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FRIDAY, MARCH 2G, IZZi. TlIE FRANKLIN PRESS page Tii.tr.i: "JESS NONSENSE" ' GETS '.SERIOUS Deer Editor: I don't know whether you've no ticed it or not, but it seems to me. 4ike our country is gitting demoral- ivnA Nnui T ainf tin tinm! fn .tlrnk the mountain before I git to it. Nei ther do I believe in strong men crying "peace, peace", when there aint no peace. But I'm here )to tell you our country is in rather a precarious con dition. That is, I mean to say that these U. S. are gitting too big fur their britches. You know it aint no good sign fur a child to grow too fast,. and , what is true in the life of an individual is true in the life of a na tion and you know the old Saying is "pride cometh before a fall." Well this country has grown, expanded and developed, jist like pigs in clover fur the last 20 years and now she's gitting top heavy and one of these days she's a going to fall, and great will be the fall. I want to quote a few figures I seen in a paper jist to show the progress she's making. She aint got but between 6 and 7 per cent of world's population. But she's got 85 "per cent of the world's automo biles, or more than 17.000,000 and she's spending $10;00O,O0O,OOO to buy and keep up all them . cars and trucks Now you jist notice fur a minute what this nation, with only 6 per cent of world land are and only 6 or 7 per cent of the wdrld's population, js doing in comparison with the rest of the world. Today this country is producing: 55 per cent of the world's iron ore, 51 per cent of the pig iron 66 per cent of the steel, 51 per cent of the copper, 62 per cent of the pe troleum, 43 per cent of the coal, 52 per cent of the timber output, 65 per cent of the naval stores, 62 per cent of the phosphate, 80 per cent of the sulphur, 63 per cent of the mica, 62 per cent of the lead, 64 per cent of the zinc, 60 per cent of the talc and soap stone, and 55 per cent of the cotton. Well, I'll, have to- close fur this time1 I'll give some startling figures 'in my next letter. Hoping this will find you alf well, I am, , . Yours truly, "JESS NONSENSE." Seed Treatment Controls Sweet Potato Diseases Raleigh, N. C. Treating sweet po tatoes before bedding the roots will aid in controlling a number of dis eases affecting the crop. t This is done by using corrosive sublimate or bi chloride of mercury. "In the spring before bedding time., the sweet potatoes should be gone over carefully and those showing black rot or other blemishes should be discarded," says G. WF.ant, ex tension plant disease specialist at State College. "The healthy sound potatoes should then be disinfected by immersing from five to ten min utes in the bichloride solution. This will be found a paying job' on the farm this year." Mr. Fant advises the grower to get two or three wooden barrels, since the solution corrodes metal. Have the., dealer put the corrosive subli mate in four-ounce lots. Dissolve four ounces of the material in 30 gal lons of water in each barrel to be used. A small quantity of warm water may be used first as the chem ical dissolves faster this way. Put the potatoes in clean burlap sacks and dip into the container from five to ten minutes, not longer, then spread the -oots out on a clean floor W.N.SLOAN CIVIL ENGINEER Registered under act of Gen eral Assembly of North Caro lina. . . ' Careful personal attention given to all work. Room Two Bank of Franklin Building. Franklin, N. C. Heatrola Savings Club enroll ment closes March 3 1st. Join now and get cash premiums on your Heatrola savings at the rate of 8 per annum I Next Fall you'll own a handsome Heatrola you'll have furnace com fort throughout the house 1 FRANKLIN HARDWARE CO. H EATROIA There is only ONE Hxitrola ESTATE builds it 3 or the ground to dry. Do not dip over four kfey i of potatoes into a solution buiicz nrking up a new one as it grows weaker rapidly from use It should be remembered that cor rosive sublimate is a deadly poison of taken internally and the potatoes are fit for bedding only after being so treated. The solution, too, .should be poured out where it will sink into the ground- .and will not cotcet in puddles about the v;tI, tates Wr". Fant. 'J 1 j i" barrels mifiht be used again after 'bunt;' washed thorough ly. The potatoes can be bedded any time after they are dry. Selects color Now is the time to brighten up and restore the fresh, new appearance of things around the house. That's where Pee Gee Re'Nu'Lac comes in handy it stains' and varnishes at the same time, bringing new life and new color wherever it 13 used. You can get enough for one chair or for a dozen or more pieces of furni turejust come in and let us help yOU SELECT THE COLOR. FRANKLIN FURNITURE CO. Franklin, N. C. WEaeBa Yarn ITff aele Yowv Cacf Ford owners are continually be ing approached by automobile salesmen who wish to "accept" Fords as part payment on more expensive cars. It is logical that automobile dealers should be eager to trade with Ford owners. No other used car is so easy to sell as a used Ford because everyone has confidence in Ford quality. And it is not expensive to re condition, since Ford replace ment parts are lowest in price. Most automobiles carry greater discounts to dealers than the Ford another reason why other dealers may offer the Ford owner a larger trade-in allowance. But, bear these facts in mind : The amount of the trade-in al lowance you can get is not the most important thing for you to consider. The big thing is the difference you have to pay. And remember, that the higher priced car will not be so easy to dispose of when you come to trade it in. If you wish to trade your Ford for a new automobile, stick to the car that you know to be de pendable, useful and economi cal. Go to your Ford dealer! He will give you a fair and liber al allowance for your present Ford and will gladly arrange payment of the balance to suit your convenience. Original Ford Features that Today Make for Greatest Simplicity Durability Reliability Multiple Disc-in-oil Clutch Dual Ignition System Planetary Transmission Simple, Dependable Lubrication Thermo-Syphon Cooling Three Point Motor Suspension Torque Tube Drive FORD MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN New Prices TOURING RUNABOUT COUPE TUDOR SEDAN FORDOR SEDAN $1 $310 $290 $500 $520 '565 Cloud ear pric inelud t tarttr and demountable rim. All pric f.o-b. Detroit .. "22 YEARS OF LEADERSHIP AND STILL LEADING IN PRICE-DESIGN-QUALITY" !ii,fwv ' snrr-'-t : iwmiMMB.-j&.i.i. iff a.ti,',- J
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