North Carolina Newspapers

i::x n. i'. r - opeti '7f l,r - .-: f Abrasi Materia I a Copper, Ti... . e Precious and Serai -Mica, Kaolicv Asle&toi, precious Gesis Abundance Good- Lai zr Amplo Transportation Facilities Pure, Clear Water Productive Soils ' 5 - i - - - f 4 - i .a. J i i . J. y t I T1. ! 1. 17 Peals Over 5.CC3 Feet 111 J .' IJc-cJ Dairy' County Creamery, Cannery Excellent llichwava ' r?- : 0 W u WA Cheap Electric. Power- lor Industries , Law-abiding Citizenship v7 W V 1.S 7 . Lo - - T, I 1 I E ; ' - " . : . i - i . ' -' - : - i i VOLUME XL1V , ' FRANKLIN. N C. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1329. " NUMBER -TWENTY' '(TC BJliRY E23JSTBY . mm mm. r.lcre Than 100 , Percent Increase in- Less Th an1 ' Three Year atTranklin r Prospects Bright '.' For Continued Growth, -' '" - : That the people ,of Macon and adjoining counties, both in: North Carolina and in Georgia, are making repid progress iri dairying is indicated by the amount of money paid out j by the Nantahala Creamery compaiy of v Franklin during the year which - ended on May first. During the 1 year mentioned the local creamery issued for butter fat 13,836 checks amounting to $71,10779. This money was dividede among 600 farmers who sell butter fat to the creamery. Of ,the total amourif mentioned above the farmers : of Macon - received $39, 109.28, or slightly mora than , half. Such is the information, given to the members of. the local Rotary Club, Wednesday by A. B. Slagle, owner and .manager of. the creamery. The creamery here began operations In" July 1926 and urjng the first year paid out approximately $35,000 for butter;; fat. Since that time there has been a steady increase in the production of .cream each year until ow the increase over the first year's production amounts to more than 100 percent. Due to the diminishing supply of forest products on privately owned - lands in ; Macon ": county;, the farmers, to a great extent each year, . are! resorting to dairying as ' a source of steady ' income. Mr.1 Slagle and others 4 who are familaV with the situation state that the prospects for a continued increase in the production of butetr fat in Western North Caro Una. are exceedingly bright; , . t 1 ' i . (bbb m mma HM m Hurinicutt Nov uranc lanarrer It'vSwas; announced 'here i Thurscla - of last week that Mr. E. P. Clem mens, - for the past several months local branch manager of the Jupollo Public Service company, has resigned his position to accept another with the '.Georgia Marble, company of Tate, Ga. During ther stay here both Mr, and . Mrs. Clemmens have made many friends who regret to see them leave. Mr.; E. S. Hunnicutt. of Franklin succeeds Mr. Clemmens as manager - of the company here. Mr. Hunnicutt has 'had wide experience in the busi- ness world. The people of Franklin have . received the announcement of his appointment as branch manager with' a, great deal of pleasure. v COUNTY SELLS BONDS The county has received $100,000 ,-'6n the" sale of bonds authorized by the '-last general assembly? This money ;wiH be used to pay off short term notes made" by the former board, stated ''(Mr., J. p.Harrison, county manager. In factone note for; $50, 000 has 51 already been paid. Another ' x for $40,000 due" Bray Brothers of Greensbpro is in dispute. .Mr. Ifarri spn, states that the former board paid Bray Brothers $1900 presumably in connection with the renewal of ' notes Mr.; Harrison', contends that this firm is entitled -only to the interest. It is saM that the county will make every effort to have the $1900 refunded. , ' I i i i i ii i "i i mm Ladies' Societies Meet Thursday May . the . 15th . tht Ladies of the Missionary Society of Bethel and Ladies 'Aid Society, of Iotla, met in a joint meeting at ' the parsonage on Bonny Crest for the purpose of ' making window curtains . for; the par sonage.: Those present from the Bethel Mis . sionary Society were: Mrs. Sparr, Mrs. Tom Sanders, Mrs. Will Downs, Mrs.' Ed.: Horn Mrs. Charlie Cabe, Miss 'S Hatie Lee Cabe, Mrs. John J3 ry son v and . grand-daughters. ' Those present from the 'Iotla Ladies ; . Aid Society were: Mrs! Josephine Poindexter, .Mrs. R. ' L. Poindexter, Mrs. Jim .Myers, Mrs. Leon Sloan, - Miss Irene Sloan, Mrs. Dock Jacobs, Mrs. Albert Ramsey, Mrs. Lawrence Ramsey, Mrs. Lee Tallent and: daugh- :' -ter. '; ' .: , . - Mr. R. L. Poindexter and Mr. Leon Sloan assisted Rev. Freeman in putt; . ing up the rods for the curtains. - ' A delightful lunch was served to " twenty-three by Mrs. Freeman, hos ' css. ' The ladies of, -the societies ' have i had the parsonage painted in- side, and I the men the outside, al-o ' one bed and dresser, have been added to the- furnishings of the parsonage. An unusual enjoyable day was spent through the hospitality' of Rev. and . Mrs. Freeman. We hope by another ycar, we' will have another meeting sniiiiar to , this une. Boy Scout Who Will Explore Smokies p V yS v ivl T si", S. k - i, ' .i , vr ,v--.;' I- ; K i tts . This is "Billy" Greet, .16 years old Eagle Scout of 'Asheville, who has tfeen selected as the best qualified Boy Scout in Western North Carolina and will accompany the Great . Smoky Mountains Exploration Expedition in June, HARRIS ACCEPTS MGIWfATlO;! Col. Wads H Harris, Editor of Charlotte Observer, Coming to Macon Coun ty's Centennial. ' ''' '',";.. ' , - r ' Col.-Wade H. Harris, editor of thfi Charlotte Observer, has" announced his intention to be present at the centennial i of Macon county on June 15th. An acceptance of the invitation extended to him by the committee was received here last Saturday. In" his acceptance letter Col. Harris states that he iV looking forward to the centennial t "as an i occasion that will give me opportunity to say something more for that delightful section of the State." The Colonel is constantly complimenting- Western North Carolina in the editorial col umns ? of " his ' paper."".' '", Commenting upon the" acceptance of" CoV Harris to attend the centennial a prominent citizen of Franklin made the remark that ' the Colppel is doing, more to advertise Western I, North'.; Carolina than any other, man in the state. ' WOOL SALE Deaf Sheep Grower: . ; Th cooperative ',- wool sle will be held Friday morning, May 24 at Franklin Depot BE THERE BE FORE 12 O'CLOCK. ; Clean wool, free from burs and manure tags will bring 40c lb and wool . containing burrs and manure tags : will be from 2c to 5c loss de pending on the amount it contains. There will be 4c per poifnd deducted to cover . expense of getting it to Sylva and packing it in wool bags. It vwill be weighed and graded there then I will mail your check to you. I will do the weighing and check on the grading. We wrote 29 of the largest wool buyers in the' United States and 40c was the highest 'bid so" I feel sure we are getting the top market price at this time. Macon, Swain and Jackson counties are selling in this scale and the three will have about 18.000 pounds. . . I am counting on you being here before 12 o'clock Fr day with -your wool . for with , real ,good cooperation this year will help us to get better prices in the future years. F. S. -SLOAN, County. Agent. Will Rebuild Club House - According to an announcement made here recently by H. G. Robert son, attprriey for the owners of the Highlands golf course, the golf course club ho'use burned at Highlands recently '.will be rebuilt at once. It is, understood 'that the same- plans will be used with the exception of a few sliiht changes. BILLY GREET WINS HONOR The, ;Western North Carolina Boy Scout .organisation has selected" "Billy? Greet: 16 years old Eacle Scout of Asheville, to accompany the Great smokies Exploration Expedition in June. Charles Fisher, -17 years old h-agle bcout of - Uiltmore, was chosen first alternate and ' Fred Miller. 16 years foId Life Scout ' of Brevard, second alternate. The alternates will hold themselves in 1 readiness to j6in the expedition in case th boy ahead of them is prevented , from going at the last minute. The judges in the final elimination declared they had never seen 1 finer boys than the ten Scouts from whom the winners were chosen. ' They said any one of the t,en eould have ac companied the expedition with credit to himself and the Boy Scout orgam zatbn. ' Fisher was awarded a gold medal for wirining second place and Miller a silver medal for third place. The awards were presented by The Ashe ville Times, sponsor of the expedition. Te other seven iboyswere' awarded bronze medals for winning , out in the district contests. Those who gdt . bronze medals were : Robert Louis Bolton, Jr., Hendersonville ; Frank Askey, Sylva ; Harry Eugene Whisenhunt, Whittier; James Weaver Kiflcpatriek, Canton; Frank Watson, Barnsville ; John Acee, Asheville ; and Melvin Williams, West Asheville, 1 Mrs. Potts, 67, Highlands Woman Talcen By Death Highlands, May 16. Mrs. W. T. Potts, 67 years old, died at her home here Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clbck, after a long illness. She re cently had undergone an . operation. Mrs. Potts, wife of Rev. W. T. Potts, pastor of the Highlands Bap tist church, had lived in Macon county all her life. She bad long been a leader iri the work 6f the Baptist church, and had a wide circle of friends, both in and out of her church. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. ' Guy -' Paul, of Highlands: and six sons, J. E., S. H., C. C, W. R. S. E.. and A. B. Potts. The funeral services were to be held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock 'at .the Baptist church here, with interment' following in tire Highlands cemetery. Asheville Times. Open Law Offices Attorney ' McKinley Edwards of Bryson City has opened a law office in' the McCoy building at Franklin. Mr. Edwards gets quite., a bit of practice in Macori county and pvi dently found he needed a - law office here. ' . '., -' W. L. McCoy 't has also' opened a law offfTice in his building. He is also handling real estate. , ' .' ' UlAL IS A SUCCESS Miss MattL Angel,. Music T e a c h e r, Recipient of Many Congratulations Little Boys and Girls Make Fine Showing. At the annual piano recital at the school auditorium last Friday night the little boys x and girls who are studying music under Miss Mattie Angel made a favorable impression before a large audience who turned out for the occasion. At the close of the recital. Miss Mattie Angel, music teacher, was the recipient of many congratulations on the progress made v during the year. Without exception all the little boys and girls performed exceptionally well. 'Musicians who were present ' at the recital were profuse in their com plimentary remarks about the success of the musical department of the School. ; : The following named students took part of the exercises: Betty Rogers, Chloebelle Blecklev. Charles Hunni cutt, Dixie Nell' Hurson, RobbieGay Mock, Mildred Harris. Chloebell Moore, Mae Freeman, Lois Henry, Hugh' Johnston, Floyd Wyman, Vir ginia Slagle, , .Grace Conley, Betty Leach Roseland Bulgin, Elizabeth Dpwdle and Margaret Franks. Bryson. City Wins Golf Tournament The tournament season of , the Franklin Golf Club opened last Sat urday with a bout between Sylva, Bryson City and Franklin. . At the nd of two rounds Mr. Grady .Dough ton of Bryson City, and. Mr. S. H. Lyle. Jr., of Franklin tied for ja low score.: After playing off the tie, Mr, Doughton came out low man Bryson City thereby winning the tournament. Another tournament between Neigh boring' towns, will be announced soon. The Club is planning to have ladies' tournament also, between Franklin and other towns a little later in the -season. On next Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28 and 29 at 2:00 P. M., the qualification will be played to select Franklin s nine; lowest men to com promise the Golf team. Thursday afternoon, May 23, at 3 :00 P. M., the ; first Scotch Ball 'Tournament will be put on, and there will be one on each Thursday after noon until October 1st. A prize will be given to the lady making the lowest, score at each tournament, and at the end of the season prizes will be awarded the lady and the gentleman holding the lowest average for- the entire season Centennial Notes 1 The Governor regrets that previous engagements have taken all of his time! and he' cannot attend our cele bration. v The continued rains have prevented any more planting on the bus route, or other civic improvements. The following are asked to serve on June 15th: To procure hams; Mrs. T. M. Slagle, Mrs. Carl -Slagle, Mrs. Gus Setser, Mrs. Moody; Bread and cake, Mrs. Lyman Higdon, Mrs. Byrne and Mrs. Moody; Coffee and lemonade, Mrs. Zeke Byrd, Miss Nora Leach; Spoons, cups, etc.; Mrs. Bert Slagle, Mrs. Will Cunnigham; Stand ers booths, etc.; Mrs.- S. L. Rogers, Mrs. F. L. Siler. To assist Mrs. T. J. Johnston: Mrs. C. C. Cunningham, Mrs. George Slagle, Miss Rankin. The ' chapter was v glad to welcome Mrs. Byrne as a new member. of the last meeting. Crunkleion Bests Stewart Last week The . Press carried a stofy'to the effect that Will Stewart had seen an apple tree blown down by the wind and then placed in its original position by the same agency. And now comes Tom Crunkleton of Highlands who coes Will, one better, in fact several better. . According to. a story brought to Franklin by John) W. Edwards Mr. Crunkleton claims j to have seen a . whole orcherd blown J down and then blown upright again. Mr. Crunkleton failed to state wheth-; er this cultivatioij resulted in the production of.' better fruit. , 1 22 Additional Members The revival tint closed at the local Methodist church last week resulted in an increase of 22 members. De spite the inclement weather at times the attendance was , large. The audiences enjoyed the fine sermons. SCHOOL GLOSS FRIDAY mi ' .1 Dr. H. T. Hunter of Culla- 1' ' . 4. . ..'' i wnce to Lieliver Address-- Dr. H. B. Trimble of Ashs ville Will Preach Senaca to Graduating Class. The crduatinc pvpricpe rf ttU Macon COUntv hitrh sphnot U7f1l fair place here Thursday and Friday; nignis or tnis- week. Un Thursday, night the commencement sermon will be preached hy Dr. H. B. Trimble, pastor of the Central Methodist Church of Asheville. On Friday night Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of the Western Carolina TparVi pre fVJ lege at Cullowhee, will "deliver th' aaaress to the graduating class. Ap proximately, 30 seniors will receive diplomas at the hands of Prof f: 1. Houk. Durinfir the oresent var there were enrolled in the local high school 335 pupils. This enrollment iS believpd tO hp nnp nf till lorn-net if not the largest among the high scnoois or western .North Carolina, Nursing School . invites rublic The gr'aduatihg rclass of the Angel Brothers' Nursine r School will hold commencement exercises at the Bap tist church at 8 o'clock on May 31. The class extends a cordial invitation to the public to attend the exercise. Several , members of the local Ba- ; tist church are attending this school Mrs, W. G. Wilkie is chairman of the committee to decorate the church for the occasion. The welcome aifc v dress will be made by Miss Elizabeth' Kelley after which will come a song by the girls of the church. Dr. V. M, Lee will deliver the commencement sermon and Dr. Furman Angel wvl present the diplomas.. Rev. R. V Mock, - pastor of 'the local -Methodist church,- will then pronounce the beat edrction. Highlands Mrs. W. T. Potts of Hlghlandj died at her home here on Wednes day, May 15. At the funeral, which was held Thursday the Baptist church was crowded to the limit with friends , who gathered to ' pay their last respects to an honored citizen of the town, Among the new arrivals in High lands this week is Mr. Bob King of Anderson, S. C, owner of King's Inn; Miss Rebecca S. Harris, Havana; Cuba, Mr. Antonio ; Bas, Asheville and Havana, and Mr. Douglas of Fla, . Wee,k ends in Carolina's highest summer ; resort are beginning to find many visitors from sister states. Clera son College was represented strongjjj this week end with about thirty in the party. Several other, tourist! were in Highlands fos the week end From all indications .this: season will be a very prosperous one. A few of the ydung people of Highlands enjoyed Y camping and fishing trip at Clihe's Lakes Satur . day and Sunday. The party included -Dr. and Mrs, E. R. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Hall. Ir.. Missps Caroliiie Hall, Eloise and Elizabeth Rice, Ethel Calloway. Louise Edwards, Helen Holt, Messrs Antonio Bas, Harry Holt, Jack Hall, T. .L. Tolar, Albert Wiley and Henry Wright. V Several public dances have been given lately, having a large attend ance. - Highlands Inn has ea the scene of most of these dances. Flowers of unusual beauty were seen at the Highlands Tea Room onj Saturday, Sunday and Monday., Among them were the rare yellow lady-slipper, which belongs ' to the orchid family, and another rare flower, the red trillium. Prisoners Cost Too Much ; According to an announcement made here, last Friday all Macon county prisoners will be kept in. the Swain county jail. It is said that the entire charge for keeping the prison ers there will be 90 cents each per day. The charge at " the Macon county jail was only 75 cents per day for. board, but turnkey costs, fuel, water and lights ran, the cost up to an 'excessive figure states J. O. 'Harrison, .chairman', of the board, Planning Country Lines ',). H. 'Smith, district manager tfk The Jupollo-Public" -Service company, spent last Friday in Franklin; ',. While here he stated that his company 'is flow at ' work on plans by which it will be feasible to build' power and light lines into rural, section-; of Macon- county, i It is understool that these plans will, be ready, in t! near future. - - "- !- "' "