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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.
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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
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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
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SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
t CAROLINIANS.
Durham. Cify Building Inspector
John . T. Still issued an ordr con-
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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.
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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.
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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
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1 , Bij F. WALKER
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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. , ;
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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.
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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
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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. .
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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 .
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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
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T-IDDIES SIX
Ll Will M. Maupin
"THE BIGGEST B0YT
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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
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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.
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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.)
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