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Vol. 15, No. 31.
Kings Mountain, No th Carolina, Thursday, Februaiy 7, 1918. , S1.50 A Year in Athmice
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The following ladies made surgi
cal dressings on Tueiday of last
week: Mesdames A. H. Patterson,
E. W, Neal, L F. Neil R. C. Baker,
F. Ramseur, G. E. Lovsll, H. St.iv,
S. A. Mauney, M. E. Hemdo-, P. D.
AHemdon. 0. G. Falls, W. S. Dilling,
B. M, Or.nand, Lwel'ie, Shanahan,
R. S. Plonk, Berryhill, F. E. Finger,
Arthur Hay, H. T. Fulton. W. P,
"Fulton, F. G. Watterson" W. A.
Ridtsnhajr and Missei May Pionk
and Beth Andrews.
Those working on Friday were
Mesdames M. E. HeraJo.n, P. D,
Herndon, A IL Patterson, R. C
Baker, G. ft. Lovell, S. A. Mauney
EW.Neal.LF. Neal, J. S. Hood.
T. P. McGill, W. A. Ridenhour.
S. A. Crouseand Miss Bessie Simon
ton. Two - sweaters, 1 muffler and
sevtnteen prs. socks were :e. t off
last v. e .
Respt Snbmitted
Mrs. Hunter Pattersoa
PH0NB ti; FOR LETTER READS
IS MM
Cointy Teachers Mejtin, anl
Reaewul of Tem;o ary Csrtif.c ites.
- REACHES E
Meat and Other Food Saved bj
Tar Heel Tanners Helps
. to Win the War.
HOME MARKETS NOT SUPPLIED
Pork Bent to or Left at Local
Market! Beaches Soldiers or
Starring Women and Chil
dren by Proxy-k-North Caro
lina Cities "and Towns Draw
ing' Thousands of Pounds of
foodstuffs From Central
West and Thereby Decreas
ing Supply Available for
Shipment to Europe Must
Save All That Goes Prom
Now On. ,
RaUlih. "How will the meat I
uti reach ft oldler or needy per
son hs Europe?"
This Inquiry has been received by
thai Pood Administration trom scores
of fatrlotic country people In North
CarcHtna wh have not been abl to
figure oat Just bow pork which they
are can be made to do war service
or praTont death from starvation la
the allied or neutral countries ot Eu
' ' rope.
' The people who hare been . making
- this inquiry can uae poultry, rabbits
and other subttltutea - tor meat and
'M art la better . poaltlon to iwall the
supply of pork available for -export
than any other clasT of people la the
CUta, becauee the anbetltutei tor pork
and beet on the ' market coat mora In
- : most Instances 'than then,, products
'. do themselves. 1
la the course of letter to Mr. E.
, N. Lindsay, a Wayne county farmer,
Mr. John Paul Lucas, of tha- rood
Administration, stated emphatically
that: "Every hoc marketed by the
: (armers ot North Carolina. In da Its
Way by proxy to Kmropc where It aMa.
The fact that the roads are in
s jch bad condition, the meeting fur '
F.bruary will beomited The county
meeting for Murch 23id will be be.d
in the Cjurth j jjj bejiunin j 10 A '.
Rubs for renewinj temporary
c t icates expiring July 1 1918
rHiiret: 1. 11 a tl.eje e tificat s
m iy be converted into St ue Certi
c te i by doing tha Reading Circle '
work v. lenced by a certifita J
from tie tupt i itentent showing
that the work has been done st -isfac
o ily. 2. "By standing a sat
isfactory examination the second
Tuesday and Wednesbay in July on
these two bjoki, (a) Kendall and
Mirick sTeach-nJ the Fundamental;,
(b) Leiper's Language Wo.k in lb j
Grades.
Any teacher who does not want
to. take the examination in July will
be given a chance to get off the
work necessary for a renewal in
classes held in Shelby on the follow j
ing Saturdays, April 20th. April 27th. '
and May 4th.
'Any e cher who can not attend
these meetings this spring will have
a chance of getting a certificate by
elimination the second Tuesday
a id Wednesday in July.
Pheae The Herald tw tuttt
!a suatainini a soldier or saves trom
starvation a woman, child or urn, be
cause the marketing of a hot In our
tpwr-s and cities releases for export
the Central Western hog, which would
hare been Imported by the town In
which the local hog wae sold.
1 "The cities and towns of North Car
olina hare to depend for tholr pork
and beef supplies largely upon tha
ContrU West In stead of upon the
tamers la their own 8Ute. The Food
administration, of course, la going to
see that all. of the people at homo
are supplied with food products be
fore any Is exported, and this mesne
that solid cars of meat which might
be sarins Innocent people la Euros
trom actual starvation are being
brought Into North Carolina and other
Southern Statri to 'supply tha mar
to'.! which should be suppUad by ear
jwn farmers.
"Not one per cent of the people of
America have any conception of tha
lorror of the situation that confronts
he civilian population of England,
''ranee and Italy, and the still mora
jltlful plight of the people of Fin
and. Swltserlund and other neutral
ountrles of Europe. Any surplus that
e have Is Brit divided with our AUlee
tad the neutrals can get only what la
left. Whether they get any. ..at all
lepends upon the degree In which our
people substitute other products which
e have for the products -which, be
suae of their concentrate nature and
tfeplng qualities are beat adapted tor
export '
."Our normal surplus of wheat and
neat has already been exported. What
he people of Europe get from how on
an come only from what wa sard out
if our normal consumption 1 of food
iroducts. : Even at the beet, tens of
housanda ot men, women and ehU-.
Iran will starve during tha next four
months: but every particle of food
hat Is saved or marketed by any
Vmerlcan will find Its way over ao- '"
ualry or by proxy to teed soma sot-! '
lisr or to help save tha Ufa of soma !
iilld, soma woman, or soma man in'.
3uropa.
"Facing theee facta, can any nor
mal human being, blessed as we In "
America are blessed, refuse to. eoono-
ule In tha use ot all foodstuffs and
. 0 substitute for wheat, beef and pork
inducts other thlage that we have la :
ibuadanceT- Wa are aura that no j
forth Carolina family which hv ae
aualnted with these met win retrain j
from doing its utmost te save Ufa and
suffering the other sUe." . ,
WHAT THE FOOD SITUATION IS
The men of EnglunJ, Scotland, Ireland, France,
Italy and Belgium are fighting; they &r not on the
faiiug. The food production of these countries has
therefore been greatly reduced. Even before the war
it was muck less than the amount consumed. The dif
ference waa supplied by the United States, Canada,
and other countries, including Russia," Roumania,
.Sooth America, India and Australia. .
' The difference between production and consumption
is now greater than ever, and, at the same time, food
can no longer be obtained from most of the outside
countries.
Therefore, our Associates in the war for Democracy
depend upon North America for food . as they have
never depended before, and they ask ns for it with a
right which they have never had before. For today
they are our companions in a great war against a com
mon enemy. For the present it is THEY who are doing
the fighting, the suffering, the dying in OUR war.
One million of the finest Young lien of the United
States will soon be fighting side by side with the mil
lions of brave soldiers of France, Great Britain, Bel
gium nnd Italy.
Millions of the men, women and children of the
United States cannot go abroad and fight the enemy
rface to face. But they can fight by
HELPING THE FIGHTERS FIGHT
FACE the FACTS
LET us face the facts. The war situation is critical.
Unless the Allies fight as they never yat have
fought, defeat threatens. Hungry men cannot fight
at their best; nor hungry nations. France, England,
and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them.
Wheat Savings -They must have wheat. It Is th
best food to fight on. It is the easiest to ship. We
alone can spare it to them. Ry saving just a little
less than a quarter of what we ate last year we can
Support those who are fighting our battles. And we
can do it without stinting ourselves. We have only
to substitute another food justaa good.
Tie Corn Plamty" Corn Is that food. There's a
. "surplus ei It. Providence has been generous in the
hour of our need. It has given us corn in such bounty
as was never known before. Tons of cony Train
loads of corn. Five hundred million bushels over and
' above our regular needs. All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was ever patriotic duty made
so easyT And so clear? ; :
America's Own Food Corn! It is the true American -food.
The Indians, hardiest of races, lived on it
Our forefathers adopted the. diet and conquered a
continent.- For a great section of our country it
has blong een the staff of life. How well the South
fought on it, history tells. Now it can help America
win a world war.
Laara Something Corn t It isn't one food. If s a
doxen. It's cereal. It'a a vegetable. It's a bread.
' It's a dessert It's nutritious; more food value in it
dollar for dollar,' than meat or eggs or most other
..vegetables. It's good to. eat; how good you don't
" know until you've had corn-bread properly cooked.
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic. ..
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Corn's Infinite Variety How much do you know about
corn? About how good it is? About-the many
delicious ways of -cooking it!- ' And what you miss
by not' knowing more about it? Here are a few
of ttsuses-;. :Jt'JM " ,N: V ''J '
There are at least fifty ways to use corn meal to
make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch or break
fast Here are some suggestions:
HOT BREADS '""
Boston brown bread.
Hoecake.
. Muffins.
, Biscuits. .
..Griddle cakes.
Waffles.. ,
HEARTY DISHES
- DESSERTS
Corn-meal molasses cake.
Apple corn bread.
Dumplings.; v
Gingerbread.
Fruit 'gems. . ' '
Corn-meal croquettes. - f Corn-meal fish balls.
Meat and corn-meal dumplings. ;V
Italian polenta. : Tamales.
The recipes are in Farmers' Bulletin 565, "Corn "
Meal as a Food and Ways of Using It" free-from the
Department of Agriculture. -s
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LOOKING THE FACTS
SQUARELY IN THE FACE
State Food adm. Htnery A. Page
Rules thu r.o excel ticn can be
made to lev food adm. ruling
forbidding sale of wheat flour except
with equal amount of other cereals
including Corn mes Homminy,
Grits, Oct meal, Rice, Barley flour,
edible wheat shorts, or Middling,
corn flour, corn starch, soy bean
flour.
S. C. Lattimore.
Food Adm.
In view of the general lack of un
derstanding as to just what the
food regulations are touching two
important points the Herald has
asked the following questiors cf Mr.
SC. Lattimore, food adminisrator
for Cleveland county, and has recei
ved the following answers:
Question:
Is a farmer who has his own
wheat required to dispose of it in
excess of one BarrellT
Answer; .
iWe have nothing to do with a
man who has his own wheat He
can have all he wants grouned. It
is only the fellow who hispurchas
el flour.
Question; '
Can a man who has plenty of '
orn to sell bring it to town and sell
it to a merchant and buy back tie
corn?
Answer,
Yes a farmer can sell his meal to
his merchant and buy it back if he
desires.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for their kind help and sympathies
in our recent great bereavement in
the loss of a dear husband and
father.
Mrs. D. W. Sellers and family.
CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. Lula Woodward and family
want to express their thanks to the
many friends for their kindness
and sympathy during the sickness
and death of , their mother Mrs.
Dickey.
FOOD ADMINISTRATION PREPARING TO
PUT SCREWS ON UNSCRUPULOUS DEALERS
Jt amblings of Impatience Being Heard Around Headquarters.
Selfish and Unpatriotic Consumers Will be Dealt With
Also Fine of $5,000 and Two Years' Imprisonment
Penalty for Hoardings Administrator Henry A.
Par Tightening the Reins.
Kalelgb. Notwithstanding Its oft
repeated and proven aaeertlons that
. Its attitude toward aU dealers In foqd-
stuns la Brat ot all friendly, and that
It la" desirous ot -cooperating with all
: handlers of , foodstuffs, rumblings at
, Impatience at patty profiteering are
beginning to be heard around the
. euaxtera of tha Food Administration
la thla eity.
That rood Administrator Henry A.
Page has at heart the Interests ot tha
producers and handlers- of foodstuffs
has heaa demonstrated by hie action
la 'straightening out' the wheat situa
tion In the state and hy his attitude
toward all wholesalers and retailers la
their respective conferences here; but
Mr. Page Is not famous either for hia
patience In tha lace of Injury, nor for
his forbearance , when laws - are be
ing, violated and people oppressed
through 'the greed of grasping or un
patriotic dealers.
Ofrenscr to he Put Out ef Bualneaa.
Where' wanton violations of tha
law and policy of tha rood Adminis
tration are found. It la anticipated
that th offending dealere wlU be pun
iehed by tha simple procedure of put
ting them out . of j business. , Where
profiteers ard" shrewd enough to stay
barely within tha bounds they will ba
put in a class of suspects and watched.
In erjer to give .tha consumer bet
tar, protection and to secure from the
consumer mora effective co-operation,
the roojl Administration contemplates
offering to the' papers throughout tha
tats occasional pried Hats showing
tha average, cost of staple food com:
modltles to. th dealers and the price
at whljh dealers should be able to
buy. The publication of these prices
should ha of estimable value to the
neopla of the JState. '.
What'a IfOBtere far Heard era.
As .a resul'i- ot reports that, have
reached it tamu.two counties' In tha
State-the road Administration has in
structed. aU Couaty Food Administra
tors to Inveetigate and report prompt
ly any . evidences of bearding of food
stuffs. . Re perta that have been lives
tlgated se taq;were gonad to have orig
inated aa thftfaeult el the practice of
sees farmers a the two counties men
Jtaadd at purchasing moat at their
toed supplies a large eueatitlet after
anarhattac ghetr - araae. ; Iran this
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practice, where it has been the cus
tom for years, cannot be tolerated
under preaent conditions.
Consumers of food commoditiss as
well as dealers are subject to the
provisions of the Food Control Law,
section ( of which provides that any
necessity shall be deemed to be
I boarded when held, contracted or ar
ranged for, by any person lu excess
ot his reasonable Tequirements for a
reasonable time. The penalty for -violation
of this provision ia a Sne
of 16,000 or two years' Imprisonment,
or both, and in addlUon, the commod
ity hoarded Is subject to confiscation?
Large Purchases Inexouaable.
8tate rood Administrator .Henry A.
Page, points out that there Is sbso
luteiy no excuse for purchasing food
stuffs In large quantities, because
(1) prices have been stabilised and
are no more apt to advance than they
are to decline, and (t) the Food Ad
minis tratlon'a Srst concern Is to sup
ply our own people with foodstuffs and
It wIU not permit the exportation of
such an amount of any commodity as
will endanger tha supply necessary for
home consumption.
Tha treat Injury that would ba
worked by this , pracUce Is clearly
pointed out as follows:
(1) It would add to the burden of
the railroads, which are already
strained to the breaking point -
it) It would tend to advance
prices and thereby work an injustice
to aft consumers of foodstuffs.
(3) ; It would deprive our own sol
diers, the soldiers of our Allies, the
civilian population of our Allies and
tile hundreds of thousand! of STARV
ING WOMEN AND CHILDREN In
Europe, of foodstuffs which are need
ed not only to help win the war, but
to save Innocent people from actual
and certain starvation.
In tha face ot these facts Food Ad
ministrator Paga doss not hesitate to
vigorously denounoJS any person who
has any Inclination toward hoarding
as selfish and unpatriotic to an extent
that Is approaeflng the traitorous.
Mr. Paga does not believe there will
ba any hoarding in North Carolina,
but if there are those who are selfish
and unpatriotic and foolish eavaga to
attempt it they .win ha deaX wfth
proaeptry and vigorously.