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KEr CIT OF THE MOUNTAINS
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VOLUME XL1I
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1927
NUMBER FORTY-SIX
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COURT OPENS
NET WEEK
Will Hoid For Two Weeks
Interesting Civil and
Criminal Cases on Docket.
' The regular November term of Ma
con county Superior court will open'
here next Monday morning. Judge
Thomas J. Shaw, of Greensboro, is
slated to preside. ". .
The term is for . two weeks, and is
for the trial of both . criminal and
civil cdses, The first week and per
haps part of the second, it is ex
pected, will be required to - dispose
of the criminal docket.
Interest throughout this county cen
ters on charges against Charlie Oli
ver, township constable, and Raleigh
Norris, either a. deputy sheriff or an
acting deputy, who were bound to
Superior court some weeks 'ago, in
connection with the shooting into of
a car on the highway, about 10 miles
from Franklin.
Occupants of the car were Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Shepherd and Cecil Holt.
- Holt was wounded, and spent, some-
V time in a local hospital recovering.
Oliver, charged with an assault
with a deadly weapon, and Norris,
charged with an assault, were bound
over on those charges by Justice of
the Peace George Carpenter. They
are at liberty under bonds of $200
each. Charges brought by them
against Shepherd and Holt were dis
missed at the preliminary hearing. .
A case of interest in Jackson coun
ty is that in which Fred Bryson and
Will Brecdlove are each charged with
an assault with a deadly weapon with
intent to kill. The case grew out of
a shooting in Jackson county during
the election a year ago. When the
case came up for trial at the last
term of Jackson Superior court
Judge W .F. Harding transferred it
to this county for trial.
Among, the civil cases on the cal
endar is that of Flora Elliott vs H.'
H. Mashburn. The plaintiff seeks
. $10,000 damages, growing out of the
arrest of her husband -on a charge of
stealing bees. The case against El
liott was dismissed.
Another is that 6f Chas. Kinsland
vs Chas. Connor, ct al, in which
damages are sought as a result of
the death of the plaintiff's son in a
tunnel disaster in Graham county
some months ago.
S. P. Kavcncl is suing L. M. Pip
kin for a tract of lands near High-
lands. Bennie Thomas Hyatt seeks
to have W. L. McCoy maintain a
-. child, allegedly McCoy's.
And the case of Warren Booker vs
the Town of Highlands will also come
,... up. The evidence has bee"n heard by
. ' James Mallonee, of Murphy, as refe
ree, and his report will be made at
this term of court, and action taken.
Three divorcc cases are on the civil
docket. ,
LOCAL MAN MAKES
GOOD GRADES
The Rexall Advantages, one of the
leading pharmacists magazines publish
ed in the United States, carries in its
last issue the grades made by fifty
seven students who are taking the
extension course of Boston Universi
ty in drug store management. This
course is made possible by the United
Drug company and the fees are nomi
nal. Out of the fifty-seven taking
the course, Dr. Fleet Scroggs, of
Franklin, heads the list with a gene
ral average of 96.
This Is a List of the Boys and Girls
So Far who Have Joined the 4-H Club
Hascie Clark
Grace McGaha
Frank Bryson ;
Eddis Holbrooks
Erne Lee Carter
Hazel Matlock
Lucile Morrison
Dorsey Matlock
Weaver Sheffield
Weaver Holbrooks
Claude L. Rickman
Woodrow Gibson
George Hurst ;
Earl Rickman,
Ralph Bradley
Paul McCoy
rMary Duvall
Alleged Rum
Runners Escape
Officers Tuesday about noon gave
chase unsuccessfully to an alleged
rum running car.
The car, containing two men, and
believed by the officers to b? heavily
loaded : with liquor, was a Dodge.
The officers drove a Chrysler.
The alleged runners passed through
Franklin, going toward Ashevillc, and
Deputy Frank Norton and Constable
Charlie Oliver immediately gave chase.
They overtook the quarry - going up
this side of Cowee Mountain, the of
ficers said, but the driver of the
other car "held the road,,, and the
officers were unable to stop the men
being pursued, who, having gained
the top of the mountain, passed into
Jackson county. .
. The race up the mountain was at
a rate of speed approximating 45 miles
an hour, it was stated.
SHOWER FOR
MRS. CRAWFORD
The many friends of Mrs. Mysa
Crawford up on Cartoogechaye re
cently gave her, a shower at which
she received many valuable gifts to
replace in part her losses in the fire
that burned the Presbyterian manse
Monday of last week.
North Skeenah News
A large bell has been installed in
Pleasant Hill church.
The Sunday school is progressing
nicely under the leadership of Mr.
E. L. DeHart. ' Let's everybody come
and carry the good work on. Prayer
service every Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Brown and
children of Dillard, Ga., were calling,
on Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Carpenter
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Bertha Carpenter of Dillard,
Ga., visiteed her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Carpenter Sunday.
Mr. Freeman Hastings and family
were visiting his parents Sunday.
Miss Minnie Sanders, accompanied
by Miss Maebclle Raby, spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Sanders.
Prof. Billings visited ' the school
Friday and gave test to the 6th and
7th grades.
Mr. J. L. Sanders has purchased
a tractor and is having quite a lot
of turning done.
Mr. George Kimzey made a business
trio to Franklin Wednesday.
Mrs. Emma Ledford, who is on
the sick, list is slowly improving.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. DeHart and
family were visiting on the Creek
Sunday. .
Mr. Juan Hasting and wife, and
Mr. J. W. Hasting and daughter
went to Seneca, S. C, Thursday to
attend the burial of Mrs. Savannah
Sanders. , They returned Saturday.
Rev. Lester Ledford visited his
sister, M-s. Bessie McConcl Sunday.
Mr. W. E. Sanders, of Prentiss,
visited his sister, Mrs. Emma Led
ford, Sunday, who has been sick for
quite a while.
Mr. Carl Tallent was in this sec
tion Sunday.
Mr. J. C. Sanders went to Cartoo
gechaye Saturday to attend the Junior
Order meeting.
Miss Cora Cheeks, of Prentiss, at
tended Sunday school at Pleasant
Hill church Sunday.
BOX SUPPER
There will be a box supper at the
Kyle school house November 19, 1927.
The public is cordially invited,
-THE TEACHERS.
Olen Bradley
Bonnie Parrish
Cecil Gibson
Dorman Gibson
Odell Hurst
Nelson Elmore
Mary Joe Elmore
Paul Hurst
Hallie R. Dalton
Eddis Clara Painteer
Harold Sheffield
J. M. Dalton
Robert Ervin Sloan
Wilfred Fisher
Cleveland Smart
Mary Cumi Teague
Horace Mann
FIREWARDEN
EXTENDS THANKS
The Press Has. Received the
Following Letter From
County Fire Warden, J.
J. Mann.
. I wish to thank the people of
Macon county for their co-operation
in the past in the work of preserv
ing the forest and earnestly solicit
your aid in the present fire session.
The following is a list of the district
wardens for the county, and in case
of fire, please notify them immediate-
ly: .
Franklin township, James L. Haus
er; Smithbridge township, J. E. Cabe;
Flats township, Earnest Brown; High
lands ' township, Milford Russcl;
Sugarford township, Frank Mashburn;
Ellijay township, Harley Stewart;
Cowee township, Weaver Gibson;
Millshoal township, Jack Berry; Car
toogechaye township, Joe Watts;
Burnington, J. . A. Parrish ; Lower
Nantahala township, J. M. Cochran;
Upper Nantahala township, R.'L. Bar
nett. Work Plan for District No. 1
1. Plan for Macon county. '
2. Macon is at present the most
southwesterly of the co-operating
counties. It b'orders on South Caro
lina and Georgia.
3. It has a total forcsteed area of
about 276,000 acres, of which 98,000 is
considered farm woodland. About 80,
000 acres are in National Forest,
leaving a total of 194,000 acres pro
tected by the state.
4. Perhaps the greatest fire hazard
in the county is the intentional burn
ing of the woods as a means to im
prove grazing. Brush-burning js next
in importance. r
5. There are 12 district wardens and
47 deputy wardens in the county, in
addition to the county warden and
assistant county warden. This is a
sufficient ' number of district wardens,
but not enough deputies. Each dis
trict warden should have at least
three deputies.
(b) There are two high schools and
about forty graded schools in the
county. The rural schools are the
ones to 'which we should devote most
of our attention. Each district ward
en and the county warden should
visit two schools during each fire
season.
(c) Owners of large tracts of land
in the county should be approached
regarding co-operation. However,
aside from the National Forest hold
ings, it seems that the Tallahassee
Power company of Tapoco, N. C; is
about the only large landowner. Their
land is near Aquone.
(d) There arc perhaps 15 small Raw
mil Is in the county. Each district
warden should visit those in his dis
trict during fire esasons. Rittcr's
large mill on the Nantphala will be
handled by the United States Forest
Service.
Fire Suppression: Minimum Require
ments i
The action of personnel both on
the fire line and in going to the fires,
is purely a matter of education and
instruction. By means of written and
verbal instructions, by study of the
Warden's Manual, and by use of the
fire school idea, wardens arc to be
impressed with the need of efficient
haste. Perhaps the best method of
obtaining such action is by means of
a sort of competitive test of the time
required by the various wardens to
reach fires and to extinguish them.
Wardens should be guided, in al sup
pression - work,. by the instructions
contained in the Warden's Manual.
Remarks
Macon county has had a, good fire
record recently. It i$ estimated that
$100.00 will care for fire fighting
costs for the year. At the end of
the year the purchase of additional
tools with surplus state funds is
recommended. No towers or other
improvements are . set up as projects.
J.- J, MANN, County Fire Warden.
SHOWER FOR
MRS. FLANAGAN
Some of the ladies of the Presby
terian church were hostess at a mis
cellaneous shower last Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs. D. D.
Rice, given for Mrs. Flanagan, who
recently had all of her household fur
nishings destroyed by a fire.
The living room was beautifully
decorated with chrysanthemums and
roses. .;
Tea and delicious sandwiches were
served.
The shower was a big surprise to
Mrs. Flanagan. She received many
beautiful and useful gift3. .-,
Lawrence Penland
Making Good
News has just been received here
from Coldbrook, Mass., to the effect
that Lawrence Penland, son of Mrs.
Henry Penland, is making good there
on the work in connection with the
new water supply for Boston and
other cities in that section of Massa
chusetts. The following newspaper
clipping has ' been received at the
office of The l'rss:
Shaft No. 7, at Coldbrook, about
a mile from the state road in the
scries of shafts between the Ware
River and the Washuset dam at
Clinton, is expected to be completed
this week.
This shaft was down 353 feet last
Friday ' and when completed will be
415.58 feet.
The superintendent is Lawrence
Penland, who comes here from North
Carolina. He was in charge of the
Dixon Creek and.'. Corner Brothers
shafts in that section, of the country.
He is only 26 years old, being the
youngest superintendent on the Cough
Ian Tour shafts.
Concerning Teachers
and Amount per
Pupil Expended
A condition in the schools of Macon
county that is unusual for this coun
ty, and probably is for others, is the
fact that, of the 116 teachers in the
county's schools this year, 53, or near
ly half, are teaching in the same
schools in which they were employed
last year. This is shown by the
school records in the office of M. D.
Billings, county superintendent.
Of the total of 116 teachers, Ul
are white, and 4 negro.
The average monthly salary paid
all the teachers of the county, during
the required six-months term, this
year will be a fraction over $88.
This is -as compared with an average
of about $40 per month paid teachers
in this county 10 years ago.
But, while the county is paying its
teachers more, than formerly, and has
been making progress along other
educational lines, so has the remainder
of the country; And Macon county
is far behind the average in America
in the amount spent per' child in edu
cation. Throughout the United States as a
whole, Mr. Billings pointed out, an
average of $100 per year is being ex
pended for each child enrolled in
school. In Macon county the average
is approximately $25, . or .just ' about
one-fourth the average for the en
tire country. Some states arc spend
ing as much as $175 per pupil per
year.- ' ...
To put it in a different wayr the
average' child in the United States
gets $4 'worth of educational ad
vantagesbuilding, equipment, teach
ing, etc., for every dollar's worth
the average Macon county child re
ceives. Land Examiner Here-Will
Receive Proposals to Sell
Mr. Lewis E. Fitch, examiner- of
lands in' the forest bureau, Depart
ment of Agriculture, has been as
signed to station at Franklin, and is
now located near Clarksville examin
ing lands suitable for purchase by
the government. Mr. Fitch is ex
pected to remain with the National
Forest for several months. Quite a
number of proposals for the sale of
land to Kovernment are being receiv
ed by the local forestry officials. says
Supervisor A. A. Wood. The gov
ernment is now putting on a, drive ;. to
consolidate by purchase of lands with?
in the forestry boundary. Mr. Wood
states . that . he will . be glad to re
ceive proposals from any one located
within the bounday of the Nantahala
Forest who desires ' to sell land to
the national government.
Change of Pastors .
The Rev. R. F. Mock, the new
pastor of the Franklin Methodist
church, together with Mrs. Mock
and their daughter, were expected to
arrive here yesterday (Wednesday)
afternoon. Ladies of the Methodist
church had the parsonage all ready
for the new minister and his wife.
The Rev. A. P. Ratledge, who goes
to Cherry ville, where Mr. Mock has
been located prior to coming."' to
Franklin, expected to leave for his
new charge today.
Mr. Ratledge has held the pastorate
here during the past year, , and has
made many friends in Franklin. Hi
has become recognized here as, a
student, whose mind runs along log
ical lines', and by-his unquestioned
sincerity and absolute honestv car
ried sometimes to the point of plain
speaking that wasn t always entirch
pleasant has inspired general respect
and admiration. '
OPERATIONS OF
CANNERY SUCCESS
Extensive Plans for Next
Season Quality Produce
Necessary County Agent
to Supply Proper Seed.
Vcryl . little has been said about '
the operations of the cannery here
last season, and, possibly for that
reason, there appears to be a gene
ral impression that the first season's
operations were largely a failure.
The impression is erroneous, accord
ing to A. R. Higdon, secretary and
treasurer of the Macon Food Pro
ducts company, a co-operative organi
zation. And Mr. Higdon pointed out
that, despite serious handicaps, the
cannery practically "broke even" dur-.
ma: the first season, a result that is
usually termed satisfactory ior any
new business, even under the most
aspicious circumstances.
Among the handicaps under which
the cannery was operated last season
was the fact that it was August be
fore it was in operation after the
season' was nearly gone; and the
further fact that a considerable num
ber of the stock subscribers were de
linquent in making their payments.
Had' the subscribers all paid prompt
ly, the concern would have been even
more successful it would have -had
funds with which to work, Mr. Hig
don suggested.
"We are happy to say now, how
ever, that all but a few have paid
their stock subscriptions, and we are
ready for business in earnest next,
season," he said
The cannery now has on nana,
rcadv to be labeled and sold, about
$1,000 worth of canned goods; the
plant is equipped to' do a large vol
ume of business ; a,nd it has about
40,000 emptey cans on hand now for
next season no small item.
The ulant is capable of canning
around $100,000 worth of produce in
a season, it is estimated. And of
ficials of the organization are noping
to be able next season to can around
$25,000 worth of the finished product.
The market is . a comparatively
simple problem for the management,
Mr. Higdon stated! The principal
need to make of the enterprise the
succss that is hoped for is the co
operation of the people of town and
county, and, most important, the right
kind and quality of produce, in
quantity.
The cannery, .operated , by the Macon
Food Products company, with Charles
W. Teague as general manager, began
operation here last August, following
long agitation for such a project.
The plant located north of the rail
way station, near the warehouses of
the Franklin Furniture company and
the Carolina Provision company.
Arrangements are being made, Mr.
Higdon said, to use the county agent's
ofice in supplying seed and plants
to responsible farmers, who will con
tract with the cannery, in order that
standard stuff may be secured for
canning. .
Under the arrangement in mind,
farmers may buy these seeds and
plants, and pay for them when they
sell their , produce to the cannery.
WILL WORK ON
CHURCH GROUNDS
'The '. members of the colored Bap-.,
tist church of Franklin, under the
leadership of Rev. J. E. Chambers,
will'.soon make considerable improve
ment on the church and grounds in
East Franklin. It is their intention
to grade the church grounds, set the
same to grass and make other , im
provements on the premises.
Dry Falls Survey
According to Mr. T. ' f. Keener,
of Highlands, who was : visitor to
Franklin Monday, survey v are en
gaged this week in making a survey
of the route by which it is hoped to
run. No. 28 under the Dry Falls of
the Cullasaja. Mr. Keener, who is
thoroughly familiar with that sec
tion of the county states that there
are no engineering difficulties con
nected with this proposition that can
not be easily solved. Monday, morn
ing the surveyors were at work at
Kelly Falls some distance below the
Dry- Falls.
, Mr. Keener also informed a Press
representative that the steam' shovel
on highway No. 28 is now at Brush
creek, but that there is yet quite a
bit of sub-grading to be done before
cars can go to that point. This should
be good news to Mr. Smith, of At
lanta, and others who have fishing
clubs and stream privileges on the
Cullasaja and Brush creek. '