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ion PMce--H-50 Per Tee] AdwM*ing Betee Upon Reqneet THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK "The grand essential of happi ness are something to do, some thing to love, and something to hope for." "There is a necessary limit to our achievement, but none to our attempt." touches the notes rightly and in tune." CASWELL AS A PLACE OF RESORT AH one's life is music if One It is reported that a gentleman, who !ives at Milton, after spend ing several months in Florida, comes bark home and makes the solemn a^servation that Milton has a better all-the-year-round climate than Florida. That being so Milton is a bet ter winter resort and a better summer resort than fabulous Florida. !t is also a better spring resort and a better fall resort. It is just naturally a better place than Florida any way you take It. < And what is true of Milton is true of other places in Caswell. There is charming scenery at Mil ton. and charming scenery at or near Yanceyville. And besides that we are 600 or 800 feet above the sea level, and are not pestered with mosquitoes, gnats, sand flies and other pestiferous insects. We can sit on the porch on a hot summer night and contemplate the wonders and beauties of nature without distraction. The Chamber of Commerce can tel! the world about Caswell as a place of resort, and as a place of all the-year-round residence. If the people of these here United States knew what a good courftry we have there wouldn't be land enough in our county to go round amongst those who would clamor for it. That's the solemn truth, Brethren. A SUGGESTION TO VIR GINIA ROAD BUILDERS The majority of the people of Caswell county consider Danville their shopping center. North Carolina is building a paved road on highway number !4, which leads from Yanceyville, the center of Caswell, to Danville. This paved road will be t6 feet wide, and will have good wide shoulders on either side of the t6-foot paved surface. These shoulders will be planted in wire grass and will be kept up on a level with the paving. These well-kept shoulders make for the convenience of the traveling pub lie. , On entering Virginia along highway number t4 the shoulders to the paved roads on the Virginia side are not being maintained. Motor cars, buggies and wagons are confined to the t6-foot pav ing, some of which is becoming worn. We would respectfully suggest to the Virginia road authorities, state or county, that if they would widen out, build up, and maintain the shoulders along this much traveled highway, they would render a great favor to the Cas well patrons of the Danville mar kets, and would.make the access to Danville much more conveni ent for their customers. A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS We are like the little boy writ ing to Santa Claus now, and wish to tell Dame Fortune some of the j&ings we want her to put in our Stocking. Out of the Cornucopia of Amer t's amazing fullness we wish would be poured out to us lians a few little articles h some of the more prosper counties might not want, and [ at mention of which some of them : might actually turn up their r noses. Our first wish is for three or four brick and terra cotta manu facturing plants. There are vari ous sorts of clay in this county, and some of it ought to be made up into building material for the building and construction work which will be done in Carolina and Virginia in ever increasing amounts. There is no better brick clay in the state than is to be found in Caswell, especially in the northern part, around Milton. Qur second wish is for two or three hosiery mills. Everybody wears hosiery, and everybody's hosiery is continually wearing out. There is no reason why hosiery made in Caswell shouldn't sell as well as that made elsewhere. One, two, or three hosiery mills in the county would furnish labor for a number of people who would be glad of the opportunity to make an independent living at steady, light work, which would not ex pose them to the weather. The slander has been circulated that some of our people are too proud to work, and that labor to run a hosiery mill would be hard to get in Caswell. If we let this slander continue to have currency it will discourage the establish ment of enterprises in our midst by outside capital which might otherwise come in. It would be a good thing for the Chamber of Commerce to make a survey of different sec tions of the county to discover just how much labor could be secured to run a hosiery mill. If Dame Fortune is a-mind to give us a hosiery mil! to make the fine silk or rayon hose, she can find an empty building at Mil ton at a moderate rental or selling price, so we are informed. And Milton is On the railroad. And if it is thought desirable to locate the mil) elsewhere we can make the brick or saw the lumber for its construction. ^ We would wish for a whole lot more, but our paper has run out. But above everything else materi al let us say that we are wishing for a two hundred percent in crease in the cows, hogs and chickens of our county. This means more to us than anything else just now. ! Dame Fortune, please Ma in, do your best for us so that no more farms will be sold for taxes and ho more of our young men and women leave the county. - ! ..^_:_'__ ' . TOBACCO BARN BURNED; CONSIDERABLE LOSS On the Neat and Booth farm, !ocated a few miles southeast of Sam Gatewood's Store, a curing barn was burned to the ground Monday afternoon around 4:30 o'clock. , ft is understood that white a tenant on the farm was kitting out a curing of the weed, that in some way the dry teaf became ignited, and the ftames soon spread through the structure, teaving it a totat toss. The curing was said to have been made up of tobacco of the finest sort, and the toss in the ag gregate wit) be copsiderabte. A second barn was nearby, but ow ing to the slant of wind, the ftames were carried away from the imperiled structure. A con siderabte amount of dry ftue wood, pited near the barn, caught on fire and was consumed. TOURING WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Graves, of Yanceyville, in company with Mrs. L. M. Carlton and Miss Shuford Carlton, of Roxboro, left Friday morning to tour western North Carolina. While in that part of the state they will visit Mrs. j. P. Burke, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Graves. "Mr. Wampus, I fear you are ignoring our efficiency system." "Maybe so, Mr. Gump," re sponded the clerk, "but somebody has to gei the work done." About half the cotton grown in North Carolina last year was of the Cleveland Big Boll variety. Mexican Boll is also steadily growing in popularity. . ....I,.....,—,,,.*'........ FARMERS WILL MAKE A TWO-DAYS TOUR OF ALAMANCE Caswell Farmers and Their Sons Invited, W. Kerr Scott, Farm Agent for Alamance, very kindly invites the farmers of Casweii and their sons to join the tour of Alamance fhrms which a number of Ala mance farmers will make soon. It is the opinion of The Mes senger that it will be a very pleas ant and profitable tour, and we hope a number of Caswell men and boys will take advantage of this opportunity. When a-body gets a cordial in vitation to go on a camping trip he ought not to turn it down, especially if it comes in August when the weather is hot and the watermelons are ripe. W. Kerr Scott, the Farm Agent for Alamance in a note says that, honest-to-goodness, he wants as many of the Caswell farmers and their boys as possible to join the band that is to tour Alamance. Mr. Scott wants to get us over there and show Os some of the things the Alamande farmers have been doing under his supervision and leadership. He is a modest man and won't stick out his chest. But all the same we ll bet a nickel that he won't get mad if we com mend and compliment the good work that has been done by some of those progressive Alamancians. Mr. Scott's chief purpose though, is to encourage and pro mote good farming and stock rais ing, and he is extending to us the courtesy of an invitation to come over and observe some of the up to date farming methods followed in Alamance. The Messenger thinks that the Caswell men ought to appreciate this courtesy, and to accept the invitation. Mr. Scott's letter follows: Farmers Tour A very interesting two-days' tour of Atamance county has been arranged entirety for you. We wit! meet at 8 a. m. SHARP, Wednesday, August t8th at the John AJdridge Farm on Highway No. 62, just north of Haw River. From there we wit! announce the rest of the trip that day. We wiH spend the night at Eh Whitney high school. A JiveJy program of music, the good o!d kind that the Snow Camp String Rand makes, moving pictures and other features that wit! entertain you. Bring a blanket with you for cover during the night. You can bring meats with you if you desire or you can get same i" passing the stores. Light refreshments wilk he served at the various farms entirety free to a!!. Rring your son on this trip. This is our fourth farmers' tour. You may he surprised to know it, hut ! believe it is going to be our best one. You cats count on plenty of fun and recreation, and at the same time it is a real educa tionaJ trip. Let me know in advance if you are coming. But if you don't know until the last minute jump right in and come on. Sincerely. W. Kerr Scott, County Agent. Haw River, N. C. August nth, 1926 - "Now is the Time to Subscribe" As for magazines, sailors should take to The Atlantic, clock-mak ers to The Dial, tired people to Outing, and Bolshevists to The Red Book. Librarians should ap preciate The Bookman, young wives Good Housekeeping, pugil ists Punch, and workers in ebony Blackboards. Prisoners natural ly want Liberty, controversialists The Forum, patriotic folks The American, devourers of books The Literary Digest and all of us Everybody's. — Boston Tran script. Tom Tar Heel says that old rocky held, full of stumps, just back of the barn is now one of the best pieces of land on the farm since he blew out the rocks and stumps with explosive. Y ^ TEACHERS FOR BARTLETT-YANCEY SCHOOL SECURED (Continued from Page 1) second grade ; Miss Annie Mur ray, DanviMe, and Miss Myrtle Lea, Blanche, first grades; Miss Mary Stacey, Ruffin, music teach er. It is understood that the out look for the term is exceHent, and it is generally believed that the coming session bids fair to be the best in years. The committee reports progress in the expansion of the teacher age, which under the supervision of Mr, and Mrs. Walter William son, is expected to add a great -deal to the school. The committee of the Bartlett - Yancey school is thus composed : Dr. S. A. MaHoy, chairman; Mrs. George A. Anderson, secretary ; Mrs. E. A. Allison, Thomas Foster, and Henry T. Watkins. No date at this time has been set for the opening of the school. However, it is expected that the committee will name same short ly. Dr M. R. McBride, of Reids viiie, spent a few hours in Miiton Sunday afternoon. CASWELL MASONS GUESTS OF BULA LODGE (CcKtiaaed frtun Page 1) ! guests of the Bulah Lodge No. 409, of the Alamance city. It is understood that the Las wet) Masons were accorded a splendid reception, and at! of them came back to their jurisdiction loud in their praises of the Bur tington brethren. The meeting was given specia! significance by the fact that three fellowcrafts were raised to the Master's de gree, the work being put on by a team that was wonderfutty profici ent. Following the exemplification a fraterna! period was enjoyed when Worshipful Master S. M. Bason, and George A. Anderson, and I H. Hatchett, past masters, were given a seat it) the Last. A num ber of short speeches, wet! timed to the occasion, were made. Mr. Bason, it has been learned, was most felicitous in his remarks, as were also Messrs. Anderson and Hatchett. Added interest was given to the speech-making when it developed that Mr. Bason had received his first degree in ma sonry at the hands of the Bula Lodge. The good feeling of the evening was heightened by the presence and activity of Andrew Rudd and Reid Manyard. Both of these Masons are Caswell stoek. now living in Burlington. Mr. Rudd holds the tilers Sword, while Mr. Maynard is the lodge's secretary. It was evident, the Caswell visit ors said, that both of these men were held in high esteem by the craftsmen of Burlington. After the speech-making and the smoker was over, the lodge i closed in due form, and the mem iters with the visitors, repaired to the ante room where a bountiful watermelon feast was enjoyed. PROSPECT Misses Mattie. Mary and Cath erine Hatchett, of Roxboro, are visiting Mrs. E. A, Allison. Mrs. L. A. Helpler and chil dren. of Thomasville, were guests of Mrs H. A. Howard Sunday. , Mrs. George Pitchford and daughter, of Hilton Village, spent the past week with Mrs. Howard. W. B. Foster, of Reidsville, Mr. and Mrs. C H. Hodges and chil dren, of Purley, were guests of Mrs. J. A. Poteat, Sunday. Hubert Page and Miss Clyde AHison motored to Durham Sun day to visit Misses Margaret Al lison and Elizabeth Page. Mr. and Mrs. Julius Watling ton and children spent Sunday in Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Poteat, Mildred and Nerine Poteat were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Per kins Sunday at Sh^dy Grove. Misses Frances and Elizabeth Allison are visiting Mrs. Lester Harrelson in Reidsville. OLD TIMER COMPLAINS OF HIGH COST OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLIN' Mr. Editur: \ I aint got much ternin, cause when I went to schoot, I had to walk three mites and back evry day, set on a bench where didn't have no back in a tog cabin fer a schoo! house. My teacher had a fust grade sertifcit and what she noed, she could tern us chittun. In them days, they said we must lern readin, ritin and rithmertick and we could git tong purty good, j I aint nevr ben much on ritin, but! I wfas always a purty good speterj and reader. I aint kickin on no school, cause me and the otd woman done sent our chittun to schoot and they} ) done att teft home, so what I say ] aint cause I'm again the schools, j I do think they costs us two much I money in tax. I pays $6.37 school j tax evry year and aint got a chite to send to schoot. When I was a kid att the schools in Caswet! county didn't cost haf as much as eny one brick house they got now, lac is, I dont speck they cost as much as eny two trucks they got fer hattin the chittun now. I speck att the schoo! houses in Caswett county is wurth mity ni as much as att the schoot houses in the state was wurth when I was a kid. They tetts me they got two have a great big brick house in att the townships and them chittun where aint near enuf to walk to schoot they send 'em in artomobit truck, they haves a teacher fer evry fifteen or twenty chittun and they wopt let 'em team hut jest so much cause they mustn't make but one grade a year, I heam 'em say that they pays the teach ers ntoren a hunderd dottars a month and vvhen I was a kid you could git a teacher fer a hole ses ston ter a hunderd dollars. Some of our big men aint never ben to school much and didn't no what co!ege was fer. big lawers, big docters, big prechers and big men a!! the walks of life aint never ben to colege and what lerpen they got was got by wbrkin fer it, didn't cost so much. 1 blieves we can do somethin boat this here school bigness and stop it from costin the folks so much, ft looks like we jest tryin to put on ars, ridin to school in a artomo bil and having a brick house to set in, and bort benches with backs to 'em, and I hearn 'em say that they even got a place to put there vitles and hats and things and lock 'em up, now aint that somethin? When f was a kid, f always bailed my cap up and put it in my pocket or under my bench where I was settin. Taint no use of havin all them things fer the chillun, cause they aint ben uster havin 'em at home. f no you aint goin to like what f rit Mr. Editur. cause you got learnin and you thinks f'm a old fogy and dont no nothin. ! dont but I no all I gits is goin to keep the chillun goin to school and I dont blteve they learns as much as we kids did when 1 went to school in the old log cabin by the lane. Old Timer. PRISONERS MAKE TWO ATTEMPTS TO BREAK JAIL (CfRtinaed from Page 1) ! Cel! bolts had been safely negoti ated, and only the brick walls stood between the new found! Damon and Pythias and the great! out-of doors. But just at this I time the "lucky thirteen" !ost its potency, and Sheri# Gunn from i the court house green, saw the! sithouette of two men where there shou!d have been none. Hieiqg to the jail. his presence set at naught all previous !abor. Saturday afternoon Duck and the Spaniard again felt the mys terious call of the wild, and with the crudest tools had sawed into one of the bars of cell, with some good work put in on anoth er. The Goddess of Luck again double-crossed them, when Sher iff Gunn heard the quiet rasping of the saw, and once more made investigation. The prisoners, Duck and the Spanish Houdini, are now occupy ing separate cells, and it is not likely that the third time at the hat^wil! be attempted, it is be lieved. EDWARD MILES OF THE U. S. ARMY HOME ON VACATION (Continued from Pago 1) kites, and studying the set of the currents of air. In the sailing of the kites he became wonderfully proficient, and this well developed talent made him the envy and ad miration of his fellow pupils. At an early age, Mr. Miles en listed in the United States army, and it is well known that his record as a soldier has been a most excellent one. He has seen active service in every state in the Union except Maine and Florida, and has often been given the most responsible of assignments. For six years he was stationed in Alaska where his work in the signal corps was of a highly in teresting kind. Often he was call ed upon to follow the wildest of trails, and it is related that on one occasion while away back in the great snowy wastes, his faithful Winchester held oil a fierce and starving wolf pack. He had taken refuge in a deserted Alaskan shack and the voracious creatures were finally driven off. A highly interesting phase in his military experience was his six years of service in the Philippines. He was in this distant land dur ing the great war, and on account of the relations of of Japan to the United States, his duty for those years was of the most responsible kind. * He is now in the states for a two months' leave, and on leaving Caswell he will stay for a short while at Washington, after which he will resume his duties. Mr. Miles is a brother of John A. Miles and Will Miles. Danville; W. M. Miles. South Caswell, and Charlie Miles, who is now living tn Nebraska. BUILD STANDARD STOVE FLUES SAYS C I. & R. COMPANY This Will Decrease Rates and Prevent Fires. The public in genera! are in terested . in lower insurance rates and by their own efforts it is pos sibte to get them. In both Caswell and Person counties there are a number of terra cotta, metal and brick-on edge dues. These (lues cause the great majority of fires and the in surance companies charge five dollars per thousand for these dues. They are not making money even at this rate. They much prefer a risk with a stand ard due at the lower rate. The North Carolina Fire Pre vention Association gives the fol lowing as a standard stove due. "Stove dues shall be construct ed of hard burned brick, laid flat in cement mortar and shall be not less than sixteen inches square from base to top, lined with fire clay piping, in sections not less than twenty-four inches long. Flues to be hung or! iron stirrups bent to come two inches below lower surface of ceiling. No due to be less than three feet above dat roof and two feet above ridge or peak of roof." A due of this description can be built in almost any kitchen with the additional Cost of insur ance for one or two years. Be sides the cost of insurance being lessened it will save many a fire. We are in the insurance busi ness to serve the public as well as to make a living. If you are going to build hr remodel your house,"ask us about the dues, we can save you money. Caswell Insurance & Realty Company, Genera^ Insurance & Bonding Some exceHent crops have been ruined in Durham county by deep cultivation late in the season with a turn plow which exposes and cuts the plant roots, And county agent, W. 1. Smith. Tom Tar Heel says he is going to grow all the hay this winter that he needs for next year.
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