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, I . '. r . ALr,i3ive f. I c ris I S , Coffer, Ti: .,!,cr Precious lurid Semi Mica, Kaolin, Asbestos, precious .Gems Abundance Good Labor Ampio Transportation Facilities Pure, Clear Water Productive Soils i f I k.. O ver Tc4 High , vr? L'al .Dairy County Creamery, Cannery Excellent Highways Cheap Electric Power for Industries Law-abiding Citizenship y VOLUME XLIV FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSQAY, MAY IS, 1321 NUMBER TWFNTY "7 , f H ?!(.) . nOHBES H THE : ..lUi&UUUS rNot One y Foot of Govern , rnent y Land in Macon County Burned T h is Spring Ritter Company Started No Fires. According to an announcenent made here today.' bv A. A. , Wood, supef visor of. the Nantahala National For est, 1 not .one acre of government lands in this forest in the state , of North Carolina has been; touched by fire this" spring fire season. How , ever, Mr, Wood states that it has been ftecessary for the government .forces to",;:fight a number of fires in the vicinity ;pf the forest to prevent the fires : spreading to government lands. The'.: Nantahala forest also includes '5 land in-, Georgia and South Carolina.- ." In these - two - states fires . ( burned over 299 acres of government Inlands. Including the entire forest ysLrea owned by the federal government i fires burned only ten acres more , '' this ' spring' than last. Mr. Wood now considers the spring tire season . " closed' . ; ; In '.connection with the. matter of forest ' fires - in Macon county the Ritter, Lumber company, now engaged in logging, operation over several thousand acres of lands on the head waters of the, Nantahala river, has an enviable, -record- for this season. To date these' operations have resulted in no fires'-. This company the announcement said,;' is co-operating in -every way' possible in the pre vention of forest fires. . . Mr. Wood ii highly pleased, arso, with the co-operation of the private citizens - of - Macon , county ,, in the matter of fire 1 prevention. . In this connection " Mr. Wood - extends his thanks on behalf of the United States government for the cooperation of all concerned ,irir 'keeping down ' to .a minl.nunv the number of acres. burned over in Macon and adjoining counties. T.Iinister's School Italeigh May tt-The fifth session of The; School for Ministers, operated ; . unde the auspices of the .Baptist , . State Convention, will be held ; at Meredith' .College, Raleigh, begmmrtg Moiiday, June 3, apd continuing till Thursday noon, June 13. s i- - . More than 300 ministers and their Wives attended" thfc session, last year -A great many more are expected this - i.mco rh firoeram .has been 'specially adapted to all who desire to j -.... f-rtii nf Cliristian worle. Dr. W,. R. McCollum,AWake Forest, , '"the dean of the school, and Rev. Wal , x.ter M,.Gilmore, Raleigh,' the-business manager, , Board in e .Meredith College dining room will fee a day. ! Each, guest furnishes his own 'bed linen, toilet articles, etc . The faculty this year includes the ' . 'following teachers fron; the three theological ; seminaries r Southern S Baptists and from Wake Forest and v-f Meredith Colleges, and otherutstand- ingS preachers and- laymen : Dr. J. M. Price. Southwestern Theological Sem , iW, Fort Worth, Texas; Dr. W.,0. Carver, Southern Baptist Theo ogical ; Seminary, Louisville; Ky ; Dr. W. W Hamilton, baptist Bible Institute, New Orleans ; Dr. L E. M. Freeman, Meredith College, Raleigh; Dr. Frank Pendleton Gaines, - Wake ; Forest Col--, lege; , Dr. Hubeft McNeill Poteat, Wake NForest College ; Dr. Edwm M. Poteat pastor Second Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga., Dr. 1 George J. Burnett, Associate : Secretary of the Baptist Brotherhood of the South, Memphis, Tenn.: Miss Katie Murray, returned missionary from China. fen Highest In County FOR APRIL W. L. Setser, 125.86, E. W. Howell, 75.99, E. N: Keener, 66.36, Fulton Bros. 56.42, C, H. Norton, 55.90, H C Hurst. 53.70. J. C. Ferguson, 48.85, Ceo lW. Dowdle, 47.82. Leonard Horn, 47 J P:Dills: 47.07 , . Five Highest Uut ot wuniy ror txpru s W. W. Xoudermilk, Cornelia oo.p-1, A J. McCracken, Waynesville, 63.52, W. E. Neville,- Dillard. 54.90. Will Lewis, Webster 51.75, Glenn Fergu son, Whittier 42.52. , , The amounts given for those out of tjie ' county do not include the express and commissions paid ; , The above t refers to amount re ceived for butter fat. Met With U. p. (X v Mrs, Ltnden McKee of Sylva, State President of the : U. D. C, Mrs. David Hall of Sylva, Director of the lhtv District, Mrs. Joe Hooper and Mrs; Scroop Enloe of . ,the DiHsboro chapter were all guests' of the Macon county charter U. D. C meeting, May ! 13, with Mrs. Lyman Hig.lon. MAN ARRESTED FOR THIRD TIME Gene Holt was arrested Sunday" night about. 11 o'clock near the home of his brother, Cecil , Holt, on the Georgia Road about ' 13 miles South of Franklin.' . Holt is charged with breaking into the Morrison , school property now owned by Mr. Joe Ashear. It seems that' this building had been entered at night ; on several occasions. Sunday night Mr. Ashear was sleeping there and heard some one enter. - He telephoned to the offirers at Franklin. Chief Coffee and Alex Moore responded. : While the chief entered the building the other remained outside. Holt, hear ing Coffey come into, the building jumped from the second story in his undr clothes , and made his escape temporarily. A young Macon county girl was found in the room While the officers were after Holt the girl made her escape. After notifying the girl's father Chief Coffey went toward Georgia x and waited for Holt. The officers state that Holt was under bond on two other, cases, one for violation of the . prohibition law and the other fof stealing automobile casings, .v Town Board Organizes Th r,, . town board met lastl t -j... j mn; fr,r WJ-imer ness Dy electing jonn c. r-ickiiwu mayor protem. ' McGuire, touts and Conley were appointed as street com mittee. Cabe, Rickman and Moore are the water committee. Dr. Hors ley was reelected as health officer and Bill Hall has the job as city plumber. Joe Ashear is" again fire chief. H. W. Cabe was elected as city clerk atod treasurer. The positions of tax collector and a man to read the water meters are still open. R. F. Henry was reelected as chief of police. The board decided that the position as night watchman, held for some time by R. M. Coffey; is no longer neces. sary. Mr; Cabe will fill the position as clerk formerly held by Mr. Hoff man. ; It is understood that Mr. Hoffman has .accepted a. position with the, Mountain City,botelat , ,Mountam City, Ga. - . . At the ' .organization meeting the town board decided to bore the new well fifty, feet deeper in .tne. nopes of striking water The well is now Attorney T, J. Johnston was elected as city attorney taking the place of, Attorney R. D.- Stk. Diide-Cowart in Jail Dude Cowart, a Mocon county ybuth about ' 20 years ot .age, was recently taken into custody at Easly, S, C. He waived requisition papers U.4k oKnnt 20 vears of aee. was and "was returned to North Carolina and is in the Buncombe county jail for' safe keeping. cowari was charged jointly -with Cecil McClure and Vernon Stockton, two boys about 18 years of age, with criminal as sauit. At the last term of court here Stockton and McClure were allowed to plead guilty to a lesser offense and -are now serving a term ; Qi !" to5 15 years in the .jstate penitentiary. It is presumed that Cowart will be tried here at the August .term of court. At the time of the com mission of the alleged crime Cowaft made his escape and had been at large until captured in the South Carolina town. -,, .'-V .' Mrs. Jacob Grant Dies, . Mrs. Jacob Grant was Miss Lizzie Guffee before her marriage. Her husband preceded her 12 years. They had ten children, all living, wcept one, 6 girls nad 4 boys, ... aZZt m ft 10 with one of her She. was living at the time oi ner CUA Davis of Mor- uau?"-. -o rr,m. ' j.,tin. in Tipa th ioiiowms ( - '" fuo SrchC,: N fy to 'tend too much land. Mg Pat naics ui "ci umuiu. . w e iu onininn that either of blVmelUrl Arthur Willie,' James,' Mrs. lunei jreinemann, lvirs. ijcsaic Jzl, i tt . r- T) T.,;o Mice Gwendolyn and Lesley. iney are a worthy bunch of children and did l tu. : turner lipr embalmed and brought in a nice cas- ket back to her childhood cnurcnt and laid her to rest by her husband and daughter tnis May o, ' Peace to . her dust. . MRE. MARY J. SLAbLh ; ". . Death of Mrs.. Sorrels f mm Aft-fli Qrrrfc tirlirt' TTinVpH tO Gastonia about five years ago from Mason's branch in Macon county died at Gastonia last week and the re- mains were broughjt back to this mnntv -nr1 interred at Cowce Bao- tist church. last Thursday. Her maid en name was"'.. Mason and she first married Mark Jones, ; then Lewis Sorrels. The deceased was sixty.be with Mrs. Moody in the lotla Val vairc ' nf iw'i it tVif time nf her I ev death. She was ill five weeks with! Bright s disease. - - J WILL IMPROVE TOLL SERVICE Long Distance telephone users, and the public in general, will be interested to learn that an estimate providing for additional toll facilities between Franklin, N. C. and Cornelia, Ga.,' has been approved, according sto W. L. Lampkin, Manager1 of the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph Company. Mr. Lampkin furth er stated that the gross expenditure for this project is $4,725.00, and that the providing of these additional toll facilities will greatly improve the service between Franklin, N. C. and Cornelia Gai MYERS BROS. SALE The Myers Brothers, familiarly known as Tobe and Bill, have leased the building formerly occupied by the Sluder-Garrett. Furniture company. The lease extends to June first and from the present .until then these boys are putting on a big sale. Bill states that they are going to close out their large stock, of goods re gardless of prices. In connection with . the sale the Myers Brothers will hnv all kinds of "country oroduce much of which they expect to use in their note operations during tne sum- montns. Stiles Observations (Last Week) Will Dowdle herding cattle. Allen Welch mining. (W.. E Smith . minding, his ' poke sallet patch to. keep Clyde Morgan out. . ' . Dill Owenby building houses and chimneys. . Steve Duvall playing his victrola. Virgil Smith learning , to run a Ford. E. B. Byrd" whitling shavings. ' ' T. J. Carnes leaving here next Monday for Idaho. . r j Austin Byrd still on his job as Road Advisor. ', , Edna Morgan t carrying water. Harry Morgan bird hunting. . v- T: A. Slagle surveying , land. w - - J. S Anderson wearing a cap and smile. ' . :," ., , ; . :' Clyde .'Morgan shaking hands with all he meets thinks they are out hunting a schoo, Furman .Anderson helping T. A. Slagle sUfvey v Charlie Carnes Charlie Carnes buying real estate. Dovle Smith, 'dealing in poles and wood. v ' . v Carl Morgan farming with Creed DeHart as manager. Fred Carnes , car riding in Tom QUeen's truck. ( ,, l. E. yrd buying1 a stove from a j picture agent. ' , H. a. . Mason singing on bunday evenings. Gus Duvall trying out his Star car Miss Siler To Wed ' Miss Annie 'Siler. daughter of ' the late. Mr; and Mrs. Arthur Siler, will be married to Mr. frank Keynoids of WinstonSalem on' May 20 at the t ' It i? '-r U i : i 1. V, rranxun rreswyicriii cnurvu. Miss Siler Graduated at the Frank lin High- School, also taking the TfaVhr Traininor Cnurse ' here. Aftr trradiiatine' from the . Harri sonburg Virginia College for Women, she. ha. for the past two years Deen teaching near Winston Winston-Salem. The vouner couole will leave immedi ately bv motor for the Catalina Islands, their future home.' The Plemmons Farm The Home Realtv & Auction Com nanv will sell the Plemmons farm at Auction on May 22 at , 10:00 O'clock . a. m. This farm, one of the bets m the county, has been sub-divided i nt0 eieht small farms and will no saia .mat one irouuie wun ; ianiunB in Macon countv is that the oeonle on the - Plemmons , . m mn hA 15 vino- U4U' Will uc vi auuivicm oiav v-f " '--.-.-.. n STATE PRESIDENT U. D. C. vVISlTS MACON CO. CHAPTER M Lvnden McKee. of Svlva. ( State President u D. C., addressed the Macon county chanter at their ' regular meeting Monday -13th at th. j residence Qf Mrs. Lvman Hisdon. Further plans were made for the I Centennial Celebration. ' rrrt Vi n nfor rwti ifo sfirif Iac inI 5m- ; vited the whole chapter to meet with her at ah early date, The chapter will not disband for the summer as we have much work hpfnrp MS. , - ' There were six visitors from the Svlva and DiHsboro chanters. 1 I Our next meeting ' June 10th wil See Centennial Notes for csr plans 1 tor celebration as they develop. Centennial Notes There will be two' "Fourths" in Franklin this year!! The first one, will be on June 15th! 'All business houses are requested to have bunting and flags and deco rate profusely for the occasion. The State Highway Commission has entered a car for the highway float. The Forest Service has a float. Mounted fire wardens will ride be hind the float. Our "Pioneer" float will be a wagon with a "bow frame". We want strings of red pepper, dried pumpkin, "leather breeches" coon or cat skins and , hound dogs tied under this float. Anyone who can furnish any of the above, from the wagon to the dogs, please ; notify : Mrs. W. C. Cunning ham at the store. Zinnia seed were olanted from pole to pole" at the south entrance of the Bus route last week. The following' committee will assist Mrs. T. J. Johnston for the veterans dinner: Mrs. W. C. Cunningham, Mrs. George Slagle,' Miss Lilly Kank- m. v All ' other committees , will appear next -week. L The vptprans dinner will be furn ished by the members-of the chapter 1929 BLUE BOOK OF SOUTHERN PROGRESS The 192Q edition of the Blue Book of Southern .Progress, published by the Manufacturers Record, is now rM dv for distribution. In this volume of 324 pages are presented tacts and lgures dealing with the economic advancement of the Southern States found nowhere, else in such compact nrm fnr the . readv reterehce ot business executives, the educator, the student and for anyone seeking in- 'orfhatidn as to the bouth and its resources' and development. i.ne amazing material growth ot the boutn as a whole and each . of the sixteen ctate enmnristnir the South IS de picted in the summary tables com- paring the year 1V5 with, mu ana 1900. ..... ..-v. ,.." ,;'. .;". Th Smith has about one-third 1 ot thrattaand: population . of the vUrited States. ' In less than 30 years, the South's poptdation has increased near ly nerhenf Its wealth has crown from '$17,919-,000,000 to- $80,000,000,000, o o-ain tJ' Mft oercent. The Value of its industrial output increased Jrbm $1,693,(XX,01X in lyiU to uuu.uw.uw in lyt, te laiesi census usuiw available , or an increase of 62U per cent. Today the wealth of the South o ohrait pmial to that of the entire United States in 1900; while the value of its manufactures, , amounting to $10,371,000,000 in 1927, is about equal to that ot tne enure - ouiyui ui the factories of the United States in 1900. ' . . Similar rnmnarisons Of maior tac- ........ -M--.r- - - . In ntttnnck nnhniidincr mav De iLFl a Ul aifcv.( c obtained from the statistics presented in the 1929 Blue Book of fcoutnern Progress. These statistics cover almost every Phase ot tne aouius industrial and agricultural activity. There are also special articles em- " T ' . - nno l nn nf ptiasizing me ccuuoiuk, uaiww the SouthVtdday compared with pre- l ! if i,L TThi4aH vioUs years ana wno-we ui States as a. whole. Among the sub jects discussed are aoutnern gri- culture; Dairying; rouury; Manu facturing; Cotton and Rayon; Lumber and Wood-working; Taper making; Sugar Industry; Mining; Power De vplonment : ' Transoortation : . Foreign Trade, Banking, etc. ' A special chapter on tne youucu the 55outh durine the last Presidential campaign will be of interest, as it marks one of the greatest epochs in the political me oi the South andime which is destined to have a marked ettect upon us business life. The price of the Blue Book of Southern Progress is SU cents a single Copy. Urders snouia be addressed to Manufacturers Rec ord, Baltimore, Md. Corn Yields Increased By Nitrogen To-Dressing How corn responds to the use of an nnliration of auicklv available T, indicated conclusively in demonstration conducted on the farm of W. B. Pass near Hayesville in Clay county last year, according to a report recently made by county agent John V. Arrendale. In the photograph above is shown the actual corn harvested from two measured -plots of one-thirlieth of an acre in size. The corn at the left is the actual yield of the plot which had been fertilized with ;3(X! pounds of superphosphate and 75 pounds of muriate of potash per acre. The corn at the right is the yield from a simi lar sized plot tha had been fertilized with 300 pounds of superphosphate. 75 pounds of muriate of potash and 300 pounds of nitrate of soda ' per acre. Mr.. Pass conducted a five-acre corn ' demonstration in one of the series arranged last year bv the extension service of State College , cooperating with the Chilean Nitrate PORTER PLEADS . FOR JAjiUOUY Ready To Work For Macon County School Children' Will Back Officials In Making Best School Sys tem In State. That Mr. J. A. Porter, Macon county's representative, is a broad minded gentleman is amply demon strated by a letter which he has sent to The Press addressed to the voters of Macon county. In this com munication Mr. Porter makes it plain that he does not approve of I any further controversy relative to the superintendent of schools. . 'In fact he states his intention 'of getting behind the school officials and work ing to the best interest of the school children of the county. Mr. Porter also suggests that all other contro versies, political or otherwise, cease and Jhat1 the entire population of Macon county get together for the benefit of the whole. In a conver sation with a Press reporter Mr. Porter stated that petty bickerings and political fights do the county no good. It is his fondest desire to see the people of JMacon county get into harmonious relations and "work for the best interest of the county. "It is hard for those who have lived here all our lives", said Mr. Porter, "to realize that we are living in the naradise of the world An All-Wise Creator has blessed Macon county abundantly with alT things needed for the comfort of Man. . Thereforey our people should live in harmony., and 'co-operate to the best advantage of the county." , Mr. Porter's letter .to the voters OI Wlauiu vwmiij wvo. . Now and then I notice in the local paper communications referring to the school system hi Macon county. While some of these letters are com rnru"rtiinitv friend who have come out publicly, in my behalf. In connection, with the controversy my sole desire has been to better the school system of Macon county. But now that the matter is settled, it behooves every citizen. of the county to get behind the author ities and aid in maxtng inc mawu county school system the oest in tne :tt 5n far as I am oersonallr concerned that is just what I intend . to do. The school law passea ar the last general assembly has place the school systems of the counties on a business basis. Under this law it will no longer.be possible to spend money foolishly. , In conclusion l ask my irienas io take no further action. Let us end the controversy and get together as a united people in ' the interest of the school children of Macort." And while we are about it let us bury all other hatchets and pull together fof the interest of the county in all respects. When thirteen thousand people work together; in the interest of the whole there is nothing under, the sUn that can prevent success. Faithfully yours, J.. A. PORTER, Death of Mrs. Rice Mrs. L. D. Rice of Rose Creek, N. C, a former Macon county citizen, died last Friday. She was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hughes of lotla. The remains were interred at the lotla Baptist church last Satur day, Rev. A. S. Solesbee conducting the funeral services. She is survived by her husband and three children. No further details of this death were available at the time Of going to press. Real Estate Moving Bob Patton, president of the Home (Realty & Auction "company stated Monday that h so. d tnree i arms Macon county that morning and . that other Duyers were inquiring xor farms. Mr. Patton believes that the slump in real estate is about over and the prospects for the summer are bright. of Soda Educational Bureau. According to Mr. Arrendale's report of this demonstration the corn ferti lized with onlv the phosphate and potash produced 3.57 bushels per acre. That fertilized with the nitrate of soda in addition to the phosphate and potash produced 49 bushels per acre. Mr. Pass lost at the rate of 63 cents an acre by the first fertilization and made i trofi of S39.80 per acre in the second where he added nitroeen , to hs fertilize- M planting and' then top-dressed with the remainder , of the nitrate of soda when the corn ' was about knee high. Both plots were side by side in the field, reports Mr. Arrendale. plimentary to me, nevertheless l thin It- best - to-drop ' the controversy. I tt-Ttta onnnrttinitv to .thank mV