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Reclamation of fertile lowlands by a series of flood
control basins. '
A huge water power development to spread cheap
electricity to farms and villages as well as to, cities
and industrial centers.
A backrto-the farm movement that will restore
balance of population, removing thousands of un
employed from congested cities to farms where they
can make a living.
Immediate employment for 50,000 to 70,000 men in
reforestation, and eventual employment for 200,000
or more. . V
Thus far, most efforts to relieve unemployment
have been of a temporary nature. Food has been
handed out to millions, .but few have been given an
opportunity to work out for themselves a comfort
able living and a reasonable security. What the aver
age down-and-out American of today wants is not a
dole but an opportunity to .earn a respectable liveli
hood. v'
The beauty of, the Roosevelt plan is that it can be
madeselMiquidatirig thatLi S- pnyfoi LJtseJLQf
course, this cannot be proved until it has been tried
out; but the plan has won the support of many
economists and financiers. Certainly it should prove
more productive than many of the subsidies the gov
ernment has been handing out to this, that and an-
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. (This the third in terie of editorial jointly presented by
the four newspapers in the territory served by the Tallulah
Falls Railway.
A Square Deal For the Public '
AS was suggested last week, the opinion is generally
held and seems fully justified that the Tallulah
Falls Railway has not had a square deal.
The statement has not been challenged that even
well into the depression period it was operating at a
cumstances already remarked that its receivership has
continually thrown about it an atmosphere of hope
lessness and fatalism which has undermined the con
fidence of shippers and of those who would normally
develop new industry in its territory. ,
. Neither, to the same extent, has the public been
given a squarertleal A rich and resourceful sectipn
of Northeast Georgia and Western North Carolina,
dependent on this railroad for the preservation of its
values and the development of its natural wealth,
has suffered from the fear that this necessary means
of transportation might be taken away.
Now, with indications of revival of the lumber
industry and with marked activity in the prospecting
and mining of mineral products, it is evident to all
who know this "territory that freight traffic "is al
ready on the increase, With prospects for . the future
brighter than they have been for years. Yet plans
xwi ouujiauiiai uv.viuiiiv.in ait iitiia ill aucy ttlltC Ull
account of the reiterated threat of 'junking."
. Itis Jime.. right now to .bring : this - matter - to a
definite and permanent decision. That a railroad
- that- has -made -money in "the past'and " will again
"make ittonevin""the nfiear"fuTtifhould'"heiscontmt
el pnjhe
eighteen months is neithe.rfainjior-JogicaLlLJs
' w'UlViJ "VV 111 U (Villi HIV Ul Ult tlillVO WlllVll
approves extension of credit to farmers, to business,
to banks, to foreign countries. If on that record the
Tallulah Falls Railway should be junked, so should
thousands of miles of -main-line railroads!
If on the other hand it should be junked because
all branch, line feeders should be discontinued, then
there is no merit in the contention that the railroads
should be protected from trucking competition ; it is,
rather, an abject confession that they are ready to
surrender to trucklines a large part of their business
We believe that with full knowledge of the facts,
- neither-the- Southern Rail way fjhet:ourtr"n:or:lheJn
terstate Commerce Commission will favor the step
behalf of the public we demand and shall stand for
-completehreshingut-of-thevhole'iTiatterT
Let's have once and for all an understanding
that the Tallulah Falls Railway is definitely to con
tinue, that real estate values along its line are to be
maintained and that developments now planned may
safely proceed, and a new spirit Will be felt all the
way from Franklin to Cornelia.
TM 1 1 .'ill, t 1
ine, puouc is entitled to a new deal ana a
square deal! v
A Magnificent Plan
IT IS a gigantic plan that President-elect Roosevelt
has proposed for development of the Tennessee riv
er valley a plan so gigantic that it seems almost
irnctiur. Yet, many lancitui ideas ot the past are
. Mr. Roosevelt's willingness to undertake such a
vast prjoiect is gratifying, for it manifests the kind
. . I l l .1 i
-ui. constructive leaoersnip, memai scope and courage
that are needed at the nation s helm. If this country
is tja get out of its present mess, somebody has got
to be able to imagine big things and go about carry-
..ing tnem out in a Dig way. the time is past when
mprp tfmnrri7incr mpnciirpc will cov no from orr-
nomic and sociological chaos. '
The Roosevelt plan reaches down to fundamentals,
coordinating basic elements whose lack of coordina
tion has been one of the big factors in bringing about
our present muddle. Here are some of the things
that the plan calls for:
Reforestation of vast areas of land no longer prof
itable for farming, much of which can't pay taxes.
other. " .
One of the principal causes of the nation's ills to
day is overproduction; a lot of people are going
hungry because of crop surpluses. The Rbosevelt
plan contemplates some measure ot balancing supply
and demand bv creating a greater -local market. At
: " . i r i! f 1 U1
the same time it provides ior conservation or vaurauie
natural resources. There are some very grave indica
tions that jthe.next national economic disaster jnay
result from shortages rather than surpluses. The
Roosevelt plan, if - emulated . in - other sections . of , the
cotintrvTyouTcl -Tedttcer-thelikelihood-t)fsnch-'-an
eventuality.
The idea is magnificent. It is to be hoped that
smaller minds will not thwart the next president in
arrvinir it out., If he can bring it to successful con
summation, it will be as great a feat in an economic,
political and sociological way as the Panama -canal
was in an engineering way.
The Wood Crop !
WHEN Dr. Ralph II. McKce
made the statement, "More
dollars cv acre per year can be
grown in wood than in any other com
mon crop," he perhaps started a con
troversy in the minds of many
people, but he backs up this state
ment with facts and. figures se
cured through research in the field
of cellulose in which he made a
comparison , of the yield of cel
lulose from various field crops
and compared this with the cel
lulose derived from wood.
Information, on cellulose, jn this
article, is taken from a recent ad
dress by Dr. Ralph H. McKee,
Professor of Chemical Engineering
at Qdumbia University, before the
Franklin institute of Philadelphia.
Cellulose is one of the products
with which chemists are working in
an effort to develop a series of
synthetic . products to take? the
place of ur rapidly deminishing
natural resources. Wood is one of
The Fanner's
Question Box
Timely Questions Answered
by N, C. State College
Experts
Curing Meat
Question: Are plants or roots
best for starting dahlias in the
home garden.
Answer: Dahlias from rooted
cuttings of plants will give just as
many and just as large blooms as
those propagated by means of roots
and will cost about half as much
as the roots. On the other hand
the formation of a good crop of
roots by plants is very uncertatn
Ear that reason the roots, will prob
ably be more satisfactory.
Quet!on:-Should newlyhatched
chicks be left with the hen dur
these natural resources. Wood dif- ing the . day?
fers from the other resources in
being renewable.. Recent develop
ments are rayon and synthetic
leather. Many girls think they
are wearing "snake-skin" shoes
when in reality the shoes are made
from synthetic leather derived from
wood cellulose.
Wood of course pro''""s cel
lulose in proportion .t" '-nual
yield per acre. One ro-1 o'"..-"od
produces 1,250 pound? ".' ce" '' se.
Shortleaf and loblolly ";" tlr-" h
ou t Piedmont and Fsf rn North
Carolina, produce ro-,- tln a
cord of wood per ar"'1 .j'acl; vir.
Many fields will pro '"T as mch
as two cords per arrii per 't-i
This mean an annua' ""n more
Clippings
THE SALES TAX
Prospects for a sales tax in
North Carolina "loom," as the
headliners say.- Among the legis
lators in-the -capital -there seems
to be a strengthening conviction
that, with all its admitted undesir
ableness,, such a' levy is about to
become - a - last - resort - in -meeting
the state's financial situation
If this is the posture of events
at Raleigh, there should be also a
clear understanding about the na
ture and. results of the general
sales tax.
lf"should 1)e"we1l understood "that
it is a consumption tax. While it
is probably -"true that,-in -normal
,t!messWfiJevy.,.oO...Pt.l,Pcr
most. Mainly these are the ones
who are not takiag otit licenses. The
cost of the license is, relative to
other expenses, only a trifle to the
confirmed -hunter.
trTah1,2506Tinds "fc'el'se
from each acre of ;,-e producing
lands.
Contrast this with ""ige
cellulose production ol o''"" Tops.
Fl-iv-stxaw produces 100 pounds of
cellulose per acre a . year. - Corn
produces about 500 pounds of cel
lulose per acre annuallv. Lint cot
ton i s'almosf pure" cellulose. Th e
average yield of cotton in the form
xLcelliikse-.isJ50 to 300 pounds
per acre annually, depending upon
it rr ...
tne region, inis means that an
acre of average timber is from six
to eight times as efficient in the
production or ceiiwose as is an
Answer: If the sitting hen is
quiet during hatching the chicks
should be left under her as the
body heat is of proper tempera"
ture. If the hen is restless or i
several hens are set at the same
time, the chicks may be removed
and kept in a woolen-lined box
that is covered with paper until the
hatch is over. The chicks should
be returned to the hen each night
acre of cotton.
This yield of cellulose is obtain
ed from wiood crops without use
oi commercial feriilker, and when
full protection from fire is given.
Protection from fire and the work
ofJiarvesting thcxrop jre therchicf
jtemsfliexpense connecte twitli
timber growing. '
Pulp and . paper companies and
other wood utilization concerns are
looking to the South for their new
locations. Farmers and other tim
ber owners in North Carolina can
not overlook any opportunity to
secure a market for their products.
Timber companies and pulp and
paper companies will not conscider
locating in areas where forest fires
are common. The opportunity is
ours. The question is Will North
Carolina Grasp It? Will Our Peo
Dle Stop Burning the Woods, and
Begin Timber growing?
HE Jow price of hogs on the
market ''has led to increased
. .4
interest ' in curing meat at nome
this winter and to aid farmers in
this work,; the agricultural extension
service of State College has pre-
nared a' brief folder on the sub
ject. The , publication is available
now, free, of charge, to those rev
questing it.
For more than two years, R E.
Nance, associate professor of ani
mal husbandry at the college, has
been holding a number of meat
cutting and curing demonstrations
about the state. Reports from
county agents indicate' that this
work has been very useful and
that many farmers have adopted
the suggestions given. So many .
questions were asked at thse dem
onstrations that ' Mr. Nance has
embodied the more important of
theseinhenewqldexand has
attempted to give concise answ
ers'. -''"
The new publication shows the
cuts of meat to' be found in the
carcass of the hog, the beef ani
mal and the lamb. The materials
needed in preparing an animal for
cutting and the formula' of the
brine and dry cures are given. A
few general facts about the work
are also included. .
The extension service printed on
ly 5,000 copies of the new folder
I but these will be sent out on re
quest as long as the supply lasts.
The ' publication may . be had on
application to the agricultural edi
tor at State College.
Farmers of Lincoln county are
planting - an - increased acreage to
spring oats due to unfavorable con
ditions for sowing small grain last
i-
Planting of lespedeza in Ruther
ford county i increased from 140
acres' in 1929 to 1,490 acres in
1932, according to facts gathered
by the county farm agent.
using certified Green Mountain
Irish potato seed last season, grow- -
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ties are standardizing on this va
riety. -
are both shorter and warmer. Re
cently published "reports announce
that the records of the Bureau
Why North Carolina Low?
A point of considerable interest
is the relatively small number of
people in -Nor tlr Carolina. whotake
out - licenses "1o - hunt."WeT rank
twelfth in population, and We lay
claimto JhcfincstT-hunting re
sources in . the JJniled., States,, Re
yond question we rank near the
t o g i n h u n t ing res ( nj r c c s. Th ere
is goo(P hunting in every section
of the state. From one end of the
st'atedKeoflier'nihTfesrcaV
varietvff -camr The-thvsical--eonH
cent might DeDsorDectwitnoutWmoTnr-TTrnhr
hardship on any group of people,
this tax under present conditions
must fall appreciably upon ' in
comes and wages and, therefore,
.upon the mercantile business of
the state.
It is wisely proposed, if the tax
must come, that it should be
distributed as widely as possible to
the people, and made large enough
in percentage to be passed , on by
the merchant.
But this one point seems not to
be receiving the consideration that
should mark the adoption of a
1 salcsj3x.levy a5percentsales
4 levy-TS-ir-5 per-CeTlTevv-on-he
people's income and on the busi
ness -of-the merchantsof ""North
Carolina. ASHEVILLE TIMES.
FEWER HUNTERS
There has been a substantial de
crease in the number of individuals
taking out hunting license in North
Carolina during the last few years.
The state-wide game law passed in
1925 requires that those who hunt
off their own property must secure
a license. North Carolint was next
to the last state in the Union to
enact a state-wide game law, and
Tequire-a " state"" license " to hunt.
Mississippi is still without such
laws.
The following table shows the
number of licenses taken out . by
resident and non-resident hunters
for ' each year- since our state law
went into effect. The number of
non-resident hunter's taking out
licenses each year- varies from
around one thousand to thirteen
hundred.
Year Number Amount
licenses revenue
1926-27 137,099 $203,000
' 1927-28 145,268 207,900
1928- 29 1118,912 188,819
1929- 30 '125,509 203,433
1930- 31 107,050 177.100
Figures for the year 1931-32 . are
not at hand, but we understand that
there has been a considerable de
crease in licenses taken out and in
revenue from licenses for the last
fiscal year. Unquestionably the
most important reason for the re
cent decline in licenses and revenue
is the economic condition of the
people of the state. , A large num
ber of people who take out a li
cense hunt only a few times at
for game. Yet every year North
Carolina ranks around twentieth in
the number of residents who take
out hunting licenses. If the states
were ranked according to the num
ber of persons per hunting license
issued. North Carolina would rank
around fortieth.
Nor do we rank much better in
non-resident hunting licenses is
sued. The number runs from
around one thousand to thirteen
hundred each year, and our aver
age rank in total number. of non
resident licenses is around fifteenth
aniafiglllicrstales:
New York and Pennsylvania each
issue L.niote jhatua ..ha 1-miliauJnmU
irig licenses per year; and each
state derives more than a million
dol.r::.of.evenuefrm-his-:-'srnircF.'
Other states that rank far ahead
of North Carolina in licenses and
revenue are California, II inois,
Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan and
Washington. ,
Beyond question North Carolina
ranks better as a game state than
she ranks in hunting licenses is
sued. We have most excellent
game resources, which,' if properly
developed, would rcallv make us
show that our winters ever since
1899 have been 13 to 20 days short
erthat is between the first and
last k ill i n g fro sts A j soont he
average temperatures from October
to March are much milder,
In the Great Lakes territory the
pa5tthrrdof ?aen1ufyh"asex
perienced a - shortening of winter
by 20 -days-reach year. -in the
Atlantic juastf ronwBos ton -down,
there has been a shortening of
?nJi3days in jhat..dtytoeight
days in Washington.
Th e f nretnsters tell n s-thar!t
is ' all a matter of "cycles." Se
verely cold winters come in cycles
which are tlicmselyes of varying
length. Evidently we are now in
one of the cycles when the aver
age temperatures arc higher. At
the same time the weather sharks
predict' that in the future there
will doubtless be a return to cold
winters with snow-storms, bliz
zards and sub-zero temperature.
Anyway, if there is anything to
this "evele" argument, let us be
thankful that the present depres
sion and the warmer cycle are
coinciding M OR CANTON
XE'SJiEKam. :
A-CONSTRUCTIVE RELIEF
PLAN
Engineered" by Dr. Fred "Mor
ns61T1"-te-Ay-akrti""'a'nirTnItiaFng
head of the state relief ,work;
North Carolina is preparing a pro
gram designed to produce a suf
ficient amount of food and feed
stuffs on the , farms to take care
qf the needs of its destitute fam
ilics. Associated with Dr. Mor
nson and his relief staff in this
enterprise are Dean Schaub, of
State College, and Mrs. Jane Mc
- Kimmoil. State, drmonsfrat inn aaont
me nuniers paradise we near so, both of whom have expert judg
much aDout. , j ment to bring into play in this
three percent of our population equation and to guarantee prac
taKc out licenses to hunt, the na- ticality to .the plan. Four definite
tional average. is a little above five ( objectives arc, announced. '
percent, which considering our re-j First of all the nroirram aim
sources, is surprising. Possibly, to aid cverv familv livincr nn a
there are. many unlicensed hunters farm, whether owner or tenant, to
in tne state. university ot worth produce food, including garden and
Carolina News Letter.
WARMER WINTERS
Editorial writers have been mak-
field crops, for home consumption
and to conserve such produce for
winter use
The second phase of the move
ing Tecent observations on the fact ment has to do with a moving of
that our winters in this -section -ncedv families -from thi ritifs tn
are "not what they used to be."
The warmer winters arc the sub
ject of local comment and it is a
fact that a decided change is very
noticeable. It does not take an
old person to recall when . ice
skating was not; unusual and ice,
five or six inches thick, cut from
the Catawba river, was used to
store the old-fashioned ice houses.
It is seldom' now that the Catawba
river is ever frozen over. ,
The United States Weather Bu
reau is bearing out officially the
the farms, finding for them suit
able working areas . and to en
courage and assist them in a prac
tical manner in getting them
established for this venture.
The promotion of subsistence
gardens in the cities and towns
and to establish, near city and
towns, community gardens on
which relief workers may be used
to produce foods and feeds, repre
sent the other two vital phases of
the .state-wide program. ,
Such an objective is altogether
It is a travesty upon the intel
ligence and initiative of the people
of North Carolina that with such
a lavish opportunity for making
their own foods, there should be.
as much destitution as ow exists
in tht ' state," and especially in the
eastern part of the state, "where
Nature has been particularly prod
igal in the way of providing vast
.a.reasoMertileJandsrnikLslimate
andexceptionat weather conditions
for agricultural life.
In-.spite.-of all.Jhesebenefits.-and
advantages, thousands of families,
nowJJiv -rig" nn farms. are fmiri
to be fed this winter out , of the
governmental spoon and, more than
that, in some of the counties of
Eastern North Carolina, not enough
feedstuffs were produced last year
to feed cattle and stock until
Christmas. .
Of course, a severe drought
handicapped farming to a serious
extent in some parts of the state
last year and tended to bring about
this unhappy condition, but. givinc
due place to all of that, the fact
still remains that North Carolina
farmers arc not making anything
like theniost. rfthcir.op'ortunities
rn-thc-wavTof wovidimriheTnsetvTV
vithanabundance "of "feeds' and
foods. ;
North- Carolina, to secure certain
indebtedness, and,
Whereas, on account of the in-
nViiltfir i i t ifiieil r f CIIl f an .
UlUllJ tAllVJ IX- uui vs. - uu .
ffii Rinl- irwl Trucf fnmnonw TVnc
iiai i-1 1 1 v tin vi jl i u ji vyvi iij-uiij) --
tee, to act, the undersigned, pur
suant to and in compliance with
the provision s of said d ecd o f
trust has been-appointed Successor
TVlt iin'1f-r ol'1 Ant A f( trnct
. I 1 . ......
. nv tin inCTnimpliT rprnrnpn in KruiU
32, Pages 216-21 7 "in the" office of
the-Register of Deeds for Macon
County, North Carolina, and,
Whereas, default having been
made in the payment of the indebt-
etmcss -- secured - Dy said neea ot
trust nnn th hrh1pi Vino AnmnnA-
A that the undersigned exercise-
said power of sale and sell the
ceivable that, if carried out ac
cording to its designs, and becom
ing as far reaching as intended, it
may set tse whole state in a per
manently constructive agricultural
policy and thus become a factor in
changing the whole tone and tenor
of our farming civilization.
, Governor Gardner , set the pace
in this direction during his ad
ministration with - his live-at-home
prograu, a movement which de
veloped lively interest and pro
duced vast benefits, and one which
the new programs follow fittingly.
- Along this way lies ultimately
the path to at least some recovery
firom present conditions. The shift
ing of urban and rural population,
the balancing of agricultural and
industrial life, the development of
that sane level of agricultural ac
tivity that will look first to the
production of the essentials of life
right at our own back door, in
stead of having to dtpend upon
others to raise foods and feeds for
the state, there is hope in all of
this for finding a sure way to a
better civilization in North Caro
lina. CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.
property thereby conveyed as pro-
vided in said deed in trust, and,
Therefore, the undersigned suc
cessor Trustee will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash, at 12 o'clock noon on the
lO.I- .1 f 1 irii
r r. in ii-jir. in iiiinnin.ir iii. r i. m
Court House door in the city of
Franklin, Corth Carolina, the fol
lowing described land and premis
es with the improvements thereon,
to-wit: Situate, lying and being in
Town of Franklin, County of Ma
con and State of North Carolina:
bank of.lIighvvayNo-- 285, the
North corner of the Fred Jacobs
Tmrr rf lnni-I rutin (ImnnA
The plan of the state office of c co . ,
i:f i, u,f,.r it,. J J io.ieei to a stake
I tun .., i.m.. .,,. C 77 V 107 f 4 - ...1..
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
contention of the unofficial weath-, praiseworthy and practical in its
er observers that our winters now, conception,
TRUSTEE'S SALE
Whereas, T. B. Ashe and wife,
Arie . Ashe made and executed a
certain deed of trust to the Cen
tral Bank and Trust Company,
Trustee for bearer, dated,, August
2, 1927 and recorded in Book 30 at
page 446 in the office of the Regf-kter-of
Deeds for Macon Countyt
post ; thence S 59 E 143 feet to a
fence post; thence N 23 XE, 354
feet to a stake; thence N 26 W.
67 feet to the" Highway; thence
with the Highway to the BEGIN
NING. -
' Also lots 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16 and 17 in Block 1 in a tract,
of land in Macon County North.
Carolina, known as Lyman Field,
as surveyed and mapped by W.
B. McGuire, reference being here-'
by had to said map as recorded
in Book 1-3, Records of Macon
County, , North Carolina, pages 56
and 57, for fuller and more par
ticular description of the land and
lots hereby conveyed.
As stated above the property
above described' shall be sold for
cash. The Trustee however will
accept 10 per cent of the bid for
the property in "cash at time of
accepting the bid at the sale and
the remainder of the purchase price
wil) be payable in cash upon At
livery of deed. No bid wjH be
accepted unless 10 per cepfof same
is deposited In cash with-Nhe Trus
tee. '
This the 24th day of January
1933.
ASHEVILLE SAFE DEPOSIT
COMPANY,
Successor Trustee. '
By J. C. Alexander, Trust Officer.
J26-4tc-F16
Davidson county farmers report
a seed crop of 5,000 pounds of
leiptdeza serlcea.