ALLEN SAYS FARMERS OF STATE WANT EIGHT MONTHS SCHOOL TERM But Is He Reflecting the Sentiment Of AH Farmers In theJState? Those Who Hear Him Cheer Raleigh,—An eight months school term for all the rural schools of the State would not be long in becoming a reality if the attitude of the nearly 5,0<>0 farmers and their VtVes attend ing the farm convention here is rep resentative of the farmers over the state as a whole. For when mention of an eight months term was made bv A. T. Allen, Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, in his address before the convention, he was unable to pro ceed for a few minutes because of the applause that interrupted him. The farmers here at the convention want the eight months term, and if they continue to maintain the enthusiasm they have shown here this week they will get it. It will be as'T.Ir. Allen said'in his speech, that “if a consum ing desire for better school facilities should arise cut of the life needs ol the people as it did in the case of good roads, the coming of the eight months state-wide school would not be long delayed ” Two phases of rural education, the quantity and quality of educational opportunities offered, were discuss, d by Mr. Allen, his entire address, how ever, being a potent argument in favor of the eight months term, in stead of the present six months term, as at present. Farming Complex The old argument that farming w:;< so sample that it did not require muen education has ben proved a fallacy long ago, Mr. Allen said, and today it is recognized a being one of the most complex industries, with threefold problem, production, mar keting and management. Hence the children of the farmer should be en titled to just as good educational ad vantages as the children of the pro fessional or business man in the city. “The young man, starting out in life as a farmer, must be permitted to enter on this life on equal terms of intelligence with the young men in other callings. If he cannot do this, he not only faces failure, hue catas trophy, because he is in fierce compe tition, not only with otner yojing and tdd farmers, but W'th all the world in the activities that men follow.” “Other stares are offering facilities for rural education far beyond ours. Our own cities for 50 years have been far ahead of the country in this res pect. If the cities b'd rot provide this opportunity, its need perhaps, would not be so imperative for us in the country. Xho present educational situation in North Carolina is not helping to smooth out the economic levels on which (our various groups of citizens must live, but serves | rather to accentuate them and in crease them in actuality.” Five Propositions Mr. Allen then presented five pro positions, bearing on the amount of j opportunity that shouul bo provided I in rural schools. These in brief are, first, that children in rural areas do dren, and lienee should have the same , length of time in school; second, that j not learn any faster the rural child’s opportunity should reach to the same level as the’ city child’s; third, that the quality of in struction should he on 'he same high level of efficiency; fourth, that in struction must he given to the rural child at the appropriate age level; and fifth, that the physical conditions under which instruction is given must be on the same basis, in both city and country. About 50 uer cent of the children in rural districts now go to well equipped, modern schools, brought about through consolidation and bus transportation, Mr. Allen pointed out, and whether this movement goes on until all the rural children are in cluded, remains for the people them selves to sa;.. The question of the qualitative ad vantages was taken up in the balance of his address, in which Mr. Allen showed the need of bet Ter quality in struction in tb" rural schools, with a larger variety of courses offered than is now the case, particularly those branches of study most essential to boys and girls from farms, especially agriculture and home economics. “I realize that all this cannot be done in a day, I ut 1 cannot, however, enter with enthusiasm upon any edu cational progran) that docs not prom ise eventually to reach into the bor ders of the remotest section of tic .State,” Mr. Allen concluded. Wet Streets Are Cause Of Wrecks S. veral wrecks occurred the last of this week, due probably to the wet streets. Beside sthe Harrison affair of Thursday night, in which their car turned turtle, traveling man, also from Georgia, had ihe misfor tune to turn over in his Ford sedan on N. Morgan street Friday evening. No material damage was done to Ford beyond the crushing of a rear wheel The driver, whose name could not be learned, escaped unhurt. Miss Elizabeth Hall, driving Miss Elizabeth Ebeltoft’s Studebaker, crash ed into the side of a Ford driven by a negro a*, the intersection of Wash ington and Gainey streets Friday aft ernoon. Her brakes, due to the slip pery concrete, failed to stop the car in time to avoid an accident, and both ars were slightly damaged, the Ford sustaining damaged wheels fender and windshield, while Miss Ebelcoft’s car escaped with slightly less damage In the later automobile were Misses Hall, Louise Bailey, aCtherine Dover, Mary Suttle and Mr. Hugh Miller. Hie Great Regret. New office boy—“A man called here to thrash you a few minutes ago.’ Editor—“What did you say to him ?■” New office boy—“I told him I was sorry you weren’t in." Teacher: What are Hie three es sential ways of caring for the body? Garage owner’s boy: Wash, greas Coupe 5 Passenger Sport Touring 5 Passenger Coupe (Model 20) (Model 24) (Model 25) (Model 26) (Model 26s) (Modi I 27) (Model 2S) (Model 40) (Model 47) (Model 48) (Model 50) (Model 51) (Model 54) (Model 54c) (Model 55) (Model 58) $1195 $1195 $1225 $1195 $1275 $1295 $1275 $1395 $K95 $1465 $1995 $1925 $1495 $1765 $1525 $1850 Actual Frrifffcl and Ga«crnme«e Tex to lx- added »-.-l Can lira now JcdsaMcd by their wUedbse* ltneth. Series eTf 4‘ 7i.o-he. of wheelb.K. Serie. One Twenty u 1 *0 lmhe. ^^uT,'; .iJ« ina ^U. O»eT»ent, Ei,l.. meewre. 12S.ncK«. The GREATEST BUICK EVER BUILT J. LAWRENCE LACKEY, Dealer - - - - - Shelby, N. C. When bettcr~automobiles are built, Buick will build them Cost Of Rearing A Child In America \ $ , -■ ■ Charlotte News. The idea bf trying to figure oui what it costs a family to luve a child , in its midst is rather repugnant wht n ! w«* contemplate the inlinite value th.it attaches to rhildhood, a value so ! sacred and inestimable that it seems | like sacrilege to be trying to reduce j it to the debusing measure of dollars j and cents. Nevertheless, for 'he interest it j may create, vve send along the state* i ment of the federal Department of Labor to the effect that it costs ! $7,200 to rear a chihrvn the United ■States. . This sum represent.-' the average for the country as a whole. It was reached after a very careful study if all the elements of cost, beginning with the birth cost, and taking the child through high school and up te ihe eighteenth year. The averages are thus given: Birth costs, *250; food. $2,500; clothing and shelter, S3,400; educa tion, major items including schooling provided by the community, *1,110; • health, $284; recreation, $130; insur ance, $14; sundries, $570. This gives an exact total ot $7,238. Taken as an average, the figure only means that. j It is not to lie interpreted as rep ! resenting wnat Ls spent on every j child in the families of the people of this country. The pathetic part of it is that in tens of thousands, only a fragment of such an amount can he spent on them. The fact that some families are affluent enough to utilize many times that figure on : .'leir individual children brings the total up to these rather impressive figures. The Federal Bureau based its esti mate on a study of ntv.ry units of five; father, mother and three chil dren, having ;.n annual expenditure of S2.500. There are families who do not have that much money to spend each year; indeed the average income of families is much below that sum, though that? has been agreed upon as a sum necessary to properly care foi a family consisting of five members. Whatever it may cost in terms of mere currency to rear a child, the in vestment is meritorious when the money is used for bringing up the child to have regard for the laws of the land, to have the fear of God in its heart and by having both of these, n have been made ready, io^ effective jnd useful social service. . j . i It has been suggested that Mon day morning newspapers would Save space by printing a list of the living. Here are four new records simply brimming over with melody and entertainment. Not a dull moment in any of them! You're missing something if you don’t hear these. Come in and let us play them for you — today! I’m Just Wild About Animat Crackers—Fox Trot With l ocal Refrain Waffles—Fox Trot With Vocal Refrain Irving A.aronson and His Commanders No. 20094. 10-inch I'm Lonely Without You—Fox Trot With l ocal Refrain The B. F. Goodrich Shvertown Cord Orchestra Do You Believe in Dreams? — Fox Trot With l ocal Chorus Irvinc Aaronson and His Commanders No. 20095, 10 inch Down By the Gas House With Two Pianos Ait.BEN Stanlet-Biu.t Murray I Ate the Boloney! With Piano Bii.ly Murray-Monroe Silver No. 20096. 10-inch I’m in Love With You, That’s Why With Guitar and Mandola Blue Bonnet—-You Make Me Feel Blue With Guitar and Mandola Jim Mili.er-Chari.ie Farrell No. 20090, lO-incb W. A. PENDLETON “The Music Shop.’’ Shelby — Rutherfordton Victor® Records tJBters s ciiiirt is r-aw.l with this-; end in view, no amount of money* that may Ik1 f|ient on it and no amount that its mmn - :r.„y repr“ sciit is worth .1 stick of candy. Bankrupt Mill Sale Is Confirmed By Webb •luil"*.' U. Vat. . Wcbli at Shelby has signed an order confirming chc re sale of the .^Jecklenu try Mills Com pany properties at Newton. Catawba county, to Clarence C. Dale for $26!!, 500. The resale vvn: held at Newton at roon W.iln. day T.y fj. ft. AI.hr man, of Greensboro, vnorid) master. The first -ale wai ill elored void through some tcehnic.ilitj and the bidder and bid of Wednesday were the same as a. the first sab.*. Under the terms of the older sign ed by Judge Webb, \!i Alderman re ceived a fee of .*2,000 / ’us ah allow ance of 81.672.tif, for disbursement-:, including adv ’rlteing; the Fidelity Trust Compnnv, New A oi l., as trustee I under mortgage was given $24,626.15, Aind If. F. McGowan, ri 5 roe in bank ruptcy, received $10,iH)y. At Least That. Wife—Jack, near, don't you think it would be nice to grow a fig true up against the wail? Husband—Fig tree'’ Good lor’! i Fashions aren't coming to that, are] they ? Burglars Arc Active Headline, Did anyone ever tire an inactive bur glar? What most communit i. nerd is Hot nc 7 mon-y flowing in but less old money flowing out. HOYT C. DIXON DENTIST Office Old Masonic Building. Over Rose’s 5 & 10c Store DR. C. M. PEELEF DENTIST Office Over Woolworths Residence Phone 460-YV. Office Phone 99-W. ELLIS STUDIO —FINE PHOTOS— —Kodak finishing— —Pictures Framed— —PHONE 418— ECK & STEPHENS Certified Public Accountants Gastonia, N. C. Systems — Audits — In vestigations. Income Tax Specialists. Horace Kennedy Attorney-At-I>aw Shelby, N. C. Office !n Star Buiklinf. — BILLIARDS — Cleveland Cigar Store Rear Postoffice. PEYTON McSWAIN A ttorney-A t-Law Civil and Criminal Practice in All Courts. Office: Union Trust Co, Building. W. C. HARRIS CO. “Realtors” Office Paragon Bldg. Phone 568. DR. A. PITT BEAM" ‘ DENTIST Office Phone 188. Residence Phone 89. Shelby Bank Building, Palmetto Man Drowns In Bottomless Pools Forest City Courier. K. R. Trammell, .'14, plumber. of I Greenville, S. C . was drowned Thin s-1 day afternoon about .ri o'clock in the Bottomless l’oois at, Chimney Rock. John Hill, of Chimney Rock, and Trammell were bathing together at : the time of the accidental drowning. ! Trammell, w ho wa . not a very good swimmer, plunged into one of the pools, not knowing its depth, and drowned before 1 * ill could biicg as sirtancc. Trammell was employed by the 1.. L. Barr Co., of Greenville. S. The body, which wav recovered about tw.> hours later, wa taken to ids home in South Carolina Friday for burial. Beyond Jurisdiction. “I am innocent,%your honor. Heav en is my witiie-s!" “I am sorry,” returned the judg \ “but your wi,ness is beyond the juris, diction of this cfiurt. Five- years.” ..- - .—.. SAVE MONEY BY REPAIRING YOI R OLD SHOES, We Repair By Goodyear Well System. SHELBY SHOE SHOP J. O. Panther, Prop. * DR. H. D. WILSON Eye Specialist And Optometrist 28 Years Experience. Prices Reasonable. Office at Paul Webb's Drug Store. V . ,i .n.i —.^ tor building use* J »C .WEATHERS Phone 662 SHELBY H.C. Taint gwine tain no mo’ aoagte § SUNPROOF oarderi hose SUNPROOF garden hose, manu factured under an entirely new process, was first introduced five year* ago by tlie Pioneer Rubber Mills, one of the largest manufac turers of garden hose in the world. The merit of thu hose was so quickly recognised that today SUNPROOF is in use in over »,ooo,ooo hoot* in the1 United States. V 14 thould b*'min jfour homt.) Shelby Hardware Co. —PHONE 330— m-m m ISSUE RECALLED (inventor McLean Reiterates It is Views That They Are Invalid The recbft'f agitation in Europe for the cancellation <>f war debts has bi.iuyht to ilic front the speciul ta* bonds of North Carolina and other Southern stat“r during the days of ice« nstruetion under carpei.-bag rule. I’rtss dispatches state that British objects hold upwards of $12,80(t,(HKI ^ of bonds issued during the days of re run; t ruction in North Carolina, which ; cuu ed tioverni.r Me Lea n to reiterate his \ iews that, they art not “legal or moral obligations on Lie part of the State of North Carolina," ••This has been made plain every j tint ■ the opportunity has been pro - ■ t nted," said a statement issued from “ACHED _& ACHED” Lady Says Her Back “Hurt Niffct and Day”—Least Noise Up* set Her. Better After Taking CarduL Winfield, Texas.—“My back uiirfc night and day,” says Mrs. C. L. Kason, of R. F. D. 1, this place. “t ached and acbed until I could hard ly go. I felt weak and did not feel like doing anything. My work was a great burden to me. I Just hated to do up the dishes, even. I waa no-account and extremely nervous. *‘My mother had taken Cardul and she thought it would do me good, so ehe told me to take it. My husband got me a bottle and I began on it I began to improve at I once. It was such a help that I continued it until after the baby’s ! birth. . “I took eight bottles and I can certainly say that It helped me. i It is a fine tonic. It built me up and seemed to strengthen roe. I grew less nervous and began ta sleep better. “I can certainly recommend j Cardul to expectant mothers, for to me it was a wonderful help. ... In every way I felt better after taking it and 1 think it is a splendid medt ! cine.” Cardul li purely vegetable, and contains no harmful drugs. For sals everywhere. NC-td* I»ETER STUYVESANT I i “If a man is a step ahead I of his fellow the wisdom of his step will always be questioned.” To secure our service is to know that each detail of the ceremony will be attended to with ability and discretion. PALMER FUNERAL HOME OPEN ALL THE TIME. —TELEPHONE 01— * SESQl ICENTENNIAL ’ EXPOSITION PHILADELPHIA, PA. JUNE 1—NOVEMBER 30, 1926. SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM . .Tickets on sale daily from all Southern Railway stations up to and including Septem ber 30th, final return limit all tickets fifteen days including date of sale. Stop-overs permitted at Washington and Baltimore in each direction within final limit of tickets. Fine trains, excellent sche dules, pullman sleeping cars, day coaches and dining car service. • For further information and nullman sleeping car res ervations call on any South ern Railway agent or ad dress : R. H. GRAHAM, D. P. A. Charlotte, N. C. V, the Governor'j office. ' Governor McLean said that whilf he does not believe thei s is any ftrori>l obligation resting anywhere for the payment of these old special’ tax bonds “because the circumstances un der which they purport to have been issued made them void from the be ginning, yet