North Carolina Newspapers

ALOUT MACON CQUXTY !-,:v.-:h (': n!v has a population, t.f,-. ,),m. Us area is 328,320 acres.' . The forest ''ami is . approximately 2:H,7.2 acres, comprising 75 per cent ot the total' land aea. The -total stand r-t saw liiiiborSi-i estimated at 485,000,OU) board -feetli--Facts supplied by R C. Department Conservation and In-ius try. ' ALOVT QUllSLLVES ' T!u Franklin Press has the largest ..u" ! ill M' r v if! 0 audited paid circulation of any North j Carolina newspaper west ot Aslicviue. It is a charter jnember of the North Carolina Tress Association Circulation Audit Bureau. Certified records of jls circulation are open to all adver tisers. . : , am Bl)t ijiijliiauiui fifarmtfcm PliO (t R ESSTVE LIBERAL LYDEFENDEX'I FRANKLIN, N. C, VOL. XLVII, NO. 25 - ' ' ' '. ... '" " i r.o PER YEAR ' ' V M"" ID) TO) T7 fy 0 t ii Jfc ... . aiminflS aS6 ujjb - i ., 1W TAX lav; NOW! FFEOIVE Extra One-Cent Levy Placed . On Gasoline; Oil. and 1 Tires- Also Taxed NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-Date News Reports NATION FACES DEFICIT j .Postage on Letters To Be Raised to rnree eiaa : On July 6 of liftinc the Federal government'! billion- dollar deficit ril ttiB atinnldprs of thife tax- V " . . payers Wedncsd,ay t when many et the provisions of the new revenue bill "recently enacted by Congress became effective. Every man, wo man and child in . the. country , will, .feel the weight of this new tax load. ROOSEVELT WINS N. C. With carcly a difnting voic, the state Democratic con vention, June 16, intructed iU national delegates to catt 26 votes for Franklin D. Roosevelt at Chicago. The convention overwhelmingly adopted a plat form which included a com promise, harmony plank on pro hibition refusing to commit the party to resubmission or repeal of the 18th amendment. i Charged With Blackmail Tntin T Fiii-lone. former chief of j,,.... j. c nnlire at WilminKton. waa arrested last week under charges of black- II! A f T.aa Knniin V 1 c p tt...-Aatu Foiif npff. nicrht in the First Baptist cnurcn. roes were held a material witness- Those graduating were : The est after they called for a package Misses yrue uiuaru, y.vwu. State Pensions Paid ' ruP'ri inr $46317.50 in Confed- ' V- . - ' T F - AAMeinc. l-n.. Inin nimltn to . i Ml tin ctrarfrpd I A 1QA "MtV. fnrAlinianS 07Q Vpter- J ' IWO-CClll laA ul, k...D yonuuu , . f t-A,,tn n n hanU I ., 711 A -lace Ti(!nwS. 2.990 B lor every wucv.iv .uiavyn nus, , -- Long, distance telephone calls -will J class widows and 82 negro servants carry taxes ranging irom hvc vc"lBi in wartime. for calls costing -more than .50 cents and less than $1, to JU-ior Uc mattner $2 or more. That - means it will cost five or 10 cents more to telephone . Asheville and in r 15 rpnu more to telephone Atlanta. A five' per cent tax also ' has been levied on telegrams. Other Taxes Imposed The tax on theatre admissions is not likely to be felt here, as it applies . only to charges aDove w cents. For admissions in the tax able class the levy will amount to one cent for each 10 cents or frac tion thereof above 40 cents. This tax applies not only to admissions ' to theatres but also on admissions "to any place," with a certain ex HOOVER AND CURTIS WIN " Herbert Hoover,' for Pres ident, and Charles Curtis, for v:a.nraMit. ' were nominated on first ballot by the National , Republican convention,, Chicago, June 16. . By vote of 68 to 472 the convention downed a plat form plank for repeal of the 18th amendment but adopted the administration plank calling for submission to the states of a new amendment on liquor control. Shoots Sleeping Veteran W. A. Banks, Asheville railroad detective, is held for the murder ot NURSES SCHOOL GRADUATES FIVE Graduation Address Delivered By J. Batt Smathers, Of Asheville Five nurses were graduated from the Nurses' Training school of Aneel Brothers' hospital at com mencement exercises Weanesciay of $25,000 at a filling station. Borah Opposes Hoover In a Monday senate state ment, William E. Borah, insur gent from Idaho, leading sup porter for Hoover in 1928 bit lorlv criticized the platform adopted by the Republican . rnnvrmtion and declared he will not support the president in his fight for re-election. Hendrix Is Arrested Kellv Hendrix. wanted at Gas tonia along with Fred Beal, for Hai-i-v Franklin : DorothV Gribble, Havpuville: Flora Talley. Franklin. . . ..... i f and Kathenne Wilson, Laurens, o. C. All were present, except Miss Dillard, who was out of town. The dinlomas were oresented the graduating nurses by Dr. Edgar Angel, while the nurses' pins, were presented by Miss Leona Rickman, head nurse of the hospital, j Ratt Smathers, orominent v Asnc ville attorney, delivered the grad uation address. He was introduced by. McKnley Edwards, of Bryson City, who acted as master ot cere monies.' Mr. hmathers empnasizea Brim Ccimoakns to Macon iT j . - . line msu tuuug wiu vw.. inmninff $20,000 bonds fiiven in ap-t,.,. . uA ,,reirr" rmfpssinn peal from prison terms for the The exercses, were opened and killing of Police Chiet U. is Aaer- close(1 with prayer by the Rev. holt in' 1929,. was caught "v New Eugene . R. . Ellcr, pastor of the York last week and held for North Fr9nU:n.-Botist church. Carolina officers. Federal Taxes In Effect Most of the new levies in the federal tax measure to raise, tl lift MUMMa the' next 12 months, went into effect Tues day, with practically every cit Affected.' the wealthy be ing hardest hit in the raising of income tax rates to the 1911 level. Following the graduation exer cises a dance was given on me roof garden of the Scott Griffin hotel bv the staff of the hospital in honor of the graduates. Music was; furnished by Baldy Wetzel and his Miamians. scores ot couples from other communities in this section, as well as from Franklin, attended. ? " - . 1 i - , 4 X, 'vr Til' v io any pmtc, -wii.il -- detective, is held lor tne raurucr ui . emptions in favor of religious, ed- Loujs Chiapeta, Texan. Chiapeta, -rational and charitable organiza- , tions. College athletic games, how- in & freight car on a return from ever, are not exempted, : . Washington died Monday from ef Ducs in-country clubs, social, ath- , f ball throuch the . letic or sporting organizations also ach; The Veterans say Banks , are suujeti iu . . ; i entercd the car cursing, Kicxeu virgna-wroina nemicai corpui- . .. - , , . cases, but most fraternal rgniza- th . ordered them pff the tram tion, was announced Friday. Charl- Highlands, West knd and , .nuns ,! .w.f,.- - - i ana men nreu ai mc huui iniuug On July 6 increased postal rates slceI)ing Chiapeta, at Marion, nr,i 'A"ftrt rlass mail anal-. ..... vTiii Vv'j . .l., rnaay. 1 rr-rtain omen tip;cnnf r una certain publications entered as second class ,r,,;i . Aftrr thateclate it will cost three cents to mail a first class letter: insttad of two cents as here toforc. Manufacturers Taxed taxes also have been im posed on the manufacturers, pro ducers or importers of many ar-t'irlr-R such as. lubrication oil, brew ers wort, grape concentrate, "auto mobiles, candy, chewing gum, toil et preparations," furs, jewelry, "radios, . refrigerators, sporting goods, fire Fertilizer Merger Merger of the Armour and ,the Virginia-Carolina fertilizer' corpora tions into one to be known as the Vircma-Carolna Chemical corpora I . ' J CUnrl es G. Wilson, Richmond, is pres ident. .The new firm is one of the largest in the field. FRANKLIN NINE BEATS PRENTISS CAMERON MORRISON BENNETT ASKS 2ND PRIMARY Changes M i nd after 'Announc ing He Probably Would Not Ask Run-Off . SENATE KILLS THE BONUS . All hopes of war veterans, in cluding . 20,000 tncamped at the capitol, were killed by the sen ate Friday when the Patman measure for cash payment of bonus certificates was voted down 62 to 18, and a motion to reconsider was tabled. The house had passed the measure. Cowee Also Victors in Saturday's Games . , Dr. . Maddry Resigns Dr. Charles E. MaddrV. cerferal reiriKeraiors, llUIlllI; g'vo, ..... -- .. arms, cameras, matches, soft drinks, secretary of the N. C Bapt.ston- tir and tubes and gasoline. The vention for 12 years, has' resigned federal government also has levied to become promotion secretary of on electric energy, leases of satcty me ooumeiu oui.usi deposit boxes, oil pipe lines ami -SANDERS G. O. P. CHAIR MAN ' Everett Sanders, Indiana, former secretary to President Coolidffe.i was chosen by the Republican national 'committee as chairman. June 16, to suc- rMvl Senator Simeon Fess, of Ohio. Sanders will manage the Hoover. campaign for the pres idency. y users w 'ii-aoi i v wv.vt.. The gasoline tax of one cent a gallon, which went into effect Wed nesday, probably' will be felt by tt,p nvrratre Dcrson more than any of the new taxes with the excep tion of the higher postal rale. Already means are being evolved r to avoid payment of many of these taxvs. ' Outstanding among these is a plan 'which has been declared legal bv the, revenue department , to escape the two-cent tax on checks. ti,: !o rnmnlislied bv the is- ,nrc of roitnter receipts' instead of counter checks. By writing a receipt, instead of a, check, the ' li-inrrr TliaV Pet ..funds?-direct from " ' the bank without the necessity of paying the check tax. LfiS' SUKEf? BUT ri DoMElOOV-TOtAEUE A VAMPING r CMft 1 I tir TERRIFIC MONTREAL BLAST A grcai drydock and an oil tanker were wrecked at Mon treal Friday, in a series of ex plosions that killed 27 men, in- jitred over 50 others, and caused losses running into millions. Gang King Is Killed Georce Barker, aspirant to Ca- pone's crown as gang king of Chi cago, was slain in a hail of bullets from rivals in a house across from Barker's apartment Friday. Heads Young Democrats f. Dewey Dorsctt, Raleigh, and Mrs. Marv F. Evans. High Foint, temporary heads of the Young Democrats of North Carolina, were chosen permanent officers in a meeting at Raleigjj, June 16. Rev. J. W. Shcdkley Opens Revival at Courthouse 8 A series of evangelistic services which will continue through July 1 began Sunday night in the Ma con, county courthouse with the Revt J. Wafson Shockley doing the preaching. Large audiences have hren romiTie: out each night to W. Shecklev. who is pastor of the Church of Christ in Asheville. Roy C. Dady is song londpr for the revival. The services start. each evening to 8:30 o'clock, but on I-riday i Mninor the service has been mov- I ' c . Ir.-I no to 7:4S on account of the speaking scheduled for :JU Dy T r. B. Ehrinuhaus. Candidate for Democratic nomination for goverH nor. ', .. ." ,-. iffht Rev. Mr. Shock- ley preached on the subject "Drift ing." The evangelist Diamea tne present economic crisis to what he ''driftine." a purposeless, titiirpptpd life nrecioitated by war, MVv... io itip hpst time, he said, for Godly men and women' to call ! people" back to soberness ana a ' rii!cl.r1irpitpd life. "i "This -whole country ilijipsd whtn it went into the war," the evang clist declared. "I am sorry to say that some of mv own brethren in the ministry were- guilty and took nart in thines that were wrong. I - w . , After oointmu; out the ensuing laxity of morals, Rev. Mr. Shock- ley said: ''War is what Sherman said it was. The other nations suffered first and ' we did not. know what it meant because we went in last. Great prosperity came to this coun try because we had what the other nations needed. Prices went up ani a oreat deal of money, was in rirm ation. Ihen. when the na tions of Europe no longer could pay their debts, the tlow ot money rpnspd and the crash came." Mr Shocklev viewed with great er . concern the decline in moral standards. Present conditions, both moral and financial, he ventured will ' continue until people are will Inn- to po back to work. He call ed attention to the back-to-the-farm rnovement,:. expressing the opinion The Macon County Baseball leatrue came into full glory on Sat urday with all eight teams of the lpacnip nlavine a regular scheduled same. One of the big thrills oi the afternoon was a home run made by Bill Green of West End in the name with Mountain Grove. This game was played on the Holly Springs ground, which is locates on the farm of C. L. Ingram. ' The Franklin team has a place to play now, due to the' kindness of M. L. Dowdlc, who has permit ted the use- of the grade just south of the denot. T. Frank Rav. president of the leaeue. savs that the first game of the season played between Lar tooccchave and Highlands is of ficial. This game was for only five innings and the umpires wno called the came decided to leave the de cision up to the president of the league. The gaTne was called on account of rain. Plan Double-Header For the Fourth of July a double header is - being planned at th Franklin grounds. . One of these i?ames will be plaved between the CD - - " married men on one team and the sintrle bovs on the other. The - j - teams will be', selected from the various teams of the league. The other game is as yet uncertain. Prentiss came into the league late and, therefore, ' is somewhat behind in. the percentage rate ; but the team has a chance of getting into the running with the other teams by playing a mid-week game with Mountain .Grove. Mountain Kelly E. Bennett,' .Brysi.u Citv ,1i-innrkt wIhi. ran second to k. A Patton, of Franklin, in the June ? 'V.riniarv contest for the Weill nrra'tie nomination for senator. Hum tli,. Urd state senatorial district served demand the later pari of last week for a second primary Mr. Bennett, who polled 1,92, votes to Patton's 2,0:?, had pie viously announced that he prob.abl ,vmi1d not ca lor a run-on.. i,.,n..v of mind came tollowm the 'announcement of R. T. Foun tain at Raleigh last Thursday that he would enter a 'second primary against J. C. B. ",Ehrin:.;haus for the nomination tor governor X I I i I 4.1 I 4, 1 - - . v 1 1 . LT-- 1J M J. C. B. EHR1NGHAUS , - - - --a i SENIOR 13. Y. P. U. , GOES ON CAMP1WU TRIP TO SMOKIES SION The senior- B. Y. P. U. of: the First Baptist church ' enjoyed a ii-ii, to. the Smokv .loun- i:,Mi National park the past wee Tin. miliii-kv number (.ft ' to. was iin.hablv the cause of two tiKiUijer; being unable to make the niKe io Mount l.eCoutc, because of slight injuries. Only seven members com pleted the hike. ' The following members made the trip and reported a wonderful time: Misses' Gladys l'auneil, Josephine Iligdon, Hilda Ashe, lieorgia ,1 ady, Eloise Jamison, Mrs. J.' l). Franks, Mrs. J. 11. Young, Messers-Ray mond Dalrymple, Harry McLon ncll, Henry Wilkic, Bernard Hall, J. D. Franks, and J. II. Young. PLANS MIS AT HIGHLANDS Rev. Robert B. H. Bell To Hold Series of Services at N Church of Incarnation " 5 1 - i tr rinynm ricd.uu. iiuv ij "-r Gove, which was Jo have played an appeal from a b-ycar sentence j and how overcome dis- Oak Grove, two weeks ago, was j imposed for stealing $101,000 from;- 6 Hg alsQ teaches how to gain granted an excuse by the presiaeni Mrs. Evelyn w. .icrean, jusueei . , . , i it even . in of the league on account ot the rain on Saturday. Tune 11. Both EHRINGHAUS TO SPEAKJR!DAY Large Crowd Expected To . - Come To Franklin To Hear Candidates MORRISON IS GAINING . Changing Sentiment Reported I3 To Reynolds' 'Vote for Booze' Campaign . The voters of Macon and sur roundina counties will have an op portunity this week to hear Cam eron Mojiison, opponent of R. R... Reynolds, of- Asheville, for . the Demcratic nomination for U. S. senator, ?.nd J. C. B. Ehringhaus, high man in the first primary for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor. Ehringhaus is scheduled to speak r,t i-v riVlrtrW Friday nieht in th courthouse, it was announced 'Wed nesday by J. E. Lancaster,, his county campaign manager. Al though Macon gave Fountain a plurality in the first primary, there are many indications mat in iu , second it will swing to thring- haus, who carried the state by more than 47,000 in the initial vote. It is pointed out that very little was known about Ehringhaus in this section prior to the tirst promary. Since then many voters have changed their opinion ot Fountain because he called a sec ond primary , in the face of what political observers viewed as a oe cisive vote for Ehringhaus. Morrison Speaks Saturday fnrrUnn the former good roads" governor of North Carolina, is scheduled to speak in the courtr house at 2 o'clock Saturday after noon Hundreds of people frorn J Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain and Jackson counties, as well as Ria- con, are expected io come m Fianklin to hear him. He will ne introduced by ' A. I fall Johnson, prominent Asheville, attorney. J. Frank Ray, '.Franklin attorney and ex-service man who managed A. J Maxwell's gubernatorial cam paign in the first primary, will in troduce. Mr. Johnson. Gaining Strength Mnrriisnn's defeat bv the narrow '"y' margin of about .12,000 .votes in the IU ji n iiii.ti y , "y - , randiilate of the saloon wets, has been attributed to his lack of or ganization. Until only a week or so before the primary Morrison remained in Washington attending to his duties as senator, while his opponents Reynolds, Grist and Bowie had been campaigning against him for months. Since the first primary, however, Morrison has appointed state and county managers and has been able him self to make a speaking tour ot the state. A veteran campaigner, he is expected to draw many votes which he failed to receive in the first primary. Then, too, the dis play put on by the Reynolds forces at the Democratic state convention has reacted against him in sections where opinion' is predominantly drv. A:utomobiles were para'ded about the streets of Raleigh by A Life' Abundant 'Mission will be conducted by the Rev. Robt. B. H Bell, head of the Life Abundant enter in Franklin, at the Church r i -.,,, ,mi nt Hmnianas. 01 me iii'.ivi"".'" --- - - - , - . - beginning Sunday, June 26, and Reynolds supports ( bearmg sign. continuing uuouii.. ju., . . Bo02C vices will be held each evening at c Q william of Asheville ir a vir,rk- Each afternoon at 4 manacine Morrison s campaign m U J ."-'. I w u . .. . . m... n 't V.v,.! M tier thp western nart of the state, what O ClOCK .ALTS. AJeu, ltvini-vi v. . . - knowledge of food chemistry and Frank. I. Murray, clerk of' court, diet, will lecture on how to eai is ms ..uwh iuu..i, mai.a8. properly Means Is Refused Bail Declared to be without sense of moral obligation, Gaston B. Means was denied bail by the District of Pnlumbia court . last week, when he attempted to give bond pending Dr. Bell, originator , ot the , Lite Abundant movement, has . held crhout the ueutiiiB c-- roiintrv. 'He preaches the applica tor, of Christian principles to everyday living and teaches how teams now must play a mid-week game to be in the championship race. Saturday's Scores " Following are the scores of last Saturday's games t Highlands 12 Holly Springs 3 . . ,i ... orosuemy Proctor said Means sun t.as iiu nf (iet,ression money and might flee if released, T,"0 ,.,; ntl 0f hands for heal on bond. , mg 0f tilc s,ck wm be practiced Highlands. 1000: West End.. 1000: (Cohtinusd on page ixj r-a- Hunt Holdup Killers Tntensivc -Dolicc search is under-. um'v near Sanford for three negro i hold-up men who killed Thomas Beal, j a.1 i piictomrr. and fatally wound- Wpct Fnd Ift-LMnnntain Crovp 0. 1 ed Nordon II. Perrv. 58. managcr Franklin 18-Prentiss 9. j of a store at " Cumnock village, Cartoogechaye 0 Cowee 5. early Saturday morning. The rob- TIip nffirial ratino-' with two nf i hers ran without securing any the teams behind one game each at each service. Dr. Bell teaches that earnest prayer will be reward ed now just as in Biblican times Chadwick Is Jailed David N. Chadwick, former Wil mington city commissioner, was jailed at Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, nn rlmvrpn of complicity in a $131,- money, when Perry, gave the alarm. 000 forgerv ring.. He is also under Two suspects are held. Utarasmen a heavy ' bona at wcnmomi, v., I .nll.fl tn nrpveni (nr rlisnnsinC of bonds Stolen in violence. I Philadelphia, HIGHLANDS TOURISTS' EDITION NEXT WEEK A sDeciad Highlands section of The Press and Maconian -will ba issued next Tbursday, June 30. The section, according to plans which have been made. will be composed of eight pages, tabloid size. It will feature Highlands and th attractions of this vicinity exclusively. Il lustrations will be used through out the oaees devoted to r-uh- lands. As a souvenir copy the section will be valuable. The section is being prepared this week. All material should Kb in bv next Monday, inefcid W advertisinsr. Advertisers will be seen between now and that date. Watch for this section. It will be worth while tot order several copies. Advertiser wil be furnished with edtra copte.