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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VOL. L, NO. 48 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1935 )1Ji0 pR YEAR
GOAL REACHED
BY FEDERATION
426 Shares of Stock Sold;
Organization Meeting
Saturday
Farmers from all sections of Ma
con county are expected to gather
m Franklin Saturday for the or
ganization meeting of the Macon
county branch of the Farmers Fed
eration, Inc.
The principal business of the
meeting, scheduled to start at 2
o'clock in the afternoon in the
courthouse, will be to elect 10 di
rectors for a local warehouse and
store, which the federation plans
to open Saturday, Dec. 14.
Goal Surpassed
Vance A. Browning of Bryson
City, educational director of the
federation, and R. Church Crowell,
vice president, announced Tuesday
that the goal of 400 shares) of
stock at $10 each which had been
set for this county, had been sur
passed. They reported that 426
shares had been subscribed by 305
individuals, and they expressed
the hope that by Saturday the num
ber of shares sold would reach 500.
Many stock subscribers already
have paid for their shares. Those
who have not were notified by the
federation this week to be prepared
to do so at the meeting Saturday
Official Coming
A number of officials of the
Farmers Federation are expected to
attend the meeting and to make
brief addresses, including, besides
Mr. .Browning and Mr. Crowell,
James J. K. McGure, president of
the organization; Guy M. Sales,
secretary-treasurer and assistant
general manager; and the Rev. Du-
mont Clark, leader of the federa
tion's religious department, which
sponsors the Lord's Acre move
ment.
Music will be furnished by a
string band headed by Jim Corbin
Macon Circuit To Hold
Quarterly Conference
The first quarterly conference of
the Macon circuit of the Metho
dist Episcopal church, South, will
be held Saturday at Hickory Knoll
church, according to an announce
ment by the pastor, the Rev. J.
B. Tabor, Jr. The Rev. W. A.
Rollins, of Waynesville, presiding
elder of the district, will preach
at 11 a. m. Saturday and Sunday.
Dinner will be served all attend
ing the service and conference
Saturday. The conference is to be
held immediately after dinner.
Rev. Mr. Tabor will preach Sun
day at Mulberry church at 2 o.
m. and at Asbury church at 3:45
p. m.
A doctor's cheerful talk cures 75
per cent of what you've got and
his prescription the rest.
The land occupied by the public
roads of the United States is eaual
to the area of the whole state of
Indiana.
Be wise
SHOP EARLY
Only 22
Shopping Days
till
Christmas
4 Hurt
When Automobile Over
turns on Main Street
Four persons suffered minor in
juries when an automobile driven
by John Cunningham, of Franklin,
overturned late Friday night at
the foot of the town hill on East
Main street.
Mr. Cunningham, it was report
ed, swung his car partly off the
highway when another automobile,
with only one headlight burning,
approached from the opposite di
rection. When he attempted to
turn his car back onto the concrete
paving it turned over.
Mr. Cunningham was taken from
the wrecked car unconscious and
was carried to Angel hospital. At
first it was feared he had suffer
ed internal injuries, but X-ray pic
tures revealed that he was not se
riously hurt and he was dismissed
from the hospital the following
day.
Miss Marjorie Witherspoon, of
Franklin, sustained a cut above
her right eye; Ed Matthews, of
Franklin, also was slightly cut on
the "face, and Miss Marjorie Farm
er, of Clayton, suffered an injured
knee.
The accident occurred while the
group was taking a ride during the
intermission of a local subscription
dance.
BETTER POSTAL
SERVICE SEEN
Bids Asked on New Route
Between Cornelia,
Franklin
Improved postal service for
Franklin, with more prompt handl
ing of a large part of both incom
ing and outgoing mail, is indicated
in a notice posted by postal au
thorities this week inviting bids on
a new mail route between Cor
nelia and Franklin and intermediate
points.
Bids on the new route, calling
for motor carrier service, will be
received by the postoffice depart
ment until January 14, 1930, and
the contract, when awarded, will
be for a four-year period starting
July 1, 1936.
The route is 60.4 miles long and
the proposed new service is daily,
except Sunday.
The carrier will be required to
leave Cornelia at 6:45 a. m., ar
riving at Franklin at 10 a. m., and
to leave Franklin at 10:15 a. m..
arriving at Cornelia at 1 :30 p. m.
Mail from Cornelia, embracing a
large share of that which is handl
ed by the local postoffice, is now
carried by the Tallulah Falls rail
way, arriving here at 2 p. m. The
new service will not replace the
present service, it was stated by
Postmaster T. W. Porter, but will
be in addition to it.
Mr. Porter said he applied for
the new route only after he had
been assured by postal authorities
that it in no way would supplant
the present service by the railroad.
Presiding Elder
To Preach Here Sunday
The Rev. W. A. Rollins, presid
ing elder of the Wavnesville dis
trict, Methodist Episcopal church,
South, will preach at the Franklin
Methodist church at 7:30 o'clock
Sunday night, according to an an
nouncement by the pastor, the Rev.
C. C. Herbert. Jr. At the close
of the service the first quarterly
conference will be held.
VV. L. Higdon Granted
Divorce Decree
W. L. Higdon was granted a di
vorce decree from Mrs. Mary Siler
Higdon, who contested the action,
in Macon county superior court
last Thursday afternoon. Two
years separation was the ground
upon which the decree was erant-
Roosevelt, Borah Favored
As Major Party Candidates
Democratic "Next President" Poll Choice
Final State by State Vote
in 'Next President' Poll
DEMOCRATIC 3" PARTY
itTAVm For For othr A" Rep-
Rooaeveltj DemocraU Choces "ffjy
ALABAMA 3324 230 j 1156 30
ARKANSAS 2976 120 707 4S0
CALIFORNIA 3009 j 307 1 3S02 1011
COLORADO 2075 233 H 1895 j 259
CONNECTICUT 945 56 14C0 137
FLORIDA 3542 788 1598 289
GEORGIA 1097 945 1058 39
IDAHO j 646 823
ILLINOIS 4536 276 3427 201
INDIANA 2802 84 1515 74
IOWA 3697 143 11 4923 188
KANSAS 1510 113 3333 57 "
KENTUCKY 4358 107 2126 67
LOUISIANA 1889 153 388 76
MAINE 673 69 1434 72
MARYLAND 796 481 1317 '
MASSACHUSETTS 3179 211 2676 150
MICHIGAN 5508 222 3683 264 "
MINNESOTA 3178 294 5929 634
MISSISSIPPI , 1403 140 637 - "
MISSOURI 8564 611 I 7201 209 "
MONTANA 382 19 288 20
NEBRASKA 2569 195 3346 15
NEW HAMPSHIRE 1057 1662 89
NEW JERSEY 2252 164 3427 176
NEW MEXICO l 821 1027
NEW YORK 1505 129 5160 133 ' "
NORTH CAROLINA 8907 j 426 2228 63
NORTH DAKOTA 2201 117 2408 640
OHIO l 1648 256 2322 66
OKLAHOMA j 5987 347 3196 367
OREGON 419 32 585 "81
PENNSYLVANIA 2270 117 4011 45
RHODE ISLAND 1 577 769 "
SOUTH CAROLINA II 922 243 378 97 '"
SOUTH DAKOTA 1294 I 17 2043 237 "
TENNESSEE 1301 I 86 II 1053 I o9
TEXAS 8544 1128 3609 361
UTAH 602 1 653
VERMONT I 307 f 96 622 9 '
VIRGINIA 6851 I 1656 4993 612
WASHINGTON I 3915 74 4321 556
WEST VIRGINIA ll 2431 113 1 1774 IT"
WISCONSIN 1861 153 2957 180
WYOMING II 1057 1 S 831 fl 32
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Franklin D. Roosevelt! llPAS-ll
'F. D.' Leads in Popular
Vote Cast in Nation- s
wide Poll
BY JOHN THOMAS WILSON
(Special tjo The Press-Maoan ian)
NEW YORK, Nov. 27. More
than a quarter of a million voters
in small towns and rural America
have spoken. They have register
ed their choice of candidates for
the 1936 Presidential election in a
nation-wide poll.
Ihe majorities ot these voter
want President Roosevelt as can
didate on the Democratic ticket and
Senator Borah of Idaho as banner
bearer on the Republican ticket.
Exactly 243,282 ballots were cast
in this nation-wide "Next Presi
dent" poll. The poll was conduct
ed by newspapers located in small
towns throughout the country, of
which The Press-Maconian was one.
The poll was started in late Sep
tember and brought to a close on
November 18th, at the end of the
eight weeks of balloting.
The state by state tabulation of
the national vote was compiled by
Publishers Autocaster News Ser
vice of New York, a newspaper ser
vice company that serves the thous
ands of newspapers which cooper
ated in conducting the poll.
Elsewhere in these columns are
printed the state by state tabula
tions of the votes; the breakdown
of the vote as to choices of candi
dates; percentage comparisons of
this poll vote with the presidential
election in 1932; and, the distribu
tion of the electoral votes in the
various states as based upon actual
popular vote majorities at the con
clusion of this poll.
Remits of the Poll
In summary presentation, here
are the results of the poll:
Roosevelt leads in popular vote
119,387 to 104,851 for all Republican
choices. 1
Republican choices lead in twenty-three
states to twenty-two states
for Roosevelt.
In electoral votes the poll ends
in a tie, with Republicans 261 to
261 for Roosevelt. Nine electoral
votes remain unplaced. They are:
Arizona 3, Delaware 3 and Nevada
3. No vote was recorded from
those three states.
The tie in electoral vote was es
tablished during the closing hours
of the poll. The vote from readers
of the Havre (Montana) Indepen
dent cave that state and the notrn-
lar vote lead there to Roosevelt.
Up until these ballots were received
the Republicans were leading in
electoral votes 261 to 257 for Roose-
elt. Montana's 4 electoral votes
were deadlocked in a tie.
Suburban Opinion
In interpreting this poll, the politically-minded
reader should keep
in mind that this vote represents
only small town and rural opinion.
No urban votes are represented.
Judged solely from that stand
point, political observers would no
doubt sum up the findings at this
time as follows :
1. That Roosevelt's extreme pop
ularity has declined. (From 59
in 1932 to 53 at this time.)
2. That Roosevelt is still the
popular choice, taking the country
as a whole. (His popular vote of
119,387 to 104,851 for all Repub
lican choices.)
3. That Roosevelt's margin of
popularity has declined to a point
where a "close battle" is indicated
next year, so close that no one can
now accurately predict the result.
(In other words the tie in elec
toral votes, 261 to 261).
4. That further proof a "close
battle" impends in 1936 is the fact
that even if Roosevelt obtained all
of the "other Democratic choices"
votes and all Third Party votes in
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ed.