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THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, . SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1 9 18.
"A Gentleman Goes a Courlin9
Plans to Expand, Food Control
Board Are Now Being
Worked Out
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ffflFHEElG IS SIN
MUST BE ELIMINATED
Raleigb. June 8 Plans for strength
en and very greatly expanding the
...a administration organization iri
ivnrth Carolina are being undertaken
tt ,r i Pap whn has lust r.
food adminisctrators with Herbert
Hoover and his staff at Washington.
on the impression ami iniunuauon
ktmt all governmental . agencies are
ettlin? down' to naru worts, in anuci-
nation 01 a war at, icasi two or
ree years' duration. All agencies
or wonting by their pA.t expert-
Lee and smoother running and more
effective operation may oe anticipated
bom now on
One important ieature oi ir. .rage s
LwpUn calls for the appointment of'
a number or inspectors wno win cu
riae their entire time to investigations
of alleged violations, and to the -ex-aminition
of bakers accounts and in
voices and other records of wholesale
aad retail dealers; bottling works,
drug stores, ice cream manufacturing
nlaits, ode fountains, flour mills, cot-
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rton seed on xnuia, ew;. vv uc ii iub new
system of inspection is effective the
elaborate reports which have been re
quired of all licensed dealers or manu
facturer will be very greatly simpli
fied. The extension of the organiza
tion will impose au many duuiuonai
administrative dutes upon Mr. Page
and executive secretary Lucas that an
increase in the office staff will 'also
be necesary. i "
In no instance will there be a great
er "tightening up" or more rigid en
forcement of regulations than with
those that apply to sugar. Mr. Page's
office is already receiving from re-
Dners and shippers of sugar tatement
towing in detail every shipment of
agar into North Carolina. In the im
mediate future every dealer who han
dles sugar will be required to keep
an absolute record of all sales of su-
hit from one pound up. No stated re-.
Torts from these particular records
hill be required but such records will
hi subject to examination "by Food
Ldministration inspectors at any and
il times.
ill commercial users of sugar who
begard the rationing plan f sugar
ttituted May 15th will be dlscip
M. Certificates are beng issued
sly for sugar supplies up to July
'A and many commercial users mave
Ailed to apply for blanks upomwhich'
to vaka theidmtatenients "and
to apply for certificates because they
have already reached or exceeded
their allotments of sugar. Not only
win such users have their supplies
equalized after. July. 1st but in the
absence of their sworn statements by
June 15th, theyv will be penalized as
well The food .administration de-
hands of all commercial users o fu-
ja explanation of their status not
liter than June 15th, ;&nd no certifi
cates will be issued after June 15th
aeept under such, circumstances as
will satisfy the food '! administration
tiatthe delay in. making sworn state
pent and applying for certificates was
iostified and it Is indicated that some
tall explaining wilThe necessary to
bring about this conviction.
Wholesalers or jobbers who sell su
sar or sugar syrup to commercial
Kers without receiving In exchange
certificates issued by the food admin
istration will have ther licenses re
voked. Retailers" who' make such
les will be blacklisted and put out of
business by thai proces. - ';
The rule and regulations , of th!i9
food administration With resrard to
paxgins of proflt on foodstuffs will
cenceorth be more -rigidly enorced
iad through the asistance of the In
spectors who will be put in the field,
Profits will be checked frqm the end
nearest the consumer. Wjere the
retail price of a commodity seems to
be unreasonable the retailer will be
Rued upon to show, his margin. If
ps margin is reasonable the Inspector
fi" so to the wholealer or miller or
per producer. It has not been prac-
"-aoie to follow this course In the
pt because of the lack of force to
pake the inveatfcaHnTiH.
io stimulate and render effective)
e new system, consumers are now
layited to renort
Fees to their county, or township
f"ua aammistrator and TP.t ail pra who
f' Ciiareed an-narpntlv atpphhIta
pees by wholesalers or jobbers are
"ea to bring such prices to the
Fention of the same authorities.
v)&8 places rf A4iA mtriAMi u
a administration proposes to go
iter comprises millers and dealers in
meal and other cereal substi-
es who have taken advantage oof
ae flour shortas-p nnfl "Kft-Krt" onmhi.
ption sale to extort unreasonable
rluUl5 On PnrTl maal a-ntt olmllaT
pducts. The wheat conservation
Fogram has been held back by profit-
,,v.:.. COrn nieal and other cereal
Wi v 8 and these gentlemen evl-
l m? have somethiner romine- to them
m the food administration.
food administration in North
tat v i-"iuu5uuui. me umicu
.es has determined to make itself
a. ; f ent effective," declarred Mr.
se today discussing the situation.
,J every instant 15 l
leaiel producer, consumer' and
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End . . iuuu auminisirauon ruiea
lira .5Ulatl0ns designed as warmeas
I . W aSSlSt. ftll r ernvammanl in nrn.
111 S tiro t. m:n x xi 1
tad m 111 not De toierateu
wui be punished to the extent of
fo law it -:
lion V' ur uew Bystemvor .inspec-
1 worced by our authority to
require special reports of any dealer,
class of dealers or individuals at any
time, and the authority of our inspec
tors to. examine books, accounts, "in
voices and other records of all deal
er will enable us to promptly spot
violations and punish offenders. This
greater effectiveness will redound to
the benefit of patriotic and honest
and unselfish producers and dealers as
well as consumers."
MR. PINER WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH BROTHER
Eben Piner, head of the sanitary po
lice force for the past ten years or
onger, and who resigned this office to
become effective June 10, will be as
sociated with his brother, T. D. Piner,
Norths Second strct - vulcanizer . and
garage Than, it was learned yesterday.
Mr. Piner was unwilling to say wheth
er this association would be of a per
manent or temporary nature. Mr. Fi
ner is just now erecting a handsome
building against. Postoff ice park which
will be the home of his business.
Mrs. Sheppard III.
New York, June 8'.: Mrs. Flnley J.
Sheppard, formerly Miss Helen GouM,
is seriously ill with appendicitis at
her home on Fifth avenue. The attend
ing physicians reported today th'at her
condition is satisfactory, and it is
hoped an operation may be avoided."
The publicity page of the National
Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association
boasts that governments "dare not'5
try prohibition. Are the American
people going to stand idly by while
this trade threatens the countr?
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A True Incident
How Civil War Veteran Found
Grandson at Fort Caswell.
(War Community Service.)
.The old Confederate veteran who
lost his leg at Gettysburg was at his
home in a city far away from Fort
Caswell at Southport, N. C, where hs
beloved grandson was training for his
journey across the sea. His heart
hungered for a sight of the boy. He
forgot the distance, forgot his age,
his rheumatism disappeared like mag
ic, and one night he boarded the train
for the. long trip across IhV state. The.
next night he arrived at Scfttthport;
Here he found rest in the community
house of the war camp community
service, but there were no passes
that night and no way of communi
cating with his boy.
The next morning after breakfast
the old man went out on his crutches
to see the little town. He found
armed guards stretched from the
wharf to the railroad station, and saw
before the station a long train of
cars. Soon he heard the sound of
bugles, the sharp commands of offi
cers and the yells of men that re
minded him of the old days. He
knew at once that men were moving
toward the front, and that his boy was
among them.
With . shoulders a little more erect
he made his way to the railroad sta
tion, but before him was a great crowd
of people and a line of armed guards.
He looked at the long line of Pullmans
into which earnest faced young sol
diers were climbing. He wedged him
self through the crowds only to en
counter the guard to whom orders
were orders. To civilians were al
lowed to pass. The old veteran
scanned in vain the faces of the men
who leaned out of the car window
The engine snorted and puffed as if
eager to be away. For a moment it
seemed as though the long journey
had been in vain.
With a heavy heart he made his
way back to the community house
There he told his story to the com
munity organizer. In a moment a mes
sener was in search of the command
ing officer. The latter is an old sol
dier. As soon, as he heard the story
he found the bar In which theyoung
soldier (he is a volunteer) was, and
told him that his grandfather was
waiting to see him, and gave him per
mission to leave the train.
A few minutes . later in the 'little
parlor of the community house the
young volunteer found' his grand
father. And no one can tell who was
the happiest, th grandfather, the sol
dier or the community organizer who
brought them together. .
William E. Johnston wrote to hotel
keepers in Oklahoma, asking: "Is
the prohibition policy of Oklahoma to
the best advantage of the hotel busi
ness of the state?" and; only eight re
sponded in the negative out of 55 re
plies . Some of the hotels, as pictured
in "The American Issue," were erect
ed since Oklahoma adopted that pol
icy anfl at a cost of half a million dol
lars each.
1 " BUILT IN WILMINGTON
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7 h , xt.-i-- xt rcroptTcatprV t.orDedoed off the Virginia Capes a fer days ago, as
sne appei eu juo TOQVe w,th o pnaritv that defied the strength of the cable that attached
Son Iron wprksi Eagle island. .Slnca she,?as torped and snnk sho has been located and .U be sa,
vaged, according. to Norfolk adyi?esf - : - , . ' 1
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. - mS SMARTLY TAILORED CLOTHES t
I lfci. AUl ' Made by the World's Best Taflors ' ' "
DISTINCTIVELY INDIVIDUAL FOR , Wf
SURF RECREATION - Wllfh
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Seasonable Summer Needs
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PAJAMAS WmllJ
SHIRTS SOFT COLLARS NECKWEAR ;
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"THE PEOPLE'S PLAYGROUND"
is temporarily closed while work is being rushed upon its conversion into Wil
mington's big playground and pleasure park.
Contract has already been awarded to Messrs. Rhodes & Underwood for improve-
ments in excess of eight thousand dollars, including the following:
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BATHHOUSE BOARDWALKS'
PAVILIONS BAND STAND
BOAT HOUSE SEATS
BENCHES, SWINGS AND MANY OTHER PLEASURE PARK FACILITIES i
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Also Alterations and Improvements to the Dancing Pavilion
WATCH FOR OPENlKq DATE
Contracts are being signed daily for attractions, concessions, amusement devices, etc.
Greenfield Park is to be Wilmington's Amusement Center. While plans are being
perfected the management urges that anyone having suggestions which will aid in
building it to meet popular favor and fulfill all requirements submit them at once.
They will be gladly received and acted upon.
HOWARD & WELLS, Lessees
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