LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT:
VOL. LII, NO. 5
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 1937
$1.50 PER YEAR
PROGRESSIVE
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FRANKLIN MAY
GET NYA CENTER
Commissioners Offer Use
Of Harrison Avenue
Lot
Plans are beinc drawn this week
r i ,
, for a nroDosed community center
tor the young people 01 ivutu..
county, which the national youth
administration has tentatively of-
tA tr f-rprt
a I., H,inn
A 51ll' u,c ,ut
nue known as the Aiva lerce prop-
erty, which adjoins the Methodist
church, was offered Monday by the
County commissioners
Franklin has been chosen as one
of three communities in the state
in which to build workshops and
community centers for young
people, under the supervision of
the NYA. Choke of Franklin, The
Fress-Maconian learned, was at
tributed to the fine record of
NYA work in the county under the
supervision of Mrs. J. A. Ordway,
Plans for the proposed center are
being drawn by Herman Plemmons,
county sanitary supervisor. They
have not been completed, but Mrs
Ordway said they contemplated a
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viding space for workshops and
meeting rooms for boy scouts and
girl scouts.
She was optimistic that the NYA
would approve the project, and that
work on it would start this spring.
PARKING LIMIT
TOBEPRESSED
Strict Enforcement of
1-Hour Law Ordered
By Council
Rigid enforcement of Franklin's
one-hour parking ordinance on
trtm ,mr;i M,lm niant aftPr
it had received a petition signed
bv'30 individuals and business con-
cer.ns requesting that something be
nKt n,tj Mff;
ditions ,
The petition, which had been cir
. culated by W. T. Moore of E. K
Cunningham and company, also re-
iHno- tmMrJ ti, -r.'n.'nrr f
f-f ti, tL-
part of the request under advise-
ment with the intention of invest!- Lfa vma; ,.Mrs- M l nan'
gating the possibility of obtaining of Franklin; Mrs. Ella Siler Free
aid from the state hidiwav com- an. of Lavonia; Grady Siler, of
m;ec; r (rkm Ue. rAric nrrrrcc
administration '
The town parking ordinance pro-
fcihitc nark.W fnr mnr. than nnP
hour between 7 a. m. and 7 p. m.
on Main street, from the Post Of
fice to a point near Harrison ave
nue.
Frmikliii
Proiliico Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.) I
Quoted by Fairoert Federation, Inc.
niCKcus, i.eavy urecu, nens 10c
Chickens, light weight, lb . . 11c -
Eggs, doz. 17c
Corn, bu. " A 95c
Wheat, bu. ....$1.15
"' Potatoes, No, 1 ......... . . . .$1.20
Field peas, bu. $1.50
Crowder peas, bu. .$2.50
'XYellow Mammoth Soy
"Beans, ,ibu. .$1.50
"Lprida Deana, bu. .......... .$1.65
Ontons, b,u. 60c
Quotnd by Nantahala Creamery
ButterfVt, lb, ............... 30c
School Board
Likely To Remain Same
For Next 2 Years
Reports from Raleigh indicate
that Macon county's board of ed
ucation will continue the same for
the next two years.
The names of W. D. Barnard, C
W. Dowdle and Frank Hill, pres-
tin. inciuucis ui iiic uoarii, nave
, ... ' . .
... . i r it. w i i
mcnt jn ,. f ominees sub.
mitred to an education sub-corn
mittee in the lower house of the
general assembly. This committee
1S Preparing an ommous Din, pro-
v d nL' for boards of education in
the 100 counties, which is expected
to be introduced sometime this
month
JULEG. SILER
ISFOTODEAD
Funeral To Be Held In
Franklin Friday
Afternoon
Jule G. Siler, a .native of Frank
lin and formerly cashier of the
Bank of Franklin, was found dead
in a small ravine four or five miles
from his home in Lavonia, Ga., at
6 o'clock Wednesday night He had
disappeared from his -home Tuesday
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afternoon and wandered into the
country. Death, it was reported, was
due to three possible causes : an at
tack of heart disease, exposure, or
a blow on the head in falling into
the ravine.
Mr. Siler' s body will be brought
to Franklin tomorrow, Friday, for
burial. A funeral service will be
held at the Franklin Presbyterian
church at 2 o'clock in the after
noon with burial- following in the
Franklin cemetery. Members of the
family and the Rev. Boyce Nelson,
Presbyterian minister of Hartwell,
Ga., will accompany the body. The
funeral is to be conducted by Rev.
Mr. Nelson and the Rev. J. A.
Flanagan, pastor of the Franklin
Presbyterian church.
Mr. Siler, who was in his sev-
venties, left Franklin about
20
years ago. At Lavonia he was in
the wholesale grocery business and
becameian automobile dealer.
xi e was a son oi inc itic mi
and Mns. Leon F. Siler, of Frank
lin, and a grandson of Jesse Siler,
one of the early settlers of this
county. His father was a Metho
dist minister. He married Miss
Ella Rankin, of Franklin
Surviving Mr. Siler are his wid
?w. C1ght children, Turner Siler of
Athens, Teiin. ; C. K. Siler,
Asheville; J. R. and Robert Siler,
of Gastonia and Mrs. Linda Siler
Adams; of Savannah, Ga.; and a
brother, Dr. Eugene Siler, of Mon-
treat.
'The Holy Terror
Coming Monday-Tuesday
Macon Theatre presents "Ginger"
Jane Withers in her very latest
picture, "The Holy Terror," Mon.-
Tues. Jane, the little Southern Girl,
seems to be setting the pace in
t the nresent. In this
.nrv Un. i(! th. daughter Qf Com-
Walla r . in rhame of a
Iaval aviation station. Jane saves
.... statinn bv her m sch CVOUS
nranw mTthe snies who are trv-
ing to steal plans for a ntw plane.
Wednesday and Thursday Fara-
mount's great musical comedy,
"The Big Broadcast of 1937."
Music, dancing, romance, wise
cracks, laughs all. while the ibroad
cast is on the air. Jack Benny's
wisecracks, Bob Burns' story-telling
and "Bazooka" playing, songs
by Benny Fields, Shirley Ross and
Martha Rave. Laughs from George
Burns and Grade Allen.
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News pictures of flood, scenes, Pittsbutgh to New Orleans, down, the
Ohio and Mississippi river basins, all tell the same story of record
flood peak?, loss of lives and .great property damage. Recent reports
indicated that approximately a million persons were homeless and prop
erty loss was beyond estimating. Top photo shows raging fires, caused
by oil and gasoline spreading over the flood water from bursted tanks
in Cincinnati. Second photo a crew of coast guardsmen leaving Chi
cago for flood duty. At bottom, a thrilling rescue of a critically ill
citizen from a flooded home.
More than $100 Raised for
Infantile Paralysis Find
Square Dance Parties In
Franklin, Highlands
Well Attended
More than a hundred persons at
tended the "President's Birthday
Party" at Kelly's Tea Room Sat
urday night, .raising $70 for the
fund to fight infantile paralysis.
Another party at Helen's Barn in
Highlands netted $18, half of which
went into the president's fund. The
other half was contributed for flood
relief.
The infantile paralysis fund was
swelled to more than $100 by $40
raised by Harley R. Cabe in sell
ing advertisements for a full page
display contributed by The Frank
lin Press and The Highlands Mac
onian. .
Dr. W. A. Rogers was county
chairman1 of the birthday ball com-1
mittee and Mr. Cabe was in charge
of arrangements for the Franklin
party. The party at Highlands was
arranged by C. C. Potts and Henry
Cleaveland.
Square dances to local music were
the vogue at each party." '
VETERAN SCOUT HONORED
enia, O. Sgt. H. L. Chapman,
a member of the first Boy Scout
troop in the world, has been elect
ed . commissioner of the Scout
movement in Green county. Chap
man joined 15 other boys in Eng
land under the leadership of Sir
Robert Baden-Powell to launch the
Boy Scout movement,
in Flood's Wake
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BURRELLPLANS
NEWJUILDlNG
Work . Started on Grading
Main Street Lot
For Garage v
W. C. Burrell, local Chevrolet
automobile dealer, started work
Tuesday grading a . site on East
Main street preparatory to con
struction " of a new garage and
automobile showroom. The prop
erty, a double lot between the
Nantahala Inn and the Watkins
Hotel, was recently purchased by
Mr. BVrrell from the Berry heirs
at a price reported in the neigh
borhood of $3,000.
The loO will be graded to street
level. Mr. Burrell' said he had not
completed plans for the new build
ing hut that he intended to erect
a large modern fireproof structure.
He also said he was planning to
build a new filling - station- on part
of the property.
PLANE OUSTS DOG TEAMS
San Francisco. In the same man
ner that the automobile has re
placed the 'horse in the United
States, the airplane is replacing
dog feams qf Alaska, according to
Victor Ross, Alaskan aviator. He
already has more than 300,000
miles of flying in the frozen north
to his credit. .
HOUSE VOTES
LOCALOPTION
Representative R. A. Pat
ton Votes Favorably
On Liquor Bill
After defeating the HutchLns bill .
providing for a statewide referen
dum to prohibit the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants in North
Carolina, the lower house of the
general assembly voted 67 to AS
Wednesday to permit county op
tion on liquor, according to press
dispatches from Raleigh.
Representative R. A. Patton of
Macon was reported to have voted
against the Hutchins bill and for
the local option measure, whicn
had been introduced less than 24
hours before.
' The local option proposal largely
carries out the recommendations ot
a liquor-study commission appoint
ed by the governor. It would al
low counties at their own discretion
to operate liquor stores, the profits
from such stores to be retained by
the counties, with the state deriv
ing revenue from a gross sales tax
on liquor to be established by the
finance committee.
General supervision over county
liquor stores would be under a
three-man commission. The chair
man of the commission would re
ceive $6,000 a year and the other
members would be paid on a per
diem basis. '
Eighteen North Carolina' counties
already-are. permitted to operate
liquor stores under an act of the
1935 assembly.-
JAILOR BILL PASSES
The senate Saturday passed Rep
resentative Patton's bill to abolish
turnkey fees for the Macon county
jailor and limiting to 15 cents a
meal and ' 45 cents a day the
amount to be paid the jailor for
boarding a prisoner. The measure
previously had been passed in the
lower house. Ratification was ex
pected this week. '
The jailor, John Dills, formerly
has received a turnkey's fee of 60
cents for each prisoner admitted to
the jail and board of 75 cents a
day per prisoner.
Enactment of the Patton bill was
protested in a letter to Senator
Kelly E. Bennett signed by a num
ber of prominent residents, who at
tributed its introduction to "a per
sonal feeling Patton has against
the present jailor."
WOULD ABOLISH HOOD'S JOB
One new bill introduced by Rep
resentative Patton would abolish
the office of the state commissioner
of banks. A similar measure was
defeated at the last session of the
legislature. Gurney P. Hood holds
the position.
Mr. Patton and : Representative .
Ledbetter of Jackson county are
joint sponsors of a bill to require
the state highway and public works
Commission to provide for the
transportation of prisoners from
the. county in which " they are
sentenced to the state prison or.
prison camp.
Mission Groups
To Hold Zone Meeting
A zone meeting of the Woman's
Missionary . societies of Macon
county Methodist churches is to be
held Wednesday, February lO.start
ing at 10 o'clock in the morning,
at the Franklin Methodist church.
Mrs. F. E. Branson, of Canton,
conference secretary of the Way
nesville district, is expected to at
tend, .bringing an interesting mes
sage for the group, '
Mrs. Sallie E. Penland lis con
fined to her bed at her home on
Palmer street with influenza.