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KEY CJTr OF THE MOUNTAIN
VOLUME XLII
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 14, 1927
NUMBER FIFTEEN
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CHAS.1V. HAYNIE
V FOUND DEAD
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Two Youths and Girl Ar
restedAll Exhonorated
By Coroner's Jury Public
Excluded From Investigation.
Franklin Friday was . shocked and
stirred by the finding of the body of
Charles W. Haynie, on the sidewalk
on lotla street, about 6:30 in the
morning, and the subsequent arrest
the same day of De Witt Sutton, Har
ry Shepherd, and Miss Blake Ad
dington. The latter is from Clayton,
Ga. . ' ,;" .
At the secret inquest held Friday
afternoon, the three were exhonc
rate I of blame for the death ofHay
nie, the jury finding' that Haynie's
death resulted from "acute alcoholic
poisoning." '. .
Shepherd and the Addingtori girl,
however, were held . for authorities in
Sylva, where they were arrested.' They
were said by. officers to have regis
tered at a Sylva hotel, early Friday
morning, as man and wife. Shepherd
gave bond of $500 for his appearance
in recorder's court in Sylva Monday,
and the girl was taken to Sylva by
Jackson county authorities Satnurday
morning.
The body ' of Haynie, 39-year-old
horse trader, was found stretched
across the sidewalk; about. 300 yards
north of the courthouse, about 6:30
Friday morning by E. B. Dellart.
He became alarmed, and hastily sum
moned J. J. Conley, the coroner, and
Mayor R. D. Sisk from their homes
nearby. Examination disclosed that
Haynie was dead.
He had blood about his nose, on
his hands and clothes, his knees were
lacerated, and there was mud on his
shoes. The. tracks of an automobile,
where it had driven close to the side
walk, were clearly v isible. ' .
Shortly after the finding of the
body, Sylva authorities telephoned to
Franklin that blood and a hat identi
fied as Haynie's had been found in
the car in which Sutton, Shepherd,
and the Addington girl had come to
Sylva. the officers here, whd re
called having seen Haynie leave town
. the afternooa previous with the . two
youths, hastened to Sylva, and brought
back the trio. Under orders from the
coroner, they were kept separated
until after the inquest, Shepherd and
the girl being lodged in jail, while
Sutton was kept under guardf outside.
The testimony of the three, taken
separtely, was said, to have been prac
tically the same, that: theyvhad been
to Georgia; they had all been drunk;
they, put Haynie off near his house,
at an early hour assuming that he'
could get home; and the presence of
blood in the car and on Haynie was
due to his having struck his nose on
the rear of the front seat (he was
riding in the back of the car), with
resulting profuse Bleeding of the nose.
, Physicians and the coroner's jury
were upnable to find any wound or
bruise sufficient to have caused death.
The inquest was held behind closed
doors, nobody except witnesses and
officers being admitted, with the ex
ception ot two attorneys, a Dig
. crowd iwhich assembled t in the up
stairs courtroom for the investigation,
incidentally, was fooled into waiting
there for an hour for the. inquest to
bcL'in.
The impression was general that the
hearing would be in the courtroom,
and public. And this was strength
. cned bv the presence there of Sutton
and his guard. The crowd waited
approximately an hour for the begin
ning of the questioning, unaware that
it was already under way in tne
f ice of the clerk of the court. The
crowd, in fact, did not realize what
was hap'penirisr until Sutton was sum
moned by officers, arid found, to its
surprise, that it would not be admit
ted to the hearing. - ,-.
"Under evidence," read the coro
ner's jury report, "We believe death
was the result of acute alcoholic
poisining assisted by exposure in the
night aV for several hours, com
bined with an already weakened
heart."
The jury was composed of W. C.
Arve-, F. S, Myers. Tohn H. Thomas,
G. T. Stiles, J. W. Hastings, and
J. C. Ledbetter.
Witnesses examined were Sheriff
C. L. Ingram, Chief of Police R. M.
Coffey, DeWitt Sutton, Miss Blake
Addington, H?Ty Shepherd, and Drs.
J. H. Fouts,,S. H. Lyle, and W. A.
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NEXTTUESDAY
Need for New Court House
and Jail to be Discussed-
Many Grand Juries Have
Recommended New Build
ings. ,
Citizens of-Macon county are called
to meet in mass meeting at the
courthouse here next Tuesday, April
19, to discur.s the need for a new
courthouse and a new jail, and meth
ods for financing such a project. The
call was 'issued by the Board of
County Commissioners. ' ,
The meeting will be held, probably
at the noon hour,, since court will be
in session in the courtroom that
week;, the exact hour willbe an
nounced in court.
A new courthouse and jail have
long been recognized by a majority
of the citizens as sorely needed, and
the meeting, it is expected, will be
largely attended.
The present courthouse and jail are
both not only antiquated, but they
are also inadequate. Practically every
grand, jury for the past several years
has pointed out the need for new
buildings, the last report suggesting
that conditions under present cir
cumstances, especially at the jail, are
far from desirable, but adding that
little material improvement can be
expected with the present buildings
and facilities.
Dillard-Highlands Road
Mr. R. W Shields has informed the
iress that work on the Dillard-Highlands
road is progressing rapidly, both
grading and hardsurfacing being un
der way. Bv the first nf Ai,m,ct
Mr. Shields, states, the grading should
dc completed and tour miles of rock
placed. The government has also
given South Carolina $15,000 to be
used on the road from Walhalla to
highlands, between Walhalla and the
iortn Larolma line. The South Caro
lina authorities are expected to begin
mix worx m tne near tuture
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MASS I
EETING
understood that this road from Wal-1 th,at tfJe trcfs' PPer'y du6 a fop
Kalla to the line will te hardsurfaced . erly planAted'.f W,U grow ,sfl the latter
AVjr. on COS nafi nn annniin,nm,nr
to rnake concerning the road from
mntahala Gap to Aquone. j
Forest Official Here
- Mr. L F. Kneipp, assistant fores
ter m charge of the branch of lands,
visited the local forest office first
ot the week with a view to invest!
gating the possibilities of nrMi tinnn
rands to be included in the Nanta-
naia torest. Just previous to his visit
nere Mr. Kneipp had been in Louisi
ana, Mississippi, Alabama .and Geor
gia m connection with projects look
ing to acquiring lands in those states
for forestry purposes. Mr.. Kneipp
went from here to Dahlonega, Ga.,
to visit officials of the Cherokee Nat
ional forest.
Mr. R. W. Shields, local suoervishr.
states that the government is buying
tanas wnen ottered tor sale to be
added to the Nantahala forest
Addition Made to Name
1 The Board of Director's of th
f ranklin Chamber of Commerre, at
its last meeting,; voted to change the
name of the organization by adding
me words, "and Agriculture," making
the full title, "Franklin Chamber of
Lommerce and Agriculture."
. The suggestion that the change be
made was ottered to the board' bv
county Agent Lyles Harris.
Mr. Harris suggestion that the
organization really was devoting much
of its interest and attention to the
agricultural interest of the county, and
tnat the tuture ot the town and coun
ty was closely, tied up with agricul
tural development, met with the gen
eral agreement of board " members,
and the vote to change the name war
unanimous.
Rocrcrs. .
Haynie who is survived by his
widow and one daughter, was a man
of good reputation, except for his
addiction to liquor. His friends de
cleared that he was fair and square
in a trade, and that, in the matter
of paying his debts, he was honest to
the penny.
Funeral services were held Satur
day morning at 11 o'clock at the
Franklin cemetery. .
Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture, Forestry Ser
vice, State Highway De
partment, IndividualsCo
operating to Plant Trees
on Highway No. 286 from
Franklin to Georgia Line.
The first trees were to have been
planted on Tuesday of this week.
The condition of the roads, however,
was . such that it was not considered
possible to get a truck load of trees
over them, and it was found . neces
sary, for this reason,' to postpone
the first planting for a few days.
Fourteen miles of highway, lined,
on each side, with white pines, set
at Uniform intervals except that
no trees will be planted at special
"vantage points" where the. view of
the mountains is specially good. That
is the goal for Highway No. 286, be
tween Franklin to the North Carolina
Georgia State line, , ' ,
The goal may not be entirely reach
ed this year, but it is felt that if
a good start can be made, it will
be but a matter of time until; the
entire highway will- be tree-lined.
White nine has been chosen, since
it U an evergreen, and will beautify
the highway during the winter months
when most vegetation in this country
is dead. It has other advantages, too.
What would be the result ot the
successful carrying out of such a
plan?
It would provide for Franklin and
Macon county one of the most mag
nificent drive-ways 14 miles of it
anywhere in the western part of the
state. It would advertise the county
far and wide; tourists would come
by Franklin, even though it might
be out of their way, in order to
make the drive.
And property along the highway
would be enhanced in value how
much would be hard to say. Certain
ly the increase is worth consideration.
It is proposed to make ; the start
toward this project this month, and
to complete, as much as possible by
April 28. American Forest Week is
April 24 to 30. It has been suggested
by some that the date is late in the
season for planting trees, but the
lilHCSl lias giviu -dsuiaiiLC
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The Franklin Chamber of Commerce
has, assumed ..responsibility for, the
project, and believes it can be made
a success, through the co-operation
of the- Forest Service, of the State
Highway Commission, of the land
owners' along the route, and. of indi
viduals and organizations generally,
The Forest Service has agreed to
furnish the trees, and to supervise
their digging - and planting, as well
as' to help in otherways. The State
Highway Commission will co-operate,
probably by lending some trucks to
haul the trees. T. W. Angel has also
tendered the use of one of his trucks.
The landowners, it is expected, will
without exception gladly dig the holes
for the trees and, in many cases,
plant them. In fact, the average prop
erty owner probably would prefer
planting trees in front of his prop
erty ,and knowing the work was done
right according to his standards, than
to have, someone else do it. atter
t-i UnA vilify iVit Ufnc A rwl tltofn i
is room for plenty of co-operation Franklin Pharmacy -I-ive Dollar Hill
from citizens and organizations.. ThcU''('-. ... r.
trees must be dug, some of them - Macon County Supply d. Live
will be to plant by volunteer, labor, Dollar Prize. .
and there are details of the "bigl Franklin Prcss-T hree-ycar subscr.ip-
dav s nroeram to bp attenr en ti.
The plan was to dig the first truck
load of trees on Monday, April 11,
to be planted the following day.
Other , trees may be planted Wednes
day and Thursday, and Friday, as
part of the day's program, the phu.
calls for planting of thfl beautifii'
straight strccth of road between the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. All-
man and Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Lowery.
Un briday, the people of the coun-
tv are invited to come and bring
their dinners for a picnic dinner.
There will "'also be a program on that
day ".'
There will be planting at other
dates" prior to American Forest Week,
and during that week there will prob
ably be trees here for planting on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdav'. and
Thursday. Friday, April 29, as part
of the day's program, the plan calls
lor planting a very few trees Gov
ernor McLean, if he is here, probably
win piant one tree.
I he program Friday will be held
in the afternoon.
Among those being invited for the
fnV S TACT MTtnO 1A l-MTnM-vw A I
"', v vm nui i. v . p
wcLcan; ur. K. fc. 1'ark, head of
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the English department of the Univer
sity pi Georgia ; Major Wade H.
Phillips, director of the North Caro
lina Department of Conservation and
Development; J. S. Holmes, State
forester; former Judge T. D. Bryson,
of Bryson City; Judge Walter Moore,
of Sylva; Senatoi R. J. Roane, of
Whittier;' Frank Page, chairman of
the State Highway Commission; J. G.
Stikcleather, ninth district highway
commissioner; J. C. Walkerj ninth
district engineer; Dr. J. M. Reade,
head of the department of botany at
the University of Georgia; Dr, Frank
Waugh, of the department of horti
culture, Massachusetts State' College ;
the president and seceretary of the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce; and
representatives from the chambers of
commerce at Clayton,1 Sylva; : and
Bryson City.
Work was begun the latter part of
last week staking off the property
for tree planting, according to the
specifications of the State Highway
Commission, and property owners on
the highway who wish to co-operate
are urged to get, in touch with the
Secretary of the chamber of com
merce, orZ. B. Byrd or W. N. Sloan.
The two latter have agreed to stake
off the property, in conformity with
the requirements of the Highway
Commission.
Property owners who will plant
trees in front of their property arc
requested to indicate as soon, as
possible on what day of the tree-planting-week'
they will plant, in or
der that the trees may be dug and
delivered to them on that day. For
the various plantings,, it is planned to
dig the trees and get them to town
the day prior to their planting; but
it is. suggested that they ought, in
every case, to be. planted the' day
after they are dug, It is also sug
gested that holes be dug the day
before the trees are to be, planted,
or even earlier.
The trees will be planted, in con
formity with regulations of the State
Highway Commission, 50 feet apart
and 27 feet from the center of the
highway. The intention is plant them
only along the front of property the
owners of which are favorable to the
idea and who will co-operate.
In order, to stimulate the idea and
to help put the plan over, public
spirited business firms and citizens
,of Franklin have donated money and
merchandise prizes.
The following have contributed mon
ey, to be used in payling for the
digging of the trees. : Dr. S. H. Lyle,
Conley & Joines, A. W. Horn, Lee
Barnard, Lester Conley, Jake Ad
dington, and Jones and Jones.
In addition, the following prizes
will be awarded on April . 29, the
prizes to go to the first 11 men who
volunteer to plant their frontage with,
trees, and who actually do plant ac
cording to specimications, the planting
to be completed prior to April 29:
$6 cash (donated, $5 by the Bank
of Franklin, $1 by Frank I. Murray,
j. S. Porter & Co.-Best Stetson
Hat. ' ' ','
Smith's Drug Store $6 Fountain
Pen.
Franklin Furniture Co. Five Dollar
Prize.
Franklin Hardware Co. Five Dol
lar' Prize.
Bryant Furniture Co. One hxmin-
stcr Rue
tion
, Sloan Bros. & Co. He Dollar
Prize. ' "
.Jos Ashcar (To he announced' lat
er). " ' .
The first volunteer will.be given
first choice, of the 11 prizes; the sec
ond volunteer, second choice ; the
third volunteer third choice; and so
on.' ' .' ;
To qualify for one of the prizes,
it is necessary for a. property owner
to see either member of the com
mittee:' T. W. Porter, T. W. Angel
or Z. P.; Byrd, or the Secretary of
the chamber of commerce and agri
culture. Weimar Jones, stating that
he will plant, his property, describing
his location, and giving the approxi
mate footage along the highway.
Mrs. W. W. Sloan President
Mrs. V. W. Sloart will head the
local Parent-Teacher, Association next
vear.1 Mrs. Sloan was elected at the
last mectiiiE; of the organization.
Other officers elected were: Mrs
Weimar Jones, vice-president'.' Mrs
tlf - T I
v . w. names, secretary; anc Airs
W. A. liocers. treasurer.
Looiig
GEORGEPATTON
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For Mayor. Dowdle, Cabe,
Sloan, Dean, Gabrels and
Joines Named for Alder
men Dowdle and Cabe
Members of Old Board,
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About 80 citizens of' Franklin, as .
sembled in the courthouse here Mon
day night nominated a ticket for
mayor and board of aldermen for the,
election on May 3.
George B. Patton was riofflinaled
for Mayor, and the following, we're1
the six hitrh. mrn in tt,o ,r.;nr t,
aldermen and were declared the nomi
nees of the meeting: M. L. Dowdle,
H. W. Cabe, W. N. Sloan, John E.
Rickman, R. C. Gabrels, and S. R.
Joines. Messrs Dowdle and Cabe arc
members of the present board.
M. D. Billings, who called the meet
ing, was unanimously . chosen chair-'
man, and presided. .
He first threw the meeting open
for discussion of the method by which
nominees .should be chosen, and at
the suggestion of Dr. S. H. Lyle, it
was agreed that nominations should
be made from the floor." The nomi
nees for aldermen were, chosen first.
The vote for aldermen was as fol
lows: . Dowdle, 69; Cabe, 48; Sloan,
43; Dean, 42! Gabrels, 40; Joines, 40;
John E. Rickman, 34; T. W. Angel
33; R. D. Sisk, 25; W. L. HiX.
n3;rJas; A;,,Porter' 24 : J- H- Stockton,
9; L. A. Allen, 7 (Mr. Allen announc
ed,, through the chairman, prior to the
voting that he was not a candidate);
and 10 other candidates, who received
one or two votes each.
For mayor, S H. Lyle,, Jr., nomi
nated George Patton; Rev. E t
Pipes, R. S. Jones; and Alvah Pearce!
I. J. Johnston. The vote stood: Pat
"39: Jones, 21; and Johnston, 14.
K. D. Sisk, the present mayor, who
had announced previous to the meet
ing that he would not be a candidate,
and who was not placed in nomina
tion, received twq, votes in the mayor
alty nomination voting.
.Later: Geo. Dean has declined to
make the race, so the name of John
E. kickman has been placed on th
mass meeting ticket instead of Dean,
SHIELDS ADDRESSES
ATLANTA CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
R. W. Shields, supervisor of the
Nantahala National Forest, left Fri
Vary iP-'.At'anta to meet Major Evan
W. Kelly, of the forest service, the
supervisor of the Cherokee National
forest, and other foresters. While
in Atlanta, Mr. Shields delivered an
address before the Atlanta Chamber
of Commerce on the recreational fea
tures of and the construction of roads
and trails in the Georgia end of the
Nantahala Forest. . "
Broadway Locals
Mr. Andy Wilson nad Mr. Tom
Wilson took a load of potatoes' to
Dillard, Ga. Thursday.
Mr; R. B. Wilson gave a grubbing
last luesday. He had a large crowd
prsent, and . got a good dav's work
done...
Miss Helen Smith, and Homer Smith
were the guest of Mrs. Fannie Ballevv
Wednesday afternoon,
Mr. Mill lirowu is 'taking 'advantage'
of the nrettv daws, iilciwimr his ,-r,.,.
on Broadway. He a' o' had a log
burning Monday night
Mr. Frank Cabe ha-- been working
at Highlands for the ' st two weeks,
Mr. K. B. Wilson -nd son hive
been cutting cord woi. 1 for the last
few days.
Mrs. Andy Wilson spent last Sun
day With her mother, Mrs. F. A.
Carpenter.
Miss Addie Wilson spent last week
with her grandmother, Mrs. H. C.
yilson.
Mrs. F.f fie Wilson made a business
trip to , Highlands last Saturday.
Chief Will Shoot Dogs
Chief of Police R. M. Coffey again
has called attention to the fact that
the law provides that all dogs must
be fastened up after 6 p. m. daily.
Depredations continue to be made
by dogs at night. Mr. Coffey stated,
and he added that unless owners will
voluntarily, fasten up their dogs, he
will have no re"ourc o"cn other than
to shoot dogs found at large at night
NOMINATED