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If ffi Use the Wai Ad Classified advertisement in The Franklin Press br!:. result. If you have something to i.e'1 or trtde, try a classified ad. The coc". is small only one cent a word with a mini mum charge of 25 cent for each ' insertion. V. A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few, Pithy Lines. 6 Ijtgljlmtiui JHarmtum PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL r- INDEPENDENT VOL XLVIII, NO. 19 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933 $150 PER YEAR Ag ilia World V I I CX 11 Ml J wow rr GAMBLING BILL IS LAW The Neal ( bill to legalize pari mutuel betting on horse racing in McDowell county in event the people of the county vote for it, was enacted into law by the gen eral assembly last week. MAY RELIEF FUND ALLOTTED Checks for $216,500 of the May federal relief funds of $866,000 were mailed to the counties from the Raleigh relief office on Friday. With local supplements the total relief expenditures in May for the state will exceed $1,000,000. $1500,000 WAKE FOREST FIRE Fire of unknown origin early Friday morning destroyed Wait hall, administration building of Wake Forest college. There was only partial insurance coverage. GIRL'S KIDNAPERS GET $80,000 Peggy McMath, eight, was re turned unhurt to her wealthy fath ' er at Harwichport, Mass., on Fri day after he had obeyed kidnaper' demands for $60,000 ransom. On Saturday, Kenneth and Cyril Buck confessed themselves guilty and the $60,000 ransom money was recover- ed in their home. TORNADOES KILL 35 Tornadoes on Friday swept cen tral Alabama and northwest South Carolina, killing at least 35, and injuring many and inflicting heavy property and crop loss. Seven were killed at Belton and five in Laurens, S. C. GERMANY PLEDGES AID Through Dr. Hjahnar Schacht, special representative of the Ger man government, Germany has pledged to President Roosevelt earnest cooperation in a tariff truce and an international accord in promoting. ASKS RAILROAD CO-ORDINATOR The appointment of a federal railroad co-ordinator with ample - power to ut waste and duplication - from - the nation's -transportation system was recommended to con- gress by :Jhe president Jastjveek. Joseph B. Eastmanfliberal member of the interstate commerce con- mission, is regarded as certain of " the appbintmentwhenthe " till is enacted. SUGGESTS HIGHER WAGES Addressing the UnitedStates chamber of commerce, President Roosevelt last week asked that as commodity prices rise in the pro cess of controlled inflation, wages be increased to match higher prices and that unfair competition in the industrial system be outlawed. PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS The $6,000 in Pulitrer prizes for 1932 achievements in creative writ ing has been given to T. S. Strib ling, novelist, Maxwell Anderson playwright. Frederick J. Turner, history, Allan Nevins, biography, and Archibald MacLeiih, poet-Tur ner's - prize was - $2,000, he-othcTS1ngchar $1,000 each. ITALY IS IN ACCORD Speaking as special messenger' from Italy, Guido Jung has brought that nation's agreement to Presi dent Roosevelt's program for arms reduction, a tariff truce, a return to the gold international standard, and an expansion of credit and trade throughout the world. ( WOULD PUT 3,000,000 TO WORK A committee of 25 representing 56,000 in the - Association of Na tional Manufacturers has approved a plan for putting at least 3,000, 000 men back to work on a speci fied dflte. The Roosevelt admin istration is considering legislation to relax anti-trust laws to aid busi ness in eliminating competitive wastes. STRANGE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT George W. Watson, Pine Level, died in a Goldsboro hospital Mon day afternoon from hurts received that morning-when he hailed the car of James fcKoy and asked for -x ride,--McKov was halting his machine when Watson walked into the side of it. McKoy was ab solved of any blame. ' . 4 C VOTES ON REPEAL IN NOVEMBER The senate voted Monday night final approval of the measure pro viding a state-wide election on re peal of the 18th amendment next Vnvrmbcr. On the same ballot the ,..:ii Aenide whether convention iHall be called and will name the dclccatei to it. CUT PLANNED m VALUATIONS Tax Assessors Agree on 30 Per Cent Horizontal Reduction A horizontal cut of 30 per cent and a general equalization -of -eaj estate values is contemplated by the tax assessors named in the In gram bill enacted by the current general . assembly calling for re valuation of property in Macon county, according to C. T, BrySon, register of deeds and county tax supervisor. The tax assessors met last month and considered a plan of classify ing property with a fixed value per acre under each classification. This plan, however, was abandoned, as it was thought unworkable in view of the wide variety of classifications which would be necessary in a mountain ounty such as Macon. Meeting again Tuesday of last week, the tax assessors agreed to the general principle 'of a horizon- 4al reduction -of - 30 - per cent -and decided that it would be best for them to rely upon common sense judgment, taking all factors into consideration, in equalizing values. t was the consensus of opinion that this would result, in more equitable valuations than an arbi trary scale of values, as there would be many factors to be con sidered which could not be classi fied ;.' t i The assessors are starting work in some of the townships this week. n others they will begin next: week. An announcement of the places and dates where and when they will be present for listing property and adjusting valuations appears on page 2 of this issue of The Press. Several changes have" teen made in the list of assessors and tax listers as named in the Ingram bill Bob Gibson has been appoint ed to act for Oscar Rickman in Cowee township; John Barnetl for 'garden. W. K. McLonnell in Hats town- shipirand-JimManrr; forGeotge Wallace in Franklin township. - Pay of the assessors is fixed at $ La day. ,,.., Franklin Boy Scouts -To Meet" Saturday" The Smoky Mountains Boy Scout district, Daniel Boone coun cil, will hold its annual spring Scout-O-Ral in Franklin Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. All councils in the Smoky Mountains district will have representatives to take part in the score or more of events which are to be contested that afternoon.. The events will take place at the baseball field, just south of the depot here. Some of the events for the af ternoon are as follows: Knots re lay, fire building and string burn- mgibarreJ hitch iclayr lenfTitch- flag relay bucket brigade, and in spection. The present troop of Boy. Scouts in - Franklin was -organized -about two months ago with J. D. Franks as Scoutmaster. The boys of the Franklin troop have been advanc ing rapidly in Scout work during these two months. CONGRESS TO QUIT IN JUNE President Roosevelt has let it b known that he expects congress t complete its program of special leg islation shortly and to adjourn 'early in June. Bonus Army Converging On Capital By freight and passenger trains, automobiles and afoot another bon us March is converging upon Wash ington with the administration trying an experiment in an effort to prevent - disorder - which - ended last year in the cx-servicemen leaving hurriedly with tear gas floating behind them. W. W. Waters, commander of the B. E. F., last summer, is ab sent and is not expected, but some of his lieutenants are back, even though their following is greatly reduced. Dissension amoncr the sookesmen for the new march has comolicated to open May 13 and end May 18. the problem of the authorities who , The representatives of the veter offered their cooneration in an ef- ans national liaison committee in fort to hold a meetine. , tret it over with and get the visitors out of tie capital. Art School and Artists' Colony To Be Established This Summer at Highlands Announcement has been made of the organization of a summer art school and artists' colony at High lands Professor-Max Bernd Coh en, headmaster of the John and Mable Ringing School of Fine and Applied Art, of Sarasota, Fla.; is expected to arrive early in the summer to assume direction of the school. ( " Miss Albertina Staub and Mrs. G W. Marett, of Highlands, have been instrumental in organizing the art school. Mrs. Marett lias been a student under Professor Cohen in the John and Mable Ringing school. Professor Cohen is no stranger in this section. For the past two summers he has been painting in Highlands Summer. Art school un the mountains of north Georgia der the direction of Professor Coh and western North Carolina. en include: Still 'ife, outdoor paint After receiving his B. A. and . ing and sketching, portrait paint L. L. B. degrees at Columbia-uni-j ing and drawing, quick sketch de yersity, Professor Cohen spent si: sign and composition. leading art schools and traveling! arid artists' colony has been sent extensively. Before his return toj to hundreds . of art students and America he exhibited his paintings; artists and quite a number are in the leading galleries of Paris, I expected t-o come' to Highlands' dur where they were enthusiastically , ing the summer to take advantage received, and on invitation of .the . of Professor Cohen's courses. REID BUILDING TOURIST CAMP Construction Started on Six Cabins at Lake . . Emory Store Six tourist cabins are being erect ed by A. W. Reid opposite Lake Emory Stores, Inc., on state high way No. 285 two miles northeast of "Franklin. Mr. Reid also plans to remodel his lstoreso as.: to ac commodate a lunch room and beer The tourist cabins, of rustic log cohstructTon,-will be'Tn a grove of vne trees some distance from the main highway. Mr. Reid expects 'the - camp - to attract--a-numbcr-of summer visitors who will stav for a.iveekor..more,aswell as--over night tourists. Its proximity to LakeJmojyfamjedJo.r...Us boss-aiul L muskelunge fishing, is counted up on to draw many anglers. Fishing in Refuge To Cost $1 a Day A special fee of $1 a day per person -will be charged anglers in the Wayah Bald state game refuge Friday, and Saturday, the two open days announced last week by the Department of Conservation and Development. Those who take ad vantage of the open days also will be required to show state or coun- lyiishinglicenses.. Are.sident county-license-costs - $1.10, -a -resident state license $2.10, and a non-resident license $5.10. The bag limit in Wayah creek onthe twdjppcn ""days", will bC.!5 trout. Thespecial permits for fishing will be issued by Jesse Slagle, refuge warden, whose home is near the entrance to the refuge. COTTON CO-OPS KEEP LEADERS The members of the North Caro lina Cotton Growers Co-Operative association, in 12th annual meet ing in Raleigh, on Monday return ed Dr. B. W. Kilgore as president and U. Benton Blalock as manager Is Again Unofficially, . Louis McHenry Howe, the President's secretary agreed to see that properly ac credited delegates to the scheduled veterans convention -were given shelter on government land and be fed also'lf that were necessary. ... Fort Hunt, several miles from the capital in Virginia, has been chosen as the site for the head quarters encampment and for the convention. The meeting, at which (ash payment of the bonus and restoration of reduced veterans compensation will be -demanded is turn agreed to get their followers out of town after May 18 and keeppunch was served throughout the ! order during the meetings. evening. Spanish, government ' he exhibited Spanish, landscapes, portraits and compositions ' in.- the National Mu seum of Art ill , Madrid. On his return to America Pro fessor Cohen cxhibiteed at the Durand Ruel galleries in New York and soon afterwards .was invited to head the fresco department of the John and Mable 'Ringing School of Fine and Applied Art at Sara sota, where this year he was ap pointed headmaster. . ' This spring Professor Cohen, in open competition,' was elected to paint one of the murals to be plac ed in the Florida building at the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. . Courses to be offered in the 4 TEAMS JOIN MACONLEAGUE Season's Schedule To Open On May 13 with Two Games The official schedule for the Ma rQncounlybasebalLlligue opens on Saturday afternoon, May 13, at 2:30 o'clock.. On this daft Holly Springs will play Rainbow Springs at Jainboiv.'SpringsrLand Watauga will, go to Cowee.- --3 ; Due to several community teams UI" ' ,l-Mua- "Jri"1!' -."V joined- the league. The teams in the league .are: Holly Springs, Cowee, Watauga and Rainbow Springs. On'atnrdnv-afternoOTi'rAprir29, the baseball fans' -of -Macon-county were given a chance to seetheir first games of the season, when two practice games were played at the Franklin baseball field, just south of the depot. In the first of these games, with only 7 in nings, West End won over the Watauga boys in a free for all hitting game by a score of 10 to 8. ' In the game between Cowee and Holly Springs the fans weer offer ed thrills throughout the seven in nings: Until the. first half of the sixth inning the score was 1 to 0 in, Holly Springs'.-- favor.. Then in their-ijip-.to-4he hat 4n the sixth inning--the Ctnvrc hoys taTficd one run, to be followed by three more in the first half of "the- seventh." Banquet Held High School Juniors Feast Senior Class About 120 guests, including mem-, bcrs of the junior and senior class- es of Franklin high school, mem-i bers of the high school faculty, and members of the school board, were present at the anmial junior-senior banquet which was held at Camp N'ikwasi on Friday night. The camp was decorated for the occasion in rose and green, the colors of the senior class. A delicious nieal war. served by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church. The program for the evening opened with a short address of wel come by Harold Stewart, president of the junior class, who acted as score more counties, including toastmaster and master of cere- Jackson, Transylvania, Avery, Hay monies throughout .the evening. ' wooi Henderson,' - Macon, Chero Pa.d Svvafford, president of the k and ClayCountieiwaspassed seiiior class; resTOnde(Tforthe'8cn-"T'' " " ,. . .,,,,1 Prf r. T mi; r.l sccond reading in the house ponded Tor- the faculty.- The fac ulty then presented a short com- edv sketch. Miss Helen Shenhcrd. accompanied' on the piano by Mrs. Harry Iliggins, entertained with two ' vocal solos. A comedy act was presented by- Messrs. Daniel West, Dick Conlcy and Parley Kannady. After the banquet members of the two classes and a number of thrr guests were entertained at . dance given -by Miss Nancv Tones, ZONE MEETING WELL ATTENDED Six Churches Represented At Methodist Mission Gathering , The zone niectiim nf tli- l:imn( county Methodist Missionary so cieties ' was held at . the Franklin Methodist church Tuesday. Representatives were present from six .-.churches Bethel, Union, Mt. .ion, Snow Hill, Clarke's Chapel and Franklin7-'with more than fif ty members in attendance. Mrs. Carl Slagle, zone leader, called the meeting to order and in troduced Mrs. J. B. Tabor, who led the morning devotions.' Mrs. George A. Jones, president of the Franklin missionary society, gave the address of welcome and Mrs. ',H. C. Freeman, of Clyde, former zone leader, made the re sponse. . Mrs. J. S. Sloan ave a very interesting . report on the recent meeting of the missionary confer ence held in Waynesyille. njium-meenng win ne.Jieia - ax me i iduMiu tnuren on June 9, and each society is urged to have as many delegates as pos sible present. ' A blue ribbon will be given to the society having the largest percentage present. Mrs. H. C. Freeman made a talk and stressed the fact that a real worker can always find work to do. A recess was taken at noon and the ladies were invited to the din ing room, where a delicious plate lunch was served. The meeting reconvened at 1 :30 and the ladies of the church gave a very interesting program. Chil dren, under the able direction of Mrs, Gordon Moore, gave several songs and poems. Mrs. Harold Sloan sang a solo. The next zone meeting -will be held at the Iotla church on the second Tuesday in August. V ork Progressing On Power Lines -Work riri)rogresslng, rahidEFgri the -construction --of -power line from Nantahala to Sylva, with 22 miles uf the-line- crossing'M aeon county from Nantahala to Green's gai).,jon,.theMacon county-.and-Jack son countyliqe. ; W. C. Penn, of Brvson City, one of the Nantahala Power company's officials of Bryson City said that the line is about 25 per cent com plete and by early July the line is expected to be finished to Sylva. At present 85 local men are at work on the lines, digging holes, setting poles, and doing other work. A hundred-foot right-of-way is be ing cleared for the three-wire power line, which is to carry 66,000 volts. Two South Carolina Men. Arrested Two 'brothers, Robert Cartce, 35 and M- ilfcw Cartee; 30, both ot near Anderson, S. C., were arrest- cd in that state Saturday morning and "placed in jail here, 'in connec tion with the robberies of Potts Brothers' store, Highlands - Drug Store and F. A. Edwards', all of Highlands. Officers said part of the stolen goods were found in the car where they had wrecked near Senaca, S. C. and others were found hidden near by. They were taken before Justice of the Peace Samuel J. Murray Monday morning and waived pre liminary hearing until August term :f court Bill Extending Bank Offset Passed On Second Reading A bill extending the Sullivan bank offset act to include two- TiiesdayT A motion to place the bill on i third reading was detcatetl M to 46, the speaker ruling that it re quired a two-thirds vote. The bill will come up for third reading. Sullivan of Buncombe, Tomp kins of Jackson, Howell of Hay wood and Galloway of Transylvania .C(l tllC llgllt tor passage OI tnei , bill, Tompkins telling the house a, that billy Sullivan is the Diggest man in western North Carolina as a result of the passage of' his bill for Buncombe county." ig Off To t. f; No 'Beer Drunks' Arrested in Franklin Franklin has been quite peace able since the advent of 3.2 per cent beer on May 1, according to Police Chief R. F. Henry. "Everything has been fine," the chief told The Press on in quiry. - There has been only one arrest for drunkenness, he add ed, and thet was not due to beer. General opinion seeems to be that the coming of beer already has resulted in declining sales for bootleg whisky and that when beer prices come down there will be comparatively smr.ll demand lov "Mrn." Scorps of people came up from Georgia Saturday and Sunday tl"V . th nw tiAi.-ftnrl- tf 4iM.4r - ll.. - fi;4 : sr business (uncorking bottles. The fact that beer is legal in Ma con county is expected to bring many summer visitors here who formerly have' been spending their vacation in the mountains of north Georgia. DRYSTOHOLD MASS MEETING Temperance Union Plans Gathering May 20 In Courthouse A public mass meeting in the cause of temperance has been called for 3 o'clock Saturday after noon, May 20, in the courthouse, by the executive committee of the Macon County Temperance! Union, it was announced Tuesday by the 'R'evrTTFTVulin, president 6F"the Chi ion: : ' "Plans for the' mass meeting were discussed "at- a"Tnerting ofrheof ficers and executive committee of theunion -in -the-BaptisfThurch Monday- night,- . Slu Rl CreaU-of-Bryson-dty, and Rev. M. Wolf, of Sylva, will be the chief speakers at the meet ing on May 20, Mr. Dulin said. Those desiring to become members of the union will be given an op portunity to do so at this meet ing. Mr. Dulin said the union plans to carry its organization into every school district in Macon county. The temperance union was organized at a mass meeting in the courthouse several weeks ago. ThreeJIeldifon Rainbow Springs Robbery On -Monday night-the Rainbow -Springs commissary was broken in to and robbed of merchandise es timated at about $50. : Robert Calhoun was arrested and placed in jail here Tuesday night, James Martin and Mathew Cole were brought in Wednesday morn ing and Marshall Swanson, the fourth party connected with the robbery, had not been apprehend ed at a late hour Wednesday. This is the second robbery at the commissary within the past few months. Randolph of Swain, Olive of Davidson, Moore of Guilford, and Flanagan of Pitt attacked the bill asserting that it gave certain de positors of closed banks a pref erence. The measure amends a law pass ed . allowing sale and "purchase "of deposits in .closed. B.uncombe..:coun.- ! tv banks at once. The - deposits bought and sold may be applied against indebtednesses owed the closed banks'. After about half of the counties of the state had been put in the bill Johnson of Chatham offered an amendment to make it state- widCi but was voted down TJio-hill is onnnsed hv the state : banking department, which has sponsored a measure no-w on the house calendar to aid in liquidat ing banks after they have been closed three years. IJeleffat ion Attend Hearing More than 60 Franklin Business Men Go To Atlanta USE SPECIAL TRAIN Prepared To Wage Strong Fight To Save Railroad Prepared to wage a strong fight to save the Tallulah Falls railroad a contingent of more than 60 busi ness men left Franklin at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning by special train for Atlanta to attend a hear ing before the Georgia Public ser vice commission on the petition filed by J. F. Gray, receiver, seek-jngutlKr:ity.to-abandonr:.-thfcn:liner Thc-hraring was,'scheduled"WTeTr' at 10 a! m. in the Georgia capital. On the way to Atlanta the special was to stop to take on other dele gatbns at Clayton, Clarkesville and Cornelia. It was expected that nearly 150 men, representative of the commercial, industrial and agri cultural interests of the entire ter ritory served by the "T. F." would be on hand to oppose the aban donment proposal. - - Reeves Heads Committee Direction of the fight against "Judge" Gray's petition rested in the hands of a central committee composed of F. M. Reeves, Cornelia banker; Dr. Dover, of Clayton, and G. L. Houk, of . Franklin. W. T. Lee, chairman of the North. Carolina Corporation com mission, Was expected to sit with the Georgia commission in conduct ing the hearing. After the state commissions have filed their opin ions The case, a decision will be rendered by the Interstate Com merce commission. It is thought likely-that it will be-several weeks, possibly months, before the L C Ciakesactio.n. . Gray's Claims Denied . The committee in charge of the campaignagainst..abandonmentof -the line already has filed with the Georgia commission an answerto "thereceTver's pTtitionTTategbrical ly denying his claims that the rail road is not and cannot meet ex penses and, therefore, its continued operation is no longer justified. The answer also asks the commis sion to recommend the appointment of a new receiver, one who would be more active in management of the line and who would cooperate in efforts to make the railroad suc cessful. The committee also has gather ed a mass of statistics on main tenance and operation costs of the railroad, possible economies, cur Tent -and prospective business with view to proving that necessity does exist for operation of the Tallulah Falls line and "that it can be made self-supporting. (EDITOR'S NOTE:-Fu11 details of the Atlanta hearing will be pub lished in next week's issue of The Press.) , Rev. J. P. Burke To Preach at Highlands The Rev. J. P. Burke, of " Hen dersonville, will hold services at the Church of the Incarnation, Highlands, at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Norv in C. . Duncai, joint rector of the Church of the Incarnation and of St. Agnes' Episcopal church Franklin, is still unable ,to conduct services, ' Mr. Duncan was brought back to Franklin Sunday from St. Peter'9 hospital, Charlotte, where he went for treatment 'after a collapse several weeks ago. His health is much improved, but his physician has directed that he remain in bed several weeks longer. Father -Farnham, rector -of -Str Mary's church, Asheville, conduct edev ehin g ser yiee sIT"St.ZAghes'" for Mr. Duncan last Sunday night. $50,000 REVENUE FROM BEER In the first week's sale of beer in North Carolina, the state se cured about $50,000 in revenue, ex clusive of federal or local taxes. $50,000 FIRE AT HEMP Five stores burned at Hemp, Moore county town, early Monday with a loss of $50,000 or more. Carthage fire trucks prevented t much greater lots. s
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