THURSDAY, JUNfi 8, Uif
THE FRANKLIN PREftl AND THE HIGHLAND! MACONIAN
FAGS 8 EVEN
Timberlands Management
Under Pulpwood Program
The pine forests of Dixie are
current headline, rfews because
...these fast growing trees hold the
promise, '-of a new -industrial-' em
pire for the south. Pines have come
to mean a lot in actual dollars
and cents,' now that paper prom
ises to become a southern farm
crop. ' , ' i . ' . 1 . ,
i Eighty million dollars is an im
pressive amount of money and it
is estimated that something like
this vast sum represents the cost
of construction for milt) and paper
mills in the south during 1936 and
1937. The significance of this" in
vestment is not lost on those in
terested in the future of this sec
tion. Jt is difficult to appraise the
i effect of this development on the
economy and the welfare of the
people of the southern states. Under
this expanded program, the industry
will employ thousands of men in
the' woods and in the mills. These
new payrolls and payments for
raw materials will run into .millions
of dollars, which will be reflected
in all lines of general business.
. The south jieeds this industry and
is capable of supporting it ade
quately, if proper, thought is given
to the conservation of its timber
resources. We have a territory of
forested lands embracing about
2U(J,0(X),(KX) acres that grow some of
the finest species of pine" on earth
longleaf, shortleaf, slash and lob
lolly. Nature has endowed the pine
belt of the south with unexcelled
timber growing opportunity. In our
mild climate, pines grow at a rapid
rate, and tremendous yields are to
be obtained, in "managed" forests
of southern pine. Yet despite this
vast forest territory with - all its
natural advantages, the timber sup
ply is not inexhaustible. And the
paper and pulp development can be
tostered to industrial greatness only
by the application of sound, prac
tical ioresiry measures.
Tile' advent of these paper mills
means a tremendous asset, but like
every other asset, it carries with
it liabilities. We cannot overlook
the fact that the south's oppor
tunity here, also means a respon
sibility. We need today to emphas
ize conservation of our timber re
sources more than ever. The time
has come for us to expand our
timber growing possibilities to the
generous limit of our opportunities.
This opportunity for the south
brings with it the responsibility of
keeping its pine lands productive.
Only in this way can we hope to
establish "a permanent, constructive
industry, and not a speculative ad
venture. To assure the stability
needed to protect the heavy invest
ments being made, there must be
an adequate ajid continuous supply
of wood.
The first requirement is better
control of forest fires so that the
heavy annual loss from fire can be
greatly reduced if not entirely
eliminated.. Effective fire control is
the basis and essence of forestry.
State and federal foresters, timber
protective associations, and private
owners have united in a concen
trated drive to secure adequate fire
control. These efforts, and the
trend of industry to the south
which promises to provide a mark
et for trees, has awakened the pub
lic consciousness to the fact that
fire protection pays dividends to
the timberland owner.
Very little thought, however, has
been given to the proper methods
of utilization and the idea of clear
cutting is still generally prevalent.
This leads to the time-worn con
ception that forests can only be
rcsTored ny planting trees. Artmcial
restoration in southern pine forests
ordinarily should be necessary only
to correct the mistakes of the
past. But tree planting should .not
be necessary in the successful man
agement of any lands now stocked
in timber of desirable species.
Next to fire control in impor
tance in the management of for
estry is the 'application of cutting
practices which will build up and
maintain the growing stock so that
repeated crops may be cut on fairly
short rotation.
The past lack of any constructive
forest policy in the south should
serve as, a warning and as a guide
to future management of our timb
er resources and should emphasize
the danger which lurks in the
temptation to clean cut. ,In our en
thusiasm over the advent of the
new industry to the south, we
should not forget the "ghost
towns" and the millions of ' acres
of devastated and eroded lands
which were the result of the cut-out-and-get-out
policies of the early
sawmills which cut the virgin
stands of pine in the south. If
these pinelands are again cut on
a quick liquidation basis, the bless
ing promised by the new industry
may be short lived. But if , we
treat our pine trees as a crop and
practice multiple-use forestry and
conservation by means of sustained
yields, stability can be assured to
the industry, with benefits and
profits to all concerned.
In order to achieve this end, no
owner of timberland should cut or
permit any purchaser to cut more
volume, of timber from his land
than is being grown. Lands now
poorly stocked should be left alone
until there is a sufficient stand of
trees present to use all of the
growing power of the land. Timber
should be treated as a crop and
only harvested when it has reach
ed its full value.
Such methods will guarantee a
constant capital value to timber
lands, the interest of which can be
harvested annually. A pine tree 16
inches in diameter 2 feet from
the ground, under average condi
tions in the south, yields ten times
as much lumber as an 8-inch tree
and 20 times the value since the
lumber is of a much higher grade,
and the second eight inches will re
quire no more time for its growth
than did the first eight inches.
Similarly, the 16-inch tree will yield
at least 5 times as much pulpwood
as an 8-inch tree. When timber-
land owners take full advantage of
the opportunities presented by na
ture and cut their timber on a
sound selection basis there will be
a constant stand of trees on the
land and nature will take care of
the job of planting new trees, by
natural resetting.
When timberland owners wake
upto the greater annual revenue
that can be secured from a fully
stocked forest by light selection
cuttings there will be no need to
refer to the evils of forest devas
tation or the need of planting. If
any forest legislation is needed it
should aim to prevent clear cutting
of the timber crop, and make fire
protection mandatory. Only when
these measures fail will laws be
needed that make tree planting
compulsory.
R. A. Patton Named
U. S. Commissioner
An order was signed on May 26
by Judge Webb, of the . United
States district court, appointing
Representative R. A. Patton, of
Franklin, as United States commis
sioner for Macon county.
Judge Webb at the same time
appointed Fred O. Bates for Chero
kee county and Henry C. Giles for
Rutherford county.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolilna,
Macon County.
Under and by virtue of the pow
cr of sale contained in a deed of
trust from A. B. Potts and wife,
Fannie Potts, to the undersigned
Trustee, dated November 1st, -1935,
and recorded in the Office of the
Register of Deeds ' for Macon
County, North Carolina, in Book
No. 35, of Mortgages and deeds of
trust, page 136, and default having
been made in the amount secured
by said deed of trust and demand
having been made upon the under
signed Trustee to exercise the pow
er of sale contained therein, I will,
therefore, on Thursday, June 24th,
1937, at 12 o'clock, noon, at the
court house door in the Town of
Franklin, Macon County North
Carolina, sell to the highest bidder
for cash to satisfy said indebted
ness, principal, interest and cost
the following described tract or
parcel of land, to-wit :
In Sugarfork Township, Begin
ning on a white oak o.n a south
watershed of the Sugarfork River
and runs S 60 degrees 45 minutes
E 9J9 chains crossing the mountain
to a stone in the original O. W.
Dills line, witnessed by a 12 inch
white oak bearing N 50 degrees E
12 links; thence along said line S.
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52 degrees W 6.13 chains to a stone
in the line of State Grant No. 8149;
thence along said line N 62 degrees
30 minutes W 1.65 chains crossing
the mountain to a stake and jloint
crs, corner of said Grant; thence
still with the line of said Grant, N
88 degrees 15 minutes W 8.60 chains
to a stake on east bank of State
Highway No.. 28 ; thence along east
side of said Highway 5.90 chains to
a stake; thence N 77 degrees E 7.12
chains to the Beginning. 1
This May 24th, 1937.
GEO. B. PATTON,
Trustee
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
State of North Carolina,
County of Maooti.
J. E.- Watkins, - and wife, Mary
Watkins, et al, Plaintiffs.
vs. .'"...
Susan Watkins, widow, et al,
Defendants.
The defendants, Susan Watkins,
widow, Rosa Suggs, lunatic, and
husband, Bev Suggs, Nellie Wat
kins, widow; Elmer Smith, single;
Genette Smith, single; Samatha
Chappell and husband Chap
pell; Canasada Reed and husband,
Will Reed ; unknown heirs of
Jenelia Watkins Davis; Leila Wat
kins and husband Watkins;
Billie Watkins and wife,
Watkins; Frank Watkins, single;
Benny Watkins, single ; Mable Mil
ler and husband Miller; Adol-
phus Pickleseimer and wife,
Pickleseimer ; Minnie Pickleseimer
and husband, Pickleseimer;
Rosa Pickleseimer and husband,
Pickleseimer; Edith Pickle
seimer and husband, Pickle
seimer; Dovie Pickleseimer and
husband, Pickleseimer; Pearl
Pickleseimer and husband,
Pickleseimer; Leila Pickleseimer
and husband, Pickleseimer;
Henry Pickleseimer and wifjay
Pickleseimer; Ingram Miller and
wife, Miller; Lizzie Kell and
husband, M. L. Kell; Hattie Chas
tain and husband, Arthur Chastain;
Ethel Owens and husband, Luther
Owens, and all unknown heirs of
W. H. Watkins, deceased, will take
notice that an action as above en
titled, has been commenced inthe.
Superior Court ot Macon county
to the end that the land described
in the complaint filed in the above
entitled action may be sold, and
the proceeds divided between the
plaintiffs and defendants, and the
above defendants will further take
notice that they are required . to
appear within thirty days in the
office of the Clerk .of the Superior
Court of Macon county, North Car
olina, and answer or. demur to the
complaint in said action or the
plaintiffs will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This, the 25th day of May, 1937.
HARLEY R. CABE,
Clerk Superior Court,
Macon County, N. C.
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NOTICE OF SALE
State of North Carolina,
County of Maoon.
Lucile Siler, Administratrix of the
Estate of Annie Ledford, deceased,
vs.
Ida H. Pattillo, et al.
Under and by virtue of a judg
ment entered in the above entitled
cause by the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Macon County, on May
3, 1937, I will on Monday, the 7th
day of June, 1937, at 12 o'clock,
Noon, at the Courthouse door in
Franklin, North Carolina, sell to
the highest bidder at public outcry
for cash an undivided one-third
(1-3) interest in the following de
scribed tract of land, .lying and be
ing in Macon County, North Car
olina, and more particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
KNOWN as the Bird Place, on
the western Turnpike Road leading
from Franklin to the Town of
Webster, and adjoining the lands
of E. H. Franks, J. M. Lyle and
others: BEGINNING at a white
oak, northwest corner of Section
No. 16, runs E 148 poles to a
black oak, thence S 22 poles to a
stake at the road, thence S 75 W
12 poles, to a rock near ford of the
creek; thence S 51 E 9 poles to a
persimmon, thence S 35 E 12. poles
to, a" maple on the betid of the
creek; thence S. 60 K 12 poles to
a poplar on' bend of the creek;
thence S 76 E ,10 poles to a pop
lar; thence S 122 poles to a stake;
thence W 170 poles to a black oak,
crossing the State road at 55 poles ;
thence N 160 poles to the BEGIN
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NING, containing 165 acres, more
or less. ' '
This, the 3rd day of May, 1937.
R. S. JONES,
Commissioner.
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NOTICE OF SALE
N.orth Carolina,
Mia con County.
WHEREAS, the power of sale
was vested in the undersigned
Trustee by a Deed of Trust exe
cuted and delivered by J. J. Mann
and wife to M. L. Dowdle, Trustee,
on May 31, 1926, to secure the pay
ment of certain Indebtedness as set
forth in said Deed of Trust, and
which is recorded - in Mortgage
Book 29, at page 302, in the office
of the Register of Deeds for Ma
con County, North Carolina; and
whereas, default has been made in
the payment of said indebtedness
secured 'by said Deed of Trust, and
demand has been made upon the
undersigned Trustee to exercise
power of sale vested . in him by
said Deed of Trust:
1 will, therefore, on Monday,
June 21st, 1937, at the hour of
Twelve Noon, at the courthouse
door in Franklin, Macon County,
North Carolina, sell at public auc
tion for cash the following describ
ed tract or parcel of property:
All .the lands conveyed to J. J.
Mann by C D. Nichols, N. A.
Nichols, J. T. Nichols and wife M.
E. Nichols, by deed recorded at
page 208, in Book" N-4, in the of
fice of the-Register of Deeds for
Macon County, excepting there
from that portion of the aforesaid
land which is now owned by H. D.
West; and also excepting there
from that particular tract of 7j4
acres conveyed by J. J. Mann to
Eva V. Fleming and J. G. Fleming
on June 5th, 1931, as described by
deed recorded in Book U -4, at page
24, in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Macon County; and also
excepting that portion of the lands
sold by G. A. Jones, Commissioner,
under a decree of foreclosure of a
mortgage on said land held by the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
South Carolina, and conveyed by
said Commissioner in Deed record
ed in Book A-5, page 301.
No bid will be accepted or re
ported unless its maker shall de
posit with the undersigned Trustee
at the close of the bidding the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS as
a forfeit and guarantee of compli
ance with his bid, the same, to be
credited on his bid when accepted.
Notice is now given that said land
will be resold at the same place
and upon the same terms at TWO
o'clock, p. m., on the same day un
less said deposit is sooner made.
Every deposit not forfeited or ac
cepted will be promptly returned to
This the 20th day of May, 1937,
V M. L. DOWDLE,
Trustee.
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NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
State of North Carolina,
County of Maoon.
In The Superior CoUrt
Macon County Supply Company
' .vs.
The Vercalite Corporation
By virtue of an execution direct
ed to the Undersigned from the
Superior Court of Macon County
in the above entitled action, I will,
on Monday, the 7th day of June,
1937, the same being the first Mon
day in the month of June, 1937, at
the hours and places hereinafter
designated, sell to the highest bid
der for cash to satisfy said execu
tion, the following described per
sonal and real property:
Approximately 800 tons of Crude
Vermiculite, about 35 to 40 tons
processed Vermiculite; 4 elevators;
2 kilns; 10 electric motors; 1 spike
roll crusher; 1 pot crusher; 1 elec
tric furnace; laboratory equipment;
stock room supplies (bags, ropes,
etc.) 3 ratchett jacks; office furni
ture; 7 tram cars; wheelbarrows;
picks; shovels; and other tools, all
of which is located in and around
what is known as the H. Arthur
Osborne buildings and warehouses
near the Franklin Depot; al
'The above described property will
be sold at 12 o'clock noon at what
is known as the H. Arthur Osborne
buildings and warehouses near the
Franklin Depot in Macon County,
North Carolina.
All the property and rights de
scribed in a deed from Ellis C.
Soper to the Vercalite Corporation,
dated July 7th, 1936, and recorded
in the Deed Book Z-4, page 65,
records of Macon County, North
Carolina.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
Also all the property, rights and
privileges described in that certain
indenture from Ellis C. Soper to
the Vercalite Corporation, dated
March .31, 1936, and recorded in
Deed Book A-5, page 66, records
of Macon County, North Carolina.
The' above described property
will be sold at 12 o'clock noon, at
the court house door in, the town
of Franklin, Macon County, North
Carolina.
This the 7th day of May, 1937.
Sheriff 'Macon County, N. C.
A. B. SLAGLE,
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NOTICE OF SALE OF
PUBLIC SCHOOL PROPERTY
The Patton School Property, con
sisting of two acres of land and a
three room building will be offered
for sale at public auction at ' the
Courthouse door in Franklin, N. C,
at 12 o'clock, noon, Saturday, June
19, 1937, by a representative of the
County Board of Education. The
terms of the sale will be one half
cash down and the balance payable
in two equal installments, due in
six and. twelve months secured by
deed of trust on the property. The
County Board of Education re
serves the right to reject any and
all 'bids.
This May 18, 1937.
M. D. BILLINGS, Secy.
The County Board of Education
for Macon County
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
SALE OF LAND
North Carolina, f
Maoon County.
In, The Superior Court
The Federal Land Bank of Columbia,
Plaintiff.
vs.
Henry G. Robertson and wife,
Marcia V. Robertson, H. W. Cabe,
Trustee for Bank of Franklin,
Bank of Franklin, a Corporation,
Franklin - Hardware Company, Frank
I. Murray, Frank I. Murray, Trus
tee, Macon County Fishing Club, a
Corporation, O. C.Corbin, Henry
B. Keener, R. L. Porter, R. S.
Jones, Administrator of J. A. Port
er, Deceased, Macon County Supply
Company, a Corporation, C. R.
Zachary, Trustee, John E. Rick
man, J. H. Stockton, R. D. Sisk,
W. S. Davis and Macon County,
Defendants.
Pursuant to a judgment entered
in . above entitled civil action at
the April Term, 1937, of Macon
Superior Court, by his Honor, F.
Donald Phillips, Judge presiding
and holding said Term of Court, I
will, on the 14th day of June, 1937,
at 12 o'clock M., at the County
Courthouse door in said County,
sell at public auction to the high
est bidder therefor the following
described lands, situated in said
County and State, in Franklin
Township, comprising 17 acres,
more or less, and bounded and de
scribed as follows:
. All that certain lot, tract or par
cel of land, containing 17 acres,
more or less, lying and being in
Franklin Township, Macon County,
State of North Carolina, and being
bounded on the North by the lands
of N. L. Barnard, and on the East
and South by the lands of Mrs.
Myra Allman and on the West by
the Georgia-Franklin Highway, and
having such shape, metes, courses
and distances as will more fully
appear by reference to a plat
thereof made by W. B. McGuire,
Surveyor, from a survey made Jan
uary 1st, 1923, which plat is on file
with the Federal Land Bank of
Columbia.
The terms of sale are as follows:
One-Third Cash, balance in Three
equal annual installments, the defer
red payments to bear interest and
be secured by ' first deed of trust
upon said lands.
All bids will be received subject
to rejection or confirmation by the
said Superior Court, and no bid will
be accepted or reported , unless its
maker shall deposit with the Clerk
of said Court at the close of the
bidding the sum of $250.00, as a
forfeit and guaranty of compliance
with his bid, the same to be credit
ed on his bid when accepted.
Notice is now given that said
lands will be resold at the same
place and upon the same terms at
2 o'clock P. M. of the same day
unless said deposit is sooner made.
Every deposit not forfeited or ac
cepted will be promptly returned
to the maker.
This the 10th day of May, 1937.
J. B. GRAY, Commissioner.
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