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HEART OF A MOUNTAIN EMPIRE RIPE FOR DEVELOPMENT
VOLUME XLV
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1930
NUMBER TWENTT
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FRIDAY; L1AY 23
Thirty-Eight Members En
, rolled In Senior Class
- Of 1930
PAGEANT IS PLANNED
Baccalaureate Sermon Plan
ned For Sunday Morn
;w , ing, May 25
Thirty-eight members are enrolled
in the Franklin high school Senior
class of 1930. The school term closes
on Friday, May 23. Tentative plans
have been made for graduation exer
cises, which include a pageant to be
given by the Senior class on Tuesday
night, May 27, on which date diploma
awards will also be made. The bac
calaureate sermon, it is understood,
will be preached on Sunday morning,
May 25, in ,the Franklin Baptist
church. The name of the speaker
lias not been announced. .
The publication of the names of the
-seniors which follow does not neces
sarily imply that all will receive di
plomas. Members of the class are:
Florence) Stallcup, president;' Frank
Henry, secretary; Howard Wilkie,
treasurer; James Amnions, Norman
Blaine, Howard Bradley, Wiley Bren
dell, Jack Brown, Raymond Dal
Tymple, Ottis Freeman, John Hol
fcrook, . Charles R. Patton, Glenn Pat
ton, Richard Slagle, Billy Sloan, Rog
er' Sutton, ' Eugene Welsh,' Johnnie
Young, ,0. S. Brown. .
Katherine Ammons, Rebecca Angel,
Mary Berry, Iris Cabe( Nell Cabe,
Catharine Franks, ' Wilma Hall, Jessie
Higdon, Eloise Jamison, Jewel Alice
Lee, Annie McDowell, Susan Mc-
Uure, trances woien, jean rorter,
tjfessie Ramsey, Lola Ramsey, Ilda
' Ramsey, Dorothy Stewart, Blanche
Vinson.
New Newspaper
Makes Appearance
The Smoky Mountain Times, a new
newspaper published at Robbinsville,
made its initial appearance Wednes
day morning. The new publication is
edited by Bennie Reece of Robbins
ville, and is published by Lyles Har
ris of Franklin, editor and publisher
of The Franklin Press.
The Smoky Mountain Times con
tains eight pages with five columns
to the page. News and feature ar
ticles concerning the natural resources
of Graham county, the development
of the county's highways, and pertain
ing to the activities of Robbinsville
organizations are given front page
prominence. The newspaper carries a
readable editorial page, a' farm page,
features for women readers, person
al, items, and a substantial amount of
advertising.
The printing and make-up of The
Times is attractive.
Many Counties
In School
' RALEIGH, May 14 The sum
of $1,184,353.02 has just been sent
to the counties participating in
the School Equalizing Fund by
the State Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction, A. T. Allen, it
was learned today from his of
fice. The larger portion of this
amount, $1,074,658.82, represented
the allotment to 93 counties from
the $1,250,000 Tax Reduction Fund
appropriated by the last General
Assembly. The sum of $43,63144
was for rural supervision, and
$66,062.70 for additional teachers
allowed by the State Board of
Eqnalization.
This $1,250,000 Tax Reduction
Fund was appropriated according,
to law for the purpose of reducr
ing' the "ad valorem taxes in the
county-wide, special charter - and
special tax school districts in those
counties participating in the dis
tribution of the Equalizing Fund
which operate their schools beyond
the six months term; This is the
ALLEGED LIQUOR
7 RUNNER CHASED
1-2 MILE ON FOOT
Most any bootlegger will give a
deputy sheriff a merry chaste as
long as the bootlegger is behind
his steering wheel and has an open
road. Occasionally, too, a dispen
ser ' of fire water will force a
deputy to "do his stuff" on foot
across the open country. And that
was exactly what Bill Metcalf, of
Marshall, alleged baotiesgger, forced
Deputy Sheriff kaleigh Norris to
do when Norris stopped him on
Highway No. 285, six miles south
of Franklin.
Deputies Norris and Frank' Nor
ton stopped Metcalf shortly after
dark, and -Metcalf jumped from
his automobile to make a rapid get
away. Norris followed the fleeing
man for about one-half mile across
a plowed field, catching the fugi
tive just as he reached the bank
of the Little Tennessee river.
Twenty-eight gallons of pungent
yellow, corn liquor were found in
the- captured auto. Metcalf is in
the Macbn county jail on default
of bond. - -.i .. ,
piaspsoRS
FOR FESTIVITIES
Beautiful Girls Selected To
Be Guests At Rhododen
dron Festival
ASHEVILLE, May 14.-The 12
beautiful girls,who represent the 12
southern states at the Rhododendron
Festival to be held at Asheville, June
18, 19, and 20, are ' being selected,
this year as in 1929,; from- among
the students in attendance at state
universities and colleges. Two spon
sors have already . been named to
represent Tennessee and Mississippi
in the floral fete.
Miss Dorothy Wright of Kingsport,
Tennessee, elected the most popular
girl at the . University of Tennessee,
has been invited to represent her
state. Miss Frances Ransom of Ab
erdeen, Mississippi, voted the pret
tiest girl at the Mississippi State Col
lege for Women, will be sponsor for
the State of Mississippi in the fes
tival. Both 0 the young ladies have
accepted the honor conferred on them.
Guests of City
In addition to Tennessee and Mis
sissippi, sponsors will be appointed
from Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Texas, Virginia and
West Virginia; The sponsors ' will
be. official guests of the city of
Asheville during the festival and will
play principal parts in the ceremonial
and social events of the fete.
Each , of the twelve sponsors will
represent her state by virtue of gub
ernatorial appointment. ' The spon
sors will take part in the coronation
ceremony which marks the opening
. (Continued on page five)
Participate
Equalizing Fund
first time the State has financially "
recognized the extended term as
a part of the State school sys
tem. By this act, say education
al officials, the State has commit
ted itself to an eight months
school term.
It is believed by Supt. Allen
that this tax reduction fund mon
ey will do more to reduce taxes
, in the several counties than any
other one thing. It will enable
the local tax districts to operate ?
' the extended term at approxi
mately the same tax rate and1 will
equalize in a measure both the
, tax burden and the educational
opportunities among the several
local tax districts.
The fund is distributed to the
, counties .for those districts with s
extended terms.' according to the
' same general principler which gov-
ern the apportioning of the Equal
izing Fund . for the six months
term, that is, on the basis of the
district's ability to support its ex
tended term on the same cost
level as its six months term.
second perk
COMEff OPENS
First Part Of Campaign Is
Brought To Whirl-wind
Finish
RACE STILL ANYONE'S
Second Period Votes Count
Big And May Deter
mine Winner
The close of the "flfat o?
The Press big circulation building
campaign last Saturday evening
brought a large number of votes for
those who were really atcive in quest
of subscriptions. And what is equally
encouraging to the busy boosters
and their friends, they developed an
amount of business for future realiza
tion. Frequently in contests of this sort
some one candidate may take such a
commanding lead that all others are
outclassed, Such is not the case in
this campaign. So evenly are the
honors divided and so close is the
vote of some of the earnest workers,
that the race is right where it was
in the beginning it is up to all work
ers to do their best and the result
must be determined during this, the
"second period" of the work. The
struggle for supremacy has , not been
finished, it is as much in doubt as
when the campaign started.
The interest developed among the
readers of The Press is becoming in
tense. The community is watching
you workers and your friends are ex
pecting you to do your level best.
Anything less than that is not worthy
of you.
' Beware of Orer . Confidence
It is a safe prediction that many
a prize will be lost during the re
maining days of the campaign through
the over confidence of the candidates,
who may feel that they have accom
plished results up to this time that
will enable them to sit back and rest
on their laurels.
Don't flatter yourself that you have
enough vote to win, for vou have
not. YOU SIMPLY CAN'T HAVE
TOO MANY VOTES. Don't take a
single charicc of losing the, nrize you
most desire. What if vou should fall
short a few hundred thousand votes?
representing a mere handful of long
term subscriptions vou would never
forgive yourself the fatal error.
Candidates
It is' in you to win if you will.
This' is the final test. These are the
days that test your, resourcefulness.
Here is where your courage upholds
you and makes yoti fight, or the lack
of it takes the stiffness out of your
knees and leaves you trailing in the
dust, and "Also Ran." Sometimes too
vour supreme courage 'urges' you on
even when you are tired, but that is
the earnest fight of all.
Votes will pile i) ranidly during
the next two weeks. " The ': liveliest
part of the campaign i now at hand,
and while all the candidates are on
exactly the same footing, at the same
time those' who Want to win and
WILL are offered the opportunity of
the campaign to forge ahead and cor
ral the winning votes.
'Second Period' Vote
- During the "second , period" votes
count big. In fact, taking into con
sideration that 50,000 extra votes al
lowed you on "Clubs" of $10 sub
scriptions count for almost as many
votes now as during the first period.
For example : In . the first period you
received 6,000 votes for a new one
year subscription, while in the sec
ond period you receive 4,000. There
is only a 2,000 vote drop on such
an order. And while you received
50,000 for a new five-year subscrip
tion during the first period, you will
receive 40,000 for such an order dur
ing the(l second period which means
only a 10,000 vote drop between the
two periods.
One week from Saturday night is
when you will notice the big drop
for after that; time there will be NO
DOUBLE VOTES GIVEN ON NEW
SUBSCRIPTIONS. It means a drop
of about 75 per cent.
Actual. Test Now Ahead
Now for a whirl-wind finish I Now
for sensations and surprises. Present
leaders must increase their totals if
. (Continued on page five)
POURING 6F CONCRETE
BEGINS ON HIGHWAY 28
AT GNEISS POST OFFICE
JAIL REMODELING
WORK IS STARTED
HERE ON MONDAY
W. T. Tippett with a crew of
eight or 10 men began remodel
ing the Macon county jail on Mon
day morning. The work on which
the crew is now engaged includes
the construction of nine-inch con
crete walls on all sides of the
jail for reinforcement purposes.
Inside remodeling and the con
struction of a jail annex is ex
pected to be done at a later date.
No estimate has been made by
Mr. Tippett 1 as to the length of
time that will be necessary to com
plete the work underway.
NEGRO HEARD ON
AFFRAY CHARGE
White Boy Cuts Colored
Youth Who Retaliates
With Roc
George Scruggs, 18-year-old negro
who had gone to the foreman of road
construction work on Highway No.
28 .in search of work last Monday
morning, was playing near the rail
road tracks with another negro boy
when Luther Carpenter, 15, a' white
boy, passed along and, according to
evidence, made insulting remarks to
young Scruggs. Scruggs testified thajt
he "talked back" to young Carpenter,
and the latter testified that Scruggs
slapped him.
The white boy walked to a nearby
filling station where he told his
grievances to two other young white
men, Edmund Sanders and John
Farmer. Farmer testified that he
pulled his knife from his pocket and
told young Carpenter that he would
have cut the negro's throat from ear
to ear. ,
Meanwhile Scruggs passed in com
pany with several other negroes going
in the direction of the center1 of
town. The three , white boys walked
behind and overtook the neroes near
the residence of W. L. Higdon on
Main street, where, according to evi
dence, Carpenter seized "Scruggs' arm,
asking "Why did you treat me that
way?" then struck Scruggs on the
chest. As the negro backed away,
Carpenter stabbed him in the shoul
der with a pockctknifc, then ran. The
ncro reached for a rock and Car
penter, seeing this, started to return,
but before be could do so Scruggs
knocked the white boy to the ground
with the stone, the missile striking
Carpenter on. the head.
Evidence in the mayor's court
brought out the fact that young Car
penter, wliose home is in Hartwcll,
Farnsworths Study Science
And Arts At Highlands Home
(By Sarah-Hickc Hines)
When SF. Kelsey and Charles
Huchinson were surveying High
lands, Mr. Huchinson was given
first choice of a 42-acre tract cm
either side of Main street and he
selected the side on which Corry
meela, the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Farnsworth,, stands, Mr. Keljey
taking the opposite side.
Mr. Huchinson then, with the
aid of some of the men who are
living here now, built a sturdy ,
home, using massive hand-squared
white pine logs placed upright in
the way that the old time stock
ades' were built. But to prevent-
the rough appearance of a 'stock-''-ade
the walls were weather board- ,
ed on the inside and clap board- '
ed on the outside. Mr; and Mrs.
Farnsworth say that even in the
strongest winds of winter this
. stanchy built house never trembles
in the least. Tall pines and oaks
surround the house and ; all laur-
"els nd rhododendrons add to the
beauty of the spacious yard.
WORK WILL END
IN EIGHT WEEIB
Four Crews, Totaling 154
Men, Engaged In Surf ac-
ing Activities
MAY BE DONE JULY X
Detours Ready For Re-routing
Traffic Passing vr
Over Road
With a crew of 154 men engaged
in grading, hauling and concrete work
on the eight miles of Highway No.
28 between Franklin' and Gneiss
pouring of concrete will begin Thurs
day, according to foremen of the firm
of Pennelt and Harley, Inc., of
Spartanburg, who hold the contract
for paving this part of the highway.
Mr. Harley arrived in Franklin
early this week with a crew of 80
men for concrete work, a concrete
mixer, and two railway cars equipped
as quarters for his men. The Mc
Fadden truck company of Asheville
will do the hauling for the construc
tion job. A crew of 14 men is on
this job and is camped near the. town
bridge. Including trucks belonging to
Rennell and Harley, approximately 21
trucks . are - in use.
Two grading crews composed of
30 men each are still, engaged in re
routing parts of the highway,, and in .
culvert work. Concrete pouring will
start at Gneiss, and the crew will
work from there toward Franklia.
Mr. Harley expects to have the sur
facing of the eight miles completed
within eight weeks.
Detours for local traveling1 are
ready; but motorists traveling between
Franklin and Highlands are advised
to use the route by Dillard, Ga.
Two Days Fishing
In Wayah Refuge
, The Wayah Bald state game refuge
in Macon county will be open to
fishing on Friday and Saturday of
May 23 and 24.
A daily permit of ,$1.00 is required
on this refuge in addition to the
regular fishing license. Size limits
brook trout or speckled trout from
six inches up! rainbow trout from
eight inches up. And bag limit on
this refuge 15 per day.
Ga., is subject to abnormal mental
tendencies. He had been staying with
relatives in Macon county. Scruggs'
case was bound over to the next term
of Macon county superior court, and
council for the negro thereupon is
sued a warrant for young Carpenter.
Mr. and Mrs. Farnsworth them
selves are quite as unusual as.
their home and they both have
many and varied interests to oc
cupy their time.
Writer and Scupltreti
Mrs. Farnsworth not only write
verse but writes songs and prose
and is a sculptress as well. Sev
eral of her . small bronze statues,
"sculps," as she terms them, have
been taken around the country
With the Macbeth Traveling
Bronzes. Melisande, a girl's head,
is one of the most admired of
her "sculps." This small bronze
head is lovely and in every de
tail expresses mystery.
ifr?. Farnsworth had her first
work published in the " Youth's
Companion when. she was 13 years
old. ,
"I adopted a man's name for
my pen name," she says, "and J
my thrill over my first check
was as nothing to the joy of be
ing addressed in the editor's let
ter as 'Dear sir' I loved' thatl"
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