Please accept this invitation to visit our store during the interesting
Cooking Demonstration
ON THE
Great Mai
A special representative from the factory will show you why the
MAJESTIC bakes so perfectly , and heats all the water wanted with
the minimum of fuel . Hot Coffe and Biscuits served; one week only .
Monday Morning, Sept. 3 to Saturday Night Sept. 8.
CHILDREN'S DAY FREE
Tuesday $800
BETWEEN 3 and 5 P. M.
Set of Ware
TO GET THE MOST VALUE FROM THE THINGS YOU BUY
That's the Problem!
You are interested in reducing the "High Cost of Living ? it means more to you this year than you imagine. The cost of things
is not always controlled by the price you pay for them. Waste in material, labor, energy ? all are vital factors. To get the most
value from the things you buy ? that's the problem.
In your household ? in every household ? the greatest outlay of money is for foodstuffs and fuel; the greatest outlay in the house
wife's time and energy is the preparation of meals. Perfect baking and water heating with the least possible fuel is one central and
controlling fact in household economy.
You believe you are getting the best results from your cook stove or range, and with what you have, thi? is doubtless true.
You fail to realize the advantages gained in throwing out an old cook stove or range that is not thoroughly scientific and economical
in its operation. All great business men do this ? that is why they are great business men. They know well what most of us are
slow to learn; it does not pay to operate anything a single day after something better has come to take its place.
The question therefore, in your household is, not only what price you pay for fuel, but are you burning too much of it ? and not
only the price you pay for flour and other eatables, but are they being cooked without waste ? not only the price you pay for a cook
stove or range, but what it costs for repairs. These questions are better answered by comparing the GREAT MAJESTIC MALLEA
BLE AND CHARCOAL IRON RANGE with others. The Great Majectic is not only a durable range ? a perfect baker ? a great water
heater ? an economical range ? but, in its new dress, it's a Handsome easy-to-keep-clean range.
Call at our store during our Majestic Sale Week ? let the factory representative show you the Majestic, in ide and outside ? show
you the new improvements ? improvements that are not to be found on any other range.
Special for this Sale only $8.00. Set
S4 L L of Marbleized and Copper Ware will
|\ r.r, be given FREE with every Majestic
Range bought.
Positively no Ware will be given after this sale.
Massengill Hdw. Co., - f?E Oaks, N. C.
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Seed for 1918 Crops.
Important as a large yield of food
crops is this year, it is of vastly more
consequence to the welfare of th<>
nation that we have a big yield of
seed. For without seed food cannot be
produced next year.
A serious shortage of "seed exists.
It has developed gradually during
the past two years, and became very
noticeablc during the spring. This
shortage has been caused by a number
of unusual conditions. Europe has
always supplied a large portion of
our requirements for many varieties
of vegetable seeds; but during the
past two years practically no seed has
been received from this source, as all
the available stocks have been needed
at home. Also, the seed crops of
America have been far below normal
for the past two years.
Were it not for the fact that some
of our larger seed houses had in re
serve large stocks an acute scarcity of
seed would have been felt during the
spring. These stocks are now practi
cally exhausted, and seed for the 1918
crops must depend upon the harvest
this year American seed growers,
realizing the situation, have planted
every available acre, but it is ex
tremely doubtful if there will be suf
ficient seed stocks to supply our plant
ing needs next spring, even if the
crops arc unusually bountiful.
The farmers of America can help
to relieve the threatened seed short
age by saving, to as large an extent
as practicable, seed stocks from their
own crops that are now growing. With
some crops this cannot be done, but
from many of our staple ci'ops a por
tion may be saved for seed purposes,
t.nd this will greatly help when plant
ing time comes next year. If every
farmer sj>ves but a portion of his own
requirements the result will be, in
the aggregate, a considerable quanti
ty.
Corn, v heat, oats, barley and other
field grains are very easily saved for
seed purposes, but there are many
farmers who do not save enough even
for their own needs. "Some farmers,
realizing the advantages to be derived
from the use of better seed, sow a
seed plot each year with specially
selected and recleaned seed; the crop
from this plot is used for seeding
the following season.
Each fall the yield from the seed
plot is graded and the best seed is
used for the seed plot, of the next
season, while the rest is used for seed
ing the main crop.
Farmers who have no seed plots
should, in the ease of wheat, oats and 1
other small grains, take steps imme- 1
diately after threshing to secure suffi- t
cient se?d for next season. This may 1
best be accomplished by cleaning and t
grading through a fanning mill to re- t
move all trash and weed seeds and i
shrunken kernels. I
After grading the seed should be J
stored in a dry place and protected 1
from mice and insects. It is important 1
that this be done as soon as possible '
after threshing, so that seed of high
germination may be secured.
As soon as the field corn is matur
ed, and before frost, the fields should
be gone through and a sufficient f
quantity of the best ears selected.
These should be carefully and thor- ^
oughly dried. How to save seed corn (
need not be discussed here, but all (
farmers are urged to save sufficient ^
seed for next year. After the corn
has dried it should be kept in a dry
place, as corn is capable of absorbing
'moisture in quantities sufficient to
injure its germinating qualities.
Potatoes may easily be saved for ,
seed if proper storage facilities are
to be had. After digging they should
be sorted, and all small, deformed, ,
diseased, and extra large tubers (
should be eaten. The ideal seed pota- ,
to is of medium size, smooth-skinned
ercept for the eyes, and evenly color
ed. If the grower can spare the nec
essary time extra-quality seed pota
toes may be obtained by marking the ,
most vigorous hills before digging. At
harvest time these are dug and stored '
separately.
Sweet corn may be saved in the j
same manner as field corn. Seed (
should be selected from portions of
fields that are not adjacent to field
corn or to other varieties of sweet
corn, so that the seed will be pure and
not mixed with other varieties.
Field beans and also the garden
varieties are easily saved for seed.
They should be allowed to mature
thoroughly, and after mowing should
be allowed to dry until the pods will
thresh easily. If no bean thresher is
available they may be threshed by
j hand on a floor covered with canvas,
using an old-fashioned flail or sim
ilar tool. They should then be spread
out in a thin layer for further drying, i
and then sacked and stored in a dry
place.
Garden peas should be gathered as
r.oon as they begin to ripen. The pods i
may be gathered by hand if the plot i
is not too large. Small quantities
may be phcllcd by hand after the pods
have dried for several days.
In general when seed is saved to
>e sold the particular variety should
3e known, and care should be taken
:o keep the variety pure and not al
ow it to become mixed with some oth
;r variety of the same kind. This is
he main reason why seedsmen have
lever been very enthusiastic about
purchasing iTeed from farmer growers,
[f, however, a farmer is sure of the
/ariety seedsmen are usually willing
:o purchase any surplus seed he may
lave to offer. ? Country Gentleman.
What We Fight.
"The war was begun by the mili
ary master* of Germany, who prov
ed to be also the masters of Austria
Hungary. These men have never re
garded nations as people, men, wom
n, and children of like blood and
Frame as themselves, for whom gov
ernments existed and in whom gov
ernments had their life. They have
regarded them merely as serviceable
organizations which they could by
force or intrigue bend or corrupt to
heir own purpose. They have regard
ed the smaller States, in particular,
nd the peoples who could be over
whelmed by force, as their natural
tools and instruments of domination.
Fheir purpose has long been avowed.
"If they succeed they are safe, and
Germany and the world are undone;
if they fail, Germany is saved and
Hie world will be at peace. If they
?ucceed, America will fall within the
menace. Wc and all the rest of the
world must remain armed, as Ihcy will
remain, and must make ready for the
next stop in their aggression; if they
fail, the world may unite for peace,
end Germany may be of the union."
? Woodrow Wilson, President of the
United States.
We iMust Finish the Work.
"With the first installment of the
Liberty Loan completed, imrmnsely
gratifying as is the result, we must
remember that the financing of a
great war is never completed until the
war is finished; and wc are going to
finish this war to our satisfaction in
order tlirt America may not be finish
ed. We must st?y on the job and do
it in tru? American fashion. W<> have
proved ourjelves on the first test; we
must be prepared for the second, the
third, and the fourth if need be.
"The yar must be fought to a fin
ish. It must be so fought, because
there is an irrepressible conflict be
tween two irreconcilable principles
and systems of organized society that
never will be settled until it is fought
to a finish. The world can no longer
survive half democratic and half au
tocratic. One or the other must tri
umph. We are confronted to-day wth
an analogous situation to that which
confronted this Nation in 1861, when
the immortal Lincoln said, 'This Na
tion can no longer endure half slave
and half free.' We had to fight that
irreconcilable issue to a conclusion,
and we fought it to a right conclu
sion. We vindicated freedom in Amer
ica; we obliterated slavery from the
free soil of this great Nation. That
is wlu.t We have got to do 'for the
entire world ? destroy despotism,
which i3 another form of slavery, and
make liberty supreme. In no other
way can the wcrld be made safe- for
democracy. It is a noble ideal; it is
the only kind of an ideal for which a
great republic like ours, a republic of
freedom, could or would fight." ? Wil
liam G. McAdoo, Secretary of the
Treasury.
Two Kinds of People.
Observe th<? man get a bill. It is
for a small- amount ? he owes it. He
has owed it for a long time. He
knew he owed it, and when the bill
came he grew very wrathy. He used
all the language that good books
do not employ, and he regretted "the
scarcity of profanity to express him
self as he really desired to express
himself. The bill was for the paper
which ho had taken quite a long
time. He had told the publisher to
send him the paper, and the publisher,
meek and humble man that he al
ways is, complied with the request.
Finally it was necessary, to meet the
demands of an inquisitorial govern
ment, to send the bill in order to get
through the mails. But the man swore,
and he cursed and he raved and he i
wrote insultingly and told the editor
to stop his ? angelic paper. And the
editor smiling, and never complain
ing, stopped it.
Another man received a bill for the
same length of time. He hastily sat
down, enclosed his check, wrote a let
ter of good cheer and regretted he
had not had a bill before. And the
editor said to himself: The hog is
everywhere in nature ? and the gen
tleman yet lives. ? <jreensboro Every
thing.
FOR SALE QUICK? ONE FINE
Jersey cow, good milk and butter
cow. J. B. Crecch, Four O-iks, N. C.
How much is two dollars?
Two dollars aren't worth anything
unless you buy something with them.
You couldn't eat two dollars if you
were shipwrecked on a desert isle.
But two dollars are full of splendid
possibilities, if you know how to spend
them wisely.
For only two dollars a week you can
operate a Maxwell automobile.
That means 1000 per cent. prc5*? in
health and joy for you and yours.
We don't know of any investment half
as good.
Mr. Reader, Do You Buy or Borrow The Herald?
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