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VOL. XLV1, No. 41
FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1231
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LAUDS SCHOOL
AT RABUN GAP
Near East Worker Visits
Farm ScEools in
South
GREATLY IMPRESSED
Plans To Use Similar
Education Methods
In Near East
NEW YORK CITY. Sept. 30.
Ilarold B. Allen, educational direc
tor of the Near East Foundation,
sailed on the Saturnia last Friday
after completing a survey of south
ern farm and folk schools, prepara
tory tu establishing similar schools
in Bulgaria and Syria.
"1 have found people in this
country solving the problems which
face us in the Near East," Mr.
Allen said in speaking of his trip
through southern United States.
"Much that has been accomplished
at the Campbell Folk School for
mountain people at Brasstown, in
Clay county, North Carolina, we
can accomplish in our folk school
at Pordim, Bulgaria, and the prob
lems which have been encountered
and largely solved at the Rabun
Gap-Nacoochee school in Rabun
county, Georgia, are similar to
those that face us in establishing
demonstration farms in Syria.
"The Syrian government has ask
ed the Near East . Foundation to
establish a demonstration farm in
connection with Beirut University.,
il is our policy always to accede
to the demands of the countries
where we are working, bfit it pre
sented a serious problem. Model
farms do not pay; they have never
been made to pay when merely
running as demonstration farms
and for this reason ' the greatest
factor, confidence, is lost.
"In. attend ting to find a solution
we hit upon the realization that
Syria' is still a feudal country and
if we could establish ourselves as
a benevolent manor lord with fif
teen "families for tenants, sharing
tin- crops with them and using
modern machinery on a community
basis we could show a material
profit that would give our plans
;i receptive audience.
"I discovered through our .re
search bureau that the Rabun Gap
K'acoochee school in Georgia was
operating on this principal and in
my few months stay here Iwent
down . there and foundf a remark
able institution. Each separate
faun is an educational foundation;
each home is a school dormitory;
each man, woman, and child is a
student. Iy;ciy branch of . farm
an 1 community' life is taken up.
Each unit is taken over by a
vingle family on a yearly contract
and must work' with every branch
of the educational program if their
contract is to be renewed.
"This is something that we can
tnsily adapt to Syria as it is in
keeping with their national customs
and ideals.. Feudalism is a social
fact in Syria and by recognizing it
we can accomplish our purpose in
the -only way that it could prove
successful."
Mr. Allen' spoke of another phase
of American education which will
be adaptable to the Near East
"We have recently taken over t
folk school in Pordim, Bulgaria ai
the request of the people of 'thirty
communities. We were afraid ot
destroying the intangible spiritual
values of "a folk school by ex
perimenting, but in Brasstown, N.
("., I spent some time at the Camp
bell Folk school'' and' studied how
they have instilled the social ami
cultural value of education, yet re
taining the beauty indigenous to
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T' At N'T NOU&E
f TALKIN THIS rVOf-LT
I OWES EVERV GAL 1
'Best Soldier' in Army
From Swain County; Has
Many Relatives in Macon
Sergeant David Mallonee, of Al
mond, Swain county, better known
to his friends as "Spike," has been
designated as the best- soldier in
the United States Army by Major
General Summerall.
Sergeant Mallonee is well known
in Macon county, where he has a
number of relatives. He is a neph
ew of W. S. Allen, Mrs. J. L.
Bryson and Mrs. W. J. Jenkins,
of West's Mill, and is also closely
related to the Mallonees and sev
eral other families of this county.
A recent article in The San
Francisco Call-Bulletin says:
"The best soldier in Uncle Sam's
entire army, and we mean posi
tively the best, is Sergeant David
W. Mallonee, of Battery E. Fort
Winfield Scott.
"And the authority for this?
"None other than Majof General
Summerall, U. S. A., himself rated
one of the best soldiers the U. S.
Army ever had.
With Forage Plentiful
Butterfat Is Profitable
I7ALDR00P GETS
SLAGLFS JOB
Appointed County Game
Warden; Slagle
Promoted
C. A. Waldroop of Route 1 has
been appointed' game fish and forest
warden for Macon county by the
State Department of Conservation
and Development.
Mr. Waldroop succeeds Fred Sla
gle . who recently was promoted
to be assistant to W. K. Beichler,
of Ashevill , who has supervision
over the watne, fish and forest
wardens in 18 Western North
Carolina counties.
DEATH CLAIMS
IRS. M'PHERSON
Funeral servicer, for Mrs. Birdie
Garland McPhrsoii, 36, who died
a her home near Prentiss Sunday
night, Sept. 21, were held at the
Morrison Presbyterian church Mon
day by the Rev J. A. Flanagan,
pastor. Interim? if t was in the Rush
iiieicry.
The .. deceased joiiled the First
Baptist church in Tocc.a, Ga., in
eaily life and was a devoted Chris'
tian. Mrs. McPherson v i, formerly
Miss Birdie Garland, of T.occoa,
Ga.. daughter of the late Noah Gar
land', and was married to Mr. John
j-McPhervon, of Premiss, July 4,
1920. She is. survived by her hus
band and four children; her moth
er. Mrs, N. L. Garl.md; three
brothers, Grady, N. T.. and Robert
Garland, of Toccoa, Ga.: and four
sisters, Mrs. G. M. Clodbetler and
Mrs. Warren Martin, of 'Toccoa,
Ga., Mrs.v James P. Ducket t, of
Vinings, Ga., and Mrs. Elmer Free
man, of Martin, besides a host oi
relatives 'and friends. She was
kind and anectionate companion
and a loving mother, and will be
reatly missed in her community
Rev. N. C. Duncan To
Hold Mission in Murphy
The Rev. Norvin C Duncan, rec
tor of St. Agnes Episcopal church,
Franklin, and the Church of the
Incarnation, Highlands, will conduct
a preaching mission at the Church
of the Messiah in Murphy next
week, beginning Monday. ' .
Football Season Opens
With Franklin vs. Sylva
Franklin
team was
high school's, footballer part of September made pne-
scheduled to play its
first game of the season Thursday
afternoon with the Sylva high
school eleven, on the river bottoms
near the Franklin Mineral Products
i ompany. ,
The local team was reported
Wednesday to ' be in good condi
tion despite the fact that unseason-
J ably hot weather during the great-
"Sergeant Mallonee 'Spike Mal
lonee has been in the services for
20 years and he has served every
where except in France, which
must remain one of the anomalies
of the doughboy saga.
"Sergeant Mallonee is a shy chap
who doesn't even swear at a buck
private with four feet, won't pose
with a girl and thinks Summerall
is pretty good himself. Sergeant
Mallonee is reserved with his syl
lables. "The major general had Sergeant
Mallonee as his orderly a year ago
and has -seen a lot of soldiers, in
his time.
"Sergeant David Mallonee of the
Sixth Coast Artillery Corps, is the
best looking and most efficient sol
dier in the Presidio."
Sergeant Mallonee is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Mallonee, of
Swain county. He was born July
7, 1893. At the age of 18 he en
tercd the U. S. Army, and has
served in it for 20 years.
Selling Feed Stuffs
Through Cows
Is Urged
Fourteen dollars worth of farm-
grown feed fed to good average
cows will produce $28 worth of
butterfat at present prices and will
leave $5.60 worth of skimmilk on
the farm to say nothing of the
manure.
"At the present prices for but
terfat, the man who has produced
a surplus of forage and other dairy
feed can sell this feed through
cows for a fairly good, return for
his labor," says A. C. Kimrey,
dairy extension specialist at State
college. "The relation between the
farm price of dairy feeds and but
terfat is favorable now and bids
fair to remain so through the com
in winter. Records kept on pres
ent market conditions show that
if $14 worth of. feed is fed to
good average cows, it will produce
100 pounds of butterfat. When
sold for buttermaking purposes, this
fat is worth $18. In addition there
will be left on the farm about
1,600 pounds of skimmilk worth 35
cents a hundred pounds. This is
excellent for feeding to poultry or
hogs and when so fed has a value
of $5.60.':
In addition to . these values, 75
per cent of the plant, food in the
feedstuffs will go back to the farm
in the form of manure and thus
cut down the fertilizer bill, says
Mr. Kimrey.
The return from selling feed
stuffs through cows does not sug
gest that any one will get rich
from the project, cautions Mr.
Kimrey, but he does suggest that a
better price will be received for
the grains ami"" hay than if the
same material is sold in the raw
state. ' In addition, there is the
advantage of a steady income each
month from the sale of cream.
Macon Preacher Holds
Revival in Tennessee
The Rev. T. J. Tilson, of Shook -ville,
this county, recently closed
a very successful revival meeting
at Marshall Grove church, near
pigeon Forge, Tcnn., according to
a letter received ' by The Press
from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robin
son and other members of the
Marshall Grove congregation.
"We had a goud attendan e,"
the letter said, "everyone sect :ed
spiritually interested."
"Rev. Tilson won the friendship
of all the -community.' We v. re
all sorry to have him leave. Ve
wish him - great success in his
great work for . God and pray iod
to add his richest blessings to. h' !.'
ticing difficult. The . boys are ex
pected "to have a good team this
year.
A schedule of eight games, four
I to be played in Franklin and four
away from here, is being wot ked
up but has not been announced in
full. The next game, however, is
expected to be with Andrews on
Friday, vet. V, at Anarewi.
J. M. Williams Has
Bread 47 Years Old
J. M. Williams, of Franklin,
has a piece of bread which he
claims is over 47 years old.
"When I was only a lad in
my teens," Mr. Williams ex
plained, "I packed my grip and
left Asheville, N. C, for Green
land, Colorado. In my grip I
carried a lunch prepared espec
ially for my trip by a friend
whom I loved and cherished.
From this lunch I have saved
a small portion of a loaf of
wheat bread which I have in
my possession."
It was on May 11, 1884, Mr.
.Williams said, that he started
out for Colorado. The . small
piece of bread which ha has
been saving since is. now hard
as a rock but it is unmistake
ably a piece of home baked
light bread.
BAPTISTS PLAN
DM
ilUVL.ll
Every -Member Financial
Program 'Outlined
By Eller
The promotion committee of the
Macon Baptist association held its
first meeting in the First Baptist
church, Franklin, last Sunday after
noon. The next meeting will be
held on the afternoon of the sec
ond Sunday in October, when it is
planned to have a speaker from
Raleigh to address the gathering.
The Rev. Eugene Eller, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Frank
lin and chairman of the Macon as
sociation, urges that all pastors and
the committees from every church
in the association attend the meet
ing to be held in October.
"Southern Baptists," Mr. Eller
said, "are now launching into the
most stupendous financial move
ment of their history in an effort
to enlist every church and member
in the Southland in systematic
giving to the support of Christ's
great kingdom. It is a tremen
dous task but with faith in God
and hard work victory is sure to
come. This plan will succeed first
of all because it is scriptural. It
is the plan of the New Testament
that every member give Tegularly to
the support of the Gospel. In this
plan the widow's mite, and the rich
man's millions have the same recog
nition in Christ's sight. It is reg
ular fatihful giving that counts.
As chairman for the Macon as
sociation I am p' -r.Jing with every
member of every church and every
Christian to be much in prayer
that God will lead us in a great
way and help the Macon associa
tion tp come over the top with
victory. When thinking of making
our pledges let us not forget to
divide the gift between local work
and missionary gifts. Our great
missionary work is suffering and
unless we come to its rescue it will
suffer still 'more. No church, in
dividual, or association will long
prosper unless they do support the
great missionary movement for the
spread of the Gospel in all the
world. We cannot live to ourselves
alone. The fountain that takes in
and does, not give out will cease
to be useful. Let. us one and all
rally as never before to the sup
port of our organized Baptist work
and let us pray for God's leader
ship."
PORTERS HOLD
FIRST REUNION
. The Porter family of Macon
county held its first reunion at tl-e
home of Mr. T. W. Porter Sunday
Sept. 27, with about 30 relatives
and friends present.
This reunion was in honor of
Mrs. Steve Porter, Sr., of Ashe
ville.
A very bounteous dinner was
served in the dining room.
The out-of-town guests were
Mrs. Steve Porter, Sr., of Ashe
ville; lr. and Mrs. R. M. Wal
droop, of Bruson City, Mr. and
Mrs! WTS. Davis and , Mr. Chester
Steele, of Highlands.
Rummage Sale Planned
By Presbyterian Ladies
A rummage sale is being planned
by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Franklin Presbyterian church for
Saturday, Oct. 10. A variety of ar
tides will be offered for sale, in
cluding food, and clothing. The
place of the sale will be announced
at a later date.
DIP MfllfTMrMT
SCHOOL FAIR
IS SCHEDULED
Agriculture Students To
Display Products
October 10
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Home Economics Pupils
Also To Take Part
In Event
The vocational agriculture class
and the home" economics depart
ment of the Franklin high school
will hold an exhibition of the prod
ucts of their past year's projests
at the school on Saturday, Oct.
10, it was announced yesterday by
Earl Meachain, instructor of the
agriculture class.
The exhibition will be open to
the public from 10 a. m. to 4 p
m. It is planned to bring out-of-town
judges here to award prizes
in the various exhibits.
"This will be the first of a se
ries of annual fairs sponsored by
the vocational class and much in
terest has been shown among the
boys," Mr. Meacham said.
."The main, (impose of this fair
will be to show products of qual
ity rather than ;.iantity, and the
entrants will be limited to voca
tional students. All displays must
have been raised and prepared for
exhibition by students of either the
agricultural class or the home ec
onomics class. There arc 28 boys
in the second year agricultural
class and each boy has at least
one product to show while others
have several. Besides, there is ex
pected to be a number of entries
made by the 32 students enrolled
in the first year agricultural class.
Following is a list of the differ
ent departments of the fair to
gether with the boy who will have
charge of each:
Field crops, George Stewart.
Horticulture, Wiley Waldroop.
Swine, Sexton Vinson. 1
Dairy calves, Henry Mashburn.
Education, Horace Mann.
General farm exhibit, Carlos
Rogers.
Garden products, Robert Sanders.
Sheep, Don' Henderson.
Home economics, Miss Beam.
The exhibits will be, for the most
part, in the school auditorium but
the livestock display, of course, will
be held outdoors on the school
grounds.
Aside from the agriculture dis
play the home economics depart
ment will put on an interesting ex
hibit of canned goods. This depart
ment will show work done by the
girls at home as well .as at schoc I.
A list of prizes to be awarded
in the various exhibit classes will
be published in next week's issue
of TJie Franklin Press.
PRIZES TO BE
GIVEN AWAY BY
MACON THEATRE
Merchant's Night will be held
Thursday night at the Macon
theatre Various prizes put up by
Franklin merchants will be given
away at this show. Harley Lyle,
proprietor of the theatre, is plan
ning to hold a Merchants' Night
once each month, when he will
show motion pictures -of a charac
ter-to interest the Whole family.
James M. Gray Moves
His Office in Raleigh
An announcement has been re
ceived from James M. Gray, state
educational manager for the Chil
ean Nitrate Educational Bureau,
Inc., of, a change in address of
the bureau's Raleigh office from
403 Professional building to 910
Capital building! Mr. Gray is
the owner of Graystone farm in
the Cullasaja valley, near Frank
lin. ' '
Plan Special Services
At Presbyterian Church
Special services will be held in
the Franklin Presbyterian church
beginning next Sunday morning to
continue through Sunday, October
11. The pastor will preach at
the morning and evening services.
The Rev. F. Ray Riddle, pastor of
the Shandon Presbyterian church,
Columbia, 5. C, will arrive on
Monday to conduct the services
through the rest of the week. Ser
vice will be held each evening
only it 7;30 o'clock begi&ainl with
Road Commission
Undecided Where
To Move Bridge
RED CROSS TO
MEET SATURDAY
School Teachers Urged
To Attend by Miss
Kelly
The rerular im i.tiny of the Ma
con con my chapter : of the Red
Cross will be held at 2 o'clock
Saturday attcHK.ou at Kelly's Gift
Shop, it was announced yesterday
by Miss Mi. bell: Kelly, chairman.
"It is 1110,1 important, " Miss Kel
ly said, "that all numbers of the
countywide -coiiiuiiiii r attend this
meeting. We al-o -would like for
any i earners who
will do so to al
1 nd this meeting.
"I .a'-t Saturday
w ;i:,kcd teachers
lo find some suit
abl person in the
e!4. community
v, !i i wottld reprc-
sent the Ked Cms, in that com
munity pioyided lliere is not al
ready a member' of the county
wide committee in that particular
district. Phase uport the name
of your comfnit lee member before
next Saturday. We hope to have
a list for publication containing a
memner irom raui scnooi oistnci
next .week If your district is left
out, it . will In voiir. own ! Hint, as
will the inability id the Red Cross
to function in your community
without a commit ire tin mber there.
"Donations of clothes, money and
food are coming in now in a most
encoura.iiit' way. ( aimed fruit and
vegetable, dried f mi I . and other
fond stuff are htLinnnig to come
names of all donni's This will be
in. A list i-. bciny k'ept giving the
published from tithe to time except
wheh I he donor has asked that
his gift he not mentioned.
"We v 'i a! numis lor use
in sick rooms that mav be taken
out in the u tial way by committee
members for use in aiiv family that
may need them. We would like (or
these to he all the time in use
if there is need for them.
"lo not inrgi t tin meeting next
Saturday afternoon at .2 o'clock.
Not only committee members and
teachers but others will, be wel
comed to this meeting.. This is not
my job but our. job and it becomes
U pleasure in proportion to the
williiii "' r- i- ;:i to i bv '-ery
one."
INDIAN SINGERS
TO GIVE CONCERT
HERE SATURDAY
. On Saturday
Oct
.V :il . '.
in
a class :'if i '.Ii. ,
yir a pro-ram
1 (lahat.s will
COtlMSUllfc of
number' of saried soiius and other
items of inti ,-eit at the new church
building at. ( lark's Chapel. At H
p. in, (he same rlass. will give a
musical program at tin- courthouse
in Franklin. ' 'I In class is well
trained and tin type, of music of
fered will he in'piratioiial as well
hs education d. 'I he prorram is be
ing'" sponsored by"" the Ladies' -Aid
Society of Claik's Chapel Metho
dist (iliurch V nominal admission
fee will bf expected.- The proceeds
wflTlbc used to purchase chairs for
the primary department of Clark's
Chapel Sunday.', school.
a song service conducted by the
Kev. CI Clifton Enin, pastor of the
local, Methodist c.hurchAatid Mr.
Roy 1 lady.
Air. Kut'iie has ( preached in
Franklin' several times and is well
known to the-Presbyterian .congre
gation, He is a former superintendent-
of home missions of the
synod of South Carolina, a preach
er of ability and attractive person
allty. ,
Everyone is given a cordial wel
come to all of these services,
Reconsider Plans for
Rebuilding Old
Iron Span
ETNA NOWFAVORED
Official Says School Bus
Roads Will Be
Graveled
The State Highway Commission
was described to The Franklin
Press Tuesday as being "up in the
air" over the relocation of the old
iron bridge over the Little Ten
nessee river on Highway No. 285.
Dismantling of the bridge is near
ly complete but the highway body
is undecided wheer to rebuild it,
according to an authoritative re
port.. IfTwo weeks ago il was reported
''That it had been decided to re
locate the bridge over the Cul
lasaja river at or near Corundum
Hill, Two other proposals had
been submitted, one to leave it.
where it was and the other to re
move it to a point near. Etna far
ther down the Little Tennessee.
The first alternative was not en
tertained seriously and the other
proposal was discarded because it
was thought that the bridge was
too short to span the river at Et
na. Sek New Span
Now, however, it is understood
that the highway commission again
is considering relocation of the
bridge at Etna and is looking for
another span with which to in
crease the length of the old Frank
lin bridge,
If the bridge i. taken to Etna,
it was stated by a highway official
who asked that his name be not
quoted, the need of a new bridge
at Corundum Hill will not be dis
regarded. The commission, it was
stated, plans tu build bridges soon
er nr later at both points.
Surfacing Road
The- new county' road mainten
ance forces have started long
needed repairs on various county
roads. On some of them sand
and gravel is being placed, while
others are being graded and drain
ed. J. T. Knight, of Andrews, dis
trict engineer in charge of road
maintenance vi this section, is re
ported to have announced that
every school bus road in Macon
county', would be surfaced with
giavel or sand by December 1.
A representative of the bridge
department of the highway com
mission has been inspecting bridges
throughout the county and is re
ported to have condemned the
bridge across the Nantahala river
at Aquoiie. However, traffic is
continuing to pass over the bridge.
Will Rogers Picks
A Story For
This Spot
By WILL ROGERS
A STRANGER that was walking
around in Minneapolis was lost
and he says to a fellow with whisk-
era, "When Is the macaroni fac
tory?" The guy looked puzzled, and then,
he says, I tank I don't know what
it is macaroni."
"Oh, macaroni, you know. This
factory I'm looking for makes it.
Long, hollow stuff to eat Gooey
stuff. Pasty and made out of wheat
Macaroni.
"I tank I dont' know it." '
The stranger walked on, but after
he had gone a block this old party
with the whiskers caught up with
him, puffing like everything.
"Say, I know It macaroni! What
we say noodles 1"
Tee, you might call it a noodle
factory.
"Oh, I thought to! That factory,
I don't know where it Is too."