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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE II, 1931
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LAUDS SCENERY
OF NANTAHALAS
Official of Appalachian
Trail Association
Visits Here
HIKES 170 MILES
Calls Standing Indian the
'Grandstand of South
ern Appalachians'
' Following the Appalachian trail
from its southern terminus at Mt.
Oglethorpe in Georgia to the Great
Smoky Mountain National park
hiking a distance of 170 miles in
eight days, Myron H. Avery ar
rived at the Little Tennessee river
late Wednesday. Mr. Avery is the
acting chairman of the Board of
Managers of the Appalachian Trail
conference,' which is undertaking
the construction of' the 2,000-mile
wilderness hiking trail along the
crest line of the Appalachian
mountains. For the. last five days
of the trip Mr. Avery was accom
panied by Warner W. Hall, of
I ccatur, G.a. who is chairman of
activities 6f the Georgia Appa
lachian Trail club.
Mr. Avery came south to inspect
the lower end of the Appalachian
trail in connccti ' with the work
of the trail conference in standard
izing the marking of the trail
throughout its entire length. He
was accompanied along various
parts of the Georgia ' section by
E. B. Stone, Jr., and Charles N.
Elliott of the Georgia Forest ser
vice, end K. Rfy Ozmer, of the
Georgia Department of Game and
Fish, who have been active in
marking the Georgia Trail club's
section of the route.
Trail Follow Nantahala
From Mt. Oglethorpe the trail
.' Hows the Amicalola mountains
and the crest of the Blue Ridge
through the Cherokee and Nan
tahala National forests to the end
of the Nantahala mountins at the
Inline iennessee river. ti mis
point Mr, Avery and Mr. Hall
were met by George Masa of the
Carolina Appalachian Trail club,
which is marking the route through
the Nantahala Mountains in
North Carolina.
Mr. Avery, who has hiked over
approximately 1,(HK) miles of the
Appalachian Trail, said : :
Admire- Standing Indian
"The wildness and beauty of the
' Wue Ridge - in northern Georgia
was a distinct surprise to me. I
do not believe that the people far-!
ther north have any adequate con
ception of this mountainous region.
The trail affords magnificent out
looks over a rugged and primitive j
wilderness, showing exceedingly
few marks of civilization. The
beauty of the forest growth and
of the rhododendron and azalea
is almost beyond conception. Not
once during my entire trip did
T sec a single instance of the de
struction wrought by forest fires.
This speaks eloquently of the ef
fective work of the Cherokee and
Nantahala National foresters in
the way of fire protection. The
forest type is such a contrast to
the scrubby growth prevailing far
ther north, caused by repeated
burnings. One of the very finest
portions- of the route was the re
cently constructed forest service
trail between Tray mountain and
Standing Indian in the Nantahala
National forest. The outlooks from
'Springer, Blood and Tray moun
tains compare most favorbly with
anything which I have seen along
the Appalachian range. Standing
Indian, 5,500 feet in elevation, in
Macon county, is surely the grand
stand of the southern Appalach-
. ians. " " ----- -
Trail Marked
"We did not experience any dif
ficulty in following the trail from
its -southern terminus to the Lit
tle Tennessee river. The Georgia
Appalachian Trail club with a lim
ited corp of workers due to the
fact that interest in trail construc
tion and mountaineering is of com
paratively recent origin in the
" Boutli has done a remarkable work
in the selection and marking of
the route. Its recently published
booklet'' "ii the mountains of north
Georgia was of considerable as
sistance t us. The Appalachian
trail project owes a great deal to
the Forest Service, for without its
trails, the extension of the trail
'in the south would be an impos-
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siuiuiy. J KllcU uiti iii aiieiiuoii
has been focused of late on the
'Smoky Mountain National park.
This is also on the route of the
Appalachian trail and I have travel
led the crest line in the eastern
(Continued on page six)
Beautiful Tributes Paid
At Funeral of C. C. Angel,
Bryson City Times Editor
BRYSON CITY, June 10.-A
beautiful tribute to the memory of
Garence Cooper Angel, 31, editor
and owner of The Bryson City
Times, whose death occurred Sun
day afternoon, was paid Monday
afternoon at the funeral service
held in the Bryson City Methodist
church.
More than 1,000 persons of all
walks of life crowded the little
church to its capacity and still oth
ers stood on the outside unable
to gain entrance as the Rev. Dr.
James T. Gillespie, professor of
Bible at Agnes Scott college, De
catur, and part-time pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, preached
the funeral sermon.
"Truth and honesty combined
with an undaunted courage in the
work of newspapcring in a small
town in North Carolina have their
rewards N even if they are never
known until death, in the form of
stark tragedy, stalks in and claims
the life of the principal character
in the scene," Dr. Gillespie declared.
In speaking of the life of Mr.
Angel and of his work as a news
paper man in Bryson City, Dr.
Gillespie said in part:
A Real Sportsman
"The things that have impressed
me most during the 10 years of
my life acquaintance with Clarence
Angel were his genial personality,
his courteousness, his smiling and
easy approach. He was a real
sportsman; a red blooded young
man, an athlete, a lover of fair
play.
"A public servant, buying Ihe
Bryson City Times over two years
Jack Talley's
Bill Angel, Tod Guest Held
JUNE TOURNEY
IS UNDER WAY
Sisk, Conley, Jones and
Sloan Win Out in .
Preliminaries
Preliminaries in the June tourna
ment at the Asheville golf course
were played off Tuesday with
Dean Sisk, J. S. Conley, R. S.
Jones and Harold Sloan winning
their matches. T. W. Angel, Jr.,
drew a bye. The semi-finals will
be played off by June 13.
Dean Sisk won his way to the
semi-finals by defeating Wiley
Carpenter. Jess Conley won from
J. S. Porter; Dick Jones beat
Frank Murray and Harold Sloan
won from J. E. Perry.
Following are the pairings for
the semi-finals:
Sisk and Angel ; Conley and
Sloan; Jones, bye.
GROUP LEAVES
FOR CONFERENCE
OF YOUNG PEOPLE
The Rev. J. A. Flanagan and
Miss , Myrtle Frances Wyatt have
taken a group of the young people
of the Presbyterian church to
Banner Elk for the Young Peoples
Conference of the Asheville Pres
bytery. Rev. Mr. Flanagan is to
be head counselor of the boys.
The party will be at Banner Elk
June 8-16, and will go from there
to Charlotte to attend a Christian
Endeavor Convention.
The young people going from
Franklin .were Elizabeth McGuirc,
Rosalind Bulgin, Margaret Slagle,
and John Earle Lancaster.
Services will be held at the Pres
byterian church Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock. Dr. C. E. Cunning
ham will speak. Mr. Neal Alex
ander, of Charlotte, will sing. All
arc cordially invited.
Great Smoky Mountain Park
Attracting Much Interest
With the development of the
Great: Smoky Mountains National
Park into a great national playf
ground, now assured in the very
near future, interest, on the part
of the touring public, in the na
tional park is on the increase.
The growing volume of inquiries,
in regard to the Great Smokies,
being received by he Asheville
ago, lie worked through the col
unms of his paper with other nun
and women who devote much of
their time and energy to the ser
vice of their 'community an tin
selfish service. How well he was
doing his task. Such service
brings criticism and opposition and
takes real courage. I admired him
for that. He was an independent
thinker and this requires a keen
intellect. Too many follow the
beaten path of tradition and do
not have the courage or energy to
think for themselves. He had the
courage of his convictions, was
honest and true in what he was
and thought. He never tried to
conceal what he thought or was
nor take credit for being other
than what he was.
A Great Loss
"The loss of Clarence Angel to
Bryson City, to the country, and
to Western North Carolina is great
He was a valuable man. Would
that we could have had him with
us for many years to watch his
judgment mature and profit by his
labors."
The Rev. Dr. R. L. Crcal, pastor
of the First Baptist church, follow
ed Dr. Gillespie. He said in part :
"The things I cannot say on ac
count of my deep emotion con
stitute a greater tribute to the
memory of, Clarence Angel than
anything I shall be able to say.
"I have known him for six
years. We have been very close
to one another. His unfaltering
friendship has meant muctyto me.
1 know his appreciation of others
(Continued on page six)
Throat Cut;
Jess Thomas Under $700
Bond on 3, Charges;
Wrecks Car
Jack Talley 'is hi Angel Broth
ers' hospital suffering from serious
knife wounds and Bill Angel and
Tod Guest are in the county jail
being held without bond as a re
sult of a fight Sunday night on
Highway No. 28 about three and
a half miles from Franklin.
Guest and Angel are charged
with assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill. They are be
ing held without bond pending the
outcome of Talley's condition. Both
were already under other charges
when they were arrested Sunday
night.
Angel was arrested several weeks
ago charged with drunkenness and
carrying concealed weapons, name
ly a pistol and a set of metal
knucks. (iticst was under $.100
bond, charged with refusing to
aid an officer when deputized.
Talley almost bled to death., it
was reported, before he reached
the hospital. There was a long,
deep gash on his neck and the
jugular vein" Had been cut. He is
expected to recover, but his con
dition is regarded as serious.
Friday night Chief Henry ar
rested Jess Thomas and charged
him with driving a car-while in
toxicated, assault and resisting an
officer. Thomas' put up such a
fight that the chief had to call
for assistance.. He deputized Ted
Guest on the. spot, but Guest re
fused to assist. Thomas was put
under $700 bond and Guest under
$300. , y
Saturday morning Thomas start
ed to Georgia in his automobile.
Near.: Otto he collided with an
nitomobile driven by Walter
'Blaine. No otie was injured, but
both cars were" badly damaged.
Two more stills were raptured
by Sheriff Slagle and Deputy
George' Mallonce Saturday night.
The sheriff captured one near
Nantahala and Mallonee seized an
other in the Cowee section. No
arrests were made.
Chamber of .Commerce and oilier
mtorinauon agencies m' Western
North Carolina, forecasts great
popularity for the, national recrea
tion; area. Inquiries have been
received from all parts of the
United, States and from foreign
countries.
Officials of the National Park
(Continued on page six)
D. G. Stewart Injured
In Fall from Ladder
D. G. Stewart, manager of the
Western Carolina ' Telephone
company, is in Angel Brothers',
hospital suffering from a brok
en knee cap and a badly sprain
ed ankle as the result of fall
of about 20 feet from a ladder
Thursday morning. Mr. Stew
art was working on a phone
line to the second floor of J.
R. Pendergrass store on Main
street. He grasped an iron
stay sunk in the wall to climb
into a window. The stay pulled
out and Mr. Stewart plunged to
the ground. His injuries were
regarded as very serious but he
was reported at noon to be
resting as well as could be ex
pected. NIGHT FISHING
IS PROHIBITED
Game Warden Calls Pub
lic Attention To New
Local Law
. Fred Slagle, county game ward
en, has asked The Press to call
the attention of the public to a
new fishing law enacted at the re
cent session of the General As
sembly making it illegal to fish in
Macon county at night.
The game warden said that it is
not generally known that fishing
after dark is prohibited in this
county and he wanted all fisher
men to be forewarned.
The bass fishing season reopen
ed officially . today and a large
number of followers of Izak Wal
ton lost no time in getting out
their trolls and spinners. A num
ber of fishermen were reported on
the municipal lake.
Last Saturday afternoon in mag
istrate's court J. H. Carelock and
1T. Peek were found guilty of
fishing in the posted waters of
Cullasaja river. They were fined
$1 and the costs. They found in
W. R. C. Smith, Atlanta publisher,
who owns most of the fishing
rights' up the Cullasaja, a real
sportsman and the fairest prosecut
ing witness who ever took the
stand. After the hearing Mr. Smith
invited Mr. Carelock and Mr. Peck
to go fishing with him and then
offered to pay half their fines or
match coins to see whether the
defendants paid all or none. Mr.
Carelock and Mr. Peek explained
that they had been fishing m
waters owned by Mr. Peek and,
in quest of wary trout, waded too
far up stream, finding themselves
encroaching on Mr. Smith's waters.
MORE CANNING
AT HOME URGED
RALEIGH, June 10. Backed by
Governor Gardner and his Council
on Unemployment and Relief, an
other slogan has been added to the
"Livc-al-Horne" program in North
Carolina "Preserve Your Food and
Live at Home This Winter." The
carrying out of this slogan through
a 'campaign of education is made
necessary at this time, due to the
fact that farm crop prices arc al
most certain to he much lower this
coming season than last year, the
lack-of 'money in the hands of the
farmers of the entire state, and
the further fact that, in some coun
ties in the State, the-entire popu
lace , is being supported by the re
lief work of the American Red
Cross, the Federal Farm Board, the
Governors Council on Unemploy
ment and Relief, and other such
organizations.
Every state organization is co
operating in this movement, to
"sell" North Carolina on the ne
cessity of saving through canning,
preserving, drying and pickling, of
all 'vegetables, fruits and other food
crops (.'rown on the farms and gar
dens of the state from now on un
t il cold weather comes. The idea
of the "Live-at-IIome" program is
to produce more food and feed, so
that -.whatever moneys', the farmer
obtains, will be "over and above"
his food and feed Costs. The slog
an of this, past- spring, "Farm to
Make a Living in 1031," carried
with il (the. food preservation ideal,
but that ideal or plan was not
pushed & vehemently last fall or
during the winter months. Now
Governor Gardner feels that con
serving and preserving of foods
through many methods is the is
sue before the state.
HANGERS BUSY
AT HIGHLANDS
Much New Construction
Reported To Be
Under Way
MORE IS PLANNED
Two Attractive Summer
Homes Build on
Walhalla Road
Quite a number (if buildings hav
been constructed in and around
Highlands during the past few
months. Joe Webb, contractor,
whose specialty is the building of
beautiful log summer homes, has
recently finished one for Mr. I
N. Brown of Walhalla, S. C. The
building is high on a hill overlook
ing the Walhalla road.
W. M. Cleavcland has also re
ceiitly completed an attractive' sum
mer home, which conunands an ex
cellent view further down the Wal
halla road. The owner is Mr. H.
W. Barnes, of Griffin,' Ga.
Extend Water Lines
The town has extended is water
and electric systems to these buil
ings.
Contractors Fulton and Mall are
building a garage for C. J. An
derson on his lot on the corner of
'ourth street and the Dillard road
Remodels Home ' '
Col. H. (i. Robertson, who owns
the' late C. O. Smith farm on
Shortoff, has remodeled the old
esidence, making extensive im
provements. When completed it
will be one of. the most convenient
up-to-date homes in this section.
Several Alanta people contem
plate erecting summer homes later
on this season at the Highlands
Estates golf course:
RANKLIN NINE
DEFEATS POWER"
COMPANY'S TEAM
Last Saturday's baseball game be
tween Franklin and the Georgia
owcr compny team was won by
the local club 15 to 4. The g aim
was featured by the fine pitching
of Phillips, the local hurler, and
the fielding of McCollum and the
hitting of McCrarkcn.
More and more interest is being
manifested in the local ball team
and the games here are drawing
quite a number of spectators.
The club is planning to put on
minstrel or some other event
soon to. raise funds to help meet
the cost of equipment.
NEW DRINKING
FOUNTAIN TO BE
PUT ON SQUARE
The Town Board has authorized
the erection of a new drinking
fountain on the courthouse square.
There already is .. one fountain
across the street from the court
house, but it was felt . that then
was need for two, one for white
persons and another for the colored
folks.
Agricultural Students
To Go on Camping Trip
The agricultural students of the
local high school will assemble at
the court house Saturday morning
at eight o'clock for a camp
ing trip to Lake Rabun in Geor
gia. Each' boy is asked .to bring
a small portion of food and con
tribute 40 cents to defray1 expen
ses. .
Transportation will be - furnished
by a school bus leaving, the court
house Saturday morning and re
turning Sunday afternoon. While
at the camp the boys will hike,
swim, fish and go boating. The
boys will also be asked to demon
strate, their home economic ability
in Cooking. It must not be forgot
ten that each boy. shall bring his
own eating utensils and a blanket.
Highlands Of ficers Named;
Sunday Ordinance Revoked
At a meeting of the tWn board
Saturday night, J. E. Potts was
elected clerk and .manager. - Lewis
(' Rice, an A. E. F. ' 'v$fran, was
elected town marshal and and T.
B. Neeley, power house keeper
and electrician. "
A motion was passed authorizing
M
eefcing
To Form Franklin
Commerce Body
Azalea Is Beginning
To Blossom on Wayah
Flaming azaleas and also the
white scented azaleas are ex
pected to be blooming in their
full glory on Wyah Bald and
other members of the Nanta
hala family next week. Some
blossoms already are reported to
be out on the lower slopes. The
white azalea, famous or its
fragrance, grows most profuse
ly on the top 'of Wayah. This
variety is usually a few days
later than the flaming azalea.
The road to Wayah is re
ported to be in fair condition
but the forestry service has not
yet completed the grading to
Nantahala Gap. However, the
road is passable and safe.
MANY ATTEND
BIBLE SCHOOL
73 Children Enrolled in
Vacation Session at
Local Church
The community Vacation. Bible
school at the' Franklin Methodist
church started last Monday morn
ing with an enrolment of 71 chil-
Iren. The school will continue for
two weeks. In the school the chil
dren are ncing taught liinle Pas
sages, liible stories, good citizen
ship, music, handcrafts, and hero
stories, Much interest and en
thusiasm has been shown by the
children iu the school.
The following compose the per
sonnel of the school: Superinten
dent of primary department, Miss
Margaret Cozad; superintendent
of junior department, Mrs.'G. Clif
ton Krvin; music instructor. Miss
Kdwina Malryniplc; manual arts in
structors, Thomas M. Johnston and
led l-.aton ; teachers, Misses Ruth
Slagle, llaltie Slagle, Jean Porter,
Florence Stalcup, and Mrs. Robert
Mavis.. Mr. Krvin is supervisor of
the school.
All children of the community
ictwccu the ages of six and 13 arc
cordially invited to attend, the
school,
REV. MR. ELLER
TO PREACH AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Servii's will be conducted at
the Baptist church Sunday morn
ing and evening by the Rev. Eu
gent Filer, of forest ( 'it v. Ga.
Rev. Mr. Filer, who formerly was
at North Wilkcsboro, is a graduate
d Mercer university.
Mr. Ervin To Preach
To College Students
Next Sunday evening at H o'clock
the Rev. G. Clifton .Ervin 'will
preach a .special sermon to all
the returned college students'-of
Franklin; -.Every returned student
is urged to attend this "service.
The theme of Mr1. f.rvin's sermon
will be "Is Life Worth ing ?"
At II o'clock in the morning Mr,
Ervin' will preach .a Pentecost. May
sermon on the subject, "Pentecost -An
Observance, of An Experience?"
The-vested choir will render .special
music as usual.
The' Epworth League will . inei t
at 7 o'clock in the evening. A
special 'invitation is extended all
the returned college students to
attend this young people's service.
Mr. Ervin will hold the usual
se'c'.-md Sunday service at ( arson's
Chapel at three o'clock in the
afternoon.
the Highlands. Biological museum
the -use of water and electric cur
rent at the request of' Clark Fore
man, president of the.'.' museum!
The Sunday closing ordinance,
which was discussed at the regular
meeting on June 1, was repealed
after further consideration.
Is Called
Rhododendron Festival
Plans Also To Be
Discussed
ME$T ONMONDAY
Franklin Asked to Enter
Float in Parade
At Asheville
A. meeting of the business men
of Franklin and all others interest
ed will be held in the town hall
next Monday night to discuss plans
for reestablishing the Franklin
Chamber of Commerce.
Plans will also be considered at
this meeting for entering a float
representing Franklin and Macon
county iu the parade to be held as
the opening feature of the Rhodo-
lendron Festival in Asheville on
June 21. Arrangements already
have been made to have Franklin
represented in the pageant to be
held the evening- of the 21th.
Franklin has been without a
chamber of commerce since last
autumn. With the summer season
it hand and vacation visitors al
ready beginning to arrive, it is
felt that the town can ill afford to
be without some agency which can
serve as a bureau of information
ind a general agency for the im-
rovenieiit of civic . conditions.
Considerable intyrest already has
been aroused here iu the plans
for Franklin's participation in the
Rhododendron Festival. Harry E.
Gruvcr, a member ot the festival's
executive committee and chairman
(if the parade committee, was in
Franklin Thursday in the interest
of the big annual celebration.
"This will not be just an Ashe
ville ( vent," Mr. Gruver said.
"The Rhododendron l-'eslival is a
celebration for the whole of West
ern North Carolina. It is Frank
lin's festival just as much as it is
Ashcville's, Every town in the
Western part of the stale is being
asked to take part."
A meeting of those interested in
the pageant will be held at the
courthouse at K o'clock tonight.
Miss Helen Macon and Roy C.
Mady will have charge of prepar
ing the franklin group, which will
represent a pioneer episode, in the
pageant.
3 Franklin Students
Graduate at W. C. T. C.
Three franklin young people
were among those receiving .di
plomas ' at the graduation exercises
last Friday night at Western Caro
lina Techers college at Cu'lhiwhee.
They were :
Miss Ina Ilenrv, daughter of
Chief R. P. Henry" and Mrs. Hcn--ry;
Miss Helen' Jones, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Morton Jones, and
George Carpenter, 'Jr.; .son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Carpenter, who
was voted tch best all round stu
dent at the college in recent cam
pus elections.
Indiana Visitors Are
Pleased With Franklin
A group of Indiana visitors who
stopped over here. .one night last
week said this was some of the
most beautiful country through
which they had passed on a iong
autoinobilef trip. They were de
lighted with Franklin and the sec
tion in general. In the group were
Lucius Rousseau Chapin. and Miss
Hannah Lee Chapin Pettyjohn, .of
Grecncastle, Ind., and Mrs. William
E. McLean, of Terre Haute, Ind.
Whilej here they stayed at the
home of Mrs. W. II. Sellers.
Virginia Man Finds
Conditions Here Good
W. L. Andrews, secretary and
treasurer of the Shenandoah Life
Insurance company of Roanoke,
Va., was a visitor in Franklin
Wednesday night. While here he
inspected Angel Brothers' hospital.
Mr. Andrews expressed much
interest in this section. He said
he found general business con
ditions here much better than he
had expected.