^3 L.^ 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.

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