An Advertising Medium That Brings Results. I SUBSCRIPTION HUM FEB TEAS. . 1 ' *' Only 11.00 Per Year In Advance " r A. F. Johnson, Editor and Manager. VOLUMN,XLV. THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION. LOUISBURG, N. C J'JtfpAY, JULY 16, 1915. NUMBER 22. WHAT CAN I BO I What Practical Good Can I Do With My Leisure Time. The following paper was read at a recent meeting of the Civic League, ot LouUburg: "What can I do to make the world a better place to live In?" That Is the question of the woman of leisure to day* Madam, alone you can do much; you can arouso your sisters to the needs ot your community. With them you may exert an Influence; one hunded ot you may become a power of actual achieve ment. The woman who wishes to help, therefore, can best do so through the machinery of organization, though even then It Is always the woman who thinks and acts for herself who finds the way and points It out to those who may be associated with her. It seems rather obvious to say that the first step toward helping is to find out what needs to be done In your own neighborhood or in your own home; yet to do much good you must begin with the thing most under your eyes and most easily affected by the work of your brain and your hands. Begin With Your Community. "But," says the practical woman, "what can I do? How shall I begin?" First, by looking, by asking your self and your neighbors questions to find out the greatest need or the greatest nuisance of your own com m unity. Second, work to supply that need or aboliBh that nuisance, and until this is accomplished. Then the next greatest need or nuisance in the same way. Third, use the means at hand. Work through the local authorities or the individuals at fault, and "nag" at them until the reform Is brought about The "Importunate widow" may have been a trial In her own house, but she brought the unjust judge to tenns. Persuasion, nagging, threats, the'ex v, isting machinery of punishment, are all warranted for the sake of the com mon good. And as tor the countless things for which money Is needed, If you cannot get hundred-dollar dona tions from the rich men of the town try a house-to-house canvass for five cents apiece. "Still," you may urge, "here I am, ready. Where shall I begin to look ~ about me this morning? All that you say may be true, but where shall I begin to take hold?" Do you do your own marketing? Begin with your grocer, your butcher, your baker. Are the strawberries un covered? Is the meat exposed to files? Is the bread unwrapped? Are there open casks of pickles or fly specked trays of cakes and candles? Use your critical sense as an expert housekeeper to find out everything that Is wrong about each store that you deal with. Then remonstrate with your grocer, or your baker, or your butcher. Point out that this sort of j thing is going to lose him enlightened ' customers. If he lis so blind to his own interest as to resent interference withdrupr your custom and explain to your friends and neighbors your reas ons for doing so. Try ToTSet Your Neighbors Interested. The problem ot milk is not so easy to get at but have you ever thought about the management of soda foun tains? If not watch tho washing o' glasses in a crowded drug store; look at the faces of those about you waiting for drinks, and see- whether the soda fountain seems as attractive as before. Think of the disease germs in these imperfectly cleaned glasses and spoons. What can you do about it? Get your club to appoint a committee to observe conditions, and the chances are that those conditions are greatly improved. What is the general appearance of your neighborhood? Are the streets barly paved, dusty and rity? Are the sidewalks uneven, unsate, littered with paper? Are there no signs at the cor ner? Is the lighting done by a few badly paved, dusty end dirty? Are the alleys and vacant lots full of tin cans and other rubbish? Is the whole dis trict without gmss and trees? Is everything black with smoke from fac tory chimneys? Is the neighborhood defaced-by hideous billboards? Is th-3 railway station a dismal shed? Are there no parks nor recreation grounds ? Take the things In the order of their importance. A clean , ctty is tjetter than one that Is beautiful' What is the ?bief cause of dirt and untidiness in your neighborhood? How can it be removed? If the department of streets and alleys is not doing its duty the immediate thing to do is to com plain, and to keep on complaining and to get others to complain, until slack or Inefficient or corrupt officials are compelled In some measure to do their duty. Fnd out the best person to work through ? in a city, your local alder man ? and keep at It, neighbor work ing with neighbor, until something is done. When . you demand improvements you will be met 'with the reply: There's no money." No, there never will bo money If the local system is one of public graft and mismanagement. If you wish to go a step beyond a reasonably decent de gree of cleanliness you will have to find the money yourself. Yet this is surprisingly easy to do. The people who resist taxation be cause of the known laxness and un fairness In collecting taxes, and the bad use to which the money Is put, are willing enough to give what they .can when, they see In their own town, . - - V on their own street, the Immedlate^ef fects of their giving. I; In one town a group of womon col lected Ave cents a week from each of forty families for -two years. With thla two hundred and eight dollars thoy planted the station grounds with trees and shubs, and cared for them until the station was a wonder for beauty and the people, of real estate went up and the town prospered. What Do You Know About Schools! When your food and drink are sanitary, your air free from smoke pollution, and your town and neigh borhood are beautiful as well as clean, then you are only at the beginning of your tasks, free to turn your energies to social economic and education prob lems. Here again It Is best to begin at home, and In a simple, practical way. Begin where there Is most hope of results, with the children of your own neighborhood. How are they being educated? What do you actually know about the schools? Do you ever visit them. ? A sick headache brought on by an hour lp a badly ventilated schoolroom In. which fifty or more children are trying"*TO use their little minds would make you realize the Importance of this work more Chan an entire course of lectures on hygiene. What can be done about it? Isnt It possible tor an enlightened nation to have decently ventilated schoolrooms? What Is the use of teaching Latin, French, geography, or even spelling to children who are being poisoned by bad air and gradually losing the strength that they will need so sorely In the fight of existence later? Appoint a vigilance committee, have women watching all the time, and complain until matters are remedied. What of the education system? the studies? How fai- are the children being prepared for thetr work in life? How far are they loading their mlnas with useless stuff Imposed upon them by wornout theories of pedagogy? Find out. In a small town it ls~553y to bring public opinion to the Board of Education; and even In the largest cities continuous hammering will ac complish much. Then there Is play. Are the play grounds enough for these multitudes ' Can they play? There is a movement now towards using vacant lots for temporary playgrounds. Below my windows the children of a charity kindergarten belonging to a church across the way have laid out four long flower-beds In such a lot. The ways in which women of leisure can lend a hand in this kind of work are numberless and show Immediate results. Some Things Urgently Needed. And 8 till, as I write,, the list grows on me of things urgently needing to be done. Thera is, for instance, the fight to get the weekly half-holiday In sum mer for the employees of big stores, and to help working girls find pleas ant and cheap places for vacations. There is the movement to educate parents in their duties, from the care of babies to the understanding of sex hygiene. There Is the movement for good roads. But first of all remember to begin at home, with your grocer, the alley behind your house your sick wash woman, your treeless street, your un ventllated school ? the hundred and one reforms and improvements that lie ready to your hand and your neigh bors. Makes Violin. Mr. E. L. Odom, ono of Louisburg's most ingenious citizens has just com pleted his second violin. The first was an experimental one and was not to his liking so he begun the build ing of another and has It completed making a job that would be a credit to the best equipped factory. The in teresting part of this is that Mr. Odom did all the work himself without the aid of an equipped she^-and has pro duced an article that is a credit to any one. It's tone and volume are espe cially attractive and being equalled by the smallest few. Mr. Odom says he will exhibit this violin at-both the fair for tills county and the State fair. To Members Co. D, N. C. X, G. - You pre hereby ordered to report at your armory dressed for drjll Friday evening, July 16th, 1915, at, '8 o'clock p. m? and also Saturday, July 17th, 1915, at 1 p. m. (or inspection. Sick ness only excuse acccpted, verified by a doctor's certificate. By order of S. P. Boddle Capt. Co D, 3rd Inf. N. G, N. C. A. H. Fleming, 1st Scrgt. The above order has been issued by Capt. Boddle owing to the fact that the Military Company in Louisburg has been mustered in only a short time the Federal Government has ordered that it be Inspected beforo the More head encampment. General Young has called tbls in spection for Saturday July 17th, 1915. It is absolutely necessary for each man to be present tonight , and Satur day at Inspection. Mrs. K. L. Best Hostesi. At the beautiful new bungalow on Baker Heights on Wednesday after noon, Mrs. E. L. Best entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club. There were two tables of Auction played, after which dalntly refresh ments were served. Those present wore: Mrs. Garland Ricks, Mrs. Joe Mann, Mrs. L. E. Scoggin, Mrs. J.' L. Parham, Mrs. John Yarborough, Mrs. R. C. Beck, Miss Annie Allen, Miss Eleanor Cooke. CIVIC LEAGUE ENTERTAINS. Ladle* Preparing to Launch a Great Work for the City ? Deserve Support of Entire Town. The Civic League, . ot which Mrs. J. A. Turner Is the aggressive presi dent, gave an al fresco supper on the College campus Tuesday evening, which served its purpose admirably In bringing out quite a large number ot the leading citizens of the town. Before the meal was over enthusiasm ran high, and the ladles had every thing and everybody going their way. The Mayor, the City Commissioners, the Chief of Police, the Health Officer, the Attorney-General, the doctors, the lawyers, the preachers, all pledged themselves hencefoith to take orders from the Civic League in matters per taining to their work of making the little. Clty-on-the-Tar" more beantlful more sanitary and a safer place In which to grow boys and girl*. Already the good work has begun. Chief High, who recently came back into his own, Is making good, and already the str#Ws show marked Im provement. The present administra tion gives promise of clearing up the town In more yqys than one. t The following gentlemen made short addresses in the course of the sapper: Attorney-Gener^lT. W. Blckett, Mayor L. L. Joyner, ExMnyor Jas. A. Turner, Rev. A. D. Wilcox, Dr. A. H. Fleming, Rev. W. M. GUmore, Mr. Edwin Malone, Dr. D. FXyarbo rough, Mr. Thos. B. Wilder, Mr. EkJN. Williamson, Dr. W. B. Morton, and Mr, Ivey Allen. The. ladles promised to -repeat the performance in the near future, ex cept that they will do all the tatUng, and the men will be the listeners~ at the meeting. > Mr. Editor: With a promise from Mrs. J. A. Turner, president of the Woman's Civic League, that she would not mako us speak we attended a most elegant, wisely conceived, and brilliantly exe cuted scheme of conclave of handsome "women (who compose the Institution) to arouse the Interest and to enlist the aid. of the good people of Louistiurg for the uplift, beautifying, and better ment of tie old town along all worthy lines. It was a most enjoyable little assembly and entertainment by the condensed essence of the quaintes ence of all, that was good In wit, wis dom and women, Interspered with poetry, eloquence and oratory ? seas oned down with a most toot! some and substantial repast for tao animal man. The meeting was opened with an Invo cr.tlon by Rev. Walter M. Ollmore ^nd the speech-making lead oil by Hon. T. W. Bickett and followed by Mr. E. H. Malonc with a rpeclflc message from our newly elected efficient chief of police, Mr. D. C. High, who prom-) lsed through tlje speaker that he v.' as ready to take orders from the League 'individually affd collectively. Other speakers tco numerous and brilliant to mention followed with witty, elo quent, and opportune remarks deci dedly "Germain" to the subject and oc casion. We have only time to men tion the officers of our town. The most beautiful, ornate, and rhetorical of which was the rosponse by our newly elected mayor, Capt. L. L. Jov ner, from what he said in his speccli and the earnest manner in which he Bald it we are sure to have an active, wise and competent administration of our town affairs. We commend the women of the Civic League for their intentions in a most laudable-under taking and congratulate the people of the town because they have this ele ment at work for them. We, wish to announce just here that at a meeting of the county commissioners l&st.Mon dry they decided and it was ordered that the typhoid antitoxin be handled as the small pox vaccination was several years ago. Each applicant is to pay 25 cents per injection to the doctor giving it. If the applicant says that he is not able to pay It the doc tor takes the name and the county pays the doctor. It will not pay to postpone this _ all-important matter. Other towns and counties are goln? forward by hundreds and thousands and availing themselves of the oppor tunity to save themselves and their families from long tedious, expen sive sickness and perhaps untimely death. Our town and county is in a healthy condition^ at present, let us keep It so and have no regrets. St. I :hurch, Loulsburg. after being ' a rector for more than a year has made a new plan or or ganization by putting the parish under Rev| Isaac W. Hughes, of Henderson, who will serve the parish with the aid of an assistant, who will also reside in Henderson. Services, morn ing and evening will be held in St. Paul's on the first and third Sundays in each month, beginning July 18tli. The assistant to the rector for the months of July and August will be the the parish during the last Christmas season and whose ministrations were so acceptable to the congregation that they would have been delighted to call him; but his life work Is the establishment of a church school and he Is now preparing for tho work. Services next Sunday mgrrrtng will be Morning Prayer and the^kdminis tration of tha> Holy Communion; and to this and all services the public are cordially Invited. Respectfully, C. H. O. It. Paul's Church. Are you eyer thoroughly contented. If so you are only half a man. TICK V CATTLE BHINS LOW FBICES. Great Difference Between Average Value-, Id TIek.Infeated and Tick. Free Sections. Washington, D. C., July 10. ? Alter an eight months' fight, the toot-and -mouth diesases has been practically stamped out and the danger of another great destructive animal plague aver ted. For this the country has reason to be thankful, tor American live stock already suiters from disease to an ex tent of which fow persons are fully aware. Hog cholera, tuberculosis, and the cattle tick cause an annual loss to the country which reaches so high Into the millions of dollars that it is almost impossible even for trained statisticians to estimate it The direct loss in deaths can be computed with reasonable accuracy but the Indirect losses which agriculture in all Its branches whenever and wherever there Is a ccanclty of stock cannot be reckoned at alL Hog cholera and tuberculosis pre vail throughout the country; cattle ticks are confined to the one-section the South. Hog cholera and tubercul osis present problems which science has not yet thoroughly solved) cattle ticks already have been eliminated in an area of more than 253, 288 square miles and can be eliminated in. tho rest of the infested territory when ever the people really determine to rid themselves of the pest. It is no secret that the amount of live stock in the country by no means has kept pace with the growth of population. For many years it actual ly decreased, and although the official figures for January 1, 1915, show a .slight increase over the correspond lag ones for 1914, .this increase Is far from proportionate to that In popula tion. price of meat has ~ risen steadily and the future of the coun try's suppiy-sjias become a matter of grave concern.^ Greater production of live stock upon farms undoubtedly would go far toward solving the p>ablem. This is especially true of the South. In an estimate quoted recently by the Secre tary of Agruculture, it waa ^tated that the average farm home in Qebr?la produces less than one-twelfth of a beef in the course of a year for each person on it Instead of producing^ beef to sell to the rest of the country the South imports much of what it consumes. For this condition of affairs special ists hold two things responsible, cot ton and ticks. The danger in a one crop system of agriculture has now been apparent and there are many farmer* who would gladly abandon It if flome substitute were available. But in. any sound system of agriculture live-atpck is Indispensable^ajid while the cattle tick flourishes the ?product ion of cattle is not an inviting pros pect. The grower in a tick-infested countryp labors under a crushing handicap. His cattle weigh less and bring less per pound than those of his competitor in tick-free sections. In Alabama and Mississippi, for ex ample, the average price for beef on the hoof was, on January- 1, 191&, only 4 cents a pound. In Connecticut, it was 8.4 and in no tick-free State was it as low as 5 cents. The average price of beef cattle over two years old was $20 in Alabama and $22 in Mis sissippi. It was $64 in Wyoming and $60 in Montana. Vermont, with an average of $39, was the only tick-free State in which the price was below $40. In North Carolina, South Caro lina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas ? all more or less tick-infes ted ? the average price was below $30. Such differences are too striking to be ignored. They represent an annual loss to the farmers of the South of millions of dollars. The Georgia farmer may expect to receive $18 for his beef animal, the Ohio farmer $56, Kentucky, Kansas, and Indiana men, $54. For the ten tick-infested States, North and South Carolina, "Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Florida, Louis iana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, the general average is $25.90; for the remainder of the country it is $48.47. In^consldering these flgurep it must be borne in mind that many of the States in the tick country have succeeded in freeing areas from the pest. Other wise, the differences in values un doubtedly would be much greater. A great deal of North and South Carolina for instance, is as- free from ticks as Ohio or Indiana. Oklahoma also haj grappled so vigorously with the pest and has cleaned so much of its terri tory that the average value for cat tle lias riBen to $42 a head. In Flori da. on the other hand, where no sys tematic work has as yet been done, the average is $18. *" One reason for the low average of Southern cattle is unquestionable the disasterous effect of the tick upon all attempts to improve the breed. Pure bred stock imported for brg?ding pur poses are exposed to such danger or death from tick fever that it is not sound business to incur the~*isk. Pro ducers are, therefore, compelled to do th? pent they can -with th?? native -caf i tie, which have acquired a certain de gree of immunity. That there is no profit In scrubs is an old cattle raiser's maxim and in this connection 'a com parison of average weights of beef cattle may be interesting. In Florida, on January 1, 1915, it was 340 pounds, in Wyoming, 985; iu Tdaho, 966; in Montana, 938. In Mississippi it was 550; in Alabama, 500; in Louisiana, 471; in Georgia, 419. , Iutslde of the tick country, Con necticut was the one State to fall be low 600 pounds. There are, ot course, other factors 1 than the tick In the raising of beef in the South, but In view of these figures It la hard to escape from the conclus ion that wherever the tick Is, there the value of cattle Is low. It follows, also, that the farmor makes little effort to develop this source of profit ? or what would be a source of profit under other circum stances. Not only does he himself "Buffer financially tn consequence ? directly from loss of Income, and in directly through loss of soil fertility but the whole country suffers from an inadequate meat supply. For this reason the Federal govern ment Is as vitally interested in the work of tick eradication, as it Is in the suppression of hog cholera and the prevention of tuberculosis. Through out the tlck-lnfeBted territory, where ever the people have voted to free themselves from the tax the pest levies upon them. Federal inspectors are co-operating with tho local authorities and organizations in the erection of vats and the supervision of regular systematic dipping. As fast as terri tory is cleaned, the quarantine 1b re moved from it and stock owners in the community thus enable to market their cattle on an equal footing with stock from other sections of the country. As has already been said, 253,288 square miles have been freed in this way since the beginning of the work in 1906, and in addition much useful work has been done In areas still un der quarantine. Within fifteen years, If the same rate of progress is main tained, tho entire country should be free and tlcky cattle a forgotten evil. But there la every reason to beHeve that as the evidence against the tick piles up, progress will become more and more rapid. It cannot be too rapid for the good of the entire coun try. T. ?M?' Club Work. began with ,dheBm0n?:traVOn work in 1910 when L'""""8 club3 two ur counties In two states were organized Th proepecu are that i? mg enrollment of 50,000 girls under the supervision of about 400 wo "I88?3 ln the 15 Southern States 83 m or ??roIlme?' 'or 1914 was ? these club memfwra 7 it PaUndUS,H6'091-237 Optoma-" ,?5f,,;and other vegetables from their iSfiH m? ^er meniber was $23.30. C put un^s'iei? AlaHlance eounty. N. at $7 039 as i!? C.TB, aBd jar8' va'ued j ? k,970 17. In Hamilton county, Tenn 1ft) girls put up $14,240 worth of fruit arid ents fhe'68' ^ ?' C0Ur8e '^ " res" surplus of the farms and or chids as well as their own little gar In Barnwell county, S. C. the *iri?> ol ,a? good sewing lessons. Special work has been done wl'h ?ZTB' b7rlea' scuppernong* ma} haws, ajeritas, oranges, kumquats Noarlva^nn0t,i^ frult" ot the South.' irv in.K ?lrls now belong to poul try clubs and several hundred have been doing line work In bread clubs Many of the best trained club members ?.oTeV^cal%^rshrcLgoTeVotlV0 and teachers have t^opWated in many ofT,hhe:'"?1lMuaI recor,maklnK' lD Wh1ch ^'h thS w?men take part. These lines of work call for better tinn 6 v?nVenlences and better sanita '?nK Numerous home-made devices 211 !"a