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American Red Cross. Washington, D. C., That the many milions of Red Cross knitters may know the plans of the Red Cross for future knitting, George E. Scott, acting manager of the national organization, today is sued the following statement: "When the war industries board some time ago advised the Red Cross that future production of knitting yarn would be greatly reduced, we immediately commenced to purchase all yarns suitable for our knitting. As a result, we have today in stock or on order 1,400,0,00 pounds of yarn for distribution to our chapters. It is hoped that we may obtain some additional yarn from wool unsuitable for government uses. "The expected total, however, will be considerably below the ten million pounds used last year. While the to tal of yarn we can secure is being de termined, we are studying how to use our supply to produce only gar ments which are most essential. When a conclusion is reached we will announce our full program of knitting. "In addition to this stock of yarn the Red Cross has on hand 1,600,000 sweaters, 134,000 mufflers, 384,000 wristlets, 228.000 helmets, and 1, 32S,000 pairs of socks,-a total of 3,674,000 articles. We are hopeful therefore that these and such addi tional garments as we shall be able to make will enable us to meet the more urgent requirements of our men during the coming winter. In this connection it will be interesting to the women who have been knitting to know that from September 1, 1917 to June 13, 1918 the Red Cross dis tributed 5,875,000 knitted garments to the Army and Navy of the United States. During the same period 870, 000 knitted articles were sent to the Red Cross commissioners in France and Italy for distribution to soldiers, sailors and civilians. > "At the request of the war indus tries board, with which the Red Cross works in close co-operation, we have urged chapters and individ ual workers not to buy wool in the open market but to secure their ma terials through our department of supplies." i Bureau of Publicity, Southern Division s . Atlanta, Ga. To provide for conditions brought by Germany's constant shifting of Americans from one camp to anoth er with the result that parcels of food and clothing may not reach them for weeks, the American Red Cross, according to advices from Berne, has completed co-operative arrangements with the French Relief agencies to assist in the immediate care of all newly arriving Americans. Under this arrangement, French com mittees at the German prison camps, supply food and clothing from their reserve stocks, until ' the Germans see fit to let news of the arrivai get to the Red Cross at Berne. In the case of a transferred prison er, the Germans frequently do'not let his friends know his new address for two or three weeks during which time, of course, he receives no par cels from the outside. Captain Provot. in charge of French Relief at Berne, has notified all French Committees in prisons in southern Germany, to supply food and necessaries to all Americans whether newly captured or transfer red, the moment they arrive at any camp where there is no American Red Cross Committee or American reserve stock of supplies. He has re quested the other French prisoners' depots at Pai'is and Lyons to send similar instructions to all prison com mittees supplied by them. These French Committees also report the arrivals of Americans to the Ameri can Red Cross, which at once begins regular shipment of food and cloth ing. Any supplies furnished by the French to Americans to maintain them until the arrival of their par cels from Berne, the Red Cross re stores to the P'rench depots. The Am erican Red Cross is establishing Am erican Committees with reserve stocks as rapidly as it can get in touch with groups at different pris ons. Such committees already are es tablished at Tuchel, Brandenburg, Villengen and Darmstadt. The above communications have just been received from division headquarters in Atlanta with the re quest that they be published in the local newspapers. Annie M. Clisby, Publicity chairman. FOUND: A lady's black skirt found on the streets of Edgefield Friday afternoon. Purchased of Ru binstein and marked $6.50. Owner apply to W. L. Holston. 8-2?-18. FOR SALE : 7 shoats at $6.00 each or $40.00 for the lot. This price stands only till September 1st. S. B. MARSH, Trenton, S. C. 8-21-18. Heaven Help the Poor. By Dr. Frank Crane. (Copyright, 1918., by Frank Crane) Heaven help the poor! I do not mean the poor in money. For the greatest of earth have thus been poor-Socrates, Wagner, Rous seau, Poe, Lincoln, Whitman, and Jesus poorest of all, who had not where to lay His head. I mean poor in resources. For the only poverty that grinds, deadens, and kills is poverty of re sources. When sorrow comes the poor in re sources have no wells of inner happi ness from which to draw. When their money is gone they have no inner riches. When they drop from their sta tion in life they know no human be ings to turn to. When they are bereaved they have i o tides of faith to support thea They are poor in self-mastery, and their environment overcomes them. They are poor in discipline, and their own selves fall upon them arid devour them. They are poor in enthusiasms, and when their one little interest is gone they have no other. They are poor in friends, and to their calamity is added loneliness. They are poor in passion, and to a love-hungry world have nothing to offer. They are poor in thoughts, and as Robert Louis Stevenson says, do not have so much as two ideas to rub against each other while waiting for a train. They are poor in work, having never found their task, without which no soul can be happy. They are poor in time, having smothered creative leisure by the clutter of the unimportant. They are poor in beauty, having never learned to see it, let alone feed upon it. These are the wretched ones of they earth. They stand, shivering souls, looking through the window at the warmth of life ; hungry souls begging of "every passerby the bread of praise which they cannot digest. It's hell to be poor, poor in all that makes life rich and strong and easy. .. ..?. I Its' pitiful, too to see poverty stricken souls trying to buy real riches with money, whereat the gods laugh. "Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness." Courage, and Force to the Limit. As the toll of death of our heroic men lengthens from day to day, we begin to understand what our Allies have endured for the last four years when their weekly casualty list has far exceeded our total since we en tered the war sixteen months ago. We shall have to steel our hearts to a realization of the fact that soon our casualty list will mount into ma ny thousands and hundreds of thous ands, but not until then, not until the sorrow <has deeply touched every heart will we as a nation understand the war, and not until then will we realize the agony which our Allies have suffered and comprehend what it has meant, while for four years they have stood between us and the hell of German damnation. As we come to understand, from personal suffering and sorrow through the death or permanent in validism of the flower of our civili zation, the accursed crime of Ger many, a righteous wrath will take possession of our nation, and woe betide the man who, contrary to the teachings of God himself, shall dare to suggest that the murderers, the rapists, the fiends incarnate, who made this war shall not be punished to the uttermost! Away with all mawkish sentiment! Away with all false .interpretations of God's word! that individual and national crimi nals shall not be punished! And let us sternly resolve that the punish ment shall fit the crime. Let us re member that to men whose sins were as snow compared to the blood-drip ping hands and souls of Germany, Christ said, "Ye serpents, ye genera tion of vipers! how can ye escape the damnation of hell?" On to Berlin, for the criminals who have cursed the world by their blood lust and their effort to loot the world mut be destroyed.-Man ufacturers Record. College of Charleston. Founded 1785. A college of highest standard, op en to men and women. An intention ally limited enrollment insures indi vidual instruction. Four year courses lead to the Bachelor's Degree. The Pre-Medical course a special feature. Military Training, established in 1917 under War Department liegu lations, is in charge of U. S. Army Officer. Address Harrison Randolph, President, Charleston, S. C. Service of Young People. Because of the war the services of the young people of the neighbor hood will be in greater demand than, usual. Unfortunately many commu nities have not appreciated the young women till they are deprived of the services of many of them. Inducement for leadership must be offered the young people if they are expected to stay. The community that does not offer the industrious, ambitious young people a chance likely will lose them to some other community that will offer induce ment. The social and industrial ideals of the neighborhood have much to do with the interest the young people take in the rural community. If the ideals are low, the industrial stand ards easily met and neighborhood progress at a slow rate, young peo ple need not be expected to be en thusiastic and zealous for the com munity. They will rather be inclined to become discouraged and to seek new fields of labor for their talents. While people are young and full of ambition they like contest and conquest. They are usually anxious for a chance to lead in some kind of progressive undertaking. They want a part in good road movements; they may be enlisted in a campaign for better rural schools; most of them will take part in social center meetings-debates, literary societies and reading circles. Young people must have amuse ment as well as work. They must be encouraged to take recreation in the right way and enjoy life while they have enthusiasm. It is the duty of the adults of the neighborhood to assist them.-Farm and Ranch. Keep the Parlor Well Aired. Most country people and a good many in the cities and towns also, seldom have company except on Sun day to take in the parlor; and not even then if the weather is not suit able. So do not keep your parlor or best room shut up tight and curtains pull ed down during the absence of com pany. If so, it will smell damp and musty. See that the sunshine and air are let in daily, and have the room smelling sweet at all times as you may need it some day without warn ing. It is a good idea to build a fire in the parlor at least once a week, whether company comes or not. Es pecially is this true during late fall, winter and early spring. A thorough drying out will do the room no harm, but instead will be a great benefit to it. -Progressive Farmer. Been There? Did you ever hear a bullet whizz, " j Or dodge a hand grenade? Have you watched long lines of trenches dug By doughboys with a spade? Have you seen the landscape lighted up At midnight by a shell? Have you seen a hillside blazing forth Like the furnace room in Hell? Have you camped o'ernight in a ru ined town With a rafter for a bed, With thc horses stamping underneath In thc morning when they're fed? Have you heard thc crump-crumps whistling? Do you know the dud-shell's grunt?. Have you played rat in a dugout? Then you've surely s"en the front! -Edgar C. Outen, 1st Lieut,. F. A. in The Stars and Stripes. FOR SALE-One twohorse pow-' er gas engine as good as new. Also one House Cold Fire shrinker, with punch and shear combined, in good' condition. E. W. SAMUEL. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills. Engines. Boilers, Supplies and Repairs, Porta ble, Steam and Gasoline En gines, Saw Teeth, Files. Belt and Pipes, WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. GINS and PRESS REPAIRS Try LOMBARD AUGUSTA. GA. To Drive uut malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malana, the Von builds up the system. 50 cents / III Gooch We invite the men and come in and see our ligh suits. Just what you need cool in. See our beautiful assort ECLIPSE Shirts-nothing fc the market for the money. Large stock of Light-Wei derwear. All kinds to sele See our Crossett and Selz Oxfords for Men and I lil SN THE BA EVERT WEEK GooyrUht 1909. b? C. K. ZixstctmiP Co. - No. 51 THERE is no doubt about money in the bank, it is sure and positive. Maybe slow, but there is the satisfaction that it is sure. Posi tive in every way, both that it will grow, and that it is safe. : BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard. President; B. E.^Nicholson, Vice-President E. J. Mims, Cashier; J. H. Allen. Assistant Oashier. DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Thos. H. Rainsford. John Rainsford, B. E Nicholson, A.S. Tompkins. C. C. Fuller. E. J. Mims. J. H. Allen OWEN BROS. MARBLE & GRANITE CO. DESIGNERS MANUFACTURERS ERECTORS DEALERS IN EVERYTHING FOR THE CEMETERY. The largest and best equipped monu mental mills in the Carolinas. GREENWOOD, RALEIGH, - S. C. N. C. F. A. JOHNSON, Local Agent boys to t-weight to keep ;ment of letter on ght Un ct from. -Schwab ioys mm ?ss mm Abbeville-Greenwpod Mu tual Insurance Asso ciation. ORGANIZED 1892. Property Insured $2,500,000. WRITE OR CALL on the under signed for any information you may desire about our plan of insurance. We insure your property against destruction by FIRE, WINDSTORM or LIGHT NING and do so cheaper than any Com pany in existence. Remember, we are prepared to prove to you that ours is the safest and cheapest plan of insurance known. Our Association is now licensed to write Insurance in the counties of Abbeville, Greenwood, McCor mick, Laurens and Edgefield. The officers are: Gen. J. Fraser Lyon, Presiden, Columbia, S. C. J. R. Blake, Gen. Agt., Secy. & Trea.s, Greenwood, S. C. DIRECTORS. A. 0. Grant, Mt. Carmel, S. C. J. M. Gambrell, Abbeville, S. C. Jno. H. Childs, Bradley, S. C. A. W. Youngblood, Hodges, S. C. S. P. Morrah, Willington,S. C. L. N. Chamberlain, McCormick S. C. R'. H. Nicholson, Edgefield, S. C. F. L. Timmerman, Pln't Lane, S. C. J. C. Martin, Princeton, S. C. W. H. Wharton, Waterloo, S. C. J..R. BIAKE, GEN. AGT. Greenwood, S. C. Your Patronage Solicited. I desire to notify the public that I have purchased Mr. J. D. Kemp's interest in the repair shop and grist mill and that I will give my personal attention to both. Send me your corn and I will make first-class meal. Give me a trial is all I ask. Satisfaction guaranteed. ALBERT L. KEMP. Edgefield, S. C. , FIRE INSURANCE -F o r This World ONLY J. T. HARLING OFFICE OVEE Bank of Edgefield, S. C. \