1C3.CG3 II. P. Undevel
oped Water Power
Mica, Kaolin, AsLestos,
Abrasive Materials
Copper, Timber
Precious and Semi
precious Gems
Abundance Good Labor
Ample Transportation
Facilities
Pure, Clear Water
Productive Soils
rlZAIa 07 A r.XUriTAIN EMPIRE RIFE FOR DEVELOPMENT
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14, 1929.
VOLUME XLIV
NUMBER FORTY-SIX
IIaIsscsI Forest
Unexcelled Climate
Unsurpassed Scenery
State Game Refuge
17 Peaks Over 5.CC0
Feet High
Ideal Dairy County
Creamery, .Cannery
Excellent Highways
Cheap Electric Power
for Industries
Law-abiding Citizenship
MOCK IS QUOTED
IN HEARST'S BOOK
FRMLI-SVLVA Harrison names
ckm mm nfi! PRIZES OFFERED
UnillLi LilllU, o
Methodist Minister's Views
On Prohibition Are
Rev. R. F. Mock, pastor of the
Frankliri Methodist church, has just
received a copy of "Temperance or
Prohibition," a book published by
the management of the- Hearst pa
pers, in which the local pastor is
quoted on his views of temperance.
The book contains the opinions of the
temperance leaders of the nation. A
sprrion is devoted to the opinion of
ministers, and in this section Rev.
Mock is quoted. .
Says the book: "Rev." R. F. Mock. .
..has' expounded a philosophy which
is difficult to challenge. The quota
tion, which is entitled 'The Power
of Teaching follows:
"In my seventeen years as a minister
I h'ave' never seen anyone made good
by law, but I have seen hundreds
whom teaching has changed to make
good citizens. If the laws of Ameri
ca try to force American people to
be moral, they become un-American
and contrary to the teachings of
God. Iis method is the1 teaching
method and not force. He set up a
standard and taught men to abide by
it, and so must America set up a
hieh standard of sobriety, honesty,
and morality.
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The more laws, the more people
trust to laws to take away tempta-.
tions" and the possibilities iOf. jev.il.
; 1. . i, iLi 1 ,'W''-rtct
LiAllAUDVOLlAII
ARE ARRETED
I
Muddy Field Is Handicap
To Players on Both
Teams
Playing on a field several inches
Nineteen Gallons of Liquor deep in mud and water, the Frank-
Found in Automobile
By Sheriff
lin and Sylva football eleven fought
to a 00 tie last Friday afternoon at
Sylva. Tacklers had difficulty in hold-
Two bootleggers, one man and one ing bali carriers; and the backfield
woman, were arrested with 19 gallons men on the other hand, could make
of whiskey on highway No. 285, last
Saturday afternoon, by Sheriff C. L.
Ingram and Deputy Fred Cabe.
little progress on the wet ground. A
number of fumbles were made.
Sylva tried eleven passes. Three
The man said his name was Harry were completed, one of which was
cannon, ana tne woman gave tne for a gam 0f about 25 yards. A
name of Katy Robbins. Both are total of 32 yar(is WasX gained by Syl
from Asheville. The arrest Was made va nn doccac Franklin tripH onp
about three miles east of Franklin, pas's which was incomplete
. . , tt T7 1 ail j e
near the store owned dv rierman fiwm kuucu tu varus irum
ht character and not the mSking of
character. Character is the result of
the oroeress of teaching the in
dividual, and not by the compelling
cowers of Jaw.
' "Anv individual or country that
trusts to laws to save them and lead
them to a high standard of sobriety
will always produce a lawless gen-
M;rm cornier or later which will
VIBUVU wv"- -
destrov -all law and lead to chaos
This was true of Egypt, Babylon and
Rome. Therefore, let American peo
ple set up a standard of teaching its
people to 'live soberly, morally and
righteously."
Vitatone Equipment
Has Been Installed
Installation of vitatone equipment
in the Macon theatre has been com
pleted, announces S, " H. Lyle, Jr.,
- the manager. the date on wnicn
this new feature will be opened to
the public will probably be announced
this week, following a trip to Char
lotte by Mr. Lyle to make final ar
Mnwmpnts for rmttinc the vitatone
w"bv
into operation.
Dean.
The two were driving a Studebak
er coupe wnen arrestea. ine car
is .being held, and the man and wo
man were placed in the Macon county
jail. 'They will be tried at the No
vember term of court which opens
here, on the 18th. Officers had been
looking for the pair for more than
three; weeks. They are said to have
been bringing whiskey from Georgia
regularly. -
Harve Roper, with three Buncombe
county warrants, against him, and two
watHiit&iagltist'him. in- Macon.toun-,-
ty, was arrested on bunday Dy dep
uty Frank Norton at Shook's store
in East Franklin. Roper, who is
employed 'at Sylva, was preparing to
take the bus to his place of em-:
ployment when taken.
He is wanted in Buncombe county
for passing two bad. checks, and for
false pretense in connection with an
automobile he is alleged to have
hired. He is Wanted in Macon for
the abandonment of his wife, Edna
Roper, and for failure to pay his
Knard. hill. Rooer is! a native of
this county.
scrimmage, sylva gained 4J irom
scrimmage, bylva s average distance
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HEM B HADE
.. W. 0. 7. CLERK
Will Act as Financial Sec
retary of Local Camp
Installation ceremonies were held
by the local camp of the Woodmen of
the World here Friday night for
Chief-of-Police Robert H. Henry, who
was installed as clerk. The office of
clerk also includes the duties of fi
nancial secretary. Mr. Henry was al-
so initiated into tne rroieciion de
gree by the Woodmen on Friday.
W. H, Grogan, Jr., of Brevard, dis
trict manager of the Woodmen of
the World, came to Franklin last
Thursday, and remained for the spe
cial meeting Friday night. '
The local camp was organized, at
Franklin by Mr. Grogan three years
ago.
YOUTH
Oscar Sutton Killed
At Calderwod Dam
Knocked from a 25-foot dam at
Calderwood, Tenn., Oscar Sutton, 23,
formerly, of Macon, was killed last
Thursday morning :. when his head
struck a piece of steel at the foot
of the dam foundation. He was the
son of Cole Sutton, whose home is
now near Gay. Funeral services' were
to be held Saturday at the' home of
the deceased.
Youth is not a time of life it is a state of mind. It is
tf a mttw txt wlna. rliaalra 1tn StnA imn1
knees; it is a temper of the will, a quality of the imagi
nation, a vigor of the emotions; it is a freshness of the
deep springs' of life.
Youth means a temperamental predommence or
courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure
over, love- please. fc This of td exists in ft man cf ,f ty
thaii in a boy of twenty. ' Nobody grows old by merely
living a number of years; people grow old only by de
serting their ideals..
, Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm
wrinkles the soul.
Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and dispair these
are the long, long years that bow the head and turn the
growing spirit back to dust.
Whether seventy or sixteen, there is m every be
ing's heart the love of wonder the sweet amazement at
the stars and the starlike things and thoughts, the un
daunted challenge of events, the unfailing childlike ap
petite for. what next, and the joy in the game of life.
You are as young as, your faith, as old as your
doubt; as young as your self -confidence, as old as your
fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
In the central place of your heart there is a wireless
station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope,
cheer, grandeur courage, and power from the earth,
from men, and from the Infinite, so long are you young.
When the wires are all down and the central place of
your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism
and the ice of cynicism, then are you grown old in
deed. Anon.
Fifty Dollars Goes to Macca
Poultry and Livestock
Raisers. Dec. 10 .f
To stimulate poultry and. livestock
raising in Macon J; O. Harrison, in
a letter to The Press, reiterates that
he will pay $50 in prizes to persons
in the county between the ages of
three and 90 years who lead, in the
production of poultry and livestock
between January 1, 1929 and Thanks
giving, 1929. Awards will be made
on December 10. Reports must be
made to Lyles Harris, editor of The
Press.
ine nve prizes, Mr. Harrison re
peats, are $10 to the. person who
raises the most chickens; $10 to
the person who raises the most turk
eys ; $10 to the person who raises
the most pigs ; $10 to the person
who raises the most calves. Al
though the competition ends on
Thanksgiving, competitors will have
until December 10 to make reports.
Mr. Harrison's letter follows :
Editor of the Franklin Press :
Replying to your inquiry in this -
week's Press; for the purpose of
trying to stimulate the production of
poultry and livestock in Our county,
I offered Ten Dollars for each of the
following:
To" the person from three years old
to ninety years old who raised the
most chickens from January 1 to
Thanksgiving, 1929, I will give Tea
Dollars.
To. the person who raised the most
turkeys" from January 1 to Thanks-
giving, iu.
To the person who raised the most
lambs from January I to Thanksgiv
ing, $10.
. To the person who raised the most
pigs from January 1 to Thanksgiv
ing, $10.
To the person who raised the great
est number of calves from January 1'
to Thanksgiving, $10.
And all who are interested, please
send in your reports on the above
before December 10, 1929, to Lyles
Harris, editor of The Franklin Press.
On that date I will pay the premiurns
to the persons reporting the highest
production.'
Yours truly,
J. O. HARRISON.;
Mr. Harrison commended The Press
editorial, "When the Sound of the
Grinding is Low."
"The sound of the Grinding is
Low in Macon county,.'' stated Mr.
Harrison. ,"I am not sounding a note
of pessimism, but am stating a fact
It will take the closest economy and
years . of saving to remove the in
debtedness of the county."
Franklin Teani Meets
Andrews Eleven Friday
Last Home Game of Season
To Be Played
" Franklin's football eleven will play
the ' last home game of the season
here on Friday fo this week. This
will be the second game played
with Andrews " this fall. The score
in the previous game was 130 in
favnr of the local high school. An
drews, reports Coach Kesler, is among
the strongest of the teams that nave
been met this season.
The local boys have had the most
successful season of football this fall
that Franklin has had since Coach
Kesler; organized the first team three
years ' ago. Only one game has been
losZ This was the first game, at;.d
v played against Waynesville. the
V lynesville team won by two tou.h
dofvns. Since then, one tie game
has been . played against Sylva. The
rest have been won by .Substantial
scores. - . - ' '
V A total of 177 points have btien
Red Cross Roll
Comes Saturday
Saturday, November 16, is the an
nual roll call of the American Red
Cross. Dan Sisk, chairman of the lo
cal chapter, asks that all members be
ready to answer the roll call and
pay the dues of One Dollti.
Mrs. L. S. Conley is chairman of
the roll call committee. She, or one
of the ladies of the committee, will
see members on Saturday.
SLAGLE ISSUES
HANYLICCNSCS
More Than 700 Hunters
Have Paid Fees This
Fall
Man Fined $28.50
In Mayor's Court
I. C. Cowen, of East Fork, Sa
vatmah, was arrested here by Chief
Bob Henry last Thursday on a charge
of drunkenness. He was taken before
the mayor's court, after being jailed,
and fined $28.50, after which Mr.
Cowcn, Sobered, got in his automobile
1 ,
11-
From . the beginning of the fall
hunting season until November 1,
announces County Warden Fred Sla
gle, 523 county and state hunting
licenses have been issued in Macon
countv. Since November 1. Mr.
Slagle estimates, 200 more licenses
have been issued,' making thfe total
number issued this fall approximately
725,
Up until November 1, $620 had been
collected on these licenses and sent
to Raleigh. The opening dates for
various kinds of game will come this
month, and more licenses will be sold
for several weeks ,to come. The
i o'possum season and raccoon season
have opened. The rabbit season and
the bird season opened on the 20th
of this month. ,
Few complaints' and few arrests
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Sale of Guernsey Bulls
Is Set For November 16
Washington
Forestry Of f cials
At Franklin
Roy Headley, E. W. Loveridge, H.
d. Stabler and J. C. Kircher, forestry
officials from Washington, I). C, are
visiting parts of the Nantahala Na
tional lorest this week in company
r iir i mi . 'II
witn supervisor wooas. iney wuiy
return to -Franklin at the end. of the!
week, at which time reports will' be
made on the work accomplished. It
is understood that the establishing
Of the day-by-day analysis system is
among objects of the officials while
here.
M. A. Mattoon, supervisor of the
Pisgah National forest, and the as
sistant supervisor, C. L. Graham, have
not bee nto Franklin, as announced
in the Asheville Citizen last Satur
day. :
Eight Thoroughbreds Will
Be Auctioned At
1 P. M.
Through the efforts of Frederick
Sloan, county farm agent, who has
cooperated with F. R. Farnham, dairy
extension specialist, eight thorough
bred Guernsey bulls will be sold at
auction to Macon county farmers at
Franklin on Saturday, November 16,
at I P. M.
Mr. Farnham and Mr. Sloan visited
nearly all sections of the county last
August, and were impressed with the.
necessity of placing a large number
of thoroughbred Guernsey bulls with
the dairy farmers in the county who
are shipping cream and who are lo
cated where they can profitably milk
cows; The same need of thorough
bred sires was true with the farmers
who are raising beef cattle.
With this idea in view, Mr. Sloan
presented the situation to the Guern
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