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f COUNTY-WIDE NEWS BRIEFLY BUT THOROUGHLY TOLD V , 11 V- A v v-. ESTABLISHED 1C05 OLDEST PAPER WEST OF ASHEVILLE 'If U. R. INVESTIGATE MACON COUNTY HEART OF A MOUNTAIN EMPIRE RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT VOLUME XLV FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1930 NUMBER TWELVE BAPTISTS ELECT PASTORSilDAY Dr. W. E. Abernethy Named By Church To Fill Its Pulpit EXPERIENCE IS WIDE New Minister Has Worked In Legal, Editorial and Educational Fields Acting on the recommendations o: the pulpit committee and the board of deacons, members of the Frank lin Baptist church last Sunday, elect ed Rev. W. E. Abernethy, D. D., of Ruetherford college, to fill the pulpit left vacant by the untimely death o Dr. W. M. Lee, the former pastor, Dr. Abernethy had temporarily ' acted as pastor of the Baptist church dur ing the month preceding his election, The new Baptist pastor has had wide experience in religious and ed ucational work. Born near Morgan ton in Burke county, he received his early education at Rutheford col lege, an institution in his home coun ty. After graduation he was foi year editor of the Morganton Herald one of North Carolina's outstanding weekly newspapers. For a while, he also read law, planning to enter the legal profession. Later, returning,, to Rutherford col lege, Dr. Abernethy became profes sor of Latin and Greek. Later he was elected president of the college in which capacity he served for sev eral years. ' ' Entering- the "'Methodist ministry, Dr. Abernethy held several pastor ates.-. While at Portsmouth, Va., he joined the. Baptist demonimatiorj,,and since then has held pastorates in Shelby, Reidsville, Charlotte, Greens boro, and other towns and cities. , Travel Abroad In the summer of 1928 he resigned as pastor of the Leaksville Baptist church to travel in bible lands. He recently returned from his travels abroad, and shortly afterward came jto Franklin. Dr. Abernethy is the father of two children: Mary Winn, who is teach Ing at High Point, and Bill, a sopho more at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Abernethy's wife has "been dead for several years. The . Baptist minister is a member of a number of fraternal orders, in cluding the Masonic order, I. O. 0. F., Knights of Pythias, J. 0. U. A. M. and Woodmen of the World. The new pastor is staying at the Scott Griffin , hotel temporarily. He has not yet made arrangements for a permanent residence in Franklin. Study Club Discusses Scott's "The Wave" The Franklin Study Club met Monday, March 16, with Miss Eliza beth Kelly. As few members were present, no business was transacted by the club. The book for discussion was "The .Wave," by Evelyn Scott, a study oi: the Civil War. Owing to the illness of Mrs. : C. ; C. Noyes, who was ' to have led " the discussion, the book was-- very"' ably reviewed by Miss ;Kelly.; : - .. The ' club meets next with' Mrs. ;Fred Siler. ' i i Mrs. Francis M. Advertising The Press is fortunate in hav ing secured the services of Mrs. Francis M. Tessier as advertising manager. Mrs. Tessier assumed her duties at Th Press office , on Monday. She is a native . of Franklin and is well known here. Mrs. Tessier will be in direct charge of the advertising depart-, ment, with authority to close ad vertising contracts as well as so licit advertisements. She will also act as social editor of The Press, in which capacity she will be responsible for personal items and club news. With the addition of Mrs. Tes sier to its staff, The Press .is taking another step to give the maximum in advertising service CAROLINA FORESTRY WEEK BEING OBSERVED AS CONSERVATION AGENCIES DESCRIBE PROBLEMS BRICK 137 YEARS OLD IS EXHIBITED IN SHOW WINDOW A brick that was made before the town of Franklin was founded is on display in Perry's Drug store this week. It bears the date 1793, making it 137 years old. The brick was found in a chim ney of the home of the late L. C. Holbrooks, near Otto. A new chimney was planned for the Hoi brooks' home, and in tearing away the old one, the aged brick wa3 discovered. Before the Holbrooks house was erected, the brick is said to have been in a chimney of the George Wikle old house which stood near the present Holbrooks' home. BRYSON TO TAKE LARGER CHARGE Former Macon Minister Be comes Pastor-at-Large In Missouri Rev. J. A. Bryson,' formerly of Macon county, and a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bryson . of this county, has resigned as pastor of the First Baptist church at Windsor, Mo., in order to become pastor-at-large of district five (Boone Calloway and Lamine counties) of the Missouri Baptist body, according to word re ceived:' here.' -- ..,-. - .: Rev. Bryson will make. his. home in Columbia, a city situated near the center of Missouri, and the' seat of the State university. Within a ra dius of 30 miles of Columbia are lo cated nine colleges in addition to the University. The field to which Rev. Bryson is called covers this territory. It is- said to be one of the greatest opportunities which the Baptists of Missouri have to offer. He will se cure castors for pastorless churches, superintend evangelism, do teacher training work, teach stewardship and schools of missions. During the six years that he was pastor at Windsor, the First Baptist church, grew steadily under Rev. Brvson's leadership. The member ship increased from a little more than 400 to nearly 600, according to a report from the board of deacons Cash Must Accomnanv All Leflral Advertising A rule that went into effect last all requires all individuals firms. odges, or any other group or organ ization placing legal advertising, res olutions of respect, or reading notice: n the trankhn Press, to pay cash in advance for such advertisements or notices. Tiie same rule applies to persons inserting want ads. This rule was made necessary bo- cause of difficulty in collecting for certain legal advertising, and because it is undesirable to keep books on amounts for very small ads and no tices. No exceptions will be made to the rule. Tessier New Representative to local advertisers. She will be at the service of Franklin busi ness concerns to help in the prep aration of advertising copy, lay outs, campaigns. It . will be her purpose to aid in the building of business for every concern in Franklin which desires to co operate. The editor and publisher of The Press, Lyles Harris, who is working on plans for the expan sion of the newspaper field in Franklin and in Western North Carolina,1 has been unable to give sufficient time to the advertising department, and for this reason Mrs. Tessier was employed. She is also authorized to take orders for job printing. PAPER IS ISSUED BY FOREST MEN Nantahala Highlights Makes Initial Appearance This Week ITEMS OF INTEREST Standing Indian Has Big gest and Best Mica, t Says Waldroop Volume 1, . No. 1 of Nantahala Highlights, a memographed monthly publication of the Nantahala Nation al forest, made its appearance this week. It is devoted exclusively to forestry news and items of interest to members of the forestry perso.i- nel. The following items were clipped from Highlights : Harry True, who came to the Nan tahala' one year ago this February, on acquisition work, is still at it. He has with him J. R. Bradley, transitman, regularly, Frank Shoe, mnr, nr W rpmibrlv ' Thi has recently been working down in eGorgia and South Carolina in which. territory the jobs are completed. They tackle North Carolina next. They made a record on the V. M. Wilbanks tract recently. On March 7,, they decided to do the job. Mr. Wilbanks was approached on the morning of the 8th with- a blank op tion. He. igned it without much harangue (it is probable Mr. Wil banks has gotten rid of thi's neces sary evil by many days and nights of previously thinking it over thus ' the usual argument about the price being too low was in the background on the morning of the 8th). The boys dug in, and before sunset , of the same day the entire tract of 254 acres twas surveyed and the . line around it painted. Power on the Nantahala Up on Wayah creek is headquar ters for the road crew and its i equip ment. Construction is now under way on a new equipment depot, which will be known as Equipment Depot No. 2. There is considerable machinery in the old depot used for repairing the road trucks, graders, tractors, etc. Some, of the shop machinery requires power, and a project now is under contemplation, and it is understood is approved by the District Engineer, to install a turbine in one of the falls of the creek. This will be made to turn a dynamo which will generate enough (Continued on page four) HOLDUP TRIED ON MOUNTAIN Man In Auto Knocks Out Woiild-Be Bandit On Highway 285 E. F. Moffitt, the new service manager for the Macon Chevrolet company had an unusual introduction to Macon county the night he ar rived. On rounding one of the curves on the Cowee mountain he discovered that the roid Was blocked by a coupe parked across the highway. On its inner side stood a man with a gun plainly indicating that he wished' Mr. Moffitt to stop and talk. Mr. Moffitt, having his wife by his side and believing that an argument would be entirely out of place at that time, decided not to observe the order of the man with the gun. By quick calculation he figured that there was just room between the inside end of the Ford and the embankment for his car to pass. He stepped on the gast and bound ed ahead. The last glimpse that Mr. Moffitt had of the intruder . was that of figure sprawling on the road way beside his car as the service manager sped on to his newly adopt ed town, Franklin. TAX LISTERS ARE HERE ON MONDAY FOR INSTRUCTION The recently appointed tax list ers for the townships of Macon county came to Franklin on Mon day and received instructions for doing their work. The tax listers also secured books and blanks necessary for preparing their lists. The listers who came to Frank lin on Monday are: Elias Am nions, Millshoal; John J. Corbin, Ellijay; Mrs. Frank Mashburn, Sugarfork; T. G. Harbison, High lands; H. O. Penland, Flats; E. N. Keener, Smith's Bridge; Earl Harrison, Cartoogechaye ; J. R. Wikle, Nantahala; John H. Dean, Burningtown; Oscar Rickman, Cowee; W. H. Roane, Franklin, FREE RIDE GIVEN TO MOONSHINER Joe Angel Is Brought To Jail; His Still Is Confiscated Sheriff C. L. Ingram . brpught Joe Angel of Mashburn Branch to Frank lin in an automobile ' last Saturday free of charge. As an additional part of the morning's work,, he moved Angel's place of business to Frank lin, also free of Charge. Mr. Angel's business paraphernalia'' is temporarily stored in the sheriff's office, and Mr. Angel is receiving free meals and lodging in the county jail. A moonshine still made of two medium size kegs, properly caulked, and other equipment essential to the distillery trade were found by Sheriff Ingram and Deputies R. M.. Coffey and D.erald Ashe one hundred yards from Angel's home. A well-worn trail leading from .the house to the still was located by the raiding party. Several gallons of bee,r were poured out, and about ' fifteen bottles were found which had contained whiskey. Angel will be tried at the April term of superior court. McDowell Music Club Meets With Miss Morgan The McDowell Music club met Wednesday, March 12, at the home of Mrs. Frank T. Smith with Miss Minnie Grace Morgan, hostess. Miss Eleanor Sloan was leader, and the following program of Scotch-Irish music was carried out: Sundown Helen Hopekirk - Mrs. W. B. Kesler; Echoes from the Green. Isle Rockstro Mrs. Gilmer j Jones and Mrs. Francis Tessier; Irish Lulaby Quinlan Elizabeth Dowdle; Irish. Song Lohr Mrs. Smith Harris. The club is indebted to Mrs. .Dick Hudson and seven little girls from the . sixth grade 1 for a very interest ing program on .Stephen i Foster. Summary Of Dr. Work Shows (By C. T. Blaine and Judge John Awtry) Dr. W. M. Lee began his work here on May 13, 1938, coming from a pastorate at Westminster, South Carolina. He departed this life January 30, 1930 and was buried at Gordon, Georgia, his old home, on February 1, 1930. His ministry with us was one of the most fruitful periods in the history of the church. He visited probably three-fourths of the Baptist churches in the coun ty in the interest of denomina tional work, and B. Y. P. U.V were organized in eight or ten churches. Our Women's Mission ary union was revived, many members added and regular and REFORESTATION , IS PUBLIC NEED Rehabilitation Of Forests One Of Big Internal Matters INDUSTRY DEPENDENT Wood Products Form Big Percentage Of Manu facturing Material This year the week, of March 16-22 has been designated as Carolina For est' week. It is a time during which the North Carolina Forest service, the Federal Forest service agencies in the state, and all other forestry organizations put forth the greatest possible effort to bring to the public attention the problems of forest con servation. Probably no other single happening in 1927 served to put the question of forestry and reforestation so much to the front as did the great Mississippi flood. This costly dis aster was thoroughly investigated by the army engineers and by the For est service. The recommendations made included not -only the construc tion of great engineering works to control the floods, but also the in auguration of a great program of. reforestation arid of forestry prac tice on the headwaters of the Miss issippi and its tributaries. Modern engineers recognize the fact that the forest can very appreciably reduce the violence and severity of floods. This is easily demonstrated by com paring a stream that flows through healthy forest land with one that comes from brush-covered or denud ed lands. The first if cold, almost always clear, and quite steady in vol ume. The second is much warmer, seldom clear, and is subject to great variations in volume of flow. After heavy rains it is a rushing, mud colored torrent. And so the forest has a decided influence on stream flow. Industries Dependent On Forests "No other of our internal problems is of greater moment than the re habilitation of our forests." That is what President Coolidge said of the ' program for forest conservation. America's greatest industries are heavily dependant upon forest prod ucts in their work. In 1926 twelve per cent of what the railroads spent for fuel and supplies went for pur chase of forest products. Even the great steel and automobile ' industries and the mines, are large users of wood. The paper and pulp industry, of course, depends almost wholly upon the forest. And so our forest resources represent an economic fac tor of enormous importance. The United States has 470 million acres of forest land, unsuited to agri culture and not needed for other purposes. Of , this area, 80 million acres of land is now absolutely idle, and non-productive. A much larger area supports ' only second or : third growth and . is given no care what (Continued on page ' four) W. M. Lee's Lasting Record profitable meetings were held. A work very close to Dr. Lee's heart was that of banding the young people together and train ing them in effective . service for the Master. Under jiis leadership the B. Y. P. U. was very active and the attendance and interest ', was probably doubled, -there be- ing from 80 to 100 at many meetings. There is no question but that he has left a deep spir- itual influence on the lives of our young people that . will bear fruit in the years to come. In ' November, 1929, a successful $un dav School Enlargement cam paign was conducted. In September, 1928, in the re . (Continued on page four)
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