ffe Volume XXXIX. METHODISTS MAY BE AGAIN UNITED Huge Vote Cast for Union by Southern General Confer enceMust Pass Southern Conferences by 2-3 Vote. Chattanooga, Tenn., July 4. The proposal for organic union of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methpdist Episcopal Church, South, "was approved .late today by the gen eral conference, of the Southern Church in special session here. It now goes to the annual conferences for ratification. ' : The two-thirds majority for adop tion had been polled when 277 votes hud been cast and the clerk had nearly 100 more delegates to poll. The Methodist Episcopal general conference aT Sprinfield, Mass., re cently accepted the proposal and or dered it submitted to its annual con ference in 1925 if the Southern gen eral conference should act favorably. The official vote was 297 to 75. Should two-thirds of the members of the Southern conferences ratify the proposal the next step would be a meeting of the bishops of the two churches as one body to notify their respective general conferences of ratification of the union. They 'also would call upon the two conferences to meet in joint session in the same session. The regular general conference of the northern church not meeting again until 1923, a special conference probably would be called in May. 1926, when tile regular general con ference of the Southern church will be in session., , The conference adopted a resolu tion requesting the annual confer ences of 1925 be' directed to vote upon ratification of the union. Another resolution, requesting the annual conferences that when they vote on ratification that it be done by secret ballot, was adopted. , The conference adjourned sine die at 6:33 P. M., after adopting routine resolutions and approving the min utes of the session. Should the merger become effec tive it would unite into one body ap proximately 7j000,000 Methodists in the country and heal a breach that has existed since separation in 1844. Many Promising Forage Crops Introduced in U. S. Hungarian vetch is one of the many promising forage crops introduced in the United States by the Department of Agriculture. First importations of seed were made in 1905, but it was not until ll.'12 that the straiit being devel oped al. the picsent time was brought over from Fiance. The crop has been most extensively tested in the Pacific Coast , States, vhere it is especially well r.dupted, but it has also done well in experimental tests in the Southern States. It? winter hardi ness, resistance to aj liicls, good seed habits, and tdaptatio-n to poorly drained lands make it. desirable for extended trial throiiphout the Cotton Belt the department believes. Hungarian vetch is much less viny than common vetch or hairy vetch; One of its most striking character istics is its ability to grow on heavy wet lands and still produce a fair ..... nri' M ..-1 crop, vvnue tnere nave neen no feeding tests to determine the relative value of Hungarian vetch as, com pared to other vetches and hays, dairy cows at the experiment station at Corvalis, Oreg., have consumed it readily. The crop also makes a good pasture and is valuable "as a greep. manure crop. , Hungarian, vetch should be sown in the fall in all regions having mild winter conditions. This means sow ing about the first of September ire the Southwestern States. In western 'Oregon and Washington the best seeding time is with the first fall rains (luring September and October. In regions' having severe winters however, fall planting is impractical and planting made as early in the spring as the ground can be worked will give the best results. Seed is being produced in western Oregon and at present this is the only place where it is being grown. The United ;States Department of Agriculture has .at present none of this seed for gen eral distribution. - PRESIDENT'S SON DIED THIS VEEK Calvin Coolidge, Jr., 16-Year Old Son of President, Died Last Monday Night From Blood Poisoning. Washington, D. C, July 7. Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son of the President, died tonight'at Walter Reed Hospital of blood poisoning. '' -President and Mrs. Coolidge, Who had maintained constant vigil at the hospital, were at his bedside, hopeful and cheering and comforting to their son to the last The tfdttttame after the boy ha'd battled witfV4he utmost bravery and fortitude for five days against a dis ease which had racked his body with pain and sappjd the reserve strength of his frail constitution. Three sinking spells Sunday night brought him to the point of death. A slight rally Monday gave slight hope, but soon thereafter he began to lose ground and he never rallied again. A sinking spell,' the fourth he had suffered in twenty-four, hours, brought death, notwithstanding the use of oxygen and other restoratives the courage which had withstood crisis after crisis and had beaten off death repeatedly," was unable to meet the final attack. The collapse began at 6:30, and he gradually sank into eternity. He died at 10:30 o'clock. The infection., developed from a broken blister on the right foot, in curred during a tennis match with his brother John on the White House courts last Monday. At first paying no attention to it, the youth devel oped an alarming condition by Wednesday night and physicians were summoned. The poison, however, once started, had spread so rapidly that medical skill was without avail. A number of specialists were called to act with White House physicians on the case and a desperate fight for life was made by the boy, who struggled in great pain and with high fever. The natural strength of a boy of 16, which was counted on as the most powerful resisting force to the creep ing poison, was unable to meet the is sue, and after having fought a brave but losing fight, he succumbed. Barley Good Crop For Western Carolina .,' Raleigh, N. C, July 7. "During , the past few years some of the small grain growers of the Piedmont sec tion, particularly in Davie, Rowan' and Davidson , counties have become interested in the production of bar ley, largely as a feed for dairy cat tle," says Dr. R. Y. . Winters, plant breeding agronomist for the State College of Agriculture. "The' crop with which barley competes most is oats. Some of the growers who pre fer barley to oats claim that they get better grazing from the barley and can still save a crop of seed. Others are growing barley because it is con siderably more hardy in winter than oats. The Division of Agronomy started some work three years ago to study1 the varieties of barley suited to the Piedmont secti jri and to com pare their yield with that of oats. More than fifty varieties were tested y.nd one of the best strains in the test proved to be one selected by the Tennessee Experiment Station at Knoxville, This is a very uniform strain of hooded barley which ma tures early. Last year the Piedmont Branch Station secured a considerable quantity of the best seed of this pedigreed strain and has increased it to supply the farmers of the Pied mont section. "During the, past season, when most of the winter oats were killed the Tennessee strain of barley stood up well, in fact a splendid crop was saved from this variety. In this con nection it should be mentioned that on the average, barley has not pro- as oats. For this reason growers that are now producing oats success fully are . not advised to change to barley unless they have already tried barley and feel that it is better adapt d far their purpose than oats. The results of recent tests indicate that barley will not produce quite as- much food value per acre as oats." FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, JULYJl, Vacation Time MACON BAPTISTS MEETINAUGUST County Baptist Association Meets With the Watauga Baptist Church, Friday and Saturday, August 29-30. Below is given the provisional pro gram for the annual meeting of the Macon County Baptist Association to be held with the . Watauga Baptist Church, Friday and Saturday, August 29 and 30, 1924. Friday, August 29th: 10:30. Devotional. 11:00. Introductory Sermon Rev. Geo. Cloer, West's Mill. 12:00. Adjournment for dinner. 1:00. Devotional. ' 1 :15. Organization Enrollment of delegates; election of officers; intro duction of, visitors; appointment of committees. 2:00. Report on Periodicals Rev. W. T. Potts,' Highlands. " 2:30. Report on Temperance Rev. G. A. Cloer, West's Mill. 3:00. Report on State of Churches J. M. Carpenter, Franklin. '3:30. Report on Ministerial Relief-2 Rev. J. B. Stallcup, Franklin. 4:00. Miscellaneous business. Ad journal will. Saturday, August 30th : 9:30. Devotional. 9:45. Report on Hospital Rev. D C. McCoy, Franklin; 10:00. Report on Orphanage R. M. Ledford, Franklin. . 10:15. Report on B. Y. P. U. Mrs. Ailiert Ramsey, Franklin. 10:30. Report on Sunday Schools Rev. Judsou Smith, Tellico. li:()0; Baptist World Wide'Work Rcv. A. J. Smith, Franklin, i 1.2:00. Adjournment for dinner. . 1 :0(i. Devotional. ' ' 1;15.- Report on Education Rev. J. R. Petulergrass, Franklin. . 1:45. Report on State Missions A. J. "Sm'th, Franklin. Report on 'Home Missions Rev. W'. L. Bradley. 'Etna. Report' on" Foreign "Missions Rev. .'A. S. Solesbee, Franklin. 2:45. Report on W. M. U.-Mrs. A. J.' Smith. ' : ' : 3:15. Miscellaneous business. Adjournment at will. Prepared and submitted by Execu tive Committee of Macon County Baptist Association. u Juntluskee Lodge Installs New Officers At the last regular meeting of junaluskee Lodge No. 145, A. F. & A. M the following newly elected officers were installed.: Ed Carpenter, Worshipful Master. George Dean, Senior Warden. Frank I. Murray, Junior Warden. John C. Wright, Treasurer; Henry W. Cabe, Secretary. Alvah Petarce, Senior Deacon. Frank Bryson, Junior Deacon. , C D. Baird, J; W. Roper, Stewards. J. Steve Porter, Tiler. 1924. FORESTS AREBIG AID TOCOUNTRY The Federal Government Is Now Owner of More Than 350,000 Acres of Forests in Western North Carolina. Within the last ten years the Uni ted States government has bought 350,000 acres" of forest lands ' in the mountains of North Carolina at about six dollars per acre or a total price of approximately $2,000,000 according to H. M. Curran, Forester with the Extension Division of the State Col lege of Agriculture. One hundred such purchases, be says, would be equal to the total area of the State. These lands are estimated to be worth at Jeast $9 pe,r acre. The Federal government spends about 8 cents each year for the pro tection and administration of these woods and the business connected With them, while, the growth on each acre is worth 60. cents per year, Mr. Curran says. These forests, he as serts, will net the United States Treasury $500,000 to $1,000,000 every ten, years, managed in the present crude manner, while if properly treat ing with at last 50 cents per year spent on each acre, double this reve nue can be expected and all risk from fire eliminated. The' forests of Saxony (400.000 acres) since 1890 have produced a net revenue of $4,000 per acre per year or $1,6CC000 gross annually, he said, and pointed out that North Carolina tim ber grows faster than that of Saxony and that it is worth as much in the forest and can be marketed as readily. ."If the United States government, the government of Saxony'and many' other governments, including . France, j Italy, Norway, Sweden, and, even -the nes can make money from forest lands, why can not North Carolina?" asks Forester Curran. "We have the spectacle of the State spending $50,000,000 "economically In road building, why not a companion spectacle of managing two to five million acres of forest land economi cally as ail object lessen to the own ers of 30,000,000 acres of forest land, the present forest area of this State. Our revenue would range from five to twenty million dollars annually." ., Macon County Methodist Sunday School Convention The Macon County Methodist Sun-' day School Convention will meet at Iotla Methodist Church next Satur day, July 12th. . Bishop Collins Denny and four other good speakers will be on the program. There will be a barbecue dinner served at noon. The Iotla Church CKtends an invi tation to the public to attend this meeting. Number 28. DECLARE WAR ON RATS IN COUNTY Proclamation Sets Aside One Week for Campaign Be-. gins Monday, July 14th, Ends July 19th. Whereas, It is estimated that a' county the population of Macon has di yAiiiiaicij' -n,wuu iaia, dim cdiu rat costs the tax'payers the sum of $1.82 per year, making the total an nual bill, due to their presence in our county, of $72,000'. Whereas, The Agricultural Depart ment of the United States has- pro mulgated and recommended a plan for rat extermination as demonstrated by Miss Ann Mae Wrright. Now, therefore, we, A. B. Slagle, Chairman Board County Commission- ' ers, :vnd R. D. Sisk, Mayor Town of Franklin, and J. V. Arrendale, Agri cultural Demonstration Agent, do hereby set aside a period of six days from July 14th to July 19th to be ob served as RAT KILLING DAYS, and request that the people of Macon County co-operate in the observance of these days by the use of Barium Carbonate or other means of effec tively destroying these pests and sav ing to ourselves the large amount which their depredations costs us each year. This. July 8th. 1924. A. B. SLAGLE, Chmn. Board of Co. Commissioners. R. D. SISK, Mayor Town of Franklin. J.-V. ARRENDALE,' County Agent. , DIRECTIONS FOR USE BARIUM CARBONATE To one teaspoonful of Barium Car bonate powder mix with three or four teaspoonsful of any food a rat will eat. .uch as meat, fish, cheese, tereal, fruit, vegetables, etc;' For absolute results, use three kinds of bait mixed separately and continue with which ever they prefer for several nights until rats disappear. In using where fowls or animals are apt to get the poison, put the food in a small box, cover with large heavy box with holes on either side, large enough for rats to enter. Place these boxes in runs at night and remove each morning. Keep fowls, dogs and cats away from bait. Barium Carbonate is inexpensive and can be secured at drug, hardware and general stores in town and all stores throughout the county. Rewards and Prizes Offered. A cash prize of $7.50 will be given to the person bringing in the largest number of rat tails, and a cash prize of $5,00 for the second largest number and a cash prize of $2.00 for the third largest number. 5c each will be paid for first two hundred tails. Rat tails should be .-brought to tlf? Sheriff's office in. the Court House fVi'rv nftprniinn hptvvi'i'ii the hours nf 5 and ( o'clock. At t'.c end of the "Rat Killing Week" th. 'ecord will be tabulated and the wi;: ers published in the paper, and the l :,vn and coun ty will award the c h prizes' as above. TO THE FARMERS OF MACON COUNTY I think we ought to let. our 'demon-' strator have our poultry on sale days and not let some one else have it, . because he bids one cent more on the pound. We may get it and we may not get it. Our demonstrator is and has done all he can for us, and we ought to stick to him. . We must re member that through his efforts we are getting a great deal more for our poultry than we ever have .hereto fore. We also get cash for it. and we can buy things where we please. So let's all think of these things. To gether we stand and divided' we fall. JAMES J. SMITH