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LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
PROGRESSIVE
VOL. XLIX, NO. 32
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 1934
$1.50 PER YEAR
COUNTY TAX RATE
BAPTISTS HOLD
MEETING HERE
More than 400 Enrolled at
County Association's
Convention
The annual meeting of the Ma
con county Baptist association was
held at the First Baptist Church
of Franklin Wednesday and Thurs
day with an enrollment of more
than 400.
At an election of officers Wed
nesday the Rev. A. S. Solesbee
was named moderator ; the Rev. 1J.
R. Eller, vice moderator; R. M.
Ledford, clerk ; E. V. Ammons,
treasurer; and the Rev. W. T.
Potts, historian.
Speaking Wednesday night on
that part of the association's pro
gram devoted to Christian educa
tion, Dr. R. L. Moore, president
of Mars Hill college warned that
"too much of our culture in the
past has had in it selfishness,
-pride, an air of superiority, and
has produced moral idiots."
Pointing out that knowledge
means power, he declared that there
is potential danger in education
unless it is directed in the proper
channels.
Miss Martha Sullinger, of Fruit
land Institute, Hendersonville, also
spoke Wednesday night.
Reports were heard during the
two-day convention on: Orphan
age work, ministerial relief short
reports by delegates from each of
the churches in the county, peri
odicals, hospitals, Christian educa
tion, stewardship and enlistment;
state, home and foreign missions;
temperance, W. M. U. work, B.
Y P. U. activities, Sunday schools,
state of the churches, associational
promotion committee, and the re
port of various other committees
and the historian.
NEW OFFICES
ARE NOW OPEN
Ashear Putting Finishing
Touches on 2nd Floor
Of Building
Finishing touches were being
made this week on the second floor
of the Ashear building and ten
ants were beginning to move into
some of the offices.
The forestry service has taken
two rooms in the building for
draughtsmen and three rooms have
been rented for the United States
title attorney's offices.
Several oher offices in the build
ing, it is understood, have been
engaged and are expected to be
occupied in the near future.
There are two entrances to the
offices, one from Main street be
tween Sloan Brothers' grocery store
and" Joseph Ashear's Store, and the
other from the rear.
There are 25 office rooms and a
spacious hallway on the second
floor of the building. All are un
usually well lighted. Mr. Ashear
plans to install steam heat before
winter.
Mr. Ashear competed one sec
tion of his building, that housing
his store, in 1931 and started work
in the spring of 19.33 on the con
struction of an addition on the old
Sloan corner, providing space for
Sloan Brothers store and the S.
& L. five and ten cent store. At
the same time he built a second
story1 over the entire structure. On
the roof he erected ingenious de
vices, much like ship ventiators, to
keen the second floor offices cool
in summertime.
Meet Saturday
Young Democrats To
Elect County President
Macon county Young Democrats
are scheduled to meet at 2 o'clock
Saturday afternoon in the court
house to elect a county president
to succeed John W. Edwards, who
has resigned to become chairman
of the Young Democraitc organiza
tion of the 11th congressional dis
trict. Mr. Edwards was elected to the
district post at the recent state
convenion in Asheville. He suc
ceeds William J. Cocke, Jr., Ashe
ville attorney.
Miss Elizabeth Slagle, first vice
president of the county organiza
tion, and James Hauser, chairman
of the Franklin township club have
been mentioned as possible suc
cessors of Mr. Edwards as head
of the county organization.
RICKMANS HOLD
CLANJEUNION
200 Attend Family Meet
ing; S. J. Murray Elect
ed President
Approximately 200 relatives and
friends attended the Rickman re
union Sunday at the home of
Mrs M. L. Rickman at West's
Mill.
Samuel J. Murray, of Franklin,
was elected president; Tom Rick
man of West's Mill, vice president;
and Mrs. Frank I. Murray, of
Franklin, secretary. E. O. Rick
man Sloan Rickman and Robert
Rickman, compose the program
committee
At the noon hour a bounteous
picnic dinner was served on the
lawn.
The reunion will be held again
next year at the same time and
place.
Cowee Wins, 5 to 6,
From Bryson City
The Cowee baseball team defeat
ed Bryson City 6 to 5 last Satur
day afternoon in one of the most
interesting games in the league this
season. The game was featured
by excellent pitching by Duvall and
timely hits by H. Bryson, Allen
and C. Duvall, all of the Cowee
nine.
Cowee is scheduled to play the
Cherokee team at Cherokee Satur
day afternoon.
Rev. C. J. Culp, D. D.
To Preach Here Sunday
The Rev. C. J. Culp, D. D, pas
tor of the First .Presbyterian
church of New Brunswick, N. J.,
is to preach at the 11 o'clock ser
vice in the Franklin Presbyterian
church Sunday, according to an
announcement by the Rev. J. A.
Flanagan, pastor. Dr. Cujp is
spending a few days of his vaca
tion at Trimont Inn.
Medical Society Asked
To Meet in Franklin
Dr. Edgar Angel attended a
meeting of the officers of the 10th
District Medical society in Ashe
ville this week and extended an
invitation to the society ot meet in
Franklin in October. The society,
it was stated is expected ,to ac
cept. If so, it will be the first time
it has met in Franklin.
Sale of Land for '33 Taxes
Ordered by County, Town
Sale of real estate for delin
quent 1933 taxes waa ordered
both by the county commission
ers and the Franklin town
council Monday.
The commissioners directed
the sheriff to begin this week
to advertise land for unpaid
county taxes for the past fiscal
year and to offer it for sale at
the courthouse door the first
Monday in September.
The town council ordered the
Plan Bazaar
Woman's Auxiliary To
Hold Sale Wednesday
A bazaar, sponsored by the Wo
man's Auxiliary of St. Agnes Epis
copal church for the benefit of. the
church is to be held from 3 to 6
p. m. Wednesday, August 15, in the
office of the Nantahala Power and
Light company.
Mrs. T. J. Johnston, Sr., is gen
eral chairman of the committee in
charge of the bazaar. She will be
assisted by other ladies of St.
Agnes church.
Many useful and beautiful articles
will be offered for sale, including:
Luncheon sets, fancy work,
aprons children's rompers and sun
suits, crochetted mats etc.; hand
wrought pewter and handwoven
pieces from the Appalachian Train
ing school at Penland.
There will also be a table of
cakes, pies and other eatables.
MACON'S RURAL
SCHOOLS OPEN
Schools in Franklin and
Highlands To Open
September 3
The rural schools of Macon coun
ty opened Monday with what is
believed to be a considerably larger
enrollment than last year. M. D.
Billings, county sueperintendent of
schools said he had not received
exact figures on the number of
pupils enrolled, but expressed the
opinion that the figure would be
larger than last year unless small
localized epidemics of whooping
cough should spread.
The Franklin and Highlands
schools are scheduled to open Sep
tember 3. Two more teachers have
been allocated by the state depart
ment of education for the Frank
lin schools, one in the high school
and one in the primary grades.
This will mean a considerable les
sening of the instructional burden
on other teachers in the school.
Mr. Billings said most of the teach
ers would have from four to five
teaching periods a day and one or
two study periods to supervise.
Funeral Held for Child
Killed by Lightning
Funeral services for Roy Win
stead, killed by lightning last Satur
day afternoon at Toccoa, Ga., were
held at the Coweta Baptist church
at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
with the Rev. John Brendle of
ficiating. The Winstead child's
parents have been dead five years
and he and a brother, Furman, and
a sister Verna, have been living in
the orphans' home at Toccoa.
clerk to begin advertising land
for delinquent town taxes next
week and to sell on the second
Monday in September.
The action of each body was
in compliance with provisions
of the machinery act of the
1933 general assembly which
leaves no alternative open to lo
cal governing bodies.
After the tax collectors' sales,
certificates bearing interest will
be issued to the purchasers,
giving them lien rights.
SILERS HOLD
83RD REUNION
179 Present at Gathering
Of Family at Camp
Nickwasi
BY MRS. F. L. SILER
With 179 persons present, the
83rd reunion of the SiLer family
was held Thursday, August 2, at
Camp Nikwasi with Miss Laura
Jones as hostess.
The first formal meeting of the
family was held New Year's Day,
1853, at the home of Jacob Siler,
this county and each year since
then the clan has held a reunion.
Many years ago the date of the
reunion was changed from January
to October and that year two gath
erings were held. Later the time
for the family gatherings was mov
ed up to the first Thursday in
August. This was done on account
of so many of the younger mem
bers of the family being away at
college in October.
Reporting on the state of the
family at this year's Siler reunion,
the Outlook committee said there
had been five marriages in the
family since the last meeting, but
that new members also had been
added to the spinster contingency.
The bachelor's group, the commit
tee reported, had dwindled year by
year until Fred Sloan was left as
the only local member. Five births
were reported and many graduates
from high schools and colleges.
Oldest and Youngest
The oldest member present was
Mrs. Hattie Moore, age 90 who
was present at the first Siler meet
ing. The youngest present was
Richard S. Jones, Jr., age 10 weeks.
It was decided to hold next year's
reunion at the home of Mrs. Le
ona Bryson Porter at the old Bry
son homestead, "Behind the Pines,"
in Franklin.
Qut-of-Town Visitors
Out-of-town members of the Siler
family who attended the reunion
included :
Mr. and Mrs. Tule Siler of La
vonia, Ga., Dr. and Mrs. Freeman,
of Lavonia, Ga., Mr. and Mrs.
Adams, Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs.
Edith Corbin Scaggs, Portland,
Ore.: Miss Eleanor Sloan, who re
cently returned from Porto Rico;
Miss Freda Siler. New York City;
Mrs. Hall Swain. Sioux Falls South
Dakota; Ed Robinson and sisters,
of M arietta, Ga. ; Mrs. Jim Cook,
Athens. Ga. ; Mr. and Mrs. Weaver
Grav, Murnhv; Mr. and Mrs. David
Willis and family, New Bern N.
C. : Mrs. Fred Drvman. Lake Tuna
luska: Mr. and Mrs. Tames Gray
nnd family, Raleigh, Relatives from
Asheville present included : Dr.
nnd Mrs. Lewis Elias, Mr. and
Mrs. Don Elias. T. Weimar Jones,
Owen Guderer Misses Bertha and
Laura Tones. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Weaver and familv. the Rev. and
Mrs. C. C. Weaver.
CUT
LEVY FOR 1934
SET AT DOLLAR
Town Rate of 80 Cents
Levied, Increase
Of 5 Cents
A tax rate of $1 on the $100
valuation has been set for the cur
rent fiscal year by the Macon
county commissioners, it was learn
ed this week. This is a reduction
of five cents under the 1933 rate
and of 21 cents under the 1932 rate.
The countywide levy is divided
as follows:
General fund $ .15
Debt service (road bonds) 6U
Pauper fund '. . .05
Jail and court fund 05
Countywide school debt service .15
TOTAL $1.00
Township Levies
Besides this a levy of 25 cents
on the $100 has been imposed in
Franklin township for district road
bonds, and of 10 cents for the
same purpose in Highlands town
ship. These are the only town
ships in the county which now re
quire district levies. Last year a
40 cent special rate was imposed in
Nantahala township, but this was
sufficient to retire the last bonds
due the first of last January.
Exact figures on the county's
present valuation were not avail
able this week; but it was stated
that it will be little changed from
last year's valuation of $5,625,741.
Adoption of a detailed county
budget for 1934 awaits a report by
R. C. Birmingham, of Charlotte,
county auditor.
Welfare Levy Rejected
At Monday's meeting of the
commissioners a proposal submitted
by Miss Rachel Davis, county su
perintendent of welfare, to levy
two or three cents additional coun
tywide tax to supplement the coun
ty pauper fund and federal relief
work, was rejected. The commis
sioners pointed out that the tax
rate already had been established
at a special meeting held two weeks
earlier and that the tax books for
1934 had been compiled on this
basis.
Franklin Tax Rate
Set at 85 Cents
Franklin's town council has estab
lished a tax rate of 85 cents for
the fiscal year 1934. This repre
sents an increase of five cents
over last year and of 10 cents over
the year before.
It was estimated that the new
rate will raise $9,220. The town's
estimated budget provides:
For police department, $1,520 ; for
salaries of officials, $1,700; for of
fice rent, telephone printing, pos
tage, advertising, insurance etc.,
$900; for fire department salaries
and supplies, $500; water depart
ment salaries, power, supplies etc.
$4,000; street department, salaries
supplies etc., $2,900; street lighting,
$1 300.
Bond requirements were set forth
as follows:
Interest on electric and power
bonds, $16,770; bonds due and pay
able, $5,500; interest on water,
street and public improvement
bonds, $3,250.
Estimated revenues were listed
as follows:
Nantahala Light and Power com
pany purchaser of power plant,
$22,270; water rents, $4,400; privil
ege taxes and' licenses, $450; inter
est, notes and accounts, $2,000;
general tax levy $9,220 making a
total of $38,340 and balancing bud
get requirements.