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One pint of formalin, to fort "gallons' of; lyater.' Put jthe wheat in aacls thai can 'be easily handled. : Pip the wheat, in the solution and "leave it for' five or ten minutesT 'Talte it out' and leave' it in the saeka'1 for ' two'1 hours before spreading it out to dry- When using bluestone use one pound of it to fif teen gallons of water. You, can spria- Ide this -over the' wbe'at or dip the aJ m 1 pCoa tt at atiaMf Awam lei wet nuCIIDCD Tnniv 11 iuuai, iiuimptn ., j WHIR DAY After treatment the wheat should e h win as the drill wfflferi ,."VT It ujteewn m war progrun of 4 a fjgteexenT&aniny ' Heretofore jthat will furnish the greatest variety OC iruiui mo HV, sume wu. w cuibuw. ' " ... ' ' i aU tne umev l nave op nana soine blue prints of : home 'orchards that give' the .riiJTcr'enjt classes of fruits and the varieties of each class so that you will have some coming'on all the The prints also snow wnsre The Day Has Bei"4t Aside Vy the State " Xnthoriti To Be Observed As Sock tiue4t phases "of which were dis- ectieSt by , recent meeting oil the -eabiaiet with President Wilson, is be ing framed. Some of the features " Barlj examination, of the second tncrement of ' the authorised army, e af. get them all in training Munpt by early spring, AnotheVLoea Son Flotation; of the . third liberty Loan t least two months earlier than had leeneitpected. . Restriction through legislation' of skU nonnBtseptial industries, so as to oncentraU'the labor of the nation pon the production of ships and war supplies ; new war rates. Authorisation of the expansion of the army to a maximum of 5,000,000 wen and lowering the minimum draft age to 19 and raising the maximum sage to SS. The reverses suffered by the Ital ian armiesfollowing closely upon the military collapM of ' Bussla. have awakened e adm!nfiiiratfonv to the realisation that a much more ag gresaive policy must be pursued by the American government The ad--visers of President Wilson, who met at the cabinet table yesterdayill concealed their discouragement over the misfortunes sustained by the en tente cause in the last week, but they left no doubts of their renewed de termination to redouble the efforts of America. No Hope of Early Peace Hope of an early peace has been dissioated. Those government offi cials who believed that the leaven of discontent was workingih Germany and the Prussian autocracy could not much longer weather the rising storm of internal dissension now concede that their hopes have been greatly diminished by the succesaf ul German drive into Italy. There is no fear that Italy will be crippled to the extent that Russia lias . been by the foe at home and abroad, but it is feared that it will take Italy long to recover from the blow dealt by the armies of the cen tral powers. Prussian autocracy, it is realized will be able to appease the suffering people of Germany even in the midst of the privatidn of the approaching winter. The German people win be old that German . arms practically "have put Russia and Italy out of the rwar, and will be urged to endure their privations a little longer until ' ermany can crush her other, ene mies. There is little doubt that this argument will serve to pacifjy dissat fied elements of the German people and rally them to the support of the wr at least for another year. Another Year of War With another year of war assured thj .Washington government is now -ready to concede that the end of the conflict is not in Bight and that a . struggle lasting two. and possibly Nrthree 'years longer is conceivable. The weakness of Russia and Italy, has lengthened the war to an extent that . -Jiohe here , can estimate, officials, agree, . and has made necessary a :rtaler! expenditure of man-power and economic resources by this coun- : " ftrf and her allies. " " ; j The immediate result of the Italian Totems has been to spur on tne ad ministration to even greater under taking's fchah eve Vefore. " It was " .V -. learned today that the administration '-Os'lias found a way to furnish someim- "ifrpottant Wdto Italy at oae4 In add -;?; rtioA fotthe ihips ,to bt 'diverted to transport of Italian t"munitiorili 1: Mthd food, Th character of this aid l.'vS'S-II''ot disclosed,, bul apparently season, each tree' and vine is to be placed and ihe number' it will take to put 9'ut anr acre or any part of an acre. If you are thinking of putting opt an orchard I will be glad to talk over the matter with you and will promise to help the' first man in each town ship who ia gomgto put out, a "home Orchard to select the varieties, lay pff the land, set' the trees and prune and spray them if I am in the work when they need the last mentioned things. - We should sow as much of our land in cover crops as possible, but there will be some land that will not be put to cover crops. This land should be broken this fall and winter.; All fall alewiBgrslwaW be deepTow- ing. It comes at the time of year when you da not need to hurry and when the horses are more able to do it. Also if a good deal of clay is turned up on top it does not hurt, because the winter freeze will break it up.and get it in shape by spring. g; m. goforth, jr., . County Agent. Today (Friday! has' been set as'ida by the Governor and the State school authorities to be observed as 'Arbor; Day. It is expected that nearly all of our' pubJiC) Khoohi wiB jpbserve jt in an appropriate manner, . ,'A aew Arbor and Bird Day Manual has-been Drenared by the North Carolina Geo-' graphical and Economic Survey and. has been printed and, distributed by the State Department of Education. Siiffi'cient; copies to. allow two for.er- ery school have been. eeftt to the coun ty and city superintendents,, and. by this time they should be in the hands of all the teachers, who will use them in organizing , and carrying through the Ajbor Day exercises, . . This ia an opportunity which should be used for urging pe necessity of conserving our natural resources for war, .work and for the rehabilitatiqn of the country after tjie war, Timber is essential to the successful prose cution of the war and much of it is VIN W1HS ; ' b: ma sees jt More Fats Arf Necessary to Main tain Alliat' Constancy, tho Food Administra tor Assorts ANOTHER MUTINY OF THE GERMAN TROOPS According to an Amsterdam news paper a serious mutiny has occurred among the . Germans at Beverloo camp in Belgium. The men, it is said, refused to go to the front and damaged their own rifles, in some cases, while others fired on their own officers The men were arrested. The frontier guard at Brouhout, according to the same authority, de serted Oct. 15. Food Administrator Hoover says that the fight against the submarine would be won if the United States and , Canada would feed the allies from this continent Ships, wheat, and hoes , were the great needs emphasized by Mr. ,Hoc- : ,:' Vt ' J. if il' J ver. . ne uia yeepesi concern nau been caused by the fact that, in spite of high prices, this cquntry'j pork consumption had increased during tiiewar, until production had been outstripped, a situation that must be changed. "If we discontinue exports," Mr.. Hoover added, "we shall move the German line from France to the At lantic seaboard. Pork, products have an influence in. this present world Situation wider than one would; ordi narily attribute to them. The hu man' body must have a certain Amount of fats, and we must in crease production of fats if we are io answer the world's craving. being cut; yet after the war it will hi "The production of fats is today be needed just as badly, and waste should be avoided. Close utilization of the usable timber and thorough protection and ?are of the young. growing stands should be stressed, "Use without waste" is just as true a motto for the timber crop as f or the field crop.. .... ... ..'' At this tune, when, everyone Do ing urged to do their part in raising more garden and field crops, the co- loperation of the birds in helping to keep down insect pests is essential. The value as well aa the beauty Of birds should be brought out- Bird nrotection must come from a love of themand an appreciation of their i-valni: lnA-taese can only come froat a knowledge of bird lif e- . The club women of the State are co-operating- jfrith the Bchool authori ties in the various localities m ar ranging and carrying through a con- rvatinn Arbor Day proirram. It ia honed that every school in the State will take this opportunity of empha sizing this important lesson of con serving our wealth of tree and bird life .'TV it is such as to elicit expressions of satisfaction from the Italian embassy and war mission. Perhaps one of the most important steps to be taken by the administra tion as a result of the reverses of the Italian army concerns the devel opment of a vast army designed to furnish the number of fighting men required by a war lasting three years longer. It is admitted that it may be necessary to send u,000,000 soldiers to France before the United States and the allies can be assured of the kind of victory which will satisfy this country and the allies. - Must Har 5,000,000 Man President Wilson has come to the conclusion that there should be no further delay in providing for-the ex pansion of the army to 6,000,000 men, and he intends to urge this and other legislation in his war program when Congress meets in December. The general staff and the war col lege have worked out in detail the organisation of an army of 6,000,000 men and the plans for the munition ing of that number of troops on for eign land. It is "known that President Wilson and Secretary of War, Baker favor lowering the minimum to 19 years, a step which would produce about 2, 000,000 additional registrants, but they have not indicated whether they favor' raising the maximum age limit above SO MORE MEN NEEDED FOR . QUARTERMASTER CORPS An excellent opportunity for vol untary enlistment is open in the quar termaster enlisted reserve corps for men of almost every trade. You need not be an expert to enlist; if you know anything whatever about painting, carpenter work, electrical work, plumbing, blacksmithing or a trade of any kind you may make ap plication for the position of first- class private-skilled laborer. When assigned to active duty you would act as a helper in some special line of work. Some will be sent to a school for the purpose of instruction. Promotions will be made from time to time of men demonstrating most efficiency. No technical examination is re quired at the time of enlistment. Ap plication should be made to the de partment quartermaster, Charleston, S. C, on the required form, which may be obtained from any recruiting station, or by a letter to the depart ment quartermaster, Charleston, S. C. , Each application should be ac companied by one letter of recom mendation from a reliable business man in the community of the appli cant This letter should have refer ence particularly to ability, general intelligence and aptitude for the posi tion applied for, a critical necessity for the preserva tion of these people (the allies), and the maintenance of their constancy fn the war. Every pound of fat is sure a service as every bullet, and every hog is of greater value to the winning of this war than a shell." f Our Allies' Wheat Roouiramants .As to wheat, the administration aid the allies' deficiency of produc tion was 196,000,000 bushels, with imports of 577,700,000 bushels re quired to maintain normal consump tion.' He estimated the aggregate American Canadian, Australian, In dian and Argentine export surplus at 770,600,000 -bitshels," but pointed out that lack of shipping made It nec essary for this country and Canada to bear'xhe burden of meeting the allieseUeficit r. tf&lZH "The problem," he said, "is thus simply one of ships. If we can so produce economies and stimulate pro duction in the United State sand Can ada as will enable us to feed the al lies absolutely from this continent and thus enable them to live with out sending a ship further afield than our Atlantic seaboard we can resist the submarine indefinitely. Placing the United States wheat export surplus from this year's crop at 80,000,000 bushels and Canada's at 150,000,000 bushels, Mr. Hoover urged domestic economies to increase this country's surplus to 150,000,000 bushels. "This we could do," he said, our people would eat one pound less of wheat flour a week and one pound of corn meal instead. The farmer who works overtime and the con sumer who economizes are fighting the submarine with a positive and sure weapon." If peace should come, Mr. Hoover continued, large numbers of ships would be released and European wheat production increased. If cli matic conditions next year are right, he estimated a wheat crop in this country of 1,000,000,000 bushels. For this the food control law guar antees a minimum price of $2 a bushel. "If the war continues this wheat will be vitally necessary," Mr. Hoover said, "but if the war should come to an end there will be no foreign mar ket for at least 400,000,000 bushels. The government must then take over the wheat and probably find a market for it at a very great loss. We should anticipate that the govern ment may lose from $300,000,000 to $500,000,000 on this wheat guaranty G JIT TO ira liillll CITIES TO ESTABUSH WOOD YARDS vest is marketed." A Kaep-a-Pig Movement Turning to the meat situation, the Uoon receipt of application, . and the same is acted upon favorably, an if peace arrives before the 1 118 har- authority as a first class private skilled laborer, and with this author ity the applicant may be enlisted in tfte quartermaster enlisted reserve by the nearest regular army recruit ing officer.- When enlisted he will hold himself in readiness for a call to active duty, and when called will receive orders showing where to re port and transportation from his home address to the station ordered. Millions of women and children in Europe our allies can be saved ft Wnfoninlnfad tn rafaA ani4 from bitter huntrlr if you will eat will be approximately six additional riKM ?f each Inerementa'-of 600,000 men each ai- .:,,S,v thorised, which would be called as 1 needed. Largo Sorpiue( of Cera. Buckwheat and Potatoes Poaabtoa Made Patriotic Speech Saturday . .at Sport Alleghany, county,, the little,, spot up in the Blue Ridge, orphaned, and cut off1 from her big brothers and sis ters because of the mountain barrier, without a railroad or improved high ways, has demonstrated that she is yet a "live one." Despite the unfavorable seasons and other conditions her farmers have piled up enormous surplus quan tities of corn, buckwheat, Irish pota toes, beans, cabbage and turnips as a contribution to the nation's need of foodstuff. And this with little pros pect of getting the full benefit of pre vailing high prices, because of lack of market and transportation facili ties. It might be noted also that her full quota of fifty men are now in train ing camps, besides numerous volun teer in various branches of the ser vice five alone being in one avia tion camp. Not a "slacker" has been found in the county, and only one man returned from camp on account of physical defects, and he pleaded to be retained. She has subscribed her full quota of the second Liberty Loan, and Sat urday afternoon, under auspices of the women's committee of national defense, a largely attended patriotic rally was held in the courthouse at Sparta. K. A. Doughton presided over the meeting and spoke feelingly of its purpose. Congressman R. L. Doughton made the principal address, and though called upon unexpectedly, he has probably never delivered a speech that evinced a more thorough study or. stxonger personal interest in bis subject . . ""' . Mr. Doughton opened his remarks by . telling of the preponderance of sentiment in the United States in fa vor of peace prior to the events that transpired calling for a declaration that a state of war existed between this country and Gemany; of the doubt as to the expediency of enter ing the war in the minds of many, until the time when the curtain was lifted showing the duplicity of the German government in her diplo matic relations with this government her unholy disregard for all interna tional law and treaties, her inhuman butchery " of non-combatants and ruthless destruction of neutral prop erty, while her highest representative in this country, Bernstorff, and his horde of spies were secretly trying to create disturbance and destruction throughout the length and breadth of the land. He spoke of the great ef fort that had been made to honor ably adjust the differences with Ger many, and the American spirit that finally blaied forth when the long list of dastardly deeds were compiled, showing that Germany had had but one purpose in her overtures to re main friendly with the United States, and that was to gain time in which to strengthen her plans for plunder ing the nation and dominating the world. These things, he said, when they had been "officially revealed, left no other alternative in the minds of true Americans, and thus the United States had entered the war that lib erty and freedom might live, and that the country might be made safe from future attacks from Prussian sources. This, he proclaimed, is why "we must cheerfully furnish the money required by our government, that our soldiers may be properly equipped, and fed: that their efforts might be crowned with victory With much feeling Mr. Doughton closed his address, saying in sub stance that "we are fighting a neces sary war, and it must be won, that Urging' .the cities and towns t to establish municipal wood yards, Stat Fuel Administrator , A. W. MeAUster of Greensboro, has. sent The Newa the following statement: "While the President and Mr. Gar- field are solving the coal supply prob lem, which they are going to do, oven if they have to take over the coal mines . and operate- them, the cities and towns of North Carolina can in duce the. demand for coal and can materially reduce the price of wood to the consumer fay going into ,the wood business. I have taken counsel with some of the safest, most thought ful and best business men in North Carolina, and they all agree that the plan is not only practical, but high ly desirable. There is an abundance of wood in North Carolina, and there will never be a time when the larg est use of this abundance can be made so advantageously as now. The plan ia as follows: . "Let each municipality (1) bay . wood by wholesale in large quanta ties for delivery by wagon or rail . road at a municipal wood yard," -' which should be located on a railroad' siding if wood is to be shipped by rail; (2) equip the yard with power; . saws, etc., utilizing - such available equipment as the municipality al ready has; (3) use convict labor, workhouse labor or street force to da the work; (4) use the municipal teams for delivery of wood to con sumer, cut ready for consumption, at actual cost; (6) put somebody in charge of the work who is capable . of doing it successfully; (6) do not use coal cars for shipping in your supply of wood; (7) if wood cannot be bought in sufficient quantities to supply the municipal yard, contract with land owners' for the privilege of eattfng; the -wood undev iorest con- . servatio)l: restrictions and direct tha cutting of the wood with your, own labor; (8) encourage consumers -o substitute sheet iron wood stoves for their coal burners, as the saving in price will more than pay for the outlay. "In many sections of the state last year wood ready for burning' cost,. the consumer from seven to eight dol lars a cord, and the retail market this winter will probably be higher than it was last The furnishing of wood at cost by the municipality will work no hardship upon' the re tail wood dealer, for the demand will be such that he can sell all he can " supply at a reasonable profit, and. if he undertakes to make an unreason able profit he cannot complain if mu nicipal competition interferes with it. There is no time to be lost Let no time be wasted on the constitu tionality or legality of this proposi tion. We have taken legal advice to the effect that this work can prop erly be done by municipalities and we are satisfied that no court is like ly to interfere with the program of emergency relief which will not only help win the war, but which will pre vent suffering this winter on the part of those who can ill afford to buy wood at any price, and supply the public with a necessity at prices that will not be burdensome. "Let not any municipality treat this suggestion lightly, deeming it un necessary. The facts of the fuel sit uation speak for themselves as to the seriousness of it, and we deceive ourselves if we do not look them squarely in the face. The city or town that is wise and forehanded will, without delay, make itself, as far as possible, independent of coal by going into the wood business; and before the winter is over the people will rise up and call the officials of that city or town blessed." administrator said, pork products our nation may be preserved, and Try a Nowa Want Ad for Resalts were more vitally needed by the al lies than beef, and, therefore, it would be to the vital advantage of every farmer to raise hogs, adding: "We need a keep-a-pig movement in this country." By preventing undue increases in forage prices Mr. Hoover promised that the food administration would co-operate In measures to stimulate livestock production. He said fur ther production of sheep, both for meat and particularly for wool, ex tensively used- for uniforms, was needed. ,i , "Our American farmers," he add- with the spirit that is psmg-roMii: tested all over the land, and with God's help we will win it" The meeting was interspersed with patriotic music, and was concluded with a brief explanation by Mrs. W. L. Cooper, chairman of the women's committee, of the registration of women and signing of food pledges. ed, "would be wise to realize that for a considerable period after the war there will be a very poor export mar ket for American grains,- whereas there will be a wide demand for an imal products." VACCINE SENT TO STAUL CONTAINED TETANUS GERMS Health officers of St Paul, Minn., have been asked by manufacturers... of vaccine sent there for use in vac cinating against smallpox to return it, as in certain instance it had been found to contain tetanus germs. The vaccine was accordingly shipped to Washington, where it. will be ana lyzed. How the supposed tetanus germs got in the vaccine is unexplained. What you save from what you serve will help turn tha scale against kaiserism. Think of this when you'. sit down to eat ; ... --r 1" ;
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