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This Is NOT A “Pocket
Change War”
It will take Billions and Billions
to finance it.
More than $600,000,000 has been
appropriated for aeroplanes alone!
How much of this did you sub¬
scribe? INVEST IN
liberty bonds
Give Uncle Sam the mastery of
the air.
FLORIDA BOY SELLS
PAPERS TO BUY BONDS
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JOHN T. MAXWELL
This 14-year-old youngster of Pt rry,
Taylor county, Florida, is pointing
the way to other boys, and men. too,
In this national crisis when men and
money are needed by the government in
the fight against Prussian autocracy.
He invested $250 of his earn ngs from
the sale of newspapers in his homo
town in bonds of the Second Liberty
Lean. He accumulated this m ney
without help from his father or anyone
else. Since that time he has been
; avin< his money and expects to sub¬
scribe to t ie Third L tmrty Loan.
John is so proud of his bonds that lie
has determined to keep on buying just
as long as he can earn money and
the Government has any bonds to of¬
fer.
AMERICA NOT SAFE !
FROM HUN ATTACK
Germany Determined To Keep Farm¬
ers From Shipping Products to
European Markets.
Atlanta. — The average Southern
farmer, situated far from the seaeoast,
thinks he is secure even should the
Kaiser, in his mad desire for conquest,
attempt an invasion of America.
He is enjoying the most prosperous
period of his life. Cotton is bringing
thirty cents a pound—and more; there
is a ready market for hogs and cattle
at fancy prices; food crops are being
sold at unprecedented prices; and
the manufacturers have paid top notch
figures for velvet beans and other
crops.
It is but natural that the farmer,
contented with life, should have no
thought of the dangers surrounding
him.
"Why should this war worry me?’’
the farmer asks himself, thinking of
the miles of hills and valleys that
separate him from the seaeoast. "I
am not concerned with the ‘freedom
of the seas’ and Germany’s right to
overrun Belgium, France and Italy.
If they should ever send an army
here, why I’d fight,” he says.
Anything that affects the general
welfare of the Country affects the
farmer. And the ‘‘freedom of the
seas”—no other policy established by
the United States has been and will
be more beneficial to the Southern
farmer.
Keep Seas Free.
It was the government’s determina¬
tion to keep the seas free that has
enabled the Southern farmer to mar¬
ket his cottoi. crop for thirty cents
* pound Instead of six.
When the war is over a steady
itream of agricultural products manu¬
factured articles and materials of all
kinds will continue to flow to war
stricken Europe. Thousands of ves¬
sels will be engaged in this commerce.
With a hungry market and plenty of
bottoms available, freight rates will
be correspondingly lower. The South¬
ern farmer should be as vitally inter¬
ested in ocean transportation as in
rail transportation.
The rugged hills and vast plains
will not stop Germany from wiping
the ......... commerce ...... off uu the tue seas SC u» and auu lulU cutting u 6
off the rest of Europe from trade with
the Southern farmer. Neither will
they protect the farmer should Ger¬
many actually invade America. A hos¬
tile army would not strike first at the
farms. It would attack the seat of
government— Washington — situated
only a short distance from the sea. And
once in control of Washington it
"ould have the re’ns and from there
would force the farmer to do its bid¬
ding.
The United Building Many Ships.
States Government has
determined to check, not only Ger
r any’s greed for territory but its am¬
bition to control the seas. The gov
eminent has undertaken a shipbuilding
nvogram that will supply the vessels
mr the farmer to send his products to
European markets, not only during the
war but afterwards. These
cannot he successfully carried out un
less the government Is given support
needed. r £? ple : E ' llions of dollars
The farmer not only displays
bts patriotism by lending the
went money through subscribing
Imterest*. Liberty Bonds, but protects his
THE COVINGTON NEWS, COVINGTON, GA„ APRIL 1918
FOOD FACTS
PREPARED BY
The Federal Food Admin¬
istration For Georgia
Cut Gown What We Eat
The normal consumption of sugar
in the United States is about 90
pounds per capita. We are now asked
to use only an ounce and a half
per day, or three pounds per month.
The normal consumption of meat is:
Beef, 82.5 pounds; mutton. 7 pounds;
pork, 103.5 pounds; other meats, .3
pound; or a total of 193.5 pounds per
capita per annum. We are asked to
cut down the consumption of meat by
a minimum of one ounce per day. We
could probably cut down our consump¬
tion by a quarter of a pound per day
and still not miss it, thereby saving an
abundance for our allies abroad.
Of fats we eat 3.42 ounces a day.
We are asked to cut this down to
about 11 ounces per week.
Of wheat and wheat flour products
we normally eat about 18 pounds a
month per capita. We are asked to
reduce the consumption ,now to 6
pounds per capita per month.
Of corn we normally eat about 3.5
pounds a week. We are not asked to
restrict -ourselves in the use of this
cereal in any particular. In fact, we
are asked to eat larger quantities of
corn in order that, we may materially
reduce the consumption of wheat flour
to a positive minimum.
Save 21,089,000 Bushels
There is no shortage of potatoes,
corn and oats; the milk supply is not
pinched, spring gardening will supply
much for our tables. But we must,
as a nation, save 21,000,000 bushels of
wheat to feed the armies. Not wheth¬
er we want to or not—we MUST.
Every American Is urged to cut his
average ration of wheat by 50 per
cent, which would reduce the total
normal consumption of 42,000,000
bushels, a month to 21,000,000 bushels.
That gives a ration of not more than
iy 2 pounds wheat product weekly
for each person. Flour sales will be
cut to one-eighth of a barrel for a
town customer and to one-quarter of
a barrel to a country customer, that
retailers’ stocks may be distributed
to as great a number as possible.
The wheat contents of bakers’ bread
will be reduced to 75 per cent on
April 1 which increases by 5 per
cent the 1 mount of substitutes that
must be saved.
Food Administration
Freight Office
An interesting announcement is
made by the United States food ad¬
ministrator of the creation of district
traffic offices, each under the control
of a traffic director. These districts,
coincide in territory with those covered
by the railroad administration through
its regional directors.
The traffic division for the Southern
district will have headquarters in the
Healey building, Atlanta, and will be
in charge of Regional Director of Traf¬
fic Charles Barham, for many years
general freight agent of the N., C. &
St. L. railway.
It is understood to be the duty of
this new organization to co-ordinate
the work of the food and railroad ad¬
ministrations, in effecting the prompt
movement of foodstuffs, in reducing
delays in loading and unloading and
returning cars, and in other ways
lightening congestion. It is expected
to work closely in all these matters
with the regional railroad director, Mr.
Markham. of the
the county representatives
food administration have been re¬
quested to correspond direct with Mr.
B; rham, Healey building, Atlanta. Ga.,
in all cases where local efforts have
failed, and where the services of his
office may he needed.
Licensed feeat Coalers
The government has ruled that all
dealers in meats who sell or deliver
meats to any county, municipal, pub¬
lic or private institutions, such as a
penitentiary, asylum, hospital, sanito
rium, university, colleg-e or school, ho¬
tel, restaurant or boarding house, or
any other merchant, who,. in turn,
sells or charges the meat so purchased
to his trade; in fact, any person or
persons who dispose of ciny meat pur
chased from you to any t:hird party,
are subject to a %
\ Helped
Food New Mexico Has
Send Over There
Yearly rations for 57,100,000 people;
384,000,000 bushels of wheat and
wheat flour.
2.000. 000;000 pounds of pork.
1.944.000. 000 pounds of sugar.
212.750.000 bushels of oats.
24.310.000 bushels of corn.
413.484.000 pounds of fresh beef.
j 3.618,000 bushels of rye.
28.998.000 pounds of butter.
j Clftiir Porilc
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j All county administrators have been
notified that use of the flour permit
j cards by , fa - nhiientorv "'. Re
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tailers violate the law m _ making a
sale without requiring a caid
THE WORLD’S PANTRY IS BARE OF SURPLUS '
SUPPLIES: WE MUST PRODUCE MORE FOOD
Andrew M. Soule, President Of College Of Agriculture.
The planting season is upon us with
the injunction that we must produce
larger food crops than ever before in
our history. This is due to the fact
that the world’s pantry is bare of sur
plus supplies, and that the question
of plenty or famine for millions of
pie is to be determined by what the
TT United States is able . to do 1 in • the ,1 way
-
of . food . . production . . in . the . crucial . . year
1918 Last . year our farmers „
asked to increase them yields and
responded in a notable manner. Corn
went up 10,000,000 bushels; Irish po¬
tatoes 696,000,000 bushels; sweet pota¬
toes over 4,000,000 bushels; peanuts by
over 800,000,000 bushels. The
yield was also exceptionally good. Hay
went up 100,000 tons, and we made a
normal crop of cotton besides.
This year we are expected to dfl
ter than in 1918, and there are urgent
reasons why we should. First of all,
our wheat, and oat crops have been se
riously injured bv the winter freezes.
If the acreage which was lost to
and oats is devpted to corn and the
same area planted as w r a”s grown in
1917, there is no reason why we should
not be able with a reasonably favorable
season to produce 100,000,000 bushels
of corn in Georgia. It is only a
years ago since our yield was about
42 000 000 bushels.'Last year we
up 10,000,000 bushels. This shows,
therefore that if we have the desire
to grow corn in the degree which is
necessary to feed ourselves and our
Jive stock and keep our state thor
oughly prosperous, we can do so. i
In the matter of Irish potatoes we i
should also have greatly increased
yields Now is the time to plant Irish S
potatoes. The records show that we j
can greatly increase this crop,
that we can consume them at home j
to advantage for the Irish potato
one of the best substitutes for wheat
or com. It supplies the necessary
carbohydrates in the ration very
cheaply, and is a vegetable which can
be prepared in many acceptable forms.
There is a considerable demand for
Irish potatoes in our home markets,
and, in view of the relative scarcity of
flour substitutes, this demand is like¬
ly to be greatly 'increased We have
been assured that as many cars will
be available for transportation of po¬
tatoes to eastern markets as were
available in 1917.
The northern part of Georgia, that
is, Ihe high tableland and mountain
section, is fully capable of producing
all the’Irish potatoes needed for use j
in this slate during the fall and win
ter. This is an industry which has' 1
not been developed to the extent
conditions in this section of the state j
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No. 230-W.
Cffice Phone No. 195. Residence Phone
OflUe in Anderson Building.
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DR. H. K. PHILLIPS,
Physician and Surgeon
In office formerly ocupied by
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warrant, and it is to be hoped that the
people of north Georgia will take full
advantage of the opportunity they en
ioy for Producing all the Irish pota
i u " llt>oc l e d iu this state.
'
( -)f course, we should greatly in
^ 1<as ® 1,1 e yie ^ 01 sweet potatoes.
US essential 1> eveiv mans crop.
11 . ls an admirable flour substitute, and
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With the increased construction of
houses . ,, throughout , . the ,, state,
there is no reason why we should not
able to store enough potatoes to
Drov j de us with an abundant supply
from one planting season to another.
We naturally should increase the
of peanuts because of the
" onu< l ,u ' va * ue tor animal and hu
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. *‘ yiobl- . about
! |Panu s s seventy to
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101 Pood purposes. We can also
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r ‘ live stoc k- In fact, it has a
W!< P r ' ,lse l" or this purpose with less
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an hnal food we can produce. Just as
soon as mills are erected in this state,
v ldch will provide for the removal of
llu!1 ^om the nut, the crushed
1 ™ 1 * become valuable as a source
fo °d in the form of peanut butter
and flour. Peanuts may be used in the
proportion of one pound to three
pounds of wheat flour in the making
»f bread. When this is done the nu
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bread are improved. We could pro¬
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needed in this respect and so
save materially on the use of red
eats - thereby adding to the supply
™ meat tor export and improving the
healthfulness of the ration consumed
by cur own people.
With favorable seasons there is no
reason why we should not produce a
normal crop of apples and peaches
this year.
We have never been oversupplied
with hay. Our farmers should em¬
phasize its production in 1918 as never
before. y>
As to cotton, we must produce it
not only to provide the fiber needed
for clothing, but for its food value
as well. If we will follow the pro
gram outlined above in 1918, we can
feed ourselves, have a reasonable sur
plus to.send to other sections of the
country, do our full duty as a cotton
producing state, and at the same time
ourselves in an enviable condi
lion of prosperity.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
All persons indebted to the estate
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at once. All persons holding claims
against said estate will present them
in due form for payment.
D. ,T. ADAMS. Executor.
Estate <d' X. Adams, deceased.
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