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ESfABLioHLu m 1885
0!Jrt North Carolina Newspaper
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DEDICATED TO MACON
County and tVa Welfare
of its Good People
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V ALU ME XLVI, No. 12
FRANKLIN. N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH 19. IMI
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FOREST TO GET
117 TERRITORY
Federal Board Approves
Nantahala Preserve
Purchases
COST IS $98,663.15
31,110 Acres in N. C. and
S. C. and Georgia
To Be Added
The National rorest Reservation
Commission has approved plans for
land in North and South Carolina
and Georgia for the Nantahala Na
tional forest, it has been announced
by Supervisor A. A. Wood, whose
headquarters arc in Franklin.
The new acquisitions, when com
pleted, will bring the acreage of
the Nantahala Forest to 345,000
acres. The purchases just approved
will involve an outlay of $98,663.15,
according to word from Washing
ton. ,1,073 Acres in Macon
Most of the land to be added
to the Nantahala Forest lies in
North Carolina. The exact acre
age in this state approved for pur
chase is 18,000. The Georgia ac
quisitions total 12,988 acres and
those in South Carolina 122 acres.
One thotis''id and seventy-three
Uteres of the laud is iii Macon
county.
The average price agreed on for
the purchase is $3.17 an acre, while
the average for the entire forest
ranges in the neighborhood of $6.
The low figure f lhc latest ac
quisitions is due to the fact that
most of the lands have been :ut
or burned over.
The Reservation Commission
gave its approval to every acquisi
tion proposed by Supervisor Wood,
who has added about 100.000 acres
to the Nantahala Forest in the
past three years.
Other Purchases Approved
Approval also has been given by
the commission to the following
i . .
Cherokee National Forcsf, 1,122
acres partly in Georgia and Ten
nessee, $4,155.25.
Pisgah National Forest, 21,156
acres principally in Burke, Cald
well, Madison and McDowell coun
ties, North Carolina, $80,801. '
AUTHORIZE CUT
IN WAGES FOR
FIRE FIGHTERS
RALEIGH, . March 18. District
foresters of North Carolina have
been authorized by the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment to lower the compensation
for fighting forest fires from 20
to 10c per hour wherever this
course appears necessary as a
temporary measure. ,
Assistant Forester Chas. H. Flo
ry, in charge of forest fire con
trol, in a memorandum to the dis
trict foresters, set forth that this
action was made necessary because
of heavy drains pn fire-fighting
funds this spring, following an un
usually hard fall season. So heavy
have been the demands on the
funds in some counties, he said,
that they have been entirely ex
hausted. -. Temporary reduction, according
to Mr. Flory, had previously been
necessary because of local condi
tions in certain sections. The re
cent instructions will make this
possible whenever it' is found nec
cesury while circumstances re
main as they arc.
Exhibits Egg Weighing
Quarter of a Pound
). S. Gray, of Riverside, dropped
into pay a visit to The Press re
cently and displayed an egg weigh
ing a quarter of a pound. He said
the egg, which measured six and
a half inches around the middle
and eight inches around the other
way, was laid by a Golden Lace
Wyandotte)
SLOAN PLANNING
TO MAKE CO-OP
LIME PURCHASE
F. S. - Sloan, county farm
demonstration agent, requests
all farmers wishing to partici
pate in a cooperative purchase
cf lime to . communicate with
; him before Saturday afternoon.
.Mr. Sloan will be in his of
fice all Saturday morning, he
.announced, to receive orders
Infant Falls from
Foot Log and Drowns
Dan Hopper, 18-months-olJ
on of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hop
per, of Highland, fell from a
foot log into creek near hi
home last Friday noon. Some
one nearby rushed to his aid
and pulled him out oi the hal
low stream but the child's hings
were so filled with water that
efforts' to revive him failed.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at the home of
the parents. -
SHEER YOUTH
HIT BY AUTO
Boy's Skull Fractured;
Driver of Car Held
Blameless
The 12-year-old son of Sam
Shulcr, of the Watauga section,
suffered ' a fractured skull and
broken arm Saturday .afternoon
when he was stuck by an auto
mobile driven by D. T. Shclton,
of Greensboro, a traveling sales
man for the Parker fountain pen
company, on the highway to Dills-
boro.
Witnesses reported the boy was
roller skating and swerved unex
pectedly in the path of the on
coming car. They said Mr. Shel
ton was blameless.
The salesman picked up the boy
and took him to the Lake Emory
store. One of Mr. Shelton's front
tires was blown out in the acci
dent, so at the store he trans
ferred, trft injured youngster to
another automobile and accom
panied him to Angel Brothers'
hospital. He then called the sher
iff's office and Deputy George Mal
lonee went to inquire into the
accident. He reported that there
werk no grounds for holding the
driver and allowed him to leave
without bringing charges.
Young Shuler was reported at
the hospital last night to be on
lie road to recovery.
CHIEF ERECTS
NEW ROAD SIGN
AT DILLSBORO
A fine new road sign to direct
motorists to Franklin and Atlanta
was erected at Dillsboro yesterday
by Pol icq Chief Bob Henry of
ranklin.
The sign consists of two large
black arrows on a white back
ground, with the name Franklin
fainted in . big letters on one of
the arrows and Atlanta on the
other.
The sign is posted low, well
within the vision of automobile
drivers, and is so placed that any
observing motorist can't miss it.
Heretofore there have been nu
merous complaints from tourists
that the turning-off point at Dills
boro was not properly marked and
many travelers who meant to come
through Franklin have overshot
Dillsboro and gone on southward
by the . long route via Bryson
City and Murphy.
Last week Chief Henry erected
another sign on Main street at
the Log Cabin filling station giv
ing motorists the right direction
toward Atlanta.
ENROLMENT AT
W. C. T. C. SHOWS
LARGE INCREASE
CULLOWHF.E. March 18.--There
has been a decided increase in the
enrollment at Western Carolina
Teachers college for the spring
quarter . which began - Saturday.
Registration .began Thursday after
noon and lasted through Friday.
However, many new students are
expected to arrive today and thru
out the week-.
Farmers Get over $2,600
In Co-op Poultry Sale
The cooperative carlot poultry
sales conducted here Tuesday and
at Otto Wednesday morning
brought Macon coun'y farmers
over $2,600, according -'to an an
nouncement by County Agent F.
S. Sloan, who arranged the sales.
Mr. Sloan said that the prices
paid averaged two cents higher, ex
cept for fryers, than those being
paid at cooperative sales at points
along the Murphy branch. In the
case of fryers, he added, the prices
Joe Ashear, in Business
Here for 20 Years, Moves
To Spacious Modern Store
Joseph Ashear, wln in 20 years
as a general merchant in I ranklin
base became known I" nearly every
man, woman and ihild in M.ii"ii
county, is moving his store into
new and larger quarters.
On Saturday he will formally
open his new store, the most
modern in Franklin, a spacious
brick building on Main street next
lo Sloan Brothers' Grocery store
on Trotter corner.
Hold Square Dance
Completion of the building was
celebrated in impromptu style last
Saturday night when Mr. Ashear,
yielding to the requests of many
friends, turned the place over to
them for an oldfashioned square
dance. Folks came from miles
around, both young and old, lo
"trip the light fantastic" while sev
eral stringed orchestras gathered
for the occasion vied to make the
best music. About 200 people
crowded into the big merchandis
ing room, empty save tor neat
shelving along the walls and a few
counter tables, and for several
hours made the welkin ring with
rythmic shoes and happy laughter.
Came Here in 1911
Mr. Ashear came to Franklin in
Edna Ferber's
To Be Published by Press
Exciting Novel Depicts
Adventurous Times
In Oklahoma
Beginning with next, week's is
sue. The Franklin Press will pub
lish in serial form Edna Ferber's
Cimarron," which has been ftp-
praised as one of the finest and
most interesting historical novels
that has. come from the pen of
any modern writer.
In it you will get a vivid word
picture of the great rush of land
seekers of April 22, 1889. when
Oklahoma was opened to settle
ment; of the pioneer days in this
giant of the southwest ; of the ro
mance and adventure incident to
the building of a new stale. It is
great story, an American clas
sic, into wnicn is woven tne nis-
tory of an interesting American
period, people with the picturesque
characters of that time and sec
tion.
This is the first time in recent
years that The Press has under
taken to publish fiction in serial
form. The publisher, believing that
a novel of the high character of
'Cimarron' would be a decided im
provement in this newspaper and
an innovation pleasing to its read
ears, has gone to considerable ex
pense to obtain the publication
rights.
The Press is averse to using
what is known as boiler plate or
"patent insides" and every inch of
the reading matter of this story-
will be set in readable type set
on the Press' modern type-setting
machine. Of course, this is more
expensive, but the publisher be
lieves it will prove more satisfac
tory to the readers. . ..
Comments on this story will be
greatly appreciated. If you like
it, please say so. Tor the opinion
of the readers will decide what
type of fiction, if any, will be
printed, in this newspaper in the
future.
Mrs. Myra Allman Has
Rib Fractured in Fall
Mrs. Myra Allman is recovering
at the home of her daughter, Miss
Mary Allman, from a fractured rib,
suffered when she tripped on a
carpet and fell, striking a stove,
Monday evening.!
here were 12 cents higher than at
Waynesville, Sylva and other near
by towns. K
Chickens loaded here Tuesday
brought $2,116 and approximately
$500 more poultry was loaded at
Otto Wednesday.
The prices paid :
Heavy hens, 17 cents; Leghorn
hens, 15 cents; stags, 15 cents;
fryers, 33 cents; ducks, 15 cents;
roosters, 8 cents; turkeys, 22 cents;
geese, 10 cents; eggs, 18 1-2 cents
per dozen.
1911, and on Fibiuny X, t h;it ye.it.
established his lirsl st-i hcie i"
a W'Hidtii building i the Squat e
H.W occupied by Mrs. t I-mim 's
rcslamaiil. I lis business grew
steadily and in ld.l he moved Id
the Love building. Again he inov
rd on January I, 111. this time
to the Pranks building. Paced with
an ever-increasing trade. Mr. Ash
ear began lo figure on more com
modious quarters of his nun. His
store just completed is the re
sult. Mr. Ashear has supervised con
struction of the building himself.
He even has found time ' to help
the carpenterers. the bricklayers,
the plumbers, the plasterers and
the painters. The building has two
entrances, each flanked by large
display windows, on Main street.
The store is .well lighted and ven
tilated. Nearly all of the equip
ment and a major portion of the
slock are new, and more new goods
have been ordered.
There is also a large basement
and the store has been so con
structed that additional stories can
be added. Mr. Ashear now has
more than twice the amount of
space he had in his old store.
'Cimarron'
EDNA FERBER'S
BOOKS RANKED
AMONG FINEST
Edna Ferber has given to Ameri
ca many great stories. Her "Roast
,f-t Isccl .Medium,
and ''Pcrsonal
ity Plus" sketch
es have enter
tained millions
of , readers. In
her more ambi
tious production
l.L- II It I
.so iig, sne
gave to Ameri
ca a character
ization that is
today ranked as
Edna Ferber
now she has
a classic of our
literature, a n d
turned to the
historical romance
and Hives us
"Cimarron," and to this she brings
all of the glamor and adventure of
the great Southwest. This interest -holding
novel will appear serially
in THF. FRANKLIN' PKKSS be
ginning with next week's issue,
Thursday, March 20. You will
thrill at the description of . the
great rush' of land seekers across
the border line between Kansas
and Oklahoma of April' 22, 1889;
you will enjoy Yancey Cravat as
land seeker, as editor, as pioneer;
you will love his energetic and
capable wife and her ability to
carry on when Yancey fails. With
Yancey she joined the "Oklahoma
run." Into this wilderness of rattle
snakes, Indians, bad. men, she look
her four-year-rold son. They saw
the wilderness inky which they had
rushed with thousands of others
made populous in an hour, and
cities numbering thousands of peo
ple ' springing, up over night'.
"There's never been anything like
it since creation," said the wife.
"Creation! II- I!
' san
1 , Yancey,
"That took six days!'
Cimarron is destined to' be. rank
ed among the greatest of . American
historical romances, and as a serial
it is a story you are going to ap
preciate more than any other you
have read for a long, long time. r
"FIT" THE HORSE
The farm hore- should be "fit
ted" for spring work several weeks
before heavy.-.work actually begins.
Gradually put the horse on a
smaller ration of ..finer-quality, hay
cariy in the spring and start giv
ing a light feed of grain three
times daily. When light work
commences, a 1400-poimd horse
should be getting daily about 14
pounds of grain together with I t
or Ls pounds, of firie-Vpiality hay.
This gradual change from the
coarse roughages which are fed
in winter will "'prepare - the horse
to digest the IS to 19 pounds of
grain and lo to 18 pounds of hay
which he needs at heavy work
such as disking or plowing. Chang
es . in .both kind and .quality of
feed should 'be gradual.
It is time America turned to cul
tivating its mind instead of . its
material comfort.-t-'i ' .ar Lee Masters.
v. . :
I7AR VETERANS
GETTING LOANS
Payment Being Received
On Soldiers Adjusted
Certificates
MORE ARE APPLYING
Federal Office at Char
lotte Mailing out 600
Checks Daily.
A stream of ash e. In '.'limine i
flow into M.m'.ii loniiiv iroin i Ik
I'niled Slates t rans Hunan
Scores of veterans who. filed ap
plications ior loans on iinir coin
pensatioii certificates undi r Icgisla
lion enacted during the 1 1 . x 1 1 1 ;
days of the last ( 'i ingress are now
receiving vourhtis for ,t;m-, ran.,
ing in the nei'dilxM h'M.i ,,i '.Sim .
As the first veterans' lo file ap
plications are gelling 1 1 1 n money,
a number of others are coinine
into Franklin to send in their re
quests for loans.
It has been estimated that tin
ex-service men of tlii.s county will
borrow upwards of $1(10,11110. There
are between 400 and 500 veterans
in Macon and they are entitled to
borrow up to 50 . per cent of tin
face value of their certificates,
which average about $1,000. Sonn
of the. former doughboys, however,
have already borrowed 11 1-2 per
cent of the- face, value of their'
certificates and a good many who
are filing loan applications now
are not borrowing lo the limit.
According to a letter received
by Alfred I ligdon,' adjutant of tin
Macon County Post of the Ameri
can Legion, approximately MHi
cheeks are being mailed daily to
veterans from the regional office
of the Veterans I'ureaii .in Char
lotte. "At this time," said the letter,
dated March 11. "the ( harlolie of-
nce ot tne veterans i.ureau .lias
on hand approximately thirty thoiis
and applications for loans n ad
justed service certificates'. These
will be paid off at the raie-of
approximately olKl per day. 1 1 iliav
require fifty working days to pav
all the applications received up In
this date."
POSTMASTER MAY
AT FLATS DROPS
DEAD SUDDENLY
Jeff May, postmaster at Flats,
dropped dead in the postoffice
there Saturday afternoon, lie was
reported to have suffered a sud
Kileii heart attack.
Mr. May, well known in that
section of the county, was about
50 years old. He leaves a widow
And several children.'
Funeral services wen hd Sun
day afternoon at the Faptist
church in liriartown township.
Says Old Groundhog
Saying Holds True
HICKORY, March IS. There's
something in this groundhog busi
ness after all. v .
II I'. Robinson, of Granada
faun, near Granite Falls, vv:is in.
Hickory recently vvii.h the story
that, his pet gl otinilho" awoke
from his winter nap, shook off
the leaves -of his warm nest, and
braved the dangers of Friday, 'the
1.1th,' to collie forth noin liis hole
lo greet the spring.
It was just 10 da'vs from ground
hog day, Fcbruarv I.
On Ik'cctnhir U, just three
months ago to the day. the ground
hog went into his hole at. Granada
farm. He .chose a place under tin
garage to dig , in and lined it well
v,i:h leaves. He had be"n at tin
farm since June when he v. as cap
tured . and ' made a pel. Mr. R(bL
iiisoii d( i dared .that although v.akli
ed carefully February 1, the
groundhog did. not merge op .that
dav from his den.
Rev. J. () Ervin To Conduct
Holy Week Services Here
A si ries of special llolv Weil. I
u III I n- In. til hi il l, tl,
dist' church beginning a week from
next Sunday morning, on March
29. The Rev. J. (). F.r'v in, the
father of the pastor, the Rev. G
Clifton Krvin, ' will ,do the preach
ing. The whole community is
rordially invited to attend these
services.
Next Sunday morning the pastor
will preach on the theme. "The
Mount of -..Vision." . This is the
Mistaken
Concerning Bank
Plans
More Old Clothing
' Asked To Aid Nertly
Ni-fily - iortrd to the
Red I'ros duiinq the at wrt-k
air largely due to illness of
to.m- member or members of
the family, and unemployment.
Clothing and food have been
supplied by individuals and
through the production commit
tee by contributions sent in re
sponse to last week's appeal to
Mn. Callahan's store. There is
immediate need for shoes for
chddren of all ages, and for wen
en, and the .committee asks
that all who can, respond to
this appeal. The personal at
tention of members of the com
mittees appointed are being
given, so that intelligent aid is
extended of a kind that will
help to tide over emergencies
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. L BEGIN
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. McGuire Di
In Tacoma
Mis Lawrence linlgin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. . It McGuire.
of I ranklin, died last Friday at
her home in Tacoma, Wash., after
an illness of several mouths. Word
had not been received last night
as to whether the body would be
brought home for funeral services
and- burial.
Mrs. McGuire was with her
daughter at the time of death,
having uoiie lo' Tacoma earlv in
lelnuaiv to be with In r through
In r illness.
Mrs. I'.nlg in. vvi II known here as
the former' Miss Clyde McGuire,
li ,i i - In i husband and an infant
I v'. u i el. s ' ild.
CLEANING FIRM
WILL HAVE MAIN
STREET ENTRANCE
'The F.Collolliy Cleaners, who
moved here recently from High
lauds, soon .will have an entrance
on Main street, it was announced
yVsti rday by Harry A. Holt, man
ager. ' "","''
The cleaning and pressing estab
lishment; which is well equipped
with modern machinery, occupies
the remodeled basement under the
'ranklin Hotel and Restaurant.
Tin only entrance now is from the
rear but a stairway with an out
let through the restaurant to Main
street is Hearing completion. This
passageway is expected lo be open
ed within 'few days, Mr. Holt
said.
ELECT STUDENT
COUNCIL BOARD
AT CULLOWHEE
I I GWII I I' , March ' IX.- Of
ficers for the student - Council at
Wes'i i n Carolina Teachers college
have been elerled as follows:
Km h M out ford, of Wilmington,
president;.! Aalea McClung, of
Ribbui?i die, . v ice-president ; Louie
Medford, of Waynesville, house
I r t-si-!. n t ;" ""'"Marjoric" Pipkin, of
Mnrfresboio,' secretary ; . FVarle
J usi in-", of Clyde;' Louisa Rogers,
of. (. anion; Ruth Creasman, of
Waynesville, Louise I'aggette, of
R i'i Springs, and I'.eiilah Rogers
of Robbinsville, ..'council - members.
filth of a series of Lenten ser
motis. At H o'clock in the even
l ing Rev."' Mr.'.-Flanagan,, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, will
preach., ' Mr. and Mrs. Krvin will
leave at noon Sunday for Winston
Salem, -where - Mr. Krvin is to de
liver a series of lectures at a
Young People's institute. They
will be accompanied by Misses
lean l'orter and Klizabeth Slagle.
The regular service at Carson's
Chapel has been postponed, until
the afternoon of the fifth Sunday.
iieaea
Corrected
Dr. Rogers Explains His
Statement at Mass
Meeting
HERE FORWEEK-END
$17,000 More Deposits
Must Be Frozen in
Order To Reopen
Approximately $17,KX) more de
posits in the Hank of Franklin
must be froen before the bank
ian reopen, it was announced
Wednesday by spokesmen for the
joint committee named by deposit
ors and director of the institu
tion. Although approximately 2 per
cent .of the batik's funds is re
ported to have been frozen by
agreement of the dcositors. it
was staled that the remaining
three percent necessary represents
a much larger figue than geneally
known. New agreements to allow
accounts to remain intact are com
ing in very slowly, it was declared,
and unless some of the bold-out
depositors soon decide to sign the
contract forms provided by the
Corporation Commission reopening
of the bank may be jeopardized.
Corrects Muimpression
)r. W. V Rogers, president of
the bank, took occasion while here
last week-end, to correct a mis
impression which seems to Jiavc
developed in some quarters, from .
his address at the mass meeting
of bank depositors here about a
month ago. He explained that it
had come to his attention that
some depositors were refusing to
sign the contract forms in the be
lief that when the bank reopened
they could draw on their accounts.
I r. Rogers, in announcing at the
mass meeting the conditions laid
down by the- Corporation Com
mission for reviving the Hank of
Franklin, said that first of all ''5
per rent of tiie deposits would
have to be left intact, through
agreement of the depositors, un
til October, im.
Serves Warning
"It seems that this statemeat
set some people off on the wroag
track," he told The Press Monday
before returning to Raleigh, where
he represents Macon county in
the General Assembly. "1 meant
to explain at that meeting that it
would be necessary for all of the
depositors who could be reached to
agree to tie up their accounts.
"Of course, the bank has a lot
of money that can't be frozen.
Some 'of the depositors have died
and sqme have moved away and
can't be located. Then, too, there
are some funds over which no one
has legal authority.
"Therefore, it will be absolutely
necessary for every man with mon
ey in' the bank who can be reached
to sign the agreements. If any
otic purposely withholds from sign
ing he can hold himself responsible
for keeping the bank from open
ing." MILLINERY SHOP
CHANGES NAME
AND QUARTERS
The Franklin Millinery company
has removed from its old location
'one door, up Main street to the
room formerly occupied by th
Citizens Bank, and at the same
time has changed its name to Jess
and Mary's Shop.
Discussing the change in name,
Miss Mary Allman, one of the
partners, explained that people just
naturally called the, store Jess and
Mary's Shop, so it was decided
to name it that officially.
The new quarters are more satis
factorily adapted to a millinery and
ready-to-wear shop. .'.'
In the rear of the store Mrs.
Claude Russell operates a sewing
room and Miss Pearl Burleson
conducts the Franklin Beauty Par
lor. E. K. Cunningham Has
Serious Operation
E.. K. Cunningham wa reported
last night to be in a serious con
dition at Angel Brothers' hospital
following an operation on Monday.
He was said to be resting as well
as could be expected but, in view
of his advanced age, his case still .
aroused apprehension.