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THE NEWS-RECORD PRICE A YEAR ... ...... I . .. . ?S-THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY iVOL XXI ; MARSHALL, N. C, MAY 1925 It 1050 PENNIES FOR PLUGS NOT WISE Raleigh, N. C, April 30 (Special) Inexpert tinkering with electnc fuse plugs, is the cause of many . needless and costly fires, declares Stacey W, Wade, Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina. Mr. Wade's attention was called to a statement that two fires had occurred recently In the city of Rockingham where "some one, used pennies in place of fuse plugs when the lights went out.'' Losses resulting from such causes are due to ignorance" said Mr. Wade ; " ignorance of the mechanism of electrical de vices . It might not be amiss, therefore, in view of the Rock ingham cases, to warn the peo pie of our state regarding these electric fuses. CVLet me say just this then; "don't tinker with fuse plug, get new ones. Andby all means do not ' put pennies or any other solid conductors of electric cur rent .into the plugs in case one blows out.' "An authoritative explana tion of the operation of these fuse plugs issued by the North and South Carolina Public Util ity Information Bureau is well well worth consideration. Says the statement : . " An electric current, flow ing over a wire, creates prac tically no heat unless its pro gress meets with resistance in making it do some., useful thing, such as lighting a lamp, operating a sewing machine, turning a motor or other applj ance. This creates energy or heat; not only at the point of , use but all along the. wire back I it. Beating of wires to a point Where fire or other damage might result, a fuse is placed on the line. The blowing of the fuse is neither a catastrophe nor s penalty. It is merely a friendly warning of an attempt to use more electricity than is good for the wires. The fuse blows out only when there might be trouble. and after it has blown out there can be no trouble. The blowing of a fuse is simply the operation of a safety device. "The fuse is made of a metal alloY..wbIch will melt ' when there is an overload of electrici ty or if there is trouble, such as a shortJbircuit on the line. The amateur's effort to restore the flow of curentby replacing the fuse with a solid conductor which will not melt, is there fore the cause of much trouble and in many cases . disastrous fires.' . 'From the foregoing expla nation it will be 'readily ' seen that when a fuse is'btown out or burnt out the safetyv device as well as the current - conductor has been destroyed Y; ' ' "If a penny or any the sol id metal is used to restore the conducting property of the line in place of the fuse, it fails to replace the safety device and trouble may be expected. The penny will not melt or 'blow out. You have eliminated your safety Valve'. 1 So my advice to home-own ers and others who have such matters to contend with is to watch those little fuse plugs, for they are a mighty good form of fire insurance; and don t try to repair or mend ', them , with pennies or anything 1 s e Your house and furniture'.' are more expensive than new fuses in fact, many of the electric light companies gladly give their customers new fuses free of charge." PUBLIC SERVICE LITTLE STICKY FINGERS By EDGAR A. GTEST Little sticky fingers, little stick thumbs. Little lips of sweetness smeared with cookie crumbs; Now my collar's ruined, now my shirt's (i wreck, All because I let you put those arms abool my neck ! ' i Here's a smear of something on my SunHy vest, Here's a necktie tangled, stained and saily messed; Little sticky fingers, I'm a sight to see, ' All because I let you climb upon my knee. I've choclate In my eyebrows, I've syrup in my hair, And there are little finger prints on everything I wear; And here upon my trouser you dropped your bread and jam; Oh, you little sticky fingers, it's a sorry sight I am! And all the world can see them and all, thq world can note Your thumb prints on my collar and the stains upon my coat ; But, little sticky fingers, if the world could only see, 'Twould find thumb marks plainly on the doting heart of me. ..... " PAGEANT TO BE AT ASHE- Wim MONDAY, MAY 4 PREVENTION RATHER THAN CORRECTION Errors once, made by a child are not wholly, blotted out of his mind. ! -He.tendel to: repeat thein And W continue repeating tnm unni tney pecome nrmiy fixed bad habits. -As far ; as possible, schools should try , so to direct the child that there will be a minimum of mistakes led into the formation of faulty physical and mental habits. These were the conclusions reached by two of the the speakers at the recent meeting of the Amencan Association of Science, concerning ' the teaching of spelling and alge bra. Dr. Garry "Meyers, of the Cleveland School of Edu cation, studied children's mis takes in spelling and found that if a word was mispelled once the same error would probably occur again' and the amount of work necessary to NEGRO ENTERTAINMENT A PLEASING EVENT Tennessee Survey ' To Start Op French Broad Next Month The "negro entertainment" given; last Friday night at the Courthouse was a success in ev ery Way, and enjoyed by those - tWlio! attended. The costum- For several years the War ing was splendid and was in Department through the corps itself a sufficient cause for of engineers, has been con- laughter, but the parts were ducting a survey of the Ten- well acted and caused all to en- nessee River basin with the . i joy the entertainment. A dea of demonstrating'') the good little sum was realized for means by which the Tennessee the Presbyterian Missionary River may be made navigable.' Society, under, whose auspices NATURAL RESOURCES has the entertainment was given i heretofore published "articles amends in the learn the word correctly was much greater than it would have been had the child not made the original .error. A similar experiment was carried on by Flora L. Scott, who fol lowed up the errors made in a series of algebra problems to see whether the mistakes made by any pupil had no apparent connection with each other or whether in answering the same problem the pupil repeatd the same mistakes. Out of 200 sets of ansyers containing more than one error she found that in 168 sets or 84 percent the errors were repeated. Both speakers conclude that much avaiiaoie time and effort can be saved in the schools if mis takes are prevented rather than corrected. .One. farmer of Columbus County reported to farm, agent j.aLazar that uie permanent pasture seeded on, his farm six years ago has been worth over $1,000 to the farm. The cost of producing milk may be reduced by using past ures. The food cost is gen erauy tne Diggest expense l- tem in producing milk. LOST OPPOR TUNITIES op al- Many grand and noble ortunities are lost daily by most every individual. The word says: Whilst we have opportunity let us do good unto all, especially those who are of the household of faith." Every new day brings new opportuities. At the close of that day, those opportunities are gone, never to be presented to us again in the same way. They might be presented, some of them in another way. But perhaps not so forcibly impres sed. Then let us think, when twi Ight gathers over the western hills, How many kind words have I spoken today? Have I et any unkind words pass from my lips? Have I harbored any unkind or evil thoughts in any neart? . iiso, shall I not make count ef the deeds we have done, and also for the things we hkfe left undone. Thft; opportunities of today are forever gone at the setting of the sun. Weimay ask ourselves, How many hearts could I have made glad tyday? Even a smile may save a soul, if given in due time. Let us think again sincerely, How many harsh words have I spoken today? How many hearts have been broken or suf fered ipain by my carelessness orunguarded words? Even a re proachful look may discourage a soul and cause it to give up and be" lost yea, lost forever, when just a" smile or a hand token might have brought it through to permanent victory. Our eternal interest depends upon some one moment of ., de cision on our i) art v XTlrereJs not so much in what we-eay, pr do, as there is in the way or manner in which we do it. So it is very necessary (if our lives would be a success) that we cultivate a kindly dis position to all. It seems that some lack a disposition of kind ness. If so we should cultivate future ? TTnw Tne characters were sugntiy having to oo with this compre-. many good deeds have I done different from those printed, hensive plan, which is special- during this day, which is gone Mr, J, A. Dennis taking the ly significant in that it prom-never to come my way again? part of Mr. McElroy and a ises a basis upon which capital We are passing this way but special reading was given by and industry may be made to (Mice, and nftor thflf n inHcr. Miss Pearl Tweed. (Carried to fourth pagel V ment we must ro to rive an ac-aome atarvinir soul? one. Good deeds bring their own reward, also. God will recom pense to every one according to their own works. Then while lost opportuni ties can never be recalled, but are forever gone. We may by taking heed to our ways im taking heed to our ways to im this by making use of present time. Present opportunities are the only ones that are in our power, and as we make use of them, they make amends for the fu ture. How important then that we be watching, eager to grasp them, as Time goes by rolling space into oblivion. Not every one needing a cup of cold water is making it known, so if we would only sometimes take time to stop and think and pause a little by the wayside, even a kind look may accomplish much. I If we are Christ s, our time is not our own, but belongs to Him who has redeemed us with his own precious blood. Have .we any time to spend for Jesus? Shall we not take time to give one word of com fort and cheer to some droop ing, fainting heart? May we not give our little smile to Or en fold someAwayward child in our arms and invite them to the feast which Jesus has pre pared for them, as well as we? Do you know, "The world is dying for a little bit of live?" Or are ; We; so busy with the passing 'pleasures of the world that we are letting these things blind our eyes, that we cannot see?-. titi . wnen uoa has given us light, must we let the little things pass by unheeded, and precious souls perish for want of a little help? They are as good by nature as we. Only to them the light has not broken. The little things are the ones that count that are worth while; for they only build and make the greater things. Then let .us take heed to our own ways. Each one. indi vidually, that we try to be liv mg epistles, known and read by all, in whom' we come in contact that they take know ledge of us that we have been with Jesus, and are imitating his life. Let us be known for our Godly lives, and for our care fulness in making use of the opportunities afforded us daily. That we try not to let one pass by unheeded. Then, when the last battle is fought, and the victory is won, we shall hear the wel come words of our great Leader saying: "Well done Come ud high er Victory Victory Victory Only, through the precious blooa of " Jesus." MRS.' MARY JARVIS, Thurmond, S. C. NORMAL SCHOOL WILL PRESENT PAGEANT CULLOWHEE STATE NORMAL On Monday, May 4, at 5 :30 p. m., the Normal School will hold its annual May Day Fest ival on the lawn in front of the main building. A pageant from "yesterdav and to-day" will be presented. About two hundred and fifty girls from the Normal school and several small children from the Pease House take part. The pageant will be chiefly dances, and these dances will be interpretative of the native birds, flowers and events. The pageant shows the historv and development of the United States from the time of the In dians to the present day. Natural scenery of the campus will be used as the setting. i ne performance is free. The public is invited to attend. Commencement at Cullowhee to be May 27-29 Cullowhee, N. C, April 27 The dates of the commence ment at the Cullowheen State Normal School are May the twenty-seventh to the twenty ninth. Howeyer, the annual sermon, to be preoched by Rev. J.;!. Mangum. Pastor of the Methodist Church, Waynesville will oeeuf if Sunday. May the twenty-fourth, just before the final quarterly examinations. The annual address will be de livered by .President John E, Calf eeotthe Ashevill Normal and Associated Schools. BARNARD, THE ; COMING CITY Cullowhee State Normal is growing. Thirty-six new stu dents have entered the last six weeks of the spring quarter. Mr. Koe Henry of Haywood County has entered school the last six weeks of the spring quarter, and is an active mem ber in the Columbian Literary Society. Messrs. Oscar Paul Shelton from White Rock, Bertie Fort- ner from Barnard and sister. Miss Myrtle Fortner, who is in school at Cullowhee, spent the Easter Holidays with friends and relatives at Sylvia, N. C. While there they attended a ball game between the Chero kee Indians and the Cullowhee boys. The two Literary Societies went on a picnic last Saturday afternoon. They reported a goodtime. Miss Mamie Tillery very frequently enjoys interesting i tems from White Rock. Several are here in school at Cullowhee that taught school in Madison County last year. .They arer,Misses Mamie Tillery Mary.. Hunter Jeanette Cala way Myrtle;, Fortner and Mr. Wayne, Fdrfner, A series of meetings were, held at the ' Methodist church the past two weeks, conducted by Mr. Lynch , of Cullowhee son and Mr. Gibbs of Canton, N. C. The geographical location of Barnard gives it many points of vantage over any other town in the county. It is very near the center of the coUntv. has a good sand clay road inter secting with the State Highway at Walnut. This road never gets muddy or cut up, and bears a heavy traffic the year round. Barnard has three large" stores, doing a good business; one blacksmith .shop; two grist mills; one church, with a good membership. There is a bout $3,000 of wood products shipped from Barn'ard every month. Mr. P. V. Goforth runs a tobacco clearing house. Mr. C. S. Davis runs the "Grand View" poultry farms with a ca pacity of 2,400 baby chicks per month. The railroad com pany does a business of about $6,000 per month. Traffic congestion is so bad in Barnard that we have Mr. Harry Anderson for traffic cop. He uses his good offices in keeping the traffic moving in the most orderly fashion. There is about 25 acres of level land in Barnard suitable for mills and factories and tobacco warehouses. Our natural re sources, linked with our pro gressive citizens, makes Bar nard the coming city of Madi- WELDON HARRIS J. I 1 - i t f . 1 K , j i '; . i ' ! r i ' ' ... "v . 1 ! ft
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