MICE OEMS!
OF FARM MEETING
STATE FARMERS AND FARM WO
MEN WIL GATHER AT STATE
COLLEGE.
JULY 31 FOR 3-BAY MEETING
Program Consists of Discussions By
Able Speakers on Farm Financing
and ByEineas Problems.
Raleigh.
Farmers and farm women of North
Carolina will assemble at the State
College of Agriculture and Engineer
ing July 31 far a three-day meeting
sf the twenty-first annual convention
3f the Farmers and Farm Women.
Addresses by Dr, J. Y. Joyner, pres
ident of the Farmers, and Mrs. Lacy
MacArthur, of Cumberland county,
president of the Farm Women, will
feature the opening session. Aaron
Sapire, cooperative marketing expert,
is expected to be present for the meet
ing and efforts are being made to have
i large attendance of cooperative
marketing association members.
On the general program will be dis
jusions by able speakers on farm
financing, business problems^ commo
dity marketing, home products maret
Ing, building for citizenship, diversi
fied farming, boll weevil control. The
afternoon meeting will be devoted to
sectional meetings and demonstra
tions, while the evening program will
be interspersed with music, plays and
social entertainments.
“No effort is being spared,” con
tinued Dr. Joyner, “to make this con
vention the most instructive, the most,
■entertaining, the most largely attend
ed, and the most represetnative con
ference on agriculture ever held in
North Carolina. Every farmer
his wife are cordially invited to at
tend. A special invitation is extend
ed to all members of the Tobacco
and the Cotton Growers’ Associations.
The associations are earnestly re
quested to advertise this convention
through their local and field workers,
and aid in securing a large attend
ance.’’
What farm women in North Caro
lina are accomplishing will be the
feature of the farm women's section
of the convention,
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Bidders on 28 Projects Submitted.
Low bidders on 28 projects submit
ted to contractors by the State High
way Commission brought 128 bids,
with the aggregate total of what
Chairman Frank Page calls “lowest,
lot low,” bids to $3.S79,143.21 for the
(eccnd largest letting in the history
cf road building in the state.
Many of the bids are regarded as
excessive by the Chairman and sev
eral will probably be rejected on that
store. None have yet been let to con
tract. Mr. Page will sort them out
and determine which are to be let at
tie figures submitted and which are
tc be rejected. Contracts will not be
signed for several days to come.
Only three major hard surfacing
projects were included in the lot and
oue major bridge which will require
many thousands of barrels of cement.
The majority of the roads were for
g-avel or asphalted macadam. The
c iment market is still too congested
to permit the addition of many major
projects except where the demand is
* cute.
On the Wilson-Bvnum-Farmville
■oad very nearly 20 miles long, the
Commission received the largest
jingle bid that has ever been submit
ted as a low figure the total for. the
roadway and bridges reaching $738,
000. The bid on the Elizabethtown
bridge, aggregating $417,000 is the
largest cost for a bridge of that type
even submitted.
Governor Grants Respites.
Governor Morrison commuted to
life imprisonment, death sentence im
posed in Edecombe Superior court
against Eugene and Sidney Gupton,
convicted of murder in the first de
gree, and granted respites to W. W.
Campbell, of Asheville; Jerry Dalton,
of Macon; and Bob Benson, of Iredell,
each awaiting execution on the charge
of murder.
The commutation of the Guptons
sentence to die on July 27 is upon
recommendation of Judge Frank Dan
iels who tried them vnd the jury who
convicted. The respite of W. W.
Campbell moved up his execution
date from July 12 until October 12;
Jerry Dalton from June 8 to Septem
ber 20; and Bob Benson from June 8
to October 1.
New Charters Issued.
Charters were filed with the Sec
retary of State for the following cor
porations to do business in North
Carolina.
North State Realty and Auction
Company, of High Point, with $50,000
authorized capital and $1,000 sub
y scribed by B. C. Albertson, W. H. Al
bertson, and W. H. Davis, all of High
Point.
Kiser Auto Exchange. Inc., of Char
lotte. with $100;n00 authorized capital
and $300 subscribed by H. B. Kiser
end Charles Blackburn.
Diphtheria Death Flats Doubles.
Fuzzled by the alarming increas*
in the number of cases of diphtheria
and the mounting death rate from
that cause despite the constant activ
ity of the department, State Health
Offiver W. S. Rankin has addressed
a letter to every physician in the
State asking their co-operation in dty
termining the cause and in making
treatment effective.
From 1919 to 1922 the number of
cases in the State has increased from
2,519 to 8,136 and the death rate has
increased from 242 to 508. Health
authorities are unable to fathom the
reason, although it has been consid
ered from every angle. Dr. Rankin
has determined to enlist the aid of
the medical fraternity, and to ask
the people of the State to observe
special vigilance in treating the
disease.
For the past four years the num
ber of cases has begun to swing
sharply upward in August, increas
ingly steady until December when it
begins to decline. While the dis
ease is prevalent at all seasons, it» is
practically dormant during May. June
and July. Health officials are unable
to explain the reason since it is not
primarily a seasonal malady.
Dr. George M. Cooper, assistant
secretary of the State Board of Health
and editor of the Bulletin, has assem
bled all the data on the subject avail
able in the vital statistics for the
past four years, but frankly confesses
that he is unable to arrive at any con
clusion that gets anywhere in the
treatment of the disease. He is baf
fled by its prevalence and increasing
fatality.
Twenty-nine counties having whole
time health departments were taken
on one conjecture, and the death rate
in those counties was worked out at
6.25 deaths per hundred casos while
the rate in 71 counties not having
whole time health officers wa3 9.39
deaths per hundred cases. The aver
age for the entire State was 7.66 per
hundred. Half the population in the
State live in the 29 counties.
Mortality percentages vary widely
in the various counties. In a few of
the counties, and with relatively
1 small numbers of cases, the death
rate has been as high as 72 per cent,
j while in other counties, with a large
number of cases, the death rate has
dropped as low as 1.5 per cent. But
! Dr. Cooper and Dr. Rankin frankly
declare they are unable to fathom it,
and are calling upon the medical men
of the State to come in and help solve
the problem.
One reason my lie in faulty diag
nosis, some doctors believe, and the
delay in administering toxin anti
toxin in the earlier stages of the
disease, when recovery could be as
sured by treatment. The State dur
ing the past year sent out thousands
of treatments free of charge to doc
tors everywhere, and it is supposed
that the treatment was generally used.
The department) will institute an
intensive campaign against the dis
ease during the coming month in an
effort to stay its progress when
August and the upward swing sets in.
Widespread igilance in detecting the
disease, and in the use of the treat
ment made available by the State Lab
oratory of Hygiene will be maintain
ed. Dr. Rankin hopes that the malady
will be checked before it reaches its
former high levels.
Opening the schools In August and
September has been advanced by
some doctors as the cause of the
spread of the disease, but it. has not
been definitely established that this
is the cause of the spread.
Break Record at License Bureau.
Seventy thousand North Carolina
motorists are wearing the new “King
Tut” license plates and more than a
million and a half dollars is credit
ed to the account of the State High
way Commission at the close of bus
| iness Saturday, June 23, at the license
I department, and six days for the old
I green-and-wrhite plates to run. All
! records have been broken in the rush
of the forehanded.
Applications for new licenses are
coming at the rate of ten thousand
a day, and the department expects
that by the end of the week that up
wards of 150,000 licenses will have
been issued and $2,500,000 placed in
the treasury for the improvement of
roads. The old numbers have passed
into history at the 188,000 mark and
no more of them will be sold.
Last year and the year before the
collection of the license fee encoun
tered the greatest reluctance on the
part of the motoring public to part
with money. Secretary of State VV.
N. Everett sees in the rush this year
an indication of a greatly improved
financial situation, and more wide
spread prosperity. The alactrity with
which people pay up is taken as a
good barometer.
More than 100 extra clerks are
working ten hours a day to keep up
with the rush ,and the mail that
goes out every day reaches a total
of five tons
Highway Commission Passes Order.
The State Highway Commission
mee.ting with Governor Morrison
1 passed a formal resolution asking the
Council of State t0 borrow $15,000,000
to tide the road construction work
over until next year when bonds will
be sold.
The action of the commission was
by way of complying with legal terms
necessary for the borrowing of the
money on short term notes for the
Highway Commission. State Treas
urer B. R. Lacy is in Washington n®
I gotiating for the money.
UDELL FARMERS
10 DEAR BROOKS
ACCEPTS AN INVITATION TO
SPEAK AT ANNUAL COUNTY
PICNIC'.
DISPLAY PUREBRED JE35EYS
Committee Announces That Many New
Features Will Be Found On
Program.
Statesville.—Dr. E. C. Brooks, presi
dent of State College, Raleigh, will be
the chief speaker at the annual Ire
dell county fanners’ picnic to he held
at the Piedmont Experiment station
here on Thursday, July 19. Since Dr.
Brooks ha srecentl;* assumed the
presidency of the State College, his
address will be especially interesting
to North Carolina farmers. Nowhere
in this section of the State would he
have an opportunity of speaking to
more farmers than at this great an
nual gathering.
County Agent R. W. Graeber, sec
retary of the picnic committee, an
nounces that reports from all sur
rounding counties indicate that there
will be a large attendance of the
farmers. Inquiries as to the date of
this picnic have come to the county
agent from Asheville, Charlotte, Ra
leigh, Troy, Catawba, Rowan and
Davie, which indicates that all Pied
mont North Carolina i3 interested in
the Iredell county farmers' meeting.
The picnic committee announces
that many new features wil be found
on the program this year. One of
these wil be an educational display
of purebred Jerseys, staged by the
North Carolina Jersr# Breeders’ Asso
ciation, along with a display by sever
'1 Iredell county farmers. With this
campaign as a starter, a campaign for
ootter cattle will be launched in Ire
lell.
Boxboro Secures a New Cotton Mill.
Roxboro.—Soon there will come to
his town another large manufactur
ng plant. Through the untiring ef
ortd of .1. A. Long, he has interested
he A. T. Baker Company, of Phila
lelphia, and they with some local
capital will erect a large cotton mill
.bout two miles north of Roxboro,
lear the Longhurst plant. The new
nill represents about half million
i lollars at the beginning, and it is
loped and expected that the A. T.
' Baker Company will be so well pleas
I id with Southern conditions that they
vill move their entire mill business,
vhich represents several million dol
ars, to this section. Work will be
?in in the near future on the build
ngs, and the whole plant will be rush
id to completion just as rapidly as
oossible.
Pest of Tobacco Bugs.
Kinston.—A scomrge of tobacco
>ugs has come upon this city. House
vives in all parts of town are engag
id in a campaign of eradication. They
lave made little progress so far. The
jests find their way into dwellings
tom warehouses and storage houses
mattered throughout the northern
lalf of Kinston. Experts last fall pre
licted trouble with the tobacco hugs,
md recently have warned farmers to
ake steps to destroy them. They may
'ecome destructive to stored weed.
, Thousands of (he inserts, made home
! ess by shipment abroad of warehouse
itocks. have imposed themselves upon
lousehoklers.
rifty Young People Bapt;zed In Pool.
Oxford.—A beautiful sight was wit
lessed at the Oxford Orphanage, when
ltty young people were baptized by
•lev. J. D. Harte, in the Shriners’ pool.
Seldom has a more touching spectacle
men seen on the noted lawn of this
wonderful institution, than the con
lecration of so many young lives to
ihurch work. The solemnity of the
iccasion 'Was in marked contrast to
he gaity generally present at the
mol which is a soi.rce of much pleas
ire to the Orphanawi children.
.arger Police Force For Greensboro.
Greensboro.—Problems arising from
he extensmn of this city’s limits con
inue to come up, the latest being nec
issity for enlarging the police force,
rust how much it ean be enlarged
twaits tabulation of the property ap
praisals, now being done by the co»n
y taxing officials. The fixing of the
•ity tax rate must also wait upon
hat. Unofficial estimates are that the
otal property valuation is about $70,
'00.000 In the city. The present tax
•ate in the city is $1.12 on the $100.00
,-ablation.
Historic Candle Sticks Found.
Washington, N. C.—On exhibition in
>ne of the store windows here are
wo pairs of silver candle sticks plac
rded “Given to St. Thomas Church
t Bath in 1734, by the King of Eng
ind.’’ These candle sticks were found
broken up In a heap of old rubbish
ind rescued by Mrs. H. W. Carter,
who had a silversmith mend them,
hen polished them Lerself and they
vlll be re-presented to th-o church bj
. O. Bragaw, Jr„ of this city.
FIRES IN STATE KILL 265
Insurance Agents at Winston are Told
That Losses in 1922 Were
$8,235,000.
Winston-Salem.—That 2G5 lives were
,ost and $8,235,931 in property was
destroyed as the result of fires in
North Carolina in the year 1922 was
the declaration of the conservation
committee submitted to the annual
convention of the North Carolina As
sociation of Insurance Agents held
here with the president, John R. Hall,
of Oxford, presiding. In his annual
address the president urged that the
association reaffirm its position as to
the further extension of bank agen
cies; that as a pledge of good faith
members refrain from employment of
j bank officers and employes as solici
j tors, and that they be extended to
companies and their field men who
I cooperated with the association in this
matter.
Wallace P. Bennett, secretary of
the National Association of Insurance
Agents, speaking on “Why Should I
Worry,” called attention to the con
trast in fire records in the city of Lon
don. where there were 225 fire alarms
in 1921, and in America, where in New
York city alone there were on January
1, 1923, one day, 327 alarms.
At the evening session of the con
vention Spencer Walton of Baltimore,
spoke on “Production From a Produc
tion Executive’s Standpoint."
An informal banquet was held with
Thomas Barber, of this city .president.
A number of brief addresses were
made by visitors.
Freakish Lightning Kills Three Horses
Statesville.—Lightning struck the
barn of A. W. Stevenson in Shiloh
township and killed three horses and
one mule. The miraculous feature ot
the incident was that a son of W. R.
Stevenson, who had his hand on the
mane of one of the horses was not
affected by the stroke that caused the
animal to fall suddenly at the young
man’s feet. W. R. Stevenson was
knocked down and one foot was af
fected by the stroke. A. W. Steven
son, who was inside the barn, was not
hurt. The barn was set on fire and
was consumed with its contents.
Berry Growers Complete Shipments,
Hamlet.-—The dewberry growers ol
Hamlet have about finished shipping
On account of the cold weather in the
spring, and a very severe hail storm
In April the crop was very short. Ex
cellent prices have largely made up
for the short crop. After the peach
crop, the dewberry crop is beginning
to be the most profitable crop raised
in the Sand Hills. All the dewberries
are shipped through the association
and have been so routed that there
has been no glutting the market.
Big Celebration at Oxford.
Oxford.—The celebration of St
John’s Day, the greatest annual event
in the life of the Masons of Nortfc
' Carolnia and the town of Oxford, toofc
place at the Oxford Orphanage. Witt
ideal weather an immense crowd from
all sections of the States this annua
event, always the center of interest
for many friend^of this great institu
tion, was greatly enjoyed.
The session of the Grand Lodge
ocnvened in Lodge Hall, with the fol
lowing officers in attendance: Grand
Master Hubert M. Poteat, Wake For
est; J. Legrande Everett, deputy grand
master; Leon Cash, senior grand war
den; J. E. Cameron, junior grand war
den; Z. V. Heed, grand treasurer; W
W. Willson, grand secretary; Rev
Bruce Benton, grand chaplain; R. F
Edwards, grand lecturer; R. B. Wal
ker, senior grand deacon; L. M. Hal
brooke, junior grand deacon; Dr. W
C. Midgett, grand marshall; A. J
Harris, grand sword bearer; T. M
Arrington, grand pursuivant; B. S
Royster, Jr., grand secretary; R. S
Pritchett, grand steward; W. T. Terry
grand tiler. Past grand masters pres
ent included B. S. Royster, Oxford;
A .B. Andrews, Raleigh; J. Bailej
Owens, Henderson; J. C. Braswell
Whitakers.
Rescind Order for Railway Election
Goldsboro.—The call for an election
set for July 9, to determine whethei
the city should take over and operat<
street cars over five miles of loca
track, was rescinded at a called meet
ing of the Board of Aldermen.
Goldsboro has not had street cai
service in several years. About tw<
years ago, quite a sum was spent ii
repairing and extending the tracks
and it was thought at the time tha
this action meant the resumption o
trolley service, but the tired resident
of newly developed suburbs still hoofi
It.
Hamlat Holds 3rd Annual Peach Show
Hamlet.—The third annual peacl
show will be staged at Hamlet the lat
ter part of next month. An exhibitioi
building is being put in condition fo:
the show, and towns in both North ant
South Carolina, of the peach belt, an
cooperating to assure the success o
the show, which is expected to be thi
biggest of the three.
LaCoste Evans, of Chcraw, is th>
director of the show this year. H'
will be assisted by L. E. Blanchard
secretary of the Hamlet Chamber o
Commerce.
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You do count—your charity does
count—your patriotism does count
—your skill does count. No good
deed can be spared.—Herbert Kauf
man.
GREEN PEAS
Peas, “beautiful as sweet, and young
is beautiful, and soft as young.”
Green peas
cooked in as little
water as possitde,
served with a
generous portion
of butter and
cream and sea
son e d to taste
w 1 t li salt and
white pepper, Is a vegetable dish which
with bread supplies a balanced meal.
Pea Soup.—Cook a pint of green
peas until soft, saving the liquor in
which they were cooked. Put the peas
through a puree strainer, add the
liquor. Scald one quart of milk with
a slice of onion, remove the onion and
thicken the milk with two tablespoon
fuls of butter cooked smooth with two
tablespoonfuls of flour; mix all the In
gredients and bring to the boiling
point. Serve well seasoned with a
spoonful of whipped cream, sprinkled
with chopped chives If desired.
Pea, Peanut and Olive Salad.—Take
one cupful of cooked green peas, one
cupful of chopped celery, three-fourths
of a cupful of chopped peanuts, a
dozen green olives finely minced.
Blend all the ingredients and mix with
a highly seasoned salad dressing.
Serve on head lettuce.
A salmon loaf served with a sauce
in which a cupful of peas are heated
and poured around the loaf makes a
most nourishing and attractive dish.
The loaf is prepnred as usual, using
egg, bread crumbs, u bit of onion and
salt and pepper for seasoning. Steam
in a shapely loaf (a small bread pan
makes a good-shaped loaf). Turn out
on a hot platter and pour the sauce
(made of butter, flour and milk cooked
together as an ordinary white sauce)
around the fish after stirring in a cup
ful or less of green peas well-cooked
and seasoned.
Spanish Meat Dish.—Slice a layer
of potatoes In a well-greased baking
dish, cover with thinly sliced roast
beef with some of the gravy, add a
shredded onion and cover with a cup
ful of tomato, adding seasonings. Bake
until the potatoes are tender. Just be
fore serving sprinkle the top of the
dish with three tablespooufuls of
cooked peas.
I heard the proud strawberry say
ing
“Only look what a ruby I’ve
made.
It forgot how the bees In their
maytng
Had brought It the stuff for
its trade.
—Lowell.
A poem every flower Is,
And every leaf a line.
SALAD DAYS
There is no dish which is more pop
ular, or attractive wl^pn nicely com
bined, garnished
and served, than
_ salad, and there
are so many dif
ferent kinds that
all occasions may
be met with an
appropriate salad.
Tomato Salad,
—Slice thick slices of ripe, red toma
toes; spread with a layer of seasoned
cottage cheese, place another slice on
top, spread with mayonnaise dressing
and garnish with a ball of cheese.
Place on lettuce with a spoonful or
piped whirl of mayonnaise on each.
German Salad.—Chop a small head
of tender cabbage with one small
onion, season well with salt and
cayenne. Cut In very fine dice a slice
or two of salt pork, the amount de
pending upon the size of the cabbage
! used, fry until a nut brown and pout
fat and most of the diced pork ovei
the cabbage, mix well and then add a
quarter of a cupful of boiling vinegar,
mix and add seasoning to taste. Gar
nish the top of the salad with a mound
of the pork dice and a fringe of pars
ley.
Chops a la Maison d’Or.—Prepare six
lamb chops by inserting in each a
slice of truffle. Season with salt and
pepper. Dip the chops in beaten eggs,
then in fresh bread crumbs. Fry in a
little butter four minutes for each
side. Serve with six heart-shaped
pieces of fried bread with a little pate
de fois grns and one qquarter of a
cupful of fruit juice canned or fresh
Salmon Salad.—Make small cups of
new cooked and pickled beets. Slice
off the bottom so they will stand level
and fill with finely diced cucumber
and flaked salmon mixed with salad
dressing. Serve on lettuce lenves.
Tomato and Cucumber Salad.—
Place overlapping slices of ripe to
mato and cucumber on a long platter.
Pass with a thick mayonnaise dress
ing. Tomato cups filled with chopped
cucumber and a tablespoonful of onion
marinated with French dressing make
a pretty nnd tasty salnd. Serve topped
with a spoonful of mayonnaise.
Cottage cheese, fresh ripe chopped
cherries an i a bit of mayonnaise is a
very nice combination for a salad
which may also be used as a sandwich
filling.
Provides " the bit of
■ weet” lA beneficial
form.
Helps to cleanse
the teeth and keep
them healthy.
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The Reason.
“Why,” asked an arid-looking guest,
“do they call Petunia a wide-open
town?”
“B'cuz ’tis,” responded the landlord
of the tavern. “Why, as soon as It
gets dark you can hear phonographs
playing in 'most every block, nearly
all over town.’’—Kansas City Star.
BABIES CRY
FOR “CASTORIA”
Prepared Especially for Infants
and Children of All Ages
Mother! FI 's Castoria has
been In use for 30 years as a
pleasant, harmless substitute for Cas
tor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and
Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcot
ics. Proven directions are on each
package. Physicians recommend It.
The genuine bears signature of
NOT REALLY BAD DEFINITION
Small Girl’s Comprehensive Statement
of What Constitutes “Queer" Peo
ple Had Germ of Truth.
When Dr. James M. Nicol, a mis
sionary in Syria, was In this country,
he was addressing a Sunday school on
the subject of the country where he
lived. He was endeavoring to make
the small listeners of his American
audience understand something of the
strange land and the strange people of
Syria. He said that the Syrians were
queer people. Realizing that some of
his smaller hearers might not under
stand what he meant by “queer’’ peo
ple, he asked:
“Do you boys and girls understand
what 1 mean by queer people? What
sort of people are queer people?”
Then he waited expectantly for an
answer. After a little time a little
girl six or seven years old timidly put
up her hand.
“You know, little girl?” asked Doc
tor Nicol. “You may tell us what sort
of people queer people are.’
“Please, sir,” began the tot, “queer
folk are folk who ain’t like us.”
Want Male Teachers for Boys.
Roys of school age nowadays should
not be taught by women; they need
the firmer guidance of a male teacher,
according to a resolution passed re
cently by the British National Asso
ciation of Schoolmasters.
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