:
G0VER1ENTN0TT0
SEIZE HOME FOOD
DR KILGORE DENIES RUMORS
CIRCULATED BY ENEMIES
TO CONSERVATION
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Oolngs and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
pie, Gathered Around the State
.Capital.
Raleigh.
Denying a rumor circulating gcner
ally that it is the purpose of the na
tional government to seize food sup
plies belonging to individual families.
Director B. W. Kilgore, of the agri
cultural extension service, calls em
phatic attention to a recent statement
received by him from Washington
that the government does not intend
to seize any home food supplies.
Many variations of this rumor have
been deliberately circulated and .many
families have been prevented from
conserving foods thereby. Mr. Kil-
goro states that this rumor has prob
ably been circulated by our enemies
tor me purpose or preventing our
people from canning, drying and.oth
erwise conserving .their food products
The extension service of the Col
lege of Agriculture and department of
agriculture has through its various di
visions and field workers emphasized
the importance of saving all food pos
sible in order that households them
selves may have a cheap and plenti
f ul supply, of food. There has never
been any intention of the federal gov
eminent to seize any of this. Rather,
it would be more likely to further en
courage the conservation of still more
food In order that the output of staple
food products from the chief produe
ing regions be available for use by
the armies of this country and of our
allies.
Some families state that they heard
that all canned material over 100
quarts will be seized. Others stats
that all canned food will be taken and
sent 'to England. All of this is ab
surd. The state and national agrlcul
tural agencies wish to do all in tnc-ir
power to aid in the helping to com:
bat the high cost of living and for
this reason have furnished men and
women to instruct the people how to
can, preserve, and dry perishable food
products, properly.
Director Kilgore appeals to all loyal
citizens to aid in dispelling any mis
taken idea that may exist in regard
to food seizure and to further encour
age the efforts of producers to save all
(reliable food material possible.
Community Fair Work Growing.
The three community fairs held in
the state in 1915 have grown now un
til, according to the records of the
fair division of the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Service, there
will be 175 or more held in the state
this year.
The perplexity which the fair divi
sion is trying to solve at the present
time in providing for fairs may be
measured by the number of men and
women who acted as Judges last year.
In all, 95 employees of the college,
the department, the experiment sta
tion and extension service rendered
Invaluable service last season in judg
ing farm crops, live stock, home eco
nomics products, educational exhibits
and composite groups.
According to the records of the fair
division Gaston county leads the state
in the number of community fairs,
having scheduled twelve for this sea
son. Sampson county come3 next
with nine, followed by Catawba and
Haywood with six each, with Lincoln,
Harnett, Franklin and Burke booked
for five, and Stanly. Mecklenburg,
Buncombe, Madison, Wilson and Le
noir for four each.
This season's community fair ac
tivities see 54 counties represented
in the co-operative work which the
department of agriculture is carrying
on- with individual communities by
furnishing financial assistance and ex
pert judges. One hundred and seventy-five
community fairs have made
application to the department for co
operative assistance. This figure Is
a record-breaker for fair work.
In addition to its community fair
v ,ff nf ,..,
. i.f t'icics are to be given to the opera-
with the
State fair, eight district fairs, four
county fairs, and 14 negro fairs. As
fn other lines of extension service en
deavor. North Carolina seems to be
leading other states in developing
fairs.
North Carolina's fair season begins
September- 15th and will extend
through November. Every communi
ty fair which made application for
funds will receive the benefit of $21
to be applied to premiums and prizes.
Secretary Issues New Charters.
Woman's Home Mission Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, a non-etock corporation, or
ganized for procuring homes and car
ing for itinerant preachers. Mrs.
Belle H. Bennett, Kentucky; Mrs. J.
D. Hammond, Tennessee, ,and Mis. F.
B. Carroll, of Texas, are amonj the
incorporators.
The capital stock of the Electric
Light and Powr Co.. at Lake Viiw, is
increased to $'5,000 by an amendment
to Its charter.
wannoi novcrie uoara s i-inamg.
In order to clear up misunderstand
ings about. the authority of the gov
ernor with respect to decisions of the
local and district exemption boards,
Governor Bickett issued a statement
explaining that the power of the gov
ernor Is limited to the Interpretation
of the law, and he has no power to
reverse or review the discretion of
the local' or district boards in passing
upon the facts. If it appears to th3
governor that the board has acted
upon an erroneous legal principle, he
Is authorized to lay down the correct
principle and ask the board to reopen
the case and pass. upon it In the light
of such principle.
The governor's statement follows:
"Tho regulation in regard to the
nower of the governor over exemp
tion boards sot forth in Bulletin 89,
issued on September 18, 1917, pro
vides: "An Individual who believes that a
local or district board ha3 erroneous
ly interpreted law may call the atten
tion of the governor of his state to
the case. Where it is clear that the
decision of the board is in error th
governor may Inform the board of the
law and request it to reopen the case.
By these means It is thought that a
substantially uniform execution of
the law can be had throughout the
United States and that the few cases
of Individual hardships resulting from
uniform or unlawful decisions of the
various boards may be corrected.
"It will be clearly seen that the reg
ulation limits the power of the gov
ernor to the interpretation of the law,
and h hna rtn nnwpr tn rvrsA or re.
view the discretion of local or district
boards in passing upon the facts. If
it clearly appears to the governor that
an exemption board has acted upon
an erroneous legal principle, the gov
ernor is authorized to lay down th.3
correct principle and a3k the board to
reopen the case and pass upon it in
the light of such correct principle of
law.
"In passing upon complaints made,
the governor will be compelled to fol
low the rules of the district boards
and consider only sworn written state
ments. He cannot accord to any one
personal interviews who have com
plaints to make as hi judgment must
be based upon written statements
that aro" made a record in his office.
The attention of the public is espe
cially called to this ruling to the end
that parties having complaints may
not go to the trouble of coming to
see the governor in person, but may
reduce them to writing, swoar to them
before some officer, and mail them to
the governor."
Chairman of Public Information.
Santford Martin, private secretary
to Governor Bickett, has been made
chairman of the North Carolina com
mittee of public Information, of the
council of defense, a patriotic serv
ice that Mr. Martin is glad to render
without charge for much arduous la
bor that the position entails. Mr. Mar
tin has begun this work, issuing for
widest possible circulation in every
section of the state a number of Im
portant documents for stirring the
people to the fullest poossible dis
charge of their duty in conservation
and in every other way furthering the
best interests of the people in this
great war crisis.
Mr. Martin says that during the ;
past week the state council of de- J
fense has made marked progress in j
its work the past week. For instance
advices from every section of the :
state show that there Is absolute loy
alty to the government and a stead
fast determination to wage the war
to a final victory; that there is a
willingness and almost an eagerness
to make sacrifice of time, mean3 and
personal convenience to further the
plans of the state and nation to min
ister to soldiers and promote the gen
eral welfare.
He says a unique move for aiding
soldiers is reported from Brunswick
where, under the leadership of C. Ed
Taylor, soldiers are furnished with a
card designed to provide for close
touch and co-operation" between the
soldier and the Brunswick committee
during the war, with the committee
undertaking to render every possible
free service to the soldier.
Mill Will Have Group Insurance.
The Fidelity Hosiery Mills of New
ton are taking out insurance policies
on the lives of its operatives, under
the group insurance plan
The pol-
lives, the expenses boine by the com
pany. The mills beeome the trustee
of the operatives and in event of
death will cash the policy. The plan
Is to make the policy for $300 for
first year and increase $100 per year
for each operator remaining in their
employ until the policy amounts to
$500. The insurance will be carried
in the Aetna Insurance Company, of
Hartford, Conn. The amount of in
surance carried will be about $35,000.
New Enterprises Authorized.
The Walker Hosiery Mills Com
pany, Burlington, was chartered to
day irith $100,000 capital authorized
and $3,000 subscribed for organiza
tion purposes for a general knitting
mill business.
Another charter Is for the Liberty
Barber Shop, Inc., of Charlotte; cap
ital $20,000 authorized and $300 sub
scribed. There Is also a charter of the Mon
arch Bowling Academy, Charlotte;
capital $50,000 authorized and $2,000
Eubscrlbed.
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1 A partly inflated French observation balloon and I'.3 guard, "somewhere on the Sommo." 2 Long line of Cal
cutta ambulance cars presented to Great Britain on the western front by India. 3 An Italian school at St. Mar
gherite demolished by Austrian artillery.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
: Field. Marshal Haig Opens New
Offensive in Belgium
East of Ypres.
MAY CUT OFF U-BOAT BASES
Germans Start Another Lot of Peace
Rumors Kerensky Proclaims Rus
sian Republic But Must Curb Ex
treme Radicals Labor Troubles
in the United States.
BY EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Following the usual devastating ar
tillery fire, a great attack on German
positions in Belgium was begun by the
British forces early Thursday morning.
The offensive, the fiercest of recent
months, embraced a wide front east of
Ypres. The first day's fighting, which
will be known as the battle of Menln
road, resulted in big gains for Field
Marshal Halg's troops, especially in
the important sector between the
Ypres-Itoulers railway and Hollebeke.
The Germans resisted desperately and
the British were compeled to advance
over ground covered with water-filled
shell holes, bnrbed-wire entanglements
and fallen trees and In the face of a
murderous machine-gun fire from the
many small concrete redoubts that
have to a considerable extent, replaced
the German front line trenches. But
the British heavy artillery had done
its work well, and the Tommies pushed
ahead, slaughtering the enemy or drlv-
j Ing them far back.
The Germans naturally knew the at
tack was coming, but could not foresee
Just where it would be made. Halg's
selection of the field for this offensive
indicates that he intends to try to
force Ruprecht of Bavaria away from
the Belgian coast , and to cut off the
German U-boat find airplane bases
along the shore between Zeebrugge
nnd Nieuporr. Such a move by the
British has been looked forward to for
a long time.
Italians Getting Ready.
The Italians seem to be gathering
themselves for another leap at the
throat of Austria, and their generals
declare they must and will administer
to the foe a decisive defeat in the field,
nnd then they will be In a position to
continue their advance on Trieste, nnd
perhaps on Laibaeh. Meanwhile activ
ity in the Trentino has Increased nnd
the Latins hit the Austrlans there sev
eral times last week. That the latter
have called on re-enforccments wher
ever they could get them is evidenced
by the presence of Turks among the
prisoners taken by the Italians in re
cent days.
Along the French front the few
changes of the week were at the ex
pense of tho crown prince's forces.
That. fatuous young man is still try
ing to recover the plateaus of the
Aisne and the lost positions near Ver
dun nnd sacrifices his soldiers with
prodigality.
German Peace Rumors.
That Germany Intends to make new
peace proposals before many months
becomes Increasingly evident. Last
week saw the sending up of several
"trial balloons" from Berlin, Including
an industriously spread . report that
Great Britain had suggested terms, and
a story that the kaiser would surren
der Belgium and restore It. These
feelers met with no sympathetic re
sponse by the allies. Great Britain
flatly denied the alleged peace offer;
Premier Painleve reaffirmed France's
determination to continue the war un
til Germany gave up Alsace-Lorraine
and pledged reparation for the dam
ages she has caused ; nnd America
went steadily ahead with its tremend
ous preparations.
The German papers are permitted by
the censor to discuss tho pence rumors
freely, probably to prepare the people
for some move by the government, but
neither the German nor the Austrian
government seems to be yet In the
proper mood to command any consid
eration from the allies, which are all
on their guard.
The pope, it is reported, will send
out new peace proposals to the bellig
erent powers 'toward the end of this
month, and they will be more specific
and enter into more details than the
former proposals. Germany's reply to
the pope's first note is said to accept
the greater part of his plan but con
tains no specific declarations concern
ing Belgium. Austria's answer has
been sent, but Is negligible.
Argentina to Break Relations.
Germany's diplomatic bungling has
added another to the list of her ene
mies, for the Luxburg incident and
Berlin's inadequate explanations have
Induced the Argentina senate to vote
to break off relations with Ger
many. It was the last great food
producing nation In. the list of
neutrals, and Its action will result
in big. benefit to the allies In the re
striction of exports of meat and grain
to neutral countries from which they
might find their way to the central na
tions. If Argentina takes an active
part in the war, she can muster an
army of 198,000 men and has a navy
that includes matfy powerful nnd mod
ern vessels.
Sweden the poor goat is still In
distress over the trouble into which
German duplicity has dragged her, and
is demanding explanations from Berlin
and sending evasive notes to AVashing
ton and Buenos Aires. Her leaders as
sert that she shall not be forced into
the war on either side. Meanwhile
she is pleading with America for food
stuffs to keep from suffering the peo
ple who are likely to be the innocent
victims of the stupidity of the officials.
Situation in Russia.
Premier Kerensky started the week
off with a stirring proclamation declar
ing Russia to be a republic. Ho then,
with four of his colleagues, undertook
to conduct the government until the
first congress meets on September 23
to frame a constitution and name a
new ministry. Next he sent a scath
ing telegram to the Baltic fleet de
manding that the men cease their ex
cesses and restore order, and the fol
lowing day he undertook the reorgani
zation of the army, beginning by sup
pressing the activities of the self-cou-stltuted
committees among the sol
diers; he also ordered the arrest of
General Kaledines, hetman of the Cos
sacks, whose loyalty to the govern
ment was doubtful. JX this point
Kerensky ran against two snags. The
radicals gained control of the coun
cil of soldiers and workmen 'and de
manded that the power of ruling'the
republic should be assumed at once
by the council, acting In conjunction
with the council of peasants. The
leaders of the former council, who
have linked It with the government,
at once resigned. The Maximalists In
the army groups strongly opposed the
order barring politics from the army.
The other snag was the attitude of the
Cossacks. They demanded that the
order for the arrest of Kaledines be
canceled, and a delegation of loyalists
went to Cossack headquarters to in
vestigate conditions.
Kerensky and the new republic nre
by no means out of the woods yet, but
It begins to look as if they would tri
umph over the forces of disorder and
disloyalty. Certainly the soldiers at
the front nre making a better showing
than for some time past. The north
ern armies stopped their retreat to
ward Petrograd and turned on the
pursuing Germans, .driving them back
toward Riga nnd retaking a number
of towns. In the south Russian troops
co-operated with the Roumanians in
their stout attacks on the invading
Teutons.
Coming to Their Senses.
Mayor Thompson of Chicago, ' for
long in" his petty way one of our most
persistent opponents of the govern
ment's conduct of the war, has seen a
great light and Issued a proclamation
calling on "all patriotic citizens to
stand by our country In times of con
troversy" and bidding Godspeed to the
men of the National army. Thompson's
friends say he never has been unpa
triotic, but was misled by certain
"dark forces" among his associates
which is defending his loyalty at the
expense of his Intelligence.
It is gratifying to note, also, the
signs of change of outward expression,
If not of heart, on the part of some
of the German-American newspapers,
following the government's raid on the
office of one of the worst of them in
Philadelphia. One of the Milwaukee
papers has become suddenly patriotic,
and another, in Oregon, has changed
its name to the Portland American
and will be printed wholly in English.
There is room for all of them within
the loyalty fold.
The truth is that persons of intelli
gence, with the exception of fanatics
and Intentional traitors, nre fast realiz
ing that this war on Germany is be
ing made by the people of the United
States and that they Intend to see It
through to a victorious conclusion.
Their determination Is increasing as
their sons and brothers go into the
training camps, and when the casual
ty lists begin to come from the other
side, it will be Irresistible.
Many Labor Troubles.
Despite the undoubted patriotism
nnd energetic efforts of President Gom
pers of the American Federation of
Labor,. the government is having a lot
of trouble with strikes of organized
labor and only strenuous work and
cleverness on the part of its mediators
prevent the disastrous tying up of in
dustries whose continued operation is
necessary to successful carrying on of
the- war. The latest important in
stance of this began last Monday when
some 23,000 Iron workers at San Fran
cisco struck for higher tages and
stopped work on $130,000,000 worth of
government contracts for ship build
ing. The federal shipping board of
fered to pay one-half of any wage in
creases for companies making not
more than 10 per cent profit on com
mandeered ships, the ship builders
agreed to consider the men's demands,
and prospects for ending the strike
were good.
In New Orleans and New York sev
eral thousand longshoremen went on
strike for various reasons, and there
was similar trouble in other localities.
Being seriously disturbed over the
labor situation, especially in the Pa
cific const nnd Rocky mountain re
gions, President Wilson on Thursday
appointed a special. commission, head
ed by Secretary of Labor Wilson, to
visit the states where these difficulties
exist and endeavor to bring about
working arrangements for the period
of the war at least. The other mem
bers of the commission are Coi. J. L.
Spangler of Pennsylvania, V. Z. Reed
of Colorado, John II. Walker of Illinois
and E. P. Marsh of Washington.
The war convention of American
business men in session at Atlantic
City was lectured rather sharply by
Secretary of Labor Wilson, and there
upon adopted resolutions as follows:
"That no attempts be made by busi
ness to change labor conditions and
that labor make no Ciforts to force
union recognition or changes in stand
ards. "That there be no profiteering in
business to give rise to labor unrest.
"That business recommend to the
government crention of a government
board representing labor, capital and
the public to settle all major disputes
and that tho boards' decisions be bind
ing on both sides.
"That industry call on labor to co
operate in making It plain there will
be no strikes or lockouts while adjust
ments are being made."
Board to Rule Sugar Supply.
Protection nnd regulation of the su
gar supply was taken up Thursday and
J an International committee of five was
named for the distribution of sugar
among the allied and neutral nations.
The same day the beet sugar pro
ducers signed an agreement with the
food administration to sell to whole
salers at seaboard refining points for
71 cents a pound, maximum. Retail
prices usually being from one-half to
three-fourths of a cent higher, the
price to the consumer is expected to
be about 8 cents a pound. The cane
sugar men are expected to take sim
ilar action. In these matters and in
arrangements concerning potatoes,
wheut and other foodstuffs. Adminis
trator Hoover is acting with energy
and precision. He says rctor In
the war will be the side y n hold
out longest against stur d is
going ahead on that linej
VtUg llllUll 111 IBIUW IIUV
The copper interests
tarily fixed upon i'.'l s
f. o. b. New York, ns the
lun-'to
per for the next four mofi ls
nas oeen nppnneu ut ui j,s"
tries board and the presldoL JT
The congressional conference com
mittee on the trading with the enemy
bill has added to it u provision for the
censoring of cables and foreign malls.
This Is the ivsult of a government in
vestigation .showing that information
has been reaching Germany through
uncensored cables and letters that ap
parently were of a harmless business
nature.
: PAIN? NOT A BIT I
1 1 ft vniiH rnnue
OR CALLUSES OFF
t No humbual Anolv few dron
I then Just lift them away
I with fingers.
This new drug is an ether compound
discovered by a Cincinnati chemist. It
is called freezone, and can
now be obtained in tiny
bottles as here shown at
very little cost from any
6rug store. Just ask for
freezone. Apply a drop or
two directly upon a tender
corn or callus and instant
ly the soreness disappears.
Shortly you will find tha
corn or callus so loose that
you can lift It off, root
and all, with the fingers.
Not a twinge of pain,
soreness or Irritation; not
even the slightest smart
ing, either when applying
freezone or afterwards.
This drug doesn't eat up
the corn or callus, but
shrivels them so they loos
en and come right out. It
is no humbug I It works
like a charm. For a few
cents you can get rid of ev
ery hard corn, soft corn or
corn between the toes, as well as pain
ful calluses on bottom of your feet It
never disappoints and never burns,
. bites or inflames. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone yet, tell him to
' get a little bottle for you from bis
wholesale house. adv.
ORCHID ICE CREAM COMMON
It Does Not Bear That Aristocratic
Title but Goes by the Very Pie
beian Name of Vanilla.
Very few of us would ever think of
ordering orchid ice cream without a
little tremor of the pocket book, for
j everyone knows that the orchid is the
( most expensive of flowers. But there
are thousands of persons who eat or
chid Ice cream dally. Although they
probably have not been aware of the
! distinction, it I none the less a fact.
Of course the Ice cream is not ordered
by the aristocratic name of orchid.
, On the contrary, It bears the very ple
beian name of vanilla,
j There are said to be no less than
13,000 varieties of orchid scattered
over the earth. All of them have the
peculiar artificial beauty and the
haunting odor that seems inseparable
from this flower, which looks almost
I as 1 hough it were a product of an un
healthy condition in nature. Of all
these 13,000 varieties, only one has any
practical value, and that is the one
! from which vanilla comes. The plant
grows abundantly in South and Cen
, tral America, and has been transplant
' ed U other tropical countries, where
It is now nourishing.
THIS DRUGGIST KNOWS
BEST KIDNEY MEDICINE
Sixteen years a bo I beean to sell Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root and today I believe
it is one of trie best medicines on the
I market; and my patrons are very much
1 pleased with the results obtained from its
use and speak very favorably regarding it.
Swamp-Root has been very successful in
the treatment of kidney, liver and bladder
troubles according to the reports received
and 1 have no hesitancy in recommending
it for I have great faith in its merits.
Very truly yours,
OWrL DRUG STORE.
By R. F. Boies,
Oct. 3, 1910. Sedalia, Missouri.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.
Btnf hamton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yon
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample size
bottle. It will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable in
formation, telling about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure nud men
tion this paper. Large and medium sire
bottles for sale at all drug stores. Adv.
Good for Him.
Ono Indianapolis woman is in favor
of the war and what It moans to cer
tain folk. She wrote to Harry B.
Smith, adjutant general, urging that
"if the draft board calls for any more
men, I wish you would see that they
call for (her husband)."
Then the letter gave his address nnd
his registration number.
"He is stout and healthy and doesn't
do any work, and I think it would b
good for Mm," the letter concluded.
Indianapolis News.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's TasteUns
chill Tooic is equally valuable as a Gen
eral Tonic because it contains tha well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives oat
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
op the Whole System. 60 cents.
Dry battery electric lamps nre
mounted over a new eye shield to give
the wearer light where needed.
Dr. Perry's "Dead Shot" la powerful but
safe. One doae la enough to expel Worma or
Tapeworm. No oaator oil neceeaary. Adv.
When It comes to mistakes the sup
ply always exceeds the demand.
lPNE Granulated Eyelet,
bore byes. Eyes Inflamed by
San, Dust 9nd Wind Quickly
relieved by Murine. Trv it in
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f. . ,77-Vr- C your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes.
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