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"Strong for America"
THE training program of the Boy Scouts of
America has been planned to meet the need oi
war time. This training of boys; who will soon
come of military age takes on new importance. Not
only will Boy Scout troops serve in every commu
nity in groups known as Emergency Service Corps
to render aid in any war emergency or disaster
which mav arise, but the older scouts are receiving
training which will be of great value when they are
no longer members of Scout Troops.
The great Scout objectives to make boys phy
sically strong, mentally awake, and morally
straight" and make them attain the Scout aim ol
"Be Prepared" were never more needed than today
as the nation faces grave peril. In line with prepa
ration to meet war emergencies has been added
this incentive, "Strong For America".
The recent campaign for local work which is re
ported in this issue has been gratifying in its re
sponse. Several new troops have been organized m
the county, and a larger number of boys are receiv
ing more' training than ever before. Local leaders
are reaching out to secure more membersand boys
of scout age will be welcomed to membership.
Our Forests In New Light
THE following article prepared by request for the
Franklin Press is a timely warning to the
thoughtless and careless. So great is the need at
this time for protection of our forests, that destruc
tion of this asset to the nation's war materials
ranks with sabotage and fifth column activities,
The Editor.
Governor J. Melville Broughton in proclaiming
March 15-21 "Forest Protection Week" chose a
timely period. Soon woods fires may be burning
over thousands of acres of actual or potential tim
berlands in North Carolina. Since its inception in
1905 the U. S. Forest Service, to name but a single
agencv, has heartily recommended keeping the
wholesale use of fire out of the woods.
There is still existent in many minds a miscon
ception of the aim of the Forest Service in prevent
ing and suppressing woods fires. To those individ
uals a stroll through timberlands freed of brush and
debris by fire and characterized by large old trees
suffices to satisfy their contention that conditions
are ideal ... 1
Before arriving at immediate decisions let us
pause with the Forest Service and examine the rea
sons behind its recommended fire protective mea
sures '.
(1) Can fires continue to annually burn over
timberlands and allow young trees, the potential
future crop, to exist? They cannot. Burning there
fore converts a forest to a temporary state, limited
by the expected lifetime of trees too large to be im
mediatelv killed by fire.
(2) Can sawtimber remain healthy through a
series of fires? Again the answer is no. Like blood
poisoning which requires a point of entry for im
purities directly into the blood stream of a human
being before infection occurs, decay must seek an
entry into wood before damage can be done a liv
ing tree. The bark of a tree is its shield. In time re
peated fires burn through bark of even the largest
trees and expose the susceptive wood. Decay re
sults. This fact can readily be noted by any who
care to visit a local mill and study fire-scarred logs
as they are opened by the saw.
(3) Does constant burning destroy food mater
ials necessary for timber growth? Yes. We know
that the farmer who annually removes his crop with
no thought of returning nutriments in the form of
fertilizers to the soil in time reduces his farm to a
low state of productivity. Likewise, leaves, needles,
twigs, and decaying wood which go up in smoke
are but lost fertilizers to future timber crops.
(4) Does a burned-over hillside encourage the
runoff of rainfall and the consequent loss through
erosion of valuable topsoil? Of course it does. We
have only to go to the timbered hillside untouched
by fire and tread the spongy carpet that feeds the
crystal river, to view the picture on the one hand.
On the other, we have only to glance at the black
ened hillside, robbed of its protective cover, to note
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND
THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
Tt IE POCKETBOOK
of KNOWLEDGE &
llS'
By CHRISTINE DEHART
(Held Over from Last Week)
Mr. and Mrs. Felton McGah
of Gastona spent a few days with
Mr. McGaha's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Rufus McGaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Stockton of
Franklin were visiting Mrs. Stock
ton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vance
DeHart recently.
George Byrd is leaving March
1 for the Army.
Creed DeHart of Asheville spent
the weekend with his parerots, Mr.
and Mrs. Vance DeHart.
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Cook an
nounce the birth of a son on Feb
ruary 26.
Lonniie Guffey, formerly of
Franklin, left for the Army March
He is a brother of Mrs. Wint
DeHart of this section.
Olive Hill
By JESSIE WILLIS
(Held Over from Last Week)
Mrs. J. K. Guyer is visiting her
friends on Oak Dale.
the raw scars down which torrents race to flow as
rivers red to the sea. Torrents forever carrying
America's heritage, valuable topsoil, a thousand,
ten thousand years in the making.
The Forest Service has no concern, but only ap
proval for the dedication of those lands to agricul
tural use which will produce a livingwage. On
those lands it is the business. of tV liiWal farm
er to determine if fire must be the medium by which
he rids his acres of a worthless weed crop. His
business, so long as the fire he sets does not spread
to adjacent lands and thereby interfere with the
rights of others. The Forest Service does exper
ience concern over the treatment by fire annually
given these millions of acres unfit for the produc
tion of farm crops but idally fitted, if given the op
portunity, to prodcce continuous crops of timber
for our benefit and for the benefit of those genera
tions of Americans whom, we trust, will follow
after us.
Like the loafer, scorned, who in this hour of na
tional emergency, stands idly on a corner, our timb
erlands too often now, because of wholesale use of
fire, stand idly by. There are those who can take
the fifth column attitude of spinelessly whimpering:
"Too late and too few !" Or the isolationist's chant :
"Black is white." Again there are those, such as the
Governor of North Carolina, who during this week
has asked us to look the future of our forest lands,
to which many of us normally turn for livelihood,
squarely in the face. In so many words, he asks:
"Shall we continue a squandering, scorched earth
policy in our forests in a time when every national
resource is a link in the chain dividing independence
from slavery? Or shall we, through a unified public
opinion, brand as mere unknowing bedfellows of
fifth columnists, those who thoughlessly waste?
The Governor, through proclaiming "Forest Pro
tection Week" gives his answer. "Let us awake,
willingly remove the factors which impede develop
ment of our forests, including the wholesale use of
fire," he implies, "and thereby put nature back to
the job for which she is so aptly fitted.'"
Clippings
wicked ways: then will I hear
from heaven-, and will forgive their
sin, and will heal their lands. T (HI
Chran. 7:14.)
SHOULD "GIVE US PAUSE"
.The following from on English
preacher should cause serious
thought here in America. The same
may be true in the United States
soon, as it is in Britain now:
"We have been a pleasure-loving
people, dishonoring God's day, pic
nicking and bathing, and now the
seashores are barred.
"We have preferred motor travel
to church going, and now there is
no fuel for our motors.
"We have ignored the ringing of
the church bells, calling us to wor
ship, and now the bells cannot
ring except to warn us of inva
sion. "We have left our churches half
empty on the Lord's day, and now
the buildings are in ruins.
"We would not listen to the way
of peace, and now we are forced
to listen to the way of war.
'The money we would not give
to the Lord is now taken from us
in tares.
"The food for which we forgot
to say thanks, is now unattainable.
"Nights we would not spend in
prayer are now spent in anxious
air raids.
" 'The evils of modernism we
would not fight,' and now we face
the Germans in death struggle,
which produced these teachings.
"In view of such results the
truth of God's plain words ought
to sink into people's hearts all
over the world: 'If my people,
which are called by my .name, shall
humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my face, and tarn from their
Poets Corner
UNCLE SAM'S CALL
Uncle Sam has blown his bugle
And the brave have heard his call
They have come to fight for liberty
We're for victory, we must not fall
From the northland to the south
land.
From the eastland to the west;
Come the sons of brave America
To keep the Stars and Stripes
breast
Now the Soldiers march for victory
And the Marines on guard they
stand;
While the Sailor sails the ocean
To keep Old Glory o'er our land
So we know that all the people
In this land of brave and true;
Will not pause to give their utmost
For the Red and White and Blue
By Sally Sue Mincey,
Pupil Franklin High School
FIRST SHOT
America's first shot in World
War I was not fired in France
but in Guam by Corporal Michael
Chockie of the U. S. Marines.
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as administratrix
of Sam Gibson, deceased, late of
Macon county, N. C, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1943, or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 18th day of February, 194Z.
MRS. FANNIE GIBSON,
Administratrix.
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ThOriday, march it,
Horace Morgan returned to his
work at Fpntana after spending a
few days with home folks at
Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Ekner Hannah and
son, Richard, are visiting Mrs.
Hannah's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Willis.
Jimmy Passmore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Pearl Passmore, is improv
ing after a few days illness.
Mrs. L. W. Ashe spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Ida Ledford.
Woodrow Poindexter of Burn
ingtown visited his mother, Mrs.
A. 1L. Fowuexter at unve run.
Mrs. Mary Long Tallent of Olive
Hill, is spending several weeks on
Oak Dale.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Willis and
children were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Arvil Guyer Sunday.
A large crowd attended preach
ing , services at Olive Hill last Sun
day night.
State College Answers
Timely Farm Questions
Q. What is the most economical
way of securing more milk from
cows?
A. Through liberal feeding, says
Extension Dairyman John Arey,
especially roughage. This includes
pasture, hay, 1 and silage. Quality
roughage is the cheapest source
of feed for dairy cows and should
be made the basis of the dairy ra
tion. One to two acres of good
pasture should be provided for
every mature cow. Legume hay,
being higher in1 protean than grass
hay, is the best milk producing hay.
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as administratrix
of Mattie Moss, deceased, late of
Macon county, N. C, this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said acvtSoid
to exhibit tV-an to the undersigned
on or before the 11th day of Feb
ruary, 1943, or this notice will lie
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted t said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 11th day of February, 1942.
NORA ZACHARY,
Administratrix.
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JUMP FROM TOWERS
Before jumping from planes, U.
S. Marine Corps parachutists prac
tice jumping from towers similar
to the ones used at the New York
Worlds Fair.
National Forest Timber
far Sale
Sealed bids will be received by
the Forest Supervisor, Franklin,
North Carolina, up to and includ
ing April 20, 1942, for all the live
timber marked or designated for
cutting and all the merchantable
dead timber located on areas em
bracing about 380 acres within the
Brown Branch Unit, Watauga
Creek Drainage, Macon County,
Nantahala National Forest, North
Carolina, estimated to be 167 M
feet, more or less, of yellow poplar,
northern red oak, basswood, cu
cumber, white ash, white oak, black
oak, chestnut oak, red maple, birch,
chestnut, scarlet oak, beech, pitch
pine, hickory, black gum, and an un-
estimated amount of chestnut ex-
tractwood. The removal of chestnut
extractwood at $0.75 per unit (160 cu.
ft. per unit) will be optional with
the purchaser. No bid of less than
$10.00 per M feet for yellow pop
lar; $8.00 for northern red oak,
basswood, cucumber, and white ash ;
$7.00 for white oak; $3.00 for black
oak, chestnut oak, red maple and
birch, and $2.00 for chestnut, scar
let oak, beech, pitch pine, hickory
and black gum wHl be considered.
In addition to the prices bid for
stumpage, a deposit of $0.25 per
M feet for all sawtimber cut will
be required for sale area better
ment work. $200 must be deposited
with each bid to be applied on
the purchase price, refunded, or
retained in part as liquidated dam
ages according to conditions of sale.
The right to reject any and all
bids reserved. Before bids are sub
mitted full information concerning
the timber, the conditions of sale,
and submission of bids should be
obtained from the Forest Super
visor, Franklin, North Carolina.
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