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r J & ' 7 7 O Jf I 1(1 , I II ESTABLISHED IN 1S23 G!Jst North Carolina Newspaper Wett tJ AshevilU At C DEDICATED TO MACOII. County ' bd the Welfare of it Good People -i E v PROGRESSIVE - LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOLUME XLVI, No. 11 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 1931 $1.50 PER YEAR 170RKTO START SOOU ON KO. 28 Steam Shovel Now Being Moved Toward Site ... For Quarry PLAN NEW" BRIDGE Survey Being Made for Relocation of Span ' . Over River Definite steps have been taken by the State Highway Commission toward paving No. 28 between Gneiss and Highlands and the construction of a new bridge over itie -Little Tennessee river near the town limits of . Franklin. A rock crusher and air com pression equipment for operating drills have been received at the Franktin roalroad station and are awaiting removal to a site on Short Creek where stone for sur facing the road will be quarried. A stiam shovel, formerly sta tioned at Cashiers, also has start , - . .i ca moving lowara me quarry. MacNeill in Charge W. A. MacNeill, resident engi neer of the Highway Commission, who will have general supervision over the regrading and surfacing of No. 28, announced . last night that he expected work to be start ed at the quarry within a week. Actual laying of stone on the road, he said, probably will not begin before April 1. Survey already has been made for. some slieht reirradine on the Highlands road. This project will be financed by the State Highway Commission without federal aid. For a while it was. thought that government 'funds would be avail able to aid in the construction, but the state road body decided to go ahead without waiting for feder al funds, planning to make use of any forthcoming money from Washington in paving No. 28 west of Franklin. ., - . Begin Bridge Survey William Norman, engineer con nected with the bridge department of the State Highway Commission, arrived in Franklin Tuesday and, assisted by Mr. MacNeill, began mak'ng a survey for the location of the proposed new bridge over the Little Tennessee. Mr. Norman and Mr. MacNill, after completing Iheir i'lans, will have to submit iem to officials of the commis sion in Raleigh for approval. So it is expected that it will be some time yet before actual work is started on this project. Fine Indian Pipe Specimen Is Found One of the finest specimens of n .I.I Indian ctmip nine discovered ni, "in -...... i -1 - - - in this section is on display at J. R. Fendergrass' store. It was plowed up by Archie Stockton on his farm in the North Skcenah section and was brought to town Tuesday by Mrs. Sam Stockton and left at Pendergrass' store for inspection by the puhli.. The pipe, minus the stem, which, being made of wood, rotted in the ground many years ago, is fully six inch es long with the bowl in the mid- dle. It is a perfect specimen ex cept for two places chipped slight 1; hw a nlnur noint. , , . . j , i Chief Henry Marks Turns on Highway Police Chief Bob Henry has had a sign erected at the turn of the AtUnta-Aiheville high way on Main street at the Log Cabin Service station, giving motorists travelling south the right direction. Heretofore, many tourists, unacquainted with with the road, have overshot the turn-off and continued out Highway No. 28 for quite a distance before realizing their error. Ch'ef 'Henry also, plans to erect a new sign at Dillsboro directing motorists toward Franklin and Atlanta, via the "Short Route." He announced that he would try to get space in "vhat is known as the "tri arpie" at the Dillsboro turn ing point. This would be in pla,:,n view of all drivers com ing in this direction. Com plaints have been received that the road was not well marked and there have been numrous reports cf tourists passing Dills boro and going on to Bryson City and Murphy instead of following the "Short Route" through Franklin, as they had intended. 125 Applications Made By Macon Ex-Service Men For $62,500 Bonus Loan Approximately 125 World War veterans living hi Macon county have filed applications for loans on their compensation certificates, according to ' an estimate mark Wednesday by Frank I. Murray, clerk of court. Mr. -Murray said that loan applications .averaged around $500 each. So, the total of the applications thus far made amounts lo about $o.2,5)0. More applicants for loans air coming in every day, said , Mr. Murray, who is assisting the form er doughboys in filling out their notes without charge. Several oth er persons, including officials of the local post of the American Legion, are also assisting vcttl ans in obtaining loans. Dr. Furman Angel, commander of the post, , was out of town last v night and could not be reached for a statement; but he estimated last week 'that ex-service men of Macon (vould get upwards of $100,000 in loans. So far as could be learned, none Red Cross Plans To Aid Needy Families in Macon Clothing and Food For Needy Requested The production committee of the Red Cross . requests dona tions of used clothing, shoes, and also of food, but especially clothing for children. Those who can contribute farm . pro ducts, such as potatoes, meat, lard and meal, are requested to do. so, with the assurance that their gifts will be wisely dis tributed to relieve suffering at this time. , Contributions may be made through members of the committee r "delivered at Callahan's store. Memmebrs of the committee are Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson, Mrs. Hallie Russell, Mrs. J. C. Wright, Mrs. W. L. Higdon, and Mrs. R. S. Jones. , The clothing and .'ood supplies collected by the committee are to be distributed to the most needy cases in Macon County. DEATH CALLS H. J. BRADLEY Funeral Services Held For Respected Oak Grove Man Henry Jones Bradley, 78, high ly respected citizen of the Oak Grove section of Macon comity, died at his home last Wednesday, after a heart attack. He had been in ill health for several months. He was buried at the Oak Grove cemetery Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. Moses Wofldard, of Parrish, conducting the funeral services. The deceased joined the Cowee Baptist church at the age of 18, and was a member there until the Oak Grove Baptist church was built, then moving his membershii to his home church where he re mained a member till death. He was superintendent of the Sunday school there for 40 years.- He lived with the Bible as his daily com panion. He was married to Miss Tilda ( Continued on page six) Presbyterians Canvass March 15 will be observed by the Franklin Presbyterian church as "Volunteer Day," when pledges for the coining year's work will be made. Despite the - fact that this has been a year of stringency anil depression the church has met her obligations for the past year's work in splendid manner. Last Sunday the pastor, the Rev. J.. A. Flanagan, preached on the subject of ''Stewardship," stressing the statement that stewardship . of self, self service ami substance is needed today in order to promote the work of the Kingdom. March 15 is the date of the Presbyterian annual every member canvass, with a total objective this year of $14 000,000. for extending the Kingdoi i of God. Of this of the former soldiers of this county have yet received 'money on their applications but remit tances are expected to begin flow ing in' within a few days. These funds, of course, will prove a great spur to business in Franklin and other parts of the county.' Many of the veterans are sorely in' need of the cash to get lood for their families and seed ami supplies for planting this year's crops. On the basis of applications thus far made, it is estimated that the total amount rt be borrowed by Macon veterans will greatly ex ceed earlier expectations. There are between 400 and 500 veterans in the county. Some have already borrowed up to 22 1-2 per cent on the face value of their cer tificates. However, loans now can be obtained up to 50 per cent and many are expected to ' apply for loans who have not yet filed applications. Franklin Chapter May Borrow $200 from . National Body K. I). Sisk, chairman of the local chapter American Red Cross, has been adviser!', that national head quarters will advance the amount the Franklin chapter had in the Bank of Franklin at the time of closing, to be used for relief of needy cases in the county at this time. According to regulations of the national Red Cross, recommenda tions for relief will have to be made to the central committee by members "of committees in the various townships who have per sonally investigated needy cases ami made recommendations of the kind of assistance needed at this time. The Macon county diaper has received instructions and valuable aid in arranging for intelligent and prompt relief from Miss Pearl Weaver, national field representa tive for Western North Carolina, who visited Franklin on Tuesday and had a conference with the committees. The production com mittee, which will have charge of collecting clothing, is composed of a representative from each of the Franklin churches, and is seeking to carry on this work wilh the as sistance of the women's organiza tions of their respective congrega tions. Mrs. P. F. Callahan has kindly consented to receive donations at her store for this purpose. Since the amount of the chapter's funds rloes not exceed $2(10,. it will read ily be seen that-there will have to be great care in disbursing it, that aid may be extender! only to those needing it most at this time, in cluding aarden seed to those who are noWUde to buv. No applications for aid will be considered unless recommended by the township committee in which the applicant lives. The following are the committees serving: Central committee: R. 1). Sisk, chairman; R. S. Jones, secretary, M. I). Billings; Miss Elizabeth Kelly; Mrs. Sallie Moore; Mrs. Eloise Franks; J. H. Stockton. Franklin township: Miss May Berl Midy, chairman; Mrs. R. A. (Continued on 'page six) Planning of Membership amount it is estimated that $,5(K), 000. will be needed for work with in 3, .504 churches and .$4,500,000 for educational, orphanage, hospital and missionary work in the 17 synods, 92" presbyteries in the home field and in nine missions, in Africa, Brazil, China, Japan, . Korea . and Mexico. .i The Stewardship committee is composed of Drv J. II. .Dcnderlitc, Gaslonia, N. C, chairman; Dr. W. R. Dobvns, Birmingham, Ala ; Mrs. W...F. Smiih and Dr. W. H. Boggs, Atlanta. This conijnittce has ap pealed lo the whole church mem bership for unanimous response to the challenge of the great spir itual theme of the canvass, "The Kingdom for All." FORM C. OF C. ATIIIG1ILANDS J. C. Mell Is Elected President and J. W. Street, Secretary PLAN ADVERTISING Active Program To Draw , Visitors Planned ' By New Body " - . Highlands business men met last week, and organized a. chamber of commerce. The organization laid preliminary plans for advertising the tommunity, which is the high est incorporated town cast of the Rocky mountains, to sponsor a town clean-up and beautifying move ment and to provide means of supplying visitors and other in quirers with information concern ing the town and vicinity. , Officers elected are: J. C. Mell, president; C. K. McCarty, vice president; J. W. Street, secretary; J. J. Moore, assistant secretary and W. H. Cobb, treasurer. S. T. Marett was namerl chairman of the board of directors. . Other members of the board; arc: Miss Albcrtina Staub. W. S. Davis. C. J. Anderson, and F. B. Cook. The board of directors was instructed to cooperate with the'-town, alder nirti in issuing a booklet, advertis ing this vicinity, which will come from the press within the next few weeks. A membership committee was appointed, consisting of C. J. An derson, chairman, S. T. Marett, Frank Cook, Albertina Staub, Frank Potts. Fred Edwards, G. W. Marett, and Mrs. Minnie Z. Ed wards. The annual membership fee was set at the nominal sum of $2.50 in order that a large number of citizens may be encouraged to be come members. An annual fee, it was decided, could be more eas ily collected than monthly dues. It was asserted by S. T. Marett tliai-JtllCx influence of the High lands Chamber of Commerce would be worth as much as the fees col lected, important as cash assets may be. SEVERAL HURT IN ACCIDENTS Car Overturns on Road Near Here, Another At Clarkesville John Hauscr, of Franklin, suf fered several broken ribs when an automobile in which he was rid ing with Burt Baldwin and Tracy Barnard ran into a bank near Clarkesville last Monday night. Baldwin, who was reported to have been driving, and Barnard were uninjured. According to accounts of the ac cident, Mr. Baldwin swerved the car to the side of the road to avoid hitting an automobile which was backing into the main high way from a sirle road, 'and ran into a bank. The machine was badly damaged. Another automobile accident oc curred Sunday night, when the roarls were slick with a thin coat ing of snow, near the home of Jake Addington several miles south of Franklin on the Georgia high way. Miss Theresa Banks and Miss Dorothy Cribble, who were riding with Thomas McCollum and RtisStll Cabe, were said to have suffered slight cuts and bruises. The young men were uninjured. Mr. McCollum was reported to have been .'driving. The machine skidded and turned over -when the 'driver swung suddenly to the side of the road on a curve to avoid striking another automobile. Franklin Boy Named Debater at W. C. T.C. CUIJ.OWHF.K, March 11-Tlie boys begating team at Western Carolina Teachers College has been chosen. Those making the a:.:.j ;ue: J. R. Porter of Mur phy; George Gibbs of Mills Spring; J. W. Smith of Murphy; and C. R. Zachary of Franklin. The girls debating team is to meet the East Tennessee Statr Teachers College team in the local auditorium Saturday eW-ning. The question for debate is; Resolved That the Nations of the' World Shoulrl AdcJJTt a Policy of Free Trade. Misses Ora Jones and Ethel Calloway of the college will uphold the negative side of the question. , HOLD-OUT DEPOSITOR K . lHREATEN reopening OF BANK OF FRAMOJN Billings Serves Warning The following letter hat been mailed out by Profenor M. D. Billiitgt, in charge of the liquidation of the Bank of Franklin, notifying deposit ors who have not signed agreements lo fieeze thoir deposits until October, 1933, that unless they- soon do so their refusal to cooperate may prevent the reopening of the institution: "Franklin, N. C. ' "March 7, 1931. "To the Depositors in "The Bank of Franklin: "Since I took the position of Liquidating Agent of the Bank of Franklin, I haven't thought of much else. I have talked with bankers and others who have had experience with closed banks. In every case, my opinion has been confirmed that the depositors will be paid ALL their money in 99 cases out of every 100 if the bank can reopen and in a much quicker time than if liquidated. I have had some personal experience recently with a bank being liquidated. In this case, the bank closed in 1922. Just recently this bank paid depositors a 10 per cent dividend, making a total of 25 per centum in NINE years. Look ing a it from every angle, I can see only one person who will profit by keeping the Bank of Franklin closed I mean profit in a financial way -and that person happens to be the writer cf this letter the liquidating agent. The longer the bank is closed the more money he will receive All the others connected in any way with the bank will lose 1 haven't a doubt of that. If you sign the agreement to let your money remain in the bank till 1933, it just -means that every one in terested in any way will put forth every effort to see that ALL de positors are paid IN FULL before that time. If you do not sign up, THE BANK WILL NOT REOPEN and no man living can tell when you will get all that is coming to you. I do not know and I am cer tain no one else does. Do not be misled in to thinking ydu can refuse to sign and that you will get your money when the bank reopens The bank will not in fact it cannot reopen, unless the depositor will help to the extent of giving .it time to work itself out. Any one now standing out against this plan rf reopen'ng is not only doing himself a very material injury but he is also hurting the entire community. This is the case as I see it. (Signed) "M. D. Billings, Liquidating Agent, "Bank of Franklin.". Seek To Bring Big Chain Store Cannery to Macon P.-T. A. DEFERS 1931 JpCTIQN Group Entertained By Mrs. Jones' Class In Expression The PareiitVPearher association met last Friday ' afternoon at .5 o'clock at the school house, with about 12 members present. In tin absence of Mrs. J. K. Lancaster, the president, Miss . Rachel I a is presided. The business part of the meeting and the election of officers for the following year were postponed until the April meeting on. account of the presi dent's absence. The group was thoroughly en tertained by Mrs. . R. S. Jones class in. expression, The following program was gien : , "His Xew llrother"-l.ilian Jones. "Fair Warning J"11' "At the Party"-Dorothy Jones, "Little Boy. lihic and Little Ho Peep" f.illian Jones dressed as Little Hoy .iilue, in blur overalls, blue shirt and straw hat, while June Daily was dressed in a pink costume, representing Ho Peep. "The Fly Story"--Lilliaii Jones. "Li' June Dady. "Son, You Washed?" .Dorothy Jones. "The . Quarrel" Dorothy- Join s. The picture' for the primary de partment will go next month to Miss Elizabeth Hornaday, third grade room, and Miss Nora Leach, sixth grammar --grade, for having the largest number of mothers present anionic, the primary grades this month. Methodist Church Ladies To Conduct Rummage Sale The women' of the Methodist church have planned to hold a peril's of Saturday -sales, the. pro ceeds to go toward lifting the in debtedness of the church. These sales will be on the order of the . rummage sales held here last summer. Second-hand cloth ing, books and household furnish ings, also cakes, pies, candies,, etc., will be on sale each Saturday. The sales vill be held in llie small building next to the Mini day hotel, the use of which Mr. Mayor and Lyles Harris Plan To Confer with Firm's Officers Ma vor ( ieornv. li. Fallon and l.vhs Harris, formerly of Frank lin hut iiou connected with the Skyland Poultry Farms near I'.ilt more , ' are expected to htavc for New York within' a few days to confer with officials of a largr chain store oriianialion m lire hopes of interesting llu ni In local -inp a cannery' in Franklin. It is understood that the chain store group plans to ereel a can ii'iit; factory somewhere in ihr south in the mar future, and that sonic of the officials have express ed interest in the advantages af fouled by Macon county's truck and berry crops. Nothing definite, however, has hern decided in the matter, it is reported. Full details await fur ther developments. Mr. Paltoii and Mr. Harris have brill authorized to represent both the roiiuty and town in their ef forts to induce the. chain store concern to establish, the proposed cannery here. Mrs. David Carpenter Is Called by Death Mrs. David Carpenter. 7 years old, died at her home near Otto, Tuesday .morning last week after an illness of several months. Funeral services ' were held at the Coweta Haptist church, Thursday afternoon, by the Rev. J. A. Flan agan, pastor of the Franklin Pres byterian church.-. Interment , was ill the Coweta llaplist cemetery; Mrs. Carpenter was the .second wife of David Carpenter. She is survived . by her ..husband,, one daughter, Mrs Jafues l.ooney, of Toccoa, Ca., and two . stepsons. Jess and I 'lysis, of Otto. and Mrs. Munday 'have kindly -donated f 'i' the purpose. Anyone having anything to con tribute to these sales may leave the articles at the Methodist par sonage, or with Mrs. W. T. Moore d 1". K. Cunningham's store this4.great that County Agent T. J. W. week. The. first sale will be held next Saturday. It is also 'planned tw have shrubs, flower seeds and bulbs of different kinds, and if the ones donating these articles will have them fixed in bunches and priced, ij will be greatly appreciated. Agreements To Freeze Accounts Coming ' In Slowly SUCCESS IMPERILED All Depositors Must Await Liquidation For Payment A cloud has been cast over the .hopes of reopening the Hank of" Franklin, closed since December lo, by the refusal or procrastina tion of a small number of deposit ors in signing the 'contracts ap proved by the Corporation Com mission providing for freezing ac counts until October 1, 1933. Something over 80 per cent of the deposits already have been frozen, but the Corporation Com mission has stipulated that 95 per cent must be signed up before any thing further can be done looking toward reopening the institution. Work Progressing Slowly A voluntary group of men has been working for weeks to obtain the required number of signatures ' to the contract forms and for a while they met with little diffi culty, but for the past 10 days they have encountered' much dis couragement. .Some depositors just won't sign, some others are prone to postpone action -and some can't be reached. To get the required 95 per cent, according to members of this group, it will be necessary to obtain agreements from all of the depositors thus far approached, as there arc some funds in the bank tied up by legal technicaliti and others that cannot be frozen because the depositors are un known or cannot be located. Can't Withdraw Funds Some of the depositors, it is understood, are refusing to agree to leave their accounts intact in the hopes that they will be in position to draw on them wlien and if the bank does open. ;4fc cording to the best advice The Press has been able to obtain, such depositors will not . be able to withdraw their funds. This newspaper . has been reliably in formed that those persons who do not sign the contracts to freeze their accounts will have to wait for payment under the process of 'liquidation, which must proceed whether the bank is reopened or not. If it is reopened, banking authorities believe, it will not take nearly as long to liquidate as it would unrler liquidation by the Corporation Commission. Rogers Commends Committee The Franklin Press received a letter this week from Dr. W. A. Kogers, president of the bank, who , is now in Raleigh representing Macon county in the General As sembly, 'commending the Work of the joint committee named by the directors and depositors in its ef forts to reopen the institution. "I sincerely trust," Dr. Rogers said, "that as near a 100 per cent sign-up may be obtained as pos sible. "It is a source of much regret to me that I have not been able to be present and personally co- V operate with the committee in this important matter which it has undertaken. As you know, how ever, "my legislative duties have made it necessary for me to speud time in Raleigh, a part of which 1 would hav gladly given to as sist the committee had ia been ; possible for me to be at home. "Kven though I cannot be pres 4i cut in person to actively assist the "' committee, I do want its members to know that the -work they have ". undertaken has my wholehearted endorsement and support, and 1 5- feel that its efforts will result in j that success which their undertake ' i ing merits and deserves." f LF.SPEDEZA IN DEMAND The demand for lespedeza seed in Union county has become so Broom is having difficulty in lo cating such ced. SHIP POULTRY, HOGS A car of 14,000 pounds of poul try and three cars of hogs were shipped out of . Beaufort county last week. " '