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- f ' 1 . . .i , S 'J. 1 v A THE FRANKLIN PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1325. HARD SURFACING ROSMAN HIGHWAY Tlrcv.i"'!, N. ('. Construction work is now under way on,, the .project' ot hard surfacing highway number 23 from RoMiian to the Jackson county line, a distance 'of 17 nines, according lo a Matemcnl made by T. jr.an' chairman of Transylvania couti ty road commissioners. The highway was graded and widened to 30 feet some, four years ago, '.and the two overhead bridges necessary to he buitl are now complete !. It i- thus expect ed that, the actual v.ork of hard sur facing will be pushed through to com pletion within the'-not 1 Mexican Bean Beetle Is Serious Pest Kaleigh, '.' C Now firmly estab lished in the mountain area of west ern North Carolina, the Mexican bean beetle Is likely to spread over tlie of the state. It often months the pavtd road which wiM be of Penetra same type as is .tion Macadam, ine . i I , A.... C iiuw in use on tr.e len mw:i nin Jirevard lo Bosnian, wiU be when cor, .'e.cd 16 feet in width, allowing an un paved space of . seven' feet oil ,cach side. The construction- work is in charge of J. C. Walker, division en gineer, of . Ashcville. This 17 mile stretch of highway will be construct ed at a'cost of $100,000, which amount Transiyvania county has loaned the state highway commission. The pav ing program is made possible by the recent $250,000 county bond issue. . The remaining .one hundred fifty thousand dollars of the appropriation will lie used in grading highway No 284. A stretch of 14 miles extending from the city limits of Brevard 10 tjie South Carolina line leading towards Caesars Head. Contract lias been let for the grading for this highway, and construction work will begin June 28 The building of the Rosman-Toxa-vay highway opens important arter ies heretofore but comparatively little traversed connecting Brevard in di rect route to three western counties as well as into other suites.- A conve nient and direct route will thus be made possible through Cashiers' Val ley, Highlands, Franklin,, and on into Atlanta and other sections of Geor gia. AsheviMe CitizMi. Ten Winners in Auto Race on Firestones If. Ship-causes tremendous damage and is ca- ,I.l,. f i nctrnvincr w 101 ' cuius ui beans and peas. "This beetle belongs to the same family as the lady bug, says L. tl. kannon, extension entoinongist . u State College. "Its eggs are deposited on the lower .surface of the leaves m clusters. The eggs are. orange color- d. The adults teed principally on the under surface ot the leai, eating ragged areas and. often cutting through the leaf. The larvae feed on the under surface, of the leaf. If the pests are numerous, whole plants may be completely destroyed, The .beetle prefers the common garden and lima icans, but win attacK cowpeas ami soybeans. . .'''. Since the bean plants are very sen sitive to dusts and are easily injured, care must be exercised in fighting the icetle, states Mr. Brannon. inc spray or dust stioum ue uuui.iv.vi a, y? possible to the under side of the af. Magnesium arsenate is m- recommended poison. This may .be ,,cr1 at tin- rate of one pound to nny gallons of water or one ounce to three gallons. The pqison may also be used as a dust and when tins is uoue, u diluted with lime at the rate of one to five pounds of lime ttf each pound of the magnesium arsenate, depending on the seriousness of the infestation. The magnesium arsenate is the safest poison to use, .though calcium arse nate may be used. For a spray, three fourths of a pound of calcium, arse nate and one and one-half pounds of hydratcd lime to fifty gallons ot water is Firestone full-size gum-dipped bal loon tires auain made a remarkable '.showing in the Indianapolis Speed ' way Classic on Decoration Day, when a ten winners participating in tn nwney" rode on these dependable i tires. , This is the second time balloon tires vcre used in the great Speedway r event, the first being last year when 'Peter DePaolo on Firestone full-size ' srum-dipped balloons made a new world's record at an average speed of 101.13 miles per hour. This year's gruelling battle of tires v;--- '-ailed ?t the end of 40? 1-2 miles ..' Vicryl e cf 'he downpour of rain Lockhart, who captured the grand prise, drove the full distance without a single tire change and was all se to go the entire 500 miles on tlie same set of tires. ' H is a noteworthy fact, too, that the 1026 Indianapolis race : was. the ninth on the Hoosier Speedway in vhicli Firestone gum-dipped tires car ried the' winners to victory.! The terrific, battle of tires brings out the effectiveness, of gum-dipping, the "exclusive process employed by the Firestone company, which builds ex 4ra strength, and endurance into the cord fabric' by impregnating and sat urating every fiber of every cord with rubber. - , This special process minimizes fric- tion and heat,' keeping the tires com paratively cool under a continuous . racing strain, The performance of Firestone tires at If dianap'oli"! . tWs'. ye'-ir certainly was remarkable when the terrific speed at which the cars traveled over the 15-year old rough brick track is taken into considerrtion. DOES NOT PAY TO SUCKER CORN Demon1-farmers fprnmniended. Soraving should be gin when the eggs of the bean beetle become numerous. From one to four applications may be necessary, states Mr. Brannon. , ADVISES ENGLAND TO ADOPT U. S. ELECTRICAL MEIHUua F.lecfrical development in our coun try is best shown by th'e fact that r . - 4 . ' A AAA Chicago, with a population oi i,uw, 000 and 10,000 square miles area, pro dnres and uses withm 10 per cent as much electrical energy as all of Great Britain, with 40,000,000 people. Samuel Instill, of Chicago, an eWc trical authority and head of electric light and power companies capitalized at $ .250.000.000. recently auvisca a chamber of commerce in London to follow methods of developing power employed in' this country. Tn Enarland. a public utility corpora tion must go to Parliament ' for its nowers. while in America it simply goes to a commission that has charter regulating and rate making powers, and we have abandoned efforts to remilate monopoly bv competition The American people are constantly getting lower rates on electric current over larger areas, as a result of mass production. Conneetine vast territories by long distance transmission lines leave's no part of our country without electric power in case of drought or casual ties -North Carolina without rain last summer, had its industries supplied with current brought 400 miles Electric power plants of highest, ca pacity result in cheaper power for lo cal factories and more intensified ag riculture. Industiral News Bureau. Raleigh,' C Unless the boys on tlie farm need some kind of job to keep them busy, it might be better to let them go fishing than to put them to ."suckering"' corn, strations made by leading prove that this practice does not pay. 'At this season of the year, we get many inquiries as to whether it pays to sucker corn," say? E. C. Blair, ex tension agronomist at. State College. "It docs not. Last year, R. H. Holle man of Hertford county found by a careful demonstration that the in creased yield secured by pulling suck ers was hardly enough to pay for the job. Air. Holleman pulled suckers from two rows, one hundred feet long and let the plants on the two -adjoining rows produce as many suck ers as they could. He had a perfect stand on all four rows and both plots were treated exactly alike with the exception of removing the suckers on one plot. The two rows from which the suckers were removed produced 96 ears, including nubbins, weighing 55 pounds. The other two' rows pro-; duced 117 ears weighing S5lA pounds." "This would indicate, states Mr. 31air. that pulling suckers tends to increase the average size of the ears and decrease the number. The total weight of the ears was increased. If these yields were calculated on an 'acre basis, the corn from which the suckers were removed yielded 46.6 bushels, while that left untouched yielded 46.2 bushels, ine small au ference of four-tenths of a bushel per acre would hardly pay for pulling the suckers and the .labor could better be used on some other timely' job. Mr. Blair states that there is one timely job in the cornfield, however, and this is to add the side application when corn is about knee high. Some quick acting ammonia Hqe nitrate-of-soda or sulphate-of-ammonia should be used. ' Fired ' On Thursday ' be took a display ,sign off a-lady's blouse and put it on a bathtub,'. . The sign read: "How would you like to see your best girl in this for ,.$2.75?". They fired him Friday. Record Frigidaire Sales All records in the electric refrigera tion industry were, broken in May by the Delco-Light company, maker of Frigidaires, when it shipped 623 car loads of" its products with a retail value of $11,250,000, Seven thousand men, working double shifts, with overtime equivalent to the labor of 900 men for one month were required to turn out this tremendous amount of refrigerating equipment. The two' Frigidaire plants will be operated on this new production ba sis for an extended period, according1 to E. G. Bicchler, president and gen eral manager of the company. "We have a -supply of orders on hand and others in the making which will be sufficient to keep both plants operat ing at tlreir maximum capacity," he said "Shipments to date indicate that' we will far exceed the $80,000,000 retail mark set as our goal for , 1926." The company has noted a great in crease in its sales on the deferred pay ment basis, which is taken to indicate that the average householder prefers to buy in this way. Two. years ago, less than ten per cent of Delco-Light sales were made on this basis. Last year deferred payment sales ocmpris ed forty per cent of the total. The percentage for 1926 is expected to be even larger. ' ' Press Want Ads work quickly. LIFE INSURANCE The only absolutely sure plan of leaving money toi your estate or loved ones is through OLD LINE Life Insurance. . 7, . - 1 . f have been writing such insurance for over 25 years. Send age or see me for particulars. WB. LENOIR - SAYS FRANKLIN NEEDS HOTEL Blowing Rock, N. C. June 2, 1926. Franklin Press, ' Franklin, N. C. Dear Sir: Will vou please change my paper from Canton, N. C., to Blowing Rock, N. C? I am. drilling a well for the town. . If Franklin had the hotel that , is here it would be on the map in red letters. Yours truly, P. L. MATTHEWS. We will soon have the hotel,-, Mr. Matthews. Editor Press. Press Want Ads for quick action. GAINESVILLE IRON WORKS MACHINERY AND MILL SUPPLIES FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS J ' Manufacturers of Saw Mills, Shingle Mills, Power and Lever Cap Cane Mills, Mill Gearing, Grate Bar;s, Grey Iron and Brass Machinery Castings and Building Castings. Carry in Stock Machinery and Mill Supplies, Gas Engines, Wood Saws, Pipe, Valves and Brass Goods, Bar Iron, Angles and Shapes and Shafting, Boxes and Hangers. Operate Machine Shop for Repair Work OUR ALL-FRICTION-FEED SAW MILL IS BUILT FOR SERVICE v W. G. MEALOR, OWNER GAINESVILLE GEORGIA 1mIo Press Want Ads seldom fail. IS THE MEDICINE WRONG? One reason Congress cannbt get to gether on any remedial farm legislar tion, is given by a Kansas statesman, lie says- the need of such new laws is non-existent in his state. The farmers generally work short hours, have bathtubs, two suits of clothes, a good car, and after the day's work they have the price and the desire to seoot off to,a movie, a jazz band, or whatever strikes their fancy they've already earned their money, and they know how to enjoy it.'. The "lame-dhck" agitators who hope to break back into power through cham pionship of what they believe is a popular measure: but not knowing the real facts, of course, their diag nosis and their medicine are 'wrong. . Industrial News Bureau. '. DRESS UP SHIRTS Just received -a -'big 'shlpmentrtf men's and young .men's Shirts the hind that everybody would like to have. Styles up to the time; quality and color guar anteed; collar attached and separate collar to match; stripes and checks of beautiful silk's. Priced at -- - $2.95 $3.50 . Look these Shirts over before you buy. : Don't forget that my line of Men's Suits, light col ors and best grade of blue serge and many other . shades are ready for your inspection. Ladies' Dreyiscs at . reduced prices. Underwear,, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Dress Goods, Overalls, Odd Pants, Bathing Suits, etc. I'll Shade the Price on Everything. The Firestone Record in Battle of Tires at Indianapolis the Extra Process for Extra Miles! G The 500 Mile Speed Classic at Indianapolis has always been a Battle of Tires. In 1911, Firestone won with fabric tires at 74.59 miles per hour. In 1920, Firestone won with cord tires at 88.55 miles per hour. In 1925, Firestone won with Full-Size Gum-Dipped Balloons at the record breaking average speed of 101.13 miles perhour. In-1926, Firestone again won with Full-Size Gum-Dipped Balloons. The tencars to finish "in the money'' were all Firestone-equipped. They went the distance without a single blowout and with but two tire failures one due to a puncture and the other to a leaky valve. oerformance is even more remarkable when vou consider the terrific speeds at which the cars traveled over this fifteen-year-old, rough brick trad. Experienced race drivers will not risk their lives or chances of victory on any other tires. And in the commercial field, large truck, motorbus and taxicab fleet operators, who keep careful cost records are among the big users of Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires. The City Transportation Co., of Tacoma, Wash., writes: "One of our 12 buses on Firestone Gum -Dipped Tires has gone over 40,600 miles and still looks good for many miles of extra service For all around tire safety and mileage, Firestone cannot be beat." From Calumet Motor Coach Co., Hammond, Ind., the following! "We operate 40 buses all equipped with Gum-Dipped Tires. The very low cost per mile on which these tires operate is considerably less than that of any other make." Hayes Bus Lines, Columbia, S. C, say: "We operate 19 buses equipped with Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires. A number of these tires have run over 45,000 mifts without ever having been removed from the rim." The largest taxicab companies in the world standardize on Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires. W. R. Rothwdl, taxicab operator, Detroit, Mich., writes: "Two of my Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires have run 76,000 miles." Hundreds of thousands of car owners voluntarily testify to the safety, comfort and economy of Full-Site Gum-Dipped Balloons. W. H. Peacock, Birmingham, Ala., testifies: "I have had Firestone Balloons for thirteen months and they have delivered in that time .24.469 miles." H. C. Staehle, Minneapolis, Minn.,savs: "My Fire stone Balloons have gone 49,900 cailes and are still in good condition. These records of endurance, speed, safety and mileage could only have been made because of Firestone development of the Gum Dipping process which insulates and saturates every fiber of every cord with rubber, reducing friction and heat and building greater strength and endurance in .the corde assuring you at all times MOST MILES PER DOLLAR Year Driver 1911 Harroun 1912 Dawson 1913 Goux 1914Thomai Car Marniort National Peugeot UeLgt Tirel Firestone Michelin Fireiton Palmer Goodrich Goodrich Mite Per Hour 74.59 78.70 76.92 82.47 89.84 83.26 88.06 88.55 89.62 94.48 90.95 1915 DePalma Mercedes 1916 Recta Peugeot 1917(NoRacp- 1918 (World War s 1919 Wilcox Peuseot GoodyeM 1920 Chevrolet Monroe , Firestone 1921 Milton Frontenac Firestone 1922 Murphy Murphy Sp. Firestone 192) Milton HCS Spec. Firestone 1924 Corutn- Duescnbetg Boyer Special Firettone I Firestone 1925 DePaolo Duescnberg Full-Sire 101.13 'Balluons ' (Firmtone) 1926 Lockhart . Miller Spec.-.full-Size , 95.88 . '.i.Jlooos 1 KfflTITlllrTfrO i"fe' 98.23 I SBSBBKXUi Joines r. m. ASIIEAR Motor & Tractor Co. FRANKLIN, N. 0. We also sell Oldfield Tires and Tubes at Remarkably Low Prices Made at the Great Firestone Factories and.Carry the Standard Quarantee. AMERICANS SHOULD PRODUCE THEIR OWN RUBBER . .. 0&$
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