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LIBERAL
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FRANKLIN, N. C, TUkV, ilM 21. 134
$1.50 PER YEAR
PLAN JULY 4
CELEBRATION
Legion Post To Sponsor
Big, Free All-Day
Program
PARADE IsTpLANNED
Senator gRobert R. Rey
nolds to Be Invited
To MaKe Address
A big free all-flay- Fourth of July
celebration, including a parade and
a public address by some promi
nent speaker, probably Senator
Robert R. Reynolds, is being plan
ned for Franklin by the, Macon
county post of the American legion
G. L. Houk is chairrai ot a
committee on arrangemenWyor the
celebration named at the last meet
ing of the legion post. Other
members of the committee are A
R. Higdon, in charge of conces
sions and financial arrangements;
C. Tom Bryson, in charge of free
entertainment and athletic events;
J. Frank Ray and Tom Moss.
Plan Discussed
Preliminary plans for the cele
bration were discussed at a meet
ing of this committee Wednesday
afternoon.
Prizes probably will be offered,
according to Mr. Houk, for ihe
best floats appearing in the parade,
in which various organizations will
be invited to participate. The pa
rade has been tentatively set for
10 o'clock in the morning, with
the public speaking to follow at
11 o'clock. In event the commit
tee is unable to obtain Senator
Reynolds as a speaker, it plans to
invite some other man prominent
in public life.
Other Entertainment
Besides the parade and public
speaking, it is also planned to have
various other entrtainment features,
including a greasy pole contest, a
greased pig race and various ath
letic contests for boys and girls.
In the evening a play is to be
presented by the young people of
the Presbyterian church for the
benefit of the church.
Detailed arrangements for the
celebration are to be discussed at
a meeting of the legion Saturday
night at 8 o'clock in the courthouse.
All members of the Macon county
post, and also any ex-service men
desiring to join, are requested to
be present.
Well's Grove
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baker left
last Monday for their home in
Pompano, Fla., after spending a
week here with Mrs. Baker's moth
er, Mrs. Addie Phillips.
Edna Snyder returned home
Sunday after spending the last five
months in Pompano, Fla,., with
her aunt, Mrs. W. H. McNab.
The Rev. I. O. Nix filled his
regular appointment at Well's Grove
church Saturday night and Sun
day. He was accompanied on this
trip by Mrs. Nix and little daugh
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Culver, Mil
dred Snyder and Mae Jennings
spent Sunday in Highlands with
Mrs. Culver s daughter, Louise.
Mrs. Addie Phillips is going to
make her home with her son, W.
H. Phillips, for a while as Frank
Phillips and family arc going to
move to Brevard, where he has a
job.
A big crowd of young folks
. from Clarke's Chapel and Well's
Grove went to Ashcville Sunday
on a pleasure trip.
Dave Angel spent the week-end
with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Phillips
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Strain.
Baseball
Standing of clubs in the Macon
County league:
Won Lost
West End 3 1 750
Cowee ...'3 1 750
Highlands 2 2 500
Hollv Snrines 1 3 250
Games played Saturday, June 16
Cowee defeated West End, 8 to 4.
Highlands defeated Holly Springs,
15 to 9.
Old Bertha Busts, Causing
Press To Appear Belatedly
Groaning with age after what
must have been more than half a
century of service. Old Bertha
bumped, banged, balked and busted.
That is why this week's issue of
The Press-Maconian appears be
latedly.
Who is Old Bertha? Certainly
every reader of this newspaper
should- have known her. A noble
though decrepit daughter of R. Hoe
and company, she was the press
which printed Macon County's fav
orite newspaper for more than a
quarter of a century.
No one knows just how old Old
Bertha was. She was brought to
Franklin in 1906, the year before
the railroad reached town, by the
late W. A. Curtis, then publisher
and editor of this newspaper. It
was the first cylinder press Frank
tin ever saw and she was quite a
fancy fandangle for that day and
Commission Named To Seek
Adjustment of Farm Debts
RALEIGH, N. C, June 20-Un-der
the direction of the North Caro
lina Farm Debt Adjustment com
mission a corps of five workers
will be organized in each county
at once to effect agreements be
tween farmers and their creditors,
thereby clearing the . way for re
financing farm debts through the
Federal Land bank of Columbia
and relieving a situation that heav
ily oppresses many farmers of this
state.
The commission named by Gov
ernor J. C. B. Ehringhaus to head
up the work in this state is fa
miliar with the plight of the mortgage-burdened
farmer and of his
creditor. Lionel Weil, of Greens
boro, elected chairman at its ini
tial meeting, is a tanner ami a
merchant: Former. Lieutenant Gov
ernor R. A. Doughton, of Sparta,
vice chairman, is a lawyer and
farmer. Other members of the
commission are J. L. Skinner, of
Littleton, president of the County-
Commissioners association; Millard
F. Jones of Rocky Mount, presi
dent of the State Bankers associa
tion; H. A. Millis, of High Point,
manufacturer; JuKain Price, of
Greensboro, insurance company ex
ecutive; M. O. Blount, of Method;
and J. Allen Taylor, of Wilming
ton, t
Forster Directing Work
Dr. G. W. Forster, state college
agricultural economist, has been
named as secretary of the comtnis
sion. He will begin at once to as
semble the corps of workers need
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. SHEFFIELD
Funeral for West's Mill
Woman Held at Snow
Hill Church
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. W. C. Sheffield, 53, at the
Snow Hill Methodist church Satur
day morning at 11 o'clock. She
died at her home near West's
Mill Friday morning about 2:30
o'clock following a long illness
The Rev. H. C. Freeman of
Clyde, Methodist minister and for
r pastor ot the Snow Hill church,
was in charge of the services
the pallbearers were six sons:
Troy, Carlyle, (inner, Weaver, Ver
non and Harold.
Surviving are her husband, five
laughters, eight sons, one brother
and four sisters. The daughters
are: Mrs. Everett Rickman, Mrs
Hugh Cathey and Mrs. Jay Welch,
all of Woodrow; Mrs. Terrel Bry
son and Mrs. Grady Reno, of Dc
troit, Mich. The sons arc: Troy, of
Rainbow Springs; Carlyle, of Can
ton; Grovcr, Weaver, Vernon, Har
old, Billy and Edward all at home
The brother is W. A. Jenkins, of
San Antonio, Tex., and the sisters
are : Mrs. Jud Hurst, Mrs. Baxter
Elmore, and Mrs. John Ray, all of
West's Mill; and Mrs. John Hurst
of Detroit.
Airs. Micttielu was tor manv
years a member of the Snow Hi
Methodist church, and until her
illness was one of the most active'
members of the church.
time. Hitherto The Franklin Press
had been printed on a primitive
Washington hand press.
But Bertha was no flapper when
she came here. . She already had
seen quite a few years of service
how many, no one knows but she
could kick up her heels as high as
any chit of a girl, for she had
undergone a rejuvenation process
and had her face lifted.
Who knows but maybe she can
be revived again ; but it appears
doubtful. Her running gear is all
out of time and there is a crack
in her side.
Alas, she has earned a rest. But
editors never get any; the paper
must come out.
Thanks to the courtesy of Mr. L.
P. Cross, publisher of The Clayton
Tribune, this one won't miss an
issue, albeit this week's is two days
tardy.
ed for each county to carry on the
work. These workers will be asked
to serve without pay in bringing
together debtors and creditors.
hince Federal land bank loans are
r t r,i -I .
made tor only per ceni oi me
appraised value of farms and loans
of the land bank commissioner for
only 75 per cent, there are many
instances where these loans cannot
be large enough to retire all out
standing mortgages. The workers
will seek to secure agreements be
tween debtors and creditors that
will enable farmers to retire mort
gages with the amount of the loan
Benefits Expected
Benefits expected to accrue from
the adjustment of farm debts are:
(1) The retention of their land by
the present owners; (2) the main
tenance of good family life; (3)
an increase in the circulation of
money in the state and (4) crea
tion of a better spirit between
creditor and debtor classes.
A state-wide campaign will be
conducted to acquaint the fanners
and their creditors with the pur
poses and benefits of the debt ad
justment plan.
According to W. Kerr Scott, for
mer master of the State Grange
and now a representative of the
Farm Credit Administration, who is
developing the work of the debt
adjustment commissions, around 20
or 30 per cent of the total out
standing mortgage indebtedness in
North Carolina is subject to the
work of the Farm Debt Adjustment
commission.
Young Republicans
Organize Club
The second meeting of the Young
Republican Junior club will be held
in the Higdonville schoolhouse Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock. The, first
meeting was held at the Higdon
ville schoolhouse Friday night, June
15, at which time some of the plans
were worked out for the formation
of the Macon countywide organiza
tion.
At the first meeting the follow
ing men were appointed to select
officers for the club: Leslie Hie-
lon, chairman, John Corbin, Wil-
ford Thompson, Charlie Crawford,
Bill Higdon, and Will Teem. This
committee will name the president,
vice president, secretary, and treas
urer at the second meeting.
Iotla Young Democrats
Elect Officers
At the organization meeting of
the lotla Young People's Democrat
ic rlnh held Saturday eveninir at
i ..-I i k..:i.'i:.. it., fi I
IIK inii.i suinui iiuouiiil;, un iwi-
lowing officers were elected:
Wade H. Moody, chairman; Miss
Eula FoutS, vice chairman ; and
Calvin Roland, secretary-treasurer.
The following members of the pro
gram committee were appointed:
Lester Campbell, Mrs. Maude Moo
dy, Mrs. Florence Morrison, Vance
FoutS and Dorth Bennett.
The club plans to meet every
two weeks on Saturday evening at
the schoolhouse. The next meet
ing will be held Saturday evening,
June 30, at 8 o'clock.
A Self-Starter
"My wife is very irritable; the
least thing sets her off."
"You're lucky at that, mine's a
self-starter. Answers,
Rural Schools
To Open on August 6
M. 1). Billings, Macon county
school superintendent, has an
nounced that the rural schools
of Macon county will begin the
1934-'35 term on Monday, Aug
ust 6. The Highlands and
Franklin high schools will lie
gin Monday, September 3.
There are 44 schools in Ma
con county this year, one less
than last year. The Tellico
school has been consolidated
with the Oak Grove school and
the children will be hauled from
Tellico to Oak Grove on busses.
MR. HINES DIES
AT HIGHLANDS
Former Mayor Succumbs
After Illness of
Eight Months
James Alexander Hines, Sr., 73,
former mayor of Highlands, died
at his home in Highlands at 2:44
o'clock Tuesday afternoon after an
illness of eight months.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed at noon Wednesday,
pending the arrival of friends. It
was not decided whether burial
would be at Highlands or at Faisd.n
his former home.
Mr. Hines was married in 1910
to Miss Bessie Hinson, of Faison
and in 1912 they moved to High
lands. Entering into the life o
the community, Mr. Hines soon be
came one of Highlands' most prom
inent citizens'. He served the town
as mayor for two years and as
postmaster for eight years. Until
ill health forced his retirement last
year he was in the garage business.
Mr. Hines was a Mason and a
member of the Episcopal church.
For some years before his death
he was senior warden of the Church
of the Incarnation at Highlands.
Surviving Mr. Hines are his wid
ow and four children, the Misses
Sarah Hicks and Bessie Hinson
Hines, James Alexander Hines. Jr.,
and Miss Nancy Elizabeth Hines,
all of Highands; two sisters. Mrs.
A. H. Herring, of Clinton, N. C,
and Mrs. P. Heinsberger, of Wil
mington, N. C, and two brothers,
W. Thompson Hines and Isham
H. Hines, both of Faison. T. C.
J. L SANDERS
TO OPPOSE RAY
Selected by Republicans
As Candidate for
Legislature
Meeting Saturday afternoon, the
Macon county Kepubican executive
committee selected Jesse L, San
ders, former school teacher of the
Skeenah section, as the party's
nominee or representative in the
legislature. His Democratic op
ponent is J. Fiank Kay, who was
nominated in the primary June 2.
This was the second substitution
made by the executive committee
since the Republican county con
vention was held about two months
ago. At the convention the Rev.
George Cloer was nominated for
representative; but he declined to
run. The executive committee then
substituted the name of R. A. Hen
ry, Franklin police chief, until
after the primary.
New Manager Named for
Highlands Depository
Albert H. LeRoy has begun his
duties as manager of the newlv
established Highlands depository of
the Jackson County Bank of Syl-
r T T" 1 T " n
va. Mr. LeKoy succeeds i. i.
Carpenter, who has accepted a po
sition with the Home Owners' Loan
corporation at Salisbury. Mr. Le
Roy hs had experience in banking
in McCormick, S. C, and in Flor
ida. NRA HAS BIRTHDAY
The NRA celebrated its first
birthday Saturday, as did its twin,
the PWA. Together these two
great recovery organizations have
spent or allocated $3,300,010,000 and
re-eniployed 5,000,000 persons in
the past year. The anniversary
found NRA attempting to smooth
out conflicts between labor and
capital which constantly threaten to
spin the United States into the
worst strike epidemic in its history.
FRANKLIN POOL
TO OPEN JULY 1
Finishing Touches on New
Municipal Tank Now
Under Way
WATER IS TURNED IN
Swim Basin One of Finest
In State; Measures
65 by 100 Feet
With finishing touches now un
der way, Franklin's municipal swim
ming pool, one of the finest in
North Carolina, is expected to be
ready for formal opening to the
public on or about July 1.
The pool, situated in a sylvan
dell back of Camp Nickwasi on the
golf course property, is a beautiful
concrete tank, 65 by 100 feet with
a depth graduating from three feet
at one end to 10 feet at the other.
There is also a wading pool, 20
by 05 feet, for children.
Bath House Built
A modern bath house, which in
cludes a canteen as well as dress
ing rooms, has been built near tin
pool. All persons entering the pool
will be required to take a shower
bath and to walk through an anti
septic foot bath.
A concrete walk surrounds the
pool with a narrow strip of sand
beach to one side and the whole
is inclosed by wire fencing. Near
by two tennis courts are now under
construction and abotit 50 yards
distant is the first tee of the golf
course.
Work on the municipal recreation
center, which was turned over to
the town by the Franklin Recrea
tional company under a ten-year
quit claim deed, was started last
winter under a CWA project. The
golf course was rearranged, several
new links constructed and work
started on the swimming pool. The
work was about half finished when
the CWA program was abruptly
ended late in the spring. However,
approval for completion of the pro
ject with federal emergency relief
labor was obtained and the work
was resumed. Construction of the
swimming tank itself has been fin
ished and it is now in process of
being filled with water preparatory
to opening. I he bath house is
nearly finished and only a few days
work remains to be done cleaning
up, painting, erection of a diving
tower and some minor grading. It
will be several weeks, however, he
fore the new tennis courts will be
ready for play.
Fees Set
Operation of the recreation ecu
ter will be under the supervision'
of a committee appointed by the
town council. Members ot the
committee are K. D. Stsk. I,. A.
Jones, C, 1, Bryson, Steve Porter,
J. E. Ferry and (. L. Houk.
rces ior use ol tne pool ami
dso for golfing were set by the
committee Wednesday and announc
ed as follows :
Swimming :f.dults, cents;
tickets for $J.50, or 40 tickets for
S.i.OO; children under 11 years of
ige, 15 cents; 11) tickets
wading pool, live cents each
mission, tickets are translcn able
only within one's immediate family.
Golf lees: One day, 75 cents;
half a dav, 50 cents; year's mem
bership, $15.00.
,'ces lor use ot the tennis courts
have not been set.
Returns from Eastern
Star Convention
Mrs. Floise (i. Franks, of Frank
lin, was appointed deputy grand
matron of the llh district, em
bracing the extreme western coun
ties of the stale, of the Order of
the Eastern Star at the annual
meeting of the1 North Carolina
grand chapter in Greensboro last
week.
The appointment was made by
Mrs. Clyde P. Fitzgerald, 'of KaD
eigh, who was elected worthy grand
matron for the state.
Mrs. Franks returned from the
convention Friday of last week. One
of the features of the meeting, she
said, was a memorial service in
which tribute was paid to the late
Dr. S. H. l.yle, of Franklin, promi
nent Mason.