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THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1937 THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN PAGE FIVE 1 AAA School To be Held at Courthouse November 18 "Training- schools" for instructing county and community committee men in details of the 1938 agri ' cultural conservation program will be held over North Carolina this week and the next. Representatives of, the state AAA office at State college will con duct the schools, said E. Y. Floyd, state AAA executive officer. Farm Agent, S. W. Mendenhall and his office staff will assist the committeemen of Macon county in the school to be held in Franklin on Thursday, November 18, at the courthouse. At this school, they will meet with committeemen and agents of Jackson and Swain counties to study the program together. These schools will be followed soon by community meetings at i which Mr. Mendenhall and the committeemen will present details of the program and explain the . background to the growers. Dates and places for the com munity meetings will be announced soon, said Mr. Mendenhall. Floyd has pointed out that the meetings' are being held this fall to give farmers ample time to con sider provisions of the program be fore they plan .next year's crops. He also said state AAA officials hope that individual growers' "goals" will be established at an early date so they will have a deiinite objective to guide them in planning their work. The 1938 program differs from this year's program in details, but the fundamental objectives of en couraging the growing of soil-con serving crops and limiting cash crops remain the same. Vacant House Burned Saturday Night A vacant house said to belong to Jim Ihompson, located just out side the town limits on the Frank lin-Asheville highway, was destroy ed by fire Saturday night. No cause for the . fire could be found, and it is thought to have been of incendiary origin. ME STAY HOME FROM WORK? NOT WHEN GENUINE BAYR ASPIRIN ASS HEADACHE IN; A fW MINUTES The inexpensive way to ease head aches if you want fast results is with Dayer Aspirin. The instant the pain starts, simply take 2 Bayer tablets with a half glass of water. Usually in a few minutes relief arrives. Bayer tablets are quick-acting because they disintegrate in a few seconds ready to start their work of relief almost immediately after taking. It costs only 2f or 3 to relieve most headaches - when you get the new economy tin. You pay only 25 cents for 24 tablets about 1 apiece. Make sure to opt th 0tmiini Bayer Aspirin. 15 n FOR 12 TABLBTf 1 virtually JL cent a ztlz New York's An elevation view of the traffic circle and fountain at Seventy-ninth of the superhighway that Is a 'big feature o" the $24,003,000 improvement waienroni. ueneatn tnis iramc circle is a garage accommodating 250 are other features yet to be completed. France Honors -1fcaiL)i.. .H'miii ---flii MnMnf1 Marshal Philippe Petain (right) decorating Danfel J. Darisrty ; Massachusetts, the new national commander of the American Legion with the cross of the Legion of Honor during the visit of 2,500 Leioi. naires to France recently. A tour of the battlefields, dedication of wa memorials and a luncheon at the Invalides, where Napoleon and Mar shal Foch are buried, were major features of the program. The Legion aires were guests of the French government, being transported oversea on. the giant liner Normandie and quartered in various help's And re sions at the expense of the French republic in Paris and in towns nc Jhe battle fields. Health Department Will Sponsor State RALEIGH, November 10. North Carolina's lack of an adequate mar riage law, the importance of such a law, and the declaration that an effort will be made to have one enacted by the next general as sembly, as a vital part of the state's war on venereal diseases, are em phasized in a statement by Mrs. J. Henry Highsmith, assistant direc tor of health education, state board of health. Mrs. Highsmith says: "North Carolina has practically . no laws for safeguarding marriage and the beginning of the home. On the statute books are two laws, neith er of which as it operates today is worth the effort to enforce it. This is the opinion of one register of deeds who says that the present marriage law which requires the male applicant for a marriage lic ense to sign an affidavit saying that he has no active tuberculosis or a venereal disease, and has not had for two years prior thereto, is totally ineffectual. This law is an alternative to a prior law which required a health certificate from the groom in order to obtain a marriage license. Neither law re quires anything of the prospective bride riot even a written statement to the effect that she has no tu berculosis or a venereal disease in the active stage. 20,000 Syplhilitic Children ' "But has not the time come when North Carolina can and will take steps to protect its children from the ravages of venereal disease? It is estimated that there are 20,000 children under 15 years of age in North Carolina today who have $24,000,000 Highway Opened Legion Head Marriage Law syphilis inherited from infected and neglectful parents. And yet this large number is not the whole story. Only about 43 per cent of syphilitic babies live to reach 10 years of age. Therefore, it is safe to say that at least 70,000 other babies were born syphilitic tout died in infancy or early childhood. "Fortunately, there is a growing sentiment today in behalf of these measures. A poll conducted recent ly by the American Institute of Public Opinion found that 92 per cent of those voting on the ques tion, whether or not there should be premarital Wasserman tests, were Ln favor. Of all the votes cast in the southern states, 94 per cent were favorable. Scan Pertinent Facts "In connection with the campaign being waged against syphilis, a number of states have enacted laws requiring, as a prerequisite for the issuance of a marriage license, evi dence of negative Wassermann or similar blood tests. Connecticut en acted such a law in 1935 and, con trary to many predictions, it works and works well. As' evidence that it has popular support, about 10 per cent more laboratory examina tions were made for prospective brides and bridegrooms during the first five months of 1937 than for the same period in 1936. Will Spumaoir Law "North Carolina also will sponsor a marriage license law at the next session of the General Assembly, according to Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, secretary of the state board of health and. state health officer. He says a marriage law is a part of ''""iiuiVid!!&' ' street, New York city, showing part project on Manhattan's west side cars. A yacht basin and a promenade the state's program to control ven ereal disease, and that he will press the passage of the bill when the legislature meets in 1939. "As evidence that such a law is needed, witness the number of cases of syphilis that are being reported daily to the state board of health arf average of 33 a day, 1,000 a month, or 12,000 a year. A fair estimate places the number of syphilitics in North Carolina at 300,000. Without restrictions for preventing the spread of the dis ease and proper means of treat ment for those infected, this will mean that we will continue to have many ,new cases of infection every day, and the birth of ten new born syphilitic babies every day." Winter Weather Is Good For The Soil "Give the weather a chance to work your idle land for you this winter," said E. C. Blair, exten sion agronomist at State college. Fields that are plowed deeply this fall will be more exposed to freez ing and thawing throuerh the wint er, which will pulverize the soil and kill harmful insects, he said. All lespedeza sod. clover sod. and Land on which no winter cover crop is growing should be plowed in November if possible, or at least in December or January. Flow . the land good and deeo. Blair urged, and leave the surface rough until it is harrowed next spring. Rough plowed land, he pointed out, will get greater benefits from the freezing and thawing, and will also accumulate moisture that will te helpful to spring crops. There will be very little erosion an fields that are plowed deep in the fall and left with a rough sur face, especially if the furrows run along the contours. Such furrows will act as miniature terraces to hold the water until it is soaked up by the soil. And the more water there is in the soil near the surface, the more effective will be the freezing action in pulverizing the earth and making it loose and porous. Army To Be Brought To Fiull Strength Major General George Van Horn Moseley has just announced the inauguration of an intensive re cruiting campaign for the purpose of bringing every organization in the Fourth Corps Area up to its full authorized strength prior to December 31, 1937. Vacancies in limited numbers .now exist at every army post located in the eight southeastern states com prising the Fourth Corps Area. Young men wishing to see serv ice in the Infantry will be sent to the 29th Infantry at Fort Benning, Ga., the 8th! Infantry at Fort Screven, Ga., and Fort Moultrie, S. C, or the 22d Infantry at Fort McClellan, Ala, and Fort McPher son, Ga. All accepted for the Cav alry will be assigned to the 6th Cavalry at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Those interested in Field Artillery will be sent to Fort Bragg, N. C, or Fort Benning, Ga. The 13th. Coast Artillery at Fort Barrances, Fla., has a number of vacancies that will be filled. Of unusual interest to the south- ern boys will be the announcement of receipt of authorization to ac cept 5u0 recruits for service in Hawaii. Tropical service, especially in Hawaii, has proven very popular in the Fourth Corps Area General Moseley stated, and young men in terested in travel should apply for thj'-i choice assignment without de lay. Recruits accepted for Hawaii are scheduled to sail from- Charles ton, S. C, on December 10, 1937, through the Panama Canal accord ing to present plans. Every lad between the ages of io emu jj wuu is uriueciaeu as no . his future is " cordially invited to investigate the opportunities offered through a three year enlistment in the regular army. He must be a citizen of the United States, of sound mind and body, unmarried and without dependents, of good character and not less than 5 feet 4 inches tall and weigh not less than 1 15 pounds. The army recruiting station for this -section is located in the post- office building in Asheville, Honor Roll Of Oak Grove School Third Month First grade : Sam Crunkleton. i Second grade: Everette Jenkins. Third grade: Christine Burnet. Fourth grade: Don West, Bea trice Ramsey. Fifth grade: Lewis Crunkleton, Helen Ramsey. Sixth grade: C D. Lakey. Seventh grade: Evanelle Bradley. LEGAL ADVERTISING National Forest Timber for Sale Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Franklin, N. C, up to and including December 13, 1937, for all merchantable live or dead chestnut extract wood lo cated on an area embracing about 170 acres within the Plum Tree Branch Unit, Beaverdam Creek Watershed, Nantahala National Forest, Cherokee County, North Carolina, estimated to be 500 long cords of 160 cubic feet, more or less, of chestnut extract wood. No bid of less than $0.50 per" cord will be considered. $100 must be depos ited with each hid, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or re tained in part as liquidated dam ages, according to the conditions of the sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full information con cerning the timber, the conditions of the sale and the submission of bids should be obtained from the District Ranger, Andrews, N. C, or the Forest Supervisor, Franklin, North Carolina. Nil 2tc N18 National Forest Timber for Sale Sealed bids will be received by tht Fnrrst 'Snhrvisor: Franklin. N. C, up to and including December 13, 1937, for all merchantable live or dead chestnut extract wooa lo cated on an area embracing about 330 acres within the T.urkey Pen Branch Compartment, Copper Creek Watershed, Nantahala National Forest, Cherokee County, North Carolina, estimated to be 2,000 long cords of 160 cubic feet, more or less, of chestnut extract wood. No bid of less than $0.50 per cord -will be considered. $100 must be depos ited with each bid, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded, or retained in part as liquidated dam ages, according to the conditions of the sale. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved. Before bids are submitted, full information con cerning the timber, the conditions of the sale and the submission of bids should be obtained from the District Ranger, Andrews, N. C, or the Forest Supervisor, Franklin, North Carolina. Nll-2tc N18 i I Loyal Order of Moose i- Franklin Lodge, No. 452 In Americal Legion Hall Each Friday 8:00 P. M. S. J. Murray, Sec'y
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