THE WEEKLY EDUCATIONAL COLUMN
Within this column will be found each week interesting
news items for the public and valuable information
? and suggestions for teachers.
Miss Mary Arrington, Supervisor of Primary Methods
* GIFT TO SCHOOLS.
Messrs Bickett, White & Malone
kave presented to each of the public
tfchool Libraries of Franklin county,
u copy of "ThfXlfe an<L Speeches of
Charles B. Aycocke" and it is espec
ially fitting that this gift can be an
nounced upon this, North Carolina
FDay. The name of our late Governor
Charles B. Aycocke will go down in
klstory as that of the great "Apostle
of Education" In North Carolina and
it is the earnest desire of the donors
that every school child in Franklin
county shall read the story of this
man, " whose life was an inspiration,
whose death a benediction." *
Boys Corn Club.
Sometime ago it was announced in
the TIMES that $100 wouid be given
in prizes to the boys making the best
t orn crops in 1914. We again call at
tention to and urge the boys of Frank
lin. county to enter the contest. It Is
open to all between ten and, eighteen
years of age. Try your hand on an
acre. Pick it out bow and be "getting
it in fine shape. To enroll, Just send I
your jiame and address tp Mr. T. R.
iJrowne, West P.aJeJgh, S*. C.
In addition to the $100) giver by t:ie
( owity Commissioners and ?o?rd of
Education, there are several piizc?
open to the whole State.
NORTH CAROLINA DAY. *
Today is North Carolina Day in the
public schools'. The bulletins con
taining the program arrived too late
to be distributed to all the teachers
in^ time for use today. Those who
kave not been able to arrange for the
celebration of the day as appointed
should Use the material collected for
it is too interesting and too valuable"
to be ignored. ? .
? I have deemed it proper and profit
able to turn aside this year from the
usual historical program for North
Carolina Day dealing with the past,
and celebrate the day as a Rural Life
and Knapp Memorial Day, deling with
the living present. ? . ,
This day will prove a "North Caro
lina Day" of the most valuable sort, if
teachers will use the excellent mater
ial and suggestions contained in this
liuletin and in the Pcabody Bulletin,
"Knapp Agricultural Day," copies of 1
V which have been sent by the college to
all county superintendents for distri
bution to teachers, for stimulating in
terest in country life and country
things, and a love for these, for open
ing the eyes of country boys and girls
to the beauty and the wonderful pos
sibilities thereof, and for checking the
exodus from the country fo the town.
J. Y. JOYNER,
Superintendent Public Instruction.
THE NATIONS, HOPE IN POOR
BOYS.
1 , I remember speaking at a school
not long ago where I understood that
almost all the young men were the
sons of very rich people, and I tOTct
them I looked upon them with a great
deal of pity, because I said: "Mo3t of
you fellows are doomed to obscruity.
You will not do anything. You will
never try to do anything, and with all
the great tasks of the country wai^injf
to be done, probably you .art; the very
men who will * decline^ to
. Some man who has beeq^pp against it,'
some man who Tuts ic'omc out of the
crowd, someb wlut hns had the whip
of nceec.itv laid on* his back, will
omer^r ^jit of the crowd, will show
l^rstand* the interests of
the nation, united and not separated,
<*fced. will vtand up and lead us/* ?
From "T:te New Freedom," by Wood
row \Wlsen.
I)R. KN\n*V5 COMMANDMENTS
Or AOIUniLTrRK.
At ari .e irly period it was found
necessity to envolve from the mass
of cthicaj V.uhing a few general rules
for liviru'. 'ailed the "Ten Command
ments." i y which a mnn could .be
moral .vfCiout froins; through a course
In tle *? " T- lu 'l -.-'x. In or-dcr fo i?*-,
struct :'!v?r:?f;f farm??r how ta
, succ- fully n v'lvct his farm opera
tions a* to secure a ^renter net
gain from the farm, it is necessary
to fir/i i'-'iiiic * from the masn of agrl
eultiK ! a'few g.neral rules
of pri T ;? are called " r- ?
Ten C.j'i vt > r.f At.r'? *vH7ir.
by tlm ; : a ct ice o.' v.-isieii a. man may
he a :W1 f\nnc i.l any State wilh
k out being a grH<'??ate from a. college
M of agriculture. It Ls not the object of
the application of thoae principle* to
produce an abnormal >V 1 of any
crop on a single acne at great expense
and possible detriment to the land, but
to produce a bountiful crop at a min
imum cot! "and at I he sanre time main
tain and increase the fertility of the
soil. ?
prepare a deep and thoroughly
pulverized seed-bed, wall drained;
break. !n the fall to tiie depth of eight
or ten inches, .according to the sur
/
I I
face. (When the breaking is done in
the spring the foregoing depths should
bereached gradually.)
2. ? Use feeed of the best vai^ty, in- :
telligently selected and carefully !
stored. i
3. ? In cultivating crops, give the i
rows and the plant in th^ rows a space
suited to the plant, the soil and the
climate.
j 4. ? Use intensive tillage during the
growing period of the crops.
I 6. ? Secure a high content of humus
I in the soil by the use of legum&rTbarn
yard manure, farm refuse and com
jmercial fertilizers.
| 6. ? Carry out a systematic rotation
; of crops with a winter cover cro?> on
Southern farms. _L
j 7. ? Accomplish more work in a day
by using more horsepower and bettor
i implements.
j 8. ? Increase the (arm stock to the
extent of utilizing all the waste prod
: ucts and idle lands on the farm,
j 9.-- rProduce all the food requited for
-the men and animals on the farm.
| 10.? Keep an account of. each farm
product in order to know from which
' the,gain or loss arises.
THE BOYS CORN CI?UB WORK IS
NORTH CAROLINA.
(By T. E. Browne, State Agent in B-Jra*
"?Corn Club Work )
I -The Corn Club Work in North Caro
lina is* now being conducted jointly by
1 the National Department qf Agricul
ture, and the A. & M. College, under
the general supervision of C. R. Hud
son, of Raleigh, State Agent in the F.
jC. D. Work, and under the special di
rection of T. E. Browne, of West Ral
eigh, in charge of the Corn Club Work,
with A. K. Robertson as Jiis assistant.
Under this arrangement the Corn Club
Work is under the direct supervision
of both County Superintendent and
the County Demonstration Agent in
the various counties.
i During 1912 about twenty-five hun-c
dred boys enrolled. The average
yield of those reporting in 19f2'was*
62.8 bushels, at a cost of forty-three
cents per buBhel. About the same
number have been enrolled for 1913.
The reports for this year are not all
in. Several yields of over one hun
dred and fifty bushels have been re
ceived. ?
h The State Department of Agricul
ture gives five- hundred dollars to be
awarded, in prizes. There are three j
State prizes to be contested for by all ?
club members in the State:
Firt Prize: A free trip to Washing- ]
ton. D. C., by the State Department
of Agriculture.
Second Prize: Fifty dollars, given
by the Hasting Seed Company, of At
lanta, Ga. ,
One boar pi? (large Yorkshire
breed,) offered by Geo. C. Leach, of
. Aberdeen, N. C.
Third Prize: Twenty dollars, of- |
fcred by Hastings Seed Company.
The State is divided into ten dis
tricts of about ten counties each, and
the State Department of Agriculture
offers five cash prizes, ranging from
| fifteen dollars down to two dollars
and fifty cents, in each of these dis
tricts. Practically the same prizes as
for 1913 will hold good for 1914, with
some additional; items of interest. A
Lnntnbor of local prizes are usually se
cured for the boys of the various coun I
_ties.
COXMTIOXSv OF ENTRANCE.
The contestants lor these prizes i
nuiot bo hetv.-een the ages of ten and \
eighteen years on the first day of Jan
uary of the year they grow the corn;
must keep an accurate account ot' all ?
time and i^riilizers; and make their ?
reports to the agent in charge, show- !
i;>? thoy followed in.-tructions.
SOMK. RESULTS.
. oyj; ma'Je more than |
out- inrnured and seventy-five bushels
of coin on their acres. Five boys J
made one hundred fifty bushels J
twenty nhove oiio hunfireri And f\f< n- i
ty-ftvc,and seventy-five. above one hun {
drcd bushels. The largest yield was
m:i/ic l;v Ki< hard ,-iirock, of Wayne
county, but Ms cost of production wan!
."o :*rc:.i the "State. ChampioN-"'
ship v.*cn t ! i fj corse West, Jr.. of Kin
stoii. with a yield of 184.-7 bushels at
st co4 f of l.y.2 cents per bushel. Her- !
bert Allen, of i'ungo, X. Bsauf..rt I
county. xna'*.c S.V l?uvhe!s at a cost of:
11 'J cr.ntH per bushol. Robert Sav
afc, .of Spee'c!. made 1H2..1 bushels at
' a *cos?t of IS ccnts per bushel. Free! I
ttrysoti. Beta, Jackson county, made;
17:?.n bushels; cost 29.5 cents per
bushel. "i
As a re*. ult of the public spirit and
.Inter** .t\of the Southern Fertilizer
Association, of Atlanta, the Greater ;
Wos'tern North Carolina AtfsoclfitUm
i and the Boards 6f County Commis
sioners of Uf number o." our most pro- '
gresslvo countir/,. .fifty-three of our
Corn Club Hoys attended the National i
Corn Kv position, which convened in !
CpluatbU, 8. C., January 27-February |
11, 1913. These boys were under the
direction and care of Mr. ~A.. K. Rob- (
ertson, of West Raleigh, Assistant in
Corn Club ~ Work, while in Columblu.
Not one of the boys was sick or hurt
during the entire trip, and all came
home happy in the fact that they were
afforded an opportunity to attend this
great educutional exposition.
Past experience has taught uh that
far better results are obtalncJ in
those counties where there Is some
one directly Interested in and who
gives personal supervision to the boys
work. We appeal to the County Su
perintendents, public school teachers,
and the parents of the State to aid us
in the work, which means so much for
the future of North Carolina, and help
us make 1914" a banner year in the
Corn Club Work. ^
HOW I MADE 236 BUSHELS OF
CORN ON ONE ACRE.
(By Charles W. Parker, Jr., Wood
* land, N. C.
In December, 1910, I selected an
acre of land upon whicli my brother
had gathered 12&.6 bushels of corn,
and which I had used in Arte 1909, corn
contest.
I hauled out ten wagons loads of
stable manure and spread it broad
cast over the land. I bedded it some
12 to 14.- Inches deep, and then be
tween each row ran two deep subsoil
furrows.
About February the first, 1911, I
reversed the beds, plowing the same
depth, and ran deep furrows between
the beds as before. March 21st, I
listed the land with two-horse plow,
two furrows to the row, 12 to 14
inches deep, and leveled it with a disc
harrow as deep as I could.
I then broke the land about 12
IncheB deep with a two-horse plow,
followed behind in same furrow with
subsoil plow 6 to 8 inches, making
total depth of breaking about 18
inches.
I ran off my rows with a cotton
plow 3 feet 10 inches apart, and on the
first day of May I planted' Biggs's
seven-eared corn, 6 inches apart
in the drill, three to five grains in
each hill, with a corn planter. I used
$9.15 worth of fertilizer, including
200 pounds of nitrate of soda. . I put
all fertilizer in drill under corn when
planted except the nitrate of soda.
One hundred pounds of this was sown
broadcast about the first of June and
harrowed in with sm iron-tooth haT
row.
Up uhtii this time there had been
only one good rain since the corn was
planted. The weather was so dry for
the next four weeks my corn began to |
parch, and about the 15tli of July my i
neighbors said 4 would not make as j
mtfch as I planted. About the 20th of
July we had fine rain and cloudy, '
damp weather for several days. Then
I scattered 100 pounds more of nitrate
of soda between "the rows as a top
dressing. The corn at this time had
blown down so badly I could not cul
tivate it any more, and it was really
difficult to walk through it..
After the corn was planted I didn't
use any implement in the cultivation
except the harrow and light cultivator
running very shallow.
I am happy- to say that the result
was the largest yieid ever known to
this section, 235.5 bushels field meas
urement, making 1&5.9 bushels of dry
shelled corn. I am satisfied that it is
possible to grow 250 bushels of corn
on one llcre of land, and. I propose to
work toward this end in 1912. '
My (torn only cost me 24 cents per
bushel, which shows the' yield was-the
result of good methods' tind not IheM
extravagant use of commercial ferti- |
lizer. ^
HOW TWO GIRLS .MADE $100.00
APIECE ON TOMATOES.
My sister Joined the Tomato ( lab
last year and we just had a late to
mato patch. We cleared al/out $35
but didn't get a prize. and we wanted
to work again this year, ? so father
gave us our one-tenth acre apiece.
Feather. made our seed-bed the 15t.li of
February and sowed our^tomato seed
they were Spark's Earlina. They !
were sov.od In a hctfied of course, and
after the s<red began to come up well
they had (o he .uncovered when it got
warm in the day ant? watered and
covered hack up.
When our pjlaiUs w.to large
enough to set out. we ha.l them t ? set
out after we came Uo:':>o from m'.ooI.
U juvi, lock us "two - e*'? :iings to fcet
them out- wa.-* ilry and v*e had t'> i
vvat.?r our pl. nis wl iij '.vo r et them i
out. (hit* ton.Ji. >?*.-; i'.iht iuV.v ,
I'.oy were : ?? out in r.>v.s in <>u/ |
plat. Tli'-y were* he- ; t'erce time.-. ;
c.ultiva?o:l once. :????! .>:*?? plowed Anoo
and t !i^t i* all t'.e \\v. -j; ihoy got. for |
the vines were so }arg'.% we t ul n't
get in them-. We set* tin m out Ap'ri1 !
10 .and 17 and started to. celling- June
21, and sold till July in.
We. sold to the stores. When they |
.got ciionp wc stopped- selling. We' |
liad sold ,*$183. 2!> worth fresh. Wo
Star.ted to canning as we have a Hick
ory Finnic canner of mnrow-n; we can
ned 3dr> cans for oursrffves, 63 cans for ,
our^klus-pcople and' heighbors. Wo
will gi*t for our tomatoes that are enn- I
ne-1 10 cents a caTl, that 'being $30.60,1
end we have canned 40 quarts of pick
les and ketchup at -5$ cents a quart.
Ibeing f 20. ^ Our expenses were $28.74,
and (or bOme use wo used (8.11 worth.
Fresh tomatoes sold . , (183.29
Canned tomatoes sold ........ 30.60
Canned pickles and ketchup .. 20.00
Home 8.11
Total .... $242.0Q
Expense, total . 28.74
Total after enpense paid $213.26
What we each received 106.63
after our expenses bad been paid.
r*t MARGAftET BROWN.
MAY BELLE BROWN.
Charlotte, N. C.
SCBSOKIBK
TO ?
KHAN KLIN TIMES ?
/ ?
? Per Year. ?
Land for Sale. 9
. 100 acres of good tobacccr and cotton
land for sale. Seven miles from' Louis
burg; -plenty of timber, well watered,
near good school and church, fronting
on two public roads. $200.00 per ^cre
This v year from tobacco raised on
place. Abstracts show perfect title.
Best neighborhood in the county. This
land will be offered for a-ehort time
only. Terms easy: Addres^ "Farm
er" care qt FRANKLIN TIMES.
Loral.
Will Pleasants has just received a
sample line of ladies, Misses and chil
dren cloaks and- is offering them at
wholesale cost. He is selling them
cheap. Call in and see them before
you buy. i
A shipment of cut glasjj just ar- '
?ived at W1U Pleasants. adv. ? ]
Notice.
The copartnership between J. W.
Perry and A. W. Perry and others, !
under the firm name of A. W. Perry j
Jr., & Co., doing business on Nash
street in Louisburg, X. C., is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, the busi- |
ness will be continued by J. W. |
Perry as sole owner. November 25th,
1913.
A. W. PERRY, JR.. for self. |
A. W. Perry, JR., as self
J. W. Perry.
Low Christmas Holiday "Excursion j
Fares
via
Sealioirrd Air Line Railway From All;
Stations on Its Lines.
Date of sale December 17th to 25tli i
nclusively December 31, 1913, and Jan- 1
uary 1st, 1914. Final return limit 1
January 6th 1914. The Seaboard of ~
fers excellent local and through train
service: trains equipped with stfcel
electric lighted, day coaches and pull
man sleeping cars. Latest up-to-date
steel diners:
For information as to rates .see your
agent or address
C.B.Rynn, G.P.A. J.T/\VesM>.P.A.
Norfolk. Va. Raleigh, N.-C.
For Sale For Taxes.
In accordance wltli an ordinance
passed by the Board of Town Commis
sioners and by authority of the char
ter of the Town of Louisburg. I will
on Monday, December the 22nd, ?>13,
abou^the hour of noon at the Court
Hotise door in the Town of Louisburg,
N. C.. sell the following town lots for
non-ptiymcnt...of tax&$?oa'hdijfosts of
sale, which jj^as:. follow^ : V _
Washington Davis, I lot, Kcn^ . '
more Ave., taxes due for
1911 .. . S.15
George Egerton, 1 lot. Timber
lake, taxes due for 1911.... 7.00
J. 13. Lankford, 1 lot, Halifax
Road, taxes due for 1911.. .. 2.90
Phil Williams, 1 lot, .King Ave.,
taxes due for 1911 15.70
This November 19th. 1913..
A. W. ALSTON.
Tax Collector. .
Adv.
To Cure a CoItS in One Day
Tr?V T.AX \TI\T. BROMO Quinine. J t stop# the
irnl Hca?!ache and ujrk.-. oii the Cold.
Virttcsjiats- rMiihd jmonoy- it" it to, cure.
B. W. GKOVL'S nsoatur : v ?.:!i box. 25c.
I*. Winston will sell at auction
cv !*y Saturday until Christmas shoes
olhVV things too numerous^ t r?
lis Shoes goinv' 'V.t a s:i< r'uiciv?
! \Y? ir.cn V pnd Men's. i on .-n*'
j. %;r. A-v
i ; * Notice!
ih'.vir.;: qualified a- administrator
j. ' M. J. Hall, deceased, late of Frank
! '.in county, this is to notify all per
I ? ons holding claims against Macs-'
j'lo t?> present the siuueto the \:n!er
h-'jrnofl on or nei'oro November 19th,
|1-?14 or this notice' will ' lie ? plead in
I it: r of lli'oir recovery. All persons'
?nvi!?ic vi'.d estate will c?t?c forward
.Hid make immediate M-t?;emc:U. This
| November 19th, 191.:.
GEO. W. f.l A.NKTT,
It I*. D. No. 1. Alert. N c[
. .. Adnir. *
To Prevent Blood Poisoning
nt once the wonderful old reliable DR
rCRTKK'P ANTISKPT!C mAt.INC.OI* .n?ur
Fire Works! fire Works!
My lin? cf fire works this year will be complete in' every tfiiqg. " I
bought direct from the factory, and have PRICES RIGHT. See me
before you buy, I can save you money. I bought one-third more
than I ever bought before^ they must be sold.
J.W.KING
v
DON'T FORGET
1 keep a full line of heavy and fancy groceries ? Nuts ol all kind,
Fruits of all kind. Call up 827 for anything wanted for breaksast,
dinner or supper. I run two drays, can make quick delivery. Will
do your draying by the load or hour.
Phone
327
Jpo. W. King
Laugh With Your Girl
Make your girl laugh and your wife dress quick
c. 9 ?
to get a ride in your car that is overhauled by
Louisburg Machine Works Inc.
Phone 43. Doors open day and night
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Louisburg, North Carolina^
l.-.i
Send Is Your Orders for
- Beef, Pork, Etc.
Also Eggs, Chickens, Geese and
Turkeys. We are head
quarters for
?
Christmas Goods
A!I Orders Delivered
Pre smelly
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v
"7. Call phone No. 241- j when you want
' "go'od.beef in any cur. I will be our pleas
ure to serve'you and your pleasure to en
joy a meal wherein ?ome of. our nics steak
/ is served.
Y v Serve,
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SPIRE &'SON
SANITARY MARKET
Jacol) Spire, Manager