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PAGE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRES5 and THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN ti:u..":3ay, r large industrial counties. Even now, if the . amount If Good LIttIo Boys tlczWy VVcro lit 03 of capital wealth were taken as an index, Macon county might not rank so wfcll. But it "is a fact to he proud of f J Macon county people are "more prov ident than many of their brethren in supposedly richer sections. Our farms may not be the most fer tile, and as for industry, we haven't any to speak of ; but we have the means of making a sure, comfortable existence. And, strange to say, many of, us have Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press, At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 found out that we can live very well in these hills VOL. XLVIII Number 6 with' very little money. "Keeping up with the Jones BLACKBURN W. JOHNSON ....EDITOR AND PUBLISHER es" doesn't bother; us a great deal. ; In fact, "simple living is one of the cardinal virtues hereabouts. Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C, as second class matter. We should not take pride in the fact that others are suffering more; but we should be thankful and North Omlinn i tale comfort in the knowledge 4that we are suffering- 1WESS ASSOCIATION ess. ft I SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ..........i... .V. $1.50 Eight Months , . . .... ... .... . . .". ... $1.00 Six Months . ... .75 'Single Copy ........ k .05 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by' individuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. "Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it Psalm 34:13, 14. (This is the second in a series of editorials jointly presented by the four newspapers in the territory served by the Tallulah Falls Railway.) A Square Deal For the T. F. "THE problems of the Tallulah Falls Railway cannot be divorced ; either from the territory which it serves or from the Southern Railway system, of wiucn ii is aieeiier aiio stockholder but-aIso"its incipal xreditofrvenlflt were possible to separate them, it would not be in harmony with pur present spirit which properly looks upon utilities as servants of the public, entitled to fair consideration and reasonable profits but not to a disregard of common welfare or a "public-be-damned" attitude. '- - :- - --- r; ' The Tallulah Falls Railway has, according to the uest miormaiion wnicn we fair profit even up to a time extending well into the years of depression. It nomical operation, again able profit with the future along its line. With this article. Tr l"l fl C Viatxn rwt mi. 11 t- u wvvti mm in u, welfare a feeder for the justifying extension "of even a suusiuy in umes 01 Kaiiwav like all other major systems does subsidize r p r t n 5 n n f j t en npratmn cwr " r " senger trains, every layman knows, are not paying t It a 11" rxTn AvnAticoc ir vr -f linn pin1 n - f( 111 o o unu v aa oui. uiai ui o laiviuiii win nut uc llal lenged that the loss incurred on any one of . them in its yearly operation wniJfarnioreJ;haaJakecar.ejQf t h p .n pti r 1 1 ,.i nn i rroH hv-4 Ha The Tallulah Falls Railway, in our belief, has not had a square deal. In its days of comparative pros perity, little thought was given to lean times that might be expected. Expenses were not cut, trestles "tie uui uuiii iui pci iiiaiiijcii , nine cxiui i vvu.s liiauc to build business or to cement the relations of ship , pers to the railroad. In too many respects it has seemed that the receivership, representing the South- ri i r. i i 1 1 ern ianway, nas ior some inexpiicaDie reason served neither the public, the Southern Railway, nor the Tallulah Falls Railway ; -1 hroughou t' this : tern toiyt m tne constructive nernt iLii, iuiuv.1 ti o viiiiuuai l j vvtiuuai aiiu.. in evitable discontinuance of the railroad. - -: We" belie veand "we sHall develop our ideas in sue ceding prticles, that the and the Southern, Railroad demand: 1. A new attitude toward the Tallulah Falls Rail way, looking upon it as a patient, seriously sick but capable of convalescence not as inevitably moribund. 2. Utmost economy in operation extending to every item of expense and salary from trackman to receiver. 3. The help and cooperation of the Southern Rail way through extension of every other wav that it can 4. An effort to secure, Finance Corporation or any available, funds for permanent reconstruction of trestles now most expensive to maintain. There's Some Consolation 117HAT we regard as one of the most significant ''' items published in last week's Press was the re- nrrr rf T)r TTrArl W7 TVf nri-icr cfoto riaf "liroi-. ni- showing that destitution in 1 11: A .-11 .1 iy sman.. n taDie giving tne percentages 01 destitu tion in the various counties, based on reports from local welfare workers and other relief agencies, show ed that only 7.2 per cent of the inhabitants of this county could be classed as destitute or "lacking the necessities of life." This placed Macon sixth from the bottom in a list where bottom really means top. Many counties which boasted greater prosperity than Macon in the mad days before 1931 were found to have much larger, percentages of destitution. Want was found to exist on ft greater scale in many of the wnicn ls-notoni fcits oni v nave available, made a can, we believe, under eco be made to show a reason development of resources we shall deal in a future .' in -nAAn Zi-n . in Jijjji null LJ iia UW1I Southern "Railwav siirplv reasonable credit, possibly stress, mat ine jsoutnern a.L- nnnr J t cl Vi-r 1 1 crVtn ie - " . r-'b - A ' T-a 1 1 n 1 s fi IT- 1 1 o T-rraTl ; the impression is strong hat 1 1 ha s "seen j t s t asklno t 01 otuidinir ior tne iuture interests of both the public reasonable credit and in be extended. through the Reconstruction other source that may be Macon county is relative- . r 1 .'. Public Opinion JVD VICE -FOR iAUL-GRA Y To the Editor: Here is some information about another railroad which was in trouble which may show a way to keep the Tallulah Falls Railroad in operation : . I am informed that some ten years ago the Alabama Northern Railroad, eight miles long, running from Ashland, Alabama, to Pyri ton, where it connected with the A. B. C. Railroad, was turned over to the bond holders, as it had proved to be unprofitable after all of the timber had been hauled out. ; This road was built by the cit izens of Ashland and the vicinity at a cost of some $150,000, in order to have a railway connection with a main line of the railroad. For several' years" these" bond" holders had received no dividends. When the road was turned back to the bond holders, they elected C. B. Allen, a large bond holder of the road and president of the Ashland Bank, as president and general manager. He went to At lanta and purchased an old. engine, a flat car, a. coal car and a box car; also one Cadillac sedan and one Cadillac truck on which ' he had flanged wheels placed., He dispensed with the several office employes, retaining only the agent at the Ashland end, two1 trainmen, (the engineer and fireman), to operate the freight train, these men acting also as conductor and train men. The Cadillac sedan was used for haulirig passengers and the Cadillac -truck for hauli n g mail, express and light freight. The agent at Ashland would close his office and run the Cadillacs on their-schedule. Mr.-Allen -received little or no salary for managing the road. The road. was . put..jona.paying basis-and "evenduriner these de presslcn years the tond holders have been receiving their dividends. "Four" passenger Irips" per "day each way are made. When there is a small amount -of express this andjhe mail Jscarriedonthe.paa.- senger-Cadillac. The-4reight-tr-ainJ makes one round trip per day. You will find this railroad listed in the official guide of railroads, which shows that it is recognized as a railroad. This is evidence of what can be done to save a railroad to its pat rons. Some such drastic method must be employed to save our Tal lulah Falls Railway. One mixed train each day, tho elimination of the expensive receiver and his as sistant, and all but one or two of the office force, would enable the T. F. to operate at a profit, if I am., corrpctly -informed - - Very truly-yours, A. A. JAMESON. Wiley,- Georgia ; ; January 31, 1933 SOLESBEE DENIES REPORT Mr. Editor: It becomes my painful duty to call your attention to a mistake which appeared in last week's Press. In discussing the town council Baptist Church BY REV. EUGENE R. ELLER The Sunday school will meet at 9:45 a. m. All who are not in Sunday school are invited to at tend. Teachers and pupils are urged to look after the absent pupils and uninlisted people. Sun day afternoon the Sunday school will conduct a religious census of the town and commnr.ity. Just as last year, the cardswi':l be divided and those belonging to the other church will be turned over to the pastors of the various churches. br. Oscar E. Sams, "!, f resident of Mars Hill colleg", will tre.ich at 11 a. m. next Sunday. While here Dr. Sams is anxious tb get in touch with all the high school students who are interested in go ing to Mars Hill. It is hoped a large number will hear him preach. The B. Y. P. U.'s will meet at 6:30 p. m. and the evening wor ship will be at 7:45 p. m. The pastor 'will ute ' ai his subject, "The Blood of Jesus Christ." The bill introduced -by MrT-Jngram you stated that a similar bill was in troduced four years ago by Soles bee and was defeated after being discussed by Mayor Patton. Here' are the facts : (1) . I was not in the assembly four j years agi, but was a mem ber of the house in 1927. (2) While there I did not intrb-f duce ' a bill of any kind that af fected the number of councilmcn; neither did Mr. Patton argue against any bill that I introduced. I. am trying, to .believe that your mistake was1 sincere, but we would do well to observe Crockett's rule : "Be sure' you are right, then-go. ahead." Jt .was also rumored that I had the late Mr. Teague appointed as road commissioner, which w abso hitely false. This act was two years"later7ralter' 1 was, in the as sembly." Please give space for the above and accep my best wishes for The Press. Alvin S. Solesbee. EDITOR'S NOTE The Press is always glad" to cor rect errors appearing in its col umns and it especially is glad to print a communication from Parson Solesbee. However, it feels justi fied in making the following de fense: As to the plaintiff's first point, the deponent admits he was in er ror but pleads that the question of time is not a real issue. What matters it. now in 1933, whether I said-rplatnTiff was a member of the General Assembly in 1927 or 1929. As to the plaintiff's second al legation, the deponent wishes to quote the following from The Franklin Press, issue of February 3.- 1927; while thnr-nFWsnaiift' was under the editorship of S A Har-I ns: rOtherlocal , measures mtrov. chiced by Mr. Solesbee follow: . "To amend the charter of The Town of Franklin,, cutting the number-of Aldermen from six tothre.fThe passed the house, but has been held up , in the Senate commit tee, Mr. Solesbee said, .'be cause, they didn't seem to want it' here at Franklin. He inti mated that he had requested - the senate committee to 'pigeon-hole' it The doponent further wishes to state that Mayor Patton told him last week in the Town Hall in the presence of witnesses that "Soles bee introduced a bill to cut down the number of members of -the council but I went to Raleigh and got- it kilted.'":".'.;-. ...r:"i:i::;:rr:!rr As to the plaintiff's reference to Ciocketl's rule, -the-deponent -wishes to say "Amen, Brother Amen ! But where must we go now?" Concerning the 1 eague matter, "the deponent sayeth nothing," be ing a disinterested and uninterested party. , Blackburn W. Johnson (Sometimes Editor of Tht Franklin Press) public is most cordially invited. Wednesday night, February' 22, the Rev. James A'. Ivey, pastor of the West Asheville Baptist church and State B. Y. P. U.-president, will preach . in ' the Baptist" church. This service is- 'being sponsored by the B. Y. P. U.'s of the church. The public is invited to hear Mr. Ivey. He will bring a great Gos pel message. Gneiss Mrs. S. E. McCoy and children- Mitchel, Homer, Oivine, Evalyn of Gold Mine, have been welcome visitors here- Mr. and Mrs. Nath Daves have a new"S;6n"irt their home. Mrs. John Holland, of Peek's Creek, and Miss Clarabelle Stan field spent" Monday night at A. A. Mashburn's home. A great wave ef sadness passed over our community Tuesday a. m. when Verlon Mashburn passed from this life. Eighty-five per cent of the $8, 662.50 loaned to 226 farmers in Alexander county from the govern ment seed loan fund has been repaid. Mt MKT '- 3 Your Farm - How to Make It Pay Tanning Hides - FARMERS who compare the price of hides, with the price for purchased leather have become interested in tanning the skins at home and many are doing a suc cessful job. To aid them in this l. T? i u tr : i . ' . , ' 01 "vwrocK-rcscarcn-ar-araierxoi- lege, has worked out some methods which may be used to advantage. Mr. Hostetler says the principles of-homeanning--are'ery simple and may be mastered very easily. First- the" hide"must be carefully fleshed" or 9Cfapedort the flesh sil,c torcmove all particles xif meat or J)loQ(L.Then, ihe . Jiair side heeds to bc thoroughly cleaned. This should be done, he " says, whether the hide is to be tanned with the hair on or off. He sug-gests-using-a package"of some washiiTg-rdeTonealloiTof warm yater. Next trim off all rough edges including the parts around the feet. To cure the hide or pelt, only common salt is needed. Allow the skin to cool thoroughly and then spread, flesh side up," on a clean floor which has been ' sprinkled with, salt. Cover the flesh side with salt and rub in, using plenty of the salt. Curing will be com plete in one to two weeks. " To tan the cured hide, use three ounces of commercial 'sulphuric acid, two pounds of common salt and Tine gallon of serf f water. Make upthir solution in" sf wooden buck et on barrel using enough of the solution to cover the number of hides to be tanned. Small - thin J hides-should-be-4eft-tn-4hi9-9olution from 12 to 24 hours and the heav ier cow hides from two to three days. Stir every few hours to insure uniform tanning and wash well when removed. Value of Garden A farm garden, one-half acre in size, is worth exactly $168.33 in cash to a family of "six persons and its value probably exceeds this when the better health of the family is considered. "We usually do not think of the cash value of a garden in a system of self-sustaining, farming but rec ords kept for us last year by . 75 farm families show this plot of land to be an important asset," says H. R. Niswonger, extension horticulturist at State college. "The average size of the . family from which the records were secured consisted of the farmer and his wife- and four-children. The " gar den plot averaged one-half acre in size and "cost $4.77 in seeds and fertilizer to get in shape. The re turns in fresh vegetables were valued, at $168.33 above the cost of the seeds and fertilizer." Mr. Niswonger believes it more than ever important to have a rood garden this season. The one half acre size is all right for the small family but larger families need an acre given over for the production of vegetables. In ad dition, other land should be planted to watermelons, cantaloupes and iweet potatoei. BAarf? , Himup out j J flOW MUCH UILCVA AKC rOR ITT rinrtlN' I . yi AW AC ON- Itn W The Farmer's Question Box Timely Questions Answered by N. C. State College Experts Question: When should dairy animals be bred for best results in butterf at production ? -Answer: The price of butterfat is higher during the winter months and-dairynre frellingHmiTk oh"aTat txmtent should treed Their "animals to freshen In the fall. This means that Januaryand"Februaryrare the months to breed as the animals will then be dry in June, July and Augustand will-freshen during feeptember-when pneesfor" laTare on the up-grade. Question: What causes the bark on apple trees to split and seoarate from the trunk and how can this be prevented or cured? Answer: This injury is probably caused by the sap expanding, dur ing warm winter davs and then freezing during the cold nights and is known as winter injury. If the entire bark can be peeled away from the trunk, the tree is beyond recovery. If only small sections of the tree are injured, tnese areas may - be bridge-grafted by; inserting one : end of a water sprout into the w3odaboye the damaged "part " and the other end into the live bark err root below. Coyecjhe grafted . jointswith grafting wax. Question: How should lespedeza sencea seed be prepared for plant ing? Answer: These seed are some. times' softened before planting by putting them in hot water for a short time but it is-much safer for them ,to be scarified. Attach two sheets of coarse sandpaper to a table or box and one sheet of fine sandpaper to a short board or block. Place seed on the table and rub with block until hulls are removed. This will scarify the seed sufficiently and is much bet ter than putting them in hot water. Question: How soon can I trans plant lettuce to the open fields? Answer: Plants should be put out in tht eastern section within the next ten days. . In the central and western sections, plantings will be four weeks later for the cen tral," and eight weeks later for the western. Lettuce requires a cool growing season and late plantings will cause the plants to go to seed instead of heading. In transplant ing be sure to set the plants straight in the ground.. Leave the bud above ground level and pack soil firmly about stem. . More than 4,000 new peach.' trees have been planted in Lincoln coun ty during the last few weeks. Gaston county .farmers have fill ed 58, bring house witK high crane Hweet jwrtatwi thli Winter NlxjlHAoE AN AWFUL LTIMECCTTIN THIJ. Buy Tested Chicks T HE most important question fore the poultryman right now is where and what kind of baby chicks to buy. "After reviewing all the various hatchery advertisements and noting: the glowing descriptions used for citnp nf ttik KoKv rtiirls Vipinc nf- fered the buying public, it is- easy to see how perplexing this question of securing the- right kud .of chicks Jmayjjeoomesays C- F Parnsh, poultry extension special ist at State college. "I am con-; yinced, however, that the safe plan for the North Carolina poultryman is to get his' new" chicks from : North Carolina hatcheries whica are wonting unuer ine supervision of the state veterinarian's office and where thg eggs used come from blond-tested and pulled un- . good hatcheries in the staie where the eggs are secured from flocks that have been officially tested or.e or more times for the Pullorum disease and such chicks must be hatched separately from the tirm- tpstf-rl rhirWs " . Mr. Parrish says his reason for making this recommendation comes from certain tests which have been made. Reports on 79,686 chicks produced Dy natcnerics wnere tne eggs were produced by blood-tested birds show that 5,151 chicks died from all causes during the first four weeks of life.. This is a mnr- . f . f J A . - ... . i tanty or o. per cent.- Reports on 7,958 chicks produced from - birds - that - had -not been blood-tested or were produced out side the state show that 2,875 died trom an causes during the tirsi . four weeks of life. This is a mor tality of 36.1 per cent. - . In other words, the man who bought baby chicks from unreliable sources lost nearly six times more during the critical period of the chick's life than did the man who knew his supply. -m mm , , , , Early Spring Lambs Early spring lambs, fattened with home-grown feeds and properly docked and trimmed, will likely sell wen tms spring. Reports received by L. I. Case, animal husbandman at State col lege, indicate that market lambs are selling better than any class of livestock or anv other- farm commodity at this time. However, packers and local butchers much prefer lambs that have been dock ed and trimmed and will usually pay a premium . for those - not handled in this way. This opera tion is best performed when the lamb is a week or two weeks old. IIHTM J .4 . inero is one ining we must keep in mind," says Mr. Case. "There is a large number of breed ing ewes in the country at -this time and pri-es cannot be expect ed to hold uo unless the industrial situation tal-es a turn for the bet ter. Under this situation, sheen men should take good care of tehlr lambs, fatten them quickly and get them on the early market. To do this, see that th lamb ' rets rlentv of milk from the ewe du Ing its early days, bf life. . V
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