Iftaroman
PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL IJ^DEPEJ^^DEJVT
)L. Ll, NO. 39
FRANKLIN, N, C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1936
$1.S0 PER YEAR
arly papers
givenubrary
ile of The Highlands Star
Presented to Hudson
, Free Library
SnecJal to the Press-Maoonijan)
highlands, Sept. 23. —Much
prestLng information concerning
> early history of Highlands is
ntained in a file of The High-
ids Star which has just been pre-
ited to the Hudson free library
Captain Charles H. Coe, of
ashington, D. C„, who with a
nther published the weekly news-
per here in 1890 and 1891.
Under its masthead the paper
rried the slogan; “Home First—
le World Afterward.” This epi-
tnized its policy, for it sought first
all to encourage the develop-
;nt of the struggling little moun-
in commiinity, whose citizenship
IS fighting for such things as
,od roads, public schools, good
itels and a telephone system to
nnect it with the outer world.
Early editions of The Star car-
;d a series of articles under the
;ading, “Highlands, N. C.—^The
em of the Mountains in the Land
the Sky.” The part of this series
ost interesting today concerned
e founding and early history of
ighlands. It gives full credit for
itablishment of the town to the
te Captain S. T. Kelsey and C.
. Hutchinson; but it does not
ention, \)iowever, the story more
; less accepted as true of how
iis mountain plateau was selected
L the town site because it was
tuated at or near the intersec-
on of linies drawn on the map
om Chicago to Savannah and
cm New York to New Orleans.
How Town Wa* Founded
“To Captain S. T. Kelsey and C.
. Hutchinson,” The Star stated,
s due the honor of discovering
le magnificent site of Highlands,
nd founding the town. These gen-
emen left their homes and fam-
ies in the State of Kansas and
ame to 'Western North Carolina
n a prospecting trip. After travel-
ig over ;600 miles on mule back
brough Rabun County,, Ga., and
ifferent parts of this region, they
rrived at this elevated mountain
lateau ... in February 187S. Rec-
gnizing its great advantages and
ttractions for a town site they
erminated their explorations at
nee. The land for miles around
ras owned by one Capt. J. W.
)obson and others, and from them
everal thousand acres located on
he plateau were purchased, .and
mprovements were begun on the
uture town site.”
Capt. Kelsey was a native of
'Jew York and later a resident of
Kansas, and was known as a “build
er of towns,” having built the town
>f Pomona, Kansas, and having
istablished several experimental
stations for the Topeka & Santa
Fe R. R. Co. Mr. Hutchinson was
» native of Vermont and founded
Ihe towns of Ottwa and Hutchin
son, Kansas.
The First Settlers
Soon after the site of Hig’hlands
(Continued on Paige Eight)
Ed Kinsland
F at ally Hurt In Accident
At Vail, Washington
The body of Ed Kinsland, 29,
fatally injured Thursday of last
week at Vail, Wash., is expected
to arrive in Franklin Friday after
noon. The funeral, friends announc
ed today, will be held at 2:30
o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
Holly Springs Baptist church with
the Rev. Paul Morgan officiating.
Kinsland’s sister, Mrs. Mary Lou
York, of Franklin, was notified of
his death in a telegram from the
Weyerhauser Timber company. It
stated that he was “fatally injured”
on September 17 and gave no de
tails of how he met death.
Kinsland left Franklin in June,
a short time after the death of
his father, E. C. Kinsland, and
went to the state of Washington
to work for the lumber company.
REVIVAL HELD
AITABJPACLE
Rev. M. T. Hinshaw Preach
ing Each Night At
New T abernacle
■ iFranklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
change without notice.)
Quoted fey Farmers Federation, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed hend 12c
Chickens, light weight, lb. .. 10c
^*7ers, heavy weight, lb. .. 12c
;Pryers, light weight, lb 10c
^ggs, doz 2Sc
Corn, bu. ... .... 9Sc
^heat, hu. .... .$1.00
Rye, bu $1.10
Potatoes,] No. 1 $1.10
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
outterfat, lb 31c
SCOUTS HOLD
HONWCOURT
Outstanding Awards Given
4 Members of Local
Scout Troop
Eagle Scout badges were pre
sented to two members of the
Franklin troop of Boy Scouts at a
district court of honor held Mon
day night in the basement of the
Methodist church. Bronze eagle
palms were .awarded to two other
local Scouts.
The Eagle badges were awarded
to Eugene Furr and Charles Hun-
nicutt and the Eagle palms to
Andrew Jones and Charles Slagle,
who previously had won their rank
as Eagle scouts.
Awards signifying promotions
were also made to IS otiier Scouts
representing various troops in the
Smoky Mountains district of the
Daniel Boone council.
H. P. Crowell, of Sylva, presided
at the court of honor, which was
attended by a number of parents
and friends as well as by Scouts
themselves. Mr. Crowell was as
sisted in presenting the various
awards by Dr. W. E. Furr, of
Franklin, the Rev. Frank Bloxham,
of Highlands, and A. W. Allen, of
Asheville, Scout executive of the
Daniel Boone council.
Af?er the court of honor mem
bers of the district committee met
and decided to organize 12 home
patrols in small communities of the
district before January 1.
Other awards made Monday
,night, besides the Eagle Scout
badges and palms, were:
Tenderfoot, Ray Jones and Wm-
fred Ramsey, of Sylva. First Class,
Bobby Allison and Ray Clark, of
Sylva, and Henry Cabe, Jr., of
Franklin. Merit bridges were^ award
ed to Andrew Jones, Franklin, Bert
Hall Franklin, Alex Moore, Jr.,
Franklin, Eugene Furr, Franklin,
Charles Slagle, Franklin,_ Sanders
Allred, Bryson City, Phillip Allred,
Bryson .City, Allen Ordway, Fr^k-
lin William Harris, Cherokee Ray
Clark, Sylva, Bobby Allison, Sylva,
Roy Hall, Sylva and Glen Grady,
Sylva.
Calvin L. Sawyer, 56,
Dies of Blood Poisoning
Calvin L. S.awyer, 5^, died at
7:30 o’clock Tuesday mormng ot
blood poisoning at the home o
H A Picklesimer in' the Cartooge-
chaye community. The funeral was
conLcted at 4:30 o’clock the same
afternoon at Mt Zion c
the Rev. A. A. Angel, of trankiin,
with burial in the church grave
yard. Mr. Sawyer, a _ native of
Graham county, is sui^ived by his
widow and several children.
Evangelistic services which start
ed Sunday afternoon are being
conducted each night in the tab
ernacle on Wayah street with the
Rev. M. T. Hinshaw, of Ruther
ford College, Burke county,, doing
the preaching. The Rev. A. A.
Angel, under whose supervision the
tabernacle was recently completed,
is assisting in conducting the serv
ices.
Attendance at the services thus
far has averaged about 300. The
tabernacle will accommodate a con
gregation of 1,000 in addition to
a choir of 100.
Vocal and instrumental music is
furnished at the meetings with
Mrs. Harley Mashburn at the pi
ano and Jess Keener directing the
singing. Rev. Mr. Angel has ex
tended an invitatio,n to individual
singers and to choirs and quartets
in the county to attend the services
and join in the singing.
“We also extend a hearty invi
tation to the ministers of the var
ious churches and their membership
to join us in our evangelistic ef
forts for the spiritual interest of
us all,” Mr. Angel said. He ex
plained that the tabernacle is in
terdenominational in its aims and
■encourages individuals to join or
become more active in churches of
their own choice.
Services are held each week
night, starting at 7:30 o’clock with
music and singing, followed at 8
o’clock with preaching by the Rev.
Mr. Hinshaw. Sunday services start
at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr.
Angel announced that services plan
ned for 10:30 o’clock each morn
ing had been cancelled on account
of light attendance.
Rev. Mr. Hinshaw, the revival
preacher, is a former president of
Rutherford college.
Cattle Sale
To Be Held Wednesday at
Local Stockyards
The second of a series of cattle
sales at the Franklin stockyards is
scheduled to be held Wednesday
of next week, according to an an
nouncement by Bob Patton and
Bob Davis, who conduct the auc
tions.
Weighing of the cattle is to
start at 11 o’clock in the morning.
Mr. Patton said a number of buy
ers had assured him they would be
present for the sale.
At the first sale, held Wednes
day of last week, 200 head of cattle
were sold. Farmers generally were
pleased with the prices they re
ceived and few cattle were driven
back home.
Mr. Patton said he expected a
large number of cattle to be of
fered at the sale next week.
Mose Cochran, 65,
Of Hiawassee, Dies Her#
Mose Cochran, 56, died at 10:45
o’clock Monday night at Angel hos
pital and his body was taken Wed
nesday to Hiawassee, Ga., for bur
ial. Mr. Cochran was born in this
county and lived here for a number
of years, but for the past 25 years
had been a resident of Hiawas.s'ee.
He is survived by three daughters.
Local Jewry To Observe
Yom Kippur Saturday
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atone
ment, will be observed by Franklin
Jews starting at sundown Friday
and continuing until sundown Sat
urday. As there is no synagogue
here, Franklin Jews will go to
Asheville to attend Yom Kippur
services.
Poliakoff’s and Blumenthal’s
stores, it was announced by their
pj~opi'i'6tors, will be closed Saturday
until about 6:30 o’clock. Sanders’
store and Schulman’s Department
store will remain open, but the
proprietors and their families will
be absent attending Yom Kippur
services.
FARMERS URGED
TO SALE SEED
Methods for Harvesting
Lespedeza Seed
Explained
With indications pointing to the
increased use of lespedeza as a
soil-improvenaent and erosion con
trol crop, A. H. Veazey, agrono
mist of the soil conservation serv
ice, advised farmers to harvest all
abundant s,upply of lespedeza seed
for next spring planting.
Farmers who are growing Kobe,
Tennessee 76 and common varieties,
said Veazey, may harvest their seed
with a pan attached to the mower,
such as are on sale at most hard
wire stores.
Korean seed can be harvested
with the seed pan attachment also,
but the best method for harvesting
Korean seed is to cut the whole
plant after it has thoroughly ma
tured or reached the chocolate
brown color and thresh it with a
grain thresher.
Seed for the Kobe, Tennessee 76
and common should not be harvest
ed until well matured, according to
the State college extension service.
Lespedeza will not make good
hay and seed at the same time.
When cut at a stage for making
good hay the seed are immature,
and when cut after the seed have
thoroughly matured the hay is
practically worthless for feeding to
livestock.
Veazey pointed out that certain
fields or areas of good stand
should be left for seed production.
Where lespedeza is to remain in
the same field two years, he said,
it is a good plan to cut the crop
for hay the first year and harvest
the seed the second year.
Fields mowed for hay this year
which are to remain in lespedeza
next year should not be cut too
close to the ground or too late in
the season, as this will not allow
sufficient seed for reseeding the
next year’s crop. •
Cowpeas may be harvested by
hand picking, Veazey said, and
cleaned with a patent cleaning
machine, or by cutting the whole
plant and threshing, while soybeans
should be harvested with the reg
ular soybean harvester.
LARGE REALn
DEALmiED
Group of Business Men
Buy 1,714-Acre Farm
From Land Bank
O.ne of the largest farm realty
transactions made in this section
in recent years was censummated
this week in the purchase by Harve
Bryant and Zeb Angel, of Frank
lin, and Lewis Angel, of Haines
City, Fla., of three tracts of moun
tain land in Macon and Swain
counties aggregating 1,714 acres.
The consideration involved was not
announced.
The land, formerly part of the
Alex Moore farm, lies on both sides
of Snowbird mountain, partly in
the Hamburg section of Jackson
county and partly in the Ellijay
section of Macon county. About
500 acres is said to be in farm
land, much of it ideally suited for
raising cabbages, beans and other
truck, and the balance is in timber
and grazing land.
Bought from Land Bank
The land was bought from the
Federal Land Bank of Columbia.
Although the deed had not been
recorded today, Mr. Bryant said he
and his associates had received con
firmation of the deal from the land
bank.
Two tracts of the land, one of
868 acres and another of 136 acres,
lie in Macon county, while the
third tract of 710 acres is in Jack
son county. All of the tracts ad
join. Another tract of the old Moore
farm, comprising about 1,100 acres,
was sold last spring to a Mr. Kirk,
an Atlanta truck and fruit dealer.
At the time this deal was made
the land 'had already been leased
for the 1936 crop, but Mr. Kirk was
given the right to farm one of the
other tracts. He was reported to
have planted 40 or 50 acres in
beans and cabbages and to have
made enough from these crops to
pay for the 1,100 acre tract he had
bought.
Good for Truck
Mr. Kirk, it is understood, plans
next year to do large scale truck
farming on his tract and it is ex
pected that this operation will af
ford employment to a number of
Macon county people.
Mr. Bryant said he and his as
sociates intended to divide the tracts
they had bought into small farms
for resale. i
Army Enlistments
Now Open at Asheville
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 23.—Enhst-
ments are now open at the United
States army recruiting office in
the postoffice building here for
ggi*yjcg at Panama and Fort Bragg,
N. C. Applicants to be accepted
must be between the ages of 18
and 35 years, of good character,
single, in good health, able to pass
the required mental test.
The recruiting office is open
from 8 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every
day except Sundays.
TVA To Employ More
Men On Hiawassee Dam
About 100 additional men are to
be put to work immediately on
construction forces, at the Hiawas
see river dam near Murphy, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Tennessee Valley Authority at
Knoxville. This will increase the
force already employed, it was
stated, to approximately 200 men,
exclusive of road building crews.
A. L. McKinney, of Birmingham,
Ala., recently visited relatives and
friends at Highlands and Franklin.
Junior Red Cross
Chapters To Be Formed
Plans for organization again
this year of Junior Red Cross
chapters in the schools of Macon
county were outlined this week by
Mrs. Gordon Moore, county chair
man of this phase of the Red
Cross’s activities.
Mrs. Moore said she was ready
at all times to enroll the schools
for this work and to assist teach
ers in organizing chapters. The en
rollment fee is only 50 cents for
each school room, she said, and this
entitles the room to receive the
necessary supplies, including Red
Cross pamphlets and literature, and
the Junior Red Cross News.
Mrs. Moore said she would be
in town Saturday afternoo.n for the
convenience of teachers who wish
to enroll their schools.
Last year, under Mrs. Moore’s
leadership, 13 schools of the county
enrolled in the Junior Red Cross.
This represented the active interest
of 40 teachers and 1,448 pupils in
the cause of the Red Cross.
Mrs. Mary Plenz and family, of
Casa Grande, Ariz., recently visited
Mrs. Plenz's uncle, Frank Cun
ningham, and Mrs. Cunningham, at
their home an lotla. This was Mrs.
Planz’s first visit to Macon county
in 30 years.