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OVER A MILLION AND A HA ' WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANC r IN THE UNITED STATES By Peter Radford . Lecturer National Farmers' Urion ? ?' Our government never faced so imendous a problem as that now ly dormant at the doors of congress J !the legislatures, and which, wi ?aroused, will shake this nation fr 'center to circumference, and mi j civilization hide its face in sha That problem is-women in the fi* The last federal census repc jshow we now have 1514,000 won (working in the field, most of th [south of the Mason and Dixon ii : There were approximately a mill (negro slaves working in the fie jwben liberated by the ?mancip?t: proclamation. We have freed < [slaves and our women have tat 'their places in bondage. We ht broken the shackles off the negri :and welded them upon our daughte The Chain-Gang of Civilization. A million women in bondage in t ?southern fields form the chain-gang 'civilization - the industrial trage .'of the age. There ls no overseer qu -so cruel as that of unrestrained gre< .no whip that stings like the lash ?suborned destiny, and no auctionee '?block quite so revolting as that of . ?g?nized avarice. The president of the United Stat was recently lauded by the press, a very properly so, for suggesting me . ation between the engineers and ra ; road managers in adjusting th( t schedule of time and pay. The en j ?neers threatened to strike if th? i "wages were not increased from a ; ?proximately ten to eleven dollars p :day and service reduced from ten ?eight hours and a similar readjui i ment of the overtime schedule. O' ?women are working in the field, mai lof them barefooted, for, Jess than ? .cents uer day, and their schedule . ;the rising sun and the evening sta and after the day's work is over th? ?milk the cows, slop the bogs and roc .the baby to sleep, is gijtine media -?ng over their problems, and to who: shall they threaten a strike? Congress has listened approving] to those who toil at the forge and b :hind the counter, and many of 01 statesmen have smiled at the threat and have fanned the flame of unre? |among industrial laborers. But won -en are as surely the final victims < ?industrial warfare as they are th burden-bearers in the war between ni ftions, and those who arbitrate an mediate the differences between cap *tal and labor should not forget tha when the expenses of any industry ar unnecessarily increased, society foot the bill by drafting a new eonsignmer of women from the home to the fleh Pinch no Crumb From Women's Crus of Bread. No financial award can be mad without someone footing the bill. an> we commend to those who accept th responsibility of the distribution of ir dustrial justice, the still small voice o the woman in the field as she plead for mercy, and we beg that they pincl no crumb from her crust of bread o put another patch upon her raggei garments. We Deg that they listen to th? scream of horror from the eagle 01 every American dollar that is wrunf from the brow of toiling women anc hear the Goddess of Justice hiss at < verdict that increases the want o\ woman tc satisfy the greed of man. The women behind the counter am in the factory cry aloud for sympathy and the press thunders out in theil defense and tbe pulpit pleads foi mercy, but how about the woman ir the field? Will not these powerful exponents of human rights turn theil talent, energies and influence to hei .relief? Will the Goddess of Liberty enthroned at Washington hold the cal loused hand and soothe the feverish brow of her sex who sows and reaps :the nation's harvest or will she permit the male ol' the species to shove women-weak and weary-from the \bread-Hne of industry to the back al leys of poverty? Women and Children First. The census enumerators tell us that of the 1.514,000 women who work in the fields as farm hands 409.000 are six teen years of as? and under. What is the final destiny of a nation whose fu ture mothers spend their girlhood days behind the plow, pitching hay and hauling manure, and what is to become of womanly culture and refinement that grace the home, charm society and enthuse man to leap to glory in noble achievements if our daughters are raided in the society of the ox and the companionship of the plow? in that strata between the ages of sixteen and forty-five are 950.000 wom en working as farm hands and many of them with suckling oahes tug ging ai their breasts; as drenched in Perspiration, they wield the scythe A Test for Liver Complaint Mentally Unhaprjy-Physi cally Dal?. The Liver, sluggish and inactive, first shows itself in a mental state unhappy and critical. Xever is there joy in living, as when the Stomach and Liver are doing their work. Keep your Liver active and healthv by using Dr. King's New Life Pills; they empty the bowels freely, tone up your Stomach, cure yonr Constipation and purify the Blood. 25c at Druggist, Bucklen's Arnica Salve excellent for Piles. The treasures of the deep are not so precious As are the concealed comforts of a man Lock'd up In a woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings, when I come but near the house. What ? a delicious breath marriage sends forth The violet bed's not sweeter! -Middleton. THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROBLEM. As school opens there are thousands of mothers who will tie troubled over the child s lunch, so that a few ideas and suggestions will be welcomed just now. One likes the lunch to be tempting as well as nourishing, and it means thought and planning to accomplish this so that they may not say, with Dickens: "I live on broken wittles." The country child who trudges over long country roads in the pure, sweet air, will need a heartier and more sat isfying food than the child who leaves a steam-heated house and is sheltered from nature's wind and air. Few know the nutritive value of nuts. A lunch basket should never be packed without a few of some kind or other. Baked apples, jellies of various kinds, and fruits are always most satisfactory lunch basket foods. Home-Made Deviled Ham.-Chop very fine one pint of boiled ham, more fat than lean, six hard cooked eggs, one teaspoonful of mustard, the made kind, season and press in a mold. This will keep for weeks, and makes fine filling for sandwiches. Cottage cheese, cream cheese, and always any kind of cheese is good for the lunch. Wrap it well. Baked Bean Sandwiches.-Mash cold baked beans to a paste, season with mustard, and finely chopped celery, spread between buttered brown bread. Creamed Cookies.-Cream a half cupful of butter, add one cupful of sugar, one weil beaten egg and a half cupful of milk, three and a half cup fuls of flour, one teaspoonful of soda, and two of cream of tartar, then fla vor with lemon. Roll out and cut and put the following filling in between two cookies before baking. Cook un til thick, one cupful of raisins, juice and rind of a lemon, one cupful of sugar and a half cupful of water, with two teaspoonfuls of corn starch. Half of this will be sufficient for a small rule of cookies. ; Let us get rid of our false estimates, set up all the hight-r ideals-a quiet home; cultivate vines of our own planting; a few bool;s full of Inspira tion of genius: a few friends worthy of being loved and able to love us in turn; a hundred Innocent pleasures that bring no pain or remorse: a devo tion to the right that will never swerve: a simple religion empty of all bigotry, full of trust and hope and love: and to such a philosophy this world will give up all the empty joy it has.-David Swing. CHESTNUT TIME. This wholesome, delicate-flavored nut is not appreciated a3 it should be. There are any number of delicious dishes to be made wholly of the nut or in combination with other foods. Chestnut Custard. - Blanch, boil until soft and mash through a col ander a quantity of chestnuts; to one cupful of the pulp add three yolks of eggs and one beaten white, one cupful of milk and half a tea spoonful of vanilla extract, with sugar to taste. Pour into a buttered dish and bake slowly. Make a meringue with remaining whites and two table spoonfuls of sugar, spread over and brown in the oven. Garnish with pre served cherries. Chestnut Sauce.-After roasting a turkey, remove the fat from the pan gravy and stir in two tablespoonfuls of flour to the little fat left, which will be about three tablespoonfuls; if more than that, let it cook down. Pour in two cupfuls of boiling water, stir un til smooth and thick. Season with salt and pepper and add a pint of mashed cooked chestnuts, a tablespoonful of chili sauce or a few drops of tabasco. Pour into a sauce boat and serve with the turkey. Mashed Chestnuts. - These are served in place of potatoes and are seasoned as one does potatoes. Cook the blanched nuts in milk until very soft, then mash and season with salt and butter. Curried Chestnuts.-Shell and blanch ono pound of chestnuts; stew in stock until tender. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter, add a teaspoonful of sugar and a sliced onion, one chipped apple, one tablespoonful of curry and a tea spoonful of sweet chutney; moisten with one cup of stock or gravy and cook until the apple ls soft, then rub through a sieve, add a squeeze of lemon juice and simmer until the nuts have absorbed the flavor. Serve with plain boiled rice. CORN CLUB PRIZES Scholarships and Cash Given by H. G. Hastings in South Carolina and Other States Atlanta, Ga.-(Special.)-Corn club prizes for Southern boys in South Car olina and nine other corn-growing states of this section have been renew ed for 1915 by H. G. Hastings, gen eral chairman of the Georgia corn show committee and chairman of tne agricultural committee of the Atlanta chamber of commerce. The prizes amount in all to $1,200, in cash and scholarships, and will be awarded under the direction of the government corn club agents in each state. In South Carolina Mr. Hastings has offered $100 to be divided into tnree cash prizes of $50, $30 and $20, or to be awarded in scholarship form, ac cording to the wishes of the South Carolina corn club authorities. In Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and North Carolina, Mr. Hastings offers $100 in each state, either in cash or scholarships, accord ing to local arrangement. In Georgia, his home state, he offers a $250 schol arship in the State College of Agri culture and two additional cash prizes of $30 and $20, respectively. The great educational value and constructive force of the corn club contests, in addition to the marvels they are accomplishing in increased corn productions, are emphasized in an interview given o.it by Mr. Hast ings in connection with his announce ment of prizes. Mr, Hastings said: "The interest now being taken in corn production, by the federal gov ernment, by state officials, by leading organisations and individuals, is, in my opinion, the greatest constructive force now operative in agricultura? affairs in America. For too long tne tendency of education in the rural school Avas to draw boys away from the farm, but the corn clubs are now combining with true agricultural edu cation to influence the boys to form new ideas and new ideals of farm life. The corn club work is growing in value and importance with each successive year." Will Surely Stop That Gouaft. i|i|i|?h|llii||lllMli|l"Hi';:,ilitli.niii,nih ill" ?:;i::|:i|?Hil?HJ Lessons Cc J F the child has a b study by. The i saves eye strain. It its best-clear, mellon The RAYO does noi is easy to light, easy t rewick. The RAYi cannot get a better la STANDARD O (NEW J] BALTI1 Washington. D. C Norfolk. Va. Richmond. Va. secs Medical College of the Charleston, 5 Departmenss of Mei Owned and Conti 86th Session Opens October ls Fine New Building ready for c( tageously located opposite Roper Hi in the South, where abundant c tains 218 beds. Practical work for Senior Stud Special Feature. Large and well-equipped Labon Department of Physiology and ?1 Charleston Museum. Nine full time teachers in Lab< i Six graduated appointments ea For catalog1 adriress: 5 1 OSCAR W. SCHLEE S2B ^ilK:!^OME3aE3 NO AOVANC SLUSKY'S R00I ON ACC0UK Our materials have advanced consi mense stock before rise of market, TRACTIVE LOW PRICES as form* SHINGLES, TIN PLATE, GALVA? RUBBER ROOFING, Etc. It will never be lower. DAVID ' Phone 100. Your ('old is Dangerous Break it up-Now. A Cold is readily catching A run-down system is susceptible to Germs. You owe it to yourself and to others of your house-hold to fight the Germs at once. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Roney is fine for Colds and Coughs. It loosens the Mu cous, stops the Cough and soothes the Lungs. It's guaranteed. Only 25c. at your Druggist. MANY TROUBLES BUE TO AN INACTIVE LIVER Many of the troubles of life such as headache, indigestion, constipa tion and lack of energy are due to j inactive liven?. o I ' LIV-VER.LAXis ? a natural, vegetable remedy that j will get the liver right and make J these troubles disappear. It has none of the dangers or disagreeable effects of calomel. Get a 50c or %1 bottle of this splendid remedy from your drug ! irist today. Everv bottle bears thg likeness of L. K. G rigs by, who guarantees it through. GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. l?ii?iiuiiiniHHiiiii?MipniiiiiininiunininiHiiiiiiBiiiiH ?me Easier ig, generous light to Rayb LAMP is kerosene light at w, and unflickering. t smoke or smell. It :o clean, pnd easy to ) costs little, but you mp at any price. IL COMPANY ERSEY) Chcrlotte, N. C. lyi/^lllt? Charleston, W. Va. VlUKfc. Charleston. S. C. m Mm State of South Carolina louth Carolina Jicine and Pharmacy, rolled by the State, t, 1914. Closes June 3rd, 1915 rcupancy October 1st, 3914. Advan ospiial, one of the largest Hospitals finical material is altered, con ents in Medicine and Pharmacy a itories in both Schools. Embryology in afRJiation with the oratory Branches ch year in medicine. TER, Registrar, Charleston, S. C. iii' ? i\y\i*n^?*nnTjat'royi" ,'?! u,u -wnirTioaga II|.j?"!?>? riT* T :E IN PRICE nm MATERIAL ?T OF WAR iderably, but having purchased im we are offering the SAME AT ?rly. Get our prices on METAL S?IZED (CORRUGATED IRON and pay you to buy NOW as prices will SLUSKY 1009 Broad Street Woman Finally Recovers From Nervous Breakdown Impoverished nerves destroy many people before their time. Often be fore a sufferer realizes what the trouble is, ne is on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown. It is of the utmost importance to keep your nervous system in good con dition, as thc nerves are the source of all bodily pow?r. Mrs. Rosa Bonner, 825 N. 18th St., Birming ham, Ala., says: "I have been suffering with nerv ous prostration for nine or ten years. Have tried many of the best doctors in-Birmingham, but they all failed to reach my case. I would feel as if I was smothering; finally T went into convulsions. My little girl saw Dr. Miles' Nervine advertised in the papers and I at once began to take lt. I continued to take it for some time and now I am well." If you are troubled with loss ol appetite, poor digestion, weakness, inability to sleep; if you are in a gc;;eral run down condition and nimble to bear your part of the daily grind of life, you need some thing to strcngth.cn your nerves. You may not realize what is the mat ter with you, but that is no reason why you should delay treatment. Dr. Miles' Nervine ? has proven its value in nervous dis orders for thirty years, and merits a trial, no matter how many other remedies have failed to help vou. Cold by all druggists. If first' bottle falls to benefit your money is returned. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. FREE ^Jg^ FREE Memoirs of Napoleon In Three Volumes This man caused the last general European war. His personal memoirs, written by his secretary, Baron De Meneval, are full of the most absorbing incidents, especially in view of the present great Euro pean struggle. Just a hundred years ago, his ambi-' tions bathed the Continent in a sea of blood. France alone, under his leader ship, fought Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, and Great Britain-and --won. Get these Memoirs Free Byspecial arrangement with the pub lishers of COLLIER'S, Xhe National Weekly, we are enabled to Oifer a lim ited number of these three-volume sets of the Memoirs of Napoleon free with a year's subscription to Collier's and this paper. 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All persons owning property of any kind whatsoever, or in any capacity, as husband, guardian, executor, ad ministrator or trustees are required to make returns of the same to the Audi tor under oath within the time men tioned below and the Auditor is requir by law to add a penalty of 50 per cent to all property that is not return ed on or before the 20th day of Febru ary in any year. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 60 years except those ex empt by law are deemed taxable polls. The 50per cent penalty will be added for failure to make returns. For the convenience of tax payers. I or my representative will be at the following appointed places on the dates mentioned to receive tax returns: Roper, W ednesday Jan. 13. Meriwether, Thursday Jan. 14. Collier, Friday Jan. 15. Red Hill, Saturday Jan. 16. Clark's Monday Jan. 18. Modoc, Tuesday Jan. 19. Parksville, Wednesday Jan. 20. Plum Branch, Thursday Jan. 21. Morgan's Store Friday Jan. 22. Liberty Hill, Saturday Jan. 23. 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