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SELMA SCHOOL NOTES. Mr. Moser and the teachers have planned to have a meeting of all the parents naxt Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock. . A very interesting program has been arranged. Several interesting speakers have been asked to speak. It is necessary that the mother of every pupil be present at the meeting. As the students have just finished their mid-term examina tions, it will be well for the parents to come and discuss the progress that their children have made during the fall term. Most of the examination papers have been corrected and they show that mpny have made high grades but a few have failed to reach the passing grade. In either case, whether your child has satisfactorily passed his fall work or not, you should acquaint yourself with what he is doing. By co-operation on the part of the parents, pupils, and teachers, we think that more work can be done in the school room. Miss Paris and the domestic science classes will serve re freshments to the guests of the school. ? E. V. o The last number of the Lyceum Course was given Tuesday evening, January 29 in the school auditorium. Those entertaining were Misses Grace Paynekinski and Lottie Williams, who were very talented entertainers. They entertained with songs and recita tions. These were among the several that were especially liked: "At Dawn ing," "Absent," "The Sweetest Story Ever Told," and "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia." Miss Willimas, with a good soprano voice, sang a few of the Southern Melodies. This part of the program was especially enjoyed Of course the school enjoyed the way in which "Your Flag and My Flag" was recited. Every one enjoyed this concert and was sorry that it was the last number of the course. The whole course has proved to be highly bene ficial and interesting to those who have attended. ? R. K. o The meeting of the Moser Literary Society for January 24, 1918, was a very important one on account of the election of officers. The new officers were elected as follows: President, Houston Reynolds; Vice-President, Luther White; Secretary and Treas urer, William Brown ;Critic, Mr. E. H. Moser, and Program Committee, Wil liam Brown, Linwood Richardson and Mr. Williams. A short program was then given, the critic gave his report and the meeting adjourned. ? O. L. B. Since the weather has been bad and the play ground not fit for play, the school has been using a part of the noon recess practicing for National Song Week. Mr. Moser appreciates the spirit in which the children have been practising these songs. Some of the favorites are: Wait for the Wagon, Swanee River, The Quilting Party and Old Black Joe. ? R. W. o On Thursday, January 31, the Archer Literary Society held its regu lar meeting. The following program was carried out: Appreciation of John Charles Mc Neil ? Lelia Straughn. Recitation ? Holding Off the Calf ? Grace Rhodes. Recitation ? Away Down Home ? Jessie Gurley. Biographical Sketch ? Benjamin Sledd ? Nola Price. Recitation ? The Wrath of Roanoke ? Agnes Rose. Paper ? William Gaston, the Author of State Song ? Martha Ward. Song ? Carolina ? Society. Recitation ? Have Your Heard the South a Calling ? Harman ? Mildred Driver. Biographical Sketch of Henry Je rome Stockard ? May Straughn. Reading ? The Hero ? Lillian Snipes. To My Mocking Bird ? Henrietta Smith.? C. E. u Miss Paris, the domestic science teacher, has started a new method of home credits for work done in do mestic science at home. The follow ing letter sent to the parents will ex plain her plan: "It is my desire to know just what your daughter's studying Home Economics is meaning to you and to her. Is it helping to make things easier for you? Is she putting into practice at home, what she is learning at school, and getting that aid to per fection, "Practice?" Her work at school should interest her in her home work. "I want the cooperation of mothers in helping me make the work mean the most it can to the girls. For this reason, I am proposing a plan with its aim to connect the home work and class work. Each week I am to send home a list of the possible home work that your daughter might do, thereby gaining valuable experience as well as lightening your work. You are to check the items which have been per formed during the week. Of course, conditions and requirements at dif ferent homes vary, and it is not ex pected that all the girls will perform the same tasks with the other lessons to be prepared. There is not an abun dance of time for house work, it is un derstood. For this reason it is not my purpose to subtract from her grade, when the work is not checked, but at the same time, to recognize the fact that your daughter is gaining some thing from her experience, and to give her credit for every check. ? M. W. Not only the school, but the town at large is looking forward to the splendid entertainments that will be given here by the Radcliff Chautau qua, February 15th, 16th, and 18th. The Radchliff Chautauqua needs no introduction in our town. Thfcse entertainments will be under the di rection of I)r. J. R. Cornwell a very pleasing and attractive manager. These entertainments will consist of a Domestic Science Demonstration and a lecture on the Mobilization of the American Kitchen, patriotism ex pressed in home efficiency, a Red Cross demonstration and an electrical demonstration. There will be two lectures by Dr. William Rader. You cannot afford to miss these lectures, "Wake up America" and "The Call of Democracy." When we have an op portunity to hear some of our smart est men speak on the subjects that so vitally concern us, we should not miss them by any means. If you will at tend one of these entertainments you will attend all of them. Be a patri otic citizen and help to have high class amusement in our town. We cannot expect the standard of the young people to rise above the kinds of amusement they enjoy. Season tickets will be on sale at an early date. Purchase a season ticket and attend these attractions if you want to know some of the things our coun try is doing. ? R. E. E. What Should the Girl Study? Now here are some of the things th&t the girl might find useful to her as a woman: She might use cooking; She might use dressmaking; She might use millinery; She might use household accounts; She might use domestic economy; She might use household decora tion; She might use household sanita tion; She might use household hygiene; She might use home nursing; She might use sex hygiene; She might use music; She might use a healthy body; Was she taught any of those? Not one of them! Why? Were they taught in the school? Yes, but she had no time for them. Why not? Because she had to get an "education." But what is an education for a girl if not these studies? Read the following, dear reader: The girl's parents wanted their daughter to have an "education," so these are what she was taught at school: She was taught Algebra; She was taught Latin; She was taught German; She was taught Newton's laws; She was taught historical facts, mostly ancient; She was, taught more Mathematics; She was taught more Latin; She was taught more German; She was given an "education." But are not most of these studies really useless to the average girl? They are, decidedly. Then why teach them to our girls to the omission of the more useful things? Because that is the "system." The "system" says: "Let nothing in terfere with a girl's education," and an "education" today means the above studies.? Ladies' Home Journal. "To Bury Dat Kaisah." A colored woman was busily en paged in emptying her savings stock ing on the desk of the Liberty Loan clerk. As tho silver quarters, dol lars, dimes, etc., rolled out on the desk the clerk said, "This must be the result of a number of hard years' sav ings." The old woman replied, "Yassah, ah been a saving it to bury maself, but ah got to thinkin' it o^ah an' ah jus' made up mah mind it would be a heap bettah to buy a Liberty Bond to help bury that Kaisah." ? Ex. Doing the Right Thing. Statesville merchants are doing the right thing in cutting to one delivery a day. In some town a difference in price is made for the customer who pays cash and will carry the purchase home. It will come to that every where, most likely, and when it does the general public will appreciate the high cost of delivery and credit and stand for a change. It is mighty hard for merchants to take this stand without a sentiment backing them, for their policy amid a strenous com petition is and must be one of striv ing to meet the demands of the cus tomer, no matter if inconvenient and costly. ? Salisbury Post. BOX PARTIES. Short notices of box parties will be published at a nominal price of 2S cents each. Stamps or coin should be sent with notice. ? ? ? Spilona School. There will be a box party at Spilona school house in Elevation township Saturday night, February 9th. Ar interesting progTam will be given The public is cordially invited tc attend. JOHN W. KING, Principal. o Thornton School House. There wlli be a box party and othei amusements at the Thornton Schoo House Saturday night, Feburary 9 1918. ? Teacher. The Course of the True Patriot, The path that a sane Americar should pursue in these times is plainly visible. It is the path of moderation calm confidence, ceaseless vigilanci and eagerness to learn every fact thai will contribute to the success of tht United States. The true patriot will be rather silent than vocal. He will be busy sifting out truth from error He will keep his eye on public officials and weigh them in the balance oi actual trial. When they have proved their unfitness he will do what he car to have them removed to a placc where they cannot do further damage but in lopping off incompetence it is not necessary to tear down the struc ture that is being reared. There is no occasion for depression just as there is no justification foi overconfidence. The United States with its allies will defeat Germany ir the end, for the good and sufficient reason that truth, right and libertj are reinforced by superior strength and resources. God is on the side oi the heavy battalions, and the heavj battalions are on the side of liberty The war is like a sea voyage, with its calms and storms. The true Americar will keep his heart and mind set or the end of the voyage, and the passing hishaps will not unduly depress him ? Washington Post. lhe Meaning of lhis >Var. Germany's war is a definite war oi atheism against Christianity, of bar barism against civilization. If wc would save this country from ever greater horrors than Belgium and France have suffered, because Ger many hates us more than it hated either Belgium or France, it is abso lutely incumbcnt upen us to uphold the nation to the utmost extent of our moral, physical and financial power in this life and death grapple. There is no middle ground. Victory or defeat are the two issues at stake. To win, every effort of the nation to the last ounce of its strength ? in the building of ships, in food produc tion and food conservation, in increas ed output of coal and iron and steel, in bettering our transportation facili ties by rail and highway and water ? must be put forth in enthusiastic, un ending work by the men and women of this country. It is incumbent upon everyone who realizes this situation to do his very utmost to awaken the latent patriot ism of others and quicken the knowl edge of all that they may understand the magnitude of the task and the stupendous issues involved ? and these issues are the life and death of our nation and of nil civilization. We must carry into every home, preach from every pulpit, teach in every school the meaning of the war and the individual responsibility of every man, woman and child in the country. Not until, as a nation, we do this will we escape the awful destruction wrought in Belgium and France and wherever the armies of Germany have marched. ? The Manu facturers Record. Bulgarian Cereal Crops. It has been announced officially that in the year 1917 there were planted in the Kingdom of Bulgaria 7,200,008 acres of wheat, rye, barley, oats, and corn, the total production thereon hav ing amounted to 5,938,115,200 pounds. In Old Bulgaria (exclusive of the oc cupied territories) there were sown 5,511,644 acres, of which 2,709,247 acres were in wheat, 477,124 acres in rye, 723,478 in barley, 333,670 acres in oats, and 1,268,127 acres in corn. In the districts of Gumuldjina, Ad rianople, and Stroumitza the acreage under cereals was 329,765 and the production was 274,645,580 pounds. In the Morava district 774,190 acrc3 were planted to cereals, the produc tion having been 654,104,880 pounds. In Macedonia 584,410 acres were planted, producing 480,025,480 pounds. The two last-mentioned districts are occupied territory. ? Consul General Murphy. The secret of contentment is really the possession of one's possessions. ? Forward. Rail Road Embargoes Do not effect us? We have our Guano houses full, so come to see us today for? Soda, Cotton Seed Meal, Acid, Obers 8-3-3, 8-2-2 And Potash. t Come and come quick, there may come a time when Fertilizers will not move freely, but we can supply you today. 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