PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. L, NO. 31
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1935
flit PfiR YEAR
PRESS TO OFFER PRIZES
OFFICERS SEEK
BANK ROBBERS
Bandits Rob Highlands
Bank and Escape
Into Mountains
Officers are still seeking two ban
dits who held up the Highlands
branch of the Jackson County Bank
Friday afternoon and escaped to
ward Cashiers with $66.27 in bills,
dimes and nickles which they had
snatched from the cash drawer at
the teller's window.
The bandits, unmasked, entered
the bank and walking to the cage,
asked for some change. One of
them, drawing a revolver and hur
rying behind the enclosure, scoop
ed the money from the cash draw
er. The other bandit, also draw
ing a gun, ordered Cashier Norman
brown and Jim Henry, negro
chauffer, to lie face downward on
the floor.
Overtook $1,200
When ordered to put up his
hands, Brown dropped a roll of
$1,200 in currency behind an add
ing machine and the money was
overlooked by the robbers.
Bill Pier son, passing the bank,
saw the robbery and, disregarding
it
an order to stop oy one oi uic
bandits, ran. tQ a nearby hardware
store and gave an alarm. W. H.
Cobb, owner of the store, hurried
out with a shotgun in time to see
the bandits, who had rushed from
the bank when Pierson refused to
obey, rounding the corner at Main
and Fourth streets.
Flee in Old Auto
Cobb withheld his fire, fearing he
might hit some of the persons in
the street. However, in a truck
and accompanied by two other men,
he pursued the fugitives, who were
driving an old model coupe, and
was able to determine the direc
fjon the bandits had taken, though
he was unable to catch them.
Police officials of Highlands and
Sheriff A. B. Slagle of Macon
county immediately searched the
mountains around Cashiers, but
were unable to apprehend the
bandits.
Describes Men
Brown, the cashier, said that the
two bandits, both about 25 years
of age, were shabbily dressed. One
was about five feet tall and weigh
ed around 140 pounds. The other
was about five feet, seven inches
tall, and weighed around 160 pounds,
he said.
About three miles from Highlands
the bandits discarded their North
Carolina license tag, which had
been reported by Mrs. C. L. San
ders, of Lake Toxaway, to have
been stolen from her car.
New Five and Ten Cent
Store Ready To Open
The New Five and Ten Cent!
Store in the Franks Building on
East Main street, near the new fed
eral building, was ready today for
formal opening on friday.
Jack Sanders is proprietor of the
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store, tor the past montn he nas
been busy installing equipment and
"stock. He said the store would
handle a wide range of popular
priced goods notions, specialties,
household utensils, candies and
many articles of clothing. Mr. San
ders has installed shelving and
counters especially designed for five
and ten cent stores.
DeHarts Plan To Hold
Reunion August 11
The DeHart family annual re
union will be held Sunday, August
11, on highway No. 10, about three
miles west of Bryson City. The
reunion was held at the same place
last year.
Injuries Fatal
Hurt in Fall, Steuman Dies
In Sylva
Weimar Steuman, 35, of Watauga,
died at the C. J. Harris Commun
ity hospital in Sylva Friday morn
ing. Funeral services were held at
the Watauga Baptist church Satur
day morning, with the Rev. Albert
Solesbee officiating.
Mr. Steuman suffered a broken
back in A mine accident near Wa
tauga two months ago. He became
ill from dynamite fumes and, as he
was being drawn to the surface of
the mine, fell from the bucket 15
ieet to the bottom of the shaft:
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Ada Sanders; his moth
er. Mrs. Ellen Crisp Steuman, Cul
lasaja; four brothers, Homer, Bill,
and Robert, Cullasaja, and Harley,
Sylva; and five sisters, Miss Effie
Steuman and Mrs. Laura Tallent,
Cullasaja, Mrs. Beulah Bryson and
Mrs. Florence Moore, Sylva, and
Miss Lillie Waters, Enka.
FLOWER SHOW
TO BEAUG. 3
Open to Macon County;
Representative Dolls
- Will Be Raffled
Macon county's annual flower
show, sponsored by the Franklin
Garden club, will be held Saturday,
August 3, in the Rotary hall.
An outstanding feature of the
show will be the doll show. Dolls
dressed to represent a bride, a
debutante, a modern girl, an old
fashioned girl, a garden girl, a
nurse, and the Dionne quintuplets
will be raffled at five cents a
chance.
Entrants in the contest are re
quested to have their flowers at the
hall by 9 a. m. Saturday, in order
that thev may be classified and
judged by noon. The flowers may
not be removed until 9 p. m.
Judges for the contest will be
Miss Evelvn Hone Daniels, New
York; Mrs. F. F. Wooten, Tampa;
and H. G. Konack, Detroit.
Prizes will be given in the fol
lowing classes :
1 Best display of dahlias.
2 Best display of snap-dragons.
3 Best display of gladioli.
4 Finest marigolds.
5 Finest collection of zinnias.
6 Finest collection of dwarf zin
nias. 7 Most artistic arrangement of
mixed flowers.
8 Most attractive miniature.
9 Miscellaneous table.
10 Twin vases.
11 Finest collection of roses.
12 Best collection of wild flow
ers. 13 Most artistic two-tone ar
rangement. 14 Grand sweepstakes prize.
All members of the Garden club
are urged to be at the Rotary hall
Friday morning at 8 o'clock.
Bulgin s Loss Heavy
In Machine Shop Fire
A loss estimated at several thous
and dollars was entailed in the fire
which destroyed George Bulgm's
machine shop on west Main street
Wednesday morning of last week.
No insurance was carried. on either
the building or the large comple
ment of machines and tools which
it contained. Mr. Bulgin this week
had not decided whether he would
rebuild the shoy.
The fire was discovered about
4:30 o'clock in the morning and at
that time flames had enveloped the
entire building, of frame construe
tion.
ROTARY CLUB
PLANNING TOUR
Fifth Annual Farm Tour
Of Macon County To
Be August 14
The fifth annual Macon county
farm tour, sponsored by the Frank
lin Rotary club, will be held Aug
ust 14, according to F. S. Sloan,
county agent and member of the
Rotary committee on arrangements
for the event. Preparations are be
ing made to feed 600 in the Iotla
community, where the dinner given
in connection with the tour will be
held.
Attempting to promote a better
understanding and closer coopera
tion between business men and
larmers, the tour has been opened
to all business men and farmers of
the county. Interested visitors from
other counties are invited, and ap
plications from several Georgia
counties have been received.
The tour will start from the
Franklin courthouse at 9 a. m
Farms and farm projects in a num
ber of communities, including TVA
experiment farms, will be visited,
the exact itinerary depending upon
weather conditions.
The Iotla Methodist and Baptist
churches will furnish dinner, a
charge of 25 cents per plate being
made, the proceeds to be divided
between the two churches. Several
speakers, from other sections are
expected to be present at the din
ner. The tour has been unusually suc
cessful in past years, 400 attending
the dinner given last year at Hol
ly Springs. Pine Grove, Union and
Cartoogechaye have, also been hosts
to the tour.
ELLER ACCEPTS
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After four years as pastor of the
First Baptist church in Franklin,
the Rev. Eugene R. Eller will leave
September 1, having accepted a call
to the First Baptist church of Pel-
ham, Georgia.
Mr. Eller was born in North
Wilksboro, and after graduating
from Mercer University at Macon,
Georgia, he became pastor of the
First Baptist church of Fort Gaines,
Georgia, and supply pastor for the
Pelham church.
Under the leadership of Mr. El
ler the Franklin church has not
only paid off a twenty-year debt,
but has raised around $14,000 for
home and foreign missions. Dur
ing this time the church has great
ly increased its membership, 128
having been baptised, in addition
to many having been received by
letter.
The young peoples organization
has become one of the best in
Western North Carolina, and at
tendance at prayer meeting, during
Mr.. Eller's four years, has jumped
from about 40 to an average of
150.
Mrs. Ellen has also been active
in the church, serving as president
of the Woman's Missionary Society
during the four years, and has fill
ed the pulpit several times when
Mr. Eller was out of town.
Last Decejmber Mr. Eller was
elected president of the Western
North Carolina Baptist Pastor's
conference.
Watkins Reunion Planned
For August ,4
The annual reunion of the Wat-
kins family .will be held Sunday,
August 4, at the home of Charles
Stiles near the Xx)zad roller mill.
pastorate
Chevrolet Sedan
And $200 in Cash
To Be Awarded
RURAL SCHOOLS
OPEN AUGUST 5
Franklin ami Highlands
Schools To Open
September 2
County schools of Macon coun
ty will open Monday, August 5,
and the Franklin and Highlands
schools Monday, September 2, ac
cording to M. D. Billings, Macon
county school superintendent.
Few faculty changes have been
made to date. Miss Aluriel Bulgin,
Macon county, and Miss Winifred
.ickieson, Brevard, will teach in
.at Highlands school, and the col
ored school will have four instead
of three teachers.
Although an increased enrollment
is predicted, the teaching staff of
the county will be the same as last
year.
A meeting of the county teachers
will be held Saturday, August 3,
in the graded school building in
Franklin.
LeKoy Martin, executive secre
tary of the state school commis
sion, was in Franklin for a
conference Wednesday.
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Silers Meet
Family Holding 84th An
nual Reunion Today
The 84th annual reunion of the
Siler family was being held today
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Porter in Franklin.
The Siler family is one of the
latKest in the county, and the an
nual reunions draw relatives from
several states. At the meeting last
year, held at iamp iNixwasi wuu
11 . r TM : lit.
Miss Laura Jones, 179 attended.
On New Year's Day, 1853, the
fiirst reunion of the family was
held at the home of Jacob Siler.
Since that time there has been a
meeting every year, though the
dkte has been set at the first
Thursday in August.
Evangelist
Dr. R. D. Bedinger To
Hold Services
Dr. R. D. Bedinger, superinten
dent of Home Missions in Ashe
ville Presbytery, will conduct a se
ries of evangelistic services at the
Morrison Presbyterian church on
the Georgia highway beginning
Monday, August 5, at 8 p. m, ac
cording to the Rev. J. A. Flanagan
pastor.
Dr. Bedinger served for 18 years
as a missionary in the Congo re
gion of Africa, and since returning
to America, served as pastor of
the Fondren church in Jackson,
Miss., before taking his present po
sition. He will be as'pistcd in the meet
ing by Mr. Robert B. DuPree from
the Columbia Theological Seminary
in Decatur, Ga. The services will
continue through Sunday, August
18, and the public is cordially invited.
Men and Women Invited
To Enter Circulation
Campaign
SPARE TIME WORK
To Start Soon and Last
6 Weeks; Don't Delay
Entering
Announcement is made in this is
sue of a "Salesmanship Club" cir
culation campaign to be started
soon by The Franklin Press in
which valuable awards will be giv
en to those women and men who
will join with the paper in enlarg
ing its already good circulation to
more imposing numbers through
their spare time work.
In order to make it well worth
while for some of the best people
of Franklin and Macon county to
join in this epterprise, a grt ar
ray of awards has been offered,
headed by a brand new 1935 Chev
rolet Standard two-door sedan.
The winner of this beautiful new
automobile will have the option of
accepting $500 in cash in lieu of
the car if they so desire. Then
there are other substantial cash
prizes, which will be awarded at
the end of the campaign.
Spare Tim Only
It should be explained right at
the start that only spare time is
needed to join the Salesmanship
club campaign. Those who can so
arrange their other duties that they
can devote their spare time effec
tively will be the ones who will
win the big awards. The campaign
will be short only six weeks trom
the time that it actually gets under
way and the prizes will be in the
hands of their deserving winners.
Everyone To Be Paid
One of the most attractive fea
tures of the campaign is that every
one who takes part in it will be
paid for whatever they accomplish.
So that everyone may thus be in
sured, a special fund has been set
aside and every member who fails
to win one of the regular prizes
will be paid a cash commission of
20 on every subscription they se
cure. Thus the campaign is a
"sure thing" right from the start,
and everyone will receive a nice
check at the end of the campaign.
Plan is Simple .
There is no "red tape" or com
plications to the plan. Everyone
has friends who will gladly renew
their subscription or subscribe
through them. Every such subscrip
tion will count thousands of votes
toward earning the auto or the
five hundred dollars in cash. Mem
bers will be furnished lists of pros
pects for renewals, and all they
will have to do is get in touch with
them and write them a receipt
for their subscription, turning them
in at the office at convenient in
tervals. All that is necessary to get right
in line to win this big prize is to
turn to the double page advertise
ment in this issue and fill out the
coupon and bring or send it to The
Franklin Press office. Or better
still come by and ask for full in
formation of every detail of the
plan; there is no obligation what
ever, and one has all to gain and
nothing to lose.
But better do this right away
while it is fresh on your mind.
"The early bird catches the worm"
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