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PAGE IS SEEKING AID OF MINISTERS TO AROUSE PEOPLE TO REALIZA TION OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY. DISPATCHES f BOM RALEIGH Doings and Happening That Mark tha Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around tha Stat Capital. Raleigh. Tha Increasing seriousness of tha food situation haa led 8tate Food Administrator Henry A. Pago to this county for farmers who wish to Interested In Pork Production. Returning from a trip to tha South eastern counties of North Carolina, Mr. 1. C. Anthony, special agent In swine production for tha Agricultural Exten sion bervlce, reports that growers in Columbus, Sampson, Bladen and Brunswick counties hays become very much Interested In tha question of pork production and that a carload of sure bred awlne will be brought for Ojlumbua county at sn early date. New Hanorer county has been great ly Interested in tha pork question sine the establishment of the pack ing plant at Wilmington and since one of the banks In the city sold good number of pure bred pigs to seyeral young men of the county taking their unsecured note until the boys had be come established In .the swine bust ness. i Sampson county has also made good strides In pork production and Mr. Anthony states that be was somewhat surprised to And so many pure bred animals In the county. It Is his Inten tlon to procure a number of hogs from make a stirring appeal to tne Christian ministers of North Carolina to arouse their people to a realisation of what the situation holds and of their Indl Tldual responsibility In meeting the situation. Other letters hare been written to the hotela and restaurants of the state and to the educational in stitutions and other places where food is handled in considerable quantities Mr. Page in some of bis letters has made two particularly starting state men ta: First: The United States has al ready exported to Its allies and neu tral Europe this country's normal ex port surplus of wheat; while the same la approximately true of beef and pork and fate; and we bays drawn largely on our normal aupply of sugar to help out the French and English. Second: Tens of thousands of wo men and children and old men must die In Europe this winter from starva tion in spite of all we can do. Because of the transportation situa tion practically all the food which reaches Europe during the next few months must come from America and with our ordinary surplus already gone a marked reduction In our normal con sumption of wheat, beef and pork products, fats and sugar, must be made In order to sire our allied coun tries from a collapse and to aara as many as possible of the people of neutral Europe from starration. The situation has sifted down to where It can be very clearly and deft nltely stated that every ounce of wheat and beef and pork and every particle of fats or sugar which is sav ed by any individual by substitution of other products or through economy will help not only to wis the war but to save the life of some starving wo man or child In Europe. "The heartrending part of it all," declares Mr. Page, "Is that our pe pla have not waked up to a realization of the horrible death that threatens several hundred thousand Individuals In Europe, or even to the terrible menace of a complete German victory if our European allies should collapse because we do not supply them with the foodstuffs which they must have if they are to hold out. The critical period Is NOW." It has been announced by the Food Administration that the price of (0.046 a pound for the new crop of raw sugar In Cuba will mean 8c sugar to the con sumer during the coming year. The Cuban crop, which is now being bar vested, is estimated at three millions to three and a half million tons which, added to our own crop of 600,000,000 tons of best sugar and 200,000,000 tons of Louisiana cane sugar will be more than ample for our needs with the exercise of reasonable economy la using sugar. The raw sugar from Cuba will begin reaching our refineries within the next two or three weekl and the sugar problem will bo very largely solved so tar as any actual sua&r famine Is con-1 eerned. The utmost economy In the use of sugar, however, will be neces sary during the period of the war on account tf tha very great decrease in the beet sugar crop of Franoe and Italy. take up the work In other adjacent counties. Both Mr. Anthony and Mr. J. E. Moses, Pib Club agent, have ex pressed themselves aa being very much gratified with the way the farm era of the state are taking up the work of more pork production and are se curing pure bred animals lor breeding stock. Several banks over the state are now making plans to finance the pig club work In their counties, con taining the practice begun during th last two or three years. Will Tske Soldiers Word. The executive offices of Governor Blckett and the office of the adjutant general here are being flooded by let. ters of Inquiry as to the federal aid for dependents of soldiers. The state authorities appealed to the headquart ers at Washington for definite Informa tion and brought reply from the Wash ington bureau as follows: "Every enlisted man Is required to make a truthful statement of his rel atives and only In case the wife or the representative of the child In class A dependents believe the soldier will not make a truthful statement of such relations, should application be made by them, as the statement of the sol dier Is sufficient on which to warrant action by this bureau. "As to dependent members of class B, parents, brothers, sisters and grand children, It Is useless for them to make application unless the soldier has made a voluntary allotment of his pay for them and requests the family al lowance, as the matter can only be de termined from the soldier's statement." Fires Inereaaed by Extreme Cold. The increased danger of lire and the need of extra precaution to pre vent fires during extreme odd spells Is called to the attention of the public In a statement given but today by In surance Commissioner Young. "The danger of fire during extreme cold snaps like the present one -Is very much Increased," says the state ment, "this Is especially true In large manufacturing plants, warehouses or stores. In plants where automatic sprinklers are used frosen pipes might render the system temporarily use less at a time when its need was most imperative. A year ago several large Industrial properties throughout the country were destroyed because pipee In the system were frosen when it waa called upon to do Its work. The same thing applies to Inside hydrants for fire protection. A frosen hydrant In a building may not thaw until the burning building thaws it and that will be just too late. Frequent In spection and every precaution to pre vent freeing of fire prevenlon appa ratus is necessary more at this time than at any other. 'When extreme cold spells come furnaces are run so as to produce the maximum beat. Dust or trash of any sort accumulated on pipes or behind and close to pipes may ignite and spread a fire which Is much more dif ficult to handle in freezing weather Lenoir County Moving Ahead. A news note the other day tells us that Lenoir county Is seriously con sidering the plan of consolidating all her 40 or more little rural schools and establishing eight well organised, well equipped, convelnently located Thrift Stamps Prove Popoular. The Thrift Stamps are proving very popular wherever they are understood. The buying of these stamps ought to help materially those who have had steady wages, but have not gotten Into schools. In order to provide for those the saving frame of mind, and ought pupils living some distance from a to help vastly the men and women school system of transportation will who are Just beginning to be wage oe worked out. earners, me small sum ure Dg.u- ( Tn,B wou)d be a wonderfu, plece oJ nlng is an allurement; the fact that . ,choo, adm,nIl!traUon and county re. each Investor may suit his own con- -,,,.,. n h ,hm,h venlence in the time of buying each stamp; the perfect safety;' the good return these and other considera tions make a happy form of saving. Cannot each one of us explain these stamps to some one who needs to saveT It will be as patriotic to sell one of these blocks of stamps as It will to uby one.N. C. Council of Defense. . Federal Court Clerk Dead. Leo D. Heart, clerk of the federal .court for tha eastern district of North Carolina, died at his home here. The death was entirely unexpected al though he had been suffering some what from heart trouble for some time. He was 68 years old and was for many years a prominent banker of Durham and Raleigh, and for more than a year served as clerk of the federal court succeeding Ike lata Mr. Blow of Green ville. He Is survived by Mrs. Heart and three daughter! and on ion. . , v.h ' Juat consider what a splendid oppor tunity would then be offered to every child in the county. eBtter schools, longer terms, better attendance, bet ter teaching, because there would be less shifting of the teaching force, bet ter health for the children and a gen eral toning up of the whole education al system. food It Is far bttter to sign the pledge card late than not at all. Farmers who chop wood to save coal In our cities this winter will he making the chips fly for freedom, Food In the mouths of our allies Is ammunition no less Important than the shells In their siege guns, The sugar that goes to waste In tho bottom of American teacups would help to sweeten the Hfe of many a French home. ChriaUnas candy that requires little r no sugar la a gift to our allies as well aa to the receiver. t Watch Our Window; fasssajasssBssi U L From Manufacturer To Wearer Come In and Get Acquainted 12 5T The Style You Want At The Price You AT Trivers Like $20 Lowest in Price Others have raised their prices, on account of the high cost of fabrics, but we have kept our master-tailored clothes at $15 and $20 relying on increased business to take care of our decreased profits. If you want a suit or overcoat that breathes the real atmosphere of smart looking clothes come to the Trivers Shop and slip into a garment your size. Take Advantage Of Our Master-Tailored Clothes $15 and $20 There's no use talking, no ctore in Charlotte can show you such a wide variety of live, progressive styles, and certainly you can't get as much real quality anywhere for so little money as $15 and $20. We are proving these facts daily to an ever in creasing number of smart-dressing, value-knowing men. - If it were not for the fact that these clothes are made by us and sold direct to you from our N. Y. factory, they would justifiably be priced at $25 to $35. Come in and see them you need not buy, but you will. - Full Dress, Tuxedos and Cutaways No Charge for Alterations. Highest in Quality TFtlVERS Stands for Value, Style, Quality. Save $5 to $10 14 North Tryon St. New York City, N. Y. Jackson, Mich. Battlecreek, Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich. Lansing, Mich. Flint, Mich. Lancaster, Pa. Allentown, Pa. Fort Wavn Ind. Passaic, N. J. Asheville, N. C. Charlotte, N. C. Winston-Salem, N. C. Columbia, S. C. Phone 1411 1 MAIL ORDERS Given . Prompt Attention J B. A. LINGLE, Mgr.
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