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KE CIT3C OF THE MOUNTAIN MM I- fl 4- ij ... - i " 1 1 1 1 ii-ii. . i i i VOLUME XL1H FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928 . NUMBER THIRTEEN Ope Saimi, Two Wounded In Neighborhood Feud. Dave Wialdroop Shot Through heart; Allen Dill Mack WalbVoop Wounded Son of Slain Man Shoots Slayer Mack Dills As saulted With Clubs Man '. and Woman in Jail. One man slain, two wounded, man and vvomaninailwojnenunder bond and one at large in -the moun tains is the result of a neighborhood row on the head of Cartoogechaye at noon last Saturday. According to re ports reaching Franklin Allen Dills, his wife and Bill Shope, her brother, attacked Mack Waldroop with clubs after, pulling him off a wagon he was driving. Mack's father, Dave Wal droop, who lived only a short distance away, started to the scene of the com-v bat to ascertain the trouble. On nearing the place he was shot through the heart with a pistol said to have been in the hands of Allen Dills. Luther Waldroop, a' lad of seventeen, seeing his father fall, procured a hot gun and by a roundabout way ap proached the scene of the killing. Rounding a pig pen he suddenly saw Dills, who still had the pistol in his ! hands, according to eye witnescs. Dills f '" abdomen with a charge of number 4 shot. Due to the extreme distance from which the shotwas fired Dills was not seriously injured though he was pepper ed from chest to knees. Mack Dills had ed from chest to knees. Mack Wal droop his nose broken and was se verely injured about the head in the melee which took place before Dave iWaldroop . was killed. Reports have it that the dispute between the two families started over a gate between the two homes. Court records here show that both Dills and Shope have been in trouble before. Sheriff C. L. Ingram and deputies, when notified of the trouble, proceed ed to the scene and arrested Dills and his wife and placed them behind the bars. Mrs. Dills entered the jail with a child two or' three years, old, .havirfg left other children with friends. Before the officers arrived Shope skedaddled to the mountains and has not been captured. Mack and Luther Waldroop came to Franklin and made .bond. Sheriff Ingram states that one hundre'd men were anxious to go on the bonds of the boys. A search by the sheriff near Dill's home resulted in finding a gallon of whiskey and several empty cans. The remains of David P. Waldroop who had just passed his 60th birthday, were interred at McGee cemetery Sunday, Rev. Roten being the of ficiating minister. The deceased is survived by his second wife and the following named children by his first wife: William, Luther, Rufus and Bronce, all of Franklin, Route One; Maboth, of Kentcuky; Ada belle, of Hot Springs, N. C. ' . The preliminary trial set for 2 p. m. Tuesday was -postponed till 10 a. m. Wednesday, April 4, due to the fact that Dills was not able to be present. While his wounds are painful they are not serious, say the doctors. THINGS WE SHOULD DO WHILE WE LIVE We should 'help one another and -do whatsoever God has commanded us to do. We should bisit the sick, the or phans, and the widows and help , any one who is in trouble, or distress; we should do the things that God has commanded iis to do, and he has com manded us to do all these things. And one of the greatest things we should do is to pray. For only while w'e pray, we live. God has commanded everyone of his children to pray: We should every one be willing to i give our lives for one another. For .God so loved the world that lie gave His onlv begotteen son that whoso ever believed on Him should not per ish but have everlasting life. We are hot willing enough to do the things that God wants us to do. We are just too proud and have not enough love in our hearts for one another as we should. .We are think ing too much about the earthly things and not enough about the Heavenly things. Let us all try to serve God better in the future than we ever have in the past. A Sister to all Humanity, . LOLA BRYANT. . . ' NEXT WEEK IS CLEAN-UP WEEK Chief Henry , and Arthur Pannel Will Call at Every House in Town f orTrash Alleys Already Cleaned. For the first time in many years Franklin is to have an entire week devoted to cleaning up the town. Heretofore only one day has been set aside for this purpose. Chief Henry is greatly enthused over having a clean town and he earnestly requests the co-operation of the citizens in making Franklin the cleanest town in the state. He states that the alleys and back lots along Main street have already been cleaned up and piaced in excellent condition from a sanitary standpoint. Arthur Pannel, the genial truck driver for the town, is also much; interested in making Franklin an.ideaL.Jown in preparation for the ..... V- . hcjand the chief are doing all within their power to clean up Franklin. It , remains-tor the citizens to co operate by raking their premises and placing the trash at convenient places accessible to' the truck. The truck will call at each residence in town. Anderson Creek News Mrs. Mamie Anderson and daughter, Ella, of Poplar Cove, were visitors at Mr. Zeb Anderson's home Saturday. Mr. Ralph McDonald left Friday of last week for Tuney, N. C, where he expects to work for Lcatham and Company. Misses Bessie Anderson and Vemie Mac1 Collier were business visitors on Poplar Cove Saturday. Mrs. EddRamey visited her moth er, Mrs. J. M. Dills, Saturday, who is at a Franklin hospital and reported as being improved somewhat. Mrs. Edd Cruse, of , Rainbow Springs is visiting her. mother, Mrs. R. V. Dills who is very ill. Mr. Novely Anderson has his house nearly completed. He expects to move soon. Mr. Charlie, M, Dills, of Lower Cartoogechaye, was visiting at Mr. J. f Inilorcnn'c linnld Nimdav aftpf- noon. Mr, Herman Dills is wearing a pleasant smile over, the arrival ,of a fine girl. 1 Mr. Wiley Swcatman hs been re ported pn the sick list-- Mr. Clifford Cruse, of Rainbow Springs, . spent Saturday night with his aunt, Mrs. . E. B. Beck. Mr. Judson Williamson spent Sun day with his sister, Mrs. Dave. Guff ie at Tcresita. ' 1 Mr. Lawrence Beck spent the week end with home folks. Mrs.' Addic Lcdford . spent Sunday with her brother, Mr. Charlie N. Dills. Mrs. Annie Beck was a visitor at Mr. Jake Williamson's home Sunday afternoon. i ' Mrs. Jake Williamson. is reported as being ill. THIS MAN AND THAT This Man He sowed his wheat and plowed his corn. Going to dinner at the toot of the horn. ' . He , worked", like, h twelve mouths the year, - - - Came out in the hole, .or so we hear, That Man He made a good living. with thorough bred cows. Thoroughbred poultry and thorough bred sows. He grew green stuff for the cannery too, And paid his taxes when they came due. Which? Now which of these would you rather be- The prosperous man or a knot on a tree? Labor without brains you're sure to fail . , Use your head swing the world by the .tail POULTRY SALE ClilflCS $31107 Two Hundred Twenty-Five Farmers Realize Neat Sum From Poultry Sale Mon day 14,511 Pounds Sold. Vwo hundred and twenty-five men, women and children brought to the station here Monday 14,511 pounds of poultry for which they received in cash $3,1 16.97. This does not include the poultry - from the Betty's Creek section of the county that' was loaded just acros the Georgia line at Dillard. This sale exceeded the one of two weeks ago by approximately 500 pounds. The money receipts from the sale Monday were $356.75 more than from the former sale. Both sales brought to the county $5,8-17.19. Sales of this kind will be held every two weeks until further notice, says the county agent. All indications point to the fact that Macon county has at last awakened to the importance of growing poultry for the market. A few years ago there was no incentive, stated one farmer, to raise poultry as surplus poultry products were sold to peddlers who bought at their own price. "But with a county agent who can get full market., prices for our birds, a grcatJ "I tell you," said a third farmer, "that there is just naturally more money In poultry thanI "thought; I have been - asleep - all these . years." A woman who was interviewed at the car, said sthat she had bought practically all the clothing for her three children with money -received from chickens and eggs. Another woman has three children in the 4-H club two of - whom have gone into the poultry end of the game. Every body about the car seemed to be in good spirits and all were- planning for growing poultry on a larger scale this vear than ever before. Aquone Locals . Thomas Pasemore tried to take some young folks for a ride recently. The car plunged into a mud hole and they all had to get out and. pull and push until they were so muddy you could not sec them for the mud. They were asked if they heard the chickens crowing down in China. Miss Nora Taylor said shcsaw something that might have been tomb stone sr but they were so muddy she could not read the names. "Miss. Maud Roper said she heard something, she did not know if it was a chicken or gbosc, but she was sure she ws a goose or she would not have tried to take a car ride with out a road. The doctof from the Black place and Mr. Tim Woods and Mr, Har rison Hicks took a jolly mud hole splurge from the Bridge to Kyle a few days ago to. see Mrs. Ralph Woods who was very sick. The doctor was sent for in a very serious case, Mrs. Rice, and .when we was looking for him we got word he had got in a mud hole and had to be drug uack to rranKiin wim a team. Now if our , road, business is j not looked after in a more business-! v.Vn -nf. unA tim wnstimr our monev. i it, ...rn ,.t Kn"'o mil. rast in t1ii; uieie win ii"i "v. a .xlv. place. . One thousand dollars wasted on the bridge, $25.00 wasted on this ( road from the cut to Aquone there j is good ground and good grade to j K..:u ... -o,i Knt tlw.ro lias not a foot f t .. t...:u r t Us ..f 01 roaci ueen uum u'm ni- '"r " the mountain to Kyle, or as far out as 1 have been. I do not know who has built the road from the top to Andrews, but 1 want to tell you, ( it is a good road. Sure the commis sioners ought to get the man that built that road , to build ours. I do. not know who he is but he knows how to build a road Mrs. Lambert is just (about like she-j has been for a long while. , 1 Mrs. Mary Morgan is somewhat i im nroved Mrs. Allie Lambert and baby girl took' dinner at Miss M, E. I'erguson's Sunday. . . Born to Mr. and Mrs. Esco Lcd ford, a fine girl March the 18, 1928. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hughtvs, a finexboy, March 19, 1928. Mr. Bob Shield and wife went to see their son at Andrews recently. Mrs. D. Padgct has been to see her father, Mr. Henry Nelso for a few days visit. We are looking for Dick Lambert, but guess he has not got his new model car that can swim mud holes. m2WS2inm CHURCH Members Be?an Work Thi. Week Edition Will Give Valuable Information Con cerning Franklin High. With practically each member of the present senior class of the Frank lin High school assigned to special work on the High School edition for next week the class got down to workx-arlylhiswcck. All ... indica tions point to an interesting edition of The Press next week -, The-editorial page will express the needs of the schools in general and uf the Franklin schools in particular. The Press is giving the students a per centage of the proceeds from all advertisements s'olocited. by .the stu dents to aid them in getting out the Laurel Leaf, the class annual. As the edition conies out just before Easter it is believed that the class will make quite . a tidy sum from their, eforts along this line. Howell Replies to Angel Franklin, N. C, March 23. Editor Franklin Press: Dear Sir: Will you please give me .space in your valuable paper to reply to Mr. Sam Angel's letter in the last to me as a house fly. We all know that flys are pretty bad to light on soni cth i ngTh a t 1i a s som cobnox ion s odor-so he-musthac gotten iul that state, otherwise he would not have compared me to the fly. He says he was just kicking a little at our county, commissioners for the state of affairs in our ' community ; but it did not sound that way in his letter. -Yesr.L knew, that the commissioners have a right to lay off roads and have the damage settled by a jury, ami not by the kicker, but sometimes the kickers takes the case to court and the commissioners are put to the expense of having a suit. Of course, there hasn't any thing like that hap pened in our neighborhood, for we haven't had much road making done till now, but have heard threats itvade to that, affect, and l am pretty sure vou have heard the same, Mr.- Angel ' ; '. . . ; Now you say that high-sounding speel I spun off about you wanting the road to go by all the houses and around the heads of the branches souuds-rather-smaU-to-you,ndyou say your neignnornooa , is not inai selfish. Then you turn right around and sugest making the road from the Keener gap to the Bristle ridge gap, which would leave five farms clear off the road and ceach one of these farms pays very near $2(X) taxes. Then you call that unselfish. Now lr. Angel, that kind of road would be all right for the fox hunters ,but no good to the traveling public. As to the number of houses on that road, you say there are 24. I can't count but 17 families. You also state that, from my place to Prentiss, a distance of 1 3-4 miles, there isn't a single home on the west side of the new- road. .Yes, but you forgot to state that there are eight homes just ovei on the cast side of said road ami vi-tw dose to it. also, uie scnooi Vk.iip rliurr h - house. l)olli, are - -- . . right on the road side. .-Also, .again, your community has two collections with the new road; one going to Prentiss ; the other to l-'ranklm. So :iftT all. vou don't have to travel anv farther fhaiL youdiil before, am If dir. new road had went your way you' would not have shortened the distance any. v Now as to the land value and vou-" -rt-e 'ccd the same per aim i.. ...e .v... v.. i t acre, there is quite a jiayiug tax on 10 acres Mi 1(1 I I tl V III. 1 -i i :tU,l .'"n. '- '' acr' : , , ,', ..I : .Aovv as. to oemg hmihuic.l i imuo said any . thing to he ashained ci-j". 1 did not call anybody rascals, n" j you did. .... ! Well as ' my . letter is getting too lengthy, 1 v. ill close, hoping Mr. Angel wili repent and not be lost. With best wishes to The Press. Respectfully, ...:' ' :. V. HOWELL. Small Boy Dies Clint Duv all died March 26 at the age of one year, nine months and fourteen days. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carro Ouvall, of Burn ingtowr., and was bi:ried at Tellico Baptist'--church, Re Judson Smith officiating. tllLllilll A 1 tij mmmM. ,4f. HI Great Crowd Gathered There Saturday, March 242 Day Service Many Form er Pastors Present. West's -Mill, N. C, March 28, 1928. Ed! tor Krankl i n Press f ' " Since you have been so kind- in publishing otir notices, I thought . thaT perhaps my part of the work 'would not be complete without giving your readers a peep into the meeting. Cowee church March 24, 1928. .'This being the day for the centennian cele brations, the brethren had placed a sign over the door reading: "Cowee Baptist. Church Centennial, March 15, 192S by Elder Humphrey Posey and Stephen White, 15 members having letters from Franklin Church, H. Posey first Pastor." The people began to gather and by 11 a. in. a large congregation had gathered. Among the visitors we find Elders John S. Smiley (now past 84), who was baptised into the fellowship 'for th; church in I thin V ' f- Bro. Smiley Bro. F. M. Morgan was here. In 7thcabscnccof--the pastor, --by request, W TUradleyaiorme'r pastor, acted as . bishop of the oc casion. After a song service Bro. Smiley led the opening prayer, after which 'Bro. Creel was introduced and preached a great sermon, reading the first chapter of John, Holding up a "Great Christ." Adjourned one hour for dinner. The congregation reassembled, heard a brief history of the church read, after which several of the brethren made short talks. During this ser vice T. F. Deitz, of Beta, Jackson county, and W. E. Conner, pastor of West View church, Roxville, Tenn., came in. Rev. Conner was pastor at Cowee in 19(H) and 1901. Bro. R. P. McCracken came in, making three former pastors, Conner, Bradley and ' McCracken. At night after the song service and prayer by Bro. McCracken, Bro. F. M. Morgan preached to a large con- Sunday 25, despite the rain, about 10:30 the house was filled. After the song services Bro. Deitz opened the services, reading the 24th Psalm, and gave a wonderful exposition, followed by .Bro. Conner reading 15 verses of 1st chapter of John and using as a text Genesis 3:15, showing the . great "Plan of Salvation," followed by an old time hand shaking and singing, "God be with you till we meet again." May. we hope the present genera tion and the generations to come will continue to hojd up the "Torch" that Posev handed.' our fathers at Cowee in '1H28. T. C: BRYSON, Clerk. River Side News Some of the, farmers of this sec tion are making slow progress with their farm work owing to so much rain and cold weather. . The sick of our community are im proving, but we are very sorry to report the . death of Mr. . Ernest A M-Mtf-t- litth? boy.' Hjc had nieasles and pneiniioiiia. ' , - Mr. Robert Ledbctt. 's little .boy was - badly hurt, while playing, his ""7 some .one broke I...- J..-itiri lYi-i.L-i.n li. Mr. J. V. Kamev s store last-rri(; v night. He - . - . I . W( stiir have thieves, robbers and mur derers. - ' fin vrr;i. f)f ,-,- and some f:i'nn 'jinuk nu.lts sonK, time ago by fire. It was found burning at 2 1 o'clock- in ' the morning. Miss Hester Rhodes has been .visit-. ing her cousin, Chas Rhodes, and family on Nantahala last week. , Mr. J. L. Young is still busy truck ing eggs to Greenville,.'' S. C, making two trips some weeks. Mr. and .Mrs. R. F. Davis arc making their home at Otto. Miss Selma Young, of Route Two, left a few days ago for Gainesville and Atlanta' on an extended visit with relatives. Mrs. W. M. Smart and son, Bill, Jr.,- are 'visiting home folks for a while.