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ESTABLISHED IN 1885 Oldest North Carolina Newspaper , West of Atheville DEDICATED TO MACON County and the Welfare of iu Good People PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOLUME XLV1, No. 43 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 1931 $1.50 PER YEAR TTjinP 1UTW A V PArnv ' u)lT YC3 IT TT NO. RELIEF DRIVE TO START SOON Annual Red Cross Roll Call To Start on ' November 11 MEETING IS 'CALLED Campaign Organization Meeting To Be Held Saturday An organization meeting for the annual Red Cross roll call in Ma con county has been called (or noon Saturday at the Franklin high school by Miss Elizabeth Kelly, chairman of the local chapter ot tiio national relief organization. In announcing the Red Cross meet ing, which will follow a meeting of school teachers of the county, Miss Kelly made another request i- contributions of clean second hand clothing, especially boys' clothing. . The roll call drive will start on Armistice Day and plans have been made for appro priate exercises in all of the schools. Much Clothing Needed "Calls are com ing in daily for I clothes for school children," Miss Kelly said, "We have several gar ments suitable for school girls, small girls and for infants, but none for school boys and it seems -the boys are most in need. All clean second hand clothes can be used, but there will be need for shoes, sweaters, undergarments, stockings, and outer clothes as the cold weather comes. The money collected . from the coming Red Cross drive will largely be used for this purpose. And what of the drive? "At the last meeting of teachers we asked that each teacher be con sidered a member of a committee for the school district in which that teacher is teaching. We ask ed further that the teacher find one other person in the community who might be chairman of the committee and who with the teach -ec or teachers select others to complete the Red Cross Commit tee for that school district. Some teachers have not yet sent in the name of the chairman in their re spective districts. Asks Cooperation "Saturday, Oct. 24 is meeting day for county teachers at the Frank lin high school building. This meeting will be followed by an or ganization meeting for the Red Cross drive which will begin Arm istice Day and will continue until Thanksgiving. We arc asking that all teachers in the county be pres- ent at this meeting and that there be at least one other present from each school district. We wish to repeat the fact that ho help will be given in any school district that is not represented. It is impossible to give intelligent aid unless some one in the community, is interested sufficiently to co-operate--with the Red Cross. A community is most unfortunate if teacher and patrons have no interest in the, welfare of its people as a whole. Please re member that while we are asking for at least one representative from each school district itv addition to (Continued on page eight) VJORfc fc SPOKEN TEXTH! M l Meeting of Depositors Is Called for Saturday A meeting of the depositors in the Bank of Franklin has been called for 2 o'clock Satur day afternoon, October 24, at the courthouse, to consider a "matter of vital importance." Following is a copy of a cir cular letter mailed to depositors by the Depositors' Committee formed last winter: Dear Fellow Depositor: Before the Bank of Franklin reopened, you elected us as a committee to represent the de positors. There is a matter o vital importance for us to con sider, and we will ask you to meet with us at the courthouse at two o'clock on Saturday October 24, 1931. Please be sure to be there. Very ttuly yours, (Signed) Dr. W. E. Furr Joe Ashear C. B. Russell Depositors' Committee. PRESBYTERIAN LADIES MEET Delegates from Several Counties Attend Meeting Here A very interesting meeting was held in the Franklin Presbyterian churgh Tuesday, when the ladies of the Franklin aux;!:ary entertain ed representatives of the western group of the Asheville Fresby- terial. Delegates from . Andrews, Bryson City, Hayesville, Murphy, and Slagle Memorial churches, at tended. An interesting and instructive program had Deen prepared Dy Mrs. Gus Leach of Franklin, the ii retiring chairman ot the group, and the presiding officer of the sessions of this conference. Miss Alice Louise Lennon, of the faculty of the Rabun Gap-Nacoo- chee school, of Rabun Gap, Ga., and the Rev. S. R. Crockett, sup erintendent of the Maxwell Parm Home, were among those who helped provide a fine program for the conference. s, A delicious luncheon" was served by the ladies of the local Auxil iary. The next meeting will be held in Andrews in October, 1932. Mrs. Savage, of Murphy, was elected chairman of the group for the next two years. Box Supper To Be Held At Salem School Oct. 30 A box Supper will be held at the Salem school house Friday night, October 30. The proceeds are to be devoted to the Salem church. The public is cordially invited to attend. Porter Named Officer Of Fox Hunters' Group At a. meeting of the Western North Carolina Fox Hunters' asso ciation, which was organized at Robbinsville on Oct. 13, R. L. Por ter, of Franklin, was elected as one of the directors. Tigs Is Pigs,' But This One Is a Whale on 4 Feet Frank I. Murray, renowned hith er and yoiiT-even beyond the Cowees and the Balsams as clerk of Macon county court and the man who doesn't know his own row, came back from Raleigh last Saturday very much discouraged over this county's poor, little dwarfed pigs. Frank went to Raleigh to lend dignity to Governor Gardner's re lief conference, but on his return he was more perturbed by the situation of the swine ' hereabouts than he was with the condition of the debt-ridden and unemployed people. The state fair was the cause of it all. Of course. Prank had to sec the fair so he could tell the boys back home of the latest won ders in the . world! And, accord ing to him, he saw enough to tell. a-plenty. It wasn't the crop ex hibits, the canned gcjods, the horse races or even the guilded white way with it idbJw performer, WHEN GHOSTS WALK Series of Gripping Ghost Stories To Start Soon in The Franklin Press DO YOU believe in ghosts? Have you .ever, seen or heard whai you thought was a ghost? Do you know personally' anyone who has been perplexed and terrified by a ghost's uninvited and unwelconit appearance Well, it does not matter. 'Whether or nut you believe in ghosts, you are interested in reading about .them.- Everybody is. There it, something so baffling, something so mysterious and uncanny, abou'. ghostly manifestations thai they have an irresistible appeal for every one who has even as much imagination as a stone. And the season is lice when ghosts begin to make their nightly rounds. Hallowe'en, the -modern survival of the a'licient Scotii.,i. gliosis' festival, is but a few d;ws off and from lLal lime ' onward through the dreary winter nights hen the winds moan in 1 lu chi'm ey and whistle through tin- key Jiole, there i- tiuthui;.' la1"- mat as to :..;' spuyly by the i .iv mI nd read of ghosts' you hope yo will never meet face to f.nv. In view of the all but tnii-crsal tppcal of really good ghost stories. The Franklin Press ha's pur chased the exclusive . publication rights in this section, of a serie.- )f twelve, unusual stones win 1. will appear m this' papi-i eaeh .-cel; beirinning with next week's is- And real thrillers these sl,o nes are. r.acti story rceo-unis a genuine experience and every de tail is described exactly as il oc curred or appeared. There is noth ing "faked" about these authentic narratives. Their realism will grip you, too if you read them at night, you will go to bed with the light turned on. But there is an added interest in these "stories. In each case the "ghost" is caused by perfectly na tural conditions, and can be ex plained simply, clearly and convinc ingly. The , explanations of each story will be published later, but first test your wits by trying tol Oak Grove School Pupils Write History of Section HOLD FASHION SHOW MONDAY Latest Style Models To Be Exhibited by Bevy Of Beauties Arrangements have been com pleted for Franklin's Fall Fashion Show to be held Monday night, October 26, at the Macon theatre. Twenty-five or more models will be shown by four of Franklin's leading women's apparel stores with a bevy of beautiful Franklin "girls acting as mannequins. The stores participating in the fashion show arc Trotter's, Jess and Mary's Shop, E. K. Cunning ham and Co., and Mrs. W. J Zachary, milliner. The fashion show is scheduled to start at 8 o'clock. : Showing of the numerous models is expected (Continued on page eight) They didn't excite his interest Macon county could raise coin as good or better. Our own Nantahala Creamery company won the butter prize. Most of the exhibits were just ordinary. But then he de cided to take a look at the live stock entries. 1 lhats iome bull over there, or is it a rhinoceros ?" he' commented. "Naw, boss,", replied a -negro at tendant. "That's a Big Boned Berkshire boar." . That boar " .weighed over 1,31X1 pounds, l':ank reported. . He w so tall-th.it one hau to stand on his tiptoe- to look over the giant's hack. 'He w is raised-the boar. we mean- in the Dakotas. And that's why Frank Murray looks just a little bit worried these days. He doesn't see much future for Macon county farmers when those out in the Dakotas can raise one hog which weighs six or seven times as much at the average one grown around here. Knows His Ghosts ,' DAVID McFALL solve the mysteries before the solu tions are revealed in this paper. Each week the readei who sends in the most nearly correct solution of the story will be awarded a prize, and the name of the winner will be announced in these columns. Now here is a contest that makes cross-word puzzles a laborious, te- (Continued on page eight) Community First Settled About 1760 by Amos Brown (EDITOR'S NOTE-The fol lowing history of the Oak Grove section of Mcon county was prepared and written by pupils in the grammar grades of the Oak Grove school. It is printed, together with cur rent news items of the school and community, without , any editing whatsoever. Such work bespeaks its own credit.) The first man to settle in this section of Macon county known as the Oak Grove community was Amos '' own. He lived near the present location oi Neal Bryson on or about 1760,-. William Morri son buying out Amos Brown was the second settler, and Julius Dean also settlfd ;,i this community about the same time. The first school 1. e was built of logs hewn from the trees of the forest, and was erected on the. branch above the oil. Charlie Kaby place. The first teacher havi'-g taught here was Caluin Kimsi . In the year 1856. The first church was built near where the -present Baptist church now stands. Rev." John Woodard being the first minister to preach in this church. This church was built in 1866. The first person buried in the cemetery was Lee Bradley, son of Morris Bradley in the year 1833. At that, time the condition of the roads was suh that it would take all day and well into the night for one to drive a loaded team to Franklin and back. : lliese pioneers lived a very simple life. The men making most of the farm i tools, also tanning the hides and making the shoes for the entire household. While the women would card, spin, and weave the clothes for the family, also they would knit the stockings for all the family during the long winter evenings. . These first sturdy trail-blazers were iiol tearing, iibcrty-ioving citizens, who were fit to lay the foundation for this great state of ours. (Continued M H tlffcO V x JUNIORS HOLD DISTRICT MEET Several Hnndred Members Of Order Here for Convention VARIED PROGRAM State Councilor Nicks and Other Officers Are Heard Several hundred members of the Junior Order United American Mechanics gathered in Franklin Thursday nioiniih; -from all over this pait oi tlie slate ion the- I'liai tcrly convention of ilisirii t Num ber 1, 'which tinl-r:1 ..s the . koiiniics west ot the iiuis.uiis. The feature ol the morning' ses Slon ;is ail H'Ml'eSS dy tile Kev. S. R. Xicl.s, ot' Koxhoto, state 1 . . I 1 T! . ' . councilor ni ine orucr. me prin cipal speaker on the ai turnout,! program was TtoL'ssui T. (i.1 Har bison of .Highlands. Lewis 1'. Hamlin, one of the " stale olfiuei. of the order, also was scheduled to speak. Meet Again Tonight The morning and afternoon ses sions were held in tin: courthouse and were open to the public. A business session is to be held to night in the Junior Order hall. Following is the program for the convention : . Frank I. , Murray, councilor of Cullasaja council No. 158, presid ing officer. Song "America, ' lead by John H. Dalton, Mrs. Harry Higgins at piano. Invocation Ity Kev. A. S. Soles bee. Welcome address Hy (led. H. I'al- ton,. mayor, of Franklin. Piano solo Mrs. Harry Higgins. Response to address of welcome- Hon. Hugh Monteath, district deputy. (Continued on page eight) ROADHOUSE ON C01VEE RAIDED Ralph Fowler Arrested And Bound Over To Court Ralph Fowler, young Canton man, was arrested by Micritt t. B. Slagle and a group of deputies Saturday noon on charges of violating the prohibition laws and assault with a deadly weapon, fol lowing a raid on the- roadside lunch room operated by ' Flbcrt Mashburn in Watauga Gap on Cowee mountain about eight miles from Franklin on highway N 285. The sheriff and his deputies went to the place, armed with search warrants, after receiving nu merous complaints. The raid, was conducted jointly by the Macon county officers, assisted by Chief of Police R. F. Henry of Franklin and officers from Jackson county. The lunch stand is near the Jack son county line. The officers made a diligent search of the lunch room, Mash burn's honv m arbv, his orchard and outhouses. A pint flask whiskey and-.a number ..of. bottles Which . evidently had containe' whiskey were found carefully hid- (Continued on page eiijht) Believe It or Scores Third HoIe-in-One R. mad' D. Sisk, Franklin attorney, his third hole -in one Sunday afternoon on the Franklin golf links. : You mav believe it, or not, but Dean Sisk ;has good witnesses to vouch for his veracity. Only one, other player, C. S. Btfnvn, manager of the Scott Grif fin hotel, has been lucky enough to get- a hole in-oue on the local course this year. . Dean Sisk's latest lucky stroke was made on the Number 2 hole, one of the most difficult on the caurie. A long" drive sent the To Surface Road West of Franklin; Also To Pave 286 Delegation Returns From Following Conference With Highway Commission Official ROCK CRUSHER ORDERED MOVED TO POINT NEAR RAINBOW SPRINGS Work on No, 286 to Brvson Citv To Start as Soon As Funds Are Ayailable in Spring, Delegation Is Assured e State Highway Commission way ao. until it lias been completely surtacea an me way trom uai l ave p.t Murph'v, according to word brought back from Raleigh last liday by. a delegation of Macon to be Marti d this I all 'or winter, n tween Franklin and Rainbow that the Higliwav Commission is funds aie available in the .spring No. 2ft . from Franklin to Bryson will he on one of the principal and south routes leading through the park. SHERIFF GETS NEW TAX BOOKS Valuation This Year for County Totals $7,043,583 The 1W1 tav books, embodying a- valuation for the county of $7,-(H3,5-yJ, were turned over to Sheriff A. I!. Slagle Wednesday by the hoard oi" county commissioners. The rale this year lias been set at $1,21 and this is estimated to raise $111,730.63 The 1031 valua tion was PA27W), the rate $1.4U and the lolal of taxes was $131, 529.61. About. 40 per cent of the 1930 taxes remain to be collected but, on the other hand, approximately $12,000 of the 1031 taxes already have been paid in. Before taking over the tax' books Sheriff Slagle gave . a ' bond of $60,(H)0. He previously . had given bond to cover . his responsibilities as -county treasurer and as treasur er for county school funds. Rev. Dr.. Caleb A. Ridley Reported Seriously 111 I he Rev. r. Caleb A. Ridley, well known writer and preacher and former editor of The Franklin I'n ss, is reported to be seriously ill at the home of his mother in vlva. Dr. Ridley was reared in Macon ' county and has conducted a 'series of revivals in Franklin He is a former' pastor of the Cen tral Baptist .church in Atlanta. Ga MOVES TO FRANKLIN C. I.. Potts, who litis been the manager of the Shell filling station in Clarkes ille, Ga for the past year, has moved liis family to rratiklin. GET MARRIAGE LICENSE ' A marriage license was issued at the .-, toiiuhottse. on .October 15 to WillK 11. 'Davis, of l.tna. this county, ami Miss Mary J. DelTart, of X'ecdniorc, Swain county. 1 Not, Sisk ball over tin hill, then it bounced to the green and rolled into the cup. ' Wiley Carpenter, Bret Car petiler and Raymond Dalrymplc who -were .playing in a foursome with Mr. Sisk. witnessed his ac complishnu-nt. . ' . The Franklin attorney's other holcs-in-one were, made on Jan uary 10 and August 28, this year, both of them on the short Number 6 hole. 'Mr. Sisk's score for nine holes Sunday, with the hole-in-one on Number 2 and one stroke under par on Number 1, wa 37, Raleigh With Good News intends to continue work on High county citizens. Work is expected tliev reported, on surfacing the link Springs. The group also reported planning to start work as soon as on grading and surfacing highway City, thus assuring Franklin that it perhaps the, most important north iireat smotcy .Mountains National Members of the delegation which went to Raleigh were W. D. Bar- nard, chairman of the board of county commissioners; Frank. Mur ray, clerk of court ; Fred S. Sloan, county farm demonstration agent, and R. A. Pat.tou. The group went to Raleigh Mon day of last week with two pur poses m nnud to attend Govern or Gardner's relief conference last l uesday and to Jind out what the Highway Commission was going to do about road' work in this sec tion. Sm Rots After attending the governor's conference they obtained an ap pointment for lhursday morning with Charles Ross, counsel for the Highway Commission who "is known U be the right hand man to F,. B. .1 "fress, chairman of the commission. Mr. Ross told them, it was re ported, that M. P. Brewster, in charge of the rock crushing equip ment at Short t reek, between Franklin and Highlands, had been ordered to move the equipment soon to No, 28, west of Franklin, at a point near Rainbow Springs. Work " already is well under way on ' surfacing of No 28 from a mile this side of Rainbow Springs ' to Glade Gap, a distance of seven miles. This work is being done tinder contract with federal aid funds. The state plans to pave the link between Franklin v and Rainbow Springs, working from west to east. To Complete Job It is also understood that the Highway Commission intends to. pave No. 28, from Glade Gap west, through Hayesville, to Murphy as soon as possible. This means that ' the state may have to wait for its next allocation of federal aid funds before completing the iob. Work is rapidly nearing comple tion on the surfacing of the ' only unpaved parts of No. 28 east of Franklin. The laying of crushed stone is expected to be finished in the near future and, according to recent advices, the construction forces: may put on the top-surfacing, or oil binder, immediately, in stead of waiting until next spring, as originally planned. The binder (Continued on pjig i(ht) Head of Maxwell Home To Preach Here Sunday In the absence of the pastor, the Rev. J. A. Flanagan, the preaching services at the Franklin Presbyterian church next Sunday morning will be conducted by the . Rev. S. R. Crockett, superintendent of the Maxwell Home. There will be no preaching services in this church on the first Sunday of November as the pastor ex pects to be away on vacation un til after that time. The regular Sunday school exercises will be held each Sunday morning ,at 10 o'clock and the Christian En deavor prayer meetings each Sun day evening at 7 o'clock. Every- ' .en is given a cordial frelcoraa to all of thm iimaei. 1
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