SELMA SCHOOL
NOTES.
Although the epidemic of measles
caused a large numbers of the pupils
to miss school, still there is quite a
number who have not missed a single
day nor been tardy a single time.
Following are the names:
First Grade ? Thomas Brown, Mazie
Jones, Marie Mozingo, Person Mo
zingo, Rose Worley and Mary Young.
Second Grade ? Anna Harmon, Wil
liam Utley Stallings, and Needham
Ward.
Third Grade ? Not any.
Fourth Grade ? Norwood Batten,
Esther Lee, Lela Smith and Mozelle
Stallings.
Fifth Grade ? Lucile Creech, Gladys
Holland, John Harmon, Thelma Oliver,
Clarine Poole, Elmer Prince, Cedric
Stallings, Mabel White and Edgar
Young.
Sixth Grade ? Miriam Breitz, Mil
dred Driver and Carrie May White.
Seventh Grade ? Margaret Cameron,
Elma Poole, Agnes Rose, Martha
Ward and Francis Young.
Eighth Grade ? Jennings Talton,
Elizabeth Earp, and Gertrude Stal
lings.
Ninth Grade ? Ruth Worley.
Tenth Grade ? Orman Bailey, Lena
Johnson and Lelia Straughn.
Eleventh Grade ? Rosa Waddell.
G. R.
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Last Friday the Selma school chil
dren went out on a crusade against
dirt. The different grades were divided
into squads and each squad was giv
en a certain street to cleanse of pa
per. They wanted to show the town
people that Selma could be made to
look clean. They hope that those peo
ple who tear open envelopes and
throw the edges on the streets will
learn that every little bit of paper
thrown on the street helps to make a
dirty town. G. R.
H IT U
Miss Harlowe asked her pupils to
write her a letter for their English
lesson and to tell her what the Presi
dent was urging the people of the
United States to do. The letters were
written and most of them did exceed
ingly well for fourth grade pupils.
The best one was written by Lottie
White. It has had a few corrections.
It is as follows:
"Selma, N. C.,
"May 8, 1917.
"Dear Miss Harlowe,
"President Wilson is asking us to
plant plenty of food. He says if the
farmers of America will plant more
crops it will be helping the United
States as much as the men who are
fighting for our country. It is not the
country that will have the most men.
It is the country that can feed the
troops the best that will win. The
farmers can nail a flag on their plows.
To plow under the flag will help
the United States also." L. R.
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Last Wednesday our assembly ex
ercise program was very good. It was
a Mother Goose Festival. The chil
dren from the fifth and sixth grades
represented some of the Mother
Goose rhymes we use to read. The
lower grades guessed what the chil
dren in the parade represented.
L. R.
H IT H
Mr. Stevens had charge of the
chapel exercises on Tuesday, May 8,
because Mr. Proctor was not in town.
"Stand Up for Jesus" was sung and
Mr. Stevens read a few verses from
the sixteenth chapter of Matthew. His
subject was "Jesus' Habits of Pray
er." Jesus had a time to pray. He
prayed in some quiet place, on the
pdayed in some quiet place, on the
mountain, desert, garden, etc. He al
ways had a constant spirit of prayer.
He always prayed in a crisis or a
change in his life. Jesus could be
alone in a dense crowd. His greatest
blessings came when praying as our
greatest prayers always do. This
was one of the best talks Mr. Stevens
has made and was also the last of his
series of talks on prayer. On Thurs
day Mr. Stevens and Mr. Johnson
were with us. Mr. Stevens read some
verses from Romans, 14th chapter.
"Somebody imitates us." Perhaps we
think no one is thinking of the way
we do, but somebody is. Mr. Stevens
told a story to illustrate this: After
Mr. Stevens finished his talk, Mr.
Johnson made a talk. R. W. i
The Sheep.
Arizona sheep owners are reaping
a rich harvest this year. The clip
which averages for Merinos about
seven pounds per animal is selling un
scoured for 54 cents, giving a gToss
income of nearly $4 a head. The
Iambs, now about sixty pounds in
weight, are selling for 14 cents or
more. There is every reason why Tex
as farmers should have small flocks
of sheep. Along with the chickens and
the hogs, they are money crops of
first importance. ? Houston Post.
Death of Mrs. Betsy Johnson.
On Saturday morning, May 5, 1917,
the Messenger of Death came into
the home of Mr. J. L. Crabtree and
took the spirit of his mother-in-law
to the home beyond the River of
Death. Her death was a very great
shock to the community. She had
been in feeble health for more than
a year but was as well as she had
been in a good while that morning,
and ate a hearty breakfast, and was
pbout beginning to churn some milk
when Mr. Crabtree heard her make
some complaint and saw her drop in
a chair and hurried to her and asked
her what was the matter and she said,
"I don't know." He helped her to bed
where she soon breathed her last.
She had lived to a good old age as
she was nearing her eightieth birth
day.
Mrs. Johnson before her marriage
was a daughter of Hobson Oneal and
married Haywood Johnson, who died
some 45 or 50 years ago. To this un
ion was born three children, two boys
and a jfirl, one of the boys having
died a few years after his father,
and the other, Mr. Harris Johnson, of
the Corinth section, is living yet. The
daughter, Mrs. J. L. Crabtree, died
about a year and a half ago.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of the
Baptist church and had been for more
than fifty years and her life was al
ways that of a true Christian. Every
body that knew Aunt Betsy, as she
was called by most people in the com
munity, believed she lived that noble
Christian life every day, and as long
as she was able she always attended
her church regularly. She was a good
neighbor, always ready to do what
she could.
Her funeral was preached on Sun
day, May the 6th, in Thanksgiving
church of which she was a member,
by her pastor, Rev. C. E. Stevens,
after which she was laid to rest in
the family cemetery at Mr. H. E.
Eason's in the presence' of a large
congregation of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
j We wish to extend to the entire
family our deepest heartfelt sympa
thy and would say to them to follow
the way that mother and grand
mother has lived and then as we cross
the river we will meet her one by one.
A FRIEND.
NEW HOPE NOTES.
Among those attending the com
mencement at Falcon this week are
Misses Lena, Nellie, Rena, Naomi and
Ferle Lee.
j Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Graham spent
the week-end near Smithfield.
Last Thursday officers from Ben
! son made a raid in this section. One
small still and two barrels of beer
were destroyed. They were unable to
locate the cap and worm. The still
; was located near the home of Mr. B.
| J. Grant on the west side of the
I Smithfield and Clinton road.
i The people of Antioch M. E. church
| will celebrate Children's Day Sunday
! morning, May 20th, at 11 o'clock.
The children have been under the
training of Miss Sallie Sanders. Come
prepared to hear something good.
I The boys of the community are in
j vited to the school house Saturday
< afternoon for the purpose of playing
j baseball. There will not be any debate
until Saturday evening, May 26th.
The query to be discussed at that
time is, "Resolved, That the South
in time to come will equal or surpass
the North." Meeting hour 3:30
! o'clock. The girls as well as boys are
invited to be present.
i Owing to the cold weather of late,
I crops are in a very serious condi
tion. In many cases cotton is to plant
a second time.
BILL BOY.
Keep the Harrow Going.
No other implement is worth so
much in crop cultivation as the har
row. The winds take up very rapidly
the water supply from the cultivated
fields during the spring and summer.
This water supply, which is so essen
tial to the production of good yields,
could be largely conserved by running
the harrow over the grain fields as
soon after each rain as the land crusts
over. The young weeds would also be
killed, the soil aired, the grain invig
orated and better yields result. When
you first break land, do not allow the
clods to dry and remain through the
summer. Use the harrow while the
clods are soft and easily broken. ?
Southern Planter.
Three Big Lawyers.
Senator William E. Borah has an
nounced his intention of retiring from
the Senate when his term expires.
Senator Borah is said to be one of
the three greatest constitutional law
years in the country. The two other
big ones are Elihu Root of New York
and Joseph W. Bailey of Texas. ?
Charity and Children.
It's the early vegetable that brings
the big price, and the man who sticks
to his hotbed and makes use of it
always gets to market first.
THE NEWS IN CLAYTON.
Commencement Exercises a Grand ' |
Success, With Nine in Graduating '
Class. Oxford Orphanage Class to
Give Concert on May 23rd. Many ]
Personal Items of Interest.
Clayton, May 16. ? Miss Maude
Pope, of Raleigh, visited relatives
and friends here this week.
Miss Pearl Lowry, of Apex, ar- \
rived Tuesday to visit Miss Duba El
lis.
Miss Lynette Porter, who for the j
past few months has been working j
for Barnes-Duncan Co., left Monday
for her home at Greensboro.
Mr. G." T. Smith, of Lillington,
spent Sunday night here with rela
tives, returning Monday morning, ac
companied by his wife and little son
who have been here for a week.
Misses Louise and Eloise Guinn, of
Rocky Mount, visited the K. P. Home
last week.
Miss Emma Lee Jones left Tuesday
for Fremont to visit relatives.
Mrs. M. G. Gulley left Wednesday
morning for Cary to visit relatives.
Miss Alma Hall is visiting friends
in Zebulon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Smith and
children, of Selma, were here Sunday.
Miss Thelma Sherrill, who for the
past week has been visiting friends
here, left Wednesday for her home at
Lillington.
Miss Willie Hall left Tuesday for
her home at Rougemont.
Mrs. Bennette Nooe spent last Sun
day in Goldsboro.
Mr. Bennett Nooe, Jr., and Mr. II.
E. Olive left last Saturday for Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga., to attend the Officers
Training School.
On Monday night of this week Mr.
II. O. Ellis was made Policeman of
Clayton.
On Wednesday night, May 2.'lrd,
the singing class from the Oxford
Orphanage will give a concert in the
auditorium of the Graded School
building.
Miss Thelma Barbour, of Meredith
College, spent last week-end here
with her mother, Mrs. A. J. Barbour.
The commencement exercises of the
Clayton Graded School closed last
Friday night with the Gtaduating
Exercises. The commencement was
grand from start to finish, but it did
seem that Friday night was decidedly
the best. Nine graduates were enroll
ed this year, namely: Misses Carrie
Austin, Elsie Poole, Telza Barnes and
Winnie Barbour, and Mr. Irving Cow
er. Five medals were given in the
school this year, three of them being
won by Mr. Ransom Averitt a tenth
grade pupil, the other two bein^ won
by Miss Aldine Oneil and Mr. Irving
Gower. We congratulate each one of
them for their excellent work.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Sam White, Mrs.
Bennett Nooa, Jr., and Miss Telza
Barnes spent Wednesday morning in
Raleigh.
The Price of Inefficiency in Road
Work.
The annual report of the highway
commissioner of Florida deals with
the old story of the waste due to in
efficiency in the management of the
road work of some the counties in
that State. It is the result of the
prevailing opinion among many per
sons who have not studied the sub
ject that it takes no skill to direct
unskilled labor, that all such work re
quires is ability to keep every man
toiling as hard as he can be driven to
work. The improvements that can be
made by directing the work so that
each man will work most efficiently
are unrecognized because nobody
ever heard of them. As a matter of
fact road improvements call for
skilled supervision just as the ad
ministration of road affairs calls for
business ability. The report of High
svay Commissioner Coke shows that
not only are some of the counties car
rying on their work of this character
without proper bookkeeping systems,
the lack of which will wreck any pri
vate business, but the county officers
are also attempting to carry on the
supervision of the work on the roads
although they are without experience
and technical knowledge. The result
of this policy will be the loss of a
considerable part of the money invest
ed in improved roads. The commis
sioner recommends placing the road
work of each county in the hands of
a competent engineer or superintend
ent, for the reason that he will save
many times his salary by cutting off
waste and he will also do much bet
ter work than an inexperienced man
can accomplish. In order to do this,
however, he must be given proper au
thority. There are now competent en
gineers employed by some Florida
counties which have issued road
bonds, but they have had no voice in
deciding the type of construction to
be adopted and should not be held re
sponsible for bad results. ? Good
Roads Bulletin.
It is just as important to rotate
garden crops as field crops, and it is
certainly a great mistake to plant
the same crop on the same ground
three or four seasons In succcssion.
The use of Printed Stationery is no
longer confined to the business or
prefessional man- --Farmers, Con
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tractors, Builders and in fact men
in all walks of life are beginning to
realize that Printed Stationery costs
but little more than the unprinted
kind and that every letter they write
is a silent representative. Come in
and let us talk it over with you and
tell you what it will cost to have
your stationery artistically printed.
Be willing to try new foods. Certain plentiful and nour
ishing foods widely used and enjoyed in one section are
practically unknown in other sections of the country.
Learn to know ALL the good things ; not a few only.
People too easily get into food ruts ? insist on eating
only the food they are used to and refuse to give a fair
trial to others. This causes undue demand for certain
staples, with resulting scarcity or high prices when crops
are short. At the same time other valuable foods may be
relatively cheap and available. A striking instance of this
is failure fully to appreciate rice ? a valuable source of
starch ? when potatoes are scarce and high. Another
example is refusal in certain sections to use anything but
wheat as a breadstuff when corn ? a valuable cereal widely
used elsewhere as a breadstuff ? is plentiful and relatively
cheap.
Learn how to cook all kinds of staple foods and to serve
them in a variety of ways. Simple dishes well prepared
are better than expensive foods badly cooked.
Many persons are prejudiced against certain good foods
because, when first tried, the foods were improperly
cooked or prepared.
Remove from your vocabulary "don't like" or "can't
eat."
Most individual prejudices against widely popular foods
are either imaginary or baseless.
Try to like every simple food; give it a fair trial.
? Government News Letter.