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A WRD TO THE BARACAS AND PHILATHEAS OF RAN DOLPH COUNTY To the Baracas and ' rtvilathcus of Randolph conty: Let us wake up to the fact that if Randolph conties to leud in he Sunday schol w that w will have to get husy and Jo something. 1 see that Gilfcrd county has just elected a whole time Samlay school worker for their county for which, they certainly deserve our congratu lation, but nevertheless it should cause us to waJ up to the fact ttuit if old Randolph continue to lead she wiH have te roM up her sleeves and get busy, or in uhrr wV'l she will have to do.sonihiiiR and a all of you Biirawm aid rhilathca. know thiU "Do thinns" is our. motto. ,So I ant to iusk every Bae.ua uni ThiUvhwi in t?.,.,i.,1,0i to pet in fche movement ear ly and co-operate with your Sumlay ,.rmtoii.lent. vr pastor' and tdlH-w in trying to make your clas the best cVafS ami ; tte best school in Randolph county. Sow if we ltaraca. and Ph.lathea. Si d. that i a. I want Kvery Uurava and Ihdatnea cla in RamWlph to feel like .t Jemb .. their d.M as U whrfh Randolph remain the Banner Count. Xml if I ou 10 dVhaLYS sure you will do your part. And u te Jour part when the final Sunday Bchool year winds wlw'jj; old Randolph wfll again hold tne ban ""Sow the nuetlon that arises is how way we best help Randolph hold the banner. As stated before, the firs thine to io is to strive to make your school the best school and your town ship the best township and if we do that we need not fear that our coun ty will not be the banner county in North Carolina. Now another way that we can help Randolph stay on top ia to co-operrte with Mr .Auman, our president of the Randolph county Baraca and Philnthca union, by help-; inK him organize new Baraca and Fhi-j lathea classes and getting those class es that have already been organized jn the county, union thus enUbling them to render better service than they could possibly render otherwise. 1 would suggest to Mr. Auman, our president, that he appoint a commit tee of three or more in each township to co-operate with himself and Mr. Macon, our secretary, in getting those classes that have not joined the union to do so at once. Let's not forget that old true saying, "United we stand, divided we fall." Now we Baracas and Thilatheas should unite with the fixed purpose to stand by our superintendent of the Sunday school and pastor of the church and help them keep Randolph the banner county of Xorth Carolina. Now, .brother Baracas and sisler Thi latheas, you see we have a work to do, so let us start out right now more determined to lo more in the future than we have dor.e in the past, and victory is ours. May the Lord help rr.ch one of us to do our full duty, is my praye;-. Respectfully, A. W. F ARRIS. Franklinville, N. C. INTERESTING FACTS UNDER THE HARVEST MOON The nurole fox-grapes are cluster ing in the hedges, and the fat catbird takes a final feast before starting on his lone journey to warmer climes. Down in the bottom the cornstalks have been stripped, and the pumpkin in all of its regal magnificence holds sway. The rattlesnake and the moccasin one blind, vindicative, beisterous; the other swift, silent, treacherous slink back into the deepest glades of the forest searching for their winter dens. The home of the violet and the fleur-de-lis is usurped, where gay goldewods flirt with black-eyed Su sans. . As the September sun sinks, and the shades of night come on, bright eyes gleam from the hill, and around the crackling furnace the boys gather to spin yarns and tell jokes, eat water melons, roast 'taters, and listen to the banjo talking out there in the moon light. Till a late hour cf the night revelry floats ever the hill. Then the com pany leaves, and the farmer is left alone with his blanket and his coffee. Guarding the safety of his year's work, he smokes his lonely pipe, watches the seven-stars rise, and stud ies the glory of the harvest moon as it rolls like a wheel of gold, spreading over the old plantation a sheen of silver. On the mountain side a fox barks dismally, as it chases Br'r Rab bit to his rocky home. From the dead pine on the outskirts of the wood, a big owl calls like a lonesome sentinel. Insignificant, unthought-of, brown handed, toil-bent and weather-beaten this humble, silent watcher of the night is the master-wheel of the whole piece of machinery, and on his faithfulness depend commerce, credit, society end prosperity. And TtftlArA in' Ann HThn tnn mvnvaA faithless te his tank? Selected." From the last issue of the Uni versity News Letter was taken the following interesting facts: The ten-year increases in the cen sus value of country real estate range from a decrease of 8 per cent, in Dare to un increase ef ob3 per cent, in Pam lico. Between 1!)0 and 1913 the increase in teix value range from 29 per cent, in Graham to 153 per cent, in Har nett. Pamlico heads the list with a census increase of 383 per cent. The in crease in the tax values of farm land in the country was 71 per cent. Vm suffered a decrease of 8 per cent, in census values of farm land; but between lOUfi and 1013 assess ment values increased ti2 per cent. . j u 84 counties, census vaiucs out stripped tux values. Ln 19 counties the census increase was doible or mores in 12, it was treble, or more; in Pamlico it was more tha live times the tax incease. INTRODUCING THE DASHEEN, NEW EDIBLE A PLAYED-OUT POLICY Whoever heard of a county put ting up the office ef treasurer, and a defunct office at that, to the high est bidder? Yet that is what is be ig done ia Burke county, according to the story published from The Mor ganton Messenger. It has been the fashion in recent years for the Legis lature to abolish the office of county treasurer, at the same time making substitute arrangements for the han dling of the funds by a local bank or trust company. It seems that this was done in the case of Burke coun ty, but the provision for handling the county's money had one defect: It took no account of compensation. It is not surprising, therefore, that no banking institution in Morganton could be found willing to assume the responsibility and trouble of handling the money of the county without remuneration of some sort. The commissioners met the emergency by, advertising for a man to perform the duties of county treasurer, the one offering to do the work for the least pay to get the job. Probably the fail-1 ure to. provide compensation was not an oversight, but the man who thinks he can get anything done in the business world these days without paying for it, has had little experi ence. He bobs up as a relic from the fine old days of good ieflowship and accommodating ways of loos business principles, the days when the people hr.d a vague, but general idea of getting something for nothing. The Charlotte Observer. WHEN WE PRAY (Thernwcll Haynes, in The Xorth Car olina Christian Advocate.) God is everywhere present, but it is within man th;t conscious union is made with God. This inner place of union Jesus refers to as "thy closet," and the Psalmist calls it the "secret place of the Most High." To "enter into thy closet" simply means to turn your attention from the without to the within. "And when thou hast shut thy door, pray." To close the dcor is to still the senses which connect us so directly with the outer world. Our attention will be distracted if these doors are allowed to stand ajar. Closing the eyes helps very much in closing the door to the outer world. Then "pray to thy Father which is in secret." This inner closet of pray er is the secret meeting-place between God and man. It is here we feel after God, if haply we may find Him, and great is the blessing when we get so still that we fed His presence filling and thrilling us with His life and love. We are apt then to care little for ma terial things. They lose their seeming importance and we know what is meant by the command and promise "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." So, then, let us not forget what Je sus tried so earnestly to teach: "The Kingdom of God is within you." High Point, Sept. 9. KEEP THE KIDNEYS WELL Health is Worth Saving, and Some Asheboro People Know How to Save It. Many Asheboro people take their lives in their hands by neglecting the kidneys when they know these organs need help. Weak kidneys are respon sible for a vast amount of suffering and ill health the slightest delay is dangerous. Use Doan's Kidney Pills a remedy that has helped thousands of kidneys sufferers. Here is an Asheboro citizen s recommendation: Mrs. A. F. Parrish. Academy St., Asheboro, says: "I was troubled by my kidneys for years and though I tried different kidney medicines, I never found anything equal to Doan's Kidney Pils. They have always giv en me fine results. Ever so often I take a box of Doan's Kidney Pills and they have kept my kidneys in goon shape and made me feel better in ev err wav." Price 50c at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills' the same that Mrs. Parrish had. . Foster-Aulburn Co, Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 17 - One of the Daiheen Corms, Which Are Forced for Their Shoot. The dasheen, a comparatively new edible, threatens the supremacy of the potato. It is being cultivated In Florida with much Buccettg and with much profit to Its cultivators, says the Frultman's Guide. The dasheen stalks grow to a height of from four to six feet The plant has shield-shaped leaves, not unlike elephant's ears. Each hill of dasheen contains one or two large spherical corms, which grow to five pounds In weight; round them are developed numerous tubers. Both corms and tubers are like the potato in composition, but they contain less water. One plant will produce from four to ten pounds of tubers In good rich soil. Doth corms and tubers have an agreeable nutty flavor, and are easily digested. The cook can serve a dasheen in the same way that she serves a po tato, and she can also prepare the blanched shoots, forced from the corms In hothouses, as she does asparagus. The leaves, when tender, will take the place of spinach. Perhaps the dasheen will be a familiar vegetable in our markets before long. HARVESTING IN COUTH Suggestions for Handling Crops for Hay or Straw. Best Results Obtained Where Wheat or Oats Are Cut In "Milk" or Very Soft Dough State Guard Against Bad Weather. (Prepared by United States Department 01 Ancuuure.; Methods of handling wheat and oats vary widely in different localities. In the South the harvest is in some ways differently conducted than in the North. There are, however, a number of operations which farmers almost universally have found to their advan tage. Where the neighborhood in which wheat or oats are grown is so far distant that threshing machines are cot readily available, farmers have found it more feasible to cut the wheat and oats either as hay or to tie the crops into medium-sized bundles to be fed as straw. Provided the wheat or oats crop Is intended for hay, best results are ob tained where the crops are cut in the "milk" or very soft dough stage. The stalks will be mostly green, or just beginning to show signs of ripening below. After cutting, the oats or wheat should be cured, and handled exactly as any other common grass hays. It conditions are favorable, the hay will have a bright green color, but if cutting is delayed until the grain is in the full dough stage, the hay will be dry, bard and bleached and the feeding value diminished. If It is Intended to feed the grain In the straw, the cutting should be put off until the grain has reached the hard dough stage and most of the stalks have taken on a yellow color. Under favorable weather conditions the grain will cure sufficiently for storage purposes in six or eight days if put up In carefully made round shocks of nine bundles each, including one cap bundle. Near the coast, where frequent rains are to be expected at thiB season, grain Bhould be put in small shocks, containing only six bundles, and left uncapped so that it will dry out quickly after a rain. It Is unnecessary to tear down and spread these small shocks after rains, as it sometimes is with larger ones. The bundles, of course, should be shocked immediately In order to avoid the poS' slbllity of loss fjom bad weather. When the crop is grown not for feeding purposes but for sale or for seed the cutting should be postpoued still further until the grain has passed the hard dough stage. If It Is permit ted to become dead ripe, however, the quality is not so good and the loss from shattering considerable. Where the self-binder cannot be used the cut ting may be done a little earlier than otherwise. The grain, shocked In the manner already mentioned, should be left in the field until it Is thoroughly cured and then threshed without de lay. If no threshing machine is avail able at once, the grain should be either stacked or stored In a barn dur ing the interval. On small farms where storage space Is not abundant it will probably pay the farmer to sell the grain as soon as it Is threshed. With the exercise of little io-operation he may arrange wftn the neighbors to make up a sufficient quantity to ship out as a carload. If this la done the freiEht car can be loaded direct from the farmers' wag ons. It is important to remember, how ever, that the car should be loaded without delay in order to avoid demur rage charges. Wheat and oats should not be loaded into the same car unless It Is absolutely necessary. Mixed ship ments of this kind cannot be handled to good advantage in the market. In the case of oats it is also possible to dispobe advantageously of the crop by shipping it in bags to grain brokers or feed dealers in nearby towns. Wnen this is done, however, it is of great Im portance to have the oats cleaned and of uniform quality. One hundred pound bags are probably the most sat isfactory. When these are shipped into another state the federal law re quires that the net weight of grain In the bags be marked upon them. Each bag should contain the quantity indi cated by the marks on the outside: that is, if the bags are marked "100 pounds-' they should contain 100 pounds of grain, actual weight HORSE IN DEMAND IN SOUTH Diversification Creates Market for Mares to Breed to Jacks for Plantation Motive Power. While the demand for horses from army buyers has not brought the prices up to the expectations of many owners, the horse grower should not despair. There Is a new market and a permanent one opening up in this country. It will not be dependent upon the war-whims of European na tions. The South Is beginning to feel the need of more farm power. The one-mule-one-horse day of agriculture in that section is passing, says Farm Progress. The South as cotton grow ing area might get along with the one-horse system, but a new South taking up diversified farmlnjr wants more power and this means a demand for more mules and more horses. The southern states are going to be big buyers of mares in the next few years. Tbey will want the mares to breed to Jacks to furnish plantation motive power and tbea.e buyers are going to Want mares in large numbers. Come war or peace, the horse de mand is going to be steady and strong for a long time. The South Is not go ing to change over from the one-mule system to the tractor. The tractor will follow the big teams and these must come first To Destroy Onion Minnnt The onion maggot, which does a lot of mischier, may be fought with a new spray compounded to kll! the fly which lays the eggs from which the maggots come. This spray should be applied before the maggots appear, with a coarse spray. The mixture consists of one Pint Of Orleans mn. lasses, one-sixth of an ounce of sodium arsenue, ana one- gallon of water. Profitable Root Crop. Ten tons or roots per acre about the amount that can bo grown on land that will yield 50 bushels of corn to the acre is not a profitable crop but 20, or even 25, tons may easily be se cured under good management, and will pay well. . Hog Pasture Combinations. Good hog pasture combinations ar rye (early spring), rape (summer); corn in neia and rape (fall); rye, al falfa, corn; rye, clover, oats aad peas For Chilly Nights awrfJFrqstyfernings A SMOKELESS, odorless PERFECTION OIL HEATER is just what you need In the morning i warms up the bed room and bathroom in five minutes. In the evening it lets you read and smoke in comfort and saves start ing a costly coal fire or furnace. The Perfection burns 10 hours on a gallon of kerosene. Clean quick convenient Look for the Triangle Trademark. Sold in many styles and sizes at hardware, general and department stores everywhere. Use Aladdin Security Oil or Diamond White Oil to obtain best results in Oil Stoves, Lamps and Heaters. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jerter) BALTIMORE Cfcariotu, N. C ISfcvluwa. W. Va. Wuhlnstoa, D. C Norfolk. Vs. Riehnoad, Va. ChriMM.S.& ' 1 1 1 1 Hit 1 i Send Us That Soiled Suit AND LET US SHOW YOU HOW WELL WE CLEAN IT Asheboro Pressing and Tailoring Go. W. P. ROYSTER, Manager. NEXT TO BEXALL STORE. PHONE N. 137 OFFER DISC GRAIN DRILLS AT $60.60. Only have a few at this price. Come to see us at once. MCCRARY-REDDING HARDWARE CO. WE ARE ABLE And willing to do everything for our customers that a good bank ought to do. Why don't you open an account with us? With a record of seven years of successful business and re sources of more than two hundred thousand dollars, we solicit your business. Call to see us. BANK OF RAMSEUR .. , You will find' the shirt you want at Ks Ull AT Pity , Wood Cash qothing Store. ' ' . FOR FLETCHER Burkhardt's Lard, 124 cents at C A S T O R I A LAMBERT'S CASH GROCERY, 4 t i
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