KEY CJT Or THE MOUNTAINS
VOLUME XLI.
FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1926.
NUMBER ELEVEN.
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F.Y.
TO LOCATE HERE
Has Invested in Much Prop
erty Here, Including One
Third Interest in Franklin
Furniture Company.
Mr. Franklin ' Y. McCracken of
Knoxville, Tenn., son of the. late
Mark McCracken of Haywood coun
ty and brother of the Rev. R. R. Mc
Cracken, a resident of Macon county
for 15 years, has decided to move
with his family to Franklin. Mr. Mc
Cracken has been connected with the
Southern Railway for 16 years and is
still an. employee of that company in
good standing. In the near future, he
will no 'doubt sever his connection
with the Southern to devote his en
tire time . to his large interests in Ma
con county. Mr. McCracken spent
all of last week at Franklin, returning
to Knoxville Sunday. It is the inten
lion of Mr. McCracken to sell his
1 property in Knoxville. He will return
in a week or ten days to take up
his abode here. His family, consist
ing of wife and two children will fol
low in May, when the Knoxville
schools are dismissed for the year.
During the last few years, Mr. Mc
Cracken has amassed considerable
property in Tennessee, South Caro
lina. and North Carolina. In his deal
ings in real estate he has been uni
formly' successful. Only recently, he
purchased 27 acres from Squire
Franks on the Dillsboro road and sold
it in a few days to Mr. E. R. Nichols
of Winterhavan, Fla. Mr. McCrack
en has also acquired some nice lots
from Messrs. D. G. Stewart and T, W
Angel just outside the city limits on
the Georgia road. Last week, Mr
McCracken and his brother, Dr. J. R
McCracken, of Waynesville, closed
the deal with Mr. Lee Rogers for the
noted M. L. Kelly farm containing 210
acres, four miles from town on the
Cartooecchave
Last week also, Mr. McCracken
purchased a "third interest in the
Franklin furniture company, and ml
be actively engaged with this com
pany after March 22, after which
time the company will be mcorporat
cd for $50,000.
The Franklin Furniture r company
will hereafter make a specialty of al
kinds of , paints, having recently re
ceived a full carload of this material
The company will also specialize in
coffin's and caskets of all kinds, robes
and other things connected with the
undertaking business. Mr. R. h
Cinder, of Knoxville, who is now
taking a thorough course in the Col-
leee of Embalming at Cincinnati
will have charge of the undertaking
department of the Franklin Furniture
company. An embalmer has long been
needed in Franklin and this announce
ment will be welcome news ' to a
this section of the state.
While Mr. McCracken has hot an
Oounced his intention relative to a
home in Franklin, he will no doubt
construct a handsome residence here
v The Press, in conjunction with the
entire citizenship of Franklin, ex-
: tends a hearty' welcome to Mr. Mc
Cracken and family.
. The Cow,- the Sow and the Hen.
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs
. . Eggs, eggs, eggs, and very, few for
the big incubator that Mr. Spahr is
. setting up and starting this week
Some eggs have been brought in to
him but not near enough to run f'u
capacity.
Money is going out of the county
almost every week for baby chick
Why not furnish eggs to this incu
tyitor and keep the money here
:Space in the incubator costs $3.00 for
75 eggs, or Mr: , Spahr will buy eggs
(from purebred flocks at the market
price and will alldw one cent extra
i for each egg that hatches. Will you
"help the poultry business by turnish
ing eggsi
Early ,.pu!lc's for high priced eggs
$600,000,000 a Year
Caused
If each life
- J. I
I worm
-Then 22,
JMQft
' If non-Fatal
'J injuries each cost
Property damage for
each auto accident
costs Tl
,
CLOSE to $600,000,000 a year Is the
ofrirlAiits hntli fatol and non-fntnl.
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a.9 no complete figures on the number of automobile accidents in the United
States are available, but It has been conservatively estimated that iiL'.GOO los
their lives each year by automobiles, and $5,000 a human life Is the lowest
value put on it by economists.
. Of non-fatal accidents 678,000 occur annually, causing average cost of
$175. Then, each accident averages $50 property damage, Insurance records
show. This makes the staggering total of $581,650,000 n year.
No account Is taken here, points out the Stewnit-Warner Safety Council
for the prevention of automobile accidents, of the economic value of timt
loss by the injured due to delays caused by accidents or to minor property
values, such as bent fenders, expense Incurred while motor vehicles, par
ticularly the commercial ones, are out of service, due to accidents. Were
all these taken Into the reckoning, the total figure would surely be doubled,
or around $1,113,750,000.
Some Idea of the enormity of this eeohorolc loss, most of which Is avoid
able, can be gainod by such relationships as these: It Is twle the cash
Income of the 1923 wheat crop; it is esunl to about one-third of the much
discussed French debt to this country; and, finally, this loss would buy tb
Btlre city of Chicago at Its present realty assessment valuation.
BILLINGS SELLS
RESIDENCE HERE
Raleigh Company Buys W.
Mam St. Property, of Mr.
M. D. Billings Good Bus
iness Block.
Last wek Mr. M. D. Billings,
through Mr. James M. Gray of Ral
eigh, closed the trade for the sale ot
itis ' residence and lot. on West Main
street to a company composed of
Ralejgh citizens. The Press was un
able to learn the names of the pur
chasers.
This' property is .located close in on
West Main street and consists of a
handsome residence and a lot front
ing 82 1-2 feet on Main street and ex
tending back several hundred feet to
Town Branch. In all probability the
business section of town will grow
toward the west. Hence the lot in
question is considered a very desira
ble one for business purposes.
Republican Convention
The Renuhlicans of Macon countv
are rcreby called to a convention to"
meet in the town of Franklin, Macon
countv. at the court rouse', on the
27th day of March, 1926, at 1 o'clock
p. m., for the purposes of selecting
delegates to the Republican State
Convention to be held, in the envoi
Durham, on the 8thxlay of April, and
to select delegates to the Republican
Congressional Convention, ; Judicial
Conventions and Senatorial. Conven
tions yet to be called, and said con
vention will also attend to such other
business as may properly come before
it
All the precincts will hold their
precinct or township conventions on
Saturday the 20th 'day of March", 1926
and the precinct chairmen are re
quested immediately to call such. con
ventions and. therein shall select del
egates to the County Convention
called herein. '
This the 8th day of March, 1926.
WM. L. McCOY.
Chairman, Macon County Republican
Executive Committee. . ' 2UM19
DOUBLE DAILY MAIL
Efforts are now underway to have
a double daily mail service to Dills
boro, to take effect when the high
way between the two towns is com
pleted. Such a service would be of
much benefit to Franklin arid the
citizens here seem to be enthusiastic
over the proposed schedule. Among
other advantages a double schedule
would enable Franklin to receive the
afternoon Ashevillc paper on the day
on which printed.
Loss
by Auto Accidents
600 lives pii3,ooo,ooo
-Then 676,00OlnjuriesH6,650,000
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-men 700,000 accidents s 350,ooq,ooo
0TAL COST0F ACCIDENTS 58l.65a000
teWRT-WAIINl MITOMOCLE Wl-ETV COUMCIb
annual economic loss due to automobile
This nnnnlllnn- sum is nulv nn pslimsito
MOORE SELLS
MAIN ST. HOME
Mrs. Mae Montgomery of
Waynesville, B u y s t h e
Alex Moore Home Place
on East Main Street.
The latter part of last week a deal
was closed between Mrs. Mae Mont
gomery of Waynesville and Mr. Alex
Moore of Franklin, by which Mrs.
Montgomery becomes owner of , the
Moore homeplacc on East Main
Street. The lot, fronts 103 feet on
Main street and extends through the
block to Palmer street, a distance of
300 feet. The purchase price was an
nounced at $16,500.
Reports here indicate that Mrs.
Montgomery will make improve
ments on her property in Franklin
but no announcement was made as to
what these improvements will be
This lot is well located for a business
block or for a commercial hotel.
Lake Emory Work Pushed
Developments in the Lake Emory
subdivision at Franklin; N. C, are
being pushed rapidly, according to
an .announcement Saturday of W. R.
Sheppard & Company, of Atlanta
selling agents
The officials of Habersham and Ra
bun counties, on .the Georgia side, are
working on . the concrete road, which
will connect up with the road leading
to Franklin. They expect to have il
ready by June 1.
The above announcement ,vill be
interesting to tourists. On the sub
division itself the locations of the
country club and hotel are being laid
out and work will soon be started
These will face the lake, upon which
estates have been lqcatcl and where
fishing and boating will be, afforded
residents.
The hotels' at Franklin and other
near-by points are full and indica
tions point to a . prosperous summer
tourist season. Atlanta Georgian.
Fish Coming
Mr. Frank Curtis has received as
surances from Congressman Weaver
that a goodly supply of big mouth
bass, bream and croppies will soon
be shipped to stock the lake and trib
utary streams. Mr. Curtis is also go
ing to get a supply of speckled trout
from the Balsam hatchery to be
placed in the headwaters of the Tes
enta creek.
BOY SCOUT NEWS,
Had a splendid turnout last meet
ing night. Most of the time was giv
en up to boxing bouts between the
scouts; A.lllire much interested in
this sport, and there is no rough stuff
at all. Gilmer is right on the floor
coaching and refereeing every bout
None of the parents need be afraid
of their boys forming any vicious
habits from this sport, for it only en
courages self-reliance, initiative and
accuracy, to say nothing of its value
in building up the body of the scouts.
The fact that the people of our
community are still interested in the
scouts, is shown by the offer of the
former Athletic .Association to turn
over its equipment to the local troop
Also busy (mcn take time to inquire
about and to look on the activities of
the scouts. Dr. Lyle made a money
donation to the troop last week , and
said in his opinion such work was the
very best- thing for the boys of any
country. He also said to call on him
for help any time. Come see us.
Advertising Expert Here
Mr, W, T. Waters, of Atlanta
friend of Mr. E. C. Kingsbery, spent
a day or two in Franklin first part
of the week. Mr. Waters spent the
winter in Miami and is earnestly con
sidering locating in Franklin in the
near future in order to take part in
the development of this section. For
two years Mr. Waters was advertis
ing manager for the Georgia Railway
& Power Company. He has also h,ad
several years experience as a news
paper man, , having served, on the
staffs of the Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta Journal and the Manila (P:
I.) Times.
Eighteen years ago when the New
York Herald and the Atlanta jour
nal jointly sponsored national high
ways, Mr. Waters was their chief
lieutenant and attended to all the do
tails, calling attention of the public
to the importance of having automo
bile highways extending through sev
eral states. This pioneer road propa
ganda, no doubt had considerable in
fluence in the later development of
national and state highways. -
Mr. Waters is n stranger to
Franklin, having been here on sever
al occasions to take advantage of the
fine fishing in the Nantahala river
Since his first visit here, Mr. Waters
has been interested in Franklin and
Macon county. It is his present in
tention to bring his family to Frank
lin and locate here for a considerable
portion of the year. He is expected
to take part in more than one line of
activity.
Mr. Kinsbcry, who was here at the
same time, stated that hereafter he
will spend most of his time in Frank
lin and do all within his power to ad
vance the interest of this section.
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Sow more grass seed -NOW.
You Can Do the Same
Tho rasp of our chief of nolice. Mr.
R. M. Coffey, presents an illustration
of the work the Building and Loan is
doing. After enough -persuasion on
the part of three of the Building and
Loan directors, Mr. Coffey was final
ly induced to take ten shares of in
stallment stock, which cost his $1C
every four weeks. He stated at the
time that he was only doing this be
cause the ' directors wanted him to
Time rolled along, and the monthly
installments were " met without - M r
Coffey's noticing any appreciable tf
foct upon his income. After the
stallnients had been paid awhile, Mr
Coffey', who had filed an application
for a loan at the time he took the
stock, decided to borrow the $1,001'
that his ten shares , of stock allowed
him to borrow, and purchase a house
and lot that, he had an opportunity
to buy. at $1000. This- did not -look,
quite so good o Mr. Coffey, for in
addition to his installment which had
to be paid, the interest on the $1,000
was $4.62 every four weeks, which
ran his total payment up to $14.62.
However, as the matter stands, the
hmKiv U navinc Mr. CoffeV $15.00 a
month as rent. Of this he pays $14.62
to the Bunding and Loan, and sticks
the remaining thirty-eight cents in
lik nocket for Sundav school-money
At the end of approximately six and
one-half years, the building and Loan
will ha vp frp;pntprl to Mr. Coftev
outright,' the house and lot, allowing
the thirty-eight cents change which
he gets to go toward the payment of
taxes and upkeep...
IOTLA GIRLS Yl
CHAMPIONSHIP
Iotla Girls Basketball Team
Conquers Strong Teams
In Tournament at Cullo
whee Last Wtek.
The girls basketball team repre
senting the Iotla high school won the
championship of Western North Car-B
olina at the basketball tournament
held at Cullowhee, March 4, 5, and 6.
It wa.i easy to see from the opening
whistle of the first game that the
girls wearing the blue and white of
Iotla were there to win. The other
teams played hard, but the Iotla
team played to win, and win they did.
They not only won the basketball
championship of Western North
Carolina and the right to treasure '
for at least one year the trophy cup
emblematic of that fact, but they also
won their way into the hearts of the
spectators who witnessed the cleau.
hard fought games they upt ,up. .
From the veiy . beginning the girls
from Iotla were the favorites with the '
spectators and became even more so
as the tournament progressed.
In the first game Iotla defeated
Webster, 45-13; in the next game,
which was the feature game of the
tournament, Fxanklin was beaten 31
24; the final game was played be
tween Iotla and Sylva, with Iotla
coming out with the large end of a
40-24 score.
Miss Thelma Ray, captain and for
ward on the Iotla team was easily the
star of the whole tournament. She
was high scorer of the tournament
scoring 56 points in three games, or
an average of 18 2-3 points for each
game. Blanche Fouts, Iotla's other
forward, was second in scoring hon
ors,, Scoring a total of 49 points in
three games. In fact, all the Iotla
girls starred and should be grven a
special write-up if time and space
were not limited.
The victorious Iotla team was com
posed of Thelma Ray, captain, Fan
nie Gibson, Blanche Fouts, Ethel
Bryant, Ruby Mason and Hazel Higp
don; Lillie Jacobs, Leo Bradley and
Bertha Stillwcll also made the trip
as substitutes..
After having played two games on
Saturday, the girls played an exhi
bition game with the Cullowhee girls
team. However, the Iotla girls had
already won the cup and did not try
thei best against Cullowhee, with
the expected result that Cullowhee
won.
The Iotla girls are to be congrat
ulated for their feat in bringing back
to Macon county for the first time in
history, a basketball championship
Much of the success of the team is
clue to the coach, Miss Oliver. Girls
of Iotla, Macon county salutes you
and assures you that it is proud of
you. May the daughters of Macon
county ever play the game of life
with the same determination and
clean sportmanship that enable-! yoa
to bring back the Championship' from
Cullowhee. . ,
While Iotla was winning the cham
pionship," both " the ' boys" and girli
tennis from the Franklin high school
were making their pre:- "nee in the
tournament felt and feared. The
Franklin girls defeated' the Qualla
girls "in one of the fastest games of
the whole, tournament and it was
generally agreed by all who saw .the
games that Franklin would have won
the championship had Iotla failed to
do so. The Franklin boys went to
the finals by defeating Waynesville
and Bryson City. The Franklin--Waynesville
game was the feature
boys game of the series and the final
outcome was in doubt until the final
whistle. Franklin won this game by
a one point margin. The Franklin
boys lost the final game to the boys
representing Sylva high school. The
Sylva teanj had won the champion-
ship in the Mars Hill tournament the
week before. Franklin has every rea
son to be proud of both its teams.
Renew your pasture this spring.