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13 ESTABLISHED IN 1885 Oldeit North Carolina Newspaper Weit of Atheville 1 0: I I I I A. -W I ,1 w r PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT -.VOLUME XLVI, No, 32 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1931 $1.50 PER YEAR - 4. W F JiL ii Ji -3 DEDICATED TO MACON County And the Welfare of it Good People (OJfc ; MGYES INTO NEW COUNTY AUDIT IS UNDER WAY R. C. Birmingham, Public Accountant, Starts Check-Up IS DIFFICULT TASK Accounting To Cover County Books Since December, 1928 K. C. Birmingham, certified pub lic accountant of Charlotte, began this week the task of auditing the accounts of Macon county since the first -Monday in December, 1928. ' Mr. Birmingham said that he could not tell exactly how long it would take him to complete the job, but that it would require at least several weeks. He was em ployed by the county corrynissioners some time ago on a contract basis of $750, according to W. D. Bar nard, chairman of the commission. Audit Badly Needed It was stated in a recent report filed by Mr. Birmingham on an audit he made of the Macon coun ty school finances that the general county records were in such con dition that "it was found utterly impossible to . effect a reconcilia tion of the cash account as between the county superintendent (of schools) and the treasurer." The report also added : "For the same reason it also was found impossible. ' to " establish a statement of cash receipts and dis bursements." This, the accountant carefully pointed out, was duo to the con dition of the county's books and not to those of M. D. Billinfs, superintendent of hools. He said he found Mr. T ' s' accounts in excellent shape. Mr. Birmingham is an account ant of wide experience in county and municipal auditing. He has been employed by. the cty of Charlotte . and a number of other local gov erning bodies in this state at va rious times. . Gets Added Income By Making Rag Rugs An added income of about $400 a year in addition to the returns from her small farm of 20 acres is secured by Mrs. Minnie Tyson of Carthage, Moore county, from the sale of rag rugs made at home during spare time. ."Mrs. Tyson began making rugs when she was a child," says Mrs. Walter Ryals, home agent of Moore county. "She has made a number with very beautiful designs from time to time in. past years. The only rugs in her home were those which she had made. Last year, she began to make them for isale. One rug that she made about '21 years ago was sold to q winter resident of the Sandhills for $175, .As a usual thing, Mrs. Tyson gets ifrom $20 to $25 each for her rugs." Mrs. Kyals says this energetic 'farm woman gets woolen, cotton and silk garments which have been cast off, dyes these in an iron pot '.in. her yard, cuts them into strips :and then weaves the rags into .beautiful and intricate designs that :arc much in demand. The rues .have a base of sound tow sacks and are hemmed to i prevent any Taveling. The dyes used are the ibst obtainable and "c mixed at ' home. DE LEAST EhJJOYET JoKE Book lis! "De WORLD IS TE FAMBLY ALBUM yn mm Invitation Golf To Be Held Course August 10 to 12 A three-day invitation golf tourn ament, in which golfers from all over Western North Carolina are expected to play, will be held on the Franklin course beginning Monday, August '10. The best golfers from North Georgia, as well as from various Western North Carolina towns, will also be invited to enter the tourn ey, 'arrangements for which are being made by G. L. Houk, C. S. Brown, J. S. Conley and B. W. Johnson. Play will begin with an 18-hole qualification round at 9 o'clock in the morning of August 10, but entrants may qualify at any .time during the day. 3 Singing Conventions Scheduled for August ASKS MORE AID FOR RED CROSS An .appeal for cooperation with the Red Cross was voiced this week by Miss Elizabeth Kelly, chairman of the Macon county chapter of the national relief organization, Miss Kelly pointed out that each community in the county should have a representative on the local chapter's committee which handles all requests for aid. She also sug gested that those who refer needy persons to the Red Cross for help might also aid the organization with contributions to its support. Miss Kelly said: "You have, perhaps, heard the phrase : 'Put up, or- shut up.' That is the message I would like to send to folks who do not do any giving to the Red Cross but who do a lot of sending of needy ones for help to the ones of us who are trying to do much with little. "Our plan is to have a represen tative in each community in Macon county who will take a bit of time and trouble to the end that the real needs of their communities may be known. These representa tives compose .the Macon county Red Cross committee. This com mittee meets on Saturday afternoon before the first Monday of each month. The meeting place is the Gift Shoppe next door to Kelly's Tea Room. The time is two o'clock in the afternoon. "If your community has no rep resentative on t'.e committee we would be glad to have one volun teer to come to the meeting next Saturday. There can be no aid from the Red Cross Chapter to anyone in a community that does not have a representative on this committee. The reason is this: There is- no money for traveling expenses and none for paying workers. We must depend upon some suitable person as a commit tee member in each section of the county to tell us xwho is needing help in that section. No aid will be given until the request has been favorably passed by this committee member. "As soon as the loan closet be gins to function we will publish a list of donors and the rules of mak ing the loans. People have been generous and we hope to begin sending these things put the first of August. This meeting on next Saturday is most important to your community, if you have no part in it you can blame yourself with it." Mrs. Margaret Is Honored Mrs. Margaret Higdon celebrated her84th birthday anniversary last Sunday with a birthday dinner at the old Higdon homeplace at Hig donville. . . ' V There were 54 children, grand children and near relatives present, and a big picnic dinner was enjoy ed by all present. The children present were; Mr. JiM Higdon, of Higdonville Mr. Tourney on Franklin On Tuesday, August 11, the first round of match play will start at 9:30 a. m. The semi-finals will begin at 2 o'clock the same after noon. . Both the first round and the semi-finals will be for 18 holes. . The finals will be two 18-hole matches- on Wednesday, August 12, one sarting at 9:30 o'clock in the morning and the last round at 2 o'clock, in the afternoon. No green fees will be charged. The entrance fee. will be $2.50. " Plans are being made to enter tain the visiting golfers by Mr. Brown and Mr. Conley. It is like ly that a dance will be given at' the Scott Griffin hotel one even ing during the tourney. Dates for Quarterly and 2 Division Meets Are Announced , Three singing conventions will meet during the month of August in Macon county. . According to a notice given by Hv D. Dean, president, and Carl I). Morgan, secretary, the north ern division of the Macon Coun ty Singing Convention will meet at Cowce., Baptist church on August 8 and 9, beginning at 10 a. m. Saturday, August 8, singing by the convention wH be until 11 ..fol lowed by a talk on the power and effects of music by the Rev. G. A. Clair. After organization at 1 o'clock, class singing will proceed, and all classes are urjed to be present. Visiting classes will be recognized and welcomed. The Southern Division of the Macon County Singing convention will meet at Sugar Fork Baptist church Saturday and Sunday, Aug ust 8 and 9, according to an . an nouncement received from J. M. Holt and Austin Snyder, president and secretary, respectively, of tbi division. All singers and singng classes are urged by Messrs Holt and Snyder to attend the gather ing' and make it the best sinning convention ever held by the South eriiDivision. All persons attending are ' requested to bring well filled picnic baskets. J. M. Raby president, announces that the next quarterly singing convention will meet with . Tellico church on the f if tl Sunday in .August at 9:30 a. m. Mr. Kaby reminds the . visiting classes of a motion that was passed at Coweta requesting all to bring a lunch for the noon meal, as it is too burden some on any community to feed the multitudes that attend these conventions. Congregation of St. Agnes Plans Church Supper The congregation of St. Agnes Episcopal church will give a' sup per in honor of the Rev. and Mrs Norvin C. Duncan on the lawn of the church, on Tuesday evening, August 4, at 7 o'clock. Both young and old will attend, and will share in an enjoyable program that h being planned, with short 'Speeches and toasts, music and singing. The entertainment will be in the nature of a get-together meeting of all members of the congregation and their families. The supper, will be served by the Ldics of St. Agnes Guild. Higdon, 84, on Birthday T. B Higdon,'. of Atlanta, Ga.j Mr. Sam Higdon, of Sylva; Mrs. Den nis Higdon, of Webster; Mrs. Jane Fulton, of Gneiss, and Mrs. Eva Keener, of Higdonville. Mrs. Higdon is making her home with her son, T. B. Higdon, in Atlanta. She is the mother of Mr. W. L. Higdon, of Franklin, who wa unable to attend the din ner on account of hi illness. OIL COMPANIES BEINGPROBED D. G. Brummitt, Attorney General, Launches Inquiry COMPLAINTS FILED Illegal Combinations And Contracts Are Alleged RALEIGH, July 23. Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt this week coiiductc-' an important in vestigation into the operations of the major oil companies" operating in North Carolina. . Mr. Brummitt in recent weeks had received numerous complaints that the various companies were operating in violation of the state laws against illegal combinations. and that contracts they were mak ing with filing stat'in operators required exclusive . use of the sta tions, also coiftrary to law. So important to the people of North Carolina did Mr. Brummitt consider this matter, that he took personal charge of the investiga tion, and conducted it throughout While he emphasized that the state has iio right to set the price of any product, he pointed out that it docs have the right to protect the trade channels of the state in such a .manner that throttling of competition is eliminated. Mr. Brummitt believes however that the business men of the state who. operate small filling stations have a right to be protected from anv encroachment of their right to "sell whatsoever products they desire; and he also feels that any attempt, or what appears to be an attempt, to establish a monopoly in favor of some oil companies must be guarded against because of its eventual evil effect on Un people as a whole, who have to pay the gasoline bills. This is sonie-thing, he thinks, which is im portant to every citizen of the stair,' whether living in the cities or on the farms, because most of them drive automobiles. The various contracts of the companies were explained. It was admitted that un.'.er certain leas ing conditions competitive products are barred, but all of the com panies have alternative contracts for those filling: station operators who do not care to lease their sta tions. t ' Mr. Brummitt -will study the evi dence dining the next six weeks and will announce his decision Sep tember first. If any violation of the laws are discovered, they will be revealed, and the companies held guilty will be vigorously prosecuted in-"the interests of the people of the Estate. Ice Cream Supper To Be at Clark's Chapel An ice cream supper will be given at Clark's Chapel for the benefit of the church on Friday, July, 31. Reunion To Be Held by Rickman Family Sunday The desccndciils of the Kev. Marett Rickman will meet at the home' of R. A. Rickman on Cowee, on Sunday, August 1. It ishoped that everyone related to the Nick man family will come with a full basket. WEINER ROAST ENJOYED Quite a-, number of Highlands young people enjoyed the evening on Sunset Rocks last Thursday night. Hot dogs were roasted before a camp fire and after ward a watermelon consumed. Ruben Stripes of Waukegan, 111., charged ' .Willi."'- O'Bee of trying to bite off his nose, but O'Bee was released when he exposed a set of toothless gums. Walking 12 miles a day is the job of Peggy Davis and Phyllis Robertshaw, testers of sport shoes and boots for a shoe factory in Liverpool. F.mil Pope was arrested and fin ed $1 .-4 foot for driving his auto mobile over 500 fect of newly laid concrete on a highway near Shcr wood, Wis. ' New Directory Issued By Telephone Company Attractive new telephone directories Summer Issue, 1931 have been distributed in Franklin, Highlands, Bryson City, Sylva and Clayton by the Western Carolina Telephone company, which serves all these towns and a number of rural communities besides. The directory contains 28 pages of listings, telophone in formation and advertisements in a durable fawn-colored bristol cover. It is comparable to a large city directory. 'One of the new features is an .explana tion of long distance service on the inside back cover. The directory was compiled by G. J. Johnston, manager of the telephone company, and was printed by The Franklin Press. -y 123456 7890 $23456 456 56 HOLD BAPTIST MEETING SOON Macon County Convention To Be at Pleasant Hill August 5 The Macon County Baptist as sociation will hold its animal con vention on Wednesday, August 5, at Pleasant Hill Baptist church. Thte Kev. A. S. Sohsbee is moderator of the convention; II. I). Dean, vice moderator; R. M. Led ford, clerk; the Rev. J. K. I'cndci- grass, Historian; and I--, V. .Am nions, treasurer. v An introductory -sermon will be preached at the opening of this tyear s convention , by the Kev. J. I. Vinson. . . ' Following is a list of committee reports to be filed ; , 1. Stewardship and Enlistment J. I. Vinson. ...'. 2. Slate, Home and Foreign Mis sions U. u AlcUiy. 3. Temperance D. (i. Stewart. 4. Periodicals J. R. Peudergrass 5. .Hospitals V. T. Potts. 6. B. Y. P. U.-Johnny Rogers. 7. Sunday Schools -Paul Carpi n ter. H. Ministerial Relief -Thos. Car ter. 9. State of Churches-J. V. Raily. 10. Christian. Kducalioii i. -. Goer. . 1.1. VV. M. U.-Mrs. I.. Hi lton. . ,...,' 'Why Christians Fail' To Be Ervin's Topic Rev. G. Clifton Fr in, pastor of the Franklin Methodist church,'-will preach next Sunday -. morning on the theme, -"Why' Christians' Fail." Special music will be rendered by the choir. At the ewiiiu.' hour Mr. Frvin will -speak on tin- suh- jeet, Sour .drapes. I his will he the third of a series of talks based on the prophecy o rreiuiah. The ( hurch si hool will iiieel as usual at 9:45 a. m. l-'.v eivom: is given a cordial imitation io at tend its classes. BUILDING START.';?) -.Contractors -'Pillion ,'aud Hall' are erecting a bmual'V for Mr. anl Mrs. K: Jiilstein on the sile in Highlands of their former coita-.ic which was destroyed by fire last winter. Mr. and .Mrs. 'iih.it in. of Baltimore, for many years have been visitors here. D. S. Grant, Bryson City, Dies; Formerly of Macon Dock 'Sidney Grant, formerly a resident of the Cowcc section, died at his home in Bryson City on July 21, following an illness of many months. Mr. Grant had many relatives and friends in Ma con county who Will regret to hear of his death.. The funeral service was held on July 22, at the Baptist church in Bryson City, of which he was a member, burial being in the Bryson City cemetery. The Rev. Dr. R. L. Creel was asisted in the services by I'r'of, Phil Elliott, of Cullowhec. Mr. Grant was born in Macon county on December 3, 1872, a Now Established In Angel Building On Public Square LOWER SHOW ON SATURDAY Attractive P r i z e s Are Offered in Variety Of Classes The annual Macon County ('low er snow win lie Meiit .Saturday m the building fi ..-ily occupied by Angel's I )i tig store. Those who in tend to enter exhibits are nipicst- eii io nave Hum at the store ly '):.)() o'clock Saturday morniiur so at they can be arranged and issified. This' is especially re- ipiested in order that the judges might not. he delayed in - awarding the prizes. It is hoped this can be .completed and the show opened to the public bv noon. The judging committee will ar rive H orn As. u v ille at 11 o clock ami will he ready to proceed n 1 1 -mediately with lite selection uf the best exhibits. . ' Fveryoiie in the county who grows llowe-! is urged to enler exhibits. Wild flowers also are leipiested. There were (5 com petitors in last year's flower- show and .even a larger number is hoped tor and expected this year. The show will be sponsored by the rrankhn darden club, but anyone in the County is eligible to enter exhibits. The prizes to be awarded have been on display- in the win dow of the People's Market. There will be IK classes in this year's show, as follows : 1. - .Finest colhelion of gladioli. 2. Best and most perfect dF phimim. . 3. I'relti. st bowk of sweet peas. snap- I. Finest- lollccliou of dragons. 5. I'i'eliii si colh ction. of wild flowers. . 0. Largest varie ty of zinnias. 7. Best collection of .dahlias. i' Largest single dahlia. Finest lily ol any varh.ly. 1(1. . I'n ttiest ariety of mixed flowers eitlu r in vase, howl or basket. II. Most unusual or in-west iIowt ir. l. Besl potted .flower. .13. Tlctti'esl howl or basket of roses. . ... I I. lies) miniature- Japanese or American garden. . 15. Most allriictive miniature boil iiiel or iniiiiature 'i-ontaiier of flow rrs:' ( 1 lo. l or lite best display of flow i i s eriw noli! side of Franklin. 17. dram) sweepstake. v l.X. -.Tin-re will also n a b.-id .V table . and a child's parly table which-will be-eligible for the 'giand sweepstake. AUXILIARY REPRESENTED AT CONFERENCE owing di h gales repre-l.pi-.copal Woman's aux ij'hlauds at 1 1 . Kpiscopal at Kaiuiga Lake mar l.lie h si nted tin- I iliary o.f i rono n nci I lenders! uv ille. .'Friday : . M i s.. W. S. Davis; '"'s I'.llioil, "Miss 'Caroline- 1 1 .-ill, M iss I!. I turgin am James A. Ilines. : M rs of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grant. He moved to Bryson City Some 30 years ago,, and had made his home here since. He was well known. He married Miss Lucia Snyder, of Graham county, who, with the following children, survives: Mrs. J. B. McGuire, Burlington, Mrs. Glen Walls and Mrs. E. G. Duncan, of Hickory, Mrs, George Morrow and Miss Baulinc Grant, of Bryson City, Pearson, Maryvillc, Tenn., Thad,. Burlington, Roy, and Judd Grant, of Bryson City, two brothers, Kimzcy, of Maryvillc, and Varnel Grant, of Bryson City, also survive, " ' Transfer Is Accomplished Without Halting Operations UP-TO-DATE PLANT Office To Be Located On Main Floor, Shop In Basement The Franklin I'ress moved this week into its 'new quarters 'in the Angel building. Other occupants of the building, one of the nifist modern in West ern North Carolina, will be Angel's Drug store,; Arnold's Cafe, C. T. Maine's seed and plant store and. Jacobs' barber shop. Angel's Drug store . has already moved in and Arnold's Cafe is planning to open for business on Saturday. Difficult Task Removal of The I'ress was a dif ficult task on account of the weight of the machinery and care neces sary in its transfer and n assi iiibly. Much of the machinery had to be dismantled ai. I moved in sections. However, the change was accom plished without hailing the regular business of publishing this news paper and doing a large, volume of job printing. This was done by moving one machine at a lime and slopping the wheels of the presses and other .lachiiii s only long enough lo transfer power lines. Modern Plant In the new building The I'ress will have an office on the main floor, vvilh an entrance n the Square, and a simp in the base ment sufficient to accommodate all machinery and printing equip ment, which ntludcs : Newspaper press, two job print ing presses, liitertypc type-easting, (naihine, power saw trimmer, stere otype casting box; 'perforator,' stap-.' ler, five electric motors, type cabi nets, imposing tables, paper cutler and cabinets and numerous other fixtures ami devices. It will take "several days' for The I'ress to get settled in its new quarter!,, but we cordially in vile all of the readers of this in vv . paper to come and inspect our new plant, one of the most mod ern n. .1 besl equipped weekly newspaper and 'printing establish ments'1 in tin- stale. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. VV. R. Johnston, of I'aducah; Kentucky, announce the birth of their Soli, Hobby, Jr., on July 20. Will Rogers Picks A Story For This Spot By WILL ROGERS I GUESS they still use switches on the school kids in some parts of the world. Fve read somethinj? likn that now and then, although I'd supposed they'd stopped licking kids at school a lone time ago. Anyhow, I heard about a boy that wasn't very good in school. lie eame home terrible scared one olght and told his mother he didn't want to go back to Bchool any more. When the mother asked him what was up, he says. "Well, I dont mind getting slapped or whipped by the principal once in a while. But there was a couple of -workmen over at the school when I came home tonight, and I he d one oi them tell the teacher that they was ordered to put in an electric switch in the halL Ordinary switches don't hurt much, but I'm afraid of an electric switching, and I ain't ga in to riak it l" (Aattiou W t tuXam, taJ