ge Two
THE FRANKLIN PRESS
Friday, October 3, 1924
A.W.MAMJM
DIED THURSDAY
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Well-Known Citizen Passes
After a Long Illness The
Funeral Will Be Held Fri
day Afternoon.
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Adolphus Williamson Mangum, a
highly respected citizen of our town,
died yesterday, Thursday, morning
about 2:30 at his home on Bidwell
street in Franklin, after a long
illness. ' ' '. 1
Mr. Mangum first came to Franklin
about three years ago, as resident
manager for the Iotla Clay & Mica
Company, operating the mines at the
Iotla bridge. During his short stay
here he has endeared himself to ev
eryone with whom he came in con
tact, and his 'passing comes as a (lis-.
tinct shock to a large circle of friends,
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AIT. JViangUIIl IIHU liccn m iivcihii
for several months before his death,
and it was realized some time ago
that it Vas very doubtful if he would
ever recover, but it was . still hoped
that the condition of his health might
take a turn, for the better; until about
a week ago, when his life was do
s'paired of by attending physicians.
He was 47 years old the 4th of last
Aiicust.
JjCSiaeS HIS VW1C, ill l vjiavc -wuiw..
Mancum, he is survived by one young
son. A. M. Mancum. and one brother
Dr. Charles Mangum, of Chapel Hill,
N C .: two sisters, Mrs. Nathan. VVil
son, of Elizabeth City, N. C. and
Miss Juliette Mangum, of Chapel
Hill, N. C. .
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon at the Episcopal
Church in Franklin, the services be
ing in charge of Rev. E. J., Pipes,
Rector, interment will be at the new
cemetery"" west of Franklin. The
Masons will have charge of the ser
vices at the grave.
The. Press joins with the host of
friends in extending sympathy to the
bereaved family.
Keeping Accounts Reveals
Weak Points in Farming
What farmers are doing through
keeping and analyzing their farm ac
counts under the direction ot agncul
tural extension worker is illustrated
by an Iowa farmer who,' according to
reports to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, has been able to
obtain an appreciably larger return
for his labor through changes that a
better understanding of the strong
and weak points in his farming system
suggested. This farmer has kept ac
counts over two years. He found at
the end of the first year that crops
which he fed to livestock brought him
more money than when sold outright
and that his-methods of handling his
hogs were effcient. His figures showed
him, however, that his cows were
poor, Averaging ony. $34 per cow. for
,dairy products. k Comparing his fig
, ures with those of other farms in the
Slate, lm also found the number of
acres cultivated per man on his farm
as well as the number of acres per
horse, were below average.
. Acting on the information his ac
count book gave him, this farmer
rented more land and replanncd his
12 small, irregular fields, making them
into 9 fields of better proportion, so
that the crop area per man was in
creased 2(p acres and the area per
horse increased 3 acres, lie sold two
scrub cows and -bought three cows
of good dairy records. ' When he
figured his accounts for the second
year and compared the two years, he
found that the income from the farm,
after paying all expenses and interest
on the amount of money invested,
had been increased over $350. '
Poor Roads Costly Burden
To Producers Hauling Milk
The difference in the summer and
winter rates charged by a truck haul
ing milk to Baltimore, Md shows in
a vey substantial way the benefits of
improved roads to farmers, according
to the Bureau of Public Roads of the
United States Department of Agri
culture. Practically a truck load of
milk is collected along 5 miles of un
improved highway where for a six
month period 3.5 cents per gallon is
charged for transportation and for
the rest of the year only 3 cents. The
farmers and milk producers are re
quired to pay $5-a. day additional
transportation charges on 1,000 gal
lons of rrtilk because of the poor road.
This amounts to $900 for a six-month
period. Based on this actual outlay,
the farmers could afford to make road
improvements to the extent of $3,600
per mile if no other traffic were bene
fitted at all besides this one daily
truck load of milk.
See that the label on your
paper is dated in advance, if
you want the Press to con
tinue coming to your home.
League of Women Voters
Holds Regular Meeting
The Franklin League of Women
Voters held their regular monthly
meeting at the Court House Septem
ber 25th, at 3:30 P. M. Several mat
ters of vital interest were discussed,
one among them being the absentee
vote. '
, The best men in both parties tell
us that we must do away with this
vote if we ever expect fairness and
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justice in our elections, ana a candi
date who wishes to be elected by
foul means has no right to serve the
public or to handle public funds.
Let all the women interested in a
better county' register and vote in
the coming election. Joiri the League,
which is non partisan and be. an in
telligent voter in your party.
Please bear in mind the date of
meeting, last Thursday in the month,
and do not make any engagements
that will keep you away. Further notice-will
be given. Watch the Press.
PEOPLE OVERLOOK
TODAY'S ACHIEVEMENTS
C. L. Edgar president of the Edi
on Illuminating Company of Boston,
in discussing inc possnmuies ui su
perpower, or "giant power," said: "I
sometimes wonder whether people's
curiosity and their desire to peer in
to .the future loesn't keep, them from
appreciating the really wonderful
things that are taking place right
now.
"Take, for example, the question ot
superpower, or 'giant power,' as it
is often called, which are high sound
ing names for a general development
of greater efficiency in the generating
and distribution of" electric power. j
People are wondering when we are
going to have superpower; when the
ocvelopments that are supposed to
be necessary in order to have super
power will be accomplished. As a
matter of fact, we have superpower
now. The word is really the name
for a service, .already accomplished.
"For ten years the larger and more
rapidly growing electric light and
poWer companies or central stations,
as they "are commonly known, have
been spreading their distributing sys
tems over more and more territory
and ps the volume of their output has
increased, the efficiency of their gen
erating plants has improved, aTid as
their business relations have brought
them into contact with other central
stations, arrangements have devel
oped naturally and easily for the ex
change, or interchange, of service. It
has, therefore, come about that the
larger companies, which could gen
erate current and put it out on their
lines , at a lower cost that the small
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companies, arc already selling-current
to the other electric light and
power companies. All this develop
ment has helped more evenly to dis
tribute the demands for current over
the larger generating stations, with
consequent improvement in operating
conditions, fewer peaks or "high de
mands, and more regular service.
"It is interesting to note that while
people have been thinking and talk
ing rbout the. possibilities of super
power development, it has been tak
ing place here in New England in a
very, practical manner and is even
now. well tied' into one great system."
It might be well to add that super
power or interconnection of electric
resources is- an actual fact in virtually
all sections of this nation today not
something to be accomplished in the
future. Some politicians have just
awakened to the possibility of the
term as a catch phrase to use as a
handle for visionary schemes of pub
lic ownership of hydro-electric de
velopment whidh they propose.
WHO IS INTERESTED?
Th.e tariff question is neither a Re
publican nor a Democratic issue.
Workmen in this country are em
ployed, eat, live, dress and have their
amusements under what we term the
"American standard cf living."
Hours of work are shorter, factory
and housing conditions are better
and wages . are higher than can be
secured elsewhere. This condition of
affairs is not at all an accident. It
has been the outgrowth of an indus
trial policy which has encouraged the
building up of American industries."
It . is worth, a whole lot to the
American people to maintain this
condition of affairs. , It is worth
a whole lot to a foreign nation to
have such a market to sell to as our
110J00.000 people with their enor
mous buying power provide.
It is of no interest either to the
foreigner or to ourselves, to destroy
this market by bringing American
workmen down to a lower standard
of living through throwing our doors
open to foreign goods produced at
low. prices .with poorly paid labor
working long hours.
A- suitable tariff compels the for
eigner to charge a price which will
enable American industries to com
pete ior business, and at the, same
time supplies the. national govern
ment with about $500,000,000 a year
tax revenue.
Do not muddle the tariff question in
politics. It is purely a business prop
osition in the interest of American
workmen, American industries, gov
ernment revenue and the foreign
producer. -The Manufacturer.
North Skeenah News.
We are glad to see it clean up again
after having so much rainy weather
in this section. The farrnets are
badly behind with their fodder.
Tl ere will be an entcrtainrrent and
box supper here at the-'Pleasant Hill
Cht-rch October 11th. Everybody in
vited. Hope we will have a large
crowd. This isfor-the benefit of the
church. Everybody come and bring
some one with you.
Mrs. Mellie Hasting and daughter
Allie were visiting Mrs. Sam Stock
ton Sunday.
Mr. Fred Kimzey, of Allison. Creeki
passed through this section Sunday.
Mr. Grady Stockton, from Lavonia.
Ga., spent Saturday night with home
folks. ;
We are sorry to report that Mr.
George Kimzey is very low.. Hope he
will soon recover. . .
If anybody wants to buy a fine
heifer see Mr. Grady Stockton' on
North Skeenah. TWO CHUMS.
AMERICA LEADS AGAIN.
Just returned from Europe where
,he remained seven weeks visiting the
leading radio engineers and scien
tists in ' governmental and private
radio circles abroad, David Sarnoff,
vice-president and general , manager
of the Radio Corporation of America,
says : ' ;
"I investigated the . broadcasting
systems of England, France and Ger
many and met the principal persons,
both iii governmental and private cir
cles, responsible for the development
of radio in Europe. My conclusions
are that broadcasting, which was ini
tiated in our own country, has ad
vanced in the United States, both as
a public service and as. an industry,
to so great an extent as, to make
comparisons with European countries
almost impossible.
"In France, it is just beginning, and
in Germany, it has hardly begun. In
England, greater progress has been
made than in other European coun
tries, but even there it cannot be said
to compare favorably. with the United
States either as to quality .or -variety
of programs, or as to effectiveness,
simplicity or small cost of receiving
apparatus manufactured and sold for
home use. '
"Governmental regulations and re
strictions retard the growth of the
broadcasting art in Europe, and at
the same 'time deprive the listening
public of the freedom, enjoyment and
instructive information available to
all in the United States."
Once again has the private initia
tive and inventive ingenuity of
America gained for the common cit
izen benefits far in advance of the
J government-owned, government-con
trolled or government-regulated ser
vices in Europe. The Manufacturer.
GROWTH OF ARBITRATION.
There is a notable tendency in in
dustrial, political and economic rela
tions to resort more to arbitration
and less to force. - ;
i The mailed; hand of militarism, the
boycott and the strike are less '.in
evidence in international affairs and
in controversies between capital and
labor. ""' .
More time and money are to be
spent in the future in threshing out
the economic details and arriving at
the actual facts in differences arising
between .governments and struggles
between employers and employes.
british Premier MacDonald, before
the assembly of the League, of Na
tions, says questions of security and
disarmament must be settled by ar
bitration in future. .
He declares that no permanent es
tablishment of world peace is possi
ble 'without a scientific system of
arbitration being put into operation.
The indications in the industrial
world point . to . the subsidence of
manifestations, of kaisensm m set
tlement of labor controversies.
Notice of Sale.
By virtue of a judgment 'of the
Superior Court of Macon County . en
tered in the case of J. H. Ledbetter
vs. Arthur Huscusson et als, I will on
Monday, the 3rd day of November,
1924," the ssme being the first Mon
day in said month, sell at public auc-
I'tion for cashand at the- court house
door in the town of Franklin, in said
County of Macon and State of North
Carolina, and between the legal hours
of sale, and to the highest bidder, the
following described tract or parcel o
land, viz. :.'-.. . . -
. Lying and being in the County of
Macon -and State of North Carolina,
beginning at a laurel the fourth cor
ner of Entry No. 909 and runs with
the line of No. 909 N. 45 W. 64 poles
to a pine, then S. 54 E. 77 poles to
an ivy k N. J. Cloef's line, thence
with. said line N. 45 .E. to the begin
ning. Being the same lands described
in a deed from J. A. Huscusson and
wife. M. M. Huscusson to J. E. Hus
cusson, dated 30th October, 1902, and
recorded in Book 3-A, page 33, office
Register of Deeds, Macon County,
N. C, to which deed reference is
kereby made.
Said sale is made for partition be
tween the tenants in common. '
This October 1st, 1924. '
024 R. D. SISK, Commissioner.
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WORM-FREE PIGS TOP MARKET.
Hog raisers' of Clay County, Neb.,
have built more than 1,000 movable
hog houses during the past two years,
according to reports to the United
States Department of Agriculture, in
order to keep their herds on clean
ground and prevent roundworm in
festation. Farmers of the county be
came interested in hog-lot sanitation
in 1922, when the county agricultural
agent arranged with two hog raisers
to carry on demonstrations of! the
method and the results' obtained by
following. , the system. The litters
which were farrowed and kept on
cleai pastures were in both cases
much mote thrifty than those kept
in old, infested quarters. In one
case, where 35 litters were farrowed
in clean quarters and kept on clean
pasture, 228 pigs 'were weaned with
out a runt. These pigs topped the
market in six months, when they av
eraged 185 pounds each. Litters on
the same farm which were kept in
old hog lots soon developed runts. A
farmers' automobile tour was org. i
ized to visit the demonstrations and
a 'number of individual visits were
also made by farmers from all parts
of the county. The economic advan
tage of hog-lot sanitation was so
evident that farmers throughout the
county arc successfully following the
practice or are building movable hog
houses and completing other arrange
ments to adopt the system.
GEES
NORTH
October 13th
STATE
HOME-COMING WEEK
Annual Vacation Time
A Social Event
An Arena of Friendly Competi
tion f
A Medium of Exchange for
Ideal and Property
You Will See
THE BEST CATTLE, SWINE, SHEEP AND POULTRY
PRODUCTS OF THE FARM AND HOME
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS DAILY BY THE BOYS' AND
GIRLS' CLUBS AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
A FINE-ART SHOW, INCLUDING A LOAN EXHIBIT FROM
NEW YORK CITY, REPRESENTING SOME OF THE BEST
AMERICAN ARTISTS
A LIFE-SIZE COW (STATUARY) MADE FROM BUTTER BY A
FAMOUS SCULPTOR -THE
BIGGEST CARNIVAL, TWO TRAIN LOADS, FOR ENTE3-
TAINMENT ROW
20 DISTINCT FREE ACTS, TWICE DAILY, ON RACE TRACK
IN FRONT OF GRAND STAND
RACES EVERY DAY, WITH UNJFORM PURSES OF $500 EACH
MAMMOTH COTTON PALACE, REQUIRING 10 CARLOADS OF
COTTON TO CONSTRUCT LICENSED A. K. C. DOG SHOW
FIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT NO DULL MOMENTS
Special Reduction in Railroad Fare on All Regular and Special Trains
Meet Us in Raleigh at the North Carolina State Fair
"It Shows North Carolina"
Asheville's Famous Eyesight Specialist
Has Arranged to Re-Visit FRANKLIN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15
"""'".(One" Day' Only) r
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"KNOW US
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ASHEVIUE.N.C.
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THE FRANKLIN PHARMACY
Remember Perfect Fitting Glasses Guaranteed
Leatherman Locals.
We have been having some rainy
weather for the past week.
Mr. John Everett, from Tennessee,
is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Julia Pat
terson, of this place.
Miss Esther Shepherd has returned
to her home at Gastonia, after spend
ing a while with her grandmother,
Mrs. Lou Shepherd. .
, Miss Fannie Gibson, of Iotla,
spent the week end vfith Miss Delia
Lou Dalton.
Mrs. Z. M. Leatherman spent a few
days with her brother, Mr. Tom Gib
son" of Iotla, recently.
The death angel visited the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hurst last Sat
urday morning and claimed for his
victim their daughter, v Mrs. Louella
Hurst Potts, wife of Mr. Floyd Potts.
She' was only sick about two hours
before she died. It was a shock to
all, who knew her. She will be greatly
missed in the community, and , sadly
missed in the home., She was a mem
ber of .the Liberty' Baptist Church.
She was"married to Mr. Floyd Pctts
in August, 1923. They made their
home at Canton, Ohio, ,for a while,
but sly; wasucalled home to care for,
his mother, who has been ill for some
time. She leaves to mourn her death
a heart-broken husband, father and
mother, three brothers, four sisters,
grandmother, and a host of relatives
and friqnds.. She was laid to rest at
the Liberty cemetery. Funeral ser
vices 'were conducted by Rev. G. A.
Cloer.'pastor of the church. ,
MAMA'S GIRL.
CAROLINA
to 17th, 1924
An Educational Opportunity
A Reflection of Agricultural
- Optimism
An Annual Census of Progres
sive Agriculture
A Pageant of Progress
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