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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, MAY J, 17
Mht Highlands ffinzmximx
Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press
At Franklin, North Carolina
Telephone No. 24
VOL. LII
Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson and B. W.
P. F. Callahan. .
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More Houses Needed
THHERE is more building in progress now in
Franklin, Highlands and other sections of Ma-,
con county than there has been at any time for a
great many years more even than during the boom
days.
New business houses, homes and barns are going
up everywhere, old structures are being remodeled
and repainted, and much more improvement work
is planned for the summer.
All this is very gratifying in that it indicates the
passing of the lean years and the beginning of more
prosperous times, but one of the greatest needs of
Franklin remains unsatisfied small Cottages of
modern construction and with modern conveniences.
Fifty or more four and five-room houses, con
veniently located and well built, could be kept filled
every summer, and many of them the year round,
with high class- tenants, and -the rentals -woulct
bring a good return on the money invested.
There are plenty of good lots close in and there
is plenty of cheap money to finance the building, ,
and these cottages should prove a gilt-edge in
vestment. v
Politics According to Mrs. McKee
TIRS. E. L. McKEE of Sylva, state senator and
. . civic leader, gave wise and practical advice to
women concerning .politics in a recent address at
Asheville Normal and Teachers college. ."
"A candidate reflects the citizenship that puts
him in office" and "requirements for a successful
political life also are definite requisites for goocT
citizenship" Mrs. McKee observed.
Rigid honesty and integrity of character; capac
ity for getting along with people; knowledge of
parliamentary law ; knowledge of problems and con
ditions in one's community ; these were listed as
basic requirements of a woman in politics.
'There's nothing incomprehensble or mysterious
about politics, any woman of average intelligence
and willingness to prepare herself can meet the re
quirements," Mrs. McKee told her audience of
young women.
This particular statement in the address reminds
us of George Bernard Shaw's unique definition,
made many years ago, when the rank and file look
ed upon politics as anjntriguing game above their
comprehension. "Politics is babies" the Irish seer
flung out in his defense of equal suffrage. Women
in politics are helping create a new attitude that
lends more and more to Mrs. McKee's and Mr:
Shaw's conception. For babies have a way of grow
ing up, and this inevitable human process calls for
the kind of politics that loves to concern itself with
the welfare of little children who will soon grow
up to be citizens. , . ',
Women like Mrs. McKee can help tremendously
to bring about the "new culture" of which she
speaks in her address as spreading in North Caro
linanot a culture to supersede the old, but. to ex
tend it, by producing a citizenship prepared in
knowledge and character.
We are proud to claim Mrs. McKee as neighbor,
and wish for her an even wider sphere of influence
for her wholesome political doctrine and accomplishment.
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626 ENROLLED
ATCULLOWHEE
Registration at Highest
Peak In History Of
College
CULLOWHEE, May 5. Regis
tration for the special six weeks
session at Western Carolina Teach
ers college has closed with the
total enrollment of the college
reaching the highest peak in its
history: 626 students. Of this num
ber, 403 were already enrolled for
the regular spring quarter and the
remaining 223 constitute the enroll
ment for the special six weeks.
Boarding conditions are crowded
at Cullowhee at tTie present. Of the
223 enrolled for the six weeks term
the college was able to accommo
date only 24 in the dormitories as
they Were already about filled to
their capacity. The remainder were
taken care of as follows: about 35
are staying at The Pines and seven
at Parker's Farm at Speedwell and
the college bus is carrying these
students back and forth each day.
Many are staying in local homes
near the college. At least 25 or 30
are staying in Sylva, and several
are driving from Franklin, Waynes
ville, and Bryson City.
Facilities Taxed . .
Classroom facilities also ' are
crowded. Every classroom from 8
a. m. to 4 p. m. is filled every hour
in the day. One class meets in the
Baptist church. .- , ;
President H. T. Hunter has ex
pressed himself relative to this con
gestion as follows :
"Large numbers in college, over
crowded ' classrooms, dormitories,
and boarding places filled to capa
city, have never appealed to me
as something to boast about.. On
the contrary, it may well give us
pause as to what the numbers rep
resent, not the effectiveness of ad
vertising methods. What I am con
cerned about is, whether, despite
the overcrowding, we shall give
such service to each student who
has come to Cullowhee that will
make him feel that it has been
worth- While to come here."
In regard to the recreation and
entertainment side of the six weeks
session Dean W. E. Bird said the
college plans to give one or two
high class lyceum attractions and
a trip or two to scenic spots. "The
recreational side will be by no means
be lost sight of and the college is
eager to make the time pleasant as
well as profitable to the students,"
he added. .
The visiting instructors, who are as
sisting the regular faculty through
out the special term, are: Misses
Adeline Bowie, Lois .Latham, and
Martha Mayfield, and 'J. M. Plem
mons and C. C. Hanson.
Miss Adeline Bowie, instructor in
"economics and history; holds her A.
B. from the hniversity of Tennes
see and has done graduate work at
the University of Chicago and at
Teachers' college, Columbia univer
sity. She is at present assistant in
the personnel office, girls' high
school, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Lois Latham, instructor in
English and dramatics, received
her A. B. from West Virginia
Wesleyan college, Ruckhannon, W.
Va., and her B. LI. from Emer
son college of Oratory, Boston,
Mass. She has studied with the
Carolina Playmakers and has serv
ed as state chairman of poetry for
the North Carolina federation of
women's clubs.
Miss Martha Mayfield, who has
taken over the work of - fourth
grade critic teacher at the training
school is a four-year graduate " of
Western Carolina Teachers' college
and has been teaching in the Mur
phy schools.
Mr. Plemmons, instructor in ge
ography, completed the two-year
course at Cullowhee and has his B.
S. and M. A. degrees from Pea
body college. For several years he
has been teaching at Stocksville.
Mr. Hanson, a graduate of Da
kota Wesleyan college and prin
cipal of Bethel high school is teach
ing classes in social sciences, ethics,
and contemporary European history.
He has taught at Cullowhee pre
viously in six weeks terms.
Miss Virginia Gustafson, of the
music department of the college,
has extensive work throughout this
six weeks. Miss Gustafson's piano
pupil, Anne Bird, of Cullowhee,
won first ' place in the piano solo
contest af the recent state-wide
music faceting at Greensboro.
Resettlement Officials
In Session In Asheville
SCHOOL CLOSES
AT HIGHLANDS
Exercises Begin Sunday;
Fifteen Students In
Graduating Class
Highlands high school will close
with the following program:
On Sunday morning, May 9th, at
11 a. m., the baccalaurate sermon
will be delivered at the auditorium
by the Rev. W. F. Beadle, of High
lands Methodist church.
Monday, May 10, at 8 p. m., the
annual debate and declamation con
test will be heard at the auditor
ium: Debate Query. Resolved, That
Congress should have the power by
a two-thirds majority vote to over
ride decisions of the Supreme Court
declaring acts passed by Congress
unconstitutional. Affirmative, James
Hines, R. L: Potts; negative, Steve
Potts, Bruce Edwards.
Declamations" A Way of Life,"
L. C. Nix; "When the Sun Went
Down," Carlton Cleaveland.
Readings "An Inspiration," Alma
Penland; "Another Spring," Peggy
Thompson.
The senior play will be given at
the auditorium Tuesday night at 8
o'clock. The play, entitled "The
Eyes of Love," has a cast of 10
characters as follows: Louise Hol
land, Sarah Thompson, Estelle Ed
wards, Bruce Edwards, Tessie Mc
Dowell, Frances Wiley, Samuel
Westbrook, Carey Reese, George
Penland, and Henry Zoellner. Be
tween the acts there will be a
song by Guy Paul with music by
Billy Nail. Seniors taking part in
the getting up of the play are
Robert McKinney, stage manager;
Sylva Jenkins, costumes; assistant
director, Marian Day. Garris. Mrs.
Kate M. Rhinehart, high school
teacher, is director of the play.
Admission will be charged to this
play in order to defray commence
ment expenses.
Fifteen to Graduate
The final exercises will take place
Wednesday evening, May 12, when
15 seniors graduate. The speakers
of the evening will be Marion
Day Garris, who will give the
History of Highlands, Guy Warren
Paul, who will speak on the Assets
of Highlands, and Sara Bridges
Thompson, whose speech will be
about the Future of Highlands.
President E. J. Coltrane, of Bre
vard college . will deliver the ad
dress to the seniors. It will be
noted that the 1937 graduating class
has somewhat changed the order of
the usual commencement exercises,
arid are concentrating on their
town, rather than upon themselves.
This idea is new and unusual, and
should prove interesting.
Following is a list of the gradu
ating seniors:
Bruce Edwards, Estelle Edwards,
Marion Day Garris, salutatorian ;
Louise Holland, Sylva Jenkins, Tes
sie McDowell, Robert McKinney,
Billy Nail, Guy Paul, Jr., Ge6rge
Penland, Cary Reese, Sara Thomp
son, valedictorian; Sammy West
brook, Frances Wiley, and Henry
Zoellner.
Class colors are pink and white,
the class flower the rose, and the
motto, "Not Finished Just ' Be
gun." MARRIAGE FOLLOWS
SENTENCE
KITTINNING, PA.-Russell Ed
ward Crawford, 23, married Blanche
Mabel Crawforl a few minutes aft
er he was sentenced to from one
to two years in the workhouse for
breaking and entering. The five
day wait for a marriage license as
required by law was waived on
order of th'e judge.
Pilson "Does Pillsley's wife play
on her mandolin as much as she
did (before she was married?"
Gartside "No she spends most of
her time now picking on her hus
band." Crabshaw "My wife always wants
to know where , I'm going when I
go out."
Pryce "Mine ' doesn't. She al
ways goes along and sees for herself.
Resettlement administration offi
cials of the state opened a three
day conference an the needs of
Western North Carolina farmers
Tuesday at the George Vanderbilt
hotel in Asheville.
The problems of District No. 1,
which embraces Buncombe, Chero
kee, Clay, Macon, Graham, Swain,
Jackson, Haywood, Henderson,
Transylvania, Polk, Rutherford,
McDowell, Burke, Caldwell, Wa
tauga, Ashe, Alleghany, Avery,
Mitchell, Yancey and Madison
counties, featured the discussions."
Approximately 30 officials are at
tending the meeting.
Officials scheduled to speak at
the sessions are: Vance E. Swift,
of Raleigh, state director of the
Resettlement administration; J.
Paul Shaw, Raleigh, state farm
management supervisor ; H. N.
Steed, Troy, district supervisor;' W.
R. Sechler, Asheville, supervisor of
District No. 1; and Miss Daisy
Campbell, Asheville, home demon
stration supervisor for this district.
The Resettlement administrition,
operating under the department of
agriculture extends loans to low
income farm families who are un
able to barrow money from regular
banking institutions for food, feed,
clothing, farm implements, supplies
and livestock. It also carries on an
educational program for the benefit
of farmers. Loans, made for from
one to five years with five per
cent interest charged are secured
by hens on crops, mortgages, per
sonal property and the like.
Farm supervisors and home dem
onstration supervisors work with
state and district Resettlement ad
ministration supervisors in deter
mining the amounts of loans to
worthy families.
SINGAPORE LACKS
STEEL
The world shortage of iron and
steel is being acutely felt in Singa
pore, where nf ices have risen by
about 50 per cent in the last three
months. It is regarded as certain
that important works at the Naval
Base -and Air Base will be slowed
up by the shortage of material.
Naomi -"Does your husband ever
take any hard exercise ?"
Dorothy "Well, last week he was
out seven nights running.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
North Carolina,
Maoon County.
Iin The Superior Court
C. N. West
vs.
Ida Southards
By virtue of an execution direct
ed to the undersigned from the
Superior Court of Macon County in
the above entitled action, I will, on
Monday, the 7th "day of June, 1937,
at 12 o'clock noon at the court
house door of said County, sell to
the highest bidder for cash to satis
fy said execution, all the right,
title and interest which the said
Ida Southards, the defendant, has
in the following described rear es
tate, to wit:
Adjoining the lands of W. D.
Welch and A. Hall lands and oth
er bounded ai follows: Beginning
at a small P. O. W. D. Welch's
corner of his home lands, near his
garden, a corner of Lot No. 5 and
runs S 17 deg. 45 minutes W 36J4
poles to a rock an top of a ridge
a corner of Lot No. 5; then still
with the line of Lot No. 5 S 14 deg.
15 minutes W 22 poles to a stake
near ford of Still House branch
witnessed by a locust; then with
old line running from the -mouth of
Still House branch N 73 E passing
a corner of Lot No. 5 at Utf poles
65J4 poles to a stake and pointers re
placing a B.O; then Nl deg. 30 min.
E 4 poles to a stake and pointers re
placing a S. O.; then N 88 deg.
30 minutes W 21 poles to a stake
and pointers replacing a P. O.;
then N 51 deg. E 7la poles to a
stake and pointers near Still House
branch ; then N 35 W 46J4 poles to
a P. O., W. D. Welch's corner, al
so a corner of A. Hall land; then
with W. D. Welch's line of his
home land S 16 deg. 15 minutes W
6J4 to a B. O.; then 49 deg. 30
minutes W Zy2 poles to the begin
ning. Containing 10.1 acres more or
less.
This the 3rd day of May, 1937.
A. B. SLAGLE, Sheriff.
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