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1S79 In the campaign for subscrip-1 | -school boys and girls of the coun > commission of fifty cents (5°) t° the schools on each and every yearly subscription secured by the students of the various schools engaged in the campaign. If six j months’ subscriptions are taken it will require two of these to I constitute a year’s subscription j And the units on which the prizes will be awarded to the winning contestants will be yearly sub scriptions. Subscriptions will be counted by the number of whole year subscriptions. The Messenger is offering a prize of a trip to Raleigh to the boy or girl in the county who secures the largest number of sub scriptions. This trip will include' a visit to the capital while the legislature is in session and a sight-seeing tour about the city of Raleigh. Governor McLean wil be asked to receive the win ner if he is in the city and can spare the time to shake hands with the party from Caswell. The trip will also be arranged vyith reference to an evening’s entertainmerit, and the night will be spent at the Sir Walter or the Yarborough hotel. If a girl wins this prize she will be allowed a chaperone. The Messenger is offering a prize to the school as a whole that secures the most subscriptions. This prize will consist in books, in all probability, and will cost $10.00, $15.00, or $20.00, depend ing on the efforts put foyth in the contest, and the judgment of Mr. Isley, whom 'fie will ask to serve somewhat in the capacity of an umpire, if he will. In addition to the commissions, the prize to the individual, and the prize to the school for the most subscriptions which The Mes senger is offering, there are at least three other prizes being of , fered by merchantile firms of Dan ville. J. Berman is offering a $6.00 hat to the boy winning the most subscribers, to The Mes senger; Mr. Conway, of thy Dan ville Music House, is offering an $18.00 guitar to the boy or girl who wins the most subscriptions to The Messenger; and N. J. Waugh Hardware Co., is offering a first-class baseball gldve to the boy securing the most subscrip tions to The Messenger. And how, in addition to the above major prizes The Mes senger will reward each con testant who secures as many as three (3) yearly subscriptions to The Messenger with a minor prize consisting of something serviceable but inexpensive. We have in stock some splendid Auto Strop safety razors which we will award to any one who secures three subscriptions. These razors can then be presented by the boys and girls winning them to their fathers or brothers. Should something else be desired we will give something else. | The Messenger appreciates very much the splendid, co-opera tion of the students in the county who are helping to extend the cir !§ culation of the paper. » It is our p purpose in return to try to give the schools the best service pos sible, and, if possible, to make The Messenger the best weekly newspaper in North Carolina. The contestants are allowed to get\the subscriptions outside of |p the county, of course, whenever they can. These will count. Ilhere fare cumbers of people ill Pittsylvania,* Person, Rocking ham, Alamance, Guilford, Halifax, and other counties who will be And wc arc allowing renewals Messenger is now fifty weeks old. In two more weeks the paper will be fifty-two weeks old, which is a whole calendar year. There ought to be a'number of subscrib ers who will be renewing, their subscriptions in the next few weeks. Which school will sceurc the; I most subscriptions? I Which boy or girl will secureJ the largest number of sub scrip-i tions? Who is going to get that; trip *to Raleigh ? Wfco. i# going! to get that guitar?' A®*S who will f get the hat and! 'SsssiefiKs® gfere*' ■ The.contest is to* rmr, J next week. It wtiS! taiH Sflfisffsay1. night of next trodk. /TOte **»*• fis® short, but it fe. ptentt*. Swng the boys aaodl gnfts re •«» a ben <et good work tSwjir wrj, their cotratT acai Sew f5»c J&*-' .senger.. We are aS wafcdbwtg «#«*** to see who gets tlbe jwsases. W8i* cs '«* going-to be? TOLERAXCE Intolerance » <me of Sfee S**®** of society. Stcwst mass ate a tolerant of the views mdl of others. Some comroamties are intolerant. There are sections Georgia so intolerant that a mam can scarce!)' cal! his Site hi? omen if he flares t<> assert an opinio®; contrary to the opinion prevailing in that community. i With apologies to Mr. Abell and any other of our good Georgia friends.’ Of course, we don’t have any such folks in ,North Carolina, Mr Abell).' When a man will not allow his neighbor to express an opinion at variance with his own without getting mortally offended and be ing ugly about it he thereby dis plays his childishness, and his in tolerance. When a man think that -he knows it all and that what he thinks and says about every ques tion before the house is just right, and that what his neighbor thinks and says about that question is all wrong, if it is different, he is intolerant and bigoted, and is not the.pleasantest sort of a neighbor to have around. Tolerance and kindliness to ward those who may, amidst the cross currents of life, differ with us is the mark of a sizeable man or woman, and they are the sort of folks that do make pleasant and agreeable neighbors. In his second inaugural address Abraham Lincoln delivered this famous utterance: “With malice toward none and with charity for all, let us have faith that right makes right; and in that faith let us to the <gnd dare to do our duty as we understand it.” ATMOSPHERE • ... Every home and community has its spiritual atmosphere. Sometimes this atmosphere is so blighting as to prevent the de velopment of anything generous, fine and beautiful. On the other hand ^here are homes and com munities that afford the aspiring soul the inspiration for the ut most of human endeavor. In such an atmosphere the boys and girls dream their dreams, think high and holy thoughts, perform dar ing and noble deeds, and become great lovers who delight in sacri fice. From the lives of their chaste and reverend elders there radiates the sunshine of peace and ,’Jby, and from the altar fires of self*renunciation there rises ubopt them the sweet incense of consummate love'. The splendor of the Divine is reflected by the .beautiful spirits of the obscure men and women who may con stitute such a home or commun ity, and the lives of their children are made radiant by the inner “light which never was on sea or land.” In such an atmosphere are de veloped the seers, patriots, states men, prophets, thinkers, and great lovers of the world—men and wo men who can not live in spiritual squalor, degredation and ugliness; but must have wide horizons, sublime heights, spreading, pro ductive fields, blooming flowers, and the soul-satisfying smiles of responsive love. Each heart, home, and com munity has its atmosphere; and this atmosphere is a blessing or a blight as the exhaling heart shall choose. "WISDOM IS BETTER THAN RUBIES" - ' , J The Semora Parent-Teacher association, under the leadership of Mr. Isley and Mr. Newman, and the wide-awake president and secretary of the local association, have given.a fresh impetus to the formation of local public libraries by their ’ “chicken day" purchase of additional books for the local schwl liTnatit at-Semora. This is a movement that ought be encouraged till each and every one of the public schools v ' Caswell county has a worthy csoSkction of books for the use of the students and patrons of the* sdtewat, " * Ttwre is a time in the life of ■wtsfcds every child when he and sbe- hats as open mind for the re of she better' things of If as this age the. proper aunt panned for the child |» ©r she will eagerly read the sfersgy- Sfeat .are available. .. A 'gws4%gwk.- has been the turn asg pdhst as the life of a many a! hvy *»£. girl. The same may oof 4mht he said about a bad book.' Aswi- .Heave® knows there are enoeqght had ones circulating through site country at small cost. it the anxious fathers and moth ers will join the Parent-Teacher associations and do all in their power to furnish the school libraries with a generous supply of the right kind of books they will be doing a big thing toward fortifying their children against thg “evils” of the present day. or any other day, society. Lead your child to the sources of wisdom, for "wisdom is better than rubies.” COST OF LIVING LOWER IN AMERICA, SAYS LETTER American Exchange’s February Business Document Says The Decline May Continue Through The Present Year. . (From Greensboro Daily News) The cost of living in the United States is shrinking and will con tinue to shrink perhaps through 1927, according to the February business letter issued by the American Exchange National bank. The letter reads as follows: Life insurance has long been recognized as affording one of the surest of all indices ~to the finan cial status of the average in dividual—and 1926 was a big life insurance year. Compilations by leading com panies indicate not only that more new policies were written than in any previous year but also that their average size increased from $2,877 in 1925 to $3,009. The 1924 average was $2,704. Delaware and 'Maine showed the greatest gains in volume of any states and New England the greatest sectional gains in this country while Canada reports in creases still more marked. De cember and June appear to be the best months for life insurance sales. Farm Values Stabilized Farm land values in the United States, which reached their peak in 1920, are down almost 30 per cent, according to the department of agriculture, but the rate of de cline is now much diminished from that of the three preceding years. Average worth for 196 was esti mated at $76.47 per acre, as against $77.83 in 1925 and $78.82 in the preceding year. Values are, however, approximately 25' per cent above the levels of 1912-4. The grain and live stock states appear to have suffered the great est shrinkage, with the cotton states following, districts with highly developed dairy, poultry and truck interests coming out best of all. Since 1919 the nation’s crop acreage has been reduced by about 5 per cent, but aggregate produc tion has been actually increased, largely as a result of improvement in implements and machinery. braska report material increases in acreage sown to winter wheat; even as do Washington and Ore gon, but wet weather in such im portant producing states as Il linois, Indiana, Ohio and Penn sylvania so reduced plantings as to make the governmenf estimate only five per cent larger than that for 1925-6. At the same time, there seems every reason to expect a decided curtailment of acreage devoted to cotton. Last year the south pro duced the largest crop of all time, and unsatisfactory price levels brought vyide-spread depression. Now banks, business interests and growers have joined forces in the effort to effect a material reduc-; tion in plantings while in some} states an acreage tax is being con-j sklered as a further -remedial, measure. Inasmuch as any dastic restric tion of cotton planting will nat urally stimulate the cultivation of food and forsage, the agitation scents sWe to contribute largely to a much needed of agricultural effort. The more money-crops there a re on every farm, the greater the stability of the whole industry. Living Costs and Shrinking Nineteen twenty-six witnessed, a material shrinkage in the cost of living, according to statistics' compiled by the National Indus-, trial Conference board.. [ Reduction for the year, despite a temporary peak in August, ap proached six per cent. Present levels, according to the -and- authority, are about 73 per cent above those of 1913 whereas in 1920 such items as food, cloth j ing, housing, fuel and light fur nishings. etc., rati up to 718$ per cent above the 1913 levels on which the computations are bas ed. The general downward trend is expected to continue welt into, and perhaps through 1927, inas much as it will he three to six months before recent changes in wholesale commodity prices find their way to the ultimate con sumer. Foreign Trade Dull In 196 Although 192b was a generally, satisfactory year for American business, and domestic activity was well sustained, American sales abroad decreased by approx imately 30 per cent, while our^ overseas purchases increased seven per cent. The shrinkage was largely in trade with Europe and Latin North America, sales to these lands falling off 14 per cent and nine per cent respectively in the first nine months of the year. Within the same period however, sales to Asia showed a gratifying gain of 24 per cent and those to] Latin South America of it per cent. Exports to Africa grew 16, per cent. Farm implement sales ran 10 million dollars above those of 1925, and automobile sales increased by' more than $5,000,000. Railroad Yeats la Best Evec^ j The railroads of the United States had the best year in their! history in igz6. They handled more freight than ever before— 53.260.000 cars in all—and moved it 488 billion ton miles, without serious transportation tie-ups, congestion or car shortages. Net operating income was approx imately a billion'and quarter dol lars, or 5.23 per cent on property investment. At the same time the new con struction of 1,005 miles of track was the largest in to years. More than $875,000,000 was spent on improvements, authorization of $450,000,000 more being carried oyer to this year for completion. Automatic block signals were in stalled on 4,891 miles of road. Since 1921 the United States government has spent $463,554, 553.00 on road improvements. The south is asking a federal appropriation of $30,000,000 to further the development of naval stores resources. , ---- The Atncricsn C.hcmiuil scxietv COUNTY-WIDE TEACH ERS MEETING CALLED Mr. W. C Jones, Yanceyville, N. C. Dear Mr, Jones: Will you please announce that on Saturday, February 5th, 10:30 o'clock a county-wide teachers’ meetings will fee held in the Bart lett Yancey school auditorium and that all teachers in the county are expected to be present and on time. A discussion of the com mencement program will be one of the big items on the program and finishing the work for the year. This last meeting is very important and it is very necessaTy that all teachers be present. In the afternoon all high school teachers and principals of high schools will hold a meeting rela tive to their particular work. This meeting is important and it is necessary for all principals and high school teachers to be present. Very truly yours, i* Robert W. Isley, County Superintendent. Yanceyville, N. C., January 3tst, 197. FOSTER-HUDSON On Saturday, January 29th, Miss Eva Foster became the bride of Vernon Hudson, of South Bos ton, Va., the marriage ceremony being performed in Danville. Mrs. Hudson is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Foster, of Yanceyville. Mr. Hud son is the son of Mrs. Maud Hud son, of South Boston, Va. It is understood that the bride and groom will make their home with Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Foster. On Saturday night a wedding supper was served by the father and mother of the bride, and on Sunday the sister of the bride gave a dinner in honor of Jhe hap py couple. THE FUN OF A CONTEST A contest furnishes a splendid form of recreation. When one no longer takes interest in contest he or she Is sick or mentally de pressed. Men wi|l go a long ways to see a football, basketball or baseball contest. The contest for subscribers to The Messenger is a good chance for a lot of fun. Who Will Get The Prize? ^ We are greatly interested in the contest being waged by the school boys and girls of Caswell in their efforts to secure subscrip tions to THE CASWELL MES SENGER, and are waiting to hear which boy secures the most subscriptions. I o the boy who rolls up the longest list of subscriptions to THE MESSENGER we are of fering a $6.00 hat. When the race is over and the victor has been named we wrant him to come into our store at 238 Main street, Danville, with an order properly signed by THE MESSENGER, and we will take pleasure in pre senting this prize to him. Arid may we say also to the school girls and boys of Caswell that our interest has been great ly aroused in the balanced farm program for Caswell that is now being talked about. We honest ly think such a program is neces sary for the prosperity of any county. And we have faith in the school boys and girls of your county to believe that they can do a lot to secure its adoption, if they will. ,, We cordially invite the stu dents of the schools of Caswell to visit our.store; --... ... MrsJ.BERMANMrs, “The Live Store—Always Reliable’' DANVILLE, VA. SPECIALS 30x3 Tires $5.75 This is a special lot of good fabric tires, made by Firestone, Goodrich and Big Four Tire Co. All in non-skid and are very special values at this price. Cord Tires $6.75 This lot includes Firestone and Goodrich Cords, also a few Fisk Cords. These are all full and over size. New fresh stock at prices you pay for cheap tires. All other sizes at special low prices. Yanceyville Motor Co. JOHN A. MASSEY. Proprietor Yanceyville, N» C. Farmers in Henderson county haye raised $1250 in cash and are ridw selling memberships in their farm bureau to retain the services of County Agent E. F. Arnold. A dairy1 calf dub, a baby beef contest, and a poultry’ club con test have been started by young farm folk of Buncombe county. Mr. Conway, of the Danville Music House offers an $18.00 guitar to the boy or girl securing the most yearly subscriptions in The Messenger subscription cam paign. ' -ft' ■ Tests made by farmers in Craven county show that the "cash” variety of tobacco makes the best yields of quality weed | in that section. I j" , --- | Twenty-two farmers of the | Eureka Community in Wayne county have treated their tobacco ; seed for leaf spot diseases. J — -—* Eleven community meetings will be held in Robeson county following up' the general county-, wide meeting recently held at Lumberton in the interest of bet ter farming this year^ .. .
The Caswell Messenger (Yanceyville, N.C.)
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