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PAGE FOUR. THE FRANKLIN PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 11, IS2S The Franklin Press PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY S. A. HARRIS Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES ' (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year..: : '.- .$1.50 Eigth Months 1.00 Six Months - 7s Three Months.............. .40 Single Copies..... . 5c ADVERTISING RATES. Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. , , We charge 5 cents a line for Cards f- Thanks, Resolutions of Respect and for. notices of entertainments where admission is charged., Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, for transmission through the mails as secomd lus matter. '' Foreian Advertisina Retresentative THEAMER1CAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM A commercial hotel for Franklin. Extension of the sewer lines. Beautify the school grounds. 'Two hundred summer cottages- ."..'. ' , - A sewage disposal plant. More official activity in the sale of surplus power. The construction of business blocks. Reorganization of the Board of Trade and employment of a . full-time secretary. Plant trees along the state highways of the county. Make a white way of Main Street. An excellent school library. A proper heating system for our school building. ' j . . Courteous treatment for vis itors. Improvement of county roads connecting with State High ways. x Cooperation, vim, push, work everything for the good of Franklin and Macon county. New court house and jail combined. How About It? It is hard to understand why the sport writers insist on attaching the name "Comers" Jo the Columbia base tall aggregation. Mufflers wido rinn rnaWp dav and night hideous. We pay for protection but do not get it. The jit ate law says that a siren horn shall not.be attached to an automobile, but this law, like all other laws tending to regulate au tomobiles; is treated with contempt in Franklin. . We are presumed to have a sani tary toilet' at the court house and to pay eome cne to keep it clean, but no one. scorns o notice 'the odor of mag nolias in that vicinity. The reputa tion of our court house has gone out irto the by-ways and. hedges all over the south much to our detriment. We must have a new court house and jail combined. On May 28th a child was born to a Macon county woman in the state's prison at Raleigh. This, 'woman was carriend from Macon county only a few days before to serve a' sentence f one year. It is pertinent to ask why some one in authority did not ask for a respite since the condition of the woman at the time she left the county must have been known to, the officials. We are quite sure that a respite could have been easily arrang ed. The fair name of our county has again been disgraced. ' The-child, who was in no way to blame for its exist ence will never live down the disgrace of having been bom in a prison. Ma con cbunty must share this dishonor. The voters of Macoii are going to re member this prison birth., ' Coming Back Strong , We are glad to notice in a number of exchanges reaching our office that the old-tinie -family ..reunion and pic nic is coming . back strong and we Iiopc it spreads" to this community un til we have more'of them this season than ever before. The auto enables members if the family now living at a distance to get to and from, these reunions without loss of time and in sures a fuller representation. Noth ing serves to break the monotony and grind, of everyday ' work like renew ing family ties and talking over "old times" at these annual gatherings. So join in the movement this season, and plan for a family reunion, for one day of unalloyed enjoyment with your own flesh and blood, and a dinner in the world's finest dining room out-of-doors. And don't forget that we are anxious . to have a report of it, for your neighbors will be interested in reading about it. A New Court House Since the recent edilorial in The press urging a new court house and Protect the Home V A GET THAT . W I HAWK HE'LL ) 'V, '. V GET MY J ic v I CHICKS 7 fflU No farmer would stand for seeing his fattest pullets or live stock swept off by some large bird "of prey. He would speedily take action highly detri mental to the invader in order to protect his awn interests. But curiously enough the same farmer and some of his townsmen might resort to the catalogue of a mail-order house or patronize an itinerant peddler when in need. of supplies.' Those who do this to the exclusion of patronizing honie-tcwn merchants are letting the hawk of out-of-town buying carry o!,' treasii'es that belong here. ' , ' You get more for your money, better service and better satisfaction all around when you buy in Franklin. Keep business here and the whole com munity will benefit by it. jail combined for Macon, people from all sections of the county have taken occasion to commend the proposition. Our present jail is notjiing less than a disgrace. Our court house is en tirely inadequate and located in the wrong place. These two old buildings located in the heart of town in plain sight of visitors are the worst kind of advertisement ' for the county. In all probability the next judge to hold court in Franklin will take drastic ac tion in reference to the jail and such action will be necessary unless, in the mean time, some steps are taken with a view to a more humane place for prisoners. . The people of Macon county are pure-blooded Anglo-Saxons, an inde pendent race that has dominated th? world since the davs of William tli Conqueror. Macon 'county is one of the greatest counties in the sta'e .vv' its citizens arc justly proud of their mountains, valleys, and streams.' How ever the v arc not proud of their pub lic buildings. " "Wc must - have' a new court house and tail. Our honor and dignity de mand it. Better Boys We believe every father and mother in Franklin will be interested in a statement made by "Uncle Joe" Can non a few days ago, and now going the rohnds of the press, "Uncle Joe", for many years leader of the lower house of Congress, says the world is growing better because records of in stitutions for the correction of juve niles show a steady decrease in pop ulation. He has studied the reports from not only his own state, Illinois, but. from many other states and finds that fewer boys are being sentenced to reformatories , industrial schools and houses of detention than at any time in recent years. "Uncle Joe" argues that this re flects better home conditions and also a more general determination on the part of parents to see that their boys arc not permitted to spend all of their time in idleness when they are not in school.. . He feels sure parents are coming to realize that it is their duty to encourage their boys in learning a trade, with the result that nice and more of them are showing a desire, -at an early age, to earn money. "Uncle Joe" is optimistic, and sees a generation ahead far more skilled in industrial and commercial life than any generation that has gine belore, That certainly ought to be good news to fathers .and mothers who have boys growing up to take their place ir. the ranks ol that generation. Are We Only Dreaming? On the front page: of this issue is reprinted an article published in the May 15th issue of "Public Service,'' a publication issued by the North and South Carolina Public Utility Infor mation Bureau. Public Service is naturally ' opposed to public owner ship, of any utility. As a general' prin ciple The , Press is likewise opposed to public ownership of any utility whatsoever. The fallacy of such ownership was amply demonstrated during the world war when the-gov-ernhient assumed control and operat ed the railroads. In one or two Pa cific coast cities, public ownership and operation of street railways have shown this policy to be unwise. How ever, there are excentioix; tn all rn1.. la the case, of Franklin's municipal Town's Interest dam it was a plain case of public own ership or no dam. Before the town decided to build the. dam efforts had been made to raise by individual sub scriptions 'the necessary funds for this purpose. These efforts failed. Franklin was at that time without power-and 'this commodity was abso lutely necessary if we were to kc step . with progress . , being made by other small towns in the western part of the state. Our very existence wa in jeopardy. Consequently, the towi could not do otherwise than build the municipal, dam. And now that we have the dam let us dream our dreams. Public Servicci seems perfectly willing that wc do s: but advances sound arguments against paying the expenses of the town from .lulu., of the municipal plant. We -('nit' that ,the method would tax 'onie of our citizens in the form of light, bills while the non-users of cur rent would escape taxation. As a gen eral rule, this method would collect the taxes from the men most able to pay. We doubt that this argument is sound but the federal government recog nizes this' principle in the sur-ta-x on incomes. Public Service refers to the drug store man who might be called upon to pay a light bill of $50.00 per month, while his next door merchant might only pay $2.00 per month and states that the drug store man would be taxed in the proportion of 25 to 1. This is true but with a privatety own ed plant the drug store man would pay in the same proportion for the use of electric current. It is apparent tl.af in any case we will, always be called upon to pay lifjht bills, either to a corporation, company, individual or lown. If our plant were privately' owned, our light bills would fall due by the 10th. of each succeeding month and once each year wc would wend our way to the office of the town tax collector and plunk down our money for tares on reaj and personal proper ty. With our municipally owned plant, if bur present plans succeed, ve will have to pay our monthly light bills but Can avoid the annual pilgrimage to the office of the town tax collector. . We have another local condition with which Public Service is evidently not familiar. We expect to sell most of our. surplus power to users outside the city limits. The use of this cur rent will not only bc economical . to the buyers but will provide a hand some income to -the town of Frank lin. The town is already receiving more than $5,000 v,per year from this class of people. As intimated by Public Service we tray- be due for "an awful jolt", but please let us enjoy our dreams to the fullest possible,, extent while the dreaming is good. ENTRY NOTICE State of North Carolina, Macon Co. No. 14986 ' ' .. 25 Acres : - ' Entered June 7, 1926 Advertised June 11, 1926. Earl Harrison enters 25 acres of land in CartOogechaye township on the waters of Wayah creek. Begin ning ar a corner of State Grant No. 9442 south with said grant to corner of Grant , No. 17297, then with same to a line in Grant No, 1673 and with same to the beginning, being 25 acres more or less; EARL HARRISON. This June 7, 1926. I certify that the foregoing is ' a true transcript fom the , records in mv office. This June 7, 1926. P-Jyl2 ALEMOORE, E, T. CARRIER PIGEON LOST La.! week a carrier pigeon alighted at the home of M'r, John Russell on Niekajack creek in Macon county. On one leg of the pigeon was a silver band with the following inscription. 221071 A C G A O. On the other leg was a gold band with an arrow and the numbers, 8104. NOTICE OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION North Carolina Macon County. In the Superior Court. C. S. Slagle and wife, Louise Slaglc; T, M. Slagle and wife, Laura A. Slag.e -'', versus , , i II. O. Siler and wife, Clara Siler; Minnie S. Higgins, Esther C. Freas, Anna Barr ami husband, John. Barr ; Rufus Morgan and wife, Madeline Morgan; Ralph S. Morgan and wife, Louise Morgan; Lucy Mor gan, Ben Warner and wife, Laura 1 Warner; Ethel W. Siler, Edwin Si- ler and wife, Anna Siler; Albert L. Siler, Annie Siler,' George Siler, Katherine Siler, William Siler, Thomas S. Arthur, Hayne C. Ar thur and. wife, Ollic Arthur; Siler Arthur, Margaret Siler, Annie Will Siler, Allen Siler, Daisy Siler and Freda Siler. - The non-resident defendants, H. O. Siler, Clara Siler Minnie S. Higgins, Rufus, Morgan, Madeline Morgan, LaLura Warner, Ben Warner, Ethel W. Siler, Edwin Siler, Anna Siler, Albert L. Siler, Annie Siler, George Siler and William Siler, will take no tice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Macon County, North Caro lina, for the partition of real estate in which both the plantifif . and de fendants have, an interest and the said, non-resident defendants will fur ther take notice that they are re mured to appear at the office of Clerk of Superior Court of. said coun ty, at the courthouse in Franklin, North Carolina, on July 5, 1926, and answer or demur to the complaint i:i said action, or the plaintiff will ap ply to the Court for the reiief de manded in the complaint. This 28th day of Mav, 1926. ' FRANK I. MURRAY, 5t-Jy2-J& C ork Superior Court. Notice of Sale By virtue of a power of "a. saV vest ed in the undersigned by a deed of trust executed by R. M. Ledford to the undersigned trustee, to secure the sunt of $1000 to V. B. McGuire and J. E. Rickman,- which deed of trust is recorded ' in book No. 27, page r-, Register's office, Macon county, and default having been made in the pay ment of the note secured thereby and at the request of said McGuire anu Rickmam.I will, on Monday the fifth' day of July, 1926, between the legal hours of sale., and at the court house door in the town of Franklin,' Macon county. N. C, sell for cash to the highest bidder the following, described land : Lying and being in Macon county, N. C, in town of Franklin, deeded and conveyed to R..M. Ledford by F. B. Benbow and wife, said deed duly recorded in the office of Register of Deeds' for Macon county, book H-3, page 17. Said sale is made to satisfy tin notes secured by the said deed of trust" ' " - "' ." """" " ; . this the first day of June, 1926. R. D. SISK, 4t-Jn25 ' ' Trustee. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of I. J. Ashe, deceased, late of Macon county, N.. C, this is to notify all per sons having claims against the estate of the said deceased to exhibit then' to the undersigned on or before 'the 17th -day of May, 1927, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This 17th day of May, 1926. ; GUS LEACH, Administrator. National Forest Timber For Sale Sealed bids will be received bythe Forest Supervisor, Franklin, N. C, up to and including June 28, 1926, for all merchantable dead timber standing or down, and all . the live timber marked or designated for cutting on an area embracing about 350 acres on the watershed of Sugar Cove Creek, Laurel Creek, and : Chestnut . Cove Branch, compartments 79 and 83, Nantahala National ! Forest, Macon, county, N. G, estimated to be 480,000 feet B. M. of chestnut,. 119,000 feet B. M. of pb'plar, 210,000 feet B. M. of oaks, 10,000 feet B. M. of buckeye. 3000 feet B. M. of ash, 10,000 feet B. M. of basswood, more or less. No bid of less than $6.50 per M. feet for poplar, baswood and ash, $5.50 per M. feet for oaks and $2.00 per M. feet for chestnut and buckeye will be consid ered. $300 must be deposited with each bid to be applied on the pur chase price, refunded or retained F part as liquidated damages, according to the conditions of the sale. The right to reject any and all bids re served. Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the tim ber, the conditions of sale and the submission of bids should fte obtained from the Forest Supervisor, Frank. in, N- C 31-J11 CHEVROLET REPRESENTATIVE IN FRANKLIN LAS1 WEEJC Mr. F. K. Scaly, Charlotte, rcprc .srutatiw of the Chevrolet Motor com pany, was in Franklin' last: week, making an inspection of the local agency. Mr. Scaly is well pleased with' franklin and expects the local Che.vrolte agents to do a good busi ness in Macon county.. Notice of Sale By, virtue of a mortgage given by R. M. Ledford and wife Loucllen Ledford.-to the undersigned Carolina Provision Co., to secure ,the sum of $1349.54, said mortgage being dated June 14. 1922, and recorded in Book 1 1-4,. page 372, office of Register of Deeds. Macon County, and default having been made in the payments of the notes secured by said mortgage the undersigned will, oir Monday, the fifth day of July 1926, between the legal hours of sale and at .the court house door in the town of Franklin,, County of Macon, and state of North Carolina, sell to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy the notes secured by said mortgage, the following de scribed land : Lying and being in the County of Macon. State of North Carolina, on the Georgia road in the town of Franklin, adjoining the lands of W. B. McGuire and others and being all ., .i A 1 f tnc lanu uescnoeu in a utcu ui iu veyance from F. B. Benbow and wife, to R. M. Ledford which deed of con veyance is duly recorded in the of fice of Register of Deeds for. Macon county, N. C, book H-3, page 17, to which deed and record reference is hereby made for definite description of said land : ' ' The calls of said deed being as fol lows : Beginning at a stone corner 130' feet W of the Georgia road and N 57 1-2 W from M, D. Billings' house and runs S 300 feet to a stake in W. B, McGuire's line, then W with said line 145 feet to a stake, thence N- 300 feet to a stone; then E 145 feet to the beginning. ' Second Lot: Beginning at the NE corner of the above- described lots runs an easterly direction on the same degree with the northern boundary line of the above described lots to the public road, then in a S direction 'with the public 'road to V. B. McGuire's corner, then W with McGuire's line to the corner of the above described lots, thence N with line of above de icribed lots to the beginning. This the first day of June. 1926. CAROLINA PROVISION CO., . " Mortgagee". By R. D. Sisk. Atty. 4l-Jn2S Notice of Sale North Carolina Macon County. George Webb and others versus T R TIt'drlpii anrl.nt1mr t? Af Tnf. fey, administrator of William Webb, deceased, and T. B. Hedden et al. By virtue of a judgment of the, Su perior Court of Macon county entered" at April term, 1926, .appointing the undersigned as commissioners to sell the hereinafter described land, we will therefore, on Monday the fifth day of July, 1926, between the legal hours of sale and at the court house door in the town, of Franklin, sell to the i.i.i.t i -.it- , mSiiuM. . uiuui'i mi easn uie iouowmg described lands: Lying in Macon county, Highlands, township; Beginning at a spruce cor ner Angel's old corner near old spring and runs with the Powell Mur ray (now U. S. Forest Survey), S. 29 Degree, 7' W 683 feet to a chestnut oak, thense. - S. 52 degree, 30 W 77S feet to. a'jstake, thence S. -42 degree, 20', W. 367 feet to a hickory on a knob, thence S 10 degree .55' E 567 feet to a hickory, thence N 71 degree, E 1048 feet to a stake in the E line of Grant No. 1982. thence with the line of . said Grant N. 25 W 1716 feet , to the Beginning. Said land being sold to make as sets to pay the debts . of William Webb, deceased, and for partition be tween the heirs of the said William Webb. This May 31, 1926. R. D. SISK, HENRY G. ROBERTSON, 4t-Jn25 . . Commissioners. iNotice for Bids , . - Ttlf fnnnhr rtrnt1 17 .1 . i I will receive bids to furnish all mater ial and construct a school ImitHJnrr near the Franklin Graded School in the town of Franklin, N. C. Bids will be submitted for either a six or an eight room building. All work and material to be according to plans and specifcations of architects. These may be seen at the office of the Countv Superintendent. The bids will , be considered and accepted or rejected by the Board or some one authorized to act for the Board at TO o'clock, June 15, 1926. No bid will be consid ered unless it is accompanied by justi fied bond in a sum equal to one-half the amount of the bid. The right i reserved, to reject any or all bids. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 3t-Jll By M. D, Billing , Secy. An examination will be given at the Franklin High School on Friday, Ju ly 9, 1926, beginning at 8:30 a, m.f covering thi subjects, in the 7th grade to all pupils in the county who may wish to enter the Franklin school for the coming year. No one will be transported nor admitted to the h grade who fails to pass the examina tion. 5L-J25 M. D. BILLINGS, Sjpt.