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$25,C:3 In Premiums
Approximately $25,000 will be of
fered in agricultural premiums at the
1948 North Carolina State fair which
will be presented at the spacious fair
grounds near Raleigh October 19-23,
Dr. J. S. Dorton, manager of the an
nual exposition, has announced.
The amount of prize money sets a
record for the fair, and it is expected
to result in a large array of- the fin
est products of North Carolina farms.
Premium books are 'being distributed
now.
In addition to the usual awards for
farm and home ribbon-winners, ' the
State Fair is offering this year for
the first time a $1,000 cash prize to
the first North Carolina farmer pro
ducing 200 bushels or more of corn to
the acre, with the prize going to the
farmer producing the greatest amount
over 200 bushels in the event that
more than one grower surpasses that
mark. Nearly 400 farmers have en
tered the contest.
R. W. Shoffner of State College
again will aid Dr. Dorton as assistant
manager of the entertaining and edu-
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appearances DO count in the busi
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extensive or an expensive ward
robe ... but you must keep it im
maculate and well-pressed always.
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cational : exposition. . General' direc
tors of exhibits will be J. Warren
Smith, Dr. I. Q. Schaub, Dr. J. H.
Hilton and Cecil D; Thomas, promi
nent leaders in North Carolina agri
culture. ' ' -
Anticipating a record attendance of
a half-million people if good weather
prevails throughout the fivd-day fair
program, Dr. Dorton said "reports
from all over the State indicate there
is more interest in this year's fair
than in any of the previous. State
fairs."
Early applications for exhibit space
indicate the huge exhibition halls and
outside exhibit areas will be cram
med with the best North Carolina has
to offer in agriculture, arts and in
dustry. Warm Up
Hostess "This is Captain Banks,
who has just returned from the Arctic
regions."
Pretty Guest "Oh, do come nearer
the fire you must be cold!"
No Compliment To The Horse
Farmer "Let me tell you, my
friend, that horse knows as much as
I do."
Friend "Well, don't -tell anybody
else. You might want to sell him
some day."
is not
idle here
Talk is our basineti
sod never before have we
carried such a tremendous
volume of it Ws have
talked a lot about one ex
pansion program, too, and
this talk hat not been idle.
Much progress hat been
made, and we an working
rapidly toward our goal of
telephone service tot all
who want it
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you with gift items for
any occasion is one of
our aims.
We make a special
effort to stock gift
merchandise for men,
women and children.
Stop in today and we
will be glad to show
you any number of
items suitable as gifts
for birthdays, wed
dings or just a sur
prise for the wife.
THE NERVOUS MODERN CHILD
If this restless' jazz age does not
soon come to an end, the world will be
crowded with physical and mental
wrecks. :;: '-v.- '-;.;
Children were formerly kept com
paratively quiet during infancy and
childhood. They were also put to bed
early at night During the day they
played with" a few simple toys or
romped in the gardens or under the
trees. ; ,
Today their nurseries are fitted up
with every kind of contraption in
tended to amuse and interest them.
Ambitious mothers try to teach them
to fit maps and puzzles together at a
very tender age. As soon as they be
gin to toddle they play in the streets
where life is a constant source of
danger.
Poor little things dart back and
forth on treacherous skates and
scooters, escaping automobiles, look
ing and listening at every turn for
the juggernauts of death that strike
so swiftly, maiming or killing. They
are tense and on the quivive every
moment, for they cannot romp, skate
and play where deadly machines dart
back and forth without realizing that
at any moment they may be crushed
under a truck, automobile or motor
cycle. When they go to school, the work
is of necessity under our public school
system, so arranged that a certain
amount must be covered in a given
time. They are still further stimu
lated by the offering of various re
wards or distinction if they attain
certain standards.
The result is that some children
easily reach the coveted goal while
others who may have tried equally
as hard and failed, feel bitter and
keen disappointment which is further
aggravated into resentment against
the teacher who was in no way to
blame.
If you enter a moving picture
theater where there is a show of a
character which is most exciting,
filled with fighting and dangerous
hair-breadth escapes, you will find
the place packed with children of all
ages, squealing, yelling and other
wise giving vent to their excited
pent-up emotions.
Do you wonder that nervousness is
increasing among children? It is
disease that is growing by leaps and
bounds. The nervous child, unless
placed in the proper environment and
treated as he should be, will grow up
into a neurathenic, delinquent or psy
choneurotic. He may ultimately land
in an insane asylum. The latter in
stitutions are becoming so over
crowded that at the present rate of
increase in their population in a few
years the sane, normal people that
are left will be unable to bear the bur
den of the unfit.
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Drycleaning Hints
Offered By Agent
Pointing out that drycleaning mis
haps increase during fall and winter
months when the activities of the
housewife are more confined to the
house, Miss Nina Braswell, home
demonstration agent for the State
College Extension Service, urges
homemakers to exercise care in using
drycleaning materials.
Home drycleaning with flammable
cleaning fluid she said, has disfigured
or fatally injured many persons and
has burned houses to the ground or
demolished them by explosion. She
added that the National Safety Coun
cil recommends commercial dryclean
ing as less expensive, more effective,
and much safer.
For persons who find it necessary
to do their own drycleaning at home
Miss Braswell warned that it is im-
perative to Use only a nonflammable
cleaning fluid. She added that a fluid
may be marked "non-explosive" and
still be flammable.
"Never, under any circumstances,
use gasoline, naptha or kerosene for
garment-cleaning purposes," she said.
ine home agent said the following:
ruies, suggested by the National
Safety Council, should be observed at
all times:
' Do. the drycleaning outside the
home, where toxic or other vapors
will be quickly dissipated.
Store cleaning fluids outside of
house in a marked container.
. Keep hands out of the solvent use
a suction washer.
Avoid getting cleaning fluid on
clothing or exposed part of the body.
Dry garments or articles thoroughly
outside before taking them into the
house.
Keep, children away from dryclean
ing operations. ,
Observe these simple precautions
even in removing small spots from
garments. ,
Farm Land Prices
Abnormally High
- Farm .land values In 3K afflaa in
cluding1 North Carolina, now equal or
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ing to Moyle S. Williams, Extension
iarm management specialist at State
uonege. , ri-, .-.
Mr. William. nnintMi ant. flia V
onlv larsre area where lanA vWo am
still below their 1920 peak is the corn
belt and the Northern' Plain states.
This is one of the areas where land
prices boomed i the , highest after
World War I and where values drop
ped the most during the 1930's. The
present inflation seems to have reach
ed its highest level in the southeast
ern states, especially in North Caro
lina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ala
bama, he said..- ? vvtV 1
The average value per acre of farm
real estate in North Carolina during
July, 1948, was 167 per cent higher
than the 1935-39 average. Only six
states have had a larger increase, the
specialist said. .
The rise and continued strength in
farm real estate prices and in demand
for farm land has resulted largely
from the strong demand for agricul
tural commodities and increases in
farm incomes. The full price and in
come situation for the crop year 1948
is not yet definite. However, record
wheat and corn crops, in prospect for
the nation as a whole point to some
what lower prices. If this prospect
develops, land values may not rise as
much as the present high rate of land
returns would indicate.
The relatively rapid increase in
many farm cost items during recent
months may be another curb influenc
ing land values. Buyers in the pres
ent market must be prepared for a
situation where rising Costs may re
duce their net income even though
gross income continues, Mr. Williams
said. ,
WHO KNOWS
1. When did World War II start?
2. What outstanding event in
World War II occurred on September
8, 1943?
3. According to the Constitution,
how old does a Senator have to be?
4. Name the chiefs of the three
branches of the U. S. armed services.
5. In what crops do Iowa, Ne
braska and Kansas lead the nation?
6. Who owned these famous
horses: Rosinante, Marengo, Trav
eller, Tony?
7. Who is Premier of Eirie?
8. Who is the "Red Dean"?
9. What is a, "hectare" of land?
10. Name the capitals of Australia
and New Zealand.
THE ANSWERS '
1. September 1, 1939, when Ger
many invaded Poland.
2. Italy surrendered to the Allies.
3. Thirty. " .
4. Army: General Omar N. Brad
ley; Navy, Admiral Louis E. Den
field; Air Forces, General Hoyt E.
Vandenberg.
5. Corn, rye and wheat, respec
tively. & Don Quixote, Napoleon, Robert
E. Lee, Tom Mix.
7. John Costello.
8. Dean of Canterbury Cathedral,
so-called because of his pro-Soviet
views.
9. 2.471 acres.
10. Canberra and Wellington, respectively.
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3UIIDAY SCHOOL
LECSON .
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parliamentary assembly governed by
rules of order. The people tat back
in their seats and listened to the cool
and sobering (words of their leader,
with the result that reason and com
mon sense began to reassert them
selves. , When the leader- saw that
sanity ' had been -restored, he dis
missed the assembly and the people
went home.
He displayed the qualities of real
leadership. He showed his independ
ence! of the popular clamor when that
clamor was born of unreasoning pre
judice which grew into mere hysteria
and his clear thinking and love for
his city and its people saved them
from committing acts which would
have brought disgrace and put
ment on the city he was respoiu.
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The" appeal of Demetrius to '
crowd which resulted in an unth'
ing, irresponsible mob, is the at
appeal often used today that of s
interest backed by religious prt
dice The Teal application of Ch
tian principles in the world to
would be almost as disturbing a
was in the days of Paul, when he i
his companions were accused of. tu
ing "the world upside down.' Chi
tianity is honored and revered I
many so-called leaders of business a
industry so long as it does not
terfere with the conduct of busin'
or with the profits :': received fr
some l businesses. Then its "friTnf
demand that it cease meddling w
business and confine i Itself to ' i
circle of individual morality.
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