North Carolina Newspapers

7 O ii'lihli lrnifLd ) V Use the Want Aib Classified advertisements' in The Franklin Press bring results. If you have something to sell or trade, try a classified ad. The cost is small only one cent a word with a mini mum charge of 25 cents for each insertion. ttnb 4 . . 2 ri f ri-Ti s A:;::::.L!y Cuts Costs Fiva Ttr H::!s Ik! J He-J Contracts Let Traffic Deaths Dcdlr.2 PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIII, No. 2 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933 $150 PER YEAR '-' I 4 CPEN CLASH AT MILL GATE On Tuesday morning 25 men at tempted to force a strike at the Hannah Pickett mill in Rocking ham by blocking workers from the gate.. Six officers' dispersed them and arrested Numa Stogner and Howard Davis as the leaders. The mill was closed last fall for 58 days by a strike. HILL HEADS PIEDMONT LEAGUE Dan Hill, Asheville, was chosen president of the Piedmont base ball league in a Wednesday meet ing at Greensboro. : Greensboro, Durham and Wilmington will hold their franchises. Bud Moore, Charlotte, surrendered that fran chise. February 10 was set as date for the next meeting and as limit of time allowed Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Asheville and High Point to fill the three other berths in a six-club league. , ROOSEVELT HEARS STIMSON A summary of the complex in ternational relationships of the fed eral government was given to President-elect Roosevelt on Mon day by Secretary of State Henry - L. Stimson, in an all-day confer ence in New York. STALIN CITES WAR THREATS Joseph Stalin, 'Soviet dictator, has made a formal report on the Russian five-year v plan. He .ad mits only 93 per cent of - the general industrial program was attained and declared that threats of war diverted energy of 'the state necessary to complete the plan. TRAFFIC DEATHS DECLINE Motor vehicle fatalities . in the United States numbered about 29,000 in 1932, the national Safety Council reports. This was . 4,000 fewer fatalities than occurred in 1931, a decline of " 13 per cent. The decrease is partly accounted for in -. the decrease jof traffic. Automobile registration and gas oline sales were from 5 to 6 per cent less in 1932 than in ROAD CONTRACTS LET The highway commission on Fri- "day-'approved bids-for-construction of 54 miles of highyays in seven projects, "the bids totaling $283,500. The -commission voted to - have- a $175,000 bridge built over the Ca tauba river between Charlotte and Gastonia and a $55,000 bridge over the Yadkin river at ' North Wilkes boro. ' I BURLINGTON AIRPLANE CRASH . . Lawrence Gywn, 47, was criti cally hurt in the crash of his airplane at Burlington, Sunday afternoon. Offered the alterna tive of having both legs ampu tated or. risking grave chances of losing his life he decided to keep his legs and take a chance. FIVE TAR HEELS HELD William Wairer,i Samuel Wal ler,' Orel Buck, -Harveyi Vernon, " and James Midkiff ' all North I Carolinians held in the Stuart, Va. jail for ... the December killingof one officer and wounding of an other, were in Saturday held by ePa1fkkcraiity-grandiury-ori 15 indictments . charging murder, assault, housebreaking and larce ny. , ' ' ' . WOULD SERVE BROTHER'S TIME Clifford Perry, Elizabeth City youth, tried to serve a three months whisky sentence for his . brother at Norfolk, but the changed identity of the prisoner under bond was discovered - and Clifford had to pay a $25 fine for obstructing justice. $1,635,000 MORE FOR RELIEF The Reconstruction Finance cor poration has allotted North Caro lina $1,635,000 for emergency re lief in January and February. Mecklenburg and Guilford county, each to receive $100,000, share most heavily in th'e distribution to the counties, of the state. ASSEMBLY CUTS COSTS "A,; reduction of approximately 100 in the number of , employees of the general assembly is to be made for this session. Total costs of the session; are to be greatly less than the, $187,118 which was the total cost of, the 141-day session , of two years ago, RUINED LINER TOWED IN The hulk of the liner Atlantique, which was gutted by fire in the English channel last week result ing in the loss of 18 , lives, was on Friday towed into the French port i of Cherbourg, ECChOLiY URGED BYHIKIIAUS Inauguration of New Chief Executive Marked by Simplicity SEES DARK PICTURE! Expresses Confidence in "Character, Courage" Of People At the simplest inaugural exer cises in Raleigh in many a year John Christopher Blucher Ehring liaus, of Elizabeth City, became the 54th governor of North Carolina last Thursday noon. Although only a few days out of a Norfolk, Va., hospital and apparently weak from 1iis recent illness, the new chief executive determinedly delivered his inaugural message, painting a dark picture of the state's finan cial plight but declaring optimisti-; cally that "I have faith in the character and. courage-oLihepeo-lAc of Nuilh Carolina." ."Whether we are willing to ad mit it or not," Governor Ehring haus said, "the state which we love has reached the crossroads of its financial destiny and upon our present choice of highways de pends its economic salvation and stability. . . . . Urge Balanced Budget "Ladies and gentlemen of the assembly, the most important and imperative duty that , rests upon you greets you at the threshold of your labors THE BUDGET MUST BE BALANCED IMMEDI ATELY 1 And when I say bal anced I mean balanced on the basis of substantial certainty, be yond canvil, doubt or disputation. Unles this is accomplished quickly, chaos,-Tonfusion,- contumely,de faults, scrip payments and destruc tion of our institutions are im mediately ahead, ,-It , is - an. ugly, picture,.Ipaint-4t with reluctance, but -at such Jan -hour -the . plain, unvarnished truth - is best; North Carolinians know how to 'take ' it on the chin and "take it standing up. ; : . . Other Recommendations Following is a list of the "prin cipal recommendations set forth in the governor's message r -- 4A balanced budget immediately. 2rLevy of to-new-taxes.- 3. Immediate revaluation of pro perty. ' 4. Relief from the 15-cent state wide levy for support of schools. 5. Drastic curtailment in spend ing. 6. Economy in general govern mental set-up. 7. Abolition of entertainment fund for chief executive. 8. Abolition of position of exec utive counsel and granting to gov ernor of power to- appoint pardon commissioner. ' , 9, Transfer, of local government commission to treasury department. 10, Consolidation of highway and prison departments. Consolidation of - all motor-vehicle collections. - 11. Elimination of duplications in gov ermentaMunction s 12. No new commitments involv ing additional state money. 13. No diversion of highway funds. ' 14. No new construction of high ways for next bienniurh. 15. Broader supervision of local governments. 16. Consolidation of counties or of counties and towns'. v 17. Elimination or consolidation of local government . statutory of fices, i 18. Interpretation of local salary limitations to allow reductions. 19. Supervision of local expendi tures and tax levies. 20. Extension of local debt ma turity dates. 21. Reduction in cost of tax fore closures. , 22. Foreclosure postponement of back taxes. ' 23. Discontinuance of unrestram ed fee expenditures. 24. Stimulation of livestock, dai rying Jand poultry, industries. Juniors Plan District Convention Jan. 19 The first district convention of the Junior Order United Ameri can Mechanics will be held in the Odd Fellows hall here Thurs day, January 19, with Hugh Mon teith, of Sylva, district deputy, in charge. The initial meeting is scheduled for 7:30 o'clock' in the eyening. After the business session and the election of of ficers refreshments will be ser ved. ' Tallulah Fall s Railway Hearing Delayed a Week; P r o s p e cts Discouraging Hearing before Federal Judge E. Marvin Underwood on the petition of J. F. Gray, receiver of the Tallulah Fall Railway company, seeking authority , to discontinue operation of the line, hat been continued luntil Saturday morning, January 14. The, hearing, which wai con tinued from ' laxt J'uly, wai scheduled for last Saturday. D. D. Rice and M. L. Dow die, of Franklin, and Col. T. L. Bynum, of Clayton, Ga., went to Atlanta to oppose the discontinuanco petition. Judge Underwood was ill and the hearing was put off for one week. On his return to Franklin Mr. Rice was gloomy over prospects for saving the "T F. " When Judge Underwood de ; ferrea action on "the discontin uance petition last July he said ' he wduld give the railroad one more chance to show that it could operate on a self-sustaining basis. Shippers and freight consignees in Franklin, Clay ton and other points served by the line signed agreements to use the railroad in prefer-, ence to motor carriers. -This stimulated traffic over the line and ' shipments of gravel and road machinery for use in Ma con county brought ' an in-, crease in revenues For a, few months, according to H. L. Brewer, general manager, the railroad was self-sustaining. Attorneys for the Southern . Railroad iri Atlanta, however, told Mr.-Rice -and-Mr-Dow- die that tor the past six months the "T. F." has been operating at an average monthly los of Club To Meet Work of Young Democrats To Be Discussed Plans for continuing the work of the Young People's Democratic Club of - Macon - county will " be discussed at a meeting of the organization in ' the courthouse Saturday afternoon," January 21. The program for the meeting has been announced by John W. Ed wards, president of the club, as follows: Music by the club's string band. Opening prayer by the Rev. O. P. Ader, pastor of the Methodist church. Song America. Welcome address and a dis cission of plans for the next two years John W. Edwards. A talk on how the club may be .of service, to. the party Frank I. Murray. - .. "Why - Roosevelt Should Make & Great" President" Dr W A; Rogers. i'How ;th e Gub Helped T in the Last Eelcction" Samuel J. ""Mur ray. .o"Why We Women Are Proud To Be Members of the Y. P. D. C." Miss Elizabeth Slagle. . Open forum conducted by -Frank Norton, Harley Cabc, C. S. Til ley, Grady Owens and Miss Nan nie Potts. Bible Class Room Under Construction The grinding noise of an air pressure drill, making way for windows through the 18-inch , con crete wall of the First Baptist church, sent out " the message Thursdoy that work had begun on the new class room for the Judge Awtry Bible class. This class is to construct a room in the base ment of the church to care for its growing membership. The room will cost a little less than two hundred - dollars includ ing labor, and will furnish seating capacity for about one hundred men - . :: " . .' LEAS' BOND ENDANGERED North Carolina may find it dif ficult to collect the $30,000 and $20,000 bonds given at Asheville by Luke Lea, Tennessee publisher, and his son, if the Leas should choose not. to surrender by Janu ary 17 the final date set for them to meet terms of sentence for con spiring to wreck the Central Bank The Union Indemnity company, New Orleans, which furnished the bonds, is in receivership. While in Atlanta the Frank lin and Clayton delegation con ferred with Hugh Couch, as sistant to the vice president of the Southern, which controls the Tallulah Falls line. Mr. Rice reported that Mr. Couch was not encouraging. It is understood that one of the large creditors of the Tallulah Falls is pressing its claim and it is feared that this will caluse other creditors to' take similar action to protect their interests. 'The only hope I see," said Mr. Rice, "is that We pack the federal courtroom m Atlanta next Saturday morning with, people from Franklin end Clay ton. Then, maybe the judge, seeing such a crowd of interest ed persons, will be inclined to postpone action for another sixty or ninety clays." Efforts -are being made to employ an outstanding attor ney to represent the cause of the communities served by the Tallulah Falls, but as yet none has been retained. The Ma con county commissioners and do the town council of Frank lin have agreed to put up a "reasonable amount" to defray the expense of legal represen tation. No meeting of shippers has been . called to plan course of action, as this is being . handled by a committee com posed of M. D. Billings, chair man, D. D. Rice and M. L. Dowdle. This committe is en couraging all who can to at tend the hearing next Satur- day in:-At!anta. ThoewhoJ can go who do not have a means of transportation are urged to communicate with Mr. Rice. Would Allow One Free DcgriwEach"" F amiljr 1 Carrying . out ..pre-election campaign promise, R. A. Pat ton, state senator from the33rnr district, introduced a bill in the legislature Tuesday - to exempt ti'omlaxatforied6gTd every famUynMacon7"Clay7CherO" kee,1 Graham and Swain counties Representative C. L. Ingram of Macon also committed him self in behalf of such a measure in campaign speeches. Various attempts were mde in the general assembly two years ago to repeal dog taxes but all failed. Vance Brown Dies Pioneer Mica Developer Well Known Here W, Vance Brown, pioneer de-velppcf-ofthemica'busmcss"in Western North Carolina, died from aZhcariZattackI,carlyrlusHFriday morning" at: his home in Asheville. Mr. Brown, who was president of the Asheville Mica company, was well known in Franklin. For some years his company operated a mica cutting plant here. The funeral was held Saturday aftet'noon at , Trinity Episcopal Church, Asheville, of which Mr. Brown was senior warden. The church was crowded with persons from all walks of life. Born in New Zealand but of pioneer North Carolina stock, Mr. Brown came to Asheville with his parents In 1895. As the years passed he became a prominent fig ure in the business, social, civic and religious life of Western North Carolina. Mr. Brown, who was 68 years old, is survived by his widow, the former Mrs. Carl Bestrum, whom he married in 1924; two sons, J. Fuller Brown and V. Jordon Brown ; two daughters, Mrs.- Fran ceS-Fieldand-Mrs..George.Shu- ford, all of Asheville and children of his first-wife;- a sister, Mrs. S. William Blood, of New York; two brothers, Potts Brown, of Richmond, Va. ; and S. Herbert Brown, of Asheville; and three grandchildren. IS WOODMAN CHIEF Elisha B. Lewis, Kingston, has been named chairman of the di rectors of the soverign camp of the Woodmen of the World. He had been previously tendered the office of head councul, but had declined. STATE SALARY CUTS PROPOSED More Economy Bills Are Introduced in State Legislature 1 ALREADY PASSED Representative Cover Seeks Repeal of State's Dry law Introduction of . numerous bills aimed at effecting economy in the state government has featured the first week of the 1933 General As sembly in session at Raleigh. Only one of the economy meas-: ures has been passed, however, ac tion on all others having been de ferred until after Governor Ehring haus has delivered his message on the budget next Monday night. The lower house passed a bill Wednesday of last ''week-slashing the salaries of elected state of- ficers 15 per cent. The -Senate passed "We -ia;me: bill--Thursday! morning, shortly before inaugura tion of the new governor and oth er state officers, but a question has been raised as to the constitution ality of the measure because the constitution prohibits the reduc tion or increase of the salary of a state officer during his term of office. Some legal minds are of the opinion that enactment of the measure on the same day-new officers were sworn in would make it valid. Asks Voluntary Cuts . The Senate, however, adopted a resolution yesterday calling on all state officials, including judges and members of the legislature, volun tarily to accept a cut in their salaries. One of the most outstanding economy bills introduced was -one by Representative S. E. Douglas, of Wakej to abolish county super-intendents-of-education-and-place supervision f public schools in 4he hands of school managers appointed for each of the 11 congressional 3isTncts. Salaries oT"the school managers would be placed at $2,000 with $1,200 Tor travelingnexpenses ancT$3,000"f or"cl eficaTnTssI sfancef The author of the bill estimated that it would have $300,000 a year. Another-economy- bill introduced bv Representative Don etas vides for a graduated scale of re ductions in the salaries of all state highway employees receiving more than $1,500 a year. The reduc tions proposed would range from 10 per cent for the smaller salaries to 33 1-3 per cent for the larger ones. Sales Tax Sought A gross sales tax of one half of one per cent on the gross sales value of every product manufac tured in North Carolina is pro posed in a bill introduced by Sen ator Hayden Clement of Rowan, chairman of the upper .hous om: liiittce on a p p ropria tib ns'. In the house, Representative Randolph, of Swain county, and Lumpkin, of Franklin county, pro- Psed?ta,:OP- ?.a.u?.LXiv.?Pe.?lc?.ni of - the - present federal levy - on manufactured tobacco products,, es timating it would produce $14,900, 000 annually. Repeal Bill It fell to Representative Cover, of Cherokee county, who at 23 is the youngest memDer oi me legislature, to explode the prohibi tion bombshelll. There seemed to be a tacit understanding among the legislative leaders that the prohibition question "-would be avoided as long . as possible ; but young Cover introduced a bill Tues day providing for outright repeal of the Turlington Act, the state s stringent prohibition enforcement statute. If the Turlington act should be repealed at this session and' the national prohibition laws modified by congress at the short session or a special session in March, North Carolina would be ready for light wines and beer. -- The Cover bill was sidetracked, however, when it was referred to the judiciary committee, this, com mittee deciding to delay the meas ure until congress has definitely voted in beer and light wines. DROP ELECTION FRAUD CASES Federal election fraud charges against 23 Watauga county men for alleged obstructions in the 1930 elections, were dropped by middle district federal court in Greensboro last week. Two sim ilar cases, already tried, ended in acquittal New Relief Loan Allotment Givei $3,000 Only 12 Confederate Veterans Left in County George W. Parrish, 90-year old Confederate veteran, died at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home near West's Mill after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held at Coweo Baptist church at 2 o'clock Wednesday after noon. ' Mr. Parrish's death leaves only 12 veterans of the gray still living in Macon county. He was a member of Company H, 16th Regiment of North Car olina state troops. He was a farmer in the Otto section for several years before moving to West's Mill. He is survived by hie widow and three children Will arrishof OlUiMri Gordie Bradley, of the state of Washington ; and R. L. Parrish of West's Mill. DEATH CLAIMS F. N. JOHNSON Clarkesville Man's Death Caused by Stroke of Paralysis Fred N. Johnson, 60,' died at his home in Clarkesville, Ga., Monday morning at 3 o'clock. Death re sulted from a stroke of paralysis a week ago. -Funeral services werehclJal the Cartoogechaye Baptist church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with- the -Revr-P Cr-Burfcll pastor of - the First - Baptist chtrrrfi-of Clarkesville, having charge of the services. Ifr. Johnson was formerly of Macon county, having moved to Clarkesville about 20 year ago. He was superintendent of Carpen ters of the Georgia Power, com pany. "Mr. JohiisorTTs sufwetTTiy seven mtrtren ; two sisters, MrsT Ledford, of Franklin and Mrs. D. M. Sweatman, of Franklin, Route 1 ; two brothers, George Johnson, of Franklin Route 1, and Williams S. Johnson, of Birdsview, Washington. j? Only 10 Marriages In Macon during 1933 Only 10 marriages were perform ed in Macon county in 1932, as against 21 the previous.' year, ac cording to figures compiled by C. Tom Bryson, who as register of deeds has charge of issuing . inar f i agcTl icctis c : sZZTh e."F e"v mar ri age s reported in this county, is.. attribut cdJeJhjLJacUhatiunyNtacQii county couples went to Clayton and other points in Georgia to get marrTed because Georgia laws provide no marriage bans and do not require medical examination. DISASTROUS FIRE AT SPARTA Nine business buildings and the Alleghany courthouse burned at Sparta, Saturday afternoon, when a fire started in a cafe and was quickly spread by a north wind to other buildings.- County rec- ords were saved in a fireproof vault. The loss is from $75,000 to $100,000, citizens estimate. ' POLITICS ARE CHEAPER . Cutting the cost' of the 11928 campaign in half, the Republican national committee has reported expenses of the 1932 campaign as $2,670,652, the Democrats report ex penditures of $2,250000. NUMBER OF JOBLESS GROWS William Green, president of " the -American - Federation -of Labor.-es- timates 11,590,000 able workers were out-of-work in November and says this record number has fur ther increased. However, he says unemployment V, not increased so rapidly this year as in others. r'13ELL IS PAROLED One of the last acts of Gover nor Max Gardner was to parole W. W. Campbell, Asheville, sen tenced to death in 1922, for kill ing his sweetheart. His sen tence was commuted to life, im prisonment , in 1923, and reduced to 20 years in 1929. . to Macon $1,000 Provided for Work In January; $2,000 In February MUCH ROAD WORK $3,268 already Spent on Relief Projects, Says Miss Davis An additional $3,000 to meet em ergency relief needs has been al loted to Macon county by the Governor's Office of Relief out of the. $1,635,000 loan recently re ceived by the state from the fed eral "Reconstruction Finance Cor poration. CLehmiiuL.ioJlarsoL-the - ciMifiiy't new attotiiienl in " fur rr - lief work during Tanuarv and $2,000 pfor emergency activities in reDruary. the money is to be paid in installments. For several weeks the county welfare department, which is super vising expenditure of the relief funds, has been paying workmen employed -on-relief -projects with requisitions on merchants for food, clothing and other necessary sup- plies. Miss Rachel Davis, county welfare superintendent, explained that this system was adopted on the instructions of the state relief director with view to insuring ex penditure of the money only for, absolute necessities. $3,268 Spent Much work of a nnhlir mem nature- has been accomplished " with the relief funds. Miss Davis announced last week that since October this county has received $3,268 in relief funds,- affording employment for 740 men on 26 -different projects in various sections of the county. - ' . ' TMost of the projects have been road work which was supervised DyState highway employees. For the remainder ofthe winter the State highway commission has placed at ' the relief committee's disposal,- f iv e" for"Fm'enithlrucks7 antahala National F6resTof- ficials have offered fence posts and lumber that will be required to fence the athletic field at the Franklin high school. 'A. number of business men of Franklin have , offered the use of their trucks to haul this material to the grounds Cemetery Improved The Franklin cemetery associa tion is providing supervision and tcamsi for hauling gravel for a crew at work , on the cemetery property. The county commission ers have cooperated with the re lief committee by making an ap- JTSBrit'P,11 :;Jtor..e.xtra work..tp...be..,. done-i on'-the -grounds .of; the new -county home. This project is jvrovuling employment -for a crew of from 15 to 20 men for four Substitutes Explained " Several weeks ago reports were current that the. maintenance di vision of the state highway com mission was taking advantage of the emergency relief funds and was laying off regular employees, substituting for them workmen hired at a lower wage and paid out of the relief fund. Inquiring into these reports , Miss Davis wrote, J. T. Knight, district en gineer of the highway commission with offices at Asheville, who re plied in part: "As you probably knowl funds for highway and road maintenance are very low at this time. For several months we have been spend ing in Macon county rrtore than our budget . for that county. We were allowed to do this with the understanding that we would re duce our forces and expenditures when the weather forced us to discontinue surfacing. . : "The. use, of relief labor. in, Ma con county will permit us to do maintenance - work - on roads and highways which we could not do under our regular highway funds." TEN BILLIONS FOR PLAY The people of the United States spend over $10,000,000,000 yearly for recreation, it is found in the three-year survey of social trends. Automobile vacations, cost $3,200, 000,000. Boxing pool, cabarets, fra ternal societies, baseball are de clining in favor. Golf footba" hunting an hiking are growi; more popular. . V (1 t