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VNews And Views Of Interest To Randolph Farmers: Depression Days Bring A Return | Good Old Custom That Of Bartering Which Is In Vogue Again When People Hare Little Honey, Game Of Give And Take Is Being Practiced Thrhogh Ne cessity In Many Parts Of The United States. With the continued shortage of money the good old custom of barter ing comes into vogue again. Some un usual forms are chronicled in sen ar ticle from New York. In Nyack, N. Y., an artist can ex change a painting for a bag of gro ceries. Pennsylvania fanners might not be able to drive to market and return with a pocketful of money but they can always take in a load of produce and go home with a lag of lamb and some used phonograph records. Participating members of the In wood Mutual Exchange in New York have their roofs patched and their windows washed in exchange for two trunks and a box of books. Or if a member happens to be a elector his services entitle him to gas oline for his automobile and a stated -number of tripe to the exchange’s barber shop. The membership totals several hundred and more than forty occupations are represented. Script is being used in a number of Western cities in place of actual cur rency. Hawarden, Iowa, was one of ‘the first towns to experiment with this medium of . exchange. >The plan . still is being used With success. A very similar method of ‘‘script -dealing” was sponsored in Evanston, HL, by the Evanston Independent Retail Merchants’ Association. “Eir ma” dollars are issued, hacked by gold deposited in a bank. Each time one is used a stamp is affixed. The stamps are sold for two cents. When £0 stamps have been put on the dollar 3s retired from circulation. It has earned its own value and the "earned” dollar is used to buy tax warrants. Ultimately when the tax warrants are taken up, merchants will be paid ac cording to how many stamps they have used. Variations of this plan, with the use of tokens and wooden money are being used with succeee in Park Ridge and Des Plaines, TO., Minneap olis, Lake Charles, La., West Liberty, la., North Manchester, Ind., and scores of other cities. E. R. Danielson, theatre owner and president of the Eussell, Kansas, chamber of commerce, believes the kt a great stimulant to “For every five hundred dollars worth of script we are doing five thousand dollars worth of business, be said. In Memphis .there is a barter or -ganizfttion encouraging -among the city’s unemployed. Their headquarters are in an abandoned ice cream factory. Here a man with an old morris chair can find a man^rith an extra pair of pants and probably make a deal. Old clothing and dis carded furniture are brought in and put on display. If a person has nothing to swap he can pick out what "be needs and chop wood an hour to earn it The wood Is distributed to -the poor. Another city pays the unemployed who do emergency work in script as a means of keeping the laborers from going to neighboring cities to spend “the money. A system similar to New York’s In wood exchange is being employed by the Natural Development Associa tion in Salt Lake City where the or ganisation already has created a tan nery, gas refinery, brickyards, and a “fruit drying plant. Their membership runs into the thousands. THE LITERARY MOUNTAIN# It was not so very long ago that London wls the literary enter of the universe. The great pubHshing boos es were therejthe greatest accolade •an American writer could receive was acclaim from the English crit ics. As a result, American literature took to aping its foreign cousin, and Tor a while the “fashionable” Amer ican authors were more English than the English. AH that has changed. England ■still has her greet literature—hut the highest literary mountains am to be found in this country. The American 'book publisher leads the world—not merely to the promotion of Bales, but in bringing before an audience new talents, new ideas, new and vital ex periments. Much of this he does without hope of gain, knowing from •experience that deficits are almost inevitably the result of adventuring «f this kind. • ' ;■ We need- not, however,* feel sorry Tor the American publisher kumiss -at that. He ha* earned a very def inite reward. It ia to the preeeee of Better for Baby THE most careful mother can not strain her baby’s first cereal feedings as finely as the commercial canngrs. A new product. Strained Cereal, has Just been put on the market by one of the most prominent canners ot strained baby foods, and the strainers used have openings of about one-fourth to one-fifth the area of the holes in the ordinary wlre'strainer used in the home. Finely Ground This cereal mixture of whole whtat, hulled oats and additional wheat germ is finely ground to make it suitable for baby’s sens itive digestive tract, and then cooked in whole fresh milk in stead ot water, and the mixture strained to remove the larger particles of bran. This process means that the nutritive values In the bran or outer layer have Make Suggestions For Quality Tobacco Series Of 20 Suggestions Made By Tobacco Specialist At State College. A series of 20 suggestions which will aid the North Carolina tobacco grower produce a better quality of weed next season is contained in a recent folder by E. Y. Floyd, exten sion tobacco specialist at State Col lege. This new folder is number 33 and is published by the Agricultural Ex tension Service for tobacco growers throughout the State. One part of the folder is given to a discussion of the blue mold disease in tobacco plant beds and gives what Mr. Floyd says is about all anyone knows of this trouble at the present time. The writer points out that tobacco must be grown only on the best suit ed lands this coming season. Adapted varieties must be used and more at tention to the fertilizer adapted for promoting growth and quality of the plant is needed. Mr. Floyd believes also that tobacco may be grown in a suitable crop rotation which will in crease the acre yield without destroy ing the quality. Above all, he says, landowners should require tenant^ to plant a garden this year and see that they have plenty of pork, poultry, pota toes, peas and such other food prod ucts in sufficient quantity for home use. The same requirement should be made with reference to livestock feed and when this is done, the grower is not so utterly dependent upon the price situation. Copies of this new folder are now available free of charge to citizens of the State as long as the present edi tion lasts and those desiring copies may have them on application to the agricultural editor at State College. TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED Question: When is a good time to set or transplant strawberry plants in the mountain or upper piedmont oounties? Answer: Best results are secured when the plants are‘set in the spring in that section of the State. The early part of April is a good time. • • • Question: What varieties of apples, peaches and bunch grapes do you recommend for heme planting? Answer: Good varieties in order of their ripening are: Apple,—Yellow Transparent of Liveland Raspberry, Williams Red June, Horse Apple, De licious, Stayman and Red Winesap. Peach—Mayflower, Arps Beauty, Heath, Cling, .Carman, Belle of Geor gia and Elberta. Grape—Ontario, Moors's Early, Niagara, Delaware, Concord, Bailey and Catawba. Question: Do sheep need shelter in this State? Answer: Yes, particularly for the periods of bad weather. An open shed facing away from the wind is usually sufficient but it should be located on high, well-drained ground, or stiffness and rheumatism will re sult Plenty of light and ventilation is needed but drafts should be avoid Dr. Julian Miller, who has for the past. s{x months been director of the state relief organisation, assumed his duties as associate editor of the Charlotte Observer, January 1. Dr. MUler resigned the editorship of the Charlotte News to accept the relief yearn editor of the Observer, *© been extracted from the entire wheat grain before etralning. _ For baby's first cereal feedings this Strained Cereal in moet cases is of ideal consistency as }t comes from the can. Where desirable to feed with the bottle, it can be readily diluted with milk or water. Its smooth, even consist ency is maintained with no lump^ ing or other difflcnlty whin liquid is added, and no further cooking * is necessary in either case. No salt or sugar is added in canning this Strained Cereal in order that the mother can season as the baby's doctor directs. The ., product can Just Jw poured into a sauce pan, warmed to the de sired feeding temperature, and ' salt or sugar added as the doctor advisee. Be sure always to feed your baby strictly according to the doctor's directions.* ; Home Cured Meats i Means Better Diet Home Curing Of Lamb, Beet And Pork Of Vital Import- . ance To Average Farmer. ^ Some land of meats aids the farm; housekeeper in preparing more pala table meals and this makes the home, curing of pork, lamb and beef an im portant itm in farm life during win-( ter. :j Earl H. Hostetler, animal husband-} man at State College, says there are three factors to be considered in pro viding edible and appetizing meat products on the home farm at a mint imam cost. First, the meat must be thoroughly chilled but not frozen be. fore curing; second, sufficiently saltj with or without other ingredients; must be applied directly to all the ex posed surface of the fresh meat, and third, when cured the meat must b<$ protected from flies, rats and othej| pests. i While pork is the kind of meat aly meat universally cured on all Nort% Carolina farms, it is possible to Wit the “meaty” portions of land) and beef. Both of these mav be cured at home with little trouble n left in ram for the proper length of tune. ^ Mr. Hostetler has used two formtK las for raring meat in his work the college and he says both of these will give good results. To cure by the brine method, hq suggests 12 pounds of salt, 3 pounds of brown sugar, 2 ounces of saltpetre and six gallons of water to each hun dred pounds of meat. To cure by the dry method, use 8 pounds of salt, 8 pounds of brown sugar and 3 ounces of saltpetre to each 100, pounds of meat. These two formulas have been used in a number of meat curing demon strations conducted over North Caro lina in the last two yearn by R. E. Nance and the results have beep gratifying to those who have used the formulas. Now that livestock is selling for a low price, it might be wise to cure more meat at home, us-} ing these formulas, Mr. Hostetler be lieves. THE COUNTY AGENTS WIFE (By Mrs. L. E. H., in Bureau Farm er, Columbus, Ohio.) When you were a little girl at school, do you remember some one gb» ing over your buttons saytng: “Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, merchant chief?" You felt chagrined if you came ou^ “beggar man” or “thief” and a eerj tain elation if it happened to be “doc tor,” “lawyer,” “merchant,” of “chief.” “ ! Although all my buttons have said all the men in the Jingle, I married a county agent, Sam Smith. There were no county agents in the long ago day when my buttons were coun ted, and to many people he is still a peculiar sort of individual. Few peo ple, indeed, understand exactly his duties or the purpose of them. The county agfnt is sort of semi professional man with a great many of the attributes of the hired man. His duties are many and varied. He attends bankers’ meetings, ministerial association gatherings, women’sclubs, the . Chamber of Commerce and civic club luncheons, puts on blasting dem onstrations, is the principal actor in poultry clinics, the manager of the 4-H Qubs, and he may be, and often is, the chief instigator of rat killing demohstratiojis, while he is expected' to attend eleven township Farm Bu giving baby sister her bath, the tele phone rang. I put a towel around her wet little body-and held her while I answered it. It wasn’t a neighborly call or an invitation to a Sunday din ner. A man with an agitated voice was hunting the county agent. A worm, he thought to be army worm, was rapidly going through his wheat field. A number of things were at stake, the taxes, a new cow, dresses for mother and music lessons for lit tle sister. In our old home, before Mr. Smith had gone into county agent work, he had taken a great delight in Sunday school work, serving as Sunday school superintendent in our little church. When he came into county agent work he was asked to serve as superintend ent of the Sunday school in our new community, but the wheat field called and Mr. Smith left posthaste and was gone for hours. Acting on his ad vice, they plowed around the field and treated the plants already af fected and a crop was saved that Sunday morning, even though some one else had to preside at Sunday school. Late one August the deep green groves of the prairie, along the creek ambling its way gently over our county, began blooming with Btrange white flowers—the grayish, whitish, sickly blossoms of the white snake root were tempting the stock feeding in the pastures. Already some cattle had been reported ill, so on another Sunday, instead of taking the sorely needed rest, Sam made a scouting trip through the woods to find out the danger points and warn the owners. He was so busy during the week that he could not find time to do this piece of highly important work. His vacation was due to be gin the next week, but Sam couldn’t bear to think of leaving with the pos sibilities that some thoughtless cow might eat the poison white snake root As he romped with our little ones, he may have visualised the sick little children who drank the milk. One night Sam waked me up to ask me if I remembered reading that milk from cows Which had surely eaten white snake root had caused the death of Nancy Hanks Lincoln? Each fall our Farm Bureau Holds an annual stock show. Sam.is scarce ly home long enough for us to find out what the stock show is. His talk is- all of entries of horses, of hogs, of sheep, and the club boys’ calves. One of the provisos in connection with the stock show rules is that all stock shown must appear in the grand parade. One night Sam came home in great distress. The finest calf, which one of his dub boys had intended to show, absolutely refused to to led. It seemed that this perfectly fine show ealf would have to waste its sweet ness on tiie pasture air, instead of dazzling spectators at the stock show. Sam had watched, the calf grow on its perfectly balanced, weighed food un til be f«t;** *(fuch> interest in it as Hs little owner, so the day before the exhibition he went around to help the boy train the calf and get it proper ly loaded and off to the stock show. That night he came in with the re quest that I make our little house big enough to accommodate several of the smaller boys who had come into town with the cherished calves and pigs. So making up in genuine wel come what I lacked in elaborate prep aration, the little boys were tucked away along with our small children. One winter our family fell victims to the Hu. Sam simply couldn’t get to Farm Bureau meetings for a few nights, but as soon as his fever had left and he could walk around, he be gan getting ready to attend a meet ing in a distant township. I was nearly distracted and afraid for him to go and when he was nearly ready to start, I produced some of his med icine, which I thought might offset any disaster of cold he was to en counter. The eferlasting telephone rang and I went to answer it, putting the medi cine on the table. In the second that I said “hello” the baby reached up and took one of the capsules. Panic stricken, I called the doctor and he said the medicine contained an in gredient which would make it danger ous for baby to go to sleep inside of three hours. Three hours and she was sleepy thenl Sick and distressed I begged Sam to stay with me, bue he said it was a very important meeting and they depended on him. He was in a great hurry and might be late now. Duties of a county agent must be per KILLS EVERY ITCH GERM In a few minutes after applying Reaves Sanitary Lotion, severe itch ing stops and your tortured nerves are normall Reaves Sanitary Lotion is a penetrating liquid that destroys the microscopic germs which burrow into your skin and cause so much an guish* and danger of blood poison. The next time your skin is "burning alive" with itch, apply Reaves Sani tary^ Lotion. For sale by Asheboro Drug Co. and Standard Drug Store, Inc., or sent postpaid for 60c. Reaves Laboratories, Asheboro, N. -C. Relieved By Taking Cardoi "I was weak andean-down and suffered quite a bit with pains in my side," writes Mrs. Nick Bar ranco, of Beaumont, Texas. "I was nervous I did not rest well at night, and my appetite was poor. “My mother had used Cardul With beneficial result, so I decided to take it I surely am glad I did. tor it stopped the pain in my side and buOt up my general health. t took seven bottles in alL" Cards! la sett st all drug stores. formed and like the show—must go on—before careless wives may be humored. Fortunately a neighbor came to the rescue and the next morning we found the capsule behind the door. It wasn’t a good tasting morsel so baby hadn’t eaten it after all. Sam had done his major college work in farm management and soil work but his duties as county agent bring him a great deal of contact with diseased poultry. Still when a hen’s ill health decreases a farmer’s egg profit, Sam readily produces a sug gestion for the control of fowl ty phoid or T. B. or whatever needs at tention. I shall never forget one evening while we were at supper, a gentle Punches for New Year’s ONE at the loveliest women In the world used to cele brate every New Year's eve in her charming home by inviting all her friends to “brew a bowl cf punch” with her. This was many years ago when punch was punch with a punch in it. Per haps the time is going to return when New Year’s eve punches wi'll be permitted to have a punch, cr at least a “kick,” in them, but it will not be this current year. A Fine Old Custom There are many punches, how ever, that make delicious New Year’s eve drinks, and although the “kick” has disappeared from current punch bowls, the charm ing cordiality which inspired the invitation of the lovely woman can still persist, and perhaps in spire someone to write about your hospitality in future years, just as we are remembering her hospitality noww New Year’s calls used to be such a fine old custom, such a neighborly way to start the New Year, that it is a pity to have them fall into disuse. And your hospitality can be just as out going and warm hearted today when you can preside over a punch bowl with ■ such delicious contents, for instance, as this Spiced Hot Punch: Eoil one quart water, a three-inch piece of cinnamon, one teaspoon whole cloves and one teaspoon allspice for five minutes, and thmi strain. Add honey to taste. Adflwc cups syrup from canned pineapple, ai.J reheat. Beat eggs well, allowing one-half egg to each glass to be served. Divide the eggs among man knocked at onr door, holding' an' ailing white hen. We begged him to be seated and he recited a long dis course as to how his fowls sickened, withered, and died. He asked Mr. Smith to hold a post mortem exami-j nation. Sam said he would but really' preferred to wait until he had finish- i ed his supper. Poor Sam, considering when and how he would operate, lost his appetite and with a sigh aban doned his supper. Sam has plenty of time for reflec tion as he goes up and down across the fields and drives over roads of all kinds and descriptions at all hours to various meetings. Before we were married, we had high ideals and j dreams of getting rich and making a | success. I believe he has gained ■ the glasses, and pour the hot punch in, stirring well. Serve at once. This makes from one and a quarter to cne and a half quarts. Or if you want a still more vivid reminder of the taste cf the old New Year’s punches, you plight serve this non-alcoholic modern Hot Rum Punch: Combine six cups cider, one-half cup honey, one cup canned pineapple syrup, one teaspoon cinnamon, one tea spoon nutmeg, one-fourth teaspoon ginger and the rind of one lemon. The last should be thinly pared, using only the yellow part. Sim mer fifteen minutes, strain into punch bowl, and add six table spoons rum extract. Float sev eral small pickled crabapples in the punch. This makes twelve small £ups. Frostily Cold If you prefer a chilled punch to a steaming hot one when you are dispensing New Year’s hospitality, your choice is equally wide. Egg nog used to be a great favorite for these cccasicns, and here is its modern equivalent: The Hew Year Egg-Nog: Beat four egg yolks until thick and add one-half cup sugar and one third cup brandy extract. Com j bine two cups evaporated milk : and two cups water, and add. I Then fold in four stiffly beaten • egg whites. Sprinkle nutmeg on top, and serve very cold. This makes twelve small cups. Cr the tang cf tropical, fruits such as oranges, pineapple and bananas can be combined into a sympathy and understanding with the farmers and their problems and that although his work may be pro saic and humble, it has all the ro mance of an explorer and as high ideals and purposes as those of the ancient Crusaders and if I can help him any in his work, my calling is noble, too. Longest Dual Highway The longest dual highway in the world is now being constructed in Delaware between Wilmington and Dover, the state capital, a distance of 45 miles. If it is job printing you need—then it is time to give the Courier jott printing department a call, phone 144. royal thirst quenching drink in this yew Year’s Eve Punch: Mash two bananas, and add two cups canned pineapple syrup, one cup evaporated milk, two tablespoons fresh lime juice, one-half cup orange juice and one-half cup crushed pineapple. Shake well with crushed ice. This makes five tall glasses or ten cups. Sweet and Satisfying For a frosty night either of the two following punches is sweet and satisfying. Particular Punch: Melt two squares chocolate in a double boiler. Smooth two teaspoons cornstarch with two tablespoons cold water, add one-half cup sugar and a few grains of cinnamon, and add to melted chocolate. Add two cups of hot strong coffee, and cook until creamy, stirring con stantly, cover and cook ten min utes. Chill. Add two and one half cups chilled evaporated milk, and serve in tall glasses with a dab cf whipped cream on top. This makes four or five' cups. Holiday Stein: Mix cne gallon cf sweet cider with cne and one half pounds brown sugar, a six inch stick of cinnamon, one table spoon whole cloves,, one table spoon whole allspice, one piece whole mace, cne-half teaspoon salt prid two tablespoons crystal lized ginger, and simmer ten min utes. Strain. Add the contents of two ten-ounce cans grapefruit juice and one-half cup orange juice, and reheat, but do net boil. Serve steaming hot in earthen ware steins or mugs. This makes four quasts.* CONDITION OP BANK OF COLERIDGE Coleridge, N. C. At Close of Business December 31,1932 RESOURCES Cash on Hand and in Banks. $11,721.49 Banking House. 2,155.00 Furniture and Fixtures. 2,025.35 Loans and Discounts. 42,389.99 Total...$58,291.83 | LIABILITIES Capital Stock.•'.$10,000.00 Surplus Fund. 6,000.00 Undivided Profits... 49.54 Deposits . 42,242.29 Total ...... $58,291.86 STOCK HOLDERS W. J. ALLEN J. A. BROWER E. L. BRADY E. G BYRD ESTATE J. U. CAVENESS DR. R. L. CAVENESS P. C. CAVENESS R. C. COX DR. C. A. HAYWORTH MRS. JAMES NEELY G E. MACON R. L. MOFFITT J. D. ROSS C. E. WARD W. H. YOW F. C. CAVENESS President A. S. HJNSHAW Vice President G. W. ALLEN CASHIER “ A SAFE PLACE TO DO YOUR BANKING ' H J’f V *■ -.at. .’.3&&R9
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