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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VOL. L, NO. 4
TOWN BONDS DEFEATED
Storebreakers Make Big
ESCAPE WITH
. JUB GOODS
Sanders' and Pendergrass'
' Mores Robbed; Ashe
Is Dismissed
Thieves broke into two Franklin
stores Tuesday night and escaped
with merchandise valued at ap
proximately $1,350, leaving hardly
a clue in their wake. Alarmed by
the robberies, two in a series of
many which have been perpetrated
here in the past year, the town
board at a special called meeting
Thursday morning voted to replace
Derald Ashe as night watchman
and to offer a reward of $100 for
information leading to the arrest
and conviction of person or per
sons responsible for the storebreak
ings. A similar reward already had
been offered by Sheriff A. B.
Slagle.
The two stores broken into were
Jack Sanders' Store and the J. R.
Pendergrass Store, both on Main
fm Street. Practically all the loss
was suffered by Sanders, who after
- a check-up Wednesday said about
$1,350 worth of goods, possibly
more, had been stolen. Broadus
Pendergrass, proprietor of the oth
er store and a member of the town
board, said only a few packages of
cigarettes and about 25 pennies
had been taken from his establish
ment. It is believed the thief or
thieves were frightened away from
this store by the barking of a dog
I in the neighborhood.
Systematic Robbery
At Sanders' Store, however, there
were indications that the thieves,
and there must have been more
than one, took their time and went
about looting the place of only the
most choice merchandise, much of
it new stock which Mr. Sanders
had received only a few days be
fore. The thieves entered the build
ing by breaking a heavy padlock
hasp on a rear door. They are
thought to have loaded the stolen
goods in a truck or car parked
alongside a warehouse at the back
of the store. Tire treads were
found beside the warehouse with
footprints an a path leading from
the store.
Among the articles found missing
by Mr. Sanders were 54 ladies'
silk dresses, a half dozen fancy
robes and ladies' pajamas; 49 men's
suits, only the best in stock; 25
ladies' coats of the better quality;
about 20 dozen expensive silk hose,
but none of the cheaper grades;
four and a half dozen men's dress
, shirts in the higher price ranges;
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Mrs. Grover Lewis, 69,
Dies after Long Illness
Mrs. Grover Lewis, 69, died of
heart ailment and Brights disease
at 2 :30 o'clock Thursday morning
at her home near the Franklin
cemetery. The funeral is scheduled
to be held at 11 o'clock tomorrow
morning at the home with the Rev.
J. A. Flanagan, pastor of the Pres
byterian church, officiating.
Mrs. Lewis suffered a stroke of
paralysis about a year ago and
since then had been an invalid.
She was a member of the Presby
terian church. Surviving Mrs.
Lewis are her husband, two half
sisters, Mrs. Frank Reece and Mrs.
Ted Gillespie, and a half brother,
Jake Waldroop.
Board Requested To Exempt
Hospital from Town Taxes
A letter from Dr. Furman Angel
requesting the Franklin board of
aldermen to exempt the Angel Hos
pital from town taxes and intimat
ing that unless the board did so
the question would be referred to
the courts, was read at a called
meeting of the council Thursday
morning.
The board was called into ses
sion to consider other matters, but
the letter from Dr. Angel was
presented by the town clerk,
George Dean. The board referred
it to R. S. Jones, town attorney,
for an opinion on the legal phase
of the matter.
In the letter Dr. Angel quoted
a statute which he claimed exempt
ed from taxation hospitals operated
for the public benefit and whose
16 BOY SCOOTS
ARE PROMOTED
Sixteen Scouts were promoted by
the Boy Scouts Court of Honor
which was held at the Methodist
church in Franklin Monday night
The troops at Franklin, Cherokee,
and Sylva were represented in the
list of promotions.
The Franklin troop, under Scout
master Bloxham and Assistant
Scoutmaster Hauser, gave a demon
stration of signaling and first aid
before the audience of more than
100 Darents and other friends.
The session was presided over by
Dr. W. E. Furr. Second class
awards were made by J. H. Stone,
first class by Dr. Furr, merit
badges by the Rev. C. C. Herbert
star by Mr. Stone arid the tender
foot awards and the closing charge
were given by Scout Executive A.
W. Allen, of Asheville. Milton
Sanders, of Franklin troop, wel
comed the visitors. Then Rev. Mr.
Flanagan of the Franklin Presby
terian church, gave the invocation.
The following promotions were
made: Tenderfoot, Harold Baldwin,
of Franklin, Glenn Frady, William
Allen, and Charles Allen, of Sylva,
Hugh Lambert, of Cherokee.
Second class, Harry Higgins,
Charles Hunnicutt, Eugene Furr,
Lyman Higdoa Tr., and Willie
Bryant, of Franklin.
First class, Gilmer Andrew Jones,
of Franklin.
Merit badges, Charlie Slagle, of
Franklin, automobiling, first aid,
pathfinding, firemanship, and bird
study; Gilmer Andrew Jones, of
Franklin, Wood carving, pathfind
inir, personal health and fireman
ship ; Mark Reed, ' of Cherokee,
bookbinding and personal health.
The rank of Star scout was con
ferred upon Jefferson Thompson,
Joe Pritchard, and Walter Sway
ney, of Cherokee. '
oan To Make Co-op
Order for Lespedeza Seed
Macon county farmers interested
in buying lespedeza seed were re
quested this week to get in touch
with F. S. Sloan, county farm
affent. on or before Saturday. Mr.
Sloan said he planned to make a,
cooperative order tor lespedeza
seed and would be in his office in
the courthouse all day Saturday to
receive individual orders from farmers.
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 24,
revenues were not used for private
gain.
Dr. Angel stated that if the
board did not see fit to grant the
exemption, he would carry the mat
ter to the supreme court. He re
quested a reply in writing.
The board deferred discussion of
the matter until it has been in
vestigated by the town attorney.
Previous requests for exemption
of the hospital from taxes have
been rejected. About a year ago
the hospital, formerly Angel Broth
ers Hospital, was reorganized and
named Angel Hospital. At that
time a board of trustees was
named and the hospital obtained a
grant from the Duke Foundation to
help defray the expense of caring
for charity patients.
Appointments
Farm Census Enumerators
Are Chosen
Tentative appointments of feder
al farm census enumerators were
announced in Asheville Wednesday
by David M. Buck, of Bald Moun
tain, supervisor of the census in
district No. 1, which includes coun
ties in the 11th congressional district
Enumerators named for this county
were :
George Crawford, Franklin; Fur-
man Anderson, Stiles; John Grady
Owens, West's Mill; Charles Mor
rison. Iotla: Emory S. Hunnicutt
Franklin; C. Robert Cabe, Smith's
Bridge township; James M. Raby,
Franklin; and Charles B. Bryson,
Cullasaia.
The farm census is scheduled to
begin about February 1 and it is
expected to require two months
time. The enumerators will be paid
according to the work they do and
it its said they should earn from
$4 to $7 a day. They will make
inquiry as to farm tenure, farm
acreage, which includes, crop land,
pastures and woodland; farm val
ues; acres and yields of the prin
cipal crops; number of trees and
their yield in fruit and nuts; num
ber and value of each class of
livestock; poultry and eggs, and
farm population. All farmers have
been asked to cooperate.
Learns Not To Count
Eggs Before They're Laid
Mrs. Frank Murray decided a
few weeks ago she would trv1 rais
ing some thoroughbred chickens.
After looking over various breeds
she chose a newfangled Wyandotte
and, with considerable difficulty,
succeeded in finding half a dozen
hens and a rooster of that par
ticular species for sale. Immediate
ly she bought them and was be
ginning to count her eggs and bid
dies aforehand. She could see her
flock growing steadily, fine thor
oughbred birds that would be the
envy of other chicken raisers and
would command good prices. But,
alas, she learned the truth of the
wise old saying about counting
eggs before they are laid. Sunday
night some fellow who probably
did not appreciate pedigreed birds
anyway came along and stole Mrs.
Murray's chickens just as if they
were the nla'n ordinary variety of
barnyard fowls.
1935
Elected
Harold Sloan Named Rot
ary Club President
Harold Sloan, well known Frank
lin business man, was elected pres
ident of the Franklin Rotary club
at the club's regular weekly lunch
eon Wednesday in Rotary Hall. He
succeeds J. S. Porter, who re
signed before the expiration of his
term on account his acceptance of
a position in Hendersonville.
SIX ALDERMEN
AIM OF BILL
J. Frank Ray Introduces
Bill for Larger
Town Board
Franklin again would have six
members on its board of aldermen,
instead of three- as at oreaent un
der terms of a bill introduced in
the Legislature by Representative
J. Frank Kay.
The measure, which would be
come effective in May of this year,
was introduced Saturday, passed
on three readings in the house and
sent to the Senate. It would re
peal chapter 5, private laws of 1933,
which reduced the number of town
aldermen from six to three.
Introduction of Ray's bill has
aroused considerable comment here.
Public opinion generally seems to
be in favor of the large board on
the ground that it could not be
easily controlled by any single
jrroup or faction.
Another bill introduced Saturday
by Mr. Ray is designed to provide
for the selection of a grand jury
at each April term of court to
serve for one year, thereby mak
ing unnecessary the selection of a
:;rand jury for each new term of
court. The measure was passed in
the house and sent to the senate.
A third bill applying to Macon
county has been introduced, but it
is understood to have been pigeon
hold, although it passed three read
ines in the house. It was designed
c ,
to extend the season for hunting
rabbits and quail in this county to
February 1.
Mr. Ray has been appointed a
member of the following house
committees: public .welfare, insti
tutions for deaf and dumb; elec
tion laws; counties, cities and
towns; constitutional amendments.
J. S. Porter To Move
To Hendersonville
J. S. Porter, operator of the
Esso Service station on the public
square, has accepted an attractive
offer made to him by the Standard
Oil company to take over the man
agement of an Esso station in
Hendersonville. , He plans to as
sume his new position the eafly
part of next week. His family will,
6 to Hendersonville with him to
live. John Cunningham, who has
been Mr. Porter's assistant, will
succeed him as manager of the sta
tion here.
The Hudson river bridge has 200
feet clearance above the water. The
height of the towers is 625 feet
above the water.
$130 PER YEAR
Haul
VOTERS OPPOSE
MOVEMENTS
Large Majorities Against
Sewer and Water
Issues
The proposed issuance of $91,000
water and sewer improvement
bonds by the Town of Franklin
was decisively defeated in Tues
day's special election. The official
canvass of the election showed a
majority of 225 against the $75,500
bond issue for construction of a
new water supply and storage sys
tem and extension of present water
mains, and a majority of 237 against
the issue of $15,500 bonds for in
stallation of a sewage disposal
plant.
Six hundred and thirty-three per
sons registered for the election,
but 10 whose right to vote was
challenged were dropped from the
list or themselves requested re
moval of their names. Thus, the
qualified registration was 623, the
largest in the history of Franklin.
How They Voted
The official count revealed, that
199 ballots were cast lor the water
bonds and 183 against them; 187
ballots for the sewer bonds and
183 against. The majorities piled
up by the opposition came from
those not voting, for the voting
was against the registration. Ap
proval of the bonds required a ma
jority of the registered voters.
Election Quiet
The election, which had aroused
more interest than any held in
Franklin in recent years, passed
quietly. The voting was heavy in
the morning, but declined later ih
the day. Rain which poured most
of the day kept many voters away
from the polls. During the morn
ing groups on both sides of the
bond issue question kept several
cars busy hauling voters, but to
ward noon it became apparent that .
the bonds were defeated and those
favoring the issues lost heart and
ceased their activities.
Counting of the ballots was com
pleted before 7 o'clock in the even
ing. Proponents of. the bonds ad
mitted defeat long before the polls
closed, but claimed that the ma
jorities would not have been so
large had the weather not dis
couraged many voters from going
to the polls.
Election of Officers
Postponed by Red Cross
Election of officers for the en
suing year by the Macon county
chapter of the American Red
Cross was scheduled to take place
at a meeting called for Wednesday
afternoon in Rotary Hall, but the
meeting adjourned for lack of a
quorum and the election of offic
ers was indefinitely delayed. J. E.
Lancaster has served as president
of the chapter several years. The
Rev. J. A. Flanagan, chairman of
the roll call campaign, reported
Wednesday that in the local drive
last fall 189 members were signed
and $210.10 raised, approximately
half of which will go to the na
tional Red Cross organization and
the remainder to be used by the
local chapter for relief purposes.