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The Press., 1918-01-03
Continue Home Garden Movement.


 The Home Garden Committee is in charge of the food committee part Of the home garden movement and stands ready to assist wherever pos. sible. This committee is requesting that all cities and towns organize immediately for work another year and has issued manual for the gVlid. ance of those interested. The servs ices of the committee have been Of. fered to every part of the state. The members are: c. c. Hemenway, Hart. ford, chairman; w. c. Schenck, Meri. den H. R. Branch, Norwich; IA. TIT. Stevens, Storrs; A. J. Brundage, Storrs; R. LaMotte Russell, Mancfes. ter; w. L. Slate, StOrrs; H. B. Nal. lory, Danbury; D. FaiFchild Wheeler. Bridgeport; l.. c. Kibbe, Torrington.
 Writers Unfinished Stories.
 Several years ago a writer published in n magazine the beginnings of half dozen stories that he had never carried to an end, with note saying that Sall writers had such manuscripts tucked away In their desks. He might have added that those stories were also tucked away in the consciousness and operated silently and inexorably in the weakening of tue will. Those half dozen beginnings were all good. They piqued curiosity and they introduced interesting characters.
 The writer would have done far bet ter to finish them all, better for hIs reputation, hIs income and his force as a worker.
 Way down deep in the mind, perhaps in the sub-conscious, those stories pleaded to be told, those characters asked for life.
The Press., 1918-01-03

@&k&&k &A& < 4 < 4 4 4 < it
 The navy was ready when war be- gan. Like Von Mnltkes army In the Franco-Prussian war, 1t had only te go ahead with plans arranged in aGs vance It has not had to change it's organization. It has simply increased in size at every point. {
 The number of ships in the war con structIon program of the navy Is 7S7, including some ships recently complet! ed. This is considerably more than twice the total number of ships iA commission on the day war was de clared on Germany.
 In the past year the navy has ext banded from 6S,OOO enlisted men to more than 100000, including marines, reserves and others in service. IH January, 1917, there were {, 4,500 off, cers. Now there are more than 15,- GOO. s.
 At the beginning of the year there were 300 naval vessels of all types in commission. Now there are many more than a thousand."- Ships that were on the stocks then have beeH hurried to completion. Ships that were laid up in the navy yards be- cause there were not men enough to man them have been reftted and manned and sent to sea. Scores of yachts and power boats have beep taken over from private owners to be set at work searching for submarines In the past IS months Congress has appropriated for naval purposes $1S 905, 5,410,930. This is more money thaHs was spent on the navy In the entire period from 1883 to 1911-the first 25 years of the existence of the ''nevf navy" And that period includes thA years of rapid naval expansion thR followed upon our war with Spain
 But the navy has done more In tIfA past year than merely to expand. H has been engaged day after day fof months in the actual business of nR- val warfare. It has sunk submarinea How many the department Is not tell ing.
 The first American forces to land iIh France for service against the GeIe mans were units of the naval aeronaq- tic corps. They were landed at q French port early in June.
 The navy has fourteen times ab many flying boats as it had at the be- ginning of the year and thirty times ak many men in it's aircraft forces yt has built its own aircraft factory iA Philadelphia. Ninety days after ground was broken for the plant the keel of flying boat was being laid Five private plants are devoting their entire resources to navy aircraft WOrA.
 There never was war in which St was so important as it Is in the preb- ent conflict to invent new ways of fghting-and to keep them secret. One invention may be worth 20 dread noughts. What our navy has done In this way must he left for time and results to show. But Thomas A. Edi. son Is in Washington giving his entite time to his country as head of the Ma val Consulting Board. That fact to most Americans will be the best pOsSl. ble guarantee that the money voted for the navy is being expended not only wisely, but with the utmost In. genuity of which human nature Is ca- pablo.
The Press., 1918-01-03

More than two-thirds of the entire area of Australia has an annual rain. fall of less than twenty inches.
The Press., 1918-01-03

A needle inserted in the cork of an oil bottle will make dropper that will pick up just one drop of oil.
The Press., 1918-01-03

4
 < This is the seventh article of < series on America's war prepara. 4 tions, secured from federal otfI. 4 ciaIs by the Publicity Committee 4 of the Connecticut State Council < of Defense for publication in < Connecticut newspapers. They 4 will deal with all phases of the { < nations organization for war, < and will be as complete and tn- + formative as the exigencies ct < military strategy wilt permit.
The Press., 1918-01-03

l.4. Sn. IoAMAo ~OIr oLrEhB. The contracting with us for having your home wired and equipped for elec- iricity is a gift 10 every member of the family that they will enjoy every day of the year. Highest grade fixtures and materials only are used-the workmanship is expert and thorough when we handle your contracts. Estimates gladly submit- ted. D. J. STEPHhNS, SON & co.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
FROM GEORGIA TO ILLINOIS.
$4,000 Worth OF Lard Shipped from
Triton to Chicago.

Triton, Ga, March 7.-South Geor-
gia is shipping hog products to Chi
cago. This reversal of the accepted
order of things marks new era for
the South, which promises this year
not only to feed itself, but to supply
liberal surplus for its less fortunate
neighbors. -
The Triton Packing Company ship
ped two carloads OF lard to Chicago
yestel day, the aggregate value being
over $4,000. This shipment was
made before the packing house had
been in operation 80 days. While
at Moultrie Manager C. l.. Brooks,
OF the clifton Packing Company,
shipped the first carload Of hog pro-
duets from the South to Chicago. He
is improving on this record at Tifton,
and it is not difficult to anticipate the
day when South Georgia and not
Chicago will AK prices for the hog
markets OF this country
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
"Fllunder Eagle"

Fort William, Ontario, March S.
The Thunder EAGLE" sacred among
the Ojubwa Indians as personifying
the spirit Of the Manitow, supposed
to have its next on the Sleeping
Giant. 1,400 feet above Thunder Bay,
was seen depicted in fire in the bril-
liant display Of aurora borealis here
last night.
The Ojubwas say the Thunder
Eagle has DH been seen for many
years, and that it's appearance por-
tends wonderful happenings In the
world. The figure OF the eagle trav-
eled swiftly southwark over the bay,
accompanied by huge splashes of red
and green fire which shot about it
like meteors. A Duluth dispatch told
of the appearance of an eagle in the
aurora borealis there last night.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
At the Big End Of the Horn.

The Greenville News, in discuss
ing the war achievements for 1917,
shows many signs Of progress, and
produces figures that cannot he con-
tracted. We reproduce one para
graph from the article:
LET us say, in passing, that no
student Of political economy, can
doubt the ultimate issue OF the world
struggle. For while the Central
powers possess but about. Is per
cent Of the worlds wealth, and 9 per
cent of its population, the allies
Counting us in) have rs per cent of
the wealth, and 76 per cent of the
population. Whenever the final re-
adjustment shall take place, the Uni
ted States will come out at the lar
ger end of the horn.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
DOUBLE MURDER IN n. G.
No Trace Can Re Found of the Per-
petratOrs Of the Crime.

Whist ston-Salem. y. c., March G.
Completing the double murder, per-
petrated by an unknown man near
this city yesterday afternoon, Harvey
Hester, aged "a, died early this
morning as the result Of pistol shot
through the head when he looked
into his window, where his young
wife was dead as the result of three
pistol shots through her body.
Bloodhounds were put on the trail
this morning about 2 O'Clock, but
were unable to follow it, nor were
the searching parties, consisting of
several hundred citizens and officers,
able to find fruitful clues.
When two men, who were working
nearby, arrived at the home a few
minutes after the shooting. they
found one little daughter, aged 18
months, on her mothers breast call
ing her, while another, four years
old, was calling her father.
Feeling Is running high, as the
man and woman killed were highly
respected, and no motive can be
found.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
Half Your living
Without Money Cost

We are all at danger point. On
the use of good common sense in our
1913 farm and garden operations de.
pends prosperity or our "going broke"
Even at present high prices no one
can plant all or nearly all cotton, buy
food and grain at present prices from
supply merchant on credit and make
money. Food and grain is higher in
proportion than are present cotton
prices.
It's time above all others to play
safe; to produce all possible food,
grain and forage supplies on your own
acres; to cut down the store bill.
A good piece Of garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
made to pay nearly half your living. 1t
will save you more money than you
made on the best three acres Of cotton
you ever grew!
Hastings 1918 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind Of money saw
ing garden and the vegetables to put
in It. It tells about the farm crops as
we'll and shows you the clear road to
real and regular farm prosperity. lt's
Free. Send for It to-day to r.. @.
HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga.-Advt.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
Card of Thanks.

Editor Keowee Courier: Please al
low us space in your paper to thank
the good people of the Oakway Wes-
leyan church and community FOR
their donations; also the good peo-
pie Of Westminster and Return. May
this be personal thanks to each
and every one who contributed, and
may the Lord reward them a hum
dred fold Is our prayer.
Mrs. Mary Williams and Children.
Seneca, RED. 4, March 8, 1918.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
Labor CONT Law Signed.

Columbia, March 7.--Governor
Manning Wednesday signed the act
introduced by the judiciary commit
tee of the House at the 1917 session
and passed at the last session Of the
Legislature amending the Code Of
The purpose Of the act is 10 throw
further restrictions around the en-
ployer and employee in regard to la
Dor contracts.
The act makes it misdemeanor
for any person to contract with ano-
ther to fraudulentlN, or with malic-
ious intent, to iniure his employer, or
to fail to render such service as
agreed upon in the contract.
The act also makes it a misdemea
nor for the employee, after receiving
advance money or other compensa-
tions, to fail to perform services as
required in the contract.
1t also makes it misdemeanor for
the employer to fail to perform his
part of the contract. and after receiv-
ing aid to fail or refuse to make COM
pensations for the same.
The act further provides that the
contracts shall be furnished to all
third parties, and also be filed with
the Clerk Of Court within ten days
after being signed. .
Violation of the law makes the vio-
lator liable to a fine Of not less than
S25 or more than 500, or imprison-
more than 80 days.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13

Col. John s. Dennis, of the British
Canadian recruiting mission, in a
speech at the University Clr3 Chi
cago, declared that when The Cn!-
ted States has entered the war as
fully as Canada, we shall have Fad a
casualty list OF 100000 and will
have enlisted 100000 men. in
the three and one-half years Canada
has been in the war, he said, her
casualties total 115, 900, although her
population Is only S,000,000.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
To. the Farmers
of OCOnee County

We are Jobson System Dealers for
this county, and as such are actively
engaged in bringing the Common
Sense Methods Of easier, and more
profitable farming'to every nook and
corner OF our section.
These methods and the remarkable
Jobson Plow have received the en-
dorsement Of great agricultursts,
State officials and practical farmers
all over the country, and these bene-
fits are being extended to all parts
Of the country at a rate that certain
ly proves its merit and genius, prac-
tical advantage. No farmer can af-
ford to overlook the opportunity Of
a thorough investigation Of this sys-
TEN before going further with his
spring work.
The Jobson Plow has no equal in
preparing the land (late or early,
wet or dry) before planting, and 1t is
also Of extraordinary value in work
ing growing crops and in getting
ready for second crops. In fact, it is
something the farmer needs every
month in the year. A little investi-
CATION demonstrates this beyond
doubt.
Call on us for literature and full
particulars. We're here to serve you.
Jobson Plows now tin stock.
HUTCHINSON BROS, West Union.
BALLCNGER HDW. G. FURN. CO.,
Seneca.
G. w PITCHFORD, Walhalla.
MATHESON HARDWARE CO.,
adv. Westminster.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
TRUTHFUL REPORTS
Waihaila Roads Them Wtth Uncom'
mon interest.

mon interest.
A Walhalla citizen tells his expert
,nce in the following statement. No
better evidence than this can be had.
The truthful reports OF friends ana
aeighbors is the best proof in the
world. Read and be convinced.
P. ]. Fredricks, conductor South
Tn Z r., Main st., Walhalla, says:
The jarring and jolting OF the cars
brought ON attacks of kidney trouble.
When / have had one Of these attacks
the pains in the small of my back and
across my loins have been severe
The kidney secretions have been
scanty, scalding, have passed to Oft
en- and have contained sediment like
brick l. have never let the
trouble get good hold on me, as l
have used Doan's Kidney Pills and
have never failed to receive prompt
relief. I keep them on hand all the
time"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills = the same that
Mr.. Fredericks had. Foster -Milburn
Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
FERTILIZER UNDER CONTROL.
Makers, Importers, Storers, Sellers in
Scope Of New Regulations.
A Washington dispatch says:

A Washington dispatch says:
Government control Of the fertili-
ger industry has been ordered by
President Wilson in a proclamation
requiring manufacturers and distrib-
uters to obtain licenses from the Sec
retary of Agriculture on or before
March 20. Authority for the act is
contained in the food control law.
Licenses must be obtained not only
by makers, importers, storers and
sellers Of fertilizer itself but of it's in
gradients as we'll. Applications for
license will be made to the food ad.
ministration, but they will be issued
by Secretary Houston, who is charged
in the proclamation with enforce
ment Of regulations to be issued.
Dealers in some fertilizer ingredi-
ents, including ammonia and its COM
pounds, are already under license by
the food administration and they are
excepted in the proclamation. Among
the ingredients not already under H.
cense and now put under control are
sulphuric acid, phosphate rock,
bones, sodium nitrate, potash, salt
cement and blast furnace dust. wood
ashes, cotton seed hulls and meal,
potassium nitrate and tobacco, waste
Huns Have Sixteen Move Divisions.
London, March 6.--The Germans
are still adding to the number Of
their divisions on the western front,
Gen. f. NJ. Maurice, chief director of
military operations OF the war Office,
declared in his weekly talk with the
Associated Press to-day.
The Germans now have sixteen di-
visions more than the allies in the
west, he said, but this did not mean
that they were in superior strength,
as the allied divisions were numeri-
cally larger.
Gen. Maurice said the entente
forces still held the superiority in
rifles, guns and aircraft, but that this
superiority was diminishing.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
WINTER HAVEN MAN SAYS
: IT'S A FINE REMEDY.
Had All Kinds Of Kidney, Bladder
and Stomach Troubles Himself,
But Got Rid Of Them.
TELLS HOW HE DID 1T.

Anybody who has suffered with
kidney, bladder and indigestion trou-
bles like / did knows it is no joke"
says the City Marshal and Tax Col
lector of Winter Haven, Florida
Il had severe pains in assd around
my kidneys and In my bladder, and
sometimes would have to climb out
OF bed as often as or 9 times in a
night. 1t put me to whole lot Of
suffering not to mention expense. My
food sometimes wouldn't digest at
all, and | wsts getting alarmed about
my condition when friends who had
found out about Acid Iron Mineral
started me taking it. The pains in
my kidneys and bladder disappeared
and instead OF crawling out of bed
at all hours of the night my sleep got
so peaceful and it, did me so much
good ] know it will help people trou-
bled like I was. | want to pass the
glad tidings along to others because
l know what hard timeI had locat-
ing real remedy. My digestion and
appetite got better and l can eat
anything want now No sour sto-
mach and indigestion troubles on my
menu any more. declares Winter
Haven's City Marshal and Tax. Collec-
tor, B. F.. Norman.
Acid Iron Mineral Is a medicinal
iron compounded from ore just as
it is dug in the mine. 1t is powerful
as can be. Just a teaspoonful in a
glass of water makes powerful
dose. A twelve-ounce bottle selling
at dollar goes long ways and it
doesn't contain drop OF alcohol or
Injurious dope. 1t won't hurt any
ones teeth. 1t Is just good old,
highly concentrated iron tonic, aid
to digestion and blood medicine. The
name, Ferrodine Cherlical Corp. Ro-
anoke, Va. is. back Of 1t and means
quality.andi strength. Druggists have
1T or a fresh, generous-stze twelve
ounce bottle VIII 3be sent prepaid on
receipt OF 81 - Adye
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
DRAFT TO SAVE FAfsMEl.s.
Fmlough Provided for Men Neetle<!
In Pursuits Necessary to War.


Washington, March S.--FurlOughs
for farmers and other men needed in
non military pursuits necessary to
the war were authorized in Senate
bill passed to-day by the House with
the approval Of the War Department
The evident purpose Of the an
nouncement, which takes the form of
an amendment to the selective service
regulations, is to exempt as far as
possible registrants who may be used
on farms This is in line with the
policy to increase the country's food
production.
Class 5 for Certain Students.
Governors were notified to-day by
Provost Marshal General Crowder
that al! students in land grant agri-
cultural colleges whose class standing
places them in the upper third Of the
senior class, may enlist in the quar-
termasters enlisted reserve corps and
will be placed by local boards in class
5 on the ground that they are in the
military service.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
"FAREWEIIL."- I"

Men with wars challenge before
you----
You who must win in the fight,
You who shall bring the glad morn
ing
After wars terrible night
Here find the way and the wisdom
To match and master the Hun,
Translating the Book and It's mes
sage
Into the speech Of the Gun.
SO farewell, beloved parents,
Brothers, sisters and friends;
We must be parted till victory an
nounces the end.
But nay! We hope death will not
meet us
In the trenches, on hill, or the sea,
For twill be sad for all these loved
Who wait in patience not to>greet us
Home with a Kiss. =
II. NJ. S.
Camp Jos. T.. Johnston,
Jacksonville, Fla.
The phonograph and telephone are
employed lin a South Carolina inyen-
tors automatic fire alarm that calls
just where the blaze Is starting.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
For Indigestion, Constipation or
BiliouSness
The Song OF the Stamp.

Sing a song Of Thrift Stamps,
Pocket full of dough,
Lend 1t to your country
And help the War Fund grow.
When FIVE years are over,
The y. $. Government
VIII give YOU back your capital
Enriched by four per cent!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
Some Insurance Agent !
(Greenville News }

,'"The Docket" has story about
the general agent OF life insurance
company who was summoned to
serve on a petit jury in New Mexico.
He asked to be excused on the plea
that he was too busy writing insur-
ance! He was compelled to serve.
The first jury of which he was
member stayed out very long time,
but agreed OH a verdict. After the
trial the agent showed the Judge an
application for insurance signed by
each Of the other members Of the
jury and admitted that he had held
ont all night against the other eleven
until they agreed to take out insur-
ance. 1t was the only time he ever
had to serve as a juryman.
For Indigestion, Constipation or
Billousness
just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-FOS
WITH pEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the public by Paris Medi-
cine c., manufacturers Of Laxative Bromo
Quinine and Groves Tasteless chill Tonic.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13

TO meet the growing use Of coal
gas for automobile fuel in England, a
rubber contaiher for compressed gas.
which can be mounted on cars run
ming board, has been invented.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-03-13
Rheumatism
and
Gout

A convincing fact Of the remarka-
bic power OF L-Rheumo as a cure for
Rheumatism and Gout 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 bow
els, aids digestion and assimilation of
food, purifies the blood and builds
you up. Don't suffer when L.
Rheumo is ready to aid you. Demand
the bottle with big "L".
For Sale by ~
Bells Drug Store, Walhalla, s. c.,
Central Drug Co., Central, s. c.,
Or write
Chapman"AlcXand laboratories
Gleenvi|le, s. @.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-11
DON'T DlSAPPOINT THE BOYS
Pershing Troops Want to Beat the
Germans and You Can Help.

A disappointed boy Is one Of the
most tragic things there is.
When boy wants something, he
wants it desperately, with every nerve
ir his brain and body.
And If he fails to get it he &c over
whelmed, hardly able to go on living.
THERE IS JUST ONE THING
PERSHING'S BOYS WANT.
You know what that is: To beat
the Germans.
And they know it can't be done with
out all the money the people at home
can spare.
They know, too, that the hour has
struck for us to give that money.
They will learn right away whether
the Fourth Liberty Loan is being fully
subscribed or not.
They will be sitting there In their
trenches, the dugOuts, or the "Y" huts
waiting to find out.
Can't you imagine the cheers when
they hear the loan has gone OverY"
Can you imagine them disappointed?
ARE WE GOING TO DISAPPOINT
THEM?