North Carolina Newspapers

i As the World Eitc. of Wisdom By the work one knows turns A Brief Survejf of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy ' Lines. the workman. I ijtgljlanite iHarmttan . LIBERAL La Fontaine. PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT. VOL. XLVIII, NO. 42 FRANKLIN, N. C THURSLAY, OCT. 19, 1933 $1.50 PER YEAR I -4 GERMANY LEAVES LEAGUE Germany electrified the coun cil of th nationt mi' Saturday when Chancellor Hitler' gov ernment announced the nation' withdrawal from 'both the league of nation and the dis armament conference, because of the powers' refusal to per mit her to arm herself as a f irst-claAs power. PROTEST GERMAN ATTACKS The Dutch, British and Spanish governments have joined the Unit ed States in protest to the Nazi government of Germany over nu merotis attacks upon their coun trymen by Germans in recent months, and in inquiry as to steps toward prosecution of such attack ers. Reports of attacks have been made by 27 Americans. TO AID CLOSED BANKS President Roosevelt has formed a special liquidation, board which will use $1,000,000,000 of Rccon struction Finance funds to bring immediate relief to depositors in closed national and state banks, by makingJoansjULJhe frozen as sets of such banks. C. B. Mer riam is to direct the advances. -NAME TICKETS FORDRY TEST The dry forces of the stale Sat urday certified a complete slate of 120 candidates in the 100 counties for the November 7 test., on the repeal question. The rcpealists have 118 candidates in the field, lacking representatives in North ampton and Clay counties; ESCAPED CONVICT KILLED Two escaped convicts were sur rounded by police at Statesville on Monday, just after they had alight ed from a train, but the two re fused to surrender and drew pis tols. Charlie Hilton was killed by a load of buckshot into the body. Dud Travis was taken without hurts. The two escaped from state's prison on June 7. VIRGINIA TO GET ATTACKER By refusal of the U. S. Supreme court on Monday "to "review-the case, Virginia won the right to ex tradite George Crawford, negro, -from M assachusetts and try him for the murder of two white wo men. The federal court of appeals had reversed 4he -decision-of-Judgc James A. Lowell, of Boston. Low ell had ruled Crawford could not receive" a legal trial in Virginia because negroes were not Jj"0 to sit on grand juries. - SENATOR DAVIS ACQUITTED James J. Davis, United States senator from Pennsylvania, last week was acquitted by a New York jury of federal lottery charges. Davis was accused of authorizing the interstate shipment, of tickets fur charity balls for the Moose order, the government contending cash prizes were awarded ticket holders. $50,000 FOR SPECIAL STUDY Albert Coatcs, director of the institute that citizens of the state have - pledged $50,000 -to - cndowthe. in: stitute's researches into local gov ernment for three years. Five men -will -constitute -the-researchStaf f with offices at Chapel Hill. GRAHAM DECLINES NRA JOB Obeying the virtually unanimous sentiment of alumni, faculty and trustees of the University of North Carolina, President Frank Graham has declined the direction of the economic educational program for the National Recovery Administra tion, which was tendered him by General Hugh Johnson. GARDNER QUITS PARTY POST Max Gardner, former governor of k North Carolina and for a num ber of years Democratic national committeeman from the state, on Saturday resigned that post. The state executive committee will name his successor. Gardner, is now practicing law in the national cap it 1. LAME DUCK CONGRESS DIES The only amendment ever rati fied by all 48 states, the 20tli amendment, was written into the national constitution Sunday, for ever barring the short sessions of ci tigress. ' TO FOSTER COASTAL REGION A coastal canal commission, head ed by M. (). Dunning, Savannah, was formed at Wilmington last week to foster the development of the coastal section from Norfolk to Jacksonville, promotion work to center around the inland water way under process of completion by the federal - government. STUDENTS HOLD FAIR SATURDAY Public Invited To Inspect Lxhibits at Franklin School PRIZES OFFERED Pupils in Home Economics j And Agriculture To Participate The third auifual fair sponsored by the vocational' agriculture 'and the home economics departments of the local hieh school will be held in the high school building Saturday fivnn 10 a. in. to 4 p. 111. A large crowd is expected to at tend, and cordial imitation is ex tended to the public. Miss Rosalie Morrow will be in charge of the Home ' F.conuniics dis play and F.. 11. .'Meacham' is di recting the .agriculture exhibit. All displays anTexhibifs will be students' work, and the rural hihi schools have been invited to par-licipater-"t'artfKirchave "'isr holding fair the day before. The exhibits will be as follows : 1. Field crops---Carlos Rogers, F.rwin Dowdle. Joe Shope. 2. Gardens Mm Pat ton Norton. 3. Dairying Woodrow Paul Gibson. 4. Swine Harold Stewart, John Brvson. . 5. General Farm Exhibit Bryant McClure, Fred Gray. 6. . Soils George McClure, George Wurst. 7. "Live-at-Home"-T. M. Johns ton, Robert Hurst. Prizes will be offered for all ex hibits judged from the educational alue of each display. Prizes will be given tor the best crops on display and for Home Economics work anil both at. school and home, which must be (kmc bv the girls. Stores and other business firms contributing prizes are as -follows : - : Macon County Supply Co., San ders'Store, Nantahala Power & Light" Co., S&L 5 & 10c Store. Troy Horn's Shoe Shop, Franklin Press, Citv Barber Shop, Bryant Furniture Store, Ifastings Store, Perry's Drug Store, Leach Brothers Hardware, Farmers Supply Co., Jess Shop, Franklin Hardware-Co., Angel's-Drug-"Storc. Starr M arket. Joe Ashears', E. K. Cunningham & Co., Pay & Take It. Blumenthal's Store, Watkins' Sandwich Shop, C. T. Blaine. . $700,000,000 Annual Liquor Revenue Seen . Contemplating the repeal of the Eighteenth. Amendment and the federal prohibition laws, the Rocke feller liquor survey issived a state ment last Willi estimating'' that "proper" taxes on alcoholic bever ages "should vicld about 00,(100.- .W yearly." : "Th i s o slim at e ,""7 Th eswv 0 y m i d , "does not include the normal state, hcalm"do1'crat"TTiT(,5'hirh":Thr liquor -tradr will "also bear." The survey warned against im posing exhoTbitai'it Taxes-ohtf-" ooholic beverages, pointing out that under excessive taxes it would not be possible to abolish the boot legging evil. The report recommndd . that "a considrablc part of the total taxes to be ' levied on the manufacture .Hid sale of alcoholic beverages should be fastened upon the manu facturer and retailer in such form 'hat it cannot be shift raj readily, to "he consumer.' Two Arrested for Theft Of Goods f rom Warehouse Purlin Prinlt, ,?o, was arrested at his home in the Cartiw.ycchayc section early Saturday morning in connection with the theft of iner 'liandise valueil Tai : $75 from .4 he. warehouse; of the Dowdle Whole sale cm 1 1 nahy on Hie nigTit if Sep teinber 1. 1'arl Dills, n brother-in-law of -Pruitt, who was wanted in connection Willi the same case, evaded Macon county officer's, but was arrested about 4 o'clock Satur day .afternoon in (lay ton, (ia. At a hearing before Magistrate Sam . I. Murray Saturday, probable cause was found in Prnitt's case and he was remanded to jail in default of $1,000 bond. ' A preliminary hearing has not ueen k ncm in 1 nils also is held in jail bond. , 1 iii 1 case and tie m detault ot 10 Lucky Subscribers Win Credit Slips Good for $10 In Trade at Local Stores . Ten persons who have subscribed to The Franklin Press and The Highlands Maconian in the last two months are to receive credit slips good for $1.50 in ' trade with various Franklin business concerns. During the . summer this news paper offered as ail inducement to subscribers an opportunity to win one of these' credit slips, or due bills. A large piece of cardboard was displayed iii our window with spaces on it for the names of fif ty subscribers. Each time a person subscribed, his ' or' her name was written on one of these spaces; each of which was numbered. In the upper left corner of the card board were the names of K) mer chants, on whom the due bills were drawn. Beside 'each merch- ! ant's name -was a number nicked I at random from the numbers ap-J pearing-besides the names tA sub? scnDcrs. liclore any. names were written' in the subscribers' blanks, the' "lucky numbers.", in the upper tcfrrnnirnvn-e-covered with gum med paper. This 'gummed paper was removed I this week, revealing the "lucky j merchants giving the prizes can numbers." Now The Press-Ma-1 not be expected to allow the cred conian takes pleasure in announc-1 it's without proper authority signi ing the following prize-winners : ' fied by a properly signed due bill. CLASS RETURNS FROM RALEIGH State Fair Best in Years, Says Instructor ' Meacham "The best State Fair in years. was the report , of E. 1,1. on his .return with the Meacham 1 party '.it I forty of his high school class in agriciiltureL.after asucceSsful and informing, trip of four davs to Raleigh. "All ..attendance.: records .were b7oken6n::Tfulay;'tTicl3tliriaf;the fair, whet;e bur boys saw all the sights, including a thousand-pound hr and excellent href ; cattle said Mr. Meacham. " "We hail the honor to be shown over ... Raleigh, by. .. Col. Olds, who celebrated - his- eightieth- birthday last week. Our visit " included the capitol, the governor's office and other places, as scheduled." "Listening to the organ recital in the Duke University chapel was the high light of our trip, none of the, boys having ever seen a build ing of sucri grandeur, or heard such magnificent music." Mr. Meacham had made' arrange ments ahead for the boys to be quartered in the dormitory of State college for two nights. On the way back to Franklin, Mr. Meach am entertained1 the whole party liver, night atjiis home in States ille. '"- Two experiment stations were visited, and -the Bhwoh I-fatehwy. Xhhough "" the- farthest 7 agricultural school from Raleigh. Franklin sent on ft; tl h Fia rgrsnt el e gat ivstrs, t h c enrollment in the Franklin class 'icing larger than any other place of its size in the state. SEW YORK MOB TTACKS NRA A crowd ol .1,000 striking work men, protested NR mediation in 'heir industries by staging a riot in front 'if New York's NRA head quarters. Fifty-three were arrest ed by the police. Sheriff Slagle.has been quietly .working for more than a month to discover who it was mat Drone into Uie after M. Dowdle warehouse shortly I.. Dowdle bought the wholesale grocery business Fifdhi llie CaidlinaTrovlsion company. Mr. Dowdle reported that a small ! ri,lt' a miantity ot cigarettes, some snuff, canned good and .other mer chandise had been' stolen. Sheriff Slagle, accompanied by Deputies. John Dills and Frank Leach, went to Prnitt's house about (i o'clock Saturday morning and arrested nun.", lie gave no resist ance. In the house they reported imiung tne rule and some ot tne merchandise stolen trom the Dow dle " warehouse. !, $1.50 in Cullasaja, Economy Clearfcrs. '. W. S. Davis, Highlands, ;$T5Tlm trade at the Scott Griffin Hotel Rathskellar. (We assure Mr.. Da vis, who is a "bone dry," that this is the irony of fate and not an editorial prank.) Mrs. J. A. Deal, $1.50 in trade at Perry's Drug Store. Myers brothers, $1.50 in trade at E. K. Cunningham & Company. J. J. Smith, Highlands, $1.50. in trade at the Franklin Service sta tion. Nannie Guffe'e, Route 1, $1.50 in trade at the Franklin Chevrolet Company. ' S. J. Dean, Etna,. N. C, $1.50 in trade at the New Star Market. JklxsWl clltarsEranklinJ $1.50 in trade at Joseph Ashcar's: S. 1.. acobs, Koute X si.su in trade at the Pay-and-Take-lt Slof-c, "Prize-winners - are requested call at The Press-Maconian office to receive their ' credit slips. The BISHOP NAMED AT CONVENTION Rev. R. E. Gribben, Winston-Salem, Elected To Serve Diocese The Rev . Robert -Emmet (iiibben. rector of St. Paul's church, Wins- ton-Salem, was elected bishop ol the Western North Carolina dio cese of the -Episcopal church at a special diocesan convention at St. F'rancis' church, Rutherfordto'iTi Saf unlay. . The names of nearly a . score of candidates were put before the nating, ballot.- Rev. Mr. (iribben's elect ion came on the third ballot after the nominating ballot and, on a motion from the floor, his elec tion -was --made- unanimous." Salary Fixed Salary of the bishop was fixed at $4,500. The election must now be rati fied by a three-fourths majority the bishops of the Episcopal ( hurch of America and by a like majority of the standing commit tee of each diocese and standing committee of the church. Election at the Rutherfordton convention required a two-thirds majority. Rev. Mr. Gribben will succeed the Rt. Rev. Junius M. Horner, vvh 1 r elied la stsi 1 r i n g- a I t e r--se r vin g the' diocese as bislp since itsd"r- ganizatmn in l.SW. fending for mal notification of Ins dection, Mr. ( "iiibben has - made no nuuunce uii:ntastowhethcr1i.ewilJLCi cept the office. Date of the noti fication has not been set. Served as Chaplain Rev. Mr; Gribben has been rec tor ot st. Pauls church, Winston- Salem, which has one of the larg est congregations in the Norm, Carolina diocese, since 1021. Dur ing the World War he was an army chaplain and since the war has served as a chaplain for the American Legion. He was born in Blackville, S. C, in 1887 and was graduated from the Citadel. Charleston, S.'C, with a V,. S. de gree in 1906. In 1900 he was graduated from the College of Charleston with the degree of A. B. He later entered the General Theological Seminary in New York City and in recent years he has carried on graduate studies at Har vard University, Columbia L'nivers ity and . the University of Cali fornia. He became a - -deacon in 1912 and. was ordained into the priesthood the following year." "He recently declined the chair tif pas toral theology in the General The ological 1 Seminary! St. Agnes church. Franklin, and the Church of the Incarnation. Highlands, were represented at the Rutherfordton convention by Blackburn W. John son and Jack Hall, respectively. NURSES RETAIN LEADER The North Carolina Nurses as sociation; last week, in annual con vention in Winston-Salem, retained M.iss Hettie ' Reinhardt, ,of that city, as president. Frank Flcmitig, Route trade at Sanders' Store. Mrs. T. J. McGuire, $1.50 in trade at the TOWN SEEKING $114,000 LOAN New Water System and Street Improvements Proposed. ELECTION LIKELY Application for Loan Filed With Public .Works Board Is An application for a loan of $114,000 for public improvements in the Town of Franklin was for warded Thursday by town officials to the North Carolina board of the federal Public Works Commis sion. The papers necessary to filing an application were completed Wed-' nesday and were signed Thursday morning by Mayor J. Frank Ray and George Dean, town clerk. The town board for several tti-eks has been studying the ad -visability of obtaining money from the Public Works fund. About a month ago Ji employed a firm of Spartanburg,,,- make a thorough study of a new water system for the town, which has been deemed necessary for some time. Proposed Project If the town succeeds in obtain ing the $114,000, it contemplates carrying out the following projects: ' 1. Establishment of a new water supply .system with a pumping sta tion enar the old . Cartoogechayc (bridge on highway No.2K and a 'filtration plant and water tower ! near the Franklin- golf course. Plans also call for six-inch water mains, which would not only af ford better service for water con sumers, but also would make bet ter fire protection possible. 2. The' construction of a sewer age filtration plant at the" point where he town's sewer line emp ties' into . the Little Tennessee Riv er. It has been pointed out that probablywill be only-a matter of ew years before the -state will such .1 require the" irons! rucTi-on of :a plantr Surfacing or re-su r f aci n g of badly worn sections of lotla, West Rkcrside. and Wavah streets. Election Necessary If the public works board acts favorably on the applicat ion for a loan, it probably.' will be neces sary "Tor the"" town to issue- bonds, which will require approval of the people. -in a special election. Under terms of the Public Works loans. 30 per cent of the cost of oflab ;r and materials on ' approved j projects will be giwji outright to the communities. I he bonus issued will be at the rate, of four per cent. It is stipulated that the min imum wae for common labor shall be 40 cents per hour.' Relief Pork Macon County :To Receive. 4.481 Pounds bounty. ....illolniciits-.of pork for relief of n.Cily " families "Throughout North . Carolina were" rmuonncrd Saturday at Raleigh by Mrs. Thorn' as O'l'erry, state relief .administra tor. ' shipment of 007.500 pounds lias been made available for North Carolina from the federal emer gency relief administration in Washington. This shipment is be ing -. allocated to the counties 011 the basis of their relief case load The' pork, ; which is dry salt - (Continued on , page eight) cured, is put up in small cartons Airplane Makes Forced Landing iii Horse Cove An air plane made ing in Horse Cove f 1 0111 Highlands, late a forced land' three miles Friday after- noon. While the plane was badly damaged, neither the pilot. Jack Cochran, "Middlesboro," Iyy"nor his passenger, Jack Lewis, stunt para - chute jumper, was hurt. was The left, wing of the plane smashed, and other parts were, s .mi what cracked up.' The pilot, after having nioior trouble, circled for. s.oi iie time seeking a place to land, and finally was forced down in a field' near Frank' Hill's resi dence in the cine. . Cochran 'said that the motor had been giving trouble and had gone'dead, an. 1 1 that as they' made" the landing the machine flopped upside down in a! Reynolds Coming Here November 4 ! -. ' '''.' To Urge R i .. ' Copies of Ballots Printed in This Issue! Copies of the official ballot to h used in Macon county in the November 7 election on re peal of the Eightepnth Amend ment will he found on the hark pr.ge of this iscue of The Prcss Maconian. One U a statewide ba-lot on the auestion of "Con vfintion" or "No Convention." The other is to select a county delegate to the proposed state convention, should the voters de cide in favor of a convention. The candidate for repeal, ap pearing on this ballot is Dr. S. H. Lyle, while the candidate agrinst repeal is Alex Moore. Voters will do well to examine the ballots closely before the election, so they may Gully un derstand them when the time comes- for ' them to vote. If confusion exists in the minds of any, The Press-Maconian will be glad to ask election officials for an explanation and to pub lish the same. DRYSTO HOLD RALLY OCT. 25 Dr. Zeno Wall Invited To Address Gathering At Courthouse Dr. Zeno Wall, of Shelby, has been invited to -peak at a county wide rally .of the United Dry- Fore- es in ill.. c.Minlv ii iiifl tn ill fl 1 ? p. in. Wednesday, October 25. )r Wall, who is-a-wt'll-kinavu speaker - and leader in the state, i's'Texiie'iTed to" be "acTonipajrivd by J r. ieori;e J. Burnett., of Kaleiuh, who is directing the anti repeal campaign ia . North Carolina. Churches of the county hav e been asked to assist in ' raTly'ing'Ti crowd to attend the meeting. Has Mad Stone Mrs. M. C. Bradshaw Ex hibits Miracle Worker '.Mrs. M. C. Bradshaw. of Route 2,; brought Pi The Press-Maconian of fiee a small round stone. , The stone looked like a creek; pebble, but Mrs. Bradshaw said it wasn't any ordinary stone. She1 railed it a "mad stone" and said il wnrked miracles in the treatment 1 o persons bitten by .poisonous snakes or mad dogs. "When a person is bitten by a Trnid ed. hi! the. -rtog or asake.,--3Hhe3xyltHi you take this made stone and in tnilk then pi a cr it cm wound. It will remain there ll, llil a the poison is draw 11 out Trm1heTTtrr,i She recalled ullell the Stolfl' rase, she said, 1 1-dTrnT-rrf i. " numerous instances was used. In every it proved effective. The stone, Mrs,. Bradshaw said, was given to her on her. seventh birthday by her grandfather, the late John Cable, ll was found at tached to the appendix of a . large buck deer, which -her grandfather killed with great difficulty. He shot the animal seven times and then had to nil iis throat. small en ek through tin field. ! Cochran I i day night, I i I be removal eft for Knoxville. Fri eaving Lewis to see to A: the .plane' by truck. The plane was a Waco belonging to t'ochran. He and Lewis-were lnj rnuic. Cochran said, irom Charl eston' to A iddlesboro. Kv and I bad expected to 'make Krioxville , r'i-;,t-.v r,,..i,, i ,i.. lw had been mloMiin f,or nliont fi e years. f It is remarkable that neither man I was seriously hurt, considering the I circumstances of the landing, and j the extreme chances that must be i taken in bringing a plane down in such 'mountainous country. No plane has ever chosen to land' in this vicinity before, either by force or otherwise. -. ' epeaj Plans Being Made Mass Meeting- in Courthouse for WETS GET BUSY nro.i? Senator Just Back From Europe Senat' recently I'lanuiin .Robert R. Reynolds, who returned from Europe, is I" coiin; to ETHiiklin on Sa lay, AoMinhi r I, to urlTsjhe von for . ol Al.llntl . lountv to -vote repeal 1.1. the 'Eighteenth !tii nt in the election to be h' Id N.jv ember 7. Sam I.- Mm 1.0 , :jf the. ...;eaire .ariiL l-'i aiilJin a worker justice in -thc TTemocratic arty, received the reeenerf I6TT lovying telegratu Thursday morn ing from Johnston Awry, Senator Reynolds' secretary: "Tentative plans call for Senator Reynolds to make a one-hour speech in Franklin at seven-thirty on November fourth. Please wire immediately whether auditorium is available and whether you will take charge of arrangements for speaking. Regards" . . Courthouse Obtained Mr. Murray jinimptly wired back: "Will expect you at 7:30, Novem ber 4. Auditorium ready." Although the wet forces of Ma con county are unorganized, some of the repeal leaders ' immediately lu g in making arrangements for a big county-wide mass meeting for November 4. The privilege of us- ing the courthouse Lug Was .obtained by S e n a t o r J e y no 1 d s' for the meet Mr. Murray, last visit to Fan1c1iti as jusTtef cife 1iis om- inaii'.n ' in "the second primary' in the summer of 1932. Back from - Europe - For the past month or so the junior- North Carolina , senator" has been touring Europe. He visited Sweeden, where he made a special study of the liquor control system which has proved effective there, Russia and various other European countries. Since returning home he has launched himself into a cam aign to carry North Carolina for repeal of the Eighteenth Amend ment. . .Singers To Meet October 29 The Macon county singing con vention will be held in the court house in Franklin Sunday, October " -Thr'siMging3,vill begin at 9 :30 o'clock in the 'morning'" and last" uiusijjfahealay. James..3LRabyt president of the organization, said he expects- a large, -number -of class- - es4'rom.- many,, sections., at . Western.. North Carolina and parts of gia. Geor- Officers Elected For Otto Club The Macoil County Young Peo ple's Democratic club met at the Otto schoolhotise Saturday evening. The following officers were elect ed for "the coming year r Miss Be atrice Moslcy, teacher in the. High lands school, chairman; Herschel Cabc, vice chairman and Miss Nel lie Cabe, seciet.iiv and treasurer. SIGN TOBACCO AGREEMENT The companies buying tobarco for domestic consumption' on Oc tober 1'2 signed in Washington the agreement to pay an average price of 17 cents per pound tor the 23H.OOO.OOO p.mmU ,.r ui.M'e ,f fhle cured tabacm -ihrv -will -buy .f rom . the present crop, y Buyer for ex port have proiniseil to. cooperate in the effort to. secure parity I'rices for the entire crop. U. D. C. ELECTS MRS. WOODARD The state division of the United I laughters of the Confederacy, con cluding its annual convention last week in High Point, elected Mrs James E. Woodard, Wilson, as president, selected Chapel Hill for 1934 -meeting. v - " " '' ' M