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VOLUME XLII
FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IS. 1927
NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN
Ma
udotic-
ROBINSON LOT SITE OF
NEW 3-STORY BUILDING
County Commissioners Decide to Build New Court House
and Jail Combined Robinson Lot Site of New Building
structure to Be Three Stories High Architect Em
ployed Building to Be Adequate for Many Years.
Macon county is to have a new
court house and jail, the two to be
orabined in the same building. This
Tvras decided by the Board, of County
Commissioners at a called meeting on
Monday.
At the same time, the commissioners
entered into an agreement to pur
' chase a part of the "Dixie Hall'
property for the site of the new
building. The purchase will actually
. be. made as soon as bonds' are issued
and sold, ' -
Present plans are to have the new
building under construction early in
December of this year. The com
missioners, in the same order , provid
ing for the new court-house and jail,
net the first Monday in December as
the date for letting the contract for
the new building, and fixed the date
for selling the bonds as the first Mon
day in November, "or as early as
(decided upon Dy the commissioners.
The exact amount of bonds neces
sary" will: not, be .known until the
architect has completed plans and
estimates.
The commissioners, after what was
rrnnrted to have been several davs
of negotiations, fail to agree on the
proposition, C. H. McClure voting
aminst. with C. R. Cabe and S. :P
Pierson being recorded as favoring
the ' project.
, On this matter, the minutes read
, "Vote taken as follows :
"For building Court House and Jail
"C. R. Cabe
"S. P. Pierson.
"Against building Court House :
'T H MrHnrp."
The property purchased for the new
public building contains slightly more
than one acre, and fronts on two
- tretfi. Totla and Church,: also on the
Public Square. It is that portion of
. the "Dixie Hall property lying north
of the northern boundary . of . the
public square, and is described, in the
order of the commissioners, as "front-
Jfing 82.7 feet on the Public bquare;
.mjy 267 feet on Iotla streect; 172.8 feet
nn Church street': then with the old
Sam L. Rogers lot 243 feet; i then with
the remaining "Dixie Hall" property
88.8 feet; then 24 feet to the begin
ning, as shown by plot made by W
V S1vn B
How' the new building will face is
a matter left in abeyance, pending the
architect's recommendations.
James J. Baldwin, of Asheville, has
' been chosen as the architect to draw
the nlans for the new structure. Mr
Baldwin drew the plans for the new
court house at Murphy, and for a
. " number of other public Buildings in
th southeast. .
rrmmissioner9 Cabe and Pierson last
week inspected a number of court
houses and jails, in separate build
ings and combined, with a view to
getting ideas and suggestions -. ana
avoiding mistakes made by other coun
ties. Among the places visitea ior
this purpose were Murphy, Athens,
Winder, Ga., Gainesville, Ga., and
Atlanta. ,.c
The new structure, uider present
plans, will be a three-story affair,
-with the jail on the third floor. An
levator will , run from the witness
room to the jail, thus , making for
convenience during court terms. Pro
vision will be made for the jailer and
bis family to live on the third floor.
The combination of jail and court
bouse in a single building, - it is
pointed out, will save the additional
ground needed for a jail, save a. roof
makc for convenience, and make it
more; difficult for prisoners to escape.
The new building will be equipped
with steam heat, lights, water, -etc.
Present plans call for a building about
(A by 110 feet. ' ' .'.
The property on whjch the new
building is to be placed was pur
chased from J. S. Robinson and
Mrs. Kate Robinson Hobart.
Thus the long agitation for a new
asm LOTiafc
oouise
LISTEN, LADY
AT AUDITORIUM
Musical Comedy Sponsored
By P. T. A: to Be Staged
September 16 Local Tal
ent in Various Roles.
"Listen, Lady," a delightful musical
comedy, dealing with romance and; ad
venture, and full of laughter-provoking
situations, will be given Friday
night September 16, at the Franklin
school auditorium, by the local Parent-
Teacher association. The play will
begin promptly at 8:15 o'clock.
Ten principal roles and several min
or ones are played by local people,
while some two dozen young girls
Will make up the three choruses for
the musical parts of the production.
Good acting, under the direction of
a professional coach, lots of attrac
tive music, and the0 interesting and
laughable situations that abound in the
play, are expected to make "Listen.
Lady" one of the most successful
local talent production ever given
here. ' .
The P. T. A. has been hard at
work in preparation for this pro
duction, and expect to realize a con
siderable sum, to be used in" helping
to equip the school library.
The school auditorium, officials of
the organization believe, will be well
filled when the play begins at 8:15
Friday evening.
Following is the cast of characters :
Phil Osephcr, a small town mer
chant!. Frank Ray.
Betty Osepher, his daughter Miss
Jreda buer. . .
Lady McLaurin, Who's in love with
Johnnie Green Miss Carolyn Rogers
Johnnie Green, tired of the old
honte town Robert Johnston.
Tom Tempest, a "sure-fire" sales
man Thomas" Johnston. - '
Bob White, a fashionable young
man Reid Rogers.
. Lavinia Sinclair, engaged to Bob-
Miss Elizabeth Cunningham.
Gloria Ralston, interested in John
nie Miss Cornelia Smith.
Norma Laurince, an actress Miss
Cornelia Cunningham.
Cindy Randolph, a millionaire spins
terMrs. Neville Sloan,
Gus Hasty, Main street Merchant
George Carpenter.
Tames, the butler George Carpenter,.
The chorus Rirls will' be Misses
Cornelia Cunningham, Myra Stribling,
Katherine Franks, Nell Hudson, Ada
Trotter, Margaret McGuire, and Vir
ginia McGuire.
Composing the "Uncle Sam" chorus
will be Misses Margaret Slagle, Grace
Baird, Gracie Hyatt, and Alma Feek.
And little Misses. Betty Rogers,
Betty Leach, Betty Slagle, Fannie
May bherrill, LIsie Newman, Meta
Peek, Thelma Clouse, and Beatrice
Mashburn will make up the "Kittv
Cat" chorus. Miss.-Mattie Angel will
be at the piano for the music.
The adudiorium now is equipped
with comfortable seats.
court house and jail irt Macon county
has been ended, with the definite
decision of the commissioners to build
now. '' -
While the exact sum of money to
be expended has hot been definitely
firrd. nendiner the makinflf of esti-
mates, the plan is to construct a
building ' that will be adequate and
safis,fjictqry i for, at least 50 or 60
years Jfrbm now, Commissioner Cabe
said Monday. The ; present court
house, he stated, is 43 years old.
Tl T7 0
aim
KIDNAP NEGRO
From Car of Deputy Sheriff
Negro Whipped and Told
to Leave Town.
John. Daley, 15-year-old negro boy,
taken Tuesday night from the auto
mobile of Derrell Ashe, taxi driver
and deputy sheriff, Wednesday morn
ing told a story of having been
blindfolded, taken out Highway No.
28 a distance he judged to be about
five miles, and whipped, with what
he believes was a strap. He was then
told, he says, to not let the sun go
down on him here.
Daley, in company with three other
negro boys, was in the' taxi of
Ashe when, acording to the latter
a big car, the make of which he - is
not certain of, drove around him, just
in front of the Creamery here, and a
big man,' masked; jumped from ' the
car, threw a gun In Ashe's face, and,
with' an1 oath, told him to "sit - still,"
a command he proceeded to comply
with.
After 'the gun was thrown in his
face, Ashe, watching the man with
the gun, did not see what transpired,
he said, the next thing he knew, the
four negro occupants of the car be
ing gone. Throe of them returned,
one to tell of having seen two men
take Daley toward the kidnapping
car ,and one to say he had seen the
men place Daley in the car.
Ashe then proceeded out No. 28, he
said, but was unable to get in sight
of the fast moving car.
Daley insists he docs not -know
what he was whipped for, and claims
he does not recall having been told.
Current report Wednesday morning
was to the effect that he had been
heard to make impudent remarks to
white girls here. That, however, does
not jibe with the character given
him Tuesday night by the manager
of the local hotel in which , he , his
been employed and by others, who
described him as a polite, respectful
negro.
Daley and three other boys, Booker
T. Ingram, Charlie Hayes and Ros-
coe Gibson were on their way to
Gibson's to have some music, they
said, and stopped- in a local drug
stpre, to buy some' victrola .records
Two taxi drivers, they stated, Rufe
Cunningham and Ashe, asked if they
wanted a taxi, and Ashe agreed to
take the four to Gibson s house,
about a half mile from the center of
towfy for 25 cents. lie explained
that he was going in that direction
anyway, and could take them for that
low price for that reason, the negroes
said.
When the negroes saw the masked
men alight, they jumped, they say.
Neither Daley, sitting in the front
seat with Ashe, nor the other three,
saw any gun thrown in Ashe's face,
they stated, though they would not
say that " this did hot occur, t
Opinion Tuesday night was to the
effect that it might have been men
from Daley's former home in East
Tennessee come here to get him,
but the order that the negro leave
here appeared to kill that theory of
the case'. ' .
, Daley Wednesday morning said he
had done nothing, but that he ex
pected to comply with the order to
leave. . 1
He was loath to talk, saying finally
that the men had told him they wol"
kill him if 4ie told of the affair. He
appeared to know the identity of his
floggers, but afraid to reveal their
names.
He and his parents Wednesday
went before Justice of the Peace
George Carpenter to "make a state
ment," but they failed to give any
names or furnish any evidence, Mr.
Carpenter said, leaving him powerless
to issue warrants. Sheriff C. L.
Ingram also indicated that he knew
of no further move he could make.
He, with a" party, Tuesday ' night
went several mites out the highway
taken by the car, hut failed to find
the floggers. ' .
Daley, he sajd, got back to tgwn
abput 1?:3Q o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. . ' ' .v l:; :'
o ten
Vis' arvw
MASKED MEN
OMMQ
OFFICER'S SHOT
WOUNDS MAN
Oliver, Norton, Norris, Shep
herd and Holt Under
Bond Woman in Car
Many Conflicting State
ments. Cecil Holt is in a local hospital,
with what is described as "a large
gunshot wound in the left thigh,"
Deputy Sheriff Frank Norton, Raleigh
Norris presumably acting as a deputy
at the time, and. Charlie Oliver,
constable in Franklin township, arc
under bonds of $400 each on a charge
of an assault with a deadly, weapon,
"to wit, a pistol," and Holt and Harry
Shepherd are also under bonds of
$400 each on charges of an assault
with a deadly weapon, "to , wit, an
automobile," oij L.M. Henson, as the
sequel of . an occurence on - the Geor
gia highway, about, 10 miles , south, of
Franklin, last Saturday night about
9:30 o'clock, , ' '
Here is what occurred, according
to Shepherd: :
Shepherd, his wife ,and Holt were
driving toward Franklin. The officers
had barricaded the highway, using
two cars. The Shepherd car ran into
both the cars used by the officers,
whereupon someone in the party of
officers began shooting, two bullets
piercing the car , and one taking ef
fect in Holt's thigh. All three oc
cupants were on the front seat.'
The "officers searched the Shepherd
car, failed to find either liquor or a
gun,-brought the trio to town, Shep
herd handcuffed. Arrived here, Holt
was placed. in the hospital, as was also
Mrs. Shepherd, who was being
brought here for medical attention,
and Shepherd was released. Oliver
did the shooting, bhepherd said
Norton and Norris were with him.
And here is what occurred, accord
ing to the officers statement:
Norton, Norris, and Oliver were
looking for a liquor car, but did not
have the road blocked, one of " the
two cars, in fact, betng 48 feet fur
thcr up the road than the other
Shepherd and his wife came along,
coming towards rranklin, were stop
ped, recognized, and told to go ahead,
The Shepherd car then returned to
ward Georgia, and came back with
Holt in the car. The car struck both
officers' cars, and Shepherd then be
gan to shoot, whereupon Oliver re
turned the fire. Oliver admitted that
it was he who fired the shots into
the Shepherd car, it is said.
They brought Shepherd to town
, ee .,' rr' J:j
hanaomea, tne omcers say, uui uhi
not simply turn him loose. Instead
they released him on the statement
of Dr. K Angel that he would be
responsible for his appearance here
Monday afternoon at the preliminary
hearing.
The officers admit that they found
no liquor and no gun in the car or
on the persons of either shepherd or
Holt.
Sunday Shepherd swore out the
warrant for Olixer, who is not a
deputy, but township constable in
Franklin township, Deputy Norton,
and Norris, who is presumed to have
been deputized for that particular time
by Norton. (Sheriff C. L. Ingram was
out of town at the time, and knew
nothing of the occurrence until Sun
day morning.) They were sworn out
before Justice of the Teace ' John
E. Rickman.
The warrants charge an assault with
a pistol.
Monday morning, Norton swore out
a1 Warrant against Shepherd and Holt,
t J i .t 'it. l .
cnarKing xnem wiin an assami wmi
deadly weapon, an automobile, on
Henson, who was said to have been
present at the time of the shooting.
Another warrant charges Shepherd
with Jfcckless driving and being drunk
on tt public highway.
These latter warrants .were taken
out before Justice of the Peace
George Carpenter, "and the two preliminary-
hearings were called for 2
o'clock Monday afternoon, with Jus
tices Rickman and Carpenter sitting
together.
Due to the absence, however, of
Holt, a defendant in one case, and)
Mew
MARCUS E.C0ZAD
DIED AT ANDREWS
Came to Western North
Carolina 40 Years Ago
From North Was Promi
nent Man.
Marcus E. Cozad, of Andrews, well
known throughout Western North
Carolina, and the father of the late
Henry O. Cozad, of Franklin, died
at his home in Andrews last Friday
morning, at the age of 82. Mrs.
Mrs. Cozad had . died less than a
month before.
The funeral services were held in
Andrews Sunday morning at U
o'clock, and the remains were taken
to Mr. Cozad's former' home,' Cleve
land, Ohio, for interment. Members
of. Mr.,. Cozad'i', immediate ' family
are buried in Cleveland. ' . '
' Although Mr. , Cozad ' had ' bee"n ' in
a , weakened condition , for , .fliahy
months prior to his death, it was only
during the few days just before, his
death that he had been seriously' ill.
Death resulted from heart disease.'
Surviving are one daughter, Mis
Eleanor Cozad, who had made, her
home with her parents in Andrews
for the past year or two; and two
granddaughters, Mises Margaret and
Mildred Cozad, of Franklin.
He was the last male member, of his
family, his only son having died here
a few years "ago, and his only grand
son, Mark, having died in Franklin
last November. Mr. Cozad was the
third member of his immediate fam
ily to pass away in the course of less
than a year.
Mr. Cozad came to Western North
Carolina some 40 years ago, and be
came one of the largest timber own
ers in this part of the country. Dur
ing recent years his health had been
such as to preclude his being active,
but he was always alert and interest
ed in all about him. Both he and
Mrs. -Cozad took a deep interest in
community enterprises in their home
town of Andrews. They had many
friends here, too.
To few persons, perhaps, was it
given to know Mr. Cozad intimately,
but those few found in him a man of
keen intellect deep sympathy, un
bounded optimism and faith in God,
and spotless character. He was a
man who commanded respect and
radiated inspiration.
The courage of the man in illus
trated in a remark he made here
shortly after Mrs. Cozad's death. He
was barely strong enough to be about,
his partner of many decades had
passed on, and intimate friends knew
he wondered why he was left.
And yet he remarked that he had
little strength, but with a smile
"I gues I am good fpr another 14
or 15 years yet."
CARPENTER BUYS
DALRYMPLE HOME
George Carpenter last Saturday pur
chased the George Dalrymple prop
erty, on Iotla street, from M. I.
Billings, Dr. W. A. Rogers, Theo
Munday, John H. Thomas and W. L.
Higdon. The property includes the
house, former homp" of Mr. and Mrs.
Dalrymple, and about one acre of
land! The price paid was $5,000. ac
cording to Mr. Carpenter. .
Mr. Carpenter and family will move
into the new home the first of next
month. It is now occupied by M r.
and Mrs. Jack Sanders and family.
a witness in the other, the cases were
continued until September 26 at 10
o'clock. Each of the five is now at
liberty under bond of $400.,
At the hearing Monday. Shcnherfl
and Holt were represented by R. D.
Sisk; the three officers, by George
B. Patton.
The occurrence has created wide-i"
spread interest here, and no little
fecjing .the officers coming in for
considerable criticism, and a crowd
that will pack the court house is ex
pected at, the hearing 10 days from
now.