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Hertford County Herald A PAPER WORTH WHILE m+ammmj?m rr - - I P i ju.?? ? ? . l iluiu i ,ir Jimiii ' ? -i.. j lilllj am VOL. 9 AHOSKIE, N. C., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1918 NUMBER 15 _ __ - , WAR SAVINGS STAMPS War-Saving Stamps can be bought at any post office or bank during thecalandar year of 1918. These stamps are of two denominations, the 25 cents stamps and the $5.00 atajips. The former is com monly called a thrift stamp, the latter a war- savings certi ficate stamp. The 25 cents stamps does not bear interest, and is merely aconvenient way of saving pennies and nickels for the ultimate purpose of buying a $5.00 stamp. The 25 cents stamps should be attach ed to athrift card which is fur nished free of charge to all purchasers of stamps. When 16 such stamps and 12 cents extra are presented at a bank or post office in January of the present year you will receive a $5.00 war stamp. The 25 cents stamp encourages children and young people to save, and what is equally important, to work more in order to save. To win this war will require the labor and the savings of every man, women, and child. No labor is too trifling and no savings too small to help in this great struggle. Our Uavernment ask us to buy $2,000,000,000 worth of these Baby Bonds. Therefore each person in the United Stat es will need to buy on an aver ? age four of these $5.00 stamps during the year of 1918. Those who have the cash cents stamps, may buy $5.00 stamps at $4.12 each prior to February 1, 1918 and 1 cent additional each month there after. These stamps should be attached to a war-savings certificate which is furnished Tor the purpose. This certifi cate has space for 20 such stamps, each of which bears 4 per cent interest, compounded quarterly, and will be worth $5.00 January 1, 1928. Tw enty stamps may be attached to this certificate, and on ten days notice at a post office the stamps will be redeemed at an mmouat indicated on the eerti ficate which is the purchase price at about 3 per cent com pound interest. To protect the owner from any possible loss ,, these certificates may be regis tered. The money obtained from the sale of these stamps will be used to prosecute the war. Arms, equipment, food,- and clothing must b? furnished our soldiers. Battleships, destroy ers ?nd a great merchant mar ine must be built. Our shores must be protected from the ra vage of the enemy, our coun . try saved from the huge war indemnities imposed upon every conquered province in Europe. The liberties of the world must be made secure. It is now a question of war bonds or war indemnites. But withal these Baby Bonds are the best investment our Government has ever offered us. They have back of them the pledged word and credit of the United States, the identical security of a government bond. The owner of a Baby Bond does not have to bother with semi-annual interest as in the case with other bonds. The Government has computed the interest at 4. per cent com pounded quarterly. Begin ning with $4.12 January 2nd, 1918, this accumulation is worth $5.00 January 1, 1923; and this is all done without the purchaser giving the mat ter one moment of thought or attentibto during the whole 5 years. Twenty of these stamps purchased in January 1918 would cost $82.40. January 1, 1928 they would be worth $100.00. Here is a net profit of $1160. The "Baby Bond" issued is a direct appeal to the small in vestor. It is democratic in its conception. It is ao devised that the smallest wage earner can participate with, profit to himself and honor to his coun try. ? No ob# may own War Savings Stamps of a maturity I. value greater than $1000. The plan seeks to enlist every trae American in the work of win ning the War. Our people are industrious and have a large earning capacity, but we have not learned the art of saving. In comparison with other coun tries the number of saving ac counts in the United States is distressingly small. For too many of our citizens use up these resources and earnings from year to year, and then in old age are dependent on rela tives or become inmates of country homes. Government bonds, and in particular these Baby Bonds, are ideal forms of investment; and if our peo ple can learn from this war the lesson of thrift, that such investments carry with them, we shall at least suffer no eco nomic loss through our Nation al debt mounts into the billions The problems of peace which will come to the United States after the war are wor> thy of the attention of the best trained minds this nation ever saw. When from the fields of victonr there come back milli ons of American boys, shalrin dustry have to be reshaped to serve a world no longer at war when again the swords are beaten into pruning hooks and spears into plowshares, the questions which have to do with the Nation's growth will present as great difficulties as do those now which have to do with the Nation's free existen ce. Transportation, conserva tion, good health, good morals, finance, regulation of food dis tribution, the permanent effor cement of the food gambler, the establishment and mainten ance of just relations between capital and labor?will all re quire the thoughtful attention of an intelligent democracy at peace with all her neighbors. So, why not buy War-Saving Stamps and Thrift Stamps, and hurry up, and win the war? Helen Askew. nv* DOLLARS BBWARD for 'the return of cult caee lout be twreh Wilton and' Ahoekle. Apply to J. J. Harlem 4 1?. It - ??. "... -x BARACA?PHILATHEA ? The eighth Annual Baraca Philathea Convention met in Rocky Mount, April 26 and 28. Thia has been pronounced the greatest convention of its kind ever held in the State of North Carolina. Judging from the large dele gation and wonderful reports made, we must acknowledge that Baracas and Philathea; are truly awake to the tremen dous task before them and are carrying out the motto."Young people at work for young peo ple all standing by the Bible, the Bible School and the Church." Never were people made to feel more welcome and enter tained so royally as were those who attended the convention in Rocky Mount. The inspira tion received while there will spread over our State and , doubtless will be the means of accomplishing greater work than ever before has been rea lised. -i On Friday evening after the address of welcome by Mayor T. T. Thorne was delivered and special music rendered, a. most enjoyable reception was given. Each day was filled with1 splendid addresses from npted speakers and excellent reports from classes. Sunday evening the conse cration service was conducted by Rev. R. H. Ayres D. D. Colo rado, who is now Chaplain at! Camp> Wadsworth, -S. C. i Among the many others who spoke were; Rev. S. K. Philips, Greensboro, Dr. E. H. Brough ton, Raleigh, Rev. Weston Brunner, Raleigh, and Rev. J. L. Vipperman, Dallas, N. C. Dr. E. H. Broughton was re elected President of the Bara ca Association and Miss Carrie Dorrity, Goldsboro, N. C., Pre sident of the Philathea Union. ?Reported. U. S. Must Cut Use Of Wheat by One-Half America Consumed 42,000,000 Bushels Monthly, from Now Until Harvest Must Use Only 21,000,000. RATION PER PERSON IS 1J POUNDS OF WHEAT PRODUCTS WEEKLY Military Necessity Calls for Greater Sacrifice Here?Allied War Bread Must Be Maintained?Our Soldier* and Sailors to Have Full Allowance. If w? are to furnish the Allies with the necessary propor tion of wheat to maintain their war bread from now until the next harvest, and this is a military necessity, we must reduce ?ur monthly consumption to 21,000,000 bushels a month, aa against our normal consumption of about 42,000,000 bushels, or 50 per cent, of our normal consumption. This is the situa tion as set forth by the U. S. Food Administration at Washing ton. Reserving a margin for distribution to the army and for special cases, leaves for gen?nU consumption approximately l'A pounds of wheat products weekly per person. The Food Administration's statement continues: Many of our eonsumers are dependent upon bakers' bread. Such bread must be durable and therefore, requires a larger proportion of wheat products than careal breads baked in the household. Our army and navy require a full allowance. The weH-to-do in our population can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat products than can the poor, In addition, our population in the agricultural districts, where the other cereala are abun i dant, are more skilled in the preparation of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations. With improved transportation conditions we now have avail able a surplus of potatoes. We also have in the spring months a surplus of miU, and we have ample corn and oats for human consumption. The dj?i? ?m rye and barley, as sufeatitttes. has already greatly exhausted the supply of these grains. To effect the Deeded ovtng of wheal < v* are wholly dependent upon tb< | 'oluntary ss*l*tanc* at the American jeople and ire aak that the following -ulea shall be observed: I. Householder* to use not to exceed * ratal of 1H pounds par weak of wheat product* per person. Thla meana aot nor* than 1% pounds of V .ctery bread containing the required percentage of sabetita^e and one-half pound of cooking tour, macaroni, cracker*, paatry, plea, cakaa, wheat breakthat coreala, all comblaed. 1. Public eating placaa and el aba to ubaw r? two whaatlaaa day* par week, Monday aad Wedneaday, aa at preaenL la addition thereto, not to aarra to aay one guest at any one meat an iggregat* of braadatuffh. macaroni, crackers, pastry, plea, cake*, wheat breakfaat careala, containing a total ef more than two ounce* of wheat ?our. No wheat product* to be served unleaa specially ordered. Public eat ing establishments not to buy mora than six pound* of wheat product* for each ninety meals served, thus con forming with the limitations requested of the bouaeholdera. 1 Retailers to sail not more than one-eighth of a barrel of flour lo any town cuatotner at any one time and not more than one-qusrtor cf a Iwrral to any country customer at any one time, and In no caaa to aell wheat products without the sal* of a* weight of otter cereal; 4. Wa aak the bakera and grocers to -educe the volume of Victory bread ?old, by delivery of the three-quartor poiinj loaf,where one pound was sold b for*, and corresponding proportion* in other weights. VV* also aak bnkera not to Incroaa* the amount of their wbuat flour purcbaaea beyond 70 par I cent. of the Mveryge monthly amount i purchased Is tb?? four months prior to > Uurcli 1. [ ft. Manufacturers using wheat prod acts for non-food purpose* should cease such us* entirely. A There Is no limit upon tbo us* of other cereals, flours, sad meals, cor*, barter, buckwheat, potato tow. at cater*, ?, Hat; tbousaDd famlltaa throughout the land wo bow ariag mm wheat prod ?eta whatever, except a very email amount (or cooklag parpoeea, and are 1 doing eo la perfect health and aatlsfac tlon. There Is ao reaaon why all ?( the Aaierlcaa people who are able to cook la their own households cannot subelst perfectly well with the uae of lesa wheat prod acta thaa oae aad one half pounds a week, and we specialty aak the well-to-do households la the country to follow this additional pro gramme In order that we may provide , the neceaaary marginal aoppllee for those parts of the community leas able to adapt themselves to eo large a pro portion of subetltntea la order that we aball be able to make the wheat exports that are ab solutely demanded of ua to maintain the civil population and soldiers of the allies aad eur own army, we propose i te eupplemebt the voluntary co-opera tion of the public by a further limita tion at distribution, aad we shall place at once restrictions on distribution which will be adjusted from time te time to secure as nearly equitable dis tribution as possible. With the arrival of harvest we shouM be able to relax such reetalctlons. Until then we ask for the necessary patience, aacrtflee aad ee~ot>*ration of the dtatrlbutlag trades. ' MENOLA NEWS Rev C. W. Scarboro preach ed at Menola on Sunday morn ing to an appreciative audience His text was John S :6. Mr. and Mra. Oscar Snipes and Mrs. J. E. Griffith attend ed the commencement at Au lander on Thursday. They en joyed all the exercises, and ' made especial mention of Dr. Poteat's address. Mr. and Mr*. A. M. Brown and little daUKhters of Union visited Mrs. H. U. Griffith on Sunday. Arra, little five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Snipes, has been ill with tonsi litis for several days. We hope she will soon be out again Mrs. H. U. Griffith recently had Delco Lights put in her home. Dr. J. W. Brown, son of Mrs. Mary Brown, who enlisted in the Navy some months ago, has been ordered to Paris Island. He. ranks as 1st Lieutenant. He will leave on Friday,1 May 3rd. Mr. Edgar T. Snipes, of Phi ladelphia, was at his old home here for a short while recently. Miss Annie Brown, of Rich Square school spent Tuesdiy evening of last week with her mother here. She was accom panied by Mr. Bruce Connor and Miss Eva Lassiter. Mr. John A. Parker of near Mapleton and daughter, Lois, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Eley. Th?rril Livermon, little son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Livermon is right sick with measles. P?M Cured In o to 14 Days Tm <nm?i *(11 nlul mw II FAS? OINTMKNT (all* to ?- -?*???? ?* niM'li ?Ttnri.BtOTriHlol'Frotnullaf FKnlaitn Ud?r? IX fllM aptltcattju <?? and BMt. YJC I ' ' I ? " " T" POWELLSVILLE NEWS i Rev. J. J. Barker filled lis regular appointment here Sun day afternoon at the M. E. Church. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hollo man, of Portsmouth, Va., ar rived Friday night to spend a few days with Mr. Holloman's parents, they are just from an extended honey moon of the northern cities. Quite a crowd from here at tended thecommencement giv en at Mars Hill last Thursday night. Mrs. W. S. Taylor is spend ing a few days with her daugh ter, Mrs. J. R. Phelps, of Merry Hill, N. C. Misses Irene Bass and Rose bud Cowan, Messrs. Joe Ruffin and Loyd Evans attended the commencement exercises at Coleraine. Mr. J. E. Jordan took a crowd of young people to Cap eharts fishery last Thursday. Misses Willie Perkin Mizelle and Clara Edwards spent Sat urday afternoon in Anoskie. Mr. Joe Sessoms, of Colerain was in town one day last week. Only two mbre weeks of school and the commencement will be the 14th and 15th of May, and we are anticipating a large one. Work on the bank is progres 1 sihg raptdty, Miss Lucile Taylor and Mary Overton and Ross Overton and ; Winston Ruffin spent Sunday 1 afternoon at Coleraine. Miss Ruby Myers, of Ahos kie spent the week-end with her cousin Miss Lillian Kollo man near here. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Alston and Miss Mary Alston spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Al ston's brother, Mr. Joe White of near Coleraine. > Miss Rachel Cowan, of Cre mo, was in town Monday A. M. We forget to mention that we have a Drug Store as well as a bank coming on in town. Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Ruffin spent Monday in Winton with , Mrs. Ruflin's mother, Mrs Owen. , UNION* NEWS ?The weather being so bad we postponed our Negrow Min strel until Tuesday night. Mr. Jno. Freeman of Virgin ia-Beach, Va., spent last week with Mr. J. E. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brett spent Thursday and Friday in Norfolk shopping. Mr. Willie Joyner, of New port News, Va., spent the week end with his aunt, Mrs W. J. Vaughan. Dr. and Mrs. Claude Kellam, of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Rog ers, of Petersburg, Va., were the guest of Dr. and Mrs. W. D. Kellam Saturday and Sun day. Mrs. Holland, otfHolland, Va., and Mrs. McCullan, of Clayton, N. C., are the guest , of Mrs. Auther Miller this , w??k. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Be?tr. .11, , of St. Johns and Mr. B. White, \ of Aulander, spent Sunday , with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brett. ' Messrs. P. E. Dukes and John Taylor spent last Sunday , afternoon on the road between > Union and Menola. Miss Bettie Williams Taylor who has been teaching in Bunn < N. G., returned home last Mon- , day. All of our soldier boys have been transfered except Private W. B. Forbes, Private M. E. 1 Forbes and P. J. Vaughan are , now stationed at Camp Sevier, and Pri. Geo. A. Beverly is now stationed at Camp" Green leaf. Ga. Mr. Claude Dukes, ofRoxo bel, returned to his work last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Par ker, of Murfreesboro, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. M. E. Riddick. Whenever You Nwd a Oeearel TWc Take Oroya's. , Til* Old Standard Glove'* Tasteless Chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties o! QCININB snd IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives < oat Mafe.ia, Knrichee the Blood and ' Builds np the Whole System. <0 cents. ' ? -,) - ? t VALUABLE MEETING OF AGRICULTURAL CLUBS West Raleigh, N. C.( April? "One of the best meetings or ?allies which I have attended n many a day was that held luring the past week at Jack ion in Northampton County," lays Mr. A. K. Robertson, Corn 31ub Agent for the Agricultur il Extension Service. Practically no work has >een done in this county up un it the past year, when the Ex ;ension .Service co-operated with the county to obtain the services of Mr. M. W. Wall as Agricultural Agent. Up until ;he present time,County Agent IVall has made a meet success ful start for the first year's work. At the recent meeting, leventy-two members of the Corn, Peanut, Pig, and Poultry Slubs donned overalls and narched in a parade of school :hildren ahead of the boy Scb lts, equally strong and also un der Mr. Hall's leadership. Several thousand people wit nessed the parade, giving their unanimous opinion that the Corn Club boys and the Boy Scouts organization were by far the most attractive feature at the day. Une ot tne most commenaa ble features of the whole occa sion was the fact that every member of the Agricultural Club present was able to show either a Thrift Card or a War Savings Certificate. When * they made a report to the coun ty chairman at the end of the exercises, it was found that these boyB alone had invested over $1,050 in this manner. Several members of the Ag ricultural Extension Service were present at Mr. Wall's in vitation to take part in the ex- t ercises, among them being R. W. Freeman, District Agent; A. K. Robertson, Corn Club Agent; and Mr. C. L. Chamb-, ers, of the United States De partment of Agriculture. Extension Farm News. TOTAL ENROLLMENT RE QUESTED West Raleigh, N. C., April? Mr. T. E. Browne, State Club Asent, has requested the coun ty agents of every county in the State to repore his total en rollment of Agricultural Club members up to May 1. Mr. Browne states that he has re ceived a request from the Fed eral Department of Agricul ture at Washington to give ex act figures as to the enrollment of the boys in North Carolina, and that each agent should send in his number by April 30. A special effort should be made during the next few days by everyone interested to en roll as many boys as possible, so that North Carolina will stand near thetop among the states in the South.?Extension Farm News. rich square high school commencement *! Sunday, May 5th, 11 A. M. Commencement Sermon by Rev. C. J. D. Parker,Danville, V*. Monday, May 6th, 7:30 P. tjs M. Class Day Exercises. 8:30 P. M. Recital by Music Depart ment. Tuesday, May 7th, tSraduat ng Exercises. Annual address t>y Miss Harriet Elliott, State Normal College, Greensboro. $ Proper Food for Woah Stomach*. The proper food for one man may >e all wrong for anothr. Every one |j ihould adopt a diet suited to ha age ind occupation Those vrhoe ha* veak stomachs neck to be especially ;areful and (hould eat slowly and nasticata their food thoroughly. It s also important that they keep their lowels insular. When they foal doll ind stupid after eating, they ahould ?ake Chamberlain's Tablets to stren (then the stomach and move tha bow ris. They art easy to take and pleas, int In effect Adv. i notice! : j8 Have resigned my office as jj Deputy Sheriff.-?B. Scull. Money loaned, buyiag'War- 5 Saving* Stamps is both Patrio tic and profitable.
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