Expect Sugar Will
Be Made Available
For Fruit Canning
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Several Substitutes for Sugar
Can Be lT*ed in Preserv
ing Food Supply
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There is no need for housewives
to buy up extra sugar for home can
ning now, says Dean I. O. Schaub,
director of the State College Exten
sion Service. The War Production
Board says, "every effort" is being
made to have sugar available this
summer for home canning.
Dean Schaub says that scores of
housewives are buying more sugar
than they need for normal family
consumption, with the explanation
that they "want to be sure to have a
supply on hand to do home canning."
"Such buying is not only unneces
sary, but also unwlsa," the exten
sion leader declared, "because it ag
gravates a situation that is already
difficult. The supply of sugar for
home canning may be somewhat
limited this year, just as the supply
for daily consumption is already
limited, but the War Production
Board has promised that it will be
sufficient to enable housewives to
can what they need."
The State College official says
there are several substitutes that can
be used for canning, and there are
a number of ways that sugar can be
conserved in the home. "Cut down on
sugar in the least noticeable ways at
first," he suggested. "Experiment to
see if the amount you have been put
ting on your breakfast cereal, or In
your coffee or tea, is a matter of
habit. Stir the sugar in beverages
thoroughly. You will need less sugar
on cereal that is topped with dried
fruit."
Miss Mary E Thomas, Extension
nutritionist at State College, says
sugar can be saved by putting it In
at the end of the cooking time when
preparing sauces, such as apple
sauce. "It will take less sugar to get
the same sweetness if you don't cook
the sugar so long," she stated
Finally, the nutritionist said, "Most
of us can get along on a lot less su
gar than we have been eating?and
still have nutritious meals that taste
good."
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Rubber Article* Should
Merer Re Dry Cleaned
Neither rubber nor rubberized ar
ticles should ever be dry cleaned.
However, dry cleaning fluids may be
used to remove grease or oil, if ap
plied carefully and then allowed to
evaporate thoroughly and quickly.^
Most rubber articles can be kept
clean with warm water and mild
soap.
Illegal Distillers
Use Mueh Sugar
Allocation of violations for 1941
to the various states in the Fifth Pls
trict, shows that North Carolina was
responsible for $5,624,880 of the loss
in taxes through the conversion of
14.062,281 pounds of sugar, 1,430 dis
tilleries, with a fermenting capacity
of 1.812.320 gallons, were destroy
ed, together with 980,384 gallons of
live mash. Had the 14,062,281 pounds
of sugar converted into nontaxpaid
liquor i been distributed equally
among residents of this State, each
person would have been entitled to
one pound each week for a period of
four weeks.
The above facts represent a rath
er alarming condition .when it is
realized that the amount of sugar
available for human consumption is
not sufficient to supply the needs.
Shopping Specials
At Anns Variety
The exacting shopper will have
won victory when he visits Ann's
Variety Store during Williamston's
Victory Shopping Day* on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this
week The management la making
extensive plans to cooperate with
the town-wide shopping festival, and
shoppers will find a visit to the store
profitable and quite pleasant.
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Fashions For Spring
At Harrison Shopjie
The Harrison Shoppe, next to
Williamston's post office, is present
ing the latest ci cations for Spring
and Easter during the town-wide
Victory Shopping Festival the laat
three days of this week. Exacting
shoppers will be pleased with the lat
est in the popular cotton dresses and
two-piece dresses now on display at
the establishment.
There'll Be Some
Changes Made . .
Last week brought news for the
menfolk?news that WPB specifica
tions for men's clothing, specifica
tions worked out with the industry,
become effective March 30th.
The WHY of these specifications is
pretty obvious, they're designed to
save some 40,000,000 pounds of new
wool. Our armed forces and our al
lies need wool cloth for uniforms
uniforms don't last long in the field
and we can't get quantities of wool j
as we used to do, from New Zea
land and Australia.
Highway Department Aiding Defense
The pictures above illustrate the j
role played by the State Highway
end Public Works Commission in,
the statewide and nationwide col
lection of scrap metal to be used in
the manufacture of war implements
At top left is shown a pile of obso
lete highway equipment, once con
sidered useless, which has been col
lected to await shipment to steel
nulls lu be turned into guns, tanks,
ammunition and other weapons of
war?Tup right shows highway em-1
ployees in the act of loading part of
a discarded tractor. At bottom left
is seen a truckload of assorted
pieces of discarded equipment be
ing transferred to a freight car, and
the bottom right photo shows a
loaded car on a siding waiting to be ,
shipped to steel manufacturers, who
will transform this metal into im
plements with which to fight the
Axis Powers. The State Highway and
Public Works Commission has al
ready shipped about 2,000,000 pounds
of scrap metal, about 4,000 worn-out
tires and more than 2,000 steel oil
drums as a part of its cooperation
with the national defense program.
(?oo(l Idea to Always
Remember the WHY
After April, for instance, practical
ly all women's hosiery will be made
of rayon or cotton, or of cotton and
rayon combined, WPB has just made
larger quantities of rayon available
to the mills for that purpose.
Never forget the WHY of such de
velopments. Always the WHY can
be traced to a definite war need.
In the beginning there was silk
(remember?) but such silk stock
piles as we'd accumulated before wt
broke with the Japanese brigands
were used up rapidly by the Army
and Navy. Army and Navy made the
silk into parachute cloth and other
things (silk waste is made into pow
der bags for the big guns, bags to
hold the smokeless powder which
comes in part from alcohol made out
of the sugar you don't eat these
days
With silk cut off, the stocking
manufacturers turned increasingly
to nylon, that wonderful synthetic
silk which made its debut about the
time of the 1939 New York World's
Fair. This worked all right for a
while, or until the Army and Navy,
having exhausted silk stocks, turn
ed themselves to nylon for parachute
cloth. They're usipg more and more
of it every day and that's why you
wlII wear rayon, Madam.
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ON THE FARM FRONT
? news from th?
Afrkvlturrl htmsioi St nit
FARM YOUTH TO ENROLL
FOR MOBILIZATION WEEK
National 4-H Mobilization Week,
April 5-12, will afford North Caro
lina's BO,000 club members an even
greater opportunity to do their part
in the war effort, says L. R Harrill,
4-H Club leader of the N. C, Stats
College Extension Service.
A concerted effort will be made to
reach every young person eligible
for membership, and follow-up work
will be continued through the sum
mer. During the late fall, a Nation
al 4-H Achievement Week will be
observed at which results of the 4-H
program will be reviewed and rec
ognition given to club members,
leaders and clubs for accomplish
ments in the Victory program.
Harrill pointed out that these
farm youngsters have already ac
complished much in the Nation's
drive for victory. They have collect
ed usable scrap materials, planned
gardens, increased food and feed
projects, and conducted a more in
tensified health and citizenship
training program.
"However," the State College man
explained, "there is still much that
can be done, and this special Mobil
ization Week will be of tremendous
Hardware Stores
Out For 'Victory'
Healizing that activities on the
farm and in the garden must con
tinue at top speed, managers of Wil
liamston's two modern hardware
stores have made special efforts to
supply the farmer, gardener and
householders with their every need
possible. While Messrs. George Har
ris, of the Williamston Hardware
Company, and Mr. J. D. Woolard, of
the company bearing his name, cau
tion against over-buying, they urge
farmers and others to anticipate
their hardware needs now. They are
in position to help fill those needs,
and now is a ripe time to get neces
sary supplies.
value in stimulating young farm
people to participate more actively
in the Victory Program?'
When a club member signs up
during Mobilization Week, he will
be given a lapel button signifying
that he is willing to do his part to
help win the war. A special fund of
$400 for these buttons has been made
available by the Plant Food Insti
tute through E. P. Gulledge, local
representative in North Carolina.
liarrill said the observance of this
week is expected to create greater
national unity among farm boys and
girls. ' I
Victory' Shopping
At the Dime Store
It'll be a great time for both young
ind old on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week when Wil
iamston's two large and modern
lime stores participate in the Vic
ory Shopping Days program. It is
possible that many items now on
.he counters can't be replaced later
jn, so a tip to the wise is sufficient.
Inviting specials are being includ
ed in the list of bargains at Eagles'
i and 10 cent store during the trade
'estival.
Wool Curtailment
Effective March 30
Effective March 30th, men's cloth
ing styles are scheduled to under
go a big change; that is, the patterns
will be altered as a wool conserva
tion measure. Pittman's, Williams
ton's all men's clothing store, is in a
position to meet the exacting de
mands of men's clothing needs until
that date, at least. Now is the time
to get that needed suit, and remem
ber Pittman's offers the last word
in style and quality.
FOR THE BEST IN
Men's Clothing
Join the "Victory'' Parade To
PITTMAN'S
Williamslon's Best Men's Clothier?
NEW
Spring Suits
liy ('urlpp & Stylemart
Get Your SUIT While Our
Stock Is Complete.
RELAX In SLACKS
Made For Your Leisure
SEE OUR LARGE SELECTION
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SHOES ? HATS ? TIES
SPORT COATS ?SHIRTS
DON'T FORGET VICTORY DAYS
MARCH 19-20-21
We Will Br Happy To Help You At
PITTMAN'S
Victory Days
These arc not mere won 18. and merely wearing an emblem in your lapel is not showing
your true Hpirit of patriotism. This store feels that in times like these, we civilians can
do our part in more ways than hy buying a few stamps and bonds.
We. the average civilians, are not fully aware of the scarcity of certain raw materials
needed in our national defense. Therefore, we urge von to buy "Quality Merchandise that
will Last in Stvles that will Live."
Every inch of woolens and every foot of leather must he conserved to clothe our boys
who are not dickering about the styles or the color, hut are taking their clothes in the
style and color our government has designed for them.
Our Frank J. lias just returned from the market where he spent the past several days look
ing over tin' styles and anticipating your needs. Needless to tell you that the styles we
have anticipated for your season's requirements are in the usual Margolis Brothers qual
ities at prices much lower than the current market price.
We are proud to he in the position to contribute that much to National Defense to en
able you to buy Bonds and Stamps with the savings.
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