North Carolina Newspapers

MR. SIMPKINS PAYS 1 I HISJNCOME TAX By ROBERT MaRLAIR. Mr. Blmpklns gazed at the portrait on th* wall till his eyes filled with tears. It was a portrait of his-father, Oolon*l Blmpklns, who bad four times - been promoted foi valor daring the Civil War and had died bravtty on the field of action. Mr: Blmpklns' throat ached now for two reasons: First, h* reverenced and adored the memory of his father; secondly, his age and his - eyes and his gQtne leg wouldn't let him go to war himself. And as he observed the martial bearing and uncompromis ing gase of Colonel Slmpklne he saw, In Imagination, the khaki clad lads of ~ „ „ the new generation marching forth and crossing three thousand miles of sea to fight, maybe die, for liberty. Mr. Blmpklns peered around to make sure th«t neither Bess nor John (who were at the teasing ages of sixteen and seventeen) were where they could see Urn, then he straightened and threw hts right arm up for a salute. But his gouty shoulder twinged, and h* groaned. He couldn't even salute. ( Si "Damn I" said Mr. Blmpklns, and with hi* other hand fiercely twirled hlf white mustachlos. ,- He turned and limped Into the li brary and aat down creaklly before the mahogany desk on which were lying the blanks for his Income tax state ment, blanks which be bad rathfr grumpily got from the Internal Reve nue officer only that day after lunch eon on his way home from the club. Mr. SlmpUns' Income for 1017 had amounted to Justabeut sls/300, and h* had been rather snappy on-th* sub ject of taxes ever since he had discov ered that the mora Income a man has ,th* greater th* percentage of It he pays In taxes. He could think of sev eral men who, like himself, were mar ried and bad two children, and yet, alttjpngh their Incomes w*r* nearly 1 % half of his, they wduld pay only a small fraction of th* amount h* paid. H* gloomily drsw th* blank nearer and began filling In the Information that It asked for. - As Mr. Blmpklns' Income was SIO,OOO he had to figure out tb* amounts pay able on each of the successive smaller classes of Incomes ip order to arrive" iat th* total due from himself. He passed over the first class who must .pay taxes, that Is, single men making 'over 1,000. His calculation for mar ried men then showed up as follows: First, they pay 2 per cent (under jthe 1016 law) on all income over $4,000, deducting S2OO for each of their I children under eighteen years. In Mr. Blmpklns' case this was $212, which he put down In the column. 5? He saw next that, under the 1017 law, married men pay an additional 2 per cent on all over $2,000 —with the I same allowance for children. This added $202 to his "payable" column. He then observed that for every $2,000 Jump In bis Income over $5,000 he had to pay a Surtax, the percentage growing larger with each Jump. This was S2OO more added to his burden. And on top of all this came an "Ex cess Profits" tax of $ per cent on all "occupation" Income over $6,000, mak ing $720 more. The total, then, he must pay was four teen hundred and thirty-four dollars. "Whew 1" exclaimed Mr. Slmpklns angrily. "There's young Henry Wll kins, who married Jake Johnson's girl, he makes $2,000 and he doesn't pay a ;cent. of taxes. I guess this Is his war as well as mine 1". Thinking of young Henry WUklns, i he remembered that Mrs. Wllkins went every afternoon to make bandages for jthe Bed Cross and that Henry, who jwas a lawyer, was aiding the Local Draft Board with its questionnaires. ! "Well," he admitted to himself, {"that make* a difference." He thought next of Judg* Wlilough jby, whose Income was about SB,OOO. ! "He only pays $20," commented Mr. j Blmpklns, not quite so angrily this ■ time; and then a thought struck him land be sat up rigidly In his chair. Judge Wllloughby's son bad been " j drowned on the Tuscanla when It was . 'submarined with the loss of two hun dred soldiers. "Judge WlUoughby gave hi* son to America," muttered Mr. Slmpklns. . He leaned forward suddenly and put {his face In his hands. For a long time Mr. Slmpklns sat jvery still In that position. There was jno sound In the library except the (ticking of the tall clock and an occa islonal trill of laughter from the chll jdren skylarking upstairs. The square - :0f light on the csrpet gradually with drew itself through the window, and i first twilight and then darkness settled In about the quiet white haired, some j times Irascible old man. Mr. Slmpklns was thinking things which he would never afterward spet^k of, he was thinking things that were too sacred ever to be put Into words. But some Inkling of bis thoughts may be found In his rejoinder to Mrs. Blmpklns when that placid lady came . In and turned on the lights, and asked ■ him whether he was ready for dinner. r?V* i "Judge Wllloughby's only son was j worth as much as fourteen hundred ' and thirty-four dollars, wasn't he?" | | Mr. Slmpklns demanded of her. [ j As his wife, who was not unused to | his superficial Irritations, watched him In mild astonishment, Mr. Slmpklns j limped out to the hall and took his eld felt hat and sliver-headed cane I ftom the bat rack. letting himself out 9 Into the foggy evening, he tapped his t. way down to the corner, and mailed his income tax statement and check with his own hsmia. m " I * "Now, Cod be thanked," said Mr. I ! Slmpklns as the lid clanked shut over I j bis missive, "I can do this taweb for I my country, anyhow." CANTEEN SERVICE FOR E k SAMMIES IN FRANCE jfted Cross Te S*rv* Boys In Th* Front Lin* Trench** : the American Red Cross has J«st El arranged to SetaWlsh with the AnLsri- Bj «M troops In Mamoe a front line ean *#» service similar to that through Eg : fwjlok they have served more than * 1 pellus with hot drinks during tfl* last six months, according to a M OMle Just received by th* War Ofun- E" l cQ from Major James H. Perkins, Red m- "Cross OoqunlMloner to Prane*. p This will oonsist of rolling csnteens If stationed close behind the front line ft ftrepefces. Thar* are now fifteen of |l these operating behind the French H lues, from which fifty or mora large H jreeeptaclea of hpt drinks are sent for- K-j pM dally, usually in the small hours El mi th* morning. These drinks are Kg 1 served tree to the men going on or M*, pomlng off duty, ft;]' This service, has proven of such E , frslu* to th* French that th* Anwrl- n*»e tl»i» directly m " touch with the medical relief stations near eat die Croat The work la often done under heavy shell Ire and requires ■ten of great bravery anr sympathy. The American army officers are man ifesting a keen Interest In having this service at th* disposal of the American troops and hare asked the Had Cross to enlist a substantial number of men of the highest caliber to undertake this work. It will be performed at the point nearest the firing line at which dvffiaas are permitted. MRSES NEEDED IN MIUTARYJIOSPITALS Surgeon General Asks Red Cross To Supply 8,000 Nurses Surgeon General Qorgas of th* United State* army has called upon th* American Red Cross to supply to the Army Nurse Corps five thousand nurse* between njw and thgjlrst of June. The** nurses are needed for service In the military hospitals both in thl* country and abroad. Although th* Red Cross has already supplied nearly 7,000 nurses as a reserve for the Army and Navy Nurse Corps Blnce the beginning of the war, the impera tive need for a greater army of nurses grow* daily as the war progresses. , According to a statement made by Surgeon General Qorgas, it is estimat ed that there are between eighty and ninety thousand registered nurses in the United states, and that approxi mately thirty thousand will be need ed Kir service in army hospitals during th* present year. Th* Immediate need for Ave thousand of these Is empha sized. Miss Jane A Delano, Director of the Department of Nursing of the Ameri can Red Cross said: "Not only are we appealing to the nurses to volunteer for this service, but we also appeal to the publio and to the physicians employing these nurses to aid in making it possible for them, without too great financial sacrifice on their part, to hold themselves in readiness to respond to the call of their country. We wish also to bring to the attention of nurses th* unusual opportunity offered by the insurance" law enacted for the protection of our amy and Davy, which applies equally to nurses assigned to duty as members of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps. "A great responsibility rests upon the nurses of the country. They are the only group of women recognised as a part of the military establishment, and should be looked upon as the rep resentatives of the womanhood of America at the front. "Not only should the other women of the country encourage nurses to volunteer for service, but they should make every effort posalbl* to protect the nurses holding themselves ready for service and share with them the re sponsibility and sacrlfics* necessary." BOOSTER FOR BETTER ROADS Danger of Going Too Fast In Con st ruction of Highways—Mistake* Liable to B* Costly. The automobile Is becoming a very important factor In the movement for better roads. Every auto owner, be he farmer or city man. Is a booster for better roads, but the city man Is prob ably more Impatient with our present roads than the farmer. In our polit ical life the farmer has always been the conservative while the city man has been the radical, the progressive. It takes the two factions to bring Oood Road In low*. about well balanced political condi tional one Is aa much needed as the other. Since the road supervisors at their last annual meeting took the stand they were not In favor of paving coun try roads at the present at least, they have been rather severely censured by the dally press and told that they are behind the times, trailing In the dust That bard roads of some kind will be built throughout the country some tliqfp. cannot be questioned, and the supervisors recognised that fact when they aald that they were not In favor of loading the counties down with road debts at the present time. We are inclined to commend the su pervisors for the stand they took, be cause there Is danger of going too fast with expensive methods of construc tion until the different kinds of roads that are practicable for different lo calities have been more folly tested, says Farmer and Breeder. Mistakes made In permanent road construction are liable to be ratlpr expensive. lowa has made rapid progress In road improvement during the past two years, and wh|le no permanent roads have been built the work of grading and draining at least two principal roads through esch county and the construction of cement culverts and bridges Is something that will have to be done everywhere before permanent roads can possibly be built Then, too, in many sections at least, when our roads are brought to a grade, are well drained, and then properly cared for with the road drag, they become very passable indeed. We believe that It Is not a had plan to use them for a few years In that condition and give the drag a good chance to show what it will do for them when used aa fre quently as It should be. "THK FINISHED MYSTtRV HAS FOUND ITS FINISH Washington.—Because "The Finish ed Mystery," a Bible study textbook, described patriotism as "a certain de lusion" and a "narrow-minded hatred of other peoples" and war as "a work of satan," distribution of th* book was forbidden by th* department of Justice, acting under the espionage act. Thousands of c*pie* of the hook have been sels*d In many stat**, bat It was not until recently that the de partment prohibited Its distribution. itch relieved te SO minute* by * ** LIVE • STOCK FARMINB ~AS A MEANS OF MAINTAININB SOIL FERTILITY m ISlfs ■ ~ -'-i 5 P >(sl Right Way to Car* for Manure Produced on the Farm—Conserve the Plant Food Which It Contain* to Increase the Fertility of the Soil. (Prepared by th* Onited State* Depart ment of Agriculture.) No farming people have ever been able economically to maintain the fer tility of their aolla without the use of live stock. Farming without the use of manures la a waste of energy nnd result* In the exhaustion of soils. The neglect In preserving and Increasing the quantity of farm manures has been • great drain oft the natural re sources of the American farm, espe cially In the aouthern portion of the United States. The lack of Intelligent care of the waste products convenient form of commercial fertil isers have Jointly been responsible for the almost general neglect of farm manures. Value of Fertilizers. Commercial fertilizers have played and will continue to play a great part in the farm economy of the country. Their fall value, however, cannot be obtained by their exclusive use. A much greater value can be had from them when used wisely In connection' with manure and green crops. One at the principal reasons for the small value, sometimes realised from manure of any kind la that It has not been properly handled and through expo sure and neglect has lost a larje per centage of Its plant food. The chief difference between barnyard manur* and other vegetable matter la that the process of passing through the animal has rendered the fertilising elements of the former more available for ab soptlon In plant growth, The best authorities tell ns that from 70 to 00 per cent of the fertilising value of a APRIL 1 LAST DAY 1 FOR FEDERAL RETURNS Penalties for Income Dodgers Are Severe—Get Your Return In if You Are Liable. April 1, 1018, is the final day al lowed under the federal Income tax law for the filing of federal Income tax returns. Persona who are requir ed to file, returns under the provisions of law and who fall to get their re turns In on time are aubject to se vere penalties, as follows: For making false or fraudulent re turn, not exceeding $2,000 or not ex ceeding one year's imprisonment, or both, In the discretion of the court, and, in addition, 100 per cent of the tax evaded. For falling to make return on time, not less than S2O nor more than sl,- 000, and, In addition, 50 per cent of the amount of tax due. If on account of Illness or absence from home you are unable to render your return within the time prescribed by law you may obtain an extension of 80 days if a request therefor is filed with the collector of your district be fore th* du* date of th* return. In thl* request you must stat* th* rea son why th* return cannot be filed within the time prescribed by law. Collector* of internal revenue are not authorized to grant extensions of more than 80 dare, but the commit ■loner of Internal revenue baa author ity to grant a reasonable extension beyond 80 days In meritorlooa cases. If you desire an extension of more than 80 days your request should be addressed to the commissioner and should contain a detailed statement covering the reasons which make it Impossible for you to file your return on or before April 1 The Internal revenue men are now completing their tour of the country, during which they were In touch with the people of every city and town. If you failed to get In touch with thb deputy which visited your section It Is not too late to get advice. Consult yonr postmaster as to where the est deputy la new. Get yonr blsnk form, study the directions snd the re quirements as shown thereon snd make your return without fall If your Income was anffldent to come within bounds named in the law. It Is pointed out by Commissioner Roper that It la Important that the people comply with the federal laws aa fully aa they are complying with the drafts for men and the conserva tion of foods and fuel. "The war must be paid for," says Commissioner Roper. "Congress has aa much right to con script a lost portion of income aa It has to conscript our boys. The tax for 1017 la designed to reach moder ate as well aa large Incomes, so thst all persona who are In financial posi tion to bear a portion of the heavy government expenses can be assessed In proportion to their ability to-pay. "The man who Is barely making a living or barely aupportlng a family la not affected by the 1917 law. But the man who la able to bear a share of the burden bss been reached by the new law, and he should accept bis responsibility In the same patriotic spirit that our young men have shown In offering themselves for thla great purpose of the country to make the world safe for people of all klnda to live In and to govern themselves.'' This tax' la one which recognises women as on an equal basis with men. The unmarried woman or the married woman with a salary must make tax return just the aame as aay man. Only the woman supporting her mother or other members of her family may take Mt B*ooo exemption. Under the law the head of the faml- ♦ Gleaner, March 21, 1918 crop la left after passing through the animal. This being true and the ele ments being In a soluble form, we have some idea of why It la of the utmost Importance to protect the manure sup ply from leaching by ralna or from other sources of loss. Lom by Lswhlpg. The Cornell University experiment Ration found that aa ranch ai BO per cent.of the plantfood tonstltnents In manure wns lost by leaching and un necessary fermentation. The problem Id how beat and most economically to prevent this losa. The best plan where It la practicable Is to haul ent the ma nure rogularly, spread It upon the land, and plow It under. The best results nre usually obtained by turning under shallow. The next beet plan is to keep the stock under sheds or In stables with sufficient litter to absorb all liq uids. This treatment will not Only take np moisture but the continual trampling of the animal will exclude all air, so that the accumulation may go on without Injury to Its quality un til • convenient time to remove and spread It on the land. The Utter or waste matter used for bedding not only serves Its 'purpose in helping to preserve the manure, but adds consid erably to It. When neither of these plans can be advantageously used, a cheap shed conveniently located may be subsist ed and all manure carried to It aa re moved. Care must be taken to prevent heating, which la especially liable to happen when horse manure predomi nates. This can be remedied by add ing water when needed. tributes to the family's support. Similarly a widow with small chil dren to support can take out $2,000 exemption and S2OO additional exemp tion for each of her children under eighteen. Thns It la Intended that the law shall work no hardship to wo men having to straggle to get along. But each must file return If her In come Is SI,OOO. • A man whose wife dies and who la left with small children to aupport upon a moderate Income may also take full exemption under the new tax law and also claim S2OO exemption for each of his children under eighteen. The widower under the law la a single man and muat make tas re turn accordingly. Married men need not file returns unless they are earn ing $2,000 or more. "This is as much a national obliga tion as the reporting for duty of a man drafted for service with the colors," say* D. C. Roper, commissioner of In ternal revenue. "As It stands, It la much a matter of the man or wo man's own conscience. It Is for him or for ber to determine ]ust how far he la liable to the tax. He must figure bis own Income and If It reaches the figures named In the law must make faithful report upon It to the proper authority. "Tbla tax la distinctly a war meaa ure and will be In effect during tbe war. "This Is a people's tax—lt reaches right down Into the pockets of the small wage earner; It makes him a partner In the Job winning the war." RED CROSS TO COLLECT | CLOTHMGFORBELGIUM Hoovsr Asks Davison's Aid In wfrtc Of Rsllef . Beginning March 18 and ending March 28, a seven day, nation-wide | campaign will be carried on by the American Red Cross and the Commission for Relief in Bel glum to secure a minimum quantity of 6,000 tons of clothes for the destitute people of Belgium •■d the occupied portions of Northern * >ra nce At the request of Herbert Hoorer, chairman of the Commission tor Relief In Belgium, Henry P. Darl •on, chairman of the Red Cross War Council, has granted the ase of the ns tlonal Red Cross organisation for col lecting the needed *i»«h«pg J As the commission has allowed most of Its loeal committees to disband be oauss of the Unsocial arrangements made last /one with the government, it has turned to the Red Cross for help. Where the loeal committees of the Relief Commission ars still intact, they will work side by side with the R'd Cross Chapter*. The practically entire exhaustion of Jtothtng, shoes, and leather in occupied Belgium and Northern France and the shortage of these necessities In the ; world's markets are making It In creasingly difficult for the Commission to keep clothed and shod the unfortan •te people in these, territories. In ad dition- to new material, gifts of used and snrplus clothing, shoee, blankets, Bannel cloth, ete„ are heeded in Urge qaanUUee from the people of the Unlt ' ed gtates. The donations will be shipped at once to the Atlantic seaboard and sent overseas for distribution. ! WANT «LSO FOR THE NEW CROP OP WHBAT Washington. D. C.—Western sena tor* renewed tkelr fight for a higher gnaranteed wheat price, citing the ability of farmer! to make more ■oner raising other oweals. shortage and increased coat of farm labor and whai necessity of Insnring adequate wheat supplies. The debate waa on Senator Oore's proposal to Increase the price for tba 1919 crop to |li* TO PUSH BUILDING OF RED CROSS HOUSES Heme Service Work For Army Campe Stressed In Conference At DM •Ion Headquarter* A very important conference touch •M the worV of the American Red Cross in the army camps of the South «rn Division was held in Atlanta a few dnys ago. There were present not only Col. W. L. Pool, Division Manas «C. B. Bid well, Aaaoclate Manager, *nd Z. Bennett Phelps, Division Direc tor of the Bureau of Military Relief, to gether with a number of the Bed Croes Hold Directors and Assistant Field Directors from the camps, but also, W. Prank Persona, Director Qen ®r*l of dlvillan Relief; Henry 8. Thompson, National Director of tho Bureau of Camp Service, and Charles E. Pox, Assistant Director of Camp Servloe in charge of construction. A number of Important matter* were discussed, among them being the personnel In the training camps, the building and manning of thk Red Cross houses for convalescents In the camps, and the appointment of directors for these houses, Instructions regarding hospital information service, and the relation of the Home Service depart ment to the department of Military Relief and the Importance of Home Servloe to the men In the training oamps and In the trenches, which Utter was taken up with the field di rectors by Mr. Persons. The volume of Home Servloe work 1 to be done 'neoeeslUtes the appoint ment of an associate field director In charge of home servloe who will work with the regular field director in the camp. There will also be a Home Ser vice director on every transport that carries American troops to Prance, so that every soldier who leaves family or business worries behind may have someone to whom to turn for help and | advice. The problem of keeping up the morale of the army by making them understand that their families ars well looked after while they are away as weU as that of helping to maintain a normal standard of living 1 in the families where the men are away belongs to the Home Servloe or Civilian Relief Department. "At the time of the Napoleonic campaigns," said Mr. Persons, "It was | estimated that the morale of the army waa more Important than ammunition In the ratio of tto 1. In the present | war, one of the greateet English gen ernls has estimated the ratio aa 9 to 1. Home Service is more Important to the United States troops than to those of England and Prance, because the French and English soldiers have two weeks* leave every 90 days, can return to their nomas and look after their moat pressing business affairs for themselves. But the American soldier who'goes to France will prob ably stay in Fraaoe until the end of the war, and It Is only through the Home Service Department of the Red Crosa that his mind can be relloved from alrVorry concerning affalra at home ao that his entire attention can be concentrated on soldiering." Many illustrations of the value of Home Service in the training camps of this country were given by the Field Directors, and the duties of the men In charge of this branch of the work ontllned. Henry 8. Thompson, national direc tor of the Bureau of Camp Service, spoke on the duties of the military field directors In the camps and their relation to the Horns-Service Directors In the setae oamps. The building of the Red Cross houses In 40 army camps In this coun try waa then taken up by Charlea K Fox, assistant director of Camp Ser vice In charge of construction, and the purpose of these houses was explain ed to the Field Directors and assist' ants who were present. Quarters and g place of amusement will be provided i In these houses for convalescent sol diers who are well enough to leave the hospitals and yet not well enough to return to active duty, as well as ao commodatlons for the families of men who are 111 enough to make It neces-1 sary to send for their relatives. It li being planned that ft large part of th« furniture for these houses shall be! made by the older boys In the Junior Red Cross auxlllarlea. | The construction In the camps of the Southern Division will be su- r pervlsed by John R Dillon of Atlanta of the Arm of Morgan A Dillon, archl ' tects, who bae volunteered his seri vices to the Southern division for any , sort of architectural work. Men trained In work simitar to thai of tbe Home Service department art wanted at once for work In the camps and on the transports. All applications In tbla division should be made to Joseph C. Logan, Director of Civilian Relief. Field Directors and Assistant Field Directors present at the conference were T. T. Flagler, 8. A. Darrach, !>r Joalah Morse, banning Harvey, W. R Carr, William C. Denny, H. M. Voor hoea, J. Loarlng Clark, H- A. Field. William S. Moore, J. C. Williams, and Mr*. Charles A. Sheldon, Sr. JUNIOR RED CROSS TAKES OVER ARMY OF RELIEF Harvey D. Gibson, General Managxt of tbe American Red Cross, announced this week tbat the Junior Rod Cros* organization ha* endorsed and taken over the Children of America Army ol Relief, and that henceforward th« work of thl* latter organization will be carried on by tbe Junior Red Cross The transfer of funds took place on March 2nd. $40,000 being given ovei to the Junior Red Croes to be devoted to child welfare work abroad, and the Army of Relief will cease to solicit funds. All Army of Relief members are now eligible for membership Ir Junior Red Croes auxiliaries, and Chapter School committees sre author Ized to Incorporate them In schools tbat are net already enrolled as Junlot units or to Incorporate all Army of IU lief members In their territory as • single Junior Auxiliary. A Why Are You Gray? Why look Older than yoa feel? Now that som many thousands havo proved that Q-ban Hair Col or Restoffcc brings a uniform, uniform, dark-Hustrous shade to gray or 1 " faded hair—you really ought t otry Q-ban. Ready to use—guaranteed harmless—.Vie for a large bottle—money back If not sat isfied. Sold by Hayes Drug Co. and all good drug stores. Delight fully beautifying. Try Q-ban Hair Tonic, Liquid Cnampoo; Soap. Also Q—ban Depilatory, for superflu ous hair. , The food and thrift regulation* call on the American citizen to save both hie health and his money. The Bolshevik! may prove them selves better politicians than thuy sre lighters, , SINE'S MRS 01 ran EM Must Be Depended Upon for Full Requirements Food or Feedstuffs. page rem sumtion Coming Wheat Crop Far Short of World's Requirements. Corn and Other Food or Feed Crops Must be Produced in Larger Quantities if Buffer ing is to be Prevented —Bet- ter Cultivation and Heavier Fertilisation Urged. Raleigh.—"The world-wide food sit uation and their own individual inter ests demand that the farmers of North Carolina plant during the approaching season the largest acreage of coru and other food or feed crops In the history of the State and that they give such crops the best possible cultivation and the heaviest possible fertilisa tion." declared State Food Adminis trator Henry A. Page In an Interview with newspaper men today. "The coming wheat crop will supply not more than half the normal needs of the world, which must continue to be largely- supplied by this oountrr until the end of the war.and for a con siderable period beyond. This means that the demand for corn and other grains for human consumption will be more than double during 1819. Must Raise Own Requirements. "The transportation situation Is such that our farmers have no assur ance of being able to secure any food or feed stuffs from any other section of the country next Pall and there after and If they do not produce suffi cient food and feed crops for this section our people In all probability will have to do without. A large pro duction of cotton Is desirable and necessary and no particular reduction In the acreage of tobacco la being urg ed, but any farmer will be foolish to plant either tobacco or cetton to fhe exclusion of sufficient food and feed stuffs to run his own establlahment and to provide his part of the aurplus that will be required by the markets In our cltlea, towns and Industrial communities. "Few people have the Imagination to conceive of the actual want and Buffering which waa prevented la our Btate by the Increaaead cultivation of gardene and truck patchea and In creased production of staple food and feed crops last year. We are Import ing this fiscal year a comparatively small proportion of the thousands of carloads of canned goods and other food and feed producta that we nor mally Imported during paat years. If we had hot produced the stuff at home we would be going without at this time. We shall be able to secure even smaller Imports of food and feed stuffs during the coming year. "Evsry acre of wheat In North Carolina which has not already been heavily fertlllaed should be top-dress ed with stable manure, wood mold and leaves or with commercial fer tiliser. Every acre of food and feed stuffs should be manured or fertilized mpre heavily than has been custom ary In the past. Psrmsrs Upsn Their Mettle. "Our farmers are upon their mettlet More dependa upon them than upon any other class of people with the ex ception of the soldiers In the rank* themselres. 1 am sure that the patri otic farmers of North Carolina may ha depended upon to do their full duty." NEED TO CONSERVE WHEAT MORE UROENT Consumption Must Be Reduced 30 te 60 Per Cent to Peed Alllee end Pre vent Plour Famine at Heme. Raleigh.—The Pood Administration Is fearful lest the recent announce ment that meatless meals and pork less Saturday need not be observed | during the nnxt few weeks should give consumers the Impression that there also might he a let up In the conserva tion of wheat flour. On the contrary Food Administration officials an nounce that even more strenuous ef forts for the conservation of wheat flour should be made If our people, to ear nothing of nur armies and our Allies, are not to go through a period of flour famine before the next har vest. There will be no flour famine If the suggestions of the Pood Admlnfs tratlon are followed and the consump tion of wheat flour Is reduced by 30 to SO per cent, hut this reduction Is absolutely necessary. The Pood Ad ministration Is not only u ,!ng the substitution of other cereala and po tatoes for bread, but Is requesting consumers to eat l*aa bread. •ALE OP BROILERE NOT INTERFERED WITH Raleigh—Announcement ha* been made by the Pood Admlnlatratlon that trad* In broilers walghlog up to twb pounds Is not and will net be affected by the recent orriar of the Pood Ad ministration prohibiting the killing *f hen* and pulleta except for strictly locale trad* by unlicensed dealers. Galvanized Iron Culverts. The cost of high-grade, pure Iron galvanized culvert* 1* not more thnn 10 per cent higher than ordinary steel, •nd experts claim the life of tbo pure Iron to bo many times that of ordinary steel. Culverts Tee Short Do not get your culvert too short Be sure that It extends the full dis tance of the road embankment. It shoul'l te placed as near a* possible In the direction of tho flow of watel It la Intended to carry. THE I'NECMOIA SEASON'. The cold, clamp weather of March seems to bo the most favorable for the pneumonia (form. Now is the time to be careful. Pneumonia of ten reeults from a cold. The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the ess danger. As soon as the first indication of a cold appears take Chamberlain's Cough remedy. As to the value of this preparation, ask anyooe who has used it. It appears that while Secretary Daniels was concerning himself a bout a moral and abstemious Na vy hewaa not overlooking the ueea of a bi£ and efficient navy, " *J| ' »* 'T- 1 * _ ' The Greensboro Daily Newa|| , Gives a Greater News Service , i Through the addition of several copyrighted news 1 features Tho Greensboro Daily New* i» able to offer to North Carolina readers a most comprehensive newspa- : "1 , ' per, bristling with interest from the first to the very laat page. In fact it is the greatest news value ever offered by a state daily. At a great expense we have , f secured the simultaneous publication rights for the London Times-Philadelphia Ledger Cable Service, giving a clear j i insight into the great world war from the European standpoint. ( David Lawrence's Washington Articles, copyrighted by The New ( York Evoning Post, handling the war from the 1 American government. * , Col. Theodore Roosevelt's Editorials for,the Kansas City Star, | , discussing current topics is his inual clever, piercing style. Sergeant Empey's Stories about trench life in France, written ' | after 18 month actual fighiling experience. All of the above aro Big News features —a Super News Service I l | which augments and supplements the splendid service ' of the Associate 4 Press, the excellent work of P. K. Anderson at our Washington Bureau, our '4 I | interesting Raleigh service by W. T. ; Bost and our splendid state news service. I 5 Write immediately for sample copy. Subscription rates are still j £ tho same: Daily and Sunday $7 per year; Daily only 95 per year. ] Greensboro Daily News j Greensboro, N. C. i Only North Carolina Newspaper Having Two ? Leased Telegraph Wires L ' J ■*« ** l Vb» ii *lb" m Salest Druggist Sells E-RU-SA Pile Cor llocnuw It eonUloa no' oplatca, no Imd, no belladonna, no polaonooi drug. All other I*l lu medicine containing Injuroua narcotic and otter polaoni oauao oonillpatlon and damage all wbo uao them, K-ltU-BA cum or SfiO paid. Hayes Drug Co., Sole Agents, Graham, N.( ACT OF fIIPENING OF FRUIT Should Function of Throwing Off Car* bon Bo Busp«ndsd Fruit Dies or Will Dry Up. Fruit* do not act on tho air In the same manner as do leave*. Fruit* at every stage of their growth, both In light and durkneaa, suffer a los* of riirbon while leave* absorb carbon. The lots of carbon by frulta la c**en tlal to their ripening, for ahould the function of throwing off carbon be suspended (a* demonstrated by experi ment) the ripening stopa and the fruit dies or will dry np on the tree. Frulta which are enclosod In ahella ripen, however, aa the membrane* which forma the busks are permeable to the air, the atmosphere within the shell furnishing the same qaalltlea of oxy gen and nitrogen aa the air we breathe. When frulta are separated from the tree and placed In atmoephere depriv ed of oxygen they will not ripen, bnt the power of ripening la only suspend ed and may be Induced to act by plac ing the frnlt In an atmoaphere capable of taking carbon from It; but If left too long In tho situation It will loso the power of ripening, even though It preserves the same external appearance. PREVENTING SCALO IS EASY Oooaalonal Renewal of Air of Storage Room la Recommended by Depart ment of Agriculture. Apple scald of green and ripe frnlt In storage can be entirely and eaally prevented by an occasional renewal of the air of tho storage room, according t q the United Statea-department of ag riculture. Apples are living organ isms which breatho and, like other liv ing thing*, havo ventilation require ments which. If not mot, lead to smoth ering. Accumulations of carbon diox ide (carbonic add gas) produced by the applea In atorago, the lack of air movement In the storage room, and tlio depositing of mol*ture on the fruit aro all declared to be factors that may play a part In the production of scald Kxperlmenta indicate that high hu midities may be maintained In storage without the development of scald, and prove conclusively that an occasional renewal of the air of the atorago room will completely prevent the disease. Scalded fruit la more mealy and poorer In flavor than nnacalded. Scald, In addition to rendering the fruit un sightly and reducing Its market value, renders the applea extremely suscepti ble to certain storage rots, BUILDING MORE GOOD ROADS ■normous Increase In Total Expendi tures for Highways and Con struction of Bridges. v "Thero has been an enormous la- in the total expenditnrea for road building and brldgo construction marking the develop*** of highway »vk in the United Hiute* dnrlng the part 12 month*," said J. A. Hountree, decretory of the United States Good Itoads association. "Statistics complied and reports re ceived at the hesdqdartera of the Unit ed States Good Roada association show that the expenditure* for the building of good roada and bridges for the year 1019 were 1282,000,000, or an Increase of 2SO per cent over the amount spent for similar purposes In 1914. In ad dition, mom than $27,000,000 of local funds -were spent under state super vision In 1015, bringing the total road •nd bridge expenditures managed by the statea to $80,814,000. This amount la greater than the total expenditures for roada and brldgea from all sources In 1004." DESPONDENCY DUE TO CON STIPATION. Women often become nervous and despondent. When this is due to constipation it is easily correct ed by taking an occasional doSe of Chamberlain's Tablet*. Those tab lets are easy to takfe and pleasant In effect. Why is the battle against Mr. Wilson like the ArkT Because it is pitched within and without. The London Times reporta that America feela "profound uneasl ncsh in respect to Irish affairs." It J Used 40 Years | | CARDiIi ilk Woman's Title I Sold Everywhere Z |* # UP-TO- + DATB 'JOB' PRININQ* * I DONB AT THIS OPFICB. I 'l t M /IVrt IV? t M hi toad* mark a and «Malndariil r.-e. hud model, vkutrboa of finite* end d» ■ p. , i|di" i lot PRE! SEAtIOM nwrt ■ .1 ir lalniUUlKy. MlknlMMl. _ PATENTS BUILD FORTUNES • > i yon. Our frw book lata UUkow, what to taw** ■ M •nd mteyoq money. Writ* today. D. SWIFT &GO.I PATENT LAWVCRS. Sale of Property Under and by virtue ol the power 7 of sale contained in a certain trus teed deed from Currie Smith anu Daisy Smith, his wife, to the i undersigned trustee, dated the lat ' (lay of February, 19U, and regis tered in the office of the register of Deeds for Aiamance county, in Book of Mortgages and Dceda of Trust No. .')9, pages UZ to 129, de fault having been made in the pay- . ment of the indebtedneas sec urea thereby, I will, on PRIDAY, MARCH 22, 191 i, At 1.30 o'clock p. m. at the court house door in Oraham, N. C., sell for cash, at public auc tion to tho highest bidder, s par cel of land lying andf being in the county and State aforesaid, and bounded as follows, to-wit: A certain lot or parcel of lana in Burlington township, Alamance county, North Carolina, adjoining the lands ol Spring St., K. A. Free man, A. P. Barrett, W. A. Irwin and others, bounded aa follows: Beginning at an iron bar on the Southeast side ol said street, cor ner with aaid Brwin, running thence N. b3% deg. E. 93 ft. 4 in. to a rock, corner with said Freeman on Southeast side of said street, thence S. J6|, deg. B. 113* ft to a stake, corner with R. A. Freeman on A, .P. Barrett'a tine; thence with A. 'P. Barrett'a Uoe deg E. 95 ft. I In. to a stake, corner with A. P. Barrett on colored Methodist Parsonage line; thence 36g deg. w. 142 feet to beginning, par lot No. 90, plot of said town. 1 This February 18, 1918. WALTER E. SHARPS, Trustee. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Having qualified aa executor and administratrix, c t. a., of John M. McCracken, late of Alamance county, this is to notify all persons having claims against the said es tate, to present them, duly proven, on or before the first day of April, 1919, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery; all pfer aons indebted to said estate are requested to make prompt Settle ment of the same. This March 7, 1918. Eugene R. McCracken, Ext '''.'l Duke M. McCracken, Adra'rx c. t I. of the w#H of VI HmchCt > John M.' McCracken. ' Dixon's Lead Pencils are the | are THB Trjjr them )