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r SERIOUS FOOD SHORTAGE. LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS. Says O^ly Solution is Greatly Increased Rail Movement East to Exlusion of Much Other Commerce. Washington, Feb. 21.?The eastern half of the United States faces a food shortage likely to continue for the next sixty days. In making this disclosure tonight Food Administrator Hoover declared ^ that the situation is the most critical in the country's history and that in many of tpe large consuming areas reserve'food stores are at the point jof exhaustion. The whole blame is put by the food administrator on railroad congestion, which, he says, has also thrown the food administration far behind in its progress for feeding the Allies. The only solution, he says, is a greatly increased rail movement of foodstuffs even to the exclusion of other commerce. i / McAdoo Ready to Cooperate. ,\v It was very evident tonight that the railroad administration is inclined to resent Mr. Hoover's blame of the railroads, ahd Director General McAdoo declared he was ready to provide every transportation facility for expediting food movement. The railroad administration, he said, had suggested that farmers be urged to V. release their grain holdings that large numbers of available cars might be utilized in moving the crop. Inability to move the crops, tyr. Hoover sets forth, has suspended the law of supply and demand and has created a price margin 'between producer and1 consumer. wider than it was ever before. Corn Spoiling. A large part of the corn crop is about to spoil because it is not. movr-v ^ ing to terminals for drying. The per. W. centage of soft corn jn last year's crop, all of which must be dried if it is to be mov?d, is the largest ever known. Estimates place the amount . as high as a billion bushels. The cost of grains for feeding live stock has increased to such ah ex- i teat by reason of transportation difflr culties, Mrv Hoover says, that feed. ere are confronted with the prospect of serious losses. Dairying interests * -tbo, he declares, are hard hit. \ , Potatoes, the food administrator declares, are spoiling in the pro... 1 ducers' hands, while consumers have been supplied only from summer garden crops and stores carried over. | - ?The Gypsy's Prophecy. V-r ' j . . , It .was a beautiful morning in Au . . * gust, Lord Brackington was motoring across the broad expanse of a moor in Scotland. With him in the ?*" tho AhflnfPwir. were three VOl) UCPtUVO IUV , ? ladies?his wife his wife's sistet "v, and a - cousin. The , automobil/e suddenly stopped. There was something but of order with the mechan'V r ism which could be adjusted in a ; ! few minutes; and as the chauffeur >, , threw off his coat and went to work . Lord Brackington and the ladies walked on, directing the chauffeur to follow them when the necessary ^ repairs were completed. X. Jnst after they had passed a turn ? in the road and the car was no longer in sight they came upon a band of gypsies led by an elderly woman who '' S- ! accosted them and wanted to tell their fortunes. The ladies declined to have their fortunes told, but Lord Brackington offered the gypsy half a crown if she would tell him when the great war ..was going to end. "On the 15th of November next," said the gypsy. "Nonsense!" said Lord Brackington; "if you mean the 15th 6f November next year, I might believe you; but this year never! Your prophecy can't be true."" ? <; t x "It is true, my lord," exclaimed the gypsy. "It is a strue as it is mat at mis very rniuuit; your ciiamfeur lies dead under your car!" "Now I know that you are talking > nonsense," responded Lord Brackington. "We left our chaffeur less than ten minutes ago and he was as much alive as you* are. But here is the half crown for your trouble;" , and with this the automobile party turned back to meet their car. As it came into view, standing where they had left it when they passed the turn in the road, they were rather st^tled to observe that the chauffeur was nowhere in sight. , "Oh, he is at work under the car," said Lady Brackington; but nevertheless they hurried on. When they reached the car the chauffeur was under it?but not at work. He lay there dead. The rich prizes of life are for the young man who is man enough to take them. ^ in ? He who does what he knows to be his duty will have many of his doubts cleared thereby. i ? ' - Sill FIRST SHIPMENT OF PLANES. Fighting Machines Built in America Now En Route to France. Washington, Feb. 20.?The first American built battle planes are er route to France, nearly five month: ahead of the original schedule. In making this announcement tonight, Secretary Bak^r said the firsl shipment, although in itself nol large, "marked the final overcoming of many difficulties met in building up this^new and intricate industry." Liberty Motors. "These planes." Mr. Baker said "are equipped with the first libertj motors from machine production One of them in a recent test surpassed all records for speed and climbing for planes of that type. Engine production, which began a month ago, is now on a quantity basis and the peak of production will be reached in a few weeks. Only the tWelvecylmder type is being made, as developments abroad have made it wise to concentrate on the high powered engine instead of the eight-cylinder." Optimistic as these statements appear, the secretary said they should not be exaggerated and should be considered in the light of these facts: Figures on Planes. / That after three years of warfare the total number of planes ^able vtc "take the air at any one time on either side of the western front has not been more than 2,500. . 6 That forty-six are required on the ground for every plane in the air, making a total of 115,000 men need ed for the present maximum of 2,500 planes. That for every plane in the air, there must be two replacement planes on the ground and one training plane for every pilot who eventually reaches the front, with a spare engine for each plane. " Chief Problem. After reviewing the many obstacles tfyat had to be overcome in getting the aircraft production program underway, Mr. Baker said the great problem now remaining is to secure the thousands" of skilled mechanics, enginemen, motor repairmen, wood and raeta! workers, etc., needed to keep the planes in perfect condition and without which the machines turned out'soon would be useless and the fliers helpless. "At best," said the secretary, "the life of a plane is but two months and the engine must be overhauled after seventy-five hours, while a pilot on a plane allowed to leave the hangars in imperfect condition is as helpless as a bird with a broken wing. Mechanics Needed.' "Now that American battle planes are i?nine: overseas, a great increase in the volunteering of skilled mechanics. is both essential and expected?" "During the past months," Mr. Baker said, "a responsive channel of communication with the Allies has been opened, the latest types of foreign machines have been adapted to American manufacture, the industry increased at least twenty-fold, the training plane problem solved and the production of battle planes begun. American battle planes were not due in France Under the original schedule until July. Pioneer Slackers. The man who seeks to avoid military service by every possible means has been heard from in all lands and ages. He was a familiar figure in previous chapters of American history. When the expedition against Quebec was being organized in the middle Of the eighteenth century the slacker was in evidence. A newspaper printed in New Haven during 1758 contains this note: "About 100 men who left their habitation in this colony in order to avoid the necessary defense and military service of their country and fled into the New York government were taken up and pressed into service of that province, according to. a law there subsisting. And it is hoped that wherever these disloyal, cowardly deserters fly they will in like manner be taken up, so thay they must either fight for their country or desert to the French and fight against it." Later, when the colonies rebelled against British rule, the Provincial Congress took notice of the shirker in a set of rules regarding recruits, the first two of which read as follows: "You are not to enlist any man who is not able-bodied, healthy and a good marcher, but as men of good appearance may have complaints which render them incapable of a soldier's duty, you must give attention, that you may not be imposed upon, and take the opinion of a surgeon where there is room for suspicion." Rule 2 gives this advice: "You will have a great regard to moral character, sobriety in particular; let our manners distingush us from our enemies, as much as the cause we are engaged in." V > Vjt. > ''' -Jrivrfjc.. v nwmmmmmmmmamMaammmmmmmmmmmmmam Poqpd Talk I I mSJf^ luin I H| PEACE TO YOUR FEET. DON'T H LET YOUR FEET BE COLD. M I WEAR SHOES I WEAR SHOES THAT WEAR B. WHILE ALL OTHERS ARE WORN fl GET STYLES THAT ARE STYL- B ISH AND THAT LOOK AND FEEL I AND WEAR LIKE SHOES OUGHT , B I THE PRICES ARE RIGHT I > ( RENTZ & FELDERI BAMBERG, S. C. , 1 I A A A A A^A A A A A T^f y^T T^y T^T T^T T^r Ty T^T T^T Tj|f T^T T^T T^T T^T T||T T^T T^rl^T T^T y^T T^T T^T T^T Ty T^jf f/ . ' 1 . , | | i SATE 20 PER CENT. I! ? I , I I BY BUYING NOW | % i X I have been very fortunate in stocking my store J if from the floor to the ceiling with goods at last Sep- if if tember prices, which are at least 20 per cent. low+ if er than today's prices. But, remember! My stock > can't last long at the rate my customers are now A taking advantage of them. If you, Mr. Reader, exX pect to g^t furniture within the next 12 months, it 1 shall certainly be to your advantage to do this pur- J if chasing at once. I have one more carload which +f should arrive here about the 1st of March. My if ?? store is now about as full as it can get, but by I March if trade continues^ I shall have sufficient room for the next car. The March car will com- ^ J plete my September contract, and all shipments if - hereafter will be 20 per cent, higher. So don't f if put this matter off any longed.; do like your neigh- if bor is doing. Get something in your home to make * I ? comfortable before the price is too high. Leave it | ^ to your wife and she will buy furniture in prerer- ^ ence to anything else in the world, for she realizes that it makes the house a, real home, as comfort ^ means happiness. ^ | F. K. GRAHAM I A ^k f 44 The Furniture Man." EHRHARDT, S. C. Cash or Credit f *** ?J? A. A^A A^A A^A A^A A A^A AK A.J^kA^A^A^A.J^A.A.A^k A^, A^k. A A^A.A. "A"TATT^rl;kTVATTATTAV Vrly A^ AT~y y y TATtatT/T A^A A^k jjfck jftk A^A A^A A^k jjfek A, A. y 4> "y "yiy "y "y n. r> i f 1 atones i^aKei | WE HAVE FIVE VARIETIES THIS WEEK f Y | SILVER SUCE GOLDEN SUNBEAM | V A Pure White Cake A Pound Cake Hard to Beat V Y t ~ ~ Y I MEPHISTO (Choc.) 1 RAISIN CAKE | A Devil's Food Cake Yellow Cake With Raisins Y Y . zzzzzzzzzzz- % X SPANISH CAKE A Rich spice Cake X f ' f & Everything Fresh. Quick Delivery. Phone 15. A 4 f V rr/Mjr f\i rriv/rn t I luivi uucNJirc ; ? . BAMBERG-, S. C. Read "OVER THE TOP" by A. Guy Empey This Story will appear In The Herald soon. Subscribe now. i \ bac.v in business'again. ^ FULL, STOCK OF FORD PARTS J. B. BRICKLE Telephone INo. I4J Bamberg, S. C. | TlfUi mxmtufI >16 (tonvtAS 1 I ^ ..L i a. J* 11 a ARE YOU GOING TO HtDE YOUR MONEY IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND OR IN YOUR HOUSE AND ALWAYS BE WORRIED FEARING THAT YOU MAY BE WATCHED BY A ROBBER? NO. IT IS THE ROBBERS BUSSINESS TO LEARN WHO KEEPS MONEY HIDDEN; AND HE WILL KILL YOU, IF HE MUST, TO STEAL! BANK WITH US t| WE PAY f\OUR (4) PER CENT. INTEREST. COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY, ON SAVING DEPOSITS ? ' * > ^ ^ Farmers & Merchants Bank : Help the Operators Serve ?f You Better | JMPl it uamM/maoM?m*!??? * '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 alf subscribers; when ,. * you call by name you delay your service and hamper its efficiency. All telephones are known to the operatdrs by numbers which are on the switchboard di- -j rectly 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. ' ^ -^1 Bill mII k/ I THE MONEY QUESTION I is as much how to keep it as ' | of worry? The Enterprise Y&xmL ^ W$P ' I I Ban It answers tne quesuuii ui S Enterprise Bank I 5 Per Cent. 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