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75 Per Cent Pupils Enrolled In School Attend Regularly This Means That One-Fourth Of School Money Is Wasted—Is A Serious Matter. Raleigh, Sept. 2.—With the opening of schools throughout the state, better attendance should be one of the goals ■et by both the schools and the com munity, according _to a statement by J. N. Freeman, school attendance di rector for the State Board of Chari ties and Public Welfare, u He said, "Only three-fourths of the children enrolled are getting the ben efit from the money that is being •pent on schools, for last year the average daily attendance was only 75.5 per cent of the total enrollment. This means that last year 208,127 children were out of school each day, while 640,661 were present. More than two hundred thousand children were not profiting from the $29.69 per capita expenditure made for them.” Mr. Freeman pointed out that school attendance can be improved only when the parents realize the serious consequences which result from keep ing children out of school, and make an effort to have them attend regu larly; and when the teachers and school authorities are rigid in their insistence upon daily attendance. Prosecution for violating the school attendance law is necessary in ex treme cases, but it is not the purpose of the school attendance division to urge prosecution except as a last re sort “There are many better ways of enlisting the cooperation ot tne par ents and the enthusiasm of the chil dren”, Mr. Freeman declared. One of these ways, he said, is to point out to the parents the value of an education to the child, and the difficulties en countered in life by the person who grows up in ignorance. Moreover, the state board of chari ties and public welfare is not only in terested in the attendance of children within the compulsory school age; but is anxious to improve school attend ance beyond these age limits. An interesting fact about school at tendance in this state is that city chil dren attend school six per cent bet ter than rural children. Mr. Freeman urges the children in the country not to be outdone by their city neighbors, since rural schools and transportation have improved so greatly. He said, “With the schools being made so attractive now, with the ease in transporting brought about by the system of trucking rural children to school, and with the improved high ways, North Carolina should make a big improvement in its school attend ance rating which is now 39th among the states in the union. The children in North Carolina should be getting the value from the money being spent.” Twenty-one Chatham county junior club members, each the owner of a purebred Jersey calf, took part in the first Chatham County Calf Club Show, staged on the court house lawn in Pittsboro on Friday. More than 250 persons attended the show. STATE WILL HAVE NEW FARM BODY Raleigh, Sept 2.—The Grange, one of the leading national farm organiza tion in the United States, has come to North Carolina. For some time, Fred Brenckman, Washington representative of the Grange, has been at work in the State organizing locals at various points. In this work he has had the support and cooperation of the farm and home agents of the State College Extension Service and the advisory help of a committee headed by Dr. Clarence Poe, Editor of the Progressive Farmer and chairman of the college board of trustees. At the meeting held last week in the office of Dean I. O. Schaub, head of the school of agriculture, it was decided to issue a call for a state con vention of the Grange to be held at Raleigh on September 26 and 27. At that time officers will be chosen, a constitution adopted, a program of work mapped out, and the organiza tion placed in the hands of the North Carolina farmers. L. J. Taber, master of the National Grange, will be pres ent to help the new state organiza tion get started. In commenting on this new develop ment in farm organization in the Sttate, Dean I. O. Schaub said that the Grange is the oldest farm organiza tion of its kind in the United States. It has been in continuous existence since 1867 and now has 800,000 mem bers in granges located from Maine to California. It is unique among film organizations in that it is a fra ternity, an educational institution, and a social club. For over two genera tions, it has been an outspoken spokes man for rural America. (t the meeting to be held on Sep iber 26 and 27 from 60 to 100 del from the recently o: E are expected to be present. Guiding Athletics to a Pennant. .'A« thP American League pennant chase nears the end, it seems ^ddnPeveCre * Kid ^k^Teft, anS Macr«nd Eddie Collins. InsSfc Gleason and CUin. are a* sistant s to . Mack. Art Of Curing Tobacco Begins When Weed Is First Placed In The Barn (By T. D. Martin, in Winston-Salem Journal) You who smoke the manufactured cigarette, and puff the weed in your pipe, or still who chew the weed, sometimes stop to wonder where all those smokes come from, but perhaps, little wondering that they are a result of one of the most fascinating arts known. True planting, growing and tending tobacco in the field has its odiums to the average person; it ■means days of labor in sweltering heat—but still as heat is the require ment that good tobacco needs—the good tobacco raiser cannot well object to it. ! After practically ninety days of' watching over the plants, the grower begins to harvest, pulling his leaves from the bottom of the plant. You may say anyone could pull leaves like that and tie them on sticks, as modem j tobacco harvesting is done, but it takes a skillful hand and a keen eye. i Tobacco leaves begin to ripen on the bottom ot tne plant lirst, tnis being, due to the bottom leaves being the 1 oldest on the stalks. These leaves are pulled and placed in the sunshine for a short time, so that they will fall, making handling without breaking the valuable fibers in the leaves, possible. 11 The rest is understood by practically ] any person, for it is well known that ' the leaves are tied on sticks, and ,i placed in a barn and cured. But tying I too has its technicalities. The leaves 1 are tied in three to five in a bunch, i and just any novice couldn’t make the 1 little twist in the twine which will. keep the leaves from falling out. One leaf falling on a hot flue or pipe would 1 cause the whole bam to bum, especial- j ly when the heat is extremely high. 11 Well tied on the sticks, they are ] placed in the bam evenly, so that 1 the heat fro mthe fires below may ‘ reach all parts of the bam. If 1 possible, the sticks are placed so that the leaves on them will not lap, as lapping caused overheating ' and which in turn may make black spots on the leaves, ruining market ‘ vaiue. Where Art Begins The art of curing tobacco be gins the minute the tobacco ia all in place in the bam. Then the three j days and three nights of constant vi-! gil, begins, which will mean more or | less remuneration, according to the “artist” who is in charge. The cur- j ing is taken by stages: the yellowing: stage, leaf drying stage and stem dry-! ing-stage. The yellowing and leaf. drying stages are more important than' the last one although all three are of primary importance. The yellowing of tobacco in the bam may be carried out with or with out the aid of artificial heat. In hot weather, the leaf will naturally yellow itself, but in cooler weather some heat is required to make it yellow more quickly. This requires from one to four days according to the weather. Sometimes a slow heat of from 80 de grees to 100 degrees is kept up inter mittently until the leaf is the right color to begin the drying. When drying of the leaf begins, the heat is gradually increased and must be kept up until the leaf is entirely the heat does not go beyond this mark I to a great extent. If allowed to re 'main at a high temperature, the to bacco will be “scorched,” which is very near to the burning point. Practically one day and one night is required to dry the stem of the leaf, to prevent “sponging” of the leaves—“sponge” it is called. The stem if not entirely dry, will when packed down begin to mil dew and mold, later decaying and : ruining the body of the leaf, which I means disastrous results both in price and quality. The operation is then over, and the person curing the tobacco remains un 1 til the heat subsides, for at all times, 1 after the leaf is dry, there is danger of burning. A bam of tobacco can go up in flames in ten minutes, due to the dry condition of both bam and tobacco after a curing operation. Must Be Ordered Ordering of tobacco is another op i eration which requires a lot oi atten tion. Too much moisture will cause the leaf to turn from a golden yellow to a light or dark red, thus decreasing the market value. If green, or cured with a green running through the leaves, the tobacco must be packed in a semi-dry condition for several days and the green will gradually disap pear. In the one bam may be found, “wrappers,” “filler,” “chewing” and numerous other grades of leaf, which must be carefully sorted so that the leaves correspond in color, texture, and size. “TO ATLANTIC CITY BY RADIO” Dear Editor: In this day of easy travel it is prob ably a waste of space in your good paper to write of last week’s trip. However, I am getting the habit of “asking much and receiving some”, so here goes. Having recently attended “Buyer's Week” at Lynchburg, accompanied by my wife, and spending some time in Richmond, I had thought to leave off this trip which the Atwater-Kent Rad io Distributors at Greensboro and Ra leigh had offered their dealers, but since they so cordially asked each dealer to go I reconsidered and went, which decision I am indeed glad I made. At Greensboro we were asked to register and there received reserva tions on “Atwater-Kent Special" pull man train, which 166 of us boarded. A sumptuous dinner was served in din ing car enroute, and upon arriving at West Philadelphia station six large buses took us to Pennsylvania Hotel where we enjoyed a good breakfast. At 9:30 our ‘Train of Buses” took us through the city of Philadelphia, which city covers territory the size of Randolph county—and to the Atwater Kent factory on the Northern suburbs (I presume) of the town. Entering this plant we saw much more than we could either describe or remember. Although the plant has a mushroom growth, from standpoint of time, you couldn’t discover any lack of rugged strength, out door light and efficiency. Having recently doubled its capacity, the factory now covers 33 acres and additions are still in the making. The 7,000 women and as many more men, all were working with yankee precision and rapidity. There must be literally many miles of chain belt carriers, transferring parts to their department, and finally de livering the finished sets, packed for shipment in the shipping warehouse, one every three seconds, or 12000 per day. It was indeed an hour and half’s A USED PIANO SHOWROOM The BROCKMANN MUSIC CO., at Greensboro, has a special store room for bargains la goad used Wife Three In Ten Man’s chances of picking a good home-making wife are three in ten, according to a survey of the Illinois Federation of Women’s clubs. Wives were divided in the survey into five classes: Home maker or Ideal type, 80 per cent; Jass, “can opener” type, 20 per cent; Magging type, 16 per cent; Drudge type, 20 per cent; Baby doll type, 16 per emit. A writer citing the figures, summed up the faults of wives in four of the classes, declaring that they enjoy poor health they are always tired; they are forever finishing the dishes; they have the children always around; they contract the kimono habit; they go in for delicatessen meals; they are always picking things up; they fill the house with relatives; they don’t get around to tidying things up; they go into that after-mar riage slump; they lose their husbands. “Not all wives,” says the writer, have time or money for a thorough making over. Perhaps the modem woman in her enthusiasm for tackling new problems has been a little slow to apply her new knowledge to a solu tion of the age-old problem of how to get along with a man.” time of great interest to the party. Assembling at entrance we took our bus train which leisurely motored through Fairmont Park, 15 to 20 miles, to our hotel for lunch. Here a feast was served and delightful mu sical program given, enterspersed by snappy speeches by representatives of the company. Mr. Kent royally entertained us while in his city and topped the day with a free trip to Atlantic City, where these dealers were shown every courtesy. We took a dip in the surf and another good feed and free en tertainment. One of the best for tunes of the trip for me was the good company of a fellow dealer, Mr. J. T. Pugh, of Asheboro, a gentleman it is a pleasure to be with. On returning I stopped at Balti more a few dpys, where I met many friends and purchased goods for our place. Coming home I found myself indeed grateful to the sponsors for the trip and yet glad indeed to get back to the Sunny South, where a higher regard is given to the finer things of life and to my loved ones at “Home, Sweet Randolph’s First Woman Attorney t l I • Mr*. Juanita Gregg Winn, of Lib* erty, Randolph’s first woman lawyer, was one of the interested visitors at the opening of Superior Court in Asheboro Monday morning. She was accompanied by her husband, C. R. Winn, who is studying law at Wake Forest College, where Mrs. Winn fin ished this year and recently success fully passed the State bar examina tion. Mrs. Winn will teach in the Lib erty public schools the coming ses sion, and after her husband obtains his law license, it is probable they will open an office in Greensboro. Mrs. Winn is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Gregg, of Liberty, and is a grad uate of Greensboro College, where she attained high scholastic honors. Dr. Mayo On Prohibition Dr. Mayo, one of the world’s great est surgeons whose name is a house hold word, the other day when speak ing in Manchester, England, said: “The great middle class in America is no longer drinking. The class at the top and the dregs at the bottom are still at it. The saloon is gone and no one wants it back. 4 Liquor is scarce and what there is is not safe.” Home.” V. C. MARLEY, Ramseur, Sept. 2, 1929. Mias Clara Stroud To Teach Music This Year At Mt Gilead Graduate Of Greensboro College And Majored In Music—Troy Smith Is Improving. Liberty, Sept 2.—Miss Clara Stroud left last week for Mt Gilead where she will be in charge of the music de partment of the school. Miss Stroud was graduated from Greensboro Col- J lege the past spring, having majored j in music. A piano recital by the pupils of Miss Octavia Hatch’s music class was given in the school auditorium Friday night and was greatly enjoyed by an appre ciative audience. Little Miss Annie Kidenhour, of West Palm Beach., Fla., gave several dance numbers. Troy Smith, who underwent an op eration for appendicitis in Wesley Long Hospital, Greensboro, several days ago, has returned home much im proved in health. The Sunday school class of Mrs. Ben Humble, of the Methodist church enjoyed a picnic at the home of Mrs. Humble Wednesday afternoon. After games and a good time were thor oughly enjoyed, a picnic supper was spread on the lawn. Boyd Reitzel, who is a patient at the Clinic hospital in Greensboro suffering from a nervous breakdown, is considerably improved his many friends throughout the state will be glad to learn. Dr. Coda Martin has returned to i Monroe after a several days’ visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Martin. Mrs. W. E. Carr and son, Ralph E. Carr, and granddaughter, Barbara Jene Carr, of Hutchinson, Kansas, who have been spending the past month with Mr*. Carr's sister, Mrs. J. T. Underwood, left for their home Monday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Underwood and daughter, Kath erine, who will spend a few days in the capital city with them. They are making' the trip through the-country. The young men of the town gave a delightful dance Friday night in the Junior hall honoring the young women of Liberty who are soon to leave for the various colleges of the state, and their guests who have been visiting here the past week. Dancing was en joyed until a late hour and music was furnished by an orchestra from Greensboro. The chaperons were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Swaim, of Hamlet; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McPherson, Mrs. Frank Ridenhour, Mrs. Garrett Martin, and Mrs. J. T. Underwood. Total indebtedness of Montgomery county on June 30, 1929, amounted to $1,958,860, according to the audit An excellent oil portrait of the late T. J. Finch, of Trinity, has been placed in the lobby of the First National Bank at Thomasville. Mr. Finch was for many years president of this ins titution. Scott’s Emulsion Match prices THESE WE'RE OFFERING SMASHING BARGAINS THIS WEEK ... GET YOUR TIRES NOW AT THESE LOW PRICES Here are the Figures! COMMANDERS 30x3_ $4.37 30x3 1-2_ 4.46 31x4- 8.55 32x4_ 8,96 29x4.40_5.36 30x4.50 _6.26 31x5^5_ _ 10.49 mm—m—rnm—mm—m—m MERE'S the tin event you've been welting for . . Bargain Week on Goodrich Tire# ... at our • | •tor•right now! ■
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