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Page si THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940 The fr an it lin press and the: highlands maconian Tennessee Valley Power To Be Used For Munitions TVA Preparing To Take Part In Defense , Program The United Press has released I the following, i The Tennessee valley scene of a seven-year-old new deal exper iment in production and distribu tion of cheap electrical power is soon to become a major source of munitions and materials for the nation's defense forces, TVA of ficials said tonight. Sheltered on the cast by a chain of mountains and situated hun dreds of miles inland from any possible point of attack, the valley with its mineral resources and power facilities'-meets all the re quirements of the national defense council for location of key de fense industries. ( The valley in addition has ade quate transportation facilities by highways, railroads and water routes. ' , . 'TVA is rapidly preparing to do . its part in the national defense program, officials, said. . "Our huge supply of power," said TVA Director David E. Lil ienihal, "now is of great strategic importance to the. nation. Without this power supply, production of airplanes on the scale needed would be impossible, for today 'TVA power is a principal reliance in America's production of alumi num. "The need for power and more power in this emergency has ' led us to order our dam construction program to be speeded up by every device. This pressure means cvjm pletion of one of TVA's dams 10 months ahead of schedule and it will add five new power genera tor.s in dams, already completed." 1 Lilienthal said that in addition, the Muscle Shoals plant construct ed during the World war is ready to he converted to production of ammonium nitrate for high ex plosives "as soon as the signal is given." This plant under the TVA program has been used in produc tion of phosphatic fertilizer. Because of the great supply of power generated by TVA dams constructed originally' to make more abundant and fruitful the lives of farmers and urban resi dents in this area defense indus tries are locating in the valley. An airplane factory recently was built at Nashville and three com panies are considering building plants at Memphis. The DuPont company is building a powder plant near Memphis. Other plants in this area are obtaining contracts for army and navy goods. Notice A 'free tuberculin skin test ing clinic will be : held in . the office of County Health Depart ment here, Tuesday, July 30, from 9 to 12 a. m. The tuberculin . test is given to persons to find' out how much resistance they .have against tuberculosis. : ', Gi L. Houk, county superin tendant of slhools, , requests that all Macon county teachers at tend. ,'u Galls Attacks Forest Trees Near Way ah Bald Numerous" trees along the road to Wayah Bald tower are becoming infested with .oak gulls, causing defoliation of the trees and in some cases killing the small branches, according .to., a report from John Wasilik, Jr., Forest Ranger for Wayah district of Nan tahala Forest. The gall-forming insects cause the formation of irregular defor mities on the twigs or leaves by their secretion. However, author ities state that these insects do not usually menace the life of the tree. The insects usually deposit their eggs between March and May, No cember and January, or June and August. The eggs are laid either on or in the portion of the tree that they infest and the ' develop ing egg starts' and stimulates the growth of the ,gall around it. A grub is hatched from the egg within the gall, which grows and transforms to the adult four wing ed fly, which then bores its way Out into the : open. - When some action is imperative, and this can only be true of high ly prized trees . after several years of repeated infestation, Mr. Was ilik stated" cutting or burning of galLJaden wood or fallen leaves while 'the insects are still within Hie gall is bound to be of benefit. Since the injury caused by these insects is not always serious, no remedy is suggested for extensive forest infestations because of the prohibitive cost. ' Cartoogechaye By MRS. JOE SETSER Mrs. R. G. Slagle and children, Norma Jean, Betty Ann and Bud dy, left Saturday for Kandle, Wash. They were accompanied by Mrs. Carlton Ledford, of Randle,' but formerly of Clay county, and Miss Betty Slagle, of Franklin, who expects- to spend some tiime visiting Mrs. Slagle and other re latives in Washington. Bobby Waldroop who was oper ated on for appendicitis at Angel hospital last Monday is improv ing rapidly. All Cartoogechaye is proud of Hunter Anderson, son '.of' Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Anderson, who won first place in state wide F. F. A. livestock judging contest in Ral eigh last week. He and George Gray had won district honors and went to Raleigh with their, agri cultural teacher, E. J. Whitmire Hunter received $70 in money and gets a trip to Kansas City i where we expect him to again lead the line. ..' : "''..' . Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Dalrymple, who have been spending some time with J. C. Dalrymple, left last Saturday for their home in Dunn. Mrs. Fred Waldroop and daugh ters of Columbus, Ga., have been visiting Mrs. Waldroop's parents, Mr. and Mrs,. Will Reece and other friends' here. Another Notch for a Nazi Flyer 1 Like the gunmen of America's wild west pioneer days who notched their funs for every killing:, the pilot of this German fighting- ship has a white stripe painted on the tail of his plane for every enemy shot down. The stripe is topped with the colors of the nationality of the vanquished pilots. This Naii now has a "score" of eight. Baptist Sunday Schools To Meet At Ellijay The Macon . Baptist Sunday scliool convention will hold its regular-monthly meeting at the Elli jay Baptist, church Sunday, July 28, at 2:30 p. rri., President Paul Swaf ford announced this week. Opening with a devotional led by S. J. Smith" of Cullasaja, the program will include a roll call and reports, a round table discussion on "Eye-Openers," and a sermon By the Rev. R. W. Williams, pas tor of Oak Grove Baptist church. BUMPER CORN HARVEST SEEN Wheat, Hay Prospects Good According i To Report Florida Visitor Booster For Franklin George W. Mason, orange grow er from Miami, has returned to Franklin for another vacation. "I've been coming to these mountains for , five years, and I am an enthusiastic booster for this section of western North Carolina. '.Come once to this country, and you are bound to come again like. Miami, when you get the sand in" your shoes," says this visitor from Florida. Mr. Mason is particularly inter ested in Macon county minerals. "But not any more so than I am interested in the climate, the scen ery and the people," he states. "I am staying at a grand place with Mrs. Sellers good food, delightful atmosphere, and auch a wonderful panorama of the mountains and river from her front porch, Mr. JiMOs adied. . .. North Carolina's 1940 corn crop is expected to be the greatest in 23 years, although only two per, cent above last year's bumper crop, according to the monthly crop re port just released by the North Carolina Department of Agricul ture. ' ' . Gifts of various sums of money have been promised and the new board of trustees of the college is taking immediate steps to author ize solicitation of funds to supple ment student fees. Students and parents have ex pressed approval of the Board's intention to boost fees to $200. This figure together with the work that each girl does (about . 10 hours a week), will care for the cost to the college for carrying a girl for the. academic year. President Foster will shortly an nounce certain ." additions to the faculty for the coming year. Although the 1940 crop is slight ly later than normal as a result of the late spring, the "stand" is good and growth has been rapid. The yield per acre is now indi cated, to be 20 bushels, the highest since 1923, although the expected acreage for harvest is one per cent less than last year. The estimated corn production for 1940 is 48,820, 000 bushels. Rapid Pregrms Mad In general, the crop reporting service states that although most spring crops got of f to a late start, rapid progress was madelur- 1 ing June and better than average yields in most crops are expected. Since July 1, the entire state has suffered from insufficient moisture and the dry soils are now becom ing serious, especially in the east em part of the state. Wheat prospects have continued to improve since April and now that the crop is largely harvested, it appears that a record yield per acre will be made. Reports from growers as of July 1 indicate a production of 5,798,000 bushels from 446,000 acres, an average of 13 bushels per acre. This represents an increase of 14 per cent over last years production and an in crease of one bushel in yield per acre. Million Tom Of Hr For the first time in history. North Carolina farmers are expect ing to produce over a million tons of hay. Conditions as of July 1 in dicate a 1940 production of 1,035,000 tons which is 4 per cent greater than last year's record harvest and 49 per cent above the 10-year average production. The late dry spring decreased the yield of clover and grain hays in the .piedmont and mountains this year, but June weather in those areas was favorable to lespedeza and other later hayi. New AAA regulations relating to credit for interptentei. Soybean I ATS jPf I HOPE THE skMrsfr -z i I -i -just HuRRy, yx- AT ?, SSk jfa MlRRy, HUKRy ) 1 ' copyniOHT iwov. ev t s-aouwos 1 1 A ' - A Children Should Have Diptheria Toxoid Now County Doctor Warns More than 170 North Carolina babies are dying from diphtheria every year, because parents neglect to have the diphtheria toxoid ad ministered when the child is six months old, Dr. , E. N. Haller, county health .physician, warned Macon county parents today. All babies six to 12 months old and young children one to five years of age are required to take the diphtheria toxoid. The toxoid is absolutely harmless and does not cause any reaction. Diphtheria cases, and deaths occur every year during the fall and winter months, September to February. Now is the time to visit your doctor or the. Health Depart ment if your children have not had the diphtheria toxoid, because the toxoid does not take effect for two months after it has been giv en, Dr. Haller emphasized. were primarily responsible for farmers increasing their "alohe" acreage 10 per cent above 1939. The record .337,000 acres now in cultivation exceeds the 10-year (1929-38) average by 48 per cent . Potato Crop North Carolina's commercial Irish potato crop was better than was earlier expected. The yield per acre, formerly estimated at 140 bushels, is placed at 150 bushels, now that the season is practically over and carlot shipment data are available. The estimated yield of 150 bush els per acre is 25 bushels more than last year and 8 bushels more than the average for the 10-year period. This makes a total produc tion of 4,860,000 bushels, compared to 4,500,000 bushels produced last year. Boosts Employment Navy Expansion North Carolina will benefit in increased employment, wages and sales resulting from the Navy ex pansion program involving con struction of 92 combat vessels at a cost of $1,140,000,000. E. Leigh Stevens, staff represen tative for the office of government reports, states that North Carolina manufactures or produces cotton goods, canvas, lumber, copper, aluminum, mica and to a lesser extent many, other products used in modern naval construction. "On the basis of Bureau of Lab or Statistics estimates, the con struction of 92 vessels will resplt in $445,000,000 in wages to labor employed in the shipyards, Mr. Stevens said, "but even more will be spent in wages in the mines and factories where the raw ma terials are produced and in trans portation." According to the Bu reau of Labor Statistics estimate that 41 per cent of total costs in private shipyards is spent for ma terials, more than $407,000,000 will be expended for materials and man ufactured products for naval ex pansion. "There are over 200 ma jor industries producing materials used in ship construction,' Mr. Stevens said. More than 540,000,000 man-hours of work in shipyards and more than 647,000,000 man-hours of work at mines, factories, and in trans porting materials will be created by the new program, providing sufficient work to keep the equiva lent of 242,000 workers employed two full years. "Although there are more than 40 types of skilled mechanics need ed to build a ship," Mr. Stevens said, "the actual building of the ship requires less labor than does the production of the materials wed." 37th Farm-Home Week Will Start On Monday The 37th annual educational, en tertaining, economical vacation for rural people in North Carolina will start at N. C. State college in Raleigh' on Monday. It is Farm and "Home Week, an event which is expected to attract 3,000 farm men and women to the campus of their Own agricultural college. : John W. Goodman, assistant ex tension director, and Aliss Ruth Current, state home demonstration agent, are in charge of arrange ments and they have planned pro grams which-will be of interest to all rural people men and j women, young and old. The registration fee of only $1 will entitle a person to a room in a , dormitory for the entire week, and meals will be available at a reasonable cost in the college cafe-, teria. The first program will be an informal gathering in the college football stadium Monday evening. From then through the noon hour on Friday, there will be something doing nearly every ;,hour of the day and early evening. R. M. Evans, administrator of the AAA, Washington, will speak Tuesday morning; J. M. Brough ton, democratic nominee for Gov ernor of the state, will address the Wednesday morning session; Governor and Airs. Clyde R. Hoey will speak Thursday night; and Jonathan Daniels; outstanding Ra leigh editor and author, will ad dress the Honor Day class Friday morning. The nineteenth annual meeting of the N. C. Federation of Home Demonstration clubs will be held all day Thursday, with the fea ture address by the Rev. John C. Glenn, Methodist minister of Ral eigh. Other special programs will include the annual convention of the N. G Ginners' Association all day Wednesday, and the . annual meeting of the N. C. Poultry Ad visory council, on Tuesday after noon.: . 4-H'ers Learn And Earn In Meat Animal Project For the eleventh year 4-H club sters enrolled in meat animal pro jects may share in the benefits of the national 4-H meat animal con test conducted by county agents under the direction of the state extension service, which has ac cepted the activity as a part of its state-wide program. lhe contest encourages young folks to learn to grow, feed and fatten meat animals in their pro jects, through which thousands have been , led to start a profitable herd or flock. Gross returns of such enterprises often run into thousands of dollars,, and start young men soundly in fanning. Last year the three boys making up the national blue award . group reported total returns of their ef forts were $17,000. Clubsters making the best coun ty record will be awarded a . spe cially embossed gold fob, and state winners ' will receive a 17-jewel gold watch, appropriately engraved. From the latter, one will 'be nam ed,, from each of the . four exten sion sections - to . receive an all-expense trip to the 19th National 4-H Club Congress and International Livestock Exposition in Chicago, November 29-December 7. Three of the four will receive blue plac ing in the nation, and college scholarships of $200 each provided by Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago. Further particulars may be se cured from county agents. HIKERS SPEND WEEKEND HERE Seventy Visitors From Three States Climb Whitesides Seventy seasoned hikers, repre senting Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, spent last Satur day and Sunday exploring moun tain trails here in Macon. Included in the group were five hiking clubs, the Smoky Mountains club of Knoxville; Tenn. ; the Car olina club of A&heville; the Geor gia Appalachian Trail club of At lanta; the Balsam Mountain club of Waynesville, plus visitors from Franklin and Highlands. The group was led by Guy , E. Frizzell of Knoxville, assisted by Hyatt Goodhue. Time Tangle After some misunderstandings in schedule due to the fact that the hikers severally were using East ern Standard time, Central Stan dard time, and Daylight Saving time the group assembled at the amphitheatre in Cliffside park at 8:30 p. m. Saturday. Folowing a heariy welcome by Charles Alelichar, supervisor of Nantahala forest, the hikers were shown a sound picture of the var ious phases, of Forest Service ac tivity over the nation. Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson briefly outlined the historical background of Macon county, and a colored movie, fea turing a trip up Wayah Bald by local people, closed the program for the night..: On To Wlhiteaides Sunday morning, the hikers mo tored from their camp in Van Hook Glade to Highlands, led by James Averell of the Forest Ser vice, where they divided into two groups for a hike to Whitesides mountain. The smaller and more conservative group preferred to drive out U; S. 64 and make the two-mile climb of Whitesides from there, leaving the majority to hike up Bearpen mountain, and go on to Whitesides from there, via Highlands Falls and the Primeval Forest, a trip of six miles. The two groups united on the summit of ' Whitesides about 1:30 p. m. for lunch, breaking up to re turn to their homes Sunday after-, noon. . . Don't be fooled : that "stop, look and listen" sign at railroad cross ings is not intended for the engi neer. ''..' Take Chance On Weather Horticulturist Advises Weather conditions' are some times unfavorable for the growing of vegetables in late summer and early fall in many sections of the state, but H. R. Niswonger, ex tension horticulturist of N. C. State college, says the odds in favor of good weather for vegetable-grow ing are high enough for rural peo ple to take a chance. : ; "It is said," he declared, "that nature will contribute 90 percent of the growing' of . vegetables if you will devote your energy to the balance, or 10 per cent. If this is true, then plant during the next six weeks' a few vegetables for an early fall harvest." For Western North Carolina, sow lettuce seed in rows during- Aug ust and thin out 12 inches apart, and anytime during July and Aug ust plant snap beans, carrots, col lards, sweet corn, kale, Swiss chard, tomatoes and turnips. The extension specialist also rec ommends that in making plans for a garden, it is wise to consider the growing of one or more of the following small fruits: strawberries, youngiberries, and raspberries. "Two or three hundred strawberry plants and, 25 each of Young or Boysen berry variety of dewberries and the red raspberry will supply your family with these home fruits," he ay-' ' '..i Two. out of five traffic deaths last year were pedestrians, i checks MALARIA in 7 days and - relieves COLDS Liquid Tablkts ' . . ' ' ALVI NOII DDOM J"ll"Il Iirl UM.J Try "Rub-My-Ti.m" Wonderful Liniment 666 NOTIGE Town Taxes All 1939 Town Taxes not paid by the second week in August will be advertised and sold the second Monday in September. Pay your taxes now and save cost of adver tisement and sale. GEO. DEAN, Clerk Town of Franklin
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