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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1941 page four tHE RAJlkLlN PRE$5 AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN (Eh xnnkliu fx PobUshe4very Thursday by Toe Franklin Pre At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone Mo. VOL. LVI , . . , , Number 23 Mrs. J. W. C Johnson and W. S. Johnson .............Publisher Entered at the Poit Office, Franklin, N. G, as second claw matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES . . ' One Year ""'HS? Eight Months 1W BIBLE THOUGHT They helped everyone his neighbor: and everyone said to his. brother, Be of good courage. Isaiah 41 A nation is the unity of a people. xleridge. Ten Years of Progress THIS edition of The Franklin Press and High- lands Maconian has endeavored to record the highlights of Macon county's progress during the past ten years. There are several reasons why it is timely for the county newspaper to make a summary of the county's advancement at this time. First, it is the ten years between the U. S. census reports. Second, the year 1931 can be marked on our chart as a be ginning point because at that time the graph came near to touching zero. Indeed, for most of us there was no direction to: go but up. f Then there is the personal reason. It was in 1931 that the present owners of this newspaper acquired a stake in this community by assuming the respon sibility of publishing the county newspaper. At this time Franklin and Macon county followed the general pattern. The whole economy of the na tion was bogged down. Everybody was waiting for the prosperity that President Hoover was telling us was "just around the corner." They were diffi cult days as we look back on them The people of this county showed that they "could take it." With characteristic energy and hard work they grappled with the situation, and proceeded to dig their way out.; v. Faith in the future began to return when Presi dent Roosevelt took the helm. His quick action saved the immediate situation, and his program of human conservation and development gave a new concept of government. From a policy that favored the big man,and which had brought the nation to the brink of ruin, the order was reversed to achieve a working democracy on the economic theory that all can prosper: only if the millions of little men have purchasing power. Something practical began to be done for and about the "one-third under-fed and under-clothed." As we trace the progress of our county that has followed the trend of national prosperity, we must acknowledge our debt to government agencies that have given impetus to whatever advancement, so cial, educational and economic, we have enjoyed. But the progress could not have been attained with out the persistent effort and fine cooperation of her people. ' . - - ., " Macon county has a right to be proud of its growth and development over this period. The ef fort to develop our natural resources has made all more conscious of our rich material and human re sources. How to make the discipline and experience of the past decade count for the crisis ahead is the supreme task facing every individual and group. Whatever cooperation and solidarity we have achieved must be strengthened. As we have receiv ed help from our government during the past ten years, now it is an obligation to preserve our gains for ourselves and others. The critical time we are facing will cleanse us from the last vestige of isolationism or selfish prov incialism. It is our nation that must be defended. Macon county will be a strong link in the chain of National Defense that is being welded. The test of that chain will come soon. Macon's Gold Mine MACON COUNTY has everything to make a vacation paradise. Are we using our heads to bring and hold the thousands of families who will get in the car with Dad to spend his two weeks vacation somewhere in the mountains? The Franklin Chamber of Commerce is doing all it can to advertise our attractions. Franklin folders and Forest Service literature are being mailed out everyday and distributed in many states. The High lands Chamber of Commerce is doing likewise. Modern accomodations have been increased greatly since last season. If Franklin is not filled to over flowing, it is because the great American public has not discovered us. As a matter of cold, business fact, the tourist business is a gold mine above the ground. We have the word of J. C. Baskerville, whose business is to advertise North Carolina, that the tourist business last year brought 115 million dollars into the state. What part of that 115 million did we get? Further facts from Mr. Baskerville are: 3,000,000 . persons from other states visited North Carolina in 1,000,000 automobiles, remained an average of six days, and spent more than $115,000,000. Actual counts by the highway and park officials and gaso line consumption figures have established these figures. New City Garage t-.t. 2! 1? ifacl ft Home of City Garage which held its; formal ope,ning last Saturday, May 31. The building will house a complete garage and repair department, shrowrooms for the Chrysler-Plymouth agency, and Shell ' station. Roy Mashburn and Earl English are proprietors. TWO TOWNS OF MACONCOUMY Franklin And Highlands Have Many Interests In Common . By MRS. CHARLES MELtCHAR Bound to eaah other with an hundred common interests, the two towns erf Highlands and of Franklin are located in the heart of tourist land deep in the beau ty of the. Appalachian mountains. Once those moun tains; were for midable barriers separating the towns. The "20 miles of road be tween wound and twisted a nar row, tortuous and perilous way. But once the oceans, too, divided different peoples of the world; time has changed them into lanes of swift communication. So, to day, the mountain 'roads link rath er than separate Highlands and Franklin. The years have seen fine new scenic highways built and now countless motor cars stream steadily between the towns, their passengers enjoying the many spots of startling beauty a long the way. , Scenic Highway Uniting the two towns as common interests are all the features along this highway.- There is the re markable beauty of its waterfalls; (the Cullasaja, Bridal Veil and Dry Falls; There are the pleasures of fered by Cliffside, the - recreational area that has been developed by the Hantahala National Forest to give fine swimming, fishing and picnicking to the residents and visitors of both towns. There is also Van hook Glade where camp ers spend days or weeks surround ed by wilderness beauty, and there are the many homes along the way where tourists cart - find lodging. Franklin and Highlands , so close together by miles, by. roads, by common interests, are com plements to each other and add to each" other'5 -attractions those that are individually their own. Highlands affords the higher High Altitude Resort altitude and is set in the midst' of rugged scenery high on top of the Blue . Ridge divide. From the di vide the Chatooga river flows 500 miles to reach its outlet in the Atlantic while its neighbor the Cullasaja flow of 1500 miles by way of the Tennessee, Ohio and Mis sissippi rivers to empty itself in to the Gulf of Mexico. - The exhilerating altitude of Highlands has caused the mountain tops surrounding it to be dotted with large estates and the sum mer homes of visitors who in crease the town's population in summer by 2500. Scenic attractions that are close to Highlands number among them primeval forest whose towering hemlock trees tell of centuries, of countless ages through which they have lived. And there is the grandeur of Highlands own moun tains, of Shortoff, Whitesides and of Satulah. FimnUia Scmic Coaler Franklin, the town with larger year around population, is coun ty seat of Macon County. It is a home town, the business and agricultural center of the county and is located at a somewhat krw er altitude, but is also on the mountain tops with snpurb views to be had in all directions, Moun tain breeres give Franklin, too. a delightful summer climate. Franklin's situation is close to three large game areas protected by the state and Ntntahala Na tional Forest .These rive Frank lin the advantage of fine, acces sible fishing in mountain streams. So strategically located is Fran- lin in every way that it is clower to more scenic attraction i than is any other point in Western North Carolina. These can be reached by the network of fine roads leading from the town in Franklin Information Booth TO" 11 wo" ' The Franklin Chamber of Commerce keeps the booth open for the benefit of tourists. AU sorts of travel information, with folders and routes of travel are dispensed. Upper Tesanta school, one of the one-teacher schools that will ba abandoned ' when the new Otto school takes care of its pupils. Ellijay - By MISS HAZEL AMMONS .'A shower was . given for Mrs. Hazel Miller Hasket at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Levis Hasket, Fri day May 30, by the Misses Mild red and Nina Mashburn. About 25 friends called . leaving many beautiful and useful gifts. The State and Government have greatly improved our roads during the past two years. We now have a gravel road from Wiley Clark's filling station to the Cary mines on' Ellijay. During the past five years there has been a great deal of develop ment in the community. ' There has been 18 new dwelling houses, two store houses, one corn mill, one Vermiculite plant and two Ver minulite mines opened up, and two saw mills on the head of El lijay. There is considerable logg ing on the Henry's property on Ellijay, and young trees and grape vineyards have been started and replenished. There are several cases of whooping cough and chicken pox in this community. Among those returning from the D. A. R. School at Tamassee, S. C, are the Misses Kathleen and Hattie Nell .Henry, Martha Hig don, Stella Coggins, Lora and Pearl Fox and Betty Kate Dunn and Robert Dunn. Luther and Jake Ammons of Canton were visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alex Ammons last weekend. West's Mill In the past ten years there have been several miles of hard surfaced and graveled roads, built. There has been much improve ment on the farms, by better crop. rotation, better farm machinery, and better livestock, There have been a number of new' houses erected and remodeled. Several have electricity. , , We have a consolidated school with three teachers. Much improvement' on . the churches has been done by the addition of class rooms and elec tric lights. J. L. West, Jr., and Charles Owens of Brevard College spent the week-end at home. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McLean who haye been in Raleigh, will be at liome June 15. ( Evelyn Davis from Webster spent the last week with Ada Ruth West. Mildred Dalton from Franklin visited Josephine Dalton and Ada Ruth West last week. The Rhythm Band and 4-H Club from the school here went to Hayesville to give a musical pro gram last Friday. : Miss Vonnie West, a teacher in the Bryson City school is at home. Rudolph Carter and mother,' Mrs. Weaver Carter, are visiting rela tives in Sylva this week. Mrs. Clyde Clark .and small daughter visited relatives Friday. A social of the Woman's Society of Service of the Methodist church was held Wednesday. Miss Mary Elmore, Mrs. J. G. Owens, Miss Vonnie West, Johnny Owens and Freddy West visited Brevard college Wednesday. ' Mrs. Thelma Edwards and chil7 dren spent several days last week in Asheville. - Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Sheffield and two children from Canton vis ited relatives here last weekend. Join Now Potts' Burial Assn. Protect The Whole Family . Fins Solid Oak Caiketa Office Over PendergraM. Store I Jill on petal fresh print pastel Young, wonderfully becoming cktMk, softly detailed for this teown't flattery. Nelly Don's Cape Jatmine Print Nelletta (Enka rayon) in tool pottelt. One of a pretty group of tummer Soapsudt Fathiont exclusively in our Nelly Don Shop. Hue, Aialea pink, green. 12-44. $6.50. . u. s. to. off. E. K. Cunningham & Co. "The Shop of Quality" dbhjinie nnaiEToiia Panorama Courts MODERN CABINS EXCELLENT MEALS PfcotM 17fl FiuVKn. N. C CRISP'S STUDIO EXPERT PHOTOGRAPHY FILMS DEVELOPED Moist Street FraaLKa, N. C Baldwin & Liner Market for QUALITY MEATS and GROCERIES V CRADE A MARKET ASHEAR BLDC PHONE S5 Radio Sab and Servic Sinfer Sawing Cm tar VISITORS WELCOME Franks Radio, Elec Co. Western Auto Store ; AADIO BATTERIES B Battayy ...... 12$ mni $1.74 A ami B Battery $4JS Fraaklia,-N. C City Garage Chrytler-Plyroouth SeJaSarriea We Specialize in Body and Fender Work L. E. EaflUh Ray Maehben Pheeo IXI Fraaklia, N. C A FINE SELECTION OF BED ROOM SUITES Use Our Easy Payment Plan Macon Furniture Company THAD PATTON DAN BRYSON every direction.
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