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J OIN j OIN Pb IjigWan Baconian PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. L, NO. 45 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 135 $150 PER YEAR 5 atd 4 f Leading in Nation-Wide Voters' Choice for "Next President" As the balloting in the nation-wide straw vote passed the 126,012 mark this week, the voters, far and wide, had indicated most clearly that they want one of the above five men as our "Next President." President Roosevelt stands alone in the Democratic ranks as first choice, as indicated by the poll. In the Republican ranks U. S. Sena tor Borah of Idaho, leads the field as first choice with Governor Alf Landon of Kansas running second, Publisher Frank Knox of Chicago, third, and former President Herbert Hoover of California, fourth. PWA Provides $9,000 for Beautifying School Grounds 30 Men Scheduled To Start Work on Pro ject Tomorrow Work is scheduled to start to morrow on a project approved this week by state officials of the Works Progress administration calling for improvement and beau tification of the Franklin school grounds at a cost of $9,000. The project provides for "grad ing, planting and beautification of the Franklin school grounds, con struction of walks and drives, the moving- and planting of 3,000 trees and shrubs, clearing of eight acres of underbrush and undesirable tim ber, and grading and planting of an open air theatre." To Employ 30 Men Frank I. Murray, manager of the Macon county office of the Na tional Reemployment Service, through which all placements on WPA projects are made, stated today that 30 lalorers and a fore man would be employed on the project, which carries an average monthly payroll of $582. Zeb Con ley, he said, had been appointed foreman in charge of the project. The Franklin school grounds em brace approximately 23 acres of land, including the original school site of about 6 acres, a tract of two or three acres given to the school for an athletic field by the late H. O. Gozad, and the Bidwell tract of 13 or 14 acres purchased by the county school board about two years ago. Arboretum Planned It is planned to make of part of the property an arboretum contain ing as many specimens as possible of native trees, shrubs and plants. G. L. Houk, principal of the Franklin school, will work in co operation with Mr. Conley, the foreman, in development of the project. Mr. Murray expressed the opin ion that if $9,000 is not sufficient to provide for completion of the project, an additional allocation would be forthcoming. C. C. Welch Conducts Revival in Jackson County C. C. Welch has returned to his home in the Burningtown com munity from Locust Field church in Jackson county, where he re cently conducted a revival meet ing. Mr. Welch reported that there were 44 new professions of faith during the meeting. Junior Red Cross members in creased by 402,000 enrollments dur ing the year which has just passed. Junior members carried on an ex change of correspondence with junior members in 62 other coun tries having Red Cross Societies. Ousted The Red Cross has assisted 54, 305 veterans in clearing their cases through the U. S. Veterans' Bu reau this past year. Ramsey Replaced by Set- zer At Prison Camp Lawrence Ramsey was re moved as superintendent of the Macon county prison camp Monday, Joe Setzer taking his place. No official anndunsement ex plaining the change has been made. Mr. Ramsey laid it to "politics." Somebody in the State Highway, and Public Works commission, he added, "had it in for me." Mr. Ramsey has enjoyed the . reputation locally of having managed the prison camp wise ly and efficiently, commanding the obedience of the prisoners and the respect of the commun ity. He was appointed to the job of superintendent when the Macon camp was opened in September, 1934. Mr. Setzer for some years has been employed in the main tenance branch of the High way and Public Works com mission. It was reported that he did not seek the prison su perintendence and Mr. Ramsey remarked: "I've got nothing against Joe ; I don't blame him." It was not learned whether Mr. Setzer's appointment was permanent. MACON RELIEF ROLLS SLASHED 327 Men Assigned to Work On WPA Pro jects in 3 Weeks Relief rolls in Macon county have been reduced nearly 50 per cent during the past three weeks through employment of men on Works Progress administration pro jects, according to Frank I. Mur ray, manager of the local office of the National Reemployment Ser vice. Placements on WPA pro jects are made through the re employment office, preference be ing given to those on relief. 327 Given Job Three hundred twenty-seven men, all except 23 of them taken from the relief rolls, have been assign ed to work on WPA projects in the county, Mr. Murray stated. This has resulted, however, in the removal of a larger number of persons from the relief rolls he explained, as only one individual in a single family is allowed on the WPA roster and when the head of a family is given a WPA job all other members of the fam ily are barred from relief. Thtis, the employment of 327 men on (Continued on Paige Eight) How They Stand in Presidential Poll (STATE) Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut . . . Florida ........ Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas i. . . Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts . Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey . . . New Mexico .. New York .... North Carolina North Dakota . Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania .. Rhode Island . South Carolina South Dakota . Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington . . . West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming DEMOCRATIC For Roosevelt 1838 1209 575 861 156 1140 641 234 1355 1962 2074 773 985 457 157 431 1384 4220 1395 722 5141 156 1778 469 69$ 312 669 6842 675 476 3941 156 966 143 533 378 647 5103 183 272 4385 2745 1092 791 311 61,428 For Other Democrats 177 37 25 115 2oi 728 182 77 104 89 81 91 37 361 38 163 205 79 445 137 93 51 229 93 207 275 21 67 22i 52 632 92 1049 27 51 87 6679 REPUBLICAN All Rep. Choices 607 273 730 860 234 647 660 312 1282 1066 3292 2004 630 37 705 712 1365 2516 3555 234 4686 156 2438 937 919 468 3443 1459 833 1207 2198 209 1726 159 130 705 337 1081 234 511 3235 2876 989 1583 157 54,397 3d PARTY 3d Party Choices 14 136 23 87 73 107 23 34 54 106 21 17 24 97 71 462 i58 55 87 97 27 335 47 159 67 89 144 297 9 37 380 23 131 17 3508 Popular Vote Roosevelt, 61,42853 Popular Vote G. O. P. Choices. 54,397-17 Total Popular Vote, to Date All Choices 126,012 CO. P. GAINING IN STRAW POLL But Roosevelt Still Leads As Favorite over All Republicans BY THOMAS WILSON (Special to The Press-Maconian) NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-126,012 ballots from 45 states have now been tabulated in the nation-wide "Next President" poll. President Roosevelt maintains his lead in the field with a popular vote of 61,428 to 54,397 for Re publican choices. On a percentage basis the Roose velt popular vote lead was reduced during the week, from 56 to 537. The state by state tabulations show Roosevelt leading in 17 states and the Republican choices in 18. 8 states are, in the "doubtful" col umn, 3 for Roosevelt and 5 for the G. O. P.'s. In one state (Mon tana), there is a tie vote, while in one state (Georgia), the popular vote goes neither to Roosevelt nor Republican choices, but to other Democratic choices. The doubtful states are those where the vote is so close or the number of ballots returned so few that they cannot in fairness be placed iii either the Democratic or Republican columns. G. O. P. Lead in Electoral In electoral votes the Republican choices are leading 233 to 193 for Roosevelt. This is exclusive of the electoral votes from the eight doubtful states and the two states wherein a tie vote and other choic es lead. The following table of electoral voteg based on returns to date, shows Republican choices' lead: Republicans Calif 22 la 11 Kas 9 Me 5 Md 8 Minn 11 Neb 7 N. H 4 N. J 10 N. M 3 N. Y 47 N. Da 4 Ohio 26 Ore 5 Pa 36 S. Da 4 Vt 3 Wis 12 Roosevelt Ala. . Ark. . Fla. . Ind. . Ky. .. La. .. Mich. Miss. Mo. . N. C. Okla. S. C. Tenn. Tex. . Va. .. 11 9 7 14 11 10 19 9 15 13 11 8 11 23 11 W. Va 8 Wto 3 Red Cross To Start Annual Drive for Members Monday Roll Call Chairman Tells Of Work Done by Organization BY REV. FRANK BLOXHAM (Macon County Roll Call Chairman) The annual roll call for Red Cross memberships will start in Macon county on Monday of next week and continue through Thanks giving. A loyal band of workers will be on duty during this time to re-enroll all members and to enroll new ones. A work such as the Red Cross does in all parts of the country should appeal to everyone for sup port. The membership costs but a dollar a year and the benefits to our neighbours in their distress are very great. Last year through the Red Cross relief went to the scene of 160 disasters in the United States. This year tragedy may come within our borders. Many times a year the people need the (Continued on Page Eight) T. D.' Leads Has 82 of 353 Ballots in Local Straw Poll Eighty-two per cent of all votes received by The Press-Maconian in the nationwide "Next President Poll" have favored the reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Here is a summary of the 353 votes re ceived to date: For Roosevelt 291 ; for other Democrats 6; for all Republican choices 56. The Republican votes were di vided as follows: Knox 20; Borah 17; Hoover 5; Theodore Roose velt 4; Mills 4; Landon 1; not specified 4. "Other Democratic votes" men tion Smith, Senator Bailey, Glass, Byrd and Governor Talmadge. Saturday, November 16, has been set as the final date for voting in the "Next President Poll." 193 233 Doubtful State small returns received. Roosevelt Republicans' Colo 6 Conn 8 111. 29 Idaho 4 Mass ..17 R. 1 4 Utah 4 Wash 8 52 28 Montana (Tied) 4 Georgia Democratic, but other than Roosevelt 12 16 Two Party Fight Ballots for Third Party choices show but slight increase for the week with little indication that the average voter is giving thought to (Continued on Page Seven) Box Supper at Iotla Postponed until Nov. 8 On account of conflicting dates, the box supper for the benefit of the Iotla school was postponed from Friday night, Nov. 1, to Friday night, Nov. 8, according to an announcement received this week. The Corbin string band will furnish music for the occasion. The public is invited. Last year 3,837,941 persons be came members of the Red Cross. The annual roll call takes place each year between Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day.
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