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- 1 .: - - - s . . . . . .- . t .. Saturday, March 4, 1916;. niv .1SMT HAYFIik SGnOOt?Qtifytli(Avhta wotk - f . , ...... r , them, working in staalt groups; other' : ' 5- - 1 - - - - . . t - - - , - : 7 . I A Wav m Which the School -Funds Mar Be Mteriallr Intrcaed nai gemef- - ; . rv - n ' ..nJrv Soirit IntensifiedTalk - - For Further Information - - WIfK Teather rnd Com-' THfrSE interested mnv finVl ftirffia. mitteemen V : " -.;- ; -: . x information as to-purposV and TVHE prganizatiori'-of .the school -plans, and . detailed reports - of how mm Area 2 acres . 2 "acres 2 acres, 3 - acres 1 acres 2 , acres 1 acres 2 acres ' 2 " acres" 3 acres 3 acres 4 acres 2 acres 2 acres 2 acres , ...2... acres Value of Product . $140.00 103.90 : .183.91 119.50 74.01 O 64.50 89.20 84.39 . 75.65 130.87 202.30 187.00 75.80 . 102.77 . 250.00 ;' 313.50 Vic maricea-tne oceinnme "v Uvuuj . x at w uas. worKea out. in ..f w in a number of ru- "Other communities.. m Bulletin. :"1912: tommu'riitfesTnlhcu ILT - ": -EductionWasKington D.. C, price know-th.erd' were ' ' Since Southern ru- - three Httle.scJioQls cTajTch.opls jare so -limited irr funds the two of tlre hous-i .?pfe0Ftumty f or! ;-kmx;xm6hey has esv i e.iji g I open, .proven4 for many of the -schools one lwjBathet;'?iib.eateh i f ' tne" ?st ' interesting rfeiture, I " shanties; the , oth-! give-here the 'record of a few' school , er. a tiny cottage farms all of:which, are Selected from At' tWA ' 'Or :thes cvuunxy, i up schools, little two- erintendent -Riley Of 5 Macon; County, acre farms were Alabama reports Athat there will be prof, jupd ; . started ;At.; t h e rome 'close of the day when-the people; had county istyeape ;come . together to pick the cotton on ;North Garolina" will Have arms at a one 01 tnese lrtima, 4uvsuvu ui r- ."rv-v . improving the school was raised., The , school ,.: house was tod little and one teacher Hoiiy springs . . ..,; could teach only the" cmcntiryV&J-i:: branches. The funds were so limited Bonsai . . . ; . ..... . . . . that not even the teacher had, ever : KSti 'i'tili caught a vision of How' the school - Mt. Hope . should teach the' grownrups as.' well juddiii '. !! iv;!;! as the children, and radiate light into Enterprise . . . . r. . . . all the home- and f arm, activities, ti i:::!!:::: Consolidation was proposed. Well, shotweit the next October, founds those three : Sock spring HI.V'!;! schools houserLin . a. btautif ulhtee- -Turner,,.". . . ... . .4 . thousand-dollai: building, situated in ; , ' : Clear Profit . a pretty oak grove of two. acres, ad-" TRACTICALLY all of the sale value joining a four-acre farm that belongs l,0t the products , of the school ed to the.school. . farms js . clear profit, because the Another Fine Example ' work was given. But the school-farm TN A small village -.where', farmjabot: ,rkinS !ff' 1 had not yetcommandedthe-re- ecause, of e irit: in which it is: spect of the boys.an(i;young inenhe . '5;: rUy School Betterment Associaioii dea M ed to cultivate' twd acres'of 4ne school .ntelL you .that n. as:ng:le :site.-Ali: the neighborsenvit to come out t6 'the.yschoolMarlncountmf each additionartlmea per, working-bees."'. Young '.and" old" all works as an additional -person), joined in, for there was the" spirit ot the. number of. workers ranges all the recreation. - - ' way from 50;to 750. . That- was-several-years-; agcC. .The . Aub.urn ,Ala .ZEBULON; JUDD. . ' school is no longer a two-teachef elf ementary school, housedvon the first floor of a weather-beaten fraternal hall. It now does four years of high school work, has a .$20,000. brick school building, on a farm of 10 acres. ;:A thorough course in domestic science is given, in. ample - rooms. Hvith ample equipment. . Domestic science was ie gun by an untrained teacher, but one who had a vision: There was; no room or equipment. - She procured; the; use of a cabin by the school grbUnds, beg ged a few cooking utensils, used veg etables ferown on the school' farm; and interested the girls to bring a ew things from home. Real agricul ture is taught. A wonderful change? is but not greater; than that which ook place in the. community. - For we community made the school ands tne school has remade the com munity. ... - ' " How to ntt.ii!.. . c-i.i.1 r:- TlS simnle. riti ffi,o- at the sdinnltimica : 'v aucing about the need of . a better !ol better homes; better -farms, he j . ' how the sch6ol farm has tW6?- ln otrer -communities ; -state ineobjects and plan, of the organiza- tsl i 0ljecU Arer to introduce the W to each' other-in. rwdra-day r?hhes " teach them-to;-work to t?r. for a 'common : v jjurpose ;' to cliTc mr a Poetical way simple prin for X agriculture; to make money, or the school ; to prbvide opportuni- af til J0C1 and recreative : activity ocSinl? 7rk ."over; to provide the tW Jr lnformal . talks on all ectshateileriabs'elid and-cmty Iife,,fhe most n Elect: one of; the farm ' J? -f ariile 56bl what cgetheriodecm nat "ops are to be:-planted and' to . . , ; . ',. . (35) . 347 IL-lnSd N - - '' IS. :arlr Jersey .and .Charleston -.VVake- yoit. smimoeld. N. C. -. - . v v J fieid -. 75 i.oo.o Voatproot lettuce - plants , 7' 1 Scuppernongr,-- James or Misch vines i '159 l.OOf. 15c 100 with cabbage plant or- DOStD&lda for tl Vnir la nt.nHii. dML ' Frr Plant S'n - - - t Sotlthprn Vln pva rA Cn TiAwiii. v it i . i Southern Vineyard Co.. Trotvtlle. N.' a For sale -at close prices a tew hundred bushels Chinese and SQ-Day Speckled Beans. Also all kinds peas. J. W. Woolfolk, ' Ft. Valley, Ga. , - . 90-Day Speckled Valret Beans J 2 per bushel., W1U exchanra. HrrtitAri peanuts and soy beans; . W. A, Groover, 1 For Sale Selected seed peanuts Famous Culpepper Cotton Seed. 90-day oats 70c bushel.-- Will-buy field peas.-H.O. -Mvmf ord, Ayden, N. C. ' ' ' , ;, ; - Seeds-for-Sale Pamlico cotton seed, 11.25 per bushel. Mammoth Tellow Soy bearg, $1.40 per bushel Atlantlo Distributing Co., Oriental, N. q ,-, , ; , , . , Qfbbage Plants Guaranteed to' please. Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield 7(c 1,000. Lettuce "U-50 1,000." Hubert D.-Pry. Route 3, Hickory. N. C.', , . , . - Spanish Seed Peanuts Planted and 'grown xor-seed, -5c-peik pound. -Also ra-ice lot -ot early maturing Velvet beans at $5 per bush el.- J. R. Brown .& Son, Troy, Ala. . .. - Porto Rieo and Nancy Hall-sweet potato plants $1.50 per thousand; over ten ..thousand $1.40. Can, ship: April loth. .Cabbage plants $1 thousand. .Cash with .orders William Ponder, Tifton, Ga. v : . - ; Bermuda Grass rSeeRahied In ; Yuma Valley.' Pure, new .crops. Free samples. Prices: 37c lij 100 pound; 40c pound smaller lots. Delivered your Station. R. G. Stitt A Son, Dept. .423, Yuma,-Arizona. ' .-Nancy- Hall $1.65; Porto Rioo and Norton Yarns $1.50. , . Old-time Speckled .Velvet Beans $2.50 bushel. , A direct route north and west. Special low rate on plants from Lrve Oak. Jock Green, Live Oak, Fla. 7 The Howard Nursery Co., Stovall, N. C, fruit trees; shade trees, jevergreehs, . roses, shrubbery, hedging. Sell spray pumps, spray material. . Agents for "Bates Steel Mule." Satisfaction or price refunded. The How. ard Nursery Co., Stovall, N. C. Sweet Potato Plants Best varieties, $1.50 per 1,000. Cabbage plants, best varieties, $1 per.1,000. . For .Sale 3,000 bushels cowpeas and- velvet .beans.- iFor sale 2,000 bushels sweet potatoes: ... Write us for better prices on ; large - quantities. J. Q. ' Dorris. & Co., Valdosta, Ga. ' I FARMERS' EXCHANGE STRAWBERRIES r Improved -', Lady Thompson Strawberry Plants Most" productive.- Finest quality. Plant now for best results. Select plants, 500 $1; 1,000 $1.75. Leslie Bolick, Conover; North Carolina. -. : SUDAN GRASS . ,Write . for. Circular sand -Prices on Certified Sudan seed. Durham Seed House, Durham, North Carolina. Pure. Sudan Seed 100 pounds, 7c pound; Less 10c. Free' of Johnson grass. By grow ers on experimental farm. Dr. Branham, Slaton, Texas. - -r-. " ' . Pure, : Recleaned Sudan Seed Best quality, inspected, no Johnson grass. Special price for quick orders $7 per 100 pounds, delivered your station. Satisfactiorrguaranteed or money back. . B. E. Miller, Carlton, Texas. Learn About Marvelous Sudan Grass The most profitable forage crop ever' grown in the United States. .Farmers make $20 $100 an acre on hay, and $300 $700 an acre on seed.- Biggest : tonnage per acre of high class say known. Wonderful drouth-resister. You nevejr have to buy fe6d for "your stock. As catch-crop, it turns sure loss into sure profit.-; Get ?. the .only authorltive -book on Sudan how-. to, plant, cultivate and harvest. Packed full of valuable Information for ev ery .farmer -Price 25c stamps'. David B. Clafkson, Robstown, Texas. '.. ' BULBS AND FLOWERS ' 100 Choice, mixed . Gladiolus Bulbs, $1. Fre'd Sc'roggs, McFarlan, N. C, ' - . -' Verona .Orris Bulbs Only 30c per dozen or $1.60 per hundred. J. A. Costner,; Mount Holly, N. C. - i.;v-, -' .;.'vv':r.''-: MISCELLANEOUS SEEDS AND PLANTS -For Chufas, ' Peas, write A. S-TEIuske, Fay ettcvllle, N." C " V - - ' - - ' - i- Cowpeas and Sixty-Day Velvet Beans-S. Deans, Grower, Goldsboro, N. C. . Wakefield. Cabbage . Plants 60c per 1,000. Catawba Farm, Claremont, N. C. . - ; Cp'reston's plants Send for free catalog at once. Fred M. Preston, Pine Castle, Flor ida. " - . ' - ' :' . Fruit, Shade, Ornamental trees. Catalog free, Order direct. V Cureion Nurseries, Aus. tell, Ga. - - v---;..v V- - y-y: . V, Big California Privet Hedging at the low est price ever offered. L. A. Reynolds, Clem- mons,' N. C. Amnrwl. Rival, PrivAt reversreen) -.hedges at cut prices. Reynoldi Nursery .Compahy, WIn: Ston-Saiem, N. u r: o.,.o4n. nnrt Wakefield Cabbage-Plants; Onr tt Ave thousand 75c'flve thousand'and over 66c per thousand; Porto -Rlcp pptatd SSs $1.56 perthousafid. Donalds Plamt Co Donalds,' & C ' , - - . - t Cabbage Plants Frostproof, millions ready for shipment. , All orders filled same day as received. Order from us and get them-quick, 500 postpaid $1, By express 1,000 $1.25; 5,000 and over $1 per thousand. Try ours, none better. Booking orders now . for sweet . do- tato plants,- . No deposit (.required. 5 Farmers Plant Company, Putney,- Ga. " 1 - J . ; - Honeydrijr. 1 SorghumM. W Peel's " 'famous Honeydrlp" Sorghum seed- 5-ptmndv package 75c; 10-poun'd package. l, prepaid, f Half jf.rje.tght, ,cpaJeQt.-Hoeydflp.la:the.best;bf .at! HOXgfiuiiis, ' iur- lutt&ius- .""'euui'- lining, oiiua . f . . 3 ' ; ti r T- -r-T . 1 . m. or growing- seea. ' m. x-ei, riuiirertuiu, vmi. - Genuine Frost-proof Cabbage Plan ts-4-Va"-rleties: Early Jersey. and. Charleston Wake field. Succession and Flat Dutch. Orders nhlmtArt An soon an . received. 500 nostoaid si: Bv AXArAM ii:25' ner thousand. 5.000 to 10.C00 $1 . per thousand. . Book your' order now for potato plants and get tnem eariy Jeni.lns' Plant Co.,- Sumner, ua. . . ; Frost Proof Cabbage Plants Prompt ship niont -anA sa.tiafa.t.tinn . . firnu ranteed. v -Varifi ties: Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield, Succession and Flat Dutch. - By express: 1.000. J1.25: lots 5.000 and ovr. SI thousand. 500 postpaid, $1. Now booking orders for sweet .potato plants-no deposit required. Empire Plant company, AiDany. ua. Farmers1 I offer for lmmrfiit in.ni. ance and shipment . the new 90-day .Early -." Speckled Velvet Bean, or the Late or Com mon Florida Velvet Bean; though X - advise you to buy the new 90-day bean for th rea son it Is prolific and early; price on the - above as follows: One peck 76c; half bushel $1.15;. bushel $2. -1 also offer the Brabham w J8 ,ia tne pea that reconunended oy all-who know aa boinv tha K..f . t.i.. follows: One peck 75c; half bushel $1.25 ; r bushel $2. - Best" Chtifa. f nd i North -Carolina Nov ! Peanuts' at'll it-r'. "iraucn ah m aDove Tt o. b. Cairo, ' v ,y.mau. wiiir"oraer. rner stocK I am advertlsi ln is first-class goods,-all nicely recleaned and In tin toD shane-aml win (rlv& vmi itui feet satisfaction. My watchword; "Quality V v counts. 'A r word .to thev wise la, sufficient' W. Ut Robinson, Cairo, Ga; .'. ; ' MISCELLANEOUS , r Valencia . seed peanuts- 7o potmdi- Also 8 year old Jack.- L. P. Woodard . nt 1 -wh: son, N. C; 1 . . A A Cyphers 240-eecr. 132 In mi ham- in irnnn order; $18. First $18 gets it. - Ira Howard, Oxford,. K d . . v of: other jTunk. .. Dr. J.' J. Terrell, R... P. D.-' xno. 1, juyncnDurg, va, - .. , r . Cleveland Bir Boll Cotton Seed 11 himhci Three fine Angora bucks, $8 apiece. . C. A, jiiiierDe, KemDert, s. t;. - Crushed Oyster Shells for : Poultrv 1 no pouods,.55c; 500, $2.25; 1,000, $4. Oakshore Poultry Farm. Waverly Mills, S. C. : tj Registered Short Nose Berkhtrp sinc-ia CombK Whie Leghorn cockerels, .Barron oti o-iii. oiuuf yjaie r arm, x'eifrBDurg, 'va. Wanted To exctianee Mandv ln lnmho. tor and Buckeye Portable Hover for Rocks or eas. write, f, w, Eskrldge, Rutherford ton, N. C. Registered Berkshires -S. Prlnnesa Prem ier, S. Baron. Improved Early Cleveland cotton seed. Marlboro prolific corn. R. P. Steinhelmer, .Woolsey, Ga., Rt 1. , , Valuable-Horse and. mule hides S3 ali:. Wool 25 to 30c pound. Beeswax 27c. Green cow hides bought direct from farmers by express. Athens Hide Co., Athens, Ga. "Good Weight Kings." Shepherd Pups $5 for males; $3 for females.- Registered Holsteln bull calf 6 mos. old $50. Bee Martin game chickens; two boar pigs, 6 months old.-Registered Berk shires, .$20 apiece. J. ,B. . Jennings, .,. Green 'yille, S.. C. ' ,, I'-; ; . . ' ; ,,V. ; PRINTED STATIQNERT ,, ; " Illustrated,. Statlonery-Wrlte for ourP new' Illustrated v Catalogue "of Tarm ; arid business stationery; ItMs:free and "-a" beauty: .-..DepL P, Oxford' Orphanage,' Oxford, ,N, C. . OUR LAND EXCHANGE We do not extend our general advertl3ln(i guaran tee to land advertisements, because every purchas er should see land for himself before buying. But no man is permitted to offer land for sale In our papr .unless he shows us satisfactory references as to his honesty and business responsibility. Peas for Sale Farmers it will pay you to plant peas and cut down your heavy, fertil izer bills.. We offer pure, sound Iron peas at $1.50; pure, sound Cotton Patch peas at -$1.75 ; Mixed peas at $1.25. Also jar limited supply of very prolific blight resistant cot ton seed at $1.25 per bushel. All f. o. b. here. C. A. Ellerbe Co., Rembert, S. C. Fulghum Oats, Recleaned and culled, $1 per bushel. Especially desirable for spring sowv ing, from the fact that they're 2 to, 3 weeks earlier 'than the average' oat. Breeder and grower of Cleveland Big Boll cotton, Pied mont 2-eared corn, Blue Stem wheat and Brabham peas. J. O. M. Smith, Prop., Pied mont Pure Seed Farm, Commerce, Ga Route 14. Genuine Frostproof Cabbage Plants ready now. Full count and good strong plants guaranteed. Varieties: Early Jersey and Charleston Wakefield, Succession and Flat Dutch.. Prices by express L000, $1.25; lots five thousand and over $1 thousand. .. 600 postpaid $1. Booking orders for all varieties sweet potato plants, place your order early. John H. -WflUams,.-31akely,-Ga. - ' Now booking - orders for sweet" potato plants in the following varieties: Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Dooly Yams, Bevis 6Q-day Yams, Triumph and Red Providence. Prices: One to five thousand $1.75; five to ten thous and $1.60; ten thousand or Over $1.50 We still have millions of "open field grown frost proof" cabbage plants to .sell at $1 per thousand. Book all orders early and not get disappointed. Acree -Brothers, Department "S", Albany, Ga. : ' . . . Ten Million' Potato . Plants Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Triumph, Dooley. $1.75 per 1,000; 10,000 lots $1.65 per thousand; 20,000 lots $1.60 per thousand. . April delivery "Sweet Potato, Culture" bookfree with or der of 5,000. rder direct from Florida grower and get early plants. - Satisfaction guaranteed. Have satisfied customers all over the South. Let me pltease Jou. Cata log free. Cabbage, tomato, J pepper, egg plants,- Velvet bean,- . Chuf a seed. . ' G. .; D. Moore," Hawthorn, Fla, V .t-:-..; Tomatoes, i Egg Plants, . and Pepper Mil llons of them. -Varieties of .tomatoes",. Globe, Earliana, Truckers'; Favorite, Stone, 100 for 60c; 60tf for $1.75 postpaid and insured. By express 500 for $1.25; 1,000. for $2; 5,000 for $1.75; 10,000 for $1.50 per thousand.' Egg Plapts Varieties: 'High - Bushw and Black Beauty,." Pepper Plants Varieties: -Jtuby JCIng, Cfhinese Giants Pimento. , 100 for. 75 i 500 for $2.50 postpaid and insured. ;-:By; ex press 600- $2; 1,000. for. $3. ' Plants ready jifarch 1st; ;JPledmont ' PJant Company,- Al bany, Ga., ahd Greenville, S. C . . ; Guilford County Farms for Sale J. A; Groome, Greensboro, N. C. 200 acres sand land for. sale $4 acre. Four miles of railway. ; Henry Beatty, Toma hawk; N. C : . -, . We buy and sell real estate; Write for In formation. Address The Land Exchange Co., DeSoto, Ga. '. - For Sale Fine ; farms on French Broad Valley, Transylvania County. Write, O. W. Clayton, Brevard, N. C. "... For Sale 100 acres good land and build ings at a bargain. If Interested' write to the owner. P. O. Box 156, Amelia, Va. "For Sale Home In LlvIngston,.JV.la., and four plantations. . 720, 280, 144, and 80 acres each, three miles'from railroad, 1 well wired, watered, school; churches, telephone and ru ral route. Quick sales. Write box 316, De mopolls, Ala. . '-'-,- --" -, : Sixteen Acres Young Pecans; 100 each fig; orange, grapefruit beginning - bearing. A1-' together 86 acres hog fenced grove, grazing, farming fields. Animals, implements, vbarn, bungalow. On railways twenty miles from Jacksonville.- - Wells; Baldwin, Fla, For Sale, Cheap On good, terms 276 acres; drainage' land in best part eastern North Carolina. Will produce 100 bushels corn- per acre without fertilizer. No drainage tax. Both water land rati transportation, good roads, near good town, best cotton land, in state. , Recommended by good farmers. Box 48, -Rosemary.'N. C- ' - .- " r Fine Virginia Roanoke River Stock; farm for Sale 583 acres, - two miles from , town; on automobile . highway, good, buildings, fenced and cross-fenced,- well watered; 300 acres ready for plow. Fine -locality, -.Price $12,500. . Write, for ful particulars and cata logue of other farms. Jeffreys, Hester; A Company, Chase City, Va. . Middle Tennessee Farm for Sale at a Bar gain 271 acres, 175 ln cultivation," 75 river bottom, 60 second bottom,- 50 rolling, part hew ground, balance ln good timber, and pas? ture. Splendid 1 6-room residence, -tenant house, good , large barn, everlasting running water,' Located 2 miles from railroad and right at school and - church. Price $25 per acre, terms to suit purchaser. Address W. C Thomlson, ' Fayetteville, Tenn.- . ' - ' Bogalusa Home of the largest saw mill in the world. ' Cut over ,plne lands' are for sale Close . to this town. Can be. bought for $10 an acre, easy terms, 4 per cent Interest. You can raise stock and engage. In general farm ing your boys can work ln the , town. Lo cated In pzone Belt. ''Building materials ad vanced to assist .in Improving your farm to extent bf fdur , times cash payments. Write Great Southern. Lumber Co., Dept. C L., P. O. Box 128, Bogalusa, Lg,: ' ,. - OUr greatest;.joffer is ' one ; bid subscriber and one new. subscriber both one -year for $1.50. ...Get a neighbor -not now subscribing to loin you Oon this r proposition when"- you renew. - . . ' : :..
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