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Food Shortage approchin
Serious rood Shortage
Sufficient Prcs-enl Food Supply
But Riture Serloutf
Peopled already: receiving,
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.PECEMBEJ 1. 1918.
A food map of Europe today shows
not a single country in which the fu
ture does, not holdj threat' of serious
difficulties and only a small part which
is not rapidly approaching the famine
point. : With the exception of the
Ukraine only those countries which
have maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to , meet
actual needs until next harvest, and
even In the Ukraine, with stores accu
mulated on the farms, there is famine
In the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern France, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand in a different rela
tion from the other nations to the peo
ple of the United States. .America has
for four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium and northern
France and is already making special
efforts to care for their increased
after-the-war needs wh'ch, with those
of -Serbia, must be included In this
plan, are urgent In the extreme and
must have immediate relief. -
,!The gratitude of the Belgian nation
for the help America has extended to
her during the war constitutes the
strongest appeal for us to continue our
worrk there. The moment the German
?nies withdrew from her soil and she
vJLbJUshecl once more in her own j
Schoolroom Air and Adenoids
I It ii a constant source of anxiety to
jparentg nowadays that Children of
jachool age seem so susceptible to
icoryza (so-called "head colds"), sore
(throat, tonsilitii, enlarged tonsils and
itdenoids. They wonder why doctors
are always discovering enlarged ton
jeils and adenoid growths and urging
tha need of operations.
One definite cause for this tendency
of children to develop chronic disease
of the nose and throat or unduly f re
quent .cute nose and throat troubles,
Is uaquestionably the foul air in theJ
school room.
' A great deal of study and observa
tion In recent years has produced at
least one very - positive conclusion,
natnely,, that excessive warmth is the
principal feature which distinguishes
foul or "vitiated" air In a room from
fresh or mire air. As soon as the
temperature of the air in a room rises
above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, and oft
en when it rises above 68 degrees, the
symptoms caused by "bad air" mani
fest themselves in the occupants of
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WANTEDMORE FRESH Alft.
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0Cep the Temperature Below 70 De
j greos and Keep Plenty of Fresh
I . Air Circulating.
Mho room. These symptomi are f ami
jllar to every one who has to sit
- ithToijgti V performance in the average
, f ity theater or hall: Drowsiness, dull
- ess1 of intellect, yawning or desire to
lyawm, dull headache,- fatigue, some-
Ume nausea, or fainting.
7 In school chiildren, especially the
ichildran between the ages of five and
;tenv wandering of attention and appa
irent unwillingness to study,, are no
ftlceable when the air becomes foul
! (.too warm) ; . : Teachers, forgetting the
iregtxlatioas of . temperatureare likely
f to attribute this to , pure mischievous,
'.ess or poor deportment '"
famine
seat of government the little nation's
first thought was to express her grati
tude to the Commission for Relief in
Belgium for preserving the lives of
millions of her citizens.
Germany, on the other hand, need
not figure in such a map for Ameri
cans because there is no present indi
cation that we shall be called on at all
to take thought for the food needs of
Germany. Germany probably can care
for her own food problem if she is
given access to shipping and is enabled
to distribute food to the cities with
dense populations, which are the trou
ble centers.
England,- France, the Netherlands
and Portugal, all of which have been
maintained from American supplies,
have sufficient food to meet Immediate
needs, but their future presents seri
ous difficulties. The same is true of
Spain and the northern neutral coun
triesNorway, Sweden and Denmark
whose ports have been open and who
have been able to draw to some degree
upon foreign supplies.
Most of Russia Is already In the
throes of famine, and 40,000,000 people
there are beyond the possibility of
hefp. Before another spring thou
sands of them inevitably must die.
This applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic re-
' The familiar efEects of foul at on
the teacher, as noted in a great mtny
Instances, are nervousness, worn out
feeling, anemia, poor appetite and un
refreshing sleep.
Open air schoolrooms are not foi
the rabble, but only for the more In.
telligent communities. It is going to
take years of effort yet to. impress
upon school boards in the remote and
unenlightened sections the value of
open air instruction, both physically
and mentally, and especially for deli
cate children. Yet fresh air is chea
enough everywhere, and the use of the
cloth window screens for the windows
of any schoolroom will keep the air
fresh and sweet, yet not too cold for
comfort, and at the same time ex
clude dust, rain, wind and snow. The
muslin screen simply takes the place
of the wire screens used in summer
time. It admits plenty of soft light,
and is a very cheap way to insure
fresh. air in any schoolroom. Teachers,
in schools where it has been tried out,
at first opposed, then endured, and fi
nally became enthusiastic about the
screens, for the children showed bet
ter general deportment, better schol
arship and far less frequent "colds"
and, other illnesses.
A schoolroom may be fitted with
cloth, screens at a cost of about $1.50
per window, and the fresh air itself
keeps the circulation active and keeps
the cbildren and teacher comfortable
with considerably less cold.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
An Old Trick.
G. L. Brokshire. Upon leaving
Dottle of urine stand for a few days
"brick-dust" loking substance settles
to the bottom of the bottle. What
wrong with my kidneys?
Answer: The deposit you see settling
wvBum ui tiie oome or urine on
standing is probably what is known as
pnospnates ana urates." This sediment
an indication of trouble in the alimen-
W'J iiaci. Again old JJor.tnrrni
come t the rescue, hri
oi good onnkiner wator oni inn..'
wuus. wairntna: ltlfi nn v wav
Bure that this is the condition ig to have
r. KIM II I llll VHiniQTI A 1 A m
c, - , iixikc itt xeasc iour or
11 yc taieiui. exammauonc of
urine on eeparate days. -J
morning
HEALTH DO NTS;
DONT sleep in a room with the .win
dows closed. ' . '
DON'T
pated.
overeat or become constl
DON'T expose yourself to the cold
Improperly clad. : . ,
DON'T worlr in a room that is not
Tantilated.
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glons, with conditions most serious is
Finland.
Bohemia, Serbia, Roumania an(J
Montenegro have' already reached th
famine point land are suffering a heavj
toll of death. The Armenian popula.
tlon is falling each week as hungei
takes its toll, and in Greece, Albania
and Roumania so serious are the food
shortages that, famine is near. , Ah
though starvation Is not yet imminent,
Italy, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur
key' are in the throes of serious strin
gencies. In order to fulfill America's pledge
In world relief we will have to export
every ton of. food which can be han
dled througlviour ports. This means at
the very least a minimum of 20,000,000
tons compared with 6,000,000 tons pre
war exports; and 11,820,000 tons ex.
ported last year, when we were bound
by the ties jof war to the European
ailies. i j
If we fail to lighten the black spots
on the hunger map or if we allow anj
portions to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and bled
will be threatened. Revolt and anarchy
Inevitably follow famine. Should this
happen we will see In other arts ol
Europi 'a repetition of the Russian de.
bade and our fight for worll peac
will have been In Vain.
SAVE 16,000,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHING
Farmers, Urged by Food Administra-
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tlon, Provide Seven Extra Loaves
of Bread for Eyery American.
By adopting cleaner threshing meth
ods and by literally combing harvest
fields to gajther grain formerly wast
ed, thfeshermen and farmers of the
United States this year saved fully
16,000,000 bushels of wheat, estimated
as equivalent to about seven one-pound
loaves of bread for every person in
the country.j This result, accompanied
by corresponding savings of barley,
oats, rye and other grains, Is shown, by
reports irom '63 grain states to the U,
S. Food Administration. Other states,
although not" prepared to furnish defi
nite figures j of conservation in , the
grain fields,; report greatly reduced
harvest losses.
This rural j food saving achievement,
accomplished, in scarcely six months'
time, was In direct response to re
quests by the Food Administration,
which asked I farmers and threshermen
to reduce harvest losses from about
3 per cent. the estimated average
in normal times to the lowest possi
ble minimum. Country grain thresh-
i tii. . . . .
iug committees carried mto every
grain growing community the official
recommendations for accomplishing
the results desired.
in numerous instances drivers of
racks with jleaky bottoms were sent
from the fields to repair their equip
ment and frequently bad order thresh
ing machines were stopped until .the
cause of waste was removed.; But in
proportion to the number of persons
engaged in gathering the nation's grain
crop, cases j of compulsion were com
.paratlvely rare. The Food Adminis
tration freely attributes the success of
the grain threshing campaign to pa
triotic service Ty farmers, thresher-
men and their crews. Incidentally
grain growers of the United States are
many millions of dollars "in podaet'
as a result
of the grain saved;
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.
The . marvel of our voluntary food-
saving, now that we are '."getting re-
suits,, is that no' one ever actually
suffered? any hardship from it ; that
we till are better in healtn and SDirlt
and better satisfied with ourselves be-
cause of our friendly self-denial. '
. Food control In America : held the
price f Dreadstuffs steady,' prevented
vicious speculation and extortion and
preserved tranquillity, at heme, r
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Norfolk, Va. Baltimore, Md. Toledo, O. Tarboro, N. C. Charlotte, N. C.
Columbia, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Macon, Ga.
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Community Service Takes Place
I of Mother, Friends and
1 Home for Soldiers.
Tfn young officers of the Student
Army Training Corps of the UnlversI-
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iy H L'tuioii rtcfiiiiy jippneu ior a
furnjshed house and a housekeeper
whoilwould not be a servant, but, as
oneifyoung officer expressed ity "the
sortof woman to whom the boys can
call lout 'Hello,', mother I.' when, they
com in the front door." , t
Hflnieslckness Is the malady for
whi($i War Camp Community Service
.supplies innumerable cures. . ,
Vge ve pot your numoer,' says tno
W. ' PJ C. S. to the homesick boy from
camV,witn leisure to spena in any one
of tjje three hundred towns scattered
overKlthe country. While he's wonder
ing s;hat on earth he'll do with him
self Hyhen he gets there, not knowing a
sojuljpn town and with a limited per
centage of his "thirty per". in' his pock
et a!ong comes a friendly printed card
from the local branch of his own lodge
annciiincing a reception tnat nignt es
pelciMlly for sordier members. By the
same niau tne aieuiouisc cnurcn sens
ari glinouncement of all its meetings,
add$ssed to him, with This Means
Youpiprihted at the bottom. . How did
theylknow he was a Methodist?
Hfc had forgotten about the little
'Peilonal Card" he made out at the
adjutant's request during his filjst day
in' cmp when it; was only one of , the
endless details in the round of dentfsts
and- doctors and general confusion.
TheV. ,C. C. S. had not only his num
ber, Ijbut his name and address, his
homfl town, the ' name of the school
hefdjgone to and a good bit about the
tilnj? ,he was fondest of 'doing each
tact pvnt ten intq a uiue oians on UiZ
cardespecially fpr it.
Inlno other nation Is there so willing
a Sf'nse of voluntary self-sacrifice as
In "rperica that., was shown in the
abs(nencje from wheat
Fd more wheat, it came ; more
pgrM it came; save sugar, it was done.
So Ipiericans answered the challenge
ot Qferman starvation. .
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GJIod
will rules the new world as
feargoverned the old world. Through
shang food 'America ''helps make the
who;e world kin. , '
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i Fik)d control made sufficiency from
shortage, kept the" rein on food prices,
gavjj the nation's full ctiength exer
cise ' ' -I"' - v .'- .
1 Starvation by Germany challenged
all the world? food conservation In
America answered the challenge.
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1 1 Pod conservation In America has
bees j the triumph' of individual devo-
uosno tne national cause, '-th i
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My life's work has been devested
to the improvement of Southemj
Crops and Soils.
F. S. ROYSTER
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Trade at home and thjjs ihqlp
your town to grow and iraprpye.
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Phone JNp. 14-i
Try ojtj, N. C.
i Citizens Lumber Co. wants, for portable saw mill
near Dawkins, S. C, a sawyer, two log cutters, two
saw mill hands. Good camp and long job. Apply,
W. T. CULBREATH, Dawkins, S. C.
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