The courier-index., 1918-02-22
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
APPOINTS COMMITTEES
NAMES MEN WHO WILL HELP IN
CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION
OF suPPLlEs-M1LLERs TO is
SUE RECEIPTS. a.

w. M. EbeI of Little Rock, public
ity director of the state food admin
istrator, spent Wednesday night and
Thursday morning in Mariana con-
ferring with J. M. Hewitt, the Lee
county food administrator, and with
merchants, jobbers and members of
the food administration executive
committee here. Mr.. Ebel found the
situation here with regard to the OBJ
servance of the food regulations
most satisfactory. He said he real
lied conditions In the cotton country
are different from those in other
section and that many local problems
must be worked out by the local
administrator and his executive COM
mittee without interference on the
part Of the state administrator He
said II was not the purpose of the
state or national administrators to be
oppressive or dictatorial, but that 1t
was their policy to conduct their
work In a spirit of cooperation and
mutual helpfulness.
Mr.. Hewitt had already lined up
the work in Lee county before Mr.
Ebel came for a conference. The
system of receipts to be issued by
tCAc W IAOi patti lOuO 0AAu tllC CCt-
tificates to be issued by the admin
istrator to the merchant in lieu of
the nsiHer's receipts, met with the
hearty approval of Mr. Ebel.. Under
the rulings of the food administrator
no head of Family is entitled to
more than 48 pounds of flour at one
time and when he purchases this
amount he must provide himself with
an Equal amount ef corn meal or
other substitutes. This ruling ap-
plies to people living in the country
In the cities and towns the maximum
allotment of flour is "a pounds with
an equal amount of meal or other
flour substitutes. The initial order
issued by Mr.. Hewitt bearing on
the distribution Of flour. is published
on another page in this ISSUE
The administrator requests the
Courier-Index to call attention to a
recent ruling of the national food
administrator to the effect that it is
unlawful to kill calves and that hens
and pullets must not be killed The
purpose of this ruling is to conserve
the beef supply and to increase the
supply of eggs and chickens.
Mr.. Hewitt has appointed the fol-
lowing executive committee to assist
him in directing the work of his
department: w. S. McClintOck, chair
man; H. M. Jackson, secretary; f..
N. Burke, Geo. w. Greenhaw, Maclin
McClintock, Starr Gregg, L. Y. Whit
tenton. Miss Grace Evans and Mrs.
G. e. Daggett
The committee to fix prices on
staples Is r. L. Nixon. chairman; ].
w. Reed, secretary; NJ E. Newbern,
F. X. nupuy, d. l.. Griffis and w.
w .Chisum.
The chairmen of the township COM
mittees who will appoint from three
to seven citizens to serve with them
and who will work with the county
food administrator and the county ex-
ecutive committee. are as follows:
Moro, DR.. c. L. Chaffin; Texas.
Ed West; Oak Forrest. Bascomb
Bunch; Aubrey, j. w. Mathews;
Rondo, N. M. Blair; La Grange, ]. B.
Markham; Haynes, j. ]. Hughes. Jr.:
Fleener A. l.. Jones; Vineyard, DR..
w. s. Beatty; Big Creek. Amos Lol-
lar; Independence, J. r. FELTON,; Bear
Creek, ]. N. Lyles; Hardy, Geo. Ram,
sey; St. Francis. Ben Elder, Sr.:
Council, j. G.. Davis; Liberty. T. C.
Conner; Walnut. ]. L. Dupuy.
Rev. W. C. Boone Is spending the
.lau In Marnuh;c xvtth ,.,>fto~