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' AoHtDVlLU - KKNfUClOAH,- OCTi 27, I9t7. PAGI 7 r FOOD PLEDGE IMPORTANT FACTOR IN WINNING WAR, SAYS SACKETT ; Federal Food Administrator for Kentucky Explains Rors for Card Campaign Next Week F. M. Sackett. Te llw Heweelieepers of-Kontucky: DURING tho week beginning-Sunday, October 28th, a campaign' will be conducted In all parts of the United Stales tor signatures for the Food Conservation Pledge prepared by Mr. Herbert C. Hoover, the National Food Administrator; The canvass will bo made dur ing tho week In question by th'ov patriotic women who have Joined . tho organization of tho Food ' Conservation Division of the Council of Dcfenso in each coun ty of tho Stato, and Ufo object of this address of the Federal Food Administrator for Kontuclcy is to. explain exactly vfbaV will bo asked of tho housekeepers of tho State of Kentucky, why it is ask cd and what may be accomplish ed for our country and our selves. We wish to say at tho outset that tho campaign is city wide, state-wide and nation-wide. No ' sectarian or denominational lines aro Involved. The campaign Is endorsed by the. clergymen of all the churches of tho'stato, by our leading professional -and business men, by all who under stand tho Importance of food conservation as. a factor In 'win ning the war. Form of Pledge. It is besl to state exactly what will be asked by the canvassers of tho housekeepers of Ken , tuckyr They will bo asked, first, ' to sign the Pledge Card of the United StatCR Fnnrt AilmlnUlrn. . Hon. What does that card 'bind the housekeeper to? Hero It Is, so all may judge for themselves: 9 To the Food Administrator: I am glad to Join you In the service of food conservation . for our nation, and I hereby accept membership In the United States Food Administration, pledging myself to carry out the directions and advice of the Food Administrator In my home, -Insofar as my clrcumstancespermlt,. This la the pledge and the entire pledge. Thero are no dues of mem bership. Signers will then be askd to hang In tho front windows of their homes cards bearing tho shield of tho United States In colors attesting the fact that tliey aro members of tho organization. What the Pledge Weans. . ! It is "wise, wo think, to say a few words In regard to the pledgo. It ( means no more and no less than it reads. 5t will be observed that signers of the fledge are not asked to bind themselves to any particular things, i They are not asked at this timo to promise to observe meatless days or to abstain from using any particular kind of food. They simply agree to j carry out the directions and advice f the Food Administrator "Insofar as j -their circumstances permit." We aire taware that conditions differ in dlf t fenent homes; that what Is only a sacrifice to one may, under Unusual clr- ownstancesr bo an impossibility 4o another. Therefore the qualifying j clause "Insofar as my circumstances permit" appears In the pledge, j This qualifying clause brings .tho execution of the Food Admlnlstra i tor's advice down to the individual 'conscience of the- housekeeper who -4 Signs the pledge; It is not expected that because of this qualification the . nlftripa will trn ntt YinfMncr It Aa In tnnt nnp hnnA1 on1 Vl I . K . 1 . wno sign mis pieage win consider tnemseives units in a great army of American housekeepers who propose to servo their country and them selves by following as .closely is .may bo possible the directions apd advice of tho Food Administrator, knowing as we do that those directions will be reasonable. It seems hardly necessary Sot us hero again to contradict the foolish nusors that have been circulated that It is the plan of 'the Food Adminis tration to seize food found in private homes. No such thing was erer contemplated and will net tie (contemplated. Such a report is enemy propaganda purposely designed tto defeat the objects of this great coaser- r "ration movement. t (wgsor.tance of the Work. We feel that we can adallttIo to what has already been said tho President, by Mr. Hoover. And by others qualified to sneak on such sub- jects in regard to the importance of food conservation during the' coming winter, and yet, as a housekeeper, speaking to housekeepers,! wish to say that we understand tho importance of this work and believe that the housekeepers of the state will understand It- i . Our country is engaged in. a great war. Our sons are going out to gfrq, if necessary, their lives for our country. TheaeTirave boys are willing lo i make, if necessary, the supreme sacrifice, that Americas ideals may ' endure, that American hemes may be kept Bafe from the Invader. AH of us have work to do at this time and the work that may be done is the f individual homes of America Jn avoiding waste and saving food may prove not the lease effective Baove-in winning the war. I Kentucky goes into the present winter in some waya well prepared. ' Employment Is general, but prices are.rery high. Tho less that Is wasted ' In the average household the less will have to be bought. The prlcei td J foodstuffs offer an inducement to prudence, but unless there is organiza- tion and co-operation, the teed that is saved in one home will be wasted ' in another. j Real (Emergency Exists. " '" 1 The men who are patriotically working In Washington for tho country ( and In charge of this mobilization movement of our.foo,d know that a real j exigence exists. , The 1916 harvest leftus no surplus. The 1917 harvest is in and they can count oa the food that can be used for ourselves, tor j the allied nations and for our men at the fighting front. They lenow that It the same prodigality In the waste of food continues in America, if the , same, bouteous hospitality and lavish use Is maintained In our own homes, i there will not be sufficient available tomaintaln the armies who are fight- ing our battles on the western front of Europe. - They do know, howoverg tllat if there begins at once a concerted movement in all American homes 'to eliminate all unnecessary waste, a V- movement to follow the advice at ftho Food Administrator for the substl potion of some food for others which we aro short, that tho cumulative j vuouh u luui wuvouiuub) 1.UIVIJU5 iiuuusijuub iuu uuuuiJ-y j,vuu,UUU Allien jean nomes, win provide during ms coming winter tne rood that will be accessary for us to export. In order to keep tho civilian populations of France and England supplied, the armies upon the battle line and the wonderful army now being prepare! iby the United States, in their best tghtlng condition. It is a real emergency in which they appeal to us, an emergency which ui tin mnt In no other wav. and thev am iRanlmr thlaxnll tn fba urnmon. ft America to look upon this matter in all seriousness and to be assured that '.the sacrifices they win make during this coming winter will provide the .(food which the President of the United Sfcaloa has said is one of tho three Mat elements necessary to winning the war, Ne fiUKKCslions will be issued that are set -felt by thosa.ln authority te he extremely necessary, but they do hop that the people of America "win respond to these suggestions as patriot determined to do their bit fer the cavse of civilization throughout tho verld and the maintenance et aeaeeraey. F. M. SACKETT, : . ' CREDIT TAKEN FROM' IRELAND "Murphy" MltnamecT, Says Writer, l Who Declares Potatoes Originated i In Seuth America. , The gallant Sir Walter Raleigh first planted the potato in North America in 1575, in the colony of .Virginia. Tho potato did not nave at that timo the wide reputation it now enjoys, as it had been known to civilized nations for a few years only. Pizarro, tho explorer, found the South American Indians cultivating hthc well-known "spud" 50 years be-1 tore, anu iook eomo oi tnem nomc ( to Spain, which probably accounts for the "o" on tho end of tho famous subterranean edible, Eays a writer ill. the Dayton Journal. The Span ish do not like to leave a word with out a vowel on tho end of it, and probably would make no exception in favor of a foreign foodstuff. They approved tho nrgus-eyed vegetablo from South America, and it was from sunny Spain that Raleigh got his trial peck destined for Virginia. I It is a great mistake to suppose that tho Irish perfected tho potato. They probably got it from Spain in as good condition as wo now see it, and deserve very little potato credit. Its ancestry is probably Inca or Tol tcc, witli possiblya dash of Aztec. Thero is no mofe reason" for calling tho plain boiled or lyonnaise by tho ' name of "Murphy" than there is for J balling them popocatapetls not quite so much, in fact. ' STUNT NOT AMERICAN WORD Is Corrupt Form of "Stent" and "Stint," Which Are In Common Use In Scotland and North England. .The word "stunt," as used in the United States, is a corrupt form of "stent" and "stint," bgth of which ivords are in common use in Scot land an the north of England. ''Stent" means, or meant, specifi cally in Northumberland, an allow jance of pasturage limited to the crazing of three sheep or one horse, End Generally a niece of work to bo accomplished within a given time, jln the latter sense it is very nearly pur ''chore." In the jolden times a Li X 1 i m piem icr cows lormeu pan oi a kind's waces. Bhepherds and hinds Jiaving been paid for' tho most part in kind. When it was-found incon venient for the farmer to have a hind leep two. cows, which was his riirhL J J 9 and one only was kept the servant 11 J J jwutj ttiiuweu a money equivalent ior the Keep of a second cow. This was known as the stent of a cow. This sum averaged three pounds yearly and was called a "deef-RtfinLT, Thn 'verb means to limit, and a Newcastle workman might say in tie Tyne side vernacular, "Aa'fl etented tiv an por at dinner." i The freeman of NCTcmRtl(vn Tyne are the stint holders of the town moor ana Castle Le&zes. FIR8T PATROL CRUISER. In the list of naval rwla nr vpo sels of everv descriDtion in -the naval - service, there are hundreds of motor boats of all' sorts and descriptions. The first covernment-bailt natrol craft to go into .the service was origi nally ordered for the coast guard Bervice. She is 69 feet loair. with a beam of 14 feet, and draws 3 feet 7 mcnes. ane was designed by A. Lorinc Swasey. but is ouilu unlike most vessels from his board. She was built by Robert Jacobs of City Island, and is cnuinnod Wi nn (eight-cylinder motor, which gave her a .speed oi 18.87 miles per hour on her trial trip. She is auite heavilv built and has ample accommodations wr uicers ana men. a powerful wireless outfat and searchlmht wera ..'.i.ii i . msiauea on ner. KILL THE CHILI These cool mornings by using a Gas Heater to take the edge off the room. We have the famous "Hot Spot" heaters, better. A call a our office will convince you. Kentucky Public Service Co. turnnonnivpn Norn I Why Is It I Save Work? The Price Is Richt The Work Is Right M. H. MEACHAM CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER VOTE FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF DUAL PHONE SYSTEMS k Heavy Pleture Fnimee Pawlnf. I . .... .. Picture-framing- In Great Brltaia ht SnapjwrAbsufnf In Auetralla. L, 4rg0Be. muy transformaUeas U ' TKraPP la the ttiaractcrlstic Aue recent years. Jhe building of sautller . tnl,fa. fah 11 18 (9.1""? all rpund the heavy ttwsm Weh were tbe ortde of fK 'a Nw ZaAlaiid aud part Vletorian dlnlp&'roomfl. There are nt- tha . lR lt8 where tM-M of tlw Charles U, asd m Loula La ooma M wewn or ruboly. pwtode" which by their merit In de. .Bome thJnK XW ought t have Ign- Mve eeeaped deetructlon, and hav served as models for frames made out of "composition." Old frames of THE" DIFFERENCE. "Is- that a horizontal vicwhf iha location r' "No'm; ifa iust tho lookout straight acrose' HIS AIM WAS TRUE. Bah Did father strike vou fa. lyorabl? - Bob Well, not so favorably, bui .very accurately. EXPERIENCED. k Tho voters of this county, In com mon with voters all ovej the state, will find on their ballots at the com ing November election, the line for ratincation of the constitutional amendment passed by the last legis lature, providing that telephone lines In Kentucky may absorb other tele phono lines, for tho purpose of elimi nating tho double system of phones whorever it Is deemed" advisable. First, public endorsement of tho amendment has come from the Frankfort Chamber Of Commerce, and Blmllar commercial bodies all over tho stato are taking up me matter in the hope of securing a big affirmative vote. There 1b bo little argument to bo presented against ratification, of tho amendment thnt auch efforts are. being made for fear that the voters mav neslect to vot on It, rather than for fear of any sub stantial opposition. The dual system or teiepnones Is npt feasible. It la expensive and annoying' and absolute ly oesirucuvB.to tne nroDer function tag- of the long distance system. It forces business houses to tern two telephone rente going, and puts people who have only the one linn nnt nr touch with those who have the other, wnereas tne mime mimosa of th !. phone is to knit communities anrf tor. ritories together by means' of ita faclll. ties. The legislature nun nulrv to realize- the need of mmov. Ing present restrictions which prohibit tne obaorblngrpf competing lines, and It is impossible to conceive of the peo ple opposing the Idea. The amendment tiassed bv the Rpn. ate with only one dissenting vote and encountered no opposition whatever In the House. The representatives of both parties recognized that onlw hv means of this amendment to the Con stitution could the state be saved the annoyance and expense of two tele- pmone systems In the same community Someof the larger cities, particular Jy Cincinnati, New York and Washing ton, early recognized that two tele phone systems were an unnecesnarr Eairaen on the community and 'toever RTMmea io more tnan one company a mmcnise ror a telephone system, with the result that every telephone user la -each of these cltien is in dlr- communication with every other sub- f 1. m Percy Smithson rt fib Ob Mr Lively and Board stable Hopkinsville, Ky. EVERYTHING UP-TO-DATE $ Phone32 m Virginia Street, Between 7th and 8th i$ JB tn Kentucky. In the early taee nf oe oeveiopment of tne telephone busi ness, numerous small companies were organuea. They did not connect, dif ferent kinds of enulnment were unpil and the standard of maintenance was not universal, which retarded the ad vancement of telenhono dovelnnmont In keepmg with other states more pro gressive. Nearly every community in nemucKr bag. at oome time In Kb his. tory, experienced a telenhonn war that engendered hard feelings, as each sido nnu its partisans, and the public has been deprived of the convenience and economy - that one telephone system affords. The public interest is thorouchlv protected under the nronoecd canstl. tutional amendment, as no purchase can be made without the consent of the city council The passage of the bill rrovldlnic for the constitutional amendment and the practically unani mous vote It received In the General Assembly Is evidence that It was hush. ed In response to a wide-spread and popular demand for relief from pres ent telephone conditions. Pduch (Ky,) Evening Sun. Prepare to save your Hay and Straw. It will be easy for you to do if you will buy a I. H. C. Gaso line Hay Bailer. Talk' -it over with us before you buy. Planters Hdw. Go. Incorporated Hopkinsville, Ky. EST been on the Australian coat-of-arins, because lie will remain when kangaroo and emu are gone. SuaDner Is tho baser-design have been btfrned that rsei shark, but its gold In thi eld gUttag might. b Mir Uf' bluw eyes tfiM 1b 28 p&uts. SUa aslbt. be s "She's a.splendid cook." . u, Kie-ougiit to be. Hhe'gal. 390 Species of Parrot., eady Mu three husbands to prac- Thvo are S50 species of parrots, .nice on. I chiefly conflfved to tho. warm parts of ifc I Arna, Afrlci and Australia. (AN ACCOMPLISHMENT AVT THAT. are iipna. In Europe and none In . , As! west of tho Indies; and while I "Ar you 6avinc your manev?' nunorou3 in the Malay archlpellngo, "SaviiiP mmm?! a,u 1 hey nr0 Wanting ln China, Cochin bavmg money ? Great Scott, Chlna np(j tlM PhlppIno lBand Tha man, t m tlomg well not to owe any only species native to tho United Ktatcs uvuy. n uiq Carolina parrot. Performers. "Wo are confronted bv tho domnmi or tne Interpretative artist," says Wll Ham J. Henderson. "Of this anyono who places tho function of criticism upon a high plane would wish to say very little. Tho consideration of tho performer Is tho least Important office of real criticism, but unfortunately It is the one on which tho public lays tho largest attention. You may write many pages assailing the famo of Deethpven and no one will take lssuo with youj bot expose the paltry pre tenses of Eomo third-rate opera sing er and tho vials of wrath aro opened." Army Eagles of Napoleon. Before Napoleon's time It bad been the custom for armies to enrrv hnen. unwieldy flam mounted on nofan which, while thoy afforded a rallying point for their corps, also drew the en emy's fire. Napoleon revived tho an cient symbol of tbowCacsaM. The Na poleonic enulo Itself wasS Inrlipn in hflgbt and 0 Inches across tho wings. It stood on a brass block 8 Inches sn.ua.ro and weighed threo and a hsjf pounds. Modern colors, cumbersoae as they arc. aro as notMnsr com n rod to the old ones, whlclt were si dim A Philippine Medicine Tree. Between the provincial building and tho Filipino schoolhouso, part of which Is used as a girl's dormitory, stands the sacred trco of tho Ifugnos, with a span of Its branches of 800 feet. Nor Is It a tree nt nil In tho true sense, for it is n rtfmni .,... plo of the balete, which begins as a imniwie vine, Kills the tree on which It rises, and thm hi.ioo it in it. ing trunk. The Ifugaos think that when that huge tree dies they too will perish, but there is an Industry, a stolidity and a stamina in thnt k- acure race that should remove from their hearts all fear of extinction Christian Herald. 1 1. Acids Enrtanaer fihlsa. Shipmasters dtitliba of add where they cannot be reached readily. A Chilean ship recently put Jn at the Falkland vu iy. Her cargo was mado up of drums of add anA chalk. The add had lealt, ed from tho drummnd mixed with thor Chalk, formlns carhnnln IA i. tho hold. This caa la dondir nd tha. crew could not make repairs. Mean tlmo tho acid had gathered at tho bot tom of tho hold find oaten nwuv thrb l run jrnmes or til Bhlp, Jat Of the ciitt ta kMs as the bfc tegs.