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WEEKLY BIBLE! THOUGHT "
"How precious also are Thy thought unto me, 0 God I how
great i the turn of them. If I should count them, they are more
ia number than the sand: when 1 am awake, I am' still with
the" Plm 139:17 and 11
Time To Buy Farm Lands
PRANK Parker Stockbridge, veteran newspaper
man who also farms, relates a significant story in
his syndicated column, "Today and Tomorrow:"
"One of my family neighbors called me the other
day. He wanted to buy forty acres- of my land to
add to his hundred and sixty.
"'How do you expect to pay for it?M asked him.
4i didn't know any of you dairymen were jnaking
any money with milk down to four cents a gallon.'
" 'We're not,' replied my neighbor, 'but things can't
get any worse, so they are bound to get better. I
figure on buying twelve or fifteen more head of cows
in the spring and I'll need more pasture. A lot of
folks around v here are selling off their cows and
throwing up their lands, but I've been farming forty
years and I have never seen the time when the fellow
who sticks to it and does the best he can didn't come
out all right-in the end.'
"I told John he could have the land, and I compli
mented him on his faith in the future. It has always
seemed to me that, the real backbone of America is
that quality of confidence."
We don't know when the depression is going to
give, way to better times, but it strikes us that this
farmer-is exactly right in his simple philosophy:
"Things can't get any worse, so they are bound to
get better." The farmer who refuses to become
panic-stricken and sell out his stock and lands now,
but who strives to improve his soil or even to in
crease his acreage, is the one who will prosper when
better times return.
Farmers who are selling out their cows and poultry
now because there is little or no profit in them are
going to find out that it will cost them far more to
replace this stock later than they can get for it now.
Farm lands in this vicinity are at the lowest prices
in many years.- The man who Can buy 'some of it and
work it intelligently should be on the road to success.
The trouble with many' of our farmers today is that
they 'bought or borrowed when money ,was plentiful
and prices high.
We don't advise any farmer to take on more land
than he can properly manageT even though it can be
bought cheap, but if he-can cultivate more land, care
for more cattle, use a new barn or, raise more chickens,
now is the time for him to start a program of expan
sion. Remember what Charles Schwab, steel mag
nate, said, when asked to what he accredited his fi
nancial success:
"Well," he replied, "I have seen four depressions in
which to buy and four booms in which to sell."
Farmers Profit by Cooperation V
pARMERS in Avery County, according to a report
disseminated by the Extension Farm Service, have
cooperated this year- in 'marketing their green bean
crop. The result has been that they have received
better prices than when their beans were sold in job
lots. Doubtless, if Macon County farmers had fol
lowed the example of , their Avery County cousins,
they not only could have gotten a better price for
their beans this year but they probably could have
grown and sold more beans. Macon County is .fa
mous for its beans (there are none finer) but there
is a hitch somewhere. We believe that the hitch lies
in the lack , of organization in marketing the bean
crop and the lack of facilities for canning the surplus.
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The Farmer'
Question Bo
Timely Questions Answered
by N. C. State College
Experts
Question: How can I keep my
potatoes from turning dark in stor
age ?
Answer: Keep the storage room
dark as any exposure to light will
cause greening. , The best storage
is an earth cellar ' with ample pro
vision for ventilation. Summer stor
age, however, will be satisfactory
if the room or building is kept
dark. Any cool, .well ventilated
building will answer the purpose.
Question: How can I remove the
Bordeaux spray mixture from my
grapes after picking? .
Answer: A solution made of one
part of hydrochloric acid to 500
parts of water is most, effective.
Dip the grapes in this solution for
about one minute and then wash
immediately in fresh water. Good
strong vinegar with , from three to
five per cent acetic acid may also
be used but this 1s' much more ex
pensive than the acid bath as the
vinegar must be used full strength.
The acid treatment is both safe
and effective if used according to
directions and is recommended.
Question: I have ample range
and an abundance of green feed
for 200 pullets that will begin to
lay about the middle - of October,
Would it be safe to stop feeding
mash and develop my birds on
scratch feed alone.
Answer: You would be milking
a great mistake. We have a large
number of birds coming into the
laboratory " with a history of feed
ing conditions similar to those out
lined. Invariably these birds show
the result of such feeding and slow
ly develop constitutional weakness
es due to a lack of animal protein
Such pullets go into the laying
house under a handicap and do not
show good production. Continue
the mash feeding" and develop the
birds properly for profitable egg
production.
HAPPINESS
To The Press:
If thou wouldst have happiness
choose neither fame, which doth
not abide; nor power, which stings
the hand that wields it ; nor gold,
which glitters but .never glorifies
but choose thou love and hold it
forever to thy heart of hearts.
For love is the mightiest power
in the universe and, once thine,
all other things shall be added un
to thee. . Love that is passionate
yet reverent, tender yet strong,
selfish in desiring all yet generous
in giving all, the love of man for
woman and woman for man, of
parents for child, and friend for
friend.
When this is born in the heart,
the desert blossoms like a rose.
Straightway new thoughts, sweet
longings and pure ambitions spring
into being like green shoots that
raise their tender heads in sunny
places. And if the soil be kind,
they grow stronger and more beau
tiful as each glad day laughs in
the rosy skies.
. Contributed.
Editorial
Clippings
THE TRAGEDY OF THIS DE
PRESSION
The tragedy of this depression
lies in the fact that it was planned
and plotted by those in the high
places of the .nation, and that it
could have been avoided had a
majority of senators and congress
men not betrayed their constituents,
and subscribed to , the-financial and
political theories of -Alexander
Hamilton. Hamilton believed that
the people "are a beast," and that
it was eminently proper for the
rich and powerful who possed spe
cial privileges, to plunder them. He
believed that the people should be
kept in bondage by a large public
debt and made to pay high taxes,
while privileged wealth should be
allowed to go scot-free, as nearly
as possible. He believed in the
enactment of preferential laws that
would make the rich to grow rich
er and concentrate the wealth of
the nation in the hands of the few.
Could Hamilton behold the results
of class-legislation today, he would
be gratified at the complete
triumph of his financial and po
litical principles.
The powerful rich are richer
than ever before and the condition
of the masses more distressing. J.
Pierpont Morgan was recently
quoted as saying: IT don't know
that there is a depression." ' Mor
gan ,and other international bank
ers are the beneficiaries of class
(legislation, which Hamilton favored,
j While Morgan and hit satellites
have grown richer, ten millions on
men have been thrown out of work,
and twenty millions of helpless wo
men and children have suffered
from insufficient housing, food and
clothing. Basking in the sunshine
of special privilege and class-legislation,
the favored few, making
up onlv 5 per cent of our popula
tion, have garnered 95 per cent of
the wealth of these United States.
One family alone controls ten biU
lions of our national wealth, ' ac
cording to interviews given public
ity. Special privileges and' the con
centration of wealth in the hands
of the few, has all but destroyed
the industry of agriculture, broken
up the markets for raw and manu
factured materials, closed down fac
tories, thrown millions out of work,
and put the nation under , mort
gage, and its people in financial
bondage. A climax to the doc
triues of Hamilton has been reach
ed in the- cancellation of billions
of dollars of debts, owing to our
government , by foreign nations,
while our . representatives betrayed
us in congress and placed the
heaviest tax burden possible on
the backs of the masses of people,
This is election year in Georgia
and we have suffered enough. Let
tle voters be aroused as they have
never been aroused before,, and re
pudiate the betrayal of the people
by those in the high places of the
nation, who have made it possible
for predatory wealth to plunder
and wreck. Let us vote for the
overthrow of the disciples of Ham
ilton, and for the restoration of
our government to the hands of
the people. Let the people, with
an avalanche of ballots, send into
oblivion those professed public ser
vants, who have helped to pass
class-legislation, which has .broken
down our prosperity, and made our
national government an adjunct of h
Wall Street, London, Berlin and
Paris. - TRI-COUNTY ADVER
TISER, Clarkesville, Ga.
TAXES MUST COME DOWN
It is absolutely necessary that 1he
cost of government must be re
duced. The farmer cannot pay the
tax bill. Land pays a large part
of the ' taxes in this county and
with commodity prices way down
low the way they are now the
farmer cannot pay the tax that is
now imposed on him. There is
only one solution the cost of gov
ernment must come down.
The farm income for the United
States in 1909 was $600,000,000.
This income rose, as commodity
prices went up, to $12,000,000,000 in
1925 and taxes rose with it and
went even higher. The farmers tax
bill was more than two and one
half times greater in 1925 than it
was in 1909. ,
Now comes 1931. The farm'in
come for . the United States has
receded so that it is about the
same as in 1909. It is $6,900,000000,
but the tax instead of receding
has climbed even higher.
With the present commodity
prices and the low income on the
farm it is impossible for the farm
er to pay the swollen tax bill that
is now imposed upon him. There
is only one solution the cost of
government must be reduced.
It is fortunate that the cost of
government can be reduced in a
short time and the farmer must in
sist in all of his voting that his
candidate believe in reducing the
cost of government. J. G. K. Mc
Clure in Farmers Federation News.
POSTPONEMENT OF TAX
SALES
Some of the counties in North
Carolina carried through according
to law in advertising . delinquent
tax lists this year, while others,
through the county commissioners'
action, ignored the provisions of the
statute. They yielded to 1 what
seemed public demand for special
handling the tax problem in a year
of unusual difficulty on the part
of the taxpayers.
. In some cases the extension pe
riod has lapsed and the counties
again are deferring the advertise
ment. This course has been fol
lowed particularly in the more "truly
agricultural counties, but the va
riety of action and circumstance
probably is sufficient to afford a
fair test of the two systems. It
will be of interest and of some
slight importance in guiding legis
lation, to discover whether the
counties that postponed the sales
were mpre successful or less suc
cessful in collection than those
which declined to postpone. These
data should be assembled in ad
vance of the meeting of the Gen
eral Assembly. The whole question
of the tax collection system will be
under consideration in that assem
bly. - HIGH BOINT ENTER
PRISE). , '
Three Held For Robbery
When Furney Jones, - Goldsboro,
went into Kenansville court Friday
to testify against two others he
was pointed out by other witness
es as one of three men who used
pistols to rob the Bank of Mag
nolia of $1,300. Elliott and Clar-
no..a 01 . juiioii ana uar-iTnc, dated June 1, 1926, and rt-i
ence Best und Jones were bound; corded in the office o the Reri.1
over.unaer 3,uuu oonai. .
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE
North Caroline, ,
Macon County.
In the Superior Court. ,
Hilda McLaughin
vs.
Edward McLaughin '
The defendant, Edward McLaug
hin, in the ; above entitled cause
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenc
ed in the Superior Court of Ma
con County, North Carolina, to the
end that the plaintiff may secure
an absolute divorce under the Taw
of the State of North Carolina,
and the defendant will take notice
that he is required to appear on
the 10th day of September, 1932,
in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Macon County,
North Carolina, and answer or de
mur to the complaint in said ac
tion, or the plaintiff will apply to
the Court for relief demanded in
said complaint. - -This
27th day of July, 1932. -FRANK
I. MURRAY,
Clerk of Superior Court.
J28-4tp A18 v
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County.
WHEREAS power of sale was
vested in the undersigned trustee
by deed of trust from W. J. Zach
ary and wife, Maria Zachary, to
George B. Patton, Trustee, dated
November 21, 1929, and registered
in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Macon County in Record
of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
No. 32, page 126, to secure the
payment of three notes of even
date with said deed of trust, pay
able to R. S. Jones and R. D.
Sisk, Receivers, said notes aggre
gating $6,000.00 due and payable
$1200.00 on November 18, 1930;
$2400.00 on November 18, 1931 ;
and $2400.00 on November 18, 1932,
with interest from date at six per
cent per annum, payable annually,
and said deed of trust and notes
stipulating that in case default
should be made in the payment
of the first note or interest upon
the same that the remainder of
said notes should at once become
due and payable, whatever might
be the date of maturity expressed
therein, and whereas the first of
said notes has not been paid nor
any part thereof, nor the interest
thereon, the remainder of said
notes with interest thereon are
therefore, declared to be due and
payable and the holders having re
quested the undersigned trustee to
exercise the power vested in him
by said deed of trust ;
I will, therefore, by virtue of the
power of sale by said deed of trust
in me vested on Monday, the 29th
day of August, 1932, at twelve
o'clock noon, sell at the courthouse
door in Franklin, N. C, at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash the following described prop
erty : . 1
All the lands described in a deed
from W. J. Zachary and wife,
Maria B. Zachary to Trimont Park,
iter of Deedi for Macon County
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
in Book N-4 of Deeds, page 337,
and more particularly described as
follows: :'
Tract V Being all the lands con
veyed by deed' by fJohn P. Jories
an wife to Wiley Zachary, dated
January 31, 1925, said deed being
recorded in the office of the Reg:
istcr -of Deeds' for . Macon County
in Book J-4, page 459. said tract
containing approximately "360 acres,
to which deed and record refer
ence is hsreby, made for a pom
plete description of same.
,Tract -2." All the lands convey
ed by deed by . W. B. McGuire
and wife to W. J. Zachary said
deed dated November 28, 1924, and
recorded in the office, of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Macon County
in Bodk J-4, page 473, to which
deed and tecord "reference is here
by made for a complete descrip
tion, said tract containing approx
imately 800 acres. "
Tract 3. All the lands conveyed
by deed from M. D. Billings and
wife to W. J. Zachary, said deed
bearing date of December 17, 1918,
and recorded in the office of the
Register of Deeds for MScon Coun
ty in Book E-4,'page 78, to which
deed and record reference is here
by made for a complete description,
said tract containing approximately
75 acres.
This 26th day of July, 1932.
GEORGE B. PATTON, Trustee.
j28-4tp-A18 -
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, Macon County.
In Superior Court,
Before the Clerk.
R. F. Henry, Amdinistrator
of
Paralie McCoy Williams, dee'd.
vs.
Jno. C. . McCoy, Jas. W. McCoy,
Octavia McCoy, Ivalie' McCoy,
Winfield McCoy, McCoy,
and all unknown heirs of H. II.
McCoy, dee'd., heirs-at-law of Para
lie McCoy Williams, dee'd., &
Herman Dean & wife, Alma Dean.
Under and by virtue of an order
of the "Superior Court of Macon
County made in a special proreed
ing entitled, R. F. Henry, Admin
istrator of Paralie McCoy Wil
liams, dee'd., vs. John C. McCoy,
et al, the undersigned Commission
er will, on Monday, the 5th day
of September, 1932, between the;
legal hours of sale, af the court
house door irr - Franklin, Macon
County, N. G, offer for sale, to
the ; highest bidder for cash cer
tain tracts of land lying and being
in- Millshoal 'Township, Macon
County, N. C: M
1st Tract: Adjoining the lands
of J. M. McCracken, R, F. Henry,
et al, bounded as follows: In Dis
trict. No. 10, on Brown branch and
known as the Brown plare, begin
ning at a locust, the SE corner
of No. 119, runs north 130 poles to
a chestnut, northeast corner . of
No. 119, north 80 east 40 poles to
a chestnut, the beginning corner
of No. 4660; then north 80 cast
40 poles to a stake and pointers
on E. V. Amnions' line; thenwest
37 poles to a double chestnut, one
rod west of a branch called Fore's
branch; then north 69 poles to. a
Spanish oak on a ridge; then
south 78 west 133 polesto a pine
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LEGAL' ADVERTISEMENT
on west side of a ridge leading
from beginning corner of No. 1 119
to Hughes branch then south 20
poles to a black gum; then south
45 west to John Young's corner ; .
then south, with Young's line, to'
a persimmon, Thomas Passmore's,
66 poles; then east 62 poles to a
hickory, " SW corner of No! 119,
then north 7S east 66 poles to the ,
beginning, -and containing T20 acres,
more or less.
Should this tract not bring . suf"-
ficient money to pay- the debts
and cost of administration of Para
he McCoy Williams, deceased, -i at
said sale, the following -tract of
land will be sold:
l 2nd Tract. On Watauga Creek.
Beginning at -a white " oak, runs
thence north 30 east, with Young's
line, 200 poles to a stake ; thence
south 80 west 90 poles to a Span
ish oak; Whence south 21, west 122
poles to a chestnut; thence south
40 east 70 poles to the beginning.
This 28th day of July, 1932.
R. F. HENRY, Commissioner. '
8-4-4tp-8-25
EXECUTOR'S WriCE
Having qualified as executor of
John . G. Bates, . deceased, late of
Macon County, 'N. C, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against tlic estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned"
on or before the 25th day of July,
1933, or this notice will- be plead
in bar of their recovery. All per-,
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 25lh day of 'July, 1932.
JUDSON D. STILES, Executor.
8-4-6tp 9-8
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the
authority conferred by Deed of.
Trust executed by A. R. Higdoh,
(Single) dated the 15th day of
May, 1928, and recorded in Book
32, Page 8 in the officii of the
Register of Deeds for Macon
County, Jefferson E. Owens, Sub
stituted Trustee, will at twelve
o'clock noon on TUESDAY; SEP
TEMBER 13TII, 1932 at the Court
House door of Macon County in
Franklin, North Carolina, sell .'at
public auction for cash to the high-,
est bidder, the following land,-to-wit:
BEGINNING at a stake on Har
rison Avenue, 575 feet from the
corner, di Harrison Avenue and
Church Street, running thence
North 66 degrees 30 minutes East
200 feet to a stake; thenceforth.
26 degrees West 197 feet to a
stake; fhence North 86 degrees 30
minutes West 60 feet to a stake;
thence South-11 degrees West 248
feet to a stone- at Harrison Ave
nue; thence South 52 degrees East ...
30 feet to the beginning.
This sale is made on account
of default; in payment of the in
debtedness secured by said deed
of trust." .''
A ten per cent (10) cash de
posit will be required of the high
est bidder at the sale.
This the 9th day of Auetist, 1932.
JEFFERSON E. OWENS,
Substituted Trustee.
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