THE FRANKLIN TIMES
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US Court Street Telephone 283-1
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Entered at the Postofttce at Loulsbnrg, N. C. us second
cIam wiail matter.
IT is understood two of the Boards the past week de
cided to wait till the 30th of June to hold the joint meet
ing to elect the ABC Board.
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PRESS reports President Roosevelt advocating long
er tracts for homes in rural territory. What owners of
such homes are more interested in is the privilege to
plant what land they have.
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MEXICO has made its first payment of a million dol
dollars in the damages For its exappropriation of oil
lands, to America. The check was delivered to Ambas
sador Josephus Daniels the past week.
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"CUBA bars doors to Jews" reads a headline in the
daily papers. That's good sense, if it will apply to all
foreigners. The big trouble with America today in the
present unrest comes from so many foreigners coming
over here and preaching their foolish doctrines.
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AND again the State Departments has called atten
tion to the fact that it is up to the local officers to en
force the State laws. This was another ruling on the
slot machine law. If illegal slot machines are operated
it will be because the Sheriffs, Constables and police
officers, allow them to run.
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TWO things we believe Congress could do to ad
vantage to our National government. First is to "shut
down" the influx of foreign emigrants coming to the
United States, and thereby reduce the growing senti
ment towards socialism, communism, fascists, etc., and
the other to so repeal the Neutrality act so as to allow sell
ing to any one who wishes to buy here and take his pur
chases home, and not to loan money or protect other
loans to foreign powers.
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CONGRESS begun the debate on the Townsend old
age pension bill Wednesday with strong denunciation by
Congressman Doughton. The scheme has many friends
in Congress, but if reports are true, not enough to enact
it into law. It is a wide deviation from what the coun
try has been used to until the last few years. There has
grown up a big question in minds of many substantial
citizens as to whether this plan wouldn't be as well or
better than the present day relief agencies.
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IT is understood the Board of Commissioners of
Franklin County approved the road from Duke Memo
rial Church to Mapleville provided the road from Duke
Memorial Church to Edward Best School is built first.
This naturally raises the question of the authority of the
County Commissioners to authorize or reject the recon
struction of a County road that is already on the main
tenance list. It occurs to us the State Highway Com
mission has full authority to make almost any change it
wishes in a county road to reduce the cost of mainten
ance if the property owners along said road will desig
nate their willingness to such changes of construction
by signing a permit. If this view is correct the High
way Commission will have the right to reconstruct the
road from Duke Memorial Church to Mapleville without
the consent of the County Commissioners.
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\IF rumors carry any truthful indications the appoint
mehtof the ABC Board by the joint Boards on June 30th
is going^to stir up quite a bit of interest. It is assumed
the pre scrttin em be rs of the Board will be operi for re
appointment and in addition the following are said to be
in a receptive nmttd for the Chairmanship: N. F. Free
man. E. F. Griffin, WvN. duller, A. E. Henderson, H. C.
Kearney, Dr. A. H. Fleming, Louis N. Wheless, J. G.
Wiggs, the latter being intCT^sted mainly in membership
on the Board. The interest se^ms to center on the Chair
manship, when in reality the other memberships are
equally important, and should be gi^n serious consid
eration. The special interest in the Chairmanship must
be due to the fact that it is the longest term^and is the
enly place on the Board that carries a salary/\H is to
be hoped serious consideration will be given the flec
tion of all three members, as the results of this elections
will have a great influence upon the future of the system.
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SPACE IN THIS PAPER
Will Arrange To Suil
GOOD NEIGHBORS-PRICES TO
FIT'yOUR BUSINESS
There's Even A Wheat Field At The World's Fair
What la probably the costliest
land ever used tor (rowing wheat
Is the one-third acre "wheat field"
of the Continental Baking Company
at the New York World's Fair 1939.
The field. In tbe heart of the
Fair grounds, Is located significant
ly at the Intersection of the "Ave
nue of Pioneers" and ^Agriculture
Row." not far from ibe famed
theme symbols, the Trylon and
Perlsphere.
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The wheat was planted late last
September under* the direction o I
the New York State College of Agri
culture ot Cornell University. Grov
err A. Wtaalen, president of the Pair
Corporation, and M. Lee Marshall,
president ot the baking company,
presided at the dedication ceremon
ies.
Approved grain-growing methods
I were followed throughout. The
uWtWBM &u? mwoo i
grain was drilled, with complete fer
tiliser applied at feeding time, and
was top-dressed recently with Arca
dian nitrate of soda. This Is the fa
miliar American nitrate produced
at Hopewell, Virginia.
'? The crop, which will be harvest
ed to midsummer, is creating much
Interest on the part of visitors from
the South and other sections of
the country.
CALL THE NEXT CASE
In the announced determination
of using the power of the federal
government to purge State and
local governments of vice and
corruption if they themselves will
not clean house Attorney General
Murphy has elected for himself a
large assignment.
"The present situation in Amer
ica must be cleaned up." said the
Attorney General. "My department
is now at the start of a campaign i
to clean it up. Episodes like the
conviction and the jail sentence
of Pendergast and the trial of
Judge Manton are nothing but
isolated battles in that campaign.
There will be others."
Undoubtedly there is enough
rottenness in local government
and in the unholy alliance be
tween politics and vice in. America
to keep the Attorney Genferal very .
busy. Undoubtedly, also, federal I
agencies in the very nature of thel
case often have the distinct ad- j
vantage over conscientious local ,
and State agencies. Often the very |
agencies upon which the State or !
the local unit must depend for
law enforcement and civic decency!
are hamstrung by the influence
of the organized rackets which
are piling up profits with the vir
tual protection of the law. In some
cases, determined local law en-<
forcement is handicapped by the
interstate character of certain
lawless operations.
In any case, the Attorney Gen
eral speaks to excellent purpose
and appropriateness when he in
sists that there is no need for
more law but a real need for the
use of the law we have to afford
the protection that good citizen
ship is entitled to have. ? News
Observer.
It may be the results will justify
the government intervening in
local matters, but it looks to us
that It's mighty poor pollicy. To
allow a condition of this kind to
exist admits that our officers are
not capable of enforcing the law.
CONGRESS URGED TO ABRO
GATE THE SILVER PUR
CHASE ACT
Washington. ? Repeal of the
Sflver Purchase Act of 1934 was
urged upon Congress by 63 mem
bers of the Economists' National
Committee on Monetary Policy.
The members issued a statement
endorsing with possible amend
ments as to detail, a repeal bill
introduced by Senator John Town
send (R) of Delaware.
The statement contended that
the country had paid more than
$1,100,000,000 for silver for
which it had no monetary need.
"Although the cost of the pro
gram does not appear as an ex
pense in the Federal Government,"
the economists Baid, "the full real
ization of the heavy cost of the sil
ver program will appear when it
becomes necessary to liquidate our
enormous board of silver."
The Act of 1934 authorized the
Treasury to purchase silver until
the metal attained a ration one
fourth to gold in the monetary re
serves, or until the world silver
price reached $1.29 an ounce. ?
Christian Science Monitor, May
16.
EXPLOSION
iaO'to 40 ( biltlrra Hurt As School
I ? Is Wrecked
Akron, O. ? An explosion blew
out a wall of a two-story frame
school house in suburban Barber
ton today, injuring between 30 and
40 children,
Some of the students, bleeding
about their faces, were taken to
Barberton Clinic. Others suffered
bruised legs, Arms and tbodi?8.
None was burned, doctors said.
RENfiW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION!
NETHER AMERICANS
Mexico is scared stiff about the
possibility the U. S. may give up
the silver buying business as a bad
job, indicating why only oil prop
erties were expropriated. Banco
Nacional de Mexico in < its latest
bulletin reviewing conditions be
low the Rio Grande, points out sil
ver makes up one-quarter of all
Mexico's exports, bringing in 50
million or more a year. Besides,
silver is mined together with oth
er metals, which in all are three
quarters of Mexico's exports, and i
the attractive silver price Uncle
Sam is paying (there are no com
petitors) is the backbone of the
whole mining industry. Which ex
plains why the bank says conser
vatively: "Should this happen, the
position of Mexico would become
difficult." ? Ken Magazine, May
26.
THOSE PLANNING MARRIAGE
KIND LICENSE LAW STRICT
Prospective June brides and
bridegrooms were urged by Regis
ter of Deeds Hunter Ellington to
be careful that heft)th examination
certificates, required under a law
passed by the 1939 General As
sembly, do not expire before they
get their licenses.
"We have been having a lot of
trouble with folks who wait until
health certificates have expired
before getting their licenses," El
lington said. "In some cases they
have had to go back to the doctor
and get examined over again."
Ellington said that the Washer
man test certificate is good for
two weeks and that the medical
examination certificate is good for
seven days.
He urged those planning to get
married to obtain licenses immedi
ate after getting the health certi
ficates since the marriage licenses
can be used at any time within
60 days after it is issued. ? Ral
eigh Times.
The same conditions will apply
in Franklin County also.
Timely Farm
Questions
Answered at State College
QUESTION: In one of my fields,
the cotton rusts badly. What can ,
I do to overcome this condition?!
ANSWER: Experiments show
that applications of potash made
soon after chopping produces lar
ger yields and controls "rust"
damage This treatment is espec
ially recommended in the peanut
section of the State where the dis
ease causes considerable damage.
I From 50 to 100 pounds of 60 per
cent muriate of potash or from
j 1 25 to 250 pounds of 20 per cent
' kainit should be used to the acre,
i The application should be made
Iwhen the plants are about four
| Inches bigh and as soon after
chopping as possible.
QUESTION: How can I control
the pickle worm that affects my
cantaloupes each year?
ANSWER: Satisfactory control
of both the pickle worm and the
melon worm can be obtained by
thorough and frequent applica
tions of a .76 per cent rotenone
talc dust. Start the treatments
when the worms first appear on
the plants and continue at five to
seven day intervals'as long gs the
worms are present. Care should
be taken to secure complete cov
erage of fruit, stems, and- leaves
as well as the growing tips of the
plants. The rate of application de
pends upon the size of the plants,
but should range from 15 to 20
pounds an acre for each applica
tion.
QUESTION: How much molas
ses should I use to each ton of
green feed in making grass silage?
ANSWER: The quantity need
ed will depend upon the crop used
for the silage. For cereals or a
mixture of cereals and legumes,
from 60 to 70 pounds of molasses
should be used to each ton of
green feed. Alfalfa or clover
should have 80 pounds and soy
beans 100 pounds. Smaller quan
tities have been used successfully,
but the larger amounts give bet
ter results When molasses is us
ed, set the cutter bar to cut in
lengths of one-quarter to one-half
inch and be sure the knives are
sharp and in good condition.
Record
Milk production in 1938 reach
ed a new peak about 4 per cent
higher than in 1937, and 2 per
cent above the preceding high in
1933, says John Arey, dairyman
of the State College Extension
Service.
BIG INCREASE
With all tobacco transplanted,
indications point to a 25 to 30
per cent increase in acreage over
that of last year in Johnston Coun
ty, reports Farm Agent M. A. Mor
gan.
Competitor
The old wheelbarrow bas a com
pact competitor in a new, deep
bodied, two-wheeled carrier now
on the market with a full 2%
bushel capacity, rubber tires, and
roller 1)earings.
SHOW CATTLE
If plans now in the making ma
tire, Madison County will be re
presented by six to eight fat and
feeder calves at,.th.ft.Asheville Fat
Stock Show this fall.
ALMOST READY
Lambs born during January and
February of this year In Watauga
County will be heavy to ship by
the second week of June, reports
Farm Agent H. M. Hamilton, Jr.
COLT-RAISING
A recent survey showed 100
brood mares in Montgomery Coun
ty, and of 50 owners contacted,
only one was not interested in
raising colts on his farm.
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This Month On the Farm [
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JUNE
Boliver Pigg, he
"It's time to imitate the bee.:
The man that slings a wicked hoe
Is what the weeds don't like to see."
? Sei Bolivar Pv scz he.
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Cold weather in February set
he stage for a poor lettuce crop
D New Hanover County this
spring, and growers made only a
small profit from sale of the vege
table.
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