PAGE POUR THE FRANKLIN PRESS and THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN THURSDAY, AUGUST S, 1 BOOKS RENTED TO STUDENTS Statewide Rental System For Textbooks Is Instituted RALEIGH, Aug. 1. Basal text books for the elementary grades and high school books in the cours es for which unit adoptions have been made will be furnished to North Carolina children during the coming school session, at a rental of one-third the retail price, accord ing to the state textbook and pur chase commission. The books will be rented on a single book basis, in order that children may use second-hand books if they choose. However, no used books will be purchased by the commission. Spend $450,000 About $450,000 worth of books will be purchased by the commis sion. Although authorized to bor row up to $1,500,000 through the state's credit to launch the pro gram, the commission will use this credit as sparingly as possible, ac cording to Clyde A Erwin, state superintendent of public instruction and chairman of the commission. Working on the commission with Erwin are A. S. Brower, director of the state division of purchase and contract, and R. Gregg Cher ry, who introduced the bill in the legislature. E. N. Peeler, Greens boro, is secretary of the commission. Strict regulations for furnishing free books to indigent children will be formulated by the commission, it was stated. Books will be furnished in the basal elementary subjects, such at English, reading, history, arithme tic, etc., and in the high school subjects of social and natural sciences, home economics, agricul ture, and manual arts. North Carolina will have the first statewide textbook rental system, and Erwin expressed the opinion that the state will eventually sup ply children with free books, as does Texas. NewU.S.Dreadnaughtof the Air BShsY jf imfl H fl sHUsBtiEwM! Hs&l WSBKtKyS&BStKBSKKK'iy etsHmeosVttsMWBHl SEATTLE . . . The largest air bomber ever built in the United powered by four 700 h.p. motors with a speed of 200 miles per as been tuned up here for maiden test trials which include a over the summit of Mt Rainier for altitude ability. 2T it left her. For children wait In Heaven for their Mothers to watch them grow into perfect manhood and womanhood without the anxi ety of the earthly life. "The fluttering breath is almost still! The faithful heart is ready to rest! There is a sunbeam stealing through the evening clouds, creeping toward her bed! Her soul is riding up on a path of glory! Listen! Do you hear the Saviour's gentle voice saying "Well done thou good and faithful Ah ! Laura ! my darling daughter !" Margaret R. Siler. Aviators when flying in high alti tudes wear electrically heated cloth ing, suits which are wired with batteries. These suits are also furlined. Broadway Mr. Lippincott, Clemson, S. C, and Mr. Sam Baty, Highlands, passed through this section Thurs day. Mr. and Mrs, C. L. Major, At lanta, are spending a few days at their summer home, Camp Major Haven. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Headrick made a business trip to Highlands Saturday. Miss Hazel Holt, Swannanoah, is visiting relatives and friends at Turtle Pond and Highlands. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Florida, are at their summer home near Broadway Gap. Stella and Zoe Wilson were home from Camp Paradise for a short visit Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Headrick, Lucy Headrick, and Miss Isabella Baetho visited Mr. Andy Wilson Wednesday. Inez and Glenn Wilson were the guests of Edna Wilson Wednesday afternoon. Carl and Earl Vinson are work ing in this section this week. Herman Carpenter and Elmer Vinson, Tesenta, visited A. Wil son Sunday. Mrs. Caroline Cabe and Lillie Cabe were at the home of A. Wilson Friday. Mrs. Jim Barnes, and her grand daughter, of Scaly, are visiting her mother, Mrs. Wilson. N. H. Kinney is visiting relatives on Turtle Pond this week. RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY For Mrs. A. J. Rickman, lotk, N. C, July 27, IMS A funnel makes an excellent holder for a ball of twine. Choose one large enough to hold a good sized ball. Put the end of the string through the neck of the funnel. Whereas: Thru the wisdom of the great Architect of the Uni verse he has seen proper to remove from our midst our Brother, Albert J. Rickman, and, Whereas: Thru his "seemingly" untimely death she has lost a faith ful husband and the dearest friend on earth, and the community loses a loyal neighbor who wast ever ready to offer the hand of aid and the voice of sympathy to the needy and distressed and, Whereas: We feel it our duty to express to Mrs. Rickman our ap preciation of his loyalty to our or der, and also express to her and his children our unlimited sympa thy in their bereavement. Therefore; be it resolved, 1 That we as members of Cowee Council No. 493, Jr. O. U. A. M., do express our heart-felt sympathy to the bereaved family of Bro. A. J. Rickman. 2 That we commend them for consolation to Him who orders all things for the best, and whose chastisements are meeted out in wisdom, but not without mercy. 3 That a copy of this resolution be sent to the bereaved family for their consolation, a copy be sent to The Press for publication and that a copy be preserved on our records. COMMITTEE J. B. Elmore J,. C Sorrells H. R. Morrison. ltc (adv.) Ix uc uaiuagc tuscu uy i auima til , Australia varies from $80,000,000 to $150,000,000 annually. TOBACCO Heaven's Window With Deep Affection to the Mem ory iof Laura Siler Slagle "Why are you leaning from Heaven's window, Mother? For days you have been watching there." "Laura is coming, my daughter! Laura, the faithful and true! Love that will not let her go, has kept her on Earth until her busy hands, doing always for others, have been crippled with pain and useless for years. The willing feet have been moving slower-and slower till they no longer can lift her wasted body. Her eyes, as blue as the blue mountains of home, cannot scan the familiar outlines any more. Her tongue, used only to form words of kindness, a rare gift indeed, can now only whisper trembling words of love and farewell! "After a long life of love and sacrifice, these afflictions had to come, that her dear ones could willingly let her go. "I left her when she was only eighteen, to make a home for a lonely father and younger broth ers and sisters. AH of her life she has had heavy burdens to bear, and she has done them faithfully and cheerfully! She has suffered cruel disappointments down to the very last years of her life, but no one heard a bitter word from Laura! She has looked for, and 'seen the rainbow through the rain.' She has lived her life in the same little mountain bound valley, with few glimpses of the outside world. She brought the world to herself with books of poetry and travel. Her broad mind and soul and heart were not nar rowed by her narrow life. For she gave of herself always to her fel low man. She got much out of life, for in her quiet and unasum ing way, she put much into it. "'And of such its the Kingdom of Heaven,' and she is coming in to her reward! "Bring me her babies, daughter! Lay the tiny Alberta in my lap. Elizabeth and Eloise can lean by my knees ! And where is the fine ! lad Maxwell? Ah, there he comes, jumping along, holding to his Uncle Fred's hand! Go call your father and other brothers and sisters, Fanny! What a family welcome she will get! Each little child as THE CAROLINAS First in Production ami Value of Crop Largest Mte!i m World r I I v I II I r The Carolina. Inc. . I Box 60, Charlotte, N. C. II I I . II' . I. tt iiugui oDitgacions, pi ease send full information con- I II corning Carolines, Inc., and copy of the Carolina I Opportunity Bulletin. I Name I Street City . THE CAROUNAS RANK First in Manufacture Tobacco Products Largest Factories m Use World ALUE of the tobacco crop in the Carolinas is well over $1 00,000,000.00 each year. North Carolina ranks first among aU the states in raising tobacco. Value of manufactured tobacco products in tiie Carolinas cigarettes, cigars, smoking and chewing tobaccos is between $500,000,000 ami tsv-quarters of a billion dollar annuatf y. That's the Purpose of The Carolines, Inc.-"TO TELL THE WORLD" 7k CAROLINAS INC. The newspapers of North and South Carolina have donated the space for this and a series of advertisements which will appear lor the purpose of bringing facts about the Carolinas before their people, that they may be better informed as to the resources, history and industrial importance of the Carolinas, and that they may know how they can assist in the broad movement to advertise to the world the advantages of this favored section.

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