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VOLUME XLV
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Elson Art Exhibit To Be
Held In High School
Auditorium
COMES MARCH 19-20
Beautiful Carbons, Photo
gravures and Color Prints
To Be Shown
Recognizing the educational advan
tages to be derived from opportunities
to see good art, the P.-T. A. has ar
ranged with the Elson Art Publish
ing company, Inc., of Belmont, Mass.,
for an art exhibition of two hundred
pictures to be held vin the Franklin
High school auditorium, March 19-20.
This collection, consisting in large
part of carbon photographs, photo
gravures, and prints in full color,
made directly from the original master-pieces,
is. selected by experts and
should attract large crowds. No ad
mission is to be charged, but the P.
T. A. hopes to sell enough prints to
pay the expenses of the exhibit. In
case the receipts exceed the express
charges, they will be used to purchase
pictures for the school. The purpose
of the exhibition is thus clearly two
fold: . - ,-,' j-
First. To give people an.1 oppor
tunity to see a collection of the
world's famous pieces of painting,
sculpture, and architecture.
Second. To make ; it possible for
the school to own a few of these
pictures. :
Why should this exhibit interest
you?
Because, throughout the country,
people are awakening to the impor
tance and value of good art as cre
ative of a refining influence and in
spiring atmosphere and just so sure
ly as people become familiar with the
best in art, just so quickly will '.the
crude in art be displaced through ap
preciation of something better. It is,
of course, idle to suppose that one
shall become a competent judge of
art simply through studying for a
time photographs of prints.
Appreciation
But what can and should be' ob
tained is a large .measure of apprecia
tion. A work of art which is really
great will bear reproduction, and even
though this may not possess the pleasure-giving
power of the original iru a
(Continued on page five)
"Passing The Buck" Leading
Indoor Game At Washington
(By Fred Holmes, Washington Cor
respondent of The Frankii Press)
Washington, March 12. The favor
ite indoor sport at the Capitol this
"' -week with many an outdoor over
flow contest was "Passing the Buck."
To those of our friends who are in
terested in sporting activities, no ex
plantation of this absorbing game is
necessary. To others, it may be ex
plained that "passing the buck" is a
X game in which the loser, in a jam
from which he finds difficulty in ex
tricating himself, attempts to camou
flage the situation by dodging re
sponsibility for conditions. In other
words, he yaps : "Yeah, it happened
all right, all right; but I didn't do it.
. George did it." .
Reaching a point where they could
no longer belittle the facts, the Sen
ate called upon the Hoover Adminis
tration to take immediate' Steps to
relieve the unemployment situation.
The Administration was accused, of at
tempting to incite a "red scare" with
the idea of "drawing a red herring
HEART OF A MOUNTAIN EMPIRE RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT
INQUIRIES FROM NEIGHBORING STATES COME
I TO SECRETARY OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
BAPTISTS EXPECT
TO ELECT PASTOR
SUNDAY MORNING
The Board of Deacons of the
Franklin Baptist church, in session
at a. call meeting last Monday
night, has set next Sunday as the
date for electing a new pastor to
fill the pulpit. The board will rec
ommend Rev. W. E. Abernathy to
the church for election. Rev.
Abernathy, who has filled the Bap
tist pulpit for the last four Sun
days, will preach again next Sun
day morning. A large attendance
is desired for Sunday's services.
KU1RE JAKES
PHI BETA KAPPA
Student From Franklin Is
Member of Nat'l Schol
astic Fraternity
Davidson, N. C .' Mrch 6 Five
Davidson college seniors were this
week selected for membership in Phi
Beta Kappa, national scholastic fra
ternity; which has a chapter at. David
son, and with; the choosing of these
- men," the 't)rgamti'ort has completed
its selection fort this scholastic ses
sion. Seniors honored were . J. L.
Brown, Hendef sonville ; Frentis W.
Johnston, Jefferson, Ga.; W. B. Mc
Guire, Jr., Franklin; W. G. Mc
Gavock, Franklin, Tenn., and F. D.
Miller, III, Surgoinsville, Tenn.
All of these men are prominent in
outside activities "at Davidson. Brown
is adjutant in. the R. 0. T. C, and a
member of Delta Pi Kappa and Sigma
Upsilon, honorary journalistic and li
terary fraternities, respectively. John
ston is captain of both the basketball
and tennis teams, a captain in the R.
O T.. G, and a 'member of Amicron
Delta Kappa, honorary leadeship fra
ternity. McGavock is on the student
council, assistant editor of the annual
and in Sigma Pi Sigma, physics fra
ternity. McGuire is president of the
senior class, on the student council,
R. O. T. C. captain, varsity debater
and in Omicron Delta Kappa. Miller
is a leader in several fields and is a
member of Delta Pi Kappa, Sigma
Upsilon and Alpha Phi Epsilon, hon
orary journalistic, literary, and foren-.'
sic fraternities, respectively.
across ' the path of economic depres
sion" during the three hours in which
the serious unemployment situation
held the attention of the Senate.
The charge of White House futility
in dealing with the problem of unem
ployment was replied to when the Ad
ministration passed responsibility for
distressing conditions now existing
back to the Senate, where the charge
roriginated. Failure to-pass-the-Tariff
.bill, failure to pass the public im
provements appropriations and failure
to equip fully the Department of
Labor with adequate employment and
statistical agencies these are the de
linquencies to which the Administra
tion points in accounting for ' the
spread of unemployment during the
last four months.
Senator La Follette called attention
to the fact that when the stock mark
et crash" occurred the President of
the United States called in the lead
ers of busirless and industry in this
country. They had conferences -at
(Continued on page eight) .
INVESTIGATE MACON COUNTY
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 13,
Mrs. Pearce Asks Operators
of Boarding Houses
For Information
CAMPS ARE WANTED
Location; Rates, Altitude In
cluded In Informa
tion Desired
Inquiries from various . points in
Florida and South Georgia are begin
ning to come to the Franklin Cham
ber of Commerce in increasing num
bers, asking for hotel rates and ac
comodations, availability of furnished
cottages in and out of Franklin, and
of furnished camps in and near the
mountains in this vicinity. There are
also many other questions cn various
subjects which should be answered ac
curately and in detail.
In order to be able to answer these
inquiries intelligently the' Chamber of
Commerce is endeavoring to estab
lish an information bureau-' for tour
ists in the office of its secretary,, krs.
Alvah . Pearce. To do this it will be
necessary for the Chamber of Com
merce to maintain a list of all hotels
and boarding houses in Franklin and
vicinity, with their respective rates,
accomodations, and a limited number
of interesting facts about each. As
soon as this data .can be accumulated
the Chamber is planning to have, in
addition to this Bureau of Informa
tion, a hotel and boarding-house di
rectory, published and issued in con
nection with the attractive new pam
phlet which will soon be ready for
distributidn.
Information Requested
All people in Franklin and vicinity
who can furnish the secretary with
the following information will not only
be aiding the Chamber in its effort
to establish this phase of its work,
which incidentally is one of its most
important duties, but will at the same
time be forwarding their own. inter
ests in accomodating our summer
visitors.
Mrs. Pearce has issued the follow
ing request:
"To all owners and operators of
hotels, boarding houses and rooming
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WOOD TO INSPECT
CLAYTON DISTRICT
OF NAT'L FOREST
Supervisor A. A. Wood, of the Nan
tahala National forest, left on Monday
of this week for a tour of inspection
of the Clayton district of the forest
in Rabun county, Georgia. Assisting
Mr. Wood on the inspection, tour will
be John B. Byrne, junior forester.
Mr. Wood will return at the end of
the week.
. While in Clayton, Mr. Byrne will
conduct a forestry marketing school
for the benefit of rangers and fores
try timber marketers of the Clayton
district.
Taxes Must Be Listed
To Avoid Penalties
. The county commissioners have an
nounced that tax listing starts on
lpriLXAjLproperty, real and per
sonal, money, credits, investments in
bonds, annuities, ahd other things of
value must be listed. A heavy penal
ty is imposed by law, state the com
missioners, on any one failing to list
property. V
meeting of the Cabinet with President
The tax listing date has been chang
ed this year from the first Monday in
May to the first Monday in April.
10TLA SOCIETY TO MEET
The Ladies' Missionary society of
the Iotla Baptist church will "meet at
Mrs. Charles Shields' home on Friday
afternoon at 2 p. m.
1930
MOCK RETURNS;
TO FILL PULPIT
ON NEXT SUNDAY
Rev. R. F. Mock, pastor of the
Franklin Methodist church, return
ed last Monday from Winston
Salem where he has been visiting
his sister, "Mrs. T. M. Weisner.
He will hold services Sunday in
the Methodist church. Mrs. Weis
ner and Mrs. J. H. Mock returned
to Franklin with Rev. Mock for
a visit. Rev. P. N. Pickering will
hold the quarterly conference at
the local Methodist church Sunday
night at 7:30.
TRAINING CLASS
ISSUE DELAYED
Edition To Appear April 10;
Ads Are Used This
Week
Unavoidable circumstances have
again delayed the edition of The Press
to be brought out by the Teacher
Training department .of Franklin High
school. The task of getting together
the volume of material planned by the
students and the" length, of time ne
cessary to put it in presentable shape
have made advisable setting forward
the date of the special issue to April
10.
Miss Helen Burch, supervisor of
the Teacher Training class, issued the
following statement: "The Teacher
Training department regrets deeply
that it is unable to edit The Press
this week. There was so much ma
terial that it could not be put in shape
to go to press. This material will be
used in the near future in a special
edition. We would like to express our
gratitude to the people who have
helped us, and arc helping us gather
the required information.
"The Press is giving us credit for
the advertisements that the students i
gathered last week. We appreciate
these, too."
Students of the Teacher Training
department are being paid a commis
sion for the ads solicited for this
week's edition. They .will not solicit
additional advertisements for their
edition of Anril 10. This arrange
ment, it is -believed, will he satis
factory with all advertisers, but if
(Continued on page five)
NUMBER ELEVEN
SHOTS SPLINTER
BRIDGETMBEliS
Negroes Jump Int6 Ditches
To Escape From
Bullets
OTHERS ENDANGERED
Sheriff Finds No Clues As
To Identity of Un
known Parties
Ambushed on the crest of
a high, wooded hill over
looking the Walnut creek
bridge on highway 28, un
known desperadoes, or pos
sibly a lone desperado, last
Tuesday afternoon fired 15
or more shots from a high
powered rifle at a crew of
Negroes employed by the
Rickenbaker Const ruction
company for work on cul
verts on the seven mile
stretch of the highway east
of Franklin which is to be
surfaced.
Bullets came perilously near many
of the members of the crew. Leaden
balls were embedded in bridge timber,
struck points bordering the highway,
and endangered white men who. were
on the scene. The rpad crew dived
into ditches .for safety. "
T. .R. McMeekin, superintendent of
construction work on the stretch of
highway, came to Franklin for Sher
iff C. L. Ingram, who, with Deputy
Derald Ashe, investigated the affair.
No arrests were made, nor informa
tion secured that might lead to the
identity of the unknown parties or
party responsible for the shooting.
The Walnut creek bridge is ap
proximately seven miles east of
Franklin in the direction of High
lands. Natives of that vicinity are
reported to be disgruntled because
the Rickenbaker Construction com
pany, of Union, S. C. brought South
Carolina Negroes to Macon county to
be used as laborers on culvert work
instead of employing native labor.
This is the motive to which the
shooting is attributed.
-Messrs. Pennell and Harley, of
Spartanburg, were recently awarded
the contract for surfacing the portion
of highway 28 between Franklin and
D. C. McCoy's store at Cneiss. Cul
vert construction on the undertaking
was sub-contracted to the Ricken
baker Construction , company. ,