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mMlt CM n VOLUME XL FRANKLIN, N. O, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1925 NUMBER EIGHTEEN -A X SCHODL HIGH TO GIVE Frolice of 25 a Six Act Vaudeville Will be Given by Franklin High School Students. At the hourt house Saturday even ing at 8 :30, a six act Vaudeville bill will be presented that will be well worth the price of admission, 15. and 25 cents. It will be an evening of entertainment for all ages and occu pations. Beginning with an orchestra and closing with- a black face act. The Frolic of 25 will be a program of song, dance and sparkling fun; The proceeds will be for school benefit. Merchants of the town are contributing to costumes and . stage properties. Advertising posters are the work of students of the fifth grade. Makes Money Selling Guernsey Milk Cows Sanders ville, Ga., April 25, Last week a friend of mine took me to task for advocating dairying in Geor gia, saying that he would go into the cattle business himself if he could ' make any money at it. As a result of this conversation the writer had a talk with VV..H. Howell, manager of Fern Crest Guernsey farm at this place and asked him the direct crues-1 tion whether or not the dairy of1 which has has charge is making : money. As an answer he showed mP the books and told me about recent sales of cattle which they had made. Believing that this information would be of. interest to farmers of our coun ty and Georgia at large, I obtained permission to publish the prices re ceived for animals sold recently. A foundation herd consisting of a .registered Guernsey bull and five purelbred Guernsey females was re cently sold to a man in northern Ala- bama. The bull brought $500 and the heifers, at an average ag of 1 one year; were sold for $300 each. About nine months ago a doctor in Atlanta bought three high-grade Guernsey cows from Fern Crest that had been milking 70 days. At the time they wcre sold the three were giving 18 gallons of milk a day, an average of six gallons per cow. They brought, an average of 183.33 He was so well pleased with these three cows in comparison with cattle bought from other farms that he sent a check for 375 for an 18-months-old registered Guernsey heifer that he had never seen. Se was so delighted with this heifer that he was reported . to have said that if his cattle bought from certain other farms were worth what he paid for them, this heifer was worth several hundred dollars more than he paid for her. Week before last this same man came to Ferri Crest and selected a pure-bred Guernsey heifer for which he paid $300 and a 15-months-old reg istered Guernsey bull at $500. For months he had been a great admirer of the pure-bred Guernsey cow, Itchen Ranter's Constance 110118s, whrch cow was held at $1,000. At the time of his last visit Constance had given birth to her fourth calf and on two milkings a day was giving approxi mately six gallons. Since her calf was well worth $300' he was told that ; he could buy Constance for $750. which price he acccped irrtmediately. Constancy has given approximately 13,500 pounds of milk and 600 pounds of butter fat in a year. She has pro duced a little more than eight gallons of fnlik a day. She is cheap at $750 for with milk at 15 cents a quart she produced $942 worth last year. Figuring milk at 10 cents a puart and the calves at what they actually sold for and deducting the cost of feed and labor on the cows and their calves, three cows in the Fern Crest herd have actually made a net profit of a little more than $1,000 each in 12 month's. From these records and figures it is clear that even though the prices paid for Guernsey cattle are high it is; easy to make a profit on them t torn th sale of their milk . alone. ,.'' i The demand for Guernsey is such that the cows and young cattle can be sold for good prices which means a good profit for any pne who wishes , to engage in dairying. , f The three bulls shipped' in here in may, 1923 andthP one in January 1924, came from Fern Crest Guernsey farm. The one that was placed in the Riverside cdmmunity. is a close realtive probobly a full brother to Itchen Ranter's Constance" that is mentioned in the foregoing article." With blood like this, Macon county should make a reputation with Guern sey cattle. Still a few who have not looked into the question or do not know dairy cattle from beef cattle will growl and hbwl about the coun ty being ruined with Georgia scrubs. Investigate or SHUT UP. , PLAY AMERICAN LEGION PLANS BIG JULY tbURTH CELEBRATION Entertainments Ball Games Horse Races Fireworks Dances Also Home Coming Week For Our Former Residents Big Times For Everybody Wants Names and Addresses of Former Macon County People. . July 4th this year will be the big gest occasion of its kind Macon County has ever seen. The Ameri can Legion has charge. And when those boys tike hold they do things. Witness the late unpleasantness acro;;s the water. Heretofore July 4th celebrations in Franklin have consisted of on,, hectic day, everything crowded to dbath, and usually very little system. This year you'll see a vast difference. The Legion Fourth will cover three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 3rd, 4th and 5th. with something of real interst going on every minute of the time. These boys have 6r gainzed, each phase of th,, affair is under direct-supervision of one man or one committee, and you may ex pect tli,, most1 without fear of disap pointment. 1 he primary idea back of this three,, day ceebiat.on is to induce as large a number as posisble of former Ma- con county citizens to pay the Old j make every effort to havP a part of them re-locate here. Macon county is now on the verge 'of a great for ward march, and this, it would seem, is the logihal time to invite our form er 'Sons ,and daughters to revisit old scenes and renew . old friendships. And .for this purpose what time is more suitable than July 4th ? On this clay of loyalty to a great Govern ment and ; a great Principle , why should not the tires of loyalty to the old home and the old friends burn ! brightest? 'l he editor of The Franklin Press wants the name and address of every native Macon County man and wo man who is living in other counties or. states'. No 'matter how faraway, or how close to old Macon, just so they liv,. out pf thc county, we mant their names. This is in order that we may invite . them to ' attend the great Fourth of July Celebration and Home Coming Week. Every person who will read this probably knows of one or more former-Macon coun ty citizens who ar,. now living in other counties or other states. Send thier names, and addresses to the editor of The Franklin Press. Else where in this issiip is a .convenient coupon prepared for this purpose. Fill it in, clip, and send to the editor. Do this today-DONT PUT IT OFF1 Aside from the primary object of a Great Home Coming Celebration, it is hoped that this enterprise will create in the citizens of Macon a keener sense of pride and loyalty for their home county. This move ment is sponsered by the local post of The American Legion. If there is any profit from the various enter tainment which will be put on, this will bp added to the Memorial Fund nf-J . 7 MiMinrVc?,LSr icsday of. this week for Winston purpose of building a suitable me- ci morial to the fifteen Macon county boys 'whogave their lives in the World War. And, man, there's going to be something doing this trip or the American Legion promises to draw in its horns 1 This isn't going to be one of thos,. Fourth's when you get back to the old rooftree about twelve O'clock at night, plumb disgusted, ?.nd wondering what in h you bit again for anyway. Not by a long shot. The complete program hasn't been mad out -yet, but, it? coming along fast and it's a whopper I Be low we are giving a synopsis of the events already planned, - Read 'em and mak your arrangemtns accord ingly! . ' . SYNOPSIS OF PROGRAM Friday, July 3rd 10:00 A. M., Baseball Game. 12:00 M., Basket Dinner. 1 ;30 P. M., Address of Welcome. 2:00 P. M., Address by Former if aeon County Citizen. . 3 to 5 P. M., Music by Brass Band. 8:00 P. M., Local Talent Enter tainment. 10:00 P. M., American Legion Dance. , Saturday, July 4th, ; 10:00 A. M., Pageant. ! : ' 12 M to 1:00 P. M., Street Contests". .3:00 P. M., HorSe Races. 3 .-00 P. M., Entertainment, Court House, s 8:00 P. M.,. Entertainment, Court House. 10 m P. M., Fireworks. Sunday, July Sth 11 :00 A. M., Union Service, all churches participating. Some dis tinK'oished ou)t-of-owri ' preacher, preferably a former Macon County man, will be obtained for this ser vice. . '' COOPERATIVE POULTRY SALE . . . ' ' Macon County Shipped Her Tenth Car of Poultry on1 April 10 Was First Coun- frv kti Hftlrl alp iy lO nOlU OaieS. . A co-operativ.' cvr of poultry was shinnpr! mit nf Marnn rnmitv Anril 10. This sale proved very successful. I 16,180 pounds of poultry were loaded I on the car. The sum of $3,529.16 was nairl th farmer fnr nnnltrv ami .US -t. iu.- on .,v p i, .,.?, .,. tu aa 16 cents c nd for hens c(ore th jh following" prices were paid for ... r '-v- poultry at the ear door: Mens, cents; fryers, 42 cents; Stags, 20'. -V" !llclca ill leature.oi uic saie cents; and roosters, 10 cents. This is tht. fact that the property owners represents a substantial saving to the will give away on the day of the sale farmers of the coun'tv and demon- absolutely tree, to Fotnc person pres strates vhat farmers in other sec tions caii do. through co-operat'ivc effort. ' J. V. Arrendale, county agent, re ports this as the tenth co-operative Ml- nf nnnltnr tn n( f tv: The V-first co-om-rativo car nl i r...n... f i : . "A, . ",v . 3 April 25, 1923'. This was also the first ! rlrv J ; ) 1 a .m.anaBcr 01 tne cp-operativP car of poultry to beJ1?!c ktaltv Aitrtion company, shipped out of the state.. Mr. Arreu-! Mll!1-r Wts,ior thw property, as dale was called to Central Carolina! s,ure1 . thc nV that this is to be soon after the first shipment to speak ihc xm salc' Ylth, the before a group of county agetnts on sou,,,(,C3t l'lo.rtumticsror thc home methods employed in handling co-1 seeker., and investor that h.s corn operative ear shipments of poultry. p;iIT ha yi.;,t, ll,ancl!c(1; , , . Since this time manv ears have gone - ?hcre W,H bc, a 1 baml and out of the State and are making thousands of dollars for the farmers of North Carolina Ashe ville Citi zen... News of West's Mill Mr. W. W. Potts of Bryson City is visiting friends in West's Mill this Week. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Reid and little daughters, . Pauline and Dorothy, of Dillsboro were visiting friends here last week end. Mr. "Carroll Gibson of Bryson City spent Saturday and Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Ben K. Gibson. Mrs. Alex, Higdon and daughters Dorothy and Maxine of Cullowhee are visiting Mrs. Higdon's parents Mr, and' Mrs. James L. Bryson of this place. Messrs. Horace and Fred Bryson v.. i i trj...: .ci ci Mr. ' Floyd Gibson of Winston - SaWU hr nn an PvtonrlpH viit with hU mnthpr Mrs Ron u Kiu. son. . Miss Kate Hyatt of Otto spent Sunday afternoon here with her sis ter, Mrs. Clyde N. West. Miss Grace Bryson is visiting her sister, Mrs. L. Craig Stepp of Aquone. Mr. and Mrs. Everett B. Rickman of Canton visited relatives here recently. , Mr. Carlyle Sheffield who has been in school at Canton for the past year is back at his home here. Messrs. Glenn Gibson . and Jack sharp who have been at Winston-j Salem for the last few years spent j last week with relatives and friends here. They left the first of the week for a trip through the middle arrA western btates. I Mr. Ross Davis of Otto was a visit or in West's Mill last Sunday. Mrs. L. C. , Stepp and little son, L. C Jr., were visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs. T. C. Bryson recently. Mrs. John Potts visited relatives at. Leatherman last Sunday, Mr. Alex Elmore who is attending school at Sylva Collegiate Institute spent the week end" here with his parents, Mr.tand Mrs; J. B. Elmore.: I The . .. B. Y. P.. U. of the Cowee church is progressing nicely! We hava meetings each Wednesday night with good attendance. i Mrs. Buel Mason and children Carl and Jenniev, of Leatherman were visiting Mrs. Solomon Leather man Monday of this week. . ' Miss Grace Sheffield has gone to Canton to spend the summer with her sister, Mrs. Jessie Rickman. Mr. and Mrs. J. Purnell Bryson entertained the young folks of this community with a candy party last Thursday evening;. TO iliJLD BIG LAND SALfc Beautiful "Bidwell Heights" To Be Subdivided and Of -fered Public an Absolute Auction. The Franklin Realty company is cleaning up and subdtv'jd.lig "Bid well Heights," their beautiful resi dential property lying along Bidwell and Lyle streets, between Harrison avenue and West Main street. Somc- time during the latter part' of May this property will be sold at absolute auction by the Home Realty & Auc- c?7' 3 high claSS 'cal auc" New, broad streets and drives are uel"S Dullt over tl,e property, and jt , subdivided intn. n nntnher of handsome and well located resi dence lots. This is probably" the best located residential property now (or s"Ic in Franklin, lying os it does 1,1 tlUi bre residence district, one quarter of a mile from Court House, high and airy, With City water, lights and tclenhoiic. and much of it heinir fronted with naved street and con- i crote -ide walk. It is doubtful if the ititieus of this town and 'county will 1,a anoth" opportunity to secure .,f f ),, 4i"l"A" UL J'"-" '""" v"- ent, whether a purchaser' of a lot or not, a brand new 1025 Ford automo bile. Tlip manager of the : sale- in forms us that every pi rson who at tends will receive one free chance on , i i i i . tlllS Ca.. Ill SOlUtlOH. JlVC . CXtra choices will h,. given with tvery oi i)i rc nasec i , i it other features of interest. Georgia Road , The Wison Construction company is making a record for pouring con crete on the Georgia road. This company started work half way be- tween Otto and Tryphosa with two concrete mixers, one going toward Tryphosa and one toward Otto. This part of the road is now finished and will be opened . to traffic as soon'as the concrete hardens. One mixer is now-coming from the Georgia line to Tryphosa and the other began at a point, near the Morrison school ' and is going to ward Otto. These' two sections of the road will be completed ina few days when all machinery , will be moved tc a location near Prentiss and work both ways toward Mor rison scnooi auu xowaru i uiimmi. . l I I A. I. . 1 .1 ' - 1 Traffic is now benig detoured from ' Prentiss to the Georgia line along i the bast side of the river. The AMERICAN LEGION JULY 4th CELEBRATIQN Franklin, N. G, July 3rd, 4th and 5th HOME COMING WEEK for our FORMER CITIZENS EDITOR FRANKLIN PRESS; FRANKLIN, N. C. Dear Sir: Helow 1 list the names and addresses of Former Matqn county citizens who might be interested in the AMERICAN LEGION HOME COMING FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. ' ij - NAME ADDRESS.' NAME ADDRESS NAME ADDRESS NAME .ADDRESS NAME : ADDRESS Sent m by (Name of sender) Address of sender... PROCLAMATION by Governor Governor McLean Sets This Week as American Forest Week Urges Citizens to Observe Same. HF.REAS,, by proclamation, the President of tli Unitet States,, has requested the Governors cf the sever al. States to set apart tli week of April 27-May i;iculsive, as American Forest Week, for bringing to the atcntion of all the people thP nation al danger that lies in continued neg lect of our forest resources; and ' . WHEREAS, North Carolina has in th,, past witnessed a depletjon of once splendid .forests to th point that. the trreat 'aval Stores Industry has been destroyed and the wood using industries weakened by a con tinued decline in the amount ;and quality of timber suitable to its needs and, -WHEREAS, .neglect of the forest results in continued, fires' which des troy seedlings and young trees SO that cut over lands 'that should be producing more timber are being turned by thousands cf acres into barren wastes that are an economic burden and, '. WHF.RAS, timber is a fundamental of civilization entering vitally into th,. daily life of every citizen and making for his happiness and wealth when plentiful and his economic dis tress when fr-rjuaiidcred it the source of suppk : Now, THKRt'rOKE, 1 trie ar.l puttie official.;, public and civic agencies, in dustrial leaders, forest owners, and users, and all putrk.tic citizens gen erally! to observe, think upon and so far as posisble impress thP lesson of American Forest Wetk in aid of our common duty of conservation, pro tection and renewal for the thrift of this generation and thc untold bene fits to generations vet to come. L WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed 'th,.' sea! of the State of, North Carolina. Done at our city of Raleigh, this 21st day of April, in . the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, and the Independence of the United States cf America the one hundred and fortv-ninth. ANGUS W. McLEAN, Governor By the Governor, . CHARLES H. ENGLAND, Private, Secretary. MR. LEWIS SORRELS DEAD Mr. Lewis Sorrels, 83, died last Saturday at his home on Mashburn Branch. The remains wer interred Sunday at Bethel church, Rev. W. M. Smith conducting the services.' The deceased leaves two sons, foor daughters and a host of friends to mourn his passing. Prior to his death, Mr. Sorrels; was one of the very few remaining Con federate Veterans, having served with bravery and distinction - for four vears in the Civil War m Cantain Tom Angel's company of North Car olina troops. 4- , -4 4 1..