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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL - INDEPENDENT
VOL. U NO. t
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 2 1S35
$130 PER YEAR
GOLD DECISION
ALLAYS FEARS
Atmosphere of Uneasiness
Dispelled by Court
Ruling
WASHINGTON, Feb. (Spe
cial) While Congress had a clear
right to devalue the dollar in terms
of gold, it had no right to revoke
the promise of the Government to
pay holders of "gold clause" bonds
in gold or its equivalent. That is
a summary of the unanimous opin
ion of the Supreme Court of the
United States in the so-called
"gold clause" suits.
But the majority opinion, from
which Justices McReynolds, Van-
devanter. Sutherland and Butler
dissented, held that the claimants
who had sued .for payment of gold
bonds, interest coupons and gold
certificates at the old gold value
had suffered no damages because
of the depreciation of the dollar
and therefore could not recover.
This decision has given the Ad
ministration a clear field in which
to operate in monetary matters, at
kast for the time being. If later
on through inflation of the cur
rency or some other means, the
value of the paper dollar shooh
sink far below that of the gold
dollar, a claimant holding gold
clause bonds might be able to
prove damages, bue he could only
recover damages against the Gov
ernment by suing in the Court of
Claims, and nobody can sue the
Government without the Govern
ment's permission.
In effect, therefore, Iht decision
was a practical victory for the Ad
ministration, though it was coupled
with a rebuke to Congress
It
clears the way for the operation of
the "managed currency", without
fear of any further adverse Su
preme Court action. More impor
tant, from the Administration's
point of view, it removes from the
business world the fear that the
devaluation of the dollar might be
revoked, although that never was
actually an issue before the Court.
By assuring reasonable stability
of the currency for the present, at
least, the decision removes much of
the ground for timidity on the part
of private capital, and there is con
siderable jubilance over the pros
pects of a great deal of American
money coming back from its ref-
uees abroad, and out of its hiding
places in this country, to take part contains 70.6 acres, which is divided
in the rebuilding of our industrial, or classified as follows :
financial and business structure. j Land from which crops are har
That is the situation as seen vested, 11.6 acres; woodland not
(Continued on Page Shi)
Owens Resigns as Head
Of Reemployment Office
J. Grady Owens resigned this
week as manager of the Franklin
office of the National Reemploy
ment Service, a position which he
accepted several weeks ago succeed
ing John W. Edwards, who was ap
pointed a deputy United States
marshal. Mr. Owens gave personal
reasons as an explanation for his
resignation.
Miss Betty Yancey, who has been
acting as a secretary to the re
employment manager, is temporarily
in charge of the office.
No announcement has been made
of a permanent successor to Mr.
Owens.
Young Democrats To Mee
At Bryson City
Young Democrats of the eleventh
congressional district' will hold a
meeting in Bryson City Satunday
night to discuss plans for sending
a large delegation from this dis
trict to the Jackson Day dinner to
be held in Raleigh during the
spring. The meeting was called by
John W. Edwards, district presi
dent. A number of Young Demo-
crats from this county ,are expected
to attend.
Lord's Acre Movement
To Be Explained Sunday
At Four Macon Churches
The Rev. Dumont Clark, of
Asheville, director of the Lord's
Acre movement sponsored by
the Farmers Federation, Inc.,
of Asheville, will speak at four
church services in Macon coun
ty Sunday.
The Rev. Mr. Clark will dis
cuss the Lord's Acre plan, and
it is expected efforts will be
made to put it into operation
for the benefit of the churches
of this county. Briefly, the plan
is designed to help in the sup
port of churches and their pas
tors. Members of a congrega
tion are asked to volunteer to
give the crops from a definite
piece of land for the benefit of
the church, or to set aside for
religious donations a certain
percentage of their farm pro
duce. Adoption of this plan
has enabled many churches in
An Agricultural Program
For Macon County
(This program for the improvement of farming
conditions in Macon county was prepared at the re
quest of the state-federal farm extension service.)
BY F. S. SLOAN
(Macon County Farm Agent)
Macon county is located in the
ranges in altitude from 2,000 to
6.000 feet. This is a significant
factor because of the different soil
types at different altitudes and al
so the seasonal conditions. Be
cause of this some sections produce
crops that other sections can not
grow profitably and this gives a
certain amount of exchange of
products within the county.
There are 1847 farms in the
county of which 1804 are operated
by white persons and 1,230 by the
individual owners with only 431
beintr ooerated by tenants. Some
of these farms are partially operat
ed by tenants, which makes approx
imately 2,000 farm families, or 11,
600 persons, who depend upon the
production of crops, livestock and
forest products for their living.
The average farm in the county
used for pasture, 24.0 acres; wood
land used for pasture, 12.7 acres;
pasture land cleared, 22.3 acres.
The use and average value of the
11.6 acres of crop land to the farm
er is shown in the following table:
Corn 6.4 acres; yield per acre,
18 bushels; total yield, 1152 bush
els; total value, $02.16.
Wheat .8 acres; yield per acre,
11 bushds ; total yield, 8.8 bushels;
total value, $8.80.
Rye .9 acres; yield per acre, 9
bushels; total yield, 8.1 bushels;
total value, $8.10.
Hay 14 acres; yield per acre,
1.1 tons: total yield, 1.5 tons; total
value, $24.
Potatoes .4 acres; yield per acre,
82 bushels; total yield, 32.8 bushels;
total value, $13.12.
Vegetables .5 acres; total value,
$25.
Other-rl.2 acres; total value, $18.
Total crop acres, 11.6; total value,
$189.18.
Additional figures for the average
farm in Macon county with regard
to livestock distribution and pasture
utilization are as follows:
Horses and mules. .9 per farm.
Cattle, 44 per farm.
Hogs, 2.2 per farm.
Sheen. .9 per farm.
Chickens, 20.1 per farm.
Total livestock per farm, 28.5.
The average acres in pasture rtf
mvred far one head of cattle or
i sheep is 5.8. This is because of the
other western North Carolina
counties to pay off debts; to
meet the salaries of ministers
when hitherto they had been
unable to do so, and to increase
their church membership. Great
er interest in church activities
has been manifested in many
places where the Lord's Acre
plan has been tried out. Church
es which hitherto depended on
outside aid have, through this
plan, become self-supporting.
Mr. Dark will speak at
Clark's Methodist church at 10
o'clock' Sunday morning; at
Bethel Methodist church at
11:15 o'clock; at Snow Hill
Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock
in the afternoon, and at the
Iotla Methodist church at 3:45.
He will be accompanied by the
Rev. B. W. Lefler, pastor of
the Franklin Methodist circuit.
amount of woodland that is con
sidered pasture and because the
cleared pastures are not productive
A study of the foegoinjc fjgureL
shows
thaf "IhWTsTany Tn ciRfvaTand is planning to leave Franklin
tion that should be in pasture or
forest and that some in pasture
might need to be put into cultiva
tion. This depends largely upon
productivity, steepness and the mat
ter of stumps or rock that would
greatly handicap, cultivation. It al
so shows that some form of read
justment is necessary in order that
farm families may continue to stay
on the farm and produce their
food and also receive a cash income
with which to -buy necessities and
pay taxes. At the present average
production this can not be done
because in the past their cash in
come was derived from forest pro
ducts and members of the family
working for other men.
By analyzing the conditions set
forth in the above tables and para
graphs it brings clearly to light
the true condition of a large num
ber of farmers in the county and
shows that certain adjustments are
necessary for the immediate wel
fare of the present farm families
and such increases as may be ex
pected from year to year. Such
adjustments are directly dependant
upon, and limited by, the effort
made by each farm family toward
soil improvement, proper use of
soil, pasture improvement, general
farm improvement and the present
distribution of land among farmers.
The rate of such improvements and
changes will largely depend upon
the amount of initiative and inter
est that each individual farmer
gives to the program.
Results obtainel in the county
by farmers in all sections show
that yields of corn, wheat, rye, hay,
and other crops have been greatly
increased where recommended prac
tices were followed. The average
increase obtained where corn fol
lowed lespedeza was 19.5 bushels
per acre. If all of the 13,663 acresl
of corn in the county in 1934 had ;
been planted after lespedeza and
the average increase had remained
the same for the county the total
production would have been in
creased from 245,934 to 512,326
bushels for an increased value of
$212,142. This would have resulted
from an expenditure of $28,000,
which would have left a net return
of $184,142; but before this can be
done the number of acres of corn
must' be reduced, for now" each
year corn is planted on 55 per cent
(Continued on Page Six)
J. W. Hastings Suffers
Serious Heart Attack
J. W. Hastings, Wl known
Franklin merchant and Repub
lican candidate for sheriff last
November, suffered a serious
attack of heart cSsease Monday
morning and since then has
been confined to hit home. He
was reported Wednesday to be
somewhat improved.
Burns Fatal
Child Loses Life Saving
Doll from Fire
Mary Louise Conley, eight-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. In
gram Conley, who lives near Otto,
succeeded last Thursday afternoon
in rescuing her small sister's doll
from a fire but in so doing she
suffered burns which resulted in
her death the following day.
Mrs. Conley went to the barn to
milk, leaving Mary in the living
room playing with two younger
sisters. One of the smaller girls
dropped her doll in the fireplace
and Mary Louise pulled it out
When she reached into the flames
her clothing became ignited. She
ran to the barn and her mother
succeeded in tearing the burning
clothes from her child; but her
body already was badly burned. She
was taken to Angel hospital, where
she died Friday morning.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday at Dryman's Chapel in the
Tesenta section.
Dr. Solms Resigns
From Hospital Staff
Dr. Charles Solms has resigned
from the sff of AngeAHosjiUal.
Friday of this week. He and Mrs.
Solms and their small daughter will
go to Towson, Md., to visit Mrs.
Solms' mother, later planning to go
to New York. Dr. Solms came to
Franklin about two years ago and
since then has made many friends
who will regret to learn of his de
parture. Edward Eaton Makes
Wesleyan Honor Roll
S. Edward Eaton, Jr., son of Mr
and Mrs. S. E. Eaton, of Franklin
and a graduate of the Franklit
high school, was one of 28 fresh
man at Wesleyan University, Mid
dletown, Conn., who were placed oi
the university honor roll as a re
suit of recent mid-year examina
tions. Young Eaton attended Da
vidson college, near Charlotte, last
year and is a member of the class
of '37 at Wesleyan this year
Farm Meeting To Be Held
At Holly Springs
W. M. Landess, agricultural as
sistant in the TVA organization,
is scheduled to speak at a com
munity meeting of farmers at Hol
ly Springs at 10 o'clock Friday
morning, it was announced by F.
S. Sloan, county farm agent. Mr.
Landess also was on the program
for a meeting of the county board
of agriculture in Mr. Sloan's office
Thursday afternoon.
Death Claims Tallent
Infant at Candler
Martha Joan Tallent, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Tallent, died of spinal meningitis
at their home at Candler last
Thursday. The funeral was held at
Coweta church, this county, on Fri
day. Mrs. Tallent is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N.
j Gray, of Marion, formerly of this
county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tal-
lent were reared in this county and
have many friends here.
Brendle To Start
Revival Meetings Sunday
The Rev. J. A. Brendle will open
a series of revival meetings in the
courthouse at 7 o'clock Sunday
night. He has invited members of
all denominations to attend. Char
lie Roper will have charge of the
music.
BILL PROVIDES
FORM RELIEF
Ray Introduces Measure
To Extend Note Sign
ing Privilege
A tax relief bill for Macon
county was introduced in the legis
lature last week by Representative
J. Frank Ray and is scheduled to
be considered this week by judic
iary committee No. 1, to which it
was referred.
A bulletin sent out by the In
stitute of Government summarized
Mr. Ray's bill as follows:
"On February 20th House Bill
404, "To Allow the County of Ma
con and Municipalities Therein To
Refund Tax Sales Certificates," was
introduced and sent to the com
mittee on judiciary No. 1. The
bill would allow five-year notes
for the face amount of the taxes
for 1927-1931 to be given any time
before April 1, 1936. The bill spe
cifies the form of the notes. It
would provide that the authorities
may require payment of 1932 taxes
as a prerequisite to giving the
notes. It would provide that notes
be recorded in the Tax Liens book
and noted on the record of tax
sales certificates, such notes to be
first liens superior to all except
liens for current taxes. The bill
would bar collection of 1926 and
prior taxes upon which no foreclos
ure has been instituted, but would
allow foreclosure of 1927-1931 taxes
to be instituted any time before
October 1, 1936. The bill would al
low 10 per cent discount, from the
tace ot taxes tor the payment ot
1927-1931 taxes on or before April
1, 1936, and the said discount for
the payment of any note for taxes
before maturity."
A statewide tax relief bill intro
duced this week would authorize
governing authorities of counties,
cities and towns to adjust taxes for
1932 and prior years, on terms
deemed to .be of the best interest
of both unit and taxpayer.
Bond Refunds Sought
Another measure introduced in
the legislature during the past week
would, if passed, greatly reduce
Macon county taxes by relieving
the county of much of its bonded
indebtedness. This measure pro
vides for the refunding to counties
of "loans and donations made by
them to the state highway commis
sion" for the construction of roads.
Under its terms Macon county
would receive $209,990.19. Little
prospect, however, is seen for en
actment of the bill.
A bill to extend the hunting sea
sons in 10 western North Carolina
counties, including Macon, has been
passed by the lower house and
sent to the senate. The measure
fixes the squirrel season from Sep
tember 15 to Decem.br 15; rabbits,
November 20 to February 1; and
quail, November 20 to February 1.
A bill setting the quail season in
Macon county from November 20
to February 1 was introduced last
week by Mr. Ray and passed by
the house. The Macon county rep
resentative evidently sponsored this
measure in the hope that it would
be enacted in event the more gen
eral measure applying to 10 west
ern counties should fail of passage
in the senate.
Meacham To Continue
On School Faculty
E. H. Meacham will continue as
instructor of vocational agriculture
in the Franklin high school, having
declined a position offered him re
cently as assistant farm demonstra
tion agent in Buncombe county.
Mr. Meacham tentatively accepted
the Buncombe job last week, but
announced Wednesday that he
would remain at his present post as
he had been unable to obtain a
satisfactory substitute to take his
place and he did not want to break
his contract with the state.