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■Ir , ngi 1' ■ V’.! vangelist , and 8:00 P. M. Lie CORDIALLY INVITED Gov. On dner ependen ina i^aks Governor O. Max Gardner, speak ing in the Hall of the House of Representatives at 11 o’clock Mon day morning, June 23, proclaimed formally the Declaration of Inde pendence of North Carolina Agri culture. The Governor’s declaration was made in connection v/ith the presentation of awards to winners in the state-wide live-at-home contest for public school children. Speaking directly to the thirty- six white and colored children whose essays were adjudged best of all those submiitted from the 800,000 school cliildren who enlisted during the live-at-home week in March to promote profitable diversification in farming and to free the state from the menace of over-production of its chief cash crops, and his voice car rying to an unnumbered audience over the radio, the Governor held aloft a large leather volume in which the prize-winning essays were bound and declared: “This is an important day in North Carolina hi.stor;/—Monday, June 23, 1930—the date of the De claration of Independenae of North Carolina Agriculture. You school boys and girls, the representatives of 800,000 of your kind, are the signers of this declaration. This declaration will be preserved for ever in these volumes among the permanent records of the State of North Carolina. We are, my friends, at a turning point in our state’s his tory. You are the forerunners of a new day in North Carolina.” “For you boys and girls to reach this hall in this conte.st is a splen- »!id oomplement to your ability to ar; :yjze and understand the agricul tural needs of North Carolina, and adequately and convincingly to state them,” said the Governor. “While I congratulate you as win ner, 1 more especially GLORY IN rOU, and in all of the 800,000 school boys and girls—white and black, country and city, beginners an.I graduates—who, at the call of your State Superintendent and your Governor, entered whole-heartedly into a movement that sought to en list of all of our citizenship in chang ing the center of the emphasis of our agricultural program; in im- meditately and convincingly improv ing the economic condition of those engaged in this basic industry; and in pointing to a future brightened with hope rather than fraught with despondent despair for fifty percent of our people.” ’ No matter what its present eco nomic condition may be, any state has a wonderful future whose people r>o.s.sess that neighborly, social point of view which vrill make all ele ments turn their thought to the im provement of the condition of any in severe economic hardship.” “When the cotton and tobacco crops of this state fell off $20,000,- 000 in 1928 from their 1927 pro duction, we wondered how the farm ers could stand it, unless 1929 showed an improvement over 1928. When 1929 shov'ed an actual de crease from 1928 of $23,000,000 MORE, there were those who con scientiously thought that agriculture was doomed in North Carolina The loss of $43,000,000 in the annual pro duction value of the two principal crops in two years time did repre isent a staggering blow. North Caro j lina felt it. It feels it now. But it was not a knockout.” “Out of our dire necessity came our salvation. Out of the actual poverty of our agriculture life has come our hope. If agriculture had been prosperous, the State Admin istration, the Department of Educa tion, the Press, the farm organiza tions a.nd the others could not pos sibly have caught the imagination of this state as they have with the pure seed movement. So, I say, ‘Sweet are uses of adversity.’ ” I ha.ve said that the live-at-home idea and the pure seed idea would in themselves add $30,000,000 to our agricultural income this year. There is every indication that the $30,000,- 000 to our agricultural income in 1930—important as that in itself 's. Together, they are going to re move the cotton and tobacco indus try from the purely speculation class into the investment class of econom ic endeavor.” “Today most farmers have to buy Jheir consumption goods on a seller’s .market, and sell their crops and farm products on a buyer’s market. If the farmers can produce $30,- 000.000 worth more of consumption goods, they will have what is the equivalent of $30,000,000 additional liquid capital. This will certainly put them in a stronger position in buying the goods they need, and this stronger position will itself enable them to demand a better price for the crops they sell,” “The most important result com ing out of the live-at-home program is, of course, the larger acreage of food and feed-stuffs planted this year by all classes and all types of farmers in all sections of the state. Another is the esta’olishment jof a number of local plants for pro- I cessing farm products, Another i.s the improvement of local and com mercial marketing conditions and opportunities. Another is the large ly increased in'terest in securing pure-bred dairly cows. Finally, one of the most promising outcomes is the informal organization of the .school children, through whom a continuing intere.st in the movement will be maintained this fall and next spring.” In the elementary grades the aver age percentage in favor of city chil dren is 14; whereas in the high school grades there is a difference of nearly 12 per cent in normal age children. The lea.st difference between nor mal age percentages in rural and city schools occurs in the first graded where city first grade percentages of normal age exceeds the rural per centage of the same grade by 101. The greatest difference in this re spect occurs in the seventh grade, the percentage of normal age being nearly 18 per cent greater in city systems. Slightly more than one-fourth of the rural colored enrollmsnt and 42 per cent of the city colored enroll ment are normal age for grade. School Facts further points out. In the elementary grades 28 per cent of the rural pupils and 43 per cent of the city pupils are normal age for their grade. On the other hand, the percentage of normal age city children in the high .schools is more than double the precentage of nor mal age rural children. NdVui Treaty Hits Snag in Senate Johnson Threatens to Grow Beard . Ey E. W. Melson* Out special commentaior on Navdl Affairs pulled a stroke oar for the I. C. 5?. and for fourtce?i 'i/cars was a conductor on the Staten Island ferries. Aside from six aliempts to swi^n the English Channel, he is a licensed bilge pumper and was decorated three times by ike Coast Guard for passing the tioclve mile hvut. Next week he will ted how the treaty affects the Great Lakes excursion boats and tattooing on the chest. MRS. HOOVER SHOWS MUCH IMPROVEMENT AGE-GRADE LOWER IN RURAL SCHOOLS Raleigh, July 1.—The age-grade situation in rural schools is not as favorable as that of city schools, according to School Facts, semi monthly publication of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. According to the current issue of that paper, which, is devoted to a comparison of age-grade conditions in the rural and city school systems of the State, approxiraateG' 65 of every 100 city children enrolled are normal age for their grade. In rural schools only 52 of every 100 children enrolled are:in this group. The percentage of city children normal ag-e, the publication con tinues, is uniformly higher in every grade than that for rural children. Washington, June 29.—Refreshed by a weeK-end spent at his Virginia fishing camp. President Hoover ar rived at the White House tonight to face the problems incident to the final days of Congress. One of the chief executive’s anx ieties was relieved when he found Mrs. Hoover, whom he had not seen for three weeks, much im proved by the days of rest at the camp, where she had been conval escing from a wrenched back. She was out driving in an automobile when the President arrived, but re turned a few minutes later. Luke Reilly Says, “The Rat Died Be fore Reaching the River.” “Since moving near the river 2 years ago, we’ve always used RAT- SNAP. Watch a vicious water rat, nibbling at RAT-SNAP outside the house. About 15 minutes later he darted off for the water to cool his burning tomach, but he died be fore reaching it.” Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by E. V. Woodard, Druggist, Selma, N. C.; Godwin Drug Co., Pine. Level, N. C.; A. F. Holt & Sons, Princeton, N. C. Adv. Sen. Johnson Mr. Secretary, would you say this treaty gives us parity with Great Britain? Sec. Stitnson—I decline to answer that on the ground it might in criminate me, but I will say that we secured the right to carry fresh vegetables in case of v/ar and the pants on Great Britain’s sailors are to be no larger at the bottom than ours. Sen. Johnson—Still, you must admit that the 5-3 ratio with Japan is practically nullified, if not ossified ? Sec. Stimson I don’t admit that! While Japan carries more bunting, our anchors are much heavier, and our outboard motors exceed' theirs 30 to 1. Sen. Johnson—Yes, but how do you reconcile Great Britain’s tonnage with our category? Sec. Stimson—You have me there. The fact is, in measuring our category. Sec. Adams lost our yardstick and we used a piece of string, measuring from the chin. But don’t forget we got an escalator clause and the right to age our sauer kraut in the barrels. Sen. Johnson—Does that explain the number of tugboats assigned td’ the Cunard 1-me? i> u Sec. Stimson—I wouldn’t go that far, but we secured the right to. mount s.x-inch pm-wheels on the Lehigh Valley coal bargis and the Hudson River Night Line. f®"' forgotten the irreducible minimum? Sec. Stimson—Well, in the hurry of packing I did forget it, but th» hotel forwaraed it later along with my Indian clubs'. Sen. Johnson--Tbe General Board of the Navy claims that ou?' roarthaTritio^r '^'^^^theart in every port. How did we conference was held on this and the papers ^ported next day that v/e were recruiting bow-legged sailers My personal belief is that halitosis lost us this tonnage and that every sailor should wear a geranium. Sen. Johnson—Actually, Mr. Secretary, what do we get to balance Sec.^Sti‘m4n^CDu^e‘ X20791 Britain’s extra gangplank? X20791 gives us shatter-proof glass in the windshield of cur rumble seats to keep the spray off our full dress .I%«ddition to that we retain theVght to sMg the Eo^iator.^ candidates when crossin| the J' ■ f ’ *,; ft - V . I i:c.- a°n-^S SeXnd,^;eY Sen. Johnson—Aren’t our guns heavier than hei ’ oec. btimson—Yes, but her cheese is stronger. Sen. JohnMn--Is this Committee to understand that our delegates got what they went after? ueiegatea Sen. Johnson—Mr. Secretary, you must think I’m a fooP coul“be"mu.!±n.”°’ ^ I O^ceting was adjourned, before personalities set in.) A news item s.'-ys farms on which stills are found will be padlocked. Thus, between being held secure by mortgages and padlocks, there is lit tle danger of the American farm vanishing. Many a Selma man who puts his shculder to the wheel finds that his wife has her foot on tlie brakes. r '"1 June again proved to he the fav orite month for weddings, but ar- ond month is popular for divorce.
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