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C; ,y 1 I' ESTABLISHED IN 1SS5 Oldest North Carolina Newspaper West of AshevilU DEDICATED TO MACON County and the Welfare of iti Good People f 3 1 r f t' n WOO PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL - INDEPENDENT VOL. XLV1, No. 41 FRANKLIN, N. G, THURSDAY, OCT. 1, 1231 $150 PER YEAR ll'ill) 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 (Continued on psfre six) 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."