7 - AlOVT OUDSZLVES-. . The Franklin Press Las the largest audited paid circulation of any North Carolina newspaper west of Asheville,. It is a charter member of the North Carolina Press Association Circulation Audit Bureau. Certified records of its circulation are open to all adver tisers. - ABOUT MACON COUNTY ;0 r v, M r f r Macon County has a population of 13,400. Its area is 328,320 acres. The forest area is approximately 248,732 acres, comprising 75 per cent of the total land area. The total stand of saw timber is estimated at 485,(XX),0CM) board feet. Facts supplied by N. C Department Conservation and Indus try. 51 QigljUmiiis flJimmimt PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVII, NO. 30. FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR 1(1 LIOMITTO BE UNVEILED Various Exercises And Picnic Dinner To Be Big Feature MANY SPEAKERS Marker Chiseled From Macon County v Granite ;. 1 Hundreds of people from Macon and other Western North Carolina counties, are expected ; to gather on the headwater? of the Cartooge chaye creek Saturday, July 30, for the unveiling of a granite mon ument over the graves of Chief Chutahsotih and his wif e, Kuntakie, in old St; John's churchyard. The monument chiseled from na tive stone, is the -work of A. A. Angel, Franklin stone-cutter who contributed half the cost . Plans for the unveiling call for a picnic dinner on the grounds at noon with various exercises to take place both in the morning and the afternoon. - Miss Elizabeth Kelly will act as -chairman. Little Arthur ToomerJ of Gainesville, Ga.,.a grandson of the late Rev. J. A. Deal, a friend of the- old Indian chieftain, will do the unveiling. E. .B. Norvell, of Murphy, known as one of the best authorities in Western North Carolina von Indian history, will be one of the principal speakers. Dr. S. H. Lyle will give the ad dress of welcome, the Rev. N. C. Duncan, now in charge of the work of, the Episcopal church in Macon county, will speak on ttje subject, of "Rev. J. A.' Deal's work among-the Indians during his 30 years as a missionary ' in Macon county." Felix E. Alley, attorney of Waynesville, has also been se cured to speak. Indians To .Be Present A group of- Indian singers from the Cherokee reservation, who re cently won the banner " in the county-wide singing contest in Swain county, will be present with their chief and1 representatives pf reservation office.. The program for the unveiling is being arranged by Mrs. C. C. Cunningham, Mrs. Henry Slagle, Mrs. T. J. Johnston, Mrs. Tom Slatrle and Mrs. Andy Setser. These ladies are planning to ' sell" cold drinks, water melons and other foods on the grounds the day of the unveiling to helppay the ex penses of the exercises. SERIES OF SERVICES TO BE HELD IN MORRISON CHURCH A special series of protracted services will be held in the Mor rison Presbyterian church on the Georgia road beginning Wednes day evening, August 3rd and con tinuing through Sunday evening, August 14th, according t to an nouncemcnt bv Rev. J. A. Flana can. pastor of the church. Local ministers 1 of the county will do the preaching for the first part of, series. Rev. M. C Dendy, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Gainesville, Ga., will take charge and preach during the latter Cart of the meeting begin nine Monday evening, August 8. . Mr. Dendy is a preacher of ability with an attractive personality and evangelistic appeal. The public is cordiality invited to all of these services. . TO ORGANIZE COUNTY YOUNG PEOPLE'S CLUB Mrs. Mary T. Evans of High Point, vice-president of the North Carolina Young People's Democrat ic Club, was in Franklin on Thurs day, July 21, for the purpose of organizing a Macoivtounty Young People's club. Mrs. Evans has set Saturday, July 30, at 3 p. m. to return and organize the club. The meeting will be held in the court house, and all the young folks are invited ot be present. Ladies, both young and old, are invited to at ' tend. At this orsanization of the Ma con county club officers will be elected and plans made for the coming election. The program will also include speeches by several well known speakers of the state, Including Miss Ferguson and Felix Alley eWaynesvilU. Memorial To ' v 1 US a i J- :' J", ) r'Sf 1 it ) ' ' CONVENTION OFi.Y.P.U. Iotla To Be Site of Meeting; Many Ex Pected To Attend The Macon County B. Y. P. U. association will hold its annual as sociational meeting with the Iotla Baptist church on Friday, July 29. The meeting wilt begin at 10 :30 a. m. The program for the day has been 1 completed and mailed out to the churches. The ; program this year, is one that will be filled with spiritual inspiration and helps to the young people of this associa tion. Miss Winnie Rickett, state B. Y. P. U. secretary, will speak in the afternoon. Mr. James A. Ivey, state B.'Y. P. U. president and pastor of y the West Asheville Baptist church, will speak at the morning service. A part of the program will be given over to the pastors present and each one wi'! be given time for a brief talk. Mrs. J. D. Franks, associational president, and other associational officers have made a special plea to the pastors of this association to be present as this will be a feature part of the pro' gram. " Young people of Macon county will appear on the program, Dinner will be served by the people of the Iotla church in the old fashioned style of "dinner on the ground." The lunch hour will be turned into an hour of fellow ship. Delegations are unlimited and every church is asked and expect ed to send delegates whether they have a B. Y. P. U. or not. The delegation is expected to be one of the largest ever attending a B. Y. I, ' " ' '- , - ' ' v y& ' Cowee Wins First Half Macon's League Schedule The Cowee baseball team has won high score for the first half of the Macon county league's schedule after a hard fought cam paign. Winning this honor speaks well for the Cowee nine as there arc some good ball players in the Macon county baseball league. -Last Wednesday Cowee and West End played off a game that had been called a few weeks ago on account of rain, on the Frank- lin diamond. This was a hard fought game from start to finish, "VZ I ri Wednesday Cowee and West End had been tied for high honors. The Saturday games resulted in the following scores: At Franklin 1, Highlands 22; at Mountajn Grove 9. Cowee 11: at Prentiss 4, Mil U IW t. uwit tti BW". i West End 10; and at Cartooge- chaye 5, Holly Springs 8. Highlands ... . . .5 J. Frank -Ray, president of the J Macon county baseball league, has, Holly Springs ....3 called a meeting to be held in the Mountain Grove ..3 courthouse on Wednesday evening, ' Cartoogechaye .2 at 8 :30 o'clock. All clubs of the prentiss ......... .2 league are urged to be present .... , for Oil .muting." (Franklm .........2 Indian Couple X FEDERAL AID FOR HIGHWAY 28 Other Western Counties To Be Included In " v Project Several Western North Carolina projects are included in the list planned by the State Highways commission for construction with' will be able to help where the need federal funds nrovided in the re-lis the greatest, the speaker ex- cently enacted relief bill. This measure appropriated $120,000,000 for federal road aid of which sev eral . millions will be alloted to North Carolina. - One of the first projects to be let by the State Highway commis sion will be the link of route 28 between Franklin and Hayesville in Macon and Gay counties. Other projects in this section are: Portion of route 106 in Jackson county, extending from Sylva through Brevard to route 28 be tween Brevard and Highlands. Completion of the Yonahlossee trail, or route 691, between Blow ing Rock and Linville. Completion of route 18 from Spruce Pine through Little Switzer land to Woodlawn. According to highway officials, the construction of these links will practically complete the main high ways f6r the mountain section. The Young Tar Heel Farmers club will meet at 2 p. m., Saturday, July 30, at the Franklth high school building, it was announced by E. H. Meacham, vocational agricul ture instructor.- All members are urged to be present, especially those who wish to attend the White Lake camp during the week of August 15. The second half of the league's schedule begins on Saturday, July 30. All teams of the league will start on the same , rating, and if Cowee fails to win the second half, a county 3 game scries, will be played between the two high teams after he regular schedule is played. The games for Satur day are: Franklin at Holly Springs ( Mountain Grove at West End, Cowee at Highlands, and Prentiss t Cartoogechaye The rating of the different teams for the first half of the season is as follows : Team Won Cowee 6 Lost . 1 N 2 2 4 . 4 5 5 S Avg 857 West End 5 715 715 429 429 286 286 -286 GROK NEED FORQIAPTERS Better Check On Needs Of Communities Desired The Macon county chapter of the Red Cross met in' the courthouse at Franklin, on Saturday afternoon. A large crowd was present, includ1 ing a teacher or representative from each school district of Macon county. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, chairman of the Macon county chapter, pre sided, and reviewed the past year's work of the Red Cross in Macon county. With the help of various community groups, certain individ uals scattered in different sections of the county, the Macon county chapter has distributed 2 carloads of flour, clothing to oVer 400 in dividuals, several hundred dollars worth of garden seeds, and yeast to 69 pellagra-stricken people of the county. The clothing was do nated by various people, some con tributing "cloth or money which was used to buy material, which was made into clothing for the needy by the various ladies of the county. At the Saturday's meeting. Miss Kelly asked the school teachers of each school community to organize a Red Cross chapter, this local or ganization to consist of a commit tee of 5. including a chairman and a secretary, with a teacher being secretary in each district. These local units should meet once a week if possible, and never less than once a month, and every commun ity must-have its local chapter to get any aid from the head chapter at Franklin, Miss Kelly stated. By organizing local units, a better study and knowledge of the par ticular, community is known, there by the head chapter at Franklin Pmed Miss Kelly charged each school teacher to see that the community had more help rendered than just the teaching in the classroom. She pointed out that teachers were only cut 10 per cent, while the people of the community were struggling to pay taxes to keep up the schools, who had to bear cuts in their work of from 50 to 100 per cent. Miss Kelly urged the teach ers in each community to encour age canning and drying of food stuffs for the coming winter. Mora Flour Expected The chairman announced that in the near future the Franklin chap ter will have another carload of flour to distribute, also many yards of cloth, made from the cotton the government had bought up. This cloth, which will be several weaves, will be furnished only to the communities having local chap ters which must be organized by August 1. LEATHERIilAN OFFICEROBBED Blood Hounds Fail to Follow Trail; No Ar rests Made The Post Office at Leatherman, 10 miles northeast of Franklin, was entered last Thursday evening about ten o'clock and several dol lars in money taken. Sheriff A. B. Slagle and Deputy Sheriff George Mallonee, wired to Brevard for blood hounds, which arrived about three o'clock in the morning, but they failed to catch the man or men. Oscar Rickman, postmaster and owner of the' store, had been at tending a revival meeting at Cowee Baptist church, on his return dis covered the robbery. The thieves had tried to enter by boring holes through the door, and thereby re move the bolt which held the door When this plan failed they entered by breaking through a window. When the dogs arrived a hot trail was struck, which was fol lowed for about one half of a mile, and at a cow pasture the trail was lost. The dogs were taken to the store the second time to have the same results, and even a third trial had the. same result No arrests have been made yet, Tt is not known whether the Fed eral authorities will help in the case or not. Some of the money taken was postage money. 'Ship Everyihing hy Rail Recommends Railroad Continuance Hearing on Discontinuance Of T. F.' Railway Postponed An order was passed by Judge Underwood at the United States District court of the North district of Georgia, Friday, July 22, at Gainesville, which will ultimately result in the discontinuance of the Tallulah Falls railroad, unless the citizens served by the road patro nize it so that the revenue will substantially take care of the op erating expenses. J. F. Gray, receiver of the T. F. Railway, applied for permission to request the Interstate Commerce Commis'sion to discontinue the ope ration of this railroad. On recommendation of the coun ties affected by the order the Judge granted a postponement of 60 days before the xrder goes into effect. The following letter from M. D. Billings, chairman of the Macon county committee, states .the situa tion at present and urges coopera tion of the citizens: . Franklin, N. C. July 25, 1932. Editor of The Franklin Press: Last Friday, July 22nd, a hear ing before Federal Judge Under wood was held at Gainesville, Ga. where application was made by the Receiver of the Tallulah Falls Railway granting him permission to request the Interstate Com merce Commission for permission to discontinue operation of this railroad. There were delegates from Habersham and Rabun coun ties, Georgia, Macon county, North NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-Date News Reports HALF MILLION FOR SMOKIES A total of $509,000 of the $3,000,000 appropriated to the national parks in the special relief fund will be expended in the Great Smoky Mountains National park. Allot Extended Term Aid Allotment of $989,961 for extend ed school aid in 98 counties, was made by the equalization board, on Friday. The allotment is $510,- 138 less than the legislative ap propriation. OPEN FEDERAL ROAD WORK The state highway commis sion U this week starting road construction operationa bated on $5,700,000 secured in federal relief road funds, with plant to put 5,000 men to work on a 30-hour week basis at $2 per day minimum wage. $70,000 Sought For Nantahala Forest Work An estimate on roads and trails! costing $70,000 to be added to the extensive system in Nantahala Na tional forest has been .sent to Washington for consideration in the distribution of $16,000,000 for national forests and park projects from the funds provided by the relief bill signed recently by Pres ident Hoover, Superintendent John B. Byrne, of Franklin, announced recently. The estimate for the Nantahala forest, added to requests for $25,000 for the fient Creek station of the Appalachian Forest Experiment station, and $70,000 for roads and trails in Pisgahl National forest, makes a total of $165,000 worth of projects for forests in this section, all of which have been sent to Washington for consideration. A request for $5,000 additional for fire control in the Nantahala forest was included in the estimate for that area, making a total of $75,000 asked for, according to Superin tendent Byrne. Much of the roads and trails scheduled to be constructed in the granting the request of the Re ceiver for a period of sixty days. During this timfc it will be neces sary for the people of the three counties thru which this railroad runs to see what they can do toward providing traffic sufficient to at least pay the running ex Carolina and other interested par ties opposing the application. After hearing both sides, the Judge agreed to withhold the order penses of the railroad. I under stand a meeting of the citizens of Macon county is called at the court house here in Franklin next Saturday at ten o'clock. At this meeting it will be necessary to formulate plans, and work in con nection with the people of Georgia, if the railroad is to be kept. This is one of the most serious matters with- which the people of this section have been confronted in a long time. If we get together, stay otgether, and work together theje is a possibility that the rail road may be operated in some way so as to meet the necessities of the county. But unless some thing can be done by a concerted action of the people to enable the railroad to at least pay running expenses it will only be a question of a very short time until railroad advantages of Franklin, Clayton, Olarkesville and other towns on this line will be a thing of the past. M. D. BILLINGS. ORDER RAILROAD MER GERS Practically all eastern car riers were ordered on Friday by the interstate commerce com million to be consolidated into four great systems, but varied the merger plans of the carriers to leave the Delaware) and Hud ton, and the Seaboard indepen dent roadt, and barred the Pennsylvania from direet entry into New England. The Penn sylvania, the New York Cen tral, the Baltimore and Ohio, and the Chesapeake and Ohio are the four great tyttemt left in the east, exclutive of New England. State Fire Lost Dropt Fire loss in North Carolina in the first six months of the year was $3,346,315, with a June loss of $470,199 from 156 fires. The first half of 1931 showed a fire loss of $3,359,380. Nantahala area will be placed in sections of the forest in Western North Carolina, including Macon county, where ' some of the most beautiful sections are located. The set-up for the Nantahala forest is tentative, being submitted for consideration when the $16,000, 000 is apportioned to the various national parks and forests. About 300 miles of trail and 95 miles of rpads have already been built In this forest, which has at present a maintenance crew of 10 men, in addition to the staff of full-time men such .as rangers. The estimate for Pisgah National forest is for roads and trails alone, according to Mr. Mattoon, and does not include any funds that might be appropriated for build ings, fire control and other opera tions and improvements. The estimate for the Bent Creek station has as its primary project the building of two or perhaps three structures at the forest plant there. The employment of as many men in this section as possible is also a major objective, according to E. H. Frothingham, director. Committee All Shippers and Consum ers Requested to Sign Agreement TRUCKS" OPPOSED Many Speakers Heard at Tri-County Meeting Held Monday At a mass meeting of those seek ing continued operation of the Tal lulah Falls Railway between Cor nelia, Ga., and Franklin, on Tues day ' afternoon, July 26, held at Clayton, it was resolved that all shippers and consignees in the three counties served by the rail road Habersham, and Rabun, Geo rgia, and Macon, North Carolina, be asked to sign an agreement that all goods shipped by them and consigned to them be sent by the railroad. Dr. J. A. Green, chairman, pre sided over the meeting at which more than a hundred representa tives of the three counties were present. Mr. T. E. Stribling, pres ident of the Habersham mills, re ported that he pledged before Judge Underwood at the hearing last Friday that the mills would continue their shipping by rail and demand that all goods and supplies consigned to them be shipped by rail. He also stated that their mills hava been receiving about 6,000 bales of cotton a year by truck, also many wholesale grocer ies and other supplies. They have ordered that hereafter all ship ments except perishable goods be consigned by railway to their ware houses. Col. Hamby stated that the Southern Railroad had fostered this line after Rabun and Mason counties had offered $100,000 in bonds and cross ties and stressed the need of these communities of the services of the railroad. Need of Cooperation Emphasized Gilmer Jones of Franklin em phasized the need of cooperation, not only of shippers and consignees but of consumers, as well. He -pointed out the fact that the trucks were taking the business away from the railroad at the public's expense. It was resolved that the com mittee of nine representing the counties affected, composed of Dr. J. A. Green, Dr. J. C. Dover, J. T. Davis of Rabun; L. Y. Irving, Frank E. Gabriels and John E. Frankum of Habersham; M. D. Billings, M. L. Dowdle and D. D. Rice of Macon, should continue to function as long as necessary to continue operation of the rail road. It was also resolved that as many signatures as possible be secured to the following agree ment; "In order to comply with the proviso set forth in the order of court patted on July 22, 1932, in this case, and thereby prevent en application by the Receiver in this cate to the proper authorities for permis sion to abandon the opera tion of the Tallulah Falls Rail way Company; and in order to securei a continuation of the operation thereof, the under signed, each individually, here by :pr'sly agree end con tracts with iL- Receiver for' aid railroad, and hit successors, . that they will order all of his (Continued on page eix) MACON SINGING CONVENTION TO BE HELD SUNDAY The Macon County Singing con vention will be held in the court house at Franklin on July 31. The entire Sunday ts to be taken for the singing, with the opening to begin at 10 a. m.v There will be singing classes from all sections ot the county and from at least half a dozen of the surrounding coun ties. Jim M. Raby, of Rabbit Creek, Is president of the associa tion. Mr. Raby urges all classes who expect to sing Sunday, to turn in the name of the class to him Sun day morning before 10 o'clock. By doing this t program for th't day can be arranged. ' at

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