Ti(ss Treasury Depai traent
flska the loan for ten years cf
three billion dollars. It does net
matter what the interest rate
thereof is, nor is it in any man
: ner material that the increment
therefrom is taxable or exempt :
pf what valuenvill money, lani,
securities 'of a&Kht e'se ba if, in
the finahalysis, we find our
.selves not a free peopI, but one
..subject to the prejudicial domin
ion of an alien and an outcast
race ? What should we reckon
'against that for which we (and
WE are the United State of
. America) have heretofore fought
Vlndians, pirates, Mexicans. Eng-
ush, , Spaniards even brothers
of the fuI olood are now asked,
not to purchase and not to re
deem, but to maintain and pre
serve in the fullness of its vigor,
the virility of its strength, and
the sancity of its existence : the
right of a people to be free, un
hampered, independent and self
governing ? There is nothing,
as against all of that, which
should serve to throw the scales
a pennyweight Shall we wait
until Britain's armada has been
humbled, her sea-borne com
merce destroyed, and the Ger
man Battle Fleet is halfway
across the Atlantic before we
bend our every energy to arrest
ing the progress of that foe
whose ambition achieved would
spell world dominion : shall we
overlook the fact that that line
which stretches from west of
ens to Noyor , behind the graves
of hundreds of thousands of dead
Germans driven faratically to
their death, is our line; that
every blow struck at Albert.
Arras. Armentieres and Amiens
- is a blow at us ? Should the peo
ple of the Middle and the far
West wait until our East coast
is a German camp and the Miss
issippi the natural barrier behind
which America shall make its
last stand before striking, and
striking hard, bitterly, forcibly
at the foe ? If force, and still
more force, and yet again more
force. irrisistibJy applied is the
one thing which will win this
war-and for that we have the
word of a peace-loving President
-why delay the inevitable ? The
"line" in France and in Flanders
may yield again, it may break ;
Pans, Calais and Dover may be
imperiled. This would not end
the war: peace can be purchased
only by killing Germans by the
thousands, aye, the tens and
hundreds thereof, even millions,
and until thit day shall have
come to pass when, her man
power impoverished, her treas
ury bankrupt, her people star
ving, her industries paralyzed
and her rulers humbled, a strick
en Germany begs for peace and
peace ;on our terms, we must
continue to apply force without
end.
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EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as executrix upon
f?te ffStwte u0f C'a -SpruiiJ. deceased,
ate of Washington County, N. C, this
,js to notify allpersons holding claims
against said estate to present them to
the undersigned on or before the 7th
day of March 1919, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery All
persons indebted to. said estate will
P tI? ake immediate ettlement.
This Marqh 7th, J9J8.
G. L. C. SPRUILL,
1 . Executrix.
LET US DO YOUR
PRINTING:
CARDS. -V.
ENVELOPES.
STATEMENTS. ,
BILLHEADS.
LETTER HEAbS
PACKET HEADS.
DODGERS. ETC.
0T THIS OFFICE.
Mi 0PPH1IT
FOM FARMER
Nation $ad Humanity Are
Cally Upon Him for
. .Service.
PROFITS CONTINUE LARGE
Production of food Crops Must
Be Increase! in Face jof La
bor Shcrtagfe Greatest Op
portunity for Bigger Produc
tion Lies in Utilization of
Wood Mold and Leaves.
State's Fertiliser Bill $35,
CC0.000; Manure Corp Worth
30,000,000 Crop Value
Can be Increased $25,000,000
by Use of Vood Mold and
Leaves.
Raleigh. North Carolina , farmers
face the greatest opportunity Vor serv
ice and profit that the farmors of
any country have ever had. With the
fate of the war in Europe -largely de
pendent upon food supplies and with
half the world starving the opportu
nity for service to country and hu
manity Is unprecedented. V.'ith a
world shortage of food and feedstuffs
of all kinda prices will continue to'
remain at their present high levels
not only until the end of the war but
for one to three years after the war.
In the face of a shortage of labor
N'orth Carolina farmers must produce
a larger total of corn, whoat, cotton,
soy beans, peas, potatoes, sorghum for
syrup,- hay crops and livestock. A
larger acreage in these crops cannot
be worked than was wrked last year
but the same acreage can be made to
reduce larger yie'ds. Bette soil
preparation and better crop cultiva
tion will Increase yields and profits
to a large extent but increased fertil
isation must be depended upon for
the greatest part of the increase that
Is bo urgently desirable.
Fertlller Dill $35,000,000.
There are 385,000 head of work' stock
upon the farms of North Carolina.
There was used upon the land culti
vated by these animal3 last year more
than 850,000 tons of commercial fer
tilizers and more than 6S.000 tons of
cottonseed meal. It is extremely
doubtful if a larger supply of commer
cial fertilizers will be available this
year. If the same quantity Is used
this will represent a commercial
fertilize bill of approximately $33,000.
000. The stable manure from 385,000
head of work stock and approximately
700,000 head of cattle. If properly sav
ed and utilized, would "be worth at
least $50,000,000. Here is an oppor
tunity for increased fertilization be
cause many cf our farmers have paid
little attention heretofore to the mak
ing, saving and utilization of stable
manure.
The Greatest Opportunity.
The greatest opportunity, however,
lies in the utilization of forest leaves
and wood mold. The past winter has
been ideal for the purpose of rotting
leaves and there are very few farm
ers in the State who have not :.n op
portunity to largely increase their
production this year through the use
of this form of fertilizer. Aflcul
tural experts are agreed that a ton of
dry forest leaves and wood mold con
tains at present fertilizer values. $8
worth of fertilizer Ingredients. This
moans that if five .tons of leaves and
wood mold are used on every equiva
lent one-horse farm in North Caro
lina the aggretato value of such, fer
tilization would be more than $15,000,
000, or very nearly half the value of
the State's commercial fertilizer bill of
the year.
Th Children Can Help.
The raking and hauling of forest
feaves and wood mold is not a difficult
undertaking. Thn
may be done by the smaller children (
or by the grown-ups during spare
time and can be hauled between now
and planting time. Wood mold spread
upon wheat during the next three or
four weeks will largely increase the
yield, according to the quantity used.
Wood mold and leaves spread upon
land that is to be planted in cotton,
corn and other crops will very greatly
increase yields and will render more
effective the. fertilizers used. Hauling
of leaves and wood mold should be
continued during spare time even aft
er the planting season of cotton and
corn, being worked into the ground
during the cultivation of the crop.
On wheat and other grain the results
will not only be seen in the increased
production f-grain. but in the increas
ed production cf hay or other crop
which follows.
A $25,000,000 Increase.
Agricultural experts have estimated
that the production of food and feed,
crops In .North Carolina could be in
creased $2S,f)$Q.000 this year by the
utilization by . farmers of this oppor
tunity for increasing the fertility of
their soil. It has been repeatedly
deminstrated that the application of
manure and other vegetable matter is
noticed in the land for several year
after .he application eojjha't the ap
plication of leaves and Wood mold this
year 'vll! result in not only increasing
the yields during the coming season
but (luring the years to coma.
OHOOEflSHELP
IN 50-50 PLAN
. t j
SIGN PLEDGE TO CARRY OUT
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
PROGRAM. .
POST CARDS " iU STORES, i
Explain New Wheat Ruling to
Thousands of , Customers In
sures 'Greater Food Saving.
(Jrooers of the nnflnn hnvp nnvtijiKl I
enthusiastically the W-W bonis for Hie
purchase of wheut Hour and lire doiiij;
their utmost to explain the new regu
lation to the housewife. This ruling hy
the U. S. Food Administration' requires
euch purchust-r of wheat Hour to buy
one pound of cereal substitute, one
kind or assorted, for every pound ot
wheat tiour. It wan necessary to re
strict the use of wheat (lour In order
that the allies und our lighting forces
abroad might be u.ssured of an ade
quate supply of wheat to inet their
vital needs. This supply must come
from our savings because we have al
ready ent our normal surplus.
Wheat saving pledge cards were for
warded by the Food Administration to
all retail food merchants, and these
are being signed and posted In stores
throughout the country. This card
states, "We pledge ourselves loyally to
carry out the Food Administration jnv
gram. In accordance with this order
we will not sell any wheat Hour except
where the purchaser buys an equal
weight of one or more of the following
a greater ue of which in the home
will save wheat :
"Cornmeal. corn flour, edihle corn
starch, hominy, corn grits, barley Hour
potato Hour, sweet potato Hour, soy
benn Hour, feterltn flour ami meals,
rice, rice flour, oatmeal, rolled outs and
buckwheat Hour."
Rome confusion lias resulted on the
part of the consumer lii const ruinj;
this "SO-far ruling to mean tli:t.t ifn
equnl timount In value of substitute!!
must be purchased with wheat Hour
This Is n mistaken idea. The ruling
states that the consumer In purchasing
Hour shall "buy at the same time au
equal vveicht of other cereals." .j, .
"(ne exception to this ruling. Is con
cerning graham flour and whole wheut
flour, which tuny be sold at the -ratio
of three pounds to five pounds '"of
wheat Hour. .This provision Is Hiade
he-cause 'approximately' -." per Vent
more of the wheat berry Is used In the
inamifucture of these Hours' thun stand
ard wheat Hour.
Another exception Is that, cwnwrn
ln mixed Hours containing less than
.r0 per cent, of wheat flour, which may
he sold without substitutes. Ketailers,
however, ure forbidden to soil mired
Hours containing more than rb pet
cent, of, whoat flour to any person, tin
less the amount of wheat flour substi
tutes sold is sufficient to 'make the. .to
tal amount of substitutes, Inchiditfn
those mixed In flours, equal to the tta
tal amount In wheat flour In the mixed,
flour. For Instance, If any mixed Hour
Is pun-based containing KI per cent,
wheat Hour and 40 per -nt. substi
tutes It Is necessary that an additional
20 per Cent, of substitutes he pur
chased. This brings it to the basis of
one pound of substitutes for each
pound-of wheat flour.
A special exeinptlort may be granted
upon application In the case of special
ly prepared Infants' and Invalids food
containing Hour where the necessity is
shown.
Some mlsundersltHrdlng seems to v?x
1st on the part of consumers in assum
ing that with the purchase of wheat
flour one must conliue the additional
SO per cent, purchase to one of th
substitutes. This Is not the ease. One
may select from the entire ranjre of
substitutes u sufficient amount of each
to bring the total weight of all substi
tutes, equnl to the weight of the wheat
flour purchased. v'Fnr Instance, If a
purchase of 24 pounds of wheat flour
Is made a range of substitutes uiny be
selected as follows: ,
Commenl, 8 pounds; com grits,, 4
pounds: rice. 4 pounds; buckwheat, 2
pounds; corn starch. 1 pound: hominy,
2 pounds; rolled oats. 3 pounds.
These substitutes may bv used In
the following manner:
Cornmeal; 8 Pounds. Corn hread. no
flour: corn muffins or spoon bread
one-fourth flour or one-third rice or
one-third hominy; 2() per cent substi
tutes In whole bread.
Corn Standi, 1 Pound. Thtckeiiinu
gravy, making custard, one-third sub
stitute In cake.
Corn Crlts. 4 Pound Fried like
mush, used with meal In making cri
bread.
Rolled (hits. S Pounds. One-fourth
to one-third substitutes in. bread.--one
half substitute In muffins; breakfast
porridge, use freely.; oatmeal -Mkies
oatmeal soup. .
Buckwheat Flour, 2 PaufeCs, One
fourth substitute In bread, buckwheat
cakes. '
Hominy. 2 Pounds. Itoiled fo'.rtln
ner, huked for dinner, with cl'uVse
sauce.
HIcp- 4 Pounds. One-fourth subs.tr
rure ui wneni oread, one-iiuru suosii-j
tute In corn bread, boiled for dinner (a
bread cut), as. a breakfast food, to
thicken soups, rice pudding Instead of
cake or pie. rice batter cakes.
Several grocers have 'stated that
their customers who strictly observe
the 11 whfjitless meals end) 'week And
It nocese-ry to buy substitutes In ad
dliion to these ordered, undtr the &0
50 yiaiC
Just received twenty five dozen Nobby Frnch
Voiles Waists, prices from $1. to $3.50
Also 100 Silk and Satin Skirts, some of
of the newest patterns out. Prices ranging
from $6.48 to $10.00.
We are showing a lovely line of
from 25c to $1. rcer v&rd.
rae4fcvvc-fiv
8
Report c he condition of
The Bank of VI., mouth.
at Plymouth, i ti e b: ;c of N
C, M cl to of buiin Si Kaith
4lth 191S.
RESOURCES.
ioans and discounts.
85,656.87
i vprrim I'ts unsecured.
United State Louds and Lib
erty Bonds ' '
North Carolina State Bonds
l'reinium op iionds.'
Ba.nki.itr tic uses
rlirniture and Fixtun g.
All other real estate 'owned
Demand Loans, ' '''
Jue from National Banks,....
Cash Items held ov er 24 hrs.
Gold coin
Silver coin, indluding all mi-
' nor coin currency,
Mat fonal hnr.k notes and other
5,000 00
5,ooo i o
113 - 1
4,f.co oo
2.602..0
L',1UU oo
lia.Ul 10
2,131.55
107.50
3, :,37.04
U. S. Notes, 2.844.00
. Total, $149,284.60
LIABILITIFS,
Capital stock paid in,
Undivided profits, less cur
rnt RxnensesiS: taxes Daid,
$20,000.03
3,343.24
61,522 51
429 50
Deposits subject to check,
avings deposits
Cashier's checks outstanditio;
Total 8149,234 66
ctotp of North Carolina bounty ot
Kvmw - J,,
Vvnshinfrton. :il6.
1U
1, L. H. Harrison, cashier of the above
A Hnnk. do solemnly swear that
tho. obnvt. Ktntement 'S true to the best
ci my knowledge and belief.
Snhsrrihed and svo-n to befoi tj me,
this.SOth day of Jan. 19 18,
Notary Public.
Correct Attest :
A. L.. uwens,
W. K. Hampton,
M. O. Darden,
3j Directors.
Reuort of the condition of
Tfcc Bank of Crcswell
at Creswell in the State of N. C.
attho close of business March
4th. 1918.
RESOURCES.
I nfins and discounts $55,121 25
Overdrafts unsecured 201 46
U. S. bonds &nd Liberty uoucs oo uu
Furniture and fixtures 2,oo oo
Due from National banks 12,915 46
Cash items held. over 24 hr's. '5,856 03
l nc-CKS ior cioaiiiiy
nlrl rnin 50 OO
Silver coin, including all mi-
nor c in currency i.uuu
Nalional bonk notes and. other
U.S. notes j.idooo
Total $S0,8S4 16
LIAEILIHES.
Capital stock r aid in $ 5,oco oo
Undivided profits, less cur
rent expenses and taxes
Ta"'d 3,447 55
Pills payable' 7,0 nO
rw.nncitc suhipct to check 30.961 60
Demand certificates of deposit 2,323oo
havingrs aeposus
Cashier's checks outstanding 3,4(')0 87
Certif fed checks 120 20
Total 30,884. 10
State of North Carolina f'ounty of
Wasluntrton, Mar. nno.
t n . 17 WnnHlov. cnrJiier. of the a-
i.Mrtt.nom(iH T?nnk. do Solemnly rwear
that the above statement is trua ta the
best of my knowiefie ana oenei.
i L. L.. vvooaey,
... .. . .. . '(. Cashier.
Rnbrnhe and sworn to before mc,
this 20 day of March 1918.
E. S. Woodley N. r.
Correct Attest:
W. 11. nara:son,
Wm. Wiley,
Alficd Alexander,
Directors.
fcal2Sy. 123 res.
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Ths
should be thrifty an help cave her husband V money.
If He hasn't done it, She
should start the s&vings account ard See that a por
tion of the inccme gets there each wt ek. We offer
This Opportunity
to establish tie real bulwark of the horns. Such
co-operation makes the partnership complete.
A Bank of the PEOPLE,
mmi kau ai uvi tmid hi iva
m m sr 3?
mM uus
jc interest "OT''Tti.'fTTTI-T- TsTf organ izf.o
S-A ON SAINGS FilJt Fi'LfU ill, 1N.C IOOO
WATCH T IS SPACE EVERY WEEK.
AT THE MAJESTIC
' NEXT FRIDAY, MAY 10TH.
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PRICE ....... 22 CENTS.
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