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VOL. XXIX.
BOONE WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY MARCH 21, 1918.
NO. 25.
Tbi Decisioi Rests With thi Artillery.
With the French Armies in the
Field . lieu the offen si ves begin
on the French front whether
they be allied or German they
wi'l be preceded by the greatest
,and costliest artillery prepara
tion the world has ever seen. Du-
rine everyone of these prelim'ma
ry artillery battles millions of
. ..i,i' .nni, ..,:n
(lOliarS Ol llie wumu 3 nruitii Mill
disappear in smoke, gas, explo
sions and iron fragments. The
battle will roarK the culminating
point in the concentration and
power of artillery since the first
months of the war demonstrated
that the decision must resilarge-
ly with heavy artillery, the al
lies have been carrying out a
steady program of increase that
has now reached its full develop,
uient. The allies will enter the
1918 campaign with the highest
concentration of artillery that it
is practicable to utilize.
It has been demonstrated that
to destroy an enemy battery five
or six miles behind the lines a
155-millimeter gun must fire no
less than 800 shots. It cost- a
bout $ 45 a shot. In other words
it costs about $36,000 to silence
a single enemy battery.
In past offensives it -has been
nothing uncommon for the Ger
mans to concautrate 500 batte
ries on a 10-mile front. This
means 121.000 000 for this one
item alone on a frqnj of that
eizo.
But it is not impossible that
actions may Occur thin spring on
fionts of 160 miles, which would
increase thw one item to moie
than f2l6,000,00p.
Another task of the artillery is
to cut away the euemy's barbed
nireentanglements. Barrage fires
are also terrible shell eaters.
Thousands of shells of shells are
consumed in a minute in this
wny. And sometimes the barra
ges will last for hours.
Ski lls will largely win the war
this year. The allies are already
assured of a superiority. But an
ever and ever increasing superi
ority in shells that can come on
ly from America will shorten the
war as nothing else. .
Four Groups of German Gas Projectors
Destroyed by American Artillery.
An Associated Press 'dispatch
says that four groups of Cr--nmn
gas projectors, in addition
to the group)! :200 projectors
ulready reported destroyed, have
hem discovered and - likewise
hlowu to pieces by the American
artillery. Probable ? German
pluns for gas attack pn a com
paratively large scale against
the American positions north
west of To'ul have thus been up
set. V .
The new groups of projector?
were discovered from aerial pho
tographs taken by American ob
servers in French airplanes. The
effective action -taken against
them was due to the quick work
(f the observers,- the intelligence
offl oers and the artillerists.
The American artillery has
berni umi8ally active on this front
and its shells also found lodge
ment in a numberof ammunition
dumps, which were blown up.
The American artillery ' also
tore great gapB in the enemy
Wireund IpvpIIpiI vniintisnmtionH
. . . :
ui i ue nrst ana second line tren
ches, forcing the enemy virtually
to abaudon them.
Try ThiB For Sour Stomuch
tVl. , . ...
siowiy, masticate
hod thoroughly. Eat but
your
little
hua none at all at i
If Vri n . tin 4. ii i
SU(!
iper.
- jvu am nun trouuieu'
oiir atoumch take ouh of t
Dfliilllii'ifT.. v. ;
ith a
Chani-
goinn to
tod. Adv.
I v
STATE'S FARMERS
ON THEIR METAL
Must Be Depended Upon for
Full Requirements Food
or Feedstuffs.
PAGE REVIEWS IKE SUM
Coming Wheat Crop Far Short
of World's Requirements.
Corn and Other Food or Feed
Crops Must be Produced in
Larger Quantities if Suffer
ing is to be Prevented Bet
ter Cultivation and Heavier
Fertilization Urged
Ralel. "The vorld-wld food .It
nation and tftelr own Individual intr.
esti demand that the farmers of North
Carolina plant durinc the anoroachlns
season the largest acreage of corn
and other food or feed crona In the
history of the State and that thev alt
such crops the best possible cultivation
ana the heaviest possible tertilixa
Hon," declared State Pood Admlnu
trator Henry A. Page In an Interview
witn newspaper men today.
The coming wheat croo will minnlr
not more than half the normal needs
of the world, which must continue to
be largely supplied by this country
until the end of the war and for a con
siderable period bevond. This mean
that the demand for corn and other
grains for human consumption will
oe more than double during 1919.
Must Raise Own Acquirement.
"The, transportation situation Is
such that our farmers have no assur
ance of being able to secure any food
or feed stuffs from any other section
of the country next Fall and there-
arter ana lr they do not produce suffi
cient food and feed croos for this
section our people in all probability
will have to do without. A large pro
duction of cotton is desirable and
necessary and no particular reduction
in the acreage of tobacco hi being urg
ed, but any farmer will be foolish to
plant either tobacco or cotton to the
exclusion of sufficient food, and feed
stuffs to run his own establishment
and to provide his part of the surplus
that will be required by the markets
fn our cities, towns and industrial
communities.
'Tew people have the Imagination
to conceive of the .actual want and
suffering which was prevented in our
State by the increasead cultivation of
gardens and track patches and In
creased production of staple food and
feed crops last year. We are Import
ing this fiscal year a comparatively
small proportion of the thousands of
carloads of canned goods and other
food and feed products that we nor
mally Imported during past years. It
we had not produced the stuff at
home we would be going without at
this time. We shall be able to secure
even smaller Imports of food and feed
stuffs during the coming year.
' "Every acre of wheat In North
Carolina which has not already been
heavily fertilised should be top-dressed
with stable manure, wood mold
and leaves or with commercial -for
tiliier. Every acre of food and feed
stuffs should be manured or fertilised
more heavily than has been custom
ary in the past.
Farmers Upon Their Mettle.
"Our farmers are nr-on their mettle!
More depends upon them than upon
any other class of people with the ex
ceptlon of the soldiers In the rankr
themselves. I am dure that the patri
otic farmers of North Carolina may
be depended upon to do their full
duty."
NEED TO CONSERVE
WHEAT MORE URGENT
Consumption Must Be Reduced 80 to
60 Per Cent to Feed Allies and Pre
vent Flour Famine at Home.
Raleigh. The Food Administration
ts tearful lest the recent announce
ment that meatless meals and pork
less Saturday need not be observed
during the next few weeks should give
consumers the Impression that there
also might be a let-up In the conserva
tion of wheat flour. On the contrary
Food Administration officials an
nounce that even more strenuous ef
forts for the conservation of wheat
flour should be made If our people, to
ay nothing of our armies and oar
Allies, are not to go through a period
of flour famine before the next liar
rest
There will be no flour famine It
the suggestions of the Food Adminis
tration are followed and the consump
tion of wheat flour Is reduced by 30
to SO per cent, but this reduction !
absolutely necessary. The Food Ad
ministration Is not only using the
substitution of other cereals and po
tatoes for bread, bnt Is requesting
consumers to eat lass bread. t,
D
UNDER 8 III POLAND
ALL HAVE SUCCUMBED TO STAR
VATION, WHICH WE COULD
HAVE ALLEVIATED.
CRYING FOR BAM MSI
Editor Clarence Poe Seta Forth Need
of Informing Our Rural Popula
tion of True Conditions.
(Clarence Poe In Progressive Farmer!
She was a good woman and she
talked much about how good the Lord
had been to her and to her children.
ut at the same time she said: "No
meatless and wheatleaa davs for mat
I've got wheat enouch and I've cot
meat enough laid up in my pantry,
and my children like It, and they are
going to have it as often as they want
it and as much of It as they want" ,
After hearing , this -well-meaning
woman talk, the writer nicked nn that
night a European paper that comes to
we nome ajd read this nararrinh
It is said that there U not iiui
child. In Poland under eight years of
"Not a living child in Poland under
eignt years of aae " With iim
les nnable to endure the hardships
and starvation of a war-ruined land,
they have died by thousands and tens
of thousands. Thousands and tens of
tnousands of mothers as aood ihm
woman who made this thonhti. rn.
mara, mothers who loved their chll-
aren as much as this mmw in..
hers they with heait.hrttnlrlt.. t..l
lessness have seen their . children
alowly starve before their eyes, while
American mothers sav. "No. I win
not even vary my diet la a harmless
way, i will not even make substitu
tions to save meat and wheat, in Ant..
that part of It may save the lives of
starving babies and little ones In Eu
rope!-
No, we dont mean that anv AmrL
can motner is saying this in words.
Certainly the .good WODIAII fit wKniti
we write would not ti '..m i
mought it-and yet by her acts, that
was what she was saying. If someone
could have shown her a nhntnmnt.
- w a, vi
of one starving Polish child, with wan,
pincneo race and hollow eves, irvin
to Its mother for bread she did not
have-oh, how quickly this American
moiner would have said: "Yes,
nave plenty ol wheat and I h..
plenty of meat and 111 gladly
uivme my last crust to uta th
of little onee like that!" With such
a picture before her vn hn ..i..v.
ly would this American mother have
called to mind the Last Judsmant.
awful curse on all tl uncaring and
hard of heart, "I waa an hungered and
ye gave me no meat!"
uut sne aidnt know. An it....
again the Lord she tries to worship
might lament as of old over His peo-
pie, Israel doth net know! n
pie doth not consider!" To this good
woman the Hoover rules for mtio..
days and wheatless dav WPra llmnl
-government regulations simply offl-
ciai rea tape. She didn't know they
were meant to save the lives of littu
ones once as fair, as merry, as bright-
eyea, as love-lnsnirina as hor nwn
dear boys and girls!
And today there are thminandi r
others like this mother who do not
know I Well-intentioned neonle. rood-
hearted peoplo. God-fearing pwple!
uut tncy simply "do not know."
Friends and readers, it Is our dutv
(o help these people know! Let us
give of our money, but let us also alve
of our time and effort for. a campaign
of education In these matters to
show the jieed of food regulation, War
Savings Stamps, Liberty Bonds. Red
Cross work, T. M. 0. A. and Y. W. C.
A. campaigns! We must save food
for the starving; we must give money
to protect the wounded and to nrovida
wholesome moral recreation for our
soldiers Instead of nnwholesome and
Immoral dissipation. And If our
farmers as Is so often charged have
not supported these movements as
they should, It ts not because they are
more selfish, more hard-hearted, lesa
patriotic, than city people. It Is onlv
because they have not been Informed.
And all of us who do really under
stand must here and now resolve to
help Inform them. Ia every school, In
every Sunday school, In .every farm
ers' club, in every farm woman's club,
and even as a part of almost every
church service, our men and woaan
of light ad leading mast do their
part to arouse rural America. In the
Revolutionary war it was the "embat
tled farmers" at Lexington who "fired
the shot heard around the world!" In
the Civil War It waa the stubborn
courage of our farm men and the
steadfastness of our country women
that won the world's apilause for
Confederate tieroism! -
Because this war la a little farther
from our doors Is no reason why we
NOT A
LUG
CI
Art You Feeling the Wai?
(News and Observer.)
Dees the average man or wo
man who earns a substantial
salary or gofod wages have any
idea of the eaci ifiees made by the
Miill investors in Thrift Stamps
io do their "Lit" iu the war? It
is often a story of silent heroism.
Ifthoso in fairly easy circum
stances emulated the very poor
whose eoulb aie filled with un
yielding resolution to do their
share to win the war, what a
boom theie would be in the gov
ernment's receipts from the seiles
of W ar Savings Certificates, War
Stamps and thrift stamp?! New
ork Times.
There are great numbers of the
people who have not felt the war
ILey have given to warpurpose
and bought war securities out of
an abundance, but they go right
on enjoying all the luxuries ol
life. Actual sacrifice of their de
desires and wishes has not been
made. They have not been mov-
el by the urgency of the warcalls
as have a great many of themore
tfponsive and more suscfDtible
poor people.
But, as the New York Times
urges, it would be a great nis
take and a grave injustice to de
pend on the small savers to bin
all the Thrift Stamps. Because n
man is able to buv a block ol
Liberty Bonds is uo excuse for
uot buying Thrift Stamps, too
Ho must put his big savings in
to Liberty Bonds ai d his loose
change into Ihrift Stamps. Tht
man in good circumstances ieun;
der some obligation to give and
buy until it hurts that the pool
man is under. v
Forgot What He Needsd.
From the Iteiiuhlicun. Mr, Cil
iad, Ohio. The editor had an in
terestiiig experience some lime
ago. wuen a vounc gentleman
came to this office aud asked foi
copy of the Morrow t'ountv He-
puoncan. tie scrutinized it care
fully when a codv was handed
him. and I ben said: 'Now I k.
"What is it you are looking lor,'"
we enquired. "3iy wile snnt mi
nftera bottle uf Cbanihtrlaiu't
Cough Kemd.y, and I foigol tin
uunie. i houc ia several stoie
and the clerks named everything
ID the line Oh tliP shelf exrenl
'chamberlain's. Til irv nn-ain
wl I'll Dever go home without
inamtierliuii s Couch Remedy.''
Tim Iteuublicau would kupiVsi
w the proprietors of kIiups ilun
thev post their tleiks, him) n vei
ennein suitntiiiite. (Just omen
one laith in stoees win re nubti
utmii is pi i mil ted. to con notJ.
Hi! of the il ilJhtiec to ninkera r
rood (roods and the riipnnt r.ini
OMitof luslomeis. Adv.
SALE OF BROILERS
NOT INTERFERED WITH
Raleigh. Announcement hn hnnn
made by the Food Administration that
trade In broilers weighing un to two
pounds Is not oi will not be affected
oy the recenr order of the Pood Ad
ministration prohibiting the kllllnr n
kens and pullets except for strictly
locals trade by unlicensed dealers.
Bad Taste in Your Mouth.
When you have a bud taslp
in
your mouth you raiv know thai
wnr digestion is faulty. A dose
h cnuiuueriam'B Tubleis will u-
ually correct the dfcnrdpr. Thev
il muse a uenlli movement, nl
the bowels. You will find this to
e one ol the bent medicines von
have everK become arnuBinted
"h-Adv.:
slould play a lesa noble nart. And
there is little Ume to lose. Many peo
ple think that twelte months hence
pecao Will be in slcht. It n nmln
therefore that during the coming year
onr rural people inevery county will
maae a record of patriotism that our
sons and grandsons will mention with
pride even as we take nrlde In the -
ptolts O? our ancestors of the no'
What we do In the next twelva
months will fix our place In history.
THE GRAVE.
For The Democrat.
There w something very effect
ing in looking iuto the cold and
silent grave, iu seeing our friends
laid there, and iu witnessing the
earth heaped uponth'eirreranins.
Especially is this so when we
consider that ere long we, too,
must be placed in the same situ
ation. As the grave is appointed
for all mankind, it would be wise
for us to be prepared for ourlast
home. - But what is to be under
stood by being prepared for the
grave?. It is to be deeply convinc
ed that we are sinners; it u to
feel our need of an interest in
Christ; to believe and trust in
Him; it is to live under the tea
ching and sanctifying influence
of the Holy Spirit; it is to love
the Sabbath, the Bible aud pray
er, if such is our character and
experience theu we are ready
f jr the grave whenever (iod may
call us, and we may look at our
last home with pleasure and say:
My flesh shall slumber in the
ground
Until the last trumpet's joyful
sound,
Then burst the chains with sweet
surprise
And iu my Savior's image rise. '
Butif not in possession of the
above blessings, you may well
tremble at the grave, nor should
you rest until j ou haveobtained
them. Repent of your sins, be
lieve ou Jesus Christ and you
are thus prepared for this great
cuange,
.J. V.MASTIN.
Matney, N. C.
We have received a neat little
p imphlet entitled "Technical Ed
ucation at State College" which
his ,'just been issued from the
II 'gistrar's office in West Ral
eigh. It contains pictures of all
the buildings, with full explana
tions of the courses and of the
many courses offered there. This
is a time when peoplo can better
than ever understand and appre
ciate the good points of educa
tion in practical everyday things.
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BOONE, N. C.
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