VOL. XLIX
PROGRESS HAS PAID AND
IS PAYING THE NORTH STATE.
Other States Now Looking on and
Talking North Carolina—And the
Program Goes Forward.
Asheville Citizen.
Progress is not only a good thing
of itself 'but it pays, ( and North
Carol'na is ou the witness stand
to so testify before all the World.
The State as r. political entity
started progress with education
in the days when Charles B.
Aycock, a man no less than G -v
--ernor, drove us to the course of
betl erschoolhouses, better schools,
1 letter cartf for the afflicted We
went a bit slowly, and perhaps
grumblingly, bur' we followed
where this compelling man led.
And we liked the results and
rose in our owfi estimation as we
noted.the improvement which had
come, and so when Locke Craig,
who had stood by the side of
Aycock, urged a road-building
program, we heeded him and so
liked the ronult that we went so
deeply into our pockets to make
roads that we feared we had gone
too far. But we were pleased
with the roads.
So-pleased were we that when
the third of those wfio had well
served the State in time of trial
came to the governorship and
holdly urged us to forget that we
li d spent anything and spend
vastly more for roads and schools
and public institutions, we shut
our eyes and took a char ce ou
Camerou Morrison and did as he
suggested. And we have more
roads aud betterroads and more
roads a building, and high-grade
schoolhouses and a bigger and
better University. •
And so wo find other states
looking at North Carolina aud
* modeling after its program and
-coming here to live. They are
not merely seeking the material
improvements newly created but
that invisible atmosphere of up
lift and progress which permeates
the state and likewise its ■ people
as individuals. Progress has paid
us-and is paying us more daily.
Yet, strange to say, thoie are
some who suggest that progress
should stop. You have built roads
and schoolhouqps and contracted
fdf others, such as the Fairview
consolidated school, say they, so
what more is thepe to do? Quit.
They do not realize that progress
is a living and continuing thiug,
but the people do. They want
progress aud want it while they
are living; they want its benefits
now. "Pay the constable," they
say to Governor Morrison, "and
step on the gas." They want the
Pages and the Jim Stikeleathers
to build more roads and more
Fairviews to build more high
schools. They are saying "Let's
go." t
Sell a Fat Sheep to the Neighbors.
"A fat sheep is not the equal of
a lamb in quality, but the fat
sheep can be dressed out at much
lower cost per pound and makes
a very handy sized carcuss of good
meat for distribution among sev
eral farmers in a neighborhood,"
says G. P. Williams, Sheep Field
Agent for the State College and
Pepartment of Agriculture. "The
hind quarters and loin chops are
the best Belling cuts. If these are
sold to the local trade they will
go far towards paying the price
of the animal on foot, leaving
some very good meat, in not quite
such attractive cuts and form, for
home use. If growers find that
sheep peltyuon't sell well to local
buyers, then they will do well to
clip the animal a few days before
butchering and sell the wool or
hold it till next spring when the
main clip is sold. Wool generally
sells more readily and for more
money than pelts."
Spraying and pruning a 15-acre
field of watermelons in Hoke
county resulted in six cars of
melons averaging 3G pounds
being sold. Four cars sold for
$350 each on the track; the melons
in the other two were sunburned
and sold for $l4O per car on the
track. Those growers who did
not prune and spray sold their
melons for $137.00 per car on the
track. "Fewer melons but better
quality Caused the difference,"
nays County Agent L. B. Brandon.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
TOBACCO COOPERATIVES
NOW QUARTER MILLION
,Great Gains in New Members-
Carolina Growers Surpass Last
Year's Deliveries.
There are nearly 250,000 to
bacco coops in the United States,
according to membership gains
recently reported among the or
ganized growers of the Carolinas,
Virgiuia, Kentucky and other
states.
On June 1 there were 240,000
members of the five big tobacco
associations, including those of
the Virginia-Carolina growers,
the dark and burl y growers of
Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, West
Virgiuia and Indiana, and the
smaller organizations of Wisconsin
and Connecticut. Since that date
the tobacco growers of the Caro
linas and Virginia have added
over 15000 members to their
organization. The burley growers
o t)f Kentucky have climbed from
85,000 to 90,000 members', and
other associations hav»i .continued
their steady growth.
. A new high record for deliveries
of the 1923 crop to the Carolina-
Virginia association was Hstablish
ed last week when the South Car
olina aud eastern belts together,
added seven and a half million
pouuds to the receipts of the co
operative floors. South Carolin
ians and border county growers
who are members of the associa
tion are expected to pass the total
of last yea>'s deliveries this week.
Several of the cooperative yjar
kets iu eastern Caroliua last week
recorded the largest single daj's
receipts iu their history. Among
these wasKiuston, which received
160,000 pounds of tobacco last
Friday, ltfchlands, which went as
high as 80,000 pounds one day
last week, and Smithfield, Aydeu
and Freinout, which ran at times
from fifty to sixty thousands
pouuds.
A. V. Bobbitt, associatiou ware
house manager for Eastern North
Caroliua, reports that first cash
advances by the association are
now averaging over 56 per cent of
the prices being paid ou most of
the auction floors, and states that
new member.) are siguing with
the associatiou at mauy points.
Large crowds of tobacco farm
ers are expected to greet U. S.
Senator E. D. Smith of South
Carolina, at Danville, Henderson,
Rocky Mount and Wallace, this
week, when the well kuown leader
of the farm bloc meets Old Belt
and Eastern Coops. Senator
Smith is scheduled to speak in
Danville on Wednesday, at Hen
derson Thursday, at Rocky Mount
Friday aud will finish his tour of
Virgiuia and Carolina at Wallace,
Saturday, Sept. 15.
Every tobacco grower who start
ed suit against the tobacco asso
ciation in the slimmer of 1923 is
now under an injunction of the
court, according to Col. W. T.
Joyner, its attorney at Raleigh
headquarters, who recently stated
that the association has employed
local counsel at many points and
will protect all loyal members
against contract breakers, by
prompt legal action.
FLAT ADVANCE OF S6O PFR
BALE BY COTTON LOOPS.
Raleigh, Sept. 11th.—General
Manager Blalock of the North
Carolina Cotton Growers Coopera
tive Association authorizes the
announcement that a flat advance
of SOO a bale will be made on all
cotton delivered to the Associa
tion —this is the latest announce
ment made by order of the Board
of Directors.. It takes the place
of the order announcement of SSO
a bale. Members that have al
ready received the advance of SSO
a bale will receive checks for the
additional advance. The advance
applies to all bales weighing 400
pounds and more and ou bales
weighing less than 400 pounds the
advance will be at the rate of 12
cents a pound, basis middliug.
"Threi days make up our life—
Yesterday, Tomorrow and Today.
Yesterday is dead forever. To
morrow's sun never rises —it is al
ways Tod-iy. • Do the work today.
Start today and do the things you
ought to do. You know what
those things are. Nobody else on
earth oan tell you. Begin today."
GRAHAM, N. 0., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 13,1923
BIG POULTRY EXHIBT AT
STATE FAIR THIS YEAR
About SSOO For Club Boys and Girls
in Their Department
Raleigh, Sept. 10.—This is to
be a great year for chickens at
the North Carolina State Fair.
By that is meant chickens of the
feathery kind.
A. G. Oliver, poultry expert for
the State Agricultural Extension
Service, who probably knows more
about poultry than anybody else
iu North Carolina, say* so aftd he
ought to know, for the Slate Fair
poultry show has been his special
hobby for years.
It has been Oliver's idea for
some time that he would get the
best chicken brewers i:i the coun
try to come to North Carolina to
show their chickens. lie coulJ
have gotten tlietn long ago, if he
had been willing to hire them to
come. But Oliver doesn't believe
in doing things that way.
Sotne fairs have what are called
"string" exhibits. That is ex
hibitors are paid to show their
poultry. They don't come for
prizes but for money. The State
Fair doesn't put on that kiud of
a show.
The reputation of the poultry
division of the North Carolina
State Fair lias become nation
wide, and it is worth something
to get a blue ribbon.
money will be offered this year
also as prizes in addition. More
than, eleven hundred dollars are
offered in the special classifica
tion wjiich is open to all comers
both in aud out of the State.
There are uo reservations about
it aud the poultry club boys and
girls have as good chance at the
prizes as anybody else. And that
they can win them iu the big
classes is by the fact that
one of them got a prize iu the
Madison Square Garden show iu
Now York last year.
Then there is the lvgular class
ification with more thau 81,000 iu
prizes which is confined to North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Vir
ginia, and Tennessee. This is the
regular department that has been
conducted for many years. Then
there are some SSOO for the poul
try club boys and girls In their
own department which will bring
in fine exhibits.
Civil Service Reform League Plan
Would Abolish Slempism
The visit (if a committee of the
National Civil Service Reform
League, headed bv W. Dudley
Foulke, President of the organiza
tion, to President Coolidge, the
day after S!em[i assum
ed his duties as Secretary 10 'lie
President, and the recommenda
tions made by the committee con
cerning the appointments of post
masters aud rural earriois is th«
best evidence so far offered that
the expose of Mr. Stamp's activi
ties and that of Ins secretary,
Howard, in connection with the
trafficking in offices while Mr.
Sienip was a Congressman, is not
io be ignored by the Jivi 1 Service
lie form Le4gue.
Recommendations were made
by the Committee to su stitute
the merit system of appointments
for the Slemp-Howard p>y-as-you
enter plan. Under an executive
order of President Wilson the
first man on the eligiblj list was
appointed. This order was super
seded by an order of President
Harding directing that the ap
pointments should be made from
the first three on the eligible list.
In this way, it was figured, that
at one of the three would be
a Republican, aud when this lias
happened the Republican has
generally been appointed. It has
somtimes happened when all of
the eligibles were Democrats that
a new examination was held to
get a Republican on the eligible
list.
The committee oPtlio Civd Ser
vice Reform League recommend
ed that the policy of appointing
the first man on the list should
be restored. Wlia', ac:ion Presi
dent Coolidge will take upon this
recoinmeudatiau remains, at this
writing, to be seen.
President Coolidge is on record
assaying: "Whe.i you substitute
patronage for patriotism adminis
tration breaks dowu," but as the
Loaiaville Courier-Jo.irnal editor
ially remarks, "lhat was before
he fell iu with Slump."
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Happy Men.
I had been working In my garden.
The sun was Just below the horizon
and the dew was already on the smooth
green walks bordered by sweet-gruelling
roses and carnations. The stillness Of
the evening was broken only by the
whistling of a blackbird. I sat down
on a rude seat I had'formed beneath
an old tree, and, as I thought of the
fruits and plants that were ripening
around me, I exclaimed to myself,
"How happy, If they knew It, are they
that till the ground."—William Barnes.
Insoluble Qlua.
In order to render glue insoluble la
water, even hot water, It is only nec
essary when dissolving the glue for
use to add a little potassium bichro
mate to the water and to expose the
glued part to the light. The propor
tlon of potassium bichromate will vary
with the circumstances, but for most
purposes about one to fifty of the
amount of glue used will suffice.
Heat From Kerosene and Cml.
It has been pointed out that kerosene
contains a greater quantity of heating
energy than coal when the comparison
Is made upon the basis of weight One
pound of kerosene contains about 19,-
000 heat units, whereas one pound of
high-grade coal shows about 15,000.
The cost of the various fuels for heat
ing purposes depends largely upon the
relative supply.
When Leave* Fall.
Below each side bud on the hickory
twig is a triangular scar marked with
heg.vj' dots, says Nature Magazine.
Last year's leaves left these scars
when they fell. They were careful
enough, however, to heal the wound
before they fell, otherwise the tree
would suffer from the loss of sap as
you would from the loss of blood when
wounded.
"Not Worth a Rush."
The saying "not worth a rush" flats*
back to the days before carpets were
Invented, and the floors were straws
with rushes. When an honored guest
was expected fresh green ones were
cut and spread—but peopls of llty*
consequence had to be contented with
rusfces that had been used, while Still
humbler folks got none at aIL
Handel's Messiah.
Handel wrote his great oratorio, the
"Messiah," in twenty-four days. He
puts into music, which has been called
the language of angels, the glorious
story of the Gospel. "I did think. I
did see all Heaven before me, and the
great God Himself," he said, after
writing the immortal Hallelujah
fJhorus.
Tranaportatlori Facilities.
In a recent statement It was aa
nounced there were 56,250 passenger
cars owned and in use by the Ameri
can railways, the seating capacity be
lng about 2,270,000, while there are
9,500,000 motor cars owned In the coun
try, with a seating capacity o t 47,000,-
000. v
Famous Words.
A word of greeting. The good word.
Passing the word. "Hell." A word
of encouragement. Tour word of
honor. "Stop." The wrong word.
"Never." A word to the wise. The
eleventh word in the telegram. The
last word.
Sure to Come.
"Mos* all men got a moment o' re
morse coinln' some time,' 1 said Char
coal Eph, rumlnatlvely, "but yo'all
got t' admit hit usually come af tah
yo' git sump'n fo* your hurt feelings."
—Richmond Times-Dispatch.
THE WHY, WHERE.
WHEN OF LIME.
A Practical Discussion about the Use
of Lime on the Farm.
By W. F. Pate, Soil Agronomist
Division of Agronomy, N. C.
Experiment Station.
The practice of liming is near
ly as old as Agriculture itself,
marked by periods in which large
quantities were used and followed
t»y other periods, in which it wAs
abandoned, only to sprlug up
again. These periods of use and
non-use were probably caused by
the fa# that the effect of lime on
soils and crops was not complete
ly understood. JSlauy of the soils
in this State are deficient in many
element* ->f plant food, including
phosphoric acid, potash, nitrogen
and lime. The lack of lime in
our soils is one of tbo caifses of
their being quite sour. Lime in
its different tortus has a distinct
beariug on the nitrogen pupply of
the soil. It increases the nitrogen j
content and neutralizes or do- :
s troys sourness.. When used to I
supply this need it should be ben-!
eficial.
When lime is used on soils |
without due regard to the rotation I
of crops and the organic matter j
content of the soil, although an |
increase in yields of crops may bej
seen for a few years, yet in the j
long run the soil will become |
poorer «ud the yields less than if
oo lime bad been used. Observa
lions ou this fact have led to an
old saying that, "Lime and liuie
without manure uiakes both farm
and farmer poorer."
The Division of Agronomy reo
ommende the uae of lime in
North Carolina under certain con
ditions. These conditions are: Ou
very sour wet soils and in con
junction with a crop rotation
which includes the growing of
legume crops to be turned back
into the soil at intervals. The
legume crops ttike v ,the nitrogen
from i he and store it for future
needs and furnish added organic!
matter which our soils are so de- j
(lcieutin.
When a fanner uuderstauds
that lime is of great benefit, if!
properly, there Is no .doubt 1
but that the farmer will secure
profitable results irom its use.
but if he thinks that he can in
crease the productiveness of his
land by the use of liuie without
using proper crop rotations to
keep up and increase the organic
matter or humus eoutent of the
soil, he will generally find that
his soil is getting poorer all the
time.
Kliid* of Material) to Use.
After it has been decided to use\
lime on a soil, the best form to|
use, whether calcium limestooe,
dolomitic limestone, ground oys
ter shells, marl or burnt lime
stone, will depend on the purity,!
the fineness of the material, the!
price per ton, the freight rate to!
destination, and the length of
haul from the railroad siding.
Each farmer will have to work
this out for himself, as all forms
of liming materials are beintr
offered on the market and any of
the:u will giv6 good results when
used iu the right way. tienerally
speaking, finely ground limestone
will be found to be the most eco
nomical form to purchase.
i«sntitr to I'M. ,
On pandy and sandy loam soils
from one thousand to fifteeu hun
dred pounds about every three
years is probably enough. On
heavy clay soils there should be 1
used from one ton to three thous
and pounds every three or four
'years. Ou some soils like muck,'
and peaty soils in the eastern
part of the State, larger applica
tions will be profitable. Alfalfa
needs more lime for successful
growth than inoet any other le
gume crop.
When to Apply.
The crop rotations and other
conditions will modify to some ex
tent, the time to apply lime, yet
it can be applied either before the
crop is planted or on growing
crops. Burnt lime and hydrated
lime sboald not be applied to
growing crops.
When a crop is going to he seed
ed in tlie fall, after the seed bed
has been prepared is a Tory good
time to apply the lime, giving
pie ty of time for it t > become
thoroughly mixed in the soil for
the spring growth of crops.
How to Apply.
It is generally agreed that lime
should be applied broadcasted
land disked in. By this niethod
[the soil is kept uniform with re
spect to lime aud the efTect will
be more even. The lime can-be
spread by hand or with a lime
spreader. Where much lime is
used a spreader is a time and la
bor saver. The work can also be
done uidre uniformly.
GREEN TOMATO PICKLES
How to Put Up in Appetizing Form
"These are the days when the
appetizing aroma of pickles is in
the air and the green tomatoes
that would be left on the vines at
the end of the season may easily
| be made into an excellent relish
to be eaten with meats,'' suggests
Mrs. Jauo S. McKimmon, in i
charge of home demonstration
! work for the JStnte College and
i Department of Ag' iculture.
Mrs McKimmon states that
I pickled which require long brin
ing, as do cucumbers, are rather ;
tedious unless the housewife ''an ,
secure them already brinwl; but,
chow chow, Dixie relish, and
sliced tomato pickle are done in j
one process ai.d even an inex
perienced housewife, who follows,
directions, should have success.
Here is a recipe that Mrs. Mc*j
Kimuiou has used with good re !
suits.
Sliced Green Tomato Pickle.
V gallon sliced green tomatoes
1 pint ouio s, sliced.
i teaspoouful ground, black (
pepper.
1 small red pepper.
3 tablespoonfuls white mustard
seed.
2 tablespoon fills celery seed.
1 pound brown sugar.
| allspice.
j tablespoonful cloves.
J cup a>tlt.
All uiwasurea level.
Sprinkle sliced tomatoes and;
sliced onion with salt. Letstandj
four hours in separate bowls. |
I'lAco each in a thin muslin bag
uud squet-ze gently until ju'ce is
removed.
When ingredients are prepared, |
place iii porcelain kettle, mixing!
with them the mustard and celery
seed, sugar and pepper. Cover
with good viuegar (lj pints-), fci 1
which the spices tied in a bag
have been added.
Boil slowly until quite soft and
tatider. This pickle is not good
if removed from the (ire before,
the tonritoes are tender.
After cooking, pour into jars
and seal while hot. De careful to
use an abundance of vinegar in
which pickle was cooked when
packing.
Rues and Carpets Higher.
Rugs and carpeting are also
now in demand to fix up tlie house ;
for the winter and, of course,;
they will cost more than they did;
last year. Following the advances!
ou March 1 and 15, there wero!
other increases, ranging from 5 to |
10 jitor cent in the c 'se of certain j
descriptions and grades of 1;
base goods. These higher prices
; are taken to reflect a "protection"
of from 25 to 56 per cent ad va
ilorein t ivon by the Fordney-Xlc-
Cuinber l'rolltoep' Tariff to
) makers of mats, rugaand carpets.
No landowuer can affoul Dot to
use priuters ink. An appropriate
farm name ou simple letter-head
paper tellin/ aboul the things for
Male, adds dignity to the farming
profession, at the same time it
adds money to the bank account.
"Circle Grove Farm" 'sounds
better than the "Old Latham
Place." Every good far.n is eu
titled to a nauie aud sometimes a
name helptt make the place a good
farm.
The poultry flock can be culled
now and the non-producers killed
or Hold. A loafing hen should no
more be tolerated than a loatlng
farm hand.
The lwll weevil calls for some
positive changes in the agrioul>
lore of Eastern Carolina. Small
grains, legumes and winter gar*
dens sre in order for this fall.
NO. 32
|lf Suit and Overcoat Costs More*
Don't Blame Merchant.
3 About this time of the year the
1 purchase of fall suits and over-
I coats begin, aud manufaeturen
- have akeady indicated that there
I j will be increases in the prices of
, both "to absorb the increased
- ] prices of woolen* and other mater- ,
♦ inls." In addition to the tariff of
• 1 31 cents per pound on scoured
» wool, which it is estimated nlti
mately cost the cousumer 86.6
cents, the prices of woolens aud
| worsteds have been twice advanc
ed since 1922 and" twice in 1923.
At the time the eastern woplen'
'mills yielded to the demands of
their employes arid jrranted a
slight increase iu pay, the New
York Tribune, a Republican news-
I I paper, reported that these increas
es ranged from to 37$ cents a
yard. Some of the mills boosted
prices from 25 to 3.5 cents a yard,
and jobbers and other middlemen
'added their advance and pyra
mided it.
It is unfortunate that the first
resentment of the public caused
by the increased price of wtolen
clothing should be manifested
agaiust the retailer, who in most
(instances, is in uo wise to blame.
Primarily the bla..ie rests with
the Woolen Trust iu whose iuter-
I est the hinh rales on wol were
levied. The only other persons te
profit from the wool ecaeUute are
a very few-wool growers»tiid their
, profits are only temporary as is
shown by the lact that since lht>7
! the price of wool in the Amer.can
, markets has been virtuilljr on a
level with the price of wool ip tl e
world market at Loudou.
i Retail merchants .would glai'v
i welcoaie a reuu.tion in the wo»>l
I tariff as well as consumers becau-s-i
J it would iu uo wise decrease tin .r
profile but would greatly add to
the volume of traJe.
SUbaCIUBh fOR rHt QUSAi.iu*,
6 6 6
is a Prescription for Colds,
Fever and LaGnppe. It's tiie
most speedy, remedy we
know, preventing rtieu
monia.
CARDS
J. B. BALL, D. C
: cauoriActoh
Nervous and Chronic Diseases,
BURLINGTON. N. C.
Office: Over Mlu Alice Rowlands Store,
i Telephone.: Resldeace. 10.
LOVICK H. KERNODJLE,"*
Attorney-atLaw,
GRAHAM. N. C.
A*aoclated wltti John t. Henderaoii.
Office over MaUoual Bank •( Alamauoc
► |
i THOMAS D. COOPER,
! Attorney and Gxmsellor-at-Law,
TURLINGTON, N. C,
Auociited with V. S. Coulter,
i Nx. 7 and 8 Frnt National Bank B!dg.
! S. C. SPOON, Jr., &I. D.
Graham, N. C.
Oftice over Ferrell Drug Co.
j llours: 2 to 3 aud 7 to y p. ui., and
by appointment.
Phone 97*
; GRAHAM HARDEN, M. D.
Burlington, N. C.;
j Office Hours: 9 to 11 a. ax.
uuii by appointment
\ Office Over Acme Drug Co. *
t .Telephones: Office 4*U— Residence 46 »
JOHN J. HENDERSON
i Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
i
J Olllec over NaUsaal laaliol Alaaajc«
x, s. cook:,
j Att»ra«y-«t-Laar*
j| i KAH AM, .... N. C
Q ' UQc« Katteraon BuUdlaa
Souond Vlaor. . .
' DR. WILL JK.
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1 Iraham, -- - - Nartk Caralln*
OFFICE IN PARIS BUILDLN3