The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-27

the more satisfying our Lord become members of the small crew handled their guns so well that the German vessel was soon put to flight. The cabin boy was the hero of that fight, and there are many other lads who have shown the spirit of true gal lantry in much more thrilling circum- stances.
 Of aerial battles we have read &C., counts which defy the powers of fic- tion writers. Occasionally, as in the case of the Ibis, some adventure on the sea is recorded. Kipling has writ ten wildly of British trawlers, but some day the gallantry of their crews will be recorded in detail. By their hardihood and disregard of danger these British sailors, who turned from the peaceful avocation of catching fish to the more perilous work of trapping submarines, have done more than we realize to keep Great Britain from starving.
 Brushes with submarines are fre-  quent-perhaps of daily occurrence and that will be glowing page in his tory which is devoted to the heroism of the trawlers.
 South Must Feed
 Itself This Year
 II LEGISLATION will soon be com l9 pleted that will give the gov ernment control of all food distribu- tion in the United States. This is one of the most vital measures growing out of the war It affects all the peo- pie and every section.
 It is already decreed that the south must feed itself this year. If it is short on wheat flour or corn meal, or winter vegetables or meat, it must do without these articles of food, be- cause the food dictator will allow none of them to be shipped here from the north. Every pound of food that can be spared from this country will be needed by the allies.
 The south has been officially warned time and again within the last few months. The threatened food shortage is serious and in view of that fact it behooves every farmer and every gardener to redouble his efforts in raising something to eat. Yet in spite of the government bulletins that have been issued and the addresses delivered by Mrs. G. H. Mathis and other farm experts it is found that many people throughout Alabama fail to "take in the situation" They seem to think there will be some way to secure food whether it is produced in this section or not.
 The south can grow every food crop. But the cotton states had proceeded so long on the principle that there was only one money crop, that was culti- vated to the neglect of everything else. The boil weevil has forced a large part of the cotton south to di- versify crops, and first of all to feed itself. A large acreage has been planted in food and feedstuff. Wheth- CT the harvest will be ample to supply our needs will depend a good deal on weather conditions. In the meantime let every foot of tillable ground be cultivated and cultivated intensively.
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 Public Spirit and
 Gemuine Patri@sisrn |MNE of the cheering facts in con- 
 NV nection with America's war preparations is the whole-hearted CO., operation of all classes of people. The industrial world is fully mobilized and wageworkers are ready and eager to do "their bit," and make sacrifices if necessary. All the great financiers and all the great railroad executives are serving on various committees, and at no little inconvenience and