START
WORK WITH
SHEEP IN
W. R. BRADFIELD WILL HAVE
CHARGE OF CAMPAIGN FOR
MORE SHEEP.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
With the agreement of Mr. S. T.
Henry, of Spruce Pine, Mitchell coun
ty, to allow his 1,350 acre farm-to be
used for experimental work with sheep
by the North Carolina experiment sta
tion, and with the appointment of Mr.
W. R. Radford, of Yancey county, to
take charge of this work, the animal
industry division has begun its cam
paign for the production of more sheep
in the state and for further study of
all the problems affecting the industry
on the farm. Mr. .Radford is a gradu
ate of the State College of Agricul
ture of the class of 1917, and special
ized in animal work.
It is the purpose of the station to
develop a system of range sheep hus
bandry to determine the practicability
of the industry of the state. Along
with this will be experimental work
conducted" for adaptation, to the small
average farm where 30 to 40 sheep are
maintained. Mr. Henry's farm will be
divided into a system of seven or eight
sheep corrals ,each of which will ac
commodate from 150 to 200 head. Fifty
breeding ewes will be purchased this
year, as a first unit of the work and
50 lambs will be bought next spring as
a second unit, additional units of the
same number to be bought as the land
is cleared, pasture provided and other
necessary feed grown for the mainte
nance of the flock.
The work will be conducted for at
least a period of five years and longer
if satisfactory arrangements are made.
Driving Tick Into the Ocean.
Special from Elizabeth City. Quiet
ly, silowly and without a great deal of
noise, but steadily and surely notwith
standing the cattle tick is being erad
icated from the eastern counties of
North Carolina. It will not be long
before the quarantine now in force
against' twentytwo counties in the
state will be lifted.
In, charge of this work in the three
counties to the north of Alamance
Sound is Dr. J. W. Buchanan of the
Federal Department of Agriculture, at
Washington. He has been in this sec
tion now for about three, months. Ask
ed how long he would remain he re
plied: "Until the cattle tick is gone."
"We have been working quietly and
without any friction," says Dr. Buch
anan, "and all of the work done up to
this time may be considered in the na
ture of demonstration work, but the
farmers are daily becoming more inter
ested and soon there will be commun
ity dipping vats within reach of every
farm in these three counties."
Already twenty-two hundred cattle
are being dipped every month in the
four counties of Perquimans, Pasquo
tank, Camden and Currituck. Fourteen
hundred of these are Perquimans
county cattle. Five dipping vats are
already in. service in Perquimans and
four more are to be constructed In the
near future. These are all community
vats; that is, the farmers in any com
munity come together and pay their
pro rata share of the expense of con
structing the yat, and then each farm
er so contributing has the privilege of
bringing his cattle in and putting them
through the vat on the regular dipping
days, which come every two weeks..
Preventing Lightning Fires.
"Th& many lightning fires should
remind our people of the importance
of providing aaginst this danger lo
cated largely in rural sections," says
Insurance Commissioner James R.
Young. "Statistics show a wonderful
amount of safety from lightning rods.
Of course two things are absolutely
necessary: First, an efficient rod;
second, proper installation.
"Under the law now, no one can
sell or erect a brand of lightning rod
In this state unless he is licensed by
the Insurance Commissioner. He must
show his reliability and competency
to do such work. A licensed dealer
or agent can only erect such rods as
are passed by the Insurance Depart
ment as efficient.
"Our people, especially in the rural
districts, will do well to protect their
property against destruction by light
ning. Use only approved rods erected
by licensed men. All officers and citi
zens are asked to report to the Insur
ance Department any unlicensed deal
er or any irregularities or wrong
practices by licensed dealers."
Appointment For Scholarships.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction J. Y. Joyrier will have to
nominate very soon a North Carolin
ian, man or woman, for what Is known
as the Montgomery-Ward scholarship
in the Peabody School of Country
Life, t being known as the Seaman
A. Knapp School of Country Life. It
is valued at $150 and a course in rural
life with a view to becoming teacher
or principal in a rural grammar or
agricultural school is the objective.
MITCHELL
! Vacant J-an-Thteatt ' i
"It would be a wise mow for ererj
county in the state o adopt thVmotto
of 'No Vacant Land This. Fall' says
Mr. S. G. Rubinow, Assistant Direc
tor of the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice. Where rye, wheat or oats, wilf
not be sown, other, cover crops' should
fbe put in. Not only is such a step
very patriotic but it is also very profit
able. With wheat at $2 per bushel for
next season and with a short rye and
Oat Cron this nanf. RP.nnnn nnrt hich
price likely to be obtained for these !
crops, there should be no doubt as to
the financial end of the situation."
But even mors Important1 than al
that with ammounia selling at $6 a
unit in some cases, making a 10-4
fertilizer worth $40 to $45 a ton, cover
crops this winter can assist materially
in reducing the amount of nitrogenous
material that should be used. The
farmer can meet these high prices
next spring by having a crop of nitro
gen to plow under in the form of green
manures rather than in the form of
high priced chemicals. The supply of
these latter is also liable to be short
during the coming year, making them
still harder-to obtain by the average
farmer. '
The farming public of the state re
sponded nobly during the past season
by increasing the acreage devoted to
food crops, and they are now busy sav
ing perishable food stuff. By contin
ing these efforts throughout the win
ter, putting in land to fall grains,
planting winter gardens, and seeing
that enough cover crops have been put
in to do away with the nitrogen bill
next season, they will again prove that
they are most patriotic and thorough
ly foresighted."
Rate Hearing Postponed.
It is understood that there will be
an order made very soon by the cor
poration commission indefinitely post
poning the hearing that was set for
August 30, in the matter of the peti
tion of the railroad companies in this
state to have the commission allow
the application of wlfat is known as
the Georgia freight rate tariffs applied
in North Carolina, with a view to hav
ing this schedule of fates become a
uniform tariff for the states compos
ing the southeastern freight zone.
There have heretofore been two
changes ordered as to the date for the
hearing and it is likely that the "in
definite postponement" will really
amfrunt to the ultimate termination of
the whole proceeding, due to the dis
inclination of both the state and the
interstate commissions to allow any
radical changes in the basis of freight ;
rates during the period of the war.
Wheat Growing in Southern States.
Special from Washington. To as
sist in carrying out the program for a
billion bush-el wheat crop in the Uni
ted States next season, the United
States Department of Agriculture has
just issued the first ot a series of prac
tical emergency bulletins embodying
constructive suggestions for whekt
growing in the various sections of the
country. The bulletin, "Wheat Grow
ing in the Southeastern States," is de
voted to a discussion of wheat produc
tion in Tennessee, .North Carolina,
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and
South Carolina.
In the program recently adopted by
the department it is suggested that
these states can easily Increase their
wheat acreages in proportions rang
ing from 12 to 455 per cent. North
Carolina, in which in 1916 wheat was
seeded on 1,053,000 acres, should find
it possible without serious modifica
tion of its farming system to seed dur
ing the coming season 1,180,000 acres.
New Enterprises Authorized.
The People's Store company, of
Rosemary, capital $10,000 authorized
and $800 subscribed by G. M. Gurley
and others for a general grocery busi
ness. The Star Market company, of
Asheville, capital $25,000 authorized
and $2,000 subscribed by M. F. Hoff
man, Fred Kent, David Hoffman and
others, for a general meat market
business.
THe East Carolina Packing .com
pany, of New Bern, for a meat pack
ing business, capital $100,000 author
ized and $75,000 subscribed by W. F.
Aberly, Dr. W. L. Hand, O. W. Love,
J. S. Miller, L. I. Moore, C. L. Ives
and William Dunn, Jr.
Burke Bottling Company, Morgan
ton; to make "Mint Cola" and "Cheer
Wine"; capitalized at $10,000 and
authorized to begin business with
$2,000. D. H. Hall, Salisbury and S.
P. Kirksey and J. H. Mullis, Morgan
ton, are incorporators.
Charlotte Lunch, Charlotte, to do
general restaurant and soda water
business. Capltlized at $5,000 and
authorized to begin business with $1,-
000. W. M. O'Neill, L. E. O'Neill and
1. T. Jackson are the Incorporators.
Lundy Bowman Clothing Company,
Mt. Airy, to do a general mercantile
business. Capitalized at $15,000 and
authorized to begin business with $10,
600. C. E. Lundy, Wm. H. Bowman
and J. D. Haitt are the incorporators.
The Stanly County Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance company, of Stanly
county, for a mutual Insurance busi
ness on farm property. This is a
movement approved by Commissioner
of Insurance James R. Young, who is
urging especially tha In their forma
tion, liability be confined to not mors
than two counties, as they seem to
work out better - under uch limited
liability. The Stanly concern is mod
eled, after the State Mutual Fire In
surance company, with limitation U
Stanly county.
THE C ABOLmA WATCEHAT, SALISBURY, IT. .
aiwrsoioi
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English . Bible la the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 2
THE SHEPHERD OF CAPTIVE IS
RAEL. 1
LESSON TEXT Ezekiel 34.
GOLDEN TEXT The Lord is my shep
herd, I shall not want. Psa. 23 :L
With the ' complete subversion of
the kingdom of Judah, the national
consciousness was largely crushed and
the people were without heart for the
common affairs of life. Ezekiel,
though born in Jerusalem, prophesied
in Babylon near the River Kebar. The
object of his prophesying was to en
courage the captives by placing before
them God's promise of their return to
their own land. His name signifies,
"God will strengthen," which is very
appropriate to the mission which in
the providence of God he was called
upon to fill.
I. Israel's Faithless Shepherds De-,
nounced. (w. 1-10). These false shep
herds included the kings, princes,
judges and priests. Ezekiel point? out
that the captivity was because of sin,
but he shows that the greatest guilt
obtains witbr reference to these lead
ers. They were placed in the position
to care for and protect the sheep. The
following indictments are brought
against them:
1. They fed themselves instead of
the flock (v. 2). They were essential
ly selfish. They ministered to them
selves instead of the sheep. Too many
today are filling public offices for' the
sake of private gain. Sometimes even
ministers are found who are more con
cerned about themselves, their pleas
ures and profits, than they are about
the souls of the people who support
them. .
2. They were cruel (v. 3). They
were not only mere hirelings, guilty of
looking after themselves, but they act
ually behaved like robbers, preying
upon the flocks. All are guilty of this'
same sin who use their influence and
power to the disadvantage of others.
In the theocratic kingdom such behav
ior was peculiarly obnoxious, as the
rulers and ministers were representa
tives of Jehovah himself. The minis
ter and public officer today Is acting
in his capacity for God, not for him
self, therefore he should make the
cause of heaven his chief concern:
8. They neglected the diseased,
wounded, wayward, and lost (w. 4-6).
As a result of their selfish cruelty
the sheep were without food; there
fore exposed to disease; had no bond
of unity, were exposed to the ravages
of wild beasts. God's flocks are in
many places thus suffering and dying
because they have not been fed. God's
judgments are against such (w. 7-10).
II. The Faithful Shepherd, (w. 11
16). The Shepherd here is none other
than Jesus Christ. The wonderful
blessings here described will be real
ized by Israel In millenial times. This
blessed condition will be ushered in
by the second coming of Christ. How
sincerely all should pray, "Thy king
dom come." When the true Shepherd
comes :
1. He will seek his lost sheep (v. 11).
Though they have gone astray through
wilfulness on their part, and neglect
on the part of faithless shepherds,
Jesus will seek them out and save
them. To save the lost was his pe
culiar mission (Luke 19:10).
2. He will rescue them from the
power of their enemies (v. 12). God's
sheep have real enemies and they have
fallen into the enemies' hands, but the
Faithful Shepherd is able to deliver
them. "No one is able to pluck them
out of his hands" (John 10:28, 29).
3. He will bring them back to their
own land (v. 13). Poor, scattered Is
rael shall one day (may it be soon!)
be brought back to their own land.
This is the one unmistakable sign by
which we may know the beginning of
the end of this dispensation. Be as
sured that it is not wars, nor pes
tilences that mark the sign of the close
of this age, but the movements of Is
rael. 4. He will feed them (w. 14, 15).
I will feed my flock, and I will cause
them to lie down, saith the Lord God.
I will seek that which was lost, and
bring again that which was driven
away, and will bind up that which was
broken, and will strengthen that which
was sick; but I will destroy the fat
and the strong; I will feed them with
judgment."
5. He will seek that which was lost
(v. 16). That which has been driven
away he will seek and bring it back
again.
6. He will heal them from weak
ness and suffering (v. 16). All the
wounds which Israel has received
these many centuries shall be healed.
III. The Golden Age (w. 23-27).
The vision of the world as it now is,
Is most disheartening. It is midnight'
darkness. In this blackness we won
der why God does not interpose. We
wonder how he can be silent. While
midnight is upon us we are hopeful,
for we see the bow of God's promise
of better things flung across the sky.
This present order shall disappear be
fore the new. In that new order :
1. Jesus Christ, David's Son, shall
be king (w. 23, 24). This new era of
blessedness can only come into reali
zation when God's Son shall establish
his kingdom upon the mrfot
UV'iilMi if mfl
1 Ijss Virginia. Heal of Swainpscott, Mass.. daughter of Anne Hathaway, the poetess, who is going to Belgium
to drivepfen ambulance for L'Aide Civile et Militaire Beige. 2 Members of the heroic "Legion of Death," com
posed otfRussian women, drilling in skirmish formation. 3 Republican soldiers of China marching back to their bar
racks af;r helping suppress 'the attempt to restore the Manchu emperor.
TURNING
General scene in an airplane" manufacturing plant showing llhe-up of machines almost finished and ready for the
government's service. This factory turns out. scores of m.ichines each month.
GENERAL CURRIE KNIGHTED ON THE FIELD
pj
Br g. ,Gen. Sir Arthur Currie, the first native Canadian to head the Cana
dian overseas fighting forces, being knighted by King George on his majesty's
recent fcisit to the western front
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Preparing to photograph the war
m .ta f-j' v.-.ifc i ii i ii ii 1 1 i i m t
Tlpjwar department has called upon a group of expert photographers to
organii a photograph division of the signal corps, which wll do all the
camerawork for the United States in the war zone. SeverftJ pf these experts
re he e show examining a jw model camera
OUT UNCLE SAM'S AIR
FLEET
I leads legion of death
Mme. Botchkarev, leader of the "Le
gion of Death," the organization of
Russian women who are fighting hero
ically on the eastern battle line. Mine.
Botchkarev, who was wounded in bat
tle, Is shown wearing several decora
tions bestowed on her for valor.
Hayti Sweetly Grateful.
Grateful for what the United States
has done for It under the recent treaty,
the republic of Haytl, It was announced
by bankers, would add about 70.000,000
pounds of sugar to this country's sup
ply next season. This supply will be
the first year's output of the Haytian
American corporation, formed immedi
ately after the American protectorate
was Inaugurated Insuring protection
for foreign capital.. . The corporation
i expected to ship here only about 20,-
000,000 pounds of sugar, but to meet
desire of the United States govern
ment for increased food supplies, the
company has found it possible to more
than treble its shipments to the United
States. New York American.
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