Iation&l Forest
Unexcelled Climate
Unsurpassed Scenery
State Game" Refuge
17 Peaks Over 5.CQ0
Feet High
Ideal Dairy County
Creamery, Cannery
Excellent Highways
Cheap Electric Power
for Industries
Law-abiding Citizenship
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Nine Churches Engage In
Revival and Enlargement
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The Macon county Sunday school
"revival and enlargement campaign be
gan Sunday in the nine churches of
the association. The workers ar
rived here in time for the initial meet
ing held in the afternoon last Sun
day at the Baptist church here. The
churches participating had representa
tives at this meeting.
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this week at the Baptist church at
10 A. M and 7:30 P. M.
The reports are very interesting
each morning when the workers from
the churches participating meet at
the Baptist church in Franklin for
reports and inspiration. The reports
on Tuesday morning showed that
there were 480 people in classes on
Monday night in the nine churches
studying Sunday school methods.
The resident church membership of
these nine churches is 1,103, while
there were only 461 in Sunday school
in these churches last Sunday. A
; goal of 1,264 has been set by those
churches for Sunday, December 1st.
The organizations in these Sunday
schools are being enlarged . to reach
and hold the large number of possi
bilities found in these churches.
The churches co-operating and the
directors are :', Holly Springs, Mr. E.
R. Callahan, director, Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
Watauga, Miss Kate Allison, director,
Mars Hill; Cowee, Miss Inez Cart
wright, Elizabeth City; Oak Grove,
Rev. W. E. Bost, Valdese; Prentiss,
Miss Eunice Roach, Pelzar, S. C. ;
Sugar Fork, Miss Ruth Cooper, Mars
Hill; Newman's Chapel, A. V. Wash
burn, Sylva;. Pine Grove, Wyan W.
Washburn, Shelby; Franklin, Mrs. A.
V. Washburn, Sylva.
The campaign closes Sunday after
noon with a great Sunday school
rally at the Baptist church here when
the association will be organized to
T""con serve the work started this week.
APPEAL MADE TO TAX
PAYERS BY GO. BOARD
Commissioners Ask Voters
Whether They Want
Levy For New Jail
In a statement issued from the
office of J. 0. Harrison, chariman of
the board of commissioners of Macon
county, the members of that body
on Monday appealed' to the tax payers
of. the county as to the. advisability
of an additional levy on county prop
erty to pay the cost of erecting a
jpjew county jail.
' The grand jury serving during the
November term of court here last
week, ordered the commissioners to
begin the erection of a new jail be
fore the beginning of the next county
court seSsibn, or else face a grand
jury indictment. The jail was re
ported to be inadequate and unsani
' tary. -
The statement issued . from the
commissioners listed the amounts
spent on the county jail and on
-equipment for it since August 1.
The commissioners point out that
practically everything has been done
iiWESYiGATE r.iACCN COUtfiY
HEART OF A MOUNTAIN EMPIRE RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT
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In Plymouth colony, attar , the first dreadful winter, of ,1621,. summer brought a plentiful crop and in the fe! fcovnrnor Bradford eet
aside a day for thanksgiving. Great were the preparation the few women in the colony spent days in baking, and cooking and even the
children helped. As guests, more than four score Indians were Invited, Who furnished venison and wild turkey for their share of the feast
The tables were set out of doors and the company sat about them as: one big family. It was the first .Thanksgiving.
Hunters Must
Have Permit
And License
Fred Slagle county game warden,
announces that all hunters should
take notice that hunting without per
mits on property other than their
own is a violation of the hunting
laws. Even though the hunter has
the required hunting license, he must
also have the necessary permit.
Mr. Slagle states, furthermore, that
no trapping for fox or. other game is
permitted under' the hunting laws.
to the present jail that can be done
to make it a safe and sanitary lodg
ing for the prisoners.
In August, 1927, Judge W. F. Hard
ing, stated' that Macon county had
been in need of a new jail for 11
years. He asserted that something
must be done.
"I came here 11 years ago," he
said, "and the grand jury reported
that the jail was in bad condition. I
think they used a good Anglo-Saxon
word and said it was 'lousy.1 They
said that the bed clothes were dirty
and that it was in about as bad
condition as it could be.
"I , came back six years ago, and
the grand jury did not say so much
about it being dirty, but declared it
was inadequate and unsafe. I was
here a year agOy and the grand jury
said very much the same thing."-
In October, 1927, the Macon county
jail was condemned by .L. G. Whitley,
penal institution inspector for the
State Board of Health. Out of six
requirements, he reported that the
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RABBIT DISEASE
DAME! SOURCE
Tularemia Can Be Avoided
By Care in Dressing
And Cooking
During the last ten days the
press service of about fifteen .State
departments of health have sent out
literature, some of which has reached
our desk, calling attention to the fact
that now the hunting season is
open all hunters should beware Of
rabbit fever. Some of the United
States Public Health Service recent
reports placed suspicion on quail as
well as rabbits.
This disease is a rather serious
occurrence and for the most part is
spread by handling or dressing for
the table rabbits, and, as just said,
possibly quail; which are infected with
the .disease. This infection from the
infected rabbit or bird may be easily
transmitted to a person who has an
abrasion or sore of any kind on the
hands. Jt can be easily prevented if
all persons who dress rabbits or quail
would use rubber gloves or refrain
from such duties if there is any sus
picion of sores or abrasions about
the hands and arms from which in
fection would enter. Thorough cook
ing of infected rabbits destroys the
infective agent, and there is no danger
for people who eat such food after
it is thoroughly cooked. The danger
comes through handling the uncooked
carcasses.
To sum up, our advice to people
who like rabbits for food is to go
ahead and eat them as usual, but
to be careful in dressing, and to
thoroughly cook them before eating.
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Former Ritter
Sup't. Dies In
Arizona
Word has just, reached Franklin
that C. A. Divine, who was located
here several years as superintendent
of the W. M. Ritter Lumber com
pany, died in a Phoenix, Ariz, hos
pital, September 30, following an op
eration for appendicitis.
Mrs. Gertrude Webster, of Phoenix,
sister of Mr. Divine, notified The
Press through C. C. Currier, of Cor
Yielia.K C,a., of the death of her brother.
Mr. Divine had a number of friends
in Macon county.
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AERIAL PASSENGERS
GREET LONE LOOKOUT
Cabin Plane Swoops Over
Standing Indian; New
Station Planned
. (By Z. B. BYRD)
Standing Indian Mountain is con
sidered one of the most important
lookout, points in the1 Nantahala Na
tional Forest. The Forest Service
plans to build, during the summer
of 1930, a modern lookout house on
this peak. The old log . cabin now in
use on top has about seen its best
days. It has withstood the storms of
many winters and the blazing sun for
many summers and it is with a feel
ing of sadness that the plans for
tearing down this friendly old cabin
are made.
The little cabin has witnessed some
stirring events. It has been used
for a camp for fire fighters on some
of the worst fires the Nantahala
Forest has ever Had. Men who had
exhausted themselves on the fire lines
have found shelter from the cold and
a place to cat and rest., After the
fires were out, the whole story of the
ope J Water Power
Mica, Kaolin, Asbestos,
Abrasive Materials
Copper, Timber
Prcc'.ous and Semi -precious
Gems '
Abundance Good Labor
Ample Transportation
Facilities
Pure, Clear Water
Productive Soils
NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
SCORE OF SUBS
Students Create Flurry To
Get Blanks and
Proof Lists
Several scores of new subscriber's
names have rolled into The Franklin
Press office since the opening of
the giant , subscription campaign a
week ago by the Ijigh school Juniors
and the members of the Teachers'
Training department.
With the opening of the contest last
Thursday 'afternoon, there was mighty
flurry at The Press office for sub
scription blanks and proof sheets of
the subscription list. Students de
manded lists of subscribers in many
sections of the county removed from
the vicinity of Franklin. One young
lady came in a few days later and
reported eight subscriptions, and . as
serted that she had just started.
The contestants are divided into
two teams; the Reds and the Blues,
and while both have been sub-hunting
with a zeal that would put to
shame a professional sub-getter, the
Reds are slightly in the lead. But
there is no way of telling which
team will be in front when the re
sults of another week on ' the su1h
path have been counted.
.The teams,, are ju.t-jor new
newal subscriptions, and are" using
with effect the argument that now U
the time to subscribe or renew! before
the subscription rates advance from
$1.50 to $2 a year on January 1.
The workers in the campaign receive
a personal commission and a commis
sion for their class out of the sub-
scriptions secured.
Still another effective argument be
ing used by the teams is that. The
Press makes a very desirable Christ
mas gift for a friend here or who
has moved outside the county. They;
arc pointing out that the subscription
may be held up until the week before
Christmas if that is desired.
Indications point to the fact that
the total subscription list in this
campaign will have reached very re
spectable . numbers at the date of
closing on December 20. Watch the
Juniors and. the Teachers' Training
Class!
big fight was told and retold by the
fire fighters.
Many strange stories have gone
me rounus unacr us inenaiy rooi
when the wind was howling outside
and the little stove roaring inside.
Paul Bunyan and his famed Blue Ot
have been ressurected and brought
to this lonely mountain top to furn
ish amusement for the lumberjack
fire fighters who are never in strange
surroundings if Paul and his ox are
present. The wildest, most imposisble
story of the feats of this immortal
pair will be accepted as fact because
Paul Bunyan and his big Blue Ox
invented logging. Paul Bunyan is
the Patron Saint of the logger and
his ox is the Sacred Ox to Paul's
followers. Many strange topographic
features are easily explained to the
listeners if Paul and his ox had any
part in the making of them.
It has been said that the cove east
of Highlands, known as Horse Cove
was made by Paul Bunyan skidding
a huge poplar log from 'Satulah
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