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VOL. XLVI. Number 37
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1931
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TO CASES
BEFORE COURT
Half a Day Consumed
In Selection '
Of Jury
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TRIAL IS SLOW
Extension of Court Term
Into Next Week
Likely
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Hearing of the cases of W. L.
McCoy vs. J. B.' Justice et al and
W. L. McCoy vs. J. B. Justice,
administrator, et aL was begun in
Macon Superior court last Friday,
and when court recessed late Wed
nesday it appeared that it would
be at least another week before
the cases are ready to be presented
to the jury.
It took all of Friday morning to
select a jury. The plaintiff used
four peremptory challenges and the
defense counsel used two. Friday
afternoon the defense sought a
demurrer but later withdrew their
motion.
Trial Slow
The trial this far has been slow
with considerable argument over
technicalities. Only a few of the
nearly one hundred witnesses have
been called to the stand. It was
apparent Wednesday night that
it probably would be necessary for
Judge W. F. Harding, who is pre
siding over the August term of
superior court, to ask for an ex
tension of the term beyond Satur
day with a special judge appointed
to continue hearing of the cases.
This trial is an outgrowth to the
famous Hyatt-McCoy case in which
Perry Hyatt, the plaintiff, ob
tained a judgment against. W. L.
McCoy, Franklin attorney, in a
coinage suit for alienation of his
(Hyatt's) wife's affections. Hyatt
died while an appeal was pending
before the North Carolina supreme
court and J. B. Justice was named
his administrator. The judgment
has been sustained but has never
been executed, McCoy having ob
tained an injunction to prevent its
enforcement.
Defendants Listed
Now McCoy is seeking $85,000
alleged damages from the estate
of Ferry Hyatt, from J. B. Justice,
from Anna Hyatt, widow of Perry
Hyatt; from various brothers and
sisters of Perry Hyatt and also
from George Patton, Judge T. D.
Bryson, C. G Poindexter, attorneys
for Hyatt, and from the estate of
A. W. Horn, another attorney re
tained by Hyatt. McCoy charges
i a conspiracy to ruin his business
and a designed plan of defaming
his character. .
'OUR SUBSTITUTE
LIVES' ERVIN'S
SERMON SUBJECT
The Rev, G. Clifton Ervin will
preach next Sunday morning at the
Methodist church on the theme,
"Our Substitute Lives." Special
music will be rendered by the
choir. At the evening hour he
will preach on the subject, "The
Blessings of Work."
. The Epworth League will hold
its first regular devotional meeting
of the fall months at 7:00 o'clock
in the evening. Miss Jean Porter
will have charge of the program.
All the members of the League
and other young people who would
like to attend are urged to be
present for this service.
The church school will meet as
usual at 9:45 a. m. Classes for
every age group are conducted in
the school.
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Rev. E. R. Eller Arrives
To Assume. Pastorate of
Franldin Baptist Church
The Rev. E. R. Eller, formerly
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Fort Gaines, Ga., arrived in
Franklin Tuesday to become pas
tor of the Franklin Paptist church.
Rev. Mr. Eller preached here
several months ago and shortly
afterwards was extended a call to
this pastorate, vacant since the
Rev. Dr. W. E. Abernethy left
here last spring.
Regular services, both morning
and evening, will be conducted at
the Baptist church next Sunday by
Mr. Eller. The Sunday school and
B. Y. P. U. will meet as usual.
Mr. Eller served the Fort Gaines
church for two years. Prior to
Judge Willis Honored
On His 75th Birthday
"The Young Man of the Ter
race," otherwise known as Judge
J. B. Willis, celebrated his 75th
birthday Friday, August 28, at
the Willi camp at the foot of
Wayah Bald. A dinner was giv
en in honor of the Judge with
20 guests present, among them
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Norris, of
Atlanta. Mr. Norris is the man
ufacturer of the famous Norris
candies. Judge Willis, who has
difficulty in convincing his
friends that he actually is 75
years old, was the spriest per
son at the dinner.
SEMTOFOR
STARTING FIRE
Temple Tallent Found
Guilty of Setting Fire
To Woods
An anti-climax of the large num
ber of fires that occurred last
spring in this county was enacted
in the courthouse last Thursday.
Temple Tallent, a Burningtown
boy, was accused by Ranger Don
Young of setting' a fire that burn
ed in his section last February.
After evidence offered by the For
est Service was heard, the defend
ant pleaded guilty, with a request
for leniency. But Judge Harding
realized the damage fire does to
the woods and that fire prevention
is every citizens duty.
Despite the fact that Tallent had
served 30 days in the Macon coun
ty jail before the trial, the culprit
was sentenced to 30 days more on
the roads, the maximum penalty
for the misdemeanor to which' he
pleaded guilty. The judge express
ed regret that the penalty was not
six months on the roads so he
could send the defendant up for a
longer term.
JUDGE HARDING
MAKES ADDRESS
TO ROTARY CLUB
Tudce W. F. Harding, of Char-
lotte, who is presiding over the
August term of Macon county su
oenor court, was a speaker Ihurs
day at the weekly luncheon of the
Franklin Rotary club.
Tudce Harding deplored the ma-
terialistic trend of modern thou eh t
and called for closer devotion to
the deeper qualities of life.
"The main purpose of life, he
said, "is to grow a soul not to
amass fortunes, build fine houses
and big banks. These are merely
the incidents of life. What we
need is to develop finer social mor
al, intellectual, religious and busi
ness impulses."
R. V. Sisk Gets Large
R. V. Sisk, son of R. D. Sisk,
of Franklini has been awarded a
contract for the construction of a
$100,000 cold storage plant in Char
lotte, according to a report which
recently appeared in the Charlotte
Observer.
Young Mr. Sisk, an engineer by
profession, has many friends in
Franklin, his former home.
The cold storage plant will be
erected for the Piedmont Cold
Storage Corporation, which oper
ates a number of cold storage
warehouse! throughout the south.
Tht building to bl thrct , stories
that he was supply pastor for sev
erral months at Pellham, Ga., fol
lowing his graduation from Mercer
university in the spring of 1929.
The new Baptist minister is a
young man of attractive personal
ity and is a native of this state,
having been born at North Wilkes
boro. For several years before
attending Mercer university he was
in the automobile business there.
He was married last December at
Fort Gaines. His wife was a
member of the public schools fac
ulty there for five years.
Mr. and Mrs. Eller will make
their home in the Baptist parson
age. MANY PRESENT
AT DEDICATION
Biological Research Cen-
- ter Is Opened At
i Highlands
Bumham Standish Colburn, of
Biltmore Forest, was elected presi
dent of the corporation of the
Highlands Museum and Biological
laboratory at a meeting in High
lands Saturday afternoon shortly
before the ceremonies attending the
dedication of the new laboratory
named in honor of the late Sam
T. Weyman.
Other officers elected Saturday
are: W. C. Coker, professor of bot
any, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, vice president; Robert
L Foreman, of Atlanta, Ga., treas
urer, and Miss Albcrtina Staub, of
Highlands, secretary.
The old officers are Dr. I. F.
Lewis, of the University of Vir
ginia, president;. Mr. Colburn, vice
president, and Miss Staub, secretary-treasurer.
New Directors
Two new members were added
to .the board of directors: R. L.
Foreman, Atlanta, and Oscar de
Lima, of New York.
Four life members were elected :
Mrs. Edith Johnson, librarian of
Berry school, Rome, Ga.; Tucker
and Howell, architects, of Atlanta,
Ga. ; Oscar Sonorov, of Philadel
phia; and Frank B. Cook, of High
lands. '
The purpose of the Highlands
museum and Biological laboratory
is to carry on research work in
the biological sciences, this region
being considered admirably fitted
for such studies. A number of the
leading universities in the south
are institutional members.
200 At Dedication
Around 200 persons attended the
dedication exercises which were
held in the main lobby of the re
cently completed Weyman Memo
rial laboratory. Mr. Colburn, who
presided, introduced Clark Fore
man, of Atlanta, who thanked all
those who had a part in making
the building possible. Daniel Nes
bit Evins, of Atlanta, a . close
friend of Sam X Weyman, de
livered an address on the life and
work of Weyman. He said that
Weyman was born in 1861 on a
ranch near San Antonio,, Texas,
and died in November, 1928, as
result of an accident near Atlanta.
He stated Weyman was a lovable
personality, and had a remarkable
capacity for making and retaining
friends. The speaker described
Weyman as a great lover of na
ture.
1 he laboratory was named in
honor of Weyman .upon the sug
gestion of Clark Williams, of New
York, who gave $1,000 for the erec-
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Contract in Charlotte
in height and of face brick and
steel construction, will be large
enough to store the" capacity of
75 freight cars.
One of the features of the plant
will be what Mr. Sisk described as
the most modern fur storage .vault
in the south. It will be absolutely
safe from every standpoint, he
says, and will be something that
department stores and fur mer
chants of the section have wanted
for a long time.
It will be equipped for storing
cheese, eggs, meats, fruits and pro
duce of all kinds, according to Mr
Silk.
DEATHCLALIS
AGEDpiSTER
Rev. J. B. Stalcup Dies
After Extended
Illness
FUNERAL HELD HERE
Entered Ministry After
Winning Reputation
As Millwright
Funeral services for the Rev.
Jesse Bryson Stalc'up, 71, vvliu died
last Wednesday afternoon about
4 o'clock at his residence on lolla
street, were held Thursday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock at the Bap
tist church.
The Rev. R. P. McCrackcti, pas
tor of the Clyde Baptist church and
a co-worker in the ministry with
the deceased, conducted the ser
vice, assisted by the Ucv. J. A.
Flanagan, pastor of the Presby
terian church, the Rev. G. Clifton
Ervin, pastor of the Franklin
Methodist church and Rev. Mr.
Sprinkles, of Weaverville. Inter
ment was in the local cemetery.
Ill 10 Year
Mr. Stalcup had been in delicate
health for the past 10 years, hav
ing had two severe illnesses. His
condition became critical about six
weeks ago. Although his suffering
was very severe most of the time
through all these years, he bore it
very patiently, and always greeted
his friends with a smile and a word
of welcome.
In early life Rev. Mr. Stalcup
was a noted millwright, mechanic
and carpenter. He installed roller
mills in most of the states east of
the Mississippi.
The deceased professed faith in
Christ in early life and united with
the Baptist church. He gave up
his former career toward middle
years and became a minister of the
gospel, devoting the remainder of
his life to the service of his Mas
ter. He was a member of the
Junior Order and also was a Mas
on. He was buried with Masonic
honors.
Survivor
Mr. Stalcup is survived by his
widow, who was formerly, Miss
Rufus Alice Kelly and seven chil
dren: Mrs. J. T. Russell, of Wayn-
csville; Mrs. Harry Crerar, of Vic
tor, Mont.; Mrs. Frank Jones, of
Akron, Ohio; Mr. George Stalcup,
Mrs. Fred Oliver, Mrs. Paul West,
and Mrs. Harry Shepherd, all of
Franklin.
The out-of-town relatives and
friends here to attend the funeral
were: Mr. and Mrs, Clark Kelly,
of Jacksonville, Fla. ; Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Kelly and family, of Hayes:
villc ; Mrs. Mary Allen and Mrs.
Ira Allen, of Ilazclwood; Mrs. llel
en Gountz, Mrs. Raymond Wilson
and Messrs S. Carver, I). Under
wood and Leon Underwood, of
Waynesville, and Mrs. S. E. King,
of Murphy.
J. E. Holcombe of Columbus
county inquired of his county agent
how to grow 50 bushels of corn an
acre. He says he will reach tin
mark from present indications.
More than 400 cans of peaches
have been saved at the Moore
county home farm in. following the
live-at-home plan suggested by
County Agent E. II. Garrison.
Will Rogers Picks
A Story For
This Spot
By WILL ROGERS
"THERE was a fellow at a law
yer's office complaining that h
felt awful low. He wan one of th
lawyer's customers, so the lawye:
listened to him.
"Why, 'Mr. Wisfi. that ain't no
thing but depression," says .the
lawyer. I was that way last week
I got the best little old remedy in
the world for it I went right home
and pretended I was sick and got
my wife all excited about my
health, and she petted me and kiss
ed me and put an ice bag on mv
head and fussed over me, and I felt
fine. Just the best kind of treat
ment for us babies that think we're
grown up."
"By golly, you're right, I think "
says the customer. "I'll try it.
Where can I find your wife this
XMmoo&T"
Plan Home-Coming Day
At Liberty on Sunday
Old folks - home-coming day
will be celebrated Sunday, Sep
tember 6, at Liberty Baptist
church at the head of Co wee, it
was announced this week by R.
R. Rickman and W. H. Dalton,
chairman and secretary, respect
ively, of the organization' which
puts, on this rally the first Sun
day in September each year.
All the residents of the Liber
ty community, present and form
er members of the Liberty Bap
tist church, their relatives and
friends are urged to attend the
gathering and each is requested
to bring a well filled picnic
basket.
An appropriate program in
cluding singing, speaking and
preaching, will be provided.
A large attendance is expected.
LOCAL SCHOOLS
STARTHONDAY
List of Faculties for
Ensuing Session
Made Public
The Franklin high school
and
for
elementary school will open
the 19.11-32 session Monday morning-
There will be four new teachers
n the high school Miss Gillian,
Miss McKimnions, Mr. Tiiumons,
and Miss Purch, who previously
has taught here for seven yeays
but was not a teacher here last
year. I
In the elementary school there
.Hi i
win De six new teacners Airs.
Hunter, Miss Moody, Miss Beth
Cabe, Mrs. Eaton, Miss March
and Miss Rogers, who also has
taught here previously but was not
on the faculty last year.
Following is a full list of the fac
ulties of both the elementary and
high schools:
High school Principal, G. L.
llouk; Miss Wyatt, Miss Gillati;
Miss Mckinnnoii, Mr. Tiiumons;
Miss Beam, Mrs. Macon; Mrs.
Franks, Mr. 'Carpenter; Miss Burch,
Mr. Mcacham.
Elementary school Mrs. Hudson,
Mrs. Hunter.; Miss Moody, Miss
Young; Miss Calloway, Miss Belli
Cabe; Mrs. Eaton, Miss Rogers;
Mrs. Williams, Miss March.
Washington Portraits
To Be Given Schools
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. -Announcement
was made today by
Congressman Zcbulon Weaver that
every schoolroom of every school
in his district will, within a few
weeks after the opening of the
new school term, receive a beauti
ful portrait-mster of George Wash
ington, executed in colors.
The portrait to be used in these
posters is a reproduction of the
famous Gilbert Stuart Athenaeum
painting ami will be 22 inches hy
2K inches in size.--. This poster was
selected after a good ileal of
study, and is considered the finest
example of poster making avail
able. The poster-pictures featuring
George Washington are Wing dis
tributed by Congressman Weaver
in cooperation with the United States
George -Washington Bicentennial
Commission of Washington, IJ. C.
in order to stimulate interest
among the thousands, of school
children of his district in the com
ing nine-months celebration of the
Two Hundredth Anniversary of the
Birth of the Father of Our Coun
try. Late -summer or early fall is the
best time to seed new lawns or
renovate old ones. Annual weeds
and hot, dry weather are likely to
injure lawns seeded in. the spring.
Freight Rate Gut Saves
Gasoline Users $5,000
Automobile owners and gasoline
users of Macon county will be
saved approximately $5,000' a year
through a reduction of half a cent
in freight rates on gasoline ob
tained from the Talullah Falls Rail
way company, according to J. S.
Conley, local distributor of Stand
ard Oil products.
Though not generally known, the
reduction has been in effect for
the past month. It was obtained
by Mr. Conley and J. R. Lathan, of
Waynesville, district representative
of the Standard Oil company, after
Governor
M
illion
Annually To Par
Chief Executive Estimates Smoky Mountain Project
Income of Western Counties $25,000,000
To $50,000,000 Yearly
SPEAKS AT BANQUET
ATTENDED BY
Urges All Communities in
To Cooperate; Pledges States Aid in
Improving Highway Approaches
Speaking before more than 400 business leaders and public officials
from all over Western North Carolina at a banquet in. Ashcville last
Friday night, -Governor Gardner described in glowing terms what the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park would mean for the state,
especially the western section. He predicted that when the park is
formally opened to the public it will attract a million visitors annually
and add from 25 to g() millions dollars a year to the income of the
IK western counties. . .
REPORT FILED
BY GRAND JURY
County Institutions Are
Found To Be Well
Managed
Following is a copy of the. grand
jurys report submitted to Judge
W F. Harding, presiding over
Macon superior court, last week
by Zeb Angel, foreman :
"We, the Grand Jury of the
ugust Term, 1931, of the Macon
County Superior Court submit the
following report:
"We have considered all bills
sent before us, , passed on same
and nave t il lie r marked tliem as
True Bills or not True Bills, ex
cept in -I cases, on which we were
not able to locate witnesses. These
4 cases, have been marked con
tinued for lack of evidence.
"We divided into committees and
inspected the county home for the
poor, the jail, the courthouse and
the offices therein.
"We find the county home for
the poot to be kept as comfortable
as possible in the present -building
and that the kerper, K. L. Hall, is
conscientious ami reliable.
"We find the jail to be in sani
tary condition and the jailor to be
doing his duty in protecting the
probity and interests of this coun
ty and to be treating the prisoners
in a humane manner. We recom
mend that sinks be installed in the
jail, also an old frame building
within a few feet of the jail con
stituting a fire hazard be removed.
"The ladies' and gentlemen's toil
ets are in a very unsanitary con
dition and we recommend that
some steps be taken to remedy
this condition.
"We find the offices in the
courthouse to be in good condition.
"We find no minors without gen
eral or, testamentary' guardians,
"Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) "Zeb Angel, Foreman."
Charlotte Newspaperman
Visiting Parents Here
Haywood Trotter, a number of
leportorial staff of the Charlotte
Observer ,is -spending his vacation
in I'raiiklin . visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. John Trotter.
Mr Trolier is a newspaper man
of; wide experience. His . position
with t hi'- Charlotte Observer is
that of reporting political and court
news in the Mecklenburg city.
a series of negotiations with of
ficials of the T. F. and with the
Interstate Commerce Commission
in Washington.
Some of the gasoline and oil
distributors ship to Franklin by
truck, instead of by freight, but
the reduction in freight rates has
brought about lower prices on the
gasoline of other companies besides
that distributed by the Standard
Oil stations in this territory. Mr.
Conley said that Standard Oil had
given the full benefit of the lower
freight rates to the consumers.
Predict
Visitor
s
IN ASHEVILLE
400 BUSINESS LEADERS
Western North Carolina
In addition to the governor, D.
Hiden Ramsey, general manager of
the Ashcville Citizen-Times, . also
spoke, calling for cooperation of
all the western counties in the vast
project of entertaining the throngs
of people expected to visit the
park. Harry Matthews, president
of the Ashcville Merchants Asso
ciation, which sponsored the ban
quet, acted as toastmaster.
More than 1,(XX),000 people will
visit the Great Smokies park an- .
nually, and it will be a tremendous
task for North Carolina to enter
tain them, the governor said. This
estimate of the number of visitors
is based on the fact that there are
80,000,000 people within three days
automobile drive of the park, and .
the large number of visitors at the
national parks in the western
states which arc much less acces
sible to the great centers of popula
tion. .
Support Of State
The governor pledged the full
support of the state to the efforts
of Western North Carolina to
make the Carolina entrance to the
park attractive to tourists.
Specifically, he promised that the
Ml I. 'I I I
siaic win oiiud paved roads lean
ing to teh entrances of the park,1
and will make it as easy as pos
sible for tourists to reach the park
through North Carolina.
"This is a pledge that I cannot
finish carrying out during my ad
ministration," Governor Gardner
said, "but it is a pledge that no
governor who succeeds me, no
matter who he is, could break or
would wish to break."
Industrial Development
Turning aside for a moment. from
the attractiveness of the tourist
business prospects of this section,
which he said would at least double
the atrnual income of the 18 coun
ties of Western North Carolina, the
governor revealed that great in
dustrial progress is also coming.
"Mr. Thorpe, (J. E. S. Thorpe,
of the Mellon-controlled Nanta
hala Power company), is planning
to build a darn in these mountains
that will contain mo-e cement and
rock than all the p i. ed roads in
Vorth Carolina," the Governor
said.
"More than 1,000.000 people an
nually, one-third of the population
of L'orth Carolina, will visit the
park. If they spend $50 apiece,
that will mean $50,000,000 spent in
this section. To be even more con
servative, if they spend $25 apiece,
that will mean $25,000,000 addition
al income for Western North Caro
lina ,
"Fifty million dollars is as much
as North Carolina receives annual
ly for her cotton crop. And I
wouil rather pick a tourist than
pick cotton," 'the governor said as
the audience broke into applause
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and laughter.
Solid Progreu
Not content with speaking about -the
prosperity that the park would
bring, the governor discussed gen
eral economic conditions, and ex
pressed the opinion that the solid
progress which is the immediate
prospect for this section is infinite
ly preferable to the hysteria of the
boom days of five years ago.
The governor praised the virtues
of hard work, and said that chil
dren reared in the present 'times,
when they know that they . will
have to work, are infinitely better,
off than those reared in the boom
days. He said he spoke as a
father who knew of the problems
which parents who were trying to
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