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Volume XXXIX.
FRANKLIN, N. G, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1924.
Number 49.
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PRESBYTERIANS
PLANPROGRAM
The Presbyterians in Macon
County to Have a Church
Wide Program Sunday
December 14.
Presbyterians in Macon County are
very much' interested in a Church
Wide Program for Sunday December
14th at which time a cash offering
will he taken according to the plan of
ot the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in every Presbyterian
Church in the South, ' for addition
al end improved equipment in the
Home and Foreign Mission Field.
The plan adopted this year is for
iacu congregation to be asked to con
tribute to a, designated object and al
churches in Macon County have been
asked to accept in connection with the
Equipment r una the followmi causes
Foreign Mission Fields, Water Sup
ply. Lucbo, Africa
Home. Mission Fields, Highlands
Institute. Gucrrant, Kentucky
The Churches in this county asked
to participate in this program with
their pastors arc:
Franklin Church, Slagle Memoria
and Morrison Church, of which Rev
J. Q. Wallace is Pastor
The Equipment Fund is set up by
the Church Assembly of the Prcsby
terian Church in the United States tc
cover a ten year period and plan is
-Aajaise $500,000 per year. Other Pres
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KYtenan vnurcnes in me uuieicm
bunties have also been requested to
ceept appropriate causes.
The Young1 Peoples or Christian
endeavor Societies in all of the Pres
byterian Churches are asked to accept
as their own particular causes, For
Foreign Missions, Girl's Schoo
Korea. KwatiKiu; For Home Missions
Beechwood Seminary, Heidelberg, Ky
The Presbyterians in this County
have shown a co-operative spirit in
the exeat Program set up by the ben
eral Assembly's Committees of the
Presbyterian Church, and their part-
icipatiort in this Equipment Fund
will doubtless be in keeping with their
reputation along these lines.
Old History of Franklin.
Franklin. N. C. Aug. 4; 1860.-The
Commissioners met on this day and
passed the following ordinances and
made the following appointmens, to
wit: Be it ordained that the town
constable be made overseer of roads
streets side walks, etc., within the
corporation, and that he also be
made Captian of the Patrol and that
.hebe allowed $25.00 a year and fees
for his service in all these. That
Ellis H. Hopkins be now appointed
town constable for the next 12 months
after he shall file his bond, and that
A W. Bell, Esq. be appointed Town
Magistrate.
' It is further ordained that the tax
on real estate be 5 cents on the $100.-
00 valuation and that the tax on tav
erns heretofor levied be now repeal
ed. It -is further agreed that A.W
Bell be released from his tax as trus
tee and dental profession and that
J. Johnston be released from his tax
TSolwi antl "Master. It is further
ordained that "J. Johnston make out
the tax list for the present year and
hand it to the town constable for col
lection and that W, A. McCoy, J. H
McLoud. Wm. McD. Allman and Wm
M. Addington be appointed a patrol
for the next year
November 16.. The Commissioners
met and agreed that E. II. Hopkins
inconsequence of his office of Mar
shall be exempt for patrol duty and
J. T. Siler, N. G. Allman, J. Johnston
Jepe'W. Siler and J. M. Lyle be add
ed to the patrol. It was further re
solved that we petition the Legisla
ture for an amendment to the charter
of Incorporation. It is further agreed
that the Treasurer procure as soon as
practicable suitable plank for the two
bridges now needing repair. It 'was
further resolved that the patrol cor
rect any negro they may find out
after 9 o'clock at night with or with
out a pass and that they patrol the
premises of'Wm. Sloan, J. R. Siler
I W. Dobson and H. G. Woodfin.
Valuation ot town property in low
R. Allman
$1050.00
N. G. Allman
: ...4150.00
.... .1350.00
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W Bell
W. A. McCoy
.32300.00
J. R. Siler.... 1000.00
.1.. F. Siler .: 4500.00
J. (). Johnston ...........3100.00
J. L. Moore ........ 2025.00
I. T. Siler :.. 3150.00
Sons of Temperance ................ :...100.00
j. W. Dobson (Agent) ...............300.00
Dillard 1 Love . ......1200.00
H. W. Nolen ......,.........:..?.. 2400.00
J. M. Lyle ........800.00
.Win, II. Thomas s .. ..........1250.00
T. P. Siler ...2160.00
W; A, Enloe - -...400.00
Farm Poultry Flock.
Pays Club Woman
Washington, D, C. Nov.,29-"Mrs.
P, A Burbage, a member of the
home demonstrating club at Ransom
ville in Beaofort County, North Caro
lina enjoys working with her poul
try and believes that pure bred flocks
are profitable even as a sideline or
the farm, says Miss Violet Alexander
home demonstration agent for Beau
fort County. ,
'"Mrs. Burbage has a 200-egg cap
acity incubator which she set twice in
addition to setting about fifteen or
more hens. She was also one of the
300 farmers and farmer's wives who
sold on the first co-operative car
lot shipment of poultry ,from Beau
fort County, and was very proud to
receive the' largest individual check
amounting to $123.26 for 90 cull hens
and 10 old roosters". . '
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A exander states that Mrs. Burbage al -
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so sum ine luuuwiug mji yuis yiuuuiis
for the first liine months of the year:
630 dozen eggs sold since 1st 1924
for : $141.65
125 young chickens sold for ...78.25
100 old chickens sold for ...... ..J23.26
2 turkeys sold for 7.50
Total for nine months ; $350.66.
"In addition to the neat little bank
account Mrs. Burbage has supplied
her table throughout this period,"
says Miss Alexander. "She also has
a source of egg supply for the winter
and the basis for a larger flock for
next year. She now has 125 old and
175 new Barred Rocks and -16 young
turkeys. W'hat Mrs. Burbage has
done this year she can double next
year and any other farm woman, if
she-is interested, can do the same."
Goose Holler Items.
Dear Mr. Editar I an't got time
to write much this week, and thare
ain't much to write about nohow, for
items is mighty scarce in Gosc Holler
now.
But our mathematician has been
doing some niore guessing and figure-ing.-
He said he seen in the paper
where it said the folks in the U. S.'s
bought $1,00(),000.0() w.orth of coffee
in a day, and said he jist had to guess j
how many gallons of coffee thatl
would make fir thcr was different
prices of cpffee.'and some folks made
it strong and some week, but he ne-
lieved a man would be safe in saying
it would average 20 gallons to the
dollars worth, which shows'; that" the
people of the U. S. drinks 20. 000,000. '
gallons of coffee a day, ,an,d to furnish
water enough to make 'that coffee
would take a stream that would run
gallons a minute and he be-
ieved it would take Hard Scrabble
creek 10 hours to run enough water
to "make ity and, says he, that made
me think suppose Hard scrabble creek
was a running' strong coffee if it was
it would be strong enough to run the
bigest mill that was ever made. .
Jim Grimsaw says if it wasn't for
thanksgiving day most folks wouldn't
never be thankful for nothing, said
he didn't know he had any thing to
)e thankful fur, till, "somebody
said something about thanksgiving,
and he got to counting up his blessing
and he found he had clothes enough
to keep him warmed if they was' all
patched and darned, and he had
enough to eat sich as it was thank
ful to know that riches made no man
no better and poverty made him no
worse, and when a poor man died he
didn't need no riches, said he glad
man didn't have to wear, a $50.00
suit before he could wear a robe of
rigtheousness anAwa9 thankful he did
i.ui nave 10 wear a .ui nat betore lie
could wear a crown of life and was
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thankful a man , didn t have to .be
honored in the world, before he could
hear it said,-well done thou good, and
faithful servant, thou hast been faith
ful 6Ver a few things. I will make the
ruler over many things.
enter thou into the joys of thy lord.
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niaiiKiui mat pure ana unuetueci re-
igion was to visit the fatherless and
the widow in their aft'licitions and!
arm kppn nun c1f nnenAf eA (iaiv, l,
world.
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BANKERS TO AID
FARM PROGRAM
The North Carolina Bankers'
Association Will Help in
Improving Farm Condi
tion? Next Year.
Raleigh, N. C. Dec, 1-The North
Carolina Bankers' Association will
help in improving farm conditions in
North Carolina next year.
This action comes from the result
of a conference held in the office of
Dr. B. W. Kilgorc at State College
last week when representatives of the
American Bankers' Association and
of the North Carolina Bankers' As
sociation met with representatives of
the College to plan work- that the
bankers might do, As their contri-
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bution to the. farming progress of the
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Mate the bankers agreed to engage
in nine different activities.
They are as follows :
1 Promote the establishment of
farm and home agents in counties
where such work is not already estab
lished. 2 Co-operate in the-.organization of
of county agricultural councils with a
definite extension program.
3 Enccunragc diversified farming
with special emphasis on producing
food and feed crops for the farm.
4 Study and promo'.c development of
market lor home products.
5 Support of co-operative market-
j ing when economically sound and well
managed. .
' 6 Support of, Boys' and Giris' club
work.
7 Encourage i he ownership, of a
family cow and aid safely in financing
the project.
' 8 'Encourage bank credit as a sub
stitute for other forms of credit.
'9 Encourage additional Federal
appropr'aition for research work
Agricjiture.
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Last Year Brings Further
Strides In Road Buildin-
Keeping abreast of progress 'along
other lines in North Carolina which
go to. make the State one of thej-forc
most in the Union, road
building i
under slate supervision , has jnade
healthy strides during the past year
The amount of work placed under,
''
contract this year is not , as great as
that of fast year or the year previous
as the l'eaks of ' construction was
reached during this period.
Comprising the State Highway
System as taken over by the State
Highway Commission' are approxi
mately 6,20Q miles of r,oad of which
there are under state maintancc 6,
000 miles divided as follows :. Asphalt
736 miles; concrete. 634 miles; bitum
inous macadam 274 milf.s; gravel 511
miles; shale 24 miles; topsoil and
sand clay 2,468 miles; dirt' 959 miles;
detours 347 miles ; brick 47 mile.
On January 1, 1924, there were under
contract and construction approxi
mately 1875 miles of road work cost
ing in round figures $38,053,500. There
had beeicoir.plcted 1, 665 miles value I
at $25,978.600. .. On September. 1st pro-
jeets under contract and construction j
1.632 miles of work estimated to' cost I
$33,036,590 and' on the same date j:o:n-
. t4'i ,ti..i 7cw ' .' :i ,
I'lt u-u Luuii'Vis tuiancu nines
co? ting in round figure $'"6,fi27,5)f)
includes Federal Aid received fro'r
the government and pioney advanced
and donated by counties.
There are of course several' uncon
nected links in the highways of the
state but' when one looks back on
road conditions a few years ago the
p1 ve
progress made in highways improve
,ncnt js wonderfol. One may leave
CmUhf.vi.t i
mcnt( on route No. 10 and, with the
exception of a few miles near Hills-
boro, which is under constructi6n
drive on paved roads until he reaches
Shelby, a distance of 225 miles. Per
haps the best indication of the improve
ment made in North Carolina roads
is in the increase in the bus line. Al-
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covered with a network of bus lines
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most overnigni tnc state nas necome
u:uliumw huu uratiieauv everv town
and village II. K. Witherspoon,
Something Taking
Place in Seattle
Perhaps your readers would like to
know about something that is taking
happened in any other place in the
place here in Seattle that has never
world.
There is a minister of the Gospel
here, who .when he preaches his au
dience see many signs from God even
greater things than was seen around
Jesus. Some see his head become like
the sun, some see his face split open
an! a cenicr face come out that was
so bright that we couldn't look -at it.
some see the nail prints of the cruci
fixion in. his feet some see an illumi
nated cross behind him, and a smaller
one on either sire. Some sec a cross
on a post tn tront ot him while he is
talking and when he would liftc his
hands from the table it Would disap
pear, and they get a voice from Ilea-'
ven saying, "Now do you believe?"
Some say they have reasons to believe
it is the second coming of the Lord for.
understand if is God; but when they
have presentments of a man with the
appearance of this.nian Salwt, and
they understand it is God; bu.t when
they come to Seattle they find it was
c'nly Salwt, that they saw. His nanic is
mentioned 40 times in the scripture,
even Jesus prophesied of him, and
spoke of it as M-I-S, and said he was
God. His followers think so, for they
even kiss his hands and feet. 1 have
seen him raise the dead three diffe
rent times, make the lame to walk,
the deaf and the blind to see. .
Once I saw him take a cricket that
had been drowned in the bottom of
i wnt'.M- vessel fof over a week, in his
hand, and said, "Now' I'll show you
the power of God. I'll breathe on the
cricket three times and it shall live."
also said. "I have sympathy for it."
He didn't have a chance to breathe on
it three times. The first breath he
l.reathed on it, it jumped out of his
hand, and he picked it up and put it
(.tit of the window, and it ran and
jumped away like any other well
cricket could have done. Judge for
yourself if that isn't the power of God.
Could a person do a miracle of that
kin l without God being with him. He
says he is here for the purpose of
gathering 144,000 election to gether,
into this holy white city New Jerusa
lem, which is located in the northen
!! rt of Seattle, and commanded of
God to be here' and this old gentle
man, who is above SO years old to be
its builder, lie says the time is now up
that the election must gather theni-
Uihes here, and be taken to Heaven
suifi.. soul, and body, as Enoch
,..::i ! i'iah did, and it will he m this
on '(ay for the s-criptures .promises
lh it riii the. way through ' and , this
o . h angel, has opened, the seals
of 1 1; -"Bible and has the key's 'ofHiell
and death and health, also the bot
tomless pit. and know all mysteries
and teaches as proven by the author
ity, and true facts proven by'" the
scriptures, and not theories1 out of his
head, for God is with hmi, which is
oroven bv the many signs
shown-
about him.
Seat le, Wash.
,EVA FALK.
EDUCATION PAYS.
A few facts with reference to the
value of an education in cold dollars
and cents are given in the following
flipping. Study , these over and see
if .an education is really worth any
thing in plain money. While think
ing over the facts, ' remember that
many of the values of an education
cannot be, and never will be, measur
ed in terms of coin. The clipping
follows
Statistics show ihat a bov with ?
CC llecp- prlitrn firm - n hrU :i I linnun nil
, j,a,,ces tr) succee(i where the untrain-.
ed boy s'auds only one. Education
pays ' dollars and cents, but it . pays
a thousand times more in value that
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The testimony of the Western Elec
tric company is, "Only about K) per
cent of men without a college educa
tion made good while 90 per cent with
a college education made goo."'
Everv dav snent in school pays the
child $9.02.' Here is proof: Unedu
cated laborers earii on an average of
$500 a year for W years, a total of
$:C,()C0. :, ' ' .
High school graduates earn on an
average of $1,000 a vcar for 40 years
a total of $40,000. "
This education required twelve
years of school of, 180 days each, a
total of 2,160 days in school.
If 2,160 days in school add $20,000
to the inepme for life, then ach day
at school add $9.02. V
The child that stayi out af schod!
to earn less than $9X)2 a day ts losing
money not making money Salis
bury Post, '
SHOP EARLY
MAILEARLY
The Postoffice Department
Warns the People to Mail
Between December 10 and
December 20.
Last year through the generous co
operation of the Press, the movies and
other advertising mediums, Christmas
mailers were induced to dispatch
their Yulctidc presents earlier in the
month than before in the history of
the institution of gift exchanging in
the holiday season.
As a result the spectacle of the last
minute rush of former years, with its
attendants heartbreaking labor on the
part of wearied and nerve worn store
clerks and postal employees;'- was
avoided.
This year Postmaster General New
and First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral J jhu H. Bartlett have determin
ed to make an even beter record and
to banish for all lime the suffering
under gone in past years by those en
gaged tn the sale or transportation
of gifts. They hope to make "Shop
Farly" and "Mail Early" a habit with
the American people.
Mailing early" does not 'mean De- "
ccmbcr 1st or before, but if .everyone,
could get their holiday tokens in the
nir.il between December 10 and De
cember 20. the post office could not
ask more.
, Particular attention this year will,
be paid to greeting cards. Despite
the success last year, it was noted that
the last-minute mail consisted largely
of cards. Possibly many of thein
were returned greetings to friends,
heard from on prcvionus mail, but
overlooked on the original Christmas
list. Unlike parcels and letters con- .
taming money orders, cards, of course
can not well be marked "Do not open
until Christmas." Therefore, it is pos
sible that the many mailers hold them
until the last to insure delivery oil
Christmas eve. This class of. mailcrs--this
year, however may find their
cards undelivered until after Christmas
Day.
Believing that the energies of postal
employees should not be sapped to
the last degree for any avoidable
reason, and intent upon securing for
them the same Christmas privileges
enjoyed by others, Postmaster Gen
eral New asks the hearty co-operation '
of the public". The last-minute, or zero
hour has been' moved u) so that all
postal employees may eat their Christ
tuffs dinners"-at home: Rural carriers
will' deliver no mail at all on Christ
mas day and clerks and carriers in
the city offices. will stop work promply
at noon. ;
Oak Dale News.
Our Sunday. School is progress-,
ing fine at Oak Dale with, 'Mr. Law
rence Roper as Superinendent and
Miss Bertha Roper as Secretary and
also our school is geting on fine here.
There was a singing at Charlie. Ray's
Thursday night. Every body that
was present bid a...nice time and en
joyed the-singing. . .
Misses Bertha Roper and Bertha.
IJiyant were the guest of Mrs. Grady '
Bryant Sunday night. (
Mr. and ' Mrs. Bryson Ray hive
been visiting Mr. Ray's .parents Mr;
Charlie Ray for some' time. They left
Saturday for Charlotte, N. C.
Miss Eula Welch pent SaturcT.iyy ,
and ;Simday with 4fr sister, Mrs
Don Baldwin. ,
Mr. Arthur Roper who has been
absent for some time is at home now,
Mr. , and Mrs. George Tallent veie
visiting Mrs. Tallent's mother Mon
day; ;
.Mr. Billy Parrish ma ; a very plcas
ent visit to. Oak Dale S tulay eve.
Chpstmas .is near o -y body better
look up the chimney U: good old San
ta Claus.
Miss Bertha Roper, was the guest
of Misses .Ella and.Jiertha .Bryson
ounuav.
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Many good things-are, -in s'ore for'
Macon County. The Press .will keen
you informed at alf times concerning
developments 5 in the county, Coun-:y
Agent, Arrendale depends upon the
columns o: the Press tc get news to
the farmers and the Press Ins never
failed him. The recent mon'ng pic
ture shows all over the county were
advertised in the., Press, free of charge
The- farmers Tioul4,.havt' known noth
ing of the turkey yalc held last week
had not the Press published the" in
formation. This sale put more than
$2,000.00 in the pockets of the farmers. ,
Each week the-Press devotes a col
umn or mre to the interest of the
farmer. The Press keeps you in touch
with developme.it in V rankliti t!i;
iJowcr Ham. Lake. Emory Etc.