Radio Helps a
A School Girl
We live in the country ten miles
fwvro ary town, but on account of
#w radio set we are never loneaome.
AH farmers love to hear woather
forei-ast* and livestock and cotton
refionn. No on® lives near us who
has a radio set, *o several of the
neighlxire coins in at night U» hear
tl»i- concert* and market report*.
Raster Sunday night on# of my
great oaclea came over to he*r the
Raster eermon which had been an
nennced the Saturday night befora.
H seemed to enjoy the sermon and
tbe mnsic very urucb. He think* it
it a wonder but do®# not undersutud
How we ean hear ao clearly, from so
♦nr away, without more wire.
Hot after all the real value of the
radio tio the farmer to this:
ftn sltrmy Sunday afternoons and
the farmer can gather his
family around a cheerful tire and
bear beautiful music, sermons, and
goodnight stories. After a hard '
la»H work the farmer can rest a'
while after supper l>efore going to
bod and hear by radio good music,
lertart*, and market reports with
out going to the theather or soir*e
other place of amusement.
My father and mother like the |
striag music and my little four-year
old sister always enjoys the good
aight stories. But I enjoy the lec
tures better than anything. I am
taking the ninth and Vnth gra.ie this
yoar at school an 1 oft *n the lecture
1 have heard the night before refers
U. some of my lessons.—MARGARET :
REITZFL, in The Proßrcbsive Farm- !
Mrs. .lames Younp, \vhi> has been
■ll for some weeks at her onie on
l»anabury Route I, is improving at
ibit time, it is learned.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SYSTEM
Building North Ca
Southern Railway Company contributes to the prosperity of
North Carolina not only by providing a transportation service
of acknowledged excellence but through large disbursements
... for wages, materials and taxes.
Nearly 9.000 employees of the Southern have their homes in
North Carolina, and their wage earnings last year aggregated
$12,000,000. Of these. 2.300 were employed in the Spencer
Shop, the 1943 payroll of which was $3,500,000.
We have kept our capacity as a transportation machine ahead
of the demands upon k. In 1923 our freight service in the
State of North Carolina was 82'' greater than in 1913.
The Southern has spent more than $40,000,000 during the
last twenty years in adding to its facilities to provide superior
transportation service for North Carolina industries. Last
year fifty-eight new manufacturing plants were established
on Southern Railway lines in the State and ninety-two old
plants were enlarged.
The main line of the Southern through the Piedmont has
been double-tracked. This work on the Washington-Atlanta
received greater benefit from this improvement than North
Carolina.
"prmjf
r~i.» Our lines in the State represent an investment of nearly
* $100,000,000.
! y:f, Improvements in the State now under way will call for th©
[_ ■ expenditure of more than $5,000,000.
The Southern that is today serving North Carolina is a trans
portation system in which North Carolina can take pride
•
The Southern, in turn, is proud to be a builder of North
Carolina prosperity. •-»
The Hairpin
1 (From Thi' Wall Street Journal.)
'■ T!u» comprehensive merits of t'v*
hairpin are practically unknown to
i unobservant man. For instance. f»*v
I outside the pale of surgery, know
| that an adriot surgeon can utilize a
I hairpin in an almo*t unlimited nura
il>er of often wiring liont*.
: probing and closing wounds, pinning
bandage*. compressing blood vessels
and many other things when he'* in
a hurry and hasn't the nece*»ary
surgical applicant*?* at hand.
Bui women Ah woman! She ran
do even greater wonders with th.s
versatile implement. In woman's
hand it i» mightier than the sword
J everything doable can he don* by
; her with a hairpin pick lock*, pull
a cork, track a safe, drill a hole, peel
fru.t, heat egg*, hang picture*, cut
a pie, make a fork, fish hook or tooth
pick; open letters, or use it for a but
ton hook. She can improvise sus
penders, nut picker, or use it to jab
mashers, doctor an automobile, but
ton tight gloves, inspect a faulty gns
burner, test a cooked joint of beef,
utilize it as an ire pick, tack puller,
fruit pruner -or anything else. She
could even wire a house if she had
enough hairpins! If Robinson Crusoe
had been a woman, he would have
built his hut and made a goatskin
coat via the hairpin route. Now that
the hairpin is becoming almost extant
ouo wonders what womankind will do
when she has anything to fix around
the house.
lowa Corn Crop Short
100,000,000 Bushels
Pes Moines, la.. Oct. 21'.— Early
huskinp reports tend to confirm esti
mates that lo\va"s corn crop will be
at least 100,1100,IKK) bushels less than
in IfJ.'t, the weekly crop report, is
sued by the federal and state crop
bureaus here today said.
£> Die SOUTHERN SERVES THE SOUTH
THE DANBURY REPORTER
' ] low To Cure
Sweet Potatoes
"Please tell me how to cure sweet
j-otatoes. 1 have the house riady
for 'hi» year's crop."
The potatoes should he put in the
, house in irate*. hampers, or Mine
'other form of ventilated container.
l>o not park container* solid hut in
!tier«. leaving plenty of space for the
air to circulate around them. Kuild
a Are in the stove or stoves at soon
an the potatoes are put in the house,
i Keep the temperature up to 80 or 85
| degree* for 10 day* to two week*,
ior until the potatoes are fairly well
dried out. The doore and windows
| rhould l>e left open during this stage,
i in order to drive out of the house the
1 moisture laden air. t'loaa the doors
, and window# at night and on cloudy
days. However, »ouie of the open
ing in the ceiling should be kept
open throughout the entire auring
period in order to let this moist air
escape.
When the curing period is complet
ed, gradually reduce the temperature
to ">.*> degrees and hold it right here,
or near this point throughout the
storage period. If the temperature
goes down below 4* degrees, lire
should be built until the temperature
goes up to 53. If it goes above KO,
open up the house and cool it off
until it goes back to around 55. If
the temperature on the outside goes
above t!0 degrees, open up the doors
and windows during the cool part of
the day, in order to bring the tem
perature down to about 55, and then
•lose.—The Progressive Farmer.
Grain Fertilizer
I have it. Come and get it. Flour
will be high next year. Don't fail
to sow a good wheat crop.
N. E. PEPPER,
At Danbury, Walnut Cove, King,
.Madison.
Prepare Clean Place
For Sweet Potatoes
The way sweet potatoes are stored
has much to do with whether or uot
they go through the winter without
rotting. If stored in the old fash
ioned bank, be sure to put them in
a pliu-c where potatoes have never
been linked before. To put them in
the old liank where (utatoes rottod
1 last season, is to make certain that
' they will rot again, because millions
!of the rot sporoa are bound to b«
preeent.
If stored in a curing house, sea
that the house i* thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected before putting in the
potatoes. Sweep down all cobwebs,
trash, or other foreign matter from
the ceiling and walls and floors.
Then wash the walls and floors with
a solution of formalin to 80 gallons
of water. After the floors have dried
from the washing, spray thoroughly
again with the same disinfectant.
If the same crates or containers are
used for storing that were used last
season, disinfect thera with this solu
tion by dipping or spraying.
Thoroughness is absolutely essen
tial in doing this disinfecting, if it is
to be effective. Therefore do not
hesitate to take all the time required
to do a thorough job, because work
of this kind may easily mean the dif
ference between a crop of rotten
potatoes and a crop of sound ones.—
L. A. NIVEN, in The Progressive
Farmer.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine
Those who are In a "run-down" condi
tion will notlre that Catarrh bothera them
much more than when they are In rood
health. This fart proves that while
Catarrh Is a local disease, It Is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HAI.I.'S CATARRH MRDICINR Is a
Combined Treatment, both local and in
ternal. and has been successful In the
treatment of Catarrh for over forty year*.
Sold by all druggists.
F. J Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
IA Warning Against
I Advertising on Roads
Realizing that the provisions of
! the law are not generally known
anil desiring that merchant! and
other* be informed BO that they wil!
. not violate it through ignorance, J.
Paul l/»onard, executive secretary
iof the North Carolina Merchant*
; spoliation, in asking thnt the press
1 jrive publicity to the fact that the
law resulting the posting of advertis
ing on highways passed by the sps
' cial session of the Central Assembly
1 became tffsctive October 28, and is
now in force.
Mr. Leonard says he has observ
ed sign* placed on the highways
within the past few weeks which
now come under tho ban of the law.
In one instance, he says, he saw a
poster advertising a sale tacked to
the back of one of the State High
way signal boards—a flagrant viola
tion. With a view of informing mem
bers of his organization with refer
ence to the law, Mr. publish
ed it in full with comment in the
last issue of the Carolina Retailer,
of which he is editor. The law reads
as follows:
Section h Any persoa who in any
, manner paints, prints, places or af
j fixes or causes to be painted, printed,
placed or affixed, any business or
I commercial advertisment on or to
any stone, tree, fence, stump, pole,
automobile, building or other ob
jects, which is the property of anoth
er without first obtaining written
consent of such owner thereof, or
who in any manner paints, prints,
places, puts or affixes or causes to be
painted, printed, placed or affixed,
such advertisement on or any stone,
tree, stump, pole, mile-board, mile
stone danger sign, danger signal
guide sign, guide post, automobile
building, or other object within the
limits of a public highway, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
be fined not exceeding fifty dollars
($50.00) or imprisoned not exceeding
thirty (30) days.
"Section 2. This act shall be in
force sixty («>0) days from and after
its ratification.
'in the General Assembly read
three time and ratified this the 23
day of August, 11)2-1."
Commenting on the new law in
the Carolina Retailer, official pub
lication of the North Carolina Mer
chants association, Nfr. lx>onard
says:
"The new law dous not seriously
affect the highway advertising of
merchants who have erected high
grade signs, because most of these
have been placed on private prop
erty after permission had been se
cured. Hut it will do away with
much advertising of a temporary
nature which tends to mar the
beauty of scenery along the high
ways. The majority of merchants
have not, and will not, therefore,
raise objection to the operation of
the law.
"Kvidenve that the organized
merchants of the state were either
in sympathy with the measur- or
had no inclination to oppose its
passage, is the fact that not a single
member of the North Carolina Mer
; chants associaiio'i tooK the matter
up with otlicers of th.* associmioh at
| the time the bill \\Ji under lonnder
at ion by t'l ■ 'Jenernl AssemUy, net
i withstanding it was given publicity.
! The only merchant who has so far
complained to the association about
■ its failure to oppose the law is not
a member of the association. The
merchant declared in his letter that
the law was taking away liberties
to which the merchants was entitled,
and contended that merchants should
: not be required to get permission
i before posting advertising. The
I state secretary of the association,
iin answering the complaining nier
t chant, took the position that the
! rights of farmers and others own
i ing property along the highways are
| just as sacred and should be respec
j ted just as the rights of the mer
chants and other city dwelers. The
merchant has no more right to tack
! or paint a sign on the fence, barn
• or tree of a fanner out in the coun
try without the farmers' consent,
I than has the farmer to come into
town and tuck or paint a sign on the
! store of the merchant without
securing his permission. The law is,
therefore, a just one. And no one
can deny the rights of the state to
prohibit the use of its public prop
' erty for private purposes."
93 Raids Made
In Philadelphia
I Philadelphia, Oct. -1. Ninety
three raids upon gambling establish
ments utid piH'uk-cusU'4 over the
'week-end netted approximately one
thousand priy.»ner.
• Th majority of those arrested
wiT' • .!sc harped, lnit the alleged
propvit t>.v.- \vi re held in bail for
court. halve.- of dri nkenness v,*er.'
lo:ijr.-,i ani.il.st l «! of til" pl'i sillers.
director of Public Safety I'utler
said ill ■ ra ! mail-id n i -.- ui. ;! >n of
his \v."'l.ly reund u i of . usoicioiH
; chara. ti v.«. *
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Feather Pillows
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Rubber Boots
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Dress Shirts
Kitchen Cabinets
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Full Fashion Hosiery
All Kinds Underwear
Bureaus and Chif
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Hickory Chairs
Floor Covering /
High Top Shoes
Rubber Boots for
Boys
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Children's Hats
Wool Dresses
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Most Anything You
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Dry Goods
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Tan Oxfords for Ladies
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Children's Sweaters
Hanes' Underwear
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Big Lot Beds and
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