ISiaWanbjS Baconian
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VOL; L, NO. 39
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1S35
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STORES WARNED
ABOUT
SCALES
State Inspector of Weights
And Measures Visits
Franklin
More than half the scales in
Franklin and vicinity were con
demned by 0. L. Yates, state in
spector of weights and measures,
who paid an unexpected visit to
this county Tuesday.
Only about 32 per cent of the
scales here were found to be ac
curate,. Mr. Yates reported; but
many of those condemned were
shorting the storekeeper instead of
the customer. But regardless of
whether scales show r underweight
or overweight, if they are inac
curate they are condemned.
"It's a poor law that doesn't
work both ways," commented Mrs.
Yates, who filled out inspection re
ports While her husband checked
scales, measures and gasoline
pumps,
Approved scales were labeled
with a green seal, while those
which were found grossly inaccu
rate were labeled with red seals
and the owners warned not to use
them until the inaccuracies had
been corrected. In some instances,
where scales were found to be
only slightly off or could not be
approved for other reasons, no la
bels were placed upon them; but
Mr. Yates advised the public to
buy from stores where the scales
bear green labels.
Pack Condemned
i ,. &nety-juqj, aw cent of the map
weighed packages found in stores
here were condemned, mostly be
cause they were not stamped with
the net weight, as required by law.
Mr. Yates warned merchants to
label the net weight on all pre
weighed packages to avoid prosecu
tion. He also warned dry goods
merchants to abandon the tree of
tacks placed in a counter for meas
uring cloth, as this is contrary to
law, which requires that the cus
tomer must be able to see the fig
ures on an accurate rule or other
measuring device.
Report on Gas Pump.
Finding that 59 per cent of the
gasoline pumps in Franklin were
rendering accurate measurements,
Mr. Yates said this was the best
record he had found in any com
munity west of Winston-Salem. He
said he discovered a few pumps
shorting the customer in varying
amounts up to 39 cubic inches per
five gallons; but he also found
' some tanks which were giving cus
tomers 10 to 29 cubic inches too
much for each five gallons.
White tags were placed on ap
proved pumps and red tags on
condemned pumps.
Before leaving town Mr. Yates
warned merchants and filling sta
tion operators that in the future
violations of the weights and meas
ures law will be prosecuted. He
especially emphasized the necessity
of merchants stamping net weights
on pre -weighed packages, stating
that the minimum penalty for vio
lation of this provision is a fine of
$10 and the costs.
Funeral Services Held
For Greenwood Infant
Funeral services for the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kelly
Greenwood were held at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning at their home
on west Main street. The Rev.
Frank Bloxham, rector of St. Ag
nes Episcopal church, officiated.
Burial was in the Franklin ceme
tery. The child died Friday afternoon,
two days after its birth.
2 Stores To Close
For Jewish New Year
Blumenthal's and Polly's stores
will be closed Saturday of this
week in observance of the Jewish
New Year,
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT - POLL
this newspaper is cooperating with 2000 other
newspapers in making this nation-wide poll.
VOTl IN ONE BLOCK ONLY
Do you favor the re-election of
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Or, do you favor the nomination, by the Democratic party, of some
Democrat other than President Roosevelt?
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Do you favor the election of a Republican?
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If you are in favor of a Republicanwhom do you wish nominated?
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Or, if you favor the organization of a third party, whom would
you want this new party to nominate?
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Every reader of this" newspaper may vote. No reader is required to
sign his name. Vote now and mail the ballot to this newspaper.
Voting Gets Under Way in
'Our Next President Poll'
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Barnard Loven. who is taking a!
Deauiy coarse acre.
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The Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Flan
agan and two children will spend
the week-end in Columbia, S. C,
visiting Mrs. Flanagans brother,
the Rev. F. Ray Riddle. Mr.
Flanagan will preach in Summer-
ville. S. C. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lewis and
Mrs. Bill Cassidy, of Winston
Salem, soent last week visiting!
Mr. Lewis' mother. Mrs. Davd
Lewis, Sr., and sister, Miss Lena!
Lewis. They were accompanied onl
their return by Eva Altaian, who
will spend several months with hen
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uncle, Mr. Lewis.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Flan
aoan and son. John, soent Tues
day in Demorest, Ga, the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. K. K Davis.
Miut Essie Cunningham left
Monday for Lucama, N. G, where
she will teach school this winter
Cartoogechaye
Roelen Guffee is home from
Angel Hospital after a serious
operation. He is improving nicety
Miss Blanche Soutahrd has re
turned to her home after staying!
two months in Highlands.
.Mrs. Elijah Grant and small son
have returned to her home at
Franklin after spending some time
with her mother, Mrs. Fred Con
ley. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Southarc
and family, of Franklin, were visit
ing relatives in this section Sun
day.
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Singing Convention
To Be Held Sunday
The Macon County Fifth Sunday
Singing convention will be held
Sunday in the courthouse, accord
ing to an announcement by Jim
Raby, president of the organiza
tion. He said singers were ex
pected to attend from all sections
of the county, from adjoining ooun
ties and also from South Carolina
and Georgia,
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First Local Returns To Be
Published Next
Week
Ballots began to trickle into The
Press-Maconian office this week
in the nationwide "Our Next Presi
dent Poll."
The first returns were rather
light, as was to be expected; but
by next week's issue we hope to
have a sufficient number of votes
turned in to warrant publication
of a tabulation of results for Ma
con county.
The Press-Maconian, cooperating
with 2,000 other newspapers
throughout the country, introduced
this nation-wide preconvention poll
to afford voters throughout the
nation an opportunity to express
their choices of major party presi
dential candidates for 1936.
Non-Partisan VoU
The poll is a strictly non-partisan
vote which does not politically
commit the voter in any manner.
It is not official, but purely a
straw vote to give citizens a chance
to indicate to party leaders which
candidates are preferred and the
ticket upon which they would like
to see, those candidates make the
1936 race.
In this government minded nation
of ours today, voters everywhere
are discussing the political possi
bilities of 1936. They would like
to know how voters in other states
are thinking, which public men
they favor and what is the out
look in the various sections of the
country.
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Wouldn't you like to know how
things are shaping up politically
throughout the country? Well, we
would too and the way for us all
to learn which way political winds
are blowing is to vote the "Our
Next President Poll" ballot, which
is printed above.
Read the ballot. Clip it, vote it
(Colitinped on Page Eight)
Press Campaign
To End Saturday
Home Agent
Named for Macon and
Clay Counties
Mrs. Katharine Mather O'Neil
arrived in Franklin Monday to take
up her duties as home demonstra
tion agent for Macon and Clay
counties under the state and fed
eral extension service.
For the past two years Mrs.
O'Neil has been teaching in the
Asheville public schools. Prior to
going to Asheville she had1 ex
perience in teaching home eco
nomics and for 10 years was super
visor of home demonstration work
in Forsyth county.
This week Mrs. O'Neil was visit
ing various communities through
out the county preparatory to map
ping a program of activities. She
said she planned to organize home
demonstration clubs among the.
women in each community in the
county and would soon announce
a schedule of meetings for this
purpose. Meanwhile she requested
that any women interested in the
work communicate with her at the
county courthouse.
fn most counties home demon
tration work is supported jointly
by the county and the state-federal
extension service; hut Macon coun
ty has declined to appropriate its
share of the expense and until now
has been without a home agent.
Seeing the need for work of this
type in Macon and Clay counties,
the extension service decided to
send Mrs. O'Neil here at its own
expense.
THINK BAILEY
BANK ROBBER
Officers Believe He Had
Part in Highlands,
Clayton Robberies
Ray Bailey, alleged killer who
escaped under a volley of bullets
when officers raided his hideout
in Transylvania county early Mon
day morning, is believed by Macon
county officers to have figured in
bank robberies at Highlands and
Clayton during the summer.
Sheriff Slagle and Deputy Sher
iff John Dills joined other officers
of this section in the search for
Bailey. The desperado, who is
wanted for the slaying of a police
man in Greenville, S. C, in 1932,
was traced to Clayton, Ga., and
then to Gainesville, Ga where he
was reported to have received med
ical treatment for a wound in one
of his arms received in his flight
Monday morning.
Bailey is believed to have left
Gainesville Tuesday. One report
was that he probably headed for
Atlanta but a man answering his
description was said to have pur
chased a railroad ticket to Green
ville. Officers in both cities are
on the lookout for him.
Bailey was described as five feet
eight inches tall, weighing about
175 pounds; about, 30 years old.
He was said to have a round face
brown eyes and black hair.
Macon county officers said this
tallied with the description of one
of the men participating in the
bank robberies at Clayton and
Highlands.
Official Rules for Closing
Circulation Drive
Announced
The Press-Maconian circulation
campaign will officially close
promptly at 8 p. m., Eastern
Standard Time, Saturday night,
September 28. There can be ab
solutely no deviation from this
closing minute and the official
judges will hold watches to de
clare the closing time. The fol
lowing rules will be observed in
closing the campaign and awarding
the prizes:
Official Rules
1. The doors of The Press of
fice will be locked promptly at 8
p. m. and no one will be allowed
to enter after that time to de
posit subscriptions.
2. Members who are already in
side The Press office at that time
will be allowed all necessary time
thereafter to prepare their reports.
3. To allow members the privil
ege of secret "balloting" in the
closing week, a sealed box will fee
provided in which all reports cover
ing work done this week will be
deposited by members. This box
will remain sealed until the cam
paign is declared officialy closed
and then will go into the posses
sion of the judges who will tabu
late and credit votes on its con
tents, and add to previous records
of the campaign.
4. Members will enclose receipts
covering this week's collections in
an envelope accompanied by cash,
checks or money orders to cover,
sealing same, writing their name
on the outside and depositing in
the sealed dox, making sure that
receipts and cash tally exactly.
Members may make an early Sat
urday deposit and an additional
one or more at any time before
the official closing hour if they
secure additional subscriptions.
5. No personal checks of contes
tants beyond their own subscrip
tions will be counted, but as here
tofore checks of subscribers will be
received and counted as cash.
6. The judges, to be selected
from reputable business men of
Macon county, are the official rep
resentatives of the members.
Therefore, all members will be re
quired to sign an agreement ac
cepting the decision of the judges
as final and binding, without re
course.
7. Immediately after the close
the judges, together with the cam
paign manager and publisher, will
retire to some private room to
tabulate the official returns. As
soon as this task is completed thev
will return to The Press office and
make the official, written and sign
ed report of the results. Checks
to prize winners will be mailed
from The Press office. Mondav.
September 30, in accordance with
the report of the judges.
Workr Am Busy
Members of the campaign are
busily engaged this week in round
ing up all last minute prospects
and promises, and will undoubtedly
continue Saturday until just before
the final gong rings down the cur
tain. The public is urged to help
them on their first call rather than
waiting until Saturday, in order to
lighten their last minute rush to
get them all in on time.
Double votes less 10 will be
credited on all subscriptions this
week, as follows:
6 months .75 1,800
8 months 1.00 2,700
1 year 1.50 3,600
2 years .3.00 9,000
3 years 4.50 18,000
4 years ....6.00 36,000
5 years 7.50 63,000
10 years 15.00 180,000