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ft •- \ \n,^i — .'VW '.C*' 1 V ^"*5^ *•/}•» PAXIE TWO 6 *!> m- m, R.f‘ . Harnett County' News Established Jan. 1, 1919 ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY HENDERSON STEELE. Publisher SUBSCRIPTION BATES One Year $1.50 Six months -76 Three months -40 CJORRESPONDKNOB This paper desires correspondence from all reliable sources interesting to the people of this section. We ask that the name of the correspond ent be signed for the purpose of at testing reliability. Advertising rates upon application Entered as second-class matter at the postofllce at Llllingtoa, N. U,, under the Act of March 3, 1879. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS If you see a X mark opposite your name on your paper, It signifies that your subscription lias expired. If yon wish the paper continued, please renew promptly. THURSDAV. MAY 23, 1929 DANGER FROM THE FRUIT FLY Stale EniomolOgiU Leiby money. That lakes a large amount out ot the rax Income. If you have suggestions to offer, attend the meeting -here tomorrow and let the boards have the beneflii of your thoughts upon the subject. slates lliat the MetUn-rranean fruit fly, now doing great damage to fruits In to do? When asked what grade the boy WHAT IIS A BOY WORTH 7 There tame Into The News offtce one day the past week a matt who wanted to advertise a lost boy. He wanted to warn all persons against giving aid or employment to his sou who, he said, had run away from home a few days ago. He was .'lorry the boy—his son—had gone and would be glad to have him back— In fact he intended to gel him back if law Is law and means what It says, Although he was astonishing ly Ignorant as to many things, ho professed to know of his own knowl edge that the law will, forbid any one giving aid or succor to his son and that the law will give him a right to bring his hoy hack home once ho iiiids him. Along with the advertising ser vice he wanted advice. What would you do if he refuses to come back? he asked. Did you over have such trouble? What would be the best HARNETT COUNTY NEWS'-^^bUitieM] iit IdlUngton, N. O. Ida, can ruin the fruit-growing in dustry in this country it it gets a hold in the orchards. The entomol ogist believes that fruit carrying eggs and worms of the fly have been dis tributed out of Florida into other States, and ^nggests that peach growers watch diligently for .'igns of the pest. Dr, 'Leiby’s warning is timely and should bo given strict attention not only by owners of commercial or chards but by everyone who has fruit trees. If due caution is taken, the danger trom the fruit fly may be removed before the pest does much damage in thl.s section, but if the coming of the fruit fly l.s Ignored and the pest is allowed to multiply, praeiically all fruit will in a tew year.s be destroyed. That would be 0 calamity the like of which has never before been experienced in this country. The coming of the boll weevil did not seem to arouse our people until tottoii was literally swamped. The loss from this post’s evil work has been so enormous that no one dares offer flgure.s. But In the case of cotton there is a substitute, or .sub- .‘.fltute.s, 7’he fact i.s that other ma terials are taking the place ot cotton anyway. The advice given to farm ers is that they get away from the growing of too much, the claim be ing made that very Utile If any profit may be derived from the growing of cotton. But what of fruit? How' wilt we manage to gel along without fruit? There is no substitute for it. Physi cians tell us that it is the most healthy part of the diet. Besides, its delicious flavor is so pleasing as to win favor with young and old. Dr. Leiby say.s that the fruit fly can destroy all klnd.s of fruit and will do so if allowed to .spread In our orchards. The warning Is suf ficient to cause everyone to .set watch over the fruit trees. FIXING A BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOLS One of the hardest tasks ever un dertaken by executive authorities in Harnett County is that which comes before the joint session of the Board of Education and Board of County Commissioners tomorrow. The two boards will meet here to fix a school budget for the coming year. In figuring out the actual neces- sltle.s for the schools of iHarnett, the authorities must face the fact that an ever growing and expanding sys tem, such as we have In this county. Is not the outgrowth of an idea or notion in the minds of any partlcu lar group of persons. The system is simply the fulfillment of the wishes of the people who have voted tax levies upon themselves for modern schools. The schools are here. They have cost much money and will con tinue to be e-xpenslve so long as the people wish to keep them In opera tion. And who will want to back track? There Is another phase to the proposition. There is a loud cry against heavy taxation. What is to be done about it? Many men of many minds have given It serious thought. Where Is the cut to come, If a cut Is to be made? Must it be in the schools? ' Already the State has said that the teacher force must he limited. Whether this Is wise or not, The News Is not prepared to say. We are inclined to doubt It. But be that as it may, everyone knows that anything worth while must be paid for. "You can't get something for nothing” is a hack neyed saying, but It applies wltn peculiar force to the business ot operating .schools. The very best school system pos sible Is what the people of Harnett want. Heretofore It has not been possible to obtain these types of .schools with money in band and the people have voted to borrow money with which to establish them. Do we wish to continue them to the same standard and gradually to de velop them to higher standards ,f and when the upgrade becomes nec essary? The News believes that ,it Is the desire of the people to do so. Then what about the cost? The tax burden Is as heavy as can be borne. (age 17) had made in school, the father replied ithat he didn’t know. Other questions brought out the fact that the father doesn’t know much about his .son, except that he is a good farm hand and that ho didn’t know what he is to do without his services. 'Fhe runaway boy i.s valuable to that father—as a farm hand! He did not, after long questioning, evince any desire to regain him as hi.s son! The best advice available in a newspaper office was given the father, who went away still sad at heart because ho had lost a farm hand. What l.s a boy worth? In the years to come, the runaway boy may have sons of his own. Will he re gard them as good farm hands and nothing more? If bo, he will be simply following in the footsteps of his father. The boy on the farm, or anywhere else, is worth more than his services as a “hand.” He is the mo,st prec ious commodity In the world. He Is to be the man of tomorrow. Who will say 'that tomorrow’s men will he valuable only Insofar as their manual labor is valuable? Whether farm hand, or “hand” In any other occupation, the boy should be given to understand that he is a valuable unit in the citizenry of the country If he Is forced to believe that he is only a “hand,” he may grow up to become simply a “hand” and the services of hi.s brain and brawn will be at the command of others. Isn’t he en'titled to a chanec to become his own? What is your boy worth? If he is valuable to you only as a “hand” what will you take tor him? There Is plenty of “hands” and the market is low, so don’t quote too high a price. What is a boy worth? If the proper rating is given, he Is one of the motl valuable things , in the world. He is tomorrow’s man, He should be encouraged to become a good man. The world will need him. WHY A DEPT. OF EDUCATION? tin an addro,s.s before the annual meeting of the American Council on Education, Secretary Ray Lyman Wilbur, of the Department of the Interior opposed the establishment of a Department of Education, bas ing his opposition on the theory that the creation of such a department would tend towards the centraliza tion of education activities and be harmful to local asulration and aelf- respect. In other words, he again sounded the well worn, much abused and ill defined cry of “State’ Rights,” failing, as have others who have attempted to create this spectre In opposition to the purposed Depart ment of Education, to point out the manner in which such a department would encroach upon the educational activities of the several states: nor did he add that the pending legisla tion for this purpose specifically pro vides that in no way shall the rights of the 'States be interfered 'with. ‘Of course,” stated 'Secretary Wil bur after giving a short account of the development of education in this country, “there have been marked lnadequ.acles in dlstrlcj,8 wlth/rut a prope’’ sense of self-government, without natural organizing » power, and without lllnancial strength. Some of those who have looked over our educational system have noticed on ly these dark spots and have thought that a national mechanism should be devised that would be nationwide in scope and woul'd bring these weaker or dark spots at least up to the av erage level of the country.” In fact, the dark spots are all too numerous. The little one-room school house, crowded to capacity with pupils of all ages and in several grades from the first to high school, provided with one teacher who must do her best with little equipment and often comparatively little preparation “to educate” the children of the lo cality,, are still familiar sights In the rural communities of some sections. Is it harmful? is it Interfering with their rights, doing away with their "iu districts without a proper sense of self-governmert, without natural organizing power, and without fin ancial strength?” That there are so many of th^ese districts accounts probably for the blgh percentage of illiteracy In this country. They are existing proofs of the fact that there .ire still many opportunities for fur ther development in the educational 'jystem of the United States. ”We cannot rise higher than our source. That ,.orce in government with us in local. The family and the local community must be the places where citizenship is built and where the fiber of the nation l.s strengthen ed and its forces recruited,” the Serrotary said further. There Is no doubt of the correci- ness of these siatoments. Yet, it i.s to be remembered that though “we cannot rise higher than our source," It is possible to rise the level ■of that source. 'Since the family and the local community are “the places where citizenship Is hullt," lei no efforts he i-'P.'ired In ordtM’ to furnish them with every assistance that they may turn out the best po.ssiblo pro duct. Would It not be an added in centive to know that the buslnes.s of making ' worthwhile citizens through education was of such Im portance that one department of the government was created especially tor the purpose of cooperating and assisting In every way possible? The educational system of the nation has had a continuous growth, Bach year has witnessed an' addi tion in the enrollment of students, «n added outlay for expenses, a need for new buildings and equipment, and a greater demand for better trained teachers and further re search to solve properly the many and varying problems that,arise in connection with this growih. It is no longer strictly a local problem but it Is of national impor tance. The GstabliiShment of a iDe- parlment of Education with a seere- liiry in the President’s cabinet Is a step forward that this growth of the educational system has made desir able and necessary. There is an In creasing public demand that this step be taken, and no adequate rea son why it should be delayed, H. AMERICA’S FIRST RAILROAD WAS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH self-respect to aid those children who Interest must be paid on borrowed through no fault of theiivown live In his search for tacts relating to the Industrial development of the Southern states, ATthur Cole man, Associate Editor of Holland’s, The Magazine cf the South, learned that t'he first railroad In the United States chattered for general use in the South. Beginning with a brief mention of the historic “Tom Thumb” locomotive, followed by the “Best Friend,” which exploded after six months of succes.sful op eration on the South Carolina Rail road, Mr. Coleman brings his readers down to moidern Southern good roads and airways and shows what 'the South’s transporatlon system means /toward ^devje'loplng Southern business. In the current issue ot Holland’s, The Mag'lzlne of the South, ho .states that over 34 per cent of the total railroad mileage In the country Is in the Southern states amd that since 18C0 the South has shown an incre ase in railroads mileage of 845 per cent, as against 4Gf) per cent for all remaining states. The first steam ship to cross the Atlantic, according to Mr. Coleman.- was owned by Sav annah caipltal and sailed from Sav annah, Georgia. He says, that last year Southern export values more than doubled those of the Pacific coast, while Import value.s through ■Soirthorn ports, in the past quarter century, Increased moro than 840 per cent as against approximately 350 per cent for all remaining ports In the Nation, iSouihern ports handleid 42 per cent of the country’s total water-borne tonnage. Export values from Galveston and Houston alone exceed the combined ports of .the Pacific Coast, 'Navigable rivets of the South b.andle over 1|(,260,000 tons of commerce annually. Texas bus lines carry 4,'500,000 p'assengers annually, and operate over 21,000 miles of highway. In 1928 there were. In the Southern states, a total of over 2.900 miles of j air mall routes and more than 300' air ports and landing fields. As these various .phases of the commercial world are expanding, so Is expanding this entire region In- duistrlally, soclalljj* economically rising heads |and shoulders above every other section of the Nation untlll its .preeminence, so swiftly and so soundly attained, iii the won der of the United States today. But RULES ARE READY FOR CERTIFIED SEED Raleigh, May 22.—Standards by which crop seeds will be certified under the guarantee of the North Carolina Crop Improvement Associa tion have .been, prepared by W. H. Darsl and his a,ssoclate, G. K. Mid dleton and are now ready'for distri bution to interested farmers. The standards meet the require ments of the Association of^ South ern Agricultural Workers and have been approved by Governor Gardner, Commissioner W. A. Graham and Dean I. O. Schaitb, who compose the board of control as authorized by the last General Assembly. The purpose of the movement Is to en courage the growing and distribu tion of Improved, high yielding and adapted crop .seed which have been found suitable for the conditions under which they are to be grown. There will be two grades: Regl-ster ed and Certified seed. The registered seed la pure slock originating directly from a single plant, the progeny of wh(c^h has been proved In plot and field tests under the supervision of the plant breeding department ot 'State Col lege and ha.s shown it-ielf to be wor thy of di.stribuLlon. Certified .seed will Include the great bulk of In spected .'loed produced by members of the North Carolina Crop Impro- vornont As->oclatlon. The certified seed may not have the genetic pur ity of the registered seed but they must be 98 percent pure as to va rieiy: shall be cleaned and well graded; free from noxious seed and be sound and ot good color. The effort of the Crop Improve ment officials will this season be confined to pro'ducing and inspect ing seeds of cotton, corn, small grains, soylieans. cowpeas, velvet beans and peanuts, A list of the best varieties of tlie.se crops hove been prepared and approved ’)y Dr, R. Y Winters, plant breeder and director of the North CaroUni Ex- pf.ilmnil Statljii. All farm seeds grown for sale by members of the Crop improvement Association will be guaranteed, ORGANIZE IN JULY FOR SEED IMPROVEMENT Raleigh, May 22—Growers of im- proped crop seeds will organize the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association during the last three days of the Seate Farmers’ Conven tion to be held at State College, July 22 to 2'C. In a recent letter to county agents, vocational teachers and leading LarmeFS, W. H. Darst, director of the seed improvement program, ask that each county send to the 'Convention a representative delega tion of men and women Interested in the production of pedigreed farm .seeds. From among these dellgates, the association will be officially or ganized. Mr. iDarsl invites the best 'farmers of North Carolina to attend and aid in making plans for the Work. He ahso asks that small groops of landowners intere3t.Jd better seeds form community unlLs for the development of one-varloty of certain crops grown in each com munlty. This should begin with cotton, corn .ind small grains. Those who wish to join in this movement and grow certified seed under the rules and guarantees of the as.sociatiou must observe certain regulations, ..says Mr. Darst. The seed iniKst first be of an approved variety tliat ha.s been tested by the ilforth Carolina Experiment Station the origin of the seed must trace back to an approved source; the grower mii.st become a member of the association by the payment of $1 in fees; he must use the official forma provided for the certification ■of seeds; he should rogue -out carefully ail mixtures of seeds be fore the field Inspection la made aii'J, after liarvest, he must send representative sample of his .seed for-.'germlnalion and purity tests., All certified seed grow-n by mem bers of the Association will be sold with an official tag affixed to the container. This tag will be filled out and signed by the grower and will carry the guarantee of the State Aa sociatlon. Such a guarantee desig nates the seed's to of high quality and dependable. lag only -16 bushels per acre, 'the actual cost of gain will be $10 per hundred pounds, which does away with the profit.' It is clear, .therefore, says Mr. Shay, that when corn is properly supplemented aud fed to thrifty, hogs ail'd charged at market prices on the two farms, the result appear the same on both, while the actual result vary to the extent of $6 per hundred pounds of gain produced. Considering all co.sta, corn from an acre yielding 40 bushels will return almost five times as much clear pro fit as that from an acre yielding only 20 bu.shels, basing the selling price of the hogs at ten cents a pound. For that reason the man feeding hog.s has a double reason for want ing to make high yields of corn per acre. The goal .for the State has been set at 50 bushels per acre this year. 'With such yields, farmers can well aford to feed more corn to hogs. He; “1 come to bring warmth and light Into the bleakness of your home.” 'I Romantic Spinster: “Oh, you dear," aie: “Nix on the love stuff, lady. ■I’m the liistallmenl; man for the gas company.” ' THURgP^Y, MAY 23, 1929 miJi.uaHftgw— —•sssBasasm' 666 l.s a Fi'vsvi’liitlon foi* Cold«» Grippe, Flue, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It is the. most apiMMly remedy known. LAND POSTERS Mr. Farmer, do you know that great damage is done to your property each year by people who trespass upon your land? Get some land posters from our office and post your land* Keep trespassers off. It will pay you. I i il TYPEWRITER PAPER Go to your doctor for medical treatment; Go to your lawyer for legal advice; Come to our office for paper. There is no one who knows paper better than the. paper dealer. We have typewriter pa per; and all other kinds of paper, for every purpose. And our prices are lower, because we buy hundreds of thousands of sheets at a time. For paper come to THE NEWS OFFICE LILLINOTON,’ N. O. liffiWHBHiiiiwiaiBiwaiitiMiiBiiiiniiiaiiiBiiifnm News Want Ads For Results THE NEWS OFFICE, LlLLtNGTON, N. C. ROAD TO PROSPERITY LEADS THROUGH CORNFIELD Raleigh, May 22—The read to prosperity tor a number of crop farmers in North Carolina leads through the cornfields of the 'State. a. Ua paopte prosper In.llha worUi,, f" '"if* 'f? «( buslneaa and trade, the, are glv- f' Ing thought, too, to those things In life .which make fo)- cultured and happy mind; for beauty and charm and grace of living. They are giv ing their atten'tlon more to the plan ning and esthetic improvement of their cities and tVelf towns and even their rural sections. Their foreth- bugh'f is repaying. them richly In dividends immeasurable in terms of financial gains; and, as is always true when men do worth-whilej things without thought of money,' they are being repaid in money.also. Money which, In turn, Is put back) Into further service for an apprecia tive -people. ONE TRACJT FOB SALE—Apply to W. S. NQiRDAiN, Erwin', N. C. •23-2P considered as one farm project,*' says W. W. Shay, swine extension specialist at State College. “The cost of the gain made by the bogs should be ba-aed on the actual cost of producing the corn plus the actu al cost of the supplemental feeds and other expenses which should be charged to the animal. When the market price of corn ia .|l per bush el and so charged along ■with the other feeds and expenses, the coat of gain on good hogs will be ’aronnd $7.50 per hundred pounds.” Mr. Shay says that if this corn was /raised on' land yielding 40 bush els p.^r acre, the actual cost of the gain will be around $5 per hundred wunds with a clear profit of $6 per hundred when the hogs are sold for 10 cents a pound on the market. If the corn was raised on land yleld- NORFOLK 80UT.HERN RAILROAD Paaseuger Train Schedule Effectlvn Feb. 1, 101S5 Lv Liliington 10:16 a. m.—For Payeltavllle and Intermediate points 10:16 a. m,—For Varlna and inter- mediate'po-lnts. Tlllil McCOY, Agent. A GREAT t.XIMlllNATION FOR HARNETT CNJUNTY CITIZENB THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER HARNETT COUNTY NEWS BOTH ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $1.75 The Progressive Farmer is the South’s most reliable farm paper. It'gives the most valuable data in regard to farming and will prove of great assistance to you by its help ful advice. The News is published at your countyseat and will give you first-hand information in regard to your county's affairs.' No good eountyman can afford to be without it THE NEWS ■iHlIWiniHlIIIHIIIWlllMIIBUUMiHBWaillMn^ Chattels at The Newa Office. Professional Cards DR. J. R. EDWARDS DENTIST FUQUAY SFRINGG, N. C. Offleo over Banlc of Fnqnay DUPREE & STRICKLAND ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ANGIER, N. C. L. 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