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LIBERAL
IXDEPENDEN T
ABOUT MACOK COUNTY
Macon County has a population of
13,400. Its area is 328,320 acres. The
forest area is approximately 243,7.1?
acres, comprising 75 per cent of the
total land area. The total stand of
saw timber is estimated at 485,000,000
board feet. Facts supplied by N. C.
Department Conservation and Indus
VOL. XLVII, NO. 21
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1932
$1.50 PER YEAR
BACCALAUHit
HigKway Gommissioi) Acts
Favorably on Road Request
Address Delivered by Rev.
Dr. Melton Clark, of
Decatur, Ga.
GRADUATION FRIDAY
57 Members in Senior
Class; List of Graduates
Not Announced
Graduation exercises of . the
Franklin high school began Wed
nesday night with 'delivery of the
baccalaureat address at the Meth
odist church by . the Rev. Melton
Clark, D. D., president and profes
sor of English Bible at Columbia
Theological Seminary, Decatur,
Ga.
There are 57 . members of the
senior class, 37 girls and 20 boys,
but the names of those who had
passed their examinations and are
eligible for diplomas had not been
made publid .Thursday afternoon.
-exoected that
4iunvvi a "v . ,
lar&A mainritv of the class would
K Graduated. The senior -class
roll will be found on page 6 of, this
ice. ntrether with the names of
the graduates of the Highlands
hkrh school. . ' .
.. Diplopias: will be presented the
crraHnatps at simple exercises ifl
the school auditorium at 8 o'clock
PriHav niht. At the same time
seventh grade certificates will be
given to 75 boys and girls who
passed the recent hign scnooi en
trance examinations.
N Cnduation Sneaker
- G. L: Houk, principal of the
Franklin school, said that que io a
v;.ti in arrangements, there wbuld
be no special graduation speaker.
Prizes recently awarded Ted
Eaton -and . Norman Weit in a
statewide essay contest on "The
: Potation . of Forests to Our Fish
QnM r.ame" will be presented by 4
representative of the State Depart
ment of Conservation ana uevciop
mcnt ' ,
Dr. Clark's Address
"That which comes to you. out of
" the past has an inescapable in
" Dr. Melton
said in his baccalaureate address
Wednesday night.'
Taking for his theme; "The
Debt- We Owe the Tast," Dr.
Clark based, his message "on the
' tut: "Gbd. having provided some
better things for us, that they,
apart from us, should not be made
Picturing 'the sweep of human
s life back through the generations
n( livks that have. entered into the
makingf of the present, the speaker
graphically presented the relation
r( nat to nresent. and the rcspon-
sibility of each life to pay its debt
to the past that it may pass on
something better to luturc genera
tions. ' , .
Life' Responsibilities .
"Far back in the past, into which
. you may look but cannot influence,
there is that which has made you
what you are and has had an in
" calcuble, inescapable influence over
you: Men and women who have
loved and labored and suffered,
the 'glory and happiness and suf
tarlntr of the nast is united with
us. Your life represents a little
segment of the whole pattern- that
began behind you and that will go
after vou. The wellbeing of
those who have lived before is con
noted with vou and they call up
on you to, finish that which they
. have begun, thus tne past pre
gents a constant challenge to the
. ' present topjserve that for which
ohcr liyjstruggled and could not
cornpTcteT The past speaks to the
present; 'My voice cannot be heard,
my life is over, but it is not fin
ished. Give back what you owe
n ' the mute lives of dear ones
that have striven to give you the
best and the finest things in life."'
A large congregation of friends
and relatives of the young people
d the graduating class enjoyed the
. address and the- beautiful music
rendered by the choir composed of
voices from the several congrega-
T. tions of Franklin.- The Rev. J
A. Flanagan introduced the speak'
er. ' ;
Prospects are good for the des
ignation of . federal highway route
from Knoxvple through the Great
moky Mountains .National Park,
via Bryson City, Franklin and
Highlands, to Augusta, Ga., ac
cording to reports brought back by
a delegation which appeared before
the state highway commission at
Raleigh Tuesday morning;
Franklin was represented at the
meeting of the highway body by
J. E. ' Lancaster, bhentt A. a.
Slagle, J. S. Conley and John B.
Byrne. Bryson City was repre
sented by State Senator Kelly E
Bennett and John Randolph.
Theerouo put before the com
mission a request that it 4end its
influence in bringing about the ex-
tensjon of U. S. highway No. 25-W
Woman's Auxiliary To Hold
District Conference Here
from Knoxville through the Smok
ies to Augusta.
The state road body- was very
favorable to a plan for some fed
eral route through the new nation
al park, but certain members ex
pressed the opinion that it was
out of their 'proviuce to urge any
particular route number. The com
mission adopted a resolution favor
ine some federal designation of the
route from Knoxville through this
section of Weste'rn North Carolina
to Augusta. " '
Efforts are still being made by
Franklin and' Bryson City business
men to secure U. S. 25-W, how
everas this route starts in Mich
igan and comes through Cleveland,
carrying a large stream of tourists
from the north central states and
the Ohio valley region.
75 PASS 7TH
GRADE EMS
l
Meeting To Open Tuesday
Morning at pt. Agnes
Church '
List of Pupils Eligible To
Enter High School
Made Public
Seventv-five pupils have passed
the hieh school entrance examina
tions and, will be admitted to tne
Franklin hieh school next fall, it
was announced Wednesday by Pro
fessor M. D. Jiimgs, county sup
erintendent of schools. Twelve
pupils passed the examinations at
Highlands and three at Otter Creek,
making a total for the county of
ninety. ' '
The 75 who passed the tests giv
en at the Franklin school came
from the following schools:
Franklin 33. Slagle 3. Holly
Springs 2, Higdoriville 6, Iotla 6,
Fairview 1, Salem 1, Oak Grove 1,
Union 3, Rose , Creek 2, Utto 4,
Cowee 2. Liberty 2, Hickory Knoll
1, Walnut -Creek 1, Pine Grove 2,
darks Chapel 2, Rainbow Springs
, Gold Mine 1 and Mulberry 1.
The nuoils takine the examina
tion were given key numbers and
in announcing those who had pass
ed Professor Billings gave a list
of numbers instead of names, hol
lowing is a list of the numeral
designations of those who passed :
2 - 4.5 -- 11 - M 15
16 18 21 - 22 - 23 - 24
30 - 31 - 33 - 34 37 41
43 - 44 - 45 - 49 - 52 53
63 S W - 67 - 75 - 78
84 88 - 90 - 99 102
114
105
'131
158
178
196
.207
86 - 90 - 99
107 108 - 109
135
162
181
200
211
133
159
in
199
208
27
42
54
83
103
117
153
167
143 152
165 - 166
188 - 193 - 194
201 . 202 - 206
The spring meeting of the second
district of the Woman's Auxiliary j
of the Episcopal church in West-i
ern North Carolina .will be held in
St. Agnes church on Tuesday, May
31, beginning with the celebration
of the Hply Communion at 10 a.
m. Churches represented by at
of women of thedistrict
include -members of the auxiliary
in the following towns:
Midlands Brevard. Henderson-
ville, Bat Cave, Cullowhee, Sylva,
Murphy, Saluda, iryon, upwaiu,
Franklin. .
The local branch will entertain
luncheon will be
Cprvpd at 1 o'clock on the grounds
of St. Agnes church. The diocesan
president, Mrs. bheldon l-eavnt, oi
Achpvillp is exnected to attend
and preside in the absence of the
district vice-president, Miss -nar-lottt
B. Elliott, of Highlands. Oth
er diocesan officers, as well as the
clergy of the district, are expected
to be in attendance.
The afternoon session will con
tinue until 3 p.' m.
Guests from more distant points
are expected to arrive on Monday
afternoon, and will be entertained
by members of the Auxiliary of
St. Agnes church.
The women of the otner cnurcn
es in Franklin are cordially, invited
to attend both morning and after
noon sessions.
DEATH CLAIMS
NISSARASIIEAR
Father of Jos. and Mitchel
Ashear; Native of
Syria
NisSar Ashear, 76, died at the'
home of his son, Joe Ashear, Sat
urday morning about 8 o'clock
irom a sudden heart attack. Al
though he had been in ill health
for about three months, his death
was very sudden and . unexpected.
Funeral services were held at the
First , Baptist church Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with the
Rev. Eugene R. Eller, assisted by
the Rev. O. P. Ader, pastor of
the Methodist church, the Rev. J.
A.1. Fianagan, pastor of the Pres
byterian church, and the Rev. N.
C. Duncan, pastor of the Episcopal
church.
Prior to the services at the
church a short' Syrian service was
held at the home by Father Paul
Rask, of Atlanta, Ga.
. Mr. Ashear arrived in America
Dec. 22, 1922, from Lebanon, Syria,
and since then had made his home
with his son, Joseph Ashear, prom
inent Franklin merchant. He was
a member of the Catholic church
in Syria and was always a faith
ful Christian.
Those surviving are his four
sons. loseoh and Mitchel Ashear,
of Franklin; George Ashear, of
Los Anceles. Calif.: Lhas Ashear,
Cario, Egypt, and three daughters,
Mrs. S. Gorra, Mrs. Charles Ash
ear, of Pittsburg, Pa., and Miss
Martha Ashear, of Franklin.
Pall bearers were: Messrs John
M. Moore, Alex Moore, John H.
Thomas, R. M. Coffey, C. S. Til
ley and Wade Arvey.
The out-of-town relatives and
friends here to attend the funeral
included Messrs C. G. Najour, Nick
Najour, Joe Maloof, Clife Maloof,
Mack Maloof. Mick Maloof, J. A.
Azai Paul Rask, and A. J. Simon,
of Atlanta, Ga. ; Mr. and Mrs. A.
S. Nijjar, of Carrolton, Ga., Mr.
Philip Nijjar, of Marietta, Oa.,
Mr. Solomen Maloof, of Bryson
City, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Maloof, . of Helen, Ga.
Bowie Scheduled To Speak
At Courthouse Monday Night
J.y N. Lowe Has 'Father
Goard' 116 Years Old
Mr. J. N. Lowe, of Iotla, had
a goard in town Tuesday which
he said is 116" years old and
holds one and a half bushels.
This goBrd was raised on
Mason branch, about five milea
from Franklin on the Bryson
City road, by Mr. Lowe's grand
father, Bill Mason. It came
from a volunteer vine which
grow at an abandoned Indian
hut which stood near Mr. Mas
on's home. The goard, still in
perfect condition, hat been used
fcs a "feather goard" through
several generations.
NONOPENED
TO HIGHLANDS
Road in Perfect Condition;
Treated with Asphalt
Oil Binder
Tarn C. Bowie, of West Jeffer
son, candidate for United States
Senator, is scheduled to speak at
o'clock Monday night in the
Macon county courthouse.
Mr. Bowie:- himself a .mountain
man, is making, a strong bid for
the vote of. the western counties.
He is the first candidate for a
major office to take the stump in
Franklin in the present campaign.
A -good audience is fairly well as
sured for him.
Another sneaker also will appear
at the courthouse Monday night.
He Is Edmund B. Norvel, Murphy
attorney, who is a candidate tor
the atate senate from this district,
which includes, besides Macon, the
minifies of Cherokee. Clay. Graham
and Swain. He has arranged to
speak at the courthouse at 7:30 p.
DEMOCRATS BAN
ABSENTEE VOTES
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Agreement Between Can
didates Applies only to
Local Offices
m.
SEEK FUNDS TO
REBUILD CHURCH
Seventh erade certificates will be
nresented at the high school grad
uation exercises Friday night.
' LEE VISITS FRANKLIN
W. T. Lee, chairman of the
North Carolina corporation com
mission, was among the .visitors
here last week.
$732 FOR CHICKENS
The poultry sale of last Tuesday,
at Franklin, and Wednesday at
Otto, netted the farmers of Ma
con county , $732 through the sale
of a total of 5,985 pounds of poul
try.
On Mav 20 a daughter was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Sorrell,
a.t their home on Route 2.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. James
Thad Ashe, of Millshoal, a son on
Thursday, May 5.
Mail Carriers' Picnic
To Be Held on May 30
The annual picnic of the rur
al letter carrier of the West
ern section of this sUte will be
held. at tha Nantahala National
Forest camp ground, at the foot
of Wayah Bald, I miles from
Franklin, on May 30.
State President Thomas S.
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GUBERNATORIAL
MANAGERS i-UK
COUNTY NAMED
In the Governor's race, in the
June primary, the three democratic
candidates have appointed a man'
. -. fnrrn ennntv. Mr. A. J
Maxwell's manager is . Frank
Rav; Mr.-.R. T. Fountain's man
ager is Frank I. Murray, clerk of
court; and Mr. John C. B. Ehring-
hins' manager is Earl Lancaster,
manager of the H. Arthur Osborne
Lumber company at t-rankim.
Franklin Boy Heads
Duke Bar Association
Williams. McGuire, son of Mr.
an( Mrs W. B. McGuire, of
Franklin, has been elected presi
dent of the bar association ,of
Duke University. The association,
the second of its kind in the Unit
ed States, is composed of students
of the law school.
Democratic Township
Meetings Are Called
Albert Ramsey, county chair
man of the Democratic' party
for Macon county, has been.
asked by O. M. Mtall, Dem
ocratic chairman for the state,
to call a precinct meeting in
etch precinct, on the day of
the primary, June 4. These
precinct meetings will be held
to elect delegates to the Coun
ty Democratic convention of
June 11. At the county Dem
ocratic convention delegates for
the state convention, to be held
on June 16, will be selected.
Press Late This Week;
"Aunt Bertha" Contrary
"Aunt Bertha" got contrary
this week and almost refused
to work. She tikes spells that
way once in a while. That's
why The Press is late in com
ing out this week. "Aunt Ber
tha," by the way, ia the press
which has been burning out this
newspaper for the past .26 years
and no one knows how many
other papers in other commun
ities before she came to Franklin.
HieUwav No. 28 between High
lands and Franklin, which has been
treated with an asphalt oil binder
during the last few weeks, was
onened to traffic Tuesday. ,
The highway is in perfect con
dition, and is expected to prove
itself one of the most popular
tourist routes in the state this
season. It follows the rugged Cul
lasaia eroree from Gneiss for sever
al miles towards Highlands, run-.
nin'g along the faces of cuffs, above
nicturesaue waterfalls, behind crid
al Veil falls near Highlands, and
beside beautiful Lake Sequoyah
near the city limits of Highlands.
Surfacing is continuing on Route
28 from Highlands to the Jackson
Macon line at Whitesides moun
tain. If weather conditions are
favorable, the surfacing should be
entirely completed within two more
weeks. Meanwhile, travelers can
(to no further east on No. 28 than
Highlands.
The state highway force employ
ed in surfacing No. 282 between
Highlands and the Georgia line, a
link in the Three-spates road, have
practically completed the second
layer of stone. The Three-states
road leaves Highlands by way of
Fourth street, and will be treated
with "an asphalt binder from Main
to the intersection of Dillard street,
highway officials have announced.
No plans for placing a binder on
the remainder of No.' 282 have yet
been announced. To the intersec
tion of Walhalla street, No. 282.
Fourth street,, is receiving an 18
foot surface. From that point it
is 14 feet in width.
riilUnl Mrett is -to receive a traf
fic-bound macadam surface to the
Highlands Country" club when work
is completed on No. 282.
Pine Grove Baptist Church
Has the Lumber but
Not the Money
C VJKr r.vaanurnnn
Back from South America
fr ' Sam Kellv Greenwood ar
rived here last Thursday for a
iwo-months visit with his grand
mother, Mis. Mark Kelly. Mr.
Greenwood for the past two years
has been employed by the United
1'ruit companv at Santa .Monta,
Columbia, South America.
Y. W. A. TO MEET
The Y. W. A. of the Franklin
Baptist cjiurch will meet at 3
o'clock Sunday -p. m., it was an
nounced by Miss Ina Henry, lead
er. Miss Henry urges that all
members attend.
Box Suooer To Be Given
mm
At Cowee School, June S
A box supper for the benefit nf
the Cowee baseball team will he
given at 8 o'clock in the evening,
Friday, June 3, at the Cowee school
house. Music will be furnished by
the Cowee Ramblers.
Installs Bowling Alley
. - . - n el
In Old r ranks Building
Mack Franks tins installed'. .a
howling alley in the old P ranks
building on Fast Main street. This
is a new amusement for the town
.of Franklin; years ago there -was
a boxball alley, but this is the tirst
bowling alley.
' The building committee of the
Pine Grove Baptist church, which
was burned to the ground during
the winter, is endeavoring to raise
funds with which to reconstruct the
church building in time for the
Macon county Baptist convention,
which is scheduled to meet there
in August. Copies of the follow
ing circular letter's are being sent
to Baptist congregations throughout
the state asking for assistance:
TO THE BAPTIST CHURCHES
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Dear Brothers and Sisters :
The Pine Grove Baptist church
of the Macon County association
located on State Highway No. 28,
eight miles cast of Franklin, had
the misfortune recently of having
their church building compjetely
destroyed by fire, the, building was
not protected by insurance and,
-therefore, was a complete loss to
the congregation.
We are making an effort to re
build and have the rough lumber
cut and on the ground, but we are
unable to go further in buying the
other necessarv materials and in
the erection of the building.
The Macon Countv Baptist as
sociation is to meet with us on
Wednesday and Thursday before
the second Sunday in August of
this year, and in our present con
dition we have no place in which
t.i rare for the association, we are,
therefore, appealing to our sister
Eantist churches of this state to
come to our assistance. If you can
see fit to help us in any way by
n free-will offering in vour church
or fn anv way possible we will
deeply appreciate any amount your
dcodIc mav send to us. Unless
vc can secure some' help it will be
imnossible for our ncoDel to re
build the house of worship. We
trust, we shall hear from you with
an offering to help us in this try
in? situation.
Please send offerinsr to C. W.
Henderson, Gneiss, N. C, secretary
and treasurer, building committee.
' Thanking you in advance and
praying God's blessings upon you,
we are
Yours in the Master s service,
PINE GROVE BAPTIST
CHURCH
L. H. Crawford, Pastor.
C. W. Henderson, Chairman
O. C. Corbin
John H. Keener
W. M. Holland " '
John C. Dills,
Building Committee. ;
Mr. Claude Henry has. been con
nf annendicitis for the last few
fined to his home with an attack
days.
Tubercular Tests Being
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Given Macon County Cattle
N. B. Tyler, veterinary for
the state department of agri
culture, has been working for
several days In Macon county
to tea if any tuberculosis cas
es exist among the cattle of
the county. His work is more
of a check-up on hrrda that
. were found to have been in
fected some five years ago,
when all cattle of the county
'were tested. Thus far, not a
single case of positive reaction
hat bean found.
the four largest milk herds in
the county, which are used as
dary herds, the people of
Franklin who buy milk may
rest assured that the follow
ing dairymen's herds are tuber
culosis free: A. B Stable, Jake
Addington, Gilmer Crawford
and Sam L. Franks.
At this time there will not be
a test made upon all cattle of
the county, but this is a check
up on previous sections that
war infested at the last test
fv T. B. about fiv-yeari ago.
Lyman Higdon Catches
Season's Largest Trout
Lyman Higdon, manager of
the Macon County Supply com
pany, is the champion trout
fisherman of Macon. He caught
a rainbow trout near Higdon
ville May 22 which measured
17 -1-2 inches and tipped the
scales at one pound and eleven
ounces. Besides this, he also
cauffht several other nice ones.
On Wayah creek Friday and
Saturday anglers went after the
mountain bealuties. Several of
this number caught the limit of
25 and it is estimated that
something over. 500 trout were
caught
Meeting Called To Form
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County Baseball League
FILINGS ARE CLOSED
Movement To Abolish
Full-Time Commission
Head Gains Strength
Through '. an agreement 1 reached
between the candidates, there will
be no absentee ballots for county
offices in the Democratic primary
to be held' June 4, it was announc
ed Tuesday by Albert Ramsey, v
chairman of the county Democrat
ic executive committee;
The agreement covers the office
of representative in the General
Assembly as well as those that are
strictly local.
It has not been announced wheth-
cr the. , Republicans will make a
similar agreement, but there will
be only one contest in the Re
publican primary, that being - for
nomination as county commission
er, AH the other Republican can
didates are unopposed in their
party. . '
Slagle Unopposed
In the Democratic ranks Sheriff
A. B. Slagle, Register of Deeds
Tom Bryson and Coroner C. M.
Moore are without opposition.
The books weer closed last Fri
day for filing notice of candidacy
under the primary law. Several
new candidates filed on the last
dav.
During the Dast week consider- .
ahle imoetus was given to the
movement to abolish the job of
full time chairman of the county
rnmmUsioner. a iob which pays
$1,800 a year; Two candidates
openly declared they were m tavor
of such a step as a means to et-
f.rt economv in local government.
These men were E. W. Long, can
didate for commissioner, and L.
L. Ingram, candidate for represen
tative. '
Rumor Found False
Tnnitiring into reoorts circulated
concerning Mr. Long, to the effect
that he was a native of Georgia,
The Press found that this was en
tirely false. Mr. Long stated that
he was born in Hats township,
tliis ennntv; and with the exception
of about two years had spent his
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entire life m Macon county, ne
nlsr. said that all of his interests
and investments were in this coun
ty. . '
Following is a list of candidates
as . filed under J. R. Morrison,
chairman of the county Doara oi
elections:
Democratic Ticket
fnnntv renresentative C. L. In
gram, of Franklin, Route 4, and
San) . Howard, - of Tryphosa.
Sheriff A. B. blagle, ot rTanK-
lin, for reelection.
Register of deeds C. T. Bryson,
of .Cullasaja, for reelection. ,
Coroner C. M. Moore, ot frank
lin; for reelection.
Commissioners -Gus Leach, ot
Franklin; Walter Gibson, of Iotla;
W. D. Barnard, of Iotla; E.. W.
Long, of Franklin; Robert Ramsey,
of Tellico; Robert Stamey, of
Skeenah ; John O. Harrison, of
Franklin; D. J. Moses; of Ellijay.
Republican Ticket
County representative W. J.
West of West's Mill.
Sheriff R. M. Coffey, of Frank
lin.
Register of deeds t. B. Stock
ton, of Prentiss.
Coroner I. M. Corbin, of Mill
shoal township.
Surveyor, Mack Franks, of hrank-
lin.
Commissioners Rev. .A. S. Soles
bee, of Franklin, Route 3; W. H.
Green, of Cartoogechaye ; Robert
H. Rogers, of Prentiss; John H.
Dean, of Burningtown.
The baseball game to be play
ed on Cartoogechaye5' between
West End and Cartoogechaye
was called off on Saturday due
to a steady rain. West End
has a game booked with Hol
ly Springs for next Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Holly
Springs.
With Holly Springs entering
the baseball realm this makes
a Macon county leegue a .pos
sibility. Already the following
, communities have teams: West
End, , Cartoogechaye, Rainbow
Springs, Cowee and Highlands.
Two of the men working for a
Macon v county leagMa ara J.
D. Gibson and Claude Henry.
Mr. Gibson has called a meet
ing at tha courthouse for Sat
urday morning, May 28, at 10
a. m. At . this meeting it is
planned to form a league and
to start a regular schedule for
the county. All communities
which have a team or tha com
munities that will be able to
organize a team era urged to
have representatives present.
It is hoped that all baseball
fans as well as professed play
ers will attend this meeting and
help in organizing the league.
The proposed league would
place Mcton comnty upon the
sports map and build up a
wonderful entertaining event for
both eld and young.
Life Abundant Center
Now Open for Guests
The Life Abundant Center at
Rogers Hall, is now open for
guests, both transient and per
manent. Study classes, for those
desiring, will begin on Monday,
June 6, at 9 a. m. Classes will
be held every morning except
Saturday and Sunday. Registra
tion may be made with tha Rev.
Robert B. H. Bell, who with
Mrs. Bell, an expert in food
chemistry, established the insti
tution. The purpose of the school is
to teach health of body, of mind
and of spirit. Classes in psy
chology, anatomy, dietetics, prac
tical nursing, err a of children,
physiology and religion will ba
taught