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INDEPENDENT
PROGRESSIVE . LIBERAL
VOL LIV, NO. 6
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939
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SENATE PASSES
LOCAL MEASURE
Macon Tax Act Repealed;
Register Of Deeds
Term Increased
Representative George B. Pattern's
bill to extend the term of the reg
ister of deeds of Macon county to
four years was passed by the low
er, house of. the General Assembly
Tuesday under a suspension oi
rules, and was sent to the senate
for concurrence. This bill is inline
with others being enacted for va-
. rious counties which will place the
office of register of deeds in the
same class with sheriffs, clerks and
coroners, who already have four
year terms, and will save a great
deal of election expense.
The bill to repeal the Macon
local law in regard to collection of
delinquent taxes was passed by the
senate Tuesday and the county will
hereafter operate undfer the general
tax law as it did before the 1937
act was, passed.
Another bill by Representative
Patton which would repeat tne
measure setting a rate of 15 cents
per meal for seeding prisoners m
jail, has been favorably reported
and is expected to pass without
opposition.
Nio Tuition Raise ,
The appropriations committee of
the house has made it known that
Iv vr pocp 'Will till tirm increases for
' ' naGc-rdffnTiSrnrotedr; throtth-j
increases for out-of-state stuaenis
are contemplated except for the
North Carolina College for Negroes
at Durham. ' i
The finance committee and the
appropriations committee are still
grinding away on budget and rev
nue items, and it is uncertain as to
when these measures will reach the
floor for consideration and debate.
In the meantime the usual flood
pi local legislation is occupying
much time in both houses.
Several Important Matters
Presented To County Board
Matters of vital importance to
hundreds of people in the county
were presented before the county
commissioners at the meeting last
Monday, but no action was taken.
C. Tom Bryson appeared in be
half of the NYA program, speaking
convincingly of the need of the
- craft shop - that vcould be erected
by NYA labor, calling the atten
tion of the commissioners to the
fact that with a little backing from
them the government would donate
to the county power wood-working
machinery and the salary of a full
time instructor in furniture mak
ing and allied crafts, He pointed
out that many counties had taken
advantage of this' offer and the
boys are learniing trades that will
make them independent, beside sup
plying the schools and other public
buildings with needed, furniture.
Mrs. J. A. Ordway, county sup
ervisor of the National Youth Ad
ministration,, stated that at present
there are 202 boys and girls work
ing on projects, with many more
expecting employment in the near
future. The , pay roll is now over
$3,000 per month between . $35,000
and $40,000 per year. Mrs. Ordway
asked for $200 to continue con
struction, of waitirig stations for
school children, stating that 54 ad
ditional stations were needed to
. shelter the one thousand children
throughout the county, many of
whom are forced to wait for buses
on the highway, exposed to cold
and rain. C. A. Bryson, commis
sioner, expressed himself in favor
of granting these requests. . . .
Mrs. Ordway stated that without
the cooperation of the commission
ers the present enrollment cannot
Zone Meeting
"
Of Methodist W. M. S.
Held Wednesday
The Zone meeting of the Wo
man's Missionary Societies of the
Methodist churches in Macon coun
ty held a very interesting meeting
Wednesday at the Franklin Meth
odist church. 1 There were more
than 50 members from the eight
societies of the zone organization
present. M , '
Mrs. Fred Slagle, zone chairman,
presided over the meeting. The
brief welcome address was given
bv Mrs. W. I. Zachary. president
of the Franklin society, followed
by a spiritual and helpful devo
tional, which was conducted by the
Rev. I. L. Roberts, pastor of the
Franklin Methodist church. ,
Mrs. F. E. Branson, of Canton,
secretary of the Waynesville dis
trict, led the round table discussion
on the problems of the zone work.
She also gave a special message to
the group, using for, her topic,
"Christianising all Areas of Life."
A verv enjoyable solo was ren
dered by Mrs. James L. AverilL
Following lunch', Mrs. George
Hampton, of Canton, secretary of
the Spiritual Life Group, spoke
briefly on the "Methods of Carry
ing on the Work." Mrs. Heffner,
nf Cnllmvhee. chairman of the
Children's Work of the Waynesville
district, presented plana for train
ing our children in the Sunday
schools, so that they will be mis
sionary minded, thus getting ac
quainted with children of other
lands, so that they will feel a world
brotherhood, which makes for world
peace.
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; world outlook : was. grcsxnj.-.
H hv Gordon Moore.
The officers who were elected at
this time were: Mrs. Fred Slagle,
zone chairman, and Mrs. Joe Set
ser, zone secretary.
Societies represented were Snow
Hill, Iotla, Bethel, Union, High
lands, Cashiers, Mt Zion and
Franklin. ,
An invitation was extended by
the ladies of the Bethel society for
the meeting to be held with them
in June. ''
be maintained, nor any of those
awaiting assignment given work.
At the meeting attention was call
ed to the fact that there are funds
upon which the county could draw
so that these boys and girls will
not be thrown out of employment,
and the county deprived of the
funds furnished and their benefits.
Mrs. Gilmer Jones asked for an
appropriation of $25 a month to
purchase materials for the WPA
sewing room if the government de
cides to discontinue the allotment
of cloth. Fifty women are employed
on this project.
Request was made to endorse a
movement to discontinue Standing
Indian game refuge, but it was
pointed -out that the commissioners
had no authority in this matter.
Boy Scout Service
At Methodist Church
In connection with Boy Scout
Week there will be a special ser
vice held on Sunday evening at six
o'clock at the Franklin Methodist
church. At that time music will be
.rendered by an augmented choir
and the boys will have a part in
the service.
An appropriate message will be
given by the pastor, the Rev. Ivon
L. Roberts.
The general public is invited to
attend this service and show their
interest in the work being done to
train local boys in good citizenship.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jones and
Sam Howard, of Waynesville, were
guests, of .their sister-in-law and
aunt, Mrs. J. W, Cunningham, Sun
BAPTISTS WILL
MEET AT IOTLA
Preacher Revival To Be
Held By Association
Next Week
A preacher revival' will be held
by the Macon County Baptist as
sociation with the Iotla Baptist
church next week, February 13-17,
and the following program has.
been announced:
10:00 a. m. Devotions:
Monday, C. C. Welch; Tuesday,
Green Calloway, Wednesday, D,
C. McCoy ; Thursday, Paul Mor
gan; Friday, Vester Stockton.
10:15 Bible study each day Book
of Ephesians C. F. Rogers.
11:15 Intermission and "get ac
quainted period."
11:30 Discussion and Round Table
, Period E. F. Baker.
Monday "Should Our Churches
Practice Discipline and Revise
Membership Rolls More Than
We Do?"
Tuesday "Giving Missions Their
Proper Ehphasis in Our Churches."
Wednesday "Is Evangelism Suf
ficient for Our Churches Apart
from Enlistment?"
Thursday "Jesus' Method of Soul
Winning.
Friday "Present Need and Signs
of a Spiritual Revival, and How
to Obtain It."
12:30 p. m. Lunch Hour and Fel
lowship. 1 :30 Devotions:
Monday, Lester Sorrels; Tuesday,
A. J. Smith ; Wednesday, J. I.
Vinson; Thursday, Grant Wood;
-- Fridayi Ghries Jennings. '.-..'.,.
1 :45 Stewardship Discussion Rev.
J. C Pipes,
2 :30 Song.
2:30 Problems of the Pastor A
message followed by discussion
each afternoon.
Monday "How Can We Bring
Our Members to Commit Them
selves Intelligently and Complete
ly to the Church Covenant?"
Rev. N. E. Holden.
TuesdayThe Place of Good
Music in the Worship Service."
Rev. R. F. Mayberry.
Wednesday "What Are the Re
quirements Both for the Candi
date and the Church in the Call
and Ordination' of Pastors?"
Rev. T. D. Denny.
Thursday "Responsibility of a
Church in Calling and Support
ing the Pastor." Rev. W. L.
Bradley.
Friday Ethics, or conduct of the
Pastor in his study, devotional
life, home, every day conduct,
business relationships, pulpit, rec
reation and relation to other pas
tors. Rev. J. G. Benfield. ?
7. -00 Praise Service each evening
by Iotla Church Choir, followed
by sermon each night except
Tuesday night, when the Brother
hood of the Franklin Church will
give a demonstration service of
our Baptist Brotherhood.
7:15 Monday Rev. J.. G. Benfield.
Tuesday Brotherhood.
Wednesday T. F. Deitz.
Thursday C F. Rogers.
Friday G. A. Goer.
Members, of all churches as well
as Pastors ore urged to attend all
these services and are welcome to
have part in the discussions.
Entertainment free.
Power Company Extends
Rural Electric Lines
, Work , was started Tuesday by
the Nantahala Power & Light com
pany upon an extension of its lines
into the Cartoogechaye section. It
is thought that the work will be
completed within two to three
weeks.
The line will serve 20 rural cus
tomers as soon as completed, and
it is expected that others will apply
for current where- they are close
enough to connect without too
great expense.
This line will be extended to the
foot of the mountain if present
plans can be carried out by the
power company.
R. L. Howard
Passes At Morganton On
. Last Sunday
Robert L. Howard, who was tak
en to the State hospital at Mor
ganton on Tuesday of the past
week, died there on Sunday after
noon. Mr. Howard, a well known farm
er of the Tryphosa section had been
ill for more than three years. He
was born and reared in. Macon
county where he had lived his en
tire life. He was the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Pulaski Howard.
Funeral services were held in
Morganton on Monday afternoon.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Cordelia Norton, and
three children, one daughter; Miss
Orace Howard, and two sons, Ed
gar and Elbert Howard, all of
Tryphosa; four brothers, Nick and
Pulaski Howard, of Washington
State ; Sam and George Howard, of
Dillard, Ga., Route 1.
STREET WORK
ISUMRVAY
Project Giving 'Work To
191 Men; Several
Crews At Work
The Franklin street and sidewalk
improvement project is getting well
under way this , week with 191
men at work. Crews have been
working - on Iotla, vW.est -MaiBv Rivi
ennew 'and Oak streets, and an
other crew is engaged in building
bins and in other work at the
stone quarry.
Stone will be secured at the B.
W. Justice quarry on Rabbit creek,
which is close to town. It was at
first thought the stone would be
hauled from the Wade Moody quar
ry, but it is understood that gov
ernment projects will be taking
stone from there, and it was there
fore decided to use the Justice
place.
A crusher has been bought and
put in place, and the town board
has authorized the purchase of a
jack hammer, air compresser and
concrete mixer. One truck has been,
purchased from the Burrell Motor
company and another will be se
cured to be used at the quarry.
It is planned to push the work
forward as rapidly as possible, and
to rebuild and repair as many
streets and sidewalks as possible
before the beginning of the sum
mer season.
When the preliminary labor is
finished and the spreading of
crushed stone begins, it is possible
that some of the men now employ
td will be laid off, as it will not
require such a large number for
that work.
Meeting To Be Held
At Colored School
A rally meeting will be held at
Chapel School on Sunday after
noon, February 12, at 2 o'clock for
the purpose of pepping up progress
on the recreational building.
The property on which the build
ing is to be erected will be formal
ly presented at this meeting by a
representative of- the Episcopal
church which is the donor of the
land for this purpoSe., '
Friends of the colored people in
the community are cordially invited
to attend this meeting to help for
ward this worthy and much need
ed work. It is learned that about
$200 has already , been raised by
the P.-T. A. group sponsoring the
project.
The building will be erected With
NYA labor, logs which are already
cut, have been donated by the for
est service. Plans have been drawn
at state NYA headquarters in Ral
eigh, and construction will be under
the supervision of Mrs. J, A, Ord
way, NYA supervisor '
SCOTT GRIFFIN
BU1LDJNG SOLD
Hotel Property Bought By,
Mr. and Mrs. Bryson
Of Spruce Pine
One of the largest real estate
deals which has occurred in Frank
lin in recent years was the sale
this week of the Scott Griffin
hotel property by the Bank of
Franklin to Mr. and Mrs. R. I
(Doc) Bryson, of Spruce Pine.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryson have been
operating the . Spruce Pine hotel
for the past six years and will re
main there, it is unlerstood, for the
present, as Mrs. C. S. Brown has
a lease on -the. Scott Griffin for
another year. 1
Both Mr. and Mrs. Bryson are
natives of Macon county and are
widely known in this section. Mr.
Bryson is a son of, the late James
Bryson, of West's Mill, a piotiHr
settler of the county. Mrs." Bryson
is the former Miss' Laura Wilds,
and was born and reared in the
Burningtown , section. She -is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Posey
Wilds and a sister of Mrs. Frank
jarrett, of the Jarrett Springs ho
tel at Dillsboro, and has had long
and successful experience in the
hotel business.
The Scott Griffin hotel was built
in 1926 and has more than 30
rooms with three business places
downstairs which have -been occu
pied ever since the building - was
completed.
Mr. and Mrs. C S. Brown came
from Augusta, Ga., and leased the
LScpttGtifficuin.. 1928. Itwasthen
owned by a stock company, but
was taken over by the Bank of
Franklin in 1933. Since the death
of Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown has
continued to operate the hotel, and
for several months has conducted
the People's Market which is lo
cated downstairs in the same build
ing. Mr. and Mrs, Bryson expect to
come "back to Franklin to make
their home, and . will probably
take charge of the hotel at the ex
piration of the present lease.
Two Great Shows At
Macon Theatre Nex!t Week
Two great pictures will be. shown
at the Macon Theatre next week
"St. Louis Blues" on Monday and
Tuesday, and "Stand Up and Fight"
on Wednesday and. Thursday.
"St. LofciU BIum"
A Mississippi River showboat of
the pres'ent day forms the romantic
setting for Par amount's new drama
with music, "St. Louis Blues," a
story based on one of the world's
best-loyed songs. With Dorothy La
mour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guizar,
Mary "Punkins" Parker and Max
ihe Sullivan playing the top roles,
"St. Louis Blues" recounts the tale
of a gorgeous entertainer who re
bels 'against, her manager's insis
tence that she always pose as a
South Seas native and finds san
ctuary-rand love on a picturesque
showboat. ,
"Stand Up mnd FiChtw
The Western comes into its own
in a brand new locale in "Stand
Up and Fight," with Wallace Beery
and Robert Taylor teamed for the
first time as protagonists of a new
type of outdoor action drama which
bids fair to set a precedent in film
cycles. ,
The picture, presents to film
goers western Maryland in the
1859s, with the bitter struggle be
tween the railroad and stage coach
lines forming the theme of a stir
ring story which combines all the
elements of the best of the always
popular Westerns with an authentic
historical background.
Ras Penland, who has been con
fined to his room for the past
month, suffering from a broken
shoulder and othef injuries sus
tained in a car wreck, was able to
be on the streets. Tuesday.