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The children from the firsV grade through the eleventh will be repre sented in the Seven Stages of Life, showing Babyhood, Childhood, School days, College days, and the climax, Marriage, then Old Age, which are the stages of a girl's life. This play is presenting between six ty and seventy-five school children. The entertainment is for the benefit of the Junior Red Cross Society. This play will be at the City Opera House, Selma, N. C., Thursday night, March 14. It begins at 8:30 o'clock. The admission is 15c and 25c. Come and make the school a Junior Red Cross. ? C. P. K. * ? ? On March Gth and 7th the Selma Highs were victorious in defeating the Princcton Highs on the 6th and the Donaldson Military School on the 7th in two games of fast basket ball. The Princeton game was won with much ease. The Selma Highs did not use much science in this game as it was not needed. The score was: Selma 31; Princeton 12. The Don aldson game was not a cinch but took hard playing to win it. Haynes and Richardson starred in goal shoot ing while Creech starred in guarding. The score for this game was: Selma 23 ? Donaldson 14. The Selma Highs have not lost but one game this season. This game was with Trinity Park and was not a High School game. ? H. R. * * * The school children have shown their patriotism and lovalty by the enthusiasm with which they have car ried on the Thrift campaign which was started recently in the school. Ten Thrift Societies have been organ ized. $1400 has been invested in War Savings and Thrift Stamps by the children and teachers. On^ teach er on the faculty has gone the limit and purchased a thousand dollars worth of War Savings Stamps. Be fore the campaign is over, every teacher and every child will be expect ed to own at least one War Savings Stamp. ? L. S. Thursday morning Mr. Mcser con ducted the chapcl exercises. He left a very interesting and appropriate lesson. He has been reading the book, You Are The Hope of the World. The following is the illustra tion which he used to show to us the need for replying on our selves. "Boys and girls, there are two wars to fight: a war within and a war with out. Ycu are tco young to fight in France. But the youngest of ycu is not too young to fight here at home for a keener participation of all in government of his town, his state, his nation. You may be too young to die for democracy, but you are not too young to live for democracy. "Are you going to do your part, young America? or are you going to sit down and let the other fellow do it for you ? If you do, you are not using your efficiency. You are sim ilar to the men who cut down his ap ple tree to gather his fruit. If you had fried chicken for dinner, there is not a one of you that would ask your teacher to eat it for you. Why? Because you know that this will give physical strength to the teacher, and weaken your body. Boys and girls, apply this to your hard problems in Algebra or Latin. If you ask your teacher or someone else to work your problems, then you are weakening your mental strength. If you form a habit of depending upon other people to do your work, then you will starve mentally just as you would starve physically if you depended upon the other fellow to eat all your food. Boys and girls, eat your own "fried chicken." It is up to you, for you are the hope of the world." ? L. S. S. * * * The Mocer Literary Society met at the usual time Thursday afternoon. The following pi ogramme was ren- j dered: Current Events James Fields ' Recitation Joseph Talton Original Composition ...Roy Driver. Life of Washington ..William Brown; Debate: Resolved, that agriculture offers as good opportunities to young j men as professions do. Affirmative: Negative: Eula Lee Claiborne Massey Francis Young David Fields The debaters were well prepared ! but as there was only one debater | present on the negative side, the judges did not render their decision. ? H. C. ? * * On Friday afternoon March 1st, the Selma girls played a game of basket ball against the Fitzgerald girls on the Fitzgerald grounds. This game, though the first the Selma girls had played, attested to the fact the Selma High School has a prom ising girl's team. The score was 14 12 in favor of Selma. The Fitzgerald girls have been playing all the sea son and have won in all the games exccpt when they met the Selma girls. They are very good players, in fact I . they ars almost a match fur the Sel ma girls. We hope very soon to have a return game. ? Z. H. F. ? ? ? Mr. Moser made a proposition to the school a few months ago which should encourage every pupil to at tend school each day. His offer applies to every grade in school. His offer was an hour of holiday on the last of the month to every grade who was at the end of the month with out an unexcused absence or tardy. The tenth and eleventh grades are the first grades of the High Schol to win the holiday. Hurrah! for the Juniors and Seniors. ? M. F. ? ? ? The most thrilling and exciting game of Base ball ever played i'i Selma was played at noon recess on the school ground March 8, 1018. One team was lead by Mi^e Helen Paris, the Domestic Science teacher, and the other by Miss Ruth Folger, the mus ic teachcr, while Miss Margaret Bose man, the English teacher, acted as Umpire. It was impossible to see the line-up for either side because of the numerous spectators. Several thrilling plays were made by each side. In th^ later part of the ninth inning, Miss Rena King, the bril liant first baseman, came to the bat with three men on bases. It looked like a home run but the speedy and excellent pitching of Miss Helen Paris soon showed that it was not the case. Aided by the excellent team work, Miss King was fanned and the others kept from getting home. Then Miss Zilphia Fulghum came to the bat and made a long hit to shortstop where Miss Lelia Straughn was doing excell ent playing. She made a flying leap, caught the ball, threw ithome just as the runner was sliding in. It look ed like a tie but the keen eye of the Umpire saw better and sang our, "Runner Out" just as the bell rang and ended the <^ame. ? O. L. B. JONES SCHOOL NOTES. Rev. A. S. Anderson filled his regu lar appointment at the school house Sunday night, March 3rd. A large crowd attended. Mr. and Mrs. Guin Simmons of Seven Springs, spent the week end with Mrs. -Chapin and Mr. and Mrs. Troy Munns. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jones and little daughters Olivia and Margaret spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Joseph Johnson near Selma. Miss Margie, Benoy from Selma spent Sunday afternoon with Miss Elizabeth Chapin. Mr. Anc'rew Caudill and Mrs. G. Parker and little daughter, Louise, of Benson, spent Sunday night with their father, Mr. Mathew Caudill. Mr. J. W. Jones went to Wilson's bM ills Monday on business. John the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chapin, is very sick. We hope he will soon bewell again. \ L. N. J. GREAT RISE IN COT TON GOODS PRICES. Advance Accelerated by Fears of Scarcity, and by Some Speculation. A phenomenal vise in -cotton goodo prices has occurred in the past two weeks, induced in part by fear among civilian buyers of greater scarcity, and impelled, also, by speculative buy ing that could not be restrained. Many mills and selling agencies have with drawn all quotations and all goods without materialy lessening the pres sure upon the markets. In other tex tile divisions, such as in silks, woolens and jute products, while there ha3 been no sign cf weakening values, the fever co buy h-ts not been so great. Reports from out-of-town jobbing centers and from many of the local job bers show that buying is more active, although lots are smaller. Retailers continue to anticipate their wants, and are reporting a fair trade in many de partments. Many leading merchants are taking extraordinary means to avoid dangers that grow with the great price advances. In some in tan ces, unusual restrictions are being im posed through new sale notes; freight allowances are being abandoned, and in one instance, the policy has been adopted of selling to all customers on a net cash, 30 days, basis. In many cases, houses find it easy and profit able to anticipate payments; yet signs are lacking of a tightening, diu: to inability to finance the rapidly ac cumulating costs resulting from pur chases of sub-normal quantities of merchandise at abnormally high valu ations. Labor difficulties are multiplying in different sections where textile in dustries are established. Strikes are reported in some of the duck mills >n Baltimore, and demands for higher wages are anticipated during the com ing two months in nearly all mill cen ters. ? Dun's Review. FOB SALE ? 5 ROOM COTTAGE, electric lights, good garden, three blocks from Selma Graded School. Bargain for quick purchaser. Reas on for selling, moving away. Apply ,C. W. Stallir.gs, Box 140, Selma, N.C. COTTON PRICES RANGE HIGHEST lioth Spot and Option Quotation* Surpass Top Records of Early January. After a lapse of a period of about two months, during which the mar ket sustained a fall of fully $10 a bale, it has again become necessary to dis cuss now high price records in cot ton. The rise which occurred last week and the week previous carried quotations back within easy striking distance of the top levels of early Jan uary, and on Tuesday of this week the spot article here attained the best fig ure of modern times and the option list went to a position not equaled on any former occasion since the present system of trading in futures was in augurated. Thus, the March delivery reached 32.65c., May 32.23c., July 31.80c., and October and December 30.64c., and 30.40c. , while middling uplands touched 33.G0c., the latter ex ceeding by 30 points the maximum of January 9. From the highest prices of the average, mainly on profit-tak in;?, and spots yielded 40 points; but Friday ended with net gains of 20 to 50 points over last Saturday's clos ing. Explanation of the week's furthei price advances rests mainly in a broadening of the trade demand anu in the continued lack of sufficient rain fall in parts of the belt, notably in Texas and Oklahoma. The absence of anything like a general precipitation in the Southwest has led to growing apprehensions that new crop prepara tions in that section will start a handi cap, and elsewhere in the South the season has also been too dry. One of the week's trading features was the large volume of Liverpool buying, partly in the way of covering hedges, and mills in this country continue to purchase against government con tracts. Some stimulus was impart ed in the later session by the report ed lowering of the war risk rate to 3 per cent., as against 5 per cent, re cently, and this was accepted as im plying an improvement in export pros pects. But after such a great risa in prices as has lately been witnessed, it is not strange that successful Specu lators were disposed to take profits, and the increase in southern hedge selling attracted some attention. ? Dun's Review, 9th. Lights Along the Way. A beautiful little story is told of a converted cannibal who, when he heard that heaven is beyond the stars said in grandly simple words: "The stars are the lights God has left burning along the way that leads to Ilis city." ? Kind Words. GOVERNOR BICKETT =W ill Speak At = Smithfield Saturday, March 16th ATA Grand War Savings Rally HON. E. C. DUNCAN, of Raleigh, one of the state's best known bankers and business men, will be be present to explain Every man, woman and child in Johnston County who are opposed to German slavery and (rightfulness are urged to be present. Take one day off from your business and show to the people that you are really interested in the great fight we are waging for civilization and humanity. The Speaking Will Be Held in the Center Brick Warehouse Begining Promptly at 11 O'clock T. S. RAGSDALE, Chairman County War Savings Committee. You will make every acre produce its ut most in food crops, cotton and tobacco, all greatly needed by our country. You will best serve your country and yourself by fertilizing each acre liberally with
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