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page eight; ri franxlki rzizz, i:. a -I" ... J THURSDAY, AUGUST Zl, CITY COUNCIL CONTRACTS TO SELL TOWN S POWER PLANT (Continued from page one) We have definite reasons to believe, and to say to yon, that if we arc al lowed to complete our plans as laid nut, industry and other developments -f a similar nature, such as your com munity should have and certainly must tic interested in, will be attracted. The city's municipal plant is ap parently in an excellent physical con dition and probably can be maintained n this condition, but .it is a well known fact that dependable, reliable gowcr cannot be definitely assured from one source of supply and 5 we would not attempt to invite or at tract the type of development wc have in mind to your city under a permanent arrangement of this kind, and wc question seriously whether the continued operation by your city, or any independent owner on this theory, would be as successful as it night otherwise be. The voters of your city would prob ably be interested to know that. pre vious to our submitting an offer for your plant and business we caused to be made an independent investiga tion of the available resources and facilities for industrial and kindred developments in your-community.. It goes without saying that , this report was satisfactory and encouraging, oth erwise our offer would not have been submitted. Wc might go further and explain that this report has already been called to the attention of some parties, results of which, predicated - u i o tv 4)ii tauility tocom l le tc 1 'resent plans controlled principally by tlicvot ers oLyour cityL might have consider able to do. with the future growth of your community. We await the pleasure of your voters THE JUPOLLO PUP.L1C SERVICE COMPANY Very truly yours, liy U. M. MEAD, President. THE INGREDIENT- which is the very life blood of this drug in stitution is QUAL ITY, to this we add a personal service, that meets every de mand. Our double check system in our prescription depart ment is an exclusive service. Then we of fer you a PROMPT and DEPENDABLE service that is individ ual in its scope, in fact we offer SERV ICE in every sense of the meaning. 'WE ALWAYS SELL THE BEST" drug store! 1 textrttShrt I WE DELIVER WE DELIVER NOTICE TO OURCUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS We are endeavoring to supply you with STRICTLY FRESH BREAD, ROLLS and PIES This is YOUR BAKERY and we are Here to - PLEASE-YOU r1 : - KEY - CITY - Phone WE DELIVER PIEDMONT COLLEGE A Standard Four Year College for Men and Women SCHOLARSHIP HIGH EXPENSES LOW All usual degree courses; strong Commercial and Home Economics departments. One, two, and four year Teacher Training courses for Elementary and High School Teathers. Piano, Voice, Violin and Expression. Why Pay more elsewhere? WRITE J. C. ROGERS, DEAN i DEMOREST, GEORGIA "Prevent Forest Fires IT PAYS" Here in the mountain hirdwood country, where forest fires seldom reach such proportions as to threaten loss of human life, wc are slow to realize the enormous annual toll tak en throughout the, country by this arch-enemy, fire. Wc arc prone to look upon a burning woodland with indifference or with interest ' for it only as a spectacle; it's power as a destructive agent simply does not oc cur to us. We can look on placidly while thousands of dollars worth of timber, both growing and potential, goes up in smoke; yet the smallest and most insignificant bit of unac customed smoke in one of our towns will create intense excitement. In part, that is as it should be. Fire in a settlement is more dangerous potentially than fire in the forest, but the difference is not so great that we can afford to ignore the danger in the latter. The state forest service has recent lv rmnniled figures u non the fires which occurred ' during the first six months of this year. They deal only urith those thirtv-thrce of the state's one hundred counties that arc con operating with the state in fire pro trtion work. In these, thirty-three counties there were 969 fires,- which burned a total of 70,3m acres, or about 73 acres per fire. The damage they did. amounted to $121,603, or about $125 per fire. It is interesting to comnarc these figures with those for the first six month s -of -1927. 1 n-that- per iodlthere were 830 fires, burning .232,644 acres, and loing - $358,133 worth of darriage. Thus, while there were more fires this year, the average size and aver age damage were greatly reduced. These figures, as stated above, arc concerned with only thirty-three coun ties. Since a large number of the remaining counties are primarily ag ricultural rather than wooded we can assume that- the figures represent something less than half the probable totals for the entire state. On this basis, wc see that in the first six months of this year, which constitut ed what we call a favorable fire seas on, the state's forest fire damage figure is close to $250,000. And that does not take into consideration the cost of suppressing the fires or the money value of time and effort lost in so' doing. Half a million dollars a The- Washington office of the U. S. Forest Service is authority for the following figures, which are . approx imate: Nnmhrr nf fires in 1927 . in IT S 175.000 Number of acres burned 38,250,000 Damage in dollars..... Jj.WU.UUU And all these damage figures seek onlv to place a value upon the tan mhlp assfts that were destroyed They do not begin to evaluate the loss in potential timber-growth, in young crops which have Deen great ly retarded, in fertility of soil, and in economic productivity. Prevent Forest Fires IT PAYS. W. K. BEICHLER, District Forester North Skeenah News Mr. E. B. DeHart of Franklin, was in. this section Sunday. . - Mr. Marion Ledford and family of Battle Branch, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Vester Stockton bunday. Mrs. Hennic Sturkev and daugh ter. Wandv Blanch, of Kansas, arc making a visit here to see her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. rl. Mann She renorts wheat ifood in Kansas and says her husband and father only made fifteen- thousand bushels of grain this year. Mr. Harley Mann has been very seriously ill but is slightly improving". His friends miss, his early morning singing. Mrs. Paul Parson and children, of Anderson. S. C. have been visiting I Mr and Mrs. J, H. Mann. ir r C .1 ...... ..f 1 irs. Aiargarene oanutis ui. icmw Filling station, has moved to Ray mond Sanders in this section as John II. Sanders of the same place decided to sell out and try a different cum ate in parts unknown to us. BAKERY ' 130 WE DELIVER Broadway Locals Mr. Andy Wilson, two daughters, Blanche and Edna, and little son, Frank, spent Saturday night with Mrs. H. C. Wilson. Mr. Bob Shook was in this sec tion Wednesday buying cattle. Airs. Andy Wilson and two, young-i er daughters, Blanche and Edna, were the guests of Mrs. Horn Smith last Sunday. Mr. Lawrence Carpenter who has been at work for Mr. Gus Holt is at home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Cane and Miss Mar guerite Harry of Highlands, visited Mrs. Fanny Ballew Saturday. Messrs. Mack, E. V. McKinney, and Andy Wilson made ' a business trip to Franklin last Monday. Mr. Tom Smith was at Mr. Andy Wilson's home Thursday on business. Mrs. Andy Wilson spent Wednes day and Thursday oh Turtle Pond. Mrs. Ef fie Wilson made a trip to Camp Parry-Dise Tuesday. . Messrs. Lawrence Carpenter and Roy Green made a business trip to Highlands Saturday. Mr. Jerry Wilson has' been at work on Turtle Pond for some time. Miss Zoa Wilson spent Saturday with Miss Zillah Wilson. Some of the young folks. of Broad way went to the singing convention at Scaly Sunday and .some of the old folks joined them. They all re ported a good . time. Mrs. Ella Elliott and little daughter, Grace, spent Saturday night with Miss Zillah Wilson. MessrsMack aruLEV. McKinney, Mrs. E. V. McKinney and Mr. Law rence .Carptentcr paid Mr. D. Car penter a visit last week. Mr. Car penter now lives in South Carolina. Mrs. Effic Talley and little daugh ter, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Talley's sis ter, Miss Nellie Wilson, spent Sun day with Mrs. Talley's mother, Mrs. B. Wilson. Mr. Evan Talley was in this sec tion Tuesday with a load of peaches. Mr. Homer McKinney spent Thurs day night with Mrs. Andy Wilson. Mr. N. H. 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