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NEWS ? PEOPLE MRS. EMORY HUNNICVTT Soctoiy Editor, Telephone 211 Personal Mention Miss Barbara Jean Pannell at tended the graduation of her cousin, Rufus A. Pannell, from the University of North Carolina last week. Mr. and Mrs. Pan nell accompanied her to Frank lin to spend a tew days here. A. W. Reld and two daugh ters, Misses Pauline and Mildred Reld, have returned from a trip to Miami. Mr and Mrs. C. C. Daniels and their daughter, Miss Hope Daniels, of New York, arrived last Tuesday to spend the sum mer here. They are staying at ?Dixie Hall'. Mrs. Browning Goldsmith, the former Miss Lane Porter, of Pelier, 8. C.t spent several days here last week visiting her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. T. W Porter. W. H. Finley, principal of the Franklin school, left Saturday for Clinton, S. C., where he will attend the eight-week sum mer school at Presbyterian col lege Mr. Finley was accompani ed by his family. Miss Nora Moody left last week for Nashville, Tenn , to* attend the nine-week summer school at Peabody college. Mrs Lee Ouffey left Sunday FATHER WOULD ENJOY A LOUNGE CHAIR Tapestry and Velour tio choose f.om There's no gift that Father would like better for his room. SOSSAMON FURNITURE CO. Phone 67 Franklin, N. C. ? * Skidding Pulpwood By Use Of Jeep The following is an article by T. A. McClay, Forester Southeastern Forest Experimental Station MIJOW effective is a Jeep in ** skidding tree-length pulp wood logs on a farm wood land operation?" That is a ques tion that has been studied at the Bent Creek Experimental Forest near Asheville, North Carolina, during the course of a light pulpwood thinning to improve a stand of shortleaf pine. A one-quarter ton, four wheel-drive jeep was used. The area on which the pulpwood was cut consisted of about two acres of pine averaging 300 stems per acre with an average diameter of 8 inches, 4'/t feet above ground. Eighty trees per acre were removed, leaving 220 trees per acre for growing stock. The trees marked for cutting were those with small or sup pressed crowns and not judged capable of producing maximum growth in the stand. The thin ning left a stand of healthy, fast- growing trees which couia be expected to yield another cut at an early date. Two local men, hired to do the felling and bucking, were especially Instructed in the mat ter of choosing felling direc tions, so that jeep skidding would be simplified Propo?-<"1 skid trails were located pri marily across open ground with downhill slopes, and In the shortest and most direct line to loading points. Groups of trees were felled along each proposed skid trail so that either the butt or top pointed at an angle to ward the skid trail in the direc tion of skidding. The marked trees were topped at a 4-hich diameter. One eight-foot and two 12 foot skidding chains with hooks on each end were used with the Jeep to skid out the trees. Two or three chains hooked to gether were used to reach felled trees when standing trees in terfered with backing the Jeep up close. In this way a tree could be skidded part of the way out until a close hitch could be made to get the nec essary control on turns in the skid trail. Four-wheel drive was used at all times. The wheels were equipped with mud grip tires. The average skidding distance was 130 feet with a maximum distance of 230 feet. Although downhill skidding was faster and more practical, the jeep ' performed satisfactorily on the level and could skid up a slope of as much as 10 per cent. Practically all the skidding was done downhill on slopes from level to 20 per cent, with an average pf eight per cent for the entire job. The 160 tree lengths skidded ranged from 15 to 40 feet, with an average length of 30 feet; diameters of cut trees were from 6 to 12 inches, most of them being in the six and eight-inch diameter ; classes. The entire skidding job was completed in ten jeep-hours. The jeep used five gallons ol gasoline and a negligible amouni of oil. Cost of operation, which included depreciation and main tenance, approximated 45 cents per cord. Alter the trees were skidded to the road, the cutters bucked them into 5- foot lengths with a bow saw. It took them five eight-hour days to fell, limb and buck eleven cords of pulp wood. At the roadside the wood had a value of six dollars pel standard cord, and, If hauled to a pulp mill twenty miles distant, it would have been worth 10 dollars per cord. For the farmer planning to use a jeep on a pulpwood oper ation in his woodlands, the fol lowing recommendations are of fered: 1. Mark the trees to be cut, keeping In mind that the tall, clean-boled trees with a large, healthy crown will grovfr fastest and should be left. 2. Work out a logging plan to find the most suitable location for skid trails. Try to skiu downhill, although level oi slight uphill skidding Is pos sible. 3. Where possible, fell the marked trees so that the top or butt points at a slight angle toward the skid trail In the di rection of skidding. 4. If the tree Is too long or too heavy, cut It in two and make two trips. If you have several small trees, bunch them by hand and skid them out to gether. 5. Cut low stumps for the dual purpose of Increasing the maneuverability of the Jeep and Increasing the volume per tree removed. (Adv.) This la just one of the many ways that a Jeep can help to | serve as that extra hired man. MACON WILLYS CO. PHONE 265 FRANKUN> NORTH CAROUNA ENGAGED ? Dr. and Mrs. How ard T. Horsley, of Franklin, have announced the engage ment of their daughter, Miss Frankie Elizabeth Horsley, to J >e A. Pena, son of Mrs. Maria L. Pena, of Brownsville, Texas. The wedding will take place in August. for Nashville, where she will attend summer school at Pea body college. She expects to be away most of the summer. , Mrs. Fred L. Webb, of Nash ville, Tenn., left Monday to re turn to her home, alter spend ing a fortnight with her father, W R. Rowland, at his home, Franklin, Route 3. Last wteK Mr. Rowland also had as guests another daughter, Mrs. ? A. H. Paul, and a son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Row land, all of Macon, Ga. Judie Parrish, small daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Par rish, of Franklin, Route 3, is spending the week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Arvey of Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Titus Parrish have returned to their home in Detroit, Mich., after a weeks' visit with Mr. Parrish's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Parrish, of Franklin, Route 3. Mrs. C. E. Parker, returned Friday from a several days' trip to Sanford, her old home, Charlotte, and Durham, visu relatives and friends in each city. On her return, she was ac copanied by her mother, Mrs. T. S. Cross, of Durham, who will spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. Parker and family. Miss Harriette Kinnebrew left Monday for Metter, Ga., for a ] week's house party and college class reunion at the home of ! Mrs. Gerstle DeLoach N?ville. Mrs Phil McCollum and son, ! Tommie, left Monday for a visit to Mrs. McCollum's sister, Mrs. Rube Mundy at Statesboro, Ga. Mr. and Mrs N. P. Sloan and daughter, Norma and Jackie, have arrived from Naples, Fla., for the summer, and are at their home, "Roaring Waters", on Cullasaja. DEFEAT ACCEPTED WITH A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE I wish to thank the citizens and voters of Macon County who supported me in the past primary as a member of the County Board of Education for which I was defeated. The vote of 100% confidence which my township gave me was appreciated 100%. 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