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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936
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$1.50 PER YEAR
lEMOCRATS
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ey, Slagle, Ray, Patton
na Bryson Announce
For Offices
anty politics attracted more m-
t this week as five Democrats
forward with their announce-
ide C. Arvey, in the drayage
,ess here for the past 10 years
» the ice Tuesday by announc-
for sheriff. A. B. ■'Y,
)ent, announced for reelect
Mother two-candidate tilt loom-
for representative, with J-
k Ray and K. A. Patton as
nents lor the democratic nom-
□n l:-or a while a three-corn-
contest for representative was
:,pated; but Dr. W. A. Rogejs,,
had been urged by a numbei
'riends to seek the office, said
y that he was definitely out of
r Ray was Macon county’s rep-
ntative in the last assembly,
and Mr. Patton was state
tor for this district in 19JJ.
ough both refrained from an-
icing themselves until thi
c each has been quietly work-
for votes for some weeks, or
ths. ,
Bryson Unopposied
me other announcement this
, cam.e from C. T. Bryson, reg-
■ of deeds, who is seekmg re
s-ion Unless a. surprise candi-
cb’ comes forth, Mr. Bryson will
[ Unopposed in the Democra i
'Sey R. Cabe, clerk of court,
‘s his office for another two
•s, as the term is fon four
£s far no one has announced
‘perhaps the most important of-
"s in the county—the three com-
^iionerships. All of the present
, inissioners have expressed dis-
nation to seek reelection, but
' ,rts this week indicated that
, least two of them, maybe al
■e would lile for reelection. Ed
*d' is chairman of the present
S'rd and Frank Potts and Charlie
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Win Goblet
ojsj
' anklin Rotarians Take
i^Cup at District Meet
■A
To Preach in Franklin
DEATH CLAIMS
W. B. liNOIR, i
Funeral for Insurance Mari
To Be Held Friday
Afternoon
Has Brilliant Record
REV. JAMES F. HERBERT
Rev. J. F. Herbert To
breach At Evangelistic
bervices
„,or the second time in three
,«rs, the Franklin Rotary club
l^sday was awarded the gover-
“*s golden goblet at the annual
I district Rotary convention in
irlotte. The club already is set-
its sights on the gobkt for
t year, for the first club win-
g the cub three times is to
p it. The club first won the
let at the district convention in
rhe trophy is awarded each year
"the club leading all others in
;ndance, increased membership
|1 community and club activities,
'ourteen Rotarians and Rotary-
tis made up the Franklin delega-
|i to the district meeting. Dr.
E. Furr is president of the
3.
Special services will be conduct
ed at the Franklin Alethodist
church for 10 days beginning Sutl-
ilay, May 17. The preacher will be
the Rev.' James i^urman Herbert,
pastor of the First Methodist
church, Rockingham, N. C. Ihe
meetings will be held at the chuich
each evening during the week at
8 p. m.
The Rev. J. F. Herbert, who is
a cousin of the pastor of the
Franklin Methodist church, is a
charming and eloquent preacher of
gospel messages. He has held evan
gelistic meetings in important
churches in a number of states.
During the World War Air. Her
bert served in the U. S. Navy. His
higher educational training was re
ceived at Wofford college and at
Emory, Northwestern, and Chicago
universities.
In preparation for the special
services a series of prayer meet
ings will be conducted next week.
On Wednesday evening at 8 p. m.
a general prayer service for all
will be conducted by the pastor in
the church basement. On Thursday
at 8 p. m. a special prayer meeting
for men, sponsored by the Men s
Brotherhood Bible class, will be
conducted by H. T. Sloan.
Cottage prayer services for wo
men have been arranged as follows:
Two meetings on Tuesday, May 12,
sponsored by the F. S. Johnston
Bible class—one at the home of
Mrs. E. B. McCollum with Mrs.
P. F. Callahan as leader, the other
at the home of Mrs. George Jones
Mrs. Jones as leader. Two meet
ings o.n Thursday, May 14, will 'be
sponsored by the Woman’s Mis
sionary society: One at the home
of Mrs. F. T. Smith with Mrs.
Wylie Zachary as leader, the other
at the home of Mrs. W. A. Rogers
with Mrs. J. S. Sloan as leader.
Each of these meetings for women
will be held at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon.
W'illiam B. Lenoir, well know'n
insurance man who suffered a
stroke of paralysis five weeks ago,
died at 7 o’clock this morning at
his home four miles west of hrank-
lin on highway No. 28. He was 76
years old.
The funeral will be conducted at
3 o’clock Fri.lay afternoon at the
home by . the Kev. J. B-
pastor of the Macon county Meth
odist circuit, and the Kev.^ J. - ■
I'lanagan, pastor of the
Presbyterian church. Burial will oe
in thi- Franklin cemetery.
Mr. Lenoir, a son of the late
Dr and Mrs. Benjamin B. Lenoir,
of Lenoir City, Tenn,, came to
Franklin about 45 years ago 1 nor
to his coming here he had been
cashier of the Lenoir Bank in
Lenoir City. In 1890 he was mar
ried to Miss Florence Siler, daugh
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Siler, of this county.
Mr. Lenior was assistant cashier
of* the Bank of Franklin from
1902 to 1907. For many years he
was an agent for the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance company
and the Northwestern Mutual com
pany, and he also represented the
Fireman’s Fund. He was active m
civic affairs and interested m
church work. A mild mannered
man with a deep interest m the
welfare of everyone with whom he
came in contact, Mr. Lenoir had
many friends.
Surviving Mr. Lenoir are a son,
Ben B. Lenoir, of Route 1, Frank
lin, and a daughter, Mrs George
Tones, of San Diego, Calif., iJ
grandchildren, a brother, Ben Le
noir of Florida; and three sisters,
Mrs’. A. L. Burdette, of Lenoir
aty Tenn.; Miss Bessie Lenoir,
of Tuscon, Ariz., and Miss Louise
Lenoir, of San Francisco, Cahf.
MILTON SANDERS
39 GRADUATED
athiglschool
Awards Announced; Silk
Flag Presented To
School
Franklin
Produce Market
^ LATEST QUOTATIONS
Prices listed below are subject
change without notice.)
oted by Fanners Federation, .Inc.
ickens, heavy breed hens
nd fryers; lb 14^c
ickens, light weight; lb. .. 12^c
^ gs, doz
ih potatoes. No. 1; bu. .. 85c
rn, bu 75c
^leat, hu 90c
•uoted by Nantahala Creamery
tterfat, lb • 26c
Commissioners Turn
Down Free Range Petition
The county board of commission
ers spent a large part of their time
at Monday’s regular monthly meet
ing listening to arguments on two'
petitions concerning grazing of cat
tle in the old Clear Creek school
district in Highlands township. One
group, appearing with J. Frank
Ray as their attorney, presented a
petition asking free range, while
another presented a petition against
free range.
After listening to both sides, the
commissioners turned down the free
range petition, which requested an
election be called to settle the dis
pute. Mr. Ray served notice of ap
peal to the superior court.
SOIIPROGRAM
rate^usted
Schedule of Payments for
Soil Improvements
Explained
RALEIGH, May 6.—Rates of
payment for various soil-building
practices in North Carolina this
year under the soil-improvement
program were announced Saturday
by' Dean 1. O. Schaub, of State
College. r ,1 ■
For seeding any of the following
crops either alone or in connection
with perennial grasses, provided
that such seeding is at a normal
rate per acre for that-locality, pay-
1 ments per acre shall be thus:
(1) Alfalfa, serecia, or kudzu, $2.
(2) Red or mammoth clover $1.50.
(3) Alsike, sweet, white, bur, or
crimson clover; Austrian winter
peas, vetch, annual lespedeza, or
crotalaria $1. (4) Legume mixtures
containing by weight more than 50
per cent of the legumes in (1) or
(2) $1.50. (5) Legume mixtures con
taining by weight more than 50 per
cent of legumes in (3) $1.
For Plowing Under Crops
For plowing or disking under as
green manure any of the following
crops, between the dates specified,
and provided that the crops will
have attained at least two months’
growth payments per acre will be
as listed.
However, a grower will not be
entitled to two payments, one for
seeding the crops listed above and
one for plowing them under. If he
plows them under, the plow-under
paym'ent will be the one he will
receive.
Soybeans, velvet beans, cowpeas,
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Diplomas were presented to 39
nienibers of the graduating class of
the Franklin high school at com
mencement cxercises in the school
auditorium Friday night of last
week. The audience overflowed the
auditorium’s seating capacity.
G. L. Houk, principal, greeted
the audience and expressed the
hope the next commencement
would be held in the open air
theater, now und'Cr construction on
the school grounds, which will
have a seating capacity of 1,800.
M. 1). Billings, superintendent of
Macon county schools, announced
a list of 164 pupils in the. county
who had passed the standard high
school entrance tests given several
weeks earlier.
Graduated with Honors
Highest honors m the graduat
ing class were won by Milton
Sanders, son of Mr. and Airs. Jack
Sanders, of Franklin, with a four-
year average of 94.6 and an aver
age for his senior year of 96.7.
'1 his record, Mr. Houk said, was
seven points higher than any pre
vious record in this high school.
A scholarship award, a gold
watch charm, was presented to
Sanders by Mayor Patton, who
commended in appreciative terms
his high character, as well as his
outstanding scholastic accomplish-
ments, and pointed to his record of
attainments in other activities, both
in school and outside. Mr. Patton
congratulated Mr. and Mrs. Sand
ers for the results of their years
of careful guidance and training of
their son.
Young Sanders plans to enter
N. C. State college at Raleigh in
the fall with view to studying
electrical engineering.
The second highest grades by a
member of / the graduating class
were made by Meta Peek, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. 1. T. Peek, who
had an average of 86 for the four
years.
Flag Presented ScKopl
On behalf of the graduating class
the president, Lawrence Curtis, pre
sented to the school a large silk
American flag. Charles Slagle,
president of the rising seniors, pre
sented a gift from his class of $31
to be used toward furnishing the
gymnasium.
Dr. Walter E. Furr, president of
the Franklin Rotary club, made a
talk on the subject of “Safety on
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FOREST AREAS
REAPPORTIONED
Nantahala to Lose 210,000
Acres to Georgia and
S. C. Units
Flans were amiounced at regional
forest service headquarters in At
lanta this week for the transfer
to other forest units of the (icorgia
and South C^arolina areas of the
Nantahala national forest. The
change is to become effective July
1-
Approximately 160,(KXI acres of
the Nantahala forest in (ieorgia
will become part of a new Cieorgia
unit, the Chattahoochee, which will
have headquarters in (lainesville.
the Sumter national forest, vvith
headquarters at Columbia, S. C..,
will take over the South Carolina
section, consisting of approximately
50,(Xyj acres.
Part of the Cherokee national
forest, however, will be added to
the Nantahala area to make up for
some of its 16sses.
Won’t Affect Personnel
Contenting on the change, Philip
H. Bryan, supervisor of this forest
for the past eight months, said to
day that it was brought about
chiefly for the purpose of simplify
ing forest administration and book
keeping. He pointed out that ap
propriations for forest service work
are made on the basis O'f states
and that in the past this had made
it necessary for the Nantahala
forest headquarters to maintain
three separate sets of books, one
set for each state in which it held
forest lands.
Both Mr. Bryan and W. R. Pad
dock, who is succeeding him as sup:
ervisor, expressed the opinion that
the new arrangement would affect
the personnel of ■ the Franklin
headquarters very little,, if any.
Araa Reduced
Under the present setup, the
Nantahala forest has a gross area,
or field for acquisition and develop
ment, of 1,560,000 with 510,000 acres
already acquired or tinder option.
After the South Carolina and Geor
gia sections have been cut off, its
gross area will be approximately
1,1(X),(KX) acres, it was stated, with
approximately 250,000 acres already
acquired or under option.
New Supervisor
Arrives To Take Charge
Of Nantahala Forest
W. R. Paddock, formerly assis
tant supervisor of the Sam Houston
national forest in Texas, arrived
here F'riday to becom-e supervisor
of the Nantahala national forest,
succeeding Philip H. Bryan, who
has been transferred to Alexandria,
La., as supervisor of the Kiasatchie
national forest.
Mr. Paddock is not a newcomer
to Franklin, having served as a
ranger in the Nantahala forest
from January to July in 1929. He
is a graduate of the forestry school
of Michigan state college. He and
his wife will occupy the residence
of Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Furr on
the Georgia road.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan plan to leave
for Alexandria the latter part of
this week. Mr. Bryan came to
F'ranklin September 16, 1935, suc
ceeding John H. Stone as super
visor. Immediately before coming
here he had been connected with
the Pisgah national forest with
headquarters in Asheville, but for
some years before going to Ashe
ville he was on the staff of a
forest in Arkansas.
Patrolman Jones Sent
To Hendersonville
FI W. Jones, state highway pa
trolman assigned to Macon county
since last autumn, was transferred
last Friday to Hendersonville. Ap
pointment of his successor is ex
pected to be announced in the near
future.