Ao die World
.Turns
A Brief Survey of Cur
rent Events in State,
Nation and Abroad
the Facts Boiled
Down to a Few Pithy
Lines.
BEER GOES ON SALE
Beer, 3.2 per cent alcohol by
weight, went on sale in 19 states
and the District of Columbia at
one minute after midnight Friday
morning. In six other states the
sale of beer has been legalized to
go into effect at later dates. Beer
can be sold in North Carolina
after May 1. Wine of the same
alcoholic strength as beer has been
legalized also but . is receiving
scant attention.
HELD FOR COUNTERFEITING
Three are held at Rocky Mount
charged with the making and cir
culating of counterfeit quarters and
half-dollars. Picked up early last
week for circulating the coins, H.
G. Cuthrell implicated M. von Mil
grom and his son, Robert, and the!
two Milgroms were arrested Sat
urday.
MORRISON HEADS FOREST
WORK
Dr. Fred Morrison, director of
relief work at Raleigh, has been
designated to direct action in North
Carolina in the employment of some
5,000 or more men in reforestation
work. Those wishing to enlist may
do so at federal employment of-:iices-lnJ;helargerxitiesLofJhe
statc .
RALEIGH HIT BY STORM
On Friday, Raleigh counted the
heavy toll of a violent wind, rain
and electrical storm of the previous
night. Six army bombers at the
airport were badly damaged, a
dairy barn was ignited by light
ning at State college and burned
along with valuable livestock, the
capitol roof was damaged, and trees
on the grounds crashed as did
many elsewhere in , the city.
BLAMES BANKS FOR SUICIDE
"The banks is the cause of this"
wrote Mrs. Foster M. Myers, 70,
r ri :n i ir u -
. . . . .I c, , . ,
beside her body. She ended her
i:f- ev:.. k
life, Friday, by hanging herself
irom a joist in her home.
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MAY REDUCE POSTAGE
The postoffice departmenlis
"completing" a test to determine if
1 the larger volume of mail under
IJwocenCTos
oat increase revenue and 'thus aid
in the plan of the Roosevelt ad
ministration to end the depart
ment's yearly practice of piling up
a huge deficit. A deficit of $126,
500,000 is indicated for the year j
ending-June 30.-
MURPHY TO PHILIPPINES
Frank Murphy, young and able
mayor of Detroit, has been ap
pointed by President Roosevelt as
governor general of the Philippine
Islands. Homer S. - Cummings, j
originally given this post, will be
retained as attorney general. An
other appointment is that of L. W.
Roberts, Jr., Atlanta, to the treas
ury department as the director of
the public, works program.
VERDICT IN SCOTTSBORO
CASE
A jury at Decatur, Ala., on Sun
day brought in a verdict of guilty
against Heywood Patterson, -one -of
nine negroes being given a second
trial on the capital charge of
criminally assaulting two white
women on a freight train at Scotts
boro. After the nine were found
guilty and sentenced to death in
the first trial, international atten
tion was centered on the case and
a second hearing was finally se
cured. The verdict returned Sun
day was in the face of a reversal
of testimony by Ruby Bates, one
of the women principals, who said
her evidence in the first trial was
false and that the negro boys did
not assault either her or Mrs. Vic
toria Price.
CANON LOSES COURT FIGHT
The Supreme court on Monday
ruled 1 against James Cannon, Jr.,
Methodist bishop, indicted for vio
lation of the corrput practices act
in his 1928 campaign against Al
Smith. The highest court ruled
that federal prosecutors were right
in asking the Distcirt of Columbia
court of appeals to review the ac
tiohdf "sTTower cburf indismissing
-the indictment -against Cannon and
his secretary, Miss Ada t Bur
roughs. FIND MOFFETT'S BODY
The body of Admiral William A.
Moffett, chief of the bureau of
naval aeronautics and highest rank
ing officer aboard the ill-fated
Akron when it plunged into the
sea, was found Monday off the
Mew Jersey coast by a coast guard
Hoat. Bodies of Commander Frank
C. McCord, captain of the Akron,
nnd of Commander Frederick T.
Berry, were recovered on Sunday,
life
VOL. XLVHI, NO. 15
RELIEF CAMP
WORK DELAYED
Number of Camps Reduced
To 5, but Size Is
Doubled
SITES ARE SELECTED
Forest Headquarters Will
Not Have Charge of
Employment
Work on civilian conservation
camps to house 1,100 workers in
the Nantahala National Forest has
been temporarily delayed, pending
further instructions from Washing
ton, it was stated at the forest ser
vice headquarters here Wednesday.
The forest service was prepared
to start erecting the camps last
Friday, but called off operations on
receipt of advice from Washington
that it had not been definitely de-
i cided whether the army or the for
estry service would have super
vision over the work.
Foremen Named
John B. Byrne, supervisor of the
forest, already had named foremen
to take charge of the work, sites
had been selected and arrange
ments made for the purchase of
some of the materials needed.
The delay is expected to be only
temporary and it is thought likely
that construction of the camps will
get under way within a few days.
Only five camps are to be built,
instead of ten as irst announced,
Jut the capacity of each camp will
be doubled.
2 Camps in Macon
Two camps are to be located in
Macon county, one near Aquone
and the other near Highlands. It
was first planned to erect the lat-
ter camp on the VanHook farm on
.,.. .. . . . .
Cullasaja river, but . aU of the
necessary property was not avail
able and it was decided to choose
a siteHaearerHighlands. , , .
nr niner sues seier.ien are ne-
tween Clayton and Pine Mountain;!
near Mountain Rest, S. C, and
near the headwaters of the Tallulah
river,
t Foremen in -charge ef -eonstruc-4
tion were named by Mr. -Byrne as
follows i J- VByrd,Aquone c amp;
Henry Beaty, Highlands camp;
William T. Wright Clavton camp:
yy. N. Sloan. Mountain Rest camp?
Since" last" week's""announcement
concerning the camps the forest
headquarters here has been deluged
with applications for employment.
This brought from Mr. Byrne a
statement that the forestry service
had nothing to do with recruiting
men for the civilian conservation
corps and that employment of
temporary help in constructing the
camps would be handled by the
foremen. Absolutely no applica
tions for this work, he stated, will
be considered at the forest office
According: to an announcement
from Washington, enlistments in
,1 Ml t
ine conservation corps win ue
made " throuch the- department of
labor's employment offices in the
major.cities .throughout the . conn
try.
Mrs. Frank Fleming's
Father Dies
Friends of Mr, and Mrs. Frank
Fleming will regret to learn of
the death of Mrs. Fleming's father,
J. ,A. Burnett, at; his home in
Grenville, S. C, on Monday, April
3. Funeral services were held the
following day. Mr. and Mrs. Flem
ing went to Greenville- to-be with
Mr. Burnett shortly before his
Heath.
Agriculture Class Learns
How Large Orchard Is Run
The following account of a
visit of the agriculture students
to Barber's orchard, .near
Waynesville, ' was written for
The Pvess by, Bryant McClure
-and WUmer McConnell.)
: The agriculture .class of. Franklin
high school, - accompanied - by our
teacher, Mr. E. H. Meacham, made
a field trip to Barber's apple or
chard, near Waynesville, last Fri
day. We had just been studying
apples in our class work, which
made the trip more interesting.
We were shown through the or
chard by the manager, Mr. Sparks.
TtiA .firt.nnint f intorpst was
the mixing of fertilizer, which was
being done when we arrived. The
mixture was made uo of 400 lbs.
of nhosohoric acid and 200 lbs. of
nitrate of soda. This was used at
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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
PattoirDbtains Repeal
Of Bills Extending Time
For Liquidation of Bank
Legislation extending until Oc
tober l, 1935, the time for liquida
tion of the Rank of Franklin and
postponing 'until. 'April 1,1935, any
stock assessmentsor execution of
judgments' against stockholders, has
been repealed at the request- of
the bank's board of directors.
The repealer was introduced in
the legislature by Senator R. A.
Fatten early, this week after Dr.
W. A. Rogers, president of the
bank, and Gilmer, A. Jones, atr
torney, took' to Raleigh petitions
signed by stockholders and scores
of depositors urging such action.
The petition pointed out that prog
ress toward reopening ; the bank
had been retarded and general
Plans To Settle
Home Problem Suggested
PJaniTolSell Maxwell r
Home Denied
Following it a copy of state
ment obtained by The Franklin
Piess from Dr. R. F. Campbell,
chairman or the Asheville Pres
bytery's home missions commit
tee, prior to the presbytery's
spring session a year ago: ;
"I wish to a mi re the good
people of Macon County that
the Presbytery of Asheville has
received the splendid gift of Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Slagle as a
sacred trust, which will be car
ried out. The Maxwell Farm
Home has been suspended only
temporarily. Any reports about
a contemplated sale of the prop
eity are absolutely false.
(Signed) "R. F. Campbell,
Chairman of the Home
. t-.Missms Committee.?.
Veteran Dies
Death Claims VV. M7Greg
I ory at Shookville - L
W. M. Gregory, 89, died at his
home at Shookville last Tuesday
afternoonr after ari illness "of sev
eral weeks.
--Funeral services"wereheldat
the Sugarfork Baptist church
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Gregory was an old Con
federate veteran. He was with
Company C, 6th regiment of the
North Carolina state troops.
The deceased is survived by his
widow and three sons, George
Gregory, of Gneiss, Pink Gregory,
of Franklin Route 2, and Maiden
Gregory, of Jackson county.
50,000 Minnows Put
; II & U Ul J
Tln t lllguiand
Nine "large cans containing ap
proximately 50,000 rairibow trout
and I smail mouth bass minnows
were dumped this week into the
lakcs,ncar Highlands,
The fish were obtained from state
hatcheries by a group of High
lands sportsmen, including: J. C.
Mell, J. B. Munroe, F. H. Cook,
Ed Rogers, G. W. Marrett. A. M.
Wilson, H. P. Neely. Albert Wil
son. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born- to -M r, and -Mrs. -Truie- G.
Edwards, of Highlands, a daughter,
Jennie" Mae, on Sunday, April 2.
cultivated each year. It is usually
sown to some legumeous crop such
as soy beans. This is either cut
for hay or cut and left on the
ground to serve as a bed for the
wind blown apples.
Mules are - used to cultivate the
orchard and Tmostofihc feed" is
grown on the farm.
The orchard contains about six
different varieties! of which the
most popular are Staymen Winesap,
Stark's Delicious and Grime's Gol
den. About five sprays each year are
necessary, inese are aone at ait
. rni " i
ferent seasons of the yeavdepend
n8 ,on what the spray is for.
Field Mouse' Problem
The field mouse seems to be the
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FRANKLIN. N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 13. 1933
business conditions in the county
stagnated by enactment of the leg
islation to delay liquidation.
The Patton bill providing for re
peal was passed without difficulty.
This isexpectedno"Tiave a favor
able influence on the movement to
reopen the bank.
Efforts to bring about more
"trading" by depositors are being
renewed.
Stockholders already have been
called on for payment of assess
ments amounting to 20 per cent.
Other assessments are expected to
be levied from time to time until
the bank, has satisfied its liabilities
of $37,000. When this has been
accomplished, it is stated, the bank
will be able to reopen.
Maxwell
Presbytery Votes To Make
Two Proposals to
Slagles
The Asheville Presbytery, at its
spring session ' in Asheville, voted
Wednesday to make two proposi
tions to Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Slagle,
of Franklin route 1, for disposition
of the Maxwell Home property,
which was given to the Presbytery
by them in 1910 with the expressed
purpose that it should be used "in
perpetuity" as a home for needy
boys.
The first proposition called for a
partition of the property, consisting
of 538 acres on highway No. 28
eight miles west of Franklin, on a
basis of the present value of the
land and the improvements. The
Presbytery wookr conveys to the
Slagles that section of the proper
ty representing - the - value of the
land and retain for its own dispo-
sitianthe- sectionrepresenting-tht
value of um?rovements v
DsrlkisiJ by Slagles
This proposal, it was revealed in
discussion, already had been pre-'
sented to the Slagles by a commit
tee consisting of Dr. R. P. Smith,
Dr.- R. FCampbell - and - the- Rev.
at the time to accept it.
The second proposition made by
the Presbytery was that the Slagles
te given the proceeds derived from
the' property during their lifetime
with the privilege of living in one
of the houses, the property after
their death to revert with all rights
to the Pesbytery.
Mr. and Mrs. Slagle have not
expressed their attitude toward
this proposal, but since the Max
well Home was abandoned as a
home for needy boys they have
contended that the Presbytery has
broken Hts agreement - and, -there
fore, should return the property to
them, 1 ,
Urges Settlement
R. L. Prevost, of Waynesville,
pleaded with the Presbytery jto set
tie the matter. Aside from' the
monetary question inolved, he said,
the Marwell Home discussion is
"killing all the influence which the
Rev. j. A. Flanagan is attempting
to build in Franklin."
Considerable feeling has been
aroused among Presbyterian pas
tors and laymen over the Maxwell
Home matter since the controversy
was begun several years ago. Prac
tically every session of the Pres
bytevy for the past two or three
ycais, and several previous to that
time, - has been - featured . by dis
cussions of the subject.
Suspension of the home was
authorized by the Presbytery at its
spring session a year ago after a
long and heated debate and adop
tion of a resolution denying that
Dr. Campbell, chairman of the
fiome missions committee, was a
"Presbyterian pope," as called . by
The . Franklin Press, and stating
that the editor of this newspaper
was "a -young man with much -to
learn." "
r4 Arrested for Fishing
Without Licenses
Four men were .arrested Satur
day by Charlie Waldroop, county
game warden, for fishing , without
licenses. The four, who are sched
uled to be given, hearings Satur
day before Magistrate Sam Mur
ray, are. Palmer . Rogers,. Rogers
Vells, and , Wilfred Fisher, white,
and John Ritchie,. negro..
RELIEF SEEDS
EXPECp SOON
Will Be Distributed Among
Needy Families of
County
APPOINT CHECKERS
46 Men Named To Super
vise arden Planting
Program
Fred S. ? Sloan, Macon county
farm agent, said Wednesday that
the seeds which the welfare de
partment is to receive from the!
state should be here the latter parti
ot this week, the seeds are past
due, and the would-be gardeners
are getting behind with their planting-
,
The MaCon county relief council
has turned over blanks to the men
who arc to be checkers in each of
the school districts in .Macon coun
ty, after each of the communities
had submitted from three to five
men . who would be capable of do
ing thework required by the wel
fare department. From the names
submitted from each community
one man was selected to work di
rectly with Mr. Sloan, the farm
agent, and in cooperation with him
in an effort to help families which! Thomas M. Justus died at the
have been dpendent on relief to 'home ot his son, l. C. Justus, on
grow better gardens, more food and
feed crops for next winter.
Through cooperative agricultural
work it is hoped and expected that
a number of families will be in a
position to carry on next winter
without asking for help.
Under Supervision of Agent
The men named from each school
district will work under the su
pervision of and in cooperation
with the farm agent. They have
been instructed that beside the
required gardening program they
are to check upon and report their
findings at regular intervals. They
aretoncourage,-assist,-and pro
mote as far as possible a live-at-hoine
farm program with each one
of the individual - families ihrough
personal visits "and " personal con
tracts.
A few of the reports were
brought in -Mondayrand in all cas
es the reports show that each fam-
ilyn thej-elieUist-is-acccpting
this type oj program veryrcadily
andjhjitjheyl
effort to do better this year than
last year.
Checkers Listed
The checkers for each of the
school districts are as follows:
Academy school district, Thomas
Gladwcll; ' Aquone school district,
X-ee Russell; Allison-Watts school
district, Mack Moffitt; Burning-
town school district, W. E. Welch;
Buck Creek school district, Dock
Kogers; Beecher school district, day and' Easter services at St.
Ras Duvall ; Camp- Branch school Agnes Episcopal church will be
district, C. W. Morgan; Clark's ( conducted by the Rev. N. C. Hugh
Chapel school district, Herring es, of Hendersonville.
Caber Cowee-school -dislrictrPyde;rcv3tClun
N. West rL!lyay-school ' district,
John T. Henry; Fairview school
district, John" Wilson ; Franklin
school district, B. Kimsey, for;
South Franklin, Mel Long for East
Franklin, and Noah Gibson, North
Franklin; Gold Mine school dis
trict Ben E. Gibson; Harmony
school district, Norton Holbrooks;
Highlands school district, Ed Rog
ers; Holly Springs school district,
Terry R. Franklin.
Higdonville school district, Har
ley Stewart; Hickory Knoll school
district, Sam VanHook ; lotla school
district, Robert I.. Poindexter; Kyle
school district, Sam Waters; Liber
. (Continued on page four)
Nantahala Forest Seen
As Paradise for Hunters
The counties of Macon, Clay,
Graham and Cherokee in Western
North Carolina, and Rabun county,
Georgia, comprise a veritable hunt
er's paradise, judging by infoTma-
tbn -compiled i&--a--survey Jbeingj
'onducted by the headquarters of
ficc of the Nantahala National For
est. Some weeks ago the forest of-
fice sent out questionaries, asking;
information concerning game killed
last season, to 630 hunters in these
counties. This knowledge, such as
only the hunters could provide, was
desired with view to restocking the
area with game. Names for the
mailing list were compiled from,
hunting license records.
Out of the 630 blanks mailed
hunters, 250 have been returned.,
Three hundred and eight were mad-
New School Law ;
Will Cut Macon
Taxes $23,000
Heifers-Poisoned
By Mixed Lime
Be careful what you feed your
cowt, i the advice of Will Led
better, of near Otto.
A few week ago Ledbetter
fed a ration of lime, good for
building up bone matter, to hit
10 heifers and two cowt. They
all got tick, the heifers and
cows from what they had eaten
and Ledbetter from fright and
sympathy. Five of the heifers
and one cow died.
Investigating as to the cause,
Ledbetter found that the lime
was some containing a mixture
of calcium arsenate which had
been left over from last year's
benn dusting.
UxiVlrJustus Dies :
Funeral Held Sunday at
Clayton, da.
ine Ueorkia road Saturday. He
had been in poor health iur the
past several months, having sufler
cd a slight stroke in November. -
He was born June 13, 185J, in
Rabun county, Georgia, and lived
! most of his lite there.
He is survived by his widow, son,
and five daughters: T. C. Justus,
Franklin, N. C; Mrs. 1. P. Cole
man, Rabun Gap, Ga. ; Mrs. T.
M. Bleckley, Clayton, Ga.; Mrs.
Ed Holden, Clayton Ga.; Mrs: Jas.
F. Ramey, Mountain City, Ga., and
Mrs. Rachel Harvey, Clayton, Ga.
Funeral services were held Sun:
day afternoon from the Baptist
church at Clayton, where he had
been a member for the past 21
y ears with Rev. E. R. Eller, pas
torTSf-Tlicaintsre
liw, Mr. Patterson,- pastor of
the Methodist church, Clayton, and
JudgeU Kinisej)ilcl;yion,
officiating.
Pallbearers were grandchildren,
including Verner .Coleman, Carlton
Coleman,- Karl " Coleman!" Beecher
Bleckley, JohnBTecUey and" Carl
Keener.
Mr. Duncan 111
Rev. N. C. Hughes To
Conduct Service Here
On account of the illness of the
Rev. Norvin C. Duncan, Good Fri-
, attackshortly "before the morning
service at St. Agnes last Sunday
and . since then has been confined
to his bed. A lav service was con-
ducted by his son, N'orvin (V Dun-
can, Jr. The rector was expected
to be carried to Charlotte Thurs
day for treatment and rest at St.
Peter's hospital. His condition was
reported t he improved.
The (iood Friday service will be
held at St. Agnes' at 7:45 o'clock
tomorrow night and the Easter
service will be held at 6 a, m. Sun
day. Rev, Mr. Hughes also will
conduct an Easter service at the
Church of the Incarnation, High
lands, at 11 a. m. ,
cd to Macon hunters, of which 152
have been returned. The figures
compiled from these blanks repre
sent not only game killed within
the forest area but also game kill
ccL mounties : which xontaina.,sec
tion of the forest
Thirteen hunters reported that
they killed no game, due to the fact
they had failed to do any hunting.
From the reports already in, the
following facts are recorded : that
from the counties of Macon, Rabun,
' Clay, Cherokee and Graham 1,093
qiiails were killed, 20 wild turkeys
2,285 rabbits, 180 doves, 5,282 squir
rels, 55 wild cats, 43 wild ducks,
five wild geese 191 skunks, 247
coons, 1,735 'possums and 3 foxes,
to, Macon county has a record of
512 quails, three turkeys, 1,219 rab
(Continued on page four)
Use the Want Ads
Oassified 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.
IS PER YEAl;
State-Supported 8-Months
Term Provided in
MacLean Bill
TEACHERS' PAY CUT
Statewide Ad Valorem Tax
Abolished; Sales Tax
Likely
The MacLean bill, providing for
state support of an eight-months
school term out of funds derived
from sources .other, than ad valorem
taxes, learnt' law Tuesday when
it was passed in the state senate
by a vote of 30 to 10. It hail
passed tbe liouse.last week, 51 to
40.
Enactment of the measure will
mean a saving ' to Macon "county
taxpayer of"$23;000r according To
an estimate made by C. Tom Bry-
son, register of deeds arid super
visor of tax listing. It will reduce
the county wide tax rate 16 cents
on the $100 valuation, as it repeals
the state's ad valorem tax for sup
port, of schools. This assessment
has amounted to 15 cents in" most ;
of the counties, but it was placed
at 16 cents infaconJ because of
a silght decrease in the county's
toial valuation!
Big Rate Cuts Likely
The MacLean law also will wipe
out levies imposed by special school
districts to supplement state ap
propriations, which for the past
two years have been made on the
basis of a six-months term. This
will mean a saving in Franklin and
Highlands school districts of 35
cents on the $100 valuation. Thus,
the total savings in these districts
will be 51 cen ts. I n oth er special "
school districts the total savings
will be:
Hijidonville 36 cents ; PineiroYe
33 cents,; Mulberry, JO cents ; Otto.
36 cents; Slagle, 33 cents; Aquone.
33 cents; Heecher, 31 cents. .
Besides effecting jhese savings.
in" speciarschool districts which al
ready" havee igh Rfibh Ihs'lerms, tTie"
m?vrchcci1arlSovill)f6Tide""
the extended terms for districts
which now have only six months
of school.
Districts which want a nine-
months term may levy a supple
mental tax to meet expenses for
the extra month, ' but few of the
districts are expected to do this.
Already Representative Charles L.
Ingram has introduced a bill to
provent such a special levy in Iofla '
district.
Appropriation Cut
The total statewide appropriation
for schools and colleges, carried in
tirefaclielbni:.$83,i59,218l tor '
the .next two years, approximately
$24,000,0(X) . under . llieappropriation
voted two years ago.
Some form of sales or commodity
lax-is- vievv ed as-unavoidable - as - a-
result of passage of the MacLean
bill, but many legislators foresaw
that such a tax would be neces
sary in any event.
Estimates of reductions in the
county's tax rates are based on the
present valuation of property. Of
course, if this valuation is lowered
n the reassessment provided in the
Ingram bill, the rate wil be . cor
respondingly increased. The sav
ing, however, will be the same.
Salaries Reduced
Pay of teachers, under the Mac-
Lean bill, is cut 30 per cent. In
connection with this, Senator Anfus
Dhu MacLean, author of therbillr
said :
"It is too much. However, if
the teachers will accept it as the
best that could be done under the
circumstances, I believe they will
win in the long run."
MICHIGAN FIRST FOR
REPEAL
- By -vote of 99 to one, a Michigan--constitutional
convention on Mon
day 'recorded that state's approval
of the repeal of the 18th, ot pro
hibition, amendment and Michigan
was placed first among the states
in taking such action. The dele
gates were elected in a popular
vote a week before.
BIRTH "ANNOUNCEMENT
A son, Jerry Neal, was. born to
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph" T. Pott9 at
their home in East Franklin Sun
day, April 9.