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THE FRANKLIN PRESS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 16, 152
.CLAIM LUMBER COMPANIES
v SPOILING SMOKY PARK SITE
i Four , lumber companies, in viola
tion of, their agreements, are spoiling
the Smoky Mountain National Park
by "grabbing" all the fine virgin tim
Jber before the purchae of the land
can be consummated by the govern
ment, according to a story in the
lAsheville Citizen. The story is based
upon statements of the officials of the
National Park Service of the United
.States Department of- the Interior.
The report also calls attention to
the work of speculators who have
.bought or optioned thousands of
acres, "under the impression that the
government would pay any price de
manded for the land."
"Unless immediate action of some
Jtind is taken by North Carolina and
Tennessee to forestall the most,col
lossal destruction of proposed public
property ever perpetrated in the
United States" says the Citizen story
"the great Smoky Mountain National
Park, when turned over to the gov
ernment will be shorn of its virgin
beauties,, and the only remnant of
original forest in these two states will
be forever destroyed, according to the
testimony of agents of the Federal
government who have just returned
from the Park area.
"At the same time i it was made
known that many tracts of land in
the proposed park area, some of them
only small tracts, and many of them
running into thousands of acres, have
been , bought up by speculators since
the passage by Congress last spring
of a bill creating the Park.
"These purchases have been made.
it was stated, obviously with the in
tention of reaping large profits from
the sale of the land to the National
Park Commission. -The speculators
invested, it was stated, under the im
pression that the government would
pay any price demanded for the land.
"Chairman Mark Squires stated yes
terday in conversation with officials
of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce
that the activities of these speculators
will force the Federal government and
the governments of North Carolina
and Tennessee to link hands in con
demnation proceedings. Whether these
proceedings will be undertaken at
once has not yet been decided by offi
cials. "The agents report that every con
ceivable effort was made by the em
ployes of the four lumber companies
engaged in widespread activities in
the area of the proposed park to pre-
W. B. LENOIR
GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT
Life, Fire, Employees Liability, Automobile, Acci
dent, Health, Bonds, etc.
Thanking all clients for their liberal patronage in
the past, I hope to merit a continuance of the same
. and will gladly welcome many new clients. .
ANNOUNCING
We wish to announce to our many friends that
we have resumed operation of our
VHEAT AND CORN MILL
ON LOWER WATAUGA
With several new additions and a competent manager, we are now
able to make you a high grade flour.
In addition to flour and bran we give you the seconds. We are
able to buy your wheat at market prices.
J. R. BERRY'S ROLLER MILL
J. R. Berry. Proprietor Bennie Berry, Gen. Mgr.
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GAINESVILLE IRON WORKS
MACHINERY AND MILL SUPPLIES
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
Manufacturers of Saw Mills, Shingle Mills, Power,
an,d Lever Cap' Carle Mills, Mill Gearing, Grate Bars
Grey Iron and Brass Machinery Castings and
Building Castings.
Carry in Stock Machinery and Mill Supplies, Gas
EnginesWood Saws, Pipe, Valves and Brass Goods,
Bar Jron, Angles and Shapes anq! Shafting,
Boxes and Hangers. -Operate
Machine Shop for Repair Work
OUR ALL-FRICTION-FEED SAW MILL IS
BUILT FOR SERVICE
W. G. MEALOR,
OWNER
GAINESVILLE GEORGIA
SHOES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Back as far as 'your good memory can recall,
you were foKced to take just what you could get in
shoes for the Boys and Girls. This department was
sadly neglected by every merchant, and storekeeper.
Awakening to this condition, this store has now
a line that is WONDEFUL in its COMPLETENESS.
Do not buy until you have seen thm.
JNO. S, TROTTER
MAXIMUM VALUES "
A '
vent the Federal representatives from
entering the park area, and that they
were permitted to enter and complete
their investigation only after giving
indubitable proof of their connection
with' the Federal government.
"The expedition on which these
startling-discoveries of destruction of
some of thcr most beautiful timber
land of the park"area were made was
undertaken by the Department of
Interior, according to Chairman
Squires, to determine just what plans
the National Park Service would have
to lay to create the Park assured by
Act of Congress last spring. , ,
"Certain evidences of destruction.
stumbled upon soon after their entry
upon the 150,000 acres proposed for
the Park, led the agents of the Na
tional Park Service to abandon their
original purpose and to make a sur-.
vey of the entire area.
"Though obstructed by employes of
the lumber operators, the Federal men.
after several weeks of diligent tramp
ing, found four companies at least
were taking out the finest and best
timber in the entire area at a most
amazing rate, and with the most
wanton sort of disregard for the or
dinarily accepted rules of deforest
ation, they reported.
"Two of the companies operating
are taking out only hardwood, and the
other two are taking only soft, or
pulp wood. Evidences of the spoli
ation, the Federal men report, are
widespread, and of such a natureas
to destroy utterly all hope of making
the parts already robbed of timber
a part of the glories of the proposed
Park.
"The Federal men followed from
one operation to another ind saw
evidences at a great many places of
destruction of some of the oldest trees
in Eastern America trees that existed
before North Carolina came into
being.
"Reports state that the lumber com
nanies in Question show no signs of
relenting in their destructive work. It
is understood that some sort ot an
aareement was reached with lumber
men who had options on some of this
timber before the Park project was
presented to Congress, to desist from
any operations pending the vote of
Congress. It is the understanding oi
men rlnselv in touch with the Park
movement that these men agreed that
if the Park project should be accepted
by the Federal government, they would
desist entirely from operations pend
ing such settlement of their options
as a skilled jury should award.
"Instead of keeping these bargains
they have oroceeded relentlessly to
grab all the great trees in sight, and
to strip the forest without regard to
the effect it may have on the proposed
Park.
"Considerable alarm is felt over the
existing situation because of the fact
that the great Smoky Mountain Na
tional Park area contains the last
remnant of original forest in North
Carolina and Tennessee. Experts de
clarc that trees are standing in this
area that are older than the State
itself, and that some of the finest
hardwood in America is to be
in this area.
A VITAL ASSET
There was a time when we looked
v upon our Used Car Department as a
necessary evil Now we realize that
it is a tremendous asset. We sell
only GOOD Used Cars and thus make,
friends who come back to us for new '
cars. ' . .
J. S. CONLEY MOTOR CO.
Franklin, N. C.
A USED CAR IS ONLY AS DEPENDABLE
AS THE D&ALER" WHO SELLS IT
THE TRADE
Is made up of Hardware Buyers, including
vourself.
1 It is our ambition to see the individual buyer
succeed to increase production at 'ess cost. -
Our line of Farm Implements, Tools for
Contractors and Mill Operators, and Tools of
Mechanics will increase your output and lessen
the labor costs.
MACON COUNTY SUPPLY CO.
WE WISH YOU JOY
We join with Franklin in extending to our visit
ors from Georgia and North Carolina the heartiest
of Greetings. Our mechanical force is at your ser--vice.
,
We are located at the top of the hill on West
Main street. ,
PERRY-JONES CHEVROLET CO.
found
CHEVROLET EXPANSION
Preoarine facilities for manufac
turing 1,000 more cars per day in 1927,
the Chevrolet Motor company is pro
ceedine rapidly with additions to its
plants and equipment in the United
States,
These additions are being made un
der the $10,000,000 expansion program
announced recently , by W. S. Knud
son, president and general manager
of the company..
The addition to the huge motor
plant at Flint is now well under way.
New machinery for making rylinders
New machinery for making cylinders,
cam shafts and small parts is arriv
ing daily, and extensive enlargements
are being made at the Flint sheet
metal division. A building 206 feet
long by 134 feet wide is under con
struction to increase production at
the Toledo transmission plant. En
largement of the heat treat depart
ment of the Bay City small part plant
will provide additional facilities there.
, In Detroit, the building known as
General Motors Truck Company
plant No. 7, has been purchased for
manufacturing axles, and small parts
and will be merged with the gear and
axle plant. . '
New buildings and the erection of
37 steam forging hammers at the De
troit forge" plant will make this plant
one of the largest forging centers in
the United States.
Chevrolet factories at Cincinnati,
Janesville, and St. Louis will be ex
tensively enlarged under the program.
Fisher body plants, at these cities are
to be augmented, providing manu
facturing facilities for 75,000 closed
bodies and 250,000 open models. A
proportionate increase in employees
will follow the completion oi these
plant additions. ' v
GUERNSEY CATTLE
County Agent Arrendale lef.t here
Wednesday for Canati, Ga., to ship!
six pure-bred Guernsey buns mat tie
recently bought for farmers of Ma
con county. ; ,
The owner of the herd may send
$ome grade heifers for Mr, Arrendale
to sell to Macon qunty-farmers.
if interested see County Agent Ar
AN INVITATION
TO OUR VISITORS
We take great pleasure in extending to our
friend sfrom Georgia and North Carolina a cordial
invitation to make our Drug Store your headquar
ters while in Franklin, Wednesday the fifteenth.
We are prepared to serve you cooling drinks
of all kinds, and Costa's Delicious Ice Cream, "ust
a Little Bit Better."
SERVICE AND THE BEST
SMITH'S DRUG STORE
THE PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
EAT AT
Reece s R
estaurant
That's the place to go when thirst
And hunger have grown just so;
They feed you real early
And they feed you real late,
And every day at noon a special dinner
plate.
OF EM
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