Macoman
PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPEKBENT
VOL. LI, NO. 6
FRANKLIN, N. C, THUJISDAY, FEB. 6, 1936
$1.50 PER YEAR
WPA UUNCBES
SANITARY WORK
Corps of Men Set to Work
Building Approved
Privies
A new project has been launched
in Macon county under the Works
Progress Administra.tio,n with view
to impro'ving public health condi
tions in the county by replacing
unhealthy, antiquated privies with
modern, sanitary structures built
according to plans approved by the
state department of health. ,
An allotment of between $6,000
and $7,000 has been provided for
the project and work already has
started on providing modern sani
tary facilities in rural school build
ings hitherto lacking them.
Waldnaap Is Foremein
Fourteen men have been put to
work on the project with B. F.
Waldroop as foreman. John Floyd,
of Asheville, district representative
of the state department laf health,
has general supervision over the
project.
Explaining the project this week,
Mr. Waldroop said it offers every
body in the ooomty an opportunity
to obtain modern privies, comply
ing with legal requirements, by
providing the necessary materials.
Labor for building the privies will
be supplied without charge by the
Works Progress Administration.
Materials Oo*t $14
Mr. Waldroop estimated that the
materials for an approved type of
' privy, including lumber, hardware
and cement for a concrete founda
tion, would cost approximately $14.
Tliis cost, however, will be consid
erably smaller for those who al
ready have much of the materials
available on - their farms.
Persons who do not now have
sanitary privies and desire to have
new ones built by WPA labor
were requested by Mr. Waldroop
to notify him or to leave their
names at the county PWA office
in the old W. L. Higdon residence
an Main street, Franklin. He said
he desires to griotip the work by
sections so as to avoid waste of
time by the laborers in unneces-
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Dady Honored
Presented Bible by Class
Of Methodist Men
As a token of esteem, the Men’s
Brotherhood Bible class of the
Franklin Methodist church present
ed a leather-bound copy of the
Smith-Goodspeed Bible to Roy C.
Dady Sunday morning. It was Mr.
Dady’s last meeting with the class,
of which he had been teacher for
several years, before his departure
for Tallahassee. Fla.
The class also adopted resolutions
expressing regret in the loss of
Mr. Dady as teacher and voicing
appreciation for his “example of
Christian brotherliness.” The Bible
was presented to him in behalf of
the class by Dr. W. E. Furr.
Mr. Dady, who had been station
ed in Franklin for six or seven
years as chief clerk in the offices
of the Nantahala National Forest,
recently received notice of his
transfer to the headquarters of the
Florida National Forest at Talla
hassee. He and his family left for
their new home by motor Monday
afternoon.
Asks to Make Lie Detector Test on Hauptmann
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
■ . , (EDITOR’S NOTE—The Press-
Maconian this week inaugurates a
new service for its readers—a week
ly report of current market prices
on the principal items of local
produce. Our aim is to supply our
readers, especially those in the
; rural districts, with reliaible in-
Jj^Tmation which 'will enable them
to follow the market trends and,
therefore, to dispose of their
produce to the best advantage. This
service is made possible through
-the cooperation with this news
paper of the local branch of the
Farmers Federation, Inc., and the
Nantahala Creamery. The quotations
are the latest obtainable before
this newspaper goes to press each
week. They are not given as bid
prices and are in no way binding
upon this newspaper or upon the
' .agencies supplying the quotations.
The quotations, of cours'e, are sub
ject to change. The editor hopes
■ this service will enable many rural
readers to sell their produce to the
■best advantage.)
HjQujotel by Farmers Fedenatioti, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed hens
■te and fryers; lb 14^c
HjBChickens, light weight; lb. .. 12^c
.•'.'■■Eggs, doz 22c
' Irish potatoes, No. 1; ibu. .. 7Sc
ICom, bu 6Sc
. .^heat, bu 90c
A''alnuts, hulled; per 100 lbs. $1.00
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
Butterfat, lb 29j^c
SCOUTS PIAN
CELEBRATION
Anniversary Week To Be
Observed by Local
Troop
On Friday of this week the Boy
Scouts of America will enter upon
their 26th year of activity, and for
a week anniversary celebrations
will be held throughout the entire
United States and its possessions.
In connection with the celebra
tions the Franklin troop will hold
a special service at 7:3.0 o’clock
Sunday night at the First Baptist
church. The special preacher will
be Dr. R. A. Forrest, president of
the Toccoa Falls Institute and also
pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Toccoa, Ga. The public is in
vited to attend. The offering will
be given to the troop fund.
Attention of the public is di
rected to a display of Scout work
and activities which will be ex-,
hibited in the Main street window
of Angel’s Drug Store during the
anniversary week.
The local scout troop also is
planning other functions for the
near future.
In announcing plans for the
Scout Week observance, the Rev.
Frank Bloxham, Scoutmaster, urged
the people of Franklin to attend
the Scout service at the Baptist
church and to “show your inter
est in the only rational organiza
tion for making men out of boys.”
TRENTON, N. J. . . . Above is picturtd Dr. Wm. H. Marston of New
York, inventor of the Systolic Blood-Pressure Deception Test, which he has
requested Governor Hoffman'to allow him to use on Brijno Hauptmann, con
victed murder&i- of the Lindbergh baby, now under reprieve from death.
He is pictured demonstrating the Sphj^gmomano meter, or lie detector
'device, on Miss Dorothy Eichey.
Lespedeza Seen as Means
Of Improving Macon Farms
DANIELS ASKED
TO SPMK HERE
State Legion Head Invited
To Address Meeting
Of Veterans
Crop Rotation Advocated
For Conservation
Of Soil
Board Puts Teeth
In Fire Hose Ordinance
Town authorities recently dis
covered that their ordinance pro
hibiting automobiles from running
over fire hose had no teeth in it.
When several offenders were
brought to account it was discov
ered the town could impose no
penalty upon them because it
could not be proved beyond a
shadow of doubt that the hose had
been damaged. Firemen say a car
cannot pass over fire hose without
damaging the water line, although
the damage may not be immedi
ately apparent. The walls of the
hose soon break down after having
been run over and this cEiuses the
town a considerable expense.
Meeting Monday night the town
board discussed the matter and
then decided to put a stop to
motorists’ disregard for fire hose.
So they .adopted a new ordinance
empowering the mayor to fine
violators up to $50 without the nec
essity of proving actual damage.
By S. W. MENDENHALL
and
S. D. ALEXANDER
(Farm Agent and Assistant Fairm
Agent, Respectively, loif Macon
County)
With forests rapidly becoming de
pleted of saleable timber, with land
that would be profitable for clear
ing growing less, with the process
of erosion ever present, and with
,no nearby industrial center to fur
nish a daily wage, the logical thing
left for the farmers of Macon
county to do is to conserve and im
prove the land that is now under
cultivation and develop a well
rounded live-at-home program.
The key to this soil building pro
gram is crop rotation, always in
cluding in the rotation a legume
that is most adapted to the soil
and climatic conditions and which
at the same time comes within the
requirements of the individual farm
er and gives the greatest returns
for the initial oast. In considering
a legume for soil improvement we
do not want to lose sight of the
fact that it must fill the need fox
hay, grazing and seed production
as well.
Adlvantages 'of Lespedeza
With these requirements in mind
our attention turns to the legume
lespedeza. The annual varieties are
Common, Tennessee 76, Kobe and
Korean. Lespedeza Serica is the
pere^nnial va.riety. The Common
Kobe and Korean are the varieties
in which we are most interested.
The Common is the best all round
variety. It makes good yields of
both hay and seed and reseeds it
self better in pastures than any
other variety. Kobe is more of a
hay variety, growing eight to
twenty-four inches or more in
height. Seed from these two va
rieties can be saved with a seed
pan. Korean is a month earlier
than Common and makes heavy
yields of both hay, and seed and
also works well in pastures. Its
seed must be thrashed. Korean seed
germinates in about two weeks;
the other varieties in about four or
five weeks. All of the above va
rieties are well adapted to our
mountain soils.
As a Farm Crop
The use of lespedeza as a farm
crop has rapidly increased in the
past few years in Macon county
and now actual results can be
seen. Excellent results have been
obtained with the three varieties
for hay, pastqre and soil improve-
Contimued on Pag« Six)
Plans Cooperative
Order for Lespedeza
All Macon ommty farmers in
terested in participating in a
cooperative order for lespedeza
seed were urged this week by
S. W. Mendenhall, county farm
demonstration agent, to com
municate with him immediately.
“We have a guaranteed price
■on lespedeza seed until Febru
ary 15,” the farm agent said.
“We are planning to make up
a cooperative order and farmers
interested in buying lespedeza
seed are urged to see us at their
earliest oonvenience before 5
o’clock February 15.”
Church Plans
Series of Evangelistic
Meetings in May
A series ,of evangelistic services
is being planned by the Franklin
Methodist church for the late
spring. The Rev, J. Furman Her
bert, pastor of the Methodist
church in Rockingham, N. C., has
accepted an invitation from the
board of stewards to preach dur
ing the services. It is expected
that the m«eting will begin on
Sunday, May 10.
Rev. Mr. Herbert is a first cousin
of the "Rev. C. C. Herbert, pastor
of the local Methodist church. He
was for some years pastor of a
church in Chicago and for the
last few years has served charges
in the North Carolina conference.
Just before being appointed to
Rockingham he was pastor of the
Methodist church at Roxboro, N.
C., for four years. He has had
excellent training, having studied at
Wofford college, and at Emory,
Northwestern, and Chicago Univer
sities. He is also regarded as a
fervent and deeply spiritual
preacher.
The Macon county post of the
American Legion has calkd a
meeting of all ex-service men in
the coimty for the evening of Sat
urday, Feb. 22, for the purpose of
discussing the payment by bonds,
as recently authorized by congress,
of the soldiers’ bonus.
G. A. Jones, post commander,
announced today that Josephus
Daniels, Jr., of Raleigh, state com
mander of the legion, had been in
vited to come to Franklin to ad
dress the meeting. He said he ex
pected to hear from Air. Daniels,
a son of the United States am
bassador to Mexico, within a few
days.
$150,000 Expected
Mr. Jones estimated that there
are about 300 veterans or widows
of veterans in the cotmty who are
eligible to receive bonus bonds.
They will receive approximately
$150,000, he added. Payment is to
be made in non-transferable baby
bonds dated as of June 15, 1936.
Veterans v«ll have the privilege of
cashing the bonds at par or lof
holding them at 3 per cent interest
yearly until June 15, 1945.
The meeting called by the legion
is to open with an oyster supper at
7:30 o’clock in the evening an the
roof garden of the Scott Griffin
hotel. Immediately afterwards of
ficers of the kgion will explain
the system of payment of the
bonus and tell what steps are nec
essary in filing applications., espe
cially by those who have not ob
tained adjusted compensation cer
tificates.
A plate charge of 50 cents will
be made for those attending the
oyster supper, but any veterans
who cannot be pres«nt for the sup
per are invited to come to the
meeting , afterwards, which is ex-
prrted to start at 8:30 o’clock.
Thosi desiring to atte.nd the sup
per are requested to notify Mr.
Jones, the post commander, or Alf
Higdon, post adjutant.
Many Application,s Filed
Many applications for bonus
bond payments already have been
filed by ex-service men in this
county through officers of the
Macon county legion post. Mem
bers of the legion will be at the
legion hall on Main Street each
Saturday afternoon, Mr. Jones
said, to assist veterans in filing
applications. As yet the post has
received application blanks o,nly for
veterans who have obtained their
adjusted compensation certificates.
The proper forms for those who
have not received certificates are
expected to be received in the near
future.
U. D. C. Chapter To Meet
With Mrs. Slagle
The Macon county chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy is scheduled to meet at the
hom'C of Mrs. A. B. Slagle on
Monday, Feb. 10.
Dancing Spain
The Ramans imported their danc
ers from Cadiz, and Spain is still
the dance land of the Mediterra
nean. With castanets, rhythmic
handclapping and stamping of feet,
Spanish dancers still cast a spell
over all visitors.
Weather Seers Distrust
Groundhog Legend
The groundhog failed to see his
shadow in Franklin Sunday, as
snow fell throughout the day, cov
ering the ground to a depth of
seven inches. Local weather proph
ets, however, were disinclined to
accept the old groundhog legend
as a reliable basis of forecasting
how long winter would last, most
of them being inclined to believe
that we have plenty of winter
weather still in store for us.
Monday’s rain, sweeping vast
quantities of slush and snow be
fore it, sent the Little Tennessee
river far out of its banks,, flooding
roads in some instances to such an
extent that travel was blocked.
Wednesday brought another cold
wave out of the north, but not as
severe a one as had been expected.
Highway travel was rendered dan-
geroius by dirt slides and slippery
paving, but .no serious auto acci
dents were reported in this section.