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TIILT'DAY, MArXI PACE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS and THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN CI Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. -XL1X ;i Ar:KTlTVV W UUlXSON "TiitiTeTatThc'rQSt Office,. Franklin, ;N. C as second class -matter ""n-iiHSCKli'-i iu-. k'.yi'ES 'One Yenr ....... tight Months , Six Months -Single Copy A Good Sign for Democracy j IT WAS a fine meeting the Yuunj; Democrats of t!v F.leventh Congressional District held in Bryson City Saturdav .ni-ht 'Anyone who witnessed the enthus iasm of'thc'.tratheririjr could not help but feel that it augured well for. the future of the party. Both in the district .and the state the organiza tion has capable leadership. William J. Cocke, Jr., , one of the most prominent voting lawyers of W estern North Carolina, is the district chairman, while the president, of the state organization is a young woman of rare ability. -Mrs. May F. Evans, of High -Point. Both are.alreadv well known, but. they bid fair to at tain .positions of even greater prominence and re sponsibility. . " . Mrs. .Evans sounded the keynote of the meeting "When she' said the purpose ofheunIPeopie's Democratic Clubs is to foster Democratic -principles and su ppl v a training ground for good citizenship. . She pointed out that the club's chief aim is to pro mote principles, not individuals, explaining that their constitution prohibits', the organization from lending its influence to any particular faction, group or can didate within the party. . . . The principal address '.of the evening was -'delivered by a veteran Democrat. Judge Philip C, Cocke, of Asheville, who .proudly traced the party's record in North Carolina since Xeb'ulon Vance defeated Judge Thomas Settle, the Republican nominee for governor, in lcS76. fn reviewing the political history of the commonwealth for this period the speaker alsb pointed to the great progressive strides the state has made under Democratic leadership. It was an ad dress both enlightening and inspiring. If any of the -junior nKmders 0O - were Democrats solely by inheritance or. unreasoned : al le rnTnr Ljyne ft tht.H:nTeting"vitha el eare r "(fer s ta h ( !m g " " w imbued with some of the speaker's well founded po- Jitical convictions. - More Orderliness Needed .in -Conducting County's Business DEOPLE with busines'slVrtransact with the county , board of commissioners frequently experience con siderable .difficulty in doing so because of the hap hazard manner in which the meeting's are conducted. Usually the commissioners gather for their de liberations in the office o'. e registrar of deeds; but the uninitiat j'! would hv.-d.ir suspect that a meeting- was in prouTi s, for the bonv 1's business is transacted with little s . mV mce it, wne Drnmi a mat' board 'usuallv na- to buttonhole each 'member sep aratelv and corral r.h;ni in a corner before obtaining j-h-cir..-.un3rvla ed.aLt n 1 ti m . have difficult- in getting formal action. 'This makes for -diNonU-rly, meetings, which mx.'ht or flected in the county's business affairs. Already the board-has fallen into the bad practice of "star chamber" meetings.- Instead of always con ducting their business in an open meeting, where the public can- observe. ihe sometimes go 'into the vault adjoining the registrar of deeds office to discuss matt e rs before them and fo nn u la te thei r 1 ec i si oris. WV hardly think "they (hi this to escape public '.scruti ny :' but; nevertheless, sikh-a- practice leaves rooi.11 for suspicion, 'Certainly it is a bad precedent.. ft would be a simple matter to correct' these evils 'and we hope that. our .suggestion will be accepted in the .spiriuin .which 1 hey arciven, one of. constructive helpfulness.' rather ihan of 'personal criticism. The board would be doing justice to itself and the people who elected the .commissioners, to. 'office by conduct ing is .meetings in .. accordance' with parliamentary law.r I ne chairman viumkl act as a ii ce r and see th at busi ness is tra usacted manner so that anyone present might Understand what is . taking place and -so the dei"k"to tTuT board can re-cord these transactions in a complete-.and in telligent manner. Anyone with business to bring be fore the board is entitled to a respectful hearing and he should not be required to hang around the court house all (lay waiting for an opportunity to broach his subject. The board would save itself .much val uable time, time which could be - well .devoted to weightier matters, by entrusting to the assistant 'county accountant the, disposition of such matters as the .allowance of bounties on wildcats an,d crows. One more suggestion, When possible the board should post a notice in advance -of ..special called meetings, setting forth the matters to be taken up, so that any one interested might attend. Number Ye V.. .t'DITO AND I'UL'LISHF.U. . 'V..JL 'l ---i; . ;.d order. . 10 tne auenuon 01 tne Evcif thcn, lie is likely to the board to take som ' - 7 t ime-wasting, inefficient later are bound to be re presiding. '.of- in an orderlv CHEROKEE LORE By Margaret Article CHIEF RABBIT'S CLASPED SILVER HANDS- RECOLLECTIONS OE MRS. ANNA INGRAM HARRINGTON jjllRS. Anna Ingram Harrington, who still lives at .50;' her girlhood home, the old Ingram' place in the Rabbit creek section of Macon County tells me that the two small creeks which run through the meadows near her home were named for tWo Indian chieftains Chief Rabbit, or Chief Chees-tol and Chief Wild Cat. So the highway signs pointing to Rabbit creek and Cat creek are perpetuating the names of these Indian chiefs of long ago, although few people are aware of the fact. ' These Indians lived before Mrs. Harrington's time, but she recalls hearing of the death of Chief Rabbit through "Uncle" Joshua Amnions, a Baptist minister who Was an old man w-hen she Was a girl. There evidently was an Indian town in this beau tiful little valley surrounded by protecting mountains and fed by the two clear and bold streams Avhen Jacob Siler and William Britton came across the mountains and settled in this section. Arrowheads, broken bits of pottery and other Indian relics used to be so plentiful in this valley that the white settlers paid little attention to them and simply plowed them under when thev came across, them in tilling their fields. A number of beads and arrowheads are still found near the old Ingram place. At one time Chief Rabbit must have been the most important of the Cherokee chieftains in this section, for the government, in dealing with the Cherokees about their land carried on their negotiations through him. One of his most prized possessions was a pair of clasped hands, wrought by the government in token ot the brotherhood of the white and red men. v. -. "Uncle"-Joshua Amnions, it is related, saw these silver hands many times; for he was a frequent visitor at the cabin made of huge logs which was the home of Chief Rabbit. The chief held the preacher in high esteem and sent for him when he was dying. The ca"bin van! was filled with the chief s people, who were ..crying and. lamenting Jhe prospect of losing their beloved .leader. - . Mr, Amnions sat bv he was dying. When "the old Indian's eyes closed in death, the members of his family and others who were m the room filed out ot the door, were joined bv those on the outside, and went wailing down to 4he-lVdnk-.f.-.the--creek--nained,-for..-their-.chief. There thev washed their hands and faces, in the .waters of the stream and they wept waters had carried their grief away. Then two or three returned to the cabin to pre pare their chief for burial, his grave. One group went later with slabs ot birch together with leather thongs to fit the dead man's lorm Buried with-Chief Chees-to were his most -valued possessions, including the clasped silver hands, his hunting equipment and his beloved dog, which had been killed so he could accompany his master to the happv hunting ground. .In talking with Mrs. Harrington about Chief Rab bit. 1 asked : : " " - "If I .should tell in my- Cherokee articles -where the chief was buried, how many people do you think would be there the first night possible digging for the silver hands. "Well." she replied, "there were too many white people at that tuneral lor those hands to have re mained in the grave for long. There is no telling what became of them." Others may agree with me that deep under ground is the proper place for the silver hands, since the Cherokees have been driven from their homes and the emblem no longer is a sincere token of brother hood and friendship. ' Elias Amnions recalls hearing how his grandfath er, Joshua Ammons, taught Sabbath, tie bored seven 1 f . 1 10 c .f fVi.k InrtinnV' ittti 'each hole. The chief" vvas instructed to take out one of the pegs each day and on the day he pulled out the last . peg. heand his ...people were not to fish, or hunjjrjyork'. in their fields The chief was a good Christian and saw that his tribe serupulouslv ob- served the Sabbath. Mrs. Harrington recalls little concerning Chief Wild Cat, but it is thought he was Chief Rabbit's suc cessor and was probably the head of the tribe when it was taken away from its beloved valley. Mrs. f farrington remembers her mother speaking of that: sad day. The Indians were made drunk before they were led away. A negro girl working in a garden which the' Indians passed made -an -insulting remark. A young brave, his anger heightened bv intoxication, 111limifl tVif fallen 511(1 c)nttrl l-nclnrr fli rv!,-1 ,,.!,- ' n , , 1 i , r ,i jien io me oasemcni oi me nearoy nouse. l ne Indian picked Up an a.XC and. shouting. "Dam CantllV-av.". started for the basement. piedicament ot the negress, R. Siler- VI of silver, presented to him - u.. : Chief Chees-to's side while no more, for the running while others left to prepare into the forest, returning bark. These were sewed r ! Chief Rabbit to keep the holes in one of the big ,1 'w,- tv ,,.y.l.n rttr V f , mi t Mrs. Ingram, realizing the called ior help and white , - . , . j i men arrived just in time to save the girl's life. "Gantny-gay" was the name given negroes by the Cherokees and it is thought the word meant "black face." '' Mrs. Harrington recalls a few of the Cherokee jivords and phrases. "Cho-la," she said, was their word for tobacco. When they saw a train approach ing or leaving they . said, "che-la tuck-a-lay-lah." jWhen they came to tell someone of a death among their people they said mournfully, "Ca-nickity-you, ca-nickity-you. Nog wah, nog wan. A-lew-yah." Why they repeated the first two worids, or phras es, no one seems to know; but I have been told that some of their words had no - (Mr. Siler' next article : will Indian mound.) " Public Opinion P..T. A. DOING FINE WORK AT COLORED SCHOOL To the Editor: Please permit us to say a few words in your valuable paper about the colored school of Franklin and our splendid Parent-Teachers' Asso ciation. As principal of this school, i am closing my third, term. I found the school greatly in need of many improvements within and without. It is still so. notwith standing the fact that we have a very active r arent-leacners Asso ciation. During my first term we laid plans for a number of helpful and progressive changes, but our plans went awry during the vacatiort However, we improved the grounds, planted trees and flowers and made some much . needed internal im provements. - Dunne the following term we planned to buy many much-needed supplies for conducting our class work, but a lack of funds on the part of the state and county forced us to make all necessary repairs, within and without, thus consuming most all the money we could raise. But despite this handicap, our P.-T. A. forged ahead, purchased a large,1". ea irom vv in, Aimana ana ui llrt CIlUUl MCI! yUfc U.' ll.MV "Vim.- worth of swings for the primary grades, paid for all janitor service and made many helpful improve ments inside. The principal did all the mechanical work free of charge, to the amount of $25.00, or more. It was remarkable to sec how will ingly and courageously all shoulder ed a responsibility which belonged rather to the state and county. Moreover, a number - of patrons came together with their teams and worked - on the - grounds ' free, of charge. The P.-T. A., headed by Mrs. Carrie Stewart, though small, is:CTe:;.e:dth to be found in any community. Almost anywhere else its labors would be more highly appreciated, and more generously rewarded. During the present term, we have wired and equipped the .... school house with electric lights, paid for all janitor service, and met a large oortion of the fuel bill. While the school stands in great need of almost everything, its greatest need at present is modern desks. We do not have a . com fortable desk in the building, and many children in the district have never seen a modern desk ! The Parent-Teachers' Association is very anxious to change this de nlorable condition, and will do its full share, if the authorities here and at Raleigh .will act favorably. May we depend on The Press to say a good word for us? The present - term will close with exercise two-nights March... 22and 29. Should any white friends wish to attend they are cordially inr vijed to do so. Special seats will be provided for them. : -R., B. Watts, Principal. Franklin, N. C. March 20. 1934. LEGAL ADV .P.riSlNG NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE Sealed bids will be received by the Regional Forester, U, S. Forest Service, Washington, D. C, up to and including April 20, 1934 for all the live timber marked or designat ed for cutting and all merchantable dead timber located on two areas embracing together about 185 acres on the headwaters of Turtle Pond Creek and Big Creekt tributaries ol the Cullasaja Kiver, Highland: Township, Macon County, Nanta hala National Forest, North Caro lina, estimated to be 2,500 M boar-' feet of hemlock pulpwood and 1,000 tons of hemlock bark, more or le? No bid of less than $1.55 per M bd. ft. for the pulpwood and $l.r per ton for bark will be considered. $1,(XX).(X) must be deposited with each bid, to be applied to the pur chase price, refunded or retained in part as liquidated damages, accord ing to the conditions of the sale. The right to reject any and all, bids is reserved. Uetorc bids arc sub mittcd, full information conccrnim' the timber, conditions of the sale, and submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supcrvis rr, Franklin. North Carolina. M22-2tc M29 NOTICE OF SALE j in ortn Carolina, Macon County. Under and by virtue of the power , f saleL C0"taieJ in (,?ed ( ,r"stj36 deg. West, 334 poles to a iK'ven uy i.ooen i;avis ana wite, Mary Davis, to the undersigned meaning unless repeated. concern tho mytery of th LEGAL ADVERTISING Trustee, on the 6th day of January, 1931, and recorded in the ofii.e of the Register of Deeds for -Macon County, N. CVin Book No. 31, of Mortgages , and Deeds of Trust, Page, 1, and default having been made in the payment of the amount secured by said deed of trust, and demand having been made on the undersigned Trustee to sell said property under the power of sale contained in said deed of trust, 1 will, therefore, on Monday, the 26th day of March, 1934, at 12 o'clock, noon, at the courthouse door in the Town of Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following de scribed tract or parcel of land: On the Georgia road S. from the Town of Franklin and N of Car toogechaye creek and known as the home place of Frank and Jane Wil liams, and. more particularly bound described as follows: 1st Tract : In a deed from W. N. Al mand and wife to Frank Williams dated the 9th day of Aprit 1904, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon Coun ty, in Book of Deeds RR, page 1 2nd- Tract : Bounded and described in a deed from W. N. Almand and wue 10 rranic wuiiams aatea tne 10th day of January, 1914, and re corded in said record book K-4, page 458. 3rd Tract : In a deed from George Ball and wife to Frank Williams dated Oct. 28th, 1915, and recorded in" Book X-3, page 67 of said record. 4th Tract : Bounded and described in a deed from Laura M. Jones and, Hattie d. Jones to Frank Williams, dated 6th day of November, 1920, and recorded in Book J-4, page 509, of said record. 5th Tract: Described in a deed from W. B..McGuire to Frank Williams, dated 12th day of April, 1923, and recorded in book K-4, page 457. 6th Tract: All oth er lands, rights, titles, easements conveyed by James Williams to D. Robert Davis by deed dated 11th day of July, 1925, except from the above land described in a deed D. R. Davis and wife Mary Davis to J. A. Conley and J. S. Conlev. dated Dec. 13th, 1928, and recorded in the office of Register of Deeds for Ma con County in Book 0-4, page 576. This 20th day February, 1934. W. G. MALLONEE, Trustee. Ml-4tc-M22 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the au thority and power of sale contain ed in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Effie M. Vassey, un married, to John B. Anderson, Trustee, for Nichols Realty. Com pany; Incorporated, dated March 30, 1933, and recorded in the Of fice of the Register of Deeds for Macon County: North Carolina, the 7th day of June, 1933, -in Book of Deeds of Trust No." 32" on Page No. 467, and. default having, been made in the payment of the in debtedness thereby secured, and demand having been made for sale, the undersigned Trustee wilt sell at public auction, to the highest bid der, for cash, at 12 o'clock, noon, on the 26th day of March, 1934, at the Courthouse Door, in the Town of Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, the following described piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying. and being in the County of Macon, North Carolina, and bound ed and more particularly described as follows: Adjoining the lands of Hans Rees' Sons, . Silas Green, et al, BEGIN NING at a stake 50 poles North 20 dcg. West from the beginning corner of this grant, being State Grant No. 16078, and runs thence North 20 deg. West, 86 poles to a stake in a line, No. 2219; thence with said line, South 45 dcg, West, 12 poles to the Southeast corner of said No.; thence North 45 deg. West 100 poles to. a stake; thence North 45 deg. East 100 poles to a Spanish oak, the beginning corn er of said No. 2219; thence South 45 deg. East 100 poles to a stake; thence South 45 deg. West 106 poles to a stake;, thence East, 70 poles to a small Spanish oak in the line No. 2347; thence with its line North 20 deg. West, 30 poles to a stake and pointers; thence East 36 poles to a stake in the County line; thence with the same, North 17 deg. West, 100 poles to a stake; thence North 11 18 deg. West 100 poles to a stake; thence North 40 deg. West, 20 poles to the corner of the Hans Rees' Sons land; thence with the line . of the same, .South stake) with in uas ureens line; tnence Green's line, to an . old corner of legal ADVEirnsn;a Green & Clover's land; thence East with Clover's land, to the begin ning, being the same land describ ed in a deed from S. L. Hill and wife, to J. R. Hare and wife, dated May 30, 1917, recorded m Book A-4, at page 199. Being the FIRST TRACT described in a deed from C. K. Hughes, Trustee, to Guy Weaver, dated 25th day of Novem ber, 1925. This the 15th day of February, 1934. ' ' ' JOHN B. ANDERSON, Trustee. M1-4K-DY-M22 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualifieJ a Viiisistratar of S. E. Cabe, deceased, late of Macon County, N C, ih's is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of laid deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 15th day of Feb ruary, 1935, or this notice will be plead in bar of their re overy. All! persons indebted ta said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 19th day of February. 1934. W. H. CABE, Administrator. F22-otp-M29 EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as executrix: of S. H. Lyle, 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 undersigned on or before the 16th day of February. 1935, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 16th day -of February, 1934. ELLA T. LYLE, Executor. F22-6tc-M29 ; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE, On Monday, the 26th day of March, 1934, at 11 A. M, at . the courthouse door, in the Town o . Franklin, Macon ' County, North Carolina, I will sell at public out cry to the highest bidder forcash the following described lands and premises, lying and being in Macon County, being more particularly de scribed as follows : ' ' : AH the lands described in a deed from T. B. Green to W. H. Roane, dated the 18th day of September, 1929, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Macon ' County, in Book Q-4, at page 201, t Record of Deeds of Macon County, to which book and page reference is hereby made for a full and com- plete description of ; the same by ' metes and bounds. . Being the same lands conveyed1 in a deed in trust by W. H. Roane and wife, Minnie Roane, to Gilmet; Ar JoncsrTrustceTfor the Bank of' Franklin, and W. B. McGuire and! C. W. Dowdle; the said deed im trust being recorded in the Office of. the Register of Deeds of Macon County in Book 32, at page 277. , The sale made pursuant to the ' power of sale conferred upon me by the said deed in trust, to which reference is hereby made for all the terms and conditions of the same. : This the 26th day of February. 1934. GILMER A. JONES, Trustee. Ml-4tc-J&J-M22 NOTICE OF REPUBLICAN CONVENTION The Macon County Republicans are hereby called to meet in con-' ventkm in the Courthouse in I Franklin at 1 o'clock P. M. March 31, 1934, for the purpose of elect ing delegagtes to the State Con vention, and to transact any other business that may properly com betorejlhejCenyentioiL; The Precinct conventions are cabled to meet on March 24th., 1934 : for the purpose of sending dele gates to the County Convention. This the 12th day of March, 1934:. W. J. WEST, Chairman . Macon County Republican . Executive Committee. M15 2tc M22 NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina, Macon County. Whereas, power of sale was vest ed in the undersigned trustee by Deed of Trust from I. V. Ramey to R. S. Jones, Trustee, dated the 9 day of March, 1929, and register ed in the office of Register of Deeds for Macon County, in Book No. 31 of Records of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust, page 182, to secure the payment of a certain in debtedness in said deed of trust set forth; and whereas, default having been made in the payment of. said indebtedness: I will, therefore, by virtue of the power of sale by-said deed of trust in me vested, on Friday, the 6lh day of April, 1934, at 12 o'clock,, sell at the court house door in Franklin, North Carolina, at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the following described prop-, crty: ' .-; ; Being all that tract or -parcel of land described in a deed from S.' P. Brabson to I. V. Ramey, said' deed bearing date of 27th day ofr April, 1927, and registered in the office of Register of Deeds for Macon County in Book 0-4, page 106, to which special reference for" fuller description is hereby made. Said tract containing 29 acres, more. or less. . J This 6th day of March, 1934. ' M15 4tc J&J--A5 IK., b.' ONKS Ti-iiqW f i
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