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KEY CM" OF THE MOUNTAINS ' 1 mm, Av IV. A;, llfll m VOLUME XLI. FRANKLIN, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1926. NUMBER TWENTY-FOUR , I. mm OF VEEK OF HIGHLANDS Brief Items of Interest from Macon's Pretty Mountain City as Told by Corres pondent of The Press. The Highlands Tea Room, which is being operated by Misses Agnes Mcd Jock and Pearl Walker, of Honea Path, S. C, will have its formal open ing on Saturday, June 12th. A chick en dinner will he the special attrac tion. This Tea Room is located over G. W., Marett's store. Those wish ing dinner may register in G. W. Mar ett's store. . Mr. J. Q. Pierson and his son, Wil liam, left last week for a short visit to Charleston, S...C, and other points -of interest; Mr. I. L. Harris of Havana, Cuba, visited his sister, Miss Rebecca Bar ds, here a few days last week on his way home from N. Y. City. Rev. Robb White, Jr., rector of St. Thomas church in Thomasville, Ga., conducted the' services at the Episco pal church hero Sunday. Lindcnwood Lake will open the tenth. Picnickers are always wel come. , Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Ragland and son, Rucker, of Miami, Fla., are at Highlands Inn, and will spend the summer here. Miss Sarah Giddcr of Birmingham, Ala., has arrived and will have charge of a tea room in connection with Highlands Inn. Mr. and Mrs. A. Franklin Pugh, of New Orleans, La., are here and have the Harris cottage for the season. , Judge and Mrs. William Bell of New Orleans, will arrive Thursday. The Warren cottage will be their home for the summer. Mrs. J. C. Lyons and daughter of New Orleans, will arrive Friday, for a. visit to Mr. and Mrs. Sloan. Mr. T. P. Anderson and family of Lakeland, Fla., are at their new home oil Lindenwood Lake and will spend the summer months there. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. DuBignon and -daughter, of Miami, are here for the summer. They are making prepara tions to move into their new home on Raul road. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, of Miami, are here for the summer. Dr. Mary E. Lapham, Mrs. . Edith Dougall and daughter, have' returned from St. Augustine, Fla., where they have been spending the winter and will be at their home here for the summer months. Col, J, Lamb .Perry of Charleston, S. G, arrived a few. days ago and is greeting his many friends here. Mrs. W. S. Davis and Miss Rachel Davis entertained quite a number of friends one afternoon last week at a tea party, honoring Mrs. Warner P. Davis, Mrs. A. 1). Bolton, Mrs. W. W. Mitchell and Mrs. W. G. Steele. Dr. 0. lO. Feaster and Mr. J. S. Alien with their families are here for the summer. .Both, are moving' into their new homes. Mrs. E. R. Gilbert, chairman .of the Highlands chapter of the American Red Cross has returned' from Atlan tic City and Washington where she attended the American, Health Con gress and' Pan-American Conference of Red Cross societies. Mrs. Gilbert says that thousands of health work crs assembled in Atlantic City to the first American Health Congress, pledging allegiance to a common pur pose,-a common ideal, a common goal . the betterment of human well-being through health. For a week, six -or more lectures were given daily on health , and social work by members . of - the teaching - staff - of Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and other institutions of learning, while scores of health and social workers from over this country and' Europe awaited their turn on the program to speak. Mrs. Gilbert refers to the Pan-American Conference of Red Cross Societies as being highly educational and inspira tional. She says that it has as its purpose "the promotion of health, the prevention of disease and the mi tigation of suffering throughout the world." This is the second Pan American Red Cross Conference ever held. We are proud to have sent a representative from the Highlands Red Cross Chapter to these meetings. MR. FLETCHER BUYS Mri F. W. Fletcher of Durham, N. C, has purchased from Mr. Martin Jones, 27 acres on the Georgia road "lying about two miles from town. Before coming here Mr. Fletcher vis ited several other' small towns in the western part of the state, but says that Franklin pleases him much bet ter than any place he has seen in the mountains. Mr. Fletcher left this week for Durhrm with the intention of returning later in the summer. Meetings Held This Week To Discuss Dairy Industry Franklin, N. C, June 3, 1926. Dear Farmers: The time has come in the agricul tural development and the increasing land values when we should look well to the improvement of our livestock especially our milk cows. The manager of the Carolina Creamery told me yesterday that he was rushing the machinery and equip ment here so that butter making could be - started at FYanklin in a short time probably two weeks: This will give us a good market for all the cream that we can produce in this section. The shipping of cheaply produced frozen beef from South America and the constantly increasing demand for ice cream, cheese, milk and butter has caused keeping of dairy cattle to be much more profitable on most farms in this section than the keeping of beef cattle.; In order that we may learn more about tin: possibilities for making money by keeping1 dairy cat tle and make some plans for getting a good purebred bull for your com munity, I want to ask you to come to one of the meetings, listed below : Younce's store at 10 a. m., June 7. C. T. Ray's store at 2 p. in., June 7. Tellico school house at 10 a. m., June 8. ' ' Morgan's store at 1 p. m., June 8. 'Carey Hall's store at 4 p. m June 8. Newman's store at 10 a. m., June 11. Otto Depot at 1 p. m., June 11. Some dairy, specialists have prom ised to be present to talk to you at these meetings. B. W. Bleckley and. J. D. Kelly, from the Southern Railway agricul tural department, are assisting in holding these meetings. With best wishes, I am,' Very trulv vours, JOHN V. ARRENDALE, County Agent. Poultry Sale The next cooperative car of poultry is to be loaded at Franklin on June 23, and at Otto, Dillard, and Clayton on June 24. For the convenience of those who will have fryers that will be too large at the sale on June 23. arrangements will be made to make an express shipment on June 9, provided County Agent Arrendale is notified of the number of fryers to be shipped in time to order coops. Owing, to the heavy shipments of mature poultry early in the year and the scarcity of fryers, it was found to be unwise and impractical to try to ship a car on June 9, as had been planned before the Habersham Coun ty 'agent ceased to cooperate in sell ing poultry. :". v There probably will be more' than enough ipoultry to load one car of poultry 'on June 23. " Be sure to list your poultry with. County Agent Arrendale, before Thursday night, June 17th, so that he can order the second car if too many are listed for one car.. If you neg lect to do this you may have to carry your poultry back home. List your poultry and a card will be given Or mailed you. Pleasant Home Inn Opened Last Saturday Mr, and Mrs. W. r Tritt, Owners and managers of Pleas ant Home Inn, formerly the Morrison school property, opened their estab lishment for the season by inviting a few guests out for dinner. Among those who attended the dinner were Miss Hattie Peek,. Mr. Roy Carpen ter, Mr. F. Y. McCracken and others. All greatly enjoyed the repast and are high in their praises of the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Tritt. It is reported that Mr. McCracken in particular did justice-to the "food " having" disposed of 10 pieces of chicken, an even dozen biscuits and other good things in pro portion. Mr. and Mrs. Tritt have' completely remodeled the main building, are now installing a Dcleo lighting system and contemplate other improvements. The Press joins the citizens of the entire county in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Tritt a successful season. - , " SERVICES AT ST. AGNES EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. E. J. Pipe, rector. Services as follows : Holy Communion (except first Sun day of month), 8:00 a: m. Church school, (R. D. Sisk, super intendent), 10 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon, 11 a. in Vespers, 5 p. m. First Sunday of month Holy Com munion, 11 a. m. Holy days, 10 a. m. The St. Agnes Guild meets at the rectory the first Thursday , of each month. The tennis court and playground is for the use of the whole community. We want you to make this church your home. TAX-FREE CITY IS DREAMED IN WESTERN N. C. Franklin Promises to Pay Expenses From Light Plant But Can it. be Done? "Public Service" Claims Such a Plan Unjust to Some. (From Public Service.) Lord bless these dreamers of dreams! The world needs them for dreams are often the auguries of won derful realities. But sometimes dreams are mere fantasies and the reality is an awful jolt. , - Over in Macon county, North Car olina, somebody is dreaming the rosi est of dreams. , They are about to have a "tax-free town." A staff correspondent of the Ashe ville Citizen has visited the town of Franklin in Macon county and here in part is what he has to say: ' "How would you like to live in a town with all modern conveniences, health-giving climate and scenic won ders, with no tax to pay? "Such a town is within the borders of Western North Carolina, and when the present program is consummated not more than four years from now, a tax-free town will be a reality. "The town of Franklin, county seat of Macon county, lias gone into the power business as a municipal, enter prise, and herein lies the reason for the tax advertisement) No taxes to pay! Sounds- almost like heaven. But can it be done? Let's suppose the town of Franklin goes at "this matter in a very careful, business-like way,, budgeting the town's expenses and charging . just enough for its electric power to create a profit fund to pay all those expenses. The. town, admittedly, has goyern nient'expenses to meet; taxes are usu ally levied to sufficient amount to meet those . expenses. But Franklin deejdes to levy no tax ; il pays gov ernment expenses from the. electric power, profit fund. Analyzed, does not that profit' fund constitute, a tax levy just as if it had been' raised, by of the usual methods? City government expenses are paid by somebody; when those funds are raised by the usual .- methods every citizen is taxed. Bin Franklin pro poses to tax onlv a part of her people. How? It is' not to be assumed that every citizen in Franklin is a user of elec tricity. John Jones, for instance, uses $10 worth of electricity a month; his neighbor,-Sam Smith,, uses. none. What is the result? John Jones is paying into the electric . light profit fund and Sam Smith is paying; noth ing. John Jones is paying his own part of "the city government expense and Sa.nl Smith is paying nothing. And again; suppose' Franklin's big gest drug store has an electric light bill every month amounting to $50 ami its next door neighbor, a mercantile establishment that never stays open after dark, has a bill amounting to $2 a month.. Mr. Drug Store man pays taxes in a ration of 25 to 1 as com pared with the merchant. No! Franklin will not be a tax-free town ; it may try the experiment of raising its taxes through electric light bills. It may delegate its power plant as the town tax collector and it may succeed thereby in raising all its taxes. But, if it does, it will establish an un fair and an unequitable, system; it will, deal unjustly with ALL its citi zens, for taxes should be levied, in justice and equality. John's Trial Approaches ' At four-o'clock next Saturday will take place one of the most important and noted trials in the-history of the county, when Mr, John Thomas is brought to the bar ' of. justice charged with 'keeping a scrub bull. This' trial will take place at the new creamery and is expected to attract a large con gregation who are interested in thf improvement of. the dairy cattle of the county. Of course hcre are ma'nv in the county who believe that John has committed no offense, that a cow is a cow and that all this talk of thor oughbred bulls in nothing but a lot of bunk. However, accordine to reports, a great majority of the citizens of the county have seen the light of a new and better day for the farmers of the county. Sihcc the creamery is now a reality these citizens realize that' the strain of cattle must be improved in order to reap the full benefits of the new creamery. Consequently these men and women will be on hand to see that iuslico is done tr th nvn who is charged with the heinous of fense of keening a scrub bull. It is not known what defense Mr. Thomas plans, but all men know that he is quite ingenious and that his defense will be a masterpiece of wit, ridicule and scorn. Those -who miss this trial will miss the bfist show ever held in the county. . Thing3 of Interest at The Methodist Church The morning service on Sunday at the Methodist church was character ized by a spirit of unusual earnest ness and power by the pastor, Rev. B. C. Reavis, as he discussed God's love and sympathy for his children a manifested through his son, Jesus Christ, and the sympathetic attention! of the congregation was also very ev ident. Jesus' friendship for humanity was stressed and it was shown that friend ship is one of the most precious and beautiful things that ever blessed mortal man, even the imperfect and broken ties of earthly friendship, and by comparison how infinitely superior is the friendship of one infinite in love and sympathy, wisdom and. good ness, though friend who is the same yesterday, today and forever. Mr: Reavis said "friendship Js love in action," and according to that defi nition, Christ was indeed a true friend to man, ever busy with deeds of love and mercy to those about him ; that his friendship Was manifested by sacrifice and suffering and that we.' too, must' be willing to sacrifice and suffer here for the upbuilding of his kingdom of love and righteousness, if we would in the least be worthy of such priceless friendship. He also said that Christ yearned for the sympathetic- understanding love of man, that he might work out through him God's great and loving purpose for the world. In his hours' of weariness and lone liness he often turned his steps' to ward the home of Joseph and sought the gentle ministrations of Martha and Mary; that in the garden of Gcthsemanc he sought not .the com fort and sympathy of angels, but of his disciples and realizing their lack of interest and sympathy,' his.' disap pointment burst forth in the heart broken, words : "Could ye not-watch with me oil'" hour?" ,' '. Mr. Reavis said God exhausted the church saying "he needs youy he de pends on you for. that sympathetic through our lives, of his friendship a n d . understanding interpretation, that will draw all' men into a' loyal and 'lasting friendship with God the Father, and Christ the Son." . Mr. Reavis said God exhausted the great storehouse of glory in order to manifest His friendship and care for man, and that sin. in the white light of the cross, becomes hateful, hid eous and terrible, and that We should, be constrained by such self-sacrificing love to put away sin, so displeasing to this' dearest -of ah friends and give Him. loving 'and loyal friendship. The Lord's Supper was administer ed at the close of the service to a very large number of the congregation, who in-this way testified their loyalty aiid friendship for Jesus-. . At the, evening hour, . Mr, -Reavis preached the first .of a series, of scrf mons on "Playing the Game of Life," He took for his first subject : "Using What. You Have' . '. ' His sermon wajj based on. the story of the healing of the lame man at tlv gate of the temple called Beautiful. Peter's words to the lame man, ask ing alms of him, "Silver and gold have I none, , but such as 1 have give I thee," were used as the text. - Mr. Reavis said that while , money had a very necessary place in the world, it was not the .most valuable thing that too often men's social po sition was fixed by what he was worth in' dollars and cents, but- that o.ften a man with none of this world's goods was worth more to the. 'world than many millionaires, who. put money first in; their lives. Peter had no gold. but . he. gave this afflicted man something far more val uable'. - . Peter, was only a Galilean fisher man," with no social. "-position f lie ' was a man w'hhout educational advan tages. " Many in his position would have fe-1-'. "thcrc-'is nothing that I can do" and been content with simply do ing no harm, but not the bold, enthu siastic, aggressive Peter.. He. was' a positive' character, using the talents and opportunities God had given him to the very best advantage. His hand was always the open hand, the help-' ing hand, and Mr. Reavis thought there could lie nothing more beautiful than the open hand extended to help and bless. "' Peter had the power to inspire hope and faith in th's poor,' hopeless crea ture, and lift him out of the depths of despair into a life of active use- ! fulness. Peter used what he had.'-We too, 'may accomplish God s purpose for us and be a blessing to those in need if we are only willing ... to1 us' what we have We may not be rich or highly educated, or unusual in any way, but we all possess some com mon ble'ssiiVgs -time and opportunity, and some talent and ability, and none, can escape the responsibility of pos sessing influence. If we use this great gift for the good of those we come in contact, with, ve 'will not have lived in vain. RAPID WORK ON TKEMONT PARK Drive Completed to Foot of Mountain Section 1 Be ing Platted Office Furni ture Arrives. The past week has seen much progress made on the development of Tretnont Park, Inc. The thirty-foot drive now extends from highway No. 28 to the foot of Tremont mountain with the exception of a short fill across the creek bottoms. Cars are daily driving over the new road. Tuesday at noon the men and team began work on the south side of the mountain. The survey has been prac tically completed to the top of the mountain and. the engineers report that the grade on the mountain will not exceed five percent at any place. The engineers, under direction of Mr. John Grady Owens, are now en gaged in making a map of Section 1. This section is located on highway No. 28 and on the new drive. A golf course and lake are planned for this section. It is expected that the -blue prints will be ready by the end-of this Week. The offices, of Tremont Park, Inc., are located in the lobby and dining room of the Hotel . Franklin, these two rooms being used exclusively for this purpose. Part of the office fur niture has arrived. Breeders of Guernsey Cattle to Meet All who are interested in growing grade or purebred Guernsey, cattle are asked to meet at the. creamery building at 4 p m. on Saturday, June 12, for the -purpose of organizing a Macon County Guernsey Breeders' Association. Mr. W. W. Fitzpatrick;. representa tive of the American Cattle Club, Mr. Winternnyer from the N. S. Dairy Division, F. R. Farnham, Dairy Spe- cialist for Western North Carolina, and Roland Turner from the South ern Railway. Agricultural Develop-, ment service are expected to be pres ent. . , " , An important part of the program will be a picnic, supper. So please do not forget to bring a well filled bas ket. ' , ' Summer Estates Surveyed Mr. R. Cox, associated with Mr. 1. , G. Owens, is now engaged in complet ing the survey of the 30 foot drive to j'the top of Tremont -mountain. This road is being constructed by the I Tremont Park, Inc., ..and will be used las a means of reaching the site of the ! proposed Gal-Zak hotel on the sum ! mit of the peak nearest town.' Mr. Cox is an engineer-of experience and ability, having been engaged in this line of w ork , for the past ten years. For the past few years of this time he has confined his efforts almost en tirely to sub-division work and to park lay-out's. Officials of Tremont Park, Inc., are much gratified at being able to , obtain the services of Mr. Cox. Beginning where the Tremont road leaves highway No. 28, Mr. Cox is platting the ground adjacent to the road and surrounding the proposed lake into estates consisting of from one to five acres. This work will be I carried on all the way to the top of the mountain.. No small building lots are planned on the holdings of Tre mont Park, Inc. . ' , Farmers' Meetings The count v-agent plan to hold ten'" I farmers' meetings in the county, next I week with . the help of dairy special lists. These meetings will be' of much !-importauce to' the dairy industry of Uhe countv and a'l who are interested j are urged' to a tend. .The farmers will be notified l iter of the time and places of these reelings. As a sort of preliminary tho . interested in Guern sey breeding at . urgently requested to be present at the meeting to be held at the creamery Saturday, June j 12, at four o'clock. This will be an opportunity to, learn much of the. 'dairy industry and also to sec the in imitable Johni Thomas in action. LIBRARY TO OFEN The. Franklin public library will be opened to the public all dav Saturday, 'June 12, with Miss Nan Dawson as librarian. Thereafter the library will be open one hour in the mornings i a'nd one hour in the afternoons of Tuesdays and Saturdays of each week. The librarian will, gladly fur nish information concerning the-con-ditioss on which books may be ob tained. The local chapter of the j Eastern Star is sponsoring this move ment end would gratefully appreciate 'the donations of all kinds of books.