Editor Predicts Shining Future for Macon, March 3, 1925

Macon’s Hour

With the letting last Friday of the contract for the municipal dam and power house, Franklin and Macon County are one step nearer to the goal toward which we have been dreaming and working for many years. The expenditure on the dam on the Georgia road and the Dillsboro road will approximate three-quarters of a million dollars within the year. This, however, is only of temporary interest. The permanent benefit to Macon county can hardly be estimated. When we once let the outside world know of our unexcelled climate, rugged mountains with peaks that pierce the sky, abundant hydro-electric power, plentiful supply of labor, concrete roads, immense quantities of timber supplies, the fertility of our soil, the upstanding character of our citizens, then we can begin to realize the importance and far-reaching effects of the work that is now under way in the county.

We hardly dare predict what the future five years hence holds for our people. Suffice it to say that there will stand in our valleys mighty industrial plants employing hundreds of men and women, magnificent hotels will crown the hilltops above the lake and beautiful summer homes will nestle along the shores, the highways will be crowded with thousands of cars filled with people who are anxious for a breath of our mountain air, trucks and wagons from cove and mountain cottage will bring the produce of the farms to a populous town, civilization will smile in all its glory and God’s mighty paradise of the mountains will have come into its own.

From the editorial page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925, S.A. Harris, editor. Do you know happened October 29, 1929, preventing the editor's vision of a glorious future?

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Mountain Towns Offer Free Land to Lure Factories, March 3, 1925

Where Rip Doesn’t Sleep

The story goes that Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years, but it is a safe bet that he didn’t take this snooze in the vicinity of Prentiss and Riverside. The progressive citizens of these two towns are on the jump. They are offering free factory sites to any industrial enterprise that will locate in their towns. And incidentally they have some of the best locations for factories in the county. The good people of Prentiss and Riverside are not working in opposition to Franklin. They are only looking out for Number One and no one can blame them for so doing. If they are willing to offer greater inducements than does Franklin, industrial enterprises will naturally locate there.

In this connection it should be remembered that the Press is run solely in the interest of the county and that it is in no way partial to Franklin when another section of the county has an opportunity to better itself. The Press therefore wishes Prentiss and Riverside all success possible in the progressive undertakings.

From the editorial page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Police Fined Car When They Couldn't Figure Out Whose Liquor it Was, March 3, 1925

Tom Angel’s Car Fined

Last Sunday Mr. Bill Sutton, Mr. Mothews and Mr. Roberts decided to visit Georgia. So Bill made arrangements to rent Mr. Angel’s car for the trip. It seems that these young men got to Georgia and trouble. At any rate, they were arrested are(and?) a small amount of liquor, so the report goes, was found in the car. Mr. Matthews made bond and returned to Franklin. The other two were detained, tried and found not guilty because the officers couldn’t prove that the car in which the liquor was found was the one in which they had gone to the Empire State.

Monday morning rolled around and Mr. Angel was shy one perfectly good car. So he lit out for Georgia to see why his trained car had not returned home. He found it in Clarkesville rearin’ to come but held in leash by the Sheriff. Since one of the men was released on bond and the other two were found not guilty, Mr. Angel is still trying to figure out why it cost him$113 to get his car. He finally has come to the conclusion that the car must have been fined this amount.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925. A last name was spelled Mothews on first reference and Matthews later in the story.

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George Reece Not Guilty of Reckless Driving, March 3, 1925

Cars driven by Mr. George Reece and Mr. W.G. Hall ran together on Main street near the fountain last Sunday. Mr. Reece’s car suffered serious damage while that of Mr. Hall had a rear wheel knocked off and was otherwise damaged. Mr. Reece was tried Monday on charges of reckless driving but was found not guilty.

From page 2 of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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New Furniture and Music Store Will Also Sell Coffins, Have a Hearse, March 3, 1925

New Furniture and Music Store for Franklin

Mr. O.C. Bryant and Mr. Wiley Carpenter have organized under the firm name of Bryant and Carpenter, a furniture and music store. They are at present located in the west half of the building on Main Street formerly occupied by Porter Motor Company. In addition to a complete line of furniture, Victrolas, Records, etc., the new firm will also handle a large line of Caskets and Coffins. In connection with this phase of their business Bryant & Carpenter will have at the disposal of the public a hearse. A hearse has been one of the great needs of Franklin and these young men are to be congratulated on getting a hearse for Franklin’s use.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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J.L. Barnard Promised a Respectable Dance Hall and Amusement Palace, March 3, 1925

Will Build Dance Hall

Mr. J.L. Barnard will build a large dance hall and amusement palace at the public camp ground near the foot of Trimont about one mile from Franklin. A place of this kind has long been needed.

In connection with the hall Mr. Barnard will install a soft drink stand. He will also serve sandwiches, ice cream, etc.

Mr. Barnard states that his amusement place will be conducted on a high moral plane and that no rowdyism will be permitted on or near the hall. Those who know Mr. Barnard know that he will tolerate no unseemly conduct on the part of those who attend dances at his hall. In other words, he will make his dance hall a wholesome place for amusement.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Allfather Family Moving to Black Mountain, March 3, 1925

A Good Citizen Moves

Mr. W.E. Allfather, who has been a resident of Franklin for more than a year, has purchased a home and an electric bakery at Black Mountain and will move to that town with his family in a few days. During their stay here Mr. Allfather and family have made many friends who regret to see them move away. The best wishes of all go with this popular family.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Alex Moore New Superintendent of Baptist Sunday School, March 3, 1925

Mr. Alex Moore was elected as Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School in Franklin last Sunday in the place of Mr. John S. Trotter whose term had expired.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Burn Victim Returning Home, March 3, 1925

Mr. Fred Killian from Nantahala, who had his arm burned by gasoline some time ago and who has been at the Munday Hotel since, left last Monday for his home.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Birthday Dinner for Mrs. T.M. Slagle, March 3, 1925

Birthday Dinner

Mrs. Carl Slagle and Mrs. Esther Fries delightfully entertained Mrs. T.M. Slagle on the occasion of her birthday last Sunday with a birthday dinner. The dinner was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Slagle. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crawford and Mrs. and Mrs. Will Sloan, intimate and personal friends of Mrs. T.M. Slagle, were present and (so) was Mr. C.W. Slagle. All present thoroughly enjoyed the bounteous dinner and the delightful reminiscences of other days. It seems that the dinner itself particularly appealed to Mr. Crawford.

Only one candle was on the cake. Some claim it represented 31 summers, others claim 51 years had passed since Mrs. Slagle’s birth, while Mr. C.W. Slagle intimated that the one candle represented on century, whereupon he had to show how fast he can run.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Trial of Willie A. Doxey, 66, for Killing Nephew, Wm. H. Doxie, March 2, 1925

Willie Doxey Now on Trial for Life in Elizabeth City. . .Charged with Murder of William H. Doxey, Who Died in Hospital on February First. . . Deceased Warn to Leave Home. . . Had Been Reared in Home of the Defendant—Wife’s Name Is Brought Into the Case Also

By the Associated Press

Elizabeth City, March 2—Willie A. Doxey, charged with the murder of his nephew Wm. H. Doxey, who died in a local hospital February 1, was to go on trial today in Currituck superior court.

Doxey shot his nephew on January 31 after returning from a hunt and finding Mrs. Doxey away from home. Before the trial it was intimated Doxey and his nephew had engaged in a series of quarrels which ended in the former warning the latter not to visit his home again.

The defendant is now 66 years of age. Twenty-two years ago, he married Miss Daisy Hampton, 16, and known as the “belle of Currituck.” Soon after his marriage Doxey took his nephew, then a boy of 12, into his home. He was fond of hunting and was away from home many nights.

As Wm. Doxey became older, however, he became involved in quarrels with his uncle, and finally was warned never to enter the house again, it was stated.

Before dying, young Doxey left a statement in which he said that while he was on his way to Poplar Branch from the direction of Bertha, his uncle met him on the road. The elder man shouted that he was going to kill him, young Doxey said, adding that he wrested the revolver from his hand. The older man promised not to shoot, young Doxey continued, and the revolver was returned to him.

Then, the nephew asserted, Willie Doxey backed away 10 feet and shot him. His uncle’s wife was a “good woman, perfect as far as I know. We have prayed together many times.”

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, March 2, 1925

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Miss Charlotte Anthony, 22, Killed in Fall from Car, March 2, 1925

Salisbury Girl Falls from Car and Killed. . . Door to Coupe Somehow Came Open and Miss Charlotte Anthony Fell Out

Salisbury, March 1—Miss Charlotte Anthony, aged 22, was fatally injured when she feel out of a coupe last night at 11 o’clock. She and Banks Sloop of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, were returning home from Mooresville where they had been during the evening, and when they were near the Rowan Cotton Mill, just south of the city, the car door came open from some unexplained cause and Miss Anthoiny fell out. The car was going about 20 miles an hour and when Mr. Sloop got it stopped he returned and picked Miss Anthony up and carried her to her home, 606 Maupin Avenue. She was conscious and did not appear to be so badly hurt but when a physician arrived, he saw the seriousness of the wound which was in the back of the head and she was taken to the Salisbury Hospital where she died at 2 o’clock this morning.

Miss Anthony had been employed as a clerk with the R.W. Walker Lumber Company for three years. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Stotts, and six sisters. Four of the young sisters are at home, another, Miss Glenna Anthony, is a member of the school faculty at Statesville, and a married sister, Mrs. Margurite Goldman, lives in New York City. Interment will be at Glen Alpine where Miss Anthony’s father is buried, but time of the funeral awaits word from the sister in New York.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Sculptor of Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Arrested in Greensboro, March 2, 1925

Borglum Declares Again He Will “Rot in Jail” for His Ideals

By the Associated Press

New York, March 2—“Ready to rot in jail” in defense of his ideals, Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, is preparing for the “fight of his life” in connection with the Stone Mountain confederate memorial, which he says should be completed because it is the greatest project of thought ever conceived.

He admitted last night on his return from Atlanta that he had destroyed his model and plans after his dismissal by officials of State Mountain Memorial Association. For this he had been arrested at Greensboro, N.C., on a warrant charging vandalism and malicious mischief.

“I destroyed the temporary models for the greatest piece of sculpture in the world’s history,” he said, “because I believe in the right of an artist in his own creation. I am ready to rot in jail rather than yield this principle. Let the small provincial mind of my enemies contemplate the work of stonecutters or shoemakers if they wish. I am ready for a fight.

“Why, they are trying to crucify me. Think of their impudence. They fired me a fortnight after I had served notice on them that I intended to ask an accounting of their stewardship of the Association’s funds. They were spending about as much on office force as I was on the mountainside with my force.”

Borglum said he would confer with wealthy friends who had said they would back him to the limit.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Brent Drane, Dr. W.S. Rankin to Retire from State Service, March 2, 1925

Drane and Rankin to Retire from Office. . . Dr. Rankin, It is Reported, Will Head Hospital System of the Duke Foundation

Raleigh, Feb. 28—Important changes in heads of State departments are pending, it became known here tonight. Brent Drane has submitted his resignation to Governor McLean as head of the geological and economy survey, and Dr. W.S. Rankin will shortly retire as head of the State board of health.

It is stated that Dr. Rankin will retire in the near future to become head of the hospital system created under the Duke foundation; that while this arrangement has been entered into, it will not be officially confirmed until the trustees of the Duke foundation meeting in March. Governor McLean stated tonight that he had not yet heard of Dr. Rankin’s resignation, which must be submitted to the State board of health.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Bill to Move Rural Police from Sheriff's Office to County Commissioners, Feb. 28, 1925

Put Rural Force Under County Commissioners

Raleigh, Feb. 28—A new bill to place the Mecklenburg county rural police force under the county commissioners will be introduced in the house Monday by Speaker Edgar W. Pharr and will receive the support of Senator Hamilton C. Jones in the senate.

The measure, introduced by Representative Julia Alexander and W.R. Matthews to abolish the rural force, will never get out of the house alive.

Speaker Pharr’s bill will transfer control of the force from the sheriff to the county commissioners. The commissioners now appoint the police. Representative Matthews, it was understood, will probably sign the bill.

Miss Alexander could not be reached here tonight for a statement as to her plans for abolishing the force in view of the reaction to the announcement of the bills introduced. She indicated last night that her original intention was to place complete responsibility for law enforcement in the hands of the sheriff. Speaker Pharr’s bill will transfer authority now resting with the sheriff to the county commissioners, and leave only the deputies with that officer.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Sallie B. Ferguson, 88, Died March 2, 1925, of Pneumonia

Mrs. Sallie B. Ferguson Died Here This Morning. . . Had Been Ill for Week with Pneumonia and Her Death Was Not Unexpected—Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon

Mrs. Sallie B. Ferguson, one of Concord’s oldest and best known women, died this morning at 8:18 o’clock at her home on Georgia Avenue after an illness of a week with pneumonia. For several days she had been critically ill and her death did not come as a surprise to relatives and friends who had kept advised as to her condition from day to day.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at her late home on Georgia Avenue, and interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery. Services at the home and cemetery will be conducted by Rev. G.A. Martin of Landrum, S.C., former pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city.

Mrs. Ferguson was a daughter of the Joel Hill and was born and reared in the Rocky River neighborhood. She was born October 9, 1836, and spent her entire life in Cabarrus county.

Mrs. Ferguson was twice married, her first husband being Joseph Hall. To this union two children were born, W.J. and Edwin Hall, both of whom are dead. Several years after Mr. Hall’s death the deceased was married to W.M. Ferguson, who died August 2, 1891. To this union three children were born, and two of them, Mrs. Harry Trice of this city and Miss Annie Ferguson of Statesville, survive.

Mrs. Ferguson was a member of the First Baptist Church and for years was one of the Church’s most active members. She was widely known throughout the city and county, her family having been prominent in the life of the county for many years.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, March 2, 1925

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J.L. Bost, 27, Died After 6-Month Illness, March 2, 1925

Death of J.L. Bost

J.L. Bost, well known young farmer of the Rocky Ridge neighborhood, died Saturday night at the home of his father after an illness of six months. He had been critically ill for some time and his death was not unexpected.

Mr. Bost was 27 years of age and is survived by his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Bost, two sisters and two brothers.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Rocky Ridge Church, and interment was made in the cemetery at Center Church.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Mrs. Allen Lane Reed Died March 2, 1925

Mrs. Allen Lane Reed Dead

New York, March 2—Mrs. Allen Lane Reed, sister of late James Lane Allen, noted novelist, died today at her home in Manhattan. She was the last surviving member of the immediate family of the novelist, who died two weeks ago.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, March 2, 1925

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Ben Morgan, 50, and Kit Morgan, 48, Killed When Train Strikes Car, March 2, 1925

Two Killed by Train

By the Associated Press

Lynchburg, Va., March 2—Ben Morgan, aged 50, and his brother, Kit Morgan, aged 48, were killed in Alta Vista when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a through northbound freight train.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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At the Star Theatre, March 2-7, 1925

Star Theatre

Program Week of March 2nd to 7th

Monday and Tuesday

“The Enemy Sex”

With Betty Compson, Percy Mormont, Huntley Gordon, Kathlyn Williams, Sheldon Lewis, Dot Farley, Pauline Bush. The love-adventures of a beautiful “Gold Digger.” A Paramount

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Wednesday and Thursday

“Twenty-One”

With Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Gish. Now this is a real good picture, one you should see. A First National.

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Friday—One Day Only

“The Story Without a Name”

With Agnes Ayres, Antonio Moreno. Now you have read the story, now see the picture. A Paramount.

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Saturday

“Biff Bang Buddy”

With Buddy Roosevelt. A Western in 5 reels, and a good comedy.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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