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THE FRANKLIN PRESS Friday, July 18, 1024 Pace Two THE CARE OF HIE FARM WOOD LOT With Proper Care, the Wood Lot' Can Be Made One of the Best Paying Parts of the Whole Farm. The woodlot is one of the most im portant portions of the' farm. It supplies .wood for cooking and for warmth, protects the farm from washing rains and erosion, enhances the value, of the property, and, prop erly handled, provides a continuous : money crop, supplying work for the idle periods when, other farm work is impossible. It is important, there fore, for the owner to give some at tention to the protection and proper handling of the woodlot., The following simple rules .will, if observed, improve the woodlot and ' increase the revenue from it. 1. Don't attempt to use the woodlot as a pasture. Very little forage is -found for cattle in the wooded area. Usually only young trees are availa ble as forage and these supply .very little nourishment. . Cattle, sheep and nogs in the woodlot absolutely prevent-young growth by eating the acorns, or seeds, nipping the tops from young seedlings and packing the ground' so hard as to prevent sprouting of seeds or stumps. There fore" decide whether the land is to be used for pasture or woodlot arid use it. for that purpose exclusively. . 2. Cut inferior trees first. Don't cull out the best trees and leave the poorer, ' crooked or inferior ones standing. Use the Crooked, dead and defecctive trees for firewood. Hick ory makes excellent firewood but is not well suited for any other pur pose. Crooked dead and down tim ber make as good or better firewood than tall, straight, green timber. Old .and defective trees produce seed that are likely to produce defective young growth or be incapable of repro during. . .. 3. Where young growth is well started, and thick, remove all the old 'mature timber. Old trees grow slow ly, take lots of space, exhaust the food from the ground, and shade the young timber so that it cannot grow rapidly and healthily. 4. Cut chestnut as closely as possi ble. There is great danger of losing all chestnut from blight , within the next ten years. Even if chestnut is not blight killed it is well to keep it cut close because it grows rapidly, reproduces well from both seed and sprouts and will produce a money crop,, more quickly than, any other species. 5. Cut low stumps and use as much of the material in each tree as possi ble. Sprouts; coming from high stumps will break off and die much easier and quicker than those com ing from near the ground. By cut ' ting low sturnps more material is got ' ten out of the tree, making it more valuable. Laps will rot quicker, al lowing young growth an earlier start if the large limbs and butts -are re moved. ' 6. Don't cut timber as you come to it. Thin the stand evenly through out, so that there will always be par tial, shade on the ground and trees standing to produce seed. Properly thinned stands of young growth will produce as : much actual timber' as heavier stands wheret the individual trees are crowded. It is the same principle as hoeing corn, leaving the stalks all spaced properly. . 1. DO NOT BURN THE WOODS. This is the . most important of 1 all rules regarding the handling of the . woodlot. Those leaves from last year are the food for this year's timber. They rot, sink into the ground, and . are drawn up in the form of sap in this year's growing season, forming the fertilizer for the timber. They atso form a blanket on the ground, holding excess water, preventing . ., quick run-off, protecting the ' ground from erosion, and providing a rich, black soil for the seed to sprout in. iMre not only burns the fertilizer, but kills the young trees that will form the next crop'. Fire burns through the bark at the base of the old trees, causing hollow butts, allowing in sects and disease a chance .to get in to the tree, and holds back the growth of the tree by killing some of the fibres that carry the food into the limbs and leavsJ It exposes the mineral soil, allowing the sun to bake it, and thus preventing moisture from soaking through the roots of the tree. - Remember that . timber is a crop, just as corn is a crop. Timber ac tually brings more money into the . county than corn. Timber is , easier to grow than corn. Timber nlanti itself, hoes itself, and plows itself. and a little attention from the owner - of the woodlot will repay him better than any time he spends on other : work. . y me is iimners greatest enemy. Acep li aown. : Death of Fred M. West. ' Kditor of the Tress: Usually the mere announcement of the death of an individual is about all the reading public, in this busy age of the world cares to take time to read; but con ceding 1 hat there are exceptions to most, if not to all, rules, it some times happens that there are marked traits of character, predominating characteristics, great qualities of mind, and heart, and soul, .exhibited in the hves of certain individuals, that it were well for the public to emphasize and ponder. These qualities of mind, and heart and ,'oul, and these1 traits of character seen in the lives of 'their possessors at once make their own lives worth while, and furnish the bases for lofty ideals in lives of others with whom they .come in contact in life by inspir ing them with high aims and noble purposes for their life-work, The life of the subject of this sketch, Mr. Fred M. West, furnishes a verv worthy example under this head, and very forcibly illustrates grf at principle. Mr. West was. born at West s 'Mills, Macon County, North Carolina, Jan uary 14th. 1894, and very'early in-life beganiito'show-sigtisof more than ordinary, intellectual endowment. ' He professed religion and joined the M, E. Church, South, at Snow Hill, near West's, Mill, at quite an early age, thus throwing the weight of his example and influence on the side of morality, , He seemed to love the Church and was loyal to it and its institutions all through his short life. He was, always in regular atten dance upon the Sunday School, and gave respectful attention to its les sons. " He received his early training in the' Cowee High School near his home, graduating from that Institu tion in the spring of 1913; and, after helping his father, who was then in declining health, to put over the sum mer's work on the farm, he entered the. Agricultural and Mechanical Col lege at Raleigh in the fall of the same year, and started upon a four year's course taking among other things Mechanical Engineering. .' In the meantime the death of his fa'ther within three months from the time.he entered College threw, him upon his own resources; and he had to work his way - through College with but very little help, But he had the nec essary energy and grit, backed by a robust manhood and an invincible de termination fired by a holy( ambition to succeed the best capital a. young man desiring to accomplish something in life can. call to his aid. I He did hot hesitate, - but put his whole energy into the work taking such work as the College could se cure foe him during the summer va cations to enable him to attend the next term in College. This completed, the College secured him a position with som people at Hopewell, Va., which position he fill ed with such satisfaction to his em ployer? as to win promotion, and his wages wee inccased. four times. dur ing the time nearly two' years he was wi'h them. ,- .. He- was offffered a better position as he thought with the Bethlehem S i eel Company of Bethlehem, Pa., a position offering more opportunities If".' advancement; arirt.srce Progress was his Motto, and Su!;er,s by hon est achievement was his goal, he ac1 cepted this position in the latter part of 19'18, and served this Company for nearly six years till the tragic end of his life. Such was the confidence in his abil ity, and such the esteem in which he was held by the Company,- that in 1920 they sent him to Cuba to over see the building, re-establishment, and installation of a Plant that had been destroyed during the war This done they called him back to the United States in 1921. to take his position in one of the Company's lar gest Plants in Bethlehem in fact it seems he had the oversight of three of the largest Plants of the Bethle hem Mines Corporation as Master Mechanic and Electrical Engineer, both in construction and operating. ca pacities: for by dint of hard, study by night aftef hard toil by day he had finished up his Course in Electrical Engineering by mail, and had climbed the ladder of Mechanical Engineering to the rung' of Master Mechanic, lie. had also taken a course in Higher English, and was taking French and Spanish, and a Course in Public Speaking "by mai)-in handliuj? so many . men ill the works this all seemed necessary, if for no other reason to couch his orders and in structions in the plainest terms and the fewest possible words. Fred, as we all familiarly called him, seems to have improved all hi oppor tunities, and turned them to good ac count for he was a constant student, and a diligent and hard worker. Whether for the purpose of know ing human nature and understanding the mental , bent and capacity of his men better, or to satisfy his own in quiring mind, and desire to know him self fully, we cannot tell; but his li brary and work shows that he was taking or had taken a coursi Psy chology, and at the time of hif death he was taking a Course of Medicine presumably by mail from a list of questions asked by ayleadi'ng physi cian. He was whole-souled, liberal-hearted man, who found no time to idle; he had ciimbed'kigh in the scale oiJlUoffered by your home merchants will allow you to his profession.. From the time when he began to earn money he helped his widowed mother to finance large family.. He assisted his brother J. Lyle West, in getting through a Dental College in Atlanta, was help ing his youngest brother, Harry West, in the Culloivhce State Nor mal, at the tiie of his death. His employers, his schoolmates, and all who knew him bear willing testi mony to the cleanness of his life, his fidelity to every trust, and his loyalty to every worthy cause, an! especially to all who trusted him.'. Being of a very pleasing personali ty, he had, many social traits of char acter that endeared him. not only to members of the home family and his schoolmates, but. to all who knew him. . , Fred loved his work. and loved his men who worked under him ; and that his men loved him is evidenced by the fact that they wired a fund of ' over sixty dollars to Asheville to buy flccw trs for their leader's-grave. He was killed in Bethlehem, Pa., about May 8th last, by whom and for what' reason we know not the cer tificate tacked on the box enclosing the casket by the undertaker assign ing suicide, as the cause of his death ; but an examination of his body here before burial , by the most skillful physicians revealed the fact that he had been shot in the back of the head and also in the temple, in addition to having a cut in his forehead all of which would render the theory .of suicide impossible. . He was buried in the cemetery at Snow Hill Church, nearrhis old home in the presence of a very, large and sorrowing congregation, on May 16th, 1924 the Masonic Fraternity, : "of. which Order he was a thirty-two de degree member, having charge of the ceremonies. Thus ends a life of promise of great future usefulness a life of compara tively short" duration; but rich in achievements a life of which his friends and relatives may well feel proud, and to which those who come after may be signaled for high ideals and success. Sincerely, W. J; JENKINS. Cloche Continues to:) Be Fashion's Favorite 1. s 4 That Madam- Fashion h not fickle, is evidenced' in this little cloche, foi this -bonnet-like type continues to be her . favorite. The advenj this season of gay silk print into the millinery field, such as covers the brim and bands the crown of this model, add3 to the charm of many a chapeau. Note also the hand-dyed and hemstitched silken scarf about the neck. Every body's wearing them! AH Kindt of Legal Blanks For Sale at,th Prcu Office. 4 . WILL SAVE YOU HONEY If you knew that you could get several dollars back for every dollar you invested it would not take you long tq decide,' would it? You would invest" at once. ' " . Well, that is just what you can do by investing in the subscription price to your Local Newspaper. It will be the means of saving you seyeral dollars during the year if you will allow it to do so. It is the best in vestment you can make for the money. '"', Say nothing about the local news it carries but consider it just as a business proposition, a money saver. It carries the advertisements of the local mer chants, and by keeping track of these from week to week you will be able during the year to save yourself many times the cost of the year's subscription in buy ing the things you need and want. All you have to do is to watch the advertising supply your" wants at.the ,; '..'. i ' .. . '.. This helps in another way. It helps the local mer chant to keep up his stock if you buy at home and makes his a better store for your community.' It helps the newspapeusiness, which is boosting your home town every week. Both 'of these help you as they help to make your town a little better and that means increasing the value of your property. You get the idea? Take your home newspaper as an investment, not as a sort of act of charity, but be cause it will be worth real money to you. You can make it worth more or less, just as you use it. But if you depend on borrowing it instead of having it sent direct to you, theje will be many times when it gets around to you too late. Those who subscribe for it and get it right away will have taken the bargain you may want. Get. your name on the list right away. It's Up To You. You may be a big man in the'busi ness world. Your properties may rep resent many good round, hard dol lars. You may take an interest in politics to the extent of complaining about taxation, too much legislation, useless regulation of industry, etc. You may fend your boy to college and your daughter to a finishing school, You may be a "successful" American business man. . ( But do you take an interest in the government which protects your property? .Or are you merely one of the kickers who complain about the "radicals?" Do you go to the polls and vote for men an3 measures you believe sound or do you instead, go out and play golf on election day and let the fellow about whom you com-, plain do all the voting. Don't kick unless you are willing to do your duty as a citizen at the polls. No matter how "big" you are your vote is worth no more than the poor est bum in town. The "bigger" :you are, the nore necessary it is for you to vote, teach your children to vote and your wife to vote. Don't leave somebody else to. do your voting and then kick at results. "Your" government will be just as good as you help make "it, and no better. , A FEW AMONG MANY You Will Find in My Store a REAL BARGAIN Any Time You Come. One lot of nice Assorted Chambray at 10c per yd. Fast Color Dress Ginghams, best grade, 15c yd. One lot good grade Dress Gingham, 15c yd. Bed Spreads, each $1.20. , ' Hand Towels, 20c kind for 15c. 15 Ladies' Silk Dresses to per cent oil. . . ' Don't forget my Hosiery Department. Many other things that will please -you. I appreciate your trade In doing so I will give you real value for your money or no trade. - v JOS. ASHEAR li columns ana ine uargains bargain prices they offer. THE FRANKLIN PRESS 52 Weeks for $1.00 Pay-as-you-enter It stops when you stop Send your subscription NOW 3 FROM A TROUBLED HEARTED GIRL Dear Readers of the Franklin Press: I hate to write this for. fear of disturbing some of your friends, but the time has come when I must ask your judgment on a very serious question, the contemplation of which -has caused me nights of restlessness' arftPicorresponding days of anxiety. You will understand in my writing regarding a- matter of importance when I tell you that many homes and hundreds of lives have been upset by similar trouble) Still I felt you should know the worst of it at once, for in all sincerity it may mean life or death to me. I dare not communicate this state of my mind to any other friends but you, for they are not to be re lied upon. So in my distress and troubled state of mind I can only come to you frineds. I know I'm asking a great deal of you, but by your friendship, loyalty, arid confi dence, will you tell me from, the bot tom of your heart, Will Andrew Gump ever be President of the Uni-. ted States? Please let me have an answer soon, for you know what a troubled state of mind I'm in. "AUNT DINAH." and 25 Voile and oth ers,1 -A
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