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lotiis world "BUY, BUY NOW" "Buy everything you need and have so long denied yourself. It is the key to the whole situation." General Hugh S. Johnson I urn A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. Sty Qtgljlatti.0 larmtian LIBERAL - PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT VOL XLVIII. NO. 34 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24. 1933 11.U FIR YEAR LEGION ELECTS DANIELS overseas veteran of New Bern, was on Saturday at Wilmington, chosen by the state department American Legion as commander for the en suing year. F. P. Fields, Moores villc, was made head of the 40 and 8 society.. Mrs. W. . R. Absher, North Wilkesboro, was elected pres ident of the Legion auxiliary. Miss Edna Taylor, Washington, was chosen Miss North Carolina in the beauty contest, winning over 98 contestants. ASK 20 HIGHWAY BIDS Bid fair construction of 2,0 highway - project in th state, to be financed by federal flundi, will be opened by the state highway and public works body on August 29 and award will be made on August 31. The total cost of the 20 projects is estimated at around $800,000. WALDROP NEW ROAD ENGINEER Acting upon order of Govern or Ehrtnghaus, who disclosed no ground for it, the state high way and public works commis sion ha, dismissed Leslie R. Afes as chief engineer and nam ed John D. Waklrap, construc tion engineer, to the post STRIKE OF 60,000 ENDS Recognition of the right of labor to bargain, collectively, brought an end last week-end to the strike of 60,000 garment workers in New York City. MISSOURI VOTES REPEAL . The 22nd state to so act, Mis r turi en Saturday voted for re peal of the 18th, or prohibition Amendment. VICTIM OF ACCIDENT SHOT On Monday afternoon at Black Mountain, Dr. J. B. Wright fired r pistol at a stray dog. The bullet ricocheted from a stone waif and hit Mrs. V. E. Burgess, standing in the doorway of a house across the street. It penetrated her heart and she died almost immediately. NRA DRIVE OPENS MONDAY t Around 30,000 speakers will take part in the national drive which opens Monday to induce recovery code by every employ er and a general agreement to patronire only firms flying the Blue Eagle. . By that date every major industry is expected to have adopted a recovery code. Judge Alley To Speak On World's Religions Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynes ville, who is presiding over the August term of Macon county superior court, will make an ad dress on the world's religions at the Franklin Methodist church at 8 p. m., Wednesday, August 30. Judge Alley will discuss the va rious forms of worship and differ ent religious beliefs from the ear 'Jiesndayl otliistorjr lo-the-present time, drawing the conclusion that the Christian religion offers the t ru es t "basi s "Tor ma n' sTl i f e an d beliefs. Mrs. Henry 0. Curtis Dies in Sylva News was received here Tuesday of - the death of Mrs. Henry 0 Curtis at her home in Sylva Tues day afternoon after an illness of nine weeks. Mrs. Curtis has often visited here with her husband, who was for merly a Macon county man, and made many friends here who will !ccilv rcgret to learn of her death. sviva' Ends at Burningtown Church An eight-days series of revival meetings, conducted by the Rev J. F. Ritrrell, ended last Sunday at the Burningtown Baptist church Thirteen professions of faith and a number of renewals were report ed, and the church gained six new members, three by letter and three by baptism. Nearly 100 Present At bm art Reunion The fourth annual reunion of the Smart family was held at the home of J. J. Mann on the Georgia road last Sunday with nearly 100 members of the family and freinds present. Welcoming addresses were made bv D. C. Smart and 1). J. Smart. A bountiful lunch was spread on the lawn and was enjoyed by all. : . In' the afternoon several short talks were made by various mem bers of the clan. BLUE EAGLE'S SCREAM HEARD N. R. A. Order Gives U. S. Business only, to Subscribers The Blue Eagle is beginning to scream and, as a result, more and more merchants and other em' ployers here and elsewheer are signing the dotted line on National Recovery Act pledges, agreeing in most cases to shorten the hours of employees, to raise their wages, or to do both. J The eagle's first scream, a ver itable squak, was a blanket order sent out from the office of N. R. A. Director Hugh S. Johnson in Washington to all governmental agencies, directing that government supplies should be bought only from dealers or manufacturers who nave suDScriDed to either a gen eral reemployment code or an ap-; prved fair competition trade code. ... Felt Locally This was felt in Franklin through theForestryZlService andalso through the County Welfare De partment, which has supervision over the disbursement of local emergency relief funds. It was announced at headquarters of the Nantahala Forest that con tracts for the purchase of supplies would be held up unless the con tractor obtained a Blue Eagle em blem. Miss Rachel Davis, county wel fare superintendent, announced that she had been instructed by the state relief agency to make clothing and food orders issued to persons on the emergency relief list redeemable only at stores which had signed an N. R. A. oledtre. The state relief office has also issued the following bulletin, clari fying the situation for small coun try merchants,, many of whom have been puzzled as to how the national recovery campaign affected them:. Small Stores Exempt "Some question has arisen "in re gard to the status of the small country merchant ' under" tJr R7 A- He may secure the Blue Eagle by applying to his postmaster. If he owns his own business- and em- ploys no clerks, his hours of labor are in no way restricted." Announcement has been received from Washington that local com mittees of volunteer" workers " will start next Monday to check up on the status of the N. R. A. drive in each community. These com mittees, through public speeches ind private visits to employers, will endeavor to induce all .em ployers who have not signed the Blue Eagle pledge to do so im mediately. The buying public will be urged to do its part in helping to restore prosperity by buying on ly from stores which display the eagle.. Specific information as to how to obtain a Blue Eagle can be obtain man. ' Converted Jew To Preach At Baptist Church The Rev. Jacob Gartenhous, of Atlanta, is scheduled to preach at the First Baptist church at the morning service next Sunday. Mr. Gartenhous, who was born in Je rusalem, is a. converted lew and is said to have suffered persecution in his native land because he be came a Christian. He is the only missionary to the Jews of the Southern Baptist church. The Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of the First Baptist church, has "ex tended an invitation to the public to hear Rev. Mr. Gartenhous. 6 Boxing Bouis At Gamp No. Six boxing bouls are scheduled to be held Friday night at Civilian Conservation Camp Nd. 9 on the Lieutenant outskirts f Franklin; Wardlaw, recreation and sports of ficer at the Aquone conservation camp is expected to bring some of that camp's best leather-pushers to contend with the Franklin camp's pugilists. The former champion of Fort Bragg, who is now in the Aquone conservation camp, is scheduled to fight "Battling" Turner, pride of No. 9, in the main bout. . Last Friday night Lieutenant Clock, of the Hiawassi camp, brought his boxers to Franklin and some speedy bouts were staged. PROCLAMATION To Whom it May Concern: WHEREAS, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, through his Aide, General Hugh S. Johnson, Director of the National Public Works Industrial Recovery Program, has effected material benefits through 6 the NRA codes of operation covering all busi- nesses ; and y WHEREAS, the purpose of these 'NRA- codes has been. to" stimulate purchasing power ard relieve unemployment, thus speeding the return of our country to business normalcy ; . and ;, WHEREAS, each city, each municipality, each county and each state is eagerly doing its part to cooperate in the furtherance of the NRA principles; and WHEREAS, an important point in this fur therance is the awakening of our people to the fact that merchandise being offered at TO DAY'S prices represents drastic savings over the replacement prices; NOW, TIIKKKFOkK, BE IT RESOLVED that the meicliaiils of Macon County, in co operation with the merchants of the other sev enteen counties that comprise Western North Carolina, wil participate in a great "sectional. ! event for the purpose of acquainting the public with the savings to be made by buying now ; said event to last from Thursday, Aug. 24, through Thursday, " Aug. 31, and to be known i as NRA TRADE EXPANSION JUBILEE. ' (Signed) J. FRANK RAY, il Mayor, Town of Franklin. WALTER GIBSON, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners.v HIGHLANDS IS IN LIMELIGHT Curtir Dall's Visit and Golf Match Get Publicity Highlands has been getting some fine publicity as a result of the visit there last week of Curtis Dall, son-in-law of PresTdentRoosevelt; and the golf match Saturday in which Bobby Jones played. Both stories attracted widespread newspaper attention, and it is sto ries like this that will make towns look bigger on the map. Mr. Dall, who is a New York broker, dropped into Highlands un expectedly last' week and enjoyed several days playing tennis and olf. There he met Bobby Jones and the two played golf together on the spic, span and sporty High lands Estates club course. "I like the mountains very mucirsa5dall;HiRhlands -is one of the most . ideal resorts I have ever visited." Before leaving" SundayMr. "Hall j said he was planning to return later with his Wife, the former An'-, na . Rosevelt. Playing with Bobby Jones in Saturday's golf match was Errie Ball, professional at the-Highlands club. Together they beat W. D. Fiondren, of Biltmore Forest, and Jack Toomer, of Naples, two up. A gallery of 500 got many thrills out of the match, which was put on for the benefit of the churches and various civic organizations of High lands. The tourney netted $300 for this purpose. . Ball turned in a card of OS, two j tinder par, and Jones tallied 09. Ij'ondren had a 71 and Toonur- 73. Scheduled 9 Friday Night several Doxing- matches and one wrestling event were put on, sup ply ing - plenty-of - cntcrtainmant-lor a large crowd. The two camps about split even on the Jaurels.ll ' Saturday morning Camp No. 9 won an 8-to-3 victory over the Hiawassi camp's baseball team. It was a good game, but was' marred by misshap when Marshall, south paw for the "Foxes," broke an arm. , The second team of the Franklin camp won 5 to 0 in a four inning game. Saturday afternoon with a visiting team from Topton. The "Foxes" marked up another victory Sunday afternoon, defeat ing the Aquone team by the score ) of 11 to 3. REUNION HELD AT PINE GROVE C. W, Henderson Named Head of Henderson Peek Group The reunion of the descendants of Charles Henderson of Laurens county,; S! C, and William" Peek of Buncombe (now Madison) county, North Carolina, was held on Satur day, August 19, at Fine Grove' church, this county, . about eight miles southeast of Franklin. After a' large . crowd assembled in Pine Grove church house and several songs were sung, the presi dent, Dr. Erastus Peek being ab sent, the assembly was called to order by the vice president, Charles W. Henderson, and prayer was led by Joe Dendy. Members of Pine Grove and Gold Mine choirs furnished music for the occasion. The first address of tJie day was delivered by the Rev. 'Jinf Vinson. This was an excellent, forceful and inspiring address, and was heard with interest and profit bv the congregation. : Agalntt Repeal ' The Rev. J. K. Henderson was called on for a talk, and he re sponded in an earnest appeal to all the Peeks and Hendersons and all their relatives and friends to stand by the Constitution of the United States- and to go to the polls on November 7 and vote against the proposed constitutional convention and against the repeal of the 18th Amendment His.appeal.was3P: proved in forceful talks by Charles W. Henderson of Macon county, George leek of West Virginia and John C. Henderson- of Cullasaja. A table had been prepared be tween ; the church house and the rippling crystal waters of Walnut Creek. On this table at the noon hour, was spread an abundance of food, and everybody present great Jy enjoyed the sumptuous repast. Coat of Arms In the afternoon, the Henderson coat of arms was presented ; and explained bv T. C. Hendcrsoit of Transylvania county. . Y As suggested in a letter f rVm MrsTMabel Teek Watsonf of" Six Mile, S. C, who was unable to attend the reunion, the family idopted as a slogan the eighth verse of the sixth 'chapter of Micah: "He hath shewed thee, O iiian, what is good ; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" A short while was given to the idling of jokes and of. smart say ings of little folk of he Henderson Peek, families. Quite a number (Continued on page si) LAKEY CREEK CASE QUASHED i Grand Jury Returns Bill Of Indictment Marked "Not True" The grand jury in Macon county superior court Tuesday .returned marked "not true" a bill of indict ment diary ill!; 10 .persons with as sault with . a deadly : weapon- and breaking iiito the home of Mrs. Birdie Lakey in the Lakey Creek community last May. The 10 persons, nine "1110,11 and one woman, all of the Lakey Creek section, were: George Martin, Ray Davis, Bessie Barker. Bill Martin, Wesley Parker, Henry Barker, (icorge l.akcv, Will Barker,' New! i.akcy and'B. C. West. At . a hearing in magistrate's cour 1 August - 14 there were IK de fendants, all of whom had been arrested .on warrants sworn out by Mrs. Lakey, who conducted the prosecution herself.- Four of these dvftndaflts-wcre-relea ssd 011 4li e grounds that there was insufficient evidence against them. '' It was brought out in evidence at the preliminary hearing that a band of masked men and. women, ;onie of them masked, went to the Lakey home the night of May 26, took from the house Bill Green, of .Swain county, and severely whipped him with a leather strap, Hater returning to beat Mrs. Lakey 1 with sticks. Mrs. Lakey,. a widow wan lour cmiuren, said sue. was so badly beaten she had to stay in bed for some lime. Asked why she and Green didn't get married, she replied, '"We will, when the right time conies." The defense tried to show that Mrs. Lakey was a "bad woman" and that she did not know who beat her. Some-of the witnesses said the warrants were sworn out as a result of ihv activities of the Rev. G. N. Dulin in conducting a revival in the community recently. Mr. Dulin denied, however, llr.it he had encourageu"Mns Lakey to lake any action -in the -case.- He also denied that lie had aided M rs-La fcuy in ircltitii. the .illfgrd women-beaters to confess and shake- hands with he at the re vivaL " Judge- Felix; E. Aalley repri manded " the " grand "jury vtien " it brought in the "untrue bill" in the Lakev case, sternly informing the jurors , that it was not their duty to "try" the case, but only to hear the evidence of prosecution witness es. It was reported that the grand jury also heard " defense witnesses, but the jurors denied this. 0NFAR1T0UR Various - Crop - and Cattle Projects Inspected Oiv-Trifv More than 200 farmers and R tarians wenf on the third annual farm' tour, sponsored by the Frank lin Rotary club, Wednesday of 'ast week. After visiting various farms in the morning, inspecting crop and cattle projects, the tour ists had a picnic dinner on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Carl. Single's home- in the Cartoogechaye-M'ctiou. The luncheon was served by the Cartoogechaye Missionary society and the proceeds went to the ben ( Continued on page six) - OVER Churches Partly To Blame For lawlessness - Duncan The churches, through their fal ure to "teach and apply the prin ciples of brotherhood," arc largely re sp-onsibk' . for . ''Ih e -spirit of la-w lessness - as .manifested in recent lynchings -in-Alabaman-according to a letter .from the Rev. Norvin C. Duncan, rector of St. Agnes Epis copal church, Franklin, recently published in The Raleigh News and Observer. Complimenting the Raleigh paper for an editorial condemning the Alabama crimes, Rev.' Mr. I.huiean Mid in part: "To one who tries to be a Christian even in a poor way, it is heartrending to see the lack of the Christ mind in our human re lationships in a section of country Trial of Welch Case Under Way; Floyd Released DRYSTOHOLD RALLY SEPT. 3 Zeb Curtis and Rev. L. B. Hays Scheduled To Speak A prohibition, rally, sponsored, by the United I )rv Forces 01 North Carolina, will be held in the court house Sunday afternoon, September 3, it Was announced this week by officers of the Macon County Temperance. Union. vZcb Curtis, Asticvillc attorney, and the Rev. L. B. , Hays, : presiding elder of the. Waynesville district of the Metho dist church are scheduled in speak A statement aniioTincing the rally signed by the Rev. G. N.' Dulin, president of the temperance union, and the Rev. E.. -R..' Eller,. Macon county repre; uitati. e ?of tin unit ed Dry Forces, said : "All the people of the county who are interested, in seeing North Carolina vote against repeal of the 18th Amendment are urged to be present for this meeting. "Unless the Christian people of North Carolina aiv-use themselves to the perils of this hour, the liquor forces of the country for the sake of nioiiey are going to bring back the saloon with all of its evils. The Christian people of America put the great prohibition laws in the Constitution and it is up' to the same people to 'rise up and vote to keep them there." ' BRYSONFAMILY Approximately 200 Attend Annual Gathering at West's Mill Tli;' Cry-'Oii reunion was "hehf at the Cowee Bapiist church Sunday, August 2(1, with approximately 200 descendants of Samuel Bryson and invited guests present. The principal speaker was Thad C. Bryson of Beta, Jackson county. Dan Bryson, of Beta, made a short talk and extended an invita tion to a jl those present to attend the Bryson reunion at Beta the first Saturday in October. ' Officers Elected 'Following are the '.fficers re- chrted to serve (hiring the coming Year: C. Tom Bryson, of Frank lin, president ; Robert --Ramsey"-- Telhcc. vice-president: Mrs. Lester Srnleof-l raukliivsecretary; C. A. Bryson, of West's Mill.. treas urer, and i, L bryson, ot wesis -VI-ill, hit-tofian A bountiful dinner with - 1 1 kinds of good things to cat was spreij ii a 50-foot picnic table erected under the beautiful old oak trees in the' rear of the Cowee Baptist church. v The reunion will b held the same time and place in 1934. Among the visitors at the re ' i; '! Li v were ; Mr. and Mrs.- I au Bryson-,-' M iv- and Mrs. Thad C. Bryson, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Malloiiee, and Mr. and Mrs. Thad C. Bryson, Jr., and children, all of (Continued on page six) which is supposed to. be Christian. "I regret to say that I believe that a large part of such disorders can--be-laid" -at the soor of the churches, whose ..leadership has been spent in- bombarding- the small-forts of amusements, prohibition, : etc., while failing to challenge a social ,mil economic -order which docs not reflect the- Christ, mind, and fur ther failure to teach and apply the . 1 ft . t i i . principles ot. Drotricihooii in our human relationships, i. 1. 1 i . ;iauama lias put a stain upon Hie rsouth which will be hard to remove." The Asheville Times, of which Charles K. Robinson, formerly p Franklin, is editor, made the fol (Continued on page six) Judge Grants Non-Suit Motion for Younger Defendant ARGUMENT BEGINS IN TUMP' WELCH CASE Doctor Testifies about "K" on Dead Man's Forehead C. C. ("Tump") Welch and his nephew, Floyd Welch, went on trial in Macon county superior court Wednesday in connection with the death last December of Don An dersoTirl9, whose bodywith-a my$ terious "K" on the forehead was found at the foot of a dee; ra vine in the Burningtown section. After the evidence had been completed Thursday' morning Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesville, who is persidi'.ig over . the two-weeks -. gust K"m ( ' court, granted a motion of defense attorneys for a non-suit in behalf of Floyd Welch. The case against his uncle, however, was bound for the jury. Argument beuan in th forenoon and was expected to continue un til late in the afternoon. Harley Anderson Testifies - Seltction of the jury to try the case took barely more than an hour and was completed at . 1 o'clock Wednesday. Presentation of testimony began at 2:30 with Harley Anderson, brother of Don Anderson, on the stand. He said Carl Welch, a brother of Floyd Welch, came to his home after midnight last December 16 and said that Don Anderson was. in Kelly's Cove, nine miles frm Franklin, and was in need of help. The witness said he went to the cove and found his brother's body, sitting upright, in the ravine. He told of carrying . the body to a nearby deserted cabin, where in Ih e Jkht of a fire he discovered that the dead man's face bore scratchs and bruises. He also said some of Don's clothing was torn off and parts were found at various places nearby? " Neck Broken Dr. Edgar Angel, who made an Xrray picture two days later, told the court that Anderson's neck and one rib were broken. The mysterious letter "K" on the man's forehead, the doctor testified, ao peared to have been produced by , some sharp instrument. Other witnesses heard before court adjourned Wednesday night were Harley Carnes, J. R. Ramsey, T. M. Slagle and Don Raby. Solicitor John M. Queen asked for conviction of second degree - s-iiu.i." :i l their" case on the contention that Anderson, in drunken stupor, ac cidentally fell into the ravine. Admit Distilling Before going on trial in tke liomicuie case, the two Welches ad-, mitted that they had been distilling liqi'or. Trial of J. R. Bell, outlaw, who was recently- captured at the heme of his father, loe Bell, in tht. Coweta section, is expected to get under way the latter part if this week or early next week. Bell is charged with first degree murder and first . degree-burglary. There has been some street talk to the effect that Bell might plead guilty to a charge of second degree mur der, but there has been no public announcement to this effect and it is not known whether it would be members of the Cowcti uamr. of which Bell is said to have been the head, are now serving long sentences in state's prison, some of them in connection with the Dryman case and some in con nection with other crimes. Rev; B. C. Bell To A f i.aui uti i uiiuay The congregations of the Meth odist and Presbyterian churches will unite in a union service next Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in the Presbyterian church. The Rev. B. Charles Bell, D. D of Shreveport, La., will preach. Dr. Bell con ducted a series of union evangelis tic services in Franklin during June. His many friends will be glad to know that he is again visiting in Franklin and preaching in this service. The public is cordially in vited to attend.
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