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' ' ' 1 . r ' - - : - v ... .-..-. - j J . r ". : - . - - V - " . ., . - - -. .V .. 1 ' .- ... - r-t ' - '... t . A --t -.V SV.'-v.. " .- . s. . - . - .- . . . - " " --'' 4 . - - - : ISSUED WEEKLY, 'i PMHOPLir, POTMEN JL50 A YEAB IN ADVANC3 . YOLtMK XXXXm. 1 LiC Vv:-."v AikeW Nortk Ctaulia. n . . sdy, Juaary SI, 1918 v NUMBS3 f if 3 .4. .". V S FRESIDEiT; SAYS EURDEN NECESSITY FOR M0RE7INTEN T .IVE EFFORT TO SAVE FOOD 'i. .;';.v.TO THAT END . ;r.'-i.(.- ' Mi1. WilflTO Specially Calls Uwn the Houaewirea to Obserre the Sugge; - ition of Food Administration Sub- -r stitation of Potatoes and Other Veg. . r ctablcs and Mixed Cereals in Effort' ) , to Save More Wheat for Exportation , . v?4o English and French Armies on the r- Front .and in the-Trenches.1- . . J'.f. . .Washington, January 26. The fol - lowing proclamatioa by President Wil- , ' . ., son on food conservation was issued j. on Saturday, j -. "Jr -'t3 A Proclamation . ' , Many cause have contributed to cre T ate the necessity for a more intensive ' effort on the part of our people to save - J food in order that we may supply our i associates in the war. with the susten- v--' jt ance vitally necessary to them in these ' days--of privation-and stress. The re--' duced- Droductivity orEurope. because 5 k' of the large diversion of man power to th war. the iwrtial failure of har- . ..'vests and tholimination of the more ' ,v ' distant markets for foodstuffs through - the destraction of shipping, places tne - burden of their subsistence very large- o y ly on our shoulder. tsrKsfe. ; , - ThaFood-Admlnis"&ationa8 form?- " ulated suggestions which, if followed, J -f Vill enable us to Meet this. great je -J. r Bponsibility ; srithoatianysreai incon- --venience on jpur part.: What We Must Do ln order that wemay.reduee or con ,r " Sumption of wheat and wheat poducts by 30 per cent a reduction imperative ly necessary to7 provide the -supply for ' overseas wholesalers, joooers ana re-; tailers should purchase nnd, re-sell to their, customers -only evehty per cent of- the amounts used in 1317. All man ufacturers of alimentary pastes, bis- culWr crackers,- pastry and breakfast ; r cereals should reduce their - purchases and consumption of wheat flour .to sev enty pef cent of their 1917 require ments and nil bakers of bread and rolls to 80 net cent'oX their eumntequire- xnents. Consumers should reduce their purcnasegox wneat products lorxooiuc TTv Y"toT! s" f to c-mdstL seventy.i'per'; . cent f those of last- year, or when X ' ' 1 J 1 J nt.A..ljl Ai.MAlknnA. iwivqiJ buviiut bread, should purchase mixed 9UjHf -tUtMMt, -ILViUU jruiuuw eral breadsronr the bakers. " Bow to Control Wheat Bread To nrovide -sufficient - cereal food, - Ibomes, " jpublic eating places, dealers ' and manufacturers should substitute 1 potatoes, vegetable, corn, barley, oats - and xice-jroaucts, ana, me mixea ce- ucaiB. -, real bread and other products of the I P. S. You are aware, of course, thai -'. " tioiroi-s wkioh nntAin n nilmizthre of the man who has flour eround from othieals v ' --. in order that consumption -may ' restricted to thif extent, Mondays ana Ww4noHmro BhnnH he nhserved AS -iwheatlesa days each week, and one zneal -each day.shouid. oe ouservea j whAAtleaa mcaL . . . Meats and Sugar In .both bomes andl Bubliir: eating -flA places, biJbrder to reduce the consump- ir tion of .beef, pork and sheep jornducta, '(". - Tuesday .'should be obaenred as jneat- , ' less day in each week, - ane meatless - " . " meal .should be observed in acn day, - , -while .in ? addition,- Saturday in each week .should be further observed, jui. a - . . '.day upon which there should b6.no.fion- - - sumption 01 poric pmam-r.-i.r,''-? -1 ' A continued economy in the use flaf , ,- ' .sugar will be; necessary juntil Jater jn --tfc tm tmmrat(ve tivat all JKast jaai ' jinecessary consumption of .all orts . of 1 " foodstuffs should be rigidly eliminated. ' - The maintenance of the heaith and strength of our own people ia vitally Necessary At this tune, and there ' should be no dangerous restriction of - the food supply but the elimihatipn of every sort or waste ana ie nuuamu jtlon of other commodities of which we - have more abundant supplies' for those -which we ned id save, will In no -may Impair the strength of our people and -'-will enable us to meet one of the mow pressing obligations of tne war. . ,; 'i Appeals to ihe People " : - 1, therefore, in the rational interest, . take the liberty of calling upon very . loyal American to take fully. to leart the suggestions wnicn are Deing circu lated by the food administration and f hocrintr that thev be followedw I am confident that the great body of our women who have labored so loyally a co-operation with the food administra- . tion for the success of food conserva tion will strengthen their efforts and will take it as a part of their burden in tliis period of national servico to . see th.it the above suggestions are ob served throughout tho land. -' -W00DR0W WILSON. The White House, 13 January, 1018. -cnt To De Erected to Memory mica McConnell, Ktate's First r to I'ie In France, 1 nuinrnt was -shipped , ' to last week to Car ; ! , iwted by the state s to tlio m'-mory of a f n.'t Nos'li Car- ;o dip r.f . 1 '. l.'i "r.f, t 1 1 ' OF FEEDING THE ALLIES IS OURS AND WE CAN CARRY; IT NEW FIRE TRUCK PURCHASED The titr of Asheboro'tkut Safnr4av placed with Mr.RR. Clinard, sales man for the North State Motor Com pany, of Greensboro, an" orde for a new fire truck. The truck will be built on a Republic chassis and eauinned witi: he Northern Fire Truck eou ment including a chemical tank. - T. jrenriour w eigni..jveels will be re quired to build the truck." which iaax pecially designed for the reqiuremehtsj ana win De strictly modern outfit. This will give to Ashebbro a fire flaht- mg equipment that few cities the size or Asheboro can boast of. &'. ' ' . 7-'' 1 ' 1 11 M :V J. u. Koes, Food - Administrator for Randolph County, Gives Information concerning -ciaie -of Flour. - Food Administrator J. D. Ross re ceived the following telegram yester day from the State -Food Administra tion giving instructions as to the sale of flour: . .. if r "Notify all merchants throucrh vour local papers no exception can be -made to jood administration s ruling lorbwl ding sale of wheat flour excent in com bination with equal amounts of other cereals; Including corn meal, hominy, grits, oat meat, Daney- floury edible wheat shorts, or middlings, corn fiour, corn stareh, soy bean flour."- - - County " Food - Administrator Ross Kas also been instructed by the State Food Administration to take prompt and vigorous action to the end -that all purchasers of excessive quantities of foodstuffs, particularly flour, in this eounty. shall return their surplus above one- barrel to the dealers without de lay. Further instructions are: 1.- .That you demand of each retail er in your county, a complete list of consumers who; have purchased fiour in excess of one barrel during the past threa month v, ' .. 2. That you immediately notify the purchasers whose names are submitted to you or whose names you can secure that they must return all flouf in their possession in excess of one barrel to the dealers from whom they purchased those dealers being required-to take it hack t the jrice -they received for tJU,h Jotftake vfitf nieans with in your command to ' remedy this sit atin Just s .promptly as possible, for indictment and prosecution- tiie names of any -merchants who withliold information .and any consumers 'who retain in .their possession mere than one barrel of flour after they have been ven. an opportunity to return it wheat produced by himseff is' exempt .be f"m the provisions of the food law in question. - Proportion of Men in Hospitals Less in as uuiwu aiaics iun m wvt rocas ' " - Forces. A jecent comparison of health re- ports from troops in the 'United Mutes Land the' Expditionary Forces show s the admission rate to hospitals ,to be Igreater among the men in franx- -JUlmisslons to hospitals in one week Lin the' Expeditionary Forces,..- ore(i on a basis of -1,000 men were 45.2; in the" United States the rate was 83.7 par JlOO men.' In fhe overseas forces the nonreffective rate (the total num ber jof men excused from duty for any injujy or railment, whether or not eis dereatto hospital) was 64.1 per 1,000 men; an the troops in the United states W W8J Abft..-' 'J '1.j.-,.'-''T.-- . Alls Jj Irresled In Greensboro I W. -JHL Jjlein, of Randolph'countyi a white man, had been wanted by the federal tracers lor some, time, ano when, he appeared lit Greensboro last Saturday lie. was espied .bye deputy marshal Ppplin and placed under ar rest The charge against. him ia Illicit ttianiiing...,, , v-:" v1.;' 41 North CaroUsa Will Double Seal ' North Carolina will double her sale of Rod Cross seals, selling two millions and half seals which amouts to $25, 000, thinks Dr. JL B.- McBrayer, ex ecutive aecretary of the state : Ked Cross Seal commiasion, who bases his pinion on the reports that have al ready gone in.' 1 . w -i ; -r.;ru"-' -. Seven Phyjfcians and Two Hotei Men 'v v r Indicted Indictments against five physicians, two hotel proprietors, and complaints leading to the indictment of two more physicians have been made as a result of a recent visit made by T. M. Jordan of the State Board of; Health to the counties in tho easlem' part of the State in the interest of the new State quarantine law, - '. .'....- -, ''., America' Have More Tonnage Than . ... - Other Nations . America will have more tonnage in 18 months than all the other nations. Charles M."Schwab, president of the tleth ehem Stel Corporation prenrt that working m?n will aoon control the world's defiLinies. . r : , ;' -' Appalachian fcrsnch Southern Rft. y t n- TrrU - 1 Away 1 y i r- No train 1 e;"-rft! n (it tin r nlm-liinn divi ;i..U.K; f r at i . f tf t' " the TERRIBLE TRAGEDY r: .. w - IN ATHENS, TENNESSEE Wade Smith,' of .. Denton, Murdered Remains Buried in Denton Monday. Wade Smith, the 16-year-old bob of Mr. and Mrs. LC A. Smith, of penton, was murdered in Athens. Tenn.. in Ju ly the young man,:like manyboysin their teens decided to seek employment away from home and to eventually to go west to see an aunt who" lived at Wichita, Kansas. He left home in,May and spent some tftn cutting' timber hear Asheboro s later going to: High Point whore he found employment for a short time. His.. peopJf . ija heard nethlhg" from him since untili Thotlce in last week's caners recorded the find: ing of a human skeleton near Athens, Tenn,,. and that on it an exprey re ceipt was found Bhowihg-thatj. i'piece of baggage ' had , been sliipped- from Salisbury, N. C, to Wichita, Kansas, to Wade Smith.' The chief of police in Salisbury was notified and Mr.-Smith seeing the, account in papers took the matter- up immediately. The. facts seem to indicate that Mr, Smith got in with a man by the name of Wholen, who at Athens, Tenn, on 'July 22, in vited him to go a short distance in the country to take dinner with- an uncle. In going " through a strip", of "woods Smith was murdered and Wholen' left The body of Smith was not discovered. Wholen returned early last week and was passing through some woods with a friend when they saw the frame of a man and he said: "They have not buried that boy yet" The man report-' ed. this to policemen who arrestedi Wholen. He is a man about 35 years oldf he confessed to tho-murder but said it was in self defense. He' is now in prison and awaiting trial. lie has the reputation of being ' a bad man. having served sentence irrthe peniten tiary for theft, etc. The express re ceipt and filling- in Mr. Smith's teeth served as the clue to his identity, the dentist at Denton knowing the work. be bad done for the young man. ltemains wereent to Denton' where funeral was held in the Baptist church Mon day after which interment followed m tne local cemetery, ine case, is a saa one and the relatives and friends haro the sympathy of the people of ' the county.' . . 1,'-.' - "' ,....,1 il.l.l. SKtJliKTAKI BARER - , SILENCES HIS CRITICS Appears Before. Military Committee i CoovinciMi. h tountiTT lie. is "On the Job " - a. - Seeretary of War Baker has mode his appearance before the military committee and has convinced them that he is "on the job." He says that by early spring one half million men will be in France and that one million more will be in training and waiting ior transportation across.- Secretary Baker's knowledge of military affairs and conditions have been gratifying, to the committee as well as his care and consideration for the soldiers of the country. The public has decided that any criticism maae against the war de jiartment has been unjust and unwar ranted. - TWO DAIRY SCHOOLS COMING TO RANDOLPH One At. Glenola February 6 and one c At Sophia February 7. Believing that a broader knowledge of principles of dairying would be prorlta ble to people ofjtandolph county coun ty agricultural agent Coltrane- has arranged with State Dept. 4f Agricul ture to .conduct- 2 dairy schools in the country next weekrThe. schools are to consist of just one day each. One Is to ttfat Glenola Wednesday Feb. 6. The scond one to be Sophia Thursday Feb, 7. The department has two men in the field conducting these schools for about three'months in a year.- Mr, Coltrane tried to get their service for mere than two days in this county, but was -un able to do so. -..The people of all the upper end of the country should make use ' ;'of..' .learning. 'all 'y Jthey; can in handling' mijk butier-cream, tc. at these Bchools.'; As to all they" will do I can't ay that will be according to an conditions, but they will do this. They will Jiave with them" all the-standard makes of cream separators the best types ; of ...churns, the. best .butter makers, also they will have a Babcock milk tester and will bo glad to test as many samples of milk as yon will bring You 'should bring a sample of milk from every cow you have and have it tested to see which cows you can af ford to-board and which not To get this sample I would advise that vou keep the night's milk, then take and stir the morning's milk in with it the next-morning. ' After stripping- well get a pint or more of the milk,,; You. should also bring samples of . cream and have them .tested. It is most im portant in this time of high priced feeds that you have your cows tested so to to sea which one you can afford to keep. These tmcn will" also show how to handle creanu in - the-, winter time so as to avoid us chummtr which many of you do of something like three hours, u cream is properly riDOned it should not be churned more than a half .hour any time durlnjr the yes -Don't forget tho dates and the places and every man who has as many as two -cows should maW arrangements to attend ono of these school tit the fhool houses "Of - the. above . named places. - ; ' -' 1 ' ' - v D. S: COLTRANE, Co. Agent Burleoon Nahied An Succesnor To Himself rnoinlntttion of Posfmastei' Or ner ; ! l:urler:dn wna confirmed by tho Hn ' 'I riii.iy v. 1' Itin a few nm--n'', , ft fp".- ,,-). ;, AR BREAD DIET IN j - EFFECT LAST MONDAY FOOD ADMINISTRATION ft CALLS IT VICTORY BREAD f .'ci-- . ' - logins With a Five Per Cent Substitu f lion for Wheat and Will Eventually t flo to Twenty Per Cent Nothing J, Compulsory. ' -. - vk.The American people went on a. war bread diet Monday as a part of a war r&tiomng system prescribed by Fresi eent. Wilson and the Food adrninistra- jVictOrv tread'' the Food Adminis tration calls.it. fT ho war rations are asked for the purpose of creating a larger export urplus 01 food lor tho ifiuropean Al lies. 'Curtailment of consumption will b accomplished largely by voluntary effort, but force "will be .employed wherever permitted under the food cgntrol actv, - - 1918 Food Program The rationing system, as presented bf the President in a proclamation and by? Food' Administrator Hoover in a m)ni8tratipjl'B 1918 food conservation program, of which the chief features are: r . 1 . 1 11 1 1 a ..-ja. uaK.ers- Dreaa 01 mixeu uuuns, oe ginning Monday with a five per cent substitution ol other cereals for wheat uatil a 20 per cent substitution is reached r ebruary 1. fISale by retailers to householders of ah equal amount of substitute flours for every pound of wheat flour pur chased at the time the wheat flour is bought . SSale by millers to wholesalers ana wholesalers to retailers of only 70 per e$nt oi the amount 01 wheat hour sold last year. i Two wheatless days a week Mon days and Wednesdays and one wheat' less meal a day. One meatless day & week Tuesday -f and one meatless meal a day. Porkless and Meatless : Two porkless days a week Tuesday and Saturday. ijvianutacturers 01 macaroni spag hetti, noodles- crackers and breakfast foods, nie. cake and -nastrv will h Der ailed: to buy oidyW mat years ' purchases, ana are asked to perform a patriotic service by using substitute Hours, FlOurs Will be sold through the reg ular -channels and in such a manner that 'each community will receive its equivalent share. ' Hoover to Buy 30 Per Cent The Food Administration will pur chase for the army and for the Allies as announced recently, 30 per cent 01 tne flour output and out ol' this store will fill ' emergency requirements if stocks run low in any part of the country. Wheat millers are required to pro duce one barrel of flour of 198 pounds from- 264 pounds of wheat, which rep resents a 74 per cent flour. No patent or special flours may be manufactured, although whole wheat flour may be made as usual. - Must Serve "Victory Bread" Hotels and restaurants will be class ed air bakeries and will be required to serve" the new Victory Bread. State food administrators will be permitted - to designate the wheatless meal in each: state. Where this is not done the-food administration requests that the evening meal be observed. The President's proclamation, besides calling ''on the public for a further re duction in Consumption, makes a re newed appeal to the housewife to stop the waste of food. It asks a general observance of the food administra tion's Regulations and calls on the peo ple in addition to hold down their con sumption of sugar. There- is' no forcible, limitation of purchases of householders, and in this connection the food administrator aays:,-r - ' "" ' , Housewife; Handles the Club "The effectiveness of these rules is dependont'iolcly upon the good will of and the willingness of the American people to sacrifice, in the lost analy sis the .success or .failure of any such ?lan as outlined rests with the people, re have but one police force the Am erican woman, and we depend upon her to see that these rules are obeyed by me smau minority wno may lau. -, Of the -nearly 20,000,000 household era in the United-States about 13,000,- 000 have signed the food administra tion's pledge to follow its food conser-J vation directions and the lood odrainis tration officials believe that the regu lations win be generally observed. '- .. ,f Estimated. Saving' . , Mr. Hoover estimates that observ ance of the regulations will save about 1G,0W,0(Q bushels of Wheat a month for shipment abroad. ' This .will ena ble the Allies ta subsist, although thair ration v-iil bo' short..' All Of the Allies and tho Central Powers as well, are on a war bnnd. diet-now. Most of the Allies ar.i mixing1 about forty per cent "of corn m r- nl and . other substitutes with whmt flour baked, and all of m- tope is 1 .'ing a larg amount of the whole vi ; t grain. Both, France and Ehglah'l ! ive recently cut down the bread r n by(almot half., If .the voluntnr 1 .! ionltig system - fails in this cou ' it then; Mr. Hoover Said, Is up t ,n;rcss. .We hnve no pow er uii'i' law to cortiprl people to STATE AND GENERAL NEWS On the 3rd day of September, 1917, Governor' Bickett issued a proclama tion 'calling into active military serv ice all men between the ages of 21 and 45. . The men constitute the home guard and are the guardians of the peace and safety of the state. The Governor now calls to the ""colors all women of the state and all boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 21 and urges every one to Join the corn, the pig and poultry clubs. Sugar maple trees grow in abun dance in our mountain counties and maple sugar can be produced in North Carolina. TfrfA, P. Staley, of High Point, but formerly of Liberty, Randolph county, was re-elected president of the North Carolina Optomenc society last Tues day in the final session pf tho conven tion at Greensboro. Mrs. Fannie King, an aged white woman residing at Goldsboro, last Sat--) urday identified a negro man known by the name of James Lewis aa the negro who recently assaulted her while she was visiting in Greenleaf. The North Carolina Grand Lodge of Masons have elected George 8. Nor- neet, 01 winston-saiem, to the urand Mastership to succeed Dr. Claude L. Pridgen, of Wilmington. The cemetery set aside by the French authorities as a burial place for the American dead in France was dedi cated a few days ago by Colonel John S. -Sewell of the seventeenth railway engineers. In an address he declared that no .worthier fate could come to a soldier fighting in a just cause than to.be gathered with her own sons to the bosom of France." S. A. Stone, an aged citizen of High Foint, died last Thursday. Folwell Williard, of High Point Route 2, died last week of pneumonia. Mrs. Mary Caton, of Advance, died last week. Mrs. Caton was the sister of the late sheriff W. A. Bailey of Davie county. Mr. W. (J. Leak died last Wednes day afternoon after suffering a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago. Miss Julia A. Thorns, who served as first Vice president of North Carolina Forestry association during the past year, was named to the presidency of the association at the convention held at Wilmington a few days ago. William Bonneau. of Spencer, aired l(j t)$ara, metjhia -death as a Result ofi wnicn ne naa unaer ius- piiiow last Saturday night Mrs. Mary Dillon, of Stokesdale, last hunday night was, awarded ?1,500, a verdict against the Southern Railway company. This concluding . her suit which has been tried this week for $20,000. She alleged that she was permanently and seriously injured by a fall which she sustained when the train she sought to board at Stokes dale started suddenly. A party of 454 interned Germans, who have been detained at Angel is land left last Thursday for Hot Springs, N. C, for permanent intern ment. Indications of a widespread plot to cripple the war activitias of the United States were seen last Saturday in a series of fires in ship yards, on mu nition ships, in war plants and stor age buildings at various points along the Atlantic seaboard and further in land. Nearly all of them were of sus picious origin. George Alferman, a German subject, who has been residing in Morehead City for the past three years, was ar rested by "secret service men last Sat urday night and lodged in jail at Beau fort, N. C. . .Last Monday was the second holiday Monday. Virtually all business en terprises, except certain specified trades engaged in war work and food production was expected to close down Drug stores and food stores alone among the various shops . were per mitted to do business. A great number of efficient stenog raphers and mechanics will bo select ed from Camp Sevier, Greenville, S C, for immediate oversea duties. A big flock of geese has been seen on the eastern coast. It was estimat ed that there were 3,000 birds in the flock. It has generally been understood that aftes December 15 no man of draft age was allowed to enlist vol untarily. He will when drafted not be allowed to choose the organization with which he will serve. North car olina is full of experienced woodsmen and sawmill men, many of whom would prefer to serve in the Forestry Reg iment where their training and expe rience could be most effectively used m the service of the country. Men of drafted age should decide at once. Mrs. J. R. Chamberlain has been ap pcinted county food administrator for wake county, succeeding Mr. J. M, Broughton, Jr., who resigned because of his inability to give justice, to the increasing duties of the position ami at th a same time attend to increasing duties of the position of president of d-smbcr commerce and chairman of Wak county, council of defense. Th State Bosrd of Health is ore Ing North Carolina ' soldiers, mainly through their families and friends, to take the insurance that has been pro vidml for them by thd government and to do this before February ' 2, before the opportunity expires. ; ' ; ? TheUniversity of North Carolina Id now rendering. fuller . scrvics than ever before to'the women of the Stato. Through tho Extension. Bureau 425 women are how reef vlnir instruction by correspondence and In the prppara- 1 1 . . .. - A -. . i . ibu prepared by the University Is bin!f inud b the Federation cf the THOUSANDS IN GERMANY REPORTED ON STRIKE Making Demands For Peace and Bt- .. ter Food Supply .-. . Latest news from Germany is that." a large part of the empire is appar ently in the throes of a great labor up- ,. heavai which was lead by the Social-;', ists. There are 500,000 men and wo-;; men in Berlin on a strike. The same' conditions exist in Kiel, Hamburg and in the different mining sections. Tney :.; have addressed an ultimatum to the government with the following condi tions: First, accelerated conclusion of a ' general peace without indemnities or annexations. Second, participation of workmen delegates of all the countries in the peace pourparlers. . vj Third, amelioration of the food situ ation by better distribution. Fourth, immediate abolition of the ; iv ? state of siege and restoration of tha'5l right of public meeting, suspended by ,: 5 the mfiitary authorities. Fifth, abolition of militarization or. war factories. t Sixth, immediate release of all po- , litical prisoners. "'S Seventh, fundamental democratiaa- tion of state institutions. r'2'!." 5 Eighth, the institution of equal eleo- -toral suffrage by direct secret ballot LLEWXAM'S LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL (By Maxwell Gorman.) ( Raleigh," Jan. 29. The Raleigh Times, the afternoon daily, is chang ing editors. The position of "editor" (cr more properly cpeaking,; editorial writer) has been offered to W. Tom Bost and it is understood here that he will accept. Robert L. Gray, the retiring editor, has been with The Times two years. He has not announced what his plans for the future are. War Bread is Here According to the terms of Presi dent Wilson's proclamation issued Sunday and the "order" of Food Boss Hoover, the bakers here are putting. the first American "war bread" on the market. At first it contains only on twentieth part (or five per cent) of adulteration hardly enougfi to affect its nutritious quality or the taste of the bread. Later the adulteration will Lcndnsfiy. increase until the limit o twenty per cent (or tme-tQUrtn) js reached. , This means that, in addition to the already enormous quantities of wheat we send to Europe, every fifth barrel set apart for American consumption must also be shipped to the allies to keep them from starving before we can get enough of our boys across the seas to clean up the German army which will soon make its strongest ef fort on the French frcnt. Only by the aid of the United States have the allies been able to hold out for tlie last year and if it were not for Uncle Sam now Germany would certainly "win the war" over the European allies especially since liussia laid down. We all know what the Kaiser would do then with all Europe starving. He would man the English and French navies with Germans and come over to not only "lick" us, but to Bel gianize all North America with all the horrors that term implies. WhoTthen, with such a menace staring us in the face, has the spirit to complain of-a little self-denial like the war-bread calls for ? To the most selfish person it must appear preferable to being fqd'to the naiser ourselves later on wim our , mothers, sisters and daughters to share , the fate of the many Belgian and French women "sent to the front" to wait upon and serve the brutes yclept German "soldiers." So, don't you make a wry face when you tackle your first war pone. . They say it is just as good for nourishing the body. "Heatless Mondays" order is very generally obeyed in this section, so much so that the mrin business streets , " rjrenent a Sundav amearance after 12 W'A o'clock, fracticaiiy all the stores ciose at noon and there is little or no "kick ing" on the part of tho public. Mr. Clyde C. Caveness, Former Ashe- !, boro Citizen, Succeeds in Mercantile Business in Washington State, Mr. Gyde C. Caveness, son 6f ,our ,J.i;' townsman, Mr. Henry A. Caveness ia : scoring great success in the state of Washington in -the mercantile busl- ' ness, Mr. Caveness has been -in the dry goods business at Centralis, Wash ington, and will continue his business ? there. He has also purchased the Mod- . el Suit Store in Cheholis, Washington,'; ' of his uncle, Mr A. W. Caveness, who l is also a Randolph county man. They , have been associated Irt business iot several years. Mr. ' A. W. Caveness " will move to Seattle, Wash., where he -: , will engage in business. Mr. '? Clyde '; Caveness has been in Washington for u throe years and has during that time -been Successful in business - end . has' ' made many, friends. The store which ' Mr. Caveness has recently purchased .' is undergoing repairs and improve ment after which Mr, Cffveness will re 1 open the storowith a complete Jine 0 , dry goods. -.v -, '-:.v ' ' '' ' ii i ,'i n .', . 4, '' Charlotte Observer Sustains Loss By . - Fire. ; . -- Considerable damage was done when . ' fire broke out in the press room of the Charlotte Observer building last Sun--day evening. The biff pre being dis-. :" abled and several rolls of print psjier ruined. Th rinmngs vim cnused al- " mo:: erMrfly y wnter. It van im- ' !w";i.l? t-i mtitf the d;im:r" b t mi 1 T'r si:m a m 'i 'St it K---: . ' i V,om:o S Liu! .3 M the . Into.