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gift WsWattW PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. L1V, NO. 11 FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1939 $1.50 PER YEAR III SENATE BLOCKS SPENDING BILL Opposes House Increases; May Prevent Early Adjournment t - 1 The General Assembly,1 wnicn seemed to be speeding toward sine die adjournment the , first of the week, struck a ,snag Wednesday when the senate appropriations committee unanimously refused to 'support the compromise spending measure which had been passed by the house. , The measure as received from the house boosted the biennial al lotments for educational institutions and increased the appropriations for teachers' salaries, the advertising fund and several . other items, the increases totaling approximately $500,0UU. lhe senate approprwuuu committee refused a favorable re port on the bill on the ground that it would throw the budget out of balance by about $873,828.. The revenue bill which will re ceive final action today (Thursday), will not be further amended, and it is contended by the .senate econ omy bloc . that the only way in which the budget can be balanced is to trim the appropriations to fit 'the estimated revenue. The revolt in the senate is expected to prevent early adjournment, as the appro priations measure will probably be so amended that it will, have to go to a conference committee before 'final' passage. . - m. . :.nMc Board Of Education diu rii R nresntativ Georee B. Patton's till to increase the board from, three to five member has passed both houses and will become law upon ratification. " The new board will be sworn -in the first Monday in April and is named in the bill as follows: C. Tom Bryson, James L. Mauser, W. E. Mozeley, Miss Lassie Kelly and Mrs. Fred Slagle. Many local measures; are on. the house and senate calendars and many more are 'being introduced .each day. These bills, however, will not delay adjournment, for most of tuiem ttic UUII-WHI.W.UJ... be put through in short order when the appropriation bill is out of the way. . . ,;"' .'. interesting Display Of Vermiculite Products A very interesting display of ver- ... i u 1nMA4 micuute proaucis na.s, ween in the show window of the Frank lin Hardware company by Ellis Clarke Soper, head of Minerals, Jnc, operators of the vercalite plant in Franklin. The display includes raw and pro cessed vermiculite, vercalite bricks and blocks, insulation plates, insu lation pipes" and a model house showing how vercalite can be used for complete insulation. This display is well worth seeing, especially by those who contemplate any kind of building operations. '. The vercalite plant is a local in stitution, all operations from mine to finished products being carried out in Macon county. Play To Be Given At Mulberry School A three-act play, "The Red Headed Stepchild," will be present ed at the Mulberry school house on Saturday night, March J8, at 7:30. The proceeds will go toward pay ing for the school lunch room. , Admission will be 10 and 20 cents. Aquone Students Who Passed 7th Grade Test Mis.. Mary H. Elmore, principal of Aquone school, fias announced Jhe names of the following stu dents who have graduated from the ,intli crraAt at An none: R. L. Russell, Jr.; Vivian Jacobs; t T f T 1 Inez uewDerry;, jen umocn. Eighty , per cent of the grade - passed the test to high school, Program For Closing Exercises Of " Otter Creek School Following is the program for the closing exercises, of Otter Creek high school: March 20, Sunday, 3 o'clock p.m., baccalaureate sermon by Rev. T. D." Dennyt at Otter Creek high school. March 24, 10 o'clock a. m., ex ercises by primary and grammar grades. March 24, 7:45 p. m., educational address by Rev. C. F. Rogers, pas tor Franklin Baptist church, fol lowed t by graduating exercises and awarding of diplomas to the high school graduates. A week before the close of school, a banquet honoring the seniors will be given at Whiteoak Farm, Friday, March 17, 8 to 10 o'clock p. m., attended by the teachers, the custodian, Mr. Pat Solesby, the president of . the Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Tom Wilson, and all the high school students. The graduating class consists . of four boys Warren Steppe, Locke Steppe, William Wright, and J. L. McMahan: and one girl Irene Wright. Warren Steppe is president of the class, William Wright is secretary, J. L. McMahan is vice president. Locke Steppe is valedic torian, 'and Irene Wright is saluta torian. The erouo selected the trailing arbutus as their class flower, and for their - class colors, - green and white. For their motto, they chose that of the state, esse quam yideri to be rather than to seem.- PASSKFRDAY Funeral ' Services Held At Clark's Chapel N Sunday Mrs. Addie Florence Phillips, 74, of Franklin Route 2, died last Fri day night at 7 o'clock at her home of a sudden heart attack. Mrs. Phillips, who ate a hearty supper, was stricken as she was preparing for bed and died within a few minutes. Mrs. Phillips was born and rear ed in Macon county, and was a daughter of the late Adolphus and Cynthia Hicks. On November 11, 1885, she was married to Jonathan Phillips, who preceded her in death several years ago. She was a member of Clark's Chapel Methodist church and was highly esteemed in her church and community. , Funeral services were held at Clark's Chapel1 Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Harry S, Wil liams, pastor, assisted by. the Rev. J. C. Swaim and the Rev. A, A. Angel, conducted the services. Bur ial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were the. six sons of Mrs, Phillips. Surviving are six sons, Charles, of Franklin Route 1; Frank, of Franklin Route 2; Louie B., of Franklin; Thomas W., of Brevard; Clarence and Wendell, of Franklin Route 2; four daughters, Mrs. Odell Snyder, Cornelia, Ga.; Mrs W. H. McNab, Pampano, Fla.; Mrs. J.. H. Daves, Franklin Route 2; Mrs. H. Elmo Baker, Fort Laulerdale, Fla.; 27 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Arrowood Glade To Be Policed Unwelcome visitors at the recrea tional development, Arrowood Glade, have caused forest ervice officials to designate closing hours. Commencing this week the entire recreational development will bje closed !o all use every night at 10 d. m. Picnickers and visitors should plan their stay so as to leave the area by this, hour, STOCKHOLDERS OF (MP MEET Name Advisory Committee And Reelect Two Directors Macon county stockholders of the Farmers Federation at their an nual meeting Saturday morning in the Franklin warehouse relected a local advisory committee and nomi nated Jerry Franklin and Ed Byrd to succeed themselves as members of the co-op's board of directors,. Members of the advisory com mittee are : Carl Slagle, Franklin Route 1, chairman; Elias Ammons, Franklin Route 4; John J,. Corbin, Cullasaja; Ed B. Byrd, Stiles; J. R. Holbrook, West's Mill; James Young, Franklin ; J. I. Vinson, Dil lard, Ga., Route 1; J. S. Conley, Franklin; Jerry Franklin, Franklin Route 4 ; Lawrence Ramsey, Frank lin Route 3. Mr. Franklin was nominated as one of two regular directors from this county and Mr. Byrd as a director-at-large.' Each county where the federation is organized is en titled to two regular directors, serv ing overlapping terms of two years. They are nominated at county meetings and elected at the general meeting of stockholders of the en tire organization, which this year is to be held Saturday, March 25, in A&heville. Nominations usually are tantamount to election. In addition to the regular directors the federa tion has s-even directors-at-large. The other regular director from Macon county, besides Mr. Frank Jinis -CarL-Su. .kgle,.tuboe term extends' for another year. . James G. K. McQure, federation president, announced in reporting on the organization's financial status that it now has a surplus sJighUy in excess of $100,000. S. W. Mendenhall, county agent, who spoke briefly, commended the federation's service in supplying reliable seeds to farmers at reason able prices and asked for the co operation of Macon county farmers in carrying out the government's soil conservation program. S. C. Clapp, head of the co-op's seed department, and Blackburn W. Johnson, editor of the Farmers Federation News, also made brief addresses. Music was supplied by the fed eration's string trio , and at the conclusion of the meeting coffee and cakes were served. Mary Caroline Mehaffey Dies In Hendersonville Funeral services for Mary Caro line, the three-year-old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Mehaffey, ot Hendersonville and Franklin, were held at the Ridgecrest Baptist church Tuesday afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock. The Rev. C. F. Rogers, pastor . of th Franklin Baptist church, was. in charge of the ser vices. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mary Caroline died in the ratton Memorial hospital in Henderson ville, Monday afternoon at 3 :30 oclock, after having eaten a" number of pills that contained two deadly poisons, which she had obtained from a cabinet while her mother was out milking. The exact number of pills she had eaten was. not known. The child was a granddaughter of Mr.- and Mrs. George Reid, Sr., of Franklin Route 4. Her mother was the former Miss Nell Reid. Surviving are her parents, two brothers and two sisters. New Hat And Dress Shop. In Munday Hotel Mrs. W. L. Higdon and Mrs. D G. Stewart have opened a new stock of ladies' and children's hats, coats, dresses and accessories in the Munday hotel and will be glad to have the laides of the, county call and inspect their line, Water And Sewer Extension Project Approved By WPA W.W. Landrum Drowned Friday In Surf At Daytona Beach Weaver W. Landrum, 43, was drowned in the surf at Daytona' Beach, Fla., last Friday morning about 11 o'clock. He was employed as truck driver by the Pure Oil company at Daytona Beach, and had just come in from a trip when the accident occurred. He went in for a swim, and it is thought that he was taken with cramp, probably on account of being hot from his work. Strenuous efforts were made to revive' him hut to no avail. Mr. Landrum was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Landrum, of Cul lasaja, and had been working in Florida for the past eight months. He had spent most of his life in Macon county and was a member of the Salem Methodist church. He was a World War veteran and saw service in France with the 81st di vision. The body was brought to Frank lin Sunday and funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Holly Springs Baptist church. The Rev. Harry S. Wil liams, pastor of the Franklin Methodist circuit was in charge, assisted by the Rev. A. A. Angel and burial was in the church ceme tery. Pallbearers were: Gilmer Craw ford, W. Rufe Cunningham, G. G. Watkins, Sam Bryson, C. Tom Bry son and Lee Ppindexter. -,... ,.,. 1 ,, . Surviving Mr. Landrum are his widow, the former Miss Ruth Deal and two daughters, Emogene and Patricia; his parents, one sister, Mrs. Ernest Johnston, of Daytona Beach, Fla.; -and. one brother, Ralph O. Landrum. LOT TENDERED FOR BUILDING Dr. Furman Angel Offers Land For Community Structure Dr. Furman Angel has. offered the gift of a lot fr the erection of the proposed community building on the corner of Main and River view streets, now a part of the spacious grounds of Angel Brothers Hospital. , This lot, which fulfills every re- qlirement for a community center in location and beauty of surround ings as well as adaptability to fu ture development will be deeded by Dr. Angel as soon as a sponsor is obtained to meet the requirements of the Works, Progress Administra tion, which has authorized the al lotment of $8,251 for the building. The sponsor is required to furnish 40 per cent in materials and cash. In stating his purpose to a repre sentative of The Press, upon learn ing that the town had no suitable lot to offer, Dr. Angel said,, "It would be a tragedy for Franklin to lose this wonderful opportunity to obtain a community" building, which is one of the greatest needs. I shall be glad to deed as much land as is, needed for the present and future plans of this civic Undertak ing. I , believe that Franklin is des tined to grow to many times, its. present size, and I have confidence in our citizens that we will cooper ate to give our town the advantage this, project will bring to the town and county. Among the students here for the spring holidavs from the University Of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are : Winton Perry, Neville Sloan, Tr.. Tohn Crawford. Timmv Perrv. Bobby Sloan, and William S. Johnson. Work Expected To Begin In Two Weeks On $51,000 Job A message was received Satur day at WPA area headquarters in Franklin stating that the water and sewer extension project, which has been under consideration for some time, had been approved, and May or Guy L. Houk says that work is expected to begin in about two weeks. The project provides funds to the. amount of $51,000, the govern ment paying 55 per cent and the town of Franklin 45 per cent. This project, together with the street and sidewalk- improvement work which is now under way, brings the total allotted for work in the town to $106,484, and it is stated that the water and sewer jobs will provide work for most of the unemployed who are now on the WPA rolls in this county. The town will have $17,000 for water extension and $6,000 for sew er work available from the bonds whfch were voted last September, and the WPA allotment of $28,000 will make. UP the total of $51,000 which the work is expected to cost. It is understood that the water and sewer extensions to be made,, will be practically as announced be fore the bond election, which were as follows: Water storage elevated tank of 125,000 gallons capacity. Six-inch water mains as follows:; Oak street to Riverview street, 3 fire hydrants.- . - Bidwell street from west Main street to Harrison avenue, 2 fire hydrants. Lvle street wet frnm Bidwell street o Green street, 1 fire hy drant. ' West Main street to city limits, 2 fire hydrants. Atlanta highway extension to city imits, 3 fire hydrants. Wayah street and Hill Crest Drive (Bonriy Citst), 3 fire hy drants. First street (East Franklin) to city limits, 2 fire hydrants. Church street . main connected with Harrison avenue 8 inch main. Palmer street main connected with Main street 8 inch .main. These 6 inch mains and fire hy drants, with additional storage, would give Franklin third class fire rating instead of fourth class. Sewer Extensions Extend main sewer from Porter street west up the creek to near Green street; up West Boulevard to Lyle street and Bidwell street, then to Harrison avenue, taking ail sewage out of Town creek except for a very small number of resi dences. ' With the exception of a few skill ed men on the water extensions, all labor will be furnished by WPA, and the job. is expected to last for several months. Fire Dept. Conducts 1 Drill At School The local fire department con ducted a fire drill at the high school last Tuesday the first in the history of the school. All pupils were out of the build ing in two and one-fourth minutes in good order. More drills of this kind are needed, stated a member of the fire department, which haa promised cooperation with '.school authorities for these drills. Sergeant Keener Visits Parents At Gneiss Sergeant Wendell Keener, of the United States marines, is spending a 30-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Keener, at Gneiss. At the expiration of his furlough Sergeant Keener has been ordered to report as instructor at the ma rine training station it Parria Island, S. C.