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T i r ii As the W Bits of Wisdom Let us be content in work To do the thing we can, and not presume To fret because it's little. Elizabeth B. Browning Turns A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL XL1X, NO. 24 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1934 $1.50 PER YEAR anil NBA ASSAILED The "trend of the national re covery administration has been and continues to be toward the en couragement and development of monopoly and capitalism in the United States," says W. C. Thomp son, former law partner of Clarence Harrow, in a letter to President Roosevelt offering his resignation as a member of the NRA review board." He asserted that small busi ness "is being oppressed and elimi nated" under the codes and that big corporations are setting prices so high that they are detrimental to the consuming public. Thomp son's resignation followed by one day a new report by the NRA re view board assailing the cocks of various industries. TUGWELL APPROVAL LIKELY Senate approval of the appoint ment of Rexford Guy Tugwell, "brain truster," as under secretary of agriculture appeared almost cer tain Wednesday night after the ag riculture committee had voted 16 to 2 to recommend the appoint ment. Senator Bailey of North Carolina opposed Tugwell's appoint ment, expressing doubt as to wheth er he was a thorough believer in American principles. Senator Smith of South Carolina declared Tug well knew nothing about dirt farm ing and "would starve to death if put into a cotton field." FRANCE TO DEFAULT France notified the United States Wednesday that it would be unable to pay its debt installment due June 15 but would be acceptable to discussions looking toward a new debt agreement. SILVER BILL PASSES Final approval of the silver bill, providing for the purchase of silver by the government until it com prises 25 per cent of the metallic stocks backing currency, was given Wednesday night by congress. The bill was then sent to the White House for the president's signature. The measure, not entirely satis factory to inflationists and bi metallists, was a compromise offer ed by the administration and ac cepted by the silver blocs. 7 DIE IN PLANE SMASH Seven persons lost their lives when a large airliner operating be tween New York and Chicago crashed into a mountainside in the Catskills late Saturday. Naval au thorities took a hand in investiga tions of the accident Wednesday after it had become known that one of the passengers killed in the crash was William A. Bader, chem ical engineer, in whose baggage were found documents relating to high explosives, including a navy formula. PLAN 24 SHIPS In the navy's first definite move toward treaty strength, Secretary Swanson has approved plans for the construction of 24 naval vessels. Fourteen destroyers and six sub marines, Swansea) said, will be the first ships built under the' Vinson plan to lay down by 1939 the re maining fighting craft permitted by treaty. They will be constructed with $40,000,000 of ear-marted pub He works funds to be provided in the deficiency appropriation bill pending in the senate. DROP PRICE-FIXING NRA officially and definitely has turned its back on price-fixing in outlining a .new policy that will re anire the revision of scores of codes to permit freer competition The force of the anti-trust laws against covert, price-maintaining combinations was made unquestion ed by the new plan, which reduced all code restrictions on prices to the simplest terms, on a base which would make arrangements to keep prices up difficult if not impos sible. Existing code regulations will stand for the present. Many will be revised later but present provisions, have not been cancelled. HEADS VETERANS .71... -.rt-: ) . - - -J- - . - J -f. Gen. Rice A. Pierce, of Union City, Tenn., attorney, former con gressman and veteran of Nathan Bedford Forest's famed Confederate veterans without opposition at the reonion in Chattanooga, Tenn. He succeeds Gen. Homer Atkinson, of Petersburg, Va. STORM KILLS 3,000 A hurricane which continued for almost 24 hours swept through Sal vador and Honduras Friday and Saturday, leaving a death toll esti- mated at 3,000 persons and proper I season to finish his crops or live tv damage mounting into millions! stock operations. The interest rate of dollars. OUTLOOK GOOD FOR PRODUCE Larger Crop and Improv ed Market Expected in This Section BUYER ENCOURAGED Richardson Says He'll Take Unlimited Quanti ties Beans, Tomatoes Macon county farmers are look ing forward this summer to good truck crops and a better market for their produce than in several years. Recent rains have put the ground in good shape and reports from various sections of the county in dicate that farmers are increasing their acreage in truck crops. The demand for seed, plants and fer tilizer has been strong. Higher Prices Expected The fact that business conditions have been improving generally over the country has led farmers to an ticipate somewhat higher prices and a better market for green produce this year. This vicinity is expect ed to benefit especially from im proved conditions in Florida, which depends on north Georgia and Western North Carolina for much of its vegetables during the sum mer. Richardson Returning W. L. Richardson, produce buy er and shipper of Macon, Ga who has been coining to Franklin to buy snap beans each year for the past five years, has announced that he will be back again this summer and that he will be in the market for tomatoes as well as beans. He ex pressed the hope that Macon coun ty farmers would grow both in larger quantities, as he expects an increased demand. "Judging by the outlook now, we ought to have a good market for beans and tomatoes this year, Mr. Richardson said. "Of course, I can't satf vwhat the prices will be. That will' depend on a number of things. But 1 am expecting better prices and Tarn prepared to buy in unlimited quantities of both beans and tomatoes." i Market Open July 10 Associated with Mr. Richardson this year will be the I. M. Roberts Company, of Miami and Tampa, Fla. They are planning to begin buying beans about July 10 and tomatoes about August 1 and to remain in the market until the first heavy frost. Mr. Richardson is spending most of his time now contacting farmers in Rabun County. Ga., and Macon County, N. C, encouraging them to plant tomatoes. He has request ed that all farmers interested in planting tomatoes get in touch with him at the Mountain City Packing company, Mountain City, Ga. MILLIONS LENT ON FARM CROPS Production Credit Officer Reports Loans of $25,003,000 E. W. Long, secretary-treasurer of the production credit association, has received word from S. M. Garwood, production credit commis sioner of the farm credit adminis tration in Washington, that about $25,000,000 in production loans and approvals has already been grant ed through associations and tnat the volume of loans is expected to increase as the season advances. "A nart of this money has been paid out in Macon county," Mr. Long said. "From its office in Franklin the association is now making an increasing number of loans to farmers in Macon, Jack son, Swain, Graham, Clay and Cherokee counties, for the purpose of growing crops and for purchas ing work-stock and farming sup plies for the season's operations. The loans are made on crop ami chattel security." "A number of the loans are be ing made on the installment basis," Mr. Long added. "An applicant's loan may be approved in the full amount, but paid out in install ments as needed during the seas on, the object being to enable the borrower to save on interest costs and be sure of havirfg the money when he needs it throughout the Im loans, recently reduced to S Four Oldest Members of the House . WL&j vmwm. "'Vail J BK LLVLbbbbB KHBsPlafltf lefl LaaaV' laHUaB LaaV SaflHaMErflHI LaaV aLfl ' '49shFt 1 J': II 9BI wkm nJBi 33P M mWWm mm m M eaaVEnE? aVawaaaaBanfiu Saaaaaav MW JHHaaaaaB aam Jtaal BwjMBaljWEWl Those four oldest members of the house of representatives were photographed at, it recent get-together In Washington. Despite tholr combined age of about three hundred and nineteen years they are all very active in legislative worir." Left to right, they are: Schuyler Merrltt of Connecticut, who Is hearing eighty ; Andrew Jackson Montague of Virginia, another eighty-year-old; Edgar Howard of Nebraska, seventy-five, who used to be William Jennings Bryan's secretary; and Clement Cabell Dickinson of Missouri, eighty-four years old. Scenes and 1 Part ol t lie American fleet passing In a long line off Ambrose lightship, and, 2 President Roosevelt with Secretary of the N.ivy Swanson, .Tosephus Daniels and Admiral Standley on board the Indianapolis reviewing the naval parade. :! Cavalcade, Mrs. Slonne. the horse's owner. NEW PROJECT IS APPROVED School Sanitation and Wa ter Facilities To Be Improved The project having been approv ed by the federal emergency re lief administration, work is expect ed to start in a few days on im provement of sanitation and water supply facilities for Macon county schools. J, E. Lancaster, assistant super visor of F. E. R. A. work in this county, announced that 7,80 man hours of labor had been allotted to this work and that $1,500 of ma terial, purchased some months ago with C. W. A. funds, was already on hand. He said the number of men employed on the project prob ably would average 20. It was first planned to complete the project by the opening of the rural schools, but on account of de lav in receiving approval for the work it is now thought it will not! no fintennn until fir'tnhpr per cent per annum, is charged on Iv for- the time the money is be ing used and is payable when the loan is due. Sonic farmers are savSnH from one-fourth to one-half on interest costs by getting loans on an installment basis. "Another new feature of the tirrwlnwinn lnnn; ullows n fanner .i i.. f.- 1.,., and establish a line of credit which is used to make cash purchases of livestock or work-stock, the asso- trl mrvfto'jrrp on the stock purchased as part of the security for the loan. The association was organized, under the farm credit administra- tion to be a permanent source of airiciilt.ir:il and livestock credit for this.section and it now has fa eilities rnnahle of fnlfillincr that our pose." Persons in the Current News jBS iSjjsjb- JmHt SHfe Mmm mm mMmWim mUl winner of the American derby at Chicago, with Jockey M. Garner up and Books Rebound Library Benefits by Emer gency Relief Project L'nder a federal emergency re lief project recently approved, the Franklin library is being put in ship shape order. With Mrs. J. A. Ordway in charge of the work, the library is being catalogued and several hundred old books are be ing rebound. Many of the volumes ill the li brary had, through years of use, gotten in bad condition. The backs had come loose from many and pages were torn or defaced. "This project," Mrs. Ordway com mented, "has meant new life for at least' three hundred of our books." In this connection she requested friends of the library who have old books they are willing to dispose of, but consider too shabby to of fer, to bring them to the library. Probably most of them, she added, I can be rebound and made useful. Books tor children arc (specially desired. . i ..... Marines To Enlist 2,350 Young Men After a long period, when but few Applicants were enlisted, the II. S. Marine corps .has slat ted to accent 2350 vouths. The provisions of a recent act of , Womaclc Pranks, l-rankim; p.una congress increased the strength of Jamison, Franklin ; Arthur Mash the Marine corps from 15,000 to burn, Franklin; Lily Calloway 16,000. This will leave it still 1.5(H) Moody, Franklin.; Glenn Pat ton, helovv the strciiuth three vears il0. Tli,. .mnimta will he remin d to fill the places left vacant by dis charges and other causes, 'accord ing to Lieut. Col. A. B. Drum. of- ficor in charge. Marine K ecru i tint; Office, Post Office Mtuldmg, Savan 1 nah, Ga. Witha view of obtaining the best men, only those who have graduated from high school will be accepted.! Parents' consent for those who have - not reached their majority and char - acter references are required. Applicants are immediately sent Get Together WINS HONORS AT CULLOWHEE Miss Jessie Higdon Cited For Unusual Record At W. C. T. C. CL'LLOVVHEE, June 12. (Special to The Press-Maconian) Miss Jes sie Higdon, of Higdonvillc, received the bachelor of science degree at recent commencement exercises at Western Carolina Teachers College. President H. T. Hunter, of the college, announced that Miss Hig ilou was the only high honor grad uate of the year. This Macon comity girl has been outstanding in student activities during her four years of study here. Two years she was selected as one of the two best college citizens and one veiir she was president of the student body. Miss Higdon has been active in student work at the ('llowhec liaptist church and is a member of Alpha Phi Sigma, hon orary scholastic fraternity. The following Macon County men and women received the two year Normal diploma from the col lege here: Ruth Byrd, Stiles; liertha Kdwards, Highlands; Osce ola Everett, Highlands; F.lsie l-ranklm; .Margaret alagie, crank- f Un'i and Mattie Wilkes, Franklin - j ; ' ; - to the Marine Base, Parris Island, 'S. C, upon enlistment ifter which thvy are transferred to posts or hips where needed. Travel, adven Iture, sports and free education comprise some of tne features oi- fet ed. Young men in this vicinity who arc graduates of high school and - desire service in the Marine corps I should write th Savannah office for application. School Code Straight and Narrow Path Set for Teachers Macon county school teachers and principals will be required this year to walk a straight and narrow- path, with threat of automatic dis- missalfrom their jobs should they diverge therefrom. Letters have been sent to teach- ne 'iiwl , ii-i ii i-. 1 1 -i 1 c ..1.. I i . ..- I 1 1 t- 1934-JS term requesting them toKepeal or Absentee fcn- s.gn an agreement not to attend, any dances, private or public, dur-! ing the school year; to refrain r'roth attending any social activities on the evening or night before a Dr. W. A. Rogers was elected teaching day, and otherwise to con- chairman of the Macon county duct themselves in a decorous man- Democratic executive committee at ner befitting their position. An- f a meeting of the committee Mou other provision of the school code , day afternoon at the courthouse in is that a teacher shall be at his or ' connection with the biennial county her school at least 15 minutes be- Democratic convention, fore the opening of classes and must j The highlight of the convention put in not less than six hours of , came shortly before adjournment school work, exclusive of recesses. The agreements, it is stated, must be signed and returned to M. D. Billings, county superintendent of schools, by early in July. Should a teacher fail to do so, her application will be regarded as withdrawn and the board will proceed to elect another teacher. GIBSONS HOLD CLAN REUNION 200 at Annual Gathering Of Family at Lawrence Setter's Home The annual Gibson family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Setser in the Cartoogechaye section with about 200 members of the clan present from North and South Carolina .and Tennessee. Among those attending were "Aunt" Betsy Jane Grant, who is 94 years old and the oldest member of the family ; three of her sisters, Mrs. Margaret Carter, of Ander son, S. C. ; Mrs. Fannie Dillard, of Demorest, Ga., and Mrs. Nancy Cardon, of Leatherman, this coun ty; and their only surviving broth er, J. T. Gibson, of lotla. Another of the Gibson sisters, Mrs. oi DeHart, of Bryson City, was critic ally ill and unable to attend. A picnic dinner was served on the lawn at 1 o'clock, after which the reunion heard an interesting iddress by the Rev. C. C. Herbert, pastor of the Franklin Methodist church. Mrs. Frank I. Murray, the clan secretary, then read a list of the deaths, births and marriages which had occurred in the family during the past year. Miss Nola Gibson was awarded a prize for guessing closest to the numbe.r of living descendants of John Stewart Gibson. Including in laws, the number was 1,090. Those attending this year's re union included the Carter family from Anderson, S. C. ; Cardons, Beasley and Ammons from Sylva, N. C. ; Patersons, Caps and Philips from Dillsboro, N. C. ; Sam Grant and family from Greenville, S. C. ; Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gibson, of Winston-Salem, N. C; Gibsons, Carters and Messers from Bryson City; Grants and Hursts from Sweetwater, Tenn., and various con nections of the family living in Ma con county. The next Gibson reunion is to be held at the home of Mrs. Nancy Cardon at Leatherman. Plan Contest For Bathing Beauties at Asheville, July 4 Elsewhere in this issue of The Press-Maconian will be found an entry blank for the bathing beauty contest to be held in the Memorial Stadium, Asheville, at an old fash- toned celebration and picnic on July Fourth. The winner of this contest is to receive a beautiful cup and the title o'f Bathing Beauty Queen of West ern North Carolina. Another prize and title that is certain to attract attention is the .....s...... .... ... cup that goes to the champion hog caller of Wesern North Caro lina ' SLAY DILLINGER AIDE tommy Carroll, DatiK roooer ana accused slayer, was shot fatally by peace officers in Waterloo, Io- wa, last week the third of John Dillinger's mobsmen to be killed in the far-flung drive to eradicate the gang and capture its leader, ROGERS NAMED BY DEMOCRATS Elected Chairman of Par ty's County Executive Committee CONVENTION HELD .JoraMl. Qckftft Rnarrt Ticket Nominated when a motion to mstruct the county's representative in the next General Assembly to vote for re peal of the absentee ballot was carried by an overwhelming raa jrrity. There was no debate on the motion, which was put by the retiring county chairman, Albert Ramsey. When the question was put to a vote there was a loud re ply of "ayes." while only a few naes" were heard. School Board Nominations Another outstanding development of the conventin was the nomina tion of a school board ticket. A list of nine prominent residents was proposed, from which three are to be selected by the state board of education with the advice of the county's legislative representative and other countv officials. Those nominated for the school board were: Alex Moore, chairman of the present board; Rev. VV. T. Potts and Lawrence Rans.v, mem bers of the present board; and in addition, C. F. Moody, Stephen Porter, C. A. Bryson, Mr. Carl Sagle, the Rev. C. C. Herbert and W. G. Stewart. When the executive committee, oinposcd of the township chair men, reported to the convention the -lection -f Dr. Rogers as chair man there was a spontaneous wav of applause. Dr. Rogers, veteran Democratic leader, has served in this capacity at various times in the past for twenty-odd years so, many times, in fact, that he has forgotten the exact number. Later it was learned tliat in the balloting for a chairman Dr. Rog ers received five votes-, Steve Por ter three and R. A. Patton one. The committee then voted to make Dr. Rogers' election unanimous. Mrs. Lassie Kelly Cunningham was reelected vice chairman by a unanimous vote of the convention as a whole. Nerr unningnam wj appointed secretary. Good Attendance The attendance was in the neigh borhood of 200, with delegates pres ent from all of the 12 precincts except Flats, and among them a number of women. In recognition of the attendance of the women delegates, every one present was appointed a delegate to the state convention to be held in Raleigh Thursday, June 21. Following is a complete list ot delegates to the state convention: J. C. Mell, of Highlands; Harley Cabe, R. A. Patton, Mrs. Lassie Kelly Cunningham, I. Frank Kay. Dr. W. A. Rogers, Mrs. John W. Edwards. Albert Ramsey, Tom Porter, John W. Edwards, R. S. Jones, Kerr Cunningham, Mrs. Sal- lie Sellers, Mrs. 13. W. Johnson. Mrs. (iordon Moore, Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Mrs. Neville Sloan, all of (Continued on Pafe Four) Baseball Standing of clubs in the Macon County league: Won Lost West End 3 1,000 Cowee 2 1 667 Highlands 1 2 3.W Holly Springs 1 2 334 The West End team has con tributed one of the games won by them to the league, so that sched ule would come out even. No games were played Saturday I UI on account of rain. These games w;u not be played off, as the schedule printed herein does not take them into consideration. The schedule for balance of first half of season : June 16 West End at Cowee. Molly springs at nigmnims. , June 23 Highlands at Cowee. West End at Holly Springs Junrf30 Cowee at Holly Springe, West End at Highlands. Julv 4 Cowee at Highlands, Hol- ly Springs at West End.
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