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Nobody's Business -?m?n for The Chronicle by G<? *r McCic*;. Copyright, 11MJ8. thE POKE ROOTS ARE COMING! L, air eddlwr: ? Fj|,gve tx-oii u?k?d to rite up the L meeting or the poke root club JJtb was hell i? the park thursday 1 V( wj()j iom head, the recently tie?#j aldeinmu candydate, In the vjr the seeker-terry of the poke jpti reported <hat he had bouu uu-( w tu get the grass roots of'the Jldle west to line up with the poke Jptj lit/fact, they did not ancer his jrft*r K was>' luoved uud seconted that the K^e roots go on reccord as being lu jjVVor of 'ho power trusts running to cti?tr> as heretofoar, and notify ,11 utility concerns that the poke jgoia urc now open and reddy for bis^ and will except all donations filter in cugar boxes, or by check, ^ p, o. nionney order, or from hand w band by lobbyists. if the poke pons can get the utility trust on its the dtnimeyqrats and the reUrticans can have everthlug else, us g?-ntermens are bigger and -roiiger than uncle sum's entire rodarccb. including the suppreme coart ,ad the led. reserve. only 3 new plunks were injeckted juto the flat form of the poke roots It this meeting as followers: 1?puv the bouus by the inllution 4 the currantcy. 2?tax everboddy, everthing tliey sake over 1 million dollars, as a mil- j Bon dollars is enuff for anyboddy to iccrew in 1 year ausoforth. 3?remove taxes from tobacker, soft and hani drinks, dogs, luud, rail estate. mules, bosses, and otter-mobeels, and instal the inheritance tax in their jlaces. ffimne n will be allowed to jiue the oke routs troin now ojr^ as no secrets rjil be. Kept. uveiqhing will bo pubit. and rtiiiiineii wilPbeat anny other form ut advertising its activities, the i a a and the t. v. a. will be kept up till rii't-v. are cut so's poor peeple can I. . - !ii-lits allso. no pressident ( aii' s t upper-ration will be allowed to'rcMvt ov r 1 billion dollars salary p. r . ear. and no stockholder will be aliussi., in gut over c20 per year per l'.'t'us stuck unless he, she or it become-.- at. olliser: then they can divide up vi iiai is made with the other offis? i>. a- ai pressent. il - i"K" roots have changed their slogan to: root hog or die." they uijj liti- burab tomorrow and ask him Af he will nm for anny thing on their diet. llu-y mought allso consult mr. dot glass, the big banker, a whisking canpane against the pressent jddmiuist ration has benn started, ad everboddy will soon know that all ike members of our pressent congress hve liydry-phoby, watter on the knee, brainless fewer, and softening of the arteries. and possibly the 7-year chigprs. then they adjourned, yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. 1ISS JENNIE VEEVE SMITH PINCH HITS FOR MIKE CLARK I haw been asked by Mr. Mike fiark, KKD, to pinch-hit for him to J with his column, as others have lone for Mr. Winchell, aqd it is a ph a-ure to be of service to him. & got I it by a black widdow (spider) Rsterhav iind he is not able to hold a fcd pencil. fiat K'" k is rather quiet this week, ^ HnWini Moore and Art Square {U!lli" iUll up In the mountains on *caiiiptim trip. The public generally *>{*> i will remain away a loiig uffle (i:. s enjoy theirselves. The ^i'-s Aid did not meet last week, toe tu Mrs. Moore's absence. She is toe pr-.wi, ut, and Is fairly unsatisfactory. ^e hav?- no sickness at this writes* One case of infanteel paralysis ttke our miles south of here a few }s ago. and frightened a large numr of p,-opie, but Dr. Green diagnosthe ta>e promptly and found that .e 1 hil.i had stuck a riall in her ^ot- ami hrul failed to fumigate It to ^P our Mood poison, and it was 1101 that a tall. This writer. Miss Jennie Veevo r?'turned a few days ago from ^tr'P io l tab and Cuba and other st;,tes, and will give a lec'Pri,,,v night in the school house ^ 1 o tirand Cannon of Colorado and ; * i.eorge. It was indeed a -at trip a mi the bus drivers were genie nu-n of the old school, and r* otherwise considerate. lead* ' H,}< nnf* 8U*ts ar0 a'" hdit* ?t!! nnc^ one of lhe leading k, of town was seen last SunUP tvith the latest styles. ^ j uritef NIiss jennle yeeve gniith, ^SU&! le<1 the season with finery. : arRf Parishion black hat, her C!Jl:,,nw* s,ioes and hoses, and her ul la<e dress captivated the Rel * church congregation last Sun^ en she oozed down the isle I PK - - WATCH THE CHILD' HEADING raped by thu wronK k|n<t or n.|ul| Mo.t IMuiibKul ?ur??? ,ry lo urld ti>Bh Hnowii tu have ?iuyod ? i icl1 l rkU>K ?f "ba"y i Huth books do iheir harm by dullu young person's sensq Uf jUB. ,lty ttnU ^MUlu* him cruelty and dieEr.for uU llv,u? c~ Hut many books and magiuines not ~y UB thrl,U'r? bave much the Huinu ultimate eftaet. Hently a mother was surprised to IInd chZlr0t !T Ch,,<1'B b??kw ttu entlre chapter on how pet animals were abandoned, "gotten rid of," etc. wisely, ?he fed that volume to the kitchen range, before the child had read It. In another household, the fourteenhfll ?1(1 ?? enJoy^ reading hunting Htoiiea. j he parents had not barred the sporting magazines from the 11 Jrary table, but one evening the mother looked over her son's shoulder and discovered that he waa reading all about how to make a success of trap. I> ng, its profits, fascination, thrills etc. Censorship In that home since u*n has been thorough, not partial. I think sporting magazines are "poor stuff for even adults; and they may be devastating to boys in their teens. It has been shown many times that reading which teaches kindness to dumb animals encourages kindness in general; so it must be equally true that such reading matter as makes cruelty to the lower creatures seem unimportant or "smart" contributes to foundation for crime. Animals are so interesting to young people that your children are quite certain to want to read about them. And these stories and articles ary highly helpful in character formation, if wisely chosen. They are one of those inevitable modifiers of child life that may be either very helpful or very harmful. One way or another, your child is going to learn a lot about animals and man's treatment of them; and much experience has proved that the child s investigation should be guided by parental selection of the reading matter. Any city library contains many books on animals, books and magazines that will encourage the attitude which you wish your child to develop. And the library attendants are there to help any person find what is wanted. I nless you are definitely familiar with the books you desire, it is better to depend on the librarian s suggestions, after you explain just what kind of reading you want. If you live in the country or In a town too small for comprehensive library service, write a postal card to any of the large publishing houses in your nearest city. All you have to do is state what line of- reading you are interested in and ask for catalogs. No, that isn't all; examine for yourself any book intended for the child before he even sees it.?Lester Barncliff, in Our Dumb Animals, * DO YOU KNOW THAT During the 1934 drought the government bought 8,279,000 head of cattle and 3,608,7000 sheep. Ethiopians detest being called Abyssinians because Abyssinia means "mixed race" while Ethiopia means "burned by the sun." There are more than 4,000,000 lepers in the world today. Not all insects are destructive to plants, some preying upon the harmful insects. Since 1931 Brazil has destroyed 35,121,000. hags, ot caftee?to keen the surplus low. Ninety per cent of the farm homes in the United States ure without bathtubs; 30 per cent of the village homes and 10 per cent of the city homes also lack this "necessity." f-To prevent mildew of leather articles during the summer they must be kept in dry, well-lighted, well- ventilated places. Never use a stiff brush when washing linoleum. It destroys the luster. If cream is hard to whip, add a little lemon juice. To sweeten your fruit punches and frozen desserts try making a sirup by boiling sugar and water. Hams boil or bake more rapidly if the rind is left on. Only one murderer in every 100 in this country is executed. and sat down gracefully at the organ. Our mutual friend, Mr. Mike Clark, KFD, will bo with you again tomorrow. his hand remains swelled, but he thinks he will bo able to write his regular contribution. Mr. Clark is quite a favorite with this writer; she appreciates not only his kind expressions from day to da^, but the nice bags of candy and goobers and popcorn he genda our way might nigh every week. With notions of love, I remain? yores sincerely, fMiss) Jennie Vedre Smith, School Principal. ; 1 ' . The Golden Eagle At Close Range (My Norm a u (.lytic in Our Dumb Auimals) I ThrouKbout the wilder mountainous J region* of tliu Went the golden eagle in still occasionally seen. Whether I quietly soaring in the sky, sweeping along cliffs in graceful curves ami accuracy of an arrow, this bold and powerful bird la in perfect keeping with the setting of wild and rugged mountains in which it uuually dwells, in the Sierra Nevada of California, { especially uloug its lofty crest and the J precipitous gorge-furrowed escarpment of its eastern face in place* upwards of 10,000 feet in height, it is not infrequently seen at any season of the year. Kor hours ut a time it can sometimes be observed circling about the lofty peaks and darling back and forth along the front* of I sheer cliffs. When weary of such I aerial gymnastics, it may alight on I the summit of a high peak, especially of one terminating in a sharp pinnacle. I'pon surmounting one of these, perhaps the first time for human toot, the mountaineer may find it a favorite perching place of the golden eagle, and such it may have been for countI less ceuturies. I The golden eagle preys on a considerable variety of animal-life, the jack-rabbit and the marmot groundhog being among its favorite quurrles. In the high Sierra it probably lays a heavy toll on the Sierra hare, a large species usually heavier than a I Jack-rabbit, generally found ut elevations above 8,000 feet, even in mid1 winter. In snow roglons at least it has the bad habit of preying on the young of'the mountain sheep and goats. As a rule it swoops down up-1 on its prey from a considerable height, j Once, however, I saw a pair of them | repeatedly darting from an elevation! of only a few rods at a jack-rabbit j 1 which was making desperate efforts j I to reach patch of brush, efforts which, however, proved in vain. j its habit of alighting in the topmost pinnacles of lofty peaks has been the I occasion of several interesting ex- j periences to the writer. Once while j [-seated reclining against the cairn on the summit of Mt. Humphreys in the southern Sierra Nevada, an elevation of 13,1(72 feet above sea level, I suddenly heard a rushing sound. I'pon j turning my luvul, I saw an eagle i swooping down directly toward the cairn, but discovering mo, lie swerved slightly so as to sweep past almost within arm's length. After darting! downward for a few hundred foot U roue abruptly atid after gaining conBlderahle elevation, began to soar about In the sky hh if nothing had occurred. i j A few miles north of Mt. Humphreys. on the top of Mt. Wlncholl, 13,* 749 feet above sea-level, 1 had a si.ini* j lar experience. While reclining in a coign just below the cairn I heard j the same sort of sound coming from I beyond the monument. As 1 looked around I saw an eagle poise in the air for a fraction of a second about twenty-five feet away, and then whirl abruptly to one side of the mountain. Predator though he may be, we should not like to see this bold and picturesque bird disappear from the) Sierra Nevada and other mountain ranges of the West. With the pre-1 valence of long range rifles and of high voltage transmission lines which, on account of his wide spread of wing not infrequently bring him to grief when he chances to alight upon them, he is not likely to become sufficiently numerous to do any great damage, unless it be in localities where it is desired to give special protection to some form of life, such aR mountain sheep or goats. Campbell Breaks Own Speed Record Mnnnevllle suit Flat*. Utah, Sept. 3,j ?Sir Malcolm Campbell bettered his ^ own world's land speed for a measured mile today when he sent his llluebird roariok over the salt beds here in 11.83 seconds of an average ot 304 311 tulles an hour. It exceeded by nearly 28 miles an hour his old record of 27t>.Sltj made ut Duytona lieuch, Flu., last spring. The liluebird thundered over the smooth hard salt without bumping noticeably while thousands of spectators watched from vantage points. The time wus recorded by officials of the American Automobile Association Sir Malcolm propured to make the return dash over the' 13 tulle course immediately. A two way run Is necessary, with the time of both rims averaged to make the record official. The flying Englishman halted at the northeast end of the stralghtawuy with a Hut tire. It was estimated 45 minutes would elapse before he could make the return. A change of all tires was nucessury while mechanics checked over the 2,000 horsepower motor. - 1 . ; T -~33y Huge Projects May Not Get By Washington, Aug 2#.?Public Works Administrator ickes sunt laat night it would bo "very difficult" to got cor' tain typos of projects, Including the Santeo-Cooper project in South Carolina, cleared by the September 12 doallne. Ickes named four huge projects on which he said it would bo "very dtfflcult" to a-llot money under the regulations. These were the 1117,000,000 SanteoCooper power and navigation project in South Carolina; the $20,000,000 Ohio i'WA program; a $30,000,000 water-front development at St. Louis, and a $10,000,000 natural gas pipe line in Texas. Roth tlte Santee-Coopcr and the Ohio projects have been approved Informally by President Roosevelt, but suits to test the validity of security on PWA louns are pending itt tlte state courts. An election is set for September 10 on the St. Louis project and a special session of the Texas legislature is necessary to set up a formal authority to file applications for the Texas project. "It will be very difficult," Ickes said, "to get a certain type of projects going, although I don't think the deadline will have any worse effect on PWA than some other agencies. We are in a better shape than a lot of them." It appears that Hugh L. White, wealthy lumberman, is to be the next governor of Mississippi, as figures from the runoff primary indicate a good lead for him over Paul IT Johnston, who at first haul the support of Huey Long, who crossed the state line to dabble in the political aiffaiirs of Mississippi and tit on later announced that he was keeping out of the race. Death Toll In Storm Passes The 100 Mark The death toll In the tropical huri ricane that lushed the Florida keys waii reported to have punned the 100 mark lute lust night, while old Morgan liner Dixie continued to pound hard on nearby shoals. Const gourd officials at Miami were advised 75 war veterans in u Hock Harbor roadbutldiug camp perished in the raging wind at nearby Tavernier. Storm buttered refuges, braving swirling Hood waters, reached Miami with estimates that between 25 and 100 persons lost their lives in a vetmans' camp on upper Matecumbe key. llodies of three persons killed at Tavernier were recovered and a bus driver of Fort Myers, on the western coast of Florida, was killed when his machine overturned during a blinding ruin that accompanied the storm. Ilroken communication line's into the keys prevented immediate confirmation of the reports. Meanwhile the weather bureau ordered hurricane warnings hoisted from Tarpon Springs, north of Tampa, to Carrubelle on the north gulf coast and Haid the storm was approaching Tampa buy after crossing the southern tip of tile Florida mainland. Five rescue vessels were standing alongside the grounded liner Dixie hoping to be able to take off Its 272 passengers and crew members tomorrow morning, or as soon thereafter as the pounding seas subside sufficiently to permit such operations. The Dixie was said to be in no immediate danger although it was taking a steady beating by the heavy waves. A few of the passengers and crew were reported to have suffered minor bruises. A message from the liner shortly before midnight said the morals of the passengers was high. himhhhhhhhhbhhhhhhihhhhhhihhhhmhhhhbihhhhhhhbbihhhhhbhh^HHHHHHHHBHHIHHHHHBHHHHHBBHHHHBHHHHHHBHHHHM^ TTOBACCO I THE CAROUNAS RANK First in Production and Value of Crop Largest Markets in the World THE CAROUNAS RANK First in Manufacture Tobacco Products Largest j Factories in the World yALUR of the tobacco crop in the Carolina* is well over &100,000.000.00 each year. North Carolina ranks first among all the states in raising tobacco. Value of manufactured tobacco products | in the Carolina*?cigarettes, cigars, smoking j i and chewing tobaccos?is between $500,000,000 and three-quarters of a billion dollars annually. That's the Purpose of The Carolinas, Inc.?"TO TELL THE WORLD" 74 CAROLINAS [NC. The Carolina*, Inc. Box 60, Charlotte, N. C. Without obligation*, pirate tend full information ( concerning Carolina*, Inc., and copy of the Carolina: Opportunity Bulletin. , Street City I 1 1 ? ?? * - -fr *' - +- ? ... *\ . . * - * * .Tlx* nawtpapert of North and South Carotin* have donated the space for this and a series of advertisements which will appear for the purpose of bringing facts about the Carolines before their people, that they may be better informed as to the resources, history and industrial importance of the Carolines, and that they may know how they can assist in the broad movement to advertise to tbe world tbe advantages of this favored sect loss. a?Mi^msmnmJ ^ rj^)ip^agmt~rr sr ' t." .-It t ^