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fAGE TWO Sit Ifimttklht; rss Cite ftgltkuta $Lntnnmn Published every Thursday by The Franklin Tress At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL! XLIXt Number 6 BLACKBURN - W. JOHNSON. . . ... . EDITOR" ANDFuBLlSHER Entered at the Post Office, Franklin,. C. as icconcTclass matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ..... Eight Months Six Months . . Single Copy .. ....;.vJfri,'. $1.50 $1.00 .75 .05 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect,- by individuals ladies, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adyer tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notice will be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. ; WEEKLY BIBLE THOUGHT Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Hon or the king! I Peter 3:17. . '". '.. were increasing numbers of typhoid fever cases last sum mer. This served to complicate the federal government's task in caring for emergency relief cases. It is with view to preventing a recurrence of this that the" government, through; the Civil Works Administration, has launched a great sanitary project aimed at supplanting millions of out-moded privies throughout the land with modern, sanitary structures. Science has proved that ty phoid germs come only from human fecal matter. , It will only be a matter of time before legal action will be taken, where necessary, to enforce the construction and maintenance of sanitary privies. It is to be hoped, how: ever, that legal action will not become necessary, that every family will have sufficient respect for itself and for its neighbors to keep a- privy that is beyond reproach. Nevertheless, it is a sad fact that there are many, un healthy out-houses in Macon .county, today. These should be replaced now, for it can be done at small cost. The C. W. A. will do the work without charge, following plans ap proved by public health officials. The cost of materialsjs slight, less than $10 in instances where most of the lum ber is already available. This is not a very nice thing to talk about, but it is a matter of such vital importance that, there is no room for alse modesty. Moses didn't leave it unwrit (See Deut 23:12-13) ; neither shall we. Your Fann - Mow ti SUBSISTENCE HOMESTEADS ; II7E have been greatly interested in the subsistence home ITT stead movement sponsored by the Public Works Ad ministration. , Scores of the communities are being established in dif ferent sections of the country, sections that are; -as widely divergent in their economic structures as they are in their geographic characteristics. Some are located near great industrial centers and are intended to make it possible for factory workers to'IemenTtheir wages with earnings from the soil, or at least a subsistence gained from the soil. Some are being established in areas where thousands of men have been thrown out of work through the . closing of coal mines and the cessation of large timber operations. Still others are being located in strictly agricultural com- V i munities. ' -y ' The -latter have proved especially interesting to us, be cause their purpose is to supply; a more certain livelihood to families who hitherto have been attempting to rriake a living from sub-marginal farm lands. . C We, have hundreds of farm families of this type in Macon county, families who could earn a better living if given the opportunity to work better ground. ' There was a time when most of our mountain families enjoyed an enviable independence. Taxes were compara tively low. They had a ready market for timber cut from their hillsides. The freshly-cleared land was fertile. Cattle grazing was profitable. They were able to accumulate comfortable, bank balances. x - Than taxes began to mount. The best of the timber Clipping FARMER-OWNED FARMS According to figures obtained by the 1930 census there were 6,28h,648 in the United States, of which 3, 624,283 were operated by their own ers; in other words, slightly over one-half of the nation's farmers were farm iowhers. In the New England, middle At lantic, east north central,: mountain and Pacific sections, the percentage of farmer-owned farms was high, but other sections graded down so low that the general average was woefully cut. Virginia ranks comparatively high, North Carolina and Tennessee, of the southeastern states, have a fair proportion, while in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Lousiana the proportion is very low. . Of all the . southern states Florida alone -?sta"nds out with a high proportion of farms operated by their owners. -Georgia s has' s 255,598 farms, but only 81,208 farmers owned the" farms they operated.. South Carolina fig ures were '157,931 and 55,163; Ala bama, 257,395 and 90,975; Mississip pi, 312,663 and 87,046; . Louisiana, 161,445 and" 53,894. It is high time that absentee landlordism end in this section. A great proportion of those who live in cities and large towns and-own large tracts of land are dependent upon short-time tenants and gypsy like croppers for any farming that is done on their plantations, and in many instances these owners do not realize enough from this slip shod operation 16 pay taxes.-- It would be much better for them and the country at large if they would divide their vast plantations into small farms, select good farm ers and give them long-term leases, with option to buy at any time at a reasonable price on terms that could be met by a progressive far mer who desired to own a farm of his own. r Absentee landlordism, which has prevailed in this section for half a century, has proven a failure ; cor porate farming, which for a time loomed as a menace, is likewise a failure. The need of the southeast is additional thousands of small farm owners; when the proportion in the southeast apaproaches that of the New England section, the southeast will be on the road to lasting prosperity. SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. . URGES MULE COLTS BE RAISED AT HOME ITII some timidity, the editor of The Press-Maconian ad vocated in his editorial columns last week that Macon County farmers breed and break their own horses and mules, instead of buying work stock shipped from the middle west c'rri states. He was a little fearful lest some dirt farmers laugh off this proposal as an, impractical plan of a paper farmer, So, ;when the latest issue of the Extension Farm-News arrived Sat urday we were glad to find our opinions - in the matter of raising horses and mules bolstered up by the following article: North Carolina farmers must re place about 22,000 horses and mules each. year. So far these replace ments are being shipped int6 the State, and if each animal costs only $31.50 a head, Tarheel farmers must spend a gross of $3,300,000 to re place their failing work animals. Few horses or mules are seen in cities and towns, but out in the country this form of power is still used almost 1 exclusively by land owners," declares Prof. Fred M Haig, associate professor in the animal husbandry department. "At present we have 75,000 horses and 265,000 mules in the State. The average life of these animals is about 15 years, which makes it nec essary for Tarheel farmers to ,re pjace about 22,000 animals -, each year. As most of these animals are purchased from without the borders of the State, this, consti tutes a heavy drain upon the farm income." Therefore, Professor Haig advises that at least enough colts be grown at home for replacement purposes. ' This can be made practically a non-cash cost, he says, because feed grown at home on adjusted acres might be used to. grow the colts at little cost. The colts could be brok en to harness when coming three years of age, and if wisely handled will make exsellent work animals. Three thintrs are essential for The Farmer's Question Bo:: Timely Questions Answered by N, C. State College Experts IS Question: Can soybean meal be used to advantage in the home mixed poultry ration ? - ,-: Aniwer: Soybean oil meal rich in proteins but it- is - beat, not to replace the entire animaklwtein feeds' with this meal. 4f ;this; is done, the ration will have -to be supplemented with: a carefully "fig ured mineral mixture. A ; small amount of the soybean oil "meal, approximating five per cent, could be used to replace' that quantity of animal protein feeds and 'will make, a very satisfactory ration..: Question: What treatment is recommended for Irish potato seed before planting? Answer : All potatoes showing diseased spots or blemishes should be discarded before any treatment is given. If the potatoes -have small, black, hard bodies on the surface, or black areas and soft spots, all such tubers should be discarded and the remaining potatoes treated with - mercuric chloride at the rate of One ounce to eight gallons of water, Put this solution in wooden barrels and soak potatoes for one to one and a half hours. Dry the potatoes immediately after soaking. Where potatoes are in a healthy condition they should be soaked in a formal dehyde solution, (one pint forrnalde hyde to 30 gallons of ?ater) for one to one and .one-half hours Always treat potatoes and wash and dry before cutting. and high-class stallions , or jacks. Take good care of the mare and feed her properly while she carries the colt. Then, while the foal is NO DZCTiZAZZ tZLU ' , IN POULTRY CROWING ECAUSE poultry growing seems to provide a fairly dependable source ot ' income and prices . for broilers have been better than was anticipated, indications are that the demand for baby chicks in North Carolina this season will continue as goocLas.in 1933. "However, , , poultrymcrt should carefully select their - sources of baby chicks and- if possible get those which have . been produced from eggs laid by blood-tested hens,", cautions Roy S. Dearstyne, Head of the State college poultry department. "Another important point to be prepared for the cfiicksi before they are received at the farm. Chicks arc highly perish able. 'and the brooder houses need rto - be ready in - ample , time. We have found that the starting of , baby chicks for early pullets or for early broilers' is. more 'complicated than raising them later in the season when, sunshine, range . arid : green feed is available. Dearstyne says baby chicks start ed Very early have a tendency to wards leg" : weakness that later Ghicks.do not have. ..This, means that the early chicks should get all -the sunshine possible. Where they ' do not have green feed, an extra amount of cod liver oil needs to be added to the mash. If the chicks are badly crowded and the drink ing and eating places are inade quate; cannibalism will likely ;; de velop. V ' ; .' . Baby chicks started early need the . best of care ahd rigid sanita tion. .Carelessness and indifference in handling them will prove costly, says the poultryman. - growing, handle' him "with gentle- success in raising colts at home, i ness and see that he is' properly Haig says. First, select good mares J fed. SETS HIGH MILK RECORD Leonarl Tufts of Pinehurst has four Ayrshire tows which have prodoced over, 100,000 pounds of milk and 4,000 pounds of butterf at each. Three, of the cows made the record in nine years, the other re quired ten. Mr, Tufts says he did not try to establish a record, but made it in the course of his dairy ing. . He has experimented .with breeding, feeding, and testing cat tle for years,! and has one of the leading Ayrshire herds in the' south. LEGAL ADVERTISING BREVITIESyTKi: was gone and many property owners were forced, in self- protection, to sell much of their land to the Nantahala Na tional Forest. Meanwhile, more taxes accumulated ; the price of cattle., dropped . so that it was no longer profitable to raise theih, especially if one had to pay a grazing fee Now, many of our best mountain families are striving in .vain to eke out a respectable existence from farms beref of merchantable trees and fields washed clean of their fer tility. It is all they, can do, to buy sheeting, prints, shoes coffee, sugar and salt to say nothing of paying taxes. These folks have the same native intelligence of their fathers and grandfathers, who brought civilization to a wilderness. They are 'victims of circumstances over which they have no control, just as rfiuch as factory workers in New Jersey, coal miners in West Virginia pr cotton .farm ers in Texas.' They have been thrust into a vicious cycle a vortex of social; degredation from which they cannot save - themselves without external assistance. - Relief work and C. W.A. projects are helping to" tide them over,-but this is ' only temporary. - What they need is assistance of a permanent nature. . Many of them , would make good' farmers if given the opportunity. . . At present there are numerous instances of men trying to pay taxes on fifty or a hundred acres: when only six or seven acres are productive. Put these same men on ten acres of good bottom land and they would hot only pay taxes but would put money in the bank. This county offers a fine opportunity for demonstrating the good that can be accomplished by a subsistence home stead settlement. If the business men of Franklin get busy, they should be able to obtain the assistance of the Federal Homesteads Corporation in establishing such a community. The procedure calls for the organization of a corporation - which obtains its financial backing from the federal or ganization, which is financed by the Public Works Admin istration. . Land suitable for the purpose is purchased and then sub-divided into small tracts, which are sold to homestead ers on a low-cost, long-term basis, There is no room for speculation or profiteering, but it is a wonderful opportunity for public service of lasting benefit. At least, it is worth a . thorough investigation by our county officials and commun ity leaders. v One backbone is worth fifty wishbones. Bad habits- are first guests, then masters. To find pleasure, Jceep too busy to seek it. ' ' . ; , . Resting before nieals.. prevents rapid eating. Like Gandhi, Bible saints conquer by yielding. Molehills in ourselves become mountains .in. others. Busy hands, busy brain and a busy heart defy age. Some 'von t play unless; they re IT. , They must . rule or ruin. Good luck helps you over the ditch if you jump hard enough. Hollywood is not very particular used husbands are acceptable. Don't make hay out of others' wild oats ; don't make merchandise of evil. Most people who are not suited with their jobs are not suited to their jobs. HomeJ: placeEiwh and be our own hateful selves. THE SANITARY PROJECT PUBLIC health work has emphasized the wisdom of the old saying that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Strong, healthy people, the government has learn ed, are not as likely to become public charges as the puny and diseased. In other words, it is cheaper to keep people we, 11 than it is to care for them after they have become ill In this and a number of other states where health de partment activities were curtailed, on account of "depres- from'' Winston-Salem, . N. C, and sion" reductions iffappropriations, it was found that 'there "it" at bls: grandfathers, T. J. The author of "Home Sweet Home" had no home. BrelsTrigTare seldom appreciated until gone. "Drink has broken more homes, and wrecked more lives than any other cause." Gibbons. Stiles L. J, Smith, teacher of the Mor gan school, spent the week-end with home folks at West's Mill. Weimar Cochran and General Owenby, of Briartown, were in this section Sunday and Monday en route to Franklin. ' James Anderson was in this sec tion Saturday gathering a load of produce for the church's pastor, Rev; T. ; I V Denny,' of Briartown. Edgar Owenby, of Briartown, was in this section Saturday on busi ness. Mrs. Lou Dowell died and was buried at the MrCoy cemetery. Her age was 88. She had been se riously ill about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Carnes' infant died and was buried at the Tcllico" cemetery Thursday. The welfare workers failed to work Friday on account of in clement weather. . Drs. Fouts and Williams were in this section Sunday visiting their patients. Miss Estclle Carnes is sick. Mrs. Elbert Breedlovc, a long sufferer of rheumatism, is reported seriously ill. Clyde Morgan went back to his job Monday. He is working at the Coweta experiment station. Little T. J. Home has, returned Mart Dowdle, of Judson, N. C, was in this section Monday and Tuesday attending the funeral of his mother, Mrs. Lou Dowell. Hillardj, Hensley, noted violinist, was. in this section Saturday and Sunday. Clint Cole, who is with the C. C. C. Camp at Sinokcmont, visited rel atives over the week-end. Misses Eunice and Ethel Moses who have been at Gastonia and Dallas, N. C, for the past few months, are visiting their mother, Mrs. S. L. Mason. Mrs. Roan McGaha is sick. W. B. McGuire, of Franklin, pass ed through this section Wednesday en route to Briartown. , T. A. Slaglc, of High Lonesome, was in this section Friday on busi ness. NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of a deed of trust ex ecuted by J. E. Wishon and wife, Martha Wishon to the undersign ed trustee dated the 20th day of August, 1929, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, N. C, in Book No. 31 of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust at page 216, which deed of trust contains a power of sale, and default having been made in the payment of the note secured there by and the parties to whom " said money is due having demanded that said lands be sold to pay said note. I will on Saturday the 10th day of February, 1934, at 12 o'clock noon, and at the Court House door in the Town of Franklin, in Macon County, N. C," sell at public sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, viz In Nantahala Township, Macon County, N. C, on Partridge Creek. Beginning on a hickory on top of a ridge at Westley Dills' corner and runs S with the meanders of said ridge to a white oak on top of grindstone knob: then E down a ride to a stake in old boundry line No. 8559; then S to a stake at the Passmore roads; then E with a ridge to a stake in Lee Owenby's liner-therr N--36- F. -with- said line to a stake on top of a ridge in Uidge road; then up ridge, road -to the beginning. Containing 50 acres, more or less, and being the home place on which said J. E. Wishon and wife, Martha Wishon now re side. 1 This 8th day of January, 1934. RALPH MOODY, Trustee. J18-4tc-RDS F8 Hog killing has been great sport the past week. Gilmer Setser,, of Franklin, and Robert Edwards, of Route 3, pass cd through this section Saturday en route to Tellico. CARD OF THANKS We wish, to express our heart felt thanks to our many friends for the beautiful flowers, love and sym pathy shown to us through the death and burial of our dear broth er and son. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Culver , and Family. LEGAL ADVERTISING A five per cent (5) cash de posit will be required of the high est bidder at the sale. This 10th day of January, .1934. (1623) JEFFERSON E. OWENS, . Substituted Trustee. J18-4tc-MSCF8 LEGAL ADVERTISING NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the au thority, conferred by Deed of Trust executed bv A. R. Higdon (Single) dated the 15th day of May, 1928, and recorded in Book 32, Page 8, in the Office of the Register of Deeds for , Macon County, . Jeffer son E. Owens, Substituted Trus tee,, will, at twelve o'clock Noon on Thursday, February 15th; 1934 at the Court House Door of Macon County in Franklin, North Caro lina, sell at public auction for cash to the highest bidder, the follow ing land, to-wit : A lot or. parcel of land lying in or near the town of , Franklin, North - Carolina, , and NOTICE OF SALE By virtue of a deed of trust ex ecuted by J. E. Wishon' and wife, Martha Wishon to the undersign ed trustee dated the 24th day of August, 1929,' and recorded in the office of the Register, of. Deeds for Macon County, N; C. in Book No. 31 of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust at page 217, which, deed -of trust eontains a power of sale, and default having been made in the payment of the note secured there? by and the parties to whom said money is due having demanded that said ' lands be sold- to pay said note. I will on Saturday the 10th day of February, 1934, at 12 o'clock noon, and at the Court House door in the Town of Franklin, in Macon County, N. C, sell .at public sale to the highest bidder for cash the following described property, viz: In Nantahala Township, Macon County, North Carolina, on the waters of Nantahala River being a fraction of entry No. . 1979, . the southwest - corner of said entry. Beginningat awatefToalc7A. Solesbee's Southeast corneiv-runs South 9 West 22 poles -to a hick ory; Thence South 65 West 85 poles to a black oak; then North 50 West 52 poles to a stake ; 'then North 12 West 65 poles to a nbo- lar; then South 81 East to be ginning. Containing 50 acres, more or less. Except one-fourth mineral interest. The land, is the ' same land as described in a deed from J. V. Campbell and wife, M. A. Campbell to J. E. , Wishon, and being dated March 26th, "1910 and recorded in Deed.. Book . R-3 at page 64, Records of Macon Coun ty, North Carolina, This January 9th, 1934. R.-D. S1SK, Tnjsfee. JI8-4tc-McKE-F8 BEGINNING at a stake on Har rison' Avenue, 575 feet from the corner of Harrison Avenue and Church Street, running thence North 66 degrees 30 minutes East 200 feet to a stake; thence North 26 degrees West 197 feet to a stake; thence .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 indebted ness secured, by said Deed of Trust. ette Owenby and wifev Fay Owen by, Plaintiffs, : ' VS. ! -" :. G. W. Owenby and wife, Delphia Owenby,- James R. Owenby, Ralph Morgan, ..Harry Morgan, Claude Justice, Everette Justice and wife Jessie Justice, Vinson Owenby, Hat tie Owenbvr Grace Owenbv. Francis Owenby, Tempa Price, and husband Zeb "Price and G. W. Owenbv. Guardian of Vinson Owenby, Hat- tie "Owenby, Grace Owenby and Francis Owenby, Defendants. 1 . The defendants,' James R; Owen by, Ralph Morgan, Harry Morgan, Tempa Price ahd . husband, Zeb Price will take notice that an ac tion entitled as. above has been commenced in the; 'Superior Court for Macon County, North Caro lina, to have all the lands of which J. M. Owenby died seized and pos sessed divided and separate shares alloted. to-each of the owners, ahd to eyclude said defendants above named from any .right, title or in terest therein, the said action re lating to real estate situate in the aforesaid County and State, and the said defendants above named being proper parties thereto; and the said defendants - Jr R.- Owenbyr Ralph Morgan Harry Morgan, Tempa Prire and 7.eK Priro snt mtVi nf them will further take notice that they are required ta appear at the office of. the Clerk of the Superior Court of said County in the Court House in Franklin, North Carolina, on the 7th day of March, 1934, and answer or demur to the complaint or petition in said action, three copies of which are on filein the office of said clerk, of ' the plain tiffs will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 5th day of February, 1934. HARLEY R. CABE, Asst. Clerk, Superior Court, iviacon county, North Carolina. R. D. Sisk, J. H. Stoctc ton, Attorneys . , , for Petitions. ' F8-4tc Ml NOTICE OF SUMMONS North Carolina, Macon County. In the Superior Court Before the Clerk. 1 W. R. Cochran and wife Jerusha Cochran, M; E. Cochran and -wife. Sarah Cochran, R. E. Cochran and' wifeSalhe Cochran, Dill Owenby and wife, Maggie Owenby, Anne Wilson and husband, C, C. Wilson, Lela McLain. and. husband, Bergin McLain, Elsie Anderson and hus band, John Anderson, Jennie Case and husband, Grabiirn Case, Gordon Roper, Eva Justice and husband, Rufus Justice, Pearl Welch and husband, Austin Welch, Clyde Mor gan and wife, Edna. Morgan, Carl Morgan and wife Beulah Morgan, Thelma Owenby, Ethel Cole and husband Parlie Cole, Bertha Reigh ard and husband, " John Reighard, Myrtle Simonds and husband, W. T. Simonds, Morgan .Owenby, Fay- ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administra tor' of A. W. Houston, deceased, late of Macon County, N. C., this is to notify . all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before, the 22nd day of January, 1935, or this no tice, will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please ' make im mediate settlement.. This 24th day of January, 1934. ALEX MOORE, Administrator. J25-6tp Ml Alert farmers are demanding that dolomitic limestone be used in their fertilizers this spring in lieu of in ert sand and other filler, according v ivvvih .SVyUllU,
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