Wacottian
progressive
liberal
IJVDEPEmEMT
I. NO. 50
(BISTER
FRANKLIN, N, C, THURSDAY, DEC 10, 1936
$1.50 PER YEAR
^ B. Underwood
ecomes Pf t»>-.
Baptist Church
Rev. William B. Underwood,
of Monticello, Gx, as-
his duties as pastor of the
laptist church of Franklin
Underwood and his family,
ing of his wife and a
er, arrived last Thursday
They are occupying the Bap-
rsonage.
^uating from
I Macon. Ga., m 1926, Mr.
fcood accepted a call to the
laptist church at Monticello,
Ihich church he remained as
f until he resigned to become
ir of the Franklin church,
ilonticello he was . a member
Je Masonic lodge and of the
J civic club.
^ Served in Army
P Underwood was reared at
Ga, During the World
;he served in the United States
iiand for eight months was
aned at Camp Merrimas in the
h|of France as an instructor m
tniy school.
Schedule of Services
ices for next Sunday were
i|nced by Mr, Underwood as
ms;
[45 a, m,—Sunday school,
{a. m.—Preaching service.
30 p, m,—B, T. U. meeting.
30 p. m,—Preaching service.
f^nesday at 7 ;.30 p. m. the
II (midweek prayer service will
hjld,
ilUnderwood succeeds as pas-
of the First Baptist church the
!|Afilli;am Atarshall Bums, who
Jed in July to accept an ap-
Jiient as army chaplain assign-
to the Civilian Conservation
ps at Savannah, Ga.
ipurman Angel Buys
H. Franks Homeplace
Ipurman Angel confirmed this
!]that he had made a deal for
hase of the old E. H. Franks
5|Site on Main street across
i|the federal building,
le consideration involved was
innounced, but it was reported
^000,
IS deed has not yet been re-
f|. as it first must be signed
Sts of the Franks estate, some
|J>om live in distant parts of
:ountry. Negotiations were
thro,ugh J. D. Franks, who
charge of the Franks estate.
[Angel said he was buying the
ty as an investment and had
for its development at
ime.
New Store
Expected To Open Soon
In Franks Building
Rebuilding of the Franks build
ing, recently purchased by Dr,
Furnian Angel and Dr, Edgar
Angel, was nearing completion this
week and finishing touches were
under way on the large storeroom
on the main floor in preparation
for occupancy by the Macon Eur-
niture company, incorporated.
The exact date for the opening
of the new furniture store was not
announced, but it was thought the
building would be ready for oc
cupancy the latter part of tkis
week or early next week.
R. J. Snyder and J. R. Long,
prominent Sylva business men, arc
proprietors of the new store. They
also operate stores in Sylva, Bry
son City and Andrews, Mr. Snyder
will be assisted in management of
the Franklin store by C, Truman
Moody, formerly of Sylva,
Edward VIII Quits Throne
For Wally Simpson’s Love;
Duke of York To Be King
ZEB1 CLOUSE
DlESfCRASH
F ranklin Man Killed in
Auto Collision
In Atlanta
King Edward VIII abdicated to
day from thf throne Gr«at
Britain—less tkan a year after k«
was proclaimed king .at tVe death
of his father—renouncing kis mler-
ship over the greatest empire ia
the world that he mi^ht pursue his
love with Mrs. Wallis Warfield
Simpson, twice divorced American
woman.
In presenting Edward's formal
notice of abdication to the British
parliament, Prime Minister Stanley
Baldwin s-aid, “No more grave mes
sage has ever been recewed by
parliament.”
The king’s message said in part-:
“After long and anxious consid
eration 1 have determined to re
nounce the throne to which i suc
ceeded on the death of my father,
and .1 am now communicating my
final and irrevocable decision.
“Realizing as .1 do the gravity
of this step, I can only hope- tliat
1 shall have the understanding of
my people in the decision I have
taken and the reasons whick have
led me to take it,
“I will not enter into my private
feehngs, but 1 would beg that it
should be remembered that the
burden whieb rests constantly up
on the shoulders of a sovereign is
so heavy that it can only be borne
in circumstancesi different from
thos« in which I now find myself.
"1 have executed that all nec
essary steps should be t-aken im
mediately to secure that my law
ful successor, His Royal Highness
the Duke of York should ascend
the throne.
(Signed) "Edward, R. 1.”
Meanwhile Mrs. Simpson, the for
mer Baltimore girl of good family
but limited means, was reported
under heavy guard at a villa at
Cannes on the French Riviera
where she has been a guest for the
past week. She was reported to
have received maay threats.
The king’s abdicaticm, it was
stated in radio dispatches, will Hke-
ly mean his perpetual exile.
Immediately after reading of the
king's message of aibdication par
liamentary machinery was set in
action to pave the way for ascen
dancy to the throne of the Duke of
York.
Zcb M. Clouse, 45, of Franklin,
was killed in an automobile colli
sion in Atlanta, Ga., at 2 o clock
Sunday morning.
The body was brought to Frank
lin early Monday by 0. C. Bryant,
local funeral director, and the fu
neral was held at 3 o’clock Tues
day afternoon at Mt. Zion
dist church an Route 1 with the
Rev. 0. E. Croy, pastor o the
Macon Methodist circuit, officiat-
'”pall bearers were John Lyle Wal-
droop, W. T. Moore, Joseph Ash-
ear Harold Sloan, Thomas W.
Porter, Jr., Frank 'I. Murray and
^ B. Slagle.
Mr. Clouse was reported to have
been killed when another automo
bile collided with one he was driv
ing, at Forsyth and
The driver of the other ca
arrested on charges of drun^'
,ness and reckless drmng^ '
was listed as W. H. Crussell, of
“se was reported ^to^^have
Lto*rGra£°hosJLt where he
“"“pronoanccd deai A~
tion revealed that his skull was
fractured and his right arm and
left sholder crushed. , . „
Mr. Clouse had been working m
Georgia for several '
survived by three daughters Esther,
18, Nina, IS, Nell. his
?oS:i lives in G«^^^
County’s Official Family
Has Only One New Member
“ lMl:LAis
R.E COFFEY, 65
shop Early
^nly 11 More
Shopping Days
tiU
51RISTMAS
Mrs
Found Dead m Truck
Claude M. Moses, ^
night. His hehad
that on the ^ blanket and
wrappe^ h.mse
gone to sleep
they Advanced that
f f dkd o carbon manox-
Moses had died o
ide gas truck’s exhaust
pelled through the irucK
pip®- , 1, was bro^ught to
Moses p, Bryant, !>cal
Franklin ■by ■ funeral was
funeral director. ^ afternoon
held at 3 school house
in the Walnut jjolland of-
.u Rev. 1-ranK „,.,ve-
County officers elected i» th«
November election were sfrorn in
Monday and the new i»ard of
commissioners held its first meet
ing.
The board remains- the sarne as
for the past two years with the
exception of one new member, C.
A. Bryson, of West’s Mill, who
takes the place of Frank Potts, of
Highlands, who was *ot a candi
date for reelection. E. B. Byrd, of
Stiles continues as chairmaa of
the board and C. L. Blaine tht
other member. All are D«ocrats.
Other officers swora in Monday
were C. Tom Bryson as fegistw
of deeds and county accountant. A,
B Slagle as sheriff and
C. M. Moore as coroner and J. «•
Dalton as surveyor. Alt succe«d
themselves. . ,
The oaths of office were taken
before Harley R. Cabe, clerk of
"^^Bonds were submitwd by each of
the office holders, as required by
law in the following amount:
Register of deeds, SS.OOO; cau^y
treasurer, $20,000; coroner, $2,000,
surveyor, $2,000.
Funeral Services Held
For Carey W. Vanhook
Funeral services for Carey W.
IT 77 who died m Ang^
^ L Jhe rites, assisted by the
Rcv”j A. Flanagan, pastor of the
^ nwin Presbyterian church.
X Vanhook, a well known farm-
Ar^nhook of Franklin; five
Mane Vanhook oi
Former Franklin Police
Chief Succumbs to
Pneumonia
Funeral services for R. M. Cof
fey, 65, who died of pneumonia at
Hoon Saturday, were held at 3 ;00
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
Sugarfork Baptist church.
Mr, Coffey, a former Franklin
(^hiftf of police^ who had also serv
ed ae a deputy sheriff, had been
il! for s>everal weeks. The funeral
was conducted by the Rev. A. S.
Solesbee, Baptist minister, assisted
by the Rev. J. I. Vinson of Route
1 Dillard, Ga., and the Rev. W. B.
Underwood, pastor of the Frank
lin Baptist church.
Mr. Coffey had been a member
of the Sugarfork Baptist church for
30 years.
Besides serving as chief of police
in Franklin 'he also had been chief
of police at Highlands. In 1932 he
W4S the Republitan candidate for
sheriff of Macon county.
Surviving Mr. Coffey are his
widow, formerly Miss Ollie Holland,
his mother, Mrs. Sarah Herron,
five half-brothers and two half-
si«f*fs.
Burial"w7s"in a
‘“'rr o, M... wn.
^f Highlands a-nd Miss
Cari Vanhook, Asheville,
Set’ Roy and John Vanhook
■> Franklin; two sisters, the
vSS.':
hook, Daw«»«, Alaefc*.
G^otfe Bulgin Reported
Critically lU
George Bulgin, Franklin machin
ist and blacksmith, who has been
seriously ill for several weeks at
his home on Highway No. 28, was
reported tonight in critical condi
tion with little hope of recovery.
Members of his family had been
at his bedside throughout the day.
Mr. Bulgin suffered a stroke of
paralysis several years ago, but re
covered sufficiently to return to
work in his shop. Several weeks
ago he becaem ill—due to over
work, friends said—and since then
hag been confined to his bed.
PATTON LEAVES
FOR R_ALEIGH
Predicts Special Session
Of Legislature Will
Be Brief
R. A. Patton, Macon «oi»Bty’s
representative-elect, left lu*eday
for Raleigh to take bis S’cat in the
legislature at the special sessi^^
called Saturday by Governor J. €
B. Ehringhaus to consider social
security legislation.
Before leaving Mr. Patton ex
pressed the opinion the special ses
sion would be brief and the law
makers would complete their ap
pointed task in plenty of time to
leturn home for Christmas. H«
said he thought it unlikely, in view
gf the proximity of the regular
session, that other legislative mea
sures would be considered. The
regular session is to convene Jan
uary 6 with the inaugairatioii
Clyde R. Hoey as govcrner set f&r
the following day.
Housitt Leaders Clw>s®»
Meeting in caucus W»dtn*«#y
night, the eve of the opening *f
the special session. Democratic
senate members voted to consider
no bills except ones pertaining t*
social security. Th« hotise caucus
took no such action, but leaders
said it would follow the sam« pol
icy.
Senator A. Hall Johnston, of
Buncombe, was unanimously nomi
nated at the senate caucus for pres
ident pro-tern of that branch of the
legislature. At the house Democrat
ic caucus R. Gregg Cherry, ©f
Gaston, legislative veteran^ was
unanimously nominated speaker 0>f
the hous%
Goir«rno(r’» Action a S»irpri*«
Governor Ehringhaus’ call for a
special session came somewhat as
a surprise to the state. For some
months he had steadfastly declined
to take such action in the face of
insistent demands from varioHs
quarters. He held that no new
legislation was necessary for North
Carolina to qualify for unemploy
ment benefits under the fede»l
social security act. The Cherry act,
made law two years ago, beforft tiie
social security act was cnactsd, Ae
Governor contended, complied witfc
the federal requirements.
Social security officials in WsMsh-
ington, however, ruled that the
Cherry act did not comply ani it
was estimated that unless some
thing were done to correct this
situation by January 1 the state
would lose approximately $2,500,009
a year in unemployment benefits.
Payments on unemployment insur
ance, however, are not scheduled
to begin until two years after the
state complies with the federal so
cial security act.
In a statement accompanyi*g the
governor’s call for the special ses
sion it was explained that, although
he still believed new social security
legislation unnecessary, holding tie
Cherry act to be sufficient, he 4id
not wish to place any additioMil
burden upon the s'cnators and cong
ressmen or leave the queetioti *f
state compliance open to the slifht-
est possibility of question.”
In seventh century Babylonia,
monks lived on grass and grains
of the fields, grazing like she«p.
fira*ures on paper can be ch«n-
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
T1
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.)
Qooted by Farmer* Federation, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed, hens 9e
Chickens, light weight, lb. . . 7c
Eggs, doz 33c
Corn, bu 806
Wheat, bu $1.00
Potatoes, No. 1 90c
Field peas, bu $1.25
Crowder peas, bn $2.09
Onions, bu 75e
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
Butterfat, lb 39«