Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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UNIVERSITY DEAN OF WOMEN BROTHERS DIVIDED BY THE/WAR ,V vSt'Vit country. Tho bureau also will seek to brins about increased conservation <>f food products by encouraging natur al storage and drying ofrthe products best suited* fo (hose methods of presejx cation. Farm Products and Animals. Under the- food' producible,-fdll (be department’s work for/fUe conserva tion of, farm products, -Including lip* -flock, will J»e greaGy'extended. The *t Hites’- relation gftXVW w|n nddto Its staff many bounty and x*ity agents, who will give instructions and dotnonStrfi-' tiqns to^dill parts of the country in cann|ng, drying and the preparation of foytfl products In other forms which Avtll protect them against spoilage'. The bureau-of ^markets will seek to re duce—loSsos due to faulty handling, packing, shipping and marketing. The consequences, Germany has exercised no restraining influence and indeed ^litres largely in the Ottoman guilt. “Palestine Is somewhat cut off Iron! the world trttd news of thp dreadful ’ happenings within its borders reaches : civilization slowly. Iy "is usually ini- ! possible to learn thh fate of individ uals, but a got#! general idea of the situation Is Vh'our hands.^ ' _• *' r “The iilisftster that befell the Ar menian nation is being meted out to the mixed. non-Turkish population of Syria and Palestine. Families are be ing massacred, towns and territories evacuated, communities plundered add given over to pillage. “Recently the town of Gaza was or- dert’irWacuated.J In pursuance of th“ order the Inhabitants were forced To set out upon their Journey* with noth ing hut the .clothes they wore. All their belongings were left In their homel and These were Immediately de livered over to the Turkish troops for loot. There were the usual scenes of waritoh destruction and willful defile ment; no women were spared the cus tomary accompaniment of a Turkish iWisvIwX/xi-A Forces making for the conservation of live stock and animal products will be put Into operation by the bureau of animar Industry. This work will In clude, ns already mentioned, uam- pnljjn for the reduction of losses^ live stock frrnn animnlSdisonsos, losses of eggs through faulty handling and visitation l_ooting of Jerusalem Thorough. “Grtea having heea pillaged and the soldiers rmt . yet being sated, it was proposed to carry out the same pro gram at Jerusalem,-tHie head notables, however, protested that, having seen the exhlhition-at At»t*ftrth^5>refcrred to chance the risks of war to'-emiur-. ,lng the certain agony. of, a forced evacuation. This answer and protest displeased the pasha so n>uch that he promptly had the deputation trans ported to Anajolla and Is taking spe cial mfeasuri V : ;$ to- see that his scheme lor looting Jerusalem 1* oot hindefedr by organized passive resistance for the extension of other lines of tl work of the der&rtrnent. - . •> I ■ l.l-fru. UfiniH ft FUa Unitt ' • ,- ! j ' , ■ ■ - -.fry.. BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA R * $11,346,400 to Re Spennn Stimulating Production arid Protec tion and Conserving orCrops—Farm Help Activities to Ottoman Extended—Marketing Assistance to Be Ex tended to the Producers. butchers Slav inhabit ants, Seeing ""Their Own Doom Is Sure* Washlngton.—The task of 'maintain-. Ing during,the war an ample supply Of food will be attacked on a still —^larger -eeal« -by the United States de partment of agriculture through a score or more of-projects, under the provisions of f Jhe food production bill Just enacted by congress, > While rhost of the projects will extensions of present activities, somb of them will represent new undertak ings. The task will be to find just where the country- stands In so far as,the adequacy of the present food i supply is concerned, to speed up the production of food crops-wherever this can he done, and to stop as many as possible 'of the leaks thrjoukh which hundreds-of millions of dollars’ worth of edible products annually Is wasted. Eleven million three hundred and for ty six thousand four hundred dollars are made available for the work In ithe food production bill. This money- is for epiergency use in addition to the funds appropriated in the regular, ag- rtcUlttjnfl appropriation bill for the usual activities of the department. Tin* bill also Is Vlstinet »from tho food con trol bill a measure having to do chief ly with the regulation of the distribu tion of food. Vr-* ; To Increase County Agent Force, One of the most important steps to be taken in the emergency, agricultural work will be the extension of the ex isting force of county agents, the joint field employees'#f the department and the states; whrrrnme Into most direct contact ’with faojivrs. With the addi tion'of the new county itfcents, an agent will be situated In practically- Overv agrit-ultirral^couuty- iij the Unit-* - , annually stores and the normal consumption* In ofder that such actlou^s may be nec essary to Insure a 'sufficient, supply- may be taken Intelligently Farm stocks and supplies In retail stores and In the hands of consumers will be es timated, and stocks held-by- wholesale Jobbing, storing, manufacturing and other commercial establishments will be enumerated. If" is contemplated that fhe survey will be ’.followed by monthly reports on several of the more important commodities, and If the .emergency requires it, by another sur vey after an Interval of perhaps six months. ‘ Production Will Be Stimulated. In ^addition to the activities under the three projects mentioned, special work Will be undertaken by many of the bureaus and offices of the depart ment oUUgrlculture In the' Interest of increased production and for the con servation, protection and Improved handling and marketing of crops and live stock. The bpreau of "animal in dustry will sp«*k fo bring Nahout in- < rcas,(*d pnvduetlon of hogs and poul try, the two live stock products capa» "MW :of- fiiost rapid Increase.* Tip* agents of this bureau also will locate surpluses of hogs in heavy producing 'areas and' farmers in other sections of the country with good facilities for hog raising, in the effort to bring about more economical distribution of FATE IS TERRIBLE Situation In Palestine Moat Serious A Since War Began—Germany Ex ercises No Restraining influ ence on Her Turk Allies. Cairo, Egypt.—The situation In Pal-.j estlne is the most serious since the war began. A scheme for the looting of Jerusalem is already being execut ed ujid throughout the country the Turk has embarked on a calculate^ policy of plundering and killing the native Inhabitants, so that if they are forced to vacate the country they will leave behind them a desert. The only thing that can save them, the only hope that bouys them up, is that the British armies now hammering at the gates of the Holy Land may soon drive out the Turks. Information about conditions In Pal estine Is received here from many sources, some more or less direct, but most of-therp roundabout. The fol lowing statement of the situation la given to the Associated” Press by an official in touch with all these sources: '‘The attitude of the Young Turks ; toward the unfortunate non-Tu,rkJsU~ races within their empire has always been harsh and oppressive.- During tho war it has been An open campaign of robbery, exploitation and massacre,, for the Young Turks,- realizing that the r 1 PAGE THRU r> [ [■ •. . c >s^ %-JKlhg Ferdinand of Roumanig reviewing a brigade of his rcorguritzecTforCOs. 2—Wind an Anjetlean battleship-on one of the burger on which the "projectiles are assembled. 3-r-Vew photograph of MaJ. Gen. William A. Mann, who will command the Forty-second division, soon to he sent to Franck rcjdug on a big torpedo for -vwv hogs. .Efforts also will he made lndl- ^partition of the lands under their rule rectiy to Increase a gnimal production ,j s unavoidable, huve-determined to get combating animal ed States t ha t_.wll Pro-opera te_to advise and assfst farmers in every way pos sible on matters of production, conser- - vntlon and marketing. The number of woman county agents in rural coun ties will be considerably increased and other woman agents will be placed in a Humber of the larger towns and cit ies. These women will stimulate the production of .garden truck, poultry and other products by women and chil dren, and will advise and instruct In ’ regard to the m«<s? efficient methods of food utilization- and conservation. Labor and Food Problems. Under the food production hill the office of farm management of the'de- partment. In co-operation with the United-States department of labor, will extend the farm-help activities .through which farm laborers and the farmers who most need them have been brought together during the pres ent seasbri. The third of the ^uoro Important of the emergency projects to be carried -'•-out Ivy .the"'depart ment uf agriculture _ls a quick survey oT the food situation. This activity* will he for the purpose by combating animal diseases and ■pests, especially hog cholera, tubercu losis, anil the cattle tick, which cause losses aggregating millions of dollars The bureau also will en deavor to stiuuilnte the increased pro- as much as r they can 1>ut o^ the In habitants while they are in posses sion. f 1 Hate All Subject Races. .. “The stupendous wickedness' of the extermination of the Armenian tldn cannot he dismissed as- a mere SCENE; DURING FOOD RIOTS IN AMSTERDAM duct ion arid. utilization of-’dalry food; amt will carry on a campaign for the device of Oriental statecraft or as a . country. The bureau also will help . .of ascertaining as nmmitelv,as P9^- ,„,„ ltK , ( , rs !imt couMtmerr to TbrmnaP* hie the condition of the. c.ouutry s food roIatlons thro q fih the ONLY FEMALE AHMY SURGEON more general production of Infertile A'lriTS The bureau of'entomology will ex tend its activities in the field to pro tect crops and live stock. It will as sist In organizing communities for com bating insect pests, both of crops and live stock. Marketing Assistance. Producers will be given advice by the bureau of markets regarding im proved methods of packing and hand ling food products.. The bureau also will extend Its market news Service to include grain, hnjr and seeds, dairy particular measure aimed at one, par ticular race, for It Is Turkish policy towards’ not only Armenians, but Arabs, Greeks and Jews—in fact all peoples who ure subjects of th^ Turk, ITut nre not themselves of Turkish blood. “While there \vns some prospect of being able to retain or even enlarge their empire, the Turks, although treating their subject races badly, did’ not actually sock to destroj- them; To day,. knowing thems^Ly^s doomed'.it Is their calculated policy to kill off the Inhabitants of Palestlrte and extort the • Dutch troops guarding the palace at Amsterdam during the serious food riots that took piu.ee there and In man/ towns of Holland. ' / and poultry products, ami To cdVCt j °unCe of money and goods from’ more fully vegetables and fruits and : them,, so that If they are forced to. va- meats and meat products, and will as- ; cate the country they will leave be- sist In solving local truck marketing hind them a desert—a poverty-stricken problems. Those services will make :in, l depopulated land, public facts as to supply, demand and j “Their policy is not consistent with movemeht of food products, intended military or economic needs and is not to help In the elimination of the lost : supported by even the slenderest pro motion and economic waste existing I texts for its necessity. It is dictated In the marketing machinery of the 1 solely by a savage brutality. The roct "business parcel post. With the extra funds furnished, by the. hull the bureau of plunt industry will greatly* increase its war against "destructive plant diseases which annu ally bring about the loss 'of considera ble proportions of the crops of the Turk has In the past shown some ap titude for d|plbfnacy, If little for statesmanship, but tho .modern Young Turk of the committee of union and progress is an Infinitely worse tyrant j than his predecessors, and all the native savagery and blood lust that i are his heritage now find vent' fitr deliberate and organized crimes. Hi works untramfnoled by diplomatic con vontion and reckless of the Inevitable Doctor Mark land is the only female * fnmi ffll,uro to produce infertile eggs surgeon in the Hritish army. Doctor Markland is a ratst unusual miss, and the distinction which she holds has been won br ker great skill as a sur- .. geon. She holds a reputation in her. pri vate practice which makes her one of x the foremost women surgeons in the ' ^world. J \ -, Doctor Markland will render service very probably l.n one of the hospitals behind the'firing lines In, France. She has won the commendation ot many -* pit y-gnr mr 1 1 rrrrr wr intumg^nw 11 wnair f a^api .inCiwi bin ' ■ she offe^l her "services to , the army, -she was accepted after some delibera tion as to whether a woman doctor could serve in tb* arinj* rimka Ther- is little question, but that *, -Do< v * Markland will prove tha* wom- \en doctors hi the field can be of, con siderable tjenrice, arid soon many more «.r, »>er sox will be seen In the ranks. and movements to assist in the more economical distribution of lings. • In the latter work field-agents of the, bu: reau of animal lndug^T will bring to- gether owners of Surplus hogs' and farmers having facilities for raising more hogs. This should result In the distribution of the surplus stock from regions of heavy "animal production and expensive "feed to parts of the country where animal Industry Is not well developed and where pasturage and feed are relatively abundant and Berries Keep 21 Years. Monticello, Ind,—Mrs. Ida Foss, a farmer’s wife living near this place, recently opened a can of hncklebenies that had been pat up 21 years before and found them In perfect condition. “The system of oppression in Pale» tine is thorough, but it Is alpo stupb* and wasteful. Cavalry horses are al lowed to graze bn su^b of the scant/ young crops as the wretched Inhabit ants have been able to grow, so that there will be no grain this year. In a country which la already well-nigh bar* of com." *vX Dr. Aristine P. Munn Recbt,..daugh ter of Dr. John T. Munn, president of. the United States Insurance company, has heen appointed first dean of wom en of New York 1 university. Doctor Kechrjls n graduate of Bryn Ma»vr, 1909, and of ^John Hopkins, 1913. u BAER IN “RUBE” MAKEUP This picture of J. M. Baer in “rube" makeup waa circulated all over the First district of North Dakota aa a campaign document for Hr. Baev% These are two sons of Mme. Schumann-IIelnk, the prinm donna, who are fighting against eai^h other In the war. August,' on the right, Is serving In tho Gerrawn navy, un^ Henry, on the left, has enlisted In the naval forces of the-t^dlfed States. X. r . ' . MOTHER SHIP FOR SUBMARINES This la a mother ship for German aufcmaxines. campaign race for cnngr—. « -rf ■ 1* ..