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mm it see it. V-' ? . < in V- ? ? -' ?. :r"S ? Furniture lor home and at a Come And Look It Over ? ? ?* ?"* ? "? - * - r " ' i ~ ' ' 1 Farmville T. E. JOYNER, Mgr. FARMVILLE , N. C. Farmville Enterprise Published by the Rouse Printery Entered in the Post Office at Farm vi lie, N. C., as second class mail matter. One Dollar the year ? In advance. Rates for publishing Obituary Notices are one-half cent a word; and cash must accompany copy or same will not be published. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917 A Spanish astronomer has discor* ered a new planet, and bidJing foe Itr assistance In the war may begin short* Jy The average woman's Idea of a hus band is that It is something that wants to sleep nearly all Sunday aft* eroon. Notwithstanding the great demand for our horses in Europe, there have been still a few left for the racing season. This country spends 150,060,000 ft year for cosmetics, and still foreign ers say that Americans have bad com plexions! by her baby mat prize is perfect. V ? VI in - has done much to develop the aeioplane, but one seriously doubts whether this excellent result was worth the price. A Baltimore man says woman is at ner worst when she giggles. Yet, the female of the species is seldom deadly when she giggles. It costs $500 and six months in jail a drink now for a man in London to treat a friend. And few lore a friend that much. Blessed is the motorist who' keeps both haudp on his steering wheel when the hapless pedestrian is trying to cross the street. There is one redeeming feature about a folding bed; even the most timid female doesn't' have to look un der it before she retires. What ha3 become of the old-fash ioned ttfobe trotter who used to break the round-the-world record every few minutes *? Seeing America first, no doubt "What," asks a contemporary, "are the most inspiring words in the Eng il?n language?" Much might be said on behalf of these: "Inclosed find check." ' v American tourists -who are com pelled to stay at home have the con solation of knowing that a number of the big European hotels have gone tato bankruptcy. A mother of one hundred years has had her mischievous son of fifty ar rested for playfully throwing dishes at her. A child like that ought to be spanked and put to bed. - , It is now possible to learn "scien tific eating"' by mall, but the ultimate consumer who has to hustle for his meals doesn't care a rap whether he eats them In a scientific manner or i **? " - One of the dear sieters of the Housewives' league says tireless cook ers may now be rated among the es sentials of the kitchen. We suppose so, at least until the fireless cook ap pears. . A medical expert in Chicago says that brown sugar Is the best dressing for neglected wounds. We may next expect the old aad revered prescrip tion o? vinegar and brown paper to PARAMOUNT DUTY IS TO CONSERVE FOOD Some Pertinent Facts are Brought out in Argument Favor ing Effort to Reduce Fires Where They Will Consume Foodstuffs and Other - Supplies Needed in This Emergency in an article headed- "The Treason of Waste" in a recent bulletin issued by one of the largest Insurance com panies in America some- pertinent facts are brought out in argument favoring every effort looking to th# prevention of fires where they - will consume foodstuffs and other sup plies needed in the great emergency the United States is now facing. Day by day the people of the country are being brought face to face with the fact that America is- actually at war. More and more they ar&.being brought to realize that the time -has arrive when every saving of whatever na ture win bring its - reward to the frugal collected does not replace the a food ?tuf[s. The people- cannot eat money. The paramount duty, there fore, Is to "con serve the food supply after the crops have been harvested. Every thinking American realizes that there is going to be a certain amount of foodstuff sent to the bot tom of the Atlantic by. submarines after it has been shipped, probably to feed American soldiers who are fight ing in France. That part has to be allowed for. That fact makes it all the more essential that every ounce of foodstuff made must b9 protected against carelessness which will lead to its destruction. Some of the suggestions in the big insurance company's bulletins are as follows: v r X-j "Waste now borders on treason nothing less. And so does extrava gance insofar as it means waste. It is difficult for this obvious and- un pleasant fact to penetrate the con science of the average person. But it is true nevertheless. And we will either accept this fact by the easy process of reason or Ime it driven into our minds and hearts by the heavy hand of war. "No loyal American wants to help the enemy, and yet we are doing It every day: We give direct aid to the enemy by every ounce of bread, or of grain, or of food of any sort destroy ed or unnecessarily consumed. "By such wast# we are keeplaf sorely needed food And supplied frett our brave friends In the trenches and . from the distressed people they arc defending ? many of Whom are now) suffering from hunger. "We are also thus- bringing hard ships from food shortage upon om own people, and hampering our wai efficiency. It is, therefore, the imper ative duty of every citizen to enlist promptly in the war against waste. "In the name .of common humanity J and common sense, let us at once adapt ourselves' to the extraordinary war conditions which have come up on us. We must adjust our minds, om work, our pleasures, and our expendi tures, and in fact our lives ' vw"T" especially to the - servatlon of food. "It seems certain we will econo mize elther voluntarily or by force. We already have a taste oil this force In the shortage and constantly ad vancing price of food. "The people of Europe are sow on short rations. Millions of penniless and homeless people are now being kept alive by food, clothing and care furnished by charity and by the gov ernments of the nations at war. In spite of this, multitudes of lives have been lost through hunger, exposure and lack cf medical attention, espe cially among infants and children. In some of the devastated sections famine conditions still prevail. "If we do not want similar con ditions here we must enlist in the war against waste. Our country is prosperous; labor was never so Uni versally employed as now. Railroads are blocked with freight and short about' 150,000 cars to handle traffic. Common labor is receiving ar high as I $3 per day and our fanners find dif ficulty In securing men to harvest even our short crops. Our agricultural output may he far below normal. Our surplus food is largely exhausted by exports. The cost of the staple foods has Increased from two to five times since 1914, and the advance still con tinues. "Is it not time for every one of us to abandon the 'treason of waste' T" some modern po? mind a wrist watch. America r horses are competing with American automobiles on the battlefields of Europe, _ When addressed to a -larger p ow? it Is a memorandum ;whe& to a smalt er power, an ultimatum. - ? Speaking of lessons of the waf, the most impwsslve is that It is golng4A ? be worth what it .costs. " ; " -L: . YES! LSFT A CORN OFF WITHOUT PAINi - " gT Cincinnati authority tells how to dry 0? a corn or caHiis so it lifts off with ftnoers. need suffer no longe&Wear the shoes that nearly killed you before, says this Cincinnati authority^ because a few drops of freezone applied directly on a tender, aching corn or callus, stops sore ness at once and soon the corn or hardened callus loosens bo it can bo lifted out, root and all, without pain. A small bottle of freezone cost very little at any drug Btore, but will posi tively .take off cverty hard or soft oorn or -callus. This should be tried, as it is inexpensive and is said not to irritate the surrounding skin. If your druggist hjfim't any freezone tell him to get a onfall bottle for you from his wholesale drug house. It is toe staff and acts like a charm every time. - . Boys in Khaki led by a modern Joan of Arc ., ?* -r ? - j m- ???;? *?* - lW:' '?.." *>'?!&' rXy 7vV* ? , y a chance to see this great picture we will give one show in the evening at 2:30 and one at 8 o^||lf Some must come in the afternoon as it will tie impossible to accomodate everybody at the night show.:-,'. V; Admission 25c Straight fie old < now hi your firi see us f( 21& of August our Tobacco Market again opened, e be^t corps of buyers in North Carolina who are _ anxious to buy your tobacco, and we assure you ? u have a load to sell we will give you as good sales as any house in the State. You know that Farmville is steady leading market in the Eastern tobacco belt for high ... with the two large redrying plants and stemeries large storage houses on the Farmville market since n, we are in better position than ever to handle this pay you for bringing your tobacco to this market. , ou who gave us your patronage during la& season and enabled us to over dou ess, we wa:;t to thank you and tell you we are very gratful to you and tru& it leasure to sell for you again, and remember we welcome all new patrons with We arc looking for the highest prices this season we have ever had. We I wili sell it as high as the highest and we hope to have the pleasure of .selling t you will give us an opportunity to sell your entire crop. Come to
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