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MODIFIES ORDER ON COMBINATION FOOD ADMINISTRATOR PAGE RE GRETS THAT THIS ACTION IS NECESSARY. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. Modifying the recent combination sales order of the Food Administration for the benefit of the farmer who ha3 lis own cereal substitutes for flour and in using thvn, Food Administrator Henry A. Page authorized retail mer chants to sell flour alone in quantities not exceeding 24 pounds to farmer cus tomers who sign a formal certificate stating that they have produced and are using corn meal, grits, hominay or other cereal substitutes contained in the list included in the recent order of the Food Administration to the same extent as they use flour. On the same basis wholesalers, jobbers, millers and brokers are authorized to sell to re tailers flour alone in such quantities as they have sold to the farmers un der this ruling, balancing against such sale of flour the certificates received by the retailer from the farmer. These certificates also may be used by the wholesaler or other dealer to balance against purchasers of flour from the mills. This new ruling, according to the Food Administration, Is the result of pressure brought by other States who have held that the fifty-fifty order would not apply to farmers who raise their own cereal substitutes. At the recent meeting of the Food Adminis trators of the various counties of the State here, the question v;as threshed out and Mr. Page maintained his po sition that the farmers are not to be excepted. It appeared to the State Food Administrator that this interpre tation was accepted and that no trou ble in this line was to be expected In North Carolina where the farmers ap parently were willing to bear the ad ditional expense and inconvenience of selling their meal and buying it back again to comply with the State Ad ministration's interpretation of the or der. The same question developing in South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia, however, brought out contrary rulings, and Mr. Page was forced to alter his ruling in the Interests of uniformity. In doing so he wired Food Adminis trator Herbert Hoover: "Am sorry seems necessary to mod ify fifty-fifty order. Two weeks' stren uous insistence on our part has re moved opposition in this State and we have our people behind us for com plete compliance." Does Not Affect Local Trade. There has been considerable con fusion throughout North Carolina as a result of the published order of the Food Administration affecting the trade in live and freshly dressed hens and pullets. According to State Food Administrator Henry A. Page this or der does not affect local trade in North Carolina, since it applies only to licensed dealers, principally the cold storage concerns. Every owner of a flock of poultry Is being urged as a patriotic duty to refrain from selling for slaughter any hens or pullets. Every hen that is sold before the 1st of May will repre sent a food loss to the nation of an average of not less than 30 eggs. If the average number of hens and pul lets usually sold from Februtry 1 to May 1 is sold this year it will cause an aggregate loss of 150,000,000 eggs. The value of these eggs is 80 per cent to 100 per cent of the actual value of the hens. The program being urged by the Food Administration and the Department of Agriculture will not en tail a loss to the farmer but an actual gain. The co-operation of all consumers of poultry products is also requested. They are asked to forego the use of fowls on their table during the next few weeks except male stock. $27,000 for Railroad. Boone township voted to donate 127,000 to the Llnville River railroad company in order to extend the road to Boone. This means that the road will be built very soon. The Dew Drop, the bi-monthly pub lished .by the r Training School, has been sent out. This is the first num ber published by the recently equipped printing office of the school, and is really a credit to those in charge. Corn Mills Run Overtime. Desirable results from the recent order of the food adminlatration pro hibiting the sale of flour except In combination with an equal quantity of cereal substitutes will not be limited to the feeding of the armies, the sav ing of the lives of tens of thousands of women and children in Europe, and the more equitable distribution of flour at home, according to dieticians and others who have analyzed the situa tion. One of the most obvious results will be the establishing of a more stable market for corn. Help Hoover to Help U. S. To save the wheat for shipment abroad the Food Administration makes an earnesf request that housewives double their use of potatoes and cut down on breads. If you have been cooking all your potatoes by boiling, baking, or frying, try some or all of these 28 cooking suggestions and serve your war-worried country. Boiled Chips Lyonnaise Mashed Pan browned Salad In chowders Baked t Shoestrings Hashed brown Mashed fried . Stuffed In fish cakes In light bread Plain fried French fried Gauffre Souffle Riced In hash Biscuits Saute Creamed Croquettes A.u gratin Soups In stews In meat-pie crust Take Care of Hatching Eggs. If strong chicks are to be success fully hatched, special care should be given to the hatching eggs. The of fice of Poultry Investigators of th-3 North Carolina Experiment Station at tributes much of the prevailing faulty incubation to improper care of the hatching eggs. The eggs should not be kept too long. It has been proven beyond question that the hatchability of eggs decreases In direct proportion as the length of time they are held after lay ing increases. In general, hatching eggs should not be kept, even und3 very desirable conditions, more than two weeks. Furthermore, .hatching eggs should be kept at a cool tempera ture, about 50 degrees F. being ideal. If they are kept at a warm room temperature, many of the embryos will develop beyond the resting stage, and a large number of apparently infertile eggs and dead germs will result. The atmosphere of the room In which the hatching eggs are held should be mod? erately moist as a preventive against excessive evaporation. More Pay for Teachers. Supt. E. L. Best of Loul3btirg Is wag ing an unrelenting campaign now in this county to raise the salary of his teachers before June, when most ol the teachers in Franklin county are employed for the ensuing year. Pro fessor Best has taken the matter up with his board of education, with ths trustees and various influential indi viduals in each school district, point ing out to them that by virtue of the present prices prevailing the teachers' salaries have been cut 40 per cent and that unless their salaries are increased there will be a decided shortage in first-class teacheis next fall, the best equipped teachers going to the coun ties that pay more adequate salaries. Allow Small Packages. North Carolina householders and re tail merchants will welcome the an nouncement that the milling division of the Food Administration has issued a new ruling which will allow the packing an dsale of 12 pound bags of flour. The use of 12 pound bags was prohibited several weeks ago before the recent nombinatlon sale order was dreamed of. It has been found desir able now to have smaller packages. Modern Chamber of Commerce. Elizabeth City is to have a full time paid secretary, with special training for his work, for the Chamber of Com, merce and the organization is to be put on a permanent three-years basi3. New Railroad; mner Charters. A charter was issued by Secretary or State J. Bryan Grimes to the Nar- ron Central Railroad Company with an authorized capital of $250,000, of which $25,000 is paid in. The charter provides for the con struction of a railroad from Kenly, in Johnston county, to Zebulon, in Wake county, a distance of twenty-flve miles, oDeratine through the counties of Johnston, Wilson and Wake. The pro posed line will form almost a straight line connection between points on the Atlantic Coast Line railroad and the Norfolk and Southern railroad. The territory to be thus opened is rich In timber and agricultural possibilities. The following officers are named in the certificate of Incorporation: Wiley Narron. Dresident: Newsom Natron, general manager: Jarvis, assistant general manager; J. H. Kirby, secre tary and treasurer; Langley Narron and Pettis Narron. members of the board of directors in addition to the officers named. Another transportation company re ceived a charter during the day also, this beine the Wilmington-Carolina Beach Steamship Company, chartered for the purpose of building and operat ing ships. The authorized capital is $50,000 with $5,000 paid in. The in corporators named are Messrs. A. W Pate, J. B. Fox and U. A. Underwood all of Wilmington, which is designated as the hpme office of the company. An amendment Is granted in th' charter of the Harrls-Stroudemir-Comnany. of Winston-Salem, changin-. the name to the Robertson Furnltur Company. y r - ( ji-: wmmmm j HIS LABORS ENDED People's Acclaim of Washington as Their Hero Journeyed to Annapolis to Lay Down His Sword. Poem written for the unveiling of the tablet at Severn Cross Roads, where Washington passed on his way to resign his commission at Annapotts. 'j ' HIS roadside ings again to- X fay Here where the "barren branches sway Arid keen December winds sweep by Beneath a cold and azure sky The old road echoes to some tread Of morning in a vanished hour When here the red-cheeked courier sped, And here the young land's pride and flower Of glory and achievement came To add fresh glory to his name. The villages had all come out, To hear the news, to watch about To catch some glimpse far up the way Of Washington who from the fray, And from the council and the crest, Was riding down his sword to lay Once more upon his country's breast While he stepped back to that sweet rest He yearned for. Yonder sounds a call! A bugle's note, mayhap the fall Of horse-hoofs on the old State road From every hamlet and abode Men, women, children, hurry forth: The wind is sweet, though west by north, And keen with that sharp chill that comes When on the hill the partridge drums. way they look, this way and that! They'll know him by his coat and hat; They've seen his face in pictures, so There won't be any doubt they'll know; But deep within their hearts they sigh They'll know him by his forthright eye, His noble mien, his lofty frame, His fitting in with road and sky As nature fits all great forms in, And signs the portrait with her name. The young folk chatter, smile and grin, The old are prone to be severe, And stretch each vortice of the ear To catch that first sharp clicking sound Of the stage coach thundering on its way, The hoof-beat on the frozen ground That knows the kind of tune to play. Some in small groups together drawn Wait on the green bench of a lawn, And these in somewise more se date The wisdom of his act debate. One rises who defends the sire Of his great land, and vows with ire 'Tis only a great man's way, indeed, To give up lofty place, secede From honors of such high degree, Putting ambition aside, and fame, Upon the altar whence they came His country's heart and stepping down From all the lure of high renown, Take his old place in life again, One with all kindred gentlemen!. Some tell the story of his trip, While others hark with hanging lip That parting at old Fraunces inn Wtih those who d been his aids at war, Tears in his eyes, and in his heart That aching that they feel who part With comrades and with friends who've spent Hours with them in the battlement Of Ufe, of fate, of hopes and dreams. And brave adventurings long before. Then to the barge they see him go. At Whitehall Ferry, bowing low In all that stately form of grace At each bowed head and tear-stained face. And then that silent, sweet adieu At Paulus Hook sad words and few, j A silent waving of the hand I Back to his high and faithful band, Then with his face set hither strong In the high purpose he had made To heed no imploring of the throng , But lay at his country's feet his blade. Then the triumphant jaunt begun Those days of journeying in the sun; The plaudits of a nations best Poured round him at each stopping place, And on the roads from mile to mile Always some patriot in whose breast Inviolate love had left its trace, Coming to bow by the road he'd take And kiss the cold ground for his dear sake. Philadelphian's loud acclaim. Then Baltimore her roya1 bounty Poured as 'twas never poured before, By every county seat and county- To pay due homage to his name, And give him a welcome at this door Of Maryland he'd remember long As life should last or dreams prolong Their memories in his noble soul. Then once again the ctach wheels - roll. He's coming down the General's Way! The old State road is Ood's today! God's and beneath his sparkling sun God's and the General Washington! Ten miles beyond the cross roads lies The capital; o'er yonder rise The Severn smiles 'neath azure skies, Where Indian Landing sleeps beside The murmuring music of that tide, Whose song as light as beauty cheers The silvering romance of the years. He'll pass here soon; and this way riugs The music of the morn! Had kings Such love from those they rule as he Ah well, what kingdoms we should see! But he has struck down kings; his sword Had fought for freedom and the Lord. And now the cross roads teems with life, The hour has come, the keen wind's knife Is cutting under skin and bone, But who cares for the cold that lone, Grave figure shall rewarm each heart! An echo; see how sharp ears start. It is the General hooray! And down the General's Highway The yeomen who have seen him pass Follow in cheering groups one mass Of burning and of patriot zeal To be first followers at his heel. It is the General hooray! This roadside sings again today. This nation sings, its heart still bowed Before him in those dreams that crowd. The moving canvas of the years. There, like a peer among his peers, The vision looms again, and he Stands in that room we still may see, One hand behind his back, and one Laying that sword his bravery won Upon the table. A shaft of light Across the senate chamber steals A prelate in the foreground kneels. A consecrated haur, indeed, That hour of high, exalted need, That noble and immortal act Its spirit gleaming above its fact. Its soul of beauty so made one With the high soul of Washington Our boys are defending this country on the high seas and on the land. Our own defense against a common enemy Is to keep the system clean by ridding the body of the toxins, or poisons, which are bred in the Intestines. When you feel tired, sleepy, headachy, when your breath is offensive, or pimples appear on the face and neck, it Is time to recog nize the danger and protect your bodily health by taking something for the liver such a3 Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The machinery of the body needs to be oiledj kept in good condition, Just as the guns or machinery of a ship. Why should a human person neglect his own machinery more than that of his auto mobile or his guns? Yet most people do neglect themselves. Their tongue has a dark brown color, skin sallow, breath bad, yet they fail to see that their machinery needs attention. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets hava been known for nearly half a century. They are made of May-apple, leaves of aloe and jalap, made into a tiny pellet and coated with sugar. They are stand ard and efficacious. You can obtain them at any drug store in vials for twenty-five cents. Ask for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and get no other I The Benign Variety. "We must get rid of political pull I" "We can't," rejoined Senator Sor ghum. "Moreover, political pull may be eminently desirable. If the honest man Diogenes was looking for had been discovered, he would immediate ly have had all kinds of political pull." AND NOW THEY ARE COOKING TOBACCO TO MAKE IT BETTER " For a good many years The American Tobacco Company .have been conducting a series of experiments having as their object the improvement of smoking tobaccos. And it is interesting to know that one of the greatest of their discoveries was one of the simplest, and that was, that cooking or toasting tobacco improved k in every way, just as cooking most foods improves them. They took a real Burley tobacco, grown in this country; toasted it as you would toast bread; moistened it to replace the natural moisture driven off by toasting; made it into cigarettes, called them "LUCKY STRIKE, the toasted cigarette," and offered them to the public. The result has been the greatest demand ever created for any tobacco product in a similar length of time. .The change produced by toasting Is not only most wholesome, but the flavor is greatly improved, just as cooking improves meat, for example. Adv. Pertinent Suggestion. ''What are commons, pop?" "Why, food rations." "Then, pop, is a hotel a house of com mons?" RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and oz. of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. Full directions for mak ing and use come in each box of Barbo Compound. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv. Cold shoulder Is an unpalatable dish for a friend. HEALTH RESTORED Serious Kidney Trouble Was Re moved by Doan's and Results Have Been Permanent "Kidney trouble put me in a bad way," says Thomas A. Knight, 624 N. Ninth St., East St. Louia, 111. "It came on with pain across my back and the attacks kept getting worse un til I had a spell that laid me up. Morphine was the only relief and I couldn't move without help. The kidney secretions were scanty, painful and filled with sediment. "I was unable to leave the house, couldn't rest and became utterly ex hausted. The only way I could take ease was by bolstering myself up with pillows. For three months I was in that awful condition and the doctor said I had gravel. Doan's Kidney Pills brought me back to good health and I have gained wonderfully in strength and weight." Sioorn to before me, A. M. EGGMANN, 2VWary Public. ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER, May 24, 1917, Mr. Knight said: "The cure Doan'S brought me has been per manent." Get Doan's at Any Store, SOc a Box DOAN'S "jSSZ? FOSTER-MILB URN CO.. BUFFALO. N.Y. CHILDREN'S COUGHS may be checked, and more serious condi tions of the throat will be often SToided by promptly giving the child a dos of pi "j jy
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