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THE FRANKLIN PRESS and TI5E HIGHLANDS MACC"IAN THURSDAY, DEC, 1!, 1 PACS FOUR Sit Jffmttfelht fxtzs Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone VOL XLV11I BLACKBURN W. JOHNSON.... Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ........... Eicht Months ;............. Six Months . Single Copy ,. .OS 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 notice will be marked "adv." in compliance with the-postal regulations. WEEKLY BIBLE THOUGHT Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the day- pring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that tit in darknet and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. Luke 1:78, 79. There's Money in Farming LIEARTENING encouragement for an optimistic outlook' on the future of agriculture in Macon county is found in the annual report of F. S. Sloan, county farm agent. Perhaps the county as a whole has progressed rather slowly in agricultural development, but some individual farmers have made noteworthy strides and set new and higher standards of farming and fanrf living, which in time, we hope,' will be copied by many of their neighbors. Too frequently one hears the depressing com ment that there is no money on a farm and the soon er a man quits farming the better off he will be. It is true that farming is not an easy life, but it does hold out just rewards for the man who will seek them industriously and intelligently. , The trouble is, as someone said ; "Top maiy of our farmers are just dirt miners not farmers at all." Looking through Mr. Sloan's report one can find ample evidence that farming can be made profitable, for he cites instances of handsome profits earned by individual farmers who followed modern methods of crop production. We wilPcite a few of them: Mrs. A. S. Holt, of Highlands, showed a net -profit -of-$373.35 on one acre of cabbages." J. D. Burnett, of Scaly, -cleared $225.90 above all expenseLimnLDneacre-oLLabbagti& Don Henderson, of Gneiss, earned a net profit of $109 off of asingle Poland China pig given him in May, 1930, by the Franklin Rotary club. 7 " .Don 5 .JatherrCW. notable record of any - single farmer in the county, accordingto MrrSloan's reportrTIe" kept "accurate records on all of his farming transactions and at the end of November his books showed net labor re turnsfor himself and son of $971.77 for a period of eleven months. Mr. Henderson "has a farm of 125 a-cres with 20 of them cultivated, 40 in pasture, two in young or chard land and 63 in woodland. The ground lies much as it does on the average Macon county farm ; if anything, it is a little 'roughed and has" less real bottomland. It is known as rich soil now, but at one "time it was thought to be poor farming land. Mr. Henderson has built it up by dint of hard work and intelligent farming methods. . ' Theprofir he has" In ade t hi s " y ea f i iTa 1 )o v ea rid -besides the-farn produce-used in his own-home,- and the Hendersons live well. They have an automobile, a radio and many other modern conveniences. NTow, let us see how and where Mr. Henderson made this profit during dull times when many other farmers weFe having difficulty paying back their seed loans and keeping body and soiil together. His largest item of income was from vegetables sold $302.59 from one and three-fourths acres. The next largest item was dairy products $266.39 from a herd of eight high grade cows. The two acre orchard contains 200 'six-year-old apple trees just beginning to bear, but this, orchard yielded $149.-; 7 ! . . Poultry, eggs, livestock etc. gave him the . rest of his income. As time goes on t-md the apple trees grow larger, .Mr. Henderson will reap still larger profits . from his orchard. ' " If every farmer in Macon county could go up on Cullasaja and watch Mr. Henderson's methods and then go back home and follow his example, we ven ture the "opinion that the county's agricultural in come would jump by leaps and bounds. This is primarily an agricultural country and its future will depend on farming jrogress. Let's have more farmers like Mr. Henderson. "Collective Murder" TTHIS country' has witnessed during the last fort ... night an epidemic of lynchings that: has stalked its deadly way across the continent. In Maryland, California, Texas, Missouri, angry nijbs have wrest ed alleged criminals from the law and wreaked verj geance with barbaric cruelty. Reported in every sickening detail by radio, news No. 24 Number 50 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER N.. G. as second class matter. $150 $1-00 .75 Henderson, ina(le the -most What Squeals Louder Than a Pijj Caught Under a Gate? ir it. 3 5 reels, press, 'it is as if the whole nation looked at each grewsome tragedy. Such contradictory attitudes toward these crimes have been expressed even to the point that a govern or of a great state, Gov. Rolph.of California, com mended the mob for its action that thinking citi zens wonder whether there is enough power left in the machinery of the law to apply a remedy. It has : become increasingly evident that crime is such an all-pervading disease in the body politic that the germs of different crimes cannot be isolated. Kidnaping murder extortion corrupt courts gang rule mob law lynching break out in differ ent places expressing themselves on the surface some times as ca.use and sometimes as effect, one of the other. The law-appears to be strangely impotent. Above the babel of voices the President of the United States speaks clearly. The recent lynchings he terms "collective murder." "We knowr that it is- murder, -and a deliberate and definite disobedience of the commandment 'Thou shalt riot kill.'" . - ' ' :' In what is termed "a hard-hitting speech" In Con stitutional Hall last week to the' representatives of twenty-five Christian churches, the President as serted, "We do not excuse those in high places or 1 ow who condone lynch lav." In. the course of hi s speech he placed theVesponsibility upon the judiciary and suggests the remedy in : "Athinking-Am-eTrca of its own that will be sufficiently 'strong to pro- tect-the prisoner and at the same 4irae-.4o.xry-stal.-. ize a public opinion so clear that government of air kiridswill " be " compelled to -practice a tnore .certain justice. .The judicial function of govern merit is the protectfon of the individual and of the community through quick and certain justice. That function in. many places has. fallen into, a state of disrepair. It must be a part of our pro gram to reestablish it." The President directly appeals to the youth of America to help create a new and better order, and 'xpres'ses his abiding confidence in them. "This new generation" he says, "seeks action action by collective government " and by individual education, toward jthe end of practises such as these." Public ANOTHER COMPLAINT FROM BURNINGTOWN 1 don't know whether the road authorities know there is such a place by the name of Burnirigtown. Anyway, the folks who live down here are inclined to believe they don't, for all the work we have had done on our roads. There is a stretch of so-called road from Yonce's store on R. F. 1). 3 to the Lost Bridge, where it joins state highway No. 286, but it is so rough it hardly deserves the name of a road. The stretch is five and a quarter miles long and looks more like a cleared pass than a road. 1 is strewn with boulders and cut up with ruts, ravines and gullies. In fact, it is so rough it takes a skilled walker to get over it without stumping a toe or even breaking a leg. There is also a pass leading from Stiles postoffice to Tellico Gap, a distance of about eight miles, much in the same condition. During the past two years, since the state took over the mainten ance of county roads, these roads have been scraped only three times. Some sections of the. roads have been scraped only once and there are a few stretches that have never ben scraped. . I can't imag ine why these roads haven't been yiven more attention. J know, of course, that money is scarce; but) haw ..noticed that other sections f the county have fairly good roads. I walk. Well, folks down here have Remember, we are a part ofto step high and jerk their feet Macon county; at least, we pay quick to get over these stones taxes to the county and buy goods ' and keep from miring down in in the county when we can reach ! the mud. . , , town. If we were to s tggest an-1 Jl i 1 5 ,1 Talburt n St. Louts Globe-Democrat the following words : - - eeksa 'government Opinion nexing ourselves to Swain county, a great howl would go up; but no one would have good grounds to complain as long as we are treated as we have been. I attend the Franklin school and there are seven others in this sec tion, besides myself,, who must walk from four to six miles each day to and from the bus in order that we might at least attain a public school education. We have to walk this distance because the roads are so bad the bus can't travel over them. Ihe taxpayers of the state arc paying for busses to carry us boys and girls over these roads, but a school bus can't run where a backwoodsman can't take a sled drawn by a steer. We might sell a few cross ties and telephone poles if we could get them to Franklin. If we could get to town without walking we could buy some produce; but by the time we walk 12 to 20 miles to town we are not able to carry anythhig back home. Generally we have to take some eats along with us and lay out near town to come home the next day. We nave some automobiles down here and they arc .good ones, for they are only tlriven on the Fourth of July and a few other times dur ing the glimmer. They stay idle the rest of the time. When a Burningtown gly is seen in Frank- 1111, everybody Knows where nc comes from by his high, jerky Now, you influential citizens and Your Farm - How to Malic li Fey HOW TO STORE 1 ROOT CROPS I F THE" surplus of turnips and rutabagas has not yet been stored, better look after this now. Store only those that are free from bruises and are in A-No. 1 condition. Cut off the tops so as to lesrve a quarter to half an inch of the stub attached to the turnip. Store in banks of 12 to , 15 bushels on well drained ground and cover with enough' soil to prevent freez ing. That is all the protection they need. Handled in this way they will go through the winter in good condition and will not become woody, as they do In the open. Parsnips and salsify are very hardy and do not need to be stor ed during Uhe winter. . Leave them tn 'the,. garden and pull as needed; To a slightly less extent, this is true of both carrots and beets. Where these are left in the open projection should be provided by throwing a furrow of soil on them, ' Progressive Farmer MULCH BERRIES OTHER CROPS -f I T PAYS to rriulch strawberry plants. Apply the mulch, this month, or not lajer than January. Pine straw and wheat straw are probably the two best materials although rye' and oat straw, leaves. and hay may be used.' Leaves are not so, desirable, because they pack too tightly. Pine and wheat straw pack less than the others. Spread it on nd around the plants to a thickness ot a couple ot inch es or more. Do not entirely cover them but leave the center part of the plant erposea.: Those having asparagus, rhubarb, dewberries, blackberries, or rasp berries t in the garden will do well to giv e them a . heavy mulch of stable manure, if it is available, Put it on at least an inch thick, scattering around the plants but not directly up against the stems of the berries. With asparagus, the old tops should be cut off and the manure spread over the entire row surface or bed. Progressive Farmer. Red raspberries will be planted on 184 acres by farmers of Burke county this winter as a new source of farm income. I readers, think of a community, part of your own. .county, without a road fit to drive a wagon over. Think of boys and girls hitting the mud . five miles, Tadayto- get -to school. Think ' of a community that has to order its Sunday shirts from Sears-Roebuck and then have them delivered by a mail carrier vhu has to tote them on a pack mule. "We' Mvebmepodr people" down here. You know, the Good Book says r "The poor we shall have with us always." Some of these people are on the relief list, but they-have to walk out of here and work on roads that are far better than ours. Why couldn't they work on ours? The latest news is that about $45,000 is to be spent on' projects in Macon county during the next three months. Please, you author ities, give us a little on our roads. We don't want 'the money so badly as the. roads. We can make money if we can get good Toads.- Fellow citizens, help us get some roads. Then we can get a daily mail. Carlos A. Rogers. Burningtown, N. C. A PLAN TO MAKE GREENBACKS CIRCULATE Flitor of The Press : Since we Americans are prone to express our opinions, but more usually in private conversation rather than in public, I will out line a plan for bringing , green back dollars out of hiding. The plan that our president has exercised in resurrecting gold dol lars from . their hiding places has been wonderful indeed, but .the plan has not yet achieved its pur poses , in full. As most of us realize, the greenback dollar is the dollar that - is most widely . cir culated of any kind of money. Yet, billions of this paper mortcy is still in hiding. 1 ' ' Why can't we issue our money for one year only, as automobile tags are issued? Let each dollar be good for only the year for which it is dated. Under ordinary circulation paper money doesn't last more than a year before it goes back to the mint to be replaced with a new bill. So this plan would not put our government to any extra cost in printing money. Under' the plan I propose, if any individual accumulated $1,000 in a year, for instance,' at the end of that year he would have to take this money to the nearest bank and exchange it for new money. When the money is turned in, for new Currency, the government should take a. discount of at least 20 per cent as taxes. At present we have billions of dollars not bringing one cent of taxes while it is in hiding. The proper ty owner cannot hide his land for taxes, but the man with money can avoid paying his dues to the government. The plan I have advanced would not only: encourage business and The Farmer's Question Box- Timely Questions Answered by N. C. State College Experts Question: How can the molting period in chickens be shortened? Answers For a quick molt the hens should have plenty of animal protein in the form of meat scraps or, if there is plenty of milk on the farm, this may be given in stead of the meat scrap. This nro- rein snouia ue 'given m auuiuyu iu the mash and grain feed. Greens or some raw roots should also be fed and the birds made to exercise. To keep the hens working lights may be used in Ihe house so thaf the birds have a 12-14 hour day. Question: When planting seed in 1 the hotbed should they be broadcast or planted in rows ? , Answer: For best " results the seed should be sown in rows about four to six inches apart. In plant ing be sure that only four or five seeds are used to the inch as clos er planting will result in crowding. In growing plants in hotbeds especial cars must be given tc watering and temperature: Too much water is worse than too lit- tie, so in watering the plants ap ply just enough to thoroughly wet the soil. Temperature, however, is of prime importance and should be regulated so that the hardy plants such as cabbage, lettuce, and onions have a day temperature of 60-65 and a night" temperature of from 50 to 55.' Warm season crops require temperatures of ten de grees higher. PLANT LICE Frequently plant lice get on tur nip greens, cabbage, and other sim ilar vegetables during fall and ear ly winter. They may be largely controlled by spraying with nico tine. Use at the rate of a" tea spoonful to a gallon of water, along with enough soap to make the nicotine mixture mix well with water, industry by enticing the invest ment of money now in hiding, but it also would discourage hoarding. I, for one, believe in Franklin D. ! Roosevelt's theory Try something', if it fails, then try something else. After all, we are a 4 funny peo plepatriotic, but still hoarding; dry but yet drinking. Yours truly, for you, our coun try and another chance at life. ' Dewey Corbin. Franklin, Route 4. EXAMS START TUESDAY Mid-year exams for . Highlands high school will begin Thesday, Dec. I?. School will close Dec. 22 for, two weeks Christmas holidays. Mr., and Mrs. T. N. Hall, and little Sara and Isobel Hall were, in Asheville one day last week. , Miss Susan' Rice and Mrs. Annie Westbrook were in Franklin Thursday. , O. F. Summer motored to Ashe ville Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Root arc out of town -visi ti ng. -- . Mr. and -Mrs. C. J. Anderson and family- are spending several weeks in Florida. Mr. Elrod is up again after hav ing been ill with a bad case of chicken jiox. Members of the Methodist church are working on a Christmas pa geant which tney expect to 'present sooo. . - Vacancies Announced In Marine Corps SAVANNAH, GA., Dec, 12.-A limited number of boys between the ages of 17 and 18 will be ac cepted . at the Marine corps re cruiting statin,, post office build ing, Savannah, Ga.,' during the month of December to learn the drum and trumpet, it is announced by Lieut. Colonel A. B. Drum, of ficer in charge. , Applicantsvfor drum and trumpet must have at least an eighth grade education and be not less than 68 inches in height. In addition to the vacancies for drum and trumpet, 35 graduates of high school between the ages of 18 and 30 will be -accepted for general service. Appliiations will be mailed upon request to young men of this ser tion who have the above require ments, Our greatest glory is not 1 in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius - folk county tarmers wl1 grew lespedeza this past summif are so pleased with results that a shortage pi seed is expected in the county this winter. j . I Highlands - i BABY CHICK SEASON NOT FAR AWAY MATING the breeding birds in the home poultry flock to secure the best and most vigorous baby chicks is the problem , im mediately before the North Car-' . Una poultryman. "The object in breeding poultry, is to reproduce and increase, where possible, ' those desirable traits to be found in the males and females of our ,, farm flocks," say9 Koy S. Dearstyne, head of the pouftry de- partment at State college." If cer tain desirable characteristics, are lacking on one side, they may be corrected on another by breeding with birds that are strong in such characteristics. By this method a reasonable balance may be se cured in the flock. Thus, if one group of birds are good layers but are -weak irt some other place, they . may be bred with birds having, the desirable strength. The careful poultryman will -begin to select his mating pens right away so . that' the birds may adjust themselves to new conditions before the ' eggs are to be. saved for incubation." Dearstyne believes it may be necessary to buy pme new, blood, if careful mating and pedigree work has not been done on the ' farm in the past' However, no poultryman should buy new stock without a personal -visit to the farm where he plans to buy. Should this not be possible, Dear styne recommends .'a 7 conference with the. county - agent about the matter. 1 Before ' establishing a- breeding,, pen, the females, should get a fi nal culling-and the birds examined for' vitality, defects, body weight and the like. Late moulters are usually high producers. Those hens , moulting after October 1 probably are the highest producers in the , flock. . : . Where records haVe not been ; kept and the poultryman is unable to secure pedigreed stock, males necessarily must be selected on . appearance alone, Dearstyne says. Only two bushels of silage spoil ed in . the trench silos dug and filled in Macon county this season and this spoilage occurred at the top of one silo where the material was hot packed, f " ! Baptist Church i Notes '-U BY REV. EUGENE R. ELLER Sunday school; 9:45 a. m. . Morning worship : H a. m. . B Y- P. 'U.'s: 6:45 p.' m;' and ' evening worship at 7 :45.T The pub lic is most cordially invited to all of -these, services; .The every-member canvass teams are - urged- to -try- to .finish their -work and be ready to report next Sunday. The reports Jtiis far are fine and the . people afe cooperat ing in a great way. i .. ',. Miss Winnie Rickett, Baptist Young People's leader in ; the. tate, . will speak in the Baptist church, Wednesday evening, December 20, at 7:15. Miss Rickett is a great spiritual power among the young , people of North Carolina. 'The B.' " Y. P, U.'s from all over the' county are urged "to come and hear her. The people from the churches of other denominations are invited to come-and beT with us 'in this- scr- -vice.1 ; - V--; ; As the Christmas season comes On" mayweall remember Ihe' reat "J" meaning of Christmas. It is a Holy day and yet by millions it will be made merely "a holiday, while it should be spent as. a day of praise and worship to Jesus Christ and thus honor God. Mil lions will be spent in riotous fri volity and thus dishonor Jesus Christ and God the Father. May -we make it day of worship and remember anew what Jesus Christ the, Son of God means to the world. GIVES BIRTHDAY PARTY Mrs. H. D. Brendle entertained with a birthday party at her home in cast Franklin on Monday even ing, December 11, with' about 35 relatives and friends present, The hostess served hot choco- late, topped- with whipped cream, and caket At (he rlose of .the party the small children sang "Happy Birth day."', - - i Ll ' Births Mr. and : Mrs. Paul Seay an nounce the birth of a son, Paul Jackson, at their home, here Satur day morning, December 9. . Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cartledge announce the birth of a son, Allen Ray, at Lyle's hospital on Sunday morning, December 10. v ., Mr. and vMrs.. Jack Sutton, of Franklin Route 2, announce the birth of a daughter at their home on Monday, December l.s Virgil said of the winning crew in " his boat-race, "They can, because they believe they can." ' ' '
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