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/ . 1 I P MEAT PRODUCERS I DID FULL DUTY .... i ! increase in American Hogs Will t:. Help to Meet World Fat Shortage. > I ' " , ! FARMERS SAVE SITUATION. < J&-. ? I .. . ; Government Justified in Stimulation t' . of Pork Production?Sevenfold ? 1 Increase Over PreB War Exports. * \ /' .1; Through increasedN production an# fonservation we will be able this yea? So export seven times our pre-war jtverage exports of pork products. With the heavy demands added in caring for the millions who have been freed from German oppression, the ; Department of Agriculture and the pood Administration are justified to- ; lay In our every action of stimulation : sf hog production. In the .coming year the greatest world shortage will be in - - l -i_ A- .Vln rats, ana pom win iieip 10 um> situation. The efficacy of the policy j of stimulated production has built up In this country supplies which will en: , able us to supply a very large part of the fat deficiency of the world. In beef there must be a shortage in Europe, due largely to limited refrigerator ship capacity. All freezer ships {/ available, however, will be filled by America, Argentine and Australia. r The contribution made by the producers of this country to the war program as applying particularly to aniv mal food products Is illustrated by tha following: Reports compiled by the U. S. Department of Agriculture indicate an increase in cattle of 10,238,000 head and 12,441,000 hogs. These figures were compiled to January 1 last In this period there was a decrease in sheep of 819,000 head. The indications are that thi% decrease will show ; an increase, according to recent reports. \ Since January 1 unofficial informs- , tion indicates an increase in hogs of not less than 8 per cent and not , more than 15 per cent as compared with one year ago, with an increase in the average weight Following the request of the U. S. Food Administration for an increase to hog production for marketing in the fall of 1918 and the spring of 1919 the increase may yield not less than 1,600,000,000 pounds more of pork product? than were available last year. Without this increase the shipping program arranged by Mr. Hoover regarding animal food products would have been impossible. j The dressed hog products during the i three months ending September 30, | 1917, amounted to 903,172,000 pounds, ! while for the corresponding months of j 1918 the dressed hog products totaled ! 1,277.589,000, an increase of over 374,- j QUO,WO pounds tor tne quarter. During the same period for 1917 the records of inspected slaughter of 1 dressed beef showed 1,263,000,000 j pounds as against 1,454,000,000 pounds ! for the three month period ending September 1, this year. " Our food Gospel I eat less ^ serve less waste nothing ? I V ? d cross* in \ PROVED SPIRIT I OF DEMOCRACY i r Voluntary Basis of Food Saving Showed Heart of America Beat True for Freedom. I To the voluntary service and sacrl- ' fice of the American people must be I attributed the continued health, j strength and morale of the Allied armies and the civil populace. Upon this spirit of service and sacrifice will depend Europe's fate in the months to come, in the past year we have carried out an export program, the magnitude of which is almost be- ! yond comprehension. But with the new demands that have come, with the liberation of nations freed from German oppression, onr exports must be almost doubled Instead of 11,820,- ' 000 tons, we must ship twenty million tons of food to Europe in the coming year?as much as can be pushed through our ports. If the Allies had not been fed by America, it would have been impossible for them to maintain their defense against Germany, Meeting this world need on a purely voluntary basis, the American people have conclusively proved that democracy is a success ana that in time of need it will rise to its own defense. ? If there were no other accomplish- ' ment to its credit the very fact that it has shown the strength of democracy has in itself more than justified the existence of the Food Administration in the eyes of the world. Less than four months after the United States declared war the United States Food Administrator expressed his determination to meet America's food problem on a basis of voluntary action and reiterated his confidence that awakened democracy would prove irresistible. "Many 'thinking Americans," said Mr. Hoover, "and the whole world have been watching anxiously the last fnnr months in the fear that demo cratie America could not organize to meet autocratic Germany. Germany has been confident that it could not be done. Contrary proof Is immediately at our door, and our people have already demonstrated their ability to mobilize, organize, endure, and prepare voluntarily and efficiently in many directions and upon the mere word of Inspiration aside from the remarkable assemblage of our Army and finances."1 The history of the Food Administration has clearly shown that the ti^ist of those who put their faith in democracy has not been misplaced. j be proud to be ^ | Saver 11 U I Head The Herald, $2.00 per year. | Joir Cher SAVE 16,000,-000 BUSHELS j OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY WAS LOST IN THRESHING Farmers, Urged by Food Adminfstra* tlon, Provide Seven Extra Loaves of Bread for Every American. By adopting cleaner threshing methods and by literally combing harvest fields to gather grain formerly wast- j ed, threshermen and farmers of the United States this year saved folly I 16,000,000 bushels of wheat, estimated as equivalent to about seven one-pound i a .a i j js ! * loaves 01 ureau iur vyciy pciouu in | the country. This result, accompanied i by corresponding savings of barley, j oats, rye and other grains, Is shown by reports from 33 grain states to the U. j S. Food Administration. Other stateSr I although not prepared to furnish definite figures of conservation in the grain fields, report greatly reduced harvest losses. This rural food saving achievement, accomplished in scarcely six months' time, was in direct response to requests by the Food Administration, which asked farmers and threshermen to reduce harvest losses from about Sli per cent?the estimated average in normal times?to the lowest possible minimum. Country grain threshing committees carried into every grain growing community the official recommendations for accomplishing the results desired. In numerous instances drivers of racks with leaky bottoms were sent from the fields to repair their equipment and frequently bad order threshing machines were stopped until the cause of waste was removed. But in proportion to the number of persons engaged in gathering the nation's grain crop, cases of compulsion were comparatively rare. The Food Administration freely attributes the success of the grain threshing campaign to patriotic service by farmers, threshermen and their crews. Incidentally grain growers of the United States are many millions of dollars "In pocket" as a result of the grain saved. NO ONE SUFFERED HERE. The marvel of our voluntary foodsaving, now that we are "getting results," is that no one ever actually suffered any, hardship from it; that we all are better in healtn and spirit and better satisfied with ourselves because of our friendly self-denial Food control in America held the pride of breadstuffs steady, prevented vicious speculation and extortion and preserved tranquillity at home. In no other nation is there so willing a sense of voluntary self-sacrifice as in America?that was shown in the abstinence from wheat Find more wheat, it came; more pork, it came; save sugar, it was done. So Americans answered the challenge of German starvation. Good will rules the new world as fear governed the old world. Through sharing food America helps make the whole world kin. Food control made sufficiency from lr/\rvf a mitv an -fr\r\r\ tvtm oao 5>HU1 lilgC, ttcpi liic 1UU vu J.VUU gave the nation's full strength exercise. Starvation by Germany challenged all the world; food conservation In America answered the challenge. Food conservation in America has been the triumph of individual devo* tion to the national cause. Read The Herald, $2.00 per year] i the o-Cola i ! CARD OP THANKS. We wish to take this method of expressing our heartfelt and sincere thanks for the many acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy on | the part of our friends during the illness and after the death of my husband. I MRS. J. C. NIMMONS AND FAMILY. MB PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Engines AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injectors, Pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws. Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines LAKOE STOCK LOMBARD Foundry, Machine, Boiler Works. ! Supply Store. AUGUSTA. GA. J. F. Carter B. D. Carter CARTER & CARTER ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Special attention given to settlement of Estates and investigation of Land Titles. BAMBERG. S. C. BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. TAX NOTICE. The treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes from the 15 th day of October, 1918, until the loth day of March, 1919, inclusive. xFrom the first day of January. 1919, until the 31st day of January, 1919, a penalty of one per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of February, 1919, ai penalty of two per cent, will be added \ to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st day of March, 1919, until the 15th day of March, 1919, a penalty of 7 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. THE LEVY. For State purposes 8^4 mills For county purposes 6% mills Constitutional school tax....3 mills i o 1 x o aima [ SPECIAL SCHOOL LEVIES. Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills Midway, No. 2 2 mills Hampton, No. 3 2 mills i Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills) Fish Pond, No. 5 2 mills Hutto, No. 6.. 2 mills ' Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills) Olar, No. 8 9 mills i Salem, No. 9 4 mills! St. John's, No. 10 , 2 mills! 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