THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, MAY 12, WS
PACE SIX
LOST
, Wc count those things as lost
which' wc consider irreterivable,
such as the golden moments wasted
yesterday. The explorer of Ancient
Kgyi'tian tombs ponders the secret
of the Egyptian embalniers which
preserved the bodies in a niumified
state; the architect bemoans the
fact that more is not known of an
cient temples now standing in
ruins; and the student of history
would like to tell North Carolinians
what actually happened to the "Lost
t'oloyn" on Roanoke Island, instead
of leaving them with the words of
the historian when he said:
"At last,, at last,
Their heart sick search,
No tidings reached' them more
Except that silent word
Upon that silent shore." ,,
Yet it seems we 'have lost an art,
of which few take notice; that art
in which the birds engage on these
spring mornings whistling. Surely
he who whistles as he goes about
his duties is either happy or en
gaged in deep thought. Then must
we say that we are no longer hap
py and that we no longer do real
thinking? The possession of hap
piness may not necessarily mean
profound thought, but real thinking
usually 'brings happiness.
Or shall we say that we no long
er whistle because we have lost our
youth? Look around you and see
how seldom .you hear the joyous
whistle coming from your fellow
man. Would you like to hear again
those notes for the sake pf a lost
art? Or to know that happiness
prevails? B.ut how fine it would be
to have that feeling expressed by
Whittier, when he said :
"Blessings on thee, little man,
Loyal Order
of Moose
Franklin Lodge, No. 452
Meets
In Americal Legion Hall
Second and Fourth Friday
Nights 8:00 P. M.
Billy Bryson, Secretary
Wanted Sealed
Bids
ror the re-conditioning the Odd
Fellows Hall on East Main
.treet of Franklin, N. C. The
.mprovements will call for hard
vood floor placed in such man
ner as to be acceptable to the
odge and to be used for recrea
tion purposes.
All bids must be placed by
May 20th, 1938, to be opened on
May "21 st; 1938, subject to ap
roval or rejection. Work must
be completed by June 1.5th, 1938.
, For full specifications see John
Hickman, Franklin, N. C. "
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Fruit raisers often look on robins
as enemies because of the robins
appetite for cherries. Yet robins
consume insects harmful to fruit
crops throughout the year, and only
during the flocking periods in i June
and July do they eat cultivated
fruit to any extent. As soon as the
wild berries are ripe they will form
the greater part of the food. One
good way tp keep robins out of the
orchard is to plant mulberry trees
nearby. Mulberries ripen at the
same time as cherries and the birds
prefer them to other fruits. ,
George Allen of Bromley. England, offered an unsuspected problem
to air precaution wardens of Beckenham, Kent, during house-to-house
visits o fit esidems with gas masks. The wardens found that a bearded
individual like Mr. Allen requires extra-careful fitting because the hair
forms an inlet between the mask and the face. They solved the problem
by fitting a mask one size smaller than that required for a clean-shaved
person and contributed to his 'uture safety.
John Lancaster Selected
For College "Who's Who"
The Press has received from H.
Pettus Randall, editor of "Who's
Who in American Colleges and
Universities," a photograph and
statement concerning John Lancast
er, a former Franklin boy, who is
a student at Maryville College,
Maryville, Tenn. ,
Young Lancaster was selected
for "Who's' Who" as one of the
outstanding students in America,
and his biography appeared in the
annual publication in which over
475 .universities and colleges were
represented.
Students are not selected because
of a scholarship record alone, but
because of their record in extra
curricula activities, athletics and
future possibilities. .
John Lancaster has been presi
dent of the- student council at
Maryville; president of the Hi
Trail club; has been on the honor
roll i four years; . vice-president of
the Athenian society; student as
sistant in college book store; phy
sics laboratory assistant, and mem
ber of the freshman debate team.
.Few students from Macon county
have ever made such an outstand
ing record.
Official House Wrecking
An army tank charging one of a row of condemned cottages near
Bovington camp, Dorset. England, provided an exciting show for the
local inhabitants. Hundreds of visitors and' all the soldiers stationed at
the camp had a chance to see the tanks in operation.
barefoot boy, with cheek of tan!
With thy upturned pantaloons,
And thy merry whistled tunes;
With thy red lip, redder still
Kissed by strawberries on the hill;
With the sunshine on thy face,
Through thy ' torn brim's jaunty
grace ;
From my heart 1 give thee joy
I was once a barefoot boy!"
, Dover R. Fouts,
In Yancey Record.
Says Grazing System
Will Build Civilization
A system of growing feed crops
in winter and so utilizing forage
crops as to furnish continuous graz
ing for livestock throughout the
year will build a superior civiliza
tion in the South, believes Hugh
McRae, of Wilmington, owner of
Jnvershiel Farm in Pender county.
Mr. McRae invited a group of
farmers and agricultural workers to
inspect his system of continuous
grazing as followed at Invershiel
FaTm, on Tuesday, May 3, and, fol
lowing a tour of the 50 fields now
in grazing crops, the group heard
a number of brief messages from
among those present. Dean I. O.
Schaub of State college and former
Congressman A. F. Lever, of South
Carolina, were the principal speak
ers. '
Invershiel Farm- consists of 6(X)
acres of land of which 200 acres is
now planted to forage crops in 50
different fields. The 165 cows oa
the place may ,be kept in any given
area for grazing by onewire, tem
porary, electric 1 fences operated
with storage batteries.
No harvestrng is done on the
place except by the cows. Some
legume hay is gathered to provide
for those days -during which the
cows cannot be put into the fields.
However, there were only 14 such
days jn 1937.
Linwood James, farm manager,
decides each morning wnere the
cows will graze that day. No land
is broken on the farm but a sub
soil plow is used and the surface
carefully disked. This keeps the
organic matter t and bacteria for le
gumes in the upper layers of the
soil, Mr. MacRae said.
Farmers Hold Fallacies
About Feathered Friends
Some of the birds that save mil
lions in crops each year are still
misjudged by the farmer.
The Baltimore oriole has been
accused of damaging grapes and
garden peas. But department of
agriculture studies show that the
oriole's food habits are largely
beneficial. Caterpillars are its favor
ite fare, b.ut it also eats quantities
of plant and bark lice, ants, wasps,
grasshoppers, spiders, and weevils.
Farmers who tear swallows' nests
from barn eaves are turning out
their best friends. Swallows, catch
ing their food ,on the wing, con
sume vast numbers of harmful fly
ing insect especially during the
nesting and molting periods when
they, like most other birds, eat lit
tle besides animal foods. Young
birds in the nest often eat more
insects than their parents. To en
courage-swallows, provide mud for
mortar, a shelf to support nests,
and cut small entrance holes in
barn gables. Barn and tree swal
lows will appreciate boxes placed
high in the barn, while purple mar
tins will make good use of houses
on top of a pole in an open space.
, Woodpeckers are often suspected
of damaging trees by their drillings.
Each hole drilled means that the
bird has located the larva of a de
structive wood-boring insect. Wood
peckers are among the most valu
able forest conservationists. With
their heavy bills they get insects
that other birds cannot get. I
Upon Life's Final Chapter
Modern Funeral Methods
'bring comforting relief to
those bereaved by death. No
act of man can check the
tears of grief, but undcr-
jlLlollvIy standing service does much
to alleviate the pain ot the
final farewell.
Beauty of Ritual and appointments brings
about harmony and peace of mind, and pro
fessional ability together with thoughtful
direction makes of the funeral ceremony a
hallowed benediction upon the final chapter
of life.
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