I? Conservation!
. . -. News I
by Johi Smith |
The recent cold weather has
Just about stopped the growth of
pasture grasses and clover. Most
of the pastures are practically
hare and the stock are being fed
hay. One farm which still has
enough grass to feed its cattle is
the Whitmire farm in Martin
Creek. The primary reason that
there U tsill grazing on this farm
is the fact that it is not overstock
ed. An excellent pasture program
has been developed and is being
followed on this farm, and that,
combined with proper stocking
results in sufficient grazing for
much longer than is possible on
most farms.
Several furniture manufactur
ing companies in North Carolina
are making it possible for land
owners to buy yellow poplar seed
ling from the state nurseries, and
get ah equal number of seedling
free. The furniture manufactur
ers, who realize their future pro
duction depends on a sure supply
of timber, will give a landowner
as many seedlings as he buys. The,
minimum oHrt it tor too hm
seedling i and the maximum is tor
5,000 seedlings. ThU means tyat
a farBer can bay 5,000 seedlinga,
and actually act out tan thousand
Any one . interested in getting
trees under this arrangement
should contact the Soil Conserva
tion Service office in the Court
House.
Several times in the last tew
weeks. 1 have had inquiries as to
whether fencing woodland payed
or not. Experiments at the Co
wee t a Hydroiogic Laboratory
near Franklin have show that
cattle on woodland pasture gain
weight slowly or may even lose
weight. Besides not being good
pasture for the cattle, the wood
land themselves are heavily dam
aged through injury to young
growth, lowered rates of growth
even for larger trees, and serious
damage to the soil through pack
ing, and loss of organic matter/
About the only justification for
fencing woods into pasture .is in
the saving of large amounts of
fencing material by cutting across
a corner of woodland. This should
-be avoided tt at all possible.
The damage to young, yellow
poplar is especially serM^is when
woodland is fenced. Cows bite the
terminal buds from these trees
and this results in a crooked trunk
and a cull tree. All varieties of
pine are subject to the same type
Gap Between Average N. C. Teacher /
Salary And Nation Widest In History
The gap between average salar
ies paid teachers in the nation
and in North Carolina is the
widest in history.
Mrs. 'Ethel P. Edwards, Execu
tive Secretary, North Carolina
Education Association, revealed
recently that the difference in
average salaries has climbed to
$1005.^
Mrs Edwards stated the esti
mated average salaries are $3,
770 for N. C. and $t,775 for the
nation. The National Education
Association expects the national
average to exceed (5.000 for the
school year 19^9-60.
"Unless teachers' salaries in
North Carolina are increased sub
stantially during the next two
years, our teachers may find their
average salary more than $1,500
less than their national counter
part," Mrs. Edwards said.
"The gap has steadily widened,
except for temporary gains by
North Carolina, from a difference
of $280 in 1950-51, to the $1,005 dif
ference for this year," Mrs. Ed
wards stated.
If the average salary figures
are cause for great concern, the
maximum earnings for teachers I
are more alarming," she declared. I
She cited these figures: In ay- 1
erage salaries paid teachers,
North Carolina ranks 38th; in per
cent of teachers with an "A' "c*r-j
tificate, the state ranks 6th; in
per cent of teachers paid $4,500 or
more annually, the state ranks
47th.
"With more highly qualified,
professional personnel than most
other states, we pay our teachers
Jower maximums," ^Mrs. Ed* j
wards explained.
She pointed out that the lower
standards of other states tend to
pull their average salary down,
while in North Carolina the large
number of teachers who have
reached the scheduled maximum
tends to pull the average up.
Only 2.3 per cent of the 35,-000
teachers in North Carolina earn
$4,500 or more. This contrasts
with the national average of 48.1
per cent. Maryland, Delaware;
Louisiana, and Florida rank' above
the* 'national average. Only South
Ca&liiiA .and Kentucky rank below
North CSrolfna.
The State Board of Education is
requesting the 1959 General As
sembly to provide funds for a
schedule of $3,000 to $4,900 for the
next two years.
hungry Month to Mtft eating
MM. the will Invariably pick the
end ieUt Wtter fronton
of .the tree. Thi? is the terminal
bud, the only plate a tree can
grow upward. U the bud is de
stroyed, nature trial to compel)
sate for this by itarting upward
growth from the tip a # one or
more small branches. The only
poaslble result U a crooked and
cull tree.
Recent rains have shown the
need for a large amount of tUe
ditch Md open ditch, drainage in
the county. There hre many areata
now staadUly in -water, and which
will not produce' the crept they
should until they are** properly
drained Any OHe heading assis
tance with drainage is urged to
see the Soil Conservation Service
technicians ttf receive assistance
in locating and grading drainage
ditches..
32 Young Harris
Students ?am
Academic Honor
Thirty-two Young Harris Col
lege students gained academic re
cognition t or scholastic achieve
ment during Fall Quarter, the of
fice of Dean Ray Farley an
nounces.
Those students on the Dean's
List, an honor reserved to stu
dents whose academic averages
are ninety or above in aU cours
es of study, are: Douglas Ches
hire, Eau Gatlie, Fla.; Samuel
Dayton, Gainesville; Geraldine
Efird, Blairsville; Joe Gunnels,
Austell; Carolyn Jones, Clayton;
Virginia Merrell, Roopville; James
Melntyre, ' Macon; Gerald Trot
ter, Ctarfcesville; Jane Willis, El
lijay; Margie Arnold, Tallapoosa;
Charlotte Ballew, Orlando, Fla.;
Andy Borders. Fort Valley; Mar
tha , B o u r n e, Chamblee; Ann
Brooks, Tucker; Jerry Brooks,
Marietta- Bcenda Callahan, Hape
ville;' Emory Dunton, Austell;
Jine Ferret), Orlando, Fla.; Lar
ry Green, East Point.
"Sandra Harper, Fairburn: Mar
cia Head, Athens; Pat Henderson,
?Rome; Jackie Holmes', Turlington,
N. C.; MIMred Lansdell, Austell;
William McLean, Griffin; Mrs.
T. B. Oeley, Hiawassee; Ora
Scott, East -Point; Charles Shep
ard, E ill jay; Donald Southerland,
Clarkesville; Edna Thompson,
Cairo; Sara 'to^d, Lakes Wales,
Fla.; Dorothea Wlittaker, Jones
bo ro
Francis Bourne Sr., Francis
Bourne Jr., and Mrs. Frank For
syth attended a dinner honoring
the birthday of Don Ellas in Ashe
ville on Friday night.
NO OTHER PICKUP
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A '59 FORD
You get the smoothest ride of
any half -ton pickup, thanks to
Fold's heavy-duty, two-stage
rear springs and long, tapered
leaf front springs. Scientific
Impact-O-Craph tests prove
you gtet the easiest ridel
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4 body
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i|Oi#Swn SfOw
A 59 FORD
Big Styleside box gives you
56 cubic feet of loadgpace on
I alHMnch wheeljiaa^ or 70
cuhic'ifeet With b 118-irtch
wBSelbase. Both bodies offer
tH&-;*fhifetural strength you
need for heavy And
yOu^C gbt ^ord Sftttrt Stroke
pdwer tbTiiiul Without huffing
- or puffing! ? '
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A 59 FORD j
T6 % only Shdrt Strokfc Sfct
in flicViips today, F6rd ?OW ,
adds new, ?edrtoihy cdrba- :
fetor. h?uh: 'liic "jrpBtrfjt
gas-saving combination on the <
? road? and it's yours at no
extra cost! And a full range of.
transmissions permits you to
chboM the tee for yoar Job.
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BURCH MOTORS
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ENTER THE 8YLVANIA PHOTO FLASH CONTEST. Bee Toot LoIemI AntWfctd F Jk Dialer. '
VERNON rtm THumKIm HeaKr *?! ' *CTO*T,TI."C.
County ffome
Agent
Approve* Reading Usi,
im Now Out
The llit of Approved books tor
"Good Reading" wtuch U publish
ed annually for N. C. Home Dem
onstration clubs is available in
tike 16cal Home Economics Agent's
office and Is in the process of
belhg distributed to clubs through
out' tlie eonflty.
No greater investment of family
income can be Mod* than to build
? good home library. "Choose a
book as carefully as you choose
a friend" U safe advice. A book1
Maintenance and housekeeping
is never a good book fcnleSs It en
riches the person who reads It. '
A t section of tKe above taen
tioned pbamplet enumerates sev
eral books (jr classifications)
that every home library should
contain, namely; the Bible, an un
abridged dictionary, encyclopedia,
ah atlas, Hie World Almanac, text
books, The classics. '
To Be sure some of all of these
books are available in our local
library the first four categories
are essential for reference in
every home. .
To Home* Demonstration club
members interested in books list
ed for approved reading a Hst is
being made available to both the
Murphy and Andrews Ubrarys.
As most everyone knows for
keeping up with (be most recent
books our Cherokee County li
oraries are second to none. And
/here else can one find librar
ians as cooperative and accomo
Jating as our own?
Let's read this year of 1969.
What Is Yoar Safety Quotient?
Not -a day pas*e? but what we
read or hear of the tragic loss . of
lives and property due to fire.
The National Fire Protection
Association estimates that at least
*11,500 persons were killed by fire
in 1958 and a record property loss
of $1,340,000 sustained.
This surely causes each of us
jreat concern. It is high time we
made a careful inspection of our
Own premises and removed every
possible hazard.
Overloaded electric circuits, ex
tension cords, frayed appliance
and light cords, improvised wir
ing and electrical equfement in
poor sfafe of 'repair occur too
MARBLE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Lorinle Gibby and
family of Cleveland, Tenn., were
week-end guests of relatives here.
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Lionell McHan made a business
trip to Atlanta last week.
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Mrs- Leona Rose and sister,
Miss Leota Crane were in And
rews one day last week.
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Dock 'Rogers was in Gaines
ville, Ga., one day last week.
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Garland Martin of Marble, has
recently moved to Pittsburg, Penn.
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Mrs. Maggie Palmer is in an
Asheville hospital with a broken
hip and pneumonia.
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Rev. W- W- Marr and son, Bil
ly of Hickory, N. C, were guests
of Mr. and Mrs- Harley McHan
Wednesday night.
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Prayer meeting - last Sunday
biglfc wfcs held at tie ^home of
Mr. Mb. t. H aftfts.
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Clyde Coffty nccojmjmnied bV
Mr. and 4lrs- Uonell McHan *iU
led his Appointment 'lit Tairvlew
ctttirch Sbndiy night. '
i I ?inn i
Mrferts Finals
Mr*. All (tin West will' be bcfetesb
ht'het hobie Mr thfe meeting if thfe
V^MIn tan* VtlhoMtrirtfoh
CHlb "on Wjdfte*MWy ? 2 p.m.
'January *% Mrs /ack Long -will
be associate boaM*
Mrs. Loy Seay and Mrs. A1
Brown Sr.. wlU be co-hostess (or
the meetiag MJbe Valley RWfcr
Gird en Club Thurtday January
13 it (ha borta of Mrs. Saay.
Mr 'Awl Mr*. John Ellis ah
? bounce (be birth of a son, Jan
uary 11 at tba District Memorial
Hbsb'tal Andrew*.
Tbb IN*. William ittoekMn trf
Murphy will TO tta pulpit it the
Andrews Fr* MothOtfWt Church
bext Sunday Jinuary * at lO a tn
The rltfttUr Sunday School hour
has bean chafed to 10:45 a:ii.
bue to tba fMt that tba Rev His
Maa %0| iniuii ngul'r air
vices in Murpfcy at 11*0 ajn.
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M I ? fe. trr. 11
m6nCHMWid( mvi uncago w otiKi
StaMU Iwm^nrtJiOii Of Indians
The Indians of 100 yean ago
noted that the present site o< '
Chicago consisted of three mkjtir
factor*? a big amell, a portage
point, and a trading post.
Today everything has become
bigger and supposedly better. The
pungent \ wild onions of 'yesteryear
are violets - compared to the stock
yards 'on a hot breezy day
The caqoes which were once -
carried' across the swadipy strip
have gtveh way to gliding freigh
ters. And the log cabin has been
paralyed into the gleaming Mer
chandise Man, toe world's tsrrwt
commercial Structure.
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and p4or flues to overheated
stoves.
While these are just a few the
list b ttiUch too long tt> enumer
ate here, but if you haven't cheek
ed recently now is the time.
It could happen to us.
A family fide drill juit as care
fully planned and executed as a
fire drill in school or industry
should be a must with every fam
ily. Every family member 'should
be drilled to act in case of an
emergency to prevent panic.
According to Me Wttrid Book
Encyclopedia, the huge *?-year
btd Mart, affectionately dubbed
the "limestone tepee," lay* claim
tb being the greatest single force
(or merchandising In the world
and has been recognized as the
World's biggest buying center.
An estimate of the Mart's com
mercial importance Is found in
the fact that the resident and vis
iting merchants transact enough
buatness4here to support comfort
ably ft city 'the sfie of Terre
Hatttt, Indfana, or Cedar Rapids,
Iowa
The building's post office is the
tenth largest of Chicago's 68
branch post offices, and its eleva
tors can handle 80,000 persons a
day.
The structure has a gross area
of 93 acres, which, if spread i
out over a single flat surface,
would cover the entire Chicago
LOOp. If the sprawling Mart had
been built is a skyscraper, it
would tbwer over the 102-story;
Empire State Building by 67:
floors.
Kipley states that all the peo
pie la Chicago could be placed It
the Mart at one time? a state
ment baaed on the unbelieveable
assumption that any city of more
than three million people would
ever agree to do anything at the
same time.
Resourceful scoutmasters, be
set with a raipy day. have dis
covered that a walk from the en
trance, through every corridor
and back by the same route, is an
indoor 15-mile hike.
The erection of the building re
quired workmen ?nd materials
that would stagger the Imagina
tion of the pioneers who built the
first trading post of logs and stuf
fed the cracks with moss and
clay. More than 150 milfioA pounds
of steel, granite and terra cotta,
12 million feet of pipes and wire,
20 million bricks, 40 thousand
light fixtures, 70 thousand sprink
ler heads and 5 million feet of
lumber were used to complete the
structure, which covers two city
blocks.
The maintenance cost of the
building comes to a figure resem
ibling mileages between planets.
As many as 225 tons of coal have
been used in a single day. The
Mart yearly swallows up 30,000
gallons of oil paint and a car
|km4 of vittr-toiohia ai
^jbe WorM *Tr **?? -??.
port that even 0* Soflfct MMb
has not claimed to have "*
ing n big m Ckteafea1*
atone tepee." There Mi
ballyhoo in the 'Soviet
about the "Palace ol the I
which reportedly rites aheto
Empire State Building.
Russian journalists
avoided any cotnpsrisons villi Hie
monstrous Mart.
FARM QUESTMNS
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QUESTION: How is 2, 4, 5>T
used to kill undesirable trees? _
ANSWER: A continuous II cut
about one-half inch deep, it Bft#
at a convenient height tround tM
tree A 3 per cent toitgiek it
2,4,5 T in fuel oil or ketmeM k
poured into the cut until -if -over
flows and runs down the berk. A.
second application is sometimes
needed to completely kill the
tree. ~~
World agricultural Output
1858 59 will rise to 13 per
above the 1852-54 average, and 3*7
per cent above the 1935-39
age.
This advertisement is one of a series of facts about the lawful sale of Malt Beverages
Facing the Facts about J
"Legal Control "
More and more North Carolinians are facing up to the facts about ''legal sale"
of beer and ale. I
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More people realize that in the long run "legal sale" works in favor of tem
perance and moderation, whereas prohibition works primarily in favor of the
bootlegger to become a demoralizing influence on law and order and to enrich
himself at the expense of local citizens and taxpayers.
Read these excerpts from a recent editorial in The Hickory Daily Record:
Rev. Mr. Hauss Sees Light
"It is pleasing to those who have been strong supporters of the
present method of handling alcoholic beverages in North Carolina,
to read reports that the Rev. R. M. Hauss of Shelby, has found
some merit in the system.
"The Rev. Mr. Hauss, executive director of the Allied ChurcH
League, is reported as telling a group of Methodist Ministers at a
regional conference at Lake Junaluska, that Controls can be effec
tive, and that North Carolina is forty-fourth in the nation in the
per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages.
"He declared that any State can properly control alcoholifc bever
ages if the people are determined and aggressive; and he urged
the conferees to work for control legislation in their own com
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muni ties."
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CoittkhM% wort than half the -population of North Carolina live in loituflA
where wbrlung and has proven an effective system. Not a slftigle
countjr ^ Mill trying to be effective can deny our fctifch ^
ThereliUo ftMhtUbg Ifcli dry county. This is one Of the facto that^Mfe
in every cittfUtfiAftty, regardless of their personal opinions, are 'faMKf
ts it not better to have legal control" than no control at all?
7H*tt
P. O. Box 2473
ftXtkltfl W6?tH CAROLINA
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