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" j ,, ' "1 ' t f ; w. . .af L H, V 'W ......4 f fc,a-rf The Franklin Prcs has tlie largest n ABOUT HIGHLANDS I audked paid circulation of any North I l""! tV-il I tl 1 1 rtutc ll ln ...net 0f ApUm-ilKi ' This beautiful community, perched midst virgin forests on a plateau averaging 4,118 feet elevation above sea level, is the highest incorporated town east of the Rockies. The highest temperature recorded in 40 years has been 87 degrees. Highlands has be come known as "The Roof Garden of the Southeast." It is a charter member of the North Carolina Press Association Circulation AuJit Bureau, Certified records of its circulation are open to all adver tisers. Sip Qtgljlau&xs illurmumt PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVI1, NO. 28 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR u): ' TT)' IS V EI0) YMOLPS SPEAK O0RRIS0N RAPS GO. RJEGR1E Blames' Republican Tariff Policies for Nation's Predicament WINS APPLAUSE Says 'You Can't Sell Liq iuor To "People Who Can't Buy Food' . Speaking Saturday afternoon to several , hundred : persons In the Macon county courthouse. who fre quently interrupted him with ap plause and loud cheering, Senator Cameron Morrison laid the blanife ' for . the nation's ills at the door of the Republican party. In ex planation of his charge that the Republican ,, administration is re sponsible for the current depression he called' attention to the wall of high tariffs which it has set up, resulting in curtailment ' of world trade and a heavy decline of ex ports from the United States. . Senator Morrison, still vigorous but lacking somewhat the fiery aggressiveness . of the days when he was governor, had little to say about his candidacy for the Dem ocratic nomination for the United States Senate. He talked briefly about ; himself and even less about his opponent, Robert R. .Reynolds, Asheville attorney. His Only ref erence to Mr? Reynolds was to 'imy opponent who would restore prosperity by putting North Caro lina into the liquor! business"" .Assail. WeU "It Ts ridiculcus," he added, "to believe that we can . sell liquor to a people who find it .difficult to buy food. I think it is better for us to forger the liquor; issue and think more about the return of -prosperity." Senator Morrison was intro duced 'by A. Hall Johnson, Ashe ville attorney, who referred to him as "the father of our road system, which ' marked the real beginning of our state's . development." Mr. Johnson was introduced by J. Frank Ray, Franklin attorney. , Stand on Record . "I face the people of -North Carolina on my record," Mr. Mor rison said.' "I ask the voters to judge me by my record as a public servant my advocacy of the good roads pro gram, my interest in education and my . efforts toattain tax relief and a fair system of taxation. "Instead of asking the people to elect or defeat me on my record as a public servant, ray enemies have 'resorted to lies ; they accuse me of things that exist only in their imagination." '"'' With this pre'face. Senator Mor rison launched into a tirade against the Republican party, insisting that "it is high time we drove them from power." . ". He denounced the Hawley-Smoot tariff and said it "had exasperated the world," resulting in 40-odd countries setting up tariff walls in retaliation, ... Senator Applauded As the senator proceeded with 1 (Continued on page six) Two Stills Captured . By Deputy Sheriffs The members of the sheriff's department of Macon county were very busy lust week in making war upon the "manufacturers of illicit whisky. Deputy Sheriff George Goer, of Rainbow Springs, surprised a party in Wallace Gap and brought into town a 25-gallon outfit. The operators of the still escaped. About 4 o'clock Saturday after: noon Deputy Sheriffs George Mai lonee, Frank Leach and John Dills had a hurried call to the Turtle Town section. Upon arriving they found a 35-gallon still with a fire under the furnace but not an op cratorin .sight. The officers pour ed out nearly 700 gallons of beer and brought into town four ,-al Ions and. nearly one pint of whi; ky, along with the still and : cross-cut taw, . NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-Date t News Reports BULLETIN . . w, . - - V4. The Democratic national convention in Chicago surprised the nation early Thursday morning by voting nearly four to one for ultimate repeal of the 18th amendment and immediate modification of the Volstead act to legalize wines and beer. The vote on the wet plank was 934 to 213. The contention was expected to get down to the busi ness of nominating a candidate for president Thursday night; but, due to poor radio reception, little news of what was going on was received in Franklin. f RAY BAILEY IS FREED . Denying that he had any part in the slaying of -A. B. Hunt, South Carolina police officer, Ray Bailey was freed at Syl va, Monday, on habeae corpus proceeding. Bailey declared the five bullet wounds from which he nearly died, were re ' ceived in a private quarrel and not in a gun battle in. South -Carolina. . - Gardner Is Committeeman ' Governor, 0. Max Gardner was elected Democratic national com mitteeman from North Carolina, by the state's delegation to the Chica go convention Monday, when Sen ator Cameron Morrison resigned the post. Mrs.' Palmer Jenrian, Raleigh, was returned as committed woman. . DENIES OFFER TO BONUS ARMY ; Senator Cameron Morrison, ' Sunday denied the tMuth of Washington report that Mrs. Morrison had offered $500 to the Tar Heel members .of the bonus army camped at Wash ington and that the offer had been refused. Lindbergh On Stand Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took the stand for the state at Fleming ton, N. J., Monday, when trial of John H. Curtis, Norfolk, Y.a, be gan on charge of obstructing jus tice in making false claims he was in; contact with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh child. Lindbergh re cited extravagant claims made by Curtis as to contacts with the kidnapers and their demands tor ransom money. Endurance Flier Dies John Hunter, one of four Chi- . .'. t . Ul. cago Drotners wno set a , wo endurance mark in airplane flight two years ago was killed Monday at Rosedale, Miss., by the propeller of his ship. FINISHES SURRY PROBE Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt on Saturday complet ed a survey of absentee ballot ing in Sirry county in the June 4 primary, but did not reveal what action he will recommend. K. R. Hoyle, Sanford, had' charged the t '800 to 1,000 absen , tee ballots had beefcast, many of them illegally. The true total was found to be 291. . HuRffins Baptist Secretary To succeed Dr., Charles E. Mad drey, resigned to become promo tion secretary of the . ,:Southern Baptist church, the r general board of . .the: Baptist State convention last week named ,M. A. Huggins, of Meredith college, as executive secretary of the convention. Slam's Monarchy Overturned In a dramatic surprise for the or dinary citizen of Siam, the army and navv on Friday overturned the absolute monarchy of King Prajadhipok by seizing the royal palace, the king and his family. A constitutional monarchy is set up as the aim of the revolters The Icing has approved the change New Loan Committee Head lvey W. Stewart, Charlotte, has succeeded Word H. Wood, Char lotte, as chairman of the state loan committee of the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation. $505,821 May Fire Loss Fire loss in May in North Caro lina totalled $505,821, reports the insurance commissioner, with worst fire of the 241 reported being the $95,000 blaze in Dunn. Ham Lewis Withdraws J. Hamilton Lewis, Illinois sen ator and holding that state's 58 Democratic delegate votes for the presidency nomination, on Saturday withdrew his candidacy, releasing the delegates to support of other candidates. Victory Fund Is $719,718 Tlie Democratic Victory Fund for the national campaign has reached $719,718, it is reported from Chica go, with 101,972 making contribu tions. North Carolina reported $15, 768. Atkinson U. C. V. Commander General Homer T. Atkinson, Pet ersburg was named commander-in-chief of the United Confederate veterans concluding the annual re union, held at Richmond last week. Dr. William Dancey, , Savannah, was chosen head of the Sons of Confederate veterans. The veter ans killed a motion to meet with the Grand Army of the Republic. Recover Egypt Treasure Genoese divers have recovered the $5,000,000. in gold bullion from the liner Egypt which wrecked and sank off Brest on the French coast 10 years ago. - Two salvage ships and many lives were lost in two years of effort before success. Franco-German Alliance The proposals of German Chan cellor Franz '"Von Papen that France and Germany form a mil itary alliance to assure France the security she demands before she will consent to arms reduction, is being seriously iconsidered by the governments of the two nations. Membership Contest Waged by Bible Class The Brotherhood Bible class of the First Methodist church of Franklin has a membership drive on for ' the next 60 days. The class has been divided into two sections with Howard Valentine leading the Reds and Gordon Moore the Blues. At the end of the 60 days the losers are to set a ban duet for the winners. The enrollment of the class has already increased eight members; . i . i."- r i i i: ii. - Willi H'c jjiucs icauiug uic mis. All men, both young and old, are Invited to attend this class. Roy C. Dady teaches the class. SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM A Sinday school Day program will be given at Clark's Chapel Sunday evening at 8 o'clock by the members of the church school The public is cordially invited. Challenges Woodsmen h I 7 ) PETER McLAREN WOOD-CHOPPING TIZARHOMING Peter McLaren Offers $50 Prize in IJnique , Contest A, wood-chopping contest is to be .held in front of Leach Broth ers' hardware store in Franklin at It; a. m., Friday, July 8, with Peter McLaren, reputed to be America's champion chopper, chal lenging any man in the county to chop through a log in 50 per cent more time than it takes himself. A prize of $50 is held out to the woodsman who can beat McLaren on this basis. If a local man chops through a log in six minutes, McLaren must sever -the same log in less than four minutes or forfeit the prize. There is only one condition to the cqntest. Those seeking to capture the prize from M cLaren are not allowed to use a, Plumb axe, the kind which McLaren will use. Considerable interest - has been shown among woodsmen of the county who have heard of the contest. Several of the best chop pers from the Ritter Lumber com pany's camps are expected to try their skill against McLaren. A number of others from various sections of the county also are expected to try their hand. PLAN BASEBALL GAMES FOR 4TH Franklin Moves up in League Standing by Downing Holly Springs The Macon county baseball league is running smoothly now, and last Saturday four games were played at different sections of the county. Holly Springs came to Frapklm and met a Waterloo, with the score standing : Franklin ; 9 and Holly Springs 0." Highlands went to Pjren- tiss and carried home the bacon as the result of a score of 21 to 8. Mountain Grove lost a game to Cartoogechaye, which was played at Cartoogechaye, with the score card reading 16 and 5. Cowee played the powerful West End team and when the game was stopped Cowee was leading 4 to 3. For som reason the game be tween Cowee and West End was contested, and Cowee has agreed to play the game over on the Franklin field on the Fourth of July, beginning 'at 10:30 a. m. Plans are under way to have three or four games on the Frank lin field on July 4. A game has been planned between the married men and the single men. Franklin wants to take on Cullowhee, Sylva, (Continued on page six) '-. ' - " Mrs. W. W. Downs Seriously Injured, Asheville Man Killed in Mrs. Wilfred W. Downs, who lives on Bonny Crest, Franklin, is in a serious condition at '.the 1 lay- wood community hospital at Wayn- esville, as the result of an, auto mobile accident about 4 o'clock Tuesday' afternoon on highway No. 10 near the state fish hatchery at Balsam. A large coupe in which Mrs. Downs was' riding with Glenn S. Farmer, 23, chauffeur of Ashe ville, and Miss Bonnie Penley, of Asheville, skidded on wet pavement and overturned. Farmer, who was pinned beneath the car, was killed .nstanlly, while Miss Penley re ceived lacerations and bruises. Witnesses of the accident said the car was traveling at a rapid DEATH CLAIMS A. M. WALDROOP Funeral Held at Baptist Church; Widow and 6 Children Survive Funeral services for Arthur M. Waldroop, 51, who died at his home Sunday morning at 3 o'clock after an illness of two months with tuberculosis, were held at the First Baptist church, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with the Rev. Eugene R. Eller, pastor, conducting the services.. Burial was in the local cemetery. ' - Mr. Waldroop was a member of the Baptist church. He was a farmer of the Cartoogechaye sec tion, but recently had been work ing for the state highway depart ment. .. The deceased is survived by hii widow, who was' Miss Goldie Kiser before marriage, and six children, Wiley, Evelyn, Lois, Thehna, Marie and Arthur, Jr. Pallbearers were: Messrs. C. G. Moore, Gene Jacobs, Harry Nolen, George Stalcup, George McGee and Joe Setser. G. W. MOFFITT DIES AT HOME ON JONES CREEK George W. Moffitt, 64, diod at his home oh Jones Creek early Wednesday morning, after being confined to his room , for several weeks with tuberculosis. Funeral services were held at Gillespie Chapel Wednesday after noon at 3 o'clock. . The Junior Order, of which he was a member, had charge of the services. Surviving are- diis widow and four sons, Mack, Finley, Fred and Ed, and one daughter, Miss Myrtle Moffitt. Many Scientists Attracted To Highlands Officials of the Highlands Mu-; tlllM JJIUIuivni Uttuui Clival y have begun to arrive. Dr. E. E. Reinke,- of Vanderbilt University, the director,' is-here. One of the founders, Clark Foreman, of At lanta, is now occupying his beauti ful summer . home, Tanglewood, overlooking Ravenel Lake, Dr. Beard, of Nashville, Tenn., who has been a member of the staff at Vanderbilt Hospital for several years, will assist Dr. Reinke this summer. Dr. Beard and his wife are expected within a few days. ' Dr. Noble of the American Mu seum of Natural History also . is expected to work with the Labora tory and Museum this summer. He is very much interested in the salamanders of this vicinity.. Dr. W. C. Cokcr, 'professor, of botany at the University of North Carolina, is another scientist who wiil be connected with the organ ization this summer, his especial interest being mushroom growths. Dr. Coker has bought the attrac tive . log house formerly owned by Auto Accident speed when it skidded and turned over. Rain was falling at the time. The three were en route from Sylva to Asheville. Farmer was driving the cart said to belong to John Harkey, of Asheville. ' Mrs. Downs suffered two frac tures of the bone in her left leg and a fracture of the left arm just below the shoulder. It was reported Thursday that, she also had been partly paralized. Her condition was regarded as serious. Mr. Downs, who has been work ing in Washington, reached Wayn esvillc Wednesday to be with his wife and was in Franklin for a while Thursday; Mrs. Downs has six children. . EHR1NGHAUS IS HEARD IN MACON Candidate for Governor ' Declares Revaluation Is Needed J. C. B. Ehringhaus, who led the first primary by more than 47,000 votes over R, T. Fountain for the Democratic nomination for govern or, spoke before a large audience in the Macon county courthouse last Friday night. . State papers reported Mr. Eh ringhaus as having maed an at tack on Mr. Fountain, but he had little to say about his opponent and- referred ta the charges of election frauds only with the state ment that the returns couldn't have been wrong to the extent of the plurality given him. Favors Revaluation The Elizabeth City man declared for revaluation of property as soon as possible and for sane economy in state government. He defended the Democratic party and the record of the last general as sembly, pointing out that the 1929 assembly gave relief to property taxpayers amounting to $6,250,000 a year and that "IBs 1931 legislature gave additional relf of $12,000,000 a year." ' Mr. Ehringhaus said he was seeking the governorship in behalf of no special interests, political faction or clique. He stated that he was running for governor be cause of a boyhood ambition to achieve the honor of being the state's chief executive. "If elected," he added, "it will not be Mr. Morrison's administra tion, Mr. McLean's administration or Mr. Gardner's administration. It will be Ehringhaus' administra tion." 1 Mr. Ehringhaus was introduced (Continued on page fix) by Laboratory the Baldwins which overlooks Rav ,cnel J-ake ' ' The museum, founded in 1927, is located in a wing of the Hudson Library building. It is open to visitors on luesaays ana Satur days. The establishment of the labora tory was an outgrowth of the founding of the museum of natural history. The Samuel Weyman Me morial i Laboratory building was completed and dedicated last Aug ust. The Highlands Museum and Biological Laboratory . numbers among its institutional members many of the south's leading uni versities. Patrons of science from many parts 'of the country are in eluded in the list of founders and life .members. This is the only mountain biological research station in the south or east. . Burnham S. Colburn, of Biltmore Forest, is president of the organ ization; Dr. W. C. Coker, of the University of North Carolina, vice president; Miss Albertina Staub, of Highlands, secretary, and R. L. Foreman, of Atlanta, treasurer. 2ND PRIMARY ON SATURDAY Wet Candidate for U. S. Senate To Bring Brass , - Band To Franklin RACE LOOKS CLOSE Morrison Believed To Have Gained Strength Since First Vote Robert R. Reynolds, Ashevill attorney who is seeking the Dem ocratic nomination for United States senator on an out-and-out wet platform, is scheduled to speak in the Macon county courthouse at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, Mr. Reynolds, who is making a last minute tour of the western coun- . ties preparatory to the second primary on Saturday, sent word to his representatives here Wed nesday afternoon that hd would, arrive in Franklin accompanied by a brass band. Although the Asheville man, fa miliarly known as "Our Bob," car ried this county by a wide margim in the first primary, considerable doubt has developed during the come out on top in 'the run-off. Morrieon Gain Morrison is believed o have gained a lot of strength as a re sult of his speech here .Saturday afternoon.- Even staunch Reynolds supporter remarked that he made a "good speech." The senator's firm stand on Democratic prin ciples and emphatic denunciation of Republican tariff policies won for him many new admirers. He refrained from a personal attack on Reynolds and left it up to the voters t decide between them a basis of their records. Improves Organization The most important factor in. the outcome of the senatorial pri mary Saturday, however, is likely to be organization. Morrison had little or none in the first primary, for lack of attention. The polls will open at sunrise- Saturday and close at sunset. All persons registered for the first primary are eligible to vote in the second. There will be no markers , in the booths this time, the state board of elections having decreed their abolition as a measure ef economy. WORK STARTED ON NEW CHURCH AT PINE GROVE Work was started Monday morn ing on the new Pine Grove Bap tist church, which will replace the old church burned about three months ago. The new building will be below J. D. McCoy's store on highway No. 28. It is planned te have the new church finished in time for the Baptist association! meeting to be held there in six weeks. V Former Franklin Woman ,Y.rii o ir 1-1 .1 i : runs aeir in roriiana Mrs. Frank Boss, of Portland, Ore., formerly Miss Flprence Ashe, of Franklin, committed suicide Tuesdav. Tune 21. bv shootiner her self through the heart with a .38 caliber revolver, according to re- over ill health is thought to have been the cause of her act. Mrs. Boss had1 made her home in Oregon' for about 16 years. She was born in Jackson county, later moving to Macon, where she lived for several years. . The deceased is survived by her husband, Mr. prank Boss, of Port-f land, two brothers ; T. B. Ashe, of Franklin, and . M. Ashe, ot Jack son county; and" two sisters, Mre. R. B. Sutton, of Franklin, and Mrs. G. M. Green, of Green's Creek, Jackson county.
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