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'BURWELL DAVIS
(Continued.)
(IUI T. J- TAYLOR, D .D.
writing my sicetcn oi sur-
T 1 1
last week, I discovered
After
.11 TVniS
Lt I consider a rich mine of infor-
tion Trt of t is in his OWn
ds as quoted by the late J. A.
vltcn, who knew him well and who
rVd' two of his grand-daughters,
Td thc remainder is in the language
of Mr- Eireiton and others. .
s noted last week, Burwell was a
h id of Peter Davis' first marriage,
!fter tfcr dath of his first wife Peter
Davis lied Hannah Turner- He
j ft ti .ulk of his property, and he
ownec -'considerable, to the children of
his second wife, and left to each ot
tht children of his first wife only ten
dollars He probably made this seem
ingly unjust will because the children
ft his second wife were young and de
pendent, and he thought his first chil
dren abundantly able to take care of
Burwell
Rev.
themselves,
wwn still a young man,
V nv -
vi;ctprl as a soldier in the
jjavis c"'--
olutionary war. He probably served
under General Summer both in the
Morthera and Southern divisions of
the Army. He used to give a graphic
account of the battles in which he par
ticipated, especially the battle at
"Guilford Court House."
His children and grand-children
never tired of his stories of his
marches, hardships, and sufferings.
In a country such as our at that time
the soldiers often suffered from the
lack of the necessaries of life on ' ac
count of the inadequate means of
transporting supplies.
On one occasion the army seemed
at the point "of strvation, and young
Davis' sufferings were not less than
the others. He finally got behind a
cart loaded with meat and found a
little crack through which he could
stick one finger. In this way he could
get a little of the fibre and a little of
the grease which he said was was the
best thin? he ever tasted.
On another lor.g march when they
camped at night, he wrapped himself
in his blanket and slept soundly until
next morning. When he awoke he
felt snug and warm, but when he lift
ed the blanket a large quanity of
sbow fell in his face. During the
aight he had been completely covered
with siow which protected him from
the cold.
After the war he returned to his
home; he says, "I had nothing on
earth with which to begin life." He
and his brother Matthew agreed to
go to wd k and make something. Mat-
MANSON ITEMS
Mr. L. O. Reavis and family spent
Saturday night and Sunday with their
people near Flat Rock.
Misses Etta Fleming and Louisa
Wilson spent the week-end at their
home at York.
Mrs. James Fulgham and children,
of Louisburg, were in town .a short
time last week, on their way to Rich
mond. They were returning from a
visit to Mrs. Jennie Winbush at
Townsville,
We are sorry to say that Dr. D.
Smith has the misfortune to break
his arm Monday while helping to
crank an automobile.
Professor Roy Champion and little
son, Roy Jr., of Raleigh, spent a night
recently in the home . of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Champion,
Miss Mamie Brack is. visiting rela
tives at Oine.
Mr. A. T. Edwards and little son
Francis spent Fridav and Saturrlav
of last week at Raleigh.
Mrs. J. T. Champion visited her
grand-father, Mr. Willis Duke at Mid
dleburg Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. L. O. , Reavis spent a day of
last week in Henderson shopping.
Mr. W. W. Davis, of Raleigh, was
":i town several days of last week.
:Ir Chas. Hayes, of Norlina, has
made several business trips to our
town recently.
Our Sunday School will be reorga
nized next Sunday the 25th, everybody
oordially invited. We hope there will
be a large attendance.
We are glad to know that Capt.
Brack, who has been quite sick for the
past few days, is able to be at his post
of duty again.
GUILFORD COUNTY FARM LIFEp SCHOOL LAW.
Made to Apply to All Counties of the ae.
AN ACT TO PROMOTE THE TEACHING OF AGRICULTURE AND DO
MESTIC SCIENCE IN THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS OF GUILFORD
COUNTY.
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The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Agricultural instruction and training in; Domestic Science.
Section 1. That there shall be maintained in one or more of the public
high schools of Guilford County, complying with the provisions of this act as
hereinafter set forth, a department of agricultural, instruction, and a depart
ment of training in domestic science and home ecomics in order to better pre
pare the boys and girls of said county for far life and home-making.
Board of Trustees
v Sec. 2. That the said school or schools shall be under the control
and management of a board of trustees consisting of the members of the
board of education of said county and the chairman and secretary of the
board of trustees of each high school in which such departments are established.
Selection
of
CABIN BRANCH ITEMS
Rev. W. C. Merrett preached an ex
tra good sermon at Zion Sunday.
Miss Eula Paschall, of Pensicola,
Fla., is on a few days- visit to her
father, Mr. J. L. Paschall.
Mr. W. F. Famen and daughter,
Miss Lizzie, of Axtelle, attended ser
vices at Zion Sunday - and visited
friends.
.'Mr. E. J. Hicks is on the sick list.
.We hope he .will soon be aU right.
Mrs. Mollie Burton and-daughter,
Miss Agnes, were pleasant visitors at
Mr. J. L. PaschalPs Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Edwin Hicks, of Warrenton,
visited his people Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. Will Paschall, Mrs. Deibel and
little Virginia visited in Norlina
Thursday. i .
DOLLY.
onced raised 96 bushels on less than
two acres. '
His tobacco crop was never large
thew went over on "Possum Quarter considering the force he worked. He
Hill," where he had to scotch a rail usually sold from 10 to 13 hogsheads
cut befcre he cut it off, to keep it from ' of tobacco, which would net him f rora
rolling down hill into the creek. ! $1,000 to $1,500. He did not consider
Burwell bought a small tract of land - the state of the market but sold his
and built a little house which later, tobacco in Petersburg, always in Au-
in life was used for a kitchen. He I gust, without reference to the price.
says, "I had no mony to buy rope, and
corded my bedstead with . hickory
withes, cut out of the nearby bushes.
I began work by myself and it seem
d like I never would accumulate any
thing. Not knowing what else to do,
1 kept trying until I began to have
ome little about me."
Mr. Davis was known as one of the
Most successful hog raisers in the
country, 1;- he says, " I never bought
hog i ry life, while working one
in J,io field a little stray shoat
came to me, which no one would claim
J fed it and nursed itmyself and all
hogs I ever owned were .descen
dants of this little stray shoat."
Working hard and living alone he
wcame lonesome and he decided to
jwch for someone to keep- him com-Pany-
He says, "I began to look
wound and found 'old Pat " (that is
Mr i u alWayS Called nis wife' He
and
ler.
needy and lonesome
She consented and
On one occasion he was dissatisfied
with the price of his tobacco, which
was five cents a pound, and he thought
that was too much. He should have
taken" lessons from the moderns. His
income from his market crops and sur
plus of" his food crops brought him a
good deal of money and he was ic
garded one of the most prosperous
men in the neighborhood.
He would not fatten his hogs on
new corn, and often at gathering time
he removed from his cribs as much as
50 barrels of old corn to make way
for the new. This old corn he would
dump into a pen to be used in fatten
ing his hogs for pork.
He lived sumptiously. He did not
care very much for variety but want
ed his table to fjrqan beneath an abun
dance of the substantial and nourish
ing. He raised all his supplies at
home and only purchased condiments,
such as pepper and spices. Of course
he had to buy. salt and sugar and cof-
wanted V.
e" Were finnn wt, J J 1 .- u U,, nsvt-tifnrr tliflt. llA P.ould
i "iaiucu aiiu uegan uxe ice, uui uuugui uui'6 . v
TT would have no
xter his marriao-p v.- ' nnfF ovnt th. best crovernment
rfmore yapidly and although hinder- Java and no sugar except the best
" tune nv haH hoiv. v, r u
en, P and finally Prosperity be-
fcniUe UDOn JJa V,,1,
s10 and in a few vPflrs hA
1 . ' .M,V V
iarnilv rt v.i m- i
Cultivate his iand.
alwav?aS ?uice a successful farmer,
Burwell Davis was a remarKaoie
man. ' He possessed many of the
striking characteristics of Nat. Macon
and the strong- men of that age of
strong men, and he transmitted to
rnpTw nf his nosteritv some of his dis-
iwav? roi.' , J
fter tl! . nme suPPlies first and tinguishing characteristics.
ton ani?at SUh market croPs of cot- I He was never a church member but
Consid t0baCC as he could manage. -he was a moral man of the highest
not CulKln? his land and f orc he did ' type.
land ,! Uate a lar&e farm; but as his I He and his wife lived to-gether for-
many happy y;ars. His devotion w
her expressed itself in the words that
burst from his lips as he stood by her
coffin looking down into her dead face!
"O, Pat, I wish you could know how
Wens
larm; out as ills
as productive and his method
c ne usimllir .-;, i oca
iftiscu xruiii ouu
to 450 u c USU
f ' barrels of
and
7,000
corn per vear. killed
to 10,000 pounds of pork
" neavy crop of wheat for
raised
Sec. 3. That after due advertian:.iit! hi iUr.fr bids from the public high
schools of said county now in exiatnof or fcareafter created, the County
Board of Education of Guilford County d&U designate the place or places at
which such agricultural cr domestic scipnee work shall be established. In
designating a school, the said county' b6ard of education shall take into con
sideration the financial aid offered for at maintenance and equipment, desira
bility and suitability for location: PrcVdeit Kowever, that no such depart
ment shall be established in a school M'hih is located 'in' a town of more than
one thousand inhabitants, nor within tv4 miles of the corporate limits of any
city or town of more than five thousand jinhsbitants.'
Maintenance of SeticbL Tro.ision, Etc!
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Sec. 4. That for the maintenance 4 bf said school or school, the County
Board of Education of Guilford. Colinty hall provide annually out of the
public school fund, or by'' donation J6rioeai;tax,';nbt'. exceeding twenty-five
hundred ($25,000) dollars: Provide,1 !how.Ver, that the .present average
school term of the county shall not be shortened by the appropriation herein
designated. Any school applying for5 tire beneiit to be derived under this act
shall first provide a building with recitation rooms, laboratories, and appara
tus necessary for efficient instructidA ihj the' prescribed subjects of study and
such domitory buildings as the county fcjoard f education of said county may
require, and a farm of not less thai terj acres of good arable land, said land
to be situated not more than one mikj if rom the school building: Prided,
however, that before the County Boaifd of Education of Guilford County
shall designate any school at a plsice aij which the agricultural and domestic
science work shall become a part of thl school Wrriculum, it shall first.sub
mit to the State Superintendent of Pullic Instruction for his inspection and
approval the equipment provided for sjd ; school.'
"' ' ''.'"'"' ' "Purpose of School 8.u 0-iur bi" Study. ' ; -: T?
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Sec. 5. That the purpose of said scfiool or schools, are to give to the boys
and girls such preparation as is now jrivcri in the said county public high
schools, and in addition to that to give to tli boys training in agricultural
pursuits and farm life, and to prepare the girls for home-making and home
keeping. The course of study for the said school or schools shall be subject
to the approval of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and an
advisory board of farm-life schools to be appointed by him.
Faculty and Schedule of Work..
Sec. 6. That the teacher or teachers of the public high school, the teacher
of agriculture, and the teacher of domestic science shall constitute the facul
ty of the county high school, who shall, arrange the weekly schedule of work
and submit such weekly schedule to the County Superintendent of Education
of Guilford County for his approval. ' '
Appropriation by State, ' Provisions and Term.
Sec. ,7. That upon its being made to appear to the State Board of Educa
tion that Guilford County has complied with all the provisions of this act
for establishment, maintenance and equipment of an agricultural department
and a domestic science department in connection with one or more of the
public high schools of said county, it shall appropriate and pay to the County
Board of Education of Guilford County for such purpose , an amount equal to
that appropriated and furnished by the county of Guilford for said work:
Provided, however, that said appropriations by the State Board of Education
shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five, hundred ($2,500) dollars annually
for the maintenace of said work in said county, to be paid by the State
Treasurer out of funds appropriated for the maintenance of county farm-life
schools by chapter eighty-four of the Public Laws of one thousand nine 'hun
dred and eleven. That any money that is now or may hereafter be appropri-.
ated by the General Assembly of North Carolina, the State Board of Educa
tion, or other State authority for agricultural or domestic science education,
a part of which appropriation would, except for this act, be appropriated to
Guilford County absolutely, or upon a contingency or contingencies, then and
in that event such appropriation which would go Guilford County shall be
turned over to the County Board of Education of Guilford County to aid in
the carrying ou the provisions of this act. That compliance with the pro
vision of thig act by the authorities of Guilford County shall be sufficient to
entitle the county of Guilford toits proportion of any appropriation of money
already made or which may hereafter be made for training in the science of
agriculture or domestic science. The State Superintendent -of Public -Instruction
shall issue a requisition on the State Auditor for the amount so
apportioned to Guilford County and he shall issue his warrant to the county
treasurer of said county, and the money shall be placed by the said treasurer
to the credit of the school or schools of Guilford County in which said agri
cultural and domestic science work is being conducted: Provided, however,
that all money thus placed to their credit shall be usedexclueively for the
purpose of instruction in agriculture and domestic science. ,
Authority of High School Principal.
Sec. 8. That nothing in this act shall be construed to lessen the power and
authority of the principal of the high school, but the instructors in the various
departments shall be considered members of the faculty of which the high
school principal is head.
. Qualification of Teachers. - .
Sec. 9. That no person shall be employed as teacher in agriculture or do-J
mestic science in the school or schools herein provided for unless the appli
cant has furnished to the trustees satisfactory evidence of a liberal-English
education, and in addition thereto special preparation and: fitness for the
specific branches to be taught, said qualifications to be passed upon by the
County Superintendent of Guilford County and if approved, submitted to
the State Superintendent of Public Instruction for his approval. In addition
to the above requirements the said person shall hold a high school teacher's
JAMES W. LIMER WINS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT.
(Copy)
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
State of North Carolina
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT .
This certificate of merit is awarded to James W. Limer, of Warrenton, of
the County of Warren, a member of the 1916 Boys' Corn Club, in recognition
of his services in Agriculture, of which he has given evidence by the produc
tion of 115 1-2 bushels of corn on one acre of land in said county, in accord
ance with the rules prescribed, for the Boys Corn Clubs.
This 9th day of January, 1917. '
W. A. GRAHAM
Commissioner of 'Agriculture
J. Y. JOYNER,
State Supt. Pub. Inst.
C. R. HUDSON,
State Agent Farm Demonstration
FRANK B. NEWELL,
County. Demonstration Agent
LOCKE CRAIG,
. Governor of North Carolina
W. C. RIDDICK,
Prest. A: & M. College
B. W. KILGORE,
Director Extension Service
T. E. BROWN,
Director Boys
Corn Clubs
HOWARD F. JONES,
County Supt. Pub. Instruction.
SPRING OATS AND IRISH PO
TATOES SHOULD
BE GIVEN ATTENTION
The County Farm demonstration
agents are busy urging - farmers to
make such plans in their operations as
will enable them to grow all the food
an feed crops needed, with some sur
plus for sale. Careful records show
that supplies can be produced a great
dealer cheaper on the farms here than
they can be bought from other sections
of the country; therefore, it is not only
economy to grow them, but it is a mat
ter of insurance against shortage of
the crops elsewhere.
A report of the Secretary of Agricul
ture shows that the Southern States
have been importing, annually, from . .
,1 J J? 1 1 J - r J
omer secuons oixne country irom people who eat much meat, eggs, fish
oats and Irish potatoes. Where win
ter oats have been killed, and for any
reason they have not been sown in suf
ficient quanities, a few acres planted
right away to early Burt (May) or
Appier oats will help very much in the
matter of stock feeding.- Of course
they should not be planted on poor
land without fertilizer; in fact they
should be planted on the very best of
land. The ground should not be plow
ed, but well disked and harrowed, and
the seed drilled in. If no drill is used,
a good plan is to sow the oats and to
cover them with the disking and har
rowing. From two to three bushels
per acre should be used.
The secretary's report-also shows
that the crop of Irish potatoes, last
season, was short; therefore, a good
acreage should be planted to this im
portant and valuable food crop. Irish
are especially valuable to
to seven hundred millions of dollars
worth of foodstuffs. While not head
ing" this list in the amount purchased,
North Carolina has bought probably
from1 $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 worth
per year. It seems unreasonable, and
certainly it is a bad business policy, to
send out this enormous amount of
money from a section of the country
that has intelligent farmers, a soil that
can be made abundantly fertile, and
the best climate in the United States
for growing crops needed.
Two" food crops that should be given
immediate attention are that of spring
and similar food, because it helps to
balance the food diet. We of the South
have never appreciated the value of
the Irish-potato for its full worth.
Extensive Farm News. - '
NOTICE
The Warren County National Farm
Loan Association will meet in the of
fice of the Sec-Treas. on March 24th,
at 11 o'clock sharp.
F. B. NEWELL,
- Sec-Treas.
certificate on all required subjects, except -Lati Greek, and Modern Lan
guages. V
Students From Other Counties.
Sec. 10. That -the board of trustees of the school or schools herein pro
vided for is authorized and empowered to admit students from other counties
of the State to said school or schools, upon payment of such tuition charges
as said board. of trustees may fix, but all students who are residents of Guil
ford County shall be admitted to any of said schools without charge for tui
tion: Provided, however, that there shall be no discrimination against stu
dents coming from other counties in the charges fixed for board and inci
dentals. - e . .
Agricultural Farm Life and Extension Work.
Sec. H. That it shall be part of the duty of the teachers of agriculture
and domestic science to conduct agricultural .farm life and extensive work
in Guilford County in cooperation, as far as possible, with such work carried
on in said county by the State Department of Agriculture, the North Carolina
College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and the United States Department
of Agriculture; to hold township and district meetings in various parts of
Guilford County from time to time, for farmers and farmers' wives; to co
operate "with the county superintendent of education in said county and with
the commissioner of agriculture, if such officer exists, in stimulating direct--ing
and suprervising practical farm life work in the jmblic high school and
the elementary schools of said county, and in providing instruction through
the teachers' association and through a special short course of study at the
schools where agriculture and domestic science instruction is given for the
public school teachers of said county. :j!
This Act Made to Apply toAny County of North Carolina.
Sec12. This act. shall apply to Guilford County, and , to any other county
of the State of North Carolina complying with the conditions herein required
of Guilford County: Provide, that the amount annually set aside out of the
public school fund by any county for maintenance of said farm-life depart
ments shall not operate to increase the amount to which said county would
have been entitled from the State equalizing fund if said apportionments for
farm-life departmens had not been set aside; and said apportionments shall
be included in the necessary expenses for four month's school term for which
a special tax, if necessary, must be levied under chapter thirty-three of the
public laws of one thousand nine hundred and thirteen. The board of county
commissioners' of any county is hereby authorized to provide out of the funds
for necessary county expenses the funds required under section four of chap
ter four hundred and forty nine of the public local laws of one thousand nine
hundred and eleven for the establishment and maintenance thereunder of
farm-life departments in public high schools, and to include the same in the
annual levy for necessary county expenses.
Sec. 13. That this act shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Ratified this the 1st day of March, 1911.
Amendments ratified the 10th day-of March, 1913.
1911 (Public Local Laws), c. 449; 1913, c. 105; 1915;
c. 236.
of land he seeded:
He much I always loved you.
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