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Tlln FRANKLIN TRESS, FiTANlCLIN, N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 22.. VZ' 5b The Franklin Pre PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY S. A. HARRIS Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subcription Payable in Advance) One Year ". $-5 Eight Months LW Six Months 75 Three Months ..... AO Single Copies 5c ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. We charge 5 cents a line for Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, and for no tices of entertainments where admission is charged. Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, for transmission through the mails as second tclass matter. Foreign Advertising Repreentative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM Extension of the sewer lines. Beautify the school grounds. , Two hundred , summer cottages. ; A sewage disposal plant. More official activity in the sale of sur plus power. , .til The construction of business blocks. Plant trees along the State highways of the eounty. Make a white way of Main street. An excellent school library. Courteous treatment for visitors. Improvement of county, roads connecting with State highways. A fish ladder at the municipal dam. Co-operation, vim, -push, work-everything for the good of Franklin and Macon county. New court house and jail combined. How About It? riant not the cannery, but stuff for the cannery. Grow truck for the cannery and watch the cannery grow. The state health officers will be around :again pretty soon. , Then some of those who Af,t?:l against,. bonds tor,3cwerinirposcs .will of hundred dollars' each for septic' lanks?' However, 'twas ever thus from childhood's happiest hours. Prices offered by the cannery arc too low .. U 1nir .nic itli -i ' M-int it rr Milt !1f1 ad l lie ttx-y vi i iv a iiv vani i . spit on an acre of ground and reap a flock of 'gold nuggets. The price offered will bring the growers anywhere from two to six times as much as for their labor as they have been getting. The cannery is no mint but it will Ihelp those who are willing to help themselves. There are still quite a few here and yonder in Macon county who belittle "book farming". It might help such men to read on the farm page in this issue the article headed, "Helping to Balance Rations with Proper Kind of Pro tein'1. That article explains what the govern ment chemists are doing for the farmers. Those with -open " minds can profit by "book farming" and those whose brain cells ceased to function years ago are hopeless anyway. Just a little more... than t wo ..month s t ill the summer visitors begin to arrive. They will find the town without adequate water and go hence, thither and elsewhere, not to say yon der, there "and on and on. May we suggest that the town try again to issue ten: or twelve thousand dollars in bonds with which to bore another well? It's foolish, of course, but it appears to be the only way for a temporary solution of the water difficulty. E Growth of Citizens Bank WE INVITE attention to thev advertise ment of the Citizens Bank of Franklin appearing in this issue showing the growth of this bank m one year. This bank is mak ing a remarkable record in increased busi ness, and no small part of the credit is due to its genial cashier, Bill Moore, and to. his assistant, Lawrence Liner. Snile SMILE and the world smiles with you is a true statement. Within the past few months Macon county- hase been somewhat short on smiles, but the dawn of a happier era is noticeable. Several things, among thern the assurance of the Smoky Mounain National. Park, have conspired to place the citizens of the county in a happier frame of mind. Read the full page ad in this issuev of The Press advising the people to smile. This ad is sign ed by twenty-fiye of the leading business firms in Franklin. That these rrten believe in the town and county is evidenced by their ev penditure of good money to advertise once each month the advantages of this section. Let's all join with these, public spirited men in making Franklin a town 6f miles and miles of smiles. Such firms' in boosting the town also deserve consideration! from the public when it comes to a matter of business. Macon's Yosemite LSr.WHRRE on this page appears an editorial from the facile pen of that valuable friend of Western North Carolina, Col. Wade Harris, editor of the Charlotte Observer. Col. Harris refers; 19 the gorge of the Cullasaja. in Macon as a Yosemite." The C-olonel -should know what he is talking about since he has seen this incomparable bit ' of scenery: Such scenery as this is a valuable asset not .only to Macon county but to the stale, and Mr. Stikeleather is right when he recommends, to the State Highway Commission that No. 28 be routed up the river so as to pass near the Upper or Dry Falls where the scenery is still more wild and rugged than at the Lower Falls. Col. Harris is correct in his surmise that "the extra cost would be wiped out in a month of tourist travel." Mr. Stike leathcr may rest assured that , he has the backing of Macon county in his efforts .to route the road along the Cullasaja all the way from Franklin to Highlands. More About the Power Plant ,17E UNDERSTAND that an invitation has ( WW t companies of the South to send a representative here with a view 'to negotiating for the pur chase of the municipal power plant. When he arrives a mass meeting should be called at the court house to give the people an oppor . tunity . to get both sides of this matter thor oughly in mind. During the month of reb- lliis within sir months' time. E. V. Amnions, of Rabbit creek, in Macon County is doing almost as well. Twenty-three ton litters in Gvorgia last year made an average profit of $14.51 per pig, or over 1(X per cent profit on the investment in fcix months. Take the case of John Dills on the Cullasaja. For years he clung tenaciously to the mountain rooter or razor back and failed to make money. A year or .two ago he invested in thoroughbreds which brought . forth various and interesting remarks from some of. his neighbors. "Didja hear about John," said one. "No," said t'other, "what's he went and- done?" "Why, he's jist paid a outrajus price for one of these here, furin' pigs. He ordered off and got it. Poor old John, I reckon he's 'losing his grip." Now. the neighbors are noting that John is by no means ready for a trip to Morganton. He is n,ot only making money on his thoroughbred swine, but .has for his own use a smoke house full of good side meat and hams that would make the gods ; on the heights of Olympus envious. .'Jar after jar of pork sausage the kind iWmakcs one. want to get up at 4:00 A. M. lortnVakfast can be found, on the shelves. John had merely misplaced his "grip." Now he has it back and the other fellows are wondering what the Sam Hill has happened. Regardless of all this, let's stick to the razpr back. True he isn't worth totin - to the mountains and turning loose, but then we don't have to! tend to him. He can just "root, hog, or die." And besides, some of us want to go coon huntin' now and ' then and just haven't got the time to look after "furin". pigsi ruary the gross income from the local plant was a little .over $2,100 or at the rate of about $25,000 per year. The interest on the bonds is $18,000 per year and the running expenses amount to around four thousands, leaving a net profit of $3,000. This does not take into con sideration the depreciation of the plant. Make this five per cent and the tax payers have another charge against them of $15,000 per year. Even the poorest kind of a mathe matician can see that the town is losing money on its investment. It is. also safe to say that this state of affairs will continue so" long as the town owns the plant.- Moreover and again it is only a question of a year or two - until- all the -line& in -the- city- limits, will " CX "pvjl Sr. -:--" -.-"-.. n. '-.. .- v. It is true that the revenue of the town from the- sale of power and light increased about six thousand dollars last year and there wilt continue to be an increase as the town grows, but whether Or not this increase will justify the town in holding on to the plant is a question that should have' the considera tion of the people. The town now has seven bosses not one of whom is responsible for the sale of power. Consequently, such in crease as is evident has come about through natural causes which shows that Franklin is growing regardless of depressed conditions. However, with the power plant in the hands of an individual or a corporation we believe that power and light lines would be built along each highway in the county and that, new in dustries would be brought to Franklin to uti lize the surplus power. As a result the county Would soon find itself with much more taxable property on its books. In connection with" the question of rural light and power lines we find that in the Piedmont section of the Carolinas the Southern. Light and ' Power company Tias built lines in to many rural 1 sections and that the farmers have light in their, homes and out-buildings and also small motors for use about the farm. This service costs far less' than wc in Franklin are now paying for similar service. But when the question of building lines into the rural , section of Macon is mentioned to any one in authority the person bringing up the question is immediately engaged in, the biggest cuss fight of his career. We do not un dertake to say that it is practicable for the town to build its lines into the country, but we do say that, in all probability, a corporation own ing the municipal power plant, would soon have Macon county "lit up like a church" "Others9 Comments "Root, Hog, or Die" THERE is no question but that pork- cart be produced in the South cheaper than in any other part of the country, but of the sixty million hogs on the farms in the United States only nineteen millions are doing their rooting on southern farms. Regardless of favorable conditions for growing swine Geor gia imports $18,000,000 worth of pork products per year. We do not have the figures for North Carolina, but it is safe to say that this state sends to the west each year many millions cf dollars for pork products. It is estimated that Macon county buys from out side sources each year pork products to the extent of .fifty 'thousand dollars. This is one' item of expense that is unnecessary in so far as this county is concerned. Many of Macon's farmers jiaye realized this Tact and are now growing thoroughbred hos and making mcn ey. These farmers are feeeding- by the ton litter method, this method being worked oat by. the extension 'Service. Call it "book farm-x 'ing," of you wish. Just the sam it's produc ing, results. Last year by this method R. N. Buchanan, of Tennessee, made a net profit of $365 on two litters of ten pigs each and AN IMPORTANT HIGHWAY PROGRAM AT THE MEETING this week of the S,tate Highway Commission, Commissioner James G. Stikeleather of the Ninth District submitted five .major projects for Western North Caro lina 'and urged their immediate adoption. A news story in yesterday's Times thus sum marizes the five road proposals : 1. Immediate investigation of old route No. 20 from Asheville to Craggy bridge to be extended to intersect the present main highway to Marshall this side of Alexander, , with a view to adopting this as an alter nate .route., The nrrsent route from Ashe- 'tfic'WeavcBille' highway to the "Marshall road. ' . 2. Immediate taking over for -maintenance of the 50-mile strecth from Bryson City down the Tennessee river and skirt ing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This project has already been inves tigated and the facts and figures; are now in the hands, of the state highway com mission. ' , 3. Immeduiate awarding of contract for resurf acting 8-mile strecth from Biltmore to Arden. 4. Immediate adopting of the plan urged by a Clay county delegation recently that all the resurfacing in that county be done on highway No. 28. 5. Adoption of the routing of the Frank lin to Highlands highway to follow the Cullasaja river, "to make a magnificent . route, rather than acept an easier and less costly route which leaves the river and cuts off the scenic attractions. Project No. 1 would divide traffic into 'Ashe ville and out, on the north, and would, as the Buncombe County Commissioners pont out, provide a parallel highway through a locality greatly" in need of better travel accomodations. Of the-other recommendations made by Mr. Stikeleather, it is not saying too much that the whole state will profit particularly by , the adoption of the Cullasaja route from Franklin to Highlands. As Commissioner Stikeleather says, it would be easier and less costly to leave the river and lose the splendid scenic drive made possible by the Cullasaja with its fa mous Dry Falls. The river route is worth the difference. Residents and visitors will welcome the probability that the Highway Commission . will vote for the route-plus-scenery. The whole .program is important - to the mountain region of the state and as such is receiving the Highway Commission's earnest consideration. Asheville Times. , in view, and it is to bo hoped his idea will be of adoption by the commission. The extra cost would be wiped -out in a month of tourist travel. The state has a Yellowstone in the Smoky Mouutains National Park; it would have a Yosemite in the gorge of 'the Cullasaja. Charlotte Observer. HEN DAY IN A MOUNTAIN TOWN OtfE OF THE bi-monthly farmers' day sales in Macon county The Ovserver has been talking, about, was held in Franklin one day last week. It was poultry day and the results indicate how rapidly and to what an extent that industry has developed in' thai particular county, The Franklin Press makes report that 205 farmers of Macon sold 14,000 pounds ' of poultry, for which they received" $2,730.22. Lyles Harris is the county agent up there, and he holds sales of the kind every two weeks. ' Incidentally, The Press makes disclosure of the force behind the hen in that ;county, as in other North Carolina counties. It makes record that as many as 430 boys and girls are enrolled in the 4-H .club, and most of these have selected poultry raising as their endeavor. Some of these boys and girls are paying the taxes for the, "old man," and pock eting the balance to buy more chicks and to add the bank .deposit made possible by at tention to the poultry yard and hen nest Charlotte Observer, ' i ROW IN PROSPECT WE SEE the makings of a big row just west of us, in the report that Cherokee county will atecmpt to annex that portion of Macon lying beyontl the Na.ntahalas. This region is a province within itself, and though it has been neglected in the matter of roads, is worth a fortune to any county. Jackson County Journal. Letters MORE ABOUT NANTAHALA Nantahala, N. C, March 19,, Editor Press: ;We see that a little meeting pf the citizens of Andrews and Nantahala township, that convened at Aquonc, some four years ago, is just now beginning, to attract attention. " - ..You .i-t1iat,-Nrvith?x-.touslup.Jd YELLOWSTONE AND YOSEMITE THE FUNDAMENTAL, principle in North Carolina Highway, construction of connect ing county-seat-with-county-seat ! , has . been strictly adhered to and it is this circumstance' that has given the state highway system national fame. The connected idea of develop ing assets in road routing is one that adds value to the system. A good example' of what this means is located on route 28, between Highlands and Franklin. Commissioner Stike leather is a champion of developing scenic as sets along that route and would take the road directly through the gorge at the falls of the Cullasaja, where wild "Rocky Mountain" effect is disclosed, but one which has been hidden' from the world. The road routed by these falls and through the gorge pf the river will unfold the most majestic bit of scenery in i North Carolina, a bit unknown to the outside y orld, or to the state; itself t because it has een inaccessible. Stikeleather, in advocating renting the highway by these falls, has "value" In the first place, geographically they arc the same. In the second place, Andrews has been largely built up by people from Nanta hala, the folks at Andrews are our kindred; our boys have gone into business there, and have homes. ' Andrews is our market. .We Sell our produce to them, and from them we get our supplies. They are interested in us, ve in them. It is our town. Franklin is just Franklin to us,' but Andrews is "town." Wc like the folks at Franklin, but we reason this way. Have they ever tried or made at ef fort to help improve our township? If wc ask for help, we are mostly paid for our trouble, by a ' smile or perhaps, "Nantahala would be benefitted if this could be done" is all wc ever get. Its on and on, year in and' year out, the same. Well, we saw that it was in vain to appeal to our own people. So we, Andrews and Nan tahala, began to Took over the situation. An drews was needing us, we were needing them.. There was only bare 14 miles of muddy road that separated us, a two-days journey, that could be made in 45 minutes -:with- a - good road. . A meeting was held to discuss ways and means with the. result that Nantahala voted $20,000 bonds, Andrews $25,000 which graded, our roads, but they arc not hard- surfaced, so half the year they "are impasable. What are wc to do? There is no use to ask Macon county to' help us. We arc living in Nanta hala, you see, and Macon can not afford it..' They say . "build your road that you are 'harping so much about." That is just exactly the thing we are going to do, and without its help too, see ? v Then we have just a wee bit of a "hitch,'! that the state would have brought "28" by the way (of Aquone if it had not been for some "wire pulling" by a certain element. We may be mistaken but it looks a little "fishy." It was so planned and- mapped, why was it, changed? We all love the name of "Old Macon" and' her achievements we adore. We are proud ' of the glorious record of her sons. We love, her sunny skies, beautiful streams, and cool ing winds. We have taueht our children iW sacred precept, "Our Country Right or, Wrong" But some times "patience ceases to be a virtue" and the "parting of the ways" will soon be evident. ' The official who has publicly proclaimed the intention of a fight to a finish just as well begin arranging his program, for the fight is on. The first gun has been fired long ago, and he may be assured that 'if . he, gains tho victory that he can rest with pride on bis laurels. The time has come that "Old Nantahala," the camping' place in the sticks, is going to come Toward and take - her place, in the progress of her sister township. It is her natural heratage and she claims it, and by right she will succeed. Yours for a fair deal, E. N. EVANS. II
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