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the rsAi;:cLiN mess tr.n i:ic::lat:23 macc::ian Sits Tfinutldru trxss anil Published every Tl ursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 ; i Fub!i2 Opinion.- i . . 1 Ygw j'crm - Hon) to VOL. XLIX Number 10 A WARNING TO CANDIDATES Dear Mr. Editor: I note with much interest your article in last week's issue, which is timely "Speculation in politics gain ed." I think it very important that the probable candidates realize the situation and what they are "up against. On November 7th Macon county BLACKBURN W. JOHNSON... EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C. as Second class matter. I ; ; , ; ; r- SUBSCRIPTION RATES " J One Year ........... $1.50 tight Months $1.00 Six Months Single Copy .05 if it could be a Civil War cannon ball. He said no, that there were surely no cannons fired in Franklin during the Civil War, We couldn't imagigne where it came from. We did not think back as far as Dc Soto! Any way the mysterious cannon ball has always been one with The Old North State made aof my cherished possessions. I still TCP-DRESS GRAIN TO RESTORE GROWTH We took the ball into the house INVESTMENTS in nitrogenous and I asked Uncle Fred Johnston I fertilizers for spring application ' Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals lodges, churches, organisations or societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notice will be marked "adv." m compliance with the postal regulations. ' wonderful record that generations to follow will look on with pride. Now that we have shown our strength, let's "hold the fort." Let every candidate come out four square on this great issuer This is no time for experiments and unless they are known to be "bone dry," they should be told what to expect. Weare not brak ing colts and we certainly dont want any turncoats. Let's have no tickling by cheap politicians. We have plenty of good, honest, trusted, capable Democrats in Ma con county who are known to be DRY TO THE BONE and who stand for the best interest of our county from every standpoint to fill every office necessary to carry on. Our good men and women regis tered i at the polls on November 7 their prayers and voted on this great issue, which carrieid with it a solemn vow to do anything in our power to rid our land of this awful whisky evil. Now let's fol low the scripture and "PAY OUR VOWS." We are not "knocking" anybody and we hold only the kindest feel iners toward everyone, and are will ing to welcome into our fold our Why Hasn't Highway 286 Been Paved? POR several years state highway officials have as- sured the people- of Macon and Swain counties that they intended' to relocate and surface highway No. 286 between Franklin and Bryson City. For a long, long time we have been led1 to be lieve that, improvement of this road was imminent. Delay after dday has occurred. Each time the excuse .of the highwav officials has been that the monev was not available That , excuse, in the light of information I made public at "Washington, no longer holds good Last ear the federal government allocated S9.-! wayward friends who see their mis 522,293 for road work in North Carolina. This mon-,t?ke and wish .f0 join ranks; . . . ,,, But mere promises wont do now; ey camesout pi the highway appropriation of $400,- they must come in like the Metho- . lXJU,UUtJ made by congress trom the public works fund. As the principal purpose of this appropriation was to relieve unemployment, state Jiighway officials were urged to get new projects under way-'as rapidly ( oikt., ti, i.i .r,i i : A Ai i. 1 states should match federal allocations with their own . funds Was modified in order to speed up ex'pendi- lUll. Ul lilt 11HJ11V.V. Figures made public several days ago by the ; Bureau of Public Roads in Washington show that on E.k-., o i ;r n r i: HUUlal t a i Uili) JCl CCiil Ul IXUllll vdl UlUld O ap portionment of $9,522,293 had been put to work, while .the average for the country as a whole was 74.5 per cent. iNorth Carolina has been the slowest state in UiC lltlUUll UJ DJJCUU IIS JJUUlll WU1KS lUdU 1UUI1CV. .... t- ' l- z i t. ; - i . i i . uespne mis, nowever, our nignway commission cnair man has been clamoring that more federal moneyjvvas t , - - neeaea. ui course, we want an tne ieaerai roaa money we can get; but in view of our tardiness in using what we already have, this gentleman's voci- ferousness for more appears rather ridiculous. dists used to take in members "On production" and show visible signs of repentance and bring forth wor thy fruits before we can take them into full fellowship. If the good men and women will come out on election day (and I believe they will) as they did on November 7, we will overwhelmingly carry. Yours for the best interest of Macon County, W. S. DAVIS. Highlands, N. C. March 5, 1934. For some months complaints about the function ing of the Highway and Public Works commission have been growing more general. When the high way department functioned separately from the pris on commission North Carolinians pointed to it with pride as one of the most efficient branches of the state government. Even when it' had the maintenance of county roads thrust upon it, it proved equal to the task. But since the prisons and the roads were put under a consolidated board, highway work has not fared so well, despite the assistance of public works funds and civil works employes. The consolidation seems to have resulted in a division of authoriitv, Z ratheOhan;iiijiiikeljef fori. In regard to highway No. 2.S6, it is recalled that last year the highway commission authorized a sur veyof this road with view to re-routing itr The pre sumption at the time was that work on the . road would soon follow. For a long time we heard noth ing more about it. Then there were reports that a survey was actually in progress. We would like to know whether this survey has been completed; if so, what has been done about it? The people of Macon and Swain counties are greatly concerned over the improvement of No. 286. Unless this road is shortened and surfaced, these counties will lose much of the tourist traffic incident to the opening of the Smoky Mountain park that should rightfully be theirs. We. have been patient a long time, but patience has brought us nothing but disappointments and excuses. What's the trouble? If there is a "nigger, in the wood pile,"-let's chase him out. ANOTHER DE SOTO CANNON BALL? - The Franklin Press: As my girls take The Press, I have not missed a copy since I arrived here Christmas week. --, I saw a few weeks ago in The Press where someone had found a cannon ball that was supposed to date back to De Soto. Well, if that- is a Dc Soto can non ball, I think I have one! And. I found it right irr Franklin In 1900. .... -Not long after I was married, in the fall of 1900, 1 was out in the oak grove which is back of where Dr. F. T. Smith now lives, with Jack and Frederick Johnston when they were little boys. I noticed a round, black object about the size of a dollar protruding from the ground on the steep slope of the hill. 1 stooped to look at it and found it was iron. I picked up a stick and began to dig around it. It got bigger and bigger and I called to the boys to help me dig. We all got sticks and dug till about half of the ball was exposed. I saw a . hole in one side and . dug that -ut -and,:: placing my -Jhumb in the empty shell hole, J pulled the remaining part of the ball from the ground. .. have it. All of my children have played . "Thunder" with it, rolling it across the floor to each other and making a thundering sound. Now this brings me to the story of- The Bras Cannon In one of my Indian articles I refer to "De Soto s brass cannon. This is a story 'that probably has never been put in print. It is one of those lip-to-lip, genera tion-to-generation stories that you cannot trace to its origin. About three generations back is as far as 1 can go with it, Mrs. Tom Slagle has heard her father, Mr. Albert Siler, speak of "De Soto's buried brass cannon." Mr. Tom Slagle has heard his father and grandfather speak of the legend. In fact the cannon is supposed to be buried on Mr. Slaglc's father's farm, which is now known as the Tohrt Slagle farm, at the foot of Wayah Bald mountain on Wayah creek, The story goes that Dc Soto and the Cherokees had had bloody battle about where Franklin now is. De Soto was trying to get through the "Big Gap" which, of course, he could , sight well from the "Town Hill." But when he got to the foot of the Big Bald, the Indians were pressing the Spaniard: so closely, they knew they could not eet ui) the mountain to the Big Gap with their brass cannon before the Indians would overtake them. So it was hurriedly buried j to be retrieved some day if they could come back. After De Soto's army got through. the Big Gap, it was mostly valley travel after he got down the moun tain to the head of Peachtree creek in Cherokee county, where they have recently discovered some of De Soto's mining tools, so Mr. Col burn of Biltmore Forest writes me: Now. if the Boy Scouts; or the C. C. C.'s, or some one, will go up to the John Slagle farm and begin digging by the many huge rocks there, the cannon no doubt win De found! But don't look for shining brass, boys, boys! It will be as black as iron by now. Surely a Wiley Spaniard would select a rock cuff for a hiding place, for trees or streams change but a huge rock stays put. When you find the cannon 1 to small grains are among the most profitable that can be made with these crops, according to Dr. tl. li- Mann associate agronomist at N. C. "State College. ToD-dressinir with soluble nitro gen fertilizers this year should yield better results than usual, due to the greater need for restoring small urain which has been heavily dam aged by the cold spells during the past few weeks During recent years, the North Carolina exDenmcnt station has found by tests the relative value of various nitrogenous . materials. With wheat, for example, a spring top-dressing of 15 pounds of nitro gen ; (equivalent to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda or 75- pounds ot sulphate of ammonia) to the acre has increased , the yield by five bushels. On heavily acid soils nitrate of soda produces larger yields than sulphate of ammonia. On soils that have been moderately limed there is little difference between the two materials, bulphate ot ammonia, however, gives best results on sous where excessive amounts of lime have been used. At present prices, 100 pounds of nitrate of soda cost about $1.75 and sulphate of ammonia about $1.50. Five bushels of wheat val ued at 90 cents a bushel are worth $4.50, or $2.75 more than the cost of nitrate of soda and -3 more than the cost of sulphate of ammonia. Since the nitrogen from sulphate of ammonia can be provided at a lower cost, this type of fertilizer is recommended for soils that have TI12 Farmer's Question Bo Timely Questions Answered by N. C. State College Experts , Question:--How can poultry be rid of worms? , A.wM...TliTe are two methods for treating worm infested fowl One is to wlacc worm-removing in- credients in the mash and tne ointr ie tn treat each individual bird with medicated tablets or capsules. The individual treatment is. best, however, as in this way tne pom frunian is sure that each bird gets - . . , . the medicine. These tablets are son at practically all drug stores and may be bought for both chicks and adult birds. Place the tablet or ransule decn in the bird's mouth and rub the, throat downward ro make sure the medicine is swallow: ed. Follow this treatment with Ep: c calte at the rate of one-halt JV" of salts to three gallons o water for every 100 adult birds, The day following clean the house thoroughly and burn all refuse. Question: What is meant by a full ration for the dairy cow? Answer: This term, as used by dairymen, means a sufficient amount of feed to maintain the body and produce the maximum amount of milk. This varies with the indi vidual animal but "a safe -method is to feed the cow all the . roughage, including hay and silage, that she will eat. The grain ration is then fed in proportion to the amount, ot dLl O"!!! LA. ........ . 'ANY of the deaths in sbcci 1 .hcrds are due to faulty fced- iif' says L. I. Case, extension husbandman at N. C. State College. A number of deaths reported re cently have been traced directly to lack of calcium in the diet of sheep fed a poor grade of rough ness. Other vital elements are al so lacking in poor feeds. , The amount of fat on a sheep's body apparently has little effect on disease resistance, Case said, since both fat and scrawny animals die about equally. The trouble is customarily refer red to as . "pregnancy disease," since . it frequently afflicts ewes in an advanced state of pregnancy. Symp toms are: loss of apetite, nervous ness, T walking in circles, and lag ging behind. ; Later the animals are unable to stand and finally thcy- lapse into comas. . Ewes fed plenty of good quality Ifgume hay j such as, soybean, pea vine, clover, and alfalfa are seldom effected by the disease. V The trouble has been noted this winter following violent changes in weather conditions and growers are urged to keep their animals well fed with the legume hay and grain. Mr. Case says a few sheep are needed on most North Carolina farms at this time since much land must be put. to forage and hay crops. Sheep glean the fields and are maintained at low cost. They and wool. been limed recently. On acid soils, 'milk produced and one or two trials however, nitrate of soda is best. The top-dressings are not fully effective unless applied early. In the Piedmont it should be applied from March 1 to 15 and in the mountain sections between March 10 and 25. . In all cases the top- will determine the proper amount of grain for the maximum produc tion of milk dressing should be applied "when wheat first starts its spring growth. PLAN AND PROSPER . The agricultural extension service has published a brochure outlining Governor Ehringhaus'. "Plan and Frospert Campaign," as presented in his speech at the dinner given in " his honor by the North Carolina rress Association, lne brochure will be sent free to North Caro linians upon application to the agri cultural editor, as long as the sup ply of 5,000 copies lasts. LEGAL ADVERTISING BREVITIES-BY E. E. F. Only good things are counterfeited . ,1 : Eulogizing soldiers perpetuates war. Don't settle down 'until you settle up. Dreading a task is harder than doing it. Luxuries often indulged become necessities. ' .We spend $15,000,(XX) a year for fraudulent cures. Chinese children work for one-half cent per hour. If you want a better welcome, listen rather than talk. So live that the preacher won't need to lie at your funeral. . . If you complain about the cold dinner, wife will make it hot for you. -Stay put even a postage stamp is no good unless it sticks. want to see if my cannon ball fits the mouth. The ball must have been buried pretty deep in the earth, but the years and years of rain, mud. freeze and thaw washed the dirt at last from the slope of the hill We must prove without a doubt that the gold hungry De Soto did not pass us by. For others may be of the opinion of my sonk Allen, whom I asked not long ago if he did not think De Soto really had been through Macon county. He replied: "Why of ' course. He's been every where else!" With best wishes to the readers of The Press -Sincerely MRSr R L7 SILEU New York City February 15, 1934 CHEROKEE LORE (Continued from Pfe One) the bow and arrow. Yoana's favorite hunting ground was a mountain beyond the Nantahala river named Kimsy Bald, obtained a plentiful supply of furs for the winter. Some years ago there were still signs of his camp on the side of Kimsy Bald. White people visiting the scene have wonder ed where he got water, for there is no spring or other' source of water within miles of the place. But Yoana knew where to get water. It is just another Indian secret that the white man probably "will never know. Yoana was also a good farmer and a diligent one for an Indian. He was a "gentleman Indian" and his dignifiied wife did not have to bend her back to every hard task while he was hunting. He raised grain to supply bread for his family on the steep side of the mountain between Muskrat Gap and the Winding Stair above the old Sandtown settle mentFor years the field he tilled was known as the A-lee field ; it can be seen from Mrs. Slagle's front porch. One day Mr. Slagle passed through Yoana's field and stopped to chat with the Indian, who had lean hoeing his corn. They talked of the crops, the weather and hunting. The next day Mr. Slagle heard that Loana had died during the night. So A-lee with her simple dignity again might have made the expressive gesture of laying one of her own away, intoning in voice of deep sorrow, "Ah-lew-yah." Yoana and A-lee are buried on the side of their beloved mountain where the rising sun touches with golden shafts the rocks and ferns that mark their resting place. Their NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina, Macon County. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a deed of trust given by D. Robert Davis and wife, Mary Davis, to the undersigned I Trustee, on the 6th day of January, 1931, and recorded m the. otnee oi the Register of Deeds for Macon County, N. C, in Book No. i, ot Mortgages and Deeds' of Trust, Page 1, and -default having been made in the payment of the amount secured bv said deed of trust, and demand having been made on the undersigned Trustee to sell said property under the power of sale contained in said deed ot trust, I will, therefore, on Monday, the 26th day of March, 1934, at 12 o'clock, noon, at the courthouse door in the Town of Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following de scribed tract or parcel of land ; On the Georgia road S. from the Town of Franklin and N. of Car- toogechaye creek and known as the home place of Frank and Jane Wil liams, and more particularly bound ed and described as follows : 1st Tract : In a deed from W. .N. Al- mand and wife to Frank Williams dated the 9th day of April, 1904, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon. Coun ty, in Book of Deeds RR, page 1. 2nd Tract: Bounded and described m a deed from W. NrAlmand "and wife to Frank. Williams dated the 10th day January, 1914, and re corded in- aid record .book . JC-4, page 458. 3rd Tract :-iIn a deed from George Rail and wife to Frank Williams dated Oct. 28th, 1915, and recorded in Book X-3, page 67 of said record. 4th Tract: Bounded and described in a deed from Laura M. Jones and Ilattie B. Jones to Frank Williams, dated 6th day of November, 1920, and recorded in Book J-4, page 509, of said record. 5th Tract. Described in a deed from W. B. McGuirc to Frank Williams, dated 12th day of April, 1923, and recorded . in book K-4, page 457. 6th Tract : All oth er lands, rights, titles, easements conveyed by James Williams to D. Robert Davis by deed dated 11th day of July, 1925, except from the nbove land described in a deed D. R. Davis and wife Mary Davis to J. A. Conley and J. S. Conlcy, dated Dec. 13th, 1928, and recorded in the office of Register of Deeds for Ma con County in Book 0-4, page 576. This 20th day February, 1934. W. G. MALLONEE, Trustee. Mi4,cM22 . ' " LEGAL ADVERTISING the undersigned Trustee will sell at public auction, to the highest bid der, for cash, at 12 o'clock, noon, on the 26th day of , March, 1934, at the Courthouse Door, in the Town of Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, the following described piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the County of Macon, North Carolina, and bound ed and more, particularly described as follows : ... . ..- ' ,. . . .. Adjoining the lands of Hans Rees' Sons, Silas Green, et al, BEGIN NING at a stake 50 poles North 20 deg." West from the beginning corner of. this grant, being State Grant No. . 16078, and runs thence North 20 deg. West, 86 poles to a stake in a line, No. 2219; thence with said line, South 45 deg. West, 12 poles to the Southeast corner of said No. ; thence North -45 deg. West 100 poles to a stake; thence North 45 deg. East 100 poles to a Spanish oak, the beginning corn er of said No. 2219; thence South 45 deg. East 100 poles to a stake; thence South 45 deg. West 106 poles to a stake; thence East, 70 poles to, a small Spanish oak in tne line No. 2347; thence with its line North 20 deg. West, 30 poles to a stake and pointers; thence East 36 poles to a stake in the County. line; thence with the same, North 17 deg. West, 100 poles to a stake; thence North 11 18 deg. West 100 poles to a stake; thence North 40 deg. West, - 20 - poles to thc-corner-Tf the Hans' Rees' Sons land; thence with the line of the same," South 36deg.West, 334 poles to a stake in Silas GrcenTsine; thence with Green's line, to an old corner of Green & Clover's land; thence East with Clover's land, to the begin ning, being the same land describ ed in a deed from S, L. Hill and wife,' to J. R. Hare and wife, dated May 30, 1917,- recorded, in Book A-4, at page 199. Being the FIRST TRACT described in a deed from C. K. Hughes, Trustee, to Guy Weaver, dated 25th day of Novem ber, 1925. . This the 15th day of February, 1934. JOHN B. ANDERSON, Trustee. Ml-4tc-DYM22 - 1 LEGAL ADVERTISING Record of Deeds for Macon Co. ; ( This 15 day February, 1934. C. T. BRYSON, Trustee. F22 4tp MIS ADMINISTRATOR'S NOtirr Having qualified as administrator of S. E. Cabe, 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 19th, day of Feb ruary, 1935, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 19th day of February, 1934. ' W.. H. CABE, Administrator.' F22-6tp M29 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of the au thority and power of sale contain ed in that certain Deed of Trust executed by Effie M. Vassey, un married, to John B. Anderson, Trustee, for Nichols Realty Com panv, Incorporated, dated March 30, 1933, and recorded in the Of fice of the Register . of Deeds for.bidder for cash, the following de NOTICE OF SALE North Carolina, Macon County. Under and by virtue of the povv er of sale contained in a. deed of trust given by Eva V. Flemming and J. G. Flcmming to the under signed Trustee, on the 31 May, 1932, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, N. C, in Book No. 33, of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust, Page 162, and default having been made in the payment of the amount secured by said deed of trust, I will, thcrctore, on Monday, the 19th day of March, 1934, at 12 o'clock, noon, at the courthouse door in the Town of Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, sell to the highest 7th day of June, 1933, in Book of Deeds of Trust No. 32 on Page graves look down on the monument raised to their noble No. 467, and default having been parents, Cha-cha and Cun-stay-gee Chuta-sottee, buried in frfV" "'IT'"' of'?e m'A 1 , debtcdness thereby secured, and the White man S cemetery. v' demand having been made for sale,. Macon County, North Carolina, the! scribed tract or parcel of land: All that tract or portion of land contained in a deed from J. J. Mann and wife, Hattie Mann, to Eva G. Flcmming and J. G. Flem ming, deed dated June 5, 1931, re corded in Book U-4, ' Page 24, - EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as executrix of S. H. Lyle, deceased, late of Macon County, N. C, this is to notify , all persons havine claims acainst the estate of said deceased to exhibit , them to' the undersigned on or before the 16th day of February. tyjs, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 16th day of February, 1934. . HLA.T. LYLE. Executor. F22-6tc-M29 . .. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE On Monday, the 26th day of March, 1934, at 11 A.' M.. at the courthouse door, in the Town 'of f ranklin, Macon. County, North Carolina, I will sell at public out cry to the highest bidder for :ash the following described lands and premises, lying and being in Macon County, being more particularly de scribed as "follows: . ' All the lands described in a deed from T. B. Green to W. H. Roane, dated the 18th day of September. 1929, and recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Macon County, -in Book Q-4, at .nage 201, Record of Deeds of Macon County, to which book and page reference is hereby made for a full and com plete description of the same by metes and bounds. ftiMli'or Ilia ... 1 I- .'. .'.J ... ... auiiic lanus convrycu in a deed in trust by W. H. Roane and wife, Minnie Roane, to Gilmct A. Jones, Trustee, for the Bank of Franklin, and W. B. McGuirc and C. W. Dowdlc; the said deed in trust being recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Macon County in Book 32, at page 277. inc sale made -pursuant to the power of sale conferred upon me by the said deed in trust, to which reference is hereby made for all the terms and conditions of the same. This the 26th day of February, 1934. GILMER A. JONES, Trustee. Ml4tc-J&JM22 SHAY WRITES BULLETIN Ten. thousand copies of a studr of the corn and hog situation in North Carolina, written by W. W. Shay, are available to farmers of the State as long as the supply lasts. Applications should be sent to the agricultural editor. The new pamphlet is Extension Circular No. 196.
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