The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-02-24
ASK COMMERCIAL
CLUBS TO ASSIST
FOOD ADMINISTRATION RE-
QUESTS ASSISTANCE IN BIG
DRIVE FOR CRATER CROPS
Club At Mariana Has Set Pace and
Others Are Asked to Follow Lead
They Outlined.

CluD, banks and Wholesale houses OF
Mariana. as. a testimony to the
Food Administrator of Lee County,
j. NJ Hewitt, to place a brood SOW on
the farm of every negro in that coun-
ty, as well as to assist both white and
negro farmers to obtain a brood OF
registered chickens, in the opinion
of Hamp Williams, federal food adj
ministrator for Argansas, is one of
the big patriotic steps taken by any
community in The interest OF the
! Food Administration in months.
The action of the Mariana citizens
was taken at big patriotic rally
| that followed the annual election of
officers of the Commercial Club.
Walter NJ. Ebel, director of publicity
for the Food Administration, had con-
cluded a patriotic address, in which
he outlined the policy of the Food
Administration and the necessity for
the conservation of food, making a
special plea that the citizens sup
port MIR. Hewett, of Mariana, the
Lee county Food Administrator, when
| tAAN GUS 3 CotACh AtAhklAC " aRRplg us
each negro family with a brood SOW
and placing registered chickens with
white and negro families was brought
up. Representatives OF the Marian
ma banks, as well as the larger mer-
chant present, volunteered to pro-
vide the money for these projects.
Il have notified Mr.. Hoover of the
action taken by the Mariana citi-
GEMS" declared Mr.. Williams, "for ]
know he will he interested. The
Commercial Club there has taken the
initiative in a great work, and l hope
that other commercial organizations
over the state will not be long in
following their lead If the CONNER
cial organizations will give their sup
port TO food campaigns OF this ma
ture Argansas will be able to make
a great record In fact, the success
of the intensified farming campaign
for greater and more varied crops de
. ponds in great measure on the in -
terest the men OF the city those a ?
filiated with their commercial clubs.
take in such campaigns. 1t is looking
Mk to each cOmercial club in Arkan-
! sas to support the Food Admnistra-
ti0n in the drive to be made in the
country. He must have their best
speakers, not to tell the farmers how
to do it but to point out the neces-
sity for greater crops and to carry a
lstirriug message OF the seriousness
of the war and the food crisis into
ls1e rural districts. We need the
help of the commercial bod es in d
financial way, and the Mariana or
ganization has rendered "A distinct
and valuable service TO their state
and country in what they decided to
do"
| Following his visit to Mariana,
Mr.. Ebe went to Helena, whore he
had a conference with j. b. Piil2w,
the Food Administrator for Phillips
county. One OF the best organiza
tons in the state has been establish
| cd by Mr., Pillow. who has active
| committees worknw with him i'm ey-
cry precinct in the county and ev-
cry ward in Helena one Of the re-
/ cent dtllOHn OF MI. IlllDN ~ d5 10
close a restaurant in Helena for three
days, the proprietor of which had VIC
lated the "meatless" and wheatless'
day order A second violation Of tae
rules and regulations Of the Food Ad-
ministration, the proprietor was in
formed, would mean the revocation Of
| his license
MIR Pillows action has the full sup
port Of State Food Administrator
| Hamp Williams
"TThere is just one thing that can
| win the war for the United States
and the nations associated with us in
| this struggle said Mr Williams, {
| land that is fJod-American food,
| too. make no mistake about that.
| That is the situation we are facing
| today We have come 10 the stern
realization that unless Europe is fed,
now confronted by worlds food
Europe cannot fight. We know we
are now confronted 10y a worlds food
| shortage We know that unless We
save from our normal consumption
Europe cannot be fed We know that
if we continue TO eat as we did a
few years ago, We cannot hope for
victory"