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KEr cirr of themquntaims VOLUME XLII FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1927 NUMBER FORTY-NINE 'is fillllllMI wt$ ! STEWARDS HOLD FIRST MEETING at Board of Stewards of the Methodist Church Enter tained By J. A. Porter and Lee Crawford. The Board of Stewards of the local Methodist church held a call meeting, the first since the arrival of Rev, R. F. Mock, at the Bank 'of Frank lin last Thursday night. Before the meeting the stewards were entertained - by Messrs. Lee Crawford and J. A. Porter at an oyster supper served at the Hotel Franklin and Restaurant After the supper the stewards . ad journed to the directors room of the .Bank of Franklin and proceeded to business by electing Mr. J. A. Porter chairman for the coming year. Dr. S. H. Lyle was elected vice-chairman; Lee Crawford, treasurer, and J. W. Street, . secretary. On motion the pastor's salary, was continued at $2, 400. After these details were out of the way a general discussion of the policies to be pursued by the church for the coming year took place.. The general consensus of opinion seemed to be that the prospects for a greeat spiritual year in the Franklin church are excellent. " Nearly all of the stew ards had something to say thus evi dencing great interest, in both the ma terial and spiritual welfare of the church. Among those present were: , Rev. R. F. Mock, Messrs. J. A. Porter, Dr. S. H. Lyle, Lee; Crawford,. J. W. Street, H. W. Ca.be, Jess Conley, J. S. Porter, Dr. Frank T. Smith, R. C. Gabriels, Mark Dowdle, George Stall cup, j. C. Gibson, Johrj Thomas, E. S. Hunnicutt, T. . Johnston, Jimmy Hauser, Harold Sloan, Gordon Moore and Bill Cunningham. The next regular , meeting' of the board will be held next Monday night at the directors room of the Bank of Franklin. Chevrolet Buys Iron Factory W. S. Knudsen, president of t,he Chevrolet Motor company, announces that Chevrolet has taken Over the mammoth gray iron foundry of the Saginaw Products company at bagi naw, Michigan. The newest plant ac auisition of the Chevrolet Motor com nanv adds a $4,500,000 institution to the company's rapidly developing Hiaiiuiaciui ins U'cmuuii9 anu puvrnvj Chevrolet with foundry facilities sec ond to none in the industry. Mr. Knudsen recently completed an inspection tour of Chevrolet plants in Detroit. Flint. Toledo. Saginaw, But f n " . 1 T1 1 1.1 I ' points out that the acquisition of '. r i i rrurniwn ann n nnmr r ( ami the Saginaw plant brings Chevrolet manufacturing facilities to the highest point of completeness and efficiency vet attained. After the first of December the Saginaw foundry will be devoted ex clusivelyl to the pouring of Chevro let castines. A new conveyor sys tem and other labty saving devices, recently installed, give the plant a melting capacity of 800 tons of metal daily and make it one of the most up-to-date foundries in the world. ! Outstanding among the features of the laree riant is the ingenuity with which machines have been made to -J C A 1 ..nnt I.. .11 JC f ."VI I 1 4 l"tf periurm uic vioi uuin. vi muimij work. Specially designed mechanical conveyors shoulder practically all heavy burdens. Core manufacture, as sembly and baking, the charging and discharging of the immense cupolas, the pouring ofmoulten metal and the cooling, cleaning and finishing of castings all rely upon machinery more than ever. Human effort has been reduced to a minimum, resulting in increased capacity and a higher fac tor of safety. Buildings are of brick and steel construction and allow for 300,000 square feet of floor space. The plant employs 3,000 people when operating a capacity basis. Arnold Lenz, one of the foremost moundry experts In the country, is in general charge. Firestone Representative Visits Joines Motor Co. Mr. Lee, representing the Firestone Tire and Rubber company ; of Akron, Ohio, was here last week inspecting the vulcanizing plant of the Joinej Motor & Tractor company, Inc. Mr. Lec was yell pleased with the opera-1 . tions of the plant at Franklin. Gabe May Attend Road Meeting In Cleveland, Ohio Mr. C. R. Cabe, ' chairman of the county commissioners and county man ager of Macon county, has been ap pointed by the American Road Build ers' association as contact representa tive in this section. Mr, Cab$ will report the progress of road construe tion in this county at( the annual convention and road show to be held in Cleveland January 9. County officials from all sections of the United States will attend the Road Congress which will convene at Cleve land. More than 25,000 road builders are expected to be in attendance at this meeting which will be one of the most important in the history o,f highway construction. " Mr. Cabe has served as county highway official for three years and is well known by many road builders in this section. All road officials and engineers of Macon county have been extended an open invitation to attend the meeting at Cleveland. A special session of county highway officials will be held on' Thursday. January ' 12, for the purpose of discussing the best meth ods of building local highways effi ciently ' and economically. A general mcetine will be held on January 9. Both of these meetings are expected to give impetus to the construction of countv highways through the nation Mr. Cabe mav attend the Uevelana sessions accompanied by a large num ber of road builders from franklin and surrounding territory. They wil inspect a machinery exposition which will cost nearly $5.(XX),U00. The national meeting of the county highway officials was called' following the organization ot the county nign- way officials division ot the American Road Bui c ers association last june, Thomas T. Wasser, of Jersey City N. J., was elected president or the new organization and will preside at the countv sessions in Cleveland.' This will be the first national, meeting o the county highway officials ever held DEATH OF R. L. MEHAFFEY Mr. R. L. Mehaffey for the past six or seven, years a resident o Franklin, died early Monday morning at his apartments at lunaluska inn The deceased was born, at Iotla,, this county, 72 years ago and when a boy moved to Atlanta. A few years ago he returned to Franklin and made this town his headquarters while trav eling for Birdsall Brothers company of Honcsdale. ra. In addition to the widow , of his second marriage the deceased is sur vived by three children by his first wife Joe, of Iowa; Ernest, ot onttin Ga.: Mrs. Mary Parker, of Washing. ton, I). C. Two brothers also sur vive D. F. Mehaffey, of Andrews and Z, V. Mehaffey, of Arkansas. Two half brothers. T. R. and, T. P. Mehaffev. live in Graham county. The remains were interred at the new cemetery just west of Franklin on Tuesday afternoon, funeral services being held at the Baptist church, with Rev. J. A. Flanagan, pastor of the local Presbyterian church, officiating. The deceased had been, a member of the Presbyterian church since he was 12 years of age. . , Charlie Wright Killed According to reports reaching Franklin, by way of Highlands, Char lie Wright, about 54 years of age, and road superintendent with the Forest Service, was killed in an auto mobile wreck just below the old dam at Lake Toxaway last Sunday after noon. No details concerning the wreck were eavailable here. With Mr. Wright at the time of the wreck was i Arthur Bryson, who is reported to have a fractured skull. Both men were residents of Highlands. Soon after the accident Wight and Bryson were picked up by a road crew and carried to Brevard. The serious con dition of Wright necessitated his re moval to the hospital at Henderson ville where he died from his injuries at 10:30 Sunday night. At last reports Bryson was doing as well as could be expected. The deceased was the holder of a Carnegie medal for heroism. About fifteen years ago at the risk of his own life he rescued a man who had fallen over the precipice of White-; side mountain and who was clinging to a bush 2.000 feet above the bottom of the canyon. In addition to the medal the deceased received a hand some cash award. . 1 DEAD, 1 HURT As Automobile DROPS 200 FEET Charlie Wright, Holder Of Carnegie Medal, Is Killed Near Brevard. Brevard, Dec. 5. The same rugged hills which nurtured Charlie Wright, of Highlands, in his youth and brought, him fame and a Carnegie medal fourteen years ago, claimed his life Sunday night when the automobile in which.. he was riding with A D Bryson plunged off the highway near Lake Toxaway and was dashed to pieces on the rocks nearly 200 feet below. . Wright, one of the leading citizens of Highlands, was almost instantly killed in the plunge and Bryson, whose home was near Highlands, sus tained a fractured skull. It was re ported Monday at Pattort Memorial hospital in Hendersonville, where the two were carried after the tragedy that Bryson probably would recover. In 1913 Wright and Will Dillard clawed their way down the precipitous sides of Whiteside mountain, a sheer drop of 175 feet and rescued Jess Baty, who had been knocked un conscious in a fall over the cliff. For this act of heroism Wright and Dillard were given medals, and,t $5,000 homes by the Carnegie foundation. Wright's death came in that same neighborhood shortly before midnight Sunday when his car, on account of an approaching automobile was forced off the narrow highway near a bridge at Lake Toxaway. ' . He was about 35 years old arid a son of the. late Barrett Wright, one of the pioneer settlers of Macon coun ty, and was executor of his father s large estatet He ' was supervisor of road and bridge construction in Pis gah national forest and was return ing Sunday from his home to the scene of his work on a large bridge across Davidson river near Brevard. Bryson was employed on the same project. , . . Wright's . funeral will be "' held in Highlands, with Masonic honors Tues day afternoon. . Wright is survived by his widow and five children. Asheville Times. SLUDER-GARRETT FORHALOPENING Hundreds of People Attend Formal Opening of New Furniture Store Three Prizes Given Away. Last Saturday the Sluder-Garrett Furniture company of Waynesville held the formal opening of their branch store a Franklin. Though the weather was rainy and the day dark and cold the store v room was comfortably filled all day and at the drawing for prizes at three o'clock it is estimated that there were 200 peop le present. Before the drawing took place Mr. F. Y. McCracken, local manager of the store, mtfde a brief address in which he outlined the poli cies of the store in the future. He stated that the store is here to stay and thatevery effort will be made to give complete satisfaction to the public and that the new store will stand behind every article that it sells. The new store, it was statod, will also make deliveries most any where. . . . At the drawing which followed Mrs. Weimar Jones won the set of dishes, Mrs. Floyd Welch the rug and Miss Rosalind Moore, of Jvoute One, won the deep fryer. ' Mr. E. R. Smith, representing Loth s sfoves, also made a short talk. A Unique Advertisement A unique advertisement was seeen on the street of Franklin last Satur day when a Dodge '.truck with a"house narked on it was stopped in front of the Sluder-Garrett Furniture com pany's store on Main street. TV truck was in charge of Mr, E. R. Smith who sells Loth Stoves and who was here attending the oneninc of, Sluder-Garrett's furniture store. The sides and ends ot the house on wheels" carried advertisements! of Loth's stoves. It is understood J that Sluder-Garrett will sell Loth staves and ranges . . Institution For Parental Education In February Raleigh,, N. C, Dec.5. Based on the fundamental idea that in order to get better children in the state, North Carolina must educate the parents. Nine allied institutions and agencies have joined hands in a movement to wards that end which will gain strength and impetus from an insti tute for parental education to be held in Raleigh on February, 14, 15 and. 16. "The institute is for the purpose of bringing together all the agencies in North Carolina primarily concerned with problems of parental education in connection with the development of the child physically, mentally, socially and spiritually," said T. E. Browne, director of vocational education, of the State Department of1 Public Instruct tion, who is chairman of the commit tee in charge of the institute. Represented in the movement are the following: State Parent-Teacher association, State college, State Board of Health, State Department of Pub lic Instruction, North College for Wo men, East Carolina Teachers college, University of North Carolina, State Board of Charities and Public Welfare and the Federation of Womans clubs A preliminary meeting was held in Raleinh on October 20 and a subcom mittee was named to appear before the Governor on November 19 to ob tain his endorsement 'of the move ment. Expressing mmself as trior oughly in accord with the proposed institute Governor McLean stated to the committee that he felt that if a bread program of parental education should become a definite part of the plan of education it would be one of the most worth-while things that had taken place in recent years, in his estimation. . "The carrying to the" parents of North, Carolina of the vast amount of available information in connec tion with these problems will no doubt result in a closer co-operation between the parents and . schools in forwarding the program of physical, mental, . spiritual . and social health," says Mr. Browne. ljiis information may be disseminated most effectively through a concerted- and united e.t fort of all forces concerned with the problem of child development. The nine institutions and agencies which have joine'd forces in the pro ject are committed to the proposition that the influence of the schools, the church, the community and other so cial institutions arc efective only as the parents are in sympathy with their purposes. Recognizing that there are no influences so strong and last ihg upon the child as those of early life, which are controlled and domi nated by the parents, the group is fostering the first institute for paren tal education, emphasizing the respon sibility of the parents and extending to them every possible advantage through information and study. Broadway Locals Mr. Hayes Bryson spent Saturday night with Mr. Tom Wilson. Mr. Jerry Wilson spent Saturday night on Tescnta. Miss Blanche Wilson spent last week with her grandmother, Mrs. H. C. Wilson. Mr. Tom Smith made a business trio to Highlands Saturday. Messrs. Mack and Nathan McKin- ney are now on their way to Florida. IMiss Z.illah Wilson made, a business trip to Highlands Saturday. t Mrs. H. C. Wilson, who has been very ill, is improving very rapidly. ' Mr. Thad Bryson spent, Saturday night " on Broadway.- - - Mr. B. Wilson made a business trip to i Scaly last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. Wilson was the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Talley Sunday. Mr. David McCall was in this sec tion Friday. ' Mr. Lawrence 'Carpenter has been hauling wood for the last few days. Messrs. Ray Green and Edgar Mc Call were visiting Mr. Rasin Wilson Friday afternoon. SCROLL LOCALS At present Mr. Jim McCall is very ill with pneumonia fever. Miss Marie Moses was a welcome visitor in our community Sundav. S;he has been staying at Mr. T. P. Moses nn Ellijay for several months. Mr. F.nnis Mashburn is on the sick list. 'Tis his throat troubling him. Mr. Will Mosc, of Gneiss, was visiting Mr. Jim Keener Sunday. Mr. A. S. Moses and Theodore Higdon. of Higdonville, made a busi ness trip to our emmunity Thursday. We have been having several day f cold rain. Aunt Ann Jones is rather lame with rheumatism. GEORGIA TO LET ROADCONTRACT $550,000 to Be Spent on Asheville-Franklin- Atlan ta Highway Contract to Be Let December 21. According to a news article in the Atlanta Constitution the Georgia Highway Department will let contracts on December 21 amounting to $2,000,- 000, five hundred and fifty thousand of this amount to be spent on the Asheville-Franklin-Atlanta highway between Tiger, Ga., and Clarksvillc, Ga. . The section of road between these two towns, is the only remain ing section between Atlanta and Ashe ville on this wonderfully scenic route that is yet to be paved. When that gap is finally hard-surfaced the dis tance from Atlanta to Asheville will be shortened by approximately forty miles. This road leaves the Appa- jacnian scenic nignway at DiusDoro and then pases over the majestic. Cowee range and from the gap drops fifteen hundred feet into Franklin. From these the road runs up the val- I... r it.- T Inl- -t I icy ui uic inline lcnucssec auu cross es the Blue Ridge at Mountain City, Ga. Thence on to Clayton and Tiger and then to Tallulah Falls. At that point the highway will cross the. rail road at the station and then bear to the left along the rim of the Tal lulah gorge, known as the Grand Can yon of Georgia. Just below Tallulah Falls one suddenly comes upon what tant view in the entire southeastern ptrt of the United States. Gazing to the south and east one may see the rolling country for a distance of forty or fifty miles. Here and there appear the smoke from locomotives and the spires of churches and school buildings. The beautiful little town of Clarksville, nestling in the "Hills of Habersham" is the next stop. From, there to Atlanta the road is paved. "On completion of the paving from Tiger to. Clarksville this route will probably be designated as an alter native route of the ASH. But wheth er or not it is so designated will make little difference in the number of cars destined to pass over this highway. It is the most direct route and the most scenic from Georgia, Florida, Alabama and other southeastern states to Asheville, Washington, New York and the New England states.' Local Ford Dealer Has Big Day At the reception held last Friday in the show room of Joines Motor & Tractor company,, local Ford dealers, when details of the new Ford car were explained to hundreds of visitors, orders for fifty new cars were re ceived. Though rain fell the entire day the show , room was comfortably filled throughout) the morning and afternoon. Jack Stnbhng, m all his glory, stood for hours Before a large chart and explained the new Ford en gine. Jack says some of em got it others didn't." At any rate Jack reared back like a didapper and talk ed, talked, talked, lhe management, statees jess coniey, was sorry not to have a new car on exhibition, but only dealers in the large cities were able to get a. new car for display purposes. Just when the new car will arrive at Franklin has not been announced. ine ionowing are me prices oi me old and new cars, F. O. B. Detroit: Old New Diff'ncc Tudor Sedan $495 $495 None Fordor Sedan.... 545 570 $25 10 15 Coupe 485 495 Touring ......... 380 395 Roadster. ..... ... .360 385 25 Sport Coupe 550 Truck, with start er 456 460 4 The license plates for the new Ford will be the same as for the old $12.50. Mr. Teaf Here Mr. H. Morris Teat, clothing manu facturer of Philadelphia, was here ast week end visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lee Barnard. " Mr. Teaf is Mr. Bar- na'rd's boss and has been for the last 26 years. Mr. Teaf has recently visited many parts of the country and has talked with business men ' and statisticians everywhere, The in formation he has thus gained is to the effect that business conditions for the next six months will be excellent, regardless of the fact that next year a presidential election is slated to take place.
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