MR. SIMPKINS PAYS 1
I HISJNCOME TAX
By ROBERT MaRLAIR.
Mr. Blmpklns gazed at the portrait
on th* wall till his eyes filled with
tears. It was a portrait of his-father,
Oolon*l Blmpklns, who bad four times
- been promoted foi valor daring the
Civil War and had died bravtty on the
field of action. Mr: Blmpklns' throat
ached now for two reasons: First, h*
reverenced and adored the memory of
his father; secondly, his age and his
- eyes and his gQtne leg wouldn't let him
go to war himself. And as he observed
the martial bearing and uncompromis
ing gase of Colonel Slmpklne he saw,
In Imagination, the khaki clad lads of
~ „ „ the new generation marching forth and
crossing three thousand miles of sea to
fight, maybe die, for liberty.
Mr. Blmpklns peered around to make
sure th«t neither Bess nor John (who
were at the teasing ages of sixteen
and seventeen) were where they could
see Urn, then he straightened and
threw hts right arm up for a salute.
But his gouty shoulder twinged, and h*
groaned. He couldn't even salute. (
Si "Damn I" said Mr. Blmpklns, and
with hi* other hand fiercely twirled hlf
white mustachlos.
,- He turned and limped Into the li
brary and aat down creaklly before the
mahogany desk on which were lying
the blanks for his Income tax state
ment, blanks which be bad rathfr
grumpily got from the Internal Reve
nue officer only that day after lunch
eon on his way home from the club.
Mr. SlmpUns' Income for 1017 had
amounted to Justabeut sls/300, and h*
had been rather snappy on-th* sub
ject of taxes ever since he had discov
ered that the mora Income a man has
,th* greater th* percentage of It he
pays In taxes. He could think of sev
eral men who, like himself, were mar
ried and bad two children, and yet,
alttjpngh their Incomes w*r* nearly
1 % half of his, they wduld pay only a
small fraction of th* amount h* paid.
H* gloomily drsw th* blank nearer
and began filling In the Information
that It asked for.
- As Mr. Blmpklns' Income was SIO,OOO
he had to figure out tb* amounts pay
able on each of the successive smaller
classes of Incomes ip order to arrive"
iat th* total due from himself. He
passed over the first class who must
.pay taxes, that Is, single men making
'over 1,000. His calculation for mar
ried men then showed up as follows:
First, they pay 2 per cent (under
jthe 1016 law) on all income over
$4,000, deducting S2OO for each of their
I children under eighteen years. In Mr.
Blmpklns' case this was $212, which he
put down In the column.
5? He saw next that, under the 1017
law, married men pay an additional 2
per cent on all over $2,000 —with the
I same allowance for children. This
added $202 to his "payable" column.
He then observed that for every
$2,000 Jump In bis Income over $5,000
he had to pay a Surtax, the percentage
growing larger with each Jump. This
was S2OO more added to his burden.
And on top of all this came an "Ex
cess Profits" tax of $ per cent on all
"occupation" Income over $6,000, mak
ing $720 more.
The total, then, he must pay was four
teen hundred and thirty-four dollars.
"Whew 1" exclaimed Mr. Slmpklns
angrily. "There's young Henry Wll
kins, who married Jake Johnson's girl,
he makes $2,000 and he doesn't pay a
;cent. of taxes. I guess this Is his war
as well as mine 1".
Thinking of young Henry WUklns,
i he remembered that Mrs. Wllkins went
every afternoon to make bandages for
jthe Bed Cross and that Henry, who
jwas a lawyer, was aiding the Local
Draft Board with its questionnaires.
! "Well," he admitted to himself,
{"that make* a difference."
He thought next of Judg* Wlilough
jby, whose Income was about SB,OOO.
! "He only pays $20," commented Mr.
j Blmpklns, not quite so angrily this
■ time; and then a thought struck him
land be sat up rigidly In his chair.
Judge Wllloughby's son bad been
" j drowned on the Tuscanla when It was
. 'submarined with the loss of two hun
dred soldiers.
"Judge WlUoughby gave hi* son to
America," muttered Mr. Slmpklns.
. He leaned forward suddenly and put
{his face In his hands.
For a long time Mr. Slmpklns sat
jvery still In that position. There was
jno sound In the library except the
(ticking of the tall clock and an occa
islonal trill of laughter from the chll
jdren skylarking upstairs. The square
- :0f light on the csrpet gradually with
drew itself through the window, and
i first twilight and then darkness settled
In about the quiet white haired, some
j times Irascible old man.
Mr. Slmpklns was thinking things
which he would never afterward spet^k
of, he was thinking things that were
too sacred ever to be put Into words.
But some Inkling of bis thoughts may
be found In his rejoinder to Mrs.
Blmpklns when that placid lady came
. In and turned on the lights, and asked
■ him whether he was ready for dinner.
r?V* i "Judge Wllloughby's only son was
j worth as much as fourteen hundred
' and thirty-four dollars, wasn't he?"
| | Mr. Slmpklns demanded of her.
[ j As his wife, who was not unused to
| his superficial Irritations, watched him
In mild astonishment, Mr. Slmpklns
j limped out to the hall and took his
eld felt hat and sliver-headed cane
I ftom the bat rack. letting himself out
9 Into the foggy evening, he tapped his
t. way down to the corner, and mailed his
income tax statement and check with
his own hsmia.
m " I * "Now, Cod be thanked," said Mr.
I ! Slmpklns as the lid clanked shut over
I j bis missive, "I can do this taweb for
I my country, anyhow."
CANTEEN SERVICE FOR
E k SAMMIES IN FRANCE
jfted Cross Te S*rv* Boys In Th* Front
Lin* Trench**
: the American Red Cross has J«st
El arranged to SetaWlsh with the AnLsri-
Bj «M troops In Mamoe a front line ean
*#» service similar to that through
Eg : fwjlok they have served more than
* 1 pellus with hot drinks during
tfl* last six months, according to a
M OMle Just received by th* War Ofun-
E" l cQ from Major James H. Perkins, Red
m- "Cross OoqunlMloner to Prane*.
p This will oonsist of rolling csnteens
If stationed close behind the front line
ft ftrepefces. Thar* are now fifteen of
|l these operating behind the French
H lues, from which fifty or mora large
H jreeeptaclea of hpt drinks are sent for-
K-j pM dally, usually in the small hours
El mi th* morning. These drinks are
Kg 1 served tree to the men going on or
M*, pomlng off duty,
ft;]' This service, has proven of such
E , frslu* to th* French that th* Anwrl-
n*»e tl»i» directly m " touch
with the medical relief stations near
eat die Croat The work la often done
under heavy shell Ire and requires
■ten of great bravery anr sympathy.
The American army officers are man
ifesting a keen Interest In having this
service at th* disposal of the American
troops and hare asked the Had Cross
to enlist a substantial number of men
of the highest caliber to undertake
this work. It will be performed at the
point nearest the firing line at which
dvffiaas are permitted.
MRSES NEEDED IN
MIUTARYJIOSPITALS
Surgeon General Asks Red Cross To
Supply 8,000 Nurses
Surgeon General Qorgas of th*
United State* army has called upon
th* American Red Cross to supply to
the Army Nurse Corps five thousand
nurse* between njw and thgjlrst of
June. The** nurses are needed for
service In the military hospitals both
in thl* country and abroad. Although
th* Red Cross has already supplied
nearly 7,000 nurses as a reserve for
the Army and Navy Nurse Corps Blnce
the beginning of the war, the impera
tive need for a greater army of nurses
grow* daily as the war progresses. ,
According to a statement made by
Surgeon General Qorgas, it is estimat
ed that there are between eighty and
ninety thousand registered nurses in
the United states, and that approxi
mately thirty thousand will be need
ed Kir service in army hospitals during
th* present year. Th* Immediate need
for Ave thousand of these Is empha
sized.
Miss Jane A Delano, Director of the
Department of Nursing of the Ameri
can Red Cross said:
"Not only are we appealing to the
nurses to volunteer for this service,
but we also appeal to the publio and to
the physicians employing these nurses
to aid in making it possible for them,
without too great financial sacrifice
on their part, to hold themselves in
readiness to respond to the call of
their country. We wish also to bring
to the attention of nurses th* unusual
opportunity offered by the insurance"
law enacted for the protection of our
amy and Davy, which applies equally
to nurses assigned to duty as members
of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps.
"A great responsibility rests upon
the nurses of the country. They are
the only group of women recognised
as a part of the military establishment,
and should be looked upon as the rep
resentatives of the womanhood of
America at the front.
"Not only should the other women
of the country encourage nurses to
volunteer for service, but they should
make every effort posalbl* to protect
the nurses holding themselves ready
for service and share with them the re
sponsibility and sacrlfics* necessary."
BOOSTER FOR BETTER ROADS
Danger of Going Too Fast In Con
st ruction of Highways—Mistake*
Liable to B* Costly.
The automobile Is becoming a very
important factor In the movement for
better roads. Every auto owner, be he
farmer or city man. Is a booster for
better roads, but the city man Is prob
ably more Impatient with our present
roads than the farmer. In our polit
ical life the farmer has always been
the conservative while the city man
has been the radical, the progressive.
It takes the two factions to bring
Oood Road In low*.
about well balanced political condi
tional one Is aa much needed as the
other.
Since the road supervisors at their
last annual meeting took the stand
they were not In favor of paving coun
try roads at the present at least, they
have been rather severely censured
by the dally press and told that they
are behind the times, trailing In the
dust That bard roads of some kind
will be built throughout the country
some tliqfp. cannot be questioned, and
the supervisors recognised that fact
when they aald that they were not In
favor of loading the counties down
with road debts at the present time.
We are inclined to commend the su
pervisors for the stand they took, be
cause there Is danger of going too fast
with expensive methods of construc
tion until the different kinds of roads
that are practicable for different lo
calities have been more folly tested,
says Farmer and Breeder. Mistakes
made In permanent road construction
are liable to be ratlpr expensive.
lowa has made rapid progress In
road improvement during the past two
years, and wh|le no permanent roads
have been built the work of grading
and draining at least two principal
roads through esch county and the
construction of cement culverts and
bridges Is something that will have to
be done everywhere before permanent
roads can possibly be built Then, too,
in many sections at least, when our
roads are brought to a grade, are well
drained, and then properly cared for
with the road drag, they become very
passable indeed. We believe that It Is
not a had plan to use them for a few
years In that condition and give the
drag a good chance to show what it
will do for them when used aa fre
quently as It should be.
"THK FINISHED MYSTtRV
HAS FOUND ITS FINISH
Washington.—Because "The Finish
ed Mystery," a Bible study textbook,
described patriotism as "a certain de
lusion" and a "narrow-minded hatred
of other peoples" and war as "a work
of satan," distribution of th* book
was forbidden by th* department of
Justice, acting under the espionage
act. Thousands of c*pie* of the hook
have been sels*d In many stat**, bat
It was not until recently that the de
partment prohibited Its distribution.
itch relieved te SO minute* by
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LIVE • STOCK FARMINB ~AS A MEANS
OF MAINTAININB SOIL FERTILITY
m ISlfs ■ ~
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P >(sl
Right Way to Car* for Manure Produced on the Farm—Conserve the Plant
Food Which It Contain* to Increase the Fertility of the Soil.
(Prepared by th* Onited State* Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
No farming people have ever been
able economically to maintain the fer
tility of their aolla without the use of
live stock. Farming without the use
of manures la a waste of energy nnd
result* In the exhaustion of soils. The
neglect In preserving and Increasing
the quantity of farm manures has
been • great drain oft the natural re
sources of the American farm, espe
cially In the aouthern portion of the
United States. The lack of Intelligent
care of the waste products
convenient form of commercial fertil
isers have Jointly been responsible for
the almost general neglect of farm
manures.
Value of Fertilizers.
Commercial fertilizers have played
and will continue to play a great part
in the farm economy of the country.
Their fall value, however, cannot be
obtained by their exclusive use. A
much greater value can be had from
them when used wisely In connection'
with manure and green crops. One at
the principal reasons for the small
value, sometimes realised from manure
of any kind la that It has not been
properly handled and through expo
sure and neglect has lost a larje per
centage of Its plant food. The chief
difference between barnyard manur*
and other vegetable matter la that the
process of passing through the animal
has rendered the fertilising elements
of the former more available for ab
soptlon In plant growth, The best
authorities tell ns that from 70 to 00
per cent of the fertilising value of a
APRIL 1 LAST DAY 1
FOR FEDERAL RETURNS
Penalties for Income Dodgers Are
Severe—Get Your Return
In if You Are Liable.
April 1, 1018, is the final day al
lowed under the federal Income tax
law for the filing of federal Income
tax returns. Persona who are requir
ed to file, returns under the provisions
of law and who fall to get their re
turns In on time are aubject to se
vere penalties, as follows:
For making false or fraudulent re
turn, not exceeding $2,000 or not ex
ceeding one year's imprisonment, or
both, In the discretion of the court,
and, in addition, 100 per cent of the
tax evaded.
For falling to make return on time,
not less than S2O nor more than sl,-
000, and, In addition, 50 per cent of
the amount of tax due.
If on account of Illness or absence
from home you are unable to render
your return within the time prescribed
by law you may obtain an extension
of 80 days if a request therefor is filed
with the collector of your district be
fore th* du* date of th* return. In
thl* request you must stat* th* rea
son why th* return cannot be filed
within the time prescribed by law.
Collector* of internal revenue are
not authorized to grant extensions of
more than 80 dare, but the commit
■loner of Internal revenue baa author
ity to grant a reasonable extension
beyond 80 days In meritorlooa cases.
If you desire an extension of more
than 80 days your request should be
addressed to the commissioner and
should contain a detailed statement
covering the reasons which make it
Impossible for you to file your return
on or before April 1
The Internal revenue men are now
completing their tour of the country,
during which they were In touch with
the people of every city and town. If
you failed to get In touch with thb
deputy which visited your section It Is
not too late to get advice. Consult
yonr postmaster as to where the
est deputy la new. Get yonr blsnk
form, study the directions snd the re
quirements as shown thereon snd
make your return without fall If your
Income was anffldent to come within
bounds named in the law.
It Is pointed out by Commissioner
Roper that It la Important that the
people comply with the federal laws
aa fully aa they are complying with
the drafts for men and the conserva
tion of foods and fuel. "The war must
be paid for," says Commissioner Roper.
"Congress has aa much right to con
script a lost portion of income aa It
has to conscript our boys. The tax
for 1017 la designed to reach moder
ate as well aa large Incomes, so thst
all persona who are In financial posi
tion to bear a portion of the heavy
government expenses can be assessed
In proportion to their ability to-pay.
"The man who Is barely making a
living or barely aupportlng a family
la not affected by the 1917 law. But
the man who la able to bear a share
of the burden bss been reached by
the new law, and he should accept bis
responsibility In the same patriotic
spirit that our young men have shown
In offering themselves for thla great
purpose of the country to make the
world safe for people of all klnda to
live In and to govern themselves.''
This tax' la one which recognises
women as on an equal basis with men.
The unmarried woman or the married
woman with a salary must make tax
return just the aame as aay man. Only
the woman supporting her mother or
other members of her family may take
Mt B*ooo exemption.
Under the law the head of the faml-
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Gleaner, March 21, 1918
crop la left after passing through the
animal. This being true and the ele
ments being In a soluble form, we have
some idea of why It la of the utmost
Importance to protect the manure sup
ply from leaching by ralna or from
other sources of loss.
Lom by Lswhlpg.
The Cornell University experiment
Ration found that aa ranch ai BO per
cent.of the plantfood tonstltnents In
manure wns lost by leaching and un
necessary fermentation. The problem
Id how beat and most economically to
prevent this losa. The best plan where
It la practicable Is to haul ent the ma
nure rogularly, spread It upon the land,
and plow It under. The best results
nre usually obtained by turning under
shallow. The next beet plan is to keep
the stock under sheds or In stables
with sufficient litter to absorb all liq
uids. This treatment will not Only
take np moisture but the continual
trampling of the animal will exclude
all air, so that the accumulation may
go on without Injury to Its quality un
til • convenient time to remove and
spread It on the land. The Utter or
waste matter used for bedding not
only serves Its 'purpose in helping to
preserve the manure, but adds consid
erably to It.
When neither of these plans can be
advantageously used, a cheap shed
conveniently located may be subsist
ed and all manure carried to It aa re
moved. Care must be taken to prevent
heating, which la especially liable to
happen when horse manure predomi
nates. This can be remedied by add
ing water when needed.
tributes to the family's support.
Similarly a widow with small chil
dren to support can take out $2,000
exemption and S2OO additional exemp
tion for each of her children under
eighteen. Thns It la Intended that
the law shall work no hardship to wo
men having to straggle to get along.
But each must file return If her In
come Is SI,OOO.
• A man whose wife dies and who la
left with small children to aupport
upon a moderate Income may also take
full exemption under the new tax law
and also claim S2OO exemption for
each of his children under eighteen.
The widower under the law la a
single man and muat make tas re
turn accordingly. Married men need
not file returns unless they are earn
ing $2,000 or more.
"This is as much a national obliga
tion as the reporting for duty of a man
drafted for service with the colors,"
say* D. C. Roper, commissioner of In
ternal revenue. "As It stands, It la
much a matter of the man or wo
man's own conscience. It Is for him
or for ber to determine ]ust how far
he la liable to the tax. He must figure
bis own Income and If It reaches the
figures named In the law must make
faithful report upon It to the proper
authority.
"Tbla tax la distinctly a war meaa
ure and will be In effect during tbe
war.
"This Is a people's tax—lt reaches
right down Into the pockets of the
small wage earner; It makes him a
partner In the Job winning the
war."
RED CROSS TO COLLECT
| CLOTHMGFORBELGIUM
Hoovsr Asks Davison's Aid In wfrtc
Of Rsllef .
Beginning March 18 and ending
March 28, a seven day, nation-wide
| campaign will be carried on by the
American Red Cross and the
Commission for Relief in Bel
glum to secure a minimum
quantity of 6,000 tons of clothes
for the destitute people of Belgium
•■d the occupied portions of Northern
* >ra nce At the request of Herbert
Hoorer, chairman of the Commission
tor Relief In Belgium, Henry P. Darl
•on, chairman of the Red Cross War
Council, has granted the ase of the ns
tlonal Red Cross organisation for col
lecting the needed *i»«h«pg
J As the commission has allowed most
of Its loeal committees to disband be
oauss of the Unsocial arrangements
made last /one with the government,
it has turned to the Red Cross for
help. Where the loeal committees of
the Relief Commission ars still intact,
they will work side by side with the
R'd Cross Chapter*.
The practically entire exhaustion of
Jtothtng, shoes, and leather in occupied
Belgium and Northern France and the
shortage of these necessities In the
; world's markets are making It In
creasingly difficult for the Commission
to keep clothed and shod the unfortan
•te people in these, territories. In ad
dition- to new material, gifts of used
and snrplus clothing, shoee, blankets,
Bannel cloth, ete„ are heeded in Urge
qaanUUee from the people of the Unlt
' ed gtates.
The donations will be shipped at
once to the Atlantic seaboard and sent
overseas for distribution.
! WANT «LSO FOR THE
NEW CROP OP WHBAT
Washington. D. C.—Western sena
tor* renewed tkelr fight for a higher
gnaranteed wheat price, citing the
ability of farmer! to make more
■oner raising other oweals. shortage
and increased coat of farm labor and
whai necessity of Insnring adequate
wheat supplies. The debate waa on
Senator Oore's proposal to Increase
the price for tba 1919 crop to |li*
TO PUSH BUILDING OF
RED CROSS HOUSES
Heme Service Work For Army Campe
Stressed In Conference At DM
•Ion Headquarter*
A very important conference touch
•M the worV of the American Red
Cross in the army camps of the South
«rn Division was held in Atlanta a few
dnys ago. There were present not
only Col. W. L. Pool, Division Manas
«C. B. Bid well, Aaaoclate Manager,
*nd Z. Bennett Phelps, Division Direc
tor of the Bureau of Military Relief, to
gether with a number of the Bed Croes
Hold Directors and Assistant Field
Directors from the camps, but
also, W. Prank Persona, Director Qen
®r*l of dlvillan Relief; Henry 8.
Thompson, National Director of tho
Bureau of Camp Service, and Charles
E. Pox, Assistant Director of Camp
Servloe in charge of construction.
A number of Important matter*
were discussed, among them being the
personnel In the training camps, the
building and manning of thk Red Cross
houses for convalescents In the camps,
and the appointment of directors for
these houses, Instructions regarding
hospital information service, and the
relation of the Home Service depart
ment to the department of Military
Relief and the Importance of Home
Servloe to the men In the training
oamps and In the trenches, which
Utter was taken up with the field di
rectors by Mr. Persons.
The volume of Home Servloe work 1
to be done 'neoeeslUtes the appoint
ment of an associate field director In
charge of home servloe who will work
with the regular field director in the
camp. There will also be a Home Ser
vice director on every transport that
carries American troops to Prance, so
that every soldier who leaves family
or business worries behind may have
someone to whom to turn for help and |
advice. The problem of keeping up
the morale of the army by making
them understand that their families
ars well looked after while they are
away as weU as that of helping to
maintain a normal standard of living 1
in the families where the men are
away belongs to the Home Servloe or
Civilian Relief Department.
"At the time of the Napoleonic
campaigns," said Mr. Persons, "It was |
estimated that the morale of the army
waa more Important than ammunition
In the ratio of tto 1. In the present |
war, one of the greateet English gen
ernls has estimated the ratio aa 9 to
1. Home Service is more Important
to the United States troops than to
those of England and Prance, because
the French and English soldiers have
two weeks* leave every 90 days, can
return to their nomas and look after
their moat pressing business affairs
for themselves. But the American
soldier who'goes to France will prob
ably stay in Fraaoe until the end of
the war, and It Is only through the
Home Service Department of the Red
Crosa that his mind can be relloved
from alrVorry concerning affalra at
home ao that his entire attention can
be concentrated on soldiering."
Many illustrations of the value of
Home Service in the training camps
of this country were given by the
Field Directors, and the duties of the
men In charge of this branch of the
work ontllned.
Henry 8. Thompson, national direc
tor of the Bureau of Camp Service,
spoke on the duties of the military
field directors In the camps and their
relation to the Horns-Service Directors
In the setae oamps.
The building of the Red Cross
houses In 40 army camps In this coun
try waa then taken up by Charlea K
Fox, assistant director of Camp Ser
vice In charge of construction, and the
purpose of these houses was explain
ed to the Field Directors and assist'
ants who were present. Quarters and
g place of amusement will be provided i
In these houses for convalescent sol
diers who are well enough to leave the
hospitals and yet not well enough to
return to active duty, as well as ao
commodatlons for the families of men
who are 111 enough to make It neces-1
sary to send for their relatives. It li
being planned that ft large part of th«
furniture for these houses shall be!
made by the older boys In the
Junior Red Cross auxlllarlea. |
The construction In the camps
of the Southern Division will be su- r
pervlsed by John R Dillon of Atlanta
of the Arm of Morgan A Dillon, archl '
tects, who bae volunteered his seri
vices to the Southern division for any ,
sort of architectural work.
Men trained In work simitar to thai
of tbe Home Service department art
wanted at once for work In the camps
and on the transports. All applications
In tbla division should be made to
Joseph C. Logan, Director of Civilian
Relief.
Field Directors and Assistant Field
Directors present at the conference
were T. T. Flagler, 8. A. Darrach, !>r
Joalah Morse, banning Harvey, W. R
Carr, William C. Denny, H. M. Voor
hoea, J. Loarlng Clark, H- A. Field.
William S. Moore, J. C. Williams, and
Mr*. Charles A. Sheldon, Sr.
JUNIOR RED CROSS TAKES
OVER ARMY OF RELIEF
Harvey D. Gibson, General Managxt
of tbe American Red Cross, announced
this week tbat the Junior Rod Cros*
organization ha* endorsed and taken
over the Children of America Army ol
Relief, and that henceforward th«
work of thl* latter organization will
be carried on by tbe Junior Red Cross
The transfer of funds took place on
March 2nd. $40,000 being given ovei
to the Junior Red Croes to be devoted
to child welfare work abroad, and the
Army of Relief will cease to solicit
funds. All Army of Relief members
are now eligible for membership Ir
Junior Red Croes auxiliaries, and
Chapter School committees sre author
Ized to Incorporate them In schools
tbat are net already enrolled as Junlot
units or to Incorporate all Army of IU
lief members In their territory as •
single Junior Auxiliary.
A
Why Are You Gray?
Why look Older than yoa feel?
Now that som many thousands
havo proved that Q-ban Hair Col
or Restoffcc brings a uniform,
uniform, dark-Hustrous shade to
gray or 1 " faded hair—you really
ought t otry Q-ban. Ready to
use—guaranteed harmless—.Vie for a
large bottle—money back If not sat
isfied. Sold by Hayes Drug Co.
and all good drug stores. Delight
fully beautifying. Try Q-ban Hair
Tonic, Liquid Cnampoo; Soap. Also
Q—ban Depilatory, for superflu
ous hair.
, The food and thrift regulation*
call on the American citizen to
save both hie health and his money.
The Bolshevik! may prove them
selves better politicians than thuy
sre lighters, ,
SINE'S MRS
01 ran EM
Must Be Depended Upon for
Full Requirements Food
or Feedstuffs.
page rem sumtion
Coming Wheat Crop Far Short
of World's Requirements.
Corn and Other Food or Feed
Crops Must be Produced in
Larger Quantities if Buffer
ing is to be Prevented —Bet-
ter Cultivation and Heavier
Fertilisation Urged.
Raleigh.—"The world-wide food sit
uation and their own individual inter
ests demand that the farmers of North
Carolina plant during the approaching
season the largest acreage of coru
and other food or feed crops In the
history of the State and that they give
such crops the best possible cultivation
and the heaviest possible fertilisa
tion." declared State Food Adminis
trator Henry A. Page In an Interview
with newspaper men today.
"The coming wheat crop will supply
not more than half the normal needs
of the world, which must continue to
be largely- supplied by this oountrr
until the end of the war.and for a con
siderable period beyond. This means
that the demand for corn and other
grains for human consumption will
be more than double during 1819.
Must Raise Own Requirements.
"The transportation situation Is
such that our farmers have no assur
ance of being able to secure any food
or feed stuffs from any other section
of the country next Pall and there
after and If they do not produce suffi
cient food and feed crops for this
section our people In all probability
will have to do without. A large pro
duction of cotton Is desirable and
necessary and no particular reduction
In the acreage of tobacco la being urg
ed, but any farmer will be foolish to
plant either tobacco or cetton to fhe
exclusion of sufficient food and feed
stuffs to run his own establlahment
and to provide his part of the aurplus
that will be required by the markets
In our cltlea, towns and Industrial
communities.
"Few people have the Imagination
to conceive of the actual want and
Buffering which waa prevented la our
Btate by the Increaaead cultivation of
gardene and truck patchea and In
creased production of staple food and
feed crops last year. We are Import
ing this fiscal year a comparatively
small proportion of the thousands of
carloads of canned goods and other
food and feed producta that we nor
mally Imported during paat years. If
we had hot produced the stuff at
home we would be going without at
this time. We shall be able to secure
even smaller Imports of food and feed
stuffs during the coming year.
"Evsry acre of wheat In North
Carolina which has not already been
heavily fertlllaed should be top-dress
ed with stable manure, wood mold
and leaves or with commercial fer
tiliser. Every acre of food and feed
stuffs should be manured or fertilized
mpre heavily than has been custom
ary In the past.
Psrmsrs Upsn Their Mettle.
"Our farmers are upon their mettlet
More dependa upon them than upon
any other class of people with the ex
ception of the soldiers In the rank*
themselres. 1 am sure that the patri
otic farmers of North Carolina may
ha depended upon to do their full
duty."
NEED TO CONSERVE
WHEAT MORE UROENT
Consumption Must Be Reduced 30 te
60 Per Cent to Peed Alllee end Pre
vent Plour Famine at Heme.
Raleigh.—The Pood Administration
Is fearful lest the recent announce
ment that meatless meals and pork
less Saturday need not be observed
| during the nnxt few weeks should give
consumers the Impression that there
also might he a let up In the conserva
tion of wheat flour. On the contrary
Food Administration officials an
nounce that even more strenuous ef
forts for the conservation of wheat
flour should be made If our people, to
ear nothing of nur armies and our
Allies, are not to go through a period
of flour famine before the next har
vest.
There will be no flour famine If
the suggestions of the Pood Admlnfs
tratlon are followed and the consump
tion of wheat flour Is reduced by 30
to SO per cent, hut this reduction Is
absolutely necessary. The Pood Ad
ministration Is not only u ,!ng the
substitution of other cereala and po
tatoes for bread, but Is requesting
consumers to eat l*aa bread.
•ALE OP BROILERE
NOT INTERFERED WITH
Raleigh—Announcement ha* been
made by the Pood Admlnlatratlon that
trad* In broilers walghlog up to twb
pounds Is not and will net be affected
by the recent orriar of the Pood Ad
ministration prohibiting the killing *f
hen* and pulleta except for strictly
locale trad* by unlicensed dealers.
Galvanized Iron Culverts.
The cost of high-grade, pure Iron
galvanized culvert* 1* not more thnn
10 per cent higher than ordinary steel,
•nd experts claim the life of tbo pure
Iron to bo many times that of ordinary
steel.
Culverts Tee Short
Do not get your culvert too short
Be sure that It extends the full dis
tance of the road embankment. It
shoul'l te placed as near a* possible
In the direction of tho flow of watel
It la Intended to carry.
THE I'NECMOIA SEASON'.
The cold, clamp weather of March
seems to bo the most favorable for
the pneumonia (form. Now is the
time to be careful. Pneumonia of
ten reeults from a cold. The
quicker a cold is gotten rid of the
ess danger. As soon as the first
indication of a cold appears take
Chamberlain's Cough remedy. As
to the value of this preparation,
ask anyooe who has used it.
It appears that while Secretary
Daniels was concerning himself a
bout a moral and abstemious Na
vy hewaa not overlooking the ueea
of a bi£ and efficient navy,
" *J| ' »* 'T- 1 *
_
' The Greensboro Daily Newa||
, Gives a Greater News Service
, i Through the addition of several copyrighted news
1 features Tho Greensboro Daily New* i» able to offer to
North Carolina readers a most comprehensive newspa- : "1
, ' per, bristling with interest from the first to the very
laat page. In fact it is the greatest news value ever
offered by a state daily. At a great expense we have
, f secured the simultaneous publication rights for the
London Times-Philadelphia Ledger Cable Service, giving a clear
j i insight into the great world war from the European standpoint. (
David Lawrence's Washington Articles, copyrighted by The New
( York Evoning Post, handling the war from the
1 American government. * ,
Col. Theodore Roosevelt's Editorials for,the Kansas City Star,
| , discussing current topics is his inual clever, piercing style.
Sergeant Empey's Stories about trench life in France, written '
| after 18 month actual fighiling experience.
All of the above aro Big News features —a Super News Service I
l | which augments and supplements the splendid service
' of the Associate 4 Press, the excellent work of P. K.
Anderson at our Washington Bureau, our '4
I | interesting Raleigh service by W. T.
; Bost and our splendid state news
service. I
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] Greensboro Daily News
j Greensboro, N. C.
i Only North Carolina Newspaper Having Two
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Salest Druggist Sells E-RU-SA Pile Cor
llocnuw It eonUloa no' oplatca, no Imd, no belladonna, no polaonooi
drug. All other I*l lu medicine containing Injuroua narcotic and otter
polaoni oauao oonillpatlon and damage all wbo uao them,
K-ltU-BA cum or SfiO paid.
Hayes Drug Co., Sole Agents, Graham, N.(
ACT OF fIIPENING OF FRUIT
Should Function of Throwing Off Car*
bon Bo Busp«ndsd Fruit Dies or
Will Dry Up.
Fruit* do not act on tho air In the
same manner as do leave*. Fruit* at
every stage of their growth, both In
light and durkneaa, suffer a los* of
riirbon while leave* absorb carbon.
The lots of carbon by frulta la c**en
tlal to their ripening, for ahould the
function of throwing off carbon be
suspended (a* demonstrated by experi
ment) the ripening stopa and the fruit
dies or will dry np on the tree. Frulta
which are enclosod In ahella ripen,
however, aa the membrane* which
forma the busks are permeable to the
air, the atmosphere within the shell
furnishing the same qaalltlea of oxy
gen and nitrogen aa the air we breathe.
When frulta are separated from the
tree and placed In atmoephere depriv
ed of oxygen they will not ripen, bnt
the power of ripening la only suspend
ed and may be Induced to act by plac
ing the frnlt In an atmoaphere capable
of taking carbon from It; but If left
too long In tho situation
It will loso the power of ripening, even
though It preserves the same external
appearance.
PREVENTING SCALO IS EASY
Oooaalonal Renewal of Air of Storage
Room la Recommended by Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Apple scald of green and ripe frnlt
In storage can be entirely and eaally
prevented by an occasional renewal of
the air of tho storage room, according
t q the United Statea-department of ag
riculture. Apples are living organ
isms which breatho and, like other liv
ing thing*, havo ventilation require
ments which. If not mot, lead to smoth
ering. Accumulations of carbon diox
ide (carbonic add gas) produced by
the applea In atorago, the lack of air
movement In the storage room, and
tlio depositing of mol*ture on the fruit
aro all declared to be factors that may
play a part In the production of scald
Kxperlmenta indicate that high hu
midities may be maintained In storage
without the development of scald, and
prove conclusively that an occasional
renewal of the air of the atorago room
will completely prevent the disease.
Scalded fruit la more mealy and poorer
In flavor than nnacalded. Scald, In
addition to rendering the fruit un
sightly and reducing Its market value,
renders the applea extremely suscepti
ble to certain storage rots,
BUILDING MORE GOOD ROADS
■normous Increase In Total Expendi
tures for Highways and Con
struction of Bridges.
v "Thero has been an enormous la-
in the total expenditnrea for
road building and brldgo construction
marking the develop*** of highway
»vk in the United Hiute* dnrlng the
part 12 month*," said J. A. Hountree,
decretory of the United States Good
Itoads association.
"Statistics complied and reports re
ceived at the hesdqdartera of the Unit
ed States Good Roada association show
that the expenditure* for the building
of good roada and bridges for the year
1019 were 1282,000,000, or an Increase
of 2SO per cent over the amount spent
for similar purposes In 1914. In ad
dition, mom than $27,000,000 of local
funds -were spent under state super
vision In 1015, bringing the total road
•nd bridge expenditures managed by
the statea to $80,814,000. This amount
la greater than the total expenditures
for roada and brldgea from all sources
In 1004."
DESPONDENCY DUE TO CON
STIPATION.
Women often become nervous
and despondent. When this is due
to constipation it is easily correct
ed by taking an occasional doSe of
Chamberlain's Tablet*. Those tab
lets are easy to takfe and pleasant
In effect.
Why is the battle against Mr.
Wilson like the ArkT Because it is
pitched within and without.
The London Times reporta that
America feela "profound uneasl
ncsh in respect to Irish affairs." It
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PATENT LAWVCRS.
Sale of Property
Under and by virtue ol the power 7
of sale contained in a certain trus
teed deed from Currie Smith anu
Daisy Smith, his wife, to the i
undersigned trustee, dated the lat '
(lay of February, 19U, and regis
tered in the office of the register
of Deeds for Aiamance county, in
Book of Mortgages and Dceda of
Trust No. .')9, pages UZ to 129, de
fault having been made in the pay- .
ment of the indebtedneas sec urea
thereby, I will, on
PRIDAY, MARCH 22, 191 i,
At 1.30 o'clock p. m.
at the court house door in Oraham,
N. C., sell for cash, at public auc
tion to tho highest bidder, s par
cel of land lying andf being in the
county and State aforesaid, and
bounded as follows, to-wit:
A certain lot or parcel of lana
in Burlington township, Alamance
county, North Carolina, adjoining
the lands ol Spring St., K. A. Free
man, A. P. Barrett, W. A. Irwin
and others, bounded aa follows:
Beginning at an iron bar on the
Southeast side ol said street, cor
ner with aaid Brwin, running thence
N. b3% deg. E. 93 ft. 4 in. to a
rock, corner with said Freeman on
Southeast side of said street, thence
S. J6|, deg. B. 113* ft to a stake,
corner with R. A. Freeman on A,
.P. Barrett'a tine; thence with A.
'P. Barrett'a Uoe deg E. 95 ft.
I In. to a stake, corner with A.
P. Barrett on colored Methodist
Parsonage line; thence 36g deg. w.
142 feet to beginning, par lot No.
90, plot of said town.
1 This February 18, 1918.
WALTER E. SHARPS,
Trustee.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Having qualified aa executor
and administratrix, c t. a., of John
M. McCracken, late of Alamance
county, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the said es
tate, to present them, duly proven,
on or before the first day of April,
1919, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery; all pfer
aons indebted to said estate are
requested to make prompt Settle
ment of the same.
This March 7, 1918.
Eugene R. McCracken, Ext '''.'l
Duke M. McCracken, Adra'rx
c. t I. of the w#H of VI
HmchCt > John M.' McCracken. '
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