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PAGE FOU?. THE FRANKLIN PRESS, FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 13, IT,Z J The Franklin Press PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY S. A. HARRIS.. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year .' $1.50 Eight Months 1-00 Six Months . . 75 Three Months , .40 Single Copies ...' 5c ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will J be made known upon request. We charge 5 cents a line for Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, and for no tices of entertainments where admission is charged. Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, for transmission through the mails as second class matter. Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM Extension of the sewer lines. Beautify the school grounds. Two hundred summer cottages. A sewage disposal plant. More official activity in the sale of sur plus power. The construction of business blocks. Plant trees along the . State highways of the county. Make a white way of Main street. An excellent school library. Courteous treatment for visitors: Improvementof -county;-roads connecting with State highways. A fish ladder 'at the municipal dam. Co-operation, vim,' push, work-every thing for the good of Franklin .and Macon county. New court house an jail combined. How About It? Styles call for longer skirts for women. We never did believe in following styles too closely. , If each newspaper and magazine contained a cros word puzzle Dr. Lyle and Major Har ris would go broke buying publications. ' The people of Bryson City will just love Al if. he treats . them .as nicely as did Will Rogers. Macon county appreciates the kind . remarks of Ju-kv Cameron Macrae relative to the 'high class of citizenship found here. Another source of satisfaction is the fact that the judge did not overstate the matter. ' Felix Alley, the original Al Smith man in Western North Carolina, is a visitor here this week attending court. Felix appears to be feeling "fine, just fine" as Hob Davis would say. , Instead of a four-months school term for Macon why not abolish the educational system of the county entirely? Leave it to the two-by-four politicians and twenty years from now fifty per cent of the adults of the county would be unable to read and write. Not many years ago, before Uncle Sam bought forest lands in Macon county, the Lit tle Tennessee, we 'arc told, got out of banks every time the thunder rolled. With the for ests about its headwaters under government 'protection the river has not been out of banks in five or six years. And yet we find a man .liovy and, then who insists that burning the forests helps in many respects. In all prabability the next legislature will pass a law making 'the county of Macon the road unit, instead of the townships as at pres ent. ' If ihis. is- done and" if the people -elect unprogressivc men as county commissioners, the completion of No. 2K in the county is a dead -issue. In fact all county roads will be ncidcctcd to the extent that they will not be passable-atany-time-:pLlheyear. v. Josiah's just played heck in Franklin and al so won some votes should he decide to run -a gin ' 1 kxt : "...... .: ' " ::' : " Read the letter in this issue from 1). J. Moses. He gives the public something to think about. Old King Frost, got in his bad work here Monday. However, spring appears to have come at last. One cow, to every 3.3 persons in Macon is a pretty 'good record. But let's reverse it and have 3.3 cows to cachf person. The only farmers in Macon county who are opposing the county agent are those who be lieve a silo is some kind of a musical instru- men!. - - . - - Co on! Vote men into office who will dis charge the county agent. Then buy a patent Jdck mjm ach in cl years. - - nt : '- jfr --nc k . While Governor Smith has expressed no intention' of visiting Franklin, yet he is serious ly interfering with domestic happiness in this town. Ma and pa just can't agree. The local forestry officials deserve com mendation for permitting the public the free use of government telephones when conversing with the county agent on official business. a "It's mighty hard to raise tax money" is the cry. Yet a book peddler can come-to fown on court week and carry away two or three thousand dollars. Court Officer L.:K. Setscr states that Judge Cameron MacKae is speeding up court proceed vre here to a greater extent than any judge in the past 18 years. -Fire the county agent-and 4n-all probability The progressive citizens of Highlands headed by . Dr. E. R. Gilbert and W. M. Cleaveland are budding a rearing pool for trout of suf ficient capacity to accommodate 100,000 fish. This pool will be ready for use in about one week. Mr. Cleaveland deeded the land on which the pool is built to the department of conservation and development while the town board gave the lumber used in the construc tion. Highlands does things on a big scale. During the five months from November 1st to March 1st the creamery paid Macon county farmers $8,704.56. It must, be remembered that these months arc the most unfavorable in the year for the production 'of butter fat. The ' ' " 1- -- - - T' ? " ,---..--. i (. T-- .. - vt - r ..aoj Vn' r-.i v.t . ,.-v jt- ,-r..H . ..... : ... . " as $J(),btJU " ProvMed" notnrng mtcricrts with the production of cream in Macon county -thc-end-of the-flext-three,y.cars should see the Liarm.crsofM aeon receiving $25,(XX) er month for this commodity. Put to a vote of the county we believe that 90 per cent of the people would be in favor of the retention' of a county agent. However, there is this dangers The people in their eag erness to cut expenses to the bone will prob ably cut their own throats by putting men into office who will fire the agent along with some other office-holders. Remember that it is possible to vote into office men who will cut off every useless expenditure, but retain the county agent. It matters not whether these men be Republicans or Democrats. In" fact political parties . should play no part when it comes to a. question of retaining the county agent. He serves neither party but all the people. 4 ' The Press,- alter mature thought, has sup pressed the reply of Mr. Sam Angelto Mtv 1 fowell. 1 1 '"appeared t us that both were be coming too personal and .we feared ..that the correspondence might result' in some bad end ing. While The Press wishes to give each man an opportunity to reply to what he may consider unjust communications, still there must be a stopping point somewhere. We are not inclined to favor either Mr. Howell or Mr. Angel. It just happens that Mr. Howell had the last "whach" at the matter and here the controversy ends in so far as The Press is concerned. We are quite sure that both Mr. Angel and Mr. Howell will agree that it is just as well to let the matter rest. supervisor of roads in adidlion to his other duties. In our opinion this would reduce the expenses of the county by several thousand dollars annually and give the county a much better administration, particularly as .concerns roads probably the most important" matter in the county that needs immediate attention. Under the present antiquated laws applying in county administration it is hopeless to think of reducing taxes, regardless of the men who may be elected next fall. The league of wom en voters might do well to give' the matters herein suggested some thought, provided it has not already done so. Make these changes and we grant you that it may be possible, to re-, ducc taxes. An Important Meeting THE COUNTY agent has sent invitations, to about fifty representative farmers in the county to meet with him at Franklin the first. Monday in May'at 11 :30 a. m., to discuss plans for the future agricultural development of the county. Mr. Harris believes r that a meeting of this' kind will "go a long way to ward harmonizing a lot of existing apparent irregularities.". The meeting .will be entirely informal and no man will be called upon to pledge himself to any particular scheme.' The only objective sought is the betterment of agricultural conditions in Macon county and each man present will be given an opportunity tp express his views. There may be some who think that the work of the county agent should be conducted -along ; somewhat different lines than at present pursued, If so, such men can suggest- suehrchanges- as-lhey-maybelieve-ad-Vi sabl e; This mee ting "appear sto tt s to be an excellent opportunity for the farmers to get down to brass tacks and settle any ques tions concerning which there may be doubt. A few here and yonder are prone to criticise without offering a constructive remedy. As a general rule criticism without a suggested reme dy is merely destructive and accomplishes nothing. It is suggested that all those who received invitations come to Franklin on the date mentioned with a view to aiding in helping along the good work and to discuss matters of vital importance to the rural population of the county. .In a year like this there will be national, state and county questions to discuss. Henccv the meeting' should be of great interest. route from North Georgia to Asheville. ; Macon was- for many decades isolated from easy contact with the rest 1 of the state. The highway movement broke down the walls, of that separation. Inevitably the change brought with it new problems of lawlessness for a peo ple whose traditions are strong in devotion to peace and order, Asheville Times. Letters HITS NAIL ON HEAD v . Dear Editor : A blow ' at education, an . editorial of The Press of April 12, made me think that "A Daniel had come to judgment", on tax reform. The trouble with it is ' that riot one person in a thousand would want such a change ii it were possible for the county commissioners, to make it. ' .' , The taxes of the county have about reached the limit for most people as there are but four counties in the state with a less per capita wealth than Macon, w'hile we are near the top in per capita indebtedness. Still I cannot' believe there are many per-, 'sons in the county that would be willing to give up our good roads and ' schools . ami go back to the old system in order to tower their taxes. , And as for giving, up the county "agent, makes me .think of when the iron bridge was built across, the Tennessee river at Franklin. One man was talking how it would raise the taxesLAnotherman that was standing by ask- ed him how much, his Jaxcs-were, The kicker told him. He figured - how-much bridge tax the other was paying and it was only 13 cents per year. The ones who object to having a county agent would not know the difference in their taxes if we had no agent. While, the profit on a few hens above what we would get for them if we had no agent would pay the extra tax, to keep him, for most of us. I cannot see how the taxes can be lowered very much. But we want commissioners that realize our inability to pay much more till 6ome of our indebtedness is paid off. Yours for no extremes either way on taxa tion, ' D. J. MOSES. Highlands, N. C, April 14, 1928. , To, the -Editor, .. ; the creamery will -go -out business, Then- what's to become of those who have invested Jieavily in dairy cows and equipment? Do you realize that this county spends about $50,000 per year for tobacco that could be grown right here at home? Personally we prefer the old twists to Brown Mule or any. other kind. The Jackson County Journal says that Al is going fishing in. Canada. We had no idea that the Journal would expose Al in this man ner. But perhaps the Journal was referring to i Canada township in Jackson county. The Tcllic correspondent states that "John .Cabe reports he ploughed up an Indian grave and his bones and artillery was there." It is to be regretted that the correspondent was not more specific about the "artillery." Barnum Was Right FOR THE past several months the 'people' of Macon have been howling about hard times and taxes. To hear this medley of the hoi poi-loi one would be lead to believe that money in Macon county is conspicuous by its absence. Howeversuch is notthe case Re-centlyxametourtvveek-and-Avith-it-the-ped dlers. One sold this and t'other sold that And both raked in the money- that the- public could not possibly raise for taxes. One man who sold razors, rings, watches and such junk was pocketing the coin during the time We observed him at the rate of $3.50 per minute, or around $200 per hour.' Yea! Verily! Barn um was right. . Judging by the harvest of the peddlers there is plenty of money in Macon county and it seems to be time for the hardluck chorus to sign off. BE ' IT REMEMBERED that this is the -good -year of 4929 and the month of--March.- ThelectfonsXhave sometime and the people are just now begin ning to cuss. In their unreasonable desire to cut down expenses the people voted into of fice men who promised to cut the taxes in half. The taxes have not been lowered and the voters are demanding of the county com missioners an explanation. The county agent has been discharged and the cannery which had , such a successful season last year has closed its doors permanently. The creamery is tottering on the brink of disaster and is expected to go out of business in a few weeks. The 4-H club boys and girls who made more than $5,000 last year under the leadership of the county agent have disbanded. Poultry sales 'have stopped and peddlers arc again swarming over the county buying poultry at about half the market price. Fertilizer, prices have soared to such an extent the farmers are in (lesiaijJTbeaUie-.oLf aniL lands, has A Suggested Program HOW'S THIS for a program? Place all county officers on a; salary basis, create the office of tax collector and combine it witft that of County auditor, make the county the road unit and designate the county manager as tumbled until now nine-tenths of the farms in the farms in the county are assessed for taxes at more than their market value. However, the people have no one, to blame but them selves. The Press warned them last year that such would be the case,, but. this warning was unheeded. All of which reminds us of a story told at a gathering here' sometime .ago. A little boy who lives up on Cartoogechaye was out at the woodpile where his daddy was cutting wood. "Pa," said the boy, "I just saw a wild cat go into the house where ma is." "Well," said Pa, "I can't help it. That wild cat will just have to get out the best way it can." Now the farmers of Macon county, due to the election of reactionaries and false proph ets, are in for two years of disaster and they Will just have to get out the best way they can. Dear Sir: Will you please answer this question: Why are Clear Greek and Horse Cove school dis. Others' Comments MacRAE PRAISES MACON CITIZENSHIP SOMETIM ES it must seem to citizens of Macon county and to other" people that Macon is much in the headlines with stories of rumrunners ' or other violators of the law. Opening court yesterday in Franklin, Judge Cameron F. MacRac took warranted occasion to defend the Macon citizenship against such i reflections upon it. .Most of the criminal cases in Macon Super ior court, Judge MacRae said, are, concerned with transients or persons who have come into the community from other counties. This is notably true with regard to viola tions of the prohibition law. Macon with its new highway between Asheville and Atlanta' is" a sort of line of communication to sources of alcoholic supply. NTo small amount of the ac 1 tivity of the law-officers in Macon is absorbed in the pursuit of rum-running automobiles en icisISoOoZsignZZI election on school consolidation ? This ques tion effects them or will in two years. Does the school , board fix tax districts as well: as school districts? Many of your readers in this township re quest an answer to this in your next issue. Thanking you for your valuable assistance and for giving this space. Very truly, MISS CHARLOTTE B. ELLIOTT. We presume that, this communication has reference to the proposed consolidation of certain school districts in Highlands township with the school at Highlands. If so, v.e understand that it Would not be possible to transport the children of Horse Cove to High lands even should that district vote for con solidation. We also understand that Clear' Creek school district already has a special school tax and that this district has just : finished- a - newT school 'house. ' 1 1 - is therefore presumed that Clear Creek would not at pres ent care to join in the consolidation. How ever, should this district wish to join in the movement for consolidation there would prob ably be no objectionp on the part of the county school officials. The county school board fixes the school districts. We do not under- stand what is meant by a tax district. vWe have answered Miss Elliott's questions to the best of our ability. If the answers are not satisfactory, it is suggested that she take the matter up with the proper school officials. Cripple Creek, Colo., April 9, 1928. Editor of The Franklin Press: I am enclosing a clipping from the Denver post which I think may be of interest to some of your readers. We "Tar Heels" enjoy reading The Press every week. We are always interested te learn of the progress which is being made- in our home town and county - - - .WilLKogers say s-the whole South ; "stepping" and, of course, it is gratifying to us to know that our own nativc""state and county is keeping step with the rest. This spirit of progress. We are nleased tr note A ''' not appear to be a spirit of greed and selfish ness, but a desire fr the betterment of evcry- UOilV. i uu olwh iu nave c ngni system: Duiiamg" good roads, better schools and churches, and raisincr better crons means '. that Vvprv i-itapii will 'be benefitted more or less, even thougnV( That their worthy enterprises - may all be crowned with success is my sincere wish for the good people of old Macon. This includes the county paper, which is playing a large part in the development and upVbuilding of county and town. Yours truly, MRSvROl THOMPSON. J 4 1 O
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