RUPTURED? the world's best tnu* at a vary reaiamMr price. Sold by WALTER A. STEELE, Franklin. N. C, Expert Fitter. HOTPOINT Hi-Vi-TV . Souamon Furniture Co. Phone 434- J For QUALITY WORK At LOWEST COST la AUTO REPAIRS Ed Whittington Bryson City Road Dr. W instead'* Mother Undergoes Operation Mrs. Mabel W. Holmes, who ' keep* house In Franklin for hei son. Dr. O. Ashby Wtnstead. is in St. Joseph's Infirmary, Atlanta recuperating from an operation. *n?e need for the operation wai discovered. Dr. Wtnstead said, when Mrs. Holmes was being x rayed for injuries she received in a serious automobile accident However, the Atlanta operation ( was not connected with the acci dent injuries, he said. Mrs. Holmes was hospitalized for about two. weeks at Gaines ville. Qa. after the car she was driving was in a head-on col- i lision with another automobile. 10 1 miles north of Gainesville, on Feb. 1. Mrs. Holmes was driving alone and was on her way to Franklin. One of the ocupants of the other car was killed and the second was | hospitalized. According to Dr. Win- i stead, investigating officers ruled both drivers at fault and said no ' charges would be preferred. Dr. Winstead said it will be about a week before his mother comes home from the hospital in Atlanta. WANTED Poplar Veneer Blocks or Logs Also Sycamore Poplar Timber on Stump Bring your Blocks or Logs to the Cornelia Veneer Company. Each load will be scaled and paid for from 7 :00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. each day except Saturday. For Information Call 304 ? Collect CORNELIA VENEER COMPANY CORNELIA, GA. NOTICE The Board of County Commis* sioners of Macon County will sit as a Board of Equalization and Review on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, March 25, 26, and 27. All Taxpayers desiring to ap pear before said Board will ar range to appear on said dates. This will be a final notice to any persons who wish to appear before the Board. LAKE V. SHOPE, Clerk to Board of County Commissioner*. ' Soil District's Report Released Practice* Carried * Out During Year Are Reviewed Macon County Soil Conservation District released its annual report this week, including a partial list of conservation practices carried out here in 1956. The year saw 745 acres come under conservation crop rotation; 769 acres of contour farming : 549 acres of cover cropping; 1.434 1 acres of Rotation grazing : 29 acres of tree planting; 8,015 feet of i closed drains; and construction of four farm ponds. Milton Fouts, chairman of the district board of supervisors, said the figures and practices repre sent only those farms with coop ; erative agreements with the dis trict. Also, he noted that tree Planting activity was limited in '56 because of a scarcity of seed lings. Services Available The district has available, local ly. the services of one conser vationist, one conservationist aide, and one part-time soil scientist. All give free service, upon re quest, to any person in the dis trict desiring conservation plan ning or the establishment of such practices. Mr. Fouts said if tech nical questions should arise that cannot be solved locally, addition al assistance is available from specialists at the state office in Raleigh. Soil district personnel offers the following services; A. Soil classification or capabili ty maps of a farm showing the soil, slope, erosiop, and other land characteristics. It gives the farm er and conservation technician an immediate inventory of the physi cal features of the farm, which will enable the owner to use each acre within its capabilities and treat each acre according to its needs. B. Land use maps which identi fy farm boundaries, houses, streams, woods, roads, drainage and ponds, field ' numbers, acres in each field, and major land use (crops, pasture, hay, wildlife and woods). C. Lay off and set grades for both open and closed drains. D. To lay off contour lines for strip cropping, survey and lay off farm ponds, assist in securing trout, bass and bream for farm ponds and open streams, assist in furnishing certain seed and seed lings for wildlife feed and pro tective cover during the winter season and take soil samples when time permits. COMPLETE SELECTION - GRASS AND FIELD SEED WE GLADLY FILL A. S. C. ORDERS WHATEVER TOUR FERTIZER OR SEED REQUIREMENTS VISIT FARMERS FEDERATION A. E. Frizzell, Manager Palmer Street Phone 92 FRANKLIN, N. C. Much Desired In the report. Mr. Pouts obser ved: Many of our farmers are now following reasonably good farm practices, but the county, in gen eral. leaves much to be desired J How much revenue is yielded from ? the 8.400 acres of idle land which 1 1 should be set to trees? How manv < farms have pastures cross-fencec for proper rotation grazing? lilt there proper cover on row crop j f fields to control erosion dur.n^ ' f the winter season? The only hai ji vest we reap from idle and eroded 1 1 areas is higher taxes, filled up ponds and stream beds, and flood ( ed bottom land. From improperly ^ grazed pastures we get less forage ? and a shorter pasture life, beside. J the loss of valuable topsoil bv I sheet erosion. For lack of cover I, crops our fields erode, yields d^'j1 crease, and the land becomes more ' difficult to cultivate (packs and I ' becomes cloddy. From grazed j! woodland we lose our most valu- L able species of timber, suffer I damage to root growth, set up ' ? decay on older trees, and yet we I ' must provide necessary forage ! from other sources to feed our livestock. "We believe that farmers should place more emphasis on soil' needs | and capabilities in order that our I fields may become more produc tive and, therefore, more valuable. | The present, trend of livestock ! I prices may have a depressing effect . on our grassland farming, but for j the Jong pull we feel that more acres should be seeded to pasture j and that livestock farming still j has its place on the average size! mountain farm. Our bottom land | should be used mainly for row 1 crops and all acreage having a i slope above 25 per cent should be kept in perennial grasses or set to trees. Our woodland in Macorr district does not get proper con sideration. Every farmer should care for and protect his timber j the same as any other crop. Each year thousands of dollars are real- 1 ized by the farmers of this coun- ! ty from the sale of lumber, pulp, and fuel' wood, not. to mention j I the various jobs provided through ' the harvesting and manufacturing of its products and by-products." Watershed Meeting On tap for '57 is a meeting to further discuss the 90,000-acre ?watershed control and conserva- ' tion project on the Little Ten- ! nessee River drainage area. At this ! time, progress made on the pro ject will be reviewed. Harry Brown, of Dillard. Oa. is chairman of the watershed project committee. Recommendations Mr. Fouts also had some advice to pass on to local farmers: "Recognizing the fact that un wise land use has contributed to the deterioration of many acres of our owti farm land, the super visors of the district recommend that all fanners use, to their full est extent, all free servioes offer ed by local soil personnel, with the thought in mind that only by wise use and sound conserva tion practices of our soil can we (raise our general standard of living irt Macon County." Wheat Farmers Not Planting This Year Can Save Acreage Wheat farmers who do not plant this year can sign an agree ment in the A. S. C. office to preserve the acreage history. This means they can retain the allotment for future years. Previ ously. if a farmer did not plant one year he lost his allotment j A change was made in the market- [ ing quota law to permit the new (system, acording to Miss Mildred Corbin. A. S. C. office -manager in Franklin. Farmers having a wheat acreage allotment who do not plan to j plant have through April 30, 1957, .to sign the special form to pre I serve the acreage history. PLANTS - SEED POTATOES Onion Plants, Onion Sets, and Cabbage Plants CERTIFIED SEED POTATOES (North Carolina Grown) Sequoias, Boone*, and Red Bliss ' J . Wholesale to Merchants DILLARD BROTHERS Telephone 4172 Dillard, Georgia BATMAN DIES IN rwiNCHY Native Was 42; Service# Held Here Thursday Funeral services for Kermit Jaleman, Macon native and farm- j r of Franklin. Route 3. were held ast Thursday at Oakdale Baptist I Church. Mr Bateman died March 5 in he Baptist Hospital. Winston ialem. after being a patient there or three weeks. He had been in j 11 health for about two months, le was 42. The son of Charlie and Mrs ;ieo Fouts Bateman. Mr. Bateman vas born at Nantahala on July > 1914 His wife, who .survives, is 'he former Miss Prellia Crawford Mr. Bateman was a member of he Oakdale church. Officiating ministers at the ser vices were the Rev. John Freeman and the Rev. Clyde Monteith Burial was in the lotla Baptise Church cemetery. Besides his wife. Mr. Bateman is survived by two brothers. Clyde 3f Burningtown. and Harve. of Toutle, Wash. MoCail Gets Troop Wings From Bragg; Makes Five Jumps Pvt George B. McCall. Jr . of Franklin. Route 3. recently quali fied as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg after completing the 82r>a Airborne Division's "Jump School . the Army Home Town News Cen ter has announced. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Mc Call the 22-year-old soldier work ed in Flint. Mich., before enter ing service last September. He received his parachutist s wings after completing the three week courste at Bragg, which in cluded five training jumps. 12 Men Classified By Local Board Twelve classifications have been announced by the local draft board. . In i-A (available for service* are Wayne H. Stewart. Roser L Seay, William M. Gosnell, Jack L. Ledford. and Eugene F. D?ndy, Dewey L. Taylor was placed in 1C (Inducted) ; John E. Edwards, in 2-S (student);1 and Ralph L. Tippett, Dee A. Hughes, Cardell Mason, Jack G. Hoglen, and Charles L. Talley. in 4-A (regis trant who has completed service). A dairy cow will consume ap proximately 41 gallons of water in the process of producing a single gallon of milk. Legal Advertising Administrator's Notice Having qualified as adminlstra tor of the Estate of Cecil L Led ford, deceased, late of Maeon County. N. C . this is to notify aU persons having claims agairattfce estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on oi before the 29 day of December 1957, or this notice will ^ Plead in bar pf their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make Immediate settlement This 29 day of December, 1956. j. B. RISER Administrator F14 ? 6tp ? M21 Administratrix Notice Having qualified as administra NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.... City Radio Shop, Frank lin, N. C., gives you the best TV service and repair from any angle. For quick, low-cost service be sure to call 448. Franchised Dealer oUMONt TELEVISION Citlf Radio SltO| PHONE 448 T. V. ? HmMo N. C . this U to notify all persons | having claims against the estate : of said deceased to exhibit them j to the undersigned on or before the IS day of February. 1954 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. AU persons in- I debted to said estate will please j make immediate settlement. This 15 day of February. 1957. RUTH B. TEAGUE I Administratrix F2 1 ? 6tp ? M28 ! Administrator's Notice Having qualified as administra | tor of the estate of Lenora Eliza beth Lowe, deceased, late of Ma con County. N. C.. this is to notify j all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to I exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 1 day of March ' 1958. or tliis notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All per i sons indebted to said estate will , please make immediate settlement ' This 1 day of March, 1957. TOM HARBISON ! Administrator M7 ? 6tp ? A1 1 SARGENT PAINTS Sotsamon Furniture Co. PLUMBING And HEATING For A-l Work at Reasonable Rates CALL W. G. HALL Phone 397 Experienced Free Operators Estimate* Excavating and Grading Lake Building Land Clearing Of Any Kind Complete and Modern Equipment To Do Any Type Job Call Us For Your . 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