Shorter Working
Hours For Women
Effective Today
(Continued Prom Page One)
law requires also that the solicitor
when notified of a violation by the
commissioner, shall immediately
proceed to prosecute. This provis
ion gives the labor laws some real
teeth and the commissioner of labor
some real power to enforce the law.
The other law that goes into ef
fect today, is that limiting the work
ing hours for women In stores,
cafes, restaurants, hotels and other
similar places to 55 hours a week
and not more than 10 hours in any
one day.
"There has probably been more
abuse in the employment of women
in stores and restaurants than in
any other line of work; for women,
and that was the reason this law
was passed," it was pointed out by
Commissioner of A, 1». Fletch
er, of Raleigh, who went on to say
that "there is a restaurant right
here in Raleigh that, right now is
requiring its waitresses to work 84
hours a week. Most of the res
taurants and hotels that employ
women have been requiring 70 hours
a week. But with this new law
in effect 55 hours a week will be the
limit."
Curtain Falls On
School Year Here
(Continued From Page One)
versity of North Carolina, delivered
the Literary address Tuesday night.
Dr. Knight departed from the tra
ditional and conventional type of
commencement address, and told
the seniors of his adventures in the
newest countries in the world, Iraq
(Mesopotamia). He told the seniors
about the desire of this backward
people to become educated on a
modern scale, and how one culture
imposes itself upon
This imposition, accordingfttto Dr.
Knight, is done by the agencies of
war, commerce, religion, and educa
tion. He did not give the seniors
advice and suggestions, but he told
them to face the present difficulties
and "carry on". "The world," said
Dr. Knight, "has been in crises be
fore, but some how the world has
come out of them."
Following Dr. Knight's address,
Dr. R. B. Harrell, chairman of Elkin
Board of Education, presented the
diplomas to the seniors. The pre
sentation of Kiwanis medals to Joe
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Turns Car Over And
Sues Teai" of Mules
When a dog bites a man, that's
not news, and here lately, what
with the depression and every
thing, It's not so unusual for a
man to bite a dog, but when a
man turns his automobile over
and then sues a team of mules and
a wagon, that's at least worth a
couple of paragraphs.
According to Marion Allen, who
has been busy making speeches
before a civil court jury in
Wilkesboro this week, a certain
Wilkes county man was on his
way to Nortlf Wilkesboro not so
long ago when he came suddenly
upon a team of mules and a wag
on in the road. It was night
time and he claimed that due to
tbe curve of the road, which was
at Pea Ridge, he didn't see the
wagon until he was close upon it.
However, by some tall wheel
twisting, he managed to miss the
wagon and team, then after get
ting in front of it, lost control
of his car and turned over.
As a result, he sued the mules
and wagon by their next best
friend, their owner, for $1,200,
but lost the case even though
neither the mules or the wagon
testified in their own defense in
court.
Transou and Sarah Atkinson for ex
cellence in public speaking by Walter
R. Schaff marked the last official
act before the 1933 commencement
curtain fell.
The names of the graduates are
as follows:
Glenn Bailey, Fred Colhard, Jr.,
Marvareen Combs, Alva Gentry,
Frances Grier, Elizabeth Harris, Oso
Holyfield, Clyde Hurt, Thorburn Lil
lard, Marguerite Lowery, Martha
Maguire, Eleanor Martin, Maude
Mastin, Effie Miller, Vermeil Mon
ey, Samuel Neaves, Virginia Price,
Margaret Sale and Elizabeth Shores.
Hens Lay Less
In Hot Weather
The usual summer decline in egg
production may be overcome to some
extent if flock owners will take pre
cautions to keep their birds healthy
and comfortable.
This means checking the depreda
tions of mites and lice, providing
adequate shade, giving ample feed,
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supplying fresh water, and then cull- 1
lng the non-producers.
C. P. Parrish, poultry extension
specialist at State College, says
mites are night-prowlers. They hide
away in the cracks and crevices of
the house, usually on the perch
poles, in daylight and come out at
night to attack the hens. If the
poles and house are thoroughly
cleaned with a mixture of old cylin
der oil and kerosene in equal parts,
the pests may be controlled. This
treatment should be given two or
three times during the hot months.
Lice remain on the birds at all
times and once a flock becomes in
fested, it is always infested until
the pests are eradicated. The birds
may be dusted or dipped with some
preparation or with sodium fluoride
or the perch poles may be painted
in the late afternoon of a warm, still
day with nicotine sulphate.
Parrish recommends that the lay
ing house be kept well ventilated in
summer. There must be fresh air
without direct draft. This shows
a necessity for intakes and outlets
properly arranged. Parrish says the
birds must be kept cool if they are
to continue laying.
Shade is a necessity on any poul
try farm and artificial shelters must
be provided if natural shade is lack
ing. Laying hens also consume an
abundance of water and a supply
that is fresh and clean needs to be
available at all times.
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From Ten-Acre Farm
R. V. Lockhart, Monroe, route 1,
Uuion County, owns a medium
sized farm of which he cultivates
ten acres himself and has two ten
ants who cultivate an additional 65
acres.
And this is what Tom Broom,
county agent of Union County, says
about Mr. Lockhart:
"On the ten acres which Mr. Lock
hart farms himself, he grows corn,
hay, wheat, and oats. One acre is
in a garden and orchard. He keeps
five Jersey cows and 400 white leg
horn hens. All the forage for the
cows and all the grain for the cows
and the chickens, except the laying
mash, is produced on this ten acreß.
The two tenants grow about 30 bales
of cotton annually but are required
to produce the food and feed needed.
They grow their own bacon, have
their own poultry and eggs and keep
cows to produce milk and butter.
However, Mr. Lockhart says the pro
fits from his ten acres exceed his
share of the profits from the ten
ants."
Three years ago when the banks
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Sidney H. Levy, 17, Buffalo, N. Y.
high school student, is the winner of
the 7th annual national contest on
"The League of Nations." 8000 stu
dents from 1,366 schools in 48 states
competed.
in Union County closed, Mr. Lock
hart lost his ready cash and had to
borrow some money to finance him
self that year. By August, he had
over S7OO in another bank and all
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hla debt* paid. According to Mr.'
Broom, he has made money all the
time during this depression. He sells
the products from his cows as sweet
milk, butter and butter nillk. His
400 hens produce about 200 crates
of eggß annually and he is enriching
his soil with lespedeza and vetch.
There is running water In his
home, electrical refrigeration, lights
and other conveniences. All of these
have been installed since the depres
sion started and the bank account
continues to grow.
Timely Farm Questions
Answered At N. C. State
Question: How late can sweet
potato plants be set in Eastern Car
olina?
Answer: That depends, to an ex
tent, upon the kind of plant used.
If the crop is set from sprouts they
should be put in from May 20 to
June 10, as the largest yields of
marketable sweets are secured from
plantings made between these dates.
Where vine cuttings are used these
may be set as late as July 1, with
good results. Later plantings than
these will mean a considerable re
duction in yield. \
Thursday, June 1, 1933
Question: What Is the beat crop
to plant now for temporary grazing
this summer?
Answer: Sudan grass will prob
ably give more grazing during July
and August than any other crop sown
at this time. If this grass is sown
on fairly fertile soil it will .produce
an abundance of excellent grazing
six weeks of seeding date.
Sow atiout 35 pounds of seed to the
acre and apply 400 pounds of a high
grade fertilizer to the land at seed
ing time.
Question: What causes hens to
lay thin-shelled eggs and can this
be corrected?
Answer: This is a natural ten
dency at this time of the year be
cause the bird* have reached the
peak of production and are going
into a non-production stage. Aa
production decreases the size of the
egg also decreases and the thin
shelled eggs increase. A properly
balanced ration with a plentiful sup
ply of oyster shell or crushed lime
stone will sometimes correct this
tendency but if this is already sup
plied there is nothing that will stop
the number of thin-shelled eggs.