MONDAY IN THE GREAT WAR.
New Outbreaks of Populace in Aus
tria and Germany. Revolution in
Finland. Flour Shortage Causes
Rioting in Bohemia. Pan-German
ists Attacking Positions of War
Party.
While the military operations on
the various fronts continue at low
ebb, the political pot still 'boils furi
ously in Austria-Hungary and Ger
many, in both of which countries
there have been new outbreaks among
the populace because of economic and
food conditions resulting from the
war.
The Eastern provinces of Finland
are witnessing a revolution according
to unofficial dispatches with the
Russian red guards in battle with
the Finnish army. The Red Guard is
said to be in occupation of the rail
way station at Ilelsingfors and to be
in control at Rikimaki and other
important junction points.
Dispatches from Switzerland are to
the effect that there has been serious
rioting in Bohemia owing to a short
age in. flour rat tons, ?trong measures
by the police being required to dis
perse the mobs, which smashed shop
windows and plundered stores. Like
wise severe outbreaks are reported in
the industrial regions in Rhenish
Prussia, where troops had to be called
out to deal with the dissatisfied popu
lace.
Attacks by the Pan-Germanists
against any and all persons who arc
opposing their war aims continue un
abated in Germany. A remarkable
utterance is that made' by the Pan
German Deutsche Tages Zcitung,
which calls for a revolt againstvthe
present regime in Germany. An
nouncement is made that Count Von
Hertling, the imperial German chan
cellor, shortly will make a further
statement regarding the Belgium
question, offering positive sugges
tions and proposals.
In both the French and Italian
theatres the allied and enemy aviators
daily are indulging in extensive fight
ing in the air. There also has been
considerable bombing by ailed airmen
of German positions behind the fight
ing line and also over Germany. Four
American aviators aided a French fly
ing squadron in a daylight raid over
Germany, all the fliers returning
safely to their bases. ? Associated
Press Summary in today's News and
Observer.
WOKR Ol EXEMPTION BOARDS.
Johnston County Only County to Re
port Completion of Classification;
The Raleigh Board Has Classified
55 Per Cent.
(News and Observer.)
Forty-nine counties in North Caro
lina, 24 in the eastern district and 25
in the western district, have begun
the classification of registrants under
the selective service system but only
one county, McDowell, has made any
noticeable progress in physical exami
nation of registrants. In this county
93 per cent of the registrants have
been classified, 30 per cent have been
placed in first class and 88 per cent
have been physically examined. In
the State, 66 per cent have been clas
sified and 24 placed in first class.
Classification has only been com
pleted in Johnston County, according
to reports reaching the office of Maj.
John D. Langston, special aide to the
Governor. Both boards in Johnston
have completed the classification,
number one placing one-third of the
total number in class one and number
two 25 per cent. Harnett is next, hav
ing classified 99 per cent, followed
by Alamance, Lincoln and. Alexander
with 98; Washington the same num
ber, and Avery 96 per cent.
The Wake County board has classi
fied 10 per cent, 25 per cent of which
have been placed in the first class.
The local board for Raleigh has clas
sified 55 per cent, of which 22 per cent
have been placed in first class.
FLUCTUATIONS IN COTTON.
Fears of Price Fixing by the Govern
ment Cause a Narrow and Nervous
Market.
The bulk of the. news this week was
not particularly encouraging to tfiose
on the long side, the feature that at
tracted most attention being advices
from Washington, which lead to the
fear of price fixing. In consequence,
while there was a fair amount of sell
ing by the West and Wall Street in
terests, most operations displayed a
disposition to set back and await de
velopn#nts. The market was closed
on Monday, and though there was a
partial recovery after the opening on
Tuesday from the depression that oc
curred during the closing days of last
week, the improvement was not main
tained. However, questions moved
within a comparatively narrow range.
Pcace rumors were again in evi
dence and some people were inclined
to regard the reports of labor troubles
in Austria as a favorable factor in
this connection, but this was more
than offset by apprehension that the
Government would take some action
in the way of regulating prices. In
this regard, however, it is pointed out
that should anything of this nature
be promulgated, the figure named is
not likely to be very far from 30c.,
and if such should be the case, the
certainty of realizing this Remunera
tive rate would assure a large exten
sion in planting. The ginning report,
published on Wednesday, was some
thing of a surprise, inasmuch as the
amount ginned from January 1 to
January 16 was the largest for that
period in several years, the total being
130,967 bales, as against 98,196 bales
last year and 115,212 bales in 1916.
This, however, afforded little encour
agement, because the total ginned for
the season up to January 16 is only
10,569,475 bales, as against 11,137,712
bales last year, 10,751,990 bales in
1916 and 14,915,850 bales in 1915. It
is the smallest since 1909-10, when
the amount was 9,787,592 bales, and
opinions arc current that the crop,
including linters, will not be much
more than 11,500,000 bales, which, if
true, is decidedly disconcerting when
a big yield is so badly needed. ? Dun's
Review, Jan. 26th.
\V HEA1LESS A.M) MEATLESS
DAYS.
President Wilson and the Food Ad
ministration Plan For Saving Of
Wheat and Meat.
Washington, Jan. 26. ? The Amer
ican people will go on a war bread
diet Monday as part of a war ration
ing system prescribed by Presfdent
Wilson and the Food Administration.
"Victory bread," the administration
calls it.
The reduced rations are asked for
the purpose of creating a larger ex
port surplus of food for the European
allies. Curtailment of consumption
will be accomplished largely by vol
untary effort, but force will be em
ployed wherever permitted under the
food control act.
The rationing system, as presented
by the President in proclamation and
by Food Administrator Hoover in a
list of regulations, forms the food ad
ministration's 1918 food conservation
program of which the chief features
are:
A baker's bread of mixed flours, be
ginning Monday with a five per cent
substitution of other cereals for wheat
until a 20 per cent substitution is
reached February 24.
Sale by retailers to householders
of an equal amount of substitute
flours for every pound of wheat flour
purchased at the time the wheat
flour is bought.
Sale by millers to wholesalers and
wholesalers to retailers of only 70 per
cent of the amount of wheat flour
sold last year.
Two whoatless days a week ? Mon
day and Wednesday ? and one wheat
less meal a day.
One meatless day a week ? Tues
day ? and one meatless meal a day.
Two porkless days a week ? Tues
day and Saturday. ? Associated Press
Dispatch.
Food Hoarding.
New York papers tell of an Italian
who ate twenty eggg at one meal.
That fellow is not only an alien en
emy, but should be vigorously prose
or. S i for hoarding food supplies. ?
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PEOPLE WARNED AGAINST HOARDING FOOD SUPPLIES.
County Food Administrator Has Letter From National Food
Administration Giving Full Instructions In Regard to
This Matter. Householders Who Have on Hand
More Flour Than Order Allows Must Return
Same to Dealer. Landlords Will He
Permitted to Purchase Enough for
the Immediate Needs of
Their Tenants.
To the People of Johnston County :
I have just received a letter from the U. S. Food Administra
tion requesting me to proceed to have distributed any and all food
stuffs, especially Hour and sugar, which is being hoarded in John
ston County.
I wrote the Food Administrator a special letter asking about
supplies held by landlords, who furnish their tenants. The letter
in part is as follows:
"Landlords of course will be allowed to purchase supplies for
their tenants, but not in excess of their reasonable requirements
for their immediate needs.
"With reference to farmers who have purchased supplies of
flour and sugar sufficient to run their tenants until well in xhe com
ing season, we desire to request you to take hold of this matter
with a firm hand, letting it be known that every man, who has
more than a barrel of flour on hand will be expected to return his
surplus to his dealer.
"The Food Administration realizes that these purchases have
been made according to the custom of long standing, and is ready
to grant that the practice is commendable under ordinary circum
fctances} but this practice if followed at present would result dis
astrously for our country to say nothing of costing. the lives of
thousands of women and children 011 the other side.
"The Food Administration desires to give these people who
have made large purchases every opportunity to re-distribute their
surplus. When ample opportunity has been given, we propose to
indict and prosecute every wilful hoarder of food stuffs."
Therefore, in compliance writh the request contained in the
above letter I hereby notify all persons in Johnston County, who
have purchased and have on hand supplies in excess of amount
allowed by the Food Administration to immediately return the
surplus to his dealer in order that the same may be properly dis
tributed.
After February 15th I will have to report to the Food Adminis
tration the names of all persons who have on hand food stuffs in
oxcess of the maximum allowed, that is a reasonable amount of
supplies for thirty or forty days ahead. I hope that it will not be
necessary to report the names of any persons to the Food Adminis
tration, but every man and woman in Johnston County will comply
with the regulations of the Food Administration in their efforts to
conserve our food supply and regulate the distribution thereof.
When we consider the great sacrifice the sons of Johnston
County are making when they give their service, and possibly their
lives, surely those who stay at home should be patriotic enough to
comply with the regulations of the various departments of our
government in the case of the War and Humanity.
This January 25, 1918.
F. H. BROOKS,
Food Administrator for Johnston County.
BUY A SMILE AGE BOOK
FOR YOUR SOLDIER BOY.
(By W. L. Stancil.)
Selma, Jan. 24. ? The Military En
tertainment Council appointed by the
Secretary of War will begin a cam
paign over the nation January 28th,
for the purpose of raising a $1,000,
000 fund with which to supply the
theatrical talent for the big theatres
that have been established in every
Army Cantonment by the government
for the benefit and pleasure of the
boys in the camps during their hours
off duty. The class of entertainment
furnished in these theatres will be of
the best, ?nd the purpose of this cam
paign i3 to furnish the soldiers with
admission to these entertainments
free of cost.
Mr. W. L. Stancil has been appoint
ed Campaign Director of this cam
paign in Selma, and will have things
in readiness to begin the work in
earnest Monday, January 28th. The
Smile.ige Books will be put on sale at
all the drug stores in town, and every
man, woman or child who has a broth
er, father or friend in the training
camps is urged to call at one of these
drug stores or see Director Stancil,
or Supt. Moser, and buy at least one
of these Smileage Ticket Books and
send to their relatives or friends in
the camps.
The Smileage Books will be issued
in denominations of twenty tickets
and one hundred tickets. The twenty
ticket book will cost only $1.00 and
the one hundred ticket book will cost
$5.00. The proceeds of the sale of
these tickets will be sent to Washing
ton to help defray the expenses of the
talent that will be secured for these
shows, and you can send your tickets
to the soldier in camp, which will en
title him to free admission to any and
every entertainment in the camp
theatre as long as his tickets last.
Now to the citizens of Selma. We
have had various calls for contribu
tions and many sacrifices and have
not been found wanting. Let's not
falter now. Most of our citizens have
relatives or friends in camp, and those
that have not will probably know of
some boy in camp whose relatives
back home are not able to send these
books to him, and perhaps the big
gest part of his salary is being sent
to the loved ones at home for their
support. Buy this boy a Smileage
Book, that his leisure hours in crimp
may be profitably employed and you
will not regret it. Remember the
campaign begins Monday, January
28th, and for one week only. Further
information may be obtained from
Director Stancil or Supt. E. II. Moser.
Now Making Victory Loaves.
Bakers brgan Monday the manu
facture of the new Victory Loaf, a
war bread containing a five per cent
substitute for wheat flour, prescribed
by the Food Administration as a part
of its 1918 food conservation program.
At the same time grocers will sell to
householders wheat flour only when
the purchaser buys an equal amount
of some other cereal.
The percentage of substitute flours
used by baking establishments will
be increased gradually until a 20 per
cent substitution is reached.
As substitutes bakers may use
either some other cereal or flours made
from potatoes or beans.
Hotels, restaurants and other pub
lic eating places will be required to
observe the regulations laid down for
baking establishments. To force v/heat
conservation, wholesalers and retail
ers will be required to limit their pur
chases of wheat flour to 70 per cent
of last year's supplies. ~The remain
ing 30 per cent will be taken from the
mills by the Food Administration for
the purpose of creating an export
surplus and building up a reserve
store to fill emergency needs.
CORN MOVEMENT INCREASES.
General Efforts to Market this Cereal
Producing More Satisfactory Re
sults.
Trading in wheat was moderate in
volume and confined entirely to
actual current requirements. Con
tinued light receipts at western points
and a further decrease in the visible
supply east of the Rocky Mountains,
caused some apprehension in regard
to future requirements, and one au
thority issued an estimate that the
entiro crop would be 3.1 per cent,
less than last season. On the other
hand, although it is yet far too early
to predicate definite results, reports
that tho entire winter wheat belt is
covered with heavy snow created an
optimistic feeling as to prospects for
next season's crop, because not alone
does this afford protection to the
plant from alternate freezing and
thawing, but also because it ensures i
the moisture necessary for perfect
development.
There were alternate periods of j
strength and weakness in corn, but on
the whole, its position was well main- ]
tained. Strenuous efforts are being j
mado to market the crop before
warmer weather causes deterioration
in quality, and many requests have
been made to Secretary McAdoo for
more cars, but the movement of trams
in numerous sections has been held
up by low temperature and snows,
and there has been no great increase
in receipts at the principal centers.
At the same time, there has been a
steady gain in the demand for the
cash article, due to its greater use as
a substitute for flour, and as con
sumption abroad is also expected to
show a substantial improvement, an
ticipation of a sharp expansion in ex
ports before long is not deemed to be
unreasonable. Nevertheless, while
values at the moment are well main
tained, present prjees are not expect
ed to hold^ifter the railroads are able
to deliver tho large amounts now
ready for shipment.
Oats were only fairly active, so far
as the contract market was concerned,
but there was no evidence of any
weakness and the cash article passed,
the dollar mark. Most support was
derived from buying by exporters, the
bulk, however, at western points for
shipment through Newport News and
gulf points. ? Dun's Review, Jan. 20.
MAKStl IS U KIN-LII ifi.
Marriage at Benson. B. Y. P. U.
Gives Delightful Social.
Benson, Jan. 27. ? A marriage of
much interest to friends here and else
where occurred this afternoon at three
o'clock in the Presbyterian church,
when Mr. Harvey Marshburn, of
Bentonville township and Miss Mattie
Lipe, of Mooresville were married.
Rev. A. T. Lassiter, pastor of the
bride, performed the ceremony. Mr.
Marshburn is one of the most promi
nent young farmers in the eastern
part of the county. Mrs. Marshburn
is well known here, she having taught
in the Graded Schools here and at
Bentonville for the past two years.
She has resigned her position in the
school here, Miss Fox, of Asheville,
coming in today to take her place.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Marshburn left for their home, newly
built and furnished and all ready for
occupancy.
The B. Y. P. U. gave a very delight
ful social at the Parrish Hotel last
night. An elaborate program was
given after which refreshments of
high order were served. The B. Y.
P. U. under the leadership of Miss
Julia C.inaday is making rapid prog
ress here a great number of members
having been added within the past
few months.
The War Savings Stamp committee
of Banner township, headed by Pres
ton Woodall, chairman, is launching
a campaign which promises to place
Benson and Banner township in the
foremost ranks in selling War Savings
and Thrift Stamps. The school
teachers in the township are being
called upon to help push the sale of
stamps and the campaign promises to
grow to immense proportions within
a few weeks.
The sword worn by Gen. Robert
E. Lee at the surrender of Appoma
ttox will be presented to the Virginia
room in the Confederate Museum at
Richmond on Wednesday by Miss
Ann Carter Lee, his granddaughter,
and will be accepted by Governor
Henry Carter Stuart.
MINOR WALLACE AT KENLY.
Former Democratic Congressman De
livered (ireat Address on "The Call
of the Water Wagon." Churches
of Kenly Holding I n ion Mid-week
l'rayer Meetings.
Kenly, 24 January, 1918. ? Tuesday
night in the Presbyterian church, the
Honorable Minor Wallace, for eight
years r\ Democratic congressman from
Arkansas and for the three years ?ast
an advocate of national prohibition,
delivered his famous address: "The
Call of the Wr ter Wagon."
Special music for the program was
provided by the members of the va
rious church choirs of the community,
and the lecture was one of unusual
force and power.
Mr. Wallace pitched right into the
subject and outlined at once in a brief
and comprehensive w&y the status of
the temperance situation in tho
United States at the present time.
The Congress, he then declared
has finally made it possible for tho
sane and upright iitizens of our coun
try to have prphibition if they want
it. He stated that the recent
ammendment which h:.s been submit
ted to the several States of the union
provides that, if the ammendment is
to be effective, it must be ratified,
within seven years by not les3 than
thirty-six of our State legislature s.
Mississippi, the Congressman point
ed out, enjoys the distinction of being
[the first state in American union to
; ratify the prohibition ammendment;
I Virginia almost immediately camo
next; and Kentucky was the third to
uc t.
The reporter had the pleasure of a
brief interview with Mr. Wallace at
the close of his address. The orator
and statesmen spoke \ ry highly of
the work that citizens of North Caro
lina are doing in supporting the Wil
son administration in Washington to
day. He made it evident that he ap
preciates the leadership of suph men
as Senator Simmons and Congress
man Kitchen, and he characterized
the Honorable Jcsephus Daniels as
'your noble gentleman and raro
statesman who is so efficiently per
forming the duties of Secreuiry of the
Navy of the United States.'
Mr. Wallace is scheduled to speak
some thirty or forty times in North
Carolina, and from here he will go to
the State of Alabama, where he will
continue his fight against rum and
the Kaiser ? the two greatest ene
mies, he says, of the human race. The
former Congresman spoke very ten
derly of his home town, Hot Springs,
and the good observer had every rea
son to believe that that tenderness of
expression was softened by the yearn
ing of the statesman to turn again
home and rest in quietude around the
family fireside with his friends and
loved ones.
The churches of Kenly are giving
expression to practical patriotism as
well as a helpful spirit of Christian
co-operation by deciding to engage in
union mid-week prayer meeting ser
vices during the rest of the winter
season. There are four churches in
the community, but only two resident
pastors ? The Reverend C. P. Jerome,
of the Methodist church, and the Rev
erend C. E. Clark, of the Presbyterian
church. The two pastors will alter
nate in conducting the services from
week to week.
The merchants of Kenly heartily
responded to the request of the Fuel
Administrator by maintaining closed
doors last Monday. No criticisms or
complaints have been heard. Every
body seems to realize fully that it is
?his duty to respond as loyally as pos
sible to the demands of his govern
ment in the present crisis.
A portion of the belated Christmas
entertainment program provided by
the students of the school will be
rendered Friday afternoon at a joint
meeting of the twe literary socities.
The subject for the debate is: "Re
solved, That no one should be put to
death for crime."
Rifles ordered by the Russian
government from the Remington
Arms Union Metallic Co., at Bridge
port, Conn., and the Westinghouse
Company at Springfield, Mass., will
be taken over by the government.
More than half a million rifles diff
ering only in bore from the American
ized Enfield are involved.
Dr. Henry van Dyke has entered
the national service in the Naval Re
serve. He will speak at naval train
ing camps and on board ships.