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FACE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 12 A-F-A CELEBRATION SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR ' Continued From Tage One from forme Governor Cameron Mor fison on down the list, passed forward to congratulate him, and well they liI.i Ue had put all of those who were to follow him on their mettle, and he bad made their task a most difficult ane. You had to have a lot of deep horse sense to give tongue to break down the impression Lee Barnard had I made." When Mr. Mealor responded, he did full justice to the occasion. That the visitors, were happy to be here he made quite clear; and to the hu morous jibes of Mr. Barnard, he. speaking for Georgia, responded wit tily and to the point. He told the crowd that North Carolina's good road work was an inspiration to Georgians. But Georgia, though she may not use the same methods " as this State, is working hand in hand with every movement looking to the betterment erf conditions. "Know that Georgia is always teady t oback you up," he told the Tar Heels. Introduced by Commissioner Stike leather as one example of a prophet who is honored in his own. country, Chairman Page, in a single sentence, endeared himself to Macon county. He had been told, he said, that this county had been cut off from North Carolina for years, and. that the road just completed from Dillsboro brought the cbunty back into North Carolina. Then, quite simply, he said: "Macon county, and this section, we welcome you back to North Caro- Kna." The highway commission chairman told his hearers that he had heard much criticism of North Carolina's methods of financing her road con struction, but that that criticism, without exception, had come from out side the State. He explained that the roads are paid for by the motorists who use them, as they use them, through the automobile license and gasline taxes, and . gave figures to show that these taxes pay the interest on the bonds, create a sinking fund, maintain the roads, and leave a bal ance for new construction. True enough, North Carolina is m debt, but it is bonded because its lead ers had "faith enough in the future of North Carolina to bond the State and build roads and use them now, rather than wait for future generatiions" to build and enjoy them. The faith has been justified, he said, and the fact that the credit of the State is better today than before the first bond .was issued is evidence that it was justified. North Carolina's prosperity is the re sult, he believes, of the highways which make ' possible interchange of commerce and ideas. The next legis latute wiH make ample provision for carrying on the highway program, he predicted. , At tthe conclusion . of Mr. Page s address, John S. Trotter announced dinner, and the crowd systematically mnvpH nut nf the tabernacle and into the roped-off section where- a lunch eon composed of fried chicken, ham, potato salad, chicken salad sand wiches, pickles, coffee, ice cream, cake, and cigars and cigarettes was served. Visitors were served first. Then the home people filed in, and there was more than enough for everybody. Taking charge of the meeting again Mr. Stikeleather again voiced an ap propriate introduction, and -former Governor Cameron Morrison had the crowd with him. He held them for nearly an hour. , Ii. his best Morrisonesque campaign style, the former Governor paid trib ute to Georgia, the State that pro duced "the eloquent, the immortal Grady;" had his say about the "re actionaries ;". lauded the "program of progress ;" and urged the completion of that program. .. . So delighted are North Carolinians with a partial realization of the pro gram, he said, that "we forget the other planks in the program of prog . iess." And he outlined them. First, "we want the Appalachain Park for Western North Carolina. The people of the east don't know much about it, but we must tell them. I have been studying this thing, and I am ready to debate with any reac tionary who wants to swap fur with me. North Carolina, as a State, ought to make a contribution to help the people of Western Norht Carolina and East Tennessee make here the most beautiful park in the world." Second, Mr. Morrison demanded authorization' for $4O,,0(X),0OO additional highway bonds by the next legislature, making a total 01125,000,000, to com plete the highway system. Thirrt "iviv tnnct rtiakp modern, pn- lightened use of the navigable waters" in the east. This was taken as refer rine to Mr. Morrison's defeated port terminals project. Fourth, enlarge the "educational program and equipment as fast as we can without oppressive taxation," and likewise the agricultural and health departments of the State government, "The old idea of government," he said, in this connection, "was the gov ernment that could spend the least: Modern government, that the con sciences of good men and women de mand, is a new thing under the sun. It looks for an army of experts to study every phase of human endeavor, and then, through various educational agencies to carry this knowledge to the people. It will cost something, iit is true, in the sense of an invest ment, but it will create new wealthy share the burdens of government." Tar Heel speakers, in the course of the program,, had, rather good na turedly, rapped Georgia, and boasted of the progress' of this State, partic ularly with reference to highway con struction. And John N. Holder, chair man of the Georgia Highway Board whose address followed that of Mr. Morrison, had, in addition, misunder stood one of Governor Morrison's references' to "reactionaries." Mr. Morrison later made clear that the reference was to North Carolinians only, and not intended as a discour tesy to the visiting Georgians. But Mr. Holder, campaigning for Gover nor of Georgia, on a pay-as-you-go platform, had quite evidently been made uncomfortable by the speakers who had preceded him, and their ref erences to what North Carolina had done by bond issues. Any discomfort he may have felt, however, was removed by Commis sioner Stikeleather, when he came to introduce the Georgian. Georgia s methods were different from ours, he said, but so also, perhaps, were con ditions. And he pointed out that Mr Holder had got more value received for the money he had had to spend than any man he knew. The intro duction was an example of the best in fine courtesytact, and thought fulness. And Mr. Holder responded in kind, by praising the ninth district commissioner, and declaring that he placed "no North Carolinian above Jim Stikeleather." . Mr. Holder graciously paid tribute to North Carolina's progress, and to Governor Morrison and Mr. Page, as well as other North Carolina leaders. And the bandinage of the Tar Heels was mostly, taken by him m good k.'..n'f ' w rliH Vinwpver. declare that "all we ask is the privilege in Georgia lof working out our own salvation 1:1 j fear and trembling." J "Wherever North Carolina wants to meet us, we are there to meet : you," he said. "We have met you at ! Murphy, and wc are meeting you here. We have let the contract for all bui a liitie stretch in ttabersnam, anu we are going to build a paved road trom Clarksville to the North Caro lina line as fast as money, men, mules and machinery will , build it." . Tunning to the boasting, of North Carolina, Mr. Holder, half jokingly, half seriously, said: . "I can brag when it's necessary to bragand I can give'em hell when it's necessary to give'em hell. I glory m Georgia," and he explained that Geor gia has suffered from business de pressions in recent years much more than North Carolina. He told of what is being done in highway con struction in -Georgia and ' declared that: "When we get through with ours we wont owe anybody a darned cent.".. . , Although it was late nV the after noon when Mr. Holder finished speak ing, there were many prominent peo ple present, and Mr. Stikeleather called upon a number of them for a few words each. Mayor R. D. Sisk, of Franklin, and C. A. Webb, co-publisher of the Asheville Citizen, each spoke briefly. Mr. Stikeleather ex pressed his happiness at seeing the highway development in this section, and paid tribute to the people of his district; and Congressman Zcbubn Weaver, Roger Miller, manager of the .Asheville chamber of cniimerM, and Professor Duggar, each addressed the gathering. ' To quote the Asheville Citizen again : "At , the end of a perfect day the folks folded their tents and, like the Arab, silently rode homeward, every one feeling that it had been good to be there." A number of the motorists took the trip to Asheville over Nos. 285 and 10, to enjoy the hospitality of the Asheville chamber of commerce, but with the Tabernacle program Frank lin's, share in the Asheville-Franklin-j Atlanta- short cut, highway celepration came to an end. 1 The day's celebration and motor-j cade, which cndtftl at Asheville in the evening, was staged under the general direction of committees from each of the towns from Asheville to Cornelia. J. H. Wilson of Sylva, and C. C. Poin dexter, of Franklin, having been chairman and secretary, respectively, of this general committee. The Franklin program, however, was under the auspices of the Frank lin chamber of commerce, and the work was done through its com mittees, with the assistance of mem bers of the organization and citizens. An arrangements committee, com posed of John S. Trotter, T. W. Por ter, and C. C. Poindexter, was in gen eral, charge, and various committtes. each to handle a separate phase of the work, were appointed to work under the directon of this arrangements-committee. A few days prior to the celebration, the board of di rctors of the organization, , realizing the necessity for one-man control and responsibility for an affair as big as the road celebration, appointed Mr. Poindexter to have charge of the tn tire Franklin program, and direct the activities of the day. ' Motorists were, here during the day from as far east as Washington, N. C, and numbers of towns in Georgia,, in addition to Atlanta and other towns on the A-F-A were represented. High lands people came down to Franklin and helped ', entertain the visitors. Cars were also here from Andrews, Bryson City, and other Western North Carolina towns not-directly on the route. Prominent people here for the cele bfation, in addition to those appear ing on the program or otherwise al ready mentioned, included: W. T. Lee, of Waynesville, chairman of the North Carolina Corporation Commis sion ; W. R. Neal, of Atlanta, Georgia State Highway Engineer; Frank T. Reynolds, of the Dinkier Hotels, Atlanta; Horace Kephart, : author, of Bryson City; Colonel Wade H. Harris, editor, of the Charlotte Observer;-O. J. Willoughby,' of the staff of the Atlanta Constitution ; Harlee Branch, staff correspondent of the Atlanta Journal; Ben Dixon , MacNeill, feature writer of the Raleigh News and Observer; C..A. Webb, co- 'nnhlisher and D. R. Barbee. manag ing editor of the Asheville Citizen; Miss H. M. Berry, of Raleigh, for merly serretary of the North Caro lina Good Roads Assosiation; Colonel R. E. A. Hamby, of Clayton, mem ber of the Georgia legislature ; W. E. Duncanson, of Tiger Mountain Farms Tiger, Ga.; President H. T. Hunter, of the Cullowhee State Normal School ; Miss Elizabeth Kelley," of Raleigh, formerly of Franklin, promi nent in educational and cooperative marketing circles; Judge C. R. Brown, of Cornelia; C. T. Koan, ot Whittier, Democratic candidate for the State senate ; and the following members of the inter-city general committee co-operating in working out the de tails of the entire celebration and motorcade 'from Atlanta,, to Ashe ville; J- H. Wilson, chairman, who is chairman of , the Jackson county highway commission; Holmes Bry son and H. Roger Miller, president and' manager, respectively, oi the Asheville chamber of commerce; D. Jt Kerr, H. A. Osborne, and W. E. Jones, of Canton; C. M. Dicus and Frank Miller, of Waynesville; J. H. Wilson, D. G. Bryson and J. F. Freeze, of Sylva ; Dr. Dover, of Clayton ; Henry Stovall, of Cornelia; W. G. Mealor, mayor of Gainesville, and H. H. Estes, of Gainesville, secretary -6l the Piedmont '; Air Line Highway association. WALDROOP FARM TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION 29TH Sale, at auction, of the Mrs. Mary Waldrop farm, three miles from Franklin, one of the most beautiful farms in all Macon county, is an nounced by Homey Brothers, of Asheville.. , , ... ' t .The farm of 200, acres, lying on highway No'! 28, is to be cut into small: tracts and sold v, at auction . on next Wednesday, September 29, at'.lOiOO1 a. m. In addition to the land, the: farm tools, cattle and other stock are to be disposed of . IN, MEMORIAM Mrth Vera Greene September 24, .1925. No one knows the silent heartaches,. Only those who have lost can ( tell Of the grief that's borne in, silence For the one we loved so well. 'Tis sweet to know we will meet again, Where parting is no more, And that the one we loved so dear Has only gone before. R. C. 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