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VOL XIX. NO i:
400,000 NEW FOOD
INSTRUCTION CARDS
IN NORTH CtROUNt
Every Patriotic Americao
, Household Urgad to Ob*
esrve "Fotfcka" Day.
SAVI AMD BUIiTITUTI
•AYS KXUIKT HOOVXK
At Lea* On Mi ilkM ttt
ii litnictid in SUlubmbl
from m. mo M
Bngg*m\mm Ctfven fWd
Instructts® Card tor Knry
Household in Bsttfe ftlate.
Raleigh. DM. n.-Th* fftote Food
Administration bas Jul let contracts
for the pihitlag of 400,000
tary htm* Instrnetloa cards to be dis
trlbutsd on* for eaeb household in the
entire Ststs. Tlia Iseeanc* of these
additional Instruction csrds la prompt
ed by tb« iscreased seriousness of tba
food situation In Europe both from the
standpoint of military necessity ami
for the relief of hundreds of thou
sands of Europeans wbo ecf*> threaten
ed with starvation unless Immediate
relief can be given them.
The supplementary Instruction card
calls Tor a "porklesir" day each week
In addition to "Meatless" and "Wheat
less" days, and for a wheatlees and
meatless meal each day. The con
•uiMr la urged to use sugar on a baala
of not more than three pounds per per
son per month Mr Hoover, on one
side of the card, frankly and impres
slvely presents the food situation
It la.
"As a nation we eat and waste 8"
per cent more protein than we require
to maintain health," the directions de
clare. "Therefore, we can reduce the
amount of meat we eat without harm
We eat and waste 240 per cent more
f»t than la necessary."
What Is Called for How.
Aside from the general directions
contained in the first home lnrtruction
card the new card asks everyone to
maintain rigid economy of at least:
ON'K WHEATLES3 day ea* h week
and one WHEAtLESS MEAL each
day, the wheatless day to bo Wednes
day. By wheatless we mean to eat
no wheat products
ONE**MEATLESB DAY each -week
which shall be Tuesday and one •leaf
less meal each diy. Tly meatiest we
mean to eat no red meat —beef. p»»rk
mutton, veal, lamb; no presetted
meat —beef, biKHwi, ham or lard.
ONE PORKL.WBS day each week In
addition to Tuesnay, which shall be
Saturday. By porklees we mean ns
fresh or salted pork, bacon, lard or
,hsm.
ai'GAß—Yea can materially reduce
sugar by reducing tbe use of candy
and sweet drinks. We will make ev
ery endeavor to aee that the country la
provided with supply of household
eugar -on the baala ef three pounds of
•agar -for each peraon per month. Do
not oonenme more.
We Are a Wsstsfel People.
Human foodstuffs comprise three
principal element*:
PROTEfK: Mainly present in meat,
beana, fish, poultry, milk, and te #ome
extent in grates.
PATS: That is, butter, cream, lard,
bacon, margarine, cooking fats, beans,
cotton seed oil and other vegetable
oils.
CARBOHYDRATES: Grains, sugar, j
potatoes and other vegetables.
A* a nation we eat and waste 80 per
cent more protein than we require to
maintain health. Therefore, we can
reduce the amount of meat we eat
without harm.
We eat end waste 240 per cent more
fat than la necessary.
Of the carbohydrates we can Just
as well consume corn, oats and other
eereals as wheat and we hare abund
ant supplies of potatoes and veget*
blee.
Do sot ttndt year soppliee of milk
and table buttes, hat consume It all.
Boat waste any.
i Tea can retaoe the ooaaamption of
fete by redoofag pastry and fried
toots.
■nnimHr Ma Oespel of the Ciena
Mb. tbo eurrtog ef Mall portiene,
the poreaaee efleea supplies.
THE ENTERP-wiSu
WM HOSTS »*Q DSSS.
Any person in the UnHed States who
bays more feedstaSs thaa he custom
arflv keeps at home In peace thnea is
defeating toe Poed AdmaUstmtten in!
its purpose »o seeere a Just dletrlbu J
tion of toed aad hi ita grset endear
ers to reflate prices Tke hearding of I
food In heaeehuMa is aet enfer unnse'
eeeary, as the gevernaseat is protect
ing tbe toed supplg ef our peefte, hal
(I ll seKsh and Is a cause of high
prices.
Such actions multiplied by thou
sands lacreaee the dams ad# apse oar
railways far case sad sls«s|r, INMN
of oar military demssds, ft ft ea
tryte difficulty we eaa aov mere lbs
vlßly nsoessary lead to maobet.
There Is aaash InsSSleas p*epean*Oa
In the oeoatry iptnt eoaisnaUsa
aad Isassasad predestine All apfe
sMlea to theae smil— to dtreet ne
siataaoe to the saeaay.
The SMueMen (brave.
The mw»e aide of tbe eard earriea
• aaeaage to theee who have signed
tbe ptoige card ef tbe Admdnie
tmtton it Is aa telle**:
1% Members of the United Mates Pood
AdmlalstraUea:
The toad sltutotea in Earepe to far
graver thaa when tbe prultmtaary sur
vey of tbe food eappbr of tbe world
%ar this year Whs toads We have aa
abandaace for oursslvss. and it ie the
Sna polley of tbe Mod Admiatotoa
tion, by tbe preveettoa of exports, to
reuin for oar people an ample supply
of every essential foodstuff. Tbe har
vests of oar Alkes hare proved less
thaa we had ooatemplntod, aad ths
great cartailmsat of shipping by ths
sabmariass during ths laet few
months bas further prevented them
from asssss to more remots manbote.
Beyond tbe dsm—da of tbe AMse
thsrs is a oall upon us by tbs friendly
neutrals for food supplies. and If we
cannot at leaat In part respond to
theas nsutral calls, starvation on an
unparalleled soale must enaue.
Greater Sacrifice Necssaary.
Pood has now taken a dominant po
sltion In the war, and we must ask
the American people to sacrifice far
more than was at first thought neces
j sary. We have exported the whole of
the surplus of the wheat from thle
- hardest after reserving to ourselres an
! amount sufficient for our normal con
! sumption of seed and flour untH the
next harvest, and therefore the amount
of wheat flour that the Vnlted State#
ran contribute to mix with the wsr
bread of our Allies during this winter
| will he nlmply the amount that our
[ people reduce their consumption
month hy month. In other words, ev
ery grain of wheat or its products thai
the Allies receive from the United
States from now until the next harvest
will be exactly the amount which our
people have saved each month on their
behalf.
The Allies today ask for 25 per cent
more meat and fats (pork, dairy prod
nets and vegetable oils) than we con
sider otir monthly production permits
us to send them without trenching on
our own supplies, or, on the other
hand, unless we can sonsutne less. Du»i
to the shortage In shipping, our avail
able sugar supplies niUKt be less than
normal from the present tlrno forward
Every Particle Saved Will Count.
Thus every particle of
consumption by the American people
is one particle more for the Moldiers.
men. women and children of our Al
! lies and for the starving people in oth
ler countries. This is a personal obli-
I gation upon every one of us toward
some Individual abroad viho will suf
fer privation to the extent of our own
individual negligence.
Jf we are to reduce the consump
tian of the few products which wo
abeuld export sbroad. we wlfioieed to
sat .a larger proportion of many dif
ferent foodstuffs which we ca«»ot ex
port and which we have at"home. Por
this reason we MUfiT NOT waste »ANY
foodstuffs. A great many lndlvtdarfs
In our population eat far more food
than Is necessary t* maintain their
health and strength. In this emergen
cy only the simplest of living Is patrl
otle. We want no persetn in the Unit
ed States to eat less than is required
for good health and full strength, for
In this emergency America requires I
every atom of the productivt power of
our people. While many can eat less,
all of oar population can substitute
other foodstuffs for the few that are
vitally needed for export.
We must not overlook the fact that
Russia collapsed not because of the
Germans -on her boyders but largely
because of the feflnre to organise and
feed her own crthens, and, IP WE
ARE TO emerge vlatorlou* from this
war. we cannot risk the collapee of
another of , our Allies from this same
cause. There la no waste of feed
among any ef oar Allies—there Is the
most drastic reductlsn in their con
sumption ; there la actual prtratloa
among their wsmeu aad children;
there Is aterrattoa to Belgium.
Problem tor Individual.
We have
saggesUeas to toe Heme Card—a eard
that la new haagtog to eag. Ito *§*
Hon of ferns. That* MKHv
' WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY DECEMBER 28 IQ17:
ARMIES NEED FOOD;
\DONT LET IT BURN
I ..
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I Planting and Raising of Crops Will Not Suffice; Every Care
Must be Exercised Toward tke Prevention of
Destruction and Waste ef Ike Food
After it is Made aad Housed
"Our armies need tood; don't let It
born!" is tbe slogan adopted by tba
Michigan Conservation Association re
cently, and it might well be adopted
as the slogan of every association aad
every individual In tba country at this
Uase. Vast numbers of associations
aad governmeat agencies throughout
the oountry are argtag every hour tbe
growing and conservation of food*
stuffs. Tba reports so far from tba
Department of Agriculture Indicate aa
enormous yield for the year. Bui
planting and ralalng crops wIH not
floe. Every care must be eaerclsod
toward ths prevsnUoa of the dsstroo
tion aad waste of ths food after It baa
bean made and housed.
▲ few weeks ago a grain etovator la
Chicago was destroyed by Sre and with
It wheat sufficient to make 60,000,05S
loaves of bread. Taking this amouat
of bread and estimating the amount
of flour used by bakers In making
bread, and figuring by the amy Quar
termaster Departmeat's allowance
for feeding a soldier, this wheat da
stroyed would furnish the flret Incre
ment of the new national army com
posed of 687.000 men In bread for
nearly two months.
Wherever there is a lire that de
stroys a considerable amount of prop
erty there la almost always some lack
of care or edse a criminal Intent. Ex
tremely few fires are "providential."
Hundreds and thousands of young men
have within the past few months walk
ed Into recruiting stations and volun
teered to lay their lives at the disposal
of the American government to pros
ecute this war. To those wbo stay
at home it Is but a small effort to put
' forth to practice the eternal vigi
lance that will prevent the fires which
may destroy foodstuffs, everv
I which Is sorely needed •* ihla time ro
feed America's soldiers, America sal
! li«>* and America's women and chll
j dren who must remain at home and
fight the battles that are absolutely
I essential to "keep the home fires
j burning."
1 Appealing to city and county offl
! rials throughout North Carolina to
I Join with the department In lending
I aid to a nation wide campaign iiKainst
preventable lire waste, Insurance Torn
misßloner James U. Young reccmly Is
sued a letter which was sent to those
officials and to a number of other pub
' IN THE WAR AGAINST WASTE.
I
Joining other numerous forcet
i throughout the nation In the war
' against waste as a helping hand to
■ the country's struggle to "Make the
World Safe Por Democracy," one of
the largj Insurance companies has !k
, sued n bulletin which, it announces,
; has as its object the promoting of
| patriotism, good citizenship and the
1 physical betterment of the people.
1 Somo very timely suggestions are
I herewith presented from this valu
| able paper:
: "Give no time or money to selfish
: pleasure which can be given In unself
ish service to ths nation."
"In the name of common humanity
j and of oommon sense, let us at once
adapt ourselves to the extraordinary
war conditions which have come
upon us."
"Unless extravagance is checked,
the nation -will be injurod—people will
go hungry and the war will be pro
longed."
"What a blessing rational eebnomy
would bring -to war wore humanity In
the present food crisis."
"But economy Is not enough. We
must produce more, conserve more
and every one enlist in the war
against wasts"
WTshould, we must think. We
-muit act. Take la the situation and
then as true North Carolinians, true
Americans, measure up to the occas
lon •* «
"0 _ _
have already shown important results,
and ts these we now add others. The
problem of ssving In food Is a local
and individual one, so that mere pre
cise and definite rules Just to all can
hot be formnlated. It is a matter for
ths conscientisus consideration of ev
ery Individual that he or she should
eat only that which is neoesssry to
maintain bodily health and strength
and unselfishly to sslsct these food
stuffs ths uas ef which relieves inter
national necessities. In ibis winter
of I*ll lies the period when there win
be tested la this groat tree country of
aars the guestiea as te whether er aot
our people are eoaabls of volaataryj
individual seltsaertflce to savs tba
world.
. " HnmiT noovm.
Halted States Feed l todalstrartsa
lis spirited sitliena in tbe state. The
letter nebs ee-operatlon in the cam
pelgn being festered by the Council
of National Defence aad which has the
MSesst aad Strang co-operation of the
Sfatteaal Board of Firs Underwriters
aad Is he lag pushed by Insurance Com
SBtottoasn Sad lira Marshals all over
the aattoa. The campaign also has
tbe endorsement of President WU
eon, wbo bas issued a statement whleb
oonUlas the following paragraph:
"Preventable fire is more thaa s
private ■totoi tana. It ts pnbllc dero
Nation. At a time Mke this of erner
■easy, aad ef manifest neceosity ten
the conservation of national reeourceo,
It Is snore than ever a matter of deep
aad preeelag consequence that every
meaas should be taken to prevent this
evil."
In Commissioner Young's appeal to
efflclala he polnta out the fact thai
more thaa SIOO,OOO worth of bread
stuffs were daatroyed in 'North Caro
lina Inet year In preventable fires. In
addition npprexlmntely s like amount
was Involved In machinery and equip
meat in plsnts for the making and
handling of breedstuffs.
"In this time of emergency," the
statement ssys, "less of foodstuffs is
total loes. Insurance money collect
ed doee not replace the actual food
stuffs. Our people cannot eat mopey
While our soldiers are preparing to
fight tba enemy and our allies are
holding out their hands for food the in
selves aad tkslr dependent loved ones,
It Is tlreason (or our people to allow
one thing that goes Into the making of
food to be wasted.''
Ths aid asd support of every county
and city official and every civic
organisation In the state Is urged In
this smsrgsncy firs prevention cam
paign me fOTnirrl»«4nnpr nenin calls
attention to he fact that an expert fire
engineer In the service of the depart
uient is available at all times for tht
training of fire departments for cities
and towns and to give Instruction in
(ire fighting and Are prevention means.
Also an electrical expert stands ready
to inspect and correct errors dn elec
trical »f|uipment that might lead to
fires and serious accidents. The ser
vices of these men lis well as the ot lic
0r .. 1 i.,. 1 , O "t () f |} lß department are at
the caH of the people of North Caro
- Una.
AVOID ALL "NEAR ACCIDENTS"
Perils Which Cause "Near Accidents"
Should, Be Abolished With Proper
Care to Prevent Reoccurence.
A "near accident" may be defined
as a happening.-the nature of winch
is dangerous to persons, hut which did
not result In injury owing to the for
tunate absence of a man from a par
ticular spot, or to his quickness, or
to the merest other chance, but the
recurrence of which is always a peril—
a peril which should be übolinßod by
proper care.
A familiar Illustration of a near acci
dent is the rase of a peraon caught be
tween two trains traveling in oppo
site directions on different tracks, but
who escaped death or Injury by lying
down between the tracks. There are
many other such instances of escaped
Injury, inside as well ae outside the
! industrial shops. Tools and materials
1 flopping from scaffolds and roofs, but
1 striking no one. Ladders falling or
slipping with men who land unhurt,
J vehicles skidding and Just missing
pedestrians or other vehicles—all
these are common occurrences.
These are but few of the many in
stances that will suggest themselves
to fhe average reader, but In every j
instance of this kind there is a lesson
from which every one should profit, j
"Near accidents" are a fruitful source !
of suggestion, for precautions ,to he
observed, and for rules to,be formu-1
lated for the avoidance of dangerous
practices.
Regrettable as it may be, however,
the fact remains' that too little atten
tion Is paid to "near accidents." It
sssms to require actual accidents to
startle us sufficiently. This should
not be so. There i« Just as much In- ,
ft ruction to be had from "near acci-1
dents" aa from actual accident. "Safety I
First" work Is a study and prevention I
ef accident causes, and It should not |
require ths theft of a horse to make
jou reoliss the Importance of locking :
tbe ham.
Oood safety work is seeing that 1
there le a lock on the barn door before 1
the attempt Is made to eteal ths horse. 1
. ■ |
Mies Sue Leggett is spending 1
some time in Washington, N. C.
GLEAN UP ILL THE SCHOOL HOOSES
Schools will open shortly, but now
that they are idle an excellent oppor
tunity is afforded to have them thor
oughly Inspected and piles of old pa
pers, rubbish and other litter cleared
out and all Are hazards removed or
properly safeguarded. Stove pipes
and furnace equipments should be in
vestigated and all defects corrected,
and every method adopted which
■pells proteotion against and preven
tion of SrelT The annual average of
629 school houses damaged or da
w999 SFxrwie
Q -' fa
0 For prices on Steam Dried gfe
3 Fish Scrap g
5 Ground Oyster 35
1 Shells I
for [immediate delivery phone $
w , or wr!te a>
g E. A, COUNCIL,
Morehead City, N. C. jg
999999 999 m
RUBBISH HEAP IS A MENAGE TO HOUSEHOLD
More fires orlginste In rubbish
heaps than from any other source. To
permit rubbish to remain In the
building not only Invitss a fire to visit
your home or place of business, and
render your family temporarily home
less. or cripplrf your business at a
time when'you can least afford It; but
you are also permitting the lives of
your family or employes to he endan
gered. foi A fire not only destroys a
quarter of a billion dollars' worth of
property each year in this country,
but alto claws more than two thou
sand fives year. Tlje homo is
built to protect your loved ones, and
you wap( to STorythlftg to ihsure
Ibßolufe pfoteot}o& to tfiWO
\ It.
% Removal Sale |
¥ v $
We are going to move into our new store Jf
about January Ist and are offering reduced ,«Tj,
V prices on Ladies Coat Suits
©
Coats, Skirls,
0 Shirt Waist, ra
,/J
... Misses and Children Coats and Dresses at a
reduction. Take advantage pf this oppor-
tunity to clothe the entire family at
reduced cost.
& . {
Visit our store and let us show you
our bargains in everything.
Hp Harrison Bros. & Company l?
MAIN STREET w
Williamston, - North Carolina §j[
€•€3 C-C-C
FARMERS SHOULD USE MORE LIME TO INSURE BETTER CHOPS
. I will sell in car load .-lots Burnt Un
slacked Lump Lime in bulk 8.18. Burnt Slacked Lime in bags 8.68.'
Ground Limestone in bags 5.43. Ground Limestone in bags 4.43.'
Kiln Dried Fine Oyster Shell Lime in bags $lO.lB. Kiln Dried Fine,
Osyter Shell Lime in bulk 8.68. " "
These prices are delivered at .your station subject to a two* per
cent discount for cash. To insure deliveries place orders early.
W. C. MANNING,
• Williasnston, N. C.
Si.ou :i \ '*;tr nr Advance
stroyed by Are can easily be lowered
If a little foresight and caution aro
exercised in a thorough cleaning up
and Inspection campaign before the -
school term opens. It Is to be remem
bered that the lives of children are
Involved in the necessity of careful
ness in this important Item, and no
amount of expense or caution should
be spared in protecting these little
ones against danger or injury by lire.
A hint to school officials and Janitors
ought to be sufficient.—Fire Facts.
That rubbish heap In the store
room, attic or basement Is a menace
to your household, because there Is al
ways a possibility of fire starting In
it.and the worst of it Is it may start
when least expected.
Fire may route you and your fam-
Jlly out any night—your wife, children
and you may escape and some of you
may not—. Just use your tmagir)*-
tlon and think what might happen
and then get a Rafety first move on
you and have that menace eliminated.
Tuesday, October 9, Is Fire I'reven
tlon Day In North Carolina. That la
tbe day when.lt Is your duty as a
toyal citizen to look carefully
four Dremiaes and if there 18 a
fclfV h«p there get rlJ of it. ,