North Carolina Newspapers

1 7 ABOUT OURSELVES The Franklin Press has the largest audited paid circulation of any North Carolina newspaper west of Asheville. It is a charter member of the North Carolina PrcM Association Circulation Audit Bureau. Certified, records of its circulation are open to all adver tisers. 1 ' r I II III' sv " )l V 9 'it V ... -J AOfJ MACON- COUNTY Macon County has a population of 13,1(11. Its area is 328,320 acres. The forest area is approximately 2-18,7.52 acres, comprising 75 per cent of' the total land area. Th. total stand of saw timber is estimated at 485,000,000 board feet. Facts supplied by N. C. Department Conservation and Indus try. 5 ! v ir- 1 iV i -i 1 3 tjhjljlmtfoa fllaaimau LIBERAL -r , 1XDEPEXDEXT PROGRESSIVE VOL. XLVII, NO. 22 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR SUMS HOLD DIGCOijVEIlTlON Quarterly Meeting jit Court house Attended by Nearly ., 2,000 Persons 20 classesTFake PART Next Convention To Be. Held Here on Fifth Sunday In July -,. f; . ' . . ; Tam Bowie and Frank Grist, Candidates for U. S. Senate, Make Campaign Speeches With nearly 2,000 persons pres ent, the Macon County Quarterly " Sini;inK convention was held in the county courthouse Sunday, begin ning at 9:30 a. m. and continuing until 4 o'clock in the afternoon with an hour off at noon. The crowd was one of the largest seen in Fi&nklin in a number of months. About 20 classes from Macon, Haywood, Jackson, and Swain coun ; tica participated in class singing, quartets, duets and solos, -mere was also some instrumental music. Jim M. Raby, president of the Macon county singerspresided. , . The following., committee . was ap pointed to select a song book to be used in future conventions : John H. Dalton, of Cowee, chairman; E. A. Snyder, of Watauga, and Jess Keener, of - Clark's Chapel. This committee selected "Revival Gem No. 3" as the-book tb.be used. Next Convention .," The next singing convention will ' "be held on the fifth Sunday of July at the courthouse. This con vention is known a(s the Macon County Quarterly Singing conven- tion, but classes from all the coun ties of Western North Carolina are invited to attend and take a part. Following are the classes and leaders that sang in the morning meeting: Mt. Sinai, of Oak Dale, with Charlie Roper as leader; Ridge Crest, of Watauga,- with E. A Snyder as leader;- Valley View, of Watauga! with J. R, Berry as lead er; Holly Springs, of Route 4, withr Jim M. Raby as leader; bmith - Quartette, Hazelwood, Haywood tax county, with Roe Smith as leader; Shelton Brothers of Canton, with Roy Shelton as leader; Smith Fam ily, of Tellico, with Ashear Smith , as leader; duet by Mrs. Mashburn and daughter, .f Cullasaja; Greens Creek, of Jackson county, with Au thor Trathan as leader ; Locust Field, of Jackson county, with .a Mr. Pangle as leader.. Mrs. Fred Van ghan and her six-year- old son, of Hazelwood sang a duet "The Old Rugged Cross." With Mrs.: Vanghan at the or gan and Mr. Raby as leader, the crowd ; sang 'lWe'11 Never Grow Old," and tnen - the noon recess was called. . - Afternoon Program In the afternoon several classes which had not taken a part in the ' morning" were granted the floor. These were: Lufty Ramblers, Cher okee Indians from Swain county, with Mr. French as leader; Clark's Chapel, with Jess Keener as lead er; Liberty, of upper Cowee; Dal ton Ouartette, of Cowee; Wesley an Quartette, of Jackson county ; Young Brothers duet, from Ellijay; Miss Grace and Miss May John son, of Franklin, on the violin andi piano ; the Dalton and Raby Quar tet; and songs by most of the Classes that had sung during the morning period. . There was much good singing and many beautiful voices, but It was an especial treat to" hear a Miss Shelton, from Canton, 10 or 12 (Continued on page eight) When the source of wealth changes, then it is time to change taxes in order to protect the peo ple, Tarn C Bowie, of West Jef f erson" candidate for the United States Senate, told a crowd in the Macon county courthouse Monday night. Mr. Bowie, who was"; introduced by his county campaign manager, G. L. Jones, predicted thai i.iili:::: taxes an changed within five years not .a. man in North Carolina, will own a home, He dcclnied that tux valuations arc twice the real value of land in most instances. Point ing but that only one-sixth of the land in the state is producing, he asserted that this cannot return sufficient revenue to pay taxes on the non-producing five-sixths. Mr. Bowie advocated revaluation of real estate, rigid economy in government, reduction of taxes on real property, exemption of a home for each citizen within a reason able established amount; fixing by act of -. congress of a minimum price for all major farm products. He criticized Senator Cameron Morrison for his vote to confirm Frank McNinch and Word H. Wood for federal positions, the former as a. member of the federal power board. Senator Morrison, who has been busy attending to the duties of his office in Washington, has refrain- edfrom making a campaign tour of the state, 'declaring that he would stand or fall ...on his record. The former governor has, no state or county campaign managers. Some of his friends in Washington have expressed anxiety lest he be defeated for lack of organization; but many of his friends within the state are of the opinion that he can win on the basis of his past Service, They 'point' out that if he is returned to Washington- he will be" in - better position . than 41 ' new man to receive important commit tee appointments.- '" s Frank 1). Grist, of Caldwell coun ty, who for the past eight years has been state commissioner 1 of labor, is also a Democratic candi date for the United States senate'. He 'spoke before a small crowd in the courthouse Saturday afiei. 1011 He also lambasted Senator Mot; rison. He advocated payment oi the soldiers' bonus and rt form oi the federal banking statutes. Mr. .Grist wai. introduced by J T. Mann, of Franklin. There are. two other candidates for the United States Senate on the Democratic ticket R. V- Rey nolds, of Asheville, who is running on awet ticket, and-the other is a man named Simmons (his cam paign propaganda does not give his initials but he is not the former (Continued on page eight) 53 GRADUATED Apraooi Prizes" Presented Ted Eaton And Norman West in Essay Contest NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-Date News Reports Presbyterians Oppose Council The general assembly of the southern branch of the Presby terian church, in session at Mon treal, on Monday voted 'against again entering its membership in the Federal Council of Churches, but voted for federal union with other . Presbyterian bodies. Monr treat has been chosen for the 1933 general conference, which will be the 73rd. . ' Memorial Day in N. C. Impressive tribute to the soldier dead of . North Carolina was paid in nearly every city and town on Sunday or Monday, with Gover nor Max Gardner speaking at Rocky Mount's program. ended in disaster on Monday when a nozzle of a refueling plane caught in Browne's stabilizer and sent his plane hurtling into the waters of Seattle bay.- V Twenty boys and ' 33 girls were presented diplomas as graduates in the Franklin .high school at com mencement exercises in the Frank lin high school last Friday even- iR. - . . - The program was simple with no special speakers. The .diploma: were presented by (i. L. If'f.i! principal of ihe seh.i.il, ; ' enth (O'ade 'certificate-. wur pre senU'd by Professor -M. .0. Pihni:v-' county superintendent of schools. Prizes won by Ted Mnton and Norman West in a statewide essay contest on the relation of forests to fish and game were presented by W. K. Beichler, of Asheville, district state forester. Eaton won first prize and West sixth. Those who received diplomas were: .. Boys Lester Arnold, Howard Barnard, James Brabson, Earl Bryson, John Bulgin, Harry Cunningham, Horc.i- Dalton, Ralph Dean, Edward Eat on, Jeff Enloe, Claude Freeman James Hames, Don Henderson Clarence Henry, J. L. McConncll, Charles Shope, George Stewart, Sexton Vinson, Norman West, Ralph. West. Girls Nolita Bradley, Gladys Brock. Nelie Byrd, Emma Lee Carter, Hcl n Cunningham, Kate .Cunningham, Edna Curtis,- Georgia Dady, Eliza beth Dowdle, Robert Enloe, .Marie Fish, Grace Fouts, Pauline Fonts, Margaret Franks, Pearl Ciibson, Ruby Henry, Florence Heiison, Cora . Lee Higdon, Mattie Hoaglan, Ida " Lee Hunter, Nina M cCoy, Grace McGaha, Elizabeth McGuirc, Lucille Morrison, Marie Palmer, Merle Peek, Elizabeth Poindexter, Sophia Ray, Emma Jane Saunders. Hattic Slagle, Margaret Slagle, Cleta Smith, Georgianna.Tessier. interest m rrimanes Centers In Races For Commissioners County C Seek Governor's Chair I.IIIIII.IIIIHII.,,,,,!,, .1 , ' .1 t Si ':"-,. R. T. FOUNTAIN 10 Poison by Bread Poison placed in a flour bin and consumed in bread has caused the serious illness of. 10 persons in Kershaw county, S. C." Investiga tion is underway to determine if the poison was " put there by intention: Hold Precuict Meetings Saturday was . the official day for the holding -of precinct meet ings for;, the Democratic party in most North Carolina counties. Elec tion of precinct committees and county convention delegates was Ihe .chief work. Veterans Reach Washington . . A long, tiresome journey from the west for over J.,000 war veter ans demanding that congress pay the cash bonus before they will leave the capitol, was ended Sun day. -Most of . the trip was made by trucks. Washington does not expect early -action on 'the bonus measure. Frame Wins Speed Event Roaring 500 miles at a record speed of 104 miles per hour, Fred die Frame, Los Angeles, won the classic Indianapolis speedway event, Monday. LETTER CARRIERS MEET NEAR WA YAH; OFFICERS ELECTED Pacific Flight Fails The second effort of Nat C. Browne, New York aviator, to span the Pacific in non-stop flight, Five Die in Labor Riots Labor strikes in various Spanish cities on-Sunday resulted in riots in which five were killed and many injured. Baxter Shemwell Shot Baxter Shemwell, 70, was. per haps fatally wounded in Lexing ton, Tuesday morning in a battle with J. O. Boaze and Dr. F. G. Johnson. The latter two say Shem well had threatened Adam Sink, their father-in-law, and had been (Continued on page eight) TEACHER LIST IS ANNOUNCED Appointments for Franklin And Highlands Schools Made Public COUNTY LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED C Teams Represented N in Macon Circuit; Others Asked To Join Woman's Auxiliary Holds District Conference Here M. D. Billings, county superin tendent of schools, announced Tues day that the following., teachers had been elected to teach in the Franklin and Highlands schools next session : -Franklin G. L. Houk, principal. High"" school '" teachers : Mrs. Floise G. Franks, Miss Myrtle VVyatt, Miss Jennie Gillan, Miss Cornelia McKimmon, Mrs. Helen Macon, Paul Carpenter, Miss Hel en Burch, Earl Meacham. Grade teachers : Mrs. Kathaleen Hudson,, Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Miss Mayberly Moody, Miss Sclma Young, Miss Elizabeth Cabe, Miss Lily Calloway, Miss Olive B. Eat on, Miss Rose "Rogers, Mrs. Kath- erine H. Williams, Miss Mary Katherine Porter. Highlands -. O. F. Sumner; principal. High school teachers: F. C Hentz, Miss Mary Lois Ferguson. Grade teachers: Mrs. Anme W. T'icrson, Miss Bertha Williams, Mrs.' Sue R. Hall,. Miss Beatrice Mozeley, Miss Amy Henderson, Miss Ethel Calloway, ; One of the greatest move-, ever made in baseball realms of -Al aeon county, was the meeting in 'Frank lin last Saturday morning. At this meeting J. H. Stribling was elected temporary chairman and John W. Edwards as temporary secretary and ! treasurer of a county league. Six teams from various sections of the county were represented at the meeting. THey ver9 Franklin, West End, Cartoogechaye, Cowee, Holly Springs and Rainbow Springs. It was decided to hold another meeting on Monday night at Franklin, and at this meeting to elect permanent officers and in vite any other teams of the county into the league. At the second meeting J-, Frank Pay" was elected president of the league and John W. Edwards wa lected secretary and treasurer. Eight teams were represented and j lined the league. The teams with a manager' or representative are: Franklin, - Ralph Pcnland; West End; J. 1 ). Gibson ; Cartoogechaye, Laddie --Crawford; Cnwir, Uohcrl Hrvson-; Hollv . Springs,. Charles V. la i f -' v.. - Iff ' 'V , i II ' "'; i ' , . -t II i ' ,"i h X; I J. C. B. EHRINGHAUS ,eSf-v-tY.-v-.-v.-y. , 1 ' 1 , y IP j,:., ji if A. J. 8 Democrats and 4 Republic ans Seeking their Party" Nominations. PALLOTS ARE SHORT .! Democratic Candidates Op pose Full Time Chairman Of Board The Rural Letter Carrier's as sociation of Western North Caro lina met near the foot of Wayah Bald on Monday morning - for a business meeting and picnic. A large crowd was present, including letter carriers and their families from all the counties west of Bun combe, At the business meeting R. E. Gibson, of Bryson City, wa9 elect ed president of the Smoky Moun tains unit of the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers; Sam Rice of Candler, and Harold T. Sloan of Franklin were elected vice pres idents, and a Mr. McDougald, of Buncombe county was reelected as secretary and treasurer. After the noon feast many of, the letter carriers made the trip to the top of Wayah Bald. Miss Mona Cannell, a missionary! vance Work,- and Miss Mary ot the Episcopal church intr Woods bumner, cnairman 01 01 . . . , ...... j: tering ot Jne, were otner cuoevsdu officers - attending. The nrosram of the camps and '..Ingram; Rainbow Springs, Hub mifelson; Oak Grove, H, P. Head- MAXWELL GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST CLOSE Second Primary Viewed Like ly ; Platforms of Candi dates Outlined. ' All of the three candidates for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor of North Carolina are alike rn one declaration economy in eovernment and reduction of taxes on land must be put into effect ing and Mountain Grove, W. C. Indications are that the outcome Taylor. . , in the gubernatorial primary will It was carried as a motion that each team should play two games with each other team, making a total of. 16 games to be played this season; The official season be .1 close with a second primary. nccessarv. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Elizabeth City, is running on a platform whose chief planks are : 1.- Com,- will open June 11 and closer on pletion of the state highway con- Satimhy, September-26. Only Sat tirday game's are to be scheduled as" official. (Continued on page eight)' st ruction program with highways through towns and cities built and maintained by the state. 2. Op- (Continued on page eight) With eight candidates seeking the hemocratic. nomination for county commissioners and four on the. Re publican ballot for the same post, these contests arc expected to be the center of interest in the races tor county offices in Saturday's primaries. Coth county ballots are short this vear. The Demo.-rats have only 'hree contests for county commis sioners, representative in the legis lature and state fcaator fiin the 33rd district. The Republicans liavq only one contest, that for county commissioner. . , Those seeking the Demo:rath nomination for commissioner are Walter Gibson, W. D. Barnard, J. O. Harrison,- Gus Leach, Robert Ramsey, E. W. Lontr, Robert Stam ey and D. J. Moses. The Re publican candidates for commis sioner are W. II. Green, K. II. Rogers, J. II. Dean and A. S. Solesbee. The two candidates for the Dem ocratic nomination for representa tive are C. L. Ingram and Sam Howard. The contestants for state senator are R. A. Patton, of Ma con county ; E. B. Norvell, of Cher okee; R. B. Slaughter, of Graham, and Kelly E. Bennett, of Swain. Oppose Full Time Chairman Candidates for all other county offices are without opposition in " their own parties and their names do not appear oh the ballot. The Democratic ballots this year are on white paper and the Republican ballots are on pink, with dpulicates on yellow slips. Three of the Democratic can didates for commissioner have' openly declared themselves as op posed to the employment of a full time chairman of the board. These are W D. Barnard, the present chairman, E. W. Long and Walter Gibson. , Polling Places Following is a list of the polling places in each township: Franklin, courthouse. Mill Shoals, Hotly Springs school house. Ellijay, Higdon's mill. Sugar Fork, Pine Grove school house. Highlands, school house. Flats, school house. Smith's Bridge, Junior Hall. Cartoogechaye, Junior Hall. Nantahala No. 1, school house. Nantahala No. 2, Happy Top school house. Burningtown, Lower Burningtown school house. Cowee, Rickman's store. The polls are scheduled to be opened from sunrise to sunset. evangelistic work in Japan, was the special speaker at the meeting of the second district of the Woman's, conferences for young people and Auxiliary held at St. Agnes church adults to be held at Kanuga Lake Tuesday. Miss Cannell impressed Uvas announced by Mrs. Leavitt. her hearers with the significance Delegations in attendance repre- of the missionary's task of win- sented auxiliaries from Brevard, ning individuals through Christ's message to a different way of life in a beautiful and deeply spiritual address, An exhibit of photo graphs and of beautiful articles il lustrating phases of the work oi the church in her Japanese com munity added to the , interest of her talk. ; ' .' Mrs. Sheldon Leavitt, . president nf the Woman's Auxiliar',' of tht Western North Carolina fiibcest, delivered an inspiring address, and Mrs. F. W. Thomas, educaitonal secretary, led a conference on the Samuel Gibson Descendants To. Hold Reunion on June 12 PENEFIT BRIDGE . PAVfY AND FLOWER SHOW. TO EE GIVEN A benefit bridge party and flow er show will be given . under the auspices of the Garden club Friday rt the Franklin Terrace, The flow er show will be from 2 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon and the bridge party will start at 8:30 o'clock in the evening. The public is invited to enter flowers in the show and also to play bridge. . Reservations may be made by calling Miss Mary The next meeting will be held 'history of the Prayer Book. Mrs. entertained by Mr9. W. H. Sel on Memorial day, 1933. The place IT. J. Wooldrldge, chairman of Adlar8 ahd MrsRobert B, H.-Bell. Hendersonville, Upward, Asheville, Highlands and Franklin, including St. ' Agnes and St. Cyprian mem bers. ; - The Rev. Norvin C. Duncan was assisted in the celebration of the 1 Willis or Mrs. J. S. Porter. Holy Communion by the Rev. Rob ert B. "H: Bell,, and Mrs. Wr. H. Davis, of Highlands, presided at the morning and . evening sessions. A delightful luncheon was serv ed on the church lawn where a social hour was enjoyed by hosts and visitors. Visitors arriving the evening before the meeting were W. M. U. Divisional Meet To Be Held in Asheville - Descendants of Samuel - Gibson will hold a reunion at Mrs. Eliza DcHart's- home 'near Bryson City on June 12. . This reunion will be in honor of "Aunt" Betsy Jane Grant,, who ii 92 years of age and now . the oldest living member of (lie family. Mrs.. Grant's 92nd birthday will oc ur on Tune 10. Otlrer members of the Gibson family now -Jivinp roe' Mrs. Eliza DeHart, of Bryson City;.- Mrs.' Margaret Carter, of. Anderson, S. C. ; Mrs. Fannie Dil Iard, of Demorest, Ga. ; Mr. Thom ai Gibson and Mrs.. Nancy Cardon of Macon county. There will be a picnic dinner and. at this meeting Mrs. Frank I; Murray, who has the roll of the The Asheville divisional meetine of the Baptist Woman's' Missionary I family, will offer a prize for the Union will be held at the First one . who comes the nearest to Baptist church in Asheville on naming all the living descendants Tuesday, June 14, beginning at 9:45 a. m. Every society is urged to send representatives. The first reunion of the Gibson family was held June 10, 1928, at the home of Mt. and Mrs. Frank I. Murray in Franklin. -At this re union there were visitors from three states. ' The Rev. Samuel Gibson was a pioneer Baptist preacher in Macon county. His father, Joseph Gib son, came from England. Rev. fr. Gibson was born about 1796 nd died in 1878.. He fought in the War of 1812, being fife major in a regiment. ,,He removed to Haywood county about 1819 and married Miss Eliza Jane Black, of Fine's Creek in, Haywood county. To this union was born one child, John Stewart Gibson. John Stewart Gibson married Miss Martha Carrell in August, 1838, and was the father of fifteen children, six of whom are still living. He moved to Snoal Creek, in Swain county, and later to Ma con county. He was a school teacher and Sunday school Super intendent for many years at the Snow Hill Methodist church. 3 Wild Canadian Geese Spending Summer on Lake Three wild Canadian geese are making their homes in Franklin this summer. They have their abode in the bottoms below Mrs. Will , Sloan, on the waters of Lake Em cry and the Tennessee river. These- geese arc real large ones and it is a mystery why they stopped in Franklin for the summer as a general rule geese go north in the summer. Anyways it is hoped that no fanatic will get to shooting at these geese, and either kill or drive them away. There is a federal law as well as a state law against killing geese in the summer seas on. . New Home Being Built by Paul Potts on Bidwell St. Paul Potts, junior partner of the J. E. Potts Casket and Furniture Manufacturing company, is building a nice five-room house on Bidwell street. The location is just west of the residence of J. A. Porter, with the house facing east. Mr. Potts has about completed the ex cavating and plans upon the build ing work to be rushed along. The house is to be boxed and then Nvcather-boarded.'