PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. mi, NO. 3
FRANKLIN, N. O, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938
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INTERESTING
OLD LETTER
Communication Written
In 1861 From Raleigh
By C. D. Smith
The following letter, written
June S, 1861, from Raleigh by C.
D. Smith, father of Dr. F. T.
Smith, of Franklin, is one of the
most interesting documents The
Press has been able to secure for
publication. We publish it through
the' courtesy of Dr. Smith.
C. D. Smith was a delegate from
Macon county to the constitutional
convention held in Raleigh in 1861,
and was personally opposed to "se
cession, but was instructed to vote
with the' majority, which he did
when the ordinance of secession
came up for passage or rejection.
The letter below was wriitteh to
Jack Johnston, father of the late
Thomas Johnston and .of F.., S.
Johnston, who now lives in Tampa,
Fia. : .
v Raleigh, N. C.
V June 5th, 1861
Mr. J. Johnston,
Dear Sir:
Yours of the 31st ult . was re
ceived this afternoon, and I now
hasten to respond. .
We are not dispatching much
business in the ' convention, owing
to. the fact that almost every ques
tion that comes up has to pass
the scrutiny and investigation of
Judges Badger and Ruf fin, Gov.
Graham Rayrier and others. Wc
have had 'a . very able discussion of
the. permanent. Constitution but
have not yet come to a vote. . It
will carry by a very large major
ity. Judge Badger made an argu
ment today in favof of immediate
adoption of the Constitution which
for force : of logic I have never
heard, excelled. ' . ''
The advalorem question has
been referred to a committee and
if they do not suppress it and
fail to report, will I think carry.
The present Indications are the
convention will dissolve the pres;
ent Legislature and order a new
election. This is Judge Ruf fin's
position, in order to meet the
necessity of our case in the elec
tion of Senators to the Southern
Congress. He says we cannot be
represented in the Senate of the
first congress under the permanent
, Constitution, unless we adopt this
course. No one can see when we
will adjourn, but I think perhaps
' in the course of 10 or 12 days.
The news of war movements is
very scarce. We get but little by
telegraph, and none that is reliable
only when some one comes from
Richmond or Norfolk. A gentle
man was here today from Rich
mond, and from him we gather
.about the following facts: Lincoln
has about 125,000 troops in the
field and constantly increasing. We
have about 80,000 troops in Vir
ginia, and increasing at the rate of
three or four thousand per day.
Gen. McGowan's regiment from
South. Carolina is expected to pass
here tonight.
The Federal troops and our
forces are within, five miles of
each other at Manasass Gap,
which is 27 miles from Alexandria.
A tremendous battle is expected
(Continued on Pag Eight) .
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.)
Quoted by Farmers Federation, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed, hens 14c
Chickens, light weight, lb. ..' 9c
Eggs .. ..,. 20c
New corn (shelled) 65c
"Potatoes, No. 1, bu. . . .
"70c"
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
Hutterfat, lb. ........ . . ;; . . .. 29c
Local People
Attend State Meeting In
Raleigh Last Week
The farm and home agents of
the extension service and farm
and home supervisors of the farm
security administration attended a
joint state meeting at State college,
Raleigh, last week.
This year's objectives and many
other . points, of interest were dis
cussed. Among the speakers of the
week were : Governor Clyde R.
Hoey, Dr. C. W. Warburton, direc
tor of extension service, Washing
ton,. D. C; Dr.. Will Alexander,
administrator of the farm security
administration, Washington, D. C,
and Dr. Frank P. Graham, ' presi
dent of University of N. C.
Those from Franklin, attending
the, , conference were: Fred S.
Sloan, district agent, extension ser
vice, Sam W. Mendenhall, county
farm aght, Sam Alexander, assis
tant county agent, Mrs. T. I.
0Neil, home demonstration agent,
and John K Faison, county sup
ervisor farm security administra
tion and Mrs. Pauline P. Overcash,
home management supervisor.
J. ANGEL FINDS
NEW WATERFALL
Franklin Man Locates
High Cataract In
South America
An Associated Press dispatch
frmo New York, appearing in
morning papers Tuesday, carried
the news of the discovery by a
former Franklin boy of a mile
high waterfall in South America.
The dispatch was as follows:
"An American aviator's discovery
of a mile-high waterfall in Vene
zuela was. reported today by Kim
ball Flaccus, instructor in the col
lege of the city of New York.
. "The flier, Jimmy Angel, expect
ed to arrive in Miami soon from
South America, said in a letter he
had discovered the falls about 250
miles southeast of Ciudad Bolivar,
Venezuela.
"He , said the stream, roaring
from a high plateau in the clouds
into dense jungle far below, was
probably a tributatory of the Car
oni river, confluent of the Orinoco.
"Angel said he estimated the
height of the torrent by readings
on the altimeter of his Iplane. He
estimated the straight drop at be
tween 5,000 and 6,000 feet, with
rapids dropping 1,000 feet more at
the base of the cliff.
"The distance is about three
times the height of the - 'world's
highest falls,' Kukenaam, in Brit
ish, Guiana, Niagara, in compari
son, is only 167 feet high. ' '
"Angel is employed by North
American mining interests operat
ing in Venezuela."
Jimmy Angel is a son of Glenn
Angel, who moved from Franklin to
the West several years ago. Jimmy
was born here but his family mov
ed away while he was a small boy
and he was brought up in the
West. He has visited relatives here
several times since he began his
career in aviation.
Jimmy ' is a typical soldier of
fortune, and has spent most of his
time during the past 15 years fol
lowing the. wars and revolutions in
various Sfpanish-American coun
tries. He at one time flew the
private plane of General Obregon
in Mexico; and has handled both
military and transport planes in
many parts of the world.
Bernard Womack
Injured By Fall
Bernard Womack, 10-year-old
son of Otto Womack, fell from a
tall tree Sunday afternoon while
playing in a pine grove with a
group ot other boys, ana was
serionslyinjuredr both ann5bemgfrf the school
broken.
He was taken to Angel hospital
for treatment,
World's Tiniest
C ?'' K' rt
Probably the world's tiniest ocean voyagers are thes4 four-month-old
twins, Helen and Hertha Coelln who sailed on the Europa for Schleswiff
Holstein, Germany, recently. Until their destination is reached, they
will be entirely in the hands of traveling agencies. Their mother died
recently and their father is sending them to relatives in Germany.
M. L. McClure
Passes Monday at Home
On South Skeenah
M; L. McClure, 88, died at his
home on South Skeenah Monday
evening at 6 o'clock following a
weeks illness Jrom paralysis.
Mr. McClure suffered a stroke
of paralysis on Tuesday of the past
week while out getting wood. He
was a farmer and was well known
in Macon county.
Funeral services were held at
Gillespie Chapel on Tuesday after
noon at 4 o'clock. The Rev. Ray
Bowman, pastor, was in charge of
the services.
Mr. McClure is "survived, by one
daughter, Miss Lizzie McClure, of
Prentiss, and five sons, Zeb and
Andy McClure, of Prentiss, and
Charlie, John and Carey, all of
Georgia, and one brother, Bymum
McClure, of Clayton, Ga.
Bunco Party .To
Be Given January 27
A Bunco party will be given at
the American Legion hall on
Thursday .evening, January 27, at
8 o'clock, sponsored by the ways
and mens committee of the Parent-Teachers
Association.
The committee consists of Mrs.
R. V. Miles, chairman; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack O. Werner, Mrs. J. C.
Barrington, Mrs. J. B. Case,, Mrs.
Zeb W. Conley, Miss Margaret
Slagle and R. V; Miles.
The proceeds from this party
will go to help defray the expenses
of the lunch room for the Frank
lin high school.
Seniors to Sponsor
Show at Courthouse
The senior class of Franklin high
school will sponsor a performance
at the courthouse Saturday night
given by the Balentine entertain
ers, radio stars, from Greenville,
SC . .
The company includes Sam
Poplin, champion fiddler ; Baby
Ray, comedian; "Little Boy Blue,"
singer; "Cousin" Ezra, accordion
wizard, and Fisher Hendley, banjo
champion, and his five-string steam
piano. ' ". ' .
The show will start at 3 :30 p. m.
Box Supper At
Salem School Jan. 28
There will be a box supper and
cake walk at the Salem school
house on Friday evening, January
28, beginning at 8 o'clock. The pro
ceeds will be used for the benefit
The public is cordially invited to
attend., String music will "be furn
ished throughout the evening.
Ocean Spanners
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BASKETBALL
GETS GOING
Local Team Loses Game
Tuesday Night; Double
, Header . Friday . .....
The basketball season started in
Franklin Tuesday night with a
game between the Franklin and
Sylva all-star teams,
Sylva defeated the Franklin five
by a score of 52 to 26. The lineup-'
was as follows :
Franklin . (26) Pos. Sylva (52
Dalrymple () ..F.. Bryson (11)
Russell (10) F...., Sellers (8)
Archer ....C Crisp (15)
Bush (10) ....... G. McMahan (14)
Woodruff G... Summer (4)
Double-Header Friday
A double-header will be played
at the high school gym Friday
night between Franklin high school
and Lakemont, Ga., ; high school,
and between the Franklin All-Stais
and a team nOm ainalla, ' C.
Admission to the double-hcadei
will be 25 cents for adults and 10
cents for school children.
Order Lime Now
Through County Agent
Every one knows the value oi
lime to the soil of Macon county.
The use of lime is also an impor
tant practice in order for a farm
er to reach his soil building goal
in the 1938 agricultural conserva
tion program. There will be one
acre unit credit" received for each
ton of lirrie that is applied at a
rate of not less than one thousand
pounds per acre. '" '
Another 45 ton car of lime has
been received and .unloaded . this
week. The lime comes in open top
cars, loose, and undried. The cost
of this limt delivered to Franklin
is $2.80 per ton. An order for an
other car-is being made up . now.
Any one wishing to secure one
ton or more of this lime should
come by the county agent's office
and place the order.
Picture For Benefit
Of Birthday Fund
Dan West, chairman of the the
atre committee for the President's
birthday fund, announces that the
Macon Theatre, of which he is
manager, "will present the feature
picture, "Make a Wish," starring
Bobby Breen and Basil Rathbone,
on Thursday, January 27, for the
benefit of the fund.
Tickets are now on sale by the
s W ' i v.-.
JJoyeouts,ndt-4sxpectehat4i:isiQn bnthere issome-donbt-at
the picture will be attended by
very large crowds both afternoon
and night.
WADE WEST, 22,
DIES I SYLVA
Franklin Boy Succumbs to
Injuries Received In
Wreck Saturday
Funeral services for Wade West,
22, were held at the Franklin
Baptist church Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. The Rev. W. B. Un
derwood, pastor, was in charge of
the services. Interment was in the
Franklin cemetery.
Young West died in the C J.
Harris Community hoslpital at
Sylva Monday morning at 6 o'clock
from spinal injuries he received
Saturday night about 9 o'clock,
when the truck in which he was
riding, skidded on ice on U. S.
Highway No. 19, one mile west of
Bryson City.
Wade, who was an enrollee in
CCC Company 3453, at Smoke
mont, was returning from Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga., where he had been
in. a hospital for treatment. Rob
ert Jennings, who was killed at
the time of the accident, was rid
ing in the rear of the truck with
young West. George H. Manning,
of Dean Station, Tenn., and Thom
as Gouge, of Bakersville, who were
riding in the cab, were uninjured.
Flower girls were Mrs. J. H.'
Carelock, of Franklin, and Miss
Pearl Hicks and Miss Evelyn
Aker, of Shelby.
Pallbearers were: Horace Mann,
of . Franklin ; Joseph Welch, Dun
can Cox, William T. Brock, Baughn (
Burchett and Robert T. Cantrell,
enrollees from the CCC camp at
Smokemont.
Wade was the son of the late
Mr. and .Mrs. Charlie' West, of
Franklin. He is survived by two
sisters, Mrs. Mann Ray and Miss
Estelle West, both of Franklin, and
two brothers, Ralph, of Shelby, and
Ted, an enrollee in the CCC camp
at Smokemont.
BAILEY TO ACT
IN POWER CASE
othator Will Sponsor An
Amendment To
Clarify Act
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Following a conference Wednes
day with representatives of the
Carolina Aluminum company, and
the state of North Carolina, Sena
tor Bailey said he had agreed to
sponsor a clarifying amendment
to the Federal Power act which
would remove any doubt as to the
right of the state and the company
to appeal the recent decision of
the Federal Power commission in
the Tuckertown case!
In this decision and subsequent
order the commission held that the
Yadkin river, on which the Caro
lina Aluminum company proposes
to build an additional power plant
near Tuckertown, affects navigation
on the Pee Dee river in South
Carolina. Consequently the company
must secure a license for the plant.
Attending the conference with
Senator Bailey , were J. E. S.
Thorpe, of Franklin, Assistant At
torney General McMullan, of Ra
leigh, and J. R. Leboeuf, Washing
ton attorney who represented the
Aluminum company at the Tucker
town hearing.
Senator Bailey said that as soon
as he received the desired amend
ment he would submit it to Senator
George Norris, Nebraska Progres
sive, and endeavor to. get his co
operation urging its passage. There
appears to be no doubt as to . the
right of the Aluminum company" to
appeal the power commission de-
to whether the state of North
Carolina can become a party to the
litigation.
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