THE FRANKLIN TIMES R
Issued Every Friday
913 Court Street ? Telephone 283-1
A. F. JOHNHOM, Editor and Munffr
June* A. Johuoo. AwistMt Editor and Muiaiirr
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Entered at the Poetoftice at Louis burg. X. C. an second
Justice Brandies, of the United States Supreme Court,
tendered his resignation to the President this week to
take effect at once. Old age and ill health was given
as the reason. * . ,
We are suggesting o'ir readers who failed to mid
the report of the JcBC Board of Franklin County Jn the
last issue of the FRANKLIN TIMES, to go back and
read it. It contains information the public has been
calling for for some time and shows that the manage
ment has done a good job. It will be noticed that the
expenses have been quite high, but a good portion of this
is "required by law and th? State Board. The Board
members are. to be congratulated upon their decision to
give this information to the public, and we are sure it
will serve well to build general confidence and satisfac
tion among the people of the county.
NEW VOLUME
Like the average individual, the FRANK LI X TIM US
delights in passing another birthday. With last issue
it completed its sixty-ninth, anniversary and begins its
seventieth year with this issue. During all these years
it has striven to labor for progress and the things that
lead to better living, business, social and religious move
ments and ideals: In it? reflections it can see and enum
erate many culminations that bring pleasure and satis
faction and the results of its labors unfold in real tran
sition i nt o actual accomplishments. Although many of
these were atone time considered impossible their pres
ence has proven the fulfillment of a great need.
All of these, of course, were not the individual accom
plishment of the FRANKLIN TIMES. It only led the
way by suggestion and, influence. It was tin- fine .judg
ment and cooperation 011 the part of the people, that lias
proven the wisdom, from which the pleasure of the
TIMES, its management and force is increased.
Therefore to those of our citizens who have given their
cooperation both through advertising, neWs .and person
al efforts the TIMES extends its most lasting apprecia
0 tions and extends a hearty invitation to all oth^r citi
zens to come in and join with us in building a bigger
and better County in which to live aitd earn a livelihood.
To whkli we re-dedicate our efforts, and hope for a long,
happy and prosperous future for all of us.
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HOW LONG IS AN INCH ?
Probably it is not of world-shaking importance 1'rom a
practical everyday point of View, but it dots seem that
Confess might do something about the length of the
inch.
In the last session a bill was introduced t^ establish
the legaKlengtlKof the inch at the same as the British
inch, which is four-mill^onths longer than ours. In nine
million yards of goods that would make a difference of
a yard between English measurements and ours, but
what are a few millionth* between two great nations?
The status of the inch today is a good deal like the
width of a window which a green workman was asked
to measure. The boss handed him a two-foot rule. The
man reported that the window was as lyng as the rule
and a half a brick and the length of him thumb over.
There is a law 011 the statute books the United
'States which defines the length of the world-wide. unit
of measurement, the meter, in terms of inches, ' but it
doesn't say how long an inch is. Working backward
from the legal definition of the meter, it comes cPut that
an inch is .025340005 meters and then some. You can
carry the division to infinity and you never will come
to an exact numeral.
It would be difficult to make a political issue out of
the exact length of the inch, because nobody cares, much,
except physicists and other scientfic highbrows, and they
haven't enough votes to count.
Indeed, most Congressmen doubt whether scientists
ever vote, and few of them know much about science
anyway. Nobody else has the power to define the inch,
however,' and some lover of truth might find a way to
persuade Congress that even such a trifling thing ought
to receive attention from that august body.
AN EDUCATIONAL NEED
A common criticism of the public schools is that they
do not teach pupils to read and speak the English lan
guage correctly. In sofar as that is true, it is partly due
to the fact so many children come from homes where the
correct use of words is not understood or observed, and
they1 find it difficult to learn a new way 'of speaking.
Children arc especially sensitive to the accusation of
bein? "stuok up" with "Which they are often met by their
familiar out-of-school associates when they pronounce
prords differently from the common usage of their envi
ronmental or use the correct word among, people who con
sistently use the wrong word.
Now the same charge is being made against great uni
Off for Tour of United States
n- i - s i ? t m ' ?
SOUTHAMPTON, ?n<land . . . The Coronation Scot, crack British
train, is loaded aboard the motor ship Balpamela for shipment to the
United States, where after a tour of approximately 38 cltlas It will
b? placed on view at the New York World's Fair.
versities, notably Harvard and Trinity, that they do not
turn out graduates proficient enough to read and write
their mother-tongue correctly. >
This is a svrious matter, especially for those who have
to make their own way in the world. As between two
candidates for a job or for proniotioif. the choice will al
ways go to the one who speaks better English, all else
being equal.
Too many youngsters of both sexes get through their
school years still addicted to such misuses of language
as the classic example: "If I had of knew what I'd
ought to have knowed I'd never of did what I done."
The early schools gave first attention to the-" Three
K'S ? Reading, 'Kiting and 'Kithmetic." " Tli.v school
masters of those older days recognized that a child who
went forth into the world solidly grounded in those ele
ments of education carried with him the keys with which
to unlock every other door of knowledge through which
he might seek to enter.
Two widespread influences are at work today to im
prove the language" of the masses of tlia .people. They
are, the talking pictures and the radio. But any lasting
knowledge of the elements of education must begin in
the lowest tirades of the schools. .? ? <
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One and seven tenths cords of
wood were harvested from one
tentfi of an acre plot on the farm
of M. C. Wilder, Louisbui'g. R 1,
in Forestry Thinning Demonstra
tion conducted Tuesday. Feb. 7.
with 15 farmers attending. A
count of trees left standing after
proper thinning had been made
Showed that 50 trees were left and
79 had been cut which was equiv
alent' of harvesting 790 trees to
the acre and leaving 500 stand
ing The wood harvested was esti
mated to he worth $2.50 a cord
by those attending the meeting.
The trees present were mostly
Loblolly Pine and were ;!0 years
old
Mr. Q. S. Leonard. Louisburg.
K 4. reported that he had 33 liv
ing lambs in his flock of 35 adult
ewes. He further stated that he
had lost two ewes and several
.twin lambs due to the fact th&t
he did not have proper housing,
feeding too much corn causing
ewes to be too fat. and lack of
needed attention. Mr. Leopard de
sires to build a sheep barn as soon
as convenient.
KX-SOIJUKHS l.\ KKSKKVK
ARMY
The United States Army is con
ducting a campaign to enlist 75,
000 ex-soldiers In the Regular
Army Reserve, who are under 36
years of age, physically fit anil
who have served continuously in
the Regular Army for at least one
year, announces Major General S.
D. Kmbick, Fourth Corps Area
Commander.
Five hundred former soldiers
residing in this Corps Area were
enlisted during January, bringing
the total enlistments accomplished
up to 1,400. Each of these men
receive an enlistment allowance of
$8.00 t>hree times a year. Checks
are being mailed daily to Reser
vlstji, and all former soldiers are
urged to avail themselves of the
opportunity to be a "Modern. Min
ute Man" in the military (9rce. of
the United States.
An enlistment in the Kegular
Army Reserve will In no way In
terfere with civil occupation. No
demands will be made upon the
Reservist's time as he will only be
sailed to active duty upon an
emergency declared by the Presi
dent of the United States. En
listments in. the Reserve will be
in grade held at time of last dis
charge from the Regular Army.
Former soldiers who desire en
listment In the Reserve should ad
dress a letter or postal card to the
Commanding General, Fourth
Corps Area, Post Office Building,
Atlanta, Georgia, stating such de
sire, and special arrangements
will be made Immediately to ac
complish their enlistment' in or.
near their homq towns.
RURAL POWER
The Rural Electrification . Ad
ministration, formed three years
ago tio lead money for establish
ment of rural electric lines, has
announced that 70,000 miles of
REA-flnanced lines were Jn ser
vice 1a 43 state* at the end of
1>S I, with thousands of miles
more under construction. _
ask touti iamoAwn for
? ' RABT COUPONS
Timely Farm
Questions
Answered at State ColJege
yl'KSTlOX: To what extent
is lespedeza sericea grown in
Northi Carolina?
ANSWER : Due to tlie fact that
It takes two or MrA veals to get
this crop to the stage where huy
eau- lie cut very little is grown in
this State. Roughly, there is not
over 5, "00 acres grown, and this
estimate is rather high. Thero
wj?re. however, a totaf-of
acres of the 2-aantral > lespedez L
grown in the State la'st? year, whidh
makes this the third cri>p-"f rp^n
the standpoint of acreage gt-6w%
last year, lieing exceeded only by
cotton and corn. * ? ? ??
yi'KSTlOX: What is the prop
er temperathre for a brooder
house?
AXSWKK: The brooder should
be regulated for the_first wef k to
?8 degrees F. at the outer ec%e of
the canopy and 011 a level with
the chicks' heads. The tempera
ture should then be reduced five
degrees each week until the sixth
week. Where brick or rock brood
ers are used, a room temperature
of TO to 75 degrees is sufficient.
Care must' be taken not to run a
subnormal temperature as the
chicks will crowd and cause dis
ease and deaths from over-heating
Ql'ENTION: Can strawberry
plants be moved this month and
still make a crop this year?
ANSWER: If it is absolutely
necessary that the plants be mov
ed It Is possible to get- a small crop
of berries this season if you will
dig the plants carefully and leave
as much dirt as possible adhering
to the roots. A much better plan
would be to set some of the youn
ger plants in a new patch and get
a good crop of fruit from the old
er plants this coining spring. The
old patch could then be plowed up
and the new patch filled in with
runners from the newly set plants
In the summer, However, if the
plants must be moved. February
is the safest month for the work
PROFITABLE CORN
Alien Jarvis, 12-year-old 4-H
club boy of the Heulah communi
ty in Surry County, made a net
profit of $45.51 on his first club
project last year when he produc
ed 82 bushels of corn andc $25
worth of Mughage on one acre of
land and then won $3 on an ex
hibit of the corn at the Mt. Airy
Fair. . : .
RENKK YOUR HUB8CRIITION
TO THK KHAN RUN TIMKH
AND HKI>P SOME BABY,
TOBACCO HEED
"If all the tobacco seed 1 have
cleaned and treated in Davidson
fo?|nty are planted, there will be
eno'ngh plants produced to set the
County solid In tobacco," says
Phil M." Hendricks, farm agent.
Mr Hendricks sail 193 farmers
had seed" recleaned and treated
last week. ? ?
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SAVED $108, OOO
Farm Agents of the State Col
lege Extension Service estimate
that North Carolina twin* grow
ers saved $111,040 In lttl as a
resalt of extension ?dncatlonal
work In better boff marketing.
True Then, True Now
TO SB "PfttPARtD POR WAR I S OMB- '
OP TWB. JAOST EPPBCUVft MEANS
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jam. 090.
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Former Kaiser At 80
DOORN, The Netherlands . . . The
most recent photographic portrait
study of the lormer Kaiser of Ger
many, Wilhelm II, who lives in
exile here. "'He celebrated his 80th
birthday recently.
? POTATO COOPERATIVE
A small cooperative association
has been formed by a group of
sweet potato growers in Nash
County to market their surplus
sugar spuds. Fort-y "growers will
take part and the steering com
mittee is dow at work.
DEAD LINK
Growers of spring wheat who
want to Insure their 1939 har-j
vests under Mie _"?ll-rlsk" wheat
crop Insurance ' program must
have their applications on file iu
county AAA offices by Marcb 1. , !
HOGS AM) CHICKENS
Columbus farmers sold 15.941,
pounds of poultry for $2,383.17 1
cash at the car door and 77 ot'her
farmers shipped 66,210 pounds ofi
fat hogs for $5,005.89 as a boost
to the farm income of the county
last week. The sales were arrang-,
ed cooperatively by the county
agent's office.
t ? BLUE GRASS PASTURE
W. L. Overcash of Kannapolls.
Route 1, unwittingly started a
blue grass pasture on his farm two
years ago by covering eroded
places in the pasture with a coat
ing of barnyard manOre. He liked
tbe blue grass so well that he has
seeded 200 pounds of seed on an
adjoining nine acres. He says blue
grass and manure seem to 'go well
together In pasture building.
Uncle Jim Sags
VA
It's Im to npud (ho homo
market llinafh mr MiapU
?an for farm arodocU, otatrn
of Um> ?taU CbOece
EiteMkM Hcrvlee, bat Ant the
?MTHM to fond aad wuk
t'Jtr to* Ubo^f i
GOING PLACES
I American farms .are now being
! electrified at the rate of 200,000
a year, a far more rapid accelera
; tdon than was recorded in all the
; years prior to the depression.
| Nearly a million and a half farm
homes are now using electricity.
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DROP
The d^'ernment index of prices
tor farm products dropped two
points during t<he past month, fall
ing to 94 per cent o f pre-war in
nid-January as compared with 96
in December 15 and with 102 on
January 15 a year ago.
DID YOU
KNOW
tlm biggest store in New
York cannot show you more
than a dozen suits in your
correct size and preferred
Model ?
While Right
Here In
Louisburg
1 aril now showing 300 New
Suits that wilf fit you per
fectly in any model you
want at
? $24.50
because I am the agent for
the famous 1*. H. DAVIS
line of Guaranteed Tailored
to- .Measure Clothes.
DOUGLAS M. PERRY
Phone 370-1 T
Louisburg, N. C.
P. 8.? I'll br glud to bring
,, my complete line of fabric*
and styles to your home on
office.
MULES
Just received car of
Mules, well broke,
sound ready to work.
COME TO SEE THEM
AT
FULLER'S
STABLES
W. N. Puller
J. B. Leonard
ANNOUNCEMENT
BECK'S GARAGE
Has been appointed Authorized Dealer for
FRIGID AIBE Refrigerators and PHILOO Radios
formerly sold by White & Allen.
? Also Dealer for EASY WASHING MACHINES
Formerly sold by Raynor's Radio Shop.
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Kvery yo?r brtntf" out new model* In irtrlxmlon. Rut Ihli
year FRIGID AIRK not only odm new .modulo, but & new
rrfrlprator, and only FRIGIDAIRK haa II.
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and different from anything yon have ever known. Rnllt on
an ratlnl; new principle that prramm the natural Roodnew
of fooda Infinitely better than ever before poaalblr.
DON'T BUT ANY REFRIGERATOR UNTIL
TOU SEE FRIGID AIRE !
"OOLD-WAM/' Refrigerator* for 1988, with the
' MONEY-HAVING MBTRR-MI8KR.
Call ns for your Frigidaire and Philco SERVICE.
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?rfiU We kave t nnd yo? ataee Mil,
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