LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LIU, NO. 2
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938
$1.50 PER YEAR
PROGRESSIVE
INERALS SHOW
UCH ACTIVITY
Developments at Thorn
Mountain and Other
Locations
There has been much activity in
the mining business in Macan
county during the past , few months
Trading and development have been
going on at a lively rate and
several large deals have been made.
J. B. ford has built a large
boarding house on Thorn moun
tain about 20 miles southwest of
Franklin on mining property his
company has acquired, and is pre
paring to ' work a large force of
men in getting out mica and other
minerals. "
Roy Cunningham, who has for
some time been with Roy Carpen
ter at the Gulf filling station, has
moved his family to Thorn moun
tain and will have charge of the
boarding house.
Mr. Ford is also understood to
be operating the mine at Lyle's
Knob where considerable mica is
being produced. It is said that
more building is to be done and
a road constructed - at the Thorn
mountain location.
The Development , Corporation of
XT T 1 I . , f' -t
mew jersey is anoiner iirm wnicn
is quite active in this section.
Their holdings ' are in Macon and
adjoining counties, and they are
expected to figure largely in the
development of the mineral inter
esfs of the western counties.
There are a large number of
mica mines .which , have , been in
operation -for -a -"long "thne," and
there is a great deal of talk going
around in regard, to further oper
ations in the mineral field;
Dance at High School
Saturday Night
On Saturday night, January 15,
a square dance will be given at
the. high school building for the
benefit of the President's birthday
funds.
This is one among the various
events given, throughout Macon
county, to help in fighting infantile
paralysis, announced C. Tom Bry
son and Lester Arnold, chairmen
of the square dance committee.
Music will be furnished by a
1rtr.il , strinc hand.
Shirley Moses Dies
Of Pneumonia
Shirley Moses, 18-months old
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Carl D.
Moses, died at their home at Elli-
jay ' Wednesday morning, January
5, at 7 o clock. Death was caused
by pneumonia.
The funeral services were held
at. the Sugarfork Baptist church
Thursday morning at 1.1 o'clock.
The; Rev. R. F. Mayberry, of Sylva,
was in charge.
Surviving, besides the parents,
are one sister, Annie Louise, and
two. brothers, David B., and
Francis.
Dr. Furr Moves
Dental Offices
Dr. W. E. Furr, who has been
located in the McCoy building, has
moved to rooms 107 and 108 in the
Ashear building, where he now
occupies bright , and well equipped
dental offices.
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below art subject
to change' without notice.)
Quoted by Farmer Federation, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed, hens 12c.
Chickens, light weight, lb. . . 9c
Eggs 20c
New (corn (shelled) 65c
rotarocs7-iNor-i, pu. ...... uc
Potatoes, No. 2, bu. r 50c
Quoted by NanUhtla CrMinary
Butterfat, lb, . , 30c -
Mrs. W Anderson
Passes Sunday at Home
On Cartoogechaye
Mrs. Wiley Anderson, 37, died
at her home on Cartoogechaye
Sunday morning at 8 o'clock fol
lowing an illness of two years.
Death was caused from tuberculosis.
Mrs. Anderson was a member
of the Cartoogechaye Baptist
church.
Funeral services were held at
the Mt. Zion Methodist church on
Cartoogechaye Monday afternoon
at. 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. Newton
Dills a Baptist minister of Car
toogechaye, was in charge of the
final rites. .
Mrs. Anderson is survived by
her husband and one daughter,
Willie Mae; one son, Lloyd, of
Cartoogechaye; her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Reno Garland; two sist
ers, Mrs. Carl Greenwood and
Miss Neta Garland, and one broth
er, Mack Garland, all of Waynes-
ville.
DEATH CLAIMS
R. B. BRADLEY
Well Known Citizen Of
Coweta-Section Passes
Thursday
R, B. Bradley,; 78, died .at his
home on Coweta Thursday morn
ing at pjS, iollowing. an illness of
several months.
Funeral services were held at
the Mulberry Methodist church
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Bradley, a farmer of the
Coweta section, suffered a stroke
of paralysis about six years ago
from which he never recovered.
He was a member of the Mulber
ry Methodist church. -
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Ida Bradley 'and Mrs. War
ren Castle, and one son, Howard
Bradley, all of the Coweta section.
Cowee B. Y. P. U.
Holds Quarterly Meeting
Cowee Baptist B. Y. P. U. held its
quarterly business meeting last
week in the home of "Uncle Tom
Raby. "Uncle" Tom, as he is lov
ingly called, is one of the oldest
and most consecrated members.
Being confined to his home this
winter and thus unable to attend
the regular Sunday night services, 1
the union attempted to carry to
him news of its various activities
and hearty wishes that he migjjt
again be able to meet with them.
In the business meeting, officers
were elected for the next quarter,
committees were appointed and the
union launched out into a new
span of work. There are 42 mem
bers enrolled, over 75 per tent of
these appearing on the active roll.
There is also a Junior Union
for younger members. This group
is composed of 20 or more intel
ligent boys and girls. They elect
their own president, group captains,
and other officers, meeting in a
separate room and carrying out
their own program. Each , Sunday
night they call on some visitor or
parent to meet with them. Not only
does this give them an adult audi
ence but furnishes an adult in
structor. In their meeting they re
ceive valuable training, such as
self reliance and public speaking,
together with the Christian train
ing offered. .
." All visitors . are . welcomed ' and
their advice is appreciated, or any
suggestions they have to offer to
ward .making the B. Y. P.. U.
a stronger power for God.
RoyunninghanvhaJusbeeri
working at the Gulf filling station
for sometime, left this week for
Thorn Mountain, where he will
work for the Ford Mining company.
BANK OFFICERS
ARE REELECTED
Same Men Will Direct
Institution During The
Coming Year .
At a meeting of the stockholders
of The Bank of Franklin held on
Wednesday, January 5, all officers
and directors were re-elected, and
the condition of the bank, as re
ported, showed that 1937 was a
most satisfactory year. 1
The officers and directors elected
are as follows:
W. A. Rogers, president; M. D.
Billings, vice-president, H. W.
Cabe, cashier ; L. B. Liner, assist
ant cashier. DirectorsC. F. Moody,
chairman; M. L. Dowdle, ,H. W.
Cabe, W. A. Rogers, M. D. Bill
ings, Grover Jamison, R. S. Jones.
A dividend of 8 per cent was
paid on the common stock, and
the bank officials are looking for
ward to 1938 being a better year
than 1937.
Bragg Fouts, of Iotla
Passes Wednesday
Bragg Fouts, 70, a farmer of the
Iotla section, died Wednesday att
ernoon at the home of his brother
D. C. Fouts. He had been ill sev
eral months. Death was due to a
heart ailment and complications.
Mr. Fouts was a son of the. late
John and Rebecca Ray Fouts and
was well Jcnown.. n. this county. ,
The funeral services were held
at the D. C. Fouts home Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with burial
in the family cemetery.
Surviving are five brothers, D
C. H. C, C. H., and P. K., all of
Iotla, and Noah, of Andrews.
Silver Tea to Be
Given By W. M. S.
A silver tea will be given on
Tuesday, afternoon, January 18,
from 3 to-5 o clock at the K,e:ly
Tea Room, by the social relations
committee of the Woman's Mis
sionary society of the Franklin
Methodist church.
The proceeds from this enter
tainment will be given to ' the
school lunch room of the P.-T. A.
The following members ' will have
charge: Mrs. S. L. Rogers, chair
man; Mrs. H. E. Church, Mrs. E.
B. McCullum, Mrs. E. K. Cun
ningham, Mrs. Reba Tessier, Mrs.
Zeb Conley,
The public is cordially invited
to attend and help the good cause.
Eastern Star To
Give Social January 20
Nequassa Chapter, No.. 43, Order
of the Eastern Star, is planning
at its next regular meeting, Thurs
day, January 20, to honor the Past
Worthy Matrons and Past Worthy
Patrons of the Chapter with a
social.
All Past Worthy Matrons and
Patrons from other Chapters who
are now making their home, in
Franklin are cordially invited to at
tend. '
The meeting will convene at 7:30
p. m. ,
Carolina Hardware Sales
Show Increase
Carolina retail hardware store
sales for the eleven month period
ending November 30, averaged 14
per . cent higher than for the same
period of 1936; according to stores
reporting to the national, retail
hardware association.
The U. S. average for the eleven
month period was equal to the
eleven months ending November 30,
1936.
Average Carolina hardware sales
gain ' for November, 1937, over the
1934-35-36 three-year average was
40 per-cent.- ..-7 ...
Youth Escapes
From Macon County Jail
Wednesday Night
In Juvenile court, before Harley
R. Cabe, clerk superior court,
Thursday morning, January 6,
Virgil Burrell, 15, and Edwin
Moore, 14, were found guilty of
breaking and entering Lake Led-
ford s grocery store on Palmer
street and taking $12.00 out of the
cash register.:
Entrance into the store is said
to have been gained through a
window in the rear of the building
between 8 and 12 o'clock Tuesday
night, January 4.
Deputy Sheriff John Dills made
the arrest at the home of the boys
in the Prentiss section Wednes
day night, January 5. The boys
were sentenced to the Stonewall
Jackson training school at Con
cord. Edwin Moore was later released
under bond and Virgil Burrell was
placed iin jail pending transfer to
the training school. . . . "
, Wednesday night Burrell, who
had managed by some means to
secure a saw, made his escape by
sawing through bars and lifting
the trapdoor, which had been left
unlocked as the boy was the only
prisoner. After escaping from the
cell the boy walked down stairs
and out the front door.
He is still at large, though of
ficers are making efforts to locate
him.
MRS. BLAINE, 65,
PASSESJAN. 7
Well Known Lady Dies at
Cartoogechaye Home
Thursday, Jan. 6
Mrs. Jeff Blaine, 65, died at her
home on Cartoogechaye Friday,
January 7, at 10 o'clock p. m., fol
lowing a lingering illness.
k Mrs. Blaine, who before marriage
was Miss Myra Sue Potts, was
.highly tsiceiucd by .ui wuh whom
j. he came in contact. She was u
member of the Mt. Zion Methodist
church.
, Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at
Mt. Zion church, the pastor, Rev.
J. C. Swam and Rev. Ray Bow-
man, pastor ot Louisa vnapei
Northern Methodist church, were
in charge of the services. Interr
ment was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were her six nephews,
Arthur, Harry and Ted Blaine, and
Frank, George and Sam Reece, of
Cartoogechaye.
Mrs. Blaine is survived by her
husband, one daughter, Mrs. Bert
Childers ; one son, Paul P. Blaine,
and one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence
Greene, all of Cartoogechaye; two
sisters, Mrs. W. D. Reece and
Mrs. Cordelia Waldroop, of Car
toogechaye, and one brother Hen
ley Potts, of Franklin.
St. Agnes Church
Elects Officers
At the nnnnn! meeting of the
congregation .of St. Agnes church
hed at the American Legion hall
on Wednesday night, the following
officers were elected to serve in
1938:
Treasurer, Miss Helen Sellers;
warden, B. W. Woodruff; clerk,
Richard R. Johnson.
The Rev. Frank Bloxham, rector,
reported the year's work, with all
obligations to parish and to the
church's missionary quota and as
sessments met in full.
The Woman's Auxiliary report
ed gifts in the fields of commun
ity and parish, and to the church's
missions and schools in Western
North Carolina, in Alaska and
Africa, and program of study,
oraver and work carried out
through the year.
Supper was served and musk
and recitations furnished enter
tainment,
CCC BOY DIES
AFTERfRECK
Enrollee at Otto Camp
Fatally Injured In
Accident Saturday
Claude Calhoun, 23, of Kibbee,
Ga., an enrollee in the CCC; camp
at Otto, died in Angel hospital at
4 o'clock Monday afternoon of in
juries suffered Saturday morning
at 2 o'clock when the automobile
in which he was riding plunged 12
feet off the bridge over Skeenah
creek on the Georgia . road six
miles south of Franklin.
Calhoun suffered 21 rib fractures,
injuries to his heart, and a rupture
of the spleen. He was given two
blood transfusions and underwent
an an operation.
The body was shipped Tuesday
afternoon to the home' of the boy's
grandfather, Charles Blaxton, at
Kibbee, Ga.
Ti . i r t .
A nice oinci vv enronees were
in the car at the time of the ac
cident. Only one, Ralph Phillips, 20,
of Charleston, W. Va., said to have
been driving, escaped without in
jury. Ottis Guardian, 20, of Missis
sippi, suffered a fractured hip and
Terry Bolick, 27, of Highlands, suf-.
fercd rib fractures. Both are re
ported to be improving at Angel
hospital.
Dance at Slagle School
Friday Night
On Friday night, January 14, be
ginning at 8 o'clock, there will be
held at thc-Stagle -school house
on Cartoogechaye, a party and
square dance. Music will be furn
ished by the local string band.
Refreshments will be served.
There will be a small entrance
fee and the proceeds will be used
to buy window shades for the
school building.
Mrs. J. W. Messer Dies
In Waynesville
Airs. J. W. Alesser, of Waynes
ville, died suddenly Tuesday night
about 8 o'clock, at the home of her
daughter, Miss Hattie B. Messer.
Her death was attributed to a sud
den heart attack.
Funeral services were, held at
the Pigeon Baptist church, where
she was a member, Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock. -
Mrs. Messer had visited her son,
Medford, in Franklin a number of
times and had many friends in
Macon county who will regret to
learn of her passing.
She is survived by three daugh
ters, Mrs. C. W. Russell, of Clyde;
Miss Hattie B. Messer, of Way
nesville, and Mrs. Faye Leather
wood, of Cove Creek ; four sons,
Brown, Carl and Wilson Messer,
all of Cove Creek, and Medford
Messer, of Franklin.
P.-T. A. Ball
To Be Given Friday Night
At High School Gym
"
A ball will be given Friday eve
ning, January 14, from 8 to 12,
in the high school gymnasium,
sponsored by the finance commit
tee of the Parent-Teacher Asso
ciation; for the purpose of raising
funds to purchase equipment for
the school lunch room.
A first-class . seven-piece orches
tra, the Western Carolinians from
Cullowhee, has been engaged to
come to Franklin especially for this
ball, which promises to be one of
the most brilliant social events of
the season.
The committee consists of Mrs.
R. V. Miles, chairman; Mr. and
Mrs. tack Werner Mrs T f
Karrin trtrm MYc w t ti-cU,.
Miss Olivia Patton, ' Mrs. Walton
R. Smith, Miss Margaret Slagle,
Mrs. Zeb Conley and Mrs. J, B,
Cass,