Interesting Meeting Of Parent-Teachers Is Held At Farmer First Grade Carries Off Honors For Most Parents Present— Grade Mothers. Farmer, April 7.—Farmer Parent Teacher Association held its regular monthly meeting on Friday night with good attendance. A beautiful pen nant, painted by Miss Myrtle Scarboro, teacher of the third grade, was pre sented to the first grade for haring the largest number of parents and patrons present at the meeting. The primary and grammar grades have chose'n the following as grade mothers for the present term: • 1st grade, Mrs. J. R. Hammond; 2nd, Mrs. Herbert Kearns; 3rd, Mrs. M. F. Skeen; 4th, Mrs. S. A. Cooper; 5th, Miss Hope Hubbard; 6th, Mrs. Fred Bingham; 7th, Mrs. C. C. Cranford. The high school grades have not chos en grade mothers. After the business was disposed of I Miss Louise Kendall, one of the high school teachers gave an excellent talk on the duties of parents to the child and the teacher. This was followed \ by two musical numbers given by girls of the 6th and 7th grades. Mrs. T. J. Shaw, of Greensboro, and Mrs. W. J. Moore and Miss Nannie Bulla, of Asheboro, were guests of Mrs. C. C. Hubbard one day last week. Dr. and Mrs. Hale Harrington, of Grant, Va., were guests of Mr. Madi son Hammond on last Wednesday. Mrs. Harrington is a niece of Mr. Hammond. Mr. D. F. Allred is very ill at his home near Farmer. Mr. L. H. Dorsett, of Mt. Gilead,' visited his mother who was sick at that time but is improved. Mr. Joe Kearns, of Durham, George Kearns and family, of High Point, Fred Kearns and family, of Asheboro, | Herbert Kearns and family, of Far-1 mer, Miss Lucile Kearns, of Sumner school, Miss Lois Sowell, of N. C. C.! W., Mr. Sidney Kearns, of High Point,! and Mr. Kingston Gregg, of Pinehurst, j visited at Mr. J. 0. Kearns Sunday, honoring Mrs. Kearns, whose birth day was Monday. THE ROAD TO TAX RELIEF (Thomasville News and Times) Two weeks ago The News and Times in an editorial article under the caption: '"State Aid to Counties,” said that the time will come when all schools will be operated by the state and the counties will have nothing to do with them, and that all important roads have already been taken over by the state and it only remains for; some far-sighted man, or woman, who really has the educational interests of the state at heart to make his way into the legislature for the schools likewise to be taken over. Along this same line the Raleigh News and Observer offers the first definite tax relief plan we have seen and the Raleigh paper puts it this way: 1. Reach property now untaxed and secure new sources of revenue. 2. Provide the money for an eight months uniform public school by a uni form tax on property in every county in the state on an uniform state dir ected assessment of property supple ment by funds from other sources. 3. Put all public roads under the state highway commission and pro vide the funds from gasoline and other sources, relieving property from all roads tax, for state highways and .lateral roads. It will be well to use convicts largely in the program. 4. Cut expenses and cut deeply. Going into detail, the News and Ob server elaborates on the four items in its program as follows: 1. Securing the taxation of the mil lions of dollars of intangibles now escaping all taxation, increasing the income tax, and tax on public service corporations earning big money, and finding new sources of taxation such as the same sort of sales tax on lux uries as is now imposed on gasoline, fertilizer, etc. Obeying the plan mandate of the Constitution by a state system of schools. Instead of obeying the Con stitution and giving “a general and uniform system of public Tchools,” the legislature does nothing but direct each county to have a six months school out of revenues it collects, and then gives additional sums by way of largesses to help equalize the terms. It is the duty of the legislature to levy and collect enough school tax to carry on the schools for a uniform term. As long as the present un constitutional system remains, Pender, for example, will be overtaxed, and Forsyth will be undertaxed. The sys tem should be financed. The system should be financed by a uniform tax on all property in the state and from other sources to be provided. 3. The state highway department should have control and direction of every road in the state, hardsurfaced and other, lateral as well as state and the legislature should provide the money for such complete care for all the roads from Murphy to Manteo "Without any tax on real or personal property. 4. Reduction of expenses, drastic re duction in state, county and city gov ernment in every branch. In the in flation period extravagance crept in. Instead of reduction, there has bfeen in most departments an increase in officials and an increase in compen sation. Individuals have been forced recently to economize. Governmental agencies must do likewise. These are the four steps, the Raleigh -points out, that must be taken e are to be reduced 0 feet, but it af fords an unsurpased view southward over the gulf of Pechili and eastward toward the Liaotung peninsula, on which the Russians built Port Arthur and on whicli the Japanese now oc- j cupy Dairen. Lushan is very rugged, j and in olden times every cliff was j ornamented with a temple. Yehlituyu. | the famous Chiton who rose to power nnder Genghis Khan, was an especial j devotee of I.usfean and legends have it j that he selected this mountain to he "the eternal trustee of wisdom.” Ac cordingly he is supposed to have j buried 10,000 sacred books in a cav ern under the peak of the mountain, and then to have erected over his re- j pository the temple which today is a bleak ruin. Old English Custom of Wassailing Apple Trees During the month of January, Som erset (England) farmers participate in j the time-honored custom of “wassail- . Ing” the apple trees so as to insure a bumper apple crop. The ceremony j takes place at night by the flickering ! and uncertain light of a lantern. The I villagers gather in each orchard in J turn, round the largest apple trees they can find. A bucket of cider ac- j companies them, in which a small , piece of toast is dipped and placed in the branches. Then an old chant Is 1 sung, starting: "Oid apple-tree, old apple-tree, we've come to wassail thee." Tliis song concludes with an exhortation to the tree to: grow apples enow! Hats full, caps full, three bushel b*g» 1 full, Big barn floors full, and a little heap under the stair. Then {runs are fired and the villag ers drink the health of the trees in eider, ft is a quaint custom, and has been kept np for centuries. Fertile Nile Valley The waters of the Nile, which attain their greatest height in September, commence to recede in October, leav ing behind them a rich, fertile soil, whieh first appears in the form of island*. To these the canny Egyp tians raw out at the earliest possible moment to plant melon-seeds, so that the melon-plans may mature, and fruit ripen, before the waters begin to rise again in June. One of the commonest sights in Egypt in the spring is a long string of camels roped nece-to-tail, and led by a small boy; each animal bearing on its back a huge netful of round green water melons. *T«1 Next Time Although she has an assortment of hats, she wants a new one. (That’s the woman of it.) He says he thinks she can get along without it. (That’s the man of it.) She insists that she can’t, and she’s going to get it. (That's the woman of it.) He says “not if he knows it." (That’s the man of It.) She breaks down and weeps. (That's the woman of it.) He gives in. (That’s the end of it.) —The Kalends. Trees in United States The number of tree species varies enormously throughout the world, says Forests and Mankind. Over that great stretch covered by north Russia, Sweden, and Norway, the forests con tain only about half a dozen tree species. In the hardwood forests of the East, one can find ten times that many in an afternoon's walk. Trop ical forests have thousands of known species and perhaps hundreds more not yet discovered. About eight hun dred different tree species grow in the United States. Word* Changed by Time A "heathen” originally was a dweller on a heath. The early Christians were mostly persons living in cities or walled towns; and the wild, half-sav age dwellers of the moorland heaths were among the last to abandon their old gods. In England the letter “e” was for merly pronounced like “a,” and be cause the village clergyman was usu ally the most socially prominent In dividual in the place he became “the person.” We still preserve the old pro nunciation and'call him the parson. Grand Little Idea Chib Work Progressing Four-H dub work fa getting under wag in Craven county with about 160 members enrolled in the different projects. Some boys and girls are un able to join because of financial con ditions but provision is being made to aid each worthy member. “But, dear,” said the wife, looking over the plans for their new home, “what’s the idea of these two bath rooms next to each other?” "That,” he said grimly, “is some thing to make married life easier. One will be fixed up any way you want it, the other is mine, and if ev# you stick a guest towel in it, or object to my singing In it while I’m takiug a show er-well, you may ’as well start pack ing up and go home to mothe'r.”—Cin cinnati Enquirer. Take Care Of Flock During Spring Months Poor Economy To Let Chickens Rustle For Themselves When Eggs Are Cheap. Raleigh, April 4.—Because eggs are low in price during April, May, June and July, some North Carolina poul trymen fail to care for their flocks as they should at this season and therefore lose an income which should | be received. “With the coming of warm weather 1 poultrymen are inclined to let their hens care for themselves. Some ! growers feel that the birds can pick up their own living and others are too busy with other farm work to give the flock the attention it deserves,” says C. F. Parrish, poultry extension specialist. “This is poor economy. Our demonstrators show that it takes J about 11 pounds of scratch feed and 14 pounds of mash feed for each bird during the four months of April, May, June and July. The average feed con sumption a bird for each month should be 2.7 pounds of scratch feed and 3.3 pounds of mash feed.” Given such amounts of feed, Mr. Parrish says the hens will lay 18 eggs : each in April, 19 eggs each in May, j 16 eggs a hen in June and 15 eggs a hen in July. This is 68 eggs a hen for the four months. If each egg is valued at only two cents, every hen in the flock will return $1.36. The feed cost to produce the eggs is 30 cents for scratch and 50 cents for mash or 80 cents for all feed given during the four months. This leaves a profit per hen above feed cost of 56 cents a bird. A flock of 100 birds will thus bring in $56 during the four months. These facts disprove the theory that Sargon Saved His Life, Says Brown “A little less than 2 months ago I de cided to take the Sargon treatment and I honestly believe that decision saved my life, W. O. BROWN “I suffered so much with, indiges tion I wasn’t able to eat anything much but rice and milk and even this disagreed with me. I was subject to sick headaches and an awful pain in my right side and stubborn constipa tion, and kept steadily goirtg down hill in spite of the fact that I took enough medicine to fill a basket with empty bottles. When I started Sar gon I was flat on my back in bed and had been there for 2 months. Five bottles of Sargon made me as strong and well as I was 10 years ago! I eat hearty meals, indigestion is over, I’ve gained 21 pounds, sleep good and feel good all the time. Sargon Rills com pletely overcame my constipation and the pain in my side and headaches have entirely disappeared. —“W. O.' Brown, Brown Pottery Co., Arden, N. C. Asheboro Drug Company, Ashe boro, N. C. -3 MAKING IT EASY TVJRING the winter months ^ nearly everyone would be benefited by the consistent use of cod-liver oil. One of the drawbacks to its more general use is its natural taste. SCOTTS EMULSION is not only cod-liver oil prepared for easy digestion, it is also made pleasant-fasting and this makes it available to millions who need its health-giving benefits. Be sure you use Scott’s Emulsion—it’s cod-liver oil made easy to take. Scott St Bowne, Bloomfield. N. 7. 30-2 v Same Price for over 38 year* there is no money in 25-cent eggs, claims Mr. Parrish. If one does not wish to sell at this price, he might select the best and freshest eggs and place them in cold storage for sale next fall. A number of poultrymen cooperating to do this in a community could reap a right nice little profit next fall. Charles A. Jones, of Lincolnton, was renominated Saturday by ninth dis trict Republicans as candidate for Congress. Mr. Jonas is one of two Republican congressmen from North Carolina, the other being George M. Pritchard, of the tenth district, who will not be a candidate to succeed himself. 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