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VOLUME XLII
FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY JULY 7, 1927
NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
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FOOLS OFFICERS
Sheriff and Deputies. Go on
, Wild Goose Chase While
LLiquor Goes Through
10 wn is Report. .
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One or more loads of Georgia liquor
Rot through Franklin and reached
their destinations Monday, as a re
sult of a clever ruse on the part of
mm runners.
That is the opinion of Sheriff C
L. Ingram, of this county.
It was Monday afternoon with the
town packed with Independence Day
celebrators, when the sheriff's office
.received a telephone call. A serious
. automobile wreck had occurred on
the highway between Franklin and
the Georgia line, about six miles
from Franklin. One man was killed.
Such was the information that came
over the phone from a person who
tailed to give his name. :
A' wreck on July 4 was' a not un-:
-"teoked for occurrence, and the sheriff
loaded his deputies into a car, , and
sped toward the scene of the wreck.
Six miles, seven, eight, nine, finally
JO miles were traversed, and no evi
dence of a wreck. On to the -state
Jine the party went, still seeking a
wrecked car, and its dead and in
jured occupants." f
Inquiry, later; at the home of J.W.
Addintgon, whence the my serious call
came, revealed the fact that a strang
er got out of a big car, asked per
mission to use. the telephone, - ,and
called the sheriff office. . .;.
The rum runners, hidden in , a, side
road .-? somewhere south , of,.. Franklin,
telephoned the false report in- order
to get the officers out of, town, and
out of their way. Once the officers'
party passed their hiding place and
rounded the next curve, the runners
sped, to and through Franklin, un
molested, and on east toward Ashe
ville, with their load of high-priced
liquid.
That is Sheriff Ingram's opinion.
But the sheriff's office, while frank
ly admitting a defeat, at sunset re
viewed the day's work, and pronounced
it good.
For two men and 50 gallons had
been taken at day break on the
bridge ' across the Little Tennessee
River, on the edge of Franklin cap
tured after one man had attempted
to wade the river, only to return tr
the bank, and the officers, .arms, when
he reached hisdepth; a still had been
captured, and , 500 gallons of bee-
poured ojut; and the officers, on their
ill-advised trip to the Georgia line,
had met Georgia officers at the state
boundary and conducted a raid at that
point a "depot" point, in the opinion
of Ingram. Only a small quantity of
the stuff was captured, however. It
was buried in the ground, on "no
vofficef's land," the point where North
Carolina and Georgia meet.
I Fighting the liquor runners who pass
Jrom Georgia through Franklin and
eaft toward Asheville is a matter
of matching wits, Ingram says, and,
he added philosophically, "you can't
expect to win all the time."
Speculation As to Future
Of Local Rod & Gun Club
Consederable curiosity is being
manifest here as to the (future of the
' Onteora Rod and Gun club, a concern
chartered in Delaware, with an office
in New York, and with its hunting
and fishing club about five miles, west
of Franklin,
. Voluntary bankruptcy proceedings
were instituted, and the concern was
adjudged a bankrupt at Wilmington,
Dcla just in time to avoid having
its personal property, here sold by
local creditors. There is a belief on
- the part of some persons that the
bankruptcy proceedings were institut-
.ed simply as a method of forestalling
alof the club's, property, and that
liquidation will not -occur.
(There is the feeling that the club
has spent too large a sum of. .money
for improvements on property leased
from the' Onteora Estates, Inc., fo:
advertising through the national maga
zines, and for other expenses-to liqui
date, if that can possibly be avoided
For most of this expenditure can
come back into the hands of the in
corporators, it is pointed out, on!:
thorugh the final success of the club
By liquidation, they stand to lost
everything and their creditors to gain
little. ;;' ' ' ; . .
Since his last visit here some
months ago,- Mr. Dale has begun
publication of a magazine, Trail, Net,
Stream, and Green, which is said to
' have a wide circulation among sports-
men.'.'-
ATLANTA MAN
BADLY CUT
With three cuts, about eight inches
each in length, along his back and
side, W. W. McMillan, 36, of Atlanta,
was brought to a local hospital Mon
day morning from Mountain City, Ga.,
where he received the wounds. They
were said to have been inflicted by
a razor, in the hands of an assailant
whose name was not learned here.
McMillan was attending a dance at
Mountain City, which began shortly
after midnight. About 3 A.' M. he
left the dance hall, and a short dis
tance away was cut up. The orgigin
of the trouble was not learned.
While he was seriously cut, Mc
Millan, will recover, it was predicted
at the hospital. : J ,
-..The injured man is connected with
the McMillan Produce company, of
Atlanta, he said.
Nineteen persons were arrested in
Rabun county Monday by Sheriff
Luther , Rickman in connection with
the trouble, it was learned here late
Monday. 1 .
RACHAEL DAVIS
PRAISES MACON
Miss Rachel Davis, of Highlands,
ably represented Macon, county at
the" chapel exercises of .the Cullowhec
State Normal school, where she is at:
tending summer school, on, Wednes
day morning. Students of the sum
mer school spoke concerning ; their
various counties and states. The school
has drawn its attendance from forty
nine counties and seven states. The
enrollment of the summer school,
which is 356, is the largest in the
history of the Normal, and indicates
.the progress made since the recent
program of enlargement was begun.
Miss Davis spoke as. follows: "Ma
con" county is one of the Western
North Carolina Counties, and is about
72 miles west of Asheville. It has
mountains more than 5000 feet above
sea level. Except on the high tops
which we call "bald," there is a dense
growth of timber. Near Highlands
there is the wonderful primeval forest
of 1,000 acres. In this forest is found
more species of timber than any other
forest in the world; there are oak.
hemlock, birch, cherry, chestnut, maple,
poplar, North Carolina pine, locust,
hickory, rhododendron, mountain laur
el, ashe, boxwood, dogwood, lynn and
mountain -magnolia. Here the largest
wild cherry tree in the world grows.
It is estimated that there are 3,000
feet of board lumber in this one tree.
There is an abundance of water
power. It has been said there is
"enough to turn the spindles of the
world."
Highlands and Franklin are two
great summer resorts. Highlands is
the highest incorporated town1 east
of the Mississippi River.
Schools Open July 25th
The country schools in Macon coun
ty will begin a new year's work on
July 25, or in less 1 than three weeks,
it is announced by County Superin
tendent M. D. Billings. And that
date is just a week later than the
schools ordinarily open.
The later opening date was made
necessary, according to Mr. Billings,
by the fact that summer schools, at
which many Macon county teachers
are in attendance, opened a week
later than usual. .
A rnnntv-wide teachers' meeting IS
called by Mr. Billings for Saturday
morning, " July ; 23, j'ist - prior- to - the
re-opening of the schools on Monday
morning.
Shook Predicts Cotton Mill
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Shookof Gas
tonia, formerly of Macon county, are
here spending their vacation.' They
are visiting Mr. Shook's father, R.
M. Shook, and Mrs. Shock's father,
C. G. Mincey. Mr. Shook, who has
been in Gastonia for six years, holds
a responsible position with one of
the textile mills there, being overseer j
of the finishing department of the j
Loray Mills, of the Manville-Jenks (
company. ,
Mr. Shook is anxious to see a cot
ton mill locate at Franklin and states
that the company where he is en-
crzaeA.. io non tn hrincr two more
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uraiicnes ui men i awiumcii hums iu
the south. Other companies of New
England, according to Mr. Shook, are
fast moving to the south where labor
conditions and climate are more favor
able' than in New England. Mr.
Shook predicts .a cotton mill ' for
Franklin within two years.
MACON COUNTY
HIOVESFORWARD
Pioneer in Education Coun
ty Improves Standards
All Teachers Now Hold
Standard Certificates.
Macon county, in which the first
North Carolina summer school for
teachers was held, and the first county
in North Carolina to have a compul
sory school attendance law, is still
making progress along educational line, j
During the coming school year,
every teacher in the schools of the
county will hold a standard certifi
cate, it has been learned from M. D.
Billings, county superintendent of pub
lic instruction. This means that no
teacher in the county's public schools
will receive a salary lower than $65
per month.
.: In fact,-in, many, cases where schools
last year paid their teachers $45, they
will pay , $90 this year, Mr. Billings
said. ',
This is not the result of a sudden
influx of money into Macon county,'
but of the demand of school authori
ties and the people for qualified
teachers.
The rapid improvement in the school
standards in the county, incidentally,
probably; will make the matter of
financing the schools, a . problem, tem
porarily. The reason for this, ex
plained ,by Mr. Billings, is that the
county's apportionment from the equa
lizing fund for one School year is
based on the. school expenditures for
the school year two. years previous.
Thus, this county's share of the
equalizing fund for 1927-28 is based
upon the county's school expenditures
of 1925-26. Since that time, there
has been considerable normal increase
in the cost of the schools, in ad
dition to the increased cost incident
to a raised standard. .
For . the coming school year, this
county will receive $40,143.53, as com
pared with $33,101.19 last year. The
former figure is based upon an equal
ized valuation of $7,721,250.
Officers Active
Four men, 54 gallons of whiskey,
500 gallons of beer, two automobiles,
and one copper still Were taken by
the sheriff's department at or 'icir
here July 3 and 4.
Sunday morning, officers gave chase
to a car containing five men. They
threw 11 gallons of whiskey out of
the car in East Franklin, one of the
men jumped from the car and topk
to the woods, and the car wheeled,
and turned south. Three of the five
men finally got away. Those arrest
ed when the capture was made gave
the names of Clayton and Rogers, of
Jackson county. They made bond of
$200 each.
About daylight Monday morning, of
ficers took J. H. Parris and B. Owen,
of West Asheville, their Chevrolet
automobile, and 50 gallons of whiskey.
The capture was made on the bridge,
over the Little Tennessee River, on
the outskirts of Franklin, after Par
ris had unsuccessfully attempted to
elude the officers by wading the
river. Parris and Owen were put in
jail here. . '
Monday afternoon, officers of Ma
con and Rabun counties met at the
i North Carolina-Georgia line for a
raid. - Only - three - gallons - of liquor
was found. It was buried in a hole,
just on the state line.
The other raid was on Wahn.t
Creek, about 11 miles from Frank
lin. A complete topper still was
found, and about 500 gallons of liquor
was poured out. The distiller - made
good his gcttaway.
J. S. Gray's Show
Mr. J. S. Gray of Smith's Bridge
township has -evidently decided to
go into the show busines and. as a
starter has captured a six-foot king
snake which he was proudly ex
hibiting in Franklin last ... Saturday,
When it was suggested that he take
the snake out of its box and wrap
it around, his neck, Mr. Gray flatly
balked. . In lact he showed a de
cided antiphathy to becoming a snake;
charmer. When the snake was cap
tured Mr. Gray did his charming with
a .pitchfork..-- During the snake's stay
in town Homer Mashburn quickly
drummed up a .passenger for his taxi
and journeyed into the country, it is
said.
BIG GATHERING
OF JUNIORS
One thousand members of the
Junior Order of United American
Mechanics, arc expected to gather here
July 28 for. a program and old-fash
ioned picnic dinner.
The local lodge, Cullasaja Council
No. 158, will act as host. The mem
bers, wives, and friends of the 12
other lodges in the district are in
vited to attend. The district is com
posed of six counties Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Swain, Jackson, and Macon.
National . officers of the order arc
expected in Franklin to make address
es. This feature of the day's pro
gram will be held at the Macon coun
ty courthouse.
The day's real feature, however, ac
cording to Councilor J. H. Stribling,
of the local council; will be the pic
nic dinner and informal good time.
The local council is seeking the
make the affair so successful, and to
stir sufficient interest, that it will be
possible to make it an annual event,
to be held at Franklin the last Thurs
day in each - July.
Jn the evening, the council will hold
its regular meeting, and that, too, it
is expected, will be attended by a
large number of visiting members of
the order.
League To Entertain
State President
' Every woman in Macon county is
iallv invited to he at Red Cross
Hall in Highlands a midday on Mon
day July 11, to join us in welcoming
MUc CertmAe Weil, nresident ' of the
North Carolina League of Women
Voters and to share m a picnic mncn
which will be served at 12:30 o'clock.
ALBERTINA STAUB, President
Macon . County League of Women
Voters. - ',
Garbage Cans Placed
As part of its avowed program of
malrintj Franklin clean town, the
Board of Aldermen which went into
office a few weeks ago has placed
automatic garbage cans along Main
street. This expenditure, town offi
cials believe, will simplify considerably
the task of keeping the street clean.
The matter of a clean Main street,
i cnKiprt nf much discussion, appears
to be largely solved, the board having
started a program ot trequcnt wasn
ing and regular sweeping. It has
also had the street marked off for
center parking, with a one-hour park
ing limit in the most congested sec-
tirttt
The problem of clean back-alleys
and vacant lots has been handled ry
fVi iiittinritin; in this manner: Notice
has been served that owners who
fail to keep such , property clean wilt
have to pay the cost of having it
cleaned up by the town. So far, how
ever, the town authorities have made
no move in this , direction.
That will be the next step, it has
been stated.
West's Mill Items
Cowce and Needmore tied-up in
base ball at Needmore Saturday eve,
lulv 2. 1
Both teams employed every effort
to win the victory.
Needmore has a good team. Two
of the best Cowce players were ab
sent. The score was 5 and 5. Two
additional endings were added but
it remained tied.
It is thought Cowce would have
beaten had all their players been
present.
CORRECTIONS TO LAST WEEK'S
PAPER r Cowce ; won - in base - ball
over Sylva,' Saturday eve, June 25.
The score was 20 to 7,
Household Hints and Some Anecdotes
It is a settled fact that most cooks
need a fireman. .
Brown sugar is found. to be useful
in making sea-foam candy.
A young man asked a young lady
to marry . him.'..' The lady replied
"Qh! Don't surprise me! The, young
man said Better, a surprise than sus
pense." It has been said that 90 per cent
of the men of America are looking
for girls with long hair.
A young lady engaged in making
fudge for her sweetheart forgot the
chocolate and butter.
That old-tashioncd girl who usc('
to brinR in her apron full of apples
from the orchard might have been the
grandmother of the modern flapper,
who shingles her hair nad wears men'
breeches' "f s
Thieves Entered a home a week ago
and carried away a broom, wash par.,
and milk bucket. The mistress hai
not yet missed these implements.
f AMDTAinmrrm
until inuiVLLinii
OPENED JULY 1ST
Large Number of Girls in
Attendance Camp Great
ly Improved New Cabin
To be BuiltNew Girls
Initiated Tuesday Night.
Camp Taukeetah, one of the two
local girls camps, opened for the
season July 1 with the largest atten
dance in its history. Including the
councilors there are 38 in attendance,
with girls registered from Florida,
Georgia, North and South Carolina
auu vii giiua. rv new taum was auueu
to the camp last year and to properly
accommodate the increased attendance ,
another cabin will soon be built. The
lodge has been greatly improved as
j t: : a .ji.j
has the dining room. Miss Olive
Patton, the owner, has also made
improvements at the lake.
According to one councilor the camp
activities have begun with a rushy
25 new girls being initiated into the
mysteries of camp life Tuesday night.
A camp orchestra has also been orga
nized and is making excellent music,
while the unusually warm days have
kept the swimming instructor and her
assistant busy at the hours set aside,
for aouatic snorts. The eirls at the
camp are seriously considering the ad
visability of publishing a weekly camp.'
newspaper, it is said. -..
ruuung inc councilors are miss iams
Briggs, Waynesville, Dancing; "Miss
Elizabeth! Causey, Greensboro, Music;
Miss Katharine Hardaman, .Greens
boro, Swimming: Miss Loretta . Spar
row, Hawkinsville. Ga., Dramatics ;
Miss Mary Jane Wharton, Greens
boro, Nature Study; Miss Alice Car
michael, Greensboro, Celestial Study;
and Miss Maude Merriman, Greens
boro, Health. Miss Elizabeth Paylor,
of Virginia, is also a councilor. There
are likewise several junior councilors,
among whom are Misses Lilian Houk,
Douglas Long and Hazel Stamps.
50 Gallons of Whiskey
And Too Much Water
J. H. Parris, of West Asheville, was
"in deep water," literally and figura
tively, Monday forning about day
break. .On the bank of. the Little
Tennessee , River, at the bridge, were
the officers, ready to arrest him for
transporting; before him was deeper
water.
Apparently he couldn't swim. At
any rate, when, he had gone to where
the water came around his chin, in
an effort to escape, he turned around
and waded back to the bank and to
the officers.
He was taken in connection with the
capture of 50 gallons of liquor in
five 10-gallon kegs; a Chevrolet road
ster; andanother occupant of the car,
B. Owen, who also gave his address
as West Asheville. The capture was
made on the bridge early Monday
morning by Sheriff C. L. Ingram,
Deputies rrank Norton and Fred
Cabc, and Chief oi Police Robert
Henry. The car was coming from
the direction of Georgia, headed east,
the officers said.
When the car was stopped, Parris
jumped off the bridge-.and made for.,
the water, only to return after, he
reached a point where the -water was
chin-deep. ' ,
,Thi if f Irrrc fnlltiil , an . lltrlu truil; -
ing gun a German lugcr in the car.
Cunningham-Smart
The 'marriage of Hiss Bertha llor-'
tense Cunningham, laughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Cunningham of'
Franklin, to Mr. Wilson . P. Smart.
also of Franklin, at 2 o'clock on Sat
urday afternoon July 2, was a sur
prise to their friends. The ce'remony
was performed in the presence of a
few close friends and relatives of the
contracting parties by Rev. Roten,
pastor of the M. E. Church at the
parsonage near Franklin.
The bride was dressed in a be
coming traveling suit of blue.
Immediately after the ceremony, the
couple left far a week's honeymoon
at Chimney Rock, Mt. Mitchell, Lake
Junuluska, and other points of interest
after which they will be at home in
Franklin.
The bride was a member of the
faculty of the Morganton City schools,
Morganton, N. C, the past winter.
Her efficiency as a teacher is recog
nized throughout the-state.