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l f ilr j ' U&t- the Wotiii Ads Uassillcl r.dvci"ti-.Ti;:i.B in Tho Fi-R-.i?:iin Pre-r. bri-. results. If you hv.vo something to sell or trade, try a classilie rd. The cost is small only one cent a word with a mini mum charge of 25 cents for each insertion. 1 umo t I I I I A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Natiom and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. M)t Qiglflaniijs iUanmum PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL . IXDEPW.DEXT VOL. XLVIII, NO. 33 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1933 $1.59 PER YEAl Aailio World III I M I . II .1 : 1 111 II E t V I f I I I 11 It J t 1 attit GREATEST FLIGHT ENDS The greatest mass air flight in history ended Saturday with Gen eral Italo Balbo leading 23 planes to a landing near Rome after cir cling half the globe in flight to Chicago and .return. In a great ovation at 'Rome, Sunday, the air men were decorated. THREE NEGROES LYNCHED Three negroes held for the slay ing of a white woman were seized by-an -Alabama moa-nearTusca-loosa, early Sunday, as officers at tempted to spirit them away to safetv in another county. The bodies of two, riddled with bullets were found later in the day. SHERIFF SLAYS GANGSTERS Sheriff Thomas B. Bash, of Kan sas City, went with his folks to a lawn party last Saturday, but he took a riot gun along with him and on the return he saw a car of gangsters shooting down a fugitive on the( stret. Bash brought his gun into play, slew two of the murderers and captured a third. " NEW PRESIDENT OF CUBA Carlos M. de Cespedes took the oath of office as president of Cuba on Sunday following the abdica tionand flight to Nassau oh Sat urday of President Gerardo Mach ado. Machado quit on demands of the army after resisting for weeks a general demand that he give up the post. Rioting mobs on Satur day' and Sunday killed 30 or more of his supporters, wounded many others, damaged the presidential palace. Three U. S. warships pro ceeded to Havana to protect Amer icans. PROHIBITION BUREAU DIES Abolition of the prohibition enforcement bureau was made last week by the justice de partment, 600 dry worker were fired and 1300 were transfer red into the department- inves tigation bureau. Major A. V. Dalrymple, chief i of tke enforcement bureau, lost his joo. . - ft! KM HUGE BOND FORGERY cniiNn m wmm : i rr ' : 1 k rorgeu rvansas Tiiuiucipai iwus totalling $800,000 have been disclos- CU Willi illv 3lfcV J wvx.a $370,000 of the spurious bonds on deposit. The swindle has brought two arresis, wun ouicis piumucu. Three banks 1 have J)een forced to close. . GOVERNOR ASKS UTILITY PROBE Governor J. C. B. Ehring Kaus, in a letter to Stanley Winborne, of the corporation commission, asks the body to get to work at once on an in vestigation of values and rate of public utilities in )he state, citing the fact that $70,000 in special funds is available for for tfee purpose and more can be secured from the contingent fund. vv-lra: LEGION MEETS ON FRIDAY Over 4,000 American Legionnaires partment convention opening n Wilmincton orTTriday and lasting three days. APPROVES 18 HIGHWAY JOBS Federal authorities have approv ed 18 North Carolina highway projects, involving $600,000, with contracts to be let within a short time. ARREST SIX FOR FLOGGING Six men are in jail at Laurin- burp charged with removing Doug las Monroe, 28, from his bed early Sunday, taking him into a woods . and beating him so severely with blackjacks and sticks that his re- coverv is uouuuui. AGAINST SALF.S TAX The North Carolna Federation of tabor, meeting at Charlotte on Monday for a three-day session went on record againt the sales tax "and demanded a repeal by the 1935 -hL'slnttire The body also fav- nred bctter financial support of "'schools" and ratification Ay the , state oFthechlld labor amendment to the federal constitution. NOTORIOUS BANDIT TAKEN Sought' as one of the gangsters vnnted for the machine gun murder of five men at the Kansas City sta- -tVn, Harvev J. Bailey was t;ken Tuesday night at a farmhouse liea'r Dallas, along with five companions. Marked money on his person was found to be part of the $200,()00 ransom paid kidnapers for release ransom PV,W..,!!"!tBree most becoming to her blond ot Uianc r.. yrscnei, .;uhw City oil millionaire. IIOIilE OWNERS' ACT EXPLAINED Funds for Refinancing First Mortgages Provided BACKEDBY GOVT Geo. Pattern, TVS. Munday Appointed County , Agents George' Patton and T. S. Munday have been appointed to represent the Home Owners' Loan Corpora tion in Macon county, Mr. Patton as attorney and Mr. Munday as appraiser. The corporation was created by an act of . the last Congress which was Signed by President Roosevelt on June 13. Its purpose is "to save the homes of owners where they are unable, otherwise, to secure money to, pay mortgages or deeds of trust, and where the debt hold er is threatening foreclosure." The Home Owners Loan -Cor poration has a capital stock of two hundred million dollars, subscribed by the federal treasury, and has the authority to issue two billions of dollars in four per cent bonds, with 'interest guaranteed by the government. These bonds are tax exempt, except for surtaxes, estate, inheritance and gift taxes. A brochure explaining the plan for refinancing home mortgages un der the Home Owners' Loan act states : Plan Explained "The primary purpose of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation," states a brochure issued by the agency, "is relief to the homeown er by the refund of. mortgages in exchange- for these bonds and not for the liquidation in cash of pres ent .existing - mortgage indebted MMiJ. -:. - ""-; -'' "Should the lender be unable or unwilling to. exchange his mortgage and accept bonds .every effort will be made to induce- the lender to carry the - home-owner on - some reasonable basis, and if this can not' be done, to assist the home owner in procuring funds else where, if possible, from jhe usual financial sources. If this is im possible and the home is about to be losV the corporation will enter tain an application for a - cash loan, if it comes within the' pro visions of the act. Must Be Used by Owner We cannot make a loan on rent al property, vacant lots, farms, re- :onstruction, second mortgages, nor if the dwelling is for more than four families, nor if the value is n excess of $20,000. "The ptemises must be used by the owner as a home or held by him as his homestead. It may be located inside or outside any in corporated city or town. The premises may,, incidentally, have a small store or some farm - land or other incidental usesrprovided it is primarily the home of the own- er. SO Per Cent Limit jUpjtqjper cent of the value of the home will be loTrieTin bonds to take up a; mortgage, pro vided such 80 per cent does not erceed $14,000, and we will also furnish the cash to pay taxes on the home which may be in arrears, all of which will be made a part of the 80 per cent loan. "Should A mortgage holder, re fuse to accept bonds, and his mort- (Continued on page four) Macon County ' Leaves For State BiY MRS. THOMAS HARBISON (Highlands Correspondent) Miss Oceoia Everett, having won the title of "Miss Macon County" at the American Legion beauty pageant in Franklin week before ast-ha:4)eettgettingJ'bigkick,' out of selecting! her "trousseau'1 for the state beauty contest at Wrightsville Beach. When she left Highlands for Wrightsville today "Miss Macon County" was wearing a swanky sports costume of white and navy blue silk with white accessories. In her traveling bag were clothes in which she will appear at Wrightsville Beach.' Among them, besides various sports frocks, was her beach outfit, consisting of a swim suit of that cool shade of r .. pQS . . bathiiur can. white Franklin and Highlands Tax Sales Are Delayed By Restraining Orders Two temporary injunctions, restraining the Town of Frank lin and the Town of Highlands from proceeding with the adver tisement and the sale of land for taxes, were signed by Judge. Felix E. Alley in Murphy this week. A similar order against the county was issued by Judge Al ley last week. , ' Franklin's town board had or dered the sale of land on which 1931 and 1932 taxes were de linquent to be held on the sec ond Monday in Sptember: In compliance with the statewide law, advertisement of this sale was to start in this week's issue' of The Press and Maconian. Acting sts attorney for John . Harrison, former county com missioner, George Patton went to Murphy Wednesday and ob Return toFranklin after Absence of Half a Century After an absence of about 50 years, Marvin Bogle, of Dallas, Tex., came back to Franklin Wed nesday to visit the- haunts of his childhood and the grave of his mother. Mr. Bogle, a son of the Rev. and Mrs. E. H. BogTc, was born in Haywood county. While he was a baby his father came to Franklin as pastor of the Methodist church, which then was part of the Hol ston conference, which included Western North Carolina, north Georgia, east Tennessee arid part of southwestern Virginia. Although he left here as a child of four years, Mr. Bogle recalled some -xf Franklin's-.residents and some of the earlyscenes He re membered the Indians passing in f rontof his .home, on .west Main street and how., as children, he and his brothers were Crightened by them and would , flee when they Funeral Held Mrs. Claud Calloway Dies After Brief Illness Funeral services for Mrs. Claud Calloway, 26, of Highlands, whose death occured at Angel Brothers' hospital last Friday morning, were conducted by the Rev. C. R. -Mc- Larty at the Highlands cemetery Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Mrs. Calloway, who died after a short illness, was born in Jack son county in 1907, and was mar ried " a few years ago to Claud Call6wayrBeforeher marriagcrshei Nor414 Tamcwprio- j1artn'c-T'F'-as Mis Klorenre Henderson. 1 esrThe Smokemonr boys; arrived immediatesurvivors of thede ceased are her husband, three small children, Victoria, W. C, and Scot Callowayp two listers, Mrs. Claud Keener and Mrs. Robert Reese, of Highlands; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Dex Henderson, and one brother, Bill Henderson, of Jackson county. The news of Mrs. Calloway's death was received with regret by all who knew her, and her husband and family have the sympathy of their friends and acquaintences. Beauty Contest sandals and white slacks. An aft ernoon frock of peach colored crepe and a very sophisticated black evening gown completed her ward robe. This last, the evening gown, de serves honorable mention. It is of blackrepejeliexedlyglittering bands of rhinestones- about the shouldersand Jback i a white "bu n nyfur" cape, silver slippers, silver ear-rings, and a white and silver evening bag, make this costume a virtual dream of beauty. When Miss Everett pauses before, the judges in her gown of midnight darkness springled with bits of sil ver stars, with her blond hair as shinning as a pale crescent moon, she is sure to attract attention to be distinguished. And how will they judg;e her? North Carolina has long boasted of her beautiful women. Perhaps Quein sabe? tained the order against the town. ' Highlands also 'had planned to sell 1932 taxes on the sec- ond Monday in Septembe.r.The "restraining order in this case waa obtained Tuesday by R. S. Jones, of Franklin, ias attorney for W. W. Edwards, of High lands. It has not been announced whether efforts will be made to make any of the restraining or ders permanent. Judge Alley is coming to Franklin next week to preside over the reg ular August term of court and it is likely the question of dis solving these injunctions will be . argoeh dhring the term. Should Judgn Alley renew the injunc tions, which are for twenty days it is likely the question will be carried to the state su preme Court. saw the red men coming. The old Methodist church, where his father preached; he remember-. ';d clearly. "It had a' 'negro heaven,' or bal- ony for the colored folks, in the back," he said. -"Frequently the children were ' taken to church by the servants and sat with them in the balcony, instead of sitting with their parents in the pews below. Well I remember going to church and sitting on the knee of an ' old colored nurse up in the balcony." Mrs. Bogle died during" her hus band's ministry here and her body was buried in the Methodist ceme tery. Her son, on coming here half a century later, was pleased to find the cemetery in good con dition and the grave of his moth er well cared for. The Rev. ilr. Bogle, after leaving Trankliii not long after his wife's death, went Xp Tennessee. '. 'FoieFWin' 2 More Victories Scored By Camp 9 Team The "Camp Foxes," as the base ball team at C. ,C. Camp No. 9 on the outskirts of Franklin is known, won over a team from C. s;turday The game WM sjightly' ; unbalanced, the score being 7 to 1 in favor of the Foxes. Messemer pitched an unusually fine game, fanning out 12 men. A close battle was played on the home grounds Sunday, when the team from the Smokcmont Camp in time for a good dinner and then the gam e "got s t a "ft eel"" in good "fas h ion,' with a large crowd present. For the Foxes .Wilson and Mar shiFTed ""the-bit t ingT Both teams played hard, but Marshal's splendid pitching helped win a 3 to 2 vic tory for the Foxes. His smooth pitching fanned out 14 men. John son and , LaGrande starred in the field. Nantahala Improving Power System The Nantahala Power an Light company, which recent!) took over Franklin's municipa hydro-electric system, has begui to replace old poles and .wires in the distribution system with view of improving service all over town. The company also ir, replacing . transformers where necessary and making other im provements For a few weeks, it was an nounced by Mr. Allen, local menage? for - the Nantahala, - it wilL be jiecessary to cut off the current each afternoon from 1 o'clock to 5:30 in certain eec tions of town. He explained that this could not be Avoided in changing poles and wiring. He said the company would en deavor to cause - as little incon venience as possible, and in the case of business houses and manufacturing e s t a bl ishments which might riiffev by being disconnected for a few hours, the proprietors would, be noti fied when the current was ,to be cut off. ' NRA PLEDGES SIGNED BY 32 xMany Other Signatures ' Expected before September 1 WAGES ARE RAISED Stores Agree To Change Hours for Opening And Closing V. 1-4 NRA 1 'ledges Thirty-two merchants and. busi ness, men of Franklin and vicinity have joined President Roosevelt's reemployment campaign and signed pledges to 'abide by fair practice codes approved by the National Recovery Administration, .it was an nounced Tlmrdav bv Postmaster John' t. Riekniaii; Most of those signing, Mi. Rick man said, have subscribed to the blanket code applicable to employ ers of "white collar" workers. This code,-in effect, raises (lie wages of employes 2(1 per cent, "provided this -shall not i equi re wages iipex-. cess of $12 per week." Standardize Hours .Those signing also 'have taken action fo reduce the working hours of employes and to standardize op ening and closing luuirs. for stores. At a meeting of . merchants last week it was agreed that stores should open a 8 a. in. and close at j p. m, each day except Saturday, hen the closing hour was set at 10 o'clock. This, however, was found to work a hardship on a i:uge part, of the buying public and n .some of the 'merchants, and Thursday of this week a new sched ule of-opening and closing hours was adopted. New Schedule v The new schedule provides that dry goods and grocery stores shall open at 8 a. m. and close at 7 p. Tn. . troiii "Altrnday through Fri day, and open at 7 a. in. and clo.se" at " 10 p. m. mi Saturdays. Hardware and 'buildim- supply dealers are to open at 7' a. in. and close at trrr. in. from Mrnd hy t h r on gl v F rida y, an 1 . open al a. m." and close at 10 p. urdavs. ' in. on .at- , Several stores and als., '. several i manufacturing plants which have nf)T"Tel""stihsn'ibi"( Torles-niiplicable to their ...particular lines of business. Prrvrmastn Wtrkmtm cxpectsthat4 by September l the number' of pledges signed will be much larger. Welfare Officer Must Approve Requisitions Merchants desiring to receive payment on food and clothing re quisitions issued by the' Macon county welfare department are.' re quested by Miss Rachel Mavis, wel fare superintendent,', to present" the orders before the county' account ant can pay them. To comply with this regulation she has requested that the merchants bring the requi sitions t o lief" beTof e pre se n t h ig ihetiT to the conntv accountant. After slTe-1i:iT'DrK'd.""niiefo"rms: they then will be payable. The welfare superintendent will ' remain in her office each Monday ami Saturday for the purpose of pass ing on requisitions. MARINES TO LEAVE HAITI . 1 he United . States government has agreed, to withdraw marines from the island of Haiti by Oc tober 1, 1934 and to turn over the constabulary to native officers. LL Dc C Planning To Mark Graves of Plans for "placing marker -oerr The, the graves of. all yar . vc'-t ns- i:-,' wIkisc Mat tm county which now are tin- pieces marked were discussed at 'the reg- ular August meeting :of the -Ma- con chapter of the United Daugh- lers 'if . the Contedcntcy at the home' of Mrs. F. L. Siler. ', The ffderatTn3VXT.nmTnr-will sup- ply markers for . any -unmarked trravi's ,of vetwars ef any war from the Revolution through the W'.'-rld War. Ihe U. I), t... lias undertaken to make up a list of all munarked veterans' graves in tin: county and to place ov er them the stones supplied by the . government, The chapter already, has cohipil ed.a list of unmarked graves;- but has requested that ' anyone kiw.w ing of such grav es communicate v.ith Mrs. Carl Slagle, , giving her home of Miss Annie Slagle. Earh the location of the' grave and the, member of the chapter is to invite name of the deceased veteran. ' ' r. guest. Trial of Coweta Gang Head At August Court 'Bobby Jones To Have Home in Highlands j "Bobby" Jone, king of golf er, who it to play an exhibi tion match here Saturday aft ( rrnoon, will oon have a um 1 mer home in Highlandi. Work ( started Monday on hi house, which it being built near the lake at the Highlands Estates Country club. The building wae contracted by Fulton and Hall, of Highlands, and the plans wejra drrawn by Linton Y'oung, of Highlands and At lanta. The exhibition match, which ir to begin a 2 p. m. Satur day, the 19th, is for the bene fit of several organizations in Highlands, including the Hud ton Library. 11 DEATH CLAIMS TOM Funeral for Prominent Highlands Man Held Friday Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon for Tom McKinney, 41, who died at his father's home here at 11. p. m., August 10, after several months' illness. The'fun- 'eral was held at the McKinney home with the Rev. G. A. Hovis, assisted by the Rev. C. R. Mc- I Carty and the Rev. W. T. Potts, 1 in charge. i-TalLbeartrs. were Ouincy Heddtn. C. C. Pott's, J()hii Reese. Norman Ke'estv-1 R ice, and Henry Smith. Interment was in ihe High.- lands cemetery. - ... MrrMcKiniiey wii-r-bi-HH August 9, 182, and had lived in Highlands ly all of his lUr, lie was f one of the oldest am i best known families in Highlands, his paients being Mr. and Mrs. J. 1' McKinney;- who have- lived here through the many years" of "their married life. Surviving Mr. McKinney are his father and mother; his children, Hirnian, Grace, Tom, Imogene and Jim; three brothers, Wendell and Charlie, of Highland,, and Allison McKinney, of mrmmgham ; and four sisters, M rs.' Frank Pitts. Mrs. Helen Thompson, Miss Montie Mc Kinnev. ami Mrs. H. T. Paul. Mr. McKinney was a member of the Highlands- Methodic" Church, which he joined several vears ago. Emlis Houston Hurt . In Auto Accident -r F.nilis Houston, of F.llijay, is in AngelrTitnTrsio ment tor injuries received in-1 automobile accident near Clarkes ville, (ia., Wednesday night of the past week. Mr. Houston was blinded by the headlights of an approaching .automobile and lost control of his -machine, which left the highway and was wrecked, re sulting in internal injuries to Mr. Houston. On Tuesday he was reported to be resting nicely. War Veterans lollowmg names, cd veterans g, raves are without head have been supplied by Mrs TUid, Higgiiis. Wilburn Kay nuruingtown ; Rich ard Shiehls, Briartown; William Kav, llriart 'vvn ; ishington De vease,. Aquone; Henrv Raby MlaT;ajTraTn--W4llimirle-l:)w'yH-, Jotla. L L ;: - , Wwiv 4ku wer-discHssi'd' at the U. X). . C- 'meeting for the obtain' : mg , ot a large public reading room Mrs. John Byrne was presented i with a silver spoon from, the chap , ter, engrav ed with ,, the name of her young son, John Byrne, the name - of the chapter and the year." !; The September meeting of the U - ' I. ('. will be in the form of a pic nic on Wayah creek, near th IKINNEY Likely 3 Captors of J. R. Bell - Receive $200 in Rewards $100 MORE IS DUE Outlaw Makes No Effort To Flee after First Futile Dash J. R. Hell, outlawed chief of the Coweta gang who was capture! . Friday, August 4, near the home of his father, Joe Bell, nine miles north of Franklin, is expected to come up tor trial at Hie. Augus. term of Macon superior court, on indiitments charging first degree burglary and murder, Fsank I. Murray, clerk of court, told The Press Thursday that ii was likely bells trial would come - toward the latter part of the two weeks term, which is scheduled to convene .. .enday of next week with Judge Felix E. Alley, presiding. Receive Rewards George Mallonee, Wade Arvey and Drald Ashe, all of Franklin, have received $200 reward for cap turing bell. Halt ot this was giv en by the county and half by the family of George Dryman, in con-, nectkiu with whose death Bell was wanted. The state also offered $10U for Bell's arrest, but his cap tors have not yet received this, pay-' ment. In attempting to escape from, his rantors Bell' was wounded bv shot gun fire. His wounds were noi serious and he was brought to the . f ... . . . , iUacuu tuuiuy idii, laici uciiik uiut- fA tn ttip Wuvnavilln iail for safe keeping. Mallonee, Arvey and . Ahe went 10 me cen nome in ine v.owcii i i" , , , r-'j August 4, and hid in ""the-woods-"" nearby. About -8o'clock in thii morning Sheriff A. B. Slagle and Marshal Officer went to the house ' to see Joe Bell. J. R. Bed, viv was somewhere near fheli(5Use"iarT- ed running. Mallonee, Arey pn 1 Ashe -gave-chase -and -when Bell 4tt fused , to halt at their comman.l. one--&f -4hem fired - ou -him . .with shotgun., The outlaw halted and gave no further resistanne. He shook hands with his captors, wtiq brought him to town without hand- uffing him. Other members of the Coweta. gang implicated in the Dryman . case were tried and convicted at. the spring term of court and arc- now serving long terms in states rison at Raleigh. Highlands Visitor Dies in Florida . 0.EYcmng, 47,.. prominent con- suUinBenKin.ecrof Palm Beach, Fla., who had a summer residence iiv-Highlandsr-died-recently.-at--hiS- home in Paseo Palmera, exclusive' Palm Beach residential section. Mfr-Young-was-born-m-Uadsdcn Ala., March 15, 1886, and was grad uated with the class of 1905 at Au burn university. He was with a government engineerim; corps at Montgomery, Ala., f.:r several years, and during the war he was connected with, the Southland. Steamship company, consructing ships at Savannah to rut-, th? sub marine blockade. r - i - 'v,....r ;..-c consultine enirineer of the town oti Palm Beach. He became a large property owner and real estate de veloper. As an engineer he had supervision over a number of large projects and last year he invented a new type, of piling :;.-;cture, which since has been patented. Mr. Young is survived by 1:' widow, Mrs. Margare Young, two children, a sister, and an aunt. Young Democrats To Meet at Ellnay AlemDers ot tne Young reopie ljemocraiic V-iuu oi .viaeon tuuiuy will meet at the hllijay , school house Saurday night at 8:30 for a Democratic rallv. A program con sisting of a number of short talks and string music has been ar ranged. . After the program a business meeting will be held for the pur pose of electini'; new officers for he F.llijay club. All members are urged to atter. I and a glad welcome is extended to all. : ' i
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