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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LI 1 1, NO. 24
FRANKLIN, N. G. THURSDAY. JUNE 16, 1938.
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JACKSONCOUm
SHERIFLSLAIN
Demented Man Resists
- Arrest And Kills
Popular Officer
Just as we go to press It is
learned that Sheriff C. C. Mason,
. of Jackson county, was shot and
killed -at 9:30 'this (Thursday)
morning by a demented man nam
ed Donald Ashe, who later com
mitted suicide.
It is reported that Ashe, who
had been in the asylum at one
time, had shown signs of becom
ing violent, and that . his brother
went to Sheriff Mason and asked
that Donald be confined. The
Sheriff, it is said, offered to ac
company the brother to the house
where he was staying, and was
warned that Donald had a shotgun
and revolver. The Sheriff did not
enter the house, but was seen by
Donald Ashe, who opened a window
and fired a charge into the Sheriff's
face, killing him instantly. Ashe
afterward shot himself with his re
volver. Sheriff Mason was. one of the
' most popular officers in Western
North Carolina, and was highly
esteemed by the people in his home
county, who on June 4 had re
nominated him for another term.
Mrs. Bryant Attends
Association Convention
Mrs. O. C. Bryant, secretary
treasurer of the Bryant Burial -Association,
Inc., of Franklin, attended
the convention of the North Caro
lina State Burial association held
iri; Asheville June 9, 10 1 -and 4Lv.--
The, state association is composed
of most of the burial associations
operating in North Carolina, and
the convention was largely attended.
The convention heard addresses
by seveYal of the most prominent
men of the state, and there were
several highly enjoyable social af
fairs interspersed with the business
proceedings.
Revival To Begin
At Iotla Sunday
Beginning Sunday June 19, a
series of revival services will be
held at the Iotla Baptist church,
announced the pastor, kevV R. F.
Mayberry.
The preaching will be by the Rev.
J. C. Pipes, of Weaverville. The
public is cordially invited to at
v tend these services.
Teer Awarded Contract
On Highlands Road,
Chief ,W. Vance Baise, of the
highway and public works commis
. sion, states that Nello L. Teer, of
Durham, had been awarded the
contract for construction of the
road from Highlands to the Geor
gia state line. Bids were opened on
the project last month.
It is expected that operations will
begin soon.
j .
Thos. C. Mimms
Succeeds Faison
Thomas C. Mimms arrived Thurs
day morning to take up the work
of county supervisor, farm security
. administration, succeediing John R.
Faison.
Mr. Mimms comes here from
Columbia, S. C, where he was con
nected with the Federal Land Bank
of Columbia. He "is a graduate of
North Carolina State college and
comes very highly , recommended.
Franklin
Produce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.)
Ouoted by Farmer Federation, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed, hens 14c
Chickens, light weight, lb... 10c
Quoted by Nantahala Creamery
Butter fat, lb. . . ,,..... t 22c
Trail Club
Hikers from Georgia Here
For Week-End
, Twenty-three members of the Ap
palachian Trail dub of Georgia
spent the week-end in Franklin,
hiking over a five-mile section of
the trail which runs through Nan
tahala national forest from Wayah
Bald to Burningtown Gap. With
Trimont Inn as headquarters, the
club arrived Saturday afternoon,
spending- all , day Sunday on their
hike, returning to Franklin late in
the afternoon. -i
A feature of their entertainment
was the showing of several reels
of colored moving pictures of pre
vious hikes by Dr. H. R. Halsey,
educational advisor of the CCC
camps of the 4th Corps area.
Officers attending were: C. Reiny
Hoben, vice-president ; W. W. Whit
taker, in charge of the outing; Miss
Maude H. Sewell, secretary; Miss
Clyde Passmore, chairman. Others
attending were Mr. and Mrs. Allan
D. Whittaker, Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Hoben, . Miss Hoben, Miss Sue
Canter, Miss Jean Matthews, W. K.
MacAdam, Lovejoy Harwell, Miss
Harriet C. Brigham, Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Halsey, Dr. Arnold Inger-
mann, of Atlanta; Carter W.
Whittaker, of Brevard; Miss Eliza
beth Motsinger, Miss . Mary Mc
Donald, David Ansley, Mrs. Ernest
R.unyon, Decatur, Ga. ; Mrs. Edith
Pearson, Oslo," Norway; Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Traylor, Avondale, Ga.
. Visiting the Nantahala section for
the first time, the hikers were im
pressed by the beauty of the moun
tains, which are in full bloom with
flaming azalea, laurel and rhodo
dendron., Not least among the im
'iressjonsiipon. tire f visitor wasth
musical quality of the Cherokee
Indian names, such as Wayah, Nan
tahala, Co wee, Cullasaja, and Car
toogechaye. ANNUAL GIBSON
REUNION HELD
Descendants Of Samuel
Gibson Hold Meeting
At Leatherman
The Gibson reunion was held at
the home of Mrs. Nancy Cardon at
Leatherman Sunday, with approxi
mately 300 relatives and invited
guests present.
This gathering is held annually
in memory of the Rev. Samuel
Gibson, a pioneer Baptist minister
of Macon county. -
The Sunday school lesson, which
was explained to the "group by A.
L. Smiley, of Bryson City, was one
of the features of the morning ex
ercises. After the bountiful picnic dinner
served on the ground at the noon
hour, the crowd assembled for the
string and vocal music rendered by
the Cardon quartet from Sylva, the
quartets by the. Smiley children, of
Bryson City, and the Dalton quar
tet of West's Mill.
Each year a prize is given to the
person who , guesses to the closest
number of living descendents of
the late Samuel Gibson, which now
totals 1,254. Miss Edith Smiley, of
Bryson City, won the prize, a
beautiful candy jar. Her guess was
1,255.
. John E. Rickman, of Franklin,
was the winner of the lucky numb
er drawn and was presented a box
of candy.
Mrs. Cardon, with whom the re
union was held, is the youngest
daughter of the late John Stewart
Gibson and a granddaughter of the
Rev. Samuel Gibson. She and three
other sisters, Mrs. Betsy Jane
Grant, of Franklin, who celebrated
her. 98th birthday anniversary on
June 9; Mrs. Margaret Carter, of
Greenville, S. C, and Mrs. Fannie
Dillard, of Demorest, Ga., are the
only living members of this family
of 15 children.
The reunion will be held next
year at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Garland Gibson t Bryson City, ,.,,
JUNE 18 WORK
SHEET LIMIT
Farmers' Reports Must be
Submitted to Agent
v By That Date
By S. W. MENDENHALL
County Agent
All farm work sheets showing in
formation as a basis for, participa
tion in the' conservation phase of
the 1938 Triple-A farm program in
the east central region should be
completed and submitted to the
local county office not later than
June 18, W. G. Finn, director of the
east central division, announced.
Farmers who expect to take part
in this phase of the 1938 program,
who have not submitted information
for their farms, should submit work
sheets by -this date in order that
the records of the county office
may be completed and the check
ing of performance started as soon
as possible after June 18.
Mr. Finn pointed out that the
filing of a work sheet in no way
obligates the owner, or operator of
the farm. It merely supplies infor
mation about the farm which serves
as a basis for participation in the
conservation program. However, the
filing of a work sheet for each sepa
rate tract of land owned or operat
ed by a producer is a necessary
prerequisite to the filing of an ap
plication for payment.
Mr. Finn also explained that all
requests for changes in the land to
be regarded as a farm in accord
ance with the definition of a farm
under the 1938 program must be
filed by June 18. "Only those tracts
of land operated as "a unit may be
included under a single application
for payment," he said, "and in ord
er for a. tract of land, to be con
sidered as a unit, information must
be filed by the above date showing
that it is being operated as a unit."
In reviewing performance under
previous agricultural conservation
programs in the east central region,
Mr. Finn said: "In 1936 383,000. ap
plications for payment were receiv
ed, representing approximately 628,
000 farmers. In 1937, more than
400,000 applications were filed. Ap
proximately three-fourths of the
1937 payments have been made v to
date, and it is expected that the
remaining payments will be made
at an early date." '
It is important that all practices
that have been completed or intend
to be completed be reported at the
county agent's office if payment is
expected for these practices.
The office of the county agent is
now in the new' agricultural build
ing. There will be some one in this
office at all times during working
hours to help you receive the most
benefits possible from the 1938 soil
conservation program.
Joint S. S. Convention
At Cowee June 26
The Macon County Baptist Sun
day School Associational conven
tion will meet in its regular month
ly meeting on Sunday afternoon,
June 26, with the Cowee church.
This will be a joint convention
with the Sunday schools from
Swain county. Swain county has
been organized for .several years
and have been having large crowds
at their convention. We are expect
ing a large Crowd from Swain
county , to be at the meeting at
Cowee, and of course we want the
people of Macon county to be
there in large numbers.
We are expecting every Baptist
church in Macon county to send a
large delegation to Cowee for this
meeting. Let's work up several
truck loads to gq to join with the
truck loads coming from "Swain
county.
John E. Rickman, Supt.
Miss Lucy Griffith, of Athens,
Ga., who spends every summer in
Franklin, is a guest at Franklin
Terrace.
Pageant
To be Presented by U.D.C
June 20
The Macon county chapter of the
United Daughters of Confederacy
will stage a pageant on Monday,
June 20, at 8 o'clock p. m., in the
courthouse.
The pageant is given as a memo
rial to Jefferson Davis and will be
about the Jefferson Davis highway.
The characters in the pageant will
represent . the 14 states, which the
highway runs through.
This great transcontinental high
way traverses 154 a miles through
one of the most beautiful and in
teresting sections of North Caro
lina, touching places of historic,
scenic, industrial and educational
interests. Beginning at the "bound
ary of North Carolina are massive
markers commemorating the service
of Jefferson Davis to the South
and to the nation, and this state
was the first to place permanent
markers of granite every ten miles
along its route, with bronze tablets
stating that it is the Jefferson
Davis highway.
Following is the program:
The Jefferson Davis Highway,
Mrs. W. A. Hyatt
Piano Solo Dixie ,
Mrs. Harry Higgins
Vocal Solo "Star Spangled Banner"
Mrs. Frank Bloxham
Washington, D.' C.
Mrs. Sam L. Rogers
Quartet "Carry Me Back To Old
Virginia
Virginia Mrs. R. L. McLean
Vocal Duet "Old North State".
Dorothy and Dick Sloan
North Carolina .
Mrs. Carl and Mrs. George Slagle
Vocal Duet "Bonnie Blue Flag.",
Miss Virginia Slagle
Mrs. Frank Bloxham
South Carolina Miss Nora Moody
Piano Duet "O Susanna",
Mrs. Harry Higgins and
Myra Slagle
Georgia Miss Slagle
Vocal Solo "Maryland My Mary-
' land , Dorothy Sloan
(Continued on Pag Eight)
FRED V. STILES
PASSESMONDAY
Macon County Man Dies
At Home Of Brother
In California
Fred Verrel Stiles, 29, died at the
home of his brother, J. B. Stiles, in
Redding, Calif., Monday morning at
7:45 o'clock.
Mr. Stiles, who had been sick for
the past three months, had gone to
California two weeks ago to take
treatment. .
The body will arrive in Franklin
late Saturday afternoon, and funer
al services will be held at the Cow
eta Baptist church Sunday after
noon at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Stiles was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Judson Stiles. He had
been a member of the Coweta Bap
tist church since 'early manhood.
For the past .two years he had been
employed at Enka. .
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Hallie Dills, and a six-
year-old' daughter, Freda; five sis
ters, Mrs. J. E. Lawson and Mrs.
Witham Penland, of Arlington,
Wash.; Mrs. J. J. Gray, of Frank
lin; Mrs. Wade Cunningham, of
Franklin, and Mrs. John Rogers, of
Franklin; six brothers, J. B. Stiles,
of Redding, Calif.; Henry Stiles,
of Sedro-Wooley, Wash.; Tom and
Claud Stiles, of Rabun Gap, Ga. ;
O. J. Stiles, of Redding, Calif., and
George Stiles, of Franklin.
P.-T. A. To Give Bunco
Party June 30
The Franklin P.-T. A. will give
a bunco party at. the American
Legion hall on Thursday evening,
June 30, starting at 7:45. The reg
ular admission of 25 cents will be
charged.
CROSS INDEXING
VITAL RECORDS
Statistics Of Marriages
And Births Being
Compiled
After several months of negotia
tion, the sum of $2,500 has been
secured from federal funds for the
purpose of cross indexing the mar
riage and birth records of Macon
county, and a crew was started on
the work this week.
Horace Hurst has been given
charge of this project and will be
assisted by Misses Elbise Sherrill
and Virginia Wilson. Mrs. loiia TW-
Hart and Mrs. Shirley Belk. It is
estimated that it will take about
one year to complete the records.
i. , . ,
. -w icijuiring me Keeping or
birth records in Mnrth famlln A, A
- - - v sa v viu
not go into effect until 1913, "but
marriage certificates have been fil
ed since 1829 m Macon county, and
these will all be entered in the new
books which have been purchased,
and will be indexed so that it will
be easy to find the record of any
marriage since the county was or
ganized. C. Tom Bryson, register of deeds,
has been working for some time to
get this project started, and has
msse several trios to WPA head
quarters in Asheville in connection
with the matter.
Birth Record. Not Complete
Mr. Bryson states that the birth
rirnrHc , 1kL: i
. . - Mining in Ulduy ye-
tails, and he asks that all citizens
who have had births in their fami
lies in Macon county since 1913
call at, the courthouse while' this
work is in progress and assist in
getting the names, dates, etc en
tered correctly.
There are many births recorded
where no names were given, and
others show wrong dates and other
errors, and it is necessary that all
these- details be straightened out
This information can only be se
cured through the cooperation of
m -- ...v.t.jivu i tutjr ic
asked to give their help in order
that the county's vital statistics rec
ords may be simplified and brought
up to date. , '
Mrs. Ferguson Dies
In West Marion
Mrs. Mary Gray Ferguson 61,
died at her home in West Marion
Sunday, June 5, after a long illness.
The funeral service was conduct
ed Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock
in the First Presbyterian church
of Marion, of which she had long
.been a faithful member.
She is survived by her husband
and four grown children, Gray,
Jim, Ethel and Elizabeth. The fol
lowing brothers and 9isters also
survive: Mrs. John Ferguson, Mrs.
C. H. McClure, Javan and Jim
Gray, all of Franklin; Mrs. James
B. Medford, of Waynesville, Mrs.
R. L. Crook, of Biltmore, Mr. J. E.
Gray, of Lyman, Wash.
The following attended the funef
al from Macon county: Mr. and
Mrs. John Ferguson, Mrs. Javan
Gray, Jim Gray and Mrs. R. L.
Crook.
D r. Abernethy To Lead
Revival At Asbury
Rev. J. E. Abernethy, pastor of
the Franklin Methodist church, will
begin a revival meeting Sunday
night, June 19, at Asbury Metho
dist church.
Dr. Abernethy began his minis
try on the charge of which As
bury was one of his churches. His
pastorate there was 'marked by out
standing success. Many of the older
members now living were taken in
to the church during his , work
there.
The pastor, Rev. J. C. Swaim, ex
tends a cordial welcome to every
one. The services will begin at
7:30 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. W. LaMonte, - of
Daytona Beach, Fla., are spending
some tun ftt Trimont Inn. ,