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ESTABLISHED IN 1885 Oldest North Carolina Newspaper Weit of Asheville PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT FRANKUN, N. C. THURSDAY. NOV. 12. 1931 VOL. XLVI, NO. 46 $1.50 PER YEAR HELP THE NEEDY The Penny a Mr I Club i at your 'door, Asking A Penny A Pfrt'.n and nothing more. JOHN EDWARDS m Awarded Prize for Best Solution of Ghost Mystery CONTESTCONTINUliS Grand Prizes of $10.00, $5.00, $3.00 and $2.00 Offered John W.. Edwards, of Franklin, is the winner of the first weekly prize offered by The Franklin Press in its ghost story contest. The judges had a difficult lime in deciding on the best solution for "The Georgia Ghost," the first story in the ghost mystery scries. Aiter careful consideration they finally agreed iliat 'Air. Edward's solution, giving due regard to all of the details minor v as well as majorwas the most plausible ex planation out of more than 30 sub mitted in . the contest, . The prize is $2.50 in cash. This amount is offered for the best ex planation of. each week's story and a grand first prize of $10.00 will be awarded for the best set of solutions for the 12 stories in .the series. A second prize of $5.00, third of $3.00 imd fourth of $2.00 will also be awarded at the end of the contest. " ' . ' Following is Mr. Edwards' solu tion of "The Georgia Ghost Mys tery." . "When the young lady, the hos tess, accepted the challenge to go to the graveyard, she carried, along the carving fork, which she was going to stick in Matt's grave as a sure sign that she had really visited the grave. "An old-time carving fork was a real long-pronged fork, and when firmly stuck into the ground would be capable of holding against a real hard pull. -'-."' "Before the Civil war the ladies wore dresses which were very long; in fact, they had a tendency to drag upon the ground. "The young lady silently crept up to the grave. Fear gave her strength to stick the fork very firmly and deeply into, the grave. Her., dress was thereby firmly anchored to the grave. "She start ed to leave but when she Jelt the pull, of the dress upon the fork all strength left her,, except the power of speech. She scream ed and then her body's strength (Continued on page six) HIGHLANDS MAN CHARGED WITH HEINOUS CRIME Emory Day, of Highlands, is in she Macon county jail charged with an attempted criminal attack on his 11-year-old daughter, fol lowing a preliminary hearing last Friday before Magistrate Sam Mur ray Day was bound over to Su perior court without bond. W. A. Hays, special deputy, ar rested Day in Highlands last Wed nesday after' he had investigated reports of the alleged attack. It was reported that the -offense 'oc curred about a week prior to Day's arrejt. Day's daughter, who lives with M iss" Beruice Durgin, reported the attack to Miss Durgin, who in turn informed the child's mother .Hid uncle, it was . stated. No ac tion was taken by either of these. Deputy Hays reported, so he took out a warrant on suspicion and belief and, after investigating per sistent . reports of the alleged of fense, arrested -Day and turned hiin over to Sheriff Slagle. mysteries- h Hole in T5S &?0UtfD EXCITES STAR lr4 DE HEAVEHS WINS CONTEST I f. W fS. I V 'I. W I Co-Op Poultry Sale To Be Held Monday A cooperative carlot poultry ale will be held at fie Frank lin depot Monday, Nov. 16 and at Otto, Tuesday, Nov. 17, it was ' announced Wednesday by F. S. Sloan, county farm demon stration agent. Mr. Sloan had not been notified' Wednesday o the prevailing market price. However, he s.d he would mail out cards Thursday afternoon giving the prices to be paid. BAPTISTS TO H0IMEV1VAL Rev. Eugene Eller Also Announces Plan for Church Census A series of revival services will be held at the First Baptist church J beginning Sunday, Nov. 15, and continuing through Sunday, Nov. 22, with the Kev. Eugene R. El ler, pastor, doing the preaching John K. BlackbWn v of North Wilkesboro, will direct the music in cooperation" with the regular choir director, Roy C. Dady. Rev. Mr. Eller said Mr. Blackbarn had been his lifelong friend and is pre paring himself for work' as a gospel singer. He is a senior at Wake Forest college and has charge of the music at chapel services there. The public is cordially invited to attend these revival services, Rev. Mr. Eller said. There will be iwo services daily, one each morning at 10 o'clock and in the evening at 7:30. . To Conduct Census On the third Sunday afternoon the Baptist Sunday school will conduct a religious census of the community. After the census has been taken cards indexing the re ligious affiliation of the residents of Franklin will ,be distributed to the various churches. Mr. Eller pointed out that these will show each church its possibilities of in creasing its membership and ac tivity. - "The Lord has blessed , our work during the last two months," Mr. Eller added, "We have had an average attendance of about .one hundred and thirty at each preach ing service, and about one hundred in B. Y. P. U. and about one hun dred and forty in Sunday school. The W. M. S. is also increasing in membership. In two months we have received eighteen members In to the church." ... ACCIDENTALLY SHOT; JACKSON MAN DIES HERE Cecil Jones, 25, an employee of the Blackwood Lumber . company at East LaPorte, Jackson county, died at 2 a. m. Wednesday in Angel Brothers' hospital as a result of a bullet hole through his brain. Jones was said to have shot him self accidentally with a .25 auto matic pistol, the bullet striking iust above his right ear and coming out at the too of his head. He was brought to the hospital here late Tuesday afternoon. He was unconscious and bleeding profusely. Every effort was made to save his life but, 1 as the bullet passed through part of his brain, very little hope was held out for his recovery. . . . . ' "The husband ought to have voice in the furnishing- of the home," says a woman writer. Oh', but he does-r-the invoice. New Ore, Sillimanite, Mined in Clay County The first car lot of silliinanite .to be 'shipped in the United States was loaded recently in Clay cuini ty, adjoining -Macon, by C. (.'. West, Franklin mining man.. Mr. West mined the sillimanite for Philip S,. Hoyt, 01 Denver, Colorado, a pioneer in the pro duction of "high temperature" min erals. -Mr.. 'Hoyt, who developed the first production of cyanitc both in New Mexico ' and in N'oi th Carolina and of sillimanite in this state, has been in this section for about six months prospecting tor these and other minerals. He makes Franklin his headquartc". Sillimanite, Mr. , Uinei ANNUAL ROLL CALLSTARTEL Canvass for Red Cross Members To Be Made Saturday MUCH AID NEEDED Miss Elizabeth Kelly Directing Drive For Funds The annual Red Cross roll call in Macon county got under wa Wednesday Armistice I 'ay will, appropriate exercise, in ,k sellout., throughout the county. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, chairman of. lue Macon county chapter o. the Red Cross, is directing the campaign. Ereryone who is abl to give is urged to join the Re Cross, 'ihe membership fee is on ly one dollar but larger doiia-'ioi.. will be welcomed. ' Out ol cvci. membership fee of one dollar, fiftj cents will go to the nation:.! Ke Cross and the balance will be usee by the local chapter to;-" rei. work in this county. When th. donation exceeds . one dollar the amount remaining at home will be greater. It is the plan of the Red Cros: to reach everyone in Franklin at: as many persons in the couiny i. possible. Last year the roll cal goal was $200 but this . year : much larger sum will be necessary A. systematic canvass for l.ieni bers will be made Saturday. Red Cross headquarters have been established in the Masonic Hall. Miss Kelly urges that all requests for assistance be referred to the Red Cross in order to avoid duplication of efforts and gifts. Some members of the Red Cros? will be on hand at the Masonic Hall each Saturday during the winter from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. for the purpose of- receiving dona tions, investigating requests for as sistance and distributing supplies. THREE FIRES ARE REPORTED J. L. Barnard's Garage and Storage House Are Destroyed The combination garage and stor age house of J. Lee Barnard was destroyed by fire early bunclay morning. In the building were a Ford sedan, household furnishings, a supply of corn, farming imple ments, and several samaple cases of clothing. Nothing was saved. It is thought that the building caught . fire from some burning leaves. Mr. Barnard estimated the loss at approximately $1,000. The home of Jess Rowland, ol Burningtown, was- burned one day last week. . All of the Rowlands' canned fruit and corn were de stroyed. The origin of the fire was unknown. The kitchen of W. A. McGaha of Cowee caught on fire about 8 o'clock Saturday night and had burned about eight feet .of the roofing when discovered. The fire was extinguished before any se rious damage was done. "1 have recently installed a pri vate talkie apparatus in my home," writes a correspondent. How is she? is one of the refractory ores sim ilar to cyanite, its uses having re cently been developed in such prod ucts as furnace bricks, in which' ability to withstand high tempera tures is necessary. The develop-, inent of the electric furnace and the application of high heats in; various industries have' brought I about a demand for a supcr - refrac - tory material such as sillimanite and cyanite. ; Carload shipments of cyanite re cently have been made by Mr. Hoyt from this section.' The pro duction of the first car of 'silliman ite adds another product to the list of commercial mining products in Korth Carolifia. in MWfmiLfimnnii n prr -it i t t r wmsv -Mir,'lirfi'W!vw'Wfitl ' mmmm "wn A i '-4. x 4 V- ' 1 1 ; mime t: simi :v.ifi'-:: Tt t'..;gfei i j Z&ti&ZlfajA? .-.t-. - i.- , Dr. Be! Gives Rules For Health, Happiness GIVES CLASSES IN DIETETICS Mrs. Bell Lists Simple Rules of Healthful s Living "You cannot break the laws of God; you break yourselves against them." With this arresting! statement Mrs. Robert B. H. Bell opened her health class in St. Agnes church' M0J1 lay afternoon.- Sup plementing and following up the teaching sermons ot Dr. Bell, pointing the way to the "abundant life'.' thai Jes-' ''uu.cjit. Mrs. Bell is teaching lessons in right living each afternoon tliP'Uihout the week to large groups oi women. in these lessons the laws of health governing our bodies are re lated to God's laws governing the spiritual world, showing in a scien tific way the unity of all law, and applying the teaUiing of the Bible to the most practical affairs of everyday life to the attainment of health and .happiness. Pure air, pure water, natural food, 'natural sleep, natural .exer cise,1 are pointed as 'health laws to be obeyed; with minds, a-, vveil us bodies eln)jtied of. all that weakens and destroys, ' that they tnay .be filled with power to live in love and unity ' with God and ' one's neighbors. Mrs. Bell will give during her last lectures " full directions ' for a balanced diet for the whole fuutiy, the values and pn.perlu s 01" dif ferent foods, . teaching ihe, proper preparation 7r tlie nat'iir,! .UirArx hand. Mrs. Bell .invites; questions "ri any matters of health and food preparation, and the public, ' both men and women, i cordially in vited to attend the classes .each afternoon this week at 4 o'clock Ihe following quotation expresses the heart of the teachings, of Dr. and Mrs. Bell: "After all has been said and done,, one's 'mental, 'attitude ,hav. every tl!int.f to do with one's herddi, and iha- 'rii'ht mental attitude can never come to a man until he ha--, learned to love his fellow men and ! have c-rcat: fath in God. VISITS HOSPITAL Mr. VanderJIoof. secretary and treasaurer of the American Erika corporation was a , visitor' Sunday at Angel Brothers' hospital here. Mr. Var.derTIoof expressed much interest in .the hospital and the work it is accomplishing. 1 jet ?V Many Attending 'Life Abundant Mission' At St. Agnes The "Life Abundant" mission be iug conducted this week at St. Agnes Episcopal church by the Rev. Robert B. II. Bell, of Denver, Colorado, is attracting wide inter est, with ' large congregations at tending the services at 7 :30 o'clock each evening. . Dr. Bell's message is that health, happiness and prosperity can be attained through faith in God and obedience to natural laws and the teachings of Christ, on which he has placed a new interpretation. God is a loving God and will grant what his children ask, Dr. Bell teaches. Even miracles, or rather what are termed miracles, can be achieved by ordinary in dividual if they have sufficient faith in God, he believes. More, important than the ten commandments of Moses, accord ing to Dr. Bell, are the 32 com mandments voiced by Jesus Christ, of which . the following were point ed out a; the most important: "Re of good cheer." "Be- not afraid." "Have fnith in God." Dr. Bell believes that disease (Continued on page fix) : & A mm . ' .jr 1 mm m War Is Unchristian and Foolish, Dr. Bell Says M i:H I'.liabeth Kelly, chairman of the , Macon county chapter of th'' Anierican Red Cross, appealed to tin-; -Franklin Rotary chib at its regular weekly luncheon at the Scott . Griffin hotel,, Wednesday; for the cucjperation of Kotarians in ;i.e Red Cioss' annual roll tali i !, koiai ianv also heard the Rev. .''..obert B. H. Bell, wdio is'con ducling the' "Life Abundant" mis sion at St. Agnes Episcopal church his week, . ' Miss Kelly' said that the Red Cross had received many donations of clothing in recent months but financial assistance also would be needed' t take care of the needy in Macon county this winter. Be sides asking . the Rotarians to con tribute tV the Red . Cross, Miss Kelly also requested them to co operate in the relief organization work and to refer all requests for aid to the Red Cross. Sin: ex plained . that this .would avoid du plication of effort and would be the best means of seeing that" those who really need aid receive it. Dr. Bell Speak Dr. Bell told the Rotarians that was was .contrary to th teacbuigs Roads in County Nearly ' li IS W r Ml 0PENS10NDAY Business Courses To Be Given Above Macon Theatre A I'eny business school 'will be ori,.'i . in Franklin Monday nioru iii;;, ii w;is announced Wednesday by Mis. Dorothy K.. Smith, who .las been hue loi. t!:e past several ,'.eeks cut oiiin -.; pu p.l s for the I101. I...,; ..!.. . r-l 1 1 i theatre, lype- Ii . 1 1 'iiiijiiiK'n, II -lilppi-.l lr, tn . u- rs, . a'iikl.n v mil m ; ,.;.i(!, I, tc, will- : ..'peeled lie- t i!..y 1; Al.eiyii ie ,y .:'. ! 1 ;i,e ; . . 111 l;.'; u 1 ilniij;, silo. 1 !Ui ei-iuy, secret. n;;d work, be nffcred. A teacher is to arrive here in the '.ir so. 'usijicss schools, with U ii mr.v. :k, Ga., i'l'.l .I'f.l .li..ld..l.. t.' has. bi.-'!'ii.-!i- !..rho.:ls in 40 comtnun iues in North Carolina as well as 1 Georgia ff.d a number of other states. The schools operate on the basis of "live fit home and save nioiii-y while studying for a busi ness career." Miss Smith urges all those desir ing to enroll in the school who have 11 l yet done so to notify her iininedi.itcly at Mr. Gilmer Jones' residence. THANKSGIVING DINNER PLANS Proceeds To Be Given To Maxwell Farm Home .Plans for a Thanksgiving'-dinner for the benefit of the. Maxwell Farm Home, are moving forward, it was announced Wednesday by Mrs. F. L. Siler, a number of the committee arranging for the din ner. Interest shown in the dinner and assistance offeied are most en couraKi'iK. Mrs. Siler said. Cakes have been offered by the follow ing: Mrs. J. A. Flanagan, Mrs. John P.yrne, Mrs, Cecil Pender eras Mrs. Henry Gabc, Mrs. Rim mer and Miss unanda Slagle. Mrs. Beit Slagle, Mrs. George Si.qde, .Mrs. Sisk, and Mr. Bob Pattdlo have ottered to 1 supply other thin. ' ior. the linnet. Here is. the menu : Kousl I :i y, cranberry sauce. Cream potato' s, giblot guvcy.- Dressing, 'cheese. (Continued on page tix) of (,hi i t and that the world would never be fully civilized until war is banish."! lie said .Gandhi, the originator oi tin- passive resistance nan eiiient ; in India, was- the great est follower of Christ today, although'- h'- loes not -call himself a Christian.' The '-speaker said this roiin-try ne-il- an army large eno'.!f'h' f' -.' 1 ;'' purposes and a nay voifkiciit t-i protect' its mar ch.!. it 'j:.ai!ncv -.No country, he addiJ, w-uld dare to attack the C. S ... "It is utterly foolish.," Dr. Bell declared," for this country to pre pare, for future wars when it has not paid ' and can .. never pay . for the last war." ITc said that 50 : cents out of every, dollar 01 federal tax money goes to t'n support .of the army and' tin- .navy .or Sonn-.-ollier mil itaristic, purpose. . Bell also spoke n the prin ciples of rkdi't living and dietetics! He confinedtly .Mated that he' fully cxrected to live to be 150 years old and said that this or even a greater age could be attained by any man who applied, to his life the principles' of Christianity and scientific feeding. PERRY SCHOOL of B Complete Gravel or Sand Placed On About 14 Miles Of Roads FINE FOR WINTER Many Rural Highways Are Scraped and Ditched The state highway maintenance forces in Macon county are rapid ly nearing completion of their program, which calls for surfac ing with sand or g avel of every school bus road in the county Ly. December 1. Nearly 14 miles of rural . p-ad-in the county ...already have been scraped, ditched and covered wi'it crushed stone -or san!, aecordin?;' to R. H. neiiiinouF,, iusistaul dis trict engineer of the iiiaintenaiice dii:.ioii of the state highway de partment. Mr. I'leiiiinons said that only about three miles of county roads remain to be surfaced before every school bus .route will be in first class condition for all winter travel. ' . RomU Surfaced Gravel or sand surfacing has been completed on the following roads : Iotla route, S miles; Dills Creek, 11-11 miles; Poplar Cove, 1 1-10 miles; Holly Springs road, 1 mile; Double Churches road, 1-2 mile; Sugar Fork, 2 1-2 utiles; Buck Creek, 2 1-2 mihtf. Two miles of the Ellijay road and a mile or slightly more on the Horse Cove road remain to Yt ci 1 1'f -1 fnr Besides improving the school bus routes the maintenance forces also have scraped and drained a number of. other county roads, many of which had received little or no at tention for a year or longer., To Erect Bridge . Mr. Flemmons also - announced that a new 'bridge soon would be erected over the Nantahala river at Aquone, where the old wooden structure has been condemned as unsafe. The highway commission already has had a steel bridge, formerly used at another place, dismant' ' and transferred to Aquone. This is expected to be erected before winter. No discuiiion has. been reached yet, so far as can be learned, as to what -disposition will be made of the old steel bridge which spanned the Little Tennessee river at Franklin. Several petitions have been presented to the state high way commission asking for re location of this bridge at one point or another. At first the commission announced that it would re-rrect the bridge at Cor ititidtun Hill. Then, .Inter, it was reported that I commission had changed its mind and dee'd -d to move the. bridge to Oak Grove, Since then, however, word has come from Rcleigh that, d-ic to pressing demands from the various sections interested in obtaining the bridge, the whole matter was held in abeyance pending' further in-, vestigation. Bus Driver: "Madam, that chibl will have to pay full fare. He's over five vcars of aire." Madam: "But he can't be; I've only been married four years." , Bus Driver: Never mind the confession; let's have the money Mrs. T. W. Bickett Is Visitor in Franklin Mr. T. W. Bickett, of Ral eigh, wife of the Ute Gover nor of North Caroline, U a visitor in Franklin this week. Mrs. Bickett came here Mon day to attend the "Life Abun dant" mission being conducted by the Rev. Robert B. H. Bell and Mrs. Bell at St. ' Agnes Episcopal church this week. Mrs. Bickett is one of the most ' widely known and be loved women' in North Caro lina. For tome years she has serv ed as superintendent of public welfare in Wake county. She also is president of the North Carolina railroad, owned by the state. Mrs. Bickett plans to remain here through Sunday.