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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31

the graded schools; Miss Elsie l..
Johnson, kindergarten teacher; Miss
Anna lie Compte. kindergarten teach
er: Miss Ada c. Willett. manager OF
4 business office there.
Miss Edna c. Whitcomb. of keene.
y. H., is student i'm the domestic art
department Of Columbia University.
Miss Elizabeth Harrer. OF Brooklyn.
is a teacher in the New York public
schools.
Miss Martha s. Bartlett, of Rock
land. Maine. is also a teacher.
Next year each of these girls will be
fitted to take charge of a group and
carry out similar work elsewhere.
They are getting valuable experience
and training this year. Henry is
teaching them-that IS. Henry Bemis.
the farmer-and is directing them In
their work. But Henry says they are
the most apt pupils and that he "only
has 10 tell them n thing once and
then they go right ahead and do ii
wiihgIt any mistakes"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31

tial as in the factory and some Of the
cantonments have war gardens where
food to help the soldiers is grown. The
great West has brought forth won
derful harvest and II our people Will
obey the food laws we Will be able to
feed ourselves ana our Allies Some
of our cantonments require more
buildings and labor is at work there
rushing up barracks for the new men
as our army increases. In Washing
ton great buildings have been put up
to meet war conditions and the city
has increased in population aboarN2O,-
900. Many of these are workmen
come to help Uncle Sam in this great
crisis leaving their work in civil life.
The Secretary of Labor Honorable
william b. Wilson and Mr.. Samuel
Gompers, the head of the labor un-
ions, are doing all in their power to
assist the laboring man in winning
the war.
The housing and feeding of laborers
is another problem and millions of
dollars are being spent on this, espe-
cially in the housing. as hundreds of
homes have been erected near large
plants. These are rented to the la
borers at a nominal sum. Commis-
saries where good food at cheap
prices Is furnished for the laborers
have risen like magic and are to be
found near every factory. Great plants
have been taken over by the Govern
ment and thousands of workers are
turning out shoes and clothing for our
boys "over there"
War Labor Board
All questions affecting the $4,000
workers in essential plants at Bridge
port are submitted to a War Labor
Board, and an agreement to abide by
the latter's decisions is posted in every
factory in the city Strikes amounted
to little and were settled before
German propaganda could spread over
the plants. The high cost Of living
was the main feature of the last strike
and this was settled in a short time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31

keepers for the group; but they all
prefer the outdoor duties and are al
ways glad TO get back into the garden
work again. one OF their delights on
coming into the house In the evening.
after finishing the days tasks. IS 10
show the "housekeepers" what good
appetites gardening gives them b. re-
peating in chorus. we want our
dinner"
And We have good appe'!tes." said
one of the girls. This life with the
hoe and the rake is great tonic. !
can recommend it 10 anyone"
To show how enthusiastic these
girls are. how eagerly and determined
y they have entered into the task Of
raising food. one illustration VIII an
sver. They went 20 the mountains
20 plant and cultivate the war garden
20 provide peas. beans. lettuce and
such vegetables for the hotel. The
large potato patch was separate
proposition. and the duty Of caring for
that belonged 70 the workers on some
OF the regular hotel farms. Of which
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31

there are sixteen in all. covering $500
acres. However, there was q shortage
OF man power in that section as well
as elsewhere throughout the country.
And so voluntarily and without sug-
gestion from anybody else the girls
got out into that potato patcn one
morning and there they stayed until
all the cultivat.ng ana bug picking
that was necessary was done. And
they kept this up.
That IS the way these school teach
ers and Office girls are going 10 1t up
in the mountains OF New Hampshire.
Their homes are in Brooklyn. New
York: Rockland. Maine; Lakewood.
New Jersey. and Keene. New Hamp-
shire.
Here They Are
Miss Cecilia D. Emerson, OF Lake
wood. y. J.. assistant secretary in the
Y. W. G. 4. there. IS the leader OF the
group. She has two brothers in
France. The other Lakewood girls
are Miss Eta VI. johnson. teacher in
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31

men declared that they preferred to
work on, declaring that the Kaiser
must have his medicine These men
each wear a badge of honor and be-
sides. they must show a pass contain
ing their photograph on entering the
yard. Uncle Sam is taking no chances
with German spies at this stage Of
the game.
Ships are being launched nearly ev-
cry day. ninety-seven going down the
ways from the various yards on July
4th As fast as these ships are fin
ished they are loaded with food for
our soldiers, including also the 800
600. 600 Allies who must be fed and
the amount OF food sent over IS stag
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| The majority of these BrldgePoi.
firms make ammunition and are, %
course. classed as Essential" plants
Womcn's Work
The existing shortage OF labor as
gravated daily by the military ana
naval demands of the Government
which require a greatly increased pro-
ductlon of the war materials and al
the same time the withdrawal from
civilian occupation of about quarter
of million additional recruits each
month necessitates wide spread re-
source to the labor of women in the
United States. In order that their
services may be fully utilized and their
working power conserved clearly de-
fined policy is needed which shall de-
termine what kind of work women
should perform, how they should best
be introduced, under what conditions
they should be employed and what
work should be prohibited. Standards
as to hours, night work and condi-
tions of labor have already been pro-
vided by the Government in orders Is
sued by the Chief OF ordnance ana
the Quartermaster General in recon-
mendations made by the War Board.
which must be observed by all employ
ers.
In many OF the plants classes in
English have been organized for the
workmen from other lands Not only
does the knowledge Of English facili-
tate their work. but they come to
learn that to be an American citizen
means more freedom than to be that
Of any other nation and that the
American laborer is the best housed
and best fed laborer in the world, also
that his work for the war is aiding the
laborer of other lands to better con-
dition.
Truly as a prominent Englishman
has said: ITO the English the war IL
a sport, to the French it is a sacrifice.
and to the American it is a job" and
one in which labor plays great part.
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| their opportunities for service will be
more than doubled next year. The
success, for instance. of the Garden
| Clubs farmerette squad in Cincinnati
has been so marked, according to re-
ports. that their work will be greatly
| expanded next spring. Much to the
surprise OF their hackers they palo
/ their way" from the start.
Another phase of girls work IN
| food production which deserves men
ton is that being done at the Nassau
Cottage Association, Hampstead. N.
Y. under the capable supervision OF
Miss Florence NJ. Greenwood. The
girls who are being cared for there
girls who are sent there by the courts
and who need careful supervision Tor
time, have been interested in the
garden and food conservation work.
They knew nothing OF this when they
entered the home, but have taken tc
the cultivatlng of their vegetable
patch and the canning of fruits ana
vegetables with a keen delight. All
kinds of garden products are being
slowed away on the pantry shelves a. 4
Hampstead for winter use.
All this work which the women OF
the nation are doing in growing food
is carrying out the call OF the National
War Garden Commission to Sow the
Seeds of Victory" and turn the back
Yards and vacant lots everywhere into
"munition plants" and then TO Can
Vegetables and Can the Kaiser Too"
As the draft increases with the con-
tinuance of the war. women Will be
called on more and more 10 perform
essential war services: and among
these that OF producing and saving
food is one OF the most important.
More and more new occupations will
be open 10 them. and they will aot
/ hesitate 10 fall into line when the op-
portunity presents Itself for them to
be OF service 10 the nation.
Here is a call TO you. women OF
America: a call from the mountains
and the shore. Those OF YOU who are
in school houses or In offices all win
ter long, find a place where you can
so next summer and raise a war gar
den. You will be helping yourselve.
and your country at the same time.
You will be helping 10 feed the boys in
France.
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The girls have a piano in their cot
tage and they help to pass the short
evenings (they retire early) with sing
ing and music. They are all very
fond OF Zip" the dog. 1t was a red
letter day for him when he was al
lowed TO follow the girls into the gar
den TO have their picture taken.
A Social Register Group
Women are helping in war garden
work at another big summer hotel.
The Greenbrier at White sulphur
Springs, in the West Virginia Allie
ghenies. Some OF the farmerettes
there are women whose names are
familiar in the social columns of the
country. They too seem to be enjoy
ing the work they are doing in help
ing TO save the garden product which
IS being grown there. A great deal
OF interest has been aroused in the
war gardens there; and in that sec
ton of West Virginia every available
plot OF ground has been turned into
vegetable patches. Besides raising
fresh vegetables lot are being
Inc bOss WIN NHtii
caddie master. for instance. picked
more than ten bushels of beans one
morning before they began their work
on the links: and the women helped.
The Bryn Mawr Plan
Another move in which women are
helping to save food and which has
the hearty approval of the National
War Garden Commission OF Washing
ton. is known as the Bryn Mawr plan.
The scheme is in operation along the
main line" out Of Philadelphia under
the direction OF Mrs. Andrew Wright
Crawford. OF Bryn Mawr; and 1t has
been adopted elsewhere. This service
TO save war garden crops consists OF
having women with automobiles at
their disposal volunteer TO go out and
help pick the fruit or garden product
and haul Il TO the market or cannery.
Mrs L. n. Drewry. chairman OF the
war garden committee in Cincinnati.
is one Of the workers who has fol-
lowed this plan.
Woman's Land Army
Divisions OF the woman's Land
Army are making so good this year
that st Is probable their numbers and
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31
How Labor Is Keeping the Boys rover There Sup
p|jed With Food and Ammunition
Copyright, 1919, The International Syndicate

are perfect hives Of Democracy Uncle
Sam has made the zone near these
workshops dry" and the average
workman instead of spending his
money for drink now puts his savings
in Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps
Places along the river front which
were formerly used for pleasure
grounds, have been turned into places
for factories, and men who used TO
swim and loaf at these resorts are now
at work for all sorts of things must be
made for the boys "over there"
Plants where FIRE water" was re
Gently distilled have been turned into
factories where apple butter is made
for the boys on the other side 10
spread on their bread. Black moiasseS
is also made from which alcohol is
distilled and this combined with some
thing else is used in making eX-
plosives. Men and women work in
factories turning out aeroplane parts
which are sent over In sections and
assembled by American mechanics in
France. The ship yards are perhaps
the most interesting of all and the
determination with which the laborer
works at these places makes The true
American proud OF such men.
Great Shipbuilding
Al Hog Island, which is the largest
Of the ship yards, over one hundred
men were overcome by heat during
he hot spell in the early part of
August The plant was closed down
for day or so for The heat on the
steel was intense. yet many of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31

When this same factory was assem-
bling rifles for the British so was the
average. Today the men are working
for the glory of American prestige and
it makes a difference. When compli-
mented Mr.. Cahills only remark was
a guess our boys will need them in
the trenches"
our aeropiane factories are working
overtime TO get out the required num-
ber. ON one or two occasions spies
have tampeTed with aeroplane wires
but fortunately this was discovered in
time and none of the inferior parts
were sent over Many women work
in these factories as well as in the
gas mask factory, where thousands Of
these projections against German
cruelty are produced.
Labor on the farm IS just as essen
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31
How They Are Raising Food In War Garden for FASH
ionable Hotel Volunteer Women Furnishing Autos
and Helping To Gather Fruit - Their
Success On Regular Farms

I had better time In my life they all
ehim,i IN when the interviewer asked
/ fhem how they liked it
And he didn't wonder. Way up
among The mountains and lakes of
northern New Hampshire. within a
few m ies Of the Canadian border and
'he country that hunters love. in the
midst ~ a most beautiful and pic
,lr-squc country is where the
eight young women who have started
this new field OF useful endeavor are
pending the summer. Most Of them
are s.hoo, teachers. They say this Is
hundred lines better than being
Tc0ned up IN city or town during the
heated season.
Fine Workers
They have zone far beyond my
expectations s4.d the manager Of the
hotel. discussing the subject. Il had
my doubts when We started the
scheme. bus these doubts have all van
.shei j, is inspiring to see the earn
gstness and the determination with
which they SO about the work. They
enjoy themselves and they are having
fine time but they did not come up
here WITH any idea Of having merely a
'slmmer lark or even with the idea OF
making a lot % money. They came
With serious purpose. OF helping 10
win she war by adding 10 the country's
food supplies.
The Plan
i was only necessary 10 take one
look at The girls 20 see that they are
cortenfcd. Enthusiasm and Joy fairly
beam from thclr faces. Two men,
lers cf she e'-hf alternate az house
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31

ERE. You WOMEN in office.
E& school ''1rh,rs 1ni others who
v ore shut up al winter long.
" y listen io what a group of young
women have done this summer anal
prepare 90 follow their example mex,
sumner.
lte manager OF 90 Dig ana fashion
ole hotel was fishing around for some
way IN which TO provide fresh vesc-
.1'i'~ Tor h.s table without Tie nee
's-i.N of shipping hem from long
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TSERE. YOU WOMEN in office.
B& school teachers lui others who
n Y are shut up al winter long.
M y listen 500 what il group of young
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-31
Woman's Land Army

Divisions of the woman's Land
Army are making so good this year
that It is probable their numbers and
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-25
REGISTRARS AND JUDGES
HENDERSON COUNTY.

-
Following is the list of registrars
and judges Of election n rne various
precincts of this county:
Bat Cave: NJ. +. Edney, registrar
&c. p. Freeman, George Wall, judges.
Bowman's Bluff: r. J. Fletcher,
registrar; N. u Brown and J. B.
Patterson, judges,
Clear Creek: r. II. Pryor, regis
trar; T. P. Rogers and J. II. Garren,
judges.
Crab Creek: John Brown, regis
trarj ]. F. Gibbs and T. A. Drake, Jr.,
judges.
Edneyville: A. S. Edney, regis
trar; ". P. Maxwell and J.H Mer-
rel, judges.
East Hendersonville: J. AFletch-
er, registrar; ]. 7. Wilkins and z. s.
Ramsey, judges
Etowah: J. ". Morgan, registrar;
]. N. Murray and G. Q. English,
judges.
Flat Rock: w. B. Bassett, regis
trar; o. NJ. Drake and D. E. Brock,
judges.
, Green River: J. o. Bell, registrar;
j. W. Wood and J. c. Pace, judges.
Hooper's Greek: r. w. Fletcher,
r a pus ue11v0 a u :ls1as!se1
Baldwin, judges.
Mills River: H. C. Jones, regis
trar; ]. n. Burgin and ". H. White
judges.
Rugby: J. L. Allen, registrar; D.
S. R. Willis and R. v. Evans, judges.
Horseshoe: ]. P. Johnson, regis
trar; Silas Case and A. Broyles,
judges.
Blue Ridge: W. A. King, registrar;
F. C. Whitaker and B. A. Merrell,
judges.
Upward: y. S. Young, registrar;
S. Jackson and :. G. Justus,
Raven Rock: C. ]. Heatherly, reg
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-25
.1HEMEkS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS or STATE NA-
ZION AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT The WORLD
Condensed Record OF Happenings
o. Interest From All Points
OF The World
Domestic.

OO4ASSS4~S
All Of southern California and par
OF western Arizona and Utah were
shaken by an earthquake which wreck
ed virtually all buildings and resi-
dences in Hemete and San Jacinto
two inland towns 45 miles southeast
Of Riverside, Cal, and caused mino1
property damage in practically every
town and city. One man was killed
At San Monica in a panic when he
Tell OF . pier.
Returns received In Albany, N. Y.
from thirty-three Of the thfrty-nine cit
les holding local option elections, show
that seventeen cities have voted
against the saloon and sixteen in IA
vOr OF licensing the sale OF intoxi-
eAnts.
Secretary McAdoo, In a speech ~
Globe, Ariz., said: I'VE won't stop this
war until the battle line is bent far
enough east to put>Ber1in In the cen.
ter OF o circle formed by American
troops"
Il has come TO the notice OF the de
,partment Of the southeast, United
8tatese army, that many people fail
10 report suspicious and dislOyal acts
or manifestations of sympathy for the
enemy, because Of uncertainty as to
the proper official to approach. Such
information should be addressed to
the Intelligence officer, Headquar
tiers Southeastern Department, Char
lesion, s. c."
! A Springfield, Ill. dispatch says :
Althouhg Alsace-Lorraine is by no
means the only obstacle to peace, no
peace can come, Louis ALBERT, of the
French high commission, declared in
y speech there, until the territory
wrested from France nearly q half
century ago is restored.
,, Hundreds Of kilograms are report
ed to have been received in Washing
ton by members Of congress from the
cotton belt, resulting from the bill in
troduced by Representative Emerson
of Ohio, proposing to fix the maximum
price Of raw cotton at 20 cents a
pound.
Advices from Washington say there
Is no cause for alarm about the fixing
of~amaximum price for cotton. These
bills have been introduced before and
always went into the hopper, or were
never reported from the committee to
which they had been referred.
Luis de Shelly, known as Marquis
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-04-25

sES-
Fhe Am8Eican gAeamR a No.
eaiIIns on her maiden Wyaae win 2
naval crew aboard. ives sunk By 60
enemy submarine An Enropean waters
April III and nve officers and So men
are missing. Five officers and twelve
enlisted men have been landed ct an
English port
An internal explosion wrecked the
American steamship Florence H., in q
French port on the night of April IL
with a probable loss OF Al members
of the crew..
The German high command, having
been unsuccessful in piercing the Brit.
ish front in Flanders and separating
the British and French armies, has
essayed a stroke against the Ameri-
cans and the French northwest OF
TouI.
The latest Berlin Official communi-
cation asserts that-in the drive against
the-Amerieans and French in the Toul
sector 1873 American prisoners and Is
machine guns were captured by the
Germans who cut their way for about
. mile and a quarter into the Amer
lean lines at Seicheprey.
A dispatch from Budapest says that
Baron Burian VIII receive the Austrian
portfolio OF 6nance In assuming that
or foreign AFFAIRS. It is stated that the
essential characteristics OF Baron
Durion aye Insignificant doefie ohedi
ence to the orders which come fFom
berlin.
Further restrictions % the country's
less essential industries, which viii
dr~asticGlly limit non-waF building Op
erations for the. duration Of the war,
has been announced by the fuel I'D
mtDittrs ton. I'm the issuance OF orders
cHrtailing the manufacture OF ten prin-
cipal clsy products, from rs to as
high Is so per cent. simultaneously
the manufacturing program Of this in
dustry was ordered ~re-arranged and
divided - placing it on the basis Of
industry.
American troops operating on the
Lorraine sector in France have taken
over control OF No Mans Land. Pa
trolling parties r making almost
nightly visits up to the German wice
ertanglcnents without e~ncountering
any resistance.
Approval Of efforts by commercial
organizations to obtain from the rail-
road administration an executive order
requiring all cotton offered for ship
ment to be compressed to density
of 33 pounds per cubic foot, has been
given by the. war department, the de-
partment Of commerce and the ship
ping board, as a measure to promote
efficiency in transportation.
Immediate enactment OF legislation
TO permit the military authorities to
deal directly with spies and German
propagandists was urged before the
senate military committee as the only
way to curb lynch law against dis
and enemy agitation. Repre-
.sentatives of the army and navy in
telligence departments and other wit
nesses told the committee that the sit
is serious and cannot be ham
died under existing laws