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THE CHATHAM RECORD Chatham ttr& THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 6, 1917. NO. 44. IMPORTANT NEWS It THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days An Given. THE NEWS jFTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Domestic Twenty-one known deaths, more than one hundred injured and unes timated property damage resulted from a series of tornadoes that swept sev eral towns and sections of southeast ern Kansas, north central Oklahoma and southern Missouri. Cor.' acts for 3,450,000 pairs of shoes for th( army and navy have been let through the National Defense Council. Delivery is to be completed within eight months, and the average price per pair will be $4.85. The army will get 2,600,000 pairs of the shoes and the navy S50.000. The construction of forty new build ings at Fort McPherson, Ga., near At lanta is expected to start in the very near future for the purpose of accom modating approximately one thousand additional interned German sailors who are to be sent there. Rush Strong, who killed Sam B. Lut trell, Jr., claiming that Luttrell had -til and assaulted Mrs. Strong, was found guilty of voluntary man r at Knoxville, Tenn., and will be sentenced to the penitentiary. News from Washington is to the effect that individual automobile own ers will be taxed from $7.50 to $25. It is understood that this does not apply to trucks, but to automobiles for pleasure and joy rides. C Theodore Roosevelt, in an ad dress delivered at Mineola, N. Y., ad vised wealthy citizens of the country not to use labor to beautify their es tates irftiie the country is at war. Probably the largest liquor raid since Virginia went dry was made in Richmond, when the police seized about five hundred or more quarts of whiskey in a leading hotel. Prisoners at the Maryland peniten tiary are buying Liberty Loan bonds. One man spent $250 of the $278 ac cumulated to his credit for good be havior. It is reported that a former West Virginia train robber now in the pen itentiary has subscribed all but a few dollars of his savings to Liberty Loan bonds. A tornado twisted into Mineral Point, Mo., a village of about three hundred inhabitants, killed four per sons and injured thirty, demolished the town with the exception of the ol house and then moved south Eye, where Fred Harper, a far:. was killed by flying debris. A movement to change the name of Berlin, Wis., is expected to assume definite form, when steps are to be taken to place the question before the voters in the near future. The Indian nam- "Mascoutin" is said to be favor ed by many. The harvest of Oklahoma's wheat crop has begun in Carter county in that state. wheat crop of Oklahoma this year is normal between twenty-five million and thirty million bushels. Three negroes were shot, one prob ably fatally, and three white men wounded when the race riots broke out afresh in East St. Louis, 111. One of the negroes was on his way to work when he was accosted by a white man, who demanded to know his desti nation. The negro refusing to an swer, the white man shot him. A crowd quickly gathered, but was dis persed by the police. New York dispatches report that Russia has placed an order for 500 locomotives to cost approximately 125,000.000. Contracts have not yet been signed. "Work of selecting the men who will com; os e the national army from those who register on June 5 will probably oegm immediately after registration day. The actual notification of selec tion will not be made until after six ty days. Washington Exemption of "popular price" mov ing: picture shows has been practically a?reed upon by the ways and means committees of both houses of con ? "Popular prices." it is under stood, means 10 and 15 cents. -' iss Rankin, congressman from ana, "fathered" an amendment to " " the department of agriculture 0 use vomen in the food survey work b rever practicable. 11 s probable that all persons em PIoy 1 in the food survey will be sub J"e:. to military duty as soon as the survey is completed. Secretary of the Department of Ag leulture Houston says his department pects to present a fairly accurate estimate of the food resources of the country early in June. bin admini'stration's 'ood survey first of the food control meas passed by the house with rd vote. It appropriates for an immediate investi and i1 ; f the country's food resources tio . asures to stimulate produc- similar bill is under debate "-J senate lif survey bill originally car- ' opriation of eighteen mil- ed h i -5S' but tne committee reduc- CU " Slightly TV, the ei 'j hi rePrts a riot over era! . f3raft Proposition. Sev- v r&ons were more or less hurt, erttn S ?sponse to the call of lib- hoiH th S!rUggle f the world wil1 hold the attention of all mankind. That is what President Wilson said in his Memorial day address at Ar lington National cemetery President Wilson in his memorial day address said he did not pity the men m whose honor the cermonies were being held, but rather envied them. He said that the time has once more come for America to serve mankind. w resid.io (Texas) dispatch says that Francisco Villa, who has been killed captured and wounded more times than anybody now alive, holds a border and opposite an American town and again United States troops are patrolling the border while Villa cavalrymen are operating on the southern bank of the Rio Grande. Villa swooped down on Ojinaga, Mexico, where only a handful of sol diers were stationed, and took the town. Sixteen Mexicans were killed, and the rest escaped over the border, together with the women and chil dren, carrying babies and bundles. Dispatches from Stockholm, Swe den, say German and Austrian Social ists, in the world-wide Socialistic con ference, declare they will oppose an nexations and indemnities and restric tion of mechanical means which may be employed in maritime and air war fare. The Italian war mission will make a tour of the South and West very soon. Secretary and Mrs. Lansing enter tained the Italian commission at a recherche reception. Social Washing ton braved a blinding rainstorm to welcome the mission. European War Conditions in Russia are far from being settled, and the latest sensation is the taking over of the government of the great fortress of Kronsadt, the main fortress guarding Petrograd, by the local council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates and strike out breaks in many of the large munition factories of Petrograd, indicating that the new provisional government of Russia is meeting with increased in ternal opposition. Stockholm reports that immediate peace on the basis of no annexation and no indemnities and complete po litical restoration of occupied terri tories are advocated by the delegation of Hungarian Socialists attending the international Socialistic conference in session there. The Hungarian Socialists say that Germany should rehabilitate Belgium, and should pay all expenses as well as indemnifying citizens for the loss of property. Great unrest is reported in Spain. Unofficial reports say that the soldiery is taking part in the riots in Barce lona and other towns. Great Britain's losses in cereal ships is reported as only 6 per cent. This is gratifying, as the food economy board had expected at least a loss of 25 per cent. The Spanish government has order ed the seizure of a cargo of Argentine wheat on board the steamship Rosario arriving at Bilboa. The cargo was consigned to Switzerland. Bread riots are reported throughout Spain, and the food situation there is critical. Eighteen British merchant vessels of more than sixteen hundred tons were sunk during the past ten days, London officially announces. Summer weather and long days fa vor warfare on the submarines, and the English admiralty is taking full advantage of these conditions, so the press is informed. It is the opinion of the English ad miralty that the submarine campaign is waning, and with hot weather and long days there is litle liklihood that submarines will make much of a show ing during the summer. On the southern end of the line near the head of the Gulf of Triest, in the Austro-Italian theater, the Ital ians for the moment have paused in their titanic effort to push forward to Triest, and heavy fighting again is in progress to the north around Go rizia, Plava and Vodice. Around Saint Giovanni and Duino, at the lower end of the line, the Aus- trians heavily bombarded the Italians in their new position and ineffectually tried to oust them. Both sides are claiming the capture of large numbers of prisoners since the new battle from Tolmino to the sea began. A statement reaches New York that the Russians have renewed activities against the Austrians in the eastern theater. The allied capitals have been in formed that the Brazilian chambei of deputies has authorized the use of German ships in Brazilian ports. The president of Brazil has been empowered by the Brazilian parlia ment to revoke the neutrality of Bra zil in the war between the entente and the central empires as soon as the moment is deemed propitious. In investigation of factory condi tions in Petrograd leads to the inevi table conclusion that unless the gov ernment finds a means of adjusting nresent difficulties most of the indus trial enterprises working for national defense will be compelled to close in a short time. London says that, counting the Americans now at the front serving in the British and French armies and the additional units ordered to France, one hundred thousand United States soldiers will soon be at the front in the western zone. It is claimed the crisis has been reached in Russia. The Socialists opine that there is no way of settling the internal situation except peace. Neither the coalition cabinet nor tne newly appointed Russian commission to regulate the difficulties between la bor and capital has yet found a way to settle the Russian industrial crisis. MORE TRAINING GAMPS ORDERED EIGHT CAMPS TO TRAIN OFFICERS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN JULY. MATURE MEN IRE MB Volunteers Between 31 and 44 Will Be Trained to Officer Second Incre ment of Half Million Men to Ordered. Washington. A second series of of ficers' training camps will be held be tween August 27 and November 25 in eight locations, to develop officers for the second increment of 500,000 men to be called into service by the selec tive draft, Adjutant General McCain announced. In general, qualifications for admi'ssion to these camps will be the same as for the first series, but a strong effort will be made .to obtain men above 31 years of age and the number admitted to training fill be smaller than in the present camps. Applications must be sen to the commanding generals of the depart ment in which the applicant lies, be tween June 15 and July 15th. Citi zens between the ages of 20 and nine months and 44 years are eligible. The camp sites chosen and the areas from which applicants will be assigned are as follows: Fort Myer, Va. Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Del aware, Maryland, Virginia and the Dis trict of Columbia. Fort McPherson, Ga. New York City and continguous territory. Ala bama, Georgia and Florida. Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The greater part of New York State, the northern part of Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind. The southern part of Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Fort Logan, H. Roots, Ark. (or oth er place to be designated) Wisconsin, Michigan, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Fort Leon Springs, Tex. Illinois, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Okla homa. Fort Riley, Kan. Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. The Presidio, San Francisco Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and California. SENATE PASSES BILL PROVIDING FOOD SURVEY Already Passed in House and Now Goes to Conference. Washington The first of the ad ministration food bills, already pass ed by the House, passed the Senate without a record vote. Numerous amendments were attached to the measure, which provides for a food survey and crop stimulation, and it was sent to conference where the dif ferences will be threshed out while the two houses are considering the sec ond administration measure, providing for food control and price-fixing. The bill, as finally accepted by the Senate, provides for a comprehensive survey of food resources, and for the stumulation of agriculture, and re stricts drastically the storing of food stuffs, fuel and other necessities and speculation in futures. The restrictive provisions were added by the Senate. Hoarding or storage of food, fuel or other necessaries of life in order to limit the supply or affect the prices would be made a felony under the sen ate hoarding amendment, but farmers who hold their own products would be excepted. GREY VETERANS HONOR MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN Washington. Confederate veterans, here for their annual reunion, went to Arlington and paid tribute to the South's dead. President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson attended the services, but the president did not speak. He received an ovation from the old sol daers, however, and many shook hands with him. The exercises held in the shadows of the monument erected to the Con federate dead by the women of the Confederacy, were opened with the sound of the assembly call by the Marine Band and the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner" by a special choir, the old soldiers and the audience helping to swell the refrain. Flowers were strewn on the graves and special services were held at the tomb of the unknown dead and the grave of Gen. Joe Wheeler. Gen. Bennett H. Young, past commander-in-chief of the veterans, and Clark of Florida were the orators. U. S. MISSION TO RUSSIA ARRIVES IN THAT COUNTRY. Washington. Safe arrival at a Rus sian port of the American Commission to Russia, headed by Elihu Root, Am bassador extraordinary, was announc ed in a dispatch to the Navy Depart ment. The Commission left Washing ton about May 5, charged with greet ings to the new democratic Govern ment of Russia, and authorized to pledge unstinted aid from the United States not only in the prosecution of the war against the common enemy. REVISE PLANS FOR TRA GW ARMY SIXTEEN CANTONMENTS INSTEAD OF THIRTY-TWO WILL BE LOCATED. MCE MANY UNDER CANVASS Shortage of Funds, Material, Labor and Transportation Facilities Caus ed the Number of Cantonments to Be Reduced. Washington. Important revisions in the plan for training the war Army have been made by the War Depart ment, which announced that the half million men to be called to the colors in September will be concentrated in sixteen cantonments instead of thirty two, and that many of the forces prob ably will be put into tents instead of wooden barracks. Lack of funds, material, labor and transportation facilities, Secretary Ba ker said, caused the decision to reduce the number of cantonments. The lar ger number seemed practicable, but that would have made a much greater demand on the overtaxed resources at the Department's command. Although the change will upset all the tentative plans for camp locations made by department commanders, it is not expected to delay beyond Sep tember 1 the mobilization of the great draft Army. Four of the sixteen can tonment sites provided for under the ! new plan already have been selected, and choice of the others Is expected soon. Secretary Baker indicated that building would proceed as rapidly as possible. The four sites selected are at American Lake, Wash.; Atlanta, Ga.; Ayre, Mass., and Wrightstown, New Jersey. A more plentiful suppny or canvas than expected made it possible to put some of the troops under tents. Most of the tents used probably will be placed at Southern camps. In making the announcement, Sec retary Baker said also that forces in excess of those which could be cared for in the sixteen cantonments would be placed under canvas. This was taken as referring to National Guard divisions, although the Militia Bureau has received no instructions in this regard. There is no indication of an inten tion to alter the plan for formation of sixteen divisions of the guard. The questions of filling these up to war strength probably will not be settled until selection of men for military service in the draft Army begins. Under the law, either the Regulars or Guard can be filled up with men from the selected lists if that is desired. MANY LIVES LOST IN - STORMS IN MIDDLE WEST Towns in Kansas, Oklahoma and Mis souri Are Stricken. Kansas City, Mo. Twenty-one known deaths, more than one hundred injured and unestimated property dam age resulted from a series of torna does that swept several towns and sections of south-eastern Kansas, north central Oklahoma and southern Mis souri. With 400 houses reported destroy ed at Coalgate, Okla., a town of 3,000 inhabitants, and possibly 200 at Cof feyville, Kan., it was feared that the death total at these two places would be high. One message said that 13 bodies had ben counted at Coalgate, and that the business section of the town was virtually destroyed. Three persons were killed, several seriously injured and much property was damaged by a tornado which struck Moore, five miles southeast o." Olathe, Kan. Unconfirmed reports from Buffalo, Mo., told of considerable damage there. Another storm was reported to have passed between Sprinfield and Lebanon. All wires were down both directions. Nine persons were injured two per sons fatally, by the tornado which passed north of the town of Seminole, Okla. Much livestock was killed and crops in the path of the storm were badly damaged. THREE AMERICAN SHIPS ARE SENT TO BOTTOM London. The sinking of thre American ships was announced. The vessels were the Dirigo, the Frances M. and the Barbara. All were shelled without warning and then sent to the bottom with bombs, but the only 'oss of life reported was that of Third Mate John Ray, of the Dirigo, who was drowned while attempting to enter a small boat. The Dirigo was sunk Mas 31, the Frances M. May 18 and the Barbara May 24. MODIFICATION OF WAR TAX LEVIES ARE CONTINUEC Washington. Ej emption of popu lar price moving pi cture theaters f roir amusement taxes and the levying of 8 new federal license tax on automobile owners ranging from $7.50 to $25, witt reductions for cars used a year oi more, were agreed upon by the senatf finance committee in continuing revi sion of the house war tax bill. Witt its' task virtually completed the com mittee adjourned for tfe week. CENSORSHIP CLAUSE DEFEATED IN HOUSE MEMBERS DECLINE TO ACCEPT PROVISION IN MODIFIED FORM. SENATE ALREADY OPPOSED Espionage Bill Will Be Reported to Both Houses Now With Censorship Measure Omitted. House Vote 184 to 144. Washington. The Administration's fight for a war censorship on news papers was lost in Congress, at least for the present, when the House re fused by a vote of 184 to 144 to accept even the modified censorship section written into the espionage bill in con ference. As the Senate already is on record as opposed to a censorship, the leaders in Congress do not expect any further Administration effort to enact one in the immediate future. The test in the House came on a motion to recommit the espionage bill with instructions that the censorship regulation be eliminated. Despite a determined effort by Democratic man agers to line up the party strength be hind President Wilson's demand for censorship, 37 Democratic Represen tatives joined the Republicans voting for the motion. Eleven Republicans, disregarding their party's caucus de cision, voted in the negative. Conferences for the House will re port their instructions back to the Senate conferees and the bill, short of the censorship provision, probably will be reported to both Senate and House within a few days and finally accepted. It carries important modifi cations of the spy laws and authoriza tion for the President to lay embar goes in war time, but most of the con troversy regarding it has centered about the censorship proposal. No comment on the outcome in the House was forthcoming from the White House. The section which had been agreed on by the conferees was somewhat similar to one which the House had substituted during first consideration of the bill for the more sweeping provision drawn up and sub mitted by the Administration. The Senate, while the bill was under de bate, threw the censorship section out entirely by a vote of 48 to 34. In the House debate opponents of censorship argued that a restriction such as the conferees proposed would violate the right of a free press. The voluntary censorship under which the country's newspapers now are work ing was pointed to as demonstrating the patriotism of editors and as prov ing that no legal restrictions are needed. FOURTEEN MEET DEATH IN MISSOURI STORM. Wayne County is Devastated By Tor nado. Scores Injured. St. Louis, Mo. Fourteen persons were killed and scores injured in a tornado that devasted Wayne County, according to a telegram received from Piedmont, Mo. Rumors that more than a score of persons were killed in Bollinger coun ty, Missouri, could not be confirmed. It was known that at least three per sons met death near Zalma and ad vices from Cape Girardeau said that a family of seven was drowned when their home was blown into the Castor River. The tornado evidently began near Salem, Mo. Some property damage vas done, but there was no loss of life antil the storm reached Mineral Point, in Washington county, where four per sons were killed and twenty-six in jured. Relief has been sent to stricken points from St. Louis. A. woman was reported dead at Dongala, and a boy was killed at Ad vance. Diehlstadt also reported two deaths. A telegram from Cairo, 111., stated that four negroes were killed in a storm in the southern part of Illinois. Wires were down and communication was cut off both from St. Louis and Cairo. PRICE OF UNDINE DE LIVERS MESSAGE TO SENATE. Washington. The Prince of Udine, head of the Italian war mission, on the floor of the Senate, delivered a mes sage to the American people in the name of King Victor Emmanuel, wel coming the entrance of the United States into the was as the final moral justification of the cause for which the Allies are fighting. The message stresed the necessity of destroying the prestige of a perverted German scinece and philosophy. PACIFISTS IN MEETING DENOUNCE ADMINISTRATION. New York. A report of its "commit tee on American liberties" which pledged support to all "conscientious objectors" to the conscription law and a telegram from former United States Senator John D. Works, of California, in which he said '"we dishonored our selves by declaring war without ade quate or reasonable cause," were fea tures of a meeting of the so-called first "American conference on democracy nd terms of peace." ISDN SPEAKS AT ARLINGTON DELIVERS MEMORIAL DAY AD DRESS AT ARLINGTON NA TIONAL CEMETERY. DOES NOT PITY PAST HEROES There Great Work For Liberty Accom plished While We Are in the Midst of a Work Unfinished, Says Presi dent. Washington. America's response to the call of liberty in the struggle of the world will hold the attention of all mankind, President Wilson said in a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery. In observing tho day, he said, the natural touch of sor row is tinged with reassurance be cause, knowing how the men of Ameri ca have responded to the call of lib erty ,there is perfect assurance that the new responses '"will come again in equal measure, with equal majesty." The President spoke in the natural amphitheater in the cemetery at a meeting arranged by the local G. A. R., and attended by a crowd of thou sands. He said he did not pity the men in whose honor the ceremonies were held. "I envy them, rather." he went on, "because theirs is a great work of lib erty accomplished, and we are in the midst of a work unfinished, testing our strength where their strength has al ready been tested." The time for action, he said, has come, "and in the providence of God, America will come once more to have an opportunity to show to the world that she was born to serve mankind." ENTRY OF JAPAN INTO WAR WITH ALL RESOURCES. Is Necessary to Insure Safety of Amer ican State Say Chilean. New York. Alejandro Alvarez, of Chile, secretary general of the Ameri can Institute of International Law, ad dressing the conference on foreign re lations of the United States at Long Beach, declared that "the safety of the American State demands that Japan should enter the war with all re sources." "Japan," he said, "has already reap ed important material advantages, and is exercising certain supremacy on the Asiatic Continent. The American State should not be left to exhaust her self to the point of falling under the menace of another's domination." The Latin-American countries of South America and the United States, Mr. Alvarez asserted, "should unite in bringing about such action on Japan's part. Prof. George. Grafton Wilson, of Har vard, speaking on the status of the Monroe Doctrine, said that in a broad sense, the principles of the Monroe Doctrine as supported by the United States "have made the Western Hem isphere 'safe for democracy.' " WAR TAX BILL NOW ASSUMING DEFINITE SHAPE Washington. The war tax bill as sumed rough but nearly final form in the revision of the $1,800,000,000 house measure by the senate finance com mittee. After working all through the holi day with treasury experts, recapitu lating the committee srevision, Chair man Simmons announced that as re drafted, the estimated revenue to be brought in by the bill now totals $1, 460,000,000. A bill aggregating slight ly above $1,500,000,000 now is gener aly expected. In resuming its conference the committee took up minor tax sched ules, having decided virtually all ba sic changes. A few more days will be required to make technical changes, and Senator Simmons hopes to be abe to introduce the re-drafted meas ure in the Senate by the middle of next week for immediate considera tion. Present indications are for uanimous support by the Republicans as well as the Democrats on the com mittee. On the basis of the committee's work thus far, income, excess profits, liquor, tobacco, special excise, or con sumption and stamp taxes are the principal revenue sources. The com mittee has definitely out out of the house bill tax levies aggregating $223, 000,000. . Of the principal house schedules not yet passed upon, it was reliably stated that the committee probably will adopt or but slightly change the jaxes on liquors, wines, freight, ex press, transportation, Pullman ser vice, pipe line, amusements and tele graph and telephone messages. MISSOURI TOWN WIPED OUT BY TORNADO St. Louis, Mo. A tornado twisted into Mineral Point, Mo., a village of about three hundred irhabitants, kill ed four persons and Injured 30, de molished the town with the exception of the schol house and then moved southward to Eye, where Fred Harper, a farmer, was killed by flying debris. An Iron mountain passenger (tnafin bore the most seriously injured to De Soto, about 15 miles north of Mineral Point. FOOD EMERGENCY PROBLEM FOR ALL PEOPLE HAVE HAD TOO MUCH OF SPIRIT "LET GEORGE DO IT." SOME WORK FOR ALL TO DO List of Recommendations Made to Farmers, Housewives, Gradeners , and Citizens Generally. Raleigh. John Paul Lucas, execu tive secretary of the North Carolina Food Conservation Commission, in re viewing the food situation in this state gave out a lot of good advice in his suggestions of ways every person can help improve the food situation. Mr. Lucas wrote as follows: Too many of our people are regard ing the food emergency, which is real ly just in its ineipieney, as a prob lem for the farmer, the trucker, their neighbor or someone else more or less remote from themselves. There is something of the spirit of "Let George do it." Fortunately, this spirit has been rapidly disappearing and it is not too much to hope that all the people of North Carolina will quickly realize that, while the farmers' responsibility and opportunity are greatest possibly, each person has an individual duty and responsibility. A large number of people who real ize their individual responsibility have asked themselves and others, "What can I do?" In answer to this question and for the information of others who may have given the matter no thought I am giving below a list of recom mendations that are being made to farmer, housewife, gardener and citi zen generally. I can think of no one in any position or condition to whom some of these suggestions are not ap plicable. Here they are: Cultivate" and fertilize every avail able foot of tillable land that you can possibly take care of. Cultivate more carefully and fertilize more heavily than under normal circumstances. Put stubble land in corn, soy beans, peas, potatoes or sorghum as soon as the grain is off. Here lies one of our greatest opportunities for increasing the acreage in food and feed crops. Where there is a poor stand of cot ton replant with soy beans or peas. Also plant these crops in corn. Save all the clover and vetch seed possible. Both are going to be un usually scarce and high priced. Vetch can be threshed with oats or by them selves. If you don't know how to har vest clover seed write the U. S. De partment of Agriculture for Farmers' Bulletin No. 656. Breed all sows and gilts for fall pigs and be sure to raise sufficient feed for them in the form of pastures principally. Raise meat not only for your own demands but for the market. Prices are sky-high. Raise all the chickens you can, whether you live in the country or in town. Shut up the cocks and cock erels and preserve your surplus eggs in water glass solution. Raise and eat all the fresh vegeta bles you can and can all the surplus you can't eat. See that every glass jar is filled with vegetables and fruits and if you still have surplus buy more jars or cans. Don't throw away scraps of meat and fat. Use meat in soup, hash, cro quets, and fats for frying and short ening. Cook potatos in the peel. Tests have shown that 20 per cent is lost when potatoes are peeled before cooking- Dont waste bits of bread. Use them in puddings or in dressings for meat. Don't despise skim miilk and butter milk. They have a high food value and are generally cheap. Use them largely, especially for children. See that all labor as well as food stuffs is properly used. The farmers ore handicapped for lack of labor. The people of town and city must see that available labor of men and boys is of fered to the farmers. This service is just as patriotic and effective as that of the boys who don their uniforms and shoulder their rifles. Freight Claim Office at Charlotte. Washington. To bring the freight claim department of the Southern Railway System more closely In touch with the shipping public to the end that quicker action may be had in the adjustment of freight claims, a central freight claim office will be established at Chattanooga, Tenn., effective June 1, with branch freight claim offices at Charlotte, N. C, Atlanta, Ga., New Or leans, La., and Louisville, Ky. The present freight claim offices at Wsah ing, D. C, and Cincinnati, Ohio, will be continued. Orphans' Home to Celebrate. Goldsboro. One June 11th, the chil dren of the Orphan Home are going to give in Goldsboro a magnificent musical concert in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversay of the estab lishment of their home 'the Odd Fel lows Orphans' Home at Goldsboro. On the 10th day of Mav, twenty-five years ago, there was established in Golds boro by the Odd Fellows of the State of North Carolina the Odd Fellows Orphan Home for the care, mainte nance and education of the orphan children of Odd Fellows.
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