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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-18

development since the passage Of
the public school law in 1907.
"There are at present 246 state
high schools in operation under
this act' stated DR.. Walker,
with an enrolment of about H.
900 pupils. 'There are two other
classes Of public schools doing
high school work, the city high
schools and local high schools.
''There are eighty Of the form
er and 157 Of the latter, enrolling
respectively 10000 and 5000
pupils. .
"In addition to these 483 pub
lie high schools, city, state and
local, there are twenty six pri-
vate gh schools and sixty six
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-18
THE HILL" ON
HIGH SCHOOLS
By Robert Madry

Chapel Hill, Dee. 18- Supt Cat
lett, of, New Hanover and DR.. n.
w. Walker, Of Chapel Hill, dis
cussed the countrywide school
system at the recent meeting Of
the North Carolina Club.
Mr.. Catlett suggested the coun-
ty-unit basis Of organization for
the administration Of rural schools
as substitute for the district
system in such counties where the
district system has proven unsat-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28
WORK IN FLOWER GARDEN
BY |. NJ. BENNINGTON.

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warmer ny me >''"-
Il" sur" To start m" Ia''-'''''"'''- ,'-
nualS in the house. For lA>'"I'''' ''''
cosmos.
Try few of the >umm"r-hl""HIn-
bulbs and ruherS this E'ar-tuh"r"HN-
rooted hegnniaS. caIa'IumN. dah.laN
cannaS. ruhero>eS. "'c. They are sat
iSfactory summer boomers.
The following plants will flourish on
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28
AV0iD MALARIA. CHlLLS,
FEVERS AND AGUE

|by taking one BONDS LIVER FILL
occasionally. They keep the Liver and
Bowels active and drive off the poison
Gus matter. 2Jc ut ALL DRUGGISTS.
DO not accept NUbsriruteS.-Ady.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28
Attorneys. Bankers, Insurance Agencies

Make your service complete, place
your court and fidelity bonds and
burglary insurance in the "NOl;LbS
LARGEST SURETY COMPANY from
your own office.
We solicit inquiries for agencies
from those desiring our IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY SERVICE.
AGENCY DEPARTMENT.
NATIONAL. SURETY COMPANY.
IIJ Broadway. New York, y. N.-AdV.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28

TIm-Whyu is your meeting day?
Tum- Friday.
Tfm-Th3t'~ nay moatlrSS day.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28

Millions Of particular women now use
md recommend Red Cross Ball Blue. All
gr0cers Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28

TOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS
re- Feuenina" IS the wonder worker for all
emale disorders Price 81 90 and soc. Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28

Darwin tried to make monkey ont
e man..
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28
Indignant Repud alton.

MADAM. l. this son ul Your, ado
lr~crutt"
Mercy. NO. ma'am He's never
touched a drop of anything"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28

Woman Is the nearest pe-fcrt when
he most W0manIv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28
osaTHLueKs IN A WEAK HEART

so on first symptoms Use "Rcnoyine'
| and be cured. Delay and pay the awful
penalty. "Eeuovine" is the hearts
remedy. Price Sl.OO aud JOc-Ady.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-28
nicht Have Missed II.

Excited bridegroom Ohirty minutes
larr) Don't tell me- th" thing l. over .
London opinion.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

anything else. You may call me stupid
II you like. But I'm only a natural
mother. When my child Is sick / can
think OF nothing else in the whole
wide world
".Oh,' said Mr.. Rooster. I sup.
pose you couldn't think Of a little food,
could you? I see the Farmer; with
your breakfast
"'Well,' said Mrs. Pig, with a hun.
cry look at the food. It's not the food
I want. But l do feel the need Of a
little nourishment. I've been so fear:
fully worried. And what bothers. me
30 Is that DR.. Frog Is asleep and won't
see any of his patients in the winter
time. He is such a good doctor, too
Mrs. Pig went over to her pen
where her breakfast was awaiting her.
From the way she gobbled 1t up. 1t did
not seem as II she just wanted a little
'%nourishment but as II she were ex.
,tremely hungry!
"toh, Mother squealed Pinky. Z
feel very faint for food
"'You poor DEAR said his Mother.
Here are ONE delicious things for
you-husks Of corn and all sorts Of
d~elicacies.'
81 don't want %delIcacies,' said
Pinky. I want a good lot of food!
"'Well,' muttered Mr.. Rooster. 7
don't believe that Pig IL sicki He just
wanted a little sympathy 80 his moth.
er would give him a better breakfast
than everT'"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
FIX ROAD FOR AUTOMOBILES
Radical Change In Treatment Of High
ways That Bear Brunt of Travel I
Is Suggested.

The suggestion made by Francis NJ.
Hugo, secretary of state Of New York,
that a radical change is called for in
the treatment Of the roads that bear
the main brunt of automobile, travel,
must strike laymen, at least, as highly
important. He points out that only a
small part Of the width Of these roads
is actually used by most of the vehi-
cles which pass over them, and "yet
when the road has to be repaired or
renewed the whole width has to be
dealt with, for mere patching in most
cases cannot be regarded as the most
practical method Of maintenance" Ac-
cordingly, he proposes the use of pre-
pared tracks "made Of special ma
terial, continuous and smooth in char
acter, and sufficiently wide," which
would 'bear nearly all the traffic and
would lengthen the life of the road ten
times its present period."-New York
Times.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
KEEP DAIRY PRODUCTS COLD
Special Precautions Should Be Taken
% Cecil Milk After Being Drawn
and Then Kept %.

MIX and cream are perishable prod
nets and every possible precaution
should be taken at the farm and in the
home to keep these products whole
come. In the fan with the cooler
weather. there exists m opinion that
ice o. other methods Of cooling milk
and cream IL unnecessary to have
these products remain sweet In cold
weather. says Prof. Y. r.. Jones Of the
South Dakota department Of dairy hus-
bandry. This IL q false assumption.
Special precautions to e that these
dairy products are cooled Immediately
after drawn and. kept cold until deliv-
cry are important.
MIX and cream will contain germs
or Oactic acid) bacteria no matter
how careful we are In Its production.
The bacteria that cause milk to sour
multiply very rapidly at moderately
high temperatures (70-s0 degrees F.)
II the milk or cream is cooled to so
degrees F. or less, the growth Of these
germs IL held In check and these food
products remain sweet for q longer
period.
II the dairy farmer does his duty in
properly cooling milk and cream at
the farm, either with ice or cold ruE-
ming water, and the same precautions
are taken In the home, there will be
less trouble with sour milk and cream
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

Last season those who make 1t their
business to provide coats for woman
kind centered their attention on nov
city in the manner Of cutting and drap-
ing the backs Of these garments. In
the new spring models their energies
appear to be concentrated on pockets
and collars. The latter are ample In
size and the former as varied and novel
In design as the untrammeled fancy OF
designers can make them.
Many Of the new coats are In plain
coIors and a great many OF them are
plated. Most Of them have a narrow
belt, but often It extends only part way
about the figure, and sometimes merely
across the back or front. But how.
ever conservative the new coats may
be In other things, they 20 to all sorts
of lengths and breadths and turns In
pockets.
A very good example Of spring
modes In pictured above. 1t Is a sand
colored model with inlay Of black satin
on the collar, and this combination Of
saDd color and black has the indorse-
ment OF the highest authorities. 1t Is
cut with a deep yoke, to which the
body Of the coat IL plated. and 1t
reaches almost to the bottom OF the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
DAIRY
FACTS
GIVE COW NUTRITIOUS FEEDS
RsnNsyavania Experiment statioa Rec
sMmsnds Decrease In Siiase In
0ryino-o0 Process.

For . considerable period before the
dairy COW l. due to freshen II Is best
ito feed highly nutritious feeds. About
90 days before the time for parturi'
tion the COW should be dried Oh. 1t
ia necessary that this be done care
fully. n old milk left in the udder
may lead to garset or other Ills.
For the drying-on process the
Pennsylvania experiment station rec
ommends decreasing the silage to
about 20 pounds and the grain to four
pounds daily. No change Is necessary
in the amount Of hay fed. After the
GOV Ii dry the grain ration IL re-
suned and the amount Of grain In
creased gradually until the week just
previous I'd f~reshening.
The grain rstioa ought 70 he Taxa
tive in character, highly nutritious
and palatable. During the last week
the Cow should be placed In a box
stall and her grain lessened. Equal
parts Of wheat bran and ground oats
or chop with alfalfa hay and man.
gels Is recommended as q good ration
to feed at this time.
After p%arturiton the COW should not
be MIXED until the second day. except
By the calf, unless. as Is the practice
OF sone dairymen, the calf is removed
ut once. For several days the COW
should be allowed only tepid water.
For feed, good clover hay, mangels
and bran and oats are probably best
until her system becomes normal
again. By the third day the COW may
Be returned to her stall.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

making turns. Take another eight
foot plank and saw of two feet for
a brace (C) and spike this brace at
right angles to the longer plank. 1t
may be necessary to let out the reach
SO that the outer end Of the brace
will not be too far forward on the
moldboard (D). The brace should be
raised an inch or two so that the snow
which falls in the triangle will spill
out readily. When spiked together
the pillow should have a comparatively
small spread, say four feet. A wide
spread means too heavy a drag and
unnecessary labor. To hitch the pillow
to the bob use two clevises and a ring,
attached to the end of the left side Of
the pillow (point marked b.. In order
to do effective work q man should ride
the pillow.
One distinctive feature Of the plow'sl
construction lies In the fact that the
left side Of the pillow is two feet longer
than the right side.
The left side Is made so It can be
snugly attached to the outside of the
right-hand front unn of an ordinary
pair Of hobs. When travelling, the left
(longer) side parallels the runner and
the right (shorter) side forms the
whole blowing surface.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

One Of the new spring suits, with
many novel features in its construc-
ton to make 1t interesting, is shown
in the accompanying picture. 1t IL
trim looking and graceful. to start
with, and these commendable charac-
teristcs are brought about by the
c~leverest sort Of management in the
cutting. It seems for the past three
years that tailors have studied the de-
sired silhouette, then bent their ener.
ges on accomplishing 1t, each season,
by original methods Of cutting.
In the coat pictured the side bodies
are cut away under the arms in a
curve that is extended into the belt
across the front. A panel at the mid.
die Of the back terminates a little
above the waistline and the short skirt
Of the coat Is gathered under 1t. At
the front the waistline is a trife lower
and the coat skirt Is laid In a plat
under It at each side. -Four wide tucks
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
MONEY FOR RURAL HIGHWAYS
Bonds for County Roads Should Never
Run Longer Than 80 Years, Say
Agricultural Experts.

Bonds sold for county highway Inn
provement, in the opinion Of road spe-
ciallsts Of the department Of agricul-
ture, should never for more than
30 years, and retirement even earlier
Is better where this can be accom-,
pllshed without too great an increase
In the tax rate. It is dangerous prac-
tice to have bonds run for q long Pc
Rod, because in such cases the in
debtedness often outlives the estimated
life of the improvements made with
the money SO raised. Money borrowed
to build roads should be repaid by
those who enjoy the benefit of the i'm
provements thus financed, and not to,
be a debt upon those who gain no bene-
At from the expenditure.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

[AIN Tale
p,hkv PICS
G1hAM 0iHNeQyR

sPinky Pig" said Daddy. was sick.
OF course. Il was not unusual for
Pinky Pig to be sick. He often ate
too much and had indigestion. Then.
too, be ate things which did not agree
with him, just because he loved 90 to
eat, and then he would feel quite III.
Each time he was Ill he said to
himself that he would never touch
anything he didn't know about. and
that he would never eat too much
again But such thoughts Pinky only
had when he was il-never when he
was well. and when they would have
have been Of some use to him.
-Of course, Pinky's mother was very
much frightened. She was always
frightened when Pink was III. Each
time she made a great fuss. and II
anyone told her 1t was because her
child had eaten too much. she would
be very angry. z.
81 approve Of his eating too much
his mother would say. Hes a,Pfg and
should act like one. I hate these
| Creatures who put on airs
$50 no one could give Mrs. Pig ad-
vice as to how to train Pinky.
This time he was iii she was quite
upset. OF course. that was the way
she always got, but each time he was
Ill she was certain he had never felt
so upset before oye any Of Pinky's
illnesses.
"'Oh, dear; oh, dear she squealed.
Whatever shall / dor
":Just let him stay quiet and not
eat for a day or two. He'll be all right
said Mr.. Rooster. as he strutted around
the Barn.
The Pigs were living in a little
house Just of. the Barn.
"'Y0u are sc heartless, Mr.. Rooster
said Mrs. Pig. You don't understand
that my precious Pig child is very III,
indeed
":No more 80 than usual said Mr..
Rooster.
ale is usually very well. I don't
know what you mean by such q re-
mark, said Mrs. Pig. \
ayes, it's true agreed Mr.. Rooster,
that Pinky can stand a great deal.
Much. much more than most Animals
even most Pigs, for that matterT
".Ah, the dear love- grunted Mrs.
Pig. Such a healthy Pig. But now.
oh. dear and she walled and squealed
some more.
".But,' said Mr.. Rooster, what !
meant was that he was not any worse
than he usually Is when he is Ill. Now
do you underestimate
"'No,' grunted Mrs. Pig. Grossly.
"eYou're stupid said Mr.. Rooster.
"'How al you say such a thing. Mr..
Rooster said Mrs. Pig, when my
darling Pinky is Ill. I can't think Of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
GOOD
sNowPLow IS EASILY MADE
Effective Device for Clearing High.
ways In Winter Can Be Put To-
aether by Any Farmer.

A farmer who is a firm believer In
good roads In winter As well as in sum-
mer. could not get any satisfaction
from his town superintendent when
snow blocked the six and 0ne-half mile
way to town, writes Laurence w. Girls
void in Farm Journal. SO instead OF
going to the town-father and bawling
him out, the farmer knocked together
a snowplow and started out. The
work done with the pillow that day
made 1t easy for a team to trot all
the way to town and not get in trouble
when 1t was forced to turn out for an
other rig. And the job was over be-
fore a gang Of men with shovels could
fairly have started.
Directions for making the pillow are
as follows: Take a 2 by 8 inch plank,
eight feet in length "a in the accom-
panying picture), and use it for the
side which is to travel flush against
the side of the bob runner A ten
inch plank might work, but a Pinch
one would not because it could not
swing ahead of the rear bob when
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
DRINK AND WAR COMPARED.

In a recent published statement Or.
c. w. Saleeby, F. r. G. S., r. F. s.,
one of the leading physicians of Great
Britain, says that every year alcohol
makes 45,445 widows and orphans In
England and Wales alone, or over 124
a'day.
"The first year Of the great war;" he
says, "cost US about $4,000 lives Of our
soldiers and sailors. But during every
year Of peace, alcohol takes ut least
10000 lives in this country. On the
most moderate reckoning 1t Is respons-
ible for o~ne-seventh, or about IA per
cent, of the whole death rate. This toll
of over q thousand lives a week, year
in and year out, is three-fourths Of the
toll cxacted by the greatest war in his
tory"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
OF Total Of About 2y452,0oo Miles
About 277y000, or 11.3 Per Cent +,
Are Improved.

The public roads Of the United
States outside the limits Of incorporat-
ed towns and cities had, January Il
1915, a total length Of about 2,452,-
600 miles, Of which about 277,OOO miles,
or lib per cent, are improved with
some form Of %surfacing. The mileage,
of surfaced roads is increasing at the
rate Of about 10000 miles per annum.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

are laid in the lower part Of each side
body. At the head Of each Of these
tucks, soutache braid, in white, ID
stitched in a double row. with beauti-
full exactness. 1t appears on the back
panel, where two large bone buttons,
one at each side, form an additional
decorative feature.
The coat has plain coat sleeves with
turned back cuffs and a large collar
Of white satin trimmed with braid. It
fastens with bone buttons at the front.
In the skirt the side panels in the
coat are repeated and they are finish
ed with tucks headed with braid In
the same manner. There are wide in
verted plaits at the back and front
and the skirt is just long enough to
fall an inch below the boot tops.
Women have not taken kindly to the
heightened skirt, especially in suits,
and the skirt pictured may be accept.
ed as quite long enough.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
Temperance
isNOte5"
ALCOHOL AN %ExcRETIoN.
Conducted by the National woman'a
Christian Temperance Union.)

ALCOHOL AN ExcRETIoN.
The origin Of alcohol Is most signi.
Gcant Of its character.
1t Is an e~xcretion Of the yeast plant,
thrown out because the plant has no
further use for it and Its retention
would have a poisonous effect. Just as
the human body is poisoned by an ac-
cumulation Of waste matter. SO the
yeast plant is injured by Its waste
product. When the alcohol has reached
a strength Of IA per cent 1t Is sufi-
ciently poisonous to the yeast plant to
stop all Of Its activities.
1t is an odd thing that any excre-
ton Is poisonous to the living organ
ism which produces it and to oil higher
forms of life. '"The e~xcretiOn of q
mammal might serve as food for some
of the lower %vertcbrates and certainly
for fungi and bacteria, but inevitably
has a toxic action upon any organism
Of a higher rank" says DR.. Winfield
Scott Hall. Of Northwestern Medical
school, and he continues:
THE relation of alcohol to life may
thus be summed: Q) Ethyl alcohol is
the excretion Of a fungus; (2) excre-
tons which are toxic (%poisonous) to
the organism which excretes them are
also toxic to all higher organisms; (3)
alcohol Is toxic to the yeast plant and
in conformity to laboratory observa'
lions as well as to the logic Of the case
alcohol Is toxic to all animal pro.
toplasm."
And the layman's conclusion would
probably be: 1.-THE yeast plant, in
common with animals, first consumes
food and then ~decomposes 1t. Man
drinks the excreted decomposed food
Of the yeast plant, called alcohol, and
naturally is poisoned thereby"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
Cream Separator.

upper end of the cylinder Is q small
tube. A screen extends across the
cylinders lower end. After inserting
the separator into the bottle to the
depth Of the cream, the thumb Is placed
over the end OF the tube. The sep
arator may now be lifted from the bot
tie filed with cream. the screen and
suction combining to keep the fluid
from flowing downward.-POpular Me
chanics Magazine.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

sincere Bible stu
dents do not seem
able to reach q
clear conviction
on the subject.
They are repre-
scented by an able
and orthodox theO-
Logan who says:
this Is the n
subject In sys-
tematic theology
which l would
gladly avoid
were such q
course possible in
fairness, for the
data are go dubi-
Gus us to meaning
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
scAe WHISKY.

scAe WHISKY.
John F. Connelley, Labor Leader.)
N%inety-four per cent of the whisky
made in the United States is made by
the whisky trust. Whisky is made by
nonunion labor, paid only 500 per
week according to the United States
bureau of census reports. The hours
Of labor range from ten to II per day.
Out of 500 paid for whisky at man
ufacturer's price only sos goes back
to the wage who made the
whisky.
It costs only II cents to make a gal
Ion Of whisky.
II at some future time a distillery
would be unionized. it would be four
years before whisky made there could
be put on market unless 1t goes out
as rot-gut whisky.
If scab whisky is put into q whisky
bottle made by union bottle blowers
with words "Union Made" blown on
bottle, 1t will not make the whisky in
side the bottle union-made whisky.
It will take eight. years to use up
all the scab and n6nunion-made whisky
now in stock in United States.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22

skirt; but in the matter Of length
there Is considerable latitude in choice.
The sleeves are shaped into a deep.
flaring cuff, headed with a narrow band
Of the material finished with q button.
The all.important pockets are Of the
saddlebag variety, somewhat more
ornamental than useful. But they per-
form their whole duty by. providing a
setting for ~cloth-covered buttons,
which no right-minded designer would
think Of emitting from a top-notch
spring coat.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
CLEANLINESS OF CALF PENS
Uss Abundance Of Nice Straw and Dig
Out Al Manure Frequently
Calves Are Frisky. .

The calf pen must be kept clean.
Use lots Of nice straw, not putting 1t
upon q lot of fernented Nth, but dig
out all very frequently and
add fresh straw almost daily. Calves
are 70 frfsky that they tramp the
straw into the manure to beat every.
thing.
Separator milk, tender clover or al
falfa hay, bran. OIL meal, silage, shelled
corn, such feeds r the stun good
jealves are made of.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
GREAT ECONOMIC ISSUE.

If for no other reason than the fact
that prohibition would mean money
saving for this country, it would be a
good thing" points out Ex-Governor
Hanly Of Indiana. 1T cost ST. ,OOO.-
600 to run this government last year,
and during that time more than $1,000
100000 was spent for liquor in the
United States. In other words, all of
the cost of preparedness. Of the pen
sion roll, Of the operating expenses Of
the government could have been met
with this liquor money, and still there
would have been more than $4OO,OOO.-
600 to spare"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1917-03-22
Ma "pI.~ About Il,

EdIth--"If you don't love Jack, why
don't you tell him so2' Madge-
"Well, he sends me flowers and takes
me to the opera, you know, and"
Edith-'But, gracious! ! don't see
how you can play with his affections
that way" Madge-"Play7 ! call
that working them."-Boston Tran.
script.