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.CONVENTION \ South Carolina Association of Graduate Nurses In Thir 4eei*th AHn_al Meet ing 'There are $7 nurses in attendance ;?mtfter forthe I3th annual conven 'xlbn of the South Carolina Association ?f Graduate Nurses, the largest con ??iio? of nurses in the 'State UP to this time. "The state president. Miss Mary C. McKenuat. presided over the morning 1 session. Miss McKenna is formerly [' from Charleston. She served as chief nurse at ~Camp Jackson during the Ktrar and "Since that time has been "^superintendent of the Columbia hos pital. "Other ?fficers present are: - ?Hss 3a&fe"Frazer, of Columbia, second vt?^resident: Mfes Antonia Gibson of Sumter, secretary, and Miss Sadie I Gulledge, ef > Columhia, treasurer, a-Mses Alice _5./ Comraer, of Flor ?^mee. -ftfst vfee-president, is severely fil at home and ^so could not be pres ent. National Association's Report. . T_e- fe_t?Fe-<>f-t_e morning's pro gram was the report brought from the National ASS?ci?ti?h of "Nurses by P^Miss Ida Eldredge, its interstate sec -retary. -She gave the nine points of j/?fe program of the/national associa _?JEft3-i"3isiaiMmiihced at the Atlanta con vention as to the work of all: nurses: First, to\abtsdn national headquarters , rin New York tor'the three organiza tions, American Nurses' association. Public Health Nursing Organization \ and -/th<e'^ationaT League of Nursing Education; second, 'to take the official ?*journal, read it. write for it, place it in ail lihrar-ies. T5:e journal upholds the ideals of * the association; only one third vCff the members now subscribe t for it; third, to raise at once a me : morial ftmd of 55A8.O00 to equip^a hospital at -Bordeauxt France, in '- memory of Miss.Jane Delano.and the >' : other ?American nurses who died in <JrrFrance; ?iirth, publicity; fifth, in crease membership by (finding ou$ i why'other nurses are not members; '-^??J?xth, hold -conference of several-state vrassociations;; '*seventh. to encourage v ^mmger^memfters to take offices and : realize then-responsibility in the as '?osociation, and, eighth, private duty -v??fet|?_t of state- associations have * tnetings and discuss problems; ninth, work''for compulsbry laws. Miss Eldrege ^emphasized that every ? nurse must forget herself in devotion ! her work and for'the elevation of ;: -the profession. IFhis may be said to ^^be-the keynote of the convention; -ev V ery .speaker has touched on it in some ?nmy --ad~urgetf it ?pn? the nurses. ? -Miss McKCnna, in her address as ^president of the association, mention Tell ??at!this was the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. She $ i?i?-i?-reorganization of. the associa tion, spoke of the place for small hos . pitals in training, school work and ad . vacated a -shorter- day for nurses in txamm-g. Her recommendations, which ?rill -be T?ted ;~on-tomorrow were: First, the association should create a s-tate inspector for hospitals; sec ond, coancfi ist education to worik| with inspector; third, a committee to Regelate ^uniform rates and fees for S'TPrxvate nursing all over the State; fourth, -to "have a school for public health nursing, ?.nd, *fth. a central) school where pupils might get pre liminary training dining probation. Miss McKenna told of the good ac :complished by the committee of fire: appointed and paid by the State as sociation which worked with - the State Board of examiners. Ex-Governor Manning paid a heart felt trSb?te to the 2O,*0O nurses that; Had volunteered for work, 700 of jPFhom had "come from South Caro lina. He spoke of the scant attention tk-e State had paid to her own history " in^fne "past: and said that this time So?th-Carolina nrnst not let it go un recorded that she had sent 60,000 men overseas, of whom 3,300 were casual7| :ties, a greater per centage than any other State, and "had given $15.000,000 in money. Appropriate addresses of ?welcome were-given, by Dr. E. R. Wil son,. Mrs. Horace. Harby, president of the Civic League; Miss Mary E. Hein rich, president district nurses, re .gpxmsc 'to ^vvhich y?as made by Miss Jane Frazer, of Columbia. ?r. Sophia Branson of Sumter en tertained the nurses with a paper on the healing .qualities of water- in thfl . treatment of disease, showing its su periority over drug stimulants, and tracing the use of water h\ this way from the time of Hippocrates. Miss Sadie Gulledge of Columbia read a short -hut iiXterestins: paper on "Lab oratory Work for Nurses." ?^A.n iionored guest of the convention is* Miss Jane Van De Vrede. of Atlan .ta. director of Southern nursing. A. R. C. She spoke morning and after noon, discussing 'Public Health Nurs ing" in the afternoon and in the morning "Elevating the Profession and the Present Day of Education." She stressed the fact that the character and responsibility of the nursing pro fession is changing. The cry Is'not only for more nurses, but for better nurses and better educated nurses. The puhlic health session, whieh was held in the afternoon, was pre sided over by Miss Jane Frazer. of Columbia. There wxsmueh enthus iasm displayed and their experience in pufcMe health work was related by several such workers, among them Miss Virginia Glbbs, of Charleston. Miss Trenholm, of Florence, and Miss Palmer, of Florence; Miss Benedict, of Clarendon county and Miss Brice, of Carhardt Village at Rock Hill, from all'of whose remarks it was seen that these women were very far in deed from the type they described as the nurse who came into the home to be -waited on. Mrs. Ruth A. Dodd, -?j*ector of the child welfare bureau State Board of Health, made lendid address on the qualifica <Sf the public health nurse, of h there are now 80 in the State demand for them that can supplied. Wood, <a negro worker sent Mrs. Dodd's department, gave an entertaining account of her work among' the negroos, irrspeoting color-, ed seK?ols and instructing negro! wires. At the afternoon session Mrs. Nina ?Solomons of Sumter spoke before the nurses on social service, showed the need for it and brought otff the co-or dination between the nurse and the social workers. The ticket as pre sented by the nominating committee has on it the following names: For president. Miss Jane Frazer; first vice president. Miss Antonia B. Gibson and Miss Bruce; second vice president. Miss Rosa Broden and Miss P. Web-1 .*-:er; -secretary. Miss -H. H. McAllister and Miss Coke: treasurer, Miss Fran ces Strieker1 and Miss Joe Thomas; councillor. Miss McKenna. There will be mother nomniations from the floor at the Saturday morning session. The most successful convention of the South Carolina graduate nurses came, to a close yesterday afternoon, after a two-days' session. 'Many of the visiting nurses'had to leave after the first day, but others came to take "their places, making the total attend ance 84. ? The attendance was more representative than formerly, as the *State ha:s fceen divided into districts and each district had several dele gates present. New officers were elected for the association: President, Miss Jane "Frazer, of Columbia; first vice presi dent. Miss Antonia B. Gibson, of Sum ter; second vice president. Miss Psyche Webster, of Greenville; secre tary, Miss Mary C. ^McAllister, of Charleston; treasurer, Miss Frances Strieker, of Hartsville. Miss Mary C McKenna was elected counsellor to serve with Mrs. E. W. Dabbs, of Mayesvilie, and Miss Arn ette Benson, of Columbia, who held over. Miss McKenna, the retiring presi-1 dent, wras presented with a diamond pin as a token of appreciation frorm the association. It was announced that she had been elected a director of the American League of Nursing ?Education at the Atlanta convention. - The -president's recommendations, as previously reported, all received fa vorable action. A council of educa tion was created and an inspector for training schools decided on. The as sociation is to work to establish a school for. piiblic "health nurses, j Appropriate resolutions were pass* i ed on the death of two nurses of the a-?sociation during the past twelve months: Miss Mary Vaughn and Mrs. Latimer. of Charleston. \ Miss Fannie Bulow .presented the courtesy resolutions thtanking the people of Sumter and the various or* ganizations that had contributed to the success of the 'thirteenth annual convention. Miss Jane Van De Vrede of the Am erican Red Cross and Miss Ada Eld ridge, of the American Nurses asso ciation attended all the sessions of the convention and assisted materially with their helpful suggestions throughout the meetings. Camden wras chosen as the place of gathering for T921. An elaborate luncheon was served the visiting nurses in the 'domestic science rooms of the Girls' High School at noon. Pink roses and sffreet preas"were used to beautify the tables. Kewptes with Red Cross nurses' veils were the souvenirs. The Sumter alum nae" association of nurses was the hostess. THE DAIRY HONOR ROLL Thirty-nine Cows Tested Over Forty Pounds Butt erf at in March Clemsoir College, April 23.?The number of cows in South Carolina on official test for butterfat and milk is increasing rapidly. In March there were altogether 98 cows on test. 39 Guernseys, C*0 Jerseys and 29 Hol steins. Of these 39 qualified for the .honor roll by producing 40 pounds or more of butterfat. In the list were 21 Guernseys, 2 Jerseys and IG Hol steins. The top-notch producer of all cows /tested was Sweepstakes, a Holstein, owned by H. B. Jordan. Ridge Springs, yielding 2,196.3 pounds of milk and 75.64 pounds of butterfat. The sec ond place went to another Holstein. Agricola Cremelle Belle, owned by J, IK. Mayfield. Denmark, with a yield j of 1.892.">5 pounds of milk and 66.96 'pounds of butterfat, though three of his other Holsteins, Snow, Mollie and 1 Jessie, produced a greater milk yield than Agricola. Third honor among all. cows tested and first honor among Guernseys, was won by Imp. Roc'. Hampton Fanny, owned by R. M. Cooper, Wisacky, with a production of 1,522.5 pounds of milk and 64.05 pounds of butterfat. I The two Jerseys with places on the honor roll are owned by C. B. Whit Jney. Beaufort, the best of these being ! Harmless of Cloverdale. with S84.9 pounds of milk and 53.09 pounds of butter-fat. In comparison with the February testing records, the above figure^ show decided improvement, since the total February honor roll was only 25, as opposed to 39i in March. The March record shows 18 cows produc ing over 50 pounds and 4 over GO pounds of butterfat as opposed, to 12 and 4 respectively for February. The Guernseys on the March honor roll include owned by J. L. Meln tosh. Doversville: l by J. M. ErWin, Dorlinsrton,; 2 by C. S. McCall. Ben nettsville; 3 by Ware Shoals Mfg. Co.: 2 by R. A. Smith. Lynchburg; 1 by L. ?F. Montgomery, Bishopville; ?, by R. M. Cooper. Wisacky. The Holsteins include 6 owned by J. K. Mayfield. Denmark: ] by Clemson College: 2 by St. J. A Lawton, Charleston: 7 by H. B. Jordan. Ridge Springs. Religious Survey All of the Protestant churches have /United in taking a religious census of the City Of Sumter and the rural community so far out as is affected by the churches in Sumter. All of the people are asked to give the most ac curate information possible in answer1 to the Questions: Anyone can speak to their pastor concerning the need of such information. Spfirmg Oxfords. J Clapp and Barry; nonte better. Get j 1 your pick today. / 1 . ? foiepfc [)& Chandler.1 Ruorxr mzKs and cour?se Observation ?f -English Writer Is That thi' Two Are Generfelly Fouid Together. "Ginger for pluck" Is an old say In? which would seem to be confirmed in the bestowal of military decorations for bravery, observes London An swers. "It was in the mined square of demolished Xpres last Christmas eve," writes a British officer, "that I ?was -first impressed 1>y the large num ber of Ted:hfHred men who were re ceiving the military me^al. "Since that afternoon I have noted the complexion of every officer and man wearing a military decoration, and the impression made at Ypres has been strengthened in consequence. There must be something in the old saying, for wherever -soldiers are gathered together there is a red haired, beribboned man in the midst i of them. "Take our most famous fighting di vision?the invincible Fifty-tirst. This composed almost entirely of High land troops, "and the Highlanders are nearly all full-blooded blonds. Of course there are dark-haired heroes in plenty, tat nevertheless red hair and pluck would seem to be synonymous Red hair is common among our most daring airmen, and although I cannot say how many holders of the Victoria (Ltoss sport ruddy locks I am prepared to* wager that they form a large per centage. "Scientists say that red hair 1? caused by a large proportion qf iron In the system, and certainly 'carrots and freckles* have been worn by men of Iron while doing the work of men In the devils own war." FROM COFFIN TO KITCHEN Plate Placed on Casket That Heid Body of Louis XIV Found Doing Duty as Frying Pan. At the Cluny museum In Paris U a very interesting relic. Ohe day a few years ago the cura tor of the museum happened to visit a small restaurant in the suburbs of Saint Denlsj in which the same room .served -as "a dining room and kitchen. While he was waiting to be served the curator was attracted by a frying imnr'of unusual appearance that hung upon the wall. He took it down, care fully removed -some of the soot with which it was covered, and made out part of an inscription. What lie found interested him so much that he bought the old pan. When It was cleaned it was found to bear the arms of France and Na varre, surrounded by the chain of St Louis and the cord of the Order of Saint Esprit, and this inscription as well. **Here lies the magnificent Prince, King -?ouis XIV, King \ of Prance and Navarre. Requiescat in pace." It was the plate that had been fas tened to the coffin of Louis XIV. When the burial'vaults of the royal family in the cathedral at Saint Denis were rifled by the populace in 1793 it had been wrenched from the coffin, fitted with a handle, and turned into a fry ing pan.' The'handle has been re moved. The Warning. He was nineteen years old and she was just sixteen. For a long time they had been saving their money to get married. When they together had acquired $160 they decided that they had reached the opportune time. So into Sullivan and to the courthouse for the needed license they hied. As they ascended the steps of that building they met a motley crew com ing down the stairway?a discontent ed-looking husband, a -still more dis contented-looking wife "and five dilapi dated, dirty children. The boy stopped, turned to stare at the girl and found that she was staring at hiiu. Suddenly she laughed and tucking her hand into his arm turned him around so that his back was toward the en trance of the building. "Let's go back home, Fred, and wait until we've sav ed another hundred dollars," she ad vised.?Indianapolis News. "Piecing Out Wool Supply. All the wool grown in the world every year, If made only into clothing for people living outside the tropics, and not into horse blankets, carpets, etc., would provide fourteen ounces per person. That is enough to make one lightweight pair of bathing trunks extending from the waist to the knees. "Then, nncle," asked Rollo, "where does the rest of the wool we wear come from? Our coats and overcoats and blankets and woolen stockings?"' "That," replies his uncle, "is reworked wool, or shoddy." "But surely, uncle," exclaimed the boy, "we do not wear shoddy, do we?" "No," said the fron est uucle, "you and I do not. but ev erybody else does."?The Little Jour Paying War Debts. There is no uniform rule of action regarding the payment of war debts. Some war debts have been entirely paid off, and others have been greatly reduced. Li 1793, following tbe Revo lutionary war, the public debt of the United States was $80.302.034. It was reduced year by year until 3812, when It was iMo,209.737. During the war of 1812, it increased until 1810, when , It w:is $127,834,933. Then folio wed a frlong period of steady yearly reduction \ till in 1835 it stood at the nominal figure of $37,012, with much more than that balance In the treasury. Circumstances brought a lomr period of grY>rr?n in the public debt till 18(58. following the Civil war, It was:62,77V 280,173. WHAT IS HE? Man of Many Countries Selects the rjifit^Q stau* Tulsa. Ok la. April 20.?This puzzle in nationality has the marines guess ing: Louis C Minette. accepte*! for en listment in the IT. S. Marine corps here today, said that his mother was an American who married a French man in Italy. He was horn on a ship flying the Spanish colors, while ly ing in the English channel. At the ^age of five his parents died in Swed en, and he was adopted by a German wfho brought him to the United States. His adopted father is not a naturaliz ed citizen. "Would you class him as "The .Man Without a Country?' " the recruiting sergeant was asked. 'Man without a country nothing," said the sergeant, "I'd class him as a League of Nations.' Molasses May Serve to Solve Auto ' Fuel ProMem, Thirsty souls and economists who have been \voncIfnnfi; what Will' be come of all the"'molasses which form erly went into the manufacture of rum, remarks a writer in the current number of American Motorist, will he interested to learn that automobiles, trucks ? and tractors "may be operated hot with rum. nor even with molasses, bu: with alcohol made from the lat ter. Continuing the writer sets forth: "American Motorist not long ago called attention to the possibilities of fered by the use of alcohol as fuel for internal combustion engines. A few years ago the United States Geologi cal Survey, through its technological branch, made a series of elaborate tests of the relative value of gasoline and alcohol as power producers. The most important results of the investi gations are contained in the evidence that well-designed internal-combus tion motors using alcohol or gasoline will consume about an equal volume ot fuel per unit of power. The aver ages of -the minimum consumption values.give.a like figure of 8-10 of a pint per hour per hreak horsepower from gasoline as well as for alcohol. In this comparison it is of decided in terest that the thermal value of al cohol is only -6-1-0 that of gasoline? a fact which explains the persistence of the experimenters better than any thing else. "Heretofore the obstacles in the way of miversal adoption of alco hol as n.?*or fuel lay in the difficulty of finding a raw material that could be secured sufficiently cheap to render the making of alcohol for fuel use profitable. "And now come prohibition, molas ses and alcohol in quantities practic ally as unlimited as the former sup plies of that 'delectable dainty of the grog shop?rum. "In Britain where gasoline is much more expensive than it is here, the question of finding a substitute fuel has recently received renewed atten tion. A committee has been appointed which, after exhaustive tests of the sublet, is convinced that afco-hol as rector fuel has great possibilities and' that the by-products of the sugar in dustry and many other substances yielding sugar starch or cellulose will be utl'lized ir this fashion. "According to the British commit tee appointed to investigate the mer ita-ef 'power afleofeei,' the fundamen tal "attraction of alcohol li^-s in the fact that its chief sources are found in the vegetable world. In conse quence the raw materials for the manufacture of power alcohol are be ; ing continuouslv renewed and are sus ceptible of gret t expansion without encroachment on the food supply. "Rather interesting experiments were made with alcohol derived from the flowers of the mahua trees grow ing in the East iifdies. It is said that the sun-dried flowers of this tree con tain some thing like 60 per cent of fermentable-sugar and that they can be collected and delivered to the fac tory in the zone of growth at $7.50 per ton. One ton of these leaves pro duces 90 gallons of alcohol. / ? ' Onr late antagonists, the Germans, long before the war, h?,d developed a system of. industrial alcohol manu facture under which every' farmer coutd produce his own motor fuel. The circumstance that our own oil resources are so abundant may delay simitar development in the United States. There is no doubt, however, that alcohol for motor fuel purposes looms more important and more pro mising than ever.' Hire Chauffeurs for Plumbers in f -High-Priced Birniiughum. 1 Birmingham. Ala., April 13.?Mas ter Plumbers of Birmingham are re quired to furnish chauffeurs to- drive union plumbers to and from work and the chauffeurs are not permitted to do any plumbing work, according to ^findings of a committee of allied civic clubs, which investigated the recent demand of the union men for a wage of ?12 a day. The committee said today its in quiry also had disclosed that sixty seven journeymen plumbers dominat ed the plumbing work of the city; j that use of apprentices in union shops {was forbidden with a view to restrict ing the number of available plumbers, and that unskilled labor was not .per mitted to work on plumbing jobs even where no skill was required. Among the many other blessings the ending of the war brought is the re tirement to private life of the female fat person who thought she looked chic in a motor corps uniform.? American Motorist. j The reason why automobiles are I equipped with fenders and shock ab sorbers is that it would be impossible (to do the same ~thing with all the imoongazers who wander afoot willy jand nilly, regardless alike of their own j safety and that of all others.?Ameri ! can Motorist. , j One of the most agreeable forms of ' the idleness begotten of car owner ship is sitting down and planning great gobs of work which you intend to do ?,to the old wagon when you get around to it.?American Motorist. ASKED TO ADOPT ARMENIA Supreme Allied Council Requests United States to Take Slandcit e San Rem*), April 25?The supreme , council is sending a formal request to ^President Wilson that the United States government take the mandate for Armenia. The council is leaving to President Wilson the arbitration of the differences over the boundaries of Armenia. The council awarded a mandate for Mesopotamia and Palestine to Great Britain and" a mandate for Syria to I France. ? In placing Palestine under a Brit I ish mandate the council established within the ancient limits of Holy Hand what is called "the national home of the Jews." I The terms of the mandate protect {the national rights of Jewish citizens of other countries?that is to say, a Jew of American, British. French or other nationality may retain his na tionality, although he is al?o a citizen of the state of Palestiue. The rights of Arabs also are protected, there be ing COO.000 in Palestine and 100,000 Jews. The mandate is limited gener ally by what is known as the Balfour declaration. British forces have-been in occupation of Palestine since thel ' defeat of the Turkish forces by the British field marshal, Viscount Alien by. x ; { "France has been the protector of the Christians in Syria since the mid dle ages, having been jlesignated_ for the purposes by the Holy See. The Question with regard to Syria has been in serious controversy between . the French and British governments since the armistice was signed, particularly over the point whether France should have all of what is' geographically outlined as Syria or any certain parts. The boundaries of Syria and Meso potamia will be determined by nego tiations later between France and Great Britain. The Mesopotamia mandate is given subject to friendly arrangements with the" Italian govern ment over economic rights. The Turkish treaty is now what is officially called practically finished. The Turkish plenipotentiaries, after i receiving it in Paris about May 1.0, ? will have three weeks to . consider it. The allies after receiving the' Turkish reply will take a few days ^ertainly to examine it; then the Turks will be allowed a final ten days' in which to I make up their minds to sign the treaty jor not. "V Touring is full of uncertainties even when we expect the worst.?American Motorist. The most persistent volcano in1 the world is said to be a mountain vin Ecuador that has been blowing tip steadily since 1728. That beats even the record of the tire on the right hand front wheel of our flivver.-^? American Motorist. / FERTILIZER We hare a limited amount oif corn fer tilizer, top dresser, nitrate of soda, and could ship immediately a few cars of cotton fertilizer. ? We would suggest that you figure up your additional requirements and let us supply you immediately.