North Carolina Newspapers

THURSDAY, Jt" ' . 1 v . . '?ri?v r.i?v hp twm Mm invars 7 MADE V BEP, y v ' iJ v w ,vrv 5 S ."' 1 if C iV-,. d? Mr 1 M VOLUME XL1I1 "FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1323 NUMBER THREE Mfc A. r I 1 iC) kr-s- 5 B0fr SPONSORS THRIFT UEEK V Local Association Growing Rapidly In Last 4 ' Years ,,V ' i Has Built 34 Homes Lo- J-- 8 ing in Thrift Week Campaign. The United States Building & Loan league has set apart the week of January 17 to January '21 as Thrift Week, urging the Building & Loan associations and allied institutions to launch a. campaign during this week to stimulate the. idea of thrift among - the general public. The National -League-uses-the -Building &, Loan . as sociations of the communities as a medium for the promotion of thf idea of thrift and home ownership, making the statement that in the year 1926 the Building & Loan as sociations built city larger than Chicago, putting into; their homes 520,000 families. ' , r ' : , Hon. Dan C. Boney, insurance com missioner of North Carolina, under whose supervision ' the Building , & Loan, associations of the,, state , are placed, , has sent out the following letter: ' ' ' : . ' ' "To the Building & Loan Associa tions in North Carolina: "You ace aware of the fact ' that nf Tanuarv 17-23 inclusive is . observed, . as.:ThriftlWfe'cfc.r;'rli N4: business ot uuuamg .o: j-uan tions is closely allied with th suo ject of Thrift. The shareholders con stJiute an Arrny 'of Savers, and the greatecj&e Army, the greater the in fluence in the . osmrhunity.. A for increased mem bership inV Building & Loan associa "ttonf should be continuous, The ef forts to increase - your memDersnip .t,.vU K rp-Hnnhled durine Thntt 3UUU1U fcv " v " '-' . Week, and we anticipate . t.at. the results ot tnese enoris wui uwisiu en the associations in this state, and encourage the officers, to even, great er efforts in the future. ; . ' "The of fide of the Building & Loan association is Thrift Headquarters. It is the source' from .which houses are transformed irto homes, The home owner makes Vchizen rather than a unit of population "We suggest that you calNyour.di-uni-e tno-ptlipr 1 and - oreanize ' a Thrift Campaign for the week ot January 17-23. We know of no bet ter c6mmunity service than can be rendered at that time, A campaign of Thrift will bring forth the fruit of an aditional membership of savers and homfc owners. .... "Pleasei be assured of the hearjy co-operati6n of this department- in your effortsMn-this connection.--- - ; ; : "With ver best wishes for the most successyil year of your organiza tion, I am Yours vety truly, DAN C. BONEY, Insurance Com missioner." ' In compliane wth the request of the insurance comrtiisioner, the of ficers and- directors V the Macon County Building & Loan, , association have launched a Thrift Campaign for this week. : ; . , - While the Building & Loan associa tions of the nation are annually building cities . larger than Chicago and putting into homes more than : i .rxMttii1P a mill iAn fsmiliefc. the local if Building and Loan association has been doing its share, as : will be seen 1 ' from the annual statement published ' elsewhere in this issue of The Press. ' The resources of the association in H creased over $20,000 during the year, : 1927, -which ' is an increase of practi cally 40 per cent ovetltheresources 'of January ,1, 1926, after the Building & Loan had been running for over four years. Or, the Building. & Loan did almost one-half as much work in the year ( 1,927 as it had done, in the previous four, The membership consists of 160" members. On the date of this issue of The Press over $75,000.00 has been loaned. While loans have been made to stock holders for the purpose of purchasing, re pairing, discharging the encumberance from homes, and also for purchasing sites upon which homes may be built, ha corrptarv states that the associa- tion has- helped to actually build - thirty-four' homes since its organiza ; t ion 'in October, 1922. A great num r bcr of these would not have been built without the Building & Loan's ' assistance. This is in addition to . the homes it has helped to purchase, . repair, or discharge the encumbrance i'-.tf. This work has been done for the most part with small savings; money that would have, had it not been for the Building & Loan association, been eventually lost-to Macon county. TOMMY JAKES CHANGES Joines Motor & Tractor Co., Inc. To Utilize Top Floor Other General improve ments. Joines Motor & Tractor company, Inc., local Ford dealers, are having a runway constructed from the front of their building on the public square to the second story. This story was formerly used by the Western Elec tric company as a manufacturing plant. It is- the intention of the motor company to use the space provided for storing cars, with particular reference to used Cars that havekbeen repaired and painted.-- Hereafter 4h mechanics will appear each day in newly launder ed, jovefallsjrhc policy: of the Fore Motor - company ' is - to - have - all em ployees equal in personal appearance to the new model A car. The local Ford dealers, says an official, have completed plans for servicing both the old and new models that will be a revelation, to the public. Owners of the model T are' to receive the same consideration as will owners of the model A. The Ford Motor company has a system of rating all its dealers,' several things being taken into consideration. There are now approximately 8,000 Ford dealers. These dealers received 'demonstration 'cars in the order of their ratings with the general com pany, Joines Motor & Tractor com pany, Inc., received demonstration car No. 3,887, thus showing, the standing of- tfyis- company to be among- the first four thousand. Taking into con sideration t the size ' of Franklin, the public can readily see that the local dealers stand well with the -Ford Motor company. J . ' ; Stockholders' Meeting and -Election of Officers The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Franklin Company was held here last Saturday, the 14th inst, at 10 o'clock v a. m., with George1 B, Abele presiding. He reported the business of the company in good shape. ' ( , m' -.The following were elected directors: Alfred R. Higdon, Gus Leach, and E. George Wurst. Mr. Wurst was elect ed president and general manager, and Alfred R. Higdon, secretary and treas urer.' ' '''.'. 1 Messrs. Higdon and Leach need no introduction and George Wurst has done so much, good"'.-, work in Franklin the past two years that we can feel sure in our behei that the company will continue its good record, and helo to out Franklin on the map of clean, progressive and prosperous American towns. The Franklin Company is chartered by the State of North Carolina to do a general real estate, building and in vestment business, and is one of the few companies to successfully carry on its business, to build and make big improvements during the trying times of the past year. We wish them success and the kindly co-operation of all our good citizens. News From Everywhere President and Mrs. Coolidge and an official party of 85 people attended the 6th meeting of the Pan-American Congress in Havana, Cuba, first of the week. President Coolidge is the fourth president to leave the boun daries of the country I while , serving in that . capacity. At Flint, Mich., five-year-old Doro thy Schneider was kidnapped January 12th.'' The kidnaper killed the child and mutilitatdd . the body. The kid naper hasjieen captured and has con fessed. On January 13 the Governor of Virginia ordered three companies of the National Guard to Mabjack bay to maintain order on the oyster ground? there. The oyster stealers fired upon a guard boat and drove it away. At the Jackson Day dinner held in Washington recently the. democrats chose Houston, Texas, as the con tention city: This is the first time since 1860 that a southern city has been so chosen. Street Improvement The city fathers are paving Iotla street. This movement has been badly needed f or . sometimes as . the grade is quite steep and the residents on that street have been unable to drive their cars to town in wet weather. Tuesday afternoon the work was go ing on in front of the residence of Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Fouts. As a result of the paving Dr. Horsley is wearing quite a broad smile. Mr. J. T. Moore and son, John, seem well pleased also.1 ONE FJlLLiOn AT II t m YORK Sales at National Motor Show Total $2,000,000 $850,000 for Ads. t ... i , . . New York, Jan. 14. A million and a quarter persons attended this Week's Nantional Automobile show and the separate Ford industrial exhibit, end ing tonight. New cars worth at least $2,000,000 were ordered More than ' $850,000 was spent for newspaper and magazine advertising. . These estimates were made by va rious officials for the Associated Press. . $800,000 For Ads A million persons were clocked at the gates of Madison Square Garden, where the Ford company- exhibited its products without charge. An av erage of more than 35,000 persons daily attending the national show at the Grand Central Palace, where there was an admission fee. Advertising authorities said the week's advertising in nine New York papers and four trade journals alone would perhaps total $800,000. No esti mates were obtainable ' for other ad vertising mediums. . Ford Tour Planned The nine newspapers printed 7S4, 056 agate lines. One leading trade journal carried 264 pages of adver tising at $500 a' page. ; Newspaper's- aiklrirpflcrjoarnals re- was heavier than, ever Detorc. ui ficials of "the shows said they were; the most successful in the history of the industry. . The ord company is plan ning to' tour other cities, with Chica go the first stop. Charlotte Observer. The Ways of ; Eagle Street Thursday aftcrno6n Magistrate Car penter bound over to superior court, Clint Ledford and wife, Henrietta, un der bonds of $200 each for assault with a deadly weapon on the person of O'Nell Woody, colored damsel who hails from Eagle1 stre'et in A'sheville. The Woody woman was held for .su perior court under bond of $300 for assault with a deadly weapon and for carrying a concealed . weapon to-wit, a "razzcr," the well kiown and popu lar means of- offense peculiarly adapt ed to the mental quirks of the colored race. According to the evidence the trouble : arose between the two women over Clint, the Florian Slappey of Franklin. O'Nell proceeded to use a razor " while Henrietta depended upon a hefty automobile pump.rr During the melee Clint, according to one witness, proceeded to slap O'Nell to the ground. The evidence also brought out the fact that when a woman of Eagle street, Asheville, wants another's husband, said woman gos. after hus band's wife with a razor and brings home the bacon. However, O'Nell seems to have learned that Franklin's ways are quite different from those of Eagle street. All three will now have an opportunity to tell it to the "jedge." A Broadway Locals V- Mr. Rae Garland and sister, Allie, spent last week end on Brodaway. Misses Stella and Blanche Wilson spent last week with "their grand mother, Mrs. H. C. Wilson. Mr. J. I. Vinson was the guest of Mrs. H. C Wilson Tuesday night. Mr." Radford Wilson was in this section last week. v . Mrr Andy-Wilson andsonr-Tx)rnT have been cutting wood for the last few days. Mr. Bloss Talley was in this sec tion, last week. Cap. Brown was visiting Mr. Rasin Wilson Thursday afternoon. Messrs. Hayes Bryson , and Jerry Wilson have been tutting wood for the last few days. ' Mr. Andy Wilson and Tom Wil son made a business trip to Scaly last Tuesday Miss Emmie Ballew spent last week end on Broadway. ' Mr. and Mrs. Andy Wilson made a business trip to Highlands Friday. Infant Dies James Henry Ammons, two-day-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. James Ammons, of EHijay, died January 17 and was buried at the Ell i jay Baptist church the ' same day. Besides the parents the infant is survived by the follow ing named brothers and sisters : Bertha. Minnie, Rhoda, Lelia,. Alice, Mammia,' Harrison and Parker. FORD AUTO SHOW ASBESTOS PLANT READY FOR WORK Georgia Carolina Asbestos Co. Completes Grinding Mill at Tryphosa Geor gia Man in Charge. For more than a year Mr. Frank G. Jones, of Cleveland. Georgia, has been quietly at work at Tryphosa, 12 miles south of Franklin, installing an asbestos gronding mill. This mill is now complete and the. Georgia-Carolina Asbestos company, with Mr.' Jones as . one of the owners and general manager will be ready to begin opera tions this week, according to the an nouncement made here last Saturday The miil. will have a capacity of abou t 40 tons dailystatecLMr Jones.. Three asbestos properties have been bought by the - company and one leased. About 16 or 18 men have been cm ployed in building the plant and this number will be employed after opera tions begin. While, no announcement was made as to the cost, it is under stood that several thousand dollars have been expended in building the plant. ' .' Associated with Mr. Jones in this undertaking are T. G. Mauney, cash ier of- the White County Bank, and his brother, A. L. Mauney, both of Cleveland,. Ga. An asbestos mine near Cleveland has been worked contin uously for 30 years. Mr. Jones says that the asbestos here compares' fav orably with that mined at "Cleveland. Asbestos, like mica, is ifsed as an ihgredfent in many inaunfacturcd pro rooiT1'4'iiu ift;iilM'!'3iit'aV'lcK. maiici ing, paints,' etc After grinding at the mill the asbestos is shipped in 100-pound bags. r.M r Jones states that his mill will turn out one carload a day by working day and night shifts. The plant at,. Tryphosa will run with .power . generated by , a gasoline engine. The manager says that he would be delighted to install electric motors provided current was available. He estimates, that his mill would use 50 horsepower of hydro-electric energy- CHIEF PLAYS NO FAVORITES Within the last ten days or two weeks the following named have con tributed $5.00 each ; for speedings Homer Mashburn, H. J. Hurst, Lee Potndexter, Ralph Parrish, Jess Con ley, Jack Stribling, Harry Love and John Ledford. Tryphosa News j -Mrr Carr Howard, who is working in Franklin, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W, M. Howard. Miss Louise Henderson, accompanied by . her brother, Lester, was the guest of Mrs. Jim Vinson Sunday. Mr. Freeman Vinson and bride spent the week end with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Norton enter tained on January 7 with an elaborate dinner for their son, Ralph, who was twenty-one , years old. Our school has just closed with a successful year and we wore sorry to give up the teachers, Mrs. Beulah Brantley and Mrs. tarbuck. One of the biggest events of the season was a dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Holt at their new home on the . Georgia road Saturday night, January 14. -Those X dancing were Misses Clara and Carrie Norton, Vernie McClure, Bessie Corn, Mont.ce Newman and Georgia Howard, Messrs. Robert Norton, Paschae Cabe, Edgar Elbert, Andy Lee Howard, Eldon Hcnson and Herbie Bradley. Holly SpringV News- Mr. ar.d Mrs, George Potts were visiting Mrs. Potts'-parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Franklin Friday of last week. . Mr. and Mrs. Arvey Seay made a busines triy to Sylva a. few 'days ago. . ; ; Mr. Frederick powdle. visited; hh uncle, Mr. Waltccr Elliott this, week end. Mr. Frank Crisp has gone, to WayneSville to work. , Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott spent Sunday with Mrs. Sarah Corbin. Mr. ' drady Crisp, who ha3 been away at work, has returned home. Mr. Charles Ingram has gone to Georgia to attend school. W. 0. w. All Woodmen are; requested to be present next Monday night a3 there will be business of importance to transact, also officers to mstali. PLANS HADE FOR WAYAHREFira Deputy Game Warden Visits Franklin and Inspects Site Appoints Advisory Com mitteeJesse Slagle Made Warden of Refuge.. , t ' State Deputy Fish and Game Com- missione"r C. N. Mease, in chargeo? the twelve extreme western counties of the state with headquart rs at Asheville, accompanied by J. '. Brad- , shaw, game warden oj Buncombe ; county, visited Franklin, Vriday an( Saturday of last week t0 inspect the site of "theWayah-Bald5tate-Game -refuge" and to perfect" tlip Organiza- " tion to have charge "f lthis refuge. Friday afternoon Messrs. ' . Mease, Wood, Byrd, Bradshaw and iifjor S. A. Harris drove to the top btv Wayah Bald, picking up Jesse Slagle on the way. From Raven Cliff the outlines of , the 10,000 acre boundary were pointed ' out to Mr. Mease. ( To say that he was delighted with the suitability of the' site for a game " refuge is putting the matter mildly. The densely wood area, with here and there abandoned fields where dees delight to. browse, with water every-, where, with plenty of galax, rhoden- dron and laurel fo winter fo,rage, js Tyf" - a r. 1 . T t ( -vi .., ' aea were pointed out ana as us posibilities as a game sanctuary be came apparent -Mr. Mease who is an. out-door man and a lover , of game waxed enthusiastic and stated that he had never- seen a more ideal , location for a game.refuge. . Jesse Slagle and Ranger Byrd. seemed to know the names of all peaks and streams' of whatever size. Mr. Mease devoted -Saturday morn ing to perfecting the organization to have supervision over the game refuge established at Raleigh on January ' 5th. 'The refuge committeemen are C. N. Mease, Ranger Zeke B. Byrd . and Major S. A. Harris. Jesse Slagle ( was appointed as full-time chief game warden of the refuge. The following named forestry employees will act as game wardens : Gilmer Setscr, Bryan Setser, Zcb Shope, Henry Wright, N. C. Grant, Robert Ramsey, Z. B. Byrd, T. C. Flint, John Cunningham and ( Adolph Zoellner. In addition to these v wardens County Game. Warden J.. J. Mann wilh all his deputies, will co operate in the protection of game on the refuge. . xr , When discussing this refuge Mr. Mease wanted - it distinctly under stood that its purpose is primarily the protection of game and that its bene fits are for the people of this sec tion. Another man pointed out the fact that the entire Pisgah Forest is a game sanctuary and that most of the adjacent lands ar owned by clubs or rich men. Consequently as a gen eral rule the average jcitizen has no opportunity to hunt near the Pisgah Forest. The Wayah refuge, it was pointed out, includes only a portion of the Nantahala Forest. Permits to hunt are given any citizen asking the privilege. Nearly all the lands ad- . joining the government lands are own ed by private citizens of Macon coun ty. Thus it can be readily seen that when the game begins to overflow the refuge nearly all ; parts .of I the county will have the pleasure of hunt ing. Such being the case it is be lieved that every citizen of the county will lend his moral and active sup port to the new game refuge. In this connection Mr. Mease was de lighted with the spirit 'hown by; the people' of "Macon courV toward the Wayah Bald Game Rc.'uge. All with Vvhom he talked gave him assurance of co-epcratiori. ; The appointment of j ssc Slagle as chief warden of the rcaige will take effect February' first. In the mean . time efforts will be made1 to rid the area of wild cats. A big hunt has been organized and will take place in the near future. , The roar of shot guns, baying of hounds and puffing of fat individuals will be heard through out the refuge. , Zeb Shope, undoubt edly the greatest wild cat hunter in -America, and Jesse Slagle, who has nailedz-thc hide of many a cat to the walls of his home, will have charge of the hunt. Every Nimrod in the county who has dogs -that delight in the scent of a wild cat will probably be on hand to assist in a record cat . hunt. Every citizen of the county is interested in this game refuge. Con-1 sequentiy eacn one win De inieresien in riding the area of wild cats that prey vz cctr. X.