davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
TO PLANT
SWEET POTATOES
Is Practically a Sure Crop And
Especially Attractive Owing
To Labor Shortage.

Columbia. S. C.-There never has
been any doubt az to the raising Of
sweet potatoes in South Carolina. 1t
is practically q sure crop and in view
of the labor situation it is one of the
very best crops that can be planted.
Every sweet potato that is grown in
this State is growing to help in the
food fight to win the war. In addition,
potatoes in the present market con-
ditions are a wonderfully profitable
crop.
At the request Of the Chairman Of
the food production campaign in this
State, Prof. George P. Hoffman has
prepared a series Of articles in con-
nection with the planting and gather
ing Of seed potatoes. and will be pub
lished from time to time. The imme-
date urgency is in securing seed stock
for the satisfactory planting. The real
shortage Of seed potatoes is perhaps
not realized, and those interested in
the planting Of seed potatoes should
at nee arrange to get their seed.
Professor Hoffman has this to say:
with an increase Of nearly three
times the normal selling price com
bined with a wanton loss OF more than
rs per cent Of South Cardinals sweet
potato crop Of the past season, it is
obvious that the necessary seed for
planting this years crop will be far
insufficient. Therefore, it is impera-
tive that plant dealers and planters
make immediate provision for sup
plying their needs. Disease-free seed
should be bedded as soon as possible.
This shortage may be supplemented
by il large per cent through early
paintings Of small areas from which
later paintings may be made by use
Of vine cuttings.
1.-THE Nancy Hall and Porto Rico are
the leading and most popular varieties
IN this State. but these varieties not
being available, no time should be
lost In obtaining disease-frec seed or
plants Of other varieties. Every eff
fort should be made for the planting
OF Il sufficient area to supply home
consumption with a surplus for the
local market.
THE planters of South Carolina
have been asked to increase by GO per
cent the crop Of last year. which vas
100000 bushels. produced on so, 900
acres. This necessary increase may
be easily obtained by the planting as
a minimum Of one-isalf acre per plow
From 5000 to 10000 plants viii
be needed for planting one acre OF
5000 to 10000 bushels Of seed stock
Small potatoes are equally as goot
n will furnish a greater number o,
plants per given quantity than will
the larger roots. therefore. planters
are advised to use the smaller pota.
toes"
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
Along Liberty Route 3

The farmers, of this section are still
actively engaged in doing their bit fol
the great world al The planting OF
corn and cotton is on foot now and is
going to continue for some time.
The health of this community is ex.
ceptionally good at this time.
There is going to be peaches enough
for home consumption and some for
Great Britain and France too.
j. B. Powell visited his uncle C. G.
CAN'T Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Washington Waldrop
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Waldrop
Saturday and Sunday.
Connie Hughes and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hughes attended Mrs. Waldrop's
birthday celebration.
Miss Myrtle Hughes and niece, Ethel
Hudson, attended the girls contest at
Pickens'
Il. f. Collins of Six Mile visited his
brothers D.. A. and V. V. Collins of
Easlcy recently.
}. S. Roper is now occupying his new
residence recently built by the Babb
construction company.
S. W.. O'Dell attended the boys and
girls contest at Pickens.
Miss Lois Roper, a student Of the
Roanoke high school. spent Thursday
night with her friend, Miss Tcmpie FL
lenburg.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.. CAN'T visited the
l~atter's father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. P. Powell of Easley recently.
Mr.. Ralph Cartee visited his father
in -law, w. M. CAN'T. recently.
Miss Myrlee Rodgers visited her
grandfather, w. M. CAN'T recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Washington Waldrop
were recent visitors to the ~latter's par
ents, MIR. and Mrs. Dee Gillespie.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Nelson attended
the funeral Of Mr.. William Norris in
Anderson county recently. Mr.. Norris
from the effects of a paralytic
stroke.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. d. Masters visited
the formers sister, Mrs. Hopkins, re-
Gently.
Senator w. Il. O'Dell attended com
mencement exercises at the Six Mile
Baptist Academy.
Gates graded school closed Friday af-
ter a most successful term. May the
war not debar the teachers of this place
from carrying on more good work in
the future.
Roanoke school is progressing nicely.
The teachers of this place are doing
their whole duty. Progressive.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
RED CROSS TO COLLECT
CLOTHING FOR BELGIUM
HooVer Asks Davlson's Aid In Work
OF Relief

BEGINNING MARCH 10 and ending
March rs, a seven day, nationwide
campaign will be carried on by tho
american Red Cross and the
commission for Relief in Bel.
gum to secure minimum
quantity Of 5000 IONS of clothes
for the destitute people Of Belgium
and the occupied portions of Northern
france. at the request of Herbert
hoover, chairman Of the Commission
tos Relief in Belgium, Henry p. Dayi-
son, chairman of the Rec Cross War
Council, has granted the use of the ma
tlonai lie Cross organization for col
lectlng the needed clothing.
AS the commission has allowed most
or It's local committees to disband he.
cause OF the financial ARRANGEMENTS
made last June with the
IL mas turned to the Red Cross for
help. Where the local committees of
me Keller Commission are still intact.
Ihcy VIII work side by side with the
Red Cross Chapters.
The practically entire exhaustion OF
shoes, and leather in occupied
and Northern France and the
shortage of these necessities in tho
Mollu" markets are making it in
creaslngly difficult for the Commission
10 keep clothed and shod the unfortun-
ATE people in these territories. In adj
dltion to new material, gifts Of used
ana surplus clothing, shoes, blankets,
hannel cloth, etc., are needed in large
quantities from the people Of the Unit
ed States.
The donations will be shipped at
to the Atlantic seaboard and sent
Nverseas for distribution.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
NURSES NEEDED I'M
MILITARY HOSPITALS
Surgeon General Asks Red Cross To
Supply 5000 Nurses

Surgeon General Gorgas Of the
United States army has called upon
the American Red Cross to supply to
the Army Nurse Corps five thousand
nurses between now and the first Of
June. These nurses are needed for
service in the military hospitals both
in his country and abroad. Although
the Red Cross has already supplied
nearly 1000 nurses as a reserve. for
the Army and Navy Nurse Corps since
the beginning Of the war. the impera-
tive need for a greater army of nurses
grows daily as the war progresses.
According to a statement made by
Surgeon General Gorgas, it is estimat-
ed that there are between eighty and
ninety thousand registered nurses in
the United States, and that approx
mately thirty thousand will be need
ed for service in army hospitals during
the present year. The immediate need
for five thousand Of these is empha-
sized.
Miss Jane A. Delano, Director Of the
Department Of Nursing Of the Ameri.
can Red Cross said:
mot only are we appealing to the
nurses to volunteer for this service,
but we also appeal to the public and to
the physicians employing these nurses
to aid in making 1t possible for them,
without OF great financial sacrifice
on their part, to hold themselves in
readiness to respond to the call Of
their country. We wish also to bring
to the attention Of nurses the unusual
opportunity offered by the insurance
law enacted for the protection of our
army and navy, which applies equally
to nurses assigned to duty as members
OF the Army and Navy Nurse Corps.
"a great responsibility rests upon
the nurses OF the country. They are
the only group Of IN recognized
MS q part'of the military establishment,
and should be looked upon as the rep
resentatives OF the womanhood OF
America at the front.
mot only should the other womon
OF the country encourage nurses to
volunteer for service, but they should
make every effort possible to protect
the mu:aes holding themselves ready
Cor service and share with them the re
sponsibility and sacrifices necessary
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
Rheumatism and Gout

A convincing fact of the remarkable
power of L-Rheumo as a cure for
Rheumatism and Govt is shown by the
grateful letters from people that have
taken this famous remedy. L-Rheumo
eliminates poisons by it's action on the
liver, kidneys and bowels, aids diges-
ton and assimilation of food, puriies
the blood and builds you up. Don't
suffer when L-Rheumo is ready to aid
you. Demand the bottle with big J..
Price $1.OO.
For sale by Pickens Drug Co., Pickens,
S. c., Central Drug Co., Central, S. c..
or write Chapman-Alexander L%aborato-
ries, G~reenyille, S. C.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
NOtice-Teachers' Examination

The next teachers examination will
be held at Pickens court house, Friday,
May 3, 1918.
l would like to urge that all the
teachers in the county look after their
certificates and see that they do not
expire. If they will expire soon it
might be we'll for you to prepare to
stand the examination in May.
On account of there being such q
shortage of labor, l would like to urge
that those who are thinking Of teach
ing sometime in the future to be sure
and stand this examination. 1t might
become a patriotic duty to help out in
the school work.
f2 +. V. CLAYTON.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
Hurricane Singing Convention

The Hurricane Township Singing
Convention will meet with Prater's
Creek Baptist church on the first Sun
day afternoon in May at 2:3O o'clock.
Everybody invited to come and bring
song books. b. II. GARRETT,
l. G. FEW,
w. II. DALTON,
Committee.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
SUGGESTION ON GARDEN
PLANTING.

The Chairman Of Food Conserva.
ton, at Columbia, S. c., will be
pleased to send any ono interested
articles and suggestions on garden
planting, the raising Of chickens
or the best way to handle the
sweet potato crop.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge

Notice is hereby given that will make
application to j. B. Newbery, Esq,
Judge Of Probate for Pickens county, in
the state Of South Carolina, on the 4th
day Of May, 1918, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, or as soon thereafter as said
application can be heard, for leave to
make final settlement of the estate Of
Thomas Duke. deceased, and obtain dis
charge as administrator of said estate.
SO A. G. BOWEN, Administrators.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
Box Supper

The public is invited to attend a box
supper at Dayton school house on Sat
urday night, April 27. Refreshments
and music. Proceeds for benefit of
school.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-25
Money to Loan on Farm Lands.

We are in pooition to let you have
money on farm lands at z per cent in
~terest; 5 and 10 years time. Also short
time loans at 8 per cent. See us quick.
MCSWAIN e. CRIAG,
3S-tf. Pickens, S. G..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
All State Grain Elevators
AndBusirlesSO OrderedSeized
Official Order Issued Under
Which Grain Business Will
Be Handled By Defense Board


handling of the business nearly possible according to the "
village
the three the shall appoint
a
Sat the end Of hcayar ali profits made by the said
sh
shall be determined
the o a
ovvned
6The grain purchased handled above forth shall be
distributed possible through the commissions eev
with of Coun
o. Defense shall
Council
Corporation subject all Of the United States
n Dakota"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
REPORTS SHOW
STATE NEAR Ten
MILLION MARK

North Dakota has subscribed and
pledged $s,546.4O0 in the War Saw
ings stamp campaign, according to
reports reaching state headquarters
in Fargo, George H. Hollister, state
chairman, announced this afternoon.
The reports are from 40 Of So
counties, four counties not having
reported.
Twenty-one of So counties have
reached or exceeded their apportion-
ments, according to the records at
headquarters. Griggs county leads
the list with a subscription Of 1913
per cent Of apportionment. Sargent
county is second with 127 per cent,
Hettinger county third with lit per
cent and Dunn county fourth with
116 per cent.
One county, Mcintosh county, is
only 80 per cent subscribed, while
many others are only so per cent
subscribed.
The campaign continues in coun-
ties which have not reached their
quotas, the reports indicate. ...
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Important City of Berat Is
Now The Italian
{-:- SJSS"A'S -
ADVANCE Is MILES
ON 80 MILE FRONT
Vienna Admits That New
Line OF Defense Has
Been Organized
tRv Associated Press.)

London, July 11.-Italian troops
on their offensive in Albania continue
to advance. says q dispatch from
Rome to the central news agency.
The Austro Hungarians are falling
back on the Skumbi river. 25 miles
north of Berat.
Washington, July 11-An official
dispatch from Rome today reports
unchecked advance of italian troops
in Albania, with Berat as an obtec-
tive. From the Voyusa the Italians
have carried all positions to the
Semeni in an advance OF approx
mately Is miles over g afty-mile
front.
Vienna, via London. July Ii
Austrian forces in Albania are oc-
cupying a new defensive line which
has been organized. according to to-
days war office report. The state
ment announced the repulse Of a,
French detachment which was ad-
vancing in the Devoi valley.
Rome. July 11.-Italian advanced
posts at Cornone, on the Asiago
Chateau yesterday drove backAustro-
Hungarian detachmerts, says the
italian official statement today re-
porting military operations on the
italian front. Artillery fire was
lively in the Brenta valley. On the
remainder Of the front there were
the usual accommodating and haras-
sing actions.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Its Recently Formed Cor
poration Placed In
Charge of Business
OPERATION is
GIVEN TO BOARDS
Owners OF Properties Civ
en- No Voice In Hand
ling OF Interests
(special to The Forum.l

!. y
Bismarck, N. D.. July 11.-With-
out waiting for action on House Bill
a., quietly and deliberately, through
the medium of the North Dakota
council OF defense, the Nonpartisan
league is placing in operation in
North Dakota it's plan of state con-
Dakota, council of defense has or
ganized within itself million dollar
corporation. This corporation al
ready has been directed by the state
council to take over and operate all
of North Dakota's 1900 elevators and
grain warehouses. This corporation
also has been given control of the
North Dakota Ignite industry.
No one in North Dakota has paid
much attention to the North Dakota
council of defense corporation. This
body was organized about a month
ago by the council OF defense whose
members constituted themselves
directors of the new company and
voted themselves absolute control
of the organization until such time
as two thirds of the stockholders
shall vote them out. The stockhold-
ers at the present time are confined
to the fourteen members Of the state
council. Shares are to be sold at 81,
and there are a million of these
shares. The company is non profit
sharing, purely benevolent" as one
member of the state council puts 1t.
Comes From ST. Paul.
The plan OF elevator control came
from st. Paul, via. Deputy State In
spector 1IcGovern of the grain grad
ing department at Fargo. Its prin-
ctpaI champion before the council
of defense was Howard r. Wood,
speaker OF the last house of rep
resentatives, and present league can
didate for lieutenant governor. The
scheme had been fully explained and
approved in the leagues North Da-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
ERlLAV AZLTTARZSTS WIN NOTABLE POLITICAL VICTORY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SUMMARY OF THE WAR
CBy Associated Press.)

German artillery and aerial aetiv-
ity has increased on the Flanders
battlefield but the infantry still is
held in check. Elsewhere on the
western front there has been no
marked activity except southwest OF
scissors where the French have ad-
vaneed and further improved their
positions.
Since the revival Of the enemy
bombardments most attention has
been paid to the sectors north and
south of the Somrne, east of Amiens,
and to the Lys SALIENT west of Haze
brouck, an important railway and
supply center in the Flanders region.
The German guns are busy pounding
the sectors near Hinges, on the
south, and Loers, on the north Of the
Lys battle ground. In Picardy the
area about Morlaneourt is being
shelled,
Enemy aviatoro, who had not been
very active on the British portion Of
the battle line, are quite active in
Flanders. British airmen in battles
with the Germans have accounted
before the British anti aircraft fire.
British superiority in the air Is now
firmly established and scouts and
bombing planes have outfought and
harassed the enemy on innumerabIe
occasions recently.
French troops in their latest gains
south of tho Aisne have extended
their lines around Corey and Long
pont, northeast of ViIlers Cotterets.
Enemy opposition at Chavisny farm
has been overcome and French pa
trolls have pushed forward TO the
outskirts of Longpont and penetrat-
ed Corey. Prisoners were taken.
Further southeast American avia-
tors have been active around Chateau
Thierry.
Under Franco Italian pressure the
Austrian troops in Albania have re-
tired beyond the Berat- Fierl line In
the direction Of the Skumbi river and
EIbasan, the nearest natural defense
northward, The evacuation Of Berat,
announced from Vienna, probably
was due to the italian progress
around Fieri and the French advance
between Lake oehrida and the Tor
morica valley up which the Aus
trians also are rstreatinn pursued by
the allied forces.
The Sighting In the Macedonia sec
tor has spread eastward and the
BuIsarIans are making strong at
taeks north Of Monastir apparently
to draw allied attention from Al
bania.
The BuIgar attacks were rspuIsed
with heavy losses by the French.
There Is great danger that the Bull
garian lines east Of Lake oehrida
will be outFIanked should the allied
forces reach the Skun1bi at EIbasan.
Reports that Admiral Won Hintze,
strong pan-German, WAS to be
named as successor to Foreign Sec
Fetary Won Kuehlmann, resigned,
have caused a small crisis in tho
reiehstag. The Socialists have de-
cIined to vote the war credit, which
cannot be passed without their aid,
until the new secretary announces
his policies. Apparently Won Hintze
had been selected, but the action of
the Socialists brought forth a more
guarded semi official announcement
which declared that the admiral had
been manned" No official announce
nent of Won KuehImann's successor
has been made.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Reign of Terror
Since Germans
Entered FINLAND

Amsterdam, July 11.-Since the
Germans entered Finland, $4,000
workmen there have been arrested
and many of them have been execut-
ed, declared Hugo Haase, leader Of
the minority Socialists. in a recent
speech in the reid1stag, according to
a report published by the Hetvolk.
The deputy also criticized German
rule in Livonia and Estonia. Deputy
Haase said:
"The list Of those sentenced to
death in Finland contains the names
of a former premier and fifty Social
list members of Parliament, some Of
whom already have been shot. Owing
to the numerous executions the town
of Seveborg has been remained Col
gotha.'"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
H0oUer Orders
Lou WhedtGrQdeS
Banned--Hdgdn

Bismarck, N. D.. July 1.-THE
elimination Of grades 4 and 5. and
the proposed purchase OF all wheat
below these grades on sample were
announced as plans Of the United
States Grain corporation this morn
ing by Commissioner Of Agriculture
John N. Hagan, upon his return
from Washington, where he had a
lengthy conference with Food Ad-
ministrator Hoover.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Russians Haze No
LOUe For Germans
By Associated Press.l

Amsterdam, July 11.-Describing
conditions in Petrograd as told him
by a German doctor. the correspen-
dent at Kiev Of The Weser Zeitung,
says the Russian middle classes do
not want a monarchy. What they
want is to retain certain things won
by the revolution. Neither do they
want Bolshevikism.
Germany, the correspondent says
he was told by the doctor. is highly
disliked. though more German IS
heard in Nevski Prospekt than was
ever heard in peace time. Petrograd,
adds the correspondent. is a picture
of chaos In which only one feature
stands ont clearly. namely. antip-
athy to Germany.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
Coal For BreDers
MAY Be Shut of

IN making this announcement, DIR.
Garfield disclosed that the order Is
sued July 8. curtaiIing fuel for the
production oE beer, NEAR -beern and
other beverages in which cereals are
used, was the result of deliberations
Of a comn5stee appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson to consider the reduc-
ton Of activities in non-war indus
treis 20 save the consumption of raw
materials, food, labor and transpor-
tationa
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
US. Stean1erM May
HaUeSunkU kU-B0at

New York. June ia German
submarine which attacked the Amer
lean ship Lake Forest 1900 miles off
Cape Henry is believed to have been
sunk by the steamers guns after a.
two-hour running fight, according to
information received here today in
marine circles.
Captain Herbert r. o. johnson,
United States naval reserve officer
in command of the ship has been
commended to the navy department
for having sunk the U-boat, by Of
ficers associated with him In the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
AMERIcAN CONSUL go.

icy A5socIaJed FIses-I
Washington, July 11.-Safe arrival
at Teheran of Gordon Paddock,
United States consul at Tabriz, was
announced today by the state de-
partnent. Paddock left Tabriz more
than a month ago with a party Of
Americans and Europeans when
Tabriz was threatened by Turks
who afterward seized the American
consulate there and sacked an
American ID hospital
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
White GuqrdsAre
N0oe, In YQrosJaO
(By Associated &C..

vologda, Russia. Sunday, July r.
White Guards have occupied Yaro-
sIav town 173 miles northeast of
Moscow. and have cut communities
tions between Moscow and Vologda.
Russian Bolsheviki forces have been
sent in the direction Of YarosIav.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
MANr eoTToN WAREHOUSES.

Boston, Mass, July 1.-The es-
tablishment of a chain of cotton
financed partly by the
in lieu of a proposition
by the Texas Bankers association
for the creation OF a. corporation to
buy for government account, was
advocated by the National Associa-
tion OF Cotton Manufacturer Ia a
statement issued here today .-..9
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
- Aegoeiasaa r.reea.l

Washington, July 11.-Brewera
were notified today by Fuel Aa-
Hninistrator Garfield that they Will
not be able to count on supply Of
coal beyond that needed to use up
the materials Ia the process Of
manufacture, including malt already
manufactured. This action was
taken, DR.. Garfield said, because OF
ether Ehogtagea
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-11
PREsIpENT Vic IT.
90 Ananl,in.fad 80. )


washington, July I1-President
Wilson today Vetoes the resolution
adopted by congress last week eX-
tending the time Ia which the rail-
road administrati might relinquish
control OF lines not wanted In tbs
federal system