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m MUCH MONEY
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lNIXED STATES NOW SPENDS
$24,000,000 EVERY DAY
ALLIES GET BUGE SUMS
In Ten Month* * Nation Hum Spent
' $7,00<M>oo f lMM>, of Which the Al
lien Have Received *4;i21,000,000
—Total K\pcii<lUure Haa Not
. Hejiche<l patimated Sum.
Ten months of war have cost the
United States about $7,000,000,000
-r-at the rate of $710,000,000 a
month nearly $24,000,000 a day.
More than half of tnia huge bum
or $4,1 21 ,imj0,000, has been paid as
loans to the Allies, and the balance,
about $2,000,000,000, represents
America’s outlay for its own war
purposes, exclusive of more than
$600,000,000 for ordinary govern
mental expenses.
The war’s toll in money is Increas
ing at the rate of more than $100,-
000,000 a month, and indications
now are that the two remaining
months of the nation’s first year as
a belligerent will run Its •var bill to
neatly $ 10.ooO.bUO.OOo, of which
$5,000,000,000 will be for Allied
loans and about the same amount
for the army, navy, shipping board,
and other war agencies.
These figures, computed from the
latest available treasury figures,
show' that although the country’s
expenditures are tunning Into totals
never before dreamed of, they ate be
low official estimates made early In
the war Since war was declared
April ♦», and the fiscal year for which
estimates were made did not begin
until July 1. it is difficult to com
pare precisely the actual war coat
with the fiscal year *yitlmatea Most
of the war expenses < have been !»-
eurred etnee July I. however, and the
total outlay since then has been It.*
;*oft.Ooo Quo in a little more than
•even months, aa compared with aa
estimate of $11 41l.ftftft.000 for the
entire year
Two factors are held malaljr re
sponsible for this difference Offi
cial* of the war. navy and other de
paiiment* figured liberally oa their
expenditure* originally, to allow a
margin of financial safety la ad
dltioa. prnderttna nf ships and war
•applies ha* failed to detelop aa had
been planned officials point oat also
that •• big contracts fnr ships and
armv material* fall due ia the next
fee month* the expense may ran
up faster thsn !• anticipated
DON’T INCREASE PRICES
i Whtmt .Flour Must Not
Try K\tort lo«
TRANSPORT IS SUNK
(Continued from Page Onei
mayor of Belfast la giving all the
Unwarranted price increase! in a id poaalble."
wheat flour substitutes will not be T ho Tuacairth was the first ship*
permitted. The. food admlnistra* carrying American troops to Europe
[tlon Uit waak gave warning} to deal- to be sunk by German submarines,
era they must not take, advantage 5 U t the American transport Antilles
of temporary shortage! In other ce- was torpedoed and sunk while re-
reaU brought on by the heavy de* turning to the United States and
mand the new baking regulations fourteen soldiers were lost with 156
has caused. M other persons.
Many complaints reached Food ■ American * warships convoying
Administrator Hoover that dealers transports to France las|. June twice
in the substitutes already have be fought off submarine kttacks.
gun to lift their prices. j Recently the Navy Department
Mills of the country, said< Mr. has feared the Germans would make
Hoover; “are prepared to meet the a concerted effort to Intercept trans-
greater demand of housewives pnd ports, the recall t>f many of the sub
bakers for other cereals during the marine to their bases being Inter-
nett few months. •preted as preliminary to such an
“AC least one of the kubstitutes attack;
is produced in quantity ^ln almost The position of the Tuscanla when
every part of the country. If any she was sunk is taken to indicate
shortages occur they will be" local, that she was bound to England. %
The supply of substitutes Is ample ( (Her sinking definitely discloses
to meet ^.ur nfeeds. . that British ships are being.used to
“The normal tendency or local scar- (arry troops abroad, supplementing
cities would advance prices out ol American transport tonnage,
line with the cost of production and Navy officials have insisted that,
distribution. Under the food control despite the most careful plans, there
act *this will not happen. All Been- wa8 always a chance that a troop
sees dealing in food commodities H hip would stumble upon a lurking
who do not give/ their customers the submarine and the general belief
benefit of fair and moderate prices was that this was what happened.
selling at no more than a-reasonable ( ^ «
profit above cost will have their
licenses revoked.
“UnUrensed food retailers who sell
at more than a reasonable profit will
hav»» their supplies cut off by the
food administrator.“
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GERMAN CENSOR BUSY
ALL FRONTS ACTIVE
Details From Hoflttml Indicates
I tilth lews Suppression of News
The German government is keep
ing a tight hand on news of the
strlkes.whlch are attended by dem
IMr lUttlN KtprrtMt t« Itrrak Along onutratlon. In Uerlin and other parte
, • of Germany. Hut from details re-
Wmirrn Front ‘ i celved through Holland it Is learned
—~ that the situation became serious
From the aNorth to the SwIm ^nday who*?co»Mor»blo dl.
frontier tho military activity dolly pl#y of forrc WM n nr mao ft to haa-
aooma to bo growlag In intensity, and ^ ^ moho which attachod street
« »» “• un,e era and carriad Ml othar aaeaaaaa
the not distant future some of tho ln , lrr , ln
•>'*. ‘‘S? tor * rot Mwa of vhal traoaplrad tha
«HJ j****- VXa Ayrlea. pabltr oatolda of OarOMBT to larcaljt
Ci —tb araataa ba*a baaa uking d«p««4aat apoa a aail afHrtal ra-
•* ••••• port which aapo (bat "Mir taalalad
(airly alrooo pauol atlacha or by . Dd Mp^ncaM aica»aa"
boabordwoala ahlto la lara T*o- today, a ad aaya Ibal Iba
IMP >haa baaa dlyfM * prayolllo« opiaioa U that "iba alrlka
altaaltoa op yartoaa aaHoro U thair^ ^^^ | U aoallh
to be supported by tho
•mt* imm eewopopora. which wort
V unable to appear Tbaraday owing to
tho aympothy displayed by their
irawmeo. with tho
out Frtdoy* while
the tranaport worker root la oe their
It la also aaeerted that work
I ol Kail, twang
It la admitted that
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MODEL HOSPITAL TRAINS
Hlx I Unit In Kfcotnnd fur
Army In Fmnro
li wda l#ft to Americana to iatro-
iM lata Igpgpt Ih* am railroad
irala equipped with such, luxuries
aa shower hatha, hath tuba, and re*
frtgerators Kix ot thane trains will
be sent from Englaad to Fraare la
the nest few weeks, for hoapttat
aenrlce under the Red Croan with the
in the had nn li
Ing eurprlaa at inch en their ||
In ihe (lermnn
WHERE AMERICA FIGHTS
liorraiae
la I V> MiUw
The fact that
were In the ti
was revealed by the
flee three menihe ago. <
to aa official
the Americana were
<;o«rrnm«*t Kxffuwiac on th# two
IJbrrtf l«*nn* ha«r paid for fonr
fifth* of th*- war* r«a«t sad tnan
lion sad • f•■• mlaur «»rdiaar? fox
•raux^at r*- *-i|*t. for nbont «*an fifth
TW U»na campnltas prwdncwd $i-
?•:•*># no*i «ad $i.:se eee eat.
am# dlf•* < from thn porhnt* of th#
• ad a III Sot hat# to bo rw
naaa«Ul dntnand* of th# war
in tb* a*tt fan month* will 1
in thn •am# aa» by aaothnr
inane, and hr tax#* nblrh will bn«ia
•ooa to ruU in from th# firm war
tax art
Moo Am#ttca fradnally sot late
h#r st»ld# la lb# war Is graphically
•bona by ih# monthly outpouring
of funds •lac# th# day (ougrnns
s«thoria#d • declaration of war —
t#a months ago
la th# flr*t month. May. ItlT, nx-
pnnsas jumped to $ I 24.§#•,#•#; la
Jua# to $ 13 4.tea.Me. la July to
fjaxhooofft. In August to $3TT.*
#•• •«« In Haptrmbar to |14D.aet.*
vift By October, thn moathly out
lay ha* reached $$24.»••.•••. No
vember • 5l2.dM.OM. December.
$$l l.ftftft.uoo. and last mouth a they
nnre $7 1 S.dftd.dOd In the first five
daya of thla month, the gorerumeut
has spent $ I 50.000.Odft
These big sums did not Include
the Allied loans. They have averag
ed $450.ooo.Odd • month from the
time the » nited State* entered the
common fight against Germany.
The army, navy and shipping
board alone have dipped Into the
ftnancla! war cheat for more than
W5 per cent of the nation’ fighting
funds.
Two-third* of the $3,000,000,000
expense* for the war purposes in the
last ten months has been for the ar
ray and the entire military estab
lishment Up to In.nt December 1,
the latest date on which precise fig
ures for government department ex
penditures were available, the ex
pense of the army—munitions, sup
plies, training camps, soldiers* pay,
ordnance, and the cost of running
the vast machinery—was $1,4 60,-
000,000. Since then, it is estimated
nearly $600,000,000 has been expend
ed for the military forces, making a
total of more than $2,000,000,000.
The War Department’s estimated ex
penditures for the year ending next
June 30, figured last June, are $S,-
700,000,000. but officials now' feel
certain that actual expenditures will
not reach this by a billion or per
haps more.
The naval establishment has cost
$700,000.00 since the war began, ac
cording to unofficial computations on
the basis of treasury figures. Up to
December 1, the actual outlay w r as
$613,0o0,000, and since then it is
estimated about $192,000,000 has
been expended for tjie naval fighting
forces, new construction, and other
elements.
The shipping board has fallen far
thest below Its estimates, with pay
ments since last April for ships and
ship yard construction of a little
more than $200,000,000 Up to De
cember 1, the government’s shipping
program had cost only $123,000,000,
hut expenditure* in the last two
month* Increased by probably twice
the former rate and a* ships are com
pleted faster in the near future, the
skipping board's funds are expected
to be depleted more rapidiy.
| trwwrkwa Ik# Tew loan
were awaiting tk# word I# g# #eWC
tfce lop for aw attack wkew Ik# Am##*}*""
Iran* •pene«l a heavy ftre ow Ih I #Xr-
• l‘ l«»Ws
Hewx? t a*M*|t tea ar» belle*#*! I
hate toro-n i n fttr l*‘«t O# the T#«to**
have go#a
Ik# Rkel#Aah W wslpkal
SEIZES OIL INWSTtY
I# Ik# law! word I# heapiul
trwiww.** said Ik# gewerwl —ag#r #f
Ik# Midtwwd Railway aa he showed
The Aaaortwlwd Prawn reprswewlatlve,
throwgh the first #1 thewe trwiww
completed Ik kfta oww car hwildlwa a
■kwpa wear l^owdow. I# tk# record
Koch rwmplete trwi# cwaaiei of ala*,
tee# cars, with aceommodwD— for
42# w a waded Tk# r#«w are paiwtwd
I# Ike approved hhahi color ootside. >
wall# iko ftOflde la I# axahocaay sad *
eoiaxol Oa iko ead of work
traia la Ha aamker a ad Ike letter#,
-IL t ~ ataau * ( #wi I# krllUaat red
lellera fowr feet kick
Tk# irmla la vwadkaled ead filled
a Heal with elect Hr
ate#
romaleXe • haajre of air
mi
I
fee ike rare of
tkere la
irata will carry
wad four
The admiralty reports fifteen
merchantmen sunk by mine or sub-
marine In Ik# past week. Of ikedk
ten were 1.600 tons 6r over and five
were under 1,600 tons. Fonr fishing
vaaaels were also annk.
The British loaaea by mine or sub
marine during the past week are
approximately the same as the pre
vious week, when nine British mer
chantmen of more than 1,600 tons
and six of lesser tonnage were de
stroyed. ,
BRITISH SUB LOST
Ijontion Admits Truth of TurkUh
Official Statement
An Admiralty announcement con
firms the claim made in a Turkish
official statement that the subma
rine E-14, which was sent into the
Dardanelles on the night of Jan.. 27
under orders to complete the de
struction of the former German
cruiser Goeben, was sunk off Kum
Kale, and that seven mtfn were sav
ed. It’ denies the additional claim
in the Turkish statement that the
E-82 also was sunk, declaring that
she returned to her base.
PLEA FOR PASSOVER FLOUR
Ml. but-It U Mid that
only a few factories were Idle. Lack
of central direction of the strike
agitation li reported to have brought
about the failure.
SUB LOSSES
Baker \sk Hoover to Grant Supply
for Jewish Obligation .
. Food Administrator Hoover has
h *en askvd to permit bakers un-
!< "med passover bread to get suf-
fh . t flour to meet the require
ment* of Jews. The bread. It was
pointed out. was necessary, in order
-to -enable persons of that faith to
obt-erve their religious obligations. '
The appeal came from n Cincin
nati firm supplying abont €i per
rent of the Jewish p#opl# In
United States with Ik#
llritKh, French and Italians Give
Out Week's Figures
The admiralty reports 15 British
merchantmen sunk by mine or sub
marine in the past week. Of these
ten were of 1,600 tons or over and
five were under 1,600 tons. Four
fishing vessels were also sunk.
Two French steamers of more
than 1,600 tons and one under that
tonnage were»sunk during the week
ending February 2 by mie or sub
marine. t ^ 4
The Italian shipping losses by
mine or submarine in the week end
ing Februatyu2-4vei^very u 4ight, otrfT-
one steamej un^er 1,600 tons being
sunk.
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WHALE FAT AS MARGARINE
Norway to Resume Whaling to Eke
Out Provisions
' Owing to shortness of provisions
in Norway, hardened whale fat is
being used for margarine, accord
ing to-information f^om the Depart
ment of Commerce. . This depart
ment also states that whale catch
ing off the coasts of Norway, which
has been prohibited by law for some
years, is to be commenced on Gov
ernment account. Denmark hat been
using hardened whale fat la th#
margarine Industry for some years,
and no injurious effect* on the ueere
I have
of any army In the world. We
some mistakes In our earlier
we have learned b/ex-
cans had all of
this experience at their disposal
when they put In the order for their
trains.
“For example, you will notice the
care that Is taken throughout the
train to make It easy to keep the
cars clean. There are no crevices,
no square corners, no plac^*for dirt
and microbes to collect. There is
abundant water and air, both price
less boons to the wounded men.’’
th# official report from B#rlle of
Ik# firal German raid o# Ik# A mart
rea peeitloaa. ta xvkirh tkree An»#r
Iraaa wave hilled, five woeaded ead
12 ce pin rad
The eaalevn ead ef Ike haltle Ha#
la Frear# and IWIfttaai raaa ikroegb
Ftaavk aad German Lerralae j
Ft each Lerraie. la mklvk la ike
Aa^ttcea •actor, la tarladed la tke
depart areata of Men## ike rapMat
af wkuti I* Yarden Meertke-ei
U*»*eiie. nktaie capita! la Near?, end
Vnaga*. mHk Ike rapllnl nl fcp.n.i
Tke laagtb af Ik# froal la Fteack
l-arretae la akaat l&e milea
Thla •#rti.»n of ik# k#Hl# tla# as-
i#|0 tke Haaaa from Ik# Mara#
Ml Menakonld and rasa #ael
to tke aorih af Vnvdea. aoatk
IH Mlkial aad east la the tier me e
Ther# li term# to tha aeelh*
ead elamei parallala the her
to tke vtrinity nf Lelatry
w Lelatry It rale arrnaa a aar-
tt*»ft of Freark tall, past Bed oa Hilar
aad ta Ike east af Sc.
again erneea* the Garmnn
e paint weal of Uolmnr I
of tha line to the
ndery la In Germany
tke battle of Verdun there .
rhtiag af grant tm
thla front For the
port l t rune through kigh and ,
•tiy- •
For Halo Grade Bronx# Turkey
$12 Irio. Dairy tuple Farm. I
Ington. X. C\
td Fnalr# Oeutle. quiet oa#g.
Sul'able for smnll children, also
for school children and ladles to
dvtVB’ stale bind wanted, r Pony
Firm, Spruce Pine. M C.
A anted Goad aecoad head hex*
Peylag highest market price for
them Commeatcate with a# be
fore you aoil AmoHraa Bog «'om
pony. Tit Oorvale Be.. Columhia.
nl |t.T2
* t*u*hela Appier On la nl
• I 5n haekel Thee# npta ware
grown In Mnrlboro ronnfy and nre
nka and aoand W S Bow#. Ban -
nettsetlle. S IT*
fl naiad AH hind* of nIL cola. Han
gar. or aay hind nf lr<*«i hoend bar
rel ood all klBdi of has# I pay
tk# kigk#*i market prxca fnr Ike
A Mm»re. If
FkarteHoa. S. C
Sixipped or dafenyed. n#a
Tablet*, teenfia or amary
Xa harm or tnlarfaraaea
with work Mall II. B. V Tara*
or. SSI Jafferaoa St Montgomery.
Aik
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Wanted Imamdlstely la Aay Stsa
Tract* from 2k#.e#e to 2S.M# *
Feel Alan Gam aad Short Leaf
Timber t'arolina tend A Timber
jToaipnay. ft Hr aad Biraal. Ckar-
lenioa. S C.
linargla Cone nyi
mad# from par#,
cane Juice, bright and thick, thirty-
five gall## b#rta>a>
—R‘a heel lb lev ead
meal Write to-dey f
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Shafting, pullers, belting, hangers,
pile, boiler tubes. Large stock,
quick shipment. Lombard Iron
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AUSTRIAN POLES’ DEMANDS
Union of AH Polish Territories as an
1 iMlepemlen t N at ion
Deputies of the Polish Popular
Party in. Austria have announced
that they will insist upon a Polish
nation, according to an official dis
patch today from Switzerland.
—They hold that the sole solution
of the Polish problem is the unifi
cation of all Polish territories as an
independent State with access to the
sea. Any other solution, they said,
would be dangerous to the peace of
the world. Polish representatives to
the peace conference also are de
manded. /
AUSTRIAN DEPOT BLOWN UP
Many liivcs I/ost in Incendiary’ Dis
aster Near Prague
The explosion of a munitions de
pot near Prague, capital of Bohemia.
Involving the lost ot many Uvea, la
reported In dispatches from that
city to ZaHch. as forwarded by th#
Eachange* Telegraph Company Ac
cording I# tom# accounts, th# d#-
aot was blown u# intentionally
Budded Pecans-—Prices reasonable.
Peach trees, 8c,. Kleffer pears, 10c.
Get bargain list. Hartwell Nurs
eries, Hartwell, Ga.
2oo- lev# Farm - About half
toll w#|) drained Mak
crops every year. Plenty of build
ings. One mile to good achoal aad
church If tnteraotad tee J J
Beard, at Rex. Robiason. Co.. North
Carolina.
Heed Bradbury’s Imp
ed Poulnott Cotton Seed for t
coming season are priced as fol
lows: For less amounts than 60
bu. $2.40.. 60 to 100 $2 30. 100
bu. or more $2.25. Supply limited..
J. E. Bradbury, Route 4, Athens.
Ga.
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One Registered Aberdeen-Angus Bull
for Sale—20 months; in good con
dition; gentle.^- Write F. W. Dixon,
Snow Hill, N. C.
Thousands of Dollars Easily Made
Growing Papershell Pecans. Book
let free. Bass Pecan Company,
Lu-mberton, Miss. 8t
Eggs For Hatching Purposes From
Pure-bred S. C. R. I. Reds, January
1st. Few fin** cncVeralfl Inft Win-
ners Washington, Richmond, Char
lotte. M. B, Pace, Roanoke, Va.
For Sale—16 per cent Acid for Jan-
uary-February shipment from
Charleston ajid Savannah. Write
for prices. G. E. Calvert, Abbe
ville, S. C. .
Your farm subdiHded, properly ad
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For Hale—206 Acres 75 Cleared. New
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i for
Add.
For Sale—Large brick plant; splen
did location for unlim ted quantity
of brick on Atlantic Coast Line
near Wade, N. C. Will be sold
at rpublic auction at the court houre
door, Fayetteville, N. C. r 12 o’clock
M., January 28. J. G. Layton,
Mortgagee, Dunn, N. C.
For Sale—One thousand bushels pun
Cleveland Big Boll Cotton Seed. Gin
ned and recleaned on my own prig
ate machinefyT No^other cottoi
on my farm. Seed saved from cot
ton that made from one to twi
hales per acre^ I do toy own per
sonal selecting. Write for leaflet
Price, unde rfive bushels, $2.25 pe
bushel, five bushels or more $2.00
Eugene S. Dukes, Rowesville, S. C
Wire, write or
prices oa Nitrate of
J. K Mclver
Savannah. Ga
Prepare For The Boll Weevil—My
herd of registered bereford cattle. „
dairy herd of Guernseys, Jersey,
Holstelns, hogs, 6 mules. 2 and 4
year old horses, one mare. Ford
truck, wagpns, dairy equipment.
6 horse gasoline engine, thrasher,
2 corn mills. 1 blizzard silage aod
stover machine, disk plows
horse turners, cultivators,
and cotton planters, etc. Abd
* 600 bushels corn. 75 to 100 tons
of hay. fodder. 50 ton* of fine sto
ver, etc If not sold pn -d t iv w ii
be told at aartioa at the Dairy.
December 17tk. commencing at t
© clock. * Terms of aale cash S-
D. Greet, t * -*ier # *. C.
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