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Boy Scouts of America.) SCOUTS AIDING HOOVER A Scout who eats corn pone for breakfast instead of a slice of wheat bread may have no idea of performing a patriotic duty, but upon just such small choices depends the success of the United States in the present strug gle. The president long ago recognized the necessity of producing the maxi mum of food, utilizing all of it to the best advantage and preventing waste. For this purpose he appointed Mr. Herbert Hoover as American food ad ministrator. The housewife holds the key to the situation. If each saves a pound of bread a week for each person in the family, we shall have 100,000,000 bush els more of wheat this year for our nllies. A saving of two cents on each meal every day for each person will ?ave to the nation for war purposes $2,000,000,000 a year. Every Scout will be glad to help his mother and the other women who are bearing their share of the burden of war. Even though he prefers toasted wheat bread, he will eat his corn gladly and have the wheat for the allies. Even though he likes meat, he will eat his reduced portion cheerfully, re membering that beyond the seas are Scouts who have not tasted meat for months. He will apply the butter more thin ly, and also learn to relish food which contains the minimum of shortening. He will ask for vegetables and fruits grown in the home town, for these the .railroads do not have to carry. . He will put on his plate only that which he is sure he can eat, and then ?clean the plate. He will help with the canning and preserving, as well as the harvesting. With his troop he will co-operate with the local women's organizations ?which are promoting the plans of the food administration. Mr. Hoover has sent this letter to Chief Scout Executive James E. West: "I particularly hope that the Boy Scouts of America wifl lake a keen in terest In the work of the food adniin "GOSPEL OF THE CLEAN PLATE." The Boy Scout Wastes Nothing, And If He Gets Two Helpings He Cleans That Up Too. llstrntion. I should like to have them get behind me in my efforts to help lout in managing the food problems of .the country. "I know that they have already as sisted greatly in stimulating food pro duction. "We are planning to ask all of the homes in America to rearrange their .methods of living so as to handle the food supply in the most intelligent [manner. The Boy Scouts can help .out in this by assisting in the enroll ment of the women of the country in ithe food administration. Our plan is to ask that a pledge be signed and that a housecard, designed as a United States shield with a few hoads of wheat about it, be put up in the win fdow of each home. j "Many homes will be difficult to preach. If, as the campaign progresses, Ithe Boy Scouts can help us to see where it is not being carried on suc cessfully we can arrange to have work ers sent there, and in that way get leverybody possible interested. "Where the Scouts are well organ ized we hope that they can make a check for us of the homes that are ;members and those that are not, to .assist us in this work. ! "Another way in which the Boy Scouts can help is by making a study tof our plans us they appear, and in ?frying to see that they themselves, as well as members of their family, live :up to them. , "We hope that the scouts will follow Ithe 'gospel of the clean plute,' to see 'that they are helped liberally enough ,to meet all of their needs, but that jthey do not waste. j "We want the Scouts to protect the ?wheat of the country by eating a mini jmum of white bread." : That last is laying it rather heavily ion the scouts. Giving up wheat bread lisn't in itself such a hardship, but 'when one considers that the slice of .bread is mainly used as a background I |for jam or honey, or even the humble ?molasses, then the duty becomes a sac irifice Indeed. FINANCE TROOP GARDEN. ' A public supper netted Troop 4 of i Barre, Vt, $50 to finance the troop ?garden In which the Scouts have plant led potatoes, beans, and hubbard 'squash. WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS. What can be accomplished in the lessening of disease is shown in a re cent report by Frederick L. Hoffman on the campaign against tuberculosis. This was begun in 1906. Commenting on this campaign, the New York Post remarks: "At that time the annual death rate in 35 cities was 195 per thousand. After the expenditure of millions on new hospitals, organiza tions and clinics, the death rate of last year was 146.8. The justifica tion of the work is evident in these cold figures. Applied to the country, they signify an annual saving of 30, 000 lives. But the disease is even yet far from eradicated. In fact, only be ginnings have been made in the fight against it. Local outbreaks of it are still baffling. In Detroit, Fall River, Worcester and Newark there was a marked increase last year. The reason Is not clear. It may have to do with factory conditions. But differences in nationality have also an Important bearing. The death rate for negroes is many times as high as that for whites ; and among the whites the rate for Irish and German born and na tive Americans ls far higher than that for Russians and Italians. The facts need still further sifting in order to Insure a maximum result from the med ical effort and money expended." . There are about 300,000 Prussians and other Germans in the 24,000,000 population of Brazil. These Germans are generally much superior to the Brazilians as a wftole. They are good .farmers, successful merchants, etc. The German government still claims their allegiance and organized 80,000 of them into "shooting societies," supplying them with arms,ammunition, etc. It was expected that they would be for midable enough to start a revolution to hold Brazil out of the war. But the Brazilian government promptly exert ed itself and so forcefully that the "shooting societies" took cover and no more has been heard from them. Even more significant than the trade relations between China and the Unit ed States has been the work of Amer ican missionaries in China, than whom no class of foreigners is more friendly, sympathetic and unselfish in their at titude toward the Chinese people. The spirit which has underlain and still un derlies the relations between China and the United States is nowhere bet ter illustrated than in the devotion ol this comparatively small group of Americans to their useful services in .China and in their readiness to uphold the cause of justice and fairness. Astonishing friendships have sprung up between detachments of men in op posing trenches, which has been ex pressed by interchanges of presents and messages of good will across the narrow strip of "No.Man's Land" at Christmas and on Sundays. "He wants to kill me, but he's a gentleman at that," said an English Tommy, express ing his opinion of the fellows on the other side. Some folks aro pacifists because of their mistaken love of peace, believing themselves more humane than those persons who believe in fignting when fighting is necessary, but quite a good many clamor for premature peace be cause personally they are not willing to pay the price of liberty and prog ress. It is said the fondness of the Ameri can sailors in England for riding first class when on shore leave astonishes the British. They have to learn that thc free and independent sovereign citizen of America regards the best as none too good for him if he can pay for it. It may take a woman seven minutes to find her nickel for the carfare, but when she arrives at the store she can articulate the two words, "charge it" and shift two months' salary so quick ly that hubby won't even have time to kiss it good-by. Somebody has suggested that 3,000, 000 eggs could be saved every week -if the barbers would abolish the egg shampoo. Also it would save a lot of annoyance trying to dodge an egg shampoo when we dont want one. . Philadelphia is wondering If the country would like another world's fair in 1926. That's far enough away at the present time to be perfectly sat isfactory. A cable says the Germans are now using dogs on the western front, but does not say whether in the sentrj service or commissary. I - Uncle Sam is doing quite a brisk in ternational loan business. He has $1, ?203,000,000 out at good rates of inter jest with his allies. No matter how active the brain is when a fellow is angry it can't keep ,Up with his mouth. America has no world policy except Its desire to see the world safely dem ocratic. Boys Voices. Boys should not sing when their voices are at the changing stage. It is easy to tell from the "cracked" and "crooky" tone when this period is reached. It occurs usually about the ages ol fourteen or fifteen years, and the voice should not be used for sing ing for. several years or until the adult tone has been reached. Many voices : have been ruined by continuing to sing i during this changing time. Telling Fortunes: by Candles. To tell fortunes by candles: Name a pair of bayberry candles, one for the man and one for the girl. Light them and if they burn, evenly and smoothly the pair will wed and live happily ever afterward. But if one sputters and smokes and goes out you may be sure there will be many vexa tions in their course of true love. If one candle burns more quickly than the other it augers ill for the match. Early Indians Raised Corn. The white man found corn in use by the Indians in Virginia. In most other countries it is known as maize, and in English texts it is referred to ns In dian corn. When the snow is on the Illinois corn fields, the Argen tine corn fields are ripening. The largest producing areas are In the United States, Mexico, Austria-Hun gary and Italy. Origin of Minerals. According to one account, Gerbert, afterwards Pope Sylvester II, learned the use of the numerals from the Moors in Spain in the tenth century. Another account is that Leonardo of Pisa introduced them from the East into Italy about 1202. The use of them was not general until the inven tion of printing. Origin of "Tartan." The Scottish word tartan ls sup posed to have been taken from the Spanish and French "tire taine;" in Spanish this means something thin and flimsy, from "taritar," to shiver with the cold. In French, the term "tire taine" is applied to the mingled fibers of linen and wool, which is called sometimes linsey-woolsey. To Compute Hours of Daylight If you want to know how much of the day is daylight and how. much darkness at any time in the year, double the hour when the sun sets, and you will have approximately the number of hours of daylight ; or double the hour when the sun rises, and you have the hours of darkness.-Youth's Companion. Cross at Both Ends. Peggy, who lives on a farm, will some day be u skilled horsewoman. At present her pet is a lively young colt, whose disposition is not of the best When strangers approach he will both bite and kick. "Be careful," Peggy warned a young visitor the other day, "that colt is cross at both ends !" Could Do Better Herself. "Don't you think you have a good mamma to spread such nice large slices of bread with jam?" asked little Ethel's grandma. "Oh, I don't know," replied the little miss; "she'd be a heap sight gooder if she'd let me spread the jam myself." Th<? Same Thing. "Mamma," Raid five-year-old Paul, "Is there a country of Lard and what kind of a Hag has It?" "No, there l.su't," said his mother. He thought a minute and said : "Mamma, it wasn't Lard at all; it was Greece." Kite Fencing. Little Japanese boys dip the ten feet of their kite strings next the kite in glue and then in broken glass. When this is dry it forms a razor with which they attempt to cut the strings of each other's kites. Powers of Imagination. When a fellow is in love he can see poetry in every return snap of her jaw as she mangles a wad of chewing gum.-Pittsburgh Post Or None at All. The man who empties his purse into his head will get a bigger head, no doubt, but he will soon also need a bigger purse.-Exchange. Learning From the Mule. "A mule," said Uncle Eben, "should be a warnin' against kickin'. De bet ter he does it, de more unpopular he gits." The Welsh Language. The Welsh language is not closely related to the Irish and Highland Gae lic, but is of the same branch as the ancient Cornish and Breton languages. Daily Thought. The essence of friendship is entire ness, a total magnanimity and trust Emerson. Saw Her. Mrs. A.-"I received an awful fright yesterday afternoon." Mrs. B.-"Yes; I saw her ringing your doorbell." A Woman's Prerogative. Even the wife of a mind reader will insist upon telling it to him.-Houston Post Abbeville-Greenwood Mu tual Insurance. Associ ation. Organized 1892. ?Property Insured $2,500,000 ? WRITE OR CALL on the un dersigned for any information you may desire about our Lplau.of insur ance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the >afest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Laurens and Edgefield. The officers are: Gen. J. Frasei Lyon, President, Columbia, S. C. J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. & Treas., Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. O. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. Jno. H. Childs, Bradley, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. S. P. Merrah, Willington, S. C. L.N. Chamberlain, McCormick, S.C. R. II. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. F.L.Timmerman, Pln't. Lane, S. C J. C. Martin, Princeton, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C J. R. BLAKE, Gen. Agt. Greenwood, S. C. Jan. 1st, 1917. Southern Railway Company. Columbia, S. C., July 23, 1917. BULLETIN: To All Concerned: Effective Tuesday, July 24, will restore service between Trenton and Edgefield as follows: EXTRA. Lv. Trenton .... 8.00 A.M. Lv. Parkhill .... 8:10 A. M. Ar. Edgefield . . . 8:20 A.M. EXTRA. Lv. Edgefield . . 8:45 A.M. Lv. Paikhill . . . 8:55 A.M. Ar. Trenton . . . 9:05 A.M. Ill, 131 and 132 will observe following figures: NO. 111. Lv. Edgefield . . 11:15 A.M. Lv. Parkhill . . 11:25 A.M. Lv. Trenton . . . 11:35 A.M. Lv. Baynham . . 11:45 A.M. Lv. Eureka . . . 11:50 A.M. Lv. Milledgeville . . 11:55 A.M. Lv. Lakeview . . . 12:03 P.M. Lv. Crofts . . . . 12:09 P.xM. Lv. Pineridge Csmp . 12:19 P.M. Ar. Aiken .... 12:25 P.M. No. Ill mixed between Edgefield and Trenton. NO. 132 MIXED. Lv. Aiken ... 12:55 P.M. Lv. Pineridge Camp . 12:59 P.M. Lv. Crofts.1:09 P.M. Lv. Lake View . . . 1:15 P.M. Lv. Milledgeville . . 1:25 P.M. Lv. Eureka .... 1:34 P.M. Lv, Baynham ... 1:42 P.M. Lv. Trenton .... 1:55 P.M. Lv. Parkhill .... 2:15 P.M. Ar. Edgefield . . . 2:25 P.M. NO. 131 MIXED. Lv. Trenton . . . 1:15 P.M. Lv. Baynham . . . 1:25 P.M. Lv. Eureka . . . . 1:34 P.M. Lv. Milledgeville . , 1:41 P.M. Lv. Crofts .... 1:55 P.M. Lv. Pineridge Camp . 2:08 P.M. Ar. Aiken .... 2:15 P.M. No. Ill, 131. 132 make flag stops abovp stations except Trenton which is a stop. Time shown as informa tion only and confers no rights. B. W. BROOKS, . Chief Dispatcher. Notice of Final Dis charge. To All Whom These Presents May Concern: Whereas, Mrs, Mattie W. Denny has made application unto this Court for Final Discharge of Ad ministratrix in re the Estate of T. R. Denny deceased, on this the 10th day of September, 19. These Are Therefore, to cite ann and all kindred, creditors, or parties interested, to show cause before me at my office at Edgefield Court House, South Carolina, on the 8th day of October 1917 at ll o'clock a. m., why said order of Discharge should not be granted. W. T. KINNAIRD, J. P., E. C. Sept. 10, 1917. Master's Sale, State of South Carolina, County of Edgefield, Court Common Pleas. M. A. Jones-Plaintiff-against Anderson Brunson, et. al.,-De fendant. Pursuant to a decree in the above entitled cause, I shall offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bid der before the Court House, Town of Edgefield, County and State aforesaid, on Salesday in October, 1917, the same being the first day of said month, between the legal housr of sale the following descrb ed realty, tc wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract cf land, situate, lying and be in the County and State aforesaid, containing beventy-four and 88-100 (74-88-100) acres, more or less, and bounded as follows: North by lands of Lawrence Wash; East by lands of Mrs. Susan B. Hill: South by Unds of Mrs. Cornelia Cothran and Mrs. Carrie Burnett, and West by lands of Charlie Bussev. Tenus of Sale: One-half cash, balance on a credit of one year, with interest from date of said sale, or all ?cash at purchaser's option. The credit portion, if any, to be secured by the bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. Said bond and mort gage to provide for interest from date, and ten per cent, attorney's fees, in case same shall be placed in bands of an attorney fer collection. If purchaser at said sale shall fail to comply with the terms thereof, within cue hour from the time of ?aid sale, said premises, upon direc tion of plaintiff, or his attorney, will be resold on said day at the risk of the former purchaser. Purchaser tn pav tor papers. J. H. CANTELO LT. Master E. C. Sept. 3, 1917. G. H. Xixox G. W. WRIGHT ESTABLISHED 1891 NIXON & WRIGHT COTTON FACTORS 851 Reynolds Street Liberal Cash Advances Made on Consignments Personal Attention Given All Shioments * * * * * * * * * * AUGUSTA, GEORGIA * * .?- ?s* Southern Railway System j; An Ambition and a Record j Vs !' T"HE needs of the South are identical with the needs J .A \ ? of (he Southern Railway: the crowtb ar.d success of one means i > J ? the upbuildine of thc other. J I ll * The Southern Railway asks no favors-no special pririlefe nor J A/ J accorded to others. I J** ? The ambition of the Southern Railway Company is to see that J t unity of imprest that is born of co-operation between the public and ( . ' the railroads; to see perfected that fair and frank policy in the manare- * j. , ment of railroads which invites the confidence of eovernmental j ? ac-neies: to realize that liberality of treatment which ?rill enable lt j I to obtain the additional capital needed for the acquisition of better and VV er.larccd facilities incident to the demand for increased and better J J service: and, finally- > J To take its niche in the body politic of the South alonrside of J) other creat industries, with no more, but with equal liberties, equal S rifhts and equal opportunities. " The Southern Serves the South." ]) 3' BM Some of the Good Things About Martin's Liver Medicine That Can't be Said About Drugs Containing Nauseating Calomel W. L. 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