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Hacatiiait PHOGBESSTVE LTBEBAL LWDE PE.WDKJVT OL. LI, NO. 14 FRANKLIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1936 $1.50 PER YEAh fELFAREWORK IS DISPSSED 5 Attend Conference in Franklin; 19 Counties Represented Vith a registration of more than persons, including representa- ;s from 19 counties, a regional fare canierence for the western trict of North Carolina was held esday in the Franklin Methodist irch. Among those attending -e county and state welfare of- als and workers, public school xiaJs, PWA and reemployment cutives. 'he conference was one of a les being held in various sec- is of the state for the purpose lOiitlining plans for a permanent ial security program in North olina. Mrs. Boist Speaks [rs. W. T. Bost, state commis- ler of public welfare, addressed gathering on the subject: “To lat Extent is Social Welfare a )lic Responsibility.” Following development of public welfare n the stage of local and private ef agencies to the present wth toward a national social con- lusness, Mrs. Bost stated that ; was no time to retreat. An ef- :ive welfare program, she ad- , depends on the combined ;ngth and cooperation of local e and federal agencies, and >'gnition of the ’problems of hu- 1 betttrment as a public respon- lity. he referred to the present tcn- cy to distrust politics and elect- officers as an unwholesome at- de, declaring that what is need- ts confidence >in government that ;onducted on principles of de- :racy, so that all citizens may e equality of opportunity. Coordinated Welfare Service r. Rioy M. Brown, associate fessor of public administration the University of North Caro- , advocated establishment of a artment of public welfare co- inated with public health and lie education. Referring to the blem of unemployment in the mtain area, I3r. Brown express- the hope that a solution would found through the proposed de- >pment of the Fontana basin 1 and other projects of the messee Valley Authority in stern North Carolina, which uld devekyji industries to furnish )Ioyment to residents of this :ion. 'iscussing the social security- gram,' Major A. L. Fletcher, e commissioner of labor, pre ted a paper explaining the pro- ons for unemployment insur- e. Old age pensions were dis- sed by W. C. Ezell, nna A. Cassatt, director of field al work, explained service given families to discover and remove cause of dependence by helping n solve their problems through oving handicaps and cooperat- toward rehabilitation, r. Roma Cheek, secretary of the th Carolina commission for the d, spoke of aid to the blind to- d self-s,upport. Child welfare (Continued on Page Ten) Schools Closing All but 5 Have Completed 8-Months Term In Gubernatorial Race Franklin Produce Market LATEST QUOTATIONS ^rices listed below are subject ;hange without notice.) •ted by FaVmers Federation, ,Inc. ;kens, heavy breed hens id fryers; lb IS^c :kens, light weight; lb. .. 13^c s, doz 15c 1 potatoes. No. 1; bu. .. 6Sc ti, bu 70c eat, bu 90c K>ted by Nantahala Creamery terfat, Ib 27c All except five of the white schools in Macon county have clos ed their 1935-36 terms, most of them completing their 'eight- months term the first of this week. The Franklin school, which lost more time than other schools of the county on account of heavy s,nows, which made rural roads im passable for school buses, has four more weeks to run. The Highlands school is expected to end its ses sion in three weeks. Three other schools still in le.ssion—Scaly, Rain bow Springs and Slagle—also are scheduled to close in three weeks. Most of the rural schools closed without formal exercises, bad weather and influenza having dis rupted their plans. The Franklin school for colored children will wind up its work this week and closing exorcises will start Sunday with the annual ser mon in the courthouse at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The Re\-. J. )A‘. Hairston, 1). I)., of Asheville, will preach. In announcing the exer cises, K. B. Watts, principal of the I school, extended an invitation to ! the general public to attend. Seats will be reserved for white people, he said. Dr. Hairston’s sermon will be preceded by a song service starting at 2 o’clock. Tests for high school admission next year will be given at the Franklin school on Saturday, April 11, starting at 9:30 a. m., it was announced yesterday by M. 1). Bil lings, county superintendent of schools. 'This test, he added, is for the whole county except Nantahala and Highlands. The Nantahala test will be given at Otter Creek and the Highlands test at Highlands, at the same time. TVANOW SEEKS FOMTANA BASIN Negotiating for Purchase Of Power Site from Aluminum Co. (From TKe Asheville Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., Alarch 30.—Possibility that the Tenness.ee Valley Authority’s first actual de velopment in North Carolina may be at Fontana on the Little Tenn essee river, instead of at Fowler Bend on the Hiwassee river, was seen Mo.nday in the recommenda tion of the Authority to that ef fect in a special report to Con gress. Despite the fact that Go'ngress al ready has appropriated $1,000,000 to start work on the Fowler Bend project, the TVA report said that negotiations were under way now to see if necessary land could be secured for the Fontana develop ment, and added its recommenda tion that, if this could be secured, the F'o.ntana dam be constructed first. Aluminum Firm Owns Land Most of _the land along the Little Tennessee river necessary to the construction of the Fontana dam is owned by the Aluminum company of America, which fact may hold up acquisition of the necessary right-of-way. However, it is under stood that the TVA is having dif ficulty in securing the right-of-way for the Hiwassee project also. Both dams are expected to ,be built eventually, .but the recom mendation of the TVA, if carried out, would mean construction of the Fontana dam ahead of the Fowler Bend project. Secret hearings were held by the House appropriations committee last week on the TVA, and Dr. Arthur Morgan, head of the TVA, appeared before it. Whether he asked for more money for the Hiwassee proiect or asked that (Continu«d on Page Ten) CLYDE R. HOEY RALPH W. M’DONALD A. H. GRAHAM JOHN A. McRAE Nantahala National Forest , Now a Recreational Paradise ~ raPlOMNT OFHCE ciosro Supervisor Bryan Tells Of Improvements Made by CCC “Three years of progress and ac- coinplishments will mark the third anniversary of the beginning of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Nantahala National Forest,” Super visor Bryan said today. Since the official beginning of the Civilian Conservation Corps on j^Iarch 31, 1933, 14 camps have been located in strategic po'sitions throughout the forest in North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor gia. FVom a maze of poorly construct ed and maintained dirt roads, the CCC camps have worked up an excellent road system in the for est. More than 360 miles oi forest roads have been graded and sur faced, making it possible quickly to reach any point of the forest in the event of fires. Communities in the past which were isolated dur ing the winter may now be enter ed throughout the year by school buses, mail routes and commercial vehicles. The complete management and economical utilization of the timber lands will be greatly ex pedited by the construction of these roads, Mr. Bryan stated. Forest Rubbish Removed In connection with the road build ing program, the adjacent timber lands have been cleaned up to pre sent pleasing views from the roads. Dead trees, fallen timber and stumps are removed from a strip 50 to 100 feet wide on either side of the road. Where exceptional vistas occur, these have been opened to the view of the motor ist. More than one hundred and fifty miles of roadside have been treated in this manner. Where raw cuts and fills occur on the newly constructed roads, these have been planted with grasses or honeysuckle. This treat- (Continued on Page Eight) I Activities of Office To Be Carried on at Bryson City ihe Lranklin office of the na tional reemployment service was closed yesterday and in the future, it was learned, the activities of this office will be carried on through the district reemployment office at Bryson City. It is thought likely, however, that someone will be appointed in Franklin to represent the district office. No formal announcement to this effect, however, has yet been made. ' Frank I. Murray has been man ager of the Franklin reemployment office for some months. Closing of this office, it was said, is in line with a new policy of the reemployment service to consoli date its branches as far as feasible. The office at .Sylva also has been closed. The room in the Higdon house formerly occupied by the reemploy ment service is to become the headquarters of the county public health service. Mrs. Hattie Justice Honored on 80th Birthday A birthday dinner was given March 22 at the home of Mrs. F. E. Brown at Prentiss in honor of her mother, Mrs. Hattie Justice, who was 80 years old. Attending were all of Mrs. Justices’ children. Airs. Paul Lo.ng, of Franklin, a grand-daughter; other relatives: Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Nichols, the Rev. Jim Vinson, Miss Ethel Le- Roy, Miss Louise Hamby, and Miss Ethel Buchanan. STATE POLITICS IN FlIU SWING McDonald Giving Hooey And Graham Plenty To Worry About RALKKtII, April 1.—The contest for the Denvrcratic nomination for (rovernor has already .become a vcritabk' horse race with three of the foiu- candidates running very close together, although the race is not yet anywhere near the home stretch. 'I'he imi)ression in most po litical circles is that Clyd'C R. Hoey, of Shelby, is in the lead, but not as much as his supporters are inclined to j believe; that Dr. Ralph VV. -McDonald, of Winston-Salem, is in second place, but slowly gain ing on Hoey, and that Lieutenant (lovenior A. 11. (iraha.ni is in third place, not far .back of McDonald, with John A. .McRae, of Charlotte, far behind in fourth place. It is the prevailing belief that both Hoey and Ciraham are jockey ing ahcut in an effort to pocket -McDonald and force him back iiiU) third place, but so far McDonald has been too' clever and has re- fu.S’ed to fall into any such trap. But while many believe he is pull ing up slightly on Hoey, the old timers here doubt if he will be able to keep u]) his present pace until the primary on Jnu'C 6. As a result, the o])inion in most circles is that Hoey is going to remain in the lead and that Graham has a chance to cross the wire in second place unless McDonald can show more speed "'lid stamina than many now bellevi. V can. But for the time Scini;, there is no doubt that Mc- 1 )onald has the campaign managers of both Hoey and Graham consid erably worried. Expect Fireworks This Week 'I'he strategy of the Ho'ey man agers so far, and to a certain ex tent of the (irahani headquarters as well, has undoubtedly been to keep quiet, say as little as ))Os,siible about McDonald and not to get into any, controversy with him, in the belief that if they gave him enough rope he wouli eventually get tangled up in it and trip if not hang himself. But so far Mc Donald has been unusually nimble in avoiding getting tangled up in his own campaign ro]>e as well as in avoiding ))itfalls dug by his op ponents, As a result, there are in dications that the Hoey and Gra ham campaign managers are plan ning a new line of attack and that one or the other, or both, are go ing to start opening up on Mc Donald very s.oon. Some real cam- I>aign fireworks can be expected al most any time now. It is no secret here that the Hoey strategists are convinced McDonald has ibeen al- (Continued on Page Ten) Death Delayed Bruno Hauptman Gets New Lease on Life Eight o’clock Tuesday night was the time set for the eletrocution o'f 15runo Richard Hauijtman, but startling developments in the much publicized kidnaj)-murder case have given the (ierman carpenter a new lease on life. While Hauptman waited to be-' gin his march to the chair, his head shaven and his trousers leg slit. Col. Mark O. Kimberling, pris on warden, issued an order delay ing execution of the sentence 48 hours. This he did at the request of a grand jury investigating a purported confession in the' crime by Paul H. Wendell, Trenton, N. J., lawyer. Today it appeared doubtful that Hauptman would go to the chair Friday night, and be lief was expressed in informal cir cles in New Jersey that the exe cution might be put off for several weeks, though by what legal means, it was not learned.