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MOM THAN HAND-RA;$/WG NfCDfD TO GfT DFSMVfD PAY POP TCACHCRS . Whether school personnel of the state get a mere sop or a reasonable considera tion In their need for upward adjustment B !n pay will be determined by the people of North Carolina within the next few weeks. School teachers are poor politicians in the first place, but in the second, their compensation should not hinge upon their political know how, but upon their training, their experience and their abil ity to impart to their students training In character and knowledge which in spires advancement. Several members of the Council of State, those feeding from the $10,000 or above trough, by virtue of their offices, are good politicians. Without question and without delay, the same Legislature, which is to determine the level of pay for North Carolina teachers for the next two years, voted a 20 per cent increase for the $10,000 "boys." To do less for those who are more de COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS VITAL PHASE OF CAPITAL AREA PROGRAM Community improvement is one of the particular concerns of the Capital Area Development Association, now beginning to function in seven counties, including Granville. Everyone is a member of a communi ity, but everyone does not accept that membership with the same degree of in terest and responsibility, although a com munity thrives in direct relationship to the interest and responsibility of its con stituents. First, let's determine how Mr. Webster defines a community. Says his book: Com munity, a body of persons having com mon interests and privileges, living in the same locality and under the same laws; 2, joint participation, sharing or owner ship; 3, likeness; common character; 4, the people in general: usually with THE. J. H. Blackman, a vocational agricul ture teacher in Harnett County, is chair man of the community development phase of the Capital Area Development Association. He will work with those in each of the seven counties designated as the Community Development Committee. He regards Community Development as "all the people in a rural community ' working together to solve theur prob The process mobilizes the CtmeC HWve energies of every man, woman and r child in the community to raise the [ standard of living, and to make the com ' munity a better place in which to live. "In working together," says Blackman, the people become more neighborly and friendly." ^ The process of community development neither begins nor ends with the "solu tion of problems." In includes the utili zation of leadership, and of other resourc es which are present in a community, but which are not being used at their great est potential. Community development affords members of each community op portunities to rediscover themselves and their potential. It creates a spring-board for county and area development. Area development, therefore, is contin gent upon county development, and county development is closely hinged to community development. Without activi ty, interest and participation at the com munity level, limited accomplishment may be anticipated through organized facilities of Capital Area Development As sociation. ' The challenge is down in Granville. We can consider it, study it, engage in it, work at it—and achieve in a remark able way; or we can brush aside the op , portunity to be valuable members of our Pnbitahed Every Toeedty Md Pr THE LEDGER PUBLISHING C No. H3 LtttJ.jdhn Street Oxford. North OtroMno serving would be iittie short of a poiiticai crime. Members of the Legisiature are sensitive to the wiil of the foiks back home. If it is the win of citizens of Gran-, viiie county, and of others across the state, that the Legislature authorize the first adjustment in teacher pay in four years, then now is the time for them to speak up, and speak out, audibly. The need is for more than hand-raising in support of a resolution offered at a meet ing of the parent-teacher association, the grange or civic ciub. Teachers are busy with their daily { chores, and in evenings with correcting quiz and examination papers, preparing for their duties the day ahead or trying to make a limited wardrobe suffice. The battle in their behalf is one for you and for me and without us at their side, their labors become unduly burdensome, forc ing more of them to turn from the field and into more lucrative areas of employ ment. respective communities — and surrender ! by neglect the finest opportunity to come ! this way in a generation. TODAY S COMMENTS One of the nation's most remarkable newspaper workers is Editor J. W. NoeU of the Courier-Times in Roxboro. Al though he has attained his 95th anniver sary, Mr. Noeil keeps a vigorous freshness on the editorial page of his newspaper and is ready for a bridge game at the drop of a suggestion. The fleeting years have developed in him a willingness to shorten his work day to the forenoon hours, but he nevertheless keeps a sensitive finger on the pulse of the fine newspaper which serves Person County so admirably. The Post Office Department has admit ted a mistake in an attempt to econo mize in cement applied to stamps. The Department now is "stuck" with some 300 million of the stamps which refuse to stick. One consequence may be hiking the first class mail rate to five cents— which might be an even more expensive mistake for the Department. THE TOWN PUMP Wheutdn RaHigh ^naf^yen have time to something interesting, visit State College Dairy. there, in an experiment being conducted by Dr. W. E. Thomas, dairy husbandry researcher, a dozen cows are going about the business of chew -hig their cuds (ruminating, says the coiiegian) with window openings into their rumens This project has been going aiong for ten years —not with the same cows, but with cows, nev ertheiess. One of the windowed animais just last week gave girth to her third caif. Dr. Thomas was over here Friday to attend a demonstration at the Clement brothers dairy farm. Alvis, Biil and Sam haven't any cows with windows, but they are benefiting, as are aii oth er dairymen, from the facts which Dr. Thomas and his co-workers are establishing through their State Coiiege experiments. The experimentai animais are fed either through the mouth or through the rumen. Food is weighed carefuiiy for each animai before each feeding. Six hours after the feeding, the food, which then is under attack of gastric juices, is weighed to see how much of it has disappeared or assimilated into Mood, flesh, bone. etc. Dr. Thomas, waiting in the farm agent's office to accompany C. V. Morgan to the Clement farm, explained just how the windows are installed First, an incision is made and the stomach wall is stitched to the cow's hide. In three or four days, it grows to the skin. Plastic or some other trans parent material, to which has been fitted a threaded tube of sufficient size to allow entry of a mam's hand and arm. is attached over the open ing. The tube is inserted, screwed to the plastic window and a leak proof cap, also transparent, is placed over the outside end of the tube Morgan reminded Dr. Thomas of another inter esting fact about his experiments. Remove food from the rumen of the cow. place it in a tub or barren until the container is half full. Two hours later the bacteria and the gases in the material will have caused it to overflow the container. Which made us wonder if Dr. Thomas has ever fed one of his cows greenback fodder" to see if bossy could multiply it as fast as it can Be shrunk in a grocery store or market. How the cows were used last summer in an at tempt to discover cause for Moat on a farm near Raleigh was expiained by Dr. Thomas. It seems that cows had been Moating almost as fast as they were placed on this particular pasture. Many died as a result. Ordinarily, a lot of water Is con sumed by a cow—about 16 gallons per day when on dry feed. The experimental cows were under constant watch and it was observed that while they were feeding on the lush ladino clover, thd sky was overcast. For three days and as many nights, not one in the herd drank any water They were getting enough in Hie pasturage—and they also were getting the Moat. Hut when the sun was shining, the cows drank water and the Moat problem was lessened. Dr. Thomas has a scientific article appearing soon on the subject, but it can be told here that he has discovered that as Uttle as a thimMe fUll Of penleiiiin. used over a period of 30 days, with as much as a gram administered to the cow in each of three days, will control Bioat. The prob lem, however, is getting the medicine into the cow. That is no probiem where the cow has a window in her rumen, but iikeiy your cow doesn't nave. Putting it in water is not dependable, for the cow may not drink water for three, days. And no herd owner wants to walk around telling his cows "stick out your tongue for your penicillin ' Answer to the probiem. Dr. Thomas belief, is getting the penicillin into the salt ^ , , -;*B. food requirements of a cow can be met By pfood in the rumen window. "It ish't must be satisfied in the case < ''As long as the stomach is the cow is content." By, Dr. Thomas said no one has compete with the cow's facuities for mnu A peep into the rumen window ^ny sW that the cow is an in animai. -CHAMBER . Continued from Page Orici "Yes." he said, "40 million pounds of shuff was sold in the country iast year, in addition to 35.000 pounds of parakeet seed ' Within seconds after H. D. Hed rick trad presented the speaker, the audience was ih stitches of laughter which continued for nearty an hour ns Harding repeatedly emphasized the worth of a Chamber of Com merce and appealed for support of its endeavors by business, industry, the profession and churches. And," he sdid, there ought to be a speciai !i membership for the women Get them taiking for your organization—and they can taik— and you'll have one of the beet chambers anywhere ' Further emphasizing his ciaim that business is booming in the 19 states, plus Canada, which he has visited this year. Harding said more pianos were sold, more was given to Methodist missions and the baby crop last year was the largest ever. And from the number of hatching Jackets I see around, another big crop is coming off this year," he added He insisted that the Chamber be given adequate financing and that customers be provided with the goods they want. "If you dont get it for them, they!! go to Richmond. Durham and other places to find it. You must sell Oxford and Granvilie County . . . give 'em good service," he went on. Further, he called for more paint salesmen. "We need to wash our windows and brighten up things to catch attention. " Referring to the highway death toll, he claimed were kilting off too many of our customers." He emphasized, too. "that we've got to make money off our friends." by charging a profit, and by supplying clean merchandise. We cant make a living of four enemies," he claimed. Bakes Presides G T. Bakes, beginning his sec ond year as president of the Cham ber, presided. John A. Myers, a for mer president, presented the new sfficers and directors and expressed sppredatlon for those who have completed a -three-year tenure. Harold Penny is vice president; Sraham Wright, treasurer, and Fanny E. Owen, secretary. Direc , i .. . f ! i jin ^ed A. Woodcock. R. T. y A Mitchiner. Joe A IMam Sharpe Jonea, C. gam C Halt and Ctem and E. S. Powet! are of the Merchant# Com membership, and C. H ptification. ttrt W. Baucom Hava Mt. Fred A Woodcock ring and Mias Myrtte tkATtP AtMMtHUM AWNiMtH __ """ YOMi tOMftnt PKoncnow 3i tom WAY A1 ** dufob!. - ^ - hofHtcwM) oN !yp#t "It's Easy To Pay The Penny Way" PENNY HMNtTUM CO. Dial 3077 Oxford, N. C. —e= , Jane Pryltt was the accompanist j Chamber yueats were recognized by Clement tancey and Included Bupt and Mrs. James L. Cathell of But }ner Hospital; Business Manager and Mrs Ben Aiken of Butner hospi tal; President and Mrs. B. D. MiUikln of Mount Hope Finishing Company; R B Mitchell, techni cal director, and Mrs. Mitchell ot Athol Manufacturing Compand. all of Butner; WOXF Manager and Mrs. Pat Flanagan; Lions President and Mrs. C. W Dugglns; K!wants Vice President and Mrs. Bob Clark; Mayor and Mrs. Hugh Currin; Ox ford Future Industries President !and Mu T. H Yanoey: Mr* Kr 'tiest Hiii. Junior Woman's Ciub president. and Mr. HU): Rep and Mrs Joe A Watkins. Judte W. Z Mftcheii. Mrs C C Wheeidr, Oar den Ciub president. and Mr Wheei er and Ledger editor and Mrs. Tom j Johnson. The dinner was staged at the ! Woman's Ciub and was attended by a capacity audience of i75. two StudonH Art Awarded BCH PiM Miss Jennie Mae EHis of John Michois Schoot. and Betsy Grant Lyon of Creedmoor High Schooi. haw been chosen Betty OrMKer Homemakers of Tomorrow Baohreeeiwad the highest aaore n a written examuratioa da hbme makins knowiedge and attitudes administered iast fait, to senior tiria in the two schooia. The examination papers Win We sntered in competition te name this state's candidate for the titte <f Aii-American Homemker Of To norrow, and wti! aiso be considered or the runner-up <iward in the [tats. each was presented as an awafd t pin designed by TtHhrt o* New fork. How to grow TOBACCO HIGHER IN WEIGHT, GRADE & PRICE Youli get highest weight, grade and prfce 0^ fertUising with AGR1CO, proved by resaltS in the Beid! Here# one tip: if year seii is !ow ia phosphorus — for exampie, newiy c tee red iand, fieids that were ia Lespedesa er ether iegmae within the iest year er two, er where soii teats iew in avaiiabie phosphorus—dish ,ln to 880 ibs. of 18% FORMAL Superphosphate per acre. Then pat AGMCO FOR TOBACCO uAdet the crop at piaating. YOU'LL FIND IT FAYS !N EXTRA PROFITS! ORDER HOW FROM YOHH /4G/?/CO DEALER Made ONLY by The AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL CD Henderson. N C ^ _B. P. ELUOTT, Deafer, Oxford, N. C._ 2% Discount For Cash . . . 5% Discount Vdtume %% ^ Vo You'll take extra pride in the way it looks— the way it acts—and the way it's put together. It's so street, smooth and sassy—and so solidly and Rnely madeJ You'll feel a very special kind of pride the day you park a new Chevrolet in your driveway. It's a beautiful sight to behold. And when the neighbors drop by to "look 'er over," you'll be prouder than ever. They*!! see the fine construc tion and finishing touches throughout. For instance, they'll feel the extra solidity of Body by Fisher, and they'll see the deeper luster of Chevy's long-lasting fac paint job. Stop in and see the car that gives you more to be proud of. .+ Y. Afore beeari/aHy bath aa% tbotn tr-Sfi# Be! ATr Sport Coupe with Body by fisher. o/et tf(spfay fhi^ /amow tracts nforA Ow/y yranci ROLET HiHsboro Street [^CHEVROLET Z<
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