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INVESTIGATE MACON COUNTY
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VOLUME XLV
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1930
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Telephone Lines To Go Un
derground; Whiteway
Suggested ,
CHIEF HENRY TO LEVY
Gas And Oil Tanks Must
Be Moved Off Town
T Property
Aldermen W. B. McGuire, J. H.
Fouts, and J. S. Conley were appoint
ed committeemen last Monday night
by Mayor George Patton to ascer
tain the cost of widening Main street
four feet on each side. The commit
tee was appointed at the suggestion
of the board of directors of the
Franklin chamber of commerce, rep-
xesentauves oi wmcn met wuh mc
board of aldermen on Monday night.
These representatives were J. E. Rice,
S. A. " Harris, Gus Leach, and J. E.
The widening of Main street will
involve the removal of the maple
trees which -line each side of the
thoroughfare, will make necessary the
ground, and will include the removal
of oil and gas tanks from town prop-,
erty.
Must Move Tanks
Following up the step to have the
cost of the street widening project
estimated, 'an order was passed by
the aldermen to have all oil and gas
tanks moved from town property,
which includes streets, sidewalks, and
the town square, to private property.
Thirty days are to be allowed filling
stations and garages in which to
make these changes.
Major S. A. Harris, speaking for
the chamber of comferce, declared
that if Franklin is ever to move out
of the village class, the step of widen
ing Main street must be taken. Re
ferring to the trees along the street,
wtiirfi snmc citizens have objected to
having removed, he asserted that they
were hampering the growth of the
town rather than adding to its at
tractiveness. Many of the trees are
now almost dead, he reported.
Whiteway
In connection with the project of
widening the street, the chamber of
commerce representatives suggested
that while; the street was torn up to
construct the additional width, the
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Step-Father Takes Step-Son
To Jail; Sheriff Jails Both
Robert Neighbors, of Asheville,
brought his step-son, Harry Can
non, to Franklin to be jailed last
Saturday.
"Here's the jail, son,; walk up
the stairs," said Neighbors.
"And " you may walk up with
him," interrupted! ' Sheriff C. L. ,
Ingram.
"The h , you say!" ejaculat
ed Neighbors. ' r
Last fall Macon county officers
captured Cannon near Franklin
with 27 gallons of liquor. Neigh
bors went, on his step-son's bond.
Before Cannon could be brought
to trial in this county, he Was
caught' with five gallons of whis
key in Buncombe and sentenced
to 60 days, on that county's roads.
' Sentence Expires
Last Saturday the sentence ex
pired. On the same day Neigh
bors concluded that' he no longer
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SPECIES OF TWO
CHESTNUTS TO BE
SET IN FORESTS
One thousand chestnut seedlings
of two Japanese species will be
planted by the Nantahafa National
forest near Highlands during April,
announces A. A. Wood, supervisor
of , the forest. The seedlings . are
to be planted for experimental
purposes.
The two species are immune to
serious blight infestations, states
Mr. Wood, though they are sub
ject to mild forms of the blight.
The seedlings were raised from
seed in Washington, D. C, by the
bureau of plant industries which
hopes to develop a . chestnut to
take the place of our native spe
cies now in danger of extinction
from blight.
The tree of the two Japanese
species is smaller than the native
chestnuts, and is not suitable for
lumbering purposes, "States Mr.
Wood, but the nut is ordinarily
as large or, larger than that of the
native' chestnut trees.
Macon Selected
For Timber Study
District Forester W. K. Beichler',
of Asheville, while in 'Franklin last
Monday, stated that the state, depart
ment, of forestry and- the Timber
Tax Inquiry commission of the Unit-;
ed States government will jointly
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COMMISSIONERS
ON JAIL
Delegates Selected To At
tend State Meeting at
Raleigh
Plans for constructing a six-inch
concrete wall around the four sides
of the Macon county jail and for
other remodeling changes were sub
mitted to the board of commissioners
on Monday by Tippett and Russell.
Specifications will be complete by
next week, at which time the com
missioners will advertise for bids. Ac
tual reconstruction work will prob7
ably start before the end of March.
A two-day session was held by the
commissioners this month in order to
complete business brought to their at
tention.
Tax Listers
Tax Hsters for the county for the
year 1930 were named by the board
desired to remain on Cannon's
bond. As soon as Harry came
home, Neighbors took him in
charge, and started with him in
an automobile for the Macon
county jail at Franklin.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Neighbors,
Cannon's mother, secured a sec
ond automobile, and raced to
Franklin ahead of her husband
and son. She appeared before
Sherif f ingram - and- swore-out- a
warrant for Neighbors.
When Neighbors arrived with
Cannon and had informed the
sheriff that he would no longer
remain on his step-son's bond;
Neighbors was placed under ar
rest, charged with having furnish
ed the money with which Cannon
bought the whiskey with which he
was captured here.
Bond was made by Neighbors
the following day, but Cannon is
' still in jail.
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GUARDS NAMED
TO FIGHT FIRES
Thirteen County Wardens
Selected To Aid Fred
Slagle
FOUR FIRES PUT OUT
Beichler Arrives Monday
With Tools For
Distribution
District Forester W. K. Beichler, of
Asheville, arrived in Franklin on
Monday with tools for fire fighting
to be distributed among the fire war
dens of Macon county.
, Before the arrival of all the fire
fighting tools, four forest blazes had
been extinguished by the newly, ap
pointed wardens of the county. On
Thursday night Warden Fred Slagle,
with the aid of deputy wardens put
out three fires between 5 p. m. and
8 a.m.. Two of these fires were in
the Cowee district on the lands of
Dean Sisk, John E. Rickman, Horner
Stockton and Luther Shepherd. A
fire on Bryson mountain was " ex
tinguished on Saturday night.
With the aid of C. N. Meese, as
sistant state game warden, deputy
fire- wardens -were appointed for - the
county. The names of these follow:
J. E. Cabe. Otto; J. D. Burnette, Ot
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WILL ADVERTISE FOR BIDS
REMODELING; TAX LISTERS NAMED
as follows: Millshoal Elias Amnions;
Ellijay John J. Corbin; Sugarfork
Mrs. Frank Mashburn; Highlands
T. G. Harbison; Flats H. 0. Pen
land; Smith's Bridge, first choice,
E. N. Keener second choice, T. C.
Vinson ; Cartoogechayc Earl Harris
on; Nantahala J. R. Wikle ; Burning
town John H. Dean; Cowee Oscar
Rickman; Franklin W. H; Roane.
Delegates from Macon county were
named by the commissioners to at
tend a state meeting at Raleigh on
March 31 to aid in devising means to
lower property taxes in North Caro
lina, and to definitely decide as to
the advisability of an extra session
of the legislature.
The delegates named are J. A. Por
ter, T. W. Kiscr, W. L. Higdon, W.
I). Barnard, T. J. Johnston, Frank
Moody, T. G.' Harbison, M. D. Bil-
CREW AT WORK
ON HIGHWAY 28
Construcion of Culverts To
Be Completed Before
Paving
Work began early Monday morn
ing on trie culverts of highway No.
28 between Franklin and D. C. Mc
Coy's store at Gneiss, preparatory to
paving the seven miles of this stretch
of highway.
T. R. McMeekin, superintendent of
the Rickenbliker Construction" com
pany of Union, S. C, is in charge of
the work. The task of putting the
road into condition for pouring con
crete was subcontracted to the Rick
enbaker Construction company by
Messrs. Pennell and Harley, of Spar
tanburg, who secured the contract for
paving No. 28 over this stretch.
From six to eight weeks will be
necessary on the present work be
fore the highway will be ready for
concreting.
MOVING PICTURE
TO BE FILMED IN
MACON FORESTS
Working through the forestry of
fices of the Nantahala and Pisgah
National forests, the Public Rela
tions branch of the Eastern dis
trict of forests expects to film
four moving pictures in Western
North Carolina during April and
May.
Two of the pictures will be tak
en on the Nantahala forest. These
will' depict Ideal wood-using opera
tions ; also the effect of virgin
hardwood forests' and their place in
economic life.
The two pictures to be filmed
on the Pisgah forest will be de
veloped around the wild life of the
Pisgah game refuge. The pictures
will be used throughout the East
ern district in connection with fire
prevention projects of the , forestry
service.
. The pictures will be shown lo
cally if the people of Franklin are
sufficiently interested.
Six Applications
For Post Master
Interest in Franklin is centered on
the appointment of a post master for
the town. The date pf the vacancy
at Franklin -was Feb. 6, and if is
expected that announcement of the
successful competitor will be made
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Jurors Drawn For April;
- Tax Liens Foreclosed;
Roads Opened
lings, S. A. Munday, A. S. Solesbee.
Jurors For April
Jurors for the April term of su
perior court, ' beginning April 14 and
ending on the 26th, were named.
Jurors for the first week will be:
J. Frank Wilson, V. V. Jennings,
J. F. Wilkes, Weaver Cochran, Hez
Dills, W. H. Potts, C. T. Blaine, Earl
Crunkleton, R. C. Green, J. R. Hol
brooks, C. F. Higdon, J. N. Murray,
Elsworth Ledford, J. C. Morgan,
George Cunningham, John' Holbrooks,
Guy Paul, L. E. Spahr, W. R. Watts,
W. P. Rickman, W. B. Long, Robert
Parrish, J. N. Rogers, L. A, Allen,
J. B. Potts, H. H. Mashburn, L. W.
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Road Expenditure? Reduced
Over $17,000 In 1929: Teague
C. W. Teague, road supervisor
of Macon county, has made pub
lic the figures representing the
expenditures on Macon county
roads for 1929! Mr. Teague's fig
ures show that a total of $10,
385.07 was spent directly or in
directly on the roads of the coun
ty in 1929, compared with $28,
000 spent in 1928. The sum spent
Jni?29 includes the road super
visor's salary and expenses, stater
Mr. Teague.
The road supervisor's salary to
taled $1043.81 in 1929, the com
pilation shows. His expenses are
reported to have . been $314.68.
Road contracts and repairs are
represented by the sum of $9,
026.58. . '
Despite the fact that the ex
penditures for 1929 were, more
than $17,000 less than for the pre
vious year, the mail carriers of the
MOUNTAIN TOWN
ADVANCES STEP
Backers of Highlands Mu
seum Are Formulating
New Ideas
PHAMPLET IS ISSUED
Dr. Reinke Makes Report
On Necessity of South
ern Sation
Steps for establishing a biological
research station at Highlands in Ma
con county for the use and conven
ience of botanical and zoological re
search workers of the South were ad-
j vanced this week when the Highlands
museum of natural history released
its first publication, . "Report on. the
Necessity of a Biological Research
Station in the South," by E. E.
Reinke, Ph. D., director of the High
lands museum during 1929, and profes
sor of biology in Vanderbilt univer
sity'. , The ultimate aim' of the founders
of the Highlands museum is to estab
lish a mountain biological research
station in the Highlands mountains
that will compare favorably with the
Marine biological laboratory at Woods
Hole, Mass.
Three Years Old
The Highlands museum was started
in 1927 for the purpose of preserving
some of the splendid private collec-
tions made Dy the tirst settlers in.
the region. From the beginning an
effort has been made to enlarge these
collections. Also from the beginning
a catalogued list of all objects iden
tified by the museum has been kept
as the nucleus of a regional life
survey.
"Practically the same conditions,"
states Clark Foreman, president of
the museum, "which inspired our
early settlers to become so extra
ordinarily interested in natural his-
tory exist today, ine ocauty( ana
wealth of living forms which are rare
or unknown in other parts of the
world exist here, and are a great at
traction for biologists.
"The trustees felt that Dr. Reinke
was eminently suited for the study
he has made, not only because of his
position among the biologists of the
South, but also because of, his ex
perience at the Marine biological
laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., and
at the Carnegie Laboratories in the
Tortugas."
South Lacks Agency
Says Dr. Reinke in his report:
"Outside of scattered universities and
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county at a meeting last Satur
day state' that the roads are in ,
better condition than was the case
at this time last year. The coun- '
ty mail carriers cover 480 miles of
road in Macon.
Previous to 1929, road construe- -tion
and supervision in the coun
ty were directly under the board
of commissioners, When J. A.
Porter was elected to the state
legislature, ne spunawreu a pro
vision that placed the responsi
bility for the county's roads, un- "
der a road supervisor. Mr. Teague
was selected supervisor.
During the rainy weather and
the snowy days of the late fall
i t t.. . i-i..
4uu ui uic wiiHci, cuiiipiaini was
heard from various sections of
the county because of the impas
sability of the roads. There wa
little, however, that could be done
at. 'that timp tn rpmv thorn