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INDEPENDENT
VOL. HHf NO. 41
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1938
$1.50 PER YEAR
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CONSERVATION
B0DY1NW.N.C
State Board Makes Tour
Of Western Counties
"Jhis Week ,
. Members of the state board of
conservation and development open
ed a three-day meeting at Waynes
ville Sunday night. Monday morn
ing a business session was held in
the Haywood county courthouse at
Waynesville and that afternoon a
visit1 was made to the Great Smoky
Mountains National park. Monday
night was spent at Fryemont Inn in
Bryson City, and Tuesday morning
members of the board visited sec
tions of- the Nantahala National
forest arriving in Sylva about noon
where they were guests at a lunch-
x eon given by the Jackson County
x Chamber of Commerce.
Delegations from Waynesville,
Bryson City and Franklin also were
guests at the luncheon. - , "
", After leaving Sylva at 3:25
o'clock in the afternoon, the -board
members visited the state fish
hatchery at Balsam. From there
' they w,ent to Ashevule.
The board members are: J. Q.
Gilkey, Marion ; Coleman Roberts,
Charlotte; J. L. Home, Jr., Rocky
Mount; Joseph J. Stone, Greens
horoi E. I. Bugg, Durham; F.
Piercy Carter, Asheville; James L.
- McNair, Laurinburg ; Roy Hamp
ton, Plymouth; Santford Martin,
Winston-Salem, and John R, Mc
Laughlin, Statesville.
The board members spent Tues
. day ' night in Asheville and left for
their homes, Wednesday morning.
. Axbimnca Hunting Dates
At its business meeting Monday
morning, the board accepted recom
mendations of the game committee
and made suggested ,chaChges in the
opening dates of the quail, rabbit,
turkey, and grouse hfhting seasons.
It advanced the quail season open
' ing from December IS to December
1, and moved back the opening of
the rabbit ' season from November
1 to Thanksgiving day. Both sea
sons will close February 15. Under
the new regulations grouse may be
taken from December 1 to Janu
ary 15. ' ' "
The turkey season established cor
responds with the quail season.
Dates for hunting opossum and
raccoon were October 1 to Febru
ary 15. .
Folk Dancers To
Bel Here October 22
Bascom . Lamar Lunsford, . . of
Asheville, director of the Western
Carolina Folks Dancers accompani
ed by Congressman Weaver, visited
Franklin during the past week, and
arranged to bring a group of the
folk dancers for an exhibition on
Saturday evening, , October 22, in
the school auditorium. Those at
tending will not only enjoy the en
tertainment ' given by the folk
dancers, but are invited to join in
the square dances, between the ex
hibitions by the visiting group. The
proceeds will ber given to the free
lunch fund of the Franklin school.
Thii winter an .effort will be
made to train some of the talented
folk dancers of the community to
enter the annual contests of the
Folk Dance Festival held in Ashe
ville .under the direction of Mr.
Lunsford. : ' - . ."
P.-T. A. To Meet ;
Monday Af ternoon
The regular monthly meeting of
the P.-T, A. will be held at the
school house on Monday afternoon,
October 17, at 3:30. ;
The subject to be discussed this
irionth is mental hygiene, and it is
hoped that there will be . a large
attendance.
, Mrs. Grace Campbell, of Ashe
ville, spent the week-end with her.
another, 'Mrs. John Ramsey, at her
borne on Iotla street. . , ,
Erosion
Control Program Started
In Fifteen Counties
Farmers of Macon county are
losing thousands of dollars in soil
wealth each year through the de
structive agency of erosion. Here
is an opportunity to stop at' least
a portion of this loss.
The North Carolina agricultural
extension service and the depart
ment of forestry relations, TV A,
are launching a program for direct
cooperation with farmers in 15
counties in an effort to control soil
erosion and give aid in flood pre
vention. The counties tcbe includ
ed in this program are Avery,
Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Ma
con, Madison Mitchell, Swain,
Transylvania, Watauga, and Yanc
ey. In Macon county the campaign
will be led by County Agent S. W.
Mendenhall, and Assistant County
Agent S. L. Williams.
Plans call for the planting of 2,
000,000 to 4,000,000 trees on worn
out, abandoned and eroding fields.
In selecting areas for this cooper
ative forest planting, primary con
sideration will be given to the pur
pose of stopping or controlling ex
isting erosion and preventing of
future .erosion.
The kinds of trees to 'be planted
will include black locust, yellow
poplar, shortleaf pine, pitch pine,
Virginia pine, and white pine. Due
to a' small supply, white pine will
be limited to Avery, Mitchell, and
Watauga counties.
Who u , Eligible tor. Aid? , v
Any farmer wno , has land in
need of erosion control . and will
agree to give reasonable cooperation
in carrying 'out the project . may
avail himself of this opportunity to
secure forest tree seedlings to
plant on these waste areas and
thereby stop erosion and bring
these fields into- productive use.
Application blanks are now avail
able at the county agent's office.
Interested . farmers should see S.
W. Mendenhall, or S. L.. Williams
at once , so they may get an early
start and accomplish' much work
before the winter season sets in.
J. 17. EDWARDS
IS PROMOTED
Named Chief Deputy In
U. S. Marshal's Office
In Asheville
R. J. Jones, has resigned as chief
deputy at the U. S. marshals of
fice in Asheville and John W. Ed
wards has been appointed to suc
ceed him, it was announced last
Friday by . Marshal Charles it R.
Price. Edwards has been serving as
a deputy marshal since January,
1935. '..
Olender Crayton Turner, of Ruth
erford county, has been appointed
to the field deputy post left vacant
by the promotion of Edwards. Mar
shal Price said . the , appointments
are subject to approval by the at
torney general. Senator Robert R.
Reynolds recommended the' appoint
ments, he said.
John Edwards, who isa native of
Macon county, served as field dep
uty in the Bryson City district and
as disbursing officer at the .mar
shal's office in Asheville. He attend
ed the University of North Caro
lina and LaSalle University at Chi
cago. He is an expert on finger
print classification.
Turner, who is 49 years of age,
is a graduate of Wofford college at
Spartanburg, S. C. Since August,
1934, he, has fceen connected with
the U. S. bureau of internal rev
enue as deputy collector.
Miss Mildred Bryson, Miss Au
drey Conley and Miss Virginia
Scott, all students at Brevard col
lege, spent the week-end with their
respective" parents, returning to
Brevard Monday morning.
MRS. MOORE, 95
HASBjRTHDAY
Children, Grandchildren
Gather Sunday At
Nolen Home
The children, grandchildren, and
great-grandchildren of Mrs. Hattie
Moore gathered at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles W. Nolen on
Cartoogechaye last Sunday to cele
brate the 95th birthday anniversary
of "Aunt Hattie," as she is affec
tionately known to hundreds of rel
atives and friends. '
Mrs. Moore is the daughter of
the late Mrs. Margaret Siler Gash,
sister of the four Siler brothers,
who were pioneer settlers in Ma
con "county. After her mother's
death she lived with Jesse Siler,
one of her uncles, and spent her
girlhood days in the house at fhe
foot of the hill on West Main
street, now owned by Mrs. George
A. Jones.
About 70 years ago Mrs. Moore
was married to Captain William P,
Moore and moved to " Hayesville.
Since her husband's death on their
50th wedding anniversary she has
lived with her children in Franklin
and Hayesville.
Airs. Moore, ; among the "oldest
women in Macon county, rode .seven
miles to see "Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" which was being
shown at the theatre in Franklin
the latter part; of March.
Despite Mrs. Moore's age, she still
enjoys motion ' pictures, radio pro
grams pertaining to religion and
current events, newspapers and
magazines, which she reads ' daily
without the aid of glasses. She has
always been a lover of music and
often rolls to the piano in her
wheel chair and plays her old fav
orites, which she so often played
in her younger days. Among the
tunes she never fails to play is
"Bonaparte's Retreat."
The children of Mrs. Moore are
Mrs. Clarence Smith, Mrs. H. . C.
Moore, Lawrence, A. G, and Wil
liam P. Moore, all of Hayesville,
John J. Moore, of Stuart, Fla., Mrs.
F. H. Nolen and Mrs. A. B. Slagle,
of Franklin. ,
Those attending from but of the
county were: Misses Bessie and
Willie Lou Jordan and father, of.
Hendersonville; T. S. Gash, only
brother of the honOree, and Ed
Patton, of Brevard; Mr. and Mrs.
Andy Allison and Miss Anna Lou
Moore,, of Sylva; Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Moore and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Phillips, and Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Phillips, all of
Hayesville.
Franklin Baseball Team
Defeats Otter Creek 10-3
The Franklin baseball team has
been playing the final game of the
season -each Sunday, for. the past
three Sundays, and at this time it
is not known as to whether or not
Sunday's contest was the last.
The game was with the Otter
Creek team and went for seven
innings, Franklin winning by a
score of 10 to 3.
A small crowd was on hand, as
most of the baseball fans were
Staying close to radios to listen in
on the final game of the world
series. '. ' .. ' ; ".''';: .i jjj
Little Thomas Henson
Passes Saturday
Thomas Cleveland Henson, age 5
years and 11 months, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Henson, of near
Otto, died at 1 a. m. Saturday, Oc
tober 8, of Bright' s disease. He
had been suffering for four years.
He is survived by his parents,
four brothers, and four sisters.
Funeral services were held at
Asbury church Sunday at 3 p. rn.,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. C.
Swaim. Interment was in the church
cemetery..
' Pallbearers were: Carl, Carter,
Claude and Thurman Henson,
Was 95 Sunday
'US -K-
MRS. HATTIE MOORE
Whose Birthday Was Observed By
Children, Grandchildren And Many
Other Relatives.
Teachers
To Attend District Meet
In Asheville
The sixteenth annual convention
of the North Carolina Teachers' as
sociation of the western district will
oe held in Asheville, October 14
and 15. Charles C. Erwin, the pres
ident, will preside. The chief speak
er will be Dr. Elbert K. Fretwell,
professor of education, teachers'
college, Columbia" University.
Prof. Wells, is anticipating 100
per cent attendance at this conven
tion of the Franklin teachers. They
are planning to attend the business
meeting in a group Friday af ten
noon. The teachers of the High
lands and rural schools of the coun
ty are expected to be there also,
as important issues are to be dis
cussed in which every teacher is
vitally interested.
Macon county is fortunate in hav
ing Mrs. Helen Macon appointed
on the resolutions committee, for
she will have- an opportunity to
present the objectives which the
Macon teachers are working for.
F.H.O0PLAY
BRYSON CITY
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Contest Set For Oct. 21;
Coach Getting Team
In Shape .
' The Franklin football team will
travel to Bryson City Friday week
for its second tilt with this team.
Coach Shuford has spent most of
this week getting his boys in bet
ter shape. He says that the team
must get in better physical condi
tion in order to learn the funda
mentals of football and to execute
the plays with- more precision. He
insists that mental and physical
alertness at a'll times must be de
veloped to a finer degree in order
to have a good football team.
Coach Shuford thinks that it will
bevmore difficult to win over Bry
son City on its field, but he hopes
that the members of the squad will
put more serious effort into their
practice and thereby will prepare
themselves to play a better game
than the last one with Bryson City.
Panthers Lose to Culliowhee
The game between" Franklin and
the Cullowhee reserves last Thurs
day resulted in a score of 13 to 0
in favor of Cullowhee. Franklin,
however, made 15 first downs to 7
for, the opposing team.
Silver Tea To Be
Given For Milk Fund
. A silver , tea will, be given at
Kelly's Tea Room, on Friday after
noon, October 21, by the combined
missionary societies of the Frank
lin churches, and the proceeds will
go to the milk fund for needy
children in the Franklin schools.
The public is urged to attend and
help in this worthy cause. '
SOCIAL AGENCY
MEETING HELD
Council Joins In State
Drive To Wipe Out
Illiteracy
The council of social agencies of
Macon county, meeting at Kelly's
Tea Room on Wednesday evening,
passed a resolution to unite with
the forces of adult education in the
state in their aim to wipe out il
literacy in North Carolina by 1940.
New members welcomed included
Leo Manley, area head of employ
ment division, WPA ; . George R.
Johnson, area social worker, WPA. ;
T. C. Mims, supervisor farm secur
ity administration; J. R. Wells,
principal Franklin school; O. F.
Summer, principal Highlands school.
Mrs. Leona P. Duncan, head of
the adult education teachers in
Macon county, reported results of
the literacy survey made by these
teachers in June and July.
"We have employed on our adult
education program 12 teachers six
men and six women. We visited
every community it was possible to
reach in the two months; 292 men
and women were taught to write
their names," Mrs. Duncan reported.
Reference was made to the neigh
boring county of Swain, which has
taught every citizen to at least be
able to write his name.
"Illiterates are growing up every
day in Macon county that will be
an expense to the county if left
alone. We all know that an educated ;
parent means an educated . child,
and until -we can educate the par
ents and get their cooperation to
keep - the children in school there .
will always be illiterates. It will
take a lot of cooperation and a lot
of real work to blot out illiteracy
in' this county by 1940, but it can
be done if we unife in this aim."
Keep Older Children in School
Mr. Wells, principal of the Frank
lin high school, spoke on the fac
tors that work to keep the older
boys and girls in schoolathletics.
and various clubs and activities in
class and recreation that appeal to
the interest and growth of the
youth of teen age. Mr. Wells re
ported the beginning of publication
of a school newspaper by Frank
lin high school, with a full setup
of student staff.
Mr. Summer, principal of High
lands high school, spoke of the vital
need throughout the county of phy
sical equipment additional build
ings better class rooms, class room
and ' laboratory and manual train
ing facilities.
The Rev. Frank Bloxham; speak
ing of the help the church people .
can give, suggested that every com
munity, no- matter how poor, can
do something to improve their
schoolhauses put in' windows and
repair buildings, thereby increasing
interest through self help
Mrs. Eloise Franks, superinten
dent of welfare, referred to the dif
ficulties in enforcing the compul- '
sory school law, and the necessity
of carrying our community with us
in all we. do. .
Mrs. Margaret Ordway, head of
the National Youth administration,
reported the first kindergarten in
the county at the Otter Creek
school, of which Miss Charlotte
Young is principal, in the extreme
western part of the county, V the
boys of NYA building the furniture
and setting up the equipment.
Dr. T. J. O'NeU, head of the
recreational division, reported work
done to improve the recreational
activities, especially in the rural
and the colored schools. ,
A general round table discussion
of educational problems was held at
the conclusion of the reports. The
chairman, Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson,
announced that the next meeting
would be arranged in November
when it is hoped that a number of
the, representatives of the North
Carolina board of charities and
public welfare 'would be present. .