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FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1939
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FUNERAL FOR
MRORYANT
Service Held At Baptist
Church Friday
Afternoon
The funeral of Mrs. 0. C. Bryant
which was held on Friday . after
noon, January 20, was attended by
several hundred people from all
over Macon county and -elsewhere,
and evidenced the high esteem in
which Mrs. Bryant was held by all
.who knew her.
The services were . Held at 3
o'clock in the afternoon- at the
Franklin Baptist church and were
conducted by the Rev. C. F.- Rog
ers, pastor, assisted by the Rev. I.
L. Roberts, pastor of the Metho
dist church; the Rev. J. A. Flana
gan, pastor of the Presbyterian
church;- the Rev. Frank Bloxham,
rector of St. Agnes Episcopal
church; the Rev. Harry S. Wil
liams, pastor of the Franklin cir
cuit, and the Rev. Eugene R. Eller,
of Pelham, Ga., former pastor of
the Franklin Baptist church.
, Music was furnished by the com
bined choirs of the four churches
of Franklin. -
Pallbearers were : Henry ,W. Cabe,
J. S. Conley, Herbert A. McGlam
ery, Wade Cunningham, A. R. Hig
don, Paul Carpenter, Ben McCol
lum and Ralph Welch.
Flower girls were: Mrs. W. T.
Moore, Mrs. Joe Palmer, Mrs. J.
H. Carelock, Mrs. Verna Greene
May, Mrs. Pearl Wright, Miss
Lassie Kelly, Miss Margaret Co
zad, Miss Gladys Sellers, Mrs. C.
D. Baird and Mrs, Paul Carpenter.
Interment was in the Franklin
cemetery. ' , . "
Mrs. Bryant died Thursday morn
ing after a long illness. She was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles T. Blaine, of Franklin, and
was 34 years of age. She was mar
ried to Oscar C. Bryant April 1,
1923, and is survived by her hus
band and three sons, Kenneth, Clell
and Cullen. Also surviving are her
parents, two sisters, Mrs. James
H. Young, of Portland, Ore., and
Mrs. J. Horner Stockton, of Frank
lin, .and one brother, William
Blaine, a student at Mars Hill col
lege. George Dean Returns
From Vacation Trip
George Dean, town clerk of
Franklin, has returned from an ex
tended trip to points in Texas,
and states that his health is much
improved and that he expects to
be back on the job in the town of
fice about February 1.
Mrs Lucille Slagle
Dies In Washington
Miss Reba Slagle, of Franklin,
has been notified that her aunt,
Mrs. Lucille Slagle, of Kettle Falls,
Wash., died on January 7. Mrs.
Slagle was the widow of the late
Frank Slagle, of Kettle Falls, for
merly of Franklin.
CARD OF THANKS
To the friends who, both during
my wife's illness , and after her
death, have by word and action
shown their sympathy and help, we
desire to here express our heart
felt appreciation ; as well as to the
great mimber who, by their inquir
ies, showed their sincere interest.
But most of all we wish to ex
press our appreciation of those
whose untiring efforts and devoted
service accomplished all that was
humanly possible in her behalf : Drs.
H. T. Horsley, W. A. Rogers, J. H.
Fouts, Furman Angel and Edgar
Angel; and Nurses Mrs, Ben Mc
Collum, Mrs. Kate Hauser, and Miss
Helen Seay, as well as the three
nurses on general duty at Angel
hospital; Miss BeulahWyke, Miss
Alma Crawford, and Mrs. Don
Henry. To all of these our grati
tude is, and will always be, a last
ing debt. -
O. C. BRYANT
AND FAMILY. ,
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STREET JOB TO
TOTAL $55,484
Money To Be Furnished
By WPA And Town
Of Franklin ;
It" is learned that the" streetim
provement project for the town of
Franklin, which was finally ap
proved last week by state WPA
headquarter in Raleigh, provides
for a total expenditure of $55,484.
Of this amount $37,482 was alloted
by the WPA administration and
the remainder amounting to $17,992
is to be furnished by the town in
cash and in credits for material.
' The work to be done has been
surveyed and laid out by engineers
of the WPA for this area, and
John Fox, of Asheville, will be
superintendent of construction for
the entire project, with local men
as foremen of the various crews.
It is understood that a rock
crusher has been obtained from the
state highway department, and the
rock will be obtained from the
Wade Moody quarry about four
miles from town.
The first crew of men started to
work this (Thursday) morning on
Iotla street, land it is expected that
by the first of next week two
more crews . will be organized as
well as a full force for the quarry
work. The project will require sev
eral months to complete and will
furnish steady work for approxi
mately 160 men.
Singing Convention At
Court House Sunday
The fifth Sunday Singing Con
vention of Macon county will be
held at the courthouse next Sun
day,, it has been announced by
Max Raby, who will be in charge
of the convention in the absence
of Jlames M. Raby, president.
Singers are expected from several
different counties, as well as South
Carolina and Georgia. All singers,
quartets, duets and classes in the
county and all who are interested
in good singing, have la cordial in
vitation to come and help with the
singing. '
Box Supper Friday
Night At Scaly
Miss Lucy Dryman, chairman for
the Infantile Paralysis Foundation
for Scaly, announces that a box
supper will be held lat the Scaly
schoolhouse on Friday night, Jan
uary '27, and urges that all the
people in that community and adjar
cent sections be present and help
this good cause.
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Last Friday night some person
in the Aquone community, who
was evidently short of rations,
entered the store of D. F.How
ard by tearing out some of the
underpinning, burrowing under
and raising several floor planks.
After getting jnj the burglar
raise? a window and proceeded
to fill a . large sack with the
following necessaries :
Fifteen pounds of beans, three
cans of Prince Albert tobacco,
three cases Bruton's snuff, 20
cent size; one can baking powd
er, one box of matches and
two 4-lb. packages shortening.
He then laid beside the sack a
bag of flour and one of meal
and a strip of f atback.
But either his conscience be
gan to worry him or his cour
age failed when all was ready,
for he left his loot" lying where
he had placed it, jumped from
the window and left for an un
known destination.
Mr. Howard asks that if the
party makes a return call he
will please shut the window be
fore leaving the premises.
POLIO DRIVE
ENDSMONDAY
Several Benefit Affairs
Will Be Given For
Benefit Of Fund
Chairman C. C. Potts announces
that the drive for funds for the
fight against infantile paralysis
will end Monday, January 30. Sev
eral entertainments are planned for
the remaining days of the drive,
and it U hoped that all will be
liberally patronized.
. There will be a box supper at
Scaly schoolhouse on Friday night,
January 27, and 'square dances in
Franklin and . Highlands Saturday
night, January 28.
A bingo party will be given by
the Satulah Club at Highlands on
Monday, January 30, and on Mon
day night the Macon Theatre in
Franklin will donate the net pro
ceeds of a special 11 o'clock show
to the fund. The picture will be
"Professor Beware," and it is ex
pected t& draw a large crowd.
There will not be any drive for
individual contribution, but those
wishing to give to this cause are
requested to see their local chair
man or mail direct to C. C. Potts,
Highlands, N. C, chairman for
Macon county, ,
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DEATH CLAIMS
WALTER BLAINE
Popular Young Man Dies
Sunday Morning At
Sister's Home
Walter Blaine, 35, died at 8:30
o'clock Sunday , morning at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Frank
Hughes, in the , Fairview .section,
near Asheville, following a brief
illness of pneumonia.
Mr. Blaine was a son of County
Commissioner and Mrs.' Charlie L.
Blaine, of Franklin Route 1, and
had been employed in a manufac
turing plant at Fairview for the
past three years. He was widely
known in Macon county and had
a high reputation. His pleasing per
.sonality and jovial dispositi6n made
him a host of friends who were
deeply grieved to learn of his un
timely death.
He i is survived by his parents,
three sisters, Mrs. Frank Hughes,
of Fairview; Mrs. Mack Moffitt,
of Franklin, and Mrs. Alex Cabe,
of Otto; and four brothers, Arthur
and Earl Blaine, of Franklin Route
1; Harry Blaine, of Lakemont, Ga.,
and Ted Bliaine, of Otto.
Funeral services were conducted
at Patton Chapel Methodist church
Monday morning at 11 o'clock by
the Rev. J. C. Swaim, pastor of the
church, and burial was in the
church cemetery. The funeral was
attended by la very large number
of people from Franklin and other
sections of Macon county, as well
as by friends from Fairview and
Asheville.
Pallbearers were Erwin Patton,
Ralph Penland, Thad Patton, and
Homer Mashburn, of Franklin, and
Oscar and Blake Riddle, of Ashe
ville. Flower girls were: Gertrude
Shope, Ruth Nichols, Kate Shope,
Nellie Nichols, Mrs. Mildred Shope
and Mrs. A. R. Higdon, of Frank
lin; Chloe Riddle and Virginia
Sorrells, of Asheville.
Nice Sum Realized
At Cowee Box Supper
The Rev. I. L. Roberts, pastpr of
the Franklin Methodist church,
principal speaker at the box sup
per given at the Cowee school
house Saturday night, made a very
interesting and instructive talk,
which was thoroughly enjoyed by
the large crowd present.
From the .stale of boxes and cakes
$23.00 was realized. This sum is to
be given to the .Infantile Paralysis
Fund,
PATTON OFFERS
3 LOCAL BILLS
Macon's Representative
Sponsors Important
Measures
Three local measures affecting
Macon county were introduced in
the General Assembly last week
by Representative George B. Pat
ton. .
The first bill, introduced Thurs
day, January 19, provides for the
repeal of the act creating a jury
commission for Macon . county,
which was passed at the last ses
sion after being introduced by R;
A. Patton, former representative.
This act it is claimed is uncon
stitutional because of the fact that
it puts a maximum and 'minimum
number upon the names required
to be in the jury box. The state,
law requires that all freeholders
over 21 years of age, not exempt
by reason of profession or other
valid cause, shall be subject to
jury duty land shall have their
names in the box. This is not done
in any county but, nevertheless, it
is the law. The , bill for repeal of
the jury commission act was pass
ed by the house Saturday and has
been sent to ; the senate for con
currence. The .second bill introduced by
Representative Patton was put in
the hopper Friday, January 20. It
provides for the repeal of the mea
sure passed at the last session in
regard to the appointment of a de
linquent tax officer for Macon
county,"!"discontihuing the discount
given to early taxpayers, etc. The
portion of this act as to the ap
pointment of a delinquent tax col
lecter was held unconstitutional by
Judge F. Donald Phillips at the
April term, 1937, of Macon superior
court, but the other provisions were
declared in force. The repeal of
the law would put the collection of ,
taxes back under the general law
and would restore the discount for
taxpayers who desire to make early
payment.
The third measure -was introduc
ed, by Representative Patton Mon
day night, and would prohibit the
use of absentee ballots either in
primary or general elections , in
Macon county. This bill may meet
some opposition but it is believed
that it will pass. There have been
many charges made in the county
during the past few years of fraud
in connection with absentee ballots,
and many think their elimination
will mean less dissatisfaction over
future election results.
The money committees of the as
sembly are grinding away on budg
et and revenue , bills and it will
probably be several weeks before
these matters are ready for action,
though the progress being made in
dicates that the session may be
shorter than was at first expected.
No Trace Found
Of Missing Woman
The .search for Oallie West, aged
colored woman, who disappeared
from her home at West's Mill on
Wednesday, January 11, is being
continued throughout the mountains,
but ,so far no trace of the missing
woman has been found.
Preaching Every Sunday
At Otto CCC Camp
Eugene Riley, of near Birming
ham, Ala., is now at the Otto CCC
Camp, and announces that he will
preach there every Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. The public is in
vited to attend these services.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our many
friends for the kindness shown us
during the illness and death of our
son and brother, Walter. Also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
MR. AND MRS. C. L. BLAINE
AND FAMILY.