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The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
WHAT The FOOD SITUATION is

The Of England, Scotland, Ireland France
Italy and Belgium fighting; they are not on the
farms. The food production of these countries has
therefore been greatly reduced Even before the
it was much less than the amount consumed The diff
ference supplied BY the United States, Canada,
and other countries including Russia, Roumania,
South America, India and Australia.
The difference between production and consumption
is greater than ever, and at the time, food
longer be obtained from most Of the outside
countries.
Therefore, Associates in the for Democracy
depend upon North America for food as they have
never depended before, and they ask for it with
right which they have never had before. For today
they are our companions in great against COM
mon enemy For the present it is THEY who doing
the fighting, the suffering, the dying-in OUR war
One million Of the finest Young Men of the United
States will soon be fighting side by side with the mil
lions of brave soldiers of France, Great Britain Bel
gium and italy
Millions of the men, women and children Of the
United States cannot go abroad and fight the enemy
face to face. But they fight by
HELPING the FIGHTERS FIGHT
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
ToLARsvILLE TOPICS.
Farmers Busy-Meeting of Sun.
day School Association-Per.

aIHerS 6uSJ-Meetlng OF Sun
day School Association-Per
soaal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Tolarsville, Jan. 29.-Farmers ar,
busy preparing the soil for another
crop, while most of them have alread,
prepared their tobacco beds.
Tho North Robson Baptist Sun
day School Association, which was tt
have met here in December, was helc
here Sunday, as tho result Of it be-
ing n9favorable weather at the cor
rect hiae.
Miss Rtby Williams, of Barnes.
vile, visited relatives and friends here
last weekend.
Mr. John Fisher, Of Mullins, visited
relatives here last weekend.
Mr.: George Graham and family
and Mr.. Ira Walters, all of Proctor.
vile, visited in this section Sunday
making the trip in Mr. Graham's car.
Mr.. W. P. Barker, Of Lumberton
attended the quarterly meeting here
Mr.. Mack Humphrey, Of Wingate
visited in this section several davs
ago.
Sorry to report Mrs. Carrie Hedge.
peth on the sick list, also Mrs. T. W
Maxwell V
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
Small Business.
Statesyille Landmark

Partisan politics is now uppermost
IN Congress, which is creditable tc
neither Democrats nor the Re-
cans who engage in it, Th;<n
-t11s fnqpaiitticzi discussion.
Senator Stone Of Missouri must
take the responsibility for starting
the disturbance. The Republicans are
not blameless; they have given provo
cation; but Stone was not helping
the country, nor do we think he has
helped his party, by making an as
sault on them. Moreover, his own
skirts are not clear. He was not a
whole-souled supporter of the admin
lstration and the country when his
help was needed.
Stones main assault was made on
Roosevelt, He charged that the colo
mel was "the most seditious man in
America" and that he was "the most
potent agent the Kaiser has in Amer
lca"; that by his attacks on the gov
ernment Roosevelt is undermining
public confidence to the extent of his
influence, which is strong, and is a
menace and obstruction to the sue
cessful prosecution Of the war.
A great many people believe all
that and more is true. AS result of
personal pique and inordinate ambi-
ton, Col. Roosevelt has >shamelessly
nagged the administration. At ordi-
nary times he could do that with safe
ty, but any undermining of public
confidence now is an aid to Germany,
no matter what the motive.
But Stone did not help matters hy
his assault on Roosevelt, as much as
the colonel deserved all that was said
about him. He only succeeded in
arousing partisan feeling. Roosevelt
Immediately reported in Washington.
He made no public statement, but it
Is evident that he is there to lobby for
q war cabinet and director Of NUM-
hons. two measures The President op-
poses; and by reason Of Stones as
sault be nay succeed in lining up the
Republicans in support of these meas
nres; and with the dissatisfied Demo-
Gratis this may give trouble.
Its distressing that in the face of
this foreign war, when every thought
and every ounce of energy should be
given to the prosecution of the war.
that men honored with seats in Con-
gress and other high position are not
big enough to lay aside, for the time,
their partisanship, their narrow self.
1shness. their personal prejudices,
and unite for the country's good. But
1T is not news to say that some Of the
.so-called statesmen are really very
small people after alh
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
OUT sADDLETREE WAY.
Comment on Pardon of Negroes
Some Farmers Will Mix Their
Own Fertilizer-Roads in Bad
Condition-Personal.


Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Saddletree Lamberton, R. p Jan.
28.-Miss Effie Smith, a teacher in
the graded school at St. Pauls, spent
Saturday and Sunday in this com
munity, the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. M. Davis. Miss Smith was prin-
cipal Of the graded school here the
last term and is very popular with the
people in this community, who are ale
ways glad to see her come back.
DR.. r. T. Allen and Messrs. Junius
Mcintyre and Stephen McDuffie, Of
Lumberton, attended church here Sum-
day.
Mrs. w. H. Graham and son, of
Rennert, were visitors here Sunday.
Rev. r. E. Sentelle filled his ap-
pointments here Saturday and Sun
day, preaching very helpful sermons
both days. Saturday he used the first
Psalm as text and Sunday the first
verse Of the 28th chapter of Proverbs,
drawing on both occasions a vivid
contrast between the righteous and the
ungodly.
Mr.. Arch Parnell of Rozier attend
ed church here Sunday.
Mr.. Jno. N. Regan and family will
move from his farm here to Roslin,
Cumberland county, where he has
bought about 800 acres of land.
Mrs. D. B. Humphrey, and Messrs.
Richard Humphrey and Arch Nc
Duffie, went to Fayetteville on busi-
ness last Thursday. They made the
trip with Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Graham
in their Overland.
Miss Flora McPhail returned to her
school near Rennert Sunday after
noon, after spending some time with
home folks.
MrJ. D. Powell is making addi-
tions to his house, which will add
much to its convenience and appear
ance.
We hope the Governor has made no
mistake in pardoning the four ne
groes from Robeson county. We be-
lieve we have a Governor who is a
strong defender Of justice and yet
q merciful Governor. We hope the
lives Of these negroes in the future
will prove that their lesson has been
sufficient. The crime for which these
men were convicted was a very Sc
rious one and one which should not
be tolerated. The officer in the dis
charge of his duty must be protected.
Mrs. Clarence Rhyner will make
her home with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. l.. Humphrey, while Mr..
Rhyner remains in the army, where
ne enlisted some time ago.
A number of farmers in this sec
tion have exchanged their cotton seed
for meal and will buy acid and soda
and mix their own fertilizer.
The roads are in bad condition.
Those which have recently been work
ed by the chain gang are no better
than the others. This is no fault of
those who worked them, but is due
to the bad road weather.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31

"A, but il they wish bakers
the use of the higher perc.ns.s.
In fact, some were reporteJ s "
begun with the higher pe,"..i 20 =
today.
kilograms to Wa.hiny,,
from state food administra,.r'
that the people generally r;n =
whole hearted support t. - o
conservation regulations -
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
No Increase In Price For Victory
Bread.

The new victory bread prescribed
by the food administration must be
sold at the price that now obtain fol
it's equivalent Of white bread.
This was made clear Monday night
by the food administration in reply
No reports that bakers were preparing
to raise their prices on the ground
that are substitutes they are ordered
to use cost more than white flour
Increases, il was said, will be permit
ted only after careful investigation
has shown that bakers cannot make a
profit manufacturing the new war
bread at the prevailing prices.
The new regulations at present call
for only per cent substitution in
bread making with increasing amounts
until 20 per cent is reached February
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
Pork Sent to or Left at Local
Markets Reaches Soldiers or
Starving Women and Chill
dren by Proxy-North Caro-
lima Cities and Towns Draw
110t % y
Ing Supply Available for
Shipment to Europe-Must
Save All That Goes From
Now On.

Ralsigh.-"How~ will the meat ]
save reach soldier or a needy per
son in Europe?"
This inquiry has been received BY
the Food Administration from scores
or patriotic country people in North
Carolina who have not been able to
figure out just how pork which they
save can be made TO do war service
or prevent death from starvation in
the Allied or neutral countries of Bu.
rope.
The people who have heen making
this inquiry can use poultry, rabbits
and other substitutes for meat and are
In better position to swell the supply
OF pork available for export than any
other class Of people In the State, be-
cause the substitutes for pork and
beef on the market cost more in most
instances than these products do them.
selves.
In the course OF letter to MFR. e.
N. Lindsay, a.Wayne county farmer,
Mr.. John Paul Lucas, Of the Fsod
Administration, stated Aaaphatically
that: Every hog marketed by the
farmers Of North Carolina finds it's
way by proxy to Europe where it aids
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31

in sustaining q soldier or saves from
starvation woman, ehilo or man, be
cause the marketing of a hog in ou,
towns and cities releases tor expor1
the Central Western hog which would
have been imported by the town il
which the local hog was sold.
"The cities and towns of North Car
olina have to depend for their pork
and beef supplies largely upon the
central West instead Of upon the
farmers in their own State. The Food
Administration, of course, is going tc
see that all of the people at home are
supplied with food products before any
is exported and this means that solid
cars OF meat which might be saving
innocent people in Europe from actual
starvation are being brought into
North Carolina and other Southern
States to supply the markets which
should be supplied by our own
farmers.
= Not one per cent of the people; of
America have any conception ct. tho
horror Of the situation that cenfronts
&n2 2aHf1}alnG - Of Ens,aad
<Sa1y. and the still mora
HPnght Of the people Of Finlaad
knd~aafaSs other neutral coun.
Tries ef Europe. Any surplus thatove
have is arst divided with our Allies
and the neutrals can get only what il
left. Whether they get any at all de-
penas upon the degree In which our
people substitute ether products whicl,
vs. have for Che products which. be.
cause OF their Concentrated nature
and keeRing qualities are best adaSted
for expert
Our normal surplus of wheat and
meat has already been exported. what
the people Of Europe get from now
on can come only from what we save
out OF cur normal conaumptin of food
products. Even at the best. tens If
thousands Of mon, women and chill.
dren will starve during the next fonr
months; but every particle OF food
that As saved or marketed BY say
American will find it's way over ac-
tuaffy or by proxy to feed some SOL
d1er Or to help save the life Of soma
child some woman, or some man in
Europe
Facing these facts can any normal
human being, blessed as we in Amer
lea are blessed, refuse to economize
IN the use of all feedstuffs and to sub
stitute for wheat, beef and pork prod.
ucts ether things that we have in
abundance? We are sure that no
Nerth Carolina family which il ac.
qnalnted with these facts will refrain
ron asing its utmost to save life and
suffering s1 the ether side"
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
Prefers Chamberlain's.

In the course Of a conversation
with Chamberlain Medicine Co.'s rep
resentative today, we had occasion to
discuss IN general way the merits
Q! their different preparations. AT
ms suggestion | take pleasure in ex-
pressing my estimation Of Chamber
laln.s Cough Remedy. I have family
OF SIX children and have used this rem
eoy IN my home for years. I consid-
er II the only cough remedy on the
,m;arket,. as | have tried nearly all
;i1 Hi.1nos.-Earl c. Ross, Publisher Ham,
@ meon Eounty Republican-News, Syra-
~' A~' .,,-e ,,sy.; ,s - ;, = sysa
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31

Director General McAdoo, in an
order regarding free transportation
issued by railroads, cuts off attorneys
VINO are not actually engaged in the
performance Of necessary legal work
1of the company, or the issuance of
passes Tor any political purpose OF
70 influence the election Of any per-
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31

Naval authorities have started an
investigation to determine the cause
OF the explosion that wrecked three
concrete bombproofs at the naval tor
pedo station at Newport, r. l., on the
18th causing the death Of IL civilian
employees and injuring seven others.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31
WHY IT Is NECESSARY TO EAT
LESS WHEAT RREAn


France, Great Britain, Naly and
Belgium must now import 50 ne,
cent Of their breadstufs, instead Of
the 40 per cent which they irnpert.
ed. before the war.
America must supply the greater
part Of thiR need. 70 send tha.n
the least that they can hve On. ve.
must increase Or export Of wheat
rom 8&,eee,e 600 bushels to aao 60
eco bushels.
We have already exported tho
whole Of the surplus of the 1917
harvest, over and above the normal
demands Of our own populas,or
therefore, all exports Of wha.t
f,om now forward are limited an.
trely to the saving made by the
american people In their oen.u.,,.
efoa OF wheat and wheat. products.
HOW Yev CAN HELP.
Aeye at least one -heal -d.v
Without wheat bread. gse i.stead
eorn' at, rye, barley, or ntxed
cereal breads -
EAT less cake and pastry.
ofAer wheat bread from your
oaher at least "A hours in advance
SO that hs viii not bake too r.,,ch
cut sAe leaf st wheat bread on the
table: Use all stale bread for toast
Or eoohilE.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31

Major General Leonard ".
France on an observation ,"rN" 200
slightly wounded Sunday hv C' W =.
dental explosion which Inn an at,
French soldiers and hurt .ed twa n
American officers. '"o OF.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-31

Womanloves a clear, rosy co.-,
ion. Burdoek Blood Bitters ;SOmR',
did for purifying the blood . q, spt:
the skin, restoring sound ;Heail;,
All druggists sell it. Price 81 sitSrsNt' iSs
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-03
GRAIN.

Chicago, April 3.-Cold weather
and renewal of demand from the
seaboard brought about a sharp up
turn today in the oats market.
Shorts covered freely upon finding
that the pit was almost bare Of Of
ferings.
The bulge in prices, however,
brought about more OF a disposition
to sell and resulted in something of
"a reaction, Opening quotations,
which ranged from IL cent to SIS
cent to Is cent higher, with May
at 81 IA cents to "a 3-4 cents, were
followed by a setback of half cent
from initial top figures.
Corn sympathized with oats. Trad
ing though lacked volume. After
opening IA to 3-4 cents higher, with
May at SIPS IA to $1.25 5-8, the
market scored a slight further gain
and then underwent a moderate sag.
Advances in grain and hogs lifted
provisions. The bearish showing of
the monthly statement of warehouse
stocks appeared to have been dis
counted before hand.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-03
TO SPEED UP
DRAFT PROGRAM

Washington, April 3.-Measures
to speed up the draft program arc
in contemplation and an official an
nouncement is expected soon.
The intention is to meet the
emergency in France. For that rea-
son the 100000 to be called this year
will be called more rapidly than was
previously planned.
War department officials said no
arrangements were in sight looking
to calling out more than the 100000
men it was planned to take into the
service.
Reporst that the draft would be
raised from 100000 men to l,5OO,-
300 was denied.
Officials do not regard it as pos
sible that more men will be sent
abroad this year than the depart
ment already has arranged 10 sum
mon, even with additional British
shipping, made available as troop
transports. There are now under
arms and in Europe more than L.
100000 American soldiers. The
number will have been raised to
about 2,500000 by the end of the
year, counting drafted men, volun-
teers and special technical forces 10
be enlisted.
If it is possible TO get a total of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-03

tury, in pursuance of this conspiracy
by the military autocracy to become
the master of the world, the church
from day to day has coupled the
name of Deity with the name of the
German kaiser, until today the kais-
er himself speaks OF Deity as though
He were upon the same level as him
self.
The German God is not the God
of the Old Testament. The God
of Joshua was a God that believed
in law, believed in keeping the COM
mandments, and Joshua spent his
last years in trying to bring his peo-
pie back to a realization of and
obedience to the law as it had been
written.
Some one has said that this Ger
man God was the God of the pa
gans, He was not. because even
the pagan gods had qualities OF
mercy, of justice, of gentleness. The
German God is that old savage god
called Wooden, who, it was suppos-
ed, was dethroned in the German
forests 1000 years ago.
Across the brow OF that German
God should be written in letters Of
flaming light, MADE in Germany"
because he has no existence any
where else.
And so ! say that while it is a way
OF democracy, a war for liberty, a
war for righteousness, a war for
mercy, it is more than all this. 1t
is war between the hosts of heav-
en- and the evil powers that have al
ways threatened righteousness since
the first dawning of time.
In the old wars, the defeated pa
triot, the defeated lover of liberty
the defeated Christian could seek
some land somewhere else maybe
our own beloved land-where lib
erty OF conscience reigned supreme
and where he could find an exile
from tyranny and oppression. But
II this war goes against us there
will be no nook or Granny in all
the world big enough for the de-
feated lover of liberty, big enough
for the defeated lover of Justice and
gentleness and right.
Do you realize that Germany, the
home of the divinest music which
has ever entranced the ear, has not
written any beautiful music of late
years? Do you realize that when
hate enters the human heart and
dominates the human life there are
no notes in all the gamut with
which to weave divine harmony
Do you realize that years ago beau.
titul, exalted, and inspiring poetry
came in volumes from the German
pen? But OF late years the onl,
German poem of which know thai
has gained fame is a poem called
The Hymn of Hate" And the
German emperor decorated its au
thor
If there ever was a war in which
the clergy should be united anc
should be vigilant, it is this war il
which we are engaged. Every bo
who is wearing the American uni
form, whether he be in camp in ou
own country or in the trenches OF
the other side, or on the high seas
is your comrade, my friends, be-
cause he is helping you to win al
everlasting victory for the forces O
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-03
QUICK RESPONSES TO
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN

Dallas, Texas, April 3.-East Car
roll parish, Louisiana, of which Lake
Providence is the principal town, to-
day set an example for other com
munities in the Eleventh Federal
Reserve district in raising its quota
for the Third Liberty loan. Tele-
grams announcing the county
quotas were sent to all counties in
the district by J. w. Hopes, deputy
governor, yesterday afternoon. Two
hours later East Carroll returned a
telegram saying the entire quota
had been raised and that other sub
scriptions were available.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-03
CHICAGO SOCIALISTS AND
MAYOR THOMPSON LOSE
IN ALDERMANIC ELECTION

Chicago, April 3.-Socialist candi-
dates and those representing the
Mayor Thompson faction of the Re-
publicans were beaten in every ward
in which they appeared on the ticket
voted at the aldermanic election of
yesterday.
There were socialist candidates
in 80 of the IS wards, but in only
six were theer contests, and in
these the fight was waged by the
Socialist candidates on the con
tinuous and active opposition to the
war;" voiced in the national plat
form of the party adopted at St.
Louis.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-04-03
French Official Penort

Paris, April 3.-German attacks
south of Moreuil last night were
repulsed by the French fire and the
enemy was unable to gain a foot
ing in any part of the French posi-
tionS that the war office announces.
except at one point. The French
also broke up a German attack near
RoIlot and gained ground north Of
Plemont.
The statement follows:
on the front between the Sommc
and Disc there was increasing ac-
tiyity on the part OF the artillery on
both sides. South OF Moreuil, the
enemy made a spirited attack
against the French positions be-
tween Morisel and Mailly-Rameyal.
1t was repulscd by the French fire.
and the enemy was not able TO OBJ
tain a footing in the French de-
lenses, except at a single point.
"A German effort north of Rollot
was broken up by the French fire.
Last night, the French carried out
local operation on the slopes north
OF Plemont, in the course of which
our troops enlarged their position
appreciably and took 90 prisoners.
On March 81 and April /, French
aerial squadrons threw down more
than Is tons of projectiles on rail
ways and cantonments. Eight Ger
man airplanes were brought down.
Two others were put out of action.