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TWO POUND SUGAR
RULE IN EFFECT
CERTIFICATES WILL BE CHECK*
ED AND PERSONS VIOLATING
RULING TO BE HANDLED.
Atlanta, Auf.—Stringent rule* and
regulations as well aaa system of
checking all purchases of sugar, have
been Inaugurated by the'Food admin
istration for Georgia, as aresult of the
cut in the state’s sugar allotment for
August.
Effective August 1 the maximum al
lowance of sugar for household pur
poses was cut by the U. 8. Food Ad
ministration from three to two pounds
per person per month and each pub
lic eating house will be allowed only
two pounds of sugar for every 90
meals served.
Georgia’s allotment of sugar for
August is approximately three mil
lion pounds less than the quantity
provided for July and in order to
make up this deficit it will be neces
sary for every person to rigidly con
serve sugar. The entire burden has
not been thrown upon-the individual
consumer, however, but the manufac
turers of candy and sweets have had
n cut made in their allowance. All
of this class of business is now allow-
Bed not in excess of one half of the
quantity of sugar used in 1917.
Many complaints have been receiv
ed bji the Fod Administration that
people are buying quantities of sugar
ostensibly for canning purposes and
then diverting it to table use. Because
of these reports a checking system of
all purchases, both for household and
canning purposes has been inaugurat
ed. Every grocer in thes tate is com
pelled to keep a record of the names
and addresses of all two and five
pound purchasers and to hold these
records subject at all times to inspec
tion by agents of the Food Adminis
trator. These, will be carefully com
pared and checked and where it is
found that any person has exceeded
his or her allowance they will be rig
idly handled Under the regulations.
All sugar purchased for canning is
also checked. If it is found that this
sugar has been diverted to table or
other use, the purchaser will be dealt
with. i
“Despite our appeal for the remov
al of the sugar bowl from restaurant •
tables," said Dr. Soule, “I find, upon j
investigation by our inspectors that'
some restaurants have failed to com- j
ply with this order. I want to impress!
it upon all eating houses that the food
administration will view with disfavor
the restaurant owner who persists in
allowing thes ugar bowl to remain.
■' “All sugar bowls have been ordered
removed and it is not permitted to
serve moro than two half-lumps or
one teaspoonful to any person at any
meal. The Food Administration ex
pects all public eating places to con
form to this standard.
“Tho sugar situation is very serious
and it is the patriotic duty of every
loyal American to not only live up to
these rules but to also see to it that
all others do the same.
“Wo have succeeded in securing
for Georgia an additional allowance
of one million pounds for August, for
. canning and preserving purposes, to
meet the very heavy demands. This
conccBion was made upon our urgent
request and should be met by Georgia
peoplo with a partldarly warm spirit
of patriotism and conservation. Live
strictly up to the regulations; use on-
ly enough to supply actual ' needs;
save all you can—and do not try to
fake tho grocer into making an un
warranted salo to you."
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FbOt;
rrtpwM by F«Ural T—d
Binder Twine for 1919
Binder twine for the harvest of
.1119 will cost American farmers about
three cents per pound less than they
have paid this year; the estimated to
tal saving to grain growers of the
United States Is <9.000,000. This an
nouncement of the United States flood
Administration follows an arrange
ment It bss made with the Comtston
Refuladora, the Yucatan monopoly
controlling sisal, whereby the Comis-
jou has contracted to sell 000,000 bales
-of sisal to twine mills of this country
at a price three cents per pound less
than a year ago.
Retailers are expected to assist the
flood Administration In distributing
sugar to customers on a basis not
exceeding three pounds per month per
person and the cooperation of the
public Is also asked. Retailers must
nut sell more than two pounds to a
city customer'or more than five
pounds to a country customer at any
one time unless the latter lives re
mote from town. Ia such cases the
local (Administrator /may makji ex
ceptions. Sugar for home <-«nni«g
may be obtained by a.certificate plan,
on the basis of 26 pounds to any one
household. The local Administrator
may permit a greater amount If sup
plies are available.
violation of United States Pood Ad
ministration rules, has been made by
the wholesale grocery firm of Ober-
| man A Spberi, New York City.
Use of 200-Pound Sacks
Urged for Fertilizers
The United States Department of
Agriculture Issues the following:
To conserve burlap, to being about a
more economical distribution of ferti
liser, and to street a saving in the cost
of fertiliser to the farmer, the United
8tates Department of Agriculture in a
statement just Issued requests that no
new burlap bags of less than 200
pounds capacity be used after July 1
in the distribution of fertilizer, or fer
tiliser Ingredients by say licensee un
der the President's proclamation of
February 26, 1911, relating to the fer
tiliser lndusti7- ,
The practice appears to be common,
the statement says, of using new bur
lap bags of less than 200 pounds ca
pacity, such as the 107, 126 and 100
pound bags In the distribution of fer
tiliser and fertiliser Ingredients. This
seems to. be a wasteful practice under
existing conditions, ' particularly In
view of the scarcity of burlap In this
country. Tbs department's request
does not apply to second-hand burlap
bogs, the use of which In the distri
bution of fertilizers and its Ingredients
Is advocated In any else obtainable to
save the new bags.
Hoarding Penalties In Italy
In accordance with a recent official
decree published In Rome, any person
In Italy who purchases foodstuffs or
goods of common or large consump
tion and lays In supplies greater than
the normal or ordinary needs of the
family and dependents, is punishable
by a fine of from <4 to <190 or by Im
prisonment up to a month, and the
goods are confiscated.
The first criminal prosecution In
Georgia, through a federal grand jury,
on the charge of hoarding was last
week presented to District Attorney
Hooper Alexander to be pushed.
Heavy amounts of sugar had been
token Into the north Qeorgla moun
tains.
Two Massachusetts Anns have been
put out of business and another has
had Its sugar supply curtailed by tbs
Food Administration for disregarding
Its rules and regulations. The li
censes of two of the firms have been
revoked for an Indefinite period and
they will not be allowed to deal ia
any commodities licensed under the
Food Control Act. The two concerns
are E. R. Sherburne ft Co., of Boston,
and L. M, Korltx Company, of Law
rence, Mass. Both were found to have
accepted bonuses of about <10.00 a
barrel In connection with sugar sales.
A payment of <5,000 to the Red
Cross In lieu of other penalties for
To The Farmers
The Meat Situation
America's obligation to send meat
to Franco may bo realised when It Is
stqted that meat Imports into that re
public leaped In value from 20.000.-
000 francs (about <6.000.000) in the
first three quarters of 1911 to 499,000,-
000 franss In the corresponding period
of 1910.
Before the war most of the 1A00.
000 beet cattle eaten annually In
FVanee were home-raised. Depletion
of the herds through necessary slaugh
ter, to supply increased demands by
the army, and through capture by the
enemy, coupled with shortage of fod
der. necessitated the adoption of three
meatless days a week on May 15.
Economy In the use of meat is be
ing advocated by the French Ministry
of Food In an appeal to the Ingenuity
of French cooks to make a little go a
long way. A hundred grazes of meat
after cooking weighs scarcely 70
grams, a very small piece to people
who are.used to having all they want.
Meat stuffing Is advocated, with far
cies of rice, bread crumbs, chestnuts
or onions; the dressing-up of meat
with “fried paste" or “short paste:*
the making of meat pies or sonifies
or stews, with many vegetables: and
the use of horse meat.
recent French report tens of
meatless days In this cesatry and of
the new system of rationing la Eng-
1, expressing great appreciation cf
the relief afforded the European situa
tion by abstinence in America.
Although no moat, la the ordinary
definition of tho term, may bo told In
France on Wednesdays. Thursdays
and Fridays, horseflesh Is exempted
from the prohibition. However, it must
be purveyed only In shops that sail
no other moat
We wish to announce that we are going to
operate this season the BUSBEE GIN on the A. B.
& A.. Railroad track, also the RLJSHIN GIN, in
East Vienna.
We are installing new machinery with a view
to handling you cotton quickly and to the best
advantage. Both gins will be ready for operation
as soon as the season opens.
We are prepared to serve you and solicit your
patronage through the coming season.
We will be in the market for your surplus
cotton seed.
J. J. & J. L. LASHLEY.
Mr. Garfield, the U. S. Fuel Administrator,
'! suggests that each farmer furnish sufficient wood
I to gin his cotton. We are ih the market for cord
j wood in any quantity.
Functions of Marrow.
A writer in the. London Lancet sug
gests that marrow has a twofold func
tion, not only to nourish the bone, but
j to supply u most Important Internal
secretion. As bearing this out, he cites
I the mortality ot, 08 per cent In "pri
mary" cases of amputation high up the
thigh when the patient U In the prime
of life, with "secondary” cases In
which the mortality is only 60 per cent
In the secondary cases, where a dis
eased condition has existed for some
time, there Is less shock, according to
the writer, because the system has be
come gradually accustomed to getting
tlong without the marrow in the thigh
bone, which contains one-sixth of the
total amount In all the bones.
Vessels sailing from New York In!
Bune were cut more than 26 per cent)
in their sugar requisitions, to conform I
i
to tho Food Administration ration.
Naval officers and their families
who buy at commissary stores have
gone on the honor system of sugar
purchase established by the Food Ad
ministration for civilians.
PLENTY OF MONEY
TO LOAN .
ON IMPROVED FARMS
J. D. COBB AE. F. STROZIER
CORDELE, GA.
7-25-18-tf.
Restaurants and hotels are restrict
ed to two pounds of sugar for every
ninety' meals served. This* includes
sugar for kitchen as well as table use,
GEORGIA’S PEACH CROP
HAS ALL BEEN MOVED
Atlanta, Ga.—The last of Georgia’s
record-breaking peach crop has mov
ed out of the state to many distant
markets, the shipping having been ac
complished with an astonishing case
rad success.
Despite the congestion of traffic,
the lack of labor, the ice shortage and
other factors that might have prov-
ct disastrous had it not been for the
efficient manner in which the Georgia
Fruit exchange handled matters, the
crop has been moved with wonderful
ly small loss. The year 1918 has
been a banner one in every respect,
and the Fruit Exchange has had a
harder task than ever before.
The distribution, however^has been
even; prices have been sustained; and
In every way the adverse conditions
wer mt in a way that was vry satisfac
tory to both growers and purchasers.
NOTICE LAND BUYERS
Large lot of land, over 202 1-!
acres for same price as regular lot
Large 3 room tenant house, eight;
acres in cultivation, within four mile
of Vienna. This piece of land Is i
bargain.
D.* C. KETCHUM, Vienna
Almost 70 per cent of all the sugar
consumed in this country is used in
the households. So it is up to the
women to make the sugar go round.
Dr. George Mcylan of the National
War Work Council Y. M. C. A. has
justr eturned from France. He found
a virgin field for athletics in the
French Army. He modified the rules
of baseball, vollyball, indoor baseball
and quoits, which games took quickly
with the pollus. They enter into the
sports, new to them, with spirit. Teach
ing the French soldiery how to play
and forget the horrors of the trenches
while at rest billets, is the work of tho
American Y. M. C. A. physical direc
tors assigned to the French army at
the request of the French government
Five head of nice young cows with
young calves for sale, ranging in
price from <35 to <90. j. D. Taylor.
8-1-t'f.
BIG
VALUE
FOR
YOUR
MONEY
NOW
IT IS DOLLARS AND SENSE TO BUY
What you NEED and desire right now. We still have left
lots of our A-l Goods, up-to-the minute in style and we are
simply selling out our summer goods, the very best for very
MUCH LESS than they can be replaced to-day. It always pays
and makes. you feel proud to be handsomely dressed ana it cer
tainly pays big to buy at our store NOW. Come in. Our snaps
can’t last long.
J. J.
Telephone Number 121
VIENNA* GEORGIA