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7 Use the Want Ada 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. l-Ji V I . y" . . Era Cut Clr.'o's Payroll : . Au rccates Sales Tax Dt!rs up .Treaties Tax Penalties Stand PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIII, NO. 3 FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, JAN. 19, 1933 V $1.50 PER YEAR .' ' i a i "V ) PRESENTS BUDGET MESSAGE Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus on Monday night presented to the general assembly the budget for the two years opening July 1, 1933, as recommended by the advisory budget commission with total ap propriations of $82,250,000 suggested for the next biennium as compared with ." $104,815,000 for the current one, the reduction to be made chiefly through the slashing pf sal aries. The governor opposed the budget proposal to divert $2,000,000 from the highway fund to the gen eral fundr and also the refunding $2,908,000 of general fund , bonds which will mature. He did not suggest means for new revenue to make up this difference. v REFUSE TO ABOLISH TAX PENALTIES A bill by Representative Bowie of Ashe county to abolish .tax-penalties' was .killed by a vote of 62 to 54 in the lower house of the General Assembly Tuesday after an hour's debate. ''.' The joint finance committee of the house and Sen ate approved the recommendation for removal of the 15 cent state wide land tax for schools, but vot ed against' a proposal "for refund" ing bond maturities during the next two years. The, bill to abolish tax penalties was opposed by the State Association of County commission ers on the ground that it would delay tax collections to such an extent that it would force many Counties to default on their bond payments and bring on virtual bankruptcy. HENRY BURKE TO QUIT Hnry Burke, fiscal director of the state in the last two adminis trations," has announced he will shortly terminate his. services in North Carolina. He has held the nominal title of assistant director of the budget. STATE- PAYROLL $24,646,401 North Carolina last year paid its public servants $24,646,401, the di rector ...of. personnel jeports. School officers and teachers were paid $13,427,515, highway . employes, .$5,-1 123.542, educational institutions sal aries $3,298,200, bureaus and com mission salaries $1,602,310, charit able and correctional . institutions $836,798, and judiciary salaries $358, 036. 5UGUE5TS 5UKKY INDICTMENTS Attorney General Dennis Brtyji mitt has reported to Solicitor Car lisle Higgins that , findings on ir regularities in Surry county in the last primary, justify indictments against six citizens. The attorney general direcfed a probe at Dob son on June 24 and 25. HOOVER FOR SALES TAX A low general sales tax . on all commodities except food and cheap elothine was urced by President Hoover in a special message Tead to Congress Tuesday. The presi dent reminded the lawmakers that the -budget must be balanced and scored them for "disappointing" re sults in appropriation reductions. STANDS BY TREATIES "American foreign policy must uphold .the sanctity of internation al treaties," President-elect Roose velt declared in a stotement Tues day, one of his first on official pol icy. He declined to comment di rectly on the Japanese-Chinese con flict or any other specific instance, declaring that statements regarding any particular foreign situation must come from the secretary of state. 9 Charged with Driving . Cars without Licenses . Warrants charging nine persons with, operating private automobiles ontaxis without new licenses were sworn out Wednesday by . W. C. Martin, state license inspector, "An inspector and a motorcycle - patrolman - visited . Franklin- arly last week checking up on license plates,' but no arrests were inade. r" i Dr. W. A. Rogers Named County Physician Dr. Wiley , A. Rogers has been reelected county physician by the county board of health, which is composed of Walter Gibson, chair man of the county board of com missioners; George B, Patton, may or of Franklin; Dr. S. R Lyic, i chairman of the county board of education; M. D. Billings, county superintendent of schools, and Dr. It. T. Horsiey. WOULD (BARGE . ABSENTEE LAW C. L. Ingram Introduces 2 Bills Pertaining to Macon County ELECTIONIS SOUGHT Would Let People Vote on Whether To Employ Farm Agent A bill, to prohibit the use of the absentee ballot in Macon county "except .in the ruse where voters actually in the township where they desire . to vote are physically un able to attend the-polls on account of sickness," was introduced in the legislature last week by Represen tative . Charles L. Ingram. -, Another bill introduced by Rep resentative Ingram provides for the election of a. chairman of the coun ty board "of commissioners at the November. 19-34. election. The ch airman '"' of "tl i'c " commis si on;tih d ef the existing law, Is. elected by" the commissioners themselves."' This bil lalso would submit to a. vote of the ueonle the ouestion of 'whether the county should employ a farm demonstration agent. If the vote should be affirmative, the county 'commissioners would be , authorized to - appoint a county agent. The county budget for. the current year carries an appropria tion of $1,080 for the farm demon stration agent. This is, matched by an equal amount by the state and, federal governments. , . Pollution Bill ' A storm of protest has been evoked by a bill by Representative Randolph of Swain county to pro hibit the pollution of the Tucka seegee and Tennessee rivers and their tributaries is Macon, Swain and Jackson counties. This measure- wonld.jtnaktit-unlawfulJiQjis-charge Lor. cause to be discharged into the -waters of the Tuckaseegee or Tennessee rivers in the coun- ties of . Jackson,.. Macon and Swain, or any of the tributaries thereof, any deleterious or poisonous sub stance or substances injurious to fish, health of stock or people, or any substance whatsoever wdiich has a tendency to render the wat ers offensive or discolor them so ;-to kstroy- the- beauty-tyT A X X x." .--' The newly organized . Western North Carolina manufacturers as sociation, through its representa tive, W. A. Egerton, of Asheville, is .planning to put up a strong fight against the bill. Representa tives Dan Tompkins of Jackson, G. W. Cover, Jr., of Cherokee,, and i W. A. Sullivan of Buncombe have expressed their opposition to the measure. Creates Rift The Randolph bill has created a rift among western representatives with the result that it may become one of the hardest fought meas ures of the early session. Sanders Infant Dies After-Short Illness- Lawrnce Sanders, three-months- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Sanders, died at their home on Watauga January 11 at 10 o clock after an illness of several days. Funeral services were held at the Watauga Baptist church Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Survivine are his parents, five brothers and sister. WILSON'S DAUGHTER DIES Mrs. Jcssiij Sayrc, daughter of Woodrow Wilson, herself active in state and'national politics, died at Cambridge, Mass., on Sunday. She underwent .an operation, oojsatur day. . Child's Skull Fractured When Struck by Auto - - "DauT Watktns, 'two' "and ' a "half j pavement were neasure.(l, showing year old fni of- Mr-r- and Mrs. ...W.i that .he had . skidded 93 feet. D, 'Warkins, suffered a fractured The littlo boy' was taken to the skull' and a bursted ear drum when struck by an automobile on high way 285 near the Log ..Cabin fill ing s'tatioti about 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, The child was said 'to have run into the street irk the path of the oncoming automobile. ' His mother and a nurse witnessed the acci dent. IV driver of the car, who gave his name as Leo M. Diggs, of Detroit, Mich., put on his brakes and was said to have attempted to swerve out of the way of the child. Later tirfl marks on the iculite, New Mineral Used in Insulating Steel Houses, Now Being Mined Macon county, for .many years a rich source of mica and other non metallic minerals, is now supplying the outside world with a new ma terial dug from its rocky moun tainsides. Vermiculite is its' tech nical name and one of its uses is as an insulation core for the ultra modern steel , houses now being tried out in eastern metropolitan centers. It is also thought that vermicu lite, which is a form of mica with brownish' gold color, may be used for other purposes, and experi ments are reported to be under way with view to its use in the manufacture of roofing and paints. The first carload of vermiculite to be shipped in the eastern part of the United States was loaded out of Franklin last week by Phil ip S, Hoyt. This is. the second new rulneral " which has been de veloped in this section and intro-lter duced to industrial users by Mr. IlOy t-mnln gngln quarters here. The first was kya nite, which he reports is beinf shipped on a very encouraging and steady basis! Kyanite is used in high class refractory brick for fur naces .'4 that must: withstand great heat, and- also in some spark plugs. A third new mineral, Mr. tioyt told The' Press, is now in coyrsc SCHOOL OPENS 10 Franklin Men Taking Training Course At Sylva Thirty-three men, " Including 10 from Franklin, attended the first session ofthe" Scout Leaders' Training .School-Thursday night at the high school building in Sylva The" men were -welcomed by - Prof W. C. Reed, chairman of the Smoky Mountains district of the Boy Scouts and J. H. Kirk, chair man of the training committee for the district. Three other sessions areo"bfiheld,MrrKrrkannounc" e V ne second " and third are -to be held at Sylva on Thursday night. January 19 and 26 and the final session will be held at the Cherokee school on Friday after noon and Saturday, February 3 and 4. The course is open to anyone mterestea in ooys ana is pari oi scout leaders. Certificates are awarded by the national council of the Boy Scouts of America to all those who complete the work. A. W. Allen, of Asheville, scout ex ecutive, s-dircctor--and -ibeing assisted - by Fred C Lockwood. After completion of the course, several 7 Scout - troops-will - be or ganized in the Smoky Mountains district, - including .Sylva, Franklin &illowhe-and-iIighlandti-Toapi are already operating at Brysoti City and Cherokee. , Those attending the course last Thursday night from Franklin were Ed Eaton, Paul Carpenter, Harley Cabe, Arthur Flanagan, Don Young, J. . D. Franks, Dick Slagle, R. R. Smithwick, James B. Por ter, J, D. Seastrunk. BEAD CHOKES CHILD . TO DEATH Joretta Hedrick, 20 months, Thomasville, tried to swallow a bead on Saturday morning. It lodg ed in her windpipe. She died Sun day morning in a Charlotte hos pitat. , . . '.-.' hospital.- Claiming that the acci dent was unavoidable, Mr. Diggs persuaded Mrs. Watkins to sign a statement ' releasing him of any blame. Later, however, Mr. Wat kins swore out a warrant for Din :; !, who was arrested in 'Gainesville. Ga. The next day Mr.; Watkins decided not to prosecute and Di was released from, custody. Little Dan was reported improved Wednesday and was taken home. Mr. Watkins recently came to Franklin as an engineer for the State Highway Commission. SCOUT LEADERS of development and he hopes soon to add this 'to the list "of new minerals being, pioneered in the southeastern states. He - declined' to reveal the name of this new mineral. , . "The outlook for non-metallic minerals, particularly those that can be introduced to the" large in dustries, is very ... good,". Mr. Hoyt said, "and some negotiations are now in progress for the movement of considerable, quantities of vermi culite." A group of men from New Jer sey interested in the development of vermiculite visited Macon coun ty last week but they did not di vulge their plans. They are ex pected, however, to return later. Increased interest is also being .shown in this , county's mica re sources., i new mica mining en terpriselias been started by Wal H. Winley and a Mr. Ballen- tme, both of Asheville, on the iiaadwaters.fswe::creek, about 11 miles northeast of Franklin. A wall mica punching plant has been built near the old 'Rnaslcy mine No. 2 and four punching machines installed. 'Power is 10 be furnished by the Western Carolina Utilities, Tnc, It is -estimated that when fhe ton-mam-' operates at caoacitv it will employ -20 to 25 men. STORES A Thieves Enter A & P Store, Blumenthal's and . Arnold's Cafe The Atlantic and Pacific Tea company's store was robbed of Tricrchandi sc "valued at "$35 "lu $10 and $1.23 in cash Wednesday night. 1 1 was the third store robbery in Franklin, in ... the past -10 ... days When employes of the store went to work Thursday morning they discovered that the cash drawer had been rifled and a sack of coffee, all the loose cigareetes and some other tobacco had been Te-movc-d. TiiobbejLiQj.cAuxersJiad. broken-through -the -rear-transom. The only clue they left was a 12-inch footprint, i A store room of the Farmers Supply company, back of the Star Market in the same building, also was entered, but a preliminary checkup showed that nothing was missing. Red Cross flour as well as other groceries were stored in this room. Arnold's cafe was entered last Saturday night and Fred Arnold, proprietor reported that between $27 and $35 had been removed from the cash register. "Entry had been made through -a -"basement door' Early last week thieves placed a plank from the alley to the sill of a rear "window" of " Moses TTJhf tnenthal's store. They broke t h roii ph " "t 1 i e" wi ndow and got away wj th abou t $6 in casfii and mer- chandise valued at about $40. Tuesday night two suspicious young men in a small roadster abandoned their car aild fled when they were given chase. The car was held, but its occupants have not been caught. No arrests have been made in connection with any of the rob beries. Alarmed- over the repeated store robberies, Franklin merchants have started a movement to se cure night police protection. C. A.Duvall Dies at Home At Young Cane. Ga. C. A. Duvall, 68, died at his home in Young Cane, Ga., on Fri day, Dec. 22, 1932, after an illness of several months. Mr. Duvall was born and reared in - Macon county, having spent many years here before moving to Georgia. . He was a member of the .Meth odistchurchalso-amemberjof Young Cane Masonic order, and was a representative to the state legislature one term. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lillie Duvall, daughter of the late Joseph Morgan, of Macon county, '.one daughter, Mrs. Roy Rogers, two brothers and two sis ters and other close relatives and friends' in Macon comity who will regret to learn of his death. A group of ' Orange County farmers have raised funds to buy a Perchcron stallion. One farmer has bought a pure bred mare. ' MR STRIDES I ADE m Results of 5-10 Program Reviewed at Meeting In Asheville MACON MEN ATTEND Franks Cites Improve ments Brought about In This County Reports from 18 western North Carolina- counties reflecting great strides in agriculture, especially in improvement of stock ami in attain ing a greater self-sufficiency on hundreds of individual' farms, were submitted at a farm meeting in Asheville Monday night celebrating the first anniversary of the W, N. C. 5-10 Year Farm Program. H. Arthur Osborne, of Haywood county, was reelected chairman of the regional council directing the farm program. A large group from Macon coun-ty,-iicaded."i)r7anLfiGaikst: courtty chairman of the movement, and Fred S. Sloan, county farm agent, attended the meeting. . Reviews Progress . Reporting on progress made in this county last year Mr. Franks said community committees' of five m Tihefs er'.rh hud bn n 'organized in the 47 school districts of the county to further the 5-10 Year Program, to encourage the' live-at-home, movement 'and' to direct local welfare work. Tlie;e colnmittees. Springs, Union, Patton, lotla Car toogechaye and bethel. The coun tywide program he estimated, had reached 1,800 persons and ." 1,100 farms. "Two fairs were held," Mr. Franks told the gathering at" "Ashe ville, "one by the vocational agri-cultnre-class-at-thc rrnVKrFfrMr school and one by the arfoo;.e chaye community organizatinm $3,000 Saved "More outlets for farm -products have been obtained by the or ganized community groups and the farmers have jnade a saving oi approximately $3,000 by cooperative sales. This was brought about through the organized effort of fanners" tu go iiroTeriifcTtly"to"thc consumer, ' such as Til the " coop erative cattle sale." Citing improvement in Macon county agriculture during the last year, Mr. Franks pointed out: Twenty-nx Poland . China sows and 14 boars placed in 14 com munities. Six Guernsey bulls, two' short horn bulls, four Hereford bulls, six Hereford heifers and two Guernsey heifers were placed in Lvanous communities. Four thousand purebred chicks were placed. , . Twelve thousand,;, five hundred pounds lespedeza. seed,, sufficient for 500 acres, were bought, repre- senting an increase over the pre vious year of 200 per cent. A .500 per cent increase in. peas IN FARM WOR andther-soiLimprovcmcn.tcrops,IcQniniunityi Three purebred rams brought in to the county. Twenty winter cover crop dem onstration projects sponsored by the Franklin Rotary club. Twenty-five per cent increase in pasture improvement. Erection of two sweet potato cur ing houses, 14 farrowing houses, five brooder houses and three brick brooders. Improvement in home beautifica tion and home gardens. BOX SUPPER A box supper for the benefit of the Cowec baseball team will be held Friday night, January 27, at 7:30 o'clock at the Cowee school house. Col. Robertson In Fall from High Bank "The" condition' of Colonel ' 1 lenry Robertson, Franklin attorney, who was found unconscious last Satur day night after a fall from a high bank on the Georgia road, was re ported greatly improved Wednes day and he was dismissed from Angel Brothers' hospital. ' After visiting the home 'of Rob ert Davis, a neighbor, Colonel Robertson started back to his home. He is believed to have, lost- the path in the darkness and fallen down the bank, about 10 feet high, striking his head on the concrete highway, ailroad Again Postponed; Outlook Brightes1 Council Postpones 1931 Tax Sale Tho town council at a called meeting Monday afternoon vot ed to rescind an order approved at it December meeting direct ing the sale of all real property upon which taxes for the yeiar 1931 had not been paid. This action came after R. S. Jones, Attorney, had protested to Mayor Patton that the sate would be invalid, because the law provides for Such sales to be advertised in May and sold the second Monday in June of the year immediately following the year for which taxes are de linquent. He contended that in asmuch as the law did not pro vide for any extension of time, the council had no Euthority to sell at this time. The last leg islature authorized extensions on delinquent taxes prior to 1930, but this extension is said to have run out and question has been raised as to the valid ity of the town's tax sale for 1930 delinquencies, conducted Jarjuary 9, this year. Plans are under way, however, to get a special act through the legisla ture to validate this sale and any others which might be questioned. REOPENING OF LIBRARY URGED Mrs. Margaret Ordway "Asks For Volunteers ZZZTo Aid in TaskZZZ .Asuggestion.that the public library in the Masonic hall be re opened is contained in' a letter re ceived by The Press " fronTMrs. Margaret Ordway, who recently moved here from Highlands. The iibrar3T7n;stabKshed'soTne"yS'''Sag0" K,, i . c i,.l,: ...:.u ,u. c uy J. UUU1I13UU Willi U1C CUU Ul other m.blic sniritprl ritiromi rnn-!M tains many valuable books. Sever-. al years ago the library ceased toi function, but the books still re- mam. "If seems most regrettable," wrote Mrs. Ordway, "that the books reported to be in the- Ma sonic building, and which once con stituted a semi-public library, should no longer be accessible. "It has been suggested that if there': .were .'pluntceKfprthe.task ofeleaning, dusting and . distribut ing, it might be possible to reopen the room. I would be very glad to assist others in this service, so essential to the welfare ' of every Clifton Bradley Dies Of Heart Disease Clifton Bradley, 20, prominent farmer of the Otto section, died at his home Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Heart disease was the cause of his dcath. ""'Ftincrah"scrviccswcre held at the Asbury Methodist church Mon day afternoon, with the Rev. J. B. Tabor, Jr., pastor, assisted by I the Rev. John L, Teague, having .charge of the services. Mr. Bradley is survived by his .mother, Mrs. Ella Bradley and grandmother, Mrs. Nansy Bradley, l both of Otto. Injured " A passingniotofis'frsaw' the ' pros1 trate form and notified Police Chief R. F. Henry, who went to investigate. Chief Henry, who brought the co'o;- 1 to town, said he was unc nseious and almost frozen. T was found in a ditch br:!'' "iV. road, barely out of the , , of passing automobiles. He was found about 10 o'clock and it is thought that he fell about 30 minutes before. The colonel's injury was diagnosed as concussion of the brain. He did not regain consciousness until Tuesday. TT TT fit eannff Hearing of "T. F.M Case Expected To Be Held Next Wednesday JUDGE ISSTILL ILL Better Business Expected As Poles and Ties Start Moving Settlement of the fate of the Tallulah Falls railway again has been delayed on account of the illness of Judge E. Marvin Under wood of the United States Dis trict ixourt of northern Georgia. ' : Franklin business men, of course, are properly concerned for the judge's health, but they hope fur ther delays will occur. Maybe, if the date for a hearing on "Judge" Gray's petition, seeking authority as receiver for the line to dis continue its operation, can be post poned long enough, good times will return and it won't be necessary to shut down the railroad. There are some indications, ac cording to Mr. Terry, freight so licitor, that good times are return ing. Poles and cross ties are be ginning to move out. Some road machinery and materials are com ing in. Mineral shipments also show some increase. The hearing before Judge Un derwood was set for last Saturday morning after having been post poned from the previous Saturday. Friday night, however, word came that .Judge Underwood was still confined to his home on account of illness. "Judge"-Gray-notified The-Press yesterday - that Jie expected the 1 ...IJ k. L.U WT-A- licai nig nvuiu fcC ..u.u HAl 11 definitely for several days. : OPENS niiNiuV : gt , 1 ClVll IJaSCS On lAleM dar; Judge Frank S. Hill To Preside A three-weeks special term of Macon county superior- court is scheduled to convene Monday with Judge Frank S. Hill, of Murphy, "r-sidiwr. Judee Hill, who" wamiS-" pointed to the bench by Governor Gardner last fall following the death of Judge Cameron McRae, . presided at the last week ' of the November term of Macon tounty. court. -'-- - The calendar for the special term opening Monday is one of the longest on record in this county. It lists 77 cases for trial, many of them havincr been reoeatedlv con tinued from previous terms. Nineteen of the cases have' been brought by the State Park com mission against various, individ uals to collect on notes" pledging donations to the park body for ac quisition of land for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Singing Convention To Be Held January 29 The Macon County Singing Con vention will meet at the courthouse here on Sunday, Jan. 29, at 10 o'clock for an all day singing. Classes are expected from.all com- mnnitip in Marnn miintv' from Swain, Clay, Jackson,"Xhero kee and Haywood counties; Geor gia and South Carolina. - Death Claims Little . Jettama Corbin Jettama Corbin, two-year-old daughter of Mr.- and Mrs. W.-.T. Corbin, .. died at the home , of ker parents on Watauga Friday, Jan uary 13 at 11:30 and was burled at the Watauga Baptist church Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Mr. Queen, pastor, having charge of the services. Surviving are her, parents and two small brothers. VETOES PHILIPPINE BILL The measure giving 'the Philip pine Islands independence in 10 years, was vetoed last week by; President Hoover. On Friday, the lower house passed the measure over his veto by 274 to W. ; ' :,r ':