VOLUME 36 ? SMITHFIELD, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917. ' Number 40
MEN ON THE LIABILITY LIST.
Numbers and Names of Registrants
In Order of Tneir Call In Johnston
County, District No. 2, Up to the
Eirst 1280 Numbers Called lu Eri
day's Drawing. Number 258 Eirst
on List ? Erancis Marion Aycock.
We are giving below the names of
the first 397 men who will be called
before the Exemption Board, John
ston County District Number 2. In
giving this list we do not claim that
it is official or that it is absolutely
correct. We took the liability numbers
as they were published in Saturday's
News and Observer and found the
serial number and their name.
There may be some errors, but it will
be found that the list is very near
what the official list will be, if not
quite that.
We are not giving the liability
list for the whole country, but only
as it applies to Johnston County,
District No. 2. In this district the se
rial numbers run to 2136. Any num
ber drawn above 2136 does not apply
to this district.
In the list as given below, the lia
bility number as it applies to John
ston County, District No. 2, is given
first and then the serial number, fol
lowed by the name. It is well for
every man to remember his number
and answer when it is called. The
War Department wants 202 men from
District No. 2. As we understand it,
all who are in the National Guard
from this district and all who have
recently volunteered from any town
ship in this district will be deducted
from the number called for. Should
there be fifty of these only 152 will
have to be chosen to make the dis
trict's quota of the first 687,000 men
called for by the President. To get
a hundred men it will probably re
quire that 200 be called before the
Exemption Board. The list follows:
1 ? 258 ? Francis^ Marion Aycock.
2 ? 458 ? Richard Holland.
3?1436? Albert C. McCall.
4 ? 854 ? 0. A. Whitley.
5 ? 1894 ? Leroy Davis Johnson.
6 ? 1878 ? Augustus Smith.
7 ? 1095 ? A. G. Thompson.
8 ? 2022 ? Clifford E. Hamilton.
9 ? 1455 ? Raiford Brown.
10 ? 783 ? Joseph Holder.
1^ ? 1813 ? Hugh Alexander Page*
12 ? 1858 ? Willie Richard King.
13 ? 1752 ? Charlie Blackman.
14 ? 1117 ? John William Pearce.
15?1572 ? Jesse Eason.
16 ? 1748 ? Russell L. Sanders.
17 ? 837 ? Summeron Crandal.
18 ? 337 ? W'illiam Wyatt Rice.
19 ? 676 ? Minger Alford Holder.
2(X- 275? J. M. Williams.
21 ? 509 ? George E. Barnes.
22 ? 1185 ? Calvin Carr Deans.
23 ? 564 ? Jackson Tippett.
24 ? 945 ? John Raynor.
25 ? 1912 ? David Council Pool.
26 ? 596 ? Payton Glover.
27 ? 1267 ? Rufus Bowman.
28 ? 536 ? Emlest Carpenter.
29?^1495 ? John William Rains.
30 ? 548 ? Robert Edward Bunn.
31 ? 126 ? Tommie Oscar Wiggs.
32 ? 1679 ? Wendell Alexander.
33 ? 1237 ? Levy Monton Creech.
34 ? 784 ? W. P. Murphey.
35 ? 1732 ? Hubert Bell Jones.
36 ? 755 ? Alphus Glover.
37? 107? Trine Henry Taylor.
38 ? 1546 ? W. Oscar Hicks.
39 ? 1563 ? Feetwood Batten.
40 ? 2099 ? Dorsey Duncan.
41 ? 1369 ? Howard Arthur Hood .
42 ? 616 ? Troy Malen.
43 ? 373 ? Grady Pierce.
44 ? 1676 ? James Godwin.
45 ? 1266 ? Millard Stevens.
46 ? 1891 ? David M. Blinson.
47 ? 775? Eugene Manning.
48?^.486 ? Wiley Watkins.
49 ? 692 ? Melvin Talton.
50 ? 600 ? J. Edgar Boyett.
51 ? 1986 ? James Thomas Dodd.
52 ? 810 ? Sam Shaw.
53 ? 1539 ? Jim A. Mitchell.
54 ? 1682 ? Charles James Steele.
55 ? 507? Wade Morgan.
56 ? 309? James Henry Batts.
57 ? 437? Herbert M. Grizzard.
58 ? 1324? Willie Columbus Ryals.
59 ? 604? M. T. Boykin.
60? 1763? Young Dell McLamb.
61 ? 1548 ? Henry Wallace.
62? 1264? John Thomas Langley.
63 ? 1066 ? Millard Liles.
64 ? 924 ? Jesse Peary.
65 420? Zero Langley.
66? 1014? Otis JBatten.
67? 1178? Milford Lynch.
68? 514? Nathan Boyette.
69 ? 433 ? Henry Arthur Flowers.
70? 1239? HayWood S. Vaughn.
71 ? 330 ? Daniel Woodard.
72? 10 ? James Roy Robertson.
73 ? 1045 ? Clarence Barber.
74 ? 1031? Norman Whitley.
75 ? 1705? David Exum Barber.
76 ? 1331 ? Troy Pierce.
77?1685? Henry Pollard.
78? 487? Willie Finch.
79 ? 1282 ? John R. Howell.
80? 1323? Jeff Wallace.
81 ? 1847 ? Sftmuel Lofton Ellis.
82 ? 797 ? Milton Bailey.
83 ? 140 ? Willie Turner Strickland.
84 ? 1536 ? Simon Ashley Godwin.
85 ? 1922 ? Porter Wallace.
86 ? 1723 ? Thomas Newton Ray.
87 ? 1779 ? Isaac M. Puckett.
88 ? 1236^? Lee Bivens.
89 ? 2011 ? William D. Beddingfield.
90 ? 432 ? Charlie Ernest Pittman.
91 ? 18 ? John Turner Wallace.
92 ? 652 ? J. D. Snipes.
93 ? 927 ? James Moss.
94 ? 1484 ? Robert J. Steele.
95 ? 739 ? Henry Renfrow.
96 ? 1751 ? Donnie Leen Pool.
97 ? 601 ? Ira Boyett.
98 ? 1322 ? Henry Langley.
99 ? 1146 ? James Henry Stevens.
100 ? 1103 ? John Turner Johnson.
101? 1375? Fletcher Goldstun.
102 ? 606 ? Lonnie Creech.
103 ? 182 ? Condary Ellis.
104 ? 513 ? Mitchell Holmes.
105 ? 46 ? Barney W. Edgerton.
106 ? 1020 ? George Stallings.
107 ? 1651 ? Joseph Alonzo Moore.
108 ? 1099 ? Clinton Thigpen.
109 ? 1955 ? Garland S. Wall.
110 ? 1636 ? Seaman Richardson.
I'll ? 223 ? William Fletcher House.
112 ? 1441 ? Willie Jones.
113 ? 117 ? John Alex McDuffie.
114 ? 602 ? Walter Boy kin.
115 ? 390 ? Ransom L. G. Hollr.nd.
116 ? 75 ? Neal Washington Medlin.
117 ? 1818 ? William B. Parrish.
118 ? 772 ? Tom Talton.
119 ? 1456 ? Luby T. Foster.
120 ? 721 ? James Hodge.
121 ? 1419 ? James Norman.
122 ? 786 ? Clarence Bailey.
123 ? 1549 ? Ernest Everett.
124 ? 1476 ? Alsie T. Price.
125 ? 280 ? James Bemes.
126 ? 1292 ? William Lawrencc Brown.
127 ? 972 ? William B. Castleberry.
128 ? 983 ? Grover C. Sealey.
129? 757? M. L. Phillips.
130 ? 966 ? Ernest Medlin.
131 ? 868 ? Johnnie Raper.
132 ? 332 ? Lester Bridges.
133 ? 2090 ? Rudolph Barnes.
134 ? 379 ? Stephen Elmer Atkinson.
135 ? 1560 ? Ernest D. Wilkinson.
136 ? 542 ? John High.
137 ? 2107 ? Fab Johnson.
138 ? 194 ? William Pierson.
139? 874? Cole Gray.
14U ? ? Ballard Hocutt.
141 ? 1300? London Braswell.
142 ? 2124 ? Walter Monroe Ellis.
143 ? 1673 ? Walter McLoudin.
144 ? 1887 ? Robert Allen.
145 ? 298 ? Arthur Pipkin.
146 ? 675 ? Dallie Price.
147 ? 2132 ? Edison Cluster Hall .
148 ? 1769 ? Jesse T. Williams.
149 ? 1294 ? Arthur William Woodard.
150 ? 1148 ? Herman Pilkinton.
151? 1647? John Little.
152 ? 1354 ? Louis Mills Adams.
153 ? 1906 ? Devan Barbour.
154 ? 2017 ? Willie O. Patterson.
155 ? 343 ? Charley Jordan.
156?2008 ? Norman Samuel Dunn.
15Y ? 1613 ? George Price.
158 ? 2100 ? Herman Henry Duncan.
159 ? 982 ? Aaron Sealey.
160 ? 726 ? Perry Corbett.
161 ? 15 ? Shady Bryant Pate.
162 ? 905 ? Ruffin Watson.
163 ? 933 ? William Ruffin Lynch.
164 ? 1931 ? D. Ernest Crocker.
165 ? 1288 ? Willie Robert .Thompson.
166 ? 452 ? David Johnson.
167 ? 355 ? George Davis Davis.
168 ? 1843 ? Charley Bailey.
169 ? 530 ? John Robert Sasser.
170 ? 809 ? Peter Home.
171 ? 1114 ? Walter Preston Wiggs.
172 ? 1470 ? Bud Eason.
173 ? 645 ? Roselle Hawley.
174 ? 2135 ? Allic Penny.
175? 218 ? Randall Philip Little.
176 ? 620 ? Simon Allen.
177 ? 1334 ? Willie Jarvis Hines.
178 ? ' 550 ? Henry Oscar Richardson.
179 ? 1611 ? Lonnie Branch.
180 ? 574 ? Ira Woodard.
181 ? 31 ? William Melvin Godwin.
182 ? 1432 ? Lester Mitchell.
183 ? 1727 ? Ruby Vance Robbins.
184 ? 2047 ? Captain M. Lancaster.
185? 981 ? Moses Godwin.
186 ? 1848 ? Nathan Watson.
187 ? 1570 ? Queen Page.
188 ? 1817 ? John Claude Ellis.
18<) ? 770 ? James Godwin
190 ? 882 ? Claudie Ira Murphy.
191 ? 2078 ? John Burke Barbour.
192 ? 677 ? Claude Atkinson.
193 ? 2119 ? Julian Dwight.
194 ? 1868 ? Benojah Sam Spence.
195 ? 1509? Herbert R. Sullivan.
196 ? 1211 ? James Robert Oliver.
197 ? 525 ? Hardee Bass.
198? 1417? Ira Revell.
199 ? 1574 ? Waiter Scarboro.
200 ? 760 ? Ira Johnson.
201 ? 183 ? George W. Evans.
202 ? 56 ? Larry Aycock.
203 ? 1276 ? Johnnie Preston Wiggs.
204 ? 1791 ? James Arthur Jones.
205 ? 1956 ? Solomon David Puekett.
206 ? 792 ? Jesse Brannan.
207 ? 2128 ? Floyd G. Gower.
208 ? 5 ? Johnnie J. Hawkins.
209 ? 350 ? Sidney Holder.
210 ? 1580 ? Norman Screws.
211 ? 54 ? William Ralph Smith.
212 ? 870 ? Upton Hocutt.
213 ? 1714 ? Ernest Alonzo Townes.
214 ? 549 ? Sebo Hales.
215 ? 1132 ? Leslie Edwards.
216 ? 440 ? Elijah Woodard.
217 ? T485 ? Ezra C. Raines.
218 ? 1674 ? Roy Jernigan.
219 ? 741 ? Raymond Guriwold.
220? 1054? Walter D. Wall.
221 ? 1275 ? Floyd Langley.
222 ? 711 ? Leonard Price.
[223 ? 1022 ? John Robert Medlin.
224 ? 841 ? John Williams.
225 ? 638 ? Joseph Nnrron.
226 ? 1032 ? Junius Bryant.
227 ? 623 ? James Arthur Johnson.
228 ? 269 ? Romie High.
229 ? 685 ? Rufus Hinnant.
230 ? 1141 ? Wiley Herman Wellons.
231? 1314? Willie Whitley.
232 ? 1016 ? Jimmie Woodard.
233 ? 1688 ? Charles H. Beddingfield.
234 ? 335 ? James Ruffin Lewis.
235 ? 1430 ? Oscar A. Elmore.
236 ? 2005 ? Herbert Whitley. ?
237 ? 493 ? Love Purvis.
238 ? 2108 ? Charley Edgar Parrish.
239 ? 1358 ? John Ivey Peele.
240? 923? Clee Heath.
241 ? 1305 ? Marion Butler Adams.
242 ? 341 ? Hinnard Ruffin Renfrow
243 ? 1007 ? Needham E. Williamson
244 ? 1764 ? John Athen Thomas.
245 ? 391 ? Robert Franklin Raper.
246 ? 1366 ? Robert Morton.
247 ? 353 ? Roland Heddin.
248 ? 970 ? Charles H. Carpenter.
249 ? 637 ? Raiford Creech.
250 ? 1675 ? Pompey Jenkins.
lo i ? oou ? Ernest rarnen.
252 ? 1657 ? John Boon.
253 ? 2055 ? Barney Hunt.
254 ? 1217 ? Edgar Cartrea.
255 ? 571 ? Demp Creech.
256? 1873? Dallie Hinton Hill.
257 ? 488 ? Johnny Scott.
258 ? 1543 ? Tom Freeman.
259 ? 2102 ? Vernon Zeb Parrish.
260 ? 704 ? W. C. Stallings.
261 ? 72 ? Vernon Jackson House.
262 ? 1053 ? Clyde Sexton Flowers.
263 ? 1896 ? James H. Stephenson.
264 ? 1709 ? Victonia Manuel Townes.
265 ? 356 ? LaFayette Elmore.
266 ? 112 ? Thomas Howard Crocker.
267 ? 1067 ? Jimmie Boon.
268 ? 2082 ? Irvin Tomlinson Gower.
269 ? 2116 ? Cornelius Baucom.
270? 128? Donald Little.
271 ? 2012 ? Floyd W. Jernigan.
272? 679? Thad Whitley. .
273 ? 805 ? Frank Williams.
274 ? 11 ? Ira Nestus Sims.
275 ? 900 ? Fred Horton.
276 ? 1981 ? Lawrence Duffie Holt.
277 ? 1617 ? Austin Curtis.
278 ? 363 ? Jim Richardson.
279 ? 1287 ? Marion Butler Snipes.
280 ? 1142 ? Adam James Thompson.
281 ? 1765 ? Coray E. Tomlinson.
283 ? 6 ? Grover C. Hawkins.
284 ? 327 ? Jerry Harvie Paraell.
285 ? 664 ? Crowder Woodard.
286 ? 93 ? William Oscar Atkins.
287 ? 1448 ? John Lane.
288 ? 1722 ? Exum Carl Ellis.
289 ? 957 ? Joseph Hocutt.
290 ? 1557 ? Eunice H. Sherron.
291 ? 1744 ? William Morgan.
292 ? 1112 ? Charley Jasper Wiggs.
293 ? 345 ? Herbert Evans.
294 ? 1595 ? John Frank Sims.
295 ? 1355 ? Preston Atkinson.
296 ? 103 ? Henry R. Berry.
297 ? 1585 ? Stephen Lane.
298 ? 1912 ? David Ccoucil Pool.
299 ? 1221 ? Festus Leroy Oliver.
300 ? 1102 ? Silas E. Worlcy.
301 ? 1625 ? John Addison Elmore.
302 ? 556 ? Archer Creech.
303? 1565? Hallie Dale.
304 ? 2109 ? Charley Stallings.
305 ? 154 ? Eddie Floyd Oliver.
306 ? 1281 ? Elijah Capps.
307 ? 51 ? Giddy Brown.
308 ? 717 ? Burke Seawell.
309 ? 1057 ? Sidney Michell.
310 ? 1256 ? Atkin Leham Massey.
311 ? 1073 ? Andrew Bridge Crocker.
312 ? 30 ? Irvin Wade Holland.
313 ? 199 ? Charley Broughton.
314 ? 388 ? Luther Williams.
315 ? 1423 ? George O. Stancil.
316 ? 1710 ? Lewis Walker.
317 ? 773 ? David Kellins.
318 ? 608 ? Luther Phillips.
319 ? 400 ? John Clay.
320 ? 519 ? Tess Jones.
321 ? 1730 ? Jesmond C. Duncan.
322 ? 25 ? Isaac M. Stokes.
323 ? 302 ? John B. Richardson.
824 ? 2081 ? Turner Vinson.
325 ? 889 ? Walter Barron Murphy.
320 383 ? Arthur Fleming: Keen.
327 11 GO ? Claude Everett.
328 ? 1712 ? Berry Alford Sealcy.
329 ? 588 ? Hardee Bailey.
330? 850 ? Alton E. Hinton.
831 ? 705? B. C. Creech.
33a ? 1346 ? Willie Franklin Oliver.
333 ? 2053 ? Melvin Truelove.
334 ? 2051 ? Thad O. Truelove.
335 ? 1957 ? Luther M. Barnes.
3,i6? 576? Ruffin Whitley.
337? 2023? Colonel Lee.
338 ? 944 ? Henry Marvin Jackson.
339 ? 1866 ? Austin Hinton.
340 ? 1808 ? Warren Henry Walker.
341 ? 1943 ? Walter Clemmons.
342 ? 1677 ? Bernice L. Talton.
343 ? 122 ? Walter B. Crumpler.
344 ? 1783 ? Frank Banks.
345 ? 642? J. F. Hill. *
34G ? 939 ? Denny Thomas Harris.
347 ? 1639 ? James F. Smith.
348 ? 222 ? James Fred Earp.
349 ? J 715 ? George Harris Wood.
350 ? 906 ? Austin Price.
351 ? 1337 ? Thomas Edward Young.
352 ? 700 ? J. Marvin Creech.
353 ? 1250 ? A. Jack Moore.
354 ? 1195 ? Whitman Henry Wells.
355 ? 297 ? Otto Barnes.
356 ? 321 ? William Ruflin Davia.
357 ? 736 ? Wade Corbctt.
358 ? 1628 ? Aldia Sanders.
359? 707? J. M. Carroll.
.'560 ? 1425 ? Larry M. Batten.
361? 1002? John Wm. Williamson.
362 ? 1151 ? William James Jones.
363 ? 1101 ? Berry Lee.
364 ? 368 ? George Perry.
365 ? 974 ? Leslie Sasscr.
366? 1698? Carl Mitchell.
$67 ? 320 ? Robert Lancaster.
368 ? 950 ? Matt Brown.
369 ? 926 ? Garley Elmore Hocutt.
370 ? 1010 ? Letcher Castleberry.
380? 1857? Cleveland Miles.
381 ? 919 ? James Perry Creech.
382? 656? W. M. Johnson.
383? 1919? Mallie Baker.
384 ? 1339 ? Connie Fowler.
385 ? 814 ? Norris Brown.
386 ? 1175 ? Wright Atkinson.
387 ? 738 ? Turner Castlow.
388 ? 1167 ? Alford Brown.
389 ? 1097 ? Lorna Young.
390 ? 1191 ? Leslie Blackman.
391 ? 1234 ? Levy Mathews.
392 ? 1781 ? Marcellus Cullen Hooks.
393? 1360? Willie Evans.
394 ? 848 ? Clarence Hinton.
395 ? 1118 ? Mordecai M. Pearce.
396 ? 121 ? Oscar Bailey.
397 ? 221 ? Alfonzo Phillips.
(Errata. ? No. 25 Liability Number
and No. 298 are one and the same.
It is given in the printed lists in the
News and Observer as serial No.
1912.)
Masonic Funeral Called Off.
Owing to the illness of the widow of
the late I. I. Thornton, of Wayne
County, his funeral will be called in
until further notice.
H. C. WILLIAMS, Secretary,
Mill Creek Lodge No. 480.
Weather for Cotton Region.
New Orleans, La., July 23. ? Nearly
seasonal temperatures during last
forty-eight hours except maximum
3ix to thirteen degrees lower than us
ual for the season over northeastern
portion of cotton region.
Moderr.te to heavy rains reported
Sunday in Carolinas, Georgia, Alaba
na, Tennessee, northern Mississippi
?nd southeastern Texas, and scattered
showers in Florida, Louisiana and
Arkansas. Moderate to heavy rains
reported Monday over Alabama,
lorthern Mississippi, western Tennes
see and locally in northeastern Ar
ansas, end light to moderate showers
n the Carolinas and Georgia, with
icaf.tered showers at a few stations
n Florida and Texas.
Sunday, heavy rains ? North Caroli
la, Wilmington, 1.59; New Bern, 1.18;
South Carolina ? Greenville, 1.88. Al
tbama ? Tuscumbia, 1.66; Goodwater,
L.36. Tennessee ? Milan, 2.44. Missis
tippi ? Hazelhurst, 1.60. Texas ? Cuero
1.50.
Monday, heavy rains ? Alabama,
Tuscumbia, 1.30; Livingston, 1.90.
Tennessee ? Arlington, 1.10; Browns
rille, 1.60. Mississippi ? Hernando,
L.70 ; Oklolona, 1.04. Arkansas ? New
>ort, 1.20; Wynne, 1.50.
WHEAT TURNS UPWARD AGAIN. !
Market Appai ?ntly in Oversold Posi
tion, and Rapid Rise in Prices
Follows.
Not infrequently of lute, wheat
has receded to about the $2 basis for
July in Chicago and 10c. or more
lower for the September delivery, and
recovery has promptly followed.
These levels were again reached last
week, but after early hesitation this
week prices turned upward in rather
noteworthy fashion, with July going
to $2.50 and September to $2.19. Ex
planation of the rapid rise was found
mainly in the oversold position of
the market, and in repurchases by
shorts at a time when offerings were
meager. Recognition of the fact that
farmers seem reluctant to dispose of
their holdings of new wheat was giv
en as one of the reasons for nervous
ness on the part of recent sellers for
the decline, and insignificant prima
ry receipts and fairly substantial
shipments into consumptive channels
here and abroad led to expectations
of further large reductions in the
visible supply. Reports of continued
drought in the Northwest were also
an important influence, though the
Government's weekly weather bulle
tin was by no means devoid of favor
able features. From the top levels of
Friday, prices yielded temporarily on
both deliveries, but ended at the best
figure for July and near it for Sep
tember.
On occasions, considerable feveri^h
ness and unsettlement prevailed in
the corn market, which fluctuated in
quite an erratic way. Yet advances
outranged recessions, with net gains
of about 4c. to 5c. over last week's
closing figures the ultimate outcome,
and with September in Chicago at one
time above $1.(53 and December up to
$1.17. As in wheat, shorts appeared
nervous and anxious to cover, and the
strength of the cash situation largely
explained the repurchases by this ele
ment. Late reports of beneficial rains
in the Southwest, however, caused re
newed selling and some reaction in
prices. ? Dun's Review.
COTTON MARKET DEPRESSED.
General Selling on Rains in South
west Causes Sharp Setback in
Prices.
With the market governed mainly
by weather developments, an extreme
decline of $5 a bale and more in cot
ton this week reflected improvement
in crop conditions. While recent pri
vate reports of good rains in -Texas
had not been fully confirmed by the
official bulletins, the drought in that
State at last seems to have been
broken or largely relieved, and the
precipitation elsewhere in the South
west has also tended to make the
outlook brighter. As a consequence,
there was rather general liquidation
on the local Exchange and not a little
pressure from the bearish element,
especially in the new crop deliveries.
Thus, all the active options from
October to March fell below the 25c.
basis, or about 100 to 120 points un
der last Saturday's closing, and the
spot quotation, after touching a new
high level of 27.65c., receded 90 points
to 26.75c. Yet both futures and spots
remain at a noteworthy position, and
it is significant that the domestic
consumption figures still make a de
cided bullish exhibit. The official
June statistics, given in another col
umn, show that American mills used
575,000 bales of lint cotton, in that
month, against 570,600 last year, and
for the season to date about 6,260,000
bales compared with 5,908,000 in
1915-16. Moreover, spindles in opera
tion set another new precedent and
have shown a progressive increase, in
spite of the labor shortage and other
drawbacks. On the other hand, the
returns of exports are not encourag
ing, for the June total, including
linters, is less than half that of a
year ago, and since August 1 last the
shipments have been 210,000 bales
smaller than in the previous season. ?
Dun's Review.
Reunion of Jernigan Family.
On Wednesday, August the first,
the family and family connections of
Mr. J. B. Jernigan will hold a reun
ion at the J. B. Jernigan home in
Ingram3 township, Johnston County.
All family connections and friends
of the family are cordially invited to
be present with a well filled basket.
Preaching in the afternoon at 3
o'clock.
3TR0NK APPEAL BY MR. POU.
He Cannot lie at Selma Today and
Sends a Letter Urging the People
of Johnston County To Take Care
of All the Vegetables and Food
Stuffs They Raise. Farmers Are
Urged to Plant Wheat.
The people who attend the Selma
Fair today will be much disappointed
because Mr. James H. Pou could not
be present. Since he cannot be pres
ent he 3cnds the following address to
be read to the people. This address
follows:
Raleigh, N. C., July 24, 1917.
To the People of Johnston County:
Regretting my inability to be with
you to-day in Selma, I wish to convey
to you a message of high importance.
A burden rests upon our soldiers
who go to the front and an equal
burden, and if anything more imper
ative, rests upon us who remain at
home. We must supply our army
and we must supply our Allies with
everything they may require to main
tain their fighting strength; and, as
far as possible, supply them with ev
ery comfort. j
Food is just as much a munition
of war as are powder and shot. Upon
us who remain at home rests the im
perative duty of providing food for
our armies and Allies, so that no?
one lacks for proper sustenance. Wt<
can perform no greater service for
ours and the Allies cause than to in
crease to the uttermost the food pro
duction of this State, and save all
that we produce. - *
Providtnce has blessed us with a
great crop of vegetables and fruit,
much more than we can use in the
green state. It will be a calamity and
a reflection upon our intelligence and
patriotism to let any part of these
crops go to waste. While our mar
kets are glutted with food and vege
tables now every pound will be need
ed next winter and spring. I cannot
urge upon you too strongly the ne
cessity of saving all the surplus of
the perishable crops and let none go
to waste. Waste at all times is sin
ful; but at this time waste is criminal
and unpatriotic.
t,very man and woman who dries,
cans or preserves fruit and vegeta
bles is, in a very material way,
strengthening the battle lines of the
Grand Alliance. Those who allow any
perishables to go to waste are not
only failing to strengthen our battle
lines; but, by their very failure, are
relatively weakening our lines and
strengthening those of the enemy,
though that be not their intent.
If wc be patriotic we should save
these perishable foods, for they are
needed for the army. If we be prov
ident and look after the welfare of
our own families, we should likewise
save them, for they will all be needed
next winter, and probably cannot be
bought on the market for love or
money. If we be neither patriotic nor
provident, then our selfish love of
money ought to compel us to save all
these perishable crops, for they can
be sold for high prices next winter.
I, therefore, urge the people of
Johnston County to save everything
that can be used next winter; and
prepare immediately for large fall
gardens, planting such things as
beans, potatoes, cabbage, turnips and
everything that can be raised in the
fall and saved through the winter.
They will all be needed. And I urge
the farmers of Johnston County to
plant larger crops of wheat than they
have ever planted heretofore.
Again expressing regret for my en
forced absence, I am, with much re
spect.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) JAMES H. POU.
Member N. C. Food Commission.
OVER 25,000 POUNDS SOLI)
AVERAGE ABOVE 22 CENTS
Tabor, N. C., July 20. ? At the
two warehouses here today 25,744
pounds of tobacco were sold at an
average of $22.19 per hundred. Owing
to the steady downpour of rain, there
was several thousand pounds which
could not be marketed. The quality
was unusually fine and the farmers
were well pleased with the sales.
There was not a dissatisfied customer.
Tabor feels, with a genial and clever
cor; s of buyers, that the sales will
go Ii-yond all expectations this sea- ?
son and she will this year go on re
cord us one of the leading Carolina
t Mrkets. ? Wilmington Star.