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VOLUME XLIII
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1928
NUMBER FORTY-THREE
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STEWARDS ARE
EtfTERTAiED
Pastor of Local Methodist
Church and Mrs. Mock
Serve the Stewards With
Chicken Supper. ,
Wednesday night of last week Rev.
"R. F. Mock and Mrs. Mock enter
tained the stewards of the local Mcth
oaist church at a chicken supper
served at the parsonage. Plates were
, laid for eighteen. Hens that had
been laying for this occasion were
themselves laid upon the table to the
delight of the stewards, especially to
that of J. I W. Street, who returned
to The Press office Thursday morn
ing looking more satisfied than had
been the case in several months.
After the supper was served the
stewards held a business meeting at
, -which reports of the committees were
received incident to c losing the bus-
iness matters of the church for the
conference year. According to the
reports rendered the financial con
dition of the church is in much bet
ter shape than at the same time last
year.
The pastor and Mrs. Mock have
been at Franklin for a year and dur
ing that time have made a host of
friends in Franklin and surrounding
. community among all denominations.
That the pastor's services here have
"been entirely 'satisfactory was indi
cated by a unanimous vote of the
stewards w hen they passed a resolu
v ' lion requesting the conference that
.ettCharlotte this week, ta re-
Hnnht the . entire membership of th
church would vote as unanimously on
the same resolution.
HAYESV1LLE WINS
FRAMLIN CUP
Men s Bible Classes of Four
Towns Have Meeting at
Patterson Springs
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On April 15 the men's Bible classes
of the Methodists churches ot t-ranK-lin,
Haycsville, Murphy and Bryson
City held a meeting at Bryson City
with the object in view of increas
ing the membership of the classes and
of obtaining, a higher percentage of
attendance. At this meeting me rraim
lin class offered a silver loving cup
to the class that made the best rec
ord for the succeeding six months.
Last Sunday the classes again met at
Patterson Springs on Highway No. 10
between Bryson City and Topton. At
this meeting a check of the records
of the classes showed that Hayes
ville had won the cup by a big
percentage over the other conten t
ing classes. In April the Hayesvtllc
Bible class had a membership of only
eight. During the last six months
this attendance showed an average of
25.36. Rev. R. F. Mock of Franklin
delivered the cup to the Haycsyille
class in a .speech in which he praised
the efforts of 'the classes concerned.
Hayesville will keep the cup for the
next six months at which time an
other meeting will be held to de
termine the "winner..
The meeting at Patterson Springs
last Sunday was well attended and .a
picnic diner was served.
LOCK PLEASED
WITH FRANKLIN
Mr E. E. Lock' who recently leased
the Scott Griffin hotel for five years
reports that . all . his rooms have been j
occupied since assuming charge ot
the hotel on October 15. Mr. Lock
states that both he and his mother.
Mrs. Grace Lock, who is associated
with him in the management of. the
hotel, arc delighted with Franklin.
In moving from Wayncsville Mr.
Lock brought much hotel equipment
with him. He expects that work on
remodeling the office of the hotel will
begin within two weeks. One of the
improvements to b5 made is a change
irr the' location of the stairway. Mr.
Lock is also contemplating moving the
dining room to the ground floor
where meals can be served from a
(ivmb waiter connecting with the
kitchen on the second floor. .
The Missionary Societ of the Bap
tist church held its last meeting with
Mrs. W. C. Kinney. There were four
teen present and all reported a good
meeting. Cake and coffee were served
as refreshments after the business
meeting was concluded, R
COMPANY HAS
RAPID GROWTH
Public -Utilities Corporation,
Dealing Only in Small
Town Properties and Rur
al Electrification Makes
Remarkable Progress.
' The 'citizens ftf Franklin will be
interested to know that the Public
Utilities Corporation of Cleveland,
Ohio, which owns the Jupollo Public
Service, company and many other
similar companies, is making rapjd
progress in its special field of en
deavor, that is, small town hydro
electric properties and rural electrifica
tion. . The Public Utilities corpora
tion was organized only a few years
ago and, according to recently publish
ed figures, now owns properties worth
more than nine millions of dollars.
These properties are located mainly
in the states of Ohio, Maryland, Vir
ginia, North Carolina' and Georgia.
The corporation now has a gross in
come of more than $2,000,000 annually.
The corporation serves electricity to
more than 10,000 customers and also
has more than 11,000 telephone sub
scribers on its telephone directories
in various towtis. The total popula
tion served is in excess of a quarter
of a million. Such is the information
received here recently in reports pub
lished at the home office in Cleve
land. Before entering into a contract
with th Jupollo Service company to
sell the power plant the town ol-
ficials of Franklin made a thorough,
investigation of the financial and ttior-.
TW-sPublic utilities
is presIdehtri"''Th
closed the fact that this corporation
has ample financial backing and 'tint
its rapid growth has been due largely
to its policy of dealing fairly and
honorably with ' the public.
In a recent conversation Mr. .Mead
spoke enthusiastically of the possi
bilities of development in Western
North Carolina, not only from the in
dustrial standpoint, but from the. rec
reational standpoint as well.
The South Rich In
IMatlirnl RpnillVftS
Ninety-nine per cent of the nation's
bauxite, from which aluminum is
v made, and the same proportion
of four other minerals are
produced in the South
In a recent address before the
Southeast Shippers Advisory Board
at Biloxi, Mississippi, Mar. P. E.
OTDell, vice-president and general
manager of the., Gulf,' Mobile ami
Northern Railway, nroposed a plan by
which the South could acqaint South
ern people with its resources and in
dustrial possibilities and then carrv
the message to the rest of the world.
Tn the Current issue f Hollands,
"The Magazine of the South," Arthur
Coleman discusses the value of or
ganized effort in the South's recovery
from the Civil War, and its indus
trial growth since that time. He also
noints out some of the resource:; and
how" they have been developed until
today the South produces ninety-inne
npr rent of the nation's cotton, , sul
phur, phosphate, carbon black, graph -itp
and bauxite: ninety-three per cent
of, its asphalt and two-thirds of its
netroleum: until today they hold in
their hands more than a fifth of the
nation's wealth, a sixth of Us man- .
ufacturcd products and a half of its
cotton manufactured products.
Sixty-three years. Only a tourfh
of the South' age. And yet in that
fourth it has labored and built and
regained more than half the power
that it held at the end of the. first
three-fourths; until, in 1927, with an
estimated population of. only 40,175,000,
it produced 170.6 per cent more cotton
products value, 81.1 per. cent more
mineral products value and made
681.8 per cent more highway expen
ditures than did the entire United
States, with 75,994,000 population and
practically all the country's wealth iii
1900.
Jt is a dazing, amazing, Aladdinlike
narrative, this story of the New
South. It is almost incomprehensible
that a people could, surge upward from
the very pits of despair and ruin and,
in one lifetime, center thc attention of
a nation on themselves; make such
gigantic strides in manufacturing and
other development as to attract the
interest and capital of a nation to
whom big business is an open book;
and still stand forth in the security
of the knowledge that the resources
of the New South,' arc but partially
explored, little known, fractionally de
velopeda people and a land with all
the charm of tradition and blood and
STOCKHOLDERS
OF TELCO. I.1EET
Old Board of Directors Re
elected Report of General
Manager Shows Company
in Good Condition.
The annual stockhoiriers meeting of
the Western Carolina Telephone com
pany took place here Thursday of
last week in the offices of the com
pany. The old board of directors,
consisting of W. P.. McGuire, Dr. W.
A. Rogers, T. J. Johnston, Dr. f.
H. Smathcrs, M. B. Spear, II. L.
Jones, I). G. Stewart, C. J, Harris
and A. Maupin, were reelected with
out a dissenting vote. The annual re
port of the general manager, D. G.
Stewart, showed that the total assets
of the company are now $74,384.88.
The company now owns five ex
changes located at Franklin, Clayton,
Ga., Highlands, Bryson City andSylva.
Also several toll lines connecting these
towns and one extending from Sylva
to High Hampton. The number of
telephones in operation is 672 and
the average monthly rental from
each telephone, including the tolls,
amount to $4.08. . ".'''
During the past year the exchanges
at Clayton and Bryson City have been
entirely rebuilt, the same having been
done at Franklin previously. The ex
change at Sylva is now in the course
of reconstruction, Mr Stewart re
ported, and work on the Highlands
gha"gfr- g?"?- s.tor ,a thc
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excellent' condition anf " "acebfding "to
the directors, thc company, will then
be in a position to declare dividends.
Since the organization of the com
pany here three year ago the entire
revenue has been devoted to improve
ments and extensions. Mr. Spear who
has charge of the Southern Bell in
the two Carolinas. stated to the stock
holders that the local company is now
earning much more per telephone than
any other independent company in
his territory.
Th' Southern Bell owns 25 per cent
( fV, ct-.k r( tYio lnral roirmanv and
has. two men on the board of dircc-
tors.
VISITORS HERE
TO SEE PLANT
Willhoit States Great Prog
ress is Now Being Made
in Methods of Handling
Clay and Mica.
Mr. Chas. Botsford, of New" York
and London; S. J. Mulvaney, former
ly with the Southern Railway ; 11.
H. Willhoit, Industrial Agent of the
Southern Railway with headquarters
in Washington, and Mr. John N.
S.hoolbred, civil engineer of .Wayncs
ville, visited Franklin Tuesday of
this week to inspect the newly com
pleted plant Of the Franklin Mineral
Products company, Mr. John Daven
port, general manager. The gentle
men mentioned had seen news dis
patches of thc plant in question an
had journeyed to Franklin to inspect
the plant. . Thqy
were particularly
new process for
interested in the
grinding mica invented aUd 'developed
by Mr. Davenport. Mr. Willhoit
states that new methods of.' handling
clay and inica arc being put into op
eration at other Southern fields.
These methods arc saving all the fine
mica that formerly was lost in sep
arating the clay from the mica. It ii
understood that the visitors were. de
lighted -.with Franklin's new plant re
cently constructed by Mr. Davenport.
They expressed their intention of re
turning to Franklin in the Hear fu
ture. Comes to Scott Griffin
Miss Emily Alcoek of Waltham,
Mass, has accepted a position at the
Scott Griffin. Miss Alcock is a cous
in of. Mr. E. E. Lock and before -coming
to Franklin was a stenographer in
the office of city treasurer at Newton,
Mass. It is understood that Miss Al
cock has come to Franklin with the
intention of making this delightful
little city her future home. The Press
joins with thc town in extending her
a cordial welcome. '
breeding of the old, now fresh and
vibrant with the vigor and courage of
thc new. . " '
9,000,000 HOMES
WIRED IN 7 YEARS
Electric Service In United
States Has Tremen
- ' ' dous Growth
In these days, when even the mosf
modest cottage in any community is
wired for electricity, it i difficult to
realize that to more than a thr .r
the people of the United Stales elec
tric lights in the home arc almost as
new as the radio. Within the short
span of seven years 9,000,000 homes
the hearthstone of nearly 40,000,000
people ha e, for the first time com
menced to enjoy electric service. Dur
ing the year 1927 alone more than
l,2w,W homes were added to the
rapidly growing list of customers for
what is no longer a luxvury but is
looked upon as an absolute necessity
Speaking' chronologically the light
and power industry itself is but little-
more than a youth, while electricity
for domestic purposes is but a lusty,
squalling infant. Although extension
of service has been rapid those in
the business foresee enormous pos
sibilities in the larger home use of
electrical energy. Over 62 per cent of
our people now live in electrically
wired homes and in 1927 household
consumption increased 15 per cent as
against an increase of 11 per cent in
factories.
Much of this increase in consump
tion is due to a rapid increase in
the use of household 1 appliances and
labor saving devices, new household
uses such as electric refrigeration,
radio and home movies have been, de
veloped and generally "adopted. Build-
j err. are; no longer wiring houses . for
ur r
fljlltj
icx copper wires ana more outlets m
all parts of the house from basement
to the attic.
Electric refrigeration, keeping the
food supply at a constant and even
temperature, has cut down much of
the waste of thc old-fashioned ice
box. The electric sewing machine is
restoring the art of dress-making in
the home of its former high estate.
The vacuum cleaner actually removes
the dirt instead of distributing it
around the room. There arc electric
dish and clothes washers, ice cream
freezers, stoves, bath room appliances
and a score of other devices which
are in use , today in literally millions
of homes. (
Twenty-five years ago it was
thought that the incandescent lamp
with the carbon filament was the last
word in lighting. Today we have the
Mazda lamp giving 40 times the light
for thc .same cost. Instead of a single
lamp or simple lamp clusters we have
portable lamps everywhere in the
house and lighting has become as
much a part of interior decorating as
draperies or the pictures on the walls.
Americans use almost as much elec
tricity as the rest f thc world com
bined. In hte past fifteen years thc
population of the United States has
increased 24 per cent while the pro
portion of that population living in
electrically wired homes has increased
520 per -cent. The electricity generat
ed has increased 626 per cent while
the total number of customers has in
creased 465 per cent. Public Service.
Special Services at
Presbyterian Church
-Beginning Sunday, October 28 and
continuing through Sunday, November
4, a series of services will be held
at the Franaklin Presbyterian church.
Rev. Vernon A. Crawford, pastor of
the, Brevard Presbyterian church, will
conduct these services. There will be
two services each day, the morning
service at 10:30 'and the evening ser
vice at 7:30. Everyone is cordially
invited '.sl'nd' urged to attend these
services.
Mead Reports Progress On
Lake Emory Development
Preliminary I n v estigations
and Details Require Time
Announcement in Few
Weeks of Form Develop
ment Will Take.
In a communication received here
recently from R. M. Mead, president
of the Jupollo Public Service com-
pany, hc states that satisfactory prog-,
a-w is nuw yemg inane on prelim
inary investigations and details rel
ative to the Lake Emory development.
Mr. Mead says that a development
of this magnitude requires much time
and much preliminary work. It is
a p. d rnnre
TO FRMM
Franklin' Makes 41st Store
West of Blue Ridge In
StateLeased Store Room
In New P. O. Building
A. G. Walker, assistant superin-,
tendent of thc A & P Tea company,
with headquarters at Asheville, was
here Tuesday and announced fne open
ing within a few days of an A & V
store at Franklin. This company has
ieascd a store room in the new Dost
office building. The store at Frank
lin makes the forty-first store of this
company to be established in this
state west of thc Blue Kidgc. .
This week the A'& V Tea com
pany is celebrating its 69th year ' as
an organization.
Mr. Walker announced that Mr.
Ralph Enslcy, now at Bryson City,
will be thc manager of the store here.
Mr. Walker also announced that Mr.
T. J. Johnston, Jr., has accepted a
position with the store at Franklin.
WEAVER SPEAKS
AT COURT HOUSE
Stands For 1 8th Amendment
and Al Smith Makes Plea
For Support of County,
State and National Dem
ocratic Tickets
oiaies constitution mat wouia repeal
or change in any way the eighteenth
amendment banning liquor from this
country will be opposed by Congress
man Zebulon Weaver, of the tenth
North Carolina district, he told a large
audience here Wednesday night at the
court house when he addressed Macon
county citizens in behalf of his can
didacy for reelection from the tenth
district which he has served faithfully
for many years and his auditors
showed a keen interest in his re
marks. Mr. Weaver in discussing prohibi
tion pointed out that the attitude of
Governor Smith towards prohibition
has been used as an argument against
him for the presidency by some dem
ocrats and his discussion was in an
swer to this argument against the
New York governor and a classifica
tion of his own views on thc subject.'
It seems to me that it should not
be a ; difficult thing for any democrat
to determine, but I find that some
democrats are disturbed because of
Governor Smith's views upon prohi
bition" said Mr. Weaver.
"I can understand this, for I myself
am not in accord with Governor
Smith's views on this question. But
notwithstanding the attitude of Gov
ernor Smith upon the prohibition
question there are other things to my
mind which should control us in
determining our suffrage. In the
first place this election will not de
termine the prohibition question.
"As to whether the 18th amendment
hall be repealed or modified or
whether the Volstead act shall be
modified or altered is a matter for
the people .themselves to determine :
through Congress. For in it alone
under the 'constitution is reposed, the
the power of dealing with this ques
tion., .'
"As a member of the legislature of
1907, I was one of those who helped .
to make North Carolina dry and to
submit to the state at large at the .
election of 1908 the question of
whether the state should be wet iOr
dry, at which time it voted more than
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his intention to make of Lake Emory
a place that will bex a credit to
Western North Carolina, Having this
idea in mind Mr. Mead has announced
that he would prefer not to start
work on the development . until all
plans are made to carry the work
through to a successful conclusion.
He is much encouraged by his pre
liminary investigations concerning thi
possibilities of Lake Emorv and is
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now uusy wan iue many details m-
ndent to a proposition of this kind
He therefore hopes that within a
few weeks he will be able to make a
definite announcement of the de
tailed plans to be followed in the
development of the Lake Emory holdings.