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l w ..i w i 4 jr JL i il ..: . ...i i ... 1 1C3.CG3 II. I UikvcI cped Water Power Mica, Kaolin, Asbestos, Abrasive Materials, Copper, Timber Trecious and Serai -precious Gems Abundance Good Labor Ample Transportation Facilities Pure, Clear Water fd?Z FOR DEVELOPMENT n Law-abiding Citizenship Productive Soils VOLUME XLIV FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, W29 i . . ;.. I' . i'.. i,t 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 (sr? ft i invn tnirn 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 ... t-V' 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 : ; .. . 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-