North Carolina Newspapers

) MO 1Q.U13 World Bits of Wisdom i The vocation of every man 16 i urn i r and woman is to serve other people. Tolstoi. A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Fact s B oiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. 5 fjiglfiattite iHarmtum . PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL ( INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIII, NO. 43 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1933 $1J8 PER YEAR mm 13 mm 4 Y HANES LIQUIDATION CHIEF Robert M. Hanes, Winston-Salem, has been made chairman of the de posit liquidation committee for North Carolina, and is conferring this week in Washington with oth er state chairmen an a program of speedy relief for depositors in clos ed banks. $25,000,000 FOR DEFENSE An allotment of $25,000,000 to provide hundreds of fighting planes and the motorization of all army departments, was made on Satur day by the public works admin istration. ...'-'-.. SENTENCE KELLY'S FRIENDS Comuletini.' the federal roundup' of those who aided in the Urschelj kidnaping, a Memphis jury on Sat urday took only 15 minutes to sen tence Langford Ramsey and John Tiehenour to terms of two and a half years in prison for providing a hiding place far Gfiorge Kelly and. his wife, two principals in the extortion of $200,000 from Urschel. RUSSIAN VISITS U. S SOON Responding to invitation of Presi i dent Roosjivelt JNIaxim Litvinoff, foreign minister for" the Soviet government sails on Thursday to this country to converse with the -- president about formal recognition of the Russian government. $300,000 FOR N. C. RELIEF Relief Administrator Hopkins an nounces from Washington that $300,000 has been allotcd to this state 'for October relief purposes. FEDERAL REVENUE INCREASES Yield of $74,944,483 from beer taxes in the last six months have been a heavy factor in an increase of $255,150,912 in federal revenue for the first quarter of the fiscal year, over a corresponding period of 1932. HULL ON TRADE TRIP Cordell Hull, secretary of state, will lead a tour of Ameran good will ambassadors down the west . coast of South America, through Argentina and into Montivideo for the Pan-American conference. The group will seek trade agreements with the South American countries. TO AID WEAK STATE BANKS To bring the capital structure of -weak state-banks -up 4o-the strength required for benefits of the fed eral insurance - of deposits,- Pres ident Roosevelt has instructed the Reconstruction Finance corpora tion to purchase preferred stock in those banks .which. need capital aid. WILLIAM DOAK DIES William S. Doak, less than eight months after he had surrendered his post as Hoover's secretary of labor, died at Washington on Mon day of heart disease. FRENCH CABINET FALLS The French cabinet and govern ment of Premier Daladier was overthrown on Monday when the chamber of deputies voted a lack of confidence in Daladier's finance plans. --- - - - -- r REPUBLICANS RESIGN Democratic successors to nrown- low "Jackson, U. S. marshal, and - Frank d Pa t ton, U, 5 district attorney for Western North Caro lina, are expected to be announced in a few days. Both Mr. Jack son and Mr. Patton, Republican in cumbents, have filed their resigna tions with Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, effective on appoint ment of their successors. Marcus Erwin and McKee Cooper, of Ashe ville. have been recommended for district attorney and U. S. marsh al, respectively, Dy senator Kcy noldsi but press dispatches from Washington have indicated thai their' appointments may be un satisfactory to the department of justice. BAILEY FOR REPEAL In a statement issued Monday night at Raleigh, Senator Josiah W. Bailey declared himself for re- peal of the 18th amendnu'nl but against any change in the state's prohibition policy without a refer endum (i the question. He termed the INth amendment "a manifest failure as a means Of temperance or . of prohibition." MANAGED CURRENCY ' PROGRAM LAUNCHED Speculative commodity prices aiwl stocks generally responded prompt ly as President Roosevelt this week' launched his managed currency pro gram. The eRconstruction Finance. Corporation advanced the price of gold 27. to 36 cents higher than the price piid in the London ex change. Then securities and com modities began advancing. b" RELOCATION OF 286 DOUBTFUL Highway Chairman Seems Pessimistic over Project VISITS FRANKLIN Bids To Be Received Soon For Construction of Prison Camp ' r . ' Prospects are not encouraging for early improvement, of ' state highway No. 286 between Franklin and Bryson City, judging by com ments made here Tuesday by E. B. Jeffress, - chairman of the con solidated highway and public works commission. Mr. Jeffress declined to make any detinue statement about the road,, other than to say it would cost a lot of money to relocate it. He answered qucsion's non-commit-ally and ihe tone of his remarks w SfrpT ssim ist ic. Quite a Jolt . It was somewhat of a jolt to Macon anlSwainC(u,iUy'-rtsilehts who "felt him out" on the matter. They recalled that the highway of ficials had been rather encouraging last snminer when a group of in fluential residents of the two coun ties 'appeared before them at Ral eigh with a request that work be started on improving No. 286 as soon as possible. The delegation told the commissioners that the two counties would be willing lo play hands off as to location of the proposed new route, allowing the highway engineers to select what they thought would be best. Mem bers of the group, on their return, said their request evidently had been well received and thev were quite optimistic in view of forth coming federal aul !jll,lH)U,iXK) ot it. ' : " - .7" Survey Not Made But something seems to have happened to change the picture. What it is . . . , The Press-Ma- conian has boon unable- to learn. ... Mr. Jeffress was -asked whether thcNintahaht:rfnmt Light company had completed a innrv ciirvpv rmtlmino" now roil i PS for Nr. 2X6 at noints wh ere it- " j . t r i touches proposed- hydro-electric power--developmentsof -Ihe - com pany , At the hearing in Raleigh last summer the highway coininis- sioners authorized the power com pany to proceed with the survey, which was proffered by an official of the company. It was under stood at the time that after ihis survey was made the state Vngt neers would be put on the job map ping the new ro:rtlvay. In reply to the question concerning the preliminary survey, the highway chairman answered negatively, bill he did not offer any explanation other than to say that it would cost "at lot of money" to relocate the road. Inspect No. 28 Mr. Jeffress and -a - number of the-other members of the commis sion came here from Murphy. On their way they inspected the work on highway NV2S and, after their arrival, lh e v jxen L-nut t o. ih eol 1 camp ground to look oxer the site which was recently purchased for a convict camp. Oscar Pitts, an ex ecutive officer of the commission, said bids would be received in the next week or two on construction of the.. camp, buddings, which arc expected to cost befween -20,000 and $25,000. Tie said no decision had been made as to the selection of a superintendent of the camp. Large Decrease in Foreclosures Reported The Fourth Federal Home Loan Bank district, which includes North and South Carolina, Alabama, Flo rida, Georgia, Virginia, and ihe District of Columbia, showed Ihe greatest decrease of any district in the eoiinlry in real estate fore closures in September, as compared with -Angitst, -it was announced by the division of research and sta tistics of the Federal TTome Loan board and the Home Owners Loan corporation. The division reported n decrease nationally of ').2 tier cent over the period in- making public ail analy sis of reports from 1,0.17 communi ties lhal include 54.1 n-er cent .of the country's population. In. Ihe fourth nKlricl. however. foreclosures were .13.5 per cent lower in Sciilcmber than, in August Alabama showed Ihe irrcalest de cline. In thai state ,lhe number was 60.1 per cent less in the lat ter month. , c Moonshiners Escape; Still Captured Three daylight moonshiners on the headwaters of Ellijay creek outran two deputy sheriffs last Friday afternoon, proving the old saying that a scared man's legs will move faster. The deputies, Frank Leach and Jack Moore, surprised the 'shin ers while they were "making a run." The officers gave chase as the distillers ran through the' bushes, but were unable to over take them. Returning to the still they seized 14 gallons of finished corn whisky and poured out 600 gallons of beer.. The still, now in the sheriff's office, was a well made copper outfit with a 65-gallon capacity. The deputies said they failed to rec' ognize the men operating the still. FAIR HELD AT SLAGLE SCHOOL Exhibition Successful Spite otckness In Community in Residents "of the Cartoogechaye (section held their second annual community fair Friday at the Slagle school. Despite the prevalence of much sickness, in the community, the fair was well attended and the exhibits were numerous and credit able. ' ; The fair was soiisored by the Cartoogechaye; 5-10 Year harm Program committee and the teach ers of the Siaglc school,, with J. J. Mann, principal of the school, arranging exhibits. Ribbons were awarded as follows: Best ear ' of corn, Jessie Dal rvmple, and the red ribbon to Cor nell Kcnney, and the white to J. F. Smith; best stalk of corn, blue ribbon to J. H. EnlOw and the red to Mrs. Haync Arthur; best wheat, blue ribbon to J. .H. Enlow; corn field peas, blue ribbon to Jim Gray; pumpkins, blue ribbon to Bobby Arthur and red to Mrs. Hayne Arthur lespedeza, blue ribbon lo fr-v- Villi- .I'll Y i . . r t tt i -Ji. hon to lursr i. it. nniow. rcu iv . , . t t ii j a Airs, nayne nnnur aim mmc i Via F. Lenoir; Irish potatoes, blue ribbon to -M rs. - Hayne Arthur, red if-n.iudc-Ramsev and white . to Tom Setser; best collection of gar- , . '- 1 1 '1 1 M.r "len proniucis, nine riuuon io ii Hayne Arthur, and red to .Ihe fourth and fifth grades of Slagle school: best collection of garden seeds, ribbons to the fourth and fifth grades; best collection of farm seeds, blue ribbon lo Jim dray; flower seeds, Mrs. J. F. Slagle, blue ribbon ; bst . collection of mixed flower seeds, blue ribbon to Mrs. T. F. Slaule, red to Mrs Lee Waldroon and white to . Mrs. J. F. Waldroop ; be-.st collection of flower seeds not mixed, Mrs. J. F. Slnele. blue ribbon: most unusual vrH.'ihle. Chinese cabbauc. Mrs llayne Arthur, blue ribbon, best cairoK" Rutir "Anderson.- blue rib bon, and Mrs.' Hayne Arthur, red ribbon - cabbager-M rs.-1 lay ne Ar thur, -blue .ribbon; onions. Mrs. llavne Arthur, blueribbon ; best collection-of b(efs, "Mrs. " Hayne Arthur, blue ribbon, Mrs'. E. B. Beck, red ribbon; pepper, Mrs. llayne Arthur, blue ribbon; apples, best collection, " Mrs. Haync Ar thur, blue ribbon, and Billy and Marv L. Lenoir won red ribbon; best simile apple, blue ribbon to Viola Dills, red ribbon to W. I Anderson, and white to Catherine 1 (Continued on page eight) Federation of Women's Clubs To Meet The annual session of District 'o 1. North Carolina " l cdcration f Woman's Clubs, will be held m Wavnosville . Monday, October Jl' The business session will be at tii,. UnniUt church and "will be concluded around the luncheon ta hie at the Masonic Temple, where the lunior Clubs will furnish .fea tures of entertainm'cnt and Lenoir A. Smith will be the dinner speak er. -' - ' Stale, officers, who will appear on ihe program will be Mrs. I. H 1 mliani. of Winston-Salem, state i.r. siilent nf the Felleratioii ; Mrs Howard i. F.thridge, chairman o the districts; Mrs. F.. L. McKee chairman of citizenship; Mrs, Stan lev lllack. division chairman of In- ,li'-.n wctfaiV- Mrs. Charles Gulley chairinan .of music, Mrs. Richard Barber. Jr.. a violin artist, will appear on the piogr.im All club women, whether of fed crated or non-federated clubs, urged to be present. 1,500 ATTEND SCHOOLFAIR Excellent Exhibits from All Sections of County Shown PRIZES AWARDED Third Annual Exhibition. Proves Outstanding Success The third annual Franklin school fair, which was held in the school auditorium of the Franklin high school on Saturday, was attended hv 1.5(K) or more nersons from lfti o'clock in the morning until well up in the afternoon. The exhibits this year were ex cellent and from all sections of the county. The vocational agri culture class and the home eco nomics class were the sponsors of the fair; with E. H. Meacham, in structor of the vocational class, be? ing in charge of the arfangemeTft of the farm products and Miss Rosalie Nlorrow,teacherof the home economics class, in charge of the arrangement of the home eco nomics exhibits. Mr. Lackey, Jackson coiinty farm agent, judged the farm exhibits; and Mrs. T. J. Johnston, Sr., and Mrs. W. B. - McGuire, both of Franklin, judged the home eco nomics exhibits. , The Macon county commissioners and the local merchants made it possible for prizes to be awarded. List of Awards In the corn exhibits there were many outstanding displays with the winners in .this exhibit being as follows; Ropers Ammons, first prize; a pair of leggins given by the Macon County Supply Co, Arvey Cabe, second pnze, a tie tnv(ii bv E. K. Cunningham and Cn and Harold Ledford, third prize, clothing given by J. W. Has tines. " In the Irish potato exhibits the first prize was won by Roy South ards, a tie given by; Joseph Ashear second prize -went to Marvin Bry sonr-a-shirt-given- by Sanders!, Ralph Henson won the first prize inihesyee.t . jiotataexhibitJhair rut at the Citv Barber shop. In the - vocational class-exhibits there were many splendid entries. For having the...bestclass .exhibits L. M. Johnson, Robert Hurst and Horace Nolen won the first prize, which was one dollar. In the dairy ing division Woodrow Dowdle and Paul Gibson won the first prize, which was one dollar. . In the hav and pasture division Rex Mead ows and Norton Bryson won the first prize of 50 cents. The apple crop in Macon county this year was good and far above ihe average, ' but it took Wiley Bryson to walk away with the on ly two prizes given in the apple exhibits. The first was a pocket knife given by the Franklin Hard ware and the second prize was 25 enls worth of school supplies giv- i m - ' en dv Diaines. Many - -fine-pumpkins were on ex hibit with LrM. Johnson winning irst nrize of 50 cents and Carlos Kogers the second prize oi 25 cents. In the cetieral farm exhibits there were manv displays which deserved to be mentioned. Bryant McClure won ine nrsi prize, ;i um lumn given by Angel's drug store; Car los Rogers won the second prize, .1 f ... - ' V i,:n fn , ..r a bag of cotton seed meal, given bv the Star Market; Robert Hurst won third prize of 50 cents and (Continued on page eight) Smoky Park Visited Bv 375.000 During 1933 Great .Cmoky Mountains national park, in North Carolina and- Ten nessee was. visited by more per sons this year than any other na tional park, although it is one of the most recently established, ac cording to figures announced at Washington. The office f national parks, buildings and reservations estimat ed that 375.IXX) visitors entered the Great Smokies during Wii. com pared with 300.000 in 12. Yosemite national park, long a leading attraction for tourists, was visited by 21,(KS persons, com pared with 4HK,2S9 a year ago. v This large decrease was attribut vd lo correction of unavoidabl double-counting in previous year- The park office estimated 100,000 j' automobiles entered the Great I Smoky Mountains national par I .1. i ...:.u us non ; arc I mis year, eoiiipaien wmi 1.1932. Small Town Merchant! Exempted From Codes By President's Order Remember 60ING ThWGtf w,r.i m - n mm LA5T Leader of United Dry Forces Speaks at Anti-Repeal Rally Juniors Meet District Meeting Held at " Higdonville Wth.. 75 .members of the oTder present I Com various councils in Macon and Jackson counties, the quarterly district meeting of "the Junior Order of United American Mechanics was held last Thursday night in the Higdonville Council room, ine ncxi quarterly uuiun meeting is to be held in Franklin on the third Sunday in January. Twenty-seven candidates took the district degree at the Higdonville meeting. Speakers on the program wre K. B. Dehart, district deputy; S. I. Murray, of Franklin, and George Womack, of Sylva. New--t1isti let -tvf f icei Sr-electcd -at tin- last quarterly' meeting, assumed thcir-dutiii?-at-ihis--meetingrThey were: T, C: Harbison, Highlands, councilor.;.- J ...M urray,. vice coun cilor; George Womack, Sylva, chap lain; Henderson Jones, Jackson county, warden; Joe. Dietz, Jack son county, assistant warden; Paul Womack, Sylva, secretary-treasur- er; J. i. lienry, rraiiKiiu, wuimuc sentinel; trustees, Jack Stribling, U. G. Stewart, . both of Franklin, and W. G. McGuire, Sylva, At the close 'of the meeting re freshments were served. C. H. McClure Gives Corn Shucking Party C. II. . McClure, , former county commissioner, gave an old fashion- d CMTii shucking party at his home near Otto Tuesday night. Despite rainy weather, scores of friends and neighbors turned out for the party, did right smart shucking and managed to relieve three long tables of their burden of good things to cat. To Visit St. Agnes Church Friday Night The Rev. Flovd Rogers, rector '.f Trinity Episcopal church, Ashe ville, and' the Rev. E. R. Ncff, rec tor of Calvary church, Fletcher, will visit St. Agnes church, Frank lin, Friday night at ri o'clock to present to the congregation plans of the , diocese of Western North Carolina for the coming year. Every member of the congrega tion is urged to attend. The Issue OofirtH) St. -Loula Port DUpatck The nation's swing toward repeal of the 18th amendment was blamed on corrupt pomicians. -suDsiuizeu newspapers and the liquor interests by George J. Burnette, of Raleigh, director of the United Dry Forces campaign in North Carolina, In an address at a dry rally in the court house Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Zeno Wall, of Shelby, had been advertised as the principal speaker for the meeting, but he was unable to come to Franklin. Approximately 125 persons attend ed the rally. The Rev. G. N. Du lin, pastor of the Franklin 'Metho dist circuit, presided. Alex Moore, candidate of the anti-repealists for delegate to the oroDosed state convention which will decide on the issue, also ad dressed the meeting. He predicted a dry victory in Macon county, il not in th state and nation. -Mr. Burnette accused the Demo cratic party of turnm'grallortS its platformTstatlng that the platr form had declared against saloons, although it did pledge the party to repeal of the prohibition amend ment. No straight Democratic can vote for Repeal, the speaker said, voicing the opinion that a vote against the amendment is a vote for the return of the saloons. He severely criticised Senators Reynolds and Bailey for their re peal proclamations and predicted they would be defeated when they come up for reelection. Attacking the government at Washington, he charged that the administration was being "Tam many ized" and. that Postmaster General Farley was going about the cotintry "trying to force repeal down the throats of free voters." Concerning the newspapers, he said the press of the nation had been subsidized by the brewers and the distillers: that was why the newspapers were advocating re peal. The speaker continued: "Why the brewers paid Arthur Brisbane, the world's highest paid newspaper editor, whose column is read by millions of people, a cool five hundred thousand dollars to color his writings. I can prove it." He did not, however, produce the proof. -Mr. Burnett reviewed conditions in Fmland, which repealed its pro hibition laws several years ago and substituted a system of alcoholic control. This system, he said, has increased crime, rather than di minished it, and has increased the government's debt, instead of low ering it. Many Franklin Stores Still Displaying Blue Eagle U. S TOBUY GOLD Roosevelt Announces Plan To Boost Commodity Prices Coincident with announcement of the retail trade code, as finally ap prcAcd; President ;Rooeelt issued ah executive order Monday exempt ing small towu stores from NRA' agreements. Many Franklin stores, however, are continuing to display the Blue Eagle, emblem of NRA compliance. The . president's order applied to . TownroriesT than-27500opulatioti7 Excepted from the order are chain stores and also .small factories, those doing interstate business and those employing more than five people. Comments on Order General Hugh S. Johnson, NRA executive, issued a lengthy state ment commenting 'ore the Presi dent's order which said that while it would be a tragic folly to turn millons of the reemployed back on the streets on' the argument that thus the cost of living could be reduced" the experience of the past four months hat showed the retreat from small towns could be accomplished without loss to the program. Reemployment and wage increases in the exempted estab lishments, he added, were insuf ficient to offset the hardship caus ed the merchants and the farmer. There is still considerable doubt as to the correct interpretation of the president's new -order. -The question has been raised as to whether it exempts only retail establishments insmall towns, or whether it applies to all "employers, industrial-establishments-employing less than five persons, as well as to stores. U. S. To Buy Gold President . . Roosevelt announced Sunday plans for the government entering the gold market, both at home and abroad, in an attempt to niaintain a sound currency and to boost the American commodity price level. Commenting on the recovery pro gram, the chief executive said, "Our troubles will not be over to morrow, but we are on our way and we are headed in the right direction." Win Again F ranklin Eleven Defeat "Brevard High -Franklin highschool's-football-team won its second game of the season last Friday afternoon, de feating the Brevard high eleven 8 to 0 in an interesting game. Franklin's score came in the first quarter. Cabe, quarterback, made a 22-yard gain on a left end run and McCullough, left half back, crashed six yards through the line for the tohchdown. In the third quarter Franklin scored a safety on a blocked kick. Farm Products Up; Living Costs Increase WASHINGTON Compilations - submitted to the President by, his executive council showed progress in the task of equalizing prices of manufactured products and farm commodities, of direct concern to the 40,000,000 dependent upon farm income and indirectly affecting the entire country. ' The figures show a 32 per cent increase in the price ' of products sold by farmers and an increase of 11 per cent in the price of goods the farmer has to buy. On, tbe industrial side they disclosed that September factory employment recovered two-fifths of its decline and income of fac tory workers recovered one-fourth since 1929, while the cost of living rose 9 per cent since last March. The commodity price index passed 70 in September, a point last touched in November 1931. lit was 65.3 in September 1932, and the low was 59.8 last February.