THURSDAY .JAN ?, 13?
THfi FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
PACE SEVEN
LOOKS . ..' . . . th decoy
. Every merchant knows that second-rate
goods in pretty packages
sell better than first-quality stuff
in plain , wrappers. Most folk are
not good judges of quality, and buy
on the "looks" of the commodities.
My wife bought some Florida
oranges the other day, which had
a label pasted on each one reading
"color added". Florida growers have
been forced to "doll up" the exter
nal appearance of their oranges to
compete with the more gaily-col
ored California fruit which we" f
think is not so good. But .under
the regulations of the Federal gov
ernment they have to warn buyers
.that the color is not natural but
artificial. . . . "
All up and down the line, from
oranges and apples to automobiles,
looks most attractive, and give little
consideration to real values, which
don't usually show on the surface.
I'd like to see someone start a
school toVteaoh 'people how . to
spend money! J N
STRIKES .:f. tly
I ordered some storm, windows
for my newvJiome in Bucks county,
Pennsylvania, away back in Oc
tober. It was late December before
I could get them, and thenonly
because Harry Ruble went to every
sash-and-door mill within twenty
miles and bought all they had in
stock of a size to fit my windows.
"Strike in the glass works" "was
the, answer he got everywhere. The
glass-workers' strike is slowing
dawn automobile production, build
ing operations and many other lines
of business. That means less work
and reduced income for tens of
thousands of other" workers who
are not at all concerned with the
dispute between glass-workers and
employers.
There is an epidemic of strikes
all over the country. Few are bas
ed on anything but the question of
ninn remeniuinn. juiiuiovcrs kcii-
crauy arc wunug ij yjr mc mgu-
est wages the business will stand,
Knf thpv dnn't want outsiders lav-
.. .... . - t t
ing down rules tor tne operation
of their businesses.
BUILDING . . ... a censor
The building boom has begun,
1 .1 - Ml 1 1 . 1
ana mere win oe a 101 more nouses
"built to sell" which-will need con
stant repairs and cost the buyers
IWlbC Wlidl lin-jr ait nui 111. v.
seen some awful examples of the
tricks which unscrupulous builders
put over on unsuspecting home
buyers. A movement is under way to
establish minimum standards for
houses, ' which any building must
meet, before the big banks and in
surance companies will lend money I
on it. I hope this plan of "certified
homes" will spread. It costs a little
more to build a sound, weather
tight house which will last for a
lifetime.
There is no more widespread
swindle nractised on the American
public than the exorbitant profits
exacted by many speculative build
ers. TENANTS . . good and bad
We, are hearing a great deal
about the so-called evil of tenant
farming and its increase in Amer
ica. Most of those who are vocal
about it seem to think that all
tenant-farmers are downtrodden by
heartless landlords, and that they
would all be crood farmers if they
only owned their land.
Land ownership can't make a
good farmer out of a shiftless in
competent, and a good farmer can
prosper as a tenant as well as on
his own land. I don't know how
many, of the good land-owning
farmers in the Mississippi Valley
started . as tenants until they had
earned enough to buy their own
farms, but certainly a lot of them
did. It s tne oniy way many aDie
rxung men have been able to get
( start. . : '
v One of the best farmers I ever
new was a Scotsman wno tarmea
25,000 acres, and never owned an
acte of it. He didn't want to bother.
witH ownership. Landlords jwere
eager1 to rent to him, for he was a
good farmer and kept up the fer
tility of the soil.
STEAM . ... still factor
The time may come when internal-combustion
engines, Diesels or
other types, will replace steam en
tirely, but in the railroad field the
steam locomotive is holding its own
pretty well against both Diesels
and electricity. While some rail
roads are experimenting with
much success with new kinds of
motive power, others, and among
them some of the largest systems,
are running their new high-speed
passenger trains with modernized,
stream-lined steam locomotives, and
doing a good job of it.
One advantage of the steam en
gine 'has over all other "prime
movers" is its flexibility, and its
reserve power for emergencies. An
other is that you can run a steam
engine on any kind of fuel.
.Geologists say the world's oil re
serves may easily be exhausted in
another fifty years, while the
earth's coal supply has hardly been
tapped.
OREGON (PA) The first gaso
line tax was imposed in Oregon
in 1919. In sixteen years. Federal
and State leviesbiv motor fuel have
raised the sum of $4,620,044,133.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of W. L. Shepherd, deceased, late
of Macon county, N. G, 'this is to
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 29th day of
December, 1937, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery.
All. persons indebted to said estate
will please make "immediate settle
ment. This 29th day of December, 1936.
J. G. SHEPHERD,
A. A. SHEPHERD,
Administrators
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as- executor
of J. T. Carpenter, 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 30th day of No
vember, 1937, or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 30th day of November, 1936.
GEO. CARPENTER,
Executor.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrate!
C.T.A. of Ebbie )ECabe, deceased
late of Maconounjy, N. C, this
is to notify vallypersons having
claims against the estate, of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 12th
day of December, 1937, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate "will-please make im
mediate settlement.
This 12th day of December, 1936.
GORDON AMMONS,
Administrator C.T.A
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NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macan County.
J. D. Franks, Administrator of
Ellen S. Franks, Deceased.
Vs:
Minnie Powers, widow; M a 1 1 i e
Higdon; Mack Higdon; Jessie Mur
ray; G. W. Murray; J. D. Franks
and wife, Fannie Mae Franks;
Mack Franks and wife, Pearl
Franks; Mattie Will Byrne and
husband, Cecil Byrne; Inez Ros
zell and husband, Leander Roszell;
Catherine Henry and husband, F.
L. Henry, Jr., and Margaret Franks.
By virtue of power of sale con
ferred on the undersigned as Com
missioner of court by Judgment
entered in the above entitled pro
ceeding, I will on Monday, the 11th
day of January, 1937, at 12 o'clock
M. at the , courthouse door in the
town of Franklin and County of
Macon, sell to the highest bidder
the following described property:
First Tract: Deed dated the 9th
day of April, 1925. William F. Curtis
et at, heirs at law of Wt A. Curtis
by their attorney in fact, Henry G.
Robinson, to E H. Franks and
wife, Ellen S. FraTrks, recorded in
Bocfk , J-4, page 479, office of the
Register of Deeds, Macon County,
North Carolina, and more partic
ulary known as Lot No. 16 of the
LEGAL ADVERTISING
lands comprising tne estate of the
late W. A. Curtis as appears in
the plat' thereof made by E. L.
Allen, surveyor, and recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds,
Macon County, in Book of Plats
and Maps No. 1, page 7, to which
reference is had for a more 'defi-
nite description.
Deed dated the 9th day of April,
1925, by William F. Curtis, et al,
heirs at law of W. A. Curtis, by
their attorney im fact, Henry G.
Robinson, . to E. H.i Franks and
wife, Ellen S. Franks, recorded in
Book L-4, page 4, records of Macon
County, lying and being in Macon
CJJounty, North Carolina, and more
particularly known as Lot, No. 17
of the lands comprising the estate
of the late W. A. Curtis., as ap
pears on plat or map thereof, made
by R. L. Allen, surveyor, and re
corded in office of the Register of
Deeds, Macon County, in Book of
Plats and Maps No.' 1, page 7, to
which reference is made for a more
full description and the estimated
value thereof is $1,000.00.
Second Tract: Two lots or parcels
of land known as Lots No. 5 and
No. 6 in Block 2, in tract of land
in Macon County known as the
Lyman Field . property, surveyed
and mapped by W. B. McGuire,
reference being hereby ' made to
same maps so recorded in Book
1-3, pages 56 and 57, Records of
Macon County, for a more full de
scription of the land and lots to
be" sold. Also described in deed
from Sam L. Franks and wife,
Eloise G. Franks to E. H. Franks
and wife Ellen S. Franks, dated
the 11th day of January, 1913, and
recorded in Book 0-3, page 258,
Records of Macon County, North
Carolina, and the estimated value
thereof is $150.00.
Terms of sale, one-third cash,
one-third in six months and one
third in twelve (months, with in
terest , on deferred payments ; de
ferred payments to be secured by
deeds of trust on the property.
This the 7th day of December,
1936.
J. D. FRANKS,
Commissioner
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In the District Court of the United
States of America for the W-estern
District of North Carolina. Ashe
ville Division. At Law No. 385.
United States of America v. 551.90
acres of land in Clay and Macon
Counties, North Carolina, W. T.
Latham, et al. Notice of Action by
Publication of Summons. To: O. L.
Anderson; Haywood Realty Co;
wife of R. R. Mullikin; C. L. Pat
ton and wife; J. T. Patton; C. E.
Wood and wife; Randolph McGuire
Bulgin; Hanover National Bank;
Charles Ward; Max Palm; Rein
hold Palm; Carolina Mountains
Realty Corporation; J. A. Essesy
Emoline Holden; Mrs. M. M. Kim
sey; John Kimsey; W. O. McGib
ony, Trustee; J. L. Smathers Com
pany; unknown creditors of Ed. T.
Shearer; J. A. Esses; R. G. Ket
ron; Otto Hermann; Theodore
Palm; A. J. Patton; Amelia Hollis
ter Rockwell and husband, if any;
C. W. Slagle; M. D. Ashe; W. M.
Kelly and wife ; G. R. Patton ;
Erwin Patton; Tallassee Power Co;
W. A. Parker and wife; Louise
Plonk and husband, T. M ; The
Land Bank Commissioner;' Augusta
Palm w Otto Palm, Jr; M. C. Cald
well and wife, Elizabeth ; Kate
Shearer Eller and husband ; Chas.
Heaton and wife; Flora Hollister;
V. O. Kimsey and wife, Emma L;
M. R. Love and wife, if any; Ma
rion Passmore and wife; unknown
devisees of Otto Palm; Andrew
Barnard; Riley Jones and wife;
Emma C. Martin; W. A. Parker
and wife, Laura; Mamie Slagle
Patton ; Archble Rcgers ; Ed T.
Sheaver; Alfred P. Parker; and all
persons whomsoever who have, or
claim to own any estates or inter
ests in the fee or otherwise in and
to the premises described in the
petition filed in this cause and de
scribed in this notice, and any and
all heirs and devisees of the sever-'
al . parties above named, whose
names and addresses are unknown,
and all and singular their heirs,
husbands, wives, devisees, exeotitors,
administrators, representatives alie
nees, successors and assigns, of each
and every of them ; and,, all unknown
owners, lienors, or claimants, -having
or claiming to have, any right, title,
estate, equity, interest or lien; and
all occupants, lessees, users, hold
ers and 'owners of and claimants to
any rights or easement or prescrip
tion in, over( across, or' through
said lands, or any part thereof;
you will please "take notice that an
action entitled as above has been
commenced in the district court of
the United States for the Westetn
District of North Carolina, at Ashe
ville, N. G, that summons has been
duly issued out of said Court, and
LEGAL ADVERTISING
petition filed therein asking for the
condemnation of the lands describ
ed in the said petjjloTfand. herein
after described, that you, and each
of you, are necessary and proper
"parties to the just and final dispo
sition of this action ; that said ac
tion has been instituted by the
United States Attorney for the
Western District' nf North Cam
linn frtr flip nnri)np nf annronria-
tion and condemnation by judicial
process, tor the puoiic ,use ana Den
efit of the United States of Amer
ica, of the lands described in said
petition and herein below described
under and by virtue of the provis
ions of the Weeks Law, Act of
Congress of March 1, 1911, Chap.
186 (39 Stat. 961) Title 16, Sections
513, 521, 553, and 563 of U. S. C. A.,
and according to the method and
procedure prescribed in the Act of
Congress of August 1, 1888 (25
StatutesL357 (40 U. S.. C. A., Sec
tions 257, 258 and 258-a) ; that the
lands proposed to be condemned
and appropriated by the plaintiff
United States are described sub
stantially as follows : Tract No. 222,
la, apparent and "presumptive own
er being W. T, Latham containing
according to survey 551.90 acres,
situated in Macon and Clay Coun
ties, North Carolina, on the waters
of Buck Creek, a tributary of Nan
tahala River, more particularly de
scribed by metes and bounds in Ex
hibit "A" of the petition and upon
map or plat Marked ."Exhibit "B",
of. -the petition, attached to said
petition in said proceeding filed
with the Clerk of this Court at
Asheville, N. C; you and each of
vmi are herebv notified to be and
appear at the office of the Clerk
of the United States District Court
for the Western District of North
Carolina, in the United States Court
house Building at Asheville, Bun
combe County, N. "C, not later
than ten HOI tlavs from and after
the completion of service of this
summons by publication tor lour
i41 successive weeks, and answer or
demiir to the petition or complaint
herein tiled Dy tne auove nameu
nptitirvnpr in the office of the said
Clerk, and you are further notified
that if you fail to appear and ans
mer nr demur to the said petition
or complaint within the time speci
fied the petitioner will apply to tne
fYmrt for the relief demanded in
eait nptitinn: witness the Honor
able E. Y. Webb, Judge of the Dis
trict Court tor the. western dis
trict of North Carolina, this the 10
day of December, 1936, and the
vpar rf nnr 1 ndetiendence the 161st.
J. Y. Jordan Clerk, By: O. L. Mc-
Lurd, Lhiet Deputy uerK.
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Tn thp District court of the United
States of America for the Western
District of North Carolina. Ashe
ville Division. At Law Mo. oo4.
United States of America v. 1.705.50
acres of land- in Macon County,
North Carolina, C. F. Moody, et al.
Notice of Action by Publication of
Summdns. To: Department of Con
servation and Development of North
Carolina; Alden Howell, Jr. and
wife; Wade Marr; Ed Shepherd;
n (i Gibson and wife: Betty Wig
gins ; Clarcy Cloer ; Wade Henry ;
W. A. Holbrooks; Thomas John
son; wife. of John B. Raby; W. H.
Windley; Dessie Jones; wife of
Willi W.- Wiggins; Bessie Uoer;
lva Lee Cloer; Lilly Cloer; Cath
erine Davis and husband; J. M.
Mason; A. L. Weaver; the tea
rnl l and Rank of Columbia: I. M.
Pitcher and wife, Vernie E; Burr
E. Coburn and wife, Uertlia; lioyd
Sutton, Executor; Emily 'F. Allison
and husband, O. M. Allison; Rob
ert Brown and wife, Danie; R.
Caler; Central Bank & Trust Co;
G. M. Dalton and wife, Artie; Flor
ida Investment Co; Resign Haney
and husband, I. B; W. H. Higdon
& Co; Leonidas S. Mitchell, Trus
tee; Francis Osborne and wife;
Kaby, wife of A. f. Katiy ;
Frank A; Rogers and wife; Nancy
Tallent and husband, W. J; A. J.
Ward and wife, Callie; Elizabeth
Holbrooks; Ella Marr; W. P. Reid;
Joseph Swepson Young ; Agey Cloer ;
Althia Cloer, unknown creditors of;
Martin deHart, unknown creditors
,of; Gracey McKinish; J. L. Dal
ton; Joseph Higdon; J. P. Moore;
Bert Raby; James G. Raby; J. H.
Raby; W. H. Silvers; Mrs. ,R. L.
Taylor; Lillie Tranham; Woodford
Zachary; J. M. Dalton; Paul A.
Fuss ; Elijah Raby ; Reuben Beas
ley; Jane Owsby; Kate Cloer;
Nannie Cloer; wife of W. T. Hurst;
Annie Seay and husband; W. L.
West and wife; Will Johnston and
wife; F. W. Reuss and wife, Jen
nie; Nina M. Shape, widow; Ma-,
hota Sutton and husband, Boyd;
American Prospecting & Mining
Co; Thomas M. Angel; wife of B.
M. Angel; Paul Caler and wife,
Ada; G. R. Collins; Elring Realty
Co., a N, Y. Corp ; Firmin D. Fuzz,
Trustee; Jane Higdon, wife of W.
H; Michigan Mica Co; Sarah W.
McCormick, wife of Hugh Malcon
McCormick; Raby, wife of
James Raby ; S. Sternberg and
wife, Annie; Universal Liquidating
Go; West, wife of Thora-
LEGAL ADVERTISING
" " 1 f " :" " " '"
as; Thomas Cloer; W. ,J. Cloer;
James.D. Franki; W, George-and
wife; Althia Cloer; Gracy Cloer;
iferby Green and husband, Silas;
Elijah Shepherd; Wm. A. Enloe;
W; Hi Higdon ; A. J. Patton ;
Charles A. Raby; Sallie Raby;
Laura Reed; Sternberg Land Co;
Bert Tranham; A. W. Tritt; Jos
eph Brendle; Mary Young Davis;
R. F. Henry; Sam L. Rogers; J.
C. Franks and wife; and all per
sons whomsoever who have, or claim
to own any estates or interests in
the fee or otherwise in and to the
: : j it- - j ' .i. .
premises ucscnueu in i me pennon
filed in, this cause and described in
this notice, and any and all heirs
and devisees of the several parties
i . i i i
aDove nameu, wnose names ana au
dresses are unknown, and all and
singular their heirs, husbands,
wives, devisees, executors, adniinis
trators, representatives, i alienees,
successors, and assigns, of eaph and
every of them; and all unknown
owners, lienors, or claimants, hav
ing, or claiming to have, any right,
title, estate, equity, interest or lien ;
and all occupants, lessees, user,
holders and owners of and claim
ants to rjfciy rights or easement or
prescription in, over, across, or
through said lands, or any part
thereof ; you will please take notice
that an action entitled as above
lias been commenced in the Dis
trict Court of the United States for
the Western District of North Car
olina, at Asheville, N. C, that sum
mons has been duly issued out of
said Court, and petition filed there
in asking for the condemnation of
the lands described in the said pe
tition and hereinafter described,
that you, and each of you, are nec
essary parties to the just and final
disposition of this action; that sai'!
action has been instituted by the
United States Attorney for the
Western District of North Carolina
for the purpose of the appropria-.
tion and condemnation by judicial
process, for the public use and ben
efit of the United States of Amer
ica, of the lands described in -said
petition and herein below describ
ed, under and by virtue of the
provisions of the Weeks Law, Act
of Congress of March 1, 1911, Chap.
186 (36 Stat. 961) Title 16, Section
513, 521, 553, and 563 of U. S. CA.,
and according to the method md
procedure prescribe"ttTrrheAct of
Congress of August 1, 1S88 '(25
Statutes 357, (40 U. S. C. A., Sec
tions 257, 258 and 258-a); that the
and appropriated by the plaintiff
United States are described sub
stantially as follows: Tracts No.
240, 240-1, 240-11, 240-III, apparent
and presumptive owners being C. '
F.. Moody, containing according to
survey, 1,405.50 acres, situated in
Macon County, N. C, in Cowee
and Millshoal Townships, on the
waters of Cowee . and Watauga
Creeks, tributaries of Tennessee
River, more particularly described
by metes and bounds in Exhibit
"A" and upon map or plat Exhibit
"B" attached to the petition in this
proceeding filed with the Clerk of
the United States District Court at
Asheville, N. C; Tract No. 981, ap
parent and presumptive owners be
ing Coburn and Dalton, containing
according to survey 124.00 acres,
situated in Macon County, Worth
Carolina, on the waters of Lakey
Creek, a tributary of Tennessee
River, more particularly described
by metes and bounds in Exhibit
"A-l", and upon map or plat Ex
hibit "B-l", attached to the petition
in this proceeding filed with the
Clerk of the United States District
Court at Asheville, N. C. Tracts No.
1044 and 1044-1, apparent and, pre
sumptive owners being Weaver Gib
son, containing according to survey
176.00 acres, situated , in , Macon
County, North Carolina, in Cowee
Township, on the waters of Long
Branch, a tributary of Cowee Creek,
more particularly described by
metes and bounds in Exhibit "A -2",
and upon map or plat Exhibit "B-2"
attached to the petition in this pro
ceeding filed with the Clerk of the
United States District Court . at
Asheville, North Carolina; you and
each of you are hereby notified to
be and appear at the office of the
Clerk of the United States District
Court for the Western District of
North Carolina, in the United States
Courthouse Building at Asheville,
Buncombe County, N. C, not later
than ten (10) days from and after
the completion of service of this
summons,, by , publication for four
(4) successive weeks,.' and answer ,
or demur to the petition or com
plaint herein filed by the above
named petitioner in the office of
the said Clerk, and you are further
notified that if you fail to appear
and t answer or demur to the said
petition or complaint within the
time specified the petitioner will
apply to the Qurt for the relief
demanded in said petition. Witness
the Honorable E. Y. Webb, Judge
of the District Court for the West
ern District of North Carolina, this
the 14 day of December, 1936, and
the year of our Independence the
161st. J. Y. Jordan, Clerk, By : O.
L. McLurd, Deputy Clerk.
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