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PROGRESSIVE - LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VOL. L. NO. 7
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BIDS REQUESTED
FORPOSTOFFICE
$102,000 Allocated for
Franklin's Federal
Building
Detailed plans for Franklin's fed
eral building, which will house the
postoffice and headquarters of the
Nantahala National Forest, were
made public this week with an
nouncement by the treasury de
partment that bids for construction
of the building will be opened at
1 p. m. March 8 in the offices of
the procurement division of the
public works branch.
The plans call for a two-story
red brick and cast stone building
with basement Ground dimensions
are given as 2 by 61 feet. The
size of the lot, the old homesite
of Alex Moore, which was sold to
the government for $4,000 hy the
Town of Franklin, is 103 feet
(frontage on Main street) by 155
feet. The building is .to be set
back 12 feet from the sidewalk,
with entrance steps leading to "the
sidewalk. The style of architecture
is to be a modern adaptation of
the, Georgian.
Allocation Increased
Seventy-one thousand dollars was
the amount of the original alloca
tion for purchase of the lot and
construction of the building, but
to this was added an additional
$35,000, making a total of $106,000,
when the public works division
learned that office space was need
ed by the forest service. The
amount provided for construction of
the building and improvement of
the lot is $102,000.
Jn the basement of the building
will be a steam heating plant, work
and storage rooms, including a
dry-proofed stamp vault, and a
truck loading stand at the rear,
which will be competed with a
mail sorting room on the mam, or
first, floor by an elevator.
On the main floor will be a 'spa
cious public lobby with tile floor
ing, a large mail sorting room, a
fireproof vault for storing records
and funds, sanitary accommoda
tions, and an office for the post
master. On the second floor will be five
large offices for the forest service
and .an office for postal inspectors.
The office soace was based on
normal needs of the Nantahala
Forest headquarters rather than on
present requirements.
Injured
Mrs. E. A. Stiles Seriously
Hurt in Bus Accident
Mrs. Elbert A. Stiles is in Angel
Hospital suffering from fractures of
the skull received when a bus in
which she was riding overturned
near Lake Toxaway last Thursday
night. Mrs. Stiles' small daughter
and two sons also were in the bus.
The girl suffered cuts and bruises,
but the boys were uninjured.
After the accident Mrs. Stiles
was taken to Lyday hospital, Bre
vard;.' she was brought to the
Franklin hospital Sunday. Her con
dition was reported as serious.
The Stiles, formerly of this coun
ty, had been living in Tennessee
and were moving back to Franklin.
lr. Stiles came in advance on a
I ruck bringing their furniture. Mrs.
Stiles and the children came by
bus to Asheville and took another
bus from Asheville to Franklin.
The bus was reported to have
.verturned on a curve. Mrs. Stiles
was the most seriously injured of
the passengers.
Dies
T. S. Munday Succumbs
After Long Illness
T. S. Munday, 67, owner of the
Munday hotel and one of Franklin's
best known residents, died about
2 :30 o'clock thisaf ternoon. He had
been seriously ill .for about two
months.
Funeral arrangements had not
been announced at the time of
printing The Press.
IF.' REPORTS
LOSSOF $2,000
Receiver Asks for Better
Public Support of
Railroad
Despite economies brought about
in operating expenses and renewed
efforts to increase traffic, the Tal
lulah Falls Railway reports a net
loss of $2,000 for 1934.
Circular letters citing this loss
and urging more wholehearted sup
port of the railroad have been sent
by J. F. Gray, receiver, to business
men in the territory served by the
line. The letters read:
"Regardless of the fact that the
Tallulah Falls Railway was operat
ed during the year 1934 as eco
nomically as possible, net loss for
the year was approximately $2,
000. '
"If the Railway had been given
all of the transportation business
along its line, no loss would have
been sustained and the prospects
for future operation would be much
brighter.
"Just how long the Tallulah Falls
Railway can continue to operate
with even a small loss is hard to
forecast. We do say though, and
with all possible emphasis, if the
people whom it serves want it to
continue, they must give it all busi
ness possible.
"Under present conditions, no
Railway can be operated indefinite
ly unless sufficient money to pay
the expense of operation is earned.
"Please give serious considera
tion to what your transportation
cost may be should the Railway be
ultimately discontinued.
Constructive criticism ot our
service is always welcome."
Service for Scouts
To Be Held Sunday
In connection with the 25th an
niversary of the founding of the
Boy Scouts of America the local
troop will hold a service in the
Franklin Methodist church on Sun
day at 7:30 p. m. To this service
a cordial invitation is extended to
the local unit of Girl Scouts and
to all interested in the work which
is being done in the training of
character and good citizenship
among boys. The boys themselves
will have a part in the service
and a message will be given by the
Rev. Frank Bloxham, rector of the
Episcopal church and Scoutmaster
of this troop. An offering will be
taken at the service for the gen
eral funds of the Scouts.
Corn-Hog Contracts
To Be Explained
All farmers who signed corn
hog reduction contracts last year
and farmers who would like to
sign corn-hog reduction contracts
this year will meet at the court
house in Franklin Saturday, Feb
ruary 23, at 10 o'clock. The meet
in)? is being called by F. S. Sloan,
county agent, and the program is
to be presented and explained by
A. H. Chambers from the Raleigh
office.
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 14,
Hauptmann Sentenced To Die
Bruno Richard Hauptmann must die in New Jersey's electric chair
for the kidnap-murder of the Lindbergh baby. A verdict of
"guilty of murder in the first degree" was returned by the jury of
eight men and four women at 10:31 o'clock Wednesday night after
11 hours and 6 minutes of deliberation. For 32 days they had sat
in the crowded little Hunterdon county court at Flemington, N. J.,
and listened to testimony and argument in the case, which attracted
more public interest than any other in American criminal annals.
Immediately after the jury's verdict was announced Judge Thomas
W. Trenchard sentenced the German carpenter to death in the
electric chair during the week beginning March 18. Hauptmann's
lawyers, however, were expected to file an appeal to the New
Jersey court of appeals and it was thought this would likely stay
the execution. Hauptmann is shown above (right) in close dis
cussion during his trial with Edward J. Reilly, chief of defense
counsel.
Teapot Tempest' Results
In Passage of Law Giving
Recess on Bond Elections
Franklin's "teapot tempest" blew
all the way to Raleigh and resulted
in the hurried enactment of a local
law prohibitnig the calling of any
bond issue election here before
July 1. this year or, in other
words, until a new town board has'
been elected and installed in office.
The "tempest" was stirred up
Monday night of list week when a
delegation, consisting of opponents
of the recently unsuccessful pro
posal for the issuance of $91,000
water and sewer improvement
bonds, appeared before the town
board at its regular monthly meet
ing. Members of the group said
they understood the board was
planning to call another election
and warned against such action.
The board emphatically denied it
was contemplating another bond
election, but some members of the
delegation still appeared to harbor
suspicions.
On Friday J. Frank Ray, Macon
county's representative in the legis
lature, introduced the following bill
in the house and obtained its im
mediate passage on suspension of
the rules :
"Section 1. That no election for
the purpose of issuing bonds by
the town of Franklin in Macon
county shall be valid unless and
until same is approved by a major
ity of the qualified voters of said
town.
"Section 2. That no election shall
be called for the purpose of issuing
bonds of the town of Franklin prior
to the first day of July, 1935."
The bill was then sent to the
Senate and ratified.
News of enactment of the meas
ure came as a surprise to Franklin,"
especially to members of the town
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board, who naturally were some
what riled.
Members of the board Indicated,
however, that they would not .ask
for repeal of the law, reiterating
that they had no intention anyway
of calling another bond election.
Funeral Services Held
For Lucius E. Cabe
Funeral services for Lucius E.
Cabe, who died of Brights disease
at his home near Prentiss Monday
night after a month's illness, were
held Tuesday afternoon at Clark's
chapel with the Rev. A. A. Angel
officiating.
Mr. Cabe, who was a well known
farmer, is survived by his widow,
before marriage Miss Oda Angel;
three children by a former mar
riage, Mrs. Leona Slatton, and An
drew Cabe, both of Anderson, S
C, and another daughter; a sister,
Mrs. John Wooten, of Franklin;
and two brothers, Charles A. Cabe,
of Route 2, and Harve Cabe, of
Route 4.
DEATH CLAIMS
JOSEPH H. ANDERSON, 81
Joseph H. Anderson, 81, wel
known farmer of the Cartoogechaye
section, died at his home last Fri
day. Funeral services were held
Saturday at Maiden's chapel. He
is survived by two children, Nor
man and Delia Anderson.
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$130 PER YEAR
AUTO STATION
ROBBED OF $40
Alleged Bandits Submit
To Arrest without
Resistance
Two men who at first refused to
tell officers their names but later
said they were John and Walter
McDonald, brothers, of Charlotte,
were arrested on the Highlands
Dillard road near Scaly Saturday
afternoon less than two hours after
they were alleged to have held up
and robbed Bill Penland of ap
proximately $40 at the Shell auto
service station in East Franklin.
After the men had been identi
fied by witnesses at a preliminary
hearing Monday afternoon before
Magistrate George Carpenter in the
courthouse they were bound over
for trial at the April term of court
on charges of robbery .with force
and firearms, conviction of which
carries a minimum sentence of 10
years and a maximum sentence of
30 years imprisonment. Unable to
make bond in the sum of $2,000
each, the McDonalds were sent
back to jail to await trial.
The men were arrested by Frank
Norton, J. D. Jacobs and John
Bulgin, who had been hastily press
ed into service by Sheriff Slagle as
special deputies and sent in pursuit
of the bandits, who were reported
to have fled toward Highlands on
highway No. 28. The sheriff him
self drove toward Highlands and
sent the other car around by Dil
lard. The McDonalds, in a Ford
V-8 coupe with a license number
corresponding to the one Penland
had said was on the bandits' car,
were found just below Scaly. Their
car had skidded off the road. They
denied the hold up and offered no
resistance to arrest.
In Stolen Car
About $20 was found on the men
and a later search of the car re
sulted in the discovery of a small,
decrepit .38 calibre revolver. Both
the trigger and the finger guard
were broken and to fire the weap
on one would have to pull the ham
mer back by hand. On communi
cating with the state automobile
license bureau Sheriff Slagle learn
ed that the car had been stolen
from S. W. Home in High Point
about a week before. Home came
to Franklin Tuesday afternoon and
claimed the car. Sheriff Slagle said
the McDonalds admitted they had
stolen it.
How the hold-up was carried out
was told by Penland on the stand
at the preliminary hearing. The
defendants, each dressed in dark
gray suits, each square-jawed, bull
necked, dark-haired and somewhat
swarthy, glowered at the witness.
Penland referred to John McDon
ald as "the big one" and to Walter
McDonald as "the little one."
The two men, he said, drove up
to the station and asked him to fill
up their tank. After doing so, he
said, they gave him a five-dollar
bill and "the little one" followed
him into the station, where he had
gone to get change. Penland said
when he turned around the "little
one" was pointing a pistol at him
and demanded that he turn over
all the money he had. The bandit
then rifled the cash drawer and
put Penland in a rest room, com
manding him to stay there. When
Penland came out he saw the band
its drive off toward Highlands.
He testified that he took down
their license number and that it
was 264040.
Both of the defendants went on
the stand and each admitted they
had obtained gasoline at the Shell
station but denied they had held
up and robbed Penland.