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A Brief Survey of Cur
rent Events in State,
Nation and Abroad
the Facts Boiled
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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VIL. XLIX, NO. 12
FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1934
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ROOSEVELT SEEKS
TO AVERT STRIKES
President Roosevelt began Wed
nesday a series of conferences with
representatives of employers and
employees in the automobile, and
railroad industries with the hope of
evolving plarts to avert threatened
strikes. The chief executive was
scheduled Thursday to confer with
William - Greeh, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
William' Collins, national represen
tative of the labor organization. A
senate committee was informed
Wednesday that there was wide
spread unrest in labor circles and
that strikes were threatened in the
automobile, railroad and 'textile in
dustries. , .
FAVOR COTTON BILL
The Bankhead compulsory cotton
control bill was passed Monday by
the House, 251-114, and has gone to
the Senate as an emergency meas
ure. It is designed to. stabilize
cotton prices and limit production
in the coming cotton year to 10,
000,000 bales.
HITS "TRAITORS".
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, world
war ace in the air, asserted in a
hearing at Washington that Presi
dont Roosevelt should "purge his
official family of traitorous ele
ments" which misadvised him on
cancellation of private air mail contracts."
WORLD LEADER?
A 60-year program of internal
and external expansion which in
the 21st century will give Italy the
"primacy of the world" was outlined
Sunday by,. Premier Benito Mus
solini in a speech before 5,000 chief
' faclsts of the kingdom; gathered in
Rome. The .next century, h said,
will be a "black-shirt era."
HUGE UNDERWORLD
Attorney General Cummings said
Monday that America'9 underworld
has more armed men than the
United States army and navy com
bined. The statement was made to
the senate vjudiciaryv..committee as
it began consideration of a group
of bills - submitted by the justice
department to aid the government
jn a war on gangsters.
I, AIRMAIL RESUMED
Army airmail pilots Monday re
sumed flying over eight selected
routes after a week of enforced
idleness. Improved planes, hand
picked veteran pilots, and greater
regard ' for safety of airmen's lives
are new factors in the reorganiza
tion, ordered by Pesident Roosevelt.
SURVIVES ROASTING
William Philupe, repair man, was
trapped 45 minutes Sunday in a
baker's oven at 350 degrees faren
hcit, a New York dispatch relates.
He was rescued by a police squad
and was in seriousondition, semi
conscious after the steel front of
thi nveti had been removed. Phil
upe was wedged in a 16-inch oven,
pulled out by bakery workers. "T
Funeral Services Held
For D. H. Stockton
Funeral services for D. H. Stock-
tirVir. Hiort iinrlfiw' at ttir atrp
" of 85 at the home of his son, Sam
..'.-; M. Stockton, in the Skeenah sec
tion, were held -Monday at the
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with the Rev. A. S. Solesbce of
ficiating. Many relatives, and
friends attended. .
. : Mr. Stockton was born January
1, 1849, in this county. . .He had
been a member of the Pleasant
Hill Baptist church since the spring
of 1885.
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He was married io - miss Manna
Ledford in 1872 and to this union
" were born five sons, all of whom
are still living: W. C. Stockton,
v it r. r . . e t t n
lOling .Harris, r. ivi., i . v..
and S. V. Stockton, of this county,
-. and N. L. Sto:kton, of Lakemont,
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-about 16 -years ago. In addition
to his sons, the deceased leaves
.32 grandchildren and 45- great
grandchildren. Pic. I Member of Mica
Codf Authority
D. D. Rice, in charge , of the
Southern Mica ompanv's mine and
plant at Iotla, has been named
chairman of the tlrv ground division
of the national mica code authority,
which was organized at a mectinp
nf lexers of the mica industry at
v'Vrw York March 12 and 13.
Mr. Rice also was named vice
chairman of the general rode au-
rtiorirv for the entire mica industry,
fr, A. Purcell, of Jersey City, N. J,
'fa chairman, ,
ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING HELD
122 Young Democrats At
tend District Gathering
r At Bryson City
JUDGE COCKE HEARD
Resolution Adopted En
dorsing President Roose
v velt's Program '
Young Democrats from eleven of
the thirteen counties in the eleventh
congressional district held an en
thusiastic meeting at Bryson City
Saturday night. With 122 seats oc
cupied at the big banquet table in
the dining room of Fryemont Inn,
Macon had the largest county rep- j
resentation present. Ihe atten
dance totaled 122. ... :T--;-
William j. Cocke, jr., young
Asheville attorney and district
chairman - of the - Young People's
Democratic clubs, presided. The
address of welcome was delivered
by Mayor Thad Bryson.
Judge Cocke Speak
The principal addresses of the
evening were delivered by Mrs.
May F. Evans, of High Point,
president of the state organization
of Young People's ."Democratic
clubs, and Judge Philip C. Cocke,
of Asheville.
Mrs. Evans outlined the punose
of the clubs as the fostering of
Democratic principles and the en
couragement of good citieznship.
She described members of the or
ganization as "the shock troops of
democracy."
'The Dempcratic party of today
is the young people's party," de
clared Judge Cocke,. "and the Young
People's Democratic clubs are the
hub of democracy."
- The speaker paid high tribute to
President Roosevelt, saying that
"he has struggled with our depress
ed affairs and at last is reviving
the nation. We have passed through
the most eventful year, perhaps, in
American nistory."
Harmony Urged
Harmony and cooperation,
he
continued, are responsible for the
present position of the Democratic
party and its future success. "Har
mony, at all times," he advised,
"should prevail in , your organiza
tion." Judge Cocke gave a masterful
recital of the record of the Demo
cratic part in the state and nation,
with emphasis on progress made In
the state since Zebulon Vance de
feated Judge Thomas Settle, Re
publican candidate for governor, in
1876.
Short talks were also made by
various others, including State Sen
ator R. A. Patton, of Franklin, and
John W. Edwards, president of the
Young People's Democratic clubs
of this county.
Rooeveh Commended
The meeting adopted resolutions
endorsing the " Roosevelt program
and 'expressing confidence in the
president's leadership referring , to
the executive committee the ques
tion of the advisability of estab
lishing a district newspaper, and
providing, for the appointment, of a
committee to ask that the next
state convention of Young Demo
crats be held in; Western North
Carolina.
rians were made to send a large
motorcade of Young Democrats to
attend the .Jackson Day dinner in
Raleigh Saturday, March 31. Clubs
in this county are planning to send
two cars, carrying nine or cn mem -
bcrs, to join this motorcade.
Forestry Service Invites
Bids on Hemlock Stumpage
An encouraging sign of the revi
val of timber operations in this
county Was seen this week in the
announcement by the- Nantahala
National Forest that it would re
ceive bids until April 20 on ap
proximately 2.500,(XX) board feet of
hemlock pulpwood and l.fKX) tons of
hemlock bark situated in two areas
totaling about 185 acres on the
headwaters of Turtle creek and Big
creek in Highlands township.
It was also announced at head
quarters of the. forest that author
ity was being asked from Washing
ton to advertise, for bids on three
other boundaries of timber in the
western part of the county.
The. forestry service has author
ity to sell stumpage outright when
the Value does not exceed $500, but.Maconian.
Scenes and
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1 Mrs. Krnnklln D. Roosevelt with Gov. Ulanton Winshlp in I'uerto Itko where she investigated economic
and social conditions. 2 San Francisco's huge concrete Foster cros on the top of Mt,Davldson,-ln the corner
stone of which n re water from the River Jordan and rocks from the Garden of Gethsemane. 3 Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh and Secretary of War Dern meeting for a conference on air mail carrying by the army air corps.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
GROUPFORMED
Eller Made Superintendent
Of New Baptist
Organization
Representatives from stvcral Bap
tist churches in Macon co'inty met
in called session at the Franklin
Baptist church Sunday and or
ganized the Macon County Baptist
Sunday School association. This
association is organized for the pur
pose of making better and larger
Sunday schools in all churches in
Macon county. Similar organiza
tions have already been perfected in
several of the adjoining counties.
Perry Morgan, . state Sunday
school secretary, and .Vance Brown
ing, of Bryson City, superinten
dent of the Tennessee Valley as
sociation in Swain county, were the
principal speakers. - -
Officers elected for the Macon
County association are; Superin
tendent, E. R. Eller, Franklin ;" as
sociate superintendent, E. B. De
Hart, Franklin; secretary, J. H.
Stockton, Franklin; chorister,; Aus
tin Snyder, Franklin Route 4 ;
pianist, Miss Edwina Dalrymple,
Franklin ; group superintendents,
Albert Rickman, West's Mill; Paul
Swaf ford, Franklin Route 3, Tom
Stiles,. Prentiss, and Glen Shuler,
Highlands; young people's leader,
Walter Dean, Etna; intermediate
leader, Mrs. J. H. Joines, Franklin,
and elementary leader, Mrs. Lillie
Duvall, Iotla.
The next meeting of the association-will
be-held in the - Franklin
Baptist church on first Sunday
afternoon in May,- and all Baptist
churches in the county are urged
to send large delegations.
J. A. Porter's Condition
Reported Serious
The condition of J. A. Porter,
who has been in ill health for sev
eral months, was reported Thursday
morning to be serious. Mr. Porter
was able to be up and about town
last week, but suffered a relapse
and since lias been confined to his
home. He was visited Tuesday by
: his sister, Mrs. R. M. Waldroop, of
Bryson City.
bids must be asked on all sales
exceeding this figure. This is the
first lime in more than three years
that applications forstumpage have
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been of, such proportions, as to re-
quire advertisement for bids.
It was. not announced who placed
the request for sale of the hem -
lock stumpage in Highlands town-
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SI11J. II lurninu ivi sure , ui uiv p. i , C
timber "is completed, its cutting and LPeath UaimS ion Ot
hauling is expected to afford cimjMl'. and Mrs. S. R. McCall
ploymcnt for a considerable num-, Carey McCall, seven-year-old son
ber oj men. It is also thought like- 0f r ani .rs Sam R. McCall,
ly that it will supply considerable 0f Gneiss, died in Angel hospital
tonnage' for hauling over the Tal-; Friday, March 9.
lulah Falls railway. j Funeral services were held at the
Detailed instructions as to. the r,0i, Mine Bantist church on Sun-
placing of bids for the Highlands
township hemlock stumpage will be
found in a legal advertisement on
Page 2 of this issue of The Press-
Persons in the Current News
Holy Week
Methodists Plan To Hold
Special Services
' Various organizations in the
Methodist church will sponsor th(.
attendance of the' Holy Week ser
vices which will be held each even
ing next week at the church. At
each of the first four services the
organization sponsoring the 1 atten
dance on that evening wiil sil in
a body and will have part in the
service in other ways.
On Monday evening, March 26,
the Social Service Workers w ill
sponsor the attendance; on Tues
day evening, the Men's Bible class;
on Wednesday ewning. the Wo
man's Missionary society ; and on
Thursday evening, the Young Peo
ple's groups. On Friday- evening..
the last ...of.th.eAv.eek.rnigh-te-r-v4cvK.
the entire membership will be the
sponsors. . . ' .
These Holy Week services will
be held at 7 :30 o'clock each even
ing. Attention will be directed to
the" different events in the last
week of Our Lord's earthly life.
Appropriate special musical num
bers are being planned for each
service. James 11. Porter is in
charge of the music. It is expected
that the newly organized junior
choir will sing for the first time on
Wednesday evening. The Young
People's choir will sing on Thurs
day evening. t
One feature of the week will be
the Sacrament of the 'Lord's Sup
per . on Thursday evening. It is
thought that Our Lord instituted
this Sacrament on the Thursday
night before the first Easter. Thus
the partaking of the T.ord's Supper
next Thursday, March 29, will be
on the-annivcrsary-jQillifaimdini
of this most holy rite in the Chris
tian -religion. J '.
The pastor, the Rev. C. C. Her
bert Jr., will conduct the week of
services jhd do the -preaching.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Not Running
Horner Stockton Says He's
Not a Candidate "
Horner Stockton, who has been
mentioned as a possible- candidate
for Republican nomination to one
of the county offices, announced
this week that he .definitely is not
in the rimning.
, "Furthermore,".: he . added,. ."I am
not even going to take a hand in
politics."
Some had expected that since Mr.
Stockton has hung out his shingle
as a lawyer he naturally would
throw his hat into the political ring.
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mit not so. .Besides practicing
! It W , IIV lldW (.HI 1 IV..1 l 111 till i"inv,
Tllisjjs a. civil 'sc-rvice . job am,
I Stockton prefers the certainty of
the remuneration it carries to the
j uncertainty of political office
' day by the Rev. Kugenc R. Filer,
pastor ot
church.
the Franklin
Baptist
Carey is survived by his parents,
three sisters and a brother.
I1ER DIES
OF PARALYSIS
George Cunningham Dies
At Age of 70 at Home
On Route 2
George Cunningham, 7(!, . well
known Macon county farmer, died
about 11 o'clock Tuesday night at
his home on Franklin Route 2.
Mr. Cunningham suffered a stroke
of paralysis' last week.
The funeral was scheduled to be
held at 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing -at the- Presbyterian church,--of
which Mr. Cunningham was a mem-
Iber, with the pastor. the Rev. T.
A. Flanagan, and the Rey E. R.
Fnierrpasfo7r7)ftne Baptist church,
oTTiciating.
Mr. Cunningham is survived by
'he following 'children : " Mrs. Wil
son Smart, . Mrs. George" Brown,
Mrs. 1 Jon Shields and the Misses
Bess' and. Eunice , Cunningham, all
of Franklin; N. L., Cunningham, of
Akron,- O., and (i. P. Cunningham,
of Cornelia, da. N. L. Cunning
ham arrived here Wednesday night
from his home in Akron.
Following is a list of pallbearers
for the funeral: John Cunning
ham, Wiley Cunningham, Sam
Cunningham, Will Cunningham,
Curtis Cunningham, all brothers of
the deceased, and Charles Stiles.
Funeral Held for
Mrs. Elizabeth Younce
Mrs. Elizabeth Younce, 64, died
at her home cm Burningtown Sun
dayw I ieat.hwas caused bv measles,
followed by pneumonia.
l-nucral. services vvere held at the
Burningtown - Baptist Church Mon
dav morning,
The deceased is survived by one
son, William Younce.
Miss Lucy Boston, 38,
Claimed by Death
Miss l.ucv Boston, 38, died
at
her home 'on .Greene street Tuesday
night - about 9 o'clock.
Funeral 'services were held at the
Frank linBaptst church Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock by theRev.
Eugene K. Filer. .
Miss Boston is survived by her
mother and some sisters.
, X
interl oper Proves Barnum
as Right
Failure of 500 Indians to appear
in Franklin Sunday on their way
to Washington left a number of
Franklin Hoiks scratching their
heads . aiuLAVondering whether they
hadn't been played for suckers by
a man who said his name was Wolf
Paul, and who. styled himself doctor
of medicine and hereditary chief of
he llopi Indians.
"Dr." Wolf Paul came to Frank
lin last Thursday and announced
that he was making arrangements
for a band of 500 Indians, repre
senting all ,of the major tribes in
the I'nited States, who ' were on
their way to the. national capital for
a hearing before . a congressional
committee. . ,
The man was well dressed and
seemed to talk- with authority on
'"'''an affairs. At first he was tak
en at his word about the coming
of the band of 500 Indians. Un
fortunately, The
Press-MaconianjUte." We plead guilty.
Crop Loans
Application Blanks To Be
Available Saturday
Farmers desiring to obta.n
crop loans for the current year
may obtain application blanks
at the office of F. S. Sloan,
county farm agent, in the court-
house on Saturday, according
to an announcement by S. S.
Williams, supervisor of crop
loams in this district.
J. L SANDERS'
HOMEBURNED
Occupants Barely Escape
Before Dwelling Is
Destroyed
-The home of J. L. Sanders near
the Maple Springs school was de
stroyed by fire about 7:30 o'clock
Monday morning. The blaze, orig
inating in a bed room occupied by
Mr. Sanders' mother, spread so
rapidly that it soon got beyond
control and Mr. Sanders was bare
ly able to carry his mother and his
wife, who was ill with the measles,
to safety before the dwelling was
engulfed in flames. .
Mr. Sanders had built a fire in
a small heater in his mother's bed
room and had gone about other
chores when his mother gave an
alarm. The stove pipe evidently
had become disconnected from the
flue and wall paper near the flue
had caught fire. Mr. Sanders at
tempted to put out the blaze, but it
soon was beyond his control. H(
then hastily carried his mother and
w-ife out of the house.
Some bedding, a few clothes and
a piece or two of furniture were all
that Mr. Sanders could save from
the burning building. Pactically all
the family's household furnishings,
a plentiful supply of . canned ..goods
stored in the basement and about
7S-bushels T.friTH-"intheraiiH'ry
were lost.
Joint Service
Ministers To Cooperate in
Good Friday Observance
Holy Week services will be held
at 4 o'clock each afternoon at St.
Agnes Episcopal church Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
of next week, with a three-hour
service on Good Friday beginning
at noon, according to announce:
ments by the Rev. Frank Bloxhani,
rector of the church.
Rev. Mr. Bloxhani will be as
sisted at the Good Friday service,
significant of Christ's crucifixion, by
the pastors of other Franklin
Churches; The public is invited to
a ft e ndt h is and th e oth e r H ol y
Week services, at which medita
tions will be conducted on the epis
tle for Faster.
A sunrise communion , service will
be held at St. Agnes church at
o:30 o'clock Faster morning and
the rector has made a special re
quest that every communicant of
the church be present. A vesper
service will be held at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon.
One service will he conducted by
Rev. Mr. Bloxhani at the Church
of the Incarnation, Highlands, dur
ing HolyWeck.." This 'will "be "at
7 p. m. Friday. On Faster day
the Holy Communion will be cele
brated at 11 a. m.
about - Suckers' -
listened credulously to his story
and "wrote him up" in last week's
paper. The paper was going to
press" when the Indian arrived in
town, awli!ierc was no tunc to
check up on his veracity,
Came Sunday and the Indians
didn't appear, unless they were
nhantoms.
Checking up on "Dr." Paul, we
found that he evidently was an
interloper. He nonchalantly at
tempted to walk off with one man's
overcoat, but didn't succeed. He
told somebody that his mother was
108 years old and in the next
breath he informed his listeners
that his mother had died and left
him a sizeable fortune. He talked
of vast possessions, yet it was
learned that he was hitch-hiking.
Heigh-ho, lack-a-day. P. T. Bar
num was right after, all when he
said "a sucker is born every min-
C17A PROGRAM
ENDS MARCH 31
Some Porjects To Be Com
pleted with Emergency
Relief Funds
DETAILS LACKING
Work Is Resumed on
Swimming Pool and
Golf Course
The Civil Works Administration
will pass out of existence in North .
Carolina on March 31, according to
instructions received by those in
charge of CWA activities in this
county from Mrs. Thomas O'Berry,
state director; but much of the
work now being undertaken with '
CWA funds will be carried -to com
pletion with Federal Emergency
Relief Funds.
IlW'ith the demobilization of the
CWA, its responsibilities will be
taken over by two divisions of the
emergency relief organization. The
Work Division will cope with un
employment and relief in urban
communities of 5,000 or greater
lopulation, while the Division of
Rural Rehabilitation will deal with
the situation in strictly rural coun
ties' such as Macon.
Same Personnel Likely
Detailed instructions as to the-"
setting up of the Division of Rural
Rehabilitation have not been re
ceived here, but it is thought likely
that practically the same personnel
which has been administering the
CWA program will have charge of
directing the relief activities;
"All worthwhile projects," Mrs.
O'Rcrry's letter said, "will be car
ried to completion under this pro
gram." She also said it was pos
sible to have some projects which
have been dropped before com-
pjelion reinstated.
On the basis of this -statement, it
is thought probable that demobiliza
tiin of the CWA will not halt work
on the Franklin golf, course and
swimming pool, which was resumed
this week;the Highlands school
auditorium and various other im
portant projects in : this county
which are only partly finished and
which it was feared might be left
uncompleted.
Sanitation projects will oeasc
automatically, on March 31, but it
may be possible to have them re
instated, according to Mrs. O'Berry's
instructions.
Work on Pool Resumed
Work on the golf course and
swimming pool project was stopped
several weeks ago after complaints
had been lodged at Raleigh that
the property would be managed by
a private corporation. After orders
to discontinue the poject were re
ceiyed here - -4 he town -council met
in a called session and made ar
rangenients to operate .the golf
course and pool through a special
committee AUer -this was-- done-
application for reinstatement bf the
project was made at Raleigh and
the application was approved.. Two
shifts of 15 men each went back
to work on the pool this week.
Forms already had been erected
and now concrete is being poured.
The Highlands school auditorium
is rapidly taking form. The foun-.
dation has been completed and '
framing for the building is nearly
completed. : When completed the
auditorium will scat 400 to 500 per-
sons.
Minimum wages under the emer- .
gency relief administration are ex-
pected to be 30 cents an hour.
W. C. T. C. Alumni To
Hold Banquet March 30
William G. Crawford, president of
the Macon county chapter of the
Alumni Association of Western
Carolina Teachers College announc'
ed this week that the chapterwould
hold a banquet here Friday night,
March 30, in honor of Professor
R. L. Madison. .
Tickets to the banquet are now
on sale at $1 a plate. Part of the
proceeds, Mr. Crawford said, will go
toward the erection of the Madi
son memorial at the college. Any
one who has attended W. C. T .C.
for as 'much as one quarter is en
titled to membership in the alumni
association, he added, urging . all
alumni of the institution in this
county to join the association and
attend the banquet.
Those desiring to obtain tickets
to the banquet were advised to see
Miss Helen Patton, Onnie Cabe,
Elizabeth Deal, Jessie Ramsey or
Mr. Crawford.