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VOL. XXXIX.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, MAY 9, 1917.
NO. 40.
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OPERATION OF
NEW DRAFT LAW
Official Instructions Concerning
the Raising of Military Forces
Determined On.
POLLING PLACES TO BE USED
Ail Persons Within the Age Limits
Prescribed by the Law Must Pre
sent Themselves There Gover
nors of States at Head of
Registration Work.
Wasl ington. With the object of
ing publicity to the work of
, o the military forces called for
ande
: rcny draft law the war de-
nartment has
issued the following iu-
structioiis
work :
winch will govern the
r
There was a time in the coun- jf
try's history when military ij.
enumerators, backed by bayo-
nets, went out among the people
tc take a compulsory service
census. Today, under the prin
ciple of universal liability to
service, the execution of the
law is put into the hands of the
people.
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The approval of the new national
army bill and the president's proclama
tion thereunder have been coincident.
All persons within the age limits pre
- bed are required to present them
selves for registration at the customary
voting places in the voting precincts
in which they have their permanent
homes, on a day which the president
will announce.
The governor of each state is the
chief of registration therein. The ma
chinery of registration in each county
is in charge of the sheriff, the county
clerk, and the county physician, act
ing ex officio, unless a different board
shall be announced by the governor. In
cities containing populations of more
than 30.000, the registration will be
nnder the control of the mayor and se
lected boards of registration. In order
that the obsignated county and city
officials, and the people generally, can
get a clear understanding of the cen
sus methods the following brief out
line is given :
The sheriffs, or other designated offi
cials, immediately upon receiving no
tice from the governor, shall appoint
registrars for each voting precinct.
Apportionment of Registrars.
The proportion of registrars shall be
one for each 170 persons to be regis
Each age to be registered will
comprise about 1 per cent of the popu
lation. If. for instance, all men between
nineteen and twenty-five years of age.
inclusive, are to be registered, the reg
istrar would have to enroll about 7
per cent of the precinct population.
It is desirable to accept the services
of competent volunteer registrars to
serve without compensation. All reg
istrars must be sworn.
The voting place in each precinct
must he prepared for registration. Full
printed instructions covering every de
tail of registration will be in the hands
of sheriffs and mayors on the fifth day
after the president's proclamation.
Cities of Over 30,000 Population.
The mayor of a city containing more
than 30,000 inhabitants, or the officials
designated by the governor therein,
shall, with approval of the governor,
appoint for each ward or convenient
"inor subdivision containing about 30.
000 people one registration board, and
shall designate one officer of each
board to perform duties similar to
fhose imposed on the sheriff, as here
tofore outlined. If the mayor desires,
he may appoint a central board to co
ordinate the work of minor boards.
Duties of County Clerks, and of
Clerks of Cities of Over 30,000
People,
On the fifth day after the president
has issued his proclamation, clerks of
counties and cities of over 30,000 must
secure a supply of blanks and copies
f the registration regulations from
we sheriff or from the mayor. Absen
and the sick will apply to such
r- erks to have their registration cards
ed out. In no case shall such per
sons be given registration certificates.
- hey are t0 he instructed by tne clerk
the burden is on them to see to It
hat the cards reach the registrars of
dav'r kme Precincts by registration
Absentees and the Sick.
Persons absent from their home
aunties may be registered by mail. If
sent, a man should go to the clerk
the county where he may be staying,
i the sixth day after the date of the
R esident's proclamation. If he is in a
y of over 30,000 population, the city
is the official to whom to apply.
Jje absentee will be told how-to reg
er, but he must mail his card in
Qonda reaCh WS precinct byegistra-
'""n too sick to present them
es for registration must send a
Petent person to the county or city
n the sixth day after the is
RiHg.01 the proclamation. The clerk
Coii'V( lnstruetions for registration.
ges' Universities, Homes and Oth-
an.i of educational, charitable
h, ,? institutiona should apply for
t0, the county or cIty clerk
e Slxth day after the date of the
Dl'nHflmnHnr, e i
wlM instructions as to a
convenient method of registration.
ihe wardens of jails, penitentiaries,
and reformatories should apply to the
county or city clerk for instructions on
the sixth day
Five days after the date of the pres
ident's proclamation complete regula
tions will be in the hands of all sheriffs
and of the officials of cities of over
30,000 population.
The president is authorized to call
upon all public officers to assist in the
execution of the law. The plan is,
however, to rely on the people for the
proper execution of the law. It is ex
pected that patriotic citizens will offer
their services free as registrars. Such
services will be gratefully acknowl
edged. Volunteers for this service
should communicate immediately with
the proper official.
BANKS ASKED TO CO-OPERATE
Secretary Authorizes Financial Insti
tutions to Receive Subscriptions
for the Bond Offerings.
Washington Secretary McAdoo tele
graphed the entire list of 27,513 nation
al and state banks and trust companies
in the United States, authorizing them
to receive subscriptions for the $2,000,
000.000 bond offering, enlisting their
co-operation, and requesting them to
telegraph a rough estimate of the
amount of bonds each would take for
itself and its patrons.
"You can render an invaluable serv
ice to your country," Mr. McAdoo told
the banks, "by receiving subscriptions
and co-operating with the federal re
serve bank in your district."
Loan Subscriptions Pour In.
To all clearing house associations in
the country Mr. McAdoo sent a tele
gram in which he said :
"The amount of the initial loan has
been determined by the needs of the
government and not arbitrarilv. The
enthusiastic and patriotic co-operation
of the banks and bankers of the coun
try will guarantee the success of the
undertaking."
The result of the first announcement
of the loan has been a deluge of sub
scriptions, aggregating many millions.
Most of these came in by wire to the
treasury. Virtually every large city
and every state in the Union was rep
resented. Lend $100,000,000 to Italy.
Negotiations continued today with
representatives of the nations to
which the United States is extending
credit. Count di Cellere the Italian
ambassador, received the full amount
of the first $100,000,000 loan made by
this government to Italy.
Subscriptions to the second offering
of treasury certificates were received
during the day by the federal reserve
banks. Indications are that the secre
tary will call for the proceeds within
a week, possibly a few days.
The $100,000,000 loan to France will
be turned over to Ambassador Jusser
and, in whole or part, within a day or
so.
HJIAV nCMTCD IM m A C LI ! M PTfi M i
MAY CENTER IN WASHINGTON ,
Probability That One Committee Will
Purchase All Supplies Needed by
the Allied Countries.
Washington. Creation of a central
purchasing committee in Washington
for all supplies bought in the United
States for the allied governments was
forecast here by Sir Hardman Lever,
financial expert of the -British war
mission. The committee will supplant
J. P. Morgan & Co.
Discussing the world financial situa
tion, the British expert expressed the
opinion that Germany will be practical
ly bankrupt in the credit markets
after the war.
"Our enemies," he said, "for all their
boasted efficiency, have never had the
courage to face their financial prob
lems, with the result that when the
war Is over they will be hard put to
it."
The Teutonic governments having
pyramided one internal loan upon an
other, he explained, their interest
charges would be so great that he be
lieved they would either have to repu
diate a large part of their debt or face
inability to buy the enormous quanti
ties of material they would need for
reconstruction.
The allies, he added, had paid their
way in the war "by the straightfor
ward and natural means, by pouring
out their gold, by selling enormous
masses of American securities, by rais
ing loans." As a result, he predicted
that the end of the war would find the
allies in good shape financially, despite
their enormous permanent debts.
Agree on Paying Men in Training.
Washington Conferees on the army
bill agreed on a provision to pay $100
a mouth to men in training camps
seeking to qualify as members of the
officers' reserve corps.
Althnneh the full allotted quota of
40 000 men probably will be enrolled in
the officers' training camps when they
open May 15, there still is "plenty of
;oom foi- men of the ngni yunuuco,
the war department announced.
In a statement saying that each of
the- sixteen camps seemed assured of
its 'full allotment of 2,500 applicants
for commissions, the department: ap
pealed for further recruits among men
of proved ability.
Chicago to Furnish Chasers.
Chicago. This city is now mobil
izing its naval resources. Acting under
orders from the navy department
CaDt W A. Moffett, commandant of
the Great Lakes naval training station
began rounding up hundreds of small
power boats preparatory to equipping
fhem as submarine chasers. Captain
Moffett expects to rush them to the
seaboard" as rapidly as possible.
RUSSIAN TROUBLE
IS SAFELY PASSED
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN WORK.
MEN'S COUNCIL AND GOVERN
MENT SETTLED.
PREPARE NEW DECISION
Government's Foreign Policy Explain
ed in Definite Terms and Is Accept
ted by Soldiers' and Workingmen's
Delegates.
Petrograd, via London. The contro
versy between the Council of Work
men's and Soldiers' Delegates and the
Provisional Government that for a
short time had threatened such serious
consequences in which, in fact, the
fate of the nation and possibly of the
war were involved has been settled.
Prince Tseretelli, speaking before a
tremendous assemblage of soldiers and
workmen, declared that the govern
ment had prepared a new declaration
concerning its foreign policy, which
was in definite language and corre
sponded to the proclamation of April
9 and embodied the views of the pro
letariat. When the speaker declared that the
temporary government had acquitted
itself of the charge brought against it
by explaining in concise terms what
it meant by the vague form of yester
day's declaration, a great cheer arose
from the assembly and lasted for sev-
eraJ minutes. It apparently voiced
the relief which all present felt at the
solution of the utmost serious diffi
;ulty which had confronted, the country
since the revolution
Prince Tsertelli then read the new
declaration sent the council by the
government, and explained that the
trouble was over and that the provi
sional government would remain in
power. Democracy, he announced
amid continued cheering, had won a
great victory.
GOLDEN FLOOD POURS IN
FOR "LIBERTY LOAN OF 1917."
; Small Investor Not Yet Been Heard
From. Payments on Easy Terms.
Washington. The golden flood of
! subscriptions to the "liberty loan" con
i tines to sweep in upon the Treasury
i without abatement. Officials estimat
! ed that since the books were opened
.for subscription money had poured in
I at the rate of $7,208,260 per hour and
j the first three days business showed a
I total of about $500,000,000 or one-tenth
of the total.
Thus far only the banks and weal-
thy individuals have been heard from.
The BmaU investors voice has not
been heard, except indirectly. Offi
cials believe that a great army of men
: of moderate means are willing and
' anxious to invest in the bonds, and to
I this end a program is under considera
tion which will enable virtually every
one in the country with only a small
amount to spare to buy at least one
bond.
"It is intended to- make the bonds
of such denominations," Secretary
McAdoo announced, "and the pay
ments on such easy terms as will give
every inhabitant of the land the op
portunity to help. Announcement as
to the denominations and payments
will be made in a few days."
Consideration of this and other de
tails indicates that small investors
will be permitted, in some manner
yet to be formulated, to pay for bonds
by installments lasting over a consid
erable period of time. In this, Treas
ury officials have the support of many
banks, some of which have offered to
accept payments as small as $5 a
months. Department stores and other
agencies also have offered to co-operate
on this plan.
MORE ENROLL 1
CAN BE
HAN
ACCOMMODATED.
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Tabulation of
the enrollment for the reserve offi
cers' training camp here indicated that
thirty-eight more Tennesseans and
Carolinians have qualified for admis
misions than the camp can accommo
date. GREAT BRITAIN SECONDS
FRANCE'S REQUEST TO SEND MEN
Washington. Great Britain formal
ly joined France in expressing the
hope that an American expeditionary
force would soon take its place on
the western front in Europe. Foreign
Secretary Balfour told the Council of
National Defense that the British
would be overjoyed to welcome an
American force in France, and that
its early dispatch would have an enor
mous psychological effect, both on the
Allies and their enemies.
FOR CO-OPERATION WITH
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
Washington. Administrative offi
cials of 180 leading institutions of
teaming in the United States con
ferred with a committee of the Advis
ory Defense Commission and arranged
machinery for co-operation with the
Government during the war. Secre
tary Baker addressed the conference,
pointing out that important defense
work can be done by the schools of
the country, and the educators adopt
er! resolutions for active rjrrive.
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PLANS FOR NEW
ARMY COMPLETED!
NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA ;
AND TENNESSEE IN
DIVISION.
SIXTH
FORM EIGHTEEN DIVISIONS
Each Will Be Complete In Every Arm
of Service. All Details For Raising
New Army Completed By the War
Department
Washington. The full strength of
the first war army organized under
the selective draft bill will be 18,538
officers and 528,659 enlisted men, mak
ing up eighteen war strength divis
ions complete in every arm and sup
plemented by sixteen regiments of
heavy field artillery equipped with
large caliber howitzers.
Virtually every detail of plans for
raising, training, equipping and or
ganizing this force has been acrefully
worked out by the War Department,
and the selection ot the men will be
gin as soon as the draft measure be
comes law. Conferees of the Senate
and House hope to agree upon disput
ed features at once so as to send the
bill to the President for his signature
early this week.
A revised list of officers' training
camp districts Issued by the Depart
ment indicate that the divisions of
the first half million new fighting
men will be formed as follows:
First division Troops from all New
England States.
Second New York Congressional
districts one to twenty-sixth, (includ
ing Long Island and New York City.)
Third Remainder of New York
State and Pennsylvania Congression
al districts 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 21, 25
! and 28.
Fourth Remainder of Pennylva
i nift Staff inrlndina- PhilnrlfOnhin nnrl
Pittsburgh.
Fifth New Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia and the District of
Columbia.
The Carolinas.
Sixth North and South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Eighth Ohio and West Virginia.
Ninth Indiana and Kentucky.
Tenth Illinois.
Eleventh Michigan and Wiscon
sin. Twelfth Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Thirteenth Minnesota, Oklahoma,
North and South Dakota and Nebras
ka. Fourteenth Missouri, Kansas and
Colorado.
Fifteenth Oklahoma and Texas.
Sixteenth Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon, California, Nevada,
Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and New
Mexico.
In addition, there will be two sep
arate cavalry divisions which prob
ably will be situated in the Southwest,
near the Mexican border.
Strength of Division.
Eaoh infantry division will consist
of nine full regiments of infantry,
three regiments of field artillery, one
regiment of cavalry, one regiment of
engineers, one division hospital and
four camp infirmaries. The total
strength of the sixteen will be 15,022
officers and 439,792 men.
The two cavalry livisions combined
will have 1,214 officers and 32,062
fighting men, including mounted en
gineers and horse trtillery units and
each will have also its divisional hos
pital and camp in'irmaries.
The proportion of coast artillery
troops to be provided out of the 500,
000 will be 666 officers and 20,000
men, with requisite medical troops.
Supplementing these tatical units
will be the sixteenth regiments of
heavy field artillevy, strength 768 of
ficers and 21,140 men; eight aero
squadrons, or one new squadron to
each new infantry division; eight bal
loon companies, ten field hospitals,
ten ambulance companies; twenty-one
field bakeries; sic telephone battal
ions, sixteen pack companies, six am
munition trains a,nd six supply trains.
In preparation for the enormous
task of training this great army, the
existing regular establishments and
the National Guard is being brought
to full war strength. The regulars,
when all five additional increments
provided for in the National defense
act have been added, will total 11,233
officers and 293,000 men of all arms.
Upon the President's approval ol
the army bill, the first increment will
be added to the regulars. As soon as
possible thereafter, the remaining in
crements will be created, existing reg
iments being divided and expanded
to form the new units.
FOUR DROWNED IN
FRENCH BROAD RIVER
Asheville. J- W. Sellars, of Cow
pens, S. C, in charge of the boys'
home and farm, onnected with Dor
land Institute, at Hot Springs, N. C,
Miss Laura DavlM, matron, of Stur
gis, Ky.; Miss Feien Wilcox, of Lans
ing, Mich-, teacher, and Edgar Nichols,
of Schoolfield, Va , a student wer
drowned in the French Broad River
two miles west of Hot Springs about
midnight when their boat filled with
water and sank.
NATIONAL SERVICE
RESERVE APPROVED
S TO BE COMPOSED OF MEN NOT
SUBJECT TO DRAFT AND OF
WOMEN.
j AVAILABLE FOR ANY SERVICE
Would Perform Military or Civic Ser
vice Not Perfftrmed By the Enlisted
Men. Will Maintain Headquarters
at Washington.
Washington. Plans for a great Na
tional service, made up of men not
subject to draft into the army, and
of women, already approved by the
War Department, were submitted to
the Council of National Defense at a
conference of the council with State
Governors and representatives of state
defense councils.
Members of the reserve would be
available for any service they could
perform for the Government.
The plans were presented by George
Wharton Pepper, a representative of
the Pennsylvania State Dtfense Coun
cil and chairman of a National Com
mittee of Patriotic and Defense So
cieties. The reserve would be headed by a
board of nine Nationally known men,
which would operate through a Na
tional committee of members from all
the states. Under the National com
mittee there would be state and dis
trict committees, and in Washington
a permanent headqua ters committee
would sit to carry on administrative
work.
Membership on the board of nine
I has been tentatively ccepted, it was
I stated, by former President Taft, Ma
! jor General George W. Goethals and
! Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary
I of War.
The purposes of the organization as
outlined to the Defense Council would
I be to furnish any military or civic
I service which could not be perform
ed by enlisted men, to aid in recruit
ing, to work under any private em
ployer engaged on Government con1
tracts, or on farms, and to supply the
Army and Navy. When not In ac
tive service, reesrve members could
aid in home defense. They would be
given compensation for the time spent
in Government service.
ADMINISTRATION SEEKS
CONTROL OF FOOD SUPPLY.
Lever Introduces Sweeping Measure
in House.
Washington. Absolute authority to
regulate, in its discretion, the pro
duction, distribution and prices of
food and other necessities during the
war was asked of Congress by the
Administration.
In a sweeping bill introduced with
Administration approval by Chairman
Lever, of the House Agriculture Com
mittee, it is proposed to empower the
President under the war clause of
the Constitution, to take these meas
ures wherever in his opinion the Na
tional emergency shall require:
The maximum and minimum prices
for food, clothing, fuel and other ne
cessities and the articles required for
their production;
To prescribe regulations to govern
the production of these commodities,
and, if necessary, to requisition the
producing factories, mines or other
establishments ;
To compel holders of necessities to
release them in amounts insuring
equitable distribution ;
To regulate exchanges in such a
way as to eliminate market manipu
lation; To compel railroads to give prefer
ence to the movement of necessities;
To levey such importation duties as
he finds necessary to prevent exces
sive "dumping" of foreign products;
and
To impose limitations or prohibi
tion upon the use of grain in the
manufacture of liquor.
In addition, the Secretary of Agri
culture would be empowered to es
tablish standard food grades, to li
cense and control the manufacture,
storage and distribution of foods.
In a statement just issued Mr. Lever
declared there was nothing in the
measure to disturb legitimate busi
ness activities because "it is hoped
that the mere conferring of the more
extreme new powers will be suf
ficient without its becoming necessary
to exercise them." It is known that
officials of the executive branches of
the Government hold the same view,
believing tsat with such effective
weapons in their possession they will
encounter no difficulty in lining up
on the side of the public interest
without legal action all recalcitrant
private agenda i.
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED
GOING TO OGLETHROPE.
Fort Oglethrope, Ga. Seven hun
dred and eighty-one men had been
accepted for admission to the reserve
officers training camp, and will bs
notified next week when to report
The camp will open May 14 and en
trance examinations in Tennessee
and the Carolinas close next Monday.
More than two hundred Chattanooga
men have been entrolled. Greens
boro, N. C, is next with 128 to date.
EMERGE
1
DILL PASSED HOUSE
NEW RECORD IS SET FOR QUICK
ACTION ON THREE BILLION
DOLLAR APPROPRIATION.
COMPLETE DEBATE IN ONE DAY
No Opposition is Voiced Throughout
the Discussion. Most cf Money is
For Army. Enlisted Men Will Re
ceive $30 Per Month.
Washington. The House set a re
cord for quick action on major appro
priations, completing debate at a
single brief session on an omnibus
emergency war bill carrying nearly
$3,000,000,000. It was passed with
only a few votes against it. No oppo
sition was voiced during the discus
sion and the only important change
made was in the adoption of an amend
ment doubling the pay of enlisted men
in the Army.
Out of a total of $2,827,653,653
carried by the bill, $2,320,591,907 is
for the military establishment. For
the Navy $503,399,673 is provided and
the remainder goes to other depart
ments for miscellaneous purposes, in
cluding extraordinary expenses due
to the war.
The military appropriation which is
in addition to the regular annual
Army and fortification bills and the
$3,000,000,000 proposed as an initial
appropriation for the new war army,
includes items of $231,000,000 foi
clothing and camp and garrison equip
page $130,000,000 for ordnance stores;
$39,000,000 for automatic machine
guns; $3,750,000 for civilian training
camps; $609,000,000 for coast and in.
sular fortifications, and $4,320,000 for
fortifying the Panama Canal.
More than $125,000,000 was added
by the amendment increasing the pay
of enlisted men from $15 to $30 a
month, a proposal already accepted
by both Senate and House as part oi
the army draft bill, but transferred
to the appropriation measure to facil
itate final enactment.
In the aggregate of more than a
half billion carried for the Navy, are
included items of $11,000,000 for avia
tion; $7,778,000 for outfits for newly
enlisted men; $200,000,000 for the ord
nance bureau, including $60,000,000 for
ship ammunition; $3,000,000 for medi
cal stores and supplies, and more than
$25,000,000 for the marine corps, In
cluding $7,343,000 for the military
stores of that branch of the service.
VENUSTIANO CARRANZA
TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
Mexico City- Venustiano Carranza
took the oath of office as the first Con- :
etitutional president of Mexico since
tne assassination off Francisco Ma
dero, on February 23, 1913. Backed by
a majority of nearly 800,000 . votes,
given him by the Mexican people at
the March election, President Carran
za drove from the national palace to
the chamber of deputies and swore to
uphold the new constitution.
President Carranza left the presi
dential gate at the palace at 5 o'clock
in an open carriage, drawn by a mag
nificent team of boys. Seated beside
him was General Obregon, minister of
war In the provisional cabinet, and
the man who, more than any other,
is credited wtih enabling the presi
dent to weather the storms of the
last four years. The carriage was
escorted by the survivors of the sign
ers of the Plan of Guadelupe, which
formed the basic of the revolutionary
scheme.
Germany to Offer Peace.
The Tague, May 1 Via Lon
don. Dr. von Bethmann-Holl,
weg, the German Imperial Chan
cellor, will make another peace
offer in the Reiohstag on Thurs
day of this week, according to
an announcement made today
by The Berliner Tageblatt.
UNITED STATES IS READY TO
SEND SOLDIERS TO FRANCE.
Washington. The United States
stands ready to send an army to
Europe whenever the Allies deem it
wise to divert the necessary shipping
from transporting food to transporting
men.
It became known definitely that the
Government has offered the Allies
troops, but has suggested that the
alarming shortage of world shipping
may make it impracticable to send
them at once.
BERLIN SAYS PLAN FOR
HOLIDAY STRIKE FAILED.
Belin, via London. Efforts of the
radical Socialists to celebrate May day
by a holiday in the munition factories
failed. No cessation of work is re
ported. In announcing the failure of
the plans to create holiday strikes
the Berlin authorities have offered a
reward of 3,000 marks for the prose
cution of "agitators in enemy service
who are trying to start dissension,
especially in the labor ranks, in Germany."
SOUTH MUST RAISE
OWN FOOD CROPS
SECRETARY LUCAS RETURNS
FROM CONFERENCE AND
TELLS OF ACTION.
DEPARTMENTS TO CO-OPERATE
Labor and Tin Can Situation Are Prob
lems Being Given Serious Consid
eration by Commission.
Raleigh. More than ever convinced
of the absolute necessity of the
South's raising its own food and feed
stuffs this year, John Paul Lucas, ex
ecutive secretary of the State Food
Conservation Commission, has return
ed to his office after attending the
conference held at Washington at the
instance of the Federal Trade Com
mission for the consideration of the
production, transportation and distri
bution of food and feed products. In
formation brought out at that con
ference will be used not only by the
Federal Trade Commission itself, but
will be passed on to the Department
of Agriculture and the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Acording to Mr.
Lucas all departments and commis
sions at Washington are co-operating
as never before in securing prompt
action in matters especially that have
any bearing upon the proper conduct
of the war and the production of
foodstuffs is recognized as one of the
very important factors in the war sit
uation. "One of the country's greatest handi
caps at present is its lack of adequate
transportation facilities," stated Mr.
Lucas. "This was strikingly manifest
in our conference. It was the concen
sus of opinion that the present prices
of wheat and flour and some other
products are due as much to inade
quate transportation facilities as to
crop shortage. The South will not
only save itself from hunger and suf
fering by raising its own food and
feed stuffs this year, but it will to a
considerable extent relieve the rail
road situation by releasing for other
purposes the tens of thousands of cars
that have heretofore been necessary to
bring us the $700,000,000 of food and
feed products that we have bought
from the West.
"Other states are taking the same
steps we are to meet the situation,
with variations of course. Many states
have considerable legislative appro
priations with which to carry on the
work and the best talent everywhere
is being utilized in the campaign.
Sterenuous work is being done in the
great grain states because the nation
is expecting from that source to feed
its armies and navy and the armies
and civilian population of its allies.'
The South and New England are ex
pected to feed themselves and release
for military purposes the surplus that
the West will be able to raise.
"The problems to be solved, in the
unanimous opinion of our conference,
relate not only to as largely increased
acreage as possible, but also to labor,
transportation and the tin can situa
tion, which is very serious. All of
these matters are being considered
and handled by the proper authorities
and radical steps, if necessary, will
be taken in applying remedies."
Discharge 500 Guardsmen.
Raliegh. Full five hundred men. It
Is estimated, will have been discharg
ed from the National Guard service
In North Carolina when the last of the
discharges are issued. Practically all
of these are on the basis of the pro
vision for discharge of men with de
pendent families. This represents
more than fifteen per cent of the en
tire guard.
Although this condition was suffi
cient to warant a discharge, if asked
for, while the National Guard was in
mobilization quarters at Camp Glenn
last summer, the discharge was purely
optional with the men having depend
ents., Now such discnarges are man
datory. These discharges leave still further
gaps in the personnel of the National
Guard, which must be filled by volun
teers or drafted men.
Greensboro Invitations Out.
Greensboro. Greensboro College
for Women announces a splendid com
mencement program, with Governor
Bickett and Bishop Kilgo as the prin
cipal speaker and preacher, respect
ively. Invitations are being mailed
this week to friends of the college
and graduating class. President Tur
rentine feels elated over his success
in securing such splendid speakers for
the baccalaureate sermon and literary
address. The commencement will
open Saturday evening, May 19, at
8:30 o'clock.
Bank Loans to Canning Clubs.
New Bern. A local bank has noti
fied the home demonstration agent
for Craven county that his institution
will extend loans to all members of
county canning clubs, the money to
be used to purchase cans for canning
the surplus vegetables grown on the
farms. The loans will be made on
promissory note, without indorsement.
This work was inaugurated in the
county only two weeks ago, but there
are already more than sixty enthus
iastic members.