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LAID TO REST
Immense Throng of People
Present Citizens Bank
Closes for Day as Mark
of Respect. jj '
The' remains of the late Toe C.
Gibson, who died March 14, were
laid, to rest the following day at
Snow Hill church. Though there
was some misunderstanding as to tne
hour of the funeral still art immense
' tllrrmnr nf npitrVlVinrc Unt fnYflds fmm
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all over the country, were present to
pay a tribute of deserved respect to
the memory of this out-standing for-
mcr ClUZCn OI l.ne luuiuy. - xiic ihliv
ctiliKlia'srowdcdncrcaracityTTvhile
scores of others were unable to gain
entrance. Revs. J. H. Strickland, A.
, S. Sosebec and W. L. Bradley spoke
Ul .lilt , UK1 clim tin j'ttivi iivjiivji -v.
. blameless life of - the departed. A
number of friends of the deceased
from Franklin journeyed to Snow Hill
to be present at the funeral. The
Citizens Bank of which the late Mr.
Gibson was a director closed for the
day as a mark of fcspect .for the de
ceased. The remains were piacco in a grave
beside that of his wife, who died
the latter part of January. The de
ceased is survived by. four sons, Wea
ver,' Sam, Carroll and Walter; five
daughters. Mrs. Ida " Dalton, Mrs.
Pearl Hollbrooks, Mrs. Bah Bryson,
Grant, Mrs, Eliza. DeHart, Mrs.Mag
gie Collier,' .Mrs. Palistene Leather
man Mrs. Fannie Dillard, Mrs. Nancy
Collier. "The deceased had; thirty
five grand , children and six great
grand children. '..'.;'
SENIOR CLASS TO.
EDIT JE PRESS
The Issue of The Press for
. April 5 Will be Edited by
the Senior Class, Franklin
V High School.
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The editor of. The Franklin Press
has . turned his paper over to the
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senior ciass ui mc imuwiu
school for the issue of April -5th.
TUp etiiHrnts nrp much interested and
have gone to. work with a view to
: getting out' an issue that will be a
credit to the high school. ; 1 he senior
class will edit all" pages excepting the
two farm pages now edited by the
county agent. Not only will they
write all the editorials and news ar
ticles but they will also solicit all ad
vertisements of a local nature. A
percentage of the advertising revenue
will go to the class to a;d it in pub
lishing the Laurel Leaf, the school
annual. Prof. G. L. Houk, the prin
v cipal of the Franklin high -school,
has assigned definite work to each
member of the class in connection
with the issue of The Press for
April fifth. .
Republicans Pass
Resolutions at Meeting
The county Republican convention
met at the court house last Saturday
with all .townships represented with
the exception of Nantahala. Chair
man J, H. Stockton presided with Ed
Carpenter as acting secretary. After
renewing their allegiance to the prin
ciples of the Republican party the
convention decided to send an unin
striicted delegation to the state and
. congressional conventions, A, resolu
tion unanimously passed condemned
the extravagance of the Democratic
party both in state and county affairs.
The convention went on record as
' favoring discharge of useless office
holders in the county and placing all
county officers on a salary basis. The
convention also endorsed Hon. A. S.
Solesbce for state senator in the event
that no other candidate from Macon
'"couty qualifies. Should a candidate from
Swain or Graham county qualify the
convention will support such candi
date, . on the theory that either .of
these counties is entitled, to the next
state senator. -
Death of Mrs. Tippett
Mrs. Lou Tippett died at the home
of Mr. Carey Hall last Monday. The
remains were interred the sattie day
at Oak Grove.
"HOWDY," SAYS No.
B.&L. OFFERS
2 NEW STOCKS
One Matures in 34 Years,
Another in 13 Years Sev
eral Other Attractive Fea
tures Announced.
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Building & Loari
Association, a number of desirable
features were added to both the in
stallment stock and the full paid stock
of the association. By this arrange
ment, full paid stock may be with
drawn at any time upon thirty days
notice, with interest at 5 per cent,
provided the stock has rum as long
as six months. This will not affect
the present holders of full paid stock,
but the present holders may convert
their stock into the new form if they
so desire. Dividends will continue
to be paid semi-annually vn the first
of July and the first of January, as
in the past. )
.Two new classes of installment
stock were created, so that now in
stallment stock may be taken which
will mature in one-half of the time
that it has matured in the past, or
approximately 2l years, or installment
stock may be taken that will mature
in twice the . time that, the present
stock matures or in approximately 13
years. The value of each sbare at
maturity, regardless of the class in
which it is taken will be $100. Un
der the present arrangement there are
three different classes: ' ;
Class A, payable at the rate of SO
cents per week per share, maturing in
approximately 3 1-4 years.
Class B, the same that the Build
ing & Loan has used in the past. -
Class . C, payable at the rate of
12 1-2 cents per week per share,
and maturing in apporixamatcly 13
years. -
Those desiring to secure a loan
may take their stock in eeither of the
three classes, so that by making the
weekly payments larger their loan
will be paid off in approximately
3 1-4 years, or by making their
weekly payment smaller, the loan will
be paid off in approximately 13
years.
Those desiring to use the Building
& Loan as a savings may start ac
counts that will mature in approxi
mately 3 1-4, 6 1-2, or 13 years.
There has also been added, the very
desirable feature -of payment of in
terest on withdrawals of Building &
Loan Slock, after the stock has run
for two years.
Jt is no longer required that in-
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 22,
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285 OF NORTH CAROLINA TO No.
WORK TO START
ONAQUONEROAD
Will Open Up !60-Mile Loop
of Unsurpassed Beauty
Forest Service Will be In
Charge of Construction.
The Nantahala Forest Service, co
operating with Macon county, will
start work Monday of next week on
the six-mile section of road leading
from Nanthahal Gap to Aquonc in his
county.' The road from Riser's store,
five miles west of Franklin, to the
gap was improved by the forest
service two years ago as also was
the road from Aquone to Nantahala
station in the Nantahala Gorge. With
the improvement of the six miles men
tioned a scenic loop of unsurpassed
beauty will be opened to the public.
This loop will be about sixty miles
in length and will" lead from Frank
lin to Aquone, thence down the Nan
tahala river to Nantahala station, then
east along No. 10 to within four miles
of Bryson City where No. 286 con
nects with No. 10, then back along
oo 10 rranKiin. from Nantahala
Gap to a side trip of three miles
will take motorists to Mhe top of
wayan naid, tive thousand live hun
dred feet above sea level. This loop
will also take one through the re
cently established Wayah Bald Game
Refuge.
Ewe Mother of Four Lambs
Paul Kinsland, who owns a number
of Shropshire-down sheep announces
that one of his ewes last week gave
birth to four lambs. Nearly . all -of
his sheep," he states, have twins'. This
week he is taking his ewes and lambs
to Wayah Bald where they will spend
the summer. M r. Kinsland says that
the wild cats have never killed one
of his lambs.
Sams Here
Mr. J. R. Sams, county agent at
large and. pasture "specialist, spent a
few days here this week with the
county agent in the interest of better
pastures. Mr. Sams states that with
in the past two years he can ; see a
remarkable improvement along agri
cultural lines in Macon county.
stallment stock run for a period of
twelve months before ; withdrawals
can be made. Withdrawals may be
made at. any time.
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15 OF GEORGIA-COURTESY OF
MANN TO BUILD
REARING POOL
Pool for1 Rearing Fish to Be
Made on Game Refuge
Will Distribute Fish From
Pool to Streams of County.
According t an announcement made
here Friday by County Game and Fish
Warden J. J. Mann, Macon county
is to have a rearing pool for fish fry.
Mr. Mann and Z. B. Byrd, forest
ranger, raised enough money by popu
lar subscription for this purpose in
half an hour. The pool will be locat
ed on the Wayah Bald Game Refuge
at the eastern entrance on highway
No. 28 and will be 30 feet long, four
feet wide and three feet deep. A
pool of this size will accommodate
25,000 fry.
Speckled trout only will be placed
in jthc pool, says the announcement.
Fry will be obtained from the Bal
sam hatchery and kept in (he pool
until they reach a length of three
inches when they will be . distributed
to various streams in the county on
properly approved t applications. , Thc
pool in question is only the first of
a scrios'to" be built as the demand
for fish' for. restocking' purposes war
rants. Mr. Mann states that the
records .hVw that $5 to 90 per cent
of fry placed in rearing pools survive
while only 10 or 15 per cent placed
directly in the streams from' the
hatcheries live to reach maturity," :
The labor for building the p'oor'oii
the name refuge will be given free
of charge', by the county fire and
fish wardens. Jess Slagle, caretaker
of the game preserve will be in charge
of the fish. The first fry will be
placed in the pool about April first.
Survey Goes Forward '
Mr. Neville Sloan, chief engineer in
chatgr of the survey of the lands in
the area of the Smoky Mountain
National park, spent the week end
with his family at( Franklin. While
here Mr. Sloan stated that two field
narties' will bezin Work thU wik
on the survey and that possibly . a
tmra party will take the held -within
a few days. Many tracts have al
ready been surveyed, stated Mr.
Sloan, and can be purchased at ' any
time in f H. far as ths . plats arc cu:s-
cerfied.
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'GEORGIA HIGHWAYS"
ROAD VORK IN .
GA. UNDERWAY
Contracts Call for Comple
tion of Road From Tiger
to Clarksville by July
First.
That the distance between Ashe
v illc and Atlanta will be shortened
forty or fifty miles by July of this
year is indicated by construction work
now being done on two highway pro
jects in Georgia between Tiger and
Clarkesvillc. This stretch of 27 miles
is the only unfinished section of the
Ashevillc-Franklin-Atlanta Highway.
Highway No. 15 of Georgia which
connects with the North Carolina state
highway No. 285 at the state line
fourteen miles south of Franklin has
afready been hardsurfaced form the
line to Tiger. Contracts call( for the
completion of the road from Tiger to
Clarksville by Julyt first. It is un
derstood here thaktlu.' road from
Tallulah Falls to Clarksville will be
of concrete construction while the
section, from Tallulah Falls to Tiger
will be of macadam construction with
asphalt top. The , entire road, it is
said, will be IS feet in width.
When Georgia completes the section
of the road mentioned the distance
between Atlanta and Ashevillc will
be shortened by approximately fiftyv
miles. Heretofore tr;r clers between
the two cities have bet :' going either
by Greenville or throi; '1 Neal's Gap
by way - of. Murphy. .' 'itiens living
at Franklin, Clayton, Tallulah Falls-
and Clarksville,. are much elated to
see construction work proceeding on
Highway No. ' 15 in. Georgia. Such
arc the reports from two towns south
of Franklin along the highway in
question . ,- ,
The completion of the. Georgia
road will open to the tourists one of
the most beautiful scenic routes of the
Southeast as this route passes directly
through the lake section of the Geor
gia Railway and Power Co. around
Tallulah Falls. It is said that the
canyon of the Tallulah River at the.
falls is undoubtfy the most magnifi
cent bit of scenery east of the. Mis
sissippi. As a result of the completion
of the road the people of Franklin
arc expecting a great number of tour
ists who have not felt inclined to
come over this route in past years.