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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1936
L. LIv NO. 18
PROMOTED
st ot Those Passing 7th
Grade Examination
Announced
Milk Grading
To
Be Inaugurated
Health Service
By
ne hundred and sixty-four sev-
1 grade pupils passed the high
xrl entrance examination held
arday, April 11, at the Frank-
Highlands and Otter Creek
Dols, it was announced yesterday
G. L. Houk, principal of the
'nklin school. Two hundred and
pupils took the examination,
hose who failed to pass will be
:n another opportunity to quali-
fiOT high school admission at an
'mination to be held late in the
imer.
ollowing is a list of those who
Bed the April 11 examination, as
[ie public by Mr. Ho.uk;
j Franklin
iicinda Bryant, Doro-thy Jones,
e McGhee, Harriett Murray,
th Poindexter, Lane Porter,
"•othy Sloan, Dorothy Southards,
lise Southards, Nobia Tallent,
liie Ruth Zachary, Virginia
;hary, Henry Cabe, Wilburn
iley, Homer Greene, Fred Guest,
\ald Jones, Clayburne Patton,
[ley Pennington, Harris Sanders,
gil Watkins, Glen Tallent, Grov-
^'-Arvey, Otto Arvey, Haywood
^zier, Frank Leach, Joe JVlash-
Roy Pendergrass, Bobby
^:hester, Eston Street, Olatta
ydwin, Lorena Greene, Lucille
1, Pearl Hyatt, Catherine Nor-
-’Ooris Penland Juanita Thomp-
t Lucy Thompson, Edith Wal-
'*‘op Kate Henderson, Arthur
“pin, D. L. Johnson, George
l|ore, Mary Poindexter, Jennie
(Continued on Page Eight)
«Gray Vet Dies
= W. Rhodes, Otto, Suc
cumbs at Age ot 90
[fhomas W. Rhodes, 90, one of
I few remaining Confederate
/erans in Macon county, died at
home near Otto at 8 o clock
•nday evening. He had been i
'||h Brights disease for some
Ir. Rhodes’ death leaves only
jCn veterans of the gray in the
'he funeral was held at 11 o clock
njesday morning at Dryrnan s
apel on lower Tesenta. Ihe Rev.
Vinson and the Rev. J. B.
Ebor, pastor of the church, con-
-rfed the rites. Pallbearers were
" L. Buchanan, M. B. Norton,
%ert Ledbetter, Ellard Shook,
■ nee Vanhook and M. L. Angel.
%r. Rhio'des saw service during
I,War between the States with
■"mpany B of the 39th North Car
itiia regiment. He was a native of
ijywood county, but came to this
inty as a child of five years
with 'his parents.
"A unusually active old gentleman,
tf^ Rhodes declined to live with
atives and for many years lived
himself, working his garden and
«:paring his own meals. Several
Vrs ago he was married for the
;ond time, but later he and his
separated and, despite urgent
Ofijgestions by relatives, he continu
al to live by himself until his re-
it illness forced him to bed.
7or many years Mr. Rhodes was
'Tsubscriber to The Franklin Press
C*''d twice each year, in June and
; tficember, when he came to town
sign for his state pension, he
^Id pay a visit to the editor,
Sat of the war and leave some
Ipful advice about making the
per more interesting.
^Surviving Mr. Rhodes are two
iftughters, Mrs. Martha Cabe, o^
‘ to, and Mrs. Sarah Owen, of
:xas; a brother, J. M. Rhodes, of
to; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Long,
South Carolina, and Mrs. Nancy
esser, of Missouri, and ten grand-
ildren.
The North Carolina standard
milk ordinance has been adopted
by the Macon county board of
health, paving the way for milk
inspection in the county, it was
announced this week by M. 1).
Joinings, a member of the board.
The ordinance docs not prevent
any dairyman or farmer from sell
ing milk, it was stated, but it docs
provide for grading milk, and re
quires cafes, hotels and boarding
Houses to indicate what grade ol
milk they serve. It is understood
that several dairies in the county
can qualify as Grade A dairies.
Herman Plemmons, recently ap
pointed sanitary inspector in the
county’s new public health unit, is
charged with inspccti.an of dairies.
SCHOOL TERM
ENDSJRIDAY
39 Graduates To Receive
Diplomas at Final
Exercises
TABERNACLE
PLANpLBiED
Rev. A.A. Angel Sees Need
For ,a More Active
Evangelism
Plans for the erection of a large
taDernacle "to promote and en
courage a greater and more active
evangelisin in Macon county” vrere
announced this week by the Rev
A. A. Angel, Methodist minister of
Franklin.
A wooden structure, 60 by 80
feet, is planned by Mr. Angel, who
said he would furnish a site for
the tabernacle and assume respon-
siibility for erecting it. He outlined
several plans for raising money to
buy the necessary materials, and
expressed the hope that the work
of erecting the bailding could be
done with volunteer labor. He esti
mated that the materials would
cost between $375 and $400.
The site Mr. Angel has offered
for the tabernacle is on Wayah
street in the Bonny Crest section.
Outlines Purpos.es
Mr. Angel, who for the past six
years has operated a stone-cutting
business in Franklin, said his idea
of the inter-denominational taber
nacle had been prompted by a
realization of the need for more
evangelism. He gave the following
outline of the purposes of the pro
posed tabernacle:
“To promote and encourage a
greater and more .active evangelism
in- Macon county.
“To encourage a closer walk with
God and a deeper spiritual Chris
tian life.
“To 'be sanely evangelistic in its
efforts.
Non-Sectarian
“To be strictly inter-denomina
tional in its preaching, teaching and
doctrines.
“To offer no membership to any
one.
“To encourage affiliation with
and loyalty to the church of one’s
choice.
“To be a place of welcome and
reception for the man in his over
alls, as well as for the wealthiest
man in the world. Another place
where the rich and the poor may
meet together on a common level.
“To avoid conflicting with the
regular services in town as much
as is reasonably possible, so as
not to affect the regular attendance
in the churches.”
Mr. Angel said he intended to
enlist the assistance of churches
and church people throughout the
country to raise funds for the tab
ernacle. He also proposed a contest
for naming the building, each per
son submitting a name to send
one dollar with his or her sug
gestion. A picture of , the person
submitting the name accepted
would be framed and hung in the
tabernacle as a memorial.
Diplomas will be presented to 39
graduates—19 girls and 20 boys—
at commencement exercis'cs start-_
ing at 8;15 o’clock tomorrow night
in the auditorium of the Franklin
high school.
F'inal exercises of the school year
began Wednesday night with .a
baccalaureate sermon for the grad
uating class by the Rev. W. M.
Burns, pastor of the First Baptist
church.
Tonight the elementary grades
were scheduled to present an oper
etta, “The Tlirce Bears,” in the
school auditorium. One hundred
children are to participate in the
operetta, 'which will be directed by
^[rs. R. i^l. Hudson. Mrs. C. C.
Herbert, Jr., will be the accompan
ist.
Presentation of the diplomas Fri
day night will be made by G. L.
Houk, principal of the franklin
school, and a list of pupils who
passed the recent seventh grade
examination, entitling them for ad
mission to high -school next fall,
will be read by M. D. Billings,
county superintendent of schools.
Judge Felix E. Alley, of W.aynes-
ville, has been invited to delivef
the graduation address, but it had
not ibeen definitely learned today
whether he would be able to be
present.
Dr. W. E. Furr will present four
cash prizes, ranging from $1 to $3,
to winners of a highway safety
(Continued on Page Eight)
Highway Body Asks
For Bids on No. 286
JDRY UPHOLDS
IIIUNDAY WILL
Returns Verdict Giving
Contested Estate
To Widow
GOP NOMINATES
Prospective .Democratic
Candidates Still
On Fence
The past week brought out Re-
p.ublican candidates for county of
fices by the convention route, but
found prospective Democratic office
seekers still on the fence.
Meeting Saturday in the court
house at the call of their new
county chairman, T. W. Angel, Jr.,
Repubhcan precinct committeemen
pulled a surprise by nominating
two men to file for cach of the
positions of representative, sheriff
and register of deeds. They also
nominated three to run for county
commissioners and one each for
surveyor .and ooxpn'er.
For representative they nominated
Odell Hall and A. S. Soles-bee; for
sheriff, J. W. Hastings and W. A..
Berry; for register of deeds, T.
Gaston Dean and Ed J. Carpe.nter,
for commissioners, Jim Holbrooks,
as chairman, T. C. Vinson and J- J-
Corbin; for surveyor, Wayne Hig
don; and for'coroner, J. M. (Fid-
dlin’ Jim) Corbin.
The action of the Republicans in
nominating two candidates to file
for representative, sheriff and reg
ister of deeds caused some Demo
cratic leaders to scratch their
heads. One expressed the opinion
it might be a shrewd move for the
purpose of causing the Democrats
some trouble in their June primary.
It was pointed out that this would
enable Republicans to enter the
polls and, after entering, they could
take a hand in selecting the ticket
of the opiMJsing party with view
to nominating the weakest candi
dates.
Thus far not a single Democratic
candidate has announced himself,
but the week brought considerable
talk of the possibility of Wade
Arvey seeking the Democratic
nomination for sheriff.
After a three-day trial which
necessitated a one-day hold-over of
the April term of court, a Macon
county jury late Monday afternoon
brought in a verdict sustaining the
hologra])hic will of 1. S. M.unday,
which left his estate variously
estimated from $6,000 to $10,(XK) in
value to his widow, Mrs. Maretta
F'. Munday.
Nieces and nephews of Mr. Mun
day, who died in February, 1935,
had contested the ^ will, claiming
that it was forgery.
The trial attracted scores of cur
ious persons to the courtroom,
j arousing more interest than any
I civil action tried in Pranklin in a
number of years. Both the cave
ators and the propounder of the
will, Mrs. Munday,' placed hand
writing experts on the stand to
testify as to the authenticity of the
will, w'hich had been found in an
old grandfather desk in the Mun
day Hotel, which was Mr. M,un-
day’s home and the principal item
i.n his estate. The caveators in
troduced into evidence photostatic
enlargements of the will, written in
hand on the Munday Hotel sta
tionery, and other specimens of Mr.
Munday’s handwriting in an effort
to show that the will was not a
true one. _
The jury in the case was com
pleted Thursday afternoon and
hearing of evidence began Friday
afternoon. Court remained in ses
sion until 9:30 Friday night and
resumed trial of the case Saturday
morning. Hearing of evidence was
completed late Saturday afternoon
and Judge Felix E. Alley, who was
scheduled to* open court in Hayes-
ville Monday, agreed to a one-day
postponement of adjournment so
the case could be disposed of. After
four hours of argument and the
judge’s charge, the case went to
the jury about 4:30 o’clock Mon
day afternoon. The jury returned
its verdict in favor of the widow
at 6:30 o’clock and attorneys for
the caveators filed a formal notice
of appeal.
The caveators were represented
by McKinley Edwards, of Bryson
City; G. L. Houk, J. Horner
Stockton and R, D. Sisk, of Frank
lin. George B. Patton, of Franklin,
and J: Newt Moody, of Murphy,
represented Mrs. Munday.
OF COURSE NOT
News Dealer—See here, you.
You’ve been standing there for the
past half hour looking at those
papers. If you want one, buy one.
Chisler—What! Do you think I
h.ave nothing to do but read news
papers ?
9.2 Miles of Road To Be
Improved at Cost of
Over $120,000
Bids for grading and surfacing
of 9.2 miles of state highway No.
286 in Macon county—from the
lotla bridge to the Swain 0!ninty
line—will be received by the state
highway and imblic works commis
sion Thursday of next week, ac
cording to information received
from Raleigh.
Specifications advertised by the
highway body call for a traffic
bound macadam road of similar
construclioii to highway No. 28
west of F'ranklin but with heavier
courses of stone.
A map of the proposed project
has been posted for the past five
or six weeks in the lobby of the
courthouse. The new road is to
follow the old one most of the way,
but the worst turns 'on the old
road and some of the heavier
grades are to be corrected.
The project is roughly estimated
to oo'St more than $120,(XX), includ
ing grading, surfacing and erection
of structures.
High Wagetl Likely
Higher wages will be paid on
this project than on many other
ro.ad jobs, it was revealed this
week by a co.ntractor who came to
Franklin to look over the route.
He pointed out that the money for
this project was set aside about a
year agi) under a federal grant
which carried with it a requirement
as to wages. The contractor re
ceiving the contract, he said, will
be required to pay a miniinum of
30 cents an hour for common laibor.
The highway commission has not
announced when it wotild select
routes and award contracts for sur
facing the Swain county end of
No. 286' or the link from the lotla
bridge to Franklin. Several routes
have been proposed for the road
into F'ranklin, and persons who are
more interested in seeing the road
built than they are in any partic
ular route see a shrewd move on
the part of the highway authorities
in avoiding a conflict on the Frank
lin entrance at this time. By in
cluding in the present project only
that section of the road from lotla
to the Swain county line, possibility
of further delay in construction of
the road, work upon which has
been promised for five years, is
eliminated. After the main body of
the road has been regraded and
surfaced, the highway commission
then can decide upon the routes to
be selected for entering Franklin
and Bryson City. Thus far, the
commission has given no indication
as to which of the proposed routes
it favors for entering Franklin.
One suggested route is to leave
the old road at the lotla bridge
and come up the east bank of the
Little Tennessee river, making a
junction with No. 285 at A. W.
Reid’s store or just the other side
of the Franklin bridge. Consider-
aible opposition has been voiced to
this proposal.
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.)
Quoted by Fanner* Federation, ,lnc.
Chickens, heavy breed hens
and fryers; lb 15c
Chickens, light weight; lb. .. 13c
Eggs, doz 16c
Irish iiotatoes. No. 1; bu. .. 85c
Corn, bu 75c
Wheat, bu 90c
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
Butterfat, lb 26c
Funeral Services Held
For Little Peggy Sloan
Funeral services for Peggy Sloan,
11-months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F'red S. Sloan, of Franklin,
were held at 5 o’clock W'ednesday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. W.
W. Sloan, the child’s grandmother.
The child died of bronchial pneu
monia at 3 o’clock Wednesday
morning in an Asheville hospital to
which it had been taken Tuesday
night in a last 'effort to sustain its
life after an illness of 10 days.
The funeral was conducted by the
Rev. C, C. Herbert, Jr., pastor of
the Franklin Methodist church.
Burial was in the Franklin ceme
tery.