I I KEY CITY OFlMOukTAINsTl
VU
VOLUME XLI.
FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1926.
NUMBER THREE.
VJ& GOLDEN RULE m PRACTICE
I r-4i 4. series of articles
U LJI the Golden Rule
rtf"" ' national
A SIGHT I SHALL NEVER FORGET
By DR. FRIDJOF NANSEN
i.' , ,
Famous Explorer
A few weeks ago I bad a wonderful
reek with the happy children rescued
by the Near East Relief in Armenia.
I count those days among the most
wonderful of my life. .
I have cooperated with the Near
East Relief in the "past. But never
before have- I had the privilege of
seeing its work so intimately. It has
been a great revelation to me. I had
never imagined that an American un
dertaking of such magnitude existed
In the Near East. ,
I have seen the largest gathering
Dt orphaned children in the world. In
tme spot, the Americans are bringing
to independent self-support 11,000
homeless boys and girls. -It was a
eight I shall never forget. Many were
children of kindergarten age, some so
small they had to be carried.
The efficiency of the woTk in the
orphanage schools and hospitals was
particularly striking, as was the high
standard of the American men and
women training these children.
As I moved from one building to
another, I thought I had never seen
in all my life so many children so
busy. Everyone was doing something.
All were engaged In some sort of use
ful work. I saw great rooms full
of gtrls making over old clothes sent
by the generous people of America,
and I stopped to watch other girls
bent over Intricate embroideries.
One of the delights of my visit was
to sit down with the children and
partake of the orphan meal of soup
Potato Tuber Moth
In North Carolina
Raleigh, N. G The potato tuber
moth, long a serious pest of pota
toes in California, now appears to be
present in North Carolina, according
to W. Bruce Mabee, extension en
tomologist for the State College of
Agriculture.
' "This insect has done much dam
age during recent years and though
we now have no definite record of
its work in North Carolina, we have
reason, to believe that it has appeared
here," says Mr. Mabee. "The wor.ni
of the insect does the damage. These
small worms are a clouded white,
greenish or yellowish color, .depend
ing upon the food eaten, and have a
brown head. They only get to be
about half an inch long. This worm
damages both the vines in the early
stages of growth and the tubers lat
er and also potatoes in storage. The
young worm bores into the stalk
causing it to wilt and die. When the
worm enters the tuber various rots
gain a foothold and complete the de
struction. In some cases as high as
25 per cent of the crop has been, ruin
ed by this pest."
But there is hope. Mr. Mabee
states that the life history of the
pest has been worked out and some
control measures found. Seed -potatoes
may be. freed from the worm
by fumigating in a tight bin or room
with carbon bisulphide '; ',. infested
plants may be destroyed to prevent
spread; weeds of the same family
should be eradicated near the fields ;
after digging, potatoes should not be
left exposed where eggs may be de
posited on them, and all rubbish
- should be cleaned up in - the - fields
after harvest.
Mr. Mabee requests anyone finding
insects which seem to be this pota
to tuber moth to send such speci
mens to the department of entomol
ogy at State College.
My Riches
God be thanked for the blessed books.
. Sweet voices from the distant dead
Tieirs we are of the ages past
If the best of our books , we've read.
What matters it my poverty .
The rich and great -may pass my
door,
If men like Milton enter in
For a song, then I am not poor.
If Shakespeare opens up the world
And workings of the human heart;
Whittier, Poe, and Emerson
Their wit and wisdom do impart
Most fortunate of men I'll be,
For companionship cease to pine;
If men like these do dwell with me
Then all their precious thoughts
are mine.
Minna Jarrctt Cunningham.
by prominent leaders
as a guide in Inter-
Relations.
and Humanitarian .
7
and bread,, which is again this year
tc be the meagre fare of thousands
of Americans on Golden Rule Suuday,
in order to provide food for the or
phans. It gave me a real appreciation
of the sacrifice so many people in
America make each year, and now that
I know what it means, to these chil
dren I intend to Join in the observance
of the day, an idea that should bev a
principle of international affairs.
Golden Rule Sunday will be ob
served throughout the United States
in December, on behalf of the Near
East Relief. This series of articles,
by prominent public men' who are
supporters and spokesmen for this
great philanthropy, is designed to call
public attention to the background
and purpose of the work.
Use Rough Feed, Says Arey
Raleigh, N. C John Arey, exten
sion specialist of State College, has
for years been advising dairy farm
ers, of the state to grow their own
legume hays and to feed only such
hay as roughage for heavy milk and
cream production. Now, he has had
to change and suggest that it might
be wise to feed cottonseed hulls 'and
rough grass hays this winter. His
suggestions have reached his friends
in the dairy game and consequently
Mr. Arey has. been besciged with let
ters wanting to know why in "tarna
tion" he has changed and just what's
the matter, anyhow.
It's this, The drouth was so se
vere last summer that' few dairy
farmers grew enough legume hay to
feed this winter. Some were plan
ning to buy high priced alfalfa or
other hays and still others were in a
quandary, not knowing what to do
Therefore they began to write to Mr.
Afey and his co-workers.
In effect, Mr. Arey1 replied that
those who are selling whole milk now
can afford to buy grains and le
gume hays; but, tht very small
dairyman or the man producing
cream for sale to creameries will find
that he cannot buy the high priced
hays, in addition to grains, and then
make" a profit."
"Therefpre," says Mr. Arey, "if
these cream producers will make up
a. grain ration consisting of IOC
pounds of crushed corn, 100 pound?
of cottonseed meal and 100 pounds
of wheat bran, they can use this
mixture on cottonseed hulls and sto
ver with goodv results. Some dairy
men, are using a solution of feed mo
lasses and water with which to damp
en the feed and arc finding that the
cows are eating, every scrap. We
still do not consider hulls and stover
as good milk producing feeds, but
they re the best we have, in many
cases, and with a good ration, may
be used to advantage. We can get
or have produced the corn and cot
ton seed for the first two grains and
will only have to buy the bran. Even
if jve have to buy corn, it i now com
paiatively cheap; especilly when
boaght cooperatively."
Jiy I L
GALLS IT OBLIGATION
Young Says Electrical Industry
Must Solve Rural Problem as
Matter of Duty,
Farm electrification is not' a busi
ness opening as much as it is a social
obligation, In the opinion of Owen D.
Young, a farm owner and with a
farm boyhood behind him, now chair
man of the board of directors of the
General Electric Company. The obli
gation, in Mr. Young's opinion, rests
with the electrical industry..
In an interview which Mr. Young
has just granted to the New York
Times, he says: "It is the electrical
Industry's job to make its contribution
to adequacy and economy in farm pro
duction. Otherwise, the electrical in
dustry will be found wanting. And it
must accept a problem of this magni
tude and character as presenting a
duty rather than a new market.
"The question is, how can a busi
ness of this size and importance be
developed in such a way that the elec
trical industry can sell its service for
what the purchasers can afford to
pay? Anybody can produce goods at
such a price that no one can afford to
buy them. Business demands that
the price shall be within reach of the
potential customer, and that there
shall be a fair return to the producer.
A Job to Be Worked Out
"It is incumbent upon the manufac
turing branch of the electrical indus
try to meet this problem. It must
make and develop the necessary ma
chinery. It can bo done. The manu
facturing branch supplied the textile
field, it provided the machinery for
the mine and the railroad, for the
steel mill and the bakery. - .
"We can make farming attractive,
comfortable and profitable. Electri
city can lighten farm labors and in
crease farm pronts. it will cnecR
the exodus of the better type of citi
zens from the farm. It will make the
farmhouse the most delightful home
we have in this country."
Mr,. Young added that it was hardly
to be expected that the isolated elec
tric light, and power company, having
no inter-connection of power lines
with any other utility company, could
go out and serve the farmer at a dis
tinct loss. But the opportunity came,
he pointed out when fifteen or, twen
ty such isolated utilities were tied to
gether into a single system with one
large power plant, ,and a system of
distribution lines, thereby accom
plishing economies which each of the
single isolated plants could not work
ouL " ( '
To Keep Informed
You Need the Paper
In this day of quick mail de
livery, many persons living on
the- farm, miles away from
town, are keeping in touch with
State . and International events
as told to them in the daily
newspapers; they don't have to
wait for the once-a-week local
newspaper to bring stale news
of this sort,
But, with all the efficiency the
postoffice department can give,
added to the wealth of news
printed in the city dailies, noth
ing can take the place of the
local paper when it comes to
mirroring the every-day hap
penings of the small town and
community in which we move.
The big daily doesn't care any
thing about the little personals,
or the activity of those who
seek minor political offices; nor
does it give the human interest
touch to the success and failure
of the local person it touches
the high spots.
The PRESS likes to consider
itself the medium designed and
run to record the local activi
tiesto be a paper that the
lowliest and most humble can
call "my local newspaper." And,
in devoting its energies in the
direction of producing a local
paper, filled every week with
what's taking place in Franklin,
Highlands, Aquone, Otto, Pren
tiss, Kyle, Flats, Scaly, Cowee,
and all the other communities
of Macon County, the publisher
feels' that he is serving the peo
ple of this territory.
The families located in our
territory cannot hope to know
what is going on right around
.them unless they subscribe to
the only newspaper that can
give it to them the PRESS.
JTe GOLDEN RULE m PRACTICE
1 series of articles by prominent leaders
on the Golden Rule as a guide in Inter
national Relations.
NO WORK MORE WORTHY
By FELIX
It has been my great privilege to
see something of the Near East Relief
work abroad. My outstanding im
pression has been the efficiency of the
Americans who are in charge. Of all
the charitable and humanitarian work
abroad during and since the war I am
sure this is easily the leader in the
quality of its personnel. Their own
modesty prevents them from saying
what they are and from singing their
own praises. So I may say for them
that they are worthy of being entrust
ed with our funds.
I have seen in Athens the beauty of
the Acropolis and the horrors of the
refugee camps. I have seen the Royal
Theatre with its horde of refugees. I
have seen also the patient workers,
who are Villing to live in a mud. vil
lage which 10,000 refugees have built
for themselves right in the center of
Athens. Mud is the floor, mud is the
wall, and muddy are the garments of
dwellers in this pathetic refugee town.
To live under these conditions, with
sickness and indescribable misery,
takes a spirit of devotion that you can
find only in the Near East. These
Americans who have done this work
for ns deserve our heartiest applause.
You can find their like only in the
Near East.
They have stayed at their posts
through some desperate times, in
Greece, in Syria, in Turkey, in Arme
nia and Persia. I have seen them in
Palestine as well as in Athens and
Constantinople, and all I can say is
A WARNING TO LAW OFFICERS
In fixing the sentence for Police
Detective Wyatt of Raleigh, con-"
victed of manslaughter in the killing
of Stephen Holt, widely known law
yer of Smithficld, Judge Midyettc
faced a duty peruliarly trying; but
Judge Midyette met the test in a way
that won the admiration of all good
citizens, whatever their feelings about
Wyatt's claims to merciful judgment.
The Sentence means that Wyatt must
serve at least eight months, in prison.
Wyatt, seeking rum-runners on a
Raleigh highway, fired at an auto
mobile in which Mr. Holt was riding
the bullet striking Holt and killing
him almo'st instantly. There was no
charge that the officer had commited
a homicide with' intent, but Judge
Midvette said in passing sentence
that he had originally intended to
charge the jury that Wyatt was
guilty of manslaughter, if the jury
accepted the officer's . own testimony,
The Judge refrained from making
this declaration a part of his charge
because, he explains, on account of
the high character, proved by the
defendant he desired to give him the
benefit of every doubt in the minds
Lof the jurors. The jury convicted
itli recommendation for
f J Ubb ' '
mercy.
Tudee Midvette said from the
bench that an officer who habitual
ly fires his pistol on the highways
is guilty of manslaughter if his shoot-
inrr rloctrnvs human" life." The fact
41l j
that killing is involuntary does not
save the defendant from, the bur-
ri.. nf tak-inor nunishment . for his
rash act. '.
Wyatt's sentence is a hard lesson
for an officer who appears to have
t,nrn a snlendid reoutation all
wv"v w r " x
throueh the years of his service as
a policeman. But Judge Midvette
considered it 'his duty to lay upon
Wyatt some disclipine as a warning
to all officers who may be inclined
to' the reckless use of firearms in the
discharge of their duties as protec
tors of society. , It is a warning that
should be taken to heart by all offi
cers charged with the execution of
the . law?. Asheville Times.
that the label on your
paper i dated in advance, if
you want the rress to con
time coming to your home.
WARBURG
this: Cooperate with them and trust
them with all you can.
The work for the orphaned children
needs a special word-. The children
in the American orphanages are thriv
ing in a most extraordinary way.
Their training is leading them for
ward Inevitably into a place whers
they will pe the leaders of their peo
ple. !
Golden Rule Sunday will be tit
served throughout the United State
in December, on behalf of the Neat
East Relief. This series of article
by prominent public men who arc
supporters and spokesmen for this
great philanthropy, is designed to cell
public attention to the background
and purpose of the work and its need
for general support.
Schaub Becomes Dean of
School of Agriculture
Raleigh, N. C.-I. O. Schaub, di
rector of agricultural exiension at
State College since July 1924, has
been named acting dean of. the school
of agriculture for the1 remainder of
the school year, according to an an
nouncement irom Dr. E. C. Brooks,
president. .
The position of dean has been va
cant since the resignation of Dr. B.
W. Kilgore last July and in the mean
time, the activities of the school have
become more numerous and of great
er importance due to the assumption
of all research and extension work
with agriculture in North Carolina
by the college. Since Dr. K!ilgore's
resignation, all of this work has been
done by the directors of research,
extension and resident teaching in
cooperation with the president. It
was felt by Dr. Brooks that some
permanent disposition should be made
of the executive work in view of the
need for making plans for the com
ing year. After discussing the mat
ter with members of the Board of
Trustees and other influential citi
zens, Director Schaub was appointed
as acting dean.
Frof. Schaub is a native of Stokes
county, North Carolina, and a. grad
uate of State College in the class of
10. He has had much experience
as an executive in agricultural work.
For three years, he did graduate
work at John Hopkin , University,
leaving there to become soil chem
ist at the Illinois Experi -ent Station.
After serving two year, in this ca
pacity, he became assistant profes
sor of soils at Iowa State College
and in 1909 returned to North Caro
lina to organize and begin club work
with boys and girls. He had charge
of this until 1913 when he went with
the Frisco railroad and , remained as
agriculturist on these lines until they
were tken over by the government,
when he became field agent for the
extension office of the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Dean Schaub is well acquainted
with the agriculture of the South and
particularly of North Carolina. He
has the resoect and trust of both his
co-workers and the farmers of his
native state. . .v I-..-,.-.
rsar; r"