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ije;' tWr l?V^* 1^1' Isr'. 1^. IPc- l'£> 1^ Iw is^ Z avjr fe' a, Sv- r- Ct Sr K>v Ml. PAOS -rWO HARNETT COUNTY NEWi^ THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1927 ■■L '".g! ii;iiB'iiiHiiiiB>i«i:iiaiijHiiiBt*uni;'Bi>i«i THIS TWO-INCH POST iiJugtown s Art Displayed BED Throughout The World SEMI-CENTENNIAL I OF NEGRO NORMAL SCHOOL MAY 24-25 Finished in Ivory, Blue and Gold, Walnut, White, Black and Gold, Fabric Spring and Cotton Mattress, in beautiful Art Tick, for Only $18.25 Complete. It is a real value. The mattress, if bought separate, only $5.95., p BLUE RIBBON Proctor-Barboiir Company FUQUAY SPRINGS, N. C. ■ !iBxK>i'H:m m Motor Oils look more or less alike, but'«diat a diffeteiice/‘«> Yimr sakgoaid isdie ies_ Irflily ofthe iiiak» in I 0 Of Motor hibricatioii seems & simple thing. Yet, amid the many conflict ing, technical - sounding claims, no one can blame the areraga motmlst for becoming confused. **fltandard” Motor Oil is the re mit of long experience in refining and ti unmatched facilities for taeanrch and experiment. When you use it In your motor car you have a guarantee of correct Inbrlcatton. STANDARD OH COMPANY(N. J.) STANDARD MOTDROII. (Prom the June American Magazine) North Carolina as the center of a truly American art in ptottory, la feat ured In the June Issue of the Ameri can Magazine. I'fihe name “Jugto^n", gj at'anvped on 500,000 pieces of hand- turned pottery, has carried the tame S! of this North Carolina handcraTt all P' over the world, and early Jugtown pieces are now to be found promi nently displayed in -most of the great art museums o'f the country. Strangely enough, Jugtown never has been a town. It is simply a con venient name for a scattered rural com'munity radiating from a handful of houses aet dawn in a pine clearing in the extreme northwestarn of Moore Ctounty. For nearly two cen- turie.s, many of the people In this out-of-the-'way spot have earned a livelihood by turning on a primitive kick-wheel Jugs, dishes, ipitchers, candleslkdcfl, churns, mugs, and other homely household pottery. And in Jugtown, as in other pla ces where the Mume families have lived side !by side for generation af ter generation, old and young alike are addressed 'by their liaptismal names as a matter of course. The story of how Jacques Busbee came to be the first “Tnister” in Jug town is also the story of the almost miraculous transformation of a whole com'murtity—that had 'become dis couraged and down-at-tbe-heels- lato a. group of serf-rfespecllng wide awake cra'ttsmen, with a Justiflafble pride in their dkill and a heartening faith in their future. More than that, it Is a revelation off the intense love of two people, Jacques Busibee and Ms wife, Juliana, for their native stale. It is a record of their grim determination to keep alive a fast-pefi*lshing craft which had been handed down from father to son in this section of North Carolina since early Colonial days. It is a story of a selMorgotfulness so groat that it made these two glad to sell the roof over their heads in order .ta carry on an undertaking which even their own ta'mllles and -lifelong friends assured them was fore doomed to failure. But let's go back a bit; Ten yea>'P ago, Mr. and Mrs. Bus- bee were living in Raleigh, the town in which they were born, and la which their ancestors had lived for many generations. Mr. Buabee was a portrait painter. He had spent fl'flcen years studying in New York and elsewhere and he had come back ■ P P P I 006 Is a Preiscriptlon for Malaria, Ckilla and Fever, Dengue or Bilious Fever. It killfl tlie fcerms. The Bfeasure of Oil Value ■a •e* BKAD YOUR COUNTY PAPER THE NEWS BUB8CRIBK FOR flJOO PER YEAR Oil Stoves New Perfection Oil Stoves will help the housewife to keep cool this summer. Their cooking qualities have been proven.. Let us show them to you.. Screen Doors Any size you want, priced fromjthe very cheapest to the highest ^ade. All A-No.-l grade. Let us equip your house for the summer. HARNETT HARDWARE HOUSE LILLINGTON. N. C. ' Buick value is greater today than ever before— because Buick is a beautiful car ''' because Buick perform ance is superb ^ »because Buick’s initial cost and operating cost are low. Examine Buick, point by point. Compare it with other h L.% CC: * vi ore y .'u make yotir choice. GREEN’S BUICK SERVICE STATION DUNN, N. O. When Bettor Antondbilea Are Ballt Bnlck WIU Boild nuon to North Carolina to earn his living by his bruBta. 'But be found ferw peo ple who feU they euuld afford So ex pensive a luxury a«’ a portrait. In order to add to hia Income, Jacques Bui^bee wrote magazine ar ticles and lectured on art at schools and colleges throughout ihe state. In the meantime, his wife, who was state chairman of art In the Federa tion of Women's Oliaba had become greatly interested in teaching the w-omen of the isolated' country die- trtets how to weave batAcets and trays out of the native grasses .-and pine needles. In evarythlng that they did and said, the Budbees tried to show that you can have beauty in your life even if you haven't much money. In their expcidltJous into the by ways of North OarARna, the Budboea found many speelmeos of old pottery, remarkalble for its charming sim plicity of design and znrenenB of exe cution. They 'began to make a col lection of this ware. Soon their home In Raleigh was overflowing with examples off the best work of the early Carolina potters. By this Mme, the Bucfi>eea were intereiried' heavt and soul in native pottery. They 'began to look around to see If pottery making bad sur vived anywhere In the «tate. They found that the craft bad Ju^ about disappeared, bfoanae the demand for utilitariau pottery had died out. Jn one pottery district, known locally, as Jugtown, the Busbees learned that the deCendants of the famous Btaftordabire potter* o'f Eng land—(boys with strong. Shapely hands, made for turning clay on o wheel—were going off to work In cotton mills or tobacco -factories. And in every lean-'to In Jugtown a kick-wheel, onos an intagral part of the life of the eorntnunlty. was rot ting in idleness. “At this point," Mr. Busibee ex plains, “I was appointed to Judge the art exhibits at the State Fair. Immediately, I saw a way to revive intereirt in pottery making. I wrote to every potter whose nan&e I could get, .or to some Influential man In each oommunlty where pottery bad once been made. I begged these people to send exhibits to the fair. “The result was that we got a lot of very poor stuff, mostly imitations of cheap factory-made novelties; but we also got a faw very* good pieces worthy of the tradition of the old Staffordedilre potters. I was con vinced that the apark surrlved. “Mrs. Busibee and 1 fbe«an to preach pottery to everylbody we met. We urged that it was an art native to the state. We lugged around pie ces from our own collection to show, and we made talks before every sort of organization that would open iU doors to «B. “Before long, the survival of pot tery as a native cralft seemed to me so mulch more important than my own career as a painter that I defl- nllely shelved my amftrltions along that line for as many years as it would take me to accomplish this thing I had noiW made up my mind to do. "■Mts. Bualbee and I both knew that if we oould nurse the tiny sur viving spark into a flame again, the making of exqulatlte pottery would go on for many yeare after we were dead. But we found It hard to make others see our point of view. You see, the people otf the state were ac customed to think of earthenware as df not much account. Bven among the potters themaelves, the craft had fallen in disrepute. Only the old men and the ne'er-do-wel-la tried to make a living at the kick- wheel any more. But there was no sense in encour aging young and ambitious men to make pottery unless we could pronn- iae them a market for their wares. So wo decided to put' our faith In native pottery to the teat 'by going to New York and offering It for sale. If necessary, we ourselves would open a shop.” “Now to start any sort of -buolnesa enterprise In a Wg city requires money, and i!ie Duribees hadn’t any. But they did have a house—a very beautiful one. 'fhey sold it and their cherished llibrary and set out for New York with their hearts full o-f hope and their trunks full of pie plates and cider Jugs! The ffpeclalty shops where they triad' to place their wares were unan imous in agreeing that the pottery was beautiful; 4mt they were equally unanimous in refusing to give orders for reproductions which might not be succeflsful. “All right," aaid Juliana Busibee. “I’ll dbart a tea room and sell pot tery on the aide." She Bent tuKk to Raletgh for her old colored cook, and between them they produced! home cooking that melted in the moultha ctf the city dwellers. People caone In droves, and some of them ibought the ‘bauti- ful pottery on the shelves. 'Word- ot-mouth advertisliig Is the most ef fective kind. Hoon Juliana Buiflme w-as selling pottery ftwter than her b'Uifband oould ship U up frt>m the South. EKerciaes Begin Next Tuesdixy and Continue Through Wednesday—Faculty of 26 and Students Numbering 500 . Fifty idollaTs in prizes will he airarded in the hog-ealUng contest held during the aute Farmers Con- psntion at Btate College, July to 28. Dr. E. E. Smith, one of the most highly litftellec|.’ial and progressive leaders of the colored race In North Carolina, if not in the United States, who ihas been at the head of the Negro Normal School at FayefttevlUe for nearly all of the fifty years of its life, will 'bring his school to the close of a successful year's work next week when the celelbTatlon of the semi centennial will take place. Exer cises will 'begin on Tuesday morning and continue through Tuesday. Some of the most notalble speakers and ed'ucators in the country, includ ing both white and black men, will have place on the prografn. Harnett county is Inter-ested in the successful work of the Normal, be cause of the great benefit derived by the colored schools of this county. Fayetteville Normal^School has 'been pro'claimeid, by those who are in po sition to Judge, one of the 'best in the entire country, rendering -i ser vice that is not excelled by any nor mal school. The principal, 'Dr. Smith, enjoys a national reputation as an educator, ranktog along wlih Dr. Booker T. Washington, late head olf Tusikeege Institute In Tennessee. Dr. SmUh was once granted leave of albsence from the N'ormal to eerve as minister to DSberia. Upon com pletion of that service he returned and assumed headship of the Normal, and ever slrtce h\i hos rendered -de voted service to the institution he loves so well. While proving Ijy his works hla great friendishlp for his race, of which he Is a great benefac tor. ho is at the same time showing to ihe world by deeds his real worth as a citizen who takes second place to none In bis loyalty to the service of his white fellows. His service to the white race is largely an Indirect service, -but it i« recognized by sound- thlnkln'g people as .such that only statesmen can render. That white people have come to a'lpreclate -more fully, the work ,0? .such men a;? Dr. Smith U inspiring evidence ot the fact that the great uplMt called Education is taking hold; and a large proportion of the buden i« being -lifted by the Negro race. APPRECIATION OF MR. BAGGETT Littleton, May 13.—The Aurelian Springs high rchool «^ame to a close last night with a'n able address by Hon. J. R. Baggett of Lllllngton. N. C. Never before has an audien-ce In Halifax County been more profound ly impressed than last night by Mr. Baggett. 'His message was sane and fmipr-esi^lve, equally as appealing to the old folks as to the young. “Intelligent Swl«l Citizenship” was his theme. He showed that mere education is not enough to meet the needs of to-day. Our education must make us socially efficient if we would serve slclety weW. Time after time he illustrated our social inefficiency in the home. In the school. In the community, on the highways, and in the church. iThe albllity to meet these needs challenges \is to pattern our teaching and our living after that of the Christ. In doming to Halifax County Mr. Baggett has added a host o'f friends to many who already knew him. Just as soon as we can have our school ■building enlarged and espe cially the auditorium we shall ask htoi to come back again. V. C. MlArrTHEfMifS. HCHiOOL FOR TRAINING PROFB8- HIONAD GARDKNFRH A (professional school for gard'en- ers has keen opened in the former Castle Bberhard near Bratislava, Caechoslova'kla. The course of 'Study covers a year and includes thei cult ure of flowers, vegetaJbles, fruits, and vines. ‘Students must S>e Indentured gardeners. iCastle EI>eThard| has great parks, gardens, greenhouses, vlneyarde, and orchards.-—r-Emanual Y. Dlppert In iSchool 'Life. Instead of the usual county i insti tute In West (Chester, Pa., extension classes fwlB the 'held dn psychology of the adofescen-t child and in nature study. Undergraduate credit Will be allowad. Rmew Your Health Purification hy Any p}^d«a wdl tsiU yoo tiiMt *Perndt Ptttttcatioa at the £lyst^ is Nature's Foimdation of Perfect BhnRh.” Why not rid yourself of dnronie ailments that are underminr- ing your vitality? Purify your en tire system by taking a thorough ceurse of Colotabe,—onco or twice « week for several wedcs—ond wm how Mature rewards yon with health. Calotahk are the greatest of all syatssn purifiers. Get a family: pack- swe, containing full direcdona. Only 96 ets. At any drug store. (Adv.) SPECTACULAR SHOWING of New Dresses The well-known Miltex Drew -at S9.9S L A D I E S' and M I S S E S’ I In all colors—Bloomers, Gowns, Step-Ins, I! Princess Slips, Ves1;s—^at -lowest prices ever offered. . ■ WONDERFUL SAVINGS in the C!Hildrexv.’s Dept. Boys’ Wash Suits, sizes 2 to 6 years, in a big range of colors. Children’s Dresses in all summer styles— “If it fades a new .one in its place.’’ COMPARE PRICES AND TRADE AT JOHN D JOHNSON’S REMEMBER THE GRADU ATES WITH A GIFT HAND TINTED GRADUATION CARDS /NOW ON DIGPIAY IMIiniMHMIBIiniljJWW mill II■IIIIM1I■III IHIlHillBliil A WIDEr CHOICB Selliog as many new Dodge Brothers Cars as we do, it is only natural tlmt ^we should be offered a Wide selection of used cars in trade. We take the best d these—and put them, in such good condition that thiey cannot help but r^ect favorably on our reputation. STEWART^S GARAGE LILLINGTON, N. C. OePeNDABl0 A USeD CAR IS ONLY AS AS THe D&ALE-R. WHO S&LLS IT Qive Your COTTON a LAYING RATION Duaoaa, S, C. "JIm v« b—n uainfNitrmUt of Soda for about twoniy- fivo years with fino re- aulta. On cotton I havo aid0‘droaaed with Nitrate of Soda iaimed'iafe/y aff er oAopp/ng out at tha rate of 50 to 100 iba. per acre. S/no0 the boltweeeiieeme I have need Nitrate of Soda under my cotton to pueh iiforwerdmnd make it early a» poaeible. On com, I put 75 to too fibs. around the crop when knee to waiet high with good reaulta. On oata t broadcast 100 iba. per acre about MaroA let,” J. W. Oaaton, Bfa9l»rofOa»ton't CfevnIiacI St. Matthews, S. C. " nave uaedNihraim of Soda with aplendld and profitable reaulta since we began farming in 1908. Since lAe advenf of lAe BoU VYeevil, one Aalf to two thirda of the ammonia uaed in our mSxtarea on- ' efer lAe colton Aaa been derived from Nitrate of Soda, TA/aferA'I/aerAae j Aeeit mixed to _ analyze . 10-4-2. After firat or aeo- onf chopping, according ; tooonfdtiona andaeaaona, ' too to 150 ponnda of JVi- i rato of Soda ia applied ' aa iop-dreaaing. In 1925, with onfy500 Iba. per acre of VAe aAove ' named miatore and 100 ; Ibe. of IVi'lrato of Soda, appliedlaet week in May, j wa produced an average ■' of 1800 Iba. of aead cotton '■ per acre. In attaining rapid and heavy fruiting, we have found Nilrato of Soda to; be of ineatimeble value." The Wennammker Cteveland Seed Farma, W. W. Wannamaker, Ch/mf Blent Bteeilef. H ave you got a few hens arouiid the place? You know how the right feed at the right time o* year will help to start them la3rmg and Iteep them la3nng. Same way with cotton. A little extra *Teed** at chqppii^ time does wonders with it. Thousands of clear headed men just like you have proved that side-dressing with 150 to 200 pounds of Nitrate of Soda gives them handsomely in creased yields, over and above fields fio^ .side-dressed. ’ L No matter what fertiltsei] you have under your cotton, iifidft- ^essingatchoj^ingtimelielpa it to set its squares and get a strong healthy growth .r^lit when it is most needed. 'That beats the boll weevil land makes bale-to-the-acre ytel^ easfly possible. Side-dressing does greattliings for com, too. Do you want to make sursof a paying cotton crop? It Just cut out thus advertise ment and write your name and address in the margin. 'Thcjn mailittous. WewillMiicIjMiMti, without one penny of cost, our little book “Side-Dressine: Cot ton and Com.*’ CXu'managerii a pr^tical cotton grower and knowsjustwhatconffltioiiscfifl for here in the Old Ninth IStatis. KC54 Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau 220 PT'ofesiional Bldg^ Raielfrb, N. C ilM ri'"'. |l?> 17-5 1^ li U- ll^ P fk tvs* ifK ‘ If; " li- Inf .ill,
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