Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"PRIMSED LAND" f DEHB IRVING GREAT ENGLISH WRITER I MADE GLOWING PRE- | DICTION .. 1 MS LONG SINCE FULFILLED! 1 Reunion Visitor# in September at Tul- ] * sa Will See Monument To < Irving Wfco Visited ^ ] the Spot in 1832. 1 'ruisa, UJtia., August.?in me eariy i thirties, the renowned Washington Irving came over from England and made < a tour of parts of the United States, i His tour to the southwest included 1 a stop among the Indians at the pres- i eat location of the city of Tulsa. Lo- i . cal history has it that he paused on 1 an eminence about a mile northwest of the center of the present business i district of Tulsa, and took a compre- *. hensive view of the valley of the Ar- ' kansas spread out before him. The i following description of land- 1 scape, and prophecy of the future I wealth of the community, appears in 1 N his sketches of the American tour: 1 "This seems to me to be the Promised Land, flowing with milk and 1 honey. On the rich herbage of the prairies will be fed herds of cattle I as innumerable as the sands upon the seashore. And the flowers that bedeck the prairies will be a paradise for a nectar-loving being." \ This was written October 13, 1832, j about the time of year that the 28th i annual reunion of the Confederate t Veterans' Association will be held this 1 year at Tulsa. The dates of the re- 1 union are September 24-27 inclusive, i * ?r some ten days earlier in the fall < than the dates upon which Irving t wrote his appreciation of 'the valley of the Arkansas. Visitors to the re- \ union will have an opportunity to en- i joy the same river panorama, made 1 more beautiful and promising by mod- 1 rn enterprise and a city of 80,000 1 people. The greatest agricultural * section of Oklahoma is along the Ar- * ahnvo nnfl helnw the dtV Of * Tulsa, a laud now flowing with milk * and honey, fulfilling the Irving prophecy if not discounting it. One of the beauty spots around < Tulsa is Irving Circle, on the crest of a ridge north of the city now beautitified by handsome residencesv A monument has ben erected there commemorating the visit and prophecy of * Washington Irving made more than eighty years ago. - The idea was oiig- ? lasted and carried out by W. Tate Brady, chairman of the General Committee of the Confederate reunion organization. In the meantime, the prophecy of the great English writer has been discounted many times. The comparatively ancient settlements of the Indians around Tulsctand throughout the state are* full of interest. The footprints of the Indian have been obliterated by the march of modern progress, but his name lingers. Where he formerly had his tentK ed villages, or wigwam abodes, cities have been built and towns laid out. Bis hunting grounds on the Arkansas have been converted into rich and productive farms. Alfalfa has taken the place of prairie grass, and domes- 1 tic cattle graze in former haunts of the i wild beast. < All over Oklahoma prosperous towns and cities have been built. They are I laid out along modern lines of city building, and their people are enterprising and patriotic. Tulsa holds first place among Oklahoma cities for . enterprise and progress. The dty f has grown more in the past ten years ( than any other city in the great south- j west. It is atnply able to care for a j large number of visitors, such as at- f tend the annual reunions of the , k Confederate soldiers. Had it not pos- i ( sessed all of the facilities for caringj 2 for the reunion, the Confederates I \ would not have been urged to come! \ here with their 1918 meeting. All who ' y oome to the reunion will be cared for j \ in most satisfactory manner. j ( U. C. V. HONORS TULSA GIRL1, | j I i j I 1 Miss Juliette Hunt, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who is Maid of Honor of the T Headquarters Department, Sons of 1 Confederate Veterans and who will 1 take a prominent part in the annual - reunion at Tulsa, September 24-27. ; 1 ; 1 They are going to "shoot" an oil ( well at Tulsa, Oklahoma, this year as 4 a compliment to the visitors to the J .Confederate reunion. i i 4 If, W. G. A. Helps French Munition Workers Twelve social centers, or foyers, as :hey are called by the French, are run jy the American Y. W. C. A. for girls ind women who are working in the ,rreat munition factories of France. Two of these are in St. Etienne and three in Lyon. All have cafeterias connected with them. Girls and women who work in these factories are of all classes and ages, 5Ut all are French. The men employees are of every nation?Chinese, m Cingalese, Algerian, Moroccan and Portuguese. Many oX the women are refugees. Multitude^ have lost every relative and friend. There are daughters, mothers and grandmothers among diem. These fovers are the only place ex :ept the street that the majority have In which to spend their out of work lours. Barracks for sleeping, eating ind bathing are the only provision nad.e for the comfort of the workers ay the management of the factories. The women and girls meet their nen and women friends in the foyers, ew, write letters, press out their waists, stitch on the sewing machines, read and rest. The rooms are their lomes. Games and entertainment are provided and educational classes. Of :he classes the English ones are by far Tie most popular. All these foyers are sanctioned by die French Ministry of War. 30MB PARLOR FOR ( fiMAitiA 111 ninm I AMtmuAms in rama "A series of unearthly wails from he siren that announces an air raid md we are Out of our beds and down n the bomb parlor in double quick :ime," writes a woman who lives at he Hotel Petrograd in Paris. "Many :imes I have made the flight twice in i night. But you get used to it and 3rop off to sleep again as soon as you *et the chance. "The 'bomb parlor' is one of the mique features of the Petrograd. It s not its official title?a few of us lav.e named it that. It is a good sized oom at the bottom of the house and las no outside walls. Once there, we !eel as safe from harm as we ever did n our beds. We spend the time be:ween the 'alerte' that turns us out of >ed and the 'all clear' signal that tells is to go back, with games, reading and risiting. I have seen Red Cross nurses >n the floor fast asleep in spite of the iwful din of the bombs and guns. "More kinds of uniforms in all ffages of freshness and fading come nto the Petrograd, which is the Amercan Y. W. C. A. hostess house of Paris, than any other place in France. Soldiers and'sailors meet their women Wends there? there are the Red Cross lurses, the women of the Signal Corps, American women stenographers, vari)us medical orders, the Y. W. C. A. laturally, and all the rest. It is a nev?r ending, strangely shifting throng. "Besides being unique for its 'bomb parlor,' the hotel serves butter for breakfast and has bathing facilities for its resident guests at all hours. These are enough to give lasting fame to any house in France at this time. Last winter it was known as the house "with warm rooms.' The Hotel Petrograd of Paris is one 3f the three Y. W. C. A. hostess houses n France. The others are at Bourges ind Tours. The social rooms of all ire open to any woman or girl at any :ime of day or evening to meet her nen or women fri.ends, rest, enjoy social intercourse, read or write. FOREIGN WOMEN LEARN AMERICAN WAYS A corps of translators and interpreters in fifteen different languages ire employed by the War Work Conn-, :il of the Y. W. C. A. They instruct foreign-born women whose husbands lave been called into the service in juch intimate questions as the laws relating to rentals and labor, in the rare of children and in how to use American foods in dishes adapted to* foreign tastes and present high prices, rhis last work is done in co-operation vith the Government Food Conserva-. ion Commission and the Home Dem>nstratlon Work of the U. S. Agricul- . rural Department Leaflets are sent out and articles = rirculated through the foreign newspapers. One of the efforts is to tell these strangers of the resources for themselves and their children which this country provides. HARVEST THE CROPS AND WHIP THE KAISER. "Hunger is the Kaiser's best weap)n." The Y. W. C. A. believes it. This is why it is making it possible for high school girls in New York state :o help farmers in the fields; for college girls in the Middle West to do general farm work; for Polish women n New Jersey to pick potatoes and for )oys and girls across the continent In f*T _ : J w usiiiiJ&iuu lu guuiet ii una. All this work is part of the campaign to "save the crops and beat the Huns." It is the aim of the Y. W. C. A. to lemonstrate the best ways of housing and feeding farm laborers and so. take he burden from farmers' wives. In all the places where women are vorking under the direction of the Y. VV. C. A. a house is provided for the aborers, with a Supervisor in charge, rhe supervisor's business is to make all business arrangements with the farmers and provide the food.1 If chilIren f.cccmpany their mothers, a train?d woman looks after them while their mothers are in the fields. J - HHbBBhHHH IB _ V J I jlfo jflM j i r^HMppr j fl^v i We a>i7/ itf/n fAis u?ar? Nothing. else really matters until we do! , 'V Help the Operators Serve You Better Telephone subscribers are urged to call by number and not by name. In a community of this size the operators cannot possibly remember the names of all subscribers; when you call by name you delay your service and hamper its efficiency. All telephones are known to the operators by numbers which are on the switchboard directly in front of them. The directory is your index to the switchboard and should be consulted before making a call. Call by number and help the operator serve you better. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY i mam 1 i i mineral i I O. I i X For Sale By 4 TOM DUCKER, Grocer Bamberg, S. C. 1 v {mackerel! f t f t T * .Just arrived. Something fancy?big and fat. V v V fy Guaranteed to please. Try one for your break f X f fast. % *> V I ' ) | TOM DUCKERI A PHONE 15 NEXT TO COPELAND'S BAMBERG S. C. ^ Buy War Savings and Thrift Stamps All the Time t! f' THEY CALL ME "SUCCESSFUL SALESMAN." I HAUE TAKEN A POSITION WITH I R C. FOLK COMPANY MY BUSINESS WILL BE TO TELL YOU IN THIS PAPER WHAT THE NEW STYLES ARE. WHEN THEY APPEAR. WHAT TO BUY. WHERE TO BUY AND TO QUOTE YOU PRICES. I LIKE THE STOftE I'M WORKING FOR. THEY CARRY GOOD. STYLISH COODS AND PLENTY OF THEM. AND SELL THEM AT A LOW PRICE. SO READ WHAT I SAY EACH WEEK AND COME IN AND DO BUSINESS WITH H. C. FOLK CO. BAMBERG, S. C. ' "A BUY W. S. S. BUY W. S. S. and Help and Help WIN 1HE WAR WIN THE WAR F, fj Just I Arrived We hate just received three carI loads of mules and hirses from the Western markets. These animals were personally selected by our Mr. W. P. Jones, and they are in the 1 J pink of condition. They are now to Ij be seen at our stables. Don't fail to i see them before you buy. w Jones Bros. I RAILROAD AVENUE BAMBERG, S. C.J | Back The Boys Up at The Front. Buy War Saving Stamps x\