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BREVAKD NEWS, BiC
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OBSERVANCE OF THE SIMPLEST
rules of safety con
serves THOUSANDS.
the Ki'ji-'
Ifrlbsitk 1
elothif.
IfiJso lA v
tiralth
To a' 1 r;.’*: - nl of
jmufit f>i / J ' ’ t
i We a
( hlnk!! and Rea
i roofl in r . *thfl of our allies
iT) lOttthg ©f out
iftFiftipy. Car'^’e.^ w' Ich burn food
lineaji eb%J!s r; Xb/' 0^' tbs of ouf
4Wer
We have arranged for a
series ot six interesting articles,
"War Talks, by Uncle Dan,'*
written o> Mr. Howard H.
Gross, president ot the Univer*
sai Military Traini j League, of
wf^ich this is the first. They tell
in a graphic way why military
training is of value, both to the
nation and to the individual, and
our readers will find them of
unusual interest.
llABELESSNESS CAUSES OEilTH
Worth Carolinians Should De Careful
During Wartime—Stop! Look! •
Listen I I
t^y T. Alfred Flcniinj;. State Fire
Martiluil of Ohio.)
A. monjc^nfs tliou;;ht may save hii- |
®an livetn; the observance of the si;ii- :
P’est rules of safoiy may .iiean tho '
Conservation of thou^aiuls of dollaiM ;
■** badly nco.dt'(l commodities.
And yet the newspapers aie full of
Aarrowina:, hi :ii t-n:'’.dinK aoi ount.s of
®ien. women and babies, bunioil (.0
■death through the thoughtlessness of
Others.
‘‘Hahft perishes in fire :Mother vii'it,-
neic:hhor.” reads one lieadline.
“5'xnlosi!ion kills two; i>n.\ an 1
mother fatally burned when l:\i! at
tempts to siart lire v.ilh g.isoliiu'.’'
f^ads another.
“Hurned uhrn p:as explodes," is s'.ill
•lu.'thor headline.
l^^ath and earelerf^nr'-s are allies;
earclc?;;rif'ss is t!’o 1 \:ia'xe uiid'.'r
•Whii h (1'?ath makes the ( hartM*
Wartime is tho time <-f (•••iis^'rvalion.
Arc We Ccnscrvntivc?
Are \vo conserviii;^ life ;.‘ul ivoperty
Vh'Mi rnch horrors as are hivu'ilined
<laf1y, ocfur?
Tho Rovernnieiit ori’>'rs nur fooii con-
SCrvod; v.'o j-ti’.*• j'h'dly and willingly
to tho sacred cans!' for w!;'' h ov.r o\v:\
^ons ,'f^ fr'^hM’':': vrc are denyi’ t. :’nl
IV ’ w^ll rmtiMU ' to deny enrsolvos,
Clin*;'; i.hou(;;i! ii'd’‘^i)ciis;\hle to our
Ilvt"; fiefaro t;-,;- (“T('nds of a world'-;
<Ktrrri rovr *-,'! flio •r'ai)0,
it ran-' :vatio’i that a bn'uv wh*>
Biiplti in th" limo (o come, h;' "'•> m i
Y.’f'.i.’in:! v uM vv 'n’d ttirii tho s’'h"r->
•if divs ih:’o\i!-:h enroll ■>?io<s?
Is it eonst'rva'iori (h?.t throvi 'h noL
ins^'0( fin" vacant n-oi'p-fv, >
llp’h'ofi n^atch and an open ▼alv^'
fPa-'!'-5 for a daTMro’Tujs e\''ii('si()ti and
jpocc-;o7v i.jils or niafni-? for lit'o a htJ-
nian boins?
St'p! Think?? R-ar,on!!l
T’lo rniUvav rressinc:'? are f’^nardoi
by the fsi^n "Ston! Look! I
it fs? true tliot this dtios not elimi-
Haf'' nil aeoidents but it does a v'ast
fiu:nhoF.
In the hrain of every mo.n and
■sroman should be emblazoned this
tSloi’^T;’. E'ton! Reason?
No one can tell when i>ron''r^v has
t)Pen vacant for months, what eon-
^!’ir>n (ha gas nipos and flxfnr<^: may
1)0 in. A.s a matter of self y>r<'f,v f'n
and for nuldio threv.- .u'.o” I'oors
ttnd wi;',dow3 brfoj'o '^trik’n,»r a li-’^'it
V’xamino nil p:ar. i-onnootions and he |
i^uro every thino; is as it sh'^idd bt*. I
rolhirs are the anbtorrano:'-! 'ral’er- j
lies Vv'hO’’e the noxious sasp-s love to
fcl(!o Air out the cellar before "top
ipin^ Ihcro Ions:.
Gasoline a Menace.
('asolino is r.iwav^; fn a
jkurry or in the darlcness t:io r-a’^olfne
can i? too often mistaken fo’- ’he coal
oil rec-entaclo. TTa\e fii<*inct
tof cans so there can be ?u> mi'^'^i’e in
the dark. If necespary wran .= tkI
f)er about the wondf^n crrn'^n of the
^asoMne can. In that wav pi''<ta\o
^an be made. Pa-nf tho !--w:!’i!-o ran
red; have a certain plir^ to koMi it
In and when not in use ?ee that it is
ffeept f!tore
In ihc cold months thf-.e is nhvayn
dan-:"'V in the heatins^ aTiprnioo^ fr.r
%h“ ’’.onso. whe^h<^r eorV ras 'ir oloc-
tri'''ty l.s the acrenf emnloypl.
Never leave chil lron alon * in the
house where fires o’-o troins^
I This may seem needles? advice, but
—road <b.e papers.
Tot^^ will play with Are; wii! to
*ho match supply. Follow ^ires r.nd
idealb
Save Years of Agony.
A inomonfs tho«'rht on the part of
jparerts will save years of agony, re-
•feorpe and Rrief
I America is at war; conditions will
tb«come more and more active.—this Is
!|)Ound to be; but with the Increased
(activity must come also an increased
•mental capacity. The brain In th.ese
iJi f.h tePBion times must be ire itor of
ifce safety of the commonwealth
We. S3 a Nation, we, as individuals*.
as we have never thouprht
well as work as we n9r*?i
ire.
mnlty, as a state and aa a
■ nnot afford to Io.«e cno
n modity; neither can wt?
'.,1^' a Elngle human life,
odlessly and nnnece'i-
WAR TALKS
By UNCLE DAN
Number One
SELEC16 SEED
CORN FOe URGER
YIELD NEXT YEAP
All Seed Should Be Selected
From The Field. I
bis fields, wiie 1 tne wearnsr is r
able, and select seed corn for
year from those stalks that are be
Ing the highest amount of shelled cor.
Of course it will be necessary to se<
that no external factors have spacia’.-y
favored the stalks from whi'di the
selections are made OrJi’'anly.
where corn is producing twenty ." ve c ■
• l(K-s not alon.i nifj
: .1 husbanding and diti-
-if odstuffa, mun'tions,
'O' f r. ’ shoes, but It raean<!
.t iinr'J'ng ot the live;'* and
it;f r ''•n‘ ‘ as a nation.
this our brains
tension voltage.
America Must Fight Hard or Germany
May Win—Necessity for Mill*
tary Training.
**Ncw, Billie," said his mother, “your
Uncle Dan is coming tomorrow to
spend a week with us on the farm, and
if you want to know about the war,
hero's your opportunity. Uncle Dan is
probably one of the bost-informed men
in the country.” Billie clapped his
hands and gave such a whoop that lie
wakened the baby, but what could you
expect of a liftoon-yoar-old boy who is
a living interrogation point and wants
to know about war?
Uncle Dan arrived ia due time and
Billie wutchod for an opportunity. It
came that cvc'TiiUf^ alter dinner when
U!’o!e Dan had ii.s^hted a ci^ar and
taken a seat (.n tlio porch.
“I’m rughty ^Jau you came. Unci •
n.-iH. 1 v,a:it to talk to you about ilu-
N\:;r. We h:ive put ii>ilii:iry ttain-
in;; in our Icwnsliift Iiifili !)ut
wo had a Isard ti'ae to do it. Tiio
a.nd th»' <;;-c::;is objecled. 'i'iu y
: .iisl 'lio war v.oiildii’t coimo over lu i*.
(': a.‘^ani: ‘'i'liey ain’t :i > !
US',' to worrit, it v,i!l soon blow o.vor.’
V. 'I', wc I'Mt the tr:'i::iiiu in jr.-U tli“ :
f-.'!iio. Yoii orier .ludjTv' I'rov-
! i l!. t'l ■ rt' infill ol ;’r> sc:;ool
(. > . ; .;ukovs \;p. lie : id v.o
1'. : (■’,!• CO::!.-; ;'';d -/r. to ‘ <n-r-
1; ; ;;iv yot n i;i. mkI 'u u
v. ill I.'i!.;*,'ever tho JM i.i:-;) t!ooV as
a ’.\ar ir^pliy ;;n(i (•(-ini'oi p:- \-i d(» wl;at
ever . i;o wants io; that slo* c< rdd make
us pay ail tlie cost of the war; tlio
k;;i<er lax us as he fileastd and
th:it v/e couhln’t help oursoivt'.s. Ho
could make ev»>ry one pay over a par!
of what he earns; that he coubl make
tl’.o farmers pay ri'iit for their own
farms, etc. Now% Uncle, what do you
think of that?”
“Well, my boy,” said Uncle Dan,
“all that Judge Brownell says might
easily eonio true and may iniless we go !
qniel:!y tf> the aid of the allio.s with
Iarf;»* ni'.inbcrs of m»*n and l-.i'lp them
break the (J'.'rman line. Unless we can
t'Oj'.t the subinarin-s. they may pre
vent tis from .iretlirig enough food to
th allies to keej) t'.u'ni trt»i:i,". In that
c.iso dortiiany v^ouiu v.in. As mr.tt-Ts
stand to>lay. our ;:rejite:;r n»'ed I:-
trained nn-n. If we lirn) iiad sever;;!
piilh'ons f>f men wirli milita.ry tra.inin^j
in (iur industrie;-! and on f.ir farms
\>hen tiie war came. avIio could
have been calb d at once for service, I
.'lo not heliovo the kais(>r would have
forcofi tl'.o war njion p.s. As ir was. no
i.ad no rosjioct for iis. and now we are
in it and ;misf c.o th.rou^h with it. But
r;rvor .‘S'.'.'i'p r.'.tist we lie cau.i;ht so
ur,.r.'j'arcvl.
'• i'iiero ip; only s;;fo v>a.’.” raid
r'lioio i/an, “aivi that is to :ni'ii)t per-
ni;\n('. ;'y univi r>al niiliiary training,
ai’p!y i; to e\i ry V!.;;i 1: nir.n who is
I);!ys!cal!y lit. say In ^;i^; ninottM'nih or
1 v.-cp.iioth year. I'.o traiain.v' c:\n ho
Ci rriod forward ir. llio Uriirct] Si.itcs
training eiMnjis are now !)oin,L^ es-
tabIi:-lio(i foi traini::^ nun enllod ir.’
tlio ;-( l''ctive <ira.lt. .vs soon ar; the.-e
iii-'n vac.itc thi'so stafions. they should
tto tilled ny ycniv'.' r men, and tld:^
slioiild b!> n;ade Ih.e pernninent policy
of the couiii’ v.’’
P.iilie’s motlier, Mr.^. Cniham, had
overheard the conversati(»n. She cante
out and said: “ileally. Brother Dan,
are you serious as t<» the dangers of
our country? If it is as l)ad as that, it
is high time for us to wake up and do
som«-thing about it.”
“Exactly,” replied Uncle Dan. “It
Is better to wake up now than to be
rudely awakened later. We may as
well understand, sister, that this is our
war and we must win it or God help
America. Everything that we have
or hope to have—our liberties, our
blessings, our opportunities are all In
volved in the great issue before us.
Nothing must stand between us and
winning this war. It is a question
whether the peoples' right or the kai
ser’s might shall dominate the world.
If there ever was a holy war, this is
it. We are figiiting for world liberty.
We arc fighting for the freedom of
humanity. We are fighting for the
ri.ijht of men to govern themselves In
stead of being governed against their
will by a war-mad overlord. Perilous
times are ahead ot us. We must be
prepared to make any sacrifice, to per
form any service that may be required
of us.”
•*Oh, Cnclc Dan,” exclaimed Billie,
“may I bring my chum, Jimmie Col*
lins, when we have our next talk? He
is a byg os this war business and just
crazy to see you.’^
“Csrtainly," said Uncle Dan, with s
hearty laugh. “If we are to hare more
*alks, 1 shall be elad to have Jimmie
<oin cs.**
BiPli Japped his bands and ran to
lie Ybone and told JimtBle fo be ovei
at scren o’clock the next evenin}^
TO SECURE BEST RESULTS
Entire Plant Should Be Taken
Into Consideration And Seed
Should Be Selected From
Healthy And Vigorous Stalks.
How To Select The Best Ears
Of Seed Corn.
The method of .selecting seed from
the barn late in the spring has cost
this Slate thousands of dollars, an
nually, in reduced yields of corn. No
method of soleeting seed, either of
corn or ai4>' other crop, that does not
take into consideration the whole
plant, wdll give best results. In se
lecting seed corn tho main thing to bo
looked after is to have the seed come
from stalks tiiat have yielded the
highest amount of shelled corn per
stalk, uninthienc-ed by specially favor
able conditions. It is absolutely im
possible to secure seed of this kind
unless the st'ir.-tions are made fKoni
the ?tandin?T sialks in the lield during
the fall. This is the time of the yea:-
now and the only time at wdiieh these
select ions ( an be made.
Every corn Krow'er should go into
i
'J '
WfMM'i'lM" ftps
■iV
it 'i i n
The Time ard Place for Selecting
Ssed Corn.
more busliels per acre it will be we’
to sclect the s od from stall-s that ar
bearing two well devohjped ears pe
stalk. In making the solociions in t'
field, too great attention should not ’
given at that time lo the characfor <
the ears. Later se>c;ion •Inrin'T
winter may be niado in the h irn w'.i
a leisure time j)resoiits itse’f.
The s*‘l-''(tion should be ninfl'' f’f'
stalks tiiar are hea!thy and v’^oro
and on which the top and lonv' s liav
remained to thorou'^hly po’form thvi
part in finishing the (oi”''’^'p '^">vo1
0"'ment of tho grains. () ’K*r thi-r’^s
being equal, the oars should be br^d in
R drooping i)(!-,ilio’'; l.nt th-' shanks
attaching vhe ears to the stalk should
not bo too long.
At least four to five times as much
Drying Out Field-Selected Seed Corn
in the Machine Shed.
barrels or boxes that will admit of j
thorcuf’^h voviilation, but will keep out |
rats and mir e. ,
From all the evidence we have gath- j
ered f: om an e.xperience of twenty '
years in exnerimcntal work, largely '
with corn, we are thoroufrhly convinc
ed that tliore are few onerations on
the farm tlmt when carefu’iy done will
Rive larger returns for tho effort than
will that of Pf’ooting seed in the way
Indicated above. One might expect
on good average land the use of such
seed to give at least two to four bush
els per aero iiicrease over the average
corn that would be secured in barn sV
lection.
Let no one this year fail in North
Tarolina fo solcft his seed in tho field
so that next yr ar he can produce max
imum yields cf this crop for tho ef*
fort and expenses put Into the grow
ing of it.
B. WILLIAMS. Chief.
Division of Agronomy, X. C. Extonslcn
Ser 'ice. W’est Raleigh.
i'r
'■ U-: ‘.'ii« he p’rased
t V ni jkif pies of the
N • ' ' V imr v < ur hi'reahoUts
and activiru s; r> c' f.ts a copy.
mis
bum your tt
would take p
to protect you
the Southern Co
many people c
riously, as to
neighbor may be
that will wipe ou
over night? And what’s
ence in the loss of property,
ble life, whether the neighbor is real;
ly an enemy or a careless friend. If
your nci.f^hbor is harboring a defective
flue, trash-ridden attic clo.sets or cel
lar; if his eloctric wires or stoves are
80 installed as to endanger the wood
work or if his family or servants han
dle gasoline or oily rags either ig
norantly or carelessly so as to in-
-ite firc-disaster—if your neighbor is
doinrc any of these things or othors
equally careless or dangerous—its your
ir.ove. In niatt''rs of fire-protection it
is strikingly true that “no man liveth
to himself alone.” Our only safety
lies in prblb sentiment awakened
'hroi;.';t .-du'Jition.
out the Red Plague
ASHES.
The Improper storage of ashes con*
tfri’os to cause a great number of
f-r-- F'xty-seven (fi7) fires were re«
as due to this cause in 1915,
with a loss of This amount
Is omnll eomnared with the total
rvTrbor of fires and losses, yet it is
|.«r.->r/^.icnhle. rince the cause, is du*
pn’o’- to rriminal neorl^( t. Ashes
t-.e stored *n closed metal re-
a-id final disposal made at
a. where iwcnerty v:onld rot bs
J., —'^T-ed.—f'lre Mar.'^h.ill W. B.
Lar'^'^ev
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