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"VOLUME XL! I
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY MARCH 10, 1927
NUMBER TEN
WARD FOR
TALE TELLERS
Areatest Tale Of Mighties
; " Fisherman's Exploit To
Draw PrizeChamber o;
Commerce Banquet.
Like all fish stories, bearing d
IS
., tinctly upon all its habiliments the
earmarks of authentittcity and ac
, curacy .
! That it the first requisite.
Personal experience hearsay . evi
vlenee will '. nnt he ' tnleraterl Al
the rules of evidence Will be strictly
aanerreu to
That'9 the second. ' 1
The stnrv must he " uncommon
enough to be, well not fishy, at all,
ot course, , but a Digger story than
. any of those already or about to be
i told '
That's the third.
These are tips for the tellers of
j. vri t - j i i
-w jraics VI HUVCillUlCS III UIC gcuuc 411
J A 'taking the trout, the muskie, and
i the whale. .
Tips given four days in advance
inf the cranrl rnntpst to he ' Staged
Manday evening at 8 o'clock at the
Franklin Chamber of Commerce ban
ouet. to be held at the Scott Grif
fin Hotel. It is at this contest
" ' that a prize will be awarded to thi
man tellinc the bieerest fish Storv
. There undoubtedly will be more than
. ' -one "whale of a story.
The nri7P will be valuable. An
although its identity is being kept
' -closely guarded, chamber of commerce
officials are authority tor tne state-
ment that it is valuable enough even
, justify the tax put on their memories
by the greatest ot tishermen recount
. -inor ttipir Picnloits.
' Representatives from the Bryson
City and Sylva chambers of commerce
Iiiva tippn invited to attend the ban-
.Xquet, hence the local fishermen are
inn the r mett e. determined mat
Tranklin shall show up well as a fish
well as a produc
er of fishermen not too bashful to
admit perpetration of their mightiest
exploits. ,
rtW features of the evenincrs pro
cram will include discussion of two
II 1,1
projects now being piannea vy -uic
. ..i.Anilir -.f pnmmprre ; a. round, table
' .discussion of the needs of Franklin,
and how they can be tilled; ana
: first but by no means least a Dounu
: Plates will be $1 each, the charge
made by the hotel management.
r:i,t0 ...ill he nn sale Fridav and
v ' 1 IVIVVM T? " " - .
Saturday. All tickets must be sold
in advance, in order to give the ad
vance order for plates.
f'-
i nr Al LEAGUE WILL
GIVE TEA THIS MONTH
The Franklin League of Women
Voters, at the organization's last
" . - meeting, decided to hold a tea on
i-ythe last Thursday in March. -
TV The tea will be held -at the hony
'.' -of Mrs. Kate Smith, with members
'"' who live east oi me mci, amus y
, ' . At - Vit time a health
nurtey" program is to be staged. Other
. . i! ...Ml kA UaA Aiirtna
social meetings wm ut o
the remainder of the year.
The league was forced, on account
of the condition ot tne roaus uciwccn
Franklin and Highlands, to decline
. C A. 1 Tiff Jin. I AH til tr
the invitation oi me ividi.uu v.vuuL,
League of Women Voters, Highlands
i L f tViA nrtrani7ation. to at-
tend its birthday party on March U.
At the same meemiB, . iuvs wviv
ordered written to pay ' the local
league's State dues, and for its
cuota to the State fund.-Regret was
cxDressed that no member of the
local organizau."i luuw
i ...i ;t UcncViin anrl annual con-
ventiori ; of", the , League of Women
Voters m Chapel niu martn, iu, n,
and 12.
B. BYRD NAMED
C. of C. DIRECTOR
ti, Tlnai-fl nf Directors 6f the
Chamber of Commerce at their regu
lar weekly meeting last Monday night
elected Z. B. Byrd as a director, to
fill out the unexpired term of A. K.
Higdon, resigned. Mr. Higdon's res
ignation was tendered at the meet
ing 10 days ago, because, he said, his
luties as adjutant of the American
Legion left him insufficient time to
devote to work as a director of the
chamber of commerce.
At the same meeting, , the question
of co-operating with the Forest Ser
vice 'on two projects was discussed.
One of the projects discussed was ,that
of erecting road signs, advertising
the Nantahala National Forest and
Franklin, jointly r . the other dealt
with the subject of a proper ob
servance of American forestry Week,
'April 24 to 30. -
ROBBINSVILLE
SCHOOL RATED
Is , Now Standard Elemen
tary School Only One
West of Waynesville
t School Buys Equipment.
The school at Robbinsville. has just
been placed on the State list of
standard elementary' schools, giving
Robbinsville the only such school west
of Waynesville, according to the
Graham County News, copy of which
has just been received here. 1
Two facts . are given as making
possible the higher rating for the
Robbinsville school : the fact that no
teacher in the school holds a certifi
cate lower than an elementary A;
and the material development of the
county, which has made possible the
expenditure of approximately $1,000
on equipment required for a school
to be given the standard rating.
County Superintendent of Public In
struction J. H. Moody has long been
working to place the Robbinsville
school on the standard elementary
list, according to the paper, which
adds that he was assisted in se
curing the higher rating for the school
by Miss Susan Fulgham, State ele
mentary school inspector.
. The additional equipment purchased
includes 60 supplementary readers
for each grade, in addition to a 300
volume library, and maps, globes, and
other required primary equipment.'
UNUSUAL PROGRAM
PLANNED BY P. T. A.
FOR NEXT FRIDAY
Music of other; years, rendered by
the older folk of the community, will
feature the program of the local Par
ent-Teacher Association at its meet
ing at the Franklin Graded School
auditorium next Friday afternoon.
Among those who will appear on
the program are Mrs. Geo. A. Jones,
Mrs. Mary Lyle Waldroop, Mrs. S.
H. Lyle, Mrs. Thos. Slagle, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Crawford, and Mrs. J. S.
Sloan.
Followimr ' the music, there will be
a fashion parade, where the eyes of
the : present younger generation will
gaze upon the styles that were popu
lar 25. 50. and even 75 years ago.
The business meeting will be neia
in the erammar school building at
3 o'clock, and the program will begin
at 3 :30 in the school auditorium. At
the latter, refreshments will be served.
All members and those interested.
particularly the fathers, are especially
invited, to be present.
Following is the 'program:
Orvetta Waltz Mrs. Geo. A. Jones.
Whisperings of Love Mrs. Mary
Lyle Waldroop. .
The Wild Ashe Deer Mrs. n.
Lyje. . ...
My Mountain riome Mrs. ?inos.
Slagle. 1
When Grandmamma Is Gone Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Crawford.
Home, Sweet Home Mrs. J. 5.
Sloan.
Fashion Parade. .
Seed Exchange Day
For Macon County
The coiintv aecnt has fixed . Satur
day March 26 as Seed Exchange day
for Macon county. : The purpose of
tliia rlav hpinu a dav set apart for
all our farmers to come together and
exchange one kind of seed of which
they have an abundance with some
one else for some kind of seed, of
which thev have none or not enough.
There will also be some who are
huvinir or selling direct, bach man
will .make his own trade. .
Where there is a large lot oi st-cu
tn hp Hknnsed of the owner will bring
a representative sample ana encieavor
to sell as many as he can. These
samples had best be brought in a
wtip nr miart iaf. The county agent
will take over any sample , of seed
that the owner cares to leave wnn
fter the trading of the day is
over and keep them in his office so
that if at any time in the future therti
comes along anv one wanting .seed
they may be able to see what there
;e ffprintr in the county, and who
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has it, and the price. Any sampicsj
a(t th thp countv aeent must ut
carefully marked with the name of
th nurtier and the orice that he is
asking, and his name and post-office
arMrpss. More detailed . information
on, this - will appear in this paper
next week. ' "
ANGEL BUYS
DRUGSTORE
Franklin Pharmacy Sold by
Cl. E. Kimsey to T. W.
Angel, Jr. Improvements
To be Made.
Sale of the Franklin Pharmacy,
was announced here Monday, when
the deal was consummated. The busi
ness was sold by O. E. Kimsey to
T. W. Angel, Jr. The consideration
involved was not disclosed.
Mr. Angel, who assumed active
charge of the business, will resign
shortly as town engineer, and de
vote his entire attention to the phar
macy, he said.
Mr. Kimsey' has not yet. definitely
made his plans for the future, al
though it was intimated that he is
considering propositions both here and
elsewhere.
Under the new management, a con
siderable sum of money is to be
spent on improvements, both of the
building and the fixtures, Mr. Angel
stated, with the idea of making it
one of the most complete and attrac
tive drug stores in this part of the
State.
The .business was begun four years
ago by Oscar Ashe, who sold it a
year ago to Mr. Kimsey. The latter
came here from Helen, ua.
Mr. Angel, native Franklinite, re
turned to Franklin in July, 1925, and
has been town engineer since that
date.
Dr. R. M. Rimmer will continue
with the Franklin Pharmacy as phar
macist, as will other employes, under
the new ownership and management.
THE TOMS
GREAT SHERLOCK
Not so many days ago he drifted
into town, did this mighty Sherlock
Holme's with the massive forehead,
deep cavernous eyes, bushy brows
and a chin like the knee joint of a
mastodon. Getting the ear of the
constituted city authorities, he an
nounced in sepulchral whispers and
behind closed doors that he was the
world's greatest "dectectative." Tem
porarily removing his ear " from the
keyhole he further stated, with many
gestures for silence, that his specialty
was "catching bootleggers with the
goods."
Oh. Yes ! he had had lots of ex
perience. He was thoroughly familiar
with disguises and" their many various
uses. He could make a friend of
any bootlegger that ever put a cork
in a tin can or knocked an officia
car off the highway. Prisons from
Maine to California and from Oregon
to Florida wer filled with bootleggers
put there by his efficient method of
detecting. In his varied and check
ered career he had separated many
bootleg kings from their happy fam
ilies. His presence in town or city
immediately struck terror to thugs,
thieves, hijackers and all other deni
zens of the underworld.
Now if the town was the happy
abode of anv particularly bright boot
leggers nifty ones, cautious and cute
that no one else was able to catch
the town could do no better than
place him on the payroll for a few
days. No sooner said than done.
This " graduate of " the Rising - Sun
Correspondence School for Deteca-
tives remained in town abouf a week,
drew $13.00 of the town funds ai" an
"honorarium," sold chief of police a
pint of liquor as ."evidence," pocketed
a dollar and left for other climes.
So far the source from whence came
the pint remains unknown. Is it pos
sible that Sherlock had a supply of
hootch hidden on the outskirts of
town and remained "in office'' long
enough to dispose of his assets?
Mann's House Burns
- The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Mann, on the Georgia road, was
completely destroyed by fire Friday
night of last week. The Manns lost
practically everything they had . in
the house, Mr. Mann sa'd-
The origin of the fire was unde
termined, though Mr. Mann expressed'
the opinion that it may have started
from the kitchen flue.
The loss was partially, covered by
insurance.
The fire was discovered early in the
evening, and was, it was thought, ex
tinguished, with little damage. The
family retired, to awaken later and
find the whole structure in flamc3.
POULTRY SALE
. ON MARCH
23
The .Macon County Farmers Fede
ration, with County Agent Lyles
Harris co-operating, ' will stagd a co
operative, competitive poultry sale at
Franklin March 23, the Federation
has announced.' The farmers are
being invited to bring their market
able poultry to Franklirt on that
date. 1
It is planned to ship a carlot, and
the 1 poultry will go to the highest
bidder.
On March 2, at a sale held by
a private company, approximately
600 pounds of poultry was shipped
out of this county.
Neither the federation nor the
county agent had anything whatever
to do with the sale March 2, this
sale having been held by the Tennes
see Egg Company. Due to a confus
ion of dates, it was erroneously re
ported in the last issue of the Press
that the sale last week was held by
the Federation with the co-operation
of the county agent. The federation
sale will come on March 23.
NW YORK EDITOR
WEEK ENDS HERE
John Vassar Noel, of 'New York, of
the editorial staff of The Spur,
sportsmen's magazine, was a week
end visitor at the Onteora Rod and
Gun Club. .
Mr. Noel, while here, took pictures
of views in this section which will
appear shortly, he said, in The Spur.
He is also writing a 10-page illus
trated article on Asheville and vicinity
for his publication.
Mr. Noel, . who expressed delight
with, the beauties of southwestern
North Carolina, Monday made a
trip to within striking distance of the
Smokies. He was accompanied by R.
C. MacMahon, manager of the On
teora Rod and t Gun Club, Horace
Kephart, author, of Bryson City, and
Rosc6e Marvel, manager of the Kenil
worth Inn, at Asheville.
Many Spring Events
To be Given at
Robbinsville Schoo
Many interesting school events are
to be given at Robbinsville in the im
mediate future, it has been learned
here. During the remaining two
months of the school term at Kob
binsville, programs ,to be presented at
the school auditorium include the pn
mary commencement tho' grammar
grade commencement, the triangular
debate, and the high school commence
ment, the triangular debate, and the
high school commencement. All these
events will precede the regular gradu
ation exercises bv5the senior class.
The Robbinsville school has been
handicapped during the present ses
sion bv unpleasant weather, but de
spite this handicap, the entire school
has made an attendance record of
between 80 and 90 per cent, a better
record than it has been possible to
secure in previous sessions. -
The school has taken considerable
pride in the fact that the high school
senior class recently was awarded a
medal for the best essay written on
Abraham Lincoln. The' best essay
was that submitted by Miss . Edna
Jones, Robbinsville senior. The medal
was awarded by a watch company.
Miss Jones is the second Western
North Carolina School girl to vyin
recognition for essay work, a prize
for the best essay ort fire preventjon,
offered by an insurance - company,
having been awarded some time ago
to a girl in the Highlands school.
Broadway Loals
Mr. Carl Morgan is back at Broad
way to teach a ten-days singing
school. We are glad to see him back
again. v
. Mr. Nathan McKinncy and .Mr.
Mack McKinnty have returned from
Pisgah Forest, where they have been
at work for the last few months.
Miss Jean Wilson spent a few days
with her sister Mrs. Ebbic Talley, on
Turtle Pond.
Mi. Arthur Dillard was in this
section Tuesday on business. ' :
Miss Pearl Bryson and Mr. -Hayes
Bryson were the guests of their grand
mother last Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. Z. V. McKinney was visiting
Mr. Andy Wilson Friday.
Mr. Jerry 1 Wilson Jr., and .Mr.
Tom Smith made a business . trip
to Highlands Tuesday.
Mr, David McLall made a business
trip to. Dillard, Ga.
Mr. Benson ,Neelcy was m this
section last week. He got Mr. R.
B. Wilson to keep his pup this sum
mer. ... ,'i : ..
SUGGEST TREES
ALONGJpAYS
Forest Service Would Fur
nish Trees Planting On
Georgia Road Forestry
Week Is Suggested.
Would it be worth while to line the
sides of the ' highways leading out
of Franklin with treesthe same spe
cies planted at uniform intervals for
miles and miles? ' '
Would it be worth the trouble?
Would the planting provide sufficient '
of beauty, of advantage to Franklin,
of increased value to property owners
along the road to make' the expense
and labor worth while?
The question has . occurred to Z.
B. Byrd, forest ranger.
R. W. Shields, supervisor of the
Nantahala National Forest has placed
Mr. Byrd in charge of the observance
here of .American Forestry Week. t
April 24 to 30, and it has occurred to
Mr. Bvrd to wonder if the finest
observation of this week, set aside
all over the nation by Presidential
proclamation, would not be to make
a start toward creating tree-lined ave
nues leading into Franklin.
, Mr. Byrd has in mind the section
of Highway No. 286 lying between
Franklin and the Georgia ' line, ihis
highway, he pointed out, leads di
rectly into another State, and is bor
dered by less woods than other roads
going out of town.
The Forest Service would provide
the trees. Mr. Byrd says, if given
the right sort of co-operation; he
believes the co-operation of individ
uals in the town and county might
be tendered, in order to make of '
the tree-planting a real event; and
he is wondering if the property
owners along the Georgia road the
ones whose property would be most
enhanced in value by the tree-plant- r
ingWould care to co-operate. Would
they be willing, for example, to dig
the holes for the trees?
Mr. Byrd and the Forest Service
are ready to co-operate, . he said,
to make the suggestion an actuality,
if the people want it done.
Mr. Byrd would be glad to hear
from persons whose property fronts
along the Georgia road.
nnilltll DDATUrDC
SALES INCREASE
Graham Brothers, a division of
Dodge Brothers, Inc., made and sold
more trucks and commercial cars in
the month of January than during any
previous January in the company's
history. This is a definite answer
to questions raised at the first of the
year about what 1927 holds for the
motor truck industry, according to
officials.
Trucks and commercial cars shipped ;
from all Graham Brothers plants for
the first month of this year totaled
4,255, as against 3,, 765 in January, 1926, ,
which in turn surpassed all preceding
first months.
Now, production has been increased
to 275 units a day. nearing the record
peak established in May, 1926. De
mand is still growing, the company
reports.
Graham Brothers factories in De
troit: Evansville, Indiana; Stockton,
California ; and Toronto, Ontario, are
all working full time with a full
force of men. This means substan- .
tially increased employment over the .
tirst part ot last year, since tne
total plant- size grew 41 per cent ;
during 1926 to take care of the con
stantly expanding markets.
Profitable Hog Practices .
Pour the. old crank case oil on the
hog, and around in the sleeping
plates and, the lice will not . be any
trouble.
For intestinal worms get:
Santonin" two and one-half grains .
-Calomel two an 1 a half-grains'
Disolve in warm water and inix
with thin slop. See that every hoc
gets no more than his share.
the above is for a fifty-pound hog.
give twice as much lor a hundred
pound hog, and three times as much.
or a two hundred-pound hog.
Follow with physic and . repeat in
ten days to get the, ones that might
have missed on the first shot.
A mighty good, and a cheap thing
to build bone in hons and keep them
well, is a tonic, made up of :
Acid phosphate. ...... .Ten pounds
Woodashes . Ten pounds
Salt .One pound"
Put it in a dry place where the
hogs may get it at any time. Alsd
throw them in all the charcoal that
they will eat. This is especially good
in the spring, when hogs are starting
on pasture and getting a lot of
juicey food. It takes up the excess
moisture and keeps , the stomach
working right. Makes more profit.