Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17


CT 10 the condition is reversed and WI
have 8 bushels salable apples on
OF 10.
1t results in 1890 boys in the corr
club, growing "a bushels to the acre
and 3,700 in demonstration wrok
growing 81 bushels to the acre.
Instead of buying four million dol
!. lars worth of corn, five million dollars
worth of -four, six and one half mil.
Lon dollars worth of cured meats
two million dollars worth of dressed
beef three million dollars worth OF
vegetables, fifteen million dollars
worth Of hay and two million dollars
worth of feed stuff, we will be export
ing many million dollars worth OF
farm products to some of our sister
states which are in worse circum-
stances.
1t results in the planting in the
minds of the people of North Carolina
thoughts that will bud, blossom and
develop into production that is sufi-
cient to feed our selves and lend a
helping hand to our neighbOr states.
The mingling of all the above
means that we have better farms, bet
ICI C1OpSS UOlCO4 0ShOO40S AAO1 . OOAh
Portable homes, better roads, more and
better churches, and the development
of a great and noble people.
On "The benefits of county COM
mencement," Prof. r. A. Reed said:
Professor Reeds Talk.
The features of a county commence
ment may have an unlimited number
of variations and usually every county
has some that are applicable only to
itself But there are some features
that can be and are a part of practi-
cally every county commencement
parade of all the school children; lit
erary contests in debating, declaiming,
short essays and short stories; pre-
sentation of diplomas to those who
have completed the seventh grade and
passed an examination given under the
direction of the county superintendent
for the entire county; and the athletic
contests between the schools.
Ali of these features, with sometimes
more and sometimes less, have been
carried out in several counties in our
state. In every county the benefit has
been almost inestimable, not only to
the school but to the entire county.
Among the various benefits that each
county reports, there are three that
stand out above all the others; the
benefit to the teachers. to the chill
dren and to the fathers and mothers
i'll all the communities from which
these children come.
1t. benefits our teachers in that it
causes them to teach more thoroughly
for fear that their pupils will fail when
put to a standard test and thus show
that their work has been lax. And in
their attempt to have the largest pos
sible number win their diplomas, they
will study the needs of each indiVid-
ual child more than ever before. And
the pupils, in whom we find the most
evidence of benefit, catch the spirit
and do more and better work than In
any previous year. 1t is their hrst
real opportunity to achieve something
worth while, not only for themselves.
but for their school and their COM
n.unity. Every child loves it's school
and wants to see it rank high among
other schools in every aspect, whether
it be in debating, speaking or athlet-
les. There is no truer joy to teach
er, a. parent and a community than to
see that their boys and girls feel that
they are representing them and their
school and community. Where is
there one whose blood does not Jingle
with pride when he sees them close
debate or speech with tense. white
lips and every nerve vibrating with
the feeling that they are battling that
the public might recognize them and
their school?
And it is not only the teachers and
pupils who are benefited, but it goes
farther and extends and spreads
the entire county until |
every man and woman becomes inter-
psted in their schools, the work that |
is done there; their teachers and their |
cwn boys and girls. They too are |
proud of their school and want to see |
it grow better year after year. Never !
is a community more happy than when |
some of it's boys and girls have
brought honor to it. Let us give our |
boys and girls this opportunity and
cot only give them the opportunity |
but help and encourage them so thai
we may be proud of their scAoo1, |
proud of their work and proud OF
them
Mr.. Roberts On Diversificati0n.
Harry M. Roberts spoke as follows
On Developing our agricultural sec
lions by substituting Investigation for
one-crop methods, by encouraging
and by getting more
white settlers"
The snbject which has been assign
ed to me is such a broad one that it is
difficult to dissect it so as to discuss
the most important points, but I am
sure we will all agree to the fact that
for twenty years the slogan of all ag-
l1cultural institutions and organiza-
tions has been "Diversification of
crops" and never before has the inan-
clal loss on account of the one crop
method been so wildly demonstrated
IS is now being done in tho cotton sec
tiOn of orr believed Southland and