North Carolina Newspapers

f If- . of lU C ;.. ? r 1 IF iiibi:pi:ndeut iv.v.xlki. n. c. Thursday, jan. h, 1322 !ud:i5)Li, TT)" TV n :i yeI Vr7 AUTO MWil 1 r n 0 YS 'OIJTENTED ' '1 Ciys Prcc'jytcry i QAy Tcr. ;-c;rry suspension ,.;axwcll Farnf Home, eight i.iiics west of Franklin on state highway No, 23 will not be sold or otherwise disposed of by the Ashe ville . Presbytery, under which it operates, according to a statement from Dr. R. F-. - Campbell, chair man of the Presbytery's home mis- sions comtnittec, whieli was Pub-W v lisheil last 1'riday. in tne. Asncviue: Citizen. Dr. Campbell, who is pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Asheville, was quoted as saying that it is the purpose of the Presbytery .only to close the institution temporarily and' later, "" financial conditions are im y, to reopen it on a "better imittee has been : -17 boys at v(ther institu vontinuing to '.ipervision of j:tt. ltAo jt the efforts ndeavoring to . , ,.,aie and have ,rrifranii--'to other inslitu- (The replacement committee, corn- .ed of men wjio have helped Id up Maxwell, is ' expected to s the home missions . committee appoint .another group to carry lit. this' 'task.: '':'.;. Although support has been ;ut hi by the Presbytery, Maxwell Ilonie is managing to continue in Wration with, the aid of small lonations from 'individuals and or- Vnizations interested, in its work. f ' food was raised on the "irarr 'to tetvl nockett ' report I the institution jits indebtedness ie difficulties it in Highlands margin, to yne hope nd to Neast. j u.l ,VOr P because we are ijle to continue it," 'aid. "Tust now we ways and means to the hoys who are ime. There are, I ) there, and we ,t intend to turn i the world. discontinuing our patiently. Later, we sh it on a better his will be pos Aentirely sure, Sancial Vsked our place the '.ision for ,n care of. Jroject will J,vill -it be .ouiity. As J, the Tres i this prop-Mrs.'Slagle, J THE - C7 ?jj Q p 1 I i'A :.r;y cf l:.t3 tr.J Kaiicr.al Events Concisely TclJ ia Unzt Up-to-Date Nsvws Reports STATE . Mew Auto Tags by 15th Motorist ere warned by E. B. Jef fress, highway chairman, that new auto tags munt be se cured by January IS to avoid Arrest Pies from Gasoline Bum Clarence Harris', 20, . Burnsville, died in an Ashe v ill e hospital Sun day from burns taken whn he threw a match into a gasoline bar rel: ;, Oldest Tar Heel Die Said to be the oldest person in North Carolina, Jack Armstrong, negro.-died in Sampson county last week. His age is, claimed verified at US years.- , , Dirigible Akron Over . State The Akron, world's largest dirig' ible, passed over North Carolina on Saturday night on the way from Xakehurst to join the Atlantic fleet in a naval maneuvers iri southeast ern waters. te Renew lU Notes The state government has succeeded in renewing in New York short term notes totalling '2,509,600 at 6 per cant interest clurtjiV'lt is .regarded a major feat in 1'ght of money market i.,.U COItu.U $ : . :, r.f.: . - : ' ." $-3,C3Q Fire t Elkin Fire, ' of ' unknown origin, early Sunday , gutted a $40,000 : garage building at Elkin, with insuranre coverage only $10,000. ' N. C. Tops Textile. Cains With $3,360,100 spent in 1931 for new productive equipment, North Carolina lead the states in growth in the textile industry. : Georgia was second $1,953,000. " Ten nessee had $1,620,000, ij-ith Caro lina, $1,003,000, Virginia $KtflO0, Mississippi $237,000, Alabama $115, 000. - . . - : . Guilty of Embesslement . E. H. Smith was on Friday' at South port found guilty of em bezzling $50,000 while serving 1924 to 1926 as treasurer of Brunswick county. Smith appealed under bond of $5,000.. . N. C. C W. Permits Smoking iiuer reneweu acmanu uy a ma i j j i t... Jtv nf flip 1700 students, the Jbctqrs of; North . Carolina Col lege for Women, Greensboro, have ruled students may smoke in their own tooms under certain restric tions. Rhodes Goes to Prison J. Mack Rhodes, Hendersonville banker, given two and four year sentences for embezzlement of $21,000 and false entry, lost his ap peal before the Supreme court on Friday and must serve his sen tences. " . Dies from Car Wreck Mrs. D. J. Womble, Chapel Hill, died in Charlotte Friday night from injuries received when her husband's car drifted into Stewart creek while Womble was outside fixing the lights. He found his wife submerged under .' the front bumper, and prevented Ker drown ing' but injuries brought ; death. Girl Killed on Highway . Walking on the highway with two sisters, Doris Bailey, five,1 was killed east of Burnsville on Jan uary 7, by the truck of H. W. McLean, Bjltmore. McLean said, blinded by, approaching headlights, he did not see the girls. Stedman . is State Treasurer ' John P. Stedman, 37, Raleigh banker, was on January 7 named by Governor Max Gard ner s state treasurer to suc ceed Captain Nathan O'Berry, : who died at Goldsboro on Wed nesday. Stedman said he will . "be a candidate in the Demo cratic primary for new term. $500,000 Towel Order On January 7 the Cannon mills, of Concord and Kannapolis, won a $500,000 order for towels from the F. W. Woolworth company. - . , Teachers Pick Charlotte . Charlotte is the choice for ,.the March 17 to 19 annual meeting y0 the N. C. Education eiSQciatlciy ,...4 1.CC3 tt tr.:ti U, tlitfti. t, NATIONAL Democrats. Choose Chicago A $200,000 offer by, Chicago for the Democratic convention won approval of the party's na tional committee in Washing ton on Saturday. June 27 is the opening date, 13 days after the Republican convention opens in the same city. Robert Jack son, New Hampshire, was chos en committee secretary. Democratic , Tariff Passes House The tariff bills drafted by a house-senate Democratic committee, passed the house on Saturday by 214 to 182, twelve Republicans vot ing for it. It is expected to pass the senate but to be vetoed by the president from whom it would take the right to change tariff rates. .. . Roosevelt to Manila Theodore. Roosevelt, goyernor of Porto Rico, was announced Satur day by President Hoover as gover nor general of the Philippines to succeed Dwight F. Davis, resigned. Must Stop -Reparations Chancellor Bruening on Sat urday declared it impossible for - Germany to continue payment of reparations and that to maintain- them -"must lead to dis aster, not only for Germany but for the whole world. U. S. Invokes Treaty Rights , On Friday the United States in yoked the nine-power treaty as a bar to further military operations by Japan in China. Great Britain on Saturday, declined to invoke the treaty but asked Japanese assur ance the open-door policy will be adhered to. Unemployed March to Capital An army of 10,000 unemployed, led by Rev. James R. Cox, Pitts burgh Catholic priet," reached "The nation s capitol lasf week ana then went home a'tet presenting relief pleas to ... the president and to congress, 's - , Jackson Day Dinner Over 2,000 Democratic leaders at" the Jackson Day dinner in Washington, Friday night, heard Alfred E. Smith, John W. Davis and James M. Cox, former Demo' cratic presidential candidates, se verely criticize the Republican ad ministration, particularly the tariff laws, and forecast victory for the party in the 1932 presidential elec tion. . . ; . Reconstruction Bill Passes By . vote of 63 to 8, the senate on Monday passed Preair ' dent Hoover's bill creating two billion dollar reconstruction . finance corporation. The bill is expected to reach vote in the house this week. The cor- poration will have power to loan its billions to financial institutions for alleviation of credit conditions. Probe Hawaiian Troubles The United States senate on Monday passed a resolution asking the justice department to make a thorough investigation of law en forcement in Hawaii, as result of racial friction which reachel climax last week in the murder by three Americans of an Hawaiian accused of being one of five to criminally assault the wife of naval officer. To Reorganize S. C. Banks State bank 'examiners of South Carolina announce a New York syndicate is to reorganize and open the People's . State bank, Charleston, which recent-, ly closed with 44 branches through the, state. Kills Self and. Children Crazed by impending loss of his farm, Oliver Davenport, farmer of Cape Girardeau, Mo., on January 7. with a hammer slew five of his children, wounded his wife and another child, shot himself to death, and left but one of his nnnly nine uninjured. " , Ritchie in Race Governor Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland, on January 7, for the first time declared willingness to accept the Democratic nomination in 0, rell Announce I for BuiMsnr' 7 LEASED TO.GWF CO. Local Labor To 6e &Sh station 10 ost About $3,000 D.' G. Stewart and G. F. Burrell announced this week they are plan ning to build a modern brick fill ing station on the lot af the corn er of Main and Palmer streets which they recently purchased from M. D. Billings and Roy Car penter. ' ' Mr. Stewart said work on the new station would be started in a very short time. The station will cost about $3,000, he added, and will be complete in every detail. t will have three gasoline pumps, an oiling and greasing pit, free air pump and other modern auto mobile service station equipment. To Use Local Labor Local labor-will be used entirely in construction of the building, it was stated. . Messrs Stewart and Burrell have eased the station to the Gulf Rec fining company, which will sub-let it to Red Stewart, son of D. G. Stewart, who will operate it. The filling station will occupy only a part of the lot bought from Messers Billings and Carpenter. It is a long v-shaped lot extending almost back to the blacksmith shop near the top of the town hill The filling station will be at the tip of the v. The consideration involved in the transfer of the property was not announced. ROTARIANSTO HEAR ABIT NIX Franklin Club To Be Host At Inter-City Meeting. Abit Nix, of Athens, Ga., a direc tor of Rotary International, will be the principal speaker at the anj nual Inter-City Rotary meeting to bm held here Thursday night, Jan uary 21. Rotarians from Andrews, Sylva and Waynesville will be guests of the Franklin club at this meeting. The inter-city gathering is held each year, with the varus clubs rotating as hosts. The meeting here will be held in the vacant store room next to the Macon Chevrolet company. A din ner will be served by ladies of the Presbyterian church. The meeting is scheduled to open at 8 o'clock. C. C. Poindexter Is 111 In Asheville Hospital C. C Poindexter, formerly of Franklin, was reported Wednesday to be resting well at Mission hos pital in Asheville, where he was taken several days ago suffering from' an attack of pneumonia. Mr Poindexter, a practicing attorney of Asheville, has been coaching the football team at Weaver college, 1 f T ... CARL ZOELLNER, OF HIGHLANDS, HURT IN CRASH Carl Zocllner, of Highlands, was brought to Angel Brothers hospital last Tuesday, with the knee cap of his left leg broken and bruises on his face and chest. The in juries were received when a truck driven by Mr. Zoellner collided with a car reported driven by W A. Hays, also of Highlands, who was less seriously; injured. The vision of the drivers was obscured by a dense fog, it was stated Mr. Zoellner was reported to be doing nicely yesterday. . Dawes to Leave London Charles G. Dawes announced Monday he will resign as am bassador to Great Britain after serving on the Geneva disarms D. G. Stewart, G.'r ment conference in FebruarTllhattan v be seen in Western Dwight F. Davis nod William' r -- m M. Eutlsr art mentioned ti jsheittl (of CtwtV itf "rt TT Tt 7 a W ii StabMiM cf Jameo Farmers and Farm Women To Meet With Rotarian To Discuss A. farmer and a farm woman from each of the 17 commun ities in Macon county will be invited to meet with the Frank lin Rotary club at its regular weekly luncheon on Wednes day, Jan. 27, when plans for Western ' North Carolina's 5-10 Year Organized Farm Move ment will be outlined. This will be the first definite step toward putting the move ment into effect in this county. Sam L. Franks and Miss Elizabeth Kelly are co-chairmen, of the local committee sponsoring the organized farm program. , The movement aims to bring WOODMEN PLAN SOCIALMONDAY Debate To Feature Meet ing; General Public Is Invited Wayah Camp No. 889 . of the Woodmen of the World will con duct a social meeting next Monday j night in the Odd Fellows hall. The meeting will be open to all Wood men, their families and friends and any who are interested in knowing more about the order. .- The meeting will open at 7:30 p. m. Following is the program for the evening: Scripture reading and prayer, by Dr. H. T. Horsley., Song, "America," by all. "What Woodmen Stand for," by Dr. H. Grogan, district manager. String music, several selections by' the Penlands, Hoilmans and others. " Debate : "Resolved that the Unit ed States' interests abroad are det rimental to home affairs. Affirm ative, John W. Edwards, Dr. H. T. Horsley; negative, T. T. Love ancKD. G. Stewart "Fun," by John W. Edwards. Music. Song, "God Be With' Us Until We Meet Again," by all. J. T. Bryson Has Been Taking Press 46 Years Mr. J. . T. Bryson, of Sugar Fork," dropped into pay The Press a pleasant call last Saturday. He said he had been subscribing to The Press regularly ever since it was started in 1885 and had missed receiving only a very few copies, Franklin High Teams Defeated by Sylva The Franklin high school basket ball teams had rather tough sailing on its last two voyages. On Fri day night the Nacoochee boys from Rabun Gap came up and admin istered a very sound trouncing to the Franklin boys, but it was by no means a run-away, tor tncy had to fight a scrappy little team here for. every point they gained. Nacooohee, being larger and tall er, had much advantages over Franklin, but had the home boys been up on their usual shooting the outcome might have been dif ferent from the 35-15 score. The girls, playing Clayton girls, fared much better and won by the top-heavy score of 26-6 Clay ton and Franklin both being some what inexperienced quickly turned it into a rough but a thrilling en counter filled with a great deal of action. Tuesday night the Franklin boys and girls journeyed to Sylva, where oj!ft'Mrain they were handed a 'id and final walloping by 5ie best high school teams North Carohi.j this season. The girls lest 40-13, and tU boys and th bo 7 63-34. A f-All Farm Program the businestf and agricultural in terests together in closer co operation for solving the prob lems of the farmer. Miss Elizabeth Kelly, speak ing before the Rotary club at its meeting yesterday, pointed out that the welfare of all business in an agricultural com munity depends largely on the welfare of the farmer. If the farmer cannot make a profit on his produce other business es will suffer correspondingly. Bruce Webb, of the Ashe ville Citizen-Times, which start ed the 5-10 Year Organized Farm Movement will be in vited to attend the meeting here on January 27. Lumber Mill Plans To Reopen March 1 The W. M. Ritter Lumber company is planning to reaume operations at its mill at Rain bow Springs about March 1, ac cording to information received by The Press from its Rainbow Springs correspondent. The mill has been shut down for several months. Several hundred men are employed by the Ritter com pany at the mill and in the woods when the mill is operat ing full blast Preparatory to reopening in March, mechanics have been put to work getting the mill m first class condition! ' FRANKLIN QUINT DEFEATS TEAM FROM CLAYTON The Franklin Athletic club de feated Clayton's Mountain Ram blers in a hard fought basketball game here last Friday night by the score of 17 to 8. The game was played in the gymnasium back of the Masonic hall. 'The local team showed strong defensive power. Dalrymple and Shook starred for the Franklin boys, while York and Godfrey were the outstanding' players for the Ramblers. The score at the half was 7 to 2 in favor of Franklin, and the local boys continued to pile up tallies in the last half. The line-up: FRANKLIN Pos. CLAYTON McCollum F ;...York Dalrymple F Godfrey Howard C T. Lovell Shook..... G Long Barnard......,., G ......G. Lovell Basketball Both games were very fast and despite the large score run up, Franklin made them extend them selves to the limit to stay in front. At the end of the half Sylva was leading 14-18 and only in the last quarter did she. begin to click and, by as superb a hit of high school basketball as one cares to see, quickly forged ahead to a large score. The eirls' came was marred bv entirely too much forifing on the part of Sylva. Don't miss the game with An drews Friday night. Following is the schedule of games which has been arranged for the Franklin teams by Coach Timinons : ,,v Jan. 15, Andrews at Frankin. Jan. 22, Sylva at Franklin. . Jan. 26, Open S. C. I. at Sylva Jan. 29, Rabun Gap at Dillard Feb. 2, Bryson City at Franklin Feb. 5, Rabun Gap at Fraaklin Feb. 9, Andrews at Andrews. i Feb. 12, Open. Feb. 15, Bryson City at Bryso City. feu. iv, uemorest at frankn Fib. 23, Open. 1 tKZli in 1 Youth Claims lib I Uncle Whipped IT. With Strap HEARING NOT -Waldroop Weeps Ezul: Body of Slam Relative Belton Waldroop, 16, of the Car- toogechaye section, is being held without bond in the Macon county, jail on a charge of murder as a result of the fatal stabbingSr! morning of his half uncle, J iiurch, Zi. Burch, with two' 1 wounds in his back, one of w, punctured his lung, died Sunuu. noon in Angel Brothers' hospital, Waldroop was arrested at the home of his mother by Sheriff A. B. Slagle and Deputy George Mal lonee Sunday afternoon. He of fered no resistance and had noth ing to say, except he requested the privilege of seeing his half uncle's body. This was granted. When be was taken to Bryant's funeral oarlor he stood for -spvpral r- " ments looking at .the deadL.1 a . face, then broke down and wept. . Tells of Dispute t Later, after he had been commit ted to jail, the youth told Jailor, , Edwards he had not intended to hurt Burch seriously. He said they. got into an argument Friday morn ing over a minor matter and Burch beat him with a razor strap, strik. ing him in the face. It was then, Waldroop' said, he pulled out his pocket knife and stabbed Burch. He said he only intended to cut him deep; enough to make him (Burch) stop beating him with the strap. He said Burch frequently; "picked on" hira,. Usually how ever; Waldroop ana" r; Waldroop and" P"" A" best of friends, itf the ed. Mo date bas been set! jng for Waldroop. Funeral HeL Funeral services for 1. held Monday aftemooiv Cartoogechaye Baptist ch Burch was a son of Mrs. Norman Burch and walvur married. Young Waldroop wasn son of a daughter of Mrs. Burch' a " by an early marriage. He and his mother had been living in Georgia--' but recently moved to this county. and were living in a house on thq same nrpmiip an the Knrr Waldroop had not been at -it , . Georgia. CHILD, Khlf IMTft Tit! siv a vr a uij-.,, BOILINOf WATER The four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mincey- m F.lliinv. wJirt fpll In a fiih t Knit ing water at their home last Thurs-j day, is in Angel Brothers' hospitr and reported to be improving. V Red Cross Appeals M ) More clothing, especially shoes, is needed by many families in Macon county, -according to Misa Elizabeth Kelly, chairman of the Macon county chaper of the American Red Cross. Miss Kelly made an urgent request for people to ransack closets, trunks and attics for discarded clothing which could be, used to good adantage by the Red Cross. There are some families . in the coue" -"Li' usually are well bl x care of themselves but v. reduced to dire poverty bee they cannot market their produce, Miss Kelly ' told of one woman tr ly to sell some pftV and eggs so sh coat for her hv another won- her feet ging. Old' to. r v. V