VOLUME XL1.
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Everybody Step Right Out-Join the Big Parade of Folks Who Are Plan
ing to be In Franklin for this Big Celebration on July 3rd
The program is sponsored by the local troop of the Boy Scouts of America. Help these future citizens to fittingly celebrate
the 150th anniversary of American independence. The program is published elsewhere in this issue of the Press.
A Dozen Cows
Require A Silo
Raleigh, N. C The silo qn the dairy
(arm k indispensable where the own-'
r has as many as 10 or 12 cows and
the cost is small as compared to the
value.
There .is an increasing use of silos
in North Carollina because silage fur
nishes, during winter, that feed which
nearest approaches summer pasturage
at its best. Silage is a succulent feed
- when pasture is not available. It
makes possible a cheaper ration, gives
a greater feed value to an acre of corn.
and keeps up the milk how in winter
"Forty percent of the feeding value
of corn is in the stalks and leaves and
.these are saved when converted into
silage," says H. H. Gordon, extension
agncunnral engineer at State Col
lege.. The average cow will consume
30 pounds of silage each day and the
dairy-man should have three tons of
silage per cow or enough to carry her j
(or six months. To figure the acreage
required to produce this amount, one
should figure a ton of silage for each
five bushels of corn. Land producing
SO bushels of corn per acre will produce
ten tons of silage."
Mr. Gordon states that when feed
ing from the silo begins at least two
inches should be removed each day. to
prevent spoiling. Therefore the nuf
ber of cows to be fed determines the
diameter of . the silo. 'Less than 15
Iiead of cattle, - will require a sho 10
feet in diameter ; IS to 25 not over 12
feet in diameter and 25 to 40 head
Hot over 14 feet in diameter. It is not
advisable to build a silo over 12 feet
in diameter and should the herd require
more silage another slo sould be con
structed. v A wooden silo costs about $2 to' $3
per ton capacity; a conrete silo, from
$5 to $6 v per ton capacity. Bills of
material and instructions for building
sites are obtainable free of charge
on application to Mr. Gordin at State
Colege.
The Ritter Publication
The Ritter Lumber Company gets
out a nice magazine filled with much
valuable information concerning lum
ber and timber products in general.
It is also profusely illustrated. The
magazine is called "The Hardwood
Bark" and tHe June issue has found its
way to the Press Office. iOne of the
Interesting illustration shows a picture
. of Smoky Mountain Seetion Crew with
lUr. E. E. McCoIlum, a prominent citi
zen of Franklin, in the center of the
groupl Mr. McCoIlum is superintend
ent of the Rit'tr Lunmber Company
ia that section. , -
Forward
Boy Scouts To Leave For
Weeks Camping Trip To
Smoky Mountain
Monday July, 5.th, the FrankMn
Troop Boy Scouts will leave for their
annual week's camping trip; This year
the camp will be on the Smoky Moun
tains. All soouts are expected to be
at the Scout Cabin at nine o'clock
Monday morning. Mr. McCoIlum
has co-operated with the Scoutmast
ers in securing a suitable camp in these
mountains.
The following will be the daily camp
schedule:-
Reveille 6:8 A. M.( Setting-up exer
cise 6:15 A. M. Mess 6:45 A. M. Drill
8:00 A. M. Scout-craft 900 Recrea
tion 11:00 A. M. Assembly 12:30 P. M.
Mess 1:00 P. M. Recreation 2:00-5:30
P. M. Assembly 5:50 P. M. Mess 6:00
P. M. Lectures 7:00 P. M. Camp-fire
talks 8 M P. M. Taps 9 :00 P. M.
The parents of the scouts are asked
to co-operate with the Scoutmasters
in seeing that their boys have the fol
lowing articles :- -
One blanket, one tooth brush, one
plate, one knife and fork, spoon, (two
towels, soap, change of under-clothes
and stockings, a flash-light or lantern,
five handkerchiefs. No cooking uten
sils are1 required. Absolutely no tire
arms allowed.
The reason for this request is that
there will be around fifty boys going
on the trip, and we 'are going such a
long distance that we want just enough
baggage to get along comfortably
with - without : laking - up 'too - much
space.
There will be certain rules and regu
lation in regard to leaving the camp
going in swimming etc.. that every
bay will have to obey implicitly. The
first refusal to obey one of these rules
will result in dismissal from camp.
At th Fourth of July celebration
being sponsored by the Franklin Troop
of Boy Scouts the following exhibi
tions will take place :-
Short drill, Hand-Walking Hbalp
roll, Hand-springs, Hand turnover
back , Shoulder-turnover-back, Hand
shoulder-helpover, Bar performance
Contest for the prizes given by the
stores of Franklin will be as follows :
This of course, open to all competitors.
1. Greasy Pole. "
2. Rope-climbing, hand over hand,
vertical and horidontal. Ladder climb,
hand oyer hand, vertical and horizontal.
Races, one hundred yards, fifty yards,
and run.
Handicap races, a, Both feet in sack,
b. Three-legged race, c, Hands tied to
feet, d, Feet tied together, Knees to
neck, Swimming meet at Gils Boat
House ntar Depqft. Dives, . distance
swimming depth swimming, stroke
form and distance swim. ' .-
FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1926
How North Caro
lina Builds And
Pays Highways
The fiscal year ids June 30.- At
that time the State Highway Commis
sion wiM have paid aH interest charges
on bond issues; it wil apply $500,000 to
the sinking fund ; it wil set aside $250,
000 to meet the overhead expenses at
Raleigh, and it will then have a mini
mum of $8,000,000 to be applied to the.
maintenance and construction fund.
This means that the tax on gasoline
and automobile licenses pays for build
ing and maintaining highways in the
State, pays the interest on the bonds,
leaves $500,000 for the payment on
principal and $250,000 for meeting ex
penses, after all of which the Highway
Commission finds itself in possession
of a surplus of $8,000,000. And people
who use the highwaps are paying for
them and do not know they are do
ing it.
There is a gubernatorial campaign
on in Alabama and it seems that "good
roads and bonds" is the issue. There
has been considerable of a discussion
in the columns of The Montgomery
Advertiser on the North Carolina sys
tem and North Carolina's alleged "bad
fix." Probate Judge Carney, of Elba,
has been making quotation from an
article in The Atanta Journal, of Feb
ruary, last, and he has written The
Observer at length asking for the truth
as to the situation here, honestly de
siring to be set' right as to acts.' Then
there is a letter from Mr. H. B. Chase,
Alabama, wanting to know if it. is
"a fact that the Old North State is in
a barrel of trouble over her progres
sive 'road-building campaign the past
few years? It had been his under
standing that the North Carolina plan
was actualy paying out according to
schedule, and he was "disappointed to
know that such is not the case" if an
article enclosed from Birmingham Age
Herald is correct.
The opening statement in this edi
torial is a condensed presentation of
fact which is intended to answer to the
misrepresentations that have been per
sistently circulated in regard to the
highway situation in this State. This,
in addition to the information the
Montgomery Advertiser has presented
from the editorial columns of The Ob
server, ought to prove sufficient to re
assure the Alabama people that if they
can organize an efficient Highway
Commission like North Carolina has,
and proceed on the same plan that has
been effective inNorth Carolina, Ala
bama will be eventually povided with
an adequate highway system and it
will, be baitl for by the users of the
highway without these users having
become conscious of the fact that the'
MarcM
Scout News
Had a splendid meeting last Friday
evening with nearly the whole troop
out. There were around iorty-flve
boys present. At this meeting plans
were outlined for our Fourth of July
celebration and for our weeks camp
ing trip.
Dr. S. H. Lyle was scheduled to give
a lecture on cleaness of body and
mind, but he postponed his talk in
order that we could take advantage
of the opportunity of hearing from
Mr. Sutton who is an old Scout
master. Mr. Sutton gave us a dandy
ta'k on the. meaning of duty. He took
the scout oath, "Duty to God. to ciun-
try, and to self," and made it clear to
the scouts just what that oath meant
in the every-day life. Mr. Sutton was
much impressed with the troop and es
pecially with the scout cabin. He said
the people of Franklin were to be
lauded for these outward manifesta
tion of their interest in the troop.
We are always pleased to have men
like Mr. Sutton come and talc to us;
for it gives us higher aims and more
courage to carry out those aims.
Monday evening there was a special
meeting called for the purpose of com
pleting the plans for the camping trip.
Gilmer told each boy what would be
needed and ordered that every scout
have his pack all ready and at the scout
cabin Friday evening. He showed
how the packs were. t . be rolled to
take up the least space and to be the
easiest to . handle. Also at this meet
ing different scouts were assigned to
run cold-drink stands the Fourth. We
still need money for the cabin.
are paying off a State debt.
And the outlook for next year's ac
complishment in highway construction
and financing is even brighter thaw the
1923-6 record, for as milage is increasr
ed the number of automobiles, car-pro
ducers increases. At the present rate
at which new highways arc coming in
to use, there is fine prosject that the
surplus next June 30, to be applied to
maintenance and construction, will
reach $10,000,000, this after $500,000 has
been applied to the sinking fund, inter
est eharges have been met and the
overhead erpenses cancelled. That is
how North Carolina is building high
ways and paying for them. Any other
State under efficient management, can
do the same, for the automobiles
swarm wherever new milage w provid
ed, The more roads the greater num
ber of automobiles and the larger the
revenue developed for meeting interest
and principal and paying for the con
struction and maintenance bills .
Charlotte Observer.
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
Ram Furnishes
Water For Farm1
Wadesboro. N. C The farm home
of Mrs. B. L Wall of Pee Dee in An
son County is now fully equipped witfc'
an adequate water supply secured bf
installing a hydraulic ram at a spring
near the house. Just below Mrs.
Wall's home there is a branch with
miniature water fall aboutt 25 feet
high At the foot of this fall is a fiae
spring flowing abcut two gallons of
water pjv minute.
At the request of County Agent &
W. Cameron of Anson County, H. ZJL,
Gordon, farm engineer for the exten
sion division at State College, studied!
the situation for Mrs. WaH. He found!
that the house was at an elevation of
about 150 feet through a distanee of
600 feet from the snring. The spring
itself had too small a flow and too lit
tle fall to pump the water to the hone
but by using the branch nearby, Mr.
Gordon found that the waterfall woidtl
make conditions ideal for using a coot
bination hyraulic ram The branch!
water conld be used for pumpwg the
pure spring water to the house. "
A pneumatic tank was fitted to hold
the water. This was fitted with a re
lief valve sd that any excess water anil
air could .be exhausted and allowed to
escape through an overflow pipe. Ia
this way the ram could run 24 hours'
a day and require no further attention.
As a ressuJt - of making installations,
Mrs Wall now has water in two bath
rooms, the kitchen and about over the
yard. According to Mr. Gordon the
system is working beaut if uJly and Mrs.
WaH is Much pleased with the conven
ience and the rc'yef from the drudgery.
According to Mr. Gordon, this is but
one of many sh'iliar installations that
have been rmi!: about over North
Carolina. For Simplicity of operation
and economy of use, they are hard to
beat. When trey . have once keen
established in the farm home, the own-
er feels that never again would he be
without such a water supply.
Poultry Sale
County Agent Arrendale announces
that the newt poultry sale wiH be held
on Wednesday, July 14th, provided
enough poultry is listed wkh him bf
July 8th, to justify a sale. Final an
nouncement will be made in the
Franklin Press on July 9rh.
Poultry sold at Franklin June 23rd,
Hens 16671b, fryers 19701b, Roost
ers 199 lb, Ducks 9(rtfc, turkey 25tb.
Totol value $1044.14
WOOL SOLD.
Washed wool 194tt, unwashed wool
30041t. Totol value $1202.66
Alex Moore's check was $506.16, , :