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VOL. 9 AHOSKIE, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1918 NUMBER 15
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WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
War-Saving Stamps can be
bought at any post office or
bank during thecalandar year
of 1918. These stamps are of
two denominations, the 25
cents stamps and the $5.00
atajips. The former is com
monly called a thrift stamp,
the latter a war- savings certi
ficate stamp. The 25 cents
stamps does not bear interest,
and is merely aconvenient way
of saving pennies and nickels
for the ultimate purpose of
buying a $5.00 stamp. The 25
cents stamps should be attach
ed to athrift card which is fur
nished free of charge to all
purchasers of stamps. When
16 such stamps and 12 cents
extra are presented at a bank
or post office in January of the
present year you will receive a
$5.00 war stamp. The 25 cents
stamp encourages children and
young people to save, and
what is equally important, to
work more in order to save. To
win this war will require the
labor and the savings of every
man, women, and child. No
labor is too trifling and no
savings too small to help in
this great struggle.
Our Uavernment ask us to
buy $2,000,000,000 worth of
these Baby Bonds. Therefore
each person in the United Stat
es will need to buy on an aver
? age four of these $5.00 stamps
during the year of 1918.
Those who have the cash
cents stamps, may buy $5.00
stamps at $4.12 each prior to
February 1, 1918 and 1 cent
additional each month there
after. These stamps should
be attached to a war-savings
certificate which is furnished
Tor the purpose. This certifi
cate has space for 20 such
stamps, each of which bears 4
per cent interest, compounded
quarterly, and will be worth
$5.00 January 1, 1928. Tw
enty stamps may be attached
to this certificate, and on ten
days notice at a post office the
stamps will be redeemed at an
mmouat indicated on the eerti
ficate which is the purchase
price at about 3 per cent com
pound interest. To protect the
owner from any possible loss
,, these certificates may be regis
tered.
The money obtained from
the sale of these stamps will
be used to prosecute the war.
Arms, equipment, food,- and
clothing must b? furnished our
soldiers. Battleships, destroy
ers ?nd a great merchant mar
ine must be built. Our shores
must be protected from the ra
vage of the enemy, our coun
. try saved from the huge war
indemnities imposed upon
every conquered province in
Europe. The liberties of the
world must be made secure. It
is now a question of war bonds
or war indemnites.
But withal these Baby Bonds
are the best investment our
Government has ever offered
us. They have back of them
the pledged word and credit of
the United States, the identical
security of a government bond.
The owner of a Baby Bond
does not have to bother with
semi-annual interest as in the
case with other bonds. The
Government has computed
the interest at 4. per cent com
pounded quarterly. Begin
ning with $4.12 January 2nd,
1918, this accumulation is
worth $5.00 January 1, 1923;
and this is all done without
the purchaser giving the mat
ter one moment of thought or
attentibto during the whole 5
years. Twenty of these stamps
purchased in January 1918
would cost $82.40. January
1, 1928 they would be worth
$100.00. Here is a net profit
of $1160.
The "Baby Bond" issued is
a direct appeal to the small in
vestor. It is democratic in its
conception. It is ao devised
that the smallest wage earner
can participate with, profit to
himself and honor to his coun
try. ? No ob# may own War
Savings Stamps of a maturity
I.
value greater than $1000. The
plan seeks to enlist every trae
American in the work of win
ning the War. Our people are
industrious and have a large
earning capacity, but we have
not learned the art of saving.
In comparison with other coun
tries the number of saving ac
counts in the United States is
distressingly small. For too
many of our citizens use up
these resources and earnings
from year to year, and then in
old age are dependent on rela
tives or become inmates of
country homes. Government
bonds, and in particular these
Baby Bonds, are ideal forms
of investment; and if our peo
ple can learn from this war
the lesson of thrift, that such
investments carry with them,
we shall at least suffer no eco
nomic loss through our Nation
al debt mounts into the billions
The problems of peace
which will come to the United
States after the war are wor>
thy of the attention of the best
trained minds this nation ever
saw. When from the fields of
victonr there come back milli
ons of American boys, shalrin
dustry have to be reshaped to
serve a world no longer at war
when again the swords are
beaten into pruning hooks and
spears into plowshares, the
questions which have to do
with the Nation's growth will
present as great difficulties as
do those now which have to do
with the Nation's free existen
ce. Transportation, conserva
tion, good health, good morals,
finance, regulation of food dis
tribution, the permanent effor
cement of the food gambler,
the establishment and mainten
ance of just relations between
capital and labor?will all re
quire the thoughtful attention
of an intelligent democracy at
peace with all her neighbors.
So, why not buy War-Saving
Stamps and Thrift Stamps,
and hurry up, and win the
war?
Helen Askew.
nv* DOLLARS BBWARD
for 'the return of cult caee lout be
twreh Wilton and' Ahoekle. Apply to
J. J. Harlem 4 1?. It
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BARACA?PHILATHEA
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The eighth Annual Baraca
Philathea Convention met in
Rocky Mount, April 26 and 28.
Thia has been pronounced the
greatest convention of its
kind ever held in the State of
North Carolina.
Judging from the large dele
gation and wonderful reports
made, we must acknowledge
that Baracas and Philathea;
are truly awake to the tremen
dous task before them and are
carrying out the motto."Young
people at work for young peo
ple all standing by the Bible,
the Bible School and the
Church."
Never were people made to
feel more welcome and enter
tained so royally as were those
who attended the convention
in Rocky Mount. The inspira
tion received while there will
spread over our State and
, doubtless will be the means of
accomplishing greater work
than ever before has been rea
lised. -i
On Friday evening after the
address of welcome by Mayor
T. T. Thorne was delivered
and special music rendered, a.
most enjoyable reception was
given.
Each day was filled with1
splendid addresses from npted
speakers and excellent reports
from classes.
Sunday evening the conse
cration service was conducted
by Rev. R. H. Ayres D. D. Colo
rado, who is now Chaplain at!
Camp> Wadsworth, -S. C. i
Among the many others who
spoke were; Rev. S. K. Philips,
Greensboro, Dr. E. H. Brough
ton, Raleigh, Rev. Weston
Brunner, Raleigh, and Rev. J.
L. Vipperman, Dallas, N. C.
Dr. E. H. Broughton was re
elected President of the Bara
ca Association and Miss Carrie
Dorrity, Goldsboro, N. C., Pre
sident of the Philathea Union.
?Reported.
U. S. Must Cut Use
Of Wheat by One-Half
America Consumed 42,000,000 Bushels Monthly,
from Now Until Harvest Must Use
Only 21,000,000.
RATION PER PERSON IS 1J POUNDS
OF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY
Military Necessity Calls for Greater Sacrifice Here?Allied War
Bread Must Be Maintained?Our Soldier* and
Sailors to Have Full Allowance.
If w? are to furnish the Allies with the necessary propor
tion of wheat to maintain their war bread from now until the
next harvest, and this is a military necessity, we must reduce
?ur monthly consumption to 21,000,000 bushels a month, aa
against our normal consumption of about 42,000,000 bushels,
or 50 per cent, of our normal consumption. This is the situa
tion as set forth by the U. S. Food Administration at Washing
ton. Reserving a margin for distribution to the army and for
special cases, leaves for gen?nU consumption approximately
l'A pounds of wheat products weekly per person. The Food
Administration's statement continues: Many of our eonsumers
are dependent upon bakers' bread. Such bread must be durable
and therefore, requires a larger proportion of wheat products
than careal breads baked in the household. Our army and
navy require a full allowance. The weH-to-do in our population
can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat
products than can the poor, In addition, our population in
the agricultural districts, where the other cereala are abun
i dant, are more skilled in the preparation of breads from these
other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations.
With improved transportation conditions we now have avail
able a surplus of potatoes. We also have in the spring months
a surplus of miU, and we have ample corn and oats for human
consumption. The dj?i? ?m rye and barley, as sufeatitttes. has
already greatly exhausted the supply of these grains.
To effect the Deeded ovtng of wheal
< v* are wholly dependent upon tb<
| 'oluntary ss*l*tanc* at the American
jeople and ire aak that the following
-ulea shall be observed:
I. Householder* to use not to exceed
* ratal of 1H pounds par weak of
wheat product* per person. Thla
meana aot nor* than 1% pounds of
V .ctery bread containing the required
percentage of sabetita^e and one-half
pound of cooking tour, macaroni,
cracker*, paatry, plea, cakaa, wheat
breakthat coreala, all comblaed.
1. Public eating placaa and el aba to
ubaw r? two whaatlaaa day* par week,
Monday aad Wedneaday, aa at preaenL
la addition thereto, not to aarra to
aay one guest at any one meat an
iggregat* of braadatuffh. macaroni,
crackers, pastry, plea, cake*, wheat
breakfaat careala, containing a total
ef more than two ounce* of wheat
?our. No wheat product* to be served
unleaa specially ordered. Public eat
ing establishments not to buy mora
than six pound* of wheat product* for
each ninety meals served, thus con
forming with the limitations requested
of the bouaeholdera.
1 Retailers to sail not more than
one-eighth of a barrel of flour lo any
town cuatotner at any one time and
not more than one-qusrtor cf a Iwrral
to any country customer at any one
time, and In no caaa to aell wheat
products without the sal* of a*
weight of otter cereal;
4. Wa aak the bakera and grocers to
-educe the volume of Victory bread
?old, by delivery of the three-quartor
poiinj loaf,where one pound was sold
b for*, and corresponding proportion*
in other weights. VV* also aak bnkera
not to Incroaa* the amount of their
wbuat flour purcbaaea beyond 70 par
I cent. of the Mveryge monthly amount
i purchased Is tb?? four months prior to
> Uurcli 1.
[ ft. Manufacturers using wheat prod
acts for non-food purpose* should
cease such us* entirely.
A There Is no limit upon tbo us* of
other cereals, flours, sad meals, cor*,
barter, buckwheat, potato tow. at
cater*, ?,
Hat; tbousaDd famlltaa throughout
the land wo bow ariag mm wheat prod
?eta whatever, except a very email
amount (or cooklag parpoeea, and are
1 doing eo la perfect health and aatlsfac
tlon. There Is ao reaaon why all ?(
the Aaierlcaa people who are able to
cook la their own households cannot
subelst perfectly well with the uae of
lesa wheat prod acta thaa oae aad one
half pounds a week, and we specialty
aak the well-to-do households la the
country to follow this additional pro
gramme In order that we may provide
, the neceaaary marginal aoppllee for
those parts of the community leas able
to adapt themselves to eo large a pro
portion of subetltntea
la order that we aball be able to
make the wheat exports that are ab
solutely demanded of ua to maintain
the civil population and soldiers of the
allies aad eur own army, we propose
i te eupplemebt the voluntary co-opera
tion of the public by a further limita
tion at distribution, aad we shall place
at once restrictions on distribution
which will be adjusted from time te
time to secure as nearly equitable dis
tribution as possible. With the arrival
of harvest we shouM be able to relax
such reetalctlons. Until then we ask
for the necessary patience, aacrtflee
aad ee~ot>*ration of the dtatrlbutlag
trades. '
MENOLA NEWS
Rev C. W. Scarboro preach
ed at Menola on Sunday morn
ing to an appreciative audience
His text was John S :6.
Mr. and Mra. Oscar Snipes
and Mrs. J. E. Griffith attend
ed the commencement at Au
lander on Thursday. They en
joyed all the exercises, and '
made especial mention of Dr.
Poteat's address.
Mr. and Mr*. A. M. Brown
and little daUKhters of Union
visited Mrs. H. U. Griffith on
Sunday.
Arra, little five year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. F.
Snipes, has been ill with tonsi
litis for several days. We
hope she will soon be out again
Mrs. H. U. Griffith recently
had Delco Lights put in her
home.
Dr. J. W. Brown, son of Mrs.
Mary Brown, who enlisted in
the Navy some months ago, has
been ordered to Paris Island.
He. ranks as 1st Lieutenant.
He will leave on Friday,1 May
3rd.
Mr. Edgar T. Snipes, of Phi
ladelphia, was at his old home
here for a short while recently.
Miss Annie Brown, of Rich
Square school spent Tuesdiy
evening of last week with her
mother here. She was accom
panied by Mr. Bruce Connor
and Miss Eva Lassiter.
Mr. John A. Parker of near
Mapleton and daughter, Lois,
spent Sunday afternoon with
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Eley.
Th?rril Livermon, little son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Livermon
is right sick with measles.
P?M Cured In o to 14 Days
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POWELLSVILLE NEWS i
Rev. J. J. Barker filled lis
regular appointment here Sun
day afternoon at the M. E.
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hollo
man, of Portsmouth, Va., ar
rived Friday night to spend a
few days with Mr. Holloman's
parents, they are just from an
extended honey moon of the
northern cities.
Quite a crowd from here at
tended thecommencement giv
en at Mars Hill last Thursday
night.
Mrs. W. S. Taylor is spend
ing a few days with her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. R. Phelps, of Merry
Hill, N. C.
Misses Irene Bass and Rose
bud Cowan, Messrs. Joe Ruffin
and Loyd Evans attended the
commencement exercises at
Coleraine.
Mr. J. E. Jordan took a
crowd of young people to Cap
eharts fishery last Thursday.
Misses Willie Perkin Mizelle
and Clara Edwards spent Sat
urday afternoon in Anoskie.
Mr. Joe Sessoms, of Colerain
was in town one day last week.
Only two mbre weeks of
school and the commencement
will be the 14th and 15th of
May, and we are anticipating
a large one.
Work on the bank is progres 1
sihg raptdty,
Miss Lucile Taylor and Mary
Overton and Ross Overton and ;
Winston Ruffin spent Sunday 1
afternoon at Coleraine.
Miss Ruby Myers, of Ahos
kie spent the week-end with
her cousin Miss Lillian Kollo
man near here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Alston
and Miss Mary Alston spent
Sunday evening with Mrs. Al
ston's brother, Mr. Joe White
of near Coleraine.
> Miss Rachel Cowan, of Cre
mo, was in town Monday A. M.
We forget to mention that
we have a Drug Store as well
as a bank coming on in town.
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Ruffin
spent Monday in Winton with ,
Mrs. Ruflin's mother, Mrs
Owen. ,
UNION* NEWS
?The weather being so bad
we postponed our Negrow Min
strel until Tuesday night.
Mr. Jno. Freeman of Virgin
ia-Beach, Va., spent last week
with Mr. J. E. Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brett
spent Thursday and Friday in
Norfolk shopping.
Mr. Willie Joyner, of New
port News, Va., spent the week
end with his aunt, Mrs W. J.
Vaughan.
Dr. and Mrs. Claude Kellam,
of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Rog
ers, of Petersburg, Va., were
the guest of Dr. and Mrs. W.
D. Kellam Saturday and Sun
day.
Mrs. Holland, otfHolland,
Va., and Mrs. McCullan, of
Clayton, N. C., are the guest ,
of Mrs. Auther Miller this ,
w??k. '
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Be?tr. .11, ,
of St. Johns and Mr. B. White, \
of Aulander, spent Sunday ,
with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brett. '
Messrs. P. E. Dukes and
John Taylor spent last Sunday ,
afternoon on the road between >
Union and Menola.
Miss Bettie Williams Taylor
who has been teaching in Bunn <
N. G., returned home last Mon- ,
day.
All of our soldier boys have
been transfered except Private
W. B. Forbes, Private M. E. 1
Forbes and P. J. Vaughan are ,
now stationed at Camp Sevier,
and Pri. Geo. A. Beverly is
now stationed at Camp" Green
leaf. Ga.
Mr. Claude Dukes, ofRoxo
bel, returned to his work last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Par
ker, of Murfreesboro, spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr. M.
E. Riddick.
Whenever You Nwd a Oeearel TWc
Take Oroya's.
, Til* Old Standard Glove'* Tasteless
Chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic properties o! QCININB
snd IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives <
oat Mafe.ia, Knrichee the Blood and '
Builds np the Whole System. <0 cents. '
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t VALUABLE MEETING OF
AGRICULTURAL CLUBS
West Raleigh, N. C.( April?
"One of the best meetings or
?allies which I have attended
n many a day was that held
luring the past week at Jack
ion in Northampton County,"
lays Mr. A. K. Robertson, Corn
31ub Agent for the Agricultur
il Extension Service.
Practically no work has
>een done in this county up un
it the past year, when the Ex
;ension .Service co-operated
with the county to obtain the
services of Mr. M. W. Wall as
Agricultural Agent. Up until
;he present time,County Agent
IVall has made a meet success
ful start for the first year's
work. At the recent meeting,
leventy-two members of the
Corn, Peanut, Pig, and Poultry
Slubs donned overalls and
narched in a parade of school
:hildren ahead of the boy Scb
lts, equally strong and also un
der Mr. Hall's leadership.
Several thousand people wit
nessed the parade, giving their
unanimous opinion that the
Corn Club boys and the Boy
Scouts organization were by
far the most attractive feature
at the day.
Une ot tne most commenaa
ble features of the whole occa
sion was the fact that every
member of the Agricultural
Club present was able to show
either a Thrift Card or a War
Savings Certificate. When *
they made a report to the coun
ty chairman at the end of the
exercises, it was found that
these boyB alone had invested
over $1,050 in this manner.
Several members of the Ag
ricultural Extension Service
were present at Mr. Wall's in
vitation to take part in the ex- t
ercises, among them being R.
W. Freeman, District Agent;
A. K. Robertson, Corn Club
Agent; and Mr. C. L. Chamb-,
ers, of the United States De
partment of Agriculture.
Extension Farm News.
TOTAL ENROLLMENT RE
QUESTED
West Raleigh, N. C., April?
Mr. T. E. Browne, State Club
Asent, has requested the coun
ty agents of every county in
the State to repore his total en
rollment of Agricultural Club
members up to May 1. Mr.
Browne states that he has re
ceived a request from the Fed
eral Department of Agricul
ture at Washington to give ex
act figures as to the enrollment
of the boys in North Carolina,
and that each agent should
send in his number by April 30.
A special effort should be
made during the next few days
by everyone interested to en
roll as many boys as possible,
so that North Carolina will
stand near thetop among the
states in the South.?Extension
Farm News.
rich square high
school commencement *!
Sunday, May 5th, 11 A. M.
Commencement Sermon by
Rev. C. J. D. Parker,Danville,
V*.
Monday, May 6th, 7:30 P. tjs
M. Class Day Exercises. 8:30
P. M. Recital by Music Depart
ment.
Tuesday, May 7th, tSraduat
ng Exercises. Annual address
t>y Miss Harriet Elliott, State
Normal College, Greensboro. $
Proper Food for Woah Stomach*.
The proper food for one man may
>e all wrong for anothr. Every one |j
ihould adopt a diet suited to ha age
ind occupation Those vrhoe ha*
veak stomachs neck to be especially
;areful and (hould eat slowly and
nasticata their food thoroughly. It
s also important that they keep their
lowels insular. When they foal doll
ind stupid after eating, they ahould
?ake Chamberlain's Tablets to stren
(then the stomach and move tha bow
ris. They art easy to take and pleas,
int In effect Adv. i
notice! : j8
Have resigned my office as jj
Deputy Sheriff.-?B. Scull.
Money loaned, buyiag'War- 5
Saving* Stamps is both Patrio
tic and profitable.