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r- y I ' .J I 1 Bits of Wisdom You will build with stone well, but with flesh better. Ruskin. I " ' A Brief Survey of Cur rent Ei-ents in State, Nation and Abfoadrt . the Facts Boiled Slip qigljlmttoi tarottiau 1 PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL - DEPENDENT -Down tp a;Few Pithy Lines. VOL. 7CLVIII, NO. 52 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, DEC. 28, ' 1933 IS PER YEA" - '-J ', t ORDERS MINTING OF SILVER - President Rofisevelt last week or dered . government, mints to coin silver for. the .producers, ' retaining half m the treasury reserve and returning half ,f ,tot. the producers. 'Silver price yyasi; thus raised by 21 cents mi isndw 64 1-2 cents per ounce. , , , : , GOVERNOR TACKLES ' V f TRAFFIC SNARL ; r 1 Governor:': Ehringhau's- has ; called v the officers and , citizens of, Not ,th Carolina to a. .special month of .f fiort,' toward "checking the bloody '- tide" of traffic deaths and reducr ', ing the hazards of, highway travel Vut,,., .-V-" .' .' ' -.'." ' SIGN BURLEY AGREEMENT - The-, agricultural,, administration ' last' week secured grower and buy er agreements to a, marketing plan for burley tobacco grown in Ken- . tucky, Tennessee . and Western ; North -Carolina. minimum of "12 cents per pound will be paid for the' current crop, the money to - ' come from a process tax. CITES BENEFITS OF CCC . In , reporting tp ', the' president, Robert ' Fechner, " director of the civilian conservation work, cited achievements of the 300,000 CCC workers in the first six" months of ' the work. There were 400,000 days , ; spent in fighting fires, 25,000 acres planted in trees, plantings started on 50,000 acres, disease and rodent . . control effected on over 6,000,000 , . acres of forest. Workers built , 12,671 miles of trails, 4,229 bridges and: 68,000 soil erosion dams. -V .' , ; ....... . ... . i v ' ' SOUTH'S FARM INCOME DOUBLED V ' ' The .'department of agriculture v reports that the 10 leading south ' ern cotton states show $1,537,415,000 ' , t was paid this year for farm prod ucts, as against only $846,412,000 last year. Of the 1933 figures, Vi $185,000,000 was paid for acreage reduction., 4acts Crop values Mn Nl. ' 'Siialoiina this veaf were Jcut at $1,92,595,000 as against $104,- 67JD00 in 1932. 1200 DIE IN FRENCH WRECK - In the worst railroad disaster in the history of France nearly 200 Were killed outright and over 300 badly hurt near Lagny on -Saturday night. The engineer and fire man were jailed, railroad officials claiming ' the two were driving the train through thick fog at 65 miles per hour. AMNESTY FOR SLACKERS - President Roosevelt " on ".Sunday extended amnesty to 1,500 Ameri cans who evaded the World War draft, or actively t opposed this country's participation in it.: Near ly all had completed sentences, but few had been, restored to rights of citizenship.' 373 NURSES LICENSED The North Carolina board . of nurse examiners reports that of the 461 applicants for nursing license who took the recent examination, 373 passed the test, Miss Josephine Page of Sanatorium, making the nighest grade. Twenty nurses from other states were - licensed without examination. Professional Ball Player Visits Native County ; Vance Mauney, former profes- k sional ball player, and Larth Cun ningham, of Reidsville, both, na tives of Macon county, spent ' the ' holidays with the parents of the latter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cun ningham of Iotla. ' ' Mr.. Mauney, who has played with the South Atlantic League, " and later was with. Detroit, New Haven, New - York, and other big leagues, now holds the position js manager of the boxing department - ,of!the American Tobacco company. 1,941 Registered in Reemployment Office The National Reemployment Ser vice office in Macon county har, registered a total of 1,941 persons since the opening date on August 30. Of this number 58 are women. In the period that' the office wa' registering the above .number, placements' have ' beeh found f ov 410, with about a 200 addition ex pected to be added before long. Singing Convention Meets December 31 The .Macon County Singing Con vention will meet ,at the courthouse Sunday,, December 31, at 10 o'clock for an all-day meeting. James M Raby ' chairman of the singing convention, requests all classes, so los and quartets to be present. Several classes from the adjoin ing counties, as well as from South Carolina and Georgia, will also be ( present. . .: : GETS WILD RIDE Kidnaping Being Investi ; gated By Federal V. Officer ' ' t . ... j. i ! r . -., Kidnaped while en route ta, his hbme from.. Sylva shortly after 10 o'clock . last Friday' night, Frank Khinehart, 37-ycar-old school prin. cipal of Wcbstef, "told a harrow ing story of his' experience during the '36 hours that he was held, threatened and . tortured by his ab ductors." Released "somewhere in Georgia" and placed in 'his own car by the kidnapers early; Sunday morning Khinehart stated he drove: through Mountain City to Franklin where he telephoned from Peek Hotel to his brother who met him there and took him to the Community Hos pital in Sylva where he received treatment for . his bruises and re- maine'd 24 hours recovering from shock. TelU of Threat The kidnaping, according to the story, told by Rhinehart, was pre ceded by serious, threats made by two men whom lie identified during a stay in Sjdya Friday night. He said the. two,. men. approached him and threatened to kill him in a Sylva store. They left, he declar ed! rriSking' additional threats and urging him to remember that they would "get him." Overtaking him outside of Dills- bow he was stopped by a car and two men got into hisxar and forc ed him to drive on, later being taken from his car, -and, another met them at several places during a wild ridfe when he was taken out from. time. to time and threatened in various ways, Rhinehart .related, "I was - taken out of the car and one of the men said, 'Here's a good place , to get rid of him ; let's just cut his head off.' ' Hand and Feet Tied "My hands and feet were tied and I was put back in the car. The men kept -driving -all Saturday with a stop now and then," .. . - "Sometime - early Saturday night T heard a train blow and one of the party said 'Let's put him in front of 'the train.' The car was stopped and I could hear the train approaching'. I was then taken (Continued on page four) Christmas Pageant , . . . B. Y. P. U. Members Pre sent Play The pageant, "The Wondrous Gift" which was given by members of - the - B.--Y.- Rr U.;--directed - by Mrs, Eugene -R. Eller, was well presented at the First Baptist chutchhereJklQndayinightloa large; audience. The cast was as follows : Shep herds: Alex Moore, J. H. Care lock,. Bill Cunningham, J. B. Pen dergrass and Ralph Welch; wise men: Jlenry Wilkie, 1 E. B. De Hart, Dan Wilkie ; the inn keeper, p. E. Sypher; the Rabbi, Reid W6ir)ack Mary, Miss Helen Shep herd; Joseph, Fred Childers. Fourteen girls of the B. Y. ' P. V, represented angels, and a group of .children and grown-ups were the, people of Bethlehem. The junior choir, directed by Mrs. Gilbert, beautifully sang four songs preceding the pageant. 12,000 Pounds For Distribution To Needy Macon county has approximately 1?nm t,nnnds of government salt pork for distribution to those who nc?d it. In order to better serve the people and make it , possible for them to receive the 'supplies as "quickly as possible, arrange, ments have been made with G. C. Stamey for a distribution center to be established in the rear of his store "in the old Farmers Fed eration building. , Miss Charlotte Conley will have charge of the distribution. The store room will be open on every Thursday, Fri day, Saturday and Monday. This - central store-room will serve the people of the following ' ' "f ' 1 " ' i i i ' i i' ' i 1 i .J ' i - I First Loan on The first loan oy bankers on V y" SMm i - -i 'u"S ; if J M It j t " 1 it ' t - Ammt t - - ' i i ' ', I t 4 V !S - m -mmmiib , 'ii, W i:iiii::::vi , mi If ' " ' in ' v I - t ? A ' t ' ' ' I ,''''. I ' i ' s f k t "k, t " ,.Eral of Pocahontas, Iowa, by banker C. E. Watts. Era! received $585. tne nrst loan or ?75,000,000, expected to be loaned to Iowa farmers. Lt-. to right are Mr. Watts, Mr. Eral, Mrs. Eral and their baby; Jean. Farm Credit Administration To Pass Upon Applications PORTER RITES ARE COND UCTED Services Conducted at the Andrews Methodist , 7 Church v ANDREWS, Dec. 23.-Funeral services were lield Wednesday afternoon for J. W. Porter, 63, who died Tuesday night. The ser vices, were conducted at the An drews Methodist church, of which he was a steward, by the Rev. W. G. ' McFarland, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Walter J. Miller, of Con cord, and the Rev. C. S. Kirk patrick, of Salisbury. Solos were rendered by C. H. Jarrett, Miss Sallie Mae" Alphin, and R. C. An drews. Surviving are two children, Mrs. H. H. Enloe and George Porter, J of Andrews; four brothers, R. S. Porter, of Andrews, James A. and T. W. Porter, of Franklin, and John Q. Porter, of Asheville; three sisters, Mrs. R. M. Waldroupe, of Bryson City, Mrs. Emma Huskin, of -Asheville, and -Mrs.Li-L. Martin, of Asheville. He is also survived by his step-mother, Mrs. Stephen Porter, of Asheville. Mr. Porter was bofiTTn Frank liri but had for nearly 40 years been a resident of Andrews. He had been in the 'mercantile busi ness about 17 years. He was active in community enterprises, having served on the board of ' aldermen and the school board of the town. Asheville Citizen. CLOSED BANKS PAYING OUT The "' state banking department reports that in this year closed banks have paid $2,040,284 to their depositors .and $5,444,861 to pre ferred claimants. of Pork ' Union, Maple Springs, Oak ,Ridge i Watauga, Holly Springs, Mash burn Branch, Clark's Chapel, Pat ton, Olive Hill and Iotla. In all of the districts named above, those who need pork should first see the Red Cross or Relief Committee in their particular com munity and get an order to pre sent to the store-room keeper to receive it. JAPAN CELEBRATES BIRTH Japanese are wildly celebrating on Saturday the birth of tan heir to the Japanese throne. The four I previous children born to Emperor t Hirohito and Empress" Nakago are girls. The .nation had prayed. the Warehoused Corn warehoused com was given to v V. Farmers Production Cred it With Minimum Effort On Their Part .President Ernest Graham of the ProductionCredit Corporation has made the following announcement in connection j with ' the v Farm i Credit Adrm'nistrationrexteflding loans to creditgroups of farmers, of which the Franklin Production Credit Association organized ' last week is a part:' , . "jt" . PracticaUylJLiuctio jpredit Associations necessary to supply farmers with production loans in the Third Land Bank District have applied for their charters 'and the end of the week will see ; all ap plications passed upon by the Farm Credit Administration and in. many instances local .! associations ready to do business. Many farmers are asking how they will go about obtaining loans! where the association, .includes sev-! eral counties. . President Graham states that while -the details are as yet incomplete, arrangements will be made whereby a, farmer de siring a loan will not have to go beyond some central point in his county, . regardless, of the ' location of the association headquarters, "Our aimLsaid President "Graham,! "is to make production credit available to -farmers with tKe min imum effort on their part. How ever, we are anxious for farmers to take an interest in their as sociations as it is hoped they.', will eventually own and operate them themselves." ' X X X X . Loans To Qopertiv In response to mahy ' inquiries from . . cooperative ' associations throughout , the district regarding the functions of the Columbia Bank for Cooperatives, President Alfred . Scarborough has announced the following: . "The main purpose of our bank is to assist ' coopera tives who desire the character of financing associations engaged in the production of agricultural prod-, ucts. . In order for a cooperative to avail itself of the services of this bank, it is necessary for it to comply - with the Capper-Volstead Act, the main conditions being as follows : (a) "That persons in the In duction- of agricultural products as farmers, planters, 'ranchmen, dairy men, ,nut or fruit growers may act tpgether in associations, cor porate or otherwise, with or with out capital stock, in collectively processing, preparing for market, handling, . and marketing in inter state and foreign commerce such products of persons so engaged." This, and other language which appears in the Act, make it plain that a cooperative association to come within the Act- must -rnrfe ONLY PRODUCERS as voting stockholders or members; (b) Associations that desire to (Continued on pag four) , RED CROSS ROLL TO BEXfOSED Only One-Half of the As- signed Quota Has ... Been Reached The Annual Roll for the Ameri can Red Cross will be completed ; this, week according 'to the Rev. J.! A.-.Flanagan, chairman' of the Roll Call for the Macon county chap-; ter. The report shows that only ! about one-half of the assigned j quota for thq county has been reached. The best report comes j from Highlands township under the j leadership of Prof. 0. F. Summer,! roll chairman of the township. .sMr. I summer reports 4 members en rolled in the township. A total of 1,41 memberships have been re ceived in the tountyTvith $16ZJhaS: ing been collected for, the Roll 'Call. ! All workers arc being asked to complete their drive as quickly as possible and forward their re sults to the Roll Call chairman. Any members who have not been solicited or . turned hi their mem berships are asked to leave them with '-Harold Sloan at Sloan 13ros. store on Main street. The following memberships have been received since the last pub lished list in The Press-Maconian : J. Uor.ner Stockton, 'Miss Rose Rogers, Mrs. Tom . Slagle, Rev. C,' C. Herbert, Jr., Mre. Mysa Crawford, Mis Grace .Carpenter, Miss Carolyn Nolen, J. :H. Stone, Mrs. J. H. Stone, Mrs. Claude Rus sell, Ralph Womack, Richaitd R.J Johnson, Harry Higgins,.- -. From Highlands the ioflowing have been added: Miss Marguerite Ravenel, Miss Claire R-aeriel, H. 1L Bascom and M-rs.-HJfM.Bas com. , v This county having so freely re ceived ailthrouglLihe'2iNatio,nal Red Cross the quota of 300 is a membership which should be eas ily within reach of its resources. Mr. Flanagan expresses confidence that Macon will not fail to meet this number when attTsoTicitdfs complete the territory assigned th em, - Hand Injured By . the Explosion of a Dynamite Cap v Kay Swafford, the small son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Swafford, who live near the residence of C. A. Setser, suffered the , loss of three fingers and thumb oft bi3 left hand Saturday morning tfbout 8 o'clock, when a, dynamite - cap, with which he- was playing exploded. Mrs. S wa fiord --f Vu 1 1 d rlher Hlyn a mite cap in the basement and - not knowing - what--it-was-gave it ---4j ; Ray to play with. He too, not knowing, began -examining itwithj a stick, which resulted in the ex plosion. Young Swafford was rushed to nngei cromers nospitai wnere ne was treated and was last reported to be doing riiceiy. ' , ' ' : $2 TAX FOR WHISKIES The Democratic majority on the powerful house ways and means A. ITk .1 it 1 a committee has approved a $2 per gallon tax on spirits, will oppose the sharing of' whisky, tax receipts with states, will favor a double tariff levy on imported whiskies to enable the president . to bargain with exporting countries for trade, Educational Plan For C. C. C. Is Approved By President An educational program, for the liyingio country . instead ... of - city 300,000 men . in the Civilian Con - orvstinn 'fWt ' whirl,-' hnc ho,. , . "' ., '. approved by the pres.dent, is mw in effect. One educational advis- or is being placed in each of the 1,4)() torest work camps. General and vocational subjects will be ottered and a chance given each worker to improve his. education. Pointing out, that a great .number of the young men in the forest corps had but a meager educa tion, Robert Fechner, director of the Emergency Conservation Work, stated that forestry and agricul ture would also be taught with a view to assisting many of them to become adjusted to a new mode of Fred Stiwiriter is Shot Saturday on Walnut Creek More Christmas Buying Than Usual Christmas buying was heavy in Franklin this season, and Franklin merchants report that tr-de was much better than has been enjoyed for several years. Although there was an abun dance of special Christmas stock provided by all the stores th shop windows presenting a gala array that vied with Chief Henry's Christmas tree on the town square the supply proved inadequate in many instances. Long beifore closing time staple stocks of fruits and dry goods were exhausted before the on slaught of happy Christmas shoppers. One merchant report ed the sale of more than 100 bushels of oranges alone. Thp spring-like weather made possible the largest crowds that Franklin has witnessed for many moons, adding to the joy of Christmas preparation and holi day festivities. The increased payroll exceeding $5,000 in Ma con county, due to the CWA program which has supplied work to a large number during the last few weeks, was one of the factors that stimulated holi day trade and made a happy Christmas for hundreds of Ma con's citizens, young and old. . CANTATA GIVEN SUNDAY NIGHT Messiah" by Handel Pre sented At Methodist Church ZZZ The 'presentation of the "Mes siah," by Handel, at the First Methodist church Sunday evening was a great success. The church was packed to its capacity. The community chorus was made up of members of the McDowell Music club, of Franklin. With the church beautifully decorated and I the lights turned out to give place to a large number' of candles the scene was impressive. James l!rysn Porter, organist of the Methodist church, was dircc-t-or and organist.- Some ofthe singers were: Sopranos, Mrs. Dick HudsanTMrs. NTXTTJuncan, Mrs Don Young, Miss Edwina Dal rymple, Miss Alba Peek, Miss Betty Leach; altos, Mrs. Harold Sloan, Mrs. Thomas J. -Johnston, Mrs. C. C. . Herbert, Jr., Miss Georgia Dady.l liss Rosalind Bui gin, Miss Willie Mae Ledford, Miss Virginia Slagle, and Miss Yclnia Peek; tenors, George Car penter, Jr., Thomas J. Johnston; basses, Dr. Solms, Roy C. Dady, and E. . E. Eaton. A violin solo, . "Largo" by Handel, was rendered by William Brcssler of Oakland, Calif. "Joy to. the World'V music by Handel, was sung by the con- gregation - : - : he. Fo,,r Kveminent dcpartmetits- Interior, War, Labor and Agri- ; cuituliearc cooperating in estab j lishing and -operating the new edu j rational 'system., The Interior De partment, through ; the Office of Education of which Dr. G. F ' Zook is Commissioner, is preparing , the general program of instruction, appointing the same educational advisers, and recommending to the War Department the outlines of instruction, teaching procedures, and types of teaching materials for use in the camps. The program will be executed under the im mediate direction of the War De Died a Short Time After Receiving Three Bul let Wounds INQUEST HELD Verdict, Sti winter "Came To Death By a Wound Inflicted by Pickens" Fre(LStiwinter,.-34; son of George Stiwinter, was shot and fatally wounded in a f fight about 10 :30, Saturday night on Walnut Creek, near the home of Randolph Keen- v er, about 13 miles cast of Frank lin, and Billy Pickens, 63, was ar rested and held for his death. Stiwinter died at Angel Broth ers' hospital a moment after ar rival, at 11 o'clock. Inquest was held by Coroner C. M. Moore at 1 o'clock Sunday morning in the operating room of the hospital, and the verdict was found from evi dence that Stiwinter "came to his death by a wound inflicted by Billy Pickens." Henry Stiwinter, brother of the slain man, testified that trouble began a few days previous when Pickens accused their sister, Mrs. George Gregory, of trying to shield the person who burned Charlie T.".......' 1 '1 n n 1 V . t : n n n... nlftltt. juiiia uai ii atiu iiuusc a Itw lllgliis i before. He said he was about. 15 feet away when he heard quarrel ing in the darkness and saw pistol flash and heard the report 'T"amshot in the stomach" some one said. Another voice said, "I am shot in the head." Dr. Ed Angel showed a 32. caliber bullet in evidence which had -passed through the lower part of the heart and through the liver, lodging inl the - back. Other witnesses, it was stated, but who were not at the inquest, were Charlie Henry and Emory McCoy, driver of a car in which Billy Pickens was riding. Just before the inquest started Deputies Frank Leach and John Dills arrested Pickens, who had been found at his boarding place at the home of Re.n Gibson, in the , Gold Mine section, 10 miles from the scene of the shooting. Interviewed at the jail by t representative of the United Press, Billy Pickens stated that he was attending a candy pulling and that all were Jiaving a good time. About 10 o'clock when he was starting -home Jie ...stated he ! heard - Fred- Stiwinter ask, "Is Billy Pickens there ?and got out of the car," walking towards him. "Fred was . waiting for me with an open knife , and lunged toward me in the dark, v cutting my head and I couldn't see any more." Besides the knife cut on his head there are many cuts and bruises on his fare supposedly inflicted by rocks. ' Pickens stated that he was at tacked by two men who got on him and hejd him "down by both wrists, and that Fred's hold on his wrists had to be broken when Fred was shot. Fred Stiwinter was put into the car immediately and Pickens rode with them for three miles, walking , the rest of the wav to his board ing place. Pickens, who has worked in and around Franklin for a number of vears, is prominent in fraternal circles, being, a member of th Masons and Odd Fellows. H is f out on $5,000 hond. The prelin : u i c December 26 to Friday, Ja S, at 2 p. m. Stiwinter was a farmer and u married. The funeral was held at 2:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon at Walnut Creek. WATCH SERVICE TO BE HELD A union watch night service wiH be observed by the young people's organizations of the community in the First Baptist church on Sun day night, December 31. The ser vice will begin at 11:15 p. rh. and will' close a few minutes after midnight. Special music, talks and readings will feature the program. Everyone is invited to attend this service. s .4 t '. C: V school districts: ' I fifth child should be a prince. V-.;;vi')-.v:-':. ;''' vv .' .:. , .; . ;'' j .r--- ' ' 4'