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Slate BoarMleal
Weekly HealthTaifcs
AN INEXPENSIVE MEANS OP
WARDING OFF DISEASE.'
Not one house in a -hundred
is properly heated and ventilat
ed. This is one reason for . our
having twiee or three times the
amount of .colds headaches,
pneumonia-ahd catarrhal troub
les and general inefficiency that
ye should have in the winter.
We are so closely housed at this
season of tbe,year jthat in badly
heated and ventilated- rooms,
churches, schoolhouses and pub
lic halls it is extremely4 easy to
contract contagious ' diseases
and even consumption itself.
But you say. What is proper
heating and ventilating? Prop-
er heating ana ventilating is
supplying from 1,500 to 3,000
cubic feet of-fresh air at a tem
perature of 70 degrees to each
person every hour. In addition-
to this, the air should contain
considerable moisture. Air
that is so dry that it will shrink
and draw furniture apart and
kill flowers and plants in a room
is at least unfit for human use.
In the average house , using a
fireplace.pr stpvefor heating it
is difficult to properly heat or
ventilate the house in cold
weather but even then much
can be done to improve condi
tions. J .
In the' first place, get the
thermometer habit Keep an
easily read thermometer in the
living room and the workroom.
Hang it in a place Where! ft can
be readily seen and a place hav
ing the average room tempera
tu re. Next, keep this " thermo
meter standing at as nearly 70
degrees as possibly.
In ventilating don't be afraid
of fresh air. Warm it up if
possible but have it in the room
at all times regardless of its in
coming temperature. Fire
places are now:- so constructed
that fresh air is admitted from
below the floor-and passes tip
behind and at -'the' sides of .. the
grate, where it is heated and
then allowed tonterjthejroom
above 4he fireplace Oc. this
heated air may alscr bealloWed
to enter an adjoining room or
into one or more rooms -aboye.
If stoves are used, by alLmeahs
have them surroun$led,'..at least
part way, with sorrie ;kind- Of
japanned or cralvanized iron
shield; this shield should extend
to the floor. Fresh, air should:
be admitted through an open
ing in the floor beneath the
stove, so that it may .become
heated by passing up between
the stove and the shield.
While these are probably the
best mean of worming the, air
that comes into a room, a small
amount of fresh air may be ad
mitted by raising the lower sasn
of the window about two inches
and placing a strip in the open
ing below the sash. This will
permit a small quantity of air
to enter near the middle of - the
window betweehewosashes
and wiiLgivssite&
tion as it entets i Ihe'foom;
thfis
Bet
ter ventilation may
by raising the lower sasjf severv
al inches; and anshield
opposite this opening rfeect
the incoming current :of irJy
A il Ill JVv it'Ianl
iinoiner excellent
inorougnly ,ainnfiT'.xneiviB.f i - v
-r Ji f?ir Mr-thel matter with
rooms not legs tfranjvthree
or
our timesi3al'Shis;ispne
by simply opening the windows
arMj doors fora minutortwo
alfiwing fresh aifxit). floi
room. The f aeling'Of exhilera-
W PUBLISHED
tion following Siesamngs is
.Iworhejrdufe Tr it
Q.!j Fresh air is -cheap and
no trestcontrols itLetfus
have our ahare of it. - r
Dying Hickory Trees:
Cause And Rcmedv
On account of the value ; of
the hickory for shade, hutsand
mony commercial vrood Dro-
ducts, Circular 144 of the Bur
eaus Entomology, U. S. De
partment or Agnculture, by fA.
D. Hopkins, is of special inter
est to the people of any com-
raumcy, county, or state .within
the natural range of this valua
ble tree. ' V.
It appears thafalthough there
nave been several and some
times complicated causes for
the death, within the last ten
years, of a large percentage of
the hickory trees, investigations
pave proved that the hickory
bark beetle is by far the most
destructive insect enemy,and is ,
therefor, in the majority of
cases, the cause of the present
extensive dying of the trees
The simple and practical
methods , recommended in this
circular will, if put into practice
between October 1 and May 1,
enable those interested to pro
tect their trees. - ,
The Graded School
x Weekly Honor Rol
( For week ending Feb. 16 ) . (
Requirements for getting'on I he
honor toll: i) A parsing grade.
Jfirst Grade. 'None.
Second Grade, None.
Third Grade None.
Fourth Grade :Frkncis Austin,
Mary Everhardt.
Fifth Grade Emma Leach.
Thelma Thompson, Dewey Ever
hardt. SixthGradc Jno, Burnas, Al-
verta Hunt, Mary B. Meroney,
Margaret Nail. Bailey Clement.
Brnest Holthouser, I vie Ijames.
Seventh Grade. Annie Hall Baity
Kate Rollins,. Winnie Smith, Frank
-Williams, Albeit -Linville. May
Seaford, Emma Cbaffin Janet Stew
art. , -
iEightb Grade Beatrice Lmville.
Ruth Miller, Claude Horn, WW
LeGrjnd Philip Stewart, Clement
HancS tester Martin Jack Allison,
Elsie Horn, Irene Clement,
r Nintto : Grade:-Martha Call,;
pOeline Ijames, Marganet Meroney
uernice vv usuu, viiuijru
Maggie Robertson, Kopilia Hunt,
Abram Nail, James Burrus. Ruth
Rollins.
Tenth Grade. Frances Morris,
Martb Clement, Rose Owens, Lon
nie Call,-Bonnie BrownrRebecca
Rollins. Annie Allison,
Keeps an Iccount
Mr.-L.'T. Smith is another;
Caldwell county farmer, who
kept an account and - knows
what things cost him and where
the profits comes from. He
started last year with 35 hens
and from them he sold 488 doz-i
en eeas. for $88.20 and $11.80
worth of chickens, total -$iuu.
hoe's losetner-auu icwuvu Tw
for the hogs, the cost of feeding j
both 66:20 This leaves a nice
profit of $53:8Q, and he has
seYeralt'rhore chickdps thart he
started with.News. -
m. m TfOBble IS
theJfVorm nowauayo;.
" Uncle Eben'; Just this; Ther's
religion
in
business.
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rnrf rnuehtbusines5 n
ina'nough religion
IX Tjj& lJWEREST
MQCKSVILLEN
Wants a Square
Deal for Children
y In a recent issue the Bibfieal
Recorder, calls attention to the
poor system of public schools in
North Carolina and shows how
conditions could be improved.
1 he Recorder says that the
country boys aridgirls have ad
vantage of ninety-three days'
school ; term a year, and as a
matter of fact, many of them
have only eighty days, and in
instances the schools are so far
apart the small children cahnct
attend , in the wet or cold
weather. The Recorder says;-.
"North Carolina is not givh
the boys and girls of its elemen
tary schools a square deal. vIn
proof, let us make three- com
parisons:. -
"(1) Compare our schools with
those of other States. In his
Founders' Day address at the
Greensboro Normal , sometime
ago, Mr. Clarence Poe statea
that. the average child outside
of JJorth Carolina has a 50 per
cent better chance for an edu
cation than the average boy or
girl in State. The average
length of the school .term in
North Carolina is 101 davs
while in the entire United i
States it is 155. Janan. a
heathen country, with one-tenth
of our wealth gives its country
boys and girls a term of ten
months. In North Carolina,
the country boys and girls are
getting 93 days, for the 101
days include both rural and city
schools.
"(2) Consider the State's dis-
bujyajoJtVedu
funds. For the benefit of the
735,000 children of school age
in its borders the States gives
annually $225,000 to its elemen
tary schools, and $604,500 to. its
higher educational institutions.
In other words out of the State
Treasury is. going more than
$100 annually to each student
is the highest 'institutions,
about $12 to each student in
the high schools, and only 30
cents for each student in our
elementary schools.
'(3) Think also of the State's
sources of revenue for it3 edu
cational. The law requires
every man to pay 21 cents on
the $100 for Stdte purposes;
but out of this State fund thus
impartially collected the Legis
lature gives back unequally to
the children as above stated.
Moreover, the last Legislature
ignored the need and cattof the
public school for more money
out of the State Treasury; for
though it made an advance
from 18 to 20 cents on the $100,
this does not come out of the
State funds, but is an extra tax
levied, collected and spent in
each individual county.
"Manifestly, our common
schools are not getting from the
State what they deserve. We
are profoundly convinced that
they should have much more
money out of the treasury than
at present in order to have more
teachers,;, mbre; v competent
teayrBfetter 'equipment, and
longer terms. -
JT6 the next Legislature weJ
look for improvement . here.
And this good ebur is the time
f of the people of North Carolina
to seer that no man is sent to
Raleigh next 5 winter; who will
ignore the cdmmbh schools" or
refuse -to-give them, a square
deai' r i':vTX:X '
THETEIAIS OfA. TRAfaaJBK.
' "lam a travenogale8ma,n':wtiUB
. Ypnbiss,; E.' Berksbi re," Vt.', and
jwa often, troubled, witb -constipation
and' indigestion tntl 'totiae Dr.
King' TNeliife'lfniB, wMcn I have
fou&d'aa. exellcri'fc yetnedyf rojcirfl
are iineqnaled," ,89 t&Si?nT
VIE COVA TY, ORTJIICMOLI:
) Edited nB Trtily
Be neighboorlybe obliging,
be kind and courteous; and then
wnen sorrow ana sickness come
yqu will have, "sympathy and
help.
4-
; Let, us take time to be pleas
ant. The - small!, courtesies,
which we often omit becauss
they are small, -cjill some day
look- larger . to . ai3 . , than the
wealth which we sovet, or, the
iame ior wnicn we struggiea. ,
The best tsfkaep: the
boys at home istoj make "it an
object for, them not to go out to
seek amusements; : for these
they will have. Every farm
home ought to be made a 'very
heaven on earth to its inmates.
A cheerful countenance is a
duty we owe to our neihgbor and
how much more is it necessary
i the home! Our-friends can
get out of our way if we are
not good companions, but our
family cannot. They are .helpf
less victims, shut up in the same
house with us. For the sake of
the children, for the sake of the
elders, for the sake, of all hum
anity, let us cultivate a pleasant
smile, a hearty laugh, and a ha
bit of cheerfulness.
The woman is the heart of the
home. If she is cross, miser
able and disspirited, there will
be little life and true happiness
withih. Let her &-her part,
but let her refuse? to f labor be-
fybnd - Het iStttS -Ar wisHsifecSri ther -part xf-t&srw'ho!eiaii
tender mother is of more impor
tance than anything else in the
world to young children. Let
every mother train herself to a
wise neglect of unimportant
things that she may be to her
own the embodiment of sympa
thy, hope, gentleness, charity,
wisdom and love.
The social neighbor is not al
ways the useful neighbor, yet
in her place has special influen
ces to exert of equally benefi
cial consequences. The sym
pathetic neighbor is also a po
pular one, bue she has to exer
cise continuous tact, lest her
solacing influence may occa?
sionally be overdone or utilized
at untimely periods. The
inquisitive neighbor is always w
dread to everybody within the
reach of her inquisitive curiosi
ty, as she does not seem to have
any intuitive respect for others'
feelings as regards their divul
gence of personal affairs to an
outsider.
Let home stand befor -another
things! No matter how
high your ambition may trans
cend its dutie3,: nO matter how j
far your talents or your influ
ence may reach beyonds its
doors, befor everything else
build a true homel Then from
its walls shall come forth the
true woman and the true mah;
who hall together rule an
bless the land. - Is this an over
wrought picture? We think
not What honor can be great
er than to found such a home?
What dignity .higher than to
reign its undisputed- mistress?
What is the daility to - speak
from a-public platform to
intelligent r audiences, or the
wisdomthatrnaycommana a
seat.oniihudge's behcifcOm
rreq$n, iijsufe
and raerjalS JomeV
that hutoilianrise
spitCfe
jigfiejF&rJnaiid$TOi(':.aW
empire
Cause; of Disparity
; of fortunes great
. Even the -most thoughtless
carr-see that there must be
something iwrdng in this coun-
try when such conditions as are
described below are in existence
xms article, tasen irom a
Washington correspondence, is
not published for the purpose
ot arousing; prejudice, as many
bersons no doubt honestly be-
eve; , but for. the purpose of
illustrating the; mequalityg that
isfbrcedp
the policy - of protection and
privilege fostered, by Republi
can policies. I ought" to be the
work of statesmanship to call a
halt before it is loo late, to so
make the laws of the country
that the tendency to great
wealth on, the part of the few
and utter proyerty on the part
ot the many should be checked.
The Republican program utter
ly ignores this tendency that is
rmaking American conditions
similar to those of the old coun
tries from which the people
flee to this land. The Republi
can idea of ruuning the govern
ment for the benefit of the pri
vileged few must be overthrown
in this country by the increased
education and intelligence of
the masses. Fo reforms -ever
start at the top, and the masses
the averafie man, can transmit
equality of opportunity to' his
children l?y fighting for it him
self only. The great wrongs
are not neccessarily premeditat-
benefit by them, most of the
benefiaries no doubt honestly
believing that such things are
right and proper. This is the
seriousness of the situation,
that the party whose policies
made them more aggravated,
utterly fails to admit that they
exist The article follows:
While 30,000 men, woman
and children mill -workers at
Lawrence; Mass., were out of
work because of a strike to
prevent a cut in their $6, $7
and $8 a weeks wages, Mrs.
Evelyn Walsh McLean, mother
of the baby that is heir to
$100,000,000, gave a $35,000
dinner to 50 guests at Washing
ton, the nation's capitol.
The hostess at this banquet
wore diamonds that actually
cost more than half a million
dollars. In her hair was dis
played the "famous" H6pe
diamond which cost $180,000,
and at her throat another wide
ly celebrated gem, 'Start of the
East," which was even larger
than the Hope diamond.
The cost per plate at the Mc
Lean, dinner was; $700. One
item in the expense was 4,000
yeUew liles imported' from
abroad at a cost of $2 each.
One of the highest paid mill
workers would have to work 84
years to receive the cost of that
banquet. The earnings of a
dozen Lawrence wortcers for
half a century would not have
purchased; the gems worn " by
Mrs. McLean. , A Lawrence
worker would have to labor 20
years to pay for ihe yellow
lilies alone.
The strike of the men, wo
men and children at Lawrfence,
and the $700 a plate dinner -in
Washington is a striking ex
ample ; Of conditions existing
under: a, system' of excessive
protection inHhV year of- our
Lord 1912.' Heither the Lawr
ence strikenoi? the $35,000 Mc
Lean i- dinner are exceptions.
They are but bamples of any
similar , illustrations t which
could be cited if :Sp,ace permitt-
ed.? OnTy recelyVVin
Wobd, the head of the woolen
trust, whose employes are now
oh st rike at Lawrence, was I ar
rested for knocking down and
running over a pedestrian with
his automobile. When arraign
ed in court hs was asked r-how
many automobiles he owned,
and hfii replied he didn't knowl
Imagine a man so- rich he
dosen't know how many autos
he has en hand!
f ortunes which make it nos-
'sible for one woman to wear
a half a million dollars' worth
of diamonds at one time, and
which enable a man to po
so many automobiles he cannot
I keep track of tKemhecessariry
ac:ace5g6 thehuj
which the common people must
have in order to live. T
It is significant, in this con
nection, thatjthe tariff, the cost
of living $700 a plate dinners-r
everything but the working
man's wages have increased
hand in hand, reverling the in
timate relationship of one to
the other.
Other Countries Doing
Something for Men
Few Americans realize how
far the government of England
and Germany have recently
gone in legislation for the bet
terment of conditions of workr
ing people. Although these
countries are nominally monar
chies and America a land where
the people are supposed ta rule.
such legislation as England and
Germany have now adopted
would oe rejected as wild so
islatures. The latest achieve
ment of . the JJoyd-George ad
ministration in England (we say
the Lloyd-George administra
tion because while Mr. Asquith
is Prime Minister Mr. Lloyd-
ueorge nas been tne moving
spirit in the progressive legis
lation adopted) is the hill insur
ing working men and women
against illness and unemploy
ment. "The plan is, in brief,
that each wage earner shall be
required to contribute eight
cents a week and his employer
four cents, and this sum, supple
mented by six cents from the
State, constitutes the insurance
fund. Persons earning less
than 3.0 -cents a day are not
obliged to contribute, and those
paid less- than 62 cents a day
have reduced : contributions
Besides the sick relief, generous
provision is made for preventive
Fmeasures and for sanatoria for
consumptives." Progressive
Farmer.
Explained, c .
An old lady, the customer of
an Irish farmer, was rather
dissatisfied with the watery ap
pearance of her morning's
cream, and finally she complain
ed very bitterly to him.
"Be aisy mum," said, Pat.
"You see the. weather of late
has been so terribly hot thai it
has searched all the grass' off
th i pasture Jand, and Oi have
b jen compelled to feed, the pore
ba3tes on water lilies!" Ideas.
KeiTo Him ; '
After he had tried for a mo
ment to get his key inserted .in
th 3 keyhole, he stepped lack
and leaned against . the MCe of
the vestibule. Thehhe sci atch
ed his head in perplexity rand
said. ' , :r- . y
'. !lfsh shtrange! . I never
knew before that we had one af
theshe revOlvin doorsh .liere."
Ex. ; v-'r--::;--;'
Telephone Charlie Brown for
fruits:aMietabieSNo.m
Every .Thursday
NUMBKR 4.
An election for a $30,000 bond
issue ha3 been ordered inUast
Bend Township, Yadkin county,
March 16thj-which; "if carried is
to be used for : road improve
ment in that township. - .
An effort , is being made to
build another roller mill at
Walkertown, this county, to
take the place of the one re
cently destroyed by fire. . :
. Charles Plowman, living near
YiJUe liast been
boimd overv to Federal court by
U: S. Commissioner James. -He
is charged with blockadmev
Editor Joe; Robertson, we
learn, has decided to move his
paper the North Wlkesboro
Advance, te Morganton, N.. C,
where good inducements have
been offered him co make the
change.
Same Old Story;
He Carried a Gun
"He's sitting in prison, i and -
sorrow is his'n, he's -wishing-he
never had carried a gun; he
thought it was clever to pack
one forever, and aim it at peo
ple in the spirit of fun. And it,
one fine morning, - went off
without warning, and ' plugged
a bystander, who turned up his
toes; and now he is wailin the .
wearisome jail in, and i no one
has pity for him iw his woes.
The boneyardsare crowded
with gentlemen shroudedr-and-
seeping m boxes, the victims
of fools; of pin-headed varmint t
who loaded their garments with
all kinds of deadly and murder-
ous tools. And widows are
sighing and -orphans are crying
all over this country because of
the blocks, who r always are
plannin' tO spring a big cannon
and brandish it gaily till some -
body croaks. Oh, let the law
step on a fool with a weapon,
and bury him deeply and load
him with chains! No lunatic's
greater; it seems the Creator in
building forgot to equip him
with brains."
Postmasters throughput the
United States, as all rural deli-
very carriers, nave. Deen ins
tructed to break up, so far as is
in their power, the. practice on
the part of rural delivery pat
rons to lea ve money in their .
lettea boxes for the purchase of
money orders. ; : -
It is pointed out by the Post-
office Department that this -
practice will encourage theft, -
and, if - continued eventually
will cause the department no
end of trouble and expense in
investigating cases of robbery;.
It is on this, account that the
Postmaster General has issued
instructions to have all patrons
on ruaal delivery routes noti
fied that the,postoffice does not
countenance the practice. His -orders
are that patrons should
be impressed with the fact that
they &houid obtain the money
order in person from the post-t
iffice. if possible, but ' that if
this is inconvenient they should -
see the carrier persor.aHy,. and
obtain his receipt for the sunii
deposited. Iu; no --iristtneO)
should purchasers of money ov r
ders go withoot the usual : re-- -ceipt
:f rom ;: provided by the'
departments . '. ; : ' ;,
FOR SALE128' seres of:
land situated about 8. miles
Wir. of M ccksvi t le, near Low
store. ; Good 6room i d wellir.
and all out buildings. Portion;
set in clover. Terms- rasr h-.
able. X H. Stuart, , uarircpy
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