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4 VERMICULITE
MINES LEASED
Development of New Pro
cess Opens Wide Field
For Mineral
The mining rights of four vermi
culite deposits itL Macon county
have been leased by C. A. Crowl
of the United States k Vermiculite
company, which plans soon to be
gin shipments of the mineral to
its plant in Youngstown, Ohio.
Mr. Crowl, who with his father,
John S. Crowl, of Newcastle, Pa.,
has made several trips to this
section prospecting for vermiculite,
recently perfected a new method 4of
processing this1 mineral which he
believes will widen its scope of use
fulness and create for it an in
creasing demand as an insulation
material.
Vermiculite is a decomposed mi
ca with a gold or greenish gold
color. Its name is derived from a
Latin word meaning worm-like, and
when heat is applied to the min
eral it truly acts worm-like, ex
panding with a twisting, writhing
movement. In its capacity for ex
pansion rests to a large degree
vermiculite's usefulness.
Develop New Pracese
Until recently, Mr. Crowl ex
plained, vermiculite has had little
value because processes . for its -expansion,
or for exfoliating it (scal
ing), have not been practicable.
It must not weigh when exfoliated,
he said, more than 10 pounds to
the cubic foot. Mr. Crowl said
that after more than a year of
experimental laboratory work he
had perfected what he termed a
"high velocity muffled kiln" in
which he could achieve the desired
results in processing vermiculite.
He said he had applied for patents
on the process.
Asked if he believed there was
much of a future for vermiculite,
Mr. Crowl replied:
"Of course i do, or we would not
have spent so much time and mon
ey in experimenting with it and
we would not now be investing a
considerable amount of money in
it."
Uee of Mineral
Possible uses for processed ver
miculite, he said, were as an in
sulation material in open hearth
furnaces and other high tempera
ture furnaces used in various in
dustries; for insulating houses and
also as a sound-deadener. He ex
plained that besides possessing in
sulation qualities, vermiculite also
tends to absorb sound and, there
fore, should be useful in solving
problems in acoustics. He pointed
out that when used in wall plaster
ing vermiculite would serve the
dual purpose of deadening sound
and either retaining or excluding
heat. With the greater develop
ment of air conditioning in homes
and office buildings, he said, there
should be an Increasing demand for
vermiculite.
Mr. Crowl and his father came
to Franklin last Saturday and on
Monday completed arrangements
for leasing three vermiculite de
posits in the Walnut Creek section
and one in the lower part of the
county near the Georgia line. They
also leased another deposit in
Jackson county and contracted for
the shipment of a car load (ap
proximately 40 tons) of the min
eral from a mine in this county
which they did not lease.
Plans Office Hera
Mr. Crowl said that later he
probably would establish an office
in Franklin and appoint a local
representative to supervise the
mining of the vermiculite deposits
which he has leased.
The Youngstown man said he
obtained much of his information
concerning vermiculite" from treat
ises prepared by a German scien
tist who made a thorough udy of
this and certain other minerals in
this country shortly before the
World War. From these treatises!
Superlatives
Named by Seniors of
Franklin High School
At a recent election seniors of
the Franklin high school selected
superlatives as follows :
Prettiest girl, Mary Will Higdon;
most handsome boy, Ervin Norton;
cutest girl, Christine Browning;
cutest boy, George McClure; neat
est girl, Alice Rickman; neatest
boy, George Wurst; wittiest girl,
Elizabeth Love; wittiest boy, Jim
Patton; most original girl, Mary
Eaton ; most original boy, Jim Pat
ton; most studious girl, Mary Eat
on; most studious boy, Paul Gib
son. Most athletic girl, Elizabeth Love,
most athletic boy, Joe Dowdle;
class flirt (girl), Betty Leach ; class
flirt (boy), Bill Cunningham; best
dressed girl, Christine Browning;
best dressed boy, Paul Gibson; laz
iest girl, Maude Philips; laziest
boy, Bill Cunningham; class baby
girl, Grace Conley; class baby boy,
Matthew Poliakoff; most sophisti
cated girl, Betty Leach; most so
phisticated boy, Edmund Dady.
Most popular girl, Mary Will
Higdon; most popular boy, Jim
Patton; most dependable girl, Sue
Rickman; most dependable boy,
George Wurst; best all around girl,
Sue Rickman; best all around boy,
Jim Patton; best natured girl, Lois
Wells ; best natured boy, George
Wurst; most conceited girl, Grace
Conley; most conceited boy, Bill
Cunningham; most ambitious girl,
Esther Seay; most ambitious boy,
Paul Gibson; man hater, Jarvis
Ledford; woman hater, Robert
Hurst.
LOCAL SCOUTS
ARE PROMOTED
Court of Honor Held at
Cherokee Indian
Reservation
BY REV. FRANK BLOXHAM
Franklin Scoutmaster
At the Court of Honor held by
the Daniel Boone Council at the
Indian reservation at Cherokee on
Monday many local boys were pro
moted in scout rank.
Charles Slagle was promoted to
star rank; Charles Hunnicutt, Eu
gene Furr and Willie Bryant to
first class rank, and Charles Palm
er, Billy Wilkie and Verco Wat
kins to second class scouts.
A new recruit, Arthur Turpin,
was made tenderfoot scout.
In addition to these promotions
11 boys were given a total of 43
merit badges for proficiency in
specialized studies. These badges
represent work done in many
fields and by the gaining of these
badges the boys become more use
ful citizens as well as being able
to do many necessary things around
the home. The boys are showing
great interest in their work and it
is the hope of those in charge that
the training received in scouting
will materially help in the building
of character and usefulness among
the boys.
Any boy 12 years of age, or
nearly so, desiring to join the or
ganization may do so any time by
applying at the troop house on
Friday night and any citizen who
would like to see what is being
done will be welcomed as a visitor
at any meeting.
The troop celebrates its anni
versary of organization next week.
Many plans have been made for
this. Watch for announcements
and activities!
and other sources of information,
some gained by his own studies,
Mr. Crowl said he had learned that
vermiculite deposits are found in
about 60 different localities in the
United States but the largest de
posits are in Montana and in this
section of North Carolina.
Double Liability To Be
Removed from Bank Stock
In the interest of relieving the
stockholders in the Bank of Frank
lin of double liability on their stock
holdings in that institution, J. D.
Murray from the examining staff
of the state banking department
was in Franklin Thursday.
The Legislature last Friday pass
ed the Lindsay bill and it was im
mediately ratified. It makes the
following provisions for relieving
stockholders in state banking insti
tutions of double liability:
1. Publication by the bank in
a newspaper having general
circulation in the community
where the bank is located,
once each week for four
consecutive weeks prior to
May I, 1935, of the bank's
intent to seek such relief.
2. Mailing written notice to
each depositor and to each
other creditor prior to May
1, 1935.
3 Sworn afffdavits from a
bank officer that such no
tices have been mailed and
sworn affidavits from the
publisher on each insertion
of the advertisement, that
such publication has been
made.
On the completion of these pro
ceedings and the forwarding of
such affidavits to the commissi Aier
of banks, state banking institutions
can accomplish this relief to their
113 Years Old
Franklin Baptist Church
To Observe Anniversary
BY REV. E. R. ELLER
Pastor, Fin Baptist Church
The First Baptist church of
Franklin will be 113 years old on
the seventh day of May, 1935. The
Jiurch in conference last week de
cided to set apart the first Sunday
in May for the celebration of this
anniversary. This will be the an
nual church membership day. The
roll of the church will be called
and all members are requested to
be present.
A special feature of the day will
be a birthday offering for the
church. Each family is asked to
prepare a special sacrificial offer
ing of $1.13, one penny for each
vear of the church, and to bring
it on that day. This is to be apart
from the regular offering and over
and above the regular pledges of
the church members. This offer
ing will be taken at the close of
the service by an, "old time march
ing offering."
Letters will be sent to all non
resident members asking them to
attend the anniversary service, or
if they cannot come, to send a
birthday offering for the church.
A special program appropriate for
the occasion is being planned. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend. CoWee Basketball Team
Defeats Dillard
The Cowee basketball team de
feated the Dillard All Stars on the
Cowee court last Saturday after
noon by the score of 32 to 18.
Cowee was in the lead all the way,
but it was a good fast game. Bry-
son and Raby starred for Cowee,
while Shope and Darnell were the
outstanding players for Dillard.
Line-up and summary:
COWEE (32) Pos. DILLARD (18)
Dalton (2).... F Grist (4)
Sheffield (4).. F Darnell (10)
Bryson (16) .. C Howard (2)
Raby (8) ..... G Reed (2)
Rickman . G. Shope
Subs: Cowee Moore (2); Dil
lard Parker.
HERE ON BUSINESS
T. B. Higdon, Atlanta attorney,
was here on business the first of
this week.
stockholders by July 1, 1935.
When announcement was made
Friday afternoon that the Lindsay
bill would, become a law, Mr. Hood,
the commissioner of banks, imme
diately organized the state into
twenty temporary . districts, and
planned to send twenty men from
his staff into the field immediately
to explain the measure and aid and
assist the state banks in taking im
mediate advantage of iits pro
visions. His forces worked far into
the night on last Friday preparing
forms, affidavits, advertisements,
etc., and beginning with Monday
of this week each and every bank,
and each and every branch bank
will be visited by these representa
tives. It is Mr. Hood's earnest desire
that every North Carolina banking
institution be listed on July 1,
1935, free from double liability on
their stock issue. We must re
establish a market for bank stock.
The Lindsay Bill provides that
banks previously organized or re
lieved through the provisions of the
Aycock bill, an enactment of the
1933 legislature, can take advantage
of the same methods of procedure
outlined above, and have released
to them the North Carolina or
United States bonds pledged in,
connection with that act, and at
the same time obtain relief for
their stockholders from all double
liability.
POST ENDORSES
BONUS PAYMENT
Macon Legionnaires Urge
Senators To Back
Vinson Bill
Both North Carolina senators
were requested in telegrams sent
to them Tuesday by the Macon
county post of the American Le
gion to support the Vinson bill for.
immediate cash payment of the
bonus.
The telegrams were dispatched
by A. R. Higdon, adjutant of the
local post, to Senator R. R. Rey
nolds and Senator J. W. Bailey, in
accordance with a resolution adopt
ed by the post at its regular meet
ing Monday night in the court
house. A copy of the telegrams
follows :
"Macon County Post No. 108 of
the American Legion voted unani
mously in favor of the Vinson bill
(H. R. 3896) and urgently request
your earnest support of tins' bill"
The Vinson bill is slated to come
up for action in the senate Friday.
At the Monday night meeting
plans were discussed for holding a
big banquet for all the ex-service
men in the county on Saturday,
April 13. The post voted to in
vite the band of Asheville's Kiffin
Rockwell post to attend and sup
ply music for the banquet and in
structed Mr. Higdon to invite Her
bert Olive, department commander,
to deliver an address at a public
meeting to be held after the ban
quet, or, to assist the post in ob
taining some other outstanding pub
lic speaker.
Deputies Destroy
800 Gallons of Beer
Eight hundred gallons of beer
was "cut down" on Walnut Creek
Monday morning by John Dills and
Jack Moore, deputy sheriffs. No
arrests were made. The deputies
reported the still had been moved.
JOHN DAVENPORT
VISITS FRANKLIN
John Davenport, president of the
Franklin Mineral Products com
pany, was in Franklin on business
several days last week. Mr. Daven
port formerly made Franklin his
home, but moved to Brighton,
Mass., the first of the year.
FIRE DAMAGES
THE TERRACE
Fire Department Handi
capped by Low Water
Pressure
The kitchen annex and a two
stqry servants' house and garage
of the Franklin Terrace, well
known summer hotel on Harrison
avenue owned by Judge and Mrs.
Willis, were destroyed by fire ear
ly Wednesday morning. Diligent
work on the part of the volun
teer fire department prevented
spread of the fire to the main
building.
The fire was discovered about
5 a. m. by Wade Moody, of Iotla,
as he drove into town. Mr. Moody
promptly turned in a fire alarm,
which brought hundreds of spec
tators as well as the fire depart
ment to the scene.
The fire started in the servants'
quarters in a corner of the yard
near the kitchen annex and soon
spread to the annex. Origin of the
blaze was not definitely learned,
but the Willises said it was quite
possible it might have resulted
from someone striking a match
or dropping a lighted cigarette
while trying to steal gasoline from
their automobile, housed in a gar
age on the first floor of the ser
vants' building.
New Auto Burned
The automobile, a new sedan,
was burned along with the build
ing, which was razed to the ground.
Part of the kitchen annex was sav
ed, but was damaged beyond re
pair and practically all of the furn
iture, equipment and utensils in the
kitchen and an adjoining butler's
pantry, including a considerable
quantity of china, were ruined.
Although the fire was prevented
from spreading to the main build
ing, smoke caused considerable
damage in the dining room and
lobby.
The Willises knew1 nothing of
the fire until they were awakened
by the fire siren. Judge and Mrs.
Willis and their two daughters
were sleeping in the main build
ing: Fighter Handicapped
The fire-fighters were greatly
handicapped in coping with the
blaze by low water pressure. Fire
Chief Derald Ashe said the pres
sure was so low that the stream
of water from the hose nozzle was
insufficient to break through the
windows. The firefighters had to
toss stones through the windows
before they could direct a stream
of water into the blazing struc
tures. Observing that the frame annex
and servants' quarters were beyond
saving, Chief Ashe directed the de
partment's efforts toward' saving
the main building. This proVed a
difficult task, as the water hose
could barely throw water into the
eaves of the building. What pre
vented spread of the blaze was
prompt action in closing and keep
ing closed all doors and windows
on the kitchen side of the build
ing, which prevented any drafts
which might have sucked the fire
into the main structure.
The Willises were high in theiv
praise of the work of the fire
fighters. The kitchen annex was insured
and so was the Willis's automobile,
but the servants' quarters were un
insured. Mrs. Willis said they
planned to rebuild the kitchen an
nex. An estimate of the damage
was withheld pending inspection by
the fire underwriters. .
After the fire Chief Ashe com
plained that his men were handi
capped in their work not only by
low water pressure, but also by
interference and side-line com
ments of spectators. A warrant was
issued for one motorist who drove
his car over the fire hose.