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THE FRANKLIN PftESS ANti tHE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, DEC, IS, IMS
Dixie-Home Storea
Declare Extra Dividend
Seven hlndred stockholders of the
Dixie-Home Stores company will
divide a $30,000 Christmas present
from the company on December 23,
President J. P. Williamson an
nounced in Greenville, S. C follow
ing a meeting of the board of di
rectors at which an extra dividend
of 15 cents a share was declared.
, The extra dividend, payable to
till stockholders of record Decem
ber 15, will be made in addition to
the regular quarterly dividend of
IS cents a share payable.' January
15 to all stockholders of record
January 5.
The two dividends will distribute
a total of over $60,000 to citizens of
the Carolinas,, where more than 95
per cent of the Dixie-Home Stores
.stock is owned.
In a brief .statement Mr. William
son said the extra dividend, the
first declared by the company in
several years, presaged the return
of real prosperity to the Carolinas.
"We are very cheerful about it,"
he said, "for we feel that our in
creased business reflects a general
upturn in all southern industries."
First Tenant Loan
Approved December 7
James Gray Route 1, Franklin, was
the first tenant purchase applicant
approved by the Macon county
committee, announced County Sup
ervisor Thomas C. Mimms. Mr.
Gray's loan was approved by the
committee December 7.
The county committee, consisting
of Albert L. Kamsey, Ed B. Byrd,
and Walter C. Taylor, are consider
ing other applications in Macon
county. ,
New Circular Tells
Of Soil Inoculation
Soil inoculation -is- necessary to
gather the required bacterium to
produce nodules on the roots of
legumes which gather nitrogen and
store it, for the use of the, plant
' in making its growth. Eight common
reasons tor failure and other valu
able data on soil inoculation is con
tained in a new Extension Circular
prepared by E. W. Gaither, .subject
matter analyst of the State college
extension .service.
The common reasons for failure
are listed as: (1) Use of the
wrong variety of bacterium for the
legume, to be grown; (2) use of
artificial culture which is too old;
(3) exposing inoculating material to
sunlight before using; (4) exposure
of inoculated seed to sunlight be
fore covering; (5) improper mix
ing of seed and inoculating mater
ial ; (6) seeding during hot, dry
weather or during the hottest part
of the day; (7) using soil which is
not inhabited by a sufficient num
ber of bacterb ; and (8) seeding
inoculated i seed on .soil that is too
acid or too wet to permit the prop
er development of the bacteria.
Gaither has also prepared a chart
showing the lowest pH or acidity
of the . soil for proper growth of
eight different groups of legumes.
He explains the procedure for in-
oculating with artificial culture,
with so'l&, and with both.
Assistance in preparing the cir
cular was given by Enos C. Blair,
extension agronomist; Dr. R. F.
Poole, research botanist; Dr. Luth
er Shaw, extension pathologist; and
L. G. Willis, research soil chemist,
all of State college, who examined
the material for technical accur
acy. Trte Extension Circular. No. 228,
entitled "Inoculating Soils to Grow
Legumes," is available for free dis
tribution upon request to the Agri
cultural Editor, State College, Ral
eigh. Department Aids
Swine Producers
RALEIGH, Dec. 14. A 10 per
cent increase in hogs this year com
pared with 1937 is indicated for
the commercial hog-producing area
of the state reports Paul L.
Fletcher, livestock marketing "Spe
cialist of the N. C. department of
agriculture.
Meanwhile, the' department has
launched a program to Better en
able farmers to market their swine
and for the protection of the in
dustry as a whole. (1) Swine dis
ease control work is now being
conducted by the veterinary divi
sion ; (2) latest market price in
formation is being furnished daily
by the department's market news
service and (3) information is fee
ing collected to determine practical
locations for additional hog markets,
Devil's Island
MS t- was
France's ill-famed penal colony
criminals. The reform which three
has been held up because there are
prisoners is pictured on the way to
being shipped to the island.
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An 89-foot brigantine, 'the Florence C. Robinson, with 11 young adventurers aboard, put out to sea - re
cently on a 7,700-mile voyage to Tahiti, where the boat will be turned over to a copra trader. Pictured from
left to right are Larry O'Toole, Boston artist; Dick Hemminway, Croton, Mass., and Arthur Hanson, Boston.
Sterling Hayden (inset) is the 22-year-old skipper, and the youngest man aboard. Dennis, the live pig, will
never see land again, for he will be converted inTft chops and roasts for the crew.
Prentiss
By DONA CARPENTER
The farmers in this ' section are
busy with their fall plowing.
Rev. J. I. Vinson filled his regular
appointment Saturday and Sunday
at Pleasant Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jones and
son, Dan, visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Sanders Sunday.
Jud Flint was in this section
Monday on business. ;
Carl Kimsey, of Cartoogechaye,
visited his brother, Claud Kimsey,
Sunday.
Cartoogechaye
By MRS. FRANK J. SOUTHARD
Lawrence Dills, of Hiawa&see, Ga.,
was in. this community the past
week visiting, his daughter, Mrs.
Burl Southard.
Mrs. Elijah Grant and son, Lee,
of Franklin, are visiting Mrs.
Grant's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Fred
Conley.
Glen Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Merritt Beck, who has been .ser
iously ill for the past twomonths,
is slowly improving.
Lester and Alex Southard and
families, of Franklin, were visiting
relatives in this community Sunday.
Quince Koane, who has been
working at Hayesville, spent the
week-end at his home.
Molly Shook, of Hiawassee,, Ga.,
was in thy? section on 'business the
past week.
Dillard Southard, who building
a new dwelling house, has it near
completion.
Miss Louise Southard has return
ed to her home after spending
some time in Winston-Salem.
Again to House
in French Guiana, Devil's Island, once more will receive that country's
years ago put an end to the transportation of criminals to Devil's Island
no funds available to build the. necessary extra prisons. A boatload of
the prison of St. Martin de Re, where 673 were concentrated prior to
PRESENTATION SET
3
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, niece
and namesake of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, . will be presented in
Washington at a White House dance
to be given by President and Mrs.
Roosevelt the latter part of Decem
ber. Her father is Hall Roosevelt
of New York city, brother of Mrs.
Roosevelt.
FIRES
Fire losses on farms, this year will
amount to $95,000,000, which is ap
proximately 5 per cfent more than
las't year; according to the national
fire protection association. '
Heavy corn feeding of poultry
seems 1 to increase the tendency to
ward feather-picking and cannibal
ismj while heavy oat feeding seems
to decrease this tendency,
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French Criminals
Tahitian Voyage
Broadway
By EFF1E WILSON
B. Wilson and family attended
"the funeral of Mrs. Wilson's moth-;
er, Mrs. Flora Carver, : at Scaly
Tuesday of last week. She had
been in the .state- sanitarium at
Milledgeyille, Ga., for a number of
years. '' .
' Zillih' Wilson " has been on the
'sick list for some time, but is some
better now.
" Agnes and Jim McKinney made
a business trip to Highlands Thurs
day. Arval Bry&on and Mrs, Miller
Ritchie, of Scaly, were visiting Mrs.
Huldah Wilson and family Satur
day night.
Mrs. Huldah Wilson has been
Very sick at her" home for some
lime, but is; slowly improving.
? Pascal Norton, his mother and
brother, Neville,' were visiting Mrs.
Wilson Sunday.
'i' Mr. aild , Mrs. Carl Vinson and
small son, Michael, spent Friday
hight at'the" home of Mrs. Wilson. (
) jim McKinney and Edna Wilson
Were visiting at B. Wuson s un-
day afternoon. .
Agnes, Mack and Tim McKinney
were business visitors in Franklin
Saturday.
EXTRA INCOME
Job Berry, of Swan Quarter,
Hvde countv. ; sold 350 pounds of
honey fo)r 15 'cents a pound, net
ting him $52.50. .The honey was pro
duced from-10 hives and Mr. Berry
left about. 2150 pounds in, the hives
as feed for the bees this winter.
He says- this extra income cost him
practically, nothing. , . '
Vetch Is Becoming
Popular As Legume
Dare county U generally looked
upon as a section of Deaches, tish
ng and pageants, But it also is '
becoming a profitaole tarming
county through the teachings 01
County Farm Agent C. W. Over
man of Mapteo, says iinos C.
Blair, agronomist ot the State col
lege extension service. i
Overman is encouraging the
growth of winter legumes, especially
vetch, to provide more fertile soil,
Blair reports. Several Dare county
farmers grew vetch last winter and
turned it under in the spring; and
this year the number of farmers
growing vetch and the acseage of
the legume have more than doubled.
Blair says this can 'be accounted
for by such demonstrations as the
one recently completed by M. M.
Sawyer .of Mann's Harbor in Dare
county. Last fall Mr. Sawyer sowed
half of his field to vetch and left
the other half without a legume.
The yield of corn where no vetch
was planted was 18 bushels per
acre, but where vetch was turned
under the yield was 32 bushels to
the acre. This field . is a sandy
oil, .with little organic matter, and
very ' little natural fertility. The
corn planted was a local white
variety, and it was all fertilized
with 400 pounds of 4-8-4 per acre.
"Hairy vetch contains m6re nitro
gen per pound than any other le
gume grown in North Carolina,
which makes it one of our best soil
builders," Blair states. "It will grow
on practically any soil that is in
oculated, is hardy, and may be
.sown during September, October
and November (the earlier the better)."
Church Services
Franklin Methodist Church
The Rev. Ivon L. Roberts, Pastor
(Each Sunday)
10 a. m. Sunday school.
11 a. m. Worship services.
6 p. m. Vesper service. '
St. Agnes Episcopal Church
.The Rev. Frank Bloxham, Rector
7 :30 p. m. Choral service.
Baptist Church
Reb. C. F. Rogers, Pastor
9:45 a. m. Sunday school.
11 a. m. Preaching service.
7 p. m. B. T. U. ,
7:30 p. m. Preaching service.
Wednesday, 8 p. m. Prayer service
Presbyterian Church
Rev. J. A. Flanagan, Pastor
Franklin (Each Sunday)
10 a. m. Sunday school.
11 a. m. Worship services.
Morrison (Each Sunday)
2 :30 p. m. Sunday school.
(Each 2nd and 4th Sunday)
3:30 p. m. Worship services.
Cathdfc Church
Rev. A. R. Rohrbacher, Pastor
Services in American Legion hall
second and fourth Sundays at 8 a.m.
. Macon Circuit
Rev. J. C Swaim, Pastor
1st Sunday Union II o'clock a. m. ;
a. m.; Mulberry, 2 o'clock p. m.;
Hickory Knoll, 2 o'clock p. m.;
Asbury, 3 o'clock p. m.
2nd Sunday Mt. Zion, 11 o'clock;.
Maiden's Chapel, 3 o'clock p. m.
3rd Sunday Asbury, 11 o'clock
Dryman's Chapel. 3 o'clock p. m.;
Union, 7:30 o'clock p. ni.
4th Sunday Patton's 11 o'clock
a. m.; Maiden's Chapel, 2 o'clock
p..m.; Mt. Zion, 7:30 o'clock p. m.
Waiting For a Sail
The Modern Merchant
Doesn't wait for SALES
HE ADVERTISES
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