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PBOGRESSIVE LIBERAL IJVDEPEmEMT VOL. LI, NO 4 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN. 23, 1936 $1.50 PER YEAR FEDERATION TO BUY ffllCKENS Wednesday Made Poultry Day at Franklin Warehouse Poultry buying day each Wed nesday at the Franklin warehouse of the Farmers Federation has been started, acoOTding to announce ment received by the Franklin ware house manager, Lawrence Ramsey, from James G. K. McClure, Jr., president a.nd general manager of the cooperative. This new outlet for Macon county poultry will tie in with the market ing department of the Farmers Fed eration. A truck of the marketing department is to call o'nce a week for poultry at the Franklin ware house. This will be taken to the marketing department’s poultry dressing station at Asheville to be prepared for sale to retail stores and institutions in Western^ North Carolina and adjoining teritory. Meetings Held To Spread Soil Conservation Gospel L M. BRADLEY LAiyOREST L. M. Bradley, 85, died at his home in the Oak Grove community at:3 o’clock Tuesday morning. He had been in declining health for sCT'Cral years and on Wednesday of last week became critically ill- The funeral was held at the Oak Grove Baptist church at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, with burial ■ in the Oak Grove cemetery. The last rites were conducted by the Rev. A. S. Solesbee and the Rev. D. C. McCoy. iMr. Bradley was a charter mem ber and a deacon of the Oak Grove Baptist church. On May 15, 1879, Mr. Bradley was married to Miss Lucy Mor rison, who died on November 10, 1935. The deceased is survived by a brother, the Rev. W. L. Bradley, of Etna; two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Du vall, of lotla, and Mrs. T. B. Shep herd, of Franklin; four daughters, Mrs.’ Julia S'huler, of Franklin Route 4; Mrs. D. A. Hall, Mrs. Harley R. Breedlove and Mrs. Frank Browning, all of Etna; four sans, Everett Bradley, of Etna; Jud, Fred and Claud Bradley, who live near Los Angeles, Calif.; 28 grandchildren and 14 great- grand children. So much interest was engendered in the Tennessee Valley soil conservation program as the result of a meeting in the courthouse Saturday that a series of com munity meetings was arranged the first of this week by S. W. Mend enhall, county farm agent, and S. D. Alexander, assistant farm ag'cnt, with view to spreading the gospel of soil conservation through out the entire county. In spite of heavy rains, the meeting in the courthouse Satur day was attended by about 100 farmers and members of the agri cultural class of the Franklin high school. The work of the TVA in promoting better farming through soil improvement was explained in an address by W. M. Landess, as sistant TVA agricultural director. IlJustrates Address Mr. Landess illustrated his talk with large photographs and stere- opticon slides showing the ad vantage of soil conservation and demonstrating how erosion can be checked. He touched on one of the principal purposes of the TVA when he pointed out that only through prevention of erosion in the upper reaches of tributary streams can the, flood problem in the Mississippi valley, which has cost the government millions of dollars, be permanently solved. Messers Mendenhall and Alex ander were well pleased with the interest manifested in the meeting in the face of severe weather Qonditions, and expressed the be lief that it would pave the way for the s'Clection of more demon stration farms in the county. Own ers of demonstration farms are given fertilizer by the TVA for their cooperation in soil conser vation work. There are now 55 such farms in this county. Community Meetings The first of the community meet ings planned by- the county farm agents was held this morning at Otta school and another was held in the afternoon at Union school. Th'e TVA program was outlined and the method of applying for demonstration farms explained. Following is the schedule for other community meetings; Friday, Jan. 24—9:30 a. m., Oak Grove school; 2 p.m. Cartoogechaye Baptist church. Monday, Jan. 27—9:30 a» m., Patton’s school; 2 p. m. Higdon- ville school. Tuesday, Jan. 28—9:30 a. m.. Cowee school; 2 p. m. Holly Springs. Wednesday, Jan. 29-—9:30 a. m., Burningtown school; 2 p. m. Pine Grove school Thursday, Jan. 30—9:30 a. m.— Otter Creek school;_ 2 p. m.,Wat auga school. Friday, Jan. 31—9:30 a.m.—High lands school; 2 p. m,. Scaly school. Cold Wave Sends Local Thermometer Tobogganing New Fixtures Improve Appearance of Sanders’ Store Baptist Ministers To Meet in Waynesville iThe Western North Carolina Baptist Ministers’ Conference will be held in Waynesville Thursday and Friday of .next week. The Rev. W. M. Burns, pastor of the Frank lin Baptist church, is scheduled to conduct the devotions of the opening session Thursday morning. The Rev. Nane Starnes, of Asheville, is to preach. The program calls for a discussio,n Thursday after noon of “The Pastor and his Ob jectives.” iAt the evening session Thursday E. Gibson Davis, of Asheville, is to . make a talk on “Travels Abroad,” and the Rev. Hoyt Blackwell, of Mars Hill, is to preach a missijouary sermon. ,At Friday morning’s session the Rev. W. R. Burrell, of Biltmore, is scheduled to preach and there ..will be several addresses by var- ious pastors of the district. Sanders’ store this week presents a brighter and more spacious ap pearance as the result of instal lation of modern lighting fixtures and new display racks for ready-to- wear garments. Two rows of .new electric lights, with diffusive prismatic globes, extended the length of the store, lighting up every corner of the large room. Jack Sanders, proprietor of the store, replaced open racks and tables in the rear of the store, where the ready-to-wear department is situated, with built-in wall racks. These not only display the merch andise to better advantage, plac ing it in full view of the customer, but they also are designed to keep the display clean. The effect of the new lights and display racks together is that the store is far more spacious than hitherto. Mrs. John W. Murray Critically 111 j^^ lMrs. John W. Murray, who de- veloped pneumonia, last week after an illness of pleurisy, was reported 'this morning to be in critical con dition at her home in Cowee com- .munity. 5 Franklin Men on Fishing Trip in Florida Five Franklin business men left Sunday morning for Crystal River, Fla., where they planned to spend a week or 10 days fishing in the famed Crystal River, near the west coast. The river is said to be so clear that one can drop a coin into it and watch it sink to the bottom forty or fifty feet below. In the party leaving Franklin were W. T. Moore, Henry W. Cabe, Lyman Higdon, T. W. Angel, Jr., and Cecil L. Pendergrass. The group took a colored man to cook for them and planned on their ar rival to rent a house for the dur ation of their stay. CRAWFORD LOT WILL BE SOLD The large lot at the corner of west Main street and Harrison avenue, formerly know.n as the Bulgin shop lot, will be sold at auction at 2 p. m. Friday Jan. 31, for the Lee Crawford estate, ac cording to an announfcement .by R. A. Patton of the Home Realty and Auction company. The property has been sub-di vided, Mr. Patton said, and will be offered on terms of one-third down paym'cnt with the balance to be paid in six to 18 months. Mr. Patto;n pointed out that the lot is strategically suited, from a business viewpoint, because it is in the Franklin business district and/also because it is o,n two state highways. No. 285, known as the Asheville-Atlanta short route, and No. 286, one of the principal south ern feeders to the Smoky Mountain Park area. What was believed to be the bitterest cold wave of the winter swept into Franklin Wednesday night and Thursday from the mid dle western states after a week of the most freakish weather exper ienced here in years. The lowest themometer reading reported in Franklin today was 8 abo-ve zero at 7 a. m.; but the mercury, it is thought, sank con siderable lower in some sectio.ns of the county. Still oolder weather was predicted for the entire re gion Thursday night, but the weather man in Asheville forcasted cloudi ness and some relief from the cold Friday. Saturday morning Macon county folks expierenced a real thunder storm. Lightning twice struck the home of Mrs. W. G. Wilkie on the outskirts of town, doing con siderable damage, Mrs. Wilkie re ported that her bathroom had been torn up, 44 window panes and a number of dishes smashed. Mem bers of the family were terrified, but no one was injured. The rain continued through Sat urday night and most of Sunday, sending the Little Tennessee river on a rampage. Fred Cabe, who lives in a house near the residence of T. W. Angel, Sr., found it neces sary to remove his family when the swollen river threatened to come above the floor boards of his home. Prof. A. M. Norton, 61, Dies at Boone A. M. Norton, 61, professor of English literature at Appalachian State Teachers college, Boone, died of a sudden attack of heart disease while teaching a class at the col lege Monday morning. Prof. Norton, formerly president of Weaver col lege, now closed, was a native of Macon county and a brother of Charles and T.M. Norton and Mrs. J. M. Cabe, of this county. Mrs. Laura A. Elmore, 73, Dies in Hendersonville Mrs. Laura A. Elmore, 73, widow of Jesse Smith Elmore, native of Maoon county, died of penumonia on January 18 at the home of a sister, Mrs. T. L. Durham, on Buncombe street, Hendersonville, N. C. The funeral was conducted at 2 o’clock Sunday at the Tom Shepard funeral home in Hender sonville and burial was in the Oakdale cemetery. The Rev. James I. Justice officiated. In additkyn to Mrs. Durham, Mrs. Elmore is survived by an other »6ister, Mrs. Belle Randall, of Bryson City; an adopted son, Frank; his wife, Mary Helen, and their two children, Elaine and Frank Welch, Jr. Macon County Club Formed at Cullcwhee A Macon County club was organ ized at Western North Carolina Teachers College at Cullowhee on January 16 by students at the qol- lege who live in this county or who have lived here in the past. E. R. White was elected presi dent of the club; Norman West, vice president; Alice Rickman, siecretary-treasurer; Leila Gray, re porter, and Eula Mae Po’tts, his torian. 4 Franklin Boys Are Made Star Scouts The monthly court of honor of the Smoky Mountain district of the Boy Scouts of America was held Monday night in the Meth odist church at Sylva. The attend ance was larger and the promotions more numerous than has .been the case for some months. At this meeting the Culowhee troop received its charter and their first recruits were made tend'erfoot scouts. Boys from Sylva, Cherokee, Bryson City and Franklin received promotions. The local troop, as usual, was very well represented. Five boys were given tenderfoot rank—Vergil Watkins, Wilburn Conley, Cecil Poindexter, D. L. Johnson and John Andrew Setser. Second class rank was conferred on J. C. Cunningham and the rank of first class scout an Kenneth Cabe. A total of 18 merit badges were awarded to nine members of the troop and four boys—Charles Palmer, Bert Hall, Allen Ordway and Harry Higgins— were raised to the rank of star scout. These promotions and awards represent much work on the part of the lo'cal boys and show that scouting is going forward in the community. The next meeting of the court of honor will be held in the Pres byterian church in Franklin on Monday, February 17, when it is hoped that Franklin people will turn out and see for themselves what scouting is all about. Bank of Franklin Officers Reelected The same officers and directors will direct the affairs of the Bank of Franklin this year as last. Dr. W. A. Rogers was reelected president o'f the institution at a meeting of the board of directors Saturday, and other officers were renamed as follows: M. D. Billings, vice president; H. W. Cabe, cashier, and L. B. Liner, assistant cashier. Earlier in the month the stock holders had reelected the following directors: C. F. Moody, chairman; W. A. Rogers, M. L. Dowdle, H. W. Cabe, M. D. Billings, Grover Jamison and R. S. Jones. WELFARE WORK IS DISCUSSED Social Service Activities Outlined at Community Meeting “I have never received more cordial cooperation than in Macon ocmnty,” stated Mrs. Thomas O’Neil, county home demo,nstration agent, in an address before a community meeting of so'cial service workers and others on Tuesday evening at Trimont Inn. “All the women need is someone to point the way,” continued Mrs. O’Neil who gave a comprehensive and vivid account of the many angles of her work. Home demonstration clubs have a larger membership than any woman’s orgainzatioTi in the United States, Mrs. O’Neil said. Five clubs were reported in Macon county with a membership of about 160, and -three miore clubs to be started immediately. TVA Work Outlined Sam Alexander explained the aim of the soil conservation w'ork be ing carried on through the TVA sometimes referred to as Soil Con servation and Water Control As sociation. Mr. Alexander is di recting this important work as as sistant to the county agent which cooperates with the TVA demon stration farms. Twelve farms were originally selected as models last spring; now 55 are under direction in Macon county. S. W. Mendenhall, county agent, put the question: “What is the object of the county farm agency?” The speaker explained the work as “a clearing house for farmers’ problems,” continuing with a state ment of the government’s long time planning pro'gram which aims to help the farmer in what he knows how to do but lacks cash to ac complish. Announcing a nationwide survey of farm conditions, Mr. Mendenhall said that one purpose was to forestall the movement of young people to the tow,ns by so improving conditions that they may live well at home and raise a surplus to sell. Faision Speaks John R. Faison, oi the Reset tlement and Rehabilitation admin- i.stration, announced that loans were being made to those farmers who needed them in the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, machinery and livestock, repayments to cover a period of five years. He said 100 families in Macon and Clay counties had availed themselves of this op portunity' and that more than double this number would be on the list in tire spring. Miss Pauline Powers outlined her part of the work with the farm women in the rehaibilitation pro gram. T«lls K»f Sewing Rolom( Mrs. Gilmer Jones, WPA director of women’s work, dividfed thxyse applying for aid into two classes, the employable and unemployable, the county department of welfare taking charge of the latter group where there is no wage earner in the family. “In Macon oounty there are 118 women who are the sole suppwters of their families, for whose benefit seven sewing rooms have ibeen established at convenient locations, work being limited to 128 'hours per mionth,” Mrs. Jones said. She explained that the garments made were collected in a store room for distribution to unemployed in need. The women’s payroll for the past six weeks totalled $1,200 in Macon county. Mrs. Sam Franks, county wel fare agent, gave an interesting statement of her work among un employables, juvenile court chil dren, and inmates of the jail and county home, and of the difficulty to take care ai these demands adequately for lack of funds. Mrs. John Trotter, project super- ContinUied on P«g« Six)