FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1923
PACE TWO
THE FRANKLIN PRESS
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THE AM ERIC AN PRESS ASSOCIATION
How About It?
Fill up the daody mud hole.
Beautify the school grounds.
No bounty should be paid on Geor
gia wild cats. -
There is no possible excuse for
pussyfoot methods of government. .
A good baseball team would be an
crcellcnt advertisement for the town.
The basketball scaspn is over and
the auditorium should be repaired as
socn as possible.
The head of Lee on Stone Mountain
is not the only granite head connected
with that controversy. ' '
A prohibition Officer who will
drink liquor is in no way qualified to
be a prohibition officer.
We notice where Asheville is to
have a fishintr School Thprp arp
several 12 year old boys in Franklin
who would make good instructors.
When the, senate next convenes
the republican senators should have
an army bugler detailed to blow
Accntntilv' C" tVl'lt tUa ,M1 kit
.duviuuij WW UIUI 111. VJiuilUi VV 111 Lit
on time.
Some people make good money al
lowing dogs to kill poor sheep and
making the county pay for good ones.
nu uiuiviuiciH ui iwu inigni ncip
matters. "
A Dcrson who Sets thp wnn'l nn
fire either carelessly or otherwise is
liable to a term in the penitentiary
and for damages caused by the fire.
Think it over, ,
Election for a.c'err.K-n and mayor
tomes on the 5m cV of May. Certi
fy your tickets 20 "days before the
election, if the Australian ballot is
to be used.
Coach Richards is -Hganizing a
baseball team at the high school that
will be a credit to Franklin. Every
body should support this team. Give
our boys the necessary encourage
ment and they will win a majority
of their games.
The Asheville Times is advocating
the establishment of a cross word
puzzle factory in that city. If the
iimes yui send a representative . to
Jfrankiin to remain through the pres
ent campaign for election of city
ornciais ne can tabulate enough cross
woras to supply several factories.
Relief work has started for the
storm sufferers in several mid-west
ern states. It is the intention of
those in charge to replace all houses
as. they were before the storm.
Something over 1000 hmisps wer Hp
molished and thousands of pfeople
made homeless. Hundreds of thous
ands of dollars will he remiirrH. Ma
con county should contribute. Sup
pose the storm had struck us. . In
that case we would appreciate help
irom outers.
In an editorial last week under the
caption or "Law Enforcement" the
Press stated that the town board
Borne months ago passed a resolution
requiring the Chief of Police to re
main in town at all tjmes excepting
in cases- ot emergency. Chief Coffev
states that no such resolution was
ever passed. The book of minutes
contains no such resolution. The in
formation on which our statement of
last ;eek was based came to us direct
from' the Mayor of Franklin. The
Mayor now states that he -was mis
taken and that no such resolution ap
pears to have been acted upon by
the town board. The Press is sorry
to have been misled on this matter
and gladly publishes this correction.
Chief Coffey says 'he cannot levy
on property for ta'xes without an
order from the town board. We un
derstand that such an order has been
promulgated and that the levy will
soon be: put into effect. Chief Coffey
is no respector of persons and will
no doubt levy on the property of a
member of the tov.-n board for 1923
t.'.-'.r, -I he towr. beard need not ex
pert the average citizen to be prompt
with payment of his taxes when some
of its own members set a different
example.
In connection with tax collections
we believe that Chief Cocey should
be relieved from the duties of col
lecting the city taxes. He should
have no time. to devote to this work.
We understand that the Australian
ballot must be used in the city elec
tion. These ballots, are difficult to
lirint ; nd require considerable time.
If the Press force is expected to print
these ballots we should have the
copy two weeks before the election.
If the ballot is brouiht to the Press
office only two or three days before
the ejection it will not be possible to
print it.
Ve ilsi understand that the Au
stralian ballot law repuires that the
names of the various candidates be
certified to the proper authorities, in
this case the city clerk, 20 days be
f oi c the. election. Those who expect
to put out a ticket at tiie last nlmute
will therefore be disjointed, pro
vided the law applies to city elections
and we a.t int.' imed that it does so
apply. ' ''.. 1
. Last week the Press1 asked a ques
tion as to -whose money paid for
clearing the lake site. We are happy
to state that the money of the con
tractor, Mr. Charlie Oliver, was used
for this purpose. Statements have
been made on the streets, of Franklin
to the effect that Mr. Oliver was only
thp tnnl of another citizen of Frank
lin when he (Oliver) contracted' to
clear the lake site. The query in the
Pros last week was made for the
purpose of clearing up this situation.
The following note irom Mr. ueorge
Dean, assistant cashier of the Bank
of Franklin should put at rest all
rumors concerning this matter:
C. F. Oliver . used his money to
clear the dam site and no other man
paid any at all. GEO. DEAN.
Poultry Sales
On March 18th the first, co-operative
noultrv sale of the season was
held at Franklin. This sale put into
the pockets of the farmers some
thing over $2,500. This is the amoilnt
distributed by the legitimate bidder.
In addition two or three independent
buyers were on hand paying a little
more for the poultry than offered by
the regular bidder. Quite a few farm
ers who are evidently blind to the
bebefits of co-operative poultry sales
sold to the independent bidders.
These farmers seem to forget that
up until about a year ago they were
glad to take from every itenerant
chicken buyer just what was offered.
In fact they were at the mercy of
these buyers who usually paid only
about half of what the chickens were
worth. A little bver a yar ago
County Agent Arrendale arranged
lor co-operative poultry selling and
immediately those having poultry for
sale began receiving the market
prices. This at once began to seri
ously interfere with the large profits
which other buyers had been receiv
ing under the old conditions. .These
buyers then 'began laying plans to.
break up co-operative sales. One ot
these plans was to offer more for
poultry on sale, days than the' legiti
mate bidder' had offered. Strange to
say on every sale day Some farmers
sell to these independent buyers.
It should be understood now that
bidders on carload lots will not con
tinue to send a representative to
Franklin to buy poultry unless they
can get all of this product offered for
sale on that particular day. A great
majority of the farmers of the Coun
ty are wise enough to realize this
and refuse to sell to other than the
car lot bidder. Others, however, see
only the one cent additional on the
pound offered by the independent
buyers and sell their poultry to these
men.
The scheme of these buyers ought
not to be hard to fathom. They don't
want any co-operative poultry sales.
For years they have been buying the
farmers poultry for about half the
market price and thus have reaped a
tich harvest at the expense of
widows and orphans and other with
poultry to sell. It now appears that
they are in a fair way to break up
the co-operative sales.
The farmers are the only ones' who
can put a stop to the independent
buyers. One or two more sales such
as took place on March the 18th will
result in no more co-operative sales.
If the farmers want to sell their
chickens in the future for half price,
let a few of them sell to independent
buyers at the next co-operative poul
try sale. If the. wise and far sighted
farmers can't persuade their neigh
bors to sell at the car then all farm
ers can make up their minds to sell
their poultry for half price or to go
out of the poultry business. .
If a farmer wants to test the ac
curacy of the above statements let
him bring a truck load of poultry to
An independent buyer on other than
a sale day and see what this buyer
offers. Y
The Town Board
Lowest bid on constructing the road
tp the dam site w.as ..$2975.00. The
town boarl by contracting for labor
built tiie road for, 1894:61, thus saving
almost '$1100.00., an the amount of the
lowest bidder ior a complete job.
The engineers had estimated the cost
(jt this road at $5000.00.
In the contract for electrical equip
ment and water wheels the town
board saved approximately $3100.00
on the. cost a? estimated by the en
gineers. The clearing of the lake
Hit c was also done at a much lower
co:;t than the estimate. J,n tact in
every instance where the town board
lias spent bond funds it has made
a considerable saving over the esti
mate.
liimiors are croincr the rounds that
the town board has been extravagant
in spending the bond money. In
some cases we believe that deliberate
falsehoods are being circulatd. . We
are of the opinion that the present
aldermen nave ueen, exceuingiy
watchful in the expenditure of the
bond funds. No man can truthfully
say that, they have made a habit of
wasting this money.
As stated before in the columns of
the Press considerable opposition has
developed against some members, of
the present city administration and
a strong fight will be' made-to vote
some of these men out of office. But
while this fight is being waged the
voters should -remember that now is
the most critical period in Franklin's
history. We need now, as never be
fore stiong men on the town board,
men of recognized business ability.
Is it possible to choose from the
citizens of Franklin a better. qualified
town board than the one we now
have? .This question deserves the
serious consideration of every voter.
Service by Publication
Notice
North Carolina-r-Macon County.
In the Superior Court.
Effie 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 darmWs of the
said defendant in the surh of Five
Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, on ac
count of injury, to the pesson 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,
Homer 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. C, against the property of the
said defendant, Homer L. Younce,
which ' warrant of attachment is re
turnable before the undersigned Clerk
of the Suoerior . Court -cf Macon
County, N. C, at the time and place
above numed ior the return ot tne
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
notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced against
him and his . co-defendant, J. M
Younce, in the Superior 1 Court of
Macon County, North Carolina, by
the plaintiff, Effie Welch. it i)c
summons in said action "was issued
on the 16th day of March, 1925, by
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Macon County, -; N. C, returnable' as
to the defendant, Homer L. Y.mncc,
Lefcre the said Clerk on the 18th Oa.v
cf April, 1925. That the purjie.of
said action is to set aside and vacate
a certain purported convevat-e of
property, by the defendant, Homer
L. Younce,. to his co-defendant,",!, 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 ot
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 Couf t 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
Administrator's Notice
ty, North Carolina. ,
Having qualified as administrator
of P. H, Justice, deceased, late of Ma
con County, N. C, this is to notify
all persons having claims against the
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
recover)'. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immedi
ate settlement. ,'
This 7th day cf March, 1925.
.. B. W. JUSTICE, .
FIM-A3 ' Administrator,
?rcss W;mt Ads lUing Results.
Notice of Trustees Sale
By virture of a peworof sale, con
tained in a certain deed of trust exe
cuetd by C. J. Rogers, to .the under
signed as trustees on the 21st day of
December 1922 and default having
been made in payment of the two
notes in said deed ot trust described
I will sell at the Court House door in
rhe town of Franklin in the state of
North" Carolina af public auction for
cash on the6th day of April 1925 the
land described1 in the said deed of
trust which is specifically described
as follows :
"Beginning at a hickory corner near
the creek the beginning corner of No.
twenty, and running south 86E with
old E &W line 53 poles to a chestnut
corner ; then north. 34 E 82 poles to a
stake an dpointers; then south Ityi
E 104 coles to a small hickory on a
ridge; then north 19 E 80 poles to. a
stake in Marv Conley line; then west
7 poles to hickory corner on top of
ridge near Mill Gap; then with ridge
south 20 W 20 poles to a stake; then
south 46 W 49 poles to black jack
Georee Love's corner; then north 78
W 30 poles to a stake; then north 2E
60 poles to. a red oak on top of a
ridge; then down ridge north 74 W 9
poles to a small white oak: then north
ti vv Si nn1p in a stake : then south
56 W 14 poles to ,a rock; then north
34 W 11 poles to a rock at spring;
then north 56. E 14 poles to a rock at
or near a chestnut tree; then north
72 E 92 poles , to a pine in the old
line; then north with old 'line 10 E
3 degrees variation 40 poles to stake
in the hollow above the head of
branch running down by Lou Gud
73 W 22 ooles to a
maple at spring; then north 70 W 22
poles to a small holly in the branch;
then south 85 W 36 poles paper call
16 poles to a Sarvice stump, at tne
creek; then W- 34 poles to a hickory
on a ridge; then north 26 w 24 poles to
a Spanish oak on the Thos West
Ridge; then with said ridge as fol
lows : North 34 W 27 poles to a
black oak; north 53 W 26 poles to a
white oalr, north 25 W 7 poles to a
stake or gum; north 22 W 19 poles to
a chestnut oak stump; north 14 poles
to a blac.k jack; north 14 E with line
of 9315-16 poles to a black jack; then
north 40 W 12 poles to a' Spanish oak;
north 12 W 56 poles to a large chest
nut oak on rock cliff ; north 34 W
with ridge and line of Grant No. 3357
220 poles to a chestnut corner near
the Polly Patch ; then north 78 W 72
poles to a black oak; then south 45
W 38 poles to a chestnut oak corner
on side of a hill in the Chestnut Cove;
then W 53 poles to a scrubby chest
nut oak ridge; then down the ridge
with Hans Reese's line as follows:
South 54 E 20 poles to rock or stake ;
south 25'4' E 35 poles to a white oak
south 7 E paper call 9 E 28 poles to
a Spanish oak in gap of ."where trail
crosses from gum cove; then south
32 E 8 poles and ten feet to a white
oak; then south 50 E 26 poles to a
Spanish oak; then south 20 E 30 poles
to a small black oak on knoll; then
south 56 E 15 poles to a white, oak or
rock on ridge 'above Big Cliff; then
south 26 E 36 poles to rick; then
south 52 E with Plemon's line 100
poles to a hickory corner passinb a
hickory at 78 poles and also 87 poles
then south 38 W 80 poles to a chest
nut oak ;then north 55 W 16 poles to
white oak; then south with the Rick
man line 15 E allow proper variation
40 poles to a hickory, W. J. Jenkin's
corner; when with his line 1 south 15
E allowing proper variation 50 poles
to black jack corner; then south 85
E 79 poles to a whittp oak; W. A.
McGaha's corner; then south 2 W
170 poles to a stake in field; then
south 82 E 24 poles five feet to the
beginning. Containing six hundred
forty acres or less. .
Said deed of trust recorded in
Book 27 at page 196. office of Register
of deeds of Macon county, N. C.
This sale is made to satisfy the two
notes secured by said deed of trust
amounting to $2675.00 with interest.
CBBC.M27 H. G. ROBERTSON,
Trustee.
Notice of Town Election
Notice is hereby given that by or
der of the Board of Aldermen made
in regular session on Monday right
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. Y. .
Notice 'is also further' given that
Zcb Eaird was . appointed Register
and that Roy Carpenter, Broadie
Pendergrass, Mrs. Elosie Franks and
Miss Lilh'e Rankin' were appointed
judges, of said election. That there
will only be one voting place which
will be in the Court House. Said elect-,
tion' 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. . S1SK, Mayor,
II. W. CADE, Clerk,
Notice of Summons
1 1
North Carolina Mitcon County,
In The Superior Court
L. J. Young, Administrator of E. S.
Blackburn, deceased, and Mittic Fox
aiid hunsband, E. M. Fox
vs
Ed Blackburn and others, heirs at
law of E. S. Blackburn, deceased.
The defendants, J. C. Gergory,
Mary Gregory, Lida Dryman, Jake
Dryman, Jane Grantham, Walter
Grantham, Henry Abernanthy and
wife, Abernanthy, Lynchie' Davis,
Wm. Davis, Evaline Johnson and hus
band ......Johnson, Mary Bridges
and husband, J. VV. Bridges, Mittic
Garets and husband, Walter Garcts,
Herrington Pressley, Mary Gregory
Henry Gregory, Frank Gregory, Sallic
Gregory, ..Gregory .will take
notice that an action entitled above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court of Macon County, North Caro
lina, to make assets to pay tire 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. Backburn,
deceased. An the said defendants
will further take notice that they and
each of them, are required to appear
at the office of theClerk of the Su
perior Court of Macon County ,at the
Court House in said county and the
Town of Franklin, on the 26th day of
March, 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 wilt
apply to the Court for the releif de
manded in said petition. This the 26
th day of February, 1925
4t SP FRANK I. MURRAY
Clerk Superior Court sMacon County,
North Carolina.
Service By Publication
Notice
North Carolina Macon County
in superior Lourt,
Macon County Farmers Federation
Incorporated, . , .. .
vs
Mica Products Company, Graham
Dugas and Earl H. Moore
The non-resident defendants, Gra
ham D,ugas 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 plaintiff, in consequences of the
nesrligcnce of the defendants anrl thp
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 r .
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
mons; when and Ivhere the said de
fendant? arc 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
n cm1 o s- nb.'l
111 BIU lUllipidllU,
This the 3rd day of March. 1925.
5tTJJA3, FRANK I MURRAY,
Clerk "Superior Court, Macon County
North Carolina
Notice of Summons
North Carolina Macon County.
In the Superior Court.
Sallie Cabe
vs.
Arthur Cabe
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced against
him in the Superior Court of Macon
County, N. C, before the Clerk for
the puppose of obtaining a divorce
from the bonds of matrimony, the
summons in which action has been
made returnable before Frank L Mur
ray, Clerk StiOerio Court of
- t v v. A.xaiA'u
COUlltV. N. C or hi a flR : iL.
. vmt ill uic
courthouse in Franklin, N. C. on the
2nd day of April 1925, when and where
the defendant is required to appear
and answer or demur to the complaint
of the plaintiff or thp nlainti'ff xW;ii on.
ply to the court for the relief demand
ed t r.erein.
This the 3rd. day of March 1925
FRAWT T UtlDPAV
trull Clerk of Sitriprior PMit
- - "j'v. VVU1 t
Entry Notice
Dave Angel and Frank Ledforrl '
Nx 14967 J Acres. "' "
E-ntered Mtrch 6, 1925.
State of North Carolina, Macon
County. Iave Angel and Frank Led-,
ford enter- 50 acres of land in Eilljay
Township on waters of Sugarfork
River, joining the lands of Andy
Sorrellsr Link Johnson, Ben Gibson,
FJigdon & Porter and othres.
' '"" D. H. AN-GEL.
' FRANK LEDFORD.
' I certify that the foregoing is a
true transcript from the record u
my office. This March 6 19?S v
PA3 t ilOHACE J. IIURCT F. T.'