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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, IC27 THE FRANKLIN PRESS TACE FOUR The Franklin. Press PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY S. A. HARRIS ,-.!. , . .Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscription Payable in Advance) One Year ...$.50 Eight Months 1-W Six Months Three Months ................. .40 Single Copies 5c ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. We charge 5 cents a .line for Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, and for no tices of entertainments where admission is charged. Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, for transmission through the mails as second class matter. ... Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM Extension of the sewer lines. Beautify the school grounds. Two hundred summer cottages. A sewage disposal plant. More ofnckl activity in the sale of sur plus power. i i ' The construction of business blocks. Plant trees along the State highways of the county. i Make a white way of Main street. An excellent school library. Courteous treatment for visitors. Improvement of county roads connecting with" State highways. ; . . A fish ladder at the municipal dam. Co-operation, vim, push, work-everything for the good of Franklin and Macon county. New court house and jail combined." How About It? Needed : A school- supervisor for Macon county. . Now is the time to set more trees on the Georgia road. The authorities in Alabama intend to see that floggings cease in that state. Floggers in Macon county can ply their trade without interference. - It has been more than three years since a building was burned 'in Franklin. However, two or three shack razers along Main street would help wonderfully. . Many children going to school walk on the streets instead of the sidewalks. Either the parents or the school authorities should see that this practice is stopped. . .' . The Press is always glad to receive sug gestions from citizens' of the county regarding public questions. Send in your letters con cerning any matters affecting the good of the county. ,. An investigation by the grand jury at the November term of court of the recent kid ' naping case in Franklin will be the signal for three or four of Franklin's citizens to take to the "tall and uncut." . .-- - -- .-.,...':..,.-., . Hi Johnson is sponsoring the Boulder dam. Since Hi has never been accused of timidity perhaps the name appeals to him. Even at that it will take a bolder man than Hi to wheedle $500,000,000 out of the American peo ple. . - '-- --- The Standard Oil company is opening its new filling station on the square Saturday. This is one of the handsomest filling, stations in the 'state and adds greatly to the appear ance of that part of town. This station re places an old shack that had stood there from time immemorial. :. In this county of plentiful water there are several homes where water is carried almost half a mile. Estimating not less than six trips a day for water this means that someone walks 800 miles per year for water at each of these homes. Thus 50 eight hour days are spent in this way each year. The people of Walnut creek, Cowee creek, Burningtown creek and fifty other creeks in the county need roads, but they will never have them until the county, instead of the township, is made the road unit. The man who represents Macon county in the next general assembly should be required to pledge himself to have the law in this respect changed. '' ; .'i : The town board is proposing a bond issue of $cS0,000 for water and sewers, for Franklin. If the town isto continue to grow both water and sewers are necessary. However, we be lieve that the experiment of "shooting" the new well should be tried first. If that fails to produce more water ,'the'n let us have the bonds. In either case the town should isfcue bonds for sewers. A big poultry meeting has been called for November 7 at the court house. It might pay those interested in raising chickens to investi gate the possibilities of Kaffir corn as a source of .poultry food. " Ask .your county agent to tell you about Kaffir corn at the meeting men tioned. Mr: M'cGaha, living down on 'Cowee, can, ,also give the public some valuable information concerning this corn. Macon county's jail has been condemned by the state authorities and the county commis sioners will soon be prohibited placing prison ers in this jail.. The minute the jail ceases to be used as such the lot on which it stands will revert to the original owners, according to a statement . recently made by one in au thority," It now seems that the prisoners will have to be confined in the jail of some near-by county. . W. R. Hearst has bet Will Rogers $10,000 to $5,000 that Mr. Coolidge will not, run for the presidency again'. Will may find that his bet is totally without humor. In Hearst's case it seems ;to; be a question of,1 the wish, being father' to the bet. While the betting is good we will-give odds of five to one that Hoover can be- electee! on cither the Democratic or Republican tet. We will make the odds ten to one that the politicians will not nomi nate this out-standing American. Better days arc in prospect for the poultry growers of Macon county provided they will lend the necessary co-operation. The county agent has called a meeting of the poultry raisers for 11 o'clock on Monday, . November 7th, at the court house when he will endeavor to perfect plans in the way .of organization looking, to improvement in all lines of the poultry industry in this county. It behooves all those who desire better poultry and more . economical methods to meet with the county agent on the . date specified. . The .' Fress.bas stated on more than one accasion(ct,f)aftanklin must have more water. The suggestion' has been made that a charge of nitro-glycerine be exploded in the new well with, the hopes of making it produce more water. For the past several months this well has been furnishing only forty or fifty gallons of water per minute. The pump used there is capable of pumping 120 gallons per minute. If the' well can be made to furnish this amount of water, that would mean an addition al supply of more than 100,000 gallons per day. The suggestion appears to us to be timely." This step might obviate the necessity of building a filtering plant to filter water pumped from the Cartoogechaye. At least it can do no harm to try the experiment. matter before the Game Commission at Ral eigh, and the arguments of that delegation would undoubtedly be strengthened by a pe tition, signed by a large number of citizens of the county. Copies -of such a petition are now in circulation. Signing one of these is one of the things the average man can "do about It is a pretty certain thing that the Game Commission isn't goin gfo establish a large number of these sanctuaries in Western North Carolina. And if we don't get busy here in Macon county some counties no better suited for the propagation of game are going to get' the, sanctuaries because their citizens asked for them. . Copies of the petition asking that a game sanctuary be established in this county, some-, where on the Na'ntahala National Forest, are at the following places: Citizens Bank, Bank' of Franklin, J. S. Porter Company's store; the county agent's office, in the offices of Sheriff C. L. Ingram, Clerk of the County -Frank J. Murray, County Commissioner Robert Cabe ; and in the. hands of Game Warden James Hauser and of Irvin Long, ''... If. you want to see this county stocked once more-with game of all sorts, take the trouble to sign this petition now, so that the Game Commission may know Macon county citizens are asking for a game sanctuary. ' . Others' Comments A Game Sanctuary For Macon County UNDER provisions of the 1927 Game Law, the State Game Commission has set about establishing, at various points in the state, game sanctuaries. A game sanctuary is nothing more nor less than a protected breeding ground for game. The area is set aside, stocked with game, and then protected. Game which strays out-, side may be hunted, in season. ' But inside ho hunting is permitted, at any .time. The effect of- such a sanctuary, . of course, tends' to the re-slocking of the whole 1 section with game. One such sanctuary has already been estab lished in Mitchell and Yancey counties. And there is discussion of . another near Sylva. The natural question is Why not one in Macon county? ...... Arid the ansWer appears to lie largely in the fact that, so far as the Game Commission knows, Macon county people , have no desire for such a game sanctuary within the county's borders. We haven't asked for it. There are admirable places for such a game refuge in this county. The water-shed of Wayah Creek, for example, has been pointed out as affording an excellent breeding place for game. It is the property of the national government, and, for that reason, will remain in forest, and would have the protection of the national government as well as that of the state. . - . Macon county is not lacking in suitable lo cations for a game refuge. The game may be procured from the Pisgah National Forest. The county already has a host of citizens pledged t5help protect such a sanctuary members of the Nantahala Sportsmen's Associ ation. All w lack is for the State Game Commission to set aside the area, and make provision for its protection. The advantages to this county and section of such a game sanctuary surely are apparent. It would result in the county's becoming, with in a few years, a hunting ground that would; attract sportsmen from far and near men who come to hunt, and while here spend some of their money; and.it would provide hunting for our own sportsmen. The average man, doubtless, will reply to all this, to about this effect : "I guess it would be all right but what can I do about it ?" There are several things he can do about it. The most ' concrete and perhaps the most effective right now is to place himself en record as favorable to the project, ' and as ready to lend his influence to the protection of the sanctuary.' " A local delegation is going to place the Sewers or Septic Tanks THE PEOPLE of Franklin must have cither sewers or septic tanks. . Such is the edict of the district sanitary inspector with the state board of health. . He says that cesspools' in Franklin must go. Mr.' Floyd is. willing to grant a delay ' until next spring before en forcing -the state ; laws. . In other words he grants sufficient time for the town to extend the sewer lines to include, all sections of the city. In the event that this is not done within a reasonable length of time the state authori ties will require property owners to install septic tanks where no sewer connections are available. For the average family a septic tank,, built according to state specifications, will cost from $80 to $125 he says.; The inspector estimates that septic tanks in Franklin will cost the property owners anywhere , from $15,000 to. $20,000. , ' In order to continue growing Franklin must have more water and sewers. It is only a question of two or three years until the sewers 'will be extended. Such bing the case it ap pears as unjust to require property 'owners to go to the expense of installing septic tanks now or within a few months. For several years those living away from the present sewer zone have been paying taxes on the bonds that paid for the sewer system. Some of the , biggest property owners in Franklin, that is, those owning Main street property where the sewer system is in operation will no , doubt raise a howl about- extending the sewer lines. These property owners already have their sewers for which the entire town is paying. The people of East Franklin, West Franklin and those living on .the southern and northern sections of town are also entitled to modern conveniences. The increased, value of vacant lots within reach of the new sewer lines will more than pay for the , sewer, extension. , ,. PRESERVING LOCAL HISTORY A CORRESPONDENT in Brevard commends The Times for its editorial urging the communities of Western North Carolina to establish museums for Indian and other relics, and to preserve in some sort of written form the local history of this region. He says, in part:'.' ' ' ',' '. Commercial collectors and souvenir, hunt ers have carried off tons of our relics and' things of that kind that can never be re placed. Our first settlers and the .heroes of . the Civil War have passed out and, it seems,' almost without an effort on the part of anyone to preserve our part , of such history as we would like to retain. . . . I have heard and have heard of numbers of pioneer and hunting stories that would, make interesting reading, ji i"". the xhanccs of getting . these things on record get more remote each day, Our correspondent goes on to say that as a native of Macon county he has been inter-' ested in the Indians and in the Mound Build ers, who "presumably occupied Western North Carolina" at one time. And, this man would probably have compiled many valuable histori cal facts and . collected many interesting relics, if he could have had some encouragement. lie testifies that he has for the most part re ceived official discouragement apparently from' officials in various counties. . , He speaks of the county historians that have been appointed, in Buncombe and other coun ties, expressing the hope that these official re corders of history will have the co-operation of : the people. He mentions. M rs. Fred Siler of Franklin and Editor S. A. Harris of . The Franklin Press' as persons interested in local history. It would be a 'fine thing for Macon ' if Mrs. Siler or Mr. Harris, or both of them, could give some, time regularly, to. the collecting of historical data and relics. Buncombe county has been fortunate in having the benefits of the historical work of Dr. F. A. Sondlcy and Haywood Parker. Gen eral Theodore F. Davidson has made some val uable cintributions' to our history and if he could be persuaded to write the memories of his active life in this section, future historians would rise up and call him blessed. Probably in every county, with or without an official historian, there is a small number of people who arc doing what , they can to pre serve history. If from time to time all these persons could come together, with the county historians, and talk over their various interests, exchange ideas and plans of procedure, it would well serve the cause of conserving the history of these mountain counties. It. is hard to work alone and without encouragement on such things, especially , if one has another vocation that demands most' of one's time and energy. Would it net be a good idea to organize a Western North Carolina Historical Association? The Ashcville Times. , - Protect the Children THE ROADWAY from Porter street to the school building should be paved. In wet weather it is absolutely impossible for cars to travel this short distance. Conse quently the children must leave the buses and. cars on Porter street and walk the remaining distance to the school. Porter street at this point is narrow and the consequent congestion is serious. ' It is only a question of time until a child will be killed at this point by a pass ing automobile. Probably not until then will steps be taken to remedy this matter. Other sections of streets in town have been paved as a convenience to property owners, but when the lives of children are at stake nothing seems to be done. As a matter of fact Porter Street at this point should be widened so that there will be room for more than two cars to pass. The street to the school building should also be - widened and paved and the site . of the old school building made into a parking place. Incidentally the sidewalk leading to the schpol building from Porter street serves as a water drain in wet weather for twenty feet from the street. This is a detail which the janitor should be able to remedy. y Honey MR. J. M, HEDDEN, who lives at the heead of Walnut creek in this county came to Franklin last Friday with 1,000 pounds' of excellent honey taken from 23 stands, of bees. Mr, Hedden has 200 pounds more of honey at home. The honey brought to town is worth 25 or 30 cents fcr pound at current market prices or a total of $250 or $300. Since January first Mr. Hedden states that he mis not given more than one week's time to hs bees. Pretty nifty little sum for one week's work. , We wonder if the people f Macon count; realize that an averace of ten hives of beei , - " i to ' the farm would bring to the county an in- come of $250,000 per year? This amount of money is worth a sting or two at least. WHICH IS IT? A GOOD town 'makes a good rount'y and a good bounty makes a good town. Let's all pull together for a prosperous Hayesvillc and Clay county. Clay County News. , , The Baptists arc great on Church expansion. They have just started a campaign to raise a fund of $500,000 with which to build 17 church es in newly-settled sections of Chicago. Dr. George W. Truett, president . of the Southern Baptist Convention, is heading this movement, and North Carolina folks who know Doctor Truett feel quite sure that these new Baptist churches in that fruitful missionary , field will be built. Charlotte Observer. Letters REGARDING TAXES AND PROMPT SETTLEMENTS Scroll, N. C. October 11. 1Q27 Dear editor : Will you allow me space for a few words in your good paper? . u"uiuu i iiici vi a new court nouse ana jail be settled by the tax payers? Perhaps we do need a new jail but unless it were properly guarded prisoners would escape about as they have been escaping from the present jail. ' 4 I wonder how many people could pay their taxes for the present year if they were com pelled, today. I dare say not one in ten could unless they let some other debt go. It is a greater struggle to eke out a Jiving on the farm than many people in other walks of life would expect. "The Pathfinder" of September 1.7, 1927 has the following quotation in ' the first paragraph on page 7: "Uncle Sam thinks that, the, 'pay -your-bills-promptly' slagan applies to home as well as foreign states, consequently, he has denied further road, school, health and other federal aid to Tennessee, Louisiana and North Carolina until they discharge their indebted ness to the government at Washington." Hadn't individuals, county and state, better adopt the slogan, "pay your bills promptly?" Thank you. Yours truly, FAY M. MASHBURN.
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