PBOGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1936
lEW FARM AO
IS PLAINED
lendenhall Siees Greater
Benefits for Macon
Farmers
Extra Funds Provided for
Repairing County Roads
A series of community meetmp
ill be conducted throughout the
mnty next week by S. W. Mend-
ihall, county farm agent, and b.
Alexander, assistant farm agent,
ith view to acquainting farmers
ore thoroughly with the soil con-
•rvation and domestic .allotment
:t, under which they may receive
:deral bounties for planting soil
jnserving crops.
Following a meeting m the court-
ouse last Saturday, at which the
-t was explained, to about /OU
irmers by L. B. Altman, district
2-ent of the agricultural extension
srvice, Mr. Mendenhall expressed
le opinion that Macon co^inty
irmers will profit far more under
:-iis act than under the AAA,
nder which few mountain farmers
ould qualify for benefits.
Mr. Mendenhall emphatically
tated, however, that if farmers
Tc to take ddvantage of the do-
'nestic allotment act they should
"ct promptly.
: At Saturday’s meeting Mr. Ait-
ifian explained that two classes ot
■ederal payments wiU be made to
armers. Under the first class, pay
ments will be made at- an average
ate of $10 aji acre'for the diver
sion of soil depleting crops, such as
iorn, from the base acreage (as
A 1933) to soil conserving crops.
■Jnder the second class, payments
Vill be made for soil building crops
it the rate of a dollar an acre,
vith a minimum of $10 for a
icre farm.
I Each farmer desiring to quality
*^:or payments must procure an ap-
blication blank from the county
ligent, it was stated.
Meetings Scheduled
In order to cover the county as
ilnaroughly as possible within a
■short time, Mr. Mendenhall and
Mr. Alexander will conduct simul^
taneous meetings in different com
munities. The schedule of meetings
follows:
Monday, April 27—
Slagle school, 9 a. m.
Allison Watts school, 1:30 p. m.
Patton’s school, 4 p. m.
Holly Springs school, 9 a. m.
Watauga school, 1 ;30 p. m.
Clark’s Chapel school, 4 p. m.
Tuesday, April 2&—
fc' Union school, 9 a. m.
({! Otto school, 1 ;30 p. m.
Mulberry school, 4 p. m.
Cowee school, 9 a. m.
Liberty school, 1:30 p. m.
) Oak Grove school, 4 p. m.
Wednesday^ April 29—
^ Pine Grove school, 9 a. m.
1 Walnut Creek school, 1:30 p. m.
d Shookville school, 4 p. m.
I lotla school, 9 a. m.
^ Burningtown school, 1 ;30 p. m.
' Oak Dale school, 4 p. nf.
..Thursday, April 30—
Salem school, 9 a. m.
Higdonville school, 1:30 p. m.
Ellijay school, 4 p. m.
i ' Scaly school, 9 a. m.
Highlands, school, 1:30 p. m.
ll| Gold Mine school, 4 p. m.
I Friday, May 1—
Morgan school, 9 a. m.
ijl Aquone school, 9 a. m.
Kyle school, 1 ;30 p. m.
RALEIGH, April 22.—If weather
conditions should become propitu-
ous, at least $2,000,000 more than
the regular maintenance budget
calls for will be spent on county
roads of the state immediately, ac
cording to Capus Al. Waynick,
chairman of the State Highway and
Public Works commission.
Waynick said that this large sum
would be spent on the county
roads in addition to the regular
appropriation of around $750,XK)
monthly for that purpose. In addi
tion, approximately $1,200,000 will
be spent on special road construc
tion, Waynick asserted, as well as
the construction of additional pris
on camps. Such action by the com
mission would bring to $3,200,000
the sum to be expended in excess
of the regular allotments between
now and July 1, or at least author
ization for such expenditures will
be made, Waynick declared.
“0«r engineers already have gone
over all the county roads in the
IJV'DEP.EJVDEJV' T
Fishing
$L50 PER YEAR
To Be Allowed on Refuge
For Eight Days
REGISTRARS AND
JUDGES CHOSEN
various counties of the state,
Waynick said, “and selected the
weakest spots, which will be the
first to be repaired. Some of the
roads, perhaps, will have to be
rebuilt for several miles, others
for only a few hundred yards, and
a good many bridges will have to
be rebuilt. Much of this work al
ready has been started in counties
where the weather has bC'en such
that it was possible to begin re
pairing highways. In the future, the
worst roads will be taken care of
first, just as .soon as we can se
cure the necessary labor and equip
ment.”
The past w’inter, one of the worst
North Carolina has experienced in
years, played havoc with the high
ways and secondary roads of the
state. It has been €Stimated that
the damage would reach, and pos
sibly exceed, three millions of dol-
. lars. Every effort will be made,
■ Waynick declared, to repair this
damage as quickly as possible.
Franklin and Highlands
Schools Close Next Week
20 Boys and 20 Girls in
Franklin Graduating
Class
Final Exercises To Start
At Highlands Sunday;
4 Graduating
The Wayah game refuge, main
tained by the state with the co
operation of the Nantahala national
forest, will be open for fishing
eight days during the 1936 trout
season, it was announced this week
by E. J. Rector, game protector in
charge of the refuge. In recent
years the refuge has been opened
to anglers only two. to four days
each year.
The open days on the refuge this
year were announced by Mr. Rec
tor as April 29 and 30, May 29
and 30, June 3 and 4, and July 3
and 4, sunrise to sunset.
All persons desiring to fish o.n
the refuge on these days will be
required to have a state fishing
license and to obtain a permit from
the game protector. T'lie permits,
for one day only, will cost $1. Size
and bag limits perscribed in the
state inland water fishing laws will
be maintained.
The trout ' season opened April
15 and is scheduled to close August
31. The bag limit is 15 rainbow
i trout, 20 brook trout, or a mixed
catch of 25, with a minimum size
limit of 6 inches for brook trout
I and eight inches for rainbow.
I The season for small mouth bass
and muskallunge will be from June
1 10 to August 31, with minimum
size limit of 10 inches.
Final exercises of the tranklin
high school are scheduled to start
at 8 o’clock Wednesday night of
next week with the student body
assemibled in the school auditorium
to hear a baccalaureate sermo.n by
the Rev. W. M. Burns, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Frank
lin.
At 8 o’clock Thursday evening a
cast of 100 elementary school chil
dren will present an operetta,
“The Three Bears,” in the school
auditorium.
The graduation exercises will be
held Friday evening, starting at
8:15 o’clock. G. L. Houk, principal
of the school, said the name of the
principal speaker and the program
would be announced next week.
Pupils in the elementary grades
of the Franklin school are taking
their final examinations this week
and examinations in the high
school grades will be held the first
three days of next week.
List of GraduatCiS
.There are 40 pupils in the gradu
ating class—20 boys and 20 girls.
A hst of them follows:
(jirls —Vera Bar.nard, Bessie
, Brown, Alma Cabe, Lena Conley,
Anni« Lee Curtis, Jeanette Daniel
son, Janie Donaldson, Gladys Du
vall, Lois Fouts, Cecile Gibson, An
nie Lee Ledford, M«da Peek, Qh-
atta Potts, Virginia Ramsay, Re
becca Rowland, Adabelle Sherrill,
Rachel Slagle, Helen Welch, Bea
trice Joyce, Nancy Hines.
Boys—Elbert Angel, Ernest Ben
nett, Philip Blumenthal, Ralph
Bry^n, Marion Bryson, E. G.
Crawford, Wm. Cunningham, Law
rence Curtis, Fred Gray, Don Hall,
Grover Jamison, L. M. Johnson,
Andrew Jones, Jam'es McCollum,
Alex Moore, Milton Sanders, Rob
ert Sloan, Henry Sprinkle, Fred
Welch, Floyd Wyman.
Otter creek school, 4 p. m.
‘Sandy’ Graham Pays
Visit to Franklin
Lieutenant Governor A. H.
(Sandy) Graham was in Franklin
Friday of last week on a tour of
the western counties in the interest
of his campaign for the Democratic
nomination for governor. Mr. Gra
ham, accompanied by Harry Buch
anan, of Hendersonville, was here
for only a short, time; but, at the
request of some of his supporters,
he promised to return to Frank
lin for an address to the voters
some time before the primary.
7th Grade List To Be
Published Next Week
A list of pupils who passed the
hig'h school entrance, or seventh
grade, examination held Saturday,
April 11, at the Franklin, High
lands and Otter Creek schools, will
be ready for puplication in next
week’s issue of The Press-Macon-
ian, it was announced yesterday
by ’ G. L. Houk, principal of the
Franklin school. Two hundred and
ten boys and girls took the exami
nation.
As soon as the list is received
a copy of it will be posted in the
window of The Franklin Press
office.
HIGHLANDS, April 22. —The
program for the final exercises of
the Highlands school was announc
ed this week by O. F. Summer,
school principal.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached at 11 a. m. Sunday in
the school auditorium by the Rev.
Frank Bloxham, rector of the
Episcopal churches in Highlands
and Franklin.
For Monday night, starting at 8
o’clock, a program of debating,
declamatbns and readings has been
arranged. The debate, on the topic
of state socialization of medicine,
will be participated in by Steve
Potts and Bruce Edwards, on the
affirmative, and John Beale and
Guy Paul, on the negative.
This will be followed by a music
al presentation by Barbara Zoellner
and Mozelle Bryson.
MedaU To Be Awarded
Howard Pearson and L. C. Nix
will compete in the declaiming con
test, while Tessie McDowell, Car
olyn Potts and Ruth Smith will be
the /;ontestants in reading. Gold
medals will be presented to the
winners in each of the three con
tests.
At 8 o’clock Tuesday evening the
junior-senior play, “Follow M'C,” by
Mrs. Mamie Harris Mobley, will
be presented under the direction
of Miss Kate Moore, a member of
the faculty. The cast of characters
includes Clara Penland, Sylva Jen
kins, Sarah Baty, Howard Pearson,
Bertie Jenkins, Estelle Edwards,
Billy Nall, Carey Reese, Ruth
Smith. Music will be supplied be
tween the acts by Manila Reese
and Guy Paul. Proceeds from the
play will go to defray commence
ment expenses.
Beadle To Speak
The Rev. W. F. B«adle is to de
liver the ' commencement address
Wednesday evening. Preceding this
address will be the salutatory by
Howard Pearson, class history by
Clara Penland, class prophecy by
Sarah Baty, class will by Clara
Penland, valedictory by Bertie Jen
kins and music by Carolyn Potts.
Diplomas will be presented to
the graduates by Professor Sum
mer, and a response will be made
by Sarah Baty. Members of the
graduating class are Howard Pear
son, Clara Penland, Sarah Baty
and Bertie Jenkins.
O’NEIL NAMED
PUYpEaOR
Announces Plans for Broad
Recreational Program
In County
The Sea of Galilee is only 14
by 8 miles, while Lake Superior
covers an area of 32,000 square
miles.
Dr. T. J. O’Neil, of Franklin, rec
ently appointed supervisor of a
Macon county recreational project
under the WPA, already has organ
ized recreatio.n groups in five
communities of the county and is
planning to carry the work into
other sections.
The program he is .undertaking
embraces playgrounds for children,
story-telling hours, amateur bands,
instruction in art for both children
and adults, classes in .nature study
and public entertainments.
“So far,” Dr. O’Neil said, “five
communities have received the idea
with enthusiasm and recreational
centers have been estaiblished in
each of these communities. As
there is no appropriation for ma
terials, plans are under way in
each center for public entertaio-
ments to raise money for supplies.
“At lotla an amateur hour has
been planned. A .band has been
organized and a children’s story
hour instituted. School beautifica
tion work is also under way. A
box supper has been planned at
West’s Mill and similar programs
are in effect at Otto and Watauga.
“In Franklin a recreation center
has been established in the base
ment of the Methodist church. A
center for the colored folks has
been established at the colored
school, where a playground will be
established.”
Twenty-one volunteer workers
have enlisted in making the recre
ation program a success, Dr. O’Neil
said. One of them is G. E. Cope
land, Jr., of the National Art school
of Washington, D. C., who will
spend the summer in Franklin. Mr.
Copeland has offered to teach
classes in art. A class for children
will be held at 4 o’clock each
Wednesday afternoon at the Meth
odist church. ■Another class will be
organized for adults. A story hour
will be conducted in Franklin by
Miss Margaret Cozad, and Dr.
O’Neil will teach a class in nature
study. He said a schedule for class
: meetings would be announced lat-er.
County Election Board
Prepares for June 6
Primary
Meeting Saturday to prepare for
the June 6 primary, the Macon
county board of elections formally
organized and then selected regis
trars and judges for the 12 voting
precincts of the county.
Members of the board, which was
recently appointed by the state
board of elections, are J. R. Mor
rison, of lotla. Democrat; F. H.
Potts, Highlands, Dfemocrat; and
John B. Henry, Franklin, Repub
lican. Mr. Henry, the only new
member of the board, succeeds A.
S. Solcsbee.
Mr. Morrison was reelected
chairman and Mr. Potts again was
named secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Morrison this week announc
ed a list of registrars and judges
chosen by the board and gave the
dates prescribed for the opening
and closing of registration books
and for filing notices by candidates.
Filing Date Changed
He called especial attention to
a change made in the election law'
made by the 1933 legislature re
quiring candidates to file not later
than the fourth Saturday before
the primary, instead of giving
them until the second Saturday.
Although this places the deadline
on May 9, not a single candidate.
Democrat or Republican, has thus
far formally entered the lists for
i county, legislative or township of-
I fices in Macon county.
I Republicans Meet Saturday
I Republicans of the county are
expected to nominate a county
ticket at a convention called by
their chairman, T. W. Angel, Jr.,
for Saturday in the courthouse.
Democrats also are to hold their
county convention before the pri
mary this year, but Dr. W. A.
Rogers, county Democratic chair
man, has not yet set the date of
the meeting. The Democrats, how
ever, are not likely to nominate or
endorse any candidates at their
convention, it being customary for
them to leave selection to the
primary.
Registration books are to open
(Continued on Page Eight)
Slot Machines Vanish
After Judge Cites Law
Slot machines and pin ball games
suddenly disappeared in Franklin
last week after Judge Felix E. Al
ley, presiding over the April term
of Macon county superior court,
instructed the grand jury that these
devices were in violation of a state
law.
The judge told the grand jury to
make an investigation to determine
if any such machines were .being
operated in the county and, if they
fotmd any, to make returns to the
solicitor. The jury was reported to
have carried out the judge’s in
structions, but an examination of
the court’s minute books this week
failed to show any indictments.
Slot machines, however, were no
longer to be found in local busi
ness 'establishments.
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.) _
Quoted by Farmers Federation, ,Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed hens
and fryers; lb 15c
Chickens, light weight; lb. .. 13c
Eggs, doz 15c
Irish potato'cs, No. 1; bu. .. 85c
Corn, bu - 73c
Wheat, bu 90c
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
Butterfat, lb 26c