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Ste H -ft Hi Volume XXXIX. FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAYSEPTEMBER 19, 1924. Number 38. Franklin To Secura a Lyceum Course This Year HOW TO MAKE TASTY GRAPE DISHES County Farm Agents Study Forestry Work THE BEST DATES FOR WHEAT SOWING t3 Ti s 1. 1. i i a r i -"7 i i Our town is exceedingly fortunate in being able to secure the services of the Lyceum Course again this year. This Lyceum circuit is operated throughout the. South.' Its .territory includes all the southeastern states reaching" from the banks of the Mis sissippi on the west to the Atlantic on the east, and, from the Ohio on the north to the Gulf on the south. So wc- are to be congratulated that our community is included in this large circuit, and much praise is due those public spirited citizens who made it possible fdr us to have this great cultural and educational blessing- , The Lyceum course is not a money nuking scheme. As one great pub lic leader has so aptly said, "It is the legitimate link between the church aid (ftfe school, providing in', the life of the community a healthy, whole some outlet to the natural impulse for recreation and pleasure without sacrificing the cultural, refining in fluences that are so often lacking in other forms of amusement." Franklin 'has been promised four attractive numbers this fall, and with these entertaining .and educational courses we ought as a community to feel the great uplifting influences of better homes, better schools, better citizens, which all go to make up a better community. The first of these attractive num bers will appear about the middle of October, and as public spirited citi zens and town boosters we ought to ,f,o looking, forward to that date with real pleasure. The Press will take great pleasure in announcing the different numbers with their variety of culture, (educa tion, and entertainment. Let's go to these courses with a determination to enrich our minds and broaden our intellects. West's Mill Items. Sept. 10. Mr. and . Mrs. Lewis Smith and children, of Cullowhee, were visiting Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. Jesse L. West, of .this place, the 'first of the week. . Mr. Vernon Freeman, 'of Almond-, spent last Sunday with relatives at West's Mill. . Mrs. S. J. Murray and daughters, Harriet and Margaret Louise, are spending this week with relatives at Higdonville. Misses Stella and , Lucille Morgan, who are attending school at Bryson City,' spent last Sunday with home folks. Mr. Renfro Potts is back at West's Mill, after spending a few weeks at Johnson City, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Carey L. Rickman left last Thursday for their home at Gastonia, after a three weeks' visit with Mr. Rickman's mother,. Mrs. M. L. Rickman. Mr. Carlylc Sheffield is viaa'ting rel atives at Cantpn, N. C. Mr. Crawford Dalton hft last week for Gastonia, where he expects to stay for a while. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Parrish and 'children, Nelle and Wayne, of Bryson City, were, visiting Mrs. Parrish's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Morgan the past week end, . Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Owen and son.s Charles Radford, of Asheville, were visiting relatives here one day last week. '-.'.'.. Mr. Kelly Dalton, of Gastonia, vis ited friends in and around West's Mill last week. Miss Marjorie West is spending the week with her aunt, Mrs. Ger trude Smith, of Cullowhee. Mrs. Lawrence Ramsey, of lot la, , was visiting. her;sister,,Mrs. Clyde N. West, Tuesday of this week. Mrs. W. W. Potts left last Satur day for Wilson, N, C, to be with her daughter, Mrs. Emma Dean, who is seriously ill. We are glad to know, that Mrs. John H. Dalton is improving,' after several weeks illness. "STAR." Mission Study Class To Hold All Day Meeting The Mission Study Class of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church will hold an all day meeting in the Sunday School auditorium on Tuesday, September 23rd, meeting at 10 A. M., to study and discuss I he Child, and America s Future." All the members of the society are expected to attend and bring a light lunch. All the ladies of all the churches in Franklin are cor dially invited to attend. , MRS. GEO. A. JONES; Superintendent of Mission Study. Raleigh, N. G . Sept. 15. Home demonstration workers of the State College! Extension .Division are re ceiving many inquiries at this time of the year as to how to use grapes to best advantage. Since wine is not allowed to be manufactured according to a ruling of the people backed by the supreme law of the land, grape juice has become a very popular drink, Many home demonstration club women make grape juice that is sold with success to drug stores and grocery stores for fancy trade. The rccipe followed by theft growers is one prepared and recommended by Mrs. Cornelia G Morris, district home demonstration agent. Mrs. Morris has also prepared two other recipes for grape products that may be used to advantage be the house keeper having a good vineyard. The recipes used by Mrs. Morris are as follows : Cold Pressed Grape Juice. Crush grapes (do not cook) strain through cheese cloth and let stand one hour. Strain or filter through a flannel bag, being careful to keep back, the sediment. Pour juice into quart, tars- that have, been sterilized, adjust new rubbers that have been washed in hot soda water (1 tea spoonful soda to 1 quart water) place tops on jars and adjust the clamp, but do, not seal tight. Place jars in sterilizer (a tin- wash-boiler with wooden rack in bottom may be used) and surround with cold water, allow ing the water to come to the shoul der of the jar. When the water reaches the boiling point 212 degrees F. (a hard, jumping boil) keep that temperature for 2 minutes, remove jars and seal immediately. The juice inside the jars will be only about 185 degrees F. A higher temperature or longer cooking impairs the flavor. No sugar will be required as the cold pressed juice contains a high per centage of fruit sugar. The following well-known varieties of fiiuscadines are especially good for this cold-pressed juic; Scuppernong. Thomas, Mish, Eden,. Memory,. Smith, Flowers, James, and Luola. The Thomas is perhaps the best. Grape Paste. After grapes have been crushed for cold pressed grape juice the remain ing pulp can be made into a delicious conteetro.n. Pick out the hulls and cook the pulp until the seeds sep arate. Press through a ricer or c6l ander to remove seed. Measure pulp and for every cupful, use one-half cupful sugar. Use a large flat pan and wooden spoon or paddle. Cook carefully, stirring cow-,'antly until mass "will hold its shape. When fin ished the paste should be of the con sistency of fudge. Pour out on a large platter or on a marble slab to dry. When cold cut in small squares and roll in granulated sugar. Grape Jelly. ! Eight. pounds grapes (one-half un der ripe), two pounds water (one quart). ' ' , ' Crush grapes and . boil .with the water twenty minutes.' Straim through cheese-cloth and pour juice through a. flannel jelly bag. Measure and add from one-half to. three-fourths as much sugar as juice. Cook to 223 de grees F. Grapes -require less sugar than apples, as they contain less pec tin 'which is the jelly-making sub stance. Lower Cullastja News. Sept. 16. We are. having, some fine v.eathcr at this writing. Rev. John Baty preached an inter esting sermon at Sugarfork last Sun day morning. ' Mrs. Sarah Bowman, from Cor nelia, Ga., is visiting relatives and friends here. Misses .'Lois Witt and Dot Allen made a trip to Bryson City last Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. 0 Pinner, from Atlanta, Ga., are visiting Mrs. Pin ner's father, Mr. ). D, MoConnell, at Cullasaja. i Miss Lois Witt was visiting Mrs. F.d Herbert last Sunday. . Mr. John Brown took dinner with Mr. J. L. Clark Monday. Misses Ruby Love and Nellie Scott were visiting Miss Lois Witt recently. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Russell have moved back to Mr. Dutch Dills.' The people are having n'ice weather to work on the highway. They are getting along fine with the work. Mrs. Eculah Brantley was visiting home folks at Dillard, Ga., last Sun day. TWO CHUMS, Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 15 Twenty' years of forestry practice on the Vanderbilt estate demonstrate the value; of conservative methods in handling waste land in Carolina, re ports H. M. Curran, extension Fores ter for the State College of Agricul ture. Mr. Curran has just returned to Raleigh from a trip through West ern Carolina where in company with a group of Agricultural workers, a study was made of forestry condi tions. Mr. Curran says, '.'Old gullied fields and poor run down farm lands on the Biltmore Estate were planted to pine twenty years ago. Today these areas are flourishing forests already yielding many cords of fuel wood. Twenty years more wil see good sawlogs from this1 area,' and a profitable return to the owners over the cost of planting, taxes, and other expenses." District Agent J. W. Goodman, Jr. of the State College Extension Ser vice,1 called in the county agents of the mountain district that they might familiarize themselves with modern methods of handling farm forests. E. H. Frothingham, Director of the Appalachian Forest Exveriment Sta tion, and Supervisor Verne Rhodes of the Pisgah National Forest explained to the visiting agents, farmers and foresters the method used in setting trees and the cost of seedlings and planting and care. They also spoke of the amount of wood removed in two thinnings which were made to improve the rate of growth of . best trees. In addition to the extension agents many farmers were present on this tour. State Forester J. S. Holmes and his assistants, foresters G. H Collingwood and W. R. Mattoon, of Washington, D. C, who are visiting demonstration work, , and extension forester H. M. Curran were also amo'ngthe visitors. Eight automobiles carried the party from Asheville to Biltmore. Returning the party looked over the wonderful farm of the Bilt more estate, were guests at the model dairy and then visited the plant of the Champion Fibre Company at. Canton. Cattle Sale. The Division of Markets employs V. W. Lewis to assist in marketing livestock. He has employed Lenojr Gwyn, of Canton, N. C, to travel in several states taking orders for cat tle. Mr. Lewis was here last Friday and Saturday listing cattle for' Mr., Gwyn to sell. Owing to the fact that only five or six farmers had notified County Agent Arrendale of the num ber and kind of cattle that they had for sale, he was unable to list a car. Owing to the negligence of the farmers in .listing cattle it did not look like a cattle sale could be suc cessfully held as had been planned. .Marketing Agents and County Agents' can not do much to help make sales when almost all the farm ers fail to co-operate, even to the extent of buying and writing a pos tal card. If enough farmers show an interest by listing their cattle and agreeing to bear the expenses of building pns and other little items a sale could be lield' about' October 20th..' , ' . Farmers should not expect, sales to be held until they give-information about what is for sale. .Buyers will not .come -nor 'bid and stock cars can '"not be ordered until Reliable in- torrtiation is received. , Teliico Local?. Swt. 8. The farmers are beginning to fodder some at this .writing. , Mr. Fred Anderson, who has been working at Forney, N. C. is spending a few days with home folks. Mr. Jtidson Smith, who is" teaching at Cowee, spent the week' end with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Ramsey are wearing a big smile over the new ar rival. It's a boy. ' Mr. and Mrs. Chas. 0; Ramsey and daughter Helen," Mrs. Iva Lee Hurst and family, and some of their friends from Franklin, came down to the Sulphur Springs in this section on a picnic Sunday afternoon, and all vis ited Mr. Samuel Ramsey and family, Robt. and Ardenia. Mr, Sanford Smith, who is teach ing at Holly Springs, spent the week end with home folks. We' had a very interesting box supper Saturday-night. We wish to thank every one for their help. The contribution was $28.55, which will go for a library. THE RACES. lialcigh, N, C, Sept. 15. It is not alone important to look carefully af ter the &ced bed and fertilizer re quirements of wheat to be successful with the crop. It is well to know the best varieties for a certain, section, and then, according to Professor Franklin Sherman; Chief of the Division of Entomology for the Ex periment Station and Extension Ser vice, one should also give careful at tention to his planting dates. Prof. Sherman .has worked out standard ten day periods for sowing wheat in all sections of North Carolina based on damage done by the Hessian Fly and winter killing from freezing weather. . "The plan by which we calculated our dates," says Prof. Sherman, "was sent out by the United States De partment of Agriculture and' has been co-ordinated with what we know of the Hessian Fly and the practical ex perience of wheat growers from all over the State. We have worked out its application to nearly 1,000 locali ties in all parts of North Carolina. These dates have been submitted to the agronomy workers of the ex periment station, to experienced farmers and to our field workers be fore we ventured to makeShem pub lic. Since that time we have also visited a number of wheat fields and found ,-. that the actual yields have given confirmation to the plan. "Let it be understood that these dates are recommended not merely with reference to Hessian Fly; but are believ'ed to be the safest sowing periods for general practice in aver age seasons, all ' things considered. We believe that if farmers followed these calculations with slight devia tions for clearly abnormal seasons, that it would result in less damage by Hessian Fly than we have hereto fore had, and less damage from winter-kill. We have found in one community at the sariie time a varia tion ot nearly two. months: some sSWtt&oearly as to invite Fly-injury, and smntTo late as to be hurt by winter-kill. The standard ten-day periods are aimed to escape both the?e dangers as far as possible. "Favorable weather for sowing will usually be found within the' ten-day period. If drouth extends into the "erir.fi it' is well to wait for a rain, but if drouth persists it is suggested to sow as near to the. end of the period as judgment may decide." 1 For this section the period from October 10th to 20th. is best for wheat sowing, according to Prof. Sherman's recommendations. Marketing Produce. The Macon County farmers should have and do have large quantities of fruits and vegetables for sale. Do they want a market for what they have? Judging from their1 actions, very few really do. A visitor in our midst would judge from the grunting, growling, and complaining about' poor markets and no markets that a train load of farm products could be shipped out each week. In order to relieve the situation a package car was arranged to carry fruits and , vegetables from the sta tions on the Tallulah Falls Railway straight through to ' Atlanta each week. The first week there was a half car, the second week a tenth of a car, and. the third week a few hun dred pounds, A car load1 of rive hundred bushels 0 C P o t a to e s we r e j s o 1 d a t a, price a:bove what growers or other section? were receiving at their shipping point. Only one hundred bushels were brought to the car. Such Tack of co-operation and fail ure to respond is very discouraging to a County Agent and others that are trviiif; to help. The farmers had an opportunity to ship their produce in iheir own name and get all it brought after freight and expenses were paid. Plans were being made to send a man to Gastonia, N. C. to receive and peddle car load o; apples, cab bage, rotatocs. onions, otc, to the mill people..' This plan wou'd fail utv ler.s the farmers would ship their products WHaT WILL -THE FARMERS f)G? Will they spend on? tent for a postal card to tell tlitir County Agent what they have to sell and when-it will be ready for market? DO IT NOW. It would give him the information, that is necessary for him to help you get the most money for your products. Muscle Shoals Dam Gates To Be Built in the South Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15. That Alabama iron and steel, handled from the ore beds to the finished product by local enterprises, will be used for the entire operating mechanism of the great Wilson Dam at Muscle Shoals should be an inspiration to every ambitious community in the South, is the view of J. C. Williams, manager of the Southern Railway System's Development Service, in commenting on the award of this contract to a Birmingham manufac turing concern. Fifty-eight gates and the operating machinery, requiring over" 1,500,000 pounds of cast iron and steel, are to be used and every bit of the work will be done in Alabama plants. "This is a splendid example," said Mr. Williams, "of what can be done in the South in the way of convert ing raw materials into finished pro ducts instead of- sending them away in the crude state to furnish the basis of profitable industry in other sec tions. "The concern which secured this contract was a pioneer manufacturer of Corliss engines and other machin ery in the South and its products have gone into export trade as well i s to many parts of the United States. It has also built marine engines, mine hoists, and sugar mill machinery, giving a varied output for which there has always been enough de mand to keep its plant busy. "Only by such enterprise and self reliance on the. part of Southern business men will the South be able to take full advantage of its wonder ful natural resources. Likewise, the only sound basis . for a permanent foreign trade through our Southern ports is the development within the South qf industries which will import foreign 'raw materials and combine them with native products in the manufacture of articles for which there is ? demand in foreign coun tries, particularly Cuba and other West Indian and South American markets, which lie at our door." Scroll News. Sept. 15. Whooping cough is rag ing in our school district. The little baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Daves died with it. They formerly lived here, but at present are in Jack son County. , Our teachers attended the teach ers' meeting Friday. . Mrs. C. R. Mashburn, of Franklin, is visiting relatives and old neighbors here."-' . : ' " , Mr. and Mrs. Pete Keener have gone to their home at Central, S. C. Jack Frost did some damage in our section the first week in September. The Christian preacher from East La Porte is fexpected to preach here at the Walnut Creek School House the fourth Sunday in September. The. public' is cordially invited to attend the service. The. correspondent has not yet learned his name. , Truly the poultry sales and the wool pool have been sucessful under takings ror the farmers, Now I be lieve it y'll pay to try our luck in a co-operative sale of cattle instead of selling to the individual cattle buyer at 3c a pound for nice young two and three year old . cattle, then, next year let's try our hand at a, co-operative sheep sale instead of selling to a .middle ..man. Surely the farmer deserves to reap the reward of his labor if any one does. Fanners, let's pull all together-"For a houie divided against itselt will fall." F. M. Tugalo N?ws. Tugalo, Ga., Sept. 8. -We are hav ing some cool weather " this writing. Mrs. Jim Dryman w;h the guest of Mrs. Fraze Taylor Thursday after noon.' Miss Margaret Edwards speir Sun day .afternoon with Mrs. W.; M. OCiicer. ' '. '.. Mr. and Mrs. Fraze Taylor and lit-, tie daughter Louise spent Sunday af ternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Watts. Mr. and Mrs.' Joe Coivley, from Franklin, N, C, spent Sunday here , with their daughter, Mrs. vV. M. Officer. Mr. Blakely Taylor spent last Sun- day- with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Taylor, at Deniorest. Ga. Mrs. (ieo. Conley and children re turned Sunday from Franklin, where they spent, several months." . We arc glad to' see Mr. Horace Dryman out agaiu. after having the muiiios. . A COUNTRY GIRL.