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VOLUME XLII
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY JULY 14, 1927
NUM3ER TWENTY-EIGHT
STOCKHOLDERS
EEGTOFFIGERS
Stockholders of Macon Food
Products Company Elect
Teague President Perfect
Organization Building
Started Near Railroad.
The stockholders of the Macon
Food Products company, in other
words the cannery, met at the office
of the county agent July 11, and per
fected the organization by electing
the following board of directors and
officers: C. W. Teague, president;
Alf Higdon, Secretary and treasurer ;
Dr. W. A. Rogers, Lawrence Ram
sey and A, B. Slagle,' directors. The
two officers named are also direc
tors. The director of the extension
service at Raleigh will name a sixth
director. ,
On motion the entire management
of the cannery was delegated to Mi.
Teague who will act under the super
. vision and advice of the board of di
rectors. The cannery building is now
in course of .erection. This structure
will be thirty by forty feet which
is considered ample for, the present.
The building will be so Arranged that
extensions may;be made when neces
sity demands. Those in ' charge , of
construction expect to have the build
ing ready for the machinery on or
before August 1. The location is just
' south of the Franklin Furniture com
, pany's warehouses near the whole
sale business of the Carolina Pro
vision company.. TJie cannery building
as planned wil contain four rooms a
receiving room where the raw pro
ducts will be handled, the machinery
room with concrete floor, a room for
. storing empty cans and cases, all on
the same floor, and a basement room
for storing the finished products. The
latter room will be frost and moisture
proof. The Franklin Furniture corn
pan is erecting the building.
8. Y. P. U. Assembles
At Sylva Aug. 7-13
The Baptists of Western North
Carolina have been unusually favored
this year by Sylya Collegiate Insti
tute having been chosen for the As
sembly grounds of B. Y. P. U, Sun
day School and . W. M, U. workers,
Autrnst 7-13. . -
Plans are rapidly materializing for.
one of the finest and most heiptul
assemblies in the history of the Bap
tists of this great western section.
The morning periods will be devoted
to class work and lectures, while the
afternoons Wil be spent in recreations
and sightseeing. There will be ser
mons and addresses each evening oy
outstanding men of the state. The
music will be in charge of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Jollay, of Asheville.
Pastors, Sunday school omcers ana
teachers, B. Y, P. U. leaders, W. M.
U. workers and all interested in
church work" are invited, to attend
this encampment. The only expense
will be $1.00 per day for meals, served
in the dining room of the school.
Rooms will be furnished in the dormi
tories free to all who will bring
sheets, pillows, towels, etc. In fact
anything tnai you wuum van u
boarding school. ;
Pastors are requested to send or
bring delegations from their churches
and help make this one of the great
- est' meetings ever held in Western
'North Carolina. Remember the date.
Sunday to Saturday, Augusa, 7-13.
For particulars, write A. V. Wash
burn, Sylva, N. C. :.
Long Time Between Visits
Once upon a time the governor of
i North Carolina made a pertinent re
V" mark, to the governor of South Cro
P lina concerning the length of time
between libations. Just what time had
been consumed in . conversation dc
twecn drinksc is a. matter of dispute.
However, itis safe to say that it was
. not more than ten minutes. But Mr.
Israel Rogers, of Highlands, has an
entirely different idea of time when it
comes to a visit from that town to
Franklin. Last Thursday Mr.' Rogers
visited Franklin for the first time in
43 vears. Had the two governors
continued their drinking bout for this
length of time they would have con
sumed 2.522,880" drinks each.
Mr. Rogers was ' accompanied tq
Franklin on hi? memorable trip by
, Porter Pierson, Gus Holt and M. A.
Russell! When 28 is completed from
Franklin to Highlands the citizens of
Franklin hone that Mr. Rogers will
be more neighborly.
ANOTHER MACON
GIRL TAKES HONOR
Miss Edwina . Dalrymple recently
graduated" from Mars Hill College with
high honors. Being especially gifted
as a wusician, she took many .honors
in . her musical classes. She also
won first prize in the oratorical con
test at the commencement exercises.
Franklin is especially proud of the
young people who are bringing so
many honors to the town. .
Miss -Dalrymple is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Dalrymple.
At present she is confined to her
home with illness which her many
frineds in Franklin hope she will soon
overcome, and regain her usual good
health.
Sunday School Convention
According to information from of
ficers of the Macon County Sunday
School association, all indications point
to a record-breaking attendance at
the annual county Sunday school con
vention which is to be held on Tues
day and Wednesday, July 19 and 20.
The convention will be held with Oak
Grove Baptist church, on the highway
from, Bryson City to Franklin. ! The
opening session will be held at 8:00
o clock, Tuesday ight, July 19.
The officers in charge of the plans
and programs for the convention have
announced that the program has been
prepared with the idea of having a
convention for the discussion of prac
tical Sunday school plans and prob
lems," the plan being to have some
thing in the convention that will help
workeds in all departments of the
Sunday school. .'
Among the prominent speakers on
the program will be Mr. D. W. Sims,
Raleigh, General Superintendent of
North Carolina Sunday school asso
ciation; and ; Miss lone Alverson,
Raleigh, Young People's Division
superintendent of the North Carolina
Sunday school association. During the
convention these workers will discuss
various phases of Sunday school work.
As has been previously announced,
a pennant will be presented to the
Sunday school having, in the conven
tion the largest number of represen
tatives, sixteen years of age and
over, based on the number of miles
from that particular church . to the
church with which the convention is
held. The contest is open to all
Sunday Schools in the county, except
the Sunday school with which the
convention is held and others within
one mile. The pennant will be pre
sented at the close of the session on
Wednesday afternoon.
The full program for the conven
tion is as follows :
Oak Grove Baptist church xn highway-from
Bryson City to Franklin.
Tuesday and Wednesday, July , 19
and 20, 1927.
Under the Auspices of the Macon
county and North Carolina Sunday
School Associations.
For all Sunday School workers of
all denominations.
Tuesday Night, July 19
8:00 Devotional.
8:15 Advanced Steps for the Small
Sunday School. Miss lone Alverson,
Raleigh, Young People's Division
sunerintendent of the North Carolina
Sunday school association.
: 8:45 bong. '
Record of attendance. ;
R.q'U-Sue'trestions to Sunday school
. Mr TV W. Sims. Ralcinh.
General superintendent of the North
Carolina bunday school association.
9 :25-rAnnounccments.
9:30 Adjourn.
Wednesday Morning, July 20
' 10 :30 Devotional. " -10:45
Evangelism of Youth
Church's Best Insurance. Miss lone
Alverson.
,il;15 Business Session.
Reports of county and township
officers.
Appointment of committees.
Record of attendance. ,
11:35 Our Exnanding Pragram. Mr.
D. W. Sims.
12:10 Offering for support of coun
ty and state Sunday school associa
tions. 12 :25 Announcements.
12:30 Adjourn. .
Dinner at the church. Everybody
come and bring a basket.
Wednesday Afternoon, July 20
2:00 Devotional. Mr. J. A. Flana
gan. ' ' . ' " -'
2 :10 The Home and the Sunday
School Working Together. Dr. Rat
ledge. '
2:30 Making the Opening Exercise
a .Worship Service. , Miss lone Alver
son. 3:00 Song.
3:05 The Workers' Council at
Work. Mr. D. W. Sims.
IvtDispiission and Questions. Od-
portunity for the presentation ', and
Southern Labor
In Big Demand
Some 40 men from Macon county
have been employed by W. A. Keener
for work near Boston, and have al
ready left the county, and many others
will leave in the near future, ac
cording to W. W. Cunningram, who
plans to take employment on a big
job near the Massachusetts city.
They have been employed, Mr.
Cunningham said, in connection with
the 18-milc tunnel being bored through
the mountains for the new city water
supply Boston, is installing. .
The fact that the company has
employed agents in this . county to
secure part of the labor for the 'task
is taken here as a compliment to the
native white labor of the region.
And the fact that numbers are taking
advantage of the opportunity is point
ed to as indicative of a lack of
employment here.
It is not necessary to go out of
Massachusetts for labor, because there
is surely no labor shortage in that
state, after so many mills have moved
south, it is argued. Hence, local
citizens point out, the employers must
be seeking a high class of labor and
they come to Southern Appalachia to
get it.
With industries in Macon county,
on the other hand, it has been sug
gested, the native labor could be kept
at home, and the products of their
effots marketed from Franklin.
John's Honeymoon
Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas
left
Saturday on what John termed their
honeymoon, said honeymoon having
been delayed for 32 years.
Just that many years ago, according
to John, he plucked up enough cour
age to take unto himself a blushing
bride. . Since that time, year in and
year out, "John has been promising
his bride .a trip to the Pacific. And
at last the dreams of Mrs. Thomas
are coming true.. They are off to see
the sea lions at the Cliffi House,
near the entrance of the Golden Gate.
John and his ' bride will go ' over
the Santa Fe" to Los' Angeles, and
thence by easy stages north to Seattle
and back through Montana and parts
of Canada to Chicago and then on
home. The following named cities and
many others will.have a chance to size
John up: . St. Louis, Kansas City,
Sante Fe, Tucumcari (Look up the
Indian meaning of that word, John,
and have a laugh),' Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Sacramento, Redding, Shas
ta, Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Butte,
St. Paul, Chicago, etc,
When he left here John had several
gold brick in his saenci wnicn ne ex;.
pecieu io sen iu mc wiy j
in aaaiuon io a icavy uvcuwi ju.m
Carried an extra pair or neavy wooienj
socks aim sonic rw ud.mc. u,mC,v , in the" city of Greensboro this.sum
"to protect himself against the north mer was in Chapd Hm a fcw ights
P'e C010, . ' . , , '
jonn was iniunm uisayuinicu uui
Uncle Bragg Higdon couldn't go
along. John says that Uncle Bragg s'manager of the uniVersitly store room,
sure to get m trouble while he is whjch issues supplie9 for aM the camp.
awaJ-
Local Boy Journalist
The Atlanta Journal last Sunday
published on the front page of its
magazine section a story written by
Joseph J. Moore, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Moore of Franklin. The
story told of the German police dog
that . was recently killed down on
Cowee when some of the citizens of
iL. .:t.k 1 J il Li . l--.
uiai ucigiiuui uuuu iiiuugm inai . a
panter had taken up its a,bode there,
The story was beautifully illustrated
by the Journal artist. I
, . .
discussion of special Sunday school
problems.
J :MJ Business session. :.
Reports of committees and feleetion
of officers.
Place of next meeting.
Presentation of attendance pennant.
4 :00 Adjourn.
Wednesday Night, July 20
8:00 Devotional. Mr, J. H. Strick
land.
8:15 Balanced Growth. " Miss lone
Alverson .
8:45 Song.
8:55 Plans For Increasieng Atten
dance. Mr. D .W. Sims.
9:30 Adjourn.
. Pennant Presented
At the close of the session on Wed
nesday afternoon a felt pennant, 18
vy ' jv indues, wm uc picacuicu iu ine
Sunday Schcol that has had in , the.
convention the largest number of
representatives, sixteen years of age
and over, according to the number, of .
' toS i iiiraoAv r '
FRANK I. MURRAY, County
"nxT 5 e" ' V
H. D DEAN, Superintendent
Oak Grove Baptist Sunday!
Schol .
BROWNING BURIAL
NEAR FRANKLIN
Mrs. Kansas Calor Browning, wife
of, Cnarles Browning, died at the
Sylva hospital at 4 a. rh. Tuesday
morning of last week following an ill
ness of only a few days. Mrs. Browning
was in her usual health until Thursday
night when she was taken ill. She suf
fered very much for hours before her
removal to the hospital. An operation
was performed last Wednesday night
in an endeavor to save her life".
Born in Macon county 59 years ago,
she married Charles Browning on
January 21, 1887 and lived in Macon
county until 14 years ago when the
family moved to Needmore, later com
ing to Bryson- City. Mr. and Mrs.
Browning had eight children, six of
whom are living. Two daughters,
Olive and Lillie, died when they were
small, ,
She is the mother of Vance Brown
ing, clerk of court of Swain county;
Frank, whose home is in Needmore,
and who is a presperous business
man of that place;" Humphrey, assis
tant cashier of the Citizens Bank;
Harley.' who is in the employ of the
Nehi company; Charley, assistant
bookkeeper for Slayden-Flakes Whole
sale company, and Mrs. Zeb Morrow,
All the children live in Bryson City
except Frank.
Mrs. Browning was a member of
the First Baptist church of this place
and active in the church's work as
are the-sapbers of her family.
Funeral servTecs were" Hc-W at- .the
First Baptist church, with Rev. R. L.
Creal offociating, at 11 o'clock yester
day morning. The burial was at Oak
Grove cemetery, near Franklin, close
to the place where she was born and
lived for many years. Bryson City
limes.
News of Macon Boys
(Special to the Press)
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, July 10,
For the first time in the 133 years
of the University of " North Carolina
there is' to be a full-fledged summer
session of the School of Law, two
terms from June 14 to August 26.
Mr. Charles Tilford McCormick has
just been elected by the trustees of the
University as dean of the law school.
He is a native of Texas and took his
law degree at the University of Texas
and Harvard. He has had consider
able experience in practice. and teach
ing. .
m .
ine university summer school is
made up this term of 1,500 girls and
?nn mPn
Tnt university band plays on the
campus every Sunday afternoon from
4:()q tQ 6:(X) 0'dock
Mr c H Fms wh(J u working
ago to look over the summer school
rrr)vuA
I .-xr-'-xr p rwu vr,...c
us and the buildincs.
Mr. Blanton Fouts is working for
the university consolidated service
olant. as electrician
Mr. Dick Slaerle isa business man
in the city of Chapel Hill these days.
The summer school girl doesn't dis
turb him by any means.
Mr. Weaver Mann, of Winston
Salem, was in Chapel Hill last week
end on business.
I President and Mrs. Chase are spend-
' .i r ti
: ins ine summer m curupe. i ney
will return to Chapel Hill in Sep
tember.
For the first time in the history of
the university of North Carolina there
will be two women on the faculty
next year They are Miss Sallie B.
Marks and Miss Cicilia H. Bason.
They are to give courses in education
jn advanced ami graduate instruction
for elementary school teachers and
supervisors.
Mr. C. L. Tallcnt, who has been
doing research work in the University
school of education since the begin
ning of the spring quarter, will, re-
turn to his home in. Merganton, N.
, C. this week.'
Mr. C. L. Fouts spent the 4th n
Tuly in the city of Colrave, N. C.
He is at present boss man for I the
Thompson construction company, who
are building the New Kenan Mcmoa!
Stadium here at the university. The
Carolina-Virginia football game will be
played here on Thanksgiving day in
the new stadium," which will cost
275 UUO I
The first term of summer school
win close on Tulv 20, arnd the second
ternv whicH begins on July 21, will
ciose Saturday, August 30.
"Tanir from the state papers
Sheriff Ingram should answer his
next 4th of July call on the Cowee
Mountain instead of the Georgia line.
Best wishes to all
C. L, F. & C. L. T.
BEEKEEPERS
MEETMHSAuIS
The Bee Keepers Association
Of Macon County in Con
ference With State Special
ist New Members Job.
The Macon county Bee Keepers As
sociation, organized a year ago by
former County Agent Arrencf.le, met
Tuesday afternoon at the office of
the 'county agent to hear a discussion
by Mr. C. L. Sams, bee specialist
with the extension service. After
going into many phases of honey in
dustry the meeting was thrown open
for an informal discussion. Those
present appeared to be intensely in
terested in the talk of Mr. Sams and
he was asked many questions at the
close of the meeting.
About ten citizens were present to
hear Mr. Sams' talk. The association
already had 12 members and with the
addition of the four who joined Tues
day the membership now stands at
sixteen. It is the intention of those
in charge to wage an intensive cam
paign for 100 members. With this
end in view a committee consisting
of the county agent, A. B. Slagle, Bob
Clark and Parker Moore will visit the
various school districts when Ihe
schools open and hold meetings in the .
interest of bee keeping.
The county agent again pointed out
the fact that ten hives of bees on
tV&y farm in the cjautfjCwtlf VeSUlt
in anhieoiue-iroffithe sale of honey
amounting to a quarter of a million
dollars annually.
The members of the association are :
A. B. Slagle, president, Joei L. Cor
bin, vice-president, Parker Moore, sec- .
retary and treasurer, J. L. Teague, Z
W. Conley, J. L. Clark, R. H. Clark,
J. A. Berry, John Hedden, Elias Am
nions, J. M. 'McCracken, J. E. Wishon,
Hal Slagle, L. L. Sweatman, John 1
Hedden and J. W. Roane.
Water Saving Ordinance
Franklin's town water, is , "now
scarce" and it will be "distressingly
scarce," "if the weather continues
dry," it is declared in the preamble
to a town ordinance adopted last
Wednesday night by the- Board of
Aldermen.
The scarcity makes it necessary to
"conserve water," and the ordinance
forbids the use of water "to wash
cars or automobiles of any kind, water
lawfis or gardens of any kind until
further notice."
The penalty is a fine of $2.50 for
the first offense. The fine is placed .
at $5 for the second offense, and
$10 for a third violation.
Garages were notified Thursday
morning by Chief of Police Robert
Henry of the ordinance, and for
bidden to wash any automobiles in
future with the town water.
Franklin Wallops . Sylva
Thursday of last week the Queens
of Sylva and a few others journeyed
to Franklin and crossed bats with the
local team. Until the eighth the game
was close, standing five to three at the
end of the seventh in favor of
Franklin. However, in the eighth in
ning the Sylva team became Lind
berghs and while they were soaring in
the heavens Franklin runners crossed
the plate six times.
Rimmer of Franklin allowed the
visitors onlv five scattered hits while
Fin, of Sylva, yielded 15 hits, six of
which came in the eighth. The final
score was 11 to 3.
Franklin's lineup follows: Hames,
; S. T. W Ansel. 2b: Rimmer. P!
AnaPl T. . r C: MrCnllum. L. F.:
Jones, R. F; Phillips, 3b; Duvall, lb;
Raby, C. F.
Fist Fight
Earlv Monday 'orninu; near the
fountain Mr. F. Y. McCrackru and
Mr. S. R. Joines came to blows in ,
a dispute concerning a Ford car that
was civen away at the Auction sale.
The fiKht resulted in no injur other
than black eyes -such as Mutt fre
quently acquires when' Mrs. Mutt lams
him over the head with a rolling pin.
The mayor charged them $5.00 and
cost each.
W. 0. w.
Talk about a ' time, but ask Sover
eigns L. M. Prirchett, H. Sloan Rick-
man John W. Edwards. These bovs
of Franklin went to Asheville, July
11. 1927 to a meeting of; the W. O.
W. It was a glorious affair, banquet,
a real feast, musical program of great
variety and five speeches.
Something like 700 people were present.