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Volume XXXI
FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1924.
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AN ENTHUSIASTIC
IIEETINGK HELD
Ladies of the Eastern Star
Hostesses to Business Men
, at Oyster Supper Thursday
Night, October 23rd.
The ladies of the Eastern Star
were hostesses to a goodly number
of the men of Franklin at an oyster
srpper in the Odd Fellows' Hall on
the 23rd of October.
It was art occasion long to be re
membered and the men of Franklin
who were present are a unit in sing
ing the praises of their delightful
hostesses. After the ladies had final
ly succeeded in warming the hearts
of the men by the method most us
ually employed by -their sex the
meeting was called to order by our
wot thy postmaster', Sam L. Franks.
Mr. Franks apologized for the delay
in getting to business by stating that
the ladies had had unusual difficulty
in winning the heart of Tom John
tton, several helpings of oysters be
ing required to bring that recalcitrant
organ to submission. However, from
the speech of Mr, Johnston, who was
then introduced, it was evident that
cither the ladies or the oysters had
furnished supreme inspiration. Be
fore proceeding to his speech, Mr.
Johnston spoke feelingly concerning
" the absence of Mr. Frank Williams,
who above all others in Franklin has
made all previous meetings of a sim
ilar nature such great successes.
Mr. Johnston then proposed a toast
40 Mr., Williams, at the same time
wishing him: a speedy recovery.
There was not a man present who
failed to stand and raise his glass in
honor of his absent friend.
Those present then heard -Mr.
Johnston trace the history of pre
vious meetings and tell of some of
their results. Among the results of
former - meetings he mentioned the
new telephone company, the concrete
road soon to be constructed from the
Georgia line to Dillsboro, and the
municipal power dam. During his
discussion of the bonds for the power
dam Mr. Johnston mentioned the fact
that Franklin has issued bonds on
previous occasions for streets, sew
ers, water system, and high school.
"None of these'improvements, though
absolutely necessary, yield a direct
financial return to the city," stated
Mr. Johnston. "However," he said,
"the bonds for the power dam are
destined to yield a handsome revenue
in cash. Engineers." he further stat
ed, "have estimated that the hydro
electric energy which , Franklin wilt
have for sale, even when sold at the
minimum, will yield a gross return
of $50,000 annually to the town of
Franklin." '
Mr. Johnston then proceeded to a
v discussion of. the Lake Emory Com
pany, its failures and disappointments
and present status. He stated that
this company was organized for the
purpose of builling a pleasure resort
on Rabbit Creek. This i roved not to
be feasible. The company then turned
its attention to the Little. Tennessee
and tried to raise by popular sub
scription a. sufficient amount to build
a power dam and cotton mill.- An
other failure was the result. How
ever, the Lake Emory Company holds
options on nearly all the land the
municipal lake will cover and on
about 500 adjacent acres. The com
pany now proposes to sell to the city
at actual cost, not to exceed $100 per
acre, the lands under option that the
.water 'will actually cover.
"It is not the intention of the Lake
Emery Company," stated Mr. John
ston, "to hold to their contracts those
who formerly subscribed to the pow
er dam ajid cotton, mill. -This com
pany now proposes," said he, "to de
velop the lands adjacent to the pro
posed lake and to sell lots, provided
the necessary funds can be raised for
the purchase of the land and for the
necessary development." .- '
Mr. Sam L. Rogers was then called
upon and stated that the dreams of
the Lake Emory Company have at
last come true. "Franklin" is now at
the dawn of a brighter day," he said.
Mr. Rogers was in favor of support
ing the Lake Emory Company, pro-
vided, after investigation, that what
it has to offer is proven meritorious.
Mayor Dean isk then made a ring
ing speech pleading for the co-operation
of the citizens with , the town
board and the Lake Emory Company.
"The town wants .to purchase the
land that the water will cover from
the Lake Emory Company," said he
"because it is believed that by sq do
ing several thousand dollars can be
saved to the tax payers. On the
other hand," the Mayor stated, "the
Lake Emory Company must succeed
nn order to help the town dispose of
NOW IS SEASON
TO APPLY LIME
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 20. From all
over North Carolina come reports
that Tarheel farmers are interested
in improving their soils by planting
soil improving legumes and along
with this comes the need for using
more lime.
;,. According to the agronomy work
ers of the State College extension
divis'on, the fall season is the best
time to apply this lime. This is true
even if the clover is to be planted
on the small grain next spring.
Nearly all crops grown on the farm
will benefit from an application of
lime to the soil; but, legumes, es
pecially, are benefitted, and experi
ments show that these crops will
take up for food purposes from three
to four times as much lime as will
the cereals. It has been found in
Ohio that a normal yield of alfalfa
will contain 225 pounds of carbonate
of lime to the acre.
Generally in the fall, the land is
well prepared for the small grains
and the lime, when applied before the
seed bed is fined, is thoroughly in
corporated into the soil. A late, wet
spring means soft land, hard to work
and makes it difficult to apply lime at
that time. As lime must-be thorough
ly worked into the soil to give best
returns on its use, the agronomy
workers advise its use during the
fall season. ' -
In some counties of North Carolina
as much as ten tons of legume seed
has been ordered co-operatively by
farmers for planting this fall. Over
the whole state the Acreage is in
creasing with the growers realizing
that to improve the Soil ever a wide
area legumes must be used. It is
therefore suggested by the agronomy
workers that liming sour soils is
about the only hope for success with
such crops as clovers and alfalfa and
that liming is one of the best ways
to improve old pastures. Many Tar
heel farmers are now putting their
farms on a paying basis by the use
of lime and legumes.
Livestock Needs Better
Feed and Care Says Curtis
. Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 27. The biggest
problem before the livestock grower
in North Carolina and the one thing
which is holding back the develop
ment of a large livestock industry in
the State is the lack of attention to
proper feeding.
"This," says R. S. Curtis of the
State College Experiment - Station,
is the one thing to which our pros
pective livestock farmers must de
vote attention jf they would be suc
cessful. I saw an example of this at
the recent State Fair where an ex
hibitor brought in an animal having
some of the finest blood lines in
America; but, he had not fed it prop
erly, had allowed the animal to run
down in flesh and therefore the feed
consumed was not ( shown advan
tageously in the body of the bull. I
believe that the feed given this entry
while he was at the fair was about
the, best feeding he had received since
coining into the State. We need to
devote more, atkr.'ion to the b.eer
feeding of our livestock.
"Along with this,, we need to give
llicitt protection from inclement
weather. Such protection, will cut
down, the cost of feeding and, help' to
keep the animals -in good condition.
With fat animals, the . open shed
might be all that is needed, but for
dairy cows, ordinary beef animals and
sheep, we should have some placs'
provided into which they might go
it: freezing, rainy and extremely cold
weather. jOnce an animal gets in low
flesh because of exposure and poor
feeding," it " may " eat nearly all the
time and still show no effects from
the food.
"A good shed, leak-proof and closed
at the back and sides, used as a re
treat for the animals in extremely
bad weather, will pay even in our
equable climate."
its surplus power." His general idea
was that the success of one proposi
tion depends upon that of the other.
During the evening several others
spoke, including Lee-Grawford, W. B
McGuirc and Gilmer Jones.
Subscription blanks of the Lake
Emory Company were handed around
and . several subscriptions were re
ceived. It is understood that this
company, under the new proposition,
has about $30,000 subscribed toward
the $75,000 necessary to purchase the
land adjoining the proposed lake and
to make necessary improvements in
the way of building toads, streets, etc.
With the exception of a dash of
cold water here and there, the meet
ing proved a great success.
FOUR INJURED IN
VRECI10F AUTO
Miss Annie May Cloer Seri
ously Hurt and Three Oth
ers Slightly Injured Last
Saturday Afternoon.
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Last Saturday afternoon about 5:30
o'clock, the car driven by Thad Cloer
was wrecked on the.Bryson City road
about two miles from town. In the
car with him at the time of the ac
cident were Miss Annie May Cloer,
Luther Raby and Miss Annie Bryson.
It is reported that these young peo
ple were on their way home from
Franklin when a car driven by Bob
Randolph passed them and suddenly
slowed down. In trying to avoid a
rear-end collision young Cloer turned
suddenly to the left, causing his right
front wheel to give way under the
strain. This turned the car over,
resulting in serious injury to Miss
Annie May Cloer. The other occu
pants were only slightly injured.
Mr. Randolph stopped his car some
distance ahead of the wreck and. re
turned on foot to the scene of the
accident, asking if he could be of any
assistance. A passing motorist
brought the injured people to a local
hospital.
For 36 hours after the wreck Miss
Cloer was unconscious, but at last re
ports is some better. After having
their bruises attended to the other
occupants returned home.
Thad Cloer is the son of Rev.
Gerrge Cloer, of West's Mill. Miis
Cloer is a sister of the minister.
It is understood that the car was
making only moderate speed at the
time of the wreck.
Use Storage Pit For
Winter Vegetable Supply
Raleigh, N: C.,' Oct. 20. Farmers
living in the upper Piedmont and
Mountain sections of North Carolina
may prolong the season for fresh
vegetables this winter by digging and
using a storage pit. .
This storage pit may be used to
advantage with any of the root crops
such as turnips, carrots, parsnips,
salsify and to a limited extent with
cabbage.
Glenn O. Randall, extension horti
cu'turist for the State College of
Agriculture, states that the use of
the storage pit will overcome some of
the deficiencies of diet experienced
by many families in winter because
of a lack of vegetables in the food.
The pit is made as follows: Secure
a well drained location; dig out about
four inches of soil of the area as that
desired for the pit and fill this with
straw; pile the vegetables upon this
straw in a conical form about a four
board ventilator or flue made by nail
ing four six-inch boards together;
cover the vegetables with a layer of
straw about eight to ten inches thick
and then put on a thin layer of earth
and the pit is made.
As the weather becomes severe, the
layer of earth may be made thicker
and thicker and during an unusually
bad spell it might be wise to add a
layer of manure Over the'whole. The
end of the flue should protrude
slightly above lite mound. and need
hot be closed except during the. most
severe weather.
Mr. Randall states that 'where, a
large quantity of vegetables is to be
stored or many different kinds, it
would be wise to' build more . than
one pit. In this way, the other vege
tables, would not be exposed when
only one kind was wanted
Greensboro Students
Hear Arctic Explorer
Greensboro, . N. C, Oct. 27 Vilh
jalmud Stefannson, arctic explorer,
writer, and scientist, spoke tonight
to the faculty and students of North
Carolina College here. The explorer
spoke of his work and travels, and it
was while in the arctic that he en
countered the blond Eskimo, which,
ub to the time pf his second trip,
1906-12, was unknown. Difficulties of
arctic travel and work, including
mapping, were explained. It his last
trip, 1913-19, he mapped out 100,000
square miles of territory. Details of
"living off the country" were related.
Big Realty Sale.
Mr. E. S. Huhnicutt has sold the
Junaluska Inn and lot extending to
the Town Branch to Mr. W. L. Hig
don and associates. .
RED CROSS HELPS
EX-SERVICE MEN
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 28. In 406 South
ern communities Red Cross Chapters
have assisted 54,947 ex-service men or
their families during the current year,
states the annual report of the South
ern Division made vublic today.
As a result of this work, it is de
clared that hundreds of disabled ex
service men have been placed in gov
ernment hospitals with a chance to
recover from handicaps resulting
from war service. For those who do
not understand the ptoper procedure
to procure this assistance, the report
states, Red Cross workers have com
piled the necessary information, and
placed it in thq coned form before
the proper officials.
'In addition to the work of the lo
cal chapters, the National Red Cross
during the year has given assistance
to 63,872 disabled veterans in govern
ment hospitals, and thousands of oth
ers now in the service in the various
camps and training stations iif the
South.
In the hospitals, Red Cross workers
assist medical authorities in procur
ing accurate information on the home
conditions of patients, and other in
formation which is declared to be of
great assistance in treating cases,
especially the mental patients. . Be
sides these services, the workers act
as the patients' personal advisor in
solving their perplexing problems,
and through the Red Cross chapters
see that their families are cared for
while they are recuperating. Hos
pital authorities have declared this
service indispensable to the welfare
of the disabled veterans.
Announcement was also made to
day of the Annual Roll Call or mem
bership sampaign of the Red Cross
through which its work is 'financed.
The drive will be held in November
by the 702 Red Cross chapters in the
Southern Division.
Livestock Folks Gather
Second Week in November
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 27.-The next
big agricultural meeting in which
farm folks of North Carolina are in
terested is the annual 'meeting of the
State Livestock Associations at Ashe
ville on November 11 to 14.
According to R. S. Curtis, of the
Animal Industry Division, State Col
lege Experiment Station, this meeting
will be held in conjunction with the
Western North Carolina Livestork
and Agricultural Exhibition and will
be featured by addresses from prom
inent livestock leaders, exhibits of
livestock and sales of pure bred
breeding stock.
On swine day, November 11, there
will be, an address by Dan T. Gray,
formerly in charge of livestock work
in North Carolina: The afternoon
will be devoted to a sale of pure bred
swine. Earl Hostetler and W. W.
Shay of the State College of Agcicul
ture will make talks and several lead
ing swine men will take part in the
discussions. ',.
Beef cattle and sheep day, Novem
ber 12, will be featured by .an address
by David Fyffc of the Ohio' State
University. Mr. Fyffe is an inter
national character in the livestock
world and his address promises to be
one of the interesting events of the
meeting.. There will be a sale of pure
bred beef animals. in the afternoon.
Dairy cattle and poultry clay, Nov
ember 13, will be featured by an ad
dress by S. C. Thompson of the Bu
reau of Dairying at Washington.
There will also be talks by members
of the dairy extension office at the
State College followed by an educa
tional poultry program. Dr. B. F;
Kaupp and AG. Oliver of the poultry
department will help put on a poultry
show and arrange the speaking pro
gram. The meetings will all be held in a
large, concrete 'building recently con
structed near the ball park in Ashc-'
ville.
A Word of Welcome.
Major S. A. Harris, who has made
his home, in Franklin for the past
wo or three years, has recently ac
quired the Franklin Press, and toolc
charge last week. The first issue tin
der Major Harris' direction shows
undoubtedly that the Press, under
the new management, intends, in its
own words, to "boost anl pull for
Macon County." '''.''''
The Tri-County News, in common
with the press of Western North
Carolina, extends Major Harris a
hearty welcome to the newspaper
field, and wishes for the Franklin
Press a continuation of its many
years of success and usefulness. Tri
County News, Andrews, N. C.
A GOOD WOMAN
PASSESBEY0ND
Mrs. W. A. Curtis, One of
the Oldest Residents of.
Franklin, Died Last Friday
Night, October 24th.
A wave of sorrow swept over
Franklin last Friday morning, when
it was learned that Mrs. Mary Re
becca Curtis, whose maiden name
was Butler, had gone to her reward,
having died on Thursday night at
eleven o'clock, at the age of 81 years.
Mrs.. Curtis had been an honored
and beloved residenf of Franklin for
many years, and numbered her
friends by the number of her acquain
tances. She waborn in Grandville County,
N. C, on April 29, 1843. On January
IS, 1867, she married Mr. W. A. Cur
tis. Soon after their marriage they
moved to Clay County, N, C, where
they resided for a number of years,
and then they moved to Rabun Gap,
Ga. In 1890 the family moved to
Franklin, where until his death in
1910 Mr. Curtis published The Frank
lin Press.
A faithful member of the Metho
dist Church, Mrs. Curtis never failed
to attend services until she became
too feeble to walk only a few weeks
'ago; The burial took place at the
Methodist Cemetery in Fra.ilc'.iu at
3 :00 P. M. Friday.
Mrs. Curtis is survived by a sister,
Mrs. V. A; Crawford, of Fanklin, and
the following named sons and daugh
ters: Mrs. Florence Hampton, Bry
son City, N. C; Mrs. Judson Allen,
Saginaw, Ore.; Mr. A. C. Curtis, Ves
ta, Wash.; Mr. H. O. Curtis, Sylva,
N. C; Mr. Will F. Curtis, Franklin,
N. C; Mr. Frank E, Curtis, Frank
lin, N. C, and Mrs. E. L. Ladd, Gor
donsville, Va.
The public who so loved Mrs. Cur
tis extend sympathy to the bereaved
familv.
Facts Most folks don't Know
' The population of the globe is
1,646,000,000, divided into 6 great races
as follows: Mongolian, 655,000,000;
Caucasian, 645,000,000; Negro, 190,
000,000; Semitic, 81,000,000; Malayan,
52.000,000; Indian. 23,000,000.
The average depth . of all the
oceans is from 2 to 2J4 miles.
The va'ue of gold and silver in the
world is just about equal gold, $18,
1.00,874,536; silver, $16,256,913,158.
The number of stars visible with
the naked eye is only about 7,000, but
the number visible through the tel
escope is over 70,000,00Q.
In 1830 . there were ,23 miles of
steam railroads in the United States;
now there are over 263,000 miles,
enough to go 10 times around the
earth. ' ti$5fi
There are twice as many non
Christians in the world as there arc
Christians.
The Panama Canal cost more than
all the other canals in the world
combined, $375iOOO,000.00. .
There are 20 waterfalls in the world
higher than Niagara Falls, the high
est. being Grand Falls, Labrador, 2,000
feet.
The volume of the sun is 1,300,000
times that of the earth.
The largest railway ' tunnel is the
Simplon between Switzerland and
Italy; it is 12. miles' and 458 yards long.
The heaviest material in the world
is Platiua. Its specific gravity is 2,150.
The larges't diamond in the world is
the Cullman ; it weighs 3,0 !5 carats.
1 he center of population' in the
United - States - i - hv.ted six miles -southwest
of Union! Ci . Indiana.
The. geographic cent ' of continen
tal 'United States (ex.. isive of Alas
ka) is located near th town of Leb
anon, Kansas. Latituci : 39 degrees, 50
minutes; longitude 'Ji degrees, 35
minutes.
There is" imported into the United
States each year over 1,352,312,000
pounds, of coffee.- r.
Turkey Sales.
It .is. reported that the "Turkey
Crop"- of Macon County is good.
some have suggested that an en
be made to sell a car load just be!
Thanksgiving.
Owing to the way a numbe
farmers acted at the last car k
of poultry last summer, Counts"
Arretulalc hesitates to promi?
of turkeys and order a ear u.
ha the promise from reliabh
ers of enough turkeys to fill
If interested- let him hear frf
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