KCr CITr OF THE MOUNTAINS
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VVOLUME XLIII
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928
NUMBER NINETEEN
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ATTY. IM HORN
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CALLED BY DEATH
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Brilliant Attorney Dies From
Attack of Ptomaine Pois
oning Many Present for
Funeral Services.
Alfred Winton Horn was born in
Macon County, N. C, on April ,
1868; died May 4, 1928, age sixty
years, one month, four days old.
He received his early education in
the common schools of Macon coun
ty, and following the completion of
these years of training he taught in
puDiic schools - tor several years. -.
pebruary 1892," hewas - mar
ried to Miss Loucilla Barnard. , To
this union were born three children
two girls and one boy.
In 1896, having determined to enter
, the legal profession, he went to
Morganton, N. C... where he entered
the law school of Judge A. C. Arvey,
who was at that time a Justice of
. the Supreme Bench of this state.
At the September term of Ihe supreme
court , of 1896 he was licensed, and
returning to his native county, enter
ed the practice of his profession, to
' which he devoted the remaining
thirty-two years of his life.
He beegan the practice of law in
partnership with' John 'Mann, who
had attended law school with him and
who-haU been a . friend from boy-
t -ypt i.'wn'oi he -was
" earlier years gave promise" of "the
later brilliance which characterized
his entireTcareer. 1 his -partnership
was continued until the deeatH of
Mr. Mann, He then formed a part-
IlCrSIlip Willi UlC Idle J. .. o. junnaiuu.
After many years of successful prac
tice, during which he rose to a po
sition of leadership in the legal field
of Wesfern North Carolina, this
partnership was -again broken by the
death of Mr. Johnston, following
which he formed a partnership with
George B. Patton, which endured un
til his death.
In May, 1915, he joined the Metho
dist, , Episcopal Church, South, in
Franklin and remained a faithful mem
ber until death. x
During all 'of his lifetime, which was
characterized by service of the high
est nature to his native county, and
although urged time and again to al
low himself to be placed in some po
sition of : official trust, only once did
lie permit himself to fill public office.
This was in 1925, when he represented
Macon county in the state legislature.
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made a splendid record and was
recognized by the leaders ot that
body as one of its most -brilliant
IUC11IUCI 9.
It is not necessary for anyone to
tomment on his life or on his place
in the life of Macon, county. That
life and' that place are top well fixed
and too well known to everyone to
need or' require any eulogy. What
he . was all of us know, and the place
that he held with us-is one whose
filling will be hard indeed.
He leaves a wife, two brothers,
Bedford Horn and Ed Horn, one
sister, Mrs. Jule SandeVs, two daugh
ters, Mahota Horn Sutton and Effie
Horn Perry. , His. only son, .Victor
Hugo Horn, was killed in 1918, while
serving in France in the World War.
He was a man of the soundest
judgment, of the most, rigid principles
of truth vand honesty, a man whose
memorv is forever enshrined in the
,hcarts, of his people.
' Peace be o his ashes and com
fort to us .all, and especially to his
family.
I. N. McCoy Dies
Of Injuries
I. N. McCoy, 44, was injured last
Saturday while getting out tanbark
in the Gold Mine section of the county
on Cullasaja. A falling limb broke
his leg and injured the man inter
nally. A brother, J. T. McCov, car
ried the injured man about half a
mile to the road. He -was brought
to a local hospital where his leg was
amputated. He died about daylight
Sunday morning. The deceased is
survived by his widow and seven
children,' father, mother, five brothers
and five sisters. Born in the section
where he was injured the deceased
lived in Macon county all his life.
For 26 years he was a fwthful mem
ber of the Baptist church and only
a short time' before his death had
announced that he had so lived that
death held no terrors for him. The
remains were interred at the Gold
Mine . cemetery Monday. ,
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A ND can I ever cease to be "Affec
tionate and kind to thee, who
1 wast so very kind to me
My Mother?
Ah! No, the thought I cannot' bear,
Arid if God please my life to spare,
.. I hope I shall reward thy care,
. . Mv Mother I -
CREAMERY BUYS
JORE BUTTER FAT
Increase of 44 Per Cent Not
ed in Past Year "Big
Ten" of Macon County
Named.
That the Nantahala Creamery com
pany, owned and, operated by a Ma
con county citizen, Bert Slagle, is
of much benefit to the . farmers of
Macon and adjoining counties is in
dicated by figures obtained at the of
fice of the county agent here today.
During the month of April this year
the creamery paid for butter fat a
total amount of $4,462.01. During
the same month of 1927 creamery
checks amounted to only $3,100, the
increase during the year Jpeing ap-
proximately 44 "per cent over that of .
the previoMs year, ihe amount per that day only a few could meet with
pound paid for butter fat averaged; Miss Russell and Mr. Harrington!
around forty-four' cents. About half (Many others were reached over the
the money paid out went to Macon telephone and , all agreed that Frankr
county farmers, the remainder going
to cream shippers from six nearby
counties, two or three of these coun
ties being located in Georgia.
Being assured of a dependable mark-
et at Franklin for butter fat there is
a constant increase in the ranks of
cream producers in this part of the
state and in adjoining counties in
North Georgia.
The names of the ten n:cn who re
ceived the most money for butter fat in
Macon county during the month of
April follow: E. W.. Howell, $55.66 ;
Frank Maslburn, $50.63; C. L. Inr
gram, $50.43; A. -B. Slagle, $49.55; G.
W. Culver, $44.27; C. H. Norton,
$41,51 ; A. L. Ramsey, $39.84 ; Lee
Crawford, $38.13; T. N. Norton, '$38.
05; E. A. VanHook, $37.43.
Tractor Runs
Over X L. Hicks
OnMonday, April 30, J. L. Hicks,
one of the maintenance mjCn on th
Highlands-Dillard Forest Service road,
had a novel experience. t
While drfving a 2-tori( Caterpillar
tractor the motor stopped and Hicks
thought he-had put the gear in neu
tral. He cranked the tractor and it
started moving backward. He start
ed to run around to put it out of
gear 'and :slipped and fel under the
tractor and it ran over hhn, frac
turing two bones of the leg and caus
ing other injuries.
By a queer coincidence the trac
tor ran upon a rock, releasing Hicks,
who pulled nimself from under the
track. Just before the tractor stalled
he was pulled from the track by his
companion, H. J. Baty who expected
to find a. dead man under the trac
tor. He is recovering nicely at a local
hospital.
FRAMIIN TO
BE IN FESTIVAL
This Town Will Take Part
I n Pageant Featuring
Rhodendron Festival at
Asheville Week of June
4-10 Franklin's Efforts to
Result in Much Publicity
for Town.
Miss Edith Russell and Mr. Har
rington, 'representing the Rhododen
dron Festival to be held at Asheville
on the week, of June 4-10, . visited
Franklin last Friday and met with
a few citizens to discuss the matter
of Franklin's taking part, in the pag
eant to be held at the football stadium
on the. night of June 5th. Due to
the death of a prominent citizen on
hn should not overlook this opportuni
ty to receive an immense amount of
publicity at a small cost. With the
exception of Brevard franklin is the
only town west of Asheville that re-
ceived an invitation to take part in
the pageant. It was agreed that
Franklin ..would be represented in
the pageant. The episode assign
ed to this town is based on a
Russian folk legend. Every country
where the rhododendron grows will
be represented. In addition to Russia
these countries include England, Ja
pan, China, '-Greenland and one or
two others. a , '
Miss Russell stated that one hun
dred dollars would bc required of
each town participating and thaFcacli
town would likewise , be , required to
organize from fifty to one hundred
men, women and children who are 'to'
appear i n theiragea n h M t s s Ru sseil
will come, to Franklin to conduct the
two rehearsals, the first being on
May 15 and the other on May 31.
As to the amount of advertising that
Frankiin will get from participation
in the pagcaent attention is invited
to an editorial in this issue.
Bas? and Trout
Station for W. N. C.
Congressman Abcrncthy is very
much pleased at the action of the '
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries, of which he is a member,
in the matter of the favorable report
W I lilt 17111 Ulllbll j;i V 1U.J V
year construction and maintenance
program for the United States Bureau
of Fisheries.
This bill is a very comprehensive
one for the whole, country, and takes
care of many experimental, fish, cul
tural and other stations to be main- i
j taincd and ' operated by the govern-
An Idea That
Has Become A
World-Wide Reality
May 8th is the one hundredth an
niversary of the birth of Jean Henro
Dunant.
In 1862 this gentleman of Franco
Swiss parentage, then in his early
thirties, presented to the world an
idea conceived in the aftermath of
one of history's bloodiest battles. In
a pamphlet entitled "Un Souvenir dc
Solferino," he said:
"Would it not be possible to estab
lish in every country. .. .Aid Societies,
whose aim would be to provide dur
ing war, volunteer nurses for the
wounded without distinction of na
tionality. .. .Societies of -this kind, once
created, with a permanent existence,
would. bc found all ready at the "lime
of war. . . .These societies" should "in
clude in thc7rown and each country,
as members of the central commitUc,
the most honorable and esteemed for
men. The moment of the commence
ment of war, the committee would
call on those persons . who' desire to
dedicate themselves for the time be
ing to this work, which will cdnsist
in helping and nursing, under guidance
of experienced physicians, the wound
ed, first on the battlefield, then in
the field and regular hospitals
These societies by their permanent
existence, could also render great serv
ice at the time of epidemics, floods,
great fires and other unexpected
catastrophes." .
This idea did not perish the vis
ion Jean Henri Dunant saw in his
young manhood has, in little more
than, halt a ccnturv. become a In
' ital world-wi'l'' realitv
in the
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enthusiasm, his energy, h.s money to
live interest. Largely mrougn ms
own efforts a convention was held in
Geneva in 1863,- attended officially by
renresentatives of .the principal na
tions, and this cmnention paved the
wav for a formal diplomatic conven
tion a year later which wrote Dunant's
idea into the phraseology ot an in
ternational treaty the Treaty of Ge
nevawhich created the Red Cross.
Today there are 56 nations bound
by the terms of thi3 treaty, each
with its national society of the Red
Cross.- Each society functions inde
pendently in its own country ; all
are joined for concerted humanitarian
effort in ncace and' in war through
the International Committee of the
Red Cross and with six exceptions
the League of Red Cross Societies.
Twenty million men, women, and
youths, are enrolled in these nation
al societies under the white banner
with its cross of red. They are pre
pared, in even ' of war,- to ameliorate
the sufferings of the wounded ; they
are relieving distres in catastrophe;
they are promoting the fundamentals
of health; they are building founda
tions of better ijiternaitonal under
standing; they have won world-wide
respect and confidence.
In our own nation four million
adults arc enrolled in the American
Red Cross, more than six and a half
million boys and girls are members of
the junor organization. Thirty-five
hundred Chapters are carrying for
ward the work of the Society, in ac
cordance with the stipulations of the
rlinrlir rriir'on it tlV 'mtlfTrSV.
the bovs of I
our nation in the World ar w' (
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Dunant's vision in action. Ihe ser
vices rendered those who-suffered in
the Mississippi Valley floods, in the
Florida .... hurricane,m the hundreds
of disasters of the past "(lecade in llnv
United States wore the living reali
ties of, -Dunant's idea. .Milliui's of
men and women have several as
iTtmnTrnTT-rarry--tH 4 h-4 siani.!:iJi
by 'the. "man in white" as he perform
ed his services of mercy on the bat
tlefield of Solferino.
The world kt Dunant die in Ob
scurity, almost in poverty. "; debt
of gratitude is .-due to him. If ar
be paid only' to his memory.
mcnt in various; sections of the conn-
.try. ' I
'Mr. 'Abcrncthy was able to have in
cluded in this sprogram a fish cul
tural station in eeastcrn North Caro
lina to cost $35,000, and also an ex
perimental bass and trout station in
the Pisgah National l orest, the l.reat
galri-recbgn1t.onTnd-,,rrt-U)r
idea. - He traveled,, nc wroie, ne iik- - - - . 'u ,
ed He visited the rulers and lead- 'ge J ) Thorn as and ; Mrs. Kobt.
ers of the time and fired their ac- White, of Athens Ga., paid Highlands
Smoky National Park, North Carolina, tcr, S. C, will fill the pulpit of the
upon the acquisition of said park by iocai Baptist church Sunday morning
the United States, this station to cost and Sunday night, May 13. Dr. Let
$35,000. This station will be located j visited Franklin last week and made
in the western part of Nortli Caro- manv friends while here. The con
hna, and . is Hhe result of a bill in- gre.tion is seriously considering ex
troduced by Congressman Weav er, and tending Dr. Lee a rail to become pas
is his project. Mr. Abcrnethv was vr Gf thp church here. Franklin has
able to have this incorporated in the been vvithouli a Baptist pastor for
general legislation. about a vear.
ITEMS OF NEBS
ROB HIGHLANDS
Interesting Locals and Oth
er News from Macon
County's Popular Moun
tain City.
Mr: Summers, a teacher in the
Highlands school, left for his home
on Monday of last week.
Miss Beatrice Keener, first grade
teacher in High school, left Highlands
on Saturday. .
Miss Verna Holbrook, who has
been visiting Miss Margaret Harry,
since the close of school, left for
her Jiomc in Mound City, Ala., on
Friday Miss -Holbrook cxjtectsTto
teach again the coming, term
Miss Elizabeth Rice has 'been in
Atlanta for a short visit. Miss Hire
is also a teacher in our school.
Miss Elizabeth Kline has fully re
covered from the injuries received
from a bad fall some time ago.
Miss Eloise Rice spent a tew days
this past week visiting her cousin,
Mrs. Bennett, in Ilendersonville.
Mr. Lawrence Hicks was ' painfully
injured on Thursday when the road
tractor which he was driiving crushed
him. He was taken to a hospital m
Franklin, where it was found he had
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a broken ankle ana otner injuries.
His friends are glad to learn the ac
cident did not prove so serious as
at first feared.
Captaia. Dye and family, of West
i. filin Hfirl-i. Pin am nrrnnvitKr trirti
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and chHd ot VU-st 1 aim LcaCh, l-.a,
a visit last week.
Mrs. Minnie Edwards, proprietor of
the Central House, and her son
Lewis, arc spending a few days in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Lily F. Pierson has sold her
stock of merchandise to. Mr. G. W.
Marett and is now associated with
Mr. Marett. Mr. Marett and Mrs,
1'ierson are both popular business
people in Highlands, and the combina-
t ion vill mean added prosperity for
both. .
"Mr. and Mrs. Bob King, of. An
derson, S. C, were in Highlands
ast week. Mr. King is proprietor
of the Plaza Hotel in Anderson, and
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or Kings inn m mgnianus. air.
King has added another dining room
and a number of rooms with private
baths to King's Inn and will be able
to accommodate more people this
summer.
Mr. A J. Davis and daughter, oi
Greenwood, S. C, have come up to
open Highlands I nn for the sum
mer; - - -'
Miss Albertina Staub, who has been
quite ill with flu for the past three
weeks, is able to be in her office
again.
Dr. Neville, of Dillard, Ga., and
Dr. Van Epp, of Cashiers, were called
in consultation to the small son of
Kobt. Reese. The baby is quite ill
with pneumonia, but at last reports
he was showing some slight improve
ment, ' , -
The people of Highlands were
shocked and sincerely grieved to learn
of the death of Mr. Wint Horn" on
Saturday. Mr. Horn had many
t ,
friends in this vicinity who will sadly
miss him. .
Mr. J. A. Hines is again able to be
out after his illness. His friends arc
glad to welcome, him back at his busi
ness. Mrs. A. J. Anderson has returned
to Highlands after several months'
visit in l'lorida and Atlanta.
iMr. Charles Andeison, proprietor
of the Highlands Drtiv store and of ;
the Anderson Cafe, with , his wife and
little girl, has returned from-a short
v iii to Tennessee...
Last , but not ,,, least ighlands has
been a mighty nice p'-icc to be in
the 'past week, with her perfect spring
davs. Everybody-. is, busy , planting
uardens and - getting ready for the
best season
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Dr. I-ee to Preach
Here Sunday
nr. Walter M. Lee. of Wrstminiq-