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LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
PROGRESSIVE
VOL. L, NO. 8
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1935
$140 PER YEAR
MILLION ASKED
FOR PROJECTS
New Courthouse, Acid Mill
Among Work Relief
Proposals
W. N. C. Farmers to Hear
Secretary of Agriculture
At Lord's Acre Meeting
In response to a request of the
State Planning board, recently ap
pointed to draw up a program of
public works in North Carolina up
on which work relief funds could
be spent to advantage, the Macon
oountv commissioners and tne
Wrd of aldermen of Franklin
have orooosed projects estimated
to. cost aooroximately a million
dollars.
The county commissioners cen
tered their shot, suggesting a single
project a $325,000 -courthouse ;
while the board of aldermen pro
posed a number of different pro
jects, rantrine from a new water
smmlv svstem to an acid extract
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plant and pulp mill.
State Want. $100,000,000
If President Roosevelt's four
Kiiiin-rlnllar work relief fund is
voted by congress, the State Plan
ning Board hopes to get at least
$100,000,000 foT North Carolina pro
irts. and mav ask for consider
ably more. It is with view to de
termining how much money could
be spent to advantage in this state
that the planning board has re
quested the communities of the
state to suggest projects.
It is felt that North Carolina did
not receive its fair share of alloca
tions under the public works and
civil works administrations, and
state leaders are determined to ex
ert every influence to the end
that this state should not be slight
ed in any future federal recovery
appropriation, whatever the amount
nr e method bv which it is to
be distributed and spent. Com
mentiwi on the situation, Capus
M. Waynick, chairman of the plan
nine board, recently stated:
"We know that North Carolina
is the second largest federal tax
naver New York alone being a
larcer taxpayer. We know that we
have about one-fortieth of the pop
ulation of the United States and
that a oer capita allotment of the
original PWA $3,300,000,000 would
have given us about $80,000,000.
We got less than half of this be
cause the terms under which the
distribution occurred were such
that we could not meet them in
our heavily indebted condition. We
know now that a fortieth of four
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Eight hundred applications for ad
mission tickets have come irom
sixteen counties of Western North
Carolina to hear U. S. Cecretary
of' Agriculture Henry A Wallace
at the general Lord's Acre meeting
Saturday of this week, according to
Rev. Dumont Garke, who is ar
ranging the meeting.
The meeting will be in the Cen
tral Methodist church in Asheville
beginning at 9:45 on the morning
of Saturday, February 23. Mr.
Clarke announced that the church
has between one thousand and elev
en hundred seats. Admission to the
reserve seats will be by ticket on
ly, and the tickets must be present
ed by 9:45. If any seats then re
main, they will be open to the pub
lic, it was announced.
The Program
The program will include testi
monies concerning the value of the
Lord's Acre plan by members of
the first three churches to begin
the plan, testimonies from churches
that have become self-supporting
through the use of the plan, and a
number of testimonies from individ
uals. Arrangement has been made
to show stereopticon pictures of
Lord's Acre projects, and also
Lord's Acre hymn slides.
Secretary Wallace's address will
follow the Lord's Acre testimonies.
His subject, "The Necessity of
Socialized Spiritual Life in the
Countryside," is in accord with the
growing movement for the develop
ment of community life.
Movement Gaining Interest
Increased interest in the Lord's
Acre plan is reported by Mr.
Garke this year as shown in the
rural churches where he is deliver
ing illustrated lectures. Inquiries
HENRY A. WALLACE
U. S. Secretary of Agriculture
concerning the plan have also come
from twenty-eight different states
ki the union.
The Lord's Acre is sponsored by
the Farmers Federation, Inc., co
operative farm business organiza
tion serving seven Western North
Carolina counties.
Secretary Wallace will also speak
at the annual stockholders' meeting
of the Farmers Federation, Inc.,
which is to begin at 1 :30 in the
Buncombe county courthouse. Di
rectors representing seven counties
and also seven directors-at-large
are to be voted upon by the Fed
eration's farmer stockholders. An
nual reports and other matters will
come before the stockholders at this
meeting, according to James G. K.
McGure, president and general
manager.
Tax Sale
County To Foreclose on
1932 Tax Certificates
Notice that foreclosure suits on
1932 tax sale certificates would be
started early in March was given
by the county commissioners this
week following a meeting Monday
at which the fiscal affairs of the
county were discussed.
E. B. Byrd, chairman of the
board, explained that o other
course was left to the commission
ers under the state laws, which
provide for the institution of fore
closure proceedings 16 months af
ter the sheriffs sale of land for
delinquent taxes. Land was sold
for unpaid 1932 taxes in November,
1933. The county now holds about
600 tax sale certificates for 1932,
representing approximately $15,000
in unpaid taxes for that year, ac
cording to C. T. Bryson, register
of deeds and clerk to the board.
The board also has instructed
Mr. Bryson to notify all former
owners of property upon which the
county holds tax deeds to appear
before the board at its next meet
ing, the first Monday in March, to
make arrangements for settlement
of unpaid taxes. The commission
ers are disposed to allow former
owners to retain such property it
they will make substantial payments
on taxes due and give notes for the
balance. If the former owners are
not willing to do this, however, it
was warned, the board may find it
necessary to dispossess them and
sell the land to someone else.
'Aunt Sallie Cunningham
Dies of Paralysis at 93
FUNERALHELD
F0RT.S.1DAY
Well Known Hotel Owner
Dies After Month's
Illness
Killed
R. J. Ward Fatally Injured
In Auto Accident
Accepts Job
Meacham Offered Position
In Buncombe County
E. H. Meacham, vocational agri
culture instructor of the Franklin
high school, has accepted a posi-
sitaa rf(oraA Kim rprpfitlv as as-
sistant farm demonstration agent ! his widow returned to Franklin
Randall J. Ward, of Greenville,
S. C, who on December 23 was
married to Miss Pearl Phillips, of
Franklin, was fatally injured Tues
day of last week when an automo
bile he was driving from Green
ville to Richmond, Va overturned
down an embankment. He lived
about 30 minutes after the accident.
Mr. Ward was a traveling sales
man for the King Advertising company.
After the funeral for Mr. Ward
of Buncombe county. He said this
week that he planned to assume
his new duties when someone was
found to take over his school po
sition. Mr. Meacham, a graduate in
agriculture from N. C. State Col
lege, came here several vears ago
from Statesville. home of his par
ents. Under his guidance the class
es in vocational agriculture have
grown steadily in popularity, size
and useful influence. He has or
ganized a Young Tar Heel Farm
ers club, which has served greatly
to encourage the interest of the
boys of the county in the produc
tion of better crops and livestock.
Several years ago he supervised the
first vocational agricultural fair
held at the. Franklin school, which
proved so popular that it has since
become an annual event.
In his new position Mr. Meach
am will be engaged in furthering
thp farm, betterment nroeram re
cently launched in western North
Carolina by the Tennessee Valley
Authority.
Friday night to live with her' par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Phillips.
Cullasa ja Woman Dies
In Atlanta Hospital
News was received here Wednes
day of the death of Mrs. Furman
Corbin, of Cullasaja, in an Atlanta
hospital Tuesday night. Mrs. Cor
bin underwent an operation at the
hospital Monday for the removal
of a goiter. The body was sent
to Cullasaja for burial.
Funeral Held for
Tate Messer, 65, of Otto
Funeral services for Tate Mes
ser. 65, were held at the Asbury
Methodist church at 11 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Mr. Messer
died of Bright's disease Tuesday
morning at his home at Otto. He
is survived by his widow and three
daughters, the Misses Cora, Blanche
and Minnie Messer, till of Otto.
County's Second Oldest
Woman Was Great
Story Teller
Funeral services for Mrs. Salli
Cunningham, 93. second oldest wo
man in Macon county, who died of
paralysis at 8 o'clock Thursday
night of last week at the home of
a son, John Cunningham, on high
way No. 28 near Franklin, were
held at the Iotla Methodist church
at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon with
many relatives and friends present
to honor her memory.
"Aunt" Sallie, as she was called
by her numerous friends, was a
woman of remarkable character and
unusual religious zeal, and until the
last few years of her life she pos
sessed rare mental vigor, a reten
tive memory and a keen wit. She
was fond of telling stories, especial
ly of episodes, during the War be
tween the States, and of reminis
cing about the early days of Ma
con county's history.
A daughter of a pioneer Metho
dist minister, the late Rev. Rufus
Campbell, she joined the Methodist
church When she was eleven or
twelve years old, remaining a de
voted member throughout her long
life. She was very fond of reading
the Bible.
Planned Own Funeral
About two years ago Mrs. Cun
ningham told the Rev. Eugene R.
Eller, pastor of the Franklin Bap
tist churchy she wanted him to con
duct her funeral if the Methodist
pastor should be absent from town
when she died. She also said she
wanted him to read the first twelve
verses of the fifth chapter of St.
Matthew, that part of the Sermon
on the Mount which contains the
verses known as the beatitudes.
"I want you to study these vers
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Funeral services for Theodore
Siler Mundav. 68. owner of the
Munday Hotel, who died of a com
plication of ailments at the Mun
day Hotel at 2:30 o'clock Thurs
dav afternoon of last week, were
held at the Franklin Methodist
church at 3 o'clock Friday after
noon. In the absence from town
of the Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr.,
oastor of the church, the funera
was conducted by the Rev. J. B
Tabor, oastor of the Macon circuit;
the Rev. B. W. Lefler, pastor of
the Franklin circuit, and the Rev
E. R. Eller, pastor of the Franklin
Baptist church. Burial was in the
Franklin cemetery.
Active pallbearers were H. W.
Cabe, Cecil Pendergrass, Alfred R.
Higdon, Ben McCollum, George
Dean and D. Robert Davis. Hon
orary pallbearers were Dr. J. H.
Fouts, Gus Leach, Gilmer Crawford,
Lee Leach, George B. Patton and
Tom Leach.
Mr. Munday, proprietor of the
Mundav Hotel for a number of
years, was one of the best known
residents of the county. For 15
years he was chairman of the coun
ty Democratic committee. He was
a Mason and a Shriner. He came
to Franklin as a young man from
the Aquone section of this county.
For several years Mr. Munday
had been in declining health and
about a month ago his condition
became serious.
In June, 1928, Mr. Munday was
married to Mrs. Marietta Foust,
formerly of Manchester, Ga., who
survives. Also surviving are an
adopted sister, Miss Allie Caler, of
Aquone, and several nieces and
nephews.
SCHOOL BOARD
RECOMMENDED
C. W. Dowdle, Frank Hill
And W. D. Barnard
Proposed By Ray
Ignoring nominations made by the
county Democratic convention last
June, Representative J. Frank Ray
has recommended the appointment
by the legislature of C. W. Dowdle,
Frank H. Hill and W. D: Barnard
as members of the Macon county
board of education for the next
biennium.
Neither Franklin nor Highlands,
where the largest schools in the
county are situated, is represented
in Mr. Ray's proposed board. Mr.
Dowdle, who has previously served
on the school board, lives at Pren
tiss. Mr. Hill lives in Horse Cove
and Mr. Barnard, a former chair
man of the county board of com
missioners, lives in the Burningtown
section of the county. All are
more than 70 years of age.
Billing!' Job Safe
Appointment of this board was
interpreted in local political circles
as assuring the reelection of M.
D. Billings as county superinten
dent of schools.
The present board of education
is composed ot the Kev. w. i.
Potts, of Highlands, and Alex
Moore, of Franklin. Lawrence
Ramsey, of Iotla, also was a mem
ber of the board until his appoint
ment during the fall as superinten
dent of the prison camp) near
Franklin. He resigned from the
board before accepting this post.
Party Nominations
The county Democratic conven
tion last June nominated eight men
and one woman for the school
board, . from whom three were to
be selected. They were the three
members of the old board, C. F.
Moody, J. S. Porter, C. A. Bryson,
Mrs. Carl Slagle, W. G. Stewart
and the Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr.
Mr. Ray's recommendations were
made public this week after he had
submitted them to a sub-committee
of the house committee on educa
tion which is drawing up the omni
bus school board bill. Some delay
is expected before enactment of the
measure as many members of the
legislature have not yet submitted
school board recommendations for
their counties. Then, too, it is
customary for the legislature to
obtain approval of nominations
from the chairmen of the various
county Democratic executive com
mittees and to hold public hearings
'on the school board omnibus bill
before taking final action on the
measure.
WaHer Moore Dies
In Atlanta
Friends and relatives of the late
Dr. B, W. Moore and Mrs. Moore,
residents of Franklin a number of
vears ago, will regret to learn of
the death in Atlanta Monday of
their youngest son, Walter Moore.
Funeral services for Mr. Moore
were to be held in Atlanta Wed
nesday, according to a message re
ceived here by Mrs. Hattie Jones
Rev. H. W. McLaughlin,
To Preach Here
The congregations of the Frank
lin and Morrison Presbyterian
churches will have as their guest
speaker on Sunday the Rev. Hen
ry W. ' McLaughlin, D. DM director
of the country church department
and Sunday school extension, of
the Southern Presbyterian church,
with headquarters in Richmond,
Va. Dr. McLaughlin was formerly
pastor of the New Providence
Church in the Valley of Virginia,
the largest country church of the
Southern Presbyterian denominds
tion. He is an authority on the
work of the rural church, the
author of several books on the
subject, a leader greatly in demand
as a teacher and lecturer in inter
denominational rural church con
ferences, a preacher of real ability.
The pastor and congregations of
these churches feel that it is a real
privilege to have Dr. McLaughlin
to visit in the field here and cor
dially invite the public to hear him.
He will speak at Franklin at the
11 o'clock service Sunday morning
and at the 2 o'clock service at the
Morrison church.