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VOLUME XLV
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER G, 1930
NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
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Man Stabbed While In Argument;
LEAVES VEIB
' ALONE IN ROAD
Grady Reese Allegged As
sailant; Kiser And Sher-
rill in Party
A. C. Woods, employed as a wait
er in the Hotel Franklin and Res
taurant, is in a serious condition fol
lowing a fight in which he w'as'al
legged to have been stabbed below
the heart by Grady Reese.
Apparently, while riding in a ma
chine with' Reese, Jack Sherrill and
Theodore Kiser, an argument took
place between Woods and Kiser.
Woods was 'dragged from the car,
stabbed, and then left in the road.
After wandering for some time dur
ing which he was bleeding profusely.
He was finally picked up by a pass
ing motorist and brought to Angel
Brothers' hospital. An immediate
operation and blood profusion were
performed. Although his condition is
still serious he is expected to recover.
CULLASAJA COUNCIL
Jr. O. U. A. M. HOLDS
REGULAR MEETING
The regular weekly meeting of the
Cullasaja Council of the Jr. 0. U. A
M. was held TkuiEsday. night, October
30, at 7:30 p. m. -
Mr. Jack Stribling delivered an ex
cellent address. He made a special
appeal to the Juniors to render serious
thought toward the advancement of
the Order during the coming year,
1931. Note was also made- that dur
ing the recent rally at the court
house, all councils in Macon county
-were represented for the first time
since the Order was organized Oc
tober 7, 1904. The representation of
all Councils in Macon county was a
"long cherished hope," according to
Mr. Stribling. He is a very enthuis
astic Junior and 1 puts forth his best
efforts for the good of one and all.
The attendance at bieetings every
Thursday night is especially requested.
Every one hundred per cent Junior
should keep in good financial stand
ing, but your presence is essential to
you and to the Order. It is your
hJty,Aas well as a privilege, to be
present in order to receive full ben
efits and fellowship of the Order.
, AH loyal Juniors be on time at
7:30 p. m., Thursday night. The
Order needs you and you need the
Order.
"" Note The Press wishes to devote
each week a column for Junior news
from, all Councils in the county.
vAny news, notices, announcements,
etc., pertaining to the Order will be
appreciated and published if mailed
to The Franklin Press. a
FALL CLEAN-UP REDUCES
DISEASE LOSS, SAYS POOLE
When weeds and grass are allowed
to. grow in profusion and produce
seed, they are more troublesome to
combat the following year. It's the
same way with fungi and the organ
isms of plant diseases. If they get
the upper hand one year, look out
for' them the next year.
' This is a timely warning made by
Dr. R. F. Poole, plant pathologist of
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion, who suggests a thorough fall
clean-up as one way " of successfully
combatting the trouble. Dr. Poole
says many fungi live over in the soil.
The soil is. the chief home of the
fungi and here they are protected
from freezing weather and- other
variable conditions. Some fungi live
over on the stems and leaves of dead
plants, while others may pass the
winter in green plant tissue.
"If a little attention is given to
cleaning up the gardens, orchards and
even fields at this time of . the year,
disco
Baby Swallows Cockle
Burr ; Delicate Opera
tion Performed Here
Clara Narsengill, age 6, of Com
merce, Ga., was rushed to the
Angel Brothers hospital Monday in
a critical condition, after having
swallowed a cockle burr which
lodged in the larynx.
The foreign body was removed
from the wind pipe by means of
a delicate instrument called a
laryngoscope, within five minutes
after her arrival at the hospital,
she is expected to leave . the hos
pital in a day or two.
SCHOOLS Af))
I $( VOLUMES
Wake Adds Greatest Num
ber in High Schools,
Buncombe Second
1,300,000 BOOKS USABLE
$128,441.55 Expended For
Library Books During
1929-30
Raleigh, Nov. 3. Nearly one " hun
dred and fifty thousand volumes
were added , to the public school li
braries of the state during last year,
it is learned today from the office
of State Superintendent A. T. Allen.
These figures represent all the high
schools of the state, both rural and
city, those elementary schools receiv
ing state aid, and standard elementary
schools. According to figures for the
state as a whole there were 1,153,326
volumes in elementary and high school
libraries in 1928-29. The 150,000 added
during 1929-30 makes approximately
1,300,000 books now available..
The number of volumes added to
high school libraries ranges from
more than 3,000 in Wake county to
none added in another county. Bun
combe county which added a total of
2,887 books to its high school li
braries is second to Wake in this re
spect. In all there is a report of
63,944 books placed in high school
libraries of th6 state from July 1,
1929 to July 1, 1930.
The additions to elementary school
libraries are greater than those of
the high schools; Tabulated figures
indicate a growth of 81,419 books
Guilford county with 5,772, Mecklen
burg county wtih 4,384, and Richmond
county with 3,584 lead in additions
among the elementary school libraries.
The amount expended during the
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many common plant diseases will not
be prevalent next season," says Dr.
Poole.
Therefore he recommends to prune
out all dead wood and remove the in
fected parts of perennial plants and
burn them. '.
Cut the dead plants of annual
growth, fake up and burn or plow
under so that decay will be complete
before next season.
Rake up all the leaves and vege
table matter and compost with manure
or plow under.:
Where plants have been diseased
with the nematode, plow up and burn
the roots. Many of the worms will
be killed during the winter.
Plow under tomato vines, old sum
mer, cabbage plants, beets, melons and
other garden plants. It is not neces
sary to rake these up.
Pull off the cedar apples or galls
on red cedars in a mile radius, and
hear apple orchards to keep down
apple rust. j
itariftn?
In Hospital In Serious Condition
NORTH CAROLINA
SHOWSGROWTB
Total Population of State
Is 3,170,276 With 611,
153 Increase
GUILFORD TAKES LEAD
Ninety-Five Counties Show
Increase and Five
Decrease.
Final population figures for North
Carolina have just been issued by the
.Census Bureau in bulletin form. The
total population of the state on April
I, 1930, was 3,170,276' representing an
increase of 611,153, or 23.9 per cent,
over the population in 1920. This is
by far the largest numerical increase
that North Carolina has ever shown
in any census period, and the rate of
increase is greater than that in any
previous census period, with the one
exception of the decade 1870 to 1880.
North Carolina was one of the thir
teen original states, and at the census
of 1790 ranked as third in the num
ber of inhabitants, with a population
of 393,751. Since that time the . state
has shown a consistent population
-growth, first as an agricultural state,
and more recently as the leading in
dustrial state of the South. The total
land area of North Carolina is 48,740
square miles, and in 1930 the average
qumber of inhabitants per square mile
was 65.0, as compared with 52.5 in
1920.
There are 100 counties in North
Carolina, of which 95 increased in
population between 1920 and 1930 and
only 5 show decreases. The most
rapidly growing county in the state
is Guilford, which includes the cities
of Greensboro and High Point. Guil
for county showed an increase of 67.8
per cent between 1920 and 1930. Oth
er counties in the state with a rate
of increase of more than 50 per cent
were Durham, Mecklenburg, Bun
combe, Gaston and Cleveland. The
most populous county in the state is
Guilford, with . 133,010 1 inhabitants.
Mecklenburg is second . and Forsyth,
third. The most densely populated
county in the state is Forsyth, with
287.8 inhabitants to the square mile.
The most sparsely settled county is
Tyrrell, with 13.2 persons to the
square mile.
There are 21 cities and towns in
North Carolina which had a popula
tion of 10,000 or more in 1930. Sev
eral of these cities have shown very
rapid growth during the past 10 years,
and the population rank of .theseycities
is quite different from that of 10 or
20 years ago. Charlotte is now the
largest city in the state, with a pop
ulation of 82,675, representing an in
crease of 36,337, or 78,4 per cent.
Winston-Salem, the'largest city in the
state in 1920, is now the second city,
with 75,274 inhabitants. Greensboro
has advanced from seventh to third
place in the past 10 years, with an
increase of 169.7 per cent. Durham,
with an increase of 139.6 per cent,
has advanced from sixth to fourth
place. Asheville has dropped from
fourth to fifth place, in spite of an
increase of 76.1 per cent. The next
three cities in the order of then
population are Raleigh, the capital,
High Point, and Wilmington. Seven
places in the state, of which the larg
est is Fayetteville, first attained a
population of 10.000 between 1920 and
1930. - V.T'. ;
The list of incorporated places in
North Carolina includes in all 498
cities, towns or village. The popula
tion of 38 of these rhrc is shewn
separately for the fi;st time i:i this t
bulletin. Of these 38 places, most of
which were incorporated between 1920
and 1930, the largest is Spindale, ui
Rutherford county, with a population
of 3,066. The smallest incorporated
N (Continued on page eight)
Motorcade Officials
Complete Plans
For Luncheon Here
Frank T. Reynolds, ' who is in
charge of the Atlanta end of the
Atlanta-Asheville motorcade to take
place December 13 at the comple
tion of the final link in the high
way between Atlanta and Ashe
ville, was here ononis way to Ashe
ville to confer with J. H. En
wright, manager of the George
Vanderbilt hotel,, and in charge of
the Asheville end of the motor
cade concerning final plans.
Mr. Reynolds . was accompanied
by B. D. Barker, vice-president of
the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
and. Dudley Glass, editor of the
Atlanta City Builder, official mag
azine of the Chamber of Com
merce. While here, Mr. Reynolds made
definite arrangements with Miss
Elizabeth Kelly, president of the
Women's Club, whereby the club
will serve luncheon to the mem
bers of the motorcade. This lunch
eon will be served in the high
school building where a large
crowd can be seated comfortably
and served quickly and efficiently.
Plans for the luncheon are already
underway.
Mr. Barker was enthusiastic in
his praise of the highway and the
scenisc beauties of Western North
Carolina and predicted there would
be 350 persons in the motorcade.
N. C Academy of Science
Offers Prize on Essay
Attention is called to the annual
prize offered by the North Carolina
Academy of Science for the best es
say submitted to the Academy by
a bona fide high school student upon
a subject selected by himself within
a restricted field.
The prize is a cup and it will be
presented to the winner at the com
mencement of his school.
The subjects for the current year
are restricted to the fields of biology
and geography.
Instructors may assist only in se
curing materials ; the content and
composition must be the work of the
student.
All papers must be in the hands
of the secretary of the Academy by
April 1.
Further details, if desired, may be
secured from H. R. Totten, secretary
of the North Carolina Academy of
Science, Chapel Hill, N. C, or from
High School Science Committee, Bert
Cunningham, Chairman, Durham, N.
o '
Owing to a defective piece in the
typesetting machine The Press is a
day late this week.
GREATER INTEREST BEING
SHOWN IN WHEAT GROWING
" North' Carolina imports eight million
bushels of, wheat annually in the form
of grain and bread over the amount
produced in the state though the
grain may be grown profitably and
successfully over the whole state.
"We have been gratified to ob
serve a greater interest in wheat
growing this fall as shown by the re
ports of our county agents," says
Charles A. Sheffield, assistant exten
sion director at State College. "Some
of the agents report that farmers in
their counties are planting wheat for
the first time this fall. Among the
counties reporting these new wheat
growers are Cumberland, Caswell and
Durham. Other agents say the ex-p-ienced
growe-s arc making prep
rmtirm for a better wheat crop this
season."
Mr. Sheffield attributes the annual
shortage in the wheat crop of this
state as being due to a general belief
that it is not a profitable crop. He
admits that wheat produced on the
average farm is a losing proposition
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MURRAY RETAINS
CL0EOFFICE
Barnard, Harrison Are Elect
ed; McClure and Gibson
In Doubt
ROGERS TAKES LEAD
Bryson Defeats Stockton by
Small Margin for Reg
ister of Deeds
In spite of the inclement weather
which prevailed Tuesday. Macon's cit
izens managed to reach the polls in
great numbers. This is proof that
more interest was taken in county af
fairs than in the past. The political
situation appears to have been com
pletely mastered by the Democratic
party. All offices were won by them
with the possible exception of one
county commissioner. Charles Mc
Clure and Walter Gibson are in doubt
for commissioner. '
In the state race, - Macon gave 500
majority to Bailey, Weaver, and
Queen over their Republican oppon
ents. Probably the closest contested race
was between Horner Stockton, Re
publican candidate for register of
deeds, and C. Tom Bryson, Democrat
ic candidate. Bryson defeated Stock
ton by a small majority.
The following are not actual figures
on the election returns of the-, county,
but is a close estimate. The Press
will give complete' returns in tabulated
form in the next issue :
For solicitor 20th judicial district
John M. Queen 500 over W. G. Hall,
Republican.
For representative br. W. A. Rog
ers 600 over John C. Ferguson, Re
publican. For sheriff Bert Slagle 550 over S.
L. Franks, Republican.
For register of deeds C. T. Bryson
100 "over Stockton, Republican.
For clerk of court Frank I. Mur
ray 600 over E. N. Evans, Republican.
For commissioner J. O. Harrison
700 over Republican ; Barnard 500 over
Republican; McClure, Republican, and
Gibson, Democrat, in doubt as out
come, j
For surveyor Lake Ledford 400
over Republican.
For Coroner C. M. Moore 400 over
Republican.
For State senate Kelly E. Bennett
500 over Republican.
For United States senate Josiah
W. Bailey 500 over Republican.
MEETINGS AT WATAUGA
Dr. O. Kelly, of Greenville, S. C,
will assist Rev, A. C. Queen in a se
ries of meetings to begin at Watauga
church next Sunday, Nov. . 9. The
public is cordially invited to attend
these services.
but those men who make as much as
20 bushels an acje are doing so at
a profit.
North Carolina farmers purchase an
nually about four million more bushels
of wheat than they produce and an
other four million bushels is bought
in the form of bread by the city and
town population of the state. This
is a condition that should be rem
edied, says Mr. 'Sheffield, because the
great Piedmont country is a natural
wheat growing section while there are
large areas in eastern Carolina where
the crop may be profitably grown.
Some folks overlook the value of
wheat growing in a farm rotation.
It permits the planting of thousands
morf acres of clovers and other lc-gur-?s
for 'foil imp-ovement with only
little extra cost for seeding. Wheat
acts as a nurse crop for legumes and
so fits in the rotation that it is little
trouble to produce legume hay and
soil improving crops for the balanced
system of .farming now being ad
vocated, he says.,