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munity Fair, Flower Show an*1
ladison Sept I
* Community Fair and''Flower Show, and
is scheduled to take place on Wednea
_ . . ,1 rhcpaat few days several meetings
.• :hevc. 1'ka Loen unbounded enthusiasm. The
i •isve bee,i appointed and it is needless to say
s are right on the job day and night map
is, t.ne firtt event of the kind, for Madison
* idea, there will be a baby show in con
fer and the mothers of handsome baby boys
* ,-.re urged to bring them to the fair and ent
t:iped L'. he new warehouse. Below is the
•jped rit., but there may be more addi
r v’!j bt • jblished in book form just as I
. .. i p**'. in !,i of it and distributed through
..
Uvwiyrht.-p wili be- xree and :t is expected that there will be
enough doing all day to interest those who may attend. A first j
class band will be secured and music will be discoursed through-;
out the day for the entertainment of those present. There will be j
plenty of ice cold lemonade and ice water. In fact Madison will
leave no stone unturned to make this one of the most delightful
occasions ever staged in this good old town.
You are cordially invited to make your arrangements to be
present that day, and we are going to be disappointed if you fail
to come.
Head the following premium list and see to it that you enter
something that you have produced, then be on hand and renew
old acquaintances and meet new friends.
FIELD CROPS
Any variety, white,
Any variety, yellow,
Any variety wheat
Any variety oats
Any variety rye
Eg&iKJtBjp ..,„r,
'••••- -vs, any variety, 12
'• or-", any variety
P-'-K
v •'./ - 1* r >, ^
*•* •:?«• variety, ; eek
>.- ?:« Pumpkin, 2
Pumpkin, heaviest
TOBACCO
Best Bright Wrapper
Best Dark Wrapper
Best Bright Filler
Best Dark Filler
Best Cutter
Best Smoker
A 5-hand sample will be required as an
,, CANNED FRUITS
To be shown in quart jars
peaches
Pears ,
-1 •• vts
C kberries
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.50
exhibit
GETARLES
- quart, jars
PRESERVES
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
100
1.00
1.00
••m; a:.m a lade
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i? a :m*Udc
Pear Mai'eauad#
Amde Gutter
V;' -V y
2nd
$1.00
1.00
Corn—Each variety must pe tied and name on same, lu ears ior
each exhibit.
1st
$2.00
2.00
SMALL GRAIN
2.00
2.00
2.00
A peck if each will be required as an exhibit
PEAS
Black eye peas
Sugar Crowder peas
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- ••• :v.*r,Ji: - .io iitShiUt
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
2.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
50
50
.50
50
.50
50
50
50
60
50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
.50
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
.50
.50
.50
A0
.60
.60
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CAKES
Fruit Cake
Pound Cake —. ■■ —
Angel Food Cake
LAYER CAKE
Chocolate
Caramel
Cocoanut
Spiced Cake
COOKIES
6 Cookies
6 Doughnuts
6 Gingersnaps v
, MISCELLANEOUS
Molasses, 1 quart jar
Soap, hard, 1 pound
Country Butter, 1 pound, brick mold
POULTRY
Pen
Cock
Cockerel
Hen
Pullet
BEST MADE uAitMEINTS
Child Gingham Print Dress, 1 to 6 years
Wash Gingham or Print Dress \
Shawl or Scarf
Boy’s Suit, 1 to 6 years,
Infant’s Dress
EMBROIDERY ON COTTON OR
Towel, white on linen
Towel, color on linen
Infant’s Cap
Ladies’ Handkerchief
M^n’jj Handkerchief
Centerpiece, white
Centei^jiece, colors
Night Gown
Counterpane V
irers or plants not provided foJ\in
le at discretion of Gen. Chairmans of
BABY SHOW
For Prettiest Girl, not over 2 years 6.00
For Handsomest Boy, not over 2 years 6.00
MADISON GARDEN CLUB FLOWER SHOW.
) RULES.
Thcte will be no admission fees.
There will be no charges for entering exhibits.
On arrival at place of flower show please report to
entry classification committee. Exhibits must be
fled.
Exhibits must ^^entered not later than 9a. m. on
1.
2.
3.
6.
6 may
Flower show. ' ,
When the number cf plants or flowers in any class is fixled
the use of a greater number disqualifies. /
In classes calling for plants, those made up for the day Will
not be permitted: the plant or plants must have been
growing ,'ong enough to’ have become established.
ilasses calling for flowers, no piece of fern or other
M._ . than the foliage natural to the plant will be per
mitted.
9. After exhibits have been arranged, the exhibit committee
has exclusive charge. The owner will not have any right
to remove until the show is over except with approval of
the Gen. Chairmai^
10. If possible, the exhibitor is asked to furnish his own con
tainer. If not, the Garden Club will provide. The Garden
Club cannot be responsible for containers of exhibitors,
11. All persons living in Madison and surrounding community
are cordially invited to attend this flower show and enter
plants and flowers.
12. Residents of Mayodan and Stoneville are requested to make
entries and attend.
13. The flower show will be held in the new tobacco warehouse
September 26.
14. Any information relative to the Flower Show may be ob
tained from Mrs. R. E. Labberton, Sec’y. Madison. N. C.
1. Best white d’ahlias, (3 blooms)—Ellington Drug/ Co., $2.50
box cerise powder.
2. Best pink dahlias (3 blooms)—Busick’s Store, choice gown
or pajamas and 4 yds. print gingham. \ ‘
3. Best red dahlias (3 blooms)—Bennett’s Cash Store, silk
bloomers.
4. Best yellow dahlias (3 blooms)—Meador Supply Co., budget
coffee.
5. Best lavendar dahlias (3 blooms)-—McGehee Co., $2.60 pair
of silk hose. ,
6. Best collection of _dahlias (not over 12 blooms)—H.
7.
8.
10.
11.
-
Moore, 26 lbs. white sugar.
(a) 2nd best collection of dahlias (not over 12 blooms)—
Byerly’s Store, embroidery vanity set.
Best collection of aster (not over 20 blooms)—Piedmont
Drug Co;, $5.00 vanity set.
Best collection of roses (not over 26 blooms)—H. J
gan, 98 lbs. flour. '
(a) 2nd best collection roses (not over 26 blooms)—II. J.
Grogan, 2 lbs. steak.
Best 3 to 5 roses of any one color—Rierson’s 6 & 10 cent
store, any piece of gift goods.
Best basket or vase of Zinnias (not over*26 blooms)—A. ft
P. Store, 8 lbs. jewel lard.
Best assortment of marigolds (no limit)—Ford Motor Co.,
Goodyear tube.
12. Best basket or vase of gladiolus (dot over 12 bloomsjh—S.
Heiner Co., silk hose.
15. Best basket or vase of snapdragons (not over 26 blooms)—
Rockingham Auto Co., $0x3% Goodrich tube.
14. Beet display of chrysanthemums (potted or cut)—Dillon
Motor Co., 5 gals, gas and 1 qt. oil.
16. Finest potted plant or plant in flower—Penn Hardware Co.,
6 lbs. vigoro.
16. Finest fern of any kind—Moore Furniture Co., percolator.
17. Prettiest basket of miscellaneous flowers—Pratt Hardware
Co., 2 flower pots. -
Other
little log schoOlhouse has
disappeared in North
lina, according to the
•State Department of Public In
struction, which issues a state
ment today showing that there
Here only 28 houses of this type
during 1927-28, and all of these
used by Negro children.
Of this total number 23 were
in Caswell County and one each
in Alamance, Durham, Halifax,
Person and Vance Counties.
The records for 1927-28 furth
*how that there were in use
ughout the State 896 rural
iol houses with brick con
ction and 4,856 with frame
construction, which with the 28
lbg houses makes a grand total
of 5,780 rural schoolhouses in
use during the year.
Five years ago there were
7,180 schoolhouses used by
rural children, 424 brick, 6,642
frame and 64 log. Thus, within
five years there has been erect
led 472 new brick buildings for
the rural boys and girls, where
as there has been a net de
crease of 1,786 frame houses.
■ During the year 1927-28 176
uiew rural schoolhouses con
taining 1,079 classrooms were
erected. These buildings cost
slightly more than four million
dollars, or an average of $24,
000 each. During the preceding
year, more than five million
dollars were spent in erecting
241 new rural schoolhouses, and
costing on an average $22,000
each.
There is a tendency, as seen
from these figures, therefore,
for log and frame constructed
i to disappear, and for
id larger houses eon
brick to be erected
Thirty cents ft day per puptt'
is the average amount spent for
current operation of the public
schools of North Carolina, ac
cording to figures compiled by
the Bureau of Education, Wash
ington, D. C., for 1925-26, con
tained in Bulletin, 1927, No. 39,
and released by the State De
partment of Public Instruction.
The State ranks seventh in
daily per pupil current expense
cost for schools among the six
teen Southern States. Florida,
Oklahoma, Missouri, Maryland,
Texas and Louisiana spend
more per pupil for the current
operation of their public
schools than is spent in North
Carolina for the same purpose.
The per pupil current ex
penditure for schools in Florida
and Oklahoma is identical, 41
cents a day. Georgia and Missis
sippi rank lowest among these
states with a per daily cost of
20 cents a day.
The average daily cost per
pupil in the United States as a
whole is 48 cents. Not one^of the
Southern States has a cost
reaching this average. North
Carolina spends 18 cents less
than the United States average.
Several reasons are advanced
for the lower costs in the
Southern States. There is first
the question of race, which
makes some diiterence. cut a
side from this question, there
is an average longer school
term, a larger per cent of pupils
enrolled in high school, and
larger average teacher’s
salaries, in the United States as
a whole. In fact, public educa
tion on an average has advanc
ed further in the states not
classed as Southern than it has
in the strictly Southern States,
as a group. »
Farmers Are Busy
Our farmer friends are busy
these days, as well as nights.
The harvesting of tobacco is
now on in full force and the
weed is being rapidly gathered
COUNTY FARMERS WOULD
RETAIN C. F. D. AGENT
As a result of the decision of
the Commissioners of Rocking
ham County to dispense with
the services of the County Farm
Demonstration Aegnt and the
Home Demonstration Agent, a
gathering of farmers and farm
women from various parts of
the county was held in the
Municipal Building in Reids
ville this week to consider ways
and means of retaining the De
monstration Agents in this
county. There were representa
tives present from all over the'
county and the attendance was
good, considering the brief time
of notice the farm folk had.
Contribution Offered
Word reaching here bears
news that the farmers are deep
ly concerned over the threaten
ed loss of the farm and home
agencies. Definite steps are be
ing made to retain these offi
cials. It is learned that $4,400
would be necessary for the
farmers to raise before this
work could be continued beyond
August 1, at which time the
County Commissioners cut those
organizations off. Mr. and Mrs.
T. J. Penn, prominent citizens
of this county, met with the
farmers and offered to donate
half of the county's part of the
fund, provided the farmers
would raise the other half, $2,
200. Steps were immediately
taken to perfect the necessary
organizations to carry out this
work. Meeting will be held in
practically every school district
ip the county in order to get
the proposition before the
people. Another meeting will.be
held in Reidsville the - latter
part of the month, at which
time results of the canvass wilf
be announced.
Association Formed
One of the important develop
ments of the meeting in Reids
ville early this
sd of
;o the fund to support the h(
ind farm demonstration a
gencies. Plans to carrj^ the
organization all over the county
are in preparation.—Leaksville
News.
T. B. PATIENTS EXAMINED
Report of Rockingham
County tuberculosis clinic, held
July 15 to July 27th, 1929.
Dr. S. E. Lee of the State
Sanatorium staff spent two
weeks in the- county examining
126 persons, and turned away
more than were examined on ac
count of lack of time. The fol
lowing is a report of the clinic.
Number examined, 126.
Positive, 26.
Probable, 22.
Doubtful, 13.
Negative, 65.
Nearly fifty per cent of those
examined were positive, prob
able or doubtful. A good many
of these are unable to pay their
hospital expenses for treatment,
and some are unwilling to go
so far from home as they would
have to go to secure treatment.
A campaign of educational
work along this line is much
needed in Rockingham County.
Surely if our citizens in this
good county realized how Daaiy
we need some place to care for
opr sick they would not stand
back on the small sum of money
necessary to provide such a
place. "
We look forward to the day
when the citizens of this county
will realize tha$ not only the
humane, but the economical
thing to do is to provide hos
pital treatment for oursick and
thus control t^is dreaded
disease.
The members of the Method
ist Sunday school enjoyed a
most delightful picnic at Pied
mont .Springs last evening.
Quite a large number partici
pated in the festivities of the
occasion and there was an a
bundance of goad things to
•at.
Hoover Ship Action Not Lawful
Asserts Swanson of Virginia
ROCKINGHAM FAIR TO
BE HELD SEPT. 17-21
The fifteenth annual Rock
ingham County Fair will be
held at the Fair Ground*, in
Leaksville, from September 17
to 21.
President J. L. Clayton plana
a better fair than at any previ
ous year.
The object is to encourage
and promote agricultural and
industrial development v and
larger premiums are offered in
this department than at any
other fair of this size in this
section of the state.
The amusements on the mid
way are to be censored and
Bruce Greater Shows will be
welcomed again.
The Leaksville Garden Club
is sponsoring this year a flow
er department with prizes of
50 cents and $1 for best speci
mens.
Wednesday, September 18,
will be school day for Rock
ingham and adjoining counties,
on this lot all children of
school age will be admitted free
to'thq grounds until 5 p. m.
The fair has been a success
during the fourteen years
past and it is hoped that
fifteenth may surpass any pre
vious year.
Thompson Lowe Wins Three
Medals At Fort Bragg
Thompson Lowe, young son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lowe, was
awarded the gold leadership
medal pt the commencement of
the C. M. T. C. at Fort Bragg
last Wednesday, when General
Albert Cox, of Raleigh, dis
tributed the recognitions to 1
Wars of the United *.
citation, presented along with
the medal, states that the or
ganisation recognizes that the
Citizens Military Training
Camp has an important bearing
on national defense Mid feels a
bond between itself and the
young men. It was given for
outstanding qualities and de
votion to duty. The citation is
signed by R. B. Handy, Jr.,
adjutant of the Veterans and
countersigned by G. R. Allin,
lieutenant cploned, 17th Field
Artillery.
The medal bears tne in
signia of the Veterans, with the
date and place.
Thompson also had the dis
tinction of being awarded the
bronze medal for best ba^ic, or
first year man, in Battery A.
In addition, he received the
metal bar for markmanship,
won on the rifle ranges eft Fort
Bragg.
Thompson’s record is the
more outstanding in that this
is his first year to have attend
ed the camp at Fort Bragg. He
is receiving congratulations
from his friends. Next fall, he
will enter Davidson College for
the first year’s work.—Lexing
ton Dispatch.
In the rib* and walked. A two
baser landed him aeroas the
home plate, Mayodan taking the
game 1 to 0. I
j There will be another inter
urday afternoon w*e» the
strong Southern BeU team'd!
gainst the Mayodan team. They
lave: already played two game*,
each having won one, The game
to be played Saturday will he
vAaiw Ai aiel tftAfll
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Senator Denounces Delay In
Building Cruisers; His Com
ment Caustic; Says Hoover
Should Obey Law Himself If |
He Wants Others To Do So.
Washington, Aug. 4.—Indi
cations of a sharp debate in
Congress over President Hoov
er’s action jn postponing the
laying down of three ships of
the fifteen-cruiser program be
came more apparent over the ♦
week-end as Senator Sjvanson,
of Virginia, added his voice to
the attack that has centered up
on the proposed curtailment.
Senator Swanson, ranking
Democrat on the senate naval
committee, took a position a
longside Senator Hale, chair
man of the naval committee,
Chairman Borah, of the senate
foreign relations committee,
and Chairman Britten of the
house naval affairs -cdmmittee,
three members of the adminis
tration party who already have
announced opposition to the
President’s course.
ed "the Pi
when he wa
mittee to st
ment, to ob<
"It would
Virginia Emphatic
The Virginiaian, however,
was more blunt, in expressing
his condemnation. Describing
Mr. Hoover’s action as "con
trary to law,” he said it behoov
President, especially
vas appointed to com
itudy law enforce
:y the law himself,
be much better,” he
ooderted, "for the United States
to proceed to construct a navy
suitable to its own needs and
wants and let Great Britain dp
likewise than to let Great
tain and the United States j
a treaty which would
great inferiority to the jj
the
“that all Great Britain has to do
is to delay matters, negotiate to
keep the present status which
gives her nation an overwhelm
ing superiority over ours."
Asserting that it was the
former Ramsay MacDonald gov
errment which continued and
approved the building of cruis
ers which made the British navy
superior to the American navy,
the senator said the American
people should not be too hope
ful about the outcome of the
negotiations.—-'
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ito
Says Hoover annum
Mr. Hoover, he added, would
set a good example if "he should
reconsider this matter and
state that he will proceed to
construct these three cruisers
as directed unless congress
should repeal the direction giy
en him."
The statements of the
Republican committee chair
men paralleled that of Senator
Swanson to the extent that they
also demanded that the cruiser
program would not be curtailed
in view of the superiority in
number of cruisers that Great
Britain holds over this
The President has
recently with
of Indiana,
in the
and as other »
tit Washington* f