STATE SENT) MORE TO CAMP. About 1.174 White Men Will Be En trained in Five Days Beginning March 29. This is Part of Call for 90,000 in Nation. Farmers and Farm laborers Will be Deferred to Bottom of Quota. During the five day period begin ning March 29, 1174 men in North Carolina will be entrained for Camp Jackson under a call which the Pro vost Marshal General is making in the country for 90,000 men to be dis tributed equally between the States Only white men physically qualified for gener amilitary service may be in duced under this call. Under in structions from the Provost Marshal the men "actively completely and as siduously" engaged in agricultural labors will be deferred to the end of the new quota. In explanation of this, the Pro vost Marshal General has wired the Adjutant General of North Carolina: "The situation arising from the scarcity of farm labor demands that the call to the colors of men actively completely, and assiduously engaged in planting or cultivating of a crop, but who rre in Class 1 and within the new quota should be deferred until the end of the new quota. Please in struct your local boards, therefore that the President directs that, in tilling this emergency call, they shall pass the order numbers of such men, defer the call for the present. It must be borne in mind that this step is taken solely in the need of the nation and not for the benefit of any indivi dual. Therefore while boards should consider it a grave duty to exercise this power to conserve and augment the agricultural production, they observe closely the conduct cf those deferred, and immediately upon be coming convinced that any person so deferred is not giving his entire time and earnest attention to agricultural duty or that he is tritling with the board should forthwith call him to the colors. All citizens should assist in making this expedition effective and in bringing to the attention of the boards cases meriting deferment as well as cases in which deferment is being abused." Under this call Johnston District No. 1, will send 10 men, while John ston District No. 2, will send 12 . The Wealth of the Ukraine. The States of Ohio, Indiana, Illi nois, Michigan, and Wisconsin have a combined area about equal to that of the new Ukrainian Republic. Putting it in another way, Ukrainia, accord ing to a native writer, is as large as the German Empire with the State of Illinois annexed. Mere area in itself signifies little, but the extent of land surface com prised within the limits of the new Republic of Ukrainia contains the most fertile ports of the old Russian Empire. It is known as the "Black Earth Belt," and has been not only the granary of Russia but the great est granary of Eastern Europe. In 1914 one-third of Russia's total farm products came from this "Black Earth Belt" which is really Russia's wheat belt. Ukrainia produces 80 per cent, of Russia's crude sugar and 59 per cent of her refined sugar. The tobacco production of the region is relatively as lai'ge as that of sugar. The Ukrainian supplies about 50 per cent, of the Russian live-stock out put. Nol only is the Ukraine a great source of agricultural wealth, but in mineral resources it hr.s been to Rus sia what the northern provinces of France, now overrun by the Germans, have been to that Republic. Of coal, it has produced 70 per cent, of the total Rusian product, an equivalent proportion of pig iron, and of ste?l nearly o.s much. Mangenese, mercury, petroleum, peat, phosphorite, and kaolin are other important mineral products of the Ukraine. ? From "The Ukrainian Republic," in the American Review of Reviews for March, 1918. j MOOR'S SCHOOL NOTES. The teachers and pupils of Moore's School \ ill give a Pie and Ice Cream Supper on Saturday night March the 23rd, at ihe school building. Public invited. School attendance is good, consid ering the time of the year. Very few of our boys are out. Miss Odie Ward spent the week-end at her home in Kenly. Mr. Lonnie Hare visited Kinstor during the past week. Messrs. Wiley and Newsom Narron, have returned from a business trip to Baltimore and Washington. In last week's paper appeared an error. The death of Mr. Gaston Johnston should have been written Mr. Gaston Woodard. Mr. Woodard's death came as a shock to this community. Mr. Wcod ard's son, Mr. C. Woodard, was crlled home from Camp Jackson to attend his father's funeral. We have to put every ounce of ef fort beind the men behind the guns. STATE NEWS. A new main building of the Parrott Memorial hospital at Kinston opened yesterday morning. Tne building and additional equipment cost be tween $70,000 and $75,000. The equipment is modern and complete. The building is attractive architectu rally and is surrounded by grounds which axe to be made into a small park. The hospital is located in East Kinston. 0O0 ? - Farmers around Wagram, in the northern part of Scotland county, have put out rbout 75,000 peach trees this winter, or about 300 acres. It is planned to develop this industry and a market there. The cantaloupe and watermelon crops have been so unsatisfactory in recent years that it is probable that farmers will quit growing them. The peach as a money crop promises much in thnt section and the above venture is the first for the county. ? oOo ? Scotland county farmers are swear ing by the ground hog says a news item from Laurinburg. Six weeks r.go preparations for 1918 crops in the county had not begun, and the outlook was far from promising. But with the finest February in years and good weather going on in March, many farmers have prepared all their lands for planting and it is said seme of them will have to wait for planting time to come. Cotton is always plant ed in that ctseion the last of March. There is prospect of a big crop this year. Scotland is strictly a cotton county and with the high prices of last season there is sufficient stimu lus for heavy production again. No Peace Without Freedom. Once for all time, under the eye of Almighty God, the sword that was forged by Washington and France for the production of liberty in this hemisphere is now drawn for the ef fective assertion and establishment of liberty throughout the earth. When the Hohcnzollcrns and Haps burgs started this war they set in motion the forces that cannot return to quiesence until mankind is under the universal system of government by consent of the governed. The ter rible power for evil exercised by the enemy is excelled by only one power on earth, and that is the determina tion of men to be free. They are now compelled to act upon that determina tion. They must be free or die. It is more than unpatriotic to de sire the end of this war before hu manity shall have become free. It is impious. The heroic souls of the past send their message down. The bless ings of heaven is upon the banners of the allied nations that are striking for the establishment of self-govern ment among men. In the midst of this army of banners in the Stars and Stripes. The Americans marching under that flag are the hope of human race. ? Washington Post. Rapid Growth of the Disciples of Christ. Disciples of Christ, or Christians, as they are popularly called in most parts of the country, report member ship growth last year of 94,000, jeen there only three days when the end came. She underwent an operation for ap pendicitis and lived only a few hours. She was the wife of Mr. C. C. Lee, who lives near New Hope Church. Mrs. Lee was 51 years old. She was a christian-hearted woman and was loved by all who knew her. She leaves behind a husbanl, one son and one daughter several brothers and sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She was laid to rest in the family burying ground at the old homestead of II. M. Johnson amidst a large number of relatives and friends to await the ressurection morn. REPORTER. Four Oaks, N. C. Route 3. Save \our Farm Machinery. It is absolutely essential that all farmers and producers in the South realize the seriousness of the pres ent situation as to thw food supply for the South. It is absolutely neces sary that all farm implements that can possibly be repaired and put into service should be gotten out and re paired to do their full share towards feeding ourselves. Owing to the en- 1 urinous demands for food stuff abroad j for the army and the shortness of j farm help, it is going to be quite a j problem to feed all the people in the | United States. Consequently all farms in the South should bend every effort to raise enough food crops to feed the ' South and let the amount cf food I crops usually shipped into the South 1 be sent abroad. To raise all this food it will be neces sary to use to the fullest extent all the labor saving machinery that we have on the farms at the present time rather than buying a lot more to be thrown away after a sort period of usefulness. Don't you see that by get ting up all the old machinery and re- 1 pairing it you will be saving enor mously all along the line? You will be saving a new machine and releasing the iron and steel that are in the ma chine for building government ships and shells. You will be saving all the labor anl fuel in the manufacture of it. You will be saving the space in the railroad cars, and the fuel for trans ferring it from the factory to your farm. All this saving can be used by the government to much better advan tage than bringing a machine to you. to waste .And above all, you will be saving your money and will be learn ing a most valuable lesson of conser vation. ? Southern Ruraliat. Oak Grove Defeats IMainKeld. A very interesting game of basket ball was played between the Oak Grove and Plainlield girls, Friday af ternoon, March 8, on the hitter's court, the score being 22 and 6. The line up: Oak Grove ? Bessie Stephenson, R. P., Mattie Alams, L. P., Eula Lassiter, C., Esther Johnson, R. G., Annie Las siter, L. G. Plainfield ? Lillie Lawhom, R. G., Fannie Martin, L. P., Kizzie Willi ford, C., Magdaline Martin, R. G., Lula Lawhom, L. G. Field Goals made by Oak Grove ? Bessie Stephenson 7, Eula Lassiter 4, Field Goals made by Plainlield ? Fannie Martin 1, Kizzie Williford 1. Fouls called on Oak Grove, 9. Fouls called on Plainfield, none. Foul goals made by Plainfield; Lil lie Lawhorn 2. HEGAR. The man who grows more food adds to the wealth of world; the man who grows dollars may be adding only to his own wealth. r .Ali Hi 1 HKEE K ? * THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES. * * * * By Cy Johnson. * K K ? * * ? "The farmer is a good observer out a poor interpreter," so says the ^ray-haired scientists. And I am in clined to think the same thoughts. Why is this? To understand the workings of na ture and to explain them satisfac torily wa must first know nature's fundamental laws. De we farmers know them as we should ? I think not. For instance, if we knew the work ings of the plant or animal we could drawn conclusions and be absolutely right as well as the scientists do when they throw up a ball and say to us that it will come down to earth again. And nature never makes a mis take; we can always depend on her. The scientists can say exactly what will happen to a certain plant when we cross it with another known plant in regards to certain productive qual ities; the same with animals. They get down to the root of nature. Why can't we farmers do the same in a greater extent than we now do? Then when r cow gets sick we would not say that she had "hollow horn" and to bore a hole in it to cure the sickness; or even "hollow tail." We farmers observe that the cow is sick all right but we do not inter pret the case correctly. The signs of the times are that we farmers will have to get deeper down into the workings of nature and consider the finer points about our work if we are to make more out of farming ? the most important and in teresting pursuit of the human race. FOREST FIRE LOSS $1,358,000 Most of the Destruction Last Year Avoidable, Government Says. Forest fires burned over 962,000 acres of national forest lands last year and caused a loss of $1,358,600 to the government, according to fig ures made public last night by the forest service. While the loss was larger than for several years past, officials say that, considering the un usually long drought periods and high winds, it was remarkably light. Of 7,814,.lires in the national for ests, all but 2,132, set by lightning, were caused by human agencies and could have been prevented and 952 were incendiary. ? Washington Post. The Government' s success in this war depends altogether upon YOU as a fighter , as a producer and as a financier . YOU must produce, YOU must save and YOU must lend your savings. For your mon ey .you get the United States as se curity?'