 ,nerchuni
vessel, as had been intended
Representatives OF the Fore River
amt Electric Boat companies called ou
Mr.. Daniels. Offering TO rush work on
heStroyerS und submarines for which
they have contracts. setting aside 9TH
er private work co thar end. They
were told to go ahead at fun speed.
The plan is to get the V; sscS launched
as Snun us possible. freeing stocks for
the urw set OF ueStrOyerS and Suhma-
rilrS tn hr authorized in the prn,llng
navy BILL
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
His Double Duty.

Jones walked up the street the other
evening with a box of chocolates under
one arm and q big package Of meat
u.id"r the other.
llallon, JONES'" said .Iubson, "you
housekeeping? | didn't know you We're
married"
I'm not yet"
what are YOU doing with those
chocolates and That meat, them"
Going to see my girl"
"D0 you have to furnish the family
with meat alrcndy!'
"Oh. no; the sweets are for The girl
and the meat Is for the dog. | have
to square both"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
CUTlCURA KILLS DANDRUFF
The Cause Of Dry, Thin and Falling
Hair and Does It QuickIy-Trlal FREQ.

Anoint spots Of dandrufi, itching and
irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol
low ut once by a hot shampoo with
Cuticura Soap, II man. and next
morning If woman. When Dandruff
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard Cuticura, Dept. l..
Boston. Sold cvcrywhere.--Adv. y,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
MOTHERS JOY sAlvE

l"r Ioids, Group, Pneumonia and
asthma; GOOSE CREASE LINIsIENr
Tor Neuralgia, Rheumatism ana
oprnins' For sale by all Druggists.
GOOSE GREASE COMPANY. MTR,s
Greensboro, N. C.--Adv.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
Odd IroiIhias

hrr" Is one thing queer about
>''nr%lhg on limited income"
What's that?'
u" more you live in a society
r"'''h The harder YOU find II to make
ends meet"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
Picked the Riuht SPOT.

IL soc where II rich man has built u
lake and flower garden OH top OF an
apartment house"
THAT would he Just the place for
truck garden"
"Why?"
II don't see how The neighbor's
chickens could ever get up there"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15

II you suspect that your chiIS hae worma
au, 1'"s's dose or Dr. Peery's Dead Shot;
sne NE stomach and Bowels is beneflcisi in
e.ner ., case. No second dose or after pur~
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
Suitable kinde

'ii'l measure would you select for
a line Of light poems?"
ny not try gas mcter?"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
Tobacco Growers Suffer Loss.

Sumter Judging from the Humbei'
OF reliable white farmers OF Sumter
and Clarendon couhties who either
came in themselves or telrphOneh
their orders for more tobacco seed
for replanting beds. coupled with the
statements that all OF the tobaccA
beds IN their neighbOrhoods had been
killed by the unprecedented freezing
weather II now looks as though thn
tobacco industry in this section OF the
state has suffered another setback
equal to that Of the winter Of 1915
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15
State Teachers Meet in March.

Columbia. The committee ON as
engagements for the approaching an.
nual meeting of the State Teachers
association has designed the new high
school building OH Washington street
as headquarters for the teachers The
general session OF the convention will
be in the Columbia thrratre. with the
departmental meetings in the high
school class rooms. The association
meets in Columbia March l5l7 in.
clusiya
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-02-15

dramatically Sure.
Can this actor make a
tense3"
Certainly, II he's In the mo
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
WHAT A DOLLAR CAN DO

HARRISBURG was yesterday Sc
n lected as the place of prepara-
tory activity of the movement
launched by the War Department, the
Red Cross, the Y. NJ. c. A. and the
American Library Association to pro-
vide wholesome reading for the
young men who will go into the
thirty-two army cantonments this
fall. This is a program which will
call for one million dollars from the
American people and 1t Is proposed
to raise it by asking contributions of
one dollar. More will be accepted, of
course, but the idea as outlined yes.
terday at the meeting held in our
city's library by representatives of
the State. libraries in other cities and
representatives of organizations which
are helping is to get as many people
interested as possible. Everyone is
concerned in the soldiers and their
welfare. Books are essentials of life
in this generation. The War Depart
ment recognizes it and has asked the
American Library Association, OF
which our State and city libraries
are part, to take charge.
Briefly outlined, the plan is to get
as many people as will to give a dol
lar. The million will establish and
maintain libraries at each of the
thirty-two cantonments for three
years, it is figured out. This means
that the people back of this splendid
movement will not have to come
around again.
One dollar will help get first clas:
library, in charge of trained people
at each cantonment and the best OF
reading for the young men who arc
going from our homes at their ma.
tion's call. 1t is something which
should appeal to every one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
MEATIESS GERNANv

TUST how hard hit and how near
Il to Total exhaustion. Germany al
the present moment is, the re-
Gently promulgated order for two
meatless weeks each month Illus
trates. Germans before the war were
nation of heavy eaters. No meal
was complete without meat in some
form. All manner of sausages were
in great demand. American pork by
the steamer load arrived daily ir
regular instalments at German ports
Previously. the hardships of wal
diet had not extended to the army
Now comes the command that even
soldiers must save wherever pos.
sible.
Two meatless weeks a month fol
Germany are worth two million more
men for the allies along the wesl
front. The desperate attempt of the
Kaiser to break the British blockade
and the tremendous efforts of the
Crown Prince to reach a decision
along the west front can be better
understood in the light of this fail.
ing meat and fat supply.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
A SOLDIER TO SOLDIERS

IF the luncheon reception of the
Rotary Club in honor of the
young officers of the Reserve
Corps was nothing more than a
courteous recognition of the patriotic
service OF the special guests it was
worth while. But 1t meant much
more in that it furnished an
ex-soldier of the regular army an
opportunity to give the youthful
officers the benefit of his expert
ence' in the everyday routine of a
soldier.
Captain George F. Lumb was the
speaker and he discussed with frank
ness the attitude of the officer to the
soldier and that of the private to his
superior. 1t was such an address as
might be repeated with profit in
every camp of the army. Doubtless
other soldiers of long training and
experience in actual service are in
structing the men who will CON-
mand our boys in the camp and the
field, but no more practical presen-
tation of the relation of officer and
man could have been given than
that contained in Captain Lumb's
address.
Now that we are going to war 1t Ii
highly important that the officers
ShslI underztand that the soldiers
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
The Raising of Rye

1t is possible that the acreage of
wheat here in the east might be
profitably increased somewhat, but
we believe that greater care in the
preparation of the seed bed, careful
selection and grading of seed and
more intelligent fertilization will pro-
duce more bushels of increase than
will an extensive increase in acreage
without these better methods. 1t
seems to us that the greatest oppor-
tunity for increasing the amount of
bread-making grain Is in increasing
the rye crop. Rye is already much
in demand and the price has been
steadily increasing with that of
wheat. Rye bread has for years been
the chief bread grain of many of the
countries of Europe, and 1t is likely
that the call for export grain will
include a great deal of rye.
There are several reasons why rye
should appeal to many eastern farm
ers rather than wheat. First, 1t will
succeed on soils and in localities
where wheat is not profitable; Sec
ond, 1t may be seeded two or three
weeks later and make relatively as
good a crop; third, 1t is too late in
large part of our section to SOW
wheat after haTvosss!.-:r ~"age corn
while rye will frequently succeed
we'll; fourth, rye straw is in good
demand in the market and rye will
yield more straw to the acre than
wheat. These are some of the rea-
sons why it will pay farmers to SER
iously consider sowing rye, rather
than to make a general and indis-
criminate increase in the acreage OF
wheat.-The Pennsylvania Farmer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
CITY MARKETS URGED
AS 4 PRIME NECESSITY

way into every city in our Common
wealth.
"In cities where no buildings are
available there is nothing better than
reverting to the old curbstone mar
ket. City officials or interested citi-
zens can arrange for shelter sheds
which can be removed to a storage
place at the close of, the market
hours, or the farmers can be allowed
to park their teams along the curb
and sell direct from their wagons.
If the faFmers can attend such mar
ket centers for a period long enough
to establish their confidence, without
any fees, there is no question that the
consumer will gain fresher and
cheaper products. A nominal fee can
be charged for stall or curbstone rem
tai after a certain period when the
value of the market is established.
"Such markets would be an outlet
for the overproduction of vegetables
grown in the thousands of war gar
dens which abound in every scom-
munity There is no reason why
these gardeners should not be en-
couraged to attend such markets and
have a method of direct sale for
their products. This will encourage
the children to greater efforts next
year and will show them that care
full practice in agricultural pursuits
bring results in money crops. 1t will
prove source in some cases of start
ing savings accounts for many chill
dren and will tend to make them bet
ter citizens. The Pennsylvania De-
partment of Agriculture will gladly
outline plans for the establishment
Of such markets in any municipalities
where there is an interest"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
Union Pacific Pensions

There are 365 old employees on the
pension rolls of the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. They held a
meeting recently in Omaha and, aft
er Mr.. Calvin, president of that rail-
road system. had spoken, several
others who were with the road when
it was built from the Missouri river
to the Pacific, gave "reminiscences OF
those early days when buffaloes and
wild Indians roamed the plains.
One of them recalled that 1t Is fifty
years ago this summer that General
Dodge staked out the right of way
for the Union Pacific across the
Rocky Mountains.
Only fifty years ago, just the
length of life of a man of middle
age, the country west of Central
Kansas was mostly desert terrorized
by savages. the grazing ground OF
herds of buffalo.
What changes since then; not only
In the face of the country, now bios
soming in fields of growing grain;
but what vast changes in the appli-
cation of the golden rule and the
brotherhood of man. In that day
the man who would suggest that a
corporation ought to pension the
employees who had grown old in its
service would have been thought a
radical of extreme type. But here
Ii this railroad now with 365 men
already on it's pension list.
The Union Pacific has done great
things in The past half century, but
nothing has ben done that brought
Il better returns on the investment
than It's pension to old employees
Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
How to Store Vegetables

In an article on gardening in tho
September Woman's Home Compan-
ion, a writer says:
THE ideal storage place for veg
etables that grow under the ground
Is an underground room, without
heat, that will not freeze, otherwise
a cold cellar. The temperature must
be between 33 and SS degrees
Fahrenheit; that is, from just above
freezing to what is technically known
as cold and 1t If can be maintained
at one point evenly, so much the bet
ter. All the root crops except satisfy
and parsnips, and Irish potatoes,
storedsin boxes into which they have
been packed in alternate layers with
dry earth or sand, in such a cellar,
will come out next spring as fresh as
the day they went in.
Satisfy and parsnips require
freezing to bring them to proper
flavor; and so 1t is better to leave
these two vegetables in the ground,
digging direct from the garden as
weather permits. If the severity of
the winter makes such opportunities
too rare, leave them out until they
have frozen up once, then dig a part
of the crop and store in sand, as
directed above. The balance will be
all right for early spring use direct
rom the garden"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
Six Rules For Economy
OH, MAN.!

In an article in the September
Woman's Home Companion, a writer
gives Herbert Hoover's six rules tor
food economy. They are:
"First-To save the wheat. If we
eat as usual from our harvest this
year we shall have little more than
enough for our own supply, but we
can divide with our allies if each in
dividual makes some sacrifice by eat
ing at least one wheatless meal a
day.
"Second-We want to save the
meat, for our cattle and hogs are de-
creasing, and we must send meat to
our allies.
"Third-We wish to save the fats.
We wish no butter used in cooking
less served on the table; we want less
lard, bacon and other pork products
used.
"Fourth--Deficienc in food sup
ply can be amply covered by increas-
ing the use of fish, potatoes, beans
turnips, cabbages and vegetables
generally, corn, buckwheat, rye and
rice, which we will have in abund-
ance this harvest.
"Fifth-We want to save trans
portation. To meet the war pressure
for munitions, men and coal, every
one should consume products of To-
cal origin so far as possible.
"Sixth-We want all to preach the
gospel of the clean plate;' to see
that nothing of value goes into the
garbage can.
aside from eating an increased
proportion of these commodities IN
order to save on the staples, 1t Is ex-
tremely important that any surplus
of these commodities shall be pre-
served or well stored for winter use.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
Why We Fight

There is a good deal being said
just now about the necessity of the
entente allies telling whaS they are
fighting for. The war aims" of the
nations battling with autocracy prob
ably will be stated in due time and
in the formal language of statesman
ship Until that time comes we can
be pretty well content with the
statement of democracy's war aims
made by a French soldier and re-
ported to Premier Lloyd George by
General Gouroud. 1t is here given in
Mr.. Lloyd Georges own words in his
recent speech in Glasgow.
I'm France last year 1 went along
the French front, and 1 met one of
the finest generals in the French
army, General Gouroud, and he said:
One of my soldiers a few days ago
did one of the most daring things
any soldier has ever done. 1t was
reckless. but he managed to come
back alive, and someone said to
him, "Why did you do that? You
have got four children, and you
might have left it to one of the
young fellows in the army. What
would have happened to your chill
dren? 2" And his answer was, 1T was
for them did it,"
Can craftsmanship put in better
words the objects for which democ-
racy Is fighting g?-Kansas City Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
GOOD LUCK TO THE CONNER

HARRISBURG has moro than the
RI patriotic interest which every
resident of the State Capital
district has in the increase of the
fighting forces of the nation in the
launching OF the destroyer Conner
on the clyde of America" yesterday.
This Pennsylvania-builtu unit of the
United States Navy is the first to be
called after a native Of Harrisburg in
many years, possibly the very first.
1t was named for Commodore David
Conner, whose squadron covered the
landing OF the American soldiers
when Vera Cruz was taken to afford
q base for the armies of General
Winfield Scott in the Mexican War.
David Conner was born on either
Market street or Market Square
when the republic was young and
was one of the early graduates of the
Naval Academy. He served with dis
tinction in the War of 1912 and the
Mexican War and was even called
from a retired life by the nation to
help in emergency.
Although in following the flag he
was not much in the place of his
birth, his achievements are part OF
that record of patriotic service in
which Harrisburg can take the great
est pride.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22
ARE YOU ON GUARD {?
VTYITH to-day the lists close fol
wv all who would submit them

VTYITH to-day the lists close for
w all who would submit them
selves for the consideration
of the voters in the primary cam
paign in the city and the surround
ing districts. When the names are
made public we shall all have an
opportunity of going over the roster
and making up our individual minds
respecting the qualifications of each.
Elsewhere on this page to-day a
correspondent urges that the per-
sonal habits also of those suggested
for the mayoralty be inquired into
that there may be no mistake in the
final choice of the citizen who shall
represent in his person and conduct
the people of no mean city.
Since the adoption of the commits
sion form of government there has
been a growing disposition to "let
George do it" in the sense of shirk-
ing all responsibility for municipal
administration. AS result of this
unfortunate attitude on the part of
the people men admirably qualified
for the public service, whose names
have been canvassed from time to
time, have declined to enter the
arena because of the widespread in
difference to the management of our
local affairs. This is regrettable from
every standpoint and unless the tax
payers get awake we shall drift back
to the deplorable condition out of
which the community was yanked
by the force of an aroused public
sentiment in 1901 and the years i'm
mediately following the great public
protest against the old order.
1t is the duty of every citizen to
look about him in this preliminary
campaign and to act intelligently for
the welfare of the city and the peo-
pie in all walks of life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-22

whom they will lead are human and
that they are serving their country
quite as patriotically as the officers,
and that they will appraise the one
in command at his true worth only
when he shall have demonstrated his
fitness to issue orders by carefully
looking after the health. the comfort
and the lives of those who serve in
the ranks.
Self-control, personal courage, con-
sideration for subordinates. firm
humane treatment of those under
him, said Captain Lumb, are the
characteristics of good officer and
one who will have the support and
confidence of the men in the hour of
battle.
In the further discussion of the
attitude of the private toward the
officer placed over him it was made
clear that temperaments differ and
scarcely two soldiers are alike, but
'hS "'SioSO man oooh iSoihS " ~
spect and render faithful service
when he realizes that the officer is
direct, considerate and knows what
he is about In short. there must be
a constant study of his men by the
officer and of the officer by his men
that there may be cooperation and
willing obedience under all circum-
stances.
Now that our boys are going
toward the front it will be comfort
to those whom they leave behind to
realize that the officers who will
have authority over them are being
trained to do their full duty under all
circumstances.