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1 KEY CIT OF THE MOUNTAINS VOLUME XLII FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1927 NUMBER FORTY 111 fff 1 li K.mi X V. FIRST FAIR IS SUCCESSFUL Plans For Bigger and Better Fair Next Year Now Un- derway Many Interest ing Exhibits. "Did you see this?" "Yes, and 'look at this." "Now isn't that a beauty?" "You know, I think this is a credit to the county. We can have a real fair next year, with such a beginning as this." Such comments could be heard last Friday at the Franklin school build ing, where farmers and their wives and townspeople gathered at the Macon County Bread and Butter Show'. The show, advertised for three days, actually failed to materialize for more than one Friday ; and it had its limitations. But, on the whole, it was successful, and a remarkable showing, considering the fact that it was the first fair held in the county in a number of years, it was generally agreed. ., . -There were exhibits from various sections of the county, and of various types, including a few splendid speci . mens of livestock, some crop exhibits, lots of kitchen and needlework ex hibits, and a number of interesting UVIIlVVlllJt 1 Primarily, it was a woman's fair J" the major portion of the exhibitors? exhibits being the work of womenj! things of which to be proud. remaps 01 niusi mvcicsi nuv objects with a historical significance." brought to the show not for bluees ribbons, but simply to make the fairP" more interesting. Among these were?" a quilt apparently as good as it was" the day it was made, three-quaters off" a century ago; a baby dress and teaea apron, each over 75 years old; a! counterpane woven and the fringei made by Mrs. Mack Gillespie, motherfen , of, Mrs.' J. Henry Slagle, in 1870; ass counterpane made by the youngest sis-r ter of Governor Swain, Miss Mary I Swain, who died in 1818 at the age,11 .of 15; an epaulet and cockade wornr" by J. L. Moore, when he was afar colonel in the State militia in 1830;! a history of. the Bible, bearing theF' name of John Bulgin and the date1 ' 1700; and a piece of linen, made from? flax grown, spun, and woven in Macon county. V Another exhibit that attracted no 1it1o interest was the' topographical i"e " cast of Macon county, made by high P school children in the Franklin school last winter. While no count was made of the number attending the fair, those in charge of booths at the show de clared that people were coming and going all day long. In the middle ,of the afternoon, approximately 100 per sons were present at one time, and ftu none stayed for any great length of time, the crowd constantly changing. A conservative estimate, it was stated, would place the number attending at, at least, several hundred. The list of those winning blue and red . and white ribbons appears else where in this issue, in the county agent's column, "Bread and Butter Show." - jan "Building, a year ago, was all all the bad things he could can ESSIG MARKET H. O ESSIG, Prp. Fresh Meats of All Kind! Fin Horn Mad Sautf Everything kept in a firs class market. Phone 4 New York Life Insurance Co. Established in 1845 A Mutual Company Protect your , family with policy ia this old Una com pany. . , REIDCABE LOCAL AGENT . DEATH CALLS T. E. CAMPBELL Thomas E. Campbell died at his home here last Wednesday morning, following a brief illness. He would have been 72 years . old a few days later. Mr. Campbell was stricken with paralysis on Sunday morning, death coming three days later. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. Sarah 'Cunningham, of near Franklin; one brother, John Campbell, of Ashe ville; one daughter, Mrs. W. C. Wilkes, of Franklin ; and one son, Lon Campbell, who lives hear Frank lin. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. A, P. Ratledge at the local Methodist church, of which Mr. Campbell had been the faithful janitor for a number of years, and interment was at the Iotla Methodist cemetery. Services at the grave were held by Mr. Rat ledge and the Rev. J. A. Flanagan, Presbyterian pastor here. A large number of friends were in attendance at both services. Mr. Campbell, who had lived in this county practically his entire life, was the son of the Rev. William Coleman Campbell, who, in . his time, was one of the leading preachers of the Hols ton conference of the Methodist church, at one time having been lo cated at Franklin. be schools, roads, or a courthoi -an v ming new, wnctwv-ti .. I An eldely man once commented! substance as follows: "I have been maried three tirri And each time I got married I as though I weren't ready I wa quite where I felt that I ought to financially. But I realize now i if I had waited to get entirely rea I wouldn't yet be married the f time. For we never really get tirely ready to take any decis step. .Because, after all, when we we aren't ready, we mean that the obstacles haven't been removj and the conditions aren't quite id Well, the obstacles never are all moved, and the conditions never quite ideal." That, it is submitted, is a prd good philosophy for every day ap cation in a very , practical and from perfect world. And it scemsi apply with considerably more lJ to the question of the courthouse jail than do the arguments of tli who urire that we wait without c suggesting what we will gain by "vvj ing." . The obstacles never will be all a moved, and the conditions never. hp mute, ideal . school News "Three cheers for Mr. Houk," was heard on. every side last Thursday afternoon when he so graciously H nounceci tnat we m.gnt nave a nouaay , riKiay. ne uhi wiisum atwuni ui the fair which was held at the school house, on htat day. The co-operation of the Home Eco nomics girls in the selling of drinks and sandwiches shows the interest that they are taking in their work. We, the school, feel that they should be encouraged and helped in getting bet ter equipment for the kitchen. Last rndav Mr. Houk brought, over, a gasoline stove to try out. The whole class, including Miss Morgan, was de lighted with ' the results and are im patiently waiting for the day when they can exchange their smoking oil stoves for nice gas stoves. While we are boosting the Home Economics department , we. must not forget to mention the afct that it won three blue ribbons on the canned Vegetables at the fair. . The Franklin football ' team played Waynesville in a very close game Saturday afternoon. The faithful few who compose Franklin's team fought, hard until the last minute. During the. first half the line held the hard- itting' backfieldmen of Waynesville for only one firstdown. Fanklin lead the sco.-c at the end of the first half 7 to 0. , We want the -patrons', of the school and the town to support us, and we will show you a winning team. More books are still coining girls and boys can be seen very grimly handing over dollar bills for them. They go about it in a way that makes you feel that they mean business and better business the second school month than the first. A. B. S. '28. Another Old Timer Mr. J; T. . Brysoni in renewing his subscription to-The Press last Satur day,, stated that he has been a sub scriber since the first issue of The Press more .than 41 years. This is quite a record and one that The Press appreciates. OFFICIALS VISIT LOCAL HOSPITAL Dr. Rankin, Director Duke Endowment, and Dr. Pus- ey, Formerly President of the American Medical As sociation and Now Chair man of Board of Directors, Among Those Who In spected Angel Brothers' Hospital. With a view to making use( of cer tain hospitals in the state in connec tion with the Duke University Medical school a delegation of prominent doc tors has recently been studying hos pital conditions in various parts of the state. This delegation in pursuance of its mission visited . Franklin Tuesday and left early Wednesday morning. While here the delegation made an in spection of Angel Brothers' hospital and expressed surprise at the size of the local institution and the complete ness of the equipment. Since Angel j Brothers' hospital was designated more than a year ago as one of the few hospitals in the state to receive' the benefits of the Duke Endowment fund Dr. Rankin and the other mem bers of the delegation found no reas on for removing this hospital from the list of those connected with the Duke Endowment. On the other hand they were exceedingly complimentary in their remarks concerning the local hospital. Members of the delegation included Dr. William S. Ranlan, of Charlotte, director of the Duke Medical En dowment ; Dr. William Allen Pusey, of Chicago, ex-president of the Ameri can Medical Association and " now chairman of its board of directors; Dr. William Davidson, dean of the new Duke Medical school and former ly of Johns Hopkins hospital; Mr Chapman, superintendent of Mount Sinai hospital of Cleveland, Ohio, and director general of the hospital di vision of the American College of Surgeons; and Dr.. Laughinghousc, State Health Officer. After spending the night at the Scott Griffin hotel the delegation left early Wednesday morning for Bre vard. FRANKLIN YOUTH HEADS FAIR AT STATE COLLEGE Raleigh, . Sept. 29-The Students' Agricultural fair at State college will be held Oct. '11 and 12, - and plans now being put into operation indicate it will be one of. the leading events of the coet;e- aGCOr(iing to an announccmcnt from Fred S. Sloan of Franki;n) j)resident of the fair. This year, acording to Mr. , Sloan the officers of the fair have obtained a larger list of premiums than ever before and the " floats and exhibits as well as the individual entries will cover more ground floor than in previous years. . The value of the prizes offered ranges from 50 cents to $50 with a total value of more than $1,200. One interesting feature will be judging contest when students will display their knowledge of livestock poultry, crops, and garden and orchard products. Ashevtlle Times. MRS. SLOAN WILL ENTERTAIN P. T. A. The local Parent-Teacher association will be entertained at the home of MrsY" W." W., Sloan, - Sunnyside Farm, with a party, to be given by Mrs. Sloan, Mrs. Kate Smith, Mrs. Neville Sloan, and s. George. Slagle, on Friday of this; week, - October 7, at ' 3:30 o'clock. In . addition to members of the P:. T. ,A. a Cordial invitation is ex tended, to. -parents not members', of the organization and others interested in P. T. A. work. A particularly cor dial welcome awaits the teachers in the local school. Gray Goes Enloe One Better J. S. Gray from Smkh's Bridge township recently read in The Frank lin Press where Mr. Enloe had touch ed thirty ears of corn in his field without moving from his tracks. Mr. Gray now says that he 'decided to try -tri". stunt in his field and that he succeeded in touching 62 ears while standing in 'the same place. Mr. Gray also had some corn that grew so high he had to walk on the ears in order to top his corn. Old Baron Munchausen is becoming restless in his grave. , COMMISSIONERS REVOKE ORDER The Macon County Board of Com missioners, on petition of a compara tively large percentage of the voters of the county, Monday rescinded its order for the issuance of bonds with which to build a combination court hoasc and jail. The action was taken at a meeting at the court house, call ed by the commissioners in order to give the. people of the county oppor tunity to express their wishes in the matter.. Slightly less than 100 persons were in attendance at the meeting. The petition, requesting the commis sioners to rescind their order ,and, failing that, to call an election on the matter, was presented by A. .W.. Horn, employed as attorney by the opposition' to the courthouse and jail.; The petition contained the names, Mr. Horn, said, of, he thought, between 1,700 and 1,800 voters he' was . not J sure just how many. ' The meeting was called to order by C. R. Cabc, chairman Of the Board of County Commisisoners, who explained the meeting's object ,and then asked Gilmer A. Jones, county attorney, to read the order calling the meeting. Mr. Jones, after reading the order, referred to the recommendations -of numerous grand juries with reference to a courthouse and jail, and told the meeting of the statement of Judge W. F. Harding, when he was here a few months ago, that he expected to have the county commisisoners indict ecj for failure to do their duty had they not taken steps by that time to provide a satisfactory jail when he again returned to Macon county. Judge Harding, a that time, Mr. Jones said, urged the advisability of a combination court house and jail. Faced with that situation, the com misisoners, Mr. Jones explained, care fully considered the matter, and came to what they considered the best so lution of the problem a combination courthouse and jail. But, the county attorney concluded, the commissions "have no intention of arbitrarily forcing anything on the taxpayers that they don't want." M r. Horn then elucidated the posi tion of the opposition. He stated that, out of 4,869 voters voting at the election, between 1,700 and 1,800 or far more than the . required 15 per cent had signed the petition; and he told the commissioners: "You can either rescind the order, or call an election. eW ask you to rescind the order." : Mr. Horn stated that those oppos ing the project of a new court house and jail realized something had to be done about the jail, and that that would cost money that there would be no criticism of the county com missioners for going ahead and doing what they thought best about the jail. Commenting on the bonded indebt edness of the county', Mr. Horn re ferred to it as $808,000, and said that the debt would be about $1,000,000, should bonds be issued for the court house and jail. ' Dr. S- H. Lylc, commenting on the apparent opposition to the project of constructing a new building, suggested that the present jail be adequately re paired, or that a third story for the jail be placed on' the present court house. Chairman C R. Cabe suggested that, in view of the petition, the commis sioners would like to have a few days to consider what was best to do, but Mr. Horn was insistent that they de cide immediately. After retiring for r . . i "-' .'f i . , . a lew moments, tney announccu their decision to rescind the order. The county attorney then pointed out.thnt the commissioners had want ed an expression from the people, and that they always wanted the voters to express theriisclcvs on public mat ters. - He also corrected the state ment of Mr. Horn that the present county debt was $8i)8,(X)0. The ri.-cor.ls showed, he said, a present total debt of $65x8.XH), with $325,000 due - the county bv the state, cutting the net tota Ho $333,000. Mr. Horn, at the conclusion of the meeting, told his hearers that the commissioners had assured him thev had no desrie to act contrary to the will of the majority, asserted that there was no feeling against the com missioners, suggested that the present jail be. repaired, and suggested men from whom he thought materials should be bought, and a man to do the. work. The meeting was concluded in com plete good humor, so far as could be discerned, and with considerably mort good feeling all around than wa present . when it was called to order MACONCOUNTY B.&L(0MG Established Five Years Ago Has Helped 79 Persons to Build or Buy Homes Has Loaned $73,250. Five years ago, a group of Frank lin people quietly organized a mutual association here, known as the Macon County Building & Loan. Associa tion. The oganization's growth has been steady, and rapid, but comparttively little has been said about it, and its size today and the amount of busi ness it does will no odubt come as a surprise to the majority of the people of the county. The association, like other Building and Loan associations, had three ob jects: to help the average man save consistently; to help the average man own his home; and to create machin ery whereby the small savings of the earner and the investment of the man who has accumulated some mon ey can be turned into homes, the saver and investor meanwhile being secured against loss and given fair interest rates on their money. Its primary purpose, however, was to build new homes and to make home-owners, and without a lot of figures as to the amount savers have put aside by means of the association, and the amount invested by those who had money, a few figures as to the loans to home-builders and home-buyers will suffice to give an idea of the growth of the organization. During its five years of existence, the association has helped 79 persons to build x or buy their homes. The aggegate of these loans has been $73,250. One can get an idea of how the association has grown by the fact that, of this total, nearly a third has been loaned in recent months. The larger it beocmes, of course, the greater the t,number of loans it can make. The organization opens its books twice a year for new members. The first of this month it opened ' its eleventh scries of stock, and it is inviting those who wish to save, those who wish to build or buy homes, and those who wish to invest their sur plus in Mjcon county homes, under safe conditions, and at a fair rate of interest, to become members. Briefly,: this is the way the Build ing & Loan machinery works: The man who wishes to save may buy as many shares of stock as he de sires. He pays 25 cents per week on each share of stock. At the end of each year his proportionate share of the organization's eanings are added to what he has paid in, and, by this method, each share becomes worth $100 at the end of a period of about six and a half years. At that time, if he has not borrowed from the as sociation, he is paid in cash $100 for each shareof stock he originally pur chased. ; . The man who wishes to borrow money takes as many, shares of , stock as he wishes to borrow hundreds of dollars. He then files his application for a loan. When his. turn for a loan comes, a loan committee passes on the value of the property, offered as security, the association attorney,, on the property's title, etc., and the loan is granted. He pays six per cent interest on the loan. When his stock. is matured, it will equal the total of the loan, and the two cancel each other the borower, in other words repays the loan, in installments of 25 cents per week per $100 borrowed. The inan who has $100 or more in cash he wishes to invest br"; shares of pre-paid , stock at the rai of $100 per share. He is guarantee 'ivc per cent interest,' payable srin' inually, and the principal invested is iot sub ject to taxation. He may withdraw his investment at any dividend period (October 1 and April 1) nti 30 days' notice. At the' head of the association are . the following business and profession al men: H. W. Cabe, president; (Jus Leach, vice-president; Gilmer A, Jones, secretary and treasurer and Dr. S. H. Lylc, Sam L, Franks, J.. S. Conley, R. I). Sisk, Alvah Pearce, George Dean, and S. R. ' Join.es, directors. Carmichael-Angel Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Carmichael announce the marriage of their daugh ter, Alice Elizabeth, to Mr. Thomas Weldon Angel, Jr., on Thursday, Aug ust 25, 1927 at Franklin. They wdl make their home at Franklin after the 10th of October.
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