The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-03-28
Ten Thousand Skilled Men Wanted for
Service In the Aviation Section OF
the Signal Corps-New Kind Of
Bullets.

Washington - The federal farm
loan board has issued the following
rules for the guidance OF the land
banks In determining what area con-
stttutes farm for loaning purposes
First, Generally--The farm must be
Of sufficient area to yield at the hands
of an ordinarily capable farmer. put
ting 1t to the use to which 1t is gen
orally adapted and using average meth
DDS, an income sufficient to maintain
the family OF the applicant and dis
charge the interest and amortization
payments.
Second. Specially. Where through
Intensive farming or the practice of Il
specially sufficient income has been
regularly derived from tract d"
nclent In area for ordinary farming,
or where the application OF the pros
poctfve borrower shows that he is by
experience capable Of producing such
an income from such Il tract, such area
may be accepted MS sufficient. provid-
ed the land has stable nnd pcrma-
nent market value sufficient to warrant
the loan applied for. This ruling does
not apply to fruit and orchard lands
which have already been the subjects
Of definite rulings by this board"
Under the first paragraph OF this rul-
Ing loans may be made to the ordinary
FARMER on the basis Of average skill
and efficiency and no tract Of land
will be accepted rs farm eligible for
loan under the federal farm loan net
to l.,,r
the family and take care Of the loan
under the average farm conditions Of
the ncighborhood.
But under the second paragraph Of
the ruling the intensive farmer or the
man VINO practices profitable special
~, Or who shows himself able to do
SO, Will be given financial support by
the federal loan system, even though
MS fnrm may be too small for ordinary
farming purposes, provided that the
innd quite apart from It's use has n
Ftnbl" and permanent land value which
VIII make the loan safe whether 1t is
well operated, or badly operated, or
not operated at all.
Qualified men registered under the
selectivo service law may he inducted
into service to Hll the call for 10000
skilled mechanics needed by the avin-
tlon section Of the signal corps by
applying to their local boards. Men
not registered may enlist at recruit
Ing stations.
The present call Is particularly for
mnchnists, auto mechanics. engine re-
pnirmen, gunsmiths. chnuffcurs, car
pentcrs, bncksmiths. tinsmithts, sheet
metal workers, propeller makers.
wireless operators and constructors
tailors tent-makers, sGil-mnkers, truck
masters. rulcanizers, welders, and OK
Perts on magnctos, ignition systems,
cameras, watches. and clocks.
Men Will be sent to San Antonio,
Tex. for segregation by trades, fol-
lowed by brief course of instruction
at lying fields or factories, then or
ganized into squadrons mostly for
service overseas. Additional inf0rmn-
tlon may be secured by ppllcation to
the air division, personnel department,
Washington, ID. G.
The present war has brought forth
new kind of ammunition for airplanc
use IN the FORM Of special cartridges
containing bullets for nrrnor-plcrclng
tracing and incendinry purposes. All
OF these cartridges arc OF the small
rifle calibcrs. according to II statement
authorized by the war department
Ihe three-tenths of an Inch diameter
and short length OF the bullet lcft If.
tie space for the nrmor.plercing Gle
mcnt or for tracer and inccndinry com.
position, hut such combinations have
been made
The bullets developed by the United
States ordnance department have bccn
tested or land and from nirplnnrs &c
gee If there Is any difference I'm thcI,
performance when fred from n quick
~ moving nIrplanc In the upper atmos
phere and when fred on land. Thcs,
tests indicate that the United State
hns developed class OF spccla
cartridges with performance full
equal to or surprising that attaine
abroad.
More than 1000 tons OF nnthrncit
coal were condemned In PpnnSylvnni
markets by representatives Of the fue
administration recently in the cam
paign to compel the delivery Of cleal
conl
Following the plan adopted for Cal
iforna and Colorado the food admin
istration has appointed Il commission
to determine the cost OF PRODUCING
sugar bects In Nebraska. The com
mission has no power to fix prices
but 1t Is expected that Its figures vii
serve as the basis for voluntary pric,
agreements between growers and pur
chasers Of sugar bccts.