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PLANS UNDER WAY II COURSE MOST DETERMINED EFFORT YET TO PROMOTE CLUB WORK. EXPECT 500 TO ATTEND. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. Fully 500 members of the boys agri cultural clubs of the state areexpect od here for the boys' and girls' short course In agriculture to be given at at the A. and E. College from August 21 to 24. Plans are under way by the office of agriculture club work to make one of the most determined efforts yet made by the Extension Service to In struct, entertain and inspire the youthful farmers who will Attend this meeting. Last August over 350 members of the agricultural clubs visited 'the col lege for the short course, and it is estimated that over 500 will be on !hand this year. A special effort will be made to show the importance of food and feed production to the ones ' who will come, and the course of In struction will be along these linea. The only charge will be the cost charge of the three meals for the four days and the reduced transportation charges. Rooms will be furnished free by the college. The Corn Club enrollment is contin uing to grow says A. K. Robertson, corn cluo agent. The county agents over the state are responding almost daily with additional names of young boys who desire to assist In the pro duction of more food crops; Recently County Agent Morris, of Granville county, sent in 14 names for the corn olub, bringing the county enrollment up to about 60. This Is a gratifying showing as this county is one that is devoted almost entirely to tobacco pro duction. Caswell, county is another where tobacco is the main crop, yet It also has a splendid enrollment of 70 members growing corn, peas and beans. County Agent Graeber, of Mecklenburg, and Proffitt, of Ruther ford, both have good enrollments and write that the members are all hard at work and that the prospect for their crops are fine. Stanly county continues to lead in the corn club work, with a total en rollment of 196 boys and as many acres of corn. In-this county Mr. S. J. Lewis is getting good results with his boys aswell as with his adult co operator. Mr. J. E. Moses, of the Pig Club work, has just received a letter from one of his enthuslatic pig club mem bers telling of the profits of pig rais ing. "I have sold two more pigs," says the boy, David Worth, who lives in Wake county, "for $7 apiece, which is $14, and the same man brought a sow here to be served. The- fee was $2.50 and $1 for feed. When all put together it will be $18 more in the bank. Don't tell me that there isn't any money in the hog business be cause I know it is." Solve Labor Problem In State. The county demonstration agents In North Carolina will be used for the purpose of bringing the farmer and the laborer together and solving the serious labor . situation which con fronts the state. The clearing house for all such information will be the office of farm management of the Agricutlural Extension Service at West Raleigh. The North Carolina State Food Con servation Commission In co-operation with the State Agricultural Extension Service has arranged or the farm demonstration agents in their respec tive counties to ascertain from farm ers their need of additional labor in producing food and other crop3. Also for recording labor available for such purposes, and to bring farmer and la bore together. If the farmer wants extra help he should communicate the fact to the demonstration agents with a statement as to the length of time the help is wanted, the purpose for which it Is to be used and the wages he is willing to or expects to pay. Parties desiring work on farms should notify the dem onstration agent stating when they will be ready to begin work; wkat kind of work they can do, for how long a period they wish employment and what wages they expect. In counties having demonstration agents reauests for labor needed and for work or employment wanted I should bo sent directly to the office New Cheese Factory. Despite the fact that the factories are paying nearly twice as much this year for the milk as they did last, cheese factories are apparently thriv ing in Western North Carolina, a char ter having been granted by the secre tary of state 'to the Silver Stone Co Operative Cheese factory at Vilas ,in JWatauga county. Last year the fac tories In Watauga county paid a flat rate of 10 cents per gallon for whole milk used In the manufacture of full cream cheese. This season they ar paying 20 cents per gallon for milk- FOR S O of farm management, West Raleigh from where the effort will be made to put farmer and prospective laborer in touch. By taking up this work neither the demonstration agents in the respect ive counties nor the state farm man agement man guarantees to get labor for the farmer nor employment for the laborer but they do agree to use their best efforts in these lines. Soy Bans Good as Steak. Mr. C. B. Williams, chief of the. di vision of agronomy, states that there is a a great increase this year in the acreage devoted to soy beans in the state. This is as it should be, and our people should see to it that some of these beans are saved at the end of the season for food purposes. Soy beans are much richer in pro tein than lima beans or sirloin steak, in fact they contain practically double the amount of protein contained by these two staple food products. The soy beans contain about the same amount of fat or oil that is contained in sirloin steak, and more than ten times the amount of this constituent than is contained in lima beans. The fuel value of soy beans as a food product Is slightly higher than sirloin steak and lima beans. Dr. W. A. Evans, president of the American Pub lic Health Association, has staged that for men who are engaged in hard manual labor, where they burn up a lot of their tissues in the effort, will find soy beans as slutable as steak as a fuel. Because of the possibilities in the use of the soy bean as a food product, the following recipes is given for the information of those who are Interest ed in the more extended use of this rich nutritious food product when properly handled: Soak the beans in a 10 per cent, common salt solution over night. Then drain off the salt water and roast the beans in an oven or a peanut roaster. In roasting exercise great care that the beans are not scorched, as this would impart a bitter taste to the beans. Watch from time to time, and when the cotyledons begin to turn brown remove from the oven. Other recipes can be obtained by writing to C. B. Williams, Extension Division, A. & E., Raleigh, N. C. Busy Preventing Blindness. North Carolina has been listed by, the National Committee for the ' Pre vention of Blindness as one of the states of the Union most active in the work of blindness prevention. At the last meeting of the general assembly a law was passed requiring all phyhi clans and midwives to use the prophy lactic treatment, a one per cent solu tion 'of silver nitrate, against inflam mation of the eyes of infants within two hours after birth and to make record of such use. The law further provides that opthalmla neonatorum or babies sore eyes, is a reportable disease, and as a still further safeguard as regards this disease, the law provides that all mid wives practicing in the state register, without fee, their names and addresses with the secretary of .the state board of health on or before the first day of July, 1917, in order that the prophy lactic solution and necessary Instruc tions may be furnished them. Provi sion was made whereby the state board of health shall furnish this pre ventive solution and the necessary in structions for using it free to physi cians and midwives. Some Increase Necessary. In concluding the presentation of the case for North Carolina carriers In their petition for increased freight rates, applicable to intrastate traffic, it was agreed by the railroad officials and the shippers present that some increase Is necessary and that the in crease in the intrastate rates be on the same percentage basis that the in terstate commerce commission adopts for the interstate petition now pend ing. There was a further agreement that the matter of adopting a new basls rate schedule such as the proposed Georgia schedule submitted by the j railroad companies be deferred and that the question be further thrashed ; out in a hearing July 5 before the cor poration commission. National Guard Officers Promoted. Dr. J. A. Bangle of Charlotte was commissioned by the adjutant gen eral's department of the North Caro lina National Guard as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps and assigned to the command of the sanitary detach ment of the Coast Artillery. He suc ceeds Dr. J. R. Ashe of Chrlotte, re signed. Dr. W. P. McKay has been com missioned as a first lieutenant, Medi cal Corps, and will be assigned to service later. J. F. Williams, Jr., Raleigh, has j been promoted from sergeant to sec- ond lieutenant Company B, Third Regi-1 ment, to succeed Lieutenant Parrlch, promoted to first lieutenant. Life Extension Work Popular. The first month's report of the life extension work now going on In Ala mance county shows that such health work is not only what the people need but what they want. Since Dr. A. J. Ellington started the work about a month ago in this county, two week3 of the time having beeri given to lec ture work and organizing, he has given examinations to 225 people, and now has on file the names of 25 more applicants. He gives on an aver age fifteen examinations daily, the patients being near middle aee. DEFENSE COUNCIL IS NAMED Governor Bickett Has Named Mem bers of Executive Committee of War Orgonazlation. Raleigh. Hon. Thomas W. Bickett, governor ex-officio; Hon. B. S. Roys ter, adjutant general, ex-offlclo; Mr. W. S. Lee, Charlotte; Mr. C. C. Tay lor, Greensboro; Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill; Mr. Jas. Sprunt, Wilmington; Col. J. Bryan Grimes, Raleigh; Mr. Geo. W. Watts, Durham; Mr. R. N. Page, Biscoe; Dr. D. H. Hill, Raleigh; Mr. F. L. Seeley, Asheville, compose the executive committee of the State Council of Defense which is being formed for North Carolina and were appointed by Governor Bick ett in compliance with the request of the National Council of Defense that each of the states of the Union form such an organization. Chairman of committee for the fol lowing purposes will be appointed: First finance; second, publicity; third, legal; fourth, co-ordination of socie ties; fifth, sanitation and medicine; sixth, conservation and research; sev enth, industrial survey; eighth, histori cal preservation ; ninth, labor; tenth, military affairs; eleventh, transporta tion. There will also be one hundred county committees which will co-operate with the stato executive and spe cial committees. The prime object in these activities will be to co-ordinate the resources of the state so as to place them at the disposal of the national government. Through the co operation of these various commit tees, It Is believed that North Caro ing which will reflect credit upon the state, its people and its resources. Planning for State Fair. Raleigh. R. O. Everett, president of the North Carolina Agricultural So ciety, has appointed the executive committee of the society for 1917 and notices are being sent to them for acceptance. The president, vice president, sec retary and treasurer of the society are ex-offioo members of the executive committee. Theofficers and the executive com mltteemen are: President, R. O. Everett, Durham. Permanent vice president Kemp P. Battle, Chapel Hill J. S. Carr, Dur ham, W. R. Cox, Penelo, Benehan Cameron, Raleigh. Ex-presidents of the Society J. S. Cunningham, Durham; E. L. Daught rldge, Rocky Mount; J. H. Currie, Fay etteville; J. A. Mills, Raleigh; E. J. Parrish, Durham; Leonard Tuft3, Plnehurst. District vice-presidents 1st district, J. M. Forehand, Tyner; 2nd district, C. W. Mitchell, Aulander; 3d district, J. M. Mitchell, Goldshoro; 4th district, J. Bailey Owen, Henderson; 5th dis trict, L. Bank Holt, Garaham; 6th dis trict, Thomas McBryde, Raeford; 7th district, H. B. Varner, Lexington; 8th district, Thomas D. Brown, Salisbury; 9th district, S. B. Alexander, Char lotte; 10-th district, B. P. Howell, Waynesville. N. C. Base Ball League Disbands. Charlotte. The expected has hap pened. With the ann'ouncement that the Winston-Salem club will not finish its schedule the North Carolina League closed, its 1917 season. The directors met at once to wind up the affairs of the league. When Raleigh and Asheville drop ped out about two weeks ago, It was then thought that the other four clubs would never finish the season. Lack of attendance on account of war con ditions was noticeable throughout the league and for several days it has been a question of just a few more games. The Twins and Hornets have been los ing money every day. So has Durham. Greensboro, with a winning club and the heavy sale of season tickets, had enough cash to continue the season. Firemen Go'ng to Morehead City. Morehead City. It was authorita tively learned that the State Firemen's Association will hold their annual meeting here on July 24, 25 and 26th. The association was 'to have met with Asheville and also hold a tournament, but cn account of the war, that meet ing was postponed until 1918 and this year's business session will be held here, lasting for th"ee days. According to President McNeil there will be 400 or more delegates in attendance. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS There came to Governor Bickett an Invitation to deliver the address be fore Tammany Hall, New York, for the Fourth of July celebration by this famous political organization. The governor cannot accept for the rea son that he is scheduled to deliver an address on that date for the Baptist Assembly at Wrlghtsville Beach. Information has reached Spencer that every employee in the Southern Railway shops will receive an increase In wages of six cents per hour. While the farmers of Carteret county make a specialty of raising sweet potatoes, this year's Irish pota to crop will exceed 15,000 barrel. During the past two weeks farnrs of this community have shipped 5,000 barrels at prices of $7 to $3.60 a barrel. The Wilmington Red Cross unit re ceived a check from Henry Wallers, chairman of the board of directors of the Atlantic Ooast Line for $1,400 with which to purchase and maintain br one year an ambulance in France. The ambulance U to be named Wilmington. fITOQ10M SUfMSdlOOL Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Bible Institute.) (Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JUNE 10 JESUS CRUCIFIED. L.ESSON TEXT John 19:16-22, 25-30. GOLDEN TEXT Christ died for our sins. I Cor. 15:3. We are compelled to omit a consider ation 'of that dark, despicable trial in Pilate's Judgment hall. Pilate's weak kneed subservience to custom and the cry of the politician Is one of the black est pages In history. His scourging of the man whom he, himself, declared innocent, 5s practically without paral lel. After the mocking and the scourg ing, Pilate said unto the people, Be hold the man" (v. 5), and later In sar casm he said to the same people, "Be hold your king" (v. 14). Teachers should emphasize at the beginning and all through this lesson that Jesus suffered and died for the sins of all men, ours as well as those of his own day. I. The Crucifixion of Jesus ' (vv. 16-22). It was about nine o'clock in the morning when Pilate gave his infa mous order that Jesus should be cru cified. It was indeed a sorrowful pro cession which moved itself along the "Via Dolorosa" (the Sorrowful Way), consisting of the Roman soldiers, the tottering, physically exhausted man of Galilee, and, Luke adds, "sorrowing women." They took him to the place of a skull, a hill about sixty feet high, at the foot of which was the rock hewn sepulcher in which his body was later laid. The place was called In Hebrew "Golgotha," the Aramaic for skull. Calvary is the Latin for the same. On either side of him were crucified the robbers, which was an evident effort to add to his shame as well as a salutary warning to the Pass over pilgrims. Over the cross Pilate wrote a title on a wooden tablet. Fol lowing the usual custom, this was nailed at the head of Jesus, setting forth his crime. The words it bore were, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews," as though Pilate would take malicious revenge upon the mob which had made him perform a deed he had sought to avoid. Literally this sign meant "This man Is the klngllest of all Jews, and see what they have done to him." In response to Pilate's ques tioning, Jesus said, "I am the King of the Jews." Pilate knew that he was Innocent, and sought to let him go free, but, rather than Incur the hatred of the Jewish authorities, he yielded to their demand for his blood, and became a party to the murder of the Son of God. Men today take a part In his cruci fixion rather than surrender wholly to him, and pay the price of open con fession "They crucified him." How these words laid the pride of men In the dust. Human nature is the same today as it was two thousand years ago when the world's bitterest hate was wreaked not upon a bad man but upon the best man, the perfect man, the God-man. The pain Jesus suf fered on Calvary was no imagination. He suffered It all for us (Isa. 53:6), but the physical suffering was not the most severe agony he bore (Ps. 69:20; Matt. 27 -AG). The crucifixion of Jesus was part of the eternal purposes of God's love and redemption. II. The World's Darkest Hour (vv. 23-30). Each of the Gospel writers re fers to the part the soldiers took In casting lots for his garments. They were unconsciously fulfilling the prophecy of Psalm 22:18, and It was from their number that one of the su preme testimonies to the character of Christ came (See Matt. 27:54). The first three evangelists tell us of the throng of pilgrims who passed along the highway from the north, close at hand, and who wagged their heads In Imitation and mockery of the agony of the one who was being crucified. But there were others who were spec tators of this event, a group of Christ lovers (v. 25). "It Is finished." These are remark able words. He had finished his suf fering ; he had finished that for which he came Into the world when he be gan his ministry; he had finished the mission for which his father had sent him Into the world; he had finished and fulfilled the prophecies concern ing his suffering and death; he had completed the work of the redemption ; the atonement was finished, and Sa tan's power .was finished; the Mosaic law was finished as far as its claims upon the believer were concerned (Rom. 10:4; Col. 2:13; Eph. 2:15 and 16). Outwardly it seemed to be Sa tan's supreme hour. It was the world's darkest hour. The 6even last words. These would be an interesting study for any class. (1) "Father forgive them for they know not what they do;" (2) "Today thou shalt be with me In Paradise." (3) "Woman, behold thy son ; (4) "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (5) "I thirst;" (6) "It is fin ished;" (7) "Father into thy hands 1 commit my spirit." Christ had power to lay down his life. He had power to take It up again, but he laid it down, . .... . . l ; . . 1 1 . . , . Minmiiting to a uuuui in me iuiuu. At that moment note the effect upon j the malefactor, upon the centurion, up j on the elements of cloud and sky, up- j on the veil of the temple, upon the people and upon his friends. What Is the effect of this story upon yourself, teachers, and upon those who are lis tening to your instruction? New Ideas in Graduation Frocks If It were not for net, crepe geor gette might be said to hold first place In the esteem of fashion for mid summer dressy frocks, and if it were not for crepe georgette, we would cer tainly concede that distinction to net. As It is they flourish with equal suc cess and appear side by side in the most enchanting dresses. But when It comes to choosing ma terials for graduation frocks there Is nothing quite so weH liked as net. It Is sprightly and youthful looking and dresses made of It are planned to visu alize the young summer. Plain, flne meshed nets are exactly suited to the youth of those who are just about to bid farewell to schooldays. In spite of the lovely, interminable procession of white-clad maids that have passed along this same path, . some new touches have been found to distin guish the dresses of this year's gradu ates. Little, Inconspicuous accessories and novel decorations make them in teresting and the daintiness and re finement of net and organdie make them beautiful. Gifts Made of Ribbons No matter what dull or fact business may lend un along the ways of departm something Interesting is goi pen once thoy are Inside. paths lead past the ribbon c " V those who know women andt plan it that way. Ribbons a one luxury that all women affordT.rtftinfmfon, w she Is a cold-hearted creature who in turquoise blikw can pass them without lingering awhile j the ends and a fliW-, to look at the most beautiful and the most splendid products of the looms. They refresli the soul like flowers. In June and in December ribbons are at their best, for In these months peo ple make many gifts. Just now there are displays that merit the name of gorgeous, in which the richest ribbons are shown made up into bags or used to ornament plainer ribbons in girdles. Plain satin and flowered ribbons are chosen for exquisite corset-covers to be worn under bluiises of georgette crepe or net. Breakfast and boudoir ennes are made of satin ribbon wU,h The net frock shown In the picture will set off a youthful figure. It Is simple enough with a plain, moderate ly full skirt and wide hem. Fine or gandie ruchlng is set on the skirt in medallions and about the collar and sleeves. The bodice Is very simple with square neck and a collar that simulates a fichu at the front. It ends, under a girdle of taffeta edged with narrow ribbon. Narrow ribbons are placed over the shoulders and they pass under the girdle, at the front and back, and fall below the waistline to about half the length of the skirt. They are finished with little pink rose buds near the ends. Also, there are tiny pink roses at the neck. The ribbons and the girdle may be in white, but in the dress, as pictured, they are in blue. ; These simple net dresses are worn over slips of white or colored organdie. Lace and crochet balls, small tucks and embroidery appear In their deco ration and the fashion of the hour favors light pink and blue combined 'n girdles and ribbons worn With them, , bet or fine machine nie od with them. even pettier llist n ver balls. The other is a hi foman stripe In a long sash witlreiufs finished with black silk tassels. The girdle slips through two black silk slides. The corset covers are of flowered ribbon and plain satin ribbon joined with needlework stitches and of wide moire with satin stripes combined with lace. In the latter, clusters of the tiniest roses, made of baby ribbon, are set across the front. od with them. Jjw
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