Why We Must Save Food
The men of the Allied Na
tions are fighting they are not
on the farms. Even the men
of the European neutral coun
tries are under arms. The
fields of both Allies and neu
trals lack man power, fertili
zer and machinery. Hence,
the production of food by these
countries has steadily lessened
ever since the beginning of the
war, while, at the same time,
the shortage of shipping has
grown more and more serious
with the consequent steady in
crease of difficulties in bring
ing food from the faraway
markets of India, Australia,
and the Argentine.
The situation has become
critical. There is simply not
enough food in Europe, yet the
soldiers of the Allies must be
maintained in full strength,
their wives and children at
home must not face famine;
the friendly neutrals must not
be starved; and, finally, our
own army in France must not
lack a needed ounce of food.
There is just one way in
which all these requirements
can be met. North America
must furnish the food. And
we must furnish it from our
savings because we have al
ready sent our normal surplus.
We do not need to starve
our own people._ We have
plenty for ourseives, and it is
the firm policy of the Food Ad
ministration to retain for our
people, by its control of ex
ports, a sufficient supply of
every essential foodstuff. We
want nobody in our country to
eat less than is necessary for
good health and full strength,
for America needs the full pro
ductive power of all its peo
ple. Much of the needed sav
ing can be effected bv substi
tuting one kind of food for an
other. But the time has come
to put all selfishness and dis
loyalty aside. The time has
come for sacrifice.
The Allies ask us to meet
only their absolutely impera
tive needs. They are restrict
ing the consumption of their
own people to the minimum
necessary for health and
strength. They are controlling
their food by drastic govern
ment regulation. There is even
actual privation among their
women and children; there is
starvation in Belgium.
The Allies need wheat and
meat and fats and sugar. They
must have more of all of these
than we have been sending,
more than we shall be able to
send unless we restrict our
own consumption. We can do
it without harm, for, as a na
tion, we are today eating and
wasting much more food than
we need.
The whole great problem of
winning the war rests primar
ily on one thing :the loyalty
and sacrifice of the American
people in the matter of food.
It is not a government respon
sibility, it is the responsibility
of each individual. Each pound
of food saved by each Ameri
can citizen is a pound given to
the support of our army, the
Allies and the friendly neu
trals. Each pound wasted or
eaten unnecessarily is a pound
withheld from them. It is a
direct personal obligation on
the part of each of us to some
one in Europe whom we are
bound to help.
If we are selfish or even
careless, we are disloyal, we
are the enemy at home. Now
is the hour of testing. Let
us make it the hour of victory;
victory over ourselves; victory
over the Enemy of Freedom.
HERBERT HOOVER,
U. S. Food Administrator.
Good For The Whole Family
Every family requires a safe
and reliable cough remedy.
Mrs. John Potter, 20 Shupe St.
Mt. Pleasant, Pa., writes: “I
have used Foley’s Honey and
Tar for colds for years and
highly recommend it to all
families.” Contains no opiates.
Checks bronchial and grip
coughs, croop and whooping
cough—Red Cross Drug Store,
McCrory, Ark.
Tom Jeffries and J. Edward
Sullivan spent a few hours in
Deview Sunday.
For Sale—Two milch cows and
a new Ford car, also 300 bush
els of corn at $2.00 per bush
el. W. J. Mitchell. 3-10
Rev. J. R. Nelson will
preach the Baccalaureate Ser
mon at the M. E. Church on
Sunday May 19th. The first
night of Commencement ex
ercises will be Tuesday May
21,Music Recital, 2nd. night
Grammar School program,
3rd. night Music Recital, 4th
light High School Graduating
Exercises. Supt. R. E. Wom
ack of the Conway Schools
will deliver the class address.
Wants To Help Other Men
M. W. Taylor, Calvert, Ala.,
writes: “To whom It may con
cern : I recommend Foley Kid
ney Pills, the best I ever used.
I tried different remedies, but
none gave me relief like Fol
ey’s.” They restore regular
action of the kidneys and the
bladder, and relieve back ache,
rheumatic pains, stiff joints,
^ore muscles—Red Cross Drug
■Store, McCrory, Ark.
JELKS JOTTINGS
L. D. Phillips and wife and
babe spent Sunday in Jack
son county.
Quite a number of Augusta
people attended the political
gathering here Monday.
J. S. Benson and family are
now domiciled in the Dr. Casey
residence near the public
school.
Allen Taylor, one of our
boys from Camp Beauregard,
has been visiting relatives and
friends in the city a few days
this week.
Mrs. A. M. Faulkner has
been making some lovely ko
dak views and shows promise
of the artistic touch in pho
tography.
EARLE L. KITTRELL
Graduate Veterinarian
(Deputy State Veterinarian)
Augusta, Arkansas
Office Phone 16 :: Home Phone 40
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The ladies gave an ice cream
supper at the school building
Wednesday evening, and re
port a nice sum cleared, and a
good time.
Senator Patterson was under
the weather the first of the
week, and had a physician call
in to minister to his needs. He
is much improved at this writ
ing.
Dr. Casey moved his inter
esting family the first of the
week to Mississippi. We are
sorry to lose this fine family
but wish them success in their
new home about 16 miles south
of Memphis.
Jamison and Baker caught a
very fine turtle from the river
one night this week, and ex
hibited it on the streets. The
monster was 20 years old so
Fred Mullens counts it—by the
notches on the turtle’s tail. It
weighed a little under 70
pounds.
Manager J. W. Mullens of
the Mullens Grocery Co., at
tended the Southern Wholesale
Grocers Convention at Louis
ville, Ky., this week, and re
ports a fine gathering in that
old Kentucky town, the home
of Marse Henry Waterson.
H. S. Taylor, traveling sales
man for the B. F. Avery Co.,
spent a few hours in this city
the first of the week between
trains visiting old acquainte
nances and relatives. Taylor is
a jovial, glad handed, full
fledged Knight of the Grip,
now once already.
A. J. Porter, prominent can
didate for Representative, was
in town Wednesday morning
a few minutes. Brother Por
ter is running strong in this
section and his many friends
predict a fine vote in this com
munity for him. We know
he stands four square on all
issues, especially the moral
questions and he is a man of
capabilities.
The County Campaign open
ed in our city Monday evening
the candidates addressing quite
a large audience. The speak
ers got right down to business
without flounces and frills, tell
ing their wants and wishes
quickly and to the point. Only
one or two running overtime.
Some little pep and ginger was
winged into the race. The
audience cheered each speak
er and the time passed very
pleasantly. Of course each
fellow present knows exactly
how the race will finish up, ask
just anyone who attended and
he will tell you. There will
be some queer surprises be
fore the campaign closes, we
surmise.
Since our last contribution,
our school has closed, our prof!
departed for Faulkner county
where he will help raise a corn
crop and be a good plow boy
this summer, a blind piano
tuner visited us professionally
and the corn doctor practiced
his art successfully in our
midst, and the railroads con
tinue to cross at the same old
spot. Jelks is about the logi
cal spot for a great concentra
tion of interest some of these
days when our people get
ready to own one court house
and equip one set of officers
for this fine Woodruff county.
A great future indeed for Jelks
and some fine morning just
such a thing will happen. We
need a fine brick hotel and if
some one is interested in a fine
hotel proposition write us and
we will explain where you can
develop a good paying proposi
tion and how it can be done.
The travelling public needs a
good hostelry here—Jelks is
the place to get in on the
ground floor for a paying hotel
property.
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
At the suggestion of the
Treasury Department, we tem
porarily discontinued our War
Savings publicity activities dur
ing the Third Liberty Loan
Campaign.
The Liberty Loan was a
great success in Arkansas, and
is now out of the w!ay, and we
must get to work again in
earnest on the War Savings
movement. Within a day or
two, we will forward from this
office to all of the Arkansas
Publicity men, new display ad
vertising matter and news
stories.
Please get in touch with
the members of your commit
tee and arrange with them for
the active continuance of the
War Savings work in your
community.
I shall be glad to hear from
you when I can help you in
your publicity work in any
way.
Yours very truly,
J. C. CONWAY,
Director of Publicity W. S. S.
Miss Willie Spradlin, who
has been visiting relatives and
friends in Augusta for the past
month, returned home this
morning much to the delight of
her many friends here.