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SECTION ONE - Pages 1-4 / VOLUME 36 SMITH FIELD, N. C? FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1917. Number 69 BILLION DOLARS IN OCTOBER. Two Billion Dollar Month Not Far Off Is Opinion of Officials. U. S. Now Expending $12,600,000 Daily. Ex penditures For Fiscal Year So Far Nearly $3,500,000,000, of Which .More Than One-Half Consists of Loans To Allies, For What Purpose Expended. (Washington Dispatch.) Government expenditures of one billion dollars is the record which the month of October has established at the Treasury Department. The total, which includes loans to the allies, may exceed even this huge sum, possibly by $100,000,000. Thus far, it stands $985,342,387, with yesterday's spending not includ ed. For the 24 working days thus far counted, it shows average expen ditures of approximately $42,000,000 daily, or almost $30,000 every minute of the day and night. Expenditures for last Friday, the latest record published, were $68,975,948, but this was an unusual day, considerably higher than the average, though not by any means a record. The increase in the daily expendi tures is greater now than it was a month ago, is steadily growing and is expected to continue to grow. A two billion dollar month' officials assert, is not far off. It may be reached, with the retirement of short-time Treasury certificates ? to be met out of Liberty bond receipts ? by mid winter. Expenditures for tho fiscal year thus far have reached the total of $3,446,059,804, of which $1,770,700, 000, more than half, is represented by loans to the allies. These loans and the interest upon them, are to be re paid to the government by the bor rowers and, therefore, do not repre sent actual expense to the American people. October's huge volume of funds paid out is made up as follows: For the army and navy, the ship ping board, the aircraft production board, the food administration, the maintenance of domestic government al machinery and all other Federal government activities, $395,296,200. For interest on short-time certifi cates of indebtedness and interest on the public debt, $3,458,798. For maintenance of the Panama Canal, $1,523,062. For redemption of certificates of indebtedness issued in anticipation of Liberty Bonds receipts of the second issue, $133,934,862. For bonds, interest bearing notes and certificates retired, $200,000,000. For the redemption of one-year treasury notes, $5,057,000. For the retirement of national banks and Federal Reserve Bank notes, $1,872,265. For lorns to the Allies, $440,200, 000. Total, $985,342,387. Durding the corresponding period last year, before America's entry into the war, the total was $81,026,866. The total expenditures of the current fiscal year to date, $3,446,659,764, compared with $331,238,313 during the same period last year, an increase of more than 900 per cent. Meatless and Wheatless Days. Raleigh, Oct. 31. ? Meatless Day and Wliectless Day were inaugurated by the hotels and restaurants of North Carolina October 30th and 31st, Tuesday being observed as Meatless Day and Wednesday as Wheatless Day. Messrs. D. H. Griffin, of Raleigh, and A. H. Galloway, of Winston-Sa lem, the committee of hotel men co operating with the Food Administra tion in this matter, are requesting ev ery hotel and cafe in the State to al lign itself with the Food Administra tion. "Meatless" refers to beef and pork and their products. In lieu of these products the hotels and cafes are urged to use fish, poultry, game and vegetable substitutes. In lieu of white wheat flour they are urged to use bread made from corn, rye, graham and other cercal products. Messrs. Griffin and Halloway, who have intimate knowledge of the hotel situation in North Carolina, express confidence that Meatless and Wheat less day3 in North Carolina will be altogether successful. They say the hotels and restaurant men in the State appreciate the vital importance of the service they can render and will co operate gladly. FEEDING ARMY CANTONMENT. Sixteen Thousand Dollars a Day for One Camp. A Groat Variety of Food Is Given the Soldier Hoys. The immense responsibility of sup plying food to the Army develops up on the Quartermaster Corps. In terms of money, this means that it is spend ing $16,444 a day for the "eats" at each of the sixteen National Army cantonments. At Camp Wads worth, Spartanburg, South Carolina, where are encamped the men of the New York National Guard ? the new Twen ty-seventh Division ? over $600,000 a month is required for food alone. This is the so-called garrison ration, four pounds a day to each soldier, the amount required to subsist one man costing about forty cents, according to the variations of the market. Ther? are about twenty-five staple articles in this ration, madj up of foods containing sufficient calorics to keep the body in first-class trim. In addition to the fundamentals are va rious important substitutes, such as every housewife knows must be kept on hand fcr emergency use. Here is the monthly list of food purchases at Camp Wadsworth: 15,003,750 loaves of bread (some baked in camp). 1,109,700 pounds of butter. 80,000 pounds of bacon. 26,250 pounds of fresh beef. 199,500 bushels of potatoes. 1,710,000 pounds canned tomatoes. 58,400 bushels of onions. 34,200 bushels of navy beans. 35,000 grllons of pickles and vine gar. oU,000 pounds of ricc. 18,000 cans of salmon. 7,200 tins corned beef. 4,800 tins corned hash. * 2,400 tins fresh roast beef. 2,400 pounds hominy. 200,000 pounds granulated cjgar. 126,000 cans evaporated milk. 50,000 pounds coffee. 25,000 bottles flavoring extract. 3,000 pounds cinnamon. 2,300 pounds tea. 9,600 tins blackberry jam. 7,500 tins evaporated peaches. 4,300 tins evaporated applies. 3,600 pounds prunes. 4,800 gallons of syrup. 100 p?unds nutmeg. ~ 20,000 pounds salt. 9,000 cans black pepper. 9,000 cans baking powder. Here are groceries enough to feed many good-sized American cities. They require ten 400-foot warehouses for storage, and would fill a freight train of 100 box cars. The great bulk of these supplies was contracted for by the Quartermaster's Corps many months ago, as it is the policy always to be provided ahead of requirements. The total shipments to all of the can tonments and training camps aggre gate about 2500 carloads of food daily. As everybody knows there are no better-fed soldiers than those in the American Army. Think of breakfasts of fruit, cereals, sausages, bacon, liver, steaks, codfish, eggs and cakes! For dinner there* are soups, two or three vegetables, smoked ham, mut ton, roast beef, relishes, fruit salad, bread and butter, desert, and often ice cream. The final meal of the day brings meat or fish, cold cuts, toma toes, potatoes, fruits, pies, pudding, jam, hot rolls, tea, coffee, chocolate or milk. The latter is served at all meals. Once a week chicken is served. This requires ten tons of chicken. Each meal calls for about five tons of pota toes, which is equivalent to the amount raised on one and one-half acres of ground. When fish day comes, 6 1-4 tons are necessary for each /neal. 3 1-4 tons of jam are eaten up in *he same time, and 1 1-4 tons of coffee vanish. ? Boston Transcript. 7-POUND LIMIT ON ARMY GIFTS. No Christmas Parcel Over That Size Can Be Sent to Soldiers in France. Christmas presents and other gifts from home for American soldiers in France must be restricted to parcels of not more than seven pounds each. The Postoftice Department has an nounced that it had been informed by the American postal authorities in France that under the arrangements with the Frcnch railways the French postal scrvice is unable to carry in the parcel post packages in excess of sev en pounds. [must accept fair returns. Profiteering by Retail Dealers Must be Stopped. Will Shut oft Supplies. Wholesalers Will He Prohibited 1,'rom Selling to Dealers Seeking Undue Profits. Washington, Oct. 29. ? Profiteering by retail dealers in foodstuffs will be made impossible after November 1, the food administration announced tonight, under a plan to cut off sup plies to those not satisfied with rea sonable margins. Manufacturers, wholesalers and other handlers of foods whose business will go under license will not be permitted to sell to distributors who seek undue profits. "This is one of the most sweeping safeguards," the announcement said, "against high prices which will be incorporated in the licensing system, for which complete rules and regula tions will be made known within a few days." This plan, food administration offi cials believe, will give the govern ment entire control of retail prices. Wholesalers and others who continue to sell to retailers after they nre for bidden to do so by the food adminis tration will be denied the right to sell goods under license. Authority for extending control to the retailer is cited in the announce ment as follows: "The small retailers of food, of whom there are several hundred thousand in the country, while ex empt from the licensing provisions, are nevertheless subject to other pro visions of the food control act. Every retailer, r.s well as every other han dler of food, is forbidden under the law to make any unreasonable charge, to hoard, to monopolize, waste or destroy food, or to conspire with anyone to restrict the production, dis tribution or supply, "or exact excessive prices on any necessities. There are no penalties provided, but the food ad ministration hopes that the arrange ment of restricting supplies to violat ors of the law will find himself unable to buy goods from any wholesaler or manufacturer." State federal food administration the names of retailers asking exces sive prices. A Liberty Bond Parable. (By Herman II. Home.) A certain man had two nephews whom he had protected for many years in life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness, and they had prospered. And being in sore need one day from an enemy, he said unto them: lend me now of your substance, lest I perish by my enemy from the earth, and you have me no mere a protector in the way, and, as I live, I will surely pay thee again, with interest. And one of the two said: "I will, receive back of that I have gained un der thy guidance, and be strong against thine enemy, and prevail, and live." But the other said: "Net so,*lest I lose what is my own, but live, if you can, on what my brother lc nds, or else, perish in the way, if you must, and we will have another, even thine enemy, our protector." Which of the two, thinkest thou, was worthy of their Uncle? ? Clay ton News. WE FIGHT FOR THE WORLD. America speaks for the world in fighting Germany. Mark on the map those countries which are Germany's allies and you will mark but four, running from the Baltic through Aus tria and Bulgaria to Turkey. All the other nations the whole globe around are in arms against her or arc un able to move. There is deep meaning in this. We fight with the world for an honest world in which nations keep their word, for a world in which na tions do not live by swagger or threat, for a world in which men think of the ways in which they can con quer the common cruelties of nature instead of inventing more horrible cruelties to inflict upon the spirit and body of man, for a world in which the ambition or the philosophy of a few shall not make miserable all mankind, for a world in which the man is held more precious than the machine, the system or the state. ? F. K. Lane. Corn muffins are mighty good for breakfast. Eat them several times a week and help win the war. MISTAKEN IDEAS ABOUT FOOD. Not Self-denial and Privation, But Home Economy and Conservation of Foods and Curbing of Wheat Consumption by Substitution of Certain Other Cereals, Aim of Food Administration. Washington, I). C., Nov. 1. ? The Food Administration is somewhat sur prised that evidences of misapprehen sion as to the exact purpose of its plan of food conservation are still reaching Washington in spite of the wide educational campaign that has been carried 011 by the Federal Food Administrators through the newspa pers of their States. The mistaken idea that American citizens are expected to reduce their own consumption in order to send food to our Allies keeps croppting up. "We do not ask our people to deny themselves any food they need for their health or enjoyment," declared a Food Administration official today. "We are urging only that they substi tute nourishing, palatable foods, which we have in abundance for a few com modities that we must ship to our Al lies. We must send wheat, meats, fats and sugar. There is no escape from that necessity and duty. We can do it easily if we will substitute corn and other cercals for a part of our usual consumption of wheat, use fish, poultry and eggs instead of part of our ordinary amount of meat, employ vegetable oils instead cf animal fats in cooking, and save sugar by using syrups wherever possible. This in volves no hardships, no deprivation. In fact it will usually increase the va riety and palatability of our daily diet. Hut, it will release these other foods which concentrate a large amount cf nutritive value into a small shipping space. Combined with the elimination of all possible waste it will permit us to keep our Allies supplied with food." Food Administration officiuls are highly gratified with the unanimity with which citizens of all states are signing; the Food Pledge Cards. From various localities come reports thut en rollment is much greater than even the most optmistic expectations. In many localities the enrollment includes practically one hundred per cent of the population. AUTO TIRES FOR SHOE SOLES. Of Course It a Tar Heel Started New Conservation Movement. Who A war-time conservation that prom ises to become world-wide in its scope, and will probably last long: after the necessity .for conserving for war pur poses, has been inaugurated in Stokes County, says a dispatch from Winston Salem to the News and Observer. The movement, recently starting as an ex periment, has spread over the entire county and is now reaching other sec tions. ? The movement is that of using the discarded rubber from automobile tires in the place of leather for the half-soles of heels and shoes. While this method of conservation was only recently started it has pro gressed to such a stage that its per manency is assured. ^Jhe people that have been using the parts of tires that have been thrown away, or sold for a price that would scarcely pay for the handling, are now scouring the. country for old tires for this pur pose. Those who have worn soles and heels of this kind for awhile report that no wear can be detected, the rubber thus used having all of the quality of and many additional ones of leather, especially the kind that is generally procured at this time. The advantages claimed for this rubber are that it is waterproof, that the soles are easily sewed on; that they are more com fortable and last, but by no means least, they last indefinitely. The tires are practically all guar anteed to last for several thousand miles. Why should not the unhurt sides with only the weight of a man go as far and last as long? This is a question that seems to have but one anr.wer. With rubber selling around $1.00 a pound and discarded automobile tires to be had almost for the asking, there seems but little doubt that this meth od of consedvation will soon become nation-wide, and possibly world-wide, in a very short time. THOSE SUBJECT TO WAR DRAFT. Five Draft Classes ami Order in Which Sflectives Will Be Called to the Service. The Provost Marshal General has authorized the following classification of selectives into five groups, indicat ing the order in which they will be called to service: Class 1. 1. Single men without dependent relatives. 2. Married man (or widower) with children, who habitually fails to sup port his family. 3. Married man dependent on wife for support. 4. Married man (or widower) with children, not usefully engaged; family supported by income independent of his labor. 5. Men not included in any other description in this or other classes. (i. Unskilled laborer. Class II. 1. Married man or father of moth erless children, usefully engaged, but family has sufficient income r.part from his daily labor to afford rea sonable adequate support during his absence. 2. Married man, no children; wife can support herself decently and with out hardship. 3. Skilled farm laborer engaged in necessary jndustrial enterprise. 4. Skilled industrial laborer en gaged in necessary agricultural enter prise. ? ' Class III. 1. Man with foster children" de pendent on daily labor for support. 2. Man with aged, infirm, or inva lid parents or grandparents depend ent on daily labor for support. 3. Man with brothers or sisters incompetent to support themselves, depend"nt on daily labor for support. 4. County or municipal officer. 5. Firemen or municipal officer. (!. Necessary artificers or workmen in arsenals, armories, and navy yards. 7. Necessary customhouse clerk. 8. Persons necessary in transmis sion of mails. 1). Necessary employees in service of United States. 10. Highly - specialized administra tive experts. 11. Technical or mechanical experts in industrial enterprise. 12. Highly specialized agricultural expert in agricultural bureau of State or Nation. 13. Assistant or associate manager of necessary industrial enterprise. 14. Assistant or associate manager of necessary agricultural enterprise. Class IV. 1. Married man with wife (and) or children (or widower with children) dependent on daily labor for support and no other reasonable adequate sup port available. 2. Mariners in sea service of mer chants or citizens in United States. 3. Heads of necessary industrial enterprises. 4. Heads of necessary agricultural enterprises. ' Class V. 1 / \ /t ' ^ . . iL T T _ * J I 1. unic-crs ot ouues or me unueu States. 2. Regularly or duly ordained min isters. 3. Students of divinity. 4. Persons in military or naval service. 5. Aliens. 6. Alien enemies. 7. Persons morally unfit. 8. Persons physically, permanent ly, or mentally unfit. 9. Licensed pilots. A Card of Thanks. We wish to thank our many friends for the kindness shown to us during the sickness and death of our dear father, William H. Graham. May God's richest blessings abide with them. HIS CHILDREN. Corn and Wheat. North Carolina's corn crop in 1916 was 53,650,000 bushels. It is estimat ed this year at 68,368,000 bushels. That is a gain that the State can point to with pride. An addition of fifteen million bushels of grain to the food supply of the world is no small achievement. Our corn farmers heed ed the call for more food. Our corn clubs and other agricultural organi zations did their part in meeting the emergency. ? News and Observer. WHAT UNCLE SAM IS DOING. He Stands Out in The Ocean To I'ro tect Every Ship That Plows Through the Danger Zone From Germany's Undersea Boats. (By Basil Manley.) Despite the Kaiser's lurking U boats, American troops are crossing the Atlantic in unprecedented num bers with remarkably few casualties. The fact that only one troopship has been sunk, although there have been transports on the ocean every day since mid-June, serves to bring the government's precautions into bold relief. For four months German U-boats never ceased their efforts to sink an American transport, although the Ju ly 4 announcement of the attack on a convoyed fleet was the only one made public. This is by no means the only attack that has taken place. There is every reason to believe U-boats have been taken from the British sealaTTies to patrol the French lanes, over which American trans ports steam. This may account for the falling off in sinkings of British merchant ships. Although the United States trans port Antilles sank in five minutes, 1 07 of 2157 on board wtre saved, and there is reason to believe a large number of those who died were killed by the explosion and not by drown ing. If in peace times a liner had sunk in five minutes, hardly a person would have been saved. What tliese precautions art" cannot be told in too <great detail, but the main reliances are ljfe-saving jack ets, life boats and life-saving rafts. The life-saving jacket, which has supplanted the old life-preserver, is a part of the regular equipment of the troops and sailors while on board. As soon as the submarine zone is en tered every man aboard puts on his life jacket and keeps it on until he is safe ashore. The life-saving rafts are the last great reliance if a ship is torpedoed. They do not have to be lowered alongside, but lie on the decks and can be cut loose even when the ship is sinking. To avoid every possibility of dis order in case the ship is struck, there are constant boat drills ? before breakfast, in the morning, afternoon an<J at night. And best of all, over the whole submarine area there is always an allied destroyer or patrol within a few minutes' steaming distance, ready to answer the first signal of an attacked ship. In times gf peace, shipwrecked passengers might be afloat for hours or even days without sighting a rescue boat, but now the patrol of the danger zone is so thor ough that speedy rescue is assured. ? News and Observer. Army Order for 2,175,000 Shoes. Practically all the shoes for the Army are handled through the Phil adelphia depot. This is one of the most important branches of the work of the Quartermaster Corps, and this winter 2,175,000 pairs of marching and field shoes arc in the way of man ufacture. The average cost ranges from $4.73 to $5.10 a pair. About 950, 000 pairs are heavy marching1 shoes, and the remaining 1,225,000 pairs field shoes. Recent' awards went to twenty-one out of fifty-nine manufacturers bid ding. Four-fifths of all the Army shoes are made at Brockton, Webster, Millis Bridgewater, Haverhill and Rockland, Mass., Gardiner, Me., and Manchester and Somersworth, N. H. The remaining fifth was crptured by factories in Williamsport, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., Milwaukee, Wis., Hunting ton, Ind., and Lynchburg, Va. All deliveries must be completed by Jan uary. The Army repairs its own shoes. Through the Quartermaster Corps, each regiment is provided with a Crowe No. 7 nailing machine, or a similar half-soling mechanical appa ratus. Three cobblcrs are authorized in each of the various supply compa nies of infantry, engineers, cavalry and field artillery, to make repairs of all enlisted men's shoes at Govern ment expense. ? Boston Transcrpt. Abraham Lincoln ate corn bread, and grev; to greatness on it. By eat ing corn bread today you can help make secure things for which Lincoln gave his life.