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INVESTIGATE MACON COUNTY
HEART OF A MOUNTAIN EMPIRE RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT
VOLUME XLV
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930
NUMBER EIGHT
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BESJER SERVED
Class In Home Economics
Prepares Meal From
Macon Products
PATTON READS ESSAY
High School Senior Chal
lenges Practical Value
" Of His Education
In conjunction with Governor. Gard-
'iier's live-at-home program, the home
economics department of the Frank
lin high school last week prepared a
live-at-home dinner from Macon
county products and served it on
i Friday. The dinner was prepared
and served under the direction of
.Miss Minnie Grace Morgan, super
visor of the home economics depart-
.ment. Guests were invited from the
town.
Bob Patton, Jr., challenged the ed
ucational system now generally ac
cepted by state educators in an es
say prepared by him and read at the
dinnert Young Patton is a senior in
the local high school. v
Patton Reads Essay
"The purpose of the live-at-home
campaign," reads Bob's essay, "Is to
bring about a greater measure of
prosperity to all the people. Pros
perity begins at home. In order to
have prosperity we must raise the
general standard of living in Macon
county. When we raise" the standard
of living we will increase the well
being of every bank, every store and
businss house in the whole section.
"A greater measure of prosperity
may be brought about by increasing the
earning power of the people not just
a few here and there but the people
generally. The only way for a man
to increase his earning power is to
increase his stock of knowledge
knowledge that may be applied to the
work he is doing. For example, the
farmer who combines brain with mus
cle makes twice as much as one who
only uses his hands. A man's worth
is based on his judgment and train
ing. "Vocational educational is very im
(Continued on page eight)
BRYANT SPEAKS
TO LOCAL GROUP
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New York Man Urges Col
lective Effort For
Community
General Mortimer D. Bryant, senior
member of , Bryant-Griff ith and Brun
son, Inc., New York newspaper rep
resentatives, addressed a group of
Franklin professional and business
men and women in the town clerk's
office last Monday afternoon on "In
dexes of Community Industry."
He congratulated the town on the
standards set by its newspaper, The
Franklin Press; by Dr. Furman An
gel, head of Angel Brothers' hospital ;
by G. L. Houk, superintendent of
FranklinV high school; and by Steve
i Porter, manager of the local Stand
ard filling station.
Impressed
After spending half a day in Frank
lin he was impressed by the effi
ciency of these four institutions and
business enterprises, and urged that
other firms and institutions set stand
ards: of efficiency, and service com
parable to those with which he had
been impressed. .'
General Bryant stated that within
24 hours he had visited five country
newspaper offices in Western North
Carolina, and was convinced that 'The
Franklin j Press serves ; its territory
more inteiligeiltly and more "complete
ly than the average country weekly.
He named Angel Brothers' hospital
as a gage of community industry.
(Continued on- page eight)
MACON COUNTY DEMOCRATS ALMOST EVENLY
DIVIDED IN SUPPORT OF BAILEY AND SIMMONS
REDWOOD TREES
SURVIVE WINTER
IN MACON COUNTY
Resets of sugar pine and redwood
trees brought last fall from the Eddy
Tree Breeding station of Southern
California, and planted in the Wayah
Game preserve by Warden Jess SlagleJ
nave come tnrougn tne winter un
injured by frost or snow, it is re
ported from the Nantahala forestrj1"
offices. ,1s
The seedlings were exposed to th
weather without protection. Mr. Slag
le thinks that this fact indicates thaf i
the species can become adapted tcl,
the climate of Western North Caro-'s
lina. One hundred trees of each of!
the species were planted by Mrfs
Slagle. b
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CHIEF-OF-POLICC
Hooks Bag of Potatoes Tcs'
Convict Dusky Gen- r
tlemen t-
In brilliant detective yarns one
sometimes reads of sleuths who fist
in the depths of mill ponds or aban-j
doned wells for evidence sufficient
to convict a suspect. But. not ofter
is the chief of police of a town forced
in actual life to fish in a well io
evidenceand for a bag of potatoes
at that. .. ,, : ;
Chief Bob Henry, of Franklin, how
ever, fished a bag of Irish potatoes
out of a well last Sunday and used
his "catch" to convict Booker T.
England and Jack Johnson, colored,
of robbing the Franklin Hotel and
Restaurant of the potatoes, in ad
dition to canned brains, lard and. cof
fee. .
Right Track
When C. W. Hafnes, manager of
the Franklin Hotel and Restaurant,
discovered his loss, he soon received
a tip that put him on the right track.
With Chief Henry and Mayor George
Patton he motored out two miles
from Franklin to the home of Book
er England. Upon sighting the posse,
Booker sped away without waiting to
say, "Howdy." But Chief Henry,
equal to the occasion, pulled his
shooting iron, and Booker put on
the brakes.
. Uses Ladder '
But what was that object the posse
had seen Booker dump into the well
(Continued on page' five)
FIRES IN TIMBERLAND THREATEN
SCHOOL HOUSE, CHURCH,
FIRES TWICE SET
TO X B. MASON'S
NANTAHALA LAND
Fire was set on the lands of
Joe B. Mason, cripple, in Nanta
hala township last Monday. Mr.
Mason hired seven men to fight
the fire for him and after nearly
two days it was subdued.
On Wednesday, a firebug, again
set Mr. Mason's lands ablaze.
County Game Warden Fred Slagle,
aided by Alvah Pearce, fought and
extinguished the second blaze. The
county game warden isnot requir
ed to fight fires, and the state
has' removed fire fighting tools
from Macon since the county with
drew its aid for fire wardens, but
Mr. Slagle did all "in 'his ' power to
subdue the fires .that, were burn
ing in ' various sections of the
county last week.
Famous Biltmore Mansion Will Be
Opened To The Public On March 15
Asheville, N. C, Feb. 19.-The
priceless art treasures and the re
nowned flower gardens of Bilt
more House, the famous mansion
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SALE IS SUCCESS
Consolidation of 2 Store
Brings Together Huge
Stock
Hundreds of people from Maccf
and adjoining counties have come
Franklin within the last several, daj
to attend the sale conducted by Yi
C Cunningham, under the managi
ment of J. C. Whitmire. "The ped
pie are taking advantage of the lo
orices to the fullest extent," V.
Whitmire stated.
Since purchasing the J. A. Porte
stock and consolidating it with h:
own stock, a vast assortment of th
latest styles in merchandise has bee
brought together from which Maco
people and residents of surroundin
counties' may select their wants, M;
Whitmire pointed out .
Franklin and Macon county loo
with interest to the progress of V
C. Cunningham's new departed
store. .An immense lot of merchar
CLAY DESIRES
NO. 28 PAVED
Delegation To Ask Stike
leather To Surface
Highway
A delegation of Clay county citizens
has been selected by an order of the
Clay county board of commissioners
to visit district highway commissioner
James G. Stikeleather and' ask that
highway No. 28 be surfaced from
Franklin to Hayesville.
According to the Clay County News,
a delegation from Macon county
was to visit Mr. Stikeleather atang
with the Clay county citizens. Thi,
however, was evidently an error, as
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, who was said
to have been selected to head the
Macon county delegation, states that
no representatives from Macon have
been selected, according to her knowl
edge. (Continued on page eight)
While a forest fire was still sweep
ing a broad acreage in the northern
part of Macon county last Wednes
day, a second fire of unknown origin
started near the east shore of Lake
Emory, and burned north, threatening
the Oak Ridge school house, Oak
Ridge church, and three dwellings.
Deputy Sheriff Derrel Ashe reached
the scene of the fire about 1:00 p.
m. and found that it had burned over
a section of Mill Knob, and was
within 25 yards of the dwelling of
Walt Prater.
With the aid of local residents,
Mr. Ashe started back-fires and saved
the dwelling. The fire was kept
from the homes of a Mr. Berry and
a Mr. Mincy, and the Oak Ridge
school house and church were also
saved from j burning. A haystack
valued at $12 was burned.
On Wednesday night, rain checked
the fire in the Cowees north of
Franklin. Small fires have been re?
ported in other part of 'the county.1
It is the opinion of some that' fire- j
bugs are responsible for the burning,
of the timberlarids. I
versed the miles of drives on the
estate, have been allowed only
to view the house from a dis
tance. . .
Permission to enter the house
and its surrounding gardens was
granted by the owners to Ashe
yille's many tourist guests, after
years of persuasion on the part
of Asheville people. The estate
and the famous mansion are ex
pected to be a mecca for thous
ands of lovers of the artistic,
during the coming spring and
summer seasons.
With the opening of Biltmore
House, the public will see for
the first time, treasures which '
have an incalculable value. Flem
ish tapestries, Gobelin tapestries
(Continued on page five)
BIDS FOR PAVING
HO. 28RECE1VED
Surfacing of Eight -Mile
Stretch To Cost
$170,000
Bids were opened last Tuesday at
Raleigh, on various paving projects
throughout the state, the most im
portant of which is to be- the paving
oT eight miles 6i highway No. '28 be
tween Franklin anJ Highlands. The
Press will print the name of the suc
cessful bidder when announcement
of the contract is made from Raleigh.'
The eight miles of pavement be
tween here and Highlands will be of
concrete, 16 feet wide, and conform
ing with all highway department spec
ifications for a road of this type.
The section of road to be paved ends
at the Gneiss post office. The of
ficial estimate of the cost of the
project is $170,000.
Grading of the 21-mile stretch of
No. 28 between Franklin and High
lands is now practically completed.
None of. the section has been paved,
although tentative plans of the de
partment for a suitable type of hard
surfacting are under consideration.
Steam shovels were placed on the
17-mile route connecting Fairfield in
Jackson county, with Highlands, one
week ago. This route is also a part
of No4 28, and the grading, esti
mated to cost $75,000, will be finished
late next autumn.
OAK RIDGE
AND 3 DWELLINGS
LOOKOUTS ADDED
TO FIRE STATIONS
OF NAT'L FOREST
Two new lookouts have been
added to the personnel of the
Nantahala district of the Nanta
hala National forest. Dallas Roane,
of Kyle is the lookout on Wayah
Bald, and Grady Waldroop, of
Cartoogechaye, is stationed on
Standing Indian.
No additional fires occurred last
week on the lands of the Nanta
.hala National forest, according to
a statement . from the local fores
try office.
The personnel of, the forestry
service received Co-operation from
the residents of the. Nantahala
and Cullasaja sections. where a few
small fires occurred. A. A Wood,
supervisor of thp, Naptjjfiala forest,
states that the Qjjppration of the
residents of these sections is ap
preciated. .X
BAILEY SLIGHTLY
FAVORED TO W
His Supporters Are Valuable
But Simmons' Boosters
Are Plentiful
CHEROKEE TO BAILEY
J. N. Moody Says Simmons
"Won't Get 12 Votes
There"
Boosters of Bailey in Macon are
volubly sure that he will carry the
county in the Democratic primary,
two to one. But supporters of Sim
mons, though less talkative, are al
most as easy to find. If, however,
the primary" was held in February,
Bailey would possibly carry the coun
ty by a small majority. '.
Many Macon Democrats are loath
to express an opinion as to the Bailey-Simmons
sentiment. Some are
frankly undecided as to how the
county will vote. Others, including
several politicians, are quietly neutral
on the subject. The element favoring
Bailey is composed largely of young
er Democrats, though this by no
means excludes many party patri
archs. Simmons is supported by many
of the older party members. Support
ers of Al Smith in the lastpresidential
election are one hundred jper cent in
favor of Bailey.' On the other hand,
Hoover carried Macon county in that
election, and other leaders are point
ing out that this was accomplished
through Simmons.
Murray For. Bailey
Frank I. Murray, clerk of superior
court, favors Bailey and believes he
would carry the county at least two
to one if . the primary was held this
month.
"I hope Bailey receives , even more
votes than that from Macon," Mr.
Murray said, "though development!
between now and the date of the
(Continued on page eight)
H S3
IN C. OFC. IiERE
Directors of Body Set Goal
of 140 For Next
Month
The board of directdrs of the
Franklin Chamber of Commerce held
a call meeting at the town office
Monday night. At that time 83 citi zens
of the town had joined' the or
ganization. The board hopes to have
a total membership within the next
month of 140. The drive" for' members
is still continuing. ' i
. It was decided Monday night that
the collection of 'one dollar per
month, other than the initial payment
of this amount, will not ' begin until
the first of April. In other words,
those who have already joined and
paid one dollar will not be called up
on to pay more until' the 'first day
of April. The ' same will apply to
that date.
A committee was appointed Monday
night to investigate' the cost" of pam
phlets and to prepare data for such
literature as the board may decide
to mail out. 'All in all the directors
of the Chamber' are much encouraged
over the response the citizens of the
town have, tnade in connection Xwith'
the organization work. "Overhead ex
penses " of the Chamber ' has been
placed upon a nominal "basis 'and it
is believed that the work of the body
will result in much favorable ' adver
tising for the town during the com
ing season. ' ' ) X ' ' ' ' ?