North Carolina Newspapers

If V till 2 .ft J VOLUME XL FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1925 NUMBER FOURTEEN 1 CLUBS' ARE- TRUMPS IN TUG OF . ; WAS FOE HANDSOME 1010 LARGE CS0WD DAM' CONTRACT- ' WAS LET FRIDAY HIEF COFFEY HAS ACCIDENT SYLVA MEN HER ill iff fe.iii ir' ! r' lrt.t .' r . Kill J"' H M XYS ttaSfl WJ. i "7 4 l Fifteen Dollars in Campaign Collections Constitues One "Club" and One "Club" Earns 100,000 Extra Credits Nunmebr of "Clubs" Members May secure Limited Only by Their Energy and Enterprise. In the biggest and best extra cred-j ti inlucement of the, Salesmanship Club campaign, "clubs" plays an im portant part and .many of those who are interested in various club mem bers have repeatedly asked the ques tion of what constitutes a "club." For the benefit of those interested ni Salesmanship Club doings we will state that a club means subscrip tion collections totaling $15.00 either old or new subscriptions! counting on the club. For every $15 turned in in by a club member or friends of a - club . member, they will receive in addition to the regular number of credits on the subscription 100,000 extra credits. A club member may get as many as his or her energy calls for. , As the money turned in amounts to one club $15.00 they can start to build another, and for every one turned in they will get a special ballot calling for 100,00 ex tra credits. Never during the-cam-paign will subscriptions count for as . many credits as they do now. To Subscribers ' Pay .your subscriptions now and the little word reserved will .look mighty nice after the name of your favorite club member if coupled with the capital prize. By paying your subscription now it will go toward helping your favorite in the Sales manship Club. Every subscriber pay ing his subscription now is entitled to thousands of credits to help his favorite in the campaign. First Credit Period About Over With only a few days more to work for the first credit period, am bitious club members are forging ahead and Ahe chanses of any of them are equal to get the car. I Could Have Won When the race is over, April 30th many win say: l couia nave won that Chevrolet or one or those other valuable prizes just as well as so-and-- so if I had only gone after is earn estly." Don't be a regretter be a '-' -winner. A winner never, quits; a quitter never wins. Keep busy today and every day get every "club" that you possibly can. Do not be satisfied with one club only. When you finish one club start in on another No one has a cinch on either of thc handsome and valuable prizes at this stage of the game, and don't let any one tell you otherwise. The race is now on a mighty even basis. The efforts put forth between now and , the close of the first period will, in a great measure, reflect final results. HONOR ROLL Followrtg are the names pf those who have been nomnated to date, and their rclative standing: Franklin Mrs. Nobia Murray....:..'....'.........720$00 Mrs. W. T. Moore : .... ...764,100 Mis. George Staflcup v433,';0O Miss Carolyn Sloan.......: 745,300 Miss Mauds' Burjeson.:....... ..650-400 Miss" Ina ' Hcnry:....:.:.....:H...:..692,400 Miss Sue Hunnicutt ...............760,300 Miss Charlotte Conley!......:........755,800 ' Miss Grace Barnard.... .........546,800 Miss Kate Baird.....,;. ...: .:..632,000 Miss, Willie Mae TalLent. :...430,600 Miss Ella J6nes.:.:.....................:....655,800 John H. Thomas..... :...:...........:.520,800 J. V. Arrendale .......360,400 Franklin, Route 1 , Mss Mary Eiloe .'.....250,100 Franklin, Route 2 M. L. Angel........... ......:....58(ty00 Franklin, Route 3 , Mrs. Harvey Edwards :...:.....480.10D Mivs Kate Huggins. ..............:c .10,00 Franklin, Route 4 Miss Miss Iva Lee Minccy.. 770,200 Mjiunie Early. 14200 Theodore Elliott......:....... 376,300 Dillard, Ga. Miss Fannie Powell............ 12,800 Prentiss, N.C. J. L. Sanders ; 690,400 Tryphosa, N. C. Miss . Veva Howard........ ..; 13,400 Miss Annis McDowell !...485,200 Cullasaja, N.C. Miss Mabel Teem ...11,800 Ellijay, N. C. Miss Nola Higdon ..275,400 ' Iotla, ' N. C. Miss Thelma. Ray ... 685,200 West's Mill, N. C. Miss Elwina Bryson . 750,400 Etna, N. C. Miss Lee Bradle 10,900 Mrs. - Ferd Morrison 590,100 East Gastonia, N. C. Miss Lola Sanders 10,000 A Delightful Supper On last Saturday evening Mr. E. S. Hunniciut entertained with a sup per a number of his friends in Frank lin and the following prominent citi- ens of Atlanta: Mr. Thomas Irwin, vice president of the Citiens and Southern Bank; Mr. E. Rivers, pre:. ident Rivers Realty Co.; Mr. Thomas L. Daniel, geneia-l agent Union Life insurance company; Captain Robert of thc engin-'iring lirm of Robert & Co,, and Mr. C, L. Emerson of the same company ; Judge' C. E. Sutton of Washington, Ga. , Mr. T, L. Har rison of he Electrical Constructors company, of !ntlvMc.-.and Mr. Al len, resident, engineer of the power dam, were also present as were the following named' men o; Franklin: Messrs. Alex More, G. A. Jones, Lo san A; Allen. S. II. Lyle, Jr., W. B. McGuire, E. 'S. Hunnicutt and Major S. A. Harris. After the supper the party adjourned to the office of Attorney G. A. Jones and went thoroughly into the , affairs of the Lake Emory company. All the visi- tors from Atlanta . seemed greatly impressed witn the possioiuties or tni development. Mr. Rivers, wher'is an experienced real estate man, offered many valtufhk' suggestions rclative to the proper methods of develop ment of the Lake Emory holdings. Mr. Rivers and others among the visitors spoke of the great need .for hotels and golf courses. From the trend of the conversation is would appear that Franklin is destined to profit greatly by the visit of those gentlemen, cither through their own efforts or with the ii:ip. of' others with whom they are in touch. During the summer months, all of these Atlanta visitors; have been spending part of their, .vacations in the north Georgia it ountains or in other lections of western North Caro lina. All were unanimous in claim ing that Franklin-. -has the finest scenery and . the best location in the mountains of either Georgia or North Carolina. Will Build Dance Hall Mr. J. L. Barnard will build a large dance hall and amusement palace at the public camp ground near the foot of Trimont about one mile from Franklin. A place of this kind has long been needed. In connection with the hall Mr. Barnard will install a soft drink stand. He will also serve sandwiches ice cream etc. Mr., Barnard states that his amuse ment place will be conducted on a high moral plane and that no rowdy ism will be permitted on or near the I hall. Those who know Mr. Barnard know that he wiJI , tolerate no un seemly conduct on the part of those who attend dances, at his hall. In other -"wards he will mak his dance hall a wholesome place for amuse ment. -'., Big Delegation of Men From Sylva and Dillsboro Here , In Interest of Road Across Cowee Mountain. - The Franklin Board of Tradc en tertained about fifty representative men from Dillsboro and Sylva at a supper in the Odd Fellows hall on the evening of March 26th. The supper was prepared and served by the lad' ies of the Eastern Star and Was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. Franklin's string orchestra of local talent dispensed music for the occa sion. After the hungry appetites were satisfied, Major S. A. Harris, presi dent of Franklin Board of Trade, in troduced Mr.' Tom J. Johnston as toast master. Numerous . speeches were then made by men from Dillsboro and Sylva interspersed with spasms of oratory by local' celebrities. All the speecehes stressed the importance ; of a hardsurficed road between Frank lin and Dillsboro and all were equally insistant that this road must be of concrete construction. The fact that Mr. Stikeleathcr, Highway Commis sioner for the 9th Roard District was recently quoted in the papers to the effect that this road is to be built of conrrete was considered as authori tative and tended to allay a great deal of anxiety wTiich had existed be fore his statement appeared. How ever, it was the sense of the meeting that"" all thrce towns go on record as insisting on a concrete .road. With this end in" view' a committee was ap pointed by the president of the Board of Trade to confer with the Macon County Commissionrs with the re quest that the commissioners get to gether with the Highway Commission of Jackson .County so that the two bodies might work in' conjunction to ward the desired end. Many of the speeches touched up on the faijt that the highway through Tallulah Falls, Franklin and Dills boro. is the shortest and most scenic route from Atlanta to Asheville. Most of the tourist from the hot belt south now take the route to Asho viile by way of Greenville. Over this route as one speaker pointed out, tourists travel for 150 miles from At lanta to Greenville before even start ing toward. the mountains. Over the route by way of Franklin these same tourist can be in the mountains in half the' distance to Greenville and travel the balance of the way through the most beautiful scenery in the Southland. It is expected that the Atlanta-Asheville Shovt, Route will be completed within a year, though this road during the coming summer will be in excellent condition with the exception of a few short detours which will be necessary on account of construction work'. One of the speakers pointed out the fact that only a small percentage of the tourist who now pass and who will pass in ever increasing numbers would continue on to Asheville pro vided hotel accommodations could be fniind in this section. Therefore we must have hotel accommodations and thus be ablp to pocket a goodly per centage of the stream of gold that will pass oyer thc Atlanta-Asheville Short Route. , A GOOD CITIZEN MOVES Mr; W. E. Allfather who has been a resident of Franklin for more than a year has purchased A home and an electric bakery at Black Mountain and will move to that town with his j family in a few days. During their 'stay here Mj. Atlfather and family have made many friends who regret to see them move away. The best j wishes of all go with this popiUar family. Mr. Alex Moore was elected as :. Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday j School in Franklin last Sunday in the place- of Mr. John S. Trotter who's ' term had expired, The Electrical Contractors Co. of Charlotte Were the Successful Bidders To Cost $126,400. March 27th the town board met and received sealed bids from five or six contracting comijanies for the construction of vftie municipal dam and power houfse. AH sealed bids were rejected and the bidders giver; an opportunity to submit other bids. Thc bid of $126,400 submitted by the Electrical Construction! Company of Charlotte was finally accepted. One bid considerably lower than this was submitted, but was rejected because the bidder could not convince thc town board that he had sufficient backing to put the project through. It is indeed fortunate for the town of Franklin that the successful bid der has just completed a contract and has all thc necssary "machinery on the side track and ready to move to ward Franklin. This will enable him to start work at an early date. Mr. T. L. Harrison and Mr. D. M. Easton represented the Electrical Constructors . Company in bidding for the construction of the. dam and power house. ' Mr, Easton will re main here during the course of the work and has already contracted with Patitlo and Dills for 20,000 feet of lumber arid with Mr. J. L. Barnard for 15,000 feet to be used in building a camp and for necessary work on the dam. Work on the camp started this week and is now under full way with a large force of hands employed. This camp is being "built on the cast side of the river immediately below the dam site. All necessary machin ery is expected to arrive within a week or ten days and will be ready for use by the time the camp is com pleted. ' lu this connection . the engineers state, that it will be necessary to complete the- approaches to the Rab bit creek bridge . before the heavy machinery can be moved from the railroad to the dam site. The contract calls for delivery of from 300 to 500 horse power by De cember 1, 1925 and for full completion of the dam by March 1, 1926. How ever, with no bad luck, the contract or believed that he can; complete the entire work by December 1st. To a Press representative Mr. Easton stated that he will employ about 100 men on the work and that he will bring with him his trained crew of 50 or 60 men. He expects to supolemcnt his force to 100 men l y 'jfic of local labor. Tom' Angel's Car Fined l ast -Sunday Mr. Bill Sutton, Mr. Mothews and Mr. Roberts decided to isit Georgia. So Bill made ar nngcincnts to rent Mr. Angel's car for the trip. It Seems that these young men got to Georgia and trou ble. ' At Miy rate they were arrested are. a small amount of liquorj so the report goes, was found in the car. Mr. Matthews made bond and ; turn ed to Fanklin. The other two were detained, tried and found not guilty because the officers couldn't prove ti.at the iar in which" the liquor was found was the one in which they had gone to the Empire State. Monday ;morning rolled around and Mr. Angel was shy. one perfectly good car. Se he lit out for Georgia to see why his. trained car had not returned .home. He found it in Clarkesville rearin' to come but held in leash by. the Sheriff. Since ore. of thc men was released on bond and the other two were found not guilty Mr. Aneel is still, rying to figure out why : it cost hint $113.00 to get his car, He finally has come to .the con clusion that the car must have been fined'-, this amount. . Mr. Fred Killian from the Nanta halas who had' his arm burned by gasoline sometime ago and who lias been at the Munday hotel since left last'Mofiday for his home. Our Cheif Gets Hurt Trying To Step From One Car to Another While Going at a Rapid Speed. On March 25th Sheriff Ingram and Chief Coffey received complaint from a traveling man that some drunken men coming from the direction of Georgia has passed through Franklin and had gone toward Dillsboro. The officers pursued, came in sight ot thu. tail light, of a car on the other side of Cowee mountain. The men in the car the officers were pursucing evi dently became suspicious and turned into a side road just as another car occupied by Dr. Wilkes of Sylva came out. The officers continued the pursuit of Dr. Wilkes, believing him to be the man they had originally started after. Dr. Wilkes was over taken between Dillsboro and Sylva. Just as the officers' car was drawing along side of the doctor's car Chief Coffey who was on the running board stepped from the car while it was going at a good rate of speed and fell heavily on the concrete road. Sheriff Ingram continued the pursuit of the car until it was over hauled and stopped. Seeing his mis take the Sheriff apologized and Dr. Wilkes proceeded on. his way. Sheriff Ingram then returned to where Chief Coffey had fallen and found Mr. Wil son, the contractor for the Georgia road, had picked up the Chief. Mr. Wilson stated that he would carry the Chief to the hispital at Asheville, but Mr. Coffey preferred to return to' Franklin. He was brought back to town and is still confined to his bed. It appears that no bones were brok en, though Mr. Coffey was badjy bruised jn numerous places. NEW FWRINTURE AND MUSIC STORE FOR FRANKLIN Mr. O. C. Bryant and Mr. Wiley Carpenter ha vc organized under thfl firm name of Bryant and Carpenter a furniture and music store. They are at present located in the west ialf of the building on Main Street formerly occupied by the Porter Motor Company. , In. addition to a . complete line of furniture, Victrolas, Records, etc., the new firm will also handle a large line of Caskets and Coffins. In connection with this phase of their business Bryant. & Carpen ter will have at the disposal of the public a hearse. A hearse has been one of the great needs of Franklin and these young men are to be Con gratulated on getting a hearse for Franklin's use. Birthday Dinner Mrs. Carl Slagle asd Mrs." Esther Fries delightfully entertained Mr's T. M. Slagle on the occasion of her birthday last Sunday with a birthday dinner. The dinner was served at the hqme of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sla gle; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crawforl and Mr. and Mrs. Will Slaon, intimate and personal friends of Mrs. T. M. Slagle, Were present and was Mr. C. W. Slagle.. All pr sent thoroughly enjoyed the boutlt Sus dinner and the delightful remiuijcenccs of other days. It seems that the dinner itself particularly appealed to Mr. Craw ford. Only one candle was on the cake. Some claim it represented 31 sum mtrs, others claim 51 years bad pass td sinct Mrs. Slagle's birth while Mr. C. WV Slagle intimated that the one candle represented one century whereupon he had to show- how fast he can run. 1 Mr. W. - R. C. Smith, president of the Smith Publishing Company and president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce; spent the week end at his fishing camp on the Cullasaja.-