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VOLUME XL1V FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 30. 192. NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
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Propounds Interesting Ques
tions to Graduates of
Local High School Bill
ings Delivers Certificates
to Teachers Houk Pre
sents Diplomas.
-.t The graduating exercise of the Ma
con county high school took place
here last Friday night in the audi
torium of the school building. That
the people of Macon county are
deeply interested in educational mat
ters was amplv evidenced by a
crowded house. Not only was the
main floor of the auditorium filled
to .capacity, . but hundreds found
standing room in the gallery. Rev.
A. S. Solesbee opened the exercises
with prayer, after which Prof. G. L.
Houk, principal, introduced Dr. H.
T. Hunter president of Western
Carolina Teachers College at Cullo
whee, who delivered the address to
the graduating class.
Dr. Hunter made no attempt to
deliver an oration, but his talk was
filled with good, sound common
arnse and was greatly appreciated by
the public. Initiating his remarks
Dr. Hunter , quoted a well known
educator as expressing opinion that
fifty percent of high school graduates
who enter college should never go
there. Thirty-three percent of the
Freshmen who enter the University
of North Carolina, fail during the
first year. On the other hand Dr.
Hunter informed his' audience that
there are many high school gradu
ates who ought to "attend college and
do not. He is convinced that the
present system, - examinations, . intelli
gence tests, etc:,- for entering college
iy subject : to . improvement. - In . fact
Dr. Hunter believes . that the student
should determine this matter, for him
self. With this in mind he pro
pounded a series of questions to the
graduating class and told the young
men and women that if they could
truthfully answer all the questions in
the affirmative, then they should by
all means go to college. Otherwise
they' should stay at home. j
"Do I have a sense of need for
'more education?" was the first of
Dr. Hunter's questions. He empha
sized his meaning by referring to An
na Howard Shaw and Abraham Lin
coln who overcame many difficulties
in their efforts, to obtain an education.
"Tir T li5iv n Hoar conscience as
to my high school work so far? was I
the next query ot Dr. nunter. nc
asked the class to take this question seri
ously to heart. In other words had they
obtained their diplomas through fair
means or otherwise? If, during the
course of high school work, a student
had become in the habit of taking
questionable means of making pass
ing marks, then such student should
not attempt to go to college, unless
he or she had determined definitely
to cease such practices.
. The third question was this : Have
I faith in my power?" In connec
tion with this question Dr. Hunter
! referred to a world war veteran
who had lost both, legs, one arm and
three fingers from his remaining hand
Despite this handicap this young man
had determined to make good, had
faith in his inherent power andwas
facing the world with a smile. Such
faith in self as this, said Dr. Hunter,
qualified one to enter the halls of
any university. . , ,
The fourth question propounded by
Dr. Hunter was as follows: "Do I
have a conviction that'the world needs
educated people of the right sort?"
Many go to college, said he, merely
to fit themselves to make money as
they journey through life. Dr. Hun-
ter hewover, contended that a college
education should be acquired, as 4
means of helping others, oyer the
rough places of life and that those
,trho seek an education of this kind
, should have that .prunary-y-object - in
tairid. " . .
Dr. Hunter fifth question
to the graduatingMass was.: "Have I
a "blear notion oU what I want to be
in life He -stressed the importance
oi- a decision along this line, but
suggested that the decision be not
made too early in life. He said
that the first year of the fouf years'
work at Cullowhee will hereafter be
devoted to discovering, if possible,
what a student should do as a means
of livelihood. If the first year shows
that a student is not fitted to be
come a teacher, he will suggest that
the student leave the Western Caro
lina Teachers College.
"Am I willing .to pay the price of
- a college education ?" was the "sixth
'and last question. In other words,
is the student prepared to sacrifice
four years of life- that he or she
rt lttpr enabled to help others
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"SILVER KIElffS"
LCCAipATRE
Macon Theatre to Give
Away Silver Each Thurs
day Night Beginning June
6.
. According to an announcement made
here Monday by S. H. Lyle, Jr. co
manager of the Macon Theatre, this
playhouse will give away each Thurs
day night a piece of silverware with
each adult ticket purchased by a
woman or a girl. This silverware
said the announcement, is of the best
quality and will be given away on the
night the ticket is used. In other
words, a spoon fork or knife will
be handed to tlje girl or woman
when she enters the theatre. Mr.
Lyle states that his theatre is doing
this to increase mid-week attendance
and that the prices of admission will
not be raised on "Silver Nights."
Stikeleather Coming
Mr. S. A.: Harris,
Franklin N. C.
Dear Mr. Harris :
I have your note inviting me to
atend the centennial at Franklin on
the 15th of June. It will give me
a great deal of pleasure to be present
on this occasion, although, of course,
I cannot absolutely "be sure that I
can be there as 'many matters can
arise between now and then.
If there is one thing above. : all
others that I do want to see it is
the road from Franklin to Highlands.
Of. course the completion of the rpad
to. -Highlands ,3, is . not an y absolutely
certain matter I imagine it is some
what dependent uron weather con
ditions. However, I very much hope
it will be open by that time and that
I can be in Franklin and be one of
the motor cade to go over the road
Sincerely yours,
J. G. STIKELEATHER
B. Y. P. U. Study Course
For Franklin Young Folks
Beginning on the night of June 9th
a study course will be taught to
Franklin B. Y. P. U. folk. Juniors
will be taught in the morning begin
ing Monday, '. intermediates- in the
afternoon and Seniors and Adults in
the evening. David T. Mashburn
and a young lady from .Andrews are
to teach. Mr. Mashb'vn teaching
the B. Y. P. U. Manuals, Senior,
Intermediate and Junior while the
young lady will tell the Juniors and
Intermediates Bible stories and teach
them the Bible.
Every member of. the Baptist church
especially the officials? .should take
this course wheather they belong to
the B. Y. P. U. or not. You are
never too old to learn how to serve
the Master. ,
, If the church of today neglects
training the young people of today
the church of tomorrow is lost.
Mothers and fathers come and 'bring
your boys and girls. See that they
know how to work for Jesus. To
know you must learn to do by doing.
Look for more details in next
week's paper, and see Miss Willie
Mae Ledford and sign for this
course. -
cost of an education, said Dr. Hunter
is nothing when compared to other
costs.
At the conclusion of Dr. Hunter's
talk Prof. G. L. Houk, principal of
the Macon county high school, re
ferred to the fact that four years
ago. a student from a rural school
had no opportunity to advance fur
ther in Macon county. . Now more
than seventy students who have com
pleted the 7th grade in the rural
schools are attending the high school
at Franklin. This number is more
than the entire enrollment of the
high school four years ago. The
total enrollment now is approximately
three hundred and thirty-five. Prof.
Houk delivered certificates to 7th
grade students who will enter the
local high school here next fall.
Countv superintendent of schools,
M. D. Billings, next delivered certifi
cates to the teacher training class,
such certificates entitling them to
teach in the schools of the state for
the next five years. Miss Helen
Burch, supervisor of teacher training,
came in for quite a bit of praise at
the hands of Mr. Billings for the
manner in which she has done her
work for the last six years.
In a few well chosen remarks Prof.
Houk then delivered the diplomas to
the graduating class of approximately
PUIS FOR THE
CIliBilALARE
NEAR COMPLETE
ti
Prominent Citizens of State
Are Coming Cherokee
Indians to Be Feature of
Parade Daily Papers to
Be Represented.
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That the celebration of the 100th
birthday of Macon county on June
IS is to be a complete success is
indicated by replies being received
by the local committee of the U. I).
C, sponsors of the centennial. Mrs.
F. L. Siler, and other members of
the committee have about completed
all plans for the celebration. Among
the interesting feautres of the pro
gram is a parade of floats represent-:
ing various periods of the county's
history. The U. D. C. float Will be
an ox wagon with bow frame cover
of the "swayback" variety. Those
riding on the wagon will be dressed
in the costumes of the pioneers. The
coonskin Caps, squirrel rifles and
hound dogs will be a part of this
float. It is planned also to have a
float on which a number of Cherokee
Indians will ride. The pioneer float
and the Indian float will thus graphi
cally represent conditions as they were
100 years ago.
Among the prominent citizens of
the State who have thus far accepted
invitations to the centennial are Col'.
Wade Harrisj editor of the Charlotte
Observer ; M r.J amc aJkJS ike leajtixpj:,
district highway commissioner; Mr.
Charles K. Robinson, editor of the
Ashcvili - Times . and. Mrs. , Lyiidcn
McKee of Sylva who heads the U.
D. C. of North Carolina. Among
others who are expected to be present
on June 15 are: R. A. Doughton,
state highway commissioner; Mr.
Chas. Webb, publisher of the Ashe
ville Citizen and Mr. Robert Lathau,'
editor of the same paper; and- 'Mr.
Don Ellas ,a former citizen of Macon
and owner of the Asheville Times.
One of the most interesting features
of the program as planned will be a
motorcade to the dry falls of the
Cullasajrf on the afternoon of the
centennial date. The motorcade will
pass through the rugged Cullasaja
gorge and will continue on to High
lands provided the road is sufficiently
completed by that time. Mrs. Siler
is also endeavoring to stage an Indian
ball game in the. afternoon' for those
who do not desire to participate in
in the motorcade. The Cherokees
are also expected to brine: a supplv
of reed baskets for sale. This Indian
art is highly developed and is said
to be the onlv basketry of its kind in
America. The Indians have also
been requested to stage an old time
war dance for the education of the
younger generation of whites.
The . old Confederate veterans of
Macon county will be royally enter
tained on the lawn at the delightful
home of Attorney and Mrs. T. J.
Johnston. Miss Lillie Rankin and
Mrs. Lyman Higdon have been ap
pointed as a special committee . to
send each of the veterans a personal
invitation to attend the centennial.
The complete prorrram will ,be
published in the next issue of the
local paper. ,
The Macon theatre has arranged
to have on hand special pictures for
the occasion. There will be two
matinees in the afternoon and two
shows at night.
DAIRYING IS SUITED
TO CROP FARMING
Raleigh, N; Cl,""May A good dairy
cow when properly fed on a crop
farm will return about $200 a year
in milk and manure produced, and
about $137 a. year if butter fat is
produced for a creamery.
"Contrary to the general impres
sion, the dairy cow will fit in with
a system of crop farming," said John
A. Arey, dairy extension specialist at
State College in a radio address from
Station WPTF on May 22. "Many
farmers who grow cotton and tobacco
as cash crops are finding that there
is land and labor adapted to Sup
plementary dairying. But the man
who goes into the dairying business
one year and out the next, according
as the prices of cotton and tobacco
vary, will never make a dairyman
and is doomed to failure before he
starts. The person who keeps only
enough cows' to consume the by-products
of a well-balanced farm i and
gradually, strengthens , his herd, and
N.C. FAVORED
BY TOURISTS
North Carolina is listed as the
favorite touring state of 78 percent of
thousands of motorists who answered
a questionaire of the National Tour-
ing board of the American Automo
bile association, Coleman W. Roberts,
vice president of the Carolina Motor
club was advised today. The ques
tionaire, which was mailed to several
thousand car owners in every state
in the Union disclosed that 23 per
cent of those stating their preference
for Tarheelia have visited the state.
Among the interesting features
brought out by the results of the
wholesale referendum was the fact
that 50 percent said they preferred
touring this state on account of the
roads while only 24 percent listed
scenery as the primary attraction.
An average speed of 35 miles an hour
was preferred by 36 percent of the
answers while 71 percent said they
did not drive at night.
Hotels were preferred by 68 per
cent of the motorists, disclosing that
tourists and wayside camps are losing
their appeal and 81 percent of those
visiting hotels said they were guided
in their selections by A.A.A. signs
and advice and publicity from touring
counters of clubs affiliated with the
national organizations
Not a single complaint of discourtesy
or bad treatment at the hands of
municipal, county or state officers in
North Carolina was reported on the
questionaire, which was a striking
contrast to the answers filed re
garding treatment in some other
states. Florida and Pennsylvania, in
the order named, followed North Car
olina as preferred touring states, ac
cording to the questionaire. In 1928
more, than -5,750,000 touristsr visited
the Southeast, expending over $425,
000,000, and the fact that only 23
percent of the 78 percent who prefer
touring in North Carolina have visited
the state indicates that the tourist
trade in Tarhellia this year will
exceed all previous records. Univcr
sity News , Letter.
Highlands News
Among the new arrivals in High
lands' summer home's and hotels this
week are : Colonel and Mrs. Sewcll,
Birmingham, Ala. ; Mrs. Lamb, Atlan
ta; .Mrs. Michial ,and family, Vera
Beach; Fla ; Mr. and Mrs. " W. C.
King, Seneca., S. C. ; Mr. Hudson
and Mr. Smith of Atlanta.
Miss Rachel Davis, teacher at
Franklin ' is in her home r?,t High
lands for' vacation.
Highlands graded school will con
duct commencement exercises Thurs
day and Friday of this week. De
bates and readings will be given
Thursday night. Grammar grades
will present a pageant outdoors
Wednesday afternoon: The Senior
play and exercises will be Friday
night.
A party of about eighteen people
from Highlands had a picnic at
Lakemont Sunday, May 26.
A dance was given at the Durgin's
camp on Friday night by the H. S.
girls. Old as well as young were
present and the dance was one of
the best given this spring.
The crew of the Western Carolina
Telephone company is busy install
ing a new system in Highlands. It
is understood that they will be about
a month more on the job.
Highlands baseball team has car
ried away the honors for half the
games played this season. The last
game was lost, the score being 8to
1 in favor of Clayton.
its production by good breeding and
good -feeding will find that cows will
uild up his farm and give him a
profitable income without any material
increase in his operating costs."
There are, thousands of farms in
North Carolina on which sufficient
feed for five to ten cows could be
produced without interfering with the
growth of the regular cash crops.
On most off these farms there is
labor available to feed and care for
the animals without extra cost. In
such cases, the cows will pay the
operating costs of the farm and make
it possible to bank the returns from
the crops without having to use
them for paying old debts.
Mr. Arey said that less than one
half the acres on the average farm
contribute to the income of the owner.
Pastures grazed by dairy cows af
fords a way to profitably utilize a
large amount of such idle hnd.
These pastures will pay from' $5 to
$8 an acre per month when the but
ter fat is sold to a creamery. Cows
and pasture will increase the annual
labor income three times what it is
now.
EUS9N AND
DEWS LlfS
Few Southern People know
Details of This Survey
Which is Most Mentioned
Imaginary Line in ths
World.
Nearly two centuries after the
trouble began, which caused this sur
vey to be made, Louis F. Hart re
cently visited tho border line between
Maryland and Pennsylvania, in a
pilgrimage to the original Mason and
Dixon's Line. Mr. Hart not only,
visited the actual spot where Charles
Mason and Jeremiah Dixon started
their, famous survey but spent a great
deal of time gathering data and ill
ustrations around which to build the
story of the famous piece of engineer
ing. -'
Using Holland's, The Magazine of
the South, as his vehicle, Mr. Hart
says, "Time changes all things. Old
hatreds die arid new loyalisties are
born, but the demarcation between
the peoples, especially when it gots
back as this one does, to the round
heads and Cavaliers of Cromwell's
day, cannot be wiped out in an hour.
Customs and modes of thinking re
main when material landmarks have
crumbled and vanished. Thus it is
that in setting out to relocate Mason
and Dixion's Line after so rnany,
years, Ve must take into account not
only the bench marks which took
from the 'estate of Charles, Lord
Baltimore, three thousand square miles
or ' so," but also those which give
double unity to- some forty million
people living in the South today.
"Opinion may differ as to where
the line should run, but no one can
deny that it is there. Nor would
anyone' go so far as to say that
on one .side dwells the practical and
on the other the ideal. Humanity
is tqo imperfect to achieve the abso
lute in either direction, were that
result desired. The fact remains,
that the home of romance is the South
her threshold guarded with uncom
promising loyalty of her sons."
Jupollo Co. At
vvuriv yjii riaivi
The following letter was recently;
received bv D. S. Russell:
1803 Terminal Tower Bldg.
Cleveland, Ohio
. May 18, 1929. . ;
Mayor D. S. Russell,
Andrews, N. C.
Dear Mayor:
I have bedn going to write you for
several weeks but had expected to
be in North Carolina, which would
afford me the opportunity to see
you personally and which I thought
would be much more satisfactory than
writing. I was in Asheville this
week but could be there only one
day and had no opportunity to come
to Andrews.
nowevcr, i want totaice tnis op
portunity t thank you and yor
people for the support given us it
We are rapidly completing our plaes
involving the taking over of ' your
property and many others and in Uw
connection I might add that -'ca
holding company The Public Utilities
Corporation, will have an announce
ment to make at a very early dats
which will be unquestionably of greili
interest to your community as well
as the others served by our company
in your state.
With kind personal regards of Tla
writer to you and other members of
your council, we are v ,
Very truly yours,.
The Jupollo Public Service Co.
R. M. MEAD,
Presides!.
Andrews Record.
Street Work
The street committe of the town
board is paving the street through
the Fair Ground'--. Work was started
at the Co-jo filling station and will
go to the top of the hill a short
distance away. It is also planned to
pave a part of this street starting
near the home of Mr Dick Hudson.
It is understood that the next street
to receive attention, will, be the one
at the depot. This street -will prob-
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auiv ue uaveu as iar as me Daven
port mica plant. Green t street ar l
Bidwell street are also , included i i
the paving program.