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MISS JOSEPHINE DAVES
WEDS C D. B RD, JR.
Mrs. Ann Daves has announc
ed the marriage of her daugh
ter, Miss Josephine Daves, to
C. D Baird, Jr., son of Mrs. C.
D. Baird and of the late Dr
Baird of Franklin.
The wedding took place In a
simple ceremony at Gainesville,
Ga., October 21.
The bride is a graduate-of the
Franklin High school and Ath
ens Business college, Athens, Ga.
and is at present employed by
the Bank of Franklin,
Mr Baird holds the position
of Franklin police chief, a posi
tion which he held prior to
serving overseas during the re
cent war.
The newly married couple are
at present making their home
at the home of the bride';
mother.
JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB PLANS
TO ATTEND BREVARD MEET
Members of the Franklin Jun
ior Music club, meeting with
Martha Womack Saturday, dis
cussed plans for attending the
district meeting of junior music
clubs in Brevard November 8.
The Brevard gathering will take
the place of the club's Novem
ber meeting.
A mixed program of piano and
vocal . numbers was heard, and
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones read a
paper on Brahms Club mem
bers on the program included
Martha Ann Stockton, Caroline
Crawford, Jo Ann Henderson,
Laura Lyle, and Sarah Eliza
beth Parker.
Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Thompson, of Shelby, spent the
week-end with Mrs. Thompson's
daughter, Mrs. W. P. Constance,
and Mr. 'Constance at their
home on Iotla street.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Constance
have returned to their home on
Iotla street, after a visit with
Mr. Constance's grandmother,
Mrs. W. P. Ledbetter, at Marion
and Mrs. Constance's mother,
Mrs. Austin Thompson, and Mr.
Thompson at Shelby.
John M. Archer, Jr., W. W.
Sloan, R. S. Jones, John M.
Archer, III, Richard Jones, Jr.,
Rufus Snyder, Gilmer L. Craw
ford, and Emory Crawford,
were among those who attend
ed the Georgia-Alabama foot
ball game in Athens last Sat
urday.
Mrs. D. P. Grant is a patient
at Angel's hospital.
Mrs. R. S. Jones returned
Monday night from Kershaw,
S. C., where she was called last
week by the illness of her sister,
Mrs. John Green. Mr. Green sent
his plane to Franklin for Mrs.
Jones. Mrs. Green, though still
in the hospital, is improving.
Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Rimmer
returned this week from a visit
to Dr. Rimmer's mother in Me
bane.
Mr. and Mrs. Will S. John
son, of Concrete, Wash., are
here visiting Mr. Johnson's sis
ters, Mrs. R. M. Ledford and
Mrs. D. M. Sweatman, and his
brother, George M. Johnson, and
other relatives. Mr. Johnson is
the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ballew, of
Beckley, W. Va., spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Slier. The Silers also had as
their week-end guests Mrs. Sil
er's brother, Robert Pattillo,
and Mrs. Pattillo, of Murphy.
Mrs Ell Tallent recently spent
several days in Highlands vis
iting her daughter, Mrs. W. G.
Culbertson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smart, of
Huson, Mont., spent the week
end with Mrs. 8mart's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Grlndstaff.
Miss Elsie Hayes has return
ed to her home on West Main
MRS. GUY G. PITTS
Prior to her recent marriage,
Mrs. Pitts was Miss Lucille Bren
dell. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Brendell, of
Franklin, Route 4.
street after a three monihs
visit with friends and relatives
at Fontana Dam, Youngstown
and Cleveland, Ohio, and Penn
sylvania,
Miss Louise Pendergrass, who
is teaching at Sanford, spent
the week-end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pendergrass,
on White Oak street.
Mrs. D. W. Nichols and son,
Michael, of Marietta, Ga., are
visiting Mrs. Nichols' parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Calloway, at
their home. Franklin, Route 3
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Howard,
and young daughter, Sarah, of
Hiawassee, Ga., visited Mrs
Howard's mother, Mrs. Rob
ert Ramsey, and her aunt, Miss
Nettie Hurst, last Sunday.
Mrs. Jim Stewart, of Frank
lin, Route 3, is visiting her sist
er, Mrs. Jake Stiles, and Mr
Stiles at Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Evans, of
Weaverville, spent the week-end
here as guests of their son and
daughter-in-law, the Rev. and
Mrs. Hoyt Evans.
H. C. Eriksson, who recently
was transferred from Franklin
to the regional Forest Service
office in Atlanta, spent the
week-end here with his family.
Mrs. Eriksson and their three
sons plan to join him in At
lanta soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Geoghegan
returned Friday after a 10-day
stay at Albany, Ga., their for
mer home. The latter part of
last week Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Zickgraf and daughter, Jane,
flew to Albany to spend the
week-end with the Geoghegans
October Birthday
Meeting Is Held
By Episcopalians
hostess at the October birthday
supper meeting of the Episcopal
Church of the Incarnation, held
Thursday night at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Davis. The
number of years the Rev. A
Rufus Morgan has served the
Highlands church was repre
sented by lighted candles on the
white birthday cake, which was
cut by Mr. Morgan after the
guests had sung "Happy Birth
day".
Mr. and Mrs. Davis remem
bered Mr. Morgan's birthday
with a gift of Judge Felix E.
Alley's book, "What Think Ye
of the Christ?" Mrs. A. C. Holt's
birthday was also remembered
with a gift from Mrs. Davis.
In addition to the members
of the Highlands congregation,
guests Included Mrs. Clark Ho
well and her house guest, Miss
Elizabeth Gibson, Mrs. Michael
Hoke, Mrs. F. W. Altstaetter
Mrs. Esther Freas, of Franklin,
and Mrs. Floyd Hundley ana
their two children, of Miami,
Fla., who are spending some
time at Plerson inn.
Attention . . .
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?
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MASHBURN'S GARAGE
East Main Street Telephone 281
Amazing New
Weed Killer
Aids Forests
An amazingly effective min
eral spirits weed-killing spray
promises to save 22 Southern
state and federal forest tree
nurseries more than $100,000 in
weeding costs next year and to
practically eliminate the costly
hands-and-knees weed pulling
auipjoooB 'sauasanu asoqi u[ qcf
to J. Herbert Stone, regional
forester, Atlanta.
The saving in one year alone
in the South will be enough to
pay for the growing of 20,000,
000 additional trees, Mr. Stone
said.
The ability, of this selective
herbicide to seek out and elimi
nate weeds, leaving the baby
pine trees unharmed was dis
covered by Floyd M. Cossitt, for
ester in charge of tree nurseries
and planting for the U. S. For
est Service, and was tested and
developed by him in coopera
tion with the Southern State
Foresters and the Standard Oil
company of Kentucky.
"Savings on weeding costs are
almost unbelievable," Mr. Cos
sitt said, "To weed 1,000 trees by
hand costs from 60 cents to
$1.50. The selective herbicide
does the same job for five
cents."'
The spray is applied with an
ordinary power sprayer carrying
an 18-foot boom capable of
treating three seed beds at a
time. It is applied at the rate
of 25 to 50 gallons per acre, de
pending upon the age of trees ?
the older the weeds, the heav
ier the concentration needed. It
can be applied as early as
seven to 10 days after the seeds
germinate without injury to the
seedlings. One spraying is good
for as much as three weeks, de
pending upon weather and weed
conditions. It evaporates in time
without harm to the soil. The
killing action is rapid. Thirty
minutes after application, the
weeds begin to die.
Mr. Cossitt has a word of cau
tion against indiscriminate use
of the weed destroyer: "It will
kill cotton, hardwood seedlings,
and many other broadleaved
plants." But he was emphatic
in saying "when properly used,
it positively will not injure
Southern pine and cedar seed
lings." A few minor weeds are
still resistant to the mineral
but the job of pulling them out
now is negligible.
When asked if the formula
for this giant of the tree nurs
eries was secret, Mr. Stone
smiled and replied: "You know,
this stuff which Mr. Cossitt has
put to work cleaning out weeds
will do just as good a job in
cleaning your suit. It's ordinary
dry cleaning fluid." .
MYF Sub-District Meet
To Be Held Here Monday
The sub-district meeting of
the Methodist Youth Fellow
ship will be held next Monday
night, at the Franklin Metho
dist church at 7:30 o'clock.
Following the evening pro
gram, which will feature a dis
cussion of "the Youth Fellow
ship Fund", refreshments will be
served.
Highlands Legion
Auxiliary Meets
At Satolah Club
The Highlands unit of the
American Legion auxiliary met
last Thursday night at the Sa
tolah club with a good atten
dance present.
Mrs. William Nail was elected
treasurer to replace Mrs. John
D. Burnette, who resigned be
cause of ill health.
The theme of the program
was a discussion on child wel
fare.
Following the business session,
a stork shower was given for
Mrs. Bob Lewis.
Repairs Completed At
Friendship Tabernacle
The Friendship tabernacle,
situated in the Bonny Crest sec
tion of Franklin, has recently
received some much needed re
pairs. Work on this building was
begun under the sponsorship of
the Tabernacle Sunday school.
The Tabernacle, which Is used
each week for an afternoon
Sunday school class and a
Thursday evening Young Peo
ple's meeting, has recently been
underpinned and creosoted and
had the signs repainted.
Total cost of these repairs
was 1379.23, and to date con
tributions have amounted to
$189.60 leaving a balance of
$163.54. Any .persons who wish
to assist in taking care of the
remaining debt are asked to
mall their gifts to Roy Mash
bum or Mri. A. A. Angel.
[ OUR DEMOCRACY tyMrt I
THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT
TYPICALLY AMERICAN
There was zest and color on the Mississippi as
THE RIVER BOATS in MARK TWAIN'S OAY STEAMED
FULL AHEAD TO BEST EACH OTHER ON THE RUN TO
NEW ORLEANS. BUT, MORE SlSNIFICANTLV, THIS
. . COMPETITION- TYPICALLY AMERICAN- SPELLED ??
W better service to the public.
I|| The benefits of competition in production- in
I ' DISTRIBUTION- in services like LIFE INSURANCE
WHERE IT HAS MEANT CONTINUOUS ADAPTATION
OF PROTECTION TO FAMILY NEEDS - ARE EVIDENT
ON EVERV SIDE TODAy. THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT,
? HARNESSED TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND ?
CONSTRUCTIVE.LV DIRECTED, CONTINUES
A VITAL FORC? IN THC PR06RESS OFOV* &?MOCRACY.
Penny Brothers Have
Become Wealthy Men By
'Cultivatin' The Rich'
Two North Carolina brothers
who turned ^ knack for "hoss
trading" into a million-dollar a
year business selling land, mak
ing and losing fabulous fortunes
meanwhile, have a simple for
mula for personal prosperity.
The Penny Brothers, land auc
tioneers extraordinary, billed for
their colorful business as brother
Jim C. (C. for Cash) and George
T. (T. for Trade i, have knocked
down land in every state of the
union. Their gavel has fallen on
valuable real property parcels on
Long Island, as well as on un
developed tracts in Oklahoma's
Indian Territory.
Recruiting their ups arid
downs in an interview, one of
them propounded his secret of
good fortune:
"What little success I've had
is due to cultivatin' rich fellers. '
They're known as the twin
auctioneers, although nowadays
they don't look very much alike
The title has persisted since the
days when they wore stove pipe
hats and frock coats. Jim says
he's 64 and George is older.
George insists he's the younger.
George heads the firm's Greens
boro, N. C., office and Jim is
head man in Charlotte. George
also is a state senator.
Now riding another crest in
their half-century career, the
Pennys stage their sales in more
than six states. Three separate
sales they made last year total
ed more than $700,000 in pro
ceeds.
But that's just "small busi
ness," says Jim, pointing to their
biggest single transaction? at
the mountain resort center of
Blowing Rock, N. C., where they
sold two hotels, a golf course
and some, lots for more than
$1,000,000.
The brothers started their
career selling apples and candy
in a Randleman, N. C., cotton
mill. With their first dollars
they bought a "plug" horse
which they rented out to travel
ing salesmen covering territor
ies in the North Carolina back
woods. Plowing their profits
back Into the business, the
brothers expanded and soon had
a string of horses.
Their cultivation of rich men
began early. They had scarcely
started as horse traders in
Winston-Salem about the turn
of the century when they re
fused to renege on a losing deal
they had made with W. H. Rey
nolds. That put them in solid
with the millionaire tobacco
magnate. Years later their sale;
audiences included such person
alities as John D. Rockefeller
Farmers
Heaviest Ccnsu.-ners 0?
Petroleum Products
Twenty-five per cent of Amer
ica's petroleum products are
bought by farmers, making them
the nation's largest consumer
group, according to D. G. Mac
kenzie, chief technologist of The
Texas company, New York City.
"The bulk of these petroleum
iroducts goes Into mechanized
iarm equipment; others are used
:or heating farm hom?s, light
ing, and cooking; and still oth
;rs for insecticides, fertilizers,
md waterproof covering," Mr.
Mackenzie declared "The farm
er even takes his crops to mark
et on roads surfaced with as
phalt or impregnated with
heavy oils."
Lacking In formal schooling,
hey claim "bumpers academy"
-their term for the school of
lard ({nocks ? as their alma
mater, and Jim says:
"We were poor boys from Ran
\nd John Wanamaker.
iolph county, and our daddy
eaving us nothing . . . was the
;reatest heritage we could have
lad. We knew the world owed
is nothing. . . . George and I
lot our training in the bumpers
icademy and we're still bump
ng; I never saw a feller yet
'nad a diploma from that
school."
One of the lessons they prize
r'rom that institute's curriculum
is "never make a trade without
jetting some cash to boot."
Now employers of more thain
a score of "school-grown" real
estate salesmen, they think back
ui me aay wnen Jim lost nis
job as sexton of a church "be
cause they passed a rule the
sexton to post the hymn num
bers and Sunday School lessons,
as well as ring the bell. I
couldn't read or figger, so I lost
the job." 1
Years later, when they owned
a bank and a city block in
High Point, the man who fired
Jim from the sexton's job went
to see them and "asked us
what we thought we'd have
amounted to if we'd been edu
cated men. . ^ .
" I told him I'd still be ring
ing that bell down in Randle
man."
For your . . .
FALL WARDROBE
We have just received shipments
of New Fall Ladies' Wear
SWEATERS
?100% Wool ? Long sleeved, buttoned front
$3.98
SLIPOVERS
^ $2.98
NEW SHIPMENT OF TWILL
RAINCOATS
and
Fall Coats and Suits
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LINGERIE
We are constantly receiving new shipments in
a wide variety of styles
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