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1 W MM MOT w Wfl HUM M(r fttti Sty ftglfkttiifi Ionian LIBERAL INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE VOL. L, NO. 6 FRANKLIN. N. C THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1935 11.50 PER YEAR BOARD BESIEGED BY DELEGATION Teapot Tempest Develops Over Bond Issue Scare Franklin's board of aldermen learned Monday night that "a tem pest in a teapot" could be quite a serious storm. Shortly after the board met to take up its routine business it was besieged by a delegation of about thirty residents who had their dan der up. The group was composed of opponents of the water and sew er improvement bonds which were defeated in a special election last month. Alarmed at the reported presence in town of Mr. Beebe of the engi neering firm of Harwood-Beebe company, of Spartanburg, S. G, the group got into its heads that the board was preparing to call another election, this time on the issuance of bonds for a gravity supply sys tem to bring water from Ray's Cove on Trhnont Creek. Beebe Present True enough, Mr. Beebe was at the town hall. But the board of aldermen denied that it was plan ning to call another election. In fact, it was stated that it had not requested the presence of Mr. Bee be. It was admitted, however, that he had been asked in a letter to give a rough estimate of what it would cost to build a pipe line from Ray's Cove, but the project was not under serious consideration, and Mr. Beebe had come to town . r i i OI nis own accoru. J tmll i rw But the irate delegation was ifl"1"' flon OOT I aKe HO completely convinced. They said they believed Franklin's two wells could supply plenty of water and they wanted the wells tested. They most assuredly did not want to hear of any more proposals to issue ' bonds, at least not until it was definitely ascertained that the wells could not supply sufficient water to wet Franklin's whistles. To Test Well. The board informed the delega tion that it already had taken steps to have "the wells tested and, if necessary, cleaned out Later The Press was informed that well No. 1 near the Nantahala Creamery was producing about 68 gallons a min ute, which was believed to be its capacity. The pump at well No. 2 oft east Main street was said to be obsolete and this well was not be lieved to be supplying more than 20 gallons of water per minute. A well and pump firm in Atlanta has been asked to give an estimate on , testing the wells and on the instal lation of a new pump at No. 2. Mr. Beebe informed the board that a gravity system from Ray's Cove would be inadvisable as the watershed is small. He estimated a pipe line could be built from the cove, a distance of three and a half miles from town, for appnoimate- ly $27,000; but unless the town bought the watershed, fenced it and patrolled it, it would be necessary also to install a filtration and chlorinating plant, which would in crease the cost considerably, so much in fact that, in view of the limited supply of water available from Trimont Creek, it would be foolish to attempt such a project. Discussion pro and con went on apace. ' with members of the visit ing delegation warning emphatically they did not want another bond is sue election. The board assured them that they mlgftt rest their fears; but, nevertheless, their fears were, not completely allayed, fftx Exemption Denied Finally the board adjourned with out completing its business. Next morning-it resumed its considera tions... The town attorney, to whom :i request for release of Angel Hos pital from town taxes had been referred, reported' that he could find no law on the statute books iving the board authority to com ply yith this request. He pointed nit that the board must accept thp I Florida's Orange Queen WINTER HAVEN, Fla. . . . Miss Betty Rankle (above), of Winter Haven, was the choice ei the judges ever 24 beauties from orange-belt communities, to be Queen of the Florida Orange Festival this month. BOUNDARY LINE IS DipSSED Aldermen Consider Exten- but Tal Action The question of restoring Frank lin's town boundary line to the original mile radius from the court house was brought ud at a meet- mg of the board of aldermen Tues- day morning, but after considerable discussion the matter was dropped without an action being taken. The question was raised by Al derman W. B. McGuire, who said some resident had mentioned the subject to him. Mayor R. D. Sisk told the board h had discussed the matter with J. Frank Ray, Macon county's rep resentative in the legislature, a fewj davs acm and that Mr Rav haH stated he would not sponsor legis lation to restore the original town limits, but would consider a bill to take into the corporate limits all property now outside the limits which is supplied with town water. It was the late J. Frank Ray, fath er of the present representative of Macon county, who had a bill en acted by the Legislature a number of 'years ago exempting certain tracts of property from the mile radius boundary. From the discussion which fol lowed Mayor Sisk's statement it was gathered that a majority of the JJ tLl A im wi iuiiu uuuiiuaijf nut, uui uiu not feel that it was feasible to propose an irregular extension j'ist to include users of town water. T. S. Munday Reported Slightly Improved T. S. Munday, who has been se riously ill at the Munday Hotel for several weeks, was reported Wed nesday night to be slightly im proved. tax list made up from the county tax list and that any exemptions must be made first by county au thorities. Whereupon the board in-J structea tne town cleric to so in form the hospital. The board went into executive .session to consider town policing problems. No announcement was made of its action other than that it was determined to do everything in its power to prevent any more robberies in Franklin. TVAC Fails To Approve Local Cannery Project Advantages of Explained BY F. S. SLOAN Macon County Farm Agent The farmers of Macon county are fast turning their attention to the improving of pastures and cultivat ed lands by using legumes, and the most popular one in use now is les pedeza. It has gained in popular ity because of the results obtained from it, the way that it will grow on land too poor to produce other legumes, the amount and quality of hay that it will make on good land, the additional amount of grazing that it will add to pastures, the way it fits into the cropping program, and because for practical ly no cost the seed can be saved by earh farmer for use the following year. As a soil improver it is one of the best plants we can use, as is shown by the results farmers in this county obtained last year, The average increase in corn yield per acre on fields checked was nine teen and one-half bushels. The avrage increase, as stated in a state Warden . T. Calloway Succeeds Charlie WaWroop . . T. Calloway has been appoint ed game warden of Macon county succeeding Charlie Waldroop, re signed. Mr. Calloway announced this week that although the fishing season does not open until April 15, fishing licenses for 1935 are now on sale at tine following places in the county: Macon County Supply Company, Leach Brothers hardware store, both in Franklin; Highlands Hardware Co., Highlands; Mrs. Frank Phillips, Rainbow Springs; H. B. Hawks, Aquone. Farm Census Under Way In Macon County The farm census enumerators for Macon county met in the court house Monday morning and re ceived instructions. They began work Tuesday. Enumerators for this county: George Crawford, Franklin ; Charles Morrison, Iotla; E. S. Hunnicutt, Franklin; 0. Robert Cabe, Otto; James M. Raby, Franklin; Charles B. Bryson, Cullasaja, and Horace Bryson, West's Mill. The enumerators will make in quiry as to farm tenure, farm acre age, which includes crop land, pas tures, and woodland; farm values; acres and yields of the principal crops; number of trees and their yield in fruit and nuts; number and value of each class of livestock ; poultry and eggs, and farm popula tion. All farmers have been asked to cooperate. - Box Supper To Be Held At Higdonville A box supper for the benefit of the Higdonville singing school will, k. k.u l u: i :n u 1 1 Ul 1ILHI til lilt 1 llUOUV lilt SLHUU1 house Saturday night of this week. The public is invited to attend and ladies attending are requested to bring well filled boxes, which will be auctioned to the highest bidders. A cake has been announced as a prize for the most popular young woman at the box supper. It -is estimated that there are more than 1,500,000 living graduates from the colleges and universities of America. Lespedeza by Farm Agent bulletin for North Carolina, was 23.8 bushels per acre. The U. S. Department of Agriculture found that the average yield of all farms from which corn yields were re ported was 15.4 bushels of corn per acre where lespedeza had not been grown and 44.5 bushels per acre where corn followed lespedeza. ) By using these figures and the price of lespedeza seed this year for approximately $2.50 (the ap proximate price of one bushel of lespedeza seed, which will sow one acre) we can increase our corn yield 29.1 bushels per acre. This can be done by sowing lespedeza on small grain this spring, saving the seed from it next fall then turning it under for next year's corn crop, and by this method the problem of buying seed each year is eliminated and by saving our own seed we can seed more acres and improve more of oar farms each year. Improve Pastures Lespedeza should also be sown (Continued on Page Six) NEW SERVICE STATION OPEN B. L. Sherrill in Charge of Henry-Angel Motor Inn No. 2 The Henry-Angel Motor Inn opened the latter part of last week a new automobile service station, one of the most modern in West ern North Carolina, at Palmer and Porter streets. The new station will be known as Henry-Angel Motor Inn No. 2. F. L. Henry, Sr., will continue in charge of Station No. 1 at Palmer and Main streets, and B. L. Sher rill will have charge of Station No. 2. Both stations will handle Sinclair gasoline and oils, Goodrich tires and tubes, and U. S. L. storage batteries. Henry-Angel Motor Inn No. 1 has the local dealership for Ply mouth and Dodge automobiles and trucks and is equipped to do auto mobile repairs of all kinds. The new station at Porter and Palmer streets was recentlv com pleted by the Sinclair Refining company, which leased it to the Henry-Angel Motor Inn. Appointed Owens Named Reemploy ment Office Manager J. Grady Owens, of West's Mill, was notified this week of his ap pointment as manager of the Franklin office of the National Re employment service, succeeding John W. Edwards, who recently was appointed deputy United States marshals Mr. Owens assumed his new du ties Wednesday morning, announc ing that the offices of the reem ment service above the Macon theatre 'would be open each day to register applicants for jobs and to seiye. employers seeking skilled and unskilled labor. HAS INFLUENZA G. HL Houk, principal of the Franklin school, has been confined to his home for several days with influenza. Macon County Farm Board Formed at' Mass Meeting The directing board of the Ten nessee Valley Associated Coopera tives has failed to approve estab lishment of a cannery and coopera tive truck marketing organization in Franklin, it was announced Sat urday morning at a mass meeting in the courthouse of farmers and business men called to consider plans for an agricultural improve ment program in Macon county. Keen , disappointment was mani fested in this announcement, as the farmers of the county were eagerly looking forward to the success of the "project ; but hope of ultimate ly obtaining the TVAC cannery and marketing center was not aban doned. The decision of the TVAC directors was accepted as tentative, rather than final. In view of this, steps were immediately taken in the hope that they would reconsider the matter. Farm Program Discussed The mass meeting Saturday was called for the purpose of discuss ing plans for Macon county's par ticipation in a general farm better ment program to be sponsored in 10 western North Carolina counties by the Tennessee Valley Authority, of which the TVAC is a subsidiary organization. Announcement was recently made in Asheville that the TVA would pay the expenses of an assistant farm demonstration agent in each of these 10 counties if the counties were willing to cooperate in the farm improvement program. Hearty approval of the program was given at the mass meeting and an organization to be known as the Macon County Board of Agricul ture was formed to cooperate with the TVA in furtherance of the pro gram. Carl Slagle, of Cartooge chaye, was elected chairman of the board; J. S. Conley, Franklin busi ness man, vjee chairman, and E. H. Meacham, vocational agriculture in structor of the Franklin school fac ulty, secretary. A board of direc tors, consisting of representatives from the various townships, was chosen as follows: John Ferguson, Millshoal; C. W. Henderson, Sugar fork;. J. J. Corbin, Ellijay; Fred McGaha, Cowee; E. B. Byrd, Burn ingtown; M. L. Dowdle, Franklin; John E. Cabe, Smith's Bridge; Carl Slagle, Cartoogechaye. Board mem bers from Highlands, Flats and Nantahala townships are to be nam ed later. Gate not Shut About 200 farmers and business men attended the mass meeting, which hatl been called by F. S. Sloan, county farm agent. The an nouncement concerning the cannery was made by John E. Barr, of Waynesville, TVAC cannery super visor. Those who heard Mr. Barr received the impression that the TVAC directors had not definitely closed the gate on Franklin's selec tion as a site for a cannery and marketing center. In fact, he ad vised that this county continue its efforts, pointing out that although it may not be possible to get the cannery this year, such efforts might bring results later. Petition Drawn Up The Board of Agriculture named Saturday morning met early in the afternoon and drew up a petition, directed to John W. Goodman, dis trict farm extension supervisor, so liciting his advice and assistance in the matter. Hundreds of signatures to the petition were obtained in a few hours and it was sent to Mr. Goodman Saturday night. The pe tition was directed to Mr. Good man, because it is through him that the TVA is launching its farm betterment program, and it was felt that his aid would be valuable.
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