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VOLUME XLI.
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1926
NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
PRIZE WINNING ESSAYS
Winning Essays in the Building and Loan Essay Contest
On the Subject: "How I Can Use the Building and
Loan to Pay for a College Education."
(Note:. Words in parentheses were
inserted by the judges, either as cor
rections or as necessary from a
.standpoint of fact or grammar).
First Prize Winner
By ROSS ZACIIARY
. The Building and Loan Association
was organized in Macon county in
1922, with the primary object in view
of helping the people of the county
to build and own their own homes,
, . and to this purpose it has contributed
a great deal.
Some people are under the im
pression that the Building and Loan
is a bank, biit it is not; although
closely related to one, it operates on
a little different principle. The
' Building and Loan gathers the sav
ings of the people week by week
and month by month; these pay
ments, which are usually small, are
banked and placed to the credit of
the stockholder with interest at six
per cent, free from taxation, (if left
in Building and Loan for six. and
one-half years). While the bank, on
the other hand, does not wish to be
bothered with such small deposits
and only pays four per cent interest,
not free from taxation.
The Building and Loan wishing to
widen its field of helpfulness has
added, what might be classed as a
third use, one that can be the great
est feature of all, the way to a col
lege education.
After having made a careful study
6f the object, purpose and. working
principles of the Building and Loan
Association, I find that there are
several ways in which a person may
use the Association to obtain a col
lege education, but I shall only dis
cuss one of these plans in this essay,
the one in (my) opinion that will be
most used by the people when they
learn how the Association works
along this line.
In this plan the parents must have
decided, when the child was young,
that they were going to Rive him a
college education, but know that if
t some plan of saving is not adopted,
when the time comes for him to
leave for college they will not have
the money. So when the child is
four years old they take out four
shares of Building and Loan stock,
which will cost them four dollars a
month. By the time the child is
seventeen years of age, this is the
average, age of a student entering
college, the stock will have a par
value of approximately one thousand
fifty dollars, this sum if properly
handled will go a long way in se
curing a college education. If it only
took the child through two years of
college work, he will have seen by
that time the great advantages of
fered a college graduate, and will by
his own initiative find a way to finish
he other two years. ,
After all is said and done, the best
present that a parent can give a child,
and one that will carry him the
farthest in this world, is a good edu
cation. Education is the dominating
"" feature of a mans life; without it he
' is handicapped, he is not accepted by
society, the business world fails to
recognize him in this day and time
A man could get along fairly well
fifty years ago without an education,
but now he is striving for greater
achievments, and to accomplish them
he must have an education.
So any parent of medium means
who views this situation in its true
light will strive to give his child the
greatest possible advantage, (s) It
is the desire of .every parent that
his child add some greater advance
. .merit;. to the progress ..of ..the world.
and so he. will use the Building and
Loan to secure a college, education
for him.
Rickman Not Impressed
Mr. W. J. Jenkins brought a twin
apple to the Press office Saturday of
last week and while here stated that
he had grown apples this year weigh
ing more than two pounds each. Mr.
Jenkins then told a story that seemed
to cast some doubts upon the size
of his apples. It seems that some
years ago he had a tree filled with
extra large apples, one 17 inches in
circumference. One day M r; Roland
Rickman came along on his way to
town. Mr. Jenkins being particularly
nroud of his big apples insisted that
his neighbor stop and see them. On
being shown the tree, Mr. Rickman
asked what kind of apples they were.
"Well," said Mr. Jenkins, "I bought
the tree for a Ben Davis, but it
turned out to be a Wolf River tree."
Mr. Rickman then cast a judicious
eye over-the tree, bit off a good
sized chew of Brown's Mule, and re
plied: "Won't do, Wolf River apples
are big ones."
HIGDONVILLE
TO ENTERTAIN
Higdonville School House
Will Be Scene of Gay
Festivities Thanksgiving
Day
The school children at Higdonville,
backed by the entire population of
that section, are preparing to stage
two . celebrations at the Higdonville
school on Thanksgiving Day. At 2:30
in the afternoon a prominent speaker,
not yet selected, will address those
assembled. . There will also be games
of all kinds, and a general get-to
gether meeting of the people of the
community.
At 7:31) at night the school chil
dren will stage a play entitled,
"Mirth-Provoking School Room."
Reports from the rehearsals would
seem to indicate that there is much
dramatic talent among the pupils of
Higdonville school. At any rate the
entire community is making prepar
ations to attend both afternoon and
night performances. No admission
will be charged in the afternoon.
Tickets for the night performance
will cost IS and 2o cents. The pro
ceeds to be used to paint the school
building.
All the fair damsels of Higdonville
are preparing boxes to be sold at
the box supper after the the play.
Cross ties' and telegraph poles from
the Higdonville section are rolling
into Franklin in increasing numbers,
and rarely docs one see the head of
the household handling the reins. For
once in their lives the young swains
are begging dad to let them drive.
Likewise the boys of the Higdonville
community are saving the money re
ceived from cross-ties and poles to
invest in the boxes of their favorite
queens. Yes, sir, folks, great gobs
of money are going to be turned
loose at that box supper.
Later At the afternoon entertain
ment Mr. J. P. Jarratt, of Franklin,
will make a talk concerning his jour
neys in the Holy Land. There will
also be a basket ball game between
the Higdonville and Ow'enby schools.
Commission Head Favors
State-Wide Anglers'
License Law
Replying to an inquiry from F, E.
Curtis, of Franklin, J. K. Dixon, of
Morehead City, chairman of the
North Carolina Fisheries Commission
Board, says that Macon county has
no fish warden, and suggests that "it
might be possible to get your county
in line for the appointment of a fish
warden if we can get a State-wide
anglers license law passed by the
next legislature.
In connection with this proposed
law, Mr. Dixon wrote to Mr. Curtis
as follows:
"The State has distributed quite a
number of fish from the Morrison
hatchery in the streams of Macon
county for the past two years, and
we think the representative from
your county should co-operate with
us in advocating the passage of . a bill
for a State-wide anglers' license in
order that a way may be provided
for the . continuance of the hatchery
work and the protection of the fish
in the streams where distributions are
made."
Mr. Curtis, who has been active in
getting- streams - in - this.-county- re
stocked with fish, and who is in
terested in game and fish protection,
made the letter from Mr. Dixon
public.
Franklin News Items
Get Wide Distribution
A Franklin news item, bearing a
Franklin date line, which was recently
furnished the daily press by the sec
retary of the chamber of commerce,
appeared recently in the Omaha
World-Herald. The - clipping was
brought back from Oniaha by W. 15.
Lenoir, who has been visiting there,
as an illustration pf what widespread
distribution news items frequently get,
thus bringing the name "Franklin"
before the newspaper reading world.'
Another Franklin news item, that
dealing with a rainbow seen at night
here, was given wide distribution. In
addition to appearing in the daily pa
pers of North Carolina, and being
mentioned editorially in at least two
North Carolina dailies, the item ap
peared on the front page of the At
lanta Journal and other out-of-Statc
papers.
UTILITIES HEADS
VISIT FRANKLIN
Commissioners From Every
Section Drove to Frank
lin Saturday, Seeing the
Mountains and Roads
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Franklin was honored Saturday of
ast" week by the visit; for a l.ittlc
while about noon, of approximately
30 members of the National Associa
tion of Railroad and Public Utilities
Commissioners. Members of .the or
ganization, having concluded their an
nual convention in Asheville on Fri
day, drove as far west as Franklin
on Saturday morning to see the
mountains," as they said.
They spoke in high terms' of Frank
lin, of the scenery of this section,
and of the beautiful roads leading in
to Franklin.
After a few minutes' stay here,
the party returned to Asheville. On
the return trip they stopped for lunch
in .Wayncsville, home . of Chairman
W. T. Lee, of the -North Carolina
Corporation, who was a member of
the party. The party included com
missioners from all over the country,
among them being officials from as
far west as Utah and as far in the
northwest as Wisconsin. '
North Carolina members of the
party included Mr. Lee, Commissioner
A. J. Maxwell, and Miss Rebecca
Merritt, stenographer in the commis
sion office at Raleigh. -
Gulf and Standard
". Given Permits; Fire
Limits Are Extended
The Gulf Refining Company was
granted a permit to erect . a filling
station on the Thomas corner, north
west of the courthouse, by the Board
of Aldermen, at specil meeting held
Wednesdy night of 1st week. At the
same meeting, the fire limits were ex
tended from Palmer's shop, on East
Main street, to the railway station.
At a former meeting, the Board
granted the Standard Oil Company
permit to erect a filling station on
the . McCoy corner, just opposite the
railway station.
Zeb Weaver Hunts Bear
Instead of Votes
MV. E. I!,- McCollum, of Proctor,
spent last week end with his family
in Franklin. As his guests on this
trip Mr. McCollum had three friends
from Johnson City, Tcnn., Messrs
Jerome Dickey, Matthew Dickey and
Lester Oswald, who had been bear
hunting in the Smokies. Mr. Mc
Collum reports that during the snow
of ten days ago there were 60 bear
hunters at one camp in the Smoky
mountains. Among this number were
Congressman Zebiilon Weaver and
his secretary. It appears that' Mr.
Weaver is quite a hunter. Having
hunted and fornd about 7,000 votes
above the number necessary to elect
him he doesn't seem, to be able to
get out of thv? habit, so took a trip
to the smokies to hunt bear. Mr.
McCollum refused to. commit himself
as to the number of bears killed by
Mr. Weaver's party, from which it
is safe to assume that the pickiri's
were slim.
A Remarkable Exhibition
Franklin . is exceedingly proud of
its high school boys who' composed
the football team here on Armistice
Day. Some of these-young nun had
never seen a football game, and with
only three short practices they held
their ' heavier and more experienced
opponents to two touchdowns. The
town turned out in large numbers to
see their team play and to witness
the feature game between Waynes
ville s first team and Cornelia, Ga.
'Even the visitors from Waynes
ville were surprised at the low score
made, against Franklin. The fine ex
hibition of courage and determination
shown) by the Franklin lads will prob
ably result in a regular football team
here next season. ,
The line-up of the Franklin team
follows :''.
FB :" Don Henry LG: Wilkie
RH: Raleigh Shook C: Red Stwaret
LH: Phil McCollum . RG: Gribble
QB: Billic Hamcs RT: Louie Young
LE: Philip Newman RE: Carpenter
LT: John Arrendale ;
Sub: Anderson for Arrendale.
By selling milk to an ice-cream
plant in Greensboro, one farmer in
Guilford county cleared $96 last June
from five cows, $104 in July from six
cows and $108 in August. He says
such net profit is batter than growing
cotton aad tobacco.
" Roane is Second Democrat
Elected to State Senate From This
District in Oyer Quarter Century
Waynesville Wins
From Cornelia By
Score of 20 to 0
Four Hundred See First
Game of Football Ever
Staged in County Good
Ball Played
The first football game in the his
tory, of Macon county 'was played on
Porter field, Armistice Day. The .op
posing elevens being Cornelia High,
of Cornelia, Ga., and Wayncsulle
High, of Waynesville, N. C.
Before a colorful crowd of some
400 fans the Waynesville team won
the toss and elected to kick off.
For the first period the boys from
Georgia held the mountaineers score
less, but the second period opened
with an aerial attach that uazzlcd.
the Georgia Crackers and resulted in
a touchdown for Waynesville: The
extra point was added by another
forward pass;
The second half opened with a
continued aerial attack augmented by
line plunges which netted two more
touchdowns for the Waynesville team,
the final score being 20 to 0 in favor
of Wayncsville:
Starring for Waynesville were Stall,
Hyatt, Crockett and Atkins. For the
Georgia boys the whole team played
a remarkable game, especially the
backfield. .- " '
The Georgians were outweighed by
their Tar Heel opponents, but put up
a clean, game fight throughout. They
particularly made a snappy come-back
in the final period, making substantial
gains by successful use of their for
ward pass.
Time of periods, 12 minutes.
Referee, Herman, (Carolina State)
Umpire, Piatt (Tusculum).
Head Linesman, Galloway (Iowa
State).
The line up : ;
WAYNESVILLE CORNELIA
Campbell le Little
Ferguson It ' Highfill
Alley lg Kimsey
Davis c Ellard
Boyd rg " Cotf cy
Garrison .' rt Hardy
Hooks . re Wofford
Hyatt qb Boling
Stall fb Birggs
Atkins Ih Woods
Jones rh Loudermilk
Two Men and 50 Gallons
Liquor Taken Saturday
Roy Curtis, said by officers to be
the man who sawed his way out of
jail here about two years ago, and a
man who gave his name as Scuddcr
and his address as Fort Wayne, I nd.,
are in the Macon county jail as a
result of their arrest with 50 gallons
of liquor here about 5 o'clock Satur
day morning.
Carpenter, who is said to be origin
ally from Asheville, and to have a
court record there, , was under a
liquor charge when he escaped , here
two years ago.
Chief of Police R. M. Coffey, hear
ing that a car loaded with liquor was
corning through from Georgia, blocked
the town bridge, and made the cap
ture. Seeing that the bridge was
blocked the men attempted to turn
their car, but ,Mr. Coffey levcltd his
gun upon them. The 50 gallons,
found in the rear of the car, was
poured out in the street here Satur
day. '
Scuddcr, officers said, claimed that
he was innocent,, simply having taken
advantage- of an opportunity to ride
with Carpenter from Clayton, Ga., to
Asheville.
That was the second liquor car
captured here last week.
Save the Gizzard
The goose that laid the golden
eggs has become famous, but the
Cherokee Scout, usually a most re
liable newspaper, has now placed the
lowly chicken on a similar pedestal.
According to the Scout, one "Henry
Dockcry who operates a retail gro
cery and feed business' just across
Valley River" recently killeda chicken
for his table. On opening the gizzard
he found; three perfectly good dimes.
It seems that Mr. Dockcry ate the
gizzard and saved the dimes;
It's a safe bet that the chicken in
question never visited Macon county,
therefore it will be a waste of time
for our citizens to examine the giz
zard of every chicken killed in this
county.
The election to the State Senate
from the thirfy -.third district of R. J.
("Bob") Roane, mountaineer mer
chant and one-time sheriff, was un
usual in more respects than one.
Mr. Roane was chosen, of course,
on November 2, but , in 'the face of
conflicting claims .advanced, by hiin
and his opponent, Henry G.-Robertson,
of Franklin, Republican incum
bent, it was not possible 'to definitely
determine the result until the dis
trict board of canvassers Jn,et in An
drews last week and announced that
Roane had been chosen by the nar
row margin of 49 votes. More thaa
16,000 were cast in the district.
Then, to further enliven post-election
interest in the balloting a fort
night ago, came the . announcement
that there would be a contest. 4Mr.
Robertson asserts . that the "correct
oQicial" vote gave him a majority; of
12 votes. He filed notice of protest
with the board of canvassers, anu.
when the General Assembly convenes,
in Raleigh in January, he will appear-,
before a senate committee to fight
for the . seat he occupied two years
ago, he has announced.
But Mr. Roane's election was un
usual not so much because of the
close vote or of the prospect of a
contest but primarily because it is
the second time in over a quarter of
a century 28 years to be exact that
this district has failed to elect a
Republican. G. B. Walker, of An
drews, elected four years ago, is the
only thirty-third district Democrat
who has occupied a State senate seat
since 1898.
Four of the five counties in tie
district arc normally Republican, and
in this year of political upsets in the,-
r political upsets in toe,,
ities, each of the five
more Republican Ycaa
ities. .
mowya'tt counties,
gave one- or
didatcs majorities.
vno not one ot tnem . nzmea a
Democratic representative!
And that, perhaps, is the really;
unique feature of the Roane victory.
Every county , in the district elected
a Republican to the lower house, but
he secured a majority despite thi
fact.
Unless Robertson is successful ia
his fight for the seat, "Bob" Roane
will be the lone Democrat in the
General Assembly from the thirty
third district: from all that section
of North Carolina that lies west of
the Cowees.
Quite a political feat, people here
say. And if "Bob" makes as smart
a legislator as he has proven himself
a vote-getter, they add, he ought to
be able ' to get about anything he
wants when he goes to Raleigh.
For, it is suggested, his success at
the polls, under such adverse circum
stances, coupled with his position as
the single Democrat from the ex
treme west, will place him in an un
usually strategic position with the
party organization. 1
Born and reared in Macon county,
Mr. Roane is a product of the moun
tains. He is probably typical of liis.
section, for he is physically big, de
liberate in manner, and has a repu
tation for honesty and fair dealing.
He is partner in "the big" store of
his home village of Whittier, ia
Swain county, and spends his time
there when he isn't engaged in poli
tics. On one of the few occasions
when Swain has given a Democrat a
majority, it elected him sheriff.
A 1 fi . t
Sylva High Has
New Publication
' An attractive new member of the
family of Western North Carolina
publications is the Central News, pub
lished at Sylva. It is a .monthly jour
nal," published by the-journalism class
of the Central high sc1k.mi1 of Sylva.
The sheet is well' edited, well
printed, and generally attractive..
Its appearance. Ho doubt, will stir,
other hih schools in the section to
similar effort.
Four More Grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crawford an4
Mr. and, Mrs. E. S. Hunnicutt, with
the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Gil
mer Crawford, are. the proudest folks
in town. Yes, they are grandparents
and arc telebrating the arrival last
Saturday of their first granddaugh
ter, Inez Crawford, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Gilmer Crawford. Since
the arrival of his nine pound daugh
ter Gilmer has been bragging about
the improvement pf the coming gen
eration over the preceding ones. At
last accounts both mother and baby
were getting along nicely.
Good yields of molasses are re
ported from some counties. One
farmer in Montgomery county pro
duced 393 1-2 gallons of fine syrup
from one and one-half acres.
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