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VOL. LIII, NO. 12
WILL ORGANIZE
WELFARE WORK
j
Social Agency Council To
Be Organized In
Macon County
Mrs. Eloise G. Franks, county
superintendent of public welfare,
has announced that on Thursday,
March 31, at 7 :30 o'clock at Kelly's
Tea Room, a council of social agen
cies for Macon county will be
organized under, the. direction of
Mrs. W. B. Aycock, director, coun
ty organization, state board of
charities and public welfare, Ral
eigh. Mrs. Aycock will be accompanied
by Miss Anna A. iCassatt, director
case work ' training and family re
habilitation, state board of charities
and public welfare, and William J.
Wingate, field social work super
visor, state board of charities and
public welafre, both of Raleigh,
who will assist in the organization.
The council of social agencies is
composed of the heads or repre
sentatives of all social, ' civic, and
religious groups. Below is a tental
tive list:
Members of the county board of
public welfare : county health of
ficer or nurse; farm agent; home
agent ; . . county superintendent
schools : judge of juvenile court
Red Cross representative ; boy scout
representative ; girl scout represen
tative ; 4-H club representative
chairman of county wcornmjssioners
WP A. representative; farm security
administration representative? na
tional youth administration repre
sentative; adult education repre
sentative ; American Legion repre
sentative; American Legion auxili
ary representative ; rotary club rep
resentative; lions club representa'
tive; Junior Order representative
grange representative; P.-T. A rep
rese'ntative ; 'Ministerial Association
representative; social service chair
men from all churches; Franklin
Press representative ; superinten
dent of public welfare.
The. purpose of this council is to
study the social and civic needs of
. the county and to promote a free
discussion of the problems. Also,
to formulate' principles,, methods,
and standards for the improvement
of social and civic work, and to de
velop an attitude of co-operation in
the approach of common problems,
All agencies are urged to have
representatives present, as this
meeting is of vital importance to
Macon county.
May Hold Another
Pre-School Clinic
At a recent clinic given in the
county health office, there were 20
pre-school children examined, 'but
many others in the Franklin school
district failed to , report at the of
fice.
Miss Josephine Dixon, county
health nurse, and Dr. P. G. Pad
Rett, county health officer, will
give another clinic, provided the
mothers will report the names and
number of children who failed to
report for the other clinic, to Mrs.
Pearl Hunter, chairman of the sum
mer round-up committee, at their
earliest convenience. ,
Cooperation of the parents with
this committee is urged so that ar
rangements can be made for the
examinationsa at an early date.
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... 10c
Quoted bv Nantabala Creamery
Buttcrfat, lb. 26c
PROGRESSIVE
Sunday School
Convention ' At Franklin
Baptist Church
There will be a very important
meeting 'of the Sunday school con
vention of the Macon county Bap
tist association at the Franklin
Baptist church next Sunday after
noon, March 27, at 2:30. At this
meeting officers of the convention
will be elected. ' '
It is urged 4y the 'Rev. W. B.
Underwood, pastor of the church,
that all Baptist Sunday schools in
the county be represented at this
meeting. ' .
A cordial invitation is extended
to all who are interested in Sunday
school work.
MACON COUNTY
SCHOOLS CLOSE
Year's Work Ended; 7th
Grade Test To Be
Given April 9
.
A number of Macon county schools
ended their year's work last week
Among those closing were : Olive
Hill, Holly Springs, Oak. Ridge,
Walnut Creek, Buck Creek, Mul
berry, Academy, Hickory Knoll,
Rainbow Springs, Morgan's, Oak
Grove, Cowee, Liberty and Har
many.
All other schools in the county,
with the exception of Franklin and
Highlands, will close this week.
.TiiejrankUn. sclyxls will .close,
on April 22 and Highlands ' about
May 10. The late closing of ; the
Highlands school is due to the fact
that about two weeks were - lost
when the school was shut down
on account of sickness.
The .annual seventh grade test
will be held this year on Saturday,
April 9, at Franklin and Highlands.
Franklin Post office
Third In Bond Sales
The Franklin postoffice ranks
third in the United States in per
capita sales of United States sav
ings bonds in second class post
offices from September 1, 1936,
through August 31, 1937, according
to an announcement made by T.
W. Porter, postmaster.
This is a splendid showing for
the local postoffice when it is con
sidered that throughout the nation
the maturity value of these bonds
sold since March 1, 1935, amounts
to more than a billion and a half
dollars. " .
W. M. U. Meeting At
lotla Baptist Church
A quarterly meeting of the Wo
man's Missionary Union will be
held at the lotla Baptist church on
Thursday, March 31. ', .
The divisional superintendent,
Miss Morgan, from Waynesville,
and the divisional young people's
leader from Ashe ville, will be .the
speakers for the day.
All young leaders and young
people are urged to attend.
Quarterly Conference At
Pat ton Chapel Sunday
The Rev. W. A. Rollins, presid
ing elder of "the Waynesville dis
trict, will ' hold Jhe. second quarter-
y conference of ; the .Macon cir
cuit next Sunday, March 27, at
Patton Chapel at 11 a. m.
The officials and laymen 6f the
several churches in the circuit are
urged to be present.
Kermit Bateman
SerioUsly Injured
Kermit Bateman, .son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles L. Bateman, of Frank-
in, . route 3, was brought to Angel
hospital Friday with -a compound
racture of hrs right leg elow the
knee. The accident , occurred .while
lie was hauling wood near his
home, '
LIBERAL
FRANKLIN, N. O, THURSDAY, MARCH
Thousands Hear President
Roosevelt At Gainesville
Celebration Wednesday
Thousands of people from Geor
gia, North and South Carolina and
Tennessee gathered in Gainesville,
Ga., Wednesday to see President
Roosev.elt and listen to his address,
which was the main feature of the
dedication of "Roosevelt Square"
and the celebration of the city's
rehabilitation after the devastating
tornado of 1936.
The President was introduced by
Governor Rivers of Georgia, who
acclaimed him as a "great humani
tarian," and pledged that the ad
ministration of his state was be
hind the new deal and its objec
tives "not 99 per cent but 100 per
cent." ,
Criticizes SOutSirn Senate Bloc
To many observers Mr. Roose
velt's address was regarded as a
renewed effort to win strength for
his wages and hours bill. On the
platform with him at the Gaines
ville exercises sat Sen. George .(!).,
Ga.), who opposed the measure.
He was blunt in his criticism of
southerners who are keeping his
wages-hours legislation deadlocked
in the 'house of representatives ;
who led. the fight against the un
divided ' profits tax ; who are now
fighting his government reorganiza
tion program as they have battled
other administration reforms. He
referred sarcastically to those who
insist on a balanced budget but pf-
. fer no suggestions on bow this, can
be achieved without putting - "dol
larS ahead of human lives."
"They -have the same type of
mind as those representatives of
the people who vote against legis
lation to help social and economic
conditions, proclaiming loudly, that
they are tor the objectives but do
not like the methods andv then fail
utterly to offer a better method of
their own," he snapped.
Declaring that he spoke not only
for the workers in the bott6m one
third of the nation's people but also
for "millions of other workers who
are so under-employed and so under-paid
that the burden of their
poverty affects the little business
and big business man," the presi
dent continued :
"The purchasing power of the
millions of Americans in this whole
area is far too low. Most men and
women who work for wages in this
.whole area get wages which are far
too low. On the present scale of
wages ... the bouth cannot and
will not succeed in establishing suc
cessful new industries. . , . .
Mr. Roosevelt continued "that
: this nation will .never , permanently
get on the road to recovery if we
leave the methods and the pro
cesses of recovery to those who
owned the government of the Unit
ed States from 1921 to 1933;
Purchasing Power Too Low
In appealing for . an increased
purchasing power, the president
pointed out that Georgia and the
lower South "may just as well face
facts" that the purchasing power
of millions of Americans in this
area ,was "far too low." " ' '
The president said that southern
wages are "far too low" and ob
served that the South, with its
present wage scale, could not nope
to compete efficiently with the rest
of the industrial regions jol the
country. i
Stressing the advantages of in
creased buying power, he declared
.that "these things will not come to
us in the. South if we oppose prog
ress if we believe in ; our hearts
that the feudal systent is still the
best system1. v
"When you come down to it
there is little difference between
the feudal system and the Fascist
system-. If you . believe in the one,
you lean to the other."
He emphasized that "I am op
posed to f ascism as I -am to com
munism," and added emphatically
that "with the overwhelming ma
INDEPENDENT
24, 1938
jority of the people of this state, I
opposed feudalism."
Stating that the American system
calls for the whole truth, the presi
dent then appealed for "participa
tion in prosperity by the people at
the bottom of the ladder as well
as those in the middle and at the
top."
"We are .not going back to the
old days,"- he said. "To those in
and out of public office, who still
believe in the feudal system and
believe in it honestly the people of
the United States and in every sec
tion of the United States are go
ing to say 'we are sorry, but we
want people to represent us whose
minds are cat in the 1938 mould
and not in the 1898 mould."
After the ceremonies in Gaines
ville, Mr. Roosevelt continued on
his special train to Warm Springs
for a 10-day rest at the "little
white house." He today awaited
the nation's reaction to another
two-fisted attack on new deal crit
ics, which embraced the plea for
higher wages and a condemnation
of fascism and communism.
T. WAngel
Resigns As Chairman Of
Republican Committee
At a meeting held in the court
house la&t . Saturday .-Afternoon, T.
W. Angel, Jr., resigned as chair
man of the Macon county Repuh
lican executive committee, on ac-
count of the pressure of business
affairs, and asked that his successor
be chosen. . .
The members of the party present
decided to refer the matter of the
chairmanship and the question of
nominations for the various county
offices to a convention which has
been called for Saturday, April 2,
at the courthouse in Franklin.
AH members of the party are
urged to be present at this meet
ing.
Young Hen Lays
Four-Ounce Egg
Mrs. W. L. Setser, Jr., of Frank
lin Route 1, brought an egg into
The Press office Wednesday that
weighed four ounces.
Mrs. Setser said this egg was
laid by a young hen of the Game
and Rhode Island Red stock. Al
though the hen lays a large egg
daily, this is the first time she has
laid one of this size.
Army Officers And
CCC Directors To Meet
RALEIGH, March 24. Postponed
from last week, a meeting of Unit
ed States army officers and state
CCC selection directors will be held
in Atlanta on Friday and Saturday
of this week for the purpose of
discussing- changes in CCC enroll
ment procedures, which have been
authorized by the department of
labor in cooperation with war de
partment officials.
T. L. Grier, director of CCC se
lection for North Carolina, will at
tend the meeting, leaving Raleigh
Thursday night for the Georgia
city. He said that of the approxi
mately 2,000 applications on file in
this state, a quota of 8f62 enroll
ments had been authorized for
the enlistment period of April 1
to April 20.
Grier has been in charge of CCC
selection for the state board of
charities and public welfare since
January, 1936.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Creasman
announce the birth of a daughter,
Sandra Lorene, at the Biltmore
hospital in Asheville, on Thursday,
March 17. Mr. and Mrs. Creasman
spent several months at the experi
mental station at Camp 23, at Otto.
$1.50 PER YEAR
STOCKHOLDERS
MEET MARCH 26
Federation Directors To
Be Elected And Year's
Reports Submitted
ASHEVILLE, March 23. The
annual meeting of stockholders of
the Farmers Federation., .Inc., has
beeq called for 10:30 o'clock Sat
urday morning, March 26, in the as
sembly room of the Buncombe
county courthouse.
Principal business to come before
the meeting will be the election of
directors. The Federation has 29
directors and 17 are to be elected
at the annual meeting.
Reports on last year's business
will be submitted by James G. K.
McClure, president of the coopera
tive ; Guy M. Sales, general man
ager, and various departmental
heads.
Notices of the meeting, together
with blank proxies, have 4een sent
to all stockholders. Those unable
to attend are requested to give
their proxies to some stockholder
who can represent them.
In view of the increasing inter
est in the Federation's work and
the organization's expansion through
the establishment of new units in
Cherokee and Transylvania coun
ties, Federation officials anticipate
a large attendance at Saturday's
meeting. Attendance at county
meetings of stockholders held dur
ing the past month has been the
best in the Federation's history.
-Music will be supplied' at the an-
ftnV 'm4uiitcf .Kir frit a . TTAtArotLM'd
string band. At the . conclusion of
the business session coffee and
sandwiches wilf be served.
Blister Rust Crew
To Resume Work
In a short time the pine blister
rust project in Macon county will
resume its search for currant and
gooseberry hushes that are a me
nance to white pine stands. In the
early summer season infected white
pines transmit spores to currant
and gooseberry leaves up to a dis
tance of 200 miles or more.
During the .summer infected cur
rant and gooseberry leaves spread
spores to other currant and goose
berry bushes within a radius of
about 3,000 feet. The cycle is com
pleted in the early fall when spores
are liberated from the infected
leaves. White pines growing within
1,000 feet of the infected bushes
may catch the disease which enters
the trees through the needles and
later appears in blisters or cancers
on the stems an1 branches. In the
course of time the cancers girdle
the 1 trunk and cause the tree to
die.
The only effective method of
preventing further spread , of white
pine blister rust, and of protecting
areas that are now free from dis
ease is to uproot . and destroy all
currant and gooseberry bushes
within 1,000 feet of the pines.
Blister rust does not spread from
pine to pine. "
All white pine owners are -urged
to cooperate with the blister rust
project at this time in allowing the
crew to search for and destroy cur
rant and gooseberry bushes. If. an
owner pulls his own bushes he is
requested to send his name, ad-.
dress, and the number and kind of
bushes destroyed to H. A. Whit
man, Jr., agent in charge, care of
Wayah ranger's office, Nantahala
national forest, in Franklin. Mr.
Whitman will be glad to talk with
and-owners about blister rust at
any time.
The ultimate success is keeping
blister rust out of Macon county
and North Carolina lies in the de
gree of cooperation land owners
will give. With complete coopera-
tion buster rust can be definitely
kept out of our white pine stands.
In the neighboring state of Virgin
ia 11 per cent of the white pines
are infected with blister rust. We
must not let the rust spread into
thii state, ,