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VOL. L, NO. 14
FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1935
$1.50 PER YEAR
DEMONSTRATION
FARMSCHOSEN
Will Serve To Illustrate
Benefits of Modern
Crop Methods
In furtherance of the agricultural
improvement program launched re
cently by the Tennessee Valley
Authority, demonstration farms have
been selected in each of the 11
townships of Macon county, it was
announced this week by F. S.
Sloan, county farm agent.
The demonstration farms, Mr.
Sloan explained, will be used as
examples to convince farmers that
soil conservation pays and that
modern farming methods will pro
vide a better farm living.
How PUn Work
The demonstration farms will be
worked by the individual owners
with the cooperation and advice of
Mr. Sloan and his sasistant, S. D.
Alexander, formerly with the soil
erosion service. The TVA will sup
ply some needed fertilizer for the
demonstration farms, but the farm
ers themselves will furnish seed
and do the work. Accurate records
will be kept on all crops and at
the end of the year, Mr. Sloan
confidently hopes, the cash returns
from the demonstration farms will
be convincing proof for other farm
ers of the benefits of crop rota
tion, proper use of fertilizer, soil
conservation and approved . farml-
management practices.
Committees Grown
At recent community meetings
held in each of the townships com
mittees were elected by the farm
ers to cooperate wth the farm
agents in the TVA program. Fol
lowing is a list of the committees
and the demonstration farms chos
en:
Highlands township, committee,
Richard Cobb, Mack Edwards, A.
C. Holt; farm, A. C Holt's.
Flats, committee, M. S. Burnette,
Henry Miller, Tolliver Vinson ; farm,
Henry Miller's.
Smith's Bridge community, J. E.
Cabe, J. J. Gray, C. H. Norton,
farm, J. E. Cabe's.
ugarfork, committee, C. W. Hen
derson, J. D. McCoy, Spurgeon
Holland; farm, C. W. Henderson's.
Ellijay, committee, J. J. Corbin,
D. J. Moses, George W. Dowdle;
farm, J. M. "Gray's operated by
George W. Dowdle.
Millshoal, committee, JohnC. Fer
(Contimrod on Pago Eight)
MAIN STREET
TREES PRUNED
Linemen of the Western Caro
lina Telephone company became
Johnston, manager of the company,!
put them to work pruning the
maple trees, on the north side of
fain strPt i
The old trees, grown shaggy and
gnarled, took on a new appearance
as dead limbs and, unnecessary
growth were trimmed away. All
cuts were quickly painted with a .
special preparation to prevent tne
trees from "bleeding.
Mr. Johnston obtained permission
from the town board Some time
ago to do the work. Before start
ing to trim the trees he made a
special study of tree surgery meth
ods, reading several books on the
subject and obtaining advice from
experts.
Expense of the tree pruning is
borne entirely by the telephone
company, which bought special
equipment for the work. Mr. Johns
ton is supervising the job and ,is
exercising the utmost care to see
that each tree is trimmed with view
to prolonging its life as far as pos
sible. Some of the trees, he said, are
so far gone that they should be
renlaced; but many of them are
still vigorous.
Barn Burned
Boy Playing with Matches
Responsible
Charles Williams, age 5, learned
last Thursday of the danger of
playing with fire.
The youngster, at the home of
his grandfather, Robert L. Liner,
in the Iotla community, went into
the barnyard and began amusing
himself striking matches. Before
he realized what he was doing the
barn had caught on fire. Then the
blaze extended to the corn crib
and meat house. Neighbors came
to Mr. Liner's assistance and they
managed to drag his farm machine
ry from the burning barn, but they
Were unable to put out the fire.
Mr. Liner said his barn was full
of feed and lumber; 150 bushels of
corn were stored in the crib and
the meat from five hogs was hang
ing in the meat house. The total
loss was estimated at approximate
ly $400.
MRS. RATION'S
FUNERAL HELD
Wife of Former Senator
Dies after Long
'Illness
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert
A. Patton, who died at her home
in Patton valley at 11:45 o'clock
Friday morning after a severe ill
ness of several months, were held
at 11 o'clock Saturday morning at
the Patton Methodist church.
Mrs. Patton, wife of former State
Senator Robert A Patton, had been
in ill health for a number of
months. During the wintef her
condition became serious and she
was taken to an Asheville hospital
for treatment Little hope for her
recovery was seen by physicians
and she was brought back to her
home in Macon county.
A woman of outstanding charac
ter, ability and charm, Mrs. Pal
ton was one of the most prominent
and best beloved women in the
county.
Surviving Mrs. Patton, besides
her husband, are seven children,
Charles Robert, Helen, James,
George, Mack and Andy Jack; and
two brothers, Sheriff A. B. Slagle,
of Franklin, and Carl Slagle, of
Cartoogechaye.
Mrs. Patton was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Sla
gle. She was married to Robert A.
Patton in November, 1913. She was
a graduate of Davenport college.
The Rev. J. B. Tabor, pastor of
the Macon Methodist circuit,- con
ducted the funeral, assisted by the
Rev. C. C Herbert Jr. pastor of
the Franklin Methodist church,
Pallbearers were Glenn Patton,
aul rail"", i-.awicuce r auuii, imi'
ry Blattte, James Wurst and Roy
Mashburn.
Exam Results To Be
Announced Next Week
A list of pupils who passed
the standard high school en
trance test held March 23 at
the Franklin school will be
ready for publication in next
week's issue of The Press
Maconian, it was announced to
day by G. L. Houk, principal
of the Franklin school. Two
hundred and fourteen pupils
representing 32 schools in the
county took the examination.
Practically all of the rural
schools of the county have com
pleted their terms or will end
them this week. The Franklin
and Highlands schools will con
tinue through the first week in
May. r
Congress 'Feels its Oats;'
May Balk President's Plans
(Special to The Preu-Maqonian)
WASHINGTON, April 4-The
74th congress has been in session
(or three months but has done lit
tle during that time except get into
a wrangle over President Roose
velt's $4,880,000,000 work relief bill.
It is expected the measure will
finally go through, but with some
strings attached. As for the rest
of the president's legislative pro
gram, there is no telling what may
become of it.
Whether enactment of the work
relief in compromise form will
break the "log-jam" and be fol
lowed by speedy enactment of oth
er things asked by Mr. Roosevelt
is uncertain. Many observers are
inclined to believe that congress,
having forced changes in the work
relief plan, is beginning to 'feel its
oats" and may be inclined more
and more to assert its independence
of the White House.
The measures which the presi
dent is set upon include extension
of NRA for two years, after its
legal expiration on June 16; his
"social security" plan; the new
banking law giving government
control of banking and credit; the
bill to regulate public utility hold
Nantahala Forest
Purchase Is Approved
Purchase of 1,899 acres of
land for addition to the Nanta
hala National Forest was ap
proved Saturday by the Nation
al Forest reservation commis
sion in Washington, according
to press dispatches from the
capital. Total purchases through
out the country approved by
the commission amounted to a
quarter of a million acres, ap
proximately 16,000 in the Caro
linas. Early in March the com
mission approved plans for the
purchase of 3,373 acres for the
Nantahala Forest. The price
named for the latest purchase
was $5,906.75.
Sprucing Up
Franklin Now Observing
Xlean-Up Week'
Franklin began sprucing up for
spring this week following the
posting of a proclamation by the
board of aldermen setting April 1
to 6 as "Clean-up Week."
The proclamation requested resi
dents to clean up their homes,
premises and vacant lots- and to
place all trash in containers where
the town scavenger could collect it.
Police Chief R. F. Henry said he
would send the trash wagon to
any place in town to collect trash
and requested that householders'
notify him when they were ready j
to have trash removed.
The appearance of Main street
was considerably improved Tues
day by the removal of rusty old
automobile bodies and other debris
which had been dumped on the va
cant Rogers lot on west Main,
street. The town board ordered j
the lot cleaned up after Mrs. F. L.
Siler and Mrs. T. J. Johnson, rep
resenting the U. D. G, appeared
before it Monday night with a re
quest for this action.
Funeral Held for
Mrs. Ethel Moss Houston
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel
Moss Houston, 29, and infant who
died in Angel hospital Sunday
morning, were held at Sugarfork
Baptist church Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. The Rev. J. O. Nix,
of Satula, Ga., pastor of the Pine
Grove Baptist church, had charge
of the services.
Mrs. Houston was a member of
the Pine Grove Baptist church.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, Claude Houston, her moth
er, Mrs. Mattie Moss, of Cullasaja;
Mrs. Hall Zachary, of Franklin;
Zeb Moss, of Glenville; and Lyman
Moss, of Jackson county.
ing companies, and some important
amendments to the agricultural ad
justment act.
Push Whole Plan Through
To the suggestion that the pro
gram is too big for one session of
congress, and that much of the
program could well be laid over
until next year, the president has
given a firm negative. He wants
to push his whole plan through
this year, so that the second ses
sion of the present congress will'
have a clear track for the purely
political activities related to the
election of 1936.
If the president gets his program
through this year, there will have
been a year of experience which,
if recovery results, will be of the
greatest political advantage in 1936;
if he doesn't get it through this
year the second session of this
congress will be wrangling over it
right up, to the time for the na
tional nominating conventions, and
the president will have to go before
the country with some of his ex
periments unfinished.
Whatever congress does with the
president's program, it is trying
hard to hand him some things that
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CREDIT GROUPS
CONSOLIDATED
Long Continues as Local
Production Loan
Representative
'The Franklin Production Credit
association has been consolidated
in the interest of more central and
economical management with the
Asheville organization, and now
practically all of the western coun
ties will be served by one central
production credit agency.
Mr. Long, who was secretary of
the Franklin association, which
served Macon, Jackson, Swain, Gra
ham, Cherokee and Clay counties,
has been appointed to represent
the consolidated association in this
county. All applications by Macon
farmers for production credit loans
should be filed with him.
Through the credit association
loans to assist farmers in financ
ing crop and livestock production
are obtained from the' federal in
termediate credit bank. Only loans
of $50 or more are made by the
association, Mr. Long explained
in correcting an erroneous idea on
the part of a few farmers that
smaller loans could be. obtained
through this agency. Loans of les
ser amounts must come through
emergency crop loan channels, not
through production credit associa
tions. Production credit loans are
secured by crop liens and, where
necessary, by liens on personal
property; but farmers obtaining
these loans are not required to
mortgage their land.
Lightning Puts Town
Well out of Commission
Struck by lightning during a
storm Wednesday night, the
electric motor which furnishes
power for pumping water from
the town well on west Main
street was thrown out of com
mission. On examination it was
" found that the motor had been
burned out. Will Hall, town
plumber, took the motor to
Asheville Thursday morning for
repairs. It is expected to be
returned Saturday. Meanwhile
the Town of Franklin is depen
dent for water on the well on
east Main street, which supplies
only about 35 gallons a minute,
as compared with 68 gallons
from the other well. Town of
ficials hoped a reserve supply
in the town tanks would hold
out until operation of the West
Main street pump is resumed.
4 ENTER RACE
FOR ALDERMEN
Patton Expected To File
For Mayor and Have
No Opposition
With just two more days before
the deadline, only four candidates
for town offices in the municipal
election to be held on May 7 had
filed formal notices Thursday with
George Dean, the town clerk. Those
who had tossed their hats into the
ring were T. W. Angel, H. L.
Bryant, W. C. Wilkes and J. A.
Palmer, all of whom are seeking
election as aldermen. No one had
filed notice of candidacy for mayor,
but it was expected that George
Patton, a former mayor, would do
so before the expiration of the
time for filing on Saturday.
For the past two years Frank
lin has had an aldermanic board
of three members; but under the
terms of a bill enacted by the
present general assembly under the
sponsorship of Representative J.
Frank Ray, a six-member board as
to be chosen in the May election.
Mom Entries Expected
Although candidates have been
slow in announcing themselves, it
is thought likely there will be a
sizeable number of entries, at least
for the offices of aldermen, before
Saturday night. There was a strong
indication, however, that there
might be only one candidate for
mayor.
Mr. Patton would not commit
himself to a statement of whether
he would or would not run; but
his friends were confident he would
and that no one would oppose him.
R. D. Sisk, who has served as
mayor since the resignation of
Frank Ray, frankly stated he would
not seek the position again if Mr.
Patton sees fit to run. It was said
in some quarters that Mr. Sisk
might seek election as an alder
man, but he himself has made no
announcement to this effect
Others discussed in political cir
cles as possible candidates for the
board of aldermen include H. W.
Cabe, J. E. Perry, John Henry,
George Bulgin, Harry Higgins, S. 4
H. Lyle and John Harrison.
T. W. Angel, a former board
member, was the first candidate to
jump into the water. He filed his
notice Wednesday. Then, Thursday
morning, notices weer submitted by
Bryant, Wilkes and Palmer.
Sam J. Murray has been appoint-,
ed registrar and A. L. Leach and
George A. Mashburn judges for the
election. The registration books
will be open from April 6 through
April 27.
REUCOWEN
TO SPEAK HERE
A public meetlnsr of the United
Dry Forces of Macon county will
be held in the Franklin Baptist
church at 7:30 o'clock -Wednesday
night of next week, according to
an announcement by the Rev. J.
A. Flanagan, secretary of the coun
ty organization. ,
The Rev. J. C Owen, D. D., di
rector of temperance education for
the United Dry Forces in 25 west
ern counties, is scheduled to speak.
Dr. Owen, a former pastor of the
Franklin Baptist church, has been
an active leader in temperance
work.
An invitation to attend the meet
ing next Wednesday was extended
by Rev. Mr. Flanagan to all per
sons interested in the work of the
organization. At the close of the
meeting, he said, the executive com
mittee of the United Dry Forces
will meet to perfect plans for its
work in the county.
HERE FROM RALEIGH
J. M. Gray, connected with the
Raleigh office of the Chilean Ni
trate company, was in Franklin on
business the early part of this
week.
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