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TO MEET HERE TUESDAY. Farmers, Hankers and Mer chants and All Other Patriot ic Citizens Called Together in Conference to Consider Food Production and Conservation Problem. J. Paul Lucas to Ad dress Meeting. The North Carolina Food Commission held a meeting in Raleigh Tuesday and definite plans for a strenuous campaign were made. This campaign is to be kept up for the next four months throughout the State for the purpose of bringing about a larger food production. A sub-committee, consisting of Governor Bickett, Mr. C. R. Hudson, State Farm Demon stration Agent, and Mr. J. Paul Lucas, President of the State Farmers Association, was ap pointed to have the campaign in charge. Mr. Lucas was made Secretary and will open offices in Raleigh this week and start the work of trying to make the people of North Carolina see the great importance of raising greater quantities of food sup plies. Mr. Lucas was former ed itor of the Charlotte Chronicle and is a strong and vigorous young man who will give a good account of himself in a cam paign the importance of which cannot be overestimated. The people of Smithfield and Johnston County are planning to have a mass meeting of the farmers, bankers, merchants and all classes of our citizens to be held in the Court House in Smithfield next Tuesday, April 24, at one o'clock, for the pur pose of thoroughly organizing the county in this great work. Mr. Lucas will be present at this meeting and deliver an ad dress on the subject of produc tion and conservation. Mr. T. S. Ragsdale, one of Smithfield's wide-awake citi zens, is a leader in this work. He has become aroused to the great importance of raising a greater amount of foodstuffs. Thinking that he might be of service he went to Raleigh and offered his services to Governor Bickett who suggested that he consult with Mr. J. Paul Lucas. He did so and the result is that Johnston is going to be one of the very first Counties in the State to try to organize for food conservation and produc tion. As we understand it, eacn county is to have a committee to prosecute this work, compos ed of the Chairman of the Board of County Commission ers, the County Superintendent of Schools, the Farm Demon stration Agent, the Home Dem onstration Agent, the President , of the Farmers Union, and two or three other citizens. The plan is to organize the County by school districts and get in touch with every farmer in the coun ty. Not only is every farmer in the county invited to attend the meeting in the Court House here next Tuesday, but every banker and merchant and every other business man is urged to attend. This is a meeting of first importance. This is a time when ' every one who is patriotic can be of some service to his coun try and he should be willing to enlist in the great army who will not be expected to go to the trenches. Every one is not ex pected to bear arms, but every ?ue is expected to do his duty. | AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER. Benson School Commencement Begins This Week. Annual Address Will Be Delivered Next Tuesday by l)r. W. C. Kiddick, of Raleigh. Young Woman Dies of Pneumonia. Other Items of Interest. Benson, April 19. ? Miss Ola Har wood, of Robinsville, N. C., is here for a few days visiting her sister, Miss Lena Harwood, of the School Faculty. Mr. Jake Greenthal returned to day from a two weeks' vacation and visit to his parents in Baltimore, Md. Messrs. W. E. Barbour and John Stroup, of Four Oaks, are in the city today on business. Mr. Joe Hardee, of Pleasant Grove township, was a visitor to Benson yesterday. Mr. Alfred Parker returned yester day from a two weeks' visit to West Virginia and Maryland. Messrs. C. T. Johnson, R. T. Surles, and J. M. Morgan and others were in Smithfield Tuesday attending the Recorder's Court. Mr. Talmage Cole spent Monday here on a visit to relatives. Mr. J. F. Lee and daughter, Miss Mary Lee, are spending the day in Dunn with relatives. Mr. J. P. Lee was a visitor to Fay etteville Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Boon went up to Raleigh Wednesday afternoon, re turning that night. Mr. Edgar ' Johnson, of Oxford, was in the city Sunday visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson. Mr. J. M. Jones, of Godwin, was here this week on business matters. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Britt and son, Deleon, went down to Clinton Sunday returning Monday afternoon. Mayor J. M. Britt is erecting a garage on the vacant lot near his repair shop. Mr. C. W. Anderson will occupy the new Williams building when it is completed, and will move his market there. The Benson School will close this week and the first of next week. It is understood that most of the teachers will return for the next school year, as they have given general satisfac tion and rendered efficient services in the school work. The annual address will be delivered next Tuesday morn ing by Dr. W. C. Riddick, of Raleigh. Miss Annie Creech, the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. J. Willis Creech, died last Wednesday afternoon and was buried at Hannah's Creek Thursday afternoon. She had been sick for only a few days with pneu monia and her death was a shock to her many friends. She was an excep tionally bright young woman and will be greatly missed in the commu nity. The funeral services were con ducted by her teachers, Profs. Fitz gerald and Lanier of the Benson School, which she was attending when taken sick. STATE BANKS IN NEW SYSTEM. Aim of Legislation Reported by Sen ate Committee. Part of Program to Further Mobilize the Financial Re sources of the Nation. A renewal of effort, on a Nation wide scale, to bring State banks into the Federal Reserve system is to be made shortly a part of the compre hensive program of the country's fin ancial resources, says a Washington dispatch. Legislation looking to this end has been favorably reported to the Sen ate by Chrirman Owen, of the Banking and Currency Committee. The committee not only favors the enactment of amendments to the re serve act which failed at the last session of Congress, but proposes new ones which, it believes, if enact ed, would result in removing one of the chief objections of State banks to coming into the system, the restric tion against interlocking directorates. Amendments reported, by their failure specifically to mention inter locking directorates on the part of State and National banks, will per mit, in the opinion of Senator Owen, the entry into the system of State institutions whose directories also may be directors of National banks. The proposed amendments also would allow State banks to exercise the privileges now accorded them un der State laws, and would impose upon them a minimum of restrictions. Another feature of the amendments would permit State banks to with draw from the system should they for any reason desire to do so. BIG WAR BILL P ASSES SENATE.1 After Seven Hours' Discussion and With But Few Changes the Larg est Single War Budget in the Na tion's History is Passed. Amend ments May Necessitate a Confer ence. Only Borah and Cummins ; Declared Opposition to the Allied ' loan. (Washington Dispatch, 17th.) The war finance bill, providing for issuance of $7,000,000,000 in securi ties ? the largest single war budget in any nation's history ? was passed unanimously tonight by the senate. After seven hours of discussion, the administration measure, which was passed by the house last Satur day, and which provides for a loan to the allies of $3,000,000,000, was approved by the senate with few changes, in record time. The amend ments may necessitate a conference, or the senate changes may be accept ed by the house. In either event the executive ' branch of the government conduct ing the war with Germany will, within a few hours, have authoriza tion for the great war chest at its disposition. To expedite action the senate tonight appointed conferees to act if the house should not, con- ' trary to expectations, accept the sen ate changes. Of the 84 senators present tonight, everyone, including all those who vot ed against war except Senator Lane, ' of Oregon, who was absent because of illness, recorded themselves in 1 favor of providing the funds to pros ecute hostilities. Nearlly all of the 12 absentees were ill. That, in the inability of the nation ! to supply men at once for the fight ing line, money would be America's immediate contribution to her allies, was the dominant thought expressed during the debate. Few senators par- ' ticipated in the discussion, which was ' totally devoid of partisan expression. ' Every senator speaking announced staunch intention to aid the govern ment in prosecuting the war to a speedy conclusion. Only two, Sena tors Borah and Cummins, declared opposition to the proposed allied loan. A few favored raising a larger tjropcrtion by taxation of the pres ent generation and less upon bonds. SOME VERY SOUNI) ADVICE. The enterprising firm of Ashley Horne & Son, of Clayton has sent , out a letter to its customers and ; friends, filled with words of advice 1 and wisdom. Since every one ought ' to know what this firm has to say at , a crisis like this, we are making some ( extracts: "At this time the United States Government is raising two vast ar- i mies. One to protect our internation- ( al rights upon the high seas; the | other, a much larger army, to engage in farming, mining, manufacturing, ^ etc. In the President's Proclamation | issued on the fifteenth he tells the farmers of the South that they ( should not let the high price of cot- ( ton keep them from putting forth ( every effort to grow foodstuffs of all kinds. "The. President tells us further that 'We must supply abundant food for ourselves and for our armies and our seamen, not only, but also for a j large part of the nations with whom we have now made common cause, in | whose support and by whose side we shall be fighting.' "It will be some time before these crops are ready for harvesting, and unless we regulate our immediate needs and practice economy ? refrain ing from wastefulness and extrava gance, the food supply will become very short and the prices very high." Then follows a paragraph some words cf which should surely be heeded at this time. The firm says: "We would suggest that they (the people) buy sparingly and waste nothing." What fine advice. Will the people heed it? Or will we, after these years of good prices and ex travagance, continue on the course we have been pursuing, in spite of all the warnings given us? Listen again to what they say: "We assure you that if you will buy only for your normal needs, and grow plenty of foodstuffs and not be wasteful that next fall you will be much better off financially. "Join the army of the soil. There can be just as much patriotism shown in the Furrows as in the Trenches." STANDING BY THE PRESIDENT. Kinging Resolutions Adopted at the Town Meeting Held Monday Night Pledging Support and Loyalty in This Great Crisis. Express Great Confidence In Mr. Wilson's Abil ity to Lead in Prosecuting War to A Successful Termination. At the mass meeting of the citizens of the town held Monday night to nominate a candidate for mayor, the following resolutions presented by Solicitor A. M. Noble were unani mously adopted: Whereas, the Imperial German Government obsessed with the idea of world domination, has fostered md maintained upon the continent of Europe a Militarism ever threatening md peace and security of all nations, i nd having as its ultimate aim the instruction of democracy and the es ablishment of a Hohenzollem au tocracy throughout the world; And whereas, in pursuance of its policy of world domination, has been waging for more than two and a half yiars the most unjust, illegal, and ruel war in the annals of history, in defiance of international law and the laws of humanity; in which the neu trality of Belgium has been violated, and her men, women and children murdered, outraged and forced into slavery; vessels of neutral nations, both passenger and cargo, including those of the United States, have been ruthlessly torpedoed without warning on the high seas, resulting in the destruction of property and the wholesale murder of innocent men, women and children; and hospital ships conveying sick and wounded soldiers and relief ships with supplies for suffering and starving Belgians have been wantonly destroyed; And whereas, during all this time, and while the Imperial German Gov ernment and the United States were at peace, the Imperial German Gov ernment did maintain a system of es pionage in our country; did instigagte plots against the security of the prop erty and lives of our citizens; did, by and through its accredited repre sentatives to the United States, blow up and attempt to destroy our indus trial plants, bridges and canals, and endeavored to bring our country into war with Mexico and Japan; And whereas, our great, peace-lov ing President, after two and a half years of untiring efforts to keep our country at peace, has been forced by the Imperial German Government, in order to protect our country's honor and to secure our future peace and democracy throughout the world, to ask Congress to declare a state of war existing between the United States and the Imperial German Gov ernment, which declaration Congress has made; Now, therefore, be it resolved, That we, the citizens of Smithfield, North Carolina, in meeting assembled, do hereby endorse the action of our President and Congress, and do pledge our hearty co-operation, our loyalty and our support to our Presi ient, in whose ability to lead we have the greatest confidence, in his prose cution of the war to a successful ter mination. Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be forwarded to the President of the United States and to our Rep resentative in Congress. BRYAN AGAIN OFERS SERVICE. Prepared to Enlist as a Private, He Tells the President. (Washington Post, 18th.) William Jennings Bryan again yes terday offered his services to the gov ernment either as a private in the ranks or as a "soldier in the commis sary." He called at the White House ind for 30 minutes talked with Presi dent Wilson. After leaving he said le stood behind the government in inything it might determine upon to lo. Mr. Bryan is about to begin a se ries of lectures ? which he says will je devoted to pointing out to the cit zens of the country what they may io in the present crisis to help the government. He would not discuss :onscription or any other of the bills low pending in Gongress. 'Whatever the government does," le said, "is right. And I will support t." The Brazilian government has de cided to arm her merchant vessels tgainst the German submarine men ice* RECOMMENDS FLEET BASE SITE Congress Is Asked for an Appropri- i lion of $3,000,000 to Purchase Jamestown Exposition Site and Adjacent Property for Fleet Base In Hampton Roads. An appropriation of $3,000,000 for the acquisition of land and equipment for a fleet operating base at Hamp ton Roads, has been recommended to Congress by Secretary Daniels. "The $3,000,000," Secretary Dan iels stated, "is urgently and immedi ately necessary for the acquisition of the Jamestown Exposition site, on Hampton Roads, Va., and certain tracts adjacent, to be developed and equipped as a fleet operating base, and to include a training station, submarine base, aviation operating base, oil fuel storage, fleet store houses, mine and net storehouses, torpedo storehouses, medical store house, fleet drill grounds, etc. The land can be purchased for $1,400,000 and the immediate necessities are the training station, one pier and the ini ital development, estimated to cost $1,600,000." THE NEWS IN CLAYTON. Clayton, April 18. ? Mrs. Jim Hin nant, of Wendell, spent a few days this week here with friends. Mrs. L. F. Austin spent last week end with friends and relatives at Durham. Mrs. E. R. Gulley and daughter, Miss Barbara, spent Wednesday af ternoon in Raleigh. Dr. Bass and Mr. Perrin Gower, of Raleigh, were here Tuesday night to attend the play at school building. Mrs. Pope, of Dunn, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Herbert Stallings, this week. Mr. C. W. Lindsay, of Lillington, arrived last Saturday to spend this week here. Mrs. E. R. Gulley and Mrs. M. G. Gulley spent last week-end with rel atives at Wake Forest. The play given in the auditorium of the school building on Tuesday night of this week was quite a suc cess. It was given by several of the teachers along with some girls and boys of the town, entitled: "Under the Blue Skies." A large crowd at tended and every one was well pleas ed. The proceeds go to help improve the school grounds. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Creech and Mr. E. R. Gulley spent last Sunday in Wake Forest. Mr. M. E. Gattis, of Four Oaks, was in town Sunday. Mr. Waldo Gower, of Grifton, vis ited parents here Sunday. Mrs. Herbert L. Jones, of Hope well, Va., is visiting her parents here now. Mrs. Ashley Horne and daughter, Mrs. Walter Priddy left last week for a trip to Norfolk, Richmond, New York and other places. They are making the trip on Mrs. Home's car and expected to join Mr. Priddy some place in Virginia. M rs. J. D. Gulley spent Monday in Selma with her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Smith. Mr. Wade Brown, of Selma, was in town Tuesday of this week. GERMAN CASUALTY REPORT. During March, Nearly 55.000 Were Killed, Died of Wounds or Sickness and Were Made Prisoner. German casualties as reported in the German official casualty lists dur ing the month of March show that 54,803 men were killed, died of wounds or sickness or were made prisoner or are missing, according to a statement made public at London Monday. The tabulated statement follows. Killed or died of wounds, 10,868. Died of sickness, 2,679. Prisoners or missing, 6,247. Wounded, 35,014. The statement says that the fore going casualties, added to those re ported previously, brings the total given in the German official lists since the beginning of the war total 4,180,966, as follows: Killed or died of wounds, 960,760. Died of sickncss, 63,920. Prisoners or missing, 512,858. Wounded, 2,643,428. The commissioners of the town of Hamlet have let contracts for stret improvement work, costing about $40,000. This cost is exclusive of the sidewalk paving. FRENCH GETTING FOOT HOLD. Capture a Number of New Vantage Point*. Violent Counter Attack of Germans Overcome With Heavy Casualties. 17,000 Prisoner* In 3 Days' Fighting. Caught in Envel oping Movement Thirteen Hundred Germans Throw Down Their Arms and Surrender in Addition 180 Ma chine Guiw and Other Material Taken. The great offensive of the French urmy against the Germans from the bend in the line in France from Sois sons eastward into the Champagne continues unabated. Numerous new points of vantage have been taken, prisoners and guns captured and vio lent counterattacks put down with heavy casualties. In three days of fighting more than 17,000 unwounded prisoners have fallen into the hands of the French, together with 75 can non. In Wednesday's battle in the forest of Ville-Au-Bois an enveloping move ment was carried out against the Germans and 1,300 of them threw down their arms and surrendered. In addition, 180 machine guns were cap tnwd tWw. between Soissons and Rheims the villages of Ostel and Braye-en-Laon nois were captured, together with territory about them, the Germans in the latter region retreating in disor der and losing to one French regi ment alone 300 prisoners, belonging to seven different regiments. In their flight the Germans left behind much war material. Here the French cap tured nineteen cannon. Between Juvincourt and the Aisne the Germans threw a counter-attack against the French line with about 40,000 men, but according to Paris the artillery of Gen. Nivelle's men repulsed the attack with sanguinary losses. South of St. Quentin during Wed nesday the Germans also made an at tack against the French east of Gauchy. This attack, which failed, was followed by another, in which the Germans penetrated advanced French positions. In a counter-attack -the French killed or made prisoner of the Germans and regained their lost trenches. The British war office reports that the forces of Field Marshal Haig have gained additional ground along the river Scarpe, to the east of Fam poux, and also captured the village of Viiiers-Gaislain, north of St. Quen tin. To the north in the region of Loos, a system of German front lino trenches also was taken. The towns of Braila and Foksani, in Russia, are reported to have been burned by the Germans. Only minor engagements have taken place in Russia and Galicia. Berlin reports the capture from the French in Macedonia of a position extending over two-thirds of a mile along the Crvena Stena. Another Spanish steamer, the Tom, has been sunk without warning by a submarine. Eighteen persons perish ed in the disaster. The expectation in Madrid is that public opinion against the Teutonic allies will be further inflamed by the torpedoing of this steamer. Unofficial advices say that Count Tisza, the Hungarian Premier and two members of the Austrian cabi net, have resigned. Other reports are to the effect that the resignation of the Greek cabinet is impending. The new government in Russia will not negotiate a separate peace for Russia as a result of the overtures that have been made by Germans and . Austrian Socialist representatives, according to information reaching Washington. ? Associated Press War Summary, in News and Observer, 19th. S. J. Lentz, Stanly County's farm demonstrator, has inaugurated a movement to enlist the farmers, their wives, their sons and daughters in an organized effort to grow more food products this year and to preserve the same after being produced. He has appointed about 1!# meetings at school houses in the various parts of the county and has secured the ser vices of the best speakers in the county to fill these appointments, arouse enthusiasm among the farm ers and assist in organizing corn clubs, pig clubs and girls* earning? clubs.
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