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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C.. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCB
u, K, J;l) Work the
LimW Way ;Lrt
j" Figure on Your
, -- - ... .;
a r .-a T
TlliUlE TO ROADS
ili'UfvPIVOKCi'S
'i-iviVAL 'DOCKET. IS; FINISHED
' i WO DAYS MORRIS LIPS
OMI'. WHO SHOT NANCE NE
( POFS T PATTERSON SPKGS.
LEAPS GUILTY OF MAN-SLAl(.HTER.
Tlv criminal docket of the March
term "f Cleveland Superior Court.
.','r which Judge rahk Cart?r is
,n.M,li;itr, was finished in two days
aid the civil' docket was taken up.
Wc-l'-'-day, the Aaron Mauney will
&;.. consuming most of We In. -day
,, Thursday. Court business up to
T-,1i',(!:iy night was as fulbws:
I.,.. V..''li:!l. emLezzlcme: .L, j ray
r r, r judgment continued uiu'er Tor
.. r t-r'ler. ?5'1 paid at this term on
w count of costs and restitution and
at Kast that amount to be paid at
xt terra.
Case nol prossed with leave: Clem
j,,h::,.-:i a. (i. w. two cases; Grover
,.. , . ;..ip-:y; Frar.l; Hayes, two
...MY, ore cf larceny; George
.. 'arccr.y, alia:
capm?
Im-
Williams, burglary, alias cap
.in
as. John Adams, a. d. w. alias cap-
V;.i:.cr Wilson and Hattie .Miller,
a. Defendant Walker Wilson
ska-!- gui'ty. Judgment suspended
,r, f-avment of costs. Nol pros as to
-Vfr.viant llattie Willis.
W.
. l.ait, incest, anas capias.
,r .lames rind Lillie Sal'.er-
ard a. no! priS with leave.
Ilaynes, a. d. w. alias c:pia.--,
v Wilson, gambling, .de-fen !
a-is not guilty and found si
;1- ra.o
urn )l
jur;.
Cl.-v:-; ( arroii ana r.meroy Viunon.
force-able trespass. Defendants plead
sruiky. Judgment that they pay costs
anl upon good behavior, prayer for
- . . .;:tinaeil to March tern"..
;ai8.
Jim Burton, abandonment and non
upp"r. of wife. Found guilty by
ury. l.'ron payment of costs and
upon condition that defendant pay $2
weekly to li. F. Lindsay, deputy sher
.i fur the benefit of his wife. Pray-
r for judgment suspended to July
;.rm justified bond required.
James McKinney, seduction, alias
capias, l'atus Green, simple assault,
Defendant called and failed, judg
ttta; seal fai and capias. Fornica
tion stricken out and case dropped
.u docket.
Ucar Erooks, transporting lttjuor,
' -P.tiinied.
tt". 1). i'hiliips, simple assault. Con
.tri : of continuance for prayer for
.2-.Tw.-nt at former term having been
solicitor prays judgment 01
.i. x'uri. :J0 days on roads i. No.
' .--.v.. -hip.
: larner, l'orccable irep i i,
1 : -..-.u. .;. Wyiie 1'iueti an.l Jih.-.
:. : t.'.v'U, continued under foi-ni'T
crJiT.
'im Ai'ams and K. M. (mincy,
scai fai continued.
Anaar James and W. A. .Mo:-i..-,,
J'y. scai fai, judgment absolute
according to scai fai, to be discharged
.upon the payment of $100.
Uiie iSatterfield and Geo. Mahaf
')', scai fai, judgment absolute ac
cording to scai fai. I
Roy Degree, breaking and entering.
Defendant pleads guilty. Two years,
'n roads with leave to commissioners
to hire out and the proceeds to go to
the support of his mother and her
children who are liable to become a
wunty charge. Court finds as a fact
that defendant is under 16 years of
age.
Julius Sharp, a. d. w. Defendant
P'tads not guilty. Found guilty by
;ury- Judgment of court that de
ulant '-e worked upon roads of No.
H for 12 months.
W. A. Morris a. d. w. Defendant
Heads guilty. Pay a fine of $10 and
costs.
A. Morris, c. c. w. Defendant
Pleads guilty. Fine $20 and costs.
W. A. Morris assault defendant
Pleads guilty. Upon payment of
l'ts and upon condition of continu
ln8 good behavior, particularly upon
condition of total abstinence from
strng drink, prayer for judgment
"'ntmuod to March term 1918 and
uPn the like condition to be further
'turned from year to year to March
1Jf- $100 bond required.
M. Haynes, a., d. w. Defendant
a"cd and failed. Judgment nisi scai
and capias. Forfeiture to be
"cken out if bend filed in ten days.
M. Haynes.a.d.W. two cases, con
tinued. Chas. Reynolds, forceable trespass,
pendant pleads guilty. Upon pay-
uit of costs and upon condition of
ontinumg good behavior; prayer foj
ranment oontinued for three years,
ten "ay0 1Ssue if eosts not Paid in
Morris Lipscomb, murder. Defend-
,ers to state a Plea of Hy
accent" Chtcr which Plea the State
,. m- 12 months on roads of No.
pj . '
Ibonrt .attimore' a- d- w-' continued
wnd renewed .)
vorcii 6 Green V3 0du8 Green' di"
Jfcsic Pruett vi David Pruett, di-
orced. ' '.'
B. II. F.unyans vs Mamie uv.nyai.s
divorced. .
SOME HORRORS "
OF GERMANS
. TELLS 01' GERMANS BURNING
(HUR-CHES, HOW. OFFICERS
TREAT THE MEN I. THE
! RANKSA REVOLUTION WILL
i FOLLOW.
This is the sioty of the priest of
Voyennes Monsieur Le Cure Caron.
who stood this wee!: in the still h t
walls of his church, which had been
set alight by the Germans the day
they slipped away from this plain lit
tle village perched above the valley
of the Sommo.
Flashes of passionate protest min
gled with a spirit of proud resigna
tion in his recital of the life at Voy
ennes during the two and a half
years of German control. Looking
through fields glasses from tuo ioit
of his presbytery la:;t Moral;.;.-, the
priest, who also was acting mayor,
saw four khaki-clad horsemen on the
road anil Uuew that the Germans had
gone and that British relief was at
hand.
A few minutes later, a French cav
alry patrol appeared and the allies
had formed a new link in the pursuit
of the common foe. Todav, the booni-
! ing of the guns in this pur 'jit could
be hear.i over a sir: tch f SO battle
miles.
Le Cure told h '.
c v i'i rrie.v
as Gel nan
scars in the earth k..v.v;i :
. treie lies, ribbons e!' bai l)"
hind them and a bit . of
Waste called "no mans land
latcd a section of tlu' Fie.
from their c untv as effect
!-wiie be
thel! -torn
" lu.d iso-
Ji rcople
:.l'v
they had been suddenly transplanted
to another hemisphere. He told how
Voyennes women, children and old
men lived and toiled for the invaders
in utter ignorance of what was going
on in the world about them. They
were told long ago that thoil beautiful
Paris wa3 to fall within 3; week Jhid
: would be pillaged and burned.
I -Later, they were told "Paris is
dead" and the Germans added insult
'to injury the old priest exclaimed,
by prouncing it "Paris" instead of
,"Paree."
Asked if the people suffered much,
the priest replied:
j "Ah, yes. Our food did not last
long. Then we had to work for the
Germans and take hat they gave us.
Sometimes it was so bad that even the
cats refused to eat. Then the Ameri
cans began to feed us, and that saved
thousands of lives. Our people ate
very grateful.
I "But let us not dwell or. the physi
cal side today, but speak of the men
tal and moral anguish wc endured,
for it seemed like the span of a hund
red years. It has left us all but im
becilic. I scarce can keep my vag
rant thoughts together."
1 Last Sunday, when early mass was
' the G.iman ".rnmadant at
Voyennes appeared at the church with
I party of soldiers bearing petrol
cans. He bluntly told the priest that
'he was tired of the war and, as the
of hrineine the end nearer, he
was going to burn the church.
The priest thought it was a cruel
jest, until hf was escorted to his
j house and held prisoner uicic.
'was compelled to look on impote.it. y
'while the inflammable liquid was
'sprayed about and the torch appi el
'in a dozen places. Of all the anfent
jiatenor, only the wooden crucifix a
1 against the altar, by some strar.g"
lfotciiiivil the flames.
Late at night, the Germans rode
away. Not another building in all
Voyennes was touched.
"But," ad the old PrieH'- lived
to nee the German spirit break, from
the unspeakable arrogance of their
first onslaught and threat toward the
parish, until a few days ago an offi
cer met me in the street and said:
'Father, we are losL 1 have done
much in this war that rests heavily
on my conscience, but I have done it
under orders. I da:-c not disobey.'
"1 told him that he surely would be
absolved, for lie was not to blame.
There were others of higher station
who must make answers to their God
"When the Germans first came, the
.commander sought me and said that
the people of Voyennes had fired on
his troops and that reparation would
be demanded. It was the same old
story and I told him it wag a lie; that
we had no firearms; that if shots were
fired it was done by German troops
as an excuse to make us suffer. The
commander did not carry out his
threat.
"We have had many commenders
since then and one and all, they have
ruled their men with a discipline of
iron. Some of the officertreated their
subordinates like dogs; they said, the
men were their slaves, as the French
would be. I saw an officer one day,
without reason whatever, cuff hia or
derly so hard that the man's eye was
black for a week. The soldier's only
I r?ply mi (o click his heels t-Jsetlvr
land come to salute.
1 "Some of the villagers asked . the
! men why they-- submitted to such
thiritm,.r,t' Tn,.v renlie,! tbnt tliov
!y:ere helpless now as part of a mili-
J.tary nftchino; but when the war was
over their time would come. For a Ino ... i, .,. . . .
. . ... lcs club which was to have convened
long time now the German soldiers with ht,r on ia3t Tuesday-until to
have had no coffee and their rations morrow afternoon at which time her
have been growing less and less. I niece and house guest, Mrs. J. H.
(ell you with all Solemnity that w hen Bland of Chester, will be the guest 'of
the war is ended there will be a reck- honor.
oning and Germany will know a
blood-red revolution.
"The best commander we had was
'.he '..r.e be fore the last who spent fif
teen years in A
nta ana murrieu an
American girl, lie had tasted the joys Marion street. The follow:::.
of liberty, in a free country and his 'gram wjj c:iveii:
every act, no matter how stern, w.-f
touched with kindness, lie spared us
much. For two years and a half, we
have been out of the world and prob-
ablv will never catr!i im
"The Gorman distributed p. paper
they printed called The Gazette Des
Ardennes, but we would not read its
exirava;'a:it falsehoods and accusa
tions i'.j'ulnst our country. One day we
obtained a. French paper. Wo knew
thee) that Paris had not fallen and
would not fall. We knew the glory of
Verdun. Of America, we knew only
i that Uooievelt was urging the great
I nation to come in.
j "We knew last autumn of the bat
. lies, of the Somme, for we saw wound
! ed Germans condng hack until ' the
j: ac!. sir-mcd choked with vmangled
'men. V.'e sac other thousands going
i b:; l, t'u- trenches after a brief rest
and heard tficr.i cry out: 'Jesus have
mercy! Jesus have us!'
i "We heard v nunded men tell of the
m.'iiidenin:'; fire of the British and
! French .eons and we heard the tumult
j of ihos" ruiv? ourselves. Our situation
i too, was maddening, we, who could
'only be saved by our brothers' devas
j tation of our beautiful France.
"Many ef ear "iris were taken from
lime to time. Now all women, able to
work and havine no children depend
, t-.it on their., have been carried away
'salves t-a Gcnnr.ny. We pray that they
, may ulfer no sadder fate."
PROGRAMME
For Cleveland County
mcnt, April 7th.
Commence-
j 10:30 a.
jwill form
m. Parade. All schools
in line between Baptist
! church and S. A. L. Rv. Committee
on parade. I. C. Griffin. S. C. Latti
more, and Lawton Elanton.
1 1 ::i0 Commencement exercises at
Court House. Address by Rev. Lee
M. White. Diplomas and medals giv
en by the Daughters and Row-Peterson
awarded at Court House. I. C.
Griffin presiding
! 11:30 High School spelling match
at graded scnool tjuiieiing. J . i. ai-i1.1
len presiding officer.
11:30 Seventh Grade
match at Graded School
spelling
. ....
DUllllin(.1
j Lawton Blanton presiding officer;
11:30 High School Declamation
land Recitation contests at Baptist
I Church. Miss Livingston presiding.
11:30 Seventh Grade declamation
and recitation contests at Methodist
church. Supt. F'rank Orr presiding.
j 2:00 p. m. Athletics. Arounel
court square. Everybody is request
ed not to leave automobiles around
,the inside of square as the races will
be run there.
F'or Boys I'nder 14 Years of Age
1 mile race, 1-4 mile race, 100 yard
I race, relay race.
I F'or Boys Over 14 Years of Age
' 1 mile race, 1-4 mile race, 100 yard
race and relay race.
I 4:00 p. m. Base ball and basket
ball between best teams in county.
' School exhibits will be at Graded
.School building and can be seen all
during the day. Maps wiHbe given
!for the following exhibits:
For best exhibit for one teacher
'school.
j For best exhibit by two teacher
school.
For best exhibit by three teacher
school.
For best exhibit by a four to seven
eacher school.
For best exhibit by, a room of Shel
ly schools.
F'or the best exhibit by a room of
he Kings Mtn. schools.
Birthday Party
There will be a birthday party at
Boiling Springs High School Satur
day night, March 3lst. It will be a
unique entertainment under the aus
pices of the Athletic Association and
the last one before the High School
commencement. Refreshments will
be served, but no charge made. The
public is invited.
OH-M1 HOW GOOD
My feet feel since I removed
aching old CORNS with HI-KO.
Ko is guaranteed to lift out
CORNS in 5 nights. TRY IT.
bottle. Kendall's Druj Store.
my
: Hi
your 25c
SuCiLTY NiiWS
"Mrs- tanning Hostess
, 1 oniorrow Af ternoon
Mrs. Walter Fannirij has poskmed
thl morilincr r.f (Vio T.in.iu.... ,, V" I
Cecelia Music Club Tomorrow
Miss Bertie Lee Suttle will be hos
tess to the Cecelia Music club em .l'at-
-f!.,v .iftf,rn(lntl nt -v,.. um ,.
est
Sketch of Emma Flames- -,
Sketch of Alice Neilson Mi
s l.M-M-ivme
'en Dover,
j Sketch j
(Roberts.
Nordica Mi
Quartette Selected Mesdames
Thompson, lloyle; Misses Scrogg:
and Siitllc.
Mrs. Ilocy Charming Hostess
In Honor of Castonia Guests
A beautiful hospitality of last e
eninir and one of the largest affairs themselves on matters affecting the
of the spring season was held at the production of need crops and they
home of Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey, when consult freely with county agents,
she entertained as a special courtesy State agricultural oclleges and the
to her four charming Gastonia house- Department of Agriculture."
i-uests: Mosdames S. A. Robinson, I The Secretary's appeal was part uf
V.. C. Warren, G. W. Ragan and Frost thc campaign undertaken by the I)e-To--c-
ee partment of agriculture to mobilize
"' ' the country's agricultural sesourccs.
1 in- hon.e was made doubly -attrae- t urged particularly that proper at
tive for t!i" occasion by the lavish use tention be given to the selection and
of many lovely spring blossoms, and safeguarding of seed for planting the
scattered about in the rooms, which preparation of the land and the care
were throv.n en suite, were nine small of the crop.
tables at which the interesting game! "Under existing conditions," he
of progressive rook was plaved until said. "very precaution should be
a lae hour ' ' taken (1) to reduce production was-
,", " , . tes by testing seed sufficiently in ad-
On te.e arrival or the forty guests, . . . , .
, . vance to insure against the planting
they were serve.l to an elaborate two ()f dea,, gewl (2) to treat disinfecting
course collation. dips all seed subject to diseases that
The hostess was assisted in enter- can be prevented, such as the r.muts
taming by Mesdanus Will Roberts of wheat, oats, barley and rye, th"
Frank Hoey, .1. T. Gardner and P. L. losses from which are estimated con-
:Hennessa.
. PRETTY HOME WEDDING
Miss Edith Whisnant and Mr. William
Heavener Married Wednesday.
low, Secretary Houston suggested
A tiuiet but beautiful wedding was that all seed potatoes should be treat
solemnized on Wednesday afternoon ed for scab before planting, ami that
at 5 o'clock, when Miss Edith Whis- lequipment for plant spraying, should
r.ant and Mr. William Heavner were on hand. Preventable potato dis
covenanted in marriage at the home ses, he sald- frequently reduce the
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank P r 50-000-000 to
Whisnant on North Morgan street. , Ve Statement 'declares that fruits
The parlor in which the marriage and vc,getables "which ordinarily it
ce'emony took place was appropriately js inadvisable to attempt to conserve"
decorated in handsome ferns and cut ghoulcl be systematically saved r.ow.
Aa.k..n P...- f A VV'.wl noctnf of f : I ,
v.. . ...
('entra(lMethodist church performing
-. y .....
intimate lrieneis 01 tne nrieie. iiiss
Mayme Roberts plaved Mendelsshon's
L i.i; ,.u
1 '"'ft "oill"; iiioicii, aim
"Hearts and Flowers," during the
ceremony. There were no attendants,
... , , . . . .
The bride made a lovely p.cture ir,
a handsome blue going-away suit witn
hat and accessoriesto match. She is
a winsome young woman bf many
attractive traits of character and per-
sonality and quite a pretty blond.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Heavner of Lincoln -
ton, but has been making his home
here for several years, and now holds
lt .
i roenincin a nnciTinn u' rn Tno w i
Whisnant store. He is a young man of i
sterling qualities, of tine business
acne, and popular with a large circle
of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Heafner left on the
afternoon Seaboard for a wek's brid -
i ; ;i ; witf roim.
4k i li mi i.i imi ill in iiui lii vyc I
Just Received
One car load of Maxwells.
The
car load we received three weeks ago by people of this county that Gov.
has been entirly sold out. They go.Bickett has accepted an invitation to
fast. You are next if you place your make the commencement address at
order now. Call or vrite for de- close of the Piedmont High School,
monstration and literature of either
Grant Six and Maxwell. Jenkins and
Spangler. adv.
PUT ALL THE PATCH FkS
You have it? some kind of SEEDS.
It is going to be needed, and it wjdl
pay you. We have everything you need
in thp fitfFn T Kendall's Drue
Kendall's Drug
Store.
adv.
. Try Kern's Butternut Bread al
ways fresh Received every day.
Doggett & Eskridge. adv.
ICE CREAM
The Velvet Kind, contains 10 per
cent Butter Fat. IT IS PURE. Con
es 6c, saucers 10c. Kendall's Drug
Store. - adv.
Prices are always reasonable at
Evans E. McBrayer's in clothing,
shoes, hats and furnishings. dv.
AGR'.Cl'L'l RUAI,
PREPAREDNESS
APPEAL TO FARMERS TO ELI
MINATE WASTE, CONSERVE
.-SURPLUS AND ATTAIN MAXI
MUM CROP THIS YEAR,
The farmers if America were ap
pealed by Secretary Houston this
week to join in ajnvultural prepar
ed .ii n- treasures so that the country
may not be handicapped by food
shar'.ige in its efforts to meet the in
tern.ilional crisis. FJliiviinatioti of
waste-, conservation cr surplus and at
tainment f maximum crop returns
were outlined as imperative steps for
strengthening agricultural resources.
"B..th for econonvi- and patriotic
reasons.' 'the Secretary said in a for
mal statement, "the Ameriinin farmer
j should strive this year for the highest
standard of efficiency in the promo
tion and conservation of food.
"Under the conditions in which this
.country now finds itself, it i.s im
'portant that everything practicable be
done to increase the efficiency of agri
cultural activities during the com in,'
-season. It is desirable that through
out the country farmers confer amo
servatively at SfoO.OOO.OUt) to SW.oiiu,.
000 in the average year; (-'!) to pie-
jpare especially thoroughly for plant-
-ing these vitally important cereal
nw.no nnA in MIA ff ! iKllttl ) Q Fl '1 lid
'""" "u w vn" "
necessary during the season,
1 Pointing out that seed stocks are
canning, eiryniK uiiujui-.M-mnt; i.pia
tions it added should not be delayed
....... -
rarniiy uruens miuu.u ut- uaui.ru
supply ample quantities of early ma-
tnrino- fruits and vetretablcs lor
.....e, - .
preservation as wen as iiu h'
lor immea.ate consumption.
"Because of the scarcity
I and h- . . s
of tin
of tin
cans Secrctary Houston continued,
it may necessary in household
'preservation of food more extensively
to pack fruit and vegetables in other
j containers."
He urged that plans be made to
.meet tne storage 01 sweet potatoes in
.the Southern States, pointing out that
. iu,uuu,uw ousneis oi ene uui
cron of 50.000.000 bushels goes to
r -
waste through decay.
The Secretary suggested the pre-
'servation Dy drying for soup stock of
sucn vegetables as carrots, potatoes,
jand celery and drying of surplus
sweet corn,
1
Gov. Hickett To Deliver Address at
Commencent of Piedmont High
School
It will be learned with keen pleasure
at Luwndale on Apn! 25i.ii.
The Governor is a forceful and
fluent orator and is a big gem for
Piedmont.
At the Princes3 Special Today
Visit the Princess today and see a
real feature with an actor that will
I pleffse every one. Mr. Tyron Power
kin "John Np
in
"John Needham Double." This is
a great picture. Don't miss it. No
extra charges. Matinee and night.
It's a special Blue Bird Photo Play in
5 parts. adv.
t ;
Arey Auto Sales
,Arey auto sales reported within the
last ten days: Rev. L. W. Swopo a
Chevrolet touring; Cameron Putnam
a Chevrolet touring; Chris Ilamrick
a Chevrolet touring;. D. A. Mauney,
a Chevrolet Baby, Grand; M. H, Hoyle
a Chevrolet; E. C. Earl a. Chevrolet
roadster; Jimmie Hamrick, of Latti
more a Crow-Elkhart touring.
HOME GARDENS
mi? run rrpi?v
I VIV lllLtvJ..lll
SHELBY SCHOOL BOYS AND
GIRLS ORGANIZE IN AN EF
FORT TO GROW- MORE VEGE
TABLES GOVERNMENT SUP
ERVISION. . .The school boys and girls have or
ganized to do home-garden work dur
ing Wm summer and a number have
enrolled in clubs in the hope of doing
effective work. Some of the results
attained in other places might be of
interest:
In 101 -I Commissioner Claxton of
the U. S. Eureau of Iducation began
a campaign for home garelening to be
directed by the schools. His plan pro
vided for a teacher to direct the work
eluring vacation. Schools in 9 states
enrolled the first year. Below are
given a few summaries of the
ports made by th'se schools for
year 1916:
Chattanooga, Tenn. During
re
the the
summer 9 teachers directed the work,
718 children tilled 13 1-2 acres in the
back yards, and vegetables were
grown, aggregating in value $3,870.00
A boy 12 years old produced $175.00
worth of vegetables from his spring
and summer garden. It is estimated
that Chattanooga will have a thou
sand gardens this year.
Charlotte, N. S. In June one of the
Chattanooga teachers was transferred
to Charlotte. Within three months
1G8 children tilled 7.3 acres in bae:k
yarels and produced $1,225.40 worth
of vegetables. Of this work, Supt.
Harding says: "Given, first, a boy
charged with great energy that must
be exerted in one way or another,
hours of spare time that should not
be spent in idleness arounel the home
or in the back alleys with the gang or
on the streets in the way of reckless
drivers; givcn,v second, a s'ma'.l plot
of ground that the boy might call his
own with the privilege of cultivating
jt as he wishes and with the right to
have what he proeluces or the profit
that may accure therefrom, what will
be the lesultant benefits to the boys?
If he has some of the encouragement
and proper direction from an exper
ienced person, thesevare some of the
benefits that are his: The joy of del
ving in the productive soil of mother
earth, healthy outdoor employment,,
wonder of watching plant life gemin
ate and grow, the intense interest
stimulated by the sense of possession,
a lesson in industry and economy, the
proper respect for manual labor, and
an opportunity to find out something
about his "natural bent" in this di
rection, to say nothing of the culti
vation of his esthetic sense."
Asheville, N. C. Like Chattanoogu,
Asheville has been conducting home
gardens for two years. Last year 82
children, directed by three teachers,
grew $87,000 worth of vegetables in
the three summer months. Supt.
Howell expects to employ a teacher
this coming year to devote her entire
time to nature study and home-gar-
den work.
Raleigh, N. C. lr two years, Ral
eigh has had home-garden work in
the public schools. Under the direc
tion of a home-garden teacher, 98
children have grown vegetables in
back yards. A vacant lot three
fourths of an ace in size is used as a
demonstration plot. During the sum
mer this plot produced $111.66.
Plan for Work for 1917
Whenever possible the boys and the
girls are t6 have garden not less than
20 by 20' feet, and are to practice in
tensive gardening for 12 months in
the year under direction of a teacher.
Records of all expenditures and re
ceipts are to be kept.
Home Gardens for Shelby
Commissioner Claxton has promis
ed Supt. Griffin to send a specialist
to Shelby to assist in home-garden
work. Therefore two garden clubs
have been organized, one for the
girls and one for the boys. So far
membership is limited to the pupils
of the Eth, 6th, and 7th grades. 30
Girls have promised the club, and 15
boys. The members met and elected
the following officers:
Girls Club
Dorothy McBrayer, president.
Thelma Young, secretary.
Rosalind Nix, vice-president.
Marjorie Suttle, Treasurer.
Boys Club
William Osborne, president
Loy j Thompson, vice-president
Lewis Hamrick, secretary.
Brevard Hennessa, treasurer.
A plan is being considered by which f
the children may have supervision
during the vacation period.
If It is high class
Evans E. McBrayer.
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