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INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVII, NO. 12
FRANKLIN, N. CTHURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932
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CADE COIIFIDSJi
liJLAIID VALUES
Bank Cashier Comments
On Governor's Radio .
Address
FARM PRICES LOW
Gardner Advises People
To Buy Well Selected
Real Estate
. "Farm lands' in" Macon county
now can be bought cheaply icnough
to allow the fanner to make a fair
profit on hi9 crops, even at pres
ent price levels," said. H. ' W. Cabe,
cashier of ' the Bank of Franklin,
in commenting Wednesday on Gov
'ernor Gardner's radio address Mon
day night. The chief executive
broadcast the statement that "land
is. today the, soundest; investment
there is."-.';. -., ..':.
"In my ; mature judgment," the
governor declared, "the investment
with most likelihood of turning out
well is an investment in North
Carolina land and real estate . at
the prices at.' which it can. be
bought today. To the-man or the
woman with money to buy, my ad
vice is to buy land," buy now. Of
'course, I mean well-located land.
Do not buy blindly. Why do I ad
vise you to invest money in land
when cotton is selling atT six cents
and tobacco at eight cents a
pound ? Because it is cheap I have
. secured facilities of six radio sta
tions of North Carolina to tell the
people that in my judgment land
and realvestate is, a good buy now
foiv the prices at which it will be
Sold. ' . V;J "; .
Seet Brighter Future v
"In every period "of . depression,
of course, there are people so
borne down by" the present that
1 they never lift their eyes t6 the
" future. We have-today in North
Carolina everything we thought we
' had when we were rich, except the
iV state of mind that believes we are
rich. We - have more. I predict
tnat in me ncxi uecaqg me urcai
Smoky Mountains .park will be
' drawing more than two million vis-
itors to North Carolina, every year.
, ' Some, of them will come to stay;
all will leave somcjof their "money
with us." - '
Localizing , Governor Gardner's
'' opinions, Mr. Cabe aid he believed
. that prices of farm lands in Macon
county at this time well justified
their purchase.
"By buying a " farm at present
low prices," he "continued, "a farm
er can sell his crop at present low
prices and be assured a profit. His
investment would not be out of
proportion to ( his income."
Confident in Farm Vabjes
fr. Cabe. who tlifonch his bank
ing experience is well acquainted
with local financial conditions and
the value of property, said the
. main reason why a number of per
sons in '-.this-county, have found
themselves in financial difficulties
is that they bought their land at
high prices on long terms. Inter
est and principal reductions have
- continued fto come around on the
basis ' of high purchase prices and
meanwhile the prices of all farm
pfoducts have dropped. The farm
er's income has decreased and. al
though the prices of the goods he
. buys may have decreased about in
proportion, still his interest and
principal reductions havexontinued
on' the same' high, basis.
Mayor Patton Improved
After Severe - Illness
Mayor George B. Patton was re
' ported Wednesday to be improving
after a severe illness at his home
""" oil the Georgia road.
S. A. Munday Reported
In Critical Condition
The x condition of. S. A. Munday,
who has been ill at his home for
some weeks, was reported WedT
nesday to be critical. Mr-. Munday,
"proprietor of the Commercial Hotel,
has been suffering from a .lung
i .affection with complications.
Food Sale To Be Held
By Methodist Ladies
. A . food sale will be held
Saturday in the vacant store
between Sloan Brothers & Co.
and ' Joseph Ashear's store on
Main street. The sale will be
sponsored by . the ladies of the
Methodist chuijch. Cakes and
pies of various kinds, dressed
chickens and colored Easter
ggl WiB fat OA .
NEWS SUMMARY
A Survey , of State and National Events Concisely
- Told in Brief Up-to-Date
' News Reports
Sino-Jpanee Pcacet Basis
, Chinese and Japanese negotia
tor on Monday reached a bas
is for peace parleys in the for
mal conference opened by a
league of nations commission
on Wednesday, the - Chinese
troops to remain 20 miles from
Shanghai hd the Japanese to
withdraw on fixed program.
Held For Old Murder
' Oliver Baker and Jack Prince
were arrested last week at Rob
binsville for, the 1924 murder of
Eagle Rose, whose decomposed
body was found near Yellow creek,
uraham county. John Gladden was
acquitted, of the murder : in 1926.
Roosevelt and Hoover Win ..
' Franklin O. Roosevelt won
North . Dakota's 10 Democratic
convention delegates in a rec- !
-ord Democratic vote last' week,
more than doubling William
' "Alfalfa But" Murray. Presi
dent Hoover won nine of the
11 Republican delegates;
Erwin Heads Teachers
Clyde A. Erwin, Rutherfordton,
was elected president of the N. C.
Education association, which held
its 48th meeting at "Charlotte last
week-end, 3,000 attending. Harry
P. Harding, Charlotte," was chosen
vice-president. A state board . of
education of seven members, was
favored to replace the- present
board and the board of equaliza
tion. , '
New Cherokee Superintendent .
R. L. Spalibury, Lawrence,
Kansas, has been made- super
intendent of the Cherokee res
ervation in Swain and Jackson
counties, Yicceeding the, , late
Daniel E. Clancy. ;
Ex-Governor Is Arrested
Accused of embezzling funds of
a securities company, Lee N. Rus
sell, former governor of Mississippi
was arrested Saturday at New Or
leans. Earning Slump In -1931
Earning of 379 leading industrial
firms in 1931. slumped 78.09 per
cent from the 1929 earnings, a
national audit firm reports. In
1,389 industrial earnings . for 1931
were" $628,341,000, a. 61.17 per cent
decrease from 1930 earnings.
4 Die In Plane Crash
' Four were killed and a fifth
injured in the crashing and burn
ing of a passenger plane at Cali
mosca, Calif., on Saturday.
Kirby, Crop Loan Inspector
Charles W. Kirby, Winston-Salem,
is supervisor of field inspec
tors who will aid county commit
tees m North Carolina in making
crop loans for the federal govern
ment.
Killed By Rolling Rock
Hazel Gluttz, 21, was killed on
Iris farm 12 miles west of Salisbury
Saturday , when a , large rock, he
was removing from a field rolled
on. him.' ' ' ;
Union Service
By Churches Easter Night
The bond between all Christian
denominations will be expressed in
the observation of Easter in the
churches of Franklin Sunday. Un
ion services held throughout the
week in commemoration of the suf
fering of Christ have brought all
denominations together in unity of
devotion. A union service, is .plan
ned for this Easter-at 7:30 p.m.
at the Mcthoiisr church to be par
ticipated in by the , Methodist,
Episcopal and Presbyterian "church
es. ."':.-"'..'
Services will be held at all the
churches at the usual hours except
at St. Agnes Episcopal church,
which will be at 6 a. m. on Eas
ter morning. The program for
the union service at the Methodist
church will include an organ pre
lude, Overture, from . Tannhauscr,
(Pilgrim's Chorus), by Wagner,
played by James Porter and an an
them, "Christ the Lord is Risen,"
by Wilson, will be sung by com
bined choirs.
Holy Week services started Mon
day . night ' when the Rev, J. A.
flaftatfan preauhtd in. the First
$7,500,000 On New Industries
There were 102 new industrial
plants and additions to 76 in
the state in 1931, involving an
investment ; of $7,500,000 the '
state development commission
finds.
' Huge Cotton Crop
North Carolina contributed 756,-
237 bales to the 17,060,772 bate cot-
tori crop in the United States in
1931, a national crop only exceed
ed by the record crop in : 1926.
Last year's great crop was made
on 28 per cent less acreage than
was planted in 1929.
Bailey Denies Charges
A firm denial of fraud and ir
regularity . in his 1930 election to
the senate was made by Josiah W.
Bailey on Mondav in his answer ta
an amended petition by George M.
t' itchard, Ashevule, Republican
candidate who is trvinc to unseat
Bailey.
Woman Killed In Fight
Mrs. Viola Holt, Asheville wom
an, ran between W D. Fowler and
Fred Yarbbroush"' as the two ex
changed pistol shots in the Holt
home last week, and was shot and
killed. The men sustained serious
injuries in the fight, which was
caused by jealousy.
Auto Deaths Decrease V
Only 38 auto fatalities were re
ported in North Carolina for Feb
ruary, and 328 injured," as com
pared with 55 killed and 370 in
jured in January; ?
Find Skeletons in Basement
The skeletons of a man and a
deformed, woman or childt were
found . in a hole in a Charlotte
man's basement on Jriday. "Au
thorities are , at a loss to connect
the gruesome find with any un
solved crime. The occupant of the
house had just moved in when he
made the discovery,
Boxing and Wrestling
Tournament Announced
The Asheville Young Men's
Christian Association is sponsoring
a Western North Carolina Boxing
and Wrestling tournament to be
held April 1 and 2. Any amateur
boxer or wrestler in Western North
Carolina may compete in the
tournament. Championship certi
ficates will be awarded the winners
in each weight. The boxing weights
are: 100, 109, 129, 139, 149, 164, 179,
and unlimited; wrestling 100, 109,
118, 126, 135, 145 155, 165, 175, and
unlimited.
Lots of interest is being shown
and " a good tournament is pre
dicted. C. C. Poindexter, formerly,
of Franklin, is jn charge of ar
rangements. Anyone desiring to
compete in the tournament should
send applications to him in care of
the, Asheville -Y. M. C. A. as soon
as possible. Further information
about the tournament will be furn
ished upon request.
Planned
Baptist cnurch on the topic of
"The Barren Fig-tree." Tuesday
the Rev, O. P. Ader preached at
St. Agfies Episcopal church. On
Wednesday the Rev. Eugene R.
Ellcr addressed the joint congrega
tion assembled at the ." Methodist
church, and in his preaching stress
ed the hitman side of Jesus. Thurs-.
day nigh.t the Rev. Norvin C. Dun
can will be heard at the' Presby
terian church.
On uood Fiiday a three-hour ser
vice will be held at St. Agnes'
Episcopal church led successively
by Mr. Ader, Mr. Eller, Mr. Flan
agan and Mr. Duncan, and attend
ed by members of all churches as
well as by those of no affiliation
with any church. The three-hour
service is , commemorative of the
three sentences spoken by Christ
from the cross and of His suffer
ing and sacrifice for all ( mankind.
The service will open at noon.
Those who wish to attend may
remain for the whole service o
retire at will. - .
. A baptismal service is to be held
at the Baptist church Sunday night
UORK STARTED
ON LiONllEl
Will Rogers Invited to
Visit Franklin For
Unveiling
MANY CONTRIBUTE
Movement Honors Last of
Macon's Cherokee
:"-.- Chieftains
Contributions for the marker to
be erected over the graves of
Chief Chutasotih and" his wife,
Kuntikah, in old St. John's church
yard, on Cartoogechaye creek, arc
coming in steadily, according to
reports from Mrs. J. H. Slagle
and Mrs. C. C. Cunningham, who
are heading the movement.
The exact amount collected was
riot disclosed but it is understood
to be sufficient to assure the suc-
cess of the undertaking. ,
Work Started
Work has been started on the
marker by A. A. Angel. The mon
ument is to be one of Macon coun
ty granite, massive and rough
hewn, inscribed with a quotation
from a famous speech by Chief
Chutosatih. This speech, eloquent
in its brevity, was in answer to
the lengthy and forceful arguments
of Major James Robinson, who in
1843 was sent to prevail upon the
Cherokees east of the Mississippi
to join their brethren in the west.
After listening 'respectfully to the
words of Major Robinson, Chief
Chutasotih arose, and lifting his
hand in a compelling gesture, said:
"In sight of that mountain I have
lived and in sight of it I expect
to die. My talk is ended." It is
this last statement that it is pro
posed to use as his epitaph : "My
talk is ended." It' is undecided
whether it will be. possible to carve
into the stone the design of a
peace pipe of the Cherokee tribes
as an emblem of the harmony in
which th old chief lived with his
neighbors. ;
Will Rogers Invited
Efforts are being made by Miss
Elizabeth Kelly and others -to get
Will Rogers to come here for the
unveiling of the monument. . It is
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WORK AND FUN
MARI(HEETiG
Cartoogechaye Provides
Example of What Work
and Play Accomplish
A community meeting under the
5-10 Year Organized Farm program
was held Saturday, March 19 at
Slagle school on Cartoogechaye.
About SO people attended and all
contributed to making it a mutual
ly profitable and entertaining
event.
The program was devoted large
ly to a discussion of "Better Farm
Homes and How to Make Them."
Each member of the group, upon
answering to roll call got up and
gave at; least one suggestion for
improving the home and living con
ditions generally in the country.
Among these suggestions were the
following: Screening the kitchen
oorch: Buildine rock Hardens: Put
ting running' water in the home;
Planting evergreens, and many
other ideas equally important to
the health and comfort of the
country home.
CarMslagle talked' on the farm
ing outlook" for Cartoogechaye
township for 1932, touching on
many interesting points and not
leaving off the silver lining to the
cloud by any means.
Mrs. H. C. Hunt gave an ad
dress on the subject "How We
May Economize During 1932."
' Fun Featured
After the business of the' day
was disposed of the crowd was
entertained by Oscar and Ras
Lewis, .who performed respectively
on, fiddle and banjo in a truly
remarkable fashion.
A ' relay race was quickly or
ganized in which the ladies , chal
lenged the men. Each runner was
required to put on a coat, vest
and pair of gloves before starting
tp run. Although the men lost the
event they claimed that they were
handicapped by Al. Williams, who,
it is reported, had considerable
difficulty in, getting into the coat.
Pop-corn and syrup candy was
the very welcome refreshment to
top off. this profitable and cn
joyable meeting.
W oman ECilled, Many Home
Wrecke
Acr
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Holcomb's Prolific Seen
As Best Variety of Corn
For Macon Farmers
Recommendations arc being -made
by F. S. Sloan,, county demonstra
tion agent, concerning the variety
of corn known as flolcombe's Pro
lific, which has proved very desir
able for this section. This is a
white variety, characterized by its
small cob, long ear and deepgrain.
Observation in Macon county, ac
cording to Mr. Sloan, has been
that this variety has out-produced
all varieties checked against on
both rich and poor lahdr
Holcomb's Prolific was first
grovvn in Macon county by George
W. Dowdle of Cullasaja. Since
then some farmers in all sections
of the county have used the seed
but the variety is not yet in gen
eral use.
Produces Larger Yield
Tests conducted at the state test
farm at Swannanoa over the past
seven years show an average yield
ALLEGED HOG
THIEF CAUGHT
Roy Mason Charged With
Housebreaking and
Larceny .
Working on information that a
hog and other items had been stol
en from the Tallent brothers' camp
in" Nantahala township, Deputy
Sheriff George Mallonee got on the
trail of the alleged culprits Satur
day and after close tracking over
a mountain for about three miles
arrested Roy. Mason, who was
charged with housebreaking, lar
ceny and receiving. Mason later
was bound over to April term of
court under $1,000 bond.
A hog was killed about 150 yards
of the.Tallents' camp and dragged
and carried away. The camp was
entered and a number of items
were reported missing. Deputy
Mallonee said he found half of a
fresh-killed hog in the attic of
Mason's house and that a meal
sifter, alarm clock, bucket of lard,
box of sugar and sack of salt, also
missed from, the Tallents' camp,
were found in the house.
Local Fertilizer Dealer
Enters Chilean Contest
According to an announcement
just received, Sam Franks, pro
prietor of the Farmers' Supply com
pany, local fertilizer dealers, has
entered the Chilean Nitrate Edu
catipnal Bureau's dealer contest
being held in this state this year.
Mr. Franks said his decision to
enter the contest was largely due
to his desire to be in position to
offer the trade in this area the
best of all nitrogen materials, to
gether with the kind of service to
which he believes a customer is
entitled.
Mr. Franks asks for the interest
and support of the fertilizer trade
in this area in order that he may
realize whatever success his efforts
in their behalf may merit as a
contestant for the Chilean Nitrate
awards.
Seed Loans Total $598,971
As Applications Are Filed
More than 3.500 loans totaling!
$598,971 have already been made
to farmers for crop production this
year from the $50,000,000 fund al
located to Secretary Hyde by the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion Act for 1932 crop production
loan office said in a communication
to The Press.
The figures represent business
done by the seven regional offices
of the organization up to Friday
night (March 28). The average
loan is slightly over $170. Loans
are being made from every regional
office. These offices are located
at Washington, Memphis, St. Louis,
Minneapolis. Spokane, Salt Lake
City, add dhi.
cl as Storm
Northern; Georgia
of Holcomb's ' Prolific of seven
bushels more per acre than any
of 18 other varieties grown in
check plots.
C. W. Henderson of Gneiss plant
ed one and three-quarter acres in
Holcomb's in 1931 to check against
his regular variety. Land and
field conditions were approximately
the same and both varieties were
given exactly the same fertilization.
Holcomb's Prolific produced 116.4
bushels per acre, by weight, while
the other variety produced 89 bush
els, showing a difference in favor
of Holcomb's of 27.4 bushels per
acre. In addition to the increased
yield, the weight of cobs was much
less in. the case of Holcomb's Pro
lific. Mr. Henderson reported that
70 pounds of ear corn shelled out
61 1-2 pounds of "grain. Others
have found "that the average iri-
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Poultry Sale Nets
$878 For Farmers
The poultry sale held in
Franklin on Monday and at
Otto Tueday drew a large num
ber of sellers and netted con
siderable more than the last
sales in this county. A total
of 7,311 pounds were disposed
of by Macon farmers, putting
$878.29 cash money in their
pockets. This represents an
average price of a little better
than 12 cents a pound and, as
a good percentage of this rep
resented roosters at a price of
six cents a pound, the average
is considered as somewhat better
than that obtained at previous
sales.
More poultry sales will be
held as Spring progresses. An
nouncement of dates will , be
made by F. S. Sloan, county
farm agent
CHECK-RAISIKG
CHARGES HEARD
3 Turtle Pond Young Men
Accused of Altering
Pole Tickets
S. R. McCall, Edgar McCall and
Ray Green, all young men of the
Turtle Pond section, were arrested
Friday by Sheriff A. B. Slagle,
and charged with raising and forg
ing tickets of M. L. Dowdle &
Co., which were later cashed at
Joe Ashear s store in Franklin.
The three men were brought
before Magistrate George Carpen
ter 'Saturday for preliminary hear
ing, S R. McCall made bond of
$500 for appearance al April term
of court, while Edgar McCall and
Ray Green are being held in Ma
con county jail in default of $500
bond each.
It is alleged that one ticket
for $6.50 was raised to read $18.75,
another from $6.50 to $9.50 and a
third forged in the amount of
$18.25.
Although detailed figure! were
not announced on the regional of
fices, C. L. Cobb, manager of the
Washington office, reported that
his office had loaned $231,351 to
1,698 farmers, an average of $136
to each farmer. The loans from
the Washington office have been
made to four states. There were
925 for South Carolina, 516 for
Georgia, 228 for North Carolina
and 29 for Florida.
More than 20,000 applications for
loans have been received at the
Washington office and an emer
gency force of 250 people is at
work on them.- The office expects
to hanadle 5,000 loam a day next
wfttk. Mr. Cot lays.
Sweep
Tail Winds of Tornado
Do Slight Damage
In Macon
ALABAMA HARD HIT
High Winds Cut Path
Of Destruction
In Rabun
A tornado sweeping up from Ala
bama Tuesday night cut a freakish
swath of destruction across North
Georgia and spent its fury on the
mountainside just bclov Rabun Gap.
In its wake it left rumbled houses,
uprooted trees and people too sur
prised to know what it was all
about. v
, The total death toll was reported
Wednesday night to be more than
300, nearly 250 of them in Alabama.
The injured were estimated as high
as 2,500. Thirty-five were reported
dead in Georgia. Others killed were
in Tennessee, South Carolina and
Kentucky, One woman, Mrs. Sarah
Jane Stancel, was killed in Rabun
county on Wolf creek.
The storm struck Rabun county
about 11 o'clock at night. It came
in at the head of Burton Lake,
swept on through the section known
as Germany, crossed over a moun
tain, made a shambles of the Syl
van Lake summer community, roar
ed down Wolf creek, crossed the
valley between Rabun Gap and
Mountain City and then died out
on the next ridge.
Macon Damage Slight
Tail winds of the tornado, with
heavy rainfall, were felt in Ma
con county, but no serious damage
was reported. A few chimneys
were blown down and window
panes smashed in, but the storm
had lost its violent force.
Hundreds of people from Frank
lin went down to Rabun county
Tuesday and Wednesday to view
the damage. They brought back
weird stories of destruction.
"A home in which eight persons
were asleep was demolished, it was
reported, but 'ho one was injured.
The roof of another house was
blown off. Sleeping upstairs was a
man and his' son. They and their
beds were blown out of the un
roofed room and the amazed men
found themselves uninjured in a
meadow across the road from their
wrecked home. '
Half of the barn of John Dock
ins, prominent farmer, was swept
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A. P. Morgan, Of Macon,
Dies In Graham County
ROBBINSVlLLE, March 23.-A.
P. Morgan, 63, of Macon county,
died of heart trouble at 2:30
o'clock Tuesday afternoon while
working on art acid wood job on
Bear Creek in Graham county. An
inquest was held by Coroner Frank
Howell, the jury returning a vei
dict that death was due to natural,
causes.
Dr. C. E. Cunningham ,
Removes to Atlanta
Dr. arid Mrs. C. E. Cunningham
left Friday for Atlanta, where they
will make their home. Dr. Cun
ningham, formerly on the medical
staff of Angel Brothers' hospital
here, will be associated with a
prominent Atlanta surgeon.
J. Cecil Holt Hurt in
Automobile Accident
J. Cecil Holt, who has many
friends in Franklin and Macon
county, was injured recently in an
automobile accident near Peters
burg, Va, according to word re
ceived by The Press. The extent
of his injuries was notcJearned.
Tom Dills Is Given
Suspended Sentence
In Magistrate S. J. Murray's
court Monday afternoon Tom Dills
was tried and convicted of public
drunkenness on charges arising
from disorder at a basketball game
at the Higdonville schdol Saturday
afternoon. Sentence was pronounc
ed as 30 days in the common jail
in Macon county. Judgment Sus
pended on payment of costs and
during good behavior for six
moftthi.