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The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
MEAT PRODUCERS
DID FULL DUTY
Increase in American Hogs Win
Help to Meet World Fat
Shortage.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION.
Government Justified In Stimulation
Of Pork Produetion-SevenfoId
Increase Over Pre-
War Exports.
FARMERS SAVE SITUATION.

Through increased production and
conservation we will be able this year
to export seven times our pre-war
average exports of pork products.
With the heavy demands added in car
ing for the millions who have been
freed from German oppression, the
Department of Agriculture and the
Food Administration are justified to-
day In our every action Of stimulation
of hog production. In the coming year
the greatest world shortage will be in
fats. AID pork will help to save this
situation. The efficacy of the policy
of stimulated production has built up
In this country supplies which will en-
able us to supply very large part Of
the fat deficiency of the world. In
beef there must be q shortage in Eu-
rope, due largely to limited refrigera-
tor ship capacity. All freezer ships
available, however, will be filled BY
America, Argentine and AustralR.
The contribution made by the pro-
ducers of this country to the war pro-
grams as applying particularly to ami
NAL food products is illustrated by the
following:
Reports compiled by the Q. S. De
partment Of Agriculture indicate an
Increase In cattle Of 10.23S,000 head
and 12,441 900 hogs. These figures
were compiled to January / last.
In this period there was decrease
in sheep of $4,000 head. The indica.
tions are that this decrease will show
an increase, according to recent re-
ports.
Since January / unofficial infsrma-
ton indicates an increase In hogs of
not less than 8 per cent and not
more than 15 per cent. as compared
with one year ago, with an increase in
the average weight
Following the request of the q. s.
Food Administration for an increase
In hog production for marketing in the
fall of 1918 and the spring Of 1919 the
increase may yield not less than 800.
100000 pounds more of pork products
than were available last year. With.
eut-this Increase che shipping prcgran
arranged by Mr.. Hoover regarding an
irnaI food products would have been
fu1possible.
The dressed hog products during the
three months ending September 30,
1917, amounted to 903, IT., 900 pounds,
while for the corresponding months Of
1918 the dressed hog products totaled
1,277. $50 900. an increase of over 37A.-
600 900 pounds for the quarter.
During the same period for 1917 the
records of inspected slaughter of
dressed beef showed 1,263, 100000
pounds as against i,454, ,oO0, 900 pounds
for tho three month period ending
Sertemher !. this year.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
sPRAY.YoUR.oRcHARD WEEK.
If You Are Interested In Orchard
Work See County Agent French.

The Spray-your-orch Week cam
paign last year was so successful and
such good results obtained until it
is repeatedagain this year.
Last year Mississippi alone under
took the work, but this year Alabama
and Louisiana, and, probably Ten
neseee, will be added to the list.
While other counties in the State,
and other States are making rapid
progress in the growing of fruit and
protecting that that they have, let's
make Hancock county one of the
number also. Much progress can be
made along this line by carefully Sc
leeting those fruits that are best a.
dopted to this section, by presistant
efforts on the part of the grower IN
keeping the trees well pruned, and
protecting them from the ravages of
the insects.
IF you are interested in the putting
ou: of an orchard, il. pruning or
spraying the one you have, do not
forget that / am at your services to
give any inordation or assistanre
you may need.
! Many have spoken To me already
to assist in the pruning and spraying
of their orchards and the putting out
ofnew trees, so if you have any work
to. do along this line and have not
made arrangements you had better
do so at once. The only expense at
tached to the work will be for the
4erial used.
mi + o FRENCH. County Agent.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
ARMENIAN SYRIAN
DRIVE IN MISSISSIPPI
FEBRUARY ; TO 10th
America Raising Thirty Million Dol
lars-Mississippi's Share is $780,
OOO-And VIII Raise 1t.
HANCOCK COUNTY'S QUOTA is
ONLY NINE HUNDRED.
OF This Amount Bay ST. Louis and
Vicinity Is Called to Raise Three
Hundred and Fifty Dollars.

Nine hundred dollars is the amount
allotted for Hancock County in the
Armenian-STrian drive to be held III
Mississippi during the week February
$40. Of this amount Bay st. Louis
must-and will-raise $3.50 90.
Hon. D. R. Weston, of Logtown, is
chairman for Hancock County and
Hon. R. W. Webb chairman for Bay
st. Louis, with Mrs. A. F. Fournier
chairlady of the Woman's Working
Committee This committee will be
a most active one and bright and
early Monday morning start its work.
Thirty million dollars is the amount
this country will raise for the ma
tions of the Turks cruelties Missis-
sippi has pledged to collect $150,000
and will surely go 'over the top"
Bay St Louis and Hancock County
too, will, without doubt, respond
fully to the call.
In the name of humanity, you are
asked to open your hearts and purse
and give freely.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
NAY WAIT UNTIL APRIL 2I

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3O.-Be-
cause.-the Lenten season this year does
not begin until April 8 the treasury
is considering the postponement of
the next Liberty Loan campaign form
April 6 as planned tentatively to
April q.
Bankers are urgin" the treasury to
make the interest rate on the next
loan 3-4 or 5 per cent, but officials
are inclined to keep it lower if pos
sible. They rely strongly on the pa
triotic impulses Of small bond buy
ers to bring the boys home" and
''finish the Job These phrases
probably will be adopted as campaign
slogans.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS URGED
TO COMPLETE WORK.

Jackson, Miss, JAM 30.-A sperial
order is being sent OUT t~oo, +ho Office
of Adjutant General Scales directing
all local draft boards in Mississippi
to put forth heroic efforts to finally
complete their work before the 18th
of February.
1t is especially desired that the final
lists of all deserters Or draft evaders
be furnished prior to the date named,
and all papers and records of the To-
cal draft boards forwarded to Jack
son.
While no official notice to this eff
feet has been received, the Adiutant-
Generals office is under the impress
sion that the local draft records will
all be forwarded to Washington. It
is certain, at least, that the State has
no building large enough for their
proper storage.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
LETTER FROM BAY ST. LOUIS
BOY OVERSEAS.
Oliver Sylvester Writes to the Folks
atHome Interestingly-Let
Dated After Signing of
the Armistice.

William Oliver Sylvester, of Bay
St. Louis, SON of Judge w. 0. Syl-
vester, who has been in active SER
vice in Europe for the past several
months, with Co. C, la, Engineers
has written letter to his home folks
here, which was dated right after the
amistice A few extracts from the
letter follows and will be read by
the many friends of Oliver, who is
one of the finest boys we know of,
with a feeling of pleasure and inter
est The letter in tabloid follows:
On Active Service With American
Expeditionary Forces-Nov. Is, 1918
Dear Folks =
| received your letter today, dated
October Ia and 17th, and was certain
ly glad to hear from home. 1t was
the first letter that Ireceived in two
weeks or more | also received the
newspapers.
How to Keep the "Flu" Away.
| am we'll and doing fine; have not
even had a cold yet, and hope that
everybody at home are well. Am sor-
ry to hear of so many deaths from
influenza, and it is we'll to be careful
A good advice from the doctor here
is to grease your lips and nose with
vaseline
C. Moran is back with us again. He
came in today and is looking fine.
Roar of Big Gums Extinguished Lights
/ might be able to write often
er now since the big guns have quit
firing since II o'clock Monday. They
honestly roared so that they would
jar out all of our lights. We have
nothing but a piece of a candle to
write by. We call the Germans Jer-
ry, so we could not have much light
as it was because Jerry would COM
mence firing on us at once from air
raids and artillery fire, so you can
imagine how much time we have to
write.
Jerry" Kept Them on the GO"
We are always on the go in the day.
We have been moving from one to
two days lately trying to keep up
with Jerry, but think it is all over
with now; hope so, anyway.
Expects to Be Home Soon.
Everything seems to be on a stand
still now. We are all figuring on
being home before long. | guess
everybody was rejoicing in the States
when it was learned that peace was in
sight and assured.
Oliver Has Experiences Galore
| guess that | could write pages
after page of experiences that | have
had, but these keep for when / arrive
home and tell them to you in person.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
HERE'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.

The Junior Red Cross Chapter
of New Albany, Miss, has adopted an
Armenian orphan. A check for sixty
dollars has been sent to Director c..
FL. Currens of the drive for Armenian
Syrian Relief, and this amount will
feed one little hungry Armenian for
a whole year. Other Red Cross
Chapters are invited to follow this
example. There are nearly a half
million orphans that need some one
to adopt them.
A full supply of Typewriter Rib
bons for sale at The Echo Office
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
WAR SAVING STAMP
SALES OVER BILLION.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-War
saving stamp sales this month, in
creased over the record of last month,
sent the total of receipts from this
source above a billion dollars.
The treasury reported today a
total form sale of war stamps and
thrift stamps since they were placed
on the market thirteen months ago
of $1,049, 100000 innluding SIT
100000 estimated sales for January
With the stimulus given the cam
paign by the new methods and re-or-
ganized committees this year next
months sales are expected to ap-
proximate $100,000,000.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
SPECIAL MEET|NGOF
BOARD Of MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
HANCOCK COUNTY.

HANCOCK COUNTY,
Pursuant to a special call, special
meeting of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Bay st.
Louis was held at the City Hall on
Saturday, the 18th day of January,
1919, at 8 80 o'clock P. NJ.
There were present R. W. Webb.
Mayor; w. H. Starr, Louis Schwall.
aldermen; Albert Jones, City Mar
shall; S. Ladner, secretary. Abb
sent-R. S. Blaize, L. c. Carver, al
dermen.
Call for Special Meeting of Board of
Mayor and Aldermen.
To the Aldermen of the City of Bay
st. Louis, Miss
State of Missisippi-Cityo of Bay st.
Louis.
To w. H. Starr, R. S. Blaize, Louis
Schwall and ALICE Carver, aldermen
of the City of Bay st Louis Miss.
You are hereby notified that spe-
cial meeting of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen, Of the City of Bay
st. Louis, is called to meet at the City
Hall, in said city, on the 18th day of
January, 1919, Saturday at $3.50
o'clock P. M.-the object Of said
meeting is as follows: To pay labor
ers and salaries, including school jan
itors. X. w. WEBB,
Mayor.
The City Marshal will execute and
return the above notice instanter.
r. w. WEBB, Mayor.
Attest: S. J. Ladner, Clerk.
Received the above call at $50
o'clock on this the 18th day of Janu-
ary, 1919
ALBERT JONES, City Marshal
We, the undersigned aldermen of
the City of Bay st. Louis, hereby ac-
knowledge service of the above call
upon us personally at least three
hours before the time of meeting and
waive copy of call.
w. H. Starr $50; R. S. Blaize out
of town; Louis Schwall 9 o'clock; Al
ce Carver, out of town.
| have served notice on the above
aldermen at least three hours before
the time of meeting.
ALBERT JONES, City Marshal
The following bills were allowed,
approved and ordered paid out of the
following funds:
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
IT'S A SIMPLE PROBLEM.

If you haven't seen anything about
the Armenian-Syrian drive, which
starts Monday, February 8, before
Won glimsed this little storyall you
need to know is that four million
people, including 100000 children
are starving, and the only thing that
can keep them form death is the elp
of America Remember that and help
when the time comes.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
$21, 900, 900 MORE is NEEDED.

The Armenian-Syrian drive, now
under way in the United States, has
produced thus far only nine millions
of dollars. Thirty millions are need
ed. Mississippi is expected to give
S150,000 of this total the week of
February $40. It is necessary that
everyone help, if this total is to be
attained
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
TEAR OFF YOUR CLOTHING AND
SELL IT

Pull off your jewelry and pawn it
Strip your house of its furnishings
and auction them
Let your fire die and your larder
go bare
Turn off your lights
Cease your pleasures and stop your
Injuries
Put out of your life everything that
is dear to you-
Let your loved ones die slowly and
of torture
Burn your city
Let filthy, germ-ridden, Shiny wa.
ter trickle down your throat
Let your parched mouth taste of
hard, dry, mouldy bread
Let your empty stomach feed on
rotten meat
Then walk-walk on and on and on
until your feet bleed and tester, walk
until your tongue bangs out and your
body shrivels and aehes-then walk
lust a little farther, until you drop
praying for food and wishing for
death
and not even then
We have everything-they less
than nothing
will you experience one-half of the
hcsrsble suffering that is being daily
experienced by the millions of Ar
nnenians and Syrians and other sui
ferers in the Near East. Pitiful Gre
ztures who are hanging on day by
day-eking out piserable existence
in living Hell.
All of them waiting snd begging
FOR vour help
We will answer their cry for teiS-
We viii gladly share our bounty,
..-Srom the Memphis Commercial
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
CIVIL SERVICE PREFERENCE
GIVEN MILITARY MEN.

WASHINGTON. Jan. -330.--A bill
giving preference to soldiers, sailors
and marines in government civil SER
vice employment and providing for
immediate reinstatement of en-
ployees who resigned to enter mill
tary service was ordered favorably re-
ported yesterday by the house COM
mittee on civil service reforms. Men
who were wounded would receive pre-
ferential treatment.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
WEEKLY NEWSNOTES
OF BAY RED0POSS.

On the past Tuesday3 Miss Eva NJ.
Norton, field secretary for over 20
counties in Mississippia was present
at the meeting and gav3 US some in
struction as to some fesy things not
entirely understood. She emphasized
tha fact that Educational and Home
Service were the main isutIre acti-
vities of the Red Cross.
Under Educational is the Junior
Red Cross work Mr.. Graft is chair
man of the Junior Red Cross work
and is desirious that you communi-
cate with him, and do your part in
pushing it.
Home Service Work is a Fine Test.
Facing the enemy at home is Home
Service and is quickly becoming the
test of the real quality of our patriot
ism. In time of war the supreme test
is whether or not one will give his
life for his country. In time of peace
the supreme test is how much of his
time, effort and thought one will give
for his country.
Home service helped to win the war
against the greatest external enemy
our country has ever faced.
Homa Service can be made a pow
erful instrument against internal ene-
mics to which we may now attend
more effectively that peace seems SO
imminent and SO certain.
The following statement is one of
the sort that has made Home Service
one of the most admirable moral ad
ventures on record:
"My father died while he was max
ing a Red Cross speech in country
school house. He had just told the
story of the Good Samaritan, MAX
ing the point of the Red Cross being
the greatest neighbor in the world. .
'sIt is hard for me to take up this
work again just now, but | have such
a beautiful example before me of
one who did not consider his feelings
when a thing seemed the right thing
to do"
1t often is hard to go on doing
Home Service 1t often was hard to
keep on walking into the face of
German machine gun nest. 1t is,
however, the right thing to do-to go
on! And there are examples of hero
ic service in both fields.
Free Movies to Show Folk In Country
Red Gross Work.
Free movies! And Red Cross mo-
vies at that. In the streets, park,
church, school and any other place
waere there isn't regular moving
picture show-the story of the Rcd
Cross as told in films will IL carried
soon. The free movies will be under
the direction of the Department of
Publicity. Gulf Diyisiop A M. G.
Details OF tie free movies are be-
ing prepared and viii be sent the
Publicity Chairman of every Chapter
and the only requirement is that there
be electricity il the town; the opera
TOR viii DO the rest.
Shipments Made During the Week.
CTS small gauze sponges, 9 paja-
ma suits, 45 helpless case shirts, 19
comfort kits 134 pairs socks, and 8
sweaters.
Refugee garments: 10 petticoats.
95 boys shirts and o5 child's under
shirts.
Home Nursing class still very in
teresting and practical demonstra-
tions will be given on Fridays.
Do not think that the above ship
ments mean that there is nothing
more to do at headquarters, for Il
new allotment is waiting to be given
out Call and ask if there is anything
you can 10.
Executive meetings on Tuesday af-
ternoors at a o'clock.
MRS. THOS. B. CLIFFORD,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01

Only a few more days until the
Campaign for Relief in the Near
East begins its efforts in Mississippi.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1919-02-01
HAVE YOU THE SPIRIT?

A poorly dressed old man walked
into Armenian-Syrian headquarters
at Jackson the other day and search
ing though all his pockets dug up five
nickles, which he gave as his share of
the States fund of $150,000 to be
raised the week of February $40. 1t
was all he had When the committee
comes to you, will you give as quick
ly and as generously?
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Died of Disease

Died of Disease
Street Jersey City. N. j.
SLATER. Corporal Harry c., 16 Manhattan
Avenue, New York.
PEANE. Cook John David. As Union Ave-
nue. New Rochelle, N. Y.
GREEN. Private Paul. 453 Bergen Street,
Newark NJ j.
MARTHA, Private Louis Carl. 81 Mon
taua Avenue, Buffalo.
VOORHEES,. Private Prime, 60 Edward
Street, Brooklyn.
Changes in Status
The following cabled corrections are issued
lists:
Returned to Duty, Previously Reported Died
CARROLL, Hugh pvt, dS9 Main Street,
Killed in Action Previously Reported Miss
ing i'll Action
RURNS, William f., corp, 652 Marcy
Avenue, Brooklyn.
nue., Richmond Hill, N Y.
RUSNAK, Benjamin, pvt, Sd Clinton
Street, Yonkers, N. y.
Returned to Duty. Previously Reported Miss
ing In Action
HUGO. William H., corp, 400 Part
Avenue, New York.
MASSERlNA, Sabine. pvt. Florence N. J.
Returned to Military Control. Previously
Reported Missing in Action
kiELI. William T., pvt, d5 John Street,
Norncll, n. y.
Erroneously Reported Killed in Action
ToDOROWsK1. John, pvt, 81 kosciusco
Street. Buffalo, N. Y.
Marine Corps Casualties
The following casualties are reported by
the commanding general of the American
EXpedtionary Forces:
Killed in action, nine; died of wounds rc-
ceiVed in action seventeen missing in ac-
ton, two. Total, twcnty-eight.
Died of Wounds
RAMFORTH. Jack, PVT. $40 West 17Sth
Street. New York.
n. Y.
Killed in Action, Previously Reported Miss
ing in Action
HoP'TA, Joseph H., sgt, dol Mulberry
Street, Newark. N. J.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-26
Army Using lreea
As Radio Towers:
War Secret Out
General squier Reveals III,
Important Discovery; l.
Working Perfectly as
Receiving Apparatus

WhSH1NGTON. April 25.-Thc dis
coYery that every tree is a potential
wireless tower was announced to-day
by Major General Squier. chief signal
officer Of the army, rc7ealing another
wer secret and telling the story of
how, while hostilities were on ashore
and ahoat, the American army with
string Of stations using tree tops as
antennG read messages from ships at
sea and the principal European radio
statior8.
General Sqaier made bis disclosure
IN paper read before the pbysicai
Society OF America. Afterward he
took tho scientists out into the woods
and demonstrated portable field
laboratory, erected there for expert
ments in development of the discovery.
lie showed how natures wireless tower
was nothing more than a tall tree,
preferably a eucalyptus, with a small
wire netting spread below and an in
sulated wire hanging from a spike
driven near the top.
The General began experiments in
1903 with view to using growing
trees IS antenne, his attention having
been attracted to the subject by the
discovery during army maneuvers at
Camp Atascadero, Cal, that telegraph
and telephone buzzers, imperative
with ordinary grounding because Of
the dry season and unusual character
OF the soil, became operative when
connected with the trunk or roots OF
a tree.
Like the underground wireless de
veloped for the navy, by Jatnes H.
Rogers, the tree top radio has been
used with perfect results so far only
in receiving, but it also has been used
successfully for transmission over
short distances. Radio telephonic
messages have been received through
trees, transmitted by them into Wash
ington and there transferred to the
wire system.
"From the moment an acorn is
planted in fertile soil" said General
Squier, "it becomes 'detector' and
receiver of electromagnetic waves and
the marvellous properties of this re-
ceiver through agencies at present en-
tlrely unknown to us. are such as to
vitalize the acorn and to produce in