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The Courier Mm. Wm. C. Hammer, Publisher aad Business Manager. Harrietts Hammer Walker Editor. Wm. 0. Hammer Estate, Owners. Thursday, October 22, 1931. Entered as second class mail matter b the postoffice at Asheboro, N. C. When death claimed Congressman Ernest R. Ackerman, republican con gressman from the fifth New Jersey district after a week’s illness, prac tically the last hope of the Republi cans organizing the House in the fast approaching session of Congress was removed. This death leaves but 212 Republicans, in the House against 214 Democrats. A special election will hardly be completed between now and the first Monday in December for filling this vacancy, therefore ‘the Republican leaders make the statement that they have little hope of forwarding their plans of two months ago, when they had the edge in numbers. To those who are interested, watching the moves on this board are worth the trouble, but it’s one game where skill doesn’t seem to be shaping the result. Judge John Oglesby, of Concord, stirred up quite a furor in Winston Salem while holding court there. The Judge attributed a major part of the present day “evils of youth” to the parents and advanced the suggestion that if “parents would carry a bible under one arm and a switch under the other” tilings would change. One daily paper contributes a keen piece of wit when a suggestion is made that the Judge must have forgotten, or doesn’t agree that preachers child ren are worse than others. That was dirty dig and we are not adding in sult to injury, but this newspaper staff does not think that Judge Ogles by knows how to give advice about methods of rearing children, for he has them of his own. The only peo ple who feel sufficiently sure of them selves to give expert advice, invited or uninvited, are bachelors and old mads (if they still cal! ’em that). Names of these competent persons will be furnished upon application. MANY ASHEBORO CHILDREN UNDERWEIGHT When your child came home from the first month of school with his or her record in the school office, the weight of that child was also record ed in the schools files. Quite an in teresting situation exists at the school which should be attended to at once for the reason that when your child is reported under weight, it is not a single case to be alarmed about, but there are 506 others in the same condition. A tabulated report of un derweight children was requested for publication and as is always the case, the report came promptly and in very clear manner from the school office. This report is published elsewhere in this paper. In the elementary grad es 805 children were weighed at the dose of the first month of school. Of this number 506 were underweight and, worse still, 139 children are ten pounds or more underweight. In one room there were 44 child ren weighed and 49 found to be under weight. In this particular room the children are from average families who are supposed to hare sufficient food and who should have intelligence enough to balance their meals proper ly, therefore, where is the fault? The conditions exist and the fault is not apparent, but is so widespread that it is a case for the county health of ficer. In this same room, from a reasonably well-to-do family is a child 17 pounds underweight and oth ers almost as bad. These children should certainly have tests made for tuberculosis in order to protect 'them selves and the other children. Some of the underweight children have had such tests and all should have. The health officer should get at the bot tom of this condition. It would seem that the school board would be un easy enough with such conditions ex isting to push an investigation. There are plenty of parents interested in the health of their children to back them up. Certainly this is no time to sit idly back and meet once a month. Perhaps some of the children do not have proper food, bat a provision can be made for them—the Woman’s Club is planning to serve soap as a sup plementary lunch for that class of children. But what of these other children? A child who is perfectly well is normal in weight as a usual We must get at the bottom situation^ and correct it, and M A day when pant redskins, taller l»y a head than modem Indians, roam ed the mid-western plains and follow ed their ehieftian even into the grave is conjured on by recent discoveries along- a Muff of the Mississippi River near St. louii. Nine skeletons, believed by their discoverer to be thoee of IwHm sev cd to «tght feet tall, wen b„ workmen. The burial site is fa a region where r ■■ i i i ii . ■ ] l i — NIGHTSHIRTS VS. PAJAMAS (Greensboro Record) \ Mr. Hal M. Worth, of Asheboro, through the columns of the Chapel Hill Weekly, ha% revived an argu ment that ought to concern every body, and one that promises a wel come relief from tiresome debate over world series, Victorian hats. Hoover, cotton, gold standard and murder mysteries. Mr. Worth, described as North Carolina’s “most fervent champion of the old-fashioned nightshirt,” which of course means he scorns pa jamas, sends the Chapel Hill Weekly the following clipping, which that sprightly journal reproduces in its editorial columns this week: A Fifth avenue haberdasher de clares that the old-fashioned night shirts are coming back with a bang. The sale of pajamas has been slump ing for several years. No one yet has introduced a satisfactory waist band for pajamas. All of them are an noying . . . The most expensive night shirts, incidentally, is one of pure white silk—niade to order—$115. Monogram extra, heigh ho! And Mr. Worth, forwarding the clipping to the Chapel Hill paper, appended this postscript: Now laugh that off, pajama wear ers. Mr. Worth throws down the gauntlet—er, that is to say the pa jama. At any rate he hurls his chal lenge and the battle is on—Night shirts vs. Pajamas. Those, if any, who scorn both gar ments, might be drafted to serve as judges in the impending encounter. It will be interesting to see which side the uses-for-cotton promoters will take. And there are other fac tors which promise to make the argument decidedly interesting. For example, how will the haberdashers line up? HOUSEHOLD HINTS To be sure that all canned meats and non-acid vegetables are safe a steam pressure canner should be us ed. The tarnish on tin cooking utensils should not be scoured off. It helps to hold the heat and is a protection to the tin. When no cream is on hand evapo rated milk may be used. Put the can in cold water, bring to the boil, and boil for five minutes. Chill the milk and then whip with a rotary egg beat er. The refrigerator needs an occa sional washing with hot soapsuds to free it from particles of food dropped from containers. After a thorough washing it should be rinsed first in hot and then in cold water. All racks should be removed and washed also. Late apples usually make good jelly and at a time when the weather is not too warm for comfort. Apples that are slightly underripe make firmer jelly. Mix a few wild crabs with the apples used for jelly making and get a more delicious product. In some sections of the South, there are wild grapes in abundance, fox grapes and muscadines. These not only make good jelly but the pulp may be used for grape sauce and mincemeat. MADE HOME BEAUTIFUL DURING ODD HOURS Because grandmother’s room was a dark, dismal color and her lovely old time furniture in a bad state of re pair, the A. G. Breach family of Caldwell county began improvements which led to the whole house being re novated and beautified. “Mrs. Breach is a member of the home demonstration clubs of Cald well county and was one of those studying home furnishings at the re gular club meetings," says Miss Helen Estabrook, house furnishing specialist at State College. “Through these studies, the whole family was inspir ed to express its affection for Grand mother Breach by making her room more attractive. Mother, father, son and nephew used hours when outside employment was not feasible, laid a new floor, painted the walls a lovely, soft ivory color, added two new win dows and refinished the furniture." When this was done, Miss Esta brook says the cheerfulness added to this room made the remainder of the house look shabby. This did not cause family pessimism because the members had made the important dis covery that they could make valuable improvements at little cost and dur ing odd hours. The other needed im provements were therefore attacked and it was not long before the dining room was enlarged. A door was cut between the dining room and the liv I ing room, and then new floors were laid in the kitchen, living room and dining room. The walls were also re finished. A spacious living .porch was made out of the old narrow porch and the kitchen was equipped to be an effici ent workshop. As a result, says Miss Estabrook, the family spent $250 in labor and materials and now have a home' that is worth much more than the cost is satisfaction and enjoy, ment of living. GOOD NEWS FOR ~ OUR PLUMP SISTERS ■ '•*». 4 -. Paris.—Both English and French fashion dictators have agreed that plumpness should return immediate ly. The erase of sUnmesa, the dic tator? say, is at the root of the The High Notes MAS ARKLE -LARK t Dean of Man, University of X Illinois. A great artist was criticizing the work of bis students. A hundred or so were ranged In front of hlqi while tba work which each had been do ing for a week or so was spread out before him on a huge easel. He would glance at these half-dozen sketches perhaps and then make hla criticism. It was strange how little there was out of the com monplace. Here were men and wom en trying to be great, trying to do something that would bring them out of the crowd, and falling f&r short of It “There Is nothing outstanding In these,” he would say. “They have no blaze, no sparkle, no snap. There are no contrasts, no higher notes, just one dull, commonplace monotone.” “What you should do,” he would continue, "Is to put life Into what you are painting, color, big contrasts. As I looked at the group whose work the artist was criticizing, It seemed to me that the things they were doing were In most cases pretty much representative of their own characters. r* There was a slender, pale youth among the group, with a feminine voice and figure. He did not like out-' of-doors. The work which he did was pretty, delicate, refined and full of de tail, but It was weak, without either daring or originality. There was, in striking contrast to this delicate youth, a husky, stocky athlete who might have been a prize fighter. “I’m curious to see what his pic tures will he like,” I said to the young woman who'sat beside me. When they were arranged upon the easel, they almost shouted at us. There wqs a perfect blaze of color, put on with the boldest strokes. There was nothing pale or weak or sickly about his work, as there was nothing of these qualities in him. • The trouble with the lives and work of too many of us Is that they are drab, without sparkle or high notes. ((c). 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) MILLBORO NEWS Millboro, Oct. 20.—Paul Redding has returned home from Seattle Washington. Miss Bertha Julian, a student at Wesley Long hospital, Greensboro, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Julian, Saturday evening. Hal Aldridge, an Oak Ridge cadet, was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Aldridge, the week end. Mrs. Kemp Plummer, Miss Allene Julian, and Roy Plummer recently visited Miss Elizabeth Plummer at Pineland College, Salemburg. Miss Plummer represented Pineland Col lege in the Atwater-Kent radio con test held at Raleigh the nineteenth of this month. The Helpers Sunday school class of Bethany church, met with Miss Ola Kinley Saturday, October 10th. A business meeting was held, fol lowed with a social. Games were played and delightful refreshments were served. The class members and teacher present were: Misses Mary Brown, Doris Wood, Gladys Pugh, Ola Kinley, Marybelle Lowell, Ruby Nelson and Mrs. Kemp Plummer. More Dairy Cows Three cars of dairy cows have Been sold in Beaufort county so far this season. ~ ' Will Plant Legumes Winter wheat and winter legumes will be planted to a greater extent in Johnson county this fall. * in Duvina... Duyinq. you save in usinq Kr BAKING Mj DAumen Woman Has Passed Hundred And Fifth Milestone The "eternal feminine” asserts it* r/tf>ven in the one hundred and fifth ;ar in Mrs. Reuben Curl as she glad ./ posed for a picture at the home of her daughter in the Hoover Hill Mine section of western Randolph. The old lady, who is partially helpless, hobbled to the chair in the yard and before the camera held up operations while she had her daughter remove the accustomed head scarf and tidy her hair for the occasion. Sitting with head held high and in a dignified, quaint maimer, she was asked to “smile,” but the woman’s ready wit flashed a gleam of earlier years re plying, “That man will go off and tell I smiled at him,” as she solemnly looked at the camera. Mrs. Curl came to Randolph conn-' ty in February 1931 from South Geor gia, traveling in a car more than four hundred milee and only complained of being “a little tired” when she arriv- j e<L She moved with her daughter,! Mrs. R. F. Lomley, who came with her husband to farm in this state. Until two years ago Mrs. Curl kept house for her daughter and her husband: while they worked in the garden and farming. Mr. Lumley spoke of h6r excellent cooking and now finds plea sure in obtaining the old lady’s favorite foods for her and preparing! them in a manner suitable for her | since she has no teeth. The reason for giving up the care of the house and cooking occurred nearly two years ago while out riding with her family and the car hit a hole in the road giving her a teriffic jolt and hurting her back. Prior to that time, her health was excellent and she was al ways busy about her household tasks. Until five years ago when she lost the sight of her left eye, she did the fami ly sewing and still wears clothing of her own make. She was known far and wide as an expert knitter and has made many a yard of cloth which she later sewed into clothing for her fami ly. Twice was she married, the first time to Henry Goss, of South Caro lina, Aiken county, where Mrs. Curl was bom. Her second husband was Reuben Curl.- A son, Henry Goss, is still living in South Carolina while Mrs. Curl makes her home with her daughter Lurany Curl, now Mrs. Lum ley. Mrs. Curl complains little, but says her memory is poor, yet when her daughter forgets a circumstance con nected with her early life, Mrs. Curl is able to supply the information. She refers to herself as old, feeble and helpless, but while she speaks and thinks rather slowly, her mind is clear and she can walk with help. She is able to go to the table for her meals and goes to ride occasionally. Her hair is remarkable, a rather heavy suit yet, and with very few threads of gray running through the coal black tressfes. Her second husband, Reuben Curl, was in the whir between the states and while MrikiCurl does not recall many neidents, slfe remembefs the “ ‘rollin’ officers” who looked for de serters. She also remembered “the Yankees and how mean they were.” In discussing present conditions and In 106th Year MRS. REUBEN CURL “hard times,” Mrs. Curl said, “You folks now a-days just have it so easy that you don’t know what'to do with yourselves” and she told how entire families were hungry, going without food for more than a day. at a time. While Mr. and Mrs. Lumley are working at their tobacco barn, Mrs. Curl lies on the bed for fear she might fall while alone in the house. But she enjoys watching the chick ens as they pick around the door and she can see the leaves on the trees in the woods near-by turning into their bright hues. She is cheerful and appreciative of company and does not dwell upon the approaching close of the chapter, but looks forward to her hundred and fifth birthday, Sep tember 10, 1932. DEMOCRATS CARRY 17 REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS Washington, Oct. 12.—Democrats captured 17 former Republican strongholds in Connecticut at the re cent town elections in the State, while the Republicans won in eight towns that are normally Democratic. For the first time in 25 years, Plainville, the home of former Gover nor John H. Trumbull (Rep.) went Democratic. - _ y - Mrs. Bertha Lesh of Chicago charged in her divorce suit that her husband liked com on the cob so well that he made her get up in the mid dle of the night to boil some for him. Found guilty on a charge of •swind ling $1 from an unemployed man by promising him a job, Martin Waldoch of Buffalo, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. m * TIME TO While crop rotations will modify to some extent the time of applying: limestone to soils, usually best re-, suits are secured when, this material is applied in the fall or early winter on plowed land. “Farm roads are in better condi tion in the fall and the operator can get out over his fields easier than he can when the land is wet and muddy in the spring,” says C. B. Williams, head of the department of agronomy at State College. "Much of the rush of farm work will also be over after the crops are harvested. Lime ap plied at this season on plowed land will be thoroughly mixed with the soil by the action of rains, snow and freezes and feeing thus incorporated into the soil, the lime will satisfy the needs of the soil before another crop is seeded in the spring.” Mr. Williams says the crops that usually will respond to liming and re ceive the greatest benefits are red, crimson and alsike clovers,’ alfalfa, lespedeza, cowpeas, soybeans and hairy vetch. The yields of. cotton, com and small grains will also be materially increased by the use of lime when these crops are grown in rotations where suitable legumes ate included. If part of these legumes are plowed under the use of limestone will be more profitable. Mr. Williams finds that one to one and one-half tons of ground lime stone or ito equivalent per acre ap plied broadcast will usually be suf ficient. The use of such small amounts applied more frequently is more desirable-than making extreme ly, heavy applications at long inter vals, according to field demonstrations reported by county agents of the ex tension service. Fertilizer Increases Yield Split applications of iertilizer to cotton raised the yield from 730 pounds to 1160 pounds of seed cotton an acre at the first jacking in a de monstration conducted by J. W. Bone of Nash county. Little Upkeep Cost For 21 years, J. Williams of H*"— tt county has had perfect satir .ion from a hydraulic ram. The c.uy cost in all this time has been in renewing a pipe line which bad rusted out. APPLY LIME ft IN WORLD _ Farmers In the western the oountry, mourning the om of their crops by SWsshopSTL ffiM* ~mfort thdSehi" the knowledge that thX is not new. According to history, insert of far more devastating natu*. by no means unusual in «i,u» Various instances of such were gathered in 1866 by fw" an, of Greenetmrg, Pa., and n by the Academy of Natural < at Philadelphia. Cowan describes the locust D», of the Roman era, Visitations ofia in France' in 872, when locusts at*i acres a day, again in the sarnTL try m 1613, when they flew tnZ coast of Africa and died by th* t ands in the sea. To Present Play The play, “No Men Admitted." w be presented by the PhilatheacU*,, the M. P. church at an earlv This comedy is full of fun and pm, es to be .tone of the outstanding < tertainments of the season. ”* • notices will be given. Public Auctioneer I sen anything, anywL anytime at public auction! J. E. McDowell P. O. Box 51 : Agheboro, N. Dennis Keel, Dentist Practice Limited To , Orthodondia “The correction of irreguhih' ties of the teeth.” 335 Jefferson GREENSBORO, N. C. 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