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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LIV. NO. 3
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939
$1.50 PER YEAR
POULTRYSHORT
COURSEJAN. 23
Six Counties To Join In
Meeting To Be Held
In Franklin
By S. W. MENDENHALL
County Agent
v With the help of the North Car
olina extension service and the
North Carolina State college,' a most
important meeting has been arrang
ed for the farmers"and farm women
who are interested in poultry". 'This
I one clay poultry short course will
be held at Franklin, in the Agricul
tural building on Monday, January
23, beginning promptly at' 9:30
o'clock. The counties to participate
in this meeting are Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Swn, Jackson and Macon.
. The oroerram will be conducted by
'leading' poultry authorities- from
North Carolina State college and
the North Carolina extension ser
vice. :
The topics for discussion will be:
Chick rearing practices 'by C. F.
Parrish ; poultry problems by Pro
fessor R. S. Dearstyne; how to im-
'. prove the performance of the- farm
flock through breeding by Dr. C.
II. Bostian; stimulating' appetites
!' by attractively packing poultry pro
ducts by T... T. Brown ; poultry
' buildings by C. F. Parrish and C.
J. Maupin ; remarks, regarding the
coming World's Poultry Congress;
round table discussion of individual
poultry problems,; demonstration in
egg grading and candling ; demon
stration in poultry diseases,includ-
ing diagnosis and post mortem
work. '
It. is not often that the services
' 4 of as many leading poultry author
ities as these men are can bee
, cured, and be together at one meet
' ing. Every one interested in poul
try should take advantage of this
opportunity.
Goodpoultry is an asset to any
farm. In order to make the farm
' food supply more complete and to
afford a source of income every
farm should have a poultry flock.
This flock, if fed and oared for
properly will produce a year-round
. egg supply as well as furnishing a
.. large portion of the meat needed
in the home.
-Now is the time to prepare' for
; your laying flock for the coming
year. Start your preparation by at
tending the one day poultry short
. ; course at Franklin. .. .
To those attending the meeting,
a nrize will be given to the one
who has had an approved brooder
, house in continuous use the long
. est, to the one ho has had an ap
proved Laying house in continuous
use the longest, and to' the county
other than Macon, having the larg
' est delegation at the meeting, tak
ing into , consideration the miles
traveled.
Two Boys And Cow
Bitten By Dog
Grady Greene, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Greene, of Franklin
Route 1, was 'bitten on the leg
Sunday by a hound dog that was
supposed to have hac rabies.
The dog was. then placed in the
car with another dog. They began
' a fight and in , seianating them,
Roy Pendergrass, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Pendergrass, of Frank
lin, was bitten on his hand by the
, dog. These two boys are now tak
ing the rabies treatment as a pre
caution. A cow belonging to D. C. Greene,
; of Franklin Route 1, was bitten
before the dog was killed.
Sam Reece, of the Cartoogechaye
section, owner of the dog, brought
the. animal from Hendersonville on
"December 20. Mr. Reece,' a meat
cutter, had kept the dog with him
for some time, and it had 'been
given vaccination for rabies last
April when all the dogs in Macon
county were vaccinated by Dr. R.
D, West, veterinarian.
Mrs. B. L. Vinson
Funeral Held At Coweta
Last Thursday
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Funeral services for Mrs. B. L.
Vinson, 76, who died at her home
at Otto Wednesday, January 11, at
5 :30 a. m., were conducted at Cow
eta Baptist church Thursday after
noon by her nephew, the Rev. John
Raby,' assisted by the Rev. Jim
Vinson.
Pallbearers wer six grandsons,
.Lee, D. E., Hoyt, Robert, John and
Charles Vinson.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs; Mary McCall, of Tignall, Ga.;
Mrs. Minnie Burch and Mrs. Bes
sie Carulla, of Turnerville, Ga. ; six
sons, John B., M. S. and J. T, of
Otto ; D. E. and C. S., of Washing
ton, Ga., and S. L. Vinson, of Val-
dese; 51 grandchildren. and 43 great
grandchildren. Also two brothers,
Hanibal Greene, of Highlands, and
Sam Greene, of-Easley, S. C.
STREET WORK
STARTS SOON
Project Will Last Six
Months And Employ
160 Men
It is stated,, that work will start
about January '26 on the street and
sidewalk -project in Franklin, the
allotment for which was announced
in The Press last week.
It ' is estimated that the poject
Mi. 1 ' l . r. Af1
will iurnisn wok ior approximately
160 men for six ..months, , and . the
labor will ,. be furnished by the
placement division 6f ' trie WPA
organization.
The government allotment of $37,
492 will be supplemented by funds
from the town of Franklin, and it
is ' believed that sufficient money
will be available . to cover much
new street and sidewalk work as
well as to make repairs which have
long been needed.
The. provisions in the allotment
order do hot prescribe any set
program, and the matter is left to
the discretion of the area engi
neer and the local engineer select
ed f by the mayor and aldermen of
the town. It has been stated, how
ever, that the work will be done in
accordance with government speci
fications.
It is expected that this project
will put the streets and sidwalks
of the town in first class condition
by the beginning of the summer
season, and it will also give work
to a large number of men who
would otherwise be idle. .
Details as, to what streets .and
sidewalks are to be built and re
paired will be published as soon as
available.
Walter Blaine Reported
To Be Improving '
Walter Blaine, son of Commis
sioner C. L. Blaine and Mrs. Blaine,
of Cartoogechaye, has been critical
ly ill with double pneumonia at
the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank
Hughes, in Asheville. Mr. Blaine
had received word Wednesday aft
ernoon that he was slowly improv
ing. Episcopal Ladies To
Have Rummage Sale
A rummage sale will be held in
the store of John Thomas on Sat
urday, January 21, by the ladies
of St. Agnes Episcopal church.
Overcoats, warm clothing and
shoes will be sold.
Basketball Games
At Franklin Gym
The Franklin "Rotarians" defeat
ed the Brysbn City All-Stars in an
overtime game Monday night by a
score of 31 to 23, at the high
school' gym.
There will be a double-header
Friday night (girls and boys) with
Indian Springs All-Star,
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COLOREDWOMAN
LOST IN WOODS
Callie West Disappears
From Home On
January 11
Callie West, aged colored woman
who has been living with her son-in-law,
James Deal, at West's Mill',
wandered away on Wednesday,
January 11, and, though officers,
citizens and CCC enrollees have
searched the woods since .the day
following her disappearance, no
trace of the missing woman had
been found up to today (Thurs
day). On the day she left home Callie,
who was estimated to be about 72
years old, had washed at the home
of Alf Clark until late in the after
noon. She had with her a bag of
provisions which had been cooked
by a lady ,she often washed for.
The missing woman, it is said',
was at times somewhat deranged,
but seemed perfectly normal on the
day she left home, and it is be
lieved that she was obsess.ed with
fear of being sent to the asylum,
which it is understood had been
threatened by members of the fam
ily. Some two "weeks before she
had stayed. out two nights fearing
that officers would come to take
her away.
, Callie has a son living in Sylva,
and 'she had been heard to say
that she could find her way to
him by following the power line,
bat inquiries in that direction have
brought no result. Her coat, which
she ; had . last or discarded, was
found on, Jthe. mountain .above . the
Deal home, and it is thought that
she became confused and lost her
way and perished in the woods.
James Deal, the son-in-law with
whom Callie has been living, is
well known in the county. He was
body servant to a Confederate sol
dier Iuring the Civil War and
draws a pension from the state.
Mrs. Guff eyY First Grade
Room Refinished
Mrs. Tom McCollum and Mi's.
Jimmy Sutton are to be congratu
lated on the splendid piece of
work they have done as grade rep
resentatives of Mrs. Guffey's first
grade room.
They have just completed refin-
ishing the room with texolite. and
have placed a folding screen in the
back "of the room which will cut
off a cloak and hat room and
which will als6 serve as a bulletin
board. Two new pictures have been
hung and new books have been
added to the library.
These decorations and room
equipment were made possible
through the untiring efforts of
Mrs.' McCollum and Mrs. Sutton,
assisted by Mrs. Carl Greene, Mrs.
Herbert McGlamory, Mrs. Frank
Leach, Mrs. Ward McNeal, Mrs.
Dorcas Allen, Mrs. Roy Gibson and
Mrs. W. T. Wright, by raising the
necessary funds at a card party
held at the Agricultural building
on December 1. The leading busi
ness men and women of Franklin
helped in this by donating prizes
and ' participating in other ways.
Mrs. Guffey, on behalf of the
grade, wishes to thank all who had
a part in making the room a more
beautiful and cheerfu place in
which to work.
Surplus Products Help
Many In December
There were 314 cases represent
ing 1,742 persons certified by Ma
con county welfare authorities as
eligible to receive surplus commo
dity . products during December,
1938, Arthur E. Langston, state di
rector of commodity distribution
with the state board of charities
and public welfare, announced this
week.
A state-wide total of 183,067 per
sons representing-39,893 cases were
certified during the month, Lang
item said, , ,
Baptist
S. S. Association To Meet
At. Ridgecrest Jan. 22
The Macon County Baptist Sun
day School convention will meet at
Ridgecrest Baptist church on Sun
day, January 22, at 2 :30 p. m., and
the following program will be car
ried out :
1 Song
Devotiona 1 Mrs. Ed Duvall,
Iotla. .
Roll Call and Report from
Churches
Special Music and Offering . ,
Discussion "The Sunday School
as a Soul Winning Agency" by
Katherine Bowden.
Message Rev. C. F. Rogers,
Franklin.
Benediction.
Katherine Bowden,
Sunday School Sec.
DEATH CLAMS
MRS. GIBSON, 87
Aged Resident Of lotla
Section Passes
January 12
Mrs. Narcissus Shepherd Gibson
died at her home in the .Iotla
section at 11 a. m. on Thursday,
January 12, after an illness of one
week with high blood pressure.
Mrs. Gibson was born February
27, 1851, and was 87 years, 10
months and 16 days of age at the
time of her death. She joined the
Cowee Baptist church in early life
and was a member there until 1912,
when she moved her membership
to 4he Iotla church.
She was married to the late
James Thomas Gibson on October
1, 1871, and to the union six chil
dren were born, three of whom
survive, James L. Gibson, of Leath
erman; Mrs. W. R. Mason and
John S. Gibson, of Franklin. She
is also survived by 11 grandchildren,
11 great-grandchildren, three broth
ers, Joe Shepherd, of ' Leatherman ;
Eb Shepherd, of Vale, Oregon, and
Tom Shepherd, of Joplin, Mo. ; two
sisters, Miss Adeline Shepherd and
Airs. Kate Mason, of Leatherman,
and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted
Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock at the
Cowee Baptist church by the pastor,
the Rev. R. F. Mayberry, and bur
ial was in the Shepherd cemetery.
Pallbearers were Herman Mason,
Carson Gibson, James Mason, R.
L. Houston, Hancel Bennett and
George Gibson.
James Raby Goes West
To Teach Singing
James M. Raby, president of the
5th Sunday Singing convention of
Macon county, had a call from R.
V. Rogers to ' come to Darrington,
Wash., to teach a singing school.
Mr, Raby, who left Wednesday for
Darrington, plans to spend about
six months teaching schools in
Darrington, Lyman, Sedro Wooley
and other places in Washington.
Franklin Postoff ice
Receipts Increased
The gross receipts at the Frank
lin postoffice show a decided in
crease for the past five years, and
the year's receipts of 1938 showed
an increase over 1937, as has each
year previous for the past five. The
year ending December 1938, set a
new all-time record for this office,
it has been announced "by T W.
Porter, postmaster.
Tommy Lee Cabe
Enlists In Navy
Tommy Lee Cabe, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Gabe, Sr., 6f Otto,
has enlisted in the United States
navy and has been sent to Norfolk,
Va., for a course of instruction be
fore being given a permanent as
BELOVED LADY
DIES THURSDAY
Mrs. O. C. Bryant Passes
This Morning After
Long Illness.
Mrs. 0,s.car C. Bryant, 34, died in
Angel hospital Thursday morning
at 11 o'clock following an illness of
more than three months. She de
veloped pneumonia the latter part
of October, with serious complica- .
tions following.
Mrs. Bryant had been a member
of the Franklin Baptist church since
early girlhood, and for a number
of years she was choir director
and pianist of the church. She was
an active leader in all of her church
activities. She was a valued mem
ber of the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion. For the past two years Mrs.
Bryant has been secretary and treas
urer, of the Bryant Burial Asso- .
ciation. She was the former Miss
Edna Blaine, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles T. Blaine, of Frank
lin. In 1917 she was married to
Oscar C. Bryant, owner of the
Bryant Furniture company and
Funeral Home.
A devoted wife and mother) cap
able and efficient in all she under
took, Mrs. Bryant, as a citizen,
home maker and church member
upheld the highest standards in
her community. Her quiet influence
and loyal devotion to duty were an
example to all who knew her, and
her untimely death brings sorrow .
to her wide circle of ' friends
throughout Macon county who
symj?athj.zeitjij
ily in their loss.
Surviving are her husband and
three sons, Kenneth, Clell and Cul
len; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
T. Blaine, of Franklin; two sisters,
Mrs. James H. Young of Portland,
Ore., and Mrs. J. Horner Stockton
of Franklin; one brother, William
Blaine, a student at. Mars Hill col
lege. The funeral will be conducted at
the Franklin, Baptist church . Fri
day afternoon at 3 o'clock by the
pastor, the Rev. C. F. Rogers, as
sisted by Rev. Ivon L. . Roberts, of
the. Methodist church; Rev. Frank
Bloxham, of the Episcopal church;
Rev. J. A. Flanagan, of the Pres
byterian church, and Rev. H. S.
Williams, of the Franklin Metho
dist circuit.
Funeral Services Held
For Miss Wallace, 77
Funeral services for Miss Callie
Matilda Wallace, 77, were held
Wednesday, January 11. at Carson
Chapel Methodist church on Car
toogechaye. The Rev. I. L. Roberts,
pastor of Franklin Methodist
church, and the Rev. J, A. Flana
gan, pastor of Franklin Presbyter
ian church, officiated. .Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Miss Wallace died Tuesday, Jan
uary 10, at the home of her sister,
Mrs. James P. Conley, on Cartooge
chaye, where she had made her
home for a number of vyears- She
was a member of Carson Chapel
church, and a daughter of the late
Robert and Isabelle Wallace.
Pallbearers were six nephews :
George Conley, John Wallace, Har
old Moore, Ernest Wallace, Carl
Conley and Edwin Wallace.
Surviving are one sister, Mrs.
James P. Conley, and one brother,
George Wallace, both of the Car
toogechaye section. N
Rev. I. L. Roberts To
Speak At Cowee Supper
The Rev. I. L. Roberts, pastor
of the Franklin Methodist church,
will be the principal speaker Sat
urday night, at the box supper,
which is to be held at the Cowee
school house. The money derived
from the sales will be used for the
benefit of the infantile paralysis
fund.' The, public is cordially in
vited to come out and take an ac
tive Part, j
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