DO IT NOW
VOL. XLIX, Nb. SO
BOND ELECTION CALLED
REPORTS GAINS
IN ROLL CALL
Chairman of Red Cross
Drive Says Total Now '
Stands At 189
Additional reports from Red Cross
roll call workers during the past
weelc have brought to 189 the num
ber of memberships received in the
annual Red Cross canvass in Ma
con county, according to the Rev.
J. A. Flanagan, who is directing
the drive.
"The roll call got under way No
vember 11 with a quota of 300
memberships for the county.
Thanksgiving Day was set as the
time for the roll call to end, but
the closing has been indefinitely
extended in the hopes that more
memberships will yet be received.
The first report of workers in
Highlands added 37 memberships
and additional reports from can
vassers in Franklin added six more.
"While Franklin and the rest of
the county have reported an in
crease of approximately 50 per
cent over last year's enrollment,"
Mr. Flanagan said, "the report
from Highlands shows a decrease
of about 35 per cent No reason
has been given for the falling off
of memberships from this district.
It is stll hooed. however, that oth
er memberships wiTTbe secured 'arrfp
that the drive in Highlands will be
as successful as last year's."
(Continued m Page Eight)
. Warning!
Chief Calls Attention To
Fireworks Ordinance
Police Chief R. F. Henry called
attention this week to a town or
dinance prohibiting the shooting of
fireworks in the business district
or anywhere wthin 100 yards of a
residence within" the corporate lim
its. After sporadic ore-holiday fir
ing of large cannon crackers the
chief warned that he intended strict
ly to enforce the ordinance, a copy
of which follows : ,
"It shall be uplawful for any
person to shoot any fire works or
fire arms of any kind in the busi
ness section of the Town, or with
in one, hundred yards of any resi
dence within the corporate limits
thereof, without the permission of
the owner or the person in charge
of such residence. Any person
violating any pRjvisions of this or
dinance shall be -guilty of a mis
demeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be fined the sum of Five
Dollars ($5.00) for the first of
fense and Ten Dollars ($10.00) for
every offense thereafter.
Power of Speech
Restored by Operation
Henderson Roland, seven-year-oU
son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Roland,
of Route 3, now can talk and
breathe normally, thanks to an
unusual operation performed at the
Georgia Baptist hospital in Atlanta
last week by Dr. Bomar urns.
Since brth Henderson's speech and
Avpn his hreathintr have been im-
nnired on account of the growth of
abnormal tissues around his vocal
organs. As ablby he could not
cry and, before his operation in
Atlanta last week, he was unable
to talk above1 a hoarse whisper.
In recent months the lad's breath
ing became more difficult and his
parents feared that unless some
thing were done he might die.
Specialists in Atlanta said it was
an unusual case; they had never
seen one like it before. After
studving the case carefully Dr. Olds
undertook an operation, which
proved successful.
PROGRESSIVE
Meeting Called
Establishment of Cannery
, Here with TV A Assistance
J. E. Barr, supervisor of the
Tennessee Valley Authority's
program of cooperative market
ing and canning, is coming to
Franklin to address a mass
meeting of Macon county farm
ers in the courthouse at 1 :30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon,
December 19, according to an
announcement by F. S. Sloan,
county farm agent.
Mr. Barr, whose headquarters
are in Waynesville, has been
instrumental in the establish
ment of TVA cooperative groups
and canneries in Murphy, Hazel
wood and other Western North
Carolina communities.
At the meeting Wednesday,
the county farm agent said,
Mr. Barr will outline the plan
of organization of TVA co
operatives and discuss the pos
sibility of establishment of a
cannery in Franklin.
Mr. Sloan urged that all the
farmers of the county interest
Dry s To Meet
Cale K. Burgess To Ad-
A meeting of the temperance
workers' in the counties of Swain
Clay, Jackson, Cherokee, Transyl
vania and Macon will be held in
the Baptist church Sunday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock. Cale K. Bur
gess, director of the United Dry
Forces in the state will address
the meeting, using as his theme,
"A Christian's Relationship to
Strong Drjnk." Dr. J. C. Owen,
of Asheville, newly t elected direc
tor of temperance in 25 western
coupties of the state, will also be
present. Plans for carrying on the
work of temperance in these coun
ties will be discussed and the pro
gram of the state work will be
presented by the speakers.
P. P. Myers Dies
P. P. Myers, 86, died at 11:30
o'clock Monday night at his home
here after an illness of severa
months. ' Funeral services conduct
ed at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon at Bethel Methodist church
with burial in the church cemetery
by the Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of
the Franklin Baptist church.
Mr. Myers, a native of Blunt
county, Tenn., came here with his
parents Eli and Lavinia Bright
Myers, at the close of the Civil
War. He was married in 1875 to
Tinev Elizabeth Mashburn. Mrs.
Myers died in 1898. Surviving Mr.
Myers are 10 children, Mrs. Brab
Angel, Mrs. D. A. Jacobs, Mrs.
C. M. Grasty, all bf Franklin; Mrs.
C. N. Sanders, of West Asheville;
Mrs. J. M. Pittilla, of Henderson
ville; Lawrence, Will and Floyd
Myers, all of Franklin; Jesse My
ers, of Sheridan, Wyo. ; and Ben
Myers, of Douglas, Wyo.
Mallonee Named Clerk;
OeHart Opens Store
George W. Mallonee, former dep
Mty sheriff of Macon county, has
been notified Of his appointment
as a clerk in the Franklin postof
f ice succeeding E. B. DeHart.
Mr. DeHart, whose duties at the
nostoffice ended the first of the
month, has opened a general store
in the building formerly occupied
bv R. M. Shook, general merchant,
at the intersection of highways No.
'iH and No. 285 in east Franklin.
nam
tyqt Ijigljlattila Hanmtan
LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 13,
To Discuss
ed in improving marketing fa
cilities and obtaining a cannery
to handle ther surplus truck
crops attend the meeting Wed
nesday. He pointed out that the
likelihood of obtaining TVA
assistance in establishing a can
nery and cooperative marketing
group will very likely depend
on the interest shown by farm
ers at this meeting.
If a TVA cooperative is or
ganized in Macon county and
a cannery put in operation, Mr.
Sloan said, it will encourage the
planting of truck crops on a
larger scale and assure grow
ers of a more stable market.
TVA cooperatives work on the
basis of establishing an advance
price on certain crops and shar
ing all profits above this price
with the farmers. Canneries are
established to handle the sur
plus for which satisfactory sales
on the fresh produce market
are not obtained.
FUNERAL HELD
FOR MRS. WORST
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Pritchard Wurst, 53, who died at
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in
the Duke hospital at Durham, were
held at 2 o'clock Monday after
noon at the Franklin Presbyterian
church. The pastor, the Rev. J.
A. Flanagan, officiated. He wa
assisted by the Rev. Frank Btox
ham, rector of St. Agnes Episcopal
church.
Mrs. Wurst had been ill since
last spring. Her. condition became
serious last week and her son,
James, took her to the Duke hos
pital for treatment Friday of last
week; but her condition was So
critical that physicians were un
able to do anything for her.
The bodv was brought back to
Franklin Sunday for burial.
Mrs. Wurst's husband, George
Wurst, died about two years ago.
She is survived by five children,
Mrs. James Brookshire, of Wal
lace, N. C. ; James, George, Jr.,
Mary Louise and Helen, all of
Franklin.
Play and Box Supper
To Be Held at Cowee
A school play and box supper
will be given at the Cowee school
at 7 o'clock Friday night, December
21, according to an announcement
received by The Press-Maconian.
After presentation of the regular
Christmas program by pupils. of the
school, the box supper will be held
to raise funds to supply fuel for
the school and to finance school
improvements, including the instal
lation of electric light in the building
Child's Scream Saves
Family from Fire
Screams of a small, child prob
ably saved the lives of Walt
Scruces. colored, and his family
when their house, a four-room ten- ccntly returned to their former
ant house on the farm of Mr. and home at Perry, Fla.
Mrs. J. E. Perry on the outskirts
of Franklin, caught fire early Tues- Mrs. H. L- Anderson's
day morning. Awakened by the n , 1 . v.
screams, Walt went into an ad- granddaughter UlCS
joining room, where the child, along Mrs. H, L. Anderson was .noti
with one or twd other children, was fied in a telegram Thursday morn
sleeping, to discover the place ing of the death of her grand
ablaze and the ceiling about to daughter, Betty Reid, daughter of
fall in. He succeeded in carrying
the children to safety and arous-
ing his wife and grown daughter
to flee the house; but was unable
to save any of the furnishings.
1934
Press To Publish
Articles on Bond Issue
Lively interest is developing
in Franklin over the proposed
issuance of $91,000 bonds to
finance town improvements. To
assist voters in arriving at an
intelligent decision at the elec
I tion to be held January 22, The
f Press-Macoman will print a
series of articles discussing the
, proposed improvements. These
articles will be based on a re
port prepared by Harwood Bee
be and company, engineers of
Spartanburg, S. C, after mak
ing a detailed survey of Frank
ln's present sewer and water
systems and of improvements
deemed necessary. The first of
these articles will appear in
next week's issue.
This newspaper also will be
glad to print letters from read
ers discussing the proposed
bond issue. The editor requests
that such letters be written leg
ibly on one side of the paper
only, that each letter bear the
writer's signature and that cor
respondents limit their comments
to 500 words.
Pageant
'Gifts for the King' To Be
1 Presented Sunday
A Christmas pageant will be pre
sented at the Franklin Methodist
church at 5 o'clock Sunday after-
noon, lne title ot the pageant is
"Gifts for the King," and it is
based on the scriptural accounts of
the visits of the shepherds and
wise men to the manger at Bethle
hem.
Music will be furnished by the
voung people's choir, supplemented
by the addition of adult voices.
The pageant . is directed by Mrs.
R. S. Jones. The music is under
the direction of James B. Porter
nnd Mrs. C. , Herbert. Mrs. F.
L. Siler is in charge of the cos
tumes, and the stage decorations
are under the direction of Mrs.
Sallie Moore.
The characters are as follows:
Mary, Mrs. R. S. Jones; Joseph,
R. S. Jones; Shepherds: J. S.
Conley, H. T. Sloan, and Charles
Slagle; Wise men: Howard Valen
tine, Dr. W. E. Furr, and Don
Young; Reader, C. C. Herbert.
The closing feature of the pag
eant will be a white gift service
in which the different organiza
tions of the church will participate.
Zickgraf Buys Partner's
Interest in Lumber Mill
Announcement has been made of
the purchase by W. C. Zickgraf of
the interest of Frank Warren in
the Zickgraf-Warren Lumber com
pany, which operates a modern
band saw mill in Franklin, special
izing in supplying mountain hard
woods for the .furniture and auto
mobile industries.
In the future; Mr. Zickgraf said,
the cdncern will be known as the
Zickgraf Hardwood company, in
corporated.
Mr. Warren .and his family re
Mr. and Mrs. George Reid, in De-
troit, Mich., Wednesday. The child
had been ill several weeks. The
body is expected to be brought to
Franklin for burial.
ftNI.Y ft HAY
$1.50 PER YEAR
VOTE ON ISSUE
SET FOR JAN. 22
$75,500 Proposed for Wat
er System and $15,500
For Sewers
An election to decide on the is
suance of $75,500 water improve
ment bonds and $15,500 sewer im
provement bonds was called for
Tuesday, January 22, at a meeting
of the town council Tuesday night.
The council also adopted ordinances
providing for issuance of the bonds
if they are approved by the vot
ers. At a meeting Monday night the
council, after considerable discus
sion, decided not to submit to the
voters a proposal to issue $6,000
street improvement bonds and kill
ed an ordinance providing for this
project. Opinion predominated
that a majority vote for the street
bonds could not be obtained, and
it was therefore useless to submit
them in the election. The issue
would have provided only for re
pair of present hardsurfaced streets,
no allowance having been made for
improvement of other streets bad
ly in need of surfacing.
In some quarters it is believed
the council's action in dropping the.
street bonds has heightened the
chances of favorable action by the
voters on the sewer and water im
provement bonds, which are to be
voted on separately and, if ap
proved, issued separately.
PWA To Buy Bkmdt
The bond ordinances state that
the bonds are to bear interest not
exceeding six per cent and are to
be issued serially, the first to be
payable in not less than three years
and the last in not more than 40
v . a
years, it the oonds are approved,
they are to be sold to the federal
Public Works Administrator, which
already has approved the proposed
projects. This approval carries
with it an offer of the PWA to
make an outright grant to the town
of 30 per cent of the cost of ma
terials and labor on the projects.
Engineers have estimated that
the sewer and water improvement
projects will cost a total df $116,-
000. The town sought approval of
the PWA for the issuance of
$88,000; but the PWA raised this
to $91,000. This does not mean,
however, that the full $91,000 will
have to be expended. Bonds will
be sold only in the amount neces
sary and town officials expressed
the opinion that the town's share
of the expense of the sewer and
water system projects would be
considerably less than $91,000.
Although the bond ordinances set
six per cent as the maximum rate
of interest on the bonds, the rate
will be considerably less, as the
prevailing interest rate on PWA
bonds is only four per cent.
Town Owes $35,000
Before adopting the bond ordi
nances the town council had a
statement of the town's indebted
ness prepared showing that its net
outstanding debt is $35,000. The
town's assessed valuation was stat
ed at $1,006,481.
In calling the election, the coun
cil ordered a new registraton and
appointed George Carpenter regis
trar. George A. Mashburn and J.
S. Conley were named judges of
the election. The registration books
are to be opened Monday, Decem
ber 24, and to remain open until
January 1 for the registration of
voters. January 12 was set aside
as challenge day.
Copies of the notice of election
and of the bond ordinances are
printed in full on Page 2.