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THE FRANKLIN PRESS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1323.
Macon Must Help
Do you want a National Park with
in easy reach, for you and your chil
dren, your neighbors and visiting
friends? " .
The area of the Great Smoky
Mountains which the federal South
ern Applachian Park commission has
selected for a national park, is within
a few miles of Asheville. The good
roads of North Carolina will lead to
its entrances. Government built
highways will traverse the park, mak
ing easily accessible all the scenic
wonders, virgin giant forests, varied
and abundant flora and remaining
.wild life of this chosen and now ia
accessible mountain region.
In this area there are seven moun
tain peaks higher than Mount Wash
ington and many other peaks 6.000
feet above sea level. Some of them
Tise a. mile above the valleys from
which they are approached. One hun
dred and thirty-seven varieties of
trees and one hundred and fifty va
rieties of shrubs and flowers make
this area the greatest natural botan
ical garden in the world. Some of
these trees are estimated to be a
thousand years old, and the wonder
ful flowers bloom over vast acres.
This "mountain climax cast of the
Kockics" has been selected by nation
al park experts as the incomparable
area east of the Rockies for a na
tional park.
Do you want the national park
which it is proposed shall be given
to the more than 80,000,000 people
living east, of 'the Mississippi river.
tn he InratpH npur vnur Hnnr? Thprp
are seventeen national parks in the
West. The entire eastern part of tre
United States has but one little 5,000
acre national park, which is on .the
coast of Maine. The Great Smoky
mountains lie midway between the
Gulf and the Great Lakes, and be
tween the Atlantic and the Mississip
pi, ideally placed for the benefit of
the entire population of the East.
This park will contain nearly 1,000
square miles and be the sixth in size
of all the national parks.
Do you want to conserve these vir
gin forests, not only for posterity to
see and enjoy, but as the only ade
quate means of preserving the water
nources from which the fertile val
leys, existing and proposed hydro
electric power,' the avoidance of
floods in tne rainy season and drouth
in the' heat of summer can be se
cured? , , I
The forest reserve permits the cut
ting of trees and reforests cut-over
areas. It took a thousand years to
grow some of the trees of the Great
. Smoky mountains area. The forest
reserve does not operate to provide
recreational opportunity for the pub
lie. National parks are created to
preserve outstanding treasuries of
nature's greatest beauty and marvel
arid to make them easily ' available
for the enjoyment and benefit of the
public.
Do you want to share in. the in
evitable benefits to be derived from
a vast throng of tourists annually
visiting the communities surrounding
the Great' Smoky mountains national
. park? . .
Within five hundred miles of these
mountains fifty, million people dwell.
Within a thousand miles more than
eighty ( millifins- make their homes.
North Carolina ' already entertains
annually more than , half a million I
tourists. The Great Smoky moun
tains national park will be as a rare,
diamond set in. a wide bed of pearls.
. their lofty peaks forming a fitting cli
max to' the world famous scenic views
of Western North Carolina. , The
park, added to present attractions."
will bring to this section' such an in
crease .of tourists as staggers the
imagination. The easy approaches
to this park from all sides will invite
tourists, to journey into the park day
after day, patronizing hotels, board
ing houses and local merchants in the
surrounding area, and becoming ac
quainted with the opportunities and
attractions' which" these' communities
offer for permanent residence, so that
many will seek here to make their
homes, ':
Do you want to preserve the last
remnants of the wild life of the na
tive North Carolina forests? Nation
al parks are game reseves. The gov
enment protects desirable species of
animals and fosters the propagation
of animals and birds, to the delight
of the nature lover and for the edu
; cation, of the young.'"
f Would you like yourself to see the
vast acres of rhododendron and other
flowers in bloom over these great
v heights, and to stand beneath the
piant trees which towered to heaven
before Columbus was born? Wojjld
you like to look into seven states, to
vbe seen from the top of Mount La
Conte? Would you like to sleep be
neath the ereat balsams which inter
lock their branches in the heights of
these Mountains? Would you like
to view the "sunrise anad the sunset
from points more than a mile in. the
air?"' . . 1 V
These rare enjoyments which have
been the' privileges of only a few
wing to the , inaccessibility of the
Great Smokies, will be for you and
your children as soon as the govern
ment accepts this area for a nationa
park and proceeds to construct high
ways, rest camps and other conveni
ences v(hich are provided in nationa
parks.
Do you want your children and the
youth of America to be able to look
upon the wonders and beauties of the
Creator's handiwork just as He first
p.ave ii, unspoiled by man?
To secure this national park with
a!) that it means not only to the pco
y: of Western North Carolina but
to tiie many miliums of Americans
who' will enjoy its rare . privileges, it
is necessary that the park area be do
nated to the government by tire peo
ple. The government will provide for
the development and care of the park
when it is once accepted by the con
gress. North Carolina is asked only to
contribute the first $500,000 of the
purchase price of the park area. Pay
ment will be made in four install
ments over a period of three years.
Every North Carolinian will surely
wish to subscribe generously to this
fund, for the pride of his state, for
the benefit of all Americans, for the
certain preservation of the last re
maining great tract of God's own
handiwork in the eastern part of the
United States.
Robert Sterling Yard, secretary, of
the ational Parks association, in the
November National Parks Bulletin
says of this proposed park:
''The Great Smoky mountains na
tional park will possess national park
quality of high order. That is, it will
equal in its own different way the
high standard set by the national
parks system, s'
"Rising from a base altitude aver
aging fifteen hundred feet.her moun
tains equal in actual height all but
very few in our western national
parks as meausured from their own
baase levels of four tonine thousand
feet.' They are massed, ridged, can
yoned and tumbled as confusingly as
the . High Sierra of California. If
their heavy blanketing has saved
them from the carving, doming and
splintering erosion which has per
formed tupon the bared summits of
many western mountains of similar
height, it has preserved to them the
greater beauty of more gracious out
line. Under different conditions, the
master sculptor has here produced a
vastly different work.
"Great Smoky's contribution, there
fore, to the nation's world-famous
exhibit will be large." Selected.
Flats Locals
Messrs. Johnny Dills and I!, 1
I.owery made a flying trip to Nanta
hala Saturday.
Mr. I). A. Grant was on the- streets
last Tuesday, happy as a spring bird.
It's a nine-pound girl.
Mr, W. L. Grant came down off
the house top Friday morning re
joicing. It's an 11-pound boy. '
We are glad to sec this fine weath
er. Everything is working like clock
work on the new road to Nantahala
Station. We will soon have a road
that everybody will be proud of. It
is progressing fine. The drill is cut
ting from 300 to 500 feet every eight
hour shift. That's drilling some. We
arc pleased to have such a man as
Mr. Ripley in our community. He
has lots of friends. A word to those
who growled about the o'd road be
ing closed. We are not surprised at
you for we knew a professional
growler before the ' road started.
Can't have -a road without closing
up the old one. We assure Mr. Rip
ley and Uncle Sam that the citizens
will stand by them whether the
growlers do or not. We want to
thank them for the efforts they have
made to give us a good road.
In Memory
Mrs. Elizabeth Conley Hester was
born August 12, 1847 and died No
vember 1, 1925. She joined the
church in the eleventh year of her
dge, and on December 16, 1873, was
married to Mr. John Hester. Six
children were born to this union,
three of whom survive: Mrs. Jeff
Enloe, Franklin; Mrs. J. E. Osborne.
Harrisonville, Mo., and Mr. Fred
Hester, Jonesboro, Ark. She also
leaves two sisters and one brother.
Mrs. Dave Lewis and Mrs. Arch Si
ler, of Franklin, and Mr. Sid Conley.
who is in the West. From the above
dates it will be seen that Mrs. Hester
was well on towards her four score
years, and that she became a Chris
tian in her eleventh year, thus having
been a follower of Christ for nearly
three score years anad ten. Hers
was no mere profession, but her life
in a peculiar way gave evidence of
her sincerity. She was not among
those who think more highly of them
selves than they ought to think, but
she. thought of , herself in a sober,
light, To illustrate, some one said
something to her about letting her
mantle fall on some one else at her
departure, she intimated in her re
ply that her mantle would be too lit
tle for anyone else. This reply indi
cates her estimate of her own worth.
and as a result she never sought to be
a leader nor of gaming a conspicuous
place in the Lord s work. She did
think herself capable of that. On the
contrary she was content to stand
with those who were recognized as
leader and give them loyal and faith
ful support. If goodness entitles one
to be called great then Mrs. Hester
was a great woman. She is one
among the choice spirits it has been
my privilege to know. It is needless
to offer words of comfort to her rel
atives and friends. They are confi
dent of her happy estate. Let it suf
fice to express the hope and prayer
that all of us who knew her may fol
low her example of faithful Christian
livimr that we too may come to a
like happy "inheritance.
Scroll Items
"Leasing land" is one of the thief
topics of the day in our section.
Some of our leading citizens have
already leased. .'
Drs. Castleberry and. Evans were
recently examining , cattle fey tuber
culosis on the creek. I have heard
of no cattle having to be killed in
our community.
About twenty acres of land were
burned over by a forest fire.-Citizens
and wardens were faithful in the
fight to extinguish it.
"Uncle Burgin" has been prospect
ing again. He says he has found bet
ter mineral than ever before. .
There is to be a Christmas tree at
the school house on Wednesday be
fore Christmas.
If the weather permits Mr. Woo
him of East La Poste to come, we
expect him to preach at the school
house December 27.
Mrs. J. M. Keener has had an at
tack of rheumatism but was better
when the writer heard last.
. .Mr. Wendel Keener, who has been
in the U. S. Marine service for over
two years is not "out" but plans to
stay on in Massachusetts for several
months learning a trade. He has
been studying while in the service.
Will say good-bye. A merrv
Christmas and 'a happy New Year to
an tne rress' readers.
Right of Way Cleared
On the 10th of this month after 13
working days Mr. Charlie Oliver com
pleted clearing the right of way for
the power line to the mine of the
Mica Products Company on the head
of Cowee. The approximate cost was
$325.00
Stewart and Culbertson are also
progressing nicely with the building
of the line. Mr. Webber, general
manager of the 'mine,' states that he
has all equipment in place and' will
be ready to utilize power when it is
available probably by the end vt
the vear.
Poultry Sale
. At the poultry sale held at vFrank
lin on December 9, a total of 8509
pounds were bought as follows: Hens
4945, Fryers 2483, Roosters, 485, Turk
eys, 557 and ducks 30. The total price
received was $1710.31.'
At Otto the next day the car was
loaded to a capacity of 10,000 pounds.
Stiles Locals
Mr. ,W, J. Morgan of Brevard is in
this section shaking hands with his
many friends. We, are glad to have
Mr. Morgan with. us any time.
. Miss Eva V. Smith who is attend
ing Iotla high school spent the week
end with home folks.
The Women's Missionary Society
met at the home of Mr. and Mrs: R,
M. McGaha's for the purpose of
piecing a quilt for the pastor of Tel-
lico church Saturday evening. .
. Miss Ruth Byrd has gone to Al
mond to s'pend a few days.
Mr. W. A. Burnett e met the mis
fortune Saturday evening of getting
bit by a hog. On last accounts he
was getting along very well.
Death visited our community last
week and took little Eddis DuvaU
i' ' r .1 . . . 1
nome. vur sympamy is wun me
bereaved parents. '
Sorry to state Mr. Bryson , Bur
nette is in a critical condition ,with
a cancer.
Messrs. Allen Welch and! Ilewt
Gouge have moved a saw mill in this
section and are sawing lumber and
ties.
Mr. T. B. Anderson broke his arm
a few days ago cranking a Ford
truck.
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on "how it rides." And "how it rides" de
pends a great deal on the Tifes!
So, if it's that desired "floating-on-clouds"
sensation you want - equip your car with
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overcoats; there are others that believe in getting new clothes and dis
carding the old. These are the , kind of men we secretly admire We
even envy them. ; v, - "
Overcoats of the past have been heavy, close fitting, cumbersome
things; but the overcoat of today is different. It is loose fitting wide
Ihrough the shoulders and has a neat appearance. It is double-breasted
and roids its shape. It is not only fashionable and good looking- but it
is also comfortable. It makes one look larger through the shoulders
and is easily pressed. .' . . .,'.
y But if you like the old type overcoat, We have that for youMn sober
colors and style. - ,
. ok yu ,?ld coaf ver, ''see if it isirt 'frayed at the cuffs and slick at
the elbows. Slip it on and see how it fits; then come to Trotters and let
us show you the season's latest. You will notice the' difference and when
you slip it on you will like the appearance, the; hang of it, and it will feel
roomy and comfortable.' We have them in .various shades of erav and
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