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A v V aCUNTAIMS J KEY CITY OF TH ,;. - :.i ion Hi rzi -Ax r. i i r h p ! i ;;i vvvvywv VOLUME XLII FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, SEPTMEBER 22, 1927 NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT 1 : i h ,v 1 1 i u tut .iOi. HOLD SCHOOL Best Methods in Preventing, - Detecting and Suppressing Forest Fires Discussecr Large Attendance. With the, object of becoming bet ter acquainted and of exchanging ideas on methods- of preventing, de tecting, and suppressing forest fires, some 35 guards of the Nantahala National Forest, representatives of the State forestry department, and pri vate citizens who have shown particu lar interest in preventing forest fires, gathered at Wilson Lick Ranger Sta tion, on Wayah Bald, for the second '' annual guard training camp. ' The camp lasted for three days, having been concluded on Saturday. " The regular guards of the Nantahala Forest the men who spend lonely hours on watch for fires members of the regular personnel of the forest service office here, and a few private citiznes 'who have proved exceptional ly valuable as co-operators were pres ent. Also present were students of . forestry here during vacation for prac 1 tical training. t . , -' State Forester McCormick, invited to attend, was uable, to ,be present, but District ' Forester "Beichler, of A'ieville, and County-Warden James Hauser.'reprefented him. ; ' Thursday evening, after 'supper, A. A. Wood, supervisor of the Nanta r bala Forest, .discussed he aim tf the ' guard ' training amp, and Ranger Z. B. Byrd reviewed last year's camp's v work and the accomplishments and "'Improvements during the - past two fire seasons. , Road Superintendent I- G. biler -Friday morning opened the discussion "by telling something of his, experiences of 16 years on the Nantahala' Forest, and Ranger RTC Nicholson told of the year's law enforcement caes in - the4 Gay tort ?(Ga.) district. These two discussions were followed by the in dividual guards describing their areas of high risk, and the reasons and ' remedies. Just prior to lunch, some time was. given to field work. The need for correlation between State and Federal forestry agencies was one of th topics of discusson Friday afternoon, the discussion on this topic being led by Mr. Wood. Mr. Beichler discussed fire law en forcement in this state, and Mr. Haus: er led a discussion of the question c co-operation between State wardens and . Federal rangers and guards. A hike to the top of Wincspring Bald, 5,500 feet above sea level, was a feature of the Friday afternoon pro gram, and Friday evening slides were shown, and there was general discus 1 ski around the camp fire. Saturday morning, Mr. Wood dis cussed the warden system; the best methods of suppression practice ;was discussed by Rangers Byrd and Nich- olson, followed by gene-al discussion; and Junior Forester J. B. Byrne made his fire report. The camp was highly successful standooint. according to reports of those in attendance, ancji particularly trom tne sianapuuu ui at ' wion nnnincr general .discussion, every man adding ' bis views and suggestions. j turning our attention to tumbling rabbits on our way back home, je next 'morning, January 24, we d the army of sportsmen and soon on our way to our sector le long line... The snow was 'well , :n and the north wind was whistl fa tune in the key of zero, but war tun! fort He TheJ freea ran turnd cared for that? We were out Isome real fun and our nerves were To and. in a fed and our : heart action lively er stimulant of action ana adven Soon we alighted from our cars one were on the march. No dogs : used, a s ho owner of wolf vj to FIRE FIG ERS Vytmds will permit his dogs to parti cipate in this kind of a wolf drive, as the dogs are in great danger of being shot. , As we marched on toward the given place where we were to. finish the roundup we could here the guns on either side bf us, for instructions were to shoot at anything, rabbits, hawks, crows, prairie owls, ect. This was to scare the wolves out of their hiding place and get them on the go ahead of the lines. As far as one could see to the right and left, men were moving forward with their guns glistning in the sun t like an army deployed and (in action. ; Man after man who was in the service during the 'World war remarked that it look ed' like" old limes. ' We had advanced within about , two miles of the pasture, where we were to finish the drive, when I heard shooting andy to my left and. .soon dead rrnti4 Wi their! duri dead who 5. 1 offe Oliv Bill Cunningham Buys Business of hklin Furniture , Purchase by W. C. Cunningham, local business man, of the retail fur niture business of the Franklin Furni ture company, has been announced here, and Mr Cunningham this week is taking charge of his new business. ' E. S. Hunnicutt and F. Y. ' Mc Crackcn, active members of the Frank lin Furniture company, have not as vet announced their plans for the future. The company sold Mr. Cunningham only its furniture business, resen'ine; its building supplies business, which has been under the direction of J. E. Lancaster. The company likewise reserved its retail paint business, and will handle that along with other building supplies. Mr. Cunningham will handle noth ing but furniture, he has announced. Mr. Cunningham, well known here, has for the past several months been an employee of J. S. Porter com pany. The business will continue to be conducted in the McCoy building, where the company has had its show room. It recently gave up, the old Stallfcup buflditlg, formerly used as a warehouse, and that building, it is understood, is to be occupied by the Macon County Farmers Federation. There arc a number ot memDcrs in the Franklin Furniture company firm, Alex Moore being president, Mr.1 Mc- Cracken general manager, and Mr. Hunnicutt, secretary and treasurer. School: News : This is,; beginning of. a iiew -school year in F 'anklih High. . Let's try to make it one of the best yeari that has ever been in the school. It can be done; all you the students,' jhave to do is, remember that this is your Minnl and trv to make it one of the vv K(.t ' The teachers are here to instruct you; they cannot make this Fla., where they will spend the winter school, or any other one unless, the with Mrs. Roper's father ,' J.;B, Roch student body as a whJle works to-'ester. crtker for the betterment of the i school. Let us try and obey what few rules so far laid down, when you study them you will see that they are, based on the principles of decent con duct and common sense. We have a good school started now, the very best that .has ever been here, and it will continue to grow better if the student bojly gets a little push and vim into itself and places a goal for Franklin of one nf thp verv best high schools in W pet rn North Carolina. Football! Football! Football! Franklin High school has organized a football team, but unless some of the 150 pounders and over that arc now attending Franklin High don't show ut) on the field and put out for dear old Franklin High, there is some serious doubt if we will have much of. There is plenty of material in the. school to put out one of the bo5t football teams in Western North Carolina, if thev would only come, out. Why is it that vou don't? Are. vou afraid? Or is it that you just have not enough school spirit or pride in the Franklin .High school to lrv? . . . ' It is true that tfcis is the first tim that anv serious effort hasben made to get a football team for Franklin, but there always has to oe a begi; and few of you know any thing abouL the game, but you can lern, it is not hrd. - The people of Frankn,. had enough confidence in the boys thai go to EYanUin Hicrh that they would' be encouraged to com out and play. Let i us live up to tnis xrusi iw snuw the people of Franklin what we can do. Show thm nw murn wt w eJate what they have one for us. Rliow them that the money they so UtiAv contributed for our use lowctne organizing of a football team has "not neen wm;u. th t et's see some more of you on jectiyti, lieM at the next practice. food,! The first game to be played bv quan Franklin is , on October 1, with the CWaynesville, at Franklin. ' Th , Thp Sen or c ass held a meeting DiddeMonday 'afternoon an( elected the mon following people for office: homef Martha Pearl Cunningham, presi ture,!dent; Philip Newman, vice-president; PoiMattie Wilkes, secretary; Mary En- SneeDU friaeitror : . , We sre dad t !ee that the rod from the main hiehway up to thf school ho'"!1 his ben scraped " an adH We , have Mr. Houk .and Mr." Mann to thank for this. Franklitt Hieh school, has more stu dents' this year than fvr twforr. there being over 300 enrolled. Fifty- hlnlof ths are Seniors. , The two Literarv societies of Frank lin Hijjh seemed o be dead: Jast W. ELECTRIC MOVE PLANT Plant Established Here 12 Years Ago to Go to Chi cago Employees Who Wish to Be Transferred to Other Points. The local mica plant of the West ern Electric company, established here 12 years ago, is about to be moved from Franklin, it has been learned here. The plant, until recently, was employing about 35 persons. Changes in requirements are assign ed1 as the reason for moving the plant. Equipment ,etc, is to be ship ped to the company's plant at Haw thorne, 111. Mica, an important insulating item in electric equipment, has constantly played , an '. important part in the manufacture and development of elec trical machinery and equipment, and the local plant has done its share in the development of much of the im portant new equipment built by -thr Western Electric, it is understood here. The cbmnany is making arrange ments to transfer its emoloves.at the I local Iplant to- other ; points, - if they desire to continue with the concern, according to J. W. Roper, manager of '.the local plant. Mr. Roper him self will be here until about January 1,' when the ' removal of the plant, equipment, stock, ' etc., is .expected to have been completed. He does not knoW yet to. just " what point he will go f rom' Franklin. ' . The micst' plant here was established during the War, when it became'very difficult to secure mica from India and other large mica producing com panies. Mrs. Roper and little daughter will leave in a few days for -Bradentown, Abide With Us Visitor to - Franklin and Macon county who are about to return now to. their home in the low lands will miss the finest part of the year. The fall months, it is true, are beautiful everywhere; but in the mountains they are magni ficent. The first touch of frost in the late Otcober nights puts a zipp into ones blood, like wine. The days are warm just warm enough. No lazy feeling now, such as one experiences in the spring. No! Ex uberant energy, instead, crying to be spent on golf course, on long rides across the mountains, on hikes to new-found heights. The days in autumn are clearer than at any other season of the year. A blue-gtay haze, it is true sometimes drapes itself about the hills during the Indian Sum mer season; but, as a rule, the air was never so tratisparent. Far and distinctly one can see. And the colors what words could describe them, what artist's brush reproduce them? A veritable riot of color red and gold, , brown and bronze, green, -pink, azure, and all the intermediate tintings. A little while now, and they will be splash ed across ones view; stretching from nearby pasture and cornfield, across the hills, to the farthest reach of the eye, at the distant horizon. Splashed without appar ent plan or symetryj striking in their contrasts, but perfect in their Mending.. , October in the mountains I What words can tell its; charm, its. beao ty 7 Then,, Nftw-eit -the1 aiiist Uipi her , brush in flaming color and paints with daring strokes, the eternal hills her canvas. year. There was only one program each, given by these societies, but there is some '.hope that ; this year J they will wake up and get some pep; and put on some, programs like they did two years ago. . .Mr. ; Houk, realizing how hak"d it would be for the students to have to dixler- the books they needed, installed j a book store in the old library (here. ! We find Mr. Houk' dealing out the required books at the vacant periods, for cash. No credit given. Lots of i cash coming in. One little bov.i who was very inquisitive asked, "What is ! that wad of torn.: pjper doing over there in that shelf?''; He was imme- dialely informed by Mr. Houk! that is iwas ''HARp;JQNES." Move On Foot To Build Museum At Highlands We were pleasantly surprised to find in Highlands a splendid . library with a wide collection of books ranging from the latest books of the modern youth down through the ages, folklore, ancient history, classics, froth and frivolity, all these, and more. Being literary to a certain degree, we consider this an outstanding testi mony to the culture and progressive ncss of this beautiful mountain resort. An interesting project discussed at a recent meeting of the Hudson Li brary association and proposed by Clark Foreman, of Atlanta, was the adding to the library a building to be used as a museum of natural history. The nucleus of the collec tion will probably be started by the valued and celebrated collection of Indian relics owned by Mr. W. M. Cleaveland. This collection consists of over twenty-five hundred pieces, Including ' beautifully carved arrow heads, pottery, whereon is etched much of the history of the Cherokee tribe, tomahawks used by the primi tive warriors, Indian peace pipes, a few of which have authentic history of the days when the pioneers puffed the pipe of peace with the Indian Chiefs. In making the proposition Mr. Fore man spoke as follows: "I ,., do not know -.of a town that can claim relatively sq much intellcc-j tual history as .that possessed by Highlands. -From the first pfeaple .havtjbe.en,attracte4 to, it by the beau 'tVtind 'grandeur of "the natural en vironment. The pioneer settlers were willing to undergo the most arduous experiences -in order to enjoy the pleasures of a visit. Gradually the small settlement has grown into a prosperous town. Good roads have opened up the forests and mountains (o those who are able to be away only for a few. days. The facility of travel has had its effects upon the population. There are more transients and more people interested only in the cool climate. While there are no doubt many valuable additions to the intellectual community that once was almost isolated from the rest of the civilization, on the whole the standards are in danger of being lowered. . ' The town at the moment is growing and changing. It is with the idea of preserving as much as possible of the old intellec tual spirit of Highlands that a few people have manifested an interest in a Highlands museum which will be a depository for what has already Deen collected and a stimulus for further research into the marvelous natura endowment of this section of the country. It is hoped that such . a museum would not only be an edu cational factor for the people of Highlands, but that it would also attract to the town people of a kind that would appreciate the advantages which it would otter. Through the generosity of Mr. Wil M. Cleaveland the town may now purchase his remarkable collection of Indian relics at a very reasonable sum. I hope very, much that the Library association will see the value of such a museum and will realize the possibilities afforded by Mr, Cleavcland's offer. With this collec tion as a nucleus, he museum could erow into all the fields of natura history and be a constant source of pride, entertairmcnt and education to the people of Highlands:' The organization meeting of the trustees of the museum .was held at the residence of r Miss Marguerite Ravenel. Those chosen trustees are Mr. Clark Foreman, Mrs. J. lay Smith, Miss Marguerite' Ravenel, Miss Albertina . Staub, Miss Charlotte B. Elliott, S. N. Evans, esquire: Prof T. G. Harbison and Mr. W. M, Cleaveland. Highlands has had such' a large number of interesting visitors and tourists it is not uossible to enume rate them these days. Tellico Locals We now bavc a good Sunday school at Tellico. i ' Mrs. Tinic McMahan' mae a trip to Rriartown the week end visiting relatives. i Mr, , Hary Morgan made a trip to; Briartown Sunday, 1 ' M,r Furman Anderson, who' has been at Rich Mountain for, ;somr time,' returned home the latter part of th week. .. . ! ' Mr. Carl -Morgan returned home last week from his job. j j ! Mr. Lon Cdok has been wofkiptr for the Hurley Ramsey Feed com pany recently.- GIVILIKGmER f III SUEmiANtt Alleges Town Owes Him $2300 Attorney J. D. Mallonee of Murphy Refe reeSessions Held at Franklin. Suit in which Warren H. Booker, Charlotte civil engineer, Seeks to re cover approximately $2,300 from the Town of Highlands, was begun here Monday. It is beirtg heard before J. D. Mallonee, of Murphy, referee in the Case. Mr. Mallonee was named referee by Judge Hoyle Sink at the spcial trm of court here last July. The $2,300 is due as a part of his commission on work done at High lands within recent months in con nection with the construction there of a municipal hydro-electric dam and power plant . and sewerage system, Booker contends. Highlands has put in a counter claim, and alleges that , Booker, em ployed to have general supervision of the work on a commission basis, was incompetent, and that, as a result, the work cost the town more than it should have. As a substantiation of its claim that Booker was incompetent, the Town of Highlands alleges that all estimates made by him of the. cost of work proved much lower than the actual cost. -.,,'s... V . ' Xhe Charlotte engineer Js represent ed by Frank Kennedy,. 6f the Char-lott- law firm pf rTiHett,:;TiUett, and Kennedy, and .by Jones ; and Jones, of Franklin.' -Highlands Is" represented by Horn and' Patton, of Franklin. The hearing was expected to require several days. . . . North Skeenah News Fodder seems to. be. the- chief in dustry, in this community now. Mr. Frank Gibson was in this community Sunday. Mr. Paul .Kinsland was in this section Sunday. There was a revival meeting started at Pleasant Hill Sunday, It is not known how long it will be conducted. Miss Minnie Sanders was visiting her parents Saturday and Sunday. She returned to .her school Sunday after noon. ' Mr. and Mrs. Grady Stockton and family were visiting Mr. Stockton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Stockton the week end. Several of this community went to the old folks day Sunday at Cartooge chaye old Baptist church. Miss Lola Lcdfc-rd spent Tuesday night with Mises Cora and Beulah Cheeks. : " ' ' - Miss Mae Shope was the guest of Miss Annie Byra on last Friday night. Three Filling Stations The Standard Oil company now hai a force of hands at work building two filling stations, one on the square and the other just across the street from the railroad station. At the lat ter point a bulk plant to care for the needs of this entire, section will be built in connection with the filling station. ' The Gulf corrfpany also began grad ing for a filling station this week on the corner formerly occupied by the Stallcup Furniture company, and more recently by the Franklin Furniture company, in rear of the Jbincs Motor h Tractor company, Inc. Teague " Ranks Third Scoring .the master farmers of the 20 western counties has evidently been completed with the result as an nounced ' by " Hollowell's I Mountaiq farmer that Chm. Teague ranks third. O. J. Holr. of Rutherford county, is first whi'e C B. Wells, of Buncombe county, stands second. , Cannery in Operation ! The cannery has bcens in operation for some time and has canned quite a bit of corn, tomatoes, etc. Pros pects for a successful year next season appear to be exceedingly bright, it is stated. County Fair News County Agent Harris states that the date of making entries for the county fair has been extended from September 20th to September 29th, the first day of the fair, j Mr. Harris urges that farmers aiui others bring entries and plenty, of .them.
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