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MOUNT AUtY.
AFUL 15th,
.... »m.M abt««
Uses filinm.
Wonderful u mdny of Burbank's
idiif*MMnti with vifiUblt. plant
and flovtr Ml* mm to the layman,
the Methods by which tkqr were ae
»iIt-V. .---I ■>In 4WajhaaIma* im.
conpiiinca wfrt noi in imrimivm w*
marfcable. Pltinn m the ehief
first whet be wished to craato. ra
Mln or ha prow upon la tha nf»
tablc world, ha began bjr carefully aa
them to ga to aaa, than sxpertasnt
lac with tha seeds under widely dif
ferent conditions of climate, fertill
satlon and nourishment. Tha pro
duct would hi torn bs submitted to
radical chances from Its natural s la
ments and the product of this woaid
undergo farther experimentation and
so tha artificial evolution progressed
until the final result either met the
wisard's requirements or was aban
doned as useless.
Burbank's experimental farm* at
Bants Rosa and Sebastopol, a nearby
town, became a meres for statesman,
kings, princes, philanthropists, hor
ticulturists, biologists, botanists and
humanitarians as the fain* of tksir
owner spread. Never of a commer
cial turn. Bnrbank permitted an sseo
ciation known as the Luther Burhank
society, chartered by tha state of Cal
if orn is and endowed by wealthy pat
rons, to disseminata the knowledge of
plants and vegetables which ha work
Received Carnegie Gift.
la addition '« the congreetional
(rant of land. hie work waa recog
alMd by the Carnegie Foudaflon in
IMS by a rift of 110,000 annaally for
• pari ad of 10 yaara to iaaura a con
tinuation of hla fiptrincnti. In
1K1, when the city of Santa Roaa
completed a new $900,000 park, it waa
named after Lather Bnrbank. Ha
tamed the flrat shovel of earth in the
construction, and later laid ont the
garden*, which cow a 41-acre tract.
1%e etate of California alao honored
Ha dintinguiahed renident some yeara
aire by naming March 7, Burbank'*
birthday, aa Bird and Arbor day, and
the occaiion ha* aince been celebrated
aa a nchoal holiday throughout the
■tate.
Burbank married Fliraheth 3. Wa
ter*, of Hasting*. Mich., December 21,
1»1«.
Said He Was Infidel.
A few week* *r<' Burbank created
■comment throughout the country by
declaring that "aa a scientist I .cannot
help but feel that all raligioae are on
• tottering foundation. Ha alao re
peated former ssssrtiona that ha waa
"an infidel la the troe aenee of the
v word."
Meet of the comment waa la oppo
aitinn to the borticattariefa stata
BMnt. a groap a# Chicago «te<g>WMi»
"Om Warttf at a 1W
"Do you think ChrM or Mohaw
nud, Confuaioua, Bui or km the
Goda of incimt mythology art ted?
Not ao. Do you thtoik fm kilaa. Mar
cus, Aurelius. Moaaa. Shakaapaare,
flpinnn. Ariftotili, flocntM, flito,
Empedocloa, Humboldt, Darwin, Tol
atol. Franklin, Emeraoa Bra dead?
No. Their vary peraonality Uvaa and
will lira forever in oar three and all
of thoaa who follow ua. AO of thaai
ara wtth ua today. Ma om Ihraa who
ia not inflvanead mora or laaa by thaaa
great ones according to the capacity
of tha cap of knowledge which they
Mm to thair overflowing fountain*
la ha filled.
"AH plants, animals and laaa at*
ahraady ia eternity travaline atraaa
tha (tea of tiaae, ahMiia wa know
not, whithar who ia ahla to eay ? Lat
ua have ona world at a tlaae aad lat
ua maka tha journey om of Joy to
oar foBow pamagiri aad Just aa eea
vanlant aad happy for Una aa wa
ran aad traat tha reat aa wa trust
Itfa.
"Lat aa raad tha Bibla without tha
fll-fitting apeetaclee of theology Jaat
aa wa raad other hooka, nh| oar owa
jodfrntat aad reaaoa. listening to tha
vodee within—not tha noiay babble
without."
Following this. tha natural iat
claimed ha had tha powar to cor* tha
ill by tha "laying oa of handa."
"Why, many years ar» my naareat
neighbor was dying," ha was quoted
aa saying. "Four doctors had given
him ap. Ha aent for ma aad I want
to his bedside. Ha told ata 'I am go
ing to die tonight." I told him *yon
ara going to gat wall. Tomorrow
morning I will aaa you at your wood
pile aa aaual.' Ha waa there tha
next morning. That la only om of
Expected lo Un Five Twi
Asserting the "powei" «u not
»upernatural, he «1M;
"And bear In mind that I will not
•How the ifflieM to ho brought to
mo; I ran not havo my door thronged
with patienta, I em far too huey to
take on any mora work than I havo
now on hand."
On Mareti C, tho eve of his 76th
birthday, Burbank addressed a iwt
u|to to "the children of tho world,"
telling them their happiness will ho
in direct proportion to their loving
thoughts, "toward every perann and
animal and even toward stars, planeta.
oceans. rivera and hills.**
Burbank then aaid ho expected to1
live at tea at five year* more and In i
that period do the moot important
work of hia life.
Fortified by a vigorous constitu
tion, which had Ua roots aa deep a» ]
the flower* and plants he tended, hej
pot up a valiant atruggle against hla
nines*.
Mr. Burbank always declared that
hia object in increaaing the yield of
plants was to hatter the condition of'
bis fellowmen and he died believing
"we must look for survival only in
the spirit of the good wa have done
la passing through life.
"If it has been a food life It baa
bean sufficient," ha held "There Is
no need for another. Once here and
rone tha human Wa has aarvad its
,ttl, mi,,, w
TATTOO
An army officer was showing hia fair
guest about the camps whan a bugle
soaafed.
"What's that fort" the fair one In
"That's tattoo," tha officer explain
ed
ah or the high tcfcool pupila fro*
both at IImm dlatrieta are now
btin( achooled in Mount A try on ■ tui
tion baeia. aa are alao many of the ala
mantary pupila from both dlatrieta for
whom tha county thua far baa been
unable to provide available el»m«nt
ary achoola. Should thaaa dlatrieta be
annexed to and form a part of tha
Mount Airy achool diatrict. thay
would rata and pay tha apodal tax
now paid by tha cttiaeae of tha praa
aat Mount Airy arhool diatrict far tha
extra three montha term and partici
pate in all tha haaefWa of tha Maaat
Airy aehool ay atom. Tltlae to aff
arhool |aafal| located la thaaa dia
tricto would automatically become
veetod la tha Board of Educstien of
Mount Airy who, la tor*, would aa
and any balMlac mlargamwit or ad
dltioaa niraaaary to provide achool
facilHlaa for all pupila of thaaa dto
trtota of the aama kind aad piHty
aa are new provided far the pupOa hi
tha Mount Airy aehool diatrict. fa
abort, thaaa annaxad dlaiiicta would
become a part of an integral whole
known aa tha Meant Airy achool dia
trict and participate In all the bene
flta and aeauma all the obHgationa
pertaining to the aaaae. They would,
aa auch, vote on any hoad lacue for
the diatrict and of courae partirpato
in band burdana.
The sssssssd valuation of the por
tion of the Salon district petitioning I
it approximately $300,000, and of tho
Tmh district, 1830000, Tho special
tax now paid by tho Mount Airy
school district of Me when voted by
these district would bring into tho
Mount Airy school fund approximate
ly 1700 from the Salem district aad
•110* from the Tesh district, or SIMM
from both districts as special tax for
providing them a nine months school
of kind and quality now conducted in
Mount Airy. The Mount Airy school
district is now receiving an a tuition
Wis eetablleed by law approximately
*1425 from said portion of Salem dis
trict, and approximately SUM from
'ha Tesh district, making a total of
a, Proximately UNO from both dis
trict? for providing school facOHlss
for tar non-rsaident pupils of these
petitioning districts, which tuition is
ths per capita cost as dotal mined by
an audit of the preceding year and ia
somewhat leas than the par capita
coat in Mount Airy school district for
the year for which it Is paid.
Ths benefits accruing to Mount
Airy under this plaiy would he those
of an enlarged school system. It
■ would then he Approximately a fifty
teaehar system which would receive
from the County allowance for an a0
| time high school principal at a state
salary of 92400, while it now receives
i an allowance for a part-time high
school principal at a state salary of
tlMO. It would also receive allow
I a nee from the County for a super
visor of music, or of primary work, or
of grammar grade work, or of atb
1 letics for which It now receives no
| county allowance. It would tend to
ward a larger and more unified Mount
Airy In goneral.
The schools of Mount Airy belong
to the ckiaena of Mount Airy; the
Board of School Commiasieners It In
reality a committee appointed by the
Board of Town Commissi unsci to ad
minister ths schools ■ for i^eopta.
ft has been aad now is the puipoes of
the Board of School Commissioner*
te administer ths schssls in acosrd
and it heeltates to take a step hi
km a hifh-achoola of the Kate In
the AmI debate Hmm auateata are
to be held at Chapel BUI April IS and
16. The achoola that «w
«Hk Copeland dropped oat.
A kmr
day. April 1.
Bowman hirami the brida of Mr.
Jama Hardy at tha horn* *
trata D. C. Norman at I
performed tha maaaimy. lira. Har
dy la the r harming daughter of Mr.
and Mra. L D. Bowman, of thi. aac
tlon, and Mr. Hardy la a
citisen of thla aection alee. Soy]
night with Mary KUaa Houck of fcock-1
Uk*.
Tha third meeting of tha
Taarhar aaaociatloa of tha
Higk echool waa held in tha High
April ft. Tha flnt part of tha
tna waa devoted to
and tha ka
Hill.
aat Cop*land la tha
to ha hald at
Bryan aad the O Hanry Ut-|
Societies of tha Copaland High
Friday April ft
Convention will ha kaU at Mount Zion
Church April 17 and lft Thrna will
ha four eknrckaa represented with
Hiogiama. namaly; Mt. Zion, Friend*
Church. Rock Hill and Hills Grove.
Everybody la cordially inritad to at>
toad. CaaM and enjoy tha day*.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunt, of Win-1
aton-Balaan apaat Sunday with her|
brother J. W. FMncham.
Miaa May* Scott (pent Toeaday |
night with Irra Snow.
Miaa Loaiaa Norman one of tha |
teacher* of the Cope land High ache
■pent the week end with her parent* |
at Dohaon.
l.BOO Sought Relief From
Raleigh, April 10.—Men than U
600 application* for tncadft clem
ency war* acted upon during the ffarat
year of the office of CwMilitaiir
of Pardon*, created by tha but Gen
aral Aaaetnbly, and held hy H. Hoyla
Sink ainoa April I, IMS. it ia ahown
hy a ttatement ianad hy Governor
McLean today reviewing the year'*
artrritiea.
Sixteen hundred eighty-aeven appli
oationa filed during the year, and of
that number 1SS were oa April 1
pending, awaiting action.
Unfavorable action waa accorded
1,122 application*. Two hundred-aer
enty parole* were granted, "and nine
far ion# Reprieve* of reapites were
granted in 17 rate*. Fifteen een
tenrea were commoted.
Twenty-three parole* were revok
ed during the yaar. There were 12
electrocution*, or an average of one
each month, daring the year.
"Initiated," Dim
Danvill, Va„ April 7.-The death of
Thomns Howell employe of • fur
niture plant |t Martinarille. aa re
ault of an "initiation" ia to he invaa
tirateH. It waa learned today. How
ell. married aad with fir* children,
ia aald to kan gam to Martlnarille
from KiatdaU. obtained employment
aad waa told by other employee of the
initiation waa larjmly through the uee
of a hoae pipe mrtnaetad with a tank
of ltaiMaad air.
Tain % the
m a &
i
tLl-J
MR|PIV wwJ|WWItiew*« (nil u
far row «
•n th. time.
w»U aad give It inilri
iHiwirr m< 4ml i«ym a
crop with • gardan foil of \
siath tkm protect O* w|rt»Mn from |
■0 disease* and iHMt peats. If
wiB Imp theaa la Bind It will help'
make your garden a great i
la tha Market News, taaoed by the
State Aft. Dept. Lowe's Ofovt CradK
Union U durribit ThU waa org
anised about It years ago aad it kat
greatly balpad tha credit M that <
m unity. liar now have W
and laat year did a busiaeea an 1
>04 which waa Mfflekut to toke i
of tha naada of tha community. If a |
■faaikr Institution could ha
Uahad in every community af Sorry |
it
fat tan years. IV ]
of thia cradit anion ia andar tha DM-1
aion of Marketa of tha State Depart- j
mant af Agriculture and if thara an |
any communities hi thia
taraatad should writ, to Balei«h at
onca an gat information an how to
ortaniaa ana of thoaa saving aad baa
aasociationa. What coouamity will
hr tha flrat to taha intaresf In thia?
Mr. W. T. Aydlatt, Moyock. N. C,|
Sa offering corn f. a. h. at
buahal in bulk. If intoroeted writol
diract to him.
Ah interesting pamphlet came to tha
office the other day entitled "Sand
Drown." The following ia taken
from a description of Sand Drown. Aa
a rule, sand drown doaa not
until the growing taaaon ia well ad- |
vanced. Tha flrat aymptoau are i
after the kawe hare grown to neariy I
full-site usually after tha plants hare |
First, yon notice the dull color of
affected leaves. TWr are very pals
yellow to almost pars whits. TVs
▼sins often stay gresn long after the
remainder of the leaf has turned yel
low. The loss of normal gresn color
begins on the lowermost teases, gen
erally at the tip. After developing
In the tip and the margin, the dlasass
advances toward the bass and center
of sach affected Uaf.
Note that yoe en saaily distin
guish sand drown from potash star
vation by sxamintng the afeetad leal
When sand drown prevails the whole
leaf becomes discolored, while in the
case of potash starvation, the lesf is
bleaeed in spots and prsssnts a spotty
appearance.
Since It is writ known that the price
received for tobacco depends a great
deal oh color of the leaf, any disease
that caoae a fading of the color as
sand drown doe* win reduce the
price received for tobacco. When
affected w**h sand drown, the eared j
leaf has a dull and fadsd appearance I
It i* important therefore for praeti- i
cat reasons, to make every effort to I
prevent tobacco being affected with j
aand drown.
Prevention of "Sand Brswi*
In preventing of controlling any
plant disease we mast first find theI
cause. Authorities have shown that
sand drown is caaesd by the lack of
magnesium in the soli, and It is lack
bleaching of the leaven. Sand drown
dy soils. Tks hacking of rain
through this type of aall wash■ ■ mag
nesium with thns creating ths de
ficiency.
Ws Mat bear hi aU that syvap.
NINE BIOS ON MUSCLE
SHOALS
FwdDidNot 3mbmHm fUw
Bid Bmun ot W.itriotiams
Washington, April Joint
congressional Moid* Shoals eouH
tee tonirht befran itiidy of the nine
•fftri H received far lissiag tha
roTsmmeat's $150,000,000 po war aad
nitrate pUnt.
The tima limit for receiving bids ,
expired at noon. Tha committee
must prepare by April M a report to
congress urging acceptance of an# or
mora of tha off arm.
Despite special urging* from tha
rommittaa Henry Ford, whoaa orifi
nal offer for tha piupai t| was reject
ad by mncraaa. did not s abas it a naw
bid. It was believed that th* eon
Hit ions attached to tha bids, princi
pally tha ana requiring all snipl—
power developed at Muscle Shoals be
Made available for the aootli prieint
ad Ford fro* making another try far
the plant. Port originally wanted to
use the power for hia own pwpooaa.
Congress has detsnaiaed that tha
chief function at Maaels Bbeals shoril
be the manufacture of fertiliser. Cen
•eqoefrtiy, Mat of the offers wens
from fertiliaar concerns.