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The Clay County News Tim Official Organ of Hayosvillo and Clay County, North Carolina. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY . J. A. GRAY.. _ Editor-Manager Entered in the postoffice at Hayes ville, North Carolina, as second class mail matter under Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate* One Year . $1.50 Eight Months .>- $1.00 Six Months...- 75c Payable Strictly in Advpnw Legal advertisements, want »ds, reading notices, obituaries, came of thanks, etc, 5c line each insertion, payable in advance. Display and con tract rates furnished on request All communications must be sigiimr by the writer, otherwise they will not be accepted for publication Name of the writer will not be publisned un less so specified, but we must have the name of the author as evidence of good faith. V Atlanta, Ga., May 26th, 1928. Editor Clay County News, Hayesville, N. C. Dear Sir:— t notice in your issue of May 18, 28, article under heading Pupil Fail ures in Our Schools. I note that Statistics of the Federal Bureau of Education indicate that approxi mately 33 1-3 percent of children entering first grade enter the eighth, approximately 49 percent enter high school, about 40 percent • of these graduate, 50 percent of these enter college, and only 33 1-3 percent fin ish. It is clear from these figures that there is a general falling off of the finished product of our school sys tem. It is urged in the article that a better understanding, and cooper ation between parent and teacher, as to the individual needs of the pu pil be had, which is all Very good. But it seems to me that there is a genei^l failure on the part of par ents, to continually impress on the minds of their children the impor tance of making a success and the concentration of their minds on the things worth while. I note also that you are to have a reunion of the students of John 0. Hicks school. I think you will find even at this time, that the backbone of your community is composed of the students of that school, that an entirely different system was in force in those days, and that the per centages of failures was practically nil. II 1 may be old fashioned, but it seems to me that athletics, and var ious kinds of sport are taking the major position in our schools today. The mind of the pupil is almost en tirely taken up with the outcome of some athletic contest. It is my opinion that there is more concen tration and inspiration over an ironing board or between the plaw handles than was ever gleaned from all the tennis racquets and baseball bats that were ever manufactured. Take the average pupil and ask them what a tree of given circumference will square, or the ingredients of an apple pie and they can’t tell you, but they can give you the batting average of most of the professional ball players in all the major leagues or a general history of all the- mo vie stars that play in Hollywood. The business world will give more today for a half dozen young men and women clad in blue den im and gingham, with an honest sin cerity of purpose and a desire for the things worthwhile, than for all the “hand painted” flappers in knickers, and “lard haired” romeos stuck into balloon trousers and rol led socks that daily strut the ave nues of civilization. I notice full page advertisement in your issue of May 25th with Community Arch as outstanding feature, the suggestion of which is a change of keystone marked YOUTH 'just what will be the composition of this new keystone? Yours very truly, h. h. McConnell, 499 Wabash Ave., N. E., Atlanta, Ga. J. M. Hunter of Forsyth County states that his new pasture planted last spring came through the winter niahing grazing at the rate of one cow per acre. mm Folk School Is Making Progress With the Pure Bred Cow, Hog and Hen If you had been up on Little Brasstown some of these spring eve nings and heard the. tractor running after dark and once even after mid night you would know that this has been a busy spring at the John C. Campbell Folk School. The freezing out of the winter wheat, oats, barley and clover, has made place for large' acreages in corn, much of which is planned for ensilage. A fine piece of rye and one of Arctic grass and vetch, which are ready to cut now, will make a splendid hav crop. A large crop will be needed for the school -has some eighty head of stock to feed. The dairv program which Mr. Bid strup feels more satisfied than ever going ahead steadily. The school is is the right one for this section is milking now eight registered Jersey of milt a day. In addition it owns six heifers, one of which, an un cows which give around 200 pounds usually fine one. was donated bv the North Carolina Jersey Cattle Asso ciation. The others are out of the school’s own herd. There is a ped igreed bull and two bull calves. To take better care of the mild a model stone milk house is being built under the direction of Mr. Deschamps. The house will have two rooms, one through which the spring is to be piped and the other supplied with stove, sink, separator, milk-tester, etc. As part of the dairy program the school has now over forty pigs of registered Berkshire stock from the Pinehurst Farms and Clemson Col lege. Mr. Bidstrup is anxious that these be used for breeding stock over the county and is offering sev eral for sale of different ages. Chickens complete the dairy tri angle. The cooperative community hatchery carried on this spring on the school premises has proved a great success. Some four thousand eggs were hatched and it is expected that next year the incubator capac ity will be doubled and a permanent house built. The chief need is some breeder of heavy stock such as Rhode* Island or Plymouth Rock who can supply eggs next winter for hatching broilers for the early mar ket. The school itself has about a hundred laying white leghorns and it is hoped that out of the four or five hundred baby chicks it will be possible to get about three hundred laying stock next winter. In the meantime work has been begun again on excavating the cel lar of the Community House which if the proper funds are forthcom ing will be finished this summer in readiness for the opening of school November 1. The school can take care of a limited number of hoard ing, utsdents as well as those who can walk to and fro. Applications have already been received from as far as Buncombe County and a good attendance is expected. Furnace Brooders So far fourteen Clay County farmers have built the new type furnace brooder houses. Probably from faulty material or poor con struction two have burned, other wise they are proving very satisfac tory. Since the season is so far advanc ed, very few if any will be built be fore next winter. Before building one it might be well to see several of these houses and get the ideas of th owners who have used them. County Agent Arrendale plans to visit the different brooder houses with a poultry specialist for the purpose of making plans that will give as near as possible the proper heat, light, and ventilation, Some experiment may be made in an ef fort to make a cheap furnace door and damper which will control the heat and save wood. If you have an ida about haw this house can be im proved, tell County Agent Arren dale so he can pass it on to others. DR. E. L. HOLT - Late information about how to control the Mexican Bean Beetle is contained in extension circular num- • her.. 22 which may be secured free of charge from the State College of Agriculture. < The Catawba County Fair will have a special show' for Four-H Jer sey Calf club members this fall with a premium list of some $700 offered in six classes. To any one who will use Padgett’s Indian Herb Juice and tail to get re sults we claim lor it Indian Herb Juice has given satisfaction to all who have used it for twenty-five years. We recommend Padgett’s In dian Herb Juice for constipation, indigestion, rheumatism, ''liver and kidney trouble, and has proved su preme for high blood pressure. For sale at all drug stores. ' SOUTHERN RAILWAY CORN CUP WON BY SOUTH CAROLINA BOY Dan Blcleley, eleven-year-old boy of Lexington County, South Carolina, who won the Southern Railway System's Corn Cup In 1927. Left to right: V. S. Bickley, Dan’s father; Dan himself standnig behind the Cup, and Gov ernor Richards of South Carolina. COLUMBIA, S. C—In the rotunda of South Carolina's historic State House on January 12th, Dan Bickley, 11-year-old boy of Lexington county, received from the hand of Governor Richards the Southern Railway Sys tem’s corn cup, awarded to him as the grower of the best ten ears of corn produced in 192?, in. the eight south eastern states served by the Southern. This handsome tvophy was offered first in 1925 and was won by Willie Pat Boland, a corn club boy of .New berry County, South Carolina. In 1926, it was won by J. A. Patterson of Row an County, North Carolina, a young man just out of the State Agricultural College. The namds.of the three win ners have been engraved on the cup as a lasting testimonial of their success. The cup will remain in the posses sion of young Dtp Bickley until the time for the award for 1928 arrives. The cup will be offered again this year under the same Conditions as in the past. In order to pont it for the cup, a grower must Qualify by winning a prize at one of certain designated state and district fairs for the best exhibit of ten ears of corn. The contest is open to all corn growers in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi, without regard to age. The exhibits which qualify by win ning prizes at the state fairs will be brought to the office of the General Agricultural Agent of the Southern in Atlanta and will bp judged by a com mittee of experts. The committee which made the award in 1927, con sisted of Director H. P. Stuckey of the Georgia Experiment Station, Director J. R. Ricks, of the Mississippi A. &. M. College Experiment Station, and I. O. Schaub, Director of Extension in North Carolina. The judges expressed pleasure and surprise a' the high character of the exhibits and in announcing their de cision said: "The growers who selected these samples showed unusual skill and are to be particularly commended for their efforts. The Southern Railway has performed a real service to southern agriculture in Initiating and carrying on this contest. We wish to commend the Southern and the various fairs which have co-operated in bringing together at one central point the prize winning samples of the various states. The competition serves an inspiration al purpose that reaches many farmers. It is bound to have a very material ef fect in producing better corn through out the whole region." ABERNATHY’S STOMACHIC APPETIZER THE PURE HERB TONIC Will Be Fount At W. L. ANDERSON GRO. STORE No better remedy for the follow ing troubles than the above medi cine. Rheumatism, Stomach trou bles, lost appetite, general run down condition of the system, bad blood or T. B. of the bone. 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Buy yourneeds at this sale and save money. TERMS STRICTLY CASH. NO RETURNS. NOREFUNDS. FREE FREE FREE With every purchase we will issue you free coupons and with every $10.00 worth you secure a piece of beautiful hand-decorated China* ware. Save your coupons, they are valuable. Reitaaiber this shoe sale will start next Saturday, June 2nd, last all next week. “THE SSmm
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