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Of "X m iir. ttb ... . JJ Only 'More 0 SHOPPING DAYS Until CHRISTMAS A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, . Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. ttxtb PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL - INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIIL NO. SI FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, DEC 21, 1933 $1J PER YEAK 80,020 CWA JOBS IN N. C. Again North Carolina' quota of Civil Works administration jobs hat boon incroaaod, the total now ' being 90,000, the original 68,000 allotment provid ing work only (or labor. Un employed white collar workers, are given an opportunity in the added, quota, CAN SHIP LIQUOR OVER N. C Attorney General Dennis Brum mitt has ruled that North Caro lina officers can not interfere with shipment of liquor where the ship ment can be shown as proceeding from one wet state to another. He foresees a .difficult task for of' f icers in passing only . liquor ship ments bound for other states and preventing deliveries in North Carolina. , V j INSULL MUST LEAVE GREECE Samuel IntulL wanted In this country for fraud in connection . with the ool lapse of his vast utility empire in Chicago, has been notified by the Creek . government that hU permit to tay in that country expiree on Jartuary 31. DEFAULT ON WAR DEBTS Of the $152,952,000 due the Unit ed States by 11 European nations on Friday, only $8,898,000 was paid. Finland paid its small . installment in full. France, Poland, Belgium, Estonia and Hungary defaulted. Partial payments were made by Latvia, England, Italy, Czechoslo vakia and Lithuania. 4,000,000 IN CWA JOBS . Spending $40,000,000 per week for five weeks, Relief Admkus trator Harry Hopkins bad suc ceeded by the end of last week in placing 4,000,000 unemployed in job, with, another million . : to be placed. - STATE WONT HIRE KILLERS Governor Ehringhaus has put a stop to the practice of hiring special executioners" to throw the death, switch at the state peniten tiary, and hereafter -prison -employes will perform the task. Heretofore a $25 fee has been naid for each execution. -t SAYS COLD PLAN WORKING -Answering critics of the Roose velt gold buying plan, the treasury reports that since the plan was started in" October, a 5 1-2 per cent. increase has been registered in commodity prices in this coun try and the gold buying plan is working satisfactorily. SEEK TRUCE IN CHACO WAR The bloody war between Bolivia and Paraguay over possession of the Gran Chaco country which lies between them will be speedily American conference in session at Acerican conference in session at Montevideo prove successful. Both nations are said to' favor an im mediate armistice while the 50-year-old dispute is ironed out. . 10 CHILDREN DIE IN BUS " Ten school children were killed outright and 30 injured at Crescent City, Fla., on December 14, when a freight train roared out of fog and crashed into a school bus just as ' D. R. Niles, elderly driver, swerved the bus on to' the tracks. EXTEND AUTOMOBILE CODE NRA Administrator Hugh John son says the automobile industry code Will be extended to next Sep tember, the industry having filed its request. The present code would expire December 31. FIGHTER HEADS NEW YORK POLICE Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, himself a World War flier, has designated a famous World War general as commander of New York's police force of 19,000 men. General John F. O'Ryan commanded the 27th division. TO BEAUTIFY CAPITAL GROUNDS The " civil works administration I has approved the plan for a $62,- 500 improvement program for Cap ital square in Raleigh, the CWA to supply $35,000 in labor and $15, 000 in materials, the state the bal ance. LINDBERGHS SWOOP HOMEWARD Col. Charles Lindbergh and his wife swooped down at Miami on Saturday ?to a landing In home waters after five months spent in girdling the Atlantic ocean and visiting in many European lands. The last flight was a 900-mile jump from the Dominican republic. HOPE for i f: LINE IMPROVES Receiver Says Line Will Run as Long as Rev enue Warrants J. F. Gray, receiver of the Tal lulah Falls railway,issued the fol lowing statement Tuesday at Cor nelia, Ga., following a ' conference with federal Judge E. Marvin Un derwood of the Northern district of Georgia: . "I am authorized by Judge Un derwood to say that the Tallulah Falls Railway will be operated as long as it is physically and finan cially possible to operate it, and that no order for the actual junk ing or scrapping of the property will ever be issued until and un less every effort has been exhaust ed to save the same. - The railway has made a little more than its operating expenses since July 1, 1933. It is to be hoped that this record can be maintained and the public is urged to cooperate to the fullest extent of its ability in sav ing the property by giving the road all its business. This statement confirms the ex pression of The Press-Maconian last week that the "T. F." would operate as long as its revenues continue to meet expenses. Mr. Gray" was expected to go to Washington this week with G. L. Houk, of Franklin, to confer with officials there concerning the railroad. They were expected to see both officials of the Southern railroad and the federal govern ment. The object ' of their trip was not announced, but it wai thought likely they would seek some form of government aid, pos sibly a loan. CREDIT GROUP IS ORGANIZED Will Assist Farmers Who 7 Wish To Borrow Money The Franklin Production, Credit association was -organized here Monday afternoon with a capital stock of $25,0001 -The - association was formed far-connection with the national agricultural program and is designed to aid farmers in bor rowing money. This credit association will loan money to farmers for all kinds of farm production such as seeds, fer tilizer, livestock, poultry, and any other production enterprises. A representative number of farm ers and farm agents were present at the meeting. The association covers the six counties of Graham, Swain, Jackson, Macon, Clay, and Cherokee. The meeting was in charge of J. W. Johanson and headquarters will be in Franklin. Incorporation papers, as drawn up - with by-laws, provide - for - a secretary-treasaurer to handle the finances and an appraisal commit tee in each county and a board Of directors. As soon as the charter is issued and papers approved in Washington the association will be gin to function and loans will be approved and made to worthy farmers. The farmers forming the cor poration are: B. W. Justice, Franklin, C. R. Cabe.vDillard, Ga. (resident of Macon cdunty), J. D Burnett, Scaly, M. S. , Burnetfe, Scaly, H. O. Penland, Scaly, R R. Beal, Murphy, R. L. Anderson, Brasstown, J, R. Miller, Robbins villel Ernest D. Penland, Hayes villc. T. L. Stewart Norton, and Jesse W.' Crisp. Robbinsville. This association is a branch of the Columbia Land Bank, Colum bia, S. C.',; and is backed by a fund of $7,500,000. The borrowing capacity of the Franklin associa tion will be $125,000. CELEBRATE "FIRST AIR FLIGHT Hundreds visited Kill Devil hill at Kitty Hawk on Sunday to cel ebrate the 30th anniversary of the day, December 17, 1903, when the Wright brothers! made the first flight in a . heavier-than-air ma chine. BAR SECURITIES IN N. C. The corporation commission has recently cancelled registration . for sale in this state of 22 investment trust issues and is expecting to ities that may be legally offered for sale tn North Carolina. ! it- Ill I I II 4m kf- Reasons . Q LITTLE town of Bethlehem ;f .How still we see thee lie; Above thy deep and dreamless sleep "The silent stars go by; Yet in thy dark streets shineth ,: . The everlasting Light; The hope and fears of all the years Are met in thee to-night. . How silently, how silently, The wondrous gift is gwen ! So God imparts 4o human' hearts The blesingsof His heayen -No ear may hear his coming,- - But 'in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him, still The dear Christ enters in. v., ; ; . Bishop Phillips Brooks. Commuiity Choir To Sing Handel's 'Messiah Sunday The music lovers of Franklin and vicinity are looking forward to the production of Handel's "Messiah" to be given by the community chorus, under the di rection . of James Bryson Porter, in the Methodist church, on Sun day evening at 7:30 o'clock. This most beautiful of Handel s oratorios begins with the well known tenor solo,""Comfort "Ye My People," sung by George Carpen ter, Jfollowed by the prophecies : And The Glory of the Lord-Shall Be Revealed," by the choir; "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened," alto solo, by Mrs. Thos. D. Johnston; "He .Shall Feed His Flock Like -a Shepherd, alto -solo, Mrs. Harold - Sloan ; "But Who May Abide the Day of His Com ing?" bass solo, R. C. Dady, and the two choral numbers, O Thou That TelleSt Good Tidings" and For Unto Us a Child Is Born," by the choir. Then comes the fulfillment ot the prophecies in the joyous Christmas story, from St. Luke, beginning "There Were Shepherds Abiding In the Fields," given in four recitative soprano solos ; the first by Mrs. Norvin C. Dunian ; second, by Miss Edwina Dalrymplc; third, Mrs. Don Young; and the fourth, Miss Alba Peek; and the inspiring chorus, "Glory To God In the Highest" by the full choir. The congregation will then join in - singing the hymn, ""Joy To the World," and Mr. Herbert, Metho dist pastor, will make a short talk followed by the collection. The joyous soprano solo, "Re- inice Greatlv. O Dauehter of Zion," by Mrs. Dick Hudson is fol lowed by , the sonorous bass solo, "Why Do the Heathen Rage?" by Dr. Solms, and the triumph of the Christian Faith is expressed in the Barely Escape No One Injured When Car Overturns ,The occupants of a car driven by Claud Rogers, Highlands, bare ly escaped serious injury Monday morning when the car wrecked on Highway 28 near the Van Hook place between Highlands and Franklin. A tire blew out and the car left the road on a sharp' curve, turned over several times, and kindedupside down in the river. The occupants, including Mrs. Rogers, the Rogers baby, and he lix Talley, escaped without being badly, hurt, although Mr. Rogers very nearly drowned before he succeeded in rescuing his baby, who was "floating around in. the water." B. Y. P. U 's To Present Pageant Christmas The B. Y. P. U.'s of the First Baptist church will present a pag eant. "The; Wondrous Gift," on Monday night, . December 25, at 7:30 o'clock7. The public is cor- Jdially invited to attend lovely soprano solo "I Know That My Redeemer. Liveth" sung by Miss Margaret McGuire. After this the full choir breaks forth in to singing the beautiful Hallelujah chorus "Hallelujah! For the. Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth!" " The congregation stands during the rendition of this chorus. It is said that when Handel first gave this OratoTioand"the "choir began singing this chorus the king rose to his feet, followed by the au dience -and --always-since -congrega tions have risen when it Is sung. The Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of the Baptist "church7"will speak the opening prayer and the Rev. J. A: Flanagan, pastor -of the Pres byterian church,' will offer the clos ing prayer and benediction. - The congregation is asked to be on time, and if late .not to enter the church during the singing of any of the numbers, but wait until the number is finished.. The collection will go to the community choir for music and expenses. Following is a list of those tak ing part: James Bryson Porter, director and organist: Sopranos Mrs. Dick Hudson Mrs. N. C. Duncan, . Mrs. R. C. Dady, Mrs. Don Young, Miss Ed wina Dalrymple, Miss Virginia Mc Guire, Miss Margaret McGmre, Miss Alba Peek, Miss Betty Leach ; altos Mrs. Harold Sloan, Mrs. Thos. D. Johnston Mrs. C. C. Herbert, Jr., Miss Georgia Dady, Miss Charlotte Conley, Miss Rosa lind Bulgin, Miss Willie Mae Led ford, Miss Virginia Slagle, Miss Velma Feck; tenors George Car penter, Phil McCollum, Howard Wilkic, Thomas D. Johnston, Rich ard Slagle; basses Dr. Solms, R C. Dady, Harley Cabe, E. E. Eat on, Henry Wilkie. FATALLY SHOT WHILE HUNTING Riley Headen, 18, Is Vic tim of Accidental Gun Discharge Riley Headen, 18, . son of Mr. and Mrs, John Headen, of Walnut Creek, died in Angel Brothers' hospital at 8:30 o'clock 'Sunday morning, as the result of the ac cidental discharge of a 12-gauge shot gun while out squirrel hunt ing Saturday afternoon, near his home. ' He was accompanied hunting by his brother, Elbert. It was re ported that as he set the gun down the trigger caught on some thing and the weapon was dis charged.' The load of No. 4 shot took effect in Headen's stomach. Headen is survived by his par ents, three sisters and 11 brothers. Funeral services were held Mon day. NE17 TAX LAWS HELPING MACON Sales Tax Collections Fair Less than Cut in ' ' Property Taxes .Tax legislation enacted by the lastj session-of the legislature - is saving Macon county taxpayer's thurusands ef dollars, according to a letter received by The Press- Maconian from the state treasury department. Figures . quoted in the letter show that $2,760 was collected in this county during : July, August a'nd September from the sales tax, while the reduction . afforded in property taxes was ' saving taxpay ers in this" county $22,884 for the year. On' the Qasis of the first three months collections of sales taxes, the collections, fqjv.;whole year in this county would be approximate ly $11,000, leSs ' than half the amount ' saved property, holders by "the reduction in ad valorem taxes. Letter "Explain ' .. .- Following is the letter from the treasury departments VVVTe take . pleasure in furnishing jjooi herewith information taken from our records, showing the arfiount of sales taxes collected in North Carolina for the months of July, August and September which has been tabulated for each coun ty in Thfe State. ' -g- We take pleasure also in enclos ing herein ' tabulation showing prop erty tax reductions afforded by (1) Removal of 15 cent levy for schools; (2) Elimination of levies for current expense for districts county-wide and special charter schools. From these tabulations you will observe that we have the following results in your county: , Sales taxes collected : July .....$ 805.53 August 981.04 September 973.92 $ 2,760.49 Property tax relief afforded as follows; --- - District levies, current expense .$ 12,293.00 Special .charter, current ,ss expense 15 cent county-wide levy.. 10,591.00 Current expense for six months school . ..... ; ; ..... . $ 22,884.00 Figures given above represent the .actual reductions in dollar levies which were relieved in, your county by reason of the fact that the state of North Carolina took over " the operation of the entire eight.manths school term. In tak ing over our schools, the state re duced the cost of operation in the schools which amounted in 1932 to approximately $23,000,000 to ap proximately $16,000,000 for 1933, thereby resulting in a saving to the taxpayers of the state of ap proximately $7,000,000 -in -operating cost. - The-prot)erty--taX"rclief;af-' forded for. the entire state amount ed '.to $11,476,540 as shown by the above tabulations.- ; Sales taxes collected in . your county for the first three months are below the average collections for the entire year as our collec-jwith tions are being improved from month to month. But, after allow ing for the reasonable increase in the sales tax collections in your county which are anticipated, it will be observed that the property owners in your county are relieved of property taxes in the consider able amount shown and that the sales tax collections in your coun--ty will be far less than the proper ty tax relief afforded. , The sales tax payments are made by all of the people "in the- county rather than those who happen to be owners of property. BURLEY MARKET HOLIDAY Takintr a lesson from North Carolina's -successful iisp nf a tn- bacco market holiday early this fall, the governors of Tennessee; and Kentucky have joined in ask-! ing the closing of ' all sales of , burley tobacco until such times as a marketing agreement can be per fected to assure the growers a profit. TENNESSEE LYNCHING Mob violence found another out let last week, when a Columbia, Tenn., mob seized a young negro, and hung him from a1 -cedar treeular business of the firm was not on Friday. A grand jury had de-! interrupted. clined fo indict the man for an The cause of the blaze is sup attempted attack on a young white posed to have been from rats girl. I gnawing electric wires. M ore Macon Men To Get Work on C. W. A. Projects CAROLS TO BE SUNGSUNDAY Special Christmas Music To Be Rendered at St. Agnes The Christmas service.' of St. Agnes church will be held on Christmas eve, at 5 p. m. with the Rev. George L. Granger, of Can ton, officiating. . Special Christmas music and fa miliar carols will be sung, and, the church will be decorated with evergreens and candles. ...The .anthem,' "TheSon oGod is Come," by Ira B. Wilson, will be rendered as an offertory by the following voices : Sopranos Mrs. W. L. Nothstein, Mrs. N. C. Duncan, Miss Beverly Brown; altos Mrs. Thomas Johns ton, Jr., Miss Georgia Dady ; ten- ors Thomas Johnston, Jr., Georg Carpenter ; bass Dr. Charles Solms, Hugh Johnston, Norvin Duncan, Jr. James Porter will be at the or gan. The Gloria in Excelsis and Nunc Dimittis will also be sung, and the following carols: "Silent Night, Holy Night," "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," "It Came Upon a Midnight Clear," "Angels From the Realms of Glory," "O Little Child of Bethlehem," "0 Come All Ye Faithful." All are invited to attend and unite in the singing. Must Register Vets Can't Get Cr W. A. Jobs Unless They Do H. P. Williams, of Raleigh, vet erans placement representative of the United States department of labor, visited he Franklin office of the National Reemployment Service Wednesday and after conferring with the manager, John W. Ed wards,, made the following an nouncement : "Veterans who wish assignment on Civil Works Administration projects must register at , the Re employment office, as all place ments arc to be made from this office." Mr. Williams said the Franklin Reemployment office had shown due consideration to, veterans in the selection of men to work on C. W. A. projects and explained that -veterans had no basis for 'complaint for failure to obtain C. WA jobs if they failed . to .reg ister. All placements, he emphasizr ed, must be made from the list -of those registered at the Reemploy- ment office War veterans, especially those dependents and without work, 'are entitled to preference in the selection of workmen for projects undertaken with civil works funds. Early Morning Fire Causes $1,000 Damage A small fire, with estimated dam age of $1,000 occurred early Thurs1 day morning in the rear part of Perry's Drug store. C. S. Browm, manager of the Scott Griffin Ho tel," in which building the .store is located, detected the fire from the strong odor of burning wood and drug fumes and gave the alarm. The Franklin volunteer fire de- partment reached the fire by breaking through a back window and succeeded in extinguishing the ! flames with chemicals before they ad m "lc""e serious headway, Located underneath guest rooms of tlie notel and in a solid block of stores and business offices on the north side of Main street, what might have been a most disastrous fire was averted by the quick ac tion of the' fire department. Jim Perry, owner, stated that the dam age would have exceeded $15,000 jif the fire had destroyed his entire ' stock. While .the damage from smoke was considerable, the reg Jobs for 242 Supplied by Approval of New Projects payrollTmounting 150 Workmen Authorized for Coweta Experiment Station Jobs for 242 Macon county men were assured this week under sup plemental allotments, under the Ci vil . Works Administration's pro gram to reduce unemployment to a minimum. Approval of a project for work at the Coweta . branch of the Ap palachiaiiEorestZExperiment Sta tion paved the way for employ ment of 150 men, while it was announced from Raleigh that 92 men would be employed in this county to work on projects to be undertaken under the direction of . the State Deparment of Conserva tion and Development. Meanwhile,' plans were being shaped to furnish employment for idle women who are unemployed and without means of a livelihood. Payroll of $4,350 Last week's payrolls in this coun ty for men employed, under the Civil Works Administration ran above $3,000. Then, besides this, approximately $1,350 was paid to a hundred men working under tht National Reemployment Service on road projects in the Nantahala Na timal 'Forest On Tuesday a small group of men were put to work at the new experiment station, situated "about -three miles irom Otto, and since then a few others have been em ployed. By Friday 60 men are expected to be at work on this re portedlhalllietQcJ manufactur about the first of he year, or as soon as tools for them .can be , obtained. Tuesday's newspapers reported that the toll manufactur ers of the country had exhausted their stocks and were having dif ficuly in supplying the demand created by the government's1 re covery program. It has not been learned when work would start on the projects to be supervised by the Depart ment of Conservation and De velopment. It is understood that one of the chief objects of this work will be to construct fire breaks and to build roads and trails which will be of value in con t rolling forest fires in areas not protected by the forestry ser- ViCC. ' Longer Payroll Looms Macon county's total allotments -under the C. W. A. and the N. R. S. jobs for 622 men, some with teams will create, when the pro jects in full swing, a weekly pay roll of nearly $10,000. Besides this, large sums of money, not exceeding 30 per cent of the pay- roll, will be spent for materials and supplies. The emergency relief quota of 130 men having already been filled, all placements of men in the fu ture under the C. W. A. will be made through the Reemployment office under the direction of John W. Edwards, manager. The office is located in the Odd- Fellows Hall and is open for registrations each morning until noon. Women, Too Women seeking employment, however, will be placed. by Miss Rachel Davis, county superinten dent of welfare and civil works administrator; but they are re quired also to register at the Re employment office. The projects for women have not yet been undertaken, but it . is expected that they will be' of a clerical na ture. Work at the Coweta experiment station is being done under the supervision of I. II. Simms, of Asheville, assistant sylviculturist of the Appalachian experiment statiom in Buncombe county. Several log buildings with cement foundations. are to be constructed, trails built and timber stand improvements un dertaken. One of the purposes of this station, it has been reported, is to carry out experiments in the control of soil erosion. V J
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