FA WINNERS 11 The Count v 1< S to *,V I'll* ye:: Tl-c pri jvivfti li r i | 'l ixt ],, , . ? i.;,j Kai'dwaiv. | dry Store, thin'J A /.rent for bi ?si First prize.-., Whit mire; pot::: tomatoes, Tli.isJ Randal Lydav ; send hooks in i Second prizes, lie Gravely; pntaj tomatoes, Julia Cray. Third prisfl Laura Vcrncr an<| tomatoes, Acnes .Miss Julia V eri best and neatest V The County Aj.?J }jra till ate these w<,| grateful to them efforts they have p| Mildred Whitmin) ? fifteen hatched, fifteen chickens tlo selling' older. Liilic (Jrav^ y i; | Laura Vernpr ?111(1 Thrift eleven each.! Caston Morjran ! prodm. l>ushel i>f potatoes |>er cost of thirty-two cents per IK used manure and lC-l-q pounds per acre Leon Lydal dueed 280 bushels per acre, reported less than l:'l bushclj acre. The (Iray boys with their p$ corn produced of? bushels per regardless of storm jlamajre. cost per acre way $?!??. L'ii, lea\J profit of $22.7f? per a; re. The tomato >jri rl had a haro| with diseases and insects, so so that Miss Verivr lias writtij very line epitaph t> hsr dead il toes. Thomas Pape made a yiehl 100 bushels per ac.c, and the ers S<> and down, for .hose thai| ported, tfy reason ->iA yields and poor markrj not much profit for th< The best adult yiek| reported was 240 buslicj So the boys have it on twenty bushels. One pleasing thin^l boys and girls reports are wanting to try agai^ line of work. For lack of time Mr. not give the club work tlj it should have had, and up a queston for the nej Agriculture to help dc the adults and their stoc the expense of the chi.'l man cannot cover the ent | it should be covered and| will have to suffer, skimmed over and all p;| The County Agent wj to have those interestedl him along this line, as 1925 must soon be made. H. E. ERWIN, MANAGE SAPPHIRE COTTON MAKES THIN Following the music of I mer and saw a represel The News recently visited mill section of town. The mill is now known I Sapphire Cotton Mill ? and tl is far from being: the only there. We were met by the c< manager, II. E. Erwin and the improvements in the mill The old houses have been r and additions made, sanitaiij being improved. Ten new houses are bein J which are modern in all respecj will be perfectly comfortable. Mr. Erwin is himself efficiej he understands how to secure iency in his workers. He knov.| living conditions must be health and happiness in ore good work. He is also-jnterested in eduj having been a member of the board in Henderson county. Mr. Erwin asked why the cd sory ajttcndance law is not en J here. He states that from fiftc twenty boys and girls arc lfl eVery day in the street down when they should be in school.] wants to see this changed and boys and girls getting training] good citizenship. He does nol| lieve in child labor in the mill. 1 he mil! is being improved as the village and is now doubh shifts. 1 uj mill village, instead an u:..;afe, unsightly plate vA be :n condition to be pointc: with pride.

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