DESTRUCTION BY
Hl'NS IN FRANCE.
Production of Food Greatly Re
duced by "Efficiency" of Ger
man Barbarity ? Fruit Trees
Cut and Farming Implements
Destroyed.
Something of the destruction
accomplished by the German in
vasion in France is shown in the
lessened production in that coun- ;
try.
The 1917 crop of wheat was
46.7 per cent, of normal, pota
toes 46.9, and sugar beets 32.1.
Of the 213 beet sugar factories
France had before the war, the
Germans destroyed, 203.
In the invaded parts of France
all fruit trees were cut down.
This work of destruction was
carefully attended to even when
it was not possible for the invad
ders to destroy the trees
which did not add to the food
supply, and where time was am
ple the shade trees also were cut
down. In the destruction of farm
implements great care was tak
en to completely do away with j
certain uniform parts of all in- !
struments so that by no possi
bility could any implements be
rebuilt from the remains of sev
eral. The same part in each in
strument was found destroyed, i
Just how many hogs werej
taken out of France by the Ger
mans will probably never be de
finitely known. The number of
cattle taken is variously esti
mated at from 1,800,000 to 2,
000,000 head.
Compared with pre-war times
the percentage of cattle remain
ing in France is 83 1-2 percent,
of sheep 63.4 per cent and of
hogs 59.8 per cent.
Not only the members but the
conditions of stock remaining
should be taken into considera
tion. Although cattle had de
creased by 16 1-2 per cent, in
numbers the condition can be
better understood when it is
known that France is now pro
ducing but one gallon of milk
when before the war 2 1-2 gal
lons were produced.
Feeding 850-I'ound Mules
A reader hr.s two 850-pound mules
and wants to know "How much cot
tonseed meal and how much corn it
will take for each mule per day, with
all the hay they will eat. The hay is
not legume, just our native grass."
It will probably take from 10 to 12
pounds a day for each mule, of a mix
ture of 5 parts of corn to 1 part of
cottonseed meal by weight. This is
as brief and as definite an answer as
any one can give, with due regard to
facts; but we think the question can
be discusscd a little further with
profit.
First, no one can say "just how
much" grain feed a horse or mule
should have. He cannot do thi3, even
if he knows the amount of work the
animal is doing, which is not stated,
in this case. Nor is it enough to sim
ply know what work the animal is do
ing, this particular animal, instead of
an animal, must be fed. What we
mean by this is that the feeder must
watch the animal closely and take
into consideration the work he is do
ing, how he eats the feed given and
the condition he keeps in. Our South
ern feeders, like novices generally,
seem to want to feed too much by
rule. The animal must be fed accord
ing to his individual needs and his
likes and dislikes.
It is not unusual for two mules of
the same weight, working together
as a team, to require different a
mounts of feed to keep in like con
dition, and this difference may be as
much as one or two pounds of grain
a day. The point we wish to make is
that the individual or particular ani- 1
mal is to be fed according to his
needs and not by any rule.
Another point in this inquiry to
which, we wish to call attention is,
"with all the hay they will eat." This
is a common method of feeding hay
in the South, and it is both wasteful
and injurious to the horses and mules.
If the animals are idle, then there
is no objection to this method of
feeding hay, especially if hay is the
cheapest feed, or is cheaper than con
centrates, which generally is or
should be the case. But if the animals
are doing hard work, or fast work,
like riding or driving, the feeding of
all the hay they will eat may be in
jurious as well as wasteful. A hard
working horse or mule should not be
given over one pound of hay per day
for every 100 pounds of his weight. ?
Progressive Farmer.
Team Work.
"It ain't the individual
Nor the Army as a whole
But the everlrstin' Team work.
Of every bloomin' soul" ?
That's going to win this war, and i
there's not a better pull that we can
make together than buying Thrift
and War Savings Stamps.
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* PORTRAIT GALLERY OF *
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WILLIAM CHARLIE WIGGS.
Corporal William Charlie Wigrgs, of
Pine Level, is one of Uncle Sam's
boys who is doing service for his
country, getting ready to do his- best
across the waters. He is 27 years
of age and is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
N. G. Wiggs. He went to Camp Jack
son, Columbia, S. C.. last fall and is
a member of Machine Gun Company,
322nd Infantry. lie is a brother of
Richard Pat Wiggs who is at Camp
Sevier.
JAMES HUBERT CLIFTON.
Frivata James Hubert Clifton, who j
is now r.t Camp Savier, Cren iHe, S. ?
C., is a son of Mr. and Mrs. LMmond j
Clifton, of Elevat'on township. He
went to Camp Jackson last fall and!
was lat trsns'er ed to Camp Sevier
where ho is a member of Company M, :
120th Infantry. He is 26 years old,
has a wile, but no children.
WILLIAM P. MURPHY.
Motor mechanic William P. Murphy
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. P .Murphy, of
Oneals tc-wnship, is the first young
man frum that township t'? reach
France, so far as we know. II is home
folks received news last week that
he arrived safely on the ot'ier side.
He entered the military service of the
United States la3t September and was
sent to Columbia, and then to Augus
ta, Ca. From there he was transfer
red to Camp Merritt, Hobokon, New
Jersey. At that time he was in Co.
A, First Regiment Signal Corps. He
is 30 years old. His home aldress is
Zebulon, Route No. 1.
Property damage estimated at up
wards of $1,000,000 was done through
out lower Michigan Wednesday by an
unusually heavy rainfall that lasted
for eighteen hours. Long stretches
of track and steam nnd electric roads
were washed out. A high wind which
accompanied the rain also did consid
erable damage.
Mrs. Jcsephus Daniels, wife of the
secretary of the Navy, was called to
Raleigh last week by the serious ill
ness of an old nurse who had been
with her for twenty-five years. Mrs.
Daniels cancelled an engagement to
speak at the formal opening of a Y.
M. C. A. hostess house in order to go
to see her nurse.
HISTORY OF FLAG PLEDGE.
Influence of Widely Circulated
Piece of English in Spreading
Unity and Fat riot ismTl. rough
out the United States.
No piece of English written
within the last centruy has had
so wide a circulation, has been
repeated so many times by so
many different persons, or is so
widely known, as the pledge to
the tlag. For more than 25 years
the pupils of a large part of the
public schools have repeated it
every morning as they have sa
luted the tlag; and in thousands
of other schools it has been and
is a part of the programme on
Flag Day, Washington's Birth
day and other patriotic occa
sions. It has even been set to
music.
In 1888 the late James B. Up
ham, then a member of the Per
ry Mason Company, the publish
ers of The Companion, began
the great work of rousing public
opion to the need of better coun
try school houses and better
kept school grounds, and to the
opportunity of fostering patrio
tism by putting the Stars and
Stripes over every schoolhouse
in the United States. With other
members of the firm, and with
the cooperation of the editorial
staff, he formed a definite plan,
and proceeded to put it into op
eration. For the next two years
he and his co-workers spent
most of their time and very gen
erous sums of money in fur
thering the work; and in Feb
ruary, 1891 The Companion sug
gested that the public schools
all over the country should cel
ebrate by suitable and uniform
exercises the four-hundreth an
niversary of the landing of Co
lumbus. The National Education
Association approved the sug
gestion, and Congress made Oct.
21. 1892, a holiday.
in preparation for the event'
a committee was appointed con- !
sisting of all the State Superin- ,
tendonts of Educations, and a i
oecial subcommittee that in-!
eluded a representative of The i
Youth's Companion and that
made The Companion office its I
headquarters was named to pre
pare a uniform official program.
The chief incidents in the pro
gramme were to be the raising
of the flag and the salute and
pledge. Mr. Upham had already
written a form of pledge very
much like that which is now so
? .ell known, and with the help
of other members of the firm
and of members of the editorial
staff the present and final form
was written: "I pledge alleg
iance to my flag and to the Re
public for which it stands; one
nation indivisible, with liberty
and justice for all." In that
form it was offered to the com
mittee and by them adopted
and from The Youth's Compan
ion building it was sent out to
every quarter of the land.
The sight of the flag always
flying over the sclioolhouses and
the beautiful pledge so often and
fo solemnly repeated during the
past quarter of a century have,
we hope, some relation to our
present unity as a nation and to
the splendid patriotism of our
soldiers. ? The Youth's Compan
ion.
J. Hfbit, of Edenton, was put on
the black list Thursday by the Food
Administration. He was found guilty
of charging exorbitant prices for gro
ceries, selling in unreasonable quan
tities, and forcing* combination soles
of flour and sugar.
AMERICAN PLANES ARE BUILT. I
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WUI lie in France by July Insuring
Adequate Protection of U. S. Forces.
Washington, March 1(5. ? American
built battleplanes will be in France by
July, in sufficient quantity to insure
adequate air protection of the sectors
then held by American troops. This
statement rests on the highest author
ity and was made tonight with full
recognition of all failures and disap
pointments that have hampered the
development of the air program.
Figures on the aviation situation as
well as facts and figures on every oth
er branch of the government's war
preparations, were laid today before
virtually the full membership of the
house military committee, as yester
day they were disclosed to the senate
committee. Acting Secretary Crowell
again presided at the session in the
rooms of the war council at the war
department, where the new policy of
taking Congress directly into the con
fidence of the executive branch of
the government, as launched.
Farmer Blackman Plants Corn.
Mr. J. I. Blackman, of Micro, was
here Saturday to hear Governor Biek
ett. He says he read what Tan Flow
ers had to say in regard to the fann
ers getting the old gray mare and
preparing the land for planting these
pretty Spring days. Mr. Blackman
planted a field of corn on Friday,
March 15th.
Mr. Blackman believes in doing his
part in raising food stuffs. He says
he has killed about 3000 pounds of
pork during the last eighteen months,
and in addition, he has sold 2(5 head
of hogs. He now has on hand 14 hogs.
II,' sold a cow last week for one hun
dred dollars. If a man has good cows
nd hogs he will have no trouble in
finding a market for them.
Consumption of Candy.
It is reported by the trade that*
?00,000,000 were spent for candy,
( hocolate and cocoa in the United
i Suites in 1916. In the greatest meat
j roducin ? city of the world ? Chicago
-more c;.ndy than meat is consumed,
lore candy than anything else 13 sold
y the great 0 and 10-cent, chain
. 'ires. The business is getting its
eatest impetus through the "drv"
? vrmrnt. As the Wes':e *n and S unh
: 1 < Jiave 1.' dished li 101* the
increase in candy and chor >!ate con
sumption has been remarkable I5re\v
crs are actually going into the can
dy business. It is no accident that
whenever any locality goes dry, can
dy and ice cream stores, or drug stores
whose chief business is candy and
soda water, move into the corners va
cated by saloons.
What Your Quarters Will Do,
If you have an idea that your quar
ers won't help win the war and do
lots of service when invested in War
Savings and Thrift Stamps, just look
over this table:
1 Thrift Stamp ? Five Bullets.
1 War-Savings Stamp ? One pair
of shoes.
1 War-Savings Stamp ? One steel
1 War Savings Stamp ? Two wooden
shirts.
1 War-Saving Stamp ? One stoel
helmet and $1.14 over.
1 War-Savings Stamp ? One shelter
tent and part payment on overcoat.
Your quarters will do the Govern
ment lots of good. And remember,
you are not giving them, but lending
them at 4.27 per cent interest.
A California cow, a registered IIol
stein, owned by the Napa State Hos
pital, made a world's record in the pro
deduction of 918.6 pounds of milk in
seven days.
ALL EFFGRTS FIND REFIEF MET
FAILURE SAYS THIS MISSIONARY.
Weil-Known Missionary Worker of North Caro
lina and Florida, Says Peplac Has In
stilled New Life in Her.
For ten years a sufferer from ner
vousness and indigestion and unable
to find relief, in any medicine, Mrs.
May A. Gurganious of 1011 Castle
Street, Wilmington, states that upon
the advice of interested friends she
consented to give Peplac a trial, with
the result that today she is well on
the road to perfect health.
Mrs. Gurganious is well known as
a Missionary of the Gospel not only
in North Carolina, but in Florida as
well. In both of these states she
has been a prominent figure in the
work of spreading the doctrine of
Christianity.
In commenting on her experience
to the Peplac expert Mrs. Gurganious
said: "It's wonderful just what two
bottles of Peplac have done for me,
I am feeling now like a new woman
and that new life has been installed
into me. I (fet up in the morning
feeling refreshed and ready for any
thing the day may bring forth. It's
a pleasure for me to dress my little
girl and get her off to school and
then take up my household duties,
something I haven't been able to do
for almost ten years."
Owing to her continued ill health
Mrs. Gurganious found it impossible
to continue her Religious labors and
had to give them up sometime ago.
Now however, since she began
taking Peplac, her health is so
improved that she hopes to take up
this work in which she finds much
pleasure.
The merits of this great structive
tonic will be explained at Hood Bros,
where it is sold and recommended.
Adv.
Freight And
Express
I have just purchased a Ford motor
truck, and want to haul the freight and ex
press for the Smithfield people. Having
worked several months in the Smithfield
depot. I understand the freight and express
business and can do your drayage promptly
Will be ready for business Monday,
March 18.
Call or Phone
L. E. STEPHENSON
Phone No. 177, Smithfield, N. C
CAN'T you just taste that cup o? good
old Luzianne Coffee? Steaming hot
and ready to give you a whole dayful
of pep and go.
The flavor is wonderfully good and
the aroma ? get it? ? oh, ma honey!
Better run quick and get a bright, clean
tin of Luzianne while it's there. If you
don't like it ? every bit of it ? then your
grocer will give you back every cent you
paid for it. Try Luzianne today and see
how mighty good it is.
\no ther Lot of Dictionaries just
deceived at The Herald Office.
Clean-Up Sale
I have a lot of buggies, mower and rake, plows, culti
vators, feed cutter, one one-horse wagon, lot of harness
and oil, nice glass carriage, one nice milch cow, one nice
bay mare, and lot of nice stable manure, lot of nice of
fice furniture, two iron safes, and other articles which I
will offer for sale at Public Auction for the High Dollar
on
SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918
at H. D. Ellington's old stand, corner Third and Johnson
Streets.
H. D. Ellington
March 9, 1918. Z
Smithfield, N. C. r