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THE FRANKLIN TIMES l . Issued Every Friday 31 ft Court Street Telephone SHS-I A. F. JOHNSON, Editor mid Munagrr James A. Johnson, Assistant Editor and Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES UOne Year $1.50 Eight Months 1.00 Six Months ...... .70 Pour Months BO Foreign Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York City Entered at the Postoffice at I/onisburg, N. C. an second claaa mail matter. AT LEAST NOT SYMPATHETIC The FRANKLIN TIMES is in receipt of a copy of the "preliminary report on the total and partial unemploy ment" issued, by the government covering the unem ployment census put on the past fall through the post office department. This report shows that there were 1157 registered in the County 487 of whom were totally unemployed and wanting work. Of. this number 272 were men and 215 women. It also showed 48^/tfere on ly partially employed and wanted more work. Of this number 341 were men and 141 were women. In addi tion there were 188 registered as being employed by the WPA, NYA, CCC and other emergency agencies. These figures show 487 entirely without work and needing it, together with 482 only partially employed and needing more work to support themselves and families in Frank lin County, making a total of 969, besides the 188 who have been certified and those who are now with the CCC. Of this 969 there are 613 men and 356 women. This picture when completed is interesting. Let's look at the other side. Franklin County and through its several subdivisions has made many applications for "WPA, PWA and other relief jobs, many of which passed all inspection and ap proval requirements, but failed of realization' upon the grounds that the County had no relief labor to be taken care of on these jobs. In fact it is understood the con tract for building the road to Bunn came near falling through on the same ground until the contractor agreed to transport the necessary labor from other points. At" present, the TIMES understands, the Town of Louisbnrg has two street projects approved by all the necessary parties and is being held up because there is not enough certified relief labor in Franklin County. Now the question arises why is it that, out of 969, of which there are 613 men, eligible under the government census, besides the 188 already m service, Franklin can not get more certifications, its mtody be given more work that is available, and thereby get more of the re lief aid? It occurs to us that the construction of the law and rulings governing the certifications of regis trants has been too tightly drawn in Franklin County or misunderstood as they are not in line with the spirit of the recent census. Iii 1927 the Curtis Publishing Company filed four- ? teen 1ax returns with Fedel'al, state aand local gov ernments, It cost $850 to prepare them. In 1937 this company filed about 44,500 tax re turns, the cost of preparing which was $21,000. In 15)27 this company filed one tax return in Can ada. In 1937 it filed one return there.? Saturday Evening Post. The above clipping from the editorial page of the Sat urday Evening Post sets forth very clearly one of the very objectionable features of the present taxing system. It is a burden business should be relieved of. HOURS AND WAGES , The prospects for the enactment of a Federal law providing "a floor under wages and ceiling over hours of work" are reported to be much better than they were a few weeks ago. A recent survey of public sentiment on this subject, made by the Institute of Public Opinion, indicates that two out of every three ordinary citizens are in favor of some such measure, at least in principle. The principal opposition to the wage-and-hour bill has -come from certain sections and industries which feel that any arbitrary wage-scale applying, equally to every employer would put them at an economic disad vantage. It is undeniably true that what would be a fair scale of wages in a region or district where living costs are low would be inadequate in crowded cities, where the worker pays more for rent, fuel, food and clothing. And it would be unfair to the more favored sections to require industries located therein to match, dollar for dollar, the wages paid in the high-cost dis tricts. The President's words are reassuring. He has said: "No reasonable person seeks complete uniformity of wages.in every part of the United States. We are seek ing, of course, only legislation to end starvation wages and intolerable hours." With that objective every humane person will agree. There may be, however, honest differences of opinion as to methods of bringing it about. \ ? t n 1 BIQ SALARIES The report made to Congress the other day of salaries ? paid to corporation officials was the first of such reports in which the top pay did not go to a movie star. The . highest-salaried employ^ in the United States is Alfred X . J. atiOil, WnO CilU v. 6 , J Um ... - v. 1 tilUbC V' ... #. j t*4 V/k . n t 4*1 C U I k..tli tlll^ Ol tiiuiii . ..? . .(.imoi-i - >- lUuCu mo..o.> . When you get up/in to \> a&es oi uai size Uncle Sam steps in and tuKCb luuiv ..uu ....ii u. .b u ? .11 uiuoiuo tax. iiien tiiU lliO ? tv .. . . io . *.-? Oi' i?Ci* 8u.U4j Vv li.il ft UOOK- | 111^ Uqv. lit ^ v? ^*iu auii U UUxo** U.iijr SpOClCb ui j.aiu.-.i. w.w k . .. puirie^ xuiii^ie, lor ex ample, mo* . ..V4A* v-,'vaJv/ u Wuviv ieit to iivc on. One contusion wuu ouu. ugnrus leau 10 is that peo ple are willing to pay wore lor entertainment than for education, ino university president ever drew down a tenth of the money thai a popular pugilist, radio come dian or him actor gets. Which suggests that the road to material success lies along the route of developing one's talent for entertainment. Not everybody can do it, but as the slang of the day has it, "it's nice work if you can get it." '*-* THE CAR OF THE FUTURE Nothing in the whole field of invention and technical progress has made such rapid strides as the automobile. Compare the poorest car turned out in 1938 with the best of 1918, or even of 1928, and the superiority of the new cars over the old, from every point of view, is instantly apparent. But the automobile of today is as inferior to the car of the future as the earlier cars were to those of now. Industrial research at its best is working ceaselessly to improve them. The car of the not far distanct future, the Society of Automotive Engineers was told the other day at its convention will not only be equipped with a heater for Winter driving but with an air cooling device to make it comfortable in Summer heat. Some form of safe, economical automotive refrigerating system is in process of evolution. It may be something like the "dry ice" system, widely used in the desert regions of the Southwest, where the motorist can buy at a filling station a brick of carbon-dioxide "snow" which has a temperature of 106 below zero and exaporates into a harmless gas. That is an effectual method of keeping a closed car cool. The modern closed car, however, came in for criticism at the same convention. -The engineers were told that they were sacrificing safety to style, by making the car hood too long and high, drivers' seats too low, and cor ner posts too thick, among other things. Better visibil ity from the drivers' seat is needed. We're not going to wait until 1948 for the perfect car, however. We'll get a 1938 model as soon as we can ne gotiate^ good trade-in on our old jalopy. MIS tOr the mm by /Vancu Hart "?? I If you are planning to entertain your luncheon bridge club soon why don't you use popover in place of the usual patty shell. I went to a luncheon the other day where the hostess did just this very thing and every guest there was delight&d4 with the dish. .My hostess served creamed sweet bread and mushrooms in her pop overs but creamed chicken, cream ed sea-foods Or even creamed dri ed beef can be used satisfactorily. You can substitute popovers for cream puff shells, too. When ready 1 to serve, fill them with fruit mix ed with wliipped cream or with the usual English cream filling. If you add '2 tablespoons of grated ch<;iese to your standard popover ruig you will have a deli- ' cately flavored case for salads. Fill the cases just before serving so that they will retain all their crisptfess. And, of course, serve with plen ty of butter, popovers always-Ciin take the place of muffins or any, other bread stuff ati breakfast or luncheon. Your grandmother preheated her popover irons and then took them out of the oven to .grease them while hot ? and like as not burned her fingers. But there are popover secrets she didn't) know. 1 First, you never need to preheat ovenware custard cups used for | baking purposes. And, second, the popovers will be taller and crisp er if you baked them in ifligreas ed cups so that the batter can ; cling to the side as it rises dur ing baking. ' Here's t-he menu my hostess used, although, of course, you can i vary it to suit your needs: Creamed sweetbreads and mushrooms in popovers, cranber- j rjr salad, sweet potato rolls, rel ishes, caramel parafait, nut cook* les, coffee. If you are needing a new day-, time' frock to till in until spring' choose it ~in one of the new vivid colors. Of course, you'll want bhut , fltted-iti look at the waistline, but I your skirt may flare or be pencil- ' slim. The fabrics are more allur ing than ever with sheer wools and wool-type rayons holding first 1 place. Evening clothes are more fenii- j nine and glamorous than they have been for years. Marquisette is popular ftfr dancing. In an ex clusive shop I saw a charming black marquisette dance gown made with tiny caps over the shoulders, a very full skirt and a giild-miwei) d einl?r. :<??1 bell.: 'Three- row* of flat, metal flowers made the collar Sirffn stngle row ihe narrow belt. "? ? W ? ? v IT Jack Frost attmcks t-!ie water pipes-some night the man of the house might try a few home reme dies before calling the plumber. First open all faucets connected to Ihe pipe. Then iH>ply heat to .?he pipe at the end nearest the fixtures. As heat permeates thru (he pipe, water from the melting ice escapes thru the faucet. When the pipe is in a place where i there's no danger or ruining wall paper or floors a heavy cloth wet wilh boiling water cati be wrap ped around it. An electric heating pad wrapped around the frozen pipe is Ideal sijico It, supplies dry heat without danger of adjacent i walls or floors catching fire. Any ' heat supplied by electricity is safe and you can use a small heater or even a cooking appliance that- can be placed . close liie the pipe. Of course a blow t6rcli is most effec tive but there's always great dan ger of fire. Some Statistics The average housewife puts in fifty hours a week, and the moth er 011 the farm sometimes* works seventy-three hours a week, which proves, as these statements are taken from an authorized report, that the overworked housewife is still with fas. There ane 24 million of these socalled "unemployed" .housewiv es in the- United States, according to the report issued by the Wo men's Bureau of Ihe Department of Labor of which Miss Mary An derson is head. It is estimated that the average housewife earns an equivalent- of from $5 to $20 a week, year in and year out'. The Bureau's report is entitled "Wo men in the Economy of the United States" and has heen for.warded to Ihe International Labor Office at Geneva. Pneumonia Weather Eastern states have experienced a very mild wirrter thus far but colder weather is visiting other sections of the country. Off-season war weather is the worst cause of pneumoniaand every house wife anc^njtfrtTe? should insist (-hat every member of Ihe family guard against undue exposure in the old familiar ways of keeping the feet dry and the body warm. If any one in the house has a cold, be sure that h6 or she takes care of it. Trying lo work or go to school in spite of a cold Is risky business. Ifr not only harms the individual who is sick, but risks infecting others. Cover coughs and sneezes and use cleansing tissues instead of germ-harboring handkerchiefs. Lamb ? I've been taking a few fliers in. stock lately. Wolf ? I suppose you keep a careful watch on the quotations to see which are going up and which are Coming down? Lamb ? No, I dnn't ! -t'titfs I don't h ,vt- invariably t <v irp. v / eJVlemorjes by A. B. CHAPIN Timely Farm; Questions Answered at State College QUESTION: What is the best way to protect tobacco plant beds from flea-beeflfe damage? ANSWER: The trap bed has given excellent results in the con trol of this insect. This bed is made by fitting boards' closely around the margin of the bed and bank-soil around these boards so that the beetles cannot crawl under them. A trap is t'hen built at least two feet around the tight bed. This area is sown with to bacco seed and as soon as the plants are up they should be kept well covered with poison at' all times. Pull directions for build ing a trap-bed tor the control of flea-beetles as well as control measures for other tobacco in sects are given in Extension Cir cular No. 174 and copies may be had free upon application to the Agricultural Editor at State Col lege. QUESTION: When should les pedeza be sown 611 small grain? ANSWER: This, of course, de- j pends upon the variety seeded, I but the usual practice is to sow in February or March. The Ko- 1 rean variety germinates in about two weeks and the other varie ties in from four to five weeks. Seeding should be _ made early enough to become well establish ed before the hot-dry weather, but late enough to avoid freezes. If the seed are broadcast at least one bushel of seed (25 pounds) should be sown to the acre. When drilled in, less seed is required, but the drill should be set to run very shallow and the seed m)xed with superphosphate, basic slag, or ground limestone for better coverage. A "crisis" is a very sensitive tihing. It soon died of neglect when people quit talking about It. AT YOUR FAVORITE STORE MUSTARD SAUCE, Qt. Jar 10c Toy Town Tiny PEAS, 2 cans 39c Choice Evaporated OCc PEACHES, 2 lbs. 2 - 1 Lb. Pkgs. 4X SUGAR 17" 2 Lb. Pkg. BARS. FIG 22? No. 4- Can ARMOUR'S ICc BRAINS 1 ? Campbell's Tomato Juice, 3-14 oz. cans 22c Salad Dressing and Relis h, Qt. Jar 23c MACARON,! Gold Medal, 2 - 5c pkgs 8c HERRING ROE, 2-8 oz. cans . 17c Seedless Qc RAISINS, pkg 7 Fancy Co. Gentlemen 1 ic CORN, No. 2 Can ? No. 1 Irish T>c POTATOES, 15 lbs * ?*? Good York 1Ac APPLES, 3 lbs 1U Evaporated Apples, White House, 1 lb. pkg. ... 14c PRESERVES, 1 lb. Jar 21c JUST ARRIVED SEED GARDEN PEAS SPRING SALAD SEEDS LESPEDEZA FULL LIME Fresh and Cured Meats LOWER THAN EVER 6. W. MURPHY 8 SON East Nash Street -- Louisburg, N. C.
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