The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-10-03
NATIONAL FOOD CAMPAIGN.
state Campaign Manager A. V. Snc,,
Confers With Council OF Defense.

sumter county will he thoroughly
organized under the Nationa, Food
administrations plans to conserve
iood supplies to help win the war
Mr. A. V. Smell, of Charleston
campaign manager for South Carolina
OF the National Food administration
conferred with representatives of tho
Sumter County Council of Deforso
anu Sumter Chamber of Commerce. ~
Chamber of Commerce rooms Satur.
day. He interestingly explained the
pans Oh the national government.
ana Its needs. and urged Sumter coun.
" men, women, boys and girls tn do
'heir volunteer parts before sterner
measures are made necessary. As q
result of this conference. the Sumte.
County Council of Defense. under an
thorlty vested in said council by the
south Carolina Council of the Nation. .
II Council of Defense, assumes the du !.
ties OF organizing Sumter county under
plans and orders received from the
National Food Administration. with
A. V. Smell, campaign manager for
south Carolina, A. c. Phelps, chair
man of the Sumter County Food Ad-
ministration Committee of the State
Council, Benjamin D. Hodges, cam
paign manager for Sumter county.
Chairman d. r. Coker of the South
Carolina State Council of Defense, has
appointed E. 1. Reardon publicity
campaign manager
The following committee on prelim
mary organization of Sumter county
was named and these gentlemen are
requested to meet at Sumter Chamber
or Commerce at o'clock tonight, to
map out a campaign of organization
by school districts, for the entire
county. and to arrange for district
meetings.
A. c. Phelps, Ben. F. Hodges H. &
Osteen, E. I. Reardon, w. Percy
Smith, ]. H. Myers, H. A. Moses, J.
II. Haynsworth, r. o. Purdy s. H.
Edmunds, j. Frank Williams, L. D.
Jennings.
A thorough campaign of education
will be conducted and thousands OF
housekeepers, and men, boys and
girls, white and cclored, will be
asked to sign cards volunteering ia
substitute-not to deprive themselves
entirely Of anything they are accus-
toned to eating-but to reduce in a
limited manner their usual consump.
ton Of wheat bread, beef, pork, su
gar, and few other rhings in orde,
that sufficient food Of certain kinds
that can be shipped across the ocean
without spelling. can go to feed the
millions Of our brave soldiers at the
front, and to help feed the millions
Of soldiers and sailors of our allies
who are our first lines Of defense and
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freedom while the United States is
training it's millions of men, who must
also be fed while being trained.
A slight reduction, by each individ-
ual, Of the usual amount Of wheat,
beef. pork and sugar and substitu-
ton therefor OF corn and potatoes,
poultry and eggs, etc. and other per-
ishable foods which can not be ship
ped and baked or otherwise cooked in
the army camps or trenches. will
mean that hundreds of millions Of old
men and women, boys and girls of our
allied countries will be kept from
starvation while we of America are
thriving with an abundance of other
good things to eat. America has
plenty Of nourishing foods and can
afford to reduce the consumption y:
certain eatables, and will have to. The
millions Of soldiers and sailors must