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VOLUME, XL
FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1925
NUMBER SEVENTEEN.
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A
SUMER RESORT
PROPOSED HERE
E. S. Galloway and Associ
ates Plan Pleasure Lake
to be Built on Their Prop
erty on Iotla.
FINAL FATEFUL DAYS OF PRESS'
BIG SALESMANSHIP CLUB HEKH
One of the results coming from the
recent visit of Mr. Max, Munzen
heituer of Dallas, president of the
Texas Mica Corporation, of which
Mr. E. S. Galloway, is vice-president
npra1 manacer. was a plan
worked out -by these two gentlemen
for th,. opening ot a summer resori
rtv fnrmerlv the N. L.
Barnard tract, nine miles northwest
of town. ,0
Mr. Gallowav, who owns. 48 per
cent of the interests and Mr. Munzen
heimer, s who together with several
other prominent Dallas business
men, owns the other 52 per cent, are
heartily in accord with the plan and
are now working ' out the .. details
incident to its consummation.
This property, covering an area of
noAv 7(W acres is unusually well
located for this purpose, abounding
in beautiful mountain scenery, Hav
ing a virgin forest of poplar and
other native trees, and crossed by
numerous small streams. According
to their plan, a natural basin is to be
dammed across, creating a lake over
40 acres in size, Around the lake
thus formed will be built a meander
ing road, and the, adjoining territory
:.. thf hin t line of sum-
mer cottages rustic in design and
beautified with shrubs and walks. In
a central location will be situated a
dining hall and a community center
for the social life ' of the resort.
Electric lights and water will be pro
vided from the power produced by
the dam for the comfort and conven
ience of residents and a local dairy
will furnish milk, butter and eggs.
Th. lake will be stocked with fish,
' a bathing .beach , covered with white
flint ' pebbles added. Hunting privi
leges will be granted as a part of the
' inducement to spend a summer in
this delightful location, there being
a plentiful supply of pheasants, quail,
squirrel and , other small game in
sczison..
this orooosed
l lly u.iuai - -
improvement will await the nnai. ap
proval of the other Dallas associates
in the deal, but in the .event that this
is arranged, construction of the dam
will stdrt soon, with th other work
to follow as rapidly aSt possible.
While.it is not the. belief of Mr. Gal
loway that the resort could be fin
ished in time for the present season,
1 it could be well on its way and en
tirely complete by the next summer.
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McLean May Appoint Sam
Rogers Head of New Dept.
Reports from Raleigh are to the
-rr.A CotniiM L: Roeers. ot
Franklin, Macon county, former di
rector of, the u. a. ,vxnflu
nr.. ixr,icftn' -" administration.
is being recommended ;by his friends
for appointment as director of the
newly created State Department of
Conservation ana wcvcuy;-
tf the denera
uuring me "1UU v
Rogers was frequently mentioned for
S bdieved 'that if the position
- rr J tit- Pnmre he Will aC
cept. Those advocating him for the
W h is well Qualified
as an administrator for so important
a post and, that it is believed ..he
would fulfill hi duties in an able
and creditable manner , .
m. . nf Conservation
i n i.Ani orai created Dv
the last sesrion of thextLs,tu"
.... !.. u nf th North Laro-
vey. Following th creation o the
With' the final hour, 3 o'clock "next
TUrcfi-v aftprnoon. emblazened on
their minds, stirring scenes are being
enacted by candidates in tne rress
Great Automobile, and Prize Cam
paign, now swiftly drawing to a close.
Aroused to unprecedented oppor
tunities of winning the beautiful
Chevrolet car and other prizes, each
passing hour is instilling new energy
into ambitious workers. Everywhere
they are swarming in eager and anx
ious quest for subscriptions that will
win them big votes and in the end
an automobile. i
TVioa mnrtprs nav no attention to
frequent rumors that circulate with
the hope ot damaging eneci. mii
itnrlpc Viavp onp obiect m-
fluencing som,. candidate to retire
for fear of being passed by someone
else in the race. Such tales have no
foundation whatever It is obvious
that no one can determine the ulti
mate result of the campaign.
Courage and downright hustle arc
the main things to observe. Votes
thinsr that will win the
prizes, and every carididate should
and for that matter is-taking upon
herself to annex just as many votes
as possible between now and th,
close.
The Judges
Messrs. H. W. Cabe, Charlie Ram
sey, J. P. Richards, J. Steve Porter
Alvah Pearce.
would lik to have
you meet the person who penned the
ahove. We are very sur sucn a
meeting would prove beneficial to a
laree number of you, who are worry
ing about this and about that bug-a-
boo, the fairy tales and the bombast
which serves the very purpose it is
expected to serve, when it makes you
nervous. Do not permit any one to
scare you. The very moment any
one starts that sort of stuff you may
feel sure no adequate foundation ex
ists fgr his or her story.
Imuortant Notice to Club Member
All .subscriptions deposited in tnc
sealed ballot-box must be accompan
ied bv cash, money order, cashiers.
checks, or drafts. No personal checks
will be accepted in this blind ballot-
box, and if they are deposited with
the reports, they will not be counted
the reports will be null and void.
This ruling is. made in fairness to all
club members. Club members should
WORK AT DAM
MOVING FAST
Gamp Complete About 80
Men Are at Work, More
Than Half of Which Are
Local Men.
PROCLAMATION
BY PRESIDENT
President Coolidge Sets the
Week of April 27 to May
3 As American Forest
Week.
Thp ramn of thp Electrical Con
ctrnr-tni-a rnmnanv: contractors for
"f"- ... j ,
Vho rrmnirinal dam. consisting Ot
a " -1 r" ....
approximately buildings is com
plete with the exception of a concrete
house and one or two others.
Fio-htv men. more than half of
whom are local citizens, are now at
Thp scenp at the dam site
is one of intense activity. Men
tms frnrk-s dnnkev enemes. exc.
pneacred over an' extended
oi-po all wnrkinsr with feverish en
ergy' toward the one great object
completion ot thP dam.
Derricks, eighty five feet in length,
ncsition. Ine
rlc for the coffer dam extends
Mn distance into the
stream and there are many other
evidenies that the superintendent of
construction, Mr. Easton, knows his
letters and arti-
1 cles in the Press to club members
eniourage rrte, as 1 heard several
boast as to the number of votes
they had.' But, as I wrote you,
1 am in to the finish, .if I don't get
enough credits to shroud a Jay
bird, and it will be a cold day in
mid-summer when 1 -simply quit.
Let the boasters boast, I a.m, saw
ing wood. If I get a prize
I shall be satisfied, if I am beaten
fairly I certainly won't kick.
- Yours truly,"
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have the checks made out payable I In building , his cam; Mr. Easton
. . j :Jt-, rnmtrtirtea with a view to the
cash with your reports. .
OUT-OF-TOWN club members
should mark their envelopes next
week "FOR THE SEALED BALLOT
BOX. DO NOT OPEN." Then send
in your reports as usual and they will
1)P taken . immediately to the bank
and deposited in the ballot-box seal
un! token.
Fair Warning
IV not be over : confident do not
It s often the
comfort and healtti ot his men.
Kitchens and dining, rooms are. thor
oughly screened and many other con
veniences and facilities tending to
ward a sanitary camp are provided.
From time to time the Press will
publish photographic, views', of the
dam in course of construction.
issue.
ROME SCOUT CAR
VISITS FRANKLIN
Delegation From Rome, Ga.,
Passes Through Here in
Search of Short Route to
Asheville.
new dep,rtmi;pi, orcu tfwrv
orof thenwfW.Wfl:f5?.
county, was appolhttd by Governor
McLean ta fill teroporanly the posi
tion made vacant t r
resignation. :snevine vhmi-".
. Franklin Loses
Tiip ncrirreffatioh of Sylva ba
tossers invaded Franklin last Friday
and tnik the local boys in to the
tune erf 8 to 3. The Franklin boys
showed a lack of practice and the
Sylv team, though somewhat bet
ter, jcannot in any manner be classed
as'.a team of Ty Cobbs. However
thtf" rc is good material on both teams
and as the season advances games
between Sylva and Franklin should
be very interesting. At any rate
Franklin gave the Sylva team a
' hearty welcome and after all good
fellowship counts.
fA delegation from Rome, Georgia
was in Franklin last Monday scout-
ine out a road from that city to
Asheville. This delegation was only
an advance guard and consisted ot
Mr. W. H. Foster, secretary, Rome
Chamber of Commerce, and Messrs.
John M. Graham, 0. L. Daniel, J. A.
Reece and A. A. Chapman.
The uecole of Rome have long de
sired a more direct and a more scenic
route from Rome to Asheville than
via Atlanta and 1 Greenville. , Over
that route these people must travel
for more than 250 miles before even
startine taward! the mountains,
Th scout car from Rome came into
North Carolina by way of Blairsville
and Murphy and returned by Frank
lin. TaUulah Falls and Gainesville
On their way back these gentlemen
will attempt t find a suitably route
from Gainesville to Rome leaving
Ati,o a vp smi'h. There is no
limine . .
doubt ihat, a- desirable- road through
that section can oe iouna. onvuiu
l n k fh pbc the li-aublt
of the Kome .iqiKsv.wuii .,;h -,
so far as a snort rvu :r"""7
tainl of Western vNorth Car'olina is
concerned. 1 , - , '
ovnntaorp of the route
via Gainesville, Tallulah Fall and
Franklin, is the magnil.cent scenery,
xr ..l...- in h amith ran such
scenery be found as on the road from
rnrnolia tf AsheVll C OV Way V
Nantahala National Forest
and American Forest Week
lipi-nnm rlismuraced
last key in the bunch that opens the j T)i(i 0j)Servance 0f American For-
SION you can-do not think of the j States is m response to the great
other fellow it is you that counts, j national, problem: Our Future For-
It is YOUR work that will win tor LstsQur Future Timber Supply.
YThe standing of the candidates will This annual event again gives fit
be found on another page of this ting opportunity to call attention to
the local problems ot the JNantanaia
National Forest. The Forest now in
cludes approximately 240,000 acres of
timberland in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia.
The aims in forest administration
are briefly as follows:
A nlare Oil the local
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Two Men and a Woman Were 'markets a continuous supply of tim
ber.
To aid in the development ot
waterpower end navigation by giving
the maximum degree of protection
to the headwaters of two of the most
important rivers in th,. South the
Savannah and the Tennessee.
To develop the recreational use of
th,. Forest to its fulkst extent.
'.in nrrier to make possible these
objectives our cryinij need is THE
WOMAN JAILED-
EVIDENCESLIM
Arrested Here on April 15
Gave Their Residence as
Asheville.
On the 15th of April a . woman and
two men, giving their names as Mrs.
W. K. Lylerly, Cliff Taylor and J.-M.
Webb and their homes as Asheville
were placed in Macon county jail on
nit with , a deadly
a. 1 - - r rn fTH t
weapon, hauling liquor . ana carrying , riJMJNATION Ot" tUKtSJ iukco
concealed weapons.
Their trial was held before Jndge
Zeb Baird the next morning and the
prisoners were bound over to Super
ior court.
Arrnrdinff to the evidence Mr,
Theo Kiser was returning from the
construction camp on the Georgia
road on Wednesday afternoon and
passed a car headed toward Franklin.
One of the occupants of the ear which
had suffered the accident of a blow
out got out of the machine and asked
Theo how far it was to the next
... i.i. iU m a
town. As this man kiv ww v.. -pistol
fell to the ground. The man
picked the gun up and piacea uu-
time tn gewun w . - t . j,.-- irrtth. etc.
oftri he -mtm-matter. iwi" -,v wn,.
and hi this We are dependent on the
co-operation of each ana every
citizen. " c
As citizens of the United States
we have an interest in this forest
property as part owners,-and as tax
t v. cvra1 counties m
which the property located, we
ha a much more direct interest, in
u.. 4..,..t.,-fiM ner cent Ot the
ross revenue from the Forest is re
turned to the counties .'or roads and
In the prevention of fites do not
:u Kffin . careful yourselt
although that is of first importance
but urge others to be careful also.
Preach the gospel oi fire control to
yb'ir neighbors arid assoaates,
If you re engaged in ' the manu
fa"u?e of lumber or other t.mber
products you appreciate nrf " "i
tn nrnrlaimini? American Forest
Week, I desire to bring to the atten
tion of all our people the danger mat
comes from the neglect ot our torests.
For several years the Nation has
observed Forest Protection Week.
It is fitting that this observance be
enlarged. We have too freely spent
the rich and magnificent gift that na
turP bestowed on us. In our eager
ness to use that gift we have stripped
our forests; we have permitted fires
to lay -waste and devour them; we
have all too often destroyed the
young growth and the seed from .
which new forests might spring. And
though we already feel the first grip
of timber shortage, we have barely
begun to save and restore.
We have passed tne pioneer stage
and are no longer excusable tor con
tinuing this unwise dissipation of a
great resource, to tne ianou u
means tne lack ot an ea-uiciua.
rcssity and the Waste of keeping idle
or oiilv partly proaucuvi: uunj u..v
fourth of our soil, lo our torest
using industries it means unstable
investments, the depletion of forest
capital, the disbanding Df established
enterprise.-, and the decline of one
of our most important industrial
proiipn.. L . '.
Our forests .ought be P"t t0
work and kept at work. I dp npt
th nhstacles that have to
be met, nor the difficulty of changing ,
old ideas and practices. We must all ,
put our hands to this common task.
It is not enough that the Federal,
State and local governments takP the
lead.' There must be a change m our
i titnf1f Our industries,
our landowners, our farmers, all o,ur
citizens must learn to treat om
forests as crops, to be usea dui aiu
to be renewed. We must learn to
lend our woodlands as careiuuy
we tend our farms. . '
Let us apply to this creauye
the boundless energy and skill we
have so long spent in harvesting the
free gifts of nature. The forests of
the future must be started today.
Our children are dependent on our
course. We are bound by a solemn
obligation from which no. evasion
cKfnrfiio-c will relieve us.
lT,iless we fulfill our sacred respon
sibility to unbotn generations, nless
we us, with gratitude-and with re
straint the generous and kindly gitts
of Divine frovidenqe, we
ourselves unworthy guardians ot a
heritage w hold in tru . ,
Now, jhereiore, i,
f United States, do
recommend to th. Governors of the
various Mates to "J'If'S- ' V
apart the week of April 27-May 3,
inclusive, K2S. as American Forest
Week and, wherever practicable and
not in conflict with State law or ac
cepted customs, to- celebrate Arbor
Day within that week. And I urge,
public officials, public and business
associations, industrial leaders, tox
est owners, editors, educators, ana
all patriotic citizens to unite m the
common task of forest conservation
and renewal. , , . t
In Witness WTiereof. I have h"",
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
oe -at the City of Washington
iniS IWCIllJf ""J w , J
the year of our Lord one thousand
v J. . -J anil
Bin, haunireo.n cuir-
of the Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred
and forty-nm
By the President '., r .
J CHARLES E. fcUGHES,
Secretary of State,
IWU IHCU nviv
1- th rar
unaer wraps . -v .t,..,.
These people were leM cjMJ
of Franklin's acting chief of police
while another officer proceeded up
Frtnk yilims Dead
At 6 o'clock Satcfvhy morning Mr.
Frank Williams of Franklin died at
it vou are ciikiccu "j -r- . . , , , , ,
tion dependent in whole or in part his home off the Georgia road,
on the summer tourist trade, which
: .1... nrm attrartive to tne recrca-
tion seeker, a forest swept annually
Franklin.1 This road opens up to
the south the great scenic section
,..r Ta ,iiah Ka s. Lakemoni anu
Burton Lake. And within less than
a year Franklin itself , will have a
lake that will surpass in beauty any
thing in the Southland.
A great caravan consisting of many
cars rilled with Rome people will ar
rive in Franklin about May, 21st.
Plans are now under way to enter
tain this delegation in royal style.
The Franklin Board of Trade will
welcome suggestions as to the form
of tnis entertainment from all who
are interested in the Kome-Ashcvjlle
highway.
the road to search tor wn.Kcy. ion .w, . - -
Ui, im none was found. The posse by hre or one auwu'
I turned toWAlta and got Mr. aJd flowers, with springs and traems
'Kiser to return with it to the spot. off clear .terK , ; . - ,
hP had passed tne -" 'i u u"1" ,v .
r't'h ",., that flace revealed four benefit or le by (ore.t .6r .. .
Warrants were men ' f:!.' irMtA- m'arowinff.-.irAn Wi Hams, of Macon coun-
Mr.
Williams had been in ill health for
more than a year and though W
death was not unexpected, neverth-.
less the puSilc was shocked to hear
of his passing .
; He is survived by his wife and the
! follftwinff brothers and sisters:
the three occupants of the car were
lodged in jail. , .
w ti,A trial the evidence on the
charge of assault was so proposter-
timber for the future for the beneht
of your children?
Consider the nrP conuoi yiuuicui
o Sv absurd that the prosecuting at- from whatever angle, you .will, you
SorK cannot reach any conchisiofc othe.
On the other two charges the men than that expressed in the somewha
were ' "V1 - i : . n
. n., i j... J ...nirnil urns ctrvitr- "I'rp
each, ine noiui in inc., . V6" -.. c.,.,,, hC
Set at SOW- ne VnrPvt Suncrvisor '
A,v and left Franklin. i l'orest Supervisor,
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liams, John Williams, of Macon coun
tv and Mr. Charlie Williams and
Mrs. I. K. Buckn'er of Democrat, N:
'C.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church in Franklin Sun-j-..
-r. n miniaiprs nf I'rank-
icascu iii iv ?uiiivMw nay ai ii;i iiv'un. ..'..- -
it nevertheless truthful liu" taking part in the services, l ie
vent Forest Fires, It j remains were laid to reft in l-rank.
Ha s new cemetery one y.h.
town.