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U N I T l i D S T A T E S F O O D . A D M I N I S T I t \ T I O N .

W a s h i n g t o n , D. C., O t o b o r lTlli . l:;17.

T o All F u d e i u ! Fuml A d m i n i s -trate .TS:

A s t a t e m e n t h i s a p p e a r e d in Ct«!C-••»«» p a p - r s t h a i tin? U n i i f i l S t u m s Food A d m i n i s t r a t i o n )m» t h « iuiutiiii.il of i r i lu i ' i i i j ; ih< hi-jf |>ric« 10 $ l o 00. T i n - i n snlt tUny u i l l r u " . ami l ias m u . i n ! n fl. od of i i i q i u n - a to ,»li el . t h e folio.Mlly is a s a m p l e or oui r e p l y :

C h i c a g o adv i r t - s als<>hii*ly uu t r u e a n d do noi u-|>icscnt opinii .n or prt i |r**• a c t u m of i h r Fiiod AdfiiiniMi'ai-iiii, w h ul> will tukt- no ' . lop , l/i j . i i | u i i l i i r livr

All l .«

p r i t v . a t which a l l i . d and jov -er i iu iemal purctia-^-s a r e m a d » , on u plativ iliat (f ives .n u s . t i : i d r e t u r n of coa t and p ro f i t to p r o d u r o r s of m o u t Ri . imals . In o u r op in ion t h « h o s t m a r k e t o b t a i n -able f o r the presen t c o r n n rop of t h e c o u n t r y will be t h r o u g h livo s tock . W o need ine reasud p r o d u c t i o n of beef and p o r k and the only wny t o secure t h i s in c r e a s e will hi- b y a p r o f i t on p r o -duc t ion . Wil ' a p p r e c i a t e y o u r g i v i n g th in widest p u b l i c i t y .

F a i t h f u l l y Vours, H e r b e r t H o o v e r .

. N o w a n d ihen w e h e r r of a o m e One who is a f ra id t o si>>n p l e d g e c a r d fo r t h e ( k m a e r v a - i n a nf food for t h e r e a s o a t h a t i t only provide* a m e a a s of h e l p i n g the G o v e r n m e n t in t h e i r p lan to won fiscato all o a r food s t u f f A n y o n e w h o be l ieves t h a t the U . |S. Gov-e r n m e n t will c o n f i s c a t e t h e food s t u t t in a n y h o m e in [ t h e land is t oo i gno ran t to .be a l lowed to . t r ave l u n g u a r d e d a n d t h e p e r s e n of o r d i n a r y in te l igence w h o ' u s e s s u c h l a n g u a g e is a l i a r of J t h e f i r s t c loth a n d one of t h e . wors t of G e r m a n s y m p a t h i z e r s

THE uian w h e c a n b u t r e f u s e s to b u y a L i b e r t y I jond fo r the se l f i sh , h n g g i s h r e a s o n tha t he ^ a n get a g r e a t e r income 0 0 h i s m o n e y elsewhere ,* is ce r t a in ly u n a m e r i c a n and p r o p e r l y be longs t o t h e L a F o l l e t t e c l a s s t h a t shou ld be s o u l the Kaiser a s a X r n a s of -f e r i n g .

We call a t t e n t i o n to the con-s t i t u t i o n a l a m e n d m e n t to b e vo ted on a t t h e N o v e m b e r e lec t ion . T h i s a m e n d m e n t p r o v i d e s t h a t ! te lephone, companies m a y b u y o r sel l a pr iv i lege which is n o w de-nied by t h e p r e s e n t law of o u r s t a t e . T h e c ivic bod ie s in v a r ioua t o w n s ami c i t i e s a n d wspca ially In t h o s e u l a r e s w h e r e two system* a r e ope ro t i nc , a r e m a k i n g s t r o n g d e m a n d fo r a one s y s t e m se iv ice . T h e f o l l o w i n g m o r e c l e a r l y e x p r e s s e s t h e s i t ua t i ou and g i v e s t h e r ea sons w h y t h e people and n o t t h e t e l e p h o n e c o m p a n i e s in p a r t i c u l a r , a r e u r g -ing t h e adop t ion of t h e a m e n d moot . T h e a r t i c l e Is a s fo l lows:

" I r e a d w i t h m u c h i n t e r e s t w h a t y o u r p a p e r said a b o u t the a m e n d m e n t t o b e voted on n e x t m o u t h , a n d h o p e y o u will B a k e i t clear t o y o u r peop le t h a t if t h e y d o n ' t w a n t is b e a n n o y e d to d e a t h , d o n ' t have t w o ' p h o n e s , " said he . W e [ h a v e b e a r d a n u m -b e r of s imi la r e x p r e s s i o n s . T h e idea of t h e n e w law ia to I pe rml t o n e c o m p a n y to buy t h o o t h e r — t h u s o n e can afford to g ive first-c l a s s service . Ka t e s can n o t be boos ted t h e r e b y , of c o u r s e , a s t h e c i t y counci ls c a n r e g u l a t e t h a t If good s e r v i c e Is not g i r e n , h a t e t h e * r a n d j u r y indiet t h e c o m p a n y a t a i n i n g m o n e y u n d e r f a l s e p re t e n s e s . T h e r e a r e m a n y WETS t o g e t p ro tec t ion- B u t le t ' s n o t t a k e T B f w t t i n g v i ew of t h e m a t t e r a c d say., if o n e c o m p a n y ge t s c o n t r o l I t wi l l g o u g e / t h e people ,

1 t h e p e o p l e wil l n o t b e f p r e f e r to sit

Bqjr Liberty Bonds and Protect Ycsr Homes Says President of Women's Club Federation

•*?s!dent of the Ohio Feder-vomrn's Committee of the •«ued this stirring call to

" I to ac^lJt In this second

nmer-n 'InV -£ of

—- - " " . ' u wi taw rour t t Liberty-Loan u n palgn:

"BOY YOUR BOND FOIt LIBERTY TODAY." Tlecauso It la a good Investment. , *%DeftVae It helps to 1'cr p burlnosg go • " every cent of the mcney

raised by these bonds la spent In this conn-"Because If these bonds do not Bell, the necessary money most be

raised by auch heavy taxation as to cripple evi-ry Indurtry In the land, and the poor would not bo able to provide themselves with the barn necessities of Ute. Evoryihlng would go Into tnxa'.lon. Hence come those bonds as

real part tn win-

Dnltod Slated—to your slate. Ajnonlca, BXTY *OUft BON6 YOUR HOME:."

not to Fri to your city, to your hom. FOR LIBERTY TODA' ,Y TO PROTECT

What Our Country Is Fighting For There la a story of

Quickly, tore a piece of claimed, "For France.

CotonlentlnB upon this Franca la literally

ttracched In American soil. If / American men had died by th-

lad been put to shame uQspfeakaoie. tne anfl yearnlhg go touchlngly expro»»ed by Uamd the handful of nod would have it# e< of JLmerlcaha.

Thfe Germans are still.only sixty-£ve Ihnee thousand miles of sea separat***^ • ardor of many. Tet In that see Me the t

. If Oerma

French officer

the earth, pressed

o n Paris, while m and cools the the Lusltaala's

plete. will

will soon be lying beside the Frenchmen

rtoo" to the cause of human liberty. Lei ue see It with our mind's ova and feel It In our hearts. Let us. too. seize the soil of our

Our gallant

What is jbacx or i cur i^end This safety siioulJ never have t.e.-ii n i r . A United Sl t .es bend, whuthor Mb'rty ln.n.

given date, with Interest at Ill's or th .1 r.:tc dnr'.n And s United Slates greenback Is no mor^or

the Interest feature. The only real .llfTcrcr,® 1: legal tender while the bond is not. You con pay lord, any creditor, with the greenback. Bv.'on-bond Investment you must trade the hond for :he

But bolh are backed by all tho resources of t of the government Jusi so long as irt: American a fifty dollar Liberty bond will be wodth Ally dolla

Bnclc Sam wilt have to go broke before elti Investment.

lability

arth. oubtful

THE HCij

EiP ARE THE FOLKS HI

.IP Si. ountlnx the m y y t

urth Federal "Many officers and men have made big sacrifices In a financial way In or-

1 g«t ots the d c r 1 0 he hore. but tbey are throwing tibia and are themselves unu the spirit of the new

part of the Liberty Loan Campaign with the same ^ ' r t ' 0 Bo"'d' Z C " ' n v , l " c t , l l e y oCered their serv-

Llicy are pui- "SoliUers r.telize that l i e loan must -Vl r i ' ^ " *«»: b C lulckly subscribed If the war is to the same lib- That Is why thy are watching thorac-

al11 clothes «on of the folks back home. They are :ids back of confident lhat I'hey will not be disap-

pointed. Sly Utile,detachment of four iment In the oflicer# and 16 enlisted men have sub-

liacb of s ucder my command

915.000. Total crlptlou

The Council of ^ National Defense Siuce wu h a v e Iw^un t l ie caui -

l i a i f n to s e t P'ood S a v i n g p ledge-

ilcu fo

o r n m e n t to d i i c h a r K e t h o u s a n d s of our l ioys w i t h o u t t h e i r h a v -iiiff 10 RO t o t h e f r o r t Thi< i s w o r t h whi le , uud w i t h t h i s in vTew w c a r e g i v i n g o u r l ime .

) s a l a r y a t a l l , t o h e l p in eut w o r k W e a p p e a l to h o u s e w i f e in R o c k c i a t l e t o s i g n t h e s e c a r d s a n d

y w o r k e r t o do- Witfir pai . t in« n en rd t o every h o m e

wi th c a r d s s i g « d . Wu people in t h i s c. i n g t h e G o v e r n r s u p p l i e s a w a y f r o m tlicm 10 s p ly t h e a r u i y and n a v y . s i j r n ing c a r d s s n d repor t ing U 1 . . G e n t r y t h * a m o u n t of c • • d f r u i t s a n d v e g e t a b l e s o n ^ i e l o u s to h ive m o r e f i r m p r o -h a n d would be o n l y h e l p i n g in I d u c t s to u s e a t l i o m e a n d to t h i s u n d e r t a k i n g N o t h i n g could Isel l , i he rebv h a v i n g m o r e m o n e y b e f u r t h e r f r o m t h e t r u t h . T h e ' a n d a l s o he lp to win a v i c t o r y Food A d m i n i s t r a t i o n a s k s us to !<he g r e a t e s t t h a t w a s eve r w o n e n c o u r a g e e v e r y c i t i zen to e c o n J i n a n y w a r and save t h e l i v e s O'.nise on food , so w e will h a v e ' o f o u r o w n boys. e n o u g h f o r o u r s e l v o s a n d p o s - l M . P e n n i n g t o n , a ib ly s o m e t o sel l W i t h t h e ! G o v e r n m e n t it i s n o t only q u e s t i o n of c o s t of food, but

My Patriotism to me for advice,

id been hi The boy"

In the Spanish fighting under

the Philippines. ™"" Intelligent of those

believe that honor Is Ing In the world. With

of her husband' and bravery in her soul,

her had brought the boy straight thinking, straight

1 had watclicd and I waa proud

It did

for him to make. The training that he had received from his moth* and his pride in his father's dei tion to the country, made any other courso seem pitifully we ' * the boy. and. besides, he h keen appreciation of the Justl the cauao for wblcb the United States Is fighting. He did no for advice as to himself. He

about his moiher. Was he doing

ter they had madp np anytJi.ng that 1 night e useless. 80 after 1 IP boy the usual good

aythlng that would interfere with

But hero waa this youngstei^-ist beginning to feel the xest of

life, full of sp!ondlri enthusiasm for •aWng his life worth while, will-

^ u c o n ^ m a y live in pence and se-

Royal Baking; Powder saves eggs in baking.

In many recipes only half £3 many eggs ETC nxrjirod, in some none at all, if an additional quantity of Royal Baking Pcwtier is used, about a teaspoon, in place of each egg omitted.

T r y t h e fo l lowing r ec ipes w h i c h also conserve white flour as urged by the government.

Corn Meal Griddle Calces

tTne Old f.fclhoi! c m l d for t eu-s)

E g g l e s s , M i l k l c - s S , B u t t e r l e s s C a k *

&C'tottfMai Itorel Baktej Powitr Boil sorar. vf.«r, fn l t . skortonia;-. iilt ant .«!;•»

(The Old Mothod [7r-_;t C ^ i called fo.-2et:c?)

i t r.d for our new booklet "SS Vva^s t o Saoe Eggs." A { a i l e d {rcc o n request. j Address Royal Bshing Powder Co., Dept. U., 135 William Street, New York

Journal Prints Strong Adoption Of

rhe strong

T h e Old R e l i a b l e JONAS McKEIMZiE

A G O O D

*ccntly following {Editorial:

"Amend Tho Con: Cham "The action of the Chamber of Cotr^

merce, in pledging its efforts to the

me«t relat&g to the purchase of tele-phone l ine / and in calling upon other commercial bodies to support It, Is

« fnd timely. t e iphone Unet to thai, t y j each contending lot

R o c k c a s i l e Couo Cht t i r tn oil of Defense.

L I B i ? R t Y " B O N D S S O L D . Ci t izens B a n k r e p o r t s $11:600

sold: BanU o t M t . Vernon $3,850, a n d F i r s t S t a t e Hank of L i v i n g s

. . t o n $2,900 T h e Peoples Ban\r s m a l l p r i c e , bu t t h e Food Ad- a r e n o t * e l l i o g a s all s n b s c n p

q u e s t i o n of h a v i n g a suf f ic ien t s u p p l y . Ko s t e p s have been o r wil l be t a k e n to r o b t h e p r o d u c c r s o r f e r e s t h e m to sel l f >r a

m i n i s t r a t i o n i s a f t e r the midd le m a n , t h e ones w h o for years h a v e b e e n b u y i n g o u r p r o d u c t s , h o l d i n g ' t h e m a n d sel l ing t h e m to tis a n d o t h e r s at a n exorbi -

t i o n s a r e t a k e n t h r o u g h t h e Bank of Mt. V e r n o n . T h i s l eaves R o c k c a s t l e • sho r t a b o u t $10,000 of h e r a l l o t m e n t . C a n ' t t h e s e b e s o l d by t o m o r r o w n i g h t . ' O c t o b e r

t a n t p r i c e . S i g n i n g p l edge c a r d s 2 7 t d i s the l a s t d a y . B u v . L i b i s o n l y i n d i c a t i n g our w i l l i n t n e s s e r t y B o n d t o d a y , d o n - t wa i t nn-

h e l p o s r s e l v e s s n d t h e r e b y t i I w m o r r o w . h e l p win t h e w a r ; t o h e l p e n d — „ I t s o o s e r ; t e k e e p o . r s o U i e r s „ S T O U A C H . f r o m h a r i n e to RO to F r a . c # . I a t ' « l 0 " | y - ? 0 B r

i J . , ' ,L ' ' * e d t h o r o u g h l y , s b s t a i n f r o m I t i s s> e v i d e n t f a c t t h a t if w e m t a t f o r , f » w ' d B y 9 a n d i n m 0 s t

r a i s e a n d f u r n i s h t o E n g l a n d a n d c a s e s t h e s o u r s t o m s o h will d i s Franfce e n o n g h food to f e e d a p p e a r . If i t doef n o t t a k e one t h e i r a m i e s s n d g o n s s n d a m - 0 1 C h a m b e r l . i i n ' s T a b l e t s i m m c d -««sftsraape'^s mss

starve Germany out of gtomsch and yoo may find It this war, thus,allowing our Gov beat to cot tiem out

expenai public.

When t h f professional

flirouth long <iny» nnd

8 0 0 0 Mi les s t and nrcl t r a c k d i rec t ly s e r v i n g naturally

Alabama Florida

required Georgia Indiana Illinois telephOn Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi

written company could .not or purchase, fee Ing company, with every municipality listed two telephone

M>ever much City Council wished

on»f one, they could get rid ot neither wltho lines were doomed to continuous ence. In spite of the ally neither w to the public, satisfactory 8tate. authorities rr.d local

complete power of regulation, of com pan

"The General Assembly ado pending amendment to the Con?

permitting one telephone com pany tt> purch

tho City Cousell 5<ate authorities should appro

i f e : without that approval

Missouri NorthCarolina

Mmd Your Business SouthCarolina

District of Columbia

L I N K O F

G e n e r a l M e r c h a n d i s e

F a r m I m p l e m e n t s

ni-Mi • \ilil

To ihv Pnblic F YOU or your friends contemplate traveling to snyjpointand desire

i n fo rma t ion r e g a r d i n g fares, schedules, train ser-vice, etc., you will find it to yourinterest to call cn or communicate with the nearest ticket agent of the .

S o u t h e r n R a i l w a y S y s t e m

Trains are operated on con-venient schedules and every cii'ort is made to make your trip a pleasant one.

R C. KING, Divi.

and new*papera—until aenae of practicability U

Muat our fathers and aona and brothers come back to us bleeding or dead before we can be more feneral l? awakened to an understanding that

civilisation against the barbarism of t That It la for our safety, our freedom that our boy a hare gone .to «ght—a safety we hare enjoyed these Isst three years In the shelter ef the great English fleet and the ralor snd

why yoo must support the and buy these bondi;

is why the government's business buftlneea, lh» business of every d woman worthy to enjoy th*

of this great republls.

M R S S M I T H R E C O M M E N D S tfHAMBEKLBIlTS T A B U S T S .

" I b a v e h s d s t o r e o r l a s s s t om-a c h t r o u b l e (for e i g h t o r t e n y e a r s , " ' w r i t e s M r s . G H . S m i t h , B r e w c r t o n , N. Y. " W h e n s u f f e r i n g f r o m a t t a c k s of ind i -g e s t i o n a n d h e a v i n e s s a f t e r eat-i n g , one o r t w e of C h s m b e r l a i a ' s T a b l e t s h a v e a lways r e l i e v e d m e . I h a v e also foan4 t h e m a p l ea s -a n t l a x a t i v e . " T k e s e t a b l e t s t o n e i p t h e s t e a a c h s n d e n a b l e i t t6 p o r f o r m i t s f u n c t i o n * M i -ll ral ly. If y o n a r e t roub led w i t h i nd iges t i on g i v e t h e m a t r ia l , « t wel l a a d s t a y well .

CASTOR IA For Infants imfl Children

In Use For Over 30 Y«ars

mado. Thin ment *Jm» paeiied by the House of resenUtlTes without a dl*nent!ng

the Si Such a vote In an Indication

of the], wlde-ipread Interest In th» the demand fop tl«-

relief It will br!n*r. The public intek is fully protected.

"We cannot too highly commend the Chamber of Commerce In it* effort?

adoption of this amend-ment by the roter*. The Brate Jour-nal !g for the amendment, and wfll.ad-l its efforts to thoee of tho Chamber of Commerce to l-r'nr nbnut the adoption

B O W A B O U T I T ? S e v e n t y A m e r i c a n b o r a m u r -

d e r e d b y the c o w a r d l y c o m m a n d e r of a s n e a k i n g G e r m a a Sub-m a r i n e ! D o e s t h i s b r i n e t h e w a r h o m e t o y e u ; o r m u s t j o u wa i t un t i l m y son , y » u r son, a n d t h o u s a n d s of o t h e r s l ie w i t h up-t a m e d f ace s o n t h e b lood-soaked fields of F r a n c e , s n d t h e l a s t r av of s u n s h i n e h a s f a d e d f r o m t h e h e a r t s of t h o u s a n d s of A m e r i c a n mo the r s , b e f o r e y o u r e a l i z e t h a t t h i s w a r I s y o n r w a r ; t h a t In i t y o a r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y i s u n d i v i d e d s n d c e r t a i n , l imi t ed o a l t b y y o u r a b i l i t y . "

T h e I s sue Is s q u a r e l y b e f o r e y o u ; It o a n n o t b e evaded . A r e y o n s o c r a v e n h e a r t e d t h a t y o n v a l u e y o u r d o l l a r s • a b o v e t h e r i g h t t o l ive f r e e l y a n d h a p p i l y Are vou g o i n g t o h a n g o n to y o u r m o n e y whi l e b r a v e A m e r i -

s f a c e a l l t h e h o r r o r s o f G e r m a n s a v s g e r y ? I f n o t , c o m e ac ross , b u y l i b e r t y b o n d s , y e s ? ' a y t n > N 4 a l a i l p j a i t h e x r a r

STOMACH TROUBLE Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Kv., says: "For quite -

a lone while I suffered wiili stomach trouble. I would " have pains and a heavy feelius afier my meals, a most disagreeable taste in my mouth. It 1 ate anything with butter.oil or crease, 1 would spit il up. 1 began to have regular sick headache. 1 had used pills and tablets, but after a course of these, 1 would be constipated. It just seemed to tear my stomach ail up. 1 found they were no good at all for my trouble. 1 heard

TKEDFORD'S . ,

BUCK-DRAUGHT recommended v#ry hlthly, to b«f<n fo use it. It cured ine. I keep it ig the house all the time. It is the best •v»r mcdicine nudt. I d* sot'htve sick headache or ttomtch troablc anv more." Black-Draticht acts on tie jsded liver and helps it ts do its important work of throwing out waits materials and poisons from the sys-tem. This mstficinc ihoi(ld be in every household "for use in time of need. Get* package today. If you feel sluggish, take a dos^ tonight You will feel fresh to-morrow. Price 25c a package. All druggists.

ONE CENT A DOSE

i2Sc3

t h a t w a s f o r c e d o n c ivi l izat ion b y w a r m i d s i G a r m a n p l u t o c r a t s . 0 ; t r s t h l b a r b a r o u s Ger -n a t ^ s t n p e r o r and his c o n t e m p t f >le s o t j ^ f h a t . t r u e t o o u r t r ad i -ions . w e ^ h a v e t h e c o u r a g e t o f ive o u r l a a t ~ 9 o l l a r . to s a v e - t h e vor ld f r o m t h e i r a c c u r s e d ru l e .

Chi ldren Cry FOR FLETCHER'S

C A S T O R I A

G R E A T F A I T H I N C H A W -B E R L A I N ' S C O L I C r A N O

I A R R H O E A R E M E D Y .

C h n m h e r l a i n ' s Colic arrhdoa. Re riled y my f a t h e r yea r a g o when h e had I d i a r r h o e a

med ia te ly a n d b y hevrd h im

in t h i s

d o s e s h e was a b s o - i h a s g r e a t f a i t h i

d y , " wr i t e s Mrs . W . J Stanley, N. Y. j