The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, January 30, 1918, Image 2
26 - MULES - 26
JUST ARRIVED
Every mule well broke and ready for work. Railroad Trans?
portation is such that this may be our last car mules. If you
need a mule, we advise you to get it now.
We have just unloaded THREE CARS HACKNEY WAGONS,
a car each of HACKNEY. MONARCH and WASHINGTON
BUGGIES. Also a car of SYRACUSE PLOWS. Come see what
we have. We can please you.
Booth-Boyle Live Stock Company
WILSON'S FOOD ORDER.
*?U i W.I.I l> <>N TO D ?N
I mi less Will VT \M> MEAT.
i> Im a NeocHsilv lo sueccs?* in
In War ami It In u I'utrloth- l???iy
lor l.??vul \m< ricaiei f.. (>tw.? <>id<r.
v? ?
Washington. Jun. -The Ameri?
can people will go on a war bread
diet Monday aa a part of the war ra?
tioning system prescribed tonight liy
President Wilson nnd the food admin?
istration "victory bread" the food
administration calls it. Tho reduced
rations are naked for the purpose of
e remit ng a larger export surplus of
odj for the allies. Curtailment 01
Mimptlon will l>e accomplished
Urgetjr by voluntary effort, but force
vutl he employ .>d wherever permitted
under the food control uet.
The rationing system, as presented
the president In m proclamation
? I hy the food sdministrntoar* HsT
bert Hoover, in a list of regulation*
is the food administrations lHi
too*, conservation program of which
? chief features are:
'a baker's bread or mixed flours, be*
mg Monday with 5 per cent, aob
atron of other cereals for wheat
until a 20 per cent, substitution Is
reached February 21.
Bade hy retailers to householders or
aa equal amount of substitute Hours
for every pound of wheat flour pur?
chased at the time the wheut flour is1
bought.
ffede by millers to wholesalers and
wholoesalsra to retailers or only 70
pgg rent of the .uro mt of wheat
> our sold last year.
Two wheat less days a week?Mon?
day and Wednesday -and one wheat
less meal a day.
One meatless day ? week?Tuesday
?and one meatless meal a day.
Two pork lees days a week? Tues
d iy and ttaturdav
Manufacturera of macaroni, spa
Chsttl. noodles, crackers ami break
fuat fOOds. pic. i.i...- and pi-t v. i'.'.
N permitted in eSJg only TO per cent.1
or their last year's purchases. Flour
will He aold in auch a manner that
h community will receive it-, c-iuiv
alert share.
The food adnunlatiattest will pur
!i*se for the army and foi the albea,
us announced recently, :iu per cent, oi
the flour output.
Wheat millers are required to pro?
duce one, barrel of 2(14 pounds of
wheat, which represents a 71 per c? at
dour. No pr.tent or special flour may
bo manufieturei, although whole
wheat Hour may ">o made as usual.
Hotels and restaurants will he
classified as bakorles and will be re
lUin-d to move the no*- victory bread
flints food ndmlmst ..tors SfiH be
?rmttted to designate the wheutlesi
neu I in each Htate.
The president's proclamation be?
sides calling on ghS i> tdic for a fur
? her reduction tu consumption makes
i renewed appeal to tho housewife to
save the wu*ie of food.
There la no NfSftti hmltiitlon of
purchases by houschohno* and in this
connection the feed administrator
SSJSJ]
"The effectiveness ?r tbesn rules is
dependent solely upon the good will
>?t snd the willingness of the Amerl
fftti people to sacrince."
<>i ihr nearly ?.'".""?'.??u? lmus ho?d
. SJ to the I'nired Hintes about 13,000,.
'? hnvc sbrned food administration
pledge to follow It* conservation
pinna.
Mr. Hoover eatimntea that obaerv
t.nce of the regulations will save
about iS.SOS.eOS bushels of wheat a
month for shipment abroad. This will
'?nable UaS nines to anbsiat. although
the.r ration will he abort
Host of ths snies are mlvlng aboui
IS mwr eeel of enm metl nml other
substils* with wbsav flour lu all
if
baked bread and all <?f Burope is mill?
ing a large amount of the whole
uhi.it grain, lioih France and BSng
Hd Ii lYe recently cut down the bread
ration by almost half.
"If the voluntary rationing system
11 fails in this* country it then," Mr.
Hoover sii.i today, "is up w> eoa
gi'taa We have n<i pawOri and the
law to com pel people eal less."
The prOaklemVa proeiamatlon:
??.Maay eaueaa Nairn contributed to!
Boeafte ihe necessity for a more in
teneive effort on the tmrt of our peo
I ; *
ph to ave rood |ji order that we may
hupply our associates in the war Witt.
i
th?? sustenance vitally necessary to.
them in these da\s o priv.dion and
?treaa The reduced productivity of j
Baratt* because of the large diversion1
Of man power to the war, the partial)
failure of harvests aid the elimina-1
tion of the more distant markets for
foodstnffs through the destruction of
shipping places the burden of their I
mataaaitli very largely on our should*
ers.
"The food administration has for?
mulated suggestions which, if Tollow- I
ed. will enable us to meet this great;
i ?? poi sdnlity without any real in
convenience.
f
"In order that we may reduce ou'?
COaaumption of wheat and wheat
products by 3'? per cent?a reduction J
Imperatively necessary to provide the
supply ^for overseas?wholesalers, job-!
bOft an I retailers should purchase and
iesr?|| to their customers only 76 per
OfOtt of the amounts used in li>17. All
manufacturers of alimentary pastes,;
biscuit^ crakers-, pastry and breakfast
cereals should reduce their purchases
and consumption of wheat and wheat
flour to 7o per cent. o. their 1*.?17 re?
quirements, and all bakers of bread
and rolls to SO per cent, of their cur-,
rent reuuireno nts. <' o n su mers ihOUldI
reduce their pUrchaeOS Of wheat prod?
ucts for home preparation to at mOOl
To per cent, of those of last yeur. or.
whoa buying broad should pur* isc
misted cereal bread from bakers.
??To ptooido aufllleleht aoroal food,
homo, public eating places, dealers'
i nd manufaeturon should substitute
potatoes, vegetablee, corn, barley, outs
i
?no lice producta, and the mixed
i real broad and other products of?
the bakeri Which contain an adi iix
tnre of other cereals.
"In order thai consumption ma\ be'
tinted to this extent. Mondays tnd
Wednesdays should bo observed a.*
whoatleaa days each wees and one
meal each day should lie observed as
a wheatless meal. j
"hi both homes and public eating
places, in order to reduce tho con- 1
i attmptlon of beef, pork and sheep
I producta Tu cede] should be bhoonrOd
moatlege day in each Week, one
meatless meal should be observed in
ach day, while In addition Saturda\
.-I each week Should further be ob
eerVed as i da] upon which there
should be no consumption of pork
products.
"A continued economy in tho use of
ttigar will be noeooaitated during the
ear. It ka Imperative that all waste
land unnecessary consumption of all
sorts of foodstuffs should be rigidly
eliminated,
??'Dm m ilntenanoc of the health and
strength af our own people is ttytalh
neecaaary at this lme and then
hould be ho dangoroae reefrlefton ot
the food H ipply, bUl Ihe elimination
of every sort Of waste and the sub
lution of othei oommoditlus of
which we hn\e more abundant sup
es i?>r Ihoac a*hieb we need loaavs
win in no way impair ihe strength ol
|*>ur people and will enable us to meet J
i. of the moot preening obligations I
of the war
' i. therefore !n the national inter?
est, take Ihe llbeff) of eaWIg*; vpoi
every loyal American t,. take full} to
bean the *Ugg?<etlona which pTC belnv
nfrealated b] Ihe rood admialetratloti
and of begging that lhe> Uw followad
: i';yn confident tho treat body of out
?/omen who have labored so loyally iij
I cooperation with the food adjnihiHtra
tlon for the succeoc of food conserva?
tion will strengthen their efforts ami
will take it as a part of the burden ir
this period of national service to see
! that the above suggestions uro ob
served throughout tue land.
"WOOdroW Wilson."
The tood administration issued thh*
statement: The following is a sum?
mary of the rules that have been for
mulated by the rnited States food
administration with the approval 01
the president in order to effect the
further conservation in foodstuff:
These rules are effective Monday, Jan?
uary L'X.
"The effectiveness of these rules Is
dependent solely upon the good'will
of, and the willingness to sacriiice by
the American people . . . Part of the
rules will be enforced under the Lev
ever food act: other parts are volun-i
eery and will depend for their sucoes?
upon public sentiment. |
"1. As their part in reducing Ute
consumption of wheat Hour the con
sumers of the country are called up?
on in purchasing such tiour, to buy at
the name time an equal weight of the
other cereals (corn meak corn starch,
corn flour, hominy, corn grits, bailey
dour, rice, rice Hour, oat meal, rolled
oats, buckwheat Hour. potato Hour.!
sweet potato Hour, soja bean Hour and j
feterita Mour and meals).
' The retailers are to sell win at flour :
only with an equal weight of these |
other cereals.
?'2. Consumers will be able to ob?
tain mixed cereal bread from their h a
kers, who will "be required to mix B
psr vent, of other cereals with their
wheat Hour, both in bread and rolls,
adn will be required gradually to in-1
Crease this ?ul>stitution until, besin- ?
ning Feb. -4 a minimum of 20 per
cent, of such cereals is to be used.
The food administration strongly
urges on consumers the buying of tbi.
bread, which will be known as "vie-1
tory bread" und will contain not lea^
than 20 per cent, of cereal other than
wheat. Graham or whole wheat bread ,
will ulso be given that name.
?"If yOU bake broad at home, use
wheat substitutes: If .you buy it, buy
only victory bread.
'?;;. Manufacturers of macaroni,
spaghetti, noodles, crackers, break?
fast foods, pies, cake and pastry are
no*, to purchase to exceed 70 per cent, i
of in? wheat Hour they used during:
the corresponding year of 1!H7.
??4. Wholesalers will he required
under license regulations not to buy
more than 70 per cent, of their pur?
chases oi' Hour from millers as based
on then- purchases tor the correspond?
ing months of the preceding year, am!
their sales to the retail trade must be
in the proportion Of one pound of
Wheat fipur to one pound of other
cereals. . . .
Millers of Hour are to dis
trlbute their output through their cus?
tomary channels and make this in
such a manner that each city, town
?mi district mn> receive its usual pro
portion. The wheat milieu have been
required to produce one barrel oi
flour (1116 pounds) from Mi pounds
01 Wheat. This ll R w hite Hour, and j
represents from per cent, to i pet
cent hlghsi extraction than from last
year's harvest. |
? To assist further In conserve?
inn, M.lay und Wednesday of each
ir eel are t?- bo observed us wheat
ies:, days, ami one mosi of ssch da) SI
II whoatless meal. This applies hot ll
in the hono- and In the public eatln
place ami on suck days and meals, no
,-raekers. pastries. macaroni or 00?
reals containing w heat should be need
The only exception to this is sum
an.i H amount of flour as- may be neod
e.i for thickening soups et gravi si or
-!H a hinder in corn hread or otlve^
eereS I breads. I
On w<J^e?y>*?^dava^an<ia^
wheat less meals, th<j food admin ii
tration urges that bread baked in the
home be other than wheat bread. Vic?
tory bread should be used If no wheat
substitutes can be found.
"The federal food administrator in
each State will announce the meal to
be observed a s a wheat less meal 111
his State, if no meal is designated,
the United states food administration
prefers that the evening meal be
wheatleas.
"s. it is further desired in order
that meat and pork products he con?
served that one meatless day tTues?
day) in every week, and one meat?
less meal in every day, he observed,
and, in addition two pork less day.?.
(Tuesday and Saturday) in every
week, be strictly kept. By "meat?
less" is meat without hog, cattle or
sheep products, on other days use
mutton and lamb in preference to
beef or pork.
"9. For local situations where ex?
ceptions- are necessary application
should be made to the State food ad?
ministration."
But what will government owner?
ship of railroads do for the ambu?
lance chasing lawyers'.'?News and
Courier.
HKS. LEE OX WAR SERVICE.
Rebuked Suggestion That Time Spent
in Army Was Wasted.
Charles A. Graves writes from the
University of Virginia to The New
York Times as follows:
it has occurred to the undersigned,
in these days when so many students
In colleges are leaving their hooks in
enter military service, that some cor?
aolation may be found in the fact that
the interruption of their education?
let us hope that it is only an interrup?
tion?may not he entirely time lor*,
without compensation, even from an
educational point of view. I am send?
ing you, therefore, the following ex?
tract from an address by Professor
.Milton W. Humphreys, of the Uni?
versity of Virginia at the celebration
of the Lee Centennial, January 19.
1907. It must be premised that
at the time referred to by Professor
Humphreys General Robort B. Le;?
president of Washington College (now
Washington and Lee University) at
Lexington, Va., and Professor Hum?
phreys was a student in that institu?
tion. The extract is as fellows:
? Just once it was my lot to receive
a severe rebuke from General Lee.
I While 1 was an undergraduate my
health seemed to become impaired,
and he had a conversation with me
'about it, in whh h he expressed the
opinion that I wa I working too hard. I
'; replied: T am so impatient make up
the time I lost in the army'?I got no
further General I^ee flushed, and ex?
claimed in an uln jst angry tone: 'Mr.
Ilumphereys, hov ?ver long you live,
and whatever you accomplish, you
will lind that the time you spent in
the Confederate army was- the most
profitable spent portion of your life.
Never again speak of having lost timo
in the army.* An<! I never again did."
The result of the election at Raft?
ing Creek precinct (P.embert) was re?
ported yesterday ifternoon as fol?
lows: Belser 10, O'Quinn 7, Stuckey
t, Merrimon 4. The total vote now
stands: Belser 27 6, O'Quinn 246,
Stuckey 77, Merrii^on 65.
Mr. G. W. .Shaw who has been at?
tending college in Clinton, S. C, has
returned home to lake charge of the
Sumter Sales Com ^any, as his broth?
er, Mr. E. D. Sha .v, who owns this
business, is now in the aviation corps
in Europe. Mr. Shaw will look af?
ter the Buick service.
?
Are You Going to
Help Win the
War?
The future of democracy will be fought out this summer on America's
farms and in her gardens. The war is a test of natural resources; to win
quickly we must produce an abundance of food.
Plant more acres and make each acre produce more. Use plenty of
plant food to enrit^i the the soil.
Now is the time to order.
MANURE
The Cheapest Fertilizer
We are shipping manure from Camp Jackson to some of the, largest
users of fertilizer in the State. And have orders booked for several thou?
sand ions.
Car Lot Orders a Specially
Cars Average 33 Tons
If you are interested in prompt delivery, get in touch with me it once.
Write today for quotations and convincing facts regarding the economy and
tflicieucy of manure as fertilizer.
Better order now if you expect early delivery. Don't delay, send in your
order now.
POWELL FUEL COMPANY,
C. H. DuRant,
Representative
Phone 812 Sumter, S. C.
Office: 403 City National Bank Building
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