Scout Council
Hears Reports
For Boys Work
Piedmont Officials
Meet Here
Outstanding Activity Of Boy Scout
program In Department Of
Awards.
A meeting of the executive board
ol die Piedmont council of the Bov
Scouts of America, administering
the Boy Scout work m Cleveland.
Lincoln, Gaston. Rutherford and
Polk and in giving extension servie ■
to Catawba. Iredell, Burke, Alexan
der, McDowell and Caldwell coun
ties, was held at the Hotel Char
les here this week at which time
representatives of this area trans
acted the business of the organiza
tion. received reports and appointed j
committees on arrangements fori
the annual meeting of the Pied
mont council which will be held on I
Tuesday night, January 12.
Outstanding among the many re
ports received indicating that pro-1
Kress is being made in the further I
development of this work in behalf j
of the boys of the Piedmont area.
.was that of the department of j
c ards which shows that 59 court >
of honor have been held since Jan- I
uary 1 with 385 second class, 1611
tirst class, 95 Star, 33 Life. 36 Eagle.;
16 Eagle Palms and 1,86-1 merit!
badges having been awarded. The j
report of the troop organization;
committee of which R. T. LeGrand j
is chairman shows 88 active and j
functioning troops with 1.613 scouts.!
there being more than 500 volun
teer leaders serving as scoutmas
ters, assistant scoutmasters, troop
committeemen a.id members of lo
cal committees and courts of honor.
Progress in the development cf
scouting for negro boys was report
ed by the committee on inter-racial
activities, there now being troops
for negro boys at Gatsonia, Neeley's
Grove, Statesville and Tryon and
troops being organized at Kings
Mountain and Lincolnton.
The general condition of the
movement is reported in splendid
hape with the exception of several
communities in the council where
committees have failed to function
properly In meeting opportunities
and obligations, it being pointed
out that the promotion of scouting
and the financing of the work must
lie met by the local committee. Re
ports from communities where com
mutes are functioning show defi
nite progress and few or no finan
cial or leadership problems.
From every community the re
ports are that, boys are eager to
have the privileges of scouting and
school authorities, churches and the
interested public, including the par
ents of boys, voice the definite
statement that boys respond to the
character educational program of
scouting during the adolescent per
iod more than they do to other in
fluences.
Those In attendance at the meet
ing were B. L. Smith, of Shelby.
Claud Grigg and B. N. Barnes of
Kings Mountain, Dr. Allen Jervey
Fred E. Swann and Major B. Sharp
of Tryon. G. Max Long and W. K
Keeter of Morganton, Brooks M.
Todd and Prof. Eugene DeP. Hfcaid
of Hickory, Harry* Page and W. M.
Pickens of Lincolnton, P. P. Mur
phy of Lowell, C. C. Dawson and C.
D. Welch of Cramerton, P. S. White
of Columbus, J. W. Atkins, Judge
A. C. Jones, C. W. Gunter, L. B.
Altman, J. Mack Hallond, Joe I.
Holland. Rtv. G. R. Gillespie and
Scout Executive R. M. Schiele of
Gastonia
"It Is still possible to believe in
less government rather than more
government as the answer for many
if our its."—Newton D. Balter.
While Houston, Tex., firemen
were stamping out a grass fire a
louse ignited by the same fire
lurned to the ground unnoticed.
LET’S GET
THIS THING
STRAIGHT
Some reports have been
circulated that MODERN
PLUMBING AND HEAT
ING COMPANY has gone
out of business.
I wish hereby to correct
that impression and state
emphatically that we are
still in business and ren
dering first class plumbing
and heating service in
Shelby.
E. B. HILL, Manager
Modern Plumbing
& Heating Co.
- Phone 569 -
Bares Belraval
Horace Allen laborel, father of
Triu urd H. B. Allen, who shot and
killed Francis A. Donaldson, 3rd, In I
a quarrel over young Allen's sister,
Hose, has accused the dead youth
of betraying his daughter. The eld-!
er Allen also declared in a prepared
statement that the Donaldson fam
ily had refused to let their son mar
ry Rose, the girl of his affections.'
Both families are prominent socially 1
in Philadelphia.
Habits Of The Whale
Given At Exhibition
68 Ton Monster Shown Here
Whales Are Born Not Hatched.
Jonah Swallowed by Fish
Interesting natural history bear
ing on the whale, monster of the!
sea. was given here Wednesday and !
Thursday at the exhibit of an em-j
balmed whale on a specials- built ]
flat car on the Southern railway i
tracks. The whale is being sent j
over the country by the Pacific
Whaling Co. which is engaged on
the Pacific coast in the commer
cial business of catching whales for
the valuable products they contain
such as oil from which soap, etc.
are made, meat and bone scrap
which make fertilizer and an in
gredient used in the manufacture
of perfumes.
The old sea captain who delivers
a lecture on, the habits of' the
whale says they are born. not
hatched like a fish. The mother
whale feeds her young on her
whale milk which takes 25 gallons
at a feeding. A whale conot see but
15 or 20 feet away, but is directed
in its search for food by pilot fish
about 12 inches long which stick to
the whale outside by a vacuum on
the stomach .pf the small pilot fish.
The whale on exhibit here has
feather-shaped bristles for teeth.
In feeding it rises to the surfacc
of the water, takes in a quantity r?
water containing smaller fish and
other food. With its tongue, the
whale expels the water, retaining
the fish and food for nourish
ment.
The throat of a whale Is about
the size of an orange. It could not
swallow anything larger without
choking. * j
Visitors no doubt wonder how a
whale could swallow Jonah, as the
story goes. The Bible does not say
a whale swallowed Jonah. It does
say Jonah was swallowed by a “big
fish.” Pish and whales are entire H
different.
The whale on exhibit here was
captured off the Pacific coast about
18 months ago and is embalmed. It
required 3,000 gallons of embalming
fluid to preserve it. A ton of whale
tresh will produce a barrel of whale
oil and this is used for various pur-:
poses in the commercial world. !
Gifts Continue \
To Come In For
Boiling Springs
Friends Of Institutions Giving Lib- j
erallv To Help Sustain The
School.
Boiling Springs, Nov. 1.— Gifts ini
the form of produce, cash, and
other school necessities continue to
come to Boiling Springs college
from individuals, churches and
church auxiliaries. Curtains for the
dining room were donated by the
adult class of the Sunday school of
Alexander church. Double Springs
church send a truck load of wheat
corn^ potatoes and canned goods.
The Judson circle of the W. M
U. of the First Baptist church of
Kings Mountain sent a cash dona
tion. Mr. B. P. Jenkins of the
Sandy Plains church recently do
nated sixty pounds of liver mush.
From Pleasant Ridge church the
W. M. U. brought down thirty cans
of fruit and Mr. J. L. Hamrick
gave individually three bushels of
sweet potatoes.
One of the most recent gifts was
in the form of % shower from the
circles of the W. M. U. of the First
Baptist church of Shelby. The jelly
and fruit sept by these ladies and
that sent from other churches has
been on display in the storage room
for the past few days, and is de
clared by our dietitian and visitors
who have seen it to be of very fine
quality. The spirit that has been
manifest in these donations as well
as the gifts themselves is appreciat
ed by the school.
STAR ADVS. PAYS
Cotton Stalks, A New Source
Of Revenue To The Farmers
(Reprinted from the Reader*
Digest of Scientific American Ar
ticle, October issue).
Peter A. Carmichael.
There was a time when the i
southern cotton planter was of the
wealthiest class of American citi
zens. Today he has to struggle to
malrc ends meet. So adverse were
the conditions he had to face the
past season that in some cases, a !
the winter traveler to Florida may;
have observed, he did not ever1
trouble to gather his crop.
The great development and pop-,
ularizatlon of rayon has been large-'
iy responsible for this change. Bull
rayon, rival of cotton, now promise; |
to be its rescuer.
In experiments ditected by the
University of North Carolina the
past year, and still hi progress, i'!
has been found that the entire cot-*
ton plant is capable of utilization1
in the manufacture of rayon. Lint]
cotton is -a highly desirable source ]
of ce'lulose, the basic material from
which rayon is produced, but be
cause of its cost, the use of it in tie
tayon industry at nrcsent is coin
oaratively slight. The Nortli Caro
lina experiments, however, give
promise of an output of cellulose,
costing only about one-twentieth ol
what it now costs to supply that
material from the lint.
The experiments, directed by Pro
fessor Frank K. Cameron, are be
ing carried out simultaneously in
the university's laboratories and on
the large cotton plantation of one
of Professor Cameron's students,
Nicholas W. Dockery, of Rocking
ham, North Carolina.
The great majority of rayon
manufactured in the United States
comes from wood pulp, especially
from spruce. With the industry ex
panding at its present rate—and
there are prospects of great new
advances for rayon, which promise
and altogether new textile resem
bling wool—something may soon
have to be found to supplement
spruce. That source would appear to
be cotton cellulose.
By present methods, cotton is
produced only with considerable
care and expense. It must be plant
ed in rows some four feet apart. It
requires much cultivation, in the
form of thinning and plowing.
When harvest time comes it is
picked almost entirely by hand—a
very tedious process—and then
ginned. The stalks are left stand
ing in the field.
This is changed from first to last
in the North Carolina project. In
that project the \nole plant—stalk,
lint, seed and all. except the root a
—is utilized. It is mowed like hay
and then baled without either pick
ing or ginning. The mass' in its
entirety is then available for con
version into its constituent sub
stances. of whifh the main one is
cellulose, and thereafter the cellu
lose is ready to be turned into
rayon.
The cotton seed is very valuable
for the fats and oils which it con
tains, as it is one of the chief
sources of material for making
soap, glycerine, and cooking oils,
besides yielding such products as
fertilizer and cattle feed. The seed
can be saved by ginning, without,
however, the necessity of continu
ing the slow and expensive opera
tion of picking the cotton. The en
tire harvested plant is put through
a gin. Considerable trash from th •
stalk may be mixed with the lint
when the latter comes out. but
that is of no consequence! since the
whole mass, exclusive of the seeds,
is then turned into the pulp mill.
Lint cotton is probably the rich
est of all sources of cellulose. It is
in fact almost entirely cellulose,
showing, on the Carolina planta
tion. a content ot about 95 percent
of that substance. A content of
approximately 60 percent was found
for the whole plant, lint included.
The yield from spruce is approxi
mately 52 percent.
Instead of planting in rows as at
present, tire experimenters are go
ing to sow or broadcast the seed
like small grain. Now. plants that
are crowded mature faster than
others. This means that the cotton
stalks should produce more lint,
relative to the size of the plant,
than they do now, and as a conse
quence the cellulose yield from the
whole plant should be increased to
about 65 percent.
Under the present methods of
cultivation young Mr. Dockery’s
cotton and stalk per acre during
lands averaged some 2300 pounds of
the past season. Under tire broad
cast-planting method it is conser
vatively estimated that the yield
will be 5000 pounds. If the present
yield of lint alone were turned into
cellulose, the output of the latter
would be about 330 pounds per acre.
But if the stalks arid all were thus
converted, the cellulose yield, count
ing 5000 pounds of crop to the acre,
would be some 3250 pounds—or ten
times as much.
Under broadcast planting, it will
be unnecessary to do any cultivat
ing whatever. To rout the weeds,
broom sage of some similar gras,
will be planted along with the cot
ton. Broom sedge, being a hardy
tast-spreading plant, dwarfts weeds;
moreover it is high in cellulose con
tent, and will be harvested along
with the cotton and turned into cel
lulose also.
On the lands where the Investi
gations was made during the past
.season, .it costs an average1 of ap
proximately $23 an acre to produce I
the crop by the old method Pro- j
Auction, new style. with power
driven reapers for harvesting, will
cost only about one-half as much
Since a cellulose output nearly ten |
times that of lint is promised, an'1 j
dt a cellulose cosdng just one 1
half as much, the net effect should j
since It is expected to cost only i
twentieth, approximately, of the
present figure.
The development of this enter
prise to anything like tlie degree
that appears open to. it. would
mean nothing less titan a revolu
tion In agriculture in most of the
cotton-growing states. At the pres
ent time cotton culture lit ine south j
east, the region where it had flour- 1
ished for a hundred years prior to j
the World war, is In an alarming j
state and one that promises to grow
even worse. Thfee different con
ditions threaten to make its suc
cess.
one ot these is the above-inert-;
tioned exploitation of rayon itself
The rapid development of that tex
tile has cut heavily into the use ot
cotton fabrics, with the result that
the demand for raw' cotton has
greatly declined.
A second such element is the now
probable development of a machine
for picking cotton. This machine!
it is said to operate best on level
lands. It would be especially adapt
able to the plans of the south west
where cotton more desirable be
cause of Its longer liber than that
of the southeast is already a lead
in? crop. Tire saving from it would
be immense and the section that
toulcl best employ It would Of the
section to supply the material for
the future manufacture of cotton
Roods
Flnallv. there i the growing
threat of the expansion of cotton
production abroad We are stilt one
of tlu- weld's chief sources of cot
ion. But India and Egypt have
long been ecoJhpefttors with us. and
today ftussla Is making a bid tor
the same status. It la believed like
ly thai -1ill other parts of th"
world where very cheap labor can
I* had will before long turn to the
Production of cotton.
Thus the outlook for cotton, es
pecially in the southeast, Is any
thing but bright. But of such a
project as the North Carolina
chemists have under way shou’ei
turn out to be the success which
the re till , so far indicate tt will
be., there would be brought about
changes which, altogether, wottlr!
doubtless be the biggest thing In
the history of cotton since the in
vention of the gin, more than a
century ago.
Forest Fires In East
Reported Worse
Washington Nov, 12. Many
Beaufort County residents spent
Armistice day fighting fir*'. The
forest blaze In the Pungo section
was reported worse but reports
reaching here said no towns were
threatened.
The peatllke soil was reported
burning to a depth of several feet,
so that It may never be reclaimed,
and the damage was reported worse
than if it were heavy timber land.
Over 2,000 persons attended the
recent Guernsey cattle show held
in Morganton by farm agent R. L,
Sloan of Burke county
Will Plant Walnuts
As A Club Project
40(1 Rov» Will Plant *5 Trre* Farh
To (irow Walnut Wood For
Market.
More than 400 club members of
North Carolina will plant black
walnut seedlings this fall In addi
tion to r large number of adults
who have requested the trees so
far this fall.
“Our 4-H club members are
stepping to the front as planters of
black walnut trees this fall," says
at State college, “So far we have
R W Oraeber, extension forester
orders from 400 club members who
will plant 25 trees each and appli
cations from several hundred more
are expected before the season
closes, The trees have been grown
by the State forest nursery near
Clayton tn Johnston county and
are being distributed by the coun
ty home and farm agents. Hert
ford county has the distinction of
organizing the first black wklnut
club among the girls and Davidson
is leading with orders from boys.
County agent P. M. Hendricks of
Davidson has already placed ord
ers for 2.750 trees to be planted by
110 club boys."
Mr Oraeber says that County
Agent D. H. Sutton is also contin
uing the black walnut planting be
gun In Caldwell county last year
by Mr. Hendricks. The Lenoir
chamber of commerce is financing
the boys. Catawba and McDowell
counties are also taking much In
terest In the new project. To date
19 counties have sent in orders to
Mr. Oraeber for their club mem
bers.
One adult who owns a farm in
Chatham county has purchased 2,
000 trees and began his planting on
November 16.
The club members are keeping
Crtreful records on their trees for
five years and will report the re
sults of tlirtr work to the extens
ion service for credit on their club
projects.
New Bedford Mills
Will Cut Pay Soon^
New Bedtord. Mass Nov 16.—
! A cut of 10 per cent in wages af
I footing "officers, executives, salar
ied employes and wage earners,"
was announced today by the New
Bedford Cotton Manufacturers as
sociation, The reduction, to become
effective the week of December 7.
will affect 16 mills and approxi
mately ao.odo persons;
"The situation has developed far
beyond the question of profits as
profits hare for some time been
displaced by tosses.” the announce
ment said. “This action by tlir mills
is an effort to maintain their ex
istence and continued operation In
Now Bedford "
I
East, West Buddy
In Soutti At School
Davidson,- Strange at it seems,
Mr. East and Mr. West are room
ing together in South doinltory at
Davidson college. The two students
Involved are Dee West and R, G.
East, both of Barium Spring,
whose room la In 18 South doml
tory. Neither of these men, who
have been friends over a long per
iod of years, considered the dis
similarity of names when placed
together, and that another direc
tion than indicated by their names
would be involved when they chose
South dormitory.
Man Is Bitten By
Own Teeth And How
Evansville, Ind.—Imagine how
John Roberts, teacher. In a town
ship high school, must have felt
when he was bitten by hts bwn
teeth.
He was riding along in an auto
mobile from Evansville to Boone -
viHo when his false teeth began to
annoy him, so he took them out
and put them in hts hip pocket. A
moment later, Plerry Patmore, whi
was driving, lost control of the ma
chine and It skidded off the road.
Roberts was thrown high out of
the seal and sat down hard on hit
right hip pocket.
The teeth Inflicted an Injury
They will have to be repaired.
Colored Methodist
Conference Closed
Rev, E. I Johnson, pastor i.t
Roberts Tabernacle C. M E. church
of Shelby returned yesterday from
conference held at Washington, this
state. Bishop R. A. Carter, D. D„ of
Chicago, presided and the confer
ence was a success from start to
finish. Rev, Johnson was returned
to Shelby for another j’eor. Rev. W.
L. Lyles was appointed presiding
elder of the Charlotte district. Rev
J. W. Roberts presiding elder of the
Durham district, Rev. C. R. Golpln
presiding elder of the Washington
district. Gus Roberts was eleated
secretary of the Joint board of fi
nance. A reception Is being plan
ned at Roberts Tabernacle church
here Sunday by all of the local
bonrds for Rev. Johnson and his
wife.
!t Pays To Advertise
WHY
do more and more
smokers say:
® 19M,. LuxiKtt a* Myira Tobacco Lcu
BECAUSE
• • •
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