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I1 AGE TV0 THE FRANKLIN PRESS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY "3. iZZl V anted: Farm To Plague Legislator Everybody Represented At Raleigh But the Crop Growers BY CARL GOERCH (Special to The Franklin Press) UALKKill, 25. Tlie legis lature is comprised nf a l"t of nighty fine fellows. Tin y'n eli.ips who art- kind-hearted, sympathetic, generous ami runsidt rale, liny are anxious to i!case t'hr people of the Stale and want to do tin- r i ; 1 1 1 thing. Somebody' makes the sug gestion lliat tin- power interests ought to be taM-il. What happins? A regular army of lobbyists d '.scends upon Raleigh and pi'" es convincingly and conclusively lliat the power companies arc just about on the wrc of starvation. Tin legislators listen to the presenta tion of raits, wipe the tears out of their eyes and decide that in view of circumstances probably it would be best not to impose any additional tax on the power people. Somebody .else makes the sug gestion thai we ought to have a sales tax. Tlu'rtv-cighl thousand merchants immediately have a stroke of appoplexy, seu-iiteen thousand die of shortness of breath and several thousand others dew-lop serious cases of the rabies. Then comes the proposal to lax moving pictures, and every theatre operator noes to Raleigh and dis plays figures which prove thai not Mother Amazed At Big Change "My mother says she never saw such a wonderful improvement in anyone since I've been taking Sar gon,',' declared .Mrs. Tula Thomp- 5 n& MRS.' LI 'LA THOMPSON son, K. Main St. anil .Maple. Ave., "Durham. , "For fifteen years I suffered with indigestion as. bad as any person ever did. I couldn't cat a. thing, without., it souring on my stomach ami I just hail to cut out supper . altogether, if I expected to get any sleep. I fell off to ninety pounds. Constipation also gave me lots of trouble. "Since, taking Sarg..n, I haven't had ;.l trace of indigestion; can sleep soundly and I'm- In-ady gain ed back ten pounds. "Sargon Tills overcame coitslipa lion without upsetting me in the slightest." . Sold by Perry's Ilrug Store, Franklin, N. C. Adv. atsi '-Pi:; 1 I X 4 . f7 IW.il's1 -'ISilVf-SW' i fir ' W -Si J ''f felE 1 Lobbyist a pi nny has been made in the thealie lusiin '.s since lNi. When bills are suggested lor laving barbers, bottlers, fish-dealers, chiropodists and bootleggers, rcprcsetii.-iiiw s of i In m- professions immediately nni Raleigh and succeed in blocking any such move. Then somebody introduces a bill hi put aiioiln i lax on the .inner ll isM,ieu publicity thioiieh the ui wspapi is. Members of the legis lalure hold l Ik ir breaths. They gae at visitors in llie'liolels but fail to discern a single farmer anion;.' them. They spot all kinds of lobbyists, but nary a farmer lobbyist. 'A "huge si'.di of relief is rt leased. "Maybe it's best to put on that kind of a tax after all," says Mr. LegMalor. And llie bill is passed; with' i cry little opposition. .Mom with learning, how to live at home, the farmer ought to learn how to do a little lobbying. 'The l.iculeiiaiil - 'iovertior of South Carolina visited tin; legisla ture in Raleigh reciutly and made a talk to the senators and repre sentatives. He advised the legis lalors lo visil other Slates and get new ideas. Judging from some of llie bills that have been introduced in Raleigh thus far, they've al-, ready got loo many ideas. If they gel any more, the chances are that the whole Slate will go broke. Ladies of Methodist Church Hold Meeting On Tuesday afternoon, February 111, a ineeiing of the ladies of the I'ranklin Miihodist ' church was held in llie basement. A number of invited .guests 'from the Macon and Franklin circuits were there also. 'The meeting was for the purpose' of reorganizing, the wo man's missionary work here, but since the principal speaker, Mrs. Hampton, from Canton, was ill, that was postponed. Rev. Mr: Frvin made a brief talk .instead, .after which refresh ments were served. A round table discussion concerning methods of women's work followed. It was decided to have another joint meeting between the women from the Franklin church and the two circuits on Tuesday, May 12; This' meeting is to be held at the home of Rev.1 Mrs. 'League on the Cicorgia road. Fresh Air 'Sleeping Tourists and sleeping . porch ad dicts run to shelter when -wintry 's chilling blasts appear. It is prob ably as well, since outdoor bedding gets frightfully cold and. damp, if left out on the sleeping porch day and night. It is better to have it indoors where the bedding will warm when the room is closed by day and where il will remain dry. lint this does not mean that we must breathe stuffy indoor air. The wise plan is 'to turn off the heat; pack, the radiator or cover the register;' and open the windows and let the breezes blow through llie room, The head should be covered will) a warm cap and a warm foot blanket may be tucked in by your lootsie woolsies. ft is important to have plenty of bed ding underneath, you as . well as ov er you and to have il wide enough to cov er , the edges well. .Approximately -JlKI acres of sweet potatoes will be planted in Moke county, this season lo be marketed cooperatively from curing houses. On llie average,- cows in Bciiinark give tiiore than -10 per cent ' more milk than cows in the United Slates. ) lJSs3KJI.Y ..." H MLTIE3aMIWE5E Fashioned-Newest Shades . SERVlCEIWEIGrLr OiHitillJBMAIL TO VOLF MIKEJJL STATE'S FARM j rapROPS Agricultural Return Last - Year 42 Milions Under 1922 (Special to The Franklin Fren) RALFK.ll, I'cb. 2.i.-The Tarm i rs of North Carolina received $I2,70(I,.555 less money during ')M) lhau they did in 1 922, according to North Carolina Farm liusitnss, published by I he State College Fx letision service. In 1 922, the jut farm , cash income was $104,470,000 ami,' in 19.50, this income was ap proximately $o2,000,(X)0, a decrease of 41 per cent. Last year, the farm cash receipts were $192,K42,033 and tarm cash expenses were $131,123, .13f, leaving only $61,719,097 for fanner's of the stable to use in pay ing taxes, buying . clothing, paying bills for food, feed, fertilizer and other expenses. The average net cash income for the year from 1922 to 1930 was $X3,472,3. The 1930 net cash in come was approximately $10,000,000 less than in 1929. This condition in the slate, which is very serious, is dife to the lower prices of cot ton, tobacco and peanuts in par ticular. Cotton declined from 16.4 cents a pound in 1929 to 9.5 cents; tobacco, from IX cents to less than 14 cents; and peanuts also. The low price of cotton was due to a world 'over-supply of American cot Ion, which increased from .19.320, 0(K) bales in 1929 to 20,543,(XX) bales in 1930, with a corresponding drop in use of cotton by mills. To bacco stocks on hand increased from 1,342,000,000 pounds in 1929-30 to 1,400.000,0X) in 1930-31, despite a small increase in the Use of cig arettes. , Reduction of these three crops is necessary in order to obtain a price which will cover the cost of production this year, the bulletin says. 1 lie state government is urged to cooperate in every pos sible way. The . bulletin goes on to say : " "There is evidence that the world situation will not improve rapidly during the next year or so. If the present production of cotton con tinues with a falling off in pur chasing power of our customers, then North Carolina farmers will find themselves in dire circum stances in 1931 and 1932." Referring to the tobacco ' situa tion, the bulletin says that, if the crop is not cut materially, "indica tions are that North Carolina pro ducers will experience during 1931 one of the most - disastrous, years since the war. OPENS MODERN DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT Harry A. Holt, formerly 'proprie tor of the Highlands laundry, has removed to Franklin, and opened a modern dry cleaning and pressing establishment in the " basement of the Franklin Hotel and Restaurant. At. present'. the entrance to the establishment, to be known as the Fconomy. Cleaners, is from the rear of the building, but in the near future an entrance on Main Street will be constructed. The basement of, the building has been 'remodeled with cement flooring and freshly plastered walls. Mr. Holt has installed an up-to-date steam pressing table and other modem machinery for dry cleaning and pressing. ' CAGE TOURNEY TO BE STAGED AT CULLOWHEE Cl'I.LOWHFE, Feb. 25. The seventh annual basketball tourna ment for high schools of Western North Carolina will be held in the gymnasium at .Western. Carolina Teachers college on February 26, 27, and 28. The tournament will offer to lo cal fans 'much entertainment as the tournament is in itself a strug gle for the loving cup to be award ed, to the winning teams, both boys and girls. ' ' The teams that have -been invit ed lo enter are : Murphy, Qualla, S. C, I., Sylva, Andrews, Franklin, Waiusville, Glen.ville, Webster, Marble, Almond, liryson City,' WTtit tier, Rosemau, Hrevard, Hayes ville, Ogileti, I'.lf, Robbinsville, Highlands, Crabtree, Clyde, and Cullowhi e. The BEST Gray flair Remedy is Domerde To half pint of water add one ounce bay rum, a small box of Bar bo Compound and one-fourth ounce of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. Apply to the hair twice a week until the desired shade is ob tained. It will gradually darken Btreaked, faded or gray hair nd make it loft and gloaty. Barbo will not color tha scalp, ia not Kicky r greasy on4 doM not rut) o2" Helpful Hint: For Farmers POULTRY SANITATION Success or failure with the new crop of baby chicks depends very often upon the degree to which sanitation is applied. "There, are some new ideas in poultry Sanitation at this time,'' says H. C. Ganger, poultry ilisease specialist at State college. "Meth ods considered satisfactory .five or ten years-ttgo cannot be relied up on now for parallel with the in crease in poultry production has come an increasing infestation of worms and certain diseases. Most of this has been brought in with chicks imported from unknown hatcheries. F.vcry poultryman will find it advisable to have his brood er house and equipment as clean and as free from vermin as it is possible for him to get it." The two methods of disinfecting brooder anil poultry houses arc the use of chemicals and the newer use of heat. Chemicals, ,says Mr. Gaugcr, include all of the common liquid disinfectants. These are good but practically none of them kills the eggs of intenstinal worms or the germs of coccidiosis. The much recommended hot lye solution does not , kill coccidia. The germs of this" disease can live in a five per cent solution of lye at a tem perature of 140 degrees. For that reason, Mr. Ganger recommends the use of heat. A common blow torch or fire gun will do the work. If a poultryman docs not wish to invest in 'one for himself, he may get his neigh bors to go in with him to make the purchase. The flame from this torch produces a heat of from 1800 to 2000 degrees and will kill all living organisms with which it comes into contact. The flame guns-use kerosene for fuel and are economical to operate. A small torch will flame a brooder house 12 by 12 feet in 30 minutes and use only' one-half gallon of fuel. When used properly, there is no fire hazard, says Mr. Gaugcr. LESPEDEZA CROP URGED For an early hay crop, oats are best lo plant at this season of the year and if lespedeza is seeded on the oats, a second hay crop may be gathered from the same land this fall. "It is an economic impossibility to buy feed for livestock with money from low priced cash crops and not be deeper in debt 'at the end of the season," says - P. H. Kime, 'agronomist of the North Carolina Experiment station at State college. "Early spring hay crops should be planted to furnish feed for the summer months and fall hay crops should be planned for at this time. These all should be 'planted on good land and fer tilized." In planting spring . oats, it is necessary to prepare the land well fertilize it and seed the oats at the rate of at least three bushels to the acre. The Fulghum variety is best for s'pfing seeding. Feed oats arc unfit for planting. They are usually northern grown and unsuited to southern conditions The earlier the oats are sown, the better, and in the coastal section the planting date should be about the first of March. 'Lespedeza, says Mr. Kime,' may be planted on the oats without any extra preparation using one to one and one-half bushels an acre;. The seed are covered lightly with a harrow or may be put in with a drill. The Tennessee 76 and Kobe varieties make somewhat better yields of hay than the common but the seed arc more expensive. The common variety will make a good hay crop 'on fairly fertile soils and the only labor or expense is to clip the weeds once or twice dur ing the summer. Lespedeza hay is easily cured and has a feeding value approxi mately equal to alfalfa hay. SOYBEANS PROFITABLE The practice of growing soy beans in corn is profitable to both tenant and landlord and should be followed to an even greater extent than at present declares Enos C. Blair, extension agronomist at State college. Mr., .Blair says the experiments conducted by G. M. Garrcn show ing that higher yields of both corn and soybeans are obtained when each crop is planted alone does not tell the whole story. Many fanners will not plant soil improving' crops, such as soybeans', unless they can be used between the corn rows. Then, loo, Mr. 'Blair; contends that 20 acres of corn and soybeans to gether, will produce more . value of the two crops than will ten acres of corn and ten acres of soybeans. He uses the figures of yields secured by 'Mr.' Garrcn to support this statement. "hi the experiment at the Coast al Plains station, where corn and soybeans were planted in the same row. there were 1440 pounds of dry soybean stalks left to the acre, to be plowed under for soil improve ment," says Mr. Blair. "The amount f this material left after planting corn and soybeans in alternate rows ,as 2,HD pounds. At the mouri ;iin station 590 pounds of the ma terial was left for turning where the corn and soybeans were plant- 1 in the same row and 1,1140 muds where planted in alternate rows. Chemical analysis show dried soybean stalks to contain about 2 per cent each of introgen and potash and to be worth $11.64 a ton for the plant food contained. This does not consider the or ganic matter returned to the soil and its great value on future croti yields." Mr. I5lair savs crowing corn con- tinuausly on the same land without legume will dram the land of its fertility. CLEANLINESS IN PIGS The use of . farrowing houses on clean land has paid W. E. Smith of Scotland Nccn well this season. He lost ten pigs from five sows in the old pens and only two runts from .eight sows in the houses on clean ground. . . FORM SHEEP COOPERATIVE Alleghany' sheep growers have organized a county cooperative sheep growers association to mar ket the spring crop of lambs and wool. LIVESTOCK FEEDING Liv estock growers of North Caro lina will find technical bulletin 39, "Investigations in the Feeding of Cottonseed Meal, to Cattle" a val uable book on scientific cattle feed ing. The bulletin may be, obtained free of charge from the North Carolina Experiment station at State college. ADVICE FOR GARDENERS A new publication .which will aid the gardener in starting his early plants has been published by the State College Extension service and is now ready for distribution. Ask for extension circular 182. COOPERATIVE MARKETING "A Cooperative Marketing Man ual" by Dr. J. G. Knapp is another North Carolina Experiment station publication recently printed for the benefit of. those interested in co operative enterprises. Copies may be had on application to the agri cultural editor at State college. DEBATERS NAMED CULLOWHEE, Feb. 16.-Four girls at Western Carolina Teach ers college have been selected to enter the inter-collegiate debates at the college. They are : Dorothy Burnctte, Swannanoa; Ethel Cat loway, Highlands; Ora E. Jones, Burlington; and Flora Gilbert, Co lumbus. W. C. ROUNTREE, M, D. Pellagra a Specialty If vou have many of the follow ing symptoms, I have the remedy, no matter what your trouble has been diagnosed: Nervousness, stom a'ch trouble, loss of weight, loss of sleep, sore mouth, hurting in back of head, shoulders or back, pecul iar swimming in head, frothy-like phlegm in throat, passing of mu cous from the bowels (especially after taking purgative), burning feet, yellow or brown skin, burn ing or itching skin, rash on hands, face and arms resembling sunburn, chronic constipation, (sometimes al ternating with diarrhoea), copper or metallic taste, skin sensitive to sun heat,, forgetfulncss, despondency, thoughts that you might lose your mind, gums red and falling away from the teeth, general weakhess, loss of energy, and look older than you are. If you have many of these symptoms, have taken all kinds of medicine, and are still sick, I especially want YOU to write for my FREE booklet, questionnaire, and diagnosis. W. C. RoHiitree, M. D., BOX 1150, Dept. 12-.I., Austin, Texas. INFLUENZA SPREADING Check Colds at once with 666 Take it as a preventive Use 666 Salve for Babies Allen & Jamison Insurance PHONE 89 Franklin, N. C. Ashcvifle Piano To Mold Public Farmers' Exchange (Special to The Franklin Press) ASHEVILLE, Feb. 25.-Westcm North Carolina farmers who have a surplus of livestock, of produce, of farming implements, of machin ery, of seed, or miscellaneous ar ticles which they would like to trade for desirable articles posses sed by other farmers of this sec tion will be given an opportunity to make the trade on March 27 and 28, as a result of the rccentlj; an nounced plan of the Ashevillc Chamber of Commerce to establish a farmers' exchange on those dates. The swapping will be done in Ashe- ville at and about the tobacco ware house of the Western Caro lina Tobacco Corporation and the exchange will be free of charge to all citizens of this section. Any livestock can be cared for in the open spaces about the warehouse. The exchange days are being established as a result of sugges tions from agricultural agents in this section who state that they are often approached by farmers who wish to trade articles which they do not need for other articles which will be useful to them. In preparation for the exchange days the Ashevillc . Chamber of Commerce will act as a clearing house for the event. Farmers who have articles which they would like to exchange for other articles more desirable should write to the Cham ber of Commerce listing the article to be traded and the article or material desired. These various items will be compiled by the Chamber of Commerce and the list published in daily newspapers well in advance of the exchange dates, in order that farmers may know IF D fl) M Every new Ford is equipped with four Houdaille double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers ONE of the fine things about driving the new Ford is the way it takes you over the miles without strain or fatigue. No matter how long the trip, you know it will bring you safely, quickly, comfortably to the journey's end. The seats are generously wide, deeply cushioned and carefully designed to conform to the curves of the body. Every new Ford has specially designed springs and four Houdaille double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers. These work both ways up and down. They absorb the force of road shocks and aho provide a cushion against the rebound of the springs.' , Other features that make the new Ford a value far above the price are the Triplex shatter-proof glass wind shield, silent, fully enclosed four-wheel brakes, more than twenty ball and roller bearings, extensive use of fine steel forgings, aluminum pistons, chrome silicon alloy valves, torque-tube drive, Rustless Steel and unusual accuracy in manufacturing. In addition, you save many dollars because of the low first cost of the new Ford, low cost of operation and up-keep, and low yearly depreciation. da onnr LOW PRICES OP FO It D CARS $430 TO $630 W.O.B. Detroit, jlm, frttgkt 4 4Mr,. umjw, md lw p , mt ,mmU to.,. You emm pw-cfcaM . ford on .mmicl ,m, lhrtmth . ford . IW . CcSZ at least a part of the items which will be offered on the trading days or get a line. on what things are wanted so they can take stock and see what they may have to dispose of. ' , . Mules, cattle, feed, wagons, farm machinery, produce, " poultry and all manner of articles or animals are expected to be offered for ex change. The exchange days will probably be enlivened by the mus ic of string bands and dancing, This part of the program is up to those who attend to do as they please. Farmers who attend. will be un der no obligations to trade but the opportunity will be offered for the excliange of any goods or posses sions. It is expected that the ex change will be , made a regular event for Western Norlh Carolina farmers and it will also be an in teresting social gathering for the farmers of the section. TRY A PRESS WANT AD FOR RESULTS! Shoe Repairing We offer thorough workman ship and the best of materials at these money-saving prices: Men's soles, rubber or leather ....$ .85 Women's soles .65 Men's sole and heels ..... 1.25 Women's soles and heels . . .85 Other prices in proportion. CASH PRICES ONLY! 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