Compulsory School Attendance Debate Rages in North Carolina
State Superintendent Joyner asserts a statewide compulsory attendance law is effective not optional, with Attorney General backing. Edgecombe teachers meet under Wake County guidance on conservation and social service in schooling. A cutting affray near Newton involves Deputy Fox and the pursuit of suspects. A Confederate pension case questions eligibility under the new interpretation. Farmers discuss a central union warehouse in Newton with Iredell’s warehouse leaders present.
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Releigh
North Carolina
County Boards of Education
J. Y. Joyner
Jeer
Board of County School Commissioners
Edgecombe
Edgecombe Teachers’ Association
Tarboro
X. V. Judd
Wake
Judd
Charles Honeycutt
Yancey County
Benjamin R. Lacy
T. W. Bickett
Bickett
Catawba
Farmers Union
Newton
W .B. Gibson
Iredell County
Shooting Scrape in Lumberton Ends Fatality
Emory McNeill was fatally shot by Garfield Prevatt who fled townsfolk say drank heavily. Prevatt, about 21, lived three miles from Lumberton, and witnesses report he confronted McNeill in front of his home and fired four shots, a single round entering the neck and exiting the head.
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Lumberton
Emory McNeill
Garfield Prevatt
Prevatt
McNeill
Baraca Philathea Convention Heads to Charlotte in April
The Baraca and Philathea movement will hold its third annual state convention in Charlotte April 12 to 15, drawing about 1,000 delegates from 1,000 classes and more than 450 organized in North Carolina. The undenominational group aims to reengage youth with church and Sunday school.
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Charlotte
Baraca-Philatha
Greensboro
Convention Brings Good Programme to Greensboro
A good programme convention is planned to be held in Greensboro attracting attendees and local organizers. Details on speakers and schedule are to be announced by the event committee.
North Carolina Sunday school convention set for Greensboro
Greensboro hosts the North Carolina Sunday school convention April 22 to 24 with three international speakers and home talent. Delegates from each township and every Sunday school are invited, with colleges and high schools sending two per 50 students.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Messrs. Tullar and Meredith
New York City
North Carolina Sunday School Association
C. C. McLean
Committee On Entertainment
Nutritional Value Of Eggs Compared To Meat In Averages
A department of agriculture test shows egg white is mostly water with albumen as the main solid, yolk slightly less than half water. Across chicken turkey duck and goose eggs, water and nutrient content vary with protein around 16 to 19 percent and fat around 33 to 36 percent. Eggs provide essential elements for body building and energy though not equal to a pound of steak in total nutrition.
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Department of Agriculture
Perches mite proof design for chicken housing
A simple 18 inch high perch setup uses 2x4 framing with rounded edges and legs one foot tall. The perch rests on can supports that fit loosely for cleaning and keeps mites out by keeping kerosene or coal oil in the cans.
Industrious Hen Lays Eggs Advised Comfort for Laying
The article urges keeping hens in clean well lit quarters with litter on the floor or a dropping board, providing ample grain spread for scratching, avoiding moldy food, and warming water in cold weather to encourage laying eggs. It emphasizes that a hardworking hen is likely to shell out eggs while an idle hen will not lay.
Varieties of Ducks and Practical Breeding Advice
The article lists 11 duck varieties including Pekin, Aylesbury, Rouen, Indian Runner, and Muscovy types. It endorses Pekin, Aylesbury, Rouen, and Indian Runner for practical farming, noting Pekin as the most bred and versatile yet timid, with standard drake and duck weights and Pekin egg-laying of 100 to 125 eggs per season.
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Rouen
Dearest Baby Helped By Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A Mississippi reader reports using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to overcome nervous depression and female troubles. She credits the medicine with restoring health and enabling a healthy baby, urging others to seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co with confidential, woman-to-woman letters.
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Ttsburg
Miss
Lydia E. Phi
Wal
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Resinol Advertises Skin Trouble Relief
An advertisement claims Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap stop itching and clear eczema ringworm and various eruptions. It says pimples boils burns and chafings yield to Resinol and notes physicians prescribe it for eighteen years. Products are sold by druggists with prices 25c for soap and 5c to 1 for ointment, with mail samples available from Resinol Chem Co Salt Lake City MD.
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Hunt
Richards Medicine CO
Sherman, Cut
Dept
Resinol Chem, Co
Saltmore
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