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VOL. LI V, NO. 37
FRANKLIN. N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1939
$1.50 PER YEAR
TIE TO MAKE
GRAZING PLANS
Cereal Mixture Should
Be Seeded To Make
Winter Feed
(By S. W. Mendenhall,
County Agent)
It is most gratifying to see the
improvements that the fanners of
Macon county have made in their
livestock in the past two years.
In many instances this year's crop
of calves are a marked improve
ment over the previous year.
In order that this good work
can be continued at the present
rate it is necessary that more at
, tentipfi" be given to our pastures
ai"" buy crops. In a livestock
couirVy; as this county is rapidly
becoming grass can be one of the
' most valuable assets.
Definite plans should be made
. now for winter grazing. " This may
be done by seeding a winter cer
eal hay mixture which can be used
or wintfr grazing and provide a
good early hay crop also. This
mixture should be composed of
wheat 1 bushel, oats 1 1-2 bushels,
barley 1 1-2 bushels and 20 pounds
of .vetch per acre. If the cereal
mixture is to be seeded on land
that heaves badly and oats might
freeze out it would be better to
use a mixture composed of wheat
2 bushels, barley 2 bushels and
vetch 20 pounds per acre, leaving
the oats out. In either case the
winter cereal hay mixture should
be seeded early in September and
on the best land possible with fer
tilizer added, which will help pre
vent the mixture from winter kill
ing, to give as much grazing as
possible and also a good yield of
hay. If vetch has: never been
seeded on the land before the
vetch seed should be inoculated.
A mixture that is giving excel
lent results for winter grazing but
is not . recommended for hay is,
rye 2 bushels, crimson clover 15
pounds, and Italian rye grass IS
pounds per acre. This mixture
should also be seeded now. If it
is impossible to purchase the crim
son clover and rye grass a heavy
seeding of rye, 3 to 4 bushels per
acre makes a good winter grazing.
Another good practice to afford
winter grazing and at the same
time improve the permanent pas
tures is the seeding of 15 pounds
of crimson clover on our perma
nent (feature land. Scarify the land
with a disc or drag harrow and if
possible seed the clover just be
fore a rain.
This has been furnishing excel
lent grazing and lasting improve
ment to the pasture land.
Cattle can harvest grass cheap
er than man can. The profit that
is made from livestock depends to
a large extent on good grazing as
near all year around as possible.
Funeral Held Tuesday
For Mrs. Sprinkles
Funeral services for Mrs. Max
ine I'auline Sprinkles, 48, were
held at the home about two miles
east of Franklin on Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Frank
Rochester, pastor of the church of
God at I'rentiss, and Kev. J. C.
Swaim, pastor of the Union Meth
odist church, were in charge of the
services. Interment was: in the
Union cemetery.
Mrs. Sprinkles died at her home
about 6 o'clock Monday afternoon
following an illness of two weeks.
She was born January 24, 1891,
and reared near Prentiss. She was
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Henderson.
Mrs. Sprinkles was a minister
of the Church of God at I'rentiss.
The pallbearers were aix neph
ews: Dewey Hooper, Furman Wal
droop, Clyde Hopper, John L.
Sprinkles, Fritz Waldroop and F.
J. Henderson.
Surviving are her husband, George
Sprinkles, and one son, John
Sprinkles, of Franklin Route 4;
three brothers, Fred Henderson, of
Burlington, Wash.; Wade Hender
son, of Merraetta, Okla., and Fritz
Henderson, of Franklin Route 2,
and' two sisters, Mrs. M. M. Hop
per, of Highlands, and Mrs. Ralph
Waldroop, of Franklin Route 2.
Also a hast of relatives and
friends.
Home Coming Day At
Clark's Chapel Sept. 17
The Clark's Chapel Methodist
church of the Frankliir circuit will
have their Homecoming Day next
Sunday, September 17.
Besides the regular 11 o'clock
preaching service there will also
be a service at 2:30 p. m., follow
ing a spread dinner in the base
ment of the church."
All of the friends of the church
are cordially invited to attend.
'In the King's Navee'
t ty
p ' ft
f ,.
Resembling a character from a
Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Alfred
Young, 53, munches a sausage roll
as he reports for duty at the royal
naval barracks at Portsmouth, Eng
land. He Is a member of the re
serve which took part in the com
bined air and fleet exercises.
Miss Bissell
Gives Books To Franklin
Public Library
The following books have been
received for the Franklin Public
Library as a gift from Miss Mary
Bissell: .
Ossendowski Beasts, Men and
Gods; Sinclair Lewis Work of
Art ; Davis The Anointed; Mann
Joseph in Egypt; Maxwell They
Came Like Swallows ; De Wolf
Hopper The Reminiscences of;
Bowers, Claude G. Beveridge and
the Progressive Era; Collins The.
Silver F'leece; Case Tales of a
I Wayward Inn; Bragdon More
I Lives Than One; Wodehouse
Summer Moonshine; Roerich
Altai Himalaya ; Roerich Shamb
hala; Thomas, Lowell India, Land
of the Black Pagoda;' Williamson
The Sky's Their Highway; Brand
The Outward Room; Bromfield
The Rains Came; Benet James
Shore's Daughter; Halsey With
Malice Toward Some; Bragdon
The Beautiful Necessity; Howard
The Nature of a Bird's World;
Whitney The Open Mystery; The
Book of Small Houses ; Hodges on
Prefabricated Houses.
Miss Bissell's gifts of many books
to the library since its reopening
a few years ago included a new
Encyclopoedia Britannica and other
valuable ' reference books. Since
giving up her home in Franklin on
account of illness, Miss Bissell has
made her home in Asheville with
Dr. L. Rockwell. Her friends will
be glad to know that her health
is somewhat improved. .
STREETS WILL
BE SURFACED
Bid Accepted For Asphalt
And Machinery; Stop
Light Ordered
At a called meeting of the
Franklin board of aldermen held
Monday night, the bid of the
Asheville Paving company was ac
cepted for furnishing asphalt and
other material and machinery for
surfacing all streets where rock
has been put down.
It is understood that the work
of finishing the streets will be
started right away and carried
forward to completion as rapidly
as possible.
The board also authorized the
installation of a traffic light at
the intersection of the Georgia and
Murphy roads, at the Sinclair and
Shell service stations. The plac
ing of this light has been urged
by the Lions Club for some time
as a protection for the school
children , , who cross at that point
in large numbers each morning
and afternoon.
Macon-Swain Singing
Convention To Meet
It is announced that the Macon
Swain semi-annual .singing conven
tion will meet with the Burning
town Baptist church on Sunday,
September 24, beginning at 10
o'clock a. m.
All choirs, quartets, ducts, so
loists and all interested in sing
ing are invited to attend.
Dinner will be served at noon
by the good people of Burning-town,
FSgMirog Usages
on fto Firomitis
No Notable Gains Made By Either Side on Western
Front- -German Drive Checked In Poland Sub
marines Take Heavy Toll of British Shipping
President to Call Extra Session of Congress.
The past week has shown no
notable gains for either side in
the war between Germany and the
English-French-Polish alliance.
The French - and English are
driving at the German Siegfried
line on the western front, and the
.French claim , to be penetrating
deeply into the rich industrial and
mining Saarland territory. 'Germany
is rushing additional troops into
the forts along the Siegfried line,
while the heavy French artillery is
ptuiiding the line in an attempt
to find weak spots. Neither side
has issued casualty reports from
that sector. '
In, Poland the Germans are be
sieging Warsaw and are ' meeting
stiff resistance. Both sides claim
gains, but verified reports indicate
that the GenrUn drive is checked
at least temporarily. How long
the Poles can hold in the face
of superior artillery and aircraft
it is impossible to predict.
On the high ' seas the German
.submarines are taking heavy toll
of British shipping.
British losses ' through Tuesday
totaled 16 ships", all sunk by sub
marines. Known German losses 9
3 mined, 3 chased aground and 3
sunk by, British warship4s. The
French t e lost one and neutral
nations four all sunk by mines.
Besides these it is possible that
other ships have been sent to the
bottom without warning or explod
ed on striking mines before an
SOS could be dispatched.
: Germany has announced that
neutral ships suspected of carrying
cargoes containing goods consider
ed as contrabr'and will be search
edl, and if contrabrand goods are
found, will be sunk. It is stated
that this is allowed by internation
al law where the captured vessels
cannot be towed into port.
The warring powers have tight
ened their surveillance of the seas
and ' all ships, especially those on
the North Atlantic routes, are
proceeding with great caution.
Britain will . probably be forced
to adopt the .same policy as Ger
many with regard to neutral ships,
As The World Turns
A Brief Survey of Current Events. In State. Nation
and Abroad.
PERSHING COMMENDS ARMY,
NAVY INCREASE
General Pershing, 79 year old
commander-in-chief of the Amer
ican Expeditionary forces in the
World War, yesterday expressed
the hope that Congress would vote
funds for bringing the armed
force, up to full peace' time
strength, expressing "hearty sup
port" for President Roosevelt's
recent order to increase the army
and navy personnel.
KIDDLE REPORTS
BOMBING
Polish Ambassador Drexel Bid
die reported from Polani' Wednes
day that German planes had bomb
ed a "defenseless open village"
where the Polish foreign office
and the American Embassy are
located .since their flight from
Warsaw.
There were U killed, 40 serious
ly injured and property destroyed,
bombs falling within 300 yards of
the embassy.
MONROE DOCTRINE CITED
Restating the Monroe Doctrine
at a press conference Tuesday,
President Roosevelt served notice
that Germany would not be per
mitted to , sieze any British or
French territory on this side of
the Atlantic.
SQUALUS IN PORT
Triumphing over tremendous
odds', the U. S. navy rescued the
Squalus from grip of the Atlantic
Wednesday and brought her
"home" to -the Portsmouth, N. H.
navy ' yard, according to an Asso
ciated Press report, just 113 days
after disaster overtook the sub
marine on a test dive with a loss
of 26 lives.
NAVY PLANES TO
HAWAII
Fourteen naval , patrol bombing
planes left San Diego, Calif., Wed
which , will serve to prevent Italy
from supplying Germany with war
material bought in the United
States and shipped to Italy for de
livery overland. . .
President Roosevelt has called an
extra session of congress to meet
next Thursday, September 21, to
ask repeal of the neutrality act
ami allow purchase of war ma
terial in this country on a cash
and carry basis.
It is admitted that this wuld
be to the advantage of England
and France, because 'Germany is
haired from buying by lack of gold
and by English control of the
seas. But advocates of repeal
claim that the present arms em
bargo is equivalent to a donation
to Germany by the L'nited States
of an Atlantic battle fleet.
Senators Borah and Nye and
other isolationist members of the
upper house of oangres.s state that
they will fight to the last ditch
to prevent the repeal of the em
bargo clause of the neutrality act,
but public sentiment seems heavi
ly against them, and it is believed
that enough voles can be secured
to carry out the President's wishes
in the matter.
It is reported that German tech
nical experts have been sent to
Russia, presumably to speed up the
manufacture of war material for
shipment to Germany, and to see
that the munitions conform, to
German standards.
It is considered unlikely that
Russian troops .will be used to
aid Germany in this war, because
Russia's paramount interest is in
the Far East, but the Soviet gov
ernment has supplies for sale to
all who can buy.
Italy remains neutral and the
Italian press, which is go jrnment
controlled, is sparing of comment.
Negotiations have .been in progress
for some days between the Italian
foreign minister and the English
and French ambassadors, and it
is thought that Italy will stay out
of the war for the present and
await an opportunity to ' get in
on the winning side.
nesday for a 2,500 mile non-stop
transfer for . Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
BRITAIN'S FORCES LAND
IN FRANCE
Several hundred thousand Brit
ish uoo a e landed in France
unhampered :.,her by submarine or
aeriaf attack, . it was announced
Wednesday.
THE DUKE OF WINDSOR
RETURNS TO ENGLAND
The Duke of Windsor and his
American-born duchess, the former
Wallis Warfield, is returning to
England, for "special duty" in
Britain's war-time government, the
nature of which was not disclosed.
Secrecy also surrounded the time
of his departure and the route.
GERMANY SIEZES RUBBER
Adopting a straight economy
measure, Germany has announced
the confiscation by the state of
every privately-owned rubber tire
in the Reich.'
.
ATHENIA SURVIVORS '
Some still clutching their life
ptirservers more than 2(X) ill-clad
and shaken survivors of the liner
Athenia arriving on the American
freighter, City of Flint, were mov
ed swiftly toward their homes 'to
night after telling of a nightmare
at sea of a "torpedo" streaking
toward their ship, of a periscope
silthering past a crowded lifeboat,
of survivors screaming. :n fear of
another "explosion." ivfany were
from the United State.
GOVERNORS CONFER
Gov. E. D. Rivers of Georgia
conferred with Gov. . Hoey and
other state officials this week on
the subject of freight rate parity
with the north. Gov. Rivers spent
Wednesday night in Asheville en
route 'to Nashville, Tenn., to hold
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Latest Admirer
Countess Barbara Ilulton Haug-wltz-Reventlow,
Woolworth heiress,
is pictured with Prince Di Bcttette
Cito De Fclomarino at her summer
villa at Capri, Italy.' The countess,
recently divorced from her Danish
nobleman, formerly renounced her
American citizenship.
Statement
Of Public Aid Payments
For August
"Macon county received a total
of $2,437.20 bf combined county,
stale and federal funds in August
for distribution to 334 recipients
under the North Carolina public
assistance program, Miss Victoria
Bell, field representative for the
State Board of Charities and Pub
lic Welfare, has been advised by
Nathan II. Yelton, director of pub
lic assistance.
To 196 needy aged in the county
went a total of $1,511.50 giving
them an average grant for the
month of $7.71, while 121 depen
dent children received average
grants of $4.21 to make a total
expenditure for that purpose of
$509.00.
Yelton's communication to Miss
Bell showed there were 17 widows
if Confederate veterans in the
county drawing old age assistance
payments under the legislative act
transferring them if eligible to the
public assistance rolls.
The widow, received a total pay
ment of $416.70, or an average of
$24.50. ,
State-wide average payments to
needy old people was $9.58, to de
pendent children $5.91, and to pen
sioners $25.31. A total of 55,283
persons over the state received
$463,118.82 in August while for the
fiscal year through August state
totals were : old age assistance,
$635,140.16; aid to dependent chil
dren, $249,194.54 Confederate wid
ows on the public assistance rolls,
$33,221.26.
ZEB ANGEL IS
BADLY HURT
Accidental Discharge Of
Gun Wounds Widely
Known Citizen
Zeb Angel, 50, one of the most
widely known citizens of Macon
county, suffered serious injuries
last Sunday morning when a bid
let from a 22 calibre rifle fired
accidentally entered his abdomen.
Mr. Angel left Franklin Sunday
morning to 'go to his farm, tak
ing along the rifle to shoot at
crows which had been giving him
some trouble on his place. As he
was getting out of the truck he
picked up the gun, which he said
he did not know was loaded, and
the weapon was discharged.
He managed to get back into
the truck and drove one mile to
the home of Lester Southards
where aid was summoned and he
was brought to Angel hospital.
An operation was performed
soon after his arrival, and since
that time several blood transfusions
have been given. He was rcixvrted
this (Thursday) morning to be
resting comfortably but his con
dition is still considered as ser
ious. Bible Class To
Hold Rummage Sale
Members of the F. S. Johnston
class of the Franklin Methodist
church will hold a rumage sale in
the McCoy vacant building on
Saturday, September 16. Various
articles of clothing will be on dis
play, as well as household furnish
ings. Public invited to attend,
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COUNTY-WIDE
CLUB MEETING
Craft Center Discussed
By Women At, Court
House Saturday
A county-wide meeting of the
Home 'Demonstration chilis uf Ma
iv. in county was .held at the Agri
cultural building' in Franklin' on
Saturday, September 9, I'M'), at 1
o'clock, to discuss iu- advisability,
and the ways and means of open
iug a craft ' center in the coiinH.
Mrs. I.eona Duncan, the president,
presided.
Short talks were made 'by several
people. Mrs. Joyce Caule told of
handcraft she h;i- done recently,
including weaving, . incl.il work,
woodwork, leather work, etc., and
showed some samples of her ac
complishments. Mrs. l-'.stlier l-'reas
told 'of 'the 'work done at, I'enland
Institute this ' summer, (and for 10
summers past) where .instruction
was given in weaving, carding,
spinning, dyeing, (cotton, wool, and
flax), basketry, jewelry, metal
work (copper, pewter, and-enamel),
and in the making . of shoes by
baud. Mrs. Margaret Ord.way, Coun
ty supervisor of the XYA, and
Mr. K. X. Evans spoke briefly of
the work done by 45 boy.s and giils
at the XYA centers at Kyle and
Franklin. This work includes card
ing, spinning, weav ing, dyeing, and
even the construction of looms.
Several articles were exhibited .by
M r. Evans.
Mrs. J. W. .C. Johnson also spoke
of the I'enland Institute which is
headed by Lucy Morgan, a former
Macon county woman, stressing
the fact that Poland had an hum
ble beginning and due to the high
standards of excellence which are
maintained, ha become the out
standing craft center which it is
today. Mrs. Carl Slagle, teacher
of weaving for the state vocational
education program, gave an account
of the , work done at her craft
house and announced that Miss
Minnie Reese, of Asheville. would
come to l ranklin at any time to
give instruction in all fields of
handcraft, and that her craft house
is open-at all. times to anyone 'who
would like to learn to weave under
her instruction free of charge.
Miss Anne Rovvc, discrict home
agent, suggested that, in learning
crafts it is advisable to learn one
thing well rather than several
things haphazardly, and attain a .
standard of perfection in that one .
thing. Following these talks the
group entered into a general dis
cussion. Miss Florence Stalcup took over
the meeting and led a discussion
as to the location of the Curb
Market for the winter .months.
Mr.s. Gray was appointed as chair
man of a Committee to look into
the matter further.
Miss Stalcup led in the discus
sion of a Plan to Work for 1.940,
taking each month and planning
a demonstration program to be
carried out in each Club in' the
county.
The meeting adjourned with the
singing of ;a club song, "Is Every
Uidy Happy ?" l
Funeral Is Conducted
For Tallent Infant
Funeral services tor Judson Coy
Tallent, six weeks old . son of Mr.
and Mr,s. Gordon Tallent, of the
lot la community, Macon county,
were held at lolla last Thursday
morning. The baby died at the
home 'of his parents' Wednesday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Radio Team To Be
At Macon Theatre
On next Tuesday, September 19,
Otis and Eleanor, widely known
North Carolina . radio' stars, will
appear in person at the Macon
Theatre for a matinee and two
night shows. There will also he
a splendid picture, "The Hound of
the llaskervilles."
Baptist Church Items
Mooting worship at 11 o'clock
when the pastor, . Kev. C, F. Rog
ers, will preach on the theme,
"Let no M an Take Thy Crown".
Rev. 3:11. The pastor will speak
also at 7:30 on "Four. Reasons
Why We Do Not Hapti.e In
fants", and the message will be
followed by the ordinance of bap
tism. liible school at 9;45 and the
Brotherhood and Training union
will meet at 6:30 p. m.
Ladies of the W.M. S. are plan
ning a reception for new member,
in the near future, at a time to
be announced soon, when all can
didates have been received by bap
tism and by letters. .
Next week is Missionary week
and circle meetings will be held
Thursday p. m.
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