North Carolina Newspapers

o Q D "BUY, BUY NOV" "Buy. everything you need and have so lonjj denied yourself. It is the key to the whole situation." General Hugh S. Johnson i ik-Mir' it Turn J IS v A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIII, NO. 36 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1933 I1J0 PER YEAR As the World -fi ll Sr IC ft 11 it ML V aVH f i r ' i t- V-5 REYNOLDS OFF TO EUROPE North Carolina's Senator Robert R. Reynolds abruptly lift' Wash ington 'Wednesday anil . sailed for Europe for. the purpose, said a statement issued, from his office, ff studying European methods of liquor control and the question of Russian recognition, Senator Rey nolds, who was accompanied oij the trip by Mrs. Reynolds, plans to visit Russia, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The statement issued from his .office said he would re turn October 31, rush to Nortjt XarolTna and jt brow himself mi the repeal campaign which ends November 7." The senator's sud den leave-taking seen in some quar ters as a flight from job hunters. Reynolds had promised to do al he could 1 to help North Carolina tobacco growers to get better prices for their product, but he left Wash ington without . so much as putting in his appearance at an important two-day conference attended by representative planters. BANKERS URGED TO LOOSEN CREDIT The bankers of America wore .-urged by President Roosevelt Tucs " day to 1 it 'Sen tin" finw-nf- credit and enable industry and commerce to take full advantage of the na tional .recovery act. In an ;aldrcss r c a d TiT'"1 h eAnter i can- P. ai i ktr a sociation convention in Chicago the president said: I am confident you will work with me to meet the credit needs of' industry and trade." VERMONT VOTES FOR REPEAL Vermont voted more than two-to-'iiie Tuesday for repeal of the 18th Amendment.-. It was the '25th state to register its opposition to i prohibition. Thus far, not a single slate has voted for retention . -of the amendment. CUBAN STORM TAKES TOLL, Over KXI were killed, 'thousands injured and tremendous properly damage done 1 in the ' hurricane winds that swept Havana" and the north coast of Cuba on ASK STATES TO ISSUE - -TEXTS - ' Legislators and educators from -itHie-seutlu'-rii stat(-&iuel..-iiT tl;nta. l-ndavJo ' iirepare 'a ' general ' plan lo secure cheaper aniTlicttcr sellout text books. Pniplovcnmt-of an t h ors for writing" uniform texts mid provision of means for printing thcnr is- urged.- tfoyernurs.:--were .urged' to appoint state committees -fur- joint -r act ion -in the -matter ESCAPE STATE'S PRISON 1 Sawing bars from their cell doors, gaining access to the roof and dropping . four floors on a rope niade of sheets, four prisoners made good their escape from state''" prison at Raleigh, Sunday. Roy Adams and Clrady Price were serv ing terms for l. ler, . Roy Cobb fur robbery and Pen Sawyer for larceny. RFWARD OFFERED FOR LYNCHERS (imrnior Khringlvaus has offered "if" reward of -$200 -for arrest - and -.conviction of members of the Pen- "TTe r crmTtTy'ntT(b,n--5rfcli"ttie wounded form of I lock Rogers, negro, on August .26, and riddled it with Diuieis. .loncuoi wstouus iei luin, at the governor's request, is proceeding with a thorough inves tigation of the lynching. , FAMOUS FLIER DIES IN FLAMES Attempting to take off from Floyd Bennett field at New- York on a projected non-stop flight to Bagdad, General P'rauccsco He Pinedo, famous Tlalian flier, crash ed his plane fcj'adlong. into a . stone wall, Saturday,, and died in the flames which devoured the machine. SLAIN AT WHISKY STILL 1 Miring a raid 011 a whisky still in Wilson cMinly, August 31, Charles R. Robertson was shot in Ihe back of the head ami killed. Police Chief Brown. f Flm City. is held on $1,000 bond -pending an investigation of the1 affair. .'." FEDERAL REVENUE RISES Federal 'revenue - collections .in tins state . in .August and July were -.i.V,1.W,62l, which ' was $-l,'hd5o7 over the sum' collected in Angus! and July, 132. SWIMS 14 MILES OVER SOUND The -first to accomplish the Melv in G. Owens, 2S, last swam across ..Mbermarle sound feat, week .from ' MacUevs 10 I'.iienton. sw over. 1-1 mill's yin 11 hours and II) minutes. TTc wa accompanied by Paul Spencer, 16, Eden ton, paddling a small boat, . DELINQUENT TAX SALES ORDERED Judge Alley Directs Sales To Be Held during November I COMMISSIONERS ACT Advertisement of Land for 1932 Taxes Starts j In October' ! ,'! Macon 1 An order directing eouitty commissioners A. IS. Slagle -to sell the ami land Sheriff for de- 1 1 1 1 j i ' 4 ' 1 1 laxes .Monday in November vei lisemcui of sale r,u the first ,. with the ad to start .the' iir.sl week in. (Jet by Judge Felix H bcr, was signed ! '.. Alley Saturday ! the u;ii-l term before adjourning of court. . j Another order, calling for. the; sale of Franklin property for de- j linquciit 1931 and 1932 town taxes on .tin: second Monday in. Novein-I he r;also tvtts-sirrm-d -dry Jrtdgc AI-1 ley, hi earlier in the week had; issued a similar order applicable to! the Town ttf. Highlands. . -. j i Board Act .0, Pursuant to the judge's 1 uistruc- lions, the county board atui tne town councils of both 'ranklin and JJighlands have adopted resolutions1 providing for the tax sales as spec-: ified by the judge. . ' The stiles originally were schedul ed for the first and second Mon days in Sepltniber. in accordance, with' the statewide tax law; but' these were delayed by " restraining' orders obtained from Judge Alley about a month ago while he was ; presiding over .superior court at; Murphy. Aj'ting in behalf -of dis-1 grit-ntlcd taxpayers, lawyers -appear.-; cil before the j irists and requested the intimrlions on t lit ground inai;,,, ,jc Ihe last legislature- had enacted a .loc.a.1 .. law 'all'ovingiive' yi":trstiiite for the payment of all delinquent taws in Macou county and sub divisions The statewide tax law provided ..for -deferred., payments ..on ly' ah taxes.Jeliiig.u.c.u.LJ..ni!.'.Lt.l P.12-arirMirrttr4-he--sabwf--land- f...T rinicai'T 1 Vij-ltw t,,-be -hi hi the first" Monday--in September. Injunction? Dissolved After-' hearing arguments in the cnses4n-AI acr'SiriH'i'ii-iFci.iurt,..Jast week Judge Alley dissolved the t etupo r ii ry in' ij n c t i o i rs he pre yjou s ly had granted. In so. doing hv ruled .that . ih... t'H-al tax lav, which was pled in obtaining the tempo rary restraining orders, was un constitutional inasmuch as the state constitution specifically states that the legislature does no! have authority- to enact- legislation for am' narlicu ar locality" deterring, tnei time for 1ax colleclion.s. As it turns out, however, most delinquent taxpayers are fortunate that the local law was unconstitu tional, for if il had been put' 'int'" .effect il would have restored hcavv penalties which the. .statewide tax law had reduced.. F'nder its terms, .lelillfiilelll l,',ltl.;lkxcjgJ bt ei -sulirerXIon cent and dcliuUont taxpayers CTTtrld HtH el-a4444 t Vi t- W 41c r....C c.Ui discount alltwed in the statewide act fi ir, ihose iay ing before Tlccem frm r, tti-rs yrair '"' SETS NEW SPEED MARK lames- Wedell, of New Orleans flying a plane of bis, own set a new land speed mark miles per hour. design, of - ."1)3 Lines Forniing Over Prohibition Repeal Fines are bocninmu to be aw 11 ln llicT)TilTle" er the qiicsli neal. will' tin ill Mac.-n t-ouiiis --v 1 n of . pri iliiliinon drys. already well re ov-- thv enim-H lo oppose abolition el ISlh aniendiuenl. . . . I'reparalorv to the state election to be held on Tuesday, November - . I 1...-o- 1 ol vice. ie .vi'iiioii eoiiiu jr..... its chair- lion has been called by man, unlay, judges Mr. I. K. Morris.., u,- to September '),, I,, for-, the clef Hon. Morrison said ihe :P1'(. lint same reg- , last conn- j 1 to serve ; isl rars who Si'rv ed III the tv election will be uanu'i again for ibis tlecl.ion. for repeal-'of the 1' 11 One jtidge ' iniemh'nenl .h.I .me 01111. Sed to vel eal V lvl atiiointtd- for each The registration polling pi.Hf- s ' will be ,1 - . 1.. ... opeti otily oile da., ')- li-ier 2S, the , - , r. 1 . l.i- elecli in board chairman sr.t,; . ;h;e : v-d'o -drta:l;-' v ' j ). F'ranks, chairman of the will not be reipiired - .0 do so again.youn pcol,le's group. Angels To Build Addition to Hospital Dr. Furman Angel hat an nOunced that he and' his brother, Dr. Angel, plan to erect a 20 rocm addition to Angel Broth ers' hospital, starting work some time during the fall. The addition will form a southern wing and will neces sitate moving the present nurse's home. The John M. Geary Construction company, of Ashe ville. has been retained to draw plans for the structure, which it is estimated will cost approx imately $30,000, With the new wing the hos pital will have beds for 75 pa tients. Dr. Angel said the nurse's home would be moved in the next few months and he hoped to get the foundation for the new building laid before winter sets in. Further construction work, he added, will depend on the weather. Back to Camp C. C. C. Boys End Fur lough; Boxing Friday 1 iTtrkfn enrrrp afrci r- firrHay' furlough '. i r the Labor I lay week end, the conservation boys in C. C. Camp No. 9, near Franklin, return ed to work in the woods Wednes day and began' looking forward to another round of athletic actiwties next week-end. Captain Mcllwain, recreation-of ficer, announced that another box iiig and wrestling program would be staged-at the camp Friday night and there probably- also would be some- baseball games Saturday and Sunday. . Pugilists of Camp F-5 in Rabun county, (leorgia, have' cnaiiengeo mit-pushers- of Camp 9 and between them are expected slated for Friday, night's en- ! to be lerlai.nment,fcature.. If the F-5 1ks fail to show iip, other bouts ivr-o-expected to be arranged. The' last fight card at No. 9 w as said to be one of the best ever . , t.i i.i. i.sia-gei-aUtnx::un.i.i,aiuiougn inere weTC-Tiri straight- knock-outs, Funeral Held for Mrs. Harriett Brown Mrs. Harriett Brown, 84, of Boii nyCres, died -at -the-home-of- her son,- George-- F. F5n wn, -at 4 o'clock Saturday., .morning. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at '2 o'clock at the Baptist church by the Rev. .. . . . 1 1... ; Ftigene K. i-.iier, pastor, assisieu uy ithe Rev. J. A. F'lanagan, pastor of ! the Presbyterian church. More than' a year ago Mrs. Frown fell and broke her arm, from which she neverrecovered. She was a member of the Pren tiss Baptist church.' Surviv ing are 'one son, George P. of Franklin: two step-sons, Will 1,1.1 ('.-it-fun 1 of the State of Washington; one -step-daughter George b-wi-iishy: nf . Frank -TmT" ..iml one Imuher'. George' Ow- sbv. Corbin Reunion ToBe Held Sept.-24 The Corbin reunion will be at il,.; Ilollv SnriiiL's church, . four miles east of Franklin, on Sunday Sent 21. All relatives are invited and bring a basket of din to come ncr. for Fight Two kinds of ballots will be on li nid- at the -polls one a convention ballot tile ot luriiishetl oy ier a delegate The "stattaiK ballot furnish ed !n - tbe County. VU' Moore, former sheriff, was nnniiuated as dry delegate to the stale convention at a meeting held in the courthouse Sunday afternoon I".!"'1''' the auspices of the Macon ......... i 'ci,,. t unity temperance icngue. im :.w el this as vet have not orgaiiizci 111 . - 1. ... coim.y and no one nas ueeu noimnalcd as a repeal cantutiaie 10 the. state, cuiivenlion. Mr. Moore at the meeting Sun- dav; ihe was also named chairman .ol dimly organization to wage the fight 1 for retention of the ... .. i. Tl,., 1 A 18th rlan- ami 11 ' 11 1 it ' 1 .'. v . .,. 1 .-, . i a in was en cicu sei 1 1 1.11 -in. .i i urer ; J. ! chairtiian Lancaster, publicity Mrs. Carl' Slagle, chair - "i '...., ,,f il,e women's division ; Mrs. 1 inn" DEATH CLAIMS WLEJ1NY' J. M. Crawford Succumbs To Infirmities at Age Of 103 ILL THREE WEEKS Clay County Centenarian Leaves 125 Direct Descendants J' lm M. Crawford, heller known as "Uncle Johnny," who 'celebrated his 103rd '.birthday last Christmas day, died at 7 o'clock Monday night at the home of his son, K. W. Crawford, near Tlaycsvillc. "Uncle Johnny," who was as well kii'Avu in Macon,- his. native coun ty, as in 'Clay county, where he has lived for many years, had been in declining health for the past year.' TTiTToiT I hree Tic cairn7 weeks his con- serioii; a in" rhr mn was; looked for 111- nilelllal ilv. I icath vas . attribuled to the ' . in'firinities nf-rild ttTtt" funeral ie lunerai was neiu au uie i. i i . .i... Baptist church ai. Fif, on stale highway N.i. --' rive ..tiles from Hayesville, at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Purial was in the Hay esville Methodist cemetery. Survivors .Mr. Crawford fs survived by three sons, R. V. Crawford, of near Hayesville: V. S. and J. T. Craw ford, of llavesville; and three daii'jhii-rs -Mrs. Feet Rogers, of Mc- fCov, Colo.; Mrs. Joe Penland, I'dairsville, I ia. ; and' Mrs. Taylor Hci-rong, of l'ort Worth, Tex. The direct descendants number .more than 125, including 44 grandchildren The late Fee Crawford, of -Franklin, was a nephew. . 7 Fach Christmas d;iy " relatives and friends of Mr. Crawford met to celebrate his birthday anniversary. He. derived much pleasure from these celebration-, tin- last of which was..last...ClirismKis..day,atjhe honie of hi son and -taughteriiiuLLW jd-t-r-awJ-M-rs. 'R. VV-CuvfurxL Fast Christmas season --one ol ilie t 'li 1 erirrTi-r-iCTam s ot t he a at lonat 4- Broadcasting Trmqiany -featured M r. Cra w f ord.,.. and-,Sm aiutUNJLcOtnp nell. who broadcast from Cincinnati, p.T-ang for-.Mr;- Crawfnnl n-ver the radio.- """ " Had 4 Rules Of. Living Uncle Johnny" attributetl his long live to four rules of living. which he observed all his life. They are: Total' abstinence, reg ular hours for eating and sleeping-, Mitdoor. activities, and never worry ing. Cp until a short time ago ne , .- ... . f i ...1,1, enioveu a line incasuic 01 ih.ho, and strength. He was a radio tan and read the daily newspaper reg ularly. He 'kept, well informed up on the new s of the da , in which he was much interested. ' lohn Moore Crawford was born . . 1 . . ...1. ... -- 111 . 1 aeon county on iicccumei 1X20 He took much pride 111 the fact' that liis-di'sccndants are goolt that his abiding law abiding citizens, progressive ami iuduslriuus.iis descendants are-found, in uearly professions of life. . . ill walks and .IrLxawfor was an entnusiasuc conservatioiiist. . In his younger days'he was a great hunter, having more than 1,000 wild turkeys and a large number of deer and bears to his credit. He once said that he coultl remember when -Western North Carolina was a hunter's par adise and, he felt that by proper protection and enforcement of tbe laws the game and fish could be restored to their former bountiful state. - Death Claims Mrs, John C. Byrd, 72 Thursday nigh I. August 31, Job 11 C. I 'ivril, o f - S I i les . di ed an illntss of alinosl. a year, was 72 years of age. ' , P.efore her' marriage in ISM. Mrs. -after She !. she was-1 a member ''of- the prominent Morrison family, of 'Mac,o.n county, being Ihe daugliter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Morrison. In early life she was united, with the Cowee Uaptist churcb, and re mained -"a member until her death. Surviving her are her husband, John C. Pyrd ; one Stiles'': three' daughter son, F.d, of , Mrs, Fver ett r.rad Ran'iscv, McCoy, children ley, ol l'-lna'; Mrs. lames of Tellico; Airs. J. 1 ). of Cullasaja; 23' gramF and '3 great-grandchildren. , - . .i. i i. j She- w as , aid lo rest in me wan ! Grow cemetery, grandsons acted Ralph and. Verliu ami Frank livid, and Frank Gibson. Ihe following tllbearers : is p P.rad l'lova N. C. Commission Endorses Recommendation of Year's Trial for T. F.V Railway The North Carolina Corporation Commission-; through- its chairman, W. T. Fee, has endorsed the rec ommendations of the leorgia Pub lic Service commission thai- the 'J'a Tails railway be ;ear's' trial , lo it caii he made given at ascertain self -sup- least . a whether porting. A copy of made public Ml'., fee s teller v .1 1 1 er lore, by (I. j.. Ilouk,! the public roiiimittei a hiember of tl which has been directing Hie ligni ai'.ainst abandonment of ihe line from Cornelia to Franklin, as sought in a petition filed with the Interstate Commerce commission by; J. Cray, receiver of the rail-, road. I An examiner for the I. C. C, af- ter (xaniining incomplete .'records in the cast submitted a report ad-J vising should hovc i that the receiver's petition be . granted. Since then, r, the- newly appointed ( leorgia lias filed to bear S5rflTaT Public Service coniiiii.iSioii a brief,, which is exn-cled considerable weight, urg-iure the tk -ai i i i ne r-'-s---rejtt m - - 4' - t - t reiecled. I he also requested Cieorgia commission that "the judgment of the Interstate Commerce Com mission on the prayer for abandon ment be withheld until not earlier than September 1, 1934, and in the meantime observation will be con tinued by this commission as to Ihe progress of the apparent re covery now in process by line."-' . ... . - Official records show that T. F." earned $2,ld.2X . in llns Ihe 1 tilv over .and above -operating expenses. 'Commenting on the ca-e Mr Fee's . letter said: "Whatever lime is given for the fin tlit-r testing of the ability f Dowdle Buys Carolina Provision Company The Franklin branch of the Carolina Provision company, which ha headquarters in Cor nelia, Ga., has been purchased by M. L. Dowdle, local ' busi : nesiman,and the name of the concern changed 10 me iow' chailged . . 1 r-. die Wholesale Company,incor- porated. ' .Mrt.p.owdlc...said.lhe..new firm had purchased the ware house nnd property-Tif the Car- - plina -- Provision - company, as - well rs its business and . good will. Mr. Dowdle will be ac tive manager in charge of the husinesr. and Pope Ellard, form erly with the Carolina Provision company, will he salesman. The compEny will do an exclusive ly wholesale, business in gro- ceries and feed stuffs, catering especially to retail stores in Macon and Rabun counties. McGaha-Tippett Reunion Set for Sept. 17 The McGaha-Tiiipetl reunion yi be ' held . at the home' .of W. T. Tf!4Iul-Jxlx.ctil)U..Sut:. day," "-September 17. All - members of both families are invited to nTh-m tt-nd Jtv-iK.1 wt-14fille.d-4ilfc nic basket -Xa'tintrat" TecTiCeTv" "lias-1)foti CtiT such increased activity' in the pos tal service that IVistniaster General Farley has ordered a suspension by September 30 of the payless furlough plan 'used to cut postal expenditures. Reemployment 288 Applicants First Week Two 'hundred '.and eighty-eight men seeking jobs had enrolled at' ihe local of lice "of "the" Xal'ional' vte(vploy.UieJUejvLt,t-,J.dj.H'sjJ afternoon aiid the office had re-1 ceived requests for 7S . workmen, skilled and unskilled,, acconliiig to ligures made public by John V. .'.dwards, manager, . The office was ' established' last week. Its purpose, . M r,. Fdwanls explained, is to enroll all the un employed in the county d'Tomlh-e lists compiled by .this ..office .work -.men w ill be selected - for any pro- jects undertaken with federal funds, either directly or indirectly. Con tractors (in federal aid projects, such as road work.' w ill be required to enlist their employes through the- National Reemployment' Service. Mr. Fdwanls said the office would request pri.vafe employers to J cooperate with it and he hoped ley, Clint this would ' enable it to find, many Ramsey,' jobs for the unemployed besides those supplied . by public works. to live and move and ' its being, the .Southern its .owner, should use. in to improve, its managc- "nieiil. It' .'is ineoiiceiv-a 1)1 c t h a t n s;ul end raii iau such as here itl- diould require lor Us op- a coterie of high-salaried whereas one strong, ac i , ii '.t. eralioi olliri.i. live, experience an- slioiiiii, won clerical assi-iance, operate the line with ease ami with expenses com mensurate willi the earnings and the demands of the territory. "Our commission, sent a repre sentative into the territory of this line who conferred with numbers of citizens. 'The' rood roads have, undoubt edly, and will. Ivi'cver relieve this line 'of .somt ,f its toriner sources trucks, are not to handle' heavy the opinion of our rnTTrs'5TTri!"V enrr- I of revenue; In j physically abh ' traffic which, ii j coiiiiuissioli, will" tinue lo nmv'e by aroused . by I r.til. . 'I ho pt ie thre'alemd isS - if - 4Ti - ' - 1tl ittM Vrt -tl u3i:t-.- cootitrate with g.ond niauagement in siiiporting the line. "Our commis'-i. mi he.ivtilv e.Mf .airs in the opinion of the n orgia Pub lic. Service Commission to the ef fect that the Tallulah k'alls Rail way line should be paroled into the custody of the (leorgia Public Ser vice CoiiimisMoii, '-which commission will, undoubtedly, watch the situa tion and determine f f jtsclf and others intei'esled . whether, . under efficient and economical manage ment, the line can and. sh-nild C"ii tinne ii'i operation m h: .ibandoii- "Our commission believes the ex- jpcrimeiit should be made. Will Calloway, of Iotla, Dies at Age of 50 , Will Calloway,- 30, died at bis home near ihe' lotla bridge ,aU' I I'riday afternoon, after an illness 1 1 f six week s . - -- - - - - "Funeral services--- w ei ec induct ed aTTTr HdtW I T, f Ta" m finrti s r Tl kitc h S a t t4uuun-at3uilnEJzic Rev. C. X. lluliii and the I vev: A srs,.iesbec: w:idow, one daughter, Mrs. Grace 1'iersttitv and one still, Jaek, both wi' -4ot1a; lii-s-niother, - M rs. Sallie CaHowav-jJ .of l.ll,rm;Jial;.'Cia.i three brothers, James, of Spartanburg, S. C. ; George, of Tugalo, Ga. ; Carl, of Pennsylvania, and one sis ter, Mrs. Annie Flanagan, of Cor nelia, ( ia. Cowee Young Democrats To Meet Saturday A meeting of the Young Peo ple's I ifinocralic club of Cowee for the purpose of reorv.aniatioii has been called for S o'clock Saturday Jit at the C owee sc lO.ll I 11 iiise, ESCAPED KILLER IS RETAKEN :!. - Four hours, after, he had kidnaped a jailor guarding him in the Hallas .Xtixas,-U-audr-fiad dash for freedom in a car, Harvey Bailey, oiit law and killer vas re- captured Monthly a! rdmore, GkTa., by' pi 'Hceiicn who found him sit ting 111 the wrecked machine, lie is accused in the .union, station massacre at Kansas City, and in the kidnaping, of Charles Crschel, rich Oklahoma oil man. Agency Lists Appoinltncnls tti the 78 vacancies viii.Ii the local reeinployment of fice lias thus far listed were U- be nimlr-at-a ineenng" nf" the "Macon ( ounly I this a ei inployineiit. committee this altertiooii. Mr. l-.dwants is authoiT'i-d lo fill at his own dis cretion requests for not more than five' workers, but when a request exceeds' five the .-selection is to be ma" hy tlie couiiiultee. m44-I Hwtlie iiiisjvir w-MjXd - wan Is enroll said as for'thosc who have applicants ; fi r jobs to call at tin er they v arancics. is -placed. office to impure wheth iac been assigned to As soon as an applicant he added, he 'will be nolihe. ithe r -in person bv mail. The 'reemployment i lllis week (mm the c Ihe Odd I'ellows.hall iff ice moved iiirthoiise to abiive Peach The hours S a. m. tin- ,1'iros. hardware store. ! for enrolling arc from I til noon each dav. ihis lint ci inlinue railway, seeking WORK STARTED ON POWER LINE Will Connect Franklin with Nantahala Company'c System 20 MEN "lEMPLOYED Town Assured of Steady And Ample Supply v Of Power Work has been started, on an ex- , tension line and hug transformer station to-connect Franklin's hldro electric unit with the main system of the Nantahala Power and Light company, which recently purchased the local generating plant and "its distribution lines. When the work is ' completed Franklin will be as sured of steady and ample supply of electric power : for many years to come. The extension lino will be nearly a mile and a half long, tieing in with tbe Nantahala company's high Trsriinr to ; S-.'frarat x-pMnrw-the Cow et ridge. From there the liae will extend across the Cowee valley to the Hur Knob mica mine of the Franklin Mineral products company, connecting , with the Franklin plant's distribution- lines. Transformer Station Built Three transformers, each weigh ing eight tons, were shipped into Franklin last week and have been put into position for. stepping down the current of the Nanta hala's high voltage line from 66,000 volts to 13,000 volts, the capacity of 1 ranklin' distribution system. The three transformers, the larg est ever seen in this section, form a transformer bank with a capacity of 2,500 K. V. A.'" rrAbout 20 tnen'fhiost'of: them res-' idents of this county, have been emiiloved on the nroiect. which is expected to be completed in the near future. : Other 7 Improvements Made -- ""Besides" building" the extension- line, the Xant.ih.d.1 company since bti v i ntr 1 1 1 e -It ie iiT - ge 1 1 e ra 1 1 n plant- h asIbejaOll akiuiLitHmj.teiuOitber 1.1 ...i,i unproVenients. it lias iiisiaiieu j - new" governur"'it -tbe--generating'-plant to regulate the flow ofcur- rent aiid has put In 'many new poles" aiid lines to improve the dis- t r i bu t i on system. " " ith completion of the connect ing link with the main system of the Nantahala company, it is said Franklin will have sufficient power to serve large industrial plants, should any be attracted to this com munity. Books Popular Membership of Library Growing Steadily .. The Franklin Library, which was reorganized -and reopened.. last spring after having been closed, for.,,: about four years, is steadily grow-; Tng rihTeni"beTsbTp7accrdTng to Mrs. J. A. Ordwayy librarian. t .TbedeJiiand-for books has -in- creased so that Mrs. Ordway has extended for one hour the time the library is kept open each Saturday afternoon. In the past the hours for borrowing books were from 3 o'clock until 5. o'clock. In the fu- hire the library will open each Saturday afternoon at 2 :30 , and close at 5:30.' i . The library now has 61 adult members and 28 junior members. Frequently the number of books in circulation exceeds a hundred. Since its reorganization the library, through gifts and purchases, has acquired' 244 new volumes, most of them modern fiction, biography and " travelogues. ' Although it is known as the Franklin Library, the organization is open to anyone in tne county. The -membership fee is 25 cents a year, or it may be paid by the do nation of a good book. ' Mrs. Mary Collins, 71, OF Franklin, Dies Tuneral services for Mrs. "Mary Collins, 71, who died at her home on Iotla street, Saturday morning at "4 o'clock,, after an illness of several weeks, were' held . at the Franklin Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, The Rev. Eugene R.. Filer pastor, assisted by the Rev. W.' A. Jenkins, pastor of tlie Methodist church, officiated. Mrs. Collins is survived by one daughter, Miss Mallie Collins,, and several other relatives. 1