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SUES MUST BE RAISED XOW SCHOOL TEACHERS OF STATE WILL HAVE TO BE BETTER PROVIDED FOR. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark ths Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. A serious situation confronts the? public schools of the state. Teachers' salaries are utterly Inadequate to meet the greatly Increased cost of living in these war times. Many teachers — perhaps a majority of them —find their present salaries Insufficient to meet their actual expenses of living. In many instances teachers are paid |4O per month for not more than five or six months a year, and are paying S2O per month or more for board aloue. The average annual salary of white teachers in North Carolina in 1916 was $2M.2 While the salaries have been increased slightly during the present year, the small Increase has not been at all in proportion to the great increase In their living expense* nor in proportion to the increase made in other lines of work In the state and nation Many of the young men. espe dally in the high schools, have been drafted for service In the army; many of the woiqen teachers on account of increased demand and increased com pensation in other lines of work, and many on account of their absolute In ability to meet actual living expenses on the salaries offered for teaching, have been forced to leave the profes sion The result Is that there Is a great dearth of teachers In North Car olina The demand for teachers is greater than the supply. Many schools have not yet been able to secure teachers. It seems likely that many will not be able to secure them Realizing the seriousness of this sit uation. the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly at Its recent meeting In Charlotte passed strong resolutions calling attention to the necessity for Increased salaries of teachers. At the same session of the assembly, the de partmeqt of school boards .attended by sixty representatives of county and city boards of education, and the State Association of County Superlntend . ents, devoted much ..time to the serious discussion of this situation, and pass ed strong resolutions urging the in-, crease of funds and increase of salar ies for meeting the situation. »• Com mittees were appointed to co-opera*e with the state department of education in waging a campaign In devising ways and means for increasing school funds and increasing the salaries of teachers with a view to relieving this serious situation and thereby prevent ing a serious Interruption of the work the efficiency of the educations! work and of the tesching profession in the state. A conference with these com mittees, including the executive com rolttee of the teachers' assembly, Is called by the state superintendent of public instruction on the 18th of Janu ary to formulste plans and Inaugurate a state-wide campaign for increasing school funds and teachers' salaries for relieving the serious situation Faulty Flue Caused Firs. Investigation of the fire which de stroyed Brooks Hall, the main building of the North Carolina Sanatorium for .he Treatment of Tuberculosis, r» veals the cause of the fire as a brick dropping from an improperly con structed chimney, according to Ihe re port made to the Insurance Commit gloner. The chimney remained stand Ing after the fire and the hole left by the fallen brick showed conclusively how the fire started. The chimney after running up a few, feet was con structed at an sngle of 45 degrees In its progress to the roof and outlet. Above where the chimney ran at an angle a box-work construction cover ed the chimney leaving an open spac-i which concealed the faulty construc tion. When the brick dropped out. the interior of the box-like frame was ex posed to the blaxe which ahould have ; gone up the chimney and the wood work was in flames some time before it was discovered. Insnrance Commissioner Young says it is only fair to the preFent manage ment of the sanatorium to say that the building was erected before It took charge and that the blame does not attach to it but he feels It his duty to call the attention of the people of the state to the fact that dsngerous fires are started in this manner. It was Napoleon, one of the world's , greatest generals, who said that *fi army fought upon its stomach. Will you by ruthless disregard and waste of food render our army and those of the Allies inefficient. , * Buckwheat cakes should tiite bet ter this winter when cooked over a wood Are. Honey and syrups instead of sugar will make victorw just as sweet and bring it much sooner. If you have a food conserving plan or receipe pass it on to your neighbors and TOUT tr*eud». Be "in the •ervlcs " First Draft Cost Stats $1 $4,542 Major John D. Langston of the adju tant general's office, finds that the cost in North Carotin* of the first national army selective draft was $134,542. This cost was distributed. $73,089 to board members; $44,388 to employes of boards nations; the remainder being for travel, rent and supplies. The state measured well up In the matter of the ratio of enlistment to the gross quota, the average of which the country over was 40.42 per cent and for North Caro lina 31 81 per cent. Oregon was high est with 90.77 per cent snd Oklahoma lowest with 21.78 per cent average. The statistics show that the cost per registrant was 54 cents and the cost per man called was $1.69 and the cost per man accepted was $4.93. North Carolina had 197.481 regis trants; 63,599 were called for exam ination' and 15,846 were accepted for service of 59,879 examined as to physi cal fitness; 117.831 were considered unfit for service and 42,048 were found physically fit Exemption claims wers filed by 29.488 and 21,502 were allow ed. Of the claims allowed 1,732 were for agricultural exemi •• )n» of which 392 were allowed. There were 35 682 married men included in those called and 17,458 were rejected bcause of dependents Governor Grants Four Psrdons. Governor Blckett granted four par dons: William Simmons. Forsyth county, is pardoned for the remainder of a 25-year sentence for second de gree burglary on the ground that he was so drunk and doped that he didn't know where he was or that he was trespassing on any one. This view Is taken by those whose house he enter ed. They also expressed regret that Simmons was hit over the head with a pitcher of water and nearly killed. John Kvans. of Mecklenburg county, serving twenty years for second de gree murder, receives a pardon on the strength of letters from the solicitor and others who Insist that Kvans has been sufficiently punished Many of the best citizens of the community, the governor says. Join in urging the pardon. Robert Moser, Cabarrus county, gets pardon from the chain gang where he was serving for simple assault on a woman The prisoner wrote the gov ernor:: "I sin now ready and willing to and go to Camp Jackson and to render my service to my coun try in every way To this end I pledge you my word of honor." I J Crlhbs, of Columbus county serving one year for forcible trespass Is pardoned at the request of the Judge and the prosecutrix, Cribbs having elected to leave the state rather than serve the sentence. The pardon leavs him free to return to the stats. Blfl Year For N. C. Farfnera. Special from Washington.—North Carolina has had her best agricultural year The farmers of the state will re celve for their crops by far more than ever before. Here are some estimates based on lats reports. The cotton crop will bring approxi mately $60,000,000 to the state. The yield Is not so great as it was last year but the price Is much better There has been a fine yield of corn, anad the price Is $1.76 per bushel against 99 cents last year. The yield per acre is 20 bushels against 16 8 The crop will amount to 69.000,000 bushels, and bring about $120,000,000. The tobacco crop will run close to 218,117,000 pounds, and will bring ap proximately $62,000,000. Sweet potatoes are bringing $1.02 against 70 cents last year The to tal output will be 8,665,000. and will bring $8,838,300 The Irish potato crop will be 3 639, 000 and will bring $4 681.880. The price !s $1.26 against $1.13 last year There is a large Increase In the yield of buckwheat and In the price. The crop will bring $395,900. Here are some of the prices that have advanced: Hogs, on foot, sl3 70 against $8 90 last year Beef cattle, $7.30 against $5 10 Veal, $8.40 against $6 30 Sheep. $7 70 against $5.30. Lamb. $9 80 against $6.70 Wool, 56 cents against 29 rents. Milk cows, SSO against $39 20. Cotton seed, $66 10 against $49 60. Cottonseed meal, $49 against $39. Wheat, $2 30 against $1.68 Oats, 97 cents against $1.68 County Jail Bcores Improved. The health and sanltsry conditions of Jails are Improving according to scores made by twenty-one county jails on being Inspected recently by offi cials of the state board of health. The average made by the twenty-one Jails was 63 against an average of 56 made by twenty-four Jails previously Inspected. The Jails of Davie and Gaston scored highest with scores of 93 and 85. Those of Currituck, Oreene ind Duplin with scores of 33, 38 and 41, respectively, scored lowest. While some Improvement is indi cated by the scores, the majority of j the jails inspected show by their scores, which are below passing, that they are maintained far below tha sanitary standard that is set for them, j This means, says the state board of health, that the health and comfort of prisoners Is not wat it should be and can be made. The score of 100 points includes only those conditions required for the health and compara tive comfort of any human being, and when jail conditions score as low as 50, 60 or 70. It is an indication that prisoners are not getting what is fair TICK ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTCftf, fftfiTH OAlJltftfA BLACKHEAD IN TURKEYS CAUSE OF LOSS > *■>'» ».'*V TURKEY DISPLACING EAGLE AS NATIONAL BIRO. While blackhead Is common to all ■pedes of fowl. It Is usually seen In Its most aggravated form in turkeys. Losses in the l'ul!ed Slates have been euormpus, ami in many instancea whole (locks died off before the own ers knew what was wrong. The disease Is most sweeping In Its effect, ami it wouM pay every turkey raiser to acquaint himself with Its or igin ami course, Its prevention antl cure. Nature of the Disease. The early symptoms presented by affected hlrdsare not particularly char acteristic. Affected birds, however, will separate from the remainder of the Hock. This separation or lugging behind does not appear to be a desire for seclusion but the result of being unequal to the task of keeping up wltli the others from physical exhaustion. The droppings are more fluid than normal, and inay be streaked with yel low. tins bubbles may be sutMelently numerous to give a frothy appearance. The head may be, and usually la, darker In color than normal. This dark cotorn tion - may disappear and re appear at Irregular intervals while the bird Is at rest, but excitement usu ally causes a bright red coloration. The best means of early diagnosis Is the examination of the droppings for evidence of diarrhoea or c. yellow coloration of the faeces. Feeding time may prove the most appropriate for such observation. Where this Is not convenient, owners should provide some means of determining an Infec tion ut the earliest possible moment. Course of the Disease. Affected birds. If untreated, may die in a few days or may linger for a week or longer after the 'list appearance of FLOOR IN PROPER CONDITION Two Inches of Sand Beneath Litter Will Furnish Fowle Plenty of Scratching Material. The floor of tin- poultry house Is che winter range and It niUHt be maintained In good condition. A illrt floor beneath tli«* litter means Unit the* illr will al ways lie tilled Willi (lust. TIIIH IS not healthful for the bird* and ulways given the house an unclean appear ance. Two Inches of snnd heneath the litter will give tln? birds plenty of scratching material and the air In the house will he fairly clean. If a dust box Is used It should he pluced In the sunshine near the open front so IIH much as |Kmslble of the dust will drift outside. RATION FOR BREEDING DUCKS -Cornmeal, Wheat Bran, Qreen Foods, Beef Scrap, Band or Grit Twice Dally la Favored. A ration for breeding (laying) dncks In re-onitnended as follow*: Fifty per cent, by measure, cornmeal; 15 per rent wheat bran, 15 per cent green foods (cpoked vegetable*, such Bs po tatoes, turnips, etc.); 12 per cent beef scrap and 8 per cent course sand or grit. Mix with wuter to n dry, crumbly stute and feed twice a day, morning and nlglit. After the breeding seuson In over and the ducks have stopped laying, they are changed from this to the equal parts ration, us given above for 'ducklings from seven to fifty-six .'avs old. Miles of Bweatbands. The sWeatbands of the 127,402.8721 hot* nnd caps that were made In the | United States In 1010—an average yeaf j —would iiinke ii single hand two Inches wide and 26.'»,C2r),000 feet long, enough | to (to twice around the world, with | enough left over to make a nice how »jomewhere along the equator. The j Scientific American In responsible for these figures and for the statement fhat 111 ihls tape there would he 44.- : TOO.OiK) square feet of leather; that the »rli-mtnjpt of the hides used In these! symptoms, according lo the virulence of the Infecting agent. In some cases the onset Is so rapid and free from outward manifestations 11s to be recog nizable only by an autopsy. Without treatment, or a complete change In diet and surroundings, the course is usualh fatal. Prevention and Treatment. All nlTet led birds should be isolated at once. The placing of the poults on clean, sanded board floors In 11 dry, well light ed and well ventilated building with a soul hern exposure. Is considered a means of prevention. The continued contact with the floors, however, tends to weaken the poults. We believe it to he an advantage to see that they are quartered 011 sanded board Hoots at tiiglit, and prevented from ranging in tiie early morning when Ihe grass Is wet. When the birds are older, Ihe roosting places should receive consid eration. The free application of lime and sulphur wash (that used 111 spraying fruit tree* Is suitable) on the ground under the roosting places, and the ground on Which' they lire reari'd; two or three times during Ihe season, will destroy any Infection 011 Ihe ground. Some apparently remarkable recov eries have lo lip we'd Ihe use of muriatic acid, but one cannot hope to bring all affected birds through an attack. The dose to be used Is a teaspoonful of ihurlallc acid (Add. Mur. Id?. 11.P.) in 11 quart of drinking water. This acidulated water should lie placed In a porcelain oT gluss vessel, and Is sug gested in the hope that the birds may be brought through un attack sutll clently to be placed in marketable con dition. SELL DIRECT TO CONSUMERS Branch of Poultry Induatry That Bhould Receive Greater Atten tion Than Now Given. The selling of eggs and poultry di rect to the consumer is a brunch of this Industry that should receive great- I er attention, for it insures best prices ■ for the producer which In Itself Is uu ! Item of first Importance. At tills time, with absolutely safe und reliable curriers, within reach at a small cost and an excellent parcel post system, the question Is up to the producers to take advantage of It. Per haps not In oil, but In most cases the extrn pHce obtained for one dozen of '•ggs or for one pound of poultry will pay for the carrier nnd postage so that larger shipments will show a sub stantial gain In price received. There Is at all times a greater demand for dependable fresh and choice dretMted poultry and the price you re ceive will depend largely upon the re liability of your goods. The best piiyi bent und there Is a best market within the reach of eVery one. KEEP ALL VIGOROUS PULLETS They Will Lay Enough Eggs During Winter to Make More Than Value If Bold in Market. Keep the well-matqred, slrong, vig orous pullets for they will fay enough during the winter to make, In profit, more than their value If sold lH the market und you will have them r« hand next spring. | hatbands amount .to at least 11,000,00(1 i square feet more. This leather would | make the tops for 20.000,000 shoes. ; No wonder leather substitutes are now , being used for huthnnds. Peanut Hay as a Forage. The peanut produces not only food | for man hut grain and forage for J stock. PeaniiJ hay Is equal to closer i and alfalfa as a forage," whl'e liogs are fattened on the nufs which they : harvest making as high , as 400 pounds of meat to the acre. STAirS BRUT CORN CROP Demonstration Farms Increase Pro duction Per Acre—Average Yield Shows One Bushel Increase. Raleigh A summary of records ob tained from county demonstration agents and Included In the report of Mr. ('. K Hudson, state demonstration agent In his forthcoming report, indi cates an average production of corn on demonstration farms of sit bush els to the acre gruater than any pre vious year. North ('arolii)a has produced a great corn crop, and the state food adminis trator has issued a statement in which It is held that North Carolina will have corn und corn meal for exprot. A summary of the records obtained from county agents shows that the average yield per acre 011 the demon stration fields, consisting of 2.1 876 acres, was 50.ti bushels per acre. This is about t» bushels per acre greater i than the average yield for any former year. In addition to the farmers con ducting the demonstrations. 3,60 f- oth er farmers were enrolled as co-opera tors to receive the literature sent out through the extension service. These farmers on 25,200 acres, made an aver age yield of 112.8 bushels per acre, which Is an Increase of about 50 per cent over the farmers not co-operating with the extension servf.-e. The aver age jTTeld of corn for the slate Is es timated at 20.2 bushels. Not only Is there an evidence of a yield of corn In the state per acre greater than ever before, but after war was declared by the United States the demonstration force at once went to work strenuously .to increase the acre age in corn Farmers who had already made plans for their acreage of corn were induced to add a few more acres in a large percentage of cases. While probably no one made a very great In crease In acreage, yet, the total Jn crease in the state will add very ma terially to the total Increase of the corn crop Of the farmers enlisted In demon stration work, 2,H00 of them were In I duced lo plant pure or well selected j seed corn 011 their demonstration j fields, while 9,531 selected secd«corn , for next year's planting to the amount lof 31,400 bushels The farmer who I selected Ills corn will, of course, not plant all of it, out It will be worth a great deal to the state when sold to other fanners for planting purposes. Five Brothers In Navy. Raleigh The enlistment of three brothers in the I'nited States navy at the ftalelgh recruiting station makes five brothers from Swan county now serving in this branch of the service. The young men who enlisted were I'iysscH, Itiley and Bowers Phillips and they came from Alarka. These three apprentice seujitei), the lank theyobegin service with, have two older brothers in service. Plato Phil ips, the eldest of the live, recently re I enlisted after serving four years In j the navy and is now a pharmacist s mate. Pink Phillips, a fireman third I dass, enlisted at Ihe Raleigh station 1 last June. These young men, the old | est 3fi and I lie youngest 20, are the sons of George W. Phillips. There are 1 four sisters in the faintly. Hold Dairy Schools. Raleigh By securing the assistance (.( Mr. Joel (J Winker from the depart ment of agriculture at Washington i the animal industry division now has i sufflcent men to hold the dairy schools 1 planned for the period from January |ls to February 1. Mr. J A Arey of the dairy field office will have charge of the schools, which will be held In j select vicinities, largely where dajry cattle breeding associations formed Preparing for Ma/quls. Raleigh -Governor Blckett and a group of prominent citizens confer red as to the reception and entertain ment of the French commission, head ed by Marquis do Polignac, and of ' Charles Edward Russell, of the I'nited ' States commission to Russia, who will | be In Raleigh January 10 and 17 Mr ! Russell "will lie the principal speaker for the public meeting ot be held prob ably on January 17 The commission ers came from Richmond. NORTH CAROLINA BHIEF-8 Rev. M. Luther Carpenter, an aged ! Lutheran minister, died at his hom? I near Long Shoals. Catawba county, fol lowing an illness of a year with can-, rer of the throat. The funeral and 1 burial was conducted at Bethel church. The registrar of vital statistics fair the town bf Llncolnton, reports for. Ihe year 1917 a total of 108 births, 93 white and f5 colored; and a total of ♦ft deaths, 38 whittf and eight colored; there being a gain of C 2 births over death 3 for the year. That the recent, cold weather has paused the death of many partridges In many sections of the state is stated by hunters who are familiar with con ditions. One well-known hunter re ports having found more than 20 birds in one covey frozen in the snow, all huddled together on the roost. A charter is issued for the Ellenborn Hosiery Mills Company, of E'.'enboro, napital $12,000 authorized and $.3,000 subscribed by J. Mc. Brooks, N. A. Green, R. L. James, 0. S. Hurrill, and ,TJlvde Duncan for hos'ery yarns,, cloth, -wine, and other textile manufacturine tyelng and finishing #§3 V 3# Your Health CASCARAg? QUININE Tfcl cold (■!■ C|f i v> >toHykKkirHMird«(dM ® HI © Veteran la Faat Runner. Col. James L. Smith In a reterßD of the Civil wnr. He Is aewnty-thrni years old; In* Uvea In Detroit and never misses a clay froiu Ills desk In one of the city's big nutoinoblJe plants, relates tin- American Magazine. Army surgeons have pronounced lilin "«i physical specimen without a parallel"' because lie runs, or walks, ttve- miles as a minimum and ten miles as n max imum every day. That is hi* under standing of the secret of his yout!) lie doesn't claim that It Is the secret for other people necessarily—hut It la the secret for him. Petroiter* no longer turn their head when they sc# this white-haired man come runnlif down the street. At seventy three h* •'an run ten miles In 75 minutes. At seventy-three he can sprint faster than the average youth of seventeen or nine teen. Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured bji> local applications an they cannot reach the diseased portion of the mr. There la only one way to cur® Catarrhal Deafness, and that In by a constitutional remedy. MAI.I/8 ( ATA FtHII MKDICINK acta through th» Blood on thf Mucous Surfaces of the System. Catarrhal Deafness la i-aused hy an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Kustachlan Tube. When this tube Is Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed, Deafness la the result, t'nless the Inflammation can be re duced and this tube restored to tta nor mal condition, hearing may be destroyed forever Many cases of 1 >eafneas are caused hy Catarrh, which Is an Inflamed condition of the Mucous Surfaces. ONK ttTTNTTRK® DODT.ARS for snv rase of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot he cured by IIA 1.1/8 CATARRH MKDICINK All Druggists 75c. Circulars free F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. In Old Salem. "(iood morrow, Krlenil llrewstcr!" qttotl, one ut' the I'llgrlui I'utlierH. meeting another mi the street of Sa lem. "And w llVre hast thou been this line morning?" "I have tarried a while at the Ju* tlce court, Friend Hooker, where with a right good will I did hear Justice \Vlnslow, that goodly man, passing sentence upon certain rogues and run agates, pestilent fellows and sturdy beggars." "And what disposition made the ■rood justice of the case of Ihnne Ke zlali, who was charged. Willi being a common scold V" "lie did adjudge her guilty, and en treated her harshly wlthnl. His sen •tenco was that she be bound'lll the ducking stool and Immersed ten times lu the waters of the bay." "Ten times? Now, who would have bellt'vefl that lie would soak her that hard !" Which was the origin of., the ex pression,—Exchange. Like Humana. lie luid ordered lobster. She felt that she ought to be entertaining, so she remarked: "Isn't It queer tSv.il lobsters are al ways green until they get into hot wte terV" i "Nothing queer about It," lie cam# j back, "If I bey weren't green they wouldn't get Into hot water."--Boston Transcript. The diminutive chains of hnhlt lire seldom heavy enough to lie felt till they are too strong to be broken. rThere's 1 "Body" I To Instant Postum and "snap" to its taste. ! Try a cup and notice the charming 1 flavor and substan tial character of this table beverage. 1 , * I Postum is a true "man's" drink, and women and children delight in it 1 "There's a Reason* | for POSTUM i Sold by Grocers ; Everywhere! ggfiifffUMgg
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