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Al rs. r r7 f 'r In , T TT L 1 PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVI, NO. 47 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 19, 1931 $1.50 PER YEAR U 3 hi R. S. JONES IS yiiAfiT iiriMiinr. ...uiiujJMfuinui- Gets $2.50 Prize for Best Solution to Mystery Story U. S. Jones, Franklin attorney, is the winner of ' the $2.50 casli prize for the Lest Solution of "A Dance of Ghosts," the second ghost story in The Franklin Tress' "Guess-the-Ghost'' contest. . The winner of las week's contest, "The Ghost in the Swamp," will be an nounced next week. , 1 his week s ghosf story, "The Ghost of the Lonely House," together with rules and regulations of the contest, will be found on the editorial page. ' While Mr. Jones' explanation of "The Dance of Ghosts," is not exactly correct, it was the best so lution submitted. All those who are interested in ghost stories are urged ' to enter this contest. - The author's solu tion of each story is printed the week following, publication of the story. Following is Mr. Jones' explana tion of "A Dance of Ghosts:" "The widow returned home af ter several years' absence in which absence the Northern soldiers had possession of her home. Of course, upon her first night's return her mind was on these, soldiers. She hung the curtain upi which the story says was discolored .and stained. She" did not see the ghosts when she first lay down because she had gone to bed early and the moon had not come up over the trees, When the moon did come up over the trees it shown directly on the curtain, and there must have been a light breeze stirring. The moon shining through the curtain on the stains made the stains stand out (dearly and the wind moving the curtain made 'these stains seem ( to move and consequently they looked like live figures. As her mind was on the Northern soldiers, of course these figures looked to her like soldiers. This same thing applies to the young man. When he would shoot the btJllet would move the curtain thereby making it look like the ghosts' heads and other parts of their bodies would come apart and of couarse, when the curtain was still it would look like they were together again. When the lamp was lit of course . the f igaures could not be . seen.'V ISHOP HORNER TO COME SOON At a congregational meeting on Monday evening at St. Agnes church, the Rev. N. C. Duncan presented . the program of the church for the coming year, includ ing the budget covering local ex penses and the missionary quota f..i- tVio wnrlr rif ttii' F.nisrnnal church throughout the world. Cards were distributed to mem bers for their annual pledges to the" support of local and missionary objectives, in preparation for an Everv-Meniber canvass on rwnday, Nov. '30. . The rector announced the visit of the Rt. Rev. Junius M. Horner lo the parish on the second Sun day in December to administer the rite of confirmation. A service of baptism on the first Sunday of December at 9:30 a. m. was also announced. I.'..., fi- Ilnni-an left TllPsdaV . afternoon for the diocese of Upper South Carolina, where he will hold a series of missions, He is ex- "pected to return the latterpart of next week. . . . An evening prayer service will be held at St. Agnes Sunday at .7:30 p. m. " A mission was conducted at the Church of the Incarnation at High- fti.. first ttirpp fl:ivs of this week by the Rev. David Eaton, of Burlington, N. C. Benefit Thanksgiving Dinner Is Called Off The benefit Thankgiving din peS planned by a group of f Aim women headed by Mrt. . L. Siler; to raise fund for the Maxwell Farm Home, hat been called off. Mr. Siler said the dinner was canceled on ac count of unsettled condition at the Maxwell Home. Rev. O. P; Ader Appointed To Franklin Pastorate; Rev. Freeman Returned The Rev. A. P. Ader, formerly pastor of the Ogburn Memorial Methodist church at Winston Salem, has been assigned to the pastorale of the Franklin Metho dist church succeeding tHe Rev. (r. Clifton Ervin, who has been transferred to the Hillside street Methodist church in Ashevillc. 'The new Methodist 'appointments Were read out by Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon Sunday night at the closc of the annual Western North Carolina conference of the church in Asheville. Rev, Mr. ' Ader, a man of ripe years arid experience, is expected to arrive here Monday of next Red Cross Roll Call Drive To Be Held Here Saturday By Elizabeth Kelly (Chairman, Macon County Chapter, Red Cross) Thirty-five of the 43 county schools reported community meet ings held on Armistice Day for the purpose of presenting the Red Cross program and of securing memberships and donations for the Red Cross. We have not had re ports from all of these meetings yet, but have heard unofficially of the successful meetings in some of thev places. Splendid, collections of canned goods and other foods were gather ed at some of the schools lotla, of ' course, did herself proud with numbers of cans and other food contributed by I'tc children. Miss Grace Wilkes brought in last Sat urday lovely canned goods, pota toes, corn, and vegetables from the Walnut Creek school, f was pleas ed to have a few minutes with' the group at Union, but had to hurry on to the Negro school and on to the Rotary Club and lotla. The Roll Call goes on . through the teachers and. committees of each school district. Saturday, Nov. 21, will be Roll Call in Franklin. The homes and business places will be called upon that day for member ships. I'ease let every one who possibly can be ready to become a member. If there are others in any school community who have not joined and who . will become a ' member of the Red Cross, please' see your own committee and join at once. We want to close the Roll Call the last of next week. Do not forget the Red Cross will be ready to receive gilts and to make donations at the Masonic Hall each .jaturday from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock. AH requests must come through 'the local committee and not from the individual de siring help. Exact sizes of shoes, clothes, etc., should be furnished when a request for clothes is made. The splendid spirit of coopera tion manifested by almost all' of the teachers ani by folks in the communities is appreciated by the ones of us who are trying to be of help in this. work. It now re mains' tor Franklin ! to do her pari and Franklin will. Please know that personally I am grateful to the many who are interested and help ful in (his. -county-wide effort that is being made to the end that' no one may' suff r for necessities in any community in (lie county this year. Special Services Being Held at Baptist Church A series of special services are being conducted at the Baptist church by the pastor, Rev. Eugene R. Eller, and will continue, through out Sunday uight. All the people are cordially invited to attend. The subject for Sunday morniiig will be , "The" Influence of the Home." Rev, Mr. Eller '.attended" "the Baptist' State Convention which met in the First Baptist church in W'inston-Salem last week. This was the one-hundred and first con vention. ...Mr. Eller stated that one of the outstanding features of the meeting was the harmony and fine way :in which the problems were faced, in spite of the depression, and, the reports v,-rp very -encouraging. , The bofcrd .reduced its week. No services have been an nounced for the local Methodist church for Sunday. Rev. Mr. Ervin, accompanied by Mrs. Ervin, left Franklin Wednes day to assume his new charge in Asheville. The Hillside street church has a, large and old con gregation. It has been planning lo erect a fine new church but, due to current conditions, has had to postpone this work. Of considerable interest here is the 'appointment of (he Rev. L. B. Hayes, pastor of the Central Meth odist church of Shelby, as presid ing elder of the Waynesville- dis continued on page six) Trading Plan Speeds Liquidation of Bank Liquidation of frozen assets in the Bank . of Franklin is be ing facilitated considerably through a trading plan approved by depositors at a meeting Oc tober 24 in the Macon county courthouse. This plan provides for the ex change of certificates of de posit for notes held by the bank on which cash cannot be real ized at the time. However, all such exchanges . must first be approved by the bank's board of directors and a committee named by the depositors, com posed of Dr. W. E. Furr, Joseph Ashear and Claude Russell. This committee meets with the direc tors each Tuesday night to pass on applications to exchange cer tificates. . Those desiring to ne gotiate "trades" can file their applications at the bank. In one. exchange on this basis which was recently completed Dr. W. H. Higgins, of Franklin, became owner of part of the old camp grounds on Highway No. 286. The exchange plan was exer cised by the bank for a short while after it reopened last spring but was discontinued on the advice of the State Banking Department. Its resumption, with the . approval . of depositors and directors, is expected great ly to expedite restoration of the bank to its normal status. GRID SEASON ENDSFRIDAY The Franklin high school foot ball team will play Brevard in Franklin at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. It will be the last game of the season for the local boys. v. ' Brevard has a hard-fighting ag gregation and is expected to give the home team a run for its mon ey, Every one who likes football- is urged to .be on hand for the game Friday afternoon to give the Franklin, boys hearty support front the side lilies. For five of the Franklin players this will be the last time they wil. play high school football. indebtedness $200,000. More bap tisms were reported for the year, both in home and fcjteign fields, than in any year in the history of the convention, - The convention authorized the selling of $300,000 in bonds to care for the indebtedness on institu tions. The secretary reported that if the churches would keep faith the convention would be clear of debt within the next four years. The greatest movement among Southern Baptists is, the every hieinber canvass w;hi h will be launched between November 29 and December 6, in an effort to enlist every Baptist in scriptural giving and service. This will be followed by an effort to launch simultaneous revivals and training schools throughout the i:" b, ,1! J. F. PALT1ER; 74 Dies After Long Illness At His Home Near Franklin Funeral services for Jacob Frank lin 1'almer, 74, who died at his home on the Highlands road Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock after an illness of several months, were held atv the First Baptist church here Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Eugene Eller, pastor, officiated, assisted by the Rev. H. C. Freeman, pastor of the Macon circuit. The deceased was born in Chero kee couiity, and ,came to Macon county in early life. 1 le lived in Franklin for a number of years and operated a blacksmith shop. He had been a faithful member of the Baptist church here since early manhood. He was widely known throughout Macon county and was a highly respected citizen. He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Jennie Ray, of Buriiingtown, -and the following children: . Jim .Calm er, of Franklin-; Frank Fainter, of Akron, Ohio; Joe l'ahner, of Franklin; Charles I 'aimer, of Sham rock, Texas; Mrs. Graham Grind staff, of Keene, N. II.; Mrs. Roy Mize, of Clayton, Ga. ; and Fred Palmer, of Lancaster, I 'a.; one brother, John Fainter, of Murphy, and by a number of grandchil dren. He was preceded to the grave by one daughter, Mrs; Mat tie Jacobs, of Akron, Ohio, who died about a year ago. Pallbearers were : Henry W. Cabe, J. S. Porter, J. S. Trotter, Joseph Ashear, Harold Sloan and Claude Russell. LIFE ABUNDANT MISSION CLOSES Dr. and Mrs. Bell Greatly Impressed by Franklin's ' Advantages The Life Abundant mission con ducted at St. Agnes Episcopal church last week by the Rev. Rob ert B. II. 'M and Mrs. Bell was concluded Sunday evening with a sermon of great power delivere d to a congregation that Uxed the capacity of the little church. Throughout the eight days of these special services the members of other Franklin churches united with the congregation of St, Agnes each afternoon and evening to re ceive the messages of Dr. and Mrs. Bell on the teachings ol Christ and the principles of hy giene and dietry. The emphasis of these two teach ers Dr. Bell and ordained minis ter and Mrs. Bell an expert on dietry and related subjects was on the three-fold ministry of Christ healing, teaching and preaching. Their week's program followed the laws of life laid down in the Serm on on the Mount, interpreted in the light of modern needs and' con ditions. Mrs. Bell demonstrated in her lectures the scientific cause and cure bodily ills brought about by wrong habits of living, -showing the interdependence of health of body and spirit in her ' teaching of cor rect eating, drinking, exercise, sleep ; and recreation. ' v In his closing sermon Dr. Bell gave a -message on the necessity of the spirit of forgiveness before forgiveness can be sought. Love of ' Ciodj love of neighbor, were presented as the .prime requisites to a life of true health; wealth and prosperity -.offered by a loving Father to His children. Dr. and Mrs, Bell were deeply impressed with the matchless beau ty and health advantages of this section of the state. On Sunday afternoon, Dr. Bell preached at the. Church - of the Incarnation, Highlands. He was accompanied by the choir of St. Agnes church and others from Franklin. On Monday morning Dr. and Mrs. Bell left in their car -for Tarboro, N, C, -where they will conduct a similar mission in 'Caval ry' church. DOT McCONNELL Little Dot McConnell, the twenty-one-days-old infant of .Mr.'-and Mrs. Ben McConnell, of Prentiss, died at their home Monday, Nov. 9, and was buried at the Pleasant Hill cemetery Monday afternoon. DEATH CLAIMS Request Town To Release Power Company's Surety To Back Realty Project EDITORIAL Frenzied Finance I T WAS a beautiful picture painted for the town council Tuesday night by Messrs 'Hunnicutt and bordering on Lake Emory turned into a veritable paradise for tourists and summer visitors and a gold mine for the owners and the power company. And it all could be achieved so easily, merely by the town trading a cash surety bond against possible failure of the power company to live up to its contract for a mortgage on the would-be paradise. Tourists would throng to Franklin by the thousands. Business would be revived. Newcomers would pay big prices for lots border ing the lake. Money would be spent freely. Halcyon BOOM times vvould return! Water is as short as money just now but, of course, Mother Nature would smile benignly and send enough rain to swell the pond. Imagine the joy of the Wouldn't it be great? All our troubles solved! And it wouldn't cost anybody anything. The town would have a perfectly, good mortgage; the Hank of rrankhn would be glad to get rid of it. The power- company would draw six per cent interest on its surety bond of $7.1,500 instead of a mere three per 'cent and, furthermore, it wouldn't have to pay out two per cent to bond the bank which is holding the money. Then, too, the utilities concern to which, of course, we all are indebted in gratitude as well as arrearages would thrive and prosper by an increased sale' of electricity. Just to think that such supeMinancicrs as Messi rs Hunnicutt and McGuire can be found right here in our. midst! Tiny could be mak ing millions in Wall Street. Of course, the failure of Lake Emory thus far cannot be blamed on them; belter men than they have had their plans go awry as a result of the unavoidable business depression. The Lake Emory project, we are assured by these ntlcuirii, would he a sure-fire success with the injection of a little more .money just a paltry $73,500. Even if the utilities company threw the power plant back in our faces and the Lake Emory development went to the dogs, the taxpayers of Franklin could recover their loss by doubling their taxes for the next ten yirs. Then, on the other hand, if it all turned out. pretty as pie, maybe the town could give a mortgage on a mortgage and arrange- to re finance all the other folks hereabouts who are hurting just a little for the lack of money. NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-Date News Reports STATE NEWS Start 10-Year Plan RALEIGH Nearly ' 50 leading citizens of the state met Tuesday night to definitely plan the execu tion of a 10-year program for creation .'of new wealth in North Carolina. The plan was originally formulated by Tyre C. .Taylor. Mother A Murder Supect LEXINGTON Mrs. Lola Pickett, was arrested on November 12 on orders ot the Davidson county coroner pending further probing of the deaths of her two daughters, Elizabeth, 6, and Virginia, 10, in whose stomaches traces of arsenic were discovered. She denies guilt in the two deaths and is on a hunger strike in the jail. . She as serts a fin- at her home on No-, vetnber 11 was set by an enemy but does not cite the name. Taken Fatal Poion Doe GASTON l,A Burke II. Parker, 52, .cotton' broker, former mayor here, died in a Columbia, S. ('., hospital Monday, from effects of a poison dose taken Saturday wh':le on a day's absence from the . hos pital to attend a football game. He suffered a nervous breakdown some months ago. Two Men Tracked by Dog Arrested on Fire Charge Last Sunday a blood hound own ed by Ranger Nicholson of the Nantahala National Forest of Clay ton, Ga., tracked down two men who had. let a fire loose on na tional forest land 51 hoursv before, accordii.fi to an announcement at headquarters of the Nantahala for est here. The names of the men were not given but it was stated that they will, be prosecuted under seetion 5.1 of the Federal code for leaving a fire unattended and endangering Hov eminent land. The men had been coon hunt ing on Thursday night of last week and had left their fire Friday morning' without Completely ex tinguishing it. The fire smouldered for awhile and finally brokt out into the wood! and was Jlicdvrcd and Foolish Fancies McGuire the woods and fields little fishes! Gain In N. C. Food Crop RALEIGH -Strong gains in to tal and per acre production of food and feed crops in l'AH are shown in state . department of agriculture reports. Corn is fi0,500,00 bushels compared with 5l,)5,O0O in 19.10. Wheat is 0,180,0(10 bushels against 1,288,000, oats stand at 8,181,00 bushels against 0,521, (XXI, rye is UI2.0IX) bushels - against' 1,068,000, peanuts show 27,(KK),000 pounds against 101,7(10,111X1, apples show 5, I75,0ai bushels against 2,550,(XXJ and Irish potatoes 10,514,000 bushels against 8,000,1)00 bushels. Seek Acreage Cut ("II AKI.O'ITE 'I he Governors of tin ( arolinas, Virginia and Georgia on XiiM inher 12 met here to ague to seek drastic acreage cuts in. cotton, tobacco,, peanuts and potatoes in. l'M, in a confer ence railed by Governor Max Gard ner. Method of securing reduction is left to the several states but the governors at-. reed for each to name three Mien to a .four st:)te committee to survey 'cash crops for 10 years past and to recommend definite production quotas for 1W2 ' Governor Gardner is re ported not to favor immediate (Continued on page six) by lookouts Sunday morning: The blood hound was sent . in with a crew "i men to extinguish the fire and immediately .picked up a scent. The do,: followed the trail without hesitation to a house along a nearby road where the men had gotten into a car.' The names of the men were learned from the people in this house. A newspaper also. was found with the names of the two' men who were in the vi cinity of the fire. When the men were- found and confronted with evidence obtained by Ranger Nicholson they admit ted having been iii the vicinity and that it was their fire which caused the damage. They verified exactly the trail followed by the blood hound- from the fire to the point (Continued ea pagi tlx) Hunnicutt arid McGuire Present Plan for Lake Lmory COMMliltli NAMED Mortgage Would Be Given own in flace ot Cash itfond A proposal lor the towu of Franklin indirectly to finance the development of property uwueU by the LaKe Jcmory company was presented to the town council at a special meeting Tuesday mghi iii the luwn Hall. ihe plan was broached by im ory S. liuiiuicutt and W. ii. .Mc Gunt, pruuiolcrs ul the real csU'.c development, bordering Lake Em my, originally built by tlic town as a hydro-electric power project and then sold to' Uie Norlhwcsi Public Utilities, hie. The iirst step in their plan is lor the town U release a cash deposit of $73,50U put up by the utilities company to guarantee its retirement of the bonded indebtedness against the town for. the power plant. Then this money would be lent by the power company, lo the Lake Em ory company, which first would pay ult an indebtedness of approxi mately $30,000 to the Hank of Franklin and theu use the balance lor improving its property. In return for the cash surety bond, now ou deposit in an. Ohio bank, the town would receive a mortgage on the Lake Emory com pany's holdings. Committee Named After hearing the proposal the council voted to take the matter under consideration and Mayor George Patton appointed a com mittee, consisting of J. S. Conley, M. L. Dowdle aud Dr. J. 11. Fouts, to investigate the legality of the plan and to iiud out whether it was acceptable lo the Northwest Public Utilities company. The board did not commit itself, one wax or the other, to the proposal. The Lake Emory company has approximately 500 acres bordering the power company's property. Mr. Hunnicutt said that he believed the power company was now favorable to the plan and would be glad to lend the money to the Lake Emory company if the town agrees to re lease the surety deposit. The proj ect would increase the power com pany's sales considerably, he point ed out i PainU Pretty Pictur Mr. Hunnicutt said the develop ment plans .provided for the erec tion oi an amusement pavilion on Lake Emory with boat docks, bath houses and other facilities. He pointed out that if the deal goes through it would hasten the liqui dation of the Bank of Franklin and probably make possible an early dividend payment to deposit ors. He also called the attention of the council to the fact that it would release a large sum of mon ey in payrolls and thereby expedite local recovery from the business depression. A glowing picture of what the development of Lake Emory mean to Franklin vivf paiifted. A large tourist canjp would be erect ed, to be advertised far and wide with the assistance of the utilities company, ultimately - attracting thousands of visitors. Real estate would begin to move again, bring ing new money to own. Summer visitors would flock in by the hun dreds. The town, Mr. Hunnicutt and Mr. McGuire assured the board, would be amply protected. A mort gage on the Lake Emory develop ment, they said, would be fully as good as a cash deposit in an Ohio bank. Furthermore, Mr. Hunnicutt told The Franklin Press,' there was no danger of the power com pany falling down on its contract 111 I to meet interest and bondmen' mpnts a thev pomp dui .. hut should the power plant ct readily be sold. He declared th .L. J ! M' J- I inc ueposii in kjho, drawing on iv a email infprACt rot woo the power company thousands of dollars, which indirectly came out of the puriei of Franklin electricity consumer!. .
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