, THE POLK COUNTY NEWS " ' , PAGE SIX ; 4 . , ,'i 1 . Mil Pip ! -4. ; i . i . scours (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of .America.) ' ' BIGGEST THING IN SCOUTING General JeroyT. Steward of Chica go is one of the original founders of the scout .movement, and a stanch be liever, in all scouting stands for. In a recent interview he said: 1 "The boy is the man of tomorrow, our . coming citizen, with his responsi bilities and definite place in the world.' You can't fool him, but you can do wonderful things with the right sort of leadership. The spirit of scouting is bigger even than its first-aid and out door craft. Getting an active, growing eating, noisy boy to be thoughtful and do a good turn dally, to want to be helpful toxothers, to obey its oath and - law that's the biggest thing in scout ing and, indeed, in life." Speaking of his own interest in , scouting, the general said : Tve spent over forty years of my life in various forms of public service the army, the police department, the postoffice, the boy. scouts, and so forth and am convinced that nowhere can so, much real good be done as with our boy's. Scouting is the one thing I ex pect to give my time to for the rest of my life ; to help to build boys into good citizens. Can you, or any other grown up, find greater opportunity, a more genuine service to be rendered than la within the reach of all of jou?" AROUND BOY SCOUT CAMPFIRE One of the Most Attractive Features of a Boy Scout Camp Is the Camp fire, Always Started Without a Match.- GOOD TURN RECIPROCATED When James Caldwell and Clarence Llvingholm, Omaha boy scouts, flagged a train last November on discovering a tree on the-track, which would un doubtedly have , caused a serious wreck, they made light 'of their ac tion. It' wassail In the day's work. There was "nothing to it," just a good turn such as all scouts are pledged to. But, the railroad officials didn't see it in precisely the same way. They thought there was a good deal to it. So much so, in' fact, that out of grati tude to 'the scouts who rendered them the service they have offered to build a fine new swimming pool at Camp Gifford, the Omaha scout camp. A suitable marker will be erected in the camp mess hall recording the fine good turn Of the railroad as well as the facts of the service rendered by the scouts. ANOTHER SCOUT, HERO Fiie-broke out in a tenement house in East Fourteenth 'street, New York city. Frank Catalano, a' fourteen-year-old boy scout,, was among the crowd that assembled. "I got through . the fire line," Frank says, "on the . strength of my scout badge. I heard a woman screaming for her baby, who had been left inside. I couldn't stand that. I wiggled through the smoke along the floor and got the baby." That wasn't! ail he did, however. Having placed? the child in its frantic mother's arms he went back into the building and led a woman and two children safely to a fire escape, the stairs be ing ablaze. He then guided two .raOre adults out of-danger and rescued-a dog. Then he-went on to school. The excitement was over. .s 7 DOINGS OF BOY SCOUTS Camp sites In New Jersey state for ests will fbe opened next season rfor use of boy scouts according to an announcement of the State Depart ment of Conservation and Develop cient. ; ; Every year the Kennel club of Phil adelphia turns over the proceeds Of Its annual dog show to some cause tlurt they think worth promoting. This last year it was the local boy scouts wh were the benefldary of the club. 1V . ft " t r i FARM LIVE STOCK SHEEP INDUSTRY PROFITABLE Necessary to Well-Balaced Agricul ture and Pays Well if Herds Are Handled Kiam. t In this country the sheep industry has had frequent ups and downs, and recently it has been very much de pressed, but it is an industry necessary to a well-balanced agriculture and usually it pays fairly good returns when flocks are properly handled. .Wool is a staple commodity and .mutton is a regular part of our diet, though it is much less used than beef or pork. Con ditions In many parts of the United States are excellent for sheep raising and there can be little doubt that with in a relatively short time the sheep will be more profitable than during the past year. Present conditions of depression are abnormal, just as the period of un usual prosperity was abnormal. There is a surplus of wool on hand, in the country now, but It is being used up faster than it is being replaced by pro duction on American farms. Even now mutton and lamb are In sufficient de mand so that, in connection with wool, sheep raising Is a good business. In the farming areas more, attention is paid to mutton making; the range men have given more attention to wool, hut now depend more on the returns for lamb and mutton than they have In the past FORESTS TURNING OUT MEAT Transform Into Marketable Product Weeds and Grass That Otherwise Would Be Lost. (Prepared by the United State Department of Agriculture.) Through Its Issuance of paid grazing permits to stockmen the forest service of the United States Department of Agriculture not only secures for the government a considerable sum of money, but It transforms Into a mar ketable . product weeds and grass that would otherwise be lost. In addition, grazing reduces the-fire hazards in the forests. In one year, .it is estimated, the na tional forests turn out approximately 300.000,000 pounds of lamb and mutton and 500,000,000 pounds of beef. Many lambs are born In the forests and leave them only when they are ready to be v Roundup of cattle in a National For est in Colorado. shipped to market. The 14,000,000 sheep and cattle that move Into the forests every spring are drawn from n wide area of surrounding territory, and in the Tall they pour out In great streams to such central markets as Chicago, Kansas ' City and- Omaha, where they are turned Into meat prod ucts that go to allparts of the coun try. ' PLAN TO MARKET LIVE STOCK Study of Costs and Methods Being Made by United States Depart ment of Agriculture. The United States Department of Agriculture is making a study of the costs and methods of marketing live stock, beginning at country points. The work is to be done mainly in a number of selected areas in important live stock sections of the country. The plan Is to select areas, usually consisting of several counties, and to study care fully the costs and methods of as many of the existing agencies in each area as can furnish any satisfactory in formetlon. "-The study will include mainly country buyers, local shipping associations, local elevators- handling (ve fctock,-and Independent shippers. In 'several instances the work is being done In co-operation with the states. A number of men from the department are dow in the field collecting data on the subject. ; t Value of Purebred Sire. The greatest value of a purebred sire is .his ability to produce offspring that are better tMn their dams in type, or production, or both. If he lacks ability to do this he is no bet ter than the animals he replaced. Warming Water. for Stock. The practice of heating or warding the drinking water .for. lite stock dur ing the winter has been followed prei ty generally by most livestock 'farm era, using anything from an old ket' le to a modern tank heater. V CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE .. i . , ' i - ... .. . i SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO t CAROLINIANS. Durham. Cify Building Inspector John . T. Still issued an ordr con- . - ; r demning the old Hopkins House; ho tel building at the corner of. Liberty and Cleveland streets in this city. i Pinehurst. Dogs entered by Norta Carolina owners swept the ' board fat the conclusion of the judging in the American "fox-hound classes in Pihe hurst's fourth annual A. K. C., show. , Taylorsville. While he was whit tling :- a stick of wood with a sharp knife, the 12-year-old son of Monroe Fox, who lives near here, suffered a pdinful accident when the knife glanlc ed and entered his right leg, between the thigh, and knee, severing an art ery. Several stithes were required to mend the gash. 'i . '. - .. 1 High Point. Wilson was selected as the next meeting place of the North Carolina Hospital associatioiji. Tlie association held Its fourth annual session here with about one hundred doctors and several registered nurses from the leading hospitals of the state in attendance. " Greensboro. Helen Mayes, 18 years old, took poison rather than go to jait and Is in a hospital here with chances, fori recovery. It is not known just how much bichloride of mercury she swal lowed when the door of a cell in the city lock-up i clanged shut, but sh made two attempts to swallow the poison, 'v..'' j Hickory. Hickory business men at, a largely attended meeting at the chamber of commerce voted to acceptf the proposition of Frank B. Simpson Raleigh architect, to erect a 100-room! fireproof, and thoroughly modern hotelj building at a cost of ' approximatelyj $250,000, and president George F.j Ivey was authorized to appoint a com-! mittee to solicit for stock. - j Winston-Salem. Bids were opened, for the Baptist state hospital to be erected in the western part of the city. Thei lowest bid was filed by the J. A. Jones Construction company, of Char- lotte1, the, figures being $133,690. Ow ing to absence of members of the com mission, ia warding of the contract was deferred for a few days. It is planned to begin construction workwithin the next week or two. ; ' New Bern Consolidation of the of fices of superintendent of the Norfolk and the Beaufort and Pamlico divis ions of the Norfolk Southern .railroad, with j headquarters in New Bern, will b4 perfected in a few days, it was learned at the local offices here. Hamlet! Ty Cobb's ' Detroit Tigers and the Rochester team of the Inter national League will play here March 24. A guarantee of $1,000 was neces-; sary to close the contract with these teams and was negotiated by Dr. W. D. JameB with business men of the town backing him. Asheville. Fred Fullam and Sidney Ballard were found not guilty of mur der of Theodore Taylor, by a jury in superior court after deliberating three and a half hours. Taylor was shot from ambush on a country road, while he and aV cousin were riding with two young women. Burlington. Burlington will have a d,aily newspaper after March 1. The Burlington News, a semi-weekly news paper published here, will make the venture and launch .the new daily. Plans for; the publication of the daily are nearly completed, which provide for ah afternoon paper, the 'name of which will ; be The Burlington Daily. News, j . . -' v Chapel j Hill. Dr. George Howe, dean of the; College of Liberal Arts, and president of the Southern section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, announces that the second annual meeting of the teachers of the classics in schools and colleges of the South will take place in Atlanta April 27, 28 and 29. One session; will be devoted exclusively to the discussion of high school prob lems. Greensboro. Plans looking towards a student body of over;l,300 are now being' considered by officials of the Ntrth Carolina. College for women, an word has gone out that the fresh man class for 1922-23 will, number about 750 girls. Charlotte. James Henderson Wed dington, former mayor of Charlotte and former postmaster, died at his residence 'of kidney trouble, and other complications. Mr. We?dington was born at Sugar Creek, thli county, No vember 1845. Greensboro-i-Two 15-gali.cn washtubs joined to form a liquor ntttl, were -discovered in the home of J B. Scott, four mile? frbm here. An ordinary coffee grinder had been used o prepare the mash for the little whlsksy plant. Raleigh. Charles W. Cloninger, who has been one of the examiners of the banking department of the state corporation commission, left, here" for Greensboro where he has- accepted a position as trust off icer and assistant cashier of the Atlantic Bank and Trust company! of that place. -1 amimiiiiiiiHiiiiiiimiw Somettiitiq io !Chi 1 , Bij F. WALKER liiiiiiniiiiiiMniiiiiiniinuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiniiinniiiiiniiiiiiiiuuiiiiiniiiiiiiir; ONE THING AT A TIME THE successful" worker, whose achievements are greatest at the end of the' day, is he or she who does but one thing at a time, and re fuses to leave It until it is finished. Sux'h a worker 4 never vacillates between one duty and another. ! : There is no undue confusion in the mind by wavering. By putting off the seemingly .dif ficult task for the easier. ' . Everything is taken up as it comes, completed; In every detail, ready; for the scari of the master at the top. . " v ' The worker who flits from pillar to post, starts in one direction and suddenly sets his face in another, never really gets anywhere. He is lacking of stability, and at the end of the year he is about where he began, with no prospect of ad vancement and n6 hope of improvement.- Indeed, in spite of, his fever ish, hurried efforts, he ls slipping ilown grade. : Doing the job in hand and sticking to it until It is done.. .to the very end' is the only way to ' achieve suc cess. , Train yourself to do this. In a lit tle while you will find that you are getting speed with less friction. There will be no more irritability and lassi tude at the end of the day. Instead of going home at night in an 111 humor, with every nerve tingling and on edge, you will find v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.w.v.v.v.vvvYt' Uncommon Sense By JOHN BLAKE KIND OF INTEREST ASK the -man of affairs what he Is interested in and he will prob ably tell you: "Everything." He is, interested in everything, and he ought to be. But he also Is especially Interested in some one thing, which is why he is a man of affairs. ' A very important editor Is so ab sorbed in the study of the world' and ;what is going on in it, that in work I time or playtime he is engaged in its study. " ';..;. I' But he is especially interested in men and women. And specializing in Hhis specialty he Is interested in what they like to read. He Is so deeply interested in this, that he never meets a man or woman that ; he does not find out. In some .fashion or other, whatsit is that at tracts; their attention in newspapers and magazines. I The results of the several hundred thousand questions he, has asked are Varefully put avy in his brain, and fwhen he gets out a number of the publication hes directs, iti is always ought and read by a very large numr er of people ; ' To have a live personal interest In 11 created things , Is necessary to every well-educated and active man. j If you sat at a dinner next to John p. Rockefeller you could get few rises out of him by discussing the theory J"Llfe Is not a cup to be drained, but an jofrerlng to be poured out." HAVE A CRACKER i -. . , - - - - JR ACKERS are the ever-ready stand by of the "up-to-the-minute" house- i I wife. They will keep Indefinitely It kept dry and air-tight. If they do soften -five minutes in a hot oven wll crisp them -again as good as fresh" ones. Any kind of crackers, sweet, graham, oatmeal or ginger may be used for" a dainty sandwich' to be served with a cup of tea or a re freshing drink. An old-fashioned dlsli and one good for an invalid or a child is cracker soup. Toast the crackers until brown, spread with butter, sprinkle with a little sugar and pour over hot milk. : A sweet ;cracker put together with marmalade, jelly, cream cheese, nuts or; any other good filling makes a good1 substitute for. cake. , , J Tomato English Monkey. . Take, one and one-fourth cupfuls (of cracker crumbs, two tablespoonfuls of butter and- three-fourths of a cupful of milk. Beat two eggs, add salt, pep per, a pinch of soda, one and one-third cupfuls. of cheese; add to the scalded milk. When the cheese t has nielted add three-fourths of a cupful of to niRto strained, stirring until well mixed. Serve on hot toasted crackers. j Graham Cracker Pudding. i Take four tablespoonfuls of butter; add one-half cupful of sugar, one-half rea'spoonful of vanlllac, the yolk of an egg anoT a'vpinch of salt, mix, vr ell, then Mother's 3 Cook f XK Book "i ' , ' that' your brain is - clear and your thoughts at rest. k ; This, 'you will discover later, is because- of the -orderly method 'adopt ed of taking up but one subject at a time and not letting.it. go until you have no further use for it. , ; : ' . ; . ;:J ':;;" ::,:.;: . :; H'One of, the foremost - merchants of New York, confronted with; thousands of serious .questions every dayVhas formed; the habit of returning to his home at night as care-free as a school boy . during vacation season. When he leaves his desk, he leaves his perplexities. 1 ( The next morning he comes In bright-eyed, light-hearted, eager to get in the fray.'.; .," .;:;, -'; ;,,';'. If by i chan ce the first encounter should happen to be troublesome, he dispenses with it before proceeding to another. ' , ..' .-.' . - There is no loss of time, no trying of nerve force in flitting rom one problem to another. . ' He drives straight ahead and makes decision after; decision without the slightest sign of flurry. A And you, j however burdened you may be, can do the same if you hold unswervingly to the same course. (Copyright.) WiU' you'. tnaufc , only . of relativity. But if you began to talk of how to give away money In telligently, which Is his special In terest just now, yon would probably hear something of much value. Golf, music and many other things are fine interests to have, but the one interest you need most of all con cerns your business or your profes sion. . ' , v If that Is paramount, and you give it enough intelligent thoughte you will prosper. If you "scatter" too ' much you, will not. : i (Copyright.) 1 ' add three cupfuls of finely rolled gra ham crackers, three-fourths of a cup ful of milk, one r.nd one-half tea spoonfuls ; of baking powder ; lastly fold in the well-beaten egg white, add one-half cupful of dates, cut In. bits, with the stones removed. Steam for one and one-half hours. Serve with a hard sauce or whippti cream, v Copyright, .1922. Western Newspaper" Union, DO WE YAWN? OXYGEN is one of the elements of the air which is essential to the healthy, normal action of the lungs. Unless a sufficient quantity of oxygen is .taken into the body, the lungs become irritated and flash a signal to the brain that a larger sup ply is necessary. The easiest method to overcome this shortage of oxygen is,s of course, to take in an increased amount of alr at one time. Hence the nerves which rsgulate our breath ing apparatus react upon bur jaw and throat muscles, causing both of them to open wide. Expansion of the lungs at the same time results In the in halation of a much-larger amount of air than Is obtainable through or dinary breathing, thus supplying the needed amount of oxygen. . The reason that yawning Is usually connected with a feeling of drowsi ness is because" a desire for sleep is a sign that the body is tired and is seek ing a stimulant of some kind either rest or an added amount of oxygen, the fuel which keeps the. human fur nace burning brightly. The satisfac tion which follows a yawn is due to the fact that the blood ' has received an extra' supply of the material which it needs and we immediately feel the benefit of this. . (Copyright) YOURJUnJ Hojrto Read Your Charact J andTcndencies--theCaDab&. Weaknesses That Make VS O or Failure as Shown in Your? THE HANDS HEN the hands han- Hnr1 the side, and am h,. , and fat, you may ,w,"' from generally, that tii(, int "A the possessor will be iik,nvi and "fat." All Is (lsH,-. is no use trying to-raistvttlA I of such a hand out of n. 1 materialism. When you fo;)( her hand, says one alithnritv ..' attempt a keen- analysis,"'! blankly stare at you: x 'Uve ' to lift him out of his- trough ft 'r rialism. It can't he (i()neV want's to' know his . brother's' ( whether he is married; 'how tnn.l dren, how kng he will .jivP( he will be rih, and you cannoi him above this plane." last, we nave tne cautious 1 . . ' . . . ... who enters your room with an investigation and with, the hanif ried behind the back, w'her the ! clasped. ; This , person is timid i well meaning, but suspicions 0( value and merits an'V -. -standi palmistry." You must deal gently, him ; he is open to convic;ion ." must be led angi cannot be driven I (Copyright. i ' ri SCHOOL DAYS r r tny Kyf . fw Vit? tain'utt "fe n Qt . , StS to --59M 0 , i to t .i T-IDDIES SIX Ll Will M. Maupin "THE BIGGEST B0YT i HE "Biggest Boy" is not at he; He "flew the nest" last vLt I knew the day was bound come, Ana j-ei tears aim rav ."lent, g The "Biscrest Rov" h.ns snid jrooM And gone to play his ift On life's grim-battlefield, and I I Am lone and sad of heart 1 ... ' . ": i The . "Biggest. Boy" said ."Gou: Dad!" And "Dad" said, "Goodbye, son! H And , then - the. boy with head erect, j : Went forth his work begun, i And over in the corner there f "Dad's" eyes will fall upon 1' The "Biggest Boy's" now vacant chi. . And miss the boy that's "gone. ( The "Biggest Boy" gulped back a I. ITT, 1. I ' ,'l . A i ' " i Ytrii u ins, ups was prt?.t''i 4 The little mother's 'goodbye., kis ' AYhen , mother's hands caressed. , And then he smiled and went liis To fight and win, or die; .! ' While "Dad" and mother .could .say, '' - . "God bless you, son; goodbye!" j The "Biggest Boy'' is in the ranks . Of that - great fighting band j That seeks by arts of toil and peacf- To upbuild this; fair land. And VDad"- and .mother fondly hopl As only parents can. : I The "Biggest Boy" will do his m And do it like a manf (Copight.) lll