Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SKIRTS OF FLEET. Young Women Perform Essential Tasks.?Do Not Serve at Sea. The young woman who is eager to enlist and wear a uniform can have her wish fulfilled by enrolling in the I United States Naval Reserves. There are now about 3,000 women in this branch of the service and the number is increasing every day. These women a.re not enlisted to climb ropes, drill, or do any of the sailor's jobs. In all probability, they will never mount a ship's deck in an official capacity. They are enrolled as yeomen, and are employed, most of them, t at the peaceful work of taking down shorthand notes and making them intelligible by way of a typewriter. Such duties do not appear thrilling or even of great importance, but many of these girls, who have demonstrated ability to carry out orders quickly and effectively, jiow handle confidential correspondence and transact business requiring a high decree of executive ability. Some are holding positions which heretofore have been considered men's jobs exclusively. i Admiral McGowan, chief of the I naval bureau and supplies and acI counts, declares that the women serving in his department are more satisfactory than men. "They are more ambitious and capable and less dissatisfied with conditions and pay," says the admiral. "They are my right hand men, and my only trouble isjn getting enough of them." The navy objects to its enlisted girls being called yeomanettes, yeowomen or yeogirls. They are enlisted as yeomen, with the same raiik, pay and privileges as men and to do -the same work as men. Therefore their official designation is "yeomen," and any other title is considered inappropriate. Neat Uniform Worn. * From the day the yeoman rating was opened to women, the subject of a uniform was discussed. Most ot the girls were in favor of a standardized dress. They were in the navy and wanted the public to know it. Then, too, a uniform is a solution of^ the clothes problem which- so often harasses the business woman, and sometimes her employer. A solemn study of types and styles by nava1 officers, assisted by an advisory council of girls, resulted in the official decree of a navy blue or white nofiolk suit, regulation shirt waist, felt pr straw sailor hat, and black or white khoes and stockings. For insignia, the words "U. S. Naval Reserve Force," on tbe hat b*and/ and the regular navy rating chevron on the left sleeve of the blouse were authorized. The uniform was designed and described in detail, and took its place in the fashion book of the navy alongside of the latest thing in costumes for naval aviators, seamen and \ officers. In time of war, a soldier or sailor is forbidden by law to appear in civilian dress. This ruling the navy has not attempted to apply to its enlisted girls. The lady yeoman can doff her neat blue norfolk suit and cotton gloves in the evening and attend a dance in the filmiest of chiffons, if she so desires, though many of the girls prefer the distinctive dress. The yeoman on enlisting receives $60 as uniform allowance. This does pot fully equip her, but yeomen now in - the service declare that it will supply a recruit with a fairly complete wardrobe if she patronizes the navy clothing depot in New York where the uniforms are made by government contract. The yeoman recruit signs away her business hours for four years in the service of the navy, though in event of peace she could secure a release from further active duty. She fills out the same application papers as a man, 1 stating.among other things, whether she has.ever served in the army or navy. In spite of a consciousness of her many positions the yeoman is not mannish. She does not adopt a masculine stride, though her skirts are full enough at the hem, as per uniform specifications, to permit it. She smiles occasionally at the sailor boy who occupies the desk next her or hurries past on a message, and after office hours she can be seen strolling down Pennsylvania Aventie from the navy department escorted by a yeo . man, who is a wan. Among the well known girls who have entered the naval service are the two daughters of Postmaster General Burleson. One is assigned to duty at the entrance to an admiral's office to interview prospective visitors, and the admiral reports that the percentage of callers who proceed past the brass railing with Yeoman Burleson's consent are decidedly few. Among the sepcialized women workers in the navy department are five finger print experts. To these young women is entrusted the important and difficult work of taking finger prints of enlisted men. Other women classify and file the records, and so complete is the filing system that prints of any man in the naval force of 450,000 can be located in from three to five minutes. The navy relies on its finger print system to X, s Scarcity of Clothing in Berlin. All leather shoes are sold out ir Berlin, says the correspondent of the Amsterdam Handelsblad. "Clothing of all kinds, including underclothing, is most difficult to get even with a clothing card. No handkerchiefs, no shirts, no socks, no napkins, no woolen or cotton jackets for baby. "Decent washing and toilet soa) has long been unobtainable. Many, many things are unobtainable that are still to be had in Holland, although prices may run much higher tblm in peace times. Yet the Berliner looks fairly clean and well groomed. The art of clothes mending has been carried to a fine point here. And water and sand keep you fairly clean at a pinch. "A smokeable cigar cannot be purchased for less than 60 pfennigs, and then not more than three at a time. A cigarette costs 12 pfennigs, and smoking tobacco has gone the way of rice and beans and peas and salad oil and brandy and turpentine and sealing wax and a hundred other articles. Gone, completely gone! "Only as regards fuel the Berliners are better off. There is hardly any limit on gas, electricity or coal. "Great material privations have been and are being borne with fortitude. Added to which are the pangs of mourning ana sorrow, grief ana anxiety in thousands of homes for the fallen and those about to fall." Lever Against Cotton Price Fixing. Washington, July 19.?Government control of the fixing of the price of the 1918 cotton crop would not be feasible at this time, President Wilson was told today by Representative Lever, of South Carolina, chairman of the house agricultural committee. Mr. Lever called at the White House after a series of conferences here with cotton men, at which the larger growers and bankers urged that the government acquire the crop through a cotton corporation, while the small farmers opposed any government interference. Representative Lever told the president that the crop could be handled if marketed slowly, notwithstanding the present high prices, and said he had been able to convince tht advocates of government acquisition of the inadvisability of such action. Proof Was Easy. "Have you any .defects?" "Yes, sir; I am short-sighted." "How can you prove it?" "Easily enough, doctor. Do you sbe that nail up yonder in the wall?" "Yes." - "Well, I don't."?Army Jurnal. Another "Limit." , The stingiest man in Jamestown, the Optimist says, loafs around thd drug store in the hope that, the odor of the drugs will cure his eoiri.? Puck. identity men in case of casualty. When properly taken, finger prints are an infallible proof of identity, as the' possibility of two persons having the' same prints is only one in 650,000,-1 000. Much Work Done. Sottie of the yeomen are expert translators. Others are cable decoders, and still others are draftsmen. No radio operators are recruited, as few naval radio operators are employed on shore duty, and the navy is firm in its decision on shore duty only for its women. So far, only one woman cook has been admitted to the ship galleys. In this* case, the applicant was an expert scientific cook and was taken in as instructor to ship's cooks with the rank of commissary steward. This expert food economist has turned out cooks in eight days without endangering the navy's digestion. The great need of the navy as regards woman power is stenographers, typists and bookkeepers, especially stenographers. The head of one navy bureau states that he could use nearly 300 stenographers now, while other bureaus set no limits. ; So much is said about the girl yeoman that we are apt to forget that there are a large number of men enlisted in the same capacity. Many of these men are on duty in the navy department, navy yards and naval training stations. But the regulations of the navy allow enlisted men only six months shore duty at a time. For this reason men can be used on shore only in temporary capacity, and after the six months allowed, must be sent on ship board as clerks. That life on a ship is too rough for a woman is the general opinion of naval officers, who explain that the yeoman on ship duty may be required to scrub down decks and do other work required of a seaman. For this and other reasons, girl yeomen, however efficient, will not make appearance on our naval vessels, at least according to present indications. In all other respects, the skirtclad yeoman has all the privileges and responsibilities of her male prototype. German Camouflage. A British air officer writing from; the western front, says the Germans; have this spring brought camouflage j to a state of artistic perfection that! is almost incredible. "The most ex- j pert and highly experienced airmen j are often deceived even when flying] low," he writes. "As a first step/the ' German military authorities sought | suggestions from the most distin- j guished German artists in color. As: a next step, every available man was j turned on to the business of carrying out the artists' ideas. "Miles of canVas painted to look like roads were constructed, under which regiments could march without being seen. Paper encampments were imDrovised. and aerdromes. woods. villages and factories of a fictitious character were set up merely to distract observers and to cover the movements of troops and guns. Nothing on so vast a scale has ever been attempted before." ^ ? ? Traffic between the Rhine towns is greatly disorganized, owing to the numbers of wounded arriving daily from the French front, says a report from Geneva. Trains from Germany are arriving at the Swiss frontier many hours late. The German empress returned to Berlin recently. Hi PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LAROESTOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works, Supply Store. AUGUSTA. GA. I NEW ENGLAND I INSURANCE B I beg to announce B the public general B cured the agency territory of the ab a panv, and I invite B I this company. T B leading old line cc ca, and I feel th B very fortunate in( B plain its merits. B Mutual Life Insur: B erly represented hi fl Johnson. I I J. D. COPE I BAMBE i MY BUSINESS f *f So Large That It Ha X A Large Internatio: Make deliveries o M Ant flio T a J VUh iliv b.W X which: i* I have done at . ^ the business this y J to do and the bus Y the humblest cabi ^ homes of cur cou J me thank you, one Y my prices and cor before buying els< i My stock is no Y plete, consisting ( Y a $1.00 alarm clo( Z and it is here to s Y at, so continue to Y and we'll do busi Z enough furniture, Y cal instruments the Y , you some WAR i Z and we'll help pul Y commission. if. k. gi Y Y The Furniture Man. Khrhar A FAMILY MEDICINE In Her Mother's Home, Says This Georgia Lady, Regarding BlackDraught. Relief From Headache, Malaria, Chills, Etc. Ringgold, Ga.? Mrs. Chas. <Jaston, of this place, writes: "I am a user of Thedford's Black-Draught; in fact, it was one of our family medicines. Also in my mother's home, when I was a child. "When any of us children complained of headache, usually caused by constipation, she gave us a dose of Black-Draught, which would rectify the trouble. Often in the Srvriner. wa would hava malaria and chills, or troubles of this kind, we would, take Black-Draught pretty regular until the liver acted weH, and we would soon be up and around again. We would not be without it, for it certainly has saved us lots of doctor bills. Just a dose of BlackDraught when not so well saves alot of days in bed." Thedford's Black-Draught has been in use for many years in the treat- ' ment of stomach, liver and bowel troubles, and the popularity which it now enjoys* is proof of its merit If your liver is not doing its duty, you will suffer from such disagreeable symptoms as headache, biliousness, constipation, indigestion, etc., and unless something is done, serious trouble may result " Thedford's Black-Draught has been found a valuable remedy for these troubles. It is purely vegetable, and acts in a prompt and natural way, regulating the liver to its proper functions and cleansing the bowels of impurities. Try it. Insist on Thedford's, the original and genuine. E 79 No Worms in a Healthy Child Ail children troubled with worms have an unhealthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a role, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enncn tne diooq, improve the digestion, and act as a General Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be in perfect health. Pleasant tc take. 60c perbottly Read The Herald, $1.50 per year. _ ??? > MUTUAL LIFE I : COMPANY I to my friends and B lly that I have se- B for Bamberg and B ove insurance com- B them to investigate , B his is one of the B impanies in Ameri- B at anyone will be B leed to let me ex- B The New England B since Co. was form- B ere by Mr. H. Wick B 1and, jr. 11 RG, S. C. > I ? has grown! t Y s Forced Me To Buy *{* nal Motor Truck To A' f Goods Through .rge Territory *$* I Cover. A Y ler.st three times ^ ear that I expected iiness ranged from Z . in to the finest <r ntry. For this let and all, for getting Z isidering my terms j swhcre. >w large and com- ^ )f everything from J jk to a $400 piano, ^ ell and not to look ^ come along friends J ness. If you have ^ buggies and musi- A, x i ncome and I'll sell 7jT SAVINGS STAMPS ; the Kaiser out of JL RAHAMI ? dt, S. C. Cash or Credit. +? ? r ATa ATA A^A A^A | T^T "y "y yt Ty & * ; | : STONES CAKE IS A LIBERTY CAKE I Golden Sunbeam > v\ ^tr^y Raisin, Mephisto I ^SSsW ? I 1 TRADE MARK REG. 13C9 2 fOP 2SC i IN U.8. PAT.OFFICE ! TOM DUCKER | Y PHONE 15 NEXT TO COPELAND'S BAMBERG S. C. Y > V ' A^A A^A .i^A, A^4. A^A A^A A^A A^A A^, A^A A^k A^A A^fc. A^A A^A ^*vMTUTSiTinTSiTiiTSSTfi*Ti fit? "i""l"Tl? '1?'1?"1? ?1??1?%7 q?Ti?T *A?*A? H? U"' I? U' UT jjt I BUY W. S. S. BUY W. S. S. I jg fi I and Help . and Help I T ffi I VV1N THE WAR< " WEV THE WAR IS? / 1 WE ARE DOING THE BEST 1 J WE CAN TO HELP | I ip i I 1? WHEAT ' j? :: gglL and ? H! ' W\ MEAT A f AND _ X :? 1 ?l^ynHELPUS 1 5 - J ! Wl || * ? ? I $ Vial ? 5' ' !i j i TH? ; j i- iy. *** H 4i & ii 1 ' t? To help you we are selling men's i ? t; suits, hats, and furnishings at the j : * lowest possible prices. H ]gj For style, service, satisfaction and I 3; iu economy, you will find in our suits ? fg all that you expect. ' $ $ Here you will find a large assort- $ | ment of the new styles, and patjr terns at prices to suit you. x ? Straw Hats, Silk Shirts, Cool Underwear, Com- 1 ? fortable Shoes for the Hot Weather. , ji , HX FOLK CO. . 41 BAMBERG, S. C. I :: ?t? if*?f ?f?if*ffi'fiif*It'-?t?ft'.;?' ?* ?f??f? ?? ?fiI1 * 'A* "i" "i* 'i* "A*! A" "4? W *" % "a"*!" i il 1 Horses and Mules I We have a full stock on hand of I Horses and Mules. Our stock is se- 8 lected personally by a member of our I firm, and each animal sold has the I ? Jones Bros.' guarantee?and you I know what that means. When you 8 need a horge or mule, don't fail to B come to our stables. We will take I pleasure in showing you. Our stock I is always in good condition?they are 8 bought sound and sold sound. BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS I I We have a splendid line of Buggies, B Wagons, Harness, Lap Robes, Whips, 8 Etc. We have a number of styles in B Buggies and Harness, and we can suit 8 you. We handle only the best ve- B hides to be had, and our prices are H always right. Come to see us; you B are always welcome. H I Jones Bros. II RAILROAD AVENUE BAMBERG, S. C. I Sack The Boys Up at The Front. Buy War Saving Stamps