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V V t ' ! J . ;.v. PAGE TLN Scroll Locals Mr. Roy Keener li;fs returned to his work near Jloston, Mass., after a short visit with home folks. Mr. Everett Mashburn lias returned to high school at Franklin ii'lcr be ing absent over 8 weeks on account of an attack of pneumonia, followed by measles. Messrs. C. N. and Carl Jones have returned to the work on the highway in Transylvania county. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woods are celebrating the arrival of a baby girl. On April 1st there was a forest fire near Mrs. K. Kussels. Twenty forest fire fighters extinguished it in about 3 hours. They charged nothing for their service, which act was prais ed ' very highly by Mr. Beichler, of Ashevillc, because, it 'showed such a fine spirit of helpfulness. Edward, Anna Lee and Lucy Mash burn spent Easter holidays with their grandparents on Ellijay. Misses Helen and Myme Moses, of Ellijay, were visiting their sister, 'Mrs. F. E.. Mashburn, Saturday. Miss Hel en is now attending the "Cullowhee Normal.. Don't forget the; 4lh Sunday is the time we expect.? Mr. Woolum to come again to-preach. . , ... Tellico Locals Mr. ;John Chambers, of' West Va", is visiting Mr. Jim Woody. - ;' Mr. -George Wallace and Mr.-'Ctrady' Siler is having some: work don'c'- on the mountain road. Mr. Ernest Smith, of Gary, Ind.; is visiting home folks for the first time in three years. ..." ' .- " Weare" all "glad tdknowthatMiss "Texixa J usticc is improvingrhchas been ill with pneumonia. . Mr. and Mrs. Carl" Morgan were visiting Mrs. Morgan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. C. DeHart, Sunday. The people of this section met at the Sulphur Springs and had an East er eg hunt. All reported a nice time, and after ' eggs were found Tom Anderson took pictures. Mr. T. B. Anderson made a busi nes trip to Franklin Monday. Miss Lillie Smith spent Easter with home folks. Mr. Floyd Ramsey was the guest of . Mr. J. L. Smith Saturday night. The lumber haulers arc hauling lum ber regardless of hte rains and won't give our roads any chance to get good. ' . Mr. Austin Byrd was in this section , , i ' i r. ,t i ivionoay looKing aner me-m-mu. Miss Lillie Smith returned to Sylva -M enday. - - M r. Floyd Ramsey is still hauling acidwood for Mr. 1. D. Cabe. The Tellico Sunday school is ing great success. Come on out hav-pco- pic, and let s make it better. Mr. R. M, McUaha has Warmed his hands and worked the roads. Mr. Bob and Bill Bates have been visiting their mother who is very ill. Mr. Elbert Breedlove is very ill with fits. North Skeenah Locals Mrs. Mamie "Mann and Maude San ders were visiting Mrs. Emma Led ford Friday afternoon. Mr. Oscar Ledford spent the week end with home folks. He is work ing on . Nantahala. , Messrs. Priolcau and John Shopc and Clarence Stockton, who has been working at Lake Toxaway, spent the week end at home. ' Mr. Ben Sanders has been " visit ing his sister, Mrs. Emma Ledford, who is ill. ' MrFlTuTM as1ihufnwas in this section -FYidar on - business. Mrs. Frank Hughes and little daugh- ter, Annie Lee, were, in .this section .Sunday visiting the sick. Mr. E. L. DeHart spent the week end with home folks. Mr. W. E: Sanders, postmaster of Prentiss, has been making several trips to this vicinity visiting his sister, Mrs. Emma Ledford, who is very ill. . ' ' Mr. George Kimzey spent the week end with home folks. The children of our community had several Easter egg hunts Sunday. Mrs. Mack Moffitt passed through this section on'her way to viscit .hcr parents of Cartoogechaye, Mr, and Mrs. C. L. Blaine, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Charlie Nichols has been visit ing her sister, who is sick. . Mr. Hcrshall Hunning accompanied his father-in-law, Mr. Ben Southards, to see his sister, Mrs. Emma Ledford. 3roadwayLpcal$ MissEmmie Ballew was jyisiting friends and relatives on Broadway last week end. Messrs. Mack and Nathan McKin ney were the guests of Mr. Andy Wilson Sunday afternoon. Mr. E. V. McKinney was visiting his sister, Mrs. T. A. Carpenter, Sunday. Mr. Thad Bryson spent last week end1 on Broadway. Mr. Hayes Bryson was visiting Mr. Rosin Wilson Sunday. Mr. Hollas Paterson Spent Saturday night with Mr. -R. B. Wilson. Messrs". R. B. Wilson and Andy Wilson made a business trip to High lands Tuesday. Mr. Tom, Smith's family has meas les. Mrs. Andy Wilson spent Thursday night with hen mother, Mrs. T. A. Carpenter. Mr. Tom Wilson spent Thursday THE Maxwell School Notes The Maxwell boys played a tie game of baseball with a Franklin volunteer team Saturday afternoon. The score was. 20 to 20, which shows poor fielding or heavy hitting, prob ably both! Maxwell boys, who have had but little practice, feel encouraged. Easter 'Sunday Maxwell had an out door dinner on the mountain side, an egg hunt, and a joyous Easter. Roast ed weincrs, sandwiches, cake, a bunch of bananas (given the boys by the United Fruit company at Charleston, S. C.,) and marshmallows made a hearty dinner, after which Mr. Flem ing, formerly of Maxwell, led the Sunday school leson. Many kinds of flowers were found by the boys and exploring trips among the rock ledges were later reported Sunday afternoon. Mrs. T. M, Slagle and Mrs. Hal Slaglc gave a joint egg hunt for the junior Maxwell boys who attended their classes in the Slagle Memorial Sunday v school. Fourteen boys re ported a ,fine time. Miss Gala Nix, our forfner matron, made a trip to Franklin with friends and took'time for a few visits. Miss Nix is taking "adidtiohal " training work at Cullotvhcei.i ' : .. ' .v V. ' ' ).;: "Andy "tVomp""' report's 1,228" eggs' gathered dfrihg- March. Mr. Qsborie, .'of Canton, ' Mr Ben nett, of nf'yson City, ami. Mrs. Qtiil ian, of Wayricsville, htKla meeting of Maxw'll'rccently in which many plans' were, made' and our committee members .snow . a warm' Personal in terest in' Maxwell growth. J.' C. Hunnicutt says that when the newly.tlanted ,applc Jtces gel : 'to bear ing he niay be, even the manager at Maxw'clP, school. J. C. has other "high" a)rh.s , besides thatlxf carpenter ing. ; ;,, . "... ' Easter ' visitors at Maxwell included Mrs. JIarleck; of Augusta, Ga. ; Mr. and Mrs. Fleming and son, Frank, of Franklin, and Mr. and Mrs. Setser and friends, of Montrcat, and their daughter, of Virginia. Bethel News Mr. Chas .Saunders is still on the sick list. Miss Dot Allen, who got hurt in an automobile wreck last Sunday week, was able to be out at church Sunday. Miss Blanche, Edna and Wilna Curtis and .-their brother, Lawrence, wcrc-vi si t i n gin 4 h i s-commu n it y , -Sun . ,,,. ' A ,. c ,., 'T ' jii"ei i oiiuiun.1 r munwi.v. Some of the Belhel folks 'attended ihe funeral of Mr. John ' Deal at Hoi I yZSi VlngsZSu n d a v at'tc r noon. M rs. E. P. I )owdle and - Mrs Ed Dowdle s;ent the day with Hrs. Chas. Saunders Monday. Mrs. Ellen Crawford, of Cartooge chaye, visited her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Higdon, last week. . Mr. Harve .McConncll's folks have measles. ."" ' Tellico Locals We arc sorry to relate the death of Mrs. Bill Bates who departed this life April 11 at 7:30 p. m. She was 97 years of age. She . leaves to mourn her loss : Six living children, and many relatives and friends. Chil dren namely : Mrs. Elbert Breedlove, Mrs. Tom Hampton, Mrs. Joel Sim mons and Mr. , "Bob' lates, all of Macon; Mrs. Jim Stockton and Mr. Bill Bates, of Swain. Mr. Robert Ramsey made "a busi ness trip to Franklin one day last week. . W e ar e " gl ;;! to renort t h at Miss Texie Justice, -who has pneumonia and siile plurasie, is improving. -Mrr John 1 cHart was on -the streets Friday on business. Born' to Mi".; and Mrs. Royal Bur nett Aitril 10, a line boy. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Morgan spent Easter with Mrs. Morgan's parents Mr. and Mrs. V. C. DeHart. Messrs. Charley Ray, Jim Parrish and Austin 'Byrd, our road trustees were in this section Friday in the interest of changing and building a new road from a point near John Cooks to the ' bridge below Robert Ramscys, a distance of about I 1-2 miles. ' This is badly needed as a part of the old road is washed away and is impassable. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ramsey's in fant child was operated on at -a local hospital for rupture in the side. The child is slowly improving. 1 Miss Lillie Smith, who is attending school at Sylva, spent the week end with her father, Mr. I. L. Smith. Messrsv G. T. and Harley Ramsey made a busincs trip to Franklin Mr. Tom. Carnes was on the streets Friday on business. Mr, -Flnd Ramsey made a business trip to Svlva Tuesday. Mr. Grady Siler secured a new road ..scrape and is working on the public road through the Tellico Gap Misses Lola and Jessie Ramsey, who are attending school at Franklin, is spending the week end with home folks. Mr. Theodore Flint was in this section scaling logs for the Porter & Moodv Lumber company. Mr. John Cook was on the streets one day last week. ELLIJAY ITEMS We are elad to renort the return of Mr. John Higdon from Santiago. Calif., to his father's on Ellijay. , The politicians may ; not bolt the party if Al Smith is nominated for president but that . does not hinder enor'Th vctr-; i- f;n!t to dcfcct' him FRANKLIN PRESS, FRANKLIN, N. C. GREAT RALLY OF S. S. CLASS (Continued from page one) the western part of the state. The Recce family, of Franklin, en tertained the classes with an ex cellent 'vocal selection. The following named men were then elected as officers of the permanent organization : President, R. E. Craw ford, of Haycsvillc; vice-president, Bob Long, of Bryson City; secre tary and treasurer, W. M. Fain, of Murphy. It was decided to hold the next meeting October 18 on No. 10, near Nantahala Station, at which time the cup will be awarded to the win ning calss. For reason unknown Sylva, Whitticr and Andrews were not represented at the meeting last Sunday. PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF N. C. (Continued from page one) the seal of the State of North Caro lina. Done at our City of Raleigh, this seventh day ojf . April, .in- the year , of our Lord one "thousand nine hundred and ' twenty-eight, and ' in the' one hundred. and fifty-second year df :our American independence. , ANGUS W.' McLEAN,-Governor. NANTAHALA NATIONAL FOREST FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE (Continued from page one) (1) Direct administration and de velopment of .about one-fourth of our forest land as National Forests. . (2) Co-operative service , in the ex tension of timber growing on the oth er three-fourths by working with the states on fire " protection,- forest taxa tion, timber " planting," and education concrnrn"gorestrypfact'ice; (3) Research, to provide the best technical basis for the entire .develop ment on both public and private lands. These aims will be accomplished: (a) by the consolidation and blocking in to some cntent of the present national forests to make administration more economical and efficient, (b) the co-operation with the various states which have forest organizations under the provisions of the Clarke-MeNary law and, (c) the carrying of as large a forest investigative program as al lotments will permit under the direc tion of the regional forest experiment stations. " It is obvious that such a program O UT from -and to to .f. ,,.- . mill ' -"-Z"'1''5-, Mkj--(-!' , -k tfm'xjiaags .... JII.. r.--J!!ym':' "'. ' "' J.- A '" ' .' "V 5 O U Prom the Northern Gateways at Washington, Cincinnati and Louisville . . . from the Western Gateways at St. Louis and Merc phis ... to the Ocean Ports cf Norfolk. Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick and Jacksonville and the Gulf Ports of Mobile and New Orleans . . . the Southern Serves the South. THE SOUTHERN SERVES -( IT will move only as fast as the progress in protection of those lands will per mit. When fires take the attention of the force on the. Nantahala men arc taken from important road work, contractors for government stumpage are often held up in their work while an unsteady 'market drops on them and money is spent in controlling the fire which should be saved to supplement the always too small allot ment for running the- forest. In dol lars and cents every fire means a red ink . entry on the local forest office books. It means a financial loss to the man who depends on the woods for a living-. It blocks prog ress when time is an importan cle ment. Tellico Locals The farmers of: this section are gfetting ready to plant corn. The: young people of Tellico en joyed an ' Easter egg hunt Sunday, April 8. Thp number was .so great they could not be counted. .There was an agent'in this section a few days ago selling tomb stones. He visited Mrs. Beulah M organ. Mr. Carl I). Morgan is able tor be but and breathe the pure air again. Miss Lillie ' Smith, who is attending school at S. C. I., spent the week end with home .folks. . , ' '. Mr. V. C. DcHart is able to be out - again after a sudden shock of the, marriage bf his -daughter. .. Mr. R. M. McGaha has been telling the young boys how he mirfded musk rats in his young days. Mr, Eloyd-Ramsey --was -the-guest of -Mr, J. L.-Smith -Sunday Mr. -J. 1); Cabe has flooded" the market with acidwood. He hauls about a cord at a load with his "big hoss." ' The Sunday school is progressing nicely with Mr. Austin Byrd superin tendent. Come1 on folks, let's make Sunday school what it ought to be. It is hoped that the young people will be interested in re-organizing the B. Y. P. U. We are sorry to report the mill ran away with Mrs.. Pearl Ramsey the other day, but by the help of a good Samaritan it stopped. ' Mr. J. h. Smith could not get enough grain in this community to feed his pet pigs on and had to send " ;i lers , I - - - ' : JTrJi 1 - - Yfiv .. ri -:-'-.. - i : I of South ern Pro the hecrt of the South to NcrthcrniindsstGrnGgtyQ Gulf anOcearrPcrtsrhheHstenins steel rails of th Southern that the products of the South may speed swiftly to the wait ing markets cf the v.'orld. In the vast traffic handled by the Southern Railway System today is the story of the South's dramatic riss toward industrial and agricultural supremacy. ' - The Southern is inseparably linked with the destinies of the South. Its development to one of the most efficient transportation systems in the world has been made possible by the growth of the South and has in turn laid the foundation for greater and mere rapid progress of this great section in the future. v ' Our sixty thousand employees, Southern men and wo men, are proud in the knowledge that their iob todav is : build a' greater Southern to serve a 1 'RAILWAY THURSDAY, APRIL 19, IZZi his sons, Jud and Charley, to lotla to get a load to feed them. Mr. John Cabe reports he ploughed up an Indian grave and his bones and artillery was there. There was one Indian that never reached the happy hunting ground. On April 11 death called sister Betty Bates, who was past 97 years of age. She was laid to rest in the Burningtown cemetery April 13, Rev. A. J. Smith conducting the funeral setviccs. . The government boys are working some on the mountain road across to Briartown vhich has needed attention for a good while, t Mr. Floyd Ramsey made a business trip to Cullowhee Wednesday of last week. Little Robert Ramsey, Jr., is doing nicely after he has undergone an operation. North Skeenah News Mr. Clarence Lcdbetter was in our section on business Monday. Mr. George Kimzey spent the week end with home folks. . Mrs. Argie Nichols and Minnie Parker were visiting Mrs. Emma Led ford. Saturday and Sunday. Misses -Minnie'; Sanders and Nina Stockton were the Sunday evening guests of Misses Bertha and Elsie Carpenter. ." ' ' '" .Air. John Wilson 'and sister, Miss Lillian Wilson,' spent this Week end with' their sister, Mrs. MonrOc Bing ham, of this "'section. There was a Singing at Rev. Lester Ledford's home Saturday night Those presentwercjjlisses MinnieSanders, Nina lStockton,PcarL Hasting, .Bertha Carpenter, ,LassieHasmjg1ElsieCar penter,; Lillian Wilson and Mrs. Ollic Mae Sanders, Messrs. Monroe Bing ham, Frank Shopc, Fred Kimzey, Jake Stockton, John Wilson, Clarence Stockton, Wearley DeHart, John Shope and Erwin Stockton. Every body enjoyed themselves and had. some good singing. Miss Nina Stockton spent Saturday night with Miss Minnie "Sanders. Mr. Oscar Lcdford spent the week end with home folks. Mr. John Farmer spent the week end at his father-in-law's home, Mr. Miller Ledford. Rev. Lester Ledford went to. New man's Chapel to hold services last Sunday. sp er i ty greater South. SYSTEM THE SOUTH M -K. - ' o 6 L tv
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