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% x.^AGE TWO __ Wfyat the Depart ture Is # Women Kim Curb Market. A curb market recently organized l>v the women of Miami. Fla., lias proved so successful that the city council has taken it over as a municipal enterprise. The plan was worked out by the urban home demonstration agent of the United States department of agriculture and the State agricultural college, together with several of Miami's pub-i iu-?|iiunu nuuivu, in oruer 10 give fairer prices to both the housewife tuul the producer. A committee co-, operates with nearby truckers in arranging for the produce. The truckors are panting every two weeks in order to guarantee the women a constant supply of fresh vegetables. Fruit, eggs, butter, cottage cheese., and poultry are also sold. A fee of 25 cents is paid by all those selling products. This goes into a general fund for advertising the market and beeping the street clean. Farm Rurenu Grew to Meet War Needs. County farm bureaus, 725 strong, with a membership of over 300.000, are bringing to the United States <lepartmen^of agriculture and the State agricultural colleges the organized help of patriotic American farmers in planning and executing the agricultural production and conservation program. During the last year, with the help of the department and the colleges, 497 new bureaus were organized to meet the r war needs, and the membership in-! creased from 96,000 to its present fitrnro Tn < Ko ?nu* ..QUI v. <>l (.UC UV T? \ UU 111 ? I UI III UU* j reau is found a local agency in which the entire extension movement of the' county centers and where the county j agent. the home demonstration agent, the leader of boys' and girls' i club work, and the farm manage-i ^ xnent demonstrator work hand In hand with the farmers and their I families in all matters relating to the advancement of agricultural. "43 home and community life. Uncle Sam Supplies Films. One motion picture film is now heing supplied every two weeks by the United States department of agriculture for release in the Universal Screen Magazine. These films show in an interesting and educational department and of the important lessons which the department is trying to teach. Films that have already been released show work of the pig clubs, road building, forestfire prevention, poultry manage-1 mcnt. cattle and sheen erazine ??nl the national forest, typos of hoi-j ' i*es, en-operative berry growing i 111 tlie Pacific Noi.hwent, the governmoot's method of tree planting on .the national forests, how the d<' ^ jnient regulates logging on the} Zonal forests, and the work of i forest ranger. Boys ami <?irls Plant lleel Seed for, S> flip. ltoys and girls in 18 states have planted 1'?.4 I I ounces of sugar beet seed supplied them by the United States department of agriculture for the purpose of making sugar-beet ? syrup. These seed were secured through the bureau of plant industry and distributed by the States Ite.ation Service to 18 state leaders of boys' and girls' club work in the . north and west. Kach boy or girl receiving an ounce of the seed is, pledged to mow it and to make the beets into syrup It is estimated ~r that, with average yields, this might result in the home manufacture of ; int.re than 40,000 gallons of syrup, which may be used in m tnv ways a a sugar substitute in general cook-i ing. I' A '? Farmers Itaising Own Food Supply Farmers are becoming more inde1 pendent in regard to food supply than they have ever been since be. * fore the Civil War, in the opinion of ^ A field man of the United States de i partment of agriculture, who re-J * mnH V rrtf ti en f r/?m e ?> in?.?vAA*iyv? trip in New York and the New Kng-t land states. Farmers in that terri-i ?*? torv who have never before raised wheat, barley, and buckwheat are .^s growing small patches of such crop-; for their own use. i? .* * _ r <* FIkIi) I'lft .Army WorinJ" In Florida. , More than 20 specitfiisfs of the "United States department of agriculture are co-operating with state officials of Florida In combating the -serious outbreak of the semi-tropical' .army worm in the castor bean fields' slong the eastern and central pa-i*! of Florida. About 40,000 acres ln( Florida were planted In castor beansl his year to supply oil to the wan partment for use in the operation | <rplanes. It is estimated that the f * THE LANCAS I-BOATS COMMUNH . r A V WITH PERSONS O ment or Agricul- ? Kuidt'i-H May Even Hai ll/klflflT Members of Crews to ft lnforniation. , , . . . . Washington.. Aug. 22. army worm has destroyed hundreds .. , . , . . ? . , , . 7 . Hon furnished by officers of acres and caused injury to thou- .. , , . ? . , v , attacked by German s""ds of acres of the beans. Through , .. , .. . . along the American the co-operation of the war depart- . . Al . . . , strengthened the belief hi ment several tons ot arsenate of lead , , , , eral experienced officials have been shipped to fr iorida for use .. .. . .. . the enemy raiders have in combating tlie pest. The situation ,, , . ... ^ munication with persons is well 111 hand, reports state. One , ... , . .. and may even have lande brood of worms has about run its ... . . ? . ..... . . . oi their crews in an effor course miu aennue pians nave oeen ... . , , . . . reliable Information. Thi made to control the next brood which _ , .. , , . partment, officially refus is expected in a week or 10 days. * _ , .... .. dorse this belief, though the possibility. , I'otato Harvesters troni Towns. _ ... Positive claim that he About 1,800 helpers will be need- New York 8aloon an offlpe ed to assist potato growers in the 8ubmarlne that 8Unk th( Hightstown. N. J., district to har- 0 R jGnnlnRS ls made t vest the 18,000 acres of potatoes offlper Qf thftt vefl8e,( acco that are ready to be dug. This was gtory reachinR the depar, determined at a conference held re- recORnlt|on betwecn the cently at Hightstown at which Dr. E. , ? ,. . . , nnd German is said to ha1 V. Wilcox of the United States de- . . . , . . stantaneous, the latter r partment of agriculture presented ? . , , . , 1 . escape when the America the urgent need of residents of towns .... , , . , , . . to a brother officer ace and cities to help potato growers. As .... ..... . him for confirmation of a result of the meeting town organi- ... , ...... . Other instances have b zations have circulated pledge cards . ...... ... , . , . not so well substantiated, asking tor volunteers from factories, ... , . coverv of evidence that G odices and stores to spend a day or . ,. .. , , . , marines have been in cl the hours after their reguiar work in ... ^ .. ... . with the shore. One f the potato fields picking up the pota- .... , . , , this line was that the ca toes after they have been dug by ma. . . , . . , , coastwise vessel, being chines and packing them in barrels. . , the submarine, with his r 1 he same organization used to secure this labor will be employed abounded to see on the < later to secure labor for harvesting German commander cop corn and doing other emergency ^ ^ a"'oa t'1P farm work Communication betweei ers and the mainland is Guard Milk for Naval Cadets. srorea of Places a,on* (1 ,, ... , .... shore, naval officials belli The quality ot milk furnished for ... , . .. regularity of the America the use of the future naval officers . , , -T ,. . c . . . certain points making sue of the I nited States navv at Atinapo- ? ... ..... , , i j t, r rom authoritative sou lis is being closelv guarded. Itepre- , ... . .. . . .... ? learned that there Is rea sentatives of the dairy division of _ the United States department of ag- * at 1 ree erman riculture make monthly visits to the tt >. i c. i i i t ciii cohsis ii inrci' senai United States naval academy dairy at GambriUs, Md., and on each visit N%? ? t,eae have receni the dairy is scored and the bacterial ?Perat'nE either beca count is taken of a number of sam- s,or69 have become exhai plea of milk and recommendations a result of daraa*e for improvement are made. There ,art ,h'1 pn'rol fli are in this dairy about 200 grade known tbat tho activities . Ilolstein cows. CPased immediately af stroyer reported having Number of Hull Associations Grows. dePth bonlbs near the s . , . . ? U-boat submerged, runners are taking advantage of the opportunity to use purebred hulls afforded them by membership * oinninmler Uralses "N In a co-operative bull association. Hrig. Gen. F. M. Calri Fight is the net increase of co-oner- manding general at Ua alive bull associations lor the year Huttiesburg, Miss., and ended June 30, litis, and eight oth- It. Owen, the camp's chii :s are now in process of organiza- have written letters ?>f 1 tion, according to the dairy division to George I), liooth, gen of the United States department of tary for the Rod Triangl agriculture. On July 1 this year 4 3 S' ,y General Ualdw associations were in operation, as that the soc'r.l and ath! onipa oil to 36 on July 1, 1S* 1T, one ties of the "V" ?ive e invn association in operation last year 'e saiil that the organlzat >< ing disorganized. Fleldmen, county ttonal work has a direct agents, and otliers working in en- mak'tig available as operation with the department have troops who would net ot had a part in establishing these as-o go. eiations. There is an average of 5 + n>re-bred bulls in each organizat on Government to Cnntro and an average of 225 dairy cows , In ( alitornia co-operatl ments have been made w Record \ ear for < aiming Indicated, dividual ow ners controll Reports from manufacturers of 250,000 acres of timberlar canning supplies who have conform- by the forest service assun i?il rnrnm movwl * 4 i<\nu nf t ho I'nit/wi <l<it/w? .??wi a .. u t;?? v.. v.w ...j w i utiii^u uviv wiift anu i m n u i m ii States department of agriculture in that may occur. This pr the making of equipment indicate obtained at an average co that the interest in home canning is cents per acre paid by the increasing rapidly. There is a wide spread demand for more equipment (Massed in Front Mmthat will save labor and time in can- Rev ,Janie, Kenned ning. It is estimated that there has m<.r,y of SavaImah Ga . been during the year a 50 per cent ;mK,e worker h;|s bfien m( increase in the number of firms man- ..... , dispatches to America fro ufact uring home canning supplies, an , . ... . , ,, 11 having displayed splendi average increase of 2a per cent in , , ami bravery wben gassed he quantity of equipment sold, and ... ? ? .... hut during a German at in Increase of 300 per cent in the do- . ... . . . .... I where in Fiance. lie is inand for rubbers ot standard quali- , , , I now ami has written bacl tv. Some ot the department s can, .. . no one is atraid to pay t ning instruetions have been nublishII)GC6<SQ! V laudungcii anu uivio man i"" uubi- __________________ ness concerns have reprinted the di- j VVood lections for free distribution to their ; employees and customers. ? /^1 How Town People Aid Farmers. How the little town of Delhi, sit-' _ uated in the Catskill Mountains inj ncrcas?# Cfop p New York state, is aiding farmers in ; U* imprOVCS the surrounding community in se- j &nd makes fin ex curing much-needed labor Is told by grazing and foragt a representative of the United de- llffVUVQ EAI I CA' partnvnt of agrieulture. who has re-' tVUUU J r ALL \*A cently returned from an inspection Ju>t Usu<jd Tell# A? trip in that district The local com-; ^ a mereial club of Delhi has organized ^1*11X18011 I some of the business men of the Alfalfa, Fulghun town who are willing to do farm 1 LL D work after ?, o'clock. The farmer, ADD1TUZZ1 K.ye 8IK who needs help telephones to the r anJPawhw club, <it 3 o'clock the volunteer 3riII dllu VJqiQGH workers climb into automobiles and F"OR FALL SOV report to his farm for a half-day's Catalog mailed free. \ work. About SB l,u.lne.? men are pric" ?' "ny ! being placed every day on the farms _^____ around Delhi. The local' minister T W WHAT) ft has set the example. He spends one " " vVI/ OL day helping each of the farmers In SeedsmetI * Rich] his congregation. ITER NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C. ATE FRUSTRATES PLAN OF N LAND THE ARTFUL GERMANS | I!? * re l^amicd Alien Property Custodian Uncover Obtain j Scheme to ltetain Ownership of Bayer Company. ?Informa-j "New York, Am?. 26.?A schem of vessels | whereby the former German owner submarines of the $10,000,000 Bayer compan> coast has (manufacturers and Importers c Bid by sev- ^ drugs and chemicals now the hand here that of the government, hoped to acquir had com-ja substantial part of the company' on shore business through organization of d members subsidiary company, has been fru; t to secure trated, A. Mitchell Palmer, alie e navy de- property custodian, asserted in ar ted to in-1 nouncing he had taken over the Wi admitting i liains and Crowell Color companj line., of New York, with $250,000 i met In a ! undisturbed dividends, r from the; According to Mr. Palmer, the Wi e schooner liams and Crowell Color company >y the first i Inc., was organized with dummy d rding to a rectors and stockholders by Charlc tment. The J. Hardy, New York lawyer; an i American Herman C. A. Seebohm, director an ire been in- ! secretary of the Bayer compan naking his January 17, last, and was finauce n appealed w'ith funds of the Bayer company, lompanying Seebohm, former director of th his belief. ! Bayer company, and four other me een heard, [connected with the company, were a of the dis- rested by agents of the departmer erman sub- of justice and are being held for ir ose touch vestigation as dangerous enem story along aliens. The other men heid are D plain of a ltobert J. I'abst, Adelbert S. Egii ordered to and Carl A. Heiser of New York an apers, was Dr. Hutz of Boston. According t lesk of the Mr. Palmer, first suspicions as to th les of the' connection between the Bayer con same date, pany and the subsidiary were gleai a the raid- U<1 l)>' special agents in questionin possible at Christian Stamm, the Providence r< tie Atlantic P'esentative of the Bayer compan] Jve, the ir- w'Di a view to his internment as n coasts at ! dangerous alien. 'h possible. | ueciureu ine nrsi sic roes it was iafter organization of the William ison to be- nm' Crowell Color company, Inc submarines was Hie purchase by 11a. rt;- and Sim the Amerl-' hohm of the Williams and Crowe ate points.! ^olor company of Providence, f tly "ceased *100.?00f with funds of the Haye iuso their COI,lPany- At that time, Mr. Palmt isted or as Hay8> Hardy had In his possession a red in con- ?Ption for a water front site s eets.- It is ^^gewater, N. J., which had been si of one boat cured by Seebohm. ter a de- The". according to Mr. Palmer, ai discharged ran?en,ent waa made between tli pot where Kayer company and the William iand Crowell Color company. Inc whereby the latter concern was give Work. Iwel!, com- !*"? ???? nip Shelby. J Col. James ef of staff, 'igb praise ieral secree at Camp ell stated <Mic activiilnable .1 I f ill I tires Chevrolet "Four N otectton is st of 1 1-2 owners. AND NO Hut. y, Jr., fora Ited Til-! motioned in n> Paris as I 11 In deciding tli i n a Y | ? tuck some- termed complete recovering ! "i guess Therefore, in s he price if fy?' Toilrillg Cai your demands ii ? 7 I venience. I's Seedy I It has an elect rtvpr w^e(-^s arc furnished. And e?Und : U llas a cellent t?ld UP into the e crop. | body and finish, TALOC It has speedoi About every feature of over, selling far above iOats, We'd like notl I all Other j ]<>t "Pohr Ninet; i Seeds J l/ING. ^ ^ m Hpaa 2t W.E.C sons,; qs. mond, Viu ! ' .. *.? L ' 'a I'tf. an exclusive contract for the sale of dyestuffs to the Buyer company, at 5 prices which gave a profit of $50,000 a month. 8 When the profits of the newly organized company reached $150,000, the amount paid for the Providence plant, plus $50,000 which had been taken out of the Bayer company 8 funds for operating expenses, the j money was repaid, into the treasury of the Bayer company, Mr. Palmer says, and stock of the company was , .issued to naturalized Germans, who were in reality dummies for the former owners of the Bayer company. As corporation papers of the subsidiary provided that not more than 10 per cent annual dividends should I ?>e paid on the company $100,000 r' capitalization over $1,000,000 would II be piled up In two years with which 1 to further the German hold on the chemical industry in the country. LT Mr. Palmer declared. ???? d AN 1TAMAX STEAMER HAS d FIGHT WITH A SUBMARINE y An Atlantic Port, Aug. 26.?An d Italian steamship which arrived here reported having had a running fight ,e| with a German submarine off the n' New Kngland coast last Tuesday. r I Five of the steamer's crew were init jurcd and the ship had a six foot hole stove in her amidships by a shell y from the U-hoat. r. ' Do You Get The News? ? i e - CLOSING OUT PAINTS p We have a full line of Rights grade Standard Paints and will make s|MM-ial prices for the next thirty days in order to close out our paint stock.. .Also a full line ir of l?est automobile and huggy si' palntH at reduced prices. Come n quick, this is only good fo rtliirty days. First come, first served. Three thousand dollars worth of r- paint to 1m? sold in ill) days. ie * Bennett-Terry Co. n i inety" Touring Car, the busy man's t f n h VlUt ? w * iniV| mivu* >W A POPULAR PRICED T COMPLETELY EQUIPPEI ic degree of motor car equipn only the purchaser's viewpi luting that the new model Che is completely equipped, we 1 i equipment essential to your ric starting and lighting systei i fitted with demountable rim* a tire carrier is provided fast -proof one-man top, with impi top. Flaps on top of doors fo are likewise provided. meter; pockets in the doors; t refinement that is commonly a Chevrolet prices. ling better than to demonstrat y" Touring Car is all that we < jKCtrN, I caster, Chester and Union Coi NCASTER, SOUTH CAROL] a?. \ La : *nJESDAY? AUGUST 27, 1918. ; FORMER EMPLOYES OF W. U. TO HE REINSTATED ^ i Men DIsrhni'Kttl Because of AtflliuJ tion with Tplt'KraphorH' Union Will Bet urn to Work. | New York, Aug. 26.?All former employes of the Western Union Telegraph company who were discharged because of their affiliations with the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America during the recent difllculties between the company and the union before the company was taken " -fl . over by the government, will have the privilege of reinstatement, it was announced by the company. Vice- President Atkins of tho company, made the following statement: "Conforming with the policy laid down by the government all former employes of the Western Union Telegraph company released solely because of the affiliation with the Commercial Telegraphers Unions of America, are now eligible for reemployment with the company." Between 650 and 700 men are affected by the ruling, Mr. Atkins added. ! The difficulties between the West ern Union and the telegraphers, which involves a threat of strike, arose from the refusal of the com,pany to deal with tho union. The % company discharged employes who ' joined the union and organized an association of its non-union employes with which it announced it would \ii deal exclusively. Notwithstanding a *"|J decision of the war labor board fav- It oring the contention of the union, J the company refused to modify its position, and the recent action of the covernment in taking over telegraph and telephone lines followed. * i SHERIFF'S POSSE IN BATTIjE WITH DESKKTKRS FROM ARMY' Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 26.? A number of alleged deserters from, the United States army, tracked by a posse into the hills of Mingo county, W. Va., resisted, and in a pitched battle which ensued, Deputy Sheriff Cleorge Dillon and a man ' named (Kills were killed. Aid was asked from Charleston land a special train carrying deputy | United States marshals and members of the state military police, is rushin V I ?t I hp onnnn T vi oof *r m n m | of the militia reservation from this city are en route to Mingo. assistant. Price *735 j OURING CAR % lent which may be tint counts. VTnh't " Koilf Vi?io_ nean that it meets ' comfort and con11. one extra rim is ened to the rear. oved curtains that r protection of the is ilted windshield? yB ssgciated with cam. 9 fl e that the Chevro- Bk daim for it. tmm Dealer 1 mties, 4 ^ v # -a.. #