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Mteclmes aid tsaie iboosis South's Cotton and C:hsr Goods Find Market There While Chilean Nitrate, Cr pper and Iron Increasingly In E :mand Here THE air-mail service coon to -e be Inaugurated by thq United States Post Office Department, through a recent contract with the Pan-American Grace Airways, Inc., between the United States and Chile, will, In the opinion c? the Chilean Minister of Finance, Don Pablo Rami rez, bring about a more friendly feel ing between the two nations and fur ther extend trade relations. J .WV. v.. julw4''.-.-.-.v.,1-.' & 'x I S - 0"-rT" 1 "J asss" 4,!-;. ft. General view Chilean Nitrate of Soda mining and extracting plant, located in nitrate plains of Northern Chile, said to be the driest spot on earth. In the left foreground,, caliche (the nitrate of soda ore) is being sorted from other rock and loaded onto cars for transporting to the extraction plant At the plant (center) the caliche is crushed and dissolved in hot water to sepa rate the insoluble substances from the nitrate. The solution is placed in large vats, where precipitation and crystallization of the nitrate of soda take place. Trains carrying the finished product to the Coast are observed in the right background. Workers' quarters are shown at the extreme right. (Insert) Don Pablo Ramirez, Chilean Minister of Finance, a recent visitor to the United States. Senor Ramirez is the first cabinet official of the Chilean Government to. visit a foreign country during term of office. He came to pay Chile's re spects to President Hoover and to confer with American importers rela tive to extending the sales of nitrate of soda, one of the most valuable natu ral resources of his country. "Cutting the time from twenty to seven days in mail and perhaps pas- ?l P Jars I vrfl mmkl : iXv?cJ&i Ck&f til Boriload cf Gvijcn nitrate at Wilmington, N. C, on its way from tho mnes of Chile to cotton and corn fields cf North and South Carolina. Each spring boats find their way into the ports along the Atlantic Coast, laden with Chilean nitrate, to supply the farmers of the United States with their nitrogen plant food. senger service between New York and Santiago, Chile, will be a great rfep forward in bringing us closer to , the United States, as well as in esL:.bli'.h Ing a friendlier feeling and in adding to the rapidly-growing developments," he said. "At present more than one-fourth of all the foreign or imported goods used In Chile come from the United States, largely in the form of manufactured Town Asks Sewer Bids At its meeting Monday night the town board decided; to ask for bids to construct about a :mile of sewr line and a septic tank. The adver tisement appears elsewhere in this issue of The Press. The fact that an advertisement for bids has been 'published, by no means implies, said a member o'f the board, that the work will be done. The town first desires to ascertain the approximate cost of the two projects before making a definite decision in the matter of construction.--.,- . goods, valued at approximately $5( 000,000 annually. I predict there will be an Increasing amount of raw mate rial furnished the United States manu facturers from Chile, while Chile will contbue to take Increasing vimounts of finished products, chiefly in the form of cotton good3, mining equip ment, electrical equipment, agricul tural implements, railway equipment, and cthsr machinery for the inotalla- tion of domestic industrial plants. Al ready Chilean industries have em ployed more than $650,000,000 of Unit ed States capital, mainly in her ni trate, copper and iron mines, and at the present rate of development we must look to the United States, or Europe for additional assistance," Senor Ramirez said. He advised the American importers that the mining of nitrate of soda has 4 R- recently surpassed all previous rec ords. "Your farmers," -he1 said, "are now the greatest consumers of nitrate of soda, using approximately a million t.on3 annually. With unlimited beds from which . to supply United ' Statos farmers with their nitrate fertilizers, my Government proposes tor do all within its power to mine and' deliver it in the best mechanical condition and at the lowest possible price." OSBORNE BUYS LOCAL COMPANY According to an announcement .made here Wednesday Athur Osborne of Canton has purchased all the stock of the Franklin Furniture Company and will hereafter conduct the busi ness at Franklin under the name of Osborne Lumber Yard. J. E. Lan caster will continue, as manager for Mr. Osborne. : Before the new deal Mr. Osborne was one of the princjpil stockholders of the old company.- 1 iiie Fattens on Visit -Mr. and Mr;; K. ('. Tit'ten m' Winston-Salem spem the Fox-ili :unl wxxk end with friends ar.d .relali.es in Franklin. Forestry Locals Mr, and Mrs. W. K. i';.i!dock kit Saturday for Waldron, Arkansas, where Mr. Paddock will be stationed at a national forest. While here in Franklin both Mr. and Mrs. Paddock have made many friends who regret to sec them leave. Donald Young, junior forester, ar rived Monday to take the place vacated by Mr. Paddock. Orville Lester and Arthur Ncsbitt have reported for duty here with the Nantahala National forest. Mr. Nes bitt is a graduate of the University of Georgia forestry school. Sutton Buys Shoe Shop Chas. Sutton has purchased the Champion Shoe Shop next door to The Press office. For a. number of years now Earl Angel has run this shop and by his strict attention to business, sobriety, and courteous treat ment of the public built up a large trade. It is understood that John Angel will help Sutton with the work; Rotary Club Has Visitors Dr. Jim Wilkinson .pastor of . the First Baptist church at' Athens, (jit., and Morton Hodgson ' of the same" city had luncheon with the local Rotary Club Wednesday. . Sam Har ris of St. .Petersburg; Florida, va: also a visitor. All three made excel lent talks which were enjoyed by the local Kotarians. . . : FLYING RECORD BROKEN Mcndell and . Rheinhart, two Cali fornia flyers, have been in the air Tuesday -nearly eight' days without touching ground. They had bettered the record of 174 hours and were still going strong at last reports. The plane had made a distance of about 13,000 miles. Stiles Locals (Last Week) Mr. Robert Ramsey of Tellico passed through this section on his way to Franklin one day last week. Air. James Raby has purchased the timber on Teague branch and is setting up a saw mill. . He plans on beginning operation at once. Mr. A. T. Duvall has contracted, cutting logs. Several men are planning employment. The Tellico singing class met at the Morgan school house the second lUfeM IlX 1 ffmr,; - n?.. f r. i J : tern WW w '(; ' WW.? 'Irs: rj'rrr.,-,---ri Sunday in June and had joint singing About 100 were present and enjoyed the songs sung by Tellico and Stiles classes. Mr. Willard Dean was on our streets Sunday. Mr. Clint Pyrd was the guest of T. G. Hampton Sunday night. Mr. Clyde Uyrd went to k,tla and Rase Creek Wednesday uu business. The Stiles Singing class motored to Highlands Snndav evenim. ar. had a' joint singing Slagle and his clasr, . enjoyed the trip re:; rain. x- 1. t .. , ih T. A 41 eve: y bo - cryuouy is mvitCu to attend our 1 to i.ite'.u! p. :;. scrape' wa Sunday School at o The county road welcome visitor in our -section last week. We must compliment this part of the road law. Mr. Willie Owenby is visiting home folks. A - crowd of people, old "and young met at the Morgan srhdol "house Saturday night, and a court was or ganized. The following men were appointed: E. B. Dvrd, Judge; Fur man Anderson,.' Sheriff; C A. Ran dolph, State Atty.; W. E. Smith, Atty. for the defendant; Carl Morgan, Clerk. The clerk read the following true bill: Docket Xo. 53 State Clyde Morgan charge;! with being dishonest as a public miller. It took sometime to draw jurors as some with If you W. C. ROITNTREE, M. D. i'-'.- sick, I especially want you to write for my booklet. Mrs.. J. D. Collett, Route No. 4, High Point, N. G, whose picture appears here, writes: "During the winter of 1927-28 I took your treatments, and lam glad to say that my family doctor says I have no symptoms now. I look, feel, and am a different person altogether. I cannot thank you and your medicine enough". FOR FREE DIAGNOSIS AND LITERATURE WRITE: W. C. Rountree, M. D., Austin, Texas. EXCITING MOMENTS Zi-i-i-p! Z-i-i-i-n-g! The Big FeSlow has your hook and is on his way. Play 'im, Boy, Play 'im! Give 'im line! Have you ever felt the pull of a . fighting muskie; a big bass, a rainbow or a one-pound brook trout? If so, you have experienced the extreme joy of the sportsman. When a Big Fellow hits your bait you want to be sure 'that. -you have the kind of tackle that will hold him. Such tackle at our store does not cost a small fortune. We carry rods, reels, plugs, flies, leaders, lines in great variety. The streams are calling. Heed that wee,. small voice and get your tackle at The Macon County Supply. any h:ui expressed their o:'ini":i:; or had Hot paid their tax. The following men were draw n : John Brecdlovc, R. C. Anderson, Vaughn Smith, Clyde iiyrd, Carlos - Rogers, Clint ByrJ. Witnesses for the State were: T. A. Slagle, (irace Welch and J. V. Smith. Witnesses for the defendant were: A. A. Duvall, Austin Byrd and Doyle Smith. The Sttc contended that Mr. Morgair :.sed'V large k box for' a te.il dish and alsu there were side boards nailed ct: as the State con tended that tho box didn't hold . erx-u;,h was the reason that the side L'a'vji were nat.c 1 o::. 'The oefendants ' cL aiied that di'j Solicitor had .used this large box for a iced trough and proved this by se.me witnesses. The defendants . produced a small cigar box as being the one used by Mr. Morgan as a toll dish. Both boxes were displayed to the Judge and Jurors. One of the State's witnesses stated that he carried two cement sacks of corn to mill one morning and had to borrow meal for dinner. Another claimed that he took a bushel of corn to the mill and didn't have enough to pay the toll. The attorneys made a 20 minute speech. The judge made, his charge and turned over the case to the jurors. In about 15 minutes the jurors -returned , a verdict of not guilty. The sheriff dismissed the court till Saturday, night week at S o'clock. If you have any of the following symptom! I have the remedy no matter what your trouble has been diagnosed: Nervousness stomach trouble, loss of weight, loss of sleep, sore mouth, pains in the back and shoulders, peculiar swimming in the head frothy like phlegm in throat, passing mucous from the bowels, especially after taking purgative, burn ing feet, brown, rough or yellow skin, burning or itching skin, rash on the hands, face and arms resembling sunburn, habitual constipation, (sometimes alternating with diarrhoea) copper or metallic taste, 6kin sensativc to sunheat, forget fulness, despondency and thoughts that you might lose your mind, gums a fiery red and falling away from the teeth, general weakness loss of energy. have these symptoms and have taken all kind of medicine and still MRS. J. D. COLLETT . . r2X. I MWi "-mm 1 r ..-tiW mmr
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