North Carolina Newspapers

i ; si ... a. VOLUME XLII FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927 NUMBER. .FORTY-THREE Franklin Wins From Sylva C. I. Franklin High school, in its third game since football was begun here, avenged its defeat at the hands of Sylva Collegiate Institute 10 days ago by walking away with an 18 to. 6 victory here last Friday afternoon. Two of its three touchdowns were made by Franklin in the first quar ter, and the third in the final, with just two minutes to play. The Sylva youths chalked, up their lone touchdown by a cleverly exe cuted fake play, in the third quar ter. Quiett, S, C. I. quarter, put this play over, to the complete mysti fication of the local eleven. The game opened with Mashburn, Franklin left half, going through the line for a touchdown the game's first play. Before the quarter was over, McCollum, local quarter, had carried the ball 50 yards' for the second touchdown. The final score by the locals was made by Stewart, fullback, who put the ball across the line making 10 yards in two line plunges. Franklin s lineup: Wilkic. 1. e. : Wilkes, 1. t. ; Craw ford, 1. g.; Henry, c; Thomas, r. g.; Guestr r. t. ; Carpenter, r, e. ; Mc Collum, q.; Young, r. h.; Mashburn, 1. h.; and Stewart, Captain, f. b. Opening of Filling Station Big Success Last Saturday Conley and Joines, local agents of the Standard Oil com pany of New Jersey, sponsored the formal opening of the Standard fill ing station on the v niDiic square. The station was spick and span in appearance and the numerous visitors were exceedingly complimentary in their remarks concerning the' improved appearance of that corner. .Conley and Joines passed out tickets to an customers on the opening day, such tickets entitling the holder to have W car creased free of charge. ' The new filling station has all the latest improvements which experience has demonstrated to be necessary One is the automatic air appliance ' This appliance has a dial to indicate .1 1 - C . . J . . . t n ! t- f ll 11 me nuinuer vi wuiuu ui an customer desires. When the desired amount of air is in the tire the air automatically ceases to flow, thus eliminatintr the necessity tor air eaueres. Quite a few Standard Oil repre sentatives were here for the formal opening of the station, among whom were Mr. Smith, ' of Charlotte, Dis trirt Manaerer W. A. Gondson, of Asheville; Service Station Supervisor F. W. . Sams, of Asheville, and C, R. 'Tarkington, , of Andrews. The Inral acrents announce that F. V. Dudley ' will operate the new station Mr. John O'neal. who built the new station, left Saturday for a visit to Asheville but returned in time to begin another station Monday for the Standard Oil company on the corner opposite the depot. Tl The wovk on the in rharge" of TJIM I I 1 1 I I W II IJ W. 0. Potter, is proi progressing nicely. This bulk plant is located immediate ly in rear of the station to be con structed at the depot. Of all the visiting officers of the Standard Oil company, "Booth' lark ineton. of Andrews, appeared the most elated. He was particularly enthused over the certainty of two Standard filling stations in franklin, something of which no other town in Hie state west of Asheville can boast. Broadway Locals Mrs. Tack Carpenter and Mrs. Char lie Carpenter made a business trip to Mr. Andv Wilson's home Monday. Mrs. Ella Elliott and son, James, were the guests of Miss Zillah Wil son Sunday. ..'..' Mr. Homer McKinney spent Wed nesday night with Mr. Andy Wilson. Mrs. Andy Wilson and little daugh 4 Blanche, made a business trip to Mr. Tom Smith's -home after a load of fall grapes. Mrs. A. C. Ballcwand Mrs. Jim Barnes have been visiting their moth er, Mrs. H. C. Wilson, who is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Bart Wilson and son, Radford, have been in this sec tion for the last few days. Mrs. Ransome Brown spent Satur day night with her grandmother, Mrs. H. C. Wilson. ' Mrs. T. Cabc, Miss Lillic Cabe and 'Mi ' Carolin Henry .were the guests of Mrs. T. A .Carpenter Sun- Miss Nellie Wilson spent Saturday 'night with her sister, Mrs, Effie Talley. . ' ' Mr, and Mrs. Harley Ledbetter pftd five daughters, were in this section visiting friends and relatives recently. New Ford Car Goes 60 Miles on Gallon The new Ford car, eagerly await ed by the motor world for the last six months, is being advertised in the Orient as capable of running sixty miles per gallon of gasojine, it was learned in Washington. This unbelievable mileage, adver tised by regular Ford dealers in China, would make the new Ford three times as economical on gas oline as any other car in the world. It could only be accomplished, gov ernment experts here said, by ; revolutionary advance in motor- me chanics and would place the new rord in a class by itself. While this news was reaching the motor world via the Orient, t it was further learned that the new cars will be placed on display through out the country within the next three weeks. If this display schedule is maintained deliveries of the new car will start about November 1. The oriental advertisements, the first to be made of the new car, de clare that the 1927 fall model Ford will be larger, sturdier and lower swung than any of its predecessors It will be built in six models, the advertiser declared. "Standard equipment includes speed ometer, windshield wiper, ammeter, gasoline gauge, oil gauge, dash light, shock absorbers and four-wheel brakes," the advertisement continued. "The engine will be. rated at 34 horsepower (comparable to 21.7 h. p in the Ford's chief competitor) to drive the car up to sixty miles per hour in thirty seconds. As announced previously, the ad vertisement said the new Ford would be of "standard gear shift type, with three forward speeds and reverse." The new machine- will be equipped with tandem fly-wheel, dynamo, gene rator, irreversible steering gear which will not deflect on rough roads, new force feed oiling system, new water pump, heavier axles, and wider frame and traverse type springs. The new model will have a wheelbasc of 104 inches. Blue Ridge Republican. JUNIORS TO PRESENT FLAG AND BIBLE A Bible and a United States flag will be formally presented to the Franklin school on Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,' by the local council, Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Cullasaja Council No. 158, it is announced. The Bible will be presented by J. W. Street, chaplain of the local council. Jack Stribling, councilor, wjll outline the principles upon which the order is founded, and R. 1). Sisk, past councilorwill present the flag. The exercises will be held in the school auditorium.. North Skeenah News The farmers in this section are beginning to sow wheat. Mr. Lan Winsterd was a visitor in this section Sunday. Messrs Carl Tallcnt.and Ray San ders were in this community Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Brown were in this community Sunday. Misses Bertha and Elsie Carpenter were visiting relatives of River Side Saturday and Sunday. The teachers of our school spent the week end with home folks. Mr. Claude Ledford has been visit ing his parents this week. He has been working at Canton. Mrs. M. A. Sanders and daughter, Elsie, were visiting in this section Sunday.. Franklin Circuit There will be services at the Bethel Methodist church next. Sunday morn ing at 11,:00 o'clock and at Salem Methodist church at 3:30 in the af ternoon. , ' -These two services will close this conference yiar. The annual con ference will convene at . Asheville, N. C, Wednesday morning, Novem ber 2, 1927 at 9 a. m. We extend a cordial, invitation to all to attend these service's at the above named churches. We wisih to thank the good reotlc of the franklin circuit for their co operation, love and friendship during the conference year 1926-27. We also appreciate the-co-operation that other denominations have given us, especial ly during the summer meetings. May od bless and keep the good people bf Macon county. . H. STRICKLAND, P. C. OFF TO CONFERENCE : Revs. A P. Ratlcdge, J. H. StHck land, T. S. Roten, of Franklin, and; Rev. Clarence Williams, of Highlands. ! will attend the Western Methodist conference at Asheville next week, J. A. Porter will go as, laymen. PLAN TO BUILD HIGHWAY UNDER FALLS OF RIVER Unique Engineering Feat May Be Attempted In Macon County. i- a unique plan tor constructing a section o f. state highway No. 28, in Macon county, between Franklin and Highlands,' so it would pass under a thundering waterfall 150 feet high in the Cullasaja river is being seriously considered by officials and engineers of the state highway department, it was learned here Monday. If this feat of -engineering, which appears to be feasible, can be accom plished, the result would be one of the most beautiful and certainly the most unusual scenic attraction to be found on any, highway in eastern America, in the opinion of James G. Stikelcather, of Asheville, ninth dis trict highway commissioner. Mr. Stikelcather, John C. Walker, district engineer, and engineers of the state highway department at Raleigh, will likely visit the waterfall this week to make further investigation concern ing the feasibility of building a road under a waterfall. Would Be Safe and Dry Dry Falls, the point where engineers are considering the construction of a "highway under a river," derives s name from the fact that the water plunges from an - over-hanging ledge of rock in such a way that it is pos sible to pass under the rock and the waterfall without getting wet. It would seem possible, Mr. Walker said, to project a road under the falls, mak ing a 6afe highway and at the same time developing a scenic attraction of rare and unusual beauty. This unusual project is being con sidered, Mr. Walker explained, in con nection with the construction of a twenty-mile link on state highway No. 28, between Franklin and Highlands. At least three routs are being con sidered, the engineers said, in con nection with building the new road in the vicinity, of the falls in Culla saja river, regarded as one of the most picturesque and lovely spots ' in Western North Carolina. There- is series of waterfalls in the. river which plunges pfrom ledge to ledge lowering its level about 300 feet, with in a distance of a quarter of a mile, Mr. Walker said. One of the routes proposed would follow the river side and the other two suggested routes would pass through the mountains some distance from the stream. Work Now Under Way The new link in No. 28 has beer. graded from Franklin in the direction of Highlands for a distance of about twelve miles,' and only about eight more miles remain to be graded on the stretch. Work is now going for ward. on the project. There are differences of opinion as to what route should be followed in building the remainder of the road. Many persons familiar with the coun try through which the new road will pass are urging its construction along the Cullasaja, declaring this route would be one of the finest scenic attractions in the country for tour ists. . .-'.-' . At present, travelers going, from Franklin to Highlands by highway are obliged to follow a circuitous route for a distance of thirty-five miles, going a part o fthe way through the northwest corner of Georgia. When the new road is finished this distance will be cut by fifteen miles. Ashe" ville Times. Snake Potatoes A two-pound sweet potato' is noth ing unusual in this part of the coun try, but a two-pound potato that measures nearly three and, a half feet in length is something out of the oriclnary. So much so that J. L. Corbin, . the grower, brought two of these long potatoes to town last Saturday, and was the center of a curious crowd wherever he showed his freaks. , One of the potatoes measured 40 inches in length. At its largest point it wajs five and a half inches in circumference. It weighed just slight ly more than two pounds. The second, 36 inches." long and weighing exactly two pounds, closely resembled a snake, having a larger "head" at one end. The "head" was seven inches in circumference. Mr. Corbin has raised this brand of sweet potato the "Texas white" for many years, but this is the first time he has seen them do all their growing in length, he said. He lives at the head of Rabbit Creek, this county. CHEVROLET MEN HOLD MEETING at tl j a a iV i more man ouu ueaiers Present at Charlotte Meet ingGreat Increase in Sales. Applause rang through the banquet room of the Charlotte Hotel last week when figures were released show ing that the Chevrolet selling organi zation in the Southeast delivered more new cars, during the first half of October this year than during the en tire month of October larst year. Six hundred, and fifty Chevrolet dealers, associate dealers and sales managers from all parts of the two Carolirias listened spell-bound to the announce ment of the remarkable accomplish ment of the Southeastern "region. Confidence was expressed on every hand that sales made during the last half of October will enable the region to shatter all former records o Chevrolet new ear deliveries made in the Southeast during ' any one month.. "The Southeastern region is com posed of Indiana, parts of Ohio and Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida," stated R. H. Grant, vice-president in charge of sales of the Chevrolet Motor com pany, who came to Charlotte especial ly, to conduct , the meeting. "With the sale this year in the Southeastern region of 11,138 new cars for the first 15 days of October, as against 11,019 cars for the entire month of October last year, it is eeasy to see why the Chevrolet Motor company has decided to invest in a large assembly plant for the South. The Atlanta plant, which we expect to be in operation by April, will relieve our plant at Norwood, which for sometime past has been forced to work overtime to supply the demand for Chevrolet cars in the South." Assisting Mr. Grant in the Charlotte meeting were A. F. Young, South eastern regional salesmanager; L. S. Costley, assistant regional sales man ager; P. A. Watson, Columbia, S. C, zone sales manager; and G. J. Gates, Charlotte zone sales manager.. The Charlotte meeting was in con nection with the Second Annual Turk ey-Bean Sweepstakes which arc be ing staged by the Chevrolet Motor company in October. In the sales contest, the eastern part of the United States, led by M. D. Doub las, assistant' general sales manager, is matched against the westecn" half of the country, headed by D. E. Ralston, assistant , general salesman ager. Region is matched against region, . zone against zone, dealer against dealer, and salesman against salesman. Winners those selling higher percentage of quota than their competitor will win a luscious turkey dinner to be held the early part of November. Losers will eat beans directly across the table . from the winners and pay the entire dinner check. . WRECKS RESULT IN WARRANTS Three warrants were sworn out Monday before Justice of the Peace George Carpenter, in connection with automobile wrecks on Saturday.,', . Grady Cunningham and Jim Hcper, negro, had a wreck on the Georgia road on Saturday night, an each swore out a warrant for the other. When they came in Justice Carpen ter's - court - Monday, - however, - they compromised the cases. Mrs. W. G. Wilkic Monday had a warrant sworn out for Ed Smiley, charging him with an assault with a deadly weapon and with reckless driving. The charges grew out of an accident on the Murphy road Sat urday, in which some of the Wilkie children were hurt, though not serious ly, it. was said. Howard Wilkic war driving the Wilkie car. The case was set for trial . bo'Vr Mr, Carpenter for Tuesday . morning These Men Sell Chickens Since County 'Agent Harris started his co-operative sales in ' Marcfi j'thc following named' men have soTdin this manner the number of-. pounds of poultry set opposite their respec tive names: Frank N. NortonajOtto, 679; Ed Bradley, Otto. 580; t H. McClurc, Route Two, 356; J. N Keen er, 274; W. M. Parrish, 264; J. H. McDowell, 251; W. R. Edwards, 213; C. H. Norton. 210; C. D. Kinslarid. 197; Mrs. J. C. Ferguson, 185. Otto seems to have the bulge on the rest of the county in chicken sales. Joy of Spring In the Mountains A letter from Luline Mabry tells of the beauty of the mountain coun try she is living in. She went there alone a year ago, she said, "feeling more like a book than a person," to try to think out and reconstruct her whole standard of life, as she had reached a place where nothing she had previously learned seemed to ap ply any more. "Surely , no country offers more in the way of loveliness than Western North Carolina and I needed just what I have here at Franklin,!' she writes. In graphic words she paints a charming picture of the country in which she is . making her home. "In the early spring in this coun try nature puts on an interesting beauty contest. Each succeeding week sppmc. invnlv.-nrl in l-ppnpf rivolrv to see which can robe the great wood ed hillsides in greatest splendor. Pas tel shades predominate, with now and then the flaming orange of the wild honeysuckles to vary the exquisite pink, white and yellow of the wild flowering trees. A few weeks back, before the great trees had finished putting out their new leaves, the hills were a symphony in white and green against the background of the grey bodies not yet covered with foliage. Living as I do in a tiny valley, the scenic beauty of the surrounding hills is an enduring picture painted by a loving and generous. Artist. "My one. thought when I pondered upon this beauty was of a great wed ding. Surely no, home, church . or temple ever was adorned in a more lavish color motif of green and white than this vast amphitheater, with its walls of white flowering wild plum trees and dogwood 'against the deli cate traceries, of the first green leaves of spring, and its carpet of wonder ful violets. The vast silences sur rounding this exquisite beauty seemed to invite a stately marriage ceremony joining the regal bride of Faith to the stalwart bridegroom of Courage. "Just now the hills are - covered with great patches of what the. na tive people call ivy, large bushes bearing clusters of exquisite pink flowers. More than anything they resemble some fine Japanest flowers of crepe paper. "The great variety of trees gives a harmonious collection of varying shades of green. While lilacs and apple blossoms held the stage, and the delicate young ferns were awak ening, the landscape was beyond de scription. Its beauty held one al most, breathless. Thoughts of long forgotten happiness, youth, the joy of first love, flooded one's mind and left an aching fragrance like that cling ing to a woman's keepsakes from a lost romance a faded fan of sandal wood, a few sentimental lines from some unknown pen on paper yellowed by time, a foolish bit of gay ribbon that perhaps once adorned a frock on a particularly happy evening long ago. "Nearly every tree held at least one example of bird architecture bursting with its little feathered family, but now most of them are empty while 1 the little folk that occupied, them are learning their first lessons of life among the wild flowers and low er branches of the trees." Miami Herald. North Skeenah News (Lat Week) Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hastings and daughter, Ona Mae, went to Waynes ville Sunday to visit Mrs. Hastings' sister. Mr. - Jake ' Goer - was - a visitor - in our section Sunday. ' Miss Bertha Carpenter was the guest of Miss Arizona Hrv ting Sun day. ' Mr. and Mrs. E. B. p Hart and familv were visiting Mr. uid Mrs. J. W. Hastings Saturday '.lnd Sun day. .-. . V Misses Mae Shone and Annie Rvrd went to -Xantahala Saturday. Miss iina Mock ton' sncnt 'Sundnv ttCT.OO ilh Mis:; Arizona Hast- u.es. Mr. and .Mrs. T. H.' of T..rro.i Ca., were visiting Mrs. Bell's narents of 'this section Saturday ?vt .Sunday. We are al' e!3d to Wnow Mr Emma Ledford is slowly itnwiving. Mr. W. E. Sanders,.; postmaster of Prentiss, was in this section Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Stockton were visitors to Mr. Stockton's . father, Mr, Sam Stockton, on last week end. Rev. Lester Ledford'fiHed his regu lar appointmtnt Sunday at Pleasant Hill. , Mrs. Roxie Moffett was visiting Mrs. Emma Ledford Sunday. Mr. Alex Ledford ws the guest of Mr. AVearlcy PcHart Sunday night.