THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN, SALISBURYtN. C.
1 United States battleship Wyoming at full speed. 2 Laon, a French
the German line of defense and toward which the allies are steadily making
who has been aiding the recruiting officers in Washington and will go nest
EQUIPPING
The big American freight liner Manchuria taking on guns and ammunition preparatory to sailing for Europe.
GERMANsHsTRNM TfouriTs
So hard pressed are the Germans for metal that as they retreated through
the city of Noyon, in France, they stripped the organ in the cathedral of all
the metal in its construction.
FIRST TOMMIES TO ENTER PERONNE
I
This spirited official British photo graph shows the first English soldiers
to enter Peronne as they were crossing a roughly constructed brldce into
the city after the Germans were driven out.
THE MANCHURIA WITH
town that is an important point in
progress. 3 Miss Dora Rodriguez,
to San Francisco.
GUNS
WiMaW-V.;
U. S. Grant IV, grandson of Presi
dent Grant, has enlisted as a private
in Company H of the Seventh regi
ment, N. Y. N. G. He is twenty-three
years old and was born at San Diego,
Cal. His father is U. S. Grant', Jr., a
retired lawyer of that city. The fourth
Grant to bear the famous name was
graduated from Harvard in 1915 and
has been employed in the offices of J.
P. Morgan & Co., the New York bank
ers. Going Too Far.
"As a rule, I don't censure the type
of man who is more ornamental than
useful."
"Yes?"
"But drat the chump who poses in a
club window as if a sculptor somewhere
in the background were molding his
faultless lines in clay!"
Great Pressure.
"The old-fashioned miser was said to
squeeze a silver dollar so hard he made
the eagle scream."
"Yes. You don't see many silver dol
lars nowadays. The modern tightwad
puts a crease in a dollar bill that stays
there until it is redeemed by the gov-ernment."
1
GOVERNOR
BC EM
URGES
ECONOMY
RECOMMENDS DISBANDING BASE
BALL CLUBS AND INCREASED
POOD PRODUCTION.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
In an address "To All the People of
North Carolina," Governor Bickett de
clarets that with the world war on "we
are face to face with famine" and de
clares that unless revolutionary ef
forts are put forth to increase the
food supply, the per capita amount on
hand by next Christmas will be less
than it has been for a thousand years.
The address follows:
To All the People of North Carolina:
- The world war is on and we are face
to face with famine. Millions of men
whose business in time of peace it
was to produce are now called upon
to destroy. Unless drastic and revolu
tionary efforts be made to increase our
food supply the per capita amount on
hand next Christmas will be less than
it has been for a thousand years.
The great Northwest advises us of
ficially that it cannot next year furn
ish us the food we have heretofore
bought from it, but that its surplus
must be sent to feed the men who
light. In this emergency we are not
called upon to feed other nations, but
simply to take care of ourselves. We
are not rqeuired to go into all the
earth, but our work is both to begin
and to end at Jerusalem.
Much time has been lost, but there
is still time left to provide against the
coming day of want. We still have
six months of sunshine. We have
abundant vacant lands. And we have
the people to cultivate these lands if
they have a mind to work.
I think the farmers are doing what
they can. The duty rests upon the
people in the towns and cities to util
ize their idle hours and idle men in
making food for themselves. Let the
cities and towns take steps to have
vacant lots plowed and turned over
free of rent to people who will culti
vate them. The teams z 1 labor in
control of the cities might well be
'aken from the present work during
the month of Mav -d used in prepar
ing vacant lands for Immediate cv
vation. The towns should also arrange
for the purchase by wholesale of con
tainers for the use of canning clubs
and of fertilizers and distribute these
to the people at prime cost. Public
funds could well be employed in this
way and it would be better for the
streets of a town to be unswept for
two weeks in May than for our "pan
tries to be bare next winter
ica lj i-iv nvv , , . ,
, Tn an ,'ntn building commission,- shall be submit
T urge every man in town to go into I , , ' .4t
the surrounding country ana procure
from one to five acres or land and
plant it in corn, potatoes, peas and
beans and thus make sure provision
against want in his own family. Do
not expect your neighbor to do this,
but do it yourself. I earnestly urge
every man in this state who has an
idle acre to list it with the mayor of
the nearest town as rent-free land for
any person who will plant it in foo
and feed crops.
All forms of idleness and waste of
ime should be discouraged. I love a
irame of baseball, but it seems to me
that the summer of 1917 is no time
for professional baseball, and I think
all professional leagues should be dis
banded. The man who is able to play
professional base ball ought to be
either in a trench or in a furrow. And
the "fans" and "fannies" who hold
down the "bleachers can find recom
pense and recreation in a corn field.
Let the automobile joy ride be given
np entirely. Surely this much of self
denial can be practiced by every man
5n the state. If every man who owns
an automobile would cut his gasoline
hill half in two much would be saved
to meet the necessities of the people
and a vast quantity of gasoline would
be made available for the uses of war.
I am advised that Mr. Rockefeller
rould in the face of this economy on
the part of the people still manage to
get along.
We should make a frolic of our ne
cessities and should force our fads
and fancies to furnish us food. As
fhe children would say, let's all play
at farming this year.
Seriously, men and brethren, let us
shake off our fatuous complacence and
give ourselves no resit until we know
that we and our loved ones are se
cure from the wolf whose gaunt spec
ter even now looms large against
the skyline. Let us work while it is
summer. Winter oometh.
T, W. BICKETT, Governor.
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Accepts Wilmington Cavalry Troop.
The state headquarters for North
Carolina National Guard, received
from the war department official ac
ceptance of cavalry troops B. of An--rew,
and C, of Wilmington, recently
'ormed. The sessions of the efficiency
oard of the North Carolina Guard
ontinue here, going into the inner life
tatus of the guard with a view to
-rounding out the most cohesive and
veil ordered conditions possible in
preparation for putting the guard units
:n Federal service again. The sea
dons are all strictly secret.
Emergency Is Not Yet Met.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
campaign for an increased acreage in
and production of food and feedstuffs
has been pushed in every section of
North Carolina there is a distinct fear
yet that the emergency has not been
met and that, many people in this state
are going to find themselves in a very
uncomfortable position during the
coming fall and winter.
"We know that the rorces working
in this campaign have gotten excel
lent results in practically every sec
tion of the state," declared John Paul
Lucas, executive secretary of the
North Carolina Food Conservation
Commission, "but we are not fooling
ourselves. We know that an increas
ed acreage has been planted in food
and feed crops already and that the
planting season is not yet past. But
we also know that it is hard for our
people to appreciate just how much
more we must produce than we ordi
narily do to make up for what we
have been importing each year We
know that we have not yet in sight,
either already seeded or under prepa
ration for planting, a sufficiert addi
tional acreage to anything like make
up the deficit that will be caused by
the withdrawal for military purposes
of the huge amount of food and feed
supplies we have been importing from
the West and other sections
"I believe that our farmers, as a
general thing, are going to do their
utmost to meet the situation. We
have many opportunities of observing
this. They are rallying nobly. From
almost every county we have reports
of farmers who realize that in this
fight to the death the farmer occupies
a strategic position and are acting ac
cordingly. One farmer in Moore coun
ty had 100 acres of land prepared for
cotton. Ninety acres of that land was
planted in corn instead. An Edge
combe county farmer seized 12 acres
of land of one of his tenants had pre
pared for cotton and planted it for his
tenant in corn. We have urged a
reasonable reduction in the tobacco
and cotton acreage and have secured
some reduction, but we must look
mostly to the extra acres that will be
cultivated and to the increased produc
tion per acre as a result of good til
lage methods and heavier fertilization
for the greatest results."
Building Funds Apportioned.
The State Building Commision in
session here authorized the expendi
ture of practically $100,000 of bond is
sue funds for permanent improve
ment : in state institutions. Only three
members of the commission were in
session here. They were Mr. R. F.
Dalton of Greensboro chairman, Mr. J.'
H. Bridgers of Henderson secretary,
and Mr. D. W. Patrick of Snow Hill.
The commission determined that all
institutions receiving funds from the
proceeds of the bond issues should file
with the commission preliminary state
ments of what they propose to build,
the purpose of the building, the gen
eral description, materials to be used.
It was decided that all plans and
sketches submitted by the architects,
engineers and contractors for the vari
ous boards and institutions whose
buildings, improvements and additions
come under the supervision of the
t TPn rn tnp n i mm? rommission vvilii
ted to the building commission with
recommendations of the superintend
ents and board. The commission ad
journed to meet against May 31 at
10:30.
One or the largest single appropria
tions authorized was that of $40,000 to
be spent with the approval of the In
surance Commissioner for installa
tion of fire protection apparatus at the
various state institutions.
Other appropriations were:
State Santatorium for Tuberculosis,
$5,000 for biler and deep well hereto
fore contracted and $20,000 for water-
works system, fire protection, sewer
and sewage disposal plant.
Eastern State Hospital, $13,844 for
steel water tank, coal trestle, addition
to kitchen, and canning plant.
Test Farm Crops Are Fine.
Commissioner W. A. Graham, of the
department of agriculture, returned
from a visit to the state test farm in
the black lands of Hyde county, and
says that he found crop conditions in
Miat section the finest he ever saw
anywhere. He saw two huge fields of
Irish potatoes of 350 acres each,
nearly ready to dig. The potato crop
all through that section is fine. The
cultivation of these black drained
lands, he says, is marvelous in many
respects. He found men who had
paid $40 per acre for these lands,
cleaned them out and put them in cul
tivation by planting corn with sticks
in unbroken lands and raised a crop
that paid for the land the first year.
Governor Bickett Grants Pardon.
Governor Bickett granted a pardon
for Claudius G. Buffkin, Bladen coun
ty, who has served seven years of a
thirty years' sentence for second de
gree murder. He has made a good
prisoner and his health is greatly im
paired. Very many of the best people
in the section where Vhe killing oc
curred urged the pardon.
Save the Hogs from Cholera.
Write to the state depadtment of
agriculture tor a bulletin on hog -cholera
symptoms and the control of the
disease by means of the hog cholera
serum. In this time of high prices
of meat and the certainty that these
prices will continue or even increase
later in the fall no one should lose a
single hog. Hog cholera is one of
the most deadly and costly animal
diseases with which the farmer has to
contend and he should lose no oppor
tunity of acquainting himself with the
methods of its control.
STOCK UCK IT-STOCK LIKE IT
For Horses, Cattle, Sheep
and Hogs. Contains Cop
peras for Worms, Sulphur
for the Blood, Saltpeter
for the Kidneys, Nux
Vom ica,a Tonic, and Pure
Dairy Salt., Used by Vet
erinarians 12 years. No
Dosing. Drop Brick in
feed-box. Ask yourdealer
for Black man's or write
BLACKMAN STOCK REMEDY COMPANY
CHATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE
Reduces Strained,' Puffy Ankles,
Lymphangitis, ; Poll Evil, Fistula,
Boils, Swellings; Stops Lameness
and allays pain. Heals Sores, Cuts,
Bruises, Boot Chafes. It is a
SAFE ANTISEPTIC AND GERMICIDE
Does not blister or remove the
hair and horse can be worked. Pleasant to use.
$2. 00 a bottle, delivered. Describe your case
for special instructions and Book 5 M free.
ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment 'of mankind, re
ducea Strains, Painful. Knotted. Swollen Veins. Concen
trated only a few drops required at an application. Price
21 per bottle at dealers or delivered.
W. F.YOUNG. P. D. F. 310 Temple St.. Springfield. Mass.
SAVE YOUR MONEY."
One box of Tutt's Pills save many dollars in doc
tor' s bills. A remedy for diseases of the liver,
sick headache, dyspepsia, constipation and
biliousness, a million people endorse
Kill All Flies!
THEY SPREAD
DISEASE
Placed anywhere, Daisy Fly Klllar attracts and kills all
flias. Neat, clean, ornamental, convenient, and cheap.
LuuiIIkuoii. Hade
of natal, can' t oil! em
tin orar: will not anil ae
riojura anything. Guarmn
Wad affect!. Ask for
Daisy Fly KiUer
HAROLD SOMERS, ISO DE KALB AVE.. BROOKLYN, N. Y.
0 1 C Dine FnrCalo Twelve litters on hand.
VflyS I Ol3alC Herd headed by "W.
ONWARD, No. 52110 " His sire "Wilson, No. 41431."
He by "Progressor, No. 36526." Bred by M. A. Foster.
Bows include "Almeda, 61521," 22 months old, weighs
over 500 pounds; "Virginia, No. 66399," a grand
sweepstafces sow. Male and female pigs shipped
anywhere on approval. Writ for prices. Holly
hurst Farm, C. B. Whisler, Prop., Louisa, Va.
C 1 f f( or more invested in established oil co.
J)XU.VU Witn own refineries, pipe lines, tank
cars. Production may run 100& or lOOuf on invest
ment. "Edwards", 328 Wabash Ave., Wichita, Kan.
Explosion Averted.
"I hear you have been a Very sick
man," said the manager of the garage.
"Yessur," replied Mr. Erastus Pink
ley. "Dey mos' despaired of my recov
ery. But I never had no doubt about
it nivsolf. I jes' had to get well."
"Why?"
"Well, suh, I knowed I wasn't good
enough to go to heaven. An' workin' in
dis garage has gat me soaked so chock
ful o' gasoline, dar wasn' a chance of
deir wantin' me aroun' de other place.'-'
SOFT, CLEAR SKINS
Made So by Daily Use of Cuticura
Soap and Ointment Trial Free.
The last thing at night and the first
In the morning, bathe the face freely
with Cuticura Soap and hot water. If,
there are pimples or dandruff smear
I them with Cuticura Ointment before
; bathing. Nothing better than Cuticura
' for daily toilet preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Back to the Soil.
The young k-nut. unfit for general
service, volunteered for work pn the
land. He went down to his father's
"place" and began "farming." A
friend passing that way spied him in
legins and Norfolk jacket striding
across a wide stretch of moorland. He
hailed him.
"Hallo, Smutty !" lie cried as he
came up. "What are you doing in
this forsaken land?"
"Farming. I've gone back to the
land."
"Any good at it?" grinned the friend.
"I should think so ! See this piece
of moorland? Before I came it was
going to waste no use at all ; but with
a lot of work I've turned it into a rip
pin' golf links." New York Globe.
Druggist's Customers Praise
Kidney Medicine
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is the
best seller on the market today in this
locality. I believe it is all that is claimed,
and during my experience of eight years
in handling it as a kidney, liver and blad
der remedy I have never heard a single
complaint and know that it has produced
very beneficial results in many cases, ac
cording to the reports of my customers
who praise it highly.
Very truly yours,
HERBERT S. MAXWELL,
Druggist.
June 5, 1916. Plymouth, Mass.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention this paper. Regular fifty-cent
and one-dollar ,size bottles for sale at all
drug stores. Adv.
An Alpine glacier has been convert
ed into an ice mine by a practical
Swiss, who mines and markets the ice.
The purgative forces within the body usu
ally need help in Spring. WRIGHT'S IN
DIAN VEGETABLE PILLS make Nature's
efforts easy, because they are tonic as well
as laxative. Adv.
Only busy men find time to do the
necessary things.
- m Mwine Is for Tired Eyes. I
mOVieS Red Eyes Sore Eyes
E mmmb Granulated Eyelids. Bests
Refreshes Restores. Marine Is a Favorite
. E Treatment for Byes that feel dry and smart. E
Gire yonr Byes as much of your loving eare
as your Teeth and with the same regularity. -
CARE FOR THEM. YOU CAM10T BUT REV HESI
s Sold at Drag and Optical Stores or by Mali.
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