North Carolina Newspapers

KEY CJtr OF THE MOUNTAIM 1 VOLUME XLHI FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928 NUMBER EIGHTEEN I' .0 4 i nmw press IS WD ' A. A. Wood, Supervisor of C Nantahala National Forest Writes Letter Thanking Press for Co-operation. Cover nment, state and county offi cials together with the citizens of the county generally observed American Forest Week here last week. Further plans for co-operation among the of ficials concerned were agreed upon. These plans include a constant cam paign against burning the forests of the county. Due to the long educa tion campaign along this- line the citi zenship of ? the county- is - almost - a unit in opposing the-old time-iasbian of burning the forests each spring. The fallacy of such practice has been recognized and the people as a whole do all things possible to prevent fires and to suppress them when once start ed. The school children of Franklin are tiow writing essays on forest conserva tion. The best of these esSays will be printed in The Franklin Press. Along with the sentiment against fires is the one equally strong for game and fish protection. As a case in point only recently a game and fish warden of the Scaly section of the county reported his 'own brother for fishing without a . license with the result, that the brother and four com panions augmented the school funds of r Macon county - to the. extentot Week ' The, Press has received the fnllnwincr lptter from Mr. A. A. Wood, -supervisQrofthcNantahala .National Forest : : . . Franklin, N. C, April 28, 1928. Major S. A. Harris, Editor, Franklin Press, Franklin, North Carolina. Dear Major Harris: I wish to express my appreciation to you for the splendid co-operation given us during American Forest Week in which you gave the Week front page mention in both last week's and this week's issues of The, Franklin Press. . , Due to the fact that most of the schools in the county are closed at this time we were . unable to do as much educational work along this line as we had hoped to do. . We feel that the help you have given us has been the means of reach ing many people in Macon and ad joining counties,' and we not only appreciate the publicity American Forest Week was given but are very grateful for the spirit of co-operation which-you Jiave givenjit alDtimes in our efforts to further the interests of forestry in this section Vrv cinrprelv vours. 7 ARTHUR A. WOOD, Forest Supervisor. Asheville, April 30, 1928. Major S. A. Harris, Franklin Paress, Franklin, North Carolina. y Dear Major Harris : I wish to ex tend the thanks of the North Carolina Forest Service for the hearty co operation given by your paper in ob serving American Forest Week. .No other county paper in this district was as helpful as yours in putting across the mesages of the state and federal Wt servicps. I feel that the ob serving of the week this, year was more successful than iiv any previous year. We secured a great deal of publicity through the medium of the newspapers, the radio broadcasting stations, , and the schooL authorities. Our , Wardens themselves were more active this year than evere before, and I believe that the conservation of the for esVishi dEame-r e sour c si s f more than ever-before-thc-minds-of the people of North Carolina today. Againlet-me;express-thanks-to-yau iti behalf of ; the state forest -service Very sincerely yours, W. K. BEICHLER, District Forester.' Idle Hour Theatre Makes Improvement 9. f he Idle Hour theatre, under the active management of Mr. S. H. Lylc, Jr., is now one of the best equipped and cleanest theatres in the western part of the state. This week Mr. Lyle is having the entire interior painted. Only recently the theatre purchased the second Powers moving picture machine which enables the shows to continue without interruption from beginning to end. The manage ment of the Idle Hour is expecting record crowds .during the coming sum mer. ' " : V . '. : ' CONVICTED FOR CUTTING TIMBER Rainey and Scott of Georgia Receive Sentence for Raid On Government Timber Jordan Rainey and Fred Scott, of Lakcmont, Ga.. were convicted in last week's term of the Federal court in Gainesville of cutting government timber without permission. Each was given a two months' sentence by Judge Sibley, who warned the two thatv illegal use of national forest lands lays the trespasser open to indictment on several counts any one of which carries a stiff sentence upon conviction. Supervisor Wood of the Nantahala National Forest, on jivhich the tres pass was committed, states that the aim of allJavv enforcement on the forest Is the protection of that forest that it may betrer ; serve the public good. Local forest officers will do their utmost to secure convictions in all cases of the above nature. West a Veterinarian Dr. R. D. West, who has a state license as veterinarian and who has had twenty years experience has de cided to take up the active work of his profession in Macon county; For a numher of years he practiced in both Buncombe and Haywood counties and occasionally now gets calls to attend ailing animals in those counties. Dr. West will make his headquarters at the office of the county agent This decision "on thefl parti roi "' Dr. West will relieve the county agent of work of this kind and thus give him more -4imeto-dvx)lelQJarming JUDGE AND MRS. AWTREY ON TRIP Judge and Mrs. John Awtrey have returned from-, a ten clays' trip to Charleston and other points. At Charleston they, were the guests of their son, Lieutenant Commander Rob ert A. Awtrey , who is secretary to Rear Admiral McCulley. On the re turn trip they visited the. Magnolia Gardens. Mrs. Awtrey also stopped in Atlanta where she was met by another son, Prof. Hugh Awtrey of Mercer University. Prof. Awtrey and his mother -attended 'one performance of -grand opera in Atlanta. Palmour Visits Franklin Mr. Ernest Palmour of Gainesville, Ga., made his first visit to Franklin Thursday of last week. For ten years MrrPalmour represented - Hall county in the Georgia general assem bly. - While herebe called jupon the editor of The Pressrhis old friend of many years standing. Mr. Palmour was profuse in his complimentary re marks concerning Macon county and Franklin. He expressed the opinion that Franklin would ' be overflowing with visitors if they only knew of the beautiful country. If a man living within 75 miles of Franklin does not know of its beauties ' it is hardly probable, according to Mr. Palmour, that any considerable number of peo ple living further away know of the delightful scenery that abounds in this section. On his trip to Franklin Mr. Pal mour was accompanied by Mr. Roper, of Gainesville. Louisa Chapel News The snow in this community Satur day was very much a surprise. Espe cially to the farmers, as some of them were planting corn. MrrWalter-Frazier7 of Nantahala, spent-4he-weck edviib-JiicioJk5J. We are very glad to see Mrs C. L. Camp out visiting again after. being confined to her sick bed . for so long. Miss Rosilind Moore and Mr. El bert Cabc were married Sunday. We extend congratulations to the happy couple. Mr. Walker Camp, of Detroit, Mich., ia spending a . few days with his, mother here. Mrs. Henrietta Patton was visiting home tolks Sunday, she has been staying with Mr.- W. Horn at Frank lin. The report at Sunday school Sunday was real good, 77 being present. Folks, when you get a good thing started keep it going. So let's be faithful. Mrs. Carl Angel Vf Nantahala was visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Mash burn, of this place . Sunday. Mr. Cecil Greene, of Wayah, was visiting his mother, Mrs. Will Greene, Sunday. CELLS K FOR DOUBLE WEDDING Mayor Patton and Miss Kate Penland, Wdde Reece and Miss Birdell Waldroop, . Contracting Parties. A double wedding of unusual in terest to the people of Franklin an:l Macon county took place here Mon day at 10:00 o'clock in the Frank lin Methodist church, Rev. R. F. Mock, pastor of that church, officiat ing. The contracting parties were Mayor George Patton and Miss Kate Penland, of Franklin, and Mr. Wade Reece, of Franklin and Miss Birdell Waldroop, from Cartoogechaye. Mrsr Patton is the charming daugh ter of - Mrs Sallie - Penland, of Frank lin,- and Mr. Patton -is mayor- -of Franklin and a promising young law yer, junior member of the law firm of Horn & Patton. The bride and groom have known each other since childhood. ' Mrs. Reece is the daughter of Mrs. Josephine Waldroop and is widely known throughout the county as a young lady of charming manner and many accomplishments. Mr. Reece is president of the Reece Motor com pany at Franklin. " , Both couples left immediately after the wedding on a honeymoon to the coast cities of North Carolina. Aquone Road Now Under Construction Aquone is being graded" by a force of hands under supervision of ; Grady Siler ojjthe forest ''. service. Approximately- two and - a . half miles of t h i s six-mil e " section h a v e b c en -com -plcted and Mr. Siler reports that there are sufficient government funds available to complete-the grading to Aquone. The completion of this work will make available one of the most scenic routes in Western North Caro lina. The loop in question will be sixty or seventy miles long and will extend from Franklin through Nan tahala Gap to Aquone, then down the Nantahala river to Nantahala Station and then back along No. 10 to Bryson City or Dillsboro and return to Frank lin. This loop will include the Wind ing Stairway that clings to the south wall of the Nantahala gorge a thousand, feet above the river. The Rearing Pool There seems to have been some misunderstanding as to the ones who built the rearing pool for trout on the-Wayah-BakLGameRefugcJcsse Slagle, caretaker of the refuge, states that the money for the material was donated by people in Franklin -and that he following named men donated labor in the construction : Wood, Byrd, Flint and Byrne, all of the forest service; Bob and John Southards, Charles Nolcn, Fred and Hal Slagle, Wade Cunningham and Zeb 'and Fred Shope. The authorities extend thanks to those concerned for both labor and money. FUNERAL OF EDGAR C. McCONNELL Edgar C. McCcmncll, who died at the Protestan hospital here yesterday, was born February 12, 1874, in Franklin, N. C. . - . ... He Was married to Ida E." Sellers, March 12, 1902. They came to Baker where they have since lived. Their first child, Harold, died ip infancy. Mr. McConnell , is survived by his widow, two daughters, Mrs. N. Cole of McPhee, .Colo., and Ethel McCon nel1rtvo sons-rEdgar-and Uonakl.-rall-ofBake-r-j b&silcsl-tim sisters, Mrs J. M. Rankin, of Weathcrby, - and M rs. C, 4V.- Sipp, - of Baker.; two brothers, Ly-PM ct'onnell, of Baker, and Walter McConnell, of Franklin, N. C.. There are also two grand children. The deceased was well known here, having lived in Baker and vicinity 26 years. He became a member of the Methodist church at an early age and of the local church several years ago. He was a member of the I. C O. F. Funeral services will be held at the West chapel a't 2 p. m. Wednesday, with interment in the Mount Hope cemetery. Rev. R. C. Lee, of Union, will officiate. Baker (Ore.) Herald. X STOP! LOOK! AND LISTEN! We are going o give a big enter tainment at Sugarford (colored) school house Saturday niht before the first Sunday, May Sth.t Come one, come all or you will j miss something. Remember the time and place. AUTO NOMADS BEGIN TREKS Good Roads Now Stimulate Travel California Park Visitors Increase 52 Per Cent. (By E. E. Duffy) . Nomadic Americans, probably more than 40,000,000 of them, will spin over the highways and byways this summer under the classification of "automobile tourists." Before the summer is over this touring horde will doubtless have spent $3,500,000,000 for sardines and crackers, baked beans, automobile tires, gasoline, broken radius rods and other requisites ,of -the - rambling life. r The volume-oftravel-4o -national parks and monuments, forest pre serves, national forests and to Canada definitely proves that road building is no longer chiefly a local problem but a state and national. Government records show that park visitors are increasing by leaps and bounds. Kour California parks registered a gain of 52 per cent in attendance last vcar. Canada reports that 11,000,000 Yan kees visited the various provinces in 1927, and incidentally, spent $100,000.- 000 in doing it. Possessed of a motor car pulled by the power of 20 or more horses the motorist s only handicap is that of poor roads, of which there is still an all too plentiful supply. The tre mendous tourist travel that now exists m,(!nwtu the. ..'roads that have been Will piatC LI1V i,UoilulUuuii -im, closer to the city. The worker with but two short weeks vacation may be enable(ljQvisitbisaunL2,0(K)jriilcs away -with -comfort There arc ,000,000 ' miles of roads in the United States, but not all of them need be paved for a con sidcrablc mileage is infrequently trav elcd. Of this mileage but 518,000 miles are ministered to by road work crs. Only 69,000 miles may be called really first class roads. It is plain, then, that a greati deal still remains to. be. done. This is not discounting the accomplishments to date, for the progress of the last quarter century, during the automobile's life time, has been noteworthy. Since this is now a nation of pep pie whose education- is largely re ccived through contacts with others and through observation of how oth ers live and do things, road building assumes a greater importance than ever before. State road programs should be speeded up so that more low cost roads may be placed in serv ice for the use of those living today. Where circumstances demand, local Conimunitiessuch as counties, should co-operate with the state as - closely aspo s s ib 1 c so t h at th egreatest mi 1 e age of first class highways can be obtained. Road building is second to educa tion - in total expenditures. This is proper for nothing is of greater irh portance than education and ' roads themselves are of great importance in education. Dalton Home Burns The home of Grady Dalton who lives on Cowcc, burned Wednesday night of last week. Nothing .was saved from the burning building ex cepting a sewin'mathine. It is be lieved that the fire caught from the kitchen flucV - 1 Tellico Locals Mrs. iJick Cochran, of Briartovvn, is fn this section visiting her mother, Mrs. Jeff Cabc, who is seriously ill with piuuiiioiiia. Mr. John Hurst, or Cowce, is in this section buildmglrr"Rolyerrt7iTn scy a new mill wheel. Mr. Wo!, l'. S. lire stipe rvjsor, was in th is sect ion Thursday; - Dr. Williams and Dr. 1 lorslcy were in this section on ufofcssional busi ness 'Thursday. There were two births in this settle ment on Thursday 26. One to Mrs. Krv in Smith, .and., one to "Mrs. Urian Dcllart. Both-babies, are dead and were buried on ; iViolay 27. Both mothers arp slowly impro ing. Mr. R. L. Porter went to'. Franklin on business .Thursday.- M iss IJeulah Sinultf was the guest of Miss Gladys Ramsey Sunday after noon. The Porter &Mooc!y Lumber com pany, from all reports is ncaring com' plction of their contract. ' .- There is no man by the name of Tecumseh Dcllart in this country, as has been wrote up. for The Press in some of the locals. This was done as a joke, but still it isn't business. HISS OTIRE WTO PLACE In Writing Essay On Forest Conservation James "Hames Is Second Win ning Essay Printed Below. The first prize won in the essay contest in the Franklin graded school was won by Elizabeth McGuire, sec ond prize. Tames Hames. All who entered the contest did splendid work. The following is the paper winning first prize: MAN'S FRIEND THE TREE "The groves were God's first tem ples. fc.re man learned to hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, 'and spread thcroof above them ere lie framed the lofty vault" together-and- rolled back the sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, amidst the cool and silence, he knelt' down, and offer ed to the Mightiest solemn thanks and supplication. The forest is one of the most faith ful friends of man. We get our ma terial to build our homes from the tree. It supplies us with fuel. It helps us in agriculture by preventing floods. The tree supplies the founda tion for all our railroads. It gives millions ' employment. When America was first settled we had large and extensive forests. These forests have been abused in many ways. One of the worst enemies of the forest has been, and still is, fire. Few of us stop to consider the lnotre . lom - each Vfw l""' f irr- T Ipt fires: Forest fires kill ""tnany"trecV outright, and they lead to other damage often serious enough to turn timber-growing-profit -into -loss. By weakening the Itrecsircs make them more susceptible to attack by insects which often cause their death. When the logger comes along he passes by the defeectivc, dead, and down timber as valueless. Forest fires destroy seeds and kill the young trees, caus ing blank spaces in the woods or idle land on which there is little or no tree growth. Thus the land is either rendered absolutely barren or made unproductive in spots.. Forest fires reduce the rate of growth of the trees. Forest fires reduce the fertility of the soil; they lead to rapid run-off of water; they dry up the springs; they reduce land values and increase tax rates by reducing taxable values. Forest , fires drive out fish and game and destroy the beauty and attractive ness of the forest. Millions of dollars worth of timber is wasted every year by forest fires. You can see- how important it is that we dp everything in our power to stop this useless waste. The tree beautifies the homes, gives the birds a nesting place and gives u sf r i en d ly sh ad c f r om t h e- su n . Le t - us love and protect these good friends of ours. Theodore Roosevelt said, "A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is al most as helpless ; forests which arc so used that they cannot renew them selves will soon vanish ,and with thenj their benefits. When you help to preserve our forests or plant new ones you are acting the part of good citizens. ELIZABETH McGUIRE, v . Seventh Grade. Fishing License Requirement Under the 1927 Angler's Act and Order of the . Department of Conser vation . and Development, a fishing li cense for all - methods', of hook and line or rod and reel fishing is required for fishing in trout s ams(rr"lhe" followinfr-trotTrrtics-r ATrcr-Alleghanv-,- Avery, Buncombe, Hurl Clay, Cald- vvcll, OrrhimpayATtifiiivrkron M a- COIl, -Alaui80ll: Al ltCIK ', -. Al Cl JOVVClI. oik, Swain, Surry, Traniisylvania, Watauga and Wilkes. Wardens and deputies' will be expected to see that this provision of the, law is strictlv enforced. DEPARTMENT- OF CONSERVA TION AND DEVELOPMENT Division of Inland Fisheries ! By J. K. DIXON, Asst. Director. April 6. 1928, Raleigh, N. C. The bag limit for breek trout is not over 25 in any one. day, and they must be not under six inches in length. . : ' Rainbow trout, 25 in any one das and must nut be under eight inches in length. This-faw is going to be enforced hereafter. All wardens will please set to this. J. J. MANN, Macon County Warden for Fish and Game.