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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
FOOD PRODUCTION
FERENCES HELD
STEPS BEING TAKEN BY FARMERS
OF THIS STATE TO MEET NEW
CONDITION RELATIVE TO
FOOD PRODUCTION.

MORGANTOWN, w. va, nov. 90
The sudden close Of the world war
has thrust upon those directing the
policies of nations many vital ques-
tons of reconstruction and not the
least Of these but one demanding inn
mediate attention is that of food pro-
duction economically and in sufficient
quantity This is the gist of a state
ment given out today by c. r. Titlow,
Director of Agricultural Extension in
West Virginia, in announcing the steps
being taken by the organized farmers
of West Virginia to meet the new con
ditions relative to food production
Four big regional conferences OF
county farm bureau officers, county
agents, ehairmen of home economic
committees, administrative officers,
agricultural specialists, u. S. Depart
ment officials and others interested in
the development of West Virginia ag.
riculture have been called Jointly by
the Agricultural Extension Depart
ment and U. S. Government officials to
meet in Keyser, Clarksburg, Charles
ton and Hinton this week to consider
carefully the question of food produc-
ton for the state and to outline a def
mite plan or state agricultural policy.
Since every farm bureau officer
present will represent farmers or
ganization made up of from five to fif-
teen or more farmers clubs which
clubs in turn have a membership of
many of the most progressive farmers
of their respective communities, it is
seen that the conference consists of
direct representative of the farming
population drawn from all parts of the
State.
The meetings are in charge Of the
West Virginia Federation of Farm Bu-
reaus whose officers are A. C. Hupp,
of Burnt House, president; ]. B. Nc
Laughlin, of Strange Greek. vice-presi-
dent; A. L. Carter, of Wellsburg, sec
rotary: and r. B. Hudson, Of Sinks
Grove, treasurer,
1t is a gratifying fact that last year
despite the labor shortage, high wa
ges, inconvenient transportation, and
other drawbacks the farmers of the
State as whole far exceeded their
production of any previous year This
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
PRICE LIMITATIONS ON
SHOES ARE CANCELLED

The following letter, sent us for pub.
location, is self.explanatory:
To the County Councils Of Defense. -
As a result of the signing of the
armistice, the War Industries Board
has cancelled its plan for the elassiii-
cation and price limitations on shoes
The following telegram from John $.
cravens, of the Council Of National
Defense, is self-explanatory
Washington, D. c.,
NOV, 1874 1918.
State Council of Defense,
Charleston, w. Va.
War Industries Board requests
US to advise you that the shoe
program was by agreement with
the trade limited to the period OF
direct war requirements. At the
signing OF an armistice the board
felt obligated to the trade to call
them in conference and they have
recommended that the pledge and
window card system, STAN ing of
shoes. classification and price linn
itations be dropped. Therefore,
the distribution OF pledge forms
and window cards by the County
Councils pursuant to our general
letter automatically becomes un-
necessary. Please 50 advise your
County Councils and transmit to
them the thanks of the Boot and
Shoe Section OF the War Indus
tries Board for what they have
already done
Very truly yours,
u. v. SULLIVAN,
Secretary"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23

fine showing was made possible large
~ by the fact that in practically every
county the farmers had for years been
organized into farm bureaus by means
of which organizations plans could be
quickly made to meet effectively any
great emergency arising such as a
shortage of food West Virginia was
thus enabled TO do her part by the ma.
ton. 1t now becomes her duty
through existing organizations to mees
and solve in her thorough and charac.
teristic manner the problems of food
production and any others arising in
the readjustment period into which
she is now just entering
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
MIX RISKS NECK IN WILD RIDE.

In filming Fame and Fortune" the
stirring Western drama which Is com-
ing to the Central tonight, Tom Mix
rislSed his life by driving his horse
down the side of mountain.
Director Lynn Reynolds had select.
ed location atop mountain several
miles outside of Hollywood, Cal Mix
looked it over, said he was ready to
do the stunt and prepared for the ride.
AT the word camera" he started for
the edge OF the mountain. while the
director and cameraman held their
breath. After It was all over Rey-
nolds and the camera man agreed that
1t was the most dangerous stunt they
had ever seen performed In motion
pictures Had the horses hoof slip.
ped 1t would have meant instant death
to Mix. but the cowboy-actor rather
enjoyed the experiences
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
BAPTIST LAYMEN WILL
HOLD CONVENTION SOON

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov. 49,
The Baptist iaymen OF West Virginia
will hold convention in the Baptist
Temple, in Charleston, Dec. 2, 3 and
4. Plans for the convention are in the
hands of committee headed by Fred
o, Bsue former state tax commits
sioner. and the states first prohibi-
ton commissioner.
The program for the convention has
been arranged about the slogan A
New Church for a New World" Spea-
kers of nationwide repute is the
Baptist denomination have been Sc
cured to handle the topics OF up-to-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
CAUGHT BY THE WHISPERS
WAS THE HOTEL CLERK

+ Caught BY the whiskers, by jiggeri
Begosh it made the hotel clerk howl
when the porter dropped the guests
trunk on his whiskers and thereby
pinned EN- to the counter. They were
some whiskers, too, long and flowing
and silky
The pinnng of said whiskers to the
counter Is but one OF the many hilar-
ious incidents in Byrne Brothers
world famous comedy scream, Eight
Bells" which on Friday will be shown
at the Apollo Theatre. Eight Bells'
will make the whole family sit up and
take notice and laugh
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
WAR Dept CANCELS ALL
ARMY CAMP CONTRACTS

Construction projects at nine army
camps were Cancelled yesterday by the
War Department
They include erection of hospital
and barracks at Fort Omaha, Nebr.
cantonmenes at Forts Benjamin Har-
rison, Isd., and Leayenworth, Kans.
a liberty theatre at Camp Greene, N.
c.; a storehouse at Camp Taylor.
KY; radio school, radio buildings
and steel hangers at Norh Camp Jack
son, S, c.; installation of additions to
water supply system at Camp Meade,
Md, and railroad crossings improve
ments at Camp Fusston, Kans.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23

Briey in the heart Of the famous
Briey-Longway iron fields, is believed
to have originated from an old Roman
camp. 1t was besieged in 1863 and
1870 by the people Of Metz. It was de-
stroyed in 1921 by the Duke Of Berz
and was captured in 1475 by Charles
lie Temeraine. The towns chief fea-
ture Is church built in the fifteenth
century.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
Other Communities

NORTH MOUNTAIN, Nov. 21.--Mr.
Joseph Bowers, OF this village, viii sell
his household goods at his home here
on Saturday, Nov 20.
Mrs. Isabella Hull and Mrs. Mary
Snyder. of near MeCoy's Ferry, were
business visitors in our village yester.
day.
Considerable hunting is being in
dulged in by our local nimrods, but
with very little success. Game seems
to be scarce in the neighborhood.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23


tie. They like All o
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23

BERKELEY, Nov. 21--Mr. Charles
Small has bought piece of ground
containing about six acres, adjoining
his place
Mr. Fred Laise, of Berkeley. has pur
chased an automobile.
Mr.. Tilden Schoppert is building him
self concrete hog pen.
Mr. Doc Jemison is quite sick with
the influenza at present
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-23
80 you're woFFsin at last : s

MaanderIng Nike ass
TYou Bet responded Flooding Pete.
Pm goin' to work while de workin's
good an not take any needless chances
on hayin' Prussian boss at some fu.
turs time
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
THE DRAFT LAW.

Members of congress are not dis
posed to draft young men of Is and
10 years until after those of 20 and
between 81 and As have gone into
service, and the proposal is made
that the new draft carry Glasses"
to be known as the "class 49," and
the "class 49," and that these be
called into service after those of
mature years. The house military
committee has adopted this amend
ment to the manpower bill, which
is being raced through congress In
order that by October l some of the
new registrants will be ready for
induction into the service.
While this amendment probably
would meet with general approval.
it is destined to defeat, and doubt
less when the bill is passed it will
vest in the president authority to
establish the order of calls. Tho
senate, likewise, is inclined to leave
to executive discretion the matter of
calling the youths of IS. Some
members of the house, however, are
dissatisfied with Secretary Bakers
promise to make regulations for a
separate class for 1S-year-old boys
and defer their call as long as possi-
BILE, and these hope for the reten-
sion of the amenlment.
Many people are opposed to the
drafting of boys SO young as IS,
though these boys, as red-blooded
and as thoroughly American as their
older brothers, will perhaps resent
the inference that they are too
young to fight the Boche. The plan
to put them in deferred classifica-
tion until the classes of older men
becomes exhausted has the advant-
age Of a lapse of time by which the
18-year-old boy will have become 10,
or maybe 20, and might be the
means of removing entirely the OBJ
lection raised to the drafting of
young boys.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

losses sustained in the actual flying
training of United States air forces
in this country totalled 155, making
the average in round numbers of
one man killed for every $500
hours of flying in the United
States"
This is obviously an extraordin-
arily low percentage. What the av-
erage reader forgets, when he sees
in the newspapers from time to time
dispatches announcing the death of
aviators in training, is the great
number of men who are making
flights at the training camps every
day. We do not know what that
number is at present. but up to Nav
25 last the United States army had
trained and graduated 5,233 avia-
tors. The deaths up to that time
were 142. 1t is reasonable to as
sumo that the proportion of acci-
dents has decreased as the aviation
schools have improved with the pas
sage of time.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

French on the Aisne that it was not
of their own initiative that the Eng
lish on the Lys engaged in partial
attacks, which were too strong for
more reconnaissance and too weak
for an offensive, with even the
slightest of success. Doubtless both
operations were the results Of
Foch's deliberations, and it would
not be surprising if the fresh and
bloody losses were considerably to
increase the dissatisfaction about
Foch achievement which can no
longer be hushed up either in Paris
or London. 1t is true that Foch has
a strong support in Clemenceau. who
can hardly drop the generalissimo
without exposing himself to the re-
proach of having insisted upon his
appointment"
Both the articles quoted are OBJ
viously inspired by the German gen.
eral staff.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
MARRIAGE AS EXEMPTION.

Secretary Baker. in answer to a
letter from Senator Chamberlain,
chairman Of the senate military COM
mittee, asking whether it was true
that the war department proposed
tc exempt married men as a class
under the new manpower bill, says
that the existing regulations will
continue in force. "The present sit
uation," Mr.. Baker says, with re-
gard to married men in class l is
that four classes of married men are
included within the limits of that
class: First, married men who do
not support their wives or families;
second, married men whose wives
support them; third, married men
whose wives have adequate inde-
pendent means; fourth, married men
engaged in useless occupations, and
who are not the main or principal
support of their families
Those are the conditions now ex-
listing and which will continue to
exist and under which the new
draft Of men between the extended
ages will operate. Mr. Baker says:
There is no intention to change
this situation. In constituting the
regulations with regard to depend
ency Of wives and children, financial
dependency has been looked upon
as the reason for deferred cIassiii-
case"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
Accidents at Aviation CAMPS.
charleston News and Courier }

Charleston News and Courier)
The rather frequent reports OF
fatalities at the aviation camps have
led to the widespread belief that in
training oW. aviators we are losing
an unexpectedly large number of
men as a result of accidents. Ac-
cording to The Army and Navy Jour
nal which ought to be good authori-
ty, not only is this impression mis-
taken, but, as matter OF fact, our
aviation schools have established
"a new worlds record for safety in
training airmen in war time" Ofh-
cial figures show that from septem-
ber J., 1917, to July 20, 1913, "the
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
A True Prophet.

charleston News and Courier.)
The Lancaster News must be ed
tied by the seventh son of a seventh
son. Last Friday, August 16, the
day President Wilson's letter
against Blease was first printed, it
said
President Wilson has addressed
q letter to Thomas II. Daniel. Wash
ington correspondent of the Spar
tanburg Herald, which gives his
views on the South Carolina senate
rial race. This letter will not likely
be printed in the Charleston Ameri-
can"
The News up to this writing has
proved true prophet. 1t will be a
week tomorrow since Mr.. Wilson's
letter was made public in Washing
ton. The Blease organ has yet to
print 1t. 1t has referred to 1t, but
only to garble it's meaning. Instead
of publishing the letter Of Mr.. DAN
iel to the President, and the Presi-
dents reply, so that its readers
might know what Woodrow Wilson
thinks of Cole l.. 3lease and how he
came to express his opinion, the
whole energies of the American"
have been devoted to the effort to
delude its readers who have not seen
these communications by wholly
misleading statements as to their
contents.
1t is an amazing policy, but en-
tireiy in keeping with the Blease
campaign, which from the begin
ming has been founded on the theory
that the people of South Carolina
were either knaves or fools.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
SCISSORS AND PASTE.
Remuneration of BiCase.
Charlotte Obseryer.)

Col John l.. McLaurin. a South
Carolinian who has been understood
to have entertained f"iend'y feelings
for Mr.. Blease, has made public pro-
c'amatiOn of his position in the SEN
atorial race. He has no strong per
sonal admiration for Mr.. Dial, but
he Will give his support to that can
didate. He feels that il would be
"a shame and a disgrace to send a
man to the senate who has bitterly
attacked Mr.. Wilson personally. and
who was utterly unable to appre-
c.ate his wonderful breadth of vision
until unholy alliance desire for Of
fce fell from his eyes Colonel
McLauriN thinks the overshadowing
issue in South Carolina this year is
the sending of man to the senate
who can be relied upon to support
the policies OF Woodrow Wilson -
and he does not believe Blease Is
that man. Blease, surrounded by
the protection afforded him by sena-
torial privileges "can and would do
vast amount of HARM" in the esti-
nation of McLaurin. The views
candidly and plainly expressed by
former Senator McLaurin must ex-
ert a powerful influence on the
minds of the people of South Caro-
lima. for they know that Of all men
qualified to speak on the character
istics OF Mr.. Blease, McLaurin
stands head The remuneration of
Cole Blease by John McLaurin is a
straw that shows clearly how the po-
litical wind is blowing in South
Carolina.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
Multiplication.
Crock Hill Herald)


The News and Courier of Charles
ton states it has been we'll known
for decades that the German Artil-
lery Hall in that city will hold not
over twelve hundred people. The
Charleston American, however.
claimed that 2.1OO Charleston voters
and many other people heard Mr..
Blease speak in this hall. Probably
the enthusiasm followers of Mr.
Blease in Charleston simply remov-
ed the walls OF the building and
opened up the space outside for the
crowd. Or perhaps the German Ar
tillery Hall in Charleston Is similar
to the mansion of the rich man Josh
Billings wrote about, which man
sion had nineteen rooms inside and
room for more outside.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

Red Cross chapters certain mate
rials, such has platinum, essential to
war purposes, to be specified by the
war industries board. These mate
rials to be sold, but any financial
benefit which may accrue to the Red
Cross will be merely incidental to
the purpose for which the bureau
has been created.
In the program of salvage and
conserving there are certain mats
rials which cannot be reaches
through existing trade channels, el
pecially where the appeal must j
made to the householder and to in-
dividuals. 1t is in this connection
that the Red Cross expects to be able
to contribute, in a large measure, to
the success OF the general program.
Henry p. Dawson, chairman of the
war council of the American Red
Cross, replying to Chairman Ba-
ruchs appeal, stated that the Red
Cross would welcome this opportu-,
nifty to cooperate in the program Of
conserving the materials necessary
to war purposes. He also expressed
confidence that the millions of Red
Cross workers throughout thy coun-
try you'd welcome any opportunity
to assist the government along the
lines in question.
The new Red Cross bureau, which
will begin activities at once, will be
under the immediate direction of
Robert l.. Raymond, an attorney OF
Boston, who was for some time
field director at Camp Devens, and
who later was connected with the
conservation and reclamation liyis-
Ion OF the quartermaster corps.
The war industries board will
leave to the newly created bureau
the measures necessary to bring the
most effective results.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
The Grade Crossing.
Charlotte Obseryer)

This time 1t was a freight train
and an automobile with -eight peo-
pie in 1t. What a small thing it is
to slow down on approaching a rail-
road and take look up and down
the track, and how terrible the con
sequences that may be avoided by
exercising that little bit of trouble!
1t is at the very crossing that the
driver thinks no danger is lurking
that the killings and maimings oc-
cur.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

can federation Of labor, appeared. in
opposition to the amendmsnt and IL
was arranged to hear him and other
labor representatives. Chairman
Dent said that he hoped to report
the measure Wednesday or Thurs
day, probably with amendments. II
sentiment in the committee for pro-
sviaions spccifying the order OF
ciassS to4be called and to specifics
ally defer-calls for Is year old boys
are adopted, Representative Kahn,
Of California, ranking Republican
member, plans a minority report In
favor OF the administration plan.
General Crowder told the commits
tee that men now In class one viii
be exhausted after the Septemh~-z
call and urged speedy action on I
bill to provide sufficient men for
ture calls. although General Md
said he thought there will be end
men to last until November WI
the new iestsIation. BY Janusfys !, !.
Geheraf CroNdef said he hoped to )
complete ''clss utinx trs nation, !" M
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
GERMAN PAPERS ABUSE FOCH.

GERMAN PAPERS ABUSE FOCH.
The German press on the eve Of
the great Franco-American often
sive on the Marne and the Franco
British drive in Picardy opened a
violent campaign of abuse against
Marshal Foch. evidently in an effort
to console and amuse the German
people while they waited for news
OF the great victory" promised by
Ludendorff. General Won Ardenne.
in an article in a Berlin paper, says
that General Foch is not one of the
intellectual giants" of military
history and not even one of the
dominating characters. He saws
that English critics have declared
Foch to lack initiative. That was
before the drive--we wonder what
General Won Ardenne really thinks
of Foch now! Then he asserts that
Foch is at the head OF coalition
army" all the parts of which repre-
sent separate interests, while the
English and Americans in particular
are in constant rivalry"
General Won Ardenne stresses the
point that the allied reserve army
has been used up and says that Foch
is lacking in organized staff Gen
eral Won Ardenne, if he wrote as he
believed then, would write differ
emily now, but he won't write at all
The German public is kept in igno-
rance of actual conditions confront
ing the German army. But anyway,
Foch's initiative has been demon
strated to the satisfaction of the al
lies and the distinct dissatisfaction
of the Germans. So, General Won
Ardenne was either mistaken or
lied, most probably the latter. And
the German general concludes:
Finally, when one considers that
General Foch tried to give effect to
the so-called unity OF command by
mixing up the separate contingents.
that ne is now reproached-perh
not entirely without reason-with
having too greatly favored the Ital-
an front, and that fresh regroupings
are now out, one must admit that
General Foch has not quite corres-
ponded to the ideal which the mag
nation Of the French and the Ital-
ians had made Of him. In any case,
the 67-year-old leader has not got
a bed Of roses"
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, in an
article headed, More Bloodletting," /"
says:
1T is evident from the simultane-
Gus and similar attacks of the
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
The Greensboro News asks:

"What has become of the o. Z.
\ baseball contest, wherein the Fats
n f'crossed bats" with the Leans. the
Shorts with the Sims. the doctors
with the lawyers?"
Somewhere in France.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

81 should
them"
That is the
Ly OCTAVUS
Charlie
Moncks
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23
FRIDAY, AUGUST %. 1918.
SENTENCE SERMONS.

Jubal sang of the golden years
When wars and wounds shall cease
But Tubal fashioned the FURNISHED
spears
And showed his neighbors peace.
-Kipling.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

I DSot ours the crime of war accurst--
But once let war begin,
They'll have to kill the Lion first
Who'd wear the Lions skin!
Anon
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

Valparaiso and the cost towns of
Chill, which ended July 6, a total Of
$11S,000 in American gold was col
lected as follows:
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-08-23

The Charleston American evident
ly Is seeing double, or several times.
in estimating the number of people
who hear Blease, which is another
question beyond understanding in q
state as dry as South Carolina.