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Volume XV
Lenoir, N. C, Tuesday, February II, 1913
No. 28
THE CORN EXPOSITION.
School for Prize Winning Boys
and Girls in Columbia,
South Carolina.
Editor News: - It was a groat
pleasure to me U) have tin' op
IHjrtiiiuty of attending the Ex
IH)sitioii School for Prize Win
ners (which was held ia connec
tion with the Fifth National
Corn Show) in the capacity of a
corn rhit prize winner of Cald
well County, and if you will al
low me space in the columns of
your piper, I will trv to tell, in
a very scattering way, ahout
what 1 saw and heard while at
tending this school.
I am glad to say that I am not
the only one who attended this
school from Caldwell County.
Mr. H. H Steele, Jr., of Yadkin
Valley, (also acorn club prize
winner) attended this school i
with me, and his father, Mr. 11.
Steele, attended the corn show.
We arrived at Columbia Sat
urday night, .Ian. 2a, about ten
o'clock and were met at the
deKt by Mr. 1. ( . Schaub,
agent in charge of corn club
work in North Carolina, who di
rected us to the fair grounds a
mile east of Columbia, where
the school and corn show were
to be held. Mr. Hobdy, of Ala
liaimi, Supt. ( the school, met
us at the the fair grounds and
took us to the sleeping room i
where we were greeted
thirteen 'Tar Heels," who
arrived earlier than we.
by
had
Hie
bed room was tittt
bunks enough to
up
with
accomodate
eiu'lit hundred or a thousand
boys 'The bunks which were
assigned us felt very comfort
able alter our days journey audi
.i i .
we slept lllllll ailliosl sun up
Sunday morning.
Filty boys from Cleuison Ag
ricullural College took charge
of us "Sunday morning and di
vided us into companies of 2a
each. After we were divided
into companies we were marched
into the mess hall for breakfast
The delegations from nearly
all the states came in Sunday
and Sunday night. Eleven
states were represented, includ
ing every Southern state, except
Oklahoma and Virginia. Ala
bama had the, largest delegation
of any state ninety nine of the
"Yellow Hammers" being pies
cut Hut the proudest delega
tion was the U "Tar Heels," who
always feel proud of themselves
anywhere they may be found.
I do not know the exact number
from the other states.
Monday morning about three
hundred and fifty boys lined up
on the campus and inarched into
the chapel for devotional exor
cises, which were conducted by
Dr. Mitchell, of Alabama. The
The program for Monday was
not carried out on account of the
bad weather and we were all set
at liberty, after devotional exer
cises, to look about the grounds
and buildings. The main build
ing, which was consti noted en
tirely of steel, was from one
hundred ami fifty to two bun
dred yards long and from seven
ty-tive to one hundred yards
wide. Twenty four s t a t e s,
scattered f from the Atlantic to,
t he Pacific and from the O.reat I
Lakes to the dulf of Mexico, '
had beautiful and instructive ox
Ini.its in the main huildimr. Tht
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United States Department ol
Agriculture, and Hureau of For
estry exhibits, occupied a large
part of the building. The for
est exhibits showed that we are
entirely too wasteful in our
methods of handling timbered
lands and urged that we be more
preserving with our forests in
the future, leaving the the tim
ber on the steepest slopes and
always cutting the most unde
sirable timber and leaving the
good timber, instead of always
cutting the best timber and
leaving the undesirable timber.
One object of particular notice
in the North Carolina booth, was
that of two buzzards eating the
carcass of a pig that had died of
cholera. This meant to demon
strate the fact that buzzards
carry cholera germs, thus infect
ing the whole neighborhood
with the disease, ami recom
mended that we bury all of our
cholera carcasses.
We had devotional exercises
each morning, ami each morning
after Monday we had a lecture ;
or too, from noted men from all
parts of the country. This took
up the tune till noon, then after
noon we were set at
erty to
notes on
take observations am.
anything connected with the
Exposition. Sometimes we were
allowed to go out to the city
and look about.
The I'mted States Depart
ment of Agriculture conducted a
moving picture show each night
which was free to everybody and
very instructive to farmers. On
Thursday Mr. Mradford Knapp,
chief agent in charge of demons
tration work, talked to us and
urged us to go ahead with the
corn club work and not work for
prize alone, but work to learn
how to grow corn
ably.
There is one I
most profit
base of the
school 1 must not overlook, and
that is the part
occupiet
I by th.
"Tomato Club" girls from seven
different states. North Caroli
na had four "Tomato" girls
there. Of course we were mon
. i i i i . . i . i ..i.
in. ill ie,isi'u n n.iie ines.-
with us. Friday night the boys
anil girls gave a concert to a
very large and enthusiastic au
dience. The concert consisted
of songs and yells from the dif
ferent states and was highly en
joyed by all. Alter the concert.
Mr. I. ( . Schaub announced the
winner of the bust of Dr. Slier
man A. Knapp, which was given
by the I'nited States Govern
ment to the state whose boys and
girls made the best record in the
corn and tomato club work'. Al
abania won the prize by a small
margin over North Carolina.
The "Dig Hancpiet" on Satur
day February 1st. winch was
given by the city of Columbia to
the boys and girls was the most
enjoyable occasion of all the
week'. At twelve o'clock' we all
assembled at Craven Hall to en
joy and relish the many good
things which the good people of
Columbia had prepared for us.
If there was any one thing that
we all enjoyed it was this ban
quet. After dinner had been
served we were entertained by
speeches from several noted
men, the most notoworty of
which was delivered by Hon.
James Wilson, Secretary of
Agriculture. F n fort una tely,
Mr. Steele and I had to leave
before Mr. Wilson got through
talking.
We left Columbia Saturday
evening feeling very grateful
to the good people ol t lie city of
Columbia for the great hospital
ily which they had shown us
and feeling that, we had been
greatly benefitted by having at
tended the Fifth National Corn
Show, though, for some reason
or other, we felt exceedingly
'L'uik 11e11 weuoi 11 ri n ine
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III it'l Ml OL.HA".
1 am very thankful to Mr.
Orofort h, the Hoard of Educa
tion and anyone who was instru
mental in sending 1110 to
Columbia.
Respectfully,
Talmagk Smith.
February Hth, 1912.
WOMEN HEAD SCHOOLS.
Many States Elect Female Sup
perintendents of Their
Public Schools.
Washington How women
have advanced from the educa
tional ranks to the highest ad
ministrative positions in the
public schools is reve;rled in tig
ures just compiled by the Uni
ted States bureau of education.
Four states, Colorado, Idaho,
Washington and Wyoming have
women at the head of their.state
school systems, and there, are
now lK women county superin
tendents in the United States,
nearly double the number of 10
years ago.
In some states women appeal
to have almost a monopoly of
the highest positions in the pub
lie school system. Wyoming
has a woman state superinten
dent; the deputy state superm
teudent is a woman, and of the
If counties in the state, all but
one are directed educationally
by women. In Montana, where
there are K! counties, only one
man is reported as holding the
position of county superinten
dent. The increase m the number of
women county superintendents
is most conspicuous in the West,
but is not confined to that section
New York reports 12 women
"district superintendents," com
pared with I- "school coinmis
sinners" in I'.HKI. Other states
showing marked increases are
Iowa, from 1.; in p. urn to 1 1 m
1'.M 2; Kansas, from in I'.hki to
I'.i in P.M2; Nebraska, from 10 to
12 in the corresponding period;
North Dakota, from 10 to 21;
( tklahoina, 7 to 11. In only two
states is a decrease reported
Tennessee had in I'.HHi and on
ly a in l'.U2, and 1'tah has one
less than a decade ago.
Together with the advance
ment of women m the adminis
trative branch of education has
come a demand for women on
local school boards, and thistle
mand has been recognized in
many communities. The tollow
ing cities of lO0,(HK) population
or more report one or more wo
men on the school board. New
York, Chicago, Cleveland, San
Francisco, Milwaukee. Washing
ton, Indianapolis. Rochester, St
Paul, Denver, Columbus, Wor
cosier, Oram! Kapids, Cam
bridge and Fall Kiver. Numer
oils smaller municipalities have
adopted the idea.
The important place assigned
to women in American education
has become so usual as to excite
little comment in this country;
yet American conditions in this
respect are the reverse of those
of most nations It is probably
safe to say that in no other
country in the world are there
as many teachers proportionally
as in the Fnitetl Stat.es; in fact,
men teachers great ly outnumber
the women in most Kuropean
count ries.
Petition For Brond Tire,.
eorst illc Kit''i')risc.l
Mr. .1. P. Mills has at his
store a petition that is being
circulated, asUing that an act he
passed by the present session of j resentativo E. .1. Justice and N. j every year. The same commit
the (lenoral Assembly uuthoriz j B. I troughton us the commission too also considered favorably
ing the county commissioners to j under the joint resolution of the appropriation of 2a,0P0 for
pass such rules ami r gulutious j both houses, to confer with rail j maintenance and SilO.OOC lor nu
ns they deem wise and sufficient road officials as to possibility of : proveiuents for the tuberculosis
looking to the universal use of j eliminating interstate freight sanitarium. Another bill favor
the broad tire wagons in Iredell ; rate discriminations against : ably reported prov ides for the
county and to put said rules aiuF North Carolina shipping points, j establishment near Raleigh of
regulations ink) effect at any
time when to them it seems best,
for the purpose of keeping in
repair the roads of the county.
THE LEGISLATURE
Some of The More Important
Work of Our Law-makers
in Raleigh.
The House committee on coun
ties, cities and towns decided
last Thursday night, by a vote
of 14 to 7. to favorably reiort
the bill creating Aycock county.
Hills introduced in the House
Monday, to require sanitary in
spection of hotels, cafes, rail
road coaches and waiting rooms
The Senate Tuesday passed
the House bill to increa.se the
number of judges, judicial dis
tricts and solicitors from lb to
20. The measure is now law
The bill to allow the Supreme
Court reporter 4M for clerical
assistance, was "passed, 37 to
The bill requiring county offi
cials who are paid in fees to re
port once a yt
ar the amount of 1
fees received, was passed after
several counties had been ex
empted and one added.
The joint committee on educa
tion decided to defer action on
the six months' school term bill
and the compulsory attendance
bill until Wednesday night of
next week. Hy that time it is
expected the finance committee
will have submitted its plans for
raising revenue.
My a vote of s to lb the Sen
ate judiciary committee turned
down the bill to make five years
separation cause for divorce and j
killed the bill to put husband
and wife on the same ground as
to divorce m the matter of adul
terv.
The Stewart bill to require
the pulling of mileage on trams, :
the families of purchasers to bo '
allowed to use the two cent mile I
age books, passed the House on
second reading, after amend
ments had been adopted striking
out the provision requiring mile
age to be pulled on trains, Inn
iting family use to wife and
children and stipulating t hat the
mileage book provided for in
this act shall not displace the
interchangeable mileage now in
Use.
The committee on liquor tratf
ic favorably reported the Anti
Saloon League search and so;,
ure law with certain amendments
It was found that the section
designed to stop liquor dealers
from shipping into the State and
sending bills of lading, with
drafts attached, to banks would
also prevent a resident of the
State sending Ins check to a li
quor dealer out of the State.
There is an amendment to cure
this. Another amendment
would make it possible for per
sons to have more than tin
maximum one gallon of wines,
where made from home-grown
f nuts.
It is proposed in a bill intro
duced by Representative Willi
ams of Buncombe to establish a
great park on the top of Mount
Mitchell in honor of the famous
explorer of the mountain and to
take away the hand of timber
tlospoilors, now making terrible
inroads on the timber. The bill
provides for a park" commission.
A message from Governor
, Craig reported the appointment
of Senator . I! Council.
vep
The commission is to report to
., , . , , . . , era serum, tiipiiineria aim iv-
the Legislature by the 2..th. pl)oU, lllllitoxm rtml sinMWK
The House committee on ( vaccine, to be furnished at ae
health will report favorably the tual cost.
Corn Now King.
'Charlotte Observer, i
The Corn Exposition now be
ing held at Columbia seems to
be vastly more than an exhibit
of "Hog and Hominy." The
American use of the word
"corn" is very narrow as com
pared with the Kuropean.
"Corn" throughout Euro as
we find it used in the English
Hible, practically means the ed
ible cereals, and the show at
Columbia i an exhibition of tin
edible cereals anil of the circum
stances surrounding the produc
tion of these. Everybody re
turning from tins exinisition
speaks in the highest terms of
its educational value. One man
has said that to see it i of u ore
value than a year in any college
In some of the histories of
South Carolina, Elizabeth Lucas
is credited with the introduction
of cotton planting into that Stat
when she was yet m her teens.
In the papers of the State of to
day, and in many other papers
throughout the Fluted States.
Jerry Moore is credited with
leading an improvement in the
economic production of corn
which gives him a foremost place
in this particular product of ag
riculture. If these two stories
are true, then tins girl of loo
years ago. and this boy of today
have done more for the State of
South Carolina, ami for the Na
tion at large and for humanity
generally
than both John C.
Calhoun and Robert Young
Havne combined. There seems
j to be no doubt
while the name
whatever that
"Corn Exposi
tion" is perfectly proper and ad
mirabiy selected, it tioes not con
voy to the nimd of the aver
age citizen how educationally
and morally v aluable on a com
preheiisive scale the corn show
at Columbia is. For example,
there is an exhibit contrasting
farm life which shows how cheap
ly and well bad conditions may
be turned into good conditions.
How the patching up of a fence
here and there, how a little
paint put uH)n a dwelling house,
ami how a little attention to the
yard, ami particularly the back
yard, can change the appearance
of a farm in its surroundings
from the old fashioned unsiglit
ly affair to new and pleasant and
agreeable things.
Preaching Tft Doctrine
i Ki'uKi die Wi''l,l . '
The (Ireensboro News has the
situation sized up about right
when it shows that the Hon. li.
A. Doughton is preaching the
I Ion. William H. Taft's doctrine
when ho says the people need to
be restrained; that it will not do
to lot them have the initiative
and referendum. W h o n he
makes that issue ho will hasten
not only tin1 initiative and refer
endum, but will experience the
recall much earlier than he an
tieipates.
bill providing for each county to
maintain at least one hod and
separate room for tubercular pa
tients at the State Tuberculosis
Sanitarium, at cost not to exceed
;s2r0 a year for each count v.
This would mean free treatment
'of three to four hundred patients
w ,u, 1 ,c"ul'
NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Reading Matter of
Local and National Affairs
in Condensed Form.
North Wilkesborn is erecting
a new 2'.(Kl school building.
Ex Sheriff (liven wood of
Wilkes was recently married to
a Miss Holdin, his br.de is 11
while the groom i ixrs old.
The second H0. of state
I funds for public school has
been aportioned to the several
counties entitled to it and Cald
well county will get 5-i,70b of
the amount.
In an engagement between
the Turks and Bulgarian Allies
last Sunday the Turks suffer ti ,4
repulse with con- tt rible loss
The Turks are becoming de
moralized and the Allies ar".
making steady gain- on them
Mr. J W. Clay of Hickory,
who has been at the head of the
Clay Printing Company of that
place will leave soon for Brazil
w here he will take charge of a
large printing establishment of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, in Reo Janeiro.
Thomas A Id red a sufferer
from palagra attempted to com
mit suicide recently by throw
ing himself in the tire, at his
home in Proximity a suburb of
(Ireensboro. He had attempted
suicide by shooting a few days
before. In the last effort ho
was badly burned before he was
rescued
Mexico is 1 a state of revol
tion, the present adu ir,;st ration
of President Madci'o. is being
attacked by Felix Ibas a rebel
leader, with strong forces and
considerable bloodshed is re
ported. Dias ami his supporters
have almost secured control of
the city of Mexico while presi
dent Madero is lort-fied in the
National palace.
The Southern II ghway As
sociation will meet ,11 Asueville
tomorrow ami preparations have
been made for entertaining a
largo gathering. It is said a
gtvod highway is completed from
Sin Diego California to Little
Kook Arkansas, and the object
of this meeting is to make plans
for continuing it to Motvhead
City North Carolina.
Raleigh. Feb. 4 By a vote
of pi to v. the senate judiciary
committee this afternoon decid
ed to report unfavorably the
Stewart bill allowing divorce af
ter five years separation, and on
top of this killed th- Kellutn
bill to allow a wife to secure di
vorce for one act of adultery tin
the part of the husband. Roth
these bills have passed the house
The senate chamber was crowd
ed to hoar the discussions, the,
galleries at first being composed
of women, who were requested
to retire.
On Saturday 1st. a man by the
name of Sneitler, with his wife,
both drinking rode through the
street of a cotton mill vilhage
near Henderson tiring pistois.
An officer was summoned and
went to their home t arrest.
'I'1'111
The woman ' 1 - t he
officer and wounded '. :i the
siiouiiier. I lie ma". 1 at
ii mi
hi 111 with a knife, v. -;i t ho offi
cor tired killing Sneuter , - :at-
ly. The woman then fainted
and is in a serious condition, not
ex poctod to liv e '! 1 . s
jury rendered a verdict of "hoin
icitlo in self defense
Pure air makes pure blood;
pure blood makes yu di.vao
resisting.
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