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MM" t^*^AlJENl'^MIGRANT3 (Special to the Herald.) Washington, August 31 (Capital Nam Service).?Estimates of from one hundred to three hundred thous and aliens with no right to be in this country have been made by Secretary Davis of the Department of Labor and Director Burns *of the Depart ment of Justice Investigation Bu reau. These aliens slip into this country either from Cuba, landing on the Forida coast, and making their way north and west, or they come in over the Canadian or Mexican border. Without an absolutely prohibitively expensive border giatrol it seems im possible to prevent smuggling of either liquor or aliens, but much can be done to prevent the latter, accord ing to Secretary Davis, if Congress is willing to enact a compulsory regis tration law. Representations have been made to the Cuban government, with the hope that it can aid in preventing the influx of the forty some thousand Chinese now supposed to be on the island awaiting a chance to enter this coun try. If, however, international agreements prove ineffective in pre venting our immigration laws from being violated, Secretary Davis be lieves that compulsory registration * law for aliens would make smuggling unprofitable, if not impossible. He is also of the opinion that it would speedily rid this country of many of its undesirable aliens, and take from jails, workhouses and many almhouses many a national who has no right here and send him back to his native land, there to be cared for, not at the ex pense of the American taxpayer. 0 HOW ICEBERGS GROW To those who have set eyes in that dread enemy of the seafaring man, the mighty iceberg, it seems impossi sible that this huge object is the child of the softly falling snowflake. But the snow has to fal for many yean for an iceberg to form high' up on some frozen mountain aide. A hundred yean is a rough estimate for the time it takes to form one of these colossal giants of the north, and in that time layer after layer of snow has fallen until the very weight dompresses the bottom flakes into clear Mue ice. Hie mind of man cannot imagine the weight of this ice, but it is so ter rific that the solid ice slowly slides down over the rough rocks inN the farm of glacien and seat last reaches t K* KM Here, as the ice projects farther and farther in the water the pressure underneath snaps off huge lumps, which float away as icebergs. The weight of some of the bigger Icebergs is as much as 2,000,000,080 tons and they tower to a height of over 1,000 feet above the waves. Tears ago sailors viewed an ice berg with superstitious dread, for these mighty masses would be seen churning their silent way through the sea right in the teeth of a gale, and against sea currents, a put the explanation is simple. An tehbery floats with seven-eighths of its mass below the surface. This huge bulk will be immersed in a cur rent of water flowing southward, which has a far greater hold in it than the mere surface streams and wind. An iceberg has one great and cu rious feature; it is its own execu tioner, and from the moment it seta sail it is gradually dying. As the sun's rays strike it, the sur face is continually melting, and pours off in rushing streams. This water, which is fresh, is light er than the salt water, and so floats on the surface, wrapping round the berg like a warm blanket. This has the effect of making the ice melt still more quickly, for fresh water is more readily warmed than salt, and so aids in the general de struction. A half-melted iceberg is much more dangerous to passing ships than a new one, for, due to the melting, the cen tre of balance is gradually altered, and the berg may suddenly lurch over and crush a ship nearby. Ships avoid beTga as they would the plague, but on one famous occa sion a ship actually sought help from The skipper, Dr. Kane, an Americ can, who had gone in search of the lost Franklin Expedition, ran out of fuel many miles from land. A drift ing iceberg gave him the chance that he craved for. He hitched his ship V*.to k ant* was towed for many miles dead in the teeth of the wind and wave and in the comparative calm of the iceberg's wake. HEALTH OFFICER RESIGNS Dr. E. & Thompson for the past two years with the city health depart raent of Winston-Salem has resigned to accept a position as medical direc tor hr the department of industria medicine of the R. J. Reynold. Tob ANNUAL PICNIC AT MASONIC HOME Greensboro, August 25, 1222. The Master Masogs and Eaatern Star* of Greensboro have extended an invitation to al) member* of both organisations in the state to join them in celebrating "Robert Morris Day" at the Home, August Slst. Mr. James H. Webb, Grand Mas ter of the Grand Lodge of North Car olina A. F. A A. M. ( is expected to be present with many other prominent Masons of the state. The Oasis BalW is expected to furnish music for the occasion, and a splendid pro gram has been prepared. We hope every Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star Chapter in the state will be represented there. Everybody come and enjoy an afternoon with our sisters and brothers at the Home, from 2 to 8 P- m. Supper served from 5:30 to 6:30 p. m. ?0 A COLLEGE EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE BY DEA*TO. B. WILLIAMS No one can doubt that one of the greatest factors in bringing about the high standing in Agriculture of North Carolina in the list of states of the Union is the work of the State College of Agriculture and Engineering. Since its feeble beginning thirty three years ago in training young men to help man the agriculture of the State, there has been a steady im provement in our agricultural prac tices, until today North Carolina is known far and near as a State that has progressed and is moving for ward rapidly along all agricultural lines. As the yean have come and gone, young men trained in Agriculture at this College have gone back |?ome into different lines of farming, and are are doing good farming themselves and are lending their efforts in many ways to help improve the agricultural and other conditions of the communi ties in which they have located in or der that all of their farm neighbors may have fuller and more fruitful livee. Many are serving the people in county agent work; in teaching v?? cational agricultural to farmers' sons and daughters in rural high schools; and in many other waysthey Are ren dering service to their fellowmen and to their State which has had fore sight to provide facilities for their special education. .Without the efforts of these men, much that is knownVnd in'practice at the present time with reference to soil improvement; live stock feeding, breeding and management; hog and poultry raising; the value of food seed of different crops; proper gar dening and trucking methods; fruit growing; cultural methods; disease pests and their control; rotation of crops; beekeeping; dairying; kind of farm implement* best suited for dif ferent purposes; use of commercial fertilisers and lime; marketing; cred it; etc., wopld not now be in practice. Not only are these men rendering val iant service but ase finding it possi ble to provide far better for them selves and families than they would otherwise have been able to do, bo cause of their increased worth and earning power. They are not only serving the state more efficiently than they could possibly have done without the special training, but at the same time are receiving more nearly their just proportion of the comforts and other good things of life. An' education that actually trains in and for life's duties is aiways an efficient and common sense training. ?. -4 _4t - - a - Still Poor. 1 understand you're bum trying your luck In Wall street." "Tea." replied Mr. Dubwalte. thoughtfully. "How did you come ontl" "1 diseorered that my luck hasn't changed any since I uaad to get licked' for what other boys did In school." Must Inherit It. "Than goes a man who has Just paid a fortune for a single postage stamp." "It's a mystery to ma" ?. "A mystery r "Tea how a person who la capable of doing a thing like that accumulates the money to do It wtp," ?????? or COURSE -You say ho hao hydrophobia?" "Sura, ho woo bitten by a mad do* Rah!" . Tho Tyro. "A Uttla learning la a dancaraue thine." Aa proof, pray taka tha oaaa Of aoana awaat maid whan flrat aha laamo fa dacorata har faca. Sand your job printing to the HERALD. Akookio, N. a v tuy SOIL-IMPROVING CROP FOR USE "~j IN P&CAN ORCHARDS IS NEEDEP I ' i ? ii i nl , i , i , : Typical Field Specimen* of Native f*< (Fr>?ir*d by th? UBll.d stataa D**artm?t of Asrieolluro.) Many important problems In grow ing and marketing pecans are confront ing tin- growers. Until recently the most experienced growers of pecans have considered the cow pea to be an excellent summer cover crop for use in their orchards, but, says the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, It has been found that this crop is a favorite host plant or crop for the southern green plant hug or "stink bug" which attacks the Immature nuta and by perforating the soft shell with its proboscis, reaches and Injures the tender kerns!. With the subsequent growth and develop ment of the nuts there arise at the liolnts of perforation definite areas of deadened tissue in the kernel, possess ing u liitter or acrid taste, and com monly designated as "kernel spot." Large quantities of the finest nuts were greatlj reduced in consequence. A subst: rate soil-Improving crop for giue Ing In pecan orchards is there fore needed. Among the promising things are beggarweed. bush velvet bean and soy bean. So far as Is known the l>eggarweed Is not a'host plant for the bug and the bush velvet bean and the soy bean are not supposed to be attacked by this Insect. Bush velvet beans are Increasing in popularity as n cover crop In this section and may be the solution Of the problem. As yet. there Is little practical experience In determining the suitability of these cover crops In pecan orchard* and their efficiency in controlling the "stink bug." Orchardists who use either bnsh 'velvet beans or soy beans as cover crops sty>nld carefully Inspect their crops at the end of the season to de termine whether the percentage of sots with kernel spot Is satisfactorily reduced on the areas In which these crop^ are grown In comparison with the same variety where no cover crops are used. These are Important prob lems on which the growers themselves can assist in securing trustworthy In formation. Wan ?s D est ray "Stink Bug." It has been suggested that the "stink hug" feeds only on seed pods. If this Is true, crops, such as the velvet been, which are late In maturing seed pods, could be grown for a summer cover crop and turned under or cut up with disk harrows In early October before the pecan Is ready to harvest In this way the insect probably would be de stroyed and the gronifi) left in good condition for the nttt harvest. Growers and experimenters afe expecting to obtain valuable Information on these crops during the coming season. Another Important problem Is that I ?' ? ' tcana Growing In loutlum Indiana. ? * of unproductive orchards. Some of these orchards were planted on very poor soil, and for the worst of these the only apparent alternative Is that of abandonment Other orchards do not produce well because the trees were planted too close together, and are now badly crowded. For these It appears that the most effective rem edy would be that of removing the alternate trees, pruning those remain ing, and of Improving the fertility of the solL For orchards composed of seedling trees, or Inferior varieties, top-working is the solution. Te Build Up Industry. In large outlying districts within the pecan range, yet beyond the limits of successful culture of southern varie ties, the question Is bow to build up the orcharding industry, and how to extend its range. In regions to which the species la indigenous the first ques tion is that of finding new varieties suitable for planting. The native for est and field specimens should be ex amined for trees bearing desirable nuts in sufficient quantity to be profitable. Scions from such trees should be used for top-working the inferior seedlings. Small wild seedlings can be worked over to desirable sorts by customary nursery methods. Some common mis takes made in attempting to top-work trees are: Using those that are too old; cutting off branches that are too large; pruning too severely at the out set thus attempting to do too much In a single season; top-working trees planted too dose together, and top working trees standing In out-of-the way places where It will never be poe slble te give them good care. The development of the nut-cracking industry should help the pecan Into a 12 months of the year market snd give employment to labor during otherwise idle months. The kernels of the pecan contain a large percentage of oil which Is quite aa sensitive to temperature changes as Is butter. In order -that the shelled meats, as well as tbe unshelled nuts, may be kept lu prime condition for the longest possible period. It Is necessary that the outs be well dried before they are packed or barreled for shipment and that the product be kept in a cool and well-vent Hated place during the winter months. As soon as warm weather begins these products should be placed in cold storage at a tem perature between 30 and 36 degrees. In tbe shelling of nuts there is con siderable waste In the form of shells and broken meets. Growers and han dlers are trying to find uses for thest products, such as fertiliser, tanning material and fuel. SUES ?? ONE QUALIFIED TO ADVISE Wife (reading from newspaper)? "Refined couple," says an advertise ment, "will adopt healthy < Klrl not more than three years old," etc. Husband (who walked the floor with baby last night)?I admire the parental Instinct of this good man and woman, bnt I'd like to give them this ' parental advice: Don't take on a child until after It has passed the teething period,?London Answers. ? Subduing a Parent "Daughter, you have been running around with young Filpson for weeks, but you haven't Introduced him to me yet" "Father, you and Augustus couldnH have anything la common." "I ventured-to hope that we had a mutual Interest In you, but let him continue to regard me as a Stranger. I'm a little behind the times, I fear." A Good Test. Hand?I don't know whether Char ley really loves me or not Her Brother?What did - yon glvu him for a birthday present the other dayT Maud?A box of cigars. Her Brother?Did he smoke themf Maud?Yes. , Her Brother?Then you may be euro he loves you. They FHIed the gill. Mrs Newrlch ? (returning from tour)?We went very swiftly all the way. Caller?But traveling In u fast auto, how could you got any Idea of the country t Mrs. Newrlch?Oh, I bought a lot of picture postal cards every place we stopped at Clrcumetanc ?? Regretted. Mr. Meek ton?HI never forget the day I proposed to my wife. I must have appeared very absurd. ? Mr. Quail?Did she laugh at you? No. I sometimes wish she had. Maybe I'd have forgotten my embar rasament and changed the subject. I I KNOWLEDGE NOT EVERYTHING "Mri DeGrabb know* enough to kaap bor mouth shut, doosa't she?" "Ob, jreo; but oho twck* control." Willing to Loarn. "There, little boy," the e*ld man said "I would not cry like that." "Well, It'* the only way I know: "How would you cry?" aald Pat. Puzxlafl Toddy. Teddy?Ton haven't any whisker* or very much hair. Slater** Hero?Well, what of^lt? Teddy?Oh, I waa only woi^rtng bow pa wa* going to manage It. / Slater** Hero?Manage what? Teddy?He aald he waa going to mop jthe floor with yon. Right Back at Father. "Well, daughter, what did Augustus ?ay wlwu yon told him 1 didn't want another fool In the family?" ' "He said he thought yon ought to be willing to take a chance, father, aa he 1* a much younger man than yon are and he might outgrow it" A Happy Match. "She says he waa Just made for Iter." ?;> lina a million dollars, I under ?UUht." "Vis; she t!ilr!:? that was Just m:i<l' for her, too." ' ^ JUST RECEIVED! We have just received a car-' load of Winchester Gun Shells. Place your order now. We can save you money. OUR STOCK is bought in carload lots, and everything is carried in stock to be found in any up-to-date Wholesale Grocery concern. If there is anything you need in the line of Groceries, it will be a pleasure for us to serve you better than you can be served by any foreign concern, because we are closer to you and our service is nothing less than the best. 1 " 1 1 ? ?' ?? i ? We have a Complete Stock re gardless of the railroad strike up-to-date. ? T Let Ue Serve You Barnes-Sawyer Grocery Co., Inc. AHOSKIE, N. C. ' . = Sessoms & Forbes Garage ? ? AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING B*tterr Charging and Vulcanizing Ahoskie, N. C. ? ? Our service has a guarantee behind it and gives Satisfaction to the most particular customer. * But your oils, Gas, and Auto Accessories Hare FREE AIR AND WATER'' ? J._ ? Ul.-J.Uimi II IlllJIil I 1 IL-J-LI J ?. I HARDWARE HARDWARE I agent for the community by purchasing and ware housing hardware in right varieties and qualities to be available to our customers when wanted Serving our customers at no greater cost than similar merchandise and service can be supplied by other legitimate distributin channels As retail Hardware Dealers we are obliged to measure up to this standard We are prepared to supply you with harvesting machinery of all kinds?Mowers, Rakes, Hay Presses, Benthall Peanut Pickers, Engines on reasonable terms to responsible buyers We are making a apodal offer of The true function of our firm is to act as purchasing 9 1-4 x 16 hay wire aft $1.28 per bundle of 280 strands ras J. N. Vann & Bro., Ahoskie, N. C. I THE HARDWARE HOUSE * 1 P HERE YOU ARE , ? Unequaled Prices on Good As New U. S. Army end NnVy Goods Read These Few Specials: U. S. Army Breeches, /?1\ _ CIAs B D"C Men's Extra Heavy Blue Chambray Work Shirts, sizes 14 1-2 to 17; >1.00 7Q_ value, special I s/C Men's U. S. Army Work . Shirts, Class A, ["A all sizes JvV Men's 20c socks, good cotton, all colors and all Q _ sizes - OC Men's U. S. Army 2.95 Men'i U. S. Army Offlcert Shoes with rubber heels ? $3.95 Men's U. S. Army Russet Shoes, Munson lsst; AA Qp sixes 6 to 11, psir. $7.00 Dress Shoes, 4??h Qp black or tan $20.00 Mens Suits, Tailor Made, Fall (11 >|C weight $11.40 Men's Scout Shoes, $8.00 val- , ue, all sixes 6 to AO 11, special, pair? $1.0O I Army and Navy Sales Store Main Street AHOSKIE, N. C. Next Door to Bellamy's Drug Store
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