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- )i 1 i',iv;t Uurxct lied Climate V"ttrpassed Scenery State Game Refuge 17 Peaks Over 5,000 Feet High Ideal Dairy County Creamery, Cannery Excellent Highways Cheap Electric Power for Industries Law-abiding Citizenship Ala C7 A LiOUiTfAiN EUPES ?J?E FOR DEVELOPMENT f e Wafer 1 1 c w c r Abrasive Materials Copper, Timber or.ou-. and Semi -Mica, Kciolin, Asbestos, precious Gems Abundance Good Labor Ample Transportation Facilities Pure, Clear Water Productive Soils iii 1 o $2) FiXrr$ If L V W v I. J 10 VOLUME XLIV FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 1923 NUMBER ELEVEN r if 13 I Q II a M w I li i, "LAW STUBHIT1 Young Lady "Law Stuueftt" Says She Studied "Big Green Law Book, So Wide, So Thick and So Long." Quite , an attractive young - lady, whose name is with held, presented herself at the office of a local at torney here last Thursday, with some kind of scholarship proposition, which was never fully explained by the young lady. She stated that she was working' her way through college. The young lady had every appearance 'of refinement . and culture, and ex plained that she was studying law at the university.' The lawyer- appeared to be interested in the young " lady's law course, and, unfortunately for her, proceeded to ask her some qucs ' tions : "Have you read Blackstonc ?'' "Yes." ' "Whose edition?" "The second edition." Tht the attorney began to smell a mouse. :'': 11 ' ' '.. "Did you read the original or an abridgement?" :.m "An abridgement." "Whose abridgement ?" i.. ,;..; j ' "I really don't Remember whose it was. It was a big green book; about so thick, and so wide band so long", "What other text have you studied at the university?" v "I swear I don't remember. I am not taking a lull law course, but com merce on the side. .x .. i .. .-..- rv rapher in a law office,and would like to go to the university? Whom have you been working for?" "Mr. J. D. Paul at .Washington,' N. C. He has been coaching mc. He is a most remarkable man." - The attorney then dictated a- tetter as , follows : . "Mr. J. D. . Paul, , "Washington, N. C. -Dear Sir; . - . u "A very attractive young lady has just presented herself at my office with some kind of scholarship proposi tion to finish her law course at the university. She comes without testi monials, but states that she has been emoloved bv you. and that you have been coaching her. We, would like very much to help her,' but would rather know something aUout her first. She gives her name as Miss . The attorney then told the oung lady that as soon as he heard fronvJ Mr. Paul, he would be glad to help her all he could. She - replied that she was, really very sorry, but that she was leaving town in a few min utes. ' , Heretofore, quite a number of Franklin people have been swindled by young men and young wmen so liciting subscriptions to macazines, etc. re'presenfing tbat they re usln, this means to pay tneir way inrougn col lege. Amone them is editor of this 'paper who subscribed a year or two ago to a number of "periodicals 'and paid the money, but never received a single issue of the ; periodicals sub scribed for. , A local minister stated that the young lady made a serious error in going to a lawyer's office and repre senting herself as a law student. He suggested that hereafter the young ladyr should represent herself as a theological student whjen she visits a lawyer's office. "In the latter case," said " the minister; "the lawyer wouM be at sea in regard to the kind of questions to ask." Baptist Church News The Senior B. Y. P. U.-went to Coweta and rendered a good program. An attentive crowd received vthem. Coweta ' reports' 8,500 chapters read in the Bible. . , , 1 The W. M. S. will meet at the home of Mrs. W. L. Higdon Thurs day at 3 p. m. All our women arc invited. , The B. Y. P. U. pageant is doing regular practice for '; the " fifth Sunday night in March.' . The, pastor - will preach to . the Masons; on the first Sunday in: April at 11 a .m. Revk Murray, pastor" at Sylva, has been . imra - lotal hospital ' for several days. rOuri people have been visiting hunTt . .i.; , t The Seftior uhlon wilt go to High land don '-f of a pirogf airt?'5 v ? .:.R7Ca:.chapref.' m the: '"Bible; have licen , read by . the church.- Be a daily Bible reader. . ,: . '-.:' ' Mr;-Alfj?d 'payWof'Frft --rtS, Texai; hasM keen, ''itv- '-Frar! ' for somifTi? v,r'-t!at!np-- the natural re-J ;; BYKD tells of GAME REFUGE Vvayc'i Bdd Stat? Game refuge on the'Hantahab, h rapidly being stocked with. garr.c. To date 55 turkeys, 10 pairs of Mc::ica:i quail, 2 pairs of Mongolian pheasants and 14 deer have been released on the area. Two concrete rearing pooh have been con i ;-;ucted by the llr.ntahr.ta Sportsmen's "r.;;o :!a'4cM oriVcych"- Creek, vThesc pools 'wil take car? of 100,000 fry. One. of the pools was used last year with good success. A large number of brook trout from the federal Hatchery at Erwin was' reared and released in the streams on the Forest. Two pairs of Mexican quail released last year raised large' covys and seem to be doing fine in their new home. "The Nantahala Forest force works with the State Game Commission in the restocking program pn the ' pre serve. The Wayah Bald preserve is a little over one year, old and we thirik the work is going forward in a satisfactory way. . : A full ' time game warden is employed by the State Game. Commission. . He takes care of his game like a mother nursing her brood, .and it won't be long now. McGUIRE MftkES : v jFltfr AVERAGE Davidson, -March 6. Only 33 mem bers of the Davidson college student body of approximately 600 students made an average of 95 per cent or more on their studies during the first semester,' thus receiving the rights to be placed on the honor roll of the institution. . With the , exception of five , students, four from the fresh man' class. and one '''sophomore, "the number came ' from the' ' two upper Juniors averaging 95 per cent or above were F. R. Brown, Greensboro; J. h. Brown, Hendersonville ; A. T. Edelman, GoldsborO ; A. M. Frew. Charleston, W. Va.i H. C. Harrill. Ellenbord ; , F.iW. Johnston, Jefferson Ga.; J. B. Knox. Liberty, S. C: W G. McGavock. Franklin. Tenn.: W. B..'McGuire, Franklin: J. Marks Acme ; and E. ' E. ' Marsh. Jr.', "of Marshville.. N. C. C. VV. Students Nominate 2 Local Girls For Campus Honor Greensboro, March 12. The students of North Carolina Collcce have com pleted the nomination of those who are to be candidates for positions as officers of student . government, edi tors of the three student publications, president of the athletic association kand president of the Y. W." L. A. w-om each group of candidates, two will be chosen by secret ballot and on another secret ballot final election will be inade this month of one of ficer for each position. Those nomi nated for each post" are listed below. President, student government; Lou ise Crim,v Winston-Salem; Polly Den spn; Tarboro ; " Margaret ' , McConnell, Gaatonia l Betty Sloan, ( Franklin ; .-Annie Black Williams, Fayettcville; Sue Underhill, Asheville. . Vice-president student government; Louise Crira, Winston-Salem; Polly Benson, Tarboro ; Ruth Dodd, Ashe ville , Catherine Hine, Winston-Salem ; Margaret McConnell, Gastonia; Betty Sloan, Franklin. Radio Interference Atlanta, Ga., P. O. Box 159.3 March 9. 1929. Mr. M. D. Billings, Franklin, N. C. Sir:,. ,.t '" ". Receipt is acknowledged of your letter-of March 7th, in which you complain of interference with the re ception of broadcast programs in your city,.'; ''i . ' I Please be advised that your com plaint has been placed . on file ; and the 'next time an ' inspector from' this office is in your vicinity he,ill rail on you and make ax thorough ; in vestigation of the matter. . Respectfully, . W. VAN NOSTRAND. U. S. Supervisor of Radio. In Memory- of Mrs.- Scott Last 'Thursday; evening as the gold en san was sinking in- the t. west; the death angel 'entered the home of Mr. JRobert L. Scott and called away hjs deaf beloved wife, Jane Thornton Scott-; ; .-r,4 She; was loved by" all who krt?w her and , , always.1 r rhet -r you r - with-, sm 11 and was alwayjs ready to lend ahelp ihfl hahd ' : . ': i- SbeAleavesw inorun her deDarrure a- husband S'boysl ' 2 girls, 13 'cfand? children land -ft; host of relatives and friends. , ' - ' 4 ijn uug. if..- ?, i . $$$!M&1$Af to 'rest' in": tbefFetMI ' T-.7,$tery ; to -'Maiitfyp 's"re'surrecti6n morning.: ,,'t4-' '' M :(:- , x- 'r 'A-frj'hl.-.r . - -.y'W',.. LOCAL FORESTRY OFFICIALS STRESS FIRE PROTECTION Taking Steps to Prevent and ; Fight Fires On Nantahala Have 57 Telephones and 26Z Miles of Wire. , According to announcement made here Monday by Supervisor A. A. Wood the forestry officials arc pre pared to "fight fires on government lands during the spring fire season. Twenty-three fire wardens are lo cated in various . parts of the forest and twenty of these wardens have telephones at their - respective look out stations. Farmers in all parts of the county are requested to report to the nearest warden the date On which they plan to burn " brush or pastures. The wardens have been in structed to report all fires. However, when the wardens are expecting fires on certain farms they will make no report. The forestry officials state that niost ? of the farmers of Macon county have long since learned that forest fires are destructive and that it pays to co-operate with the officials in preventing and subduing such fires. That the farmers may know the name and telephone number of the. nearest fire warden a list of the wardens follows: Bob Barnett...........Aquone, N, C. Telephone No., 1407 B. Picklesimer, Grimshaw, N. C. Highlands line ring- T'- r,, rv-,.A.- r ' r ir. B6b"rrS6uthards, L Route r Franklin Setser's, Ndr913 or 914 J. M. Cochran . Flats, N. C. No, 1403, ring Luther Rowland........... Kyle, N. C No. ,1404, ring Henry Hall. .Route 3, Franklin ' (No phone) Oscar Buchanan..,. Route 2, Franklin , Mo. 1214 . Robert Ramsey ...Tellico, N, C No. 1402, ring . -Jr. R. Lindsey .... . . . . . . Wesser, N. C. No. 1413, ring . Charles .Edwards. ...Grimshaw, -N. C. Highlands line ring N. L. Henry .Route 2, Franklin F. S. linev No. 1214 John Thomas 'Hanted" . John. Thomas and his son, Harry, from Wayside, Ga., were here ,last week on a business trip. While: here John was telling of a terrible ex perience he had in Sunday school. The first Sundav he attended school he saw a man in the audience that he. took to be Uncle Bragg Higdon. John says that he thought Uncle Bragg was "hanting" him. However, Mr. Thomas remained at the services The man who resembled Mr. Higdon tpojc a leading part, in the singing and as the superintendent; was. about to dismiss Sundav school the old gentle men insisted, upon singing another song or two. During this time John says that he was still looking and wondering what had gotten into UiH Bragg. Finally the superintendent called upon the old gentlemen to lead in prayer which' he did " .' much gusto. Then and there, John states that he realized that he h"'1 been mistaken in the identity of the stranger. North Skeenah News (Lat Week) - Mr. Grady Stockton of Merriweath er, S. C, is spending the week end with home folks. Mrs. J. J. York was visiting. Mrs. R. L. Carpenter Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sanders of Toccoa, Ga., are visiting Mrs. ban ders"' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hasting. The young folks of the community were visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Kimzey Saturday night. Mr. Elsworth Ledford has moved t;o his new home in this vicinjty. . Mr. Fran'' Shore wps visiting' ft the home of Mr. Sam Stockton Sat urday afternoon . Mr. W. E. Sanders has. moved into his new home, on .Skeenah. ' We saw in The Press last "wcoU where there had been ; some fights aod,som more arrests rnd wc want the; ntiblic to understand that those whp ' were concernel docs not live on skeenah. oojnp,, or inc young ioiks were visiftngi Rev. Lester Ledford Sundav night,;v ;, Adyertistag Pays. Andy rAVdRtstatesf.'tttatnhelidvmisi' ing he ' has been doing; in The Prcf has" sold automobile 'tires for hm to customer?" 5 far Ian"". .21 Ccre'ia.: TOWN ELECTION DUE ON MAY. 7 The citizens of Franklin are begin ning to think of the men to be elected aldermen and may of May 7th. According to reliable reports none of the old board nor the mayor wishes to offer . for re-election. It has been pointed out that the 'nexi two year's wilt see a decided change in Franklin for the better and that, consequently, men should be elected who will be' in sympathy with' im provements badly needed in the city limits'. Amon these improvements are street paving, sewer extension, a better street lighting system for the town, and adequate water supply, an increase in pay for the mayor and aldermen and the widening of Main street , The citizens of the town, is said, are not in the humor to spend money unwisely, but a majority is said to be in favor of progress. Con sequently, he personnel of the new town aboard is a matter of intense in terest at this time. ' - t A LOT MORE EXCUSES THEN A FEW SHEEP 1 '"''..' , . : Franklin,' N. C, Route 4: To the Citizens of Macon County: -I wish to say jus a few words in regard to the sheep and dog question as I own . a small mountain farm arid am . very much interested in the hope that ' we now have of welcoming the sheep back intp our county. Now, it seems that their are several of our citizens siirred up over the. Porter, dog law that he might have passed. And first. I am elad to say that to Raleigh, Tor wherever" it was m went too, that he was aware of the fact that fie couldn't piss -a dog law that would suit all of us. . So regard less of whatever kind -of law he sees fit to try to, pass I'm going to trv tn hp satisfied with it. and if you .citizens do finally decide to turn him over the barrel, as to my part, you can have the r job because I am just too big a coward ; to try the stunt. Back to the sheep question: I would like to ask just how many farmers in Macon county are staying out of the sheep raising business just on account of dogs? As to my excuse I can tell you some few years ago 'fay Dad kept 25 to 50 head of sheep all the time. These sheep, if they wished to do so, ranged from the Cowec gap to the Cullowhee gap and I can't remember more than 3 or 4 of these sheep being killed by dogs. So it was' in those days that we voted the stock law into effect or anyway it came. This causing the people to confine their sheep to small pastures which we did not have under fence. So at that time the price of sheep was low, a good sized, sheep only bringing from $1.75 to $2.00 per head. So we were almost forced to sell out of sheep- or loose money, so now it is that the prices of sheet) have ad vanced and discouraging: is the' fact, that we farmers do dread the thoughts of going in debt, as many of us would have to do, to raise the amount of the price of a fine house for one or two sheep, and also doing the extra amount of fencing that most all of us will have to do as we all are aware of the fact that it takes a good fence and a big acreage for sheep. So friends, by our letters to The Press, let us not leave the im pression to the outside people of our dear county that don't know these facts, to believe that we think more of our dogs than we do the sheep even if we do have at present., just lots and lots of worthless dogs in the county. 1 As to my number of each they arc the same (0), and I believe that the one and only reason that we have so many dogs and so few sheep is that no doubt that dog you have now, your neighbors gave him to vou when ho wa, just a litth pup and not until Mr. Jones offered to put the 2,000,.- head of sheep ' in Macon county have we been able to get the start "of sheep so easy as we did the dog. So when you think that we Macon county farmers think more nf the dnrs than we do the sheet) just let some prank start swaping one sheep tor two dogs -and see now. ion?? it tjtp him to iret the amount rt fW he micrht ' want. So mv Dear Citizens, let's get busy and do some more fencing and get our sheep anu T will assure vou. at the soeedv rates oUr laws are being passed' now, that the dog taw' will reach you before you '..loose many 01 your sneep Dy ;; Now, Mr. Reader,' please understand j that" if we" HAD to get 'TK! ot onc-i or the other I would, favor letting? tho doer ffo .? Rut nce . "'W ' .twcKU got the sheep ' yet,' let's not get angry withsf the Kttle vdog, cven.vits. b is' our ' equal when tt come3 s to getting as 'mtcliout of , -politics as most of us common fellows, do. ; . ' Yours Jrtdv. ' ' . PLANS FOR TOUK 1 HALL ADOPT : , : i Advertise For Bids Build ing To Be 38x70 Tils With Brick Veneer Con tains Library. The town board last Week advertise!, for bids for the town hall to be erected on the city's lot just north of the Baptist church. The hall will be 38x70 feet and will face on Iotla street. Storage space and furnace room are provided for in the bail ment. The street floor will be level with the sidewalk. The entrance will be throuch a hallway which extends as far back as the library. The plans for the street floor appear elsewhere in this issue of The Press." The foun dation walls will be of concrete and will extend to the level of the first floor. Above this level the plans call for tile walls with brick veneer. It has also been decided to heat the building, with. a hot air furnace, thus assuring the prompt start of the fire engine in cold weather. BEGIN 8 DEBATES W. B. McGuife, Fr&nklin, 3 Member of One of Colle-e , Tc8sn$ Al! Sjts Pr? Davidson, Mxch 5 Davidson Col lege begins its debating schedule eight contests in . earnest this week." when three different institutions rl be - met in platform combat. Two students left Davidson yesterday for ' Richmond, Va., to meet the University of Richmond tonight, and thev W2! alscj debate Wednesday ' night witk v imam aim .nary at vviiiiamsuurg, Va. LThe third contest is with the University of Florida in Charlotte Thursday night. W. L. Dumas, of Talladega, Ala., and.R. M. Christian, of Mobile, AIjl, tonight will debate the University of Richmond on the subject, "Resolved That expert jusists, three to five in number, should be substituted for the present system of trial " by jury Against the Richmond institution they will be arguing negatively, while the following night they will contend for the affirmative against William and Mary. The same subject will be debated with the University of Florida at Queens College Thursday night, when R. C. Grady, of Wilmington, and J. C. Matthews, of Lumberton, mil maintain that the present system of trial by jury is more . satisfactory and should remain unchanged. This pair of debaters were ' defeated at David son by Emory University, on Febru ary 19th, and their experience against the Atlantians will be of value to. their argument with the Florida Uni versity team. : Several changes have been made on the schedule for the remainder of the season, both as to date and' places of argument. Zeb V. Long, Jr., of Statcsville, and W. B. Mc Guire, of Franklin, will meet N. C. State and Wake Forest on Mardh 12th and 18th, fespcctivelj', the form' er at Burlington and the latter at Wake Forest. Against N. C. State Davidson will maintain for the af firmative, but switches to the nega tive against Wake Forest. '..'." On March 19th the University of Alabama invades the Davidson plat form. Carl Pritchett, of Reidsville, and E. E. Marsh, of Marshville, wil! debate for Davidson on the negative side. The finar debate is--with Birra inghani vSouthern on April 18th, and the same two students will again up hold the negative' for Davidson. This debate will probably be in Concord. -The subject of all of the Davidson debates is practically the same, thrtv being a slight difference in wording in one or two of the contracts, btrt . ;fni its essential elements the argr mcnt will not vary either on the af firmative or negative side.--Ashcvillc', Citizen. Largest Shoes Ever Macs . The largest shoes ever' tnade to. be worn bv n hrmn . being , have just been" coinl?ted for ' Robert "Wadlow. o Ahhn. 111. Robert" Is-elevefi1 years old. six feet nine inches " tall,' wcfolts ,21,7;, o"ds: nnd , Js ; growing jike n-eed. ' His ,new p'nifVof shoes 'ispizc 5 Double A:, They are eightcer. inches v long and five inches 1 wi,Io. Robert s i; pituitatiy glan is , work!1 overtime, and if he lives he is mor- v s"re to fce -v v.lr. fcrt in V- t.