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LIBEB.AL
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FRANKLIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1936
$1.50 PER YEAR
VESTIGATING
INERAISHERE
Tornado Victim Dies for Lindbergh Baby Murder
Mother of Franklin Girl
Dies in Greensboro
C. Soper Establishing
Experimental t'iant
In Frankiin
experimental plant for pro-
iig vermiculite, a mineral for
I recent industrial develop-
have created a considerable
,nd, is being established in
klin by Kllis Clarke Soper.,
ilting engineer of New York
III
■. Soper has obtained leases
'options on a number of ver-
lite deposits in this county and
'a corps of workmen busy re
eling the buildings formerly
by H. Arthur Osburn as a
ing supply dealer. Offices have
' set up in this building, situat-
,n the Tallulah Falls railway
near the depot, and a furnace
ing installed for 'cxfohating, or
nding, vermiculite.
In Experimental State
he whole thing is in an experi-
'.al stage,” Mr. Soper said Mon-
^'■“We are interested in various
irals in this section, but we
first study them before we
announce any definite plans,
intend to experiment with ver-
Mite and other minerals on a
‘1 scale. Later, we may be able
ay something that will be of
*'est. Our job .now is to find
the quantity and character-
3 oi the minerals available in
section.”
■r. Soper said he had been m-
%ted in the past in the develop-
t of several cement and ferti-
plants in the south.
Uses of V«miiciulite
is only in recent years that
il'mercial uses have developed for
’ liculite, which derives its name
ii the Latin word "vermiculari,”
•ning to breed worms. This
,e was given to it ibecause of
"worm-like action of the mineral
heat is applied to it. Chief
osits of vermiculite in the Unit-
States are found in the southern
■ alachians, in Montana and in
ilSrado.
^■crmiculitc looks like a decom"
;d mica, being found in schist
nations frequently having a
^nish golden tinge. In its crude
e it is sometimes used in
tses and oils to increase their
)sity. It is also used in the
II industry, but a wider field for
mineral is now seen on account
characteristics which make it
I suited when expanded, or ex
rated, for ins,ulation purposes. ,It
sound proof, fire proof, vermin
pi odorless, tasteless, non-pois
es, very light and is a non-con-
,'tor of electricity.
-
[ister Sunrise Service
anned at St. Agnes’
^^^llowing its usual custoin, St.
"nes’ Episcopal church of Frarik-
; will hold a sunrise service
niter morning. Following a^ ser-
"n by the rector, the Rev. Frank
ftxham, there will be a celabra-
1 of the Holy Communion.
'he service is to start at 6.30
m. In announcing it Mr. Blox
'a said:
' To this service the entire com-
nity is invited. Very early in
ll? morning on that first Easter
y the women gathered at the
lah of our Lord and received the
; ful news of the Resurrection,
--ce again comes the Easter sun-
jflooding the darkest facts of
ptian experience with light and
Jerstanding. Easter is the ans-
|[r to our darkest questionings.
\ath is only a horizon, and a
, rizon is only the limit of our
■\t. In the light of Easter Day
^ can be .brave and patient in
r losses and find the ince.ntive
^ be worthy of those whom we
ve loved long since and lost
O'hile. May the Easter sunrise fill
# hearts with joy! Will you join
jjll in cur early devotion to our
^en Lord?”
Among the 13 persons killed or
fatally injured when a tornado
struck Greensboro, N. C., last
Thursday night was Mrs. Ruiby
Bain, mother of Miss Annie Laura
Bain, a stenographer in the head
quarters office here of the Nanta-
hala national forest.
M rs. Bain was reported to have
died of burns after the house in
which she was living with a
daughter caught on fire following
the twister. The daughter, Mrs. J.
W.. Sparrow, was also trapped in
the burning building, but was res
cued.
Miss Annie Laurie Bain was. noti
fied of her mother’s death Thurs
day night and left immediately for
Greensboro.
Mrs. Bain visited her daughter in
Franklin last summer, staying at
Dixie Hall.
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WILL EXPUl
FARM PROCRAM
County-wide Meeting
Farmers Set tor
April 18
of
A county-wide meeting of farm
ers for the purpose of acquainting
them with the new farm program
projected by recent federal legis
lation will be held in the court
house in Franklin at 2:30 o’clock
Saturday afternoon, April 18, it was
announced- this week by S. W.
Mendenhall, county agent. L. B.
Altman, district agent of the agri
cultural extension service, will be
the principal speaker at the meet-
The new program is said to be
more adapted to all the farms of
North Carolina, especially to those
which do not have large cash crop
acreages, than the old AAA.
In announcing the meeting, Mr.
Mendenhall pointed out that the
new Soil Conservation and Do
mestic Allotment Act enacted by
congress provides for conservation
and improvement of soil resources.
The secretary of agriculture is
authorized to make payments to
producers tby (1) their treatment or
use of land for soil restoration,
conservation or erosion prevention,
(2) change in the use of their
land, (3) a percentage of their
normal production of one or more
designated commodities equal to the
normal national percentage required
for domestic co.nsumption. Pay
ments may be made on any one
or any combination of these bases
of measurements.
“In view of this,” Mr. Menden
hall said, “it is very important
that the farmers who wish to see
if they can qualify for a benefit
payment under this new act to • be
present at the meeting set for
April 18.”
After repeated delays in the ex
ecution of his sentence, Bruno
Richard Hauptmann (right)' went
to his death in th^, New Jersey
electric chair last Friday night for
the kidnap-murder of Charles Augus
tus Lindbergh, Jr., son of the fa
mous flier and the former Anne
Morrow. The baby is shown above
in a photo taken shortly before his
mysterious disappearance from his . —
Sour Mountain home near Flemmington, N. J., the nignt oi March 1,
1932. Hauptmann steadfastly refused to admit his guilt until the very
last. Gov. Hoffman of New Jersey is still probing possibilities that
someone else was involved.
■
GAINESVILLE’S
DEATHTOLL185
Relief Workers from Here
Tell of Scenes of
Horror
Macon Responds to Call
For Aid at Gainesville
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
$350 Relief Fund Raised
By Local Red Cross
Chapter
p. 1—$350 Relief
Responding in a spirit like that
manifested in Red Cross drives of
war days, the people of Macon
county this week were quick to
answer appeals for aid for the
tornado victims of Gainesville, Ga.
Wednesday afternoon a fund of
$350 had been raised by the'Macon
county chapter and sent to national
Red Cross headquarters in Wash
ington. The contribution was ear
marked for use at Gainesville.
The Rev. J. A. Flanagan, county
Red Cross chairman, telegraphed
the chairman of the Gainesville Red
Cross chapter;
“Macon county chapter Red
Cros.s and people of Franklin ex
press to yo.u and your people deep
est sympathy. We offer our serv
ices and help. Advise as to any
special aid we might render. Con
tributions of $350 are being for
warded national Red Cross for
your use.”
Mr. Flanagan said 'he hoped and
expected many other contriibutio.ns
would be made in the next few
days. Any persons desiring to make
donations to the relief fund are
asked to give them to officers of
the Red Cross or to leave them at
the -Bank of Franklin, Perry’s
Drug Store or The Franklin Press.
Legionairres Give Aid;
To Send Truck Load
Of Provisions
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.) _
Quoted by Farmers Federation, Jnc.
Chickens, heavy breed hens
and fryers; lb 15c
Chickens, Hght weight; lb. ..13c
Eggs, doz
Irish potatoes, No. 1; bu. .. 65c
Corn, bu ^^c
Wheat, bu 90c
Qu't>t©d by NsintaHala. CrGa.mGi*y
Butterfat, lb.' 27c
Jack Sanders Buys Home
On Harrison Avenue
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sanders have
bought the S. H. Lyle 'house on
Harrison avenue and plan to move
into it within a few days. Mr. Lyle
and his family moved into the
house next door.
Gioodness
As the presence of salt is not so
noticeable as its absence, so the
good are most appreciated when
they arc gone.
ALacon county post No. 108 of
the American Legio.n is sponsoring
the loading of a truck with com
modities for the tornado sufferers
of the Gainesville area.
The commander of the post,
Gilmer A. Jones, with a number of
legionairres visited Gainesville
Monday morning, leaving Franklin
immediately after word of the dis
aster was received here, and as
sisted with the relief work there.
On their return plans were made
to send a truck load of provisions.
The truck will ,be loaded Friday
morning from the basement of the
Franklin Hardware Company’s
store and will leave for Gainesville
Friday afternoon. The legionairres
of the county have been asked to
solicit their communities for com
modities needed felr the relief
work. Donations of cash also will
be accepted in addition to co.ntri-
butions of eggs., flour, meal, po
tatoes and other food.
Anyone desiring to contribute to
this fund may bring, or send their
donations to A. R. Higdon, post
adjutant, at the Franklin Hardware
company before noo.n Friday.
Licenses Lost by
2.300 Auto Drivers
RALEIGH, April 8.—A total of
2.300 automobile drivers’ licenses
have been revoked sincc the law
went into effect, Arthur W. Fulk,
director of the Division of High
way Safety, has announced.
Of this number 2,290 were first
offenders, while ten others have
had tbeir licenses revoked for a
second time. Practically all of the
revocations were because of driv
ing while intoxicated, or fo'r reck
less driving, the latter class numb
ering 750.
Fulk said that 544 applications
for licenses had been refused be
cause of incompetence of the ap
plicants.
Reports Wednesday of the situa
tion at (lainesvilie, (la., struck
Aloiiday by a devastating tornado,
listed the known dead at 185, the
injured at 1,2(K) and property dam
age at $7,(XK),(XK).
A nuniDer of l-'ranklin people
have relatives in (lainesville; but,
as far as this newspaper was able
lo learn, none of them was killed
or injured.
l-'ranklin was one of the first
towns in this section to send aid
Lo the stricken “capital of North
(leorgia,” 90 miles south of here.
Immediately on licaring of the
catastrophe (lilmer A. Jones, com
mander of the .Macon county iiost
of the American Legion, organized
a relief party of legionairres and
Boy Scouts. All day and late into
t'he night they worked with others
searching for bodies of the dead
and carrying the injured to im
provised hospitals.
2,500 Homeless
It was a scene of unimaginable
horror, those who went to Gaines
ville Alonday reported. The tornado
stiuick the town unawares, cutting
a wide swath of destruction
through the central part, wiping
out the business district surround
ing the square and wrecking hun
dreds of homes, it was estimated
that 2,SfM to 3,000 persons were
left homeless. They were cared for
in the homes that were still left
standing and in improvised relief
camps.
Fires Increase Horror
Adding to the terrible chaos were
numerous fires which ibroke out
after the tornado hail passed on.
The greatest damage was reported
at the factory of the Coo'per Man
ufacturing company, which .burst
into blaze after the winds had re
duced it to a shambles. An offi
cial of the company said 125 em
ployes, most of them girls and
women, reported for duty Monday
morning. Only three were known
to have escaped. Bodies of 45, most
of them charred beyond recogni
tion, were taken from the building
.Monday and Tuesday.
Pitiful, heart-rending stories of
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On Rampage
Little lennessee Reaches
20-Year Flood Peak
Torrential rains Sunday night
climaxed a long wet spell and sent
the Little Tenness'ee river to its
highest flood level in 20 years.
Considerable damage was reported
to bottom land fields situated
above the dam at Franklin, but
damage was said to be slight to
lands below the dam. The heavy
rains, however, caused a number
of sloping fields to wash and left
farmers anxious lest it delay too
long their spring planting.
The river at Franklin crept out
of its banks Sunday and on Mon
day it had covered hundreds of
acres of land, water ibacking up to
the Tallulah Falls railway depot
and covering the base of the In
dian mound. It flooded the lumber
mill of the Franklin Hardware com
pany and lapped at the floor
boards of the home of Fred Cabe.
It also flooded T. W. Angel’s barn.
The peak was reached late Mon
day and on Tuesday the water sub
sided rapidly.
In 1916, some years before the
erection of the Franklin dam, the
river was said to have risen about
two feet higher than on Mo.nday;
but the worst flood in the memory
of Franklin residents was in 1898,
when it was said to have covered
fully a third of the Indian mound.