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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1936
LI, N. 21
ICULTYUST
IS ANMDKED
unty Board of Education
Elects Teachers for
Next Term
Big Crowd Hears McDonald
Launch Campaign in Macon
■incipals and teachers for the
lublic schools of Macon county
; elected by the county board
education at a meeting this
ning in the office of M. U-
ngs, county superintendent ot
ols. G. L. Houk and O. I”-
mer were reelected principals
the Franklin and Highlands
ols, respectively.
)llowing is the list of teacheis
principals chosen by the board,
nade public by Mr. Billings;
anklin: L.. L. Houk, principal;
s jennie (jillani, -Mrs. Jrteleu
on, Airs, tloise Li. In'anks,
ler Cjrawford, Miss Florence
icup. Miss Helen burcli, Miss
\ biagle. Miss Aiazzaiec, i'hurs-
Mrs. K-atherine Hudson, Airs.
•1 Hunter, Aiiss Aiayberyi
,dy, Miss Helen i'atton, Mrs.
ibeth C. Guffey, Airs. Joyce
[j!.e, Mrs. Olive li. Katon, Airs.
W. Franks, Mrs. Kate H.
iams. Miss Katherine Porter,
Margaret Slagle,
tla: Sanford Smith, principal;
. J. C. Horsley, Mrs. Nina 1.
nvoy.
‘"ive Hill: Miss Mattie Wilkes,
arks Chapel: Miss M.ary Strain,
P,cipal; Miss Mary JacoDs.
I iion: Mrs. J. B. Tabor, princi-
' Mrs. Gay B. Teague, Mrs.
V Bradley.
' aple S-prings: Glen Patton,
'dpal; Miss Kate Shope, Miss
nie Sandep.
..ally Spriixgs: Miss Eunice Cun-
Ijj'ham, princapal; Miss Elizabeth
f'atatiga: Mrs. Lola S. Kis'cr,
)lcipal; Mrs. Fannie Arnold.
■ik Ridge: C. S. Tilley, princi-
Mrs. Herbert Angel,
ountain Gricwe: J. B. Brendle.
lija,y: Miss Mary Flinore,
igdonville: E. J. C.arpenter,
fcipal; Miss Mayme Moses.
Jem: Mrs. Pearl P. Ward, prin-
Miss Pauline Cabe.
Washburns: Sam A. Bryson,
ne Gnove: T. T. Love, princi-
Miss Amy Henderson,
almit Creek: Miss Grace
(ces.
Wk Creek: Carl D. Moses.
Tld Mine: Mrs. Myrtle F.
Jner.
fighlands: O. F. Summ'er, prin-
F. , C. Hentz, Mrs. Kate
ore Rhinehart, Mrs. Fannie M.
m. Miss Edna Jamison, Miss
Howard, Mrs. Jack Hall, Miss
£l Calloway, Miss Eva Potts,
fcaly: Miss Grace Carpenter,
cipal; Mrs. Merle Peek Dry-
ulberry: Miss Myrtle Vinson,
PMiss Gladys Brock,
y: ;Miss Bess Norton.
' Knoll: Miss Lucil'c Kim-
cipal; Miss Onnie Lee
jwer Tesenta: Miss Blanche
50H.
pper Tesenta: Miss Gladys
nell.
fantountain ^View: Miss Zelma
.gomcins.
tto: Miss Beatrice Moseley,
Republicans joined with Demo
crats Monday afternoon to stage a
big demonstration in Franklin for
Ralph W. McDonald, anti-sales tax
candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for governor.
After being met at Cowee Gajx
on tlie Jackson county line by a
convoy of nearly 30 automobiles,
the Winston-Salem man was usher
ed into town by a brass band.
A crowd of four or five hundred
persons filled the courtroom, where
Mr. McDonald spoke, and an am
plifying system carried his remarks
to a crowd in the street below.
Observers said the crowd was about
half and half Democrats and Re
publicans.
But if Republicans sxpected to
find much comfort in Dr. Mc
Donald, they were disappointed, ex
cept for liis attacks on what he
called “the machine which has
been in control of our state gov
ernment since 1928.”
“I stand squarely on the platform
of the Democratic party,” declared
the candidate. “I endorse the
Roosevelt administration and 1 want
to bring to North Carolina the
same kind of a New Deal that
President Roosevelt has given the
nation.”
Attacks Ehringhaus
He assailed the present state ad
ministration for its political philos
ophy of “it can’t be done,” attack
ing Governor Ehringhaus for 'his
refusal to call a special session of
the legislature to 'enact legislation
giving the old folks of North Caro
lina an opportunity to receive the
benefits of federal security pen
sions. ■ ,
Declaring that the sales tax is a
tax on poverty, contrary to the
Democratic doctrine of “taxation
according to aibility to pay,” Mr.
McDonald said that if elected gov
ernor he w'ould put his full ener
gies to the task of repealing the
sales tax without resorting to any
state taxation on land.
Outlines Tax Program
To raise revenues to meet the
state’s expenses he proposed high
er taxes on corporations, raising ot
the constitutional limit on income
taxes to 10 per cent, increasing
taxes on power companies, levying
a tax on chain filling stations, and
banishing the exemptions in the in
come tax Law on dividends from
domestic corporations.
Tremendous amounts of wealth
are escaping taxation in North
Carolina, Mr. McDonald declared,
citing as an instance a man in
W^inston-Saleni with an income of
a million dollars a year who, he
.said, did not pay any state income
taxes. He estimated that there is
a billion dollars of wealth in North
Carolina escaping taxation.
The sales tax, he declared, was
foisted o,n the state by the big to
bacco and power interests, and he
said the corporations had saved
about $10,5(X),000 yearly in taxes
since the sales tax became effec
tive.
Raps ‘Machine’
Mr. McDonald accused the “ma
chine” of playing hand ' in hand
with lobbyists for the tobacco and
power interests, although the Dem
ocratic platform specifically stated
that it disapproved of lobbyists for
special interests.
If elected, he said he would put
in a new set of appointive officials
at Raleigh, aibolishing unnecessarily
large salaries and naming men to
offices for their ability and not for
their political influence.
The candidate was introduced by
Lee Barnard, of Franklin, and Roy
F. Cunningham, the McDonald
county manager, presided at the
meeting.
Mr. McDonald, went from Frank
lin to Murphy, where he spoke in
the evening, praising the TVA and
predicting that construction of TVA
dams would bring a new era pf
dtvelopwient and prosperity to this
section of the state.
COMMUNITY-BUILDING
CAMPAIGN TO START
IN PRESS NEXT WEEK
PRIMARY lAW
IS MIflED
Republicans, Independents
Barred in Democratic
Primary
400 Women Attend District
Club Meeting in Franklin
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The annual meeting of the Feder
ation of Home Demostration clubs
of the first district, which com
prises the counties of Cherokee,
Clay, Graham, Swain, Macon, Jack
son and Haywood, was held Tues
day in the Franklin high school
building with an attendance of
more than 400. About 150 of those
present were members of home
demonstration clubs of Macon
county.
The principal speaker at the
meeting was Dean I. O. Schaub, of
State college, Raleigh, who is di
rector of the state extension serv
ice. Other speaker? were Miss Ruth
Currant, district home agent; F. S.
Sloan, district farm agent; Miss
Willie Mae Dills, of Sylva; Mrs.
H. T. Hunter, of CuHowhee; and
Mrs. Henry Slagle, of Franklin.
One of the features of the day
was an exhibition of scenes depict
ing fashions and customs of the
woman of yesterday, the woman of
today and the woman of the fu
ture. These scenes were staged
under the direction of G. E. Cope
land, of the National Art school,
Washington, D. C., who is visiting
in the city, and were sponsored by
the following local merchants: E.
K. Cunningham and company,
Schulman’s Department store, and
Polly’s.
Mrs. Carl Slagle, retiring^ presi
dent of the federation, presided at
the meeting. She was assisted in
entertaining the visitors by Mrs.
Fred Slagle, chairman of the lunch
eon committee; Mrs. Henry Slagle,
chairman of registration; Mrs. J.
C. Barrington, Mrs. A. B. Slagle,
Miss Ruth Slagle and Miss Reba
Tessier, who served as joint host
esses; Mrs. Harry Higgins, chair
man of music; Mrs. S. W. Menden
hall and Airs. F. S. Sloan, who
were in charge of decorations.
Members of the Frankhn troop of
Boy Scouts assisted by .directing
traffic. Mrs. T. J. O’Neil, Macon
cotwity home demonstration agent,
assisted officers of the federation
and others in preparing the pro
gram and entertaining the visitors.
TTie federation selected Sylva for
its 1937 meeting. ,
Officers for the ensuing year
were chosen as follows:
Mrs. Harley Reno, Canton, presi
dent; Mrs. Carl Slagle, Route 1,
Franklin, vicp president; Mrs.
Lewis Cannon, Webster, vice presi
dent; Mrs. H. C. .Enloe, Judson,
treasurer; Mrs. Ed Bird, Stiles, re
porter; Mrs. B. N. Hyde, Robbins-
ville, historian.
Many Children
Immunized at Clinics
On Friday, May 1, at the pre
school clinic held at the Highlands
school 53 children were examined,
and on the 8th at the immunization
clinic 39 were immunized aiainst
diphtheria and 11 against smallpox.
Dr. T. F. Ballard conducted the
clinic, assisted by Miss Josephine
Daniel, state field advisory nurse;
Mrs. Jean T. Dillon, district sup
ervisor of public health nursing,
and Miss Nellie Nash, county
nurse. A committee consisting of
Mrs. Frank Potts, Mrs. J. E.
Potts, Mrs. D. W. Wiley, Mrs.
Guy Paul; Mrs. C. H. Zoellner,
Mrs. W. A. Bryson and Mrs. J.
W. Reese gave valuable assistance
in the conduct of the clinics, and
O. F. Summer, principal of the
school, had notices of the clinic
prepared and sent out, and for one
clinic, arranged transportation for
children who lived at a distance.
If Republicans and independents
want to vote for Democratic can
didates in the June"6 primary, they
will have to formally change their
party affiliations before the closing
of the registration books Saturday
of this week, according to a recent
ruling of the state attorney general.
Ihe ruling- was cited this week
by ). R. Morrison, chairman of the
Maco.n county board of elections,
who said the board intended to see
to it that it was strictly enforced
m the forth.cortiing primary election.
The ruling, in question and an
swer form, follows:
“QUESTION—May a voter who
has duly registered aiid declared
his party affiliation change the
same subsequent to the closing of
the books so as to render him
eligible to vote in the primary of
another party?
“RULING—No person can change
his party affiliation so as to permit
him to vote in the primary of an
other party after the registration
books have closed. Suah a change
in party affiliation, if made at all,
should be made during the regis
tration period.
“QUESTION—May an independ
ent who has not declared his affili
ation with either party participate
;in the primary of the Democratic
or Republican parties?
“RULING—No. The primary law
is intended to protect the rights of
the members of the parties to
which it applies and to restrict the
voting in the primary to such mem
bers. Those who are not affiliated
with the party have no right under
the law to participate in either
primary.”
The registration books opened on
Saturday, May 9, and will remain
open until sundown on Saturday
of this week.
LEACH PLANS
NEW BUPING
Buys George McPherson’s
Interest in Main
iitreet Lot
Public Cooperation Asked
For Benefit ot All
Concerned
Communities, towns, cities and
nations are touilt by the people who
live in them.
(leograi)hic and other natural ad
vantages may be something of an
asset, but they are valueless until
they are used.
Alen and women are the builders
in this world of ours, and the de-
veloi)meiit and growth of any coin-
inunity is limited only by itie in
itiative, imagination, energy and
ambition of its residents. Tlie fin
est town sites and the best of
natural resources will amount to
naught without the master hand of
the builder.
In Macon county we have the
assets of a great community—
mountains abounding in timber and
mineral resources, valleys of rare
fertility, a climate that is unex
celled for healthful and comfort
able living, and surroundings at
whose beauty the stranger marvels.
It is the job of the people of
the community to take advantage
of these assets, to build upon them
and to enjoy their benefits.
The Franklin Press and Ihe
Highlands M a c o n i a n , Maeon
county’s only newspaper, proposes
to conduct a campaign designed to
remind us and teach us some of
the more obvious lessons in com
munity-building. For five weeks we
invite and challenge the whole
hearted cooperation of the mer
chants, business and professional
men; all religious, civic, commer
cial and fraternal organizations.
But, primarily, we challenge tfee
individual cooperation of every
man, woman and child in this sec
tion.
Cooperation 1 s Keynote
Cooperation is essential in the
complicated civilization of our
times. Every individual is depend
ent for his comfort, conveniences
and even necessities, upon the work
and services offered by hundreds
of other individuals. Our campaign
contemplates a serious study of the
other individuals or businesses with
a view to helping them and there
by helping ourselves.
After all, cooperation is the key
note of all endeavor. The architect
might draw sublime plans, con
tractors secure the best materials
and employ the best foreman; but
without the cooperation of the
workmen no cdifice would arise.
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Lee Leach, who recently purchas
ed George R. McPherson’s interest
in the Main street lot between the
Dowdle buijding and the Macon
Theatre, has announced that He
intends to erect a modern business
building on the property. Work on
the building, it is understood, is to
start about July 1.
Mr. McPherson owned a half in
terest in the lot. The amount paid
for it by Mr. Leach was not dis
closed. With the lot go tie-in rights
on the adjoining buildings.
Mr. Leach said he had not defi
nitely decided on plans for the
building, but that it probably
would be one story in height. Sev
eral applications for leases have
been made, he added, although no
leases have yet been made.
“I have complete faith in the
future of Franklin,” Mr. Leach
said. “That is why I am planning
to erect this building.”
Mrs. Lassie Cunningham
Elected Library Head
Mrs. Lassie Kelly Cunningham
was reelected president of the
Franklin Library association at its
annual meeting Monday night in
the library rooms in the Masonic
building. Other officers elected
were:
Mrs. Lola Penland Barrington,
vice president; B. W. Johnson,
secretary and treasurer. Miss Olivia
Patton and Elmer Crawford were
appointed to serve with the presi
dent and librarian as book com-
rmittee.
Reporting on the activities of the
library for the past year, Mrs. A.
J. Ordway, who has served as li
brarian without pay, said 7,000
books had beeft circulated among
a membership of 233. She said a
total of 450 new books had been
recei\ ed during the year, 256 of
thfem by gifts. Two hundred and
three volumes were donated to the
library by Mrs. S. H. Lyle, Sr.,
from the library of the late Dr.
Lyle.