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Country-Wide Coal an d W ood
Famine
ARE YOU DOING YOUR BIT TO PREVENT IT?
EXTRAVAGANCE
SHOULD CEASE.
State Fuel Administration Of
fers Twelve Ways In Which
You May Help Solve
This Situation; It
Is Important.
The following pamphlet was hand
ed us for publication by Mr. Thomas
D. Peck, chairman of Warren Fuel
Conservation committee. The text of
this pamphlet should be widely read
and its contents will be beneficially
read by Warren people.
The pamphlet was issued by. State
Administrator McAllister and contai:
thi- foreword:
'Experience and observation of the
State Fuel Administration of North
Carolina, bring out several facts A
interest: (1) the fuel situation is not
beinjr relieved at any points so far,
except temporarily, and assumes a
more and more serious aspect the
nearer we approach cold weather; (2)
the State Fuel Administrator, thru the
Department at Washington, D. C, has
not been able to do more thrm merely
to direct shipment of sufficient coal
where most needed so as to obviate up
to this time, actual suffering anywhere
(3) those places that are short of coal,
and that are now living from hand
to mouth, are probably going to have
to continue to do this throughout th
vv inter, and the conservation pfcont
therefore, '-ec mes of first importance
and imperative; (4) the municipal
wood yard is exceedingbeyond expec
tations wherever it is being tried, and
the number of cities and towns ti-at
are engaging in the wood business as
an emergency business, is constantly
iicreaLing.
Th:s natter of fuel conservation is
vegarded as so important that the
State Fuel Administrator has prepar ed
a set of twelve questions and an
swers as a sort of catechism on th2
subject for distribution to the local
.mmittees, and for dissemination thru
- .press and schools of the state.
You can help by passing this on o
your newspaper for publication, or by
placing it in the hands of some schoc
teacher, or by handing it to your neigh
bor.
"A shovel full of coal is equivalent
in value to a half a loaf of bread."
Herbert Hoover, FederalFood Admin
istrator. ' It will require the fullest co-operation
on the part of both producers and
consumers to avert a fuel shortage,
which may mean not only suffering,
but a serious hampering of war prep
arations." H. A. Garfield, Federal
Fuel Administrator.
Question 1 Is tVere a coal short
age, and what are the reasons for it?
Answer 1. If coal shipments were
to stop, North Carolina would be ut
terly barren of domestic coal in less
than a week. The reasons for the
coal shortage are as follows: (1) The
government coal requirements are 6,
000,000 tons, or 200 percent in excess
f normal, and a state of war has re
sulted in a net increased annual con
sumption by the country cf 50,000,000
tcms; (2) many dealers, manufactur
es, and even railroads, did not renew
their coal contracts in the spring and
summer of 1917, with the result that
the deliveries at this date, December,
are far behind the normal; (3)
,he War basis which the country is on
Js reducing the transportation facili
!es of the railroads both as to locomoT
(1Ves an(1 cars for the carrying of coal:
' the increased demands which war
Preparations are making upon railroad
""aportation nave resulted in a great
lJ lnCTPneo . . ' i A
j, cunsumption Ol coai aim
r e, Wnolesale confiscation by som
roads of coal sipped to dealers and
nufacturers, which they are' prop
y Permitted by the government to
ake When it is needed to keep their
0n ms inning. With the public short
tak' t0 begin with' and the railroad
be n g a large part of that which can
thp ,urpd to relieve this shortage,
lhe PuUic is in a bad way. .
(TUESDAY)
A SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF WARRENTON AND
Is Seriously
Question 2
How does the enserva-
tion ox coal concern you, and what
good will it do?
Answer 2. Coal is one of the neces
sities of life just as food is, and for
economic reasons the conservation of
one is as necessary as the other. Gov
ernment regulation keeps the price
from being prohibitive, but is pwer
less to supply the shortage. What does
it avail you if you can pay the price
if you can't get the coal? If there i3
not enough coal shipped to go around,
is there anything that will make it go
around except the careful, economical
use of it by everybody concerned ? You
cannot expect your neighbors to con
serve coal unless you do it yourself.
It is an enterprise in which everybody
will have to lend a hand if we get any
where. If the coal we have, and can
get, is not used intelligently and care
fully, somebody is goirfg to suffer, and
why not you as well as the other fel
low? Our country needs coal to win
the war. This call on you to use coal
with care and thrift is the call of the
country. It is your chance to do your
bit. If you are patriotic, if you love
your country, heed it. If you want .o
give aid and comfort to the enemy, pay
no attention to it. The average sav
ing of one ton of coal to a family for
the entire country this winter, would
meon a saving of 33,000,000 tons, or
550,000 car loads of 60 tons each
nearly enough to offset the increased
consumption of army, navy, munition
and manufacturing plants this year.
Will yu study this catechism and learn
hw to save coal, and try to do your
part?
Question 3 How can you save coal ?
Answer 3. There are many ways:
. y x tr J i
I u; IO" can as iar as possiDie, usCoal supply?
'' wood in the place of coal; (2) youcan .
let your furnace go unfired in mild
weather, using your grates and stoves
instead; (3) you can place thermome
ters in your homes or offices and avoid
waste of heat by holding the tempera
ture down to 70 degrees at most, and
G8 degrees is better still; (4) you can
have your chimneys, flues and furna
ces cleaned of soot and kept clean:
and thereby obtain an increase of heat
with a decreased consumption of coal:
(5) you can exercise care in the use of
lights, turning them out when they
are no longer needed, and bearing in
mind always that every unnecessary
light means s much coal wasted; (6)
you can pass on to your neigbhors and
associates these hints for the saving cjd q && & patriotic service
of coal and you can talk coal conserva- - Question nWhat about the muni.
tion wherever it is needed, and wher- j cipal wood y&rd?
ever you see coai wasted anu me x uics
infringed, yu can tactfully call at
tention to the fact and to the teachings
of the Fuel Administration, and you
can do it in such a way that it will
be appreciated and acted upon.
Question 4 What are some of-the
causes of losses of heat in the con
sumption of coal? - -
Answer 4. The principal losses are
(a) the Toss through the grate to the
ash pit, (b) the loss on account of ra
diation to the firing room or the other
parts of the building not intended to
be heated, (c) losses up the chimney,
(d) loss through lack of regulation,
(e) loss on account of atmosphere be
ing too dry.
Question 5 How can loss through
the grate be prevented?
Answer 5. By care in building the
fire. The fuel next to grate should oe
of a coaser kind, lump coal or wood,
and after the fire is started, the finer
coal can be put on top with little, if
any, loss. A very satisfactory method
for the use of fine coal, or even coal
dust in an ordinary coal grate, is to
make first in the botom of the prate,
a wood fire, and after the wood has
been thoroughly charred and about
half burned, then put on the coal dust.
The heat from the wood will cause it
to coke or run together and will mafce
a very satisfactory fire, furnishing sat
isfactory heat and burning slowly.
Coal should never be unloaded on the
-round, b.s the coal dust sifting thru
to the bottom is thereby lost to a large
extent. Coal dust can be burned ann
has enouj
gh heat to make it worm
ing,
Question o xiuw
.. TTr winir j IOSS Oil
count of radiation oeavumcu . ,
Answer 6. ay seems t
sufficient
have sumcieno
ViAater ar.d the piping
YTuvsed
covering and that there are nj -f
parts.
-Excessive
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WARRENTON, N. C, TUESDAY DECEMBER 18TH, 1917
Threatened.
Asmoke pipe connectnig the heater with
the chimney .may be corrected by chati
gmg the damper, such as to effect
better regulation of t.ne drate.
Question 7 How may losses up the
chimney be corrected?
Answer 7. These losses, which arc
mure important man others, can be
corrected by "more frequent firing of
the furnace with smaller charges of
coal, fang before the fire becomes too
low, covering only a portion of the fire
bed with fresh coal, and giving atten
tion to proper regulation of ash and
fire door dampers," these losses up the
chimney being largely due to too much
air, with very thin fires, holes through
the fire bed, and open fire doors.
Question 8 How can loss thru lack
of regulations be prevented ?
Answer 8. By maintaining as con
stant a temperature as possible. An
automatic thermstat serves this pur
pose best, but where you do not have
that, careful attenion to the fire so as
to prevent wide fluctuations in the
house temperature will prevent an un
neeessary consumption of fuel.
Question 9 How can loss on ac
count of atmosphere" being too dry be
avoided ?
Answer 9. These losses can be av
oided by humidifying the atmosphere,
resulting in a state of atmosphere that
is essential to neaitniuiness, a pro
tection of woodwork, and an economy
in the use of fuel. The room temper
ature, in order to make the occupants
comfortable, has to be higher in a dry
atmosphere than in a humidified at
mosphese. A dry atmosphere, there
fore, means a waste of heat.
Question 10 If you are a manufac
turer, how can vou heln conserve the
I "
Answer 10- You can see to it tnat
your boiler plants are kept up so that
"greater efficiency may be obtainen
therefrom," that soot and scale are nor
allowed to accumulate on boiler tubes,
that there are no leaky baffles noi'
leaky brcikwork of boiler settingsthat
economical methods of firing are em
ployed, that no more boilers than nec
essary are kept in operation for
given load, it being "economy to run
fewer boilers at their foil capacity
than to keep in operation a large num
ber of boilers running unloaded," that
accurate daily records be kept of the
amount of coal burned and that your
engineers are impressed with the "ab-
solute necessity of the most economi
Answer 11. If the local wood deal
ers cannot adequately supply at a rea
sonable price as much wood as can be
used, advocate the establishment of a
municipal wood yard by your city or
town, and if anybody wants to raise
the issue of socialism, tell him that
you will not have time for academic
discussion until the war is over. If
any city or town of North Carolina
that has wood in reach fails to lay it
in, if that city or town should find it
self unable to get coal this winter, that
siuation of improvidence is going to
be anything but comfortable for who
ever is responsible for it. If Ashe
ville can furnish its citizens with wood
cut, spit and delivered at a reasonable
price, why cannot other cities and
towns do the same thing, if they will
take the trouble and exercise the re
sourcefulness to do it?
Question 12 Is there any other way
by which you can help the fuel situa
tion ?
Answer 12. You can help by your
co-operation, by co-operating with the
State Fuel Administration and your
cal fuel committee who are endeavor
ing to render a difficult public service
without reward or hope of reward.
You can put yourself in their place
you can be patient and forbearing
you can refrain from knocking yoa
can no more afford to be a knocker
than you can afford to be a slacker
you can be an enlisted man in the con
servation of coal.
PENSION MONEY IS
AT CLERK'S OFFICE.
pengion money for the veterans
rmd widows of Warren county is now
-u,,: v,a ftw
reaay ior awinuuM
clerk of Courfc R Rodwen.
THE THRIFT AND
: i
WAR STAMPS
A Letter to the Boys and Girls
' of Warren County From the
Warrenton Post Mistress.
The time has come when our coun
try needs the help of all the children.
You have heard grown up people talk
ing of buying Liberty Bonds. Many
have seen the necessity of letting the
Government use as much of their
money as they could spare and have
taken the Bonds. as a guarantee that
what had been borrowed, would be
returned after a period of years. But
there are many who could not buy
ihese bonds, and for them another plan
has been devised. In every postoffice
War stamps are to be sold, to give all
who will the opportunity to invest a
smaller sum.
I During December and January a $5
War stamp may be bought for $4.12,
one cent being added to its price in
every month of the year 1918. It
cannot cost more than $4.23. The Gov
erhment will use this money and after
five years (1923) will return $5.00 lor
every War stamp purchased. But
there are some who cannot buy a $5.00
stamp and for 'them pretty green
stamps called Thrift Stamps, which
cost 25c each, are provided. A heavy
envelope and a card to, which the
stamp is attached are given with the
first stamp bought. When the card
has sixteen stamps, it represents $4.00
and by paying 12, 13 or 14 cts., never
more than 23 cents extra, the owner
may exchange it for another card bear
ing one big $5 stamp a War Saving
Certificate, and begin to buy Thrift
stamps for another certificate.
Even the children may help in pro
viding the things our soldiers must
haVe and every penny will be returned
and others added when the five years
shall have passed. Try to understand
thit it.is is no sense a gift, but just a
loan to the Government. To save pen
nies, dimes and quarters is not the
chief thing in life, but to save them
for the use of our country in its need'
is to show patriotism and obedience
and these qualities are among tne
things worth while.
Let the young people of Warrenton
learn the lessons of self denial and
thrift and be examples of what can
be done for the help of the cause. The
War certificates and Thrift stamps
are for sale .at the postoffice and the
banks.
The sooner we set ourselves to the
work of saving andbuying, the' more
help we shall be to our country and
to ourselves.
MRS. W. H. DAMER-
ON ENTERTAINS
Friday Afternoon From 3 to 5
at Floating Reception In Mrs.
J. A. Dameron's Honor.
Mrs. W. H. Dameron was hostess
at a floating reception last Friday af
ternoon from 3 to 5 p. m., in honor of
Mrs. J. A. Dameron, Jr., and her home
guest Mrs. Barker Dameron, of Nash
ville.
The home was tastefully decorated
in ferns and potted flowers and was
convincingly inviting to the guests as
the front doors were thrown open and
each guest was made welcome by Mrs.
A. E. Jones and Miss Josie Dameron.
In the receiving line were: Mrs. W.
H. Dameron, Mrs. Barker Dameron
and Mrs.John A. Dameron, Jr. From
the receiving line the guests were ush
ered into the dining room by Mrs. V.
F. Ward, and here were received and
entertained by Miss Sue Williams and
Mrs. W. W. Taylor. In the dinning
room the guests were served block
Neopolitan cream and fruit cake, the
enjoyment of which was accentuated
by the smiles, pleasant repartee, and
graciousness of Misses Crichton
Thorne and Agnes Henderson who
served each guest.
The afternoon was a pleasant one
for social Warrenton, and Warrenton
society was delighted at this opportu
nity of meeting and welcoming Mrs.
J A. Dameron to its midst, and of be-
coming acquainted with Mrs. Barker
Dameron, who was the pleasant home
guest of Mrs. W. H. Dameron.
(FRIDAY)
WARREN COUNTY
THE RED CROSS
AND CHRISTMAS
The Purpose of the Membership
Drive; Warren Homes Ask
ed to Exhibit Red Cross.
The following excerpts from a Red
Cross bulletin are produced for-they
speak in eloquent terms of Red Cross
work and the purpose in securing a
larger number of members.
. "I write as a brother.
"We are a large family.
"This world war Made in Germany
against which we are fighting has sent
our incomes down and our expenses
up.
"The pinch hurts, but it is hot going
to. kill us.
"We still have enough and some
thing to spare.
"Though we feel poor, don't let' us
be impoverished by selfish fear.
"Let us save in food, in service, in
clothes, in luxuries, but not in money.
"Let us use it by giving it to save
the wounded, the suffering, our friends
our country.
"Let us keep Christmas this year
by keeping up the Red Cross.
"Then it will be not a poor Christ
mas, but a rich Christmas in our
hearts," this is a message to those who
feel poor from Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
The War Council of the American
Red Cross has conceived that a great
National purpose will be served by hav
ing membership in the Red Cross al
most as universal as citizenship.
Although pledged as a Nation to the
National . purpose during this great
crisis, it will not be granted to a large
percencentage of us to play a part in
the fighting branches of our country's
service.
All of us, however, can be identified
with the Red Cross, which in these
times, when whole Nations are organ
ized for warfare, is big enough and
strong enough to carry some of the
burden for our soldiers, our sailors and
our Allies.
We want a Red Coss of fifteen mil
lion members. We want the strength
and support that will grow from this
army of members.
We have set Christmas time to at
tain this goal, because we believe that
the Red Cross and Christmas spring
from the same spirit, and we wish to
bring together these two great sym
bols of mercy, sacrifice and cheer. To
this, our first Christmas in the war,
we want the Red Cross symbol to add
not a spirit of dejection, but the
thought of serious purpose and sacri
fice which through accomplishment it
represents.
We hope that from this Christmas
campaign of 1917 will grow a perma
nent custom which will increase the
significance of both Christmas and the
Red Cross.
The American Red Cross has pro
vided a transparent paper bearing a
Red cross for each home which is re
presented by a member of this order.
Every home and place of business is
urged to exhibit these crosses from
their windows for each member of
the family who is also a Red Cross
member little red flags are to be plac
ed around the Cross. It is hoped thai:
many people will fall in , line with
this national idea.
As one of the most striking features
of the campaign, closing here with
the Community Christmas tree on the
twenty-fourth, is "that every home in
Warrenton and every place of business
is to be marked with this emblem be
hind which at 7:30 a lighted candle
will be placed in each window, and in
this manning giving expression to the
universal aspect of the Red Cross. Tiie
church bells of Warrenton are to be
rung at 7:30, and the Red Cross work
ers of the county will gather, 'round
the tree later and sing carols of Christ
mas time.
The work is of great moment and
every effort is being made by the
local chapter for a thoroughly success
ful gathering here on Christmas Eve.
A PLAY AND CHRISTMAS
TREE AT EMBRO.
A play at Embro High School on
Tuesday, December 25th at 7:30 p. m.,
"Jumbo Jum" and other dialogues and
monologues will be given. Proceeds
for benefit of school.
On Friday December 28th a Christ
mas tree will be given in the behalf
of Sunday School of Prospect M. E.
.Church", Embro.
Others invited to come and bring
presents for friends.'
Number 132
Sc. A COPY
NOT OVER ELEVEN
CENTS FOR SUGAR
Food Administration Asks For
Report On All Who Charge
Over 11c. For Susar.
The following letter was handed us
by Mr. W. G. Rogers for publication.
It contains information straight from
headquarters, and shows that at this
crisis in the Nation life that the Food
Administration is looking toward
the comforts of the people, and is
ready to punish the middleman who is
making and unwarranted profit:
Raleigh, Dec. 1917
To all County Food Administrators;
Gentlemen :
We have had complaints from
several points in the state of exorbi
tant charges for sugar and other food
products. We feel that 10 or 10 l-2c.
a pound for sugar affords the dealer
a fair profit, but until present condi
tions are relieved Mr. Paga has fixed
11c as the maximum that might b
charged in North Carolina. If any
merchants in your county are charg
ing more than that price for sugar
please warn them that they must pat
their prices within that figurt and if
they persist in profiteering after hav
ing received warning from you pls
report their name and the circumstan
ces to this office promptly.
We desire to call your attention t
another condition. We have had in
formation from one county that a num
ber of consumers have purchased suf
ficient flour to last them until next
harvest. The. Food Control Law is de
signed to prevent, and does forbid.
hoarding by consumers and individuals
as much as by dealerg, and this office
desires any definite information it can
secure regarding this practice. kjt
course, the producer of wheat or an r
other food product is privileged t;
have it ground-and keep it in his hands
as long as he desires but after it pas -es
from the hands of the producer ir
is under the control of the Food Ad
ministration and it is imperative that
no hoarding be allowed. Food com
modities, where held by consumers or
lealers n amounts greater than their
requirements for a reasonable period.
re subject to confiscation and we do
not hesitate to say to you, and yo i
need not hesitate to pass the worU
along, that those who attempt to hoard
foodstuffs and to disarrange the whole
food situation in the country will b
dealt with promptly and vigorously.
In any expression regarding this ma
ter be careful to make it clear that the
actual producer is excepted insofar as
those products raised by himself are
concerned.
Trusting that you will keep your
self informed and to keep this office
informed of conditions in your county
vith regard to food prices and sup
plies, we are Yours very truly,
U.S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION,
Per John Paul Lucas, Ex. Sec'ty.
CITY TO HAVE
A WOOD YARD
For Emergency Cases Only; Peo-
pie Are Urged To Proeure
Wood As Far As Needed.
"Warrenton is to have a Municip!
woody ard for emercency cases only.''
said Mr. A. G. Elliott, who is to hav
this matter in charge, Monday morn
ing.
"Only a half cord of wood will b
sold to each individual, and that wiil
only be done after investigation has
been made to determine whether he
has tried any other source," he co-
inued.
The town establishes this wood yard
after the apparent neccessity for such
action hai been brought to their av
tention by Warren's Fuel Conserva
tion Committee, consisting of Mr. T-
D. Peck, chm., R. B. Boyd and V. F.
Ward. However, the wood yard is
only for emergencies the town is not
entering it as a business, but as a
means of service to its citizens.
The ..wood is to be stored in te
building next to the Episcopal chureh.
where Strickland's Garage used to be.
Mr. Elliott is making every effort to
provide wood immediately, but the out
look doesn't seem favorable for a de
livery until after Christmas.
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