North Carolina Newspapers

mm Volume XL FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1925. Number 4. X EASTERNSTAR SERVESSUPPER Tax Reduction Supper at the Odd Fellows Hall A Sue cess Board of Trade Reorganized. On the 19th of January the ladies of the Eastern Star graciously served a wholesome supper at the Odd Fellows hall to about 55 men and women of Franklin. This was, only one of a number of such suppers planned for the future. Major S. A. Harris acted as toast master and introduced the various speakers of the evening. In his introductory remarks Major Har ris stated that the object of the ifneet-. ing was to effect some organization to assist the town board in disposing -' of the surplus power that will be gen erated at the municipal power plant when completed.' The tickets to the supper caried the information that . taxes in Franklin can be reduced by .half.'- ... On the subject of taxation Prof. M. D. Billings submitted . figures showing -that unless- the surplus pow er, is sold, the city taxes will quad ruple. He also showed how the citi zens of Franklin can avoid all city taxes and still have a nice income from the power plant for municipal improvements provided the power is sold. , . v , Rev. A. J. Smith made,an earnest plea for co-operation of all citizens with the town board and cited ex amples where this spirit had resulted 111 great benefit to certian towns. ;-r Mayor R. D. Sisk made an impas sioned appeal for assistance from the citizens of Franklin in helping the town boardiri disposing of the sur puis, power. He stated the board is now exceedingly busy with many de-. tails preparatory to getting. affairs in shape for the construction , of ' the - dam and that little time is thus left . for other burdens. ' . . Mr. H. H. Willhoit, a representa . tive of the Industrial Division of the Southern Railway System, offered many., valuable suggestions for the " disposal of the surplus power. In this opinion wood working 'plants wtfll suit the needs of Franklin better than 'any other line of industry. r In this way not only will Franklin be bepefitted but also the farmers of the county who have timber products for sale. Mr. Willhoit stated that wood wbrking industries employ only male labor. In so far as pertains to labor a!' cotton mill, in his opinion," would be an ideal supplement to a wood working industry since the females " o; a family could find work in the cotton mill while the men were en engaged in the other plant. Mrv Willhoit stressed the impor tance of an .organization whose duty it would be to gather statistics on the resources of the county and thus be able to answer without hesitation any question that might be propound ed by a prospective investor. He also stated that Franklin must be prepar ed to show and, if necessary, to de liver such men suitable sites for fac tories. . Mr. Willhoit promised assis tance and co-operation of the entire Southern -Railroad System in locat ing industrial enterprises in Macon county, He likewise announced that the question of cheap rail rates will receive prompt attention when there Js evidence of something to haul. ; f, Mr. Lee fcarnard had exceedingly "good hews for Franklin by announc I ing that he is in touch with a firm 1 that is seriously considering inVest ! M $500,000 in Franklin. In the near future the Press may be able to make a; more definite announcement re lative to this proposition. . A "subscript ion list , was then passed around and about 30 persons present subscribed S2C.W5 each to the Board of Trade With the understanding that the subscriptions will be void unless sixty lumbers are . obtained A tc.mmiitce was then appointed Jo tativas the town- for new members On motion the election of Officers of the Board of Trade at the court house on January 5th was confirmed The officers so elected are as fellows: President, Major S. A. Harris; Vice lresident', G. AL Jones', Secretary Treasurer, E. S. Huiinicutt. Motion' was then made and carried to revert to the constitution as origionally ap proved on the first organization of the Board pf Trade. 'This puts the dues back to $20.00 per year instead of $5, 00 and reestablishes th number of the Board of Directors at 5, consist ing of three officers" and two mem bers at JargV. S. H. Lyle, Jr., and Prof. M. D. Billings were then elect ed as members of the Board of Di rectors. A rising vote of thanks was then extended to the ladies of the Eastern THE FIRST FEMININE GOVERNOR TOOK OATH Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 5 The reins pf government of Wyoming today passed to the hands of a woman. America's first femine govenor. Mr. Nellie , Taylor Ross swept into-office by a plurality of 10,000. in the November election, planned to re ceive her oath of office at noon clad in- mounring for her husband, Will iam B. Ross whom death removed from the executive chair four months ago, and to retire immediately to the seclusion of the governor's mansion. The senate Chamber was thrown open to the public, but Mrs. Ross re quested that there be none of the carnival atmosphere which hereto fore has surrounded the inauguration of a governor. Even the customary gubernatorial reception was dispens ed with. In the inauguration of Mrs. Ross, supporters of. women suffrage found a situation peculiarly fitting since it was Wyoming which became the first state . to extend suffrage to women, although the bill granting women the vote was passed in 1869 by a rough and ready body among a storm of derisive laughter. . The Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Through Manly's Battery chapter of the Chldren of the Confederacy, of Raleigh, the legslators of North Carolina have been invited, and urged td enroll all children Of the members of the Legislature in the Children's Founder Roll of the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial. Many of j the Representatives and State Senators have shown deep-interest in this plan to perpetuate the names of Confederate men and wo men by enrolling their names, with those of their descendant, in the great :Book of Memory at Stone Mountain. , , The Children's Founders Roll pro vides for a contribution of one dollar from each child for each Confeder ate name enrolled. All boys and girls who have not yet passed their 19th birthday may enter their names for the Book of Memory. For each one dollar contributed one Confederate name may be enrolled but a child may memorialize as! many Confeder ates as he wishes by sending in one dollar additional for each additional name. " To each child who becomes a mem ber of the Children's Founder, Roll a beautiful bronze medal is given. This medal, designed by Gutzon Bor glufn, shows three of the figures of the central group and carries on the other side the inscription "Children's Founders Roll, Commemorating the heroism of the people of the Confed eracy". This medal will mean as much to the children of today as the bronze cross of honor means to the vererans. ' . Children throughout the South are urgcdvto enroll between now and General Lee's birthday on January 19th as a special tribute to the South's great leader. Names should be sent to the Children's . Founders Roll; The Stone Mountain Confeder ate Memorial 222 Grant BuHlding, Atlanta, Georgia. . Many of the U. D. C. chapters have a special chairman fpr the Children's Founders Roll and names may be handled through these chairmen also, as the. chairman will send them in to the Association. . V Special note should be made of the fact that the Association" has trans ferred its offices to the Grant Build ing. All communications concerning the Stone,, Mountain Confederate "Memorial ; should be addressed to The Stone Mountain Confederate Monumental Association.- 222 Grant Building,- Atlanta, Georgia. Some Houn' Dogs " Messcrs. Wiley Zachery and Harry Higgins, of Franklin, N. C, passed through here today with a truck load of fox hounds consisting of tweny sitf long car:d, hob tailed and long tailed hounds. They ar.e on theif way to Eustfs county Florida where they expect to spend two months fox hunting. - - ' When asked the value of the load of dogs Mr. Zachery said that money could not buy them but if for sale they bring from fifty to two hundred dollars each. .. -. 1 We had never expected to see the day that a, load of hound dogs would be worth more, than a load of good beef cattle or a load of common farm mulesj but jsuch is the case. Clayton (Ga.) Tribune. Star for the supper and to Mr. iVVU hoit for lending his presence to the occasion." The meeting accomplished a great deal and the officers of the Board of Trade feel greatly .encouraged.'' , REST CURE FOR Our State Invests. Thousands of Dollars Every Year in the Cure of Tuberculosis Patients. Sanatorium,' N. C, Jan. 19. "Rest 1 I wish I could impress upon the gen eral public the idea that it is rest, systematic rest and not raw eggs, milk, sleeping porches or climate, that cures tuberculosis," said Dr. P.-P. McCain, superintendent of the North Carolina Sanatorium. "The State of North Carolina in vests thousands of dollars every year in tuberculosis work. But it s not sleeping on porches and food alone that repay the State in arrested cases of tuberculosis for its investment. It is the strict regimen of systematic rest enforced by the physicians at the Sanatorium that pays the State re turns for its money .in 'cures' of its tuberculosis citizens. "Pulmonary tuberculosis is an in flammation, or ulceration in the lung. If you . have an' ulcer on your hand you use the hand as little as possible until the ulcer heals. It should be the same way with a diseased lung. The more exercise a person takes the more often he has to breathe. This increased breathing may at any time do serious damage to the ulcer in the lung. The more quiet a person who has tuberculosis can be the bet ter chance the tuberculosis in the lung has to heal. When a patient- first enters the Sanatorium he is put to bed for com plete rest. until some week after all symptoms subside. Then the patient is allowed to begin sitting up in a re clining chair for an hour a day at first and his time up is gradually in creased until after a few weeks he can sit up a good part of the day. Finally the patient is allowed to-take some outdoor exercise, usually walk ing. The time out of bed and on ex ercise is taken only by order of the physician and not until the patient's lung condition has healed sufficiently to allow it. Every patient has to re cline so riiany hours every morning and spend twO hours quietly in bed each afternoon. "When the patient leaves the Sana torium his period of rest is not over. In order to prevent a relapse he must rest and continue to rest for a cer tain part of each day. "Tuberculosis in the lungs is like a house on fire: Water will put out fire; rest will quench tuberculosis in the lungs. The secret of getting well of tuberculosis . is simple : Rest, rest systematically and continue to rest Good food, fresh air and a suitable climate are helpful factors but alone they will r.btkcep a sufferer from tu berculosis from the grave.. They have to be combined with intelligent, sy stematic rest. "So for rest is the.ony generally ef fective remedy for tuberculosis. As soon as the general public realizes this and'acts upon it the road to re covery from tuberculosis becomes as certain, easy and secure as it can be made today." . - AQUONE ITEMS There is not much here, onlyv rain and mud and our highway is nearly all down on the Mississippi bottom by now I guess. Nothing whatever passing and the mail has to go on horseback. . . Mr. Cooper Ferguson has built his mother a beautiful new 8 room, house with 9 .doors and 8 " windows." Mr. Sam Ferguson spent the holidays at home while Cooper; did not come, Sam. surely had a good. time. B. F. Coleman is very bad off. Jim Passmore is very ill. - .. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wood a fine boy. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wood a fine girl. Mr. M. A. Lambert died in wain county and was brought back to Aq uone to be buried. She was the anly living daughter of Mr. W. B. Morgan, the others having preceded her to the grave. . .Only one child of this family survives, Mr. J. H. Morgan. Mrs. Lambert had many friends and relatives to mourn her passing. She Was a good woman if there are any good ones. - ' '. , Judge Ferguson had many friends were sorry to learn of his death. and relatives in. this-vicihity who The many friends and relatives of Mr. Frank F. Ray will be sorry to learn of his death, v. : Mr. Jap West also had. a host of friends and relatives to mounr his death. . .. I would like to hear from W. II. Baker. POULTRY PAVES WAY FOR OWNING FARM Success with poultry is largely re sponsible for R. E. Parker of the Am ity Community in Iredell County now owning his own farm retorts R. V. Groeber, County Ag'ent for the State College extension division in that county. Mr. Greaber states that Mr. Parker has demonstrated to the people of his section that noultrv will bring in. a good farm income: The returns from Mr. Parker's birds has. about equall ed that secured from cotton, in ad dition to giving food for the family. "Mr. Parker is a small farmer and has been living on rented land," says Mr. Graeber. "He has not had the opportunity for equipping ' himself handling poultry as he would like to ; but when we visited his farm recenf ly we found 350 high grade white leg horns turning the. grain crops of the farm into eggs. We found crude equipment but fine methods of using equipment as he had. , "After talking' with Mr. .Parker, we realized that he had given much study to his yOrk. Hts wife had kept a careful record on the poultry for the past eleven months and her report showed that they began the year on January first,' 1924. with 150 hens. The sale of eggs and poultry up until December first was $1,488.45.' This amount included the value of 200 birds now in the laying flock as increase in the poultry and valued at $1.50 each. The feed cost during 1 the eleven months was $465.59 leaving a net profit from the 150 hens of $1,022, 86." Mr. Graeber states that the Park ers did not keep a careful record of poultry and eggs consumed at home. On December first, the laying flock included ninety yearling hens and 200 early hatched pullets. Mr Parker has recently purchased a farm of his own and moved to it in December. He has built an excellent farm poultry, house that will care for 350 layers and he says, "My success with poultry gave me the idea of buying the new place." New Year Greeting From Commissioner of Agriculture Most of the program of agricultur al progress in North Carolina was tarried out pretty satisfactorily the past year; and it is our intention to enlarge the, program somewhat fo 1925. All we farmers want is fair treatment and fair play and a little vnore of it. We will then be found working in perfect harmony and in ciose co-operation with all the other major interests of the country.' ' On this first day of 1925 everything beckons us on to new hopes and stimulates us to renewed energies for the coining year. In spite of an fore ign markets for our farm products; and our home consumption is contin uously on the increase. We thus have a solid foundation on which to buHd our hopes for 1925. So long as we have a "favorable trade balance'", or nearly a billion dollars in our foreign trade as wss the case during the past year, we will r.c in litt.e !.nger of amoney p&n.c and while c liac jfirntly of m ips in tin: country we can confident e pect to maintain fair prices for farm products, provided our marketing fa cilities are properly handled. It is, of course, possible to overdo anything. We. can easily grow more crops than the.world can consume at a profiit to us, and this must be kept constantly in -mind. If we would keep tip the price we must keen down an excess, product;icfn, and my advice to All fanners for 1925 is; "Plant fewer acres and mike them produce more per acre; try in every posible way to reduce the cost of production and give yourselves more time for play and recreation than you did in 1924." , i Wm. A. Graham. Commissioner of Agriculture. News From Winston-Salem MrV and Mrs. John Ramsey have moved back to Philadelphia much to the regret of their friends. ' Messrs. Wade Fouts and Bill Br son are going to school at the Ed wards Business College. We wish them success, . : , ' Mr. Lloyd Rowland has his old job at P. H. Ilan'es' while M r. Frank Gibson is employed at the R. J. Rey nolds establishment, Mr. Fred Bryson spent " the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Harley,Mal lonce. . t, the job in Winston-' alem. Probably Mr. Robert Parn'sh is due back on some attraction elsewhere is keeping him away. There are 75 ice cream, cheese, milk and butter factories now operating in North Carolina. GEORGIA ROAD TO BE MISIIED By August 1st. Contractor to Start Work as Soon as Weather Permits Road to Be Hard Surface. Asheville, N. G, Jan. 15, In reply' to your letter of the 10th addressed to Mr., J. G. Stikeleather, relative to ,the work that we expect to do be tween Franklin and the Georgia line, will state that this project is let for a concrete surface 16 wide and .6 thick. ' ".'.' . ,. This wcrk will be started as' soon as weather conditions will permit and the coi.tractor expects to place two 21-E pacers on this work; therefore. there is no doubt but what this pro ject will be completed by the midle. otVthe coming summer, .provided the weahtre permits. . . 1,0 ' , The contractor expects to start stock piling this material for this concrete work about the first ot March, in order to have sufficent ma terial on hand to not detay the work after the concreting actually starts. I do not think there is any doubt but that his project will be com pleted by the first of August. . Very truly your, J. C. WALKER ' District Engineer. Stiles Locals Mr. Carl Morgan who was oper ated on at the Angel hospital Satur day after Christmas came home last Thursday, January 8th, and is getting aong very well. Mr. Dill Owenby Of Brairtown pur chased the Robert Dewell farm and has moved his 'family. We welcome him and wish mm much success as as we are proud of such neighbors.- Dr. Angel has been called1 to the home of Mr. E. B. Byrd to see Little Fay, who has been mighty sick. Mr. C. C. Welch of Wilmont form-', erly of this place in this section . now. ' . 1 Mr. Harley Mason is making prepay rations to go to Gastonia to work. Mr. J. S. Anderson was in this section Friday shopping. Mr. Lee Rogers of Franklin was; in this section Friday buying cattle." Miss Dora Lee Garner's school closed at. the Bridge (Morgan School) on day last week. Mr. Henry Mashburn went to the Angel hosptal to be operated on for appendictis Monday. Mr. H. D. Dean of Etna was in this; section Monday. Mr. Sam Anderson who has been working at Wesser Creek is with home folks this week. ; Glad to state that Little Fay Byrd' is improving. Mrs. Dcss Coffee of Almond spent the week end with her sister, Mrs. E. B. Byrd on account of Fay being sick. - ' Miss Ruth Byrd went back to her: school at Almond Monday. - : Mr. R. C. Anderson of Tellico; was in this section Monday on business.- Mrs. Alice Smith and daughter, Mrs. A. A. Duvall visited Mrs Mary Justice Tuesday of this week. Mr. T. A. Slagle made a business, trip to Burningtowri Tuesday. There will be a box supper at the1 Morgan School house Saturday night January 17, 1925. Everybody is cord-"-ially invited. The purpose of this is" to get funds to hire a Singing Teacher; for this settlement. S. C I. NEWS We" are glad to say that most of! the pupils are back inschool after the holidays, and we are glad to wel come all the. new ones. Mjss Lucy Jones .hi come back; from Tugalo, Ga to go to school . We are very glad tit have Mr. W. A. Hough, from Par- jrville, N. C.J who is the father of Ilr. Joe Hough! principal of the S C. I. School. He made, a very interesting talk and; we enjoyed it. " ! We are glad to have Miss Lillie; Smith of Tellico, N. C. back again for the spring term. Mr. Burgan Mullinaxe from Ashe- ville, N. C. our math cacher has gone, on account of his brother being sick.; We hope he will soon return " Miss Marie Fisher spent the holi-; days with her folks at Baker' Creek,, N. C. : . We are very' glad to say our Eng-. lish teacher, Miss; Ella Pierce from Ahoskie, N. C. is. here again. Her; mother has been very sick, but is better now. The total area of the lake when fil ed wil 211 acres. Seventy acres of this tirea. constitute the present river bed.