Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-04-25

Assers Alive to Situation and Ready
sstoS} Cooperate Heartily-NIeetings
Eo-night, Thursday Night and Fri
81 day. Night.
stffSa1ast Saturday Hon. r. A. Cooper,
and Dr.. w. NJ. Riggs, Of
Gssmson college, met with the citi-
zens of Oconce at the Court House in
Walhalla. presenting the serious stu
a5on les 1t stands to-day with regard
t9the shortage Of food supplies in
t United States and in the world.
aHa calling upon the people of this
eQnnty to rally to the State OF South
,GArolina In Its efforts to bring our
StRte into the forefront Of the States
Pint VIII do their part toward maxi
iHK Up the shortage and In providing
f0G the home needs. Both Mr.. Coop
eNSand DR.. Riggs made strong talks.
ptesepting the situation in forceful
mMner and impressing upon their
hH9 9rers the need Of immediate action
asmg the lines Of increased produc-
ti2n OF food and feed crops, the prac-
ttne OF economy In the homes of the
cQMntry, and the stoppage Of waste
1nsAyery quarter In order that all pos
Bieae materials may be conserved for
ugS IN sustaining our own people dur
NIB the, coming winter and until ano-
ttlFr crop comes in. There was good
cF0wd present to hear the speakers,
bft anot rs many as should have
been there, for the occasion was an
important one, the cause in which
tEese men are working vital one.
ias's B Our County Work.
result Of the meeting, the
c0Nnty was divided into three sec
ti0ns, each division being given two
ehHtrmen authorized to call together
thPS citizens Of their respective COM
nak hfties to devise ways and means of
gH,dng the word into the homes in
sf ook and corner OF the county.
s wa 9Eag an BIS n sgssg gss Ito to
and waste not Your food supplies" -
The Committees.
The three divisions of the county
are as follows, each having a lady
and a gentleman chairman:
s Walhalla-W. l.. Werner, Mrs. w.
l.. Werner.
Seneca-Rev. 7. e. Wallace, Mrs.
w. +. Reid.
Westminster-K. w. Marett, Mrs.
Jas. G. Breazeale.
These committees are now at
work, the gentlemen having charge
of the task of carrying the message
as to foodstuff supplies increase, the
ladies' to urge home economics, cam
nirg and caring for the fruits and
vegetables, etc.
On Monday morning last citizens
meeting was held in Walhalla at the
Baptist church, and plans we're laid
for the immediate carrying into ef-
feet of the programs laid out by Mr..
Cooper and DR.. Riggs. The Walhal-
la committees are charged with the
delivery OF the messages to the peo-
pie Of those sections represented by
and conveniently located to the
school buildings at Ebenezer, Fair
field, Picket Post, Salem, Keowee,
Norton, Fairview and Oconee Creek
The schedule was arranged as fol-
lows, the plan covering a five-day Pc
riod, two committees working ST.
multaneously, but at different points:
Committee No. Wv. l.. Werner,
chairman; w. M. Brown, G. W..
PitchfOrd, DR.. J. l.. Stokes. Wade c..
Hughs, ]. A. Steck, r. II. Jaynes, l..
NJ. Brown, J. w. Shelor. The itiner-
ary for this committee was arranged
as follows: EbeneZer, Monday night,
the Esd; Fairfield, Tuesday night,
the 24th; Picket Post, Wednesday
night. the 25th; Salem, Thursday
night, the 26th.
Committee No. 2--W. l.. Werner,
chairman; las. M. Moss, VIM. J.
Jas. T.. Neville, J. A. Ansel,
G. w. Bauknight. Harry r. Hughs.
Rev. w. Fl. Hamilton, S. N. Pitch
ford. Itinerary-Ke0wee. Tuesday
night. the Gath; Norton, Wednesday
night, the 25th; Fairview, Thursday
night, the 26th.
THIS itinerary was so planned that,
working from both ends of the list
OF places visited, the two committees
would join on the last night Of the
at Oconee Creek, Friday
night. April 9th. The committees
hope thus to bring the campaign to a
close on a larger scale than can be
hoped for at any other point.
Working with the male commit
tees are the following ladies: Mrs.
w. L. Werner, chairman; Mrs. J. w.
Shelor, Mrs. Jesse w. Rankin, Mrs.
John A. Ansel, Mrs. J. w. Bell, Miss
Daisy Strong, Miss Mary Ellen Will
son.
Local Chairmen.
The following lady chairmen have
been named to take charge Of the
work locally:
EbeneZer-Mrs.W w. J. Hunt.
Keowee---Mrs. W. II. GlaZener.
Fairview--Mrs. w. s. Kestler.
OcOnee Creek-Mrs. w. J. o. Ray.
Picket Post--Mrs. Noah Tollison.
Fairf1eld--Mrs. J. w. Broadwell.
NOrtOn-Mrs, J. II, NJ, Whitmire.