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VOLUME XLVI, No. 15
JOHN B. BYRNE
TO COME HERE
New Supervisor Formerly
Associated With
Franklin Office
PRAISED BY WOOD
Present Supervisor To I
Go To Forest in
West Virginia
Effective May 1, Supervisor Ar
thur A. Wood of the Nantahala
National forest, with headquarters
in Franklin, will become super
visor of the Monongahela Nation
al forest' in West Virginia, and
John B. Byrne, now connected
with the headquarters of the l'is
gah. National forest in Asheville,
will succeed Mr. Wood as chief
of the' forestry office here. An
nouncement of the changes was
made at the .Nantahala forest
headquarters Saturday.
Supervisor Wood came to Frank
lin in October 1927 from the Shen
andoah National forest in Vir
ginia, with headquarters at Har
risonburg, Va. During his super
vision over the Nantahala forest
1 approximately 100,000 acres have
been added to the forest's terri
tory. He also has greatly im
proved the roads and trails of the
forest and has extended the fire
communication system.
v ' Active hr-MeUf'-
' f Mr. Wood also has found time to
take an active part in the civic
life of Franklin. He is a member
of the Franklin Rotary club, and
of the Presbyterian church,
t The new supervisor of the Mon
ongahela National forest is a na
tive of West Virginia. He was
born and reared in the Lost River
Valley.' in Hardy county, West
Virginia, and still is. a land owner
there. He has had eighteen years
intensive training in tire ' forest
service, coming up through the
ranks as an ordinary employe. He
first entered the service as a
member of an acquisition crew in
the Shenandoah forest. In 1914
he became va ranger, in which ca
pacity he continued until 1923. He
was then promoted to assistant
supervisor of the Shenandoah Na
tional forest from which position
he was promoted in 1927 to super
vise the Nantahala forest, which
covers approximately 350,000 acres
in North and South Carolina and
Georgia.
Like Franklin
"My stay in this section has b.-en
very pleasant" Supervisor Wood
said in announcing his transfer.
"I feel that the greater part of
the people of the community in
mil! adjacent to the Nantahala for-
' est are favorable to the policies
and imrnoses of the protection
srlwme of the forest service. While
sonic incendiarism exists there is
an ( verwhelming majority of lue
people is against burning, and '..e
cooperating most heartily with the
work of the service. During my
stay in Franklin I have made a
frrrar manv friends, and have ic-
veloped a personal attachment for
jhe community and its people. Of
course I will regret to leave hrank-
lin."
Byrne Well Known
Mr. Byrne, the new supervisor
for the Nantahala forest, needs :io
introduction to Franklin, as he was
- rnmiected with this forest from
1Q?6 to 1930. He left here in May
of last year when he was promoted
to the position of assistant super
visor of the Pisgah National forest
with headquarters in Asheville. Mr.
Byrne is a native of California,
an I a graduate of the School of
Forestry ' ,ne University ! Lali
fu'-nh. He has had a broad x
n.Tifire in practical. forestry bav
jug been connected with the Souih
,m Forest Experiment station.
with headquarters at New Oilcans,
and having served as a ranger on
tii Alabama-Bennig forest. He
to Franklin first in the ca
pacity of Technical Assistant in
'PA IWf
,thc Supevisors ottice.
"Mr. Byrne is considered ore of
(Continued on page six)
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New Forestry Head
JOHN B. BYRNE
ROTARY CLUB
PRAISES WOOD
Regret Expressed in His
Transfer To Post in
West Virginia
The Franklin Rotary Club at its
regular weekly luncheon meeting
Welnesday adopted the following
resolution expressing regret in the
transfer of Supervisor A. A. Wood
of the Nantahala. National forest
to the Monongahela National for
est in West Virginia and lauding
hi$ work .while stationed in Frank
lin: The announcement that Rotarian
Arthur Wood will leave Franklin
May 1st has been received with
genuine regret.
We feel that the Rotary Club
will suffer a keen loss in his re
moval from our midst. He is a
man of strong personality and ha1.,
been most faithful' and loyal at all
times. Most zealously has he .serv
ed as an officer or on major com
mittees to establish and uphold
the, ideals of Rotary.
As Forestry Supervisor, lie has
been untiring in his efforts to ad
vance the forestry work for the
benefit of the people of this dis
trict and has been unusually suc
cessful in winning their confidence
and securing their cooperation.
As a church member lie has been
faithful, in attendance and has giv
en liberally of his time and means
and his faithful and loyal interest
in every endeavor has been very
helpful to all who have labored
with him.
As a citizen he has constantly
taken advantage of every oppor
tunity to aid in the upbuilding of
the community.
As fellow Rotarians we wish t
express our appreciation ot his
splendid Christian character, his
life of distinct usefulness, his fine
example of devotion and loyalty to
duty, for all these have strengthen
ed us who have served with htm
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Peddlers Required To Pay
Daily License Fee of $5
The town board at its regular
monthly meeting Monday night
adopted an ordinance to protect
Franklin merchants against ped
dlers from outside the county who
hitherto have enjoyed trade bene
fits here without paying any form
of county or town taxes. V
The ordinance requires eddlers
of fruit and produce grown out
side of Macon county to pay a li
cense fee of $5 a day. The new
regulation, however, would not pro
hibit peddlers from outside the
county from selling their produce
or fruit to merchants. It requires
the license fee only from hucksters
retailing foreign fruit and produce.
Macon county farmers are permit
ted to sell their products on the
streets or from door to door, as
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IITO ASK HOOVER
TO VISIT MACON
Rotary Club Planning To
Extend Invitation
To President
CABINET IS ASKED
Guy L. Houk Is Elected
New President of
Local Club
President Hoocr and members
of his cabinet are to be invited to
visit the Nantahala National forest.
The 'Franklin Notary club, at it
regular weekly luncheon- 'meeting
yesterday! voted to extend an in
vitation to the president and his
cabinet -members to come here
early in May. ',
Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary of
the interior and close personal
friend and advisor of the presi
dent, already has announced plans
for a "cabinet fishing party" in the
(ireat Smoky Mountains Park. The
group is expected to arrive in
Asheville about May 10 and after
a stay of a day or so there to
move on to Wavnesvillc and the
Catalooche section for an inspec
tion of the park area and a bit of
trout fishing.
Committee Named
The' fishing of this section, espe
cially', within the borders of the
Nantahala National forest, is far
famed, and the Franklin Rotary
Club hopes that it can induce the
cabinet party and -Mr. Hoovrr to
come to Macon county for a day
or so. Anvwav it . is going to ex
tend an invitation. To this end a
committee was appointed yesterday,
as follows :
Arthur A. Wood, supervisor of
the Nantahala National forest,
chairman; Mayor fieorgc Patton;
the Rev.- J.. A. Flanagan, pastor
of the Franklin Presbyterian church
and president of the Rotary club,
ind Sun I.. Franks.
Elect Officers
The Rotary Club also ' elected
new officers as follows:
iuy L. . Houk, president; J. Ar
thur Flanagan, vice president; .1.
F.arle Lancaster, secretary and
treasurer; D. 1). Rice, Sam L.
Franks, Jess Cordey, Henry W.
Calx-, directors.
The new: officers are to assume
their duties July 1.
WOMAN'S CLUB
IS CALLED TO
MEET MONDAY
A special meeting of the
Franklin . Woman's Club has
been called for 2:30 o'clock
next Mo.nday afternoon by
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, president
of the club.
Plans .for the proposed
azalea festival on Wayah Bald
during June will be discussed.
A proposal, to entertain editors
attending the National Editorial
Association convention in At
lanta in June also is to be
considered.
usual, without .'payintr any license
fee.
It is clearly evident that th- or
dinance is .aimed .particularly at the
orange peddler who have been
doing business lure 'Hi a large
scale. Franklin merchants express
ed the ojinioir that, inasmuch a
they- were paying taxes and con
tributing in other ways to the
Support of the town and its people,
they thought' it was only fair that
peddlers of oranges, grapefruit and
other produce 'should he required
to pay some form of taxes. They
also explained that they are here
to serve the people day in and
day out the year around while
peddlers come only when they
know' that business will be good
The merchants claimed that such
competition was unfair.
LlllKH.IL
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 9.
TO
MANY MACON
BILLS PASSED
Dr. W. A. Rogers Outlines
Outcome of County's
Legislation
FEES ARE RESTORED
County Put Under State
Primary Law; Tax
Bills Killed
The North Carolina (ieiieral As
sembly is still in session, ranting
and wrangling over the salts la
and other statewide problem's, l,ni
most of Macon's legislative pro
grain alreadv has beeii enacted, ac
cording to )r. V. A. Rogers, this
county's r reseiilativ e in the -lower
house.
)r. Rogers, who relumed from
Raleigh 1(1 days ago to devote his
efforts to the reopening of the
I'auk of Franklin, of which he is
president,' outlined the outcome of
Macon county bills ihis week.
Fee System Restored
Chief among , the bills passed
which he introduced were those
to reduce the iiuiiib-r of members
of the county school board and to
restore the fee system for county
officers. '
Three other important local bills
one to defer tax foreclosure ac
tions until December, the second
to reduce the cost of adveitisinu
lax foreclosure sales, and the third
to abolish tax penalties and dis
counts were Referred to, a com
inittee for inclusion in an omni
bus measanre which is still pend
ing. Put Under Primary
Dr. Rogers' bill to place. Macon
county under the statewide pri
mary law was enacted hut the elec
tion bill sent down to Kaleigh by
J. Ilft Stockton, former register of
tleeds, and introduced by Dr. Rog
ers, was referred to committee and
thus far has not received ' action.
The' latter . measure called for re
peal of the absentee ballot law
insofar as lids countv is concerned.-
, A bill to provide for the assump
tion' and payment by the state of
the principal and interest of bonds
issued by this county and lent to
the state highway commission was
kill'.-d in committee. It is expect
cd, however, that provision for this
will he -made under the new state
wide highway act.
New School Board
The county school hoard hill
which was passed, reduces the
number of members from five to
three and names as members .of
the new hoard Dr. S. H. l.yle,
Alex Moore and Lawrence Kainsey.
Another bill introduced by Dr.
Rogers which was enacted abolish
es fees for any countv officers
for the -"seizure- -of any vehicle,
automobile rir other conveyance in
which liquor is being transported
or for -producing evidence to convict
any person or persons for violation
of the prohibition laws in Macon
county, except their regular fees
for arresting offenders or for
seizing distilleries as provided by
section " 3401 of the ' Consolidate
Statutes.
operating- an automobile in Macon
A bill to lower the fine for
countv while- diunk from $25 t
$10 'was passe' . .
-. list ices 'ot tiie peace lor ,.m ac .;i
were named ill an .omnibus bill a
follows :.'"'.
Macov: Franklin, Sam Murrav,
Carl Slavic.. VV. T. Moor,-; Mi
shoal, ,1V V. Justice; Kllijay, Sam
I'ryson, Parker Moore;" Sugiu
Fork, A! I Kvans, Albert, foils ;
Highlands, 1 Frank Potts. W. S
-.. " Roy Phillips; Halls, M. S
liarncttc; Smith's I'r'idge,'. Join
M, (,'ahe. Will Ledbetter; Carloog'c
chave, Dan Sweniman, Crace Flem
ing;' N'antahala No. .1,' Crate .Jle'pp
Nantahala No, 2, Jim Shields, Kci-
Cabc ; Biirningtown, liob -F.dwa'rds ;
CoWee, J. P. I'.ryson, . Furinan Cuy
Interest -of Johnston county
farm rs in dairying' was shown by
the recent purchase of seven pure
bred jersey bulls and one tieilc i
at a sale recently sponsored bv
the county, agent.
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Time Deposit Certificates
First Must Be Exchanged;
Working Capital Arranged
Time Depositors Advised
To Get New Certificates
Following is a copy of the letter sent by M. D. Billings, liquidat
ing agent of the Bank of Franklin, to all holders of certificates of
time deposits in the bank:
Franklin, N. C.
April 6, 1931.
Dear Sir or Madam:
Mr. Albeit H. Blake of the State Banking Department, is in
Franklin for the purpose of reopening the Bank of Franklin. He
advises us that before this can bo done it will be necessary for the
interest to be .figured on all time 'deposit certificates and new
certificates issued including this interest. Unless something unfore
seen happens, the bank will reopen as quickly as this exchange of
time deposit certificates has all been made. You will please, there
fore, present yours at the Bank of Franklin immediately. f
Very truly yours,
(Signed) M. D. Billings, ,
Liquidating Agent, Bank of Franklin.
Surprised Entering Store,
Thieves Succeed in Escape
QUICK FREIGHT
IS INAUGURATED
Tallulah Falls Railway
Offers Overnight
Atlanta Service
Announcement of overnight
freight service to Franklin from
Atlanta has been made by J. F.
Drav, receiver for the I allulah
halls kailvvay company.
Merchandise loaded before S
o clock in the allel'llooii in ai
lanta now will he unloaded here
the following day llilherto il has
required several days for the de
livery of freight from Atlanta.
The following announcement has
xeii mM to Franklin and -Atlanta
patrons ot the I allulah palls rail
way:
"lir September '2' this railway
commenced ihe operation d a daily
reight train. The daily service is
still in effect for your . convenience.
"All class freight rates . were
reduced in October and .November
Y)M). You now enjoy the advan
tage of rates which are just as low
as in effect on any railway in the
country- laige-or small. ,.
"We now announce through 'mer
chandise .sen ice from Atlanta, tia.,
effective today. Freight delivered
to "station in Atlanta before 5 p. in.,
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Drunken Negro Chooses
Sheriff's Home To Rest
Uov I'ickens, Sylva negro, picked-
the wrong place to rest his
v.e.iry and liquor-sodden bones,
Uoy came to Franklin last Satur
day night with a crowd of other
in . roes out for a iov ride, bather
rhe was adventurous and indepen
dent -or -a bore to the party, for
he became separated from his fel
low revellers, and thereon hangs
a tale that landed him in the
(i aim y jail.
TYiding sleepy and having de
veloped that .impression id' person
al importance that makes a man
i 'link he owns' all he surveys, as is
frequently the case when he has
'partaken of the "one too many. "
luy found a house, entered and
'made' himself .comfortable, by - the
fire: I'v an unfortunate .' coinci
dence, the house happened to-be
th.-it of Sheriff Hurt Slagh-.
The sheriff was away, and so
were his folks. When Mrs. Slagle
and ' her children returned home
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Bloodhounds Scent Trail
To House Few Miles
From Franklin
Police Chief Bob Henry surprised
two young men about midnight
Tuesday as they were attempting
to break into the V. C, -Cunningham
store on Main street, hut the
youths escaped after a chase.
Chief Henry fired two shots into
llit- air in tin- hope that the . eul
plits would be. frighleliod into
hailing but the -discharges served
rather to hasO-n their flight.
I'.loodhoiinds -were brought from
Asheville and in ihe early morn
ing ..Wednesday followed a trail
to a home about three miles from
Franklin but no arrests were made
on account of failure to find stol
en goods. Chief Henry said In
had a good idea w ho the, marauders
were but .was unwilling to slate
their names pending fuilher iu
vesligalioiis. 1 1 was discov ered Tuesday thai
the store had been entered from
the rear Monday night and an un
determined quantity of -goods re
moved. So Tuesday night Chief
Henry secreted himself- in the
building and awaited a return of
the thieves. His vigil was reward
ed when he heard an effort, at
entry being made. Tlu1 robbers,
however, fh-d at his approach and
escaped.
after atti tiding 'a meeting at the
Methodist church , they were much
surprised, to say nothing of be
ing terrified, at finding tin dusky
visilor. A neighbor man came to
their aid, but Roy 'was bold and
said thai inasmuch as he was rest
ing ( oniforlahly' it would fare ill
with any who chose to disturb
him. '
However, when Police Chief. Hob
Henry arrived on the scene Roy
was in more humble frame of mind
and meekly followed him to jail,
Now Koy faces charges of being
intoxicated and forcing his way in
to a home. Hearing was set for
Monday but was continued until
Friday.
Strangely, Roy, when found, had
no hat fir shoes. Furthermore his
socks were fairly clean, although
it' was muddy outdoors. This has
greatly perplexed Chief Henry and
has proved a most interesting prob
lem to amateur detectives.
DEDICATED
TO MACON COUNTY
And to the Welfare and Protperity
of its Good People
$130 PER YEAR
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Representative of New
Banking Department
Sent Here
BOARD HAS MEETING
Little or No Difficulty
Expected in Issuing
New Certificates
Albert H. Hlake, of Asheville, a
representative of the newly creat
ed State Hanking I h artment, has
come to Franklin to supervise nc
goiiations for the reopening of the
Hank of Franklin, closed since De
cember 1(. "
The affairs 'of the bank are in
good condition, according to Mr.
Hlake, and prospects are good for
reopening of the institution in the
near future, but before this can be
accomplished it will be necessary
for the holders of time deposit cer
tificates to exchange them for new
certificates. Interest on the old
certificates to the date of the
bank's closing has been figured
and the new certifcales will bu
issued in the amount of the prin
cipal . and the interest, according
to a circular letter sent out by
M. I. Hillings, liquidating agent of
the bank.
Urge Speedy Exchange
Mr. Hillings, Mr. Hlake and of
ficials of the bank have requested
that the Judders of time certificates
ose no time in having them ex
changed, as the bank's reopening
is dependent on completion of this
work. If depositors are negligent
in exchanging their certificates, it
was declared, the success of the
movement that hat been under way
or the past six weeks to reopen
the institution may be - jeopardized..
Capital Obtained
At a meeting of the board of
lircctors last week arrangements
were made to secure the cash capi
tal required by the Hanking l)e-
lartinent for reopening. Another
meeting of the board was held
Wednesday, when plans for ob
taining an early exchange ot time
certificates and other details for
ie reopening were outlined.
The whole question- of reopen
ing, Air. make intortncd the I'ress
ast nighl, depends on how soon
the time deposit certificates are
exchanged. He said he expected
little or no difficulty in getting the
exchanges, but was careful to point
out that if any difficulty should be
experienced, it might thwart ef
forts to reopen the institution.
Mr. Hlake has supervised the
reopening of 10 Western North
Carolina banks, among them the
banks at Murphy, Hayesville,
Wavnesville, Weaverville and Lei
cester. The same , procedure was
followed at all of these places, he
said, and little trouble was ex
perienced in the exchange of time
deposit japer.
The general opinion in Franklin
yesterday was that the bank would
be open and doing business again
within a week or ten days. With
the spread of this opinion there
was a very noticeable improve
ment in the general attitude among
business men of the county. From
various quarters came information
that the vohrjne of trade was in
creasing and that general business
conditions were steadily improvh.
Another meeting of the bank's
board of directors is to be called
before the reopening.
PARENT-TEACHER
GROUP TO NAME
OFFICERS FRIDAY
The Parent-Teacher Association
will hold its regular meeting at
the High School Friday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock.
Election of officers will take
place and all members are urged
to be present.
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