Macottian
PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
IjYd epejvdejv r
DL. LI, NO. 27
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1936
$1.50 PER YEAK
ILMER FOREST
trackhosen
irt of Nantahala Forest
To Be Memorial To
Famed Poet
Certificate
i. 4,000-acre tract of virgin timb-
in 'the Nantahala National For-
has been selected as the site
the Joyce Kilmer Memorial
pest, which will serve as a living
nument to the author of the
St beautiful tribute ever written
trees, it was learned Wednesday
an announcement from Joseph
Kircher, of Atlanta, southern
■ional forester.
establishment of the memorial
est has been authorized by Sec-
ary Wallace of the department
agriculture. The action was
)nsored by the Bozeman B.ulger
;t of the Veterans of Foreign
ars. Selection of the tract, which
; in Graham county, was made
the Kilmer memorial committee
er a preliminary examination of
lilable areas throughout the
intry.
Dedication on July 30
Vir. Kircher, who will be respon-
k for the administration and
)tection of the memorial forest,
d the area will be dedicated on
ly 30, eighteenth anniversary of
; day on which Sergeant Joyce
Imer was kill'cd in action in
ance. The dedication program is
ing arranged by Paul A. Wil
ms, of New York, chairman of
2 memorial committee,
rhe area selected for the Kilmer
emorial Forest constitutes the en-
e watershed of Little Santeetlah
:ek, a few miles from Robbins-
le. The area is accessible over
leral highway No. 129 from
loxville which joins federal high
ly No. 19 between Asheville and
urphy at Topton.
Rook) Being Built
The Kilmer Memorial Forest will
available to the public for rec-
atio.nal use and the forest service
cently obtained permission from
e Indian service to build a short
ur road through a portion of the
lerokee Indian reservation to
ike the area reasonably accessible,
lis road will be completed in time
r the dedication ceremony on July
Lying a few miles from the
■utbern boundary of the Great
noky Mountains National Park,
e area consists of one of the
lest stands of virgin tirnber to
; found in any of the 154 national
rests throughout the United
tates and the scenery and botanic-
interest are unrivalled. Not a
ngle tree in the area will ever
II before a woodsman’s axe.
orester Kircher said. The memor-
1 will also be administered as a
ildhfe sanctuary.
The northwest of the memorial is
trmed by the rugged Unaka
ountains. The outstanding moun-
.in peak near the area is Stratton
aid, 5,400 feet in altitude. The
•ea will afford visitors a rernark-
ile opportunity to see a little-
fiown territory that is one of the
'tw remaining examples of the
iagnificent hardwood forests which
jvered the slopes of the Appa-
[chians when Cqlumbqs discovered
le new world.
jNpayly half of the trees found in
le area arp poplafs and red oak,
he largest tree measured so far
a poplar 80 inches in diameter,
'oresters estimate its age at mo're
,ian 200 years. The largest red
ik recorded for the area has a
iameter of 60 inches.
Specimens of white oak, chestnut,
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Awarded Macon Red Cross
For Passing Quota
The Macon ooimty chapter of the
American Red Cross has been
awarded an honor certificate, which
is to be ■■fram'cd and hung in some
public place, for surpassing its
quota in the Red Cross roll call
for 1936.
The certificate was sent to the
Rev. J. A. Flanagan, chapter chair
man, with an accompanying letter
from Cary T. Gryson, national
chairman, in which he said;
“1 wish to congratulate you and
to extend our sincere thanks and
best wishes , to everyone who help
ed to make your roll call a suc
cess.”
Macon county’s quota in the roll
call was 2(X) memberships. A total
of 214 was reported, the largest
number, )klr. Flanagan said, since
1923. This did not include member
ships later recorded through emer
gency ooiitrlbutions for the relief
of tornado victims at Gainesville,
Ga. A final check-up of donations
for this cause, Mr. Flanagan said,
showed a total of $889.63.
maiTservice
HERE IMPROVED
Earlier Deliveries Made
Possible by New
Motor Route
HOOD ASSAILED
BY MCJONALD
Elias Debt Settlement
With Central Bank
Is Cited
New P. O. Hours
Windows To Be Closed at
1 P. M. Saturdays
l^etterment Association ^
■ 0 Meet Friday
A meeting of the North Macon
■etterment association is scheduled
,5 be held at the Cowee school at
o’clock Friday evening of this
'eek. Supper will be served by
IJides of the community. All mem
bers are urged to attend.
4 I
A new mail service for Franklin,
providing three hours earlier de
livery on a large volume of first
and second class mail from the
south and east, including Atlanta
morning newspapers, went into ef
fect yesterday.
This mail is brought to Franklin
by motor from Cornelia, Ga., leav
ing Cornelia at 6:45 a. m. and ar
riving here at 10 a. m. Hitherto,
mail from southern points, includ
ing that transferred from trains
on the Southern railway, did not
arrive in Franklin until it was
brought by the Tallulah Falls rail
way at 2 p. m.
The train delivery service will
continue as usual, but will be con
siderably lighter. '
Inauguration of the motor deliv
ery of mail from C.ornelia is ex
pected to facilitate the handling of
mail in thp pastoffice through re
lieving the early afternoon load up
on the mail clerks and distributing
the sorting throughout the day. It
also will provide more prompt
posting of outgoing mail. The mail
now will leave Franklin at 10;IS
a. m. instead of waiting for the de
parture of the “T. F.” train at 3:05
p. m.
Contract for this motor route,
which covers a distance of 98 miles,
serving a number of other com
munities besMes Franklin and Car-
nelia, has been awarded to John
C Grant, of Cornelia, for a period
of four years at $1,289 a year. He
is permitted to carry passengers.
The contract covers the handling of
first and second class mail, special
delivery, special handling and per
ishable goods; but does qot call
for the handling of general parcels
post items.
Macon Theatre Has
Special Program for 4th
S.. H. Lyle, manager of the
Macon TTieatre, has planned a spe
cial bill for the entertainment of
theatre-go'ers on July Fourth, and
to accommodate the crowds he has
announced that the theatre will
open promptly at 10 o’clock in the
morning and continue showing un
til midnight.
The feature pictare will be Z.ane
Grey’s “Desert Gold” with Larry
Crabbe, Tom Keene, Marshal Hunt,
Monte Blue and Raymond Hutton.
Extra attractions will be a Popeye
comedy, “Ship Ahoy,” and the first
installment of a new seria thriUer,
“The Adventures of Frank Merri-
well."
(From June 29 Issue of The Ral
eigh News and Observer)
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, candi
date for the Democratic nomination
for the Governorship, last night re
newed his attack ujwn (jurney P.
Hood, State Banking Commissioner,
appointee of Governor O. Max
(jardner and Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus.
Dr. McDonald, preparing for a
week’s campaign schedule of speak
ing 'engagements issued this state
ment :
“Tile News and Observer’s in
vestigation of the Don Elias settle
ment with the Central ISanking and
Trust Company of Asheville has re
vealed the condition as worse than
I had charged.
“I had asked Gurney P. Hood,
Max (Gardner’s appointee as' Bank
ing Commissioner, to admit or deny
that Don Elias, vice president of the
Citizen Times Company, had been
permitted to settle a debt of $743,-
000 to a closed bank in Asheville
for the trifling sum of $6,000, on
which $1,200 had actually been paid.
“Don Elias personally and the
Asheville Citizen-Times have
threatened a libel suit against The
News and Observer and other pap
ers which carried my statement.
“Refusing to back down without
an investigation. The News and
Observer found the facts to be that
Don Elias was permitted to settle
obligations of $755,499,0fj for $4,8(X),
on which only $1,500 has been paid.
“The News and Observer very
properly refused to assume respon
sibility for my charge that this
transaction was a reason for the
support which the Asheville news
papers are giving to the candidacy
of Clyde R. Hoey for the governor
ship.
“The facts as they now stand re
vealed by the recorjls are:
“1. Do:n Elias owed in obligations
to the Central Bank and Trust
Company a total of $755,499.06.
“2. He^ was permitted to, settle
this dgbt for $4,8(X).
“3. Only $1,9(X) has actually been
paid to the Bank receiver.
“4. Gurney P. Hood, Max Gard
ner’s appointee as Banking Commis
sioner, approved and requested court
approval of the $4,800 settlement.
“5. Don Elias is the vice presi
dent of the Citizen-Times Publish
ing Company.
“6. The Citizen and Times .news
papers are editorially supporting
Clyde R. Hoey for Governor and
opposing very bitterly my candidacy.
“7. Clyde R. Hoey is the brother-
in-law of Max Gardner, who ap
pointed Gurney P. Hood to the
Banking Commissionership.
“8. Thomas L. Johnson was a
member of the Debt Adjustment
Committee which recommended the
settlement of Don Elias’ $755,499.06
debt for $4,800.
“9. Thomas L, Johnson’s law firm
received $24,591.24 in fees for rep
resenting Gurney P. Hood and the
receiver of the clos-ed Central Bank
and Trust Company for the period
November 19, 1930 to December 31,
1934 alone.
“10, This amount of fees is more
money than any depositor of the
Central Bank and Trust Company
has received to date, although the
Bank closed with approximately
$17,000,000 in deposits on November
19, 1930, almost six years ago.
“It is niOt necessary for me to
draw any conclusions from these
facts. The facts speak for them
selves.”
Starting this week, the Franklin
postoffice will close at 1 p. m, each
Saturday, it was announced by
Postmaster T, W, Porter,
The Franklin office has been sup
posed to close Saturday afternoons
all along, Mr. Porter said, but it
was for the convenience of the pub
lic by rearranging hours of the em
ployes and adding half a day’s ex
tra work for the ])ostmaster him
self. Postal authorities recently
notified ^Ir. Porter that all second
class postoffices were required to
close for half a day Saturday and
that in the future all public wind
ows should be closed at 1 p. m.
The j)ostoffice lobby will remain
open as usual until 9 p. m., outgo
ing mail schedules will be met and
incoming mail will be put in the
boxes.
EXPECT LIGHT
VOTE SATURDAY
Political Interest Lagging
Since First Primary
June 6
A heavy vote is expected in
Franklin township, but a very light
vote is forseen for Macon county
as- a whole m Saturday’s second
Democratic primary.
As customary, people from all
over the county are likely to grav
itate to town, rain or shine, for the
Fourth of July, although no enter
tainment program has been planned
here for the Fourth this year. This
is expected to re.sult in fairly heavy
balloting in Franklin but will cut
down the number of votes cast in
other townships.
Macon is expected to remain in
the Hoey column, as in the first
[)rimary, but supi).OTt'ers of Ralph
W. McDonald for the gubernational
nomination said they believed their
candidate would get a larger per
centage of the votes than he did
on June 6.
Neither Mr, Hoey nor Dr, Mc
Donald has been to Miicon since
the first primary and interest in
the campaign has waned consider
ably.
Clarence E. Blackstock, of Ashe
ville, former state senator from
Buncombe county, is scheduled to
speak at the courthouse at 8 o’clock
tonight in behalf of Dr. McDonald.
Miss Virginia Ramsey spent the
week of the Rhododendron Festi
val in Asheville with her sisters.
Misses Lola and Jessie Ramsey,
who are attending summer school
at the Ashebille Normal and
Teachers college.
Barbecue Picnic
Held on Middle Creek
A barbecue picnic was held on
the Middle Creek road Saturday,
July 27, marking the completion of
the graveling of that road from
Otto, a distance of three miles.
The occasion held a greater sig
nificance to, the many people who
are served by this road than any
thing occurring in that section for
many years—the fact that they can
go and com« at any time, regardless
of the weather conditions, without
the sad experience of sinking in
the mud means a great deal.
It is good to see this mucli Neg
lected work going on, and it is hop
ed that it will continue until all the
important by-roads throughout the
county have been graveled.
Funeral Services Held
F or Sam Cunningham
Sam Cunningham, 45, of Franklin,
died at 11 o’clock Sunday night of
an attack of heart disease after an
illness of several months.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at the lotla Meth
odist church, with the Rev. C. C.
Herbert, Jr., pastor of the Frank
lin Methodist church, officiating,
Mr. Cunningham, a well known
farm'er, is survived ‘by his widow,
who before marriage was Miss
Sadie Wood, five children and one
brother, Jim Cunningham, of
Franklin.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
REVIVALSTARTS
More than 1,000 Attending
Nightly Meetings in
County
A Baptist Sunday school revival
and enlargement campaign began in
.Macon county Sunday af tirnoon,
when representatives from 22
churches in the .Macon association,
met in the h'irst Baptist church in
Franklin to receive a group of 25
Sunday school workers furnished
by the Bai>tist Sunday school board
of Nashville, Term., and the North
Carolina Mission board.
Heading the party of Sunday
school workers are L. L, Morgan,
who recently succeded Perry Mor
gan as state Baptist Sunday school
director, and Mrs. John Lane, state
intermediate worker.
Take Religious Census.
The work began in the Macon
ass.O'ciation with the taking of a
religious census Sunday afternoon.
The purpose of the census was to
provide Sunday schools w’ith infor
mation enabling them to determine
who should be enrolled in their
classes.
Study classes are being conducted
each week by the trained workers
in the individual churches. Atten
dance at these classes was reported
to have been more than 1,(KX) at the
meetings Tuesday night.
In these classes the workers arc
leading discussions o-n Sunday
school administration and teaching,
Bible study, and soul-winning.
At 2:30 on Monday' afternoon
delegations from the Sunday
schools gathered in a centra! meet
ing at the Franklin Ba])tist church
and heard reports from the classes
in each of the churches. 'ITie meet
ing was presided over by M r.
Morgan, who also made tlie prin
cipal address. Airs. John Lane also
spoke. These central meetings will
be held each afternoon this week.
Last week in the Tuckaseegee
Association an average of over a
thousand people attended the classes
each night. A great deal of inter
est was created in more effective
Sunday school methods. One of the
chief goals set by the associational
Sunday schools was the winning of
the more than two thousand non-
Christian people discovered by the
census among the Baptist constitu
ency in the Tuckaseegee associa
tion alone.
The workers and their churches
in the Macon as.sociation are: Irene
Jones, Highlands; Darrell Middle
ton, Ellijay; Martha Kyle Pittman,
Cartoogechaye; John Lane, Cowee;
Harry Wood, Coweta; Evelyn
Brock, Prentiss; Bill Hill, Pleasant
Hill; Annie Taylor, Newman’s
Chapel; Wilma Phillips, Wells
Grove; Ruth Snipes, Clear Creek;
Elizabeth Lassiter, Higdonville;
Jack Blount, Holly Springs; Virgin
ia Lambert, Watauga; Robert Wil
son, Ridgecrest; Mrs. John Lane
and Edna Dawkins, Franklin; Jose
phine Turner, lotla; Lewis Morgan,
Oak Grove; Clyde Glosson, Sugar-
fork ; Francis Currin, Burningtown ;
Heber Peacock, Tellico; Mary
Chandler, Rainbow Springs; Jesse
Wester, Mt. Hope:
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.)
Quoted by Farmers F«deration, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed hens 14c
Chickens, light weight; lb. .. 12c
Fryers, heavy weight, lb 18c
Fryers, light weight, lb 16c
Eggs, doz 20c
Irish i>otatoes, No. 1 (old)., bu. $1.25
Corn, bu 90c
Wheat, bu 90c
Green beans, bu $1.00
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
Butterfat, lb i 27c ,