The Robesonian., 1917-05-07
MONEYFORFOODC CHAMPAIGN.

County Commissioners Will Make Ap-
preparation to Help Increase
Production of Food Il
GREATEST NEED IS FOOD
Robeson County Must Do Its PART
Subject Stressed at Meeting Held
in Lumberton-Effort Will be Made
to Organize Each School District
and Vigorous Campaign Will be
Waged
AT meeting Of representative
farmers from all over Robson coun-
ty at the court house Thursday after
noon a resolution was passed CALI
ing upon the county commissioners
to appropriate whatever amount mayt
be determined to be necessary. upl
to $500, to enable the county farm
demonstration and county home DEM
onstration agent to wage a vigorous
campaign during the next two months
to increase the production of food
crops and to teach the people how
to save what is produced. Three
members Of the board of commits
sloners were present at the meeting
and the chairman, Mr.. A. J. Flovd Of
Falrmont, expressed himself as be-
ing in favor Of the meeting instruct
Ing the commissioners to authorize
Farm Demonstration Blanchard to go
ahead with the work and they would
pay the bills. No doubt the COM
mlssloners at their monthly meeting
today with authorize this expendi-
ture.
This meeting, as~has been stated
In The Robesonian,- was called by
Farm Demonstration L. E. Blanchard
at the request Of Gov. Beckett to
impress upon the people the import
ance of producing in the present
crisis as much food stuffs as possible
and of using every economy. Pres
ldent Riddick of the State college of
agriculture and engineering, Prof.
Dan T. Gray, head of the swine de-
partment of the same institution, and
! Commissioner of Agriculture w. A.
Graham. were present for the meet
ing, and they also attended in the
morning a meeting OF some members
of the executive council Of the food
| conservation commission for the
county. This council is composed of
! County Farm Demonstration Blanch-
ard; Miss Nena Rhyme, county home
! demonstration agent; Mr.. A. J. Floyd
chairman of the board of county COM
missioners; Prof. J. r. Poole, county
! superintendent Of schools; Hon. "A
/ W. Mclean Of Lumberton, Mr.. A
! 7. McCallum of Red Springs, Mr..
Jno. Sellers of Maxton.
!: AT this morning meeting there
!. was discussion of what could be done
now to increase production of fooC
In Robson and list of suggestions
J, was drawn up for presentation a
the afternoon meeting by Mr.. Blanch
) and.
, Much interest was aroused by tn,
public meeting in the afternoon ami
: the, earnest intelligent farmers VIII,
went from that meeing with the de
termination to arouse their neigh
e bors and organize their school dis
f, tricts for this work will mean mucl
: to the county.
: The resolution to appropriate mon
n ey for the work shows that the in
: fluential men who attended the met
e ing are in dead earnest and are de
termined that Robson shall do he
f part in helping to meet the presen
d crisis.
The meeting was called to order a
2:30 p. m. by Mr.. L. E. Blanchard
;. county farm demonstration agen
Mr.. Blanchard stated that at the re
5, quest Of Governor Beckett he ha
5. called the meeting for the purpose c
j. organizing a food conservation CON
IS mission for Robson county.
5. The first to speak was Prof. w.
I'll Riddick, president of the A.. & I
r college, Raleigh. Prof. Riddick sal
e, in part:
i eve have met here to try to solv
II the most important question that hs
sr come up in my lifetime. It is NJ
is it, but to discuss with you this in
+. portant matter. We are up again!
S. a serious situation. We were force
a- future Of our nation depends upo
is that unless the people of the Unite
7e States increase the food supply v
are going to be up against an eve
more serious situation than the pre-
ent one. If we fail to increase OF
food production it does not mes
te alone that the people of Europe al
~ the people in the larger cities of tt
is United States will suffer, but tn;
" the suffering will be brought to o,
ne own doors. Each one should try
raise more foodstuff than enough Fl
of his own family, because when it
re necessary there will be a division
he the food supply.
ke -"Each one must do sometime t
n. wards increasing the food supply {
ou his own farm and on the farms
ct his neighbors. See that the peop
a of your own community are arouse
ny The present high prices of foodstu
IL indicate an approaching shortage
food. The farmers of this sect,
have already planted their crops, b
lc- something can yet be done.
"The noattar of raisino NOR, foo