The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-26
40 ZONE AND GO 70 WORK"
~ ,e=-sayille News.


session Of wo-lers Of the State coun-
wa of National Defense held at Green
s1- Il yesterday could be heard by
..ry community in this section, our
Ne9D,e would gain a mGch cleare:
v<>r1e epticn OF the way wherein tneE
a. 4z,t 90 and the t:,-::2.~~s they must d3
t.S, save Americans from the bloody
7x-zsa1s of the Huns. If the genera
assembly whose members were a.
x~sr disinclined to give the council
xSa money it asked for had been pres
-. at the Greenwood meeting. every
sat would have been voted without
Sc .ious objection For those who pre-
:ss4z.ted the work yesterday deal in facts
Y1-t cannot he controverted. NOBODY
cs,ald have left the meeting with any
eo;;bt as to the indispensable need OF
saving and producing more food ana
sso:ug everything else essential ID
2eyfs:tory.
The hest thing the State Council o:
National Defense can do is to seno
STATE Food Administrator William Ell
g5ott to speak in every county seat II
South Carolina. He talks business
from the crack of the gun to the
,,apish-and he drives the truth home
ygx the sheer force of logic. He has
lis subject at his fingers end-he has
Stu3ied the fo~ situation thoroughly
he is on the Job. A word of warn
ing to would-be violators of the food
saws: this man Elliott means busi-
-wgsgs, he bristles with determination.
ae Is OFT for results and he'll get EN-.
by official figures he showed yester-
gay that the people Of South Carolina
rnUst eat less wheat-he said that III
meat conservation the people of this
state have done surprisingly well,
but they have not yet come up to the
scratch in saving wheat. He said
that America has already by a little
self denial saved enough meat to feea
vie Allied armies for awhile and that
Eaey must do the same thing with
waference to wheat Answering the
sanlliar question. 'sWhy can't we send
corn abroad, instead of wheat?' he
said that it was impossible to trans
oort corn meal. because it would De
xnJned en- route. while it cannot be
sent in bulk because the French peo-
~sfe 7ilaye no mills in which to grind
" and do rot know how to use it. 1t
xnay be noted that MIR. Elliott is
:, very aBfe ssTwyer who is trained in
setting the facts-a man food law v1o-
iators had better beware Of. The ex-
Esrtioner, the forestalfer and the
hoarder wilt get no mercy from him.
He is of the opinion that before the
war is over the people Of this State
-xiir be Tar more heavily restricted as
ITO food than they are nova con-
ss7ssusloa in which The News agrees.
1T George 3. Cromer Of Newberrv
Ssaefiyered a masterful address, full OF
a6re, winning deserved applause from,
the audience. Figuratively speaking
AS took off his coat. rolled up his
sleeves and administered solar |
aahgz,s TO the Huns and to the Hun !!
sympathizers in the United States. He +,
S man who IS absolutely bold and
FEARLESS in his statements and he hits |
straight from the shoulder. NO mid i
SiNe-af- -the-road for him, no tlme-se
lxg, no platitudinous palaver. no fence
The vials Of blazing
wrath he poured out on designing !
6emagogues who seek to hoist them |
.sslyes into public Office by panderins
20 the ignorant and the gullible. He !
szsia something to this effect: II {
sere friend of Germany, / would
xaeak around and whisper Qest some i
Federal agent overhear mel that the
SFam law deprives man of his rights
9srat Wall Street caused this war.
esaas this nation ha sno right to send
rnan out of this country to fight, that
germany is bound to win and that
we must make peace. There could
ne no severer denunciation OF those
wro seek to capitalize the war for
z-ra5naI political advancement. "Go
Assne and go to work" urged DR.
Cromer in conclusion-but the place
1ssr DR.. Cromer to work is not only at
zsnsne out throughout the State, If it
ss possible for him to do so,
That North Carolina's farmers boy
Sao has become the foremost agrf-
-ns5ttural journal editor in the South,
zar. Clarence Poe, of the Progressive !
searzner, spoke for the United States
department of Agriculture, outlining :