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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1015.
One reason why we should extermi
nate flies, rats and fleas is that it can
lie done.
- The war will soon be in the stages
where peace rumors can be based on
common sense.
Villa and his chief of staff recently
had a disagreement. If anything hap
pens to the chief of staff, we will know
the reason why.
Italy is looking for some kind of op
portunity, but we suspect that it has
been delivered to her without putting
her to the trouble of seizing it.
We know men who would consider it
a compliment and not a libel to be call
ed a political boss. The disappointing
thing about it is that it might not be
true,
A man is suing for divorce because
his wife ca41ed him a lobster. The lob
ster seems to have been very greatly
Offended at being called by the name
of the chief of the crustacean family.
Good roads are' good for everything.
New England had about decided at one
time that she would not, amount to
much, although her summer climate
was. the finest in America. New Eng
land's adaptabilities for becoming a
delgihtful resort for summer tourists
were fine, but what good was climate
and scenery if they were about as far
off as Tipperary, unless roads should
be built so people could see New Eng
land as she is in summer? New Eng
ladn, which has always been noted for
having a lot of brains, decided to build
a system of modern highways. She
built magnificent roads, and the re
sult is that everybody who wants to
tour and see the sightsjmakes a break
for New England. Modern highways
at once made an available asset of
New England's climate and spectacular
features, so that about the only thing
that keeps New England from being a
calamity howler in the summer as well
as in the winter is that she has the
finest roads in America.
The war in Europe has been mighty
hard on New England, but New Eng
land has been laboring under the woe
ful misapprehension that Woodrow
"Wilson is her Jonah. Now, however,
that the summer is here, New England
will find that her good roads and her
climate, and her picturesqueness of to
pography and population are going to
make her share in the recrudesecence
of prosperity. We are really glad the
summer has come so NeW England will
have a chance to be happy once more.
We hope we will be able to "do" New
England this summer for it would sim
ply be impossible for New England to
do us on account of the fact that we
propose to stop with farmers if we go
that way on a scalper's ticket.
We dearly love New England because
she is such a good example in good
roads building. She has' demonstrated
the fact that if a country has any ad
vantages at all they can be made avail
able by means of good roads. Eastern
North Carolina has the most delightful
winter climate in America, just as New
England has in the summer, and if we
were to build good- roads we would
catch all the automobile tourists from
Maine to Florida. Eastern North Caro
lina is also the richest and most fer
tile nook in the Nation's Garden Spot,
but nobody knows it on account of tho
fact that we haven't enough good roads
to prove it.
If you were to ask whether it would
be better for Eastern North Carolina
to have a Democratic or Republican
administration at Washington, we
would say that neither could do any
harm to Eastern North Carolina if she
would only build 2,000 miles of modern
highways.
capable of doing to naval efficiency.
Even were he determined to damage
the service and no such intention can
be attributed to Mr. Daniels, however
inscrutable may be his motives to some
of his critics he could achieve nothing
of a serious, much less of a permanent
nature affecting the readiness of the
navy for war and the ability that may
make a demand upon it."
When honest, patriotic Americans
understand the source of opposition to
Secretary Daniels, the aspersions cast
upon his management of Jthe Navy will
be regarded as a badge of honor ior
him. The detractors of Secretary Dan
iels, do not seem to know that it's
loaded, and by the time the facts be
hind their infamous procedure are
known, Americans will , be disgusted
with the loud-mouthed, blatant, trucu
lent and designing crowd which is
yelping like a pack of wolves at the
heels of a government official who is
serving the people and thereby of
fending freebooters of every descrip
THE
CAMPAIGN FOR A CO-OPERATIVE
CREAMERY.
Everybody in the several counties in
this section ought to read the com
munication of Mr. J. 3?. Herring, in yes
terday's Star, as well as that of
"Farmer" in this morning's Star. They
are discussing one of the finest oppor
tunities which the farmers of this sec
tion have. These contributors to the
Star present the facts so strongly that
it really seems needless to urge any
further attention to this subject.
"Farmer" suggests that a meeting be
called, and certainly that is the way to
get down to business. SO far as taking
care of cattle in this country is con
cerned, the fact that alfalfa and vetch
and oats are now being harvested in
this region ought to be the most' potent
reason why this is nature's cattle coun
try. With grazing every Hay in win
ter and summer, it would seem that we
lack intelligence if we do not act along
a line so clear that it is a shame on us
to get busy.
Mr. A. G. Warren, of Wilmington,
says he will buy all the cream and
milk which a thousand farmers can
ship to his commercial dairy and
creamery in Wilmington.
CO-OPERATIVE DAIRYING
one amoner thL in'-pmost educational
institutions of the South, and the late I
senator Matt W. Ransom, who served
24 years in the United States Senate,
was a .beneficiary of its training and
teaching.
" 'At Dr. Graham's inauguration, re
cently held at Chapel Hill, distinguish
ed men from all the vocations in life
were present to bid him godspeed in
his laudable undertaking. Among them
were Dr. Frank J. Goodnow, president
of Johns Hopkins; Dr. George, H. Den
ney, president of the University of
Alabama; Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, pres
ident of the University of Virginia;
Dr. W. J. Martin, president of Davidson
College; Dr. F. P. Venable, former
president of. the University of North
Carolina; Judge Walter Clark, Dr. J.
Y. Joyner, superintendent of public in
struction in North Carolina; Governor
Locke Craig, and many others, while
the big gun of the navy, in the person
of Josephus Daniels, was present as
master of ceremonies.
" 'Parties who know the ancestry of
Dr. Graham entertain no apprehension
for the future welfare and usefulness,
of that historic seat of learning.' "
IT
CURRENT COMMENT.
The other day we saw a farmer lit
erally flying out of town with a bale
of Western hay strapped to the rear
of an automobile. We do not blame
the man for exceeding the speed limit;
if it had been us we would have wait
ed in a back alley until after nightfall.
Dillon (S. C.) Herald.
One state at least is learning the les
son taught by low cotton prices. Since
1910, North Carolina has passed five
States in the value of total crop pro
duction, and her agricultural experts
look, for a further advance by the next
census. Yet the food consumed by
man and beast in each county of the
State remains in excess of the amount
produced in each county. One county
imported food worth $4,700,000 in the
last census year. As would be expect
ed, the largest importers were the
counties of the cotton and the tobacco
belts, where the one-crop plan prevails,
with its concomitants of farm-tenancy,
crop-liens, and lack of enterprise. But
why not raise the crop that pays best?
The answer to this is that the cotton
and .tobacco counties rank low in per
capita wealth, the grain and forage
counties rank higher, and the grain,
hay and livestock counties highest of
all. Diversification thus seems to tend
towards not only local independence,
but also local wealth. New York Even
ing Post.
NEW YORK'S LEAD.
Kansas claims that it is saving $29,
000,000 a year by prohibition. Kansas
is saving so much money that the
farmers will wonder why the State
can't get along" on what it saves, with
out levying any taxes.
Says the Columbia State: "Probably
nowhere are marriages so prudent as
in South Carolina." Of course, the la
dies of South Carolina have to be pru
dent, for they know what risks they
have to take in the Palmetto State.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, is
going around remarking as how he
helped Roosevelt in - 1904. However,
when Roosevelt got elected as Presi
dent he found out that he could not
comply with all the demands made
upon him on account of the kind of help
he got.
If you are iri San Francisco along
about the second week in July and see
i& distinguished looking man surround
ed by what appears to be a millinery
escort, it will be the governor of Vir
ginia, accompanied by his staff. The
governor expects to leave Richmond on
the second of July to take in the ex
position.
til.
Newspaper men do not let their con
fidence feet undermined. Whenever
they want to start a paper they go
ahead and do it. The Lee County Jour
nal is one of the latest weeklies to be
gin publication in North Carolina. It
"'is published at Jonesboro by Mr. J. B.
Benton, who proposes to make it a pa
per in every way worthy of the pro
gressive county of Lee. That county
now has three weekly papers.
Of course, Teddy consulted the
bossest He is frank enough to say that
he did. Then they were Instruments
to be used for his political ambitions.
After he had attained his ambitions,
political bosses looked like 30 cents to
"him. He heaped maledictions on the
bridge which carried him over safely.
Like most men, he failed to recognize
his obligations to those who were In
strumental in enabling him to get up
'where he turned his back, on former
confederates. A man may have nu
merous virtues, but if he has not that
of gratitude, what is he after all?
The New York World claims that
New York State led the way in 1890
in requiring publicity of campaign con
tributions. That State also led the way
in 1S96 in the passage of a law forbid
ding corporation campaign contribu
tions and strengthening publicity so
that both national campaign funds in
1808 were made public under New York
lew. These are notable reforms, to be
sure, but the World continues in this
way to make great claims for the Em
pire State:
"Still, again, New York led in the
passage of the first comprehensive
Public-Utilities law. The Empire State
is once more in the van, in a corporate
reform of the first importance, in pass
ing the bills permitting the State to
! intervene in receivership and injunc
j tion cases affecting public-service cor
porations, and allowing the governor
and stockholders after one year to ask
the court to dissolve receiverships.
These amendments will be of reat
use In any future attempt at a Metro
politan scandal. The Rock Island
scandal could now be blocked if the
Gederal government had such legisla
tion as. to interstate corporations. lror
these acts of constructive statesman
ship the legislature deserves thanks
and full credit."
All the reforms originated In New
York are wholesome if they are car
ried out. They have generally been
adopted all over the country, but the
question is whether their enforcement
has prevailed so the public can get the
benefit. Money in politics continues to
be patent and the laws against corrupt
practices seem to be nil.
The receivership system, if it is a
system, is scandalous everywhere in
America. A receivership anywhere in
thef United States generally means
completer bankruptcy for a bankrupt.
There is something wrong about laws
which are aimed to wind up bankrupt
concerns. So far as winding them up
is concerned, they certainly get wound
up by the time receivers get through
with them.
ASSAULTS WHICH WILL REACT.
' Jean H. E. St. Cyr, of New York and
:Yonkers, and every other place where
he takes a. notion," married the widow
of "Silent" Smith at White Sulphur
Springs, Va., April 25th. Mrs. Smith
is in possession of most of the millions
left by Mr. Smith in spite of the fact
that . after Mr. Smith's death she mar
ried William Rhinelander Stewart, of
New York. For some time William
Rhinelander hasn't been considered the
. 'right sort of husband, so Mrs. Smith
Stewart went to Reno and cut him
adrift. Mr. St. Cyr's wife Jiaving died
"last January, left him in a position to
marry again, so he was lucky enough
to marry Mrs. Smith, who preferred
that name to Mrs. Stewart. Mrs. Smith
is said to be one of the most charming
women f American society, in which
resnect American society has the t est
of herf ' '
The attacks being made upon Secre
tary Josephus Daniels are bound to
react on those who seem to be com
bined into a conspiracy to unhorse the
North Carolina member of President
Wilson's cabinet. The weakness of his
detractors lies in the sordidness of
their attack. Their ' motive not only
lacks patriotism, .but is so plainly par
tisan and unpatriotic that fair-minded
Democrats and Republicans can easily
observe the "gangster" earmarks of
their assaults. The Army and Nayy
Journal takes the patriotic view when
It says:
"It is not just to Mr. Daniels to hold
him responsible, or even partly re-
sponsible, for the lack of naval pre
paredness for war. If he is considered
as entitled to blame on that score, he
must," by the iHome .token, be accorded
full credit for having obtained from
the 63rd Congress more than was ever
derived from any preceding Congress
by any of his predecessors in the Navy
Department. ' It should be recognized,,
in all fairness to Mr.Q Daniels, that he
has made a good impression upon the
naval committees, whether- or not naval
officers are prepared to accep that
statement. Certainly as much could
not have been said of Mr. Meyer.
It is, finally, foolish to. talk. of the .In
jury, which Mr-Daniels has done or is
To the Editor of The Star:
Supplementing my previous article
on co-operative dairying, I submit a
statement from Prof. H. H. Kildee, of
Iowa State College. He says: When a
ton of corn worth from $12 to $15 is
harvested and sold from the farm, it
removes $8.60 worth of food from the
farm. A ton of butter, worth $600
or more, removes only 64 cents worth
of plant food from the soil. A dairy
cow weighing 1,000 pounds produces
from 11 to 13 tons of solid and liquid
manure in a year, and that is worth at
least $25 for increasing crop yields.
It is clear that dairy farming does
not rob, the soil but makes it richer.
Many faris which were once poor from
the fertility standpoint have been
built up in a few years through feed
ing the crops grown and purchasing
supplementary feed for dairy cows. It
is an undisputed fact that, we can in
this section grow more forage per acre,
on account of longer growing seasons,
than some well known dairy sections in
other states. The State of Minnesota
with 614 creameries, the output of
which is $21,675,252, an average of more
than $35,000, has not the variety of
forage crops nor the long seasons to
grow them in that we have.
Dr. Tait Butler, an authority on the
subject, correctly says: Dairying is not
likely to prove highly profitable, as the
principal source of income, unless the
following conditions are brought about:
First, large production of forage crops
and large yields per acre; second,' a
herd of milk cows, or efficient ma
chines for turning these forage crops
into milk and butter fat; third, good
care and economical feeding of these
cows, and, fourth, the production and
efficient marketing of high class prod
ucts. The first we can easily get by bend
ing our energy in that direction. The
second is more difficult, because our
farmers' efforts heretofore have been
in other directions than stockraising.
There is also another difficulty, if it is
left to the individual farmer to buy
his milk cows, whenever he gets a
chance to buy one from a dealer or
otherwise, too many poor milkers
would be bought, because cheaper per
haps, , which would spell inefficiency
and unprofitableness. To overcome
this, I would propose for one or more
men to use their funds as an invest
ment for say two years, send a com
petent man into a good dairy cattle
section, and buy as many really good
milch cows as were needed, to be sold
to those . farmers who are not already
supplied either for cash or on install
ments, to be paid for by the creamery
out of the- monthly milk checks of pat
rons of same who avail themselves of
the opportunity of getting good cows.
The necessary bulls of good milk
strain ancestry need to be supplies 4n
the different neighborhoods .the same
way. This, I think, is the best way of
getting a good start, always keeping
in mind that only efficiency can spell
success.
And as to the third: We have an
abundance of good literature in the
agricultural press, in bulletins from
our experiment stations, etc., all of
Which it is necessary for the patrons of
the creamery to diligently study. There
will also be the advice from our Agri
cultural Department, our county agent,
and inspectors from the creamery. To
make high class products and efficient
marketing we have the advice of ex
perts. Who will co-operate with us? Let
us get Busy.
FARMER.
The country around Rock Hill is fill
ing up with improved cattle and hogs
and steps are being taken to introduce
the business of raising horses and
mules on the farms. Among those who
are particularly interested in good
horses is Hamilton Carhartt, the well
known manufacturer of this city and
Detroit, Michigan, who is introducing
Arabian stock in this section. Mr. Car
hartt has at his farm on the Catawba
river, a few miles from Rock Hill, a
fine Arabian stallion, desert bred, an
animal that is attracting much atten
tion and admiration. On behalf of the
great number of citizens of this coun
ty and section of the State who are
laboring for the deversification of agri
culture, for the introduction of stock
raising and the improvement of farm
animals, the Herald desires to commend
the efforts of Mr. Carhartt. He is a
citizen of a distant State but because
of local manufacturing and farming
interests, feels it his duty to unite with
the citizens of this section in promot
ing the great movement for agricul
tural development which is daily gain
ing force and showing results through
out this part of the State. Rock Hill
(S. C.) Herald.
The growers of berries and fruits
have had quite a time of getting from
the Department of Agriculture a ruling
on just what is required in the way
of marking packages under the Food
and Drug Act. The Department itself
has evidently been puzzled over the
law, but Secretary Houston has finally
made a deliverance that will be of pe
culiar interest to the growers in the
North Carolina belt at this time, as the
berry season is now on and fruit will
shortly begin moving. The Packer
prints Secretary Houston's ruling, and
gives as one paragraph: "Except as
otherwise provided by this regulation
the quantity of the contents, in. all
cases of food, if in package form, must
be plainly and conspicuously marked
in terms , of weight, measure or numer
ical count, on the outside of the cover
ing or container usually delivered to
consumers." The Packer is of the opin
ion that "because of the fact that Sec
retary ' Houston has ruled that berry
crates must be marked, while 'at the
same time he has very considerately
held that the berry cup shall be exempt
for the time being at least, it must be
that he is In the habit of buying his
strawberries by the crate and not by
the cup, as is the practice with most of
us." Charlotte Observer.
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EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.
Dr. Walter C. Murphy Talks About In
auguration of President Graham.
In its popular column headed "Views
of Visitors on Current Topics," the
Washington Post recently carried the
following interview with Dr. Walter
C. Murphy, which will be -of interest in
North Carolina:
"Dr. Walter C. Murphy, in discussing
the marvelous development of the
South in manufacturing, commerce and
agriculture, at the Wiliard, said:
" 'The greatest improvement of all Is
the attention now being given to the
education and training of the Southern
youth. t
" "A notable i-istance was th recent
installation of Dr( Edward Kidder Gra
ham as president of the. University of
North Carolin. Tfce trustees of this
institution adhere to the well-knOwn
face in nature that every thing of value
develops from within. They do not go
abroad for the importation of newfan
gled ideas, but believe in the develop
ment sQf home talent.: Chapel Hill has
beert known vfor nearly a sr. century as
Because it is so perfectly safe to use
and has been of such great help to a
host of expectant mothers, these women,
experienced in this most happy period,
advise the use of "Mother's Friend."
Applied externally to the abdominal
muscles its purpose is to relieve the
undue tension upon the cords and liga
ments resulting from muscular expansion.
Beneath the surface is a network of fine
nerve threads- and the gentle, soothing
embrocation, "Mother's Friend," is
designed to so lubricate the muscular
fibres as to avoid the unnecessary and
continuous nagging upon this myriad of
nerves. It is a- reflex action.
. Applied to the breasts it affords the
proper massage to prevent caking.
Thousands of women have reason to
believe in this splendid help under the
trying ordeal of motherhoodr Their
letters are eloqnt evidence of its great
value to women. In use for many years
It has come to bo a standard remedy for
the purpose. 4
There is scarcely a well-stocked drug
store anywhere but what you can easily
obtain a bottle of "Mother's Friend" and
In nearly every town and village is a
grandma who herself used it in earlier
years. Expectant mothers are urged to
try this splendid assistant to comfort.
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