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VOLUME XL
FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1925
NUMBER THIRTY-ONE
ODDFELLOWS
HOLD RALLY
LIFE OF DR. GEO.
W. TRUETT C0NT.
Tolerant of All Men Stays
By His Task Preached on
Battle Front During the
Late War.
CHIEF COCHRAN
PASSES AWAY
BRYAN FOUND
DEADINBED
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BIG BARBECUE
FORFARHERS
- Over 2,000 People at Camp
Ground Saturday Hear
Prominent Speakers Bob
Patillo Delivers the Goods.
Last Saturday the Farmers Federa
tion invited the public to a barbecue
at the camp ground near Franklin.
. Experts estimated the crowd at more
than two thousand. : Under the super
vision of Bob Patillo several sheep
and pigs were barbecued and a large
pot of Brunswick Stew was made
ready. There were also coffee, pickles
doughnuts and other things delight
ful to the taste.. . Chas, Ramsey, Lee
Barnard, Jr., Lawrence Ramsey, E. S.
Hunnicutt, E. S. Galloway and several
others were pressed into .service as
assistants when serving time came
around. The big crowd formed in line
or rather formed a push and. passed
along the serving table. Those who
come out alive considered themselves
lucky Finally everybody was served
and soon begin to take the form of
human . beings once again, most of
those present having Been mashed out
of shape in the jamb.
At 10 A M. Mr. James G. K. Mc
Clure, president of the Tanners Feder
ation of Buncombe county loaded his
clowns into his car and. paraded the
streets of Franklin, Mr. Tennet, editor
Farm News acting os ringmaster. The
crowd then, followed to the catrp
ground. Arriving there, Mr. Aiex
Moore, president of the local federa
tion made a short address of welcome
and then introduced Dr. Collier Cobb,
head of the edpartment of Genlogy of
the University at Chapel Hill. Dr.
Cobb made a brief -talk on China and
told farmers that co-operative organ
izations had been in existence in that
country for more than 2,000 years. He
also told of eating' eggs there more
than 400 years old. The Dotor failed
tn mention anvthing concerning the
odor of said eggs. He .anounced an
UliiKtrated lectu'e on Chinese customs
, at the court house Saturday night. A
large crowd gathered at the court
house that night and listened to Dr.
rnhhV h zhlv entertaining ana in
structive lecture.
Mrs. lane McKimmon, home dem
onstration agent for the state, was
the next sneaker at the camp ground.
She stressed the responsibility of the
housewife's knowing how to feed her
children a balanced ration, how to
prepare the food, how to spend the
husband's income, tq the best advant-;
age. She cited one instance of a worn- J
an who knew how to feed her chick
ens but nothing of what her children
required in the way of protiens, sugar,
lime, etc., in order that they might
vgrow strong and healthy.
Mrs. McKimmon did not fail to tell
the men a few things also. She right
ly claimed that it is the husbands
duty to provide a good workshop for
his wife. In this mountain country
nearly every farm house can have
water piped to it from nearby springs
The kjtchen should be conveniently
arranged to save steps, and where
possible electric lights and small mot
ors should be installed. With, modern
conveniences in the farm home the
wife and mother ccould have some
leisure moments, the children would
be better satisfied and would remain
at home.
The next thing on the program was
music by Corbin's string band. Mr.
Corbin asked the audience to be still
during the performance, but one of
the clowns wanted to know how it
was possible for one to remain still
while hearing such music. '
Mr. McClure and his clowns came
next. , The clowns were all successful
farmers or connected with the staate
7 agricultural department. " They were
dressed in clown costumes to force
fully illustrate the fact that even
clowns can be successful farmers if
they use modern methods. Mr. Mc
cjure introduced the clowns as "fol
lows: , Harry Roberts of Fletcher, a
successful dairyman; A. L. Mitchell,
a progressive farmer of Fairview ;
Prof. S. C Clapp, director of the state
test farm at Swananoa; J. C. Craw
ford, , state entomologist, and R. C.
Crowell, the most successful farmer in1
Buncombe county. Each of these
gentlemen gave some excellent ad
vice to those present alonor his partic
ular line. Dairying, poultry, horticul-
ture, trucking, spraying, soil improve
ment and other phases of farm activi
ties were touched uuon. ' As clowns
these five gentlemen kept the crowd
roaring with laughter. As successful
men of affairs their advice was ex
ceedingly valuable.
Mr. Alien Coggins, Mayor of Bee
Tree, a successful farmer and a di
rector of the Buncombe County Farm
ers Federation was next introduced
and made an earnest plea for co-op-
i eration among the farmers. Accord
ing to him those who follow farming,
at once the most honorable and most
The Odd Fellows of Macon county
had a grand rally last Thursday after
noon in their lodge at Franklin. Grand
Master David Gastner of Fayetteville
was present and put new life into the
local. lodge by a masterly address.
Grand Treasurer M. L. Shipman of
Ralicgh, who was formerly commis
sioner of labor and printing for 16
years was also present and addressed
the assembled, brethren. The local
lodge of Odd Fellows was ereaatly en
couraged by the addresses of theses
visitors and is expected to again take
a prominent part in the councils of
the Odd Fellows of the state.
Mr. Gastner's slogan for the Odd
Fellows of the state, is, Pep and Pu
blicity. Himself imbued with unlimit
ed enthusiasm for the order he loves,
Mr. Gastner has little trouble in in
ducing others to become enthusiastic.
His trip here together with that of
Mr. Shipman has resulted in great
good to the order.
While here Mr. Gastner secured
several subscriptions to the North
Carolina Odd Fellow of which, publi
cation Mr. Shipman is associate
editor. '
This is Mr. Gastner's first trip 4o
Franklin. He is nethusiastic about
the good roads Mr. Stikeleather is
building in Western North Carolina
and predicts for this setion a marvel
ous future.
As Mr. Shipman astd to live, jn
Hendersonville he has been to Frank
lin on numerous ocasions. On this
trip he was delighted to meet two of
his -old school mates, Mrs. W. J.
Zachary and her sister, Miss Nan
Dawson. '
necessary profession, are not receiving
the rewards to which their labors en
title them. The industrial laboring
men are organized and not only de
mand but receive a living wage. The
farmer, due to his lack of organiza
tion, is at the mercy of all with whom
he does business. Instead of demand
ing- a certain price for his farm prod
ucts. he must take the other man's
offer. When he goes to buy he must
also pay the other man s price
Mr. Coggins ended his speech by an
appeal to those present to join the
Farmers Federation as the best means
now known of organizing and pro
tecting themselves. )
Mr. James G. K. McClure, president
of the Buncombe county farmers fed
eration, then made one of the best
farm addresses ever heard in Macon
county. He plead with the farmers to
organize in ordervto give the children
the advantages to which they are just
ly entitled,
In -proportion to the population
more children are born on the farms
than in the cities. Mr. McClure
claims that the city is not a proper
place to rear children. Therefore he
wants the children born on the farm
to remain there. At the same time he
wants such children to have all the
advantages enjoyed by the city child
ren. These advantages in the way of
schools and churches cost money
Therefore to properly provide for his
children the farmer must have monev
In order to get money he must organ
ize to get the true value of his prod
ucts and to purchase his supplies at
reasonable prices.
According to Mr. McClure the pol
iticians are always going to help the
farmer. But never yet has a politician
raised the price of any farm product.
The farmer himself must work out his
own salvation. He must either or
ganize and by so doing earn his just
reward or he must continue-to be the
door mat for the balance of humanity.
Its up the the farmer.
Mr. McClure then asked those pres
ent to join the Farmers Federation as
a means of economical salvation.
The local federation is trying to
raise $10,000 in order to build a ware
house and broaden its scope of activ
ities. Many shares were sold at the
camp ground and it is believed that
the required amount will soon be in
hand. ' , - ,( ;
After dinner Miss Harriett M.
Berry, editor of the Market News and
connected witlj the division of mark
ets addressed the reassembled crowd
on co-operative marketing. The pres
ent highway system of the state is
the result of Miss Berry's efforts for
good roads. During five legislative
sessions she worked for a state sys-
, tem ancl finely succeeded in getting
the present law passed in 1921. She
claims that ex-governor Morrison was
bitterly oppoed to the state system
of roads. Miss Berry wanted such a
syftem so that the farmers could bet
ter1 get their supplies to market. Now
: hit. the roads are beinu; lU'lt Miss
Berry, as the other speakers had done,
pleaded with the farmers to get the
most for thejr products by co-opera-tiyc
sales. :. .,,..., . ,
(Continued from last week.
This brings me to say that George
W. Truett is very broad in his sym
pathies,nd infinitely tolerant of all
men of aH creeds and classes.jHe has
a heart of love for the whole world.
While he is grounded in the faith that
he expounds from his pulpit, and
while there is perhaps not in all the
,orld a more devou: believer in all
those tscred doctrines tba' have st'.r--ed
in Christian hearts from the begin
ning, he thinks in terms of brotherly
fellowship and friendliness of all men
everywhere.
His is a ministry with a single pur
posethat of helping and saving his
fellows. He has been my pastor now
for more than twenty-seven years. 1
knew him before he came to Dallas
and often heard him preach. He was
great from his youth-time years. I
am wondering now, as I write, if the
greatest address I ever heard him de
liver was not the 'one givenat Waco
during his early Baylor days, on "The
Importance of Right Convictions." I
have heard him when he preached aU
titudes never scaled by any preacher
to whem 1 even, listened. Now and
apam, as 1 have sat-under rus nnnis
tery. I "have wondered if his gentle.
piercing .eyes were not looking be
yond all the things of sense and time
and catching glimpses of that third
heaven to which the Apostle Paul was
transported while he yet ' lingered
down here in the mists and fogs of
time. While that is true, I think I
have never heard htm reach subhmei
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neignis man ne acmevca in uiai au
dress in the long ago. . ; .
1 have said that JJr. lruett is a
preacher who stays by his task. I do
not think that any friend he has now
knows, or ever did know, for what
candidate he voted in any election
though I think he always goes to the
polls and casts his ballot. ;1le has
never oermitted anv admixture of
partisanism to cloud his ministery.
Like the great apostle of the Gentiles,
it is in his heart always to say, ' This
one thing I do. I was impressed re
cently when a splendid lawyer a
member of another denomination-
said to another splendid lawyer:
"I wonder why our preachers do not
studv the life and ministry of George
W. Truett and stick to their calling?"
It was. a great word, and yet the
reader must not conceive the idea fhat
on account ot Dr. lruetts wise
leadership as , preacher and pastor
there is any narrowness in his minis
tery. On the" contrary, he sounds out
a vibrant, insistent note on every mor
n! question. Whenever the question
of morals is. trenched upon, he is as lr
rentable as a cyclone and as impreg
nable as Gibraltar.
1 remember well when we had our
prohibition campaign in Dallas, and I
recall the speculations concerning the
L.i't Dr. Truett would play in the
crisis. I knew but the public did not
I did.no'. know from any specific
thing he said to me, but I knew from
cr intimate knowledge of his charac
tcr. He hates every, false way. When
the climax ot the campaign was
reached no one was left in doubt as
to the position occupied by this great
Christian citizen. There is in his
book of addresses "God's Call to
America" a stenagraphic report of
the convincing oration he delivered in
discussing the liquor traffic. It
worth the price of a hundred books
and every patriotic citizen of Texas
ought to read it. . ,
ur. iruett is the most generous
man I ever Knew." I recall one of our
fine, benevolent citizens whom I knew
intimately. One day when I met him
out in the hall near his office door he
seemed in great distress. I asked him
what was the matter. Raising both
of his hands, he said:
"Oh, Pr. Cranfi(ll,;.the beggars, the
beggars', the beggars, the beggars 1"
' I understood it alt, because, when a
man achieve I reputation for gener
csily.lhe unfortunates are on his neck
jit bnre. That has to be reckoned with
in the" life of every generous soul ; but
George -W. Truett never rends out a
doleful.v ;il concerning the betccars
" helps them all; then, wheeu he
;ivt s Away all his monev, he rounds
up his faithful assistant, Bob Cole
man, and others of us and brings us
into the program. '...'
A man once came to Dallas dead
brol.e. Dn Truett gave him all th
money he had, which wasn't much
and then brought him to me for a
clean-up. I loaned this brother $200,
lie owes it yet.
; I recall a cofhpanion incident. One
of the most . persistent deadbeats
ever knew came to Dr. Truett and im
plore 1 iiim to five hi rr money with
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sun had begin to' fall aslant ever so
little towards the foothills pf the East,
'peacefully as one who wraps , the
d
drapery of his couch about him, an
ies down to pleasant dreams," was
the passing of Police Chief Charles
K. Cochran at his home here at an
early hour last Sunday morning the
weeks when the sunshine of hope and
the clouds of despair alternated were
ended in the battle by the late robust
body to regain its health. . . ..
Chief Cochran, as he was familiar
ly known to all, began to develop
symptoms of heart affection during
the late winter and for several weeks
past he had remained quietly at home
while undergoing tretm'ent.-
Services, marked by simplicity yet
molt impressive, were held from the
Christian church from 2 to 3 o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon. The church
auditorium, aisles and vestibule were
crowded to capacity, with an overflow
extending to the street, citizens who
came to pay their last tribute of re
spect and honor to the departed fel-
ow citizen, officer, friend, brother
for such he was. As a specially fitting
feature, all business place? irt the city
remained closed for one hour.
The Rev. H. K. Lane of the Presby
terian church gave the funeral ser
mon, speaking words of comfort from
he gospel inspiration in "The steps
of a good man are ordered by the
f ord." The services were principally
musical, two songs by the local Ma-
lonic male quartet;, solo, "Beautiful
Land of Sunshine," and a mixed quar
tet, "Sometime We'll Understand."
The wealth of beautiful .floral of
enngs completely banked pulpit and
casket. More than one hundred of
these floral pieces attested mutely but
doquently the fealty of friends, the
rivlc body, fraternal orders and of
ficial circles. The greatest funeral
cortege ever formed here wended its
vay to the city cemetery where the
concluding service was according to
Uie impressive rites of the Masonic
order.
Throughout' t.:;e years of his .resi
donee here Mr. Cochran had served
in official capacity. While not su
percilious nor officious, he developed
he attributes of the born custodian
of the law, and fellow police officers
throughout the Northwest, among
whom iie was widely known, do his
memory honor in acknowledging his
superior ability as an officer. He was
a member of the state association of
sheriffs and police officers. A number,
of representatives from both Wash
ington and Oregon were at the funer
al. Charles K. ' Gochrarf was born at
Burningtown, Macon county, N. G,
June 2:, 186. In 1889 he came ' to
Colorac fnd worked for a time in
the mines; He returned to North Car
olina and in 1893 again fumed his face
westward, to Oregon, where he engag
ed in the sheep business with a part
ner' named Chas. Hilton. He was
married to Mary, Olive Powell, at
Moro, Ore., May 17, 1896.
He engaged in farming at Moro un
til 1908 when he entered the real estate
business in Portland with office in the
Corbett building. In ; 19H he moved
to Washougal and re-engaged in farm
ing until at the outbreak of he World
war, his four sons haying enlisted, he
sold the farm and moved back to
Portland. He was made a deputy
shreriiT during the paper mill strike
here in 1917, being appointed chief of
police later, and in both these capaci
ties Jie had served continuously since
that time. He was a member of the
Scottish-Rite and AI Kader Temple of
Portland 4od North Bank Lodge F.
&.A. M. of Washougal.
' Surviving family members are his
widow and four, sons, Lav V. and
Carcnce O. of , (Jamas;, Loren C..- of
Portland; Xtirvcll H of Oregon City
and three grand childrj t,-'lhe Camas
Post, Camas, Wash..
Just as the. midday rays of life's
Went tn Rest After Dinner
Stating He Never Felt Bet
terTo Be Buried in Ar-
lington Cemetery.
Dayton. Tenn., July ' 26. William
Jennings Bryan, three times presiden
tial i'( n inee of the Democratic party
rnd known the world ov.r tor hi
oqueiice, died here this afternoon.
The end came while the great Com
moner was asleep and WKS'ud'ibuted
by physicians to apoplexy. He had
retired to his room shortly after eating
a Imje dinner to take a short rest,
Mrs, Bryan sent the family chauffeur,
Jim McCartney, to wake him about
4:30 and it was learned then that he
was dead.
Dr. W. F. Thomason and Dr. AC
Broles, who examined the body, ex
pressed the opinion Mr. Bryan had
been dead between 30 and 45 minutes
before they arrived. The death oc- .
curred :n the residence of .Richard
Rogers, which had been assigned to
the Bryans during their stay here. .
l uneral arrangements had not beea
completed late tonight but Mrs. Bryan
indicated interment would be in Ar
lington cemetery. Mr. Bryan, Wh
was a colonel of the Third Nebraska
Volunteers during the Spanish-Amer
ican war, on several occasions had ex
pressed a desire to be buried in Arling
ton. ".
Mr. Bryan's death came on the" eve "
of another crusade he had planned to
carry, before the American people a
battle against , modernism. He re
turned to Dayton this morning after
having made addresses yesterday at
Jasper and Winchester, Tenn., and
after having completed arrangements
for the early publication, of the speech'
he was to have made in closing the
trial of John T. Scopes, who recently
was found guilty of violating Tennes- '
see's anti-evolution law.'
. Health Appeared Good
Despite the strenous program Mr.
Bryan had been following as a mem-.
ber o f the prosecution staff in the
Scopes case an as leader of the fun
damentalists, he appeared in excellent
health.
Shortly before Mr. Bryan entered
his room to rest he told his wife he
had never felt better in his life and
was ready to go before the country
to wage his fight in behalf of funda
mentalism. About 4:30 o'clock Mrs. Bryan said
she felt her husband had slept long
enough, so she sent the chauffeur, who
also was 1 his personal attendant, to
wake him. McCartey shook Mr. Bry
an twice before he noticed the latter
was not breathing. The physicians
and A. B. Andrews, a neighbor, then
were summoned hurriedly.
Mrs. Bryan accepted the shock
bravely and remained calm.
"I am happy that my husband died
without suffering and in peace," she
said.
"You know he was a colonel in the
Spanish-American war and since it
was his wish to rest in Arlington, we
probably will place him there," she
continued. "But no definite decision
will be reached until we hear from
William Jennings Bryan, Jr."
Sue K. Hicks, who was associated
with Mr. Bryan in the recent trial,
and Mr. Andrews remarked upon Mrs.
Bryan's courage, as she took charge
of arrangements. .
GEORGIA ROAD WAS
FINISHED MONDAY
The Wilson Construction company
finished pouring concrete On the
Georgia road last Monday afternoon
about 5:00 o'clock. This road would
have been conpleted '.en'days ago had
not the contractors' oeen dfelayed by
the non -receipt of crushed Stone and
cement. As 'it is, 'howeveHhe Work,
was dome in record time.y THe Wilson
Con3tructioh company1 beganwbrk on
April 3 and in less thanjour months
have finished a concrete road 16 feet
wide and a little more than 14 miles
in length. The county is' Exceedingly
fortunate that this company also has
the contract to bnild the concrete
road from Franklin to the Jackson
county line towards Dillsboro. Two
mixers were used on the Georgia road,
but due to transportation problems
only one mixer can be used oil 'the
Dillsboro road. Work on the Dills
boro highway will begin at the foot
of the mountain and carried on to
ward Franklin. It is expected that
this part of the road will be completed
before bad weather. The contractors
will then have a good road over whii-h
to haul the material to be u.;cd on ilio
mountain. -