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VOLUME XLII
HIGHLANDS FUTURE NOW ASSURED
BY CONSTRUCTION OF GOLF COURSE
Directors Named Stock
holders to Meet June 20
Four Hundred Acres Ac
quired Bobby Jones' Fa
ther One of Directors-r
Four States Represented
On Directorate.
yr' The proposed $200,000 golf course
development at Highlands came a step
nearer Saturday, whert a board of
-eight directors was named at the first
stockholders meeting, held in High
lands. The date for the first meet
ing of the directors was fixed for
June 20.
The announcement was made here
by Henry G. Robertson, an attorney
for the corporation.
Directors chosen were : Scott Hud
son .Robert P. Jones, Sr., Carleton
Smith, Charles E, Shepard, and Sam
uel Nesbitt Evins, all of Atlanta; Rog
ers Smith, of Lexington, Ky; A.
Franklin Pugh, of Dallas, Texas; and
Henry G. Robertson, of Franklin.
Although his father is a director,
and his name was mentioned in cen
nection with the organization in ear
lier news dispatches from Highlandh
the name of "Bobby" Jones does not
appear on the records of the corpo
ration, it was said.
The directors will hold their first
meeting in Atlanta and definite plans
for the development will be mapped
out then, it was expected. ,
About $150,000 of the $200,000 sub
scribed, has been paid in, Mr. Robert
son announced Saturday.
The company has acquired about
400 acres near Highlands, for ap
FRANKLIN
ACTS AND
IGURES
Franklin has 900 H. P. hydro
electric power for sale at a very
low rate.
, Accessible to Franklin is a per
petual, annual timber supply of 3,
600.000 board feet. '
Macon county has , the largest
natural deposits of corundum in
the world.
Five highways traverse Macon
county. Franklin is the hub.
Bark clearings in'Franklin amount
to more than . $5,000,000 a year.
Franklin merchants do a retail
business of over' a million dollars
year. The mercantile business
done in the county as a whole tops
the million and a half . mark.
The tourist trade nets Macon
county, in one way and another, a
quarted of a million dallart a year.
Franklin is responsible for one
third the business done on the
Tallulah Falls Railway. Franklin's
express, alone, amounts to more
than $15,000 a year.
The pole, wood, and cross tie
business is estimated to provide
an average annual income of $75
for every family in the county.
The single item of poultry
brought over $25,000 into Macon
county last year. And that figure
represented only that shipped out,
co-operatively.
Macon county nas one of the
lowest farm tenancy percentages
in the state.
It has one of the lowest percent-,
ages of foreign-born population of
any county in the United States.
Macon was the first county in
the state to have compulsory school
attendance. It was the first coun
ty in the state to hold a summer
school for teachers. It is still
pioneering in education.
Franklin plays an" important part
in the manufacture of the world's
telephones. The mica highly im
portant part of a telephow for
many of the telephones made by
Western Electrict company is re
fined in the company's plant here.
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proximately $50,000, it was stated. On
this is to be developed a model golf
course and club house, with other
developments later a possibility.
Highlands, asked to subscribe $15,0wi
toward getting the development, raised
more than that sum in half a day's
time.
The articles of incorporation, back
from the office of the Secretary of
State in Raleigh, have been filed in
the office of the Clerk of the Court
here.
They show the incorporators to be
J. Q. Pierson, of Highlands, Henry
G. Robertson, of Franklin, and Miss
Albertina Staub, of Highlands, each
of whom are listed as having sub
scribed for one share each. The
authorized capital stock is $200,000,
in 2,000 shares of $100 each. The
papers provide that Highlyands shall
be the seat of the concern's princi
pal office, and name Mr. Robertson
as the company's- agent in this county.
Highlands Estates, Incorporated, is
empowered under its charter to ac
quire, develop, rent, or sell real estate ;
to erect, equip, maintain, and operate
a club,, house or houses for the con
venience and pleasureof its stock
holders, members," guests, or visitors ;
to lay off, construct and equip golf
courses, tennis courts, basket foot,, or
base, ball grounds', race tracks, athletic
fields, swimming pools, fishing or
hunting grounds, trap shooting
grounds, etc.; and to erect, maintain,
equip, operate, and regulate hotels,
club, houses, cottages, or other struc
tures it may desire to build. ,
'. The period of existence of the cor
poration is unlimited, and the manage
ment is vested solely in its board of
directors.
SLAPS DAUGHTER;
BOND REQUIRED
ON TWO CHARGES
How Ed Hughes, of Bryson City,
came to the house of his father-in-law,
'S. R. Pickens, on Cowec, in this coun
ty, battered down the door, when he
was refused idmittancc, entered with
a pistol in his hand, dragged his 18
year old (laughter out of bed, and
took her " to his car, in her night
clothing slapping her face on the way
to the car, was told by State's wit
ncses in the court here of Justice
of the Peace George Carpenter.
As a result, Hughes faces two
charges in Macon Superior court
those of forcible entry and of carry
ing a concealed weapon. He is at
liberty on bond of $300.
The hearing, held in the Macon
county courthouse Saturday afternoon,
drew a big crowd, eager to catch
every word of the testimony.
Hughes was also charged with an
assault, but this charge was dismissed
on the ground that he had a right
to administer corporal punishment to
his own daughter,
Hughes, formerly a native of this
county, with a companion, came to the
Pickens home on the night of Juno
11, according " to " the " testimony of
witnesses for the state, and demand
ed that the door be opened. The
young girl's grandfather, with whom
she had been staying, refused, it was
testified, stating that Hughes had
previously been ordered to stay away
from the house.
The door was then battered down,
and Hughes, entering with a pisto'
in his hand, dragged his daughter
from her bed, took her to the , en
without an opportunity, to dress, p'1'
slapped her twice as they went, it was
testified.
The defense offered no testimony.
$40,000 For Macon
Under the equalization fund act the
schools of Macon county will receive
from the state $40,143.53. This amount
will help considerably with the edu
cation of the children of Macon coun
ty.' : y ,
CREAMLOOP
Thp local creameVy will soon start
its truck on a loopby way of Dills
boro, Whittier, BryVon City, Need
more and back , to 1 Franklin: This
will be quite a convenience to . those
living on the proposll route. "
KEY CITY OF THE MOUNTAINS
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY JUNE 23, 1927
Local Shrine Club to Enter
tain Visiting Brothers To
Night at Scott Griffin
Banquet to Be Served Fol
lowed by Dance Town in
Gay Attire For Occasion,
The Franklin Shrine Club, said to
be one of the smallest clubs in the
country, tonight will be host to visit
ing shriners and their wives and
sweethearts. The local club is pre
pared to entertain 100 guests from
Asheville and other points at a ban
quet and dance at the Scott Griffin
Hotel.
The Asheville Shrine Club is in
vited and special invitations were sent
shriners in Bryson City, Sylva, Can
ton, Waynesville, Clayton, and Gaines
ville. While it was not posisble as this
went to press to tell just how many
visitors would be here tonight, it was
believed tha close to 100 guests would
be entertained. A large number are
coming from Asheville.
The town by tonight will be gaily
decorated with special shrine bann
flags, etc., and in other ways will indi
cate a welcome to the visitors. A
special place on the public square
the southeast corner has been set aside
for visiting shriners' cars.
The elaborate four-course banquet
is to be served at 8:15 o'clock at the
Hotel, to be followed by dancing on
the roof garden. '
The local club, Ancient Arabic Or
der Nobles Mystic Shrine, organized
about three months ago, has been
planning tonight's, fete for sometime.
In arranging , for the banquet and
dance, they found shriners in Ashe
ville more than ready to co-operate,
they say. "Those fellows are 100 per
cent for Franklin," a local shriner
remarked, after a visit to Asheville
to confer with members of the order
there with reference to tonight's af
fair. The club here is the only one west
of Asheville, and is the smallest club
known to local shriners. A club of
100 members is .ordinarily rated a
small club, it was said.
The Franklin club of 15 members
is headed by Dr. S. H. Lyle, presi
dent, Sam L. Franks is vice-president,
and Alvah Pearce secretary and treas
urer. "Other members arc F. If.llig-
don, M. L. Dowdle, L. E. Lrntz, J.
S. Porter, O. E. Kimscy, Frank I,
Murray, E. W. Long, J). 1 . . Kice,
W. B. Webber, J, S. Conley, Dr.
W. A. Rogers,' and W. T. Moprc'
W.OwTCainp
Organized Here
Wayah Camp No. 885 Woodmen of
the World was organized at Franklin
June 17, 1927 by District Manager
W. H. Grogaa, Jr., of Brevard.
The following officers were elected
and installed: consul commander,
T. Homer Stockton ; advisor lieutenant,
Tracy M. Barnard; banker, Bill G.
Hall; clerk, John W. Edwards; escort,
W. Robert Davis; watchman, Zeb
M. Clouse; secretary Jerry R. Frank
liri; physician, Dr. N. G. Williams!;
auditors, 1 year, Cecil L. Pcnder
grass, 2 years, Wiley C. Kinney, 3
years, Oscar C. Bryant.
The following charter members were
voted in the order : - W. E. Sanders
Tracy M. Barnard, C. D. Baird, W.
T. McCollum, Fred N. Parrish, Claude
C. Belco, John M. Tallcnt, John W.
Edwards, Edward L. Whittinton, A.
W. Reid, Zeb M. Clouse, Harve L.
Bryant, James W. Guest, Colonel B.
Stockton, Wiley C. Kinney, William
H. Cochran, Thomas B. JusticeFleet
H. Scroggs, T. Ralph Parrish, J. Van
Calloway, J. Horner Stockton, Oscar
C. Bryant, Jerry R. Franklin, T. J.
Higdon, C. E. Phillips, A. J. Welch,
Cecil L. Pendergrass, W. I.. Angel,
Will G. Hall, Dr. N. G. Williams,
L. M. Pritchett, Lester S.. Conley,
W, G. Cutris, W. D. Simpson, D.
Robert Davis, Raleigh L Shook, H.
Sloan Rickm?, A. A., Duval, Wiley
Selcrs, J. D. Jacobs. .
. The Woodmen of the World is a
benevolent order and has total assets
amounting to $130,919, 263. 34. Its
funds are invested only in govern
ment, stae, county road, school and
municipal bonds, and first lien mort
gages. Its acouunts arc periodically
audited .by -state insurance commis
sioners. Among the bonds owned by this
organization are Franklin graded,
school bonds to the amount of $48,
000 and Macon county road and
bridge bonds amounting to $57,000.
A WORD OF WEICOME
The Franklin Press believes strongly in the old adage "a place for every
thing, and everything in its place." And the place for editorials, it thinks,
is on the editorial page. a
The rule an almost inviolable one is that opinion goes to page four.
The rule today is being violated violated for the first time in more than
two years.
The reason is that the Press wishes to extend to Franklin's visitors of
tonight a word of welcome. And it wishes to make sure that every visitor
knows that the word has been voiced. "
Franklin it proud of its Shrine Club. It believes that few towns of
Franklin's size have Shrine Clubs. It is sure that few towns of Franklin's
me have 15 members of the Shriners.
It is proud, too, that the local club should have seen fit, so soon after its
organization, to entertain in honor of the shriners and their wives from
'fun-in' parts." And it is most happy to have these visitors as Franklin's
guests tonight..
In the mountains, the word of salutation is "Howdy," (And, after all, one
nay search far and wide without finding a better one). To a newcomer in
(he community, it is, "Howdy stranger." To a neighbor or old friend, it's
simply "Howdy" but with a world of difference in the inflection.
And so, to the visiting Shriners, we Say just "Howdy" with that world of
difference- in the inflection.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
AND A NEW ERA DAWNS
FOR WESTERN N. C.
Highway Into Mountain
Fastnesses Bring New
Conditions and Responsi
bilitiesTourist Trade In
creases and Manufacturing
Enterprises Come.
In Graham, county, which adjoins
Macon, occurred a hold up and pay
roll robbery at short time ago.
It was simply another illustration of
the wild and lawless character of the
people who inhabit . these strange,
rough mountain fastnesses.
That, doubtless, was the reaction
of hundreds nossibly thousands of
people who read' the news dispatches,
and whose main sources of information
about the mountain region of North
Carolina and its people have been
the stories of romancers and the ar
ticles of two "types of writers; the
ill-informed; and those who deliberate
ly twist facts in order -to make a more
interesting story.
The hold up, truly, was an apt
illustration but not of the lawless
ness of. the mountain people. There
is lawlessness in the mountains,
of course, just as there is in any
inhabited portion of the world. But
the pcopleof this region are as law
abiding as any. That isn't good
propaganda for solicitors for funds
for mountain misison work; but, un
fortunately for them,, the records are
the proof.
What the hold up arid robery did
illustrate was the fact that the south
ern Appalachian region is passing
through a period of change.
It is said to have been the first
occurrence of its kind in the section's
history. The reason is not that the
folks have suddenly become lawless,
to conform to the wild tales told of
them; but that, until comparatively
recent years, big pay rolls were ran
in this section.
As in every other region, so in the
mountains, there is and has always
been a certain amount of crime. And
with changing conditions, come new
forms of crime.- T
The day of the pay roll has come
to the mountains. The robbery served
a very useful purpose in calling that
fact to the attention of the world.
The region of which Macon county
is a part is passing through a period
of rapid transition.
The pioneer period, prolonged by
isolation enforced by high mountain
walls and wcllnigh no roads, was the
longest of the 'section's recorded his
tory. That .period, in' most instances,
ended in only comparatively recent
years. , . . , :
Then came tin- period of improved
schools, improved methods of farm
ing, and summer boarders. The lat
eer brought with them from the low
lands, each season, a few dollars,, to
be scattered over a region where there
abounded wiilth of every sort, ex
cept that made in the mjnt.
The tourist industry in ' the mottn
tains was not simply. a passing phasci
of the region's development. Rather,
it has become a permanent and ever
increasing industry, bringing wealth in
from the outside, and ' providing for j
the farmer a large home market for
much that he grows.
Then, across the mountains, by de-
NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE
GOOD PROGRAM
BY ORPHANS
According to . reports reaching
Franklin the program to be carried
out at the courthouse next! Monday
night by the orphans from the Odd
Fellows home at Goldsboro will be
well worth seeing and hearing. Un
der the expert direction of Miss!
Joscelyn Cox, class manager, the little
boys and girls from the orphan home
have become excellent entertainers.
The oldest child to take part Monday .
night is 16, while the youngest is on
ly ten. The proceeds will go for the
benefit of the Odd Fellows Home
at Goldsboro. The entertainment will
start at 8:3Q. Franklin is expected
to give the little children a good sized
audience.
Those on the program are as fol
lows :
Mary Franklin, 13; Helen Cart
wright, 11;, Nellie Crisp, 16; Zola
Wyatt, 11; Frances Jarrell, 11; Estellc
Paynes, 10; Margie Tuttle, 11; Jarvis
Keel, 16; Gordon Payne, 14; Jack
Tuttle, 14; John McKimmcy, 13.
Fame Of Nantahala Sp;ads
Indicative of the advertising Frank
lin and the Nantahala National Forest
are getting are the inquiries being
received at the local forest service
office.
A recent inquiry came from W. C.
Spencer, district passenger agent of
the Southern Railway at Philadelphia.
Mr. Spencer is having many calls for
information about the forest, its rid
ing trails, and the availability of
saddle horses, he said, and asked for
complete information about the forest
and this section.
CANNERY FOR MACON COUNT V
A cannery for Macon county ap
pears to be practically assured, is the
announcement by the Franklin Press,
which is active in supporting progres
sive agricultural projects in that coun
tyFarmers Federation News. .
vious ways, came the highways. And
a new day had dawned.
Asheville, a few years ago a dis
tant , city, today is less than three
hours from Franklin, countyscat of
Macon county, Other centers arc
proportionately mr'cr. And the dif
ferent parts of t!'s county are fast
being linked up by main State high-,
ways five of them traverse the coun
ty and county secondary roads, easi
ly traveable the year around.
What is the result?
Farming, always the main industry
in the mountains, doubtless will so
remain, The tourist trade is an im
portant feature of mountain prosperity,
and with the roads is growing by tre
mendous leaps.
But the roads have opened the
mountain fastnesses and beauty not
only to the pleasure-seeking tourist,
but to the "manufacturere as well.
And the manufacturer and capitalist
are coming to the mountains. They
have, in fact, already started. Wit
ness the Graham county incident. A
payroll robbery is proof postiyc of
pav rolls; pay rolls are convincing
evidenceof industry; and industry is
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