The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-12-06

ClOn StatlnS InaC all exemptions ana
| discharges made prior to December
| Is are revoked.
The Office of the Provost Marshal
General declares it is imperative that
every registrant know his "order
number" Every person who regis
tered or should have registered June
is charged with knowledge Of the
selective service law and additional
regulations, and failure to perform
any duty so prescribed is a misde-
meanor punishable by Imprisonment
for one year and may result in the
loss of valuable rights and privileges
and in immediate induction into mill
tary service.
Compressed Air Sends Missels Into
German Trenches
Many of the motars employed to-
day on the allied fronts are of the
compressed-air type, using a puff of
air or gas instead of powder to throw
the shell into German trenches.
Present-day trench warfare has
caused the penumatic cannon idea
to be developed after it had been
laid aside as impractical. Aside from
being silent and inexpensive, the
pneumatic mortar is readily manipu-
lated. 1t is used at ranges of from
$50 to 1000. feet, and is said to be
exceedingly accurate.
Wheatless and Meatless Days Are
Now General Throughout
the Nation
From coast to coast meat and
wheat saving days are gaining in
popularity. In New York a majority
of the restaurants are observing the
days for the saving of these COM
modities. The New York Stock Ex-
change Club has officially adopted
two meatless and two wheatless DAYS
each week.
In Wisconsin 100 hotels in one
month effected saving Of approxi-
matcly II per cent in meats and ID
per cent. in wheat. All public eat
ing houses in Colorado observe wheat
less and meatless days.
More than half of the 66 dining
car services of the country have
pledged to have meatless and wheat
less days.
Exports of Sugar to Nations Allie.
Causes Scarcity Here.
Some sections of the United States
are temporarily short of sugar be-
cause the nation is partially filling
the needs of the allies and is sup
plying sugar for it's troops in France.
In 1917 the United States has cx-
ported over 18 times as much as it
had averaged in the three years pre-
| ceding the war.
The worlds sugar crop for 1916
II was nearly 100000 tons less than
that of 1928. A greater shortage.
however, affects the European allies
| because their own production has
been greatly cut, and PRIOR to the
war Germany and Austria exported
cac hycar approximately '.722,oOO
tons. In pre-war times England re-
cclved Sd per cent of her total sugar
| supply from the Central Powers,
which is now supplied from the Unit
ed States sources.
While European allies arc being
materially aided with sugar from the
United States, they are far from get
ting more than their share at the ex-
pcnsc of the citizen who once i'm a
while may have TO drink his coffee
| unSWcctcncd. The average consumD-
ton of sugar per capita in England
before the war was more than 93
pounds year. Now the maximum
limit is 26 pounds, with some Hkli-
mood of that being unobtainable.
In France the limit is 18 pounds per
capita; in Italy ~ pounds.
The average consumption of sugar
per capita in the United States is still
about 80 pounds.
WarSavings Certificates Offer New
Red Cross Work Grow. In Europe
And the United States
1 The Rcd Grace hoe