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High School Dept.
Devoted to the interesti of the local ^bgh School
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Cyru* W. Bazemore, Eerie Lawrence, Mary Newaome, Editors
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Docs It Pay to Go to School?
We mean from a monetary
standpoint. Most emphatically
it does. If yon ever hear of i
boy or girl who wants to qui
school, when it is unnecessary
if you hear of parents who an
thinking of putting their chil
dren to work; when it is un
' necessary, just bring these fig
res to their attention:
Every day spent in schoo.
pays the child 39.
Here is the proof, based 01
the wage scale of 1913.
Uneducated laborers earn 01
the average of |500 per yeai
lor forty years, a total of |20
000.
High school graduates earx
on the average 31,000 per yeai
for forty years, a total of 340,
?00. ' .
This education required 12
years of school of 180 days ea
ch, a total of 2,160 days in the
school. .
If 2,160 days at school add
$20,000 to the income for life
then each day at school adds
$9.26.
The child >that stays out of
? school to earn less than $9 a
day is losing money?not mak
ing mondy.
These figures are based on an
investigation made by Dr. A.
Uaswell Ellis of th^f University
of Texas, at the request of the
U. S. Bureau .of Education.
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Youngsters Seek Diversion in
Pugilistic Art
A number of the juvenile ele
ment commonly known as "Gr
ammar Grade boys" haye late
ly been taken in the custody of
the principal, on various char
ges of "scrapping, etc.". The
number of these occurences
has seemingly increased of late
which is probably due to the
fact that other sports are on the
wane, and that boys of their
age "must have something for
amusement, or bust!"
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"Smiles That Make us Happy"
As you wander to and fro,
Smile, smile, smile!
Spread good cfcger wher'er you
go,
Smile, smile, smile!
Keep your heart \all free from
guile,
Smile, smije, smile!
Scatter sunshine all the while,
Smile, smile, smile!
Be an oil-cup, not a file,
Smile, smile, smile!
?A Freshman.
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Five Reasons for Boosting The
Library Fund
1. X large r libra
ry, made possible by money to
be raised by students, will be
the result.
2. A good library speaks well
for our school.
3. It is of direct and imme
diate help to every pupil and
teacher, of the entire school.
4. The small amount asked oi
each pupif will never be missed
afid could not be spent for bet
ter purpose.
" 5. Pupils have the satisfaction
of knowing that they have done
something to help the school;
something that will remain foi
years to come.
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Theatre Party Postponed '
The Freshman-Senior Thea
tre Party has been postponed a
train, owing to divers reasons
It will probably come off som<
time during the next week, i1
not postponed again.
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?EDITORIAL?
Concerning personal charmi
the average high school girl hai
many doubts; the high school
boy has none. t *
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Cupid is a fine fellow, bul
like Mary's Little Lambfc h<
doesn't belong at school!
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A modern riddle of th<
Sphinx?the ages of som<
school teachers. Boy, you as!
'em?we'd rhther not!
Pupils, and patrons, are in
vited to consider the five rea
f sons for contributing to the Li
. brary Fund. Of course there b?
* many other reasons for so do
1 ing, and we see no reason whj
5 the thing Bhouid not be put ac
i ross in grand style by the pupili
"I and also by the patrons, whc
* should, as mkny do, have a vi
' tal interest in anything that
tends to promote the better
' ment of our school in general.
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1 Only three things are necess
ary to make life happy: the
1 blessing of God, books and a
friend,?Socrates.
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i With the coming of Spring,
' high schools all over the state
> are adopting the compr^hen
, sive motto: A better school, in
. A better town, in a cleaner
t town; and are putting it into ef
feet by organizing Clean-Up
Campaigns, Civic Improvement
Clubs, etc., in which the pupils,
directed under the leadership
of the teachers, put the thing
over in a thoro and complete
?way. With as large a school as
ours?approximately 400 pu
pils?we ought to turn the old
town bottom up, once we got
started. It is. hoped and expect
ed that much will be done along
this line as soon as real Spring
weather shows up. Starting
from the combined efforts of
the teachers in organizing the
movement, and culminating in
the executive ability of the pu
pils, the thing might do won
ders in helping to make a bet
ter school, in a cleaner town,
and in a better town. However,
the remaining few weeks of
school will show what will be|
done in regards to this.
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WINTON NEWS
Sorry to say Mrs. Sexton is
quite sick at this writing. .
Mr. Dickerson, of Norfolk,
was in town Monday.
Miss Mary Wood and her
mother, Mrs. Dora Wood, are
both sick with colds.
Chautauqua, Chautaiiqua, is
all the talk in our town.
Mrs. W. L. Matthews, who
has been sick, is improving.
Mr. R. C. Bridger was in the
j town of Ahoskie Monday night
on legal business.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Storey are
expected to return from their
bridal trip on Wednesday and
will board with Mrs. Annie Sto
rey, on Maip Street.
The Chautauqua, given by lo
cal talent, wiy soon be present
ed. All get ready to buy tick
ets. It is given for the benefit of
the Betterment Association.
Roads are so bad that the out
of town children attending the
high school have had to stay in
town for the past several weeks
j Miss Deans, Mr. R. C. Brid
, ger's stenographer, spent the
. week end with her parents in
1 Gatesville.
Rev. and Mrs. Jno. L. Saun
ders visited friends in Sunbu
ry last week. Mr. Saunders fil
> led his regular appoinment at
. that town.
Several people killed hogs
. this week.
i Another month gone by and
f Winton is still in darkness.
Miss Swindell is anxious for
dry roads. She wants to be up
and doing.
j Capt. Murphy, of Windsor,
was a visitor in town Monday
s night.
I Mrs. Margie Jones visited in
the home of Mrs. A. W. Liver
I man this week. *
J Hertford County has a licen
sed auctioneer. Mr. W. W. My
)> ers, of Ahoskie. He pays the
tax for such work, so, when in
need of services of his kind, you
, can call on him. It is right that
I We should.
1 RB^My-TljMmJfor Rheumatism.
START E86PIANT IN
WARM, SUNNY PLACE
Rioh Soil and Good Cultivation It
Necessary.
Odeaalsnal Applications of Vory Wsak
Liquid Manure la Osnaflclal?
Uttla Flaa Bootlo la Host
T roublsaoms.
Eggplant, *o called because the
great trutta are about the alee and
shape of an oatrlch egg, la closely re
- I a ted to the tomato and pepper and
; requires very much the same treat
ment as do peppers, say garden spe
cialists of the United States Depart
1 tnent of Agriculture. The eggplant is
. very easily Injured by cold and the
plants must be } started Indoors
throughout the greater part of the
? country. Start the seed In the house
. by sowing in a small box filled with
. good soil. The small plants should
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Eggplant Is Prolific Yiolder.
lie transplanted to pots or to ? shal
low box or tray fillet) with soil and
kept in a warm, sunny place until the
weather is quite warm. Kggplant re
quires a rich soli and good cultivation.
Occasional applications of vgry weak
liquiti nutnure also lienefit the plants
greatly.
, Kggplant is attacked by several
kinds of Insects, the most trouble
some of these being the little flea
beetle Which works upon the leaves
filling tliem full of small rouijd boles.
As a remedy, dust the plants thor
oughly with air-slaked lime or very
fine tobacco dust. By removing the
fruits of the eggplant as soon as they
attain good size the plants can be
kept fruiting until killed by frost.
Black beauty and Improved large pur
ple are among the leading varieties.
OX-WARBLE IS COSTLY PEST
Lou Cau??d by Decrease In Milk Flow,
Destruction of Hldoo and Moat .
Wastage.
"The little ox-warble means an ac
tual cash loss of $50,000,000 to the
United States each year," stated F. C.
Bishop, of-Dallas, Tex., In an address
before the American Association for
the Advancement of "Science, at their
meeting In Toronto, recently.
"The loss comes,"- he said, "through
a falling off in the milk Sow, Illness
among the cattle, due to Irritation and
worry, destruction of hides and wast
age of meat when the beast finally
goes to the block."
"When the grubs reach the back of
the animal." said the speaker, "they
make their presence apparent by the
'utnp or swelling their body causes.
Gradually they make their way out
! through the back of the animal and
drop off, to begin all over again their
life history The only hope of dealing
with the pest lies In energetic action
by cattle owners in working out and
destroying the warbles from the backs
! of their stock. The herd should be
I gone over systematically every 3Q
days, the grubs squeezed out and de
stroyed. Of course, even then, there
Is loss because of the holes left in the
i hide; five punctures of the hack or
sides bv warbles reduce any hide to
i No. 2 grade."
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CLEANING AND GRADING SEED
No Other 8ingld Farm Operation
Which Gives Larger Returns in
! . j Producing Crops.
There Is no single farm operatic*
*o easily and cheaply i done, which
gives larger returns than the thorough
? cleaning and grading'of nil seed sown.
Besides cleaning out the weed seeds,
1 the light weight seeds are taken out
when the Job Is properly done, thes
preventing the reproduction of the
poorer plants. This practice earned
on year after year permits the In
crease of the best and kills oat the
poorest. ' Thorough cleaning and
grading of all seeds planted Is the
first step toward a successful crop,
f There la no time like the present to
pnt the seed In proper shape for plant
Ing.
HIGH PRICE FOR CORN CROP
Much Depends Upon Kind of Stock It
la Given to?Purebred* Make
Beet Return#.
t Despite the low corn prices, there
; are many fanners disposing of all
they yalaed et good prices, while oth
ers arc getting leas than niarkdt
prl-. . t rh '(?n?nd* '"lion tjic Itlnd
<>f sine; ilmt ents It. Purebred stock
j insure* ti>e best returns.
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VILLAGE IS TORN UP
Upheaval In English Community
Uke Comic Opera.
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MathKatan Flra Dapartmant of Ksaax,
Kng., Rabala It KffortaaMada ta
Modernize It? Flraman Ara
AH Veluntaara,
! Harlow, Eng.?Thi* little Essex Til
lage has been tor week* the scene of
a political upheaval sufficiently comic
to serve as the plot for a Gilbert and
Sullivan * tfpfer*. The villain la the
chairman of the Pariah counetl, who
has been Investigating the village
"lire department" for the purpose of.
reorganization, and the hero, Sam
Deards, octogenarian, captain of the
.fire brigade. ? V,
Until recently the village lire fight
ing apparatus was scattered around
in variotis parts of*the parish, a hose
and ladder In one place, another act
*'inew?ere else, while .each member
of the Volunteer brigade kept his
helmet on ids hall hatrack.
This arrangement la being disturbed
by the chairman of the council, who
Is out for the latest thing in munici
pal administration and wants "cen
tralisation." He declded to round .up
ay- the apparatus and put It under
one roof In the Central Fire station,^
the dignified name given a small shed.
Hut Captgln Deards very strongly
objected. Under the 'old regime he
kept a ladder and length of hoee In
his back garden, thus insuring hit
prompt attendance at any fire In his
end of the village. The Centrgl Fire
station Is a good half-mile from his
house, and with the bnrden of eighty
years on his shoulders_he does not
feel like running that distance every
time there la an alarm.
Judging from the evidence of Cole
man. chairman of the council, Harlow
must be an exciting place when there
Is a' fire. Not long ago, he says, there
was a fire In the vicarage when "the
hose was leaking all over the place
and there were serious misgivings as
to whether It would not burst." Again,
at one storehouse where some of the
fire brigade's appliances were kept,
the council's Investigating committee
jeported:
,;They found the hose out of order
and before they could open the door
whefe the apparatus was deposited
they had to get a Aowbar."
During the Investigation It devel
oped that Harlow has no real fire en
gine.
"But there's a good one at Epptng,
only six miles away," said a member
of the Parish council. "If we want
them we Just ring them up from the
police station. We have good water
pressure here, so we seldom need to
pump. If we want more pressure we
telephone the secret an' of the local
water company, and he telephones the.
works and they tarn on the pumps"
What happens If the line Is busg or
the secretary Is out golfing the coun
cillor did not say.
The firemen are all volunteers who
are paid a small retaining fee, with
extru fo.r fires, at so much for the first
hour and n trifle less for each subse
quent hour.
LEPERS IN HAWAII DECREASE
Supsrintsndent of Colony Doclaros
Children of Patlenta Art Froo t '
from Diooaao.
Honolulu, T. H.?The leper settle
ment on the Island of Molokat con
tains fewer patients than at any time
In the last fifty years, according to
J. D. McVeigh, superintendent of the
colony. The decrease, he said, was
due >to the treatments with the cllauU
rnoogra oil specific evolved by Dr. A.
L. Dean, president of the University
of Hawaii.
Practically 'all of the 485 patients
at the colony now are taking the Dean
treatment, Mr. McVeigh stated. In
commenting upon the popular belief
that the children of lepers are af
flicted with the disease, Mr. McVeigh
said that "both mentally and physical
ly the children of leprous parents
measure up as well, If not better,
than those of healthy parents."
Great Killing of Rabbits.
Monon, Ind. ? Ten men from the
Knights*>f Pythias lodge killed 120 rab
bits the other night, and then a rabbit
banquet was held In the lodge hall.
The hunters left here In automobiles
and covered the territory adjoining
this place In six hours. It was the big
gest slaughter of rabbits ever record
ed here.
Aged Man Proud Father.
Mammoth Spring, Ark.?Dr. D. P.
Curtis, aged eighty, and whose wife Is
forty-four years of age, la the father
of a twelve-pound baby girl born re
cently. This Is the couple's twelfth
child, two of whom are dead.
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Arrowhead Buried
in Tree 175 Years
Bayniotfd. YVasli.?An arrow-'
Ih-ikI shot Into a huge Or tree
near here wan recently discov
ered In a-log by a local lumber
company. The rings abtfve the
arrowhead were counted and
rfiey allowed 170 yehrs of growth.
Tlie arrowhead waa of blue 'flint
Alii well formed. Hlatoilans
here, believe It was made hy u
member >f the Chinook or Che
: - l .rll-ea. who net opted thh?
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Attention Please I
Owing to the Heavy increase in freight 9
rates from the Virginia Cities, this firm 1
. is enabled to offer special inducements I
to the retailers, as we purchase our
goods in Solid Carload Lots from the
West and Middle West, receiving bene- I
fit ui iow and eouitabl^teight rates: g
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2 Carloads Sugar. 1 Carload Roofing. I
3 Carloads Flour. 1 Carload Seed Irish
Potatoes. .*v
| Shipments coming in every day by Car- B
load Lots.
Let us Supply You.
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1 Ahoskie, - - - N. C. I
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Now is The Time to Buy PEAS
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Extra Early Nonpaftel !?$6-61 per bu.
? Thos. Laxton ? $8.45 per bu.
Extra Early ?>warf Perfection $9.14 per bu.
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