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Trecious and Serai -precious
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VOLUME XLIV
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, W29
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U:,' -ici...t-J CI.".ial
LL s.ur; yisseJ Scenery
w '."a Gatsie Refuja
17 Peaks Over 5.C03
Feet
Ueal Dairy County
Creamery, Cannery
Excellent Highways
Cheap Electric Power
for Industries
NUMBER THREE
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T0MO1
Idlc Hour Presents "Port
of Missing Girls" With
Synchronized Music and
Talking Sequences.
In so far as the moving picture in
dustry is concerned Franklin has the
distinction of being one of the' small
est , towns in the country to have
heard and seen a moving picture with
, synchronized , music and talking se
quences. On the 10th of this month
the manatrerripnt nf the 1Ap Hnur
theatre presented "The Port of Mis
sing Girls" headed by Barbara Bed
ford arid, Malcolm McGregor. ; While
some were disappointed who went to
. the show expecting to hear the actors
talk throughout the play, others took
odassion to compliment the manage
ment on its efforts to give Franklin
an, up-to-date picture theatre. It is
understood that Messrs. Lyle and
Porter are considering a Picturetone
as permanent equipment, for : their
new theatre nowv being erected on
- Main street.
i Humble Cup of Coffee
National Coffee Week holds a deep
significance for the American public.
It is a tribute to the Nation's fav
orite drink. It brings to everyone a
realization of the important part cof
fee plays in everyday life. The fra
grant cup starts the day happily at
millions of breakfast tables. : A cup
of
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regard m which mankind holds cof
fee is -well expressed by the follow
ing statement, made by Prof. Samuel
C, Prescott of the Massachusetts
Institute of -Technology, after three
years of scientific" research:
"The history of human experience,
as well as the results of scientific ex
perimentation, point to the. fact that
coffee is a beverage which, properly
prepared and rightly used, gives om
fort and inspiration, augments mental
and physical activity, and may be re
garded as the servant rather than the
destroyer of civilization."
Coffee is ' a dominant factor in
prompting the prosperity of every
home in America the greater the
consumption of coffee in the United
States, the . greater the purchasing
power of South America. American
business is feeling every day the
favorable effect of the increase m
South American imports. . ,
Coffee is promoting friendly rela
tions and a better understanding be
tween ourselves and our South Ameri
can neighbors, because coffee is a
great trade stimulator. Always,
through an increase in commerce be
tween nations, peoples come to know
each other better.
The humble cup of coffee has, play
ed a mighty part in recent national
activities designed to bring about clos
er relations between the two Ameri
casnotably the good will journey of
the President-elect nad the various
Pan-American conferences. .
- Coffee, indeed,! deserves the tribute
of a national week .of recognition.
During National Coffee Week, The
Great Atlantic , & Pacific Tea com
pany, fhrough its A&P stores, is mak
ing a special feature of its different
brands of coffee. As the' largest re
iQil distributor of coffee in the
United States, it believes that the.
public is-interested in learning how
such ' an enormdus coffee business1
was built up. .
Long ago, The breat Atlantic a
Pacific Tea company laid plans to
make it possible, for its A&P stores
to offer their patrons the finest .cof
fee procurable. It succeeded in ef
fecting two major improvements in
the old-time methods of distributing
coffee. By establishing - its own cof
fee buying offices in South America
A&P experts were enabled to buy the
cream of the crops in the choicest
coffee-producing areas. . '
Shipments of , green coffee to A&P
warehouses therefore are not only of
the finest quality, but they are1 uni
form in quality. Next, the company
recognized that even good g reen cof
fee could be spoiled 'if it did npt
reach the consumer "'freshly roasted.
It then established a group of coffee
roststing plants, strategically located
throughout the country, so that every
A&P store received fresh roasted
coffee. ,
Today, the A&P system-, of coffee
buying and distribution h in reality
a single link plantation to cup--and
the great savings made possible- are
passed on to A&P customers
The quality jf A&P coffees has
earned for them" f mariy tributes of.
distinction, notably a Gold Medal
of Award given Eight O'Clock Coffee
tX t r i-Centennhl Exposition
held at -1... .::?.;:; ""I the honors
ELECTRIC SIGN
MAN HERE
- Mr. F. H. Tyler, representing the
Flexume Corporation of Buffalo, was
here two or three days last week in
terviewing the merchants concerning
the installation of electric signs. Mr.
Tyler feels much encouraged and
will return in a few weeks to' cloe
deals with several business firms.
The Jupollo Public Service company
has ' announced that it will install a
large electric sign on some elevated
place in Franklin provided 80 , per
cent of the merchants will consent to
the installation of electric signs in
front of their respective places of
business. The sign proposed by the
Jupollo company will be in the nature
of an ' advertisement for Franklin.
This company, is also working on
plans for a white way for .Main street
and many citizens, of the town hope
that the town board will make the
necessary "appropriation for this pur
pose. . It ' is pointed out" that a white
way alone Main street in coninnrtinn
with many electric signs will be one
of the best advertisements possible
for the town.' V
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Hoover Is Farmer
Herbert 'Hoover, president-elect of
the United States, will not be with
out -practical farming experience when
he comes to work out farm relief
measures during his term of office.
Although little was said about it dur
ing the recent campaign,, he has own
ed a 1313 acre farm in California
since 1920 and he has operated , It;
not only- a$ ar business errterpr !?-abjt
i VI v--
lurat- experiments;
Diversified farming is a fundamen
tal part of the Hoover program. Here
is "how the Hoover farm operations
are divided; -
Vineyards, 435 acres producing 10
varieties of table grapes with
vearly output of about 600,000 pounds :
between 00 and 320 acres in cotton-:
200 acres in alfalfa, yielding seven
tons to the acre, and cut seven times
a year : 150 acres in potatoes ; 130
acres in peaches producing 16,000
pounds to the .acre; 80 to 120 acres
in corn ; 90 or more acres in water
melons and muskmelons; 90 acres in
Spanish onions; 40 to 80 acres 'n
spinach producing about 960,000 pounds
a season ; 40 to 60 acres of sweet
potatoes; 70 acres in apricots.
In addition theer are about 2500
laying hens, 200 sows 'and 150 cows.
As many as 200 employees are at
work during peak harvesting seasons,
and the annual pay roll is about
$75,000.
Considerable experimental work is
done' on the farm,' and a' good part
of this has been in connection with
poultry work. In accordance with
the most modern farm rioultry meth
ods and in the interests of economy
and profits, the Hoover stock is re
plenished each year with baby chicks
secured from hatcheries. Eggs are
marketed regularly, the income from
this source p roving considerable,
since only the best of high egg-laying
stock is used to make up the laying
flock. The usual culling, and market
ing of broilers adds another source
of profit, . and removes; the "loafer
hen" from the flock, thus giving in
creased egg production at "less feed
cost.. -. ; .
Purchase of chicks from laying
stock of proved quality is fundamental
in profitable farm poultry work, and
has resulted, during the past year,
in the formatidn of leading hatcheries
of the country into an . organization
which has as its identifying slogan,
"Hatchery Chicks For Greater Prof
its." These hatcheries are pledged
to fair dealing with customers, and
the production of quality chicks from
stock of known profit-producing abil
ity. ' v.. .
Most recent experimenting on the
Hoove " farm has to do with " the
hog-raising industry, the present hc-d
of 200 sows being the nucleous fo
further expansion and experimental
work.
President-elect Hoover owns this
farm jointly with Ralph Merrit. The
farm is located about 280 m;Vs smitS
of San Fran H sco and 150 m'les nort
of Los Angeles, on the main line of
th? Sfnta Fe railway Tt U hr""
miles south nf th little town of
Wasco, and is one of th largest
cultivated ranches in that vicinity.
its r seVetion by the Byrd Antarctic
Expedition. y
: At this time when National ? Coffee
Week i making known to the public
si(mific!nt facts about - America's fav
nritr d'mk, .The Great ; Atlantic &
Pific Tt companv xtends-"ordit
weleome to 4hyptjblic to visit- any
A&p tifore ?"d have the manager rr
hih:t th different brand? of A&P
coffee: for which, so . many millons'
of People have expressed a deci-'kd
MRS. SANDERS
GOES TO MARKET
Mrs. Jack Sanders left last Friday
for Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York to purchase spring goods for
Sanders' store at Franklin. She ' will
be gone until the 25th of January.
Baptist Church News
The church instructed its committee
to make an every member canvass to
raise the deficit of $484.40 on last
year and secure subscriptions to its
$3000 budget for 1929. All members
are asked to be at home next Sun
day from 2 to S p. m., that members
of the committee may see them.
Attend prayer meeting and hear
the life of Christ presented from
the manger to the cross.
The Junior B. Y. P. U. social was
a great success. Miss Gladys Pannell
is leader.
The newly elected officers of the
Intermediate B. Y. P. U. are as fol
lows: President, Jewell Alice Lee;
vice-president, Mildred Moore; secre
tary, Kathryn Franks; treasurer, Dan
iel West; leader group one, Annie B.
Mashburn; leader group 2, Roy. Mc
Cracken; Bible reader leader, Merle
Peek. ,,
All officers of the Junior, Inter
mediate, Senior and Adult B. Y. P.
U. are asked to be present next Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock church
services to be publicly installed by the
church.
Officers of the Adult &.Y. P. U.
are as follows: President, Mrs. H.
H. Mashburn: vice-president. Mrs. J.
H. Carelock : treasurer, Mrs. Jud
West; secretary, Mrs. W. G. Wilkie;
quiz leader, Mrs. F, I. Murray; group
captains, Mr. Jud West and Mrs.
E)y z -- lair, stf Mrs.v M ? shbtsrn w? n
wbrk"'s6ishe'c6u her
work with the Adult union.
Nearly 1000 chapters in the Bible
were read last week. All our people
are asked to join us in'- reading and
reporting, to Mrs. Murray. Coweta
church has read 4898 chapters to
January 1st.
- The study class ,in the W. M. U.
manual will meet with Mrs. W. L.
Higdon Thursday at 2 :30 p. m. . ,
The church letters of Nina Setser
Phillips and Alice Cunningham came
from Mt. Hope and the letter of
Miss Kate Long of Angels hospital,
came from the Roch church near
Palmetto, Ga.
The church elected Sunday school
officers for 1929, as follows : Superin- i
tendent, Alex , Moore ; assistant-super- j
intendent, Paul Carpenter; secretary
treasurer. Chas. Blaine.
Silas Womack and J, M. Carpen
ter are a commiuee on uic slaiuuj source ot pure water, a timber sup
which will be elected February, 1st ply, a recreational play ground, a
Sunday. i hunter's paradise, and a fisherman's
The congregations were better Sun-' para(iSe. It means a place where
fiav.. i ne cnoir was m us "w ,
did good work.
Jennings Makes a Trip
In Atlanta they made the grab
and I came out into DeKaulb. Then
I found myself in Guinctt, but I ain't
there yet. Into Hall, I heard them ball
and then" to Habersham. From
Habersham then, let me see, I found
myself in Cherokee. In Cherokee
without a plan so I went' to Graham.
"No colored wanted" was; very plain
across the river and into bwam.
Tn Swain I'd like to be but I found!
myself in Tennessee. Tennessee beats
all creation so I made for the In
dian nation. Those Indians were
kind and good. But I went to Hay
wood. Taekson savs "come unto
me" and Jive with the fat and theitemuer, out n looketi good to
free. But I could not live without ; mS," ' , r
w rnwnr snrl into Ma-t
con. . I find life a span, a fleeting
laVUll JJ UVl V . M vv r
hour farming without the demonstra
tor's power. Now that s just my iuck
they won't print anything without a
name, mv father used to call me
Mullybuck.
. JAKE JENNINGS.
Porter Introduces Bills
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from Raleigh, Rep. J. A.
Porter of-Macon has introduced two
bills in the House one to make the
fine for drunkenness not less than
$25 nor more than $50 with the alter
native of 30 days in jail. The other
tov allow the t9wn of Franklin to
use the money received from the sale
of the power plant for streets' im
provements. Mrs. Huscusson Dies
Mrs, M. L. Huscusson, widow of
E. J. Huscusson, died the first of
last week at her home on Cartooge
chaye near Mt. Zion church and was
buried at Mt. Zion, cemeterv on
TaesdaV Janoary $,-Prtt W.; M?' hft
officiating.. -;Vf : -i-'--.' :.
Mrs. Huscusson was 78 years of
age; a member 6f the 'Baptist ' church y
and a faithful Christian. Two sons j
and a dat'ter nonrn fr loss:' Her
FORESTS AND
BEAN BEETLES
(By Z. B. Byrd)
, A recent survey of timber using
industries in Western North Caro
lina shows that 275,000 cords of chest
nut wood are used by paper pulp
and tanning extract plants, if one
takes Jime to think about it for a
moment the facts are interesting. As
sume that one man can cut and haul
to the railroad one cord of acidwood
in one day and set six to seven dol
lars therefor. It means that the com
panies are furnishing 275.000 man
days labor annually 5r $1,650,000.00 1o
$1,925,000.00 for' the work of getting
out and hauling this, wood to the
railroad each year.
In addition to the chestnut wood
a large amount of hcmlock, buckeye,
basswood, poplar and pine is used
by these plants., - The . plants will r
ploy from one to four thousand per
sons, in the manufacture of this ma
terial
Few people realize the tremendous
importance of the wood using in
dustries in Western North Carolina.
Timber is the biggest source of in
come in fhis section of the state.
And still there are people that be
lieve it is necessary to burn the
woods. One man recently argued
with a local forest officer that burn
ing the woods "killed out the bean
beetles and just made the air health
ier." You just can't1 argue with a
man like thatv He is set in his ways
and nothing will convince him. If you
burned every, foot of. forest in the
United States you . would probably
have more bean beetles and such
than you have now because the beet-
ies would havcniarer olu iratliii" lurai
man was right, which crop is of more
economic importance, the bean crop
or. the timber crop ? How many
years would it take to make a mil
lion and a half dollars worth of beans
with no bugs? Why will people go
on year after year destroying the
most valuable asset of the country?
Just because grandad dit it? Grandad
never saw an aeroplane or a radio
or lots and lots of things that we
have now. There is a chance that
he was wrong about burning the
woods. Let's be fair with ourselves
and just give this matter a little
serious thought." Maybe we will de
cide to burn the barn to get rid r.:
rats or burn the house to get rid
of fleas and bed bugs. That. is just
as sensible as burning the woods to
kill beetles and to prevent diseases.
Your forest means a lot to you and
your future generations. It means a
sick Domes can De mended and made
healthy again by living in' the pure
air and drinking the pure water
found in our mountains. '
The forest plays a part in eve;"
activity under the sun. If vou will
only stoo and think you will realize
this truth. Don't destroy man's best
friend The Forest.
Letter From Old Citizen
. January 7, 1929.
The Franklin Press, -Franklin,
N. C.
A few lines to your paper. This
last Week if by chance 1 recall a
copy of the Franklin Press. It has
been ten years since 1 scanned the
pages of the good old paper. This
paper, I recall, was an issue of Sep-
years ago we nioved iron
Macon county, nine miles west of
Franklin, to Georgia. Staying . there
some years I headed West and for
the last ten years have not seen
North Carolina or your good paper..
In your September . issue I noticed
in your ad of Tim McCoy's picture
where you . speak of some Indians
that played a part in same. "I am
one-half mile from Chief Goer in
the Lodge, as we arc on the Indian
reservation, two thousand Araphae
and Shorshone Indians are here. They
are a very interesting tribe.
A "Tar Heel" gets some real ex
perience here that he would ' not get
in the South and will say they are
not all pleasant by any means. .
Wyoming is a great state. Live
stockmineral and oil are its chief
resources. '
Guess Franklin has grown to be
quite a citv. Twenty-two years makes
quite a difference in a place. I can
only remember. Franaklm as ,when
George . Oliver was marshal. K. L.
Porter and Rev. Pendergrass were
merchants.
Your paoer renews old memories,
find enclosed thctk for one year's
siiStcliptri: " " -
Wishine good old North Cnrol'mi
and your pnr a very prosperous
and happy 1927.
I, am very respectfully. .
WILLIAM R. CLOER.
BETTERKNTOF
FARM LIFE TO BE
GOVERNOR'S A1Q
New Governor Opposes
Issuance Of More
Roads Bonds ,
Raleigh, Jan. ll..The inaugural
address of Governor 0. Max Garden
er follows in full :
''Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, and
Members of the General Assembly:
"This ocassion marks another quad
rennial' in North Carolina's onward
march. It furnishes the opportunity;
and summons us to the task, of new
dedications to the public "service and
fresh resolves by the' -'-people of the
commonwealth, I ' take the oath of
office, of Governor humbly in this dis
tinguished presence, deeply conscious
of its great responsibilities, and seri
ously impressed with its. true signifi
cance. "Government has been the concern
of mankind , since the institution o
society and the organization of the
forces of civilization; and happily the
masses of people are manifesting in
creased interest in the affairs of.
state and nation as they realize the
many ways in which the government
vitally touches their interests. This
is as it should be. Public interest
in government is absolutely essential
to the maintenence of a Democracy.
Democracy is the finest and fittest
and living force , in government is
dependent upon public participation
in the intimate details of the admini
stration' of government affairs -and'
upon the proper public thought and
conception of governmental activity
and service.
. Developing Science
. "Government has been a developing
science. It has expanded without
civilization. It has entered, and now
occupies, fields that hitherto were
reserved solely for benevolent! or al
truistic organizations. We have
come to realize -that government
ought to function in behalf of all the
people; that it should do more than"
merely administer the laws as es
sential and .important as that phases
of service may-be; that in order to
meet the high expectations of tho
people, government should do more
than minister to the purely material
needs of the masses ; that it should
interpet the noble purposes of our
citizenship and translate to pulsating
statues the high resolves of a free;
people. - .
"With this conception, the govern-
ment of North Carolina has entered,
into the most intimate affairs for her
citizens and shares with "them the
responsibility of education of their
children ; the preservation and safe
guarding of health and, life, the care
nurture, and treatment of the un
fortunate, deficient, or incapacitated;
the training and .equipping for life's
duties of those laboring under some
special handicap; the restoration and
restraint of wayward boys and the
reclamation of girls gone astray.
Surely these actiities arc worthy of
the advancing thought in government
and tend to establish our state in the
front line trenches of progressive
action.
"A great Southern statesman visu
lizin the duties of, citizenship and
speaking with the intuition of a seer,
declared : 'Who saves his country
saves all things, and all things saved
shall bless him; 'who lets his country
die lets all things die, and all things
dying curse him.'
Responsibilities
"I submit to you, and through you
to the people of North Carolina to
day this challenging thought;- and -1 -enlist
your active assitance and pa
triotic endeavor in behalf of this ad
ministration which shall be to arouse
a deep , and abiding interest in the
affairs of state on the part of all
people and an unremitting effort ro
make the forces of government serve
the whole people of the state in their
varied capacities, ministering to their
material, physical, intellectual and
moral well-being. The conception I
submit seeks to enlist the element, of
purest partoitism that will 'content
itself with nothing less than the high
est sense of responsibility o' the .,
State. " To every man in publie place
this calls for undivided allegiance lq. '
public welfare, and to every citizen a'
high ' standard of responsibility. I
shall Welcome the 1 advice and , avail
myself of th" otnsel of the men And
women of North Carolina who fcre
constructively and j intelligently k'-r-ested
in the Progress and we!' : -'
the State. I shall consider :
minstration successful if i'
but to arouse and stitr-'it-