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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VOL XUX, NO. 52
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY. DEC. 27. 134
$150 PER YEAR
$24,053 NEEDED
ON WATER LINES
Nine Extensions Planned
Under Proposed Bond
Issue
(This it the second of a se
ries of article concerning pub
lic improvements contemplated
under the proposed $91,000
PWA bond umm upon which
the people of Franklin will vote
on January 22.)
149 Register
Books Opened Preparatory
To Bond Election
Registration books were opened
Monday preparatory to the special
election to be held January 22 on
the issuance of $91,000 public im
provement bonds by the Town of
Franklin. George Carpenter, the
registrar, reported today that 149
persons had qualified and register
ed. About forty persons registered
the first day the books were open,
he said.
Judging by the comments of
those who thus far have registered,
Mr. Carpenter said, "most folks
seem to be against the bonds."
The registration books will re
main open until Saturday night,
January 12. Only those who regis
ter will be allowed to vote, as an
entirely new registration was call
ed. A majority vote of the regis
tered voters is required for issuance
of the bonds.
Extensions to water mains plan
ned under the proposed $91,000
public improvement program for
rrankun would make piped water
available to almost the entire town,
according to Harwood Beebe Com
pany, of Spartanburg, S. C, the
engineers who mapped plans for
the improvements after making a
thorough survey of the community's
existing facilities and present and
future needs.
Cost of the proposed water line
extensions was estimated by the
engineers at $24,053. This figure,
however does not include water
supply mains contemplated in con
nection with installation of a new
water pump station, storage tank
and filtration plant
made for these main supply lines
in the estimated cost of $65,375 of
the new supply system. These sup
ply lines would consist of an eight
inch pipe extending from the pro
posed new pump station on Car
toogechaye creek to the filter plant
and storage tank on Angel Hill
near the municipal golf course; an! church
eight-inch line extending from the)
? theJ5n?ion Funeral Held for
the Old Georgia road with thepres- p ,, tr.
ent Georgia road near the resi-! uU WeU anettield
Christian Endeavorers
Give Entertainment
The Christian Endeavorers of the
Franklin Presbyterian church, un
der the supervision of Mrs. R. C.
Dady, superintendent, played host
Provision is Sunday evening at the church to
the college group of the church
and to other former members of
the society who were home for
the holidays. Besides these a num
ber of local friends had been in
vited in for the occasion. A de
licious supper was served by the
Endeavorers and the ladies of the
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WA8HINOTON ... "In the bag", say political experts here regard'
ing the eleetion of Joseph W. Bryns of Tennessee (right) to the Speaker
ship of the House at the opening of Congress. Interest is now centered
in. the battle for the floor leadership, said to be between Rep. John W.
MeCormack (D.) of Mass. (Top left) and Rep. Wm. Bankhead (D.) Ala.
(bottom left).
dence of W. B. McGuire; a six
inch pipe from this intersection,
via the old Georgia road, to Main
street; a six-inch pipe connecting
the eight-inch line with the end of
die present line on Porter street;
and a six-inch pipe on Main street; boW Springs, officiated
from forter street to Harrison Th child died rf rinnhlo
avenue. The cost of these supply
lines is estimated at $10,308.
Nine other water distribution ex-
Funeral services for Eula Nell
Sheffield, two-year -old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Sheffield, were
held at the Cowee Baptist church
at 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
The Rev. Mr. Medford, of Rain-
pneu
monia at the home of her parents
in Rainbow Springs at 2:30 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. She is sur-
tensions are contemplated under the i ived by her parents, five sisters
$24,053 estimate.
The most important of these pro
posed extensions would be a 4,000
foot loop of six-inch pipe supply
ing water to the Bonny Crest sec
tion. Provision also is made for
three new fire hydrants on this
loop. Besides the 4,000 feet of six
inch pipe, there also would be 1,
850 feet of one-inch galvanized ir
on pipe to supply water to a group
of houses on the far end of Way
ah street. This loop, . it is esti
mated, will cost $5378.
Another major extension plannet
would provide 4,250 feet of six
inch main on east Main street, ex
tending from a point near the rail
road depot across the Little Ten
nessee river,N and serving East
Franklin. Provision is made for
four fire hydrants on this line
Cost of this extension is estimated
at $5,496.
A little over a thousand feet of
new six-inch line would be laid on
Iotla street and one new fire hy
drant installed. On Oak street,
from Iotla to Cope, or Riverview,
street, 2,150 feet of six-inch line
would be laid and three new fire
hydrants installed. This line then
would be continued along Cope, or
Riverview, street for a distance of
500 feet to east Main street.
The six-inch line on West Main
street would be extended for a dis
tance of 1,350 feet from a point
near the Nantahala Creamery and
two new fire hydrants would be
installed. A six-inch main also-
would be laid on Bidwell street,
from Main street to Harrison ave
nue, and two fire hydrants added.
An extension of 1,070 feet with
one fire hydrant would be laid
from Bidwell street west along
what is known as the Lyle cut
On Harrison avenue 980 feet of
eiirht-inch main would be laid to
connect with the Main street line.
and a brother.
Sloan To Confer With Ban
Before Launching Campaign
To Form Local Cooperative
S .Sloan, county farm agent, I terms of this agreement.
Death Claims Father
Of R. D. West, of Iotla
H. S. West, of Canton, father of
R. D. West of the Iotla section of
this county, died Tuesday, Decem
ber 18, at the age of 78 years at
his home in Beaverdam Valley.
He had been in poor health for
some time.
The funeral was held at the
Beaverdam Methodist church at
2:30 o'clock in the afternoon of
the day following Mr. West's death,
with the pastor, the Rev. Mr.
Leftwick, in charge
Grandsons of Mr. West acted as
pallbearers. They were Ralph
West, Jr.. and Norman West, of
Franklin ; Floyd West, of Asheville ;
Dan Wise, of Biltmore, and James
and George Worley, of Canton,
Granddaughters acted as flowe
girls.
Mr. West was a prominent farm
er of the Beaverdam Valley com
munity, a member of the Beaver
dam Methodist church.
Surviving Mr. West are three
daughters, Mrs. C F. Worley, of
Canton; Mrs. S. H. Worley, also
of Canton; and Mrs. D. C. Wise,
of Biltmore; and three sons, W.
A. West, of Asheville; G: M. West,
of Canton, and R. D. West, of
Iotla.
F
was planning this week to now
another conference in Waynesville
with John E. Barr, cannery super
visor of the Tennessee Valley As
sociated Cooperatives, before
launching a campaign to organize
a cooperative farm marketing or
ganization and cannery in Macon
county with TV AC assistance
Mr. Sloan said he had heard
hearty responses to the plan from
many Macon county farmers since
it was broached at a mass meeting
in the courthouse Wednesday, after
noon of last week. Mr. Barr, the
principal speaker at the meeting, it
has been learned, was very favor
ably impressed with the interest
manifested at the meeting and with
the opportunities that this com
munity affords for the establish
ment of a TV AC co-op and can
nery. Mr. Sloan said he would discuss
with Mr. Barr at their conference
this week detailed plans for the
proposed organization.
If the marketing group and can
nery are established, farmers in
this section will be given an op
portunity to join by subscribing
(b) The produce covered by this
contract shall be marketed by the
Cooperative at the best prices, in
its judgment, obtainable, wherever
it may be able to find a market,
and which, in the judgment of the
Cooperative and, pursuant to its
By-laws, its rules and regulations,
may justify such marketing. The
Cooperative shall not be liable for
any damage that may be sustained
through accidents in shipment or
storage or failure to secure suitable
storage or markets for the proper
handling and storing and marketing
of said produce, or for damage
which may be sustained on account
of any unavoidable cause. Any
loss occasioned by the Grower shall
be borne by him.
(c) The Cooperative agrees to ; Dian
turnish the Urower with cerutiea
seed andor plants and of a variety
best suited for marketing on the
Fresh Vegetable Market. It also
agrees to furnish the Grower all
necessary containers, such as bask
ets, hampers, boxes andor sacks
used in the marketing of his pro
duce;' said seeds, plants andor
containers shall be purchased by
Singing Convention
To Be Held Here Sunday
The Macon county quarterly sing
ing convention will be held Sunday
December 30. in the county court
house according to an announce
ment by J. M. Raby, president of
the convention. All individual sing
ers and singing classes in this and
adioining counties were invited by
Mr. Raby to attend.
$10 in participating stock and sign-, the Cooperative and charged to the
ing two memoersnip contracts, one Grower at pius such reasonable
ior tne marxeting or green vege- han(ilint, hare mav be
mined, from time to time, by the
Cooperative's Board of Directors.
2. (a) The Cooperative agrees to
pool the produce grown by the
Grower with that of a similar kind,
quality andor grade produced by
other growers, and to sell the same
pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) The Cooperative agrees that
all produce delivered to it pursuant
hereto will be graded by it accord
ing to standards set by the United
States Department of Agriculture
and that pools for each such grade
will be made accordingly.
(c) The Cooperative will make
payment to members from the net
proceeds of the sale' of each pool,
tables and the other for the can
ning of surplus vegetables. These
contracts show in detail how the
I Tennessee Valley Associated Co
operatives function. The Press
Maconian is printing this week a
copy of the green vegetable mar
keting contract and next week will
publish a copy of the canning con
tract. Following is a copy of the
marketing contract:
GREEN VEGETABLE MARKET
ING CONTRACT
Between
Grower; and
This Agreement, made the
day of. 193...,
between
hereinafter called the "Coopera
tive," and the undersigned produc
er of fruits andor vegetables,
hereinafter called the "Grower:"
WITNESSETH
In Consideration of the mutual
covenants hereinafter stated, the
parties hereby agree:
1. (a) The Grower appoints the
Cooperative rns agent, and the Co
operative agrees to act as such for
the purpose of handling, packing,
storing, grading and marketing all
the fruits andor vegetables, (here
inafter referred to as produce) that
may bq grown pursuant to the
BONUS LEADER
SEESJJCCESS
Patman Predicts Payments
To Veterans; By rns To
Be Speaker
WASHINGTON, Dec 26.-Look-ing
ahead to the New Year is the
principal pastime in Washington
just now. Everybody is asking:
"What comes next?"
The new Congress is beginning
to shape up. The efforts of Vice
President Garner to make Sam
Rayburn Speaker have failed. The
President preferred Rayburn to Joe
Byrns of Tennessee, but didn't say
so loud enough, so Joe gets it. The
big fight in the House Democratic
caucus will be a three-cornered
one, between Representative James
M. Mead of Buffalo, N. Y., Wil
liam B. Bankhead of Jasper, Ala,
and John W. MeCormack of Dor
chester, Mass., for the floor lead
ership. Senator Wright Patman of Tex
as, the big bonus man, has been
counting noses and reports enough
votes for the immediate cashing of
the adjusted compensation certifi
cates to pass the bonus appropria
tion over a Presidential veto. Ad
ministration has thrown up its
hands, and is trying to work out
some method of distinguishing vet
erans who are "in actual need"
from those who don't need the
money but would like to have it
The hope is to get Congress to ac
cept some bonus scheme which
will only cost the taxpayers about
five hundred million dollars, in
stead of the two thousand million
the full payment would come to.
Those War Profits
"Smart politics" is what the folk
on Capitol Hill call the President's
proposal to submit a law prohibit
ing proftis from war. It is pointed
out that the Senators who have
been getting the most credit out
of the "exposures" of war-tune
profits made by the Senate investi
gating committee are both Repub
licans, Nye of North Dakota and
Vandenberg of Michigan. This is
a Democratic "Administration, so
why should Republicans be allowed
to get away with anything?
What the President has done is
to haul out the blue-prints of a
which has been kicking
around Washington since the, Wil
son Administration, providing that
in time of war everything, not on
ly soldiers, must be subject to draft
capital, factories, farms, mines
and all of the nation's activities.
Martial law, in effect, for the en
tire populace if we ever get into
another scrap. Bernard M. Baruch,
head of the War Industrial Board
in the Great War, originated the
plan. Presidents Wilson, Harding
and Coolidge warmly indorsed it
and President Hoover actually had.
the bills drawn ready to offer to
Congress, just about the time his
Congress ran out on him. How
much farther the present plan will
go nobody knows yet. The biggest
profits made by American indus
try in the last war were made from
selling supplies to the Allies before
we got into it.
The President has brought Gen
eral Hugh Johnson back into the
picture, as the man to put over
the new anti-war-profits scheme.
Washington will be more pictur
esque with the General back here.
National Houaedeanmg
Coming to the front is a gigan
tic project, based on the report of
as hereinafter set out, from time
to time, and as rapidly as possible, the National Resources Board, for
in proportion to the quantity of spending upward of 100 billion dol-
produce contributed to such pool.lars over a period of years in such
by each member thereof.
(d) Through its field representa
tive, the Cooperative agrees to as
things as straightening and clean
ing up rivers, eliminating soil
a i
erosion, developing every possible
sist the Grower in every practicable i horsepower of all the nation's wa
way to grow and to deliver his
crop in the best possible condition,
to secure the best prices obtain
ad, through its marketing division,
able.
(e) The Cooperative agrees to
use its best efforts to create and to
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terways, taking over all so-called
"marginal" and submarginal agri
cultural land, conserving mineral
resources and in general giving the
whole United States a thorough
housecleaning.
Just how far the Administration
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