THE FRANKLIN TIMES
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BLUEPRINT FOR AGRICULTURE
It will be New Year's resolution time almost before
we know it. And here's one good resolution for pro
gressive farmers: "I'll get behind the marketing co
operative movement and support it more aggressively
than ever."
That's a resolution that shouldn't lie broken. F<jr_
marketing cooperation in all the important agricultural
fields has proven itself worthy of any fanner's backing.
It has gone through good times and bad, and it has done
its job under all conditions. It isn't dominated by pol
itics, and its policies don't switch with changing politi
cal winds. It's a real business, working 011 proven bus
iness principles.
Each year has seen an increase in the membership of
the marketing cooperatives, and in their influence. The
movement is out of the experimental stage. It offer* a
sound, long-time working blueprint for. constant farm
progress. . ^ _
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HONOR WHERE DUE
American citizens have read with and wonder of
food shortages in war-torn Europe-^ot xhe spectacle of
men and women standing in line for lioiVs to obtain a
few potatoes or a loaf of bread ? and, in many cases, fi
nally being turned away because the supply had been
exhausted.
In this country we are at peace. We have plenty of
food, clothing and other necessities. We have a stand
ard of living unparalleled in the world. Much of the
credit for that must go to Nature, which has dealt rich
ly with us. But man has aided Nature? and it is man's
work which lias been responsible for bringing the boun
ty of the earth to the people.
Think for a moment about the American system of
retail distribution. The stores which sell you food,
clothes, necessities and luxuries are the product of an
intricate and superbly planned system whose purpose is
to provide the nation with the maximum ^amount of
goods for the least amount of money. This system is
made up of independent stores, chain stores amkother
progressive forms of retailing., It is a system in which
competition is free and open ? in which every merchant
is always seeking to improve his business and thus earn
more patronage. It is a system which gives the consum
er in little towns the same quality of goods at the same
price as the consumer in great cities.
Our standard of living nmst be largely attributed to
the American retail system.
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GUNS, AIRPLANES AND TAXES
General Hugh .Johnson recently offered some sage and
simple economic advice in hiss column. Speaking of de
fense demands, he said, "What we need is not merely
more taxes<but more revenue and more production. . . .
"Excessive taxes produce three results as sure as sun
rise. They reduce total revenue because they invariably
increase all prices, and reduce production and emjfloy
? ment. They do the latter for another reason. Since
they- must be paid at all events, they decrease the incen
tive for people to invest to produce. We must finance
production ... by putting private capital to work, or
we shall pay for the failure to the end of our day?. The
way to keep it from working is unreasonably to increase
taxes on its normal gains."
Some persons have come to feel t lint, in th(? light of
our gigantic defense expenditures, "anything goes"
will have to be our policy so far as taxation is concern
ed. That is dangerous. Nothing can be so destructive
to our economy as unsound taxation. If Congress goes
ahead in helter-skelter fashion, piling tax bill oil tax bill
with little regard for cause and effect, this country might
as well kiss its hopes for eventual security, stability and
prosperity goodbye. If we drive capital out of exis
tence, what can we tax to finance the factories and the
assembly plants and the rest of the industrial machine
which is necessary to producing the instruments of
peace, no less than the weapons of defense?
Congress ' clear duty is to sit down and study taxes
and t?x systems from beginning to end before it even
considers another revenue bill. It must see to it that
the burden is equitably distributed ? that it does not un
necessarily penalize enterprise and progress ? that it
does not make for price inflation? -that, in short, it
doesn't ruin the cduntry we are working to defend. Colti
gress has no time to waste. A workable tax policy is as
much part of a sound defense program as guns and
airplanes. + *
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"It ia a strange fact that the dictators have invented
a kind of War1 in which . the individual counts heavily.
At that game the democracies, which have nevef de
veloped the regimented mass-mind, can beat them." ?
The New York Time*.
The County Agent's Office will
be closed for the Christmas Holi
day from 12:00 Noon. Tuesday.
December 24, until 8:00 A.
Friday. December 27.
The County Committee, Assist
ant and County Agricultural
Agent, arid every Clerk working
in the County office, extends to
every farmer in Franklin County
their sincere wishes for a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year,
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Battery "B" News
(By Pvt B. C. Johnson and
Corp. Willard Perry.)
Fort*. Jackson. S. C.. Dee. 14. ?
December 21. Just auother Sat
I urday to most people, will be very
important one to most of the boys
I of Battery "B" for they will leave
j here that day to enjoy a well
' earned ten day Christmas Holi
day. The boys have been doing a
swell job of soldiering since their
arrival at the Fort last October,
and really deserve to spend their
| Christmas at home. 1 am pretty
sure they are really going to have
a swell time.
There was noise and still more
noise out on the range last Friday,
for those little 37 MM were going
off all around the place. This was
the first firing since the training
began. It is believed that firing
will continue through Monday
and Tuesday of this week.
"ftiere is guile a difference in
the accommodations here now, for
we have electric lights, hot or cold
water for showers, and a very nice
aud appreciated mess hall. The
boys were issued iron cots with
springs the other day. and since
they already had mattresses, these
were Just fine, that is if they don't
sleep too long in the morning now
The boys are hoping now that
there will be time allowed them
in the afternoon to participate in
various sports they like Softball
and basketball equipment have
already l>een given to the Battery
so now we need the time to use it.
Lt. IMddie brought out this point
at Ibe Sunduv School meeting this
morning
. Duriui: the time that Battery
"B" has been iu training at Fort
Jackson there has been some
changes made in the Officer Per
sonnel of the Battery. The 1>oys
regret very much the loss of Lt.
Frank W Wheless. who is acting
Battery Commander of the 1st
Battalion Headquarters Battery,
and hope that we don't lose any
more of our Officers. A few days
after Battery "B" arrived at Fort
Jackson. Lt. Dwight B. Rowland
was assigned to our Buttery, and
is our motor Officer now Lt.
Kowland is a 2nd Lt. and is from
Dunn. X. C. Major Griffin is still
with the 1st Battaliou. Capt.
(ireen is still our Captain, and Lt.
Bulluck is now Battery Executive.
I have been told that Sgt. Sid
ney F. Holmes has another duty
to perform now ? "weilding a
Flit gun."
Big Hogs
The following hog killing)* have
been reported to tihe FRANKLIN
TIMES thin week:
Floyd Gilliam. Oold Mine, two
weighing 422, 328.
J. M. Gilliam, Gold Mine, one
weighing 388,
Otho Gilliam. Gold Mine, two
weighing 265, 247.
H.' B. Rurnette. Gold Mine, two
weighing :t 1 S. 331
D. K. Gilliam. Gold Mine, two
weighing 204, 1?>0.?
Louis Gillian). Gold Mine, two
weighing 330, 340.
Gorman Leonard, Gold Mine,
one weighing 383.
> L. L. Gupton. Gold Mine, (our
| weighing 300. 255. 23T. 200.
M. T. Lamm, Cypress Creek,
| one weighing 800 *
E. S. Gupton. Cedar Kock.
three weighing 168, 185, 190.
W. T. Gupton. Cedar Rock,
two weighing 295. 185.
J. M. Gupton. Cedar Rock, one
weighing 285.
C. E. Wester, Cedar Rock, two
weighing 190. 206,
Mrs. Z. L. Cheevea, Harris town
ship. 4 weighing 800. 480. 380,
363.
M. M. Person. Sandy Creak
township, seven weighing 1335.
Junius Wester, Louisburg town-,
ship, two weighing 425. 450.
Leslie O. Cook, of Dunn town
ship. reports killing two weigh
ing 357, 343.
From a summary of 42 4-H
Club projects In Greene County,
the aTerage club member made
61.6 bushels of cor^ to th$ acre,
reports J. Wg Grant, assistant
farm ageqt of qhe Bute College
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FOB FIRST GLASS PRtHTDIO
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Southern Cooking
iii the South where cotton and cooking are equstly famed, thou
??jnds of thrifty housewives find that cottonseed oil products a<id to j
th?* lastine?- of famed Southern foods. This newspaper today presents ,
t/i? first of a new series of illustrated recipes in which cottonseed
oil products play a leading role. Each recipe has been prepared by an |
eminent authority on Southern foods and tested by a nationally famed j
home economist ,
If fully developed, the usage of
cotton for a new cement-cotton
roofing shingle might require one
ngillion bales annually, a U. S.
Department of Agriculture offic
ial estimates
John Thompson of. Colerain.
the first *-,H Club member of Ber-.
tie Count j fe use cotton as a club
project, has just finished ginning
927 pounds of lint from a meas
ured .9 acre, says Assistant Farm
Agent R. D. Smith.
A marked improvment in tie
quality of poultry produced in :
Polk County has been apparent
for the past few years/ says S. H.
Dobson. assistant farm agent of
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
From one bushel of rectified .
Irish potato seed, Howard Brad
ley of Smithbridge township in
Macon County harvested 20 bush
els of potatoes, twice us much as
from a bushel of uncertltied seed.
News
Notes
From
County
Com
mvtf-Mk *? H- Aywue
niillCC /'hairman
Yanklln Count) |A(crtculturnl
ronwrvntlon A.ssociat ion
Committee
Franklin County farmers are
requesting lime at the rate of ap
proximately 1 car per day. advises
N. H. Ayscue, Chairman Franklin
County Committee.
The payment' for use of lime
and cost of Hme are the same
through the 1941 Agricultural
Conservation Program. This
means that every farm operator
can receive his allotted part' of
lime free, F.O.B. railroad station,
upon request.
Orders for phosphate are being
made at a rapid rate of speed and
delivery of several cars is expect
ed In the near future.
Lime and phosphate have been
ordered by>the following farmers:
T. S. Dean. N. F. Freeman, J. Ira
Weldon, Rufe Fuller. H. F. Mitch
ell, F. S. Wester, C. T. Dean, C.
E. Moore, Mrs. Kmily M. Banks,
Macy G. Brewer, 8. W. Tharring
ton, W. L. Hawkins, J. O. Beasiey,
R. W. Wiggins, J. R. Tharrlngton,
J. N. Tharrington, Dr. H. G. Per
ry. F. H. Allen, Jr.. J. K. Weldon,
H. F. Fuller, Tom Gulley. Thomas
M. Perry. 1). C. Hicks. F. H Wat-'
son and Robert Lee Brooks.
Government economist predict
that higher production costs are
likely to offset the increased cash
income which farmers expect to
receive in 1941 from better prices
for certain of their farm products.
ALVA T. 8TROTHKR
Frank Union. ? Alva Theodora
St rot her. 52, of Route 1. died sud
denly Monday morning in Dur
ham. Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at Orove Hill Church.
Mr. Strother Ih survived by hi*
wife, Mrs. Vella Byrd Strother:
and the following sons and daugh
ters: Linvllle Byrd, Christopher
Alan. Valeria Helen, Margaret
Etta, Mary Winifred and Edna
Earl Strother.
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