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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
FEW FLOUR REGULATIONS
ARE NOW IN EFFECT

Columbia. - Everybody is asking
about the new -four regulations. These
went into effect on September 1st.
The famous "fifty-fifty" regulation
has changed it's proportions. Only
one pound Of substitutes is now re-
luired to each four pounds of wheat
dour. The number of substitutes
have been materially reduced. Only
corn flour and corn meal and barley
-four are left in the front line. Vic.
tory Bread also retreats to the 20
per cent of substitutes basis.
It Is emphasized, however, that
wheat conservation as war duty Is
not cancelled. 1t is necessary to build
up wheat reserves against possible
disaster. The obligation is upon every
one to mix wheat -four with 20 per
cent Of substitutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
NEW WHEAT RULES
ARE NOW IN EFFECT

Columbia-New rules governing the
sale Of wheat flour, effective Septem-
Der /, have been promulgated by the
Food Administration.
Retailers are required to sell at the
same time with every four pounds of
standard wheat -four one pound OF
standard corn flour, corn meal, corn
-four, or barley -four.
No dealer may force upon the con.
sumer any other substitute tkan the
above with wheat -four.
Instead Of the above substitutes,
the dealer may, II customer so de-
mands, deliver on -he same basis any
of the following flours: Kaffir -four,
rico -four, bean -four, oat -four, milo
-four, potato -four, buckwheat -four,
fotarita -four, peanut -four, sweet po-
tate -four.
Pure rye -four or meal may be sold
as a substitute but must be sold in
the proportion of at least two pounds
OF rye with three pounds Of wheat
flour.
Corn meal for use in making corn
bread should be purchased separately
from combination sales.
aCorn meal purchased as substitute
with wheat flour should only be used
in making Victory bread mixture.
Victory Mixed Flour may be sold
without additional substitutes as it is
wheat flour which has mixed with it
the required amount Of barley, corn
or rye flour substitutes.
Victory Mixed Flour includes Gra-
ham, whole wheat or entire wheat
flour or meal when it contains 95 per
cent or more Of the wheat berry.
The necessity for conservation OF
wheat -four continues, and all house
keepers are requested by the Food
Administration to use such wheat
flour as is required carefully and con-
Servatively.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
TIME TO PREPARE FOR
INCREASED WHEAT ACREAGE

Clumbia-The world cry is for
bread. Wheat is as necessary as bull
let's. The world situation calls for and
demands an increase in the acreage
planted in wheat for 1919. Now is the
time to begin planning for next years
program.
Farmers should select the land to
be planted to wheat. and thoroughly
pre3are the seed bed. The yield per
acre is as imp. rtant as the acreage,
hence the importance Of selecting the
farm land best assH.ed TO wheat and
the procuring of good seed free from
disease and weed seeds. All seed
suspected of having smut should be
treated to insure against loss from
this trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
SAVE SEED
Food Administration Advises Gar
deners to Save Seed for Next
Years Planting.

Columbia.-Save seed for the pro-
duction of next years food crop.
This is important, and is urged by
the Food Administration.
While the production Of seed will
he about normal this year, large or.
ders fer :ege.ab!e seeds hare been
placed by foreign concerns for export
to European countries, which former
ly have been exporters Of vegetable
seeds to the United States. AS a
result o. this. the supply will not be
great enough to meet the demand.
Prices will be high, and the high
price and shortage Of supply will
bring many inferior seed on the mar
ket. To overcome this difficulty 1t Is
very necessary that every gardener
DO his par. cd save seed for next
-.
years planting. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12

Colum bia.-The proper storage OF
syeet potatoes is one Of the most i'm
portant food conservation measures
that can be put into effect in South
Carolina, and is urged by the Food
Administration. No perishable pro-
duct grown in this State Is more i'm
portant than the sweet potato, and
none, as a rule, is so poorly handled,
according to United States Depart
ment of Agriculture experts. To keep
this crop in good condition the pota.
toes must be well matured before dig.
ging, carefully handled, well dried, or
cured, after being put in the storage
house, and kept at uniform tempera-
ture after they are cured. The only
safe and practical method Of storing
sweet potatoes is in a we'll built stor
age house.
Suggestions on storing sweet pota-
toes, and detailed information on how
to construct a suitable storage house,
are contained in Farmers Bulletin
970, recently published by the United
States Department OF Agriculture, and
q copy of this bulletin may be had by
any interested person who will write
the Department at Washington and
make request for 1t.
Proper storage Of sweet potatoes
after they have been grown is equal.
iy as important as making the pota.
toes. It Is good economy to build q
substantial place for keeping the
product, for then the chances Of loss
are greatly reduced, and storage
house will soon pay for itself. There
Is no food to be wasted these days,
and no one should take any chances
Of loss which can be avoided, says the
Food Administration.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
WEIGHT OF BAGGING AND TIES
i is NOT TO BE CHARGED FOR.

Columbia.-It has come to the atten-
ton OF the Food Administration that
some Of the ginners are charging on
weights which include the weight Of
bagging and ties. The ginning prices
recently announced by the Food Ad-
ministration were for net lint cotton.
GSagging and ties weight rs pounds to
che bale. Therefore, ginners must not
charge in excess Of $3.50 per bale, for
ginning, unless the weight Of the bale.
5sclMdirs bagging and ties, is more
than Sc? pounds. For the excess over
that weight. at the rate Of 20 cents
per 100 pounds Of lint cotton is the
proper charge.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
SANE WAR BREAD
FOR ALLIED NATIONS
"Fifty-Fifty" Rule is Superseded BY
New Food Administration Eegula
tions Which Permit of Larger Use
of Wheat-victory Mixed FIours
May be Purchased Without Buying
Substitutes.

Columbia.-The 100000 people
fighting Germany will eat the same
war bread. That is to say that the
war bread of the allied nations will
hereafter be mixed in the same pro.
portions OF wheat -four and substt
tutes.
The "ffty.ffty" rule, which has
been in. operation in America, under
which it was required that wheat
flour be sold only in equal proportion
with substitutes, has been superseded
by new regulations just announced by
the Food Administration and which
became effective on September 1. In.
stead of "fifty-fifty," the proportion Is
"eighty-twsnty."
Under this international bread mol.
icy, formulated by the inter-allieC food
council held recently in London, the
people of the allied countries are per.
mitted to eat bread containing more
wheat flour than they have had at any
time since the beginning Of the war,
and all rationing OF bread among ths
allied peoples will be discontinued at
a time when the wheat situation IN
Germany and Austria is anything but
promising.
At the same time the wheat re.
sources Of the allied countries will be
conserved 80 as to maintain the nee
essary reserves against disaster; and
for that reason 1t becomes necessary
for the Food Administration to pro-
mulgate the new 'eighty-twenty" rule.
The new regulations provide for the
manufacturing and marketing OF
mixed -four, to BIZ known as Victory
Mixed Flour. under certain standards
set by the Food Administration. Vic.
tory Mixed Flour may be purchased
for household use without buying sub
stitutes.
Where straight wheat -four is pur-
chased, however, twenty per cent OF
other cereal flours or substitutes must
be purchased.
All bakers bread shalf contain ZU
per cent of other cereals and the Food
Administration relies upon the house.
holders Of the country to mix at least
20 per cent Of the substitute cereals
into home baked bread.
Corn meal. for use Of corn bread.
should be purchased separately from
combination sales.
Ability to provide the allies with
the new bread and relaxation OF the
restrictions on wheat in America was
made possible by the sacrifices OF the
American people in their patriotic OBJ
seryance of the conservation program
Of the Food Administration and the
bumper wheat crop which has Just
been harvested.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
NO STATE FAIR.

We publish the following letter
from D. F. Efrd, of Columbia, S. c.,
in regard to the State Fair:
Columbia, Nov. 6, 1918.
Dear Sir:
1t is with many regrets that the
management of the State Fair an
aounces that no fair can be held
this fall. Health conditions through
out South Carolina, caused the State
Board of Health several weeks ago
to postpone, indefinitely, the fair
from the original dates, October
28-November 1, and it is now
deemed inadvisable to attempt to
hold the fair at this late date. Also
the present congested conditions of
transportation companies is such as
TO make the immediate delivery of
exhibits very uncertain. Further
the general unrest of the people OF
account of war conditions and press
ing labor shortage, would make at
tendance upon the fair decidedly
problematical.
Because of these reasons, the
members of the executive committee
have decided to hold no fair for the
year 1918, and trusts that this de-
cision will meet with the approval of
the exhibitors and the public gener-
ally. From present indications the
war will soon come to a successful
conclusion, and no effort will be
spared to make the 1919 fair the
greatest in the history of the CO.
ciety.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
the sugar PATTON IS
MEASURED IN SPOONFUL

Columbia. many teaspoonfuls
are there in one pound o. sugar?
With the sugar ration at 2 pounds
pcr person rer month it is we'll enough
to know this.
There are IS level teaspoonfuls-2
for each day.
There are 4s rounded teaspoonstu:s
-1s for each day.
There are p heapiag teaspoonfuls--
almos. l for each day.
It should be remembered that the 2
pounds per person ner month ration
covers the use Of sugar for all pu--
poses-including the sweetening OF
tea, coffee, dessert and in cooking
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
SELECTION OF SEED CORN
IMPC RTANT AT THIS TIME.

Columbia and testing OF
seed corn is important Every farmer
should go into his field, select suitable
ears, and so mark them that they may
be readily distinguished. After the
seed corn is harvested it should be
stored 50 as to protect it from ex'
eremes in weather, insects and rats.
The labor shortage makes 1t absolute
" necessary for the farmers to have
good seed in order to avoid loss o.
cine and effort spent N replanting
and to rake every acre produce as
much G.: possible at time when dig
production of food crops is demanded
by the world situation.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
Why You Should Give Twice
What You Did Before

The government has fixed the
sum needed for the care Of the
men in the service at $170,500,000.
Unless Americans give twice as
much as ever before our soldiers,
sailors and marines in 1919 may not
enjoy their
5000 recreation buildings
1000 miles of movie films
100 stage stars
1000 athletic directors
$500 libraries supplying.
100000 books
IS hostess houses
$4,000 "Big Brother" Sec
retaries
Millions of dollars Of
home comforts
Give to maintain the morale that
is winning tie war row
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
FURLOUGH FOR LINZ
TIED SERVICE MEN

Washington, Nov. 8.-Furloughs
lasting for a period OF six months
are to be granted to limited service
colored men if agreeable for them
to work on projects principally at
Camp Knox, Bragg, North Carolina,
Camp Johnson and at ordinance sup
ply depots under the supervision of
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
Tuesday, November II, 1918

the construction division according
to an announcement by the War
Department here today.
Men will be sent only of their OWN
free will, and are to receive current
wages with suitable living accommo-
dations and hospital facilities pro-
vided for them. 80.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
DON'T BE A U-BOAT.

Use one level teaspoonful Of
sugar in your coffee. Don't be
a U-boat. U-boSs sink sugar.
Sugar sunk in the bottom of a
coffee cup Is wasted the same
as sugar sunk by submarine.
Put in one level teaspoonful,
and stir for all you're worth.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12

The subscription rate to The Press
and Banner is now So per year.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
BLAME THE KAISER.

If you are inconvenienced by
the necessity Of using less
sugar than you have been
accustomed to before the war,
don't blame the Food Admins
t-aticT. b:t blame the kaiser.
Ee's responsible for it all.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12
STORAGE WILL SAVE
SWEET POTATOES

Proper Storage Houses Should be
Built to Care for the crop.-Import'
ant Product Has Been Poorly Han
died and Big Waste ResuIts-Car
Be Avoided.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12

Buy W. s. S.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1918-11-12

We publish the following letter
from D. F. Efrd, of Columbia, S. c.,
in regard to the State Fair:
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
: You Can't Bun From the War.

1.-THE other day heard about a per-
fectly healthy man (not of military
age) who said he was going to Homo
lulu to get away from the war; He
didn't believe in the war; thinks the
war a mistake and all that sort Of
thing.
stWell, wonder if he thinks the rest
of us are infatuated with the war!
Are you? Is France? Wouldn't we
all like to get rid of it? And aren't
we trying to?
'sWhen I heard about this man I
felt like sending him the following tel
egram: Say, mister, come back and
do your share. This is your world
just as much as ours. You can't run
away and leave the job of trying to
save it to the rest of US. If you think
it can be saved without the use Of
guns and swords, come back and show
us how. But don't stand there and
look superior. You can't get away
with that. Cut out your airs and tell
US what to do. If you still think you
must go-go for what you area
welcher and a gutter American
Magazine
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Jananese Hero Worshin.

The Japanese are hero-worshiping
people who treasure their own past.
American history has none Of the pic
turesque atmosphere that adorns feud-
al Japan, still an actuality in the lives
of many Of the grandfathers Of young
people now in school. Through their
tales, history is fresh. No alchemy
compounded Of modern disillusions
can convince the young Japanese that
the glamor Of the past is not all gold.
The rich brocades and gorgeous attire
Of the feudal lords Of the Tokugawa
days, the beautiful elaboration of tenn
pie and palace, the exquisite art and
craft productions, the ritual of elegant
ceremony attached to court life, the
ancient ideal Of Bushido, or knightly
conduct, everywhere encountered in
illusions to heroic and loyal deeds, all
lend their ,vibrancy to old japan.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
EIowers for Your Garden.

Somebody has said that blue bios
SONS are the highest type of the flow
er realm; the commonest flowers, by
the same token, being those in yellow
hues. Fortunately the ultra-refned
blue posies are not difficult to raise
and masses of blue flowers are beau
tiful in the garden. But there must be
masses or the blue flowers do not show
up well against the green background.
You will want plenty of delphininum,
bachelors buttons, blue Canterbury
bells, larkspur and some heliotrope.
White flowers may be grown in the
same border with good effect.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Bats Once Used for Food.

That bats were food for primitive
men is indicated by Miss Grinnell in
her work on bats Of California: "The
bat had become master Of the air long
before man walked upright. The rocky
refuge revealed to the cave man the
little upside-down bat clinging to the
roof of his cavern. One bat takes its
food off the ground, since it brings to
its roost wingless Jerusalem crieketg,
either attracted by the noise the in
sects makes in crawling or the air cur
rents made by such movements"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Sciences.

T suppose you understand the
science Of government"
"To be frank" replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "I'm not as strong on the sci ice
of government as ought to be. I 1--we
meant to take it up, but have Len
tied right down to my studies in he
science on how to get reelected"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
U.S.-Teutonic W0rNesvs

Secretary of War Baker announced
in an address at New York in celebra-
ton of Italy day that American infan-
try, American machine gun units and
American artillery soon would be fight
ing shoulder to shoulder with the Ital-
ians on their front.
Hefoism and daring of American
naval officers and men in rescuing 81
of the 20 In the crew of the American
munitions steamer Florence H., which
caught fire and broke in two in
French waters April II, are described
In the report of Rear Admiral Wilson,,
commanding, made public by the naval
department.
The Rotterdam Maasbode reports
that an entente allied air raid has
been successful over Liege. The Long,
doz railway station was destroyed and
26 persons were killed.
Lieut.. Louis M. Edens of the med
ical corps with the American forces
in France, is a prisoner in the German
prison camp, according to telegram
received at Cabool, Mo-, by Mrs. Edens
from the Red Cross.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Wonder If Papa Thinks So.

A little girl asked my aunt, "How
many children have you? Il have
two" answered my aunt. Then she
asked how many there were in their
family. With a bit Of scorn she said,
"Is that all the children you have?
Why, we have nine; we are getting
rich on hildren."-ChicagO Tribune.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
What contentment Means.

Everybody knows that concentration
is the secret Of doing the best work,
but some people fail to realize that a
lack Of concentration is the secret Of
so much nervous, taxing, hurried work.
1t is the thought of something else we
need to do which makes us feel that
we must race through what we are
engaged in, and make every instant's
delay so excessively trying. Could we
learn to think only of the task in hand,
we should do it better, and far more
happily.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
His nax Cut Short.

81 don't understand this law busi-
ness"
"Huh?"
"They said 1 was to have my day in.
court. All the neighbors turned out"
'Well?"
"The judge disposed of my case in
less than minute"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Her Method of Reading.

While mother was arranging the
pantry shelves Mae handed her the
spice boxes, mentioning each spice by
name. Presently she said: Mamma,
I can read"
"Can you, dear?" remarked her
mother.
Eyes, mamma" said Mae. "But I
don't read like you, I read by SMELL"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Economy and Character.

Gladstone said: Economy is near
to the keystone to character and
success. A boy that is taught to save
his money will rarely be q bad man
or a failure; the man who saves will
rise in his trade or profession steadi-
ly; this is inevitable"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07

A bonus of $4,000 will be paid if
necessary to get the winner of the
Harkness handicap at Shcepshead
Bay to compete in the fourth annual
auto derby at Speedway park. Chi
cago. on Saturday, June %.
Superseding indictments charging
violation of the espionage act were re-
turned by a federal grand jury at New
York against Max Eastman. former
editor Of The Masses, and four per-
sons associated with him.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Just the Thinu.

"a florist advertises, Tell her with
flowers
"a pretty thought. Suppose you
wanted a girl to meet you about the
middle of the afternoon. What would
you send herr"
"Four o'clocks."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
His Conjecture.

what did your landlady mean by
telling me she had a bone to pic with
me?'
Don't know, unless it was an invi-
tation to dinner. r."-BroWnings.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
A Sad RIaM

'"Ten years elapsed between acts one
and two"
"Huh?
"Yes," said Mr.. Flubdub bitterly,
"and I see the brute's wife is stiu
wearing the same hat."-Louisville
Courier-JOurnal.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
Foreign

Aviators De vienne and Lorgnat
flew from Paris to London and back in
a hydroairplane Monday in three
hours and ten minutes, carrying mail.
The aviators will make daily trips.
Discussing the problems Of demobil-
ization after war, the minister of Ia
Dor, George III. Roberts, said in a
speech at Smethwick, England, that
100000 discharged soldiers had been
provided for already.
DR.. Johannes Kaernpf, president of
the reichstag, is dead in Berlin. Doctor
Kaempf had been president of the
reichstag since 1912. He belonged TO
the progressive peoples party. He was
seventy-six years old.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-06-07
asinn Wall Clothed Means Much

To be well clothed a man needs
more than clothing. He needs a good
complexion, he needs a good smile,
and an honest expression on his coun-
tenance