North Carolina Newspapers

40 f .Volume XL FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1925. Number 8. ? w I. Jl m Qf v MAGES FOUND Farmers Use the Village For a Buying Market More So Than a Selling-Make It Attractive For Him. Nearly 2.0,000,000 people in tne uni ted States, or about one-fifth of the . Tt. ' population, live in villages, and 30, 000,000 farming people use these vill ages for purposes of business, educa tion, religion, health and social well being. Yet alj these centers of rural . population are usually unattractive amlT often very ugly. Villages in other counties are generally much superior to' thoce of the United States in de sign, in the character of ihe.c -ueets and public buildings, .and in their ap proaches ,and recreation spots. A start, howpver, has been made toward beautifying the American village. Some examples in this, respect are 1-ecorder by the Department of Agri culture, which has been studying the problem of village planning from the standpoint of its importance to . the rural community slind particularly to . the farmer. It. is more, as a buying than as a selling place that the farmer makes use of the village. In marketing his principal products he.generally deals . with some large distributing center. . But he purchases his household sup- "puljfs :n the village. He goes there fnr amnsflmpnt and for social purpose generally. His children often go to school" there. An attractive village says the department, s an important , influence in standardizing farm life and in counteracting the attraction whUh ' pities have for the young people of the farms. As the farmer's chief ,'nt of contact with outsi.'e inter ests, the village can make abig con tribution to the hapiness of farm life, even if it , be considered from no other standpoint than the fact that, it is the place where the farmer spends a ; large part if his income. Where villages are being made more beautiful, the impetus has come in nearly every case from local initia tive. Villages that have' well-planned '. cirsote attractive rprreatinn shots-'. and pjeasjng approaches are nearly always indebted for these advantages to .the energy and public spirit of some small group of citizens. Under such inspiration dump heaps have been turned into garden spots, un sightly shacks and dilapidated stores have been torn down ana repiaca by smart, substantial business build lings and extensive programs of land scape gardening and tree planting have been undertaken. Villages that ' have embarked on this path are find ing that beauty pays It improves local bvsino'.s and attracts tourist business. It enhances real estate values and has a powerful influence in rais ing individual standards of efficiency and enterprise. One good example of a village that was not well planned originally but that has now been transformed into an extremely pleasing place, is Wes ton, Mass, Weston formerly had a large swamp area in its center. This has been drained, graded .seeded to grass, and planted to pine, tir and chestnut trees. A new town hall and a fire station have been built, oppo site the entrance to the common. .Public building are now centrally grouped. Old, unsightly ,.. structures have been torn down. Jhe improve ' ments. were planned by a landscape architect. It took. 25 years to put the nlan thrmich Sii I pvprvnne in Weston f v - - - Cj " " J now believe that the enerprise was worth the time and money it cost. A village tfkt was started with a good plan, am has realized it is Pat terson Calif. This village and a col ony of irrigated farms occupying 18, 000 acres were planned in 4910. Roads leading to the village were- strategi cally located arid planted with trees and shrubs. The . village itself, has e'ght streets radiating from a civic center whtre tile 'public-buildings are 'locif'i'." In tli last fqur years th residents of the village rave built library, a community club house ,a concrete swimming -pool, and a gram mar srhnlr.1 v .nd have niwidpd an . automobile camp park. Town dump at Lewisburg, x a., Jus become a m e:.ic asset, thrjgn me activities of women, who formed' a 4 civic club, launched divic club, launch ed civic improvements propaganda, and accumulated funds for an im provement program. Formerly the first impression a visitor got-on' ar riving and the last one hp took away with him on leaving was one of squal or, because the town dump lay across the main approach to. the village. To day the land where the dump stood . is the property of the civic club. Old shacks have been removed from it And refuse ..cleared, away.. It has been WILSON STARTS W0RK0N CAMPS Georgia Road Contractor is Building Camps at Otto and Tryphosa Will Build Georgia End First. Th Wilson Constriction Company, contractors for the Georgia road s-.artcd Liilding camps h:t Wedi" s Ai; at Otto. and Tryphosa tr mc jcomod'ion of the for:e which is soon to be put to work on the Georgia road. It is the intention of company to build the road from the state line to Otto first so that sum mer tourist and the traveling public in general may detour at Otto and come down the east bank of the river while the road from Otto to Frank lin is under construction. This pro gram appears to be an excellent one. NO doubt the state will put the road down the east bank of the river in good condition to accommodate, the public while the - highway is under construction. The Wilson Construction Company intends to begin pouring concrete just as soon as the weather will per mitpossibly by the first of April. In the mean time they are getting things ready so that there will be no unnecessary ( delay after pouring of the concrete begins. The rock and sand to be used will be procured else where and delivered at convenient places along the railroad. It is expect ed that about 12 carloads of material will be used daily. This company has the reputation of doing big things in a big way. The citizens of. Macon may therefore ex pect to -see the Georgia road complet ed in record time. Dr. Winecoff is Honored Dr. Thomas E. Winecoff of Lara mie district missioner of the Episco pal church in Wyoming who is tem porarily in charge of St. ' John's church of Powell has just received notice of his election as an honorary member of the Societe Entomologi- quc de France or National Entomolo gical .Society of France. This is a very high compliment as Dr. Winecoff is one of the very few Americans who have been honored with this membership Dr. Winecoff furnished the Smith sonian Institute with the major part 'of our national museum's collection of Boreal Lepidoptera, and gave . the French Museum Natiional d'Istoire Naturelle practically its entire collec tion of artic insects; and in addition he has sent this Trench museum each of the last four years many thousands of Wyomings insects, till Wyoming now hits the largest collections of in sects in that museum of any state in the Union, and he. has sent every one of them ' Bouvier, probably the foremost liv ing etomologist, writes Dr. Winecoff that Wyomings insects displays in the Paris museum now stands out very noticeably larger than that of any other, state. . leveled and planted to grass, flowers and trees. It is spanned by gravel walks and surrounded by ornamental lighting standards. Now the visitors enters the village through a green and-smiling park. v Many other examples of effective villages planning have been noted by the department's investigators. Yet the idea that village planning is as necessary , as city planning has taken root in comparatively few places. It has not the pressure behind it that brings results in crowded cities where congestion , makes radical, changes compulsory. The Government points out, however, that village planning often means great saving to the com munity; that it is never too early nor too late to begin it; and theft the ex pense never prohibits and is seldom a serious handicap. Solution of Puzzle No. 2. CEMIAIBIASISIOn ALER OC E LXTOTR BUR YOJ ELEYG50 ADO; TULLYLEA A J0RUG5 jDlglT ZjPEAWrj5E EKSD 5 L AN tT 3 LE D 5 Hi LANDQitlMgrfio illlfSARE 5CS OL ME JIM LIP jLOUD EjjBICEPjjF AL5.E TANNERY TO USE AB0UT400H.P, Connection Made Saturday And Will Yield $1,000 Per Month No other Sales Have Yet Been Made The first .big sale of power from Andrews' new power plant has been made," to F. P. Cover & Sons Inc., for their tannery here and the actu al connection was , made and the use of town power begun, on Satur day afternoon last week. The-tannery, it is stated, will use approximately 400 horepower, and the income to the town from this sale will amount to around $1,000 per. month. While this is a big sale, it is com paratively small, it- is pointed out as compared with the amount of power the town has for sale, the new plant developing about. 2,000 horsepower as a maximum. No other sales of wholesale power have-been made to date, so far as can be learned; it is generally under stood, however, that . a number of concern's have made inquiries. Tri County News. . v . . In Memory Of Our Darling On. last Saturday January 31st, a wave of sadness swept over the en tire community, when Dee Simmons the little five year old son bf J. R and An'na Simmons shot and instant ly killed his : liNle 'sister, .Marie. She was the sunshine of their home. Everyone that knew little . Marie knew her . to love her. , She was al ways loving and wore a sweet smile. A short time .before she was killed she sang "There Will Be Bright Angels Over There," and soon she was anng the band of Bright Angels Our loss is little Marie's great gain. May the Lord, who doeth all things well lead and guide us up Heavens bright way to meet little Marie in Heaven where parting comes.no more. . MRS. C. J. ADAMS. CROSS-WORD PUZZLE No. 3 "THE FOUR ANGLES" Here's a dandy puzzle for beginners and for old hands at the gam. Several unkeyed letters, but only one technical name and one abhrevla tlon. These facts and Its aH-over interlock make It not such a hard on after all. 1 12 13 14 I 5 1 M I 17 Fnp 70 uTirTT ir ft Ti r w 20 2T 22 H 2 15 lit Z7 . W Z? 30 131 132 s$ ; -" '34--' 157 " ' 36, 37 ; 38 T 3? 0 r 41 "-J-------1--- - 4F 45 J44 45 I Jl " j47 148 149 " r -j. . 5zT 2 . i . (CupyrlKht, Horizontal. 1 Together . -Sny 11 Roman tyrant 12 Decay IS Article of apparel 10 Blow of a hora 17 Anthropoid Id Comfort . 1 Hotels SO Small green vegetable 31 Source of lumber 22 Flnlah' S3 Peril IN WUhe for 3 Prepare f&r tnblo '" District S!V-Klnd of dog 87 To. acoop out Glrl'a same 42 Plot of ground .40 Conveyance 47 To exchange BO To cheat 81 1'nlted (nbbr.) 62 Free of defecta ' M Story ' . B4 Obaerve 85 CJolf club 86 Heavy hammer 87 Heated The aolutlon will TOWN ALDERMEN BUY SOME LAND ( , Holdings pf Mr. J. L. Bar nard and Mr. E. H. Franks Purchased Last Friday Other Lands Be Damaged. The town board has now purchased all the lands that the waters of the lake will cover excepting about 1C acres. On last Friday the board pur chased approximately 86 acres from Mr. J. L. Barnard for $12,500. Mr. E. II. Franks also sold the town board between 10 and 12 acres for just a little over $1500. It is not believed that the town will experience any great difficulty in reaching agree ments with the1" owners of the remain ing land that the lake will cover. Of course there ae certain other lands that will be damaged. To date no agreement has been reached with the owners regarding these lands with the exception of one or two. Holly Springs Commence- ment Exercises At School The public is cordially invited to attend the exercises Feb. 25-26, 1925 Wednesday Feb., 25, 7:30 P. M. a Play "To Much of a Good Thing" Comedy in one act. Negro Minstrel Chorus "Bells of Dreamland" By Primary Grades. Pa geant Old Bachelor Sale ' Thursday Feb. 26 11:00 A. M. Ser mon by Rev. A. S. Solesbee. 1:30 P. M. Declamation and Recitation Contest and exercises by Primary Grades. Thursday night, 7:30 Play "Old Time School" Comedy in one act. Awarding- of prizes and certificates. Ntgro Play 'The Great Ch.cken P.?aling Case of Ebenc vr County ' 1 1 ortis "Spring T'TiKi' Closing Song Good I'yc S. J. SMITH, Principle. Viii.) Vertical. 1 Unfaatened 2 Elrment In air 8 Metal 4 Small children 5 Dealer In clotha Firm 7 Bneenraga . 8 nip Other 10 Horaea 1.1 Vncloaed ' v 24 One SII Negative ' 20 Obtained 27 Barn 20 Organ of head SO Part of verb t 81 Primary color 82 Old horae 85 BcKna . 8(V Make over , 87 Fok tro;ier SH To let lao 40 M'eathercock 43 Fuel 41 Acted pnrt 45 Earned 47 Part of lee 48 Superfluous growth 40 Wood of the auollooV nTanfl ppiiear la nest lxaue. FIRST 5IEETING IN CHARLOTTE The American Legion Will Make Drive For Endow ment Fund For Soldiers and Orphans. Lexington, N. C, Feb., 20 The first meeting in North Carolina in connecton with the national pro ject of the American Legion for' a $5,000,000 endowment fund for dis abled soldiers and orphans, was held at Charlotte, Friday, February 13. Announcement of the meeting and of of the opening of the endowment movement in the state, was made by Wade H. Phillips, of this city, com mander, of the department .of North' Carolina. Following the Charlotte meeting, others will be held in every city and town in the state where there is a post of the Legion. One of the first steps in the organization plans will be the formation of committees in each locality composed of prominent Legionnaires, and members of the Legion Auxiliary. In this work, A. Lindsey Skerry, of Indianapolis, field secretary, will assist the state de partment and local posts. .. North Carolina is one t of twelve states, most of which are in the south, where The American Legion projects of aid for their disabled conirads and children of "buddies", who died, is-being initiated. Jn ad dition to the southern group, the undertaking also has been started in Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky. "Just as she has been' among the first in every great, patriotic, and humanitarian movements in the past yve hope that North Carolina will be in the van of states in responding to this appeal," Commander . Phillips said. "The endowment is for. those who did the most an the war. "For orphans, the Legion's pro gram as laid down by National Com mander James A. Drain, is a home for every homeless child.' President Collidge is chairman of the national honorory committe sup porting the endowment fund. Among the members of the committee are lohn W. Davis, former ambassador to Great Britian ; General Pershing; William GibbsMcAdoo. former sec reary of the tfeasury and director general of railroads during the war; Secretary of War, John W. Weeks; Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Bishop Brent; . Mrs. Frances Grcver Cleveland; Julius H. Barnes, of The United States Chamber of Commerce; and many others. KYLE LOCALS Rev. Philip Passmore filled his reg ular appointment, at this place Satur day and Sunday;. ' He preached a good sermon. Mr. anad Mrs. Shirley Evins are moving back to Kyle to farm this year. Mr. Evins says the farm is the place to make the money. Mrs. Van Morgan is ill at this writ ing. We hope she wll soon recover.. Raleigh and Earnest Roper, Wiley and Alex Pendergrass of Oak Dale passed through Kyle Sunday on their way to Buck Creek, where they are employd by th Andrws, Mfg. Co. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wood of Tusquitte are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Andy Pendergrass of Kyle this week. Mr. fT. A. Bateman of East la Port is visiting his family at Kyle this week. Mr. Bateman is employed at the Black Waw Lumber Co. It .rems as though the country is gciting behind . with the Voads.-. We voted for a borid issue of twenty norland to build th roads from thr .iorgan out to Kyle, :ind from Kvle t j Nantahala Station, uid our road'1, are in vvoi'f condition :iian 'iorr before we bid any w .i done." They c. c now impassable- We 1 aven't any trustee to look attet ourxroad or mon-y either. Come on Nantahala and lets do our best tohave a good roads built here in the near future. ' Mr. Owensby who has been home on a visit has returned to his work- at East la Port. ' j Mr. L. L. Rowland has trot hi building almost completed. Mark Haney started work on his house. - Mark says he likes the Bun galow styles. Dallas Raw and has returned lining f rom(otla where he has been work ing for Mr. Galloway. Mr. lorn Copers moved 1o his new house. Tom is fixing to plow. He says ne win make the crickets live hard. . , ' Mr. Odell Hall went back to his work at Topton last Sunday W e . regret he left as he is a jolly good fel low '