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GOLF 4.000 FEET
UP IN THE AIR
Airplanes or Grar Zeppe
lins, or Anything of Sort,
. But on Highlands Course.
(By O.. B. Keeler)
77 In Atlanta Journal
Virtually the only, thing left in this
tempestuous world today about which
there is no debate and never an argu
ment" is the proposition that when you
establish a .summer resort or a win
ter resort there must be a golf
, course there. And the better, the
better, if you gain the idea. Take
the little town of Highlands, ,N. C,
for example. It is not a new town.
Indeed, it is quite an old town.
Carleton Y.x Smith, to go no farther,
has been going to Highlands these
last thirty-nine years. It is true Mr.
Smith started going to Highlands
when he was astonishingly young.
His parents took him. More recent
ly, Mr. Smith has been(' going to
Highlands from his own motives.
Some weeks ago Mrs. Keeler and I
went along with him, to Highlands.
I had been : hearing intermittently
about Highlands for about T a year. I
did not know what exactly was doing
there, but a lot of people got to
talking ' about it. You 'know how it
is. You hear a lot about a place
and you begin wanting to go there.
It is a sort of hypnotic process, I
suppose. I had one engagement after
another to go to Highlands and some
thing always bobbed up to interfere.
But finally I got there. This is a
little story of, Highlands, and a golf
course of which you will hear a good
deal more, in the future, because it is
a Donald Ross golf course, and also
a Scott Hudson golf 'course, and when
those two get their heads together the
result may be- regarded as notable
even before it happns.
The originator of the Highlands pro
ject, let it be explained, is Mr. Carle
ton Smith. Mr. Smith, as-stated,; bc
ron cmincr tn Highlands some thirty-
nine years ago. At that time he did
not sec anything in Highlands that
would cause him to write home, first,
because he was then about six years
old, and second, writing was a tough
job at that juncture.
But some six or seven years ago
Mr. Smith saw a great light. -Always
Cool and No Chiggers
"Think of a place 140 miles from
Atlanta a : matter of four hours and
a half of easv driving," said Mr.
Smith, "and 4,000 feet above sea-lcvcl,
where it is always cool in the hot
test summer, and where there are no
chiggers" .
This sounds rather too much like
heaven. I had been to Asheville and
other mountainous resort, places; but
Asheville, for example, is twice as far
away as Highlands and hardly more
than half as .high. Honestly, I did
not believe so Alpine a locality couid
exist so close to our good old home
town of Atlanta.
But it is one thing to have an
Alpine locality and 1 quite another to
provide entertainment' for the spoiled
personnel of this lively modern day.
Mostly, they want to play golf. It is
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Jail Built Issues Restrain
ing Order Until First Day
of Novembo Court.
Those who oppose building a jail
for Cacon county have obtained an
order effective until the first day of
the November term of Macon county
court, restraining the commissioners
from proceeding with the construction
of a new jail. The petition asking for
this order cited the fact that the
proposed construction of the jail was
not made known in Macon county. A
news article in the Asheville Citizen
of October 31 was the first intimation
to most of the people of Macon coun
ty that a new jail was contemplated.
The date for letting the contract was
set for November first. When it be
came generally known here that the
commissioners proposed building a
new jail Attorney Tom Johnston and
one or two others went to Sylva and
secured a restraining order from
Judge Walter Moore, the same man
who had ordered the commissioners to
build the jail. It was alleged that the
whole matter had been kept a secret
from the people of Macon county. C.
R. Cabe, the county manager, and the
county attorney, G. A, Jones, deny
that there was any "attempt on the
part of the officials to keep secret
the building of a jail. However, the
citizens of Macon county are highly
indignant that the matter was not
generally known until two days be
fore the date set for letting the con
tract. .
xThe people of this county admit that
a jail is needed . and they arc not so
much opposed to building a jail as
they are to the location of the pro
posed structure on the old site.. The
citizens generally seem to be in favor
of waiting two or three years when it
is believed that the county will be in a
position to. build a jail and court
house combined. To build a new jail
now they claim would N be only a
waste of money. Stories are current
on the streets of Franklin that the
whole matter of a new jail was cut
and dried and that the officials were
trying to rush a contract. through that
would " bind the tax payers to com
plete the jail. If the commissioners
insist on going ahead with building a
new jail, all indications now point to
the fact that such procedure will bring
on one of the biggest fights in the
history of the county.
Bob Allman Stabbed
Bob Allman who lives two miles
south of Franklin on the Georgia road
was seriously stabbed in the chest at
the Georgia line Sunday. Practically
no details of . the stabbing 'arc avail
able here at the present time. A man
whose ' name is unknown is reported
to have jumped on the running board
of Allman's car and to have struck
Allman with a knife. The knife wicld
er is then said to have exclaimed :
"Oh, I thought you, vere another
man." Allman is now undergoing
medical treatment at his home. It is
said that he' will recover.
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
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SENDS MONEY
J. S. Porter and company recently
received a letter from a little town
down in' Georgia. This letter con
tained a dollar and a half in payment
for goods stolen during Porter's sale
some weeks ago. The Press refrains
from publishing the man's name. 'The
letter"' follows:
Dear Mr. Porter:
During your sale this fall I took
one pair 98 cents overalls, one pair
soffks 17 cents, one 9 cent tie, and
one 25 cent tie. 1 am sorry I took
them and 1 want you to forgive me
of the wrong deed. I am sending
you $1.50 to pay for them. I am jo
ing to live a" straight life from now
on.
1 hope you will forgive me.
PAUL HULME
FOUND DEAD
Paul Hulme, grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. T. P. Moses of Higdonville and
student at Tech High School in At-
l lanta, was found in a woods near the
! outskirts of Atlanta last Friday after
noon with a b 43 bullet through his
heart. The lad had been dead only
a short time when his body was dis
covered. The boy's mother stated
that he had no enemies and that she
was unable to account for the shot
that killed him. The Atlanta police
arc going on the theory that the boy
was accidentally killed by a wild sho;
Mr. and-Mrs. Moses left Saturday for
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Liquor Gar Captured
After chasing a Ford runabout near
ly all over Franklin township Sunday
night Deputies R. M. Coffey, Fred
Cabe and Tom Lambert succeeded In
capturing the nar three miles west of
town. The car contained 16 ;all;ins
of liquor. The man driving the car
made his escape, but was later cap
tuw;d: He states that he has no name
nor occupation. During the night
Johnny Sanders who lives on North
Skeenah was also captured while in
the act of delivering a quart of liquor
to a deputy. Mr. Coffey states that
Sanders gave him the most severe
"cussing" he has ever received during
his long term as an arresting officer.
Sanders made bond.
Roy Beck Killed
Roy Beck, said to be an employee
of the state highway department, was
killed on the Bryson City road Sunday
night when the car he was driving
ran off a cliff a few miles from town.
No details of "the affair could be
learned up to a1 late hour Monday
night. ' ' . ,
8, 1928
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YORK AND SPLITS SOLID
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WORK TO START
WSETJDAYS
Jupollo Public Service Com
pany To Rebuild Power
and Light Lines in City
of Franklin.
Mr. J. H. Smith, superintendent of
the properties of the Jupollo Public
Service company in the South, was
here Tuesday and announced that hi.4
company which recently" purchased the
municipal power plant of Franklin will
assume charge of the plant on No
vember 15. Carpenters are now at
work on fixtures of the new store
room of the company in the new
post office building. This store is
expected to open for business on the
day the company, assumes charge of
the plant. Present plans call for mak
ing this store the best lighted and
otherwise the most beautiful store in
Western North Carolina. Mr. Smith
stated that he expects to have a frce
of men at work rebuilding .the power
and light lines in the city ' within 60
days. The method in which this work
will be done will depend to a con
siderable extent aon whether or not
the town desires to install a white way
on Main street. ,
Mr. Smith also stated that his com
pany is now in touch with many pros
pective manufacturing enterprises who
are seeking locations in this 'seotin.
He anticipates no trouble in hindin;.
a sufficient number of these enter
prises to utilize all the surplus pow;
now going to waste over the dam. Mr.
R.TrXleadrpresidehtf the company
that purchased the plant, is expected
to arrive in Franklin some time this
week to close the transaction. 1
Mrs. Joab Crisp
Seriously Injured
Cars driven by Harry Love, col5Vred4
and Ivy Crisp collided near the home
of John Thomas about a 'mile from
Fr,nnklin' on the Highlands rop.-l last
Saturday night. The oiisioii resulted
in the wrecking of both ears and the
serious injury to Mrs Joab Crisp, 70,
mother of Ivy. 1 Mrs. Crisp i now. in
a local 'hospital, where, doubts are n
trrtained as to her recovery. Mrs.
Frank McDonald and her baby were
p.lso in the car driven by Cnsp.1 Love
is said to. have been alone. Immediate
ly after the wreck Love left the scene
and his present whereabouts arc . un
known. -
The Crisp car was on its way to
Franklin where ; Ivy Crisp nml his
mother intended to visit Mrs. Ivy
Crisp who was seriously ill in a
local hospital. This illnes9 resulted
in her death Sunday. Mrs. Joab
Crisp was the only occupant of the
Crisp car who was seriously injured.
NUMBER FORTY-FIVE
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Hoover Carries All ; States
West of Mississippi With
Exception of Arkansas and
Possibly Texas.
At three o'clock Wednesday morn
ing radio messages indicated that
Hoover had swept the country by an
overwhelming victory. For . the first
time in more than fifty years Florida,
Virginia and Texas were placed ' in
the Republican column. Tennessee
and Kentucky were also listed in the
Hoover column. As we go to press
it is not possible to tell the exact
number of electoral votes that will go
iu iiuuvvr. iiuwevcr, us is saie 10
say. that he will receive more than
any other president in the history of
the country. In fact at last reports
Smith appeared certain of only Ala
bama, Georgia, South Carolina, Missis
sippi and Arkansas.'
Zeb Weaver, for many years con
gressman .from this district, was un
certain of re-election. Gardner wan
elected governor. Both the United
States senate and the House appear
to have comfortable Republican m;i-
irritif. t ttif lime' nf tmintr tn nti ,
there was doubt as to whether Smith
or Hoover had carried. North Caro
lina, although a telephone message
from the Asheville Citizen at 10:00
a. m. Wednesday conceded the state
to Hoover.
The standing of the county can
didates will be found in the table on
another page.
Deer For Refuge
C. N. Mease, district forester and
game warden, arrived , at Franklin
Monday night with two full ' grown
deer for the W ayah Bald Game -refuge.
The refuge, already had three
deer. All five have been turned loose
in the refuge and Jess Slagle, the
refuge warden, wishes" to announce
that no. dogs will be permitted on the
reserve at any tinje or under any
circumstances. To get the deer used
to the refuge it is important, states
Mr. Slagle, that the deer be protected
fn m !' gs. If dogs are permitted to
run the deer these animals will soon
become scattered and have no protec
tion. Consequently, it is said, , Mr.
Siagle will not hesitate to prosecute
any one who violates the rule and car
ries dogs into the refuge.
Mr. Mease was expected to bring
more deer to Macon county this
week. Mr. Byrd states that the deer
trap on Pisgah Forest has been turned
over to the Wayah officials for a few
days to permit these officials to cap
ture more deer for Macon county.
Such being the case it is sure that
the Wayah Bald refuge will soon be
stocked with a considerable , number
of deer. ,The officials- of' the refuge
request the co-operation of til Macon
county in the protection of the deerk
If that protection is given now the.
deer within a few years will overflow
the refuge and provide excellent hunt
ing for the citizens of Macon couuty,