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FRDAY, MARCH 3, 1923 PAGE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS The Franldin Press PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY S. A, HARRIS Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year $1-50 Eigth Months ; .. LOO Six Months 7s Three Months.... 40 Single Copies 5c ADVERTISING RATES. 1 Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. . We charge S cents a line for Cards f Thanks, Resolutions of Respect and for notices -of entertainments .where admission is charged. t ' . 1 Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, lor transmission through the mails as second class matter. Foreien Advertising Repreiientativ THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Macon's Hour With the fetting last Friday of the contract for the municipal dam and power house. Franklin and Macon County are one step nearer to the goal toward which we have been dreaming and working for many years. The expenditure on the dam, on the Georgia road and the Dills boro road will approximate three quarters of a million dollars within the year. This, however, is only of temporary interest. The permanent benefit to Macon county can hardly be estimated. When we once let the outside world know of our unexcelled climate, rugged mountaiss with peaks that pierce, the sky, abundant hydro-electric power, plentiful sup ply of labor, concrete roads, immense quantities of timber supplies, the fer tility of our soil, the upstanding char acter of our citizens, then we can be gin to realize the importance and far reaching effects of the work that is now under way in the county. We hardly dare predict what the future, five years hence, holds for our people. Suffice it to say that there will stand in our valleys mighty in dustrial plants employing hundreds of men and women, magnificent ho tels will crown the hilltops above the lake and beautiful summer homes will nestle along the shores, the high ways will b'e" Erowdedi yritb jtHousam of cars filled with people who are anxious for a breath of our moun tain air, trucks asd wagons .from cove and mountain' cotfagfi tyfll brir 'the produce of the farms to a popu lous town, civilization will smile in all its glory and God's mighty para- 'dise of the mountains will have come into its own. Pernicious Activity For some time now our Sheriff has .been actively engaged in the pursuit ,of whiskey runners. To this there .can be no possible objection provided the efforts of this official are confined to this class of men. But in his eager ness to arrest bootleggers he seems to have cast aside the well-balanced judgment which should be associated .with the official acts of all officers. Innocent people have been held up at the point of a pistol. Highways ihave been blocked on curves and the lives of the guilty and innocent alike ."' have thus been placed in jeopardy. It is against the law to block a highway and there can be no possible excuse for violating one law to enforce another. Our officials should remember that doctors have to visit the sick at night and many other people have legitimate business on the highways" after dark." " Under .present conditions the driver of a car never, knows whether the road vill be blocked around the next curve or whether he will have his car crowded into a ditch by the car cf our officials. Be the driver of a car innocent or be he guilty of hauling ilquor it's all the same to the "Sheriff. No self respecting. American man or WOMAN, likes 'to be treated as a ' criminal unless there be reasons for such treatment. Our law abiding citizens,' are entitled, to protection at the hands' of "our officials. They have a right to. travel the highways at night with n the assurance that the road is cle&r-and that they will not be-' subjected to the 'indignity 'of hav ing a gun thrust into their faces on th off uiancc that they arc liquor runrrjrs. The Sheriff's authority does not include the. privilege of prevent ing respectable and law abiding citi zens from pursuing the even tenor cf t!i-;ir v.ay v.'iihoi mJctatiort. It is unfortunate enough that the citizens of Macon county are sub jected to indignities,1 but when our o'f'cials invade an adjoining county and hold up a highly respectable physician who happens to be out af ter night in the practice of his pro fession, they are carrying matters beyond all reason. A Citizen Worthwhile Mr. James M, Williams Who owns a farm between the Georgia road and railroad just outside the city limits has voluntarily offered the Board of Trade a free factory site for use of any industrial enterprise that may care to locate is our midst.. Mr. Wil liams' farm, is 'well' adapted to indus trial purposses. A short spur less than half a mile' in length can be built from the railroad to the heart of Mr. Williams' farm on a good grade. There is also a small stream running through the farm to supply any water necessary for factory use. In offering this free site Mr. Wil liams has set an example well worthy of emulation by others. It is needless to say that the Board of Trade has accepted Mr. Williams' offer with many thanks and a great degree of satisfaction and . appreciation. No doubt the Board of Trade will en deavor to locate Franklin's first fac tory on the peoperty of Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams is to be commended for his offer and deserves the thanks of the town. When a factory is once located there the value of his adja cent lands will be enhanced three of four fold. It would appear that oth ers might have had the same fore thought, but up to the present time hnch is not the case. Asheville Unfortunately Located In so far as a national park in the Great Smoky fountains is concerned Asheville should have been located seventy or a hundred miles west of its present site. But with the assist ance of Congressman Weaver Ashe ville may be able to make congress believe that the section of the Smokies located at a considerable distance from that city is only a low range of hills and cossequently is in no way suitable for a national park. Mr. Weaver knows or at least he should know that the Smoky moun tain . area near Bryson City and Andrews is more suitable for a park than any other asea in the southr eastern part of the United States, Our Congressman seems to forget that Klingman's Dome" and other peaks" almost as high exist. This habit of forgetting is a serious one. It is liable to become contagious. Electricity For the Farms In Cleveland county, North Caro lina, where hydro-electric energy is available each township of the coun ty has organied a company and has built lines to convey electric current to the homes of the farmers. The farmers in most townships of that county are now using electricity to light their' homes, run their ensilage cutters, feed grinders, wood saws cream separators, sewing machines, etc. 1 . '. ' In pur rumination along this line we have often though of what a man-made' paradise Macon county could be with the assistance of elec tric current. An all-wise Creator has given us the greatest country of the globe in which, to live. He has like wise endowed man with intelligence and reasoning power denied to lower animals. This intelligence and rea soning power were given to man that he migh have dominion over the world and that he might subdue the animals and the physical forces of the earth to his comfort arid content ment. Man should be satisfied withjioth ing but the best. And we do not mean that he should go bewond his means to attain the best. Now the farmers of Macon have an opportunity . to make their homes more enjoyable, to make their families more contented, to make their own labors and those of their families, lighter. The contract for Franklin's power dam was let on March 27th. This dam will be completed by December 1, 1925. Jt is Migaested that the farm ers of 'iNii'th'r, Bridge, Cartoogecha'ye. Co v. co, Sugar Fork and other sec tion investigate the a'h isability of building power lines to their re?pec tive 'ct'ODS with a view to utilising eh rtrieity in-their homes and barns. It f-houfd not be a difficult matter to finance .these lines on borrowed money to be repaid by receipts from the sale of current. The question of electricity in the homes of our farm ers is at least worthy of serious con sideration. It would eliniinatc to a considerable extent the danger of fires mi the homes and. barns. How About It? Beautify the school grounds. The daddy mud hole is calling for attention. The approaches to the bridge over Rabbit Creek should be completed. Some men in Fanklin are required to piace mufflers on their trucks. Others are not. Why the discrimi nation? Watch the gateway to the moun tain grow. Be careful in burning your lands. Should the fire get beyond control you arc-liable to a sentence in the penitentiary, fine and damages. '.' Franklin's scenery is not surpassed by that of any town in the state. Fifteen hundred horse power of hydro-electric energy will turn, many wheels. Prentiss and Riverside have seen the ight. Will it dawn on Otto and Franklin? The road from Otto to the Georgia line is closed and will remain closed until the concrete is poured probab ly about the lSth of June. The Wilson the 15th of June. The Wilson Con Construction Co. knows its busi ness and the citizens of that section may rest assured .that . this company will cause them as little inconven ience as poss'ibli'e. This 1 company started pouring concrete last Mon day.' ' - I'r daj. April 10th, has been desig nated as "Clean Up""Day and r.ll t it riis are .requested to pile the trash at onvecnient locations so that the trucks furnished by the town may haul the debris away. One day is not sufficient time to do this work. However, one day is better than none. Let ; everybody clean up the trash and. have it hauldd awy. Where Rip Doesn't Sleep The story goes that Rip Van Win kle slept for 20 years, 'but it is a safe bet that he didn't take this snooze in the viciniy of Prentiss and Riverside. The progressive citizens of these two towns are on the jump. TThey ae offering free factory sites to any industrial enterpise that will locate in their towns. And incident ally they have some of the best loca tions for factories in the county. The good people of Prentiss and Riv erside arc not working in opposition to Franklin. They are only looking ireo auo ou puB otto Jaqtunfj joj ino blame them for so doing. If they are willing to offer greater inducements than does Franklin industrial enter prises will naturally locate there. In this connection it should be re membered that the Press is run sole ly in the interest of the county and that it is in no way partial to Frank lin when another section of the county has an opportunity to better itself. The Press therefore wishes Prestiss and Riverside all success possible in the pogressive undertakings.- ' - Chief Coffey was more seriously hurt in the fall from an automobile near Sylva. on March 25th than was at first believed. The doctors say that he will be confined to his bed for several weeks. It is now thought that his hip was either dislocated or fractured. The good people of Frank lin regret this accident and wish for the Chief a rapid 1 recovery. While Chief Coffey is confined to his bed Mr. J. R.Norris is acting Chief of Police, '. Cars driven' by Mr. George! Recce and Mr. W.G. Hall ran together on Main street near the - fountain last Sunday. Mr. Recce's car suffered .-erious damage while that of Mr. Hail had a rear wheel knocked off and was otherwise, damaged. Mr. Recce was tried Monday on charges of reckless driving but wB found not guilty. ' ;' , V V":". .-:'; Notice of Summons North Carolina Macon County. In the Superior Court, ' L. J. Young, Administrator of E. b. Blackburn, deceased, and Mittic box and husband, E. M. Fox vs. Ed Blackburn and others, heirs at law of E. S. Blackburn, deceased The defendants, John Pressley and wife Cynthia Pressley will take no tice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Macon' County, North Caro lina, to make assests to pay the debts and costs of administrator of E. S. Blackburn, deceased, and for the sale of lands of which said E. S. Black burn, died seized and possessed, for the purpose of partition between all the heirs at law of said E. S. Black burn, deceased; And the said defend ants will further take notice Jfhat they and each of them are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon Coun ty, at the court house in said county and the Town of Franklin, on the 18th day of April, 1925, and answer or demur to the petition in said case now on file in said, office within twenty days from said date or. the plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said petition. This the 16th day of March, 1925. ' FRANK I. MURRAY, . Clerk Superior Court, Macon Coun ty, N. C. S&P-A10 Service By Publication Notice North Carolina Macon County In Superior Court," Macon County Farmers Federation Incorporated, vs Mica Products Company, Graham Dugas and Earl H. Moore The non-resident defendants, Gra ham Dugas and Earl H Moore, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced against them in the Superior Court of Macon County, North Carolina, to recover the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOL LARS, ($500.00) for injury to perso nal property, to-wit, a truck .belong ing to plamtiff, in consequences of the negligence of the defendants and the said defendants will take notice that the summons in said action is return able before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, North Caro lina, at his office in Franklin in said County and state, on the 4th day of April, 1925 ' The said defendants will furthur take notice that a warrant of attach ment has been issued by the under signed Clerk of the Superior Court against the property of said defend ants, which warrant of attachment is returnable at the time and place above named for the return of the sum nions; when and where the said de fendants are required to appear and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. This the 3rd dav of March. 1925. 5tTJJ A3 FRANK I MURRAY, Clerk Superior Court, Macon County North Carolina . : Entry Notice Dave Angel and Frank Ledford . No. 14969 50 Acres. . Entered March 6, 1925. . State of North . Carolina, Macon County. Dave Angel and Frank Led ford enter 50 acres of land in Eilljay Township on waters of Sugarfork River, joining the lands of Andy Sorrells, Link Johnson, Ben Gibson, Higdon & Porter and othres. D. II. ANGEL. . . FRANK LEDFORD. I certify that the foregoing is' a true transcript from the record in ir.y office. This March 6. 1925. pA3 HORACE J. HURST. E. T. Notice of Trustees Sale ' Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust, executed by( Richmond Russell and wife Irene Russell to the under signed trustee, dated the 15th June, 1923 and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Macon County, in book of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust No. 27, page 398, to secure a certain' indebtedness mentioned there in and default having been made in the payment of said indebtedness and demand having been .made upon me to sell the lands secured thereby: Now I will expose for sale, to the highest bidder for cash, at public out Cry, at the Court House door in the Town of Franklin, N. C, at 1 o'clock P. M., on May the 4th, 1925 the fol lowing lands, viz : . Beginning at a chestnut, the SE corner of Grant No, 2356 and runs N. 40 poles to a chestnut; then S. 62 W. 28 poles to a hickory; then N. 77 W. running to the branch; then down the branch to a chestnut at' the falls of the' branch ; then South a condi tional line to top of Ivy Ridge';1 then with the top of said ridge to the Hig don corner; then S. 162 poles to a chestnut in the Higdon line on top of Fork Rid-e; then N. 45 . poles to . a chestnut; then'N. 22 E. 84 poles to a black oak;, then N. 55 E. 49 poles to a black oak; then N. 30 W.-64 poles to a hickory; then N. 87 W. 10 poles to the beginning and being the tract of land in said, deed of trust described to which reference is hereby made for more full description. Said tract containing 90 acres more or less. This the 24th dav of March, 1925. ' HENRY-G, ROBERTSON, GJT-M7 t i Service by Publication Notice North Carolina Macon County! In the Superior Court. Eflic Welch vs. Homer L. Younce Homer L. Younce, non-resident de fendant above named will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced against ,him in the Superior Court of Macon County,' North Carolina, by the plaintiff, Effie Welch to recover 'damages of, the said defendant in the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) -Dollars, on ac count of injury to the person of the said Effie Welch by the wrongful act of, the defendant Homer L. Younce, for seduction. Said defendant will further take notice that the sum mons in said action against him' is returnable before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, N. C. at his office in Franklin in said County and State, on the 18th day of April 1925. The said defendant, Honer L. Younce will further take notice that a warrant of attachment was issued on the 16 day of March. 1925, by the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, N,1 C, against the property of the said defendant, Homer L. Younce, which warrant of attachment is re turnable before the undersigned Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, N. C, at the time and place above named for the return of the summons; when and where the said defendant, Homer L. Younce, is re quired to appear and answer or de mur to the complaint of the plaintiff, or the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the said complaint. This the 16th day of March, 1925. FRANK I. MURRAY, Clerk Superior Court, Macon Coun ty, N. C. 5tFR-A17 Service by Publication Notice North Carolina Macon County. In the Superior Court. Effie Welch vs. Homer L. Younce and J. M. Younce Homer L. Younce, non-resident, defendant above named", will take, noiice that an action entitled as above , has been commenced against him and his co-defendant, J. ; M. Younce, in the Superior Court of Macon County, North Carolina bv thc plaintiff, Effie Welch. i'hit tVj stimmons in said action was issued on the 16th day of March, 1925, bv the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, N. C, returnable, as to the defendant, Homer L. Younc, before the said Clerk on the 18th dv cf April, 1925. That the pur.c n't said action is to set aside and v::cat. a certain purported convev.ii:e of property by the defendant, . Homer L. Younce, to his co-defendant, J. M. Younce, on the grounds of fraud. Let the defendant further take notice that he is required to appear before said Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, N. C, on the 18th day of April, 1925, at his office in Franklin, N. C, and answer or demur to the complaint or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief de manded therein. This the 16th day of March, 1925. FRANK I. MURRAY, Clerk Superior Court, Macon Coun ty. N. C. 5tFR-A17 Notice of Town Election Notice is hereby given that by or der of the Board of Aldermen made in regular session on Monday night March . 2nd, 1925, by resolution duly passed and acting under the Charter of the Town of Franklin, an election is hereby called to be held on. the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May 1925, the same being the 5th day of May, for the purpose of elect ing a Mayor and six Aldermen for the Town of Franklin, to serve for two years and after ' said date or until their successors are elected and' qualified. - Notice is - also; further " given " that Zcb Baird was appointed Register and that Roy Carpenter, Broadie Pendergrass, Mrs. Etosie Franks and Miss Lillie Rankin were appointed judges of said election. That there will only be one voting place which will be in the Court House. Said elect ion will be held under the Austra lian Ballot Law applying to Macon County., Done by order of the Board. This the 2nd. day of March 1925, 9tMl. R. D. SISK, Mayor, , H. W. CABE, Clerk, Administrator's Notice ty. North Carolina. , Having qualified as' administrator of P. II.. Justice,1 deceased, late of Ma con County, N. C., this is to notifv all- persons having claims against th"; estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 7th day of March, 1926, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All pc rsons indebted to said estate will please make immedi ate settlement. This 7th day of March, 1925 rnr . , . . W. JUSTICE,
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