TENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY SHOW PRIZEWINNERS Officials of Mifflin County < Association Give Out List J at Lewistown Exhibit I ewistown, Pa., Jan. 25.—Prize winners have been made at the Mif l!ln county poultry show held at Lewistown, and C. E. Bingman, as s'ttcnt secretary of the Mlttlin Obun ty Poultry Association, ""has gi?n cut the list of winners. M. H. Banks, Siddonsburg, York (cunty, captured the annual chal lenge silver cup, won last year by a fancier in Tyrone. In addition to this handsome prize Mr. Banks car licri oft a number of valuable prizes. Among the winners are the fol lowing: R. L. Eward, of Burnham, buff minorcas; Meredith Myers, red lcimdhead games; H. H. Strickler, I .Hits'.; R. C. Black, bantams; C. B. Krev/sen, Burnham, bantams; Paul Klinger, Lewistown, bantams; H. H. Strickler, Lititz, black cochin ban taius; Samuel Billets, Burnham, geese; Harvey Burckett, Lewistown, barred Plymouth rocks; Caldwell I ios., Tyrone, white rocks; Sfemuel Pillcts, Burnham, silver wyandottes; Frs:nk Kearns, Vira, golden wyan dottes; M. H. Banks, Siddonsburg, .--.ingle comb Rhode Island reds; A. B Hamilton. Lewistown, Rhode Is land Reds; C. E. Bingman, Lewis town, rose comb Rhode Island reds; A. B. Hamilton, rose comb Rhode island reds; K. L. McClainX Tyrone. rate comb Rhode Island redsr George Hall, Burnham, single comb hul'f orpingtons; Ed. Mayberry, l.iwistown, spreckled sussex; Fred Ti.pper, Lewistown, golden cam pines; S. W. Brightbill. Harrisburg, tangle comb white leghorns; Charles Pi'ok, Middleburg, single comb white leghorns. To Core a Cold In One Dny Tnke LAXATIVE BltoMO QUININE < Tablets). It stops the Cough and Headache and works off the Cold. E. W GROVE'S signature on each box. JtOc.—Advertisement. PAINSIN BACK AND SIDE I Yield to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Kansas City, Kansas.— "l suf fered from pains in my back and f lliiiilii'iiiiiniHiiii l slde caused by I lIIjIIMMWII a functional de-i | rangement. I was! I nervous and had' ■! headaches most X of the time. So , I fIKjS many people f%.necom mended I ajpW**-- Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable j Compound to i j | me, I tried it and ; after taking six bottles I am well. : I do not think *. ■ ii ■ J the Vegetable Ukmpound can be beaten for wo- TTian's ailments." —Mrs. L. TIMMER. MAN. 3011 N: Hutchings St., Kansas City, Kansas. Women who suffer from head aches, nervousness, backache, the blues and other symptoms of a func tional derangement should give this famous root and herb remedy a trial. For forty years it has been over coming such ailments of women after other medicines have failed, j If you want special suggestions: in regard to your condition, write j Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., j 1 ynn, Mass. The result of long ex-j pcrience is fit your service, and l your letter will be held in strict confidence. FOR SKIN ERUPTIONS Nothing heals and clears the skia of infants and children lik Sykes Comfort Powder which contains harmless antiseptic healing ingredi ents not found in any other powder. 25c at the Vlnol and other drujj stores i The Comfort fowderCo., Boston, Mas*. I 1 Announcing■! Our February I Furniture Sale Review Days HI JANUARY 29TH HI JANUARY 30TH JANUARY 31ST I Three Days Set Apart for the I inspection of the Hundreds of I Buying Advantages to be offered. IH NorUi WafW Square MONDAY EVENING, MIFFLIN COUNTY SOLDIERS IN ARMY Letters Received by Home Folks Tell Experiences of Young Men in Service Lewistown, Pa.. Jan. 20. Christ Kline has received a letter telling of the safe arrival of his son, u member of the United Status Army some where in France. A son of Chief Burgess Sills has arrived in France. j A letter from George Phillips, in i the United States Aviation Corps, now I in France, states that lie is in good " health and that when they arrived in ' that country they were .received with 0 open arms by the French people. William Martin, who had been in Colorado for some time and who is . at Camp Mesdc, Md., has been call ing on Lewistown friends. ,' William Calalian, expert shot, and 1 one of the best known hunters of '• Mifflin county, is in the Kegular . Army at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. 1 Robert Garrett, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferry Garrett, now In the United J States Aviation service, Is making a rerord as a successful operator. • Lawrence Carter, a son of Banks • ir, wno has been in the United 1 j States service for four years, has I been promoted to the position of ; i first sergeant of Company K, Ninth . | Regiment Artillery. Mr. Carter is ' on duty in the Fhillipplnes, where he • I has been stationed for three years'. Miss May Nailor is a war bride, -1 having become the wife of Bert Pres -| cctt, a soldier at Charlotte, N. C., sev ;, eral days ago. 3 Two Lewistown physicians are now ! ifi the United States Army service, II Dr. F. A. Rupp, and Dr. Charles Mc ■ i Coy. ' | Clarence Eby, who enlisted in the , service in Indiana, has been exempt- 11 ed on account of rheumatism. LIVEKPOOI. ' Mr. W. D. Hoover spent Thursday j !at Harrisbung attending a special s : meeting of Red Cross Auxiliary I chairmen. Mrs. J. D. Snyder has returned [ from a two weeks' trip to New Bruns -1 wick, N. J. 1 | Mrs. George Earner, who has been . I at Harrisburg for the past peveral . j months receiving medical treatment at the hospital, has returned home - | much improved. | Miss Lon Stailey was a recent vis itor at Harrisburg. Professor T. J. Williamson and son, Alvin Williamson, spent several days at Harrisburg. j Mrs. Mary Leffler, of Millersburg, is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. A. S. i Shuler. j Mrs. J. R. Miller spent Thursday | with relatives at Millersburg. A. U. Albert, of Millersburg, spent i Thursday here. | Jay Snyder, of Harrisburg, spent , I several days here with his family. > Mrs. Samuel Derr has returned from an extended trip to New Jersey. Mrs. Landis Ebberts spent several I tflays at Millersburg. George Owens, of Harrisburg, visit ed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Owen. Henry Hoffman and two children, I of Harrisburg, were recent visitors 'I here with his brother, Albert Hoff .< man, and family. . I Mr. and Mrs. John Shuler and ton . | were recent visitors here with Mrs. I I Caroline Shuler. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lutz and daugh > ter, of Halifax, visited the former's s mother, Mrs. Clara Lutz. 'Miss Inie Shumaker, of Harrisburg, spent the week with her mother, Mrs. ' Jacob Giest. f— , Professor Paul Charles made a trip to Carlisle last week. I Edward Parsons, of Harrisburg, : was a recent visitor at Jacob Giest's. Miss Ruth Shuler, of Harrisburg, spent several days with her parents, ' Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Shuler. s Mrs. H. M. Geiger of Northum ■ berland, visited her sister, Mrs. An . nie Lutz, last week. . Mrs. John Trimmer, of Harrisburg, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Deckafd. Alice Freed, of Harrisburg, was a > recent visitor at C. E. Deekard's. i ATTEND RED CROSS MEETING New Bloomfield, Pa., Jan. 28.—• Gus E. E. Moore, president of the Red Cross Auxiliary, attended a meeting of the Red Cross chapter at Harrisburg. ij The local Red Cross here holds two sessions on Thursday afternoon and evening and they are attended by from fifty to sixty at each meet ' ing. They have sent in 1,896 surgi ; cal dressings and hospital supplies of knitted goods. 3,178 DOGS IN PERRY New Bloomfield, Pa., Jan. 28. —As- sessors of Perry county have listed 3,178 dogs in the county. There have been issued to the present time 2,- 600 licenses, leaving 678 yet to li cense. Under the dog law of 1917 it is unlawful to own a dog or keep a dog six months old or over unless licensed by the county treasurer on or after the fifteenth day of Ja*nu -1 ary. 1918. WINTER CHOLERA AT DANVILLE Peculiar Outbreak of Sickness Blamed on Germs in Sus quehanna River Water Danville, Pa., Jan. 28—Two hundred cases of a disease called "winter cholera" exists in the borough, and the water supply is blamed as the source. A similar outbreak occurred at Wilkes-Barre, fifty miles north, and it is believed that germs were carried down the Susquehanna, from which anvillc's water supply is taken. Ivan M. Clase, of Harrisburg, an assistant engineer of the State Health Department, is here making an in vestigation, in an effort to check the epidemic. Tile people have been directed to boil the water, and to use every sani tary precaution. The river at present is frozen tight, and the water is ex ceedingly hard. Without being: ex posed to the air, it is explained, the v.ater has no chance to become puri fied by nature, and the danger is de clared to be in the stream itself. Yards and Yards of Sausage Without Break Blain. Pa.. Jan. 28.—Charles E. Gutshall, a farmer of Jackson town ship, killed five hogs several days ago which were fine porkers from I which two sausages were made, each being sixty-two feet long and one fifty feet, neither one having a hole. The skins were cleaned by Mrs. Charles E. Gutshall and Mrs. Har j vey Kessler, of Jackson township. I William A. Johnston, of Blain, was the butcher and stuffed the rare | length of sausages. "Wild Cat Bill," Famous Franklin Co. Trapper, 111 Chambersburg, Pa.. Jan. 28.—Phil Wright, known throughout Franklin county as "Wildcat Bill," is under treatment in a hospital for heart disease, superinduced by many years of violent exercise in hunting and trapping. He was brought from his home in the Horse Valley moun tains on a &led. "Rill" holds the rec ord of shooting the last wolf in Franklin county and is the veteran hunter and trapper of Southern Pennsylvania. Wright has little use for "indoors." Some time ago when summoned for jury duty he tramped thirty-four miles daily to his home and back rather than sleep in a hotel. Railroad Control Order Cuts Perry Co. Schedule Newport, Pa., Jan. 28. —Rural Perry county \yill suffer less efficient train service In company with the oth?r sections of the country as a result of the government taking over the railroad lines and cutting down the number of trains. The schedules of the Newport and Sherman's Valley, a twenty-eight mile narrow gauge line between Newport and New Germantown and the Susquehanna River and West ern Railroad, thirteen-mile road be tween Duncannon and New Bloom field junction, have been cut in half. The order became effective to-day. On the Susquehanna River and "Western Railroad, the morning train will go from New Bloomfleld to New Bloomfleld junction to meet the Newport and Sherman's Valley Railroad train, running through then to Duncannon. The Newport and Sherman's Valley will leave New Germantown in the morning and go through to Newport/making the re turn trip at night. The Susquehanna River and Western will go from New Bloomfleld to Bloomfleld junc tion and return to meet the New port and Sherman's Valley train in the evening. Believed That Bluebirds Slipped Up as Harbingers Duncannon, Pa., Jan. 28. —One of the old sages tells us that a prophet is without honor in his own coun try. And so here at Duncannon 100 bluebirds, ordinary harbingers of spring, are without honor. Early last week a flock of no less than five score of the blue-feathered birds appeared in the uptown dis trict. Wearied from the long flight which they appeared to have taken, the birds coverred trees and fences of the district for a short time. Ordinarily the birds are supposed to be forerunners of spring. ELECTION OF SUPERINTENDENT Liverpool, Pa., Jan. 28. —Under the new law the election of super intendent of schools in Perry county will be held on Tuesday, April 9. The change has been made from the first Tuesday of May to the second Tuesday of April. The election will be held in the courthouse at New Bloomfleld. So far the incumbent, Daniel L. Kline is the only announc ed candidate; and he has already more than ten years. SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT New Bloomfleld, Pa., Ja. 28. —New Bloomfleld borough schools will give their annual entertainments in the courthouse February 22 at 7 o'clock. OLD FRENCH BEAUTY SECRET \ M\e. De Lores, the famous French Actress, who recently arrived in this country and who is now in her 65th year, has astonished everyone who has seen her, by her exquisite com plexion and clear, smooth skin which is not n-.arred by a single line or wrinkle. When asked to explain how she had retained her marvelous girlish beauty, she replied: That she had always practiced one of the oldest French Beauty Secrets —A secret which for years was jealously guarded by tho Court Ladies of Napoleon the First. It consists of laying ft warm cloth on the face each night befare retiring for about one .minute and then when the cloth is removed, a generous afnount of ordinary am-o-nized cocoa cream should be applied over the entire face and neck, massage it gently intd the skin wjth the finger tips for about two minutes, then wipe off the sur plus with a soft, dry cloth. Mile. Do Lores says that any American woman who has wrinkles, and large pores or flabby, loose skin can easily and quickly overcome these destroyers of beauty by the use of this simple yet delightful and natural Beautifler, which is inexpensive and can be found at almost any good druggist. The above, coming as It does from [ such a connoisseur of beauty, should appeal strongly to very lady who appreciates what a fair face medns to the gentle sex.—Advertisement. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH CUMBERLAND VALLEY Four Hotels Under Fire Renew Fight at Carlisle Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28. —Supplemen- tal petitions were expected late this afternoon for the three hotels at Me. chanicsburg and at Bowmansdale, against which remonstrances were entered by no-license workers. The annual session of license court will be held to-morrow. The four hotels are the only ones under fire, the no license forces having decided to con centrate their efforts on securing men as representatives from this county who will favor the constitu tional "dry" amendment. There are two less application than last year, no petitions having come from John Basehore, proprietor of Newburg's fjple hotel or the heirs of the late J. Herman Morrette, for the whole sale establishment at Mechanicsburg. UNIQUE ANNOUNCEMENT Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28.—Miniature telephone directories announced tlie engagement of K. L. Blair, assistant wire chief here for the Bell Tele phone Company and Miss Throsta Shetron, an operator for the company liere. The announcement was given At an entertainment for the girl ism pfoyes of the corporation here." No date has been set for the wedding. SAMUEL C. CUA'WOni) DIES Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 28. —Aft- er several days' illness of acute bron chitis, Samuel C. Crawford died early yesterday morning at his home in South High street. He was aged 79 years and was a member of the Church of God. Mr. Crawford fol lowed the business of painter and paperhanger until incapacited by old ago. He was born in Lancaster coun ty on December 18, 1838, but lived here almost thirty years. He survived his wife by five weeks, as she died on December 19, 1917. Two sons survive as follows: Al bert B.' Crawford, of Mechanicsburg, and Philip Crawford, of Harrisburg. The funeral services will be held to morrow morning at 10 o'clock a't the home of A. B. Crawford, We?t Main street, the Rev. B. L., C. Baer, pas tor of the Church of God, officiating. Burial will be made In the Camp Hill Cemetery. INJURED MAN RECOVERING .Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 28. William Seitz, of Shippensburg, who had both legs amputated in the Chambersburg Hospital, continues to improve, and is expected to recover. ; MIFFLIN COUNTY HAS 2,598 DOGS Constables Will Be Required to Kill Large Number Not Licensed Lewlstown, Pa., Jan. 28. —Mifflin county has a dog population of 2,598, according to figures compiled in the office of County Treasurer McClintic, of which 2,305 were assessed and 28 5 were missed, but were recorded when the,, owners of the canines vol untarily came to the county treasur er's offlcft to pay the license fees. Constables of the county have, ac cording to figures, 736 dogs without tags to shoot The killing of dogs has been started in the county, one constable of the county having kill ed ten the latter part of the week. Burnham borough has a dog pop ulation of 232 and only 119 have taxes paid up. The First ward of Lewistown has 135 dogs and only 57 of the dogs are licensed. The Third ward of Lewistown is the only ward with a perfect record, there being a total of 3 2 dogs and every one of them has the tax paid. Kitchen Shower Given in Honor of Mrs. W. Stamen New Cumberland, Pa., Jan. 28. On Friday evening a kitchen showor was held af the home of Thomas 11. Vogelsong, at Elkwood, in hdnor of Mrs. Wilbur Stamen, who was mar ried recently. The affair was a complete surprise to Airs. Stamen who received many useful git'ts. Those present were: Mrs. Edna Vogelsong, Mrs. E. B. Ebersole, Mrs. John Stoneslfer, Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Ruth Myers, Mrs. Luther Os ier, Miss Sallie Coover, Miss Flor enve Urich, Miss Anna Horner, Miss Mabel Gammel, Miss Pearl Kei3icr, Miss Hazel Leach and Miss Tressie Kerns. HUMMELSTOWN Mrs. Proctor and son, Wilbur Proctor, spent Wednesday at Har risburg. The stork in his rounds left daughters at the homes of Claude Alwein and Harry Fenner, the past week. Lillie Gresh and Walter Gresh spent Friday at' Harrisburg. Mrs. Edgar Reed, of Philadelphia, was a recent guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Nissley. Joseph Wolaver spent several days at Harrisburg with his ssiter, Mrs. Walter Waddell. Miss Barbara Cline spent Wednes day in Harrigliurg. Mrs. Reichelderfer, of Reading, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Samuel Levan. Lieutenant John and Norman Helf, of Alabama, are visiting their parents. Letter List LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Office, at Harrisburs?, Pa., for the week ending January 26. 1918: Ladies' List lrene Adams. Elea nor A. Anderson, Clare Barr, Sylvia Cassel, Frances Cramer, Mrs. Mary Ebersole. Ruth Goshorn, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Celia Graham, llall Ebinne Hall. Mrs. L. V. Hess, Mrs. John Hummel, Mrs. Vincent Jeffry, Mrs. Mary John son, Mrs. Charles Kleapfort, Nellie Largent, Beatrice Lynn, Mrs. Louis Miller, airs. F. S. Miller, Mrs. Reuben Miller. Anna Moore, Emma Morris, Jennie Nunemaker, Mrs 1 . Annie L. O'Neal, Alice Pinner, Mazella Rudley, Helenc Reed. Mrs. Joseph M. Spollissy, Mrs. Blanche Sponsler, Maud Taylor, Mirian Urlich, Mrs. Mary Vogel Gentlemen's List F. B. Anderson, R. B. Baskin. Harry E. Beaird, M. C. Beck. R. C. Burrell, Wilson F. Carey, Jacob Chamberlin, Paul Chronister, J. H. Downer, D. S. Edmons, Clifton Fer guson. Ralph Floyd, ii. L. Fry. Mr. Goragan. Wilbur R. Harris. W. E. Hawk, P. B. Heillg,'Robert Henry, Ar thur Hinkle, Henry Jones, Herbert Lord, G. M. May, Edw. Marshall, Sam. Menges, A. S. C. Millar, M. L Moore house, Chas. Mower, Joseph Pierce, Mr. Potteiger, E. M. Roberts, Carl Milton Robinson, John A. ShaefTer, Geo. A. Shamper, Smith, 1630 North Sixth; G. Sprout, M. J. Steese, E. J. Thomas" W. W. Vandermark. J. A. Walker. Fenton B. White. C. Williams, D. E. Wenrlck. Foreign Teresa Ecra, Otto H. Kahn. Firms Standard Remedy Co., Windsor Stove Co. Persons should Invariably have their mall matter addressed to- their street and number, thereby Insuring prompt delivery by the carriers. FRANK C. SITES, Postmaster. Mrs. Barbara King, Nearly 100 Years Old, Dies Waynesboro, Pfc., Jan. 28. Mrs. Barbara Kins, widow of the late Jo slah King", died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Abram Uaker, on Fri day lliornins. Death was due to old age. She \*us aged 96 years, 10 months and 21 days, tlie oldest resi dent in this section of the county. Surviving are seven children. TOST-HAKEK WEDUIXC Waynesboro, Pa„ Jan. 28. John R. Yost and Miss Blanche N. Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mi s. J. It. Baker, were married Friday afternoon In the First United Brethren Church by the pastor, the Rev. C. C. Miller. - FIFTEEN DOGS KII.I.KD Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 28. On the first two days following' the new dog law, the police of Chambersburg caught fifteen dogs without the pre scribed license and killed them. COMES HACK FOR SIJKi) CORN _ Waynesboro, I'a., Jan. J. R. Eborsole, of Northern New York, who toiireil the southern part of Franklin county in an automobile, last summer, and was so struck with the size of the seed corn grown by' a farmer near Chambersburg, that he came all the way back, last week, for some of the corn. He got but little, as the farmer hadn t much to spare aside from liis own neods. COUNTRY BUTCHER BUSY Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 28. One of the men of Franklin county filling a urge number of engagements this winter as an expert butcher is J. Scott Fentu, of Blue Hock, near Waynes boro, who up to the clase of the past week reports having killed 110 hogs and four beeves— and he has many more butchering engagements to fill. RETURNS TO OI,I) CHARGE Wa ynes'>orp, p a ., Jan. 28. The Rev. Edgar R. Appenzeller, pastor of the First Reformed Church at Phila delphia, has accepted the unanimous call voted him last Sunday by St. John s Reformed Church, Chambers- Ir ?.' ant ' w '" take up his work there April 1. He was the second of the three pasters the Chambersburg church has had in thirty years. ENDORSE JUDGE POTTER Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 28.—Practically every Cumberland county attorney, Irrespective of party, has signed a petition endorsing the candidacy to succeed himself on the superior bench of Judge William D. Potter. The effective service of the jurist is set forth and the efforts of the men in this section towards securing his election is pledged. RIVERMEN FEAR A SPRING FLOOD Surface of the Susquehanna River and Its Branches Covered With Heavy Ice Sunbury, Pa., Jan. 28.—With Ice from twenty-seven to thirty-six 1 inches thick on the main body of the Susquehanna and both its north and west branches, practically from Harrisburg to Renovo and from Sun bury to Wilkes-Barre, and at many Places frozen solid to the bottom, rivermen fear a serious flood in case of a sudden breakup. So thick is It j l * "I 1 ® P '? Ce that th%y declare a I freight train could run over tho ice without breaking: It. | ,At Bloomsburg State Water Supply Commission employes took soundings last week, and they found that In many places the river was frozen to the bottom, and where the current was the swiftest it was frozen to 'a c.epth of twenty-seven inches, with very little water running beneath. Personal and Social Items of Towns Along West Shore I<awrence Harlacher, of Harris burg, spent the week-end with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Benja min Stansfield, at Shiremanstown Mrs. Raymond A. Eberly, of Shire manstown, was a Harrisburg visitor on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed"ward Millar, of Shiremanstown, visited the former's son, William Stough. and family at Mechanicsburg on Saturday evening. Miss Zelda Lower, teacher of the Intermediate grade of the Shire manstown school, spent the week- Ho f Uov*n er C ° Untry home " " car MIZ^ M . 6r I in Stansfield, daughter, oLi a son ' Rober t Stansfield, and Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of ohiremanstown, were Harr.sbuie visitor* on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Frev are* aaaj; """>•• vrS s *' t isst ma 118 town on Sunday. Sus , a , n Me y. of Harrlisburif, u o ?, nds at Shiremanstown! ii. M. Sellers has returned to Princeton, N. J., after spending sev vlHe 3 Wlth r e'atlves at Mo-rya- Miss Mary Dissinger, of Harris burg, spent several days with relo tivo sat MarysvlUe. Mr and Mrs. B. O. Strasbaugh. of few Freedom, visited Mrs. Strae- Lr'pkV mother • Mrs l Amanda Park Zellers, of Marysvillo, Is vis iting relatives at Liverpool. The Rev. J Stewart Hartman, of CjAetown, Md., spent Tuesday and Wednesday with the Rev. R E Hart man, at Marysville. Mis. Sarah Hess, of Harrisburg fper.. several days at Marysvillo Helen Schwartz, of Cockeye vllle, Md., Is visiting Miss Mabel 151 lenborger at MarysvlUe. EVERYBODY RAISING PIGS Livcerpool, J an . 28.—Liverpool has gone back to the old ways in solving the meat problem. Years a&3 scarcely a family was without two or three nice porkers for win ter, but recently city ways have been Instituted and no porkers were raised. As a result Liverpool people are paying city prices for pork and are abl to get little at that "price. But a change has come. Old pens are being stocked with pigs and new pens are being built. THIS CORN FOOD CUTS DOWN THE BREAD AND BUTTER Bill, SO Pfl STATES POSTTOASTIES ' > 5- Why You Are Not Paying 30 Cents for Sugar YEAR 1913 | YEAR 1914 YEAR 1915 YEAR 1916 YEAR 1917 YEAR 1918 W.r| Xjprr rrrm nll ilTm im 11 irriri n 111111 ml ITllllllitTi ill u 11iTvri irf! 177 Qfl _ murafifcuaamtn ar . -SM- ! h f \ wmtCMDRMUB O-O 75 :\: \ 7.5 7,0 / • r\ A :\ L 7.0 j / % / % $ IV 6AJ A > \! s I \ &5 6.0 ! \ /A'rt K / V &o 33 - la\ r' v\ n i 11./ a'/ y 4.5 ! • V r 45 AO. /' \ / V I 40 \ 3X) , "\f * 3£ Iwn QNTATW fUv SUM W Una GUMUTO Swi-YaN 18(3.19U, ISIS, 1316,1317, 1918-CMW in Snow ROTM Ontna t l* (fcm Put Hur) ftmii luiiium - • - kt WMUUII feci * ' .t • • ' A /. • t In April 1917 the cables told of a plan proposed by Herbert C. f y Hoover, then in London, which he described as "a plan by which the Allies can consolidate under one head the whole purchasing of food staples from our market, and not only will competitive bidding be abolished, but by co-operative buying on our side we can arrange the proper balance between the rights of producers and consumers." .... .■ • . • . ' 1 v,7 ■** f* i This plan was favorably received by These conditions, and especially the the sugar refining industry, which had necessity of saving ships, led the United * s been on a war basis almost from the States and the Allied Nations to urge beginning of the European War. upon the sugar industry the adoption tu . . . .. ~ .... . . by voluntary agreement of the original Th. war had brought h. All.e. mto Hoover und „ lh . of the Cuban market, re.utonS m vr. (he Act pM „. d A^mt domestic and international competition IQ \ty\y with no increased supplies. Naturally ' prices of refined sugar, both to the cane-sugar refiners and the American public and to the Allies, rose beet-sugar producers unanimously under this forced draft. agreed to the Hoover plan as a patri otic act in the interest of the American Domestic sugar refiners, since the people and as an aid to the Allies, outbreak of the European War not only . .. ~ . lt h.y. safeguarded the United State, Pj" ? e . supply but have maintained the lowest P° m e ° J* Administration of the International pnC " m 4h orli Sugar Committee to which the Allies This brilliant record is due largely to send representatives for England, the fact that sugar refining is In the Franee, Italy and Canada, and to which hands of large business units, with an the United States contributes three excess of refining capacity sufficient to members. supply all domestic needs, and so far all • Upon the success of the operation of , demands of foreign countries. the International Sugar Committee un- In the spring of 1917 there was a der the directioni of th Allied Gov serious attempt at the disorganization laments, acting for practically half the of the sugar refining industry, following civilized world, will depend the read a long series of attempts at destruction ltment of the world's sugar markets, of sugar ships. • This plan is full of promise to all the * a . . nations party to the convention. Accompanying these incidents were widely circulated sensational reports It is an assurance that sugar, although predicting a sugar famine and sugar comparatively cheap in view of war shortage, causing widespread appre- conditions, will not by reason either of hension. competitive or speculative activity be , . increased in wholesale price. • At that time, even with the assurance of ample supplies on hand, retail sugar Sugar will become stabilized in price , prices rose in some sections to 20 and 25 efficient profit to producers, re fin - cents a pound. ers and merchants to maintain and stimulate production and to cover the The efforts of the Franklin Sugar cost of refining and of distribution. Refining Company to allay public . .. „ . _ . „ _ alarm, to check hoarding, to accept a e . ma *etmg of Franklin Cane price less than that which it could easily ? u^ # 5? ™ f nd ™ aU j cotton b ** have secured, and to distribute its by this Company has helped amazingly •product fairly and evenly among the ? unD * the ?! n< * of monthl ' in trade, were of real public service. a d *"bution among the retailers of the reduced sugar supplies. WhUe there were great supplies of , barre| former|J> th . sugar m far-away Java whsch ord.n.„ly of the <he „ me Bmount oJ , u< „ would have gone to Europe, yet the ... • . . .. .. , ® > ... * . . \ ' put up in cartons and small cotton bags C necessity for saving ships became so . .. .. . . . . > ® j . , r can now be divided between two or great that Europe turned to Cuba for more , nd M , erve B lMger nu „. even larger suppbes than prevmusly. people , nd prcv(!nt h^d i„j. It takes a cargo ship 150 days to make it will be necessary for grocers and a round trip between England and Java, consumers to watch carefully their dis while a round trip between England and tribution and purchases during the ap- Cuba can be ma'de in 50 days. proaching period of readjustment. The Under these circumstances and seem- refineries are now starting up and sup ingly to avoid paying proposed United £ .*„ . raw ,u^ ar com,n < forward but States war taxes on refined sugar the 'T 1 ta . wee a ' possibly months. European Allies purchased in Cuba the before the return of normal conditions, sugar which ordinarily would have Housewives can aid in conserving the come to the United States in the fall sugar supply by buying these package . months. sugars. In war time and at all times it is our aim to safeguard the interests of the public we serve. The Franklin Sugar Refining Company "A Franklin Cane Sugar for every use" Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Powdered, Confectioners, Brown I I • > JANUARY 28, 1918.
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