Paire Sight THE PILOT Friday, October 3, 1924 L. L. BIDDLE TELLS STORY OF KIWANIS (Continued from page 1 stack up coin out in a peach orchard and he came to God’s country. While he says the pile of coin is not so big as McGraw thought it would be he likes the country. Ashley Jackman makes his cofession next week. I’he club solidly backed Charlie Picquet in his proposition to secure a special train for the Sandhill boosters to the State Fair, and will undertake at once to sell tickets enough to fill the train and make it a success. Tic kets will be offered at Vass and those who want to go up on that train, run ning through without stop avove Moore county, will be asked to take tickets for this special train and help to ^ve prominence to the Sandhills at the State Fair. Further announce ments of this train will be made later. TOBACCO MEN HEAR SENATOR SMITH (Continued from page 1) One thing he pressed on the minds of his audience is the necessity of more clear thinking on the part of the farmer. Too much hokum is fed out to the farmers, and too much of it is accepted as fact, when a little intelli gent thought would dispose of much of the stuff presented to the farmer and accepted by him. In these days of a multiplicity of books and papers any man can be well informed, and any intelligent man can think for himself and weigh the subjects brought before him, and when the time comes that men are more disposed to inquire into the truth of what is set before them and act for themselves on their own intelligent judgment all men will get forward faster and farther. But one thing Senator Smith assur ed the crowd, and that is that in this day of mass action no man can get very far in any direction unless he is going along with the rest of the crowd or acting with enough others to ac complish a forceful movement. In spite of the rain the meeting was a big suc cess, and it impressed the farmers who were on hand. obliged us with and that is saying a mouthful. Lloyd ‘Ham) Hamilton 'will also assist in the merry-making with his new two part comedy, “Jonah Jones.” PRERARE STORAGE HOUSE FOR SWEET POTATOES “It will soon be time to harvest the sweet potato crop and preparations should be made in advance to properly care for it. Many of the larger grow ers now use modern sweet potato storage houses. If this house has been used before it should be thoroughly cleaned before storing the potatoes,” says Robert Schmidt, Assistant Hor ticulturist for the State Colege Ex periment Station. Directions for doing this are given by Mr. Schmidt as follows: First, dis infect the house by spraying the floor and walls with a solution of formal dehyde—one pint of 40 per cent for- mallin to 25 gallons of water—or with a solution made by dissolving one pound of copper sulphate in 25 gallons of water. It is advisable to spray a second time about 24 hours later. Then start the fires and dry the house. All crates or other containers which have been used before shuold be thoroughly disinfected. Storage in crates is preferable to storage in bins because it permits of more ventilation and of greater con veniences in handling. Ventilated slat barrels can also be used to advantage. “Order your crates now, get your storage house ready and avoid delays at digging time,” says Mr. Schmidt. “Information on curing and storing sweet potatoes may be obtained by writing to the Division of Horticul ture, State College Extension Service, Raleigh, N. C.” AUTOMOBILE RACES AT THE SANDHILL FAIR WEATHER GIVES COTTON JOLT The rainy weather has given cot ton a hard jolt. Much of it is rotting in the field, some sprouting, and the other stalks the life has been taken out, and it is drying in the boll, and going bad all along the line. W. P. Davis, who has twenty-ifve acres that should have given a good crop had a few stalks in The Pilot office Wed nesday, which were as nearly epitome of ruin as anything in the cotton line could be. George Ross, of the Divis ion of Markets, says the crop in the state hardly promises more than forty per cent yield. Wilton McLean, seen on the train Tuesday, says that down his way he does not remember a crop that has so badly deteriorated. In the Sandhills the situation is still as good as any place, but that is not very consoling when all seems to be not very promising. BUSTER KEATON AT CAROLINA THEATERS He comes to the Sandhills this Fri day and Saturday, accompanied by Lloyd (Ham) Hamilton and the two of them will make it very unpleasant for those who do not like to laugh. Seeing Buster attempt to play sol itaire with a deck of soaking wet playing cards is worth the price of admission to “The Navigator”. But that isn’t the only laugh of the picture by any means. A big surprise is the fact that the title does not designate this whimsicle comedian—its the name of the ship. And what a ship! If you can imagine an exceed ingly dumb young man of the Keaton- ish variety adrift in mid-ocean on a steamship with a very pretty girl—and one who has refused to marry him at that—perhaps you can see the many possibilities for riotuous fun. Space forbids telling the many am using features of “The Navigator”. You will laugh when you see Buster’s first appearance, and you will scream when he boards the ship, unmindful of the fact that he is the only one on it—until the girl arrives. You will laugh at the culinary methods of these two, and you will get a real thrill when Buster goes under sea in a diving suit to try to mend a leak in the ship* But it is un fair to tell everything/ Suffia^ it to say that “The, Nawi^sator” ably the funniest comedy Buster has Probably the one question that has been asked the most times in the past two or three weeks was whether there would be automobile races at the Sandhill Fair this year. It has been discussed all over the Sandhills when someone would start a rumor that there would be and some one else would kill it by stating that there wouldn’t be. Now the whole thing can be set at rest by the an nouncement that there will be automo bile races, and that there will also be auto polo. On top of that announcement also can be added the assurance that this year’s races will be better than last year’s. Yes, that same assurance has been forthcoming about every feature this year and each time the assurance is founded on fact, and will be backed up with the goods. The Sandhill Fair has a bunch of the best dirt track drivers in Ameri ca and more of them than last year, and we’ll gamble that they will be a great deal more interesting to the lay man than the speedway races, because one is a real race and the other is a matter of laps and time. The All-American and All-Canadian auto polo teams will battle it out with the same dare-devil recklessness of fences, cars and anything else in their path to the goal. More details of the races will be published later, but the day of the au tomobile races and auto polo games will be Tuesday, October 28th, start ing at 3:00 p. m. Real Program at Fair With the announcement of the auto races at the Sandhill Fair every day will be a big feature day. On Tuesday are the auto races and auto polo; on Wednesday is the an nual pageant, “The Flower Festival”; on Thursday is the big annual parade, “The Parade of States”; on Friday is the Varsity Football Game between State College and Davidson College; on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the great animal acts compris ing Belmont’s eighteen stallions, six polar bears and four Nubian Lions; on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will also be featured the Roy al Scotch Highlanders Band, the greatest band that ever visited this section. And on Tuesday night the much augmented fireworks program with the animal acts and band concert; on Wednesday night a special program at the Carolina Theatre to be anounced; on Thursday night the annual Harvest Festival at the Carolina Theatre at which time GauPa “Holy City” will be sung By a chorus of 75 voices assisted by the Carolina Orchestra, and as the grand climax of the week^ the annual Harvest Ball at the Country <^ub on Friday ni^ght f ' We ask th^ AboiMbii^ not a real program and if it doesn't convince you that you should, by fair means or foul, visit the Fair every day. EXTENSION SPECIALISTS WILL HELP AT STATE FAIR Special attention will be given to agricultural problems by the exten sion specialists and investigators of the State College Extension Division at the State Fair to be held at Ral eigh during the wek of October 13 to 17. In addition to acting as judges in the various contests, some 19 workers connected with the College organiza tion will act as heads of the depart ment. In this way they wil assist in the distribution of nearly $30,000 that is offered as premiums. An interesting feature of the fair will be the contest by boy and girl club members, prize winners in the various districts and counties. Teams will come from each district and will give demonstrations showing how club work is conducted and from these teams will be determined the State prize winers. Mrs. Jane N. McKimmon, in charge of the Woman’s building, will have a lavish display of work being done by rural women. In the livestock depart ment, indications point toward the greatest number of entries yet on re cord and Prof. R. S. Curtis states that at present this department is one of the most promising features of the fair. In the department of field crops which includes the individual farm, community and county exhibits. Prof. C. B. Williams states that a numebr of exhibits have already been entered and and that ther will be keen competition. The poultry department will also be filled as usual. Allen G. Oliver reports that the poultry club members are de termined to carry off most of the prizes this year. There will be a large display of horticultural crops accord ing to Prof. C. D. Matthews and the State Department of Agriculture will have its usual educational exhibit in the horticultural building. Mills : AT YOUR SERVICE : The home of the Fresh Water Ground Neal and Whole Wheat Flour, The wholesome quality your table needs. Daily attention given to the public. No swap; gets back the quality you bring to mill. Flour and Feeds sold at the mill, and theHighest Market Paid for Corn. Lakeview Mills LAKEVIEW, N. C. 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