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. . HUNTING PROFITABLE * HOIBT TON WESTERN CANOUNNS bills?cod the movn of Western North are digging it op in the wild ginseng roots, spend mfcny a Sunday aft looking for these roots as supplementing the in their small farms, many of his neighbors J. R. of Reems Creek, has his Ite and "secret" spots to His last diggings uncovered area's champion ? a root -ceiling one and a quarter ?pounds and believed, because of its size, to be at least 100 years old. Mundy's afternoon search net tad him $12.50, having sold the foot to a local herb dealer. The local dealer sold it for $40 to a New York firm and the root is Eon its way to a Hong Kong, i, auction. "Once in China is no telling what price a root of this size will bring," said 'Robert A. Blustein, the New York dealer. It is the largest he >id seen in 10 years of buying ftd selling ginseng. - In-China, if a man is at death's door a little ginseng tea will keep him alive for a day or two so he can straighten up his affairs. Opium smokers use it for "hang overs." It is believed to prolong life?and even to restore it. The American men of science think little of the ginseng as a medicine?hut in China it is a "cure-all." Large, old ones like Mundy's specimen are often pre served and worshipped as gods. In fact, Blustein predicts that this particular root?for a "fab ulous" price?will find its way into some rich man's home, its very presence supposed to ward off all illness to the household. Ginseng is found only in China and North America, growing on I wooded hillsides. About 60,000 pounds are dug each year, over half of this being found in West ern North Carolina, parts of Ken ! tucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The plant ranges from eight inches to two feet in height, con sisting of several stems with three clusters of leaves on each. In the Pall it bears small red berries which drop and bury themselves in the ground to produce more ginseng?but it takes at least seven years for the roots to be come large enough for digging. The average root on the mar ket today is two to four inches long and about one-half to one inch in thickness. It has many branches, often taking shapes similar to the human figures. There is no judging of the root by the plant. Small, short stem med plants often have large, old roots and enormous plants often reveal tiny roots too small for selling. The ones too small for the market are brewed by the mountain women for a "health tonic." Blustein says ginseng can be cultivated, although the wild root brings a higher price. He has of fered to get the seed for any farmer who has the land to try it and says the price today, for the cultivated variety, ranges from $7 to $16 a pound. ???? o R. S. Dearstyne. head of the Poultry Department at State College, says North Carolina poultrymen could save thous ands of dollars each year if they do a careful and consistent job of culling their laying flocks. Support the Scouts Tea Rales Oa How To Grow Old Gracefully New York.?Ten commana ments for a person to grow old gracefully, as listed by Dr. Her man Seldel of Baltimore: He should continue to work at his Tocation and retain his ac customed position in society as long as possible. Avoid sedentary habits and inactivity, continue with what ever open air activities or hob bies he may be accustomed to; if he has none he should acquire some. Engage in systematic daily exercise, designed to prevent er overcome physical deformities; these should include the practice of deep breathing. Make full use of helpful gad gets such as hearing aids, eye glasses and dentures. Keep face and body free from unsightly blemishes. Always maintain self-respect | and dignity, be Jealous of his appearance, dress neatly, and re tain good manners. Continue contact with buddies and lifetime friends, and learn to make new ones. Follow good body hygiene and sanitation; eat sensibly?a well balanced diet of nourishing food. Seek medical advice at fre quent intervals, and carry out in full the advice given. Above all avoid despair and an outlook of futility, and "fear God and keep His Command ments, for this is all that is re-'? quired of a man." I Dr. Seidel, chief of medicine,; Hebrew Home for the Aged and Infirm, Baltimore, is author of one chapter in a new book, "Re habilitation of the Handicapped" edited by William H. Soden. One reason fer a more cheer ful outlook for older people sb that the nation has so many of them, and will have even more in the future. This fact la com pelling research into the changes and processes of aging, and how to help people age more grace fully, he says. "It is inaction that is harmful to the aging person and not ac tion," Dr. Seidel writes. ?. o? Commissions Are Now Available In Air Force Reserve Commissions as a. second lieu tenant in the United States air force reserve are now available to young men and women who meet the qualifications, it was announced today by the air force recruiting representative here in North Wilkesboro. The qualifi cations are: age 21 to 28; edu cation: high school graduate plus two years college or be able to pass equivalent examination; have served at least six months as warrant officer or one of the first three grades in the air force of the United States, or the air corps of the army of the United States, or the array of the United States. Some men are eligible regard less of rank held if they are col lege graduates. Those who have held or are now holding a com mission in any of the armed forces are not eligible. For further information con tact the U. S. Army and U. S. Air force recruiting station in the City Hall, North Wilkesboro, N: C. Rev. Waft Cooper In Historic Tableau Chapel Hill Church Three days of reminlscense, special ceremonies and feasting marked the Centennial of the Chapel Hill Presbyterian church last week-end. One of the high lights of the program was a his toric tableau in which four nar rators impersonated four m \ln figures in the history of the church. They were: Phillips Rus sell, a member of the Centennial Committee: Rev. Watt Cooper, North Wilkesboro, who took the part of "Parson" W. D. Moss, famous minister of the first World War period here; Mrs. G. A. Harrer, Chapel Hill, who ap peared as Cornelia Phillips Spen cer, one of the Church's most ac tive workers in the postwar per iod up unMl 1894; Dr. Wallace E. Caldwell of the University History 'Department, who took the role of ex-Governor David L. Swain, president of the Univer sity of North Carolina before th? J Civil War; and Henry R. 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