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one MORE sow
ON EVERY FARM
Would Increase Louisiana's Pork Pro-
duction BY 100000 Pounds.

According to Mr.. Hoover, the de-
mands of our allies for our pork prou-
uets during the next three months
will be 160, 00O, 900 pounds per month,
as compared to 50,000.000 pounds in
pre-war times. And to accomplish
this he estimates it will require saw
ing of at least rs per cent in these
products.
The question arises, therefore, what
should Louisiana contribute toward
this large demand Of our associates in
war for these products?
Figures do not always tell the
whole truth, but they may serve .
useful purpose in endeavoring to
reach an approximation.
Louisiana is said to have at least
5000, 900 acres of arabic or cultivablc
land. II we should figure a farm
holding at $50 acres. this would give
the state approximately 1880 farms
OF $50 acres each. If only one brooi
SOW should be added to each farm. II
would give an increase OF 1885,
sows. II each SOW should Sarrow a 4
average Of five pigs at litter twie /,
a year, 1t would give an increase !.
333,500 pigs. which, at the averae /,
weight Of 100 pounds each, would CIV !,
80. $50. 900 pounds Of pork. But If onlF
half of the pigs, representing the NAL /:
progeny, should be turned into porl;,
and the SOW pigs kept for breedin :
purposes. 1t would still give 16,675,0C
pounds Of pork at 100 pounds per pig
Just think what a contribute !,
Louisiana could make in very shor
time, to the urgent demands Of ou.'
allies for pork products, II only on I.
sow should be added to each $50
acres of the cultivable land in the
state.
OF course it is not possible to Sc.
cure 100 per cent success on calcn
lation Of this kind, as there are nu-
merous factors that would arise to
prevent its accomplishment But thc,
figures are near enough, and impress.
sive enough, to warrant attention
being drawn to the subject at this
time. when the importance OF food
seems to overshadow almost every
thing else connected with the war and
its successful termination. Our farm
ers should give some serious thought
to this matter.-W. H. Dalrymple,
Department Of Veterinary Science,
Louiaiana State University.
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tMM meters and took q stand in our
former trenches. The officers told us
We would have to make !; stand under
my circumstances and that the re-en-
0rcements would come soon.
In moment the machine guns were
q up and coon we were sending hail
bullets into the ranks of our pur
Ming enemy. His advance stopped in
4antly. Encouraged by this success
g fired hal der. 81 that the French
spre compelled to seek cover.
The promised re-enforcelnents failed
y aprear About Coo meters to our
Nnr were six German batteries in pO
hiinn. but they maintained only very
keak FIRE. An artillery officer appeared
hef0re us and asked the commander of
Mr detachment if it would not he well
y recOnmend that the batteries be
h&en back. He said he had learned
y Telephone that the German line was
xasefing on its entire length
Refore the commander could reply.
mich outnumhered us by from IKE to
wen times Our commander now gave
= ihis position also. Completely de-
hnaiized we retired in flight. leaving
hf SIX batteries t36 guns) to be taken
u tle enemy.
the French stopped their barrage
we hecausc they feared TO hurt their
eWa troops, The Germans utilized this
e0nleni to bring up re-cnforcements
MULE III! Of all branches of the service.
@sittfed infantrysen, anmounted cav
Wy detached pioneers. had all been
sss'lilbtea Every iiakeSiift was EN-
tnseti 10 I'LL the ranks. Complete re-
I've units apparently no longer exist
u oh this the third day of the battle
y The Marne.
Nhee more the command was given
Y 'urh ana take a position and the I'M.
sauai night began anew. We saw the
.'Fans advance, and seize The hat
as1ats Then we saw him storminy
. \, With fixed bayonets. We fought
VIII animals. For minures there
,sssd = bayonet fight beyond desc. ip-
! We stabbed through the breast.
s'eagA the abdomen, and wherever
a~ Ne could This was no o;e:tsion
Mssi'pins the hayonet tactics taught at
's s0ineihins which must be left for
~.l'-srsnnd practice only.
he
''e butts of the rifles wnizzed
sH The air and any mans head
- 'hey struck was broken. Hell
- slaa knapsacks had been lost Ion.
ln spite of the superiority of
'afrs. the French could no, defeat
''.s'e group of desperate men We
NV ssfrylhing around lis and fought
Asatithirsty beasts ,hinkin. of
sa'ss Else. Part of our men meme.
n rs hostile ranks and fought to
q ahe lost cannon. The enemy
i,t he, tue Danger. .relreatra and
y 4, 's' 1seia Inc conquered guns with
~ Energy We continued 20 stab
ssA man for man. bu, the enemy
q 'n The batteries Every cam
- surrounded by corpses. and
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CHAPTER VIZ.

We now tried TO gather by COM
panies. OF our own company only y
men remained. Presently others strag-
gled in until there We're 20 Of us as.
senhleti There is eager questioning
everywhere as each man attempts to
learn about his eo,nr;de or acquaint-
ance. Few questions can he answered.
however. as each man had thought
only of himself in that flight.
Driven by hunger we approached
the village The first thing, we did
was to hasten to the wells and drink.
We drank us If we wanted TO fill our
selves M with enough water 10 last us
the res; Of our lives. Only here and
there were we able to find anything 10
eat. A few hertS were left in the gar
dens aud we ate them eagerly without
waiting 10 wash or clean them.
Where is our company? Nobody
knows we are the company. we 20
men Ant: our officers Somewhere
surely" said soldier. somewhere in
a bomb-pToof corner
But what were we to do? No one
could decide Presently II nencommis-
sioned officer Of the field gent'armes
approached on horseback. 1t Is The
duty of this particular class Of defend.
ers of The falhcriand to round up
slackers IL hind the {. ont
"You are pioneers" he caile,l TO us
roughly. What are you slnns here?'
Then he asked us innuinerable ques-
tons. which we answered rs we'll as
we could
Over there" said u Young Berlin
soldier. and pointed 10 the Battlefield.
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reason behind the preparations for the
night attack which had now been
called off.
Headquarters apparently had de
cided otherwise. Perhaps it was known
there that nothing could be accom-.
plished by attacking and the order was
given to begin the retreat which was
PIT into effect the next morning at six
o'clock. We did not realize then that
this was to be our last night in Vitry
We were sheltered in she'd for the
night As we were very tired, we soon
We're fast asleep. We We're aroused nj
four o'clock in the morning, everyone
was given loaf Of bread and ordered
to fill his canteen with water, after
which the march began. Although we
were ignorant of our destination, the
Inhabitants Of vitry seemed to under.
stand where we We're going and they
stood on til" stree IS throwing us sig
nificant giances.
Everywhere the feyerisl movement
was on. We stopped In front Of the
town hail. Here the captain told us
that because Of difficulty in the terrain
orr troops had to vacate their posi-
lions and retire to nearby heights ant
occupy new defenscs. With that hi
turned around and pointed 10 ridge
on the horizon
There we shall make stand and
welt for the enemy" he said M
re-snfarcenients will arrive today anf
fE 4 few days we may send picture
postal cards to your homes fron
Paris"
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taken 50 That we would not shoot g.
one another in the darkness.
We stood and waited until eleven
o'clock, when the order suddenly came
to 60 into quarters. We did not know
what to make Of this after all the
preparations. We could tell from the
drum fire and the red glaze in the sky
that the battle had not lessened in
violence. The sky giowed, illumined
BY the burning villages and farms.
On the way to our quarters we heard
the officers saying among themselves
that final trial had been intended to
defeat the French. This had been the
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,ss9 @ . 8 . Q % eoooooooo1

F, ,npearing on this page are Chapters VII
"a VIII of The Confessions of a Ger
s.n Deserter The story was begun in the
nsnper of July 18th. and will close with two
fnore instalments. Then will appear Il war
E.oyv of exceptional Observation-Disclosures
10 complete oui misery, we received
.riprs during the night t. attack the
french at Ala in the morning. We
made our Preparations under a pour
ing rain. Promptly at Ais we went
over the top. jumping over corpses and
rounded nen We We're forced to re
lire before hail of machine gun fire
md sustaining a large number Of I'M
NECESSARY casualties.
Hardly had we regained our trenches
shen the French attacked us. They
| an,e within three meters of our trench
md here their attack broke down I'M
dey our fire. They too had to retire
Nth fearful losses.
Three times in two hours the French
suacked, always with heavy losses
nd no results. We were at our wits
end. Unless help came soon it would
he Impossible for us to hold the posi-
non. We were tortured by hunger and
thirst as well as being wet TO the skin
and were so exhausted that we could
hardly stand.
Al ten O'Clock the French attacked
III fourth time. They came on in ennr-
/ NOUS numbers. Our leaders recognized
= The danger of our position and ordered
d back. abandoning the wounded and
much booty. By supelhunan effort
We did manage to save the machine
INNS and ammunition We retreated
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After an extended pause the French
made another attack. employing sew
eral different kinds of formations
Each time the waves of offensive
troops were forced back At three
O'Clock In the afternoon. under a blow
which contained the full power of
France. our troops were forced to re-
tire. first slowly then in wild flight.
The exhausted Germans could not be
rallied in the face of this blow. With
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Continued IN merit eeek's Banner.

Ho YOU think you have done all that
should be required Of YOU when you
loan Your money out Of your abund-
ance while other men give their lives
Sacrifice a little, indulge yourself less.
save more, loan all YOU can, and then
be sorry You can do no more.
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Work Of the Mlnts.

During the fiscal year ending June 3Oth
last 114,1s9,119 new coins, with value Of
S43l9G. s9i wrcc made. This breaks all
previous records. The mints worked on Il
24-hour basis most Of the year. over
1OO.UOO,UDO cent pieces, nearly s3.OOO,0O
niekles. 24.OOO,O0O half dollars, 43.DoO, 900
quarters. and 11G.OOO.OOO were coined.
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Many are giving their lives. You are
asked only to loan YOUR money.
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Make thrift your buy-word.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08
TO THE USERS OF GASOLINE

Existing conditions as to hand
ling Of gasoline and the small margin
of profit allowed, forces US to adopt a
plan of CASH ON DELIVERY FOR
ALL GASOLINE.
AS announced in the Commonwealth
the above terms are effective from
March l, 1918.
We earnestly solicit the cooperation
Of the users Of gasoline and request
that you do not ask US to break our
rule in your case as we will have to
respectfully refuse to do SO since these
are the terms adopted by the gasoline
dispensing stations of the town.
But, we propose, for your convent
ence and profit also, to sell for CASH
coupon books of $500 or more at per
cent discount. These coupons will be
accepted at face value for gasoline or
cylinder OIL
We appreciate the patronage with
which you have SO literally favored
US and ask the privilege Of serving you
in the future not only for your gasoline
and cylinder oil, but also your hard
ware and farm implements.
Yours very truly,
Josey Hardware Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08

+ * i j. i * X i x
The Sixth grade met Wednesday
afternoon with Miss Mary White pre-
siding, and organized a War Savings
Society.
Miss Elizabeth Edwards was elected
president while Mr.. Charlie Herring
was elected secretary. The name chos-
en- by the grade for the society was
EXCELSIOR
The purpose Of this society is for
the sole purpose Of talking to every
body about War Stamps and thrift
Stamps, asking them to pledge some
sum to thes stamps.
O-0-O-O
The Literary Society had call meet
ing under their new officers elected
last Friday afternoon at the regular
meeting.
Miss Doris Tillery was elected Presi-
den t,and superseded at the called
meeting.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of electing marshals for the de-
bate that is to take place very soon
Those elected were, Misses Elizabeth
Tadlock, Virginia Mcdowell, and Ellen
Speed among the girls. The boys were
Messrs Eugene Whitehead, Francis
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08

Mr.. w. E. Bryant brother of Mr..
David Bryant, was taken suddenly i'll
with appendicitis and was rushed to
the Mary Elizabeth hospital, Hender-
son, where an operation Of a serious
nature was performed upon him. Yes
terday the head nurse phoned that he
withstood the operation we'll, and was
recovering nicely.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08
5000

Wednesday morning Mr.. jenkins an
nounced in chapel that there would be
a junior Red Cross chapter organ
lied at some later date in the school.
The time will be announced in the
Commonwealth later
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-03-08
,ewis and James Raspberry.

Lewis and James Raspberry.
Miss Elizabeth Tadlock, who resign
ed as secretary from the debate, was
succeeded by Miss Francis White.
Tn meeting then adjourned to meet
March 18th.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-27
TIME DROPPED
BACK TO-DAY

washington, Oct 26.-At O'Clock
Sunday morning, the United States
Will complete it's test of daylight
saving At that hour clocks of the
naval observatory here and other
agencies by which time is regulated
in this country will be stopped for
one hour while the sun, which daily
has been tagging farther behind the
nations clocks, has a chance to catch
up. At the same time trains on all
railroads Of the country are to stop
by order of Director General McAdoo
and remain motionless for one hour,
then proceed on their way.
Industrial organizations, chambers
Of commerce, trade associations and
recreation advocates claim that the
experiment III day light saving has
been a decided success. They point
to the fact that congress came near
to making the practice year round
the senate having passed a bill to
continue the provisions of the act
The bill by agreement did not reach
a vote in the house.
Strong emphasis is placed on the
value Of daylight saving aside from
it's recreationa1 advantages, whereby
it has given many an added hour for
sport after the days work. The Ma
tiona1 War Garden commission today
estimated that since March 81 it has
meant 329,40e eight-hour day years
to the 5.2S5,O00 gardners in the Uni
ted States.
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l9I8TAKzL.ISTS
ARE PRESENTED

A meeting OF the county commits
sioners was held this morning, for
the purpose Of allowing the payroll
incident to the work being done on
the county roads. The tax roll for
the year 1918 was presented at the
meeting, having been prepared by
Tax Assessor w J. McDavid. This
was read and accepted.
A committee consisting of Com
missioner Candy and County Attor-
ney Reese was named by Chairman
White Of the board, to look into the
condition Of the county road to the
reservation and attempt necessary re-
pairs This followed the reading of
a communication from Lieutenant
Warfiela, Of the Naval Air Station,
appealing for work on the road and
describing the unsafe condition of two
bridges on the road.
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STORM PASSES
TO EAST TEXAS

The storm which moved in from the
western gulf has passed through
eastern Texas and is apparently CEN
trail Saturday night over southwestern
Arkansas as q moderate disturbance.
It has caused general rains In the
west and central gulf states, heavy
over Oklahoma, and rain or snow over
Nsnsas, Missouri and Iowa.
Fresh southeast winds have occurred
on the gulf coast from Mobile 10 Apa-'
lachicola. and it is expected that these
will increase tonight and become strong
and probably shift to northwest Sun
day
II is not thought that winds over
80 miles per hour will be reached. IL
the winds shift TO northwest Sunday.
decidedly cooler weather may be look
ed for by sunday night probably ac-+
companied by clearing conditions
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GALL MEETING
TOAD D10-M|Ll
SCHOOL LEVY
Escambia County Educators
Meet With Chairmen
Tomorrow Night.
BUSINESS MEN
EXPRESS VIEWS
Plans for Success of Amendment
Will Be Co-Ordinated
at Conference. -

A meeting has been called for Mon
day evening in the auditorium OF the
San Carlos hotel, at which the Escam-
bia County commission for the pass
age Of the ten mill amendment to the
state constitution, will meet with the
Board of Education of the county and
the district chairmen, who have been
appointed to carry on a campaign for
enlisting the support of the voters OF
the county.
The Escambia county committee
comprises, A. S. Edwards, who is also
a member Of the state committee; p.
K. Yonge, formerly a member of the
state board of control, and for years
closely associated with education in
the state, and James A. Jones, Of Cen
tury, one Of the most ardent advocates
Of better schools in West Florida.
An active campaign for the amend
ment has already been launched, and
interest in the matter of increase of
the educational opportunities of the
county is meeting with recognition
from men of every calling.
When asked as to his reasons for
supporting the amendment. Mr.. Yonge
said yesterday:
When the war is over the necessity
for educated men and women will BIZ
greater than ever, both 1 here and in
other countries, hence from this View
point alone it seems to be imperative
CONTINUED on Page Six)
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HEAVY FIGHTING FROM
NALENCIENNES TO THE MEUSE

Par s, Oct. 26.-The battle has famed
% again and heavy firing now is un-
der way from Valenciennes to the
Mause. The Germans are fighting we'll
everywhere, but the allies continue to
make substantial headway in the task
q driving back the enemy on the
Meuse line. Although the recent fight
ns has been marked by no sensational
developments, it is having cumula-
i've effect, which, apart from the
ground gained adds considerably to the
Wastage Of men and material with
WRicn the Germans must reckon. In
the last four days the enemy has lost
Wen upward to $4,000 prisoners and
>uJ guns. His total losses of effect
nes cannot have been less than $4,000.
strictly speaking, there are three large
patteS IN progress, all OF which are
DelnS conducted with equal success for
,ne allies. The first is being carried
oh by the British Third and Fourth
armies which, pushing on toward
,IohS have reached the Valenciennes-
HEson double track railroad. The sec
Vhd Is the attack of General Mangin,
I0Fth and east Of Laon, which has re-
slited in gain on front Of eight
.aes Tor a distance Of two miles. He
aaS carried his line out of the swamps
Stolnd SisSonne. The third battle is
ooAS fought by General GuilIaumatt
~ ~ 'front.' Of seventeen miles from
sgsSohn5 81 to Chateau Porcien, where
s.s, s Hundlng line joins the kriemhild
}s'elh OF defenses. The average gain
ras ,as Deen a mile, although at some
'''o'S the advance has been greater.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-27
Refugees From Northern France
Make Way to Haven
of Relief.
MANY ARE ILL
AND DESTITUTE
I'll PitifuI Tales of Cruelty and
Theft of Property by
the Germans.

Amsterdam, Oct. 26.,- Weather
beaten refugees. mostly from the
north of France. are trickling into
the Dutch provinces of Brabant and
Limburg. Some 1000 now are ac-
commodated in towns in these pro-
vinces. About five per cent are i'll
from over-fatigue or influenza and
are being cared for in hospitals and
converts.
Distressing stories are told abou:
the old people and babies who died
from exposure on the way and We're
buried .ewhbre they met their end.
Further westward no exodus has yet
taken place.
In view OF the German disclaimers
Of pilfering by the retreating troops,
it is significant that Dutch CORE
spondents at half dozen different
points on the frontier should tell the
same story, obtained from refugees,
'The Germans stole everything they
could lay their hands on a citizen
of Bruges said to the Rosendaal cor
respondent Of the Maasbode.
In the last few days the Germans
have looted stores indiscriminateIy.
One officer demanded that city of
ficial surrender his carriage. Being
asked latter for a voucher, the officer
pointed a revolver at the head Of the
owner and said this is my voucher" !"
Cartoons appeared in Bruges depict
ing the German admiral, Schroeder,
whom Emperor William decorated for
s.the brilliant repulse'' OF the British
attack on Zeebrugge, as fast asleep
in a safe place far from the coast.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-27
GERMANS RUIN
ART TREASURES
in ST. QUENTIN
EVIDENCE OF DELIBERATE PLAN TO
DESTROY VALUABLES AND MINE
HISTORIC CATHEDRAL. OF INVADED
FRENCH CITY

Paris, Oct. 26.-Deliberate deStruc-
ton OF property and documents Of his
toric nature was carried out by the
Germans at st. Quentin, according to a
report made to Premier Clemenceau,
by the municipal authorities Of that
city, who have made an Investigation.
Ancient city documents which had
been walled up under control of the
German command and placed under
seal were found to have been removed
or burned. Evidence showed that this
occurred shortly after the inhabitants
fled from St. Quentin in March, 1917.
At the Cathedral an attempt was made
to mine the great pillars, but the rapid
advance of the French prevented the
Germans from carrying out their de-
structions.
In stripping every factory in the
city, the Germans carried off all mod
els and designs, and even the accounts
Of the various companies were re-
moved. The municipal authorities ask
that an allied or neutral commission
visit the city soon to establish the fai-
sity of the statement made by DR.. w.
s. Solf, the German foreign secretary,
that the city was destroyed by shells
from the allied artillery. Such visit
would also, they say, establish that the
German depredations were actuated by
determination to crush the economic
life Of France.
The report asks that the armistice
With Germany, when arranged, will Sc
cure the return of all the people of the
city from occupied districts of Ger
many and that Germany be compelled
to pay an indemnify and supply work
ers, material, machinery and furniture
to enable the city to rehabilitate it
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-27
IMPROBABLE THAT VALENciENN
CAN WITHSTAND BRITISH Alta

With the British Army in France
and Belgium, Oct. ASSOCIATED
Press)-Heavy fighting continued to-
day in the Valenciennes area, par
ticularly along the Rhonelle river,
south of the city.
The enemy wa sgrappling grimly
this morning to retard the British
advance, which threatened to bottle
up Valenciennes before its defenders
could withdraw.
1t seemed certain today that valen-
ciennes coud not hold out much long
er.
Lequesnoy is closely besieged by at
lacking forces. Southwark the British
army had pushed forward a consider
able distance, forcing its way through
Engle Fontaine.
The British attack north Of Valen-
ciennes yesterday carried them for
ward an average depth Of two miles.