PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LI II, NO. 16
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938
$1.50 PER YEAR
132 PROMOTED
TO HIGHSCHOOL
List Of Those Passing 7th
Grade Examination
On April 9
One 'hundred and thirty-two
seventh grade pupils' passed the
high school entrance examination
held on Saturday, April 9, in
Franklin.
Following will tc found the
names of those who passed, with
the exception of the Highlands list
which has not yet been received :
Franklin
Marie Dean, Byrda Nell South
ards, Velnia Potts, Clyde South
ards, Jessie ' Barnard, Logan Allen,
J. B. Anderson, George Hunnicutt,
John Gibson Murray, Virginia Bry
ant, Helen! Franks, Lucile Calloway,
Bill Mingey, Betty Callahan, ;Helen
Edwards, Emogene Landrum, Eve
lyn Moss,' Leotta Anderson, Janell
Green, George Roper, Kenneth
Dowdle, Clayton Ramsey, Eugene
Oliver, B. ; L. .McConnell, Robert
Leach, Nancy. Waldroop, Carrie
Lee Sprinkle, Mildred Green, Clara
Sue Pannell, Frances Mashbum,
Floy Jean- Guy, Nannie Louise
Wallace, .Bonnie Southards, Betty
Henry, Billy Cansler, Gladys Stiles,
Roy Setser, Kenneth Conley, Bill
Wallace, , J. D. Reece, . Harding
Angel, Ray Tallent, Vivian Care
. lock, Doyle DeHart, Alice Dills,
Paris Woody, Jena V. Frazier.
Holly Springs
Dewell Elliott, Merl Kinsland,
Wayne Pendergrass, Lewis Seay,
James Huggins. '
' Uu '
Ollie Inez D-uvall, Carol Mason,
Delma Edwards, Ruth Rowland,
. Annie Lois Shields, Ray Bennett,
Sam Gibstfri, Louis Fouts, Marshall
Fouts.
Map&e Springs ,
Elwrie Belle Sanders, Margaret
Sanders, Dorris Kimsey, Kate San
ders. . Clacks Chapel
Hershell Keener, Anna Lee Fraz
ier, Laura Ellen Dowdle, Edith
Brown. ; ,
Oak Grove
Rudolph Parrish. . .
' Cowee
Jack Mason, Rudolph Carter,
Weaver Hurst, Garland Duvall,
Mattie Pearl Bryson, Dora Shep
herd. Union
Wiley Penland, Lee McQure.
Skaglle
Katherine Kiser, Barbara Hurst,
Hunter Anderson, William Lewis,
George Martin, J no. Wiley Lenoir.
Oak Ridge
Mildred Reid, Anna Lou Sanders,
Selma Elliott, Betty Snyder, Thel
ma Elliott.
Pine Grove
Raymond Wood, Irene Watts,
Frank Watts, Helen Dills.
Otto
Don Cunningham, Mack Webb,
Winifred Henson, Bernicc Cabe,
Charles Vinson.
Higdonville
' Jessie" Lee Tyler. "
Olive Hill
'Wiley Poindexter.
, Gold Mine
Mericus McCoy.
Mulberry ,
Ned Howard.
Allieon-Watts
Ague's Waldroop, Belvia Wal
droop, Marvin Conleyt Merritt Beck,
Annis Nichols. , ,
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Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
' (Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.)
Quoted by Farmers Federation, Inc.
Chickens, heavy7 breed, hens 14c
Chickens, light weight, lb... 10c
Quoted bv Nantahala Creamery
Butterfat, , lb, ,,,,, 24c
Baptist
S. S. Convention To Meet
Here Next Sunday
The Sunday school convention of
the Macon County Baptist associa
tion will meet at the Franklin Bap
tist church next Sunday, afternoon,
April 24, at 2:30.
The convention at the last meet
ing elected the following officers:
J. E. Rickman, superintendent;
Pyrnell Bryson, assistant superin
tendent; Edmond Bradley, secre
tary; J. II. Carelock, associate sec
retary; extension department sup
erintendent, Mrs. Ed Duvall;
cradle roll and beginners, Mrs. 1.
T. Peek; I). V.. B. school superin
tendent, Mrs. Lola P. Barrington;
primary arid junior departments,
Mrs. Vernon Higdon; intermediate,
Henry Carelock; adult and young
people, Frank Browning.
The convention' meets every
fourth Sunday afternoon at the
Franklin Baptist church.
cleaPpweeic
beginsapril 25
All Citizens Asked To
Aid In Clearing Up
Unsightly bpots
The week beginning next Mon
day, April 25, has been designated
by the town officials as Clean-Up
week in Franklin.
The cooperation of all citizens
is urged in this, campaign to make
the town more beautiful and health
ful. " ; -
The people are 'asked to remove
all accumulations of trash and rub
bish that would constitute breed
ing places for germs and fire haz
ards as well.
Ample means will be available
to haul off trash and rubbish when
it is gathered and placed conven
iently for removal.
Dn H. T.. Horsley, town health
officer, has prepared a circular for
distribution to the homes urging
cooperation in the campaign.
The National Youth Administra
tion, under the direction of Mrs.
J. A. Ordway, will furnish a fore
man and 12 young men to assist
in the clean-up work.
R. D. Brendle In .
Race For Commissioner
R. D. Brendle,. of Millshoal town
ship, announces in this issue as a
candidate for member of the board
of County Commissioners. Mr.
Brendle i(s a prominent farmer and
was born and raised in Macon
county. - ,
He is well known and has many
friends who will support him in his
race. .
German Forestry Experts
Visit Nantahalas Tuesday
. A group of German forest and
wood experts visited the Nantahala
national forest Tuesday as guests
of Paul H. Gerrard, of Franklin,
forest supervisor, and members of
his staff.
The group arrived in Franklin
about noon ( and left soon after:
wards for the Coweeta Experiment
station near Otto. They went down
the Winding Stairs road and to the
Joyce Kilmer Memorial forest in
Graham county. From there they
went into Tennessee for a visit to
Knoxville and Norris. They return
ed to Western North Carolina on
Thursday for a tour of the Smok
ies, Pisgah National forest, and
other places.
The visitors, while in the Nanta
halas, were accompanied by Mr.
Gerrard; James L. Averill, assis
tant supervisor; Fred W. Wiese,
R. V. Miles, Jr., and .Harley Dun
bar, staff members; W. O. Weide
lich, of near Sylvat and William L.
Nothstein, of Andrews.
Members of the German party
REPUBLICANS
NAME TICKET
Candidates Nominated At
Convention Saturday
For All Offices
The Republicans of Macon coun
ty met in convention at the court
house in Franklin Saturday after
noon and put into the field a full
ticket of candidates for the various
county offices.
John E. Rickman, chairman of
JOHN E. RICKMAN
Chairman of Macon County'
Republican Committee
the Republican executive committee,
presided over the convention.
Following is the ticket :
For representative in the general
assembly, Ed. J. Carpenter. ,
For sheriff, W. A. Keener.
For clerk superior court, Paul
Swafford.
For register of deeds, Mrs. Hen
ry West.
For coroner, John Bingham.
For surveyor, Paul Welch.
. For chairman board of commis
sioners, Freeman Hastings.
For commissioners, Perry Brad
ley and John Wikle.
Newton Bros. Circus
Gives Good Show
Newton Brothers Circus, which
nlaved in Franklin on Monday of
this week, proved to be one of the
finest and cleanest shows ever to
play here.
.Several of the acts were out
standing. The tight wire perform
ers were especially good, besides
many other acts which were far
above the average, and some of
the finest trained dogs arid horses
performed with unusual cleverness.
included : Albert Von Alv.ensleben,
Max Baumgart, Prof. Robert Bern
hard, "Conrad Von Borsig, Rudolf
Deutschlander, Kurt Von Friedrich
Schroester, Walter Fr.uechtenicht,
city forester near Gottingen ; Dr.
Wolf-Dietrich Geisberk; Fritz
Gernlein, official of the German
forest department in charge of the
group; Count Guido Von Henckle
Donncrsmark; Count Kraft Von
Henckel-Donnesmark ; Mr. Holde
bra'ndt, Capt. Rittmeister, A. D.
Hueniken, official of the German
department of agriculture; Hans
Heinrich Von Korn, Wilhelm Ldr
enz, Reigierungsrat, A. D. Von
Magdeburg, Karl Midler, Forst
meister Roosen, Max Von Schell,
Dr. Walter Schirmer, representing
the mayor of Berlin ; Count Leo
pold. Von Der Schulenburg, Kurt
Schreib.er, Ernst Schroeder, presi
dent of the German dendrological
society; Mr. Vorberg, Dr. Guesen
gasser, interpreter ; Kritz Kamlah,
and Prof. Dr. Resmer, of Ebers-walde.
Absentee
Ballots Will Be Barred
In County Primary
According to an agreement which
was drawn last Saturday and has
been signed by all candidates ' for
county officers who have been in
terviewed, .no absentee ballots will
be used in the Democratic primary
to be held on June 4.-
This action by the candidates
will, it is thought, make the pri
mary less expensive, and also in
sure against any charges of fraud
or unfairness which might give
ground for contests.
R. S. Jones, chairman of the
board of elections, drew the agree
ment, and he states that all candi
dates who have been asked to sign
have given their endorsement and
placed their names to the agree
ment willingly.
ONElAHNDS
WORK OF COURT
Civil, Criminal : Dockets
Cleared Before Noon
On Tuesday
The April term of Macon super
ior court convened Monday morn
ing, with Judge J. H. Clement, of
Winston-Salem, presiding, and aft-
er an able and comprehensive
charge to the grand jury -by Judge
Clement, proceeded with the crim
inal docket.
The grand jury, was organized
with J. B. Elmore1 as foreman.
'There were only "a few cases on
the criminal, docket and no cases
of importance on the civil calendar,
and the court went through them
rapidly and adjourned for the term
before noon on Tuesday, the actual
time consumed in handling the
business of both dockets being less
than one day.
In the case of Frank Swafford
and Frank Oliver, charged with
larceny, a sentence of two years
on the roads was imposed.
Henry Jones and his wife, Maude
Jones, charged with running a dis
orderly house, received the follow
ing sentences : Henry Jones, four
months on the roads, and Maud
Jones, six months in jail.
In the case of three young men
charged with breaking and enters
ing the commissary of the Ritter
Lumber company at Rainbow
Springs, Wade Calhoun was given
12 months on the roads, Ray Lewis
was placed on probation, and Wil-,
liam Derreberry's case was con
tinued until the August term. "
P.-T. A. Holds Last
Meeting Of Year
The Franklin Parent-Teachers
Association met for the last ses
sion this term of school on Mon
day afternoon at the Franklin
school. Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson read
a paper on the subject "Character
Building through Reading," which
was followed by a discussion on
the subject of clean reading and
methods of guiding young peoplei
in the selection of reading matter.
The meeting passed & resolution to
request the school authorities to
devise some plan whereby the high
school library can secure the ser
vices of a librarian for the coming
year.
M. D. Billings, superintendent of
Macon county schools, delivered an
interesting address, comparing the
school facilities of 30 years ago
with the present, and stressing the
necessity of increased and improv
ed school building facilities.
The president, Mrs. John Was
ilik, Jr., presided at the meeting,
and thanked the members for their
whole-hearted support and cooper
ation. '
Installation of officers was post
poned until the first meeting in
September. , '
Mrs. Nell Cobb, of Atlanta, is
spending several days in Franklin
as a guest at Trimont Inn,
SCHOOL WILL
CLOSE FRIDAY
i
Sermon Tonight, Diplomas
To Be Delivered
Friday Night
Closing exercises of the Frank
lin high school will begin tonight
(Thursday) with the baccalaureate
sermon by the Rev. J. E. Aber
nethy, pastor of the Franklin Meth
odist church, at which church the
sernlon will be delivered at K
o'clock. '
. The graduating .exercises will be
held in the high school auditorium
Friday evening at H o'clock, when
the following will receive their dip
lomas ;
Estelle Bennett, Dorothy Blumen
thal, Josephine Bradley, William
Bryant, Mildred Bryson, Kenneth
Cabe, Mildred Cabe, Audrey Con
ley, Rebecca Conley, Wilna Curtis,
Alva Dalton, Josephine Daves, Le
roy Downs, Helen Foster, Laura
Mae Fouts, Katherine Godwin, Mil
dred Henson, Grayson Higdon,
William Higdon, Leon Lenoir,
Louise McClure, Gwendolyn Mor
gan, Evelyn Mozeley, Nellie Nich
ols, Chloe Parrish, Margaret Poin
dexter, Bob Porter, Frances Rob
inson, Albert Rogers, Betty Rog
ers, Quentin Roper, Nannie Roper,
Willa Sanders, Virginia Scott, Kate
Sellars, Troy Shields, Harold Sloan,
Claude Southards, Grace Tallent,
Carol Tessier, Fritz Waldroop,
Furman Waldroop, Norma Wal
droop, Marjorie West, Roger Rick
man. In addition to the delivery of
aipiomasr o rtne graduates several
prizes and awards will be also de-
Rev. J. F. Phillips To
Preach . Here Sunday
Rev. J. F. Phillips, of Rome, Ga.,
will preach at the Franklin "Baptist'
church Sunday morning at the 11
o'clock service . and also at the 8
o'clock service in the evening. Mrs,
Phillips will accompany Mr. Phil
lips and they will be the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Feison while
here.
Funeral Held For
George W. Rogers
Funeral services for George W.
Rogers, 76, who died at his home
on Buck Creek Friday about mid
night, were held ' Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at the Buck Creek
Baptist church. The Rev. Charles
Jennings officiated. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Rogers suffered a stroke of .
paralysis early Thursday morning.
, He is survived by his widow, the
former Miss Josephine Barnes; one
son, Neely, and one, brother, New
ton Rogers, of Colorado; ,' t v
Death Claims John
William Rowland
John William Rowland, age 11
years and 11 months, died at his
home in the Cartoogechaye com
munity on Friday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock, following an illness of six
months. Death was caused from
sacoma tumor, ,
Funeral services " were held at
the Burningtown Baptist church
Sunday afternoon at 2:30. The Rev.
N. E. Holden was in charge of the
services. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
John was born in Macon, Ga.,
on October 15, 1927, and came to
Franklin with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry P. Rowland, six years
ago. . :
Surviving are his parents' and
five sisters and three brothers.
Mrs. Franks To Attend
Greensboro Conference
Mrs. Eloise G. Franks, superin
tendent of public . welfare, will rep
resent Macon county at the North
Carolina conference for social ser
yice to be held in' Greensboro on
April 24, 25, 26,