North Carolina Newspapers

v. v.. l.r i"i 1 t""7I7"71' ope J k i . , . t k - w i e , It y '. .'.i C. s lit fi-r 17 Tea!-.. Over "s.CCD lucal Dairy ' County Creamery, Cannery Excellent Highways ' Cheap Electric Fewer . for Industries Law-abiding Citizenship 4 1 Abrasive flaterials Copper, Tt ..vlcr Precious and ScrrJ Mica, ICaolin, Asbestos, precious Gems Abundance Good Labor Ample , Transportation Facllitice , ., Pure, Clear Water Productive Soils M V a n ,"'V "V i r r VOLUME XLIV FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1923. NUMBER NINETEEN " ?' 7 ..... J STATE OFFICERS , . VMFRMM W. K. BeicWer, District Forester, and C. N. Mease, District Game Warden, Inspect Wayah Bald Game Refuge Will Bring Elk and Beaver. On Tuesday of this, week " district state forester, W. K. Beichler, and district game warden, C. N. , Mease, accompanied by warden, J. J. Mann, - inspected the state game refuge on Wayah "Bald. They report that - Jes se Slagle, refuge . warden, has made much progress in protection 1 of . game on the refuge. - The wild cats and foxes have killed a few turkeys, but otherwise, all the game turned loose on the .refuge is doing nicely. ; Mr. ' - Mease " said that the " state x oinciais have recently bought eigth eaa oi cue irom tne nooper uaia - refuge and, that these animals have -1 : iL - n. i 1 uccu yiatcu in me xiuricsuH 'enclosure. borne, of the young elk will , be brought to Wayah Bald later in the wmmer. An order for some Beaver was made three months ago. When Os order is ' filled the local refuge m' expected to -receive -its quota. According to a statement by Mr. Oease another game refuge was re cently established near Grandfather riountain. . "It will be the policy of Cie state," said Mr. Mease, "to es tablish game refuges in various sec tions of Western North Carolina." Within tight or ten years after such is. done Mr, Mease is of the opinion , that the mountainous part of the state will again become a hunter's paradise. Broadway Locals ' There . was a very bad storm on Broadway last Thursday and Thurs day night' Very bad winds and rain ' fell from early m the morning until some time in the . afternoon, then verjr Daa winas,; ana snow. . aucn a . storm has never been experienced afound here. ' Mrs. Sallie Barns spent last week end on Broadway with her mother, Mrs.' H. Q Wilson. ' Messrs. Andy and Tom Wilson was on Turtle Pond Friday. Misses Dora Picklesinner-and Mag gie .Buchannon was 'on Broadway last week end. Mr. Tom Smith was at Mr. Andy Wilson's home Thursday on business. , Messrs. Bart and Radford Wilson spent last week end with Mrs. H. C. .. Wilson. "., ' Mrs. B. Wilson and daughter, Ad die spent Wednesday night with Mrs. ' Hettie Talley. Mr. "William Green was on -Turtle Pond Wednesday. " Mr. Jerry Wilson . has returned , home from Scaly where he has been for some few days. Mrs. Andv Wilson was at the home of Mrs. H. C. Wilson's Friday on business. ' Mr.J Andy Wilson spent Wednesday night vjith his sister. Bulls Average $319 Sam Franks, Jim Gray and Fred Sloan went to Salisbury last; week to an auction sale of thoroughbred Guernsey bull calves from the Brant Ranch in California. Twenty-one calves - sold for an average of $319 cash, the highest price pajd being seven hundred dollars and the lowest t something more than two hundred. ' In speaking f the sale Mr. Franks stated that these calves .were, bought by farmers who had "the money in their pockets. While there' Mr. Franks heard the bell toll for scrub cattle and generally for grade cows as well. He said that farmers who attended the sale generally- agreed that the dairyman ' without , purebred, Cows is doomed to disappointment. Tn the neighborhood Mr. Franks and Mr. Grav boueht two thoroughbred heifers, three months of age, for $125 eani. - The party came back by way .. of Chester county, South' Carolina, where they inspected the herds of that com munity. Everywhere on- their,, -trip they found thoroughbred Guernseys selling readily for big prices and hara to una at tnai. i ; , Tax Sales Postponed At its monthly meeting Monday the board of commissioners decided to postphone the advertisement of the sale of land for taxes until .the first of August. It is said that the com missioners, in taking this actiont con sidered several petitions asking the matter be postphoned for 90 days Tliev also considered the fact that the tax ' books for 1923 have been delayed several months . in . reaching the hands of , tie tax collector. - 4 r.ima&C" ' MWMMr-'.'.xX I MUM I . .1 - . . . - Si ELIZA, pursue cftxj bloodhounds, escapes e? cro ss the river on fie oafno 7ce . v; " "T , ' , Scene frowtUNCkE TOM'S CA&IN". umveesAl nAsreRpitce FLAMES RAZE CLUB BUILDING ! About . ten . o'clock on Thursday night of last week during a , severe storm a great red glow in the direc tion of Highlands, reflected brilliantly against the black clouds, caused con siderable excitement in Franklin. Some one in Franklin turned in the fire alarm. It was later yearned that the club house on the High lands golf course was burning. ; Be fore any of the details could De ascertained the telephone lines went out of commission, The next day Attorney H. G. Robertson who was in Highlands when the club house burned returned to Franklin.. He-was unable to account for the fire excepting on the theory ; that the high- winds blow ing down the chimney scattered live coals on the floor of the lobby. It is understood that the building was insured for forty thousand dol lars and that the officials of the golf course intend to rebuild. Centennial Notes The town board has given the U. D. C permission to sell refreshments on the square in June 15th as the efforts of the U.- D. L. will be; re sponsible for the crowd we ; hope to have. .No one else will be allowed to sell refreshments, that day, on the business part of Main street.- If the U. D. C. makes -anything over expenses .it will be expended for public benefit. A pair of oxen have been ottered for the U. D. C. float. Letters are coming in from the old veterans. A 150 foot flower bed has been planted on the , Dillsboro highway, at the 1 town limits, and the high bank above in vines. A A quart of zinnia seed donated by Mrs. Zeke Byrd and Mrs. Will Cunningham have been planted along the highway, At the : Ga. and N. - C. state lines a bed of -summer and autum bloom ing: flowers that multiply from roots have been planted and the high bank on one side planted at the top with vines. ' . - Three long and' unsightly banks have been planted to hold the land from washing as well ; as beautifying same..' , - ' w .' " ; There ' is " much more v to be done on the Bus route. V The U. D. C. is under oblicatior? to "Chick" Lippard and "Dee" SuK ton for all . of this planting ana to Mrs. Lyman Higdon and Mrs. Will Cunningham for use of cars. The rext civic improvements' the U. I). C. will undertake will be the grounds around the depot, marking the Indian mound and . circling it with zinnias, . ' Myers Bros. Lease Hotel Myers Brothers. Tobe and Bill,' have .leased from'1 Mrs; W. L. McCoy the 'Mountain, City hotel at Moun tain City. It is understood that the hotel will be opened for the season on May ' 15. The Myers Brothers store at Franklin will probably be movejj 4o Mountain City, though no definite decision , to this effect has yet? been made; Mrs. L. D. Dills of Cartoogechaye will 'aid in running the hotel. - - According to all reports the people of Mountain City are expecting the biggest tourist season in the history of the town. s , Mr. McCoy, it is said, will build five or v six cottages on the grounds for use of those who do not desire to stay at the totel, . Biggest "Uncle Tom" DATE SET FOR MAMMOTH PRODUCTION AT MACON THEATRE For two years past one of the principle topics in film circles has been the currently reported news of the filming by Universal on a huge scale of the widely known - story of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." Local theatre managers were interested when the was set for release. Announcement is; now made by Manager Lyle of the Macon theatre that he has; beeked the big entertainment for his theatre Tuesday and Wednesday,,! next week. For seventy-five , years "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has been played on the stage by innumerable ' companies of troup ers, their offerings ranging from what were ; scarcely . more pretentious than "medicine . shows" to larger, aggrega tions ' carrying brass bands, "two topsys", "two- lawyer marks" and other , forms of ballyhoo that might attract crowds but that had little to do with the story as written in her immortal book by Harriet Beecher Stowe, in 1850. . Carl Laemmle, president of the Universal Pictures Corporation makes no secret of the fact that the present production, which cost nearly $2,000, 00 and was tow years in the making, is the realization of a dream of many years. . Great American, Classics, he says, have always held a fascination for him ; and he is proud of the fact that in this,A.the first adequate film ing of the Stowe story, Director Har ry). Pollard1, has avoided the queer traditions that have . crept into the many stage versions, few of which have ever been written, and has spent a .fortune in giving a true presentation of the original, that has entertained generation after genera tion for seventy-five years. This is literally true with -ne inci dental exception:, While the book was written before the Civil War, in the Universal production the drama ends with the freeing of the slaves co-incident with the entry, on the Southern scene of the victorious. Northern troops. Thi? dramatic li cense Director Pollard insists is justi fied, inasmuch as the conditions cf slavery which create the real drama of the book were ended by the war, the . only fitting ending .for theatrical presentation is to show that ending. Otherwise the whole story and pur pose of the book becomes merely an incident or succession' of incidents in American history. , There is no war stuff in the picture The apnearance of the troops on the march fit into the, plot in the manner mentioned,' and in no place do they show as combatants. To tell the- truth Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is a thrilling book, containing three distinct stories, melodramatic in their thrilling human intensity, and correlated through the inclusion of the , same characters. As such it has stood the test of three-quarters of a century of .popularity in the home, the public library.; and .on' the stage. . ' 1 ! A .; large percentage of Jhe huch expenditure, it is said, went to the filming of the many scenes in the locations depicted in the book. The story beginjs in Kentucky; carries Eliza north across the Ohio river by the underground railway ' returns to Ohio, to the Mississippi, down the river to .New Orleans; back up the river to Simon Legree's plantation "an emc sweep" as Mr. Laemmle says, "too big for the stage." This route, a large company Under Direc tor Pollard followed. dunnor the film - in covering 25.000 nHc? of travel. ... . LAST MEETING OF TbWN BOARD Monday night the present town board held its last regular monthly meeting. The board passed an order giving the U. D. C. the exclusive privilege to sell sandwiches and soft drinks on the public square at the Macon county centennial on June 15. The board also passed an order refunding the citizens of Iotla and Riverview streets the amounts as sessed , against them for paving the streets mentioned. ' Paint Demonstration At - Local Hardware Store Mr. Alf Higdon of the Franklin Hardware Company. ' has just mailed but, announcements of. the demonstra tion o f Red W Paints and Finishes to be held at' his store on May 13-14- 15. -; A factory representative from the Red W plant in St. Louis, Mo., will be in charge' of the display and will exhibit various of his , company products applied over the actual surfaces, for which v they are in tended in regular uses. This week the store's windows fea ture a guessing contest which will be carried on during the demonstra tion period. For guessing the clos est number of dots in a circle, eight prizes are offered. In addition a free can of finishes is given all mak ing a guess on a regular coupon form. , Mr. Higdon's paint departmene has been recently changed to conform to the latest ideas ( in retail' paint mer chandising and a visit to the store during the demonstration promises to be ' well worth while. North Skeenah News Mr. Lester Dills passed through our section Friday. Air. Joe Watts was in this section on business Thursday. Mrs. Jim Cabe and daughter of Riverside was visiting relatives in this section the first of the week. Mr. E. B. DeHart and Dr. Lyle was in our section ' Monday to see Mr. E. L. DeHart. Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Sanders of Toccoa, Ga., was visiting Mrs.' Sand ers' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jude Hast ings. ' We are glad to report that Mrs. E. L. DeHart is able to be out visiting again. 4 ' Mrs. Anna Ledford was visiting at the home of J. C. Sanders . Friday. Rev. Lester Ledford made a busi ness trip to Franklin Friday. Miss Bertha Carpenter returned home Sunday after spending last week with Mr. and Mrs. E. . B. Dchart in Franklin. , " Mr, Manson Sanders of Franklin spent Saturday niphf with his broth er, Mr. J. C. Sanders. Misses; Elsie Sanders and Ova Mae Hastings spent Saturday nieht and Sunday with Miss ' Bertha Hastings. Storm Damages Trees , The high winds in Macon county last Thursday night uprooted hun dreds of fruit trees and also blew down, several t trees in the forests. While reports reaching Franklin show that considerable damage was done in all parts, of the County the south ern section of the county ne-vt to Georgia appears to have, been hit the hardest. bo far as is known no ' buiiduisrs were b'own down ana no f4" Wxr. PATTON SWEEPS ITO OFFICE Two Old Members of Board Re-elected and s Four Ner. Members to Assume OfHca By vote of nearly five to one over his opponent Mayor George Pattoa was reelected Tuesday, the vote stand ing 247 ,for Patotn and 56 for Car-, penter. H. W. Cabe who has been a member of the board for nine years lead the ticket for alderman with a vote of 251 out of a possible vote of 325. J. M. Moore, the populcr mana ger of the Fanners Supply Company, came second with 220 vote,s while Jess Conley was third with ' 162 votes. Next came John E. Rickman, incum- bent, with 160 votes followed by W. B. McGuire with 158. - Dr. J. 1 IL Fouts was elected as the sixth mem ber with a vote of. 153. T. W. Angel had 152 votes, J. B. Pender grass 144, John B. Henry. 136, W. T. Moore 126, W. C. Cunningham 119, Grover Jamison 31 and J. E. Lancaster 1. Mr. Lancaster's name was not oa any of the tickets and was evidently, written in by one of his many friends. The election was quiet and passed off without any disorder. Unusual Plants In Top Gardens Franklin,, May 4.--An interesting development is being launched this summer at Franklin Terrace here This resort has been known for. its beautiful tut flowers, and the , constant demand for plants, roots, and cuttings has led to the open ing of a sales garden. The proprie tors will' specialize itt rare varieties of choice plants. ' " xerrace lop uarnens wui not en deavor to build up a large business but will attempt to introduce new and distinctive varieties. It will ' cater especially to the jhome garden er who nuts quality first and will seek to build up the better type , of planting in this section. Miss Mary Willis, of the Terrace, is said to have a wizard's touch witk flowers and one of the charms of this inn has been the exquisite flowers with which it was filled from frost to frost. Her association in this new business will be Miss Mary Bissell, of New Rochelle, N. Y., who has been a regular visitor to the Terrace for a number of years and' who has had long experience in gardening,- both in New Rochelle and in Florida. Miss Bissell is a member of the Iris Society, the-. Rose society, the Women's Farm and Garden associa tion and an honorary member of the Garden Club of New Rochelle. She is enthusiastic about the cli- mate and soil of Western North Carolina and feels that there is no limit to the possibilities for the de velopment of the gardening cult in this locality. One of the plans for Terrace Top gardens, is a small gift shop featur- in garden accessories as gifts and souvenirs for motor parties. ' Win dow boxes will also be a feature of the gardens. This is the first summer for com-, mercial work at the Terrace and ef fnrt will he concentrated especially on the rose garden. Rare and choice roses, English delphiniums .of the more unusual varieties and irises of the more distinctive types will be some of the outstanding attractions Later in the season a garden party, is planned to formally open the gar dens.. ; For years Franklin has taken a ercat interest in gardens. The. Gar- 'den club here has , been unusually active and has done some very cred itable work. The plans for this year arc extensive, featuring the uni versal planting of zinnias in' the .bare and waste spaces of the . town. and vicinity and ' the staging of a flower show this fall. With the beau-, tiful 'setting which nature has pro vided for gardens here Franklin and Terrace Top Gardens, bids fair to become one of the show places of western North Carolina, it is felt, f . Asheville Times Evangelistic Service Evangelistic services will be held at Olive Hill School house on May 19 nt three o'clock. Everybody is invited to attend oil time Gospel service at Olive Hill School house, May 19. Bring yotr song books and let us wor$1 : V