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tEY CIT OF TH2 MOUNTAINS - ) r- " ,i. . I ft ) it ii ' i VOLUME XL FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1925 NUMBER FORTY-TWO y JATIESBUKE , DIESATNYORK Creator of 40 Million Dollar Duke Foundation Passes Away After Long Illness At New York. New York, Oct. 10. James B. Duke, tobacco manufacturer, died tonight at 6 o'clock at his home here after an illness of several weeks' that followed a nervous physical breakdown. Mr. Duke died in 'the presence of his family and Dr. Robert Z. Wylie, wha has attended him through his long illness. .The physician said that the end came as a direct result of bronchial pneumonia contracted after the breakdown. Mr. Duke had fallen into a state of coma after several days of fighting for life. At times he showed such im provement it was thought he would recover. He is survived by his widow, who was Miss Nanaline Holt; a daughter 1 Miss Doris Duke; a brother, Benj a min Newton Duke, and a niece, Mrs. Anthony Drexel-Biddle Duke, who before her marriage was Miss Mary Duke, v' , Form Duke Foundation In 1924 he established the Duke Foundation for which he set aside $40,000,000. This was the crystaliza tion of ideas which Mr. Duke had had in mind for many years. The trustees were empowered to experjd; .$6,000,000 in acquiring lands, ercetirig buildings and otherwise extending the activities cf trinity college, at Durham, N. C, in institution in which the elder Duke had been niuch interested. The trust deed provided that the name of the institution should be changed to Duke University as a fitting memorial to the father, Washington Duke, and the family, A large sum from the . trust fund we given to the university, a like pro portion was set aside for maintaining and securing hospitals, primarily in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina, and other sums far , ' - , the benefit of white and negro or-1 , . . c t- phans in the two states, for aiding,in, . , ,. . . oat churches in rural sections of North Carolina, for pensioning super annuated preachers, for the use of Davidson college at Davidson, N. C. a Ptebyterian institution; for Furmau university, a Baptist Institution at Greenville, S. C, and Johnson C. Smith university for negroes, at Charlotte. N. C. Ellijay Items Mr. T. P. Moses, accompanied by his son, Ansel, ; recently 'jrnade a trip to Atlanta, to visit his aughter, Mrs. Hume, an take in the. Fair. Mr. MnPcek, who is living in New York City, is home on a short visit.: We are; alwayi glad) to. have him even for the short vacation. It is with much sorrow we report the death of Mrs. Jess Worley.who has been ill witn blood poison. v It might be, said of her "None knew.hcr but to 4ove hef" Our deepest sym pathy gqes to the bereaved , husband and fafnfly and the hope that she is now. a'tpajc(irv;; 1 . , . Mr. JEII Smith, retprned from his trip td Atlanta-Sunday. where he ac companied his father anl mother be fore they returned to their home at Boston. r Misses Annie Moore and Madge Haney Spent the week end here. Mr. Jim, Ammons is still very illj but is better Letter From T. R. Gray Mr. Edtor: I occasionally see notices in the Press of some of our Methodist young . women giving dances or attending dances. I feel like shrugging my shoulders and .hid ing mv face with my hat out ot very shame. T. R. GRAY. Mr. R. W. Shields, Forest Supervi sor, made a business trip to Ashevill last week. SUNDAY SCHOOL ' AT OLIVE HILL The people of Olive Hill and ad joining communities met at the Olive Hill school house and organized a Sunday school Sunday afternoon. A large .crowd was present from which the following officers were elected:" Superintendent,, Crawford Poindex1 tear. Assistant . Superintendent, ' WiW Swafford. . Secretary-Treasurer, Miss Beulah Tallent. , Teacher Adult Class, C. C. Poin dextcr.' Teacher Beginners Class, Miss Ab bie Willis. Thee teacher for the intermediate class will be elected next Sunday. This Sunday school is organized on the union plan and everyone will find a hearty welcome regardless of what denomination he or she may belong to, In short, it is to be EVERY BODY'S Sunday scshool. So every body come and bring everybody with you. This Sunday school , meets in the afternoon so that people who attend Sunday school at other places, may also have an opportunity to attend the BEST SUNDAY SCHOOL IN,' MACON COUNTY. Services will be gin promptly at three o'clock and will close promptly. Special emphasis will be placed on having good singing and a special invitation is always ex tended to . anyone who can sing or make a joyful noise. Meet your friends and loved ones at Olive Hill each Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Bring plenty of "pep" and don't forget to bring your brother, sister, dad, mother and any others you happen to see along the road or' in the woods. Otto Locals Miss Sadie Franks, of Glenville, N. G, visited her uncle, Mr. Floyd Hous ton last week. ' Messrs. I;red and Ed Vinson have gone to Highlands to work. Miss Pearl Cab?, of Tryphosa, spent " ra ey . I Mr. and Mrs. Carl Henson, of Pran- . .... ' . . " tiss. visited their parents; Mr. and v ' M'.s. J.-E. Henson of Otto. Mrs. barron Forrest, of Miami, Fla. is spending some time with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mozeley. Miss Lucy Cabe, who is in school at Franklin spent the week end at home. Messrs. Nath and Curt Chasteen, of Dillard, Ga., are frequent visitors in our community. Miss Connie Bradley, of Prentiss, spent last week end with her parents. Mr. Ernest Vinson, of Scaly,' was a visitor in our community Sunday. , M r. Lewis x Cunningham, who , has been, in Angel Hospital at Franklin for several weeks, with a fractured legt came home last week.; We, are glad to note that he is on the road to recovery . ' Misses Nellie and Iris Cabe shopped r.i Frenklin Satarfay. The school childien and communi ty r re very glad to have their princi pal, .Mrs. Gaston Curtis back after ai operation at Angel Hospital; Mrs J y. F. Curtis of Franklin taught for hef during the past month. ' "There are. thirty-nine children be tween the age of sixteen and twenty one in this district attending no school Nea'rly all of these are ready for high school. ; It would mean a great deal to this community- and Macon county if these pupils could be transported ta rnc1 from a conlral high school at Fianklin. We hope to see this happen in th near future, and also a consoli cation of all the one, two and three teacher schoolr near Otto. . Fire A flue in the store of J, T. Moore & Company caught fire last Thursday and ignited adjacent sills. The fire was discovered in time to prevent a serious conflagration. Mr. Joe Asheaf Franklin's volunteer rue chief, was on the, job with several other volunteers and soon extinguished the fire. ' H1UNICIPAL DAM NdVniXINGUP Power Plant Going Up- A Few Minor Details Of Work to Be Completed as Early as Possible. Franklin's municipal lake has been filled to the level of the power house The entire river is now running through the power plant (and will so continue until the concrete recently poured in the water ways-is suffi cently hardened to permit the gates to be closed. It is unsafe to bring any great amount of pressure against the green concrete. However, there-is quite a good sized lake now, the water being backed up Rabbit Creek for a considerable 'dis tance. Wild ducks on their way to invest in Florida periwinkles are daily alighting on the lake and ..are no doubt wondering what has happened to the Little Tennessee. Some of tho load sportsmen have been ,wasting a considerable amount of ammunition taking half mile shots at these wise old "birds. New Industry For Franklin Mr. J. E. Stimson, a former resident of this state but who has been living in Florida for nine year's, has rented Mrs, Kelly's garage building and will operate a paint shoo, making a spec ialty . of painting .automobiles. . He will also repai automobile' bodies and will do upholstering work of all kindsv Mr. Stimson has had 40 years exper ience in this kind of work and will no doubt find a good field here in his line.- - . .. k , Mr. Stimson's children all live in North Carolina, one of them being a Methodist preacher belonging to the Western North Carolina Conerence and now located at Nebo, N. C. Franklin extends a hearty welcome to Mr. Stimson and wishes him suc cess. He opened for business last Monday morning. . Toccoans Buy Lot Messrs. Ben and George Palmer of Toccoa, Ga., stopped over in Frank lin on October 6 on their way to the Indian Fair at Cherokee. These gentlemen had been here tonly an hour or two before they caught the spirit of progress that is now manifest on every hand in Franklin. So im pressed were jthey ' with FYanklin's future possibilities that they decided to invest in real estate here. After a few .minutes negotiations with the Carolina Realty company they pur chased for cash the Shanklin lot on Harrison Avenue and went on their way rejoicing. vTH : : : ' ' Leatherman Locals Mr. Tom Shepherd, accompanied by two of hi? daughters, Annie and Eula. and son, Wile, of Gastonia, have been' visiting friends and relatives at this place. , Mn and Mrsj, Howcl Hurst and children, of Franklin, was in this conv muhity 'Sunday." v Mr. . Arthur Carden and children Alva and Lyndon and Asbury, of Ijylva, visited Mr. Carden's mother, Mrs. N. A. Carden Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Allen of Har mony, visited Mr. Allen's sister, Mrs. Joe Hurst, at this place Sunday. Mrs." M. M. Beasley has returned to her home here after an extended visit with relatives and friends in Jackson county; While on her j visit Mrs. Beasley's friends and relatives gave her a birthday dinner. With tables full bf good things to eat and many a nice present; Mr. Hastin Buchanan, of Green's Creek is spending a.few days with j his sister, Mrs. Dock Leatherman HIGH HAMPTON SOLD High Hampton, located in Cashiers valley in Jackson county, has been sold to a syndicate. The new owners wiii make extensive improvements. Forest Service and County Cooperate In Fire Control , : i The localiorest organization is now in the" midst of preparation for the fall fire season after having jusjt passed through a serious season during the summer months, due to the extreme drouth. Supervisor Shields and County Fire Warden J. J. Mann are planning to cooperate in controlling fires in the county, both on private and government lands. It is believed that this cooperation will result in better fire control in the forests in all sections of the county. Fire Organization Complete The work of organizing the county for the purpose of preventing . the forest fires has been completed by County Forest Warden J. J. Mann and the following men have been ap- pointed as district or township Wardens-: Zeb Shope, Franklin. Jack Berry, Millshoal. T. G. Harbison, Highlands1. Ernest Bown, Flats, j. E. Cabe, Smith's Bridge, j. A. Parrish, Burningtown. Weaver Gibson, Cowee. J. II. Cochran, Lower,, Nantahala. Neal Hays, Upper Nantahala. Geo. Moffitt, Cartoogechaye. John T. Henry, Ellijay. If any tonc in the county should locate a fire notify any one of the above men at once and let us all co operate in protecting our forests, the greatest asset of any country. Let me urge all the public school teachers of the county to instruct the pupils of the county to be careful about fire. . J. J. MANN, Macon County Fire Warden. Forest Officials Here Mr. A. C. Shaw, an official of the Forest Service, Washington, D. C, is spending a week in the Nantahala National Forest in connection with timber management work. After leaving here Mr. Shaw will make an inspection trip to the Benning Nation al Forest at Columbus, Ga. Lake Emory Exhibit The Franklin Lakes Development has a booth at the Southeastern Fai advertising Lake Emory and Franklin. The display (is well gotten up and shows Lake Emory with lninatuie hi kp ind surrounding mountains. The wimicipal dam is also show.i. This bjoth is constantly surroundcr! !' hundreds ot people and is attracting wide attention. Franklin is to be congratulated that the Franklin Lakes Development has installed a booth where thousands of visitors will have their atention called to this section of the Carolina mountains. ,i. ; 'i r-r.'-., . Money in Old Clothes 1 Our second hand clothes sale has kept up better this summer than any previous, summer and we feel that it is largely due to the space which the newspapers of our state so kindly gave us in June, but I' fear that our people are forgetting us once more and so we are asking you to remind them onct more to send Us clothes. " We are sirjiply overwhelmed with boarding pupils this term and , are having to buy double decker beds in order to house them. We must pro vide work for each of these boarders for we take only those who need to be self supporting. It all depends upon the quantity and quality of clothes which possibly can and as often as you possibly can. Also will you' appeal through you' columns for Auto Knitters which were used during the war by the Re Cross and others . to knit for tho soldiers. We have not the money with which to buy these machines, but if they can be given to us, each one will make it possible for a boy or girl to become self supporting. . Please act promptly for our need is urgent. ' Yours truly, CROSSNORE SCHOOL, Inc. Parcel Post Crossnorc. N. C. Freight -Spruce Pine, N. C' BIG REAL ESTATE FM ORGANIZED V Carolina Realty Company, Composed of Local Men Organized With Paid UP Capital of $10,000. The Carolina Realty company com posed of Mr. S. H. Lyle, Jr., Attor neys G. A. Jones and R. S. Jones, and Mr. Sam L. Franks, all of Franklin, was recently organized for the pur pose of doing a general real estate business in Wes'tern North Carolina. Mr. Lyle is an experienced real estate man having been engaged in this business in Franklin for the past several years. Attorneys Jones will look after the legal matters of the new firm while Mr. Sam L. Franks. Franklin's popular postmaster, has a wide acquaintance in the county and is familiar with the topography in this section and knows the locations of several sites suitable for develop ment. . . n'f.' yl The Carolina Realty ' company re cently purchsed from Mr, Lee Barn ard 75 acres adjacent to' the munici pal lake. This property is .situated at the widest part , of the lake and its topography is, such . a to maktti one of the most beautiful devejopmernts in all Western North. Carolina. "This s tract will be subdivifed into lots and offered for sale in the near future. The hivi htm h,tovr negotiatjing for another large body of land mar Franklin and expects to close th;e deal soon. Further news of this big deal will be made in a future issue of the Press. When this trade is finally closed the land will be divided into lots and sold. The Carolina Realty company ex pects to widely advertise its holdings during the coming winter in many Florida papers. They also expect to list lands for sale all over Macon county. Due to the expensive ad vertising campaign now planned the new firm anticipates no trouble in finding ready purchasers for all lands that may be listed with them. Contractors Move to Florida The Electrical Constructors com pany, contractors . for Franlclinls municipal power dam, shipped their equipment Monday to Dunnellon, Fla., where they have a contract to build a power house and do other work on the Withlachoochee river for the Felkins Utility company of New York. Mr. T. L. Harrisbn,pres73enf ol the Electrical Constructors compahywho was here to see the dam closej and the lake begin to fill stated tht he and all his subordinates are delighted with the treatment received at the hands of the Franklin officials and the public in general. Holly Springs News ( The box supper held at the Jlolly Springs, school house Friday night, September 25 was a . real success. Everyone seemed to enjoy and ap preciate what intertainment wa$ of fered. The proceeds taken in amount ed to $90 which will be Used for bene fit of the school, exclusively, after the expenses of the supper have been extracted. We wi? !i to thank ail those who came as vxdl as those who partook. Card of Thanks We want to thank the dear friends and relatives for their kindness and belp during the sickness and death of our dear son and brother, Floyd Potts. . :;, , ; And many thanks to our deaf minis ter, Mr, Cloer, for being so faithful and so attentive in the last hours he administered all his help unto him. And also we thank, the dear ones who came and sang and prayed! with him. he enjoyed their, singing so much We will always remember them. Father. Mother, Brother and Sister, Mr. W. C. Cunningham left Sun day for Lynchburg and returned Tuesday While there Mr. Cunning ham bought a large stock of, goods 4 -- s
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