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?OME DEMONSTRATION" TEACH ES HOW TO LIVE. Seventy-six (Jovfrnmcnt Employees Hava saved the stair \bout $RM.*.. IMH). N the EMlmatr?Teach How to Have Garden*, Ifow to Can i\hh\ ami Make Homes Happy. The following report waa made by Mtae Edith L. Parrot, Sta\e home demonatratloa agent, at a meeting re ceatly held in Washington. "It la a pleasure to give the report of the home demonstration work of South Carolina, carried on under th i direction of Winthrop College, Cle ?on College and the United States de? partment of agriculture: At this time when the war clouds are enveloping almost the whole world, I want to of a division of soldiers who ha been working for a number of years to make our homes more efficient, economical and beautiful. Pefor* giving the reHulta of this work, we want to tell you about this soldier, the county home demonstration agent fthe haa a good general education, with special training In homo ceo nomlca. She has a desire for ser? vice, has tact, and lias good health She la alao willing to purchase a ear, for It is by this means that she Is enabled to serve as a live wire con? necting the home with the school, the community, the town and city, the State colleges, and the United States department of agriculture. This sol? dier must measure up to these first requirements. However, tie home demonstration work needs specially trained officers Winthrop College Is our officers* training camp. Here dur? ing the month of January of each year these selected soldiers are as semblsd for definite and systematic training In all protlems pertaining to home demonstration work. Then we feel that our agenta on returning i? their respective counties will know what to do and hnv to dc It. This training Is given free of all charges to all of our agents. We next find this agent at work In the field. She has ten organised women's home demon? stration clubs, scattered in represen? tative communities of her county. There Is an enrollment of 355 wo? men in t?ese clu'oe. Our agent meets with each of these clubs at a stated time once a month, giving a practical demonstration along some definite Una of home economics that was aaalgned to her to give while at Winthrop College during her month's special training. Practically two weeks of her time Is taken up in conducting itlon clubs and ill*! jprt fyit^i' We also find that this agent has 152 girls enrolled, who are doing deflnlt' work in gardening, poultry and bread work. "Wi have given you an example ot one of our county horns demonstra? tion aganta. her tralnlr.g and her field work. Wa now have agenta In 4" cr> u at lea?every county of the State In 14 of the 46 counties of the State, we have assistant county home damonatratlon agents. This gives us an enrollment of 69 county and as? sistant county home demonstration agents, employed for 11 months of the year. The State supervisory force consists of five workers, employed for 11 months. We have an office force consisting of a secretary and a steno? grapher, employed for 12 months. In all we have In the home demonstra? tion organisation 76 employees. "We now have a regular enroll? ment of 7,000 girls employed In gar? den, poultry and bread work. We have an enrollment of 13048 women engaged In the home demonstration work. In addition to this regular enrollment, the Increased Interest through the emergency condition* has caused us to render assistance to 250,000 additional women and girls Thf regular membe-s of tha home demonstration clubs for women have a tfhree year curriculum of study Th6 first two ve.us we stress food ami sanitation. The Ailrd year is devote to a study of domestic art. which ? braces sewing, household furnishing and decoration. In addition to this systematic atudy of home economics, hundreda of our women are becoming experts in poultry raising. gardening) I reserving and butter and cheese making. "Our literature la distributed to the |>?0ple after a practical demonstra? tion by the agent. In this way. lit? erature la really effective The mind I* first awakened to I need of thi> h formation through a demofiMtrati Wa find that our people will mal. use of literature given to them |i thia manner During the year 1'? 17 bulletins on this year's eotirge pi study fer women. Including prev?-r log. Jelly making, canning. bi with whsat BUBntitutee, ate ?ha' been pr?*pu i assistant agent with the help of the Mate cmjnty agents Kinhtv elftM Ihou ccple? of these bulletin* h.. be ? distributed throughout the Rate nt a'cost of 11.760. Twente thou ? government bulletins have been d Irlbuted through our office. 5,40 rgjde* of circular letters have I i distributed through the hem* demon alratlon office also. "We wnnt to thank the Washington office for sending us some splendid specialists Ju?t at a time when wej needed them most. Our county agent* wore assembled at different central points to receive this information and take it to the people of the State. There again we see the value of our county agents. The work of a special? ist h multiplied by the number of county agents he is uble to reach. Mr. Lund, art expert in drying fruits and vegetables and the canning of meats, came to us at an opportune time. ? "Charles Doaring. an expert In muscadine grapes, gave us some val? uable information at the beginning ot the grape season. Quantities of grapes that have been going to waste h ive been conserved through h'.s ef-1 forts. Miss Hannah Weasling has been of very great assistance to our State by teaching the agents the use of different wheat substitutes. They in turn have carried this information to practically every community in the S.ate. Mr. McLean, from the dairying division, has given us help for several years in farm butter making, and is now helping us to secure a specialist to remain In our-State for some time teaching cheese and farm butter mak? ing. Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin ha visited our State at different times. ' disusing inspiration and giving in? formation along home economics fcUBSa, W. W. Long, our extension di? rector, is always ready to send his specialists to aid us whenever we call for them. "For the last three years the home demonstration workers of South Car? olina have held in each organized county a short course or institute. These short courses last from three , to five days and are generally held at the county seat. The enrolled club members attend regularly for the en? tire time and suitors came in from day to day. At least 10,000 of our tegular enrollment of women and girls attended the short courses thh; tiummer. The number of people at? tending the short courses other than ??egular club members is estimated at 15,000. Thus 25.000 people have been reached directly, and it is im? possible to state the number reach? ed indirectly. Practical demonstra? tions were given at these short courses on the following subjects: Canning, drying, bread making, meal and meat substitutes, poultry, eco? nomy of foods, and practical lectures alto given. In addition to the coun? ty ahort course, Winthrop College offers annually a short course for prize winning girls In the home dem? onstration work. This year girl jittendod this State short ?course, two and three*>,B<nTdTg from each county. The course lasts for two weeks. Win? throp College also gave a State short course for the women in the home demonstration clubs. This year 93 wo? men were In attendance, represent? ing all of tne women's home demon? stration clufce in the State. The short course for women lasts for one week, and the work done is along the same lines as that giver, in the county short courses. "If a State, county or community \ fair is successful, It must help men and women to solve the problems that confront them in the home and on the farm. With this end In view, we have tried each succeeding year tc make our fairs more and more edu? cational. We had'demonstrations an .l exhibits along the following lines at our State fair; winter garden, peren? nial garden, canning exhibit, display? ed In a mammoth queen jar. demon? stration of breads, using wheat substitutes, exhibit of eggs, showing how to grade them and how to pre? serve them in water glass, a booth showing a model drying equipment, a demonstration in making cottage cheese and farm butter, and exhibit of dried fruits and vegetables, am1 demonstration showing how to dry them and also how to cook them, a laundry exhibit, and a demonstration In soap making, the planning of meals showing how tc conserve meats, wheat, fats and sugars by Unlng sub? stitutes, a sewing booth, giving an ex hlblt of the four year's work in sew? ing by the club ;?irls, nnd a booth showing how to beautify the hon,, grounds. These several booths were under the direction of commutes ?> county agents who had been worUinp. on this since the first of the year. Tlv usual county fairs have been htk showing marked Improvement in the quality of the products exhibited. 1T\ far the fairs that are doing the moil icmnl are the community fairs. Mor. have been held this year than ever before, the exhibits and attendant' have been better. They are a won drfiil meant of developing oommum i?\ spirit One hundred and ei^hr. (.f these fairs will be held in OUI 'state this year. The following are some intendIir developments of the work of 1117 ist. We have seen i general domnn< for the work in our large towns at: 1 rltbs. Am ? result of this demand we have organized home demon tea tlon clubs In mir towns and eitle? n Jlnd thai our services are nnpreeia' sd and 11 ? very iiim li needed hi I Ihd July I there was an e\p:in fsion of the home demonstration SI | sanizatlon to include mill village work I which had been carried on by Win? throp College under a separate organ? isation up to this time. In the future, the mills desiring our services- will have the supervision of our agents and the use of our lterature. 3rd. As a result of the war emergency ap? propriations which became effective las- August, we were enabled to put on nine emergency county home dem? onstration agents, 18 assistant county home demonstration agents, and two State assistants. We did not think it wise to try to develop a separate city organization, but rather to maintain the unity of the organization which has its origin been tryng to bridge the division between the county, the town and city. Again our idea was to keep the organization on a bas-is tha,t we could maintain in the future, and at the same time to serve both the urban and the rural population effectively. "The following are some of the ma? terial results of the home demonstra? tion work which have been gathered from the agents' reports: Six hundred and eighty-six thousand and eighteen containers, including tomatoes, beans, soup mixture, Dixie relish, catsup, etc. have been put up from the girls' one-tenth acre gardens, valued at $117,387; 1,662,535 containers, includ? ing all fruits and vegetables, have been put up by our women home demonstration club members, valued at $436,535, approximately . 41,495 pounds of dried fruits and vegetables have been saved by the women, val? ued at $5,889; 17,216 gallons of brined products, valued at $1,706, are reported. We have reported 6,300 winter gardens and 430 perennial gardens. The girls in Cherokee coun? ty grew 1,200 bushels of peanuts. It is estimated that 250,000 people have been influenced by our county agents through emergency work. The value of the products, both canned and dried, as a result of this work, Is $323,802; 2.232 home conveniences, including flreless cookers, iceless re? frigerators, fly traps, fly screens, iron? ing boards, wheel trays, water system, etc., have been made or installed in homes; 4,788 homes are now using wheat substitutes as result of demon? strations given by our agents; 23 rest rooms for our farm women have been established; 2.196 improved devices for making better butter are report? ed; 4.320 pure bred fowls have been sold for breeding purposes;* 4,500 demonstrators have purchased pure bred eggs; 6,000 dozen eggs have been preserved In water glass. "In estimating the value of the work to the State from a financial standpoint, the dried and canned fruits and vegetables alone have sav? ed the State $885,319. It is impossible to estimate at this time the value of the farm butter, poultry and eggs. Many thousands of dollars are saved through teaching the people to use wheat and meat substitutes. We feel that our work is helping to produce more efficient citizens by educating our people to properly nourish the body through well planned meals. With a steady increase of interest in the field, there Is a reflex action upon the colleges. Ambition is awakened in our girls to attend college. In many instances they are enabled to do so as a result of their own efforts. Socially the value of the work can hardly be estimated. It is a dominan: factor In uniting the members of the family to work for the general uplift of the farm and home. It unites com? munities and communities and Vowns The founders of the demonstration work must have had a premonition of the present world conflict which enabled them to lay the foundation for the present work to?be done. We feel that our corps of home demon? stration workers are Just as surely doing their part towards bringing about a world peace as the soldiers on the firing line." FALL FROM BUGGY KILLS WO? MAN. Mrs. \\ . A. Suggs Instantly Killed in Accident Near Lamar Christmas Day. Lamar, Dec. 2s.?:. <?.<?. Bessie Rog en Suggs, wife of \\\ a. Suggs, a prominent farmer of the Oates sec? tion of this county was thrown from ? buggy an(i i<iiiecj Christmas after? noon. The horse made a quick move? ment in the road, throwing Mr. Sugfjs and a little hoy, who was asleep in his lap, out between the wheels, and Mr Suggs lost control of the lines. Th" horse continued In the road for about 200 yards then he turned sud? denly Into a yard. At this point Mrs Suggs either jumped or was throw from the buggy and was killed in rtnntly, breaking her neck and crush > h?r skull. The 11 months ol Which Mrs. Suggs ha<l In her irmi at the lime of the accident wai "of hurt. Mr. and Mrs, PHtgfl had ipen Chrlttmai day with Mrs. iugg's fath r. r. m Rogers, in Lamar and wore retarnlni home when the accident ocetirrel about two mllei from town Mr* Suggs leaves n husband an I three children, PROMOTIONS IN FRANCE. Gen. Pershing Recommends Forty- ( seven Young Officers for Advance in Ranks. Washington, Dec. 26.?Among 4 7 officers of the expeditionary forces recommended for promotion hy Gen. Pershing in a list made public today by the war department is Second Lieut. Archibald B. Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, who is proposed for a captaincy of infantry. Besides Lieut. Roofievelt, one other second lieutenant of infantry, Mah lon O. Bradley, is proposed for a captaincy, and Capt. Emmet W. Sav? age, infantry, is recommended for promotion to lieutenant colonel. These three officers are the only ones in the combatant service recommend? ed for advancement of more than one grade, but First Lieuts. H. E. Ross und A. W. Kenner of the medical corps are proposed for the rank of major. WTith few exceptions the advance? ments are to the National Army. No reason for the promotions was given by Gen. Pershing so far as was an? nounced by the department. The highest rank proposed is lieutenant colonel and as only promotion for general officers require congressional action, it is expected that the pro? motions will be approved immediately by President Wilson. SECTIONALISM AGAINST E. D. SMITH. Pomerenc's Friends Claim Chair? manship Should Go to Man From the North. y Washington, Dec. 28.?Suggestions involving sectionalism and possible application of an administration "coid hand" to Senator E. D. Smith's claim to the chairmanship of the important interstate commerce committee of the senate, are made in a Washington pa per this afternoon. The paper in question, which h?fc previously con? tained articles by no means biased in the South Carolina senator's favor, now publishes the following in con? nection with the News and Courier's information that Senator Smith claims his right to the chairmanship under the senate precedent: "This is taken here to mean that if the senate Democratic steering com? mittee or committee on committees, does not give Senator Smith the chair? manship there will be a fight. Sena? tor Pomerene, according to his friends, is already lining up support for the position. Much is to be made by Pomerene and his supporters of the fact that the North is entitled to this chairmanship and that Southern Democrats have too /many already in proportion to the Democrats from the North. The administration may take a hand in the matter in behalf of the Ohio senator. Senator Smith of South Carolina has not seen fit in a number of instances to do as the White House wanted him to. Just ar this time, when highly important railroad legislation is to come < up, the administration has a keen inter? est in the interstate commerce com? mittee." The interstate commerce commit? tee is expected to meet tomorrow and it will be interesting to see who acts as chairman pro tern. FRENCH LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED Ton Billion Francs-Asked for Already Rcccivcd\ I Pafis, Dec. 28.--Th& htt billion francs asked for in tnSe third war lean has been exceeded. ao# glM yg to a statement made in the chamuer of deputies today by M. Klotz, the min? ister of finance. M. Klotz said the returns were still incomplete but that subscriptions not including those from abroad aggregated 10,276,000,000 francs. ADVANCE NEAR JERUSALEM. Allcnby's Men Score Success Against Turks. London. Dec. 28.?The British troops in Palestine have repulsed a Turkish attack north and northwest of Jerusalem and made an advance of about two and one-half miles on a front of nine miles along the Turk? ish right flank, says an official com? munication Issued today. The Turks suffered severe los??s in the repulse, which came after the British pickets had been driven in. MANY AMERICANS HONORED. London. Dec. 28.?Field Marshel 'laig has submitted a list of name3 of persons serving on the western front ; i deserving of special mention. Th list us published today in the London (Tazetts contains the names of many Americans attached to ths American rmy nursing corps. An elephant owned by Smith's Greater Carnival Shows which are wintering al the tobacco warehouse, died list night. It was not a Aery large elephant, but a big wagon was required to haul It out of town. SI MTKH-TUHBKVILLK ROAD. Construction of Sliort Link Between I McBridc's and Pudding Swamp Uoud Would Reduce Distance. Editor Daily Item. I see it is proposed to build an other tobacco warehouse in Sumter. This is a good move, for as a general thing what builds up the court house town helps all the county. The pro? moters should see that easy access to the tobacco growing territory should be opened. On September 19, 1914, Messrs. D. L. Green, D. E. Turbeville and J. T. Buddin, all of Clarendon county, ap? peared before the Chamber of Com? merce and County Board to urge a direct road to Sumteor. They stated that they wanted to do business in ?Sumter, but were deterred by distance md bad roads. In furtherance of this direct road and to open up lands in my charge, I had surveyed almost an airline from McBride's Cross roads to Mr. J. T. Buddin's on the Pudding Swamp road. With a long and careful study of the lay of the land and the objectives? Sumter and Turbeville?I have locat? ed and partly cut out the most of this road where it will be most easily built and kept up. This is a public enterprise that is needed in the de? velopment of the county and the drawing closer together of the citi? zens of the progressive towns of Sumter and Turbeville. That the in? terests I represent will largely bene? fit by opening this road is incidental to all public work. But Surr ter coun? ty will many times reap the cost of this road when these lands are set? tled by thrifty owners, in addition to the benefits of direct travel. Mr. C. E. McElveen. who owns be? tween me and the Pudding Swamp road, will give the right of way. I have given the right of way, had it surveyed, have mucl\ of it cut out, and three-fourths mile of it, the Mc Bride avenue, is a hundred years old ,and is as good as the public roads hereabouts. I have had an exper? ienced road man go over this prop? osition and hope to have the figures to show the cost of this work at the meeting on January 1st. E. W. Dabbs. 1918 AUTO LICENSES. State Highway Department Has Re? ceived Supply of Tags. Columbia, Dec. 29.?For the infor? mation of all owners' of motor ve? hicles the State Highway Commis? sion announce yesterday that in accordance with the law 1917 license plates will be recognized by the au? thorities until February !, 1918, as all owners have one month margin in which to obtain their numbers. After many delays due to transpor? tation difficulties the State highway department has received a shipment of 45,000 license plates for 1918 and is now isuing the same, but as many owners seem to think that they must obtain their license plates prior to January 1 the above announcement is made. License paltes for 1918 must be placed on motor vehicles on or be? fore February 1. ONE BIG SYSTEM. All Railroads are Now United Under Government Control. Washington, Dec. 28.?At noon to? day approximately two hundred and fifty thousand miles of American rail? way systems were silently merged into one great continental chain for win? ning the war, under the president's decision. This great event, regarded by many as the opening of a new epoch in government operation and control of public utilities was passed by without formal ceremony. Orders were issued for the actual unification of the lines, the common use of fa? cilities and equipment, which are ex? pected to raise freight Jam immediate? ly. County Board Meeting. The regular monthly meeting of the County Board of Commissioners is usually held on the first Tuesday of each month, but the first Tuesday of January falling on New Year day, which is a legal holiday, the meet? ing has been postponed until the sec? ond Tuesday, January 8th. No for? mal notice of the postponement of the meeting of the hoard has beert giv? en, except indirectly, in the notier* published yesterday, that all the coun? ty offices would be closed on Tues? day, January 1st. State Council of Dofense. Columbia, Dec. 27.?The regular monthly meeting of the State Council of Defense will be held January 3 in the forenoon* This will be an exceed? ingly important meeting, stated Exe eutive Secretary Reed Smith today, in that it will be tin last one held prior to the convening of the general as : embly. The legalizing of tlte body by the passage of a legislative act. the labor problem facing the State and the probable amount of appropriation to be asked of the genral assembly will be thoroughly discussed. GARNER'S FERRY R?A&. Highway Comm^jskm Hafl Now Making Survey Onrne*?? Ferry Road. Columbia, Dec. 29.?A squad of engineers from the State highway commission are making surveya of Garner's Ferry Road out of Colum? bia toward Sumter, to obtain esti? mates as to the cost of continuing the| read through the swamp areas of the Wateree river anid to construct either a bridge or a fierry for direct highway connection between the State capital ard the Gamecock city. The work has been in progress 10 day*1 or two weeks. \ COUNCIL OF DISFENSE. Important Meeting to Be Held Tues? day, January 1st. From The Daisy Item, Pec. 29. Chairman A, C. Phelp? of the Sum? ter County Council of Defense has called a meeting of the council to be held at the Ufuial place of meeting. Chamber of Commerce, at 11 A. M., Tuesday, January 1st, and all mem* bers have been urgently requested to be present. This meetinp; is most important as matters of crious moment are to be considered and the plans and ac? tivities of the council are to be for? mulated for he year. The County Council did much good work during the year 191T, and the results ac? complished v.ere, as a whole, en? couraging ar l satisfactory, although falling short of the high mark set tor attainment ar, the organization of the committee of Public Safety. Neat year the necessity for cooperation and intensive effort is greater than ever before. The people must stand to? gether and work together in* the^N. support of the government so that each man a/id each community shall contribute the maximum production and the maximum serviae. One of the most ser.ous questions that the County Council has been called to? gether to co nsider is that of the re? cent action of the" County Board of Commission* s in placing themselves on record ii opposition to an appro? priation for he support of the Honfa Demonstration Work in Sumter County during the ensuing year. The County Council of Defense, being com? posed of men from every section of the county, is m a position to know what the Home Demonstration work has aceornp shed in the county, what Its value has been and IS and whether the people of the county want it con? tinued or not. The question will be brought up for discussion with open minds and if it is found that the Counts* Board of Commigeftyg|fY%re correct in declaring tfcat i the wr_1 is not wort!. $1,500 a year and that the people do not want it, the fact will be ma e known and the Home Demonstration work will be abandon? ed without further effort in its be* half, but if the decision is In favor of the Home Demonstration woflc an? other app <?l will be made to the County Boa-d and the legislative del? egation. The County Council of De? fense is the most representative body in Sumter county and it's considered and mature opinion on any subject should hav*t weight. hat\ DESTROYERS SINK SUBMARINE. Details of American Naval Victory Given Out by Navy Department. Washington, Dec. 29.?Full details of the destruction by American de? stroyers of a German submarine and the capture of its crew, made public today by tV.e navy department, show that destroyers Fanning and Nichol? son were the ships engaged. The in? cident was reported November 24th, but few facts were given. The sub? marine sur.k, according to the state? ment, as ix was preparing to attack a merchan". ship flotilla, convoyed by ! destroyers. PAN-GERMANS ANGRY. Bitterly Opi*>se Peace Terms Propos? ed by German Government. Amsterdam, Dec. 29.?The Pan German newspapers angrily condemn the peace terms of the Central powers. Tfca Berlin Deutsche Zeitung says the entente has won the great? est vl..'tcry of f.:c war, that the dip? lomats hav? destroyed all that has been fought for. London, Dec. 29.?Three torpedo boat destroyers were sunk by torpe? does or mines off the Dutch coast on the night December 22nd with the loss of thirteen officers, and a hun? dred and eighty men, the admiralty announced oday. London. Oec. 29.?A Zeppelin and s seaplane -iccompanying it have been wrecked ir. the North sea, according to a Centr. 1 News dispatch from Copenhagen, quoting advices from West Jutland. Tf human tanks would be very val? uable on the firing line a large army of them c uld be recruited in thia action.?Sj *rtanburg Journal.