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KEOWEE COURIER (Established I8iu.) Published Every Wednesday Morning WtiiiM i ipi inn $1 Per Annum, Advertising Raios Reasonable, -Ry H'M.". K, SUELO li Al HUH RODER. Communications or a persona) character charged for as advertise ments. Obituary notices ano tributes of respect, of not over 100 words, will bo printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at tho tate of one cent a word. Cash to accompany manuscript. WALHALLA, 8. Ct WEDNESDAY, FHRRUAHY '?7, HMS Tin* Canceled Stump Myth. Don't waste Hine and energy sav ing canceled postage stamps for tho Hod Cross. Somebody, somewhere, bas started one ol' those pleasant. 1ml llkely-to-bc-annoylng in t ions concerning the value of postage Stamps which have served their orig inal purpose. This time the Iden ? proud abroad Is thai thu American Ked ('ross Uns devised a method of extracting tho dyes front the can celed stamps and using tho dyes. Tin I'o-i Olllcu Deparlmonl reports thai --(".eral bugs of old stamps 'nave lu'cumtiltited through Ibo good will ol' poisons who ?nive thought they were doing something lo help win the war. Within the last two weeks, nlso, scores ol' loiters have been re ceived ai Hod Cross headquarters, from persons asking information re garding tho mattel'. Tilt' Slumps are of ?:o usc to the Ked Cross, . (Tho above statement was receiv ed by The Courier February ?Hld. Several little hov s and u i 11 s ill Wal halla and al other points in the enmi ty have been securing canceled .?tamps for sending tn the Ked Cross, with Ibo idea of helping a good * muse. The statemetil above, com ing il I reel from Ked Cross headquar ters, will serve as due notice that the canceled stamps are not of use. Ed. Cou l ier. I What Expected ?d' Hie South. Director (?nucrnl McAdoo bas al ready Issued a warning thal trans portation dilllciiltios in 1018 may make il dilllcull, ii aol impossible, to supply food and feed promptly lo communities thal neglect to provide their own necessities. To say Hie least, the drain on transportation ls so heavy that any exceptional re quirements for hauling food and feed to the South will be au actual em barrassment to the government In the prosecution of the war. The Department of Agriculture is ?ot asking tho South to contribute materially to the nation's food and feed supply, hut is asking the South only to teed itself so that it muy not become a burden II pon the food-pro ducing sections of the country which must strain their energies to the ut most in order to feed the armies and maintain ibo civil population behind them. - Salmon Requisitioned for Army. Rcllinghnm, Wash., Keb. 81..-E. H. Deming, salmon administrator for the Federal government, announced to-day thal hy order of tho food ad ministrator, all of the unsold salmon ?tock in the United States would be requisitioned for tho Culled States army. Telegraphic orders to with hold disposal of all unsold salmon have been sent to the differ Oil I pack ers, A CHU,D'S TONGUE SHOWS H' LIVER OH ROWELS ARE At'TIVE li (ross, Feverish, shu, Hil loua, Clive fruit Laxative at Once. Kv erv mother realizes, after JAIV tng her children .'California Syrup Of Pigs," that this is their ideal lax ative, because they love its pleasant taste and il thoroughly idealises H? tender little stomach, liver and bow els without griping, When cross. Irritable, feverish or breath is had. .stomach sour, look tit the tongue, mother: If coated, give a teaspoonful of Ibis harmless "fruit 'laxative," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour hilo and undigested fdbd passes out of tho bow olsland you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, hog sto mach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, ?olle.remember, a good "inside clonnslng" should always be tho Hist treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "Califor nia Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful to-day saves a .?lek child to-morrow. Ask your drug gist for n bottle of "California Syrup O? Figs," which has directions for babies, children of nil ages and grown-ups printed qn the bottle. Ho .waro of counterfeits sold hore, so don't bo fooled, (Jot the genuine, mado by "California Fig Syrup Com pany."-Adv. <r?? ?! . > l'l&fi?X NBR THREE HUSKY FELL? HELP OUT IN THE Common labor ls . (oday the in o a t ?ought altor com-| modi ty in America. It is very scarce I throughout tho on-' tire country. Farm ers of the South arc especially wor-i ried over Hie situ ation. During war, timos the farmer' should be doubly economical of so i J. N. HARPER valuable a com ?? modify as labor, lt must not be wast-: ed. Now ls not the time to employ labor to clean out fence corners, and to do other kinds of the less produc five work. There must be no lost mo tion. Every lick must bo made io count in answering the call of our na tion and her allies, who are calline out to the farmer "Give us bread: Give us clothing!" The best way to economize labor on the farm today is to produce mere per acre. The southern farmer will act most unwisely if he tries to culti vate too much land with tho present supply of labor. A better plan would be not to increase the acreage devoted to cultivated crop:;, hut lo produce ? more per acre, by ibo use of fertiliz er, manure, good seed and improved machinery, all of which will save la bor. One ton of goori fertilizer will do more work in growing crops than will * * * * * * * * * * * * .J. THE JUNIOR REI) CROSS. .J. * * * * * * * * * * * * * The following have been euro-led as members of the Junior Red Cross: 10th Grade - Milly Goggans. 0 til Gryde-John Smith, Fred (.'owler. 7th Gradi-Willie Klaren, Henry Klaren, Sara Hutchison, Wyatt Mur phreo. 6th Grade -Ruth Oolkers, Will Foster, 'Du pre Fool. 4th Grade-Rennie Harden. 'id Grade--! leary Moss, Annie Dyer, Hettie Shook, Winnie Smith, 1 Creston Stout, Della Fitzgerald, Ben- : nie Owens, Lucy Owens, Jessie Knox, Louise King. Christina Orr, Beth Ernest. 2d Grade- - Madeline Phillips, Ben Chook, George Jones. 1st Grade-Teddy stout. Eileen Aull, Roy Alexander, llegare Ansel, Grace Ellison, Frank Oelkers, Hen rietta Oliver. Alma Gregory, Eloise Burley. Raymond Oelkers. Track Oolkers, Susie Wigington. Hasten Wigitlgton, Tom 'Scott. Octavia Smith. Emma Carter. James Moss. Gertrude Owens, lassie Moody, Roy Smith, Floyd Smith, George White, (mmat)ii(d Keaton, John Fricks, Frank Muller. Justice Keaton, Ethel Chaplain, Pauline Cosey. Kenneth Hunt. Teacher Training Class- .Misses Elizabeth Moser, Thelma Smith. Gracie Abbott. Minnie Vaughn. Idora Garrison, Contributors Bulli Schroder. Fd wa rd Schroder. Mary Louise Scholz, Myrtle Dickson, Ell'/abeth Moss, Caroline Veiner, Harriet Chook. Edna Norma Pitchford, Frances Schumacher. Arthur Phil lips, lr.. Robin Hughs, Herbert (lasque Jr.. Strother Darby. Linda Crisp Rhodes, Billy Craig. Jr.. L. I). Abbott. Jr.. John William Abbott. il w. Casque, Supt CASTOR IA For Infants and Children hi Use For Over 30 Years Always bears thc Signature of . Tho central part of the most north ern of the Hawaiian Islands is be lieved to be one of the world's wei test spots, as it has an average a i nual rainfall of about 500 luches. r in the South DWS READY TO LABOR SHORTAGE six (linos this amount of money ox pended In labor. For example, ono ton of good fertilizer will now cost about $4(1.00. The plant food in this : quantity when applied to three acres ! of land will give an Increase of about 750 pounds of lint cotton and 1,500 pounds ?if seed. The Jlnt at :b)e per pound amounis to $225.00, and tho 1 seed at $$0.00 per ton amounts to $0(i.0(?, making a total of $2S6.00. Kew business concerns net- 50 per cent increase on money invested in labor, but, granting that the farmer .xviii net 100 per cont, on his invest ment in labor, and supposing that bo pays $1 00 per day for labor, tho $46.00 Invested in fertilizer, when in vested in labor, would net bim $46.00; " whereas, when invested in fertilizer, lt gives him a net increase of $230.00. Thus it can be seen tho tremendous advantage of supplementing labor with liberal applications of plant food Likewise an improved jileco of ma chinery that makes lt. possible to cul tivate an acre of cotton or corn with perhaps half the Inbor ordinarily em ployed, and cultivate it better, should be looked to at. this lime ns a Bource of help in facing the labor shortage. Good seed of a -drain known to do well In a community will do much to ward increasing yields, without an In crease of acreage. i ls this not a time when tho farmer should be sure to use these three crop makers, to the fullest extent, to ott* set ti e labor shortage? * * * * * * * * * * * I ??. IIOXOII ROLLS. ??? * * * *. * * * * * * * * * Fairfield. Following is the honor roll of the [.'airfield school for month ending february 16: t 1st Grade-Fred Owens 90-. 3d Grade-Flgln Owens ito. Claud Alexander Ol. . 4th Grade- Lois Duncan UL | 5th Grade-Ashmead Davis 05.1. I 3vllene Deal 94.2, Mildred Snead 94.4. ' \ ; 7th Grade-Harold Beaty -.94*8, I Bruce Davis 96.8, 8th Grade-Leon Davis 94.8, Paul ilunt 96.4, Agnes Lipscomb 1)2.5, .Ja- ' nie Ltbscomp 01.7, Aloe Snead 02.8. j 9th Grade-Clara Snead 03.5. Monthly average 46. Ben ll ye W. Duckworth, Priiy* WALHALLA PROOF Should Convinc# Every Walhalla ; Reader. / The Trank statement of a neigh bor, telling the merits of a remedy, Bids you pause and believe. Tho same endorsement Hy some stranger far away Commands no belief J all. Here's a Walhalla ca? e. A Walhalla citizen testifies. Head and be convinced. W. S. Grahl, blacksmith N. Church St.. says: "1 burt my back and since then have boen troubled off and on by kidney complaint, Whenever 1 had ono of these attacks I had severe pains in my Kidneys and across my loins. The action of my kidneys was irregular and J had no control over Mm kidney secretions. 1 often had dizzy spells and dull pains in the back of my head. For the 0ast Hi years I have used Dean's Kidney Pills at these timos and have never failed to receive prompt relief." Price 60c. at all dealers.. Don't, simply ask for a k'dney remedy-get Donn's Kidney Pms - the panie tha.t Mr. Grahl bad Post er-Milburn Co., Mfi-.rs., BM l?alo N Y * NF.W FOOD PHOOHAM. * * _ ? * Monday is Wheatleys. v + Tuesday is Meatless. * Wednesday in Wheatless. * Saturday is Porkless. * Ono Wheatless meal every day * >nc Meatless meal every day. * Save ."''gar every dny\ * Save Fats every day. INTERESTING EX PE KI EXC?S. Thc Kielt, tho Poor, Ali Know of thc Kindness of .Mi's. Ellison. (Bounty .Land. Kel?. 21.-.Mrs. Mary T. Ellison was a lato visitor at tho homo ol' Capt. A. ll. Ellison. Mrs. Willson is tho widow of tho late Uoherl .\F. Ellison, for morl y ol' this community, and holds an important position as Travelers' Aid at the .-'outhorn passenger depot in (?reen > illc and her elli*doney in this work may he learnod from the following Haltering report, copied from The Piedmont, which will be of interest to her many friends and to the friends of him whose memory is held in high esteem here.) The following illuminating report coining from Mrs. Mary T. .Ellison, the popular Travelers' Aid stationed at the Southern passenger depot, .gives a glimpse of the indefatigable .labors of tho Travelers' Aid: (Report from July 1, 1017, to De cember 1, Itt 17.) Advice given girls, piit on trains and taxis , ...-rn. IT!7 Directed to lunch rooms, ho tels and restaurants . 122 Articles recovered Information about tracks, etc. .v. . . schedules. f) . 120 Directed to doctors . '. 23 Telegrams and letters . 37 Telephone calls .>. 116 Sick aided in station . 20 Places investigated.6 Directed to street cars. 126 6 . 26 12 32 Employment obtained for .... Agencies co-operated with . . . Visited jail _;. Directed to rest room . Put in public cars for Camp So viel' during November . Directed to different depots . . . Tickers to people out of funds. Visited sick. Turned over lo Salvation Army Information about different churches. 4 1 '? a f? 1.'! 1 I Total . 012 (Mrs. I Mary T. 1011 ison. There aro mimbi s of incidents ol' help rendered, funds provided and broken hearts comforted that a for mal report does not contain. An emergency fund is a necessity for tho work of the Travelers' Aid. finis stranded without funds, the pur chase of stimulants for a sick trav eler and numbers of other, occasions demand immediate funds foi the carrying on of the work of the Trav elers' Aid. The worker shoe.ld not I bo expected to furnish these funds herself. The people of Greenville should contribute an emergncy fund for the assistance of the commenda ble work being done al Ibo Southern railway station. Another necessity which should be provided for tho work of the Travel ers* Aid is a couc.h which should be placed in the railway station. Num bers of times within tho past month, according to Mrs, Ellison, women and girls, sick or overcome with grief at tho station, have needed a couch upon which to recline. Ono of Greenville's citi/.ons. np preolritivo of tho noble work being forwarded by Mrs. Ellison, has pro s AN0 TANr^E Fl HOME Ornee BRANCH ?FftGl ?TliANTA J&??U lacker Acres I ty ia calling for bigger yields of all < und of farm products the South ca landsome prices for them. Nevei 21* had such a golden opportunity to e time build his own fortune. fertilization of every acre in cultivi in ever before, because each acre ? t. t This cannot be done unless the irtilizers are used. Low producing J titute an inexcusable and unpatriotic RIS BRANDS resist leaching, pi litful maturity of the crop. Only it into their manufacture. That iversal satisfaction. FOR SALE BY J. G. BREAZEALE Westminster, S. C, son ted a comfortable rocking chair to her for uso while at tho depot. People in every walk of life, from lhe**]>ooresl to the richest, have re ceived aid at critical times -from the Travelers' Aid. Thal this help ls np- j predated is shown in various ways, by cards sent from different points ' of the United States, by an apple or I ' a banana left on the desk of "the Travelers' Aid. or by other kind acts. There was au old man with throe motherless little sons who came to Greenville from a North Carolina I town to secure work here. Ile was ' unable to find work and the trip ! ended with a hungry old man silting I ; 1 in the railway station surrounded by three cold and hungry little, boys with no funds. There the Travelers' Aid found him. She supplied bini with a little money and helped him as best she co??ld and. co-operating with the Salvation Army, furnished nt II and,bis children lodging and food for tho night. However, next day the old man, with his hungry brood, appealed to her again. As he stood in Hie station telling lier of his appreciation of her kindness to ? him in the past and attempting to 1 devise plans for the future, ho and hts family attracted the attention of a crowd of sailor boys. These sons of Uncle Sam, two Pullman cars of sailors, bad stopped for a few min utes in Greenville on their way from Boston to Pensacola, Fla. After they had discovered the old man's plight they dug their hands into tho pockets of their blue trousers arfd' soon the old father was happy ,; in the possession of money to carry him back to his North Carolina home. And.Mrs. Ellison was thank ing the good-natured sailors for their assistance In her work. Ilride-to-lle Aided. Mrs. Ellison, tho other day, re ceived a telegram from Greensboro, X. C., announcing that a little bride to-be was on her way to Greenville to marry her soldier sweetheart and asking that Mrs. Ellison chaperone the young couple. The Travelers' Aid met the dainty brlde-to-bc, who was exceedingly pretty in a rose-col ored coat suit and a dear little gray hat. Tho girl evidently was relieved to find a motherly personage to lean upon. * There was ti happy young soldier on the scene-he war- to be the bridegroom. The three procood" ed to the omeo of Probate Judge Scott, secured the marriage license, and, still under tho wing of Mrs. Ellison, tho young folks went to tho home of Rev. S. T) Matthews and were married. As long as thc two young people live they will remem ber the kindness of a motherly Travelers'* Aid who chaperoned them at a time when they wanted some older person to advise them. , \ Young War Brides. Mrs. Ellison meets numbers of war brides and assists thenV with her ?kind presence and her friendly ad vice A grand old man, father of an army officer, arrived from a dlstaat city unexpectedly. The Travelers' Aid telephoned tho man's daughter-'I In-law, who Joyfully hurried In her handsome car to the station to meet, ! her ifnther-ln-law and thank tho j ; Travelers' Aid for her assistance. While tho Travelers' Aid does not s ???????? afr. .- ? \ i 80. OMAHA KLAHOMA CITY ON . o Work irops. The world n furnish, and is r before has the serve his country ition is more nec mould be made to proper class and icres and inferior e waste. rev?nt shedding, the best class of 's why they al remain at tho station during tho coning hours, sho will meet any train which site is notified io meet. Responding to a messagerie, other morning at 1.20 sim met passenger train No. 35 and took two girls, strangers In tho city, under her,caro and.'secured a lodging place for them. . They had como to spend a few days with a brother at Camp So viel*. The majority of Travelers know the pleasant corner in the Southern depot occupied by Mrs. Ellison. They have learned her pleasant face. However, a Travelers' Aid sign should be placed in this corner. OHIGHESTEH S P?LLS DIAMOND BRAND 1&0 00*? LADIES t Art jour Drairctit DIAMOND Ult ANO GOLD metallic Ribbon. TAK I>rin?1?? and _ DIAMOND Blt A N D ri 1.1.(4, for t vrrnty-flva - years regarded as Best,Safest, Alway* Reliable. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS CV CD YU/ U F RP WORTH EL V t. ll I W ll C. ll E TK3TKD TIMK TRI BD Slight Reduction lo Sinkings. London, Feb. 20.-British mer chantmen, sunk hy mine or subma rine in the past week numbered 15, according to tho admiralty statement issued to-night. Of these 12 were of 1,600 tons or over and three .wore under that tonnage. Ono fishing rca ft alsoWas sunk. Tlie arrivals at ports in the United Kingdom for tlie woek numbered 2, 32 2; sailings, 2,303. Eight vessels were unsuccessfully attacked. The sinkings for the past weok show a slight diminution from the previous, week, when ,10 merchant men were sunk, 13 of 1,600 tons or more, and six under that tonnage. KeepingYourselfWell That Lingering Cold is a steady drain on your* physical stamina. It. im poverishes the blood, distresees the digestion, and exhausts your vigor. It affords a fertile field for serious infection and is likely to become chronic. You Needn't Suffer from it if you will take Peruna and use prudence in avoiding exposure. Peruneu clears up catarrhal conditions. Thous ands have proved this to any f?ir person. Get a box of the tablets today-prove lt your self. Many prefer tho liquid form. Both aro good. At your drug* gists. THE PERUNA COMPANY (.lamia*. Okla "T - ."