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T 11 ii3 world VI T7 0" i'j s.. Use the Want Ads 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. A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. Qigljlattiui Oaamfom PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLV1II. NO. 11 FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933 $150 PER YEAR r i ECONOMY BILL PASSES With Republicans as well as Democrats swinging into line back iof President Roosevelt's economy program, the Senate passed, 62 to 13, Wednesday the bill granting the chief executive power to slash pay of federal officials and em ployes and. to reduce war veterans' benefits. The measure was sent back to the house, which passed it Saturday, for concurrence in sever al minor amendments. It is esti- mated that the measure will effect savings of half a billion dollars, a big ; step toward preserving the national credit. Both North Caro lina senators and all but one of the state's congressmen' voted for the bill. RELIEF BILLS NEXT His economy bill passed by con gress, President Roosevelt now is planning to launch what he calls the 'constructive" part of his pro gram. He wants wider authority for the government in seeking crop production control and higher com modity prices. He also has a plan for releasing marginal lands from production and is framing a relief bill aimed at putting 200,000 men to work within the next monthon re forestation projects, DEFERRED TAX PLAN ENACTED Delinquent Taxpayers Will Have Five Years To Settle MEASURE RATIFIED Amortization Plan Re quires Payment of Interest CONFIDENCE BEING RESTORED Scores of favorite stocks gained $2 to $16 a share on the New York stock exchange Wednesday, reflect ing restoration of confidence in big business circles over reopening of The General Assembly has rati fied a bill; sponsored by Senator R. A. Patton, which offers sub stantial relief to the delinquent taxpayers of Macon county. Under its provisions, "all delin quent taxpayers of Macon county and of any municipality or politic' al subdivision shall have five years in which to pay all such delin quent taxes which have been here tofore levied and assessed against them, upon the condition that all such delinquent taxpayers shall within each year of the five-year period, pay one-fifth of unpaid taxes.!! ! o-Bur-litrt It further provides : 'That all de linquent taxpayers of Macon coun ty, and of any municipality or, any other sub-division of government in said county, whose lands have been sold for taxes and purchased by the county or other municipality Crop Loans Nov Available To Macon County Farmers; Borrowers Limited to $300 thousands of sound banks. It was or subdivisions of government to one of the mpst brilliant recoveries which such taxes are or were due, in the history of the exchange. shall have five years from the date of the ratification ot this act in 4 -11 1 V HOI TAP PASSF4 RFFR MIX wnicn to pay . an Dae taxes upon . By a vote of 316 to 97, a wildly sa,(1 lanfls- ana S1X Per cent mteresi enthusiastic house passed the ad- annum uPn a i ucn-aeun-ministration's beer bill Tuesday Uu.ent. ta,xes from thf , date when .Ptit U n thA fnat utWp saia lanas were so soia. overwhelming approval is expected na? au unpaid ana aeiinquem in the next few days. Action came xc? .'. 1Vi4W" on thhill. nuertrA to raise $125.- municipality or otner suDaivision nnnnnn tiwrnnm ,,a ,n. thereof, except such as those up VWfWW V yAtVfWVjVW - VMV I V 1 L, 1 J nually, less than 30 hours after on w""- . p.,Mt pA.it n m or tax foreclosure suits brought, gress a message urging immediate shall ar interest at the rate, of wmnrn. in rarrvnt and after June 30, subsequent to the Democratic party's platform the time when such taxes became pledge to modify the Volstead act. auc an" iy. , , pu- renin voousnea lire - uicaauic - leaves - an n.guiatui i - . - - . , , ,.fJ : mat an iwces in me cuumjr vi states ; requires brewers io pay ano mumc paiuy or an annual license fee nf $1,000: im- suu" "I?1: Farmers desiring federal farm crop loans this year should consult F, S. Sloan, county agent, accord ing to an announcement received by The Press from S. S. Williams, of Waynesville, field inspector for this district of the government's crop production loan office. Application blanks can be se cured from H. W. Cabe, cashier f the Bank of Franklin, who has been appointed to fill out the blanks and acknowledge them as a notary. The borrower is required to pay fees incident to filing ap plications for loans and recording crop mortgages. Mr. Williams plans to be in Franklin Saturday morning, March 18, to consider applications sub mitted up to that time. Mr. Wil liams, however, will not make the loans. First, the applications must be passed upon by a county ad visory committee and then sent to the. regional office at Washington for final approval. Theegulatiomhisearpmf y that only those who cannot get loans elsewhere are eligible for loans from the $90,000,000 fund authorized by Congress. e Loans can be used only for crop produc tion, and require the borrower to reduce his acreage of cash crops 30 per cent under last year, unless he does not intend to plant more than 2 1-2 acres of tobacco, 20 acres of corn, 2 1-2 acres of truck crops, 8 acres of potatoes, 40 acres of wheat. The maximum permitted to any one borrower this year is $300, or in case of tenants, the total of all loans to tenants of any one land lord within a single county cannot exceed $1,200. The actual amount advanced by authorities will depend upon the borrower's requirements. A first lien or mortgage on the crop will be required. The regula tions require that loans be repaid oil or before October 31, 1933. In terest at S 1-2 per cent deducted in advance, will be charged. Since the loans call for a first lien on the crop as security the borrower frequently has to pro cure waivers from prior motgages or rights. If the applicant is tenant, or is farming land under contract for deed or so-called crop contract, or has given a prior mortgage on his 1933 crops, the regulations state he must secure the waivers of the actual owners of the land and or all prior' mort gage holders. If the applicant is the owner of the land and farms it with tenants , or share croppers waivers of such tenants or share croppers must be secured. The regulations further specify that the person waiving his prior rights HIGHWAY WORK IN FIE SWING 150 Men Employed in Two Shifts on One Project PAYROLL IS $1,500 With Good Weather, Work Expected To Progress Rapidly With improvement of the weath er and erection of a rock crusher completed, work on the regrading and surfacing of highway No. 28 west of Franklin is getting into full swing. About 150 men are employed in two shifts on one project alone, the grading and surfacing from Franklin to the foot of the moun tain. The payroll now amounts to more than $1,500 every two weeks. Contract for work on this project was let to Cobb & Homewood, of Chapel Hill, who have sublet the Authority Sought To Reopen Bank; Is Fully Solvent must agree not to dispose of his rent note, mortgage, or other curity without first having obtain ed the written consent of a duly authorized agent of the Secretary of Agriculture, The regulations make it unlaw ful for any person to dispose of or assist in disposing of any crops given as security for any crop loan, except for the account of the Secretary of Agriculture and pro vide for fine and imprisonment for violation of such regulation. The regulations also require that each borrower agree to plant a garden for his home use and sufficient acreage ;to furnish feed for his live stock. grading toHend.ricks . & Kenn edy, and the stone work to J. B. Ross, Jr. Work also is underway on an other project, grading and surfac ing of the link over the mountain to Rainbow Springs, contract for which was let to C. Y. Thomason, of Greenwood, S. C. 4 Miles Graded - poses a tax of $5 a barrel of 31 l able at the face amount of such ... gallons of beer, and provides for if Pad before ; June- 30, im- protection to dry states. An al- uuhi. ,t,i:- iTf i IIS.; rX- r-r when- such taxes- are due -and pay- "cent isprovided; ."pDierana nereaner sucn aennqueni lax snail UCdl IIllCICSl dl II'C Ittlt 4 I.EAS PUT IN JAIL. u' S1A P r T ulrA T at nrA Viio enn T til- Lea, Jr., Nashville, Tenn, publish- SlaPle ChOOl AmH m1 kniiA Kaam iintirYfir Avtk I ci a wuu nave utcu uuukuik who- . - . 11 j-.- A- xt.l r. is-r tZ The seventh month honor roll union iu iurui aiumia. lur . muic 1 . t , . . . . - T than a month, were arrested Tties- the S,a?lc. sc,ho1;. w,th J' J day at Clarksville, Tenn., where Mann as P"nc.pai, ioi.ows: they had been in hiding at the . hnrne of a- friptid' TVip arrpstslJ" BELL REWARD HADE OFFICIAL Sheriff Slagle Receives -roclamatioiTSignedr By Governor First grade: Hunter Anderson, D. Dills, Tom Setser, Ruth were made by Sheriff Laurence CrtJA Gladys Kenny. Brown of Asheville and deputies on Th,.rd &At: Myrtle Lewis and warrant for their extradition nnie ua.ryrnp.e rourtn graae: wiane naerson, Ruth Dills and Agnes Ledford. - Sixth - grade - Harold Ledford. - -Seventh grade: Bobby Arthor, Hayne Arthor, Louise Dills, John Andrew Setser. Tarter Hurst, Hoyt signed by the governor of Ten nessee. They were placed in jail at -Clarksville,- where - they : will be allowed to remain until thev have .had ample .opportunity .totake any Leas were convicted in Buncombe Ledford and Charles SetSer - county- superior.- court in -August, HAYES CALLS ftlEETIKG HERE Metnoaist rastors and ' Laymen To Hold Con- ference Sunday Sheriff A. B. Slagle received Tuesday from the governor's of fice at Raleigh an official Procla mation signed" by thechief ex ecutive, offering a reward of $100 for the "apprehension and delivery" to the sheriff of J. R. Bell, wanted on charges of murder and bur-. glary in connection with the rob bery and fatal attack on George Dryman at his home on Coweta on January 23. Additional rewards of $100 each have been posted by the county and the estate of Mr. pryman. The state's award was announced several weeks ago, but it was not until March 6 that the governor's official proclamation was signed. The proclamation carries the following "description rof 'Bell 1931, of conspiracy to violate the 3AS QUIT LEAGUE banking laws in connection with , ine jainW;wum u.. o-iu.- the failure of the Central Bank vul.cu l" l,.'r ,caB" and Trust company of Asheville. """ff Col. Lea was sentenced to serve uc,.""rtl,u" SIA IV iv vtaia aiiu 111a ojn wao - - . fined $25,000 with an alternative of emPeror r.e the yea" no' - tT.L o. : of resignation and the notice that two to six years in prison. ... . jaAii win itiiaiii iii iiiiivi vii mnneuTtv euro I man lsianu in inc racuic wim.n The general assembly on Friday s,,c ntnus on ,CdBUC "'-"" enacted into law the measure rtt t... ... ,..,M Fate St. John was charged in 1UIU1C wacj, oiou a iuvobuiv pvi -i ...... i . i 4.I.- mitting the refunding of tax sales Tlr . !h certificates for failure td pay taxes - . from 1927 to 1931. f f' , T Z : Z UCtlU Ull X IU4U Willi v I J I 1-1 T. J eBftira et ivro ta nir , neaa ana uoay. n was -supposcu "I'm no scared that chair," shout-"? "au 'r""8 ed Guiseppe Zangara when he was w- w jJ , . UiLi Pia rnrt nn but St. John is said to have re- Friday to face sentence for the cently implicated himself. slaying of Chicago s mayor, Anton Cermak. He had pleaded guilty the previous day. He.;. was., sentenced to die in , the electric chair, the governor to -set the date. - Cermak was one of five shot on February IS when Zangara tried to assassi nate President Roosevelt. ,. Height,. 5 ft. lOVi inches ; weight, 165 lbs. ; hair, light ; eyes, blue ; complexion, ruddy." A copy of the proclamation ap- pears : in - an. advertisement - in this issue of The Press. Methodists from many churches in the western end ot the-Waynes ville district are expected to meet atthe Franklin Methodist church at 2 :45o'clockSunday afternoon for a pre-Easter conference and fellowship meeting called by the Rev. L. B. Hayes, presiding elder of the district. Both pastors and laymen of the Methodist churches from Sylva west to Murphy have been asked by the presiding elder to attend the conference. Appearing on fhe program, ac cording to an announcement by the Rev. O. P. Ader, pastor of the local Methodist church, will be the following: Rev. H. R. Cornelius, who wil conduct the devotions. DISCUSSPLANS FOR U.K. MEET District Convention To Be Held in Franklin Next Month Approval of Application By Bank Department Awaited HOARDERS SCARED At Least $50,000 in Gold And Certificates Turned in Hendricks & Kennedy have com pleted grading about four miles of roadway on the upper end of the project and Ross has laid more than two miles of first course stone. Adverse weather conditions have hindered operations by the con tractors, but much has been ac complished in spite of heavy rains. If favored with better weather, the contractors expect to make head way with much greater speed, giv ing work to more men. Under regulations prescribed by the-government, - the - work -4s - sup-4 posed to be completed by-June-4. In order to give work to as many men as possible, two shifts are employed on each project. "Wages are set at 20 cents an hour for common labor and 30 cents an hour for skilled labor. Mrs. T. J. Johnston was hostess to the Macon county U. D. C. chapter on Monday afternoon for its regular March meeting. Plans were discussed for the forthcoming district convention to be held in Franklin next month. It was announced that permission had been obtained from Mrs.JSam L. Rogers to have the sessions at Rogers Hall. Reports .were hearffromthc" registration luncheon. frogram and decoration committees were ap pointed last meeting and their con vention plans are shaping nicely. It was agreed that each member send a small personal gift to the Confederate Old Woman's Home, where the widows of the veterans are being maintained by the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy. Pamphlets on General J. E. B. Stuart, ordered sometime ago by the chapter, were distributed. Sev eral copies will be placed in dif ferent schools in the county and in the history department of the high school. Mrs. Johnston, assisted, by her daughter, Mrs. George Johnston, served delicious coffee and cake. Forestry Service Setting out New Trees Ranger Don Young of Nantahala National Forest, is supervising the planting of 16 acres of the forest area, just east of Otto on Evan's Creek, with red pines and yellow poplars. The trees, ' which are of the two-year size, rare being planted about 1,000 to the acre. Red Pine is a northeastern spe cies and is a new comer tp this section. All of the plants are be incf shipped from the National Forest nursery at Parsons, West Va. The land being planted is an old worn out cornfield. A crew of "Rev. Wade - Johnston, who will talk on "Echoes from the Ashe villeConf erence." ; Dr. R. P. Walker, pastor of the Waynesville, - Presbyterianzrchurch, who will address the gathering on Evangelism. Rev. W. G. McFarland, of An drews, who will speak on "Easter." Tea will be served by the ladies of the Franklin church at S o'clock during a fellowship period. A "tea table talk" will be given by Mrs. C. N. Clark, of Canton. Vespers ; will . be conducted at 5:40 by. the Rev. J..H. Carper, of Murphy. A. Romulus Sanders Dies AOiomeiCWatauga - A. Romulus Sanders, 73, farmer of the Watauga section, died at his home Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from influenza. Funeral services were held at the Watauga Baptist church Thursday afternoon with the Rev. A. S. Solesbee in charge. Mr. Sanders is survived by his widow, fouf daughters, Mrs. Elmer Green, Mrs. Sumner Duley and Mrs. Dave Tallent, of Hopewell, Va., and Mrs. Dave Morgan, of Watauga; one son, J. B. Sanders, nf Wataiica ; nnp half sister Mrs. I Harve Cabe, of Franklin, Route 4: 1 For. Road Beautification MdiMW'lriier"riC1t&:'Sa4 ders, of Lexington, Ky. Marine Enlistments Now, Acceptable For the -first -time since Jast-iall the acceptance of applicantslor original enlistment in the marine corps has been resumed, according to an announcement" received from Major E. M. Reno, officer in charge, marine corps recruiting sta tion, posrfficeiniilding7Tavan nah, Ga. "During the" lull in" recruiting a number-of -vacancies-in- the- corps h ave occu red and th c Savann ah district, which comprises the states of Virginia, North and South Caro lina, Florida, and the eastern part of Georgia, has been assigned a limited number of these vacancies Young men in this vicinity be tween the ages of 18 and 30 who are at least 68 inches in height and have completed high school who desire service in the marine corps should apply or write the above address. Ready to meet, dollar for dollar, ell demands made on deposits ac cepted since the bank reopened as a clearing house and liquidating agency in May, 1931, the Bank of Franklin Thursday was waiting for authority from the state banking department at Raleigh to open for the regular transaction of business."" The bank was closed Monday, Mareh-6ruiider-theblanket -- bank-: mg holiday orders issued by the Hate and federal' governments. Application for . reopening was filed by the Bank of Franklin early this week and all that is needed now for reopening is the red tape approval of the banking depart ment. Wednesday it was reported that 97 banks had reopened in the state. This "number- included1, 30 national banks and four institu tions affiliated with the federal re serve system. Wednesday night the banking department issued per mits for the reopening of about 100 state banks. The department was reported working day and night, reviewing applications from banks throughout the state. Guerney P. Hood, commissioner of banks, issued a statement de- claring that failure of any bank to appear in the list did not reflect -on its solvency. He explained that the applications had been number ed as" theywere"Tecerved and that e and his assistants were Yeview- ing the applications as they appear ed -tonthc - fatvsi March 17 Set Aside Well's Grove B Born to Mr. and Mrs. - J. Snyder, a daughter, on March 11, at Cornelia, Ga. They formerly lived at Franklin. Mrs. Leonard Home and Mrs six men is at work, which will be Clarence Phillips motored to Frank finished this week. One of Oldest Residents OfouiiLh IMPRESSIVE CERMAK FUNERAL In the most impressive funeral months, Mrs. Joanna Cunningham died at the home of her son, Frank, on Iotla Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock, after an illness of several until June, would have bccn,95 years old, and next to the oldest woman in Macon county. She had been confined to her bed for the past two years, but she was always rites ever witnessed in Chicago, ennm ,i.a ! Minn Io'tla Methodist church Thursday Friday -to the grave of Mayor An- morning at 11 o clock with the Rev. ton Cermak while a vast multitude N. G Duhn, pastor, assisted by looked on. Civic services were at- the Rev. A S. Solesbee?, Baptist tended by a host of city, state and minister conducting the final ntei. national notable!. Mr- Cunningham, had she hyed Funeral services were held at the cheerful and had a kind word for everybody. . She had been a mem ber of the Iotla Methodist church since childhood. Surviving are her son, Frank Cunningham, and a number of rel atives and friends, While - Mr. Sanders was not old enough to be in the Confederate army he enjoyed telling how the Carpetbagger, KTrk treated his people when, he passed through Macon county, and how the Yan kee soldiers would take everything they could get their hands on. When he died he had in his pos session some cannon balls and rel ics which Kirk and his band left after one of their visits. rzM arch -HfiArbor 'Day-r-Jias -becu set aside by the" state highway de- partmentforroad beautification Any local civic organizations in lerestedarjre(iuested.J.n a letter receivedbyThe"" Press to notify the district highway office at An drews, N. C. 34 DIE IN TORNADO Thirty-four persons are dead and 200 injured as the result of a devastating I tornado which swept from one end of Tennessee to the other Tuesday night. QUAKES WREAK HAVOC A death toll of more than 100 persons, a list of injured running into the thousands, and property damage in excess of $50,000,000 was reported after a check up o damage wreaked by a series violent earthquake - shocks whicl threw Southern California into turmoil Friday and Saturday of last week. Long Beach bore th brunt of the temblors. Library Group Organized With Duncan as President lin Saturday to do some shopping. Mrs. Jonathan Phillips visited her daughter, Mrs. Odell Snyder, last Thursday. We are glad to know that she is able to be where she can . walk, again, The B. " Yr Pr Ur mer Saturday night at Well's Grove church. They had a nice program and there was a good crowd present. Mrs. C. L. Garner visited her daughter, Mrs. Paul Carpenter, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Culver and Edna Snyder went to Highlands Tuesday, returning the same day. A crowd of young people from this community attended the league at Gark's Chapel Sunday evening. The Rev. Norvin C. Duncan, rec tor of St. Agnes Episcopal church, was elected president , of the new Franklin Library "association at a meeting in the library in the -Ma sonic hall Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Lassie Kelly Cunningham was elected vice president of . the association and John W. Edwards was named secretary and treasurer. Mr. bdwards was instructed to draw up a constitution and set of by-laws to be submitted for adop tion at the next meeting of the or ganization. After a brief discussion at Satur day's meeting it was agreed that a nominal membership fee should books Rew)y To Pay Off There is no expectancy of diffi- cUltyin 1iaving"theTT'ranklin bank'sr pplication approved. H. W. Cabe, the cashier, told The Press Thurs day morning thattheinstitution,. was 100-per cent solveni-sa-faxaS deposits accepted since May, 1931, are concerned. Most of the money, he explained, is in the bank's vault and the rest, is in the Wachovia Bank and Trust company, of Ashe ville, 1 and the Central Hanover Bank and Trust company, of New York, both of which are affiliated with the federal reserve systems and are now open. Hoarder Routed Warnings that the anti-hoarding aw would be strictly enforced have brought thousands of dollars out of hiding in Macon county durin'glie'astweekAcctrate . fipfesTeiOtravanable' as to the" exact amount of gold and gold cer tificatesTedeposited - by- hoarders 7" but an individual in close touch with business throughout the. county estimated that at least $50,- 000 in hoarded funds had Heen turned in. Very little of this was of be charged those wishing to receive , l. f .t ' Denetns ot the library, it was also decided that, in lieu of a cash membership fee, the; donation of good book would be acceptable. .Hit is"ilahhed-td-keep-theJibrary open each Saturday f.or the pres ent, and later to open it on Wed nesdays and Saturdays. Several persons hnve volunteered their ser vices as monitors. As soon as funds are available the association expects to purchase some new books and to subscribe to several good magazines. Mrs. N. , W. Sloan and Mrs. Blackburn W. Johnson have been appointd members of a committee on new handled by the Bank of Franklin, however. Gold Pour In Wednesday afternoon the bank posted official notices issued by the government, calling attention' to the anti-hoarding law, which pro vides a penalty of $10,000 fine, 10 years imprisonment, or both.Thurs- day morning a small flood of gold poured into the bank.1 One would not have thought there were so many gold coins in the county. Pieces ranging from $2.50 up, many of them evidently Jceepsakes,were exchanged for currency. At noon Mr. Cabe counted them up; they totaled more than $500. A number of gold certificates also had been exchanged. The anti-hoarding law is aimed especially at those who have with drawn large sums of money in re cent months, but it is broadly writ ten so as to cover hoarding in any form: It also gives banks authority to inquire as to the purpose for which any large withdrawals are intended to determine whether the withdrawer really has a legitimate use for the money or is taking it out to hoard. TOBACCO PRICE GAIN SHOWN Final season figures of the federal-state crop reporting service show North Carolina growers sold 283,495,702 pounds of tobacco at an average of $11.98 per hundred