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iiG fcho World Turns A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Natibn and Abroad the F a c t s B o i 1 e d Down to a Few Pithy Lines. fell! kr ( li. v Bib va Wisdom Xothiny can bring ycv peace but yourself. Emerson. t v 13 li ! in PROGRESSIVE LIBFUAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVI1I, NO. 41 FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1933 IJU PER YEAR y- FLORIDA VOTES REPEAL Florida voted (our to one for re peal of the 18lh amendment Tues day, becoming the thirty-third con secutive state to line up in the anti-prohibition column.' Approval of repeal by only three niore stales is needed to seal the doom of -prohibition, but six others are scheduled to vote on the issue on Npvember 7 North and South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsyl vania and Utah. In expectation that the 18th amendment vouldMjc repealed by December 5, the Roos evelt' administration has directed 'various federal agencies to study and plan for methods of alcoholic control. ICKES ASKS MORE SPEED Governor F.hrinuhaus, along with executives of other states was ad dressed Monday in a. telegram by Secretary Ickes, administrator of public works, asking the govern or to do all possible to speed con struction of roads with the $t(X), (100,000 federal fund allotted for that purpose. Ickes complained of too much time elapsing between federal approval of road projects and the starting of actual con stru ct ion . - - r-. : Giants win the series By " winning their foiurth game with a score of 4 to 3 in' Washington, on ' Saturday, thei New York Giants won the world series from the Wash ington Senators. Washington won only one game. SOUTH CAROLINA LYNCHING Four men arc held at Ninety Six, S. C, for the- Sunday night lynching of Bennic Thompson, a young negro. One of them said the chief of police had left the dixvr to the jail unlocked for them, that they removed the ' negro in a car, beat him With rubber tubes and left him on the roadside where he was found dead Monday morn ing. The negro had been jailed for drawing a pistol on one of four whites arrested. GANG LEADER SHOT DOWN Gus Winkler, sinister and pow erful, figure in, Chicago's -gang-dom7nvTasiddJc Monday as he started to enter a beer parlor, shotguns of his three assailants-roaring from a : passing truck. ASK. GRAHAM TO SERVE NRA General Hugh Johnson, director of the National Recovery Admin istration, has requested of Govern or F.hringhans that the University of North' Carolina release its pres ident, Dr. Frank Graham, to head a consumer's educational program for the NRA. The request has been referred., to the Saturday meeting of the executive commit tee of the university trustees. COTTON CROP IMPROVED Further improvement in the cot ton crop has materially offset the federal reduction program -of the tnid-summer. "October 1" estimates - put - the -crop at -12,885,000- balcsa 471,000-bale increase over the Sep tember 1 estimate. The estimate for North Carolina was raised -by 24,000 bales to reach MiO.lXX) bales on October 1, the condition being 71 per cent of normal as coin paYcd with a 10-year average of M per cent. CLEARING HOUSE FOR CRIME Over 20 have been, arrested connection with the uncovering a- huge Chicago gang operating a clearing house for the sale stolen bonds and securities.! DEFIES THE PRESIDENT Requested by President Roose velt" to surrender " his post as a member of the federal trade com mission, William K. Humphrey has declined to quit and will fight in the - courts, lor the -right to hold his job. 4 KIDNAPERS GET LIFE" " llarveyJJaile.y.;ber.t.-Jatesr-ii-J Cr. Shannon and Mrs. Shannon, Saturday at Oklahoma City, were given life prison sentences for their Harts in the kidnaping of Charles . Ikschel, held for ransom' ..of $2(KI, Clill.. Three 'others got terms eif five to 10 years. BUILD U. S. FERTILIZER PLANT The Tennessee vallev aulhoritv has -allocated $3.S(K),IK)0 to $l,l)(K),- OtKI for coiistruction of a fertilizer plant at Muscle Shoals, to use ni trates made in the munitions plant. NRA ADHERENCE1 URGED BY HOUKi School Principal Speaks at Mass Meeting in Courthouse URGES HIGHER WAGE Predicts Nation's Down fall If Recovery Plans Fail Speaking at an RA mass meet ing in the courthouse . .luesday night, G. L. Hunk, principal of the Franklin high school, predict ed that the United States mieht suffer a -downfall similar lo thai! ofJioujt!.uiess 4-l! natMi -o-j operates with the administration at i Washington in niakiim' the- National Recovery-pionrain a success. "Thc're'is u danger of the Unit ed Stales ever getting back to the living standards of around 1S75," the speaker said, "but there is dan ger that the' people will drop far behind that period if the present; recovery plans of the government.! now in experimental stage, should; totally-fail. It is history that when a nation goes backward, it doesn't ,'( back a few years; but, as a rule, hundreds years. Paints Dire Picture "Little did the people of Rome before, '180 A. 1 . think that the Roman F.mpire could ever go back ward; but it fell from one of the most civilied nations- to a senii barbarous one within a short span of time. If ihc citizens of. this country are not on the firing line, supporting the moves of the non partisan government at Washing ton, this country is by no means safe from the same downfall which r1fcf rnvprl flip rl iti inn itf IvVrtMC f "This nation was built on hope and it has been hope within the breasts"fsormfoTty"uri llinri p cop 1 c affected directly or indirectly- by the past four years of depression That has; prevented a revolt of the' poor: Last November saw the spiritwhich- has gained control.! change had to be made." Speaking -ofthe South, - Profes sor Ilouk expressed the opinion that if it is to regain prosperity it must build up a new economic star us with higher wages for the la boring man. "The Southland," he said, "has always been, the scat of low vva.cs It is true thai ihe millions of neg roes ve have will always he a problem, but if we ever', build up tli is country it will he after we have begun to pay .the -working man a wage upon which he is able to live by. the standards of today. To create prosperity, .money must be circulated freely, and before j this e;iri 'beciVnn-a 1 e aTf: flic lib.-T-ing classes will have to he mad'.' more-than the-prr ailing--dollar-dav wage." . Professor Honk praised the new banking-legtslalii Mvr dcHlaTtiTir" itiTt it is the- brightest plume in the ivrescnt administration's hat." He also .discussed the liroeram of 'the Tennessee Valley Authority and I what it would mean for the future! of this country.- In concluding he xhorted: ' " "It is the patriotic duty of every citizen to b;u.:l the uovcrninent and make this fitht a;;ainst sion a victory. For, if are due to drop bad ladder." the depres- it fails, (h ivv ii the Slagle School Honor Roll Announced J. J:' -Man'ii,' principal of Slagle school, has announced the honor roll' for' -ihe second month as fol lows: . First grade: Fdiih Williamson, Rcll I.enoir, Jerry l.edford, Par bara ('abe and J. D. Anderson. Second "grade : " Wenoia " Peck,) Ruth- (Vawffiftlr-T'C-athernir GraTI and (lladvs Iventiv. Third grade: Arzilla Dil erine Kisei: and Flla l.ec Fourth '. grade : Myrtle Hobby Waldroop, Louise Virginia I.enoir,' l!arhara Hurst. iruie Collier and Kulli Anderson. h'iftjt grade: I 'barley . Cotdcy, Isabella Smith,' Mary (ireenvvood, Ifallie Collier and Nlarie Anderson. Rirth. 'grade: Dempsev- Sweat -. man, Osceola Lew is, Alice t'.ei I-' better and hlorence l.edbetter: . Seventh grade : dordou . South ards and Leon Lenoir. .. (' Pre-election Contest over Prohibition Grows Lively Question 'The pre-election fight, over i lie prohibition" issue grows, more live ly. Despite the lad that the eounl try seems, inevitably headed . toward repeal of the 18lh amendment,' dry forces in Macon county and throughout the stale are not re linquishing their efforts. They are determined to fight to the last to keep North Carolina in the dry column; but politicians "in' the knowing" predict that the slate will go wet by a large majority. As for.-Macon county,, there are plenty ; of predictions both ways ainl, at present, ne man's opinion sevn i sTiTTbe : asg tit "It's"' the- otTi-' er's. Tlie fact thai the county vot ed strong for Robert R. Reynolds, a drcnchiiiu ei, fm 1,'niled Slates senator, does iioc -seenf to carry much weight. v But last November's election may hav e some "bearing' on the Macon county returns in the repeal election to be held next month; although leaders in both the Republican and Democratic par ties have declared the repeal elec tion is a non-partisan, affair. Non-partisan 'ir. not, a group of Republicans of this comity have i.i i t Se-rted a paid "advertisement in thi week's Press-Maconian evedintly intended to embarrass Alex Moore, the candidate of t)ie dry forces for delegate to the proposed ' state re-' peal convention,. Mr. Mo,ire, a lifelong Democrat and a former Democratic office holder, is. asked to answer a ires lioit as to whether he voted for wet M r. Reynolds last Nov ember, or whether. he bolted the Democrat ic ticket and voted for lake New- IE! FOR OCTOBER Program and Classes for Cartoogechaye Event ' -""-. Announced The second annual community fair of the Cartoogechaye section will be held at the Slagle school on Friday, October 20. .Last year's fair was such a suc cess thai the 5-10 Year Farm Pro cram ceimmiltee. which sponsors the event, has. planned a . larger ex hibit this year, with -many- new classes and contests.. Pine, red and white ribbons second will ! and ! j be awarded for first. I third prizes. respectiv ely, in each j . Entries are limited ! of the classes to residents sjkffin, ' .1 . .ij'ilii!1 Livestock To Be Shown n i he- li ves t oelc d i v isitMi t h-ete-ar-e be several elassifii-;'tions as fol- U. l vv s : ' 1 f i u ses and mules, two class ic each, colts" and mature animals ; cattle are to be divided into four classes ' for each type,' (dairy ! be-ef) cows, bulls, v;nnm slocl and and calves ; hogs will be div ided into four classes, sows, boars, young -stock and ni.'s; sheen are to be .! divided' into- three classes,, rams. ' ewes and lambs. Poultry entries can be made with chickens, ducks and turkeys. There will . be.-.three classes for the light breeds and (Continued o,n page six) First..' Aid Red Cross Course Planned Al Cullowhee Dr ihe Keel yive. Otis Marshall, CMiineeted 'vvilh 'irst aid staff of: the al.ional Cross, has been assiuned to a practical - coursein first aid instruction - TeTrchtTirt at AVesleru t arolina il crrert 1 lrrvlTi?c7trtTriTr' FAIR PLANNED ..J. tlve. vveeksL-(rtiiig ..OclubejL23. .. ("a Hi -1 1 -ife sav ing as well as first aid. letter. will be - taught' by Dr. Marshall. Lewis, The' course is open to anyone de Smith, , siring to take it and. it is'-'ex- Heeled that several will go from Franklin t- enroll for the first aid lessons. .1. F: Lancaster, chairman of the Macon county -chapter of the'. .Ked Cross, will be glad to make arrangeiiienls "for anyone wishing to attend the classes, which will be held from 4:.?0 lo d -.o'clock each afternoon and from 7 t.t 8:30 o'clock each til; ;ht.. r rut 1 o Moore ell, the dry Republican tfindidatc for the senate. Another development of Ihe past week was a statement bv lolm V . Fdwards," president if the Young People's Democratic club of Macon j county, (tcnying tnat tne organiza tion 'was playing a partisan role in the pnjhibition fight. In a letter to the editor of The Press-Macoii-ian, Mr. Edwards said: "It becomes apparent after' the circulation of certain rumors by ir responsible persons that maybe it would be- a, good idea to write a letter to your splendid paper. If, 1y so doing, Itcoidd lie a means oT erasing false reports and at . the same- time prevent some soft-soap peddler " from yentiiring- farlher tn t ( f t lie" field o 1 " t n i s.r e p re s e n t a t i o n s , J will be glad. $V'c -of the Young People's Dem ocratic club are. not taking any active part as an organization in the-.coniing. election of November 7.; Why? Because one of the first 'don'ts' recorded, in our by laws says: 'In all primaries and other instances when a Democrat is. running against a DAnocrar, the l olie v for the club to nlav is hallds- oft. The club is not to be used as a furtherance of any Democratic candidate against another. "It is true thaV. at this lime we are visiting 'many sections of. Ma con county, but the November 7 election is not on any of these programs. "It is -n it that I am ashamed-.to take a stand and' make an open fight, but instead I . think -our club I (Continued on page six) 37 Members of Agriculture Class on 4-Day Trip . To Raleigh Hound lor the state fair at Ral eigh, .57 happy Macon county boys, members of the vocational agri culture class of the Franklin high school, went on their way rejoic ing Thursday morning. , ' , The trip was arranged by K. II. Meachain, agricultural instructor. A. big truck was chartered for the trip The boys will be. away lour days In Raleigh, when- t hev. will spend Iruirsdav ami l-ri- IdayLiiigh t.s at .Stal jjullegc tlie wilt visit the Mate the state museum, fair," the capitol,' tl i e " 1 1 al 1 of history and the ,'l'n l te.utiary..' To Visit Hatchery: (,)n the return trip they planned to visit Duke University al "Dur ham and to spend Saturday night at Slatesville, where Mr. Meachain, who formerly -lived there, has ar ranged for them to visit the Punch hatchery. At the ha'tchery tin- bovs will have an opportunity to see an. incubator with a capacity! of. 72,000 eggs.. , i The' group is expected to be back I in . Franklin late .Sunday evening. "The . main purpose of the trip," Mr. Meacham said before depart ing, "is - to visit .the', fair, where good exhibitions .of field crops and livestock -will be seen;" -- .Thecost -of 1he - trip lor each I in Ion I he said, would be 30.2.-I. This includes transportation, meals and room for ihe four days. Members of Party hollowing is a list of the boys going on the trip: ..( iene Newberry, . Pill Ni d'oy. T. P. Lenoir, Jack Holland,- Frank Jtry sou, BrTscoe' ITiTbt llayiie Ar 4hur.i.Jr,, Aleck ..-Arnold, porsey M atlock, . John. M oore, Gilnier. M.c.: Coy, Bobby Pattillo, l-'rank I'yrd, Averv Cabe, P.dwin Young, Harold lr.nloe, Wiley liry'sori, Ralph llin son, Paul Waldroop, F.rwin Norton, Jim Path 'li, Nurton Bryso.ii, Kex Meadows, Joe Shope,- Ivoy South ards, W'oodrovy (jibson, Ccorgc Wursi,' Finest .Bennett, James Cuif ningUruu, Horace -Nolen, M. . .-T. Johnjsioii, Ivoger Aumioiis, Paul Gibson, ('areas Rogers, Woodrow Dawdle, Siler Slagle, : Harold Stew art.. ' " - pOUNG FARMERS 1TVISITING FAIR : : ' PRESBYTERIANS Sun it a i rv ainrirriiTfi A Highlands Host to West . ern North Carolina Presbytery OFFICERS ELECTED Maxwell School Matter Fails To Come up For Discussion BY MRS. t. C. HARBISON (Highl mdn Correspondent! of The Press-Maconian) At the invitation of Rev. C. R. McCarty, Highlands Was host Tuesday and Wednesday to .about Y5 metid.ers of the Asheville Pres byter.v, Which included various ministers and church officers of tli e Presbyterian ch urd icS . of Wes t er n :- N or t h Ca r 1 i n a . . The Rev. T.. A. Painter, retir ing moderator, of Swannanoa, de livered the opening sermon at the Highlands Presbyterian chnrch at if o'clock Tuesday morning. Fol lowing this, the election of officers was held, and the following were appointed to serve: Dr. R. F. Campbell, Aslievillc, moderator; Rev, George IV. Hammond, Can ton, temporary cierK. An address in the interest o P.ible school work the Rev, John F. daily vacation was made bv Fix, D. D.. of the Svnod of Ap- plachia at the Plan afternoon session. Expansion .The evening session Luesctay was a popular meeting in the in teresc of the - Presbytery's home missions. The jiastor in charge was the Rev. I.. T. Wilds, (if the TTendersonville church. The main feature of th e meeti n g wa s ' the recommendation made - in an ad el ress -by TJrT'Camp'bell that the Prcsbvterv instruct its home niis- .siotlS committee to take under snecial care and direction the its "dc- velopment of the great unchurched :irens"in"l1"T'hynf - Aidwille.-awl to take whateve r steps they deem wise to claim- this territory ftr-r Christ and the church. Dr. Camp- IhelOuotecl' statistics showing that j the churches of Asheville aire not iidile to seat more than one-third eif the population of the c'itv. Af ter some discussion the l'resbvv terv voted that the reconmienda ti'ii be adopted. Various reports were made, in- clu.ting a brief talk about spiritual 'conditions at Oteen by the Rev. C P.. Chanin, chaplain; a finan cial report by J. A. firuver of the .Motmain Orphanage, and othersN Maxwell Not Mentioned No mention was made of ihe Maxwell school, and in a conver- - tlct - 414 with Aaie of )le uuU. standine mi'iiibei s . of the Presby tery, the correspondent was in f iriin-d thai this' 111:1111 had been settled between the committee an 1 M r.,: anil -Mrs. Tom Slagle. Members - of--the church here inited in acting as hosts to the Presbyterv at luncheon at the Pierson "House ' on both Tuesday and Wednesday. They were kind ly assisted by sorne of the ladies of other Churches here. Various members also were generous hosts to the Presbytery during their en tire stay. The meeting adjourned Wednes- . day. '.... ' men Sages See Signs of War In Hawk Flights Some of the sages of Cartooge chaye are making dire predictions, for a strange, ominous sign was reported in the - community recent -lv ,. :. fl- :k .4" a .tli.-usaiid to twelv e hundred hawks flying overhead. " W he n liavvks 'are so thick-"Tiiey' darken is war thelsky, . so ill the offine 'tis, said, there The hawks, said to have been the largest flock seen in this sec lieiit in many a year. Were rciort ed by Steve Fraier and others of the Cartoogechaye' section. Mr. l-'raier said he saw them on short ly after noon ah nit two weeks ago and - they -were flying west, 'lie , said lie believed the birds Were either rabbit hawks or chicken' hawks, as they' were of a, grayish' color. They were fling, about 250 feet above the ground, he said. J ID Gives In Murder Depositors Can Get 10 Per Cent Dividend The Bank of Franklin has been authorized to make a ten per cent payment, or dividend, on deposits "frozen" since the institution closed during the banking panic which spread over Western North Carolina in the fall tl 1930. Authority for the payment was given last week by Gurney P. Hood, state banking commission er, it was learned Monday. Since .then several depositors who had not -"traded out" their certificat es" have called -to -receiv their dividends, but there have been no signt of a rush on the part cf the depositors to get their money. H. W. Cabe, cashier, re ported Wednesday that only about $320 had been withdrawn from old accounts. CIRCUIT NAMES NEW OFFICERS 4th Quarterly Conference Held at Bethel Church The fourth quarterly conference iif the Franklin circuit was held at Bethel .church Sunday after noon. The Rev. L. B. Hayes preached a timely and inspiring sermon to a large congregation and the H(d''CnmmumoTi wasob scrved. Reports at the conference show ed that both the spiritual and fi nancial state are encouraging, showing an increase over ..the. re ports of las year." "The various charge- officials were elected for the new conference year to take office when the .con ference convenes Nov. 15, with the exception of the Fpworth League, Sunday school and missionary 'so ciety, which are effective at once. The official list follows : Trustee . for Parsonage C. A. Cabe, L. T. Sloan. C. N. West, Charlie Bryson, Fd Dowelle. x. Trustees Bethel: R. L. Scott, C. A. Cabe, J. R. Fulton, . Mrs. J. M. ,Mc Crackeii, J. T. Jennings. Clark's Chapel i J. I). Keener, F. C. Brown, J. M. Brown, B. Brown,. j;ThiIip"s, " F.d ' 1 )ow.lle, U. C. Sutton, J. E. .Woviten. , Iotla: J. F. Myers, W. nard, R. L. Poindexter, Ramsey, 1. B. Collins. Oak "Dale: C. T. Rav D. Bar- . L. N, H. McKinnev, C. T. Roper. Rivcrvievv: W. H. Watkins, H Arvev, W. J. Lakii-, Nobel Gibson C. N. West. Snow Hill: West, J. H. lock, Graely C. N. WesuJ. L. Dalton, J. UT Mat Owens. (Continued on page six) Injunction Stays Order Against Slot Machines An injunction restraining the town authorities from carrying out an order adopted at the last meeting of the town council, directing the removal " of " all gambling devices, was obtained the latter part of last week from Judge Felix E. Alley. The injunction was sought by Fred Cabe, Arnold's Cafe and Boice Munday. The injunction was only tem porary and is expected to be dissolved when it comes up for a hearing before judge Alley on October 24. Angel's Drug Store and the-Scott Griffin ho- tel voluntarily removed slot . machines after the town coun cil voted to ban them, although they could have continued op erating the devices for several weeks longer, . Some who continued to op- ciate gambling devices said they would have abandoned them, blut felt they should have been given more than the week's notice allowed in the council order. Court 4 11C li Basis of Prior Jeopardy CLEMENT REVERSED II C 1 c a r e d , Defendant Must Return to Venitentiary Robert Bell," alleged member of ' the (. uweta gang and younger brother of its notorious leader, J. K. ..Bell, Was granted a new trial in 'aeiiitoirhaiiiled down, by the state supreme court Wednesday in his appeal from a second degrte murder verdict in connection with the Gcrge Dryman slaying and robbery. . Since the early part of May Bell has been in state's prison at Ral eigh, serving a sentence of 25 to 30 years in the homicide case and six years for participation in the robbery last winter of the Rltter Lumber company's camp store. -Contend Prior Jeopardy - He and others indicted in the Dryman case, except JY R. . Dell, were tried at the April term of court with Judge J. H. Clement, of Winston-Salem, presiding. The de fendants were first tried on n in dictment charging first degree bur glary. Clyde Wood and Ernest Stamey, were found guilty of an "attempt to commit first degree burglary," but-Judge Clement non suited the charge against Bell on -the contention of his attorneys that " ihetate-haid Jailed io - prove that he had any part in the robbery of Mr. Dryman,: an aged Middle Creek farmer. Dryman was attacked and obbedou the uight-of January23 - ami died a short time later as the result' of injuries inflicted by the robbers. " ' "" ' .Bcll.-SiaineyandWood were--then tried for murder. Counsel for Bell moved for non-suit on the ground of prior jeopardy, contend ing that since he had been cleared in the burglary case there was no ground for the murder charge against him. Judge Clement, how ever, declined to hear the non-suit motion. It was upon his refusal in this Instance that McKinley Ed wards, Bell's attorney, based an appeal to the supreme court. The court upheld the double jeopardy contention and ordered a new trial. It is thought likely that the case will come up -for the - -second hear- ing at the November term of "II a-" con superior court. Should - Bell come clear-in.his. new trial, he will have to go back to state's prison to complete his term of six years in the Ritter rob--bery case. J. R, Bell, who escaped after a gun battle with officers who were rounding up the Coweta gang some wceksvafter George Dryman's death, was captured in August and plead ed guilty to second degree murder. He was sentenced to a life term in state's prison. Some Tater Jake Henry. Grows One In Human Form For size and shape, some unus ual sweet potatoes are being raised in Maeoh county. Jake Henry I of Ellijay, sent one to The Press-Maconian office the other day that was pronounced by mam who- saw it. as the queerest 'tater ev er thev did see. Several . potatoes .had grown together as one 111 'such a way as to' form .a gro tesqtiesh:tpe reseitiblinga' human" bodv. . . "That's just like Jake," someone commented. "L bet he . grafted those potatoes." If he did, the sage of- Ellijay would do well to ejuit farming and turn sculptor. Mrs. J. L. West, of West's Mill, has sent to Mrs. Lester Conley, of Franklin, a Porto Rican potato weighing five and a half pounds. She, reported . she, had raised oth-;, ers weighing even more. Deeisio
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