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IZfOUr JMfcOtf COUNTY Macon County has a population of 13,400. Its area is 328,320 acres. The forest area is approximately 246,7 acre?, comprising 75 per cent of the total land area. The total stand of saw timber is estimated at 485,000,000 board feet. Facts supplied by N. C. Department Conservation and Indus try. , ABOUT OURSELVES The Franklin Press was "established in 1885 and is the oldest North Caro lina newspaper west of Ashcvillc. This issue marks consolidation with The Tress of The Highlands Maconian. The combined- newspapers have a cir culation of more than 1,200. There is no other- newspaper published in Macon 'County. i .1 I ! 31)? iJtolilunJiu Hsnmten - LIBERAL - PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT -4N VOL. XLVII, NO. 19 FRANKLIN GETS" RADIO PRCGRM1 Town and County Featured . in Broadcast over Radio Station WWNC HOUK, CONLEY SPEAK History of Community Traced Briefly in Talk by F. Roger Miller FRANKLIN. N. G. THURSDAY, MAY 12. 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-Date News Reports ; (From The Asheville Citizen, Mon day, May 9) Franklin, county scat of Macon county, and one of the most enter prising towns in Western North Carolina, was featured in the third radio broadcast Sunday from sta . tion WWNC. These weekly broadcasts are sponsored by the Asheville' Rotarp "club and Rotary clubs in tyyjQW towns ' of '."WesTern ftourTLarolina. The broadcasts are held each Sun day afternoon. Next week Spruce Pine will be featured. " F. Roger Miller, chairman of the inter-city relations committee of the AsheviUV Rotary club, intro duced the speakers and explained .. the objects of the broadcasts. The series is designed to promote clos - er cooperation between cities and towns of this section. y , , J-. S.. Conley, mayor pro-tem of "Franklin; G.'L. Houk, president of ' the Franklin Rotary club; Clarence TN. Walker, of Asheville, general chairman of the 58th district Ro tary conference to be held here Thursday and Friday: and Mr. Miller were the. speakers Sunday 7 x-x x- x x X v Gives History Of .Town In. describing Franklin Mr. Mill er traced the early growth and : history; of the town and mention ed the natural beauties of that sec . tion. . "And now, we continue our tour " of Rotary communities in 'The 'Land of the Sky.' Two weeks ' ago we visited Tryon, and last Sunday at this hour, the city of .Hendesonville. Future programs will include Andrews, Isylva, wayn csville, 'and Spruce Fine. "This afternoon we take you across Cowee mountain to the val- ' ley of the -Little Tennessee, to " Franklin, capital of Macon county, headquarters of the Nantahala na tional . forest, site of an ancient papital of the Cherokee Indians. Historic Ground "Named for the commissioner who conducted the sale of the "Cheukce lands, Franklin stands -upon . historic ground. Here, in , 1763, 1764, and 1765, occurred the ' bloodiest battles of the Indian wars in North Carolina. "Countless heroe9 gave their lives in the. struggle for possession of the great cmpi. that is enclosed within the green-clad peaks and ridges c .' the Nantahalas, the Cowee mountains, and the lilue Kidge Manufacturing Interests "Although primarily a resort and ' commercial center, Franklin has three nlants erindiner mica, and large quantities of the Macon coun ly product are used in the man . -ufacture of wall paper, plastic paint3, automobile tires, artificial snow, and other commodities. ' "Four years in succession, butter i produced in the Nantahala" cream ery at Franklin has been awarded first prize at the North Carolina state fair. The dairy industry flourishes in this section 'agricul ture is diversified and well-develop- cd. j "Throe hundred thousand acres '' arc embraced in the Nantahala 'na- (Continued on pigi eight) Mr. Widenhouse Freed A Cabarrus county jury freed Mrs. Mary B. Widenhouse in a verdict of not guilty at Concord, Monday night. She was tried for the slaying of her husband on March 5. She claimed she shot to preserve her own life..' Honor Confederate Veterans Throughout the state honor was paid on Monday to the few veter ans who are left from the armien of the South in the Civil war. Leaksville Officer Slain A widespread manhunt is under way tfor two white men who fired on' and killed Patrolman Jv A-. Robfiison, .at Leaksville, Sunday night, two otticers were inves tigating lights in a school when the men emerged shooting. The car of the slayers was found near the school. , Deny $50,000 Offer for Boy Victor Camp, Shelby, says couple, offered him $50,000 for his foster son, Sunday afternoon, due to the boys close resemblance to the stolen Lindbergh child. Joe Fisher and Miss Fannie Hill, Con cord, say they saw the child Sun day but positively made no offer for it. Federal officers are prob ing a possible connection of the incident with the arrest of Gaston Means,' Concord native, in Washington last week for securing $106,000 from Mrs. E. B. McLean after telling her he could secure the return of the Lindbergh : boy Means , is in jail while a hunt' for the money' is being made at Con cord, Washington and other placets Osborne Briggs, Vernon Bailey and ReeseBailcy, of Yancey coun ty, were released Tuesday' night on charges in connection with the slaying of A.. B. Hunt, Greenville, S. C, policeman, when Judge H. Hoyh; Sink honored habeas corpus Writs filed by counsel for- the three. Brings, a . former school teacher, was civeu his freedom. but Vernon Bailey was ordered rp'fltlAFIllLT f TAT 1 maiuled to jail, for Governor Gard- I'll II lb f J III II II ner was expected to revoke a pris-! f vlllLtll UVUIS on parole granted, him, several years ago. Bailey was convicted in Buncombe county of slaying two men but was paroled after serving three years of a seven-year sentence. Reese Bailey, who is wanted on two charges of highway robbery tn""Bhhwnli- vaunt;;, .was ordered held under $15,000 bond. Town Council Orders Tax Sales After May 21 A resolution directing the ad vertisement and sale of sill rl estate on which taxes for 1927, 1928 and 1929 have not been paid by May 21. was adopted by the town council Monday night. The resolution also di rected, the town clerk, George Dean, to levy on personal prop erty on which taxes have not been paid for these years. Mr. Dean estimated that out of the delinquent taxes due the town about $15,000 was collectible. FLOUR SUPPLY IS nDLING Miss Kelly Says Donations Must Be Cut Unless More Is Received MANY FAMILIES HELPED Red Cross Headquarters at v Masonic Hall Open On Mondays ZONE 1IG ;Storm Takes 500 Lives At least 500 were killed and thouriands were injured in a hur ricane which swept the tip of the state of Onnarn, Indo-China, last week, v Continue 30,000 Grant The ; state university has been. notified that the Rockefeller foun dation will continue for three more years its annual grant of $30,000 per year , for research in social science and public administration. Methodist Missionary Socie ties Of County Meet at Union Church FRANCE MOURNS SLAIN. PRESIDENT Today is set as the day for ' the national funeral of Paul Doumer, French president who . died early . Satuiday , from . wounds inflicted Friday after , noon by a Russian assassin; Paul Gorgulov, who is thispect- ed to be insane. Presi Jenr , Doumer will be buried in lh Pantheon beside the nation's ' great His attacker was barely . Form Institute of Government Judge' Junius G. Adams, Ashe ville, was made chairman of a com mittee to lead in the organization of an Institute of Government, preliminary plans for which were laid in a Friday and Saturday con ference at Chapel Hill. A state wide school for governmental of ficers will be held. . Bridges Heads Prison Board Edwin B. Bridges, pardon com missioner under Governor A. W. McLean, was on Friday named by Governor Max Gardner as chair man of the state prison board tt succeed j. W. Bunn, who has re- signed to run for the state senate. Bank Robbers Set Free H. H. Miller and Blcase Wood ward, who won national notice by lobbing the closed Monck's Corner bank. South Carolina and taking: $2,000 of their -own funds at the point of pistols, are again in the limelight as the Berkeley county grand jury on Monday refused trt indict them for the robbery and Solicitor A. J. McGowan said the case is closed. CARTOOGECHAYE IS DEFEATED, 19-10, . BY WEST END NINE The game between West End and Cartoogechaye, played Satur day afternoon in Crawford's bot tom, went in favor of West Lnd, 19 to 10. The communities now having teams arc Cowee, Highlands, Rain bow Springs and West . End. Plans arc under way to-organize a -team in Franklin soon. Claude Dills has been added as pitcher to the West End team. Some folks is j.ks VIO&S N C300 U TU; ANYONE 'Tit 1.- - I (1 I I.H I tfVi vi tl6 WICKERSHAM FOR REF , ERENDUM George W. Wickersham, head of the federal commission for study of the liquor cjueitiun, on Sunday lenewed his stand for a national referendum o.i , prohibition. I Landslidle's Bury 27 , Heavy rains caused landslides in Lyons, France, Sunday, with 'two apartment houses engulfed and 27 persons missing. A score were in jured. ; Harley Keener Develops Pneumonia After Accident Harley Keener, who was injured the' early part of last week in an automobile accident on the Geor gia road about 12 miles south of Franklin, was dismissed from An gel Brothers' hospital the latter part of last week and allowed to go to his home at Cullasaja. Mr. Keener developed pneumonia, how ever, and on Sunday it was found necessary to take him back to the hospital. . i The Woman's Missionary S3 cieties of the Methodist churches met at Union church Tuesday af ternoon for their regular quarterly meeting, with Mrs. H. C. Freeman, zone president, presiding. Representatives . from Franklin, lotla, Snow Hill, Bethel, Clark's Chapel and Mt. Zion were present, totaling between 50 and 75 mem bers. . ' The meeting was opened with the congregation singing, "All Hail the Power of Jesus Name." Scripture from 2nd John was read by Mrs. Homer Moore Johnson4 followed with a reading on "Mothers." How a mother's faith and love would help in all trying situations, and help fight the battles of hardship. It has ever been the sacrifice of faith and duty. Since the pioneer days of this country there have been women who made fupremc sacrifices that have helped to -save the nation buch faith as our mothers poasess is not easy in life. Be she small and slight of soul, how shall maa, ihc child of woman, be able to grow? li has been wise ly said, "when God wanted a great man, he first made a great moth er." The faith of momernood ha been summed up by describing it as the heart of religion and the faith of activity. A short play was presented on "Honoring Motherhood," by Mrs. Ned Teaguc .and several of the young girls and boys. This was followed by a solo, "Home Sweet Home," by Mrs. J. C. Umburger. Mrs. George Jones, president of the Woman's Missionary society of the Franklin Methodist church, gave a splendid report on the an nual conference of lie missionary society, which she attcflifd recent ly in Charlotte. Mrs. Gordon Moore, also a del egate to Charlotte, representing the children's society, gave a most fa- tercstine account of the meeting and the child's duty and worth to the church. Mrs. F. L. Siler made a short; talk on what these 2one meetings meant, how the women of the dif ferent communities should get-to gether for a social hour and renew old acquaintances, and learn to know each other better. Reports from the various societies (Continued on page eight) Proposed Route For U. S. 25-W COR SIN 111 I i: flA fOUlTTI I CMHTOM More flour must bi obtained from the American Red Cross for distribution among the needy folk in Macon county or the number of families receiving allotments from the car load recently received will have to be reduced, according to Miss Elizabeth Kcllv. chairman of the Macon county Red Cross rln ter. "Calls for flour,". Miss. Kelly said, "have far exceeded the sup ply Aid unlessmore may be ob tained it is now necessary rti.T serve the supply for those in each community wlio are in direst need." Miss Kelly said that about half of the car load already received had been distributed. Approximate ly 150 families, she added, are re ceiving flour allotments, but some of these would have to be cut off unless another shipment is received out of the surplus wheat supply bought by the government and be ing distributed through the Red Cross. Explains Situation Miss Kelly explained the situa tion as follows: "The Red Cross secured a car load of flour for the purpose of aiding families which otherwise would not be able to have any flour except by this . distribution through the Red Cross. People as a whole receiving this flour have shown a spirit of grat itude and a right attitude in con nection with receiving it. Of course there are those who assume it is to he distributed to them as right because it is for distribution without cost. Too much credit can not be given to the men and worn en in each township who give of their' time and effort, and all this without pay, in order that the most needy cases may receive, flour in each community. "Calls for flour have far ex cecded the supply and unless more may be obtained it is now neces sary to conserve the supply for those in each community who are in direst need. For this reason the lists from each community will have to be cut down materially, and at least two-thirds of the ones on the list will have to be placed on a waiting list until we know whether more flour may be obtained. NOXVILLE 'eiuT jmokv" ft '" ANOTHER ROUTE FOR 2547 SEEN Opposition of Asheville May Thwart N. C. Extension Of U. S. Highway NEW PROPOSAL HINTED MTI. NATIONAL V, rtWouD a rr. ) IKOMHOBT A CITY I HIHIAHM NANTAHALA NAI.ONAL rosisr CLtMjcm coutou ANDERSON mtviu.1 A LAST I TENNESSEE I AUTOMOBILE I AUCUSTA U. D C. PLANS TO SET OUT TREES Local Chapter To . Beautify Georgia. Great Smokies Pvoute Seen As Mo.ft Beautiful And Shortest Authoritative information has been received from Tennessee that unless North Carolina opposition to the proposed extension of U. 'S. Highway 25-W trom Khoxville through the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park is withdrawn, Tennessee probably will swing its influence to another route which would exclude North .Carolina en-, tircly. It was ' indicated that Knoxville and a number of other Tennessee towns have become disgusted with the movement, supported by Ashe ville interests, to thwart the re- Tropin of U. S. 25-W. Unless Asheville "unite!; Snsoji City, Franklin, Highlands- and other com-" munities in this section which heartily favor the Smoky .Moun tains route, it is understood that Knoxville and the East Tennessee Automobile Club may seek another route for 25-W through Etowah, Tenn., and on into .Georgia. This would mean the loss of 25-W to North and South Carolina entire ly. v' . Asheville has tried t spread the impression that those favoring the proposed Smoky Mountains route for 25-W arc attempting to deprive her entirely of her position on this federal., highway. Those favoring this route, point out, how ever, that Asheville still would re main on U. S. 25-E. 1 1 Proposed Route the map in an adjoining column ! shows the route for the proposed extension of the western route of U. S. 25. This route would not only give tourists an opportunity to sec the new national park but it also would appreciably shorten the distance between Corbin, Ky- and points in Soutk Carolina and Highways in Vicinity Of Franklin The May meeting of the Macon county U. D. C. chapter was held on Monday afternoon at the Moody farm with Mrs. C. F. Moody as hostess. Great interest was manifested in the district U. D. C. meeting to convene in Ashevillc on Saturday ;ind a representative number of Franklin daughters, will .attend. It This is being published now inl va's yotC(, t0 " extend an invitation Macon Mineral Resources i Attracting Wide Interest . The mineral resources of Macon county, especially non-metallic min erals such ' as mica and cyanitc, are attracting widespread attention that the deposits in. north Georgia ami Western .- North Carolina, thoinh. potted, are more practical for development than those he has and prospects Seem brighter now i founrl anywhere else. Mr. Hoyt than in many montns lor ineir de velopment. - , ' II." J. Bryson, state geologist, who spent the latter part of last week in Franklin and vicinity, was enthusiastic, over the outlook. Af ter inspecting the cyanite projects of " the Industrial . Minerals Cor poration, of which Philip S. Hoyt is president, he expressed mucn in terest in the' development of this hitherto unused mineral. Several carloads- of cyanite have been shipped by Mr. Hoyt from Macon Clav and other, Western North Carolina counties." He has made a special study of cyanite deposits in Colorado, New Mexico, and the Appalachian states as far north a Pennsylvania , Md say order that those other than ones who arc unable to work may be trying to secure flour by other means than the Red Cross. Monday Is Red Cross Day "Monday is Red Cross Day and at no ther time should any Red Cross . ai4 be' asked unless there arc extreme o.ses of need that cannot wait. Please remember that every one doing Red Cross work is working for no pay and should not fee expected to give more time than is necessary. "Please know that it is .only with whole-hearted and fair-mind- (Continued on page eight) has n cyanite mine in New Mexico, but he said the deposits there, arc so far tinder ground that the-.mm inc- of it is too costly. 'Cyanite is used in the refractory industry and Mr. Hoyt)' believes that the demand for it is destined, to grow. It is especially suitable for fire brick, spafk- plugs.JaBora tory utensils and anything1 that must lrithstaud intense heat. . Cyaaitc- also has much red gatnet in it which is in demand as an abrasive, especially in polishing crlnss and steel. V It lias been learned that, besicfcs State Geologist Bryson, Franklin has $een visited recently by art other prominent inineralogist. tt (Continued th PB 1b10 Williams Says No More Crop Loans In Prospect DADY ELECTED BIBLE TEACHER On last Friday night the Men's Bible class of the Methodist church met with the Rev. and Mrs.' O. P. Adcr at the parsonage for the purpose of reorganizing their class. The following officers were elcct- C Dadv. teacher; M. L. Dowdle, president; Dr. W. E. Furr, virc nrcsident: H. T. ; Sloan, sec retary and treasurer; j. S. Conley, chairman of the membership com mittee; Gordon Moore, chairman of social committee; John W. Ed wards, publicity; James Porter, chairman of music committee, and J. Homer. Bowles, chairman of en tertainment committee. The class voted to change its name from the Men's Bible class to the Brotherhood Bible class. A one-word motto "Others" was adonted. All men not attending Sunday school elsewhere are cordially in- . . ..... i .i i vitcd to attend me meeting ui . A... ..... . i . wA, class each Sunday tnorh.ng at the I ft Th6 hm mragfid lfig9 thafi to hold the 1933 convention in Franklin. A discussion on tree planting was opened by Mrs. ' T. J. Johnston, Jr., with an exquisite poem, "My Legacy" The chapter plans before the Washington- Bi-Centennial year ends to plant groups of native trees and shrubs at many points on the highways of .Macon county. The marking of graves of Con federata soldiers was brought up. It was decided to investigate the official markers issued by the war department. Mrs. F. .. Sil : read a paper on (Continued on page eight) If theopposition to the Smoky Mountains route is succesful, Ten nessee and Georgia are then ex pected to exert their efforts for an extension from Knoxville, through Etowah, thence through. Atlanta to Augusta. Location of federal route largely depends on the decisions of the highway commissions in the states through which they pass. From this, it is readily seen, Georgia and Tennessee would l'ave little difficulty, if they fail in the Smoky Mountains extension, to fret the other suggested, routing. Business men of .Franklin,' Hip.h lands and Bryson City, headed by State Senator Kelly. E. Bennett, have joined forces . with Knoxville and the East Tennessee Automo bile clubs in a determined hope hat they can yet bring about the extension of 25-W through the (Continued on page eightX S. S. Williams, field inspector in! this territory for the Federal Crop Production Loan office, announced on a visit here Mondav that no more applications for 1032 crop loans would be considered from this section, as the time for ap plying for these loans expired Sat urday, April 30. Mr. Williams, with hcadqquarters at Andrews, is inspector for Swain, Graham, Cher okee, Clay and Macon counties. Mr. Williams said comparatively few loans '-wHre placed in this county. Only- about 25 loans were received by Macon farmers, he said, adding that he thought that if sufficient applications had been filed in due time probably as. many as 100 loans could have been ob tained. A number of applications have been made since May 1 Swain county, he .said, received $50. , "Plenty of time was given the farmers to make applications for crop loans," Mr. Williams said. "In fact, the time limit for filing; applications was fixed at a later dale this year than heretofore. ' A corps of field inspectojs is employed by the. government to make close inspections from time to time of, the farms where crop loans have been made, using as a basis for their investigations the information on the report forms which accompanied the checks. "The information given by the farmers in the applicatioh forms will also serve as a basis for in spection, as each applicant was re quired to furnish certain informa tion as to his cropping plans for this year and the results of his farming operations in l." Mr. Williams stated there, have (Continued 6n a.g tight) Big Truck Plunges Into River; 2 Slightly Hurt Tom McCracken, of -Ashevillc, driver, and a ncgro were slightly injured when one of the large mo tor transports, operated by the Jack Rabbit Express 1 company be tween Asheville and Atlanta, went out of control and plnnged into the river at Savannah, "in Jackson county Tuesday morning. . Mc Cracken said the steering wheel locked while the truck was on a curve. Both were brought here for hos pital treatment and were discharged a short time later. The truck was badly damaged. Co-op Poultry Sales Set For Tuesday, Wednesday A cooperative car lot poultry sale will be held at' the Frank lin depot Tuesday, May 17, and at the Otto depot Wednesday morning, May 18, it ' was an nounced yesterday-hy Fred S. Sloan, county farm demonstra tion agent. Mr. Sloan said the following prices would be -paid: Colored hens . 12c Leghorn hens . 10c Roosters 5c Broilers (2 lbs. up, full-. feathered) 17c Frys (under 2 lbs.)......... 14c TMucks and Re 5c ' r