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VOLUME XLIU
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928
NUMBER TWENTY-SIX
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r.lARTIW KILLS
HLS SOK-IN-LAV
Pink Martin Uses Shotgun
To End Life of Marshall
Laney Claims Self De
fense. Marshall Laney, age 23, was shot
and killed by his father-in-law. Pink
Martin, at Martin's home on the
Burningtown section in this county
Sunday afternoon when Laney, in an
alleged , drunken condition and curs
ing those in the house, broke down
the door of Martin's home and ad
vanced upon his father-in-law with
an open knife. ' . .
Martin's wife, Laney's wife, and
Minnie Martin, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin were witnesses of
the killing. Bill Edwards, a neighbor,
was near the home at the time , the
stint was fired and came to the scene
immediately. He had been brought
by Mmnie Martin who had gone to
his home with the report that Laney
lv.is thrrateninsr to kill her father.
According to evidence taken by a
coroner's jury, Laney, who had been
staying at the home of his father-in-law
Ipft the house at 11 o'clock on
Sunday morning and returned about
1 nVlnrk. fiirsintr and under the in
fluence of whiskey. There had been
no previous trouble between him and
hia fatW-in-1aw. it is said. When
he entered the yard he was cursing
Mr. Martin, tie opened ms Knue
anH threntrned to kill him., Mr. -Mar-
uV.?id-JTWJanted9trpuble
7Tefwe'e.ff thettt; saying--i.iir- a"vr--y
wanted them to have no trouble.
Laney is reported to have cursed
Mrs. Martin and to have added, "I am
going to come into the house any
way, as I am not afraid of any of
you." At this point he pulled a bot
tle of whiskey from his. pocket with
the statement that he intended to get
drunker, that he had a half gallon
more whiskey, and money to buy still
more than that. .
Mr. and Mrs. Martin had retired
to the house, and Laney started into
the room where they were. Mrs.
Martin then closed the door to keep
him out. Laney swore that he was
coming in,, whereupon the went into
the dining room.. According to ev
idence from Mrs. Martin, Laney then
took an ax and bursted down the
front door. , , ,
Mrs. Laney induced her husband
to leave the house, however, and to
go down the road with her. Laney
entered the house three difirent times,
iio ttiirH timp tie made the state-
auu iuv v
ment that he was going upstairs to
remove a little bed he dcsirea. iuarun
rA hm "to po back, and repeated
the statement that he wanted no
trouble. At this point Laney openea
-uie bnifp anH advanced on Martin,
who' took his shotgun and fired into
Laney s head.
Sheriff C. L. Ingram, who arrested
Unrtm onH hmiiffht him to the coun-
xuai n't v -
ty jail Sunday afternoon, leports that
o civtn miairp shotSfUh was USed,
onri thot the shot entered Laney's
head above the right eye. .Had the
shot been a half inch higher, Sheriff
Ingram said, it would probably have
missed entirely, i The gun was fired
at close quarters as evidenced by
powder burns on the face of the dead
man. The entire top of Laney's head
was blown off, with the shot passing
on into the ceiling of the room. A
coroner's juiry consisting . of W. F.
Curtis, W. C. Arvey, Bob Davis, W.
"" ' G. Mallonce, ' W. H. Sellers, - and
Walter Gibson "found that Laney
"came to his death by a gun shot
wound at the hand of Pink Martin,
the shot taking effect in the head
over the right eye." -
! Although Martin and; Laney are re
ported to have had no previous "hard
feelings," Laney's wife admitted that
i some harsh words had passed between
them about three years ago. No
evidence of ill feeling between the
two had been seen since then.
- Laney had been staying at the
Martin for about two
months, following his return from
East Tennessee where he nac Deen
It is understood -that he
had no home of his own and that
he was employed on public works
(mm timp tn time. During, the last
few weeks he had been helping Mr.
AjT ortin AH the latter's farm. Lanev
was for some time employed by the
Ritter Lumber company in mis coun
ts 4iprp he is renorted to have given
his employers some trouble as a re
sult of drinking. ,,w t
'Martin mndf bond of , $3,000. NO
date has as yet been set for his
trial, but a preliminary nearing is
-rterteA to he held earlv this week.
A soda water bottle, half filled
WILL CELEBRATE
OM MYF(IDRTH
Four-H Club Program, Fie
dlers Convention and Ox
ford Singing Class Fea
ture Attractions.
"The day is to be a day of loud,
joyous, rollicking fun. Everyone must
leave all their troubles and cares be
hind, and just laugh, laugh, laugh,"
reads a part of a letter written -by
Lyles Harris, county agent, to 4-H
club members in this county concern
ing the part they are to have in the
Fourth of July celebration at Frank
lin next week.
"It is the finest thing of its kind
for the entertainment of children
that I have ever seen in Franklin.
T q ct vpur.thp nresentation here was
wonderful," stated Bill Moore this
week, refenng to the program ot tne
Ovfnrfl Ornhanaere Sinuing Glass
which is to be rendered at the court
house Wednesday evening, July 4, at
"A soul-stirring, blues-killing, jolly
good time will be in store tor all.
All fiddlers, banjo pickers and guitar
nlctprc arc inv ited to take cart. Frizes
will be awarded to the best fidddlers,
twnin nirkers. best dancer, prettiest
girl and ugliest man." This statement
comes from Fiddling Jim Corbin who
is putting on an old time riaaiers
t tVie court house.
VUiiTvm , .
tViac !rp the statements of the
SRonsors of the three main features
of entertainment w me uay. .
Thompson 'in "Sunset Legion'' will be
presented on July 4th, in addition to
a number ot snon icaiui. ... ,
members will be admitted to the show
in the, afternoon for ten. cents.
The complete program ior r
members for the day follows:
10 00 a. m. Meet at Schoolhouse
10:30 a. m. Parade Begins
11- 00 a. m. Formation at Square
12- 00 M Meeting in Court House
Presidents and secretaries &u
, rostrum with adult, leaders
Yell Nine Rahs.
Song : Amerita ,
Address: James M. Gray, Sate
Supervisor of Farm Demonstration
work '
Song: The Club Trail .
Recitation? "Mother," by Howard
Moffltt .11 Ur-h nf
1:00 p. m. Dinner on hilt back ot
2-OoTmy Moving Picture; visits to
Banks, Franklin Press, Court House,
be the guests of the 4-H club. ln
J ta fons'will go from the 4-H mem-n.-i,
Tns secretary ot tht
an inviting all members to
fave dinner withthe 4-H picnicker.
Each club member will yarjkevc
bands, and each club will xarry a
banner. The presidents ami secrc
taries will be responsible for these.
Se sleeve bands will be our inches
wide, made of white, do
green four-leai ciot-r
Visitors will recognize all 4-H rep
Sativls by, this emblem on, the
Fourth.1 The banners v
iourV .. t, ,,omp of the club
ters. , . . muct not
The frog jumping coiu -h -
be forgotten. It is, not n uH-.
nroeram. but win uc i"'b-'. -
Way hexe on , the Fourth if
Another story m .
nui.iLi j f,lt.mQf:fin concerning
i-"rp;s Hives unui""" .
he Oxford Orphanage. Singing ; Class
Franklin people are tan m i
high class programs that the old time
fiddlers have put on here in the
past. " t : r
Girl Dies
old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Collins, died
of flux last Saturday. The remains
were interred at the Iotla Baptist
church on Sunday afternoon.
CHILDREN'S DAY PROGRAM
There will be a children's day
program at Louisa Chapel July ,1.
We hope to have a large crowd and
a good time. Everybody invited to
come and bring a well-filled basket.
with whiskey, a knife, a bunch of
keys, smoking tobacco, and a box of
snuff were taken from Laney's pock-t-c
fnllnwinc- his death. He is a na
tive of East Tennessee, and the body
will be returned to that state ior
burial.
FINISH SURVEY
BY AUGUST 1ST
Thomas Porter Makes In
teresting Report of Pro
gress On Park Survey
Grows Grandpa Whiskers.
T. W. Porter, Jr., one of the crew
surveying the boundaries in the area
of the Smoky Mountain park region
was in Franklin over last week for
a visit with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 1. W. rorter. jl nomas, wcign
iner 170 nounds and soortinc a crowth
of whiskers that could only have
been grown in the smokies, tens
some interesting things about the
ruggedness of , the region. The
Smokies, he reports, are tar wiicicr
than the Nantahala renion of this
county, and the scenery surpasses that
of Macon mountains.
.Sio-ns of bears are common among
the Smokies, and Tom reports having
seen a cub only last week, uccr
arp more scarce, he savs. but a
greater variety of birds are to be
found than in any similar mountain
section. t
The surveying crew has been over
Clingman's Dome, the second highest
mountain in North Carolina, with an
altitude of 6,680 feet. The top, how
ever, is covered with a thick , growth
of balsams which makes impossible
a good view from the main top.
The crew with which Tom has
been working is now surveying on the
Tennessee line above Proctor. The
work will be completed about the last
of August, it is said. The entire
work of surveying the land boun
daries of the Smokies is under the
direction of W. N. Sloan, of Frank
lin. , . ,
Thoftirom,Fjanklinm the crew
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n atn frl" np l w." v,t-
and others from distant states are
with thp various crews in the Smokies.
Those from Franklin are: Sam
Greenwood, Carl Dalton, Harry Wil
son, Roane Bradley, Norton Holbrook
and Thomas Porter, Jr.
Death of Walter Shephard
Walter Shephard, son of Mr. Jim
(Boy) Shephard, died Friday from a
serious over-heat after which pneu
monia developed. He was about 30
years of age. He leaves a widow
to mourn her loss.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 11 o'clock. (
Sewells Arrive
Mr. and Mrs. John Sewcll of
Miami, reached Franklin Friday of
last week and will be here for the
season at their summer home, Summer
Hill.
gETTER JUSTNESS gULLETIN
A Business Boosting Bulletin for
Promoting Local Business Interests
Published By
THE FRANKLIN PRESS
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Adopt the Mail-Order House Method of
Promoting Sales
The mail-order house has made wonderful strides in the past ten
or twelve years, and the secret of this great succss is simply persis
tent advertising and .their method of promoting sales by featuring
leaders or low price merchandise in their catalogs and other adver
tising matter. .- ' .
The local merchant has a very great advantage over the maiU
order house in the use of this kind of advertising because he is in
a position to present' to the buying public of his trade territory, in
teresting merchandise offerings every day or week through his home
newspaper. .
Competition with mail-order prices hits the local merchant pretty
hard these days, with prices tumbling and mail-order houses sending
out supplements and "flyers" every few weeks with alluring price re
ductions on certain goods.
liwua un -ctiaiu gwwu
FI 1 1 1 ,C L. A..'.A.nM
lis iuuu iiicriiiaiiiu uurcci ,
pulling influence of the ctatlog house's price reducipns on these
leaders simply by going over his stock carefully each day or week
and selecting those items which can be featured in his newspaper ad
vertising at a substantial reduction.
Mail-order advertising always .offers a saving on certain articles
in order to promote the sale of other goods. This same method
of promoting sales can be used even more effectively by the local
merchant on account of his being located in that community and
giving prompt and personal advice to all customers.
The home merchant can present to the buying public through
regular newspaper advertising, interesting price reductions on certain
items that will bring the people to his store where other merchandise
can be seen and examined and where coats, suits, dresses, hats, etc.,
may be tried on. Any good saleswoman knows the advantages of
exclusiveness and personal becomingness in making a sale of high
grade merchandise to a "p"ce" bye"' ,
By using a certain amount of space regularly in your. local news
paper, and by featuuring a few items at attractive prices long with
your cordial invitation to visit the store, you have a big .selling ad
vantage locally over the mail-order house, and you have also a very
speedy and effective means of combating mail-order competition in
your home community.
SPECIAL EDITION
OF THE PRESS
On July 6 Will Issue a High
lands Edition To Feature
Scenic Attractions, Golf
Course, Homes and Hotels.
The rapid growth of Highlands, the
only incorporated town, in Macon
county with the exception of Frank
lin, deserves more publicity than the
town has received through The Press.
Recognizing this, The Franklin Press
has decided to issue a special High
lands Edition for the date of July 6.
This edition of The Press will car
ry, in addition to the history of the
Town of Highlands itself, articles
describing the new golf course under
construction in the town, .scenic at
tractions, the municipal dam and pow
er plant, the summer homes, and
other articles devoted to business;
civic and religious activities of Ma
con's . mountain city.
Highlands, with its i:'.cal location
among the rugged mountain tops in
the southeast corner of Macon, has
nnrr Iiopn n fnvnritrp summer resort.
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Many prominent people from At
lanta and elsewhere spend the entire
summer in their own summer homes
at. T-nrh1ahds. Famous for the gran
deur of the scenery within easy walk
ing distance of the heart of town, for
its granite cliffs, its numerous watcr
follc hridle nnths. and artificial lakes,
the 'Highlands country has become
twtpr nnrl hetter known throughout
the . Southern states. Advertising has
been placed by the town in many of
tUa. loarlincr rlailv newsoaticrs in the
South. The result has been that with
parh vear Highlands has been visited
i ...n ml metre tourists. And all
f r'. u..t ";;.V,. r.i.'.Y!
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with"" wnat " tiicy-- t-rw i. fr
ill the way of entertainment and
recreation. - . ,r
With the completion of the golt
links at Highlands and the erection
of the club house under construction
by the same : Atlanta business men
who are sponscring the golf course,
the town is destined to become the
favorite gathering place of tourists
seeking recreation in mountain resorts.
The Highlands Edition of The
Press, with several pages devoted to
enterprises of the town will be of
interest to all Macon county people,
and the people of Highlands will
probably desire to preserve their
copies of The Press, or to order ex
tra copies for. friends. It is believed
that the Highlands people will co
operate to the fullest extent in mak
ing heir own edition of the county
paper as complete and as full of in
formation and entertainment as the
management of The Press desires to
make it.
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GIRL BRINGS
UGLY CHARGES
Potts and Holland Charged
With Serious Crime-Re-leased
on onds of $1,000
Each.
A taxi, liquor, two men, a girl and
a night spent in the Nantahala moun
tains are all mixed up in a sordid
story, told here Monday afternoon
in a justice court presided over by
Maiistrate efionre Caroenter. The
gid seventeen years of age charges
Albert l'otts, about thirty years 01
aw. and a taxi driver, and Norman
Holland, a lad of eighteen summers,
with, rape while the car in which
thev had been riding was stuck in
the mud at, Black Gap on the Clay
county line on highway No. 28 about
20 miles west of Franklin. Accord
ing to-'-the evidence of the girl she
and the two men started to- church
On the Cullasaia Sunday night about
8:00 o'clock. The girl's 12-year-old
brother was also in the car. Un
reaching Franklin, the little boy was
given a dime by Potts to procure
some candy. After the lad left the
car the men and girl drove up the
Cullasaja river and obtained a cache
of liquor consisting of half a gallon.
The party then returned to Franklin
where a puncture was repaired. This
done the car went west on highway
No 28 and finally became stuck in
the mud at Black Gap at 1 :00 o'clock
Monday morning where it staid until
6:30 before the men were able to
get the car out. During this time
the , girl claims that she was dragged
from the car .by Holland and held
while Potts assaulted her. Holland
then committed an assault while the
Potts assaulted her the second tunc,
she claims. After the car was re
leased from the mud the men drove
the girl to her home. On the way
home the girl claims that Potts threat
ened to kill her should she tell what
happened during the night. On reach
ing home the girl immediately told
her mother what the men had done.
The mother swore out a warrant at
once and this was served by Dep
uties Coffey and Cabe at the homes
Potts and Holland who live at Pine
Grove, a few miles southeast of
Franklin. .The men were brought to
town and lodged in jail . and at the
trial Monday afternoon were bound
over to superior court of charges of
Attorneys George Patton and J. F.
Kay represented the defendants while
Attorney Dean Sisk was in charge
of the prosecution. .
The girl claimed that from the time
the party left Franklin the last time
and started out on highway No. 28
she begged and cried to be carried
back home. However, the cross ex
amination brought out the fact that
she had several opportunities to make
out-cries and that she did not do so.
Attorneys for the defence also
brought out the fact that the girl's
clothing was not torn and that there
was no mud nor dirt on her gar
ments. The defense attorneys claimed that
the story. of assault was concocted Dy
iUn mrl nn rxnlanation to her
mother as to why she remained out
all night. , , ,
Both men were released Monday
afternoon on bonds of $1,000 each.
Pocketbook Wins Rides
K.vi-rv Docketbook one sees in the
road may -not have been lost. There
arc,, in tact, nine young prodigals- in
Franklin who have been; reduced m
nntfria I Hill's IU U1C . uwnti ami' . "i
but one pocketbook among them.
This, however, they do not use to
keep their money in. Instead, they
use it to catch automobile rides, and
here 'is how they do it,
OutatLake Arbord c, where tli.:
nm tiin a Hailv Drilrrimaecr in hot-
weather, they do not 1 eel inclined to
walk to town attcr a plunge into tne
,Qfr.r Arrorriinirlv. thev carefully
place their pocketbook in the middle
of the road. . beven ot tne numuer
hide in the bushes, and the other two .
walk a few yards from the pocket-
book and flag the tirst congenial
passerby.' , "
"Look! there's a ppekctbook,' says
one of the two when they have got
ten to the point in the road wnere
it is visible. The motorists puts on
his brakes, and jumps from the car
before it has stopped. But before
he gets to the pocketbook, the seven
hidden schemers jump from the bush
es, regain their precious pocketbook,
and ask for a lift to town.
Then if the motorist is good na
turcd, he says : "All right, boys, hop
on, and save your pocketbook for the
'ne:ci sucker."