Haconian
PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
IKBEPEKBEMT
)L. Ll, NO. 30
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936
$L50 PER YEAR
UBNS RESIGNS
BIS PASTORATE
xepts Appointment As
Army Chaplain At
Fort Screven
'he Rev. W. M. Burns, pastor
the First Baptist church of
inklin since last October, left
>nday for Fort Screven, near
/annah, Ga., to accept a perma-
it appointment as a chaplain m
: United States army assigned to
■y in the Civilian Conservation
ps. , .
vir. Burns tendered his resigna-
n at services Sunday. The church
; taken no steps as yet toward
taining a new pastor, tor the
le being, it was announced, serv-
s will be conducted by supply
iiisters. Services will be conduct-
next Sunday, at 11 o’clock in
> morning and 8 o’clock in the
-ning, by Rev. Mr. Brooks, of
^Donoug-h, Ga. Mr. Brooks was a
lege mate and close friend of
; Rev. E. R. Eller, who proced-
Mr. Burns as pastor of the
anklin Baptist church.
Mr. Burns, a nativ« of Georgia,
a graduate of the Baptist The-
)gical seminary at Louisville, Ky.
: came to Franklin from Cave
ty, Ky. He had held various pas-
rates in the south.
Early this month Mr. B.urns, a
orld War veteran, received an
pointment as first lieutenant and
aplain in the officers reserve
rps and went to Fort McClellan,
a., for two weeks training. It
IS during this period that he re
ived his permanent appointment
chaplain. He was accompanied to
.vannah Monday by his wife and
lall daughter.
) Persons Examined
t Chest CUnic
Eighty persons were examined at
chest clinic conducted Friday,
ly 10, at the offices of the
,acon county department of health
Dr. H. L. Seay, a specialist
bm the state sanatorium, assisted
; Dr. T. F. B'allard.
tight of those examined showed
:gative signs. Two cases are to be
llowed up for other reasons.
Most of the persons ex^imined
5re from this county, but several
me from adjoining ootmties. The
aminations, which were made
,th a fluoroscope, revealed that
veral persons previously thought
have had tuberculosis, showed no
lysical symptoms.
Warning
Given Dcg Owners To
Have Ccinines Muzzled
Dog owners were warned this
W’cek in circulars distributed at the
order of Mayor George Patton to
keep their dogs muzzled if they
are allowed to run at large.
The warning came after several
dogs in the town and vicinity had
been reported to have showed
symptoms of hydrophobia. Several
vicious looking dogs have been
killed recently, but it is not defi
nitely known whether they had
hydrophiobia, as no laiioratory tests
were made. Some were of the op
inion that the dogs merely 'had run-
ninj; fits.
The circulars stated : “All persons
are hereby notified that under the
provisions of the Ordinances duly
passed and enacted by the Board
of AMermen of the Town of
FrankHn, North Carolina, it is un
lawful and constitutes a misde
meanor to allow a dog to run at
large in the Town of Franklin un
less same is securely muzzled, find
the Chief of Police or any other
lawful officer is authorized to shao't
all dogs found running at large in
the Town of P'ranklin which are .not
muzzled. Due to the 'existence of
hydrophobia in this loiality, it is
absolutely neressary that this pro
vision of the Town Ordinances be
strictly enforced.”
“ Ruth Bryan Owen Weds Capt. Boerge Rhode
' ^
ingers To Meet Sunday
»t Cowee Ba*ptist Church
The monthly singing convention
ill be held Sunday, starting at 3
^plock in the afternoon, at the
jwee Baptist church. Singers and
jjartets are expected to be present
om Canton, Asheville and South
Uro'lina, including Henry L.
hompson and the Palmetto sing
's from Westminster, S. C.
There were in 1930, according to
:e United States Census Bureau,
J13.196 persons in the United
tates over 75 years old.
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
HAU ELECTED
HEAD OF^LEGION
Macon County Post Plans
To Organize Band,
Memorial Squad
Boise Hall was .elected command
er of Macon county post No. 108
of the American Legion at the
post’s regular monthly meeting
Monday night in the legion hall.
Mr. Hall, formerly vice commander
of the post, succeeds Gilmer A.
Jones, under whose commandership
the post’s membership increased
from 24 to more than 100.
Adolph Zoellner was chosen vice
commander for the ensuing year
and A. R. Higdon was reelected
adjutant. Tom Moss was cho'S'en
sergeant at arms; T. J. O’Neil,
service officer; Miss Lassie K.elly,
historian, and the Rev. J.^ A. Flana
gan was reelected chaplain.
Mr. Jones and Mr. Higdon were
elected to represent the post as
delegates to the state convention
of the legion in Aslveville the first
of next week, and C. Tom Bryson
and Miss Kelly were selected as
alternates. A large number o
Macon county legionnaires, besides
the official delegates, are expected
to attend the convention.
The legion hall, a two-story build
ing on west Main street, has been
greatly impr»xed since its purchase
last fall, and is now on a self-
liquidating basis. .
Discussing plans for the post in
the coming year, the new mm-
mander said organization of a band
was contemplated. He also said a
memorial squad would be formed
so that in the future the post could
render full military rites at the
burial of ex-service men.
HYDE PARK, N. Y. . . . With President and Mrs. Roosevelt as
puests, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S. Minister to Denmark and daugh-
of tl'.e iatfc W pi. Jenmngs Bryan, was married here to Captain Boerge
^■vhoda, of the Royal Life Guards of King Christian X of Denmark.
Photo shows the bride and groom leaving the church.
Poultry Raising Profitable,
Highlands Woman Discovers
5 FLEE FROM
COUNTY JAIL
Prisoners Still at Large
After Making Escape
Saturday Night
Flock Records Show Net
Profit of 37V2 Cents
Per Hen
The value of poultry on the farm
as part of a well balanced farm
program, in supplying additional
cash incom.e and food products for
the farm home, is clearly empha
sized by the record of the flock of
Barred Plymouth Rocks of Mrs.
R. J. Cobb, of Highlands.
When referring to the farm rec
ord book that is being kept on
the farm, it was found that 31U/i
dozen 'eggs were produced from
January 1 to June 30, by 55 hens.
Of this number 202 2/3 do'zen were
sold, while 108 2/3 dozens were
used at home. After deducting feed
costs for the six months period of
$30.20 from an income of $50.86
from sale of egg^ and birds, Mrs.
Cobb found that 37^c net income
per bird was realized. This includ
ed those hens with chickens and
those during the setting periods.
During March this flock produced
80 dozen and four eggs, making
the average number of eggs per
hen produced at 175^ for the month.
Th« average price per dozen for
eggs sold during the 6 months
period was 23i/^c. Presuming all of
the 3115.4 dozen were sold at the
average price, the average total in
come from eggs alone would have
been $89.43.
The Cobb farm is one of 78 farm
management demonstrations in the
county on which farm business rec
ords are kept. The value of keeping
a farm business record is shown by
the record of this poultry flock, in
that each farmer may know from
which part of his farming opera
tions he is receiving the most in
come.
FUNERAL HELD
FOR RICORBIN
Macon County World War
Veteran Dies At
Oieen Hospital
^(Prices listed below are subject
i change without notice.)
''jwted by Farmers Federation, Jnc.
Ilickens, heavy breed hens 12c
fdckens., light weight; lb. .. 10c
yers, heavy weight, lb 17c
ryers, light weight, lb 14c
ggs, doz 21c
xish potatoes. No. 1
. (new), bu $1-50
|brn, bu $1.00
^^rtieat, bu $1.00
^ated by Nantahala Creamery
lutterfat, lb 30c
Freeman W atts Recovering
From Snake Bite
Freeman Watts, son of Mr. and
Mrs W. R. Watts, of Gneiss, is
recovering after having been bitten
by a copperhead moccasin
day afternoon of last week. He
was taken to Angel hospital for
treatment and was dismissed a day
or so later.
The 1930 census showed that
there were 11,891,143 negroes in the
United States.
Cowee Nine To Play
Cherokee Teaim Saturday
A baseball game has been sched
uled between the Cowee nine and
the Cherokee Indian team from
Yellow Hill for 3 o’clock Saturday
afternoon on the Cowee diamond, it
was announced by Ralph Bryson,
manager of the ^wee team.
Hospital To Have Tile
Floor in Operating Room
A new tile floor was being laid
this week in the operating room
of Angel hospital. The work was
done by the Marbeloid company
of New York,
Funeral services for R. L. Corbin,
44-year-old World War veteran who
died of tuberculosis at 1 o’clock
Sunday morning in the government
hos])ital at Oteen, were held at 3
o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the
I^ine (irove Baptist church at
(jneiss.
^Ir. Corbin, whoS'C home was on
Dillard l^oute 1 in the southern
section of Macon county, enlisted
in the army shortly after the
United States entered the war and
he was a member of one of the
first detachments sent oversea^. He
saw several months service at the
front, during which time he was
gassed.
For the last four years he had
made his 'home with a sister, Mrs.
John Angel, on Dillard Route 1,
but he spent much of the time in
the hospital at Oteen. After spend
ing some months with his sister
Mr. Corbin returned to the hos
pital three weeks prior to his death.
Mr. Corbin took an active inter
est in the development of the min
eral resources of this county.
The funeral was conducted by the
Rev. A. A. Angel, Franklin Metho
dist minister, and the Rev. Mr.
Brendle, Baptist minister. Members
of the Macon county post of the
American legion had charge of the
burial rites with their chaplain, the
Rev. J. A. Flaoagan, officiating.
Burial was in the Corbin family
cemetery. The pallbearers, all leg
ionnaires, were Jess Thomas, Tom
Moss, Sam Murray, Carey Moffett,
Victor Catway, Youell Bradley, and
Boise Hall.
Mr. Corbin was a m'cmber of
the Pine Grove Baptist church and
of the Macon county Legion post.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Martha Corbin, of Dillard Route 1;
four sisters, Mrs. John Angel and
Mrs. B. H. Vinson, of Dillard,
Route 1; Mrs. Len Higdon, of Gas
tonia, and Mrs. John Rush, of
Mascot, Tenn.; two brothers, O. C.
Corbin, of Gneiss, and J. L. Corbin,
o’f Grove, Okla.
Five ])risoners who escaped from
the Macon county jail Saturday
night were still at large tixlay.
The men, all of whom were lodg
ed in the “bull pen” on the second
floor, escaped througli a window
near the southwest corner of the
jail after cutting through the bars
witli a hack saw. They lowered
themselves to the ground with an
improvised rope made of blankets.
Those Escaping
The men vyho escaped — the
only occupants of the jail at tlie
time—were Theodore Woods and
Claude Byrd, of Aquone, charged
with assault with intent to kill;
Alfred McMiahan, charged with
highway robbery; Pratt Dalton, ac
cused of breaking and entering, aiul
Verlin Anderson, charged with pub
lic drunkenness. All were awaiting
trial. Anderson, who likely would
have faced only a short sentence
upon conviction, was reported to
have told someone after fleeing
that he really didn’t want to break
jail, but he was afraid he would be
lonesome after his fellow jirisoners
had escai>ed.
For several days before the
escape the prisoners kept up a loud
and steady stream o'f music on a
mouth organ. It is believed they
did this to cover up the sound
of sawing on the bars.
Bars W eakened
Several escapes have been made
from the jail in recent years
through the same window. The
group that made their getaway Sat
urday night, it was learned, cut
through the bars at the same places
where they had.been sawed before
and brazed.
County officials this week were
endeavoring to obtain some hard
ened steel bars to replace the old
ones.
The escape was discovered when
a prison attendant went to give the
prisoners their breakfast Sunday
morning. Sheriff A. B. Slagle and
Deputy Sheriff John Dills, who is
also jailor, immediately started a
search for the men, but no arrests
had been made today. All o'f the
prisoners were residents of this
county.
Former Franklin Woman
Dies at Clarksville
Mrs. Margaret Ann Tallent, for
merly of Franklin, died at her
home near Clarkesville, Ga., Thurs
day, July 9, after a short illness.
Mrs. Tallent was the daughter
of Posey C. and Amy Elizabeth
Franks Wild, of Macon co.unty. She
married James Monroe Tallent, who
with six daughters and three sons
survive.
Mrs. Tallent joined the Burning-
town Baptist church at the age of
16 and after moving to (Georgia she
transferred her membership to the
Hill’s Switch Baptist church.
The funeral was conducted by the
Rev. (ieorge Fuller, of Toccoa, and
burial was in the church cemetery
with Mrs. Tallent’s grandsons act
ing as pallbearers.
Enlistments Open at
Army Recruiting Station
Sergeant H. E. Rader, in charge
of the United States Army recruit
ing station at Asheville, has an
nounced that enlistments are now
open at the Asheville station in
the federal building for service in
Panama to men who can qualify
for the following positions:
Clerks, chauffeurs, warehouse men,
carpenters, plumbers, tyjiists, elec
tricians, truck drivers, cooks, print
ers, airplane mechanics, radio oper
ators and mechanics, engine me
chanics, musicians.
Applicants must be between 18
and 35 years of age, single, of good
character, in good health and with
no dependents.