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PAGE 1V0 THE FRANKLIN T.ESS. FRANKLIN. N. C THURSDAY, AITJL 13, 1T.3 The Franklin Precs PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY LYLES HARRIS Editor J. J. MOORE.. ..... Newt Editor MRS. F. M. TESSIER Ad. Mgr. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year ...,...$2.00 Nine Months .. 1-50 Six Months 100 Single Copies 05 ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. Legal advertisements, communica tions of a personal character will al ways be charged for as advertise ments, and so marked. Ohituarv Notices. Cards ofVFhanks, and Tributes of . Respect, either by individuals, lodges, churches, organiza tions or societies, charged for as for advertisements. Cash must accom pany manuscript, and all such notices will be marked "adv." in conformity with the Postal Requirements. 1 Entered at the post office at Frank lin, N. C, for transmission through the mails as second-class matter. This Edition MTE TAKE this opportunity - to VV thank those people who have helped us with the history and ge ography of our County. Without this help, so gladly and so efficiently given, we could not have done this piece of work. Numbers of folks have told us interesting facts about the Town and County, and have taught ui far more history than books ever could. Others have writ ten some of our articles. We want especially to thank Mr, Harbison of Highlands, Mr. Wood of the Forest Service department, Prof. Billings, Gilmer. A. Jones, and Mrs. LOwry. The Editor and Joe Moore have been verv kind and patient. Though all these names may not appear with their articles, they have done a great . deal of . work for us, and we are "deeolv erateful. We hope that one result of this Duplication . will be response from those people whom,', we did' not get to se We have''barelv skimmed the' surface in many instiln'ces. If there is anyone who knows other facts and stories that any thing we have written calls to mind, we hope they will send these to us. We be lieve we could issue a "story" edi tion, giving the memories, stories, facts that are not commonly known. It is our earnest hope that these will be forth-coming. Unemployment WHETHER or not it is possible for Congress to afford any real relief from present conditions, . there is little question that unemployment is one of the most serious problems confronting the government . today. Palliative measures have been suggest ed, and Senator Wagner, of New York, has introduced three bills pro viding for Federal collection: pf un employment statistics, Federal, em ployment bureaus and appropriations for emergency public works in times of depression. The Senate Commerce committee is holding hearings on these bills, but Senator Johnson, of California, indi cated by his questions his belief that the Wagner bills were inadequate in their scope, and William Green, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor, appearing as a witness before the committee, went so far as to say that unless some way could be found to prevent the recurrence of shocks to industry that bring about whole sale unemployment the government would have to resort to the dole or 'there would be revolution. "I do not like the dole," said Mr. Green, "but it will be impossible to continue to go .through these ex periences. You will have to choose between better planning or the dolev You cannot let men go hungry." A circle of depression has been created, he continued, in that the diminished spring purchasing due to a 25 per cent falling off of employment in winter has curtailed retail buying, with a consequent slack in manufac ture leading to more unemployment. He concluded that "credit for install ment buying has been used to make up the deficit in wage payments,, but unemployment now has put an end to this, recourse." Second in importance only to the unemployment problem is the un finished business of farm relief. Ex- ception to the contention of Repre sentative Tilson, of Connecticut, ma jority leader of the House, that farm relief is one of the achievements of jthe first year o the Hoover adminis tration, has been taken by Representa- ; tive Garner, of Texas, Democratic fldbr leaier in a" statement issued through the Democratic National committee. n rr n HBSii A1KG HELD BY REPUBLICANS Convention Adopts Number Of Resolutions Un Monday ' A well: attended and harmonious convention" of Macon county Repub licans convened here last Monday afternoon. A resolution was " passed expressing thanks to Hon. Brown- low Jackson, Republican State chair man, who contemplates resignation, for his efforts in behalf of the party. Resolutions were passed favoring local self government and free election laws; a free school system and high way system financed wholly by the State, but the applications, and ex penditure of funds in the counties to be made through co-operation of local authorities: free school Mo1' to be uniform through a period of years to be furnished by the State to school children under proper re strictions as to use and care. A resolution was passed opposing the present system of taxation per taining to the ' counties of the State, and favoring legislation ' to relieve property from the excessive burden of the system. On motion of Horner Stockton, the convention endorsed the record of Hon. George M. Pritchard as United States congressman, nad suggested that he is the logical candidate to succeed himself. - John E. Rickman is chairman of the convention; Alf Higdon is secre tary. On the resolutions committee were Henry G. Robertson, T. G. Har bison, and Will Keener. ' RUGGED RAKGES Climate Here Typical Of Mountains; Abundant Rainfall Macon county, with an area of 531 square miles, lies close to the Georgia and Tennessee lines, in the southeast corner of North Carolina. This County is in the Appalachian highlands section of the State. The Blue Ridge mountain syslem extends from Standing Indian, at the southwest corner of the County, along its southern border to Salt Rock gap, then turns northward along its eastern border to Yellow mountain. Among the important mountains are Standing Indian, 5,500 feet in height, Yellow mountain, , Whiteside cliff, Satulah, the latter overlooking the Town of Highlands from the north and the Piedmont section of South Carolina from the south. The Nantahala range, which is a range connecting the Blue Ridge and the Great Smokies, also affords a number of outstanding peaks, among which are Winespring, of practically the same slope and identically the same height of Standing Indian, and its neighbors, Wayah, Rocky, and Siler Balds. Rivers The Little Tennesse and Nantahala rivers form the principal drainage systems of the county. The largest of these, the Little Tennessee, which extends the entire length of the Coun ty, flows through Swain county into Tennessee. It divides just south of Franklin, and the western branch, still bearing the name of the stream, rises in Rabun county in Georgia The eastern branch, or Cullasaja which is the Cherokee for "sweet" or "sugar," rises near Highlands in Macon. The Cullasaja is noted for its beautful waterfalls. The climate of Macon county is typical of the mountain section. The winters are moderately cold and the summers never sultry. The mean an nual temperature of the County in some sections is 52 degrees and in others, 54 degrees. It varies from an occasional , 10 degrees below to 90 degrees above zero Rainfall The rainfall is abundant throughout the County, the mean annual rain fall being from 60 to over 70 inches Around Highlands it reaches a mean annual measaurement of 82 inches, i the greatest in the United States except in certain small areas in Cal ifornia. - The first killing frost comes about October 15, and the last one about April 15, giving the County a grow inja season for easily killed vege tables of six months. Grass grows the year around, making stock rais ing one of the important industries. mmmm bi r USD beginners' class TO OPEN APRIL 14 AT LOCAL SCHOOL Miss Helen Burch, director of the teacher training department of Frank- in high school, announced .today that the Spring beginners class for chjl-. dren who expect, to' enter the first grade next September will open Mon day, April 14. The schedule will fol-' low the general..; line of work prac-. ticed by these sessions in previous a resolution to petition the 1931 Gen years. , eral Assembly of North Carolina -to Student teachers of the. training de- partment will hold beginners' classes under supervision. The children will De initiated into school lite with a view to helping them adapt them selves, and ' make the fall entrance easier, Miss" Burch, stated. Because of bad weather cutting the acreage to small grain last fall, piedmont farmers have planted more I spring oats than usual. School Committeemen For Coming Year Announced 'School committeemen for "the 52 school districts in Macon county have been appointed for the school year of 1930-31, Prof. M. D. Billings, county superintendent of schools, has announced. The committeemen for each township and district follow: Franklin 1. Roy Carpenter, Gus Leach, J. E. Perry. 2. W. T. Tippett, R, L. Poindexter, Albert Ramsey,. , 3. J. R. Guyer, Walter Campbell, Fred Willis. 4. W. H. Roane, W. H. Green. Jef Blaine. 5. Floyd Strain, Mitchell Brown, W. D. Keener. 6. F. J. -Henderson. J. ; W. Adding- tojn, bhf. "iRogers. ', : 1 ;v; ; ' ; . . " j i 7. Kobt btamy, Lum Sanders, Zeb Shope. Mill Shoal 1.-Jerry Franklin, Logan '. Berry, ,B. W. Justice." 2. J. W. Shuler, Frank Bailey, Wi ley Sanders. .., 3. Gordon Smith. Wiley Sellers, Herman Dean. t 4. A. A. Adams, J. M. Corbin, A. L. Dills. .Ellijay 1. C. G. Mincy, J. B. Amnions, Chas. Moot e. 2. L. A. Higdon, Jno. Corbin, B. M. Angel. 3. C. L. Stanfield, Asbery Gregory, Jno. H. Keener. , 4. L. Norris, Jess 'Stewman, Chas. Sanders, 5. W. C. Mashburn, Andy Sorrells, Jno. Jennings. Sugar Fork 1. Jake Tilson, Dave McCoy, W. M. Holland. 2. J. M. Keener, Jno. Peek, Mrs. F.. E. Mashburn. 3. A. E. Shook, Geo. Tilson, Dock Rogers. 4. W. L. Keener, Joe Dendy, H. E. Keener. Highlands 1. J. Q. Pierson, P. C. Calloway, W. T. Potts. 2. Luther JohnsonFrank Hill, Mrs Greta Edwards. 3. Mrs! Ida Burrell, E. Chastain, Mrs. Ed Picklesimer. Flats 1. W. R. McContiell, J. D. Burnett, Oden Penland. Smith's Bridge 1. Jno. Norton, R. L. Howard, Lee Corn. ' 2. Chas. Moffitt, Jno. Brabson, Wm. Carpenter. " ,3. Edgar Vanhook, Otto McClure, J. D. Stiles. 4. Badger Justice, Bas Picklesimer, Henry Cabe. 5. M. B. Norton, Chas. Carpenter, W. B. Long. 6. L. B. Long, Raleigh Carpenter, L. L. Long. 7. W. A. Norton, Wm. Stewart, J. A. Curtis. 8. W. M. Parrish, H. H. McDowell, John Cabe.' Cartoogechaye 1. C. S. Slagle, Tom Dills, Fred Slagle. 2. Geo. Moffitt, Jno. Roane, Joe Watts. 3. Jack Bryant, J. E. McDowell, Ed Cruse. Nantahala ' 1. C. E. Jacobs, Bob Burnett, Sim Roper. 2. and 3. Pat. Solesbee, J. M. Coch ran, Frank Dalrymple. 4. R.- P. West, Geo. Gregory, Jno. Cothern. 5. H. L. Baldwin, Lt L. Rowland, Geo. Yonce , T , .,, T 4.., , T 6. J. W. Wilson, Lee Kilpatnck, T. 'rnrTirmnrrcntJ tUHillliajlOliW m aqjf npiWflftT III Mk f lillllUiJ . , Resolut;0n Passed To Urfe , c. . p. m i cLk 1 System , 1 , . . r Macon county last Mondav adonted enact such laws as mav he necessary for the State to take over, operate and finance the public schools of North Carolina as a State-wide sys tern. This resolution was passed because it is believed that such an enact ment would relieve the burden of taxation for schools which has been shifted by the State to the counties, making it necessary for commissioners to levy excessive taxes. MICA GRINDING PLANT IS HERE Franklin Mineral Products. Company Employs Spe cial Process The Franklin Mineral '' Products company was organized four years ago in order to 'take advantage of an exceptional deposit of pure white mica known as the Burr. Knob mica deposit at West's Mill, some seven miles north of Franklin. It was also desirous of bringing into full play new'-iiid-mffi the grinding of mica which had been developed at the Massachusetts Ih- stj?ij,te of Technology under the di rection, of John Davenport. The first step was the construction and subsequent operation of a scrap mica mill on the property at West's Mill. This plant is capable of pro ducing 250 tons of scrap mica per month and assures the grinding unit at Franklin of a reliable supply of a hard, very brilliant pure white and quartz free, scrap mica stock. While many people in Western North Caro lina are familiar with , mica, they 'do not realize that if the mica does not grind to a pure white color it is not acceptable to, a large proportion of the consumers of ground mica For that reason to locate in , the United States a mica deposit of sufficient size and of , the correct quality of mica is a very difficult task. 1 Grinding Plant The grinding plant of the company, which is situated on"" the Tallulah Falls . railway just south of the de pot in Franklin, is known as a water grinding plant. Due to the new grind ing process employed,, it is capable of producing, by the wet method, the mica stock produced by both the dry grinders and wet grinders which puts it in a unique position in so far as it covers the entire range of mica grinders. However, the present con- j sumption of ground mica in the Unit- ea states is limited ana reiauveiy very small. The bringing into opera tion of a wet grinding plant that would be capable of producing an ex tremely fine ground mica powder that could be substituted for the metallic aluminum powder which is the main ingredient of the aluminum paints ' opens a very large outlet for ground mica. It is with this object in view that the management of the -. com pany in Franklin is working. H. Grant. 7. A. P. Morgan, Wesley Drills, J. B. Mason. v Burningtown 1. Jud Wild, Lawrence Roper, Chas. Ray. 2. Robt Edwards, W. E. Welch, Jas. Parrish. 3. J. V. Smith, Ed Byrd, Clyde Morgan. 4. Jas. Ramsey, Jno. DeHart, Robt. Ramsey. . Cowee . 1. J. A. Lakey, T. P. McCoy, Ray Bradley. ; . 2. Dr. Lyle West; Jno. H. Dalton, W. C. Sheffield. 3. Robt. Gibson, E. O. Rickman, Walter Dalton. A 4. Weaver Gibson, J. E. Allen, Will rtol brooks. ' S. Carl Parrish, Dwight Parrish, J C. Hughes. Colored School it c a. tt 1. Joe Stewart, Henry Hayes. An- Hrpu; Rav ' arew Kay. Farmers Who Will Have Produce Asked To Meet At Court House GOOD YEAR FORESEEN C. W. Teague And County , Agent Sloan- To Be Present In prepartion for the opening of the , canning season of the Macon County Cooperative Food Products company, C. W. Teague -has announced . that a meeting of farmers who ex pect to have products to sell to the cannery will be held at the court house on Saturday, April 19. Con tracts will be prepared at this meet ing. Good prospects, for the cannery tlnV season are forecast by Mr. Teague. It has not yet been decided whether it will be operated' co-operatively: or privately. Further an nouncement as to the final decision on this matter will probably be made at the meeting. 1 County Agent F. S. Sloan will at tend the meeting. (TILL PLANT Mil SEEDLINGS HCf!E Japanese Chestnuts To Be Set In Forests Of Macon One thousand chestnut seedlings of two Japanese species will be received here on April 16 by the Nantahala National forest to be planted in ex perimental tests to be conducted by forestry officials, states A. A. Wood, supervisor of the forest. Five hun- near Burningtown Gap. The two species are said to be im mune ;tQ , serious blight infestations, though they are. subject tomild forms of blight. The seedlings were rais ed 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 Wight. The trees of the two Japanese spe cies are smaller than the tree of the native chestnut, it is stated, and is not suitable for lumbering pur poses, . but the nut is ordinarily as large or larger than that of the na tive chestnut tree. PRESS SUPPER A BIG SUCCESS Sixteen Attend Banquet ' Held Last Monday Night Sixteen of the county correspon dents, members of The Press force, and friends of 0ie paper attended the first get-together banquet of the Franklin Press held in the Scott Griffin hotel Monday night. Talks were made by various correspondents and members of The Press staff. C. A. Elmore of West's Mill ex pressed the sentiment of the entire staff of correspondents when he as serted that the .personnel ' 6f the county paper should put forth every' effort to not only make The Press the leading country newspaper of the State, but the leader of all news papers in its class in the country. Compliments and criticisms were heard from those in attendance. R. S. Prescott, who is conducting the subscription drive for The Press announced in this issue, explained the plan of the campaign to those present. After the banquet the group visited The Press office where the mechan ical details of the plant were ex plained. Mr. Elmore expressed the desire to see some type lice, and his curiosity-was soon satisfied.; Those present were: Beatrix Grib ble, Prentiss; D. J. Moses, Ellijay; Mrs. Pemmie Hughes, Rose Creek ; Carl Morgan. Stiles; Mrs. R. A. Pat ton, Pattons'; C. A. Elmore, West's Mill; W. L. Sanders. North Skeenah; F. W. Tittle, Rainbow Springs; J. H. Carelock.'J. W. Street, Mrs. F. M. Tessier, Joe Moore, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Prescott, Mrs. Lester Conley, and Lyles Harris. Alamance farmers co-operated to buy 12.000 pounds of grass and clov er seed for pastures and 12,500 pounds of lespedeza for pasture and suu unprovcmeni as a result or the L. .tv..wv .ai..F.iSn lur more pastures -m that countv : 1. )
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