North Carolina Newspapers

: rt rf Jf ,"r -V n v : rv.':VM .1 v;.yWvtywf'y.'r,''iw wtvKrr.sw.-'w .mvmrwifr: mfift-tAj& " m j ; .'.s-V - y l f j, -.if. 1 1 nbn j-viuvvnv tr ills . BOTH A THE ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN MADISON COUNTY yoL. xxi MARSHALL, N. C.; FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 19267 1200 SPELLING CONTEST i STATEWIDE 'f V READ THIS, BOYS AND GIRLS. . AND ENTER THIS CONTEST ' '7 Her is a chance of a lifetime for ' spellers of North Carolina to ret real money, ot well a real fun, from the overs of the old spelling book: i;: J V The Charlotte , Observer wDl five 3175.00 in each rewards, to the best spellers in the state, and many coun- ty champions spellers will get free ' trips to Charlotte. . r ' The spelling bee is to be state-wide, - and the schools of Charlotte and in ithe one hundred counties have been S invited by The Observer to partlci- pate. . v Each school will pick its best , pellei( In a regular spelling bee. Then all ' school v winners, city and 'onnty, are to meet at the county seat to select, in an old fashioned 1 bee, the county champion. ' This lucky ihoy, or girl, may be among those who will come to Charlotte' in May as the r guest of the Observer. He or she " Srill stop at the city's best hotel; will be royally entertained and will enter 'the state-wide finals. Then The. Ob server is offering the following prizes at the all-territory finals Sn May; . first, $100, second, $50, and third, $25. .. : , ' In addition, the champion speller of North Carolina will be sent to Washington, D. C.f in June to take ' part in t.ie Saeond National Spelling Bee Contest. AH expenses of both the winner and a chaperon will ' be paid by The Observer. In the event that the winnsr is a girl, her mother -riii ...t . ,nrftn. in rase a bov.lthat the disputes over the proposed ItfThe Observer vilV provide a suitable fkiiinn. vvtmr,inniii inm. , "pate for"$2000 in gold and a gold medal. The first prize Will be $1000; aepond,$500; third, $200 ;y fourth, $1B0; fifth, $100; sixth $50. ,Afivfe day sight-seeing tour and; other en tertainments are in store foithe whv ner OI iNorm .varoiina. j Schools in both city ; and county have been invited to Join the bee and urged by The Observer to forward their acceptances immediately to the Spelling Bee Editor. TO THE FARMERS-AND BUSINESS MEN OF MADISON , . jCOU.NTY Through the Newts-Record , We are, living in a fast age. That which satisfied our grandfathers does not satisfy us. They were making progress when they gave up the tal low candle for the oil lamp. We must have the electric lights or be behind the tim'es. Back then there were but few Agricultural ; Schools, and they ""scarcely worth the name. ,- Farm Extension Work connecting the farmer directly with' tie, State 'College; of 'Agriculture, through the J. County Agent was not even thought of. Farming in the past was conduct- ed with little system; but at present ' we have learned that farming is a big ''.'business and a very big one, too. ' tention to a few basic facts as they relate directly to your County. K ' " . The first fact is this: the "SOIL' ' Good soil is at the foundation of all V sncessfuf farming; because out 'of the" j " soil everything that supports our civi- llutlnn comes. - ' , ' The second fact is the crops which 1 grow out OI una guou uu. ii. iubjt u '., grain crops, fruit, trucks hay etc. to ' ; ' be sold directly . from the , farm, or, ' third, it may be" fed to live stock, such , 'u beef cattle,; dairjr? cattle, sheep, . hogs, poultry, etc., and their products nlated noon the; markets. So the great question may arise in the Madi son Connty farmers' mind, shall I . niil uH rrons directly S or Sell ' them indirectly by growing and feed ing through some kind of livestock, ' . and if through growing live stock, what kind of live stock, horses," cattle, hoys, sheep or poultry? Then if cat-; : tie be selected what kind of cattle," beef or dairy? Then, if beef or dairy , . which breed?. . And this is true of any; v and every -line of livestock, activity. Sa attpr J1. the science of Asricul- ' ture is one of he broadest and deep-' est and most complicated of all the! -.!'.. . vifB! and helowi f irmer thir.Ls t' at all the complies- : tions and mysteries connected W ith ; farm life,.csn be told In a common airel.f.'T.ai'BC. ,..'. - It is r .r -r 1 'riesiretU1 sxin bo thrown . ii you "for ii't t!.i:s ond to try tve It t we mjy to study together of farming best- fit Into Madison Co. conditions, and like real men and wo men strive to work them out. - 'Mr. BrintnalL your efficient County Agent and all. the specialists along 'Agricultural activities in North Car olina are at 'Your commaind. The more you use them, the greater -will Me your Agricultural progress, and the greater. wW ba your. Banking Be sources, and your Jtercantile activi ties and all will be reflected In the better, horn life throughout ' your county. ,; :S:- ' ' ' - Respectfully, .. 'J,:R.:iSAMS,': ; v I County Agent at large. the League will prevail (Take from ASHEVILLE TIMES) The new spirit of peace and co operation engendered by the Locarno conference has for months. run high in Europe, ' Perhaps a reaction was to be expected, human nature being what it is. The reaction appears to have reached a rather violent stage In the - controversy' over Germany's entry into the League of Nations and the "consequent efforts of other nations to obtain permanent seats on the League Council. The debate, is in its most wordy period of its progression ; last night Europe's leading statesmen separated at a Geneva conference without having found any basis for the compromise of their difference. Nevertheless, there is no reason for despair. The process of establish ing in Europe a' new prder of political affairs, to replace the old system oft balances of power and secret treaties, can not do its work, in a day or a year, mere is souna oasis iur upu . t , - B 1 ! membership of Poland and Spain on out impairing the steadily increasing impairing prestige of the league. And very evidentlyl the league is not dying, so long as statesmen contend with each other over the permanent seats on the council of this world parliament. U . " BUGS AND; HUMBUGS THE FOOT JFrom the purely mechanical view point the normal foot is almost per fectly constructed. It is marvelously adapted to the functions which it has to perform. - Contact with the floor is made at the heel and the ball of the foot The bones between these two points form an arch, and a line drop ped down through the center of gravi ty of -the body intersects this arch in the middle. Also in the ball of the foot between" the little toe and the big toe, the bones form another arch the transverse arch. When walking and while the weight , is on the ball of the foot this weight Is borne on the. center of this transverse arch. These small bones making up these two arches are connected with one another by. ligaments, and articula tions are provided with muscular at tachments. It is a feat of engineer ing skill to build a solid bridge span that .will hold the wegiht put upon it but in the foot there are two bridges- and they are flexiblewhich must hold up and provide motion for as great a weight in proportion to the size of the bridges as any solid bridge made by engineers :--n-s 1 The ends of these arches are pre vented from separating by strong bandsr-the plantar v ligaments, but sometimes t h es e "bands become stretched ;and let the . ends separate and the arch .flattens down.- Thia ia flat-foot. Sometimes it is the main arch that flattens, sometimes it is the forward transverse , arch and some times both of them give way, , Some- people Have naturally high arches and some have naturally very low arches.-. It ; is very, common for the colored race, to have practically no arch at all. They n naturally "flat footed." .The visible degree of flat foot is of itself no indication of the degree of disability caused. . , This - very delicate 'and complex mechanism cannot be expected to re main strong and perform Its function properly, if it must be cramped .into ill-fitting shoes. There is no article of woarinar apparel Vm t should be as carefully and . scientL cauy fitted Uhe shoes and especially ia this true of f children., whose , feet are growing, Proper care wjth children s shoes wU t vc!o perfect feet Imrrorc-r care v "I'dsveJep (Jeformities v. bell., after frowth is couipleted, eawsCarct'y ever be c-nrevteJ. THE HOME TOWN PAPER When the evenin' meal Is 0Tern' the tiishes put away, An you settle down to jtore your mind with happenin's of the day, Comes a peaceful feelin'orer you, bruahin' from your face ' a frown, .. - , 1 As you scan the weekly paper from your ol' heme town. It tells you all about who's sick an' those who come an! go Likewise the comin' vendue at the farm of Jabez Stowe. The burnin' of the cider. mill belonging to "Bub" Brown r Get's a write-up ia the piper, from your oi' home town. There ain't air entertainment joV me'etin' where they pray, ' :Mfy ( -i-' - But what I know about it though I'm livin' far away, If the chicken pox is ragin' or the mumps is goin' 'roun I peruse it in the paper from my ol' home town. I read the mornin' papers and the evenin' papers too, Ad' I sometimes pick a novel up an' sort of skip it through But when I want .some pabulu,' which nowhere else is foun' .- :l:l"t'"'5;''-''"'! I unwrap the little paper from my ol' home town. They say our good an bad deeds are recorded up on high So that God can classify us whe it comes our time to die. If that be true I know a man who's goin' to wear a crown; He's the gent who runs the paper in my ol' home town. SAM WELLS- in Scottsburg, (Ind.) Journal. Zero Hours of Automobile Accidents, 4, 5 and 8 P. M. 6:00 P.M. " 4:00 P. HI. . - " i , otOO r. M. - -NB thousand and thisty of Chicago's. 11,785 auto accidents last year, according to the Stewaat-Warner Safety Council for. the prevention of 1.11 . .nnM.nt. AMnw&H KatnrflAtt fivji An A !x AVlnrt lust Wbtfl COO. aaatinn i at it want In tba home-crolnc dnnta nrerM fatal. wnrn. nviank ! the children's iero killed by antos in Chicago last year came streets after school. .. I. v. j.nMMi4a Hni to Chicago's 1924 record, ftlgfiry-slx thMter-gotag hours. WHAT SOME S THINK OF Below we publish a few unsolicited, and therefore, all the more appreciat ed, expressions of what some of our . subscribers think of the News-Record. Mr A. L. Peagle of New Ifork, in . renewing his subscription,, takes time to say in substance, "I would not be without your paper for several times what it costs." Mr. Feagle is a busy business man, but. stops to compli ment his home paper. Thank you, -Mr. Feagle. Mr. R. Sayford, who has been at Big Laurel but is now at Hot Springs, says: ''You are giving us a very creditable news sheet for the County." Mr. , Blaine Graham writes as f ol- , lows: " " - '"- -. , Norfolk, Va. , ' . . , . . March ?rd, 1926. Mr. H. I Story, " ' ' r r Editor ft Publisher : The -News-Record, . : Marshall, N. C. ' " Dear Mr." Story: t - ' , - "J You wlil find enclosed my check for A i for $4.00 for two years' subscription ' for the News-Record of Marshall, N. . r C. iVi I take this opportunity to con- , gratulate you on the completeness of your paper and the manner in which ' ' it is conducted and 1 look fowrard to 5 the arrival of your paper which af- ' fords me a great deal of pleasure. With continued success' and best ' wishes. . ; r Very truly yours, v;', i- , - BLAINE GRAHAM. :. . . ' ;-- Kt. Grahism is Such expressions J: rush. Only 47 of these 1.080 acclr ' hero. Thirty-three of the 182 children to grief at four o'clock, playing In the .... ' 'V ": f tnr adnlt antn fatalities, accordlnff of gSS aucli deaths occurred around thaJtomobll9 and their mainten- - THE NEWS-RECORD also are i a.bnsy man.., ' i encour- ; COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS COLUMN LH'i'4 ' Edited by O. S. PILLARD. SCHOOL NEWS -". ' Plana tm hAinff : nerfected. throughout the state for a caih nniom io be waged in the next session" of the legislature for an eight months' term, xnis win largely be-a campaign to have the next sesson of the legisw ture to! submit a constitutional amendment to the people pro viding for this length of term. The people of the rural sections ate the , ones who will profit most by , such an amendment. The cities and towns already have eight and nine months' length of terms. Under no cir cumstances would they submit to a term of six months' that thousands of rural children have to submit to. .- The rural children of the state are entitled to the same berieflt&;of'an education as the city child. The people of the rural sections ol. tne ; srate should , rally as a man to the support , of this amendment, Candidates for the legislature should be pledged to carry out instructions to vote for this length of term. Then instead of six months' term of school for the children of the county we will bavea system that will give alj the same opportunity. K Some of the objections that are benig raised to the propos? ed eight months' terim are that the state is too poor to provide the funds, and that the children are needed to help.in the crops. Both -of these propositions, are absurd. It is a well known fact that North Carolina is one; of the leading industrial states in- the Union. It. takes rank a.1rtnDr..with the arreat states of New ,Y or k; Pennsylvania, Illi nois and Michigan. The value of its agricultural products com pares favorably with the great- country.. North Carolina pays taxes Jnto the Federal; govern ment larger than other states. It pays more than twice as much as any Southern State. Last year more than $12,000,000. was paid into the state treasury 'as automobile taxes, covering the license and tax on gas and oil. More than $170,000,000 was spent for au- nance: in , the state last year Then we claim that we are too obor. The cny is that of the selfish' man largely who al ready his an eight months term of school, and is not willing to let the wealth that has been concentrated in the large cen ters, be 'distributed to the sup port of all the schools. Theop' position;.-: to the . eight months ttrmof i school will largely tome from the great wealthy counties Of the state. diThi pother; objection to the length ! of term is that it will take; the children off the farm for two months, and thus cause th farmers to sufferi a great; economic loss. This is very falacious argument and is not Sv6rthy';of consideration. ..W:eof the legisiature ift ftai'thie . all JtftoWvthat the small child- course t;tomeoutgena,hj TieniVsar up to ten Ot eleven yeart of age, are of no economic value on th faTm. They are So -small tnat " tney cannot ao an v wort really worth while.; In an' eigW months term of scEooi thfr child - should- be ready ,t0 . finish; the elementary school by. the tame he has reacn ed. the end of the 13th year, No w; not many children can e- veh'do much at thirteen years of ! age on the xarrn..' : In an eight months term! of school, the child cannot finish the ele mentary school until he Is over fifteen-; years. L Consequently two. years of the child's great est period oi earning capacity ia Inst in not beinor able to at tend while he is TOUnir. ; Cut even admitting that the child is . Of economic value on the farm sufficient to be count- wg 1925, izs were kuied and 101 ed in these earlier ages, wellnlureL CC0TJin" to figures for the mntt rr-cMon tho difference toryear which have jut-t been eomrletcd the tr.t generation.' If edu-'by cation is worth anything at all, While.. walking, on tracks S3 vor it ii VCiih in accordance withrkiUed and 60 injured; S3 Were : ?! the 1 esi 1 . t the COUntry")0'S5'eS3-;and - f .tore economic rosi - toia x La U goir.g to' be iauged by the intelUgence f its citizens, ir we nave an eau cated citizenship, we wiU have a great state. If our people are uneducated, we wlW have a poor state. . The ' little countries of Swe den, Norway and Belgiuni' are largely self supporting people. There, education is very much higher than here.' If we can bring our land up to the high state Of efficiency that these people have, North Caromia will be able to support a popu lation of 20,000,000 people. The great Reason for so maiy boys and girls and young mar ried people leaving; the forms today is the fact that the school facilities are so poor, and living conditions so bad of the coun try; that the better economic condition and living conditions of the city tempt them away. To better these conditions we must give the rural child the i same advantages that are be ing given the child in the city and teach him the beauties of the country, and how he may make a living from the country. We cannot do this in the little one-horse country schools, with a six months term of school, in a bare dilapidated building, with one teacher trying to teach thirty-five or forty children through all seven grades of school, with only a few minutes alloted to each class. The only salvation for the country schools and the country chil dren is a longer length of term, with larger units so that more Janne teacher can oe naq tor each school, with better trained than one teacher can be had for ' V Ol .1 ?i-t- I A-L J . teacnera, aim eyuiyiucuu iuav will meet the needs of the teacher and the child.- ' 4 , can , get- an eight . months' term f school Estate , Wide,then it will dispense with . the local tax districts v in i' the . county, and will, i in i most in- ' . stances lower the tax rate for schools Jn these districts.'' ' Ev en if the eight months' system should be financed as the six months' term is now, it would - not be necessary to have more than a thirty cent additional ' levy above the levy that is now be placed. This would enable all districts who are paying more than a thirty cent tax- to cut it down. In a number of' districts of the ' ' county this " would be a distinct saving. ' Unless- we can get eight months' term , of school , as a county or statewide proposition ' there is no hope for a great many of the weaker districts of the county. There is net-sufficient wealth in the districts t run two extra months and pro- ' vide building accommodations. This is the only salvation.; I hope that our people may ' be led to realize this, and rally, as a unit to the support of thus pro- -position." i V I also hope that every candi date who desires to represent ' thia county in the next session - squareiy ior xnia proposOTion. 'No man i worthy mt represent- . ing this great county in the next ' acseiou ut vue wsuii sembly - who Is not 'wf Ilk g to make a fight for this measure ;that wyi so greatly benefit this county,' I trust rjegardfcss of party lines that such a man , can . ; be found who haa etatesma n-' ship : and ability 4o . back thia ! proposition to the -Ijat' tflkh, and thus - help eur , 2500 boys and girls to an opportunity that they otherwise 'never be able to get." it'-f.7."fxk' ' " Xi.: ... trespassing; On souTMCaN-; PAID USUAL DEATH PENALTY v.or the trespassers who ; gambled with deathmen the tracks and trains of the Southern RaUway System dur. the Southern's Safety feepart.neat., 87 Injured while s'ea . ; r. or f"hoFr:"2" trains; s-i f 1 - jwei ia misce?:.-)'-- 1 ft -j f-.-i cwt, if r st lines