North Carolina Newspapers

QIXXIH, NO. 37;'" Tbe fig ! " -. $1.50 A YEAR ; ADVICE FROM A NOTED SEEDSMAN. Urges Upon Everybody Great Necessity of a Garden This Year. TELLS HOW TO DO YOUR BIT. Chris Reuter, of New, Orleans, La., and one of the foremost seedsmen of the South, gives out the following warning as to the necessity of everyr body who can putting out a garden this year. Mr. Reuter is not given to pessimism, but on the contrary is noted as a jovial, good-humored -t op timist. But being in the seed busi ness he knows whereof he speaks, and it would pay every one who possibly can, to heed the warning of Mr. Reu ter.. . i -.-;.. - ' s In this connection it might not be amiss to say that Mr. Reuter has published a booklet entitled ."How to Grow a War Garden," and which he will send you for the asking. It is full of valuable information to those who are not laminar win gardening, and might save you many mistakes. "Every farm home, and every town home with a few square feet of idle ground, that doesn't produce during 1918 every possible bit of food for its own table is working under- a handi cap and is placing a part of -that handicap upon the iiiation. The first line of defense of nationuat war is to feed itself. The millions of city people who simply cannot produce, their own food must be, fed by those with surplus ground and ' practical knowledge in the production of food. Every home that . can possibly raise its own food should do so. -First; it saves the cash that would . otherwise be spent for food and releases it for service in other channels, and it also permits the production of a surplus of food for feeding our ; millions of soldiers and sailors, . and; those of our allies who are dependent upon over sea supplies of food. The farmer wKtfgoe&: to duss&to and buys canned tomatoes or any other vegetable food that can be grown in his back yard is taxing the very nation that ne should , be sup porting. So far.-as his own stable is concerned, no Southern farmer has any legitimate excuse for purchasing at a store any vegetable; any of the fruits that are produced in the South; any eggs; poultry, or dairy products; but little, if any, packing, house pro- ducts; and should likewise raise on his own acres every pound of feed, or its equivalent, for his live stock. The farmer who buys canned goods, bacon and ham, and other foods too frequently seen on the shelves of the country store, is not doing himself justice and is positively placing a handicap on the back of the nation. Let me tell you what small-town and city peopledid : during 1917 in producing their own food. The 1917 American War Gardens produced $350,000,000 worth of food: covered 1,566,666 acres : Averaged $223.40 per acre in production; number of .gar- dens, 6,540,000; and averaged in size 75x100 feet! The great. majority of these "war gardeners" were inexper ienced in gardening and undoubtedly wasted countless sums in seed, ferti lizers, tools, etc. But- they were serving Uncle Sam! They were do ing their best to produce as much as possible of the foods that they need-1 ed and would have consumed anyway, and they knew that every penny s worth they could get from their back yard soils was a penny in cash saved to them and ultimately to the :; eco nomic train ftf fVio ennntrv Think of the results in the face of their inex- penence! Most farmers in 1917 pro- duced more food for! home consump- I tion than ever before in the history 01 tne nation. Many more wia ao tne same in Wo more patriotic class exists in America, and all that is needed is a realization that by. pro: ducing their own food, they, permit that which they formerly bought to go into the mouths of the millions who are prevented, for one good reason or another, from raising- their own sub sistence. "LET THERE BE LIGHT' The sudden going out of the elec tric light is sometimes funnier to speak of afterwards -han at the time A family was sitting.: listening to, an absorbing story the . other night,: when just as the . hero . was in the tightest possible scrape, rbut went the light and staved - out. TheMce has broken the wires, and it won't come on again," said the head of the fam- xneir lamps- were; empty, . they were out of oil and they couldn't even find a candle, so they sat by the firelight f and ; talked until bed: timed - - XL-!-. 1 1 i.1 4-Vl A i xuuen to xneir cnagrin tney iuuuu electric light in a (bed room blazing awav. and that the liriits had ' been out only about, twenty .minutes. . All 1 that time the hero had been hanging over a precipice, andJthey were ach ing to loiow .whatihecame -of himii A .Tryonite andAis family went to Ashevillip the day of " the big storm 'andireturrtedd in dhe- evening. The W .rjJ. train hand neclected tolcall thesta tion, and they werercamed .to Lan drum. They had ( to v telephone, f or ; a caxK and came back in the slush -and ice cold.weary.&nd facing ;a:inixtura oJwindff'rarft 'fand-tgnow; i . H S? is a war .with alien cm- i HKHhl IIMK KII-lllS 'llUtK IHti I 111171 tV u,Ma mu. ILVLMDTInll DflllDnP Civilization is at war with alien op pression and i inward corruption. These two battle fronts are really! one and success pr failure upon the one means , the same upon the other. We wish to win the war with the Prussian Horror and we shall. We can whip Germany and all that- it stands for if we have the undivided loyalty, of the American people. With the devotion of all the Democracies of the world, bending to the same pur pose the result is sure. The greatest enemy within our ?ersa is needless self-indulgence and a desire to reap undue profits from our necessities or our weakness es. The nation has curbed the war profiteers but the task remains to de stroy the business of those who prey uponli the vices of the people. The greatest army of these consists of al cohol manufacturers, purveyors and drinkers. These three classes: ride in the same boat. Let us take them before the bar of public opinion one by one: The Manufacturer: He makes alcohol. He makes it out of food. The world is starving for food. He converts food into poison. If he puts any other ingredient dn to his poison it becomes an aduL terated poison. As an enemy HE fosters every vice.4 The Purveyor : He sells poison. He is a criminal and knows it If he is able to sell . alcohol he Js able to do some useful work and the world is short of labor. As an enemy HE Fosters every vice. The Drinker: He drinks s alcohol. He drinks poison. A poisoned man is dangerous. A. poisoned man is worthless. A poisoned man is insane. An insane -man engages yi-' every vice.. . In his efforts to obtain-his poison he becomes a c?irasna. He transmits all his evil tendencies to his posterity. v Hi is an enemy. The matt who- . condones the poison-1 mg of the people Is a public enemy.:: j, ne psycnoiogisr says 'so. The minister says so. The busines man says so. The criminologist says so. The great God says so. And God damns him. W. A. NEWELL. o- MAJOR HOLDEN. The other afternoon .a small circle was engaged at Mrs. - tiolden's in making garments for a needy family, i when y for diversion Mrs. Kelley "read a wise and witty article- , from the Chicago Tribune, on the relations of parents and children by Mrs. Beattie;, mother of the late Mrs. Barbara Erskine. In the discussion afterward, Mr. Holden praised the article butr said that however gratified he might be at the wav his children -had turned out he could not honestly-say or see that his wisdom or foresight or dis cipline had very much to do withi it, r that his children heinc what thev were. the results would not under the same circumstances even with other parents, been about the same. A few minutes afterwards he said that as ah illustration he would read them i an editorial which he had just seen- m the Detroit Free Press that .had just arrived. The- article was entitled, "Major Holden and -is as follows: "Many of Detroit's people will feel personal interest and gratification in the news that their fellow citizen, James S. Holden, has been commis sioned a major in the signal corps, aviation branch . of the -: army. It is an anoointment. that reflects credit on both the government and the recip jent. for it recognizes fittingly public ient, for it recognizes fittingly public duty that is not often seen, even in these davs of many instances of pa- triotism. Major Holden left a lucra- i tive business to put r his training, at i fhe disposal of the. country, and ; in j the last six months, has given his es- oecial talents unstintedly to the na tional service. Detroit has missed the advantage it might have derived from his possibilities as an alderman, in which capacity he was with us only long enough to indicate what he would have done, but it is a pleasure to realize that the work he has been doing in a larger field is appreciated, and the city can find compensation thereby for its own deprivation." ' o CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH -Rev, Joseph L. Daniels, RVripritus. Pastor Tpv: F. Barrows. Makepeace: Min efpr. 1 Services r Sunday, 10 a. m4 The Snndav School:: H.a-m. public wor- ship,: with sermon. Wednesday .4 p i m.; miu-weeK prayer ei vi.e, Public invited to" all services. ) . : O : CHILD BURNED TO DEATHJ A 'little .three years-old daughter of f .-j nr. ntoert-nnow- liviTic on the Houstonif arm, near Columbus, was burned, to death, Wednesdays : t Mr." .GUbfert ' was i doing somerrwork about ihfbarn, and-Mrf aur" j. rA 'j orr, afAr mZS2!5Sf i poor Httle who .i lived, :f or about an hour aiter tue mulc arei. Therreniaina vwiirhe buriedi at Big1 Tlji today? . ff m - m - .. I IIUIII llllll' llll llllll' II Hi! III:! IIIIIIIIKI' I - II IIIIU llllllllll l Sora Itnr of Gemr&l InUral Gathered Sctin bf H- "1" FISH I TOP; Still the ' earth is shrouded," but Wen nope sne is not dead: ' ' :. , i fi ooiomon saia that "There - is noth- J ing newt-for that which is now.' Kds) already, been." Butt there are : soie things? rare. With sleet on t the tiirii ber, snow on : the earth . and ; a tJiunder and lightning, storm last. Friday, ,was one of them. . . Averil Alford, of Brights, went -to Saluda on business one day last week. This makes five j weeks since any one could, get out, to market, and lit seems now as if it will be five more before we can, as the snbw and ice are; the worst they have : been J this winter. ; - :., : We are scarcer of news this fweek, and if we had much we could- not get it to. the NEWS, as the roads are too bad,' and i we- could-mot carry, it a CROSS. KEYS. Rev Watkins is expected to preach" at Sandy Plains next Saturday, night and Sunday. Professor Kidd, , of Hillcrest, preached there last Sunday( the attendance being small hecause ' t. of the bad weather.r Our, mail carrier, W. C. Daniel, continued coming around in. Jus auto mobile all this- bad weather until last Saturday. 1 : We dunk that alt the'registrahls of this, section have, received i their quesw tionaires. Some have received their ciassincauon cams. i -.iv School opened -at Sandy Plains., the an. oi irus month, it has' Deen' re? marked that they have : a .good teach become, of the Sandv SnrinM, eorres- uondent. J. -, ; R ; :-; . ;r ' ' "'111 TWIEVKPOINIS. The farm boy looks at the touring car As it passes by without a jar.. At the well dressed man. witH his chauffer there, And he thinks that the man is free f rolii care. He thinks it would be life's greatest blips To roll around the world like this; " f Have all in the world that is grand or good. And the lad would swap with him if hefcould. Therich man sees the farmer lad And o'er his face comes a look that's For the boy has youth and health and Kppe, And a face that knows smiles if it doesn't know sdap And a stomach that never has to diet And the rich man wishes that he could gmy it. Anil the car disappears and speeds on ro' the: wood i And the rich man would swap with the If d if he could j . MELVIN HILL. Mrs. Morris is on the sick list, with grippe. TViptp was no Dreaching service, nor Sunday school last Sunday on account 0f coi weather. Wa had two mailless davs last week. rinp was on account of.a break down, the other on account of bad weather conditions. Mr. W. B. Feagan went to Colum bus last- Thursday, got ' snow4 bound and couldn't return - for .several . days. Mr. S. jS. Lawter managed to motor his truck to Chesnee a couple of times last week, to bring up groceries. In contemplation i of putting: in a larger mill, Mr. J.' W. Stacy has sold his old one. , ' T. P. Covington gave a dance at nis home a few nights ago;., and those who couldn't dance played cards. The little, child of Mr. and, mrs. Jesse Jones who. had scarlet fever, has recovered.;. :, . !. , x. Mr. O. R. Steadman is aDoui uj have the ''Tennessee fever, again We don't know whether, it wil taice him away this time or not. . : . We had unusual weatner. nere it Friday, It first began, to snow, and after.awhile it began to hail and rain, and during the forenoon the - snow, haU and .ramtere llalling: atthe RATrte time." In the afternoon there was hghtning, thnnand a heavy downpour of ram; jhich oze onitiie timber all day, until Ithere, was of vears Large limbs? wereihroken J&tS& here tart week was. Sunday. The ; thermometer reg- r7r:: R,VV with gnppe. ,v.l thev hear .'oaU . Mr. tloicercacKsonxorracitjr. By Our Corrpo:denta Frm Various Rblk Countx this place, is at the hospital in a crit ical condition as the result of a limb falling and; striking' him on the head while 'chopping'T down a "tree, last Thursdays. He was rendered t uncon scious' by the? hek, tort hours,? and at is ? feared i he- canaot v recover How ever his friends? h?pie for the best. . r Are .we not .all iparoud of our news paper j though?. ; 'o SAtUDA. The family of 4pr. -Little have re turned. to their- hLne' after a sojoutn with Mrs.' Little' parents in Spar tanburg, S. C. 2 ' Mr. and Mrs. l)evere Turner have returned after-' spending the4 holidays with relatives in i;hfe; eastern part of this state. f r Mrs Lummus.aljdvfamily.have gone further south, having found our very unusually cold wather a little more than they were'vtllling to stand, i , Miss.. Lois Pace;iis visiting relatives in Jacksonville, Iria:, and enjoying every moment of, pier stay in the land of flowers. x Our ;very unwtlcome visitor from the polar? region seems - very: loath to leave, us. WljErt at home, .he 'is the v center of -the, -smallest and ' most exclusive circle ii&.the northernhem- ispherebut'' hasrlfeenvery democrat ic sincecoming' south' and has gained to almost every house though: r the doors 'have been tiSosed with bolts ahd bars; , for. he-is; srtspected -of beingla pro-German, .as it is a. known fact that suffering And; of ten disaster have followed in his f outsteps. "MIISPRt Miss' Mbssie-Eltawards" spent : Sun- t dav with Miss Odessa -Mills- f- Jf . T ... mm VvJaT8.'SWEfc-.iiviBitea -ner.par ents Jast weekltilFiiT;.and7:Mrs. W. W. Womack. t Mr. V. B. Hyder made a- business ri trip xo Kutnenojroion last wees anu came home on tp of the ice, Saturn day, i We are sorry M know that Mr. Wftcher Moore Bas joined the UJ S. navv. Oh. how e will miss him. i Mr.- Johnt Philips, of Inmanr S; C, was at Rev. Wdjnack's last week, i on business.- 0 Our tmail ' maiij became ice bound and failed to mi ike his round last Saturday and b;W we were disap Miss Minnie ' womacic-visiteo jvirs. . . . : . . r W. E. Elliott l&M Wednesday. On account oficold weather thecot ton tiickincr whiHh was. to have been 2 . - P. ' . . - ft -a held at- Mr.': Fo ase JUdwards: - oaxur. day night, was f jnocked out. We hope for better lucK next oaturoay nignt. Mr. P. D. Wliams is lining his1 corn crib with Iwire to prevent Tats from destrovner? his Corn-. T Edgar, here's wfslwng iyoOi- , Dock and Arthur a lfl days-fttiiouh, from 4 CASH IN JVANCE BASIS. On account otaieieavy advance iri nrice in everytiang used - in the mak- mgj of a newsriper, our profit is cut so lowthat we; cannot anora toi; run anxt.rislc ..on si'ibscriptions. On land - - - - - taiMMHHMiMiW 1 X 1C after the Uirstr or; .feDruary weiwiucntmty should be able to sew at1 home. nHrmt a strict cfish in advance systeha, making exceptilna I for nobody, sovtha naavoritism will be shown. W are sending out: notices this week, .show ing, how ' your 1 1 subscription account stands, and uniess we receive remitr tanee paying llSou ini advance . on or before Februarf, your name will be droppexi-froin -jnrtlisV" ' w ' ; , . 3 - Si Itftlof So pimeult. If ) Some wonsrenare very shrewd,. ln- deed. They cal tell a lie the miirate v Mr:C. H. Leland, Jr., a prominent young; business man, of Saluda, wras accidentally killed while out duck hunting, near McClellanville, S. C. 1 o Mrs. Hazard, of Saluda, who is visiting in that section are we in debted for the particulars. It seems that with a crowd of companions he had gone duck hunting, and in some manner his gun was discharged, the load entering an arm, and he was at once placed in a row boat and start ed for Charleston for medical relief, but on account of the loss of blood, died shortly after reaching there. Mr! Iceland was a young man of sterling qualities, and his gentle manners anc courteous attention had endeared hini to all who knew him. He had twice tried to serve his country, beins: ex amined at Asheville and Charleston. but rejected on both occasions. We extend sympathy to his parents and many friends. We, must onec more caution OU3 correspondents about sending in copy so late m the week. Last weel we had to leave out several interest ing'eltters becuse they were receivec too late. Copy must reach us no; later than . Wednesday in order to bf published that week. MILITARY DISCIPLINE ITS BENEFITS. Surgeon Gray has been in -town for a few days. He had a cold, but if he isn't in excellent health, he has got up a camouflage that looks like it. He declares that if anybody few months ago had told him he would be sleeping on the ground on a straw pallet and. get" up in the morning at six o'clock breaks the ice in a wash basin and work until long in the evening, and on .the whole not dissat isfied, with it he would have thought the person crazy. He, says-that in almost every case when the first few days a recruit has been discontented, unwilling to take and obey orders, oris dull, uninteres ted, shambling, slouching, he is' soon trained into a well j set-u alert sol dier, who ''likes, ; the ; service, and ! i& mainly? anxious - to cross i the sea and begmthevvvork. Germans Nowndtoethe serter, but '""thepenaltys isdiiscourag- ing. One was recently brought back and put in the guard-housed He hadn't ' given up,: and saw an oppbr tunity to get ' away. ; The guard call ed on1 him to halt or he would shoot: The deserter didn't believe him, but went on. A few seconds more and he fell - dead. The sentinel meant business, and the recruit soon learns that when he is told to do a thing he must do it, no matter what he thinks about it, personally." POLK COUNTY RED CROSS. The American Red Cross has re cruited and equipped forty-nine base hospitals in the . war zone. This means doctors nurses and supplies sumcient tor some twenty-hve thous and -beds.- Some' of the work we do most likely -goes to these hospitals. What are you and your neighbors do mg towards making these supplies and furnishing money to purchase the necessary materials ? Cold weather has not stopped work at Tryon headquarters, although the more scattered communities have had to let up in their co-operative work Knitting continues on all sides A call for five hundred special pad dressings to be- made in two weeks has come; and is being answered by a .group of women busy every day, and all. day.-in the library rooms, mere is need of more workers and more money with which to buy the neces sary gauze for filling this order, The new stove keeps the library warm, ..but those .who prefer, to sew afr h6me can always be supplied with cutout . ganneniB - Polk eounty has sent out Miss Hel en Kenworthy as enlisted nurse. This is not exactly Red Cross organization as she is a U. S. army officer. Wil any one knowing other Polk county nurses in service send their names to the;editor? ' f 'On1 every hand !one hears and sees knitting and' we hope the results feel warm to the soldiers. Through jits military Relief' committee ,this chap ter has sent about twenty-five arti cles to the Hog Back Artillery Range. Various private sources have suppMed wool f to knit twenty-three sweaters. All these 'articles have been turned over to the artillery . officers or dis tribution to their ; men. A box con taining thirty sets, each consisting of a sweater a muffler and a pair; of socks, has ' been shipped to Atlanta f headquarters. a As the price of wool lises,- the ae mands for ; more 'funds j for it pur chase -are -more insistanti i The 'committee in' charge of gar ments 'hopes that all articles made of warm materials will be turned in at 6nce. ' The ' present weather stresses the need"of warm hospital' garments. More sewers are '"needed. Now- that Christmas1 is over many ladies in the Ifc.is' hoped all those willing todo so will communicate with- Mrs. Earle flradvi. Trvon. at- once. A group of ladies wprldng with Mrs. Maude Cox, neafj Rtrtherfordton; turned'in a fine stock of muslin band ages to the Polk county headquarters Tuesday. The increase m the groups bf workers all over the county is most encouraging. The- Tryon "work rooms will be open every day next week, to r complete a rush?order.Hfdr gauze dressings.4 A new '. stove - will keep the library warm, ' ' - ' - ' 5 ' - LfiLiui iiuii uuniiuu E The Amount Arked for Expenses for Next Draft Alarms the Government. "O CONSISTENCY? THOU ART A JEWEL.' When county exemption boards were first appointed we were told that they were to serve "free. Now comes the startling information that not only have they drawn good pay, but in many instances their , expenses have been so heaW that the exnense bum fund is completely exhausted. Tues- S I day's papers" make some interesting reading on this 'subject. In one placefy- we are told that a board in a Penn-V sylvania county-went' to Washington" to ask for information that could just , , , as easily have been sent by mail, but he members did not fail to file their - ! bill for traveling ' expenses, amount- , ing to over $100.00 per man. The North Carolina members met at Ra- ' ' ieigh, and a resolution was introduc- - d asking that the members serve free, but so ' much . opposition . was manifested that the resolution was withdrawn. The author of the reso-, lution stated that if the members erved free it would mean a saving to the Unites States of over ten mil lion dollars during the next three months. One member in. opposing the resolution said the amount would be so trifling as to be hardly notic able. Of course ten millions does tot amount to much in this country, ret when Mr. McAdoo, secretary of he treasury was asked to pay for newspaper advertising; lie balked and -said the country could not stand the expense, yet advertising agencies ' , agreed to place the advertising in ev- ry newspaper , in the United States for two million; dollars. Two millions - were too much for jiewspapers, yet ten millions are not too much for ex- jmption boards, These; same exemp- : ;pni ' , he-country for free ,;, spaced in the newspapers. We have no complainf to make because the exemption : boards are asking for pay. We believe they should be paid. But in all fairness and justice, we do say if Uncle, Sam is going to pay for one service he 'ertainly should be willing to pay for all. - ' This state of affairs does not apply to sparsely settled c6unties like Polk, for here the exemption board has not received half enough for its services. But in the thickly settled communi ties, and more especially. in, the cities, It does apply, and here it is where the government has had so much trouble, :n some cases entire boards have been dismissed and new ones appointed. Tn one or two instances the boards have not only been dismissed, but also placed undervery serious charges by the government. o . SOME OTHER CASUALTY LISTS Not All Ar Result of Shell Fr r Gaa Home ExIiUrm Hm Proven Uncertain. J Net all the casualty lists printed in these -days of war are th reoit of shell Ire er poison jag on the battle freat ;la Trance. The uncertainty of home existence Is brought to mind in a recent report of a well known acci dent company showing claims paid by the oompany. The following Item -from the Kansis City Times telli the -. story well: If the soldiers In the trenccs sheuld read the recent report of a certain ac cident iHsurance company they sairfit have seme such feelings as the sailer . whose ship was-threshing about in great storm at sea. "I pity the folks on shore toniffht, . with chimney pote fallinff, gutter blowing1 off the eaves of houses aad trees falling." The report gives the record of acct demts te the company's policy-holdens the last three months. It shows that a person doesn't tfave to go to war to be in danger. Nineteen men fell down stairs at home and were injured; ten slipped on - floors and were hurt; sev- enty-nine -sprained thlr ankles; tnreo, slipped In bath tubs and one died from that hurt r three were injured getting -out of bed; seventy were hurt while at f play; three were Tiurt while dressing, and thirty-seven were hurt while werk ing bont the house. In, one case a soldier went through the fiercest battles of the. war unin jured, and- while - home on'a;furlough : fell and was seriously injured. -'-V'. . v' ' "' - " " -. A noted economist makes, the follow-, lag startling; comparison J: X 1 - "If we shOuid open .the doors ef our ;. feniWnUaries and turn loose all oar eaTete4 thieves,- thugs, forgers and murderers; the-depredations of thos undesirable citizen would Trobabl7 Jiot. . eMtW.Bwe lifa and property than. would. o saved by1 the elisslnatloa of i, m.-f mirai : hazard in fire : iasurance. ft