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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRIGUL TURE --
RALEIGH
Vo lume 32_-N_o.., 12. DECEMBER, 1911 . Whole Number 162. -
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
FARMERS' INSTITUTES
BY
T. B. PARKER
DIRECTOR OF FARMERS' INSTITUTES.
ALFALli'A F ll~ LD AND PECAN ORCHARD.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND SENT FREE TO CITIZENS ON APPLICATION.
Entered at the Post-office at Raleigh, N. C., as second-class matter,
F ebruary 7, 1901, under Act of March 6, 1900.
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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
W. A. GRAHAM, Commissioner, ex officio Chairman, Raleigh.
H. C. CARTER ....... . ....... . ... . . Fairfield .......... First District.
K. W. BARNES ........... .. ....... Lucama .................. . Second District.
R. L. WOODARD ...... .. .. . .. . ... . .. Pamlico . . . . .. . ..... . .. ... . Third District.
I. H. KEARNEY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklinton ..... . .. .. . ... . . Fourth District.
R. W. SCOTT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . ... Haw River. . .. Fifth District.
A. T. McCALLUM ................. . Red Springs ... . . .. ......... Sixth District.
J. P. McRAE ....... . . ............. Laurinburg ... ... .. . . . ... . . Seventh District.
Wlf,LIAM BLEDSOE ... ...... . . ...... Gale ...... . .. ... . ... . . JDigbth Distri ct.
W . .T. SHUFORD ...... . ... ... ....... Hickory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Ninth District.
A. CANNON . . ...... . . ... .. .. . . .... Horse Shoe .. . ... ........... T enth Distr ict.
OFFICERS AND STAFF.
W. A. GRAHAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . Commissioner.
ELIAS CARR .... .. ........... . . . .. ... Secretary and Purchasing Agent.
MISS B. W. PESCUD ..... . ........... .. . ..... . ... . . . ..... Bookkeeper.
D. G. CONN ......... . .. ... . . .............. . .. .. .. .. . .. Bulle.tin Clerk.
B. W. KILGORE . . .... . ..... . ...... State Chemist, Director Test Farms.
J. !If. PICKEL ........... .. .. ... ... ...... .. . · ......... Assistant Chemist.
W. G. HAYWOOD .... . ..... . .. ............ .... ...... Fertilizer Chemist.
G. i'II. li1ACNIDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . rreed Chemist and Microscopist.
L. L. BRINKLEY . .... .. ..... . ............ . .......... Assistant Chemist.
E. L. WOR'THEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Soil Investigations.
*W. E. HEARN ... . ......... ..... . . ......... .. . . .. .. .. .... . Soil Survey.
W. H. STROWD ...... . ... . . . . .... , . ... . .... . , . ..... Assistant Chemist.
J . Q. J ACKSON .... . .. .. . .. .. . . .......... ... ... . .... Assistant Chemist.
E. W. THORNTON ..... . .. . ..... . .. · .. . .... . . , . . . .. Assistant Chemist.
HUBERT HILL ....... , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Assistant Chemist.
J . K. PLU)IMER . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Assistant Chemist.
J. F. HATCH...... . ..... ...... . . . . . . . . . . ... .. .... Clerk.
F. S. PuCKE1.'T . .. . . . .. . . ...... Assistant to Director Test Farms.
H. H. BRIMLEY . ...................... . ..... . . . . Curator of Museum.
T. W. AD ICKES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... Assistant Curator.
-FRANKLIN SHERMAN, J R... . .. . . . ...... . . . . . ...... Entomologist.
Z. P. ME'l'CALIJ' . . . . .......... . ... ...... .. . ... . . Assistant Entomologist.
S. C. CLAPP ..... . .. ....... . . . .. Assistant Entomologist in Field Work.
W. G. CHRISMAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... Veterinarian.
E. P. WOOD . .. . .. . . . .. . ... . . ... . . .. ....... . .. .'Assistant Veterinarian.
B. B. FLOWE ....... . .. . . .. ... . ... .. . .... Second Assistant Veterinarian.
W. H. EATON..... . .. ....... . ......... ... . . .......... . . Dairyman.
L. A. HIGGINS . . ... .. . . ... .. .................. . .. Assistant Dairyman.
R. W. GRAEBEH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Assistant Dairyman.
W. N. HUTT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... Horticulturist.
S. B. SHAw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... Assistant Horticulturist.
0. !II. CLARK . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . .. Second Assistant Horticulturist.
T. B. PARKER ..... . Director of Farmers' Institutes and Demonstration.
T. J . W. Bnooam ............... .. . . .......... Assistant Demonstrator.
J. M. GRAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Assistant Demonstrator.
W. M. ALLEN .... . ... . . . . . .. . ... . .. . . : .......... Pure Food Chemist. 1"· A. SMI'TH. , . . .......... : . , . . . . Assistant Pure Food-Chemist .
. . . . . . Assistant P ure Food Chemist.
MISS 0. I. TILLMAN .... .. .... .
MISS SUSAN D. ALLEN ....... . ..... .
.T. L. BURGESS ............ . . . ... . .
G. M. GARREN . ... ... ... ' . .. . ' . .... • .
T. F. PARKER.
ELDEN BAYLEY ......... , .... •...... .
. ........ . .. . ........ Botanist.
. ...... Assistant to Botanist .
. . . . ....... . . . .. Agronomist.
. . .. ...... Assistant Agronomist .
. . Second Assistant Agronomist.
. .. Third Assistan t Agronomist.
R. W. ScoTT, .JR ., Assistant Director, Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C.
F. T. MEACHAM, Assista nt Director, Iredell Test F arm, Statesville, N. C.
J OHN H. JEh'FERIES, Assistant Director, Pender Test F a rm, Willard, N. C.
R. W. COLLETT, Assistant Director, Transylvan ia and Buncombe Test F arms,
Swannanoa, N. C.
*Assigned by the Bureau of Soils, United Stat0s Department of Agricultme.
Martha lllakenl'y Hodges
SPF.CIAt.COI .U :CrtONS & UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
W .U .Til ll CLI N TON jA CICSON ltBilAIIY
T HE UNtV EWSJTY Of N o a-rH CA.&OLI NA AT GttEENSBO ito
HoME EcoNOMics PAMPHLETS CoLLECTION
·RALEIGH, November 15, 1911.
SIR :-I herewith hand you my report of the Fanners' and Women's
Institutes for the current year, and recommend the same for the Decem­ber
BuL'LETIK.
Respectfully submitted,
T. B. PARKER,
State DirectOT Farm ers' Institui:es.
To HoN. W. A. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Ag1-icultu1'e.
Top row: S. B. Shaw.
FARMERS' lNSTITU1'E LECTURERS.
Second row: W. G. Chrisma n, '!'. F. Parker, A. L. French, 0. M. Clark, C. W. Mason.
Third row: Elias Carr, E . S. Millsaps, J. P . Kerr, T . E . Browne, C. L . Newman. J. M. Gray. .
Bottom row : T. B. Parlter, Director; T. J . W. Broome, C. R. Hudson, W . N. Hutt. S. B. Heiges, Conductor;
F. L. Stevens . .,_.. ..
• \VOMEN'S INSTITUTE LECTURERS.
Top row: Miss Hopper, Miss Parker, Miss Jamison, Mrs. Calvin, Conductor;
Mrs. Orr.
Second row: Mrs. Bird, Miss Ward, Mrs .. Hudson.
Bottom row: Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Hutt, Miss Webb.
HORSE EXHIBIT AT FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
Regular Farmers' Institutes for Men ____ _____ 227
Regular Institutes for Women _______________ _ 222
Map Showing Location of Farmers' Institutes for Men and Women Held Under the Auspices of the State Board of Agriculture in 1911.
T. B. PARKER, Director of Farmers' Institutes .
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1.. .. REPORT OF FARMERS' INSTITUTE WORK, 191 '1.
BY T. B. PARKER, DmECTOR.
DuriRg the Institute year, from December 1, 1910, to December 1,
1911, there have been held 471 institutes under the direction of the
State Department of Agriculture. Of this number 227 were regular
Farmers' Institutes for men; 222 institutes for women; 15 Orchard
Demonstration Institutes; 6 Dairy Short Course Institutes, and 1 three­day
Round7up Institute or Farmers' Convention. During the year insti­tutes
were held in 97 of the 100 counties in the State, Avery, Carteret,
and Dare not having institutes this year.
The attendance at the various institutes and sessions was:
At men's meetings .... . ... . . . ................ .
At women's meetings . .... . . . ................ .
At joint session ............... . . . ... . ....... .
At dairy short course ( 25 sessions) ..... ... .... .
At orchard demonstration .... .. .............. .
At special institutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
At Farmers' Convention .... . ......... .. ..... .
33,764
16,973
6,689
3,482
387
1,873
1,350
Total attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64,518
The following table illustrates the growth of institutes in the State:
1898- 28 institutes in 27 counties.
1903- 17 institutes in 16 counties.
1904- 58 institutes in 58 counties.
1905- 79 institutes in 76 counties.
1906-136 institutes in 91 counties.
1907-169 institutes in 93 counties.
1908-234 institutes in 95 counties.
1909-247 institutes in 93 counties.
1910-392 institutes in 96 counties.
1911-471 institutes in 97 counties.
In addition to the above, there have been held two institutes for the
negroes, several tobacco farmers' meetings, also Boys' Corn Club meet­ings.
Each year's interest in the work increases, as is shown by the
increased attendance of farmers and their families.
In the work we have been ably assisted by ministers, school teachers,
and physicians living in the rural districts, as well as the newspapers of
the'State. The editors have given unstinted notices of the meetings and
advised their farmer readers to attend them.
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Premiums of $1 were offered for the best five ears of corn, best loaf
of bread, and best pair of pure-bred pigs exhibited at each institute.
These premiums stimulated interest so much that at some institutes
there were entries in each class; and it was rare to hold an institute
where no entry was made for one or more of the premiums offered.
There were more entries for the best loaf of bread than for the best
five ears of corn or for the best pair of pigs.
This is the third year we have been offering premiums for the best
loaf of bread, and our women institute workers who have judged the
bread during these three years found a very decided improvement in
the bread exhibited this year over that first exhibited. We propose
continuing the premiums, and look forward for still better results.
FARMERS' INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
July 25 Alamance ____ - ~ Mebane ____ ____________ Newman, Parker, T. B., Parker, T. F ..
Jeffrey.
July 26 Alamance _____ Elon College ___ ____ - -- -_ Newman, Parker, T. F ., J effrey.
Aug. 23 Alamance ___ __ Friendship __ ___ _______ __ Shaw, Dr. Flowe, Gray.
Aug. 16 Alexander ___ __ Taylorsville _______ _____ Sherman, Parker, T. F., Millsaps.
Aug. 12 I Alleghany __ ___ Sparta ___ ___ ---- __ - ---- Gray, Chrisman, Shaw.
Aug. 2 Anson ___ c _____
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Morven __ ____ ___ ____ __ _ Broome, Worthen, Rober t s.
Aug. 2 Anson __ ______ _ Polkton ___ _____ ____ ---_ Broome, Worthen, Roberts.
Aug. 11 Ashe __ __ __ ____ Jefferson ____ __ _____ - --_ Gray, Chrisman, Shaw.
Jan. 14 Beaufort ___ ___ Washington ___ ____ -- ___ Hutt, Garren, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 13 Beaufort __ ___ _ I Aurora _____ ______ _ - - - - - Hutt, Garren, Parker. T. F.
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Beaufort ___ ___ Pantego ______ ____ __ ___ _ Hutt, Garren.
Feb. 4 Bertie __ _____ _ - I Windsor_ ___ _______ _____ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Jan. 16 Bladen ____ ____ Tar HeeL ___ - - - - -- - -- - _ Sherman, Broome, Worthen .
Jan. 18 I Bladen ____ __ __ CounciL __ __ _______ _____ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 24 Brunswick __ ___ Ash __ __ _____ ____ _____ __
Sherman, Broome. Parker, T. F.
Jan. 25 Brunswick ____ Shallotte _______________ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F .
Jan. 26 Brunswick ____ Supply ______ _____ ------ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 27 Brunswick ____ Bolivia ____ ________ ----- Sherman, Broome, Parker. T. F.
July 27 Buncombe ____ Swannanoa ___ _________ _ Hutt, Garren, Holmes.
July 28 Buncombe _ ___ Leicester ___ __ ___ - __ ____ Hut t , Garren, Holmes.
July 29 Buncombe _ ___ Weaverville _____________ Hutt, Garren, Holmes.
Aug. 17 Burke ____ _____ Glen Alpine ___ ______ ____ Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey, Miller .
Aug. 18 Burke _____ ____ Connell y Springs ___ _____ Newma n, J effrey, Miller.
Aug. Cabarrus _____ _ Concord __ _________ _____ Stevens, Millsaps, Kerr.
Aug. 2 Cabarrus __ ____ Mount Pleasant_ ________ Stevens, Millsaps, Kerr, Parker, T. B.
Aug. 3 Cabarrus ______ Harrisburg ______ ___ ____ Stevens, Millsaps, Kerr, Parker, T . B.
Aug. 5 I CaldwelL ____ __ Granite Falls ____ ____ ____ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
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FARMERS' !NSTI'l'UTES, 1911.
Date. I County. 1- Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
·' ~I CaldwelL _____ Oak HiiL- --------- ----1 Chrisman, Shaw, Gray,
Aug. 8 CaldwelL _____ Lenoir _________________ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
.Jan. 28 Camden __ _____ Camden Courthouse ___ ___ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillm.an.
Aug. 2 CaswelL _______ Leasburg ___ _________ ___ Sherman, Moss, Hendricks.
Aug. 3 CaswelL ___ ____ Yanceyville ___ __ ... _ . ___ Sherman, Moss, Hendricks.
Aug. 3 Catawba _______ Sherrill's Ford ___ ____ ___ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
Catawba ______ I Aug. 4 Dr. Foard's Store _______ [ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
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Aug. 12 Catawba ______ Newton __ ______________ Sherman, Parker, T. F., Millsa ps.
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Aug. 19 Catawba ______ Hickory __ ______________ Newman, Jeffrey, Miller. ..
July 27 Chatham ______ Pittsboro ______________ Broome, Worthen, Roberts.
Aug. Chatham ______ I Goldston. ____________ . _ Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey.
Aug. 2 Chatham ______ Siler City ___ ___________ _ Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey .
Aug. 5 Cherokee ______ Murphy __ __ ___ _________ Garren, Clark, Holmes.
Aug. 8 Cherokee ______ Andrews _________ ___ ___ Garren, Clark, French, Holmes.
Jan. 25 Chowan ___ ___ -I Edenton __ __ ____ ____ ___ Hut!, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Aug. 4 Clay __________ Ogden ____ : __ __________ Garren, Clark, Holmes.
Aug. 7 Clay _____ ___ __ I Hayesville ___ _____ _____ I Garren, Clark, French, Holmes.
July 29 Cleveland ____ - ~ Casar _____ _____________ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
Aug. 14 Cleveland ____ __ Shelby ___ ___________ __ _ Broome, Roberts, Miller.
Jan. 20 Columbus _____
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Chadbourn _______ ___ ___ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 21 Columbus _____ Mount Tabor_ __________ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
. Jan. 23 Columbus _____ Old Dock _______ _____ ___ Sherman, Broome, Parl<er, T. F .
Feb. Craven ________ New Bern ____________ __ Parker, T. B., Shaw, Conover.
Feb. 2 Cumberland ___ Fayett-eville ___ ____ ___ ___ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Feb. 3 Cumberland ___ Wade _____ --_--.-- __ --- Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 27 Currituck _____ Currituck Courthouse ____ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
July 27 Davidson _____ Wallburg ________ ___ ___ Stevens, Millsaps, Kerr.
July 28 Davidson _____ Enterprise _____________ Stevens, Millsaps, Kerr.
July 29 Davidson _ ____ Reeds ____ _____ _________ Stevens, Millsaps, Kerr.
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Davidson _ ____ Thomasville ____________ Sherman, Millsaps, Major Graham .
" Aug. 24 1 Davidson _ ---_[ Denton ____ ___ " _____ _ -- Sherman, Millsaps.
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Aug. 25 Davidson ______ Holly Grove __ . _________ Sherman, Millsaps.
Aug. 8 Davie ____ - --- Mocksville ____ _________ _ Newman, Parker, 'f. F., Jeffre>··
Jan. 18 Duplin ________ Faison _____ _____ ____ ___ I Burgess, Shaw, Gray. • ~
Jan. 20 Duplin ________ Kenansville ______ ------_ Burgess, Shaw, Dr. Chrisman.
July 31 Durham _____ _ Durham ___ __ ----.- -- __ Sherman, Moss, Hendricks.
Feb. 3 Edgecombe ____ Conetoe __ _ --------_---- Parker, T. B., Clark, Gray.
Feb. 6 Edgecombe ___ _ Whitakers _ . ___________ I Parker, T. B., Clark, Gray.
Sept. 19 Edgecombe ____ Test Farm _ ___ ___ ____ __ Parker, T. B., Kilgore, Sherman.
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FARMERS' INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
Sept. 20 Edgecombe ____ Leggett ________________ Parker, T. B., Kilgore, Sherman.
Aug. 5 Forsyth ____ --_ Kernersville ____________ Newman, Parker, T . F., Jeffrey.
Aug. 6 Forsyth_ - ---- - Clemmons ______________ Newman, Parker, T. F ., Jeffrey.
Aug. 11 Forsyth _______ J Winston-Salem _________ Sherman, Parker, T. B., Parker, T. F.,
Ross.
Aug. 17 Forsyth _______ Rural HalL. __ __________ Shaw, Dr. Flowe, Gray.
Feb. 7 Franklin __ -·--- Louisburg __ __ __ ________ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Feb. 8 Franklin __ ____ Franklinton ____________ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 31 Gates ________ -I Gatesville ______________ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Aug. 12 Gaston _______ Cherryville __________ ___ Broome, Roberts, Miller.
Aug. 25 Gaston ___ , ___ Gastonia _______________ Garren, Clark, French.
Aug. 26 Gaston _______ Belmont_ _____ · _________ Garren, Clark, French.
Aug. 0 Graham _______ Robbinsville ____________ Garren, Clark; French.
Feb. 9 Granville ______ ~ Oxford __ -.- ____________ -I Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Feb. 10 Granville_---_- Creedmoor_ _____________ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 24 Greene ________ Snow Hill ____________ __I Burgess, Shaw, McClane.
July 27 Guilford ______
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McLeansburg ___________ Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey.
July 28 Guilford ___ ---_ Battleground ___________
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Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey.
July 29 Guilford _______ Jamestown _____________ Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey.
Aug. 4 Guilford _______ Pleasant Garden ________ Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey.
Jan. 9 Halifax __ -·- ___ Halifax ________________ Hutt., Garren, Parker, T. B., Parker,
T. F.
Jan. 10 Halifax _______ Scot land Neck __________ Hutt, Garren, Parker, T. F.
Jan. 9 Harnett_ ______ Lillington _________ -- ___ Sherman, Broome, Worthen.
Oct. 5 Harnett_ ______ Leaflet _________________ Broome, Gray.
Aug, 3 Haywood ______ Canton ________________ Garren, Hutt, Holmes.
Aug, 16 Haywood ______ Waynesville ____________ Garren, Clark, French.
Aug. 17 Haywood _____ Crabtree ______________ -I Garren, Clark, French.
Aug, 18 Haywood ______ Bethel _____ ________ ____ Garren, Clark, French.
Aug, 19 Haywood ______ Cruso ______ ____________ Garren, Clark, Frencb.
Aug. 21 Henderson ____ Fletcher_ __ __ ___________ Garren, Clark, French.
May 23 Henderson ____ Dana ______ ________ ____ Gray.
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Feb. Hertford ______ Winton __ ______________ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Feb. 4 Hertford ______ Ahoskie ____ ____________ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Jan . 17 Hyde _________ Swan Quarter_ __ ------ - - Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Jan. 18 Hyde _________ Middletown _______ - __ --- Snowstorm.
Jan. 19 Hyde ______ --- Fairfield ____ ____ ------- - No institute held.
Jan. 20 Hyde_-- - - -- -- Sladesville ______________ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Aug. 11 Iredell ________ Mooresville ____ - -- ------~ Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey.
Aug. 14 IredelL _______ Cool Springs ____________ Sherman, Millsaps, Parker, T . F.
Aug. 15 IredelL ___ ____ Eupeptic Springs ________ Sherman, Millsaps, Parker, T. F.
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FARMERS' INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
·' Aug. 16 IredelL _______ Statesville ______________ Newman, Parker, T. P., Jeffrey.
Aug. 15- Jackson _______ Sylva __________________ Garreq, Clarlc, French, Holmes.
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Jan. 16 Johnston ______ Smithfield ______________ Parker, T. B., Shaw, Gray. McClane.
Sept. 21 Johnston ______ Price School house _______ Parker, T. B., Broome.
~ Jan. 27 Jones _________ Trenton ________________ Burgess, Shaw, Chrisman.
Jan. 30 Jones ______ -- - Pollocksville ____________ Parl;cer, T. B., Shaw, Chrisman.
July 31 Lee ___________ Lee Courthouse _________ Newman, Parker, T. P ., Jeffrey.
Jan. 25 Lenoir ________ Kinston . _______________ Burgess, Shaw, Chrisman.
Aug. 7 Lincoln _______ Iron Station ____________ Broome, Parker, T. B., Roberts.
July 31 Lincoln _______ Reepsville __________ ____ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
Aug. Lincoln ____ ___ Lowesville ______________ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
Aug. 2 Lincoln __ . ____ Denver ________________ Chrisman, Shaw, Gray .
Aug. 11 Lincoln ____ ___ Lincolnton_· ___________ -[ Broome, Roberts.
Aug. 12 Macon __ ------ Otto ______ ---- __ ------- Garren, Clark, Prench, Holmes.
Aug. 14 Macon ________ Pranklin _______________
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Garren, Clark, Prench. Holmes.
July 31 Madison _______ Mars HilL _____________ Garren, Hutt, Holmes.
Aug. Madison ______ _ MarshalL ___________ c __ Garren, Hutt. Holmes.
Aug. 2 Madison _____ - ~ Spring Creek ___________ Garren, Hutt, Holmes.
Peb. 7 Martin _______ _ Williamston ___ ________ _I Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Feb. 8 Martin ________ Robersonville. __________ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Aug. 17 McDowell ____ -I Marion _________________ Broome, Parker, T. B., Parker, T. P.,
Roberts.
Au.g. 4 Mecklenburg __ Observer _______________ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 5 Mecl<lenburg __ - ~ Wilson Grove ___________ ! Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 7 Mecklenburg __ Cochran Academy _______ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 8 Mecklenburg __ Providence _____________ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 9 Mecklenburg __ Paw Creek __________ ___ Broome, Parker, T. B., Roberts.
Aug. 12 Mecklenburg __ Newells _______________ _ Newman, Parker, T. P., Jeffrey.
AUg. 14 Mecklenburg __ Ebenezer ______________ - ~ Newman. Parker, T. P., Jeffrey.
Aug. 15 Mecklenburg __ ~-Iuntersville ____________ Newman, Parker, T. P., Jeffrey.
Aug. 18 MitchelL ______ Spruce Pine __________ __ Broome, Parker, T. B., Parker, T. F.
,, Aug. 19 MitchelL __ ___ _ Bakersville __ __ ________ -I Broome, Parker, T. B., Parker, T. F. - Aug. 15 Montgomery ___ Mount Gi lead ___________ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 16 Montgomery ___ Troy _ ___ __________ ____ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 17 Montgomery ___ Star _______ __ __ ________ Stevens, Browne, Kerr. ., July 28 Moore _____ ____ Cameron _____ __________ Broome, Worthen, Roberts.
July 29 Moore _____ ____ Aberdeen ______________ _ Broome, Worthen, Roberts.
Aug. 18 Moore _________ Elise __________________ _ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 19 Moore _________ West End ______ __ ___ ___ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 22 Moore ____ -- ___ Carthage __ ------ ------ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
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FARMERS' INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
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Feb. 4 Nash _________ Nashville _______________ Shaw, Broome, Gray.
Sept. 18 Nash ________ __ Staqhope ______________ Parker, T. B., Broome, Sherman.
Jan . 19 New Hanover_ _ Castle Hayne ___ _______ _ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Feb. 2 Northampton __ Rich Square _________ ___ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Feb. 7 Northampton __ Jackson ______ ___ __ ____ _ Parker, T. B., Gray, Clark.
Jan. 26 Onslow _______ Richlands ________ ______ Burgess, Shaw, McClane.
Jan. 28 Onslow _ __ ____ Jacksonville ____ ___ _____ Parker, T. B., Shaw, McHenry.
Aug. 24 Orange ______ __ Hillsboro __ ______ _______ Shaw, Flowe, Gray.
Jan. 31 Pamlico ____ ___ Bayboro _____ _______ ___ Parker, T. B., Shaw.
Jan. 30 Pasquotank ___ Elizabeth City _____ ____ _ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Jan. 28 Pender_ _______ Burgaw __ ______________ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T . F.
Jan. 30 ' Pender_ ____ ___ Atkinson ______ _________ Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Aug. '1 Person ___ _____ Roxboro __ __ ___ _______ _ Sherman, Hendricks.
Jan . 26 Perquimans ____ Hertford _____ __________ Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Jan . 11 Pitt_ _________ Farmville ___ ___ __ _______ Parker,
T. F.
T. B., •Hutt, Garren, Parker,
Jan. 12 Pitt_ __________ Grimesland _____________ Hutt, Garren, Parker, T. F.
Aug. 24 Polk __________
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Columbus ________ ____ __ Garren, Clark, French.
Aug. 18 Randolph _____ Trinity ___ _________ __ ___ Sherman, Millsaps.
Aug. 19 Randolph ____ _ Randleman __ ___________ Sherman, Millsaps.
Aug, 21 Randolph ____ . Ramseur ______________ _ Sherman, Millsaps.
Aug. 22 Randolph ___ __ Asheboro _______________
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Sherman, Millsaps.
Aug. 23 Randolph _____ Farmer _____________ __ _ Sherman, Millsaps.
Aug. 3 Randolph ____ _ Liberty ____________ ___ - Newman, Parker, T. F., Jeffrey.
July 31 Richmond _____ Hoffman __ _____________ Broome, Worthen, Roberts.
Aug. 1 Richmond _____ Rockingham __ __ ________ Broome, Worthen, Roberts.
Jan. 11 Robeson ____ __ Parkton _______ ___ __ ___ Sherman, Broome, Worthen.
Jan . 12 Robeson ____ __ Rowland _____ _______ ___ Sherman, Broome, Worthen.
Jan. 13 Robeson ______ Pembroke _________ __ ___ Sherman, Broome, Worthen.
Jan. 17 Robeson ___ ___ Lumberton ___ __ ___ ____ -1 Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Aug. 4 Rockingham __ _ Apple Schoolhouse _______ Sherman, Hendricks, Moss.
Aug. 5 Rockingham ___ Ruffin __________________ Sherman, Hendricks, Moss.
Aug. 7 Rockingham __ _ Bethel Church __________ Sherman, Hendricks, Moss.
Aug. 8 Rockingham ___ Sylvania Schoolhouse ____ Sherman, Hendricks.
July 31 Rowan ________ China Grove ____ ___ __ ___ Stevens, Millsaps, Kerr.
Aug. 9 Rowan _______ _ Wood leaL ______ ___ _____ Newman, Parker, T. F. , J effrey.
Aug. 0 Rowan ________ Salisbury _____ _____ _____ Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 10 Rowan _____ -- - Mount Ulla _____ _______ _ Newman, Parker, T. F., J effrey.
Aug. 10 Rowan ________ RockwelL _____________ -1 Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Aug. 15 Rut.herford ____ Ellenboro ____ _____ _____ Broom~. Roberts, Miller .
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FARMERS' INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location.
-~---- -
Aug. 16 Rutherford ____ Rutherfordton ___ __ ____ _
Jan. 19 Sampson ____ __ Clinton ... _. __ ._. ___ ._._
Jan. 31 Sampson ______ Garland ___________ . ___ .
Feb. Sampson ______ Roseboro __ _ .. __________
Jan. 14 Scotland ____ . _ Laurinburg .... _ .. _ . . ___
Aug. 11 Stanly _ •. _____ Richfield ..... __ ... _ .. . _
Aug. 12 Stanly ______ __ Albemarle. ___ __ _ .. _____
Aug. 14 Stanly ______ __ Norwood ____ . ... _ . .... _
Aug. 9 Stokes ________ Danbury ___________ ____
Aug. 10 Stokes _____ __ _ Walnut Cove ___________
Aug. 14 Surry ______ ___ Dobson __ ___ __________ _
Aug. 15 Surry .. _______ Mount Airy __ . __________
Aug. 16 Surry .. __ . ___ . Pilot Mountain ___ ___ . __
Aug. 19 Surry_ . .. _____ Elkin._ .... _ .. _ .. _ . . ...
Aug. 22 Surry ___ ____ __ Siloam ___ ... ____ . . __ ...
Aug. 10 Swain _____ . __ Bryson City ____ ._ .. . ___
Aug. 22 Transylvania -- Brevard ___ ____________
Jan. 23 TyrrelL . ... .. _ Columbia __ .. __________
Aug. 4 Union . .. ___ . __ Marshville. _ ... __ .. _ ... _
Aug . . o; Union ________ Waxhaw _ ... _____ _ .. __ .
Aug. 7 Union _________ Monroe __ _ . ____ . . _ ... _.
Aug. 8 Union __ ______ Indian TraiL __ _ . _ . ____ _
Feb. 10 Vance ____ . ____ Middleburg _. ___________
Feb. 11 Vance _________ Bear Pound Schoolhouse_
Aug. 29- Wake . - -- -- ~-- West Raleigh _._ . . . ____ .
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Feb. 9 Warren._. ____ Warrenton __ .-.-- ___ . __ .
Feb . 6 Washington ___ Plymouth ____ . ___ • __ • __
Jan . 24 Washington .. __ CreswelL .. ____________ .
Jan. ~1 Washington .. _. Mackey's Ferry .... ____ .
Aug. 9 Watauga _. __ _ . Boone _ __ __ --- ---- . ____
Jan. 17 Wayne_ .... ___ Falling Creek __ ________ _
Jan . 23 Wayne_ ... ____ Hood's Swamp. ________ .
Aug. 21 Wilkes ....... _ Wilkesboro ___________ __
Feb. 2 Wilson_ .....•. Wilson •. _ ..... .. .......
Aug. 18 Yadkin __ • ____ Yadkinville._ ... ________
Aug. 21 Yancey ____ ... Burnsville __ . _ .... ___ . ..
Lecturers Supplied by the State.
Broome, Roberts, Miller.
Burgess, Shaw, Conover.
Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Sherman, Broome, Parker, T. F.
Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Stevens, Browne, Kerr.
Sherman, Hendricks.
Sherman, Hendricks.
Chrisman, Shaw, Gray, Cunningham.
Chrisman, Shaw, Gray, Cunningham.
Shaw, Gray, Flowe, Cunningham.
Shaw, Gray, Flowe, Cunningham.
Shaw, Gray, Flowe, Cunningham.
Garren, Clark, French, Holmes.
Garren, Clark, French.
Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Broome, Parker, T. B., Worthen, Rob­erts.
Broome, Parker, T . B., Worthen, Rob­erts.
Broome, Parker, T. B., Worthen, Rob­erts.
Broome, Parker, T. B., Worthen, Rob-erts.
Parker, T . B., Gray, Clark.
Parker, T. B., Gray, Clark.
Round-up Institute.
Parker, T . B., Gray, Clark .
Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillman.
Hutt, Garren, Miss Tillma n.
Hutt, Garren. Miss Tillman.
Chrisman, Shaw, Gray.
Parker, T. B., Shaw, Gray, McClane.
Parker, T . B., Shaw, McLane.
Shaw, Gray, Flowe, Cunningham.
Shaw, Gray, Moss, McHenry.
Shaw, Gray, Flowe, Cunningham.
Broome, Parker, T. B., Parker, T. F.
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LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
INSTITUTE LECTURERS, MEN.
T. J. W. BROOME----------------------- 50
State Department of Agriculture ..
J. L. BuRGEss __________________________ 12
Agronomist, State Department of Agri­culture.
T. E. BROWNE---------------·-------- - 16
Farmer.
D!t. W. G. CHRISMAN-- ------------- ----- 19
State Veterinarian.
0. M. CLARK _____ _____ ---.- __ ---- ___ ---- 25
AHsistant Horticulturist .
SUBJECTS.
Soil Improvement, Corn and Cotton Culture .
Winter Cover Crops.
Relation of Crop Varieties to Soil Types.
Seed Selection.
Green Manuring,
Peanut Culture.
Corn Culture.
Soil Improvement.
Live Stock on the Farm.
Contagious Diseases of Live Stock and How
to Treat Them.
The Vegetable Garden.
Orcharding.
Truck Farming.
w. H. EAT0:-1_---- --------- - ----- - -----
Dairy Expert.
8 Dairying.
Home Butter Making.
Da. B. B. FLowE.---------------------- 15 Diseases of Live Stock.
Assistant Veterinarian. The Care of Live Stock.
A. L. FRENCH-------------- -- -- - ------- 18 Live Stock for North Carolina.
Farmer. Soil Improvement.
Seed Selection.
Cl. M. GA.RRE!\' _________________ ______ ___ 53 Soil Improvement.
Assistant. Agronomist. Corn Culture.
.T. M. GHAY ___________________________ _
Assistant Demonstrator.
M .. J. HENDRICKS----- --- __ ------- ----- - 8
\V. N. HuTT ___________________ ___ _____ 34
State Horticulturist.
J. P. KERR_--- ------_------ ______ ----_ 23
Poultryman and Farmer.
. J. S. JEF>'REY _ - - - - ------- - -- -- --- --- --- 23
Poultryman, North Carolina Experiment
Station.
Wheat Culture.
Soil Improvement .
Corn Culture.
The Advantages of Live Stock on the Farm.
Wheat Growing.
Corn Culture.
Orchard Management.
Commercial Apple Growing.
Pecan Culture.
Small Fruits.
Poultry Management.
Egg Production.
Farm Poultry .
Farm Butter Making.
B. W. KILGORE______________________ ___ 4 Commercial Fertilizers and Their Economical
State Chemist. Uses.
GEORGE P. MrLLER__ ________________ ___ 8 Orchard Management.
Farmer and Orchardist. Soil Improvement.
E. S. MtLLSAPS_ _ _ ___ _ _ ____ ___ 19 Corn Culture.
Farmer· Demonstrator. Cotton Culture.
Soil Improvement.
E . W. i\Io'ss--- - ------------------------ 4 Tobacco Culture.
Tobacco Expert.
C. L. NEWMAN- - _- - - ___ --- - -- __ ~ __ -_ 23
Professor of Agriculture, Agricultural
and Mechanical College.
Soil Improvement.
Cotton Breeding.
Commercial Fertilizers.
Cowpeas.
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LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
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INSTITUTE LECTURERS, MEN. tl"' SUBJECTS.
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T. B. PARKER-------------------------- 36 Commercial Fertilizers.
Director of Farmers' Institutes and Farm Corn and Cotton Culture.
Demonstration, North Carolina De- Soil Improvement.
partment of Agriculture. Alfalfa.
1'. FRANK PARKER .. -------------------- 50 Live Stock on the Farm.
Assistant Agronomist. Home-mixert Fertilizers.
Soil Improvement.
Care and Feeding of Farm Work Stock.
Diseases of Live Stocl<.
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Dn . G. A. RoBERTS--------------------- 20
Veterinarian, Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Types of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Hogs.
s. B. SHAW ___ _________________________ 48
Assistant Horticultmist, State Depart-ment
of Agriculture.
FRANKLIN SHERMAN. JR.- --------------- 52
Entomologist, State Department of Agri­culture.
DR. F. L. STEYENS.----- - ------- --: _____ 23
Professor of Botany and Plant Diseases,
N ortb Carolina College of Agriculture.
MISS 0. I. TILLMAN.-------------------- 21
Botanist.
The Farm Vegetable Garden.
Suggestions in Fruit Growing.
Production and Preservation of Home Food
Supplies.
Insect Pests and How to Combat Them.
Selection of Seed Corn.
Suggestions for the Improvement of Farm
Homes.
Improved Farm Methods as Preventive of
Insect Pests.
Plant Diseases and Spraying.
Some Preventable Human Diseases.
The Adulteration of Farm Seeds.
Testing Seeds.
DR. E. P. Wooo______________ __________ 3 Diseases of Live Stock.
Assistant Veterinarian.
E. L. WoRTHEN________________________ 15 Tbe Economical Usc of Commercial Fertil i-
Soi l Investigator. zers.
Fertilizers in Their Relat ion to Permanent
Roil Improvement.
COUNTY AND LOCAL MEN'S ORGANIZATIONS.
There are Farmers' I nstitute committees in all tlre counties in which
institutes are held. The duties of the members of the committees are
to suggest places for the institutes, suggest topics for discussion, adver­tise
the meetings, look after the comfort of those attending the insti­tutes,
etc. A live chairman assisted with a live committee generally
have well-attended institutes.
Farmers' clubs, local Farmer s' Alliances and local Farmer s' Unions
can greatly help the institutes by cooperating with the committees and
with the conductor of the institutes. I shall be very glad to have the
cooperation of all such organizations.
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CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY AND LOCAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
County. Chairman of Committee. Post-office. ·
Alamance ___ ___ ____ _____ ___ Charles F. Cates ___ ____ ___________ ___ Mebane.
Elon College __ ______ __ ___ D. W. Brown ___ ____ _______ _________ Elon College.
Alexander __ ______ ·______ ___ J. N. Smith_______ __ _________ __ __ ___ Taylorsville.
Alleghany __ _________ __ ____ S. F . Thompson ___ ___ _______ _____ ___ Walls.
Anson ___ ________________ __ w: J. McLendon ___ ______ ________ ___ Wadesboro.
Ashe___ _______ I John Dent_ _______________________ __ Jefferson.
Beaufort__ ___ __ :::::::::::: W. D. Grimes ______________________ _ Washington.
Bertie _ ___ ____ ___ _____ ___ .
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C. W. SpruilL ____ _______ _____ _____ _ Quitsna.
Bladen ________ ____ __ _____ _ R. B. Cromartie. ______ __ __ _________ _ Elizabethtown.
CounciL __ _________ ___ ___ T. A. Jones __________ ____ ___ ____ __ __ Zara.
Tar HeeL _____ ________ __ S. P. McNair. .... -------- ----- ------- Tar Heel.
Brunswick ___ ___ ___________ J Jack Johnson _______ _____________ ___ Winnabow.
Supply ___ _______________ W. Sellers __ ________ __ __________ ____ Supply.
Shallotte __________ ___ ___
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E . M. Parker_ __ _____________________ Shallotte .
Ash_ ____________ _______ _ R . M. Long___ _____ ______ ___________ Ash.
Buncombe _________________ R. P. Hayes __________ ____ ____ ___ ___ Asheville.
Leicester _____________ ___ A. J. Merrill . __________ -- --- ________ Leicester.
Burke _ ______ __ ___________ T. W. Drewry ______________________ Morganton.
Connelly Springs __________ J . E. Coulter. . ______________________ Connelly Springs.
Glen Alpine ____________ __ John Hank ___ ___ _____ _______ ______ _ Glen Alpine.
Cabarrus _ _ _ _ _ A. H. Litaker__ _____ ____ _____ ___ ____ Concord.
CaldwelL _________ _____ ____ George Goforth ____ _________ _______ _ Lenoir.
Camden ___________________ W. G. Ferebee _____ _________________ Gregory.
CaswelL ________ ___ _____ ___ ·E. W. Lee. ____________ ______ _______ Leasburg.
Leasburg __________ ______ T. P. Womack _____ __ ______ _________ Yanceyville.
Catawba ___ ________ ________ John W. Robinson _________ __ ________ Newton.
Newton __ ___________ ____ C. E. Smyre __ -- ---- -- - --- - ________ _ Newton.
Sherrill's Ford __ __________ C. M. Beatty __ ______ _ ----- ____ ____ _ Sherrill's Ford.
Chatham ________________ , _ W. B. Wilson ________________ _______ Patmos.
Goldston _ _ _ _ W. L. Goldston_ _ _ _ Goldston.
Siler City ___ _____ ________ George Wamber_ __ ____________ __ ____ Siler City.
Cherokee ____ ___ __ ____ _____ W. P. Walker_ ____ _______________ ___ Andrews.
Chowan ___________________ Z. W. ·Evans. _______ _____ ___ ___ _____ Tyner.
Clay ___ ____ _________ ______ W. T. Bumgarner _______ _______ _____ Hayesville.
Cleveland ______________ ___ _ A. A. Warlick ________ ___ ___ _____ ___ Casar.
Columbus _____ ______ _______ D. Boughner_ _______________ ___ _____ Chadbourn.
Tabor_ _____ _____ ________ Minos Meares_______________________ Tabor.
I Whiteville __ ______ _______ Dr. W. Ross Davis ______ _________ ___ Whiteville.
Old Dock ________________ C. W. Suggs ____________ ____________ Old Dock.
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CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY AND LOCAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
County. Chairman of Committee. Post-office.
Craven ___________________ _ W. H. BraY- ---- ------------------ - - New Bern.
Cumberland ___ _______ _____ -, Cyrus Murphy ____ ________ __ ______ __ Fayetteville.
Currituck ______ ___________ J . J. Ferebee ______ ____ _______ _______ Shawboro.
Davidson __________________ P . J. Leonard _____ ___ ____ _____ ____ __ Lexington.
Denton _ ___________ __ __ _ J. 0. Garner_ ___ __ _________________ _ Denton.
Thomasville ___ ______ _____ J. W. Lambeth ____ ___ ___ __ ____ ______ Thomasville.
Holly Grove __ ___________ C. A. Swing--- - - - --- -------- - ----- ~ - Lexington.
Davie _____ _____ _____ __ ___ _ S. A. Woodruff _ ___ ______ __ __ _______ Mocksville.
Duplin __ ____ __ ___________ _
Calypso _____ ___ ________ -I
Rose Hill ______ __ --- -- __ _
J . A. Shine ____ __ ___ ___ __ ________ ___ Faison.
J. T. Albritton ____ ___ _____ ______ ____ Mount Olive.
Maury Ward _________ ________ ______ Rose Hill.
Durham __ _______ __ __ ------1
Edgecombe __ _______ ____ __ _
Conetoe __ __ ___ ___ __ ____ _1
E. J . Parrish _________ ______ ______ __ , Durham.
G. T. DeBerry _________ __ ___ ___ ___ __ I Tarboro.
I N. B. Dawson ____ __ ____ _____ ____ ___ Conetoe.
Whitakers _____ ______ ____ M. J. Battle ______ ____ __ __ ______ ____ Whitakers.
Forsyth ____ __ ____ _________ I A. B. Atwood ____ ______ ___ ____ ____ :_ Winston-Salem.
Kernersville----- -----~--- N.H. Smith ______ _____________ _____ Kernersville.
Clemmons ___ _ --- ------ - _ W. A. Phelps ________ _________ _____ _ Clemmons.
Rural HalL __ ______ ____ __ L.A. Strupe ________ ____ ______ ___ ___ Rural Hall.
Franklin ________ __________ T. B. Wilder _____ ___ _____ _________ _ Louisburg.
Franklinton __ ___ _______ _ I. H. Kearney ____ _____________ _____ Franklinton.
Gaston __ __ __ ___ ___ ________ J. Q. R\Jyne __ _____ ____________ __ ___ Lowell.
Bess' ChapeL __ ___ _____ __ ! C. W. Beam ______ __ _______________ _ Cherryville.
Gates _____ _____ ___ ________ Lycurgus Hofler_ ____ _____ _______ ____ Gatesville.
Graham _______ ____ ________ G. B. Walker. ____ ______ ______ _____ _ Robbinsville.
Granville ____ __ ___ _________ E. G. Moss _________ ________________ Creedmoor.
Greene__________ ___ _______ T. E. Barrow ____ __ __ ___ . ___________ Farmville.
Grimsley's Church ________ J . T. Dixon_____ ____ _________ _____ __ Farmville.
Guilford _________ ___ ___ ____ , J. Franklin Davis __ ___ _____ ___ ____ __ Guilford College.
Gibsonville _____ __ ______ _ . W. C. Michal! ___ ____ _________ _______ Gibsonville.
Pleasant Garden ________ - ~ C. E. Hockart___ _ _ Pleasant Garden.
Guilford College ____ ______ J . G. Frazier_ __ ______ ____________ ___ Guilford College.
McLeansville_________ __ __ Alexander Montgomery __________ . _ McLeansville.
Battleground.------- ,- --- \ J . G. Frazier _______ ______ __________ Guilford College.
Jamestown________ _____ __ Lee Coltrane ______ _____ . _______ __ __ Jamestown.
Halifax ___________ ______ __ ! J. H. Sherrod.--- - - ------- -- -------- Enfield.
Scotland Neck ____ _____ __ , E. E:Hilliard ____ _____ __________ ___ Scotland Neck.
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CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY AND LOCAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
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County. Chairman of Committee. Post-office.
Harnett _ _ C. McArtan. _____ __ __________ . _ Lillington. .. Coats ___ _______________ _ T. D. Stewart_ ____ _________________ _ Coats.
Duke . ________ _______ __ -~
Haywood. __ ______________ _
Canton. __ _____ . ______ __ BetheL .. _____ _________ _
Dellwood ______ ______ __ _
A. F. Fowler..__ ____________________ Duke.
Dr. G. D. Green _ ___________________ Waynesville.
L. N. Pinner_ ____ ___________________ Canton.
J. W. Moore ____ ________________ __ __ , Waynesville, R. 3.
B. P. HowelL ____________________ ___ Waynesville, R. 2.
Henderson. ___ _____________ J . P. Fletcher. ___________________ ___ Fletcher.
Hertford __ ___ ________ __ ____ W. P . Shaw ___ ____ ______ -------- ___ Winton.
Ahoskie _ _ _ T. E. Browne___ ____________________ Ahoskie.
Hoke . ... _____ __ ___________ W. T. Covington. __ _ · _______________ Raeford.
Hyde ... ___ _______________ Charles Brim. ___ _______________ ___ _ Swan Quarter.
Middletown ... ______ _____ J. S. Mann ____ __ ___________________ Middletown.
IredelL ___ __ ______________ J. W. SherrilL __ ___ --- - -- _________ __ Statesville.
Mooresville. ___ _____ __ ---1 W. B. Harris. __ ___________ _________ Mooresville.
:~;:~::~ ~-P::~~~ ~::: :·:::: :·c~~::~:~~-----~ ~:::::::::::::::] ~::~les.
Cool Springs _____________ W. F. Reece __ _____ _________________ Statesville, R. 7.
Jackson. ___ _______________ I G. P. Miller_ _____ ___ _____________ __ _ Sylva.
Johnston . __ _______________ W. M. Sanders. __ __ ____ ------ ______ . , Smithfield.
Kenly ________________ ___ N. R. Pike .. __ _____________________ Bagley.
Benson .. ______ __ __ __ __ __ J . F. Lee __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ Benson.
Jones. __________ . ______ ___ J .. C. Parker ___ __ ___________________ Pollocksville.
Lee _______ . _ . _ __ _ __ _ J. R. Rieves_ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ Sanford.
Lenoir. .... __ ._________ ____ G. F. Loftin._ ___ ___________________ Kinston.
Lincoln ____ __________ _____ -I H. S. Robinson. ___ ________________ -I Lincolnton.
Denver. __ ______________ _ T. H. Proctor_ ____________________ __ ! Denver.
McDowelL .. ____________ ___ Dr. R. J. Burgin . __ ______________ __ _ Marion.
Macon__ __ ____ ____________ _ Arthur Siler_ _______________________ Franklin.
Madison ._______________ ___ J. F. Bryan .. ______________________ _ Marshall.
Mars HilL ____________ ___ A. F. Sprinkle .... ------- ~ ---------- Mars Hill .
Martin. __________________ _ P . R. Rives .. _____________________ _ . Robersonville.
Mecklenburg ___ . ___ . ___ . __ _ C. C. Moore .. _. __ . ___ .. _. ______ . ____ Charlotte.
Hickory Grove .. ______ __ . N. S. Alexander. ________ __ _______ __ _ Charlotte.
Derita ____ ____________ __ B. J. Hunter. __ ____________________ . Derita.
Observer ____________ ____ Frank Irwin ________________________ Pineville.
Huntersville ___ __ _____ · __ _ J. R. Ewart_ ____ ____________________ Huntersville.
Newells .. ___ ___ __ __ _____ J. S. Squires. ____ ______ .... ___ . ____ . Charlotte, R . 8.
Ebenezer. ____ _____ __ __ __ W. F. Baker ______ _____ __ ___________ Charlotte, R. 3.
Paw Creek .. __ ________ ___ G. H. CampbelL __ __________________ ! Paw Creek.
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CHAIRMEN OF C o UNTY AND LOCAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE QOJi1MITTEES.
County . Chairman of Committee. Post-office.
MitchelL __________________ Joseph Bowditch __ __ __ ______________ Toecane.
Spruce Pine ______________ L.A. Berry __ ____ ________________ ___ Spruce Pine.
Montgomery _ __________ ____ 0. B. Deaton _______ ________________ Troy.
~fount Gilead _ _______ ____ R. A. Bruton ___________________ __ __ Mount Gilead.
Star_ __ ___________ c __ _ _ _ E. F. Greene__________ ______________ Star.
Moore_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ T. D. McLean__ _____________ ___ _ _ _ Carthage.
Elise__________________ __ W. G. Carter__ _______ ______________ _ Carter 's Mills.
Nash ______ _________ ___ ____ S. F . Austin ___ ________________ _____ Nashville.
Stanhope High SchooL ____ _ S. H. Brantley ___ ______ ___ "____ ___ __ Spring Hope.
New Hanover_ ____ ______ ___ William Greggerson __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ Wilmington.
Northampton __ ________ ___ _ J. W. Jessup __ __________ _____ ____ ___ Rich Square.
Rich Square __ __ ____ _____ W. E. Spivey ___ ____________________ Rich Square.
Onslow ____________________ Dr. J . L. Nicholson _____________ ____ _ Richlands.
P a mlico __ ___ ______________ G. T. FarnelL ____ ____________ ___ ___ Bayboro.
Pasquotank ________________ R . N. Morgan ______________ ________ Elizabeth City.
Pender__ ___ _______________ W. M. Hand ____ _________ ___________ Burgaw.
Atkinson _____ ___________ S. J . Moore _____________ ____________ Atkinson.
Perquimans ________________ M. I-I. ·white ________________________ Hertford.
Per son ____________________ J . A. Long _ _____ __________________ _ Roxboro.
Pi t t _______________________ J. F . Evans_________________ ________ Greenville.
Grimesland ______________ Alston Grimes ___ __ ______ ___________ Grimesland.
Polk ______________________ T. T . Ballinger_ __ ___________________ Tryon.
Randolph _____ ____________ John Beeson ________________________ Ashboro.
Trinity ____ ____________ __ N.C. English _______________________ Trinity.
Will Lassiter_ __ _____________ _______ -~
J . 0. Forrester_ ____________________ _
Randleman __ ___________ _
Ramseur __ ___ __________ _
Farmer_ _____ __________ _ _ Marvin Kearns _____________________ _
Randleman.
Ramseur.
Farmer.
Richmond _________________ W. C. Leak ___ __ -4 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Rockingham.
Robeson ___________________ E. F. McRae _______________________ Maxton.
Parkton ____________ ____ _! W. S. Cobb _________________________ Parkton.
Pembroke __________ _____ A. N. Locklear_ ___________________ __ Pates .
Rockingham ____________ ___ J. V. Price ___ __ ____________________ Madison.
Sylvania ______________ ___ T. B. BaileY- - ------ - --------------- Stolcesdale.
Apple Schoolhouse ________ J.P. Young __ ____ __________________ Reidsville, R. 1.
Ruffin ___________________ B. L. Blackwell _____________________ Pelham, R. 2.
Leaksville_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ J . J. Thomas___ __ __ _________________ Leaksville.
Rowan _______________ ·-___ I-I. M. L. Agner__ ___________________ Salisbury.
Mount Ulla_ _ _ __ ____ _ _ _ _ J . K. Goodman__ _______________ _____ Mount Ulla.
Woodleaf_ _______ _____ ___ T . H. Gilliam ____ _____ ______________ Woodleaf.
China Grove ___ ___ _______ G. Hauck _____ ____ _____________ ___ _ China Grove.
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CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY AND LOCAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE COMMITTEES .
County. Chairman of Committee. -~-- Pos~o~ce.
W. K. McDowell __ _____ ___ ___ ____ ___ , Henrietta.
S. H. Hobbs __ ___ __________ __ _____ __ Clinton.
Rutherford __ ____ _________ _
Sampson ____ ____ ____ _____ _
Newton Grove ________ ___ _ J. W. Bryan _____ ____________ ____ ___ Newton Grove.
Garland ___ _______ _____ __ J.D. Johnson ____ __ ____ ___________ __ Garland.
Roseboro _______ _________ D. W. Culbreth ____ ________ __ __ _____ Roseboro.
Spring Branch ___ ___ ____ __ E . A. Jackson ____ _____ ____ _____ ___ _ Cooper.
Scot land__ ______ ___ ___ _____ W. N. McKenzie_____ __ __ _______ ____ Gibson.
Stanly ___ ___ _________ _____ G. T. Dunlap __ __ ______________ ____ _ Norwood.
Stokes ___ _______ ___ ____ ___ I. G. Ross __ _____ __ ___ _______ _______ Walnut Cove.
Walnut Cove _____ __ __ __ __ Chap. Bodenheimer_ __________ ~--- - -- Walnut Cove.
Surry ________________ ___ __ S. C. Franklin ______ ____ ___ ____ ___ __ Mount Airy.
Mount Airy __ _______ ____ _ W. J. Herring __ ________ _____ _______ Mount Airy.
Pilot Mountain __ _____ ____ D. T. Denney __ __ _____________ ___ __ _ Pinnacle.
Swain __________ ~- - ----- - -- R . L. Sandidge __ ___ ___ __ ________ ____ Bryson City .
Transylvania ____ __________ _ W. H. Grogan ____ ____ ____________ ___ Brevard.
TyrrelL ___________________ W. W. Sawyer_ ___ _____ _____ __ __ ____ Columbia .
Union ______ ___ ____ ________ T . E. Williams __ _____________ _____ __ Monroe.
Vance__ _______ _____ _______ J. B. Allen_ ___ ____ ______ ___________ Henderson.
Middleburg ________ ___ - -.- J. K. Plummer_ __ __ ____ ____ ___ __ ___ _ Middleburg.
Warren __ __________ ______ __ H. T. Macon _ ___ ____ ____________ ___ Wa rrenton.
Wise ____________ ________ P.R. Perkinson __ c _____ _________ ____ Wise.
Washington __ __ - - - -,- - - ____ _ W. S. Davenport ___ __ __ ___ __ ______ __ Mackeys Ferry.
Creswell __ __ ____ _________ W. T. Hopkins ___ __ __ __ ___ ______ ____ CreswelL
Watauga _____ _________ ____ T. C. Baird ____ _____ __ ___ ____ __ __ ___ Valle Crucis.
Wayne ___ __ __ _____________ H. D. Ham ___ ____________________ __ Goldsboro.
Wilkes ____ _______ ___ ______ J. G. Hackett_ __ ____ _______ __ ______ _ North Wilkesboro.
Wilson __ __ ___ ____ ___ _____ _ E. J . Barnes __ __ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ __ _ Yadkin ____ _______ __ _____ _ Yancey ______ __ · ______ ___ John F . Long _____ __________ ______ __ /
W. B. Banks __ __________ ____ ______ _ STATE FARMERS' CONVENTION.
Wilson.
Chestnut Ridge.
Burnsville.
State at Large _____ _______ _I W. J. Shuford, President_ ___ ~____ ____ Hickory.
State at Large ___ _________ _ j R. P. Hayes, Vice President_ _____ __ __ Asheville.
State at Large ___ __ _____ __ _ J. A. Boone, Jr., Second Vice Presid ent Lumberton.
State at Large __________ __ _ I. 0. Schaub, Secretary and Treasurer _ West Raleigh.
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WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, 1911.
There has been great progress made in the State in women's institutes
within the past year or two. The first women's institutes held in the
State were in 1906, when 21 institutes were held in 19 counties. In
1907 we held 50 in 38 counties; in 1908, 68 were held in 46 counties;
in 1909, 73 were held in 51 counties; in 1910, 173 were held in 84 coun­ties,
and in 1911, 222 were held in 97 counties, or a woman's institute
held at every place, save five, where an institute for men was helGl.
These institutes are held at the same places and at the same time that
the men's institutes are held, except they are held in separate halls,
unless there shall be a joint session, which we frequently have, when the
men and the women meet in the same hall.
The increased number of institutes and the increased attendance at
them is evidence of their popularity.
The Secretary of the State Board of Health has rendered us valuable
service by sending to the institutes Health Bulletins for distribution.
The following is a partial list of the subjects discussed at these insti-tutes:
Health Hints,
The Healthful Home,
Home Sanitation,
Best Methods of Cooking,
The Fireless Cooker,
Food and Dietetics,
The Moral Training of Our Children,
Bread-making, ·
Cooking of Meats,
Invalid Cookery,
Time-saving .Appliances,
What to Eat and How to Prepare It,
The Farm Fruit and Vegetable Garden,
Preventable Diseases,
Insect Pests, etc .
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'WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
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July 25 Alamance _____ Mebane _____ ____ _____ __ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
July 26 Alamance ____ _ Elon College ___ _______ __ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Aug. 23 Alamance _____ Friendship ___ ___ __ ____ __ Mrs. Hutt, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 16 Alexander ____ _ Taylorsville. ________ ·- ___ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 12 Alleghany ____ _ Sparta __ _________ .. ___ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 2 Anson ________ Morven _______ ___ ____ __ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 3 Anson ___ ___ ___ Polkton ____ ___ _________ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 11 Ashe _____ .. __ .. _ Jefferson _____ ____ ____ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 14 Beaufort ___ ___ Washington ____ -.- ______ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 13 Beaufort ____ __ Aurora ______ ____ __ ___ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 16 Beaufort ______ Pantego _______ ___ ____ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Feb . 4 Bertie ___ ____ __ Windsor_ ___ ____________ Mrs. Hut t.
Jan . 16 Bladen. ____ ___ Tar HeeL _____ : __ _____ _ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan. 18 Bladen ________ CounciL ____ ___ ____ _____ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan. 24 Brunswick. __ __ Ash ___ ______ ____ _____ __ Mrs. Stevens.
J an. 25 Brunswick. __ __ Sha llotte ___ ___ _____ ____ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan. 26 Brunswick __ __ .. Supply __ ____________ ___ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan, 27 Brunswick _____ Bolivia _____ _________ ___ Mrs. Stevens.
Jul.v 27 Buncombe ___ __ Swannanoa __________ ___ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
J uly 28 Buncombe ____ _ Leicester ______ __ __ .. __ __ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Jul.v 29 I Buncombe. ____ ·weaverville .•. __ ______ c _ Miss Hopper, Miss Wa rd .
Aug. 17 Burke __ __ ____ _ Glen Alpine __ _____ ___ ___ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. Wise.
Aug. 18 Burke _ __ _____ Connelly Springs __ ______ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. Wise.
Aug. Cabarrus __ ___ _ Concord __ ___ _____ ______ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 2 Cabarrus. _____ Mount Pleasant _______ ~ _ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 3 Cabarrus _____ _ Harrisburg ____ _______ __ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 5 Caldwell__ ____ _ Granite Fa lls _____ _____ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 7 CaldwelL ___ ___ OakhilL ______________ __ Mrs. Hutt .
Aug. 8 Ca ldwelL _____ Lenoir.. ___ ___ ________ _ -I Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 28 Camden . _____ .. Camden Court house ___ __
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Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 2 CaswelL ___ __ .... Leasburg _______ ____ __ __
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Mrs. Bird , Miss Webb.
Aug. 3 CaswelL ____ ___ Yanceyville _____ __ ___ ___ Mrs. Bird , Miss Webb.
Aug. 3 Catawba ___ .. .. - Sherrill's Ford ____ .. _ .. _ .. _ Mrs. Hutt .
Aug. 4 Catawba ______ Dr. Ford's Store __ _____ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 12 Catawba ______ Newton ____ ____ _____ ___ Mrs. Bird , Miss Webb.
Aug. 19 Catawba _____ _ Hickory ___ ______ _____ _ ~ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. Wise.
July 27 Chatham _____ _ Pittsboro. __ ___ ___ _____ _ Miss Jamison.
Aug. Chatham __ ____ Goldst on _______ c _ _ ___ _ .I Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Pa rker.
Aug. 2 Chatham ____ . __ Siler CitY- - - --- ------- -- Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
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WOMEN'S INSTITUTES,. 1911.
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Date.
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Aug. 5
Aug. 8
Jan. 9
Aug. 4
Aug. 7
July 29
Aug. 14
Jan. 20
Jan. 21
Jan. 23
Feb.
Feb. 2
Feb. 3
Jan. 27
July 27
July 28
July 29
Aug. 17
Aug. 24
Aug. 25
Aug. 8
Jan. 18
Jan. 20
July 31
Feb. 3
Feb. 6
Sept . 19
Sept . 20
Aug. 5
Aug. 6
Aug. 11
Aug. 17
Feb. 7
Feb. 8
Jan. 31
Aug. 12
Aug. 25
Aug. 26
Aug. 9
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County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by tbe State.
Cherokee ______ ll4urphY--------- ~------ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Cherokee______ Andrews_ __ ____ ________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Chowan _______ Edenton _______________ Mrs. Hutt.
Clay _________ _ Ogden __ ____ __ ___ ______ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Clay __________ Hayesville _____________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Cleveland ___ ___ Casar_ _________________ Mrs. Hutt.
Cleveland __ __ _ Shelby ------ --- -------- Miss Jamison.
Columbus _____ Chadbourn ______ _______ Mrs. Stevens.
Columbus _____ Mount Tabor_ __________ Mrs. Stevens.
Columbus _____ Old Dock, _______ _______ Mrs. Stevens.
Craven ____ ___ New Bern ____ _____ ___ __ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Cumberland _ Fayetteville_ _ _ _ _ Mrs. Stevens.
Cumberl:1nd _ Wade__________________ Mrs. Stevens.
Currituck_ ___ __ Currituck Courthouse__ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Davidson _____ Wallburg ______________ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
D:1vidson ___ ___ Enterprise ___________ ___ ·Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Davidson _____ Reeds-- --- --"---------- Mrs. McKimmon. Mrs. Orr.
Davidson _____ Thomasville ____________ Miss Webb, Mrs. Bird.
Davidson _____ Denton ________________ Miss Webb, Mrs. Bird.
Davidson _____ Holly Grove _____ ~---- -- Miss Webb, Mrs. Bird.
Davie ______ __ Mocksville __________ ____ Mrs . Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Duplin ________ Faison _____________ ___ _ Mrs .· Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Duplin ____ ____ Kenansville ___ ____ ______ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Durham _______ Durham __ ___ ___ ___ _____ Miss Webb, Mrs. Bird.
Edgecombe ____ Conetoe _____ ______ _____ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Edgecombe ____ Whitakers____ __ ________ lllrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Edgecombe ____ Test Farm ____ __________ Mrs. McKimmon, Miss Parker.
Edgecombe ___ _ Leggett_ ______________ _ Mrs. McKimmon, Miss Parker.
For:syth_ _ Kernersville___ ____ _____ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Forsyth___ ____ Clemmons ______________ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Forsyth ~------ Winston-Salem _________ Miss Webb, Mrs. Bird.
Forsyth _______ Rural HaiL _____________ Mrs .. Hutt.
Franklin_ _____ Louisburg _____________ _ ~1rs. Stevens.
Franklin_ _ _ _ Franklinton____ _________ Mrs. Stevens.
Gates _________ Gatesville ______________ Mrs. Hutt.
Gaston _______ Cherryville _____ ________ Miss Jamison.
Gaston ___ ___ _ Gastonia ____ -~_________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Gaston _______ _
Graham ______ _
BelmonL--- - - - ------ - --1 Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Robbinsville __________ __ Miss Hopper, Miss vVard.
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WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by .the State.
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Feb. 9 Granville ______ Oxford ___ ____________ __ Mrs. Stevens.
Feb. 10 Granville. _____ Creedmoor _______ --- ____ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan. 24. Greene ________ Snow HilL _____________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
July 27 Guilford __ ___ __ McLeansburg ____ _______ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker. July 28 Guilford _______ Battleground _______ __ __ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
J uly 29 Guilford ____ ___ Jamestown _____________ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Aug. 4 Guilford ___ ____ Pleasant Garden ________ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Jan. 9 Halifax ___ ____ Halifax ________________ Mrs. Hutt.
J an. 10 Halifax _______ Scotland Neck __________ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 9 Harnett_ ______ Lillington ______________ Mrs. Stevens.
Oct. 5 Harnett_ ______ Leaflet_ ___________ _____ Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug. 3 Haywood ______ Canton __ ______________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Aug. 16 Haywood ___ __ _ Waynesville ____________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Aug. 17 Haywood ______ Crabtree _______________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Aug. 18 Haywood _____ BetheL __ ___ ______ _____ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Aug. 19 Haywood _____ Cruso __________________ Miss Hopper, Miss \Yard.
Aug. 21 Henderson ____ Fletcher_ _______________ Miss Hopper. Miss Ward.
Aug. 23 Henderson ____ Dana __ --------- __ ----- Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Feb. Hertford ______ Winton. _____ ______ ____ Mrs. Hutt.
Feb. 4 Hertford ______ Ahoskie ________________ Mrs. Hutt.
.Jan. 17 Hyde _________ Swan Quarter_ __________ Mrs. Hutt.
.Jan. 18 Hyde _________ Middletown ____________ Snowstorm.
.Jan. 19 Hyde __ _______ Fairfield ____ ____________ No inst itute.
.Jan. 20 Hyde _________ Sladesville _ ____________ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 11 Iredell ________ Mooresville _____________ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Aug. 14 Iredell. ______ - Cool Springs ____________ Miss Webb, Mrs. Bird.
Aug. 15 IredelL _______ Eupeptic Springs ________ Miss Webb, Mrs. Bird.
Aug. 16 IredelL ___ ____ Statesville _____ _________ Mrs. Hollowell.
Aug. 15- Jackson _______ Sylva ____ __ - ___________ Miss Hopper. Miss Ward.
16.
Jan. 16 Johnston ____ __ Smithfield ______________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Sept. 21 Johnston ____ -_ Price's Schoolhouse ______ Mrs. McKimmon, Miss. Parker.
Jan. 27 Jones ____ _____ Trenton ________________ Mrs. ,Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Jan. 30 Jones _________ Pollocksville _______ _____ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon .
July 31 Lee ___ -- __ ---- Lee Courthouse ____ ___ __ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Jan. 25 Lenoir __ ______ Kinston __ ______ _____ ___ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon. July 31 Lincoln _______ Reepsville ______ ____ ____ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. Lincoln _______ Lowesville ______________ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 2 Lincoln _______ Denver ________________ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 7 Lincoln _______ Iron Station __ __ _______ _ Miss Jamison.
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WoMEN's INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
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Aug. 11 Lincoln _______ Lincolnton ___________ __ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 12 Macon ________ Otto ___________________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Aug. 14 Macon ________ Franklin _______________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward. ~
July 31 Madison _______ Mars HilL _____________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
"' Aug. Madisdn _______ MarshalL _______________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Aug. 2 Madison _______ Spring Creek ____________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Feb. 7 :.\fartin ______ __ Williamston ____________ !\Irs. Hutt.
Feb. 8 Martin ________ Robersonville _________ __ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 17 McDowelL ____ Marion _________________ Miss Jamison, Miss Parker.
Aug. 4 Mecklenburg __ Observer ____ --------,--- Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 5 Mecklenburg __ Wilson Grove ___________ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 7 Mecklenburg ___ Cochran Academy _______ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 8 Mecklenburg __ Providence _____________ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 9 Mecklenburg __ Paw Creek ______________ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 12 Mecklenburg __ Newells ________________
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Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Aug. 14 Mecklenburg __ Ebenezer _______________ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Aug. 15 Mecklenburg __ Huntersville ____________ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Aug. 18 MitchelL ______ Spruce Pine _____________ Miss Jamison, Miss Parker.
Aug. 19 Mitchell_ ______ Bakersville _____________ Miss Jamison, Miss Parker.
Aug. 15 Montgomery ___ Mount Gilead ___________ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Stevens.
Aug. 16 Montgomery __ -I Troy ____ ___ ___ ________ Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug. 17 Montgomery ___ Star ___________________ Mrs. Stevens, J\Irs McKimmon.
July 28 Moore ________ -I Cameron ________ ------- ~ Miss Jamison.
July 29 Moore _________ Aberdeen ______________ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 18 Moore _________ Elise ___________________ I Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug. 19 Moore _________ West End. _____________ Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug. 22 :.\foore _________ Carthage ___ ____________ Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Feb. 4 Nash _________ Nashville. ______________ I Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Sept. 18 Nash __ ________ Stanhope _______________ Mrs. McKimmon, Miss Parker.
Jan. 19 New Hanover._ Castle Hayne ___________ J\Irs. Stevens. , " Feb. 2 Northampton._ Rich Square ____________ Mrs. Hutt.
Feb. 7 Northampton._ Jackson. _______________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Jan. 26 Onslow _______ Richlands ______________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Jan. 28 Onslow ____ c __
Jacksonville ____________ I Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
~ · Aug. 24 Orange _____ __ Hillsboro _____ __ ________ I Mrs. Hutt, Mrs. Orr.
Jan. 31 Pamlico _______ Bayboro _______________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Jan. 30 Pasquotank ___ Elizabeth City __________ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 28 Pender. _______ Burgaw _________ ------- Mrs. Stevens.
Jan. 30 Pender. _____ __ Atkinson _______________ Mrs. Stevens.
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WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, 1911.
Date. County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
Aug. 1 Person ________ Roxboro _______________ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Jan. 26 Perquimans ___ Hertford _______________ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 11 Pitt_ __________ Farmville __________ ____ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 12 Pitt _________ __ Grimesville _____________ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 24 Polk ______ ____ Columbus ______ ____ ____ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Aug. 18 Randolph _____ Trinity ___ _____ __ ____ __ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 19 Randolph _____ Randleman _____ ________ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 21 Randolph _____ Ramseur ___ ___ - - -.-- - ___ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 22 Randolph _____ Asheboro _____ ______ ____ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 23 Randolph ____ _ Farmer ________ ______ ,_ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 3 Randolph _____ Liberty ____ ___ _________ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
July 31 Richmond _____ Hoffman ___________ ____ Miss Jamison.
Aug. Richmond _____ Rockingham ______ ______ Miss Jamison.
Jan. 11 Robeson _____ __ Parkton _________ __ __ __ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan. 12 Robeson _______ Rowland _______________ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan. 13 Robeson _______ Pembroke __ ___ _________ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan . 17 Robeson _______ Lumberton _____________ Mrs. s tevens.
Aug. 4 R6ckingham ___ Apple Schoolhouse __ ____ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 5 Rockingham ___ Ruffin ___________ ______ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 7 Rockingham ___ Bethel Church ______ ____ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 8 Rockingham ___ Sylvania ___ _______ '. ____ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
July 31 Rowan ___ ____ China Grove __ ______ ____ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 9 Rowan _ ______ Woodleaf _______ ____ ____ Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker .,
Aug. 9 Rowan __ ______ Salisb ury ___ ______ ______ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 10 Rowan ______ __ Mount Ulla _____________
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Mrs. Hollowell, Miss Parker.
Aug. 10 Rowan ___ __ ___ RockwelL ___ ____ _____ __ Mrs. McKimmon, Mrs. Orr.
Aug. 15 Rutherford ___ _ Ellenboro ______ __ _______ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 16 Rutherford ___ _ Rutherfordton __ ________ Miss Jamison.
Jan. 19 Sampson ______ · Clinton ___________ ______ Mrs. Hollowell , Mrs. ~fc Kimmon .
Jan. 31 Sampson __ __ __ Garland ________ _____ ___ Mrs. Stevens.
Feb. Sampson ______ Roseboro ______________ _ Mrs. Stevens.
Jan .. 14 Scotland ______ Laurinburg ____ ____ ~ ____ Mrs. Stevens.
Aug. 11 Stanly ____ ____ Richfield ______ ______ ___ Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug. 12 Stanly __ ---,--- Albemarle __ _________ ___ Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug. 14 Stan1y ______ __ Norwood ______ ___ _____ - ~ Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug, 9 Stokes ________ Danbury ___ ______ ____ __ Mrs. Bird. Miss Webb.
Aug. 10 Stokes ___ , ___ _ Walnut Cove ____________ Mrs. Bird, Miss Webb.
Aug. 14 Surry ___ ____ __ Dobson _____________ - - - ~ Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 15 Surry ___ ______ Mount Airy ______ ____ ___ ~frs. Hutt.
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Aug. 16
Aug. 10
Aug. 22
Aug. 10
Aug. 22
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WOMEN'S INSTITUTES, 1911.
County. Location. Lecturers Supplied by the State.
Surry _________ Pilot Mountain __________ Mrs. Hutt.
Surry _________ Elkin ____________ ___ ___ Mrs. Hutt.
Surry--------- Siloam _________ _____ ___ Mrs. Hutt.
Swain ________ Bryson City ____ ________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
Transylvania _ Brevard________________ Miss Hopper, Miss Ward.
TyrrelL ___ ____ Columbia _______________ l Mrs. Hutt.
Aug. 4 Union _________ Marshville ______________ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 5 Union ____ __ __ Waxhaw __________ _- ----1M iss J amison.
Aug. 7 Union _________ Monroe ______ ___________ Miss Jamison.
Aug. 8 Union ____ : ___ Indian TraiL __ ________ _ Miss Jamison.
Feb. 10 Vance _________ Middleburg_· ___________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Feb. 11 Vance _________ Bear Pond Schoolhouse-- ~ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Au~. 129- Wake _________ West Raleigh ___________ Round-up Institute . .
Feb. 9 Warren _______ Warrenton___ __________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Washington ___ _
Washington __ _
Washington __ _
Plymouth _____ _________ Mrs. Hutt.
CreswelL ____________ ___ ! Mrs. Hutt.
Mackey's Ferry _________ Mrs. Hutt.
Feb. 6
Jan. 24
Jan. 21
Aug. 9 Watauga ______ Boone _______ __________ Mrs. Hutt.
Jan. 17 Wayne _______ Falling Creek __________ _ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. ~IcKimmon.
Jan. 23 Wayne _ _____ _ Hood's Swamp _________ Mrs. Hollowell, Mrs. McKimmon.
Aug. 21 Wilkes ________ Willcesboro _____ ____ ____ Mrs. I-Iutt.
Feb. 2 Wilson ___ _____ Wilson _____ ____________ Mrs. Hollowell, :\Irs. McKimmon.
Aug. 18
Aug. 21
Yadkin _______ Yadkinville ____________ _ ! Mi·s. Hutt.
Yancey _______ Burnsville ___ ___________ Miss Jamison, Miss Parker.
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LECTURERS AND SUBJECTS.
INSTITUTE LECTURERS, VVOMEN. SUBJECTS.
MRS. ALDA .i\I. BIRD . .. ----- - ---- - ------ - 23 The Healthful Home.
Teacher. Sanitation.
MRs. SuE V. HoLLOWELL _____________ ___ 45
Miss MINNIE W. HoPPER _____________ ___ 26
In charge of Domestic Science, Brevard
Institute.
B~st Methods of Cooking.
Sanitation vs. Household Pets.
Dressmaking.
MRs. W. N. Hu=------ ----- - ----- -- - -- 50
Miss MINNIE L. JAMISON_ _ _ 23 Fireless Cooking, etc.
Mns. CHARLES McKrMMON __ ------ __ __ ___ 54
MRs. EMELIE MeG. ORR _____ -- __ ---- ___ 18 Health on the Farm.
Food and Dietetics.
The Moral Training of Our Children.
Miss KATHARINE PARKER ________ ______ _ 26 Health Hints.
i\Ins. F. L. STEVENS.- ---------------- --- 43
Bread-making.
Cooking of Meats.
Mrss JANE :WARn ________________ _____ __ 26 Invalid Cookery.
Household Economics.
Mrss LucrE T. WEBB ___ _____________ ___ 26 The Country Home.
Time-saving Appliances.
COUNTY AND LOCAL WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS.
The plan of organization of the Women's Institutes is the same as
for men. A live, interested woman is selected for chairman, and she
is given the assistance of the best committee that can be selected for
that purpose.
CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY AND LOCAL FARMERS' INSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
County. Chairman of Committee. Post-office.
Alamance _____ __ __ ___ __ _ Mrs. R. W. Scott_ _____ ________________ Haw River.
Friendship High School _ Miss Malona Patterson_ ___ __________ __ _ Burlington.
Alexander ___ ___ _______ __ Mrs. W. J. Reese ____ ___ ________ ___ __ __ Taylorsville.
Alleghany ___ __ _______ __ _ Mrs. G. D. Brown __ ____________ ____ ___ Sparta.
Anson ______ ____ ____ __ ___ Mrs. Charles May ____ __________ ____ _ - -- . Morven.
Polkton ____________ ___ Mrs. S. K. Harris ___ ______________ ____ Polkton.
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Bladen _______ ______ ____ _
CounciL __ __________ __ _
Mrs. Robert L. Ballou _ _________ ______ _
Mrs. E. L. Gatling _____ ____ ________ ___ !
Mrs. N. A. Layton _ ______ ______ ___ ____ ,
Mrs. E . B. CounciL __ - -- ---- -- - --------
Jefferson.
Windsor.
White Oak.
Council.
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CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY AND LOCAL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
County. Chairman of Committee. Post-office.
Brunswick _______________ Mrs. S. K. Mentz __________ __________ _·_ Mill Branch.
Shallotte __ __ __________ Mrs. C. S. Hewette _ _ _ _ Shallotte.
Supply ________________ Mrs. R. W. McKeithan __ ______________ Supply.
Bolivia ___ ____ ____ _____ Mrs. David Mercer_ ______ ____ __ ________ Suburb.
Buncombe _______________ Mrs. R. S. Thrash _______ _______ _______ Asheville.
Burke ____________ ______ Mrs. Z. B. Henderson _______ ________ ___ Worry.
Connelly Springs _______ Mrs. H. C. Gooden _____ _______________ _ Connelly Springs.
Cabarrus __________ _ - - --- Mrs. Constance Cline _____ ______________ Concord .
Mount Pleasant_ _______ Mrs. D. D. Barrier_ ______ ______ _______ _ Mount Pleasant.
Harrisburg_____________ Miss Mary Green____ ___ ____ _________ __ Harrisburg.
CaldwelL ________________ Mrs. J. F. Steele ________ ______________ Lenoir.
Oak HilL _____________ Mrs. H. M. Crowells __ _______ ___ ____ ___ Lenoir, R . F . D.
Granite Falls __________ Mrs. C. T. Flowers ______ _______ ________ Granite Falls.
Camden _________________ Mrs. E. I. Sawyer ___________ _______ __ CaswelL _____ __ ____ ___ ___ Miss Bessie Thompson _____ _________ ___ Leasburg.
Catawba __ ------- ------_ Mrs. J. W. Robinson ______ ____________ Newton.
Foard's Store_________ _ Mrs. A. R. Propst__ _____ ______________ Henry.
Chatham __________ ______ Mrs. J. R. Matthews ___ ________________ New Hill.
Goldston ____ ~_______ _ _ Miss Mary Robinson_____ ______________ Goldston.
Siler CitY-------- ------ Mrs. D. L. Webster ____ ________________ Siler City.
Chowan ___ - _ - -- _ - ______ c Mrs. D. G. Bond_ _ _ _ _ Edenton.
Cleveland ________ ______ __ Mrs. J. A. Wilson _______ ________ ___ ___
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Shelby.
Casar_ _ _ _ _ Mrs. Eliza Richards_____ __ _ _ Casar.
Columbus ____ _____ ____ ___ Mrs. E. H. Miller_------ _____ __________ Chadbourn.
Mount Tabor _ ________ _ Mrs. U.N. Norris _______ ______________ Mount Tabor.
Old Dock ______________ Miss Ira Beatty _____________ _______ __ _ Old Dock.
Craven __________________ Mrs. W. B. Spack __________ ___________ Askin.
Cumberland ______ ____ ___ Mrs. W. G. Holmes _________ ___________ Westova.
Wade ___ ~---- - -------- Mrs. H. A. Bain __________ ____ _____ ___ Wade.
Currituck ___ ___ ___ __ __ __ Miss Nettie Dozier __ _______ ____________ Coinjock.
Davidson ________________ Mrs. S. H. Orrender _ _ _ _ _ Thomasville.
Denton____ ____________ Mrs. H. M. Skeen__________ ________ ___ Denton.
Holly Grove_____ ____ __ Mrs. C. A. Swing ______________________ Holly Grove.
Wallbtp:g _ Mrs. McCuiston_ _ _ _ _ Lexington
Enterprise_- ------ _____ Mrs. J. L. Zimmerman _________________ Enterprise.
Reeds _________________ Jl~rs . M. L. Mock ____ __________________ Reeds.
Davie ___________________ Miss Linda Clement_ ___ ______________ __ Mocksville.
Duplin __ -------_ - _______ Miss Fannie Faison____ ________________ Faison.
Kenansville ____________ Mrs. W. B. Taylor_ ______ ________ ___ ___ Magnolia.
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CHAIRMEN O:u' COUNTY AND LOCAL WOMEN'S I NSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
Chairman of Committee. 1---P_o_s_t-o_m_ce_.
Mrs. I. W. Shields_______ ________ __ ____ Durham.
County.
Durham __________ ______ _
Edgecombe _______ _______ Miss Lucy Staton ___ ____ ______________ Speed.
Whitakers ___ ___ ___ ___ _! Mrs. Oscar Hearne _____________ ____ ___ Whitakers.
Forsyth _________________ Mrs. J . R. Snyder_ ____ ________________ Winston-Salem.
Clemmons ________ :---- ~ Mrs. T . W. Griffith ______ _____ _______ __ Clemmons.
Kernersville______ __ ____ Mrs. C. H. Beard __ --- __ __ -- __ --______ _ Kernersville.
Franklin ________________ Mrs. J . H. McGee ____ __ : ___ __ ________ _ Franklinton.
Gaston __________________ Mrs. J. N. Mcintosh ____ ____ _______ ___ _ Stanley.
Cherryville _____________
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Mrs. C. A. Witherspoon ________________ Bessemer City.
Granville ________________ Mrs. S. A. Fleming ____________________ Hester.
Greene _______________ • __ Mrs. J . T . H. Harper_ _____ ____ _________ ;'3now Hill.
Guilford, Jamestown ______ Mrs. J . L. Armfield _---_ - --------_____ _ Jamestown.
Pleasant Garden ___ .____ Mrs. J. W. Rockett_ _- ____ -----_-_--_ __ Pleasant Garden.
Battleground _____ .______ Mrs. Nereus Ballinger_ ___ ---- --_---_--_ Greensboro, R. F. D.
Halifax __________________ Mrs. W. L. Wiggins __ ___ , __________ ____ Littleton.
Harnett_ __________ ___ ___ Miss Katie Withers __ __________________ Broadway.
Hoke _____ ______________ Mrs. T. B. Upchurch ___ ____________ ___ Raeford .
Iredell __________________ Mrs. Crawford Johnson _________________ MooresvMle.
Cool Spring ____________ Mrs. D.P. Sartin ---------~----------- - Statesville, R. F. D.
Jackson ___ _____________ _ Mrs. E. G. McKee _____ ___________ ___ __ Sylva.
Johnston __ ______________ Mrs. W. M. Sanders ___________ ____ ____ Smithfield.
Jones _ _ _ _ _ Miss Estelle Murray_ _ _ _ _ Trenton.
Pollocksville ___ ________ Mrs. G. R. Hughes--- --------~-------- Pollocksville.
Lee___ __________________ Mrs. D. D. Bouie __ --- __ -_-_-_-________ Jonesboro.
Lenoir__ __________ ___ ___ Mrs. Frank Grady _----_---_---_ ____ ___ Kinston.
Lincoln __ ________________ Mrs. J. S. Warlick _____________ ___ _____ Lincolnton.
Reepsville _ _ _ Mrs. T. M. Wilson _----------__________ Reepsville.
Iron Station __ ____ ___ ___ Mrs. L.A. Dellinger_ __ ________________ Iron Station.
Denver_ ___________ __ __ Mrs. W. J. Wingate _____ ______ ________ Iron Station.
McDowelL _____ __________ Mrs. S. B. Tate _______ ________________ Bridgewater.
Macon____ _ Mrs. Henry Slagle_ - - - ------ - _ -_ Franklin.
Martin __ ________________ Mrs. W. T. Taylor_ __________ ____ _____ _ Robersonville.
Mecklenburg, Ebenezer_ ___ Mrs. W. T. Baker_ ____ _______________ _ Charlotte, R. 2.
Huntersville ____ ______ _ Mrs. W. E. Alexander_ __ ------ ____ ----- Huntersville.
Paw Creek ____________ _ Mrs. L. S. Houser_ ____ _____________ __ _ Charlotte, R. 6.
Observer___ _____ ___ ___ Miss Porter_ __ __ ___ -_ --------______ ___ Charlotte, R. 12.
Wilsons Grove ___ ____ __ Miss Annie Davis __ ___ __ ______ ______ __ Charlotte, R. 11.
Cochran Academy __ , ___ Mrs. W. L. Hood ___ _____________ ' __ ___ Matthews, R. 19.
Providence Church ___ ___ Mrs. D. J. Davis _____ ___ __ : ____________ Matthews, R. 17.
Newells ____________ ____ Mrs. J . H. NewelL--- -·------- ----- --- Newells.
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CHAIRMEK OF COUNTY AND LOCAL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
- --- -,------------- ·---,---- ---
County . Chairman of Committee. Post-office.
.Mitchell ________________ _ Mrs. W. L. Lambert_ __________________ Bakersville.
Spruce Pine _ _____ __ ___ Mrs. C. T. Hickey ____ _________________ Spruce P ine .
.Montgomery ____ ______ ___ Mrs. B. T. Wade ______________________ Troy .
Mount Gilead __________ Mrs. L. P . Bird _______________________ Mount Gilead.
Star ______________ ____ Mrs. E. F. Green _______ ____ __ _________ _ Star.
NoOJ·e ____ _______ _____ __ Mrs. H. F. SeawelL ____________________ Carthage.
Cameron __________ ___ _ Miss Katherine Arnold ___ _____ ____ _____ Cameron.
West End_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Miss Ersley Lewis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ West End.
Aberdeen ________ ____ __ Miss May Miller_ ______________________ Aberdeen.
Nash __ ______ ____________ Mrs. J. Y. Strickland _ ________ _________ Nashville.
New Hanover ____ ___ . _____ Mrs. S. A. Cooper_ ____ __________ __ __ __ Castle Hayne.
Northampton ____________ Mrs. J. L. Lester _________ ---- - --- _____ Jackson.
Onslow ____ ________ __ ____ Mrs. J. E. Rhodes _____________________ Richlands.
Orange ______ ____________ Mrs. N. R. Cole ___ ____________________ Chapel Hill.
P<"tmlico __ __ ___ ____ ______ Mrs. G. T . FarnelL ____________________ Bayboro.
Pasquotank _____ ________ Mrs. R.N. Morgan ____ __ ~------------- Elizabeth City.
P ender __ ____ ____________ Mrs. E. McMoore ___ ___________________ Burgaw.
Atkinson _______ _______ Mrs. George Moore ____ ________________ Atkinson.
Perquimans_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mrs. Carrie Perry~ ___ -.-_ __________ _____ Belvidere.
Person _____ _____ ________ Mrs. W. E. Morton ___ _______ · __________ Roxboro.
Randolph ____ _______ _____ Mrs. W. J. Love __ __________ · ________ _ Kemp's Mill.
Randleman __ __________ Mrs. S. E·. Coble _ _________ ___ _________ Climax.
Trinity ___ _____________ Mrs. J. A. Carpenter_ __________________ Trinity.
Ramseur_ _______ ______ Mrs. N.J. Forrester_ __________ · ________ Ramseur.
Farmer ___ ____ _______ _ Mrs. C. C. Hubbard __ ___ ____________ ___ Farmer.
Richmond _ _____ ___ ______ Miss Maggie McLeod_ __________________ Hoffman.
Robeson___ ______ ________ Mrs. William McCallum____ ____________ Rowland.
Rockingham_____ ________ Mrs. L. L. Harrelson______ _____________ Ruffin.
Sylvania Schoolhouse___ Mrs. E. L. Bennett ____________________ Stokesdale.
Apple Schoolhouse__ __ __ Miss Annie I. Slade _______________ __ __ _ Mciver.
Rowan _____ ____ _______ __ Miss Maggie Julian ____ __ __ _______ ___ __ Salisb ury.
Cbina Grove __ ______ ___ Mrs. Robert Gray _____________________ China Grove.
Rockwell_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Mrs. G. W. Choate___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Rockwell.
Mount Ulla ____________ Mrs. J. H. Bailey ______________________ Mount Ulla.
Rutherford ______ _____ ___ Mrs. J. L. Greene ____ ___ ___ ____________ Rutherfordton.
Ellenboro _ ____ ___ • ____ Mrs. J. N. Jones ___ ___________________ Rutherfordton, R. 3.
Sampson ______ _____ _____ I Mrs. Alvin RoyalL__ __________________ Clinton.
Roseboro__ ____ ________ Mrs. E. T. Turlington _________ ______ ___ Salemburg.
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Ingold _____ _________ ___ Mrs. W. B. Lamb _____ ___________ __ ___ Ingold.
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CHAIRMEN OF COUNTY AND LOCAL WoMEN'S INSTITUTE COMMITTEES.
County. Chairman of Committee. Post"-office.
Scotland ___ ___ ____ ____ ___ Mrs. Perry Turner ______ __________ ____ _ Laurinburg.
Stanly ___ __ _____________ Mrs. G. M. Reap _______ ________ _____ __ Efird's Mill.
Norwood ___________ ___ Mrs. C. Atkins__________ ______ _______ _ Norwood.
Richfield ______ _______ _ Mrs. J. A. Ritchie _____ ___ ----- _____ ___ Richfield.
Stokes __ __ _____________ _ Mrs. R . L. Hartman _____ ______ _______ ~ Hartman.
Walnut Cove ___ ___ ____ _ Mrs. G. W. Newman ___ ________________ Walnut Cove.
Surry ________ __ _________ Mrs. P. J. Lester_ _____ ___________ _____ Mount Airy.
Pilot Mountain ________ _ Mrs. A. C. Griffin ______ ________________ Rural Hall.
Elkin _______ ___ ___ ____ I
Siloam ___ _____________ \
Mrs. L. G. HurL------ --------- - ----- - Elkin.
Mrs. T. W. Apperson _____ _____ ________ _ Siloam.
Swain ___ ____ ________ ____ Mrs. A.M. Fry _ ____ ___ __________ _____ Bryson City.
TyrrelL _____ . ___________ Mrs. C. W. Swain ____ . ______ . ______ ___ Jerry.
Union __ ___ ______________ Mrs. J. B. Mangum ______ ___________ ___ Monroe.
Marshville ___ __ ________ ' Mrs. W. M. Holmes __________ ______ ___ Marshville.
Waxhaw __ __ __________ Miss Emma Richardson ____ ____ _____ ___ Waxhaw.
Indian TraiL ______ _____ Mrs. J. W. Rollings ____ _________ _______ Indian Trail.
Vance ______________ _____ Mrs. J. A. Fleming ____ ___ __________ ___ Middleburg,
Bear Pond ___________ __ j Mrs. J. E. GilL ___________ __ _________ __ Henderson, R. L
Wake _____ ____ ___ __ _____ Mrs. W. G. Clements· __ _____________ ___ Morrisville.
Warren _ ________________ Mrs. F. B. NewelL ______ _________ _____ Warrenton.
Littleton_ _ _ _ Mrs. L. N. Bagley___ ___ __________ _____ Littleton.
Washington __ _ - - -- ______ _ Mrs. B. F. SpruilL _____ _________ ___ ____ Creswell.
Watauga _____________ ___ Mrs. J. F. Hardin ____ _____ _____________ Boone.
Wayne, Falling Creek __ ___ Mrs. E. A. Stevens___ _________________ _ Goldsboro, R .;F. D_
Wilkes __ ___________ _____ Mrs. P. E. Brown ___ __________________ Wilkesboro.
Yadkin _ ___ ____ ______ ___ Mrs. H. H. Mackey ____ ________________ Yadkinville.
Yancey ___ ___ _____ __ __ __ Mrs. C. L. Ruffin ____ _____________ ___ __ Burnsville.
WoMEN's STATE CoNVENTION.
Mrs. Charles McKimmon --1 SecretarY- --------------- -- - - ---------1 Raleigh, N.C.
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DEMONSTRATION RAILWAY CARS.
For the past three years the State Department of Agriculture has
been operating demonstration trains for institute work. These trains
have been generously furnished by the Seaboard Air Line and Southern
railways. During the past summer fifty of these demonstration train
institutes were held. The trains consisted of passenger coaches fitted up
with an oil stove, kitchen cabinet, sink, ice box, together with cooking
utensils of modern design intended to lighten women's work in the
kitchen. In the passenger coach the women held their meetings, deliv­ered
lectures and demonstrated the use of the various cooking utensils,
served lunches, etc.
The followiug manufacturers, whom I consider reliable, and who will
be glad to answer questions in regard to their wares, have contributed
to the Institute Train: ·
Bateman Manufacturing Company, Grenloch, N. J. Agricultural
implements, riding cultivators, garden plows.
Raney Canning Company, Chapel Hill. Canning outfit.
Standard Oil Company, Baltimore, Md. Oil stoves, heaters and
lamps.
G. L Vinson_ Company, Raleigh, N. 0. Kitchen sink~, etc.
Royall & Borden Company, Raleigh. Kitchen cabinet, etc.
Western Implement Company, Port Washington, Wis. Riding plow
attachment.
Hart-Ward Hardware Company, Raleigh, N. 0., for Lander~, Frary
& Clark. Bread mixer, cake mixer, meat cutter, coffee percolator, etc.
William Campbell & Co., Detroit, Mich. Fireless cooker.
Manson-Campbell Company, Detroit, Mich. Fireless cooker.
December-3
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ORCHARD DEMONSTRATIONS.
During the Spring of 1911 Apple Spraying D~monstration has been
conducted along the lines of former years. Each demonstration was
held in the orchard and witnessed by the farmers of the community
who were interested in the work. In some instances they came several
miles to attend the demonstration.
The work was done by the cooperation of the Divisions of Horticul­ture
and Entomology, the Division of Horticulture doing the pruning
and the Division of Entomology doing the spraying.
These meetings were as follows:
County . Address. Owner of Orchard.
Alamance __ . ___ __ : ________ Haw River_ __ _____________ ___ R. W. Scott, Jr.
Alexander__ _____________ Davidson College ___ ___________ Dr. H. L. Smith (Taylorsville).
Beaufort___ ______________ Washington_ ___ ____ ______ _____ W. T . Bailey, Jr.
CaldwelL ________________ Lenoir, R. F . D. 3. -- - - -~----~-
Cleveland. __ __ __________ -1 Casar- • ---- ------ - - - - --- -----
Craven. __ _______________ New Bern. ______ ___ __ _______ _
S. N. Swanson.
Zero Mull.
0 . R. Perry,
Guilford _________ :__ ___ __ Greensboro, R. F . D. 2. _ C. M. Pritchett.
Guilford __ ______________ _! Climax ______ _____ _________ __ J . M. Field.
IredelL __________ ._______ Mooresville . ____ ___ ______ ___ __ H. C. Johnston.
McDowell ___ _______ ___ __ Marion _ _____ __ _____ ________ _ J . L. C. Bird.
Mecklenburg _____________ Charlotte.______ __ ____________ Charles E . Clark.
Rockingham·- - - ----------1 Wentworth, R. F. D. L ________ W. M. Gunn.
Rutherfordton ____________ Hollis ___ _______ _____________ J . P . Withrow.
Surry _______ ________ ____ _ Crutchfield __ __ _______________ J . Luther Wood.
Yadkin _________________ 1 Courtney ____ __ _______________ J. D. Reavis. THE BuLLETIN. 35
LECTURES DELIVERED.
THE MORAL TRAINING OF OUR CHILDREN.
BY Mns. EMELIJ1J McGILVARY ORR.
We bear a great deal about physical health on the farm, and bow to attain
it; but I often wonder whether we pay as much attention to the moral health
of our children.
One would think that the problems of child-rearing, in the country, would
almost solve themselves; and that, surrounded, as country children are, by
the beauties of nature, and removed from the supposed contaminations of
city and town conditions, they would know nothing but obedience, truthful­ness,
and purity.
When I speak of obedience, truthfulness, and purity, I do so because, with
the fear of God, they are the foundations of character. To try to form a
character with any one of these left out is like building a house with one of
the corners unsupported. .A. child may be taught obedience and purity, but
if he is not truthful he will not make a good man. Or, he may be pure and
truthful, but if not obedient, he will not make a good man.
In how few homes are the children taught absolute, unquestioning, cheerful
obedience! Mothers and fathers are to blame for this; yet they blame their
children. I am aware that these requirements are old-fashioned; but I am
willing to submit this question to any impartial observer, Does the product
justify modern methods? Whenever you see a family where the parents con­sider
these requisites ::ts out of date, there you find the children falling short
of the ideal. This is the trouble, now, with our so-called civilization: we have
lawlessness on all sides, because as children our citizens were not taught
absolute obedience. Obedience is not obedience if given grudgingly, poutingly,
reluctantly. Parents give commands, and then do not see that they are
obeyed; and if disobeyed, the punishment may or may not be administered,
according to the feelings of the parent at the time. How often do we see a
parent punishing a child for a certain offense-not according to the demerits
of the case, but because be is angry, or she is "nervous"; whereas, at another
time, that same act would have been ignored. Some parents have said to
me, "Well, if I did not punish my child when I was 'mad,' I never would do
it." Sad commentary, that, on the justice of the parent and the object of
his discipline! A child's sense of justice is keen, often far more so than the
adult's, and he can see whether you are punishing him for his good or to
relieve your own feelings.
How often, too, one sees either father or mother thinking the other too strict,
and so expressing himself before the children! In too many cases the pun­ishments
are administered by one, only, of the parents; the other even openly
expressing disapproval, or, by silence, possibly, taking the child's part! But
the child knows it. "A bouse divided against itself cannot stand," and full
measure of success cannot be expected without cooperation and unity between
parents.
A great mistake made is in postponing the time of commencing the train­ing
and discipline. Some say let the child alone until about two years of
age. Others, most disastrously, wait even longer. I believe one should com­mence
at once. .A. babe of three days has commenced to learn one of two
lessons-either that, by crying, be can obtain his own way, say to be taken
out of bed, or that he gains nothing by crying for what be wants. The wise
and loving ear soon distinguishes between the cry of hunger or pain and that
of willfulness or temper. If you are uncertain, try the babe. If, on being
taken up, it ceases its crying, then renews it when replaced in bed, you may
be sure there was nothing but temper or willfulness. I knew a young couple
who, on the fourth night after their first babe arrived, were distressed, believ-
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ing the babe was ill with colic. The experienced aunt listened and said it
was not the cry of pain, but that the babe wished to be taken up. The
parents could not believe that the child could so early know its own will. To
prove her point, the aunt took the babe up. It ceased its crying. S'he re­placed
it in the crib and the crying commenced again. She insisted that they
should save themselves and the child many sleepless, or rather, disturbed
nights-and let it "cry it out." They did; but it required an hour and a half
before the child came to a realization that his crying could not force any one
to giYe him his way. Then he ceased, and went to sleep quietly, as a good
baby should. The next night the same performance was repeated, and at the
same time, but it lasted less thau an hour. The third night he woke and
cried for about fifteen minutes. The fourth night he woke without any cry­ing.
The fifth, the victory was complete. The chilcl slept through the night,
and nevermore gave the parents any midnight horrors. Better, still, the
child had learned a valuable lesson. These parents, too, learned just as valu­able
a one: that \)Y patient determination they could bring the child to the
right. The p1·ocess of learning, I doubt not, was even harder for th_e parents
than for the child.
In the process of spoiling a child, I really believe that the parents become
even more badly spoi led, in that more and more they lose confidence in them­selves
:mel in their power to carry out their own commands.
I would urge every mother of a young babe to commence at the very first.
If there are mothers here who have older ch ildren whQo have not been taught
perfect obedience, that you resolve, first, to be firm with yourself, to bold
yourself unflinchingly to your duty; then that you will go home and give the
children "no quarter," as it were, until you and they together have learned
this fundamental lesson-that it is yours to train and control, theirs to obey.
For an unrestrained, uncontrolled child of several years of age, the lesson
is much harder; so you will need greater firmness with yourself as well as
with your child. ·You will need to meet even; net of disobedience, or pouting,
or reluctance with its punishment-a dozen times a clay if necessary. Two
weeks of this will more than likely be all-sufficient to show the child that ·you
m11st be obeyed. Once the child understands this, the battle is won. You
will n€'ed little more thereafter than to watch-not only your child, but your­self-
that you bold the ground you have gained, ruling with a steady, firm,
kind hand. The means and method for attaining this? If you have the great
moral strength possessecl by ve1·y tew, you will be able to secure the end
without punishment or chastisement. If, however, you belong to the average
class, you will fail utterly unless you resort, at least occasionally, to some
form of punishment. For myRelf, I am a firm believer in the keen switch­not
the hand nor the heavy rule, but the keen switch which stings, hurts, but
does not bruise. Never, I pray you, punish in anger nor slap the child about
the face or head! Do you say you have no time for nil this? Then you have
no time to be a mother; you should not have married, nor brought children
into the world. Now that they are here-mind you. through no choice of
theirs-yon are bound to train them aright. or how dare you meet them at
God's judgment bar? The older I grow the more convinced I am that a
parent can show a child no greater unkindness than to fail to train him in
obedience. A friend of mine, the mother of four children. says that laziness
on the pnrt of parents is the cause of improperly controlled chilclren; and the
more I think of it the more convinced I am that she is right. We fail in our
duty to our children through l nzines~'<, even though we be never so industrious
in other lineR. and then we deceive ourselves into thinking that we are loving,
tencler hearted!
This controlling the children should, invariably, go hand in band with lov­ing
sympathy with them in their joys and in their sorrows. It is not enough
to feel this sympathy. but we should take time to show it in our participntion
with them in their interests. When the two-the firm control nnd f;ympathy­are
thus linked together, there is no danger of losing the child's love. Hnve
you not seen it. time and agnin. that the parent who was most strict, if also
loving, was the one the child loved most? With my own children, I hnve
never known it to fail, that they were much more loving and affectionate, for
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days after a punishment, than before; and if they were not, I knew I bad
not carried the matter to a finish. You pareuts who have not tried this
seemingly anomalous way of increasing, strengtltening, your cltildren's love
for you, try it and be convinced.
In regard to trutltfulriess, I believe that example, coupled, of course, with
precept, counts for more than any'tlting else. Tilis means that the mother
cannot give a short pound of butter, not the father a short cord of wood, or
busilel of apples, say, and then expect to be able to train the cltild into truth­fulness.
How often will a parent deceive a ..:bild, tell him tile "bad man will
get ltim," or the .like, then 1·epTove the child for an untruth ! We cannot be
too careful about this, no.r set too high a value on it, in our dealings with our
children. I am often astonished to hear a parent laughingly, jokingly, tell of
some untruth or dishonesty practiced by sol,lle ·one else. The Scriptures tell
us that "fools make a mock of sin" ; that is, a joke of it!
We must beware, too, of being prejudiced into thinking that because the
children are ours they must be truthful. In my twelve years of teaching, I
learned that in tilis particular point parents are most easily deceived. Over
and over again parents have said to me, "I know that 1\Iary, or Sallie, or Jim,
bas many faults, but untrutLfulness is not one of tilem." This, when all mates
and teachers knew the child to be false. Because trutbfuluess is so closely
associated with and so decisively affects one's attitude toward property, I
bold that we cannot properly train our cilildren in the former, if we neglect
to prepare them for the acquiring and use of the latter. We try to fit tltem
for many another demand to come, later· in life, but how many of us deliber­ately
plan to train them in money earuiug and money spending? There are
some parents who give their child. a crippled ch icken, or lamb, or troublesome
calf to raise for his own. When old enough to be put on the market and con­verted
into cash, that calf, say, is taken, arbitrarily, w~thout consulting the
rightful owner, and sold; then what? Often all the money is appropriated
by the parent. Usually a small part is condescendingly given ( ! ) to the
child. The child's sense of justice is thereby wronged, so that, as in a case of
a man I know, fifty years have failed to obliterate the feeling of bitterness
against the lawlessness of his parent. The child by this course is taught to
disregard rightful ownership. The better plan is to have a talk with your
child. Tell him you wish him to learn the value of money; how hard 'tis to
earn, how easy to spend. Tell him you have decided to pay him for certain
duties ; but that, like his parents, there are many, many duties be must per­form
with no expectation of visible remuneration-just as a member of the
family, and with the consciousness that thereby he is contributing to the gen­eral
welfare. I would urge you, too, to fix the wages at the price you would
have to pay others for similar work; and then give him enouglt duties to earn,
in the course of a year, an amount equal to wilat you have been in the habit
of spending on his clothes, including shoes and stockings. Tell him that
henceforth you expect him to buy these with his own earnings. Incidentally
he learns to be careful of his clothes. Require him to keep a strict account.
This gives him a good training in business, a correct idea of the legitimate
reward for certain kinds of labor, and the necessary cost of part of our living.
It thereby fortifies him against failure, right at the very point where our
country boys are apt to fail. They go to town, earn a few dollars a "·eek, and
because they never before had the handling of money, they feel rich. Then
follow trying, humiliating experience, when the 1VOTld is a ha1·d critic. Would
it not be far better to let the child earn his first wages at home? Let him
make his mistakes there, too, where loving .eyes can watch him and tender
counsel lead him into a better way!
In regard to purity, it seems to me that parents are most negligent.
I hold that the first lessons in purity should be that of the sacredness of
the person. Our children, from their infancy, should be taught modesty. In
some of our crowded country homes this is often difficult; yet if we realized
its import, we would see to it that a little curtain is hung across the corner
of the room, or the bed be pulled far enough out from the wall, and each
child taugl!t to dress there, o~tt of sight of his own b1·others and sisters. This
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lesson of the sacredness, the modesty, of the person should commence with
the babe in arms. How? By making it an inviolable rule that even these
babes be clothed in such a manner that, if they were old enough to know, they
would have nothing to blush for. They should always wear diapers. This is
more than a question of convenience, of cleanliness. In their first months, to
be sure, they are too young to be influenced' by such a matter as clothing. Not
so their brothers and sisters and the young of the neighborhood, whose ideals,
high or low, we are thus helping to form !
I know many parents who hav~ striven to inculcate obedience ann truthful­ness,
and yet have let the question of purity take care of itself. The neglect
of mothers in this matter is most dangerous. I have ta.lked with some
mothers, urging them to tell their children what they should know, and be
met with the reply, "Oh, I want my girl, or my boy, to be innocent." I tell
you that innocence that comes of ignorance is not safe, and will likely last
only until tested !
There is a God-implanted desire in every child to know the facts, the laws
regarding our existence, and our bodies; and a mother who keeps these from
her children is wronging them as seriously as if she withheld from them the
bread they crave.
If you are candid with yourself, you will acknowledge that when a girl, you
longed to know the mysteries of life--sex relation and such things; and, if you
escaped the foulness of knowledge obtained from impure sources, you have
only God to thank for it. You know, too, that among your Hssociates you
could count on the fingers, likely, of one hand the girls who did not oiscu~s
these subjects and pry into these mysteries. It is foolish, it is foolhHrdy,
then, to hope and believe that just because that girl is yours, she will prove a
wonderful exception and be so pure, forsooth , as to escape the contamination
of such information, received from impure sources.
The view a child has of the mysteries of life depends upon the manner in
and the source from which she receives informHtion concerning them. Tf they
are first told to her in a pure, reverent manner, showing her that all thel'le
facts and laws came from God, who is purity as well as love, ·it will be well­nigh
impossible for her ever to associate with them any ideas of vulgarity
and impurity. ·
If you mothers value your sacred privilege of being the first to communicHte
this knowledge, and so jealously guard your right and art on it, your child
will always associate it with you, who should be to your dHughter the E>mhooi­ment
of purity. If, however, you let her find out these things for her~elf. ~he
will, almost inevitably. seek the information from some wiRer bnt irnpnrer
girl, or, worse still, from your colored cook or wHshwoman, most likely Rteeped
in sin. I do marvel at any mother for so undervaluing the high officE> of
motherhood as thus to relinquish her privi!E>ge in favor of any dirty-mouthed,
impure-minoed woman or girl who, as Satan's instrument, is only too glad
to usurp that power over your child's future that you so cHreleRsly. cowaroly
spurn. All! because your girl does not dare to break throu.e;h the bnrrier that
you have, by your silence, erected, you think she does not discuss these things
with others? Then you have much to learn!
Do you say that you "just can't talk nbout these things to your child"? It
is hard, at first, I admit; but if you truly desire and ask for Divine guionnce
in the matter, and earnestly and reverently approach the subject, striving to
divest your mind of the false modesty that has surrounded it, yo1t can do 1J01t.1'
dut1f. When, with your daughter in your lap or at your knee, and your loving
mother arms around her, you have opened up to her the mysteries of her life
and body, you will find that in the performance of that duty you and your
daughter have grown tenfold nearer and dearer to ench other. After that
sweet confidence, accompanied by the assurance that eve1·y question she can
bring to you shall be candidly answered, to the best of your ability. oo you
believe she can allow any companion to pour into her ear a garbnged, filthy
version of the wonders of God's laws? She would resent any suggestion of
the kind as she would the first breath of slander against you. I can only
add, Mothers, try it!
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We make another fatal mistake when we fail to keep before our boys the
same high standard of social purity that we set for our girls; and what I
have said about taking our sons into our confidence applies equally to our
girls. In his earliest years, the mqther can perform that duty for her boy as
wen as the father. As he grows, however, and matures, that boy is rich
Indeed whose father will unfold to him the wonders of this book. Alas!
there is not one father in a hundred-! bad almost said in one thousand­who
is willing to undertake this difficult mission. So, if the father will not,
the mother must! Hard as it is, she should do it, rather than let it be done
In an impure way by some one else. If you, mother, feel that your knowledge
is too limited to tell your boy all he should know, you might ask your family
physician-provided he is a pure Christian man-to supplement what you have
said. But you know enough to open the book yourself for him, and do you
do it, even if you let your physician carry your boy deeper into its wonders.
At what age should this book be opened? For myself, I have always felt
that I would rather be two ;years too early than one day too late! I would
say, then, let your surroundings and your child's associates decide that; but
do not be so foolish as to believe that some child or cook or laborer will fail
to do what you are unwilling to undertake. As to surroundings, there is that
about farm life that gives the child such suggestions of these mysteries that,
If he is at all inquiring, make it wise to open the subject for him at, if any­thing,
an earlier age even than for his town cousin. He almost unavoidably
sees things that naturally cause his wide-awake mind to ask "Why?" and
"How?" Unless, therefore, you deliberately break down that wall of reserve,
be will almost inevitably ask these questions of the wrong persons. Strange
propensity? Yes, but tnte.
A mother I know unfolded tho:> first pages of this book to her oldest child
when he was only four years old. She was led to this course because the
child bad early shown a desire to know .the why and wherefore of everything,
and because there were other children in the same boarding-bouse, and one of
them bad a colored girl for a nurse. The mother took her little lad into her
confidence, and told him that these things were to be "kept as secrets between
Jesus and him and her." If be ever violated her confidence, even by a glance,
she never bad the least occasion to suspect it. The questions with which be
would come to her, when be could steal a quiet time alone with her, proved
that she was his only source of information. The next child bad an entirely
different kind of mind; although to protect him from impure information from
farm bands, she bad opened the book of wonders quite early. Unlike his
brother, be showed no curiosity, no interest even, in these things. So the
book was gently closed, with the loving assurance that it would be opened at
any future time the boy might wish. From time to time she touched gently
on the subject, only to find that there seemed to be no interest whatever in
those things. Always she assured him of an earnest desire that be should
come to her with any question he might, at any time, wish answered. She
always assured him, too, that she would never turn him away with a crumb
of knowledge when be wanted a slice or, later, a loaf for his mental food.
Years passed on, and that mother began to wonder if it bad been in vain that
she bad so determinedly forestalled all other instructors on moral questions;
and if it were possible that be bad gained that information from other sources.
She had many misgivings, until be was quite in his teens, and unusually late
for entering puberty. Then for a whole winter be sought opportunities for
confidential chats with her, and plied her with questions so deep and so
numerous as to convince her that his mind was only then just waking up to
that subject. and that it was a clean page on which she was privileged to
paint, and give it any hue she chose.
If it bas seemed to you that this talk bas been in too serious a vein, it is
because parents' shortcomings and the subject demand it. I have not intended
to preach, but only to discuss with you our duties as parents, and the dangers
and failures and burdens which are ours, in spite of the fact that no joys can
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approach ours. These burdens are so well-nigh overwhelming tllat I feel
about child-rearing as I do about sorrow-bearing: I do not see how any one
can bear up under the weight of eitller without the Heavenly Father's h.elp.
In closing, I would add-because I could .not do better-the Apostle James'
advice: "If any man Jack wisdom, let llim ask of God, who giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."
THE COUNTRY HOME.
BY MISS LUCIE T. '\"EBB.
Tlle country home! how peaceful, restful, and quiet is the very thought
itself! Our mind's eye catches a vision of a cozy, comfortable home nestled
among the onks and elms, a broad green lawn in front with trees and shrub­bery
dotted here and there, wide piazzas with inviting rockers, hammocks, and
swings that suggest rest and comfort. On the inside of the home we see every
evidence of neatness, refinement, and culture. The few pictures that are
artistically arranged on the walls suggest noble and inspiring thoughts. The
usual assortment of bric-a-brac and dust-catclling receptacles have given place
to vases of fresh cut flowers that lend fragrance and beauty to every room.
No repulsive fly papers and fly killers are in view, for the tight-fitting screens
keep out flies as well as mosquitoes.
The whole house is filled with a cheerful, cozy atmosphere, but by far the
most attractive and restful place is the "Living Room"-the gathering place
where the members of the family have spent so many happy hours in each
other's company. Here we see the signs of the inner life of the home-father's
easy cllair, mother's work basket and fancy work, and the children's play­things
in their corner.
Many more things we could add to the picture of this ideal country home,
but we have seen enough to convince us that there is no place like the country.
Here nature has put many things close at hand to make us happy and
contented if we will but see, use, appreciate, and enjoy them. Grass, flowers,
trees, birds, are all to cheer our hearts and keep us ever mindful of the beau­ties
of nature; while fruits, nuts, and vegetables of all kinds satisfy the
cravings of a healthy appetite. You say it takes work to have all of these
things! Indeed it does, and there's where the secret lies. Are we not hap­pier
when we are occupied? Isn't the sweetest rest that which comes after
an honest day's work? Do we not appreciate more fully those comforts which
we ·have attained through our own labors rather than through the efforts of
some one else? Then let us clo our best to have an ideal home. Consider
beauty and pleasing effects inside and out. Remove all of the barrels, boxes,
and rubbish, for these give the place an unkept air. Clip the weeds off and
let the grass grow ; plant a few flowers in a rich, sunny place, and a vine or
two to run up on the porches to brigllten the looks of the old house. White­wasll
is an inexpensive thing, yet how much it adds to the looks of a place to
see the outhouses, tlle posts and fences, all shining .in the sun; and a man with
a hand sprayer that costs only a few dollars can whitewash all the buildings
on an ordinary farm in a short time.
The responsibility of the home of course rests with the mother, and one
can often look into her toil-worn face and see that it isn't her fault that
things are not kept neat, clean, and attractive. All of her strength has been
used up in doing what she considers the "necessary things," and she hasn't
had the time nor the will power to give the little touches here, there, and
everywhere that show unmistakable evidence of a woman's art. She naturally
loves pretty things, and the care of flowers, the making of downy cushions
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and dainty pieces of embroidery for the · home is not a task, but a pleasure,
to her. Yet the mother's strength does not permit of her doing everything,·
so frequently these little touches have to be left undone.
In order to keep her home so that it will be a delight to herself and a
pleasure to others, the mother must make a stud1J of the saving of steps,
strength, and time. She must "cut off the corners," as it were--make one
step answer for many, and one lick do the work of two or three. In this way
she may save enough time to enable her to do the housekeeping as it should
be done. We might suggest a few things that would help her in this, and by
adding them one at a time the expense would not be so great after all : .A.
convenient water supply comes first; then an oil stove and a fireless cooker;
linoleum on the kitchen floor would save many, many hard licks; a sink fixed
in one corner of the kitchen table with a pipe to carry the waste water away
from the house is a convenience that is found in a few country homes, yet it
costs very little, and will save hundreds of steps in a day; while countless
numbers of steps might be avoided by having a place fenced off for the garden
close to the house. Conditions are not the same in every home. and the bouse­wife
will have to study out many of these problems for herself, and when she
makes a real study of hPr housework she will grow more and more interested
in it; and as soon as she learns to do it in a systematic way she will be aston­ished
at the number of steps she is able save herself, and the great amount
Of work she can accomplish with the same strength and in the same length
of time.
The always-tired mother must look at this question from another stand­point,
also. When she uses up a ll her strength day after day and goes to bed
at night too tired to sleep, her nerves and her whole physical make-up must
suffer. Consequently the daily cares, trials, aud disappointments that come
into every one's life, which by accepting and overcoming in the ·proper way
would sweeten her disposition and ennoble her character, will, on the other
hand, make her peevish, cross, and disagreeable-not because she chooses to
be so, but because she can't help it. Consequently, in her efforts fo mrtke a
home she frtils completely, for the very best in home life is impossible without
forbearance, kindness, and unselfishness. If we find an irritable, fusRy mother,
the children will imbibe the sp irit and will develop fussy, disrtgreeable dis­positions;
and when the father and mother cannot agree, one need not expect
anything but disagreement in the chi ldren.
After all, there must be conteJ;Jtment at any price. It is not possi_ble for
every one to haYe a beautiful home; but even the poorest, in the simplest
little hut, can have a happy home. Tl~e real home is in the heart, and that
must be filled with love, kindness, unselfishness, and a proper consideration
for others, before we may have the real "Horne, Sweet Horne."
HEALTH HINTS.
BY MISS KATHARINE PARKER.
In this discussion I shall not endeavor to enter fnto a detailE-d account of
how to acquire henlth or to maintain it. The time is inndef)unte for a
lengthy treatise on this very importnnt subject, a theme which should stand first
in our list of subjects for consideration. Therefore, as the title, Hertlth Hints,
suggests, I shall endeavor to touch on it in a way that will bring it to our
attention. and I hope cause us to pursue it further in the quiet of our homes.
Upon the women of the home more tbnn any one else rests the responsibility
of the health of the family, and for that reason she should give the subject
careful consideration and acquaint herself as fully as possible with the la"·s
governing health. The happiness and welfare of the entire household rlepend
largely upon her knowledge and enforcement of these laws. Yet with this
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great responsibility her work is not always appreciated as it should be-often
not even by herself. Perhaps this can be illustrated by the following inci­dent
related at an Illinois institute and which probably bas a parallel in the
experi!'nces of some of you. Who of you bas not often beard the mother of
the home say she was not earning any money, in this way speaking disparag­Ingly
of her own important work?
A man chanced to meet a certain boy who .was unduly proud of the fact that
he was earning regular wages and supporting himself. He entered into a
conversation with the boy, which ran something like this:
"Yes," said the boy, "I make $3 a week; Mary is in the store and she earns
$5; I don't know bow much father earns; and Ted and Jim, they don't earn
anything-they just go to school."
"And do you board at home?'' asked the man.
"Ob, yes; we eat breakfast and supper there, and mother puts up our din-ners
for us."
"Yes, I see; who gets the breakfast and does the other cooking?"
"Mother."
"Who washes for you?"
"She does."
"Do you keep a girl?"
"No, we don't need one. Besides, we couldn't afford one, anyhow."
"Does your mother do all the work for the whole family?"
"Why, yes, of course."
"Does she sew and mend for all of you, too?"
"Well, I should say she did. We never l!ire l!elp for anytl!ing."
"You say you get $3 every week and Mary $5. What does your mother
get?"
"Motl!er! Why she don't work; she just stays at home; she don't get any­thing."
The. mother's services were evidently necessary, but no money value was
placed upon her work. It was taken as a matter of course that she should
be cook, nurse, sew and be a regular Jack at all trades and good at all. The
woman bas a great, God-given responsibility, when the health of a family is
placed in her hands.
In the consideration of this subject some of the essential things are the
relation of air, water, foods, cleanliness, and rest to our bodies.
AiT comes first, because without it we can live only a very few minutes.
Our lungs need pure air all the time. If we are content with shallow breath­ing,
we are content to have poisons in our bodies. In the lungs there is an
exchange of oxygen and of waste products between the air and the blood.
When we breathe just from the chest, the blood in the lower part of the lungs
has to go back to its work without a sufficient supply of oxygen. Besides, we
have to keep all parts of the lungs exercised to keep them in working order,
so they can resist attacks from <'onsumption and other lung diseases. There
is a right way to breathe and a wrong way. Naturally, we breathe through
the nose; but if this passage is blocked, we are forced to breathe through the
mouth. Almost always mouth breathing in children is caused by the growth
of adenoids, a superficial growth of the mucous membrane. Many evils fol­low
in the wake of adenoids. The air gets to the lungs by a shorter route,
therefore it is not so well sifted by the minute hair-like proje<'tions in the
nasal passage, and does not have the same chance to reach the body tempera­ture.
The child's face becomes deformed, and bas an unnatural shape, and
often the child becomes partially deaf. In later life asthma is likely to
develop. So just as soon as you notice that your child breathes through the
mouth habitually, take him to a physician for examination.
Adenoids are not new-fangled, but are as old as asthma; but thanks to
medical science, they can be eliminated. We want the children to breathe
properly, as Nature intended. The air we breathe is about one-fifth oxygen.
In breathing we extract pal't of the oxygen from the air and give out car­bonic
acid gas in its place. This gas is a deadly poison to our bodies. So we
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see without a free circulation of air day and night, in an occupied room, it
soon becomes foul and unfit to breathe. A lamp will not burn in the presence
of too much of this carbonic acid gas. If I breathe gently into the holes of
the burner of a lighted lamp, the flame dies down. And thus the flame of
life in our bodies dies down when we breathe the same air over several times.
Some of us want pure air in the daytime, but just as soon as the sun goes
down. we are afraid of it, and close all the windows. There is nothing in
night air to make us afraid of it. It is usually coolei·, so perhaps we need
more clothing during the night hours. Then, winter ·and summer, let's throw
our windows wide open at night so we can be r efreshed by the pure air.
We are starving our bodies of water. The whole system needs water to
carry on its work. The average person needs at least eight or teli glasses of
water a day. Do we drink that much? Lack of water causes co11stipation,
and this disease is the root of many others, including appendicitis, most
probably. A large quantity of water is carried from the system through the
kidneys and through the skin, and this must be replaced. Water is the one
medicine I recommend to you, unreser-vedly. It is God's pure medicine. Let's
take it instead of the patent medicines, which .nre often man's impure frauds.
Our bodies call for water inside and outside. '!.'he skin is covered with oil'
glands and sweat glands. It is estimated that we have 2,500,000 of the latter.
If these become clogged, they cannot carry on their work of removing waste
from the body. They can become clogged by their own secretions, with dead
skin, with the oil from the body, or with dust. It is a very easy matter,
however, to keep these pores open, simply by bathing, frequently and regu­larly.
Not only are the pores of the skin filled by these excretions, but the
pores of our clothes also. So this makes the frequent airing of our clothes
imperative. Those we wear in the day must be aired at night, and those we
wear during the night should be aired in the day. We should give our bodies
a chance to air; the pores need to breathe, so to speak, and it is criminal to
keep them wrapped in the same garments clay and night. In the summer
especially, our underclothes must be changed frequently. This does mean
hard work. A week's washing and ironing these hot July days is no easy
thing. But these dead cells and poisons must be taken out of our clothing,
if we are to have bodies strong and capable of resisting disease.
While speaking of clothing, I want to make a plea for rational clothing.
The real purpose of clothes is for protection. It is all right to follow fashion
so long as it does no harm, but when it tells us to wear things which are
injurious, we must say no firmly. Some women are blind enough to follow.
no matter if it says bind the feet, bind the waist, heat the head with artificial
hair, wear heavy skirts which pull on the hips and drag in the dust. We do
not want to be conspicuous because we do not conform to fashion, but we
must have minds of our own and say, "Thus far and no farther." ·
Foods and digestion play an important part in health. A good digestion is
something to be proud of, but don't work it to death just because it is good.
The first important process of digestion begins in the mouth, with the diges­tion
of the starches; therefore, we must masticate thoroughly so that the
saliva will be well mixed with the food. Since the mouth plays such an
important part in our health, careful attention should be given the teeth. If
the child's teeth are well cared for by a good dentist until be is sixteen or
eighteen years old, it is probable that he will have good teeth all his life.
Food is necessary for growth, repair, and energy; therefore the elements com­posing
the body must be found in the food. Most foods are formed from some
of the thirteen fundamental elements, and all must undergo chemical change
in the body before being utilized by it. Protein foods include meats, milk,
cheese, eggs, peas, beans, etc. Its chief office is to build and repair tissues.
Proteins furnish energy, but at greater cost than carbohydrates and fats.
Carbohydrates are found chiefly in vegetables, fruits, cereals, and sugars.
They maintain heat and furnish energy. Each starch grain is surrounded by
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a denser layer. This must be burst, so that the saliva can get at it. So all
starchy foods, such as cereals, breads, legumes, etc., must be cooked long and
thoroughly.
The cook stove is a wonderful blessing, but we misuse it at times. There
are many foods which we cook elaborately which would be just as · wholesome
raw. We mix too many tllings, and have too many fancy things. As a rule,
the more simple the cooking, the more likely the food will have its value
increased from a health standpoint.
It is a significant fact that while science is rapidly gaining the conquest of
the majority of contagious diseases, at the same time the diseases due to
errors of diet and nutrition are enormously on the increase.
Tlle daily average food of an adult is about 412 ounces protein, 2 ounces
fat, 18 ounces starch, 5 pints water. Authorities agree that a mixed diet is
best, although some are trying to decrease the protein standard. It is very
necessary to have the proper amount of protein every day, but an oversupply
is InJUrious. It should be properly balanced with the other foods. The
starches, fats, and sugars have been compared to the coal that feeds the
locomotive; the proteins represent the iron and steel that are used to repair
the engine and to replace the worn parts. The protein leaves ashes, and these
are known as urea, uric acid, etc., and they probably have more or Jess to
do with various diseases of the body, rheumatism, etc.
If we conform to these rules our bodies will be fortified against disease.
However, there is an old saying that "All work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy." This is a hard lesson for the housewife to learn. How can she
find time? With the cooking, cleaning, churning, washing, mending, and tend­ing
to the children, where is there a spare minute for change of occupation
or change of scenery? If you will think of your acquaintances, I imagine
you can recall some one who does not leave home one day out of a year, or pos­sibly
out of five years. The nervous system demands occasional periods of
recreation and diversion. These will more than repay for the time they con­sume,
and not only make life happier, but will probably save in doctors'
bills. Unless there is some kind of recreation, WOTTY, that dreadful foe, will
come in the hollSehold, and of all diseases this is one of the worst, because it
lasts longer.
Sleep is one of the essentials of rest. It is the time in which our bodies
and minds are refreshed, and we must not interfere with this time. When
you go to your bedroom, leave every worry behind. If anything has gone
wrong during the day, drop it absolutely with the work. An occasional hour
may be lost safely, but there will always be a penalty for persistent robbing
of tlle sleep which nature calls for.
If we are inclined to worry, we will ·have to fight against it. "The secret
of self-treatment of worry is the cultivation and acquirement of self-control."
Determine to control yourself. Summon all your mental decision, moral reso­lution,
and spiritual help. S'ome of us do not worry about our daily work,
we know it is progressing all right; but how about to-morrow? Possibly we
may think we may need rain to-morrow; but will our worrying rriake rain
come? This reminds me of a little verse I found several years ago:
"Build a little fence of trust around to-day, and therein stay. Look no(
through the sheltering bars upon to-morrow. God will help thee bear what
comes, of joy or sorrow."
If we have done absolutely the best we can, we need not worry; or if we
have not done our best in the past, worrying will not mend matters; but Jet
us determine to live up to the mark in the future. So we. see that good health
and happiness go together. No one bubbling over with good health can be
anything but happy. Be enthusiastic about your work, about your husband's
work, and your cllildren's work. We owe it to ourselves, our families, and
to our God to be healthful and happy, to make the very best out of these
bodies and minds which have been given us, and to hand down to future
generations the rich heritage of a sound mind in a sound body.
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A TALK ON PATENT MEDICINES.
BY MRS. W. N. HUTT.
Laclles, I am· going to talk to you to-day about a subject which many of you
may have considered very seriously or may not have thought of at all-that
is, Patent Medicines. Practically all of them are, according to the American
Medical Association and the United States Government Bulletins, harmful,
and are deceptions, frauds, fakes.
Patent medicines are mixtures of various flavors, drugs, and simple sub­stances,
their object being to so beguile the public into thinking they will
cure, that it will buy them, and thus dollars will be transferred from the
pockets of the purchaser to that of the manufacturer.
Why do w