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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVIII, NO. 4
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY. JAN. 26, 1933
$1.50 PER YEAR
Vi; iji i S V rvCA
iWiUii A J in?; i ,
LEAS FAIL TO SURRENDER
Luke Lea, Tennessee publisher
and former senator, and his son,
Luke Lea, Jr., failed to appear in
Buncombe, county Superior court
Monday to start their, sentences
for conspiracy to defraud the now
defunct Central bank of t nearly
$1,000,000. Capiases were issued for
their arrest, extradition proceedings
were begun and forfeiture of their
bonds totalling $50,000 was ordered.
U. S. TAXES STILL DECLINE
In December federal tax collec
tions were only $21.0,995,057, or $84,
504,169 below December collections
in 1931. Shrinkage in incdme tax
receipts accounted for the drop.
REORGANIZATION REPORT
The general assembly's joint com
mittee on reorganization of the
state government reported Friday
night presenting nine bills to, abol
ish, curtail or consolidate .. 18
branches of the - state government
at an estimated " annual saving of
$2,000,000.. - ;-;:.. y-
JUDGES ACCEPT PAY CUT
Supreme and superior court
judges of the state met, in Raleigh
Saturday, to ... vote , a voluntary
$1,000 annual reduction in salary,
in line -'.wtliCtfiiOuegestionlSflthe
reorganization committee of the
"general, assembly. ,, ,.N
R. F. C. LOANS HUGE SUM
.'In y months the Reconstruc
tion finance corporation has loaned
1.648,622,393 to financial firms,
railroads, , business, agriculture and
to statesior-jinempipyment relief.
Banks got over half of it. - Repay
ments already total $317,288,072.
CHINA MASSES HER TROOPS
Shanghai reports the. Chinese na
tionalist government is moving 250,
000 troops Into northern provinces
to repel the' anticipated Japanese
thrust into Jehol province and pos
sibly against Reiping.
- SENATOR QUITS HIS POST
To give - his - successor a brief
training before - his regular term
begins, Senator Harry B. Hawes,
" Democrat, Missouri, steps out of
the senate, February 3L and give s
.his post to' Bennett C. Clark, son
joLJhe famous .ChamplXlark.---
THRILLING SEA RESCUE
The crew of 22 was saved "from
' - the Britishfreighter ExeteFXity-,
: in mid-Atlantic Friday, after storms
' had battered the boat into a wreck
. and had taken the livesbf " four.
The th rillir.g-re3cuejwas"inade" by
" the liner, "American" Merchant.
PLAN ENGLISH DEBT -CONFERENCE
At the White House, Friday,
President Hoover and President
'elect Roosevelt agreed to open
early debt parleys with Great Brit
ain shortly after March 4 when
'.Roosevelt becomes president. "
37 N. C WAR MOTHERS
HONORED
Thirty-seven mothers of North
Carolina .'men who died in the
service in the .World war, have
-ben invited :'td " visit -Jtheir sons'
graves in France - this summer - in
the last of, the pilgrimages to be
provided by the federal govern
ment. ' ' ' , ""
REVIEWS MUSCLE SHOALS
President-elect Roosevelt, accom
panicd by congressmen and power
experts, on Saturday, reviewed the
gigantic but slumbering Muscle
Shoals power development, pledged
to put the plant to work, to use
it as nucleus of a great federal
power development in the south.
HOUSE JUNKS
MARRIAGE LAW
Having already repealed the law
requiring minors to give five days
notice of intention to marry, the
loiyer house of the. general, assem
bly on Monday voted to repeal al
: so the bill requiring medical cer
tificate of physical fitness before
a marriage license could be issued
inhe state.. Both bills are before
the senate.
COLUMBIA FIRES
TECHNOCRAT
Chief Technocrat Howard Scott
"has been fired from Columbia uni-
versity and - the .. institution, has
..,cfose its "doors- on technocracy,
Scott's theory of scientific govern
ment which has been vastly public
ized in , recent months. The uni
versity .will continue its ' energy
survey of North .America. "
CHASE HEADS NEW YORK U.
Dr. Harry W. ; Chase, president of
University of . North Carolina from
1919 to 1930, since, then president
of the University of Illinois,- has
been elected, chancellor of. ... New
York university, an institution with
40,000 students,
FUNERAL HELD
FOR TO KELLY
Educational Leader Dies
At Home Here After
. Long' Illness
With sveral hundred friends from
all-walks of life present, to pay
their final respects to a beloved
woman and leader, funeral services
Were held at 11 o'clock Tuesday
morning in - the Methodist church
for Miss Elizabeth Kelly, who died
at 11 o'clock Sunday night, quietly
passing in her sleep, after an ill
ness which . had confined her to
her bed for three months.
Miss Kelly underwent a serious
operation in October. Afterwards
she forced doctors to tell her the
truth about her condition, that the
extent of her life was only a mat
ter of days. It was characteristic
of her desire' and willingness to
face the facts ungamished.. ,he
accepted the ; hews bravely .and
when friends went to seeher at
her home, where she was removed
a week or so after Jhe operation,
sfi&talOK'it&tfiemcheerf ullyt
frequently manifesting the spark
ling repartee, for which she was
famous. . .
Miss Kelly . is survived by her
mother, Mrs, Eliza Kelly, and two
sisters, Mrs. Octa Kelly Greenwood
and Mrs, Lassie Kelly Cunning
ham, of Franklin.; Both of her
sisters, werewithJiierat-the-time
of her death. , : , ,.
IProminetvt in , State
For manyyears Miss" Kelly,- fa
miliarly known among her friends
as Miss "T," was one of the most
prominent leaders in the state, hav
ing been outstandingly associated
with the progress of education, so
cial welfare and , agriculture. She
originated and organized the move
ment - to . reduce adult illiteracy in
North Carolina; and. for a while was
associated -witlj the North Carolina
Tobacco Growers' Cooperative as
sociation. , Returning to Franklin
several jyears L.ago ijrom Raleigh,
she became a memberof the State
Board of Equalization, which had
supervision over -"the. .distribution of
schoorfundsT' Shr foolc "great;thtef-;
estTn-locatTaffairs andbeeameThe
moving"Spirit back-6relief wprk
carried on " through the Red Cross
and a leader in the 5-10 Year Farm
Program movement, carrying on
this work even while suffering from
air incurable; malady;
The funeral was conducted by the
Rev. O. P. Ader, pastor of the
Methodist church, the Rev. L. B.
Hayes, of Wayhesyille, presiding
elder of the Waynesville district of
the Methodist church, and the Rev.
N. C. Duncan, rector of St. Agnes
Episcopal church.
Pallbearers.
Pallbearers were Sheriff A. B.
Slagle, George Bulgin, Lawrence
Ramsey, Dr. Edgar Angel, John
Byrne and J. S. Conley, all of
Franklin, and R. C. v Brooks, of
Cornelia, Ga. ,
Burial was in the Franklin cem
A number f friends -and rel
atives from out of town -were - here
for . the funeral, including the fol
lowing -Ben -Greenwood,- Ben Hill,
Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. George; Hill,
Atlanta; Mrs.1 Silas Ledford, Dil
lard; Mrs,. Robert Hyatt, Otto;
Mrs. Hettie Tankeshire, Mrs. Len
Lentz and Mrs. Fred Pass, of
Hayesville; Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Brooks, of Cornelia, Ga. ; John
Tatham . and John Leach, of An
drews; Rev. R. P. McCracken, of
Clyde ; H. Arthur Osborne, of Can
ton ; Scroop Enloe, of Sylva.
Many attending the funeral re
marked on the beauty of the music
by the choir and the organist,
James Porter, - Chopin's "Funeral
March" and Dvorak's Large, ("Go
ing Home") were . played and two
favorite hyms were sung, "Rock
of Ages" and "Lead Kindly tight."
In making a short funeral ad
dress, the Rev. Mr. Hayes quoted
a significant remark Miss Kelly
had made to him; 'I have always
tried not to unload my burdens on
anyone else, not even on the one
above. - -
Her Life
""The following, account of her
ufe-was read by Rev. Mr. Ader;
' " Miss Elizabeth Kelly, 'daughter
of Mark L. and Elizabeth Hyatt
Kelly, was born near Otto, Macon
Courity, -November 1, 1879, and died
January 22, 1933. i
A bright child with a; brilliant
before her, Miss Kelly "bagan her
education in the schools of Macon
County, finishing in the Franklin
high school and " then going to. the
North Carolina College for Women,
Greensboro, to complete her: eauca
tion and' ;get ready ' for her great
life s work.
Her - distinguished service ai t
CLAIMED BY DEATH
1 .
1
4J
si
MISS ELIZABETH KELLY
teacher was -begun in Macon coun
ty, where she held many positions
of high, trust and won wide recog-
nition. .
She-was- called'-tdohhson couii"
ty, where she was made assistant
county superintendent and super
visor of schools.
Going to Raleigh, while J. Y.
Joyner was superintendent of public
education, Miss Kelly did an out
standing work irr adult illiteracy.
Here, too, she planned and pro
moted summer" schools foneachers
throughout the state. She form
ulated anputlinestudycoursefor
teachers in the state which was an
outstanding achievement. The big
gest honor was granted her when
she was made president of the
State Teachers' association and be
came one of the editors of their
organ, "The State Teacher."
While A. W. McLean was gover
nor she. was made a member of the
State Board )f-Equalization, -covering
the state with her activities in
this field. She was called to Chica-ie J the robbe the yard of
go to give over the dio a series' th,e.. .house a,nd he st0,en Pan.ts
of famr iM - i
. , - ': 1
uirectea Ked vros
;
i Returning 1 to , her home county
two years ago,.jvliss. Kellwasp -
puuueu cnainnan oi ine jviacon
county"JRedjCrosj.hapterJwherein
she did such fine work that the
editor of. the Red .Cross magazine
gave her special recognition, '
JSE JCAshjy illejCitw.cn and
Times launched - a - 5-10 - Year- Farm
Program leading Macon county
men made Miss Kelly co-chairman
of their organization.
In her work for the Red Cross
Miss Kelly received no compensa
tion, but she rendered a collosal
service.
She was quick to see through a
situation and quick to speak out
her mind in the matter. She was
keen to discover a fraud and dared
to dismiss and unworthy parasite
who sought to cover up his deceit
by pious pretenses. But for the
poor and needy she had a heart of
true .;. and-iender loompassionShe
served well her day and; genera
tion.'
In October of last year Miss Kel-ly-,wentto
the-hospital -for-an
operation, hoping for relief ,r but the
doctor had to tell her that her case
was one beyond the reach of any
surgeon's skill, and that her days
were numbered. It was a shocking
revelation to her happy spirit, as
she faced cruel suffering and cer
tain death. As she saw the end of
her earthly career cut short there
was serious questioning in her soul
and there were days of darkness
and struggle in her mind and heart.
But in that, awful sjruggle and in
ward strife her faith triumphed and
she came out with a shining face
and a faith purged by fire.
To one who asked how it was
with her soul, she gave the. cheer
ful testimony:
"My faith holds; my anchor
holds." '
X X X X '
Her end came as the holy -Sab
bath day was ending, January 22,
at 11 o'clock, and it was in the
peace like that of the perfect man
mentioned-in -Psalms 37 :37i
' "Mark the perfect and behold the
upright, for the end of that man
js peace. ,
Miss Kelly joined the church at
Patron's. chapel when about 14
years, of age. Saved by the grace
her simple childhood faith sustained
her through life-'s battles and
brought sweet peace to her soul
when she came- at last- to "Cross
the Bar."- .
''Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no mourning at
the bar
When I put out to lea."
4 BANDITS ROB
GEORGE DRYftlAN
Middle Creek Man Severe
ly Hurt by Brigands;
No Arrests
. Climaxing a series of bold rob
beries in Franklin and throughout
the county, four masked men forc
ibly entered the home of George
Dryman, 83, in the Middle Creek
section about midnight Monday and
escaped with his trousers with $1.25
in a pocket after striking him on
the head with a board.
Thursday morning Mr. Dryman
was reported to be suffering se
riously as a result of the attack.
He sustained a bad gash on his
head, a broken rib and an old
rupture was aggrivated.
The masked men broke down
the front door of the house and
when Mr. Dryman arose from his
bed they seized a board and knock
ed him to the floor. It is believed
they thought the aged man had a
quantity of hoarded money hidden
;.hQhHaaaolF35tt
pants on a chair near his bed and
it is thought they took this as an
indication the money was in them.
They got only the $1.25, however.
In the house with Mr. Dryman
were three daughters. The rob
bers were reported to have nearly
smothered one of them holding a
quilt' over her head and pinning
her to a bedwhile1he"others were
robbing her father. The other
daughters suffered considerably
from fright.
The robbers tore down a foot
bridge across a creek leading to
the homes of neighbors so they
could not cross the stream and
give the Drymans assitance.
Bloodhounds Fail
Sheriff Slagle put bloodhounds
onhetraiLTuesday--morning,but
they soon lost the track. The only
clues found were a mask lost bv
wnicn-were iouna -on--a mountain
aDour a-mne away; wo arrests
ur. k j
. no v l vv.it iiiaut
FAbtatnrdaydnTghtthe
htQre - ci - JEUnscjm Ledford near
Union -church -was -broken -intoby
a-band of thieves' whorTescaped
with merchandise valued at be
tween $40 and $50; Mr. Ledford,
who Jives - nearby,- surprised - the
robber a and f tred-Ton t hem - but
they succeeded in escaping"" iria
waiting automobile.
Luck's tourist camp on the road
to Highlands was reported raided
by a band of robbers last Friday
night. They escaped with about
$100 in merchandise from the camp
store.
Stove Explodes
Two Barely Escape from
Burning House
A combination garage and apart-
hienr buildi'ngttpicd3yllran'3
Mrs. Richard Holt and formerly a
part of the-T.-W. Porter property.
was burned at .11 o clock Sunday
morning-when-TrasolinrfovOx-
ploded while being ignited. Mr. and
Mrs. Holt rushed from the build
ing, barely escaping serious injury.
lhe fire spread rapidly and. de
spite the fact that the fire depart
ment did quick work and had a
hose of water playing on the
flames inside of five minutes after
the blaze started, it soon gutted
the building almost beyond repair
Damage to the building, which be
longs to the Bank of Franklin,
was 'estimated at $1,000. Damage
to furniture and personal effects
was placed at about $300. Mr. and
Mrs. Holt were unable to recover
from the burning building any of
their belongings or the Jurniiure,
which belonged to Mr. and Mrs.
T. W. Porter.
New Buyer Revives
Interest in Poultry
More than 28,000 pounds of
poultry had been shipped from
Franklin last week by Odeil
Whittington, who came here
from Wilkes county three weeks
ago and began buying chickens
and eggs. Mr. Whittington, who
has headquarters in the McCoy
building on Palmer street, ships
most of the poultry he buys by
truck to Philadelphia. He has
been quoting prices of nine cents
a pound for hens, stags and
fryer and six cents a pound for
cocks, ducks and white leghorns.
Interest in raising poultry in
Macon county has gained con
siderably since Mr. Whittington
cam to town.
Federal Court's Decision
In T. Railway Hearing
Seen as Victory
We Face a Crisis
' Our section from Franklin to Cornelia faces the possibility of
discontinuance of the Tallulah Falls Railroad. The gravity of the
situation can hardily be estimated, for it affects not only the im
mediate welfare of this mountain country but its future development
as well.
We, the editors of the four newspapers published in the territory
primarily served by the Tallulah Fails road, have canvassed the
situation carefully and have conferred together, coining to the con
clusion that with active coordination of the sentiment that already
exists and that with the full use of present facilities for the build
ing , up of actual and potential business, the railroad can still be
made to justify its existence as a going concern.
We believe that this territory can by no means .afford through
lack of effort to allow the railroad to be junked with the consequent
losses bound to ensue ; nor can we sit idly by while its fate is de
cided by those who are not vitally concerned in it or the welfare
of the communities and interests which it serves. ,
It is our plan, therefore, to publish in our four newspapers a
seriesLeditorials,
conclusions which we have" jointly-reached. ' "
These editorials will be unlusual i that they will be the joint
production of the four newspaper editors whose names are signed
below, but we believe that thus presented they will carry weight
and be entitled to consideration greater than that which might
otherwise be attached to them. The first of this series of edi
torials will appear in each of our four newspapers in next week's
issues.
Blackburn W. Johnson,
' ' EditorJherankhPress, Franklin, N. C.
R. E. Cross,
Editor, The Clayton Tribune, Clayton, Ga.
BrHrGraves; " '
Editor, The Tri-County Advertiser, Clarkesville, Ga.
S. C. Heindel,
Editor, The-Northeast Georgian, Cornelia, Ga.
GAR OVERTURNS:
4 LAND IN
Sylva Men Arrested on
1 Liquor! Charges Folio w-
ing Long Chase
iuiHbiic":o"vc,rtufncd en theT
Georglaf6ad near the Franklin
puDiic scnooi , aDoiu a. m.
TV . ... . ... wrr.A
nesday. morning and . landcdf out
Sylva men in jail,- one--of - - them
considerably-cut up and bfatfleri-,-
all of them charged with trans
porting and posseting whisky.
A- crowd began: to - congregate
around the car. One of the men,
Elos Burch, was, pinned beneath
the automobile, a touring car bear-
T TT .1 ' 1! LJ
ing a JNew nampsnire license. n.
was pulled out from beneath the
machine but was so badly hurt
that he couldn't run. His com
panions gathered up some suspi
cious looking jars and jugs in
sacks and struck out across coun
try.
Police Chief R. A. Henry, Sher-
ff k R Slnerlp ftmf Drmitv Gcoree
MallMcc llrrh-TP
cave ehase. .assisted., valiantly .by
penter. .They, found several liquor
ladenacksM
a broom sage field near Bonny
Crest, and finally overtook and
arrested Cole Burch and Clayton
Taylor about a mile and a half
away on the Highlands road near
John Thomas' farm. Charlie Ad
ams was the first to catch up with
the latter two and, although un
armed, held them at bay until the
officers arrived.
The men waived preliminary
hearing and were placed in jail in
default of $600 bond each to await
trial at the April term of court.
There were some reports that a
fifth, occupant of the car escaped.
Red Cross To Elect
Officers on February 4
A meeting of the Macon county
chapter of the American Red Cross
has been called by J. E. Lancaster,
chairman, for '2 o'clock in the
afternoon, Saturday, February 4,
in the " Macon county " courthouse,
for - the., purpose of electing - of
ficers for the' corning year.
Mr. Lancaster especially request
ed that all members of community
relief committees be present at
this meeting. . ;
AVERAGE TAX BURDEN $77.53
Congressional experts, studying
means to. eliminate overlapping
federal and state taxes, state that
the average annual tax burden in
the United States in 1931 was
HnwJ Pa waSl
$9,5W,00Q,0QQ,
JAIL
TWO RED CROSS
GROUPSMERGE
Consolidation of Chapters
ExpecfedTTo-EIxpedite
Relief Work
tghlands' diapterDf-the
"Reel Cross decided at a meeting
held January 16 to- merge with
the Franklin --chapter,- therefore
t i , , t xr i
foriHing -onlyoHc -chapter lor Ma-
for expediency in distribution of
supplies and other transactions.
Reports allowed that it would save
needless time and labor to have
only one chapter for the county.
Officers of the former Highlands
chapter were Rev. W. T. . Potts,
chairman ; W. S. Davis, vice-chairman
; Frank B. Cook, secretary
treasurer, and the committee ap
pointed for the Highlands school
district to look after those need
ing help was composed of J. C.
Mell, chairman, Miss C. B. Elliott,
and Mrs, C. H. Zoellnor.
1 1 hva tnrIV! Aofiri nr r
i J ..."""S
KeODenmff or Library lO
Be Discussed Monday
Fersons interested in reopening
the Franklin library in the Mason
ic hall are requested to meet in the
office of' The Franklin Press at
8 p. m. next Monday night
Mrs. Margaret Ordway and sev
eral olher residents have volunteer
ed part of their time in cleaning
the library hall, arranging the
books and supervising their (lis
tribution. The library has been
closed for several years. The Mas
oiis, it is understood, would be glad
to have the library room used pro
vided some responsible group or
organization will take charge of it.
"hnieetlnKfonday night has
been called with view to perfecting
a library association and making
arrangements for use of 'the books
now in the library and. for secur
ing additional volumes. Severa'
tentative gifts of books already
have been offered.
ORDER MANCHURI AN
REPORT 1
-After vainly seeking - for 16
months a conciliatory settlement
of Sino-Japanese war in the Man-
churian area, the league of nations
on Monday order 1 a committee of
nine to prnnosc remedial measures
regard1 - the two nations.
LOOSEVELT URGES SPEED
President-elect Roosevelt confer
of;red w;th congressional leaders last
Thursday night to urge enactment
of a farm relief bill, the balancing
of the budeet. and the reneal of
the 18th amendment, during the
present session of congress.
for
Public
Receive Gets Authority
To File Petition
Before I. C. C.
LONG DELAYS LIKELY
Authority to file an application
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for right to discontinue
operation of the Tallulah Falls
Railway was granted J. F. Gray,
receiver, following a hearing in At
lanta Wednesday morning before
Judge E. Marvin Underwood of the
United States court for the north
ern district-o"f''GcorgiaT"Commtin-7
hies served by the railroad, liow-
that they would be given ample
opportunity to voice their protests.
He also expressed the opinion that
it. probably would be two months
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission could hear the case
and that after the hearing the
commission would require two or
three months more to arrive at a
decision. : .... : . .. .
Victory for Public
Officials of the railroad had ex-
pressedthe opinion that it might
not be necessary to take the case
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission and that there was
grave possibility of the line being
closed down in the immediate fu
ture. In view of this, the order
issued by Judge Underwood is re
garded by business men Jn Frank
lin as a signal victory for the. pub-.,
lie served by the "T. F." ;
"It's better than we. had hoped
for," was the usual comment.
Announcement ...QL-Judge.Under-
wood's decision was received by
The Press in the following tele
gram frornjtaadquartrt
f(T-aPor.nT-ti
terminus-
, Court's Order-
"The United States Court for the
Northern District of -Georgia, -
Gainesville. . divisionissued,att,..or!:
, . 1(m
der January25lJ3,aiitbQrizi,ng
tne receiver or inei ainnan r ana
Railway company to make applica
tion to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission to aban
don operation of the railway. How
ever, the order contains a pro
vision intended to protect the pub
lic as far as possible, to the effect
that even if . the Interstate Com
merce Commission should grant
the receiver's application,, no action
shall be taken by the receiver- up-
on the commission's permission, ex
cept and until further authorized
by order of the court.
Gray Issues Statement '
"In order to clarify the matter
in-theJ mindiof .thep"biiclhe
rcceiverjssucs tn ei rouowi n g sta re -m
en t r " " 7
"Tt probably will, be two months . .
before the application "can be heard"7
bv the commission. The receiver
wjll undertake to see that the hear
ing is held in Clayton or Franklin
in order that the public may be
given the fullest ' ..possible oppor
tunity to be heard. After the hear
ing it may take the commission two
or three months to reach and pub
lish its decisions, and even then,
as before indicated; if the commis
sion's decision permits abandon- .
pint of operation, the entire mat
ter must again be reviewed by the
court. r
Urges Support 1
"It is apparent from the fore
going that nothing definite towards
abandonment of operation will be
done for some time to come. In
the meantime it is more essential
than ever ' before that the public
should continue to patronize the
railway to the fullest extent pos
sible. It is essential also that the
railway in the ' meantime shoud be
operated as . economically, as . pos
sible and the receiver ' pledges his
besT" efforts" towards this end.
"None - of us can - forecast the
f n hirer particularly" how," with any
certainty. Let us hope that busi
ness generally throughout the coun
try will rapidlv improve and that
our rajlway will get a substantial
share of such improvement and
possibly be benefitted largely by
seme larp-e development, in mining
or lumbering, in which event it may
be possible to continue operation
of the railway. The ten which'
has been taken in bringing the
case to the Interstate Commerce
commission is a protection for the
benei;t primarily of the public and
only incidentally of the creditors."
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