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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT THE 13XIOX COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT" 'he Monroe TO TVf j t St.te Library Marek PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL. 24-NO. 42. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1918. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. OS Al . GERMAN PIUSOXEIW DONT M)LL IX LlXlltY IX CAWS , At Hut Spring Lawrence HimN M lrlsmei Are Sot Hapy. Hut Still Lnath to l.eae They X temper Talk ! War a i;rl;iO Hut lull it "Terrible". JDAV1D LAWRENCE in tht Crtens boio News. ) Hot Springs, N. C.. June 28. Life in an Ameiican intemuieut ramp tor this is the largest of them all, more than 2, 00 Germans being se questered hen is not what it is cracked up to be. Pictures that went forth itiouths ago of Germans lulling in splendid luxury gave an impres sion of exagge rated solicitude on the part of our government for the every day welfare- of its involuntary guests. They aie being treated decently, and men lusuiy as they have had was supplied by nature in a wonderful i:ioun;ain spot, or by the skill ot theii unemployed hands. Both the sceuie beauty and the lit tle playhouses they have fashioned, I owewY, are to end on July 1, when tie government removes the Germans 1) Foit Oglethorpe and takes over tr.e camp here for a reconstruction hospital. Subtracting, the scenery and the arbor houses the Germans haw l-.:ilt for themselves, nothing temains l.ut monotonous anny barracks and a barbed wire fence. Still, if the Ger nan government treats American prisoners of war or detained citizens with equal consideration we shall not have the slightest kick coming. But that the On mans are living in sum i.ier hotel cotuiort is all wrong. They I hve been permitted recreation and occupa.ion, for they would go crazy nnd he a sorry burden to us if de nied an opportunity to break the mo uotonv of their confinement, that's all. I rfpent some time observing the Germai.t. at work and play and talk ed with t!ie men who have guarded them for more than a tar, who have rnsored their mail, and who have had the chance to get an intimate view of this oiid delegation of ene mies, whos-e counterpart 3,000 miles i. way is lhc.ng American troops iu the "ti cliche?. l:i this and the suc ceeding articles or this feiies, 1 fcive not meitly is.y tn impression, but that ot the oincials. who have made n study of the psychology of theii wards iiuiing the last 12 months. Ten ( -ermans came down on the train with me. Sonic were picked up in the Philippines, others iu the ca nal zone, some came from American fchips, wheie they had quietly become assimilated with other foreign born In the ciews; some were merchants iind one a trailing salesman who could have no good object In mean rerlng Horn A'K'.niina to America. Four husky American guards in the immigration service- of the depart ment of laoor had charge ol the Ger ai.ms, nnd from the moment the train palled out ol Washington until it i cached its inclination they never had a chance. To have- made the slight eft break would have brought a veiy M'cuiate Lie from the pocket artil lery, which the guards, some of them typical Carolinia mountaineers, would I avc se-nt in their dsiection. My instructions," said J. Kemp Hattlett. Jr., of Baltimore, a well known Princeton athlete of recent years and the present director or the Hot Spiinps camp, "are to bring ten C.eimans to Hot Springs" he spoke in a low voice to the Germans as they ttood in a row before him on entrain ing "and there's nothing in the in struct ions which says the Germans must be alive when they reach their nestiiiation. It's a lot easier to take tare of a dead German than a live one, and the very first time anybody tries anything r.iy guards will shoot." livery ci,e of the group took his advice, more or le?3 soberly, but one, f hatchet-nosed German, with pom pidonrcd hair and a blond moustache. There was on his face the same kind ot a leer which I imagine marked the countenances cl those German sol diers who have cold-bloodedly drown ed toen, wen. en and children in the life boats of torpedoed ships. But the whole crowd behaved very well as the tiain would stop along the way one guard would get outside the car rnd protect the exits on both sides, while two others stayed inside. The Germans were covered eery minute rf the jou.ney and r.11 night long. They never had a chance. Two Ger mans Id all have, made a bolt for their liberty since the camp here was start ed, but each was re-captured within a few days. The trouble with the outside Im pression or Hot Springs is that most people neglect to look at the date line. This Isn't the Hot Springs of Virginia or Arkansas fame. It is a town of about 400 people, without a uovie or a hearse and with all the I'ullncs- rnd isolation that a place stuck off I'.i the mountains can ae (iimuV.f. T litre ti an old hoitl here, and when the depai imcr.t of la bor was loi.Uinu for a building to re lieve the ciovvded condition r.t Eliis Hand, an enterprising poison pei mad'd the said department to rent t:io hotel end grounds. Personally, if I were a wounded soldier in the reconstruction hospital that Is to be established here soon, I should prefer the plain army bar lacks to the hotel. For one thing, it seems to me cleaner and less popu lated bv bugs, and there is more air. Four cots are rut in each or the hotel rooms, maybe that's how the original analogy to summer hotel comfort arose, but the photographs so widely circulated were taken from the out side rather than the inside. Anoth er thing. I failed to discover the lux urious twlm King pool. There wasj for a week or two an Inclination to take a dip in the outdoor tank near the hoteJ, but the physicians prompt ly put a stop to that, as the water was found to be Impure. Happy, most of the Germans are not Some play soccer football, and 40 out of 2,300 have gone in for tennis, but the great majority sit and read or talk or meditates. The wives of about SO of the Germans are quartered in the village i.earby. hut they are not permitted to see their husbands, and they can't even get a glimpse of them through th fence. Five hundred feet awv ar.d never a Fight of wife or child for months, but that's the rule, and it Is being rigidly enforced. The other day the women were permitted a special interview with their hus bands, apiopos of arrangements to move the camp to Fort Oglethorpe, about which transfer they seem to have strange apprehensions. In fact, back In the minds of all the Germans is a kind of awe of the American people. They seem to think fturni is going to be done them soon er or later. Particularly do they im agine that as they go from the juris diction of the department or labor and the immigration authorities to the war department they will encoun ter hardships at the hands of army of.'cers. But our officials have r.s ;irel tl.ein that they need have r.o :'?', th-it the American army offiiei l qvlte a (.liferent type from the Ger m. :i anny officer, that he is a human hciris: who lias spent his life as a rvK in civilian pursuits and not in learn ing !irw to express a contemptuous suptrlority over all things civilian. The Germans are loath to leave here. Thev have dug themselves in, so to speak, and such comforts as tiny have are- the results of months of hard labor. The village they have built is typically German. It is a series of arbor-like houses, not more than twelve feet square, built of drift wood, scraps of wreckage from old buildings, with hammered - out tin cans or tooth powder tubes or shav ing map containers and other bits of net;:) to decorate the exteriors or line the neat little windows. Every other little house has its garden with teds that are bordered or bisected with tiny paths. , Some artistic effects in gardening ar.d decoration have been secured by incessant application day after day, foi ne.ulv a vear. They take a piide in these little playhouses. They are r.ot permitted to sleep In them. They art recreation centers, where the Germans gather In groups of four or i. or where, the owner secludes him self for reading or study. Maybe, the r.rmy authorities will let them bmU similar houses and a new village at Fort Oglethorpe. Our officials tedl me the Germans are much less both er when thev have something to oc cupy them. The mountain folk here abouts say "put them to work in the field" some. Indeed, have accepted paroles for that work, but so deep rooted is the fear of what will hap pen to them when they get back to Germany if they accept a parole that most or them do not dare even to apply- 1 1 Some of the Germans are too old to work, as they are over 50. The vounser men find amusement in out door sports or in musical instruments, which they have brought with them from their ships, hut the great mn ioritv feel like prisoners and act 111;'; it "They wonder when it will al ond Thev no longer talk of the war as "glorious." it is now a 'terrible war," and they do not think It will he over "in a few months," as they fancied when they came here. It is a dreary, monotonous future they roiesoe, but at least, they are beinc fed three times a day. and have a bunk to sleep In, which ought to be told In the streets of Berlin repeat edly with photographic Illustrations, if necessary. Ml the men. In the letters they air permitted to write twice n week to fie'rnnv, unnr.ii inusly describe ther treatment as good. Germany ought bv this time know that when Ameri ca as tho Intermediary for England ant! France sought to Improve the condition of allied prisoners she war not morely uttering empty altruism. merica is now practicing what wa thn preached, and presumably G- r man public opinion wilt keep this in mind, whenever there is romplanu to make about American prisoners in Germany. n editor in the Far West drop ped into church for the first time in is The minister was in the verv heart of the sermon. The editor listened for a while, and then rushed to his office. "What are you fellows doing7 What about the news from the reat of war?' "What news? "Why, all this about the Egyptian Uvinir drowned in the Hed Sea. The minuter up at the church knows nil hut t. and you nave nor a un of it in our latest. Bustle around, vou ftilows, and get out an extra- ; , c!al edition." Tit-tl'-ts The serious fond shortage 111 Austria-Hungary has gien rie to s na tionrl minor. One of tht,,f fiom Amsterdam, says an attempt has heen made on the life of Emperor Charles. This rumor lacks continuation. There is, however, little doubt that condi tions In Austria arc near a crisis. Little of the ttuo state of affairs can be learned because of the strict cen sorship, but what little news filters out through neutral countries shows that the Austrian people are- on short rations, that serious rioting has oc curred and that general strikes are feared. In a clash between police and strikers at Budapest 45 prisons are leported to have been killed or wounded. GEUMAN ritlSOXEK THIXKS WAR WILL SOOX BK OVFJt Ton Many Americans He Say -Our Hoy Captured 25 Irivners -One Prixmer Says Are d'oing to Viie (hit American. Get man prisoners raptured by the Americans on storming the Belleau wood se.-ti'jii now numbeis 250, including officers. One of the of-fi.-ers said the German commanders have been telling the soldiers that the Germans have landed an army in America, captured New Vo "k, and are cow marching toward Philadelphia. The Germans also are told that sub i.iarices have sunk bc-tween forty and fiUy ships in Long Island Sound. Tne importance of the American advance in Belleau wood is not indi cated by the amount of territory cap tured as that only amounts approxi mately to 500 square yards. The new positions of the Americans, how ever, dominate the ridge beyond so that they now hold the upper hand. Another German officer, arrogant and sarcastic, lemarked: "We are just rtarting with the Amerkaus. We are going to wipe out whole divisions .is if they were companies." The German privates were less at !Og;:iit and apparently were glad they t.'eio cajtiii"! One (Uciared that the Geriiiuh wt iv surprised at the American--, v.hu appealed so young, but fought like devils when they got started. Another declared: "The- war will soon be ended. There are too many Amercans coming to Europe." This prisoner was a Prussian, who fought on the Russian front. He con fesred that the Germans were pre paring to attack the Americans in Belleau wood, when the American troops started ther attack. It was a surprise affair. The Americans came one way, and the German of ficers tried to force their men for ward the other way. This prisoner was shot In the leg by his own of ficer because he hesitated confusedly between the American guns and bayo nets, end the pistols in the hands of iht- German officers. Uayi.ioud 3. Howell or Barnesville, Ohio, who was in the first line of the advance, describing the operation, said: "We took up a position in the op to wood; there were no trenches. The Germans opened a heavy fire, and shells fell around us like rain. We charged over the rocky hill, "our fel1 lows laughing and yelling a war hooj-J We then came tin a wneat neiu ana crossed in the face of a withering shell and machine fire, and drove back the Germans at the point ot the bayonet. "It was a wonderful sight. The Americans never hesitated, and the sound or their shouts and whoops were almost drowned by the Ger mans' cries or kamerad!' "The Germans got a few of our fellows, but we made them pay dear ly for every one." Herbert E. Bartloy of Anita, Iowa, told about a wounded American forc ing a big German to lead the way to the rear of the American lines. When they reached the lines, tin American said quietly: "Here's my inisoner." The German sheepishly nodded and said "Yah." Some id(a of the', thoroughness with which the American prepared for the attack may be gleaned from the fact that they 11 red approximate ly 5,000 high explosive in one hour The American gunner worked so fast the Germans said they did not have time to think. The German liues were torn up and the ground around strewn with German dead and wound ed. Two members of a German hos pital corps were captured. Machine gun emplacements, which were hidden behind the rocks, were charged and captured, while a group of several Americans captured one machine gun and twenty Germans in a shell hole. The attacking foroe was a comparatively small one, but did the work so thoroughly as one sever al times as large mght have done. One of the American wounded rc c.iarked to the correspondent: "I got bumped pretty badly, but I tuess it was worth while. If we had i Million more like out on'fit over l.i ve we would go to Berlin." Dnitli or .1. Lal.e Little Mr. J. Lahe Little, one of the most prominent rIMzens of the northern part of the county, died nt his home on Koeky river Monday at tho ad vanced age of 83. He had bevn il! for ponietime. The deceased was a leader in hi-' community, where practically all of his long and useful life was speir. Besides his wife be Is survived by nine children, five sons and four daughters. The daughters are: Mrs. James Griffin of oGose Creek town ship: Mrs. T. A. Hnne-yontt of Stan ly courtv; Mrs. W. L. BU'gero and .'. El'is Griffin, who live in Ten nessee. The sons are: Mec-vs. .1. A t.if"". Clerk of Superior Court of fsnly: .T. C. Little, also of & n-; ,f. T. Little of Florida: T. A. Little of the Long's store section: r.nd Mr Watt Little, who made his home with his parents. Mr. Little was a man of ttnrlglit Christian character. His word w.v good a his bond. His neighbors rec ognized him as such, and as a leader Funeral services wer conducted Tuesday at Crooked creek Primitive Baptist church by Elder Henry Tay lor. A large crowd attended the ser vices. Nearly $10,000 worth of War Savings Stamps were sold at the post office here yesterday. Lick stamps and lick the Kaleer. UIF.niOAX KOIJHERS WILL SOON FACE THE AIS1IUAXS Meanwhile, , V.yv. Arr Wauhiiii: That Scene of the War Midi K- ectant Eyt yufct Ueign mi The War Theater. With the rc-'.urn of alnio i n -r ii.,l conditions on the Italian front and with no indication apparent that it K the intention of tK Austr:: :is in the immediate future io lannt: another stroke against General Dia:' armies, the ye of the w rid av? bc-ins cen tered ence more in c.- pectaricy on he ha'tti nrptt in Pn. ii an. I ),tri:itrn-'S as the. possible theater of early en counters on a large ?c.iii. This epectancy u he-igati.ped by the utterance of Pavi i Lloyd George, the British prime miuisUr. in the rouse of commons Monday, w'u-n he said auother tner.:y attach i.iiyht be looked for. j---s:ly with'n a few bours and tertainly within the next few d;is a hlow on whic'i th ' lsue of the campaign Might depend- - raih- e.1 than by any oatwarc signs o: g.eat preparatifi- by tl t- Germans io loose their aipr-'S for ciiothcr at tempt at the ca;uue of Paris or Hi channel ports, the channel pvls Although the infactiy :' n. lions, evept by the America:: i;i t:.e Bel-li-r.it wood, bae saiccl- i st it in im portance above put ltd encounters re cent ly, neveith -ics the Germans are tring out with t'.K-'t aitilleiy tho stability of the British and French positions on ar.iw vctor from Flanders to the region ed the .Marne. Southwest of Anne ntieres. on the riv er Lys sectors, and between Givenchy and Itobccq. the BiitUh lines have been heavily shelleel with guns of all calibers and with considerable numbers of gas piojectiles. The Fri.nnh havp hten rerievine similar visitations between the Oise and Aisne rivers especially in the- legion norm of Villers-Cottereits, wlu-re the recent German oll'ensive reached its gieai est depth in the attempted dash to Paris. Whe-n or where the next offensive is to be launched cannot be fortolel, but it Is expected that it will be start ed and can led out in an ambitious manner, for It seemingly is realized that time now is working against t he Germans in the west and that haste is necessary. This fact appa rently Is being deeply impressed on the German high command, espevial iv on it rtniiv 1r witnessing the arrival -virn"ias!ts numbers of Americans on the battle front anu is coming u realize that they are foemen of the highest merit. For the moment the Germans seem resigned to the-ir loss to the Amer icans or the Belleau wood, northwest of Chateau Thierry. No counter-attacks have been made in an endeavor to regain tho lost ground. Tlie latest account of the Americans' victory shows that tho troops from overseas, in addition to killing and wounding nianv or the enemy, took 311 prison ers. 11 machine guns and 10 auto-mati- rifles and a large quantity ol atttiiiunitlon and other war stores. All Is quiet along the Piave front in the Italian theatre, where the Ital ians are secure in the positions from which they drove the Austrians from the wcs'.eM-n bank of tlie river. li the mountain region there has heen considerable fighting in which the Italians se-oin to have had the uppe-r-hand. Announcement has ben made by Secretary of War Baker that a regi ment of American troops from tlie the- expeditionary forces of General Pershing has been ordered to Ital ian front. On their arrival, which is expected shortly, the. Austrlans will have racing them men from Italy, the Tinted States, Gieat Britain and France. Junior Itesl t'ro .Note The Juniors will have to bo zeal mis in good work this summer if the-y do their part to meet the require metns of the government in supply ing, the three million men which P.i ktr says will be in foreign fields by frill. There is a call from headquar tprs for nn unlimited supply of quilts. The latest insti uctions are to make them 5 C ; , heavily pa-VJi'i: with cotton. At the las! two moe! liii? the. Junior's have nut together one quilt and have squares ready foi lor two more. .wis. K. A. Ainiticui met with the Junior's last Monday nnd l.iia m-arlmwlv offered to help with the quiltinp. The auxiliary at Pnlon has sent In two we quilt. The following 111 tie ladies haw brought In materia) for the wort;: Martha Adams, Sr.cah Hud on, Kl'iie Hudson. Kachael Hudson, to: n l.r Dillon. Vlreinia Illakenev. Mary Nor wood, John Belk, Kebecca Norwood. N'ora Lee. Katherine Bed foam. Mary Watkins. Virginia Neal, Li!':an Par ker. Fannie P. Kudre. Ashe Lane, ldn Mills. Francis Sninson. Eliza beth Simpson. Anna F. Hedfe-nn. llacb.'i"! n:if.i'M, Kiev. nor Arr ':- !:!. .M i v" --. 1!:' Clrua Audi" "i. !. !' A!d!r:"v Lor.Vne Sa)e, Mary 1 . P.Utoa. Marhn Ath-ms, Klli-- H ar.,: V -ehael Hndron have brought ;n or.-? pound of tin-foil. Mi-k IJnmlohih lled'tmn. rhnirimirt of the Junior work, wisiies tho high school girls to enlist In the splen did work as well as the grammar grades. Mrs. WALTER CROW-ELL. Executive Secretary Junior Work. Give up your luxuries that the Kaiser may be made to give up his ambitions. Become a stockholder io the United States buy War Savings Stamps. RUSSIAN HEROINE HERE i Mnie. Leonlua Boti hkureva, founder and leader of the famous Itussian women's Battalion f Death, who ar rived at a Pacific iort en route to France, where the will offer her serv ice's to the allies. At the time of the downfall ef Kerensky Mine. Botch ktii'eia was smuggled out eif Moscow and taken to Vladivostok, where she took refuge em a British war vessel. KI'.KEXSKY SAYS lU'MA WILL Ill-Mi XT Lit THE FK.HT NOON Former Pceiiiier, On His Way To Ai.ieihu, Made This Statement In lmdoii MiicIi Speculation A- to the Pui'ix-se of His Yiit. The unheraldt.,1 nrpearance in Lon don of Alexander Kerensky, former provisional premier of Russia togeth er wim his announcement that he is on hia wcy to America and that he is certain hiis ia soon will be fight ing again with the fovce of demo e.ncy against German domination, furnished the subje-.-t for a discussion in official and UlpUmiMic circles that covered a wide range. As there apparently had been no intimation ol Ke.ensky's intended visit to this coant.j, speculation na turally centered aiound hia purpose in eoiiihig. T!ie belief seems to be generrl that he not only will seek io enlist the support of his own peo ple In this country in his efforts to rehabilitate Russia and cast off the German yoke, hut will itKuss the : llbject with ol lii ia! as well. Appearing as he does at a time win Jl both the t'liiie l States and the entente row; n:ut !; are earnestly considering Imw li.cy may best, aid Uussia, the vi-it ot tile one-tiino dic tator b; regarded by officials as hav ing many af.d tai-rca'.-hing possibil ity s. Coincident viih th appearance of Kerensky in London. John Sook-ine-, a pieihher of the Russian com mission sent to the Ftiited Stales by tlie Kerensky government a year ago. Lid r.ow Just back from Fri.nce, an nomnd today that he had learned fro. a in'iiiiafe reports from Russia thai, tlie peeiple now vonl 1 wthome militaiy action by the allies to owr coi.io German dominaTon. Air. Sookine's stale ment ar.d that cf li.naer Premier Kerensky toiucrn ing rt.e chance in the sentiment of thi Bus -'.an li'ans serve to bear out r poils leciivod at the state depart ment. It is krun.n that :': some lime pov.eilul toives aave oicn lialll erim: within Russia i'.silf to testore onit r. It developed toda;. that Kerensky iM'tually had been in Kussia most of the period of err'it months sin-o his government was overthrown by tlie Bolshevik!. Althouch as d.lionsly sought, by th; bo'slu'vlki. he Is under s'ood to hir e been liid'ns !n Moscow and in the Cama us. directing his pgents in combatting tho snread ol German inline nee and int-. u-ue. How ever, it has no' ye; been irru'.e dear to what ex'e-nt KeTcnsky repiesevits the e!;i!,'ii!.-. .' (itiiic to set up a r-irnni! govcrn.i cut in Russia. Xaincx For Kcl Crov ejuiit. The- followii'i; names have bet-n ad ded to the q'.iilt since Tuesday; Samuel A Price, Mrs. Samuel A. Pi ice. Ray Alexander Price. Mr. and -s. H. L. Pii(C, Mrs I. V. Gordon. v'.!;u. (!;rt!on, Harv (;vu('''i, .loll : :' Cordon. Na - Mr. and .A 0. T. Wir . ':'!) I Stan . i. Mr. and Mi .'. " 1 lr r. J. 11 U.-irhesler. Sc C. . - ir. Mr. rnd M-s. y,r. P r. y ;. ., A. Pre-r.-1-y, M.ilcl Presley. Mi. s A lie Lt.- No! a Le?, Fripci I.ee. Pick I.e". H :rvy Lee. Mrs. K. .1. Ho'lon. Ellen Srarnes, Beithr. MrLain. Mius Lura Heath. Mr. and Mrs. W. C Crook. Mr. and Mrs. .1. E. Greene. Mr. and Mrs. Vance Lanev, Mrs. T. F. Medlin. Mis. Lee Presley, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Williams, Harry Williams, Robert Williams. Luxuries as usual means a victoii otts Germany. Save and buy War Savings Stamps. Make thrift jour by-word. Mm $t : " irffwwtw,nnff! ) B M tMIt IX THIS COIXTY TO I UK IHsTltlltlTFD BY ;it!FFlX R.f.Jleis Mut tJet Certificate From Him. and tlie ll.nihobler is Limit eel to Three I 'i mi id n Cause In-i-il)iiiu Action. On July 1 and thereafter the dis tribution of sugar in the United States will be conducted under tho absolute direction of the I'uited States Food Administration, accordin to Hnuouncem.nt by County Food Ad ministrator Lee Grifun today. ThU ratii-al departure iierissary iu or-dn- to conserve the sugar supply so that ample sugar will he available for household use aud for pre-c- viug and canning. On and alter July 1 Mr. Griffin wilt is.ue certificates to all buyers of su ..:. including wholesalers, retailers, manufacturers, eating houses, board ing houses and every dealer or user of suvar whatsoever with tlie excep tion of house hold customers. No sales el sugar must be made July 1 and a'ler except upon the surrender of . certificates isued by Mr. Griffin and with the cxie-ptioii of Pales to house bi.id ton.'-Uiiicrs. All commercial users of sugar are ! g require.-' to make a new state ment of sugar on hand and in transit on July 1, and those who have more siitar than they are entitled to will be required to dispose of it under the direction nf County Food Administra tor G i If tin. The sam applies to any hote ls, res taurants, bake is, or dealers who have on hand July 1 more sugar than they nre entitled to. It is manifestly un fair for any one to lie over-stocked under conditions which the- country fac.-s at this time. Our national su aar supply does not come from stocks, but arrives in monthly amount and any attempts to provide ahead upon the parts of dealers, commercial users or Individuals will be severely punish ed by the Food Administration which will be able to keep accurate tab on all sales of sugar through the new system of inspection. The extension of the rationing plan for the distribution of sugar is the result of a number of causes that have cumulated to make the sugar situation more difficult than could have been anticipated even a few weeks ago, according to a statement issued by State Food Administrator Henry A. Page today. On account of the shipping situa tion it is Impossible to secure the sugar which is available in. remote markets and there has been a smaller yield of sugar In tlie West Indies. The domestic beet and Ihe Louisiana crops have also fallen below anticipa tion. In addition to this, a consider able quantity of sugar has been lost by submarines. As close nn estimate as can be made indicated a reasonable expec tation from all sources of about 1, tUiO.iino tons of sugar for United Slates consumption during the last half of the pierent year. This is based upon tlie maintenance of tin present meagre allied ration. This supply of 1.GU0.OOO tons ne "ossitaiis a considerable reduction in our eo'.i-iniiptioii. To provide three pounds of sugar per month per pei .on for household u-e, to take care of our army and navy and to pro vide ior the necessary prc-( tvclion of fruit, milk, etc, will require about 1 ,f(io.niMl tons of sugar for the- six months. A household consumption if three pounds per moni'i per per ron, together with the special allow ance for home canning, means a re duction of i;ome 23 per cc-ui in these branches of consumption from normal but it is still nearly double the lation in the .allied countries and is ample for every economical use. In the plan of distribution which will now go Into fo-ce, the ler.s es sential users of sugar, that Ia con fectioners, suit drink manufacturers, tobacco manufacturers, etc., will bo hit the hardest. There are a num ber of substitutes available- to the confectioners upon which no restric tions a.e fl.-'ced. A retailer is expected to cell not more than throe pounds pe- person per mouth to hou.-ehnlil.n''. All householders are requested and ex pected to purchase all sugar supplies from the same g-orer insofar as possi ble. Households criming and preserv ing fiuits for home use will be allow ed only 25 pounds of sugar for such purposes for the entire season except upon specif!'' authorization from their County Food Administrator to pur chase an additional amount. Canning club girls and others canning and preseivinp fruits for the matket can secure ceitinratcs from the Sugar Oivision of the Food Administration upon tiling a statoineni of their re quirements upon blanks which will be furnished for their purpose. It will be seen by this plan that there is no direct rationing of the ii ousel, old or. It would cost the gov-c-rni i! nt .".,000.ti;0 to put the hoiis i hold r eai a raMiii earl and would take lite s- vices of MO.Ono people to c .-. 1 1 v it oi-t. We rannot afrord the labor o'- t.'oncy iiml if householders vvili co-ope" ate il can be avoided. Prest;)tci ian ( lillit h Notes. A cordial invitation to the follow ing services: 10 a. m., Sunday sc iol. 11 a. in.. Worship and sermon. 6:30 p. t'i., Prr.isc service and SO minute sermon. Note the change in 'aour fu e en iiig soi vice. Re poiier. Hartley Withers, the editor of the Economist, of London, says: "Money spent in war time on things not nettled is money t'iven to the eneniy.'
The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 28, 1918, edition 1
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