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'Flie Franklin i?rcc3 PUBLISHED EVLUY THURSDAY C. A. HARRIS.; EJ'tor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year". ",,$!m Eight Months Six Months . Three Months -.' Single Copies x ADVERTISING RATES ' Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. s We charge 5 cents a line for Cards of (Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, and for no tices of entertainments where admission is charged. Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, for transmission through the mails as second class matter. , Foreign Advertising ReP""11.'.. ' THE AMERICAN RRESS ASSOCIATION In this i:.-,iu: appears an article u:i'!rr the licalmu "f Development Rural Tower Is' Su;.;- ( siv-1 to Help Agriculture. This article n taken from ("onsen aUvA vn Industry, a pam phlet published by tlie department of Coiiserva tioii and Development at Kalei.uji. It will be of much interest to the fanners who arc con templating the installation of electricity in their homes. Impatience THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM Extension of th iewr line. Beautify the school grounds. Two hundred summer cottages. A sewage disposal plant The construction of business blocks. Plant trees along the State highways of the county. ' Make a white way of Main street. An excellent school library. . Courteous treatment for visitors. Improvement of county roads connecting with State highways. A fish ladder at the municipal dam. 10,000 Dairy' Cows, 50,000 Sheep, 400,000 Hens, 4,000 Brood , Sows and 20.000 Stands of Bees in Macon county. The above will mean water and lights in each farm home. 3,000 Acres in Improved Pasturage in Macon county. , Co-operation, vim, push, work-everything for the good of Franklin and Macon county. New court house and jail combined. At -XUMHER of citizens about FranUiu -arc jfiL becoming unduly impatien,t concerning the improvements promised by officials of The Jupollo Public Service company in connection with the electric distribution system of the town, extension of power and light lines into the rural communities and the development of Lake Emory holdings. Mr. Mead, 'president of the company, is a very, busy man and i.; now engaged on projects that will mean much to Western North Carolina. However, such things can not be accomplished in a few weeks. If he succeeds in bringing industries to Frank lin within a year after his company assumed charge of the plant no one will have grounds to complain. As to the power and light lines in the' town, Mr. J. H. Smith, district manager of the company, stated recently that he will spon have two' construction crews, released from other work and brought to Franklin. All in all prospects for Franaklin and Macon county during the present year appear very bright. Let. us all be patient until the power officials can work out' the immense amount of detail in connection with their plans for the future of the town and county. How About It? The hog, the cow and the little red hen Will greatly enrich the poorest of men. . , It's only a question of time until moving Your neighbor may not say anything, Dut he does a heap o' thinking when you borrow - jus iicwsijici .. .... The story of Lot's wife and what she got for looking 'backward scares a lot of adver tisers about this time every year. , And now comes a man with a different theory of -evolution. What's thcidea in stirring up more trouble? . ' Now that the question of a county agent for Macon county Is settled for the next two and a half years, let's all go 'to work and see what can be done for the county. ' .. It is a mystery to us. how the 500 sheep in Macon county - have escaped the fangs of the 1500 sheep-killing ddgs. The figures were given us by Uncle John Harrison. . There are in Cleveland county, N. C; 473 farms served with electricity while in Macon there are not more "than half a dozen farm homes with this convenience. Farmers as Public Benefactors BUTTER FAT is selling at the creamery for around 46 cents per pound, yet many of the farmers of the county insist on mak ing butter and selling it for 25 to 35 cents per pound. However, we are mighty glad that they do, so, because . we like country butter better than the reamery product and can buy it much more cheaply. If the farmers insist on .selling their produce for about half price, there is no one to say them nay. , In fact there are many who will pat the farm ers on the shoulders and tell them that they are. public benefactors and so they are. So it haS been since the days of Abraham and jso it wilLbe until ;jejternjty'KK)r until the-farmers class organtzeT7yoWgmariwho iiioulii much of his ability along, this line, one who came with the intention of sticking to the job until his work was accomplished, " come into Macon county and try to organize the farmers! Unless there should be a change of sentiment his whiskers Would be gray and his footsteps tottering before he could receive the plaudit: ''Well done', thou good and faithful servant." The farmers are independent and they are go ing to stay that way regardless of market prices. Buriey , tobacco grown ; in Western North .Carolina has been bringing 50 cents per pound on the market. And yet Macon sends, out of- the county each year more than $50,000 for ttlbacco. What9 the answer? Indifference. We have never believed in boring another well to augment Franklin's water supply, but have preferred a gravity system. However, we, hope that the town board wiH be lucky and strike water in abundance in the new well how being bored. - - . The .Charlotte Observer suggests that the psychological time to introduce the bill author izing doctors to, prescribe liqquor for patients is when an epidemic of colds attacks the members of both houses. We hear rumors to the effect that such an epidemic is even now making considerable headway. For sometime many of Franklin's citizens have been eating cold . storage eggs. Due to Jack1 of proper management Macon's V-ns just will not lay in the winter time, fix dozen eggs per year would probably br a fair average for hens in this county, and ex perts say that a hen, to be a paying proposi tion, must produce 150 eggs per year. A Question of Dogs UNCLE John Harrison states that there arc 500 sheep in Macon county and 1500 sheep-killing dogs and wants to know what can be done about the matter. Mr. Charlie McClure announces that he has four hundred acres of mountain lands that he would like to .fence as a sheep pasture. He also says that jdicre are numerous other farmers in Macon who would like to raise sheep, but that . they do not dare risk the danger of having their sheep . killed by dogs. The dog law in Macon county is plain. It prohibits dogs funning .at large at night, ' but this law, like many others, is absolutely ignored. ' There should be 100,000 sheep in this county to graze on lands that are now lying idle. With the lambs and wool each sheep will yield an in come of $10.00 per year. --Hswever, the sheep industry in this" county will lag so long as, the law relating to dogs- is ignored. Shall a few dog owners in Macon county be permitted to check an industry that should bring to the farmers an income of $1,000,000 per year? That is the question that should have the se rious consideration of the enforcement authori ties. It' is suggested that the county com missioners pass an order requesting the Sheriff and his deputies to see that the dog law is enforced. With this done it will be only a matter of a short time until the mountain sides of Macon are covered with shee,p. s ' Jackson county's representative in the gen eral assembly has introduced ai bill which would permit the county to loan not exceeding $250 to any one farmer for the purpose of making improved pastures for cattle and sheep. This bill requires that all dogs be' kept con fined at night so that the sheep may escape being killed by the dogs. Macon county has had such a dog law for several years, but it -Movies Raise Grades " OME interesting tests with a view to de termining the benefits derived from sup plementing ordinary instruction by motion pic ture films illustrating the subjects taught were recently made in schools in San Diego and eleven other California cities. ( In all more than 11,000 children were test ed, each school being divided into two. groups, one of which received both book and film instruction, the other being taught through text-books only. The tests covered a period of ten. weeks, at the end of which examinations were held. Pupils having the advantage of the motion pictures made grades averaging 33 per cent higher in geography and 15 per cent higher in general science subjects than those who used books alone. This experiment t appears to have been extensive enough to warrant the conclusion that the combined book-picture method is highly advantageous in such sub- Not only is this mrlliod b-.ii.fitt.il to tlx individual pupil, but by reducing the number of failures in examinations, it i educes the Lum ber of pupils who mu-t repeat courses, thus cffrCjti;:;.? a saving in expends for school pur poses. The introduction of educational films is be coming widespread, and there is little doubt that they will become standard equipment for schools of the future. foniu r ;i."cnt states in the county have thick 'and thin am Kit lUiU.'H stood by that he. will ol lom ijc p.lai l.tnm r: on ou;'i 1 to an The New County Agent AT A CALL meeting ef (he county com missioners Thursday the resignation of Lylcs Harris as county agent was accepted and Frederick Sloan was employed in this capacity. The commissioners revoked their . former order appropriating only $800 for this work and passed an 'order making the appro priation $1200. Under this action District Agent John W. Goodman agreed to supply the county with an agent and accepted Mr. Sloan with the understanding that this appointment be approved by the Director of Extension. Frederick Sloan is a native of Macon county, a graduate of State College and, with the ex ception of experience, is well qualified for the work he will soon, undertake. The entire coun ty knows that this paper is in favor of the extension work and it is pur intention to sup port Mr. Sloan to the best of our ability. We had hoped that Mr. Harris could be persuaded to remain here as agent, but no one can blame him for accepting a position with greater remuneration. It is suggested that the citizens of the county be patient with the new county agent until he has had time to acquaint himself with his duties. If "goes without saying that he- will bet unable to please everybody. No man can. However, with the support of the better element of the county we believe that Mr. Sloan will make. J. good county agent. He should not be handicapped by undue criticism. in a!l ways until the new agent becomes fa miliar with the extension work.. Others' Comments THE COUNTRY EDITOR He's close lo the heart of the people And he hears its intimate throb; He knows their thought and their purpose, The laughter, the sighing, the sob; He senses the struggle within fhem . Sometimes it is nigh-undefined And he voices their aspirations, -He voices the thought of their mind. Sometimes before they have formed it He says what they long to express, i So closely in his sympathy with thcm So true is the inwardness Of their working together and. striving For things that are upward and out, Where the vision is clear and the future Is clouded with never a doubt. v Speaks of them and for them and to them, Defends them and scolds them by turns, ' He praises and brags on them heartiiy 1 And warns, as he danger discerns; . ,: He's the big, loyal brother-in-service I Of village and country and town . And hist'ry will hunt in the future : For the things he is now writing down. D. G. Bickers- . The Electric Year NINETEEN-twenty-eight was a year of marked progress and achievement for the electric industry. In all phases of Operation it further improved the efficiency and economy of its service to the public. Wherever " possible, refinancing was carried jmtatlower-inte to" theTcuslOttiers;" the nation. . Much additional area was added, to that serv ed by electric utilities, and many more com munities now have the advantage of adequate electric power. A number of important con struction projects were executed to the further enhancement of service. In the new and outstanding field of farm electrification, great progress was made. Scientific research, carried on over a period of years, has definitely established that if elec tricity be properly employed ih agriculture, it will more, than pay for itself in , comfort, ef ficiency, speed, certainty of operation, economy and labor savinR- As rapidly as is practical, new farm areas are being given electric service. The outlook for the future is encouraging. The industry's great past triumphs are but a beginning; there, are vast potentialities for electric' power yet to be exhausted. In the farm, the home and in industry new uses are appearing almost daily. ' 5 At the root of our industrial cxpansibri I is the tireless hand of electricity. Without it, our great modern civilization coujd never have developed. - . , , ' - - , ffl. .- Extension Work Continued f ' THAT the two commissioners who made pre-election promises to continue the county agent work in Macon , intend to carry out there promises was made manifest here Thursday of last week when they employed Mr. Frederick Sloan as county agent for a period of two years from July first, 1929. Since Mr. Harris had submitted his resignation in order to accept a position with a commer cial poultry firm at an increase of salary we believe that the selection of Mr. Sloan to carrjr on the extension work was a wise one. There is ho doubt whatever that both Mr. Harrison and Mr. McClure wish to do what is best for the county and, aH things con sidered, we believe that they have acted wisely. The important thing is to . continue the agent's work and this they have done. It is true that Mr.' Sloan, without a stenog- rapher, will be unable to carry on all the projects undertaken by his predecessor. How ever, .when the finances of the county will per mit, the appropriation can be increased and thus .the. 'scope; of the extension work can be enlarged. In connection 'with the co-operative poultry sales it might be well to mention here that before his resignation Mr. Hararis had made arrangements with the poultry firm he rep resents to carry on these, sales. The ser vices of ' Mr. Harris will also be available to the people of the county in the matter of buying baby chicks, culling, feeding and mar keting of poultry. In fact he can relieve the new county agent of all details in connection with this phase of the agent's work, should this be deemed advisable. Mr. Harris, while he remains in the county, : will also be glad to give Mr. Sloan any information possible CABBAGE AND TOBACCO THE howl goes up throughout .the land" that farming does, not pay any more. This may be . true in the grain and cotton sec tions of the United States; but Carl Jamisom and others have given it the lie so far as Western .North Carolina, and especially upper Jackson county are concerned. Last year Carl' Jamison, up in Hamburg raised 20 tons of" cabbage on a single acre (and Hamburg cab bage are the best that ever grew out of the ground anywhere). Mr. ' Jamison made a net , profit of $340 from this acre. Other Hamburg growers reported a net profit, of from $225 to $275 per acre from '' cabbagei ; It is true ; that : not ''all .Western ! North' Carolina- will grow. . cabbage and other truck l:t- TT f 'I: ; '( I1-'.. . . crops u-e .xiamuurg win; oui .vanaaa, Moun- Jackson 'rounfywiriKrtiie The cabbage ' industry, supplemented with ' a- , canning factory for kraut, ' located either in Glenville- or Sylva, to insure caring for the-, sitrnlll that 'cannnt Ki mnrXrrttii pocSIv ctn be developed into a most lucrativer pursuits Henry Cook over in Madison sold one acre's-. i1 f XT it. f TI..1-- .t!. louittto trop vi ivuriu caiuima curiey, ' mis? year for . $475.68, other growers in Madison and Haywood got excellent crops and good" prices on their Buriey. - There is no place under the sun where Buriey. will grow fetter than in Western North Carolina mountain country, and Barley brings good- prices. There is no reason wdiy the growing of tobacco cannot be made a big cash business for Western North Carolina. Efforts to bring sheep husbandry and cattle raising back to where it once was is meeting with success throughout the mountain country. The leadership of the county agents, best" farmers, and business men, in promoting- the dairying industry in the .mourttain . region is meeting with generous response. ' A few years will see agriculture and its allied pursuits in the mountains again become a source, of much wealth. With a climate and a soil like ours, and with so diversified an agricultural possibility, Jarming in Western Jorth Carolina has a bright future. Jackson County Journal. ' I MACON COUNTY'S AIR T IS worth a little tussle with one of man kind's meanest enemies, to be presented with a cup of cheer like this from the hands of The Franklin Press: "All Western tforth Carolina will rejoice to learn that Editor Wad Harris, of The Charlotte Observer, is recover ing from an attack of flu." And a 'quaff of air, ssuch as that which breezes over the Macon county mountain tops, is aH that is needed to set a fellow firmly . on ' l?is feet, Charlott Observer. npHE Franklin Press, our esteemed Macon 1 cuiiiy contemporary, suggests .that the county agent business be removed from the Hniindc nf nolitire nnfl ttiQt tUo cHto Un matter over, so that the business of farming ' can CO ahead without the anniial nnlitiraT - -- Haam V 'rV1vlAt fight to dismiss and retain the county agent work, men! Brother, that's hitting the nail on the head ! Cherokee Scout. Letters v Shookville, N. C, Jan. 16, 1929. Major S, A. Harris, Editor Franklin Press. . -Dear Sir: Please find enclosed forty cents to renew my subscription for three months to The Press. . -; ,; . - ,.":; " -t , I do not want to miss a single issue of your interesting and instructive paper. ' W. G. WOOD.