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Productive Soils
Usui- ct Ikd Climate
Unsurpassed Scenery
Elate Game Refuge
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VOLUME XLIV
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1929
NUMBER THIRTY-SIX
70
STATE IG17AY fiODEDS
J. G. SMEEATHER VISITS FRAWIM
Discusses Road Money Situation With Chairman of
County Commissioners.
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On last : Monday Mr. J. G. Stike
' leather, state highway - commissioner,
with Mr. Walker, engineer in charge
of the construction on twenty-eight
were in Franklin. , Mr. Stikeleather
said that they had been inspecting the
road and trviner to locate shale on
the mountains to use temporarily in
making the bad places on : the moun
tain passable. He said that they had
' found some good stuff towards High-i-
lands 'but toward Wallace Gap they
had not, so far, been able to find it.
Mr. Stikeleather went into the ques
tion of the money the county had
induced the state to build highway
twenty-eight with. He said that the
amount of money that the . county
put up was $325,000, part of which
went to the finishing of the dillsboro
road. The actual amount that had
been spent on 28 is $458,138.44, That
the maintenance of this road, is, on
the average, $500.00 per mile which
amounts to more than the county is
paying out in interest on the money
it borrowed to get 28 built .
The chairman v of the county board
of commissioners informed the state
highway commiss'ioner that the $18,000
annual interest would N have to , come
from the state from now on. Where
upon the vstate highway commissioner
asked the" county chairman how he
thought that , he would be able to do
-thisV The discus, sion waxed warm and
pointed, at jimes, ,iTh county chair
man saying all the time , that a de
mand would be made on the state to
pay th,e interest on the road money
and if the state could not do so, "We
will just have to quit, that's all-" The
county chairman was verp positive
that the county can collect the in
terest from the state now. Mr.. Stike
leather. made it very clear that the
county can only collect the principal
when the road in question is finished
to the satisfaction of the State High
way Board. He also states that that
meant from county line to county
line and paved.
Mr. Stikeleather pointed out very
clearly that the proposition of the
county chairman was similiar to a
.proposition where the county chair-
man deposited with a contractor a
sum of money to build him a house.
Then after the house was built and
excepted the county chairman would
demand of the contractor that he pay
him the interest on the money for
the time that the house was being
built and also to make arrangements
for the paying in full to the owner
the amount equal to the cost of build
irig it." ',' ' V:' I
It was pointed out to the county
chairman that! the amount of the
maintanence of the road is more every
year than the county is paying out
in interest. Mr. Stikeleather also
' sololoquised upon the futility of. toe
gazing and the virtues of an upward,
onward look, pointing out at the some
time that as a man thinks so will
he act.
The , amount accrueing to Macon
county from gasoline tax is roughly
estimated at 1 $75,000 per year. As
fast as this occurs it is to be spent
on highway 28, according to present
plans of the highway commissioner,
A large part of this will naturally
go for maintanence. It was clearly
pointed out by the state highway
commissioner that, had Macon Coun
ty had to wait for a road till money
had accumulated, that it would never
"have-been built.
It was carefully pointed out for
the benefit for all present that the
final analysis of the propositidn came
- down to the . fact that Macon county
is getting a road thru one of the
richest sections of the country for
the price of the interest on the
money to build the roadthat is, on
part of it. The road when finished
will no doubt cost well over a million
dollars, of which amount .'only $325,-
SOH
FRAMUI SCHOOL
OPENS SEPT. 2
Increase in Enrollment in
High School.
On last Monday the Franklin gram
mar, school and the Franklin high
school opened for the 1929 and 1930
sesion.
The superintendent, Mr. G. L. Houk
states . that there are about the same
number of students enrolled as last
year in the grammar school and about
40 or . 50 more in the. high school,
making a total of 625 all told in the
grammar school and the high school
combined.
All the old teachers are back that
taught last year with one or two
exceptions. The following is a list
of the teachers and the classes they
teach '
Mrs. Eloise Franks, English; Miss
Eleanor Sloan, Math; Miss Helen
L. Mason, English and History; Miss
Minnie G. Morgan, Home Economics;
Miss Myrtle Wyatt, French and Latin
Miss Rentz, Science and Math.; W.
B. Kesler, Science ... and Atheletics;
Jaul B. Carpenter, History ; Miss
Helen Burch, Teacher Training; Mr.
Randolph Seventh grade; Miss Nora
Leach, Sixth, grade j ILiss Lilly Callo
way, Fifth grade; Mrs. Kathleen
Hudson,' Fourth grade; Miss Selma
Young, third' grade; Miss Radel Da
vis, Second grade, Miss Elizabeth
Hornaday, First grade; Miss.Meatha
Bringle, First grade.
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Nantahala Camp
Ready This Week
The permanent camp, being ' built
near Beechers School above Nanta
hala station on highway No. 10 is
now ready for occupancy according
to reports reaching Franklin. This
camp will be occupied by the engi
neers of the Nantahala Power and
Light company, a subsiduary of the
Aluminum Company of America. Un
til the Beecher. camp was completed
the men worked out from a camp at
Judson.
On Monday morning, September the
second, its is reported on good au
thority that 15 men began a survey
of the company's property along the
Nantahala' river in Macon county. A
transmission line is being surveyed
from .Santeelah to the Nantahala
camp.
The office force that was stationed at
Bryson City , last July has been in
creased considerably. It is definitely
known that the camp now being pre
pared is of .a permanent nature, and
will be used for. the next four or
five years.
JUNE. WEDDING OF FRANKLIN
GIRL IS ANNOUNCED
Franklin; Aug. Miss Carolyn Rog
ers, daughter of the late Sam L.
Rogers, director of the United States
census in the Wilson administration,
and of Mrs. Rogers, . Thursday . an
nounced here the marriage on June
6 to Dan. Lynn, of Boston.
The weding was performed at the
Little Church Around the Corner
in New "York, and was kept secret
until Thursday. "
Friends of Mrs. ' Lynn, popular in
Franklin society, learned of the wed
ding at an announcement party given
the bride by Miss Daisy Siler at
the latter's home 'here Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Lynn was born and reared in
Franklin, but during the past year
000 plus interest comes from the
county. . ' ;
FRMUI AND
MACON CO. TO
HAVE SURVEY
Work Will Start Immedi
ately Upon Getting Data.
Messrs. Craig ' P. Gilbert and, com
pany of Washington and New York
have been employed by the Franklin
town .board of Aldermen to make an
industrial . survey of Franklin and
Macon county' for the, purpose of as
certaining what, if any, kind of manu
facturing plants would be most suit
able to endeavor, to get located here.
The contract calls for an investi
gation of -the minerals and water
power in the county as well as the
labor situation, health conditions, in
fact, everything appertaining Tto the 1
community as a place to live and do
business. .
Mr. Curtis, of the Craig P. Gilbert
company was in Franklin two days
last week and met the town board
and several of the business men of
the- town. He sys that his com
pany will send their engineers here
at once to begin the survey and that
it will be completed within ten days.
; Mr. Curtiss says that owing to the
activities of the Mellon interests on
the Nantahala river, many industrial
concerns of the North and West are
being focused on this locality.
Golf Tournament
On Friday and Saturday of last
week a closely contested golf tourna
ment was held on the Franklin golf
course. The course was very fast
and the players were very much in
earnest.
' In. the first flight Harley Lyle won
over Frank Murray. This was the
most hotly contested flight' of the
tournament. At the close of the
regular rounds the players were tied.
They tied on the first extra hole.
On the second hole Lyle won out by
one. .
In the second flight,, J. M. Mc
Collum won over J. W. Street with
four up and three to go.
In the third flight John Davis won
over Deveraux with three up and two
to go. '.'
The local golf course is getting in
fine shape. The management is spar
ing no pains to keep improving it.
And they state that the course will
be open till cold weather despite the
fact tha the sumer season is of
ficially oven
BISHOP DENNY PREACHES
TO LARGE CONGREGATION
Lnst Snridav in the Methodist EpiS'
copal church, south, Bishop .Denny
preached a soul stirring sermon to
capacity audience. From his text,
"He that saith he has not sinned,
maketh God a liar" he swayed the
large audience with his attractive and
consuming presentation of his text
Bishop and Mrs.' "Denny spent a
week in Franklin, where they have
many friends. He left Monday for
Richmond.
U. D. C. TO MEET
The Macon county chapter of the
U, D., C. will meet with Mrs. Carl
Slagle, September 9th at 3 o'clock.
This is the last meeting, before the
convention and important for all
members to be present.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Halman, of La
Grange, announce the engagement . of
their daughter, Lois, to Richard S.
Jones, of Franklin, N. C, the date of
marriage to be announced lated.
or two has appeared upon the legi
timate stage in Boston. She was
educated at the Boston school of
expression. Mr. Lynn is engaged in
the advertising business in Boston.
Ashcville Times.;
FRANKLIN HIGH
FOOT BALL
Prospects Are Exceedingly
PromisingCoach Optomis
tic On Outlook.
Coach Kesler . is well pleased with
the first prospects of the season.
He has the following men back that
Were on the squad last year ; Howard
Wilkie, end; j: M. McCollum, half ;
Red Stewart, full back; Frank Henry,
half back; Roger Sutton, center;
Howard Barnard, end. John Cun
ningham, Bill Hauser, Red Henry,
Richard SHTgle, Tony Welch and
Parley Kanady all have a chance for
,a place on the team for none of the
old first line players have a place
cinched by any means.
Coach Kesler says that the men that
play on the team this year arc going
to earn the right not only for the
season, but from game to game. Just
because a man gives a good account
of himself in one game he need not
think that he has his place cinched.
The man. that shows up the most
consistant in and regular in practice
will 'be' the man that gets the first
chance in the next game.
There are several new men that
are going to make the old bovs work
for all they get. The Press could!
not get the names of these men, but
from all accounts there is some fine
material. And it looks like Franklin
is going to give a good and admirable
account ' of itself this time.. Coach
Kesler says that the men are going
to keep training this time or there
will be no games, for' he is not going
into a game with his team and have
them loose it the last ten minutes
of play as was the case sometimes last
year just because the men were not
in training. He also says that there
is going to be real practice this time.
This playing at practice is a thing of
.the past for this man's ball team.
The Press would like to here and
now state that it is going to, be right
behind the boys in1 every way-t-can.
They may count on us backing them
to the limit. And jUst whisper it we
are also going to say a plenty if there
is any laying down or slacking either
in the games or in between. In fact,
we are going to roast any shirker
alive if we can think up enough in
vectives to do justice to the occas
sion. s
. The coach and the boys are going
to be found giving their best, we are
sure, and no "burning" will be called
for. Both coach and boys say that
they are going to work so that the
town will be proud of the showing
our school will make and it is to.
be hoped that the whole community
will cive their unreserved support.
Everyone remembers when they were
boys. How, when they were hot,
and tired, and dry, and the next step
seemed impossible, how a. yell or a
cheering word or a slap on the back
drove them on to just one more try
that meant the deciding effort. lhus
everyone is invited and urged to back
these boys and help them give a
little more, even, than their best.
NEW GAME
WARDEN APPOINTED
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Mr. Fred Slagle has been ap
pointed game and fish warden of
Macon to succeed Mr. J. J. Mann,
The appointing of Mr. Slagle came
as a pleasant surprise to many.
The newly appointed game and
fish warden is ' well, known thru
out the county and needs no uw
troduction , to his home folks. In
a statement to the Press Mr.
Slagle says that he intends to dis
charge his duties with fairness to
all, but that ' willful violators of
the law will find hard sledding,
for he believes that to increase
the game and fish of the county
will do much to advertise the
county to outsiders.
The Press understands that an
extra effort will be made to stock
all streams to their capacity. It
is reported that there are a -good
many fish fry available; ' at the
State hatchery on Balsam.
A few days ago Mr. James G.
K. McClurce informed the Press
that there is more miles of fish
ing streams in Macon county than
there is in any other cdunty in
Western North Carolina and' as
a member of the Board of Con
servation, and Development, he in
tended to make every effort to
see that Macon got her full quota
of young fish.
REGULAR SCHOOL
II
IS URGED
Parents Should Realize Im
portance.
With the opening of schools thru
out the state, better attendance should
be one of the goals set by both
the schools and the community, ac
cording to a statement by J. N! Free
man, school attendance director for
the state board of charities and pub
lic welfare. ,
He said, "Only three-fourths of the
children enrolled are getting the bene
fit from the money that is being spent
on schools, for last year the av-'
erage daily attendance was only 75J
per cent of the total enrollment. This
means that . last year 208,127 childrea
. i . .
were . out 01 scnooi each day, while
640,651 were present. More than two
hundred thousand children were not
piummg irom ine iy.oy per capita
expendtiture made for them."
Mr. Freeman pointed out that school
attendance can . be improved only
when parents realize the serious con
sequences which result from keep
ing children out of school, and make
an effort to have them attend regu
larly; and when the teachers and
school authorities are rigid in their
insistence upon daily attendance.
Prosecution for violating of the school
aiienaance law is necessary m . ex
treme cases, but it is not , the pur
pose of the school attendance division
to urge prosecution except as a last
resort. "There are . beter ways of
enlisting . the cooperation of the par--ents
and the enthuiasism of the chil
dren," Mr. Freeman declared. One
of these ways ,he said, is to point
out to the parents the value of an
education to the child, and the dif
ficulties encountered in life by the
"person who grows up in ignorance.
Moreover, the state board of char- ,
ities and public welfare is not only
interested in the attendance of chil
dren within the compulsory school
age; but is anxious to improve school
attendance beyond these age limits.
An interesting fact about school at
tendance in this state is that city
children attend school six per cent
better than rural children. Mr. Free
man urges the children in the coun
try not to be , outdone by their city
neighbors, since rural schools and
transportation have improved so
greatly.
He said, "With the schools being
made so attractive now, with the ease
in transporting brought about by
the system of trucking rural children
to school, and with the improved
highways, North Carolina should make
a big improvement in its school at
tendance rating which is now 39th
among the states in the union. The
children in North Carolina should be
getting the value from the money
being spent."
MYSTERIOUS TRIP
It is reported that Mr. Dick Jones,
prominent and popular young lawyer
of Franklin, has mysteriously de
parted from his native city for parts
unknown. Just what occassioned this
sudden departure remains an unsolved
mystery to his friends.
Some reports have it that Dick is
filling a very important engagement
in Wall Street, New . York City. His
most intimate friends, however, are
divided as to whether this Wall Street
engagement is with the financial
moguls of the street or whether it is
with Cupid and a fair damsel of Geor
gia in the . Little Church Around the
Corner. The members of the fair sex
qf Franklin hold tenaciously to the
former reason, while the others lean
to the later view.
No matter what the reason for this
unexpected absence, all long for; his
early return for; swith the smiling
face of this genial young favorite,
Franklin society is sadden almost be
yond endurance.
ATTENDANCE