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-WEEKLY BIBLE T HO UGIIT
THE MOUNTAINS LOSE A
LEADER
In the death of Elizabeth Kelly,
at Franklin, the State has lost a
leader in the field of education.
But to the people of her native
county of Macon, and of the
mountain country, her achieve
mcnts are almost inconsequential
today to them, the loss is some
thing personal, poignant. They re
member her, 'of course, as a trail
blazer in school work, as an ar
dent advocate of progress along
all lines, as a stalwart champion
of the rights of the weak. They
remember her deeds but they
grieve at the death of Elizabeth
Kelly, the individual. For she was
a woman of character and courage.
a nersonalitv with a genuine fla
vor all its own.
Thirty years ago in the days
when to sell' one's""vote was not
universally considered in the same
light it is today she stood before
a roomful of primary .school chil
dren, and, emphasizing the re
mark with a drama of which she
was capable, dealared: "If a man
tried to buy my vote, I would
knock him down !" her lip, curled
with scorn. (Who knows the in
fluence of that remark in the fight
for good citizenship.)
The incident was typical. There
was no compromise in her make
up. Given the occasion, she could
and would fight like a man for
a cause, for the weak, or for a
friend. She possessed to a high
degree that - characteristic -so typ
ical of the mountain people un
swerving loyalty
Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow
to anger, and of great kindness." Nehemiah 9:17.
She Gave Generously
qualities moral force, mental vicor. personal
charrnrantf a great capacity for work and worrv
v - . - j
WALTER E. MOORE
Judge Moore has so long been a
leader in the political, civic and
judicial life of this mountain sec
tion that his death brings a sense
of personal bereavement to the
people of all the Iransmontam: ter
ritory.
Early in his career as i lawyer
and political leader of his county,
Judge Moore was given honors by
his people by election to the -Legislature.
There his talents and his
popularity were recognized in his
election as Speaker of the House.
Judge Moore was a sturdy in
dividualist in a region where in
dependence and self-reliance were
regarded as1 cardinal virtues. Yet
he, recognized the value of . team
work in the upbuilding of Western
North Carolina, and his sagacity
made him a counsellor whose judg
ment was much sought in all pub
lic movements.
On the Superior Court bench, he
discharged his responsibilities with
the ability, seriousness and devo
tion to the public good that fos
tered the people's respect for the
law.
As a useful citizen in private and
public life, Judge Moore will long
be remembered by the people of
North Carolina. He was one of the
last of that generation of leaders
in the state who forged their way
to prominence and wholesome in
fluence by struggle and native abil
ity, amidst conditions and circum
stances the trying nature of which
the young men of today, with all
their problems, have little under
standing. -THEASHEVJLLE
TIMES. - '
jj fJI4f
Farm
Faced with sham, selfishness, or
one who, she felt, stood in the
way of progress, her wit and bit
ing sarcasm were devastating; it
is harmy an exaggeration xo say
that her repartee has become a
part of the language of Macon
POSSESSING a rare combination of admirable '"'(""lid
nno J..n I 1 J 1 : 1 - . , . 1
wisjecLJOpeKnownDyer en
emies.) But respect yes, and hk-
e , . . . " i
rr T71 i rr n i i , r, J mS or . ner were universal.
iviiss Elizabeth Kelly exercised a wholesome influence Throughout Macon county, she was
known to all,, friend and foe, high
and low, black and white, not as
"Miss Kelly," but as "Miss T."
The reason, perhaps, lay in the
fact that there was a softer side
of her nature, rarely shown but
often felt. She displayed it on one
occasion, a few years ago, when
shewfote a bcauTiTuTplilTcTaTiorr
of a friend, the late C.-W. Slagle.
Picturing him as the pioneer sur
veyor, the citizen of sturdy char
acter. the born horsematLshe-apU
wherever the tasks of life took her and left an indel
lible impression on all with whom she came in contact.
Her personality was positive, her thinking- objective.
No one could hold conversation with Miss Kelly
without sensing immediately: "Here is a character;
no, more than that, a personage." Yet, in her there
-vvas-nothinghatmaxkedfffeTtton or pretense.
Prominence to her was a by-product, riot an object.
She valued her abilities at their unmistakable worth,
yet she was humility ltsell,,
jnonouchratherher feeling- for humankind widenH
ed and deepened as the tides of life pushed her on-
iwara.rs&rxhildh
Uife4-She-waslcnown - to hundreds -simply-as,Miss"T.'M
"Hundredsfepleal
through Miss Kelly. In Raleigh, where for , many
Jtearsjshe heljLa Jiigtk pQMtionjnJheStatIkparj
-roent-ofEducatio
bassador from the mountains. She was the person
ification of the rock-ribbed hills. She loved her
highland country and inspired others . to love the
highlands and respect the highlanders. How she stood
up for them is revealed in ah interesting anecdote
which has been told and printed many times in many
places.
Some years ago Miss "T" was attending a social
.--service conference at Blue Ridge, the other side of
Asheville. Welfare workers from all over the country
were there. A northern woman a Yankee, to be ex
plicitwas readings a p
lyaubediniheKnight-jof-4he
Nantahalas." - ----- - ---
This act was quite" as natural tQ
. . . . . a
ornerKeen .analysis ot human
rriotivcs.-THE ASHEVILLE CIT-
TZEN.
ELIZABETH' KELLY -
THE LAST STRAW
A 65-year-old New Yorker, near
ly blind, out of work and dis
couraged, borrowed a nickel from
an acquaintance the other day to
pay for a subway ride. The nickel
the acquaintance gave him happen
ed to be a lead slug, but the old
man's eyes were too . dim to tell
the difference; so he was stunned
when a policeman arrested him for
dropping it in the cash box.
He was taken to a police station
and locked up for the night. The
police reassured him when he ex
plained how it had happened, and
told him the judge would undoubt
edly let him off, next morning; but
apparently what they said didn't
comfort him much for when they
xame to his cell in themorning
they- found he had Jianged himself.
You get little stories like this
ever so often, these days; stories
of littlemisfQrtuneawhich affect
lhekyictimsouL-ofall-propor.tion
Cows Need Water j
THE digestive system of the
cow is so arranged that large
quantities of water are needed for
its proper working. Records show
that the average cow will consume
about 77 pounds . of water each
day. ,.
"Many of the ills of the dairy
cow may be ascribed to a lack of
pure water," says Dr. C. D. -Grin-nells,
in charge of daify , investiga
tions for the North Carolina Ex
periment Station. "This type of
animal consumes large quantities of
dry roughages and grains and be
cause the cow uses coarse feeds
made up of plants with hard, tough
cell walls, nature has endowed her
with an interesting but complicated
stomach digestion, .She needs con
siderable water to bring about the
proper workings of this system. A
large cow will secrete about 60
quarts of saliva every twenty-four
hours.
Water is also essential for rum
ination or "cud-chewing" and many
times the so-called lost cud is due
to a lack of this fluid. This stop
ping of rumination is not a dis
ease in itself but is a symptom of
a number of diseases, Dr. Grinnells
says. When the cause of the
trouble is removed, the cud will
return.
Dr. Grinnells points out that cud-
chewing is an essential part of the
digestive" activities of the cow.
When she eats, the food is only
slightly - macerated - then : the - food
goestohestomachor-paunch
where it undergoes a soaking, soft
ening or fermentation process, af
ter which it is transferred to the
honeycomb. This process takes a
heavy secretion of saliva and a
large amount of water. It .takes
considerable fluid to soften- and
ferment all the hay, grass or grain
that -may be-packed inline" first
stomach or rumen with a capacity
mm mm tV W
Certified Zzzdi
The Farmer's
Question Box
Timely Questions Answered
by N, C. State College
Experts
QuMtion: When should lespede-
za be sown on small grain ana
how much seed should be used to
the acre?
Answer. All lespedeza should be
sown on small grain in February
or March but the time of germi
nation of different varieties must
determine the exact date of plant
jng. The Korean variety germi
nates in about two weeks and all
other varieties between four and
.five weeks. Plantings should be
made so as to avoid freezing the
young plants. One bushel or 25
pounds of seed will plant an acre
if broadcast. The seed should be
lightly covered. .
to their real seriousness. And back
of them you can see a flood tide
of ;hSm loneliness arid; discourage-
mentJhat-COuldmaketheangels
Being locked up overnight
for
reference to .the ."emaciated -mountaineers," where
upon Miss "T" rose from her seat, her six-feet and
-morerrofrrvigorousvomanhood -toweringa bqvethe
audience. "I merely want to present Exhibit No. 1,"
she remarked, "for I am one of the 'emaciated moun
taineers' the speaker is referring to."
Miss Kelly's wit is known far and wide. . At times
it cut deep, but it usually cut where it was needed.
She took great delight in holding up sham to scorch
ing ridicule. She will be remembered long for her
keen humor;' many stories centering around her are
of the kind that are handed down from generation to
generation.
But Miss "T" was far more than an interesting
personality. She was a person who did things and
did them well. vToJie
the educational progress in Macon County and the
state. It was she who organized and launched the
movement in North Carolina to banish adult illiteracy,
and she lent the weight of her influence to many
other progressive movements.
Her human kindness was .unbounded and her help
ful encouragement and .wise advice has lightened the
burdens of adversity for many. She contributed un
stintingly both of her goods and efforts to relieve
suffering and promote the public welfare. The work
of the Red Cross in succoring to hundreds of needy
families in Macon County is a monument to her en
deavors. It would be difficult to measure the loss of so fine
a character ; but why attempt to put a yardstick to
one's life or bale the depth of the abyss of sorrow'
which its passing leaves. Let the comment of a
friend suffice :
"She gave , of herself so generously and she. had so
much to give,"
Tsorth - Carolina, r and particularly
Macon county and all this moun
tain region which was so close to
ner thought ana interest, sutler a
grievous loss in the death of Miss
Kelly.
Endowed in large measure with
the qualities of leadership, en
thusiasm and admirable poise of
mind and spirit gave to her work
that indefinable characteristic that
distinguishes leaders from follow
ers. ' .
She was too modest to be known
as "a militant woman leader," and
yet she was capable of indignation
a nd-forjli r i gh tiex P re s s ion, in ... t h e
I a ee--o f -wrong-.
In her early days as a teacher
in Franklin, the class in civil gov
Question: Should poultry used
for breeding purposes be confined j
or allowed free ranger
Answer: Ranging birds are
healthier and have more vitality
and the breeding flock should be
allowed to range at will unless the
weather is raw and blustery. The
eggs from a flock ranging under
normal conditions will produce
chicks that are able to throw ' off
disease and grow into heavy pro
ducing adults.
Queation Howan wesecure
the-agricultural -publicationsissued
at State college ?
Answer: A post card to the
Agricultural Editor, State College
Station, Raleigh, N. C., stating the
number or title of publication de
sired will bring a prompt reply.
Be sure, however, to sign your
narneand give your fulladdress.
WHETHER or not it pays ta
use improved seeds of farm
crops can be seen tnom tne results
of a recent survey reported by Dr.
G. K. Middleton, seed specialist at
State college, who says the dif
ferences m favor of good seeds
are especially striking if the crops
concerned are affected regularly
by-losses from disease.
"We have found that increased
acre yields due to the use of cer
tified seed will average about 20,6
per cent for corn, 23.5 per cent
for wheat, 23.3 per cent for oati,
30 per cent for barley and as high
as 74 per cent for Irish potatoes,"
says Dr. Middleton. "The result
secured in recent years by the
Experiment Station bear out these
figures remarkably well from the
purely scientific viewpoint. For in
stance, the new strain of Porto t
Rico' sweet potato developed by
Robert Schmidt has given an in
crease of 61 bushels of N. 1 stock
over seed potatoes supplied by
three different growers. Last year
rrlbre . than 1600 growers tried out
this new strain and they secured
under field conditions an increased
yield of 18.S per cent over the
potatoes they had been using."
of 20 to, 25 gallons. In the second
stomach or honeycomb, new cuds
are constantly formed, says the in
vestigator. -
Plans for home-made brick
brooder , house have been developed ,
by C. F. Parrish and David S.
Weaver of the State College Ex-
Tpnsinn srruirr jtini tii.iv urr nil uii
..V.u.u.l .s.. ...... i
i !..! I? At. 4w
application to euncr ui mc-specialists.
Alamance farmers who have tan
ned hides at home following the
recommendations of the State col' "
lege animal husbandry department
good results.' 1 Some - hides
report good results.'
tnnn1 lirith tVin 1l4ir Atl ff he
Many requests for bulletins do not ' used for rugs in the home but
have this information.
most are tanned for leather.
LEGAL. ADVERTISEMENTS
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as administratrix
of C. T. Sanders, deceased, late of
Macon county, N. C this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the under
signed, on or before the 9th . day
of January, 1934, or this notice will
be plead in barof their recovery
All persons indebteded to said es
tate will please make immediate
settIemeht;Thiar9th dayof Tanu
ary,1933 - : -
EULA SANDERS,
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
This 18th day of January, 1933.
G. A. JONES, Trustee.
J26-MC-4tc F16.
-Administratrix.
J12-otp F16
nuttine; a lead slug in a com box
isn't. " after all, an overwhelming
traredvTh.ordinarytnatL-WOuld
be-dismayed- by-it; irritatedf-moved
either to rueful mirth or to lm
potent profanity; but he wouldn't be
pushed along the path to suicide.
Put a mishap like that on the
shoulders of a man who has had
nothing but misfortune for months
on end, however, and you are apt
to crush him. For it is precisely
such minor incidents that persuade
luckless, beaten men that the world
is altogether too harsh and un
sympathetic a place to be endured
any longer. It underlines their
loneliness, their isolation; and once
a man gets a face-to-face look at
complete loneliness things -anagt
debtedness:
I will, therefore, sell at the
courthouse door in Franklin, North
Carolina, on Monday, February
6th, 1933, at 12 o clock noon, to
the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property :
Being -lots-Nos.-701-71r72 and 73
as shown in a map surveyed and
platted by C. W. Vanhook C E.
July 20, 1927, -d recorded in the
of fice oL tho-register-of-deeds-for
Macon- County,- North- Carolina," in
book -of pktts,- laying and being
in "wharis khowrTas the ManrT and Ma)rfn1fl-B6ok-Ncr
liticaU problems. MfimberfcoL4hat
Loneliness, after all, is something
none of us really dares face. We
ernment was discussing current po-1 sPcn(l mostt of our ,ive9L trying t0
run away irom u ; our nuiuc s.
friendships, our play," much' of "our
dailv work, are all defenses against
it. Onceut gets on our heels we
are haunted; and the tiniest acci
dent can trip us up and deliver us
over to a panic in which death it
self loses its terrors. CHAR
LOTTE NEWS.
class will never forget Miss Kelly's
summing up of one point: "If a
man offered to buy my vote, I
should consider it as an insult and
knock him down."
Her work as a teacher soon at
tracted attention throughout the
state. Under State Superintendent
of Public Instruction J.-'Y. Joyner
she led North Carolina's first large
campaign in the field of adult il
literacy. In recognition of her suc
cess in that work she was elected
President of the , State Teachers'
Association and became one of the
editors of The State Teacher.
. Miss Kelly all this time had giv
en much study to the farm prob
lem, and some of her noteworthy
service to the state was in that
field. ' .';
Her last public positions before
ill health intervened was as Chair
man of the Macon County Red
Cross unit, recognized as one of
the best units in the country, and
as co-Chairman - of - the- Macon
farmers organized for the 5-10
Year Farm Plan in Western North
Carolina.
This brief sketch of her public
service would be wholly inadequate
without expression of the sense of
personal loss which comes today
to those who knew her as a school
mate and as a colleague in the edu
cational and , agricultural work of
North Carolina. She was a lovable
woman; a woman of vigorous and
liberal mind; one who found hap
piness and contentment in'devotion
to her friends and in laboring with
all her splendid strength for the
advancement of North Carolina. j
THE ASHEVILLE TIMES.
-ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of Henry Vanhook, deceased, . late
of Macon County, N. C, this is to
notify-allpersoii8Tiavihg"claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 15th day of Dec,i
1933,. or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 15th day of Dec, 1932.
C. L. GARNER, Administrator.
: 22 6tp J28
ing bubdivisionofthe Jones
place.
-This the "4th "day "of "January.
1933.
W. G. MALLONEE, Trustee."
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County.
By authority of the power
sale vested in the undersigned trus-
eculedlyF.' H.Higdonto Le h'1 Ser?5re' ,efl the court
of
IN MEMORY OF
MISS ELIZABETH KELLY
Miss- Elizabeth -. Kelly's passing
has grieved the Macon county
Negroes very much. We feel that
in her passing we have lost a true,
faithful, sincere. and honored
friend. : -"" ' -
Miss Kelly has aided us in so
many ways we are unaDie to
enumerate them all. She has come
to our aid financially in some of
our most crucial hours.. She has
given clothes to the ragged; medi
cine to the sick; food to the hun
gry and employment to the un
employed. Most of all, Miss Kelly
has given us courage to press on
ward and upward. We will always
remember Miss Kelly and the con
sideration she gave us during hef
administration as chairman of the
Macon County Chapter of the Red
Cross.
Crawford, Trustee, on the -12th
of February, 1924, and registered
in the office of the Register of
Deeds-f orMacon- County-inT Book
27, page 479, of Mortgagei. and
Deeds of Trust, to secure the pay?
ment of a certain indebtedness in
said deed of trust set forth ; and
whereas, default having been made
in the payment of said indebted
ness; I will, therefore, sell at the court
house door in Franklin, North Car
olina, on Monday, February 6th,
1933, at 12:00 o'clock noon to the
highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing described property:
All that tract or parcel of land
situate in Franklin Township, Ma
con County, State of North Caro
lina and described as follows:
-Being the lands conveyed by H
G. Robertson to Fred Higdon on
this date, being the lands con
veyed to H. G. Robertson by R. L
Porter and wife, dated 18th of
February, 1901, recorded in Book
JJ. page 404.
This 4th day of January. 1933.
CARRIE R. CRAWFORD,
J5-4tc-MC-J26 "
Executrix.
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County . i
By authority of the"(ower of sale
vested in the undersigned trustee
When thinking of Miss Kelly we by a certain deed of trust executed
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County.
Whereas, power of sale was vest
ed in the undersigned trustee by
deed of trust from Alvah Pearce
and wife, Ruth Pearce, dated Oc
tober 9, 1931, and registered in
the office of the Register of Deeds
tor Macon County m Book No. 32,
page 323, of Mortgages and Deeds
of Trust, to secure the payment
of a certain indebtedness in said
deed of trust set forth ; and where
as, default, having been made in
the- payment lot said indebtednessr
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon Ccjunty. - . -
Whereas, power of sale was vest
ed in the undersigned trustee by
tpH nf truct -frrttn T Tl AsVia snrl
wife AricJV'Ashe,: dated March
6, 1929, and registered in the of
fice of the Register of .Deeds for
house door in Franklin. North
Carolina, on Monday, the 20th day
of February, 1933, at 12:00 o'clock
noonlathe,highest bidder-for
cash, the following described prop
erty: Second Tract: Lot oh the West
side of Harrison Avenue and on
the N. side of Church St. in the
Town of Franklin, being the lot
purchased by Alvah Pearce from
C. R. Tarkington and wife, Verna
by deed dated May 6th, 1927,. and
recorded in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Macon County
in Book 0-4, page 121
oi -1 rust, -to secure tne payment
of i a --certain - indebtedness - in -said
deed of trust set forth; and where
as,, default . having been made ..in
the payment of said indebtedness:
I 'wilt.TtherefdreT8eir"at the"
courthouse door in Franklin, North
Carolina, on Monday, the 20th of
February,- 1933, at 12:00 o'clock
cash, the following described prop-?
ertyt : . )
Beginning at a stake on the bank
of Highway. No. 285, the North
corner of the Fred Jacobs tract of.
land, runs thence S. 58 E. 178 feet
to a stake; thence S. 32 E. 107
feet to a stake; thence S. 58 East
39 feet to a gate post; thenco S.
ay hj teet to a fence post ;
thence N. 23 E, 354 feet to a stake;
thence .. N. ... 26W 67,.feet . to the
iv....n.t . L .1. . 1 - . . " ,! ,
"'b"nj , wiciiv-e wiia - ine-nign-way
to the beginning.
Alan I nl. M. 1ft ft 11 11 14
15, 16 and 17 in Block One in a
tract of land in Macon County,
it. Kuuwn as me Lyman ritiu,
as surveyed and mapped by W.
B. McGuire, reference being here
by had to said ma'p as recorded in
Book 1-3, records of Macon Coun
ty, N. C, pages 56 and 57, for' a
fuller and more particular descrip
tion' of the land and lots hereby
conveyed.
This the 18th day of January,
1011
R. S. JONES, Trustee.
J26-MC-4tc-F16
catch the vision Leigh Hunt had
when he wrote "Abou Ben Adhem."
Now:
Heavy is the gloom that envelops
us, A '
Painfully the news of her death
rolls.
We thank the only God there be
For the memory of such a soul.
-Adv.
by J. L. Houser to W, G. Malonee,
trustee, dated Jan. 3, 1930, and re
corded in the office of the Register
of Deeds for Macon County, North
Carolina, in Mortgage Book No.
31, page 279, to , secure the. pay
ment of a certain indebtedness
in said deed of trust set ; forth ;
and whereat default having been,
rnvde in thi payment of laid in
-WarafladE
CHICKENS AND EGGS
I hav opened up headquarter in the McCoy Building po ,
Palmer Street and am now prepared to buy your chicken and
eggs. I pay CASH. Pricet for thi week follow:
- - HENS .........7.. 9c -J
STAGS 9c .
FRYING SIZE .1 9c
COCKS 6c
DUCKS 6c
WHITE LEGHORNS 6c
IF YOU HAVE-CHICKENS AND EGGS TO SELL, SEE-
ODEL WHITTIKGTON
McCOY BUILDING
FRANKLIN, N. C
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