MILL NECK NEWS
Mr. Gaither and Mia#
Brooks, who lactured in the
school building last Wednes
day night were eajoyed by
those who heard then. Notice
was short and the audience
was small. At the conclusion
I of the lecture, Miss Brooks in
vited the crowd to Pleasant
Mill to a demonstratino of can
ning roe.
We hear that Mr. Isaac Tay
lor of HarrellsviUe has purch
ased the John C. Miller fanp
and expects to move there soo?
We are glad to hear they are
to return t oMill Neck.
Mr. James Valentine and
sister, Miss Minnie Valentine
and Miss Kate Newsorae spent
last Wednesday in Norfolk.
We regret to report Mrs.
Roe still on the sick list.
Mr Frank Taylor, of Hope
well, Va., is visiting relatives
here this week.
Mrs. Early, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Roe,
has returned to her home in
Aulander.
A tenant, Henry Simons
<col.) on the farm of Mr. Bee
cher Ward met with a serious
accident last week while plow
ing; hfe was carrying a gun on
theplough to shoot crows and
in some way turning of the
mule caused the gun to fire,
the ball entering thestomarh.
He lived only twenty minutes
I after reaching the house and
only spoke a few words to h>s
wife.
Regret to hear of the illness
of Mrs. Bsttie Lowe, of Har
rellsville, hope she will soon
be restored to her sons.
Miss Mary Bell Winborne
returned home Saturday
from a visit to Ahoskie. W hile
away she attended the Dedica
tion of the M. E. Church of Au
lander on April 21st and also
the Quarterly Conference on
the 20th.
We enjoyed reading thelet
*_ ter of the Editor of the Her
ald and glad to hear he is en
joying camp life. Sure, when
he is released from prison, as
he terms his "Detention Camp'
he will enjoy training to the
fullest extent, glad he looks <-n
the bright side of camp life.
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WANTED:?10 Hamper Bas
ket makers to make bushel
and % brace hampers?price
$2.75 per hundred. Staves are
culled out for you, steady work
good timber supply?come re
ady to go to wqrk. If you are
subject to draft this will not
make any difference you can
notify your local board and
get a transfer to the local
board at your new address.?
E. B. Walls, 128 Florida Ave.,
Port Norfolk, Va. 3t
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For Sale at a Bargain one Pair
of four year old mules, which
waa bought this year, the rea
son for selling am going to buy
a truck. Also have used Ford
cars for sale at all times. See
J. H. Hyatte about 2 miles
from Ahoskie, on Route 4. 2t-p
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Administrators Notice
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has qualified
before the Clerk of the Superi
or Court of Hertford County,
North Carolina, as administra
tor of A. B. Adkins. deceased.
All persona indebted to said
estate are required to make
immediate payment. All per
sons holding claims against
said state must present the
same to the undersigned with
in twelve months from date, or
this notice will be pleded in
bar of their recovery.
This April 16th, 1918.
J. A. Copeland, Adm'r.
A. B. Adkins, Dec'd.
Best Rtmadjr for Whooping Couch.
"Last winter when my little boy
had the whooping cough I gave him
Chamberlain's Touch Remedy,'* wri
te* Mm. J. K. Roberts,East St. Lois,
111. "It kept his cough loose and re
lieved him of those dreadful couch
ing spalls. It is the only cuogh medi
cine I keep in the house because I
have the most confidence in it." This
remedy is also good for colds and
croup. Adv.
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TOM MALM
We,, the Road Supervisors of Wljjton
Township, hereby notify the hands
subject to Road Tax that the taxes
sre sow due, and ^11 that fail to pay
said tax by the first of Juae will "h?
? requested to work six days on the road
in said township.
W. t> MeOlaha, Beet. 4.1? 4t
Get RM of Yoar Rheumatism
f New is the time to gat rid ?f your
rheumatism. You will And Cham
berlain's Uniment a great help. The
relief which it affords is alone worth
maajr tones its cast Adv.
FARMERS' FIND
PRAISESMANTOKE
J. C. McClan Says He Fools
Good All Over Since
Taking Croat Tonic
"It affords me great pleas
ure to recommend Mantone
for the benefit of those who
suffer from a state of general
weakness and debility," reads
part ?f the letter from J. C.
McClam. He continues:?
"1 had lagnppe in February.
It left me in a broken-down
condition. I was advised to
try Mantone. I am now on my
last week's treatment. I must
say it has made me feel good
all over. My appetite is such
that I can again eat and enjoy
three square meals a day. My
color is healthy. Generally
speaking I am a new man."
Mr. McClam is a warm
friend of the farmers and oth
ers in the section of Scranton,
8. C.f where he conducts a pro
sperous general merchandise
business.
His is the kind of letter
that countless men and women
who have taken Manfbne have
written. It is the kind of letter
you will write if you suffer
from stomach ills, liver and
kidney complaints, nervous
ness, lack of strength, energy,
loss of weight, bad blood, in
digestion, sleeplessness, dys
pepsia, and like ailments. Man
tone is all medicine and free
from alcohol.
MANTONE?"Makes You Feel
Good All Over." Men marvel
at Mantone, while women won
der why. Sold and guarantee
ed by Z. V. Bellamy, Ahoskie;
T. H. Nicholson, Murfreesboro,
J. L. Smith & Son, Harrells
ville.
Great Wheat Stocks
Isolated.
Ifi the shortage In ships that
to potting tlx Allies and the
United States on wheat rations.
Great stocks of wheat are Iso
lated In India, and Australia. At
great sacrifice in ship space and
nee the Allies are forced to se
cure some wheat from Argentina.
On January 1, Australia had
stored 100.000,000 bushels of
whsat that waa ready tor ex
port?but there were no ships.
Then came the new crop with
aa exportable surplus of 80,000,
000 Irtish els. Now Australia has
approximately 180,000,000 bush
els waiting for ships.
India, at the same time. Had
70,000,000 bushels of wheat
stored for export During Altai
00,000,000 bushels more out of
the new crop will be added to
the pile.
Argentina dosed the last ship
ping season with 11,000,000
bushels of wbsat left In ths
stock available for export. The
new crop will add 180,000,000 to
the left orer.
It la not a problem that the
wheat does net exist In the
world?It Is entirely a problem
at shipping, which has thrown on
America the obligation of dlTid
ing our stock with ths Allies.
WHOOPING COUGH
Give Chamberlain'? Cough Remedy
to keep the eough loose and expeetora!
tion- catty, It is excellent.
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WAKTBD?Young woman desiring t?
enter nursei training school. Appl>
at onee to 8npt. Lakeview Hospital,
Suffolk, V*. 4.18.4Fri.
NO. 666 ? '
This Is n preset iptioa prepared especially
for MAIAWIA or CHILLS * FEVER.
Five or eix doses will bfaak eay ease, and
i( taken then as a Ionic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the Brer better than
Calomel and doe* not gripe or sicken. 2St
k '
Por Indigestion, Constipation or
Biliousness
Just try one 50-cent bottle of LAX-POS
WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Di*e?ive
Laxative pleasant to take. Made and
recommended to the public bj Pari* Medi
cine Co., manufacturers of Laxative Brorao
Quinine and Grove's Taeteleaa chill Tonic.,
FJUJDkAY I
wraXtLBss
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HONOR ROLL FOR WOiMSOFK
IS INSTITUTED BY FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Mr. Page Imm Striking Eesaave of Wheat Situation and
* InritM Patriot* to Forswear Use of Wheat Products for
Benefit of Fighters Until Next Harvest.
"-'-'I*-?{Mate Food Administrator Henry A. Page ha* Issued a striking
limm at the food situation confronting this Country and Its AUIm and with tt
an Invitation to the people of North Carolina, a* many of them aa tlrcum
stance* will permit, to tola the "honor roll" by giving up the use of wheat
product* altocether until the next harvest for the benefit of our army and the
arm le? and civilian population of our Allies. Mr. Page'B statement makes good
reading: It 1* as follows:
a little more than a month ago we took stock ot our wheat supply hi
Hiif country and found that we had slightly more than one hundred million
bushels, Just enough to fully feed our soldiers and our Allies In war-swept
Europe until the nest harvest, or, not quite, bat nearly, enough to supply
bread for our own people lor the four months until the next crop comes tn,
en the twain ot oar normal pre-war consumption
The Situation n Month Ago.
Dip to this tins the Food Administration's policy had been to limit the
(Moment overseas to the exact amount ire were stole tp save from our normal
oooaumptlao by methods and pottelM of conservation. But now we find
in?shin 9 against it hard. Claaity our so liters must be well fed. Olaarly
ri litis In the midst of-war's horroas must have at least half rations.
To meet this imperative need, upon which hangs the result of the war
Mid oonseqnentty the destiny of nations, we, here at home, mutt cut our con
?amotion e< wheat product* In half. And even this sacrifice would enable us
to send oar awn soldiers and friends on fee firing line only halt the quantity
at ?'??+? they need.
This was Che peat*em that fatsd us.a month ago. What should we do
about It? Will our people etaangn their habits of living, their usual food,
naka the saerlfloa? Can they ooow to realise that government by the peopU
In as earth deoends upon brand?
It waa decided to aet apart half Mia visible supply of wheat for ahipmaoi
in Europe and to undertake to gat the information over to our oyn people SO
tea they would understand the neuuaeMj' for personal sacrifice, and maybs
we migbt be able te Increase oar ablpmetna to two-thirds or thres-foortha oi
the seal need abroad.
??otWhw Called For.
Thar* are many people In this country who have not eaten on* single bie
suit or a morsel of wheat tread this year. They are the men and womea
whoee personal war consciousness give* them trouble when they fill them
selves la the light of a hungry world. It lan't Just exactly comfortable, la It
to eat the laet morsel upon which la fastened the longing eye of a famish I nj
dog? But this Is not a matter of dogs, hut rather of grief-burdened women
Innocent little children, sad the fighters in the trenches. The wonder is thai
move of as are not disturbed as we go our usual easy way. feeding our bodlet
beyond their real need with the one food the whole devastated world of wai
se badly needa; just booaase it is easier to procure and prepare than somt
substitute.
Many of the best hotels hare voluntarily agreed to serve no wheat pro
duets until the next harvest. Many families in this country are doing th?
same tiling. It is easy enough tor well-to-do people of more than average In I
tslligeaee to get on Just about as wall without wheat flour as with It. 8om?
of the substitutes, suoh aa rice flour, coat more than wheat flour, and to pre
pare palatable and wholesome breads, using the substitutes only, calls for a
larger expenditure of forethought and care as well as money. Maybe it
would be unwise for people of small earning capacity, and those whose tlmt
Is pretty fully occupied, to undertake to get on entirely without wheat flour
But I am sure there are dozens of hotels In North Carolina with well trained
cooks whose patrons would no* suffer tor lack of bread or biscuit?if dillgenes
and ingenuity is exercised in the field of muffins, cakes and corn dodgers.
The Patrotit Course.
Hew many families are there inlfcls state, taat. with the expenditure <*
a little more time and maybe a little more money, can live just as well with
oat as with wheat flour? Just a Httle mora time in the kitchen, madam; som?
serious study of "Aunt Jemima's Recipes," a larger knowledge of the valuei
of foods; will not hurt any of us sit any time, and in war timss will be espe
ctally valuable. And as to the slightly increased money cost, (remember I an
writing to the well-to-do (not that part of our people who face poverty am
need) what boots It If we spend a little more to properly feed ourselves whes
the primary result is to fsed our fighters and our friends, sod the helpless all
over the world?
H is going to take all the money we've got to win this war; it ought U
take the surplus first. When the war is won and the world may turn awaj
from Its horrors, you and I win be very happy If a hare lost nothflig mors
valuable than our money! Think of it, man, yoa could then enjoy over agals
the delight In having saved your first hundred dollars!
The Personal Appeal.
How many of us, so situated, will oat out wheat Soar entirely until the
next harvest? We have the honor roll ready tor your name. May we lMM
your pledge? HHNRT A. PAOB, Vood Administrator.
Raleigh. N. C.. April 27. IMS.
As Great Military Necessity as Oaaxxm and Shdlls?Food
Administrator TagtHi Attitude,
Raleigh.?The food situation In England and frame haa become mo acuta
that unquestionably white wheat Soar la aa great a military necessity as can
non and shells. The bread ration of the Franch and Italian loldiera who an
fighting shoulder to shoulder with our own boys haa already been reduced
to a considerable extent, and the old men, women and tlia little children o<
Prance, England and Italy are existing o nexoeedfngly short rations
I the face of this situation, the Food Administration which sometime ago
requested that all surplus wheat In the hands of wheat growers should b?
marketed by May 1, Is making plana for mora drastic course to be followed
la the case of those farmers who for unpatriotic or pro-German motives fall
to market their wheat within aometbing like a specified time. A llat o!
suoh fanners will be prepared after Mar 1. and shortly after that date
machinery will be set In motion tor the carrying oat of the course determined
upon by the Food Administration.
North Carolina farmera, according to a resume in a recent iaeue of the
Literary Digest, have been receiving a considerably higher figure per bushel
tor wheat than the farmera of any other state, the average price in this
state having bean ti ll par bushel as against 98.24 In Tennessee, which was
the next highest state, and against $243 for the whole oountry. Food A dm to
lstrator Henry A. Page la unquestionably to be thanked by the farmers c4
North Carolina for this difference aa It was through his activity and demands
that the smaller mills of the state were left unrestricted as to the price they
might pay for local wheat, while the mills ot 18 barrels capacity or mare and
the smaller mills Working under agreement with the Grain Corporatoo and
securing their wheat from outside the state have not been allowed to pay
mora than around $2.11 to $1.16 per buehel. This haa meant, of course, that
practically the sotlee wheat erop of North Carolina haa been sold to fbe
smaller mills at priees considerably higher on an average than the larger
ntllia were paying lor wheat secured from other sections.
. Mr. Page la hopeful that It will' not be naceaaary to make a single aalMaa
ot wheat In North Carolina, especially since the smaller mills of ths state are
paying a much higher figure for wheat than Ifce Grain Corporation wMl pdy M
the wheat Is commandeered, the presumption being, of course, that wheat that
la commandeered will be paid for at the rate that the larger mills are alowad
t opay for local wheat?around $1.11 to $I.1S per bushel, certainly not higher
than $1.10
It is a well-known fact, of course, that the use of wheat or rye as feed
for livestock is regarded aa wilful waste and Is punishable under Section 4
of the Poed Control Law by a (toe of $6,000 or two years Imprisonment or both.
SURPLUS COTTONSEED SHOULD BE MARKETED.
Raleigh.?The Food Administration has information that If there* la no lata
froat which would necessitate the replanting of in*ton there will be a conaid
arable aurplua of cottonseed left In hands of the cotton planters In the^state
after the planting season. Inasmuch as cottoiweud has aeumed a place of
very considerable Importance from a food and feud standpoint, the Food
Aimlnlatfatlon I* urging every farmer who has any' surplus of cottonseed at
all to sell aaeh tardus to the nearest oil mill as soon as he Is satisfied that he
la aot going to need than for repl nating Refined c ottonaeed oil as tlw baala
for compound lard ia absolutely dominating the food and oil marketa of the
world while cottonseed meal la Increasing In popula rity and importance as ?
feed for livestock.
THE POTATO CAMPAIGN WAS A ORE/IT SUCCESS.
Raleigh The potato campaign pat on I* the Food Administrators la Ue
cities and towns of North Carolina at the request, of Food Administrator
Henry A. Page has been sncceesful to a marked degree. There was a mir
plua of mora than 28,000 bushels of potatoea In the hands of the producers In
the Weelern section of North Carolina and million* of bimhels above normal
demands in the bands of producers and dealers In WSsconali and other West
ern States. Aa a result of the c ampaign In North Carollm the surplus In this
state ia rapidly being exhausted and thouaandn or bushel* of potatoes are
being ordered from Northern State*.
HOLDING WHEAT AIDS ENEMY.
Raleigh ?Slnoe wheat exports meet b? malirialnod If the war le te oa
?end we must go in or go under ?tho F*>od /IdminM.iutIon >u?s taken the
position that refuual to release wheat gtvvs aid and comfort to the enemy and
that leisure Is Justifiable On those grounds tin. Ktodoml Food Administrator
?f Haw Mexico wae authorised to sntxji and pfioe 'n elrwilatlon IWS.00# pounds
ht "he-l grown by the Kempernlrh Bros . It-i?ena -iwl s*or?lk?^ipprs, and A
uther store of 2JO.QOO iJounrt? wh1 th th<-y hr>d 'HWchMed rb<J r^fusefl to
'leaae from average. The win ,il wa ? tLen jlvcn m- and will be distributed
"<ilit. i,m ,4i.
A Business Should be I
as Big as Its Job I : j
If bigness is of benefit to the ?3 \ >
public it should be commended. B
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The sirs of a business depends upon the
needs which that business is called upon to
serve. A business should be as big as its
job. You do not -rive tacks with ? pile
driver?or piles with ? tack-hammer.
Swift & Company's growth has been
the natural and inevitable result of na
tional and international needs.
| Large-scale production and distribution
are necessary to convert the live stock of 55
the West into meat and by-products, and
to distribute them over long distances to
the consuming centers cf the E=st and
abroad.
Only an organization Hke that of Swift ft
Company, with its many packing plants, hun
dreds of distributing houses, and thousands
of refrigerator cars, would have been able to
handle the varying seasonal supplies of live jaj
stock and meet the present war emergency
by supplying, without interruption:
Firtt?The U. S. soldiers and the Allies
in Europe by shipping as much as 800 car- ?
loads of meat products in a single week!
Second?The cantonments in the United
I States.
Third?The retailers upon whom the ' 1
American public depends for its daily
supply of meat.
But many people ask?Do producers and
consumers pay too much for the complex 9
service rendered?
Everyone, we believe, concedes the effi
ciency of the Swift & Company organization
?in performing a big job in a big way at a B ?
minimum of expense.
Swift ft Company's total profit in 1917 was
less than 4 cents on each dollar of sa'es of 9
meat and by-products. Elimination of this
profit would have had practically no effect on
live stock and meat prices.
Do you believe that this service can be
rendered for less by any other conceivable
method of organization or operation?
Thsae questions snd others us answered folly H
' sad frankly In ths Swift ft Company 191S Year
Book ssnt free on laqusat.
Addrees Swift ft Company, U. S. Tarda, Chka*o
^^Swift & Company. U. S. A. <=>
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A^gPANNAsrrELiMiMqEsWg
Suano&Km mJSfiTMM/j'
\CK1B8 la the Araert
|Cb m can nary are classed
I u the beat fad body
lk? I of man In the world.
? I Ib tba ahlp'a gulleya
?Tfkl 3 every effort ta mail* to
'MA JJ allmlnata waste.
I ^JT/J In tha upper phot*
on* of tba cooks on the
jflEzA 1 North Dakota la oper
WilMMtt I atlng a meat allcar that
Kl!||p cute bacon with the
lean poaalbla wastage.
Kat ja fuel for flghtara. Bacon la
badly needed In the allied armlea and
aavlaa. The allied needa In pork paod
ncts are ino.000,000 pounds monthly,
three time* aa much aa before the war.
Anotherwaateellintoatar on the North
Dakota la the potato peeler, ahowa la
the lower photo. Nothing la loat ex
cept the actunl potato akin.
There la a audit-lent quantity of po
tatoea to Amcriea for traatar mm tm
trmry homo and for all Mlii of amy
and nary. Sat noli potatwa, Ml
laaa wheat
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fy*m?Aso*a>4n*
EVERYONE MUST HELP. [1
War* cannot be fought without monay, and upan tha Traaaury aantora
avary financial demand upon tha Nation.
. Tha rich af thla oountry cannot alana moat tha noatfa af tha NattMl
tha man of tha country oannat do It alana; tha woman of tho oountry
cannot da It alone; but all of ua, tha poapla af tha United Stataa, dtaro
gardlnt partlianahlp, forgetting edlfleh Intai aala, thinking anly of Ik*
aupramacy of right and datarmlnlng to vlndloato tho majaaty af Amertaan
Idaala and aaeura tha aafaty af Amarloa and elvlllntion, ean 4a tho groat
and aplandld work which Oad ha* ealtad upon u* to do.
W. O. McADOO.
taaratary af Mm T raaaury. I