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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940 I AGE TWO Social Security Figures For Macon County Residents Tesenta . By MISS RUBY HOPKINS Bill Long has been very ill with pneumonia, but . is somewhat im proved. Miss Myrtle Buchanan, of Green ville, S. C, spent last week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. L, Buchanan on Tesenta. Leonard Peek, of Ellijay, visited his brother, George I'tek last week. Mr. and Mr.s. Grady Smith' and son spent last week-end with Joe Hopkins. . Robert Vinson visited home last week-end. George Peek and family, and Mrs. Henry ' Cabe were visiting relatives and friends on .Ellijay last Sunday. Rev. J. C. Swaim filled his regu lar appointment at Dryman's Chap el at 3 o'clock Sunday. An average of six or more pe destrians a week are killed on North Carolina streets and highways. Congressman Weaver Deserves Re-Nomination : h W 1 He has kept faith with his district. He has looked , after the interest of Macon County, in every instance, in addition to his untiring efforts in the interest of national legislation to benefit the nation as a whole. Congressman Weaver is popular with his colleagues and with government department officials. His thorough knowledge of gov ernmental affairs makes him a leader. His unbounded energy for constructive legisla tion has put him in the forefront. Congressman Weaver ranks high in Washington, and being an experienced and capable, legislator, he has been of valuable; assistance to his district in securing federal aid and federal projects of every description. He has made an excellent record of "achievement, which is better and safer for the people of Macon County and the dis trict than mere promises of inexperienced office seekers. On his record, as a friend and. honest public servant of this district, Congressman Weaver deserves the vote and support of every citizen of the district in the Demo cratic primary on May 25th. A Vote For Congressman Weaver Is a Vote for an Experienced and Qualified Legislator - 1 (Adv.) Macon-county Tesidents and communities have benefitted . about $80,895.00 through operation of the Social Securty program,' it is esti ma ted by Charles G. Powell,-chairman of the North Carolina unem ployment compensation commission. . Unemployment, compensation, or benefits to worker, temporarily out of jobs, is usually the largest item in the 10 divisions of the program, in counties with fairly large in dustries. In the two years of bene fit payments, 1938 and 1939, the distribution was $18,290.76, includ ed in 2,428 checks to county resi dents. Through cooperation of Mr.Na than H. Yelton, state director of public assistance, and Dr. Koraa S. Cheek, executive secretary of the state commission for the blind, and with figures from Washington and in the Central UCC office in Ral eigh, it is possible to get a fairly accurate, picture of the benefits distributed in Macon county. GUI age assistance, help for the needy passed 65 years of age, in Lime And Phosphate Granted Macon Farmers In the Agricultural Conservation Program it is possible for farm ers participating in the program to receive both lime and phosphate as grants of aid, Sam Mendenhall, county agent announced recently. Last year farmers of Macon county used 40 tons of phosphate and 3000 tons of lime that, was se cured through the program. This year farmers have already secured approximately 350 tons of phosphate and 6000 tons of lime. Farmers of the county are certainly due a considerable amount of praise for what they have accomplished and the County Agent's office really appreciates their fine spirit of co operation. It will be , of interest to many to know in what proportion each township of the county has par ticipated in ' the use of these ma terials,' -Mr. 'Mendenhall stated. Lime and phosphate were distrib uted as follows: ' Nantahala 1,200 tons lime, 13,000 pounds phosphate; Smithbridge 960 toris lime, 72,700 pounds phos phate; ; Franklin 816 tons ; lime, 184,600 pounds phosphate; M ill shoal 536 tons lime, 38,000 pounds phosphate; Cowee 526 .ton, lime, 121,000 pounds phosphate ; Ellijay 4 tons lime, 79,200 pounds phos phate ; Cartoogechaye .425 tons lime, 25,800 pounds phosphate; Burningtown 317 tons lime, 42,200 pounds phosphate; Flats 253 tons lime, 13,800 pounds phosphate; Highlands 209 tons. , lime, 32,900 pounds of phosphate, and Sugar fork 202 tons' lime, 51,600 pounds phosphate. Farmers who have not secured all the lime Or phosphate that they are eligible to receive and who de sire to have one or both of these materials for fall delivery should come to the county agent's office and place their order. Macon county in 31 months of dis tribution amounted to $36,763.00. The January amount was $1,589.50, going to 210 needy aged persons, an average of $7.57 each, as com pared with the. state average of $9.72 for the month, as compared with the state average of $972 for the month. Aid to dependent children help in the support of children depriv ed of their natural . breadwinners, amounted to $12,200.00 in the same 31 months. The January amount was $500.00, going to the support of 109 such children, an ' average of $4.59 each,, as compared with the state average of $648 for the month. 1 ; Aid to the blind in Macon county was $1,432.00 for the same 31 months. In January $51.00 went to five blind persons, average $10.20 each; state average, $14.90. In old age assistance and aid to the blind, the funds are provided one-half by the Federal govern ment and one-fourth each by the state and county. In aid to de pendent children funds have been furnished one-third each by Fed eral, State and County govern ments. Now the Federal govern ment will "furnish one-half,, as in cases of the needy aged and the blind. Old age benefits, now old age and survivors', insurance, is not available by counties, but a pro ration can be made to get a . coun ty estimate. This has been small lumpsum payments to workers in covered employment since Janu ary 1, 1937, and who have since reached 65 years of . age and quit work, or to the families of such workers who have died since that date. The importance of this part of the program will be more ap parent now, since payments have started on a monthly basis, as pro vided in an amendment by. Con gress in August, 1939. With an estimate in this one small item, of $1,255.00 going to 35 workers or their families through October, and . practically accurate figures in the other four divisions, it is apparent that just about $69,447 has been distributed . in Macon county in these five major divi sions. In the other five divisions, classed as "services," a proration indicates that about $10,950.00 has been distributed in this county since the program started, divided ap proximately as follows : Maternal and child health' service, $1,955; services for crippled children, $1, 640; -child welfare services, $1,320; vocational rehabilitation, $835; and public health work, $5,200. Several factors enter into this proration, Mr. Powell explained. Macon county had a population of L3.672, or about .43 per cent of the population of the entire state, 1930 census. This part of the so cial security program has been in operation about four years, and the state has matched Federal - funds in almost every instance. These facts are considered in making the proration. Central UCC office records show that in 1939 Macon county had 14 resident employers subject to the law and 248 workers protected by it. Subject employers paid in to the state fund $1614.31 in the two years of 1937, 1938 and 1939, a compared with the $18,- 290.76 paid to unemployed work ers in the county in the two years Markers In Primary Can Aid Only Those Handicapped Ih e J 939 Jene raLA ssembly m ad e a very drastic change' in the use of markers in primaries. , ' The only voters who may be assisted in the marking of their ballots are those who cannot read and those who by reason of phy sical handicap, such as blindness, paralysis or other ! disabling de fect,1 are unable to mark their ballot. In an official opinion, the At torney General ruled that only those illiterates registered under the Grandfather Clause of the sistance by- reason of their in sistance by reason of their su ability to read. .When a voter is entitled to as sistance in the marking of the bal lot, he must obtain the assistance from a near relative, (husband and wife; parent and child; brotltcr and sister;, or grandparent and grandchild) but if no such near relative is present, he may then ask - any : other voter of. the.. pre cinct who has not assisted any other' voter, to give him the as sistance. If, however, there is pres ent no near relative, or other voter who has not marked another ballot,, the voter may then, but only then, .call -upon the registrar or a judge of elections for as sistance. The registrar is required to keep a record of all voters who re ceive assistance and the names, of the persons giving assistance. It is not only unlawful for any person to give assistance; but also unlawful for any person to re ceive or permit assistance except under the terms of the Act. The Act does not prevent mem bers of the same family (husband and wife; parent and child; broth er and sister; ' grandparent and grandchild) from assisting one an other, and no record is required of such. and 1939 Macon unemployed work ers filed 923 initial ' claims the first claims filed after the workers becomes unemployed 6,691 contin ued claims the claims filed each week, after the initial claims. Employment service records in dicate that in 1937, 1938 and 1939, 2,886 registrations for work and 800 placements on jobs; were hand led in Macon county. Employment and benefit pay ments business in Macon, county is handled by the Employment Serv ice office in Bryson City. M. Subject to "In entering this campaign I do so upon my own initiative and responsibility and not as the candidate of any group or political faction. I have made no alliance with or any commit ment to any group or individual. "If nominated and elected, I will be under no obligation except tq serve the people of North Carolina to the best of my ability." (Adv.) Macon Teachers Win Support To Benefit Schools Thp .Macon county chapter of the North Carolina Educational Association, composed of the teach ers of the county schools,, have re ceived affirmative answers to the questions printed below from each of the candidates ' for representa tives Dr. W. A. Rogers, K. A. Pat ton and A. L. McLean. The questions were , sent by the legislative committee, J. J. Mann, Elizabeth C. Gu'ffey and Nina Howard. Miss Nora - Moody is president of the chapter. 1. Will you supiwrt legislation providing for an adequate retire ment plan for' school teachers and other state employees ? 2. Will you appoint as members of the Board of Education for Macon county the five persons re ceiving the largest number of votes in the Democratic primary for 1940? 3. Will you . .support ' legislation providing for an additional year for the school system of this state, so as to provide for a 12 year in stead of an 11 year system? 4. Will you support legislation providing for a state-wide equaliz ing fund for the purpose of assist ing the poorer counties of the state in the erection of necessary school buildings? ' 5. Will you support legislation providing for sick leave for teach ers on the same basis as now is provided for other state employee,, and the appropriation of funds therefor ? 6. Will you support . necessary legislation providing for niore" ade quate transportation facilities for the schools of the state, ! Five Macon County Boys May Yet Enter C M. T. Macon county still has an oppor tunity : to place five boys in the annual summer Citizens' Military Training Camp, Lt. K. A. Patton announced today. The quota for Macon county is seven and vacan cies are being rapidly filled, he reported. Approximately 700 boys between the. age of 17 and 29 take advan tage of the splendid training, sport,, and health education work of the annual summer encampment at Fort Oglethorpe. The month's camp has been pointed to by civic and military leaders as a fine train ing ,ground in "citizenship, social contacts and fellowship among young men. Free transportation to and from Candidate for Broofif GOVERNOR the Democratic Primary, May 25, 1940 Mm lift '""Km. ""1 v" N ' 1 v Si v the Fort Oglethorpe encampment is furnished for all 'applicants ac cepted. The well regulated life of the camp, excellent food and ath letic training has been recom mended by numerous physicians and physical education experts as one .of the iinest-.programsfoc-boys in the country. Every enrollee is given an op portunity to -compete in sports, such as swimming, track, . field siwrts, boxing and wrestling and one of the final days is given over to awarding of medals and trophies..' Parents and friends of the enrollees. also have a day set aside for them each summer, when a big barbecue is given and va rious entertainments in competH tive sports and demonstrations are presented. i Applications by Macon County may be sent to Lt. K. A. Patton at Franklin, or to the Command ing Officer, C..M. T. C, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The 1940 C. M. T. camp will be , held from June 12 to. July 11. The Highway Safety Division suspends drivers' licenses for three reported traffic violations of a minor nature. J. E. Potts & Son Funeral Directors AMBULANCE SERViICE SOLID OAK CASKETS Phone 164 Franklin, N. C. Have You a Photo OF THE BABY? Even if you, had one made six months ago it is time to have another. Babies change so fast you will want the rec ord for a keepsake. Crisps Studio FRANKLIN N. C. Join the Crowd ENJOY THE BEST OF FOOD CHICKEN AND. STEAK DINNERS AT CAGLE'S CAFE A. G. CAGLE, Owner FRANKLIN, N. C. We Appreciate Your Patronage . niton of 1938 and 1939. 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