North Carolina Newspapers

; i 1 Lr 'ft 7 ? ' 1 J I. KM ! Volume XL FRANKLIN N C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925. KiflSIEEg OF TiMiy COLLEGE TOE "vltv" Aim i nn a 111. adirA mm OF TRADE TO IIEET IIONPAY All Citizens, as Well as the niemucrs ui iuc uuaiu ui Trade Are Urged to be Present. The Board of Trade will meet in the court house at 2:P. M. Monday. January 5th, for the purpose of elect ing officers for the . ensuing year. This meeting is not confined' tc present members of the Board of Trade. All who have interest of the town at heart, both male and female arc urged to attend. ' The need for a Board of Trade in Frankln is greater now than ever be fore. Heretofore the " citizens of Franklin, with the exception of a very few-, have been indifferent toward this organization. These few have beA able to keep the Board - of Trade going inspiTe of the indifference of the otheis. However, it is not expect ed that, these public spirited men can or will continue to bear this burden alone. If the citizens of Franklin want Board of Trade they must fhoWlome evidences of interest. v One constantly hears the query: fwnai nas tne coara ui muc uiwn Read the report of the Secretary on L his page and familiarize yourself with what was accomplished in 1924. Come to the court house 'January 5th. Don't remain away with the ivnprtation that George will bear vour burdens. Macon County is Defendant in Federal Court Here The board of commisioners of Ma con county were defendants in a suit quashed in federal court before Judge E. Yates Webb in which the sum of 8 Wl .Q7 and interest ' from eaTly in 1916 was involved. George A. Eyer, of New York, purchaser of bonds or tp issued in 1915 bv the Franklin township,- Macon county highway, commission, is the plaintiff. The statute of limitations was invoked bv th defense to kill the case. The general assembly of 1913 pass ed an act empowering the Franklin hlffhwav commission - to build and repair certain roads apd"? this hnHv entered into an agreemlit ic caiH with T. R. Gibson to do thu hnildinef and reoainne at a suuame price of $1086.55. The . work wasi completed and the township commit- tee accepted tne roaas anu icuuLt-cj four bonds, or notes, in payment, jwrj Gibson then sold the notes to Vtf f A. Eyer. The case was like mo't of heard in federal court, sotlH complicated. In 1921 ztt tof rnad rommissions in Macon .were aDonsneu . uy a icki3ii and the duties then fell upon county commissioners. But in the road commissions were--6 treated and eiven charge in the. ious townships, so in the action fw underway here the defendants, m missioners. assert they are nofthe nrooer parties. Greensboro ; wily Recorder. - T ' : ) jJ Attorneys A. W. Horn and J.", rank Ray Jr. represented Macon ;unty in this litigation. ' ,' ' A Fable For Builders' certain town, not over a hundred miles from almost anywhere, Uuilt.a wooden hoose for a woman ard her children. , He built the chim.fcy of brick because he had to do so. The was able to stand alone, so he did tiot "have to prop it with wood. Rut the floors of the house would noit stay up without props. The goodcti7n saved a dollar by using the rl as a support for the doors. led the ends of the floor joisv into the bricks of the chimnv then covered hp the job and, j ana , mei money. The v rains fell and the in thp Hmnst Tiihliral nmnti ter came after its usual faslf i chimney settled a little and a tiny crack. j One morning the woman with fire all about here, L to get her children. If shej no one ever knew it. The gf who built the house was t ed for manslaughter. IE buildins other houses of kind for other women and I 1 lew . win- f The V lie makes his Hiving by iC al Fire Protection Associate , : . -. At Urt'ive Christmas, Tree At ot. Agnes cmircH i eai Oh' Christmas Evening the ; me bers of St. Agnes SundaySchool were made exceedingly' happy, by a visit from Santa Claus. , . 1 1 Tlie children were expecting, Shi- ta, to come and had been preparing fm- him. learning .Christmas Carols recitations, readings etc. .;.- Also a wonderful Christmas ; Tree air decorated and glazing with light from many candle,' awaitea mm, Lone before the appointed hour the children .begin to gather around loo cine for old Santa to come. They did not have hng to wait; for, the exercises bega promptly at seven o'clock and Santa f came ngnt on time. . . '"' L , Thp S;inprlntcnclft ot tne su'iaay srhnnl. ' Mr. R. DJ Sisk, ' began the exercises ivith a slort talk in yhich he stressed the vfue of such exer cises. Htfthen ton ot the growtn ot thp Sunrfiy Schoffl How iin '.at little more th-M a year! time it had grown fronia memberslfp of three ;pupils to a membership! if fortyj six pupils. Mr. Sist emphafl Jed that; he did no want thi Sundajschol to be built up a-V the txpense il any other Church but he did wanffevery boy and girl who wire not fi-eady a meqiber of some Sunday Sf idol to; come to the Suis;School i here he assured them they wuld recS ie" a heartly welcome from Aftr.-' his talk-Mn Sisk an n6uncd the pf gram as folloAvs: Hynn HarUj iThe Herald Angels Sing.-?School.f ' !' j. Pra 'er--by I c Rector. ' Rectation I I five little girls. . -i t t. . c: mas I mn v.irgic oinmiuns, nni S SimolI, Jlargaret Baldwin, XheJ1" Baldwin, Ifouise Sutton. If mn 0 Come All Ye Fiathful. School. -: ',; : i Ii citation "What , Santa Over head". George Sloan. 1 i Recitation.--Christmas Night.-Bob- I,., Sloan ' .: . t R?citanon "Constant Christmas". .Ciprge Anderson erson. i rmn.-.The First.Nowell -School. Tree"- lading;"0 ':;-Clyiitma? Fiiabeth Anderson ymn. "We Come Lord, To Thy Fet"--School. (ymn. "It Came Upon the Mid ni'ht Clear" Quartette, Jlrs. Sellers M Daniels, Mr. Bass, Elizabeth Aflcrson. ' . -Xi --j . Recitation. "Christmas Doll" Izel Whitney. ayinn.-"Sileiit Night'School . Recitation. "Here We Come Aca li.ig Ilary McConnell. iUccitation."0 Little: Town (t it ii'i hem" Neville Sloan. 'Cnristmas Story. "The Christmas Chimes" Mrs. R. D. Sisk. Entrance of Santa Claus, - ' Distribution of gifts HymnAll My Heart This Night e sSchool. The Brood Sows Oave Raleigh, k CDec.. Faced with the shortest croo of corn in recent lyears, farmers ot tne tiuawesi are seij. rT,T i , r -..,,,11 that thprt? ling ln,fl "vfi3 av ittjiuij, n.v are notpehs enough to holt them in the grupt markets like Chicago. Dur ing th first week in December 383, 000 held .were sold m Chicago alone and in he eleven large markets, 1,106, 000 h being Igs were ; sold. A Kinas are jold, runts, sows, unfinished and 11 .1 .1. ! J Uln, .A inish'l i pigs tne- soie iue ucms iu eet ri of them. means but one thing for the "Th North Carolina fariner," says W. W. Shay, n charge of swine extension te Colleee. i "Save the brood tnr Si sowsina oreea tnem nexi nym. man I ho has a surplus , of corn can J 1 . I . i'. a A..!t Ami afforl to treed every sow that he can pport during ths next summer. Shay basei hiV recommendl- I'M tion the n the histosy of hog raising in st when a short corn crop nas ollowed by just such selling of been hog; and this in turn by the heavy plan' year. g of corn, again Jihe following With Dleniv of corn next fall folk will. look for pigs to' feed. I thf1 is a shortace of hogsMr. nay lives.that during the winter. of 1925-26 eood hotrs will pay the price of one and one-half bushels of corn for every bushel they eat. Mr. Shay states- that is is important that North Carolina farmers learn to think pf the hog as a good medium through which to sell corn. He has not generally advocated an increase in th mirnhpf: nf h6ffs for. North ".irolisia but rather has urged the bef- t of those on hand. How -- - - -not to OMHIHOOSLY 10 I TOURIST FARES TO FRANKLIN The Following Letter Re ceived By Secretary of the Board of Trade Explains Itself. Dear Sir Your letter of December 16th : . , . ... , .... As you porbably know we have for some time past published, in our Sum mer Tourist tariffs Franklin, N. C. as a destination from territory with in a radius of 250 miles of Cornelia Ga., the practice being to construct such summer tourist fares at a com bination 'over the published fare to Cornelia. . . .' This has not' been entirely satis factory and we have had in' mind for some time putting into the Summer Excursion tariffs total fares in dol lars and cents applicable to Franklin thus making it easier for the ticket agent to be in position-to" in form the prospective traveler as to the cost of transportation . and along with ; this we have been endeavoring to extend the territory from which these fares are applicable to Franklirri I think ve have now been success ful in our efforts, and I take pleasure in quoting below a letter which was addressed to Mr. J. F. Gray, Receiv er, Tallulah Falls Railway, under date of December 17th ; ' ' " "Youi letter of December. 12th, file G. 158. . . "Soon after our conference in At lanta cm the 10th we presented to the Rate Committee the question of ad- dit;ci!F.l representation m summer toursit to Clayton, Mountain Xity. Dillard and Franklin from all points in Georgia south of Atlanta, also from Alabama, Florida and New Orleans, La.-: r. r . "There was no objectiion to the request, on the part of any. ot, the Lines present, and we are very con fident, therefore, that this addition al representation : 'which you desire will be included in the tariffs next season, and we will see that the tar iffs are worked up accordingly. You will observe from this record that we are going to take care of Franklin, N. C. very nicely next sum mer tourist season. Yours very truly, ., II. F. CARY General Passenger Agent Farmers Day Once a Month County Agent Arrendalc is work ing out a plan to have a farmers day once each month in Franklin. He hopes to put this into effect during the month of February. There are tr.?r.y advAntsgcs in 'i iv'ng . day in each month devoted to the inter est cf the farmers. In the first place the farmer and his family can come to town on this day with the expec tation of seeing their friends and rel atives from all other sections of the county. While the program has not been thoroughly .worked out Mr. Arrendale intends to have a specialist make a talk at the court house on some farming subject of interest to all farmers. There will also be free moving picture shows on this day, This will also be a good opportunity for, the farliiers to bring their pro duce to town and dispose of it to the best advantage.-Nearly 'all the merchants- of Franklin have agreed to Co-operate with the county agent by offering some article on this parti cular day to the farmers at cost. The farmers can make out his list before leaving home and know just where to go to purchase supplies at cost. It is intended . to have things so arranged that no two merchants will offer the same . article... It is believed that by taking advantage of this offer the farmers can buy enough staples tc last them until the next farmers day. The following named merchants Jiave. agreed to sell one article at cost on each farmers day: H. Glen Brendle, Farmers Federation, Macon County Supply Co., S. A. Munday. J. T. Moore & Son, Jos. Asher & Broth er, A. L. Epps, J. S. Trotter, J. S. Porter & Co.. Franklio Pharmacy W. CACimningham, Sloan Bros, & .Hardware C6, and C. : ACCEPT OFFER OF $6X Att ftna ium imm r 10,000,000 DUKE J TRINITY COLLEGE WILL NOT BE LOST Durahm, Dec. 29. Duke university came into being officially here today. Twenty-nine members of the board of trustees of Trinity college being all of the members with the exception of James B. Duke himself, voted in favor of acceptance of the princely offer of Mr.Duke and when the meeting adjourned at 12 :30 o'clock, after deliberation of a little over one hour, Trinity college, had become a part of what will doubtless be one of the greatest universities in the coun try. .. .. . It was the realization of the fondest dreams of the officials of the instiu tion, Charlotte Observer. ' Annual Report of Secretary of The Board of Trade January 1, 1925. Hon. Sam L. Rogers, President, Board of Trade. ' Franklin. N. C. Dear Sir As Secretary and Treas urer of the . Board of Trade I have the honor to submit the following report for the year 1924: . Tctal amount subscribed.... $624.65 Total amount of subscriptions-paid in .. 414.65 Balance of subscriptions remaining unpaid at date 210.00 "Expenditures for the year 414..65 ; Deficit to date.... '-.. 25.40 During the year 1924 the Board of Trade, due to lack of funds, was,un abe to advertise in the newspapers. However,, innumerable booklets and folders were mailed to those who in quired concerning Franklin as a sum mer resort. In nearly all cases these inquiries were also answered by the Secretary by means of personal let ters. " Last summer was admittedly the best tourist season that Franklin has ever enjoyed. However, this does not prove that newspaper ad vertising is unnecessary. Many of those ..who wrote letters of inquiry had seen Franklin's advertisements ot the previous year. Therefore, to get the ful benefit of the tourist trade Franklin must advertise in the news papers. As to the activities of the Board of Trade in other respects attention fs invited to the new telephone system now being installed. The Board of Trade is primarily and wholly respon sible for the needed improvement. For many years now Franklin has unsuccessfully tried to be placed on an equal footing with, other stations on the Tallulah Falls Railway in re spect to summer tourist rates. The fight has been a long and hard one. For more than a year now the pre sent administration of the Board of Trade has been writing .letters to railway officials concerning this ap parent discrimination against Frank lin. I am now happy to report that this fight is won. On the 25th of De cember we received a letter from Mr. H. F. Cary General Passenger, Agent of the Southern Railway system, statV ing that Frarrklin'S wishes had been complied with in regard to summer tourist rates. This letter will be pub lished in the Franklin Press January 2nd. The Board of Trade has had con siderable correspondence with the state highway efheirf tttative tr.c Georgia toad. We 1 rve also close'v co-operated with other local agencies in this regard. As a result the con tract has been let for a 16-foot con crete road from Franklin to the Georgia line. In this connection , I understand you have made two or three trips - to Raleigh," without" ex pense to the Board of Trade, in the interest of this road and also in the interest of the Highlands road. I understasd also that you have visited the Forest Bureau at Washington with a view to having funds set aside with which to construct the Highlands road through the government forests. The Board of Trade has also co operated with the town officials in connection with' the power dam with a view to getting new industries hcrc to utilise tne surplus power. A con siderable number of letters have been written to individuals and to "com panies who conten-plate building cot ton mills and handle factories at Franklin. We are also in correspond ence with a man who wishes to in stall an electric bakery ill our town. In the absence of any realty com pany specializing m tarmr lands the 'oari' 01 lrade ,has listed . several h iia,aij3 piu ine owners in Toucn xl-,ole the P.o.i" Site of Tested w Contra and Hen According t never safe to parentiy solid out first testin to a depth of a diamond drill. tions apparently sures and cavities' the placing of a thereon a,dangero sequently Robert decided to test of the proposed m contract has been 1 and Henwod to bo UU lliJlt'A till M M.IIT1 EITH. of 50 feet The contractTaTkji fnr a r I h thef fin Tifr (nnt T Id ui ."V .vuv. ,3 CAc(.icu mat inis i work will begin about the middle of Ta ninrv . V West Keenan Miss Nanna Mae West of Franklin and Mr. Robert T. Keenan of Ashe viile v.ero quietly married by Rev. A. ?. h.nith at his residence on Decem ber l?th The bride's attendants were Misses Ora Patton and Gvirtrild-w L'avrs. , . . Mrs Keenan js the popolar and at. I 'oniplished daughter- of Mr. .. Henry ' West oi Franklin. Trie groom is ' . prosperous young business wian wi-.h headquarters in Canton. , Aftti the honeymoon through vi ious parts of the state this voting '"v tunplc will be at home to these host c trends at the Centraf Hntel aA Can- ion. .. . North Carolina wish these people a Irappy journey through n. HOLLY SPRINGS NEWS Mrs -Jot'es and daughter Nell c Jackson County, spent the pa.t wecll with her c'aughter, Mrs. C. B. Ktf land. ; 1 Mrs. Sarah Cc.rbin has been v-pX sxk the rast week but is now imniV 7 ing fome. . . - - ' ; . ' Tr' Mr Dewey Ccrbin is home t;o Sunburst, N. C. spendln"g-.the Ju days. '.; ;'; ,Jv- Mr. Carey Mc( racken who has been at Vancouver, Washington is here visiting his many friends Mr Robi.rt McCracken of Winston Salem. N C. is home on a visit. ' M Mr. Floyd Justice of Winston-Sa- A, lem spent a few days the past week ti with home folks. Mrs. Sarah -Kinsland is improving after several days sickness. Mr. John DeaF and family spent Sunday with Mr.' and 'Mrs.' L. A. Berry. , ..; . . Miss Lois Ferguson has returned home from Dr. Angel's hospital ' where she underwent an operation. Miss Hazel Dalton spent a few days the past week with MisssZeldiJTiiro at Leatherman, N. C vt Mr. Charlie Wlliams has k sick the past few days. a numper oi ner triends wa Friday night. I AM YOUR T( TTAKE of me what you Xl reflect you as clearly . . ror throws back gleam. . ; If I am pleasing to V 'ie audugcr wnnin my f,aiest such a thing, as havir f seer, will remember me all his f thing of beauty, the credit.; Ambition and opport! some of my sons and dai high tasks and mighty pr my greatest honor fn far places, but i f who are my stren' is in those who content with wf and with what was the gresi' sai(l:"Bet'' ian villagi f - '