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I i. t I ! f j, r e ESTABLISHED IN 1885 DEDICATED TO MACON County and the Welfare of its Good People j Oldest North Carolina Newspaper I West of Ashevill ' LIBERAL JNDUVBNDBNT VOL. XLVI, No. 41 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY. OCT. 8. lif.il $1.50 PER YEAR 1 WILL OBSERVE ARMISTICE DAY Red Cross Plans To Hold Program at High High School PLAN ROLL CALL Generous Contributions Of Clothing, Food Reported Plans for an Armistice Day pro gram in keeping with the charac ter of the great world event were outlined at the regular monthly meeting of the Macon county Red Cross chapter last Saturday after noon. This program, which will be giv en in the high school on the morn ing of November 11, will mark the beginning of the annual Red Cross roll call, the chairman, Miss Eliza beth Kelly, announced. Teachers and district chair man throughout the county have been asked to as sist, as well as all pastors and con gregations of the various churches, all pastors having been requested, as is usual, to preach appropriate ser monsc on the Sunday preceding Armistice Day. ' The chairman announced that a large meeting was desired to com plete county wide organization on October 24, this being the day for the county teachers' meeting. All teachers have been asked to bring with the 'ie Red Cross chairmen of their respective di.Miicls. M. I). Hillings, county superintendent of' education, is assisting all plans of the chapter for a successful roll call this year. At this meet ing, which , will take place at . 2 o'clock, tl- chairman of the roll call will be announced. Cenerons contributions of feed, ineludiiKC corn fur meal bv the 4-11 boys canned goods and dried fruits. for the winter's need were report ed, also gifts of clothing and ar ticles for the loan closet. Gifts of dried apples prepared by the F.pworth League and Ladies' Mis sionary society of Union' Metho dist church prompted the sugges tion that other church groups make similar gifts a part of their pro gram of work. The Nantahala Creamery will grind all meal free of charge, it was anni-tinced. 1 he following members of the county committee attended the meeting Saturday : Miss Kelly, Mrs. Carl Slagk Mrs. John Byrne, Mrs. T. V. C. 'Johnson, R. IV Sisk, Franklin; Mrs. Miza Crawford, Cartooge chaye; Joe Beyers Masonl "Nanta hala; Mrs., l'earl Hunter, Lower Cartoogechaye ; "Mrs.' Mamie Slac.le Pat ton, Franklin township; Mr. Mann, Burningtown. FRANKLIN BANK AGAIN TO RECEIVE COUNTY DEPOSITS Jhc r.ank ot prankliir has bi'tn redesignated the official depository for Macon county funds. Since the local bank closed its doors last fall -the- county has ' been handling, its finances through a Waynesville bank. Now it will no longer be necessary for the county In send its deposits outside the county. The Bank of Franklin which reopened in the spring has given a bond of $10,000 for school funds' and $5,000' for deposits from the county's ircneral fund. 1 hesc bonds- are held by the Wachovia Bank and Trust 'company .of Ashe ville. -j-jf-a f. vnJC. A. OOV aIUA Sj PAUT SlG-M VI IT HOOT V I r i--iL.-?-!;iir.tHM, if. tff-m iwidi i iMMi i-" irmr Russellisni Put As Coweta Baptists Make Fire of Heretical Books Just as Savonarolla cast Satan out of wicked Florence in the days f the rennaisance, burning the an athemas and vanities in the public square,' so have the good people of Coweta Baptist church, near Frank lin, driven the devil from their midst by making a bonfire of he retical books . distributed among them. The heretical literature, it was stated in a communication to The Franklin Press, was distributed by Russellite missionaircs, who were branded by deacons of the church as "the devil's agents." Successful Meeting Held The bonfire was .held September 14 and after that, according to the communication to 1 he Press, a very successful meeting was held at the Coweta church with the Rev. M. N. Long, of IJarington, Wash., doing the preaching. The meeting is described in the following letter from the Sunday school superin tendent and deacons of the church to the Rev. C. L. Allen, of Wayn esville, a copy of which was sub mitted to The Franklin I'icss for publication: Ru3spllism Routed 'On the first Sunday night, Sept. 1931, the pastor began a meet ing at the above church. After a few services of. the gospel of Christ being preached, we found Asheville Presbytery To Meet at Highlands Tuesday BRYSONS HOLD CLAMEUNIQN Over 100 Present, Includ ing Some from Macon County One of the oldest and most prominent pioneer families of Jack son county and Western North Carolina the Brysons held their annual reunion" at Beta, Jackson county, last Saturday with more than one hundred relatives' and friends present, including .several' from .Macon county" ' the descendants, of this family are nuiiiDereu Dy tne Hundreds, many of whom have been active in public life, several, prominent ministers, some very capable law yers, judges, doctors, etc., and some very prominent in other walks of life. William Bryson came to America from Ireland over a hundred "years t;o and settled in Pennsylvania. He married a Miss -Holmes and to this union were born six sons, all of whom fought in the Revolution ary war. Daniel Bryson, one of the cree six boys, settled on Scott's k in Jack-son county and was grandfather of the present Pan" Thlid Bryson, of Sylva. the and Addresses were made by the Rev. George' Clemmer and the' Rev. W. C. Reed, of Sylva. A bounteous dinner was served on the lawn. The Macon county . relatives at tending this reunion were; Mr. Sam Ramsey and Miss Lola .Ram sey, of Tellico, Mr. T. C. Brvson, of" West's Mill, Mrs. Tom C. "Bry son and daughter, Mildred, of Cul lasaja, Mr. Sam Bryson, of Culla saja, Mrs. Lester Conley and daughter, Audrey. Town Council Authorizes Partial Payment Tax Plan The tovvn council at its regular monthly mo ting Monday night nted an ordinance intended to make it easier' for- 1 ' '29 delinquent taxpayers to settle their' accounts. The ordinance authorizes .pay ments, in 25 per ' cent, installments over a period of four month's. Police. Chief Bob Henry vvas in structed to proceed at the end of this , period " -with levying, against alF property oir w hich 1929 taxes have not been paid. . The-council also discussed a pro osal to place a gravel surfacing on the river road from the depot to the point where this road joins with the Bonny Crest road. The state highway maintenance depart ment has agreed, tit ii understood, to Rout that the deil and his workers had the way blocked to sonic extent. After praying for leadership oi the Holy Spinl, Cod revealed the trouble. Some little confusion be tween Sollle of llie folks WUi settled, "And. the devil's am-nls ha 1 .cat It-red' ihrmcli this ciinti;,- s e of his work known as the RhssiI lile doctrine in book form. The pastor was impressed to make this proposition; every home that had one or nioie of these books would have the family bring them to the rhtmh on Monday morning and they v.mdd have a bonfire to burn up the de ill's works. He got a unanimous vole to bring them in On the follow ing morning, Sept. 14, at It o'clock, there were 50 men and women present, and they brought 22 of the books. "The pastor called the people to gethtr in a solid ring and lifted his voice in prayer to a living Cod, thanking Him for men and women that would stand with him for Cod's cause. Then-with a burke! of :r,ii taken from the pastor's car, the' books were torn up by Severn! of the nun and ih; fire was 'start ed, taking about ten minutes to de stroy this damndable rotten stuff that" wil'f lead folks to hell. These agents sold tin sc books for any (Continued on page six) Rev. W. F. Creson, Retir ing Moderator, Sched uled To Preach The Highlands Presbyterian church will be host to the Ashe ville iireshi lerv. which consists of . i 30 ministers and the elders repre senting 33 churches. The presby tery will open Tu sday, Oct. 13 at 11 o'clock. The Rev. W. F. Creson, pastor of the West Ashe ville Presbyterian church and the retiring moderator of the presby tery, will preach the opening ser mon. The afternoon sessions will be given to the transaction of busi ness. On Tuesday evening' a popu lar meeting on home missions will he held under tile direction of the Rev. H.- li. Delldy ,of Weave, ville. On Wednesday morning after the devotional exercises, conducted by the Rev. I. W. Caldwell,, a busi ness session will be held. At 11 o clock' Dr. Donald W. .Richardson, of' Union Theological - Seminary, Richmond, Ya., will preach.. Pi Richardson is one of the outslund iuu ministers of the Southern Pres byterian church and is a very abl and fluent speaker. A the sessions are onen to. the public and all who are interestei are cordially 'invited to attend. Th entertainment of such a large body is quite an undertaking for su.rh a small church but the members and friends are showing a fine spirit of coi iteration. Chattanooga Publisher's Widow in Hospital Here Mrs. Abby C iawford M ilh mi," of Chattanooga, Tcnn,, who lias been a guest at Trintont . Inn, is in the l.vje hospital with influenza. Mrs. Milton, who is the .widow of a foi nier owner and. editor of the 'Chattanooga Times, is ah auth or and new sp.aper woman of dis tinction. . to supply' the .town 'with the neces sary gravel, provided the town nays for hatilim; it. and the labor " -.I. of placim; it. The, highway -depai t-; hjieii! recently purchased . the, - old gravel 'and. sand .deposits at. the abandoned- liuertiey clay nii.nes and is endeavoring to ' surface every school bus road in the county . with jrrav.i I "before December 1 The highway authorities tiot only a, e-d to supply the town with the privet for ''surfacing . 1 1 it- river road, but also .'offere ,'dto grade the ,should'r of the road. Xo definite action vvas takin. by the council on the highway, com mission's proposal and the matter was referred to the street com mittee for further consideration. ; . . . .',..-, HOLD SCHOOL FAIR SATURDAY Students To Display Own Products of Farm And Kitchen PRIZES-OFFERS Exhibition Under Direc tion Of Mr. Meacham and Miss Beam The vocational agriculture and home economics students of the Franklin hu h school will hold their first annual fair at the s'.l Saturday morning and afternoon. Prizes donated by I'l.od.liu merch ants and the count commission will be awarded in the, various classes of exhibits, .Members of the vocational agri culture class will display farm pro duce grown by tLeui and livestock and poultry of their wu raising, while tile girls of the home eco nomics class v. ill have an exhibit canned goods, 'ms and- p.tMin'- they have 'made illelnsei.es. Mr. Laid Meacham, in-iiiirior in vocational agriculture,, will ha ' charge of the boys' division of tin fair, while Miss All rta Bum, teacher of home economics, will supervise the girls' exhibits; Classes oi Exhibits Tin. various classes of farm pro ducts to be exhibited are as io lows: 1. Livestock ami poultry; J 1 loi lieulture ; 3. Held crop;,; ' i. tiai den products; 5. Ldiicalioiral department; 4. Home economies display. A cotninitte of students have been assigned to supervise i ac h class. i- list and second prizes will be awarded to participants in each class. A complete list ol iriz.es to be awarded has not vet been made, but the county com mission has .donated $25 and the mi l chants of 'Franklin' have con tributed' liberally, e.t h giv iir; use ful articles or tehir eipiiv.deut in cash. E. V. Vestal, farm demonstration agent of Jackson county, will judge the agriculture exhibits and Mis. W. W. Sloan of 'Franklin will iudee the home economics exhibits,. MASONS HEAR J.F.MARQUETTE Assistant Grand Lecturer N. C. Grand Lodge Is Visiting Here .J. I''.' M arquaette,-assistant grand lecturer of the Kil"d lodre ol North Carolina, is lieu lectin in. the Masonic lodge. This is his sec ond week, Thcfc ' has been a very fair attendance by the mem bers and an unusual interest tak en by those, taking tin work. It is very unfortunate that even iiiMiiber has not availed him sell o the ijpiortlinity to ' at find tin lnc'elings so far, It is hoped that the r.t liiainiii:1 part of tli is wook ;ill members will attend. . lirrdher Marquette is a hard worker and is,' seeing that "evervone does his work correctly, and those taking the work like his way. of getting it ' over to them, Let us all, every member- of Junaluskee Lodge N'o. 1 I V not f:iil to .attend every nieetinv tin- n of this week, and am' brother, visit itec or sojourn in e in town t otlie and be at tin ineetiii;.'" i ach "i e n ing.. . LOCAL STUDENTS VERY ACTIVE ON W.-C. T. C. CAMPUS (Special to The Franklin Press)' ( TI LOU IIFI"., X. C, 0. ! 7 Miss Jessie Ifigdon and Kos'. .el: ary, of Franklin, anordin;' to a recent -check-up on officers in', the various student organizations of, the- campus at Western Carolina Teachers college, are tuition:.'" iln uiost ijctive in the . varionv ' -,atiiatif.ns. Miss llii dotr i-. a council member in the student go. -eminent association and. assistant librarian, besides bc'iny active in re. ligioiis orwaniatioiis on .the ram pus.: She ib also secretary df tin sophomore class lr. 7aei;,,v' i vice president of ' the ela .Chapter of the Alpha F'bi Siyma, -national honorary v" olarship fraternity, and it a mernb r ' t!.c f -tbjdl squad, Dishict Governor of Rotary ip3aks Here I! i col .Si ii.ic lice, of Iliiknry, N. C, li!;ti il i;ov rnor ol ! I.iry I nti'i I'.iliinnil, w,is the Run.-.t n;ie.dier of the 1' aidtlin RotRry !ub at its regular weekly luncheon Wednesday at the Scott Ciiiffm hotel. Mr. Stliaeffr.c addressed the club the pcryioset, nnH ideals of Rot.iry and i;vc a brief hist;ry of the oii;ai)izti(m firp liiu; .iboiit 25 yc:r .t;o in CfocPt;''. Since llien, he kahl, it has ijrown from a '(roup of three men to a world-wide or ,.iiii...tinn with !5!j,0i1U iiiember, ohI cle.hs in 70 d I nations. JUNIORS PLAN MEETING HERE District Convention To Be Held Oct. 22, Not Oct. 15 'I In I , ipni tei lv district coii v ention oi I hi ' Junior I )rdT I tilled ne re :oi .- ll.oiic- w ill be held on 'I hnrwlrn, ( I. i,.),, LI l.l--o-;.. oi Ihn: ;'.j. ; i ' , ;,s ai li in:' d tbii v.'t e; Jack Strililiir , past di-irii-t councilor lunior, fri in .ill o' er esti i n N'orlli ('arolij,i are -sp'-cted to aloud. . ' The Key. S i. Xi, 1, of ' Kox boio, stale c 'iieilor of the Junior Orde r, is c ; d to he pi e-,i nl at tin lie elili;; hi 1 e, as well as I is- trict Councilor II. N. Mooie, fit' I laye'-v ille ; Louis I. 1 famliii, -sl.ili ei lliu ilol, and' some ol . the other siale o In ials ol the i iider. It is planned to have two ses sions, otie. in tin- alleniooii and the ille r aj nielil. A coinmiltee has In i n appoinli d b) ( 'ull.isaja couik il to an aui e loi the i u 1 1 rl o.f tile V l':,ilol's. HOLD REUNION t)U Keiatives and ' iienus' 'Meet. at Home oi John Cui.'itingham A picnic v, a . r, i n last' Siiud i in l: oi. .r of "Aum Sallie" ( un hiir.'kaiii and M r. ;r. ' s. ( e-ne t.'u;in;i: h.uu,. !, ', iii llend, Wash., al the le inn- oi . 1 1 -and i s. John 'i 1 1 1 1 j i n . liaiii . 1 1 ji .1 1 1 tin ei niili s out iii.- .VI m ( 1 1 . ..el The lie . 't in;, wa - tie r. .uglily ell -j. i y c d I,'., si si v re a t i i , . c i ) . i friends a i nl a ' on is i hi' in lit i i ul dinner was . i i e. melt r tin iiuiii 'ii- b.e, oaK r't on I lie law u I t w as pm I ' i a vole and passed upon, that i ach year a similai nl' etiu will be h.'ld the la-i Sim ''.t'. in .ii"ii-,t.. N'l.xt year tin III'.'' iilllf V. ill be i I I -i'lt tl.e Sa't IM li' . -pit able llollie, . "Aunt Sallit ." u In i is '') year . old, was tin; life of ihe crowd ami insisted that I he liiet i hi'j - be held wi'li 1 1 1 1 1 a a iii 1 1 1 -x 1. - ear. i Marriage Licenses Issued in September I .it etisi . i . to iii.irry -were issued !nn;i',' lie 1 1 1 ' n 1 1 1 oi S.,tt mber I., li;.- follov in;-' plf-s '' W. -'. I'dwanl,; ,,f. ),,ui'las, W v.i'. to Mi - Min.iio : L.'dwards. If !,-.. e-f Mi. M. C. Paltti.. .oii, of loi on. '( i: . , io Mis-.;' Sue I- islter, of S I-. a :: Mi s. l.ennie Til' "I Shook 'ille, to Ml,, ller, Ifo, fi ol (,ie-J,,.;. M r. ; R.' H. .' 'liea-st- to M r-,'-, , Jiilia Warren, botii .a' an! on. CUNNINGHAMS Bounties for Wildcats And Hawks Are Announced A al couniy game vyanhii, has' !) n tiotifie.d by the S'aU leji;triii.- ;ii i.f Cioiiservation ;e 1 I ,'i - ; i j 'i.i i i e lii'al; bounties will be. paid' by 'the- Mate only between . ( iiibt r 3i etel February t l.r for li.tvk.s, cio,s ,uid 'wild cats. Mr. Waldroop has i t e'eiv e'l the ftdloVV-iie.'-'memorandum, from 'C. H. Etig l;.nd. , state game warden : "Hav ii i u . receive! inquiry from wardens relative to the payment of bounty money on predatory wild life, I beg to advise that the fol- 65 Cattle Bring $3,000 at Co-op Sale Held Here PRESBYTERIANS HOLD MEETINGS Columbia, S. C, Pastor Is Conducting Services lie .series Lil-es.s at I 'I .( i v ices now in pioeres at tin- l ianlsliu ITcsln- lt nan chuVi h has been di v clop ng very lav oiahlv. lieeiuniug Sundav r'a nine uilh a siiirini' and a dial I- ti. 'in.. s iiiiDii bv ihe kcv. N'or v in C. I Mincan, rcdor" oi the St Agues Lpiseopal church of I raiik I hi, it has continued to ciaiti in inteiest under the guidance and p'-eaebin ", of the I''. Kay Kid dle, oi ( olnmbia, S. (.'., who at i iv ed in ) i aid.lin r,n M oiidav -, en- lie' IO .elli.illl hioiiidi the week, on Monday and ; '...'ripped and slir , its he clialleii'Md lie. Iili .e. i s Tii'"d, iv cuiunyi lid his aildieliceii tin iii to purer lo in and a larger lile f.,,r the Master. The services are.beinu held each eveiiin.; at ?:M) o'clockopening wilh a soli;.; service led by Mr Koy C. I lady. Special musical numlieis hav ff.itured the song serv iees each evenine. Splendid audii in es, niaiiifesiiiie a warm in terest in he work of . the King dom, have been present at each of the services, which seems to eive promise of a ymn iiiectimr. The public is cordially invited to attend all of the services. PLAN 'CHURCH LOYALTY DAY' Presiding Elder To Preach Sunday at Methodist Church mi ii i ilea i v t-1 1 as I ' ill I h Im all u ' at tin 'Ihe yoal tor i. ih . in Hmoh llii Niiii'I.i . . si hool and o lie iu ii lime si i ii i ls a loll n l ei nl .iil't ml, mi i ol the i Inn i h un inln t - ship, I ,v 1 1 iik mber o the cabm cli t, uiicil to .attctul tlie morning s rv in s. Tile . pi e-sidiiig elder of the Wiiuii , v i ! 1 distiicl, K'ev . C. l. i'icl.eiiS, wiil preach at the Illum ine hoiii.. At the close '.if this scr- K ( he will hold the last ipiat tel ly conference of the . yeai. There will be no evening service on aecoiun o ihe i'ei,d services heim..' 'held at the I "i a shv terianl church'. 'I lie I pv.oi lb I a ayiie will iui ei, howi v er, at 0 :M) p. in. I ii the absence oi the pastor, who will return to iinalusk;i oil Simd.u .'il'ltinoill, the I e V, ill lie ll.o m i '. it al (. arson's ,( Impel Sumlav af': i a; ai. . I r. l-'.r.v in, hovvev er, will pit a,-h there on the third Sun day afternoon, October IS. Opening of Bear Season To Draw Many Hunters I he' opening of the hunting seas on 'on big game will attract many InniliTs to Western North Caro lina, during the .autumn and early wmli r month's, Tin- autumn of I'.'.IO marked an unusually successful bear hunting sea'., on in the mountains;' owing to 'the "" "iui i't a of" the-game - in the moiiniaiii -p'rolecled areas. Nearly tilt;, of ll;e animals were secured !e. hunt', is in one .mountain section in -iii ; , A diev ill.-. The season- this year, for bear hunting, extends from October 1 to January 15. lowing bourrty will be offered, as m the past,, beginning November 20, and ending F'ebruary 15: "Cooper's and sharp - shinned hawks 25c;" -crows 15c; wildcats $2.00. "In other words,, no bounty mon ey can be paid under the rules of the department, as well as the de partment's budget', approved by the budget bureau, as bounty money on predatdry life except when tak en between the dates referred to above." Price Range Is Wide, Averaging Only 3.05 Cents FOUR CARS LOADED Seven Buyers Present But Only One Is Very Active The cooperative carlo! beef cattle sale conditcled Wednesday by, County I'aitu Agent I". S, Sloan brought approximately $3,IKX) for. bo liead ol cattle. I 'rices ranged from 1 1-4 cents to 5 cents and averaged, .according to Mr. Sloan, , about 3.U5. Seeu buyers were present but most of the purchases were made by H. T. McMovvn from the White I'rov ision' 'company of Atlanta, a b.aiiili of Sivitt and company, packi i s. I our freij'ht car-i were loaded aud a few cattle were hauled away, in trucks by iiulependant buyers. Most of the beef offered were g.iaded as short horns and here- lords, the to much Very few head brought price of 5 cents or even as is 4 cents, most of them being classed in the lower grades. The cattle were weighed, in on T. W. Angel's scales on lower Main street and then loaded on cars at the dc pot. The sale attract ed a 'large number' of cattle rais ers. 'Most of theiii were front this county, but a few came from ad joining counties. ' FRANKLIN WELL REPRESENTED AT WEAVER COLLEGE I i.uil.liij ami Macon county are wall represented in student ac tiviti s at Weaver, college, Weaver ville, N. C. Besides having four men on the football squad, Macon also is represented in other cam pus activities. Otis Freeman is a member of the college council, chairman of the ways and means e milieu of the V. M. C. A., and vice president of the ministerial baud, while Jack I'.i own is. secretary of the Delphian Literary society.' C. C. I'oindexter, former Frank lin attorney now practicing .in Asheville, is coaching the Weaver 'football team. GRAND MATRON OF EASTERN STAR COMING MONDAY Mrs Bessie Mangum, of Rocky Mount, worthy grand matron' of the ; .rati (I chapter of North Carolina Fastcin Star, will come to Frank-' Jin Monday to meet, with the Ne ipiiis chapter. Other grand officers also, aie expected to be present. I'.va ry member of the local chapter is 'urged to attend. Will RogrPicb f A Story For This Spot By WILL ROGERS T DON'T know whether bridea can cook nowadays or not. Probably they can. They got so much cook ing in the. (schools now that you'd think a girl couldn't hardly get through the a he's without know ing how to make a pie. But they .still tell the stories about the bride's grub. One guy' come home without buy- ing- himself any fortifications at the lunch counter clown, town, he was in such a hurry to see how his new wife was g-ettina; along with her cooking. Well, he. was sorry he come so Boon or so late when he tasted the pork chops. They were burnt. "i ciont'. quite understand these pork chops," he says. "Wei!," ;he says, "neither do I. They taste mighty funny. I burned them a tiny bit, but then I rubbed some of that ointment on them that's guaranteed to cure burns if you put it on right away. It only took me a minute to do it, but may be it wasn't Boon cnoufcV