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KEY CITY OF THE MOUNTAINS VOLUME XL FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1925 NUMBER THIRTY SEVEN. J town PURCHASES ELECTRIC LINES Closes Trade Last Friday Night -Also Buys Electric Stores of the Local Light Company. Last Friday night at a call meeting of the town board ' the deal for the purchase cf the electric lines of the Franklin1 Light & Power company was closed. The company accepted the offer of eleven thousand four hundred and Some odd collars, the sum fixed by the appraiser as just and reason able. The purchase price includes all 'the fixtures now on hrnd in the stor? ro?ni of the local lem.pary, amouat- ing to approximately $1,400. ' t The purchase of these lines will expedite the use of current from the municipal dam as it will only be nec essary to switch from one power source to another when the new dam is ready. ' Mayor Hay Here Mr. Roy Hay, mayor of Thomas ville, Ga., and Mr. P. C. Searcy, vice president of the Bank of Thomasville, were visitors to Franklin last Wednes day. While here these gentlemen visited the site of the power dam' arid were greatly impressed with the fact that a town of Frnklin's size had the courage to undertake a prefect of this magnitude. They were also delighted with Franklin's scenery ;rd climate and expressed' the opinion hat the future prosperity of this section is assured. Farmers Federation Robbed On the night of September 2nd someone; entered the store of the Farmers Federation in Franklin and relieved the cash .drawer of ten or twelve dollars. The thief entered through a back window and left by means of the side door of the back room. This robbery occurred on the same, night that the Iotla post office was robbed, the theory being that the same person or persons committed both offenses. It is not known whether the robbers took anything but money from the federation. Colored District Conference The district confidence of the col ored Methodist church for the west ern district of North Carolina was held at the colored Methodist church of Franklin beginning on Tuesday of last week and ending last Sunday. Rev. Julc Love, the local pastor, was in charge of the arrangements. Pre siding Elder Slade of Hickory preach ed some very fine sermons during the conference. COUNTY COOPERATES. Last Monday the "county commis sioners appropriated $400.00 to co operate with the state and natiional governments in fighting fires on the lands privately owned in the county. Individual land owners are also co operating by paying one cent per acre each year for protection1 of their pri vate holdings. The appropriation of tye' .county commissioners seems to' hve the almost unanimouss approval ol the citiz.ens of the county. ,The land ownerss of the coumy have reached the conclusion in nearly all instances that a forest fire is their greatest commercial enemy. The forest pr0dtctvof the county bring in to the landowners approximately $200,000.00 : per year. Within a few years good roadsViU penetrate every section of the county thus facilitating the marking of forest products.' If the timber is "permitted to be burned each year these roads will lose some of their value. "; -: . Last Sunday Rev. E. J. Pipes preach ed to the convicts at their camp five miles below Franklin. Immediately after tire preaching sonic of the con victs hs.d Quite a incus. Gr.c man was carved .considerably, hy his fellow convicts..' It is not known what caused the dispute. Probably some, knotty.- -question of the scriptures, 1 . GOOD PROGRESS ON BRYSON CITY AND DILLSBORO ROADS Good progress is being made on the Bryson City road. Within a few days the macadam, in Macon county will connect with that of Swain. The men now engaged in the lpwcr end oi the county will then movv" to Frank lin and begin construction toward Iotla bridge. The macadam . from Etna to Iotla bridge is going down fast, the convicts now working about a mile below the bridge. The Wilson Construction Company is now concreting the highway from the foot of the Cowee mountains to ward Franklin.' The concrete is laid from the foot of the mountain to the point where the road from the dam ssite connects with the Ingliway. Mr. Wilson estimates that this road will be finished to Frnkllin by the middle of October. If wether condi tions still remain favorable after this link is completed work will start on the mountain section of this highway; MOVEMENT FOR NATIONAL PARK Three States to Cooperate on Plan Meeting Featured By Choice of State Cam paign Committee. . i r vfment whlcn has for. i'f p't pose the stablishment of i n;it'cu:t' pa'k in the Great Smoky Motsii'aiiu of "cstsn Norht Car i'.ni and F.ast-e-n 1 t ressee waf. , ausc:Qufly launched jtsVerdayat ;h statewide meeting held by rep!; tentative o1 various hie organiivinr.s of the st.tc h? E?t(cry Park.Hoel. The meeting was featured by the l-crfciion of a state campaign corr. aii:teo e"nd the present t't iVk Commissior appointed by the, Inst .'esMon of the State Legisr.!u:e, ts consti t.i a holding co nmittec, t:;c r. embers of which will be, i!ic n u ..oiators of an organ' i.l!c,i : ct known as The Great -'mil; M inn .dins. l.ic. A campaign committee was ap pointed to consist of Plato D. Ebbs, of Asheville ; D. M. Buck, of Bald Mountain; Dan Tompkins, of Sylva; Charles A. Webb, of Asheville; Dr. D. R. Bryson, of Bryson City ; T. S. Rollins, of Asheville, and Eugene Adams, of Asheville. Decision was also reached to make F. Roger Miller, manager of the Ashe ville Chamber of Commerce, executive secretary o fthe campaign committee, with Horace Kephart, of Bryson City, field secretary. The loal Chamber of Commerce wilt serve . as campaign headquarters. It was recommended that the State Commission aid in promoting public ity. It was also decided to send Sen ator .Mark Squires, of Lenoir, chair man of the State Park Commission, who presided at the meeting yester day, Mr. fibbs and pr. E. C. Qrobks, of Raleigh, president of the N. C. State College and a member of the Park Commission, as delegates to the national park meeting to be held at Richmond, Va., on September 9, with the . authority to enter into any ' nec essary financial arrangement "with yirginia and Tennesjsee.-r-Asheville Citizen. '' MAJOR McCLATCHEY HERE. - Major Dv Fv McClatchey, Secretary to the Georgia Senate and special agent to the Firt .Vice-President of the Southern Bell Telephone Com pany, Mrs. McClatchey and child spent some time in Frankllin last Wednes day. Major McClatchey had not been to( Franklin for 10 years and was as tounded at the great developments that have taken place 'since his 'for mer visit. He expressed a' determi nation' to return to Franklin in the near future with the viiew to look ing over the real estate situation here. F ARM ELECTRIC LINE BUILDING Iotla Community Gets Busy And Is Building Power Line Families, Churches and School Interested. The progressive citizens of Iotla valley, have taken drugery by the hprns and are giving this well known gentlemen the fight of his life, Opportunity beckoned just once and the good folks of Iotla-grabbed it. They ' are building an electric igh lin from the Mica mine . at Iotla bridge up the valley as far as the home- of Mr. W. T. Fouts. The Press was unable to learn what method of persuasion the excellent ladies of Iotla used on their respective husbands. Suffice it to say that the method was, exceedingly effective. Said husbands are now in the woods wielding axes of various sizes and kinds cutting poles for a light and power line which is destined to re lieve their good wives of an immense amount of drugery. Perhaps kind wife painted for good husband a v'sion of the future wherein friend husband was shown touching a button nad lo and behond a pile of stove wood appeared before his eyes. Or mayhap, the vision eluded a pict'.t.t of Mr. Man sitting in the shade of a tree reading from the Franklin Press about the great prosperity of Macon county while an electric motor filled his -silo, ground hi? torn anHHd many. Other odd jobs about the farm. , At any ratejthe line is now in course of consti uction and many Iotla farm houses will be lighted by'October 15th. Mrs. loila h about through with smel ly oil lamp-'. i.eg power for th; sew ing machine will soon be out of fash ion in this beaut:ful valley. In ihe near future daughter will , be abfe to curl her hair to the queens taste and then the young gentry will no doubt join the asociation of Benedicts re cently organized by Bynum Downes. Perhaps daughter will not mind push ing a vacuum cleaner where she. now L objects to wielding abroom. 1 Yes, folks, Iotla is on. the right track. At least ten families are to be supplied with lights as are the two churches, High school and dormitory. Fire hazzards about the farm houses will be greatly lessened. The farmers themselves will fur nish the poles and do all the work. Their cash outlay for wire, cross arms and insulators will not mount to more than $250.00 per mile for a three line system. Of course the wiring and equipment in each house will be an additional charge. But , altogether the cost will be relatively small. The following named men will put lights in their houses and have power available for farm use : Messrs. Bennett,- W. G. Gibson, W. L. Ramsey, lbert Ramsey, Wade Mpqdy, By num Downs, W. T. Tippett, C. F. Mooay, , W. T. Fouts aud perhaps otters. , Highlands and Scaly , Reports from Highlands and Scaly indicate that that "section of the coun ty is entering on one of the most ex tensive land boojms in its .history. rion'dV people z.nd hien from other states of the south are daily arriving at -Holland aiul ..'nvesting heavily in that ,lv"t;tftil r.'.iv'imi, r,f Macon comity. A big development .company ha taken options ii 200 acres of land between Scaly and Mud Creek falls and are planning c:;te:i;"vv rmprove-m-Mits, It is the inienir'on cf this com pany to develop j.owcr r.t the Mud Creek and al.c at tht falls on Middle Creek am', to stj-iplv Clayton. Mountain City. Kabon Gap. ?nd Dil hrd with electric power nid also to furnish power for their c?n develop ment. , , School Opens The Franklin High and Graded schools opened last Monday with a record attendance. Rev. A. J.. Smitli r,ead -a. lesson from the scripture and prayer was offered by Rev. J. Q. Wal lace, Mr. Gus Leach, our own lova ble Gus, .though up in his thirties, made his first public speech when he introduced, the new superintendent, Prof. A. L. B.ramlett. In an admirable talk Prof. Bramlett then outlined his plans for the school for the coming year. According to those who were fortunate enough to hear him, Prof. Bramlctt's policies- and' ideas appear sound and constructive. . Mrs. W. B. McGuire, in behalf of the Parent-Teachers association, then cordially invited the members of the association to meet all the new teach ers at the auditorium, Friday .at 3 :30. Mrs. Mahaffey then made one of her characteristically entertaining talks which all present seemed to en joy. After the exercises the remainder of the day was ' devoted principally to registration. Since Monday the pupils and teac.h ers'have been hard at woTk and all in dications point to a. very successful year. COMPLETION DAK EXTECTED SOON Begin Power House Super structure 15th To Set the Wheels and Generators Next Week. a: J...... - Franklin's big municipal power dam is fast approaching completion. Based on the assumption of continued good weather, the wheels and generators will be set in place sometime next week. Masons will start' building the power house superstructure on Sept. 15th., Mr. Easton estimates that this superstructure will be completed by the end of the present month. Mr. Easton also states that he will begin filling the lake on September 23rd, and he estimates that even with the, pres ent . low waters the lake will fill in six days. . Therefore- by: the end of September Franklin's great lake will have be come a reality. It will require some two or three weeks to make all con nections and to test the machinery. Consequently the citizens may expect power at any time on or after Oc tober IStth. - J. J. MANN COUNTY WARDEN J. J.Mann has been appointed Coun tyFire Warden, a position recently created by the County Commissioners whenhey agreed to cooperate with the statf and national governments in preventing and fighting fires on the privately owned lands of the county. When the fire prevention and . fire' fighting organization t's completed there will be distrject fire wardens in (ach township. ' Mr. George Moffitt has been appointed district fire ward en for Cajtoogechaye and Mr. , Jjm. Farrish for Burningtown. The coun ty and district fire wardens will have oc:hority to arrest persons touting the Jaws .i a?r.st forest fires. ' Rev; P. W. Tucker, presiding elder of the" Waynes vi He District, will hold the fourth' quarterly conference for the local "Mcthpdfs.t'' church tonight (Thursday) at 3 o'clock. Friday at 11 A. M. and Sunday at 11 A. M. he will ypreach at Asbury church near Otto. Saturday, at If A. M. and Sun day? at 3 IV M, he. will preach, at Bethel church. He will preach "at the Franklin Methodist church Sunday nigh.t- at 8 .o'efock. .'The public. is in vited to attend all these services'. The many friends of Mr. J, C Wright in Western North Carolina will regret to learn that he is danger ously ill at. his home in Franklin. The ('actors hold, slight hqps for his re covery. - . . J.A.H0LL0I0N COMING FRIDAY Macon County Progressive Club plans Big Banquet Mr. Hollombn Will Speak Oh Highways. Mr. James A. Hollomon, editorial writer of the Atlanta Constitution, will arrive at Franklin today as: the guest of honor of the Macon County Progressive Club. Mr. Holoman is widely known in the. south as an ad vocate of good roads. The entertainment will be in the form of a banquet to which all those who .contributed to the fund on the occasion of the recent celelbration af The place at which the banquet is to be held has not yet been announced, the tabernacle are cordially invitedi Mr. Holloman will address those present on the Atlanta-Franklin-Asheville highway. He is 'much in terested in this road as the shortest and most scenic route between At lanta and Asheville. Several prom-' inent men of Atlanta will accompany Mr. Holloman to Franklin. A dele gation of distinguished citizens of Asheville will also attend as welt as prominent men from t;owns between the two cities. It is expected that the impetus given ' the Atlanta-Franklin-Asheville High way 'by this meeting will be far reach ing in its effects. Franklin wiy ,in-, deed be fortunate and honored te have such distinguished men presen4 on this auspicious occasion. Personal Mention. The following have Leer, bound over to Superior Court on charges of violating'' the r'rohrl it.'cn law: Roy Keener. S. H. I.yle, fr., and Ray Staudfield. A woman vho gave her name aA? Sanders was also bound over on charge of d'i unkennels. A case against 1.5. C. Munday for violating the prohibition law was continued till September 15th. . ' Mr. Samuel T. C Franks, a promin ent citizen of Cartoogechaye; died at his home Tuesday night of heart fail ure. Mr. Franks had been seriously ill for two or three months ,and while his death was not unexpected yet it was a great shock to his neighbors and relatives. Photographers of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture will arrive here. Saturday to take pictures of various agricultural scenes in the county. Put the ribbons on old bossy and have her ready. Mr. J. W. Goodman, district agent, . State College Extension Service, ar rived at Franklin Tuesday and wilt '. - a t.i. iL: throughout the county to assist in organizing farmers clubs. . Rev. R. R Harris. Head Master of Chtist School at Arden, and Mrs. Harris visited Kev. and Mrs. fmps . urst oi tne weetc. Kev. narns nas. . ... . ir.ivrli-fl cxtfnivplv fiver thn wsfcrn part of the state and claims that tjiere i is no section so ber.uriful as Macon oountv. i Mr. Pul Carpenter U ft Monday ,for Je'Tcr.cqn City.' Tettn., whore he will ' agi-'in cmer i.arsonct .-.cwLian eouege. ; Mrs. J. R. Price and niece, Adelaide Crowcll, left for their homes in Albs- 1 marie ifid High Point las week after siHindirg si'x weeks with Mr. and Mrs. W- K Curtis. '..,, ':; Mr... luirriian Walker and family and.., Mr. lohn , Kliodes returned to their ' . , . ' ! home at Kuthen'ordto lust Friday . after spending a week visiting Mr. Walker's sht'er. Mr.?. J. J. Kiser. Mr. Kd Passrnore, the sage of Ui' Nantahala, has packed his hand )u ' ud . pulled out t$r, Oreiron. lui -will . le. via!)- r.iissed oi the Nanlfiala. S
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