Volume XXXIX.
FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1924.
Number 40.
LYCEUM COURSE
YflLLOgiNSOON
Lombard Entertainers To Be
First Attraction For Thi3
, SeasonWill Be at Court
Hduse October 15th.
The first attraction appearing on
our Lyceum course this year will be
The Lombard Entertainers. This at
traction has made a hit every place
it has appeared this season, according
to Advance reports, and we should
congratulate ourselves that we are to
have the pleasure of witnessing such
high class entertainment.
1 Other attractive numfters will ap
pear from, time to time, every one of
them guaranteed to please.
The lacal committee is doing every
thing in its power to make this
season's Lyceum courses successful,
and the manager of the Piedmont
Bureau has promised to co-operate
and send the best he has, But neither
the manager of the circuit nor the
local committee can make this a suc
cessful season without the help and
co-operation of every individual In
the community. This is our com
munity because we live in it, and it
is up to us as individuals to see that
we have wholesome, refining enter
tainment from time to time. Every
tnurn artrl pvprO rnmtnnnitv nperU
jum 3Ulu cuuLauuuai ami ciuvi lour
ing attractions as we are to have
this season. Certain enterprising
citizens of the community have made
it possible for us to have these clean,
elevating and entertaining attrac
tions, and we should feel grateful to
then tor their action. The best way
to show our appreciation and at the
same time show ourselves and our
neighbors that we are for whole
some, clean entertainments is to se
cure a season ticket for these at
tractions and make it a point to be
present at every one of them. Sev
eral young ladies of our community
will bring your ticket to you in the
course of next week. Let's all CO
OPERATE. League of Women Voters
Sends Questionnaire to
Candidates For Office
Questionnaire to candidates for
Representative of Macon County by
League of Women Voters :
1. Are you in favor of the Austral
ian ballot system of North Carolina?
2. Do you favor the repeal of the
ilcentno vntirs' law?
3. What is your attitude on prohi
bition? . . . .
4. Do you believe in the strict en
forcement of the criminal law of the
State, and especially the prohibition
law?
5. Are you in favor of good roads?
6. Do you favor an ad iitional bond
issue by the State to finish and per
fect the state system of good roads
already begun? ,
7. Are you in favor of the revision
of the present system of 'taxation, in
the state of North Carolina? Arc
you in favor of the repeal of the Tax
Exemption Security Hill? .
8. Are you in favor of a modern and
efficient system of county govern
ment. ? . .
Questionnaire vto : candidates for
County Commissioners of Macon
County by League of Women Voters :
1. Are you in favor of providing a
rest room for ladies in the Court
House? ,
2. Aie ycu in favor of keeping the
Cmnt House, in a sauitarv. condition?
3. Are you in favpr of good roads?
FARMS FOR RENT
FREE OF CHARGE
A statement from an Ohio paper
says that an Ohio farmer has offered
to turn over, rent free, to any re
sponsible farmer, any one of three
good farms which he owns providing
the farmer will pay the taxes, assess--ments
and insurance on the property,
keep up the necessary fences, make
necessary repairs and maintain the
soil, fertility. One farm has 40 acres,
another 50 acres and the third ISO
acres. The good land now lies idle,
-produces no income, does not pay the
taxes. The farmer needs from the
government none of the quack rem
edies which half-baked, vote seeking
politicians suggest and advocate;
What he needs, is just simplified,
economical government, based on the
principle of the greatest good to the
greatest number. "
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North Carolina Needs
Better Forest Protection
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 29.-'-'North
Carolina's present prosperity is part
ly due to her forest wealth and lum
ber industry a well as to her fields
and cotton factories," says H. M.
Curran, Forester for the State Col
lege Extension Division. "During a
period of 50 years following the Civil
War, North Carolina has produced 42
billion feet of lumber worth $15 per
thousand, totalng 660 million dollars,
practically all of this value going as
a labor payment for men and tearn
to the farmers and laborers of rural
Carolina. We are still producing 42
million dollars worth of lumber an
nually and it is possible to continue
this production indefinitely if proper
protection is given to our forest
areas." '
Mr. Curran states that an organi
zation built up in North Carolina sim
ilar to the efficient department of for
estry in Pennsylvania, will assure the
future of our forests and will enable
us to cut an increased amount and
Deiter qualities of lumber in the
years to come. Half a million dollars
spent annually by the state for fire
prevention and for the replanting of
waste areas will give us a permanent
industry which he estimates will add
100 million dollars worth of wealth to
the state's income. This will provide
a harvest to be gathered by farmers
and laborers in every county of the
state. .
"We have the habit of doing things
well," says Mr. Curran. "Good roads
are ours,, good schools, public health
is protected and our fields are re
ceiving intelligent care. The great
task of turning our forests into in
come producing areas rivalling our
ploughed fields, is now a live issue.
Plans are on foot to secure the funds
necessary to restore our forests, to
assure for all time the continuing of
the industries dependent on the for
est and essential to our continued
prosperity."
More By-Products Used
As Industries Increase
.New industries are continually be
ing launched, and with every one of
them there are certain byproducts
produced which must beared in some
way if the greatest efficiency is to
result. The Bureau of Dairying of
the United States Department.. of Ag
riculture has kept in advance of
these growing industries by making
feeding tests of numerous such by
products as feed for dairy cows.
Some of these feeds tested have only
recently been prepared in a com
mercial way. Their value as feed for
dairy cows may be summarized here.
Fish meal, which is made from the
waste in the canning of sardines by
pressing out most of the oil and
then drying and grinding the residue,
was found to be worth pound for
pound 20 or 25 per cent more than
prime cotton-seed meal, although not
so palatable.
Peanut feed, the residue from cold
pressed annulled peanuts, was found
to possess a nutritive value of 74 per
cent of tTiat of prime cottonseed
meal. Potato meal specially prepared
was worth 78 per cent as much as
corn meal. Sweet potato meal ap-;
pears to be almost as valuable as corn
meal as ,a feed for dairy cows; but
the "maximum1 value that can be as
signed '.tcj velvet-bean meal is but 65
per, cent of that of cottonseed meal.
Potato silage and corn silage, were
round to possess about the same feed
ing value. Apple-pectin pulp, a by
product in 'the extraction of pectin
from . apple pomace, compared with
dried beet pulp, was found' to be less
pnlnta.ble and less-efficient as feed.
Hydrolied' .sawdust is unpalatable,
contains but little nutriment, and can
be fed only in small quantities. The
maximum value that apparently can
be given to ' hydrolized" sawdust is
.14.5 per cent of that of corn meal.,
Supplementing with cane; molasses
a ration already suitable is not eco
nomical. Compared with an equal
weight of hominy feed, the molasses
appears slightly less valuable. Mo
lasses fenders feeds of poor quality
more palatable and induces a greater
consumption of nutrient.., a matter
of importance in feeding exception
ally high-producing rows
Fine, Thank You.
Two paint salesmen, in a small
town, decided to dine at the village
hotel. ,. -,"'...
One of them turned to the pretty
Waitress and asked: "How's the
chicken?"
"Oh, I'm all right," she blushed.
"How are you?" Good Hardware."
NORTH CAROLINA
CANN0TC0MPETE
On Account of Freight Rate
Discrimination, This State
, Is at a Disadvantage With
Other Sections.
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 29. That mar
kets of the West are closed to Caro
lina oyster shippers and those of the
East closed to Carolina truck ship
pers by reason of the appalling freight
rate discriminations, is an interesting
dTJcovoty made by Josiah William
Bailey, recent candidate for governor.
now devoting his time to the
snttreVits of the Port Terminals and
Water Transportation measure upon
which the voters are to pass in the
coming election.
A Chesapeake Bay-oyster shipper,
Mr. Bailey points out, can ship oys
ters to Kansas City for 17 cents a
gallon less than "his competitor in
North Carolina can ship them to the
same pointand this 17 cents is a
handicap the Carolinian cannot over
come. A California truck grower, for an
other example, he declares, can ship
vegetables more than 3,000 miles to
the great consuming markets of the
East for $119.00 a car less than his
competitor in Eastern Carolina can
ship to the same markets.
"Woodland & Co., Morehead City,
shipped a carload of oysters to Kan
sas City," Mr. Bailey said. "They
found that the rate from Baltimore
was 17 cents a gallon less than from
Morehead City. This discrimination
against North Carolina oysters ac
counts for the fact that, notwith
standing we have abundant oyster
beds on our coast and extensive
waters in which to develop the indus
try, we can make no progress as com
pared with Virginia and Maryland
oyster shippers."
If North Carolina were on an
equal footing with its competitors, it
could control the oyster market, Mr.
Bailey contends, citing the fact that
the Carolina canned oyster,- put up at
Morehead City, determines the price
on the Pacific Coast. This is because
water transportation, through the
Panama Canal, permits Morehead
City to compete on equal footing with
its rivals. Adequate port facilities
and water transportation, he is con
vinced, will solve the State's rate
problems.
Co-Operatives Do Larger
Business, Reports Show
The average business per co-operative
association in the United States
increased from $100,000 in 1913 to
over $215,000 in 1922, according to
data collected by the United States
Department of Agriculture. Marked
increases in the business of tobacco
and cotton associations are shown.
The average business for IS asso
ciations handling tobacco in 1913 was
about $142,000, anltf average for 8
associations in J923yjfas over $7,600,
000. The average for 79 cotton as
sociations in 1913 was 191,000, and for
17 associations in 1922 was $3,400,000.
Average business for 456 associa
tions handling fruits and vegetables
was $153,000 in 1913, and for 592 asso
ciations in 1922 it was $284.00(1; the
average, for 960 grain marketing' as
sociations in 1918 was $136,000 com
pared with an average of $203,000 for
W associations in 1922. ' '
'The smaller number of tobacco aiH
cotton associations in 1922 thiii ir
1913, and the larger' business per as
sociation, bears testimony ; to the
movement toward the consolidation
of independent local- associations into
large, highly . contralized organiza
tions, the department say-. ' A pari of
the increase in volume of business is
due to the higher price level in 1922
than in 1913. .-' .
P. T. A. To Meet Friday.
The Parent-Teachers' Association
of Franklin, will meet at 'the School
House, Friday, October 3, at 3 P, M..
to elect officers -for. the ensuing year,
and;to talk other business. . ,
. Is there a , Soiil so old as not to
care? ' Perha'ps you have a definite
preference in this matter of new
officers. '.
Come with a pencil, and say so
with your vote! A. II. W.
Public Speaking. x
Hon. A. A. Whitener will speak at
the Court House .on October 8th,
at noon, and all are invited and are
promised an interesting discussion.
WM. L. McCOY, Chairman.
Extension Specialists To
Help at the State Fair
i
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 29 Special at
tention will be given to agricultural
problems by the extension specialists
and investigators of the State Col
lege Extension Division and Experi
ment Station at the State Fair to be
held in Raleigh during the week of
October 13 to 17. In addition to act
ing as judges in the various contests,
some, 19 workers connected with the
College organization will act a? heads
of the departments. In this way the
will' assist in the disbursement of
nearly $30,000 that is offered as
premiums.
An interesting feature of. the fair
will be the contests by boy and girl
club members, prize winners in the
various districts and counties. Teams
will come from each district and will
give demonstrations showing how
club work is conducted and from
these teams will be determined the
State prize winners.
Mrs. Jane S. McKirnmon, in charge
of the Women's Building, will have a
lavish dispfy of work being, done by
rural women. In the livestock de
partment, indications point toward
the greatest number of entries yet
recorded and Prof. R. S. Curtis states
that at present this department is one
of the most promising features of
the fair. In the department of field
crops which includes the individual
farm, community and county exhibits,
Prof. C. B. Williams states that a
number of exhibits have already
been entered and that there will be
keen competition. The poultry de
partment will also be filled as usual.
Allen G. Oliver reports that the poul
try club members arc determined to
carry off 'most of the prizes this year.
There will be a large display of hor
ticultural crops according to Prof. C.
I). Matthews and the State Depart
ment of Agriculture will have its
usual educational exhibit in the hor
ticultural building.
Eggs in 1923 Better Than
Heretofore, Officials Find
Eggs in the shell showed improve
ment in quality during 1923 over pre
ceding years, according to a recent
report of the officials of the Bureau
of Chemistry who have been watch
ing interstate traffic in eggs. This
improvement, the officials believe,
may be attributed chiefly to the
practice of candling eggs before ship
ment. The bureau has maintained
for a number of years that it is prac
ticable to eliminate by candling most
of the bad or questionable eggs in a
consignment and that any material
amount of bad eggs in a case .is suf
ficient basis for either prosecution or
seizure actions under the Federal
food and drugs act. Many of , the
larger shippers seem to have come
to a realization that it is more profit
able to candle eggs before shipment
than to run. the risk of having their
shipments seized, reconditioned, or
destroyed on account of spoliage that
imVht easily have been prevented.
The volume of business in eggs in
the United States is enormous, the
1923 crop being estimated by the De
partment of: Agriculture as worth
;6()2,n00,00O. In the 20 Middle States,
where three-fourths of the eggs 'of
the country are produced. 6,799 cases
containing 30 dozen each were seized
during the year, but practically all
the shinnicnts were released under
bond - and reconditioned under "the
s tip el1 vis-ion 'of Federal inspectors, re
sulting . .in; the destruction of 1,183
cases. In' previous years carload lots
arriving in' the Eastern States had
been found, as a rule, to have been
candled, and the work in this section
of the country was concentrated on
shipments from the smaller dealers
v. ho 'end their country eggs to pro
duce dealer In the 'larger cities. The
iilspcctional work in the East would
indicate that suggestions as to prop
erly Caring for eggs are still neces
sary and that , the economic advan
tage to be gained by shipping good
stock only is not . as yet realized ' by
tile smaller dealers.
The better character of interstate
shipments of eggs in the Western
States in 1923 was partly-due, it is.
believed, to the efforts of the egg
dealers to improve their .output and
partly to the favorable weather con
ditions prevailing during the season
when spoliage was most likely to
occur.
... The activities of State officials in
enforcing egg candling laws have al
so been. a contributng factor in im
proving the egg supply of the coun
try. The candling method of deter
mining the quality or eggs is the
est known for commercial purposes.
aul a number of the States are 'en
forcing this system of grading in
order to lessen the illegal traffic in
b-'.d is
GREAT ARMY IS
ASKINGT0R AID
10,000 Applications for Ad
justed Compensation Cer
tificates Are Now Being
Received Daily.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 27. Ap
plication for soldiers adjusted com
pensation certificates, approved by
the war and navy departments, are
pouring into the United States vet
erans bureau at the rate of over
10,000 a day, Major O. W. Clark, head
of the compensation division, an
nounced yesterday.
The war and navy departments and
marine corps are receiving approxi
mately 20,000 applications daily. They
must be checked by official records
before being sent to the veterans
bureau.
By January 1st, when the first cer
tificates will be mailed bo the ex
service men, practically 2,000,000 ap
plications will be in the .hands of the
veterans bureau, according to indi
cations. Today the United States Bureau of
Engraving will deliver 4,000,000 ad
justed compensation certificatfies, to
the veterans bureau, and the job of
filling them out for issuance to vet
erans will begin. Chehks are already
being prepared for those who get
cash payments of $50 or under but
none will be mailed out before March
1st. 1925.
"We hope to be, ready to send out
certificates to all veterans whose ap
plications have been approved on
January 1st," Major Clark said.
The maximum insurance policy at
maturity wll be valued at $1,590 for
a man who served the required pe
riod overseas and at home and who
was 20 years old when he applied for
his certificate. Others will range
downward according to age and ser
vice, the average being $1,000 ac
cording to Clark.
Pride Brings More Fresh
Cream Than Cash Prizes
An interesting example of the use
of psychology in securing cream of
better quality from patrons was re
cently observed at a creamery in one
of the Northwestern States. Attempts
at grading at the creamery met with
but indifferent success. The manager
of this creamery talked better qual
ity, to the patrons,, but with little ef
fect; and even a differential in price
of 3 to 4 cents a pound butterfat in
favor of sweet .cream delivered at the
creamery failed to secure the desired
change in quality; In the fall of 1923,
when the manager was repainting
and repairing the creamery, he decid
ed to paint one of the three cream
vats a dark red, with the other two
vats a spotless white Naturally such
a color scheme aroused the patrons'
interest. Upon inquiry they were
told that the red vat was to be used
for the sour, poor cream." They were
al.io. informed what particular pat
rons brought in the cream that was
being put into this vat When a pat
ron found out that his cream was
being placed in the dark red vat and
that it was common knowledge; that
his cream was of .poor quality, this
knowledge acted as a spur and an
incentive to try to have his cream
placed in the other vat.
Inasmuch as only a limited number
of patrons deliverec . their ,ovvn
cream, routes being op ated to bring
in the givatvr lumber '" the patrons'
cream, the manager i vried out the
idea of using dilTeren colored, paint
to reach the route pai.ons. Twenty
gallon jacketed cans were being used
by route operators, so when these
cans were repainted one can on each
route was painted a bright yellow
and taken on ' the route each' day..
Naturally this can of outstanding
color caused comment and inquiry,
especially on the part of the women
folks, while the hauler was weighing
and sampling cream. As a result of
this scheme the women, who gener
ally attended to the cream, set about
to improve the quality, and often
within a week cream that formerly
had arrived at the creamery sour and
in poor condition began to arrive
sweet and in good condition. With
in two weeks 75 per cent of all
Cream received at the creamery was
sweet, when before this system was
inaugurated cnly about 40 per c;nt
had baen sc.