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r v jr.'SJflk I KEr CITr OF TiEMOUMTAmS j VOLUME XLII FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY APRIL 7, 1927 NUMBER FOURTEEN LEAGUE YANTS INFORMATION it Solesbee and Robertson Speak Before League Of Women Voters Women Say Battle for Australian Ballot Will Continue. "Hit 'em in de eye, Knock 'em in de head, Dey bones gona rise ag'in." That was the suggestion of Mrs. Neville Sloan, president of the Frank lin League of Women Voters, with reference to the Australian ballot bill, when the Rev. Alvin S. Solesbee, representative, from Macon county, "exhibited the corpse" of the late lamented bill before the members of the League at the organization's meet ing March 30, at a tea at the home of Mrs. Kate. Wilson Smith. '.Mr. Solesbee was invited to ad dress the League, and specifically was requested to explain why the bill failed to pass in the last session of the General Assembly. v The end was peaceful, Mr. Solesbee 1 indicated, but just why he did not seem to know, with exactness, ex cept that the leaders appeared not to favor it a very good reason, it was agreed. Another speaker at. the meeting was Henry G. Robertson, former senator the thirtv-third district. Mr. Robertson explained in detail tne detail tne machinery by which a bilk become a law, giving concrete examples is how certain bills passed ana now cer tain other bills did not, and what happened to thei.v Extreme regret was expressed that no members of the local organization could attend the birthday party given by the Macon County League, at Highlands, to which representatives of the Franklin organization were in cited. The weather and other unfor scen circumstances which arose at the last minute prevented any Frank lin women going to Highlands for this event. t A vote of thanks to the Idle Hour Theatre was expressed. The League, through the co-operation of the theat re, earned $27 on a recent picture put on at the theatre. The money went to the State war chest. For its next regular meeting, which comes the last Thursday in April, the 1 ic intA tn tW hnmp of Mrs. W. A. Roeers. The meetine last week proved de lightful, socially, as well as interest The attendance was good, and , mg. the "ovcr-the-river" hostesses were re- sponsible for those attending having a most delightful afternoon. i Cullowhee Campus r -1.1.. I.-wtJ vircauy impiuvcu , , . , f ' With the arrival pi spring ,many improvements are being made onthe campus of the Cullowhee State ( Nor- mai puiwui. .uuuuc.jr ul uv ' scnptions, including spruce, basam, white, pine, lilac, and snow balls, is ucmg pidiueu.111 u ral men have been engaged in sowing grass seed and in laying sod. A stone wall, which will be orna mental and at the same time pre vent erosion of soil, is being erected around each end of the- Moore build in?. J. WU muuci 11 tenuis luui is. an. uv-.. ing prepared for the use of students and teachers who love this sport. Stikeleather's Mother Dies at Asheville Home Mrs. Laura Stikeleather, widow of Captain J. A. Stikeleather, and moth er of J. G. Stikeleather died at ther son's home on Sunset Parkway, at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday night, after several week's failing, from the infir mities of age. Since the death of Captain Stike leather, of Olin, N. C, she had been, making her home with her son, James G. i She is survived by one other son, J. F,, and one daughter, Mrs. Myrtle L. Gasque' both of Asheville, and by a number of nieces and nephews. ' The deceased was born at Candler, N. C, August 11, 1843. She was the daughter of the Colonel and Mrs. Simon B. Gudger, members of one of the oldest families to settle in Buncombe county. Her people were pioneers in the development of the mountain country. , Funeral services were held at the home of J. G. Stikeleather. Asheville Citizen. THE HOG SALE A BIG SUCCESS What is said to have been the first co-operative carlot shipment fo hogs chinned from Franklin last Wednesday by farmers of this county, co-operat ing-with the county agent, Lyles Harris. , The event left a jingle of coin in its wake. It placed $1549.14 in the pockets of about 28 farmers those co-operating according to Mr. Har ris. The 83 hogs in the car totalled in weight 15,635 pounds. The hog shipment came in the heels of a $3,000 co-operative shipment of poultry. V' Dowdle Chosen On Board of Education To succed the late N. L. Barnard as a member of the County Board of Education on this county, C. W. Dowdle, of Prentiss, was chosen Mon day. The election was made by the other two members of the board, Dr. S H. Lylc and Alex Moore. The vacancy occurred a short time ago, with the death of Mr. Barnard, who had served on the board for the past 15 years. At the meeting Monday, the board organized for the next two years, re-elected Dr. Lyle as chairman. At the meeting, school committee men throughout the county were named. A list of these committee men, who are the same as in the nast .:th few excentions. will an ,pear m a subsequent issue of the press. Grow More Corn Per Acre One of the outstanding facts re garding the agriculture of the South is its low corn yields.- It has been estimated that, when the yields of corn' are raound 14 bushels oer acre, it costs the farmer ! about $1.30 per bushel, but if the yields are increased to 40 bushels per acre,' the, cost is close to 60 cents per bushel. The South not only needs more corn, but it also needs to grow it at less cost per bushel. Corn not only needs nitrogen, but also phosphates and potash. I There haye been hundreds and hundreds of 'experiments made to de- termine the value of fertilizers on corn and the Experiment stations ot Virginia and North Carolina have published results recommending liberal applications of plant-food for larger corn yields. In general, these recom- mentions are as follows : Sandy sons, ow to ouu pounas. per acre ot a 10-4-4 fertilizer; clay soils and bot- J" .M t0 4UU. P0U.T a ivi-i-t, ici uuzcr. vm wie ritncr uui- torn; lands AND ON LANDS THAT HAVE HAD GOOD COVER CROPS TURNED UNDER. ACID PHOS- PHATE IS PROBABLY ALL THAT will be requi-red, Corn is a heavv feeder of nitrogen. The aboye , ications are recom- mended t0 be applied " before the CQrn u p,anted After lhc corn gcts a5out knee high, an application of from m Q 2(X) (,s of suIphatc of ammonia or nitrate of s6t'a general- jy RiVes profitable returns. This application is very necessary on the poorer soils where a sufficient amount of organic matter is not present. The South needs more feed grown on its farms. Corn is a very fine crop to grow for feeding purposes. Large - and - profitable crops -can - be grown by the liberal use of ferti lizers, and always sow more legume crop in the corn before the last working preferably cow peas. LYLES HARRIS, County Agent. North Skennah News Born to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Sanders, a 14-pound boy, March 9. Mr. Weimar Hasting and family moved from Franklin to their home in this section, the past week. Mrs. Raymond Sanders has been visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Gregory, on Walnut Creek, the past week. Mr. Zeli Shope's boys have about completed their new . home, and thc family will move soon. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnie San ders, from Prentiss, a 10-pound gir, March 25. Mr. Grady Stockton, and family, from Elberton, Ga., were visitors of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stockton, the past week end. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Earnic Griggs the past week a big girl. Mr. J. C. Sanders made a business trip to Franklin Saturday. COMMISSIONERS hid NAMEMANAGER Under New Law Tax Super visor Required Commis sioners Combine Offices of , Supervisor and County Manager C. R. Cabe Ap pointed Salary $1800. The Macon county Board of com missioners Tuesday adopted the coun ty manager form of ' government for this county, authorized by legislation enacted at the last session of the t General Assembly. ( C. R. Cabe, chariman of the board, was named full time manager and tax supervisor. The salary was fixed at $150 per . month. At the same meeting, carrying out the provisions of legislation just enacted, Hugh Leach was elected county auditor. The position pays $100 per month. Under the arrangement ,the county manager will devote his full time to the , affairs of the county. The full, board of commissioners will out-' line the policies to be followed and will, of course, have final say-so. The manager's job will be to carry out the board's policies, and handle detail work, as well as to make recom mendations on investigations conduct ed under the board's directions. The new legislation affecting county government requires employment of a county auditor and also of a tax supervisor, and authorizes the em ployment of a county manager. What the Board of Commissioners has done is to provide the tax super visor required by law, and to add to his duties those of county manager. The resolution of the commissioners, adopted Tuesday, follows: "Whereas, it is incumbent upon the Board of County Commissioners, un der the laws of the State of North Carolina, to employ a County ac countant, and, also, to employ a tax supervisor for the County of Macon; and .", "Whereas, at the 1927 Session of the General Assembly of North Caro lina a provision was made by which the Board of . County Commissioners might employ a County manager for the general supervision of thc af fairs of the County under the control of the County Commissioners, and - "Whereas, said Board desires to combine the duties of all three of ficers or employees in two men: "It is, therefore, ordered that a County accountant be employed ai a salary, of Twelve Hundred ($1. 00) Dollars per year, payable in tWe equal monthly . installments of One Hundred ($100.00) .Dollars each, who shall perform the duties imposed up on him by the law creating the of fice of County accountant and who shall give his full time to the perfor mance of his duties as County ac countant. "It is further ordered that Hugh leach is appointed as County ac countant for a period of one year frnm the HatP herpof. Or for SO lone ( as his services may be satisfactory to the Hoard ot ounty commissioners. "It is further ordered that, the of fice of County manager is created, said manager to perform the duties devolving upon him as such County manager under the law provided for such office. and shall also perform the duties devolving upon the County tax supervisor at a salary of Eighteen Hundred ($1,800.00) - Dollars . per year, payable in twelve equal monthly in stallments of One Hundred Fifty ($150.00) Dollars each. "It is further ordered that the present Chairman of the Board ol County Commissioners is appointed and employed as such full time Chairman or Manager as above set ofrth, to hold the office for a penn'' cf twelve' months from the tin-Thereof, or so long as his services may be satisfactory to the Board i County Commissioners.' Wants Home An inquiry from an individual who wants to rent or lease an eight or 10-room furnished house, "with mod ern conveniences, for private home," has been received here by the cham ber of commerce. "A suburban home or country place, if with good modern house and con veniences would . be most desirable," the inauirer states. Detailed information about thi in quiry may be secured from the cham ber of commerce office in the up stairs lobby of thc Bank of Franklin building. Covvee and Acquired; Three Officers Were Charg ed With Shooting Into Car In Which Three Boys Were Riding Courthouse Packed at Hearing. Harley ("Hamp") McDowell, deputy sheriff, was bound to Superior court under $200 bound by Justices of the Peace George Carpenter, James Raby, and J. J. Mann Monday night, on a charge of an assault. The charge grew out of the alleged shooting into the car in which Prioleau and Quine Shope and Clyde Hopper, were riding on the night of February 11. The charges against Chief of Police . R. M. Coffey and Deputy Sheriff Frank Norton, with Mr. McDowell at the time of the alleged assault, we're dropped by the justices. The hearing, begun Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock 'in the courthouse, continued to 6 o'clock, was resumed at 7:30, and lasted tlil about 10 o'clock when the three justices re tired to come to a decision. At 11:30, they announced they had not reached a decision in the case, and that the case would be continued until Monday night at 6 o'clock. Announcement of the decision was made shortly after they met Monday. For the hearing Saturday, a crowd gathered thaf jammed the courtroom to capacity. In fact, before the end of thc afternoon session, the space inside the bar was filled, a few spec tators being seated on the floor back of the justices' bench. The crowd gave closest attention to the testi mony, breaking, however, into fre quent laughs at humorous situations that arose or at 1 unexpected answers of witnesses. The testimony was concluded at 6 o'clock, and the arguments of counsel consumed about two and a half hours at the evening session, the attorneys speaking being R. D. Sisk, A. W. Horn, and Judge T. D. Bryson, of Bryson City; for the defense, and McKinley Edwards, of Bryson City for the State. The charge grew out of the fact that a pistol shot struck the' car in which the three youths were riding. The bullet, it was agreed by both sides, entered the rear of the car, passed through the back seat, and struck but did not pierce the front seat on which the three boys were riding. They charged that . it was fired by the officers, , who- denied having fired at the car. Thc story told by the youths was, in substance, as follows: Leaving home about 7 o'clock in the evening of February 11, they went across the state line into Geor gia to attend a sort of. party. The car bore no bullet hole when they left, and they were never far from it while in Georgia, and neard no shot. On the return trip, shortly before midnight the same night,: they ob served, a Car following them for about three miles on Highway No. 286, south of Franklin. When they left the highway, taking a side road leading to their homes, they were followed again. . And a short distance from the highway, they heard a pis tol shot, felt the car jarred,, and when the officers came up a moment later, the bullet hole in the car wa discovered. The bullet was found in the bottom of : the car - thc follow ing day. , Quince Shooe .said, he looked back just before the shot was heard, and observed the car following, a very short distance behind, and saw no one between the two cars. He looker' back immediately after the report, he said, and saw McDowell getting out of the car. One of the bovs said he observed a flashlight in McDowell's hand, an other that the officer carried a gun. while the third stated that when he saw McDowell he had the flashlight in one hand and the gun in the other! Another witness a man living near by testified to hearing the cars turn into the side road, and later hearing the pistol shot. ' The officers' version of the af fair was that they had followed the car, thinking.it contained a rmn they were seeking, but 4hey denied either firing into the car or hearing any report. , They saw the bullet hole after both cars had stopped, however, thev stated. AH thrc denied emphatically that Coffey had questioned the bovs .a'"" both cars had stopped,: "What's the matter, boys ? Is anybody hurt." He HorEiosii PcPovjeSB iouhd To Couirft had asked them, Coffey said, Are you stuck." When Coffey took the stand, the crowd in the courtroom rose from the seats and crowded down as close to the bar as possible, and packed that portion of the room inside thc bar. He admitted, on cross examina tion, that he had "shot two or three men," and that he had "shot a man running .because he had a pistol in his hand." He also caused a gasp when, in reply to a question as to just what! he had said when both cars had stopped, he stated: "I said, 'What's, the matter, boys? Is anybody hurt?' No, I didn't say that. I -was following you (to State counsel), I said: 'Are. you stuck?"' The three officers all took the stand, and told the . same story that they did not fire, and heard no fire. Over the vigorous objection of Mc Kinley Edwards, of Bryson City, rep resenting the State, the defence got from Sam Howard, who runs the Black Bird filling station on the high way, a short distance from the Geor gia line, this story: That about 7 or 8 o'clock on the night of the alleged assault a car backed into his door (he lives in the building in which his filling station is located, he said), and that he fired two shots at the back of the car, through the door; that he saw the car, a Ford, on the return trip from Georgia, and recognized it as the one toward which he had shot through his. door. He admitted, on cross examination, that he fired without asking any questions or saying anything; that his family, in the . house, made no comment then or later, on his shoot ing, and that there were no bullet holes through the door. This he explained by stating that there were cracks of five or six inches between the boards on the door, and that the bullets must have gone through the cracks.. The youths denied having stopped at Howard' filling station, merely passing along the road in front of the place.. The warrant for the officers was taken out several weeks ago, and the case has created widespread interest and comment, but he had never men tioned the incident until about a week ago; he stated. The preliminary hearing was un usual in many respects. No case in 10 years, perhaps save a murder trial has created such interest; the number of justices of the peace sit ting on it was remarked, and its legal ity questioned in the course of argu ment; and it drew the legal services of five attorneys: McKinley Edwards, of Brysom City, for the State; and former Judge TV D. Brvson, of the same town, and A. W. Horn, George B, Patton, and R. D. Sisk, all of Franklin, for the defense. .- In, the hearing, . the crowd was kept in good humor by the numerous laughs mostly provided by witnesses at the expense of attorneys. Quince Shope, particularly, drew a laugh on each of his several trips to the witness stand, notably for his re ply to. a question from Judge Bryson: "What is the difference between a 1924 and a 1925 model of the Ford car' the Bryson City attorney queried. "Just ' one year's difference," was the unhesitating reply. MARS MEETING MONDAYNIGHT Citizens of Franklin are called to gather in the courthou e at 8 o'clock next Monday night to select a ticket for mayor and board of aldermen. The election comes less than a month from now, May 3. The call for the mass meeting was issued Monday by M. D. Billings. It is time citizens of the town beran giving thc subject of selection of a mayor and aldermen for the next two years some thought, Mr. . Billings suearestcd in calling the meeting.' The present mayor and board had issued no statement as to whether nr not they would 'hm again when the meetine was called, nor had there been other announcements. The town, in short, was in the position of hav ing an election just ahead and of having officially, at least no candi dates. Franklin !s governed by a mavor and six aldermen. They are .elected for terms of two years.
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