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Z.Z.Z3 TZILV.l JAY, MAY 7, I I Published fvcry Thursday by The Franklin, Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. XLVI BLACKBURN W. JOHNSON..... Entered at the Tost Office, Franklin, N."C, as second class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year $1.50 Eight Months . $1.00 Six Months . .. " 75 Single Copy ' ...05 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 rates. 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. OS course! the editor reserves the right to reject letters which are too long or violate one's better sensibilities. Weekly Bible Thought God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Psalm 67: 1, 2. . The Br.asstown Project MANY arc watching with interest the contribution that is being made in' the field of adult education by the John C. Campbell Folk school at Brasstown in Cherokee County. Jri the Ashexille Citizen-Times of May 3, Mrs. C. W. Savage de scribes in ;ui interesting article the growth of the Brasstown project since its beginning in "January, 1926, when the school began its life as a Imnie and . farm in which the people of the community have shared by giving of land, service and other contributions. The school was built as a memorial to John C. Campbell, author of "The Southern' Highlander and Ills Homeland." who. as Mrs. Savage writes, "after twenty-five years of study and service (under the Rus-scll-Sage foundation) felt the need of vitalizing and dignifying the .whole content of our rural civilization. In this type of education he saw a hope of preserving what is best in Highland culture, and of opening the way to deeper and richer life." Mrs. Savage describes how Mrs. husband, carried out his plans, "after . ing several different states, establishing the school at Brasstown, mainly because the local people were Principles that have been applied lve been used successfully. "The Danish folk high school is a eighteen to thirty vears of age." requirements, gives no examinations and offers m credits.' Its primary purpose is, through the influence of personality and oral teaching, to arouse the individual so that 'he will never stop growing.' It (lis- J?...... ....Iw.. ........ Id kf.(undn not try to assume responsibility for desire for a better life which is the A practical feature of the Brasstown project is a 'saving and loan association, organized with twenty-eight members ami $155, increasing in three and one-half years to more than $1,500, "enabling members to buy cows, fencing, fertilizer and many other essentials." ' Other co-opera tive activities are hatchery, creamery .successful business, while a men's iirominent part in the social life of The planting of 3,000. trees in farm roads is described with a sketch of the building ot Keith lions, the new and spacious .community building. The , school is supported by the voluntary gifts of friends and the combined annual contribution of $-4,000 from the Northern Presbyterian, Episcopal and Congregational churches. The school is incorporated under the laws of the state of NnrlVi Carolina. "The term of school is four civing a practical course of study, work, and play. Geography, government, agriculture, reading, writing, arithmetic are taught. Gym nastic 'and snorts he n to train and n":..!,. 1 I... J.l.irr romlniT IIUIS MitYC 11-111(11 vvviwiiK, nvwib field surveying. mechanical drawing, is also taught. Tuition and board women, $20M Opportunity is offered to work out at least one-halt of this amount during the four months of school. Those who cannot pay the remainder, may apply for special work before and after the retnilar term. "Officers of the school are: Mrs.. Marguerite Butler, assistant director." This That and the Other BY ELIZABETH KELLY THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER The Town of Franklin went o the polls and selected as members of the town board a very fine group of men to whom we citizens must look for civic action. The writer believes these men have the ability, integrity and a willingness it-. ... - i i... :..:....- IO give' ine town a goon aumimMi a tion, but the writer doubts serious ly that these men will give either time, thought or purpose to their administration to make it success ful. , The function of the town board should be something more than to decide which of a few favorites should be on the payroll, whose home or business should have made to it a good street, or whether the. streets should be dipped or sprinkled for cleansing purposes. A soused Main street with -muddy sidewalks bordering it and flanked liar im.if1f...11.n MI tr1rr otmcn Vy WllU hUHYU dUU 11C13II nilVVVll borders would indicate that not sufficient. thought has been given by the town board to secure prop er action. Most of the home owners and other residents of Franklin make an effort to make and keep their immediate jiornes and grounds neat and attractive. This is to a great extent offset by neighboring and intervening vacant lots being per-, mitted to remain in an unsanitary unkept and unsightly condition.! Some of the citizens of Frank-J Hn take offense and some ofl us ( are shamed by remarks of strangers and visitors relative to Number 19 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Campbell, after the death of her many months of study and visit actively interested" for many years in Danish schools . school primarily for young adults Mrs. Savage explains. "It sets no .tnllifin (Y ntlll InimlAtltniT It 1n.C local changes, but to awaken that only sound basis for change. and hand-craft associations doing club' and a women's club play a the community. forest formation on hillsides and on months from November to March strengthen the body. on1 ti-nnviiwr lpccnuc TtnvQ have vi.Mp, shop and forest work. Pottery per month for men, is $22.50; for John C. Campbell, director, Miss the ragged, unkept appearance the town. Unsightly Spot Recently the writer ' oyerhcard two well dressed strangers make the remark that Franklin citizens should be well bathed and the town a bit cleaner looking since there is a bath tub handy on Main street. These men were refer ring to a bath tub that was thrown on the side of Main street with a lot of other clutter and building refuse when the old Junaluska Inn was torn down eighteen months or two years ago. This lot in par ticular is an eyesore which has been permitted to remain in this state by its owners and by the town board. The men who own this lot are among the town's most prominent citizens Bank directors, Rotarians, members of the town board, prominent churchmen and leading business men; One can not believe that they arc wilfully doing a thing to harm their town and to cause 'it to be .a by-word and a reproach when clean, at tractive towns are mentioned. It must be carelessness. What can be dona about it? One hears .daily of the ad vantage Franklin has of being on the newly opened hard sur faced short route from. Atlanta to Ashevillc; of the advantage of be ing near to the Great Smoky Mountain Park, of the advantage of gorgeous surrounding scenery on highway number 28; and trees and mountains and hills and vales' and then the citizen's present to view a bath-tub and tangle of weeds, brick-bats and what-have-you from an eighteen months old wreckage on main street. Put Idle To Work There are enough men on the street who have no work and who would gladly work for 15 cents an hour to make of this lot a place of beauty in one day's time. This particular place is not by any means the only eyesore within the town, it is the most prominent. Can it be possible that the Mayor, the town board and town officials arc blind to the advantages of having Franklin a clean and at tractive .town? , Some months ago a cavalcade from neighboring towns in Georgia came up on the fag end of a celebration of highway opening and good will trip. These folks first viewed the bath-tub- arid trash on-main street, then the shower and pools of tobacco juice in front of the court house, then istened to the Mayor's welcome, shook hands with a few citizens, looked at some milling crowds on the corners and went back think- ing-WHAT? Police Protection And now a few words about some conditions that are affecting Franklin people alone and which are giving serious concern. There has been an epidemic of petty and attempted major thievery in town of late. There is no protection atter early bedtime trom any source other than a watchful eye, a listening ear and a trusty gun on the part of the "citizen. Does Franklin need protection at night? It occurs to any one concerned that , if the town can not afford to have day and night protection it might depend upon the sheriff and his deputies during the., day and release the excellent man it has on day duty that he may serve at" night .when people are helpless at the hands of maraud ers, prowlers and thieves.- What about it? Up to Town Board This is written in good faith because the writer knows we have in Franklin a citizenship that would like to see the town made the best possible from the stand point ml safety and beauty as well as of business. It is the writer's -opinion that the biggest and best business of the town will depend upon beauty and safety. Nature has been lavish in her gifts of climate and scenery. Good roads and location have done their part The rest is up to the citizenship of the town. The citizens have just elected their town board whose business it is to see to these things as well as to see after the town's finances. What wilf the new board do? The writer' permitted 'hefnarne to be put up as a candidate for membership on the board for two reasons. One was the fact that she believes a citizen has a better case in asking that things be done if ' that citizen is willing to help do those things. The other reason is her desire to prove again the fact 'that men do not want to be bothered on boards witha wo jnan who might cause them a bit of bother by insisting that things be done. Some voters think that women have no brain power suf ficicnt to take in and absorb the intricacies of finance. Some are afraid that a woman will not be sufficiently discreet to keep with in the, secrecies of the' board the workings of the board. Some, are too 4 careless or too ignorant to think at all they just go and vote The writer knew full well that she would not be elected, but she was willing to offer to help with the arduous duties of the board and by so doing earn a better right to ask of the board that they individually and as a whole use the brains and the ability which they have, to the end that the town will be better when their time shall have expired than it is now. Let. us all boost the new board and pull with them to make our town the most attractive possible, Clippings FATHER OF EIGHTEEN The Chief Justice of Georgia, who has eighteen children, is going to debate with Margaret Sanger on birth control. ; We suggest some hall in Or chard or Henry St. as a fitting place for this debate. At any rate, the august Judge, before debating, ought to visit our lower cast side. Let him prome nade among the women and infants and urchins around Orchard St.'s pushcart mart, and there imagine his stalwart flock of eighteen growing up on $20 a week. But, on second thought, what business has the father of eighteen debating " birth control . anyway? Leave that to the mothers of eighteen, or to women who con stantly stand in fear of being the mothers of eighteen. NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM. "Modern progress has made the world a neighborhood ; God has given us the task of making it a brotherhood. -SIR HUMPHREY DAVY. m yap 91aivoFifl.r AVj . SYNOPSIS In 1889, Yancey Cravat and his young wife, Sabra Venable, with their four-year-old son, Cimarron, and 'a negro servant,' Isaiah, 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 bis 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 In two covered wagons they make the journey across the prairies through days of heat, with several adventurous encounters, to the month-old town of Osage. Sabra is shocked by the wild and lawless character of the town, and frighten ed by a pistol shot aimed at her husband the day after their ar rival. Yanceybegins trying to dis cover who murdered the last edi tor, named Pegler. Now go on with the story. But she was young, and inexperi enced, and full of pride, and ter ribly offended. So without another word she turned and marched down the dusty street Her head in' its plumed hat was high. " On either cheek burned a scarlet patch; Her eyes, in her effort to keep back the hot tears, were blazing, liquid, enormous. She saw nothing., From Doc Nisbett, Yancey re ceived laconic information to the effect that the house had been rented by a family whose aquatic demands wee more modest than Sabra's. Sabra was inconsolable but Yancey did not once repriach her for her mistake. It was char acteristic of him that he was most charming and considerate in crises which might have been expected to infuriate him. "Never, mind, sugar. Don't take on like that. We'll find a house And, anyway, we're here. That's the main thing. He stretched his mighty arms, shook himself like a great shaggy lion. In all- this welter of red clay and Indians and shirt sleeves and tobacco juice and drought he seemed to find a beauty and an exhilaration that eluded Sabra quite. But then Sabra, after those first two days, had ceased to search for a reason for anything. She met and accepted the most gro tesque, the most fantastic happen ings. When she looked back on the things she had done and the things she had said in the first few hours of her Oklahoma ex perience it was as though she were tolerantly regarding the naivetes of a child. Ten barrels of water day I She knew now that water, in this burning land, wa sa precious thing. Life here was an anachron ism, a great rude joke, it was hard to realize that while the rest of the United States, in this year of 1889, was living a conventional ly civilized and primly Victorian existence, in which plumbing, gas light, trees, gardens, books,. - laws, millinery,. Sunday curchgoing, were taken for granted here in this Oklahoma country life had been set back according to the frontier standards of half a century earlier. Literally he was pioneering kr a wilderness surrounded but untouch ed by civilization. Yance'y had reverted. Always even in his staidest Wichita in carnationa somewhat incredibly romantic figure, he now was re markable even in this town of fan tastic humans gathered from every corner of the brilliantly picturesque Southwest. His towering form, his curling locks, his massive head, his vibrant - voice, his dashing ' dress, his florid speech, his magnetic per sonality drew attention wherever he went. On the day following their arrival Yancey had taken from his trunk a pair of silver mounted ivory-handled six-shooters and a belt and holster studded with silver. She had never before seen them. His white sombrero he had banded with a rattlesnake skin of .- W EdnaFerbcf Illustrations 2uj gold and- silvery with glass eyes, a treasaure also produced from, the secret trunk, as well as a pair of gold-mounted spurs , which further enhanced the Texas " star boots. Thus bedecked for his legal and editorial pursuits he was by far the best dressed and most spec tacular male in all the cycloramic Oklahoma country. Sabra learned many astounding things in these first few days, and among the most terrifying were the things she learned about the hus band to whom she had been hap pily married" for more than five years. She learned, for example, that this Yancey Cravat was. famed as the deadliest shot in all the deadly shooting "Southwest. He had the gift of being able to point his six-shooters without sighting, as o$e would point with a finger. He was one of the few who could draw and fire two six-shooters at once with equal speed and accuracy, His hands would go to his. hips with a lightning gesture that yet was so smooth, so economical that the onlooker's eye scarcely followed it. Heculd hit his mark as he walked, as he ran, as he rode his horse. Sabra was vaguely uneasy Wichita had not been exactly ef fete, and Dodge City, Kan., was notoriously a gun-play town. But here no man walked vyithout his six-shooters strapped to his body. On the very day of her harrowing a. a i T- t . . r i encounter wnn jjoc msDen, sabra, her composure regained, had gone with Yancey to see still another house owner about the possible renting of his treasure. The man was found in his crude one-room shack which he used as a combina tion dwelling and land office. He glanced up at them from the rough pine table at which he was writing. "Howdy, Yancey!" "Howdy, Cass!" . Yancey, all grace, performed an introduction. This lean, leather- skinned house owner wiped his palms on his pants' seat in courtly fashion and, thus purified, extended U hospitable hand to Sabra. Yan- Ley revcaieu 10 mm tneir pugni. 'Well, now, say, that's plumb terr ble, - that is. Might be I can help you out you and your good lady here. But say; Yancey, just let me step out, will you, to the corner, . and mail this here letter. The bag's goin' any minute now." He licked and stamped the en velope, rose! and took from the table beside him his broad leather belt with its pair of holstered six shooters, evidently temporarily .laid aside for comfort while writing. This he now strapped quickly about his waist with the same unconcern that another man would use in slipping into his coat. He merely was donning conventional street at tire for the well-dressed man of the locality. He picked up his sheaf of envelopes and stepped out. In three minutes he was back, and af fably ready, to talk terms with them. It was, perhaps, this simple and sinister act, more than anything she had hitherto witnessed, that im pressed babra with 4he utter law lessncss of this new land to which her husband had brought her. This house, so dearly held by the man called Cass, turned out to be a four-room- dwelling inadequate to their needs, and they were in despair at the thought of being obliged to wait until a house could be built. Then Yancey had a brilliant- idea! He found a two-room cabin made of rough boards. This was hauled to the site of the main house, plastered,- andadded . to it provided tnem with a six-room combination dwelling, newspaper plant, and law office. There was all the splendor of sitting room, dining room, bedroom, and kitchen to live in. One room of the small attached cabin was a combination law and newspaper office.') The otner served as composing ropm and print shop. The Hefner Furni ture and Undertaking Parlors pro vided them with furniture a large wooden Bedstead to fit Sabra's mat tress and spring; a small bed for Cim ; tables, ' chairs the plainest of everything. In two days Sabra was a housewife established in her routine as, though she had been at it for years. , -(Continued next week) Lcjal Notices' NOTICE North Carolina, ' Macon County. The undersigned, will on the 23rd day of May, 1931, it 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 .following7 described real estate, to-wit: ' , - - ' In Sugarfork township, Macon 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, Eliscbeth Rog ers, to John M. Peek, of date the Cth 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. Peck and wife, Ellie Peck, to Claud Houston, of 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 M14 . ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford- Downs, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibt them to the undersigned on or before the 25th day of April,; 1932, or this notice will be plea.d in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make lm mediate settlement. This 25th day of April, 1931. ' - RAY DOWNS, Administrator. A30-4tp M21 NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale" contained in Jhat certain deed of trust .executed ( by Paul Newman and wife, Freda Newman, to Commercial National Bank of High Point, and " Central .Trust Company of Charleston, West Va., Trustees, dated November 1st, 1927, and recorded in Book 31, at Page 503, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, North Carolina default Saving been made in the payment of the indebted ness thereby secured, and demand having been made for sale - the undersigned Trustees will sell aT public auction . to the highest bid' der for cash in front of the Court' house in Franklin, North Carolina, at 2:00 o'clock P. M., on the 8th day of June, 1931, the following described property, located in the City of Franklin, North Carolina. BEGINNING at an iron stake on the . South side . of Palmer street," Claud Russell's N. W. corn er, the same being South 45 West 231 feet froriv the intersection of Main Street and Palmer Street, and. runs South 45 West "with the South side of Palmer. Street 165 feet to a stake, S. A. Munday corner; thence South 45 East 255 feet to a stake on the South side of the Branch in S. L. Rogers' line; thence North 41 East 218 feet to a stake, J. "F. Palmer's corner ; thence North 45. West 144 feet to a stake ; thence with Claud Russell's line South 49 West 65J4 feet to a stake. Claud Russell's - p.: : -it J-di.:.. s .: REMEMBER MOTHER Next Sunday With a Gift Chosen Here BEADS NOVELTIES SILK HOSE .POCKET BOOKS LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS JESS & MARY'S SHOP corner; thence North 39'i West 93j feet to the BEGINNING. This the 1st day of May, 1931. COMMERCIAL NATIONAL : " BANK OF HIGH POINT & CENTRAL TRUST COM PANY OF CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, Trustees. D. C. MacRac, Attorney . High Point, N. C. . M74tc-M28 . V NOTICE OF SALE . . By virtue of power of sale con tained - in a deed of trust ; from Jt H. May nor and wife, V. L. May- nof; to the undersigned trustee, for Mary E. Johnson, securing the sum of $500.00: 1st note for $250.00 due December 20, 1930, and 2nd note for $250.00 due- December ,20, . 1931 with ; interest thereon from date, which deed of trust is dajed December 20, 1929, and registered December 21st, 1929. in -Book No. 32 page 133, office Register of. Deeds, for Macon County, North Carolina, and default ' having been made in the payment of the first - note above described and the said Mary E Johnson under the terma ' of said Deed of Trust Having de clared all of "said $500.00 due, and' Vir iMrttirt Vf ttiA rlpmanrl (mm tVip . said Mary E. Johnson that the lands described in " said deed of trust be sold tinder the power of sale contained therein to I'pay said debt with interest and cost,-1 will on Saturday the- 6th day of June, 1931, between the legal hours' of sale and at the courthouse door in the County of Macon, State of North Carolina, and town of Frank-' lin, sell at public auction for cash to satisfy said: sum of money- so. secured by said deed "of trust, the following described land: Lying and being in Macon Coun ty, State of North Carolina, Be ginning at a chestnut Lyle's corn er, said Chestnut standing Hear and , back : of . stable of Dan Lyle, runs thence East 76 poles to CabeV. corner, North 11 poles to white oak, North 45 East 14 poles to a chestnut, North 45 East 18 poles t a chestnut, North 45 East 14 poJ to a chestnut, North 26J4 East llji" poles to a chestnut, North 10 West 13 poles to a chestnut, North 2xa West 18 poles to a chestaht, North 5 East 15 poles to Blaifr jack, North 10 East ; 19 ; pole's to a chestnut, Mrs. Harrington's corn er, lorth 61 West 19 poles to a Black Oak, North 70 West 1.4 poles to a black oak, North 64 West ' 11 ' poles , to a black oak. North 72 West 20 poles -'to a ; black oak, North 47 West 14 poles to a black oak, West 40 pole to a chestnut, North 5 pole to a chinquapin, East 10 poles to -a hickory, North 16 poles to a white oak, East 14 poles, to ; a stake, Lyle's ' corner,' South .160 poles to the Beginning, containing 90 acres, more or less. This the 5th day of ' May, If 31 . McKINLEY EDWARDS, Trustee. M7-4tcRDS-M28 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified-as'administratw: of Mrs. A. I. Anderson, deceased, late of Macon tcounty, N. C, this is to "notify all. persons having claims , against the estate xf said' deceased to exhibit them to .the; undersigned on or before the 2nd1 day of May, 1932, or' this notioe; will be plead 'in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted' to said estate will please make im mediate settlement. This 2nd dayr of May, 1931. W. .A., ANDERSON. Administrator;. M7-4tc-M28
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