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COUNTRY
CHURGIES
We have talked much, and
. do little haa been written, a
bout the consolidation of coun-
, . try churches, but 'pot much
r ' real serious effort to this end
,, has been made. .More' than
C this. No "great deiafTwill be
' done until men are willing to
lar themselves out with unre
i " lenting persistence.'. It is not
1
;.. easy to 'build churchefs any-
r. whrtre. either in town or coun
. . try; it is still. more difficult to
' consolidate existing congrega-
tions especially - so in the
t country.w'tNry"
' 1 In the city men do not find
' local attachments so strong as
they do in the country places
where all is more stable and
' fixed and into which the feel
; ings of a people enter so large
ly. .? The city order is one o
change and1 the people are
much more'on the go.' In' the
country the trees, the familiar
i scenes and the sacred places
become objects of tender con-
, cern.The.o1d country churches
have a."peculiarsanctity rafid
the associations of the ' Jears
render them almost sacram'en
tal in thP religious life' of the
people! So, whenever, mention
v is made of disturbuig; these by
transfer from their local hab
. itationAand former associa
tions, all the memories of the
years "and of the generations
- gone come trbmpmg In with
'. stubborn protest The old coun
" try church is a veritable ark
of the Lord not to be touched
"hv violent hands, f Many will
not even- hear of , a ' transfer "of
, consent to have any. re adjust
ment made. "; :
Then, io, the difficulty ;of
gathering together groups so
widely separated must be over;
come. This adds no little to
the difficulty of , the '.enter
urise. So. in most places the
work of building a new church
f in which several congregations
are to be consolidated , is , a
heroic job. Not many are. wil
ling to set themselves to the
. task in a way to win." : Sweat
and "blood, prayers and infi
nite patience," are essential to
the consolidation of our coun
try churches. We have made
a slight start, but most of the
work is still ahead of ua. Can
we find men of such hijh de
ll 'Ton, f::J so dctr.v.i-cl a
tV-t we vi'.l Le qur!I-
j ruch reciel
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FISH PONDS
. ' Fifteen million - dollars is
-large sum, especially when dia-.
tnoutea among a group wnose
... "C8Bh income haa been .curtailed
by reverses for a number of
years. As large as this sum
' appears it can be saved .for the
.- farmers and other citizens of
North Carolina through the de--
, veiopmeni ox nsn ponas ana in-
land fisheries. . . ' ,
,t After v careful calculation,'
, Director J. W. Harrelson has
estimated that $ 15,000,000 in
food values can be added to the
. income of the State every year ;
through proper attention to the
expansion of the fisheries , re
- sources, i1 't v ;
' i Aside from an (adequate nro-
gram of stocking and protec-
; 1 tton or the natural waters ' ox
V North Carolina, the moat im
. portant feature of inland fish
eries development is the con
struction, o f -artificial -fish
ponds on the farm. - , "
Many farms of this State
have areas of waste land whose
- best use would be for conver-
- sion into fish ponds. Atthe
' same time the creation ; of
potid would often remove ,un
sightly conditions -that detract
from the value of the land and
substitute a valuable asset. -'
- Combining sport of fan
wangling with the advantage of
creating a new source of food "
makes the development of fish
'. ponds especially attractive for
the fy-m.' The trend along
this Ijse has- been pronounced :
. in North Carolina during- the '
, last few yetun, but there are "
: ample opportunities- - to -con-'
tinue on a larg- scale and to
bring the please end advan- n
. tages of new lacuijes to ad
. ditional tople. r ' .
.- - Demonstrated success v d f
?nonrf fish pnltwrB has elinttnAt.eri
' dtful)tvf the twwbilitjwofj
such aenfcure.,c The facilttiet;
are at hand .and-lanoVowners.
would .benefit themselves by
v giving serious consid eration. s : :
, conservation -ana industry. -
prisefs going to test' the meas
ure or our efficiency and dis
close; our ability to win. -"
SUCCESSFUL:
MEETINGS AT
I ITTf 17 DTTt7
L 1 I I Ij l!i r I 1 1 Pi
t - , . T7 . , ',-City Nephew-'I did. v " , .
;The two weeks'. evangelistic meet- .Uncle Zeke r"Well, you vmust be
ings at hte Presbyterian church .at
Little fine, closed Sunday morning
with the recjption of new. members
and communion service. Rev. Rob-
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JliiULll.L.wa-
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ert L Gamon, D. D of Knoxville,
Tennessee, vwa the fevangelist.; The
attendance and interest were good,
Six, Were received on profession of
lalth and two by letter. T V ,
CREMAL COURT ;"
NEXT WEEK
' fl, -' ' k
116 r CASES INCLUDING TWO
' MURDER CASES ON DOCKET '
, ,4 Superior -Court for the hearing of
criminal cases will convene in Mar
shall Monday, August 25, with Judge
John M. Oglesby presiding. 116 cas
es are on docket, including, two mur
der eases.. Most of the cases , are
misdemeanors, "such as larceny,, vio
lation' of prohibition laws, and so
forth.' The two "murder cases are
as follows: '
STATE ' VS CORNELIUS HIGGINS
In this case, Cornelius Higgins is
being tried for the murder of his
nephew, John Coats both of ' Cali
fornia "Creek, in . February of this
year.. Coats died tn an Asheville
hospital after being mortally stabbed
with a knife used by Higgins. ;T
STATE VS NEGRO WHO KILLED
BRYANT'
This is the case in which Barter
f"7 w ?reeTVH ' ?e,,WM
knocked with a club near Ivy June
6, and1 later found, on the side of
the road. - Th. Negro was later ar-.
rested with Bryant's car, and has
been kept ; in the ABheville ' jail for
safe keeping" ever since.1 ' - ;
Tai-Saae j which" Wiley; Ttan-
tham was luOedkeajf Maek'sPatch
fa Jew days ago. has not been doel-
TF A nii7I TP A INFT1W! I
IJLLllJull; I llfllillilU.be overcome by Strict attention to
SCHOOL AGAIN
The Teachers' Training 'school, ef I
which Ii3Clemmie Casey was
er last session, began: Monday, with
an enrollment larger vthan last ses
; sion, 25 being enrolled for the ensu
. ing session. " ' v .
' Uncle Zek& l'iok here;, didn't
yn deviled eggs ' were . made
with pepper, salt and mustardT"
wrong, I fed the hens all that stuff
'and htey haven't laid a deviled egg
yet"'. - ' - ..'. ,
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-The Pathfinder.
IIgovj i'e::t Stale!
1933 DY BOYCE & RANKIN
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cood roads -
a trip across Nort'i Cerollna was
f'o rts Ji l' e l:.oh has a more eztensive ot'
.f,'jr.! C re'' ia, has been known as the r
i II i!.w?y ; . was begun 31 1921. Ovet '
J..y imprc . . ! . . j roads tor.nect practically -'
. The Stat 3 he--- ntly-fanprovins- itet:etwotk
t !i i n; Li t- it with tl.e main high:ey"' -
POULTRY NEEDS
:ARE DURING:
HOTMONTHS
roper . care and attention of the
poultry flocks during the summer
months will be reflected in increased
frAfits when; the flock -comes into
production, and will also mean a
greater percentage-of. healthy birds
forj the breeding flock. At ,
; "Some pOuttrymen have a great
tendency during; the hof months, to
let: np in . the feeding .and manage
ment, of their flocks," says R. S,
Dearstyne, head of the poultry de
partment .at State. College. "This
isfa dangerous practice to-get Into
and. will produce ' detrimental results
that will be reflected all through the
laying period. Breeders carried o-
ver from the previous year may go
in w : a molt and : improper feeding
wi)l tend to prolong this period and
retard production.". ' .'
A falling off in receipts should
not mean a let down in the care of
the birds, he says. Lice and mites
must be guarded a gainst as these
pests propogate very rapidly during
the summer and are a heavy drain
on' chick vitality. R6und worms and
tape Worms are also to be guarded
" dewonned about
S' month before they come into lay.
,, . ... tA
throw off and bad effects that might
Result from the treatment.
Jr. Dearstyne says that adequate
'drinking fountains, plenty of fresh
water,; and- summer shade are neces-
fsary essentials ' thftJaoill.'ttie
flocks 'JBear prostrations'are caused
i inadeauate .. number of trapnests or ,
overcrowd&g. This'jcoVditiontan!
thes details by the. poultrysewner.
Green, feed ehould lso b provid.
ed for the flock, but where this" 1s
nott.aVailable. the ration mlafy be)
suonlemented with a flone percent
teach-'biologically tested cod liver oil. Mr.
Deantvne Btates that- under, no cir.
cumstances should -the - poultry ntenl
discontinue the feeding of nuash as
this ; balances the ration and. fur
high production.
v't ,;t ; in.i i ' '. . 1 ''
Freddy "Mmma, does papa ever
kiss our kitty?" t "
Mammo "Why, noi Freddy. What
makes yon ask : such a questionTT, ,
Preddy4-"Well, , this morning
when' I passed the maid's room I
heard papa-tell her she was 10 times
better than kissing the old cat." '
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a raontha Jcoirneyi
"5 123,-
r NUMBER METEORITES
FOUND ON THE EARTH
Roar To This World From
1 "Great Beyond' Never
i BiMn Known Te Injure '
, Although meteorites ' come
I roaring to this world from the
i-"great beyond": they have nev
- er been found to contain any
'substance that does not exist '
, in the earth, Harry T. Davis,
curator ofraology at the State .
:, Museum, - declared : m an ad
. dress in Raleigh in discussing
meteorites. "
C. - Withal,'' h said, "we can be
.certain that. the. meteorite is
I our own tangible intercourse
51 withthe. outer world or outer
. worlds apace. We can also be
, quite assured that this is a gen
: nine one-way traffic, for we are
k sending no such bodies ' into
space, in spite of the talk of
: shooting a man to the moon in
a. rocket." - - - ' ,
"XT--" Davis exnlained . that -,
something like 70O meteorites
; .had been 'discsrered , on , the .
. earth. These vary in size from .
mere particles to a 36 -ton
specimen found bv Admiral
Pearv in Greenland later taken
. to the American Museum in
c New- York. , . .
AWut hplf of the krtown1
meteors are of jstony composi
tion and half of metallic sub
stances, it was explained.
"Chemical analyse'." said
the speaker, "show that thev
contain 29 chemical elements,
nil 29 of which also ex'st in one
form'or another in the rocks
and minerals of the earth's
crust. Theop elements include
iron arid nickel and such other
. element? as the diamond (car
bonV, platinum, pallidium and
iridium.'.' ; ' '.
"A number of falls ' Mr.
niH Mid 'lwivfl hen VnoWn-
to atrike ' vm -ad. heitsea,"
:f (met 'V wirougn -Jnra - wiind
" rtildren" slepft but-never has
- there" hew record of ja hu
man, beiatr .o hurt.-; However,
;thr have; been records of roe-'
iteorie killing dogs and cattle.
and")arg.mfttPorit that fell
in remote Siberia a fwvears
sea wmntrht havoc with a herd
' of reindeer."' - " '"
i Morganton. News-Herald.
DISTINGUISHED
MISSIONARY' ;
; AT WALNUT
Rev. A, J; Bowen, "LL. D., re
turned missionary from "China, will
occupy the faulpit of', the ' Walnut
Presbyterian. ; church this coming
Sunday?mrnmg at eleven o'clock,
': Dr. Bowen, went ,-out - to -China
nutny years ago tinder the Methodist
Board of 'Missions,' Theil he was for
many years the president of the Uni
versity of Nanking, an institution con
ducted jointly by .the. Methodists,
Presbyterians Baptists, 'and Christ
ians, thus presenting an. example of
denominational " cooperation v ofi?; the
mission field, that; should be t. en
couragement ' to our churches.: at
home. The peopie of Walnut welcome
Dr and Mra. .; Bowen" to , their
midst. They have taken up their a
bode for a tinie' in a part . of Mrs.
Thomas Morrow's house. 1-x -
Dr.i: Boweh .will jipeak on , Sunday
about the work in China with .special
reference ', to the present disordered
i condiUore 4n ;that; country and the
probJems tnat are iacmg oor nun , . , . .
atoBsriea. Everybody is cordially ta-,the Position we occupied . m
vited to come and hear him,-.
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ELECTION AT; FREE
VILL BAPTIST -
J
Tk FVao Will Ttanf.ist hiirrh
Marshall kwt Friday evening elected j dence 'of the essential sound
Kev. Bascombe i Brigman of -New nes3 0f North Carolina -It is
Bridge as. pastor,. succeeding Rev,-C.' . . - . - - ' v. . . .
v.- Eains. reined.' , Other church ; best news, the most signi--
oricera elected a't this meeting were . ficant news," that has broken
Mr." W. L Tweed, Treasurer; Cole- Wu nlW In warv a
msn Caldwell, Clerk; and two' de'a
OUR POPULATION
INCREASE
Perhaps the best single in
dex of the prosperity or lack
of prosperity of a region Is re
flected by its increase or de
crease of population. : We
know from simple observation :
that the prospering city or '
county grows in population.
And so it is with a state. The
the barometer that measures ;
the economic and social status
of a geographic area.
The 1930 population of
North Carolina is reported as'.;
3,167,297. The increase ' for -
the last decade was 608,171
which is by far the largest to- ,
tal increase in population the
state has ever experienced in
any one decade. The percent
increase from January 1920 to
April 1930 was 23.77, which 4
was the second largest percent
increase the state has experi
enced since 1790 when the
first census was taken. The -
tviMWM n a 1 C7V 1 QqYi Wn '
cept for.that decade, th.,nor
mal rate: of. population growth f'
for the ?tate has been around i
fifteen or sixteen percent, - j
POPULATION BY DECADES
- - , - a
The" folio wirilg table shows '
me popuiauon lor eacu census
since 1790, our rank in' popu r
lation, and the ' ' decadA in-
crease.
Year Inhabt.
Rank ia Pereent
pep.
8
4
4
4
. 5
7
'fO 1
. 12 ;
1 .
15"
' 16 i
' 15'
,J16
14
. 12 -
Increiwe
1790
1800
1810
1820
1830
1840
1850
1860 -
393,761 '
478,103
555,500
638,829
737,08'J
753,419 .
869,039 :
992,622 ,
,21.4
16.2
1 15.0
15.5.
2.1
15.
14.2
7.9
30.7'
- 15.6 '
17.1
16.5
- 23.77
1879 1,071,361
1880 1,399,750
1890 1,617,949
1900 1,893,810
1910 2,206,287.
1920 2,559,123 .
1930 S,l7,297
' The . 1920 census .ranked
North' Carolina as fourteenth -in...
population. The growth '
since 1920 has been o rapid !' -
as to" cause the rank . of the. v
state to rise from fourteenth to : .
twelfth.', The two states sup- , ''
planted are Georgia : and Wis-. ;
conin. i We are now back! to
1860. i In 1910 the state rank-,
ed r sixteenth . in " population.
Thus durmg the last twenty
years the state has moved up
from' sixteenth to twelfth po-'
sition in total' population: This
remarkable growth in popula
tion is the best possible evi-
kit ill V" '
dav. It is" worth, mere tl.".n r "
f - V
iher in
":neJ f.
cor.g vere ordained by'the pastor:
" "rs. . Lee Irjta and' Arthur