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PACE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1331 Site ntakliu -press Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press A I Fianklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 21 VOL. XLVI BLACKBURN W. JOHNSON. Entered at (he Post Office, Franklin, SUBSCRIPTION K ATi.S One year .... Eight Months Six Months .. Single Copy . . Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classified advertising . rales. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. The Press invites its readers to express their opinions through its columns and each week it plans to carry Letters to the Editor on its editorial page. This newspaper is independent in its . policies and is glad to print both sides of any question. Letters to the Edi tor should be written legibly on only one side of the paper and should be of reasonable length. 01 course, the editor reserves the right to reject letters which are too long or violate one's better sensibilities. Weekly Bible And that which fell among thorns arc they, which, whm they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. St. Luke, 8: 14. Cans and Dollars A COX COl'XTY, from all indications, is facing a big crop M year. And 'unless the cannery Railway station is reopened, the fanners of this section wil be con fronted with the menacing likelihood that they won't have a market for a laru- part of their 'produce, or at. least will haw to go outside of the county to find ne. As Franklin is almost wholly dependent on the surrounding farms, .this would -'mean a considerable loss to ihe town as well as to the countryside. In recent years Macon county farmers have found substantial prof its in growing beans, the ualily and prolific character of which have .gained wide recognilnn. Then, loo, the revenue from the sale of ber ries, which grow in abundance on the mountainsides ami in the val leys, is not to be' disregarded.' Picking berries, whdi can be had for the taking, has afforded profitable employment to numerous children as well as grown-ups.- Without a cannery the beans this year will lik ly be subject to glutted market conditions, and the berries will 'largely go to waste because of the difficulties of shipping them fresh. Of course, there will be commission buyers here from lime to time; some of them already have nianfesled interest in Macon's crop outlook, lint, with out a cannery to compete with them,, they will be in better position to set their own prices. If properly operated, there is no reason why a cannery in Franklin cannot be ' a profitable business venture. Many other canneries are proving successful with less fertile fields to draw on and in communi ties where labor is higher. The reported possibility of a great chain store organization estab lishing a. cannery or refrigerating plant here has failed Mo materialize. We cannot depend on outside help. It . is up to l'ranklin and Macon county to reopen the old cannery. business houses of l'ranklin will trade unless it is reopened. The farmers will spend most of their money i .1 11.1- i . . - , , wnerc nicy sen ineir produce, it men of Franklin to take prompt cannery. To the Graduates TO THE members of the Class of 1931 of the 'l'ranklin high school who will receive their certificates of graduation at the commence ment exercises on Friday evening. To make the grade through four years of high school represents a cer tain achievement that marks a very real commencing. For the high school graduate of today is a capable, self reliant in dividual, keenly ' alive, menially and physically. We venture to say the boy and girl completing a high school to go forth in a thinking and creative type of progress than were their parents, at their age. The last two generations,-first, in "preserved a passion for education giving "an equal opportunity to all that has found fruition in the public school system of today. W'hil we know our schools are far from . perfect like their graduates they are in process' of growth and not finished products yel they give bet ter and more diversified training' than was possible in the few scattered .high schooU thirty years ago? Therefore we- would say to the be "better than their fathers," whose increasingly wide educational' opportunity.. .Never has youth been surrounded by so youth-conscious a generation of elders, eager to pass the torch to those whom they would fit to bear it higher. Some class or other this year 'must needs furnish trained brains am leadership to give direction and presidents will be needed, of United -what-not; other opportunities less side. Along with the current "leadership" emphasis, the rank and file of high school graduates must furnish a "follow-ship" that will be dis criminatingly intelligent as to whither a leafier leads. Then with a bright light shining high over the heads of the rest, there will be a sprinkling, of heroes and heroines inarching forth inconsciously and happily from high school rostrums this year. And it is a significant fact that the schools in the villages and small towns have, in the past, produced .most of the great men and women. For, like most great movements for human advancement, great leaders emanate front the small community.. Will some give us names meet lo be placed along side Jane -Addams and Gandhi ? - Then, over the heads of the word to the elders.- Although vou ready, just remember that your education can still continue,, that yo.u can at least, let youth. knoW that you have not stopped ., learning 'and growing, and that you have a mature wisdom and depth of sympathy to offer in time. of need. For soon enough, these boys and girls, whither privileged to go to college or entered in the sterner school of earning a living. Will have to take up ''from failing hands- a large amount of unfinished business wqtieathcil linve tnutrht them to think, straight von have heined to guide their hands" then it may be granted you Editorial "REBUILD THE SMOKEHOUSE" t rwlariner that the smokehouse J was an essential adjunct ot tin . i r . i old country home and that the time has come to rebuild it, the Southern Agriculturist pauses to explain to its readers just what the smokehouse was. It was called a "smokehouse," it says, "because hams, bacon, sausage and hog jowls Were smoked within its walls. But it was far more than a smokehouse. It was the chief storage place for Number 17 .EDITOR AND PUBLISHER N. C, as second class mailer. $1.50 $1.00 .75 ...05 Thought located near the Tallulah Falls The Tanners will suffer and the lose a very appreciable' amount of is to tlie interest ot the business and concerted . steps to reopen tht The Press extends- congratulation. course today are better prepared poverty -and then prosperity, have graduates that il behooves them t ideals and vision have "iven lluin dynamic lorce in every . Held ; sonic States, colleges: corporations and limited and obvious await oh every Bishop Brooks and Maude Uoyden? graduating class we would whisper a may know--you arc outdistanced al them along -with Ihe torch. . II v n bv thinking straight yourselves, if heads to create that "not built with to share in their achievement'. Clippings I fo..,d supplies' in general. Parrels of flour, sacks -of meal, cans of lard, dried fruit, beans, peas, hon ey, preserves, and many other things were .kept in the smoki -house." Tlie description recalls the days when the smokehouse was the lar der in .which every thrifty farm family stored its suppliessupplies produced for the most part on the place. There are thousands of people living on farms now who, base never seen a smokehouse. It passed as tin' trundle bed did. lint, as ihe Southern Agriculturist .ays, "ii was a step backward when SoiiiIkiu fanners abandoned, the "iiokehoiise and resorted to living from cans bought at the store. 'Wiis change added a heavy bur den of cost to the farmer and in troduced a very common, unprofit able, lazv way of living." No farm could suffer much grief where the smokehouse was an in sliiulioti. As it was kept well stocked the people who lived on the place were thereby guaranteed an independence which they could acquire in no other way. The live-at-home movement is a modern version of the system which was once basic. It is as important now as it was then. North' Carolina farms have been in better shape on . the whole this winter than they wire last winter largely be cause of the success of this move meiit in 1930. Georgia farmers are now , tilcduing themselves to the movement. It is not a new thing, It is an attempt to get away from an unsound system and back to a sound system. It is a recognition of the fact that the farmer who produces his own foodstuffs and feedsiuffs is tjiat much ahead of the game no matter what happens If his money crops are disappoint ing at least he can live. If they tunr nut well and bring good prices he is in position to prosper. The smokehouse should again be come the symbol of Southern agri cultural life as it used to be. ASIIF.VJI.l.E CITIZEN. MACHINES AND EMPLOY MENT Now comes the International Chamber of Commerce to point out widely accepted fallacy in the much-discussed matter of workers displaced by' machines "techno logical unemployment." In considering machines and un employment in the years since the World war, says The New York Times, reviewing the report of the Chamber of 'Commerce, it has been customary to compare employment in 1919 or 1920 with 1929 and 1930, The shrinkage is supposed ac curalcly to represent technological unemployment. But the fact is that the larger part of the decline' in employment occurred, says The Times, in simile year.- or at most in two years, after 1919. Once more, therefore, the world is reminded of the war as a factor of dislocation in all the world'; affairs. Industry girded itself to tremendous, exertions during the war. When war ended, an im mediate and drastic reduction in production and .employment had to follow. ASHEVILLE TI M ES. Public Opinion SMALL TRIBUTE TO MR SLAGLE Few grown-ups realize just what they mean to little children. If they did they would' perhaps try harder to help the, children build loftier castles in their Kttle Dream World. .' ' From, the time I can first re member,. Mr. Slaglc belonged to inv fairy stories of Heroes. Some how 1 always felt he understood part of me few people took the time to care about. I thught he was everything a hero should be In my childhood heroes rode hors e.s; he did and like a king, and he was never in too big a hurry, re gardless of his impatient horse, to stop and chat with me. He somehow understood I wanted to go out and try t d things. . He helped me by this understanding and faih t .accomplish the little I have .accomplished. He enjoyed teasing as all of the Slagl.cs' do. One of the things he teased me most about, I think, was the prank of mine which sealed our friendship for his lifetime. He .caught me one day riling a calf whcli I had saddled and bridled-i-both tasks rather difficult for a young girl. When he saw me the saddle. was .not on the calf where comfortable riding was possible, and naturally a young calf pre ferred many olher things to a bit and saddle. Mr. Siagle sat on his horse and laughed.. That not only embarrassed me but made me mad enough to stay on that calf re gardless of the calf's objections or the saddle's position. All during my . schol days his letters helped to keep up my spirit. He' was -always the first person to come to see me when I went home on my . vacations. It was wonderful to be able to lay my few little accomplishments before him.' As I grew older, talking to him who loved the beauty of life, who understood its knocks, made things easier. I shall never forget One talk we had in the Nantahalas as we .rode through his forest of mag nificent trees. In that talk he told Die many things about his philosophy of life. Most of all, his tolerant attitude toward the beliefs of others impressed me. This is a very small tribute to a man who meant so much to me. His leaving the Wayah leaves a icanry that no one else can fill, and ever he will be a part of my cry happy chlidhood. I am hop ing sometime 1 may become what thought I was worthy to be. Una Crawford. San Antonio, Texas. Editor of The l'ranklin Press: I notice in last week's issue of 'he Press a N0TICI-: calling the )emocratic voters of Franklin to meet and nominate a ticket lor mayor and aldermen. Party lines are drawn upon na tional issues. In national politics party government is necessary, and it is almost equally so in state politics, because the state is an es sential unit of the nation. But our ittle town is not a unit cither of the nation or of the state; it is a local business enterprise, like I banks, etc. In fact it is one of the few purely local enterprises, and is ' the only one in which all the people of the community arc stockholders. Therefore, represen tatives for city government should not be chosen with regard to one's party alignment. When we choose our town othciais as partisans they will be selected chiefly be cause of their partisan power and those appointed or employed by them will be chosen and retained because of their fidelity to the party, rather than for their ability or disposition to give the best ser vice; this everyone knows. Do the people of Franklin want a business government or do they want a partisan government? Par tisan government and rotten poli tics arc without question respon sible for the tragic conditions ex-l isting in financial and business circles in many places today. It has been my observation in the past that our town . officials have been chosen regardless of party politics. Republicans voted for Democrats, Democrats voted for. Republicans. Are the citizens of this fine little mountain town going to throw it into the hands of any political party? Mr. Editor, Franklin, in my opin ion, has the most' wonderful future of any town in this great mountain country, provided, however, po litical bosses are not allowed to rule. This notice calling the meeting is over tnc name oi our nnyoi, who is chairman of the county Democratic committee, but I do not believe he is responsible for such a move. The town election is only a few- days off, let us get busy and try to put into .these little, but im portant offices, the best and most capable men wc can find, regard less of their politics, their religious affiliations, or the color of their hair. If this meeting had been called by Republicans my attitude would be exactly the same. Respectfully, J. H. Stockton. Coleslaw That new maid is certainly quiet. One would never know that she was about the place. Mrs. C She isn't. She left this morning.-THE PATHFINDER. Him I suppose all men have a soft spot somewhere. Her Yes, that's why women throw tremselves at their heads. -THE PATHFINDER. A statistician .says there is one broom for every woman in the United States, but that does not mean that there is a woman for every broom.. THE PATHFINDER. RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT It again becomes our duty to oav homage to the Dicty and bow- in humble submission to Him who doth all things well, and pay hom age to our deceased friend and brother E. K. Cunningtiam now de parted. WHEREAS, We realize that wc have lost a faithful brother .-whom we shall miss around our camp fires, and his wisdom and instruc tion shall be much missed. That the family has lost a lov ing father, a consoling councilor, and able advisor; the county and state a great citizen; one much Wpd and admired bv all who knew him, and that as a man it can be truthfully said that we have lost. "A GOOD AND TRUE MAN." ' RE IT THEREFORE RESOLV ED, That Cullasaja Council, No. 158, bow in humble submission to the passing of so good a man. That we bow in humble submis sion to1 the Supreme Councilor of the Universe; that a copy of this resolution be furnished the widow of our deceased brother; that a page be set aside in the minutes and said resolution be copied there on as a memorial of Vuir deceased brother, and a copy furnished The Franklin Press for publication, and a copy be furnished the family. Respectfully submitted by the Committee; Frank I. Murray R. D. Sisk Robt. Donaldson. ItcFIM-Adv. 1 n svjn sr XMiis Jk' . Copyre'qfvt bE'daal'cvbr SYNOPSIS In 1HK9, Yancey Cravat and his young wife, Sabra' Venable, with their four-year-old son, Cimarron, start out as pioneers to the newly opened Oklahoma country, from Wichita, Kansas, where Cravat practiced' law and edited the Wich ita 'Wigwam. A typically pictur esque figure of the West at that time, Yancey Cravat was a dash ing cowboy, born orator brilliant lawyer, whose past was shrouded in mystery, and who, gossip said, had Indian blood in his veins. He revolts against the decadent aris tocracy of his wife's family who bitterly oppose his taking the young and beautiful Sabra to the dangers and hardships of frontier life Journeying in .two covered wagons, they discover the first night out that the little negro servant, Isaiah, devoted to his mistress and the boy, determined not to be left behind is hidden in a roll of carpet. He helps his mistress search for the child who wanders out of sight while they camp on the way, and is found in the company of four strange men who are entertaining him. One of the men. a slim young cowboy, receives the dis tressed mother with easy grace. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. . The slim young man seemed the spokesman, though the other three were obviously older than he. "Why, I'm real sorry you was distressed, ma'am. We was going to bring the boy back safe enough lie wandered down here lookin for. his pay he said. He was standing with one hand resting lightly, tenderly, on Ciin's head, and looking down at Sabra with smile of utter sweetness. His was the soft-spoken; almost- caressing voice of the southwestern cowman and ranger. At this Sabra's anger born of fright, vanished. Besides, he was so young scarcely more than a boy. "Wi 11," she explained, a littl sheepishly, "I was worried.. My husband went off on the track of a deer. . .hours ago. ..he hasn' come back... then when Cim... came out and he was gone.. . 1 was So so terribly..." "Won't you sit and rest yourself ma'am?" suggested the spokesman The words were hospitable enougl yet there was that in the boy': tone which conveyed to Sabra the suggestion that she and Cim had better be gone. She took Cim' hand. Now that her fright was past she"! thought she must hav looked very silly running down- the draw--, with her tears and her pig tail and her screaming. She thank ed them, using a little southern charm anil southern drawl, whicl she often legitimately borrowed from the ancestral Venablcs for special occasions such as this. "I'm ve'y grateful to you-all,' she now said. "You've been mighty kind. If you. would just drop around to our camp nn sure my husband would be delighted to meet you." , The ...young ...man . smiled more sweetly than ever, and the others looked at him, an inexplicable glint of humor, in their weather-beaten faces. "I stire thank you, ma'am. We're mov in' on, my friends here and me. Pronto. 'Floyd, how about you getting a piece of deer meat for the lady, seeing she's been cheated of her supper. Now, if vou and the little fella don't mind sittin' up behind and before, why, I'll take vou back a ways. You probably run fu'ther than you ex peeled, ma'am, scared as you was She had, as a matter of fact, in her terror, run almost half mile from camp. : He mounted first. His method of accomplishing this was some thing fo a miracle. At one mom ent the horse was standing ready and he was at its side. The next there was a. flash, and he Was on its back. It was like an optical illusion in which he, seemed to have been drawn to the saddle as a needle flies to the magnet. Cim he drew up to the pommel, holding him with one hand; Sabra, perched on the horse's rump, " clung with Edna Ferhei' i Illustration. by; S lrvit Mneva both arms round the lad's slim waist. Something of a horse woman, she noticed his fine Mexi can saddle, studded with silver. Vom the sides of the saddle hung Uair-covcred pockets whose bulge was the outline of a gun. A slick er such as is carried by those who ride the trails made a com pact ship-shape roll behind the saddle. Suddenly she noticed that the young rider wore gloves. The sight of them made her vaguely uneasy, as though some memory had been stirred. She had never seen a plainsman wearing gloves. It was absurd, somehow. A hundred feet or so from the camp he reined in his horse ab ruptly, half turned in his saddle, and with his free hand swung Sabra gently to the ground, lean ing far from Ins saddle, and keep ing a firm hold on Cim and reins as he did so. He placed the child in her upraised arms, wheeled, and was gone before she could open her lips to frame a word of thanks. The piece of deer meat, neatly wrapped, lay on the ground at her feet. She stood staring after the galloping figure, dumbly. She took Ctms hand. Together they ran toward the camp. Isaiah had a fire going, a pot of coffee bubbling. His greeting to Cim was sternly admonitory. Ten minutes later Yancey galloped in, empty handed. "What a chase he led me! Twice I thought I had him. I'd have run him into Texas if I hadn't thought you'd be " Sabra, for the first time since her marriage, felt superior to him; was impatient of his talc of. prow ess. She had her own story to tell, spiced with indignation, "...and just when I was ready to die with fright, there he ' was, talking to those four men, and sitting on the knee of one of them as though he'd known him all his life, eating nuts." Yancey seemed less interested in the part that she and Cim had played in the adventure than in the appearance and behavior of the four men in the draw, and especial ly the charming young man who had so gallantly brought . them back. "Thin faced was he? And a youngster? About nineteen or twenty? What else?" "Oh, a low voice, and kind of sweet, as though he sang tenor. And his teeth" Yancey interrupted. ",Long, were n't they? The two at the side, 1 mean. Like a wolf's?" . "Yes. How did you Do you know him?" "Sort of," Yancey answered thoughfully. Sabra was piqued. "It was lucky for us it was some one who knows you, probably. Because you don't seem to care much about what happened to us what might have happened." "You said you wanted to go a- pioneering.' "Well?" "This is it. Stir that fire, Isaiah. Sabra, get . that meat a-frizzling. Because we're moving on." "Now? Tonight? But it's late. I thought we were camping here for the night." ; . ..- ' . "Wre'Il cat and get going. Moon light tonight. I 'don't just, like it here. There's been a lot of time lost this afternoon. We'll push on. In another day or so, wilh luck, we'll be in Osage, snug and safe." They ate hurriedly. Yancey seemed restless, anxious to be off. iney joitea on. inn slept, a little ball of weariness, in flic back of the wagon. Isaiah drowsed be side Sabra. She must have dozed ott, tor suddenly Ihe suns rays were sharply slanted, and she shivered with the cool of the prai rie night air. Voices had awakened her. Three horsemen had dashed out of a little copse and stood in the path of Yancey's lead wag on. They were heav ily armed. Their hands rested on their guns. Their faces were grim. All three wore the badge of United States marshals, but there was about them something that announced this even before the eye was caught by their badge of office. The leader addressed Yancey, his voice mild, even gentle. . "Howdy." "Howdy." "Where you bound for, pardncr?" "Osage." The questioner's hand rested lightly on the butt of the six shooter at his waist. . "What might your name be ?" "Cravat Yancey Cravat." The spokesman's face lighted up with the slow, incredulous smile of a delighted child. "I'll be dog goned!" He turned his slow grin on the man at bis right, on the man at his left. "Yancey Cravat!" he said again, as though they had not heard. "I sure am pleased to make your acquaintance. Heard about you till I feel like I knew you." "Why, thanks," replied Yancey, unusually modest and laconic, Sa bra knew then that Yancey wa playing one of his roles. He would talk as they talked. Be one of them. "Aimin' to make quite a stay in Osage?" "Aim to live there." "Go on! I've a notion to swear you in as deputy marshal right now, darned if I ain't. Citizens like vou is what we need, and no mistake. I.awy'in'?" "I'm planning to take up my law practice in Osage, yes," Yancey an swered, "and start a newspaper as well." (Continued next week) Legal Notices ENTRY NOTICE Ciulo c No. lb Carolina, Macon County. 1 A. P. Cunningham No. 1S0M. Entered April 4, 1931. A. P. Cunningham enters 50 acres 'of land in Smithbridge town ship on the waters of Hickory Knoll creek, described as follows: Bounded on the northwest side by J. D. Stiles' double fop tract of land, and the southeast side by S. II. Phillips' heirs land; run ning so as to include all vacant land in said boundary. This April 4. 1931. ALEX MOORE, Entry Taker. A94tp A30 EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as executrix of M. J. May, deceased, late of Ma con county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned on or before the 6th day of April, 1932, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 6th day of April, 1931. , MRS. ROSA MAY, Executrix. A9-4tp-A30 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having Qualified as administrator of Luch C. Shepherd, deceased, late of Macon county, N, C.,. this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersign ed on or before the 3rd day of April, 193J, or this notice will be: plead in bar of their - recovery;. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This 3rd day of April, 1931.. JAftfES DEAL, Administrator. A9 4tc-A30 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of W. P. Head, deceased, late of Macon county, N. G, this is to notify all persons having claims; against the estate of said deceased! to exhibit them to the undersigned! on or before the 30th day of: March. 1932, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. A1P persons indebted to said estate willi please make immediate -settlement. This 30th day of March, 1931. Geo. Carpenter, Administrator. A2-4tp-A23 NOTICE -North Carolina, Macon County. .'The undersigned, will on the 23rd! day of May, 1931, at the court house door in the' Town of Frank lin, North Carolina, at 12 o'clock M., sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described real estate, to-vvit : . i.,' c,..,r,..i. L- XT in ,.'UKd wi k iw sn i WRriiii county .North- Carolina, adjoining the lands of J. T. Rogers and Rob ert Rogers, and being all the land contained in a deed from J. T. Rogers and wife, Elisebeth Rog ers, to John M. Peek, of date the 6th day of May 1920, and of record in deed book E., 4 at page 521,. Of fice of the Register of Deeds for Macon .County, North Carolina, containing forty-one and one-fourth acres. This sale is being made under a power of sale-in a deed of trust from John M. Peek and wife, Ellie Pick, to Claud Houston, of i date the 23rd day of November 1929, to secure the sum of One Hundred Dollars, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby, to satisfy said in debtedness, interest and cost. This the 21st day -of April 1931. J. FRANK RAY, Trustee. A23 4tp4 JFR A14
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