THURSDAY, MAY 1?, li
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
a& five
Warns Against Plant
Diseases Over State
Weather conditions have favored
heavy outbreaks of plant diseases
tli is year, according to Dr. R. F.
Poole, plant pathologist at the N.
C. Agricultural Experiment station.
Apple scab has appeared in many
orchards, he continued," but it can
be controlled with sulphur sprays
when the -weather is mild. In hot
weather, spray with Bordeaux mix
ture. Had weather has retarded the de
velopment of cotton, corn, beans,
melons, and other plants, but they
will have , a fairly good resistance
to disease if they are not thinned
too soon.
. Don't use Bordeaux mixture on
peach trees,' Dr. Toole warned.
Spray o'r dust with sulphur to con
trol brown rot on peaches, cher
ries, and plums. For spraying, use
any type of sulphur that suspends
well in water.
The white, powdery mildew on
Dorothy ; Perkins roses, beans,
squash, pumpkins,' clovers, lilacs,
crepe myrtle, and other plants can
be controlled with sulphur spray or
dust.
Leaf spot, or blister disease, on
maple and oak has appeared in
parts of the, state. Although it mars
the foliage, this disease will .not kill
the trees. It can be controlled by
spraying or dusting with sulphur.
Dr. Poole also stated that dis
eased sweet potato seed will always
Uncle Jim Sags
If land keeps disappearing from
the farms as fast as it has been
going in some places, there won't
be much left for the children.
produce diseased plants. But healthy
plants can be grown from good
seed planted in soil free from dis
ease., Don't plant potatoes this year
on land where they were diseased
last year.
And don't transplant young to
bacco plants that are afflicted with
blue molcl, he cautioned. Wait un
til the plants have recovered. Plenty
of sunshine will aid their recovery
while in the seed bed.
In .Oldham, England, a large
manufacturing town, chimneys de
posited 960 tons, of soot per square
mile in one year.
TUESDAY, JUNE 1st
Will Be a Lucky Day For Many
Did you know that by settling your account
or buying that piece of furniture you need be
fore June 1st, you stand a good chance of win
ning PRIZES worth as much as it will take to
settle the account in full or pay for the furniture?
.Don't forget the big day JUNE 1. We will
give one coupon for each dollar paid in on ac
count or for goods sold until 2 p. m. of that day.
At that time the prizes will be awarded on the
Public Square in front of our. store.
. We will be looking for you on or before that
day. -
Bryant Furniture Co.
FRANKLIN, N. C.
SAVE
WITH
QUALITY PAINTS
YHAT a difference a coat of paint makes!
It's next best to having. a new home. And
far more important than looks, a coat of paint
is an investment, an insurance against deteriora
tion, giving added life and value to your , prop
erty. Sec us for your Paints and Supplies.
Macon County Supply Co.
Hardware, Mill Supplies, Farm Implements
LYMAN HIGDON AND HARVE BRYANT, Mgrs.
FRANKLIN, N. C.
High Quality Eggs
Bring Good Prices
"You can't get good prices for
poor eggs," said C. J. Maupin, ex
tension poultry specialist at State
college.
Yet many poultrymcn help beat
down Drices every spring and sum
mer by flooding the market with
inferior eggs, he continued,
Good eggs can be produced, in hot
weather, he added, if poultrymen
feed and manage their flocks a
they should. Here arc a few things
Maupin said that will improve egg
quality :
Produce only infertile eggs. In
fertile eggs keep better and are of
a more desirable quality than fer
tile eggs.
Gather the eggs twice a day in a
wire basket or other ventilated con
tainer. Allow the eggs to cool for
12 .hours before packing them in
cases. Eggs should be kept in a
cellar or other place where the
temperature remains between 35 to
60 degrees. v '
Air should circulate freely be
tween the eggs. If the air becomes
too dry, in hot weather, a few
pans of water set on the floor will
help keep the room moist.
Take the eggs to market at least
twice a week, if possible. " Clean
eggs bring more attractive prices
than dirty eggs.
Don't trv to save money by
skimping on feed. Poorly fed birds
can't produce very many good eggs,
but it is a good plan to save feed
by culling out low-producing birds.
Farmers who wish to preserve
some of their eggs for home con
sumption next fall and winter can
rAo so with sodium silicate, or the
water glass method, which is in
expensive: Only spund eggs should
be saved as defective eggs are
likely to spoil.
Clubs Learn to Help
Through Contests
' 4-H Clubs are learning to work
together as never before in the
national social progress program.
Thousands of groups are achieving
results never dreamed of, and open
ing new fields of endeavor which
promote community social and eco?
nomic well-being.
Participating clubs are required
to submit a record of cooperative
projects such as meetings, exhibits
and educational demonstrations,
public ' entertainments, radio and
music activities, fire- prevention,
conservation, social welfare, play
writing for fadio and. debates.
A score is designated for the dif
ferent activities and each county
selects its best club on that basis
to compete for state honors. A na
tional victor is then named. Each
county winning club receives through
the Radio Corporation of America
and its services, NBC and RCA
Victor, choice of a handsome Victor
Book of the Opera or 4-H song
records ; state winners receive a
$100 RCA Victor radio or portable
player or victrola and selected rec
ords valued at $100; the national
winning club receives a 15-tube
RCA Victor latest model phonograph-radio,
valued at $450 and $100
worth of RCA Victor records for
use in 4-H and community activit-.
ies in its county.
The leader of the national Win
ning club and five of its top mem
bers receive all-expense, trips to
the national 4-H club congress at
Chicago in . December. The leader
and one member of the club writ
ing the best radio script will re
ceive trips to NBG studios in Radio
City in New York.
Ice division of the commission,
Chairman Powell states.
The commission will recruit its
force on a basis of scattering the
employees over the state, as equit
ably as possible, the chairman repeats.
Birthday Dinner For
"Uncle Jim" Houston
On Sunday, May 23, the 'children,
grandchildren and other relatives
and a few friends of "Uncle Jim"
Houston met at Vanhook Glade
and honored him with a birthday
dinner. About 125 were present,
and the day was spent, in' various
social diversions. Dinner was spread
at noon on the long, picnic table
and was thoroughly enjoyed by all
present.
Several members of the family
and friends came from a distance
and the occasion was an enjoyable
reunion as well as a birthday cele
bration. Mr. Houston is 91 years of age,
but is still-hale' and hearty and
goes about in the community as
readily as men half his age. He
has been a member of the Pine
Grove Baptist cliurch for many
years and is a regular attendant
at the services.
An easy and inexpensive method
tor taking pnotonucrograpns wnn
out a camera has recently been re
ported in India.
It is estimated that the primi
tive herds j of buffalo roaming the
American plains . numbered about
75,0()0,(X)0 animals;
2.000 Applicants For
Compensation Jobs
RALEIGH. May 26. North Car
olinians are state job conscious, ac
cording to Chairman Charles j.
Powell, of the North Carolina un
employment compensation commis
sion, in announcing that tuny s,uuu
residents of the state have applied
for jobs with the commission, which
will have not more than 100 jobs
to give, even When operating at
full force. Wake county leads the
list with almost exactly one-fourth
or about 500 applicants, Guilford has
56 applicants, Durham 50, Pitt 59,
Granville 44, Johnston 40, Bun
combe, Wayne, Franklin and Edge
Cbmbe 45 each.
Macon county had five applicants
for jobs on May 3, when the state
total was 1937. Some of these prob
ably duplicate the 2,800 who applied
for examinations held in eight
North Carolina cities several weeks
ago for merit ratings for applicants
for jobs with the employment sery
...What it takes
to win National Foils Crown
TALENTED Joanna de Tuscan
has untiring power in her light
ning attack. "Being on the alert
counts a lot in fencing," she ex
plains. "When I feel tired after a
duel, I get a 'lift' with a Camel. I
enjoy smoking Camels as often as
I please. Camels set me right!"
When you feel tired
GET A if FT WfTH A CAMEL
All Used Cars that LOOK alike are NOT alike.
Sensible Couples Buy USED CARS
A good looking, Used but almost new Used Car
is the car for a young married couple to buy.
Save the (difference for your home.
EASY TERMS. Come in.
1932 Chev. Long Chassis $r60
1933 Chev. Short Cab . . .$265
1926 Dodge Sedan, looks
bad, good tires, 'will
run, new license ... $65
1936 Ford V-8 Pickup,
like new ........... $485
1935 Ford V-8 Coupe, A-l
'condition $415
1932 Chevrolet Coach,
like new, only .....$294
1934 Ford V-fc Long
Wheel Biase Trtuck,
in excellent oondi
dition ...l.i........$310
1934 Chevrolet Master 4-
Dor Sedan ........$365
1936 Ford V-8 Pickup,
10,000 Mi., a dandy $485
1933 Chevrolet Coach
Master, good tires. ..$295
1932 V-8 Coupe, new tires $240
1932 Chevrolet Sedan a
clean job .......... .$295
1932 Willys Sedan, Jooks
bad, runs good $100
1932 V-8 Coach, good
shape $215
1931 A Ford Coach real
buy $185
1933 Chevrolet Coach, a
peach, good tires, li
cense for 1937 .....$295
1933 Ford Coupe, looks
good, runs good ....$335
1928 Dodge, carry a load,
only ................ $85
1932 Chev. Sport Road
ster, looks good . . .$250
1934 Master Chev. Sedan,
a dandy for $395
1929 Chev. 4-Door Sedan,
a good clean car : . . $145
1930 Chev. US-Ton Truck $65
1927 Chev. Touring, old
but OK $105
1928 Whippet 4-Door ....$95
Let US Care for YOUR Car
BRING IN YOUR OLD CAR; SWAP IT FOR A NEW CAR
TRY AND YOU WILL BUY
CHEVROLET
A Car you will be Proud to own
BURRELL
Motor Co.
Phone 123
Franklin, N. C.