iMaconian
PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
IJ^BEPEKBEN T
.. LI, NO. 38
ilNBOW MAN
f ATAIIY HURT
4ck by Falling Tree,
;ilis T. Anderson, 34,
' Dies in Hospital
■„ck on the head by a branch
falling tree, Ellis T. Ander-
34 of Rainbow Springs, was
V injured at 11 o’clock Friday
line. He was brought to Angel
ital where he died at 3.45
;k ’ Saturday afternoon of a
ured skull. r
derson, an employe of the
r Lumber company, was work-
in the woods near Rainbow
,gs. He was reported to have
felling a tree in whose
ches another tree, which, had
dy been cut, was lodged,
ing-loose, the lodged tree fell
a'branch struck the axeman,
neral services for Anderson
held at the Cartoogech.aye
ist church, of which he was a
her, at 3 o’cleck Sunday after-
The Rev. Mr. Medford, of
bow Springs:, and the Rev.
ge Cloer, Baptist mmister,
in charge,
rviving Mr. Anderson are his
who before marriage wp
: Annie Mae Dills; four chil-
W. t., Carl, Blanche, and
ine; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
ry Anderson, two sisters, Mrs.
Carpenter and Mrs. Allen
; and five brothers., Charles,
ik, Earl, George and Harvey,
)f the Cartoogechaye section.
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1936
$1.50 PER YEAR
Found Dead
Uncle’ Jess Coleman Dies
Alone in His Cabin
iningham-Campbell
tnilies Hold Reunion
le Cunningham-Campbell reun-
was held at Arrowood Park
day with \V. R. Cunningham
mother, Mrs. C. C. Cunning-
, as host and hostess. Forty-
raembers and relatives of the
families were present.
[ficers elected for the com-
5 year were: John F. Cunning-
,, president; Gus Leach, vice
iident, and Mrs. J,. R. Ray, sec-
ry. The program committee is
. Betty 'Waldroop, Mrs. John
Cunningham and Mrs. Lau
ipbell.
be next meeting will be at
Dwood Park on the second
day in September, 1937, with
Leach and Mrs. John Wright
fio&t and hostess,
hose present, besides the fam-
i, were the Rev. J. A. Flana-
and two children and Mrs.
F. Callahan.
) at Reunion of
:Gahas and Tippetts
he McGaha-Tippett reunion
I held Sunday at the home of.
: and Mrs. Joseph Shepherd
r Leatherman postoffice, with
roximately 300 relatives and in-
■d friends present.
■fter a bounteous picnic lunch
crowd assembled on the lawn,
-re the Rev. N. E. Holden made
interesting talk on relationship,
he place for the next meeting
the families will be announced
;r.
Franklin
Produce Market
latest QUOTATIONS
Prices listed below are subject
change without notice.)
oted by F^armers Federation, Inc.
jckens, heavy breed hens 11c
ickens, light weight, lb. .. 9c
heavy weight, lb. .. 10c
light weight, lb 10c
gs, doz 2Sc
ra. bu 9Sc
^eat, hu $1.00
^ $1.10
‘«oes, No. 1 $1.00
(“oted by Nantahala Creamery
^terfat, lb 31c
Jess Coleman, 77-year-old negro
who Kved by himself in a small
cajbin in East Franklin, was found
dead in his bed Monday night by
neighbors who, missing him, had
gone to his home to , investigate.
He was believed to have been dead
since Saturday night.
“Uncle Jess,” as he was fondly
known to every man, woman and
child in Franklin, was highly re
spected and he enjoyed an unusual
trust. He sometimes was called the
“black angel,” because of his ser
vices to people of both the white
and colored races in times of ill
ness. He came to this cqunty from
South Carolina at the age of 11
years.
Burial rites for “Uncle Jess’ were
conducted Tuesday by the Rev. J.
Wiley Thomas, pastor of the First
Baptist church, colored; the Rev.
E. Johnson McKay, pastor of the
A. .M. E. Zion church; and the
Rev. E. S. Wiley, pastor of the
First Baptist church, colored, of
Murphy. A memorial service for
him is planned for the second
Sunday in October.
An interesting story was related
•this week throwing light on the
aged colored man’s- fine character.
Several years ago the Rev. Floyd
Rogers, rector of Trinity church,
Asheville, came to Franklin to hold
an evening service at St. Agnes’
Episcopal church. Strollihg around
town during the afternoon he made
the acquaintance of “Uncle Jess’
and invitad him to come hear 'him
preach. In parting the minister
gave the old negro a quarter and
a dime, telling him: “Ypu take the
quarter to buy your supper, and
you can put the dime in the plate
at the service tonight.”
“Uncle Jess” went to the service
that night and when the plate was
passed Rev. Mr. Rogers observed
that 'he put in it not the dime but
the quarter. He had taken the
smaller coin for his evening meal
and saved the larger one to con
tribute to the church.
j.TlmrER
FUNEM HELD
Father of Geo. Carpenter
Of Franklin, Dies of
Blood Poisoning
Funeral services' for Jack T.
Carpenter, 88, were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at bis home
in the Tesenta section. The Rev
John Baty, 'of Highlands, Pastor of
the Tesenta Baptist church had
charge of the services. Burial was
in the family cemetery. _
Mr. Carpenter died at his home
Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock
^ter a week’s illness. Death was
attributed to blood
veloping from cuts and scratches
° He'wa^s^'f native of Macon county
an^Tmember of the Tesenta
^Thfd£as?d is survived by his
widow, who was Miss Ernest n
Keener before, nwrriage, thiee
children, George Carpenter,
Franklin; Mrs. G. W.
Mayesville, Ga., and J»Irs J
Rhodes, of Morganton all by a
former marriage to Miss Salh.
Bradley.
Pennies Removed
From Child’s Windpipe
Two pennies were removed from
the windpipe of Wilhe Mae Cog
gins 20-month s-old dMghter
Mr,’and Mrs. .Carlisle Coggms, of
Erastus, Jackson county by Di.
Furman Angel at '^^the
Monday. The pennies, wh'ch ^e
rliild had sucked into her tnroai
ea ier in the day, were removed
wiVh the aid of a bronchoscope
without the use of anaesthetic.
Cotton Picking Machine in Impressive Tryout 1
J.
JACKSON, Miss. . . . Deeply concerned with the future o£ cotton, many
cotton men of importance were at Stoneville, Miss., last week to witness
the performance of John and Mack Rust’s cotton picking machine in
operation. ... In less than an hour the machine picked more cotton than
a handpicker could gather in a day. The principal shortcoming of the
machine was that it gathered twigs and unripe cotton and also stained
some of the cotton. Nor is It as yet adapted to hilly and uneven fields.
INTERESTING PLACES
In Macon County
The Kelsey Trail and the Primeval Forest
By MRS. T. C. HARBISON
“This is the forest primeval, the
murmuring pines and hemlock . . .”
cast their stately shadows along a
pathway of indescrible beauty. This
pathway is known as the Kelsey
Trail, named for the far-sighted
pioneer who founded Highlands
many years ago.
Kelsey Trail leads from High
lands to Whiteside Mountain and
passes through beautiful primeval
forest. Along this trail , from Bear
Pen Gap to the Camp Ground may
be found trees of every variety
native to this section of country.
Acres of heavily forested slopes,
with dense undergrowth of laurel,
rhododendro.n and leucothia give the
entire forest a dim and shadowy
beauty of daw.n, or of dusk. Solid
masses of galax form a brilliant
and waxy carpet over the ground
in many places. F"estoons of finger-
moss grow in dark rows along the
odges of brooks and near the
river.
The trail is approximately five
miles long, and offers such a va
riety of interesting places that
whole days could be spent in ex
ploring them. To the right of the
trail is Eye-Brow Cliff, obtaining
its name from its curved shape. It
is huge and rather fearful when a
close-up view is had from below.
Farther along the trail to the left
is Highlands Falls, a photograph of
which mysteriously resembles a
picture of shrouded Death when
observed up-side-down. Beyond the
falls is an old amethyst mine,
which^was once the source of sev
eral hundreds of dollars worth of
amethysts.
At intervals the trail winds below
the ancient trees of the forest
proper—trees hundreds of years old
—stately and beautiful, or gnarled
■and fantastic in shape. A ibrook,
deep and still, runs silently through
the undergrowth, in whose alter
nating black and crystal-clear-
depths an occasional trout flashes.
Somewhere in the deepest part
of the forest is the Devil’s Ink
Well, a black and sinister pool,
which is said to have no bottom.
The Devil dips his pen here at the
end of each day and painstakingly
writes in his Book of Sins the
names of those on earth whose ac
tions are daily binding their souls
to him .and to the lower regions,
An accurate bookkeeper, this Devil,
and his well is never dry.
Garnet Rock, near the end of
the trail, is an immense rock, a
part of Wild Cat Cliffs, and is
closely studded with garnets. In
deed, small garnets, worn ..away
from the larger stones by cen
turies of weather, are so plenti
ful alo,ng the trail that they may
be mistaken for small pebbles or
gravel. They are seldom found
large enough, or perfect enOiUgh, to
be of any commercial value, al
though unusually large ones may
be found embedded in the rock.
Wild Cat Cliffs art near the
termination of Kelsey Trail, and
offer an excellent view of the val
ley aibove which they rise to a diz
zy height, and of the panoramic
Tista of the mountains close by
and beyond, rising tier upon tier
until they fade from sight in the
blue distance.
The Kelsey Trail gives access to
all these places.. No greater honor
could be shown the founder of the
Town of Highlands than to name
for him this trail of lasting beauty.
Lease Building
E. K. Cunningham & Co.
To Occupy Moore Bldg.
The J. T. Moore building on
Main street recently sold to T. W.
Angel, Jr., was leased this week to
E. K. Cunningham & Co., onse of
Franklin’s .oldest mercantile stores.
Work on remodeling the building
for the new tenant was started im
mediately after the lease was made.
Show windows are being enlarged,
shelving and counters rearranged
and an office and fitting room
constructed. The entire interior is
to be redecorated with the walls
and ceiling in cream and the shelv
ing and fixtures with a dark finish.
2 Stores Close
For Jewish New Year
Two Franklin stores, Blumenthal’s
ancL Poliakoff’s, were closed today
and will remain closed tomorrow
in observance of the Jewis'h holi
day, Rosh Hashanah, or the Jew
ish New Year. The occasion i»
also a harvest festival.
ROGERS NAMED
BY DEMOCRATS
Is Reelected Chairman Of
County Executive
Committee
Dr. W. A. Rogers, chairman, and
other officers of the Macon county
Democratic executive committee
were reelected Saturday at a belated
county convention and meeting of
the executive committee.
Fireworks which some expected
to develop at the meeting failed to
materialize. For some weeks there
had been talk of .a certain group
within the party attempting to
wrest control of the executive com
mittee. This person or that was
being groomed for the chairman
ship to succeed Dr. Rogers, who
had served in that position for 27
years. Everything, so it was riir
rnored, was all lined lup for a
change.
Everything Goes Sni'oothlly
BtJt when the meeting w.as call
ed to order and the business of
electing officers was broached
everything was just as peaceful as
could be. Somebody moved the
reelection of the same officers
from chairman on down. The mo
tion was put and it carried without
a dissenting voice. Dr. Rogers went
back in as chairman; Mis.s Lassie
Kelly as vice chairman, and
Lawrence Liner as secretary and
treasurer.
The conventkjn voted to accept
an offer by G. L. Houk, Franklin
school principal and attorney, of
the use of his law office in the
Bank of Franklin building as cam
paign headquarters from now until
the November election. The chair
man and vice chairman were auth
orized to .appoint a clerk to oper
ate the office. Later Dr. Rogers
said someone would be placed in
charge and the office would .be
used as a center for disseminating
political information and for com
mittee meetings.
Precinct Cliainnen
Democratic precinct chairmen, ,as
well as the county officers, will re
main unchanged. They are; Clyde
West, Cowee; Will Henry, Ellijay;
Carl Slagle, Cartoogechaye; Wayne
McCracken, Millshoal; Ezra Shook,
SugarfQrk; Oden Penland, Flats;
Frank Potts,, Highlands; John
Norton, Smith’s Bridge; Ltither
Jacobs, Nantahala No. 1; Jim
Shields, Nantahala No. 2; Robert
Parrish, Burningtown; Gilmer
Crawford, Franklin.
Revival
Meetings To Start Sunday
At Tabernacle
A series of revival meetings to
last 10 days or two weeks will
start Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
at the tabernacle on W.ayah street
with the Rev. M. T. Hinshaw, of
Rutherford College, Burke county,
in charge. Plans for the revival
services were announced by the
Rev. A. A. Angel, Methodis.t minis
ter and tombstone manufacturer,
who gave the site for .the taber
nacle and under whose supervision
the large wooden building was
erected.
Mr. Angel said Rev. Mr. Hin
shaw would preach Sunday after
noon on “The Few Fundamental
Facts of Our Faith.” He said the
Rutherford College man was an
able and effective preacher, and
expressed the hope that a crowd
would turn out to hear him.
Services will be held twice daily
during the week—at 10:30 a. m. and
7:30 p. m.—and at 3 o’clock each
Sunday afternoon in order not to
conflict with the regular Sabbath
school and morning services in the
churches of the community.