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VOLUME XLI.
FRANKLIN, N.,C FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926.
NUMBER NINE.
GREAT DEBATE
THDRSIfiS
Logic, Scintillating Wit and
Forensic Ability of High
Order Drew Large Throng
to Court House.
Last Thursday night the Macon
county court house was filled to ca
pacity with one of the biggest crowds
ever assembled in the county. Per
haps a few came only to laugh and
have a good time, but before the
program was completed all present
realized that they were listening to
a masterful debate on one, of the Hvr
est subject's of the age, namely: Re
solved: That the Church Should
Provide More Amusements, Social
Activities and Athletic Exercises for
the Young People. The affirmative
was championed by two of Franklin's
most brilliant and promising young
attorneys, Mr. George Patton and
Mr. C. C. Poindexter, while the .neg
ative was upheld by another of
Franklin's bright legal lights, Attor
ney J. Frank Ray; and Mr. E. S. Gal
loway. Whatever one's opinion might
be with reference t6 the question in
debate,' there could be no doubt as
, to the earnestness of the debaters.
Perhaps never before in Macon coun
ty have such good speeches been
heard on so live a question. The fact
that this subject is beins seriously
considered by the people of Macon
was evidenced by the presence .of
many men and women lrom an parts
of the county. AH present listened
with rapt attention and left the
building with a clearer understanding
of both the affirmative and negative
sides of the question.
Mr. George Patton, representing
the affirmative, opened the debate
with a clear outline of what his side
proposed to discuss and prove. Mr.
Patton claimed "that the church these
days is failing in its duty to the
young people, in not providing amuse
ments, social activities and athletic
exercises. The times, according to
Mr. Patton, have changed and now
the church must mix and mingle with
the young folks instead of waiting in
solemn grandeur for the young peo
ple to iome into the fold. Mr. Patton
stated that the church goes on the
theory of preparing people fpr death
and not fof life. He said that there
is no gulf between the social world
and the religious world. Mr. Pat
ton's entire speech was a masterful
argument in favor of the church's
meeting the young people half way in
the matter of saving their souls.
- Mr., j. Frank Ray was the next
speaker and represented the negative.
" He claimed that it would be almost
"impossible for the church to confine
amusements within proper limits.
One amusement would call for an
other until soon the church might be
operating pool rooms, bowling alleys
casd games, etc. He also touched up
on the legal aspects of the case stat
ing that the church is now free from
taxation, but that amusements are
taxable. Places of amusement oper
ated by the church would call for leg
islation and that the, church would
become involved in politics. To sup
port his many arguments Mr. Ray
quoted copiously from the. Bible.
Mr. C. C. Poindexter was next
heard in a brilliant talk in support of
the affirmative. He spoke of the- phil
osophy of life and plead for a new
and better philosophy which would
include the young people. Amuse
ments under supervision of the church
would provide places where the
'young people could spend their spare
time and thus avoid the present day
tendency of the young people to seek
amusements away from the restraint
of older and wiser heads. Young
people, according to Mr. Poindexter
are amusement mad these days and
he claimed that it would be much bet
ter for the church to supervise these
amusements than for the young to
wander, at will -in search of pleasure
Mr. Poindexter called attention to
the fact that life consists of three
factors body, mind and spirit. He
plead for the church to take charge
of all three phases of life instead of
confining its efforts to nly the spirit
ual. 4 4 ,
Mr. E. S. Galloway then closed the
' debate for the negative with a bril
liant and earnest plea for the church
-o keep itself pure and clean by
avoiding contact with the carnal life
as much as possible. His ideal was
for the church to keep the hold it has
had on "the human race since the
birth of Clirist.; According to the
'speaker it cannt do this by scooping
to:mix in affairs which properly be
long to other organizations. ,'
After rebuttals bv each speaker the
' I t.. A C e.,le1,na ( T? 'A .
".Truitt and Mr. M. D. billing award-J
BODY OF J. BURTON
LYLE INTERRED HERE
With the simple though, impressive
services of the Masonic order the
body of J. Burton Lyle was laid to
rest in the new cemetery just west of
Franklin last Friday. Though the
day was overcast, blustery and bitter
ly cold a funeral procession approxi
mately one mile long testified to the
high esteem in which the deceased
was held in the town where he was
born and reared. The remains were
taken direct from the train to the
cemetery, being escorted by a mount
ed guard of honor of uniformed
Knight Templars. The pall bearers
clothed ( in Knight Templar uniforms
were Messrs. J... W. Roper, F. I. Mur
ray, Alvah Pearce, W. T. Moore.
Fred Higdon and. Dr. C. D. Baird. A
short and comforting prayer was of
fered at the grave by the Rev. B. C.
Reavis, pastor of the Franklin Meth
odist church. A wilderness of flow
ers from friends everywhere testi
fied to the love and respect they had
for the deceased.
The following is reprinted from
The Atlanta Constitution of Febru
ary 19th:
The body of James B. Lyle, 39, who
died Thursday morning at. the resi
dence, 321 Lee street, was taken to
Franklin, N. C; at 5 o'clock. Thursday
afternoon, where funeral and inter
ment will take place.
Mr. Lyle, an employee of The 'At
lanta Constitution, was a prominent
figure in fraternal circles in Atlanta
and Macon, where he was former
high priest of a Masonic lodge. He
was a member of the Typographical
union, a member of St. Omer Com
mandery and Al Sihah Temple, A. A
G. N M. S. .
Mr. Lyle recently moved to Atlanta
from Franklin, 'N. C.,, where his
brother, , S. H. Lyle, Jr. 'is nuvor,
tnd immediately became Connected
with The' Atlanta Constitution.
' He is survived by his widow, one
daughter, Miss Dorothy Lyle; father j
and mother, Dr. and Mrs. a. ll. Lyle;
one brother, S. H. Lyle, Jr.. and one
sister, . Mrs. C. E. Sutton, of 1 Wash
ington, Ga.
Boy Scout Nevrs
A counter attraction caused some
of the Scouts to be, fined for not be
ing present at the last meeting, but
the fine is the least part of it, for
they missed some valuable points in
gymnastic stunts. Gilmer came with
hi.', gym suit and demonstrated the
are f mat work, cutting flips, walk
ing on hands, hand stand, etc. All of
thes-: stunts are of course valuable
tra-nin- for the body to say no-hing
of their educational value in accu
racy, quickness and ability.
At the next meeting there will be
two demonstration's in. first-aid given
by two of the scouts. John Hauser
will explain and show 'how to treat
a fainting person, and Parley Kan
ady will explain and show how to
apply the tourniquet. All of these
lessons are valuable, for none of us
can tell when we may be called to
apply first-aid.
Someone has said that the boys of
today are the men of tomorrow. The
Boy Scout organization realizes tkis
fact, but , we also realize that the
hoys of today are the boys of today
and as boys they need attention just
as much as if they were not the men
of tomorrow. So in scoutcraft a boy
is taught the things that make for
better living right now as well as
preparation for manhood.
Why don't you come out and see
what happens at the meetings?
Poultry Week
Beginning March 8, and continuing
through Friday, March 12, Mr. Allen
G. Oliver, extension poultry special
ist from Raleigh, will assist County
Agent Arrendale in holding poultry
meetings in several communities of
Macon county. See next week's is
sue of The Press for the dates and
places of holding these meetings.
Editor's Note:- Mr. Oliver is un
doubtedly the best poultry specialist
in the state, having recently selected,
the birds that won first prize at the
Madison Garden poultry show in
New York. This show is held each
year and is the pcrmier event of its
kind in the world. Those who fail to
hear Mr. Oliver's" talks will nuss
some, valuable information as to the
methods of raising poultry. Macon
county is exceedingly fortunate to be
able to have a man of Mr. Oliver's
recognized ability visit the county and
County Agent Arrendale is to be
commended for procuring Mr. Oli
ver's services.
ed the decision to the negative.
Excellent music was dispensed by
Mr. and Mrs;. Harry Higeins, Miss
C-race Penland,. Mr. Ralph Penland j
and young Mr. George Carpenter. J
NEW HOSPITAL
NOW GOING UP
Work on $25,000 Structure
Going Forward Rapidly
Will be Ready for Occu
pancy in 90 Working Days
, The fact that Dr. Furman Angel
and his brother, Edgar, who is now
attending a medical college at Phila
delphia believe in Franklin and in its
future is evidenced by the construc
tion of an addition to Angel Brothers'
hospital on Riverview street, to cost
$25,000. This addition is 50x50 and
will be four stories in height. A cen
tral heating unit by which both the
old and new buildings will be heated
is to be located in the basement of
the new structure. The kitchen and
dining room for nurses and a serv
ant room are also planned for this
basement.
The. operating room and dressing
room for the surgeons will be located
on the top floor. There will be 22
rooms in the new building each with
a privatae bath with tile floor, and
equipped with the best fixtures ob
tainable. An elevator will be installed
for the convenience of the patients
doctors and attendants. Eighty thou
sand brick , will be used in the addi
tion: The Angel Brothers' hospital is lo
cated in a beautiful grove of oaks and
overlooks Lake Emory. The tract
on which the hospital is located con
tains eight acres. Several men are
now engaged in planting trees, shrub
bery, rhodendron, flowers, etc., on
the grounds. Walks and drives are
ajso under construction. In fact, Dr
Angel is planning and making a park
of surpassing beauty. When the new
building is completed and the grounds
beautified, the Angel Brothers' hos
pital will be, credit to Franklin and
an institution of which Franklin's
citizens may justly feel proud. .
,, It is expected that the walls of the
new annex will be completed Within
30 days and that the building will be
ready for occupancy by July first or
before.
Sunday School News
From Olive Hill
Despite the inclement weather and
muddy roads, there has been Sunday
school at Olive Hill every Sunday
this winter. The people of Olive Hill
say they do not mind the weather so
long as they have a good Sunday
school to attend. After all is said
and done, people are what make a
Sunday school and if the people are
absent, the Sunday school . cannot
function. There is a goodly numbei
on the honor roll for not missing a
Sunday since the school was organiz
ed in October.
A special musical program is ren
dered each Sunday by Ernest Roper
and his singing class. You will en
joy hearing this class sing and a spe
cial invitation is extended to all to
come and be with us. Our Sunday
school is Everybody's Sunday school;
therefore you will be one of us when
you come.
The dollar prize offered by C. C.
Poindexter, superintendent, for the
one that could first learn and recite
the names of the books of the Bible
both Old and New Testament, in or
der, was won by Virgil Hyman Wil
lis, the seven-year-old son of Mr.
F'red Willis. This boy has never at
tended school a day, yet he stood up
before the whole Sunday school and
recited the books in their order with
uoth the least hesitation and pro
nounced them far better than many
of our would-be preachers. I dare
say that the preachers who can re
peat the books of the Bible in their
logical order without studying them
are few and far between. Our hats
arc off to this lad of seven tender
years who can dd something with the
Bible that many a preacher, has lived
and died unable to do.
After die Sunday school was over
Rev. Goer preached an interesting
and helpful sermon on the Prodigal
son and his brother.' '
We invite everyone at all times tc
come and join us.
County Board of
Agriculture to Meet
The members of the County Board
of Agriculture are requested to mc:t
at the . court house at 11 a. m.5 on
Monday, March 1st. ;The purpose of
this meeting is to discuss plans for
helping carry on the agricultural pro
gram as adopted last November. A
full attendance is expected. " .
Farmers Meet at Court
House on March 1st
Is your permanent pasture as good
as it once was'- Is it as good as you
want it to be? Can your cattle fill
up quickly and go to the shade in
summer to lay and chew their cud?
If not, why not? If not, the pasture
needs renovation. Clean up the
bushes, briars and weeds. About , the
first of March disc the pasture and
re-seed with a good pasture mixture
Apply a dressing of 200 pounds acid
phosphate per acre, harrow the land
with s,harp tooth section harrow and
watch results., A dressing of com
plete fertilizer will pay on most soils
Try it. Stable manure' is good; but
too valuable for Cultivated crops.
J. R. SAMS,
County Agent at Large.
Editor's Note Mr. Sams will be
here the first and second of March
to discuss the matter of pasturage
with the farmers. County Agent Ar
rendale announces that a meeting of
interested farmers will be held at the
court house at 12 o'clock March 1st.
when Mr. Sams will address them on
the subject of pasturage. It is hoped
that a large crowd will be present
to hear Mr. bams.
Wesley Bible Class News
An enjoyable banquet was seryed
at the Odd Fellows hall . Tuesday
night, February 16, by the Blues in
honor of the Whites. Although the
banquet was put on by the Blues, it
was no blue affair as everyone had
a very enjoyable time, including Mr,
E. S. Galjoway,. captain of the Whites
who is reported to have disposed of
the contents ;o.f three, plates. This
banquet was the culmination of a
contest for membership and attend
ance which lasted for eight weeks,
and was highly successful, both from
the standpoint of individual pleasure
and enjoyment and from the stand
point of creating interest in the class
and its great work.
C. C. Poindexter, captain of the
Blues acted as toastmaster, Many
speeches from the lips of persons too
numerous to begin to mention graced
tli c occasion. All these talks were
well put and teeming with laughter.
Stringed music was furnished by Har
ry Higgins, Agnes Higgins, Grace
Penland, Ralph Penland, Joe Schaltz
and Bill Moore. Much of the success
of the great occasion was due to the
ladies of the Eastern Star, who pre
pared and served1 the eats. Seventy
two attended this banquet and they
all left feeling that they were nearer
to each other and God from two
hours of happy intermingling and
communion. ..
Sunday morning, February 21, Hon.
A. W. Horn, teacher of the class, de
livered a powerful and interesting
discourse on the lesson. Those whe
missed hearing this discussion were
heavy losers because Mr. Horn han
dled the subject so ably tjiat ther
was food for thought and words of
life for both the great and the small
After Mr. Horn finished discussing
the lesson, he called on Mr. John
Thomas for a few remarks. Mr.
Thomas gave the class some worth
while suggestions and contributed
much to the thought food wkich
hinged around the lesson topic.
At the request of the pastor, Rev
B. C, Reavis, the class agreed to take
charge of the evening services next
Sunday night, February 28. Mr. Al
vah Pearce, Mr. Cooper and Dr. Cat
tlebcrry will be the speakers of the
evening. , A special vocal and stringed
musical program is being arranged
by the program committee composed
of J. Frank Ray, Jr., E. S. Galloway
and C. C. Poindexter. The class ex
tends a special invitation to all to at
tend this service. Your . presence
means much toward the success of
the occasion.
Meet us at the Wesley Bible class
every Sunday morning at 9:45. Wc
need you. We will do our best tc
help you, ,
An Important Road
Mr. Charlie Roane of Bryson City
spent the week-end in Franklin visit
ing friends and relatives. We are al
ways glad to welcome this former
Macon citizen. Mr. Roane brings the
good news that Forney township of
Swain county is making good prog
ress on the road that township is
building to the Tennessee line. Con
tracts in Tennessee have been let to
meet North Carolinat the state line.
It ks expected that the road in both
states will be completed this year in
sofar as the grading is concerned.
This road will provide a route-from
all mid-western cities through Bry
son City and Franklin to all points
south. ' .':. .
REAL ESTATE
SALES4CTIVE
One Company Negotiates
Several Deals Withm Past
Few Days Other Real
Estate Agents Active.
As the spring approaches there are
many indications that within the next
few months Macon county is destined
to experience extreme activity in the
real estate field. People from adjoin
ing states and from other sections
of this state are arriving daily to
make investments in real estate here.
Only the bad condition of the roads
in nearby Georgia counties is keeping
scores of investors from Franklin at
the present time. However, quite a
few arc braving the bad roads and
buying real estate in this vicinity.
Within the past few days the Caro
lina Realty company has sold the fol
lowing : .
Twenty-seven .acres on the Dills- .
boro road, 2 1-2 miles from town be
longing to Mr. E. H. Franks, sold to
Mr. E. R. Nichols of W'nterhaven,
Fla., for $5,500. Four hundred acres
on Ellijay belonging to Mr. Tom Fox
sold to Mr. AIexMoore at $8 per acre.
Twenty-nine acres on the Georgia
road 2 1-2 miles from town, belong
ing to Mr. F. Y. McCracken, of Knox
ville, sold to S. A. Harris for $3500.
Mr. G. B. Patton, Miss Helen Burch
and Mr. J. S. Conley have purchased
a lot each on Bidwell Heights.
Mr. H. G. Brown of Tryphosa
bought two lots on Sycamore Land
ing and Major S. A. Harris bought
two lots on the same sub-division.
Quite a few other deals have been
negotiated which the Press is not at
liberty ' to disclose until certain de
tails are adjusted. .
Clinic for Cripples
Meets February 27th
Through the Rotary Orthopoedic
Clinic at WaynesvilLe, which meets '
for the third time on Saturday, Feb
ruary 27, in the new Methodist
Church, many cripples of this section
of the state who have despaired of
having their deformities corrected
are being provided with an opportuni
ty to secure treatment by an ortho
paedic specialist that will remove a
part if not all of their physical handi
caps. A number of cases" are receiving
treatment in the clinic throuck the-
application of plaster casts, orthopa
edic shoes, and corrective exercises.
These patients are able to remain at
home and come into the clinic rarb
month for observation and further
treatment. Those requiring opera
tions are being treated at the Chil
dren's Hospital-at Gastonia or in a
free bed furnished by the .Mission
Hospital of Asheville.
The Wavnesville Clinic is a lint in
the chain of clinics pstablkhert nvn-
the entire state of Norjh Carolina by
tne stale department ot Vocational
Rehabilitation for the purpose of pro
viding such treatment to all of thr
indigent ci ipples of the state. . No
one can estimate the value . of this
ptfogram, not only to these handi
capped people themselves, but to the
communities in which they reside
and the commonwealth as a whole.
Orthopoedic treatment is but the
first step in the program of the Re
habilitation Department. After the
physical handicap has been removed
as far - as possible, the- department
provides a course of vocational train
ing to tit the disabled party for-a vo
cation suited to any remaining han
dicap, and then aids him in sprnrino-
suitable employment. This he is fit-
ted tor an active life c: usefulness,
twpporting himstH and dependents
r.nd contributing to the production of
the community. From a non-piodccer
and a potential mendicant is evolved .
a happy; independent and useful citi
zen.
Tellico Poultry Club
Under the leadership of Mrs. Rob
ert Ramsey, the boys and girls of
lelico intend. to set an example in
poultry vaising which will be hard to
beat. These boys and girls are in
tensely interested in the subject of
poultry and wc may expect to hear
of their great success,
Mr.W. A. McGaha of Leathcrman. .
is another subscriber who has been
taking the Press for nearly 40 years!
Mr. McGaha says Uncle Bragg Hir
rion's article in the last issue on Jotaf ;
Thomas. was worth the price of tb
subscription. .