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DITOfUAL S yHJhWhKL Joseph Pcele, Ats-ci.te tduor. WHERE HONOR IS DUE We clout liuve much time to read end we -can't remember where e 8aw it, Uit in f-ouie publication a etoiy lauiit our eye the other day about a school that invested in a creamery ouuit and taught the pu pils the art of making money out of butter and theee. There's just n0 use talking a bout it, our public schools have got to put in thig sort of training if the country boys and girls are to be expected to grow up and stay on the farm. We know a school in this section that some time ago was talking a bout the purchase of a printing press and the mechanical equip ment to public a school paper. That would be very vfeU for a school here in Elizabeth' City, but this sci.ool is In the country and if it is training the p.jpils for lives of fuller service in the communities where they now live, the training in the school should be of the sort that nt ,,lt0 the Pi'l'!'8 como life. -' ' ' Somewhere in this state a woman bad the right Idea. We quote from the current issue of Colliers: "A school-teacher down in North Carolina saW that a farm paper was offering one pure-bred pig as pre mium lor a certain number of new subscribers. Hlie got the necessary subscriptions among tho parents of her sixty pupils, had lue children bul!d a modern pen on the school land, and gave the porker a larpe pulH c reception wlih an illustrated talk on lls. The school went to work clearing land, planting grain and grass p'ots for forage, raising cabbage plantB to sell for other feed and the subsnipiion gruntcr soon became tho nm tons of a riemonstru tlon farm. More land In to be pur chased and expert aid will be Vroughl in to make permanent this stimulus to the local a ',i i ultiire." Anotlur thing or -or to i. Would it not be Will for the teachers in our county cchools to encourage their pupils to the onuil.ition of the men who have made successes at home? Tin sc. teachers are coutiuu nlly. and wi'h ilv b'-st if niiiv..-,. pointing tbeir young disiiples to the example of men who h-Uo tnade a measure of success it is true, but Who left horn,, to l() It. The county has not been p.-ild bin k for the free schooling that it rave them In ns large a measure as i bus in the case of (be nun who put his school ing into practice in the home conn-' ty. One lessen at any rale the war has taught the world: the valu0 of the Indus' rial worker. When war canto England sent Iht suilkd 1, lien ors into the trendies, only to tine! that th'M'r services wire intllspatisu Wo at home and that tiny could "" serrp 1V !r ' uv.try f-r 'n-'n-r by Just keeping on with their regular John than they could I y sacrificing t!n'ir lives on t!e lield ef bnttle. The man who -trains himself to do Useful la" or (killf.i!ly an,) well Is a soldier Of hbr country who serves both In peace ami In war and it 1b time for the w'tld to be;in to reconnlze it and to do Mm honor. 'In one phne in your paper you say that the Italians captured 0, (HiO when Corl.ia , fell,'' Hays a read cr, "while in enothcr place you say that tho captured numbei'dl r.,nnn.' The iciuler has the usual habit of careless realng of newspaper re ports. The in.000 were taken in the two days oeffnslvp preceding the fall of the town, while the in.orm were captured when the city Itself wa8 oTfuplecl. The campaign to rs!se money for a Y. M. C. A. will not hp easy. All the more reason why every man Interested -should do his share to In sure its success. Hi GRACiDY S Ct1 COTTON, GRAIN, PrtOCLCE ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. Aug. 1". VA BUYING TO-PAY COT i ON Sui, t MfSflKrig- 10ytc Mi idling lSVic EGGS Urn Ivr.-s, p'-r dozt n 20c SELLING TO-DAY FLOLM lloyal, lost jiUtent $7.25 i'utapsco, $7.25 GRAIN Oats, per lmhel -57c c.r.-, per b. g $1.85 MIDDLINGS Winter, per nag $1.''3 MEAL AND HULLS ' Meal, p-.-r ton $33.00 liul.a $18. U0 HA1 Nj. l. Tb.Ui.y, p.r ten 520.no HOME GROWN LITERATURE Iho'.u-h it happeTTed win n the wri U r was nuL on tho tiji-ti-Uold of oiau hood, ne mill Las viv.d recollection of the day wh,u linji ring at liis desk iu a country schoobxoitse alter the pupils hud all gone home h was glancing over the pages of what was then a new 'fifth reader." l'ausing longest at the pages where there was verse he had list lessly scanned a numut r of familiar selections from Longfellow and Whlttier, the tawdry sen timent of the one and the tiresome dribble of the other Tjeing what in the text books of his boyhood days he had been laught to believe the best poetry in American literature when hl3 eye was caught 6y the title, "The Song of the Chattahoo chee," and with quickened Interest he heard the river tell how it rose "out of the hi'ls of Habersham' and .hurried 'down the valleys of Hall,.. With a lover's pain to attain the plain ...... " Far from the hills of Habi rsham Far from the valleys of Hall." ISy the time one had read the sec ond verse he and tho river were couirauej exchanging mutual confi dences: 'All down the. hills of Habersham All through the valleys of Hall,' Tho Hushes cried, Abide, Abide; The wilful waterweeds held me thrall The laving laurel turned my tide. The ferns and the fondling grass sai(i Stay, The Dewberry dipped for to work delay; And the little reeds sighed-. Abide, Abide, TTere 'n the hills of Habersham, Here in tho Valleys of Hall. We don't know how you like it, but the viitr finish' 1 the 'Song' there are five verses with a tine irvu.y of -nthusiam that tin- lines have still yoti.c power to awaken. We are gia.l that ti e Chauiauipia Superintend' ui, Mr. Conk, made Soul Inrn poet the subject, of olie of his I'Cturos and we could wish that Sidney I.ann r's po nib might tind a place amontf the literary hearUi ston s of v.tj South' rn home, Lanier's vers' s, or Henry Timrod's either, have a w-iriuth and a lire that one 1 rn n not lin, in the writ itn-'s of the New England bards. At that, wo have no quarrel with Longfellow. Th- re was li'tle or no origialtty in what ho wrote but hL ' 1 liawatha" his Skeleton in Ar mor," and a lew others that we lnighi merit ion, are" real contribu tions t(, American literatut. ; ail ing litem we can almn.-.t toru.-t thai be was also tbp perpetrator of the "lsa!rn of Life" and of "Some days Must l e I lark and Dreary ;1 Cliavlos Ureave's "Minstrels ,,f the I'aqun lank' is bet'er., poetry than cillvr "f the last tw o. - The bet tr'nt'T fellow wrote didn't get into "he .school readers, Hotnehow. Old and faded Photo, graphs made to look like new. Have you one to enlarge or copy. Don't give it to an unreliable copying agent. Let Zocllcr do it, where you get sat isfaction. Studio, N. Poi'ndexter Street TO BRING BACK PROSPERITY O'bi of ib ... .. : Ik So-,. inert, in the city th;.- i- ,i ca'.ubt a kii.i.p- e ot t: v ,e ': es 1,'JW C lnilU in Iri-ni Mr. Sttiu-r "I ii-iam-ke ls ii.n I. 'lll-.y vviTe t lii!ui-i.i"tii- abo'.i' tho fi i:u:es.- ;.rnl dor the fruit aini hanl ii the i.a-'r was as satis f.iciciy that litis s- etion i ould cer tainly make bi icoin-y growing peaene.s. .V nh. a.-tei Carolina would have it on any peach sution to the South cf us, because the grower here could get his freit ou the northern Market so promptly. He could there fore more nearly wait until his fruit cam-! lo perfed maturity before r-hii-ping it and it would come near tr to h-tvin-'. when put on the mar ket, th- perfect flavor of a peacu pliuk-d when a':r.ct ripe enough to f.ill into cen's hand. U'e have tried those Koanok peach'1". and we just don't believe that they can I e heat. To over Koanoke 1-l.nid with peach orchards and vinyards wer.bi bring back to h re-ien th'- (,;o polity of the day? ( abundant markc:a' le tish. IT SEEMS FITTINU The Advance noted wiih pleasure that among the Amines of thos-e v.hoso ineinoiie:; r.re to be kejit ever fiesh In St-.n.lrews -by-the-Sta is that of Col. It. C Oreecy, fur many years cf The Economist. Col. Creccy will be remembered Jong by those who knew him and knew his excellent paper. His Grandfather Tales wl'.l bring him often to mind also we hope. 15ut the old files of The Economist were destroyed in a fire here, and there are Kit only clippings which friends have preserved because of their spe cial interest. To us it seems highly fitting that a man who gave bis time and his talent to creating a newspaper of high moral and intellectual stand ard and of strong Influence should be honored in the building which has been dedicated to religious and educational uplift. . YOU GET SIMPLE BEAUTY - On the Nag's Head boat, your gaze rests upon the glory a:id the hi auty and tho wonder of the Albemarle wi'h 'its sheen of blue and silver and its splashes of green and orange, you think, of course of Crowning's "Fra Llppo Lippi" and his philosophy of beauty. As tlie shorter, more easily remember ed phrases "And God Made It all." If you get s'mple beauty and naught else you get about the best thing Clod Invents," are ruunirng riot in your mind in the effort to bring the whole poem into definite memory, you glance about you and some one is passing the entire four hour.i reading a dime novel , with never an upward glance. Xo, we ar n(,t highbrows, but j the nam,, if the beautiful, the good an, I true, why not take the best v hen pui'Ii a'i abundance is o'Vered? Let's all bra-e ourselves for a 'r.u g pill for the Y. M. ('. A. and b- ready. wi-n we are called upon, to respon,) w th a vior that will put us out (,f the rut for eood. An attractive ltiin-heorictre i; just what yon are looking for these hot days. It's here and our prices are no higher than I' ss attractive places. SCOTT ,v TW1DOV. BIG INCREASE COTTON EPORTS (Ly.l'nUe,! l'ress) Wasliin -ton, Aug. ! The total a mount, of cotton' evported from this coiin'ry during tle month of Aug ust amounted to iUnnn bales as com pare, with :;;.eno tor the corres (lepii!;;,' ico'.th la-t year. WM PessrbliveF HUoil 0 SsgJ Cata! 02 just issued, tells all about Crimson Clover, Alfalfa and all Gn:ss and Clover Seeds for Tall Planting. Wood's Fall Seed Catalog also gives full and complete infor mation about Vegetable Seeds that can be planted lo advantage and profit in the late Summer and Fall. It Is altogether the most use ful and valuable Fall Seed Catalog issued. Mailed free to Gardeners, Market Growers and Farmers on request. Write for it. T.W.WOOD O SONS, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. Locals It. Julian W. Sclig wi.l leave Ki day to spen- -he iveek-t ud at Yii g.nia Ueaih. Miss RutiTT z of Winston-Salen passed through the city WeJnesda; on her way to Nags lleod. Misses Lillian Gray and Marieru Mletfe of Manteo are visitini Mis Lolo Tw-iddy on Riverside Drive. Mrs. G. H. Ilright and daughters Misses Mary and Mabel Bright, am! son. Master Albert BrKht also Mr.: Elizabeth A. Bright, left Wednesday to tpend the remainder of the sunt mcr at Uii.stol, Tennessee. Dr Martin and family of Beliiaven are visiting Dr. Martin's in'heis. K. R. Martin and John ilatti.i. en CTiurch street. Mr. Philip Matthews of South Mills was in the city toTIay. Mi s Irene Tate of Norfolk pass: d through the city Wednesday on her way t0 Nags Head. Mrs. J. T. UcCabe and daughter. Margeret, are spending two weeks at Nags Head. J. T. McCabe left today for Balti more on business. KeTmit Kramer has returned from a two weeks stay at Virginia Eeach. C. H. Turner cl Henderson passed through the city today on his way to Nags Head. Herman Hornthal of Norfolk was here yesterday on his way to Nags Ilead.- F. A. Spence spent Wednesday in Norfolk on business. Mrs. M. B. Sawyer has returned from a visit to her father. Rev. J. II. riall at Ilorktn?tiamr Mrs. L. L. Winder and daughter Misses Margaret and Clarence, arr at Nags Head for the week. , Mrs. W. A. Brock has returned from a visit to her father at Rock Ingham and to friends in western North Carolina. Miss Huyla Hughes Is vistling re latives and friends In Maryland. Miss Eula Pappendick Is the guest of Mrs. John L. Wells at Na-'s Head. W. R. Perry of Cb.apanoke is in the city tolay. ; J- Crawford Htggs ot Raleigh was in tht; i it v Wednesday. P. C. Kind of Norfolk was in the city Wednesday. J. D. Roagei-j cf Raleigh was in the City Telne-day. Pr. siding Tlhler Adams has just n turned fnum North dates Quarter !y inertin-,' and leaves Friday for the JV-!hav-en an, Pantego Quarterly meetin-j. Mr. Philip Matthews of South Mills a.i in the city On business Thursday i o; niag. WAR ODDITIES London -- Pia'-tii-ally all the "n orcepi(d land in ;l. large cemetery at. styal. Cbesire, is being planted I'll pOtat(,e; . A b-fter fiotu the hue Lord Kit chener ex'-i.rintiiur nlaekcrs in to be 'sop? r( nuetinn for the hrnelt - of one of tli war fund. The letter ncv er has be. n published. Trench rats, the cbomitiaCon of Tomiules, s'.iaetitH' g prove valuable when the iPviians are s'tootiug poi son gases nt the allied trenches, a s' I Hi r i it lurloii 'h fuild. The rats bt-come uneasy and can be relied on to w arn off the a pnrmn hlng; gas, FOR RENT Farm of about 150 acres three miles north of Currituck Coi'rt House, part high sandy land suitable for trucking and part low land. Dwelling and out houses in good neighborhood. Will rent for short or long term Good land and exceptional op portunity for right party Apply to 1 W. D. Walker Route 1, Moyock, N. C. Box 55 Aug 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28, 31, Sep 4. The Woman's Wear Store Dollar m Thin Summer Dresses, Wash Skirts, Waists, Underwear, Embroideries, Etc Visit Our Store Saturday Where "Dollars Do Double Duty" i Leigh Sheep Go, WOMAN'S WEAR Do You Ice Cream Freezer? 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Fare, Boys' Page. Girls' I W, Cl.i'. 1 d.cn's Fa.'e. All ages liberally provided lor. Twice as much as cny magazine gives in a year,. Fifty-two times a year not twelve. Bend to-day to Tho Youili's Coin pr.nion, Boston, Mass., for THRZT CURRENT ISSUES - FREE. 1. t V . , "I VVl.r ' I e . i' WW I if WE DO JOB PRINTING
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