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manity Paper
ESTABLISHED S jMBER 19, 1878.
BEATS T 1 iARIFF
AT r M GAME
Mr ~ e Shows *he
Farmer Wins by Marketing
Right Rather Than by Pro
ducing More.
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editor Record:
T bought four sheep once for
«10 00 $2.50 apiece. I clipped
5J i_2 pounds of wool from them.
T took it to John Johnson, who
me only 16 cents a pound
L. jr He said the tariff was off
* U I asked him what he sold
hitrimr at ’ and he . sa! i st ' s ?
a pound. This was under Howard
Taft’* administration. I told him I
did not belong to that crowd that
had two tariffs for wool
I had mv wool carded into rolls
m ,{ sold it at SI.OO a pound—the
verv same wool. Then I killed five
heep for the association, which met
at Love’s Creek —big. heavy ones,
which at 25 cents a pound brought
§sg" Then I sheared the wool from
the five hides and from the four
lamps and got sixteen pounds more
;VO ol I had this wool woven into
leans. It made 20 yards, worth
§ls_ i still had four fine lamps
left. My twenty pounds of rolls
sold for S2O; my mutton, SSB; the
j ea ns was worth sls; tallow and
hide? sold for a dollar. I thus got
$95 from the flock of four sheep,
at a cost of s2l, including cost of
sheeping. carding, weaving, and 10
bushels of cotton seed fed them.
Exclusive of cost of pasturage, I
bad $73 net, and four lambs, worth,
not ten dollars, but forty dollars.
Asain. I killed a young cow and
sent her to Currie and sold the
beef for S7O. I A’as offered $1.60
for the hide. I think the tariff
was wrong somewhere. I had it
tanned on halves. From my half I
got a pair of lines for a two-horse
wagon, a pair for buggy; two leather
back bands, all of which would have
cost me SB.OO at the stores, and had
enough leather left to be worth the
$1.60.
I don’t want to vote for anyone
to go to the legislature who cannot
make 100 bushels of corn on one
acre.
S. P. TEAGUE.
CHATHAM CHURCH NEWS
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We are glad to say the victims, of
the school bus wreck are recovering
and able to be back at school.
The young people’s Sunday school
class; under the leadership of Mr.
C. €, Hall, have postponed their reg
ular class meeting until next Sunday
evening at 2 o’clock. The Epworth
League will have its meeting im
mediately after the class meeting.
The class will reorganize and we hope
it will be able to continue in the
g&od work it has been carrying on.
We were very glad to have Miss
Kathryne Knight back, also to see
the visitors she brought to church
last Sunday.
Mr. Archie Ward is very ill, also
his youngest child. The church will
extend its sympathy to the family by
a “pounding”, which will take place
Wednesday night. Every one in the
community is invited.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Herndon were
Sunday visitors at Mr. and Mrs. O.
H. Welch’s.
One of Chatham church’s friends,
j>h\ Roy Carroll, who recently left
home to work with Rev. B. L. Gup
ton. was back to see home folks
Sunday.
Mr. James Carroll, of Alamance
county, was over to see his girl
•Sunday.
Mr. Tommie Murdock was a Satur
day night caller of Miss Hazel
1 nomas.
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MR. B. A. COX DEAD
Mr. B. A. Cox of Haw River town
■'•"•ip died at his home last Sunday
after a longering illness of
, Vko . ve ars. His condition had been
- getting worse for a week or
. He was about 70 years of age. He
a ' es “is wife, who before marriage
/ as Miss Cordelia Harmon, and four
7 ns ? n( l one -daughter. The sons are
p; nn , !< :’ °f Wake county, Thomas,
yn, New York, Walter of
ookiyn also, and Raymond at home.
daughter is Mrs. D. M. Riddle
0i fcaniord.
o, J l .® burial was at Gum Springs
ha i f oburch, of which church he
T' h ,? n £ been a member, Tuesday,
bv v Ua l l ’ a * serv * ce was conducted
NVvP P as tor, Rev. C. H.
’ of Cary.
C° x was a native of Moore
for . as Mved in Chatham
All ?Jf artei i °f a century.
th e tuner | C k* I( k* eri were present for
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ANNOUNCEMENT
daL^r re^y , annouilce myself a candi
to tta ° r State Senate, subject
to h* u a< v! 0n Democratic primary
ne ld m June.
W. P. HORTON
to \a!^ a . ys when truth is crushed
tion. for an investiga
The Chatham Record
! JURY LIST
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F°r Term of Court for Trial of
I Civil Cases, Beginning March 3
j The following names were drawn
for jury service for the two weeks
of court for the trial of civil cases:
First week: J. M. Lemmons, J. H.
I Hackney, J. M. Mclver, J. R. Gard
ner, R. R. Seagroves, Walter Far
nell, A. B. Wicker, O. H. Williams,
C. R. Neal, N. J. Wilson, W. H.
Overacre, W. Z. Crews, Joe A.
Johnson, R. L. Ward, A. J. Mann,
J. G. Clark, E. E. Clark, W. D.
McDaniel, F. C. Justice, C. B.
Thomas.
Second week: W. H. Garner, J.
B. Powers, J. A. Woody, H. J.
Stedman, L. K. Smith, W. E. Han
cock, J. T. White, E. A. Thompson,
S. W. Harrington, Barney Phillips,
J. M. Woody, W. T. Herndon, E.
H. Harris, Alex E. Cockman, Otho
R. Mann, T. S. Harris, C. E. Paschal.
Judge Small of Elizabeth City is
scheduled to preside.
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Leaves Begin to Stir
In Political Forest
There is a stirring of the leaves
in the political forest. The ques
tion of a change in the court house
officers naturally interests the occu
pants who have been there for sev
eral terms. But no boisterous de
mand has been heard for the change.
In fact, at a called meeting of the
democratic executive committee of
th county in Chairman Horton’s of
fice Monday, 90 per cent of the
committee seemed to be in favor of
the retention of the old officers,
though this is not at all necessarily
significant of the sentiment of the
masses of the voters.
But the great trouble for any de
siring a change is to find competent
men willing and well enough known
to the people to present in oppo
sition. The man who has to intro
duce himself to the people within a
few months has an uphill business,
unless the people are determined
upon a change and adopt the first
worthy candidate who offers.
It was decided to have another
meeting the first Monday in March.
In the meantime, the sentiment of
the people is to be consulted as
to whether a change in officials is
desired, the object being, it is to
be hoped, the desire to secure the
change, if demanded, without a con
test of the old officials, they pre
sumably being willing to retire from
the race if the opposition seems
strong enough to justify their
voluntary retirement.
The Record has heard of no sug
gested candidate for any court house
office except for that of sheriff,
Mr. E. R. Hinton has been reported
as a possible candidate for that
position.
Attorney W. P. Horton is again
announcing himself as a candidate
for the senate. The editor of the
Chatham Record has been consider
ing offering himself for the House,
feeling that he might be able to
secure some relief for the over
burdne-d taxpayers through the cut
ting of xpenses and not merely
transferring the load to other shoul
ders, or at least to prevent the
piling up of larger burdens.
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STATE VICE COUNCILLOR
VISITS ALA-CHAT COUNCIL
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The Ala-Chat council of the Sons
and daughter of Liberty met in reg
ular session Feb. 8, at 7:30 p. m.
Mr. Tom Parker, of Durham, state
vice councillor, was present and de
livered a splendid address. Our dis
trict deputy, Mr. Carl Clapp, and a
dozen or more members of Purity
Council, Burlington, were also with
us, and each one of them gave us
some helpful thought. We were glad
to have them.
After the regular business was
transacted, the council was at ease
and refreshments were served.
I want to urge all our members to
be at the next meeting as a special
program is being prepared.
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PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATION MEETS
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An interesting meeting of the. as
sociation was held on Friday evening,
February 7, with Mrs. Shannonhouse
presiding.
The grade mothers spoke enthu
siastically of the sale of soup and
hot chocolate at the noon hour for
the past four weeks. All seemed to
feel that this new feature of P. T. A.
activities was filling a long felt need.
Miss Wrenn gave a talk on Foun
der’s Day. . ....
Mr. Waters spoke in high terms
of praise of the boys from this school,
attending higher institutions of learn
ing in the State.
Mrs. Victor Johnson announced
that a prize of SIO.OO had been of
fere to all pupils in the schools ot
North Carolina for the best essay on
“The Jefferson Davis Highway.
James Cordon, the son of our ef
ficient leader, t> won the Legion prize
OTI grade count, the 10th grade
again won the dollar. , .
The treasurer was instructed to
send $25 to the Burlington Music
Company for payment on piano.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930.
! SCHOOL PROBLEMS
OF THIS NEW ERA
Principal Waters Interestingly
Discusses the Problems of
the School in an Era of
Universal Education.
The tendency in the educational
world today is very democratic. The
idea of an equal opportunity for
every boy and girl to acquire an
education possesses the mind of ev
ery one. We believe in the .educa
tion of all to the extent that children
are transported in trucks from the
rural districts to villages and towns.
Our present ideas of education
did not spring up over night. They
have been formed by a gradual
process of evolution through a pe
riod of several hundred years. Yes,
we are far from our former ideas
of thinking that only the rich and
well-to-do should enjoy the blessings
derived through knowledge.
No intelligent man would tell us
that we are wrong in our efforts
to make educational opportunities
equal to all. Ignorance is the great
est curse the human race has ever
known. It is through ignorance that
most of our ills arise.
It is very evident, to those who
are in a position to know, that our
present views and practices have
added considerably to the problems
of school officials. Such vast changes
in educational pratifces will neces
sarily bring new problems. It is
even more necessary that we adjust
ourselves to these problems than to
the new ideas or practices.
Th Pittsboro school is confronted
with the problem of maintaining a
high academic standard. There is
a great influx of pupils from all
over the school district. The ex
periences of the children have not
been equal. Their educational ad
vantages have been varied. So the
Pittsboro school has been made a
dumping ground. We are asked to
take this conglomeration of pupils,
with varied experiences and capaci
ties, and create a standard that will
measure up to those schools that
have passed through this educational
readjustment.
We know that this problem of
maintaining a high standard is not
characteristic only of Pittsboro, but
is a situation common to high schools
over the entire State. In proof of
PLEASE TURN TO PA&E EIGHT
JAMES CORDON WINS
Last Friday afternoon on oratori
cal contest sponsored by the Amer
ican Legion was held at the school
house. Students of the different
schools throughout the county were
allowed to compete for a five-dollar
gold piece as a prize. The winner
in this contest is to represent the
district in a contst to be held at
Franklinton, some time soon. The
students taking part were to write
their speeches on “Our Flag.” The
judges, Professor Nance of Bonlee,
Professor Vesay of Goldston, and
Mr. Phillips of Bonlee, decided that
James Cordon be awarded the prize,
and he will represent this county in
the district contest. Archie Ellis
of the Siler City school competed
with James for the prize.
t.herdecided
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PRIZE OF SIO.OO OFFERED
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The attention of the school children
of Chatham is called to the offer of
Mrs. Alex Cooper of Henderson, who
will give a prize of ten dollars to the
pupil who writes the best essay, on
“The Jefferson Davis Highway,” with
special mention to North Carolina’s
section. If interested please com
municate with Mrs. Victor Johnson
of Pittsboro, director of the Seventh
District, U. D. C., for further infor
mation. The essays are to_ be sent
to Mrs. Glenn Long, Newton, N. C.,
by September 1, 1930. They will then
be judged and the prize awarded at
the state convention U. D. C. in
Raleigh, on October Bth, 1930.
MRS. JOHN ANDERSON.
Chairman Jefferson Davis Highway.
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RECENT MARRIAGES
Among the number of marriage
licenses sold by Register of Deeds
Poe recently were license for Wm.
R. Neal, of Rockingham county, and
Miss Dorothy I. Gteen, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Green
of Hickory Mountain township; Er
win Lester Routh of Bennett and
Ida May Peace, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Peace of Bennett;
Charles T. Hill, of Bennett, Rt. 2,
and Rosa Maie Scott of the same
route, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. F. Scott.
CHAMPION HUNTER
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Mr. H. J. Cross of Corinth is
claiming to be the champion hunter
of the county, the Record is in
formed. Out of twenty shots he has
killed 14 partridges, 4 turkeys and
one hawk. Ip addition, he has
caught 16 foxes. If any one can
beat that record report to Mr.
Cross.
THE CHATHAM RECORD. PITTSBORO. M. C.
SALVAGE SALES CO.
BUYS HALL STORES
C. C. Hall Sells Out to United
Salvage Sales Company—
Mr. I. Schuster to Be in
Charge.
Mr. C. C. Hall Tuesday afternoon
sold his stores here to the United
Salvage Sales Company, and the
new owners are taking charge im
mediately. The store is closed for
inventory.
The new owner is a corporation
with stores at Burlington and points
in Virginia. Mr. I. Schuster will
be in charge at Pittsboro. He will
add ready-to-wear for men and
women.
The Record welcomes the new
company to Pittsboro and assures
Mr. Schuster of th% heartiest co
operation in bringing the 15,0000
to 20,000 people within 40 minutes
ride to Pittsboro as their trade.
And that number does not include
the people of the towns of Chapel
Hill, Sanford, and Siler City.
Residence Is Burned
Late Tuesday Night
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The residence belonging to Mr.
R. E. Lanius and until a year or
so ago occupied by him but for
the last -year by Mr. D. B. White,
was burned Tuesday night.
The White family had moved out
Tuesday and no one was in the
house. It was considerably after
midnight when it burned and few
were aware of the fire. Mr. Newton
Moore woke up when it was in full
flame and he said that he saw only
two cars go up there. The fire truck
was not called at all.
The residence was in the upper
end of town, somewhat remote from
the more thickly settled parts.
Mr. W. H. Burke of Goldston
lost a good residence in a similar
way a few weeks ago, it beiug
burned the night after the tenants
had moved, and Mr. O. M. Poe tells
of another being burned she same
way It, would be well for owners
of houses to visit them immediately
after tenants have got out.
This was a good building and
made a big fire.
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'Brown’s Chapel News*
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Our young people’s league met Sun
day afternoon for the first time since
the reorganization, but there were
so few of those on the program pres
ent that it was decided better to have
the meeting immediately after Sun
day school on the second and fourth
Sundays. Those prepared for their
parts and were Misses Allene
Dark, Margaret Durham, and Eliza
beth Lutterloh. President Junius
Durham and Secretary Estelle Dark
were on their seats.
Last week was marked by a num
ber of birthday celebrations. Three
ladies, all having their birthday on
the fifth, Mrs. Emma Dark, her
daughter Mrs. Emma Perry, and Mrs.
Mary Mixon, met at Mrs. Mixon’s and
enjoyed a good dinner. Mrs. Nell
Dark, whose birthday fell on the 9th
was expected to be present, but was
prevented by the illness of her little
girl.
The mothers’ class, as we call it,
seem to believe in being neighborly
to each other. Mrs. J. T. Wright,
about the oldest member of the class,
also had a birthday last week, and
she brought and distributed to the
members a nice box of various kinds
of candy made by her daughter, Miss
Pauline of Carrboro, and brought to
her mother as she came to spend the
week-end at home. Misses Charlotte
and Jessie, who now spend the week
at Pittsboro, were also home.
Miss Elizabeth Mann of the Cedar
Grove community spent the week-end
with her cousin,s Misses Elizabeth
Lutterloh and Catherine Durham, and
was, as the other young ladies, a wel
come visitor out at Sunday school.
Mrs. W. C. Henderson spent the
week-end with friends in Durham.
We are sorry to report the illness
of little Emma Dell Dark.
Mr. I. E. Crutchfield had the mis
fortune to get his ribs hurt again.
This is the third time. As Mrs.
Crutchfield, too, is not well, it is kind
of hard for them, as they are in. the
dairy business.
Mr. Jess Johnson has been quite
unwell with the flu.
Mr 3. A. E. Lutterloh and others
of the connection are expecting to be
with Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Lutterloh
next Sunday for dinner.
Mrs. Lizzie Dark is suffering from
rheumatism and does not get out
often.
Messrs. Robert Hatcher, Duke,
Floyd Siler and other enjoyed the
day last Friday, hunting with Messrs.
T. C. Perry and E. A. Thompson.
Next Sunday is Pastor Daijey’s
regular appointment. Come out and
hear him.
Robbers Visit Three
Towns in One Night
Robbers, presumably the same
bunch, operated at Bonlee, Siler
City, and Franklinville, the latter in
Randolph county, last Thursday
night. At Bonlee the store contain
ing the postoffice was broken and
several dollars taken from the post
office. The stamps were locked
away in a safe. A few goods from
the hardware stock were also taken,
but the haul was not satisfactory.
A trial at a store in Siler City also
proved unprofitable. But at Frank
linville a thousand dollar haul was
made from the mill store. At this
writing there has been no report
of capture or clues. *
The Pilot Theatre
Right Up To Date
From a good letter from Mrs.
Fred Jerome, Shreveport, La., we
copy the following tribute to the
Pilot Theatre, of Pittsboro:
“I’ve just read your article in
last week’s Record about the splen
did little theatre in Pittsboro. I do
hope it will succeed, as it is some
thing to be proud of—even in a
town much larger than Pittsboro.
Last week the picture “The Love
Doctor” was here at Shreveport.
But I had seen and enjoyed the
same picture in Pittsboro in De
cember, and I see that “Sunny Side
Up” is coming there soon. That is
playing at the Strand this week—the
wonderful miilion-dollar theatre
here. So you see our folks are not
gutting out-of-date pictures. Con
sider that Shreveport has a popula
tion of nearly 100,000.”
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Need Poultry Flocks
On Every Farm
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farm poultry is not expen
sive and because of the excellent
food it produces, should be found
on every farm.
“During a part of the year, a (
flock of from 50 to 100 hens will
forage for much of their food,”
says Dr. B. F. Kaupp, head of the
poultry department at State College.
“The chickens consume bugs and
worms which are injurious to crops
and clean up waste grain about the
cow and horse barns. The flock
needs to have a confortable house
which can be kept clean and plenty
of .mash and grain feed. Corn, oats,
wheat and barley to feed the flock
tnsy be grown at home and made
into a, ration, that ia just as sat
isfactory as any commercial mix
ture. Formula’s for preparing these
rations may be had from the poultry
department.”
Dr. Kaupp says that every per
son should eat at least two eggs
every day. This means that two
cases of 30 dozen eggs each is
needed for each person in the State
each year. Twenty to 25 pounds
of poultry should also be consumed
by each person on the farm in a
year.
To find out the potential mar
ket for poultry and eggs in a county,
one should ascertain how many hens
there are within its borders. These
hens should average at least 100
eggs each. If each hen lays 100
eggs and each person consumes 500
eggs, it would mean that there
should be five hens for each person
to supply only the home needs. More
hens than this should be kept, how
ever, so that a surplus of eggs may
be available for sale.
Then, too, says Dr. Kaupp, pul
lets must be raised each year to
replace about one-half of the mature
hens. Five eggs to set will be needed
for each pullet in the breeding pens.
If the farm flock is to be kept at
100 hens, this means that 250 eggs
must be set. To do this without an
incubator requires 15 setting hens.
If the family consumes 200 pounds
of poultry on the table, 25 hens
and 50 fryers will supply this
amount.
Death of Native Chatham
County Lady
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Miss Margaret Horne received a
telegram Monday afternoon stating
that her aunt, Mrs. Virginia Hanks
Taylor, died at her home in Angle
ton, Texas, at 9 o’clock Monday
morning.
Mrs. Taylor was nearly 89 years
old and truly a pious Christian lady,
having been an earnest church
worker from child hood.
Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John
A. Hanks, deceased, of this place,
she was married when quite young
to James P. Taylor of this county,
and moved to Texas where the two
taught school for over 50 years. Her
husband was county superintendent
for Brazoria county for a number
of years. She is survived by her
only daughter, Mrs. Henry A. Perry
with whom she lived. C. Walker
Hanks, of Pittsboro is her only liv
ing brother. Her remains were laid
to rest in Columbia, Texas, by the
side of that of her husband, who
preceded her to the grave about a
year ago.
WE WONDER
Where do mothers learn all the
things they tell their daughters not
to do?—The Pathfinder.
Subscribers at Every
Postoffice and All R.
F. D. Routes in Great
County of Chatham.
VOLUME 52, NUMBER 22
STONE HURLED aT
MR. EUGENE WHITE
Bynum Bridge Filling Station
Man Barely Escapes Deads
From Stone Hurled by a
Supposed Highwayman.
Mr. Eugene White, filling station
man, was assaulted with a rock last
Friday night at his station at th*
Bynum bridge. It was late at night
and some one called him to the door.
He keeps open at night to accom
modate the Bynum factory workers
with cold drinks, etc., and he
thought the caller was a Bynum mill
worker.
When Mr. White opened the door,
a man standing near hurled a stone
as large as one’s two fists at his
head, barely hitting the side of his
face. The rock was thrown with
such force that it broke through the
boarding at the other end of the
station. The assailant ran when
he saw that he had missed his man.
Mr. White seized a pistol and re
opened the door, which he had
automatically shut when assaulted,
and fired at the runner twice from
the building, and then ran out and
took shots at the man or car, which
latter had stopped on the bridge.
From an outcry, Mr. White thought
it possible that one qf his shots had
taken effect, we were informed. But
the car did not tarry.
The stone was so heavy and hurl
ed with such force that there ia
scarcely a doubt that it would have
been as fatal as a bullet if it ha<L
hit Mr. White squarely on the head.
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Prepare for the Weevil
In Advance This Year
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Cotton growers are beginning to
realize that control of the boll
is a regular part of the rou
tine in growing cotton and that to
continue growing the crop at a
profit, provision must be made for
this work.
“We are receiving hundreds of
requests from all parts of the cot
ton growing section asking for defi
nite information about the boll
weevil,” says C. H. Brannon, exten
sion entomologist at State College.
“Manufacturers of dusting machin
ery and calcium arsenate tell us that
they are receiving orders and indica
tions are. that a number of dusting
outfits Will be sold throughout Hie
State this season. Those who buy
these expensive implements keep in
mind one important fact. Ducting
must be dqne exactly right or no
results will be obtained.
Mr. Brannon says that in most
farm operations there is no exact
way of doing things. One must use
his own judgement within certain
limits about how he shall plow,
cultivate, apply fertilizers or har
vest; but, when it comes to poison
ing the boll weevil by dusting,
there is only one way and growers
should not jump into weevil con
trol without being adequately
equipped and fully informed. Much
money has been wasted in the past
because poisoning has not been done
right. Yet the methods have been
standardized since 1917 and are
both practical and efficient.
There are a number of North
Carolina cotton growers who have
poisoned successfully and have pro
duced good crops of cotton despite
ravages by the weevil. Mr. Bran
non offers to send detailed infor
mation about how this is done to
any grower who will write him for
the information.
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Pittsboro P.-T. A. Serves Lunch
to School Children
The Pittsboro P.-T. A. is sponsor
ing a lunch room in the Pittsboro
school. Mrs. Cordon, our president,
started the lunch idea for the pur
pose of caring for the undernour
ished children. Upon investigation,
it was found that many children,
for some reason or other, did not
have lunch. In o/der to remedy this
handicap to the child a campaign
was started by the teachers to get
every child to bring milk to school.
In addition to that the P.-T. A.
agreed to sell hot soup to the chil
dren at three cents for a cup of
soup and three crackers. Naturally,
there are those who are unable to
purchase it at any price and they
are taken care of by different in
dividuals and organizations.
The health department of the-
Woman’s Club is furnishing soup to
a great number of children who are
not able to buy.
The school highly pleased with
this new activity of the interested
members of the P. T. A.
From one hundred to two hundred
and fifty pupils are fed every day.
More milk is being brought to school
by the pupils than in the past. The
good of this interest on the part
of the P.-T. A. can not be measured.
Stronger bodies and minds, are being
built. i
The school appreciates the co
operation and work of all those who
; are making possible the grpwth of
the school.
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