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Vol. 8 NO. 4 PAGELAND, 5. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1917 $1.00 per year
Campaign to Enlist Every House
hold in South Carolina in
Food Conservation
Columbia, S. C., October 8?
The machinery for the registra
tion of over 200,000 South Caro
lina families in the food conser
vation movement is being geared
up and made ready for work
by the State Food administra
tion. D. R Coker, State Food
Administrator has called foi
5,000 volunteers to assist in regis
tering all families of the state
A county chairman has beer
named for each county and
there is every evidence that the
people of the State will get be
hind this movement to help the
Government win the war.
A. V. Snell, Social Field Rep
resentative of the United Stales
Food Administration is now
making a tour of the State interviewing
the County Chair
men. Mr. Snell has issued the
following statement concerning
the campaign for food conservation:
MJt is now generally conceded
that the most important factoi
in the winning of this war is
food. It is true that on the
part of the general public this is
? U 1 ? 1- '
a naia mailer iu realize, oecausu
of its very nature. The building
of an army and navv, the call
ing out of the soldiers coming
from every section of the Na
tion, city and country alike, has
naturally attracted the monopo
lized public attention, but the
very fact that these men have
been called out, men who were
formerly producers, not only in
all the allied nations, has caused
a deficiency in the food supply.
"More and more the allied
nations are depending upon the
United States for this supply,
and this is especially true with
the constant reduction in shipp
ing. United States and Canada
being the shortest haul, there
fore cutting the number ol
cVlinc ronnirorl In " - ?
UUI)/^ IVVJUIILU l\/ IIIC lllillllllUlll.
"Probably the most iminedi
ate need in the food supplv iwheat,
meat and sugar It does
* not seem to be generally under
stood that it is impossible to ust
coin except in small quantities
in France. There are no roller
mills with wicli to grind the corn
and corn meal will not ship. In
addition, bread is baked in pub
lie ovens and not in private
kitchens, therefore it is almost
impossible in this immediate em
ergency to use corn. Wheal
must be used and must be con
served, as well as other nr??
ducts mentioned,
"The producers of the coun
try have responded to the call
for increased production solen
didly and it is now squarely ui
to the homes of the country tc
conserve the food supply pro
duced. In ttiisevery household,
no matter how humble it ma\
be, can have a part and perforix
its patriotic service. This facl
again has not been brought t<
the full consciousness of oui
people. Have you ever realiz,
ed just what a small saving o
food supply on the part of ever}
individual in america, or eacl
individual family, would mean:
For example, one slice of brem
per individual, saved each week,
on the part ol all the people ir
the United Stales, would be s
little over one hundred million
slices of bread, or a savins
weekly of from six to seven mil
lion loaves, enough to feed tin
entire American army of ont
million men, easily.
"One slice of bread saved b\
each family in the United States
each day of the week, would hi
a total saving of ten million
loaves of bread per week, or il
each family saved one slice each
meal, it would mean a saving o!
South Carolina Expected to Do
Her Part by Liberty Loan
Columbia, S. C-, Oct. 8?The
success of the war is assured if
the American people promptly
subscribe to the second Liberty
Loan is the opinion of D. R.
Coker, State Food Administrator
and Chairman of the State
Council of Defense. The publicity
campaign for the sale of
the bonds will be conducted bv
the State Council of Defense
under the direction of Mr. Co
ker. He has issued an appeal
to South Carolinians to purchase
liberally of the Liberty
bonds now offered for sale.
South Carolina must subscribe
$15,000,000 to the cause of guar
the head of every household,
: and it cau not be done other
; wise.
"The above facts have been
explained to the Campaign Man
agers in each Stale. They
? again explain same and instruct
the county chairman, the Captains,
the various ^Lieutenants,
; and the Lieutenant workers. So
the gospel will be carried by the
workers into every home. The
1 signing ot the pledge card by
1 the individual householdei
means a direct acceptance on
; his or her part, of their personal
obligation in this war, and a
promise that so far as their cir.
Llcumslances will permit tliev will
carry out instructions of the
Food Administrator. These
cards will then be gathered al
the State headquarters and will
I be used as a mailing list foi
sending out fromjime to time ol
> additional instructions and sug
gestions.
"While the work of conserva.
tion is essential for the winning
r of the war, and not for the low
1 ering of prices, the very conser
1 j vation ot food in itself will have
>; a bearing on prices. Again, all
campaigns of this character at
this time are valuable in arous
1 ing the consciousness of out
1 people to the fact that we are
in a great war, stirring up patri
otism and unifying and solidify
I ing our great nation in a nation.
al will to win."
II
Estate Notice
i
r The undersigned having duly
qualified as Administrator of the
; Estate of James F. Hunter, de
! ceased, hereby gives notice to
those who may hold claims
. against the estate to present same
. at once dul\ itemized and veil
i fied and those who owe the
f estate must settle at once,
i JAMES T. HUNTEK,
[ Administrator,
thirty million loaves per week.
The service that could be rendered
by the individual can be
still better comprehended if it is
realized that the saving of one
slice of bread each meal of any
week, by each inhabitant of the
United States would mean a to
tal weekly saving of one hun;
dred fifty million loaves of
bread.
i "It is the purpose of this camr
paign to bring these facts direct
ly home to the individual, and
to force upon his consciousness
t his individual responsibility in
I the winnino- of ?*?.? !
vrt 111V wait 11
i all well enough to wave flags,
and bid our soldier bovs God
speed, but unless the individual
citizen can be made to realize
that he has a part, and by no
? means an unimportant part in
' the winning of this war, we will
not measure up to our obligalions
as a nation. The central
! powers have not waited to call
upon the voluntary service in
this respect, but they oblige their
citizens whether they will or not,
L to conserve food.
"One of the smallest demecra1
cies in the world, Switzerland,
: could well be copied in America.
; Here is a democracy whose peo;
pie are voluntarily conserving
' food, and who are absolutely
united and unanimous in doing
' so.
"You ask 'why the necessity
> of the pledge card and its ac
ceptance by the head of every
: household in America'? From
: the above it is plain that in order
: to win this war we must conserve
food and the place that the
L individual family has in this
conservation. The Food Administration
expects, by the
1 pledge card campaign and the
? house to house canvass to bring
1 this directlv to the attention o<
anteeing American liberty.
Mr. Coker has issued the fol
lowing statement to the people
of die State: "The second liberty
loan campaign is on. This
time the Government is asking
for three billions of dollars.
South Carolina fell short of her
quota last time. There was
some excuse for the. because
the last campaign came at a
time when money was scarce,
and all the farmers were busy
in their crops. The situation,
however, is totally different
now. The State is assured of
the cotton crop only a little below
the average, and it is selling
at the highest prices it has reached
at this season of the year for
over forty vears. Every farmer
who is making as much as two
thirds of a normal crop will
realize afar greater profit than
he has enjoyed in any past year.
Many of those who are making
full crops will have five to ter^
times an average profit. Coiion
at twenty-three to twenty four
cents per pound and cotton seed
at seventy dollars a ton puts the
farmer in the class of those who
are enjoying war profits, and
and surely all those enjoying
war profits should invest fieely
in war bonds.
"The second bond issue car
, ries four per cent, interest which
is the same rate the savings
, banks pay. t he Government is
. safer than any savings bank, and
. Government Bonds are alwavs
readily saleable. Our people,
therefore, ought not to need
i much urging to buy these bonds,
| for self-interest as well as patrit
otism calls upon them to invest.
I* !- - I -
. ii is wen i<> remember, however
| that it is -absolutely essential to
i the success of the war that this
. bond issue be promptly and lui
illy subscribed to. Nothing will
[(discourage our enemy more
than to have another demon
[ slration of the tremendous finan
cial power and lovalh' of the
citizens of the United States. 1
. believe that it is the duty of the
r average one horse farmer ot
South Carolina to take a $50 or
$100 bond, and that the larger
> farmers should invest in proportion.
A general response by the
1 farmers of the State, both white
and black, would be conclusive
evidence of the high patriotism
: of this most important and use
class of our citizeds and, besides,
would be a demonstrati >n
of their sound business judgement.
' There is grave danger that
some of our burners will not use j
their surplus profits wisely, but
that thev will launch into specu
lation of some sort, or go to liv
ing on an extravagant scale
? -
wiiim <J<11III<H l>e maintained Ml
normal limes. I lie iinusun''
prosperity therefore presents fea
tures of serious danger as well
as presenting the opportunity)
for the farmer to place Ins busi-;
ness on a sound and permanent-!
ly safe basis. Those who put a j
large part of their surplus in lib
Momentous Session of Congress
Closes With Hot Discussion
Washington, Oct. 6.?In the \
midst of today's thrilling debate p
on alleged disloyalty of Senator a
La Follette of Wisconsin, the j]
extraordinary session of con
gress, which began April 2 and si
generally regarded as the most
momentous in American history, ^
was adjourned sine die at 3 p. m.
today. k
Vehement criticism of the ^
Wisconsin senator and his own
defense occupying virtually the 3
entire day, marked the close of s
the war session, with other cus- i\
tomarv legislative procedure, in- j|
eluding President Wilson's at r
tendance at the capitol. The j]
usual 11th hour grist of legislation
was put through after six j,
months of impoitant war action, c
and tonight most of the mem- ^
beis who had remained for the p
final day were en route home to
await the call of the next session, a
J
December 3 i
With galleries crowded to ^
their capacity, the senate cham- p
ber was the scene of five hours'
stirring discussion of Senator v
La Follette's attitude, but in the S(
house there was little to mark
the occasion except submission j,
of a oommittee report mildlv si
censuring Representative Heflin p
of Alabama for criticising fellow
members in connection with S(
Count von Bernstorrf's request d
for Berlin to furnish funds to influence
congress. j
The day began with a three a
hour speech by Senator La Fol
lette in defense of his criticisms sj
of war questions Without men- n
tioning his recent address before
>he Non partisan League at St. n
Paul, investigation for which p
arrangements ' were completed \\
by a subcommittee, or naming j]
any of his critics, Mr. La Follette
read a carefully prepared defense
of bis course and declared
his intention to follow it in the
Inline. He was interrupted only
once and was applauded by the
galleries when be closed.
Senators'Kellogg of Minneso
ta and Fall of Mexico. Republicans,
and Robinson ot Arkan
sas. Democrat, replied with
criticism of Mr. La Follette's
public statements. They de
nounced what they termed his
unpatriotic stand. Statements
accredited to the Wisconsin
member in his St. Paul speech
were flatly contradicted, cspeci
ally that regarding Former Sec
rotary oj State Hryan's knowledge
of ammunition being on
the Lusitania before site sailed
on her fatal voyage.
Senator La Follette stated that
he wished to make known authoiity
for bis declaration regarding
the Lusitania and tonight
announced he would issue a
public statement tomorrow. On
Monday the senate privileges
and elections investigating subcommittee
will meet to investi
gate his St. Paul speech, includ
ing the Lusitania incident.
During interruptions of the
day's debate congress found
litne to dispose of a few last
moment matters, with President
Wilson in attendance during the
last hour in bis room near the
senate chamber, signing bills.
Gruff Bachelor (in restaurant)
?1 am glad t?> ?> e \?>ur baby
lias kept still at last, madam.
Mothe?Yes, sir. You ore the
on|y thing that has pleased him
since he saw the animals eat at
the zoo.
erty bonds will be buying the
best possible insurance against
the hard times which, we fear,
may come upon us in the not
distant future,"
MTCROCHAN LOCALS
Mt. Croghan, Oct. 8?Mr.
lack Gibson has accepted a
osition wit the Bank of Ruby
nd Mt. Croghan, and is work
ig in Ruby.
Mr. Clayton Sellers has a.portion
with Rivers Bros.
Mr. S. J. Huntley is clerking
a the Mercantile company's
tore.
Mr. Len Rayfield fell off his
iarn the other day, and broke
is leg just above the ankle.
The county fair November 7
9-10. The community fairs
hould be held the latter part of
his month. A prize of $25 for
lie best one! We should get
eadv and secure the $25 again
his year.
Preaching next Sunday evenag
at 3:30 at the Methodist
hurch. Sunday school at 2;30.
row a-ie cordially invited to at2nd
both.
The marriage of Mr. J. Oscar
"aylor of Mt. Croghan and Miss
,ucy Jordaa" of Gastonia, N. C.
as been announced for the eary
part of November.
Mr. Paul Baker spent last
/eek at home, and returned to
chool at Wingate Sunday.
Because of ill health Mr.
oyce Baker had to give up his
tudies at Mars'Hill. He came
ome last week.
Miss iiertice Rivers, who is in
chool at Columbia, spent Sunav
at home.
Mr. J. O. Taylor is having Mr.
. Norton to bore a deep well at
t the hotel.
Mrs. F. M. Moore has been
ick for several weeks but is
luch better now.
Hope that you folks will give
le any news they happen to
,ave. Don't be backward about
t It will look better in print
han you think. Let's get the
WHIG
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Airmen in tl
are using WRI
It steadies stoma<
is pleasantly lastin:
set tirmly in W
sure of achievem*
Our land and 1
strong for it. Or
finds refreshment
this economical. I
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FIVE FORKS NEWS
School will begin at Fh e
Forks the 15th of this month.
Hope all the small children ac I
as many others as will start 0.1
the opening day.
Mrs J. M. and C. W. Aral t
spent Sunday at Jefferson,
Mrs. L. J. Kellough and Flor
ence Arant visited at Mr. W. J.
Hicks' Sunday.
Mr. Robert Threatt of Peach
land, X. C. visited in this com
munitv Sunday.
Messrs. H. T. Threatt ami
Frank Taylor spent Sunday in
Lancast county.
Mr. Will Evans is spending
some time in Charlotte.
Mr. Mack Starnes spent Sunday
down on the creek in a
scaly bark tree.
Mr. James Williams says the
lirge bain he built in the spring
will not shelter his hay, so he
built a skyscrape.
An emplove of a real estate
office had been sent by the
bouse agents to take an inven
_ r .1 *
iory 01 ine drawing: room furniture
of a mansion in their hands.
He was so long: about the
task that at last woman of the
house went to see what was
taking place. She found the
man slumbering sweetly on a
sofa, with an empty bottle beside
him. It was evident, however,
that he had made a pathetic
attempt to do his work,
for in the inventory book was
written:
"One revolving carpet."
news in print, and the othe people
will know we are on the
map. Give me the news, and
then subscribe for the Journal.
| Let's make our column newsy
I and then get our friends to subscribe
for the paper. J. W. Gale.
fie great war
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RJGLEYS make
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water forces are
id the home-euard
and benefit in
one-lasting aid to
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