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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-09-24

The mechanical perfection OF
| equipment, the motorized artillery,
ammunition and supply trains, the
chuggfng rows Of the ambulances
driven by men who had carried sue
cor to thousands Of stricken COM
rades on the battlefields OF France,
all brought round after round Of
cheers. But it was to the solid
blocks Of infantry, trudging sturdily
ahead, that the hearts of the crowd
went out They represented sheer
man power, the youth and strength
Of the nation, tried and proven in
battle. Terse placards told where
each unit had fought, and the names
of the French villages sent a thrill
through every spectator.
TO men wounded in those battles
and not yet able to march, special
tribute was given as they rode by in
motor cars. And to the group in
invalid chairs under the trees Of
park just beyond the reviewing stand
or lying full length in their stretch
ers along the curb with nurses hover
ing about them, there flowed strong
current Of sympathy and pride from
the thousands grouped about. They
were sightseers from the military
hospital, men whose wounds will
keep them long from civil life. The
flags Of the marching regiments were
dipped to them in passing.
Upon the rows Of French ISIS with
which two Of the artillery regiments
were armed, the crowds gazed with
almost the same affection France
feels for these weapons that have
been called her saviours. Ahead of
the Sixth artillery, still in its battle
front camouflage and stained with
the mud of France, the long, slim
gun that sent the first shot Of Ameri-
ca singing into the enemy. lines rode
in place Of honor. 1t was mounted
in special trailer towed by a motor
truck and a continuous cheer greeted
its passage along the victory way.
TO the rolling kitchens also special
tribute was given as they rumbled
by after massed columns with supper
Steaming in the kettles.
Winding Up Ceremonies.
In winding up the ceremonies of
reception to Gen. Pershing to-mor-
row, Congress will meet in joint ses-
sion, the members Of the Senate
marching in body to the House
chamber for the purpose. Senator
Cummins, president pro tempore Of
the Senate, and Speaker Gillette will
deliver the addresses of welcome,
while former Speaker Champ Clark
will extend the formal thanks Of Con-
gress to Gen. Pershing and his men
as expressed in the joint resolution
already adopted. With his own re-
ply, Gen. Pershing will close the
ceremony and all Of the formal func-
tions connected with his return from
France.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-09-24
GAS ORIA
For Infants and Children
I'm Use For Over 80 Years
Always bears ~ ,,..ss
Signature of rssa<StIZkl2c%<2I
Manchester MIN Sold.

Rock Hill.--The Manchester Cotton
Mill OF this chy has been sold to A.
c. Barrow, representing the Jobbers
overall Company Of Lynchburg, Va,
according to announcement made by
John r. Barron, pr sident OF tho Man.
chester Mill. The transaction involv-
Ing approximately three-quarters OF a
million dollars, is tho larges. OF the
kind made here In 2rcnt years and Is
OF considerable interest locally. The
mill WI be transferred to its new
owners January s, 1920. according to
Mr.. Barron's statement.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
DON'T END CLEANUP
WORK WITH THE WAR
World Struggle Has Shown Neces.
sity for Cleanliness.

1.-The war should cause no halt in
this forward movement There is alb
solutely no reason to get the notion
that the national necessity for con-
servation and economy in any way
interferes with this great Cleanup
and Paint-up campaign Absolutely
no conditions exist to justify any
such feeling. On the contrary, there
are unusually good reasons for max
ing the campaign for 1913 the big
gest and most resultful of any of its
predecessors.
THE first and best reason lies in
the fact that painting and cleaning
are directly in line with needed con-
servation and economy. The natural
processes of decay are arrested by
paint. From the standpoint OF saving
and taking care OF the nations phys
ical plant, from factory to farm home.
this sort of a campaign is eminently
practical and to be encouraged both
by the Federal government and the
American public."-walter w. Brown,
editor Hardware and House Furnish
ing Goods. Atlanta
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
Paint-Up Feature
OF Cleanup Move

1. Because a cleanup without a
paint-up Is useless and absurd.
Houses that are unpainted eye
sores are made ugiier and more
conspicuous when only streets and
grounds are cleaned up.
2. Because the painted surface.
inside and outside, is washable and
therefore can be kept clean and
sanitary. "Paint-paint your walls.
floors and ceilings often" says DIR.
Leonard Keene Hirshberg. A. B..
N A. N. d. (Johns Hopkins Uni
versity), In his why It's Cheap
er to Keep well-Prevention the
Way"
3. Because, as Prof. H. II. King.
of the Kansas State Agricultural
College declares, after several
years experience in conducting
painting tests for that State: "The
annual loss through lack of paint
ing Is greater than the annual loss
by fire.
Many cities in Europe and South
America require regular painting.
In prescribed colors, by city ordi-
nance.-Augusta (Ga-) Herald.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
PAINT NEEDED
AS BRIGHTENER
Everything from Kitchen to
Back Fence Needs
Touch Of Color.

Since the time Of MuriIIo and
Raphael. even earlier. paint has been
with us.
Take the seedy-looking kitchen. I,
may be conspicuous by its shabbiness
Possibly II needs some touch OF
something to blanket the seediness.
Is 1t paint?
Take that peely sort Of psled fence.
1t looks like the last rose Of summer
rather than the first violet OF spring
Civic Duty Feature.
What is it that makes those door
jambs look so worn? Might it be the
absence OF paint?
And lastly, take your duty as q
citizen of the community and ma
ton In some foreign countries de-
scriptive writers raved about the
neat sweetness and general happy
appearance-this before the war
and generally II was because Of the
lively and active color of things. II
made the country pretty. 1t made
IT distinctive.
Could ii have been the vivid tints
to the gabled roof. or the light tinge
OF the trimmings OF a house. made
with paint?
Ask yourself and go out and get q
can OF some sort OF stain. Put il on
And see il the neighbors don't dc
the same. Imitation is the height
of praise.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

waste. Also. It IL cheaper to keep
well than to submit to conditions
which spell sickness. Cleaning M
and keeping clean IL the practical
solution Of community sanitary
problems. It can be done.
This 10 the age OF the apotheosis
Of order. The Clean Up and Paint
Up crusade Is in large measure re-
sponsible for 1t in this country,
Every one of those thousands OF
communities which have been re-
furnishing themselves for the past
four or five years and which are
continuing the process this year ID
superior In q great many respects to
such communities as still inhabit
the domain of dirt. The city OF
town that has not mobilized its
forces in this movement lAgs behind
in the grand procession of progress
the certain goal of which is pros
perlty. 1t behooves them to get
busy. fall in. forward march!
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

clean up the town and make It ft to
come to.
1T Is easy to say that bread Is
more important than flowers. And Il
is. The most important things In the
world are bread and shelter. But Sc
per cent of the people in the country
towns and smaller cities are above
the bread line. At least 80 per cent
of them have some luxuries. The
first and most important luxury Is a
pleasant environment Practically all
the people see the town every day.
IT the streets are clean, the lawns
well clipped. flowers in the yard, the
air sweet. the water clean, one does
not require either wealth, taste or
culture to enjoy that. 1t makes peo-
pie want to stay. And when peo-
pie want to live in a town. when 1t is
so healthy, so attractive and so
pleasant that they love to get to II
and hate to leave. they are going to
invent their own occupations and
build their own factories"
Clean up and Paint up-for health's
sake.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
GERM-BREEDNG CANS
MUST BE DESTROYED
Rewards Offered in Some Cities for
Cleanliness.

One of the important features OF
every cleanup and paint-up campaign
is the collection Of germ-breeding tin
cans. Many campaign communities
lay especial emphasis on this phase OF
the work.
In Brockfeld. Mo-, the campaign
manager told the youngsters they
would be admitted to a special movie
matinee upon presentation of "ten
reasonably clean empty tin cans,
strung on a string"
Woodward. Okla, tried a similar
plan-a matinee ticket In exchange for
six cans. Two big loads were thus
collected.
Abraham Lincoln once said: 'I like
to see a man proud of the place he
lives in" Who wouldn't be proud of
a clean, healthful home town? Clean
up and paint up.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
WANTS TO HAVE
BIGGEST STORE
Geo. R. .Nill Has Ambi.
ton Running Toward
Great Emporium.

Geo. r. Gill. so well known as the
paint man In Washington. has one
great ambition. to see the day when
he will have not only the finest. but
largest paint store in the world. and
already he Ii on the journey to that
realization.
II am strong for the clean up. paint
up campaign. and firm in my belief
that every home owner should take
a personal pride in improving his
home.
I've are in a reconstruction period
now and It Is UP to every property
owner to preserve and beautify his
home: there should be no delay.
either. Putting in necessary improve
ments for preserving the home means
added life and appearance. but great
er still Washington should be JUS
titled above all other cities as the
place OF beautiful homes.'
Touch Rough Spots.
Down at 640-6i2 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast breathes a slogan. Paint
Up. Clean Up" now is the time: let
each housewife get out the brush
again and start touching up the rough
spots, for it's the good housewife as
much as the head of the household
who is so actively engaged cleaning
up and painting up.
To keep a home in good condition
the exterior should have a coat of
fresh painting every year or two. and
the interior touched up as well.
From 1896 grew the paint business Of
Geo. r. Gill. Starting from a small
neighborhood store today finds 1t
ranking among Washington's most
progressive and up-to-date retail and
wholesale paint establishments, hav-
ing shown a growth of 400 per cent
since he started to distribute prod
ucts bearing the label of the Mac
Dougal Paint and Varnish Company
of Buffalo four years ago.
Only recently the place has been
remodeled throughout. putting in
eleven Bowser tanks with 12O gallons
capacity each A branch postoffice
was awarded the store March 10. 1913.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
fire DANGER nil
IN CLEAN CITY
Statistics Show Lowest Fire
Insurance Rates in
Spotless Towns.

Tho Cleanup and Paint-up campaign
reduces fire insurance rates and fire
losses. In one year the campaign re-
duced Cincinnatrs annual fire insur-
ance premiums over $4,000. In his
proclamation Of last year John T.
winship. Michigan State IRE marshal.
said: THE average annual American
fire loss for the last ten years period
was $2so.ooo.0oo. This is ssso.ooo each
day. $4,000 each. hour. or $500 each
minute"
The annual loss through lack of
painting is greater than the annual
loss by fire. Cleaning up and painting
Is long step toward fire prevention.
This rids homes and business houses
Of accumulations of rubbish that are
liable to start fires and are menaces
to a community. Remember that all
fires are the same size at the start.
At the same time the alleys should
be cleaned; fences and sheds should
be repaired; vacant lots should be
cleaned and tin cans, paper and dead
weeds removed.
Denver's List Of Don'ts.
Hartford. Conn. instituted a
Cleanup and Paint-up campaign
and then It stayed clean. The fol-
lowing year the fire loss was re-
duced $4,000 and the death rate
was reduced per cent. The re-
suit in Boston was that the follow
ing year there were 1908 fewer
fire alarms and. from a health
standpoint. 1t was declared to be
the best year in the history of the
city.
The Denver Cleanup and Paint
up campaign committee distributed
an effective fire prevention circu-
lar: the "don'ts" can well be fol-
lowed by every citizen in every
community:
rags, paper and useless waste to
accumulate in or around buildings.
DO not allow matches kept in
your homes, offices and stores in
other than metal boxes. Use
safety matches.
DO not allow children under 10
years Of age TO use matches.
DO not use lamps and lamp
burners that are not clean.
DO not forget to clean your chim-
ney and stove pipes occasionally.
DO not tamper with or extend elec
trio wires; employ an electrician.
DO not keep gasoline in other than
aid-ught cans painted red.
Rubber Gas Tube Dangerous.
DO not fill tank of gasoline stove
when lighted and by daylight only.
do not permit a rubber tube con-
nection to a gas stove.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
Make Washington
Cleanest U. S. CITY

The cieanest town In the world
Is the best town to live in. Best
because 1t Is the heaithiest. Best
because It has the fewest fres.
Best because II is the most beau
tifuI.
This Cleanup, Paint-up cam
paign reduces fire insurance rates
and fire loss; II Increases property
values: makes gardens OF vacant
lots: removes unsafe buildings:
swats the fly; develops school and
home gardens; makes cleaner al
leys, yards and homes; educates
children I'm fire prevention and
cleanup measures; plants trees. re-
moves rubbish: makes more attrac-
tive and safer homes and places OF
business. II develops q community
spirit that permanently insures a
cleaner. safer. healthier and more
beautiful city.
Willing corporation in this work
will accomplish wonders-a magic
transformation of our city will be
the result. It willAwill you?
Cleanliness Ia the best life insur-
ance. II is the best fire insurance.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
eLEAN TOWNS
MAKE HEALTHY
] T0WNSpE0pLE
Cleanup and Paint-Up
Ends Fire and Disease
Menace.

No progressive publisher in the
United States today needs to be told
Of the value OF sanitation in keeping
his town a fit place in which to live.
nor is Il necessary for the publisher
to tell his readers Of the advantages
Of such cleanliness Nothing but care
iessness as a rule is responsible for
the habit of piling trash in dark cor
ners, or allowing rubbish to collect
where 1t becomes a menace to health
and a constant source of fire danger
But people will be careless. Always
there are a few who are unmindful Of
the fact that the risk they are run
ming in leaving filth about Is also a
risk to their neighbors and to their
eommunityi as a whole. These people
must be reminded. Nothing will "get
the fact to them better and quicker
than a Cleanup and Paint-up cam
paign.
= Health officers in your town or
state know that germs are more q
menace to the community than hos
tile Germans. The invisible germ
II more deadly il he be left alone
in his favorite breeding places
piles of trash and rubbish in back
yards and barn lots. and in the dark
corners of our cellars and attics.
1nfantile paralysis. typhoid. tu-
berculosis. diphtheria and similar
disease germs flourish in the dark.
dzmp. filthy places. A system of
tnspection was in operation in Ala
nseda. Cal. last year. when the sani-
tsry condition of each house was
shown to the public by pIacards
posted after the inspection. These
placards read: Clean" Dirty" or
.tFilthy." Put it up to your people
by asking how their own places
wsuld stand if such a practice were
fdlowed in your town.
: Advantages of n Clean Town.
She Saturday Evening Post re-
cshtly told clearly of the advan-
tsEes OF a clean town. 1t said. in
part:
"a man may live in a pigsty and
get used to it; but even he notices
the difference when he gets out. A
tom may be so used to dog fennel
aud ragweed on the streets. and mos
qefto breeding ponds along the lower
read and tin cans and rotting rags
irEback alleys-that it does not have
the nerves and blues and chills every
time it sees itself. But the stranger
who sees IT afar of. even from the
car window, does not stop unless he
is-compelled to. and then gets away
on the first train. Moreover the looks
Of town unquestionably affect the
spirit of the people. And a raggedy
town has a raggedy soul.
1nstead of sweating to raise 10000
bonus to hire some alleged manufac-
.tifer to come to town, the Com
mercial Club had better raise $500 to
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
CLEAN-UPS POPULAR
In RURAL DISTRICTS
Ohio Agricultural Board Boost.
Campaign Among Farmers.

The incentive 10 clean up and paint
up which is stirred IN the breasts Of
the townspeople is shared by the sur
rounding rural districts. The Ohio
board OF agriculture issued q bulletin
urging the removal OF ramshacklt
farm buildings. the painting Of those
that remain. trimming hedges and
trees. spraying shruhbery and clean
Ing and painting tools and machinery.
Secretary W. w, Flanagan. of the
Federal Farm Loan Board. says: III
hardly needs any argument TO con-
vince anyone that a well painted.
weli kept home or barn would natural
iy be appraised at a higher value than
one not 30 renovated"
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
MAKE THE CLEANUP
A CONTINUOUS JOB
Work Should Be Kept Up After
Campaign Starts.

Don't call il a Clean-Cp and PAINT
Up week" or. worse yet. day" so
redolent OF the annual bath. IL Is
what its name implies-a campaign for
cleaning and painting; and campaigns,
be II noted. are continuous things >
they continue just as long as there
is anything worth campaigning for.
and in the Clean-Up and Paint L D.
hne eternal vigilance and industry are
the price of liberty from dirt and
disorder.
A real Clean-Up and Paint-Cp cam
paign does not stop in a week. a
month. or a season unless the town or
community has reached the point
where il can clean up and keep clean.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

do not empty ashes in other than
metal cans.
do not carelessly throw cigar and
cigarette stubs where they could cause
a fire.
DO not permit the use OF wood Gus
pidors.
DO not fail to warn your children
of the dangerous bonfires."
Most preventable fires originate in
neglected rubbish. in back yards. at
tics, cellars. etc. Clean up and paint
up-make your home and community
sanitary. beautiful and safe.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
START DRIVE FOR
SPOTLESS TOWN
Removal Of Rubbish Re
duces Fire Danger. I'm
proves Properties.

The big Clean up and Paint up drive
Is on Civic patriots In more than
1000 towns and cities found. last year.
that their efforts in local clean up
and paint up campaign work made
their communities safe for the babies,
besides protecting grown-ups from dis
ease.
They learned that the removal of
rubbish from attics and cellars. sheds
and barns. back yards and vacant lots,
materially reduced fire danger, vastly
improved the looks of private proper
ty and public thoroughfares, increased
house and land values, stirred up the
pride OF the property owner In his
holdings and the pride of everybody
In the looks Of the town.
They learned that small repairs to
puifdlngs OF all kinds, to fences, etc.,
saved big repair bills and much more
work and trouble later on. And thew
learned that a bucket of paint and a
tub of whitewash will do more to
prevent rot. rust. vermin and dirt ac-
cumulation than anything else-not To
mention the pleasing change in ap-
pearance that paint and whitewash
give.
Exit Old Man Dirt.
That's why they're mobiIizing now
to hand Old Man Dirt the rusty tin
can that serves for a hat and speed
his departure with broom and brush.
rake and shovel; to make the .oid
town" shine and glow in spotlessness
as though emerging from a bath and
rundown.
An Indianapolis newspaper estimates
that more than 100000 people IN
America are engaged in these cam-
paigns for the Improvement of their
communities. That is Approximately
the number. of men left under arms in
the European war. counting off the
millions killed and manned and can
tured. What a magnificent army. and
with what magnificent purpose n
fights: If We have begun to despair
OF civilization, in view of oversee
events, let us just survey our own
volunteer army of 100000 engaged in
making thousands of communitIes
cleaner and brighter and more health
ful and happy, and take heart of cour.
sge.
1t is not to be disputed that the
material environment influences for
good or evil the spiritual inner man.
household sanitation and personal
sanitation are twins. The tooth
brush is merely the smaller brother
or the paint-brush in this family of
spiritual upiift. Conversely. the
scrub-bucket is the little sister Of
the bathtub. Laundered linen and
vanished woodwork are kin-folks.
The new spring suit or millinery
outht dovetails with the clipped
lawn, the painted fence and the
swept street.
solution of Sanitary Problems.
As a matter of fact. from the
standpoint of economy. it is cheaper
to keep things in repair and looking
well than to allow them to go TO
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
Minister Urges Clean-Up.

Many a life needs cleaning up ans
painting up. A life may get very
dirty and shabby. Just as a house OF
city will, and herein is the spiritual
value. says DIR. Rhodes. From tbs
outward adornment of the country.
side and the city We may be led
to consider the inward betterment OF
the soul.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

As a matter of fact from the
standpoint of economy. it is cheaper
to keep things in repair and looking
well than to allow them to go to
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20

DO not fill tank of gasoline stove
when lighted and by daylight only.
do not permit a rubber tube con-
nection to a gas stove.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-20
WOMEN TO Lead
CLEANUP WORK
American HousewivesHave
Sense Of Necessity for
Home Renovation.

Here are some pointers Tor womer
who would regenerate Their commu-
nity with q real Cleanup and Paint
up campaign. as suggested by Mrs
Clarence J. Baxter, State chairman Of
civics and health. Missouri Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs. and chairman
Of the women's committee of the Ma
tional Cleanup and Paint-up Cam
paign Bureau, st Louis:
Tea Good Suggestion.
L Take away all the ashes and trash
from your back yard Immediately.
Send your rubbish TO the dumping
ground.
?, Suggest to several men with teams
that they drive through the alleys
with a sign. Cleanup Wagon" on
their wagons. also a bell calling atten-
ton People are only too glad TO pay
such a man for hauling their trash
away.
g. Burn all rubbish that will burn
Clean your vacant lots and alleyways.
T. Make your street and parking
look as trim and well kept as possible
5. Refrain from throwing old pa
per, banana and orange skins into
the streets.
G. Plant some grass and flower
seeds to make your home beautiful.
Use Plenty Of Paint.
Z. II your store front is dingy. paint
IL Nothing will do more to improve
the appearance Of a town than the
liberal use Of paint.
e II there are unnecessary. insight
ly sheds in your back yards. tear
them down. They detract from the
beauty OF your home and the town
Open spaces and fresh air are bet
ter.
3. II your walk is an eyesore to
those travelling over it. repair IL
or build a new one.
TO- Clean out the alleys back OF
the business houses at once.
BY all means do your part 70 helm
make your town cleaner and more
attractive.